The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tussusx, Feu. 28.
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PRIVATE BILL&

The following bills were reed a second time :—Nimpa
and Kingeomin Railwy ; Athwart' sad Eris Inaction
Entry ; Ayr Water ; Deades Gas ; Horns Bay Fishery ;
llasiskillea, Rondonia, sad Sligo Railway ; and Fags.
Rim Naviptsoa,
PRITTION&
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH prenatal a petition
from officers in the army of the late Ert India Ootoptay,
oGroPfaions of grievants which they have suffered is ina-
enures of the puliersestery guarantee givea at the maga
mann of the forces not havieg her obeard.
The Earl of StLiFTESBURY prenatal a ratio° from
the Society of Friends at Newomilace.Tyais pro yios for
the drag of drialdngehop ea Sudsy.
CIVIL BILLS COURT PROCEDURE (IRELAND)
AMENDMENT ACT.
On the motion of Earl Sr. GMA243, this bill was read a
=coed time.
The hone adjourned at twenty minutes past Eve o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —TUEADAY, Fu. 28.
The 13zsanaz took the chair at 4 o'clock.
METROPOLIS
TION BIL SEW AGE ANDL. ESSEX RECLA-
MA
Sir W. RUSSELL moved the seepoad reeding of Ibis bill,
Mathis that it was (Guided upon the evidence before the
eammittee of last year, which west to show that the only
practical way of utilising the sewage of towns was by mei-
tatiou.
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Mr. CRAWFORD had been requested by the corporation
of the City of London, by the ratepayers of the several
parishes and wards is the City of Londe., and also by the
ratepayers of several parishes without the City, to move the
postponement of the nand reeding for six weeks with ;
special reference to the motion of the noble Iced the mem-
ber for Huntingdon (Lind 8.. Rootage). It was not • ;
amities of contention between the Board of Works and the
°Eye( London, and if ianythieg were wanting trriltcve that,
it would ke found is the fact, that his op at the
gement stage of the bill would be supper by the repro- ;
ammtives of other metropolitan constituencies. It was one
of those questions in which difference of opinion might
fairly exist, and which might be discussed without consider-
ing that private interests or private feelings were concerned.
There were many inconveniences attending the discussion of
• hill of this kind before • private bill committee, where
misaitific gentlemen were brought forward whose object was
not, to elicit the truth, but to serve the interests of
those they represented, and when matters of great
principle were involved it was hardly pomible that
those principles could be properly established be
such a tribunal. Barre Liebig had stated
that the scheme of Misers. Hope land Napier was a ;
visionary one, and one that could not be attended with
any profitable results, end it was under these circumstances ;
that he asked the holies to refer the examination of the
principle involved in the bill, not to • committee of four
members, but to such a committee as that proposed by the
noble lord, the evidence taken before which would come
under the notice of the house. He moved that the second
reading be postponed for six weeks.
Mr. TITE, in supporting the second reading, observed
if the bill should be sent to a committee op-stairs, the
whole matter could be properly inquired into ; but if the
bill should be postponed for six weeks, it was gaits clear
that nothing could be done this year with respect to the
sewage.
Mr. CAIRD hoped the house would allow the bill to go
before the committee on he merits.
Lard R. MONTAGU considered the motion of the hoe.
member for the Tower Hamlets • very sensible one, that
the scheme should be sent before • committee, who should
not only judge of its practicability, but consider whether
it was the most beneficial scheme for the ratepayers.
After some discussion,
Mr. CRAWFORD mid that, in deference to the °plaice
of the house, he would withdraw his amendment, but on
the undemanding that the hoc. member for the Tower
Hamists (Mr. Ayrton) proposed his motion and pressed it
to • division if necessary.
Sir W. RUSSELL expressed his willingness to consent to
the motion of the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets.
The bill was then read • second time, and
Mr. AYRTON proposed the following resolution i—
" That the bill be referred to • select committee of ten,
half to be nominated by the house and hell by the Com-
mittee of Merge°, and that the committee be instructed
to inquire into the most useful and profitable means of dis-
posing of the metropolitan sewage on the north side of the
Thames."

11o7notiott was agreed to.
LOCOMOTIVES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.

Mr. HOLLAND gave notice that cm Thursday, the 9th
of Marsh, be would move foe leave to bring in a bill to
further n-gulate the use of locomotives on turapike and
other roads foe agricultural and other wpm'.