The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-27 00:00:00

17,

MPERIAL PLIA-MENT.
HOUSE OP -00X11011113-(THD3 DAY).

The Mucus took the Asir at moos.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
&celled bills, with ameedniests, wars a
view to their being read a third time.
LAKE INAOH, DERRYCLITILE, he., FISHERIES BILL.
This bill was read • third time.
STANDING ORDRES.
Colonel W. ram rime to call attention to the report
of the committee on the mud of referees on private kiln,
sad to move Mie following &Boredom. in the standing
orders : —To meal order 88, and to substieute the follow-
ing Chairmen of Ways and Keens with snob other
persons to be appointed by Mr. Speaker, sad for such
period as be shall think fit, then be referees of the house
on private bills ; such referees to form one or more
courts, and three at least to constitute one court ;
the chairmen of mob court to be a mem-
ber of this house. order No. 89 : Mter I
•` thereto," mutt " unless y authorised by the rec.
fames." After No. 90, to insert the following :In cam the
promoters and opponents of any bill she' I agree that all the
questions in Mena between them upon such bill shall be re-
ferred to the referees, it shall be competent to the referees
'to inquire into the whole subject matter of the bill, and to
"report their opinion thereon to the house ;and,
in case they shall report that such bill ought
to be proceeded with, the same shell, unless
the house shall otherwise order be referred to the 00M-
mitt.* on the unopposed bills, aid shall be treated as as
unopposed bill. After No. 91: In ease the MOM/ shall
report, with reference to any bill, that the estimate depo-
sited in respect thereof is insuflioleat, or that the engineer-
ing is inent for the proposed object, the bill shall not
be further prooseded with unless the house shall otherwise
ceder. No. 149, paragesph No. 2, leave out " the merits, in
an engineeriag point of view, of the proposed railway
The hoe. member eminence:l by shading to the various
changes which had taken place in the mgalatioas of the
house with regard to private badness. The present system,
he said, bad not enabled parliament to transact private
barium' in a satisfactory manner. The stead* ceders
with regard to private bills had frequently bean suspended,
and daring the last nine days they had bees suspended no
lon thee 60 times. On all hands it was complained that
the present system did set work well. The parliamen-
tary bar bad been oomiKted with a view to • remedy, but
mercely any two of the %sears were agreed on the nib**.
In the lest session a committee sat to inquire into the
subject. As a member of it he suggested that, in order to
save time, engineering and statistical questions should be
detached from the legislative quotient. That suggeedoe
was adopted ; the new plaa had hose is operation during
this ssrioo ; and the question now was whether it should
be continued. He then referred to the opinion of
leading barristers ea the subject. Mr. Drina thought it had
not worked well, Mr. Davison thought that there had been
• saving of tires, Mr. Coleridge that there had bees •
saving both of time sad expense, Mr. !Indwell held the
same opinioe, and Mr. Vernon Harcourt testified to the
vales of the services performed by. the referees, and ex-
pressed his regret that the final derision did not rest with
them.
Mr. AYRTON protested against the payment of members.
Mr. LIDDILLL and Sir E. Ocluomois followed, the
former in favour of, and the latter stalest, the resolatioa.
[Left 'Arias.

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