The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-01 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

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j. HoIISE Of LORDEL—lranxts, Jura W.
)Isar Lordships sot it 4 o'colori.
PETITION.
°Seed AWRY presented • pedtket from the le tsr tam
ehmelmesedess ol St. Theme% Stepney, emplabateall
sendloot of the Herein Oomptny with gimped totes
Mk of the national schools, sea preying for m
COLONIAL GOVERNORS RETIRING PENSIONS
BILL.
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t irl DI GREY haying moved the geoood reading dlab
lithe Earl of HARDWIGKE complained that the whole
of greeting these peadons would be placed In the
Ilaads of the Webber. The government would have
MOM, to do hot >o dismiss • man whom they might
Impose to dislike ia the ninth or sixteenth pee
d his swim, sad however valuable all Maur
ha might bars been, he would be deprived)
at his reward. The noble earl had intended to ties; forward
the ease of Sir Frsacis Head, whose maim, though they
Ind base sound to sops, seemed to have besa forgotten.
Use year Sir F. Heed bad applied in hie old age (being also
seamy pm ma) for sem regognibta of those servings ; but
Miaow' Hardwick') had received from Mu • very chose-
biotic note, which he would reed :—" Oroydea, Jaws 26,
1116.—My dear lead Haedwickit—Aoscog the royal pro
nagativss it was oar my duty to &feud. theft is so ass 1
tugs sedestly desire bebold than that whisk deem*
that • reward foe petals ernes' shall doscoad only though
the ministers of the crown ; cud as her Majesty's purer
muk in the exerting of their preemptive have expressed
Ihenteelves adverse to the pr of toy ;memorial (misled
Let swiss by order of both haloes of parlisaust) it is
gluey my duty to submit without remonstrance or eons-
Punt, to their decision. I thereto= request that on the
doetiran is the Hoses of Lords of the Would Gover-
ment Pumice Bill, you will be plowed to AGMs tram say
farther rotators to any hypos sernises u Osnadm—Be-
lismate to remain, avow mere vary faithfully, F. B. Heed."
'he Earl of DERBY expressed his oompteta approval
elths bill. Colosia govereore were allowed DO Mat ;
sad were compelled in emsopease to advisee* sums
sgol-
vilest to at bast a year or a you sad • halfs Wary. If
therefore • governor Unposed by say abases set to regain
ioag a period in office he would sot only main no
'summation, but he would actually bo out of
=by his appoisionest He entirely mummed
at hie amble frieed had mid with respaet is No
seasoner and the sorvicesoi ear F. Head at • time of mealier
difficulty sod delicacy. In feet Sir Freesia had saved
(saads—Onar, hear)—bat en his mere to this country he
bed not met win that eonsiderate end fair dealing for
which he had bad • right to look. He had sambaed a
pensmest appointment. and be bad not only elegised se
reward for his services in Ossada. but he sotually wr set
sussed to receive look his appointment, which was in
that he might have held for life. The conesqueacie wee
that be was now, not • discontented man, bat • man with
• strong sense that his earvioss hal tot remised that na-
med from his country to which they were audited.
(Haar, Ism.)
After • few words from Lord LTVIDIN. who expressed
big comourreoca in what had been said moulting the case of
Sit T. Head, the bill was read • mooed tams.
Several bills went through committee, sad amongst the
may which were read • tuird time and passed as is the
Greenwich Hospital Bill, the Fire Brigade (Metropolis)
Mill, the Comptroller of the Exchequer sod Pablic Audit
BM, the Island Revenue Bill, sod the Indemnity Bill.
Lord EBURY having presented • petition from the Earl)
Closing Association in favour of opening the British Museum
sad other sauces) isolleoLons three menin in the week,
Earl GRANVILLE sou that the questios routed be eon -
shamed by the authoritiss of these institution' is the most
favouralate sense ; bet there were greet difficulties in the
way, not so muck on the score of expense an the danger of
Ere.
At the instance of the Earl of LONGFORD.
Earl DE GREY and RIPON dm:gibed thN present mode
st issuing ocumiatioss to officers in the army.
MB. JACKSON AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs whether her hisie.ty's govein-
matt would consent to lay upon the table of the house the
in the For/lip-office relating to the claims of Mr.
3=e neon the Russian government.
Earl RUSSELL said this appeared to him to be • ease of
• private claim. and one in which parliament could sot in-
bartire. Mr. Jackson had entered into contrecte for the
instruction of certain railways, and be allrgml that ern-
Ws debts were owing to him by the Russian government.
Her Majesty's government gave orders to the arobusador
of St. Number( to interfere, so far as good oHoes mot. I
The answer of the Realise government was • very reason-
able one—that if Mr. Jackson felt himself aggrieved, he
isiebt take his own ease before the courts of justice iu
liouie, which seemed to him (Lord Russell) to be the pro-
ps' tribunal for the decision of such questions.

LOTti CHELMSFORD eaßed attenlimi to the claims of
half•pef *Mons of the royal navy under the orders of
council of 1851 sad 1856.
The Duke of SOMERSET explaieed the operation of
these orders, and vontsoded that no asjustioe had beim does
to this ohms of racers. Their demand@ had been eaa-,
ordered by several boards of admiralty, which, &Alai' upon
the opiaion of the law °Moen of the arose,' had been obliged
to come to an adverse decision.
After some remarks from Lords SSILZWISSURT and g
jo.za~d•
WICKS the matter dropped ; and their lordabips ad}cierned
at b.lf•psat 6.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRIDAY, JvNs 30.
The Sruerair took the chair shortly before four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
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The following hills were read a third time and passed :
Earl of Wicebileee's Estate ; Naves lied Kingscourt Rail-
way ; Rattray's Estate; and Soothern Railway Bills.
The standing orders were suspeutied is 19 case*, in order
to indite pnvate billet° be advanced rapidly through their
rewainieg stages, aid they were sehreeeed accordingly.
THE LAW OF SIMONY.
Ms. D. GRIFFITH asked the Atterney.Generel whether,
dates( the recess, the government would take the peasant
slate of the law of simony into conaideratmo, with a view
to He simplifieatinn and improvemeut ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the amok.
Amara having recomuteeded that the subject should be we.
eidered, it would, so doubt, be the duty of the goverunieet
to do so; but, at the asses time, he apprehended that any
satirfactore settlement of the question would be attended
with difficulty.
THE MACKAY GUN.
Mr. J. EWART silted the Under Secretive of State for
War if he bad received any report of the competitive trial
which took place on the 20th, 22nd, and Tied instant,
between Mackay's 12-pounder windage mouleelosdar gun,
aid the Armstroeg 12-pounder breech-loader service gun ;
the Mackey gun firing smooth cast-iron projectiles without
expander), aid the Armstrong leademated projectiles wh-
out any ; and whether he had any objection today
web report upon the table?
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he believed that
the Mackay gun bad bees sent to Shoeberynees for trial, and
%bad already to a ;reclaim extent been tried by the Ordoenee
Select Committee. But no report of the trial bad yet been
moved at the War-office, as it was Dee usual to seed
reports till the whole of the trials were completed. No
ardor bad bees gives for a competitive trial between this
emend any other. It was not likely that any report would
be received during the maim
FIXED ALLOWANCE TO OFFICERS.
Major KNOX wished to teak whether field allowance
would be greeted to officers of the eying columns at
Aldershott or elsewhere.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that be was not
papered to snowier the question without aotice, but his
remion wee that field allowance was sever granted except
wises troops ware ea service before the enemy.
Os the mottos for adjouremeet to Monday,
Mr. C. BENTINCK galled attention to the inadequate
stipend' of the mirror canons and noo-capitelar members
of the cathedral of Carli-le. and of other cathedrals of the
sew foundation; and asked whether it was intended to
give power to the eockeisetical commission's to lacrosse
son-eapii Vitel.da.
Mr. HANKEY put in a similar claim for Peterborough.
Mr. WALIOLE agreed that is many eases the miser
canoes were very ill paid ; but the difficulty was as to what
funds were applicshle to improving their position, within
the power of the Ecclesiastical Commiasion.
Hr G. GREY stated that the fund, in the hands of the
lociesiartical Oommisaion were folly appropra'ed, but if it
was proposed that the domes and chapters dieted be enabled
to apply funds of their own to ineressing the (Mime& of
Educe canons, he should be ready to consider such a

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SUTHERLAND AND THE SANITARY
COMMISSION.
Colonel HERBERT sailed attention to the salary of Dr.
13stherland in the moitery department of the army, and
asked whether the Treasury satiation of the expenses of the
maitary sessoieriee was intesded to tmerr the salaries paid
be members of it, and whether such an arrangement was
arCVby the Leeds of the Treastry.
EIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in
1858 a minute pained through the Treasury with regard to
the sanitary commission and there was so mention of salary
in it ; and he had no odicial keowledge of the payment to
Dr. Sutherland, the charge being one cm the War Depart-
ment.
General PEEL explahied that the remuneration to Dr.
Sutherland was fixed before ha came into off m, and be
had only to omens it.
The Marquis of HARTLNOTON defended the appoint-
ment of Dr. Sutherland, who, as beg as he was employed
is the army snits® commies/cm, wee settled to the se-
misseratioe which had been assigned to him.
THE BRITISH CAPTIVES IN ABYSSINIA.
Ms H. CAIRNS brought under the notice of the home
theme& of Coosa Cameros, the English missionaries, and
the other British subjects who halm been is captivity is
tulietnia during the last 18 months. Adeiittle to the
extent that the acts dove by the King
wife • violation of the prinolplea of isterustion•l law,
then could be so doubt that there had bees • aerials
amount of &select and indecorous treatment by our
Feesigs-eMee of a eateirel with whom we had a treaty
ad willitato, in haw* Termed to maser the dempat
which he had met to tee Queen for • Awly • year sod shelf,
end he thought the time led arrived ethos &mbition of •