The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-30 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMLNT.

HOUSZ OF Loo9.—MoinaT, MAY 29.
The Lois Chuioxions look hie not ea the woke* at
M °Wolk.
Loral POiruirr took tho oaths sod Ms wt.

passed, the date whoa posed, and the authority by which
such eutiouotemers examined and pseud, and also • relate
of the accounts, if any, which bad sot been pawed.
CAPE COLONY.
Mr. WARNER asked the tiemetery of Mete fro the
Colludes whether it was true, as stated is newsposus,
that the 'overleaf of the Ceps Colouy was purism; a
policy in regard to the Heflin a which the respoesibility
6d not been summed by the Ooloalsl Legislature ; and
whether, is the event of war arising, it might not be diffi-
cult under these cireunoteoces to enforce upon the
tentative
horde goveremeot of the colony its obbastioa to bear
the whole harden of intoned datums.
Me CA apprehended that the policy to which
the bon. member referred related to the Transkei territory.
The governor bed made • propood teem. to the 'Citifies
who were diapomd to settle there en eligible settlement ;
but that was not a policy which, in his opinkie, woe calcu-
lated to promote • Kaffir war within the colony. On the.
contrary. it his a polio which the governor carried into
effect upos his own responsibility under instructions re-
ceived from home ; and he was sorry to say that the lIMUEDD•
ties which the hoe. member's qoestion appeared to convey
wasnot warranted by the facts, es the responsibility of
feeding the colony bad always rested upon this country,
only a small contribution being made by the colony.
THE REV. BRYAN KING.
Mr. STANILAND wished to cornet • statement which
he bed made duties a former debate, to the effect that the
incumbent of St. George's in the East had gone over to the
Church of Rome. He bad glace received a very temperate
letter. from the Rev. Bryan King, stating that he bad made
a mistake. It appeared that it was the curate of St. Gurge's
in the Best. and not the incumbent, who had become a Ro-
ma catholic.
CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) ACT
AMENDMENT BILL
A discussion was rased on the motion of Mr. W. O.
GODS, to refer the Constabulary Pores (Ireland) Bill to a
select committee, but the motion was at leogth withdrawn,
and the house went into committee ou the bill. Several
verbal anieldtposiff were agreed to at the suggestion of Sir
R. Pest. New clauses were introduced enapoweriog the
Lord Lieuteueot of Ireland to alter or vary the number of
constables end sub.coutables in certain counties, cities, and
tows; including Belfast, and to mid any number of 030 D
not exceeding 320 to the constabulary force of that tows,
and providing for the transmission by the inspector-general
of constabulary to the town council of Belfast of half-
yearly aocounts.
The various clauses were eventually agreed to, and the
hell passed through committee.
a GREENWICH HOSPITAL BILL.
Oa the order for the wooed reading of this bill,
Lord C. PAGET suggested that, as the principle of the
bill had been conceded, the more convenient 00Uree would
be to read the bill • seeriod time pro forme, cad take the
diseemica in committee. _
Sir J. PAKINGTON explained the features of the mea-
sure, which in his opinion, were objectionable, although he
disclaimed nay intention tooppose the bill. There were, he
thought, defects (such as the double governing bod) in the
management of Greenwich Hospital which called for re. I
form ; but he could not, on that account, commit to other
chances which would alter the original character of the M-
illtown% and idiot iejustios upon those in whose interests
it had beta established.
Mr. AYRTON oonteaded that the funds which the hos-
pital ujoyol, both by endowment and charter, were in-
tended fur seamen (common sailors) alone, and that the
men of the mercantile marine were clearly entitled to share
in its advantwis.
Mr. LIDDELL approved of • sweeping measure of re-
form is order to confer the greatest possible boon upon the
sailor. He also expressed a hope that greater attention
would be paid to the clerical patronage of the hospital.
Mr. J. J. POWELL warned the house oldest diverting
the blade of the dimity from their original purpose, for be
was persuaded that if any other classes but seamen and
officers were allowed to participate in them, Greenwich
Hospital would gradually follow the example of the =soy
greet educational institutions throughout the country,
which, originally founded to educate the children of the
poor, were now closed against all but the rich.
Admiral WALCOTT supported the claims of navel
officers, who had he said, contributed largely to the funds
of the hospital. He objected to converting so magnificent
a national institution into a mere iefirmary, and hoped be
would live to see the day that would will:Bees such
a misappropriatiom
After some further discussion, in which Mr. Howard,
Mr. Childers, and Sir J. Elphmstosse took part, the bill
wen read a mooed time and committed pro form!, with •
view to amendments being introduced. ..Jean
Oa the ceder for the seemed reading of this bill,
Mr. 11. COCHRANE complained of the illiberal ohm
rector of the measure, inasmuch as no governor would be
**titled to • pension who bed not served 18 years, or in
three governments, or who bad not attained the age of 60
you'. He suggested that • service of 12 years should be
deemed suftbiut, end that it was not fair to rank colonial
governors with ordinary civil servants, as their employ.
merit wan mother profitable nor continuous.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE was io favour of rewarding the 'o-
ven:lOn of our colonies • at the &11010 time, he took exam-
skin to the measure, because it was so exclusive in its
nature that it did not even contemplate the case of Sir F.
Head, who had served with so much listiostion at a most
critical moment in the history of oar Canadian possessions.
Mr. H. MOOR directed attention to a peculiar cites of
grievance, on behalf of which he invited the interfeneee of
the Colonial-48m.
Mr. ADDERLEY pointed out the defects which, in his
opinion, disfigured the bill, the principle of which was that
it was a retrograde stop in oar whole colonial policy. He
believed that if the bill were carried the effect wod be
that the colonies would reduce the salaries of ul
their
goveroore.
Mr. CARDWELL defended the bill, which was, after
some further diacuuioo, read a second time.
PRISONS BILL
On the motion of Sir G. GMT, the house went into com-
mittee pro tonal on this bill, ged immediately resumed.
CATHOLIC OATHS BILL.
On the bringing up of the report of the oommittee of