The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. —1.!: I) It Ire;,

NE 6.

IN the House of Loans yesterday,
Lord Ittnr-sliate said the Bishop of O•ford had
given notice of amendments to thoiisec-aiion of
Churchyards Bill which altered tho p •oa.fl.le and
every, clause of it and he suggested that the right
reverend pr..late should embodythom 1,1 a :-.ew bill,
and the house would decide ;Nhich it prefer.
Irird P1.Y.111 07 suggested that both bills should
be referred to a seders committee.
After cioCIC discussion the order oh the 1411 was
discluirged, and tho Bishop of Oxionl Lir .aght in
another bill, which was read a first tint,.
14..e(Tal bills were advanced a stage. ioul the
house adjourned at a quarter to si

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tuuw;uer, .iris 6,
In the 1101.-s of Consents, Lord N ~.‘• stated, in
reply to Mr. Maguire, that the sonnneA.. of death
on the Fenian prisoners found g-.lilty of high trea-
son had been commuted.
The C3ANcELLok of the Erf ;I stated, in
reply to Mr. Alderman Lawrence, that morning
sittings would be resumed on Friday, the 14th inst.
On the order for going into coinnuttee .1 supply,
mayoral subjects were brought forward—,:ne by
Mr. Heimann.. who called attention to certain
recruiting orders of the regiments of Foot Guards,
whereby Irishmen were not allowed to enlist in
those regiments. He moved that in Or: "pinion
of the house ne such order should exist.
Colonel FItY.NI,II seconded the motior..
Sir C. Itli.v.lLL said two of the thrtx regiments
were English, and they recruited in England ; and
the other was Scotch, and recruited in Scotland.
Dy this means the regiments got a 'oval ;:onnection,
and were better able to tet tt.e character of the
men who offered to join.
Sir P. O'Brien, Mr. Monsen, and Lord Elcho
expressed their disapproval of the order in .luestion.
General DUNNt did not think there was any ex-
press order not to receive Irishmen in the Guards,
but there was a great indisposition to receive them.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the recruiting of the
Guards was carried ou, nut in London bat in the
country. it was net a matter over which he had
any authority, but he would communicate with the
commanderi of the regiments, and he was sure
that anything in the order that was o!.ensive or
painful to Ireland would be rescinded.
General Peet remarked that there was no object
in the order but to have the mains of learning the
character of the men who effered to eiir.st.
The motion was withdrawn.
Another subject that was brolght forward was
the report of the committee appointed to inquire
into the administration of the transport and supply
departments of the army, to which attention was
called by Major J sem.
A discussion ensued principally on points of
detail connected with the administration of the
army, in which General Dunne, Captain Vivian,
Sir C. Russell, Colonel Herbert, Mr. Aytoun, Sir
H. Verney. the Marquis of Hartington, and Mr.
Alderman Lusk, took part.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had been asked
whether he intended that report to be pat on the
shelf, and that question he should answer in the
negative. He should give it his best consideration.
He had referred it to the heads of variozis depart-
ments whit:, were affected by it, and when he got
their reportshe should consider in what manner they
should be acted upon, but it would be presump-
tion in him, having held the office of Secretary for
War for so short a period, to give as onini ~,, upon
it now.
The house then went into eirninittee of aunty,
and passed the whole of the votet compris in
those estimates.
On the Railway Companies Act,which came on to
be considered as amended, Sir R. Patmes moved
several amendments, and a long discussion took
place upon them. The principal one related to a
clause which enabled the companies to alter the
rights of shareholders as among themselves, and
which was objected to as giving the right to create
pre preference shares. The clai.se was amended
by striking out " altering" and inserting " dean-
iniitnd settling."
other business was then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at a few minutes past 2 o'clock.