The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BOUSIC OF LORDS.—MONDAY, JUNI Zl.
lordaldpe met at 4 o'clock, wheat a amber
hiW received the roysi anent.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN•

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Vhe Earl of SHAF'TREIBURY asked whether it was
the intention of the government to king in a bill for
.bf; purpose of under the protection of the Factory
hfichtm veto had not hitherto been under their juris-
diction.
Mari RUSSELL was understood to say that it was their
intention to submit to the house such • measure.
LITURGICAL REVISION.
The Earl ot Dam; the Marquis of Wrerniarn, the
Bishop of Lompoc, the Earl of CHICALEffig, and other
Amble lords presented numerous petitions on this subject.
Lord ?Mina then moved that • humble petition
be presented to her Majesty for the appointment of a oom-
mission to revise the Lectionary of the established church,
odd also to consider what step should be taken to obviate
the evils eam of arising from the compulsory
sued almost imoimate use of the Burial Service.
With respect to the first portion of the proposed inquiri,
he said, there was general agreement, but the Home
Illeeretary had thought it too small • matter by itself to
advise the appointment of a royal commission. But the
difiloulties and scandals arising from the present enforced
tudiserinsinate use of the Burial Service (of which he cited
inetanoes) constituted so great a hardship upon the con-
dolences of many clergymen DLit it was necessary, for the
sake of the church, that some steps should be taken to
remedy the grievance. As no bishop bad taken any prac-
tisel step in the matter, be, as a lay member of parliament,
invited the home to support his proposition for a com-
mission to inquire into the two subjects specified in his
Mg:Archbishop of CANTERBURY resisted the motion,
sot because he was opposed to reform in the church, for
be had supported many reforms, but because he doubted
whether any real good would follow the appointment of a
commission. With respect to Liturgical revision there
was much division of opinion, but the balance of petitions
tcparliament had been greatly against such a course. The
*savage of the Burial Service did in some cases occasion
difficulty, but he thought that by the exercise of charity
and discretion clergymen could conscientiously obey the
Ipasesnt law.
The Earl of CHICHESTER supported the motion,
&lefty upon the ground that any Inquiry must take a 1
wider range than the two questions now specified, and
that such changes might be made as would conciliate and
being within. the church many who felt that at present
they could not adopt her formularies.
The Bishop of LONDON could not support the motion,
as. teen admitting the grievances complained of, the pre-
sent*ns tot the propertime to remedy them. He vin-
dicated the church of England from the charge of servile
adherence to old forms, and Pointed out many and,
important Asap' effected of late years, concluding with.
a reference to extreme ritualistic practices which pre-
vailed in many places, which were injurious to the pro-
testant character of the church, and to repress which he
intimated it might be necessary to ask the aid of parlia-
ment

Lord HOUGHTON, in supporting the motion, depre-
cated the suggested application of legal penalties for the
repression of ritualistic practices, which he thought should
bileft to the sense and good feeling of the public.
Earl RUMELL did not think it advisable that the
skown should interfere in the manner proposed, as in the
divided state of opinions the result of a commission would
certainly be to provoke angry controversies, and was not
sorban to effect much good.
After some remarks from Lord Redesdale and the Bishop
et Ripon, and from Lord Ebury in reply,
The house divided, and rejected the motion by 66 to 40.
The Charitable Trusts and Deeds Enrolment Bill was
road a second time.

Their lonl.—slrips—sadjourned at 20 minuies past 7 o'clock.

ROUSE OF OOMMONS.—MONDAY, JUNE 11.
The Sew= took the chair et 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. EIiMONDE took the oath. and his seat aa member
for the county of Waterford, on his re-election, after ac-
@opting office as a Lord of the Treasury.

ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Speaker and members were summoned by the
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to attend at the bar of
the House of Lords to hear the royal assent given by com-
mission to certain bills, for • list of which see Lords'
epprt.
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a new writ was ordered
le ►e issued for the election of a knight for the Mouthet.i
Division of Nottinghamshire, in the room of Lord Stan-
)tope, who has been called to the House of Peers.