The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-30 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT•

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FaroAy, Juts 29.
lite LORD OIiASCILLOII took hie eat on the woolutek at
five o'elook.

PRIVATE BUSINEbS.
The following bills were read a second time :Western
—Locigh
erne Railway, Wycombe Railway, and North
sad Charing-croes Railway bills.
The following were read • third time and pissed :
Xingsbridge and Dartmouth Roads North r Rail-
way, St. Margaret's Divinon ; North British and Load-
burn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway ; North British
Railway, Stirling, ice. branches • Longton, Addend
Green, and Bucknall ; Thttenbant and Hamp-
stead Junction Railway ; Bast Gloucestershire Railway
fihrewsbury and North Wales Railway (Deviations, do.) ;
Btourbridge Railway Bridge; North British Railway
(Coatbridge, do,) branches ; and Hemel llempsted and
London and North Western Railway bill'.
THE NEW MINISTRY.
Earl RUSSELL said that since their lordships met last,
be had received from her Majesty en intimation that the
Berl of Derby was now engaged in the formation of a
ministry, and he understood that it would be convenient
to the noble earl that no public business should be taken
until Tuuradey next. He therefore begged to move that
no public business be taken until that day.
Lord BROUGHAM, in seconding the motion, observed
:that universal ignorance prevailed as to the grounds of the
resignation of thb late government, and that resignation
bad been regarded universally by the country with feelings
of regret. Sharing that ignorance and joining in trot
regret he begged to second the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANY.
On the order for the second reading of this bill,
Earl NELSON moved that it be read • second time than
day three months. The noble earl said that a great
numberof petitionshad been presented against the bill, si
1,7 large numbers of_ persons who now enjoyed the punt
air of Victoria-park, and who feared that that park would
be destroyed as a place of recreation if the contemplated
gas-works, which were to extend over one hundred awes
in the vieliaity, were erected. He had himself visited the
site referred to, and the park, and he shared the opinion
of the petitioners, that the gas-works would be injurious
to the health of the neighbourhood and to the reputation
of the park. In a letter which he had received from • local
clergyman, it was stated that no fewer than from 160,000
to 180,000 persons visited the park on Whit Monday,
many of whom formerly spent much of their time in public
houses. He trusted therefore that a p.rk which contributed
to the health and strength, and to improvemeat of the
moral character of the people, would be preserved from the
oequetioes which the petitioners apprehended would
arise nom the 'Destruction of the gas works.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that some papers had
been circulated amongst the members of the house on the
subject of the bill, and he knew nothing of the merits of
the subject beyond what they contained. His first sympathies
were entirely with the noble earl, because if the effect of the
construction of the proposed works was to do injury toVie-
their-park it ought not to be allowed to pass. (Hear.) It
appeared, however, that the entire subject had been
filly and carefully considered by a committee of the
Housed Commons, whose opinion was that no such injury
would arise. The works would in the first place be half a
milefrom the park, and in an uninhabited district, and if
the bill in the work' of two or three companies which
are now plaited in thickly-populated districts, would be
removed there. Under all the circumstances, the reason-
able course would be to send the bill for inquiry to a com-
mittee of their lordships' house. (Hear. hear.)
Ultimately their lordships divided, when the numbers

For the second reading
The eit
we'
s therefore rejected.
Their lordships adjourned shoat six o'clock.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FarDAT, JUNE 29.
The SPILKSIt took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock,
there being about sixty members present, and amongst
them were Sir George Grey, Mr. Hugessen, Mr. Walpole,
and Mr. Childers.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Zest London Railway (additional powersl ; Midland Coun-
ties and Shannon Junction Railway; Sutherland Railway;
and the North British and Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail-
way Companies Bills.
THE HELSTON ELECTION COMMITTEE.
Mr. WALPOLE, the chairman of the general committee
of dections, brought up the report of the names of the
select committee appointed to try the merits of the peti-
tions against the late Flagon election, and it was ordered
to lie on the table.

SUPPLY—COMMITTEE.
Sir G. GREY, in order that the standing orders of the
house in referent* to Friday evenings might be complied
with. formally moved that the house do go into a commit-
tee of supply.
Mr. W. HUNT hopod that it would be generally under-
stood that the house must meet on Monday, in order that
the members appointed to try the Holston petitions might
be sworn.
Sir G. GREY said it had already been made known that
the house must meet on Monday at the usual hour.
Colonel EDWARDS really hoped that there would be
a house made on Monday. The making of a house to-day
was due to members sitting on the opposition side of the
house. The government had not assisted in the least to
make a house. (Oh, oh.)
The house then wont into committee of supply, and im-
mediately resumed.
The house adjourned at five minutes past four o'clock.