The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-10 00:00:00

TES ABYSSINIAN OAFTIVSA

Lord CHELMSFORD said se he understood that the
de& earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had ;
just received a tel !slating to the Abyssinian
prisoner', be thought it would be a source of satisfaction
So the friend' and relatives of those prisoners if the noble ,
earl could rommuuroste aey iotalligesce that would incest-
sage the hope of a speedy termination to their ling and
were imprisonment and sufferings.
The E dl of CLARENDON said that in conairqueem of
Hie interest the noble and learned lord had expressed in
the fate of the Abyesiniaa prisoner, he told his noble
friend last eight that he bad resolved a telegram whilst he
wee sitting is that home, and had iatermdthe noble lord
generally of its matente. His sable Maud onsiddered it
would be very desirable if be (the noble earl) would, for
the orenfort of the friends of the prisoner., date publicly
the modest& of the telegram. Hs had cionsequeetly brought
the telegram to the hones. It stated that information
was received leek eight from Oahm, that Mr. Renato had
written os the Sitth of December to Colonel Staunton, to
the effect that two days previcessly he had received a letter
from Ring Theodore by which Mr. Balsam was invited to
the Melee court. The king bad ant an mood to meet
him, sad had offered every facihty for the • .
Haman had ictooded todart on the above day, aid colas-
hated that he would meet the hies cm or before the 20th of
Amery. Things looked promising, and the messengers
gave Mr. Remain ever, hope of the liberatios of the ap-
tly's. (Hear, hear.) This intelligence, remarked the noble
toil, was the most hopeful we had yet received, although
rime was co eertaiaty that the prisoners had been liberated.
The Earl et ELLENWEOUGO said be quite agreed
with the noble earl that there was too mirtaisty that the
rimers had been liberated.

PRINOBBS BaLBLIA'S ANNUITY BILL.
Seri tiIaNVILLE. iN movie( the second mediae of
This bill, said In the abeam of his sable irked the head of
the goweemeet through ledispositioe, from wbieb, he
was happy to my, the treble earl was feet recovering, be
he& the hems of seeing the mooed reading of
this bill. Rs believed it would.add greatly to the happi.
sees of the Primus that is maerymg a Prises as whom she
bed bestowed her affestioes she world be united to one who
vas wlDieg to reside in this eamby, sad tams would be
mumbled to routine those stlesticee to bar Ellostrious
mother white it had hitherto bees both her pleasure and
duty to disabuse. (Rm. Mr.)
Lord OLBILYBFORD, lithe abeam of his noble friend
the leader of the opposition, ventured to say that he
thought there would be no opportuidty for the exercise of
the hisetios whirl devolved epos tie noble lard ou these
osaidees. Time was not a Noble lord pressat, oa whit-
ener ads of the house be happened to at, who did sot
41•rdiallv joie lo the proposition that had just been made.
The bill was they reeds second time.

PRINCE ALFRED'S ANNUITY BILL.
Earl GRANYLLLE roes to move the mud reading of
this bill, which he recommended to their lordships u
baud on the liberal prieelplee to which be had already
&laded.
The bill was mad a asseei Nam

TIM CONSOLIDATED FUND (21.137,772) BILL.
This bill was read • mooed time.

THE DIVORCE AND MATRIMONLIL CAUSES BILL.
This bill was also read a *mood time.

Theis lordship adjourned s half past live o'clock.

HOUSE OF OOMMONI3.—FAIDAY, MARCO 9.
THE SPEAKER'S ILLNESS.
At the anal time for the Sena = taking the chair,
The Chat at the table read • letter from the Speaker,
is which he expressed his regretst his inability from illness
to eased sod give his services to the house to-day, end that
he lasted that by resting until Monday he would be able
to take ameba* on thee day.
Mr. DODSON, the Chairman of Committees and Deputy-
Braker, then took the chair.
DWELLINGS OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.
Mr. T. HUGHES reset* tames mates of ameedreents en
the standing ordete in referenos to private bills of which he
had given notice. He said hie object was to provide • re-
medy for the great evil from overcrowding the metropolis,
and ether large cities coosequeet on the destruction of the
houses of the poorer clams through the exercise of the
socepalsory powers given by certain acts of parliament. He
need not dotal* the hones on the merits of the vies-
Boa. There were at this moment two bills before
the house, to provide a remedy for this evil, the
object of them bring to promote the builder of
home for the working clams. in the places of those
that had been destroyed by railway empanies or oorpors.
Vona. Those measures were good as far se they went, but
he thought it quite necessary that there should be a °em-
power provided, that than companies which did
roismitiorileeliief should provide the remedy. He must ray that
be had been met in this matter in a friendly spirit by the
empanies chiefly affected. He had seen the represents-
Wes of the chief railway commodes interested no far as the
metropolis was concerned, and they all agreed in the prio-
siple of the reeolutioas that he was about to move, gad
wore quite ready to swept the obligation. In order that
the hoes might see the extent of the evil, be might state
that • friend of hie who bad moms to all the statistics.
Wormed him that the number of prima who woold
be turned out of their dwelling, this year would be
17,815, but when they added the per tentage, that
were never included in time returns, it might be
safely stated that the number who would be no-
/mused would be at least 20,000. He believed that the
oddities which be proposed to the standing eiders would
remedy the evil. 'Pb. first amendment he proposed was an
addition to standing order No. 52, sod the addition pro-
vided that the company should specify by • denoting mark
against each name, which, if say, of the persons named is
the book of reforms as owners, Lessees, sad occupiers, be-
long to the labouring ohms, and that all weekly tenants
and lodgers shall be deemed to belong to the labouring
Mom He also proposed to add • new standing order to
follow standing order No. 135, the new standing order pro-
viding that it stall be competent to • committee to admit
any inhabitant of a perish in shish lands are situate which
are sought by any bill to be taken, to be heard on the ques-
tion whether the book of reference deposited in relation
to the bill specifies correctly which of such persons named
is such book of reforms as owners, lessees, and occu-
pier, belong to the labouring classes. Having defined who
were the persons to be affected by the resolutions, he now
came to the means by which the object he had ia
view was to be tarried out, and he proposed to strike out
the order healed A, because the railway companies said
they could not meet the matter is detail this year. Then
be proposed that in every bill they should Mart provisions
that the company shall Dot exercise the power given to them
by the bill of taking land@ or houses owned or inhabited
by the 'shearing chaste without having built other dwelt-
legs milkiest for the sommodation of such persons
the other resolutions provided that these dwellings should
be gooiest* Moments, with proper sewerage, lighting and
ventilation, the site and plant thereof to be approved by
her Majesty's chief commissioner of works 7 that the am-
posy shall have compulsory power to take goes for the new
dwellings, that if the company shall offer to the promos
dis-
possemed one er more rooms in the new dwellings the hose
fides of cab °Morahan be inquired into by the trieuael which
under the provisions of the Leads Clauses Consolidation
Act shall fix she ompensatim to be paid by such person, end'
that ail perioes beliogiog to the labouring classes who shall
be disporenesed shall be entitled to compensation under the
Lands Clauree Consolidation Act, although the company
may, after having purchased the interest of the owners or
lessees thereof, have given notice to such persons to quit, sad
the term fixed by such notice may have expired. He
trusted that the home would take this matter into its
most serious consideration.
Mr. GIBSON should be sorry to give say countenance
to the principles of the hon. gentleman's clauses, because he
felt that it was possible to proceed io the direction indicated
until they rendered improvement almost haposaible, sod
made the execution of valuable works et) difficult
that they mold not be undertakes. (Hear.) He believed
that no elm in the country had been so much benefited by
the great works which had bees carried out in the metro-
polis as the labouring clams, whose wages they had raised,
and whom they bad provided with • large amount of em-
ployment.
Lnrd STANLEY said the matter wee one well deserving
et inquiry, and he entirely sympathised with the feelings
which bed actu sled the boo. member for Lambeth in
bringing forward his standing order., but he thought that
their adoption would be liable to produce much mischief.
According to them, a railway that pulled down houses
mutt onnapeneate the persons dispossessed or find them new
dwellings ; hut a private owner of house property might
pall down what he pleased and would be liable to compet-
ed, a one. What difference, however, did it make
to • area whether he was ejected by • tom-
may or by his own butineed ? (Hear, hear.) It
seemed to him (the noble lord) that the necessary and
logical consequences of the hoe. gentlemen's motion would
be to prohibit all °veers from destroying houses without
compensatim their tomtits. He thought that the difliouity
which theweraing classes experienced is obtaining dwellings
in Leedom ormolu less from the tornados of railways than
from shames in the character of the buikhntos width wore
sow meted io *articular localities. The question of bow to
ledge them chaos ie Leaden was, however, becom-
ing ea of national imperbince—(chows)-lead en
*airy into the whole alibied would be a public service ;
but he thought that the proposed Mending orders would
sanction a dsagerous prisoiple, and he trusted that the
hoe gestlemas, by withdrawing them, would sae the
hem from the necessity of seaming to reject a measure
the object of which they moswely desired. (Cheers.) -
Ms. 1 POWELL feared that in smokier to avoid aver',
crowding in one port of the town they might be teemed's.
• lag the ail in soother.
Mr, HUGHES admitted that private amen could do
exactly what the railway oompasies did ; bat the teenier
idid, not oar so parliament for powers for that purpose.
He was SOrPriSOCI to Nazi/oat she troika, al the, Bata
af Trade that he refused his sanction to these standing
orders ; bat they had received • sanction which was
much more valuable—that of all, or, at least of half-a-
/loses, of the greet railway common; of the metropolis.
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