The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-29 00:00:00

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.

In reply to Mr. 1). GIIIMTH,
Mr. LAYAI:I) said that the powers represented at the i
Conference of Paris had come to the conclusion that the
election of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern was illegal, and
instructions had been sent to the agents of the iiitlerent
governments to take no steps towards his recognition. At
present there was no desire to proceed to intervention.
THE POLICE IN THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
Lord ft. MONTAGU asked why the special pay of the
police constables in and about the hou'.es of pailiament bad
been reduced from 7s. to Tra. per week.
Mr. KNATCHBULL.HUG '`,ISEN said that when the
special pay of those (Accra was Saul at Ta the
pay of the classes of constables to which they
belonged was only 21s. Since then the pay of
those classes had been raised to 225. and '_':ls., and
as the reception of a smaller rate of pr.), would injure
the constables employed about the houses of parliament in
the matter of sup.,ranntiation, their revio der pay had been
raised to the same amount as that of the class to which
they belonged, and their special pay had hen diminished,
so as still to leave them in the reception of 28s. per
week. which was considered an adequate remuneration
for the services which they performed.
THE REFORM BILL.

The clerk baring read the order of the day for the com. 1
mittee upon the Representation of the People Bill,
Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the Representation of the
People Bill and the Redistribution of Seats Bill be referred
to the same committee. The right bon. gentleman said
that he believed that they were all agreed that the gees.
tion if dealt with at all ought to be dealt with compre-
hensively. His motion was the natural corollary of that
understanding, and he therefore did not apprehend that it
would meet with any opposition.
Thc motion was agreed to.
Mr. BOUV MILE then moved, "That it be an inatrue.
tion to the couunittee that they have power to consolidate
the said bills into one bill," which was also adopted.
Sir It. KNIGHTLEY rose to move " That it be an in-
struction to the committee that they have power to snake
provision for the better prevention of bribery and corrup-
tion :Lt elections." The hon. gentleman said that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had been compelled to eat the
leek, but for that leek he swore he would be most horribly
revenged and most horrible, indeed, would be the revenge
which he had threatened if it was carried out. (Hear,
hear.) He had said that he would keep the house sitting
there through the whole of September and October. In
fact, hoe. members were to be treated like a parcel
of schoolboys, and were to be deprived of their holidays
because their taskmasters had wasted three months of the
session by giving them the wrong set of lessons to learn.
(" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) No measure could be satis-
factory which did not include provisions for the better pre-
vention of bribery and corruption, and therefore he moved
the instruction 4.f which he had given notice.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
remarks in which the hon. baronet had canvassed the con-
duct of the government seemed to be rather in anticipa-
tion of -a debate which might occur by and bye, and be
should therefore for the present forego any attempteither at
defence or recrimination. He did not doubt that the hon.
baronet was sincerely anxious for the better prevention of