The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TussuAy, JUNE 25.

IN the Housa of LOKIM yesterday, the Duke of
Alter Li. called attention to the position in which the
motion madeby Earl Russellthe previousnight in re-
fereme to the Irish church stood. The latter part of
the motion had been negatived, and it was at pre-
sent only a motion to inquire into the property of
the church, which was far from being all that was
necessary.

The k:ar I of DERRY said the crown was not pro-
hibited by the terms of the motion from making
the itmeiry more tAtensive, and he intended it to
apply generally to the whole condition of the Irish
church. _

The lhake of Rum MOND moved the second read-
ing of the Railway Companies Bill, the object of
which, he said, was to give additional security to
all t Li..ses of investments in railways, but there was
one provision of the bill to which he could not give
hi outient—namely, that which authorised the
er,iiion of pre-preference stock.
Lord IttamsnALm was strongly of opinion that
great injustice would be dune unless steps were
taken by their lordships to guard and protect the
pref.:a-tame stock which has already been created,
and he objected to the clauses in the bill which
gave a power of creating a preopreferenee stock.
The bill was then read a second time, and re-
ferred to a select *manatee.

The Duke of MARLBOROUGH moved the second
reading of Brown's Charity. Bill. The bill was to
enable the Charity Commissioners to alter a bequest
of :N.1,010. by Mr. Thomas Brown for the founda-
tion of an animal sanitary institution in connexion
with the University of London. The scheme was
opposed by the University of Dublin, to whom the
bequest was to go for the foundation of professor-
ships in the oriental languages in the event of the
University of London not complying with the
wishes of the testator.

The Earl of ROSSK moved the rejection of the
bill, atel after some discussion the bill was thrown
out by .46 to 16.

The Earl of BELMoRZ stated, in reply to a
yues-
tioi from the Earl of Beasborough, that instruc-
tions would be issued to the county inspectors in
Ireland to put themselves in communication with
the owners of police barracks in Ireland with a
view to some joint action for placing them in a
proper state of defence.
&rural bills were advanced a stage, and
The house adjourned at ten minutes to eight
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TVESDAY, Jowz 25.
IN the HOUSE of CONNONN, at the morning sit-
ting, the Blackwater Bridge Bill and the Charit-
able Donations sad Bequests (Ireland) Bill were
respectively read a third time and pawed.

The house then sent into committee on the Re-
presentation of the People Bill, and on the mo-
tion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER an
amendment was made in clause 42 to prevent the
owner of a copyhold or long leasehold house having
a vote for the county in respect of a house in a
borough occupied by himself which confers on him
a borough vote—a provision which is already ap-
plicable to freeholders by the Reform Act of 1832.
On clause 43, the interpretation clause, a long
discussion arose on an addition to the clause pro-
piped by Sir R. PALMER, to define • dwelling-
house. At length the following definition was
agreed to :—" A dwelling-house shall include any
part of a house occupied as a separate dwelling and
separately rated to the relief of the poor."
The postponed clause 31, which refers to the
Boundary Commissioners, was then considered.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that
Lord Eversley, Mr. Russell Gurney, Sir John
Duckworth, Sir Francis Crossley, and Mr. John
Walter be the commissioners, and after some
observations from Mr. Darby Griffith, who ob-
jected to Mr. Walter ; from Mr. Serjeant
Gaselee, who objected to any peer being on the
commission ; from Mr. Foster, who suggested
that the commissioners should appoint their own
secretary ; from Mr. Gladstone, who observed that
no objection could be fairly taken to any of the
commissioners on the ground of party differences,
and who thought it well that the commission
should be represented in both houses of parlia-
ment ; and from the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, who said the government would
defer to the commission, and that no
one would be appointed as secretary who was not
quite acceptable to them, the names were agreed
to. The remainder of the clause defines the powers
of the commissioners, to which an amendment was
moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in lieu
of that part of the clause, giving larger powers to
the commissioners than was originally proposed,
and the remainder of the sitting was occupied in
the discussion of that amendment, which was at
agreed to with some alterations, and an
laedillittin that the commissioners shall report to one
of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state,
and that such report shall be laid before parlia-
ment.

The sitting was suspended at ten minutes to
seven o'clock.

The house reassembled at 9 o'clock.

On the motion of Mr. HEADLAW, a select com-
mittee was appointed to consider whether any
alteration can be made in the internal arrangements
of the house, so as to enable a greater number of
members to hear and take part in the proceedings.
The Libel Bill passed through committee.
The Attorneys, &c., Certificate Duty Bill passed
through committee.
On tho motion of Mr. H. B. SHKRIDAN, the In-
vestment of Trust Funds Bill was read a second
time. The object of the bill, he stated, was to
enable trustees to invest funds in certain stocks not
guaranteed by government.
On the adjourned debate on tho motion for
going into committer: on the Railways (Guards and
Passengers Communication) Bill,
Mr. HODGSON objected to the bill, saying that no
effectual means of communication had yet been
discovered. In the railway with which he was
connected means bad been tried, but they had all
failed.

Mr. 111‘Lattsw could not think that the inven-
tive genius of the country was unequal to the task
of finding a means of communication between the
paseeng,ers and a guard.
Mr. LEEMAN sail the inventive genius of the
country had failed in this matter hitherto. The
railway companies would be willing, if the Board
of Trade would prescribe a means of communica-
tion, to adopt it.
Mr. O'Barser described an effective means of
contmunication which he had seen in operation on
the Great Northern of France, and Str M. Pero
said he believed that plan was effective.
Mr. CAVE said the report of the railway commis-
sion was rather against this measure, for they
thought the companies should be responsible ' • and
if they were interfered with in these details, the
responsibility was lessened. He repudiated any
responsibility of the Board of Trade in this matter.
The house then went into committee on the bill,
and the several clauses were agreed to.
The house adjourned at a quarter past 2.

THE HOP PLANTILTIONS.—HOEHEOTER, JCHE 25.
—Although the temperetun is still low, end the nights
occasionally very cold,the hop bine continues to grow,
although not so vigorously ea is usual at this season
of the year. The continued cold weather is still unfavour-

able to the growth of the plant, and in most of tho plan-
tations the plants look very unromising. There is still a
great increase in lice and fly,p many of the plants being
covered with them. In some of the most forward of the

plantations the bine is beginning to throw out the Mid:
summer shoots ; but generally the plants are exceedingly to
backward. Much will depend on tho weather during the 100
next fortnight as to the probable crop, the general opinion IL°
entertained by many of the largest planters at present no
being that the yield will, this year, be a very email one, 10
and not by any means an average crop. Rain is now much to
vented, and a few thunder shower, would have the effect lst
of clearing
_ the plants. The reports from the hop district, • •
of East Kent *ate that there is no improvement to note ,20:
in the condition of the plantation., the hops in the
majority of the grounds looking poor and sickly. The fly too
Las been very much on the increase during the peat week. it
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