The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS.-F,..PAY, FEB. 22.

Their Lordrhils, met Itt nee o'clock.
Petitions were presented by the Earl of Runoffs's and
Lord Li Fr,oci siptio,t the sale• of intelle.ding liquors on
the Loa tra).

AtIvorCHEMENT OF THE ITINtE.,.- OF WALES.

The Karl of LEMLV—My lords, it will require but few
won's from me to induce your lora,,i,ips to vete UllaUi•
11101114 tit. butulde and loyal address aliich it will be my
duty to propose. All those who have had the honour of
pet.smia. aitercourse with her Majesty :snow that there is
so stronger or more prominent feature in her Majesty's
adiaractet than the warm and deep atfcction she feels for
every branch of her illustrious family. and the interesther
Majesty takes iu every domestic merit such as that to
which 1 ant now shout to call your loi•lships' notice. I am
quite sure also that anything th..t -u ila ,p'y interests her
Majesty's feelings cannot fail to be abs-ply interesting to
all those subjects who have the happiness to live under the
beneficent and constitutional rule of sovereign who so
well discharges all the public at'l private duties
of her illustrious station. It i. on the present
occasion with more than ordinary fen ling* of satisfaction
that we shall congratulate her 31ajesty en the safe end
happy delivery of the Princess of Wales, and the birth of
a princess, because. as is well known. both auspicious
events took place under circumstance') ialculated ut first
to eveite considerable uneasiness. I need not say that the
royal lady to whom these observations Met, from the first
moment she set foot 011 our shores, has so conducted her-
self as to propitiate the good will of a .cry individual in
these realms. (loud cries of "Ilea:. heir..•i I Sill sure that
your lordships will join me in congratulating her Majesty
on the fact that the Princess of Wales 1.... passed safely
through her trial. and that another priest Loa been given
to her Majesty's family. The noble earl concluded by
moving an address, " Humbly to cor.aratulsre her Majesty
the safe delivery of the Princess of Weirs, anal the
birth of a prince's; and to assure her Ma je-ty of the deep
interest felt by the House of Lords ill all that concerns
the domestic happiness of her Majesty ..rei family."
Karl RUSSELL— I am sure we are all ready to congas.
*elute her Majesty on the birth of a prim, es. I need not
say another word except to second thu motion. The ad•
dress was then put from the woolsatl:. anal married nom
eon.

The Msrtjuis of CLANRICARDE dirty ..t tention to the
subject of Wel tenure in Ireland...n.l Lid upon the table
shill relating thereto identical with his tamsure of last
year. which after a short debate 4 read a first time.
The 'Pnfederation of North Amu-it-an Provinces Hill
passed through committee.
The Earl of DERRY said he b. 91 to ...sk the house to
meet this day, for the purpose of nsding the Habeas
Corpus Suspens. Act Continuance Rill s first
time, with the view of missing it its remaining
stores on Monday.
Their lordships accordingly adjourned at half-past 7
until I o'clock this day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FranAy. Fze. 22.
The Burets took the choir at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.

The Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Bill, Enfield Cu
Bill, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill, and Water-
ford and Paaeage Railway and Fairy Bill were read the
second time.

WATERFORD ELECTION.

On the motion of Sir H. W. BARRON, a copy man
ordered of the verdict of the coroner iuqueat on Mr.
Xeily, killed in Dungarvan at the hit Waerford electiou.

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a new writ was
ordered for the election of a member for the North Riding
of Yorkshire in the room of Mr. A. Duneombe, now Lord
Yeversh.on, called to the House of Pet: K.
THE TELEGRAPH LINES.

Mr. W. FORSTER salted the Secretary to the Treasury
whether it wee the intention of her Msjesty's government
to bring in a bill for placing the tclegr.ipli lines in the
kingdom under the superintendence of the state.
Sir S. NORTMCOTE replied that the subject was under
nousidemtion.