The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT•

ROUSE OF LORDS.—Tsuanay, Anna 28.
The royal absent was at 4 o'clock given by coommiedon to
a variety of bills.
The Lords Commissioners were .—The Lord Cancellor,
the Earl of Bassboreugh. and Lord Foley.
Some private bills were advanced stets, ank.
d
Their lordships adjourned at half -past 4 o'cloc

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TantsDAY, Juin 28.
The SPEAK= took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock,
resent, of whom
there being only about 100 members p
there were on the Treasury_ bench Mr. M. Gibson, Mr.
Goschen, Mr. Layard, Mr. H. Bruce, Mr. W. E. Forster,
Mr. Headlain, Mr. Lawson, Mr. C. Fortescue, Mr. E.
monde, Mr. Childers, and Mr. Hugessen ; and on thed
Mr.
front
Opposition bench, Sir W. Jollife, Sir F. Kelly, an
Mowbray.

ROYAL COMMISSION.
Colonel R. C. Sentient Cuesoan, the Yeoman Usher
of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned
the house to the House of Peers, to hear the royal assent
given to certain acts agreed to by both houses.
The SPIAVAR, attended by many bon. gentlemen, went
to the House of Lords ; and on the return of the tight bon.
gentleman he acquainted the house that her Majesty had,
by commission, given her salient to several acts, for the
titles of which see Lords' report.
NUISANCES IN LIVERPOOL
Mr. SAMUELSON asked the Vice-President of the
Privy Council whether his attention had been called to
the fact that in spite of the outbreak of cholera in Liver-
pool the local authorities had permitted a large space of
waste ground to be covered with night soil, the conse-
quence of which was that the vicinity was never free from
typhus fever.
Mr. BRUCE said that he had received no official infor-
mation on the subject. but nevertheless had en ma
de
de
aware of the facts stated through a private chanbenel.
hon. member was perhaps not aware that, although the
Privy Council had power to order inquiries when se epi-
demicactually broke out, they had none to oblige local
authorities to take previous precautionary measures. A
bill to give them that power was now before a select com-
mittee, but until it had passed they could do nothing.
THE INTENDED MEETING IN WHITEHALL-YARD.
Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the Secretary for the Home
Department whether he had seen the advertisement of a
meeting proposed to be held in the immediate vicinity of
the Houses of ParliAMellt. He wished to know whether
it was right to hold popular meetings in such vicinity, and
to make speeches calculated to create • disturbance of the
public peace.. He thought that some notice should be
taken of the intended meeting.
Sir G. GREY had not seen the notice in question, but he
could state that it was not lawful to make speeches at any
meeting calculated to cause a breach of the public peace.
There was a statute prohibiting any meeting being lurid
within a mile of the houses of parliament, but it was
limited to cases where the object was to get up peti-
tions to parliament, and in order to prevent intimida-
tion. He had not seen the notice—perhaps the hon.
member would send him a copy. (A voice, " It's in the
Morning Star.")
THE MINISTERIAL INTERREGNUM.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—On Mon-
day evening, when proposing the adjournment of the
house to Thursday night, I said I should then probably
.be
in a position to ask for a further adjournment, by authority
of and in communication with some person who shoald
have received the Queen's command to form an adminis-
tration. I have received a communication from Lord
Derby to the effect that it was h
his wis, with
a view to the convenient progress of his arrange-
ments, that the house should adjourn for not
leas than a week, and I came down in consequence
prepared to move such adjournment, without any doubt
that the motion would be acceded to. Since then,
however, it has been made known to me by the right hon.
member for Cambridge University that independently of the
private business, there were election proceedings connected
with the Helaton petition which it would not be convenient
to postpone. I also understand that the highest authority
in the house concurs in that view of the case, and, there-
fore. Ido not feel any hesitation in waiving the formal
notion of adjournment from to-day until Thursday next.
What I understan is, that the l meet ,
both to-morrow and d Monday for purposes s connected
with the Heleton election petition. On Monday
there will be no obstacle to moving the adjournment until
Thursday, but the understanding by general consent will
be the. no public business shall be transacted from this
time ur til Thursday next. The formal adjournment will
take place from Monday next until the following Thursday.
Mr. B. OSBORNE moved the adjournment of the
house for the purpose of making some observations on the
crisis, which, he said, was unprecedented, the country
having already been eight days without a government, at
a time when affairs at home and abroad were unusually
complicated. Notwithstanding Mr. Gladstone's explana-
tion the other evening he could not understand why the
government bad given up their places and their bill
so hastily. They could not have expected to pass a reform
bill without some opposition, but the point on which they
bad chosen to accept defeat was one of mere detail, as had
been observed by her Majesty. Of the 44 liberals, by
whose aid that defeat had been caused, many were good
reformers and attached friends to the government, and
would have joined in carrying a vote of confidence
had not the government refused it almost with
contumely, and on all grounds he pronounced it
to be very lamentable that they should have thrown
down their cards so readily without, at least, obtain-
ing some declaration from the bombe on the reduction of
the borough franchise, particularly as it had only a few
days before consented to a very important reduction of the
county franchise. The result was that the session was
wasted, the liberal party was left in the lurch by its leaders,
and under the circumstances, if Lord Derby succeeded in
forming a government, he should feel it his duty, being
confident that the ultimate progress of liberal measures
was safe, whatever happened, to give it a fair trial, and to
abstain from any kind of factious opposition.
Colonel S. KNOX inquired whether London was to be
banded over to mob-law. The town was in a state of
siege on the previous night ; and yet the Home Secretary
brew nothing of it, or a threatened meeting to intimidate
the house.
Sir G. GREY said that he had not heard of the an-
nouncement of an intended meeting . • but he did know of
the meeting in Trafalgar-square and he had previously
direemil that a sufficient body Of police should be ready to
prevent any mischief occurring.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said that there ought not to be
any alarm at a few persons assembling in Palace-yard,
whither it was very natural that they should come. He
thanked Mr. Gladstone for the manner in which be
announced the retirement of the government, and he
was of opinion that no real loss of time would occur if
the preparations for the impending change were properly
completed.
Mr. WALPOLE said that it was necessary that the Hel-
'ton committee should be appointed to-morrow, and sworn
in on Monday.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER tendered
his cordial acknowledgments to Mr. Newdegate for the
manner in which he hail spoken of him personally. He
thought that Mr. Osborne had paid a just compliment to
the house for the patience it had shown at the delay which
bad occurred in its business in consequence of the
change of government. The time would come for
discussing the motives of the retirement of the
government, and the prospects of the policy of the
new one ; but he agreed that no factious opposition
should be offered to the incoming ministry. With regard
to all bills which had been under consideration, it did not
follow as a matter of course that all such bills should be
dropped; and it was iuthe power of any member to object to
their being abandoned. In regard to the retirement of minis-
tors on a question of detail, it was on a cursory view of that sub-
ct, combined with the state of fur'.ign affairs, that her
MMajesty had hesitated to accept the resignation of her
ministers ; but after personal explanation and conimuni-
cation with her Majesty, she had been convinced of the
propriety of their resolve.
SUPPLY.
The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up
and agreed to.
LAND TAX COMMISSIONERS' NAMES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS
(IRELAND).
Mr. BLAKE obtained leave and brought in a bill to
amend the law relating to charitable donations and be-
quests in Ireland.
The bill passed the first reading.
The house then adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock.

OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LAST
EVENING.

In consequence of the great gatherings of people
n New Palace yard on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and
the exhibition of feeling which they displayed as certain
members entered and left the houses of parliament, a large
body of police was distributed last evening over the yard
with a view to prevent any similar assembly. The result
was that the place was kept quite clear, and the
few spectators who did come down to Westminster
had to be content with taking up positions
on the pavement in front of Canning's statue.
As it was generally known that the sitting of the Commons
would be merely formal, the number of people here col-
lected did not amount to more than 200, and they were
very orderly. However, when the Chancellor of the
Exchequer was seen, after the rising of the house, passing
across New Palace-yard to Bridge-street, they rushed
after him en mute and kreeted him with cheers. Being
entirely surrounded by the crowd, Mr. Gilpin, M.P. , who
happened to be near at the time, gave the right hon.
gentleman his aim, and a policeman walking in front to
clear the way, the two hon.! members proceeded along
Parliament-street, followed by the people, who gratingly
increased in numbers, and every now and then gave the
Chancellor some hearty applause.