The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

The lb oee of Lords rout the Electric Telegraphs
Bill are •,..,.li4l time last evening without any op-
piwit ion, imil advanced a stage se eral other mea-
surer, iiieluding the Publie Schools lid!.
About half the early sitting of the House of
COliiinutiß was occupied with a renewed discussion
upon the question, who shall in future pay the ex-
/ entes of re turning officers at parliamentary elec-
tions; but before this subject came wider debate
Sir C. Russell asked the Home Six:rotary to give
the house some information as to the antecedents
of " the person of the name of James Finlen,
who introduced a deputation on Saturday
last to the right hon. number for South Lin-
t ashire." Mr. Hardy, not unnieuruily, replied •
that it was t o part of his official duty to inquire
into inatti rs of this kind; and the cheers which
this, atiMwe r evoked from all parts of the house
eifficiently indicated the opinion entertained by
the house as to the impertinence of .the question
asked by the hon. member for Berkshire. Mr.
Gladstone was not, however, content to leave the
matter here; and he took occasion to state that
he had no knowledge of a " place in Leicester-
square called the Judge and Jury. Society'
C. Russell had. somewhat. eurimmly. .
pleat' of public entertaininent, oat which he sug-
gested that Finlen had acted as a paid advocate),
and that when he received the ' deputation ,
of which Millen was the leader he had
no knowledge of him, • except that he had
been coeuected with the reform agitation. Sir
C. Russell assured' the right hon. gentleman
that he never supposed that he was acquainted
with Finlon's real character, and so the matter
ended. When the motion was made for the third
reading of the Election Petitions Bill, Mr.
Fawcett moved that it should be re-committed, in
order that he might re-propose the now cele-
brated clause D 53, and have it discussed in a
complete form,. instead of in the " eviscerated
condition" in which it had previously been under
consideration. This motion was seconded by Mr.
Dixon in an effective address, in which he an-
nounced that this clause had the support of his
constituents, and warned the squires that if they
maintained the expenses of elections they
might be bought out by richer manufac-
turers and merchants. Mr. Disraeli entered
into a somewhat laboured explanation of
the course pursued by the government with
reference to this subject, stating that when he
answered Mr. Forster's question the government
did nut iutend to propose the reconsideration of
the clause; and rested his hostility to the amend-
ment on the ground that it had been found utterly
impossible to frame any proviso which would
reconcile the minds of hon. members to the enact-
ing part of ,the clause, aud that to discuss the
question again could only lead to the reproduc-
tion of the lees of yesterday's debate. In the
discussion which followed Mr. Leeman sharply
attacked the Solicitor-General, for the " pretended
difficulties " which he had raised in the way of
the clause ; and Mr. Henley expressed in strong
terms his opinion that it was "a dirty thing to try
to throw these expenses upon the rates."
In tho end Mr. Fawoett's amendment was
rejected by a majority of 11-102 to 91, and the
bill was read a third time and passed. The re-
mainder of the sitting was occupied with the eon-
aideration in committee of the Regulation of Rail-
ways Bill.
The proceedings Of the evening sitting were in-
augurated by a scene of so much excitement' and
irregularity es more than once to require the inter-
position of the Speaker; and to lead the right lion.
gentleman to administer a sharp rebuke, nominally
to "the house," but in reality to the eager sup-
porters of the Cattle Market Bill. Mr. Ayrton
obtained from the Chancellor of the Exchequer
the information that no understanding had been
come to with the Corporation of London for
the erection of the proposed new market ; and
Lord R. Montagu stated that the Privy Council
bad received information that cattle plague existed
in Livonia, in the neighbourhoodof St. Petersburg,
and in Egypt. Mr.Headlam, speaking for Newcastle,
and Mr. Norwood for Hull, objected to the main-
tenatwe of restrictions upon the import of cattle
into those ports which bad been removed in the
ease of Liverpool, Southampton and other Places
on the west and south coasts of England, and there
was a good deal of conversation upon the subject
before the house divided upon the motion for
adjournment till Monday. When this had
lain rejected by a majority of 67-103 to 38,
the house went into committee upon the
Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill, but for
some time little or no progress was made. Mr.
M. Gibson and other members of the opposition
repeatedly raised the old questions of the compo-
sition of the market authority, and the sources
from which the funds required for the erection of the
market were to be derived, and pressed the govern-
ment explanutionsupon these points. TheChan-
eviler of the Exchequer and other ministers spoke
vaguely of the hope they had reason to entertain
that the corporation of the City of London would,
after all, undertake to build the market, and that
if they did not, capitalists would. be found who
would advance to the commissioners the neces-
sary funds ; but when they were pressed to state
whether the possible action, both of the corpo-
ration and of the unnamed capitalists, did not
involve the abandonment of compensation, no
reply could be obtained. About a quarter
past twelve, when Mr. Ayrton was arguing one
of these questions, he was a good deal interrupted
by cries of " divide." Thereupon he moved to
report progress, but the motion was negatived by
a majority of 73-105 to 32. At last Mr. Lowe,
a friend of the measure, pointed out that the bill
really provi &el no security upon which money could
be ridged, and pressed for farther explanation and
improved provisions ; but even the appeal, sup-
ported as it was by Mr. Gladstone, pro-
duced nothing more definite than a repeti-
tion by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
i,Lf the statement that he had been told
that them were persons who were ready to lend
the money, and that of course they must take
into account the sum required for the pay-
ment of compensation. This brought up Sir R.
Palmer, who declared that as the bill stood it
provided no means of compensation whatever.
There was a great deal more discussion, embracing
an extraordinary variety of topics'. At length the
committee divided, and an amendment proposed
by Mr. Locke, striking at the proposed commiesion
for building the market, was rejected,
by a majority of 52-83 to 31. Progreso was then
reported. The Lords' amendment, to the Com-
pulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill were agreed
to on the motion of Mr. Gladstone, and after
speeches from Mr. Beresford Hope and Mr. Hub-
bard, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced
that he would not proceed further with the
Foreign Cattle Markets Bill this session, and at 25
minutes past 3 o'clock the house adjourned until
12 this day.

ME INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE-HA PRE
TO CHERBOURG AND BACX.

The above match was started at 12.90 pp m. on Tuesday,
the 214. The yachts Were timed as Wedau.day evenisor at Cher-
homy as follows:
(*ambits, wham. r, 196 taw, James Aahliury 0111131 r, WI. p.m.
Julia, yawl, 144 tons, 0. F. Mom wino., 6h. 30em. p.m.
Aline, whismer, 216 ton., It. Hutton owner, 6h. 33m. p.m.
ernissy, cutter, 914 tone, B. Aubertot owner, 101 r. p.m.
('ondor, cutter, 133 toes, C44.W. Ewing owner, 106.40 m. p.m.
And on Thursday morning at Havre :--Cambria, wiener of
prize !4,500f. and gold medal), presented by the Empress of the
Prcntb. 9b. 9m. cm. Julia, second, 911. 43m. cm. Cruiser,
third, 10h. 419 n. cm. No others timed.

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