The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-10 00:00:00

I MPERIA I, PA HU A M ENT.

The only hornless before the House of Lords
30.4 night was the act:Aid reeding of the Army
Chaplains Bill, which was agreed to after a short
dist uuion.

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The early sitting of the House of Commons was
*tiniest entirely occupied with the discussion of the
Electric Telegraphs Bill. The bill was very
severely attacked by Mr. Leeman, who guess-
tnmed the propriety of the government uuder-
taking the business of telegraphing, and told
teem, alarming steries of the corruption which pre-
salad in rewirei to the disclosure of telegrams in
some continental countries, where the telegraplus
are subject to state control. As, the representative
of the railway intermit, however, the hon. member
for Yerk laid the greatest stress upon the
difficulty - - or indeed as he deseriled it
the inqxissillility of railway companies
working their traffic if the existing rela-
tions between themselves and the telegraph
companies were disturbed. He denied that the
success of the Post (Bier system was any proof
that the government would obtain a profit from
the working of telegraphs. and, having questioned
the desirability of extending the telegraph system
into every village. concluded by moving, as an
toucuelitient upon the second reading of the bill,
the appoietwent of a select committee to inquire
into the whole question. Neither Mr. (inures nor
Mr. T. Cave were disposed to attach so much
weight to the objections of Mr. Lewin= as to the
arguments in favour of the measure; but Mr.
efloseiten appeared more open to conviction, and
upon the ground that it W11..4 too late to proceed
with the bill this session, and that further in-
quiry was desindde, he gave his support to the
smart ndment. The circumstance that Mr. Lee-
man, who had given notice to move the rejection
of the bill, had contented himself with proposing
the reference of the question to a select cotumittee,
was commented upon by Sir S. Northeote as evi-
dence of a combination to get rid of this bill at least
for the present session; and the right hon. baronet
contended tbut the house was already sufficiently
informed upon the subject to enable it to pro-
meaner an opinion upon the principle of the
,i,w.uie. The amendment was supported by Mr.
Crawford and Mr. Liddell, and by Mr. Oluelstone,
who protested against the tone of Sir S. North-
cote. /4 lelllal 1: N. mentioned a variety of
questions nisei which the house required informa-
tion before it could legislate upon the subject.
While Mr. Avrten was addressing the house the
time nrrivell -for closing the debate, and after the
Emlowed Schools Bill had been read a third time
and pared. the sitting was suspender!.
When the hes, met. at six o'clock, Mr. Disraeli
informed Mr. Lamont that in pursuance of an
engagement entered into by his preeletrssor in
Ohm. in Febniary, loth, the Colonial Secretary
Lead e !it'll' to Mr. Eyre, requesting him to inform
the guvurnitivnt of the amount of expense which
he had incurred in the course of his defence..
This answer did not appear entirely to es-
ti, fy the flieuds of the ex-governor of Ja-
mvicit, and some other question were asked
11t on the Faroe subject, to which the Prime
ister declined to reply at the moment.
The neglected condition of the British North
Ateet ti mitory lying between Canada and the
.Pacitic Ocean. and the importance of carrying rail-
way :mud tole gniphic communication through
it, rented the subject of a motion introduced
I.ir Sir 11. Verney ; but. in the present condition
of the negotiations for the ahrorption of the Hud-
see Bay territory into Canada. Mr. Adderley de-
cited to assent tothe issuing of a royal cemraiß-
sw.n. In the course of the discussion which fol-
lowed Mi. C. Fortescue and Mr. Cardwell ex-
pressed their satisfaction at learning that this
I, entry was to he involved in no responsibility
reith regard to the colonization of this territory ;
ar.el Lord Molten, who spoke with a good deal of
hesitation of manner, declared that the develop-
ment of our Pacific colonies depended upon the
making of a road from Canada through the End-
sen Pay territory. The motion for a commission
wits ultimately withdrawn. Mr. Dixon got leave
to introduce a bill to amend the act of IMO, for
" preventing the adulteration of articles of food
er drink," and after several orders had been dis-
posed of the house was counted out.