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

V

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

The appeal which was made to the House of
Lords on behalf of ,Ohe people of Nova Bootie last
evening was in its result no more sueoessfu), and
in the debate to " ..nh itlod .far lees interesting,
than that which Ws. Aright ethireeeed t 9 the
House of Cooomona a shori time. vies-
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btratnenen, and neither the eloquence of cue n 00.41
baron, nor that of other noble lords who after-
wards took part in the discussion, was able to
arouse much or close attention on the part of their
hatless listeners. The line of argument adopted
by the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Carnarvon
was very similar to that of Mr. A4derl.tY
in the lower bonne ; and the objections to inquiry
urged by the Marquis of Normanby and ford
Russell did not materially differ from those which
were advanced by Mr. Cardwell. The Marquis of
Clanricerde was the only warm supporter of the
motion for investigation ; and Lord Stratheden
id not think it or wise to go to a divi-
sion. The Boannwdaerylalill was allowed to go
through committee without amendment ; but upon
the n port Lord Ravensworth moved to restore so
much of the report of the commissioners as
related to the union of Jarrow with the
borough of South Shields. Lord Malmesbury
exhibited unusual judgment in declining
to go into any general discussion of the
romans which operated against making any amend-
ment in this bill, and contented himself with
requesting hie noble friend not to persevere with
his motion. This moderation proved eminently
unsatisfactory to Lord Redeadale, who, in a speech
which was vehement and even angry in its tone,
denounced the manner in which the Howse of
Peers had been treated in relation to this bill, and
declared that, if there were indeed no time for the
discussion of amendments, it was owing to the
conduct of the leaders of the opposition in
the other house, who had delayed the pro-
gress of this bill by uselessly and unneces-
sarily raising the question of the Irish church.
Before the discussion closed Lord Granville
tack occasion to say a last word about
the now celebrated " secession." He declared that
be bad no complaint to make against the conduct
of independent peers who had felt it their duty to
pro! ose amendments in this bill ; and assured the
numbers of the government that although he and
his noble friends thought that they were not well
treated the other evening, they were sure that the
noble lords who represented the ministry in that
house were incapable of intentionally taking an
unfair course with reference to any measure before
the house. After this satisfactory conclusion of
the great boundary controversy their lordships
divide (1, and the amendment of Lord Ravens-
worth was rejected by a majority of 18-
27 to 9, The Scotch Reform Bill passed
11. e stage of the report without any inci-
dent, except that Lord Redesdalc gave notice
that upon the third reading he should move the
alteration of the boundaries of the city of Glas-
gow,
.aceortling to the recommendation of the
commission, and afew minutes afterwards their

lordships adjourned.
The House of Commons, after passing the Re
gistration Bill, set to work in earnest at the
harther consideration, in committee, of the clauses
of the Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at
Elections Bills. The clause before the committee
was the fifth, providing for the presentation of
election petitions to the Court of Common Pleas ;
and this was not allowed to stand part of the
bill until Mr. Bouverie had made another attempt to
retain the jurisdiction over election petitions in
the hands of the house. The proposal of the hon.
member for Kilmarnock was that the judges
should sit, not alone, but as chairmen of commit-
tees of the House of Commons ; but this proposi-
tion found little favour, except from Mr. Henley
and Mr. Lopes. Mr. Mill, while opposing it, re-
commended that the operation of the bill should
be limited to a period of two years ; and this sug-
gestion, which was supported by Mr. Gladstone,
appeared to meet with very general approval.
he Prime Minister was more than once asked to
state whether he would accede to the proposal,
but be did not feel justified in going further than
to promise that it should receive a candid consi-
deration from the government. Upon a division
the clause was carried by a majority of 77-204 to
127. Later in the evening there was a rather ani-
mated conversation upon the question whether the
judges to try election petitions should be specially
appointed for the purpose, or whether all the
judges should be liable to perform that duty. An
amendment was moved by Mr. Ayrton, in order to
bring the point fairly under the consideration of
the committee. There was a nearly unanimous
expression of opinion against the appoint-
ment of special election judges; but Mr.
D'sraeli was not prepared to risk the fate of the
bi lin the HOLM of Lords by casting the duty
ny on all the judges, and recommended the com-
mittee to agree to the clause as it stood. How-
ever, upon a division, the amendment was carried
by a majority of 0-136 to 71. At the instance
of the Prime Minister, the chairman reported
progress. The motion for going into committee
of supply afforded the opportunity for a discus-
sion upon our expenditure on warlike stores, and
the practice of entrusting non-commissioned
officers and privates with a small allowance of ball
ammunition. Major Anson was anxious that the
manufacturing departments of the government
should be treated as private firms ; and Captain
Hayter desired that ball cartridges should be sup-
plied to the troops only when they were held in
readiness for or were about to proceed on military
duty. Sir J. Pakington promised the considera-
tion of a departmental oomnuttee for the plan of
the gallant major, and the resolution in which it
was embodied was not pressed. Some serious
allegations were made by Major Anson against
the veracity end completeness of certain accounts
which bad been submitted to the home ; and
these charges the Secretary of State for War was
not at the moment able to answer. This dis-
cussion occupied so much time that it was too late
to take votes in committee ; and the Speaker was
not called upon to leave the chair. After the
orders had been disposed of, Lord Mayo obtained
leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of regis-
tration in Ireland; and soon afterwards the house
adjourned.

MIDDLESEX BATTALION CHALLENGE Ctr.—Tho
two winning battalion twenties in the first stage for this
important vise—namely, the West Middlesex Rifle Volun-
teers and the St. George's—fired through the second stage
on Saturday afternoon last, at the Range of the Queen's
*Westminster Rifle Volunteers, on Wormholt &rabbit. A
Arcing wind prevailed from the right, and right rear, with
a %right sun full in front. The match terminated in
favour of the St. George's, the scores being as follows :
Weed Middlesex-200 yards, 353; 500 yards, 3116; 600
yards, 247. Total, 905. St. George's, 21/0 yards, 365;
600 yards, 308; 600 yards, 231. Total, 924. Captain and
Adjutant Trew, of the Victories, rendered the most OS-
meat service as umpire, and well deserved the cordial
thanks tendered him by the representatives of the two
eompeting battalions.
TAR INERTRORTERA.TION OF VOLUNTEERS AT THE
LareWnroeon Flamm—The insubordination of a number
of volunteers belonging to various rifle regiments at the
late review by the Queen in Windsor-park is, it is under-
stood, about to be officially investigated. It will be re-
membered that on the occasion in question, after the
review was over, large numbers of men, members of various
corps, instead of marching in military formation to the
Dakhet Station, as directed by General Lindsay, Inspec-
tor General of the Reserve Forces, broke the ranks so as
to get to their various destinations before the remainder
of the regiments. The subject was brought before
the House of Commons by Lord Elcho on Monday last,
when, it will be remembered, the Secretary of State for
War, Sir J. rakington, said he hoped to bo able to take
such measures as would tend to prevent for the future any
repetition of such conduct. The feeling among the force
generally has been and is now very strong against those
who wereguilty of the insubordination, and many con-
sider that the only just course to pursue would be to
make all resign who are proved to have taken part in the
sumildierhles conduct attributed to them.

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