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London, England, 1855-05-22 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' aock.

IMPERIAL PABLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENINa.)
The LORD CHaivezuois took his seat on the w aolsack
at five o'clock.

AMENDMENT OF THE CRIMINAL LAW.

In reply to Lord BROUGHAM,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said tha,'t a bill was
prepared in reference to the amendment of the criminal
law, and hoped that it would be found on the table im-
mediately after the Whitsuntide reces,s.
Lord LYTTELTON said it wou'id be desirable that
all the measures relating to the amendment of the crimi-
nal law should be proceeded with ,sithout delay.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition com-
plaining of the loss of fees by th's premature clo:.ing of
burial grounds.
The e'Bishop of CHICHESTER presented a bimilar
petition.
The Earl of Int.RDWICKE presented a petition in
favour of closing public houses on Sundays.
The Earl of WICKLOW asked whether it W 39 in-
tended, after the proceedings of the previous evening, to
prevent peers leaving, the ho.ase after a division had been
called ?
A conversation here took place, in the course of which
Lord REDESDALE said the practice of the house
was to have the doors locked during a division. The
standing orders were imperative on the subject, • tating
that no peer should, after the question was put, leave
the house until the votes had, been taken, or that the
house had proceeded with some other business.
.EARL GREY'ei MOTION.
• Lord LYNDHURST begfied to ask the noble earl
opposite what course he ibtev.ded to pursue with r-Qpect
to the motion which stood in his name for Friday next,
and whether he intended to alter it in conseque;me of
the scene which occured I,ast night in another house,
and of which he (Earl GreM was a spectator.
Earl GREY said he mot certainly was present in the
other house last night, though not an edified spet-ator.
(Hear.) He was not aware at present of any sufficient
reason for postponing !his motion any longer. If,
however, any reason w as urged why he ought not t )
proceed with his motion on Friday he would pre-
pared to consider it.

- The Earl of DERLY said that be understood that
the noble earl had postponed his motion yest, rday
until Friday in order not to interfere with the inipc •tant
discussion which was appointed to take place the
other house, and that should have Cie prestig of a
great amonnt of eloquence while it was to he sup/ orted
by members of the othe.! house. It struck him th the
same reason which urged :he noble earl to postpo, a his
motion from Monday was equally strong in reap 3t to
postponing it still long r. It wa4a matter of indiffr •enc:4l
to him whethertho noble lord brought forward his n ,tion
on Friday or not, but he would remind the nobb e:tr
that he was deprived of all advantageupon which ; had
reckoned by postponing his motion from Monday . the
day it was first intended to be proceeded with.

Earl GREY could a;,sure the noble earl that • was
no advantage to him to have postponed his motion from
Monday. He had altered the day of bringing it for yard
on it being represented to him that it would be 4 isad-
vantageous to the subjee, itself to proceed with it o the
same day it was to be di,cassed in the lower I ruse.
He understood that the friends of the qu eion
were determined t. 4 proceed with it in the other by use.
The,;e were the circv,mstances under which he , iluc-
tautly consented to r ostpone his motion.
THE CONVERENCE AT VIENNA.

Lord LYNDRURST understood negotiations vere
at present r.endiog at Vienna, and he therefore thc,
it would be inconvenient to the country if the d 'mis-
sion was proceeded w:tb. It was most dekiral le to
know the state of affairs at Vienna.
Earl GRA.NVILLE said it was true than the C )nle-
rences at Vienna had been finally closed.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our first edition. )
METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BI LL
Clauses up to 46 were agreed to, with a few erbal
amendments.
On clause 47 being proposed, the object of whist was
to provide that all sewers except main sewers shou i be
under the management of vestries and district boars s,
Sir B. HALL said, that this was one of the mos im-
portant clauses in the bill. It had been intros 'iced
after great consideration, and he should refrain from
saying one word on the subject until he had hear the
opinions of hon. members.
Viscount EBRINGTON believed that the clan e, if
carried, would be productive of evil rather than t.;, ,od.
(gear.) It would have the effect, in the first inste
of an enormous increase of the staff of officers, and t .ere-
by considerably increase the rate of taxation. He
thought the only course to be adopted, with any erect,
would be to place the direction of the drainage L ider
the central board.
Lord R. GROSVENOR considered that if the Buse
rejected the proposition of the hon. baronet, and p seed
the management of the sewers in the hands of a cc •tral
board, the worst results would follow.
Sir W. CL,I.Y was of opinion there was bit one
course to be pursued, that of supporting the mea sire,
and leaving the management of these sewers unde • the
direction of the hon. baronet.
Mr. F. BARING complained of powers being g ven
by this clause to the district. boards that should be vs ded
only in the metropolitan board.
Mr. H. WILLYAMS supported the views of the oble
lord (Lord Ebrington), who, he hoped, would divid the
committee on the question.
Mr. LABOUCHERE preferred the scheme prop 3sed
by the President of the Board of Health to that sug-
gested by Lord Ebrington. It would have been :aore
satisfactory to him had the districts been ferete in
number.
Sir B. HALL said the division of the metropolis into
districts had been fully considered. He had to deal
with an area divided into every conceivable form and
shape, and adapt a new legislation as far as possible to
it. It was true that the whole of the drainage o the
metropolis under one board had failed, and the question
was, what boards should be constituted as y lost
desirable, and the plan he suggested he had endeavo ered
to make as useful for the purpose it was intended as pos-
sible. The population of the metropolis was two mil-
lions and a half ; and considering that population was
increasing, he did not think the number of boards pro-
posed would be found too many under the cir-
cumstances. Each board would represent an ave-
rage of from 60,000 to 80,000 inhabitants. If
he gave the district boards the power of forming dr.ins,
he must also give them powers to carry them out, and
these powers were not more arbitrary than those now
existing in the city of London, having studiously avoided
adding anything to them. From the various returns
made to him, he found there were 1,500 miles of ste. ets
in the metropolis and 934 miles of sewers; consevel tly
there were 566 miles of streets without sewers, and hat
under a system of centralisation. (Hear, hear.) That
distance comprised 306,000 houses, and conseque itly
they might reasonably come to the conclusion there ere
130,000 houses without sewers either in their i ont
or at their back, by which they might commun. rate
with a drain; and that was such a startling pact
that it was his duty to press this measure. He fc Ind
there was one street in the parish of Maryleboue, eon-
tajning from 60 to 100 first class houses, where Vlore
were only two houses in it that communicated with the
sewer. So far as he had been able to ascertain, the
ground landlords and middle men of the metropolis were
anxious that this measure should pass.
Viscount EBRINGTON was not anxious that the
whole subject of drainage should be under one board,
but the proposition of the right hon. baronet left thew no
alternative in consequence of the arbitrary manner in
which he had made out his districts. They must either
give the management to one board or to the different
vestries and district boards the right hon. gentleman
had pointed out. He preferred the adoption of the
first course as the least bad of two bad alternatieese
(Hear.) He preferred the matter being considered by
one set of hands to 36.
Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY thought the 47th clause
would not work well, and he must therefore give it a
decided opposition.
Lord SEYMOUR could not understand why these
36 districts had been found necessary and selected for
the purpose of carrying out the object of this clause.
Sir B. HALL had taken the 36 districts because they
were parishes sole, and had not been incorporated
under the Poor Law Act. In adopting that course be
thenghtevery one would admit that if he had not adopted
s's°neci, at least be had come to a rationa;, conclusion.
The
clause was then agreed to.
,On clause 48 being proposed,
Sir B. HALL said that all the clauses, from the 47th
to the nth, had been adopted from local existing BC:3 ;
and such being
qaire but little thedl case he thought that they would re-
Viscoun t et7/7,4i„,"•
course of drainaze was said that the only effectual
thereby accomplish abet turn it into streams, and
ture—namely, to make mw,alltiele wag the intention of na-
ckflrauerc,cti fructifies
)which was at
present a cause of disease,
Sir J. SHELLEY the
carried
of the metro-
polis would never be properly
met,-'4ouliVess it was
d thereby carried beyond the limits of the
which he
hoped ultimately would be the case, an
its interference with the water courses. prevent
'Mord SEYMOUR observed there was no ,
proets•A
in the bill to prevent the sewerage being carried i,to
the Thames, and thought if the hon. baronet intradu-i d
a clause preventing its being done after
a certe•
date it would materially strengthen his bill.
regard to the district,where
there
only a small breadth of land between the
meeting cause and the Thames, there nothing was - to
prevent their carrying the sewerage into the Thames.
-Sir J. SHELLEY said he thought it would not lie
right of them to prevent some of the existing sewer..ge
frani flowing into the Thames, and that the amount of
drainage that. would do so a' fter the passing of t'il
bill would be very inecusiderable.
the Sewerage fro
.the houses
and the Thames fin:
injustice on the owners
into the Thames would be an
between To prevent
to reverse their levels stoof property, by co
Lord SEYMOun
said
it to flow imntpoeltlhinegsetnil..e'rn.
should undertake to introdubeee thought the hon. Laroeet
err-
main date none of the districts ee clause that after a
in the centre of the