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London, England, 1855-07-14 00:00:00

NOTES BILL.

On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, this bill was
read a second time.

DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL.

On the motion for the hone going into committee on

this bill,
Lord REDESDALE suggested that this bill, as well
as the English one, should be referred to a select com-
mittee. In a couple of hours he thought both bills
would be put in a much better form than they were at
present.
After a few words from Lord PANITURE and the Mar-
quis of BREADALBAITE,
The bill passed through committee.
The Victoria Governments Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The Endowed Schools (Ireland) Bill was passed
through committee.
The Edinburgh Lands Bill was reported with amend-
ments.
The Waste Lands (Australia) Acts Repeal Bill was
read a third time and passed.
The New South Wales Governments Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill
was read a third time and passed.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS' BILL.
Tbis bill was reported to the house with amendments.
The Gold Wedding Ring Bill, the Commons' Inelo
sure Bill, and the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act
Continuance Bill passed through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
considered and agreed to :—Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway ; London Necropolis and National Mausoleum ;
Wisbech Port ; Gun-barrel Proof-houses (Birmingham
and London) ; and the Bolton and Nightingales Road.
Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from the
Foreign Affairs' Committee of Newcastle, complaining
of the conduct of the war. The petitioners ended by
praying nothing, and saying they would ever pray.
(Laughter.)
Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition signed by
the Mayor and the inhabitants of Sheffield, complaining
of the present state of the representation of the people
in that house, and stating that every householder of 12
months' standing ,should have a vote.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL.

The order for the second reading of this bill was dis•
charged.

LONDON WRIT COMMITTEE-CASE OF
BARON ROTHSCHILD.

Mr. WALPOLE moved that Lard Hotham be dis-
charged from further attendance on the committee, and
that Mr. Edward Egerton be added thereto.
Lord HOTHAM rose to explain his reasons for wish-
ing to be relieved from the attendance of this committee.
He had been unable to prevail on the majority of the
committee to concur with him, that if it was desirable
the case should be argued by counsel on one side, it was
contrary to all reason, justice, andpropriety that it should
not be argued in like manner on the other side ; and on
that not being deemed advisable by the majority of the
committee nor by the house, he had come to the deter-
mination to ask the permission of the house to be re-
lieved from further attendance on the committee.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped the noble lord would re-
consider the determination he had come to, because if
his decision was a proper one he (Mr. Duncombe) ought
to follow his example. The committee could not last
more than one or two days longer, and he thought it
would be unfair to any hon, member who should join it
now to ask him to decide or agree to the report without
having heard the arguments. (Hear.) Under these cir-
cumstances he trusted the noble lord would reconsider
his determination. (Rear, hear.)
Lord HOTHAM said if the feeling of the house was,
as it appeared to be, adverse to the resolution be had
come to, he of course had no alternative but to comply
with its wish and continue on the committee.
Mr. WALPOLE expressed Isis satisfaction at this
latter determination of the noble lord.
The motion was then withdrawn.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHUR,ST.
In reply to Colonel HARCOURT,
Mr. PEEL said the report of the committee which
had been appointed to inquire into the nominations to
cadetships from the above college was only just pub-
• lished, and he had not had time to read it ; but the re-
commendations of the committee should be taken into
'consideration on the first opportunity.
RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON FULL PAY.
Col. NORTH rose to ask the Under-Secretary for
War, whether those officers who wished to take advan-
tage of the Queen's late warrant for, the retirement of
officers upon fell pay, and obtaining a step in rank,
would be permitted to retain the reward for distinguished
service which her Majesty had been graciously pleased
to grant them.
Mr. PEEL replied that no case of the kind alluded to
by the hon. and gallant member had yet occurred.
THE ENFIELD RIFLE.

Captain KNOX asked the Clerk of the Ordnance
whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the
house any correspondence which had passed between him,
and the authorities at Woolwich, or elsewhere, with re-
gard to the lamentable failure of the Enfield rifle, on the
18th day of June last, and whether he was taking any
steps to remedy the evil ?
Mr. MONSELL replied that no information on the
subject had been received by the Board of Ordnance.
PAY OF INVALID SOLDIERS AT CHATHAM.
Colonel KNOX again rose, and asked the Under-
Secretary for War whether his attention had been
called to a paragraph in the Times newspaper of the
12th instant, to the effect that the invalid soldiers at
Chatham are muchdiscontented at portions of
Pay beingvery
withheld from them, and what steps the
Government intended to take in the matter?
Mr. PEEL replieJ
at Ch that he was told the. number of
invalid
very inconsiderable,
as all the invalids
f
atham entitled to receive pay was
very
who had left
Scutari Hospital up to
pay settled without any
Ist of April had their back
culty respecting those soldiers who
was a diffii
as
the
War-office who had left Scutari
since that period,
of the pay lists ; but
the ;office was not in possession
disposed of, and the men ases were
.being gradually
were at the present time re-
ceiving full pay. (Hear.)
THE SUNDAY BEER ACT
Mr. ALCOCK asked the Secretary of State •
(lor the Home
Depariment, whether, inasmuch as itseemeimprobable
that the Committee on the Beer Act would be ableintro to
ure-
port duringthis session, it was his intention
a bill in order to modify the restrictions of the seer Act
of last session ?
Sir G. GREY said as lie was not a member of the
committee, and as the committee had made nureport to
the house yet, he was not enabled to say when the
hours of the committee would be concluded. The house
had confided the, inquiry to the committee on the mo-
tion of the honourable member for Bristol—
(hear, hear)—and it was certainly not his (Sir
G. Grey's) intention to interfere with that inquiry.
SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

In reply to Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
would be necessary to propose to the houses sup-
plementary estimate fur the naval department before
the end of the session. In the expenditure of the past
quarter ti) ore was a considerable excess over the ebtimat)

agreed to by the house. It would be also necessary,
probably, to propose a supplementary estimate for the
military department ; and if the house should agree
to these supplementary estimates, it would be
necessary for him to submit the ways and means by
which he should propose to meet the increased expendi-
ture. (Hear.)
INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF THE