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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool-
sack at five o'clock.

THIRD READINGS.

On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following
bills were read a third time and passed :—Bradford Cor-
poration Water ; Dublin, &c., Roads (No. 2) ; Keighley
and Kendal Road ; Earl of Abergavenny's Estate ;
Liverpool Improvement ; Wadhurst and West Farleigh
Roads ; Great Northern London Cemetery (Amend-
ments) ; Gateshead and Hexham Roads (Amendment) ;
Portsmouth Railway (Amendment) ; Shrewsbury Im-
provement (Amendment) ; and East of Fife Railway.
THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
Lord PORTMAN called the attention. of the house
to the proceedings of the select committee on the Severn
Valley Railway Bill, with a view of showing that the
select committee had by mistake committed a breach of
the standing order of the house in assenting to the in-
troduction of a particular clause. He thought the bill
ought to be recommitted, or some other step be taken
to render the bill in accordance with the standing order.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, as chairman of the
select committee, contended there was no infringement
of the standing order in question, and instanced the case
of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill and other cases
as precedents for the course adopted by the select com-
mittee. The clause alluded to by the noble lord was one
which he appeared to think was an amalgamation clause.
He (the Marquis of Clanricarde) submitted that it
could not be considered such a clause, but that it was
one which simply provided for the repairs and manage-
ment of the railway generally. If anyattempt were made
to alter the clause referred to, the effect would be the,
throwing out of the bill for the present session; this
would be a great pity, inasmuch as the bill was one o I a
most important character, and one in which the pu' olio
were deeply interested.
The Earl of CARNARVON was of opinion that tlaere
had been a violation of the standing order in the present
case.
Lord REDESDALE said that in his opinion the
clause empowered an amalgamation or a lease from one
railway company to another, and was therefore an eva-
sion of the standino. orders. After the precedents that
had been quoted by the noble marquis opposite„ he
thought that under all the circumstances the r, sport
should be received.

After a short discussion, it was arranged that tile re-
port in its present stage hhould be received.
TURKISH LOAN.

Lord MONTEAGLE begged to ask a question of her
Majesty's Government with respect to the ccintract
guaranteeing the Turkish loan. The question he wished
answered was, whether England guaranteed the whole
of five millions, and Foance also guaranteed the five
millions, or whether each nation jointly guaranteed the
loan, namely, England two millions and a-half, and
France two millions and a-half.

Earl GRANVILLE stated that the 5,000,0001. loan
to Turkey would be jointly guaranteed by the British
and French Government, although in fact England was
responsible for the whole of it. This course had been
adopted after the most serious consideration.

SCHOOL GRANTS BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
LEDDURRY PREBEND BILL.

This bill passed through committee.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSARY

NOTES BILL.

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

DWELLING-HO-USES (SCOTLAND) DILL.

On the motion for the house 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 PAN3IIIRE and the Mar-
quis of BREADALBANE,
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 vas
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.

This bill was reported to the house with amendments.
The Gold Wedding Ring Bill, the Commons' Indio-
.4ure Bill, and the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act
Continuance Bill passed through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE 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 Lord 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, and propriety 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. (Hear, hear.)
Lord HOTHAM said if the feeling of the house was,
as it appeared to be, adverse to the resolution he had
come to, he of course had no alternative but to comply
with its wish and continue on the committee.
Mr. WALPOLE expressed his satisfaction at this
latter determination of the noble lord.
The motion was then withdrawn.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST.
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 ease 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 Tinier newspaper of the
12th instant, to the effect that the invalid soldiers at
Chatham are very much discontented at portions of
their pay being withheld from them, and what steps the
Government intended to take in the matter?
Mr. PEEL replied that he was told the number of
invalid soldiers at Chatham entitled to receive pay was
very inconsiderable, as all the invalids who bad left
Scutari Hospital up to the let of April had their back
pay settled without any difficulty. There was a diffi-
culty respecting those soldiers who had left Scutaii
since that period, as the War-office was not in possession
of the Pa? lists ; but the cases were being gradually
disposed of, and the men were at the present time re-
ceiving full pay. (Hear.)
THE SUNDAY BEER ACT.
Mr. ALCOCK asked the Secretary of State for the Home
• Department, whether, inasmuch as it Seemed improbable
that the Committee on the Beer Act would be able to re-
port dnringthis session, it was his intention to introduce
a bill in order to modify the restrictions of the Beer Act
of last session ?
Sir G. GREY said as he was not a member of the
committee, and as the committee bad made no report to
the house yet, he was not enabled to say when the la-
bours 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 H. WILLOUGHBY,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
would be necessary to propose said it
to the house a sup-
plementary estimate for the naval department before
the end of the session. In the expenditure of the past
quarter tb ors Was a considerable mese over the estimate