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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol-
lowing bills :—Places of Religious Worship Registra-
tion, Weights and Measures, Public Libraries and Mu-
seums, West Indies Relief Loans Arrangement, Encum-
bered Estates (Ireland) Acts Continuance, Burial of Poor
Persons, Lunatic Asylums (Ireland), State Carriages
Duties, &c., Convention with the United States, Eccle-
siastical Jurisdiction Continuance, Treasurers of Coun-
ties (Ireland), Edinburgh Lands, Dearness Valley Rail-
way ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
(Improvement and Branches); Somerset Central Railway,
Severn Valley Railway, Torquay District Churches,
Airdrie Rural District Police, Surrey Gas, East
Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) ; Hereford Im-
provements Act, 1854 (Correction of Oversight), Bray's
Estate ; Earl of Abergavenny's Estate.
The Lords' Commissioners were the Duke of Argyll,
the Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Monteagle.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from St.
Pancras, against any alteration in the Metropolis Local
Management Bill.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition on the
same subject, and said he intended to name certain
amendments in committee to-morrow.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Glas-
gow, praying for the extension of the Religious Opinions
Further Relief Bill to Scotland ; also, several other
petitions to the same effect from other parts of Scotland.
THIRD READINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following
bills were read a third time and passed :—Dundalk
Harbour and Port ; Westminster Improvement ; Glas-
gow, Dumbarton, and Hellenburg,h Railway ; and Great
Western and Brentford Railway.
NEW RIVER COMPANY AND TRUSTEES OF
THE RIVER LEA (No. 2) BILL.

On the motion that this bill be read'a third time,
Lord PANIVIURE said it was with great reluctance
that he rose to interfere with the passing of a bill of this
character ; but public interests were involved, which
would be seriously affected by the present measure. Ho
therefore appealed to this house whether, under the
circumstances, it was proper to sanction such a
bill passing into a law. (Hear, hear.) The measure,
if passed, would interfere with certain Ordnance work.
The matter was referred, in the first instance, to two
eminent officers of the Royal Engineers, and two eini-
nerA officers of the Royal Artillery, all of whom were
interested in the works. They made the valuation, and
named a certain sum of money by way of compensation.
The question was then referred to Sir W. Cubitt. an
impartial individual, who valued the amount of compen-
sation at 25,0001. In consequence of the company bw-
inrg made no offer to the Government, in the way of
compensation, it became his duty to resist the third
reading of the bill.

Lord MONTEAGLE supported the bill, and com-
plained that the noble lord should have withheld his ob-
jection until the7measure had arrived at its very last sta.;e.
He hoped their lordships would read the bill a thrd
time.

Lord PANMURE rose, and wa,s
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at one o'clock.

RE-ELECTIONS.

Sir W. MOLESWORTH took the oaths and his seat on
his re-election for the borough of Southwark.
Sir B. HALL took the oaths and his seat on his re eluc-
tion for the borough of Marylebone.

Viscount GODERICII presented a petition from
Bradford against the Sunday Beer Act.
LIMITED LIABILITY BILL.

The house having gone into committee o❑ the above
bill, to resume tho discussion adjourned on the 27th
instant,
On Clause 1,

Mr. BOUVERIE said it would be remembered that
on Friday last it was proposed to make the miniunitn
amount of shares 101., to which an amendment s-ai
moved by the bon. member for Lambeth (Mr. Williams),
fixing the amount at 51. He, however, hoped the c ,in-
mittee would support him, and allow the amount to stand
at 101.

Mr. WILLIAMS stated that he had no objection t
withdraw nis amendment.
After a short conversation the sum of 10/. was agreed
to.

On the same clause,
Mr. CAIRNS moved to insert the following amend-
ment—To leave out remainder of clause, and insert
"and any Company consisting of not less than six
members associated together in partnership under a deed
of settlement for any trading or other purpose (except
banking or insurance), and having its capital stock di-
vided into shares of such nominal value as aforesaid,
transferable either with or without the assent of all the
members, may obtain from the registrar of Joint Stock
Companies a certificate of limited liability, in manncr
following, namely: —lst. The company shall produce to
the registrar the deed of settlement of the company,
executed by all the partners, and shall deposit
with him a true copy of the deed for registration.
2d. The deed of settlement shall specify the name of the
company, such name to end with the word " limited,"
and also the business or object of the company, and the
place or places of business, and also the amount of its
capital stock, the number of shares into which it is '
divided, and the names and places of abode or business
of its members, and the number of the shares held by
each member. 3d. If the company be a joint-stock
company, within the meaning of the Joint-Stock Com-
pany's Registration Act, it shall, in addition to the mat-
ters aforesaid, and before or at the time of obtaining a
certificate of limited liability, obtain a certificate of com-
plete registration."
Mr. BM:TERM opposed the amendment, and Mr.
BASTIE supported it.
The house then divided, when the numbers were—

For the amendment 27
Against it
Majority against —l2
Mr. CAIRNS then moved to leave out that part of
the clause which provided that 20 per cent. of the
capital should be paid up.
Mr. BOUVERIE defended the clause.
Mr. CARDWELL supported the amendment.
After some observations from Mr. Wilkinson, Mr.
Malin% Mr. Glyn, the Solicitor-General, and Mr.
Hastie, the amendment was withdrawn.
Clause 1, as amended, was, after some further discus-
sion, agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill.
After some discussion, clause 2 was agreed to, arid
ordered to stand part of the bill.
Clause 3 was agreed to with a few verbal amend-
ments, as were also clauses 4,5, and 6.
On clause 7 being put,
Mr. CARDWELL, although he had very little hope
in carrying his amendment to this clause, felt bound t o
persevere in it. The amendment he proposed would be
no disadvantage except to the dishonest man, and
would afford every advantage to the honest trader. The
right hon. gentleman concluded by moving the following
amendment :—" That, when a company had obtained a
certificate of ;imited liability, every person holding or
having, within such period as hereinafter mentioned,
held a share in such company, shall be liable to pay the
debts of the company to au amount equal to, but not
exceeding, the nominal value of the greatest number of
shares held by him at any one time within one year next
preceding the date of the judgment or decree against
ding
the company under which his liability is sought to be
enforced.

Mr. MACGREGOR deprecated the amendment, feel.
ing assured that the community would do far better for
themselves on securing their own in;:erest than any legis-
lature could effect.
Mr. LOWE deprecated the adoption of any compul-
sory course. He thought that companies that had any
status ought not to be allowed any credit at all. Credit
was well enough for private individuals, but to allow it
to Joint-Stock Companies who had solvent partnel•s
and men of capital connected with them seemed to him
preposterous.
Mr. HASTIE was surprised at the course pursued
by the hon. member for Kidderminster, considering,
that it showed how little he knew of mercantile trans-
actions, He felt bound to support the amendment.
Mr. MALINS objected to the amendment.
Lord PALMERSTON objected to the amendment on
the ground that its adoption would in effect alter the
whole operation of the measure.
After some observations from Mr. MIrcIIELL and
angavr iscount GonEuicH,
mento
.fCrAjp WELL felt bound to divide on his amend.
?purpose of offering the houseau opportunity
of marking its sense upon the subject. He confessed in
adopting this coursesult. he had. very little faith in the 1?-

The committee then divided when there appeared
For the amendment '
Against it ......... .
Majority against. ...... .
....
'''''''''''''''''' 78
consequently •••
—63
The amendment wag
ROYAL CONimiq,Z.
At this moment Mr. Pultn-.n theD •eputy Us her of the
Black Rod, appeared at the table and summoned the.
housa to the House of Peers to hear the
Royal assent
given to certain public and private bills, for which see
Lords' report.
The house adjourned shortly after four to six o'clock.

The house resumed at six o'clock, and was
[LEFT SITTING.]

THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN 11Y1).13-

PARK.

INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT

OF THE POLICE,-(THIS DAY•)
. .

The Commissioners took their seats this morning at
20 minutes past 11 o'clock.

Mr. John Harford, deputy treasurer, of Bristol, wag
the first witness examined. He was in Hyde-par:,
south of the Serpentine, on the lst of July, about six
-o'clock in the evening. He saw a crowd of persons round
a man who was attempting to address them. A. body of

police came up when they were received with hooting
and yells, and stones and sticks were thrown at them.
The man was taken into custody. Asimilar occurrence
occurred shortly after, and that man was also taken into
custody. He saw enough of the conduct of the crowd
to excite the police to drive them back with their staves,
or use any force they might think necessary. They did
not do so, and he was much pleased at their forbearance.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—His house and his
mother's were burnt down during the Bristol riots. He
was not easily alarmed at a crowd. He was induced to
go to the Park, expecting to see a row there from what
a policeman told him. He noticed a pale-looking police.
man on a black horse use great forbearance. He did
not notice much joking amongst the crowd.
Mr. S. E. P. Lefroy, barrister, of the Northern cir-
cuit, was in the park from 3 to 5 o'clock. He noticed
three classes of persons: one thieves or vagabonds; an-
other respectably-dressed working men, clerks, and
shopmen ; and a third like himself, who were drawn
there from curiosity. The first were riotously dis-
posed with a view to plunder, and the second to
give an honest expression of disapprobation to the Sunday
Trading Bill without personal violence. He saw
carriages intercepted in the drive, and an attempt made
by a boy of 14 years of age to upset one. (Laughter.)
He ran in front of the horse, flourished his cap, and
struck him on the head. He was cheered by many of
the working men, and the vagabonds around him. He
saw instances of respectably-dressed persons refusing to
comply with the request of the police to move back from
the railings. He saw no blows struck by the police;
but he saw their truncheons flourished to induce
the people to go back. After that the people
were allowed to come forward again. The
object of driving the people from the railings appeared
to be to get rid of those who were in the front hooting.
He thought the police acted with firmness and forbear-
ance ; otherwise the disturbance would have led to the
destruction of property and loss of life. He saw two
mounted policemen pelted with small stones, They did
not appear excited.

Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—He noticed no
ladies amongst the crowd. He did not see any peers
there nor a learned judge walking with his daughter.
The police came up slowly, on which the people rushed
off speedily, and he had to take refuge behind a tree.
He thought these rushes were made by some of the
crowd, with a view to plunder. The resistance, in
most instances, by the people, was passive. He saw one
policeman push a man with his truncheen, who threw
himself on his back. On further examination relative
to how the man could throw himself on his back, be
said it was on his side. He saw no policeman struck,
nor any act of violence done for the day.
Mr. Edward Fitzharding Berkeley, of the 2d Life
Guards, was in the park from a quarter to five till a
quarter to seven o'clock walking along by the carriage
drive. The crowd was very dense, and the police endea-
voured to prevent them assembling to be addressed by a
speaker. The conduct of the crowd tended to annoy and
provoke the police by "mobbing " them. He saw the
police pelted with gravel and small clods of earth. They
hooted at them. The police had not the slightest diffi-
culty in dispersing the crowd. He thought the conduct
of the police excellent.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—There was more
hooting when the prisoners were Conveyed along the
drive in cabs than at other times. If he had received
a stray blow he should not have complained at having
placed himself in front of the people the police were en-
deavouring to disperse. There appeared to be a desire
on the part of the people to commit a breach of the
peace if they dared. He saw -no ill-temper on the part
of the police, He thought it was necessary the people
should be charged. He saw Sir R. Mayne's notice, but
did not read it through.
Mr• William Hawes, of Montagu-place, Russell
square, was in the Park on the Ist inst., and mixed with
the crowd on both sides of the Drive. He saw stones
thrown at the police, and a macadamised one struck
him. The conduct of the two mounted policemen was
such as it should be. There was no excitement on their
part. The police appeared to be in exceedingly good
temper. One sergeant showed him a blow lie had re-
ceived on the hand. It was not safe to take a lady on
foot along the Serpentine—if in a carriage at the risk
of the horses being frightened. The crowd in the Drive
was of a noisy description, and composed mostly of boys
and young men.

Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—He saw from 50 to
60 carriages in the drive of the usual description seen in
Hyde-park. He saw no violence used, or great resist-
ance to the police. One man refused to go under the
railings, when the • police took him up, threw him over,
and he fell on the other side. The crowd was of a dif-
ferent character to that seen at elections. There was a
difference in the conduct of the crowd on the green and
in the drive ; the former were peaceable and or-
derly. There was a difference between this
crowd and that on the Derby-day. The
latter was fun and frolic—the former more than that.
Mr. Charles .M`Pherson, steward to Lord H. Grosve-
nor, was at his residence on the Ist, hearing there was
to be gathering and a breakage of the windows. On
the crowd assembling, the blinds were drawn down, and
some of the shutters closed. The inmates, consisting of
the establishment, were much alarmed at the yelling and
hooting of the crowd. There were two or three police-
men in plain clothes in and out of the house. No
damage was done on that day.

Cross-examined—Lord R. Grosvenor was not in the
house, but some of the ladies of the family were there.
Wm. Ford, messenger to Lord R. Grosvenor, gave
similar testimony to the above witness. Whilst fastening
the area gate, about six o'clock in the evening, he was
struck with a stone on the head, but not violently. He
did not feel particularly alarmed. Things went on pretty
quiet and regular in the house. Lady Grosvenor and
two of the young ladies were in the house ; they were
rather alarmed. After the mob was dispersed, about
half-past six o'clock, Lady Grosvenor and the young
ladies walked out. The carriage is never used on Sun-
days. The crowd assembled a little before six o'clock.
Mr. John Hayworth, woollen draper, of St. Martin's-
lane, saw a lady pushed down by the crowd, a.. 4 on a
policeman going to her assistance the crowd cried
"Shame !" and began to elbow him. The lady, he
thought, was trampled on by the crowd. He saw pieces
of hurdles thrown into the air in the direction of the
police, who were apprehending a man. He noticed the
crowd on one occasion annoying the police when tney
were clearing the place. The police used forbearance.
He had never contracted to supply the police with goods.
He was not a voluntary witness.

Mr. Wm. Chas. Brown, straw-hat manufacturer, New
Bond-street, was in the Park from four till half-past six
o'clock. The conduct of the crowd was very discredit-
able and annoying to the police. Stones were thrown
at them. The policemen acted very temperately. He
saw one or two " half boys, half men" have a good box
on the ears, but he saw no bloodshed. He saw several
prisoners taken away in cabs, and he could say positively
none of them bad their skin broken. He did not
mean to charge those witnesses with perjury who had
deposed to acts of violence on the part of the police.
Mr. H. Ransoms, messenger to the Board of Health,
was in the Park from half-past 2 till 6 o'clock. He saw
stones about the size of an egg thrown at the police. He
did not see the mounted policemen strike any one. His
friend who was with him was driven one foot into the
Serpentine by the people falling back before tne police.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—lt was possible for
the police to have done what they were ()barged with
without his seeing it. The "roughs" did not appear to
be acting under orders. Thecarriage way was cleared
quickly and with ease. There were persons addressing
the crowd ; some were advocating teetotalism, some
preaching, and others haranguing the people against the
Sunday Trading Bill. He had made up his mind to go
to the Park long before Sir R. Mayne's
notice appeared,
believing nothing would occur to prevent persons from
enjoying themselves there.
Mr. Wm. Newton, cab proprietor, 12, Johnson-stre
Milbank, was in the Park on the Ist July with his fa-
milv. As he drove along the drive he was assailed with
shouts- of "Go to church," " Send your children to school,"
and " Send your ostler to church." He had difficulty
in holding his horse. His wife and family were much
alarmed.

Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—Before be wu a
cab proprietor he was a grocer, and previous(Ltoathtts a
he
had been seven years in the A division.
His father was a contractor, and he took the poficeert.)
the races. It was much trouble to keep in with the
police, and he came here on the principle of " love your
enemies." Two stones were thrown at him.
James O'Brien, coachman to General Sir E. Blakeney'
was driving along the Park with the General and a lady
in the carriage. The hcrses were much frightened, and
had it not been for the police the horses would have got
beyond his control. The horses plunged very much.
He left the Park, and afterwards re-entered it without
difficulty.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mitchell—They were young
horses he drove in the Park on the Ist. 'When he drove
the general to a review he had what were termed " Wo-
terloo horses." (Laughter.) It was the shouting and
Waving of hats which frightened the horses. Ho had
I
resuently taken the young horses into the park.
berated the
weltree-,anlined —The more the crowd saw the horses
ml:l4l:l,tiecfr the more they shouted.
qmson, footman to Sir E. Blakeney, corro-
the Park from 111 r. Charles coachman's evidence.
saw stones thrown
half-past
Sawle, M.P. for 13odmin, was in
past three until five o'cinck. Ho
Drive, and a pair 0-- towardso. the police who were in the
policseevucTal prisoners taken to the
and run off. net horses in an open carriage take fright
Dairy-farm, but the
was necessary. The conductBOlf no more violence than
toe crowd was such as
to justify the interference of the
Cross-exarained by Mr. Mitoilelc.2;
.ame heard converse..