The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

IM PE It L P A RLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

NEW PEER.
Lord RAVENSWORTH took the oaths and his seat.
DEAN FORESTS, &c., BILL.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY,
this bill passed through committee.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
On the motion that- this bill be rend a second time,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said the first object of
the present bill would be.io iccrease the powers of the
Charitable Commissioners, soasto enable them to do more
good than they have hitherto been able to- do.
It had been charged against the board that they bad
done very little. The .fact was that they had done a
great deal, but they required further the,per which the
present bill would confer. Withinlast year
about 1,100 applications had been made to the
board by parties connected with charities, and the im-
portant functions ef—the board were to advise the trus-
tees and others connected with charities ; and if such
parties acted upon the advice
bill given them they
would be indemnified.d. The was to
authorise the commissioners to give powers to the
trustees of charities to lease lands for building
purposes. The measure further proposed that
the appointment of the commissioners should be
permanent instead of being
ioners were temporary,
also as they had
hitherto been. The Commiss to have
the power of apportioning local charities, when such
charities were to be divided, subject th the approval of
the Court of Chancery. Provision was further made for
the appointment of an official assignee, .who would
be bound to see that the property in question: was
properly treated and not mismanaged. In respect to'
the Roman Cathfilic charities, he (the Lord Chanell° )
ec felt that it was necessary now to deal with that tub 4 j"
this
There was a great deal of difficulty attending part
of the subject. He had, however, endeavoured toni
meet
those difficulties, and he intended to have the bill printed,
and to allow time for its consideration before proceeding
with the other stacres.

Lord ST;I,EONAR.DS said he did not object to the
_second reading of the bill, but he thought as it conta'ned
so many important clauses it would be best to refer it to
[select committee.
Earl gRAN VILLE said he had no objection to the
ourse suggested by the noble and learned lord.

The Dill was then read a second time.
Their lordships then r.djourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The house re-assembled to-day a'; 4 o'clock after the
EaAter, recess.

NEW MEMBERS:

Mr. BOIITERIE was sworn, and tlok his seat for the
Kilqrarnock Burghs.
PRICE was sworn, and took his seat for Glen-
, .
cestdrsnlTEl.
Mr. BE .ND was sworn, nr.d tool: his seat forLawes.
THIRD READINGS.

The following hills were read a third time
•- and Midland Railway, aisett Gas, and South. Staaord-
--- -shire Railway.
The followim,-,, bills were ordered to he consiJere•i :
Belfast and Count), Down Railway, Bristol and Ex--ttsr
Railway ; Colchester, Stour Valley. Sudbury, and Hal-
stead Railway ; Grand Junction Water : Great North
of Scotland Railway ; Great Northern R.ailway ([n-
crease of Capital) ;Salisbury and Yeovil Railway ; South
Wales Mineral Railway; Southwark and Vs oxball
Water ; Swansea Vale Railway ; Va!e of Neath Rail-
way ; and Woolwich Et-nit-Ale Gas Bills.
PETITIONS.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from New
castle-on-Tyne, praying for Parliamentary Reform, as
the only safeguard against the mismanagement of the
war.
Mr. KEATING presented a petition from a parish of
St. Mark, against the Metropolis Management Bill.
Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from a parish
in Oxford, in favour of the abolition of chucch rates.
Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from Plymouth
against the importation of Russian produce.
Sir B. HALL presented several petitions fecal St.
Pancras, and other metropolitan parishes, in favour of
the Metropolitan Local Management Bill.
Mr. WICKHAM presented a petition from Mr. J,
U. Walker, proprietor of the Halifax Guardian, pray-
ing for an amendaient of the Newspaper Statn7 Bill,
now before the House of Commons, by substituting a
halfpenny stamp for a penny one. .
LIMITED LIAPT.LITY PARTNERSHIP BILL.
Mr. BOUVERIE, in reply to a question by Mr.
Collier, stated this bill was now ready, and he hoped to
have an early opportunity of laying it before the house.
Mr. P. URQUHA.RT gave notice that when the
hon. member for North Warwickshire (Mr. Sp-inner)
brought forward his motion for the repeal of the Mae-
nooth grant, he should move that the house go into
committee on the Ecclesiastical Establishments of
Ireland.
METROPOLIS -LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL.
Sir B. HALL moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. WILLIAMS considered before they were-called
on to agree to the second rending they ought to be made
acquainted with the specific arrangements intended as to
the management of the sewerage. The burden of this
he thought ought to be thrown, at least to a great ex-
tent, upon the Landlords instead of the rate-payer .
Mr. TELLATT said, in his view, the bill, since it
had been printed,' had been rendered a far more work-
able bill than it was at first, though, at the same time,
without impeding the progress of the bill, he wished
: should be referred to the same committee
as that which sat on the Nuisances Removal Bill. He
thought the north and south sides of the rivet ought to
be divided for drainage purposes ; for instance, what
have the inhabitants of Southwark to do with those of
Greek•street, Soho ?
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished this house in its paint-
ing and the decorations were in a fit state to do honour
to the visit of the illustrious personages whose visit
was welcomed this day by the nation—(hear, hear)—
and that was an object which he believed such bills aa
this was calculated to effect. (Hear.) A gOod
deal had been said in the discussion on the first read-
ing of this bill about reform ;' but he wished to
know when they were to have a reform in the city of
London, or whether they should get through Temple-
bar this year. (Laughter.) He gave this bill his hearty
support.
Mr. BT.3TLERsaidhe had received deputations from 21
parishes on this bill ; he agreed with the main provisions
of the bill, but he thought some of the details were ob-
jvctionable.
Mr. BEADY expressed his approval of the general
principles of the bill, as did also Sir DE LACY Eva:Ns and
Mr. LABOLICIIERE, the latter expressing a hope that they
should soon see the introduction of a bill for the reform
of the London corporation.
Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of hey Ma-
jesty's Government to introduce, during the course of the
present session, a bill for a reform of the Corporation of
the City of London. (Hear, hear.)
Sir B. HALL said some gentlemen had a horvir of
the word " vestries," and therefore he should call them
local boards, and they would be elected in small parishes
as a distinct board, which board would have tht, ma-
nagement of the paving, lighting, and cleansing their
particular districts. He believei it was impossibia for
a central hoard to manage the arterial drainage, and he
thought it would be much better to have local anti dis-
trict boards for that purpose, as was the case in all the
largo provincial towns of the kingdom. If this hill
passed it was his intention to bring in a bill to a'nenl
Hobhouse's Act, especially that part of it which referred
to polling places in the metropolitan districts. (Hoar.)
As to referring the bill to a select committee, ho did
not think it at all desirable to do so ; the principle
of the bill was folly acknowledged by the house,
and in the house its details could be much
better discussed than in a select committee; and it would
be his duty, therefore, to resist any motion for sending
the bill to a select committee.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed,

SUPPLY.

The house then went into. Committee of Supply, when
Mr. FITZROY took the cnair. as chairman of ways
and means amidst cheers.
3,54,000/. for the Royal palaces and
On the rote of
gardensi
Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote on the ground
sufficient reason shown for voting
that there was not
in so thin a house. He ob-
ccfoormrn aoidnattaiionn-
so large a sum, par icularly
jected to the housevpoatilna
ing Hampton Court on of her
gcens6aolrellYy flo2;0t120e01a*
of thepaupers
than 155,000/. had been voted to
ofthearistocracy. Since theacceesi
present Majesty no less
one of the royal palaces
keep up Hampton Court I.'alace,
l'j,icia he believed her Majesty ha
voted to keep in
d never even seen. In
addition to that, 45,000/. had been
Jested ~, I), on Court
__lxt of 1,6651. being
erd" -awn t Park and Bushy Park. He ob-
voted for keening
, to the large 0.
'Duke of caecPing in repair the
Palace, his Royal
Rigbnen inbeidge in
should like tea'n St. James's
apartments of the
for. He
g already handsomely provided
and he sh,„l,l'" those estimates referred to a committee,
that the Chairrnlnaen 7"t at a future time. He moved
again. report pro grey and ask leave to sit
Mr. WI Lc;oN (1,
notice of those es•• ..''see
the m •
mai. e rrin full and due
eeS3, an'l they h.,,17' ha 4 been agbefore
coirusmittle,
of mere ,„,,.Y cw:te,en print,,,d : 13,ven the re-
r,„4„4 u:e. ar&laeed in the bands
mates t) a select .
taken so lately as seto esti-
made a very elaborate 48, "4 that had been
such committee were report thereon' committee had
the commencement nominated - ' Ileeide •
of the an.,„•„,,.! it,'llould bB'
_ill any
now, it must be at the end "; lor if t uone at
of the a • that w a
mittee could retort. esinnu before 3'5, -.One
Mr. SPOONER concurred with the ,oin.
(Mr. Williams) that some further inforthe ,b„en- rne-
given to the house on many of thierladt:Cnnual,t't'',lLer
stimates. details of tht
Mr. MACARTNEY believed a standingcommittee
for the estimates at the commencement of C-
'-''"
would be of great utility, and he should be prepare]
support the motion of the hon. member (Mr. "Will'egl to
ia-na),
that the chairman should report progress.
Sir W, MOLES WORTH opposed the motion, ab.ii
explained the necessity for the votes for keeping the
Royal Palaces and Parks in perfect repair.
After a few remarks from Mr. WYSE, Sir F: BARING,
and one or two other hon. members, the vote was
agreed to.
On the vote of 69,544/. for maintaining and keeping
in,repir the•rnval parks and pleasure-grounAs,, .‘ .
• life. tWAIT ur4ed the throwing open to the public
of the grounds in Hyde-park belonging to the ranger and
depu. ty-rwger.
ler W, MOLESWORTH had no power to speak on