The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-30 00:00:00

MARCH 30, 1852.

Earl GREY believed that no war would have taken place
if these Princes had not been driven into it by the persua-
sive influence of Ali Mourad. He was gratified that the
Noble Earl (the Earl of Derby) had expressed an opinion to
that effect.
After a few words from Lord COLCIIIATEa and from Earl
GuET in explanation,
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, that in consequence
of certain hostile proceedings on the part of the Ameers, a
treaty was agreed to. They signed the treaty one day, and
on the second day were collecting their troops both in the
front and in the rear of the British troops, and nothing but
the gallantry of Sir Charles Napier on that occasion saved
the British army. The Ameers were condemned, not for
their treachery which preceded the treaty, but for their
treachery afterwards.
The returns were then ordered.
The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the Law of
Wills Amendment Bill be read a third time.

Lord CAMPBELL was understood to express the alarm
with which, when in a distant part of the country, en-
gaged in the administration of justice, he heard of certain
provisions in the measure as proposed to be passed, on a sus-
pension of the standing orders.
The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that the Noble
and Learned Lord had opened a discussion which had been
closed, and found fault with parts of the Bill which had
been withdrawn. _ . _

After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, explaining that
he had wished in a single sentence to state the objections he
had to the course which his Noble and Learned Friend had
adopted in his absence, and from the LORD CHANCELLOR,
expressing his anxiety to have it understood that he had
not had the slightest intention of showing discourtesy to the
Noble and Learned Lord,
The Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Personal Estates of Intestates Bill was read a second
time ; the Proclamat ion for Assembling Parliament Bill
passed through Committee; several private Bills were ad-
vanced a stage, and their Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 29.
• The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before
Four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. Sctrux took the oaths and his seat for Cork.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill was read
a third time and passed.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to,
and ordered to be engrossed:—
Accidental Death Insurance and Railway Assurance
Companies Amalgamation.
Belfast Gas.
Bradford Piece Halls. . .

Cheltenham improvement and Health.
Droitwich Junction Canal (Amendments to be pro-
posed).
Macclesfield Improvement (Amendments to be pro-

posed).
Yaxley Drainage.
The following Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed:—
Dumfries and Maxwelltown Waterworks.
Eastern Union Railway.
North and South- Western and Brighton and Dover
Junction Railway (Wandsworth to Croydon).
North Staffordshire Railway (Sandbach to near War-
rington, &c.)
Swansea Local Board of Health.
Tramore Embankment.

Wycombe Railway.
EDINBURGH AND CANONGATE ANNUITY-
TAX ABOLITION BILL.

Sir GIBSON CRAIG moved the second reading of
this Bill, which he said was approved of by the late
Government, but he understood that some part of it
would be resisted by her Majesty's present advisers.
He hoped, however, the Government would now state
what their views were with regard to this Bill, and not al-
low it to be read a second time for the purpose of being
hereafter opposed.—(Hear.)
Mr. F. MACKENZIE did not speak now as a
Member of the Government, but as an independent
Member who last year sat upon the Committee which
investigated this subject. He was not altogether opposed
to the object of the Bill, but nevertheless he thought it
defective both in principle and detail. It was said dis-
sent was on the increase in Edinburgh, and that was
one of the reasons for reducing the number of minis-
ters of the Established Church, which the promoter of
the Bill urged in its favour. He, however, could not
recognise the force of that reason, nor could ho say that
he had much confidence in the securities which were
proposed to be taken for the payment of these fifteen
ministers, and unless the Bill came out of the, Com-
mittee very much altered he should feel bound to oppose
it on the third reading.
Mr. MONCRIEFF supported the Bill. He examined
its provisions while in office, and he highly approved of
it, and if the House could be made sensible of the heart-
burnings that it was calculated to put a stop to in Scot.
land, it would do so also. The security, in his opinion,
was far from defective, and he hoped the House would
ultimately pass the Bill.
Sir GEORGE CLERK supported the Bill, though
he was opposed to many of its details, and ho trusted,
when the Bill came down from the Committee, the
defects would have been expunged. He should resist
any attempt to reduce the number of clergymen attached
to the Established Church, and ho called upon her
Majesty's Ministers to second his exertions in that
respect.
Mr. J. B. SMITH was also anxious to put an
end to the agitation which for the last twenty
years had prevailed upon this subject, and that was the
principal reason why he was favourable to one part of
the Bill- - He contended that the number of clergy ought
to bo rodno.d, for it was a great hardship upon the
people of Edinburgh that they should be compelled
to support their own clergy, and that of a church which
they never attended.
Sir E. COLEBROOKE objected to the clause which
authorised the appropriation of the funds of the Chapel
Royal in Scotland to the payment of the clergy in
Edinburgh. This Bill was not a private but a public
measure, and so it ought to be treated.
_ _

Sir R. H. INGLlS—said this discussion was only a
waste of time, and as the Bill would be withdrawn if
Government determined to oppose it, ho called upon
Ministers to make such a declaration.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. TUFNELL supported the Bill, and protested that
it was high time the question was settled.—(Hear.)
Mr. COWAN would not enter into the details of the
Bill, but he knew it was approved of by all parties in
Edinburgh, and he trusted it would be sanctioned by the
House for the sake of restoring peace in Scotland.
Mr. HUME call&I upon the Government to take up
the Bill, and pass it into a law.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WALPOLE said he was not prepared to do so,
nor was he prepared to say that he approved
of the measure; but ho was quite ready, if
the House would only grant him time
for the purpose, to take the question into
his consideration, with the view of arriving at a speedy
settlement. There were interests compromised by this
Bill which he could never consent to; and although it
might be read a second time, and referred to a Commit-
mittee, it would still be liable to be stopped by the
Crown.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. FOX MAULE treated this declaration as a direct
negative to the measure, and ho therefore recommended
that it should be withdrawn. Ho advised the late
Government to accept it as a settlement of the
whole question, and ho could not help feelirg
if any delay took place now it would be tantamount to
a loss of another year. There was an opportunity now
of settling the question, and ho regretted that it should
be thrown away.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed.
METROPOLIS WATER SUPPLY BILL.

of agricultural statistics in the country and the colonies,
though the Government were constantly alive to the im-
portance of the subject.

MAYNOOTH.

In reply to Mr. GRANVILLE BERKELEY,
Mr. SPOONER said it was his intention to per-
severe with his motion for the abolition of
the Maynooth grant, and ho should take the earliest
opportunity after Easter of balloting for the motion.
COMMON LAW FEES REGULATION BILL.
This Bill went through Committee.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
EHEQUER the other orders 9f the day were read and
postponed until after the motions had been disposed of.