The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-29 00:00:00

REGISTRATION OF TITLES TO LAND.

The Earl of LEINS prestmtei a petition from the
corporation of Dublin in favour of a bill to amend the law
relating to the registration of titles to land.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Wrexham Water, Lancashire and Yorkshire Rai

'way (additional powers), London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway (Kemp Town Station), North Eastern,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire Railway
Companies, and North E Astern Railway (Micklefield
branch) were read a second time.

The Herne Bay, Hampton, and Reculver Fishery, and
Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway Bills
were read a third time and passed.

INDIA.

In reply to a question from the Earl of ELLEN/30110U all,
Lord WO DE HOUSE said that no official information
had been received from India in reference to the orders
given as respects the disposal of the dead.
Sir Charles Wood had received a private note from
which it appeared that an order had been given, with the
sanction of the Governor-General, to discontinue throwing
dead bodies into the Ganges. Arrangements had been
made to burn the bodies of those whose friends were
too poor to do so themselves. It would be a great sani-
tary improvement. He further said that no resolution had
been come to to change the seat of Government from Cal-
cutta to the upper provinces.
PUNISHMENT OF RAPE BILL.
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On the motion that the bill do pass,
Lord WODEHOUSE moved an amendment to one of the
clauses, the effect of which was to make the punishment of
whipping those found guilty under the act discretionary
with the judge, and not compulsory.
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Alter a short discussion their lordships divided, when
there appeared—

For the amendment
Against it
Majority
The amendment was then agreed to, and the bill passed.
THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF GREEK
(OXFORD) BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading
of this bill.

The Earl of DERBY said he did not intend to oppose the
bill, as he understood the University desired that it should
Pam. At the same time he entertained considerable objec-
tions to some of its provisions, especially to that which re-
quired the professorship to be held by a clergyman. If such
a limitation had existed in bygone times, Professor Porson
could never have held the appointment, and he thought that
the professorship of Greek was not one that could at all
timee, be advantageously held by a clergyman.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH opposed the bill on
the ground that it took away from the hard .working clergy
one of the few rewards which had hitherto been allotted to
them, and applied to a peculiar secular object.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, speaking in defence of the
bill, observed that it was regarded as satisfactory by the
University, who had accepted it as the beet remedy for the
painful scenes that had recently occurred. He had no ob-
jection to the info-rtion of a provision to the effect that, in
the event of the University endowing the Greek professor-
ship to the amount of £6OO a year, the canonry he proposed
to attach to the chair should be placed at the disposal of the
University.
The Earl of HARROWBY supported the bill.
Earl GREY concurred with the Earl of Ellenborough,
tha,. it would be unwise to withdraw a valuable piece of
Church preferment from the position it had hitherto occu -
pie," of being a reward for peculiarly clerical services.
After a few observations from the Earl of Carnarvon,
The Bishop of LONDON remarked that he had no doubt
the clerical body would be always able to supply a gentle-
man fit to undertake the duties of the professorship; and
he could only express a hope that all the canonries might
be as well disposed of as being conferred upon a man who
must necessarily be one of the moat eminent Greek scholars
of the day.
The bill was read a second time.

The Joint-Stock Companies :(Foreign Countries) Bil
was read a third time and paased ; and the Registration o,
County Voters (Ireland) Bill was read a second time.
Their lordships then adjourned

ROUSE OF COMMONS.---Last Evening.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Bedford and Cambridge Railway, Ely, Raddenham, and
Sutton Railway, Greenwich and South Eastern Docks,
North Cheshire Water, Portmadoc and Beaver Pool Bridge
Re3ad, and the Scarborough Valley Bridge.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

Colonel CLIFFORD, the Yeoman Usher of the Black
Rod, summoned the members to the upper house to hear
the Royal assent given by commission to several bills, for
which see Lords report.
MEDICAL OFFICERS IN INDIA.

In reply to Colonel SYKES,
Sir C. WOOD said that he bad received no circular from
head-quarters addressed to British Army Medical officers
in India, calling for volunteers for the new line corps and
brigades of Royal Artillery, and he was not aware that there
was any such document in existence.
THE STATUE OF RICHARD CCEUR DE LION.
In reply to Mr. HANYBY,
Mr. COWPER said that the sculptor had sent in his
design for the bas-reliefs for the base of the statue, and it
was still under consideration.

STANDA.RD OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Mr. LOCKS asked the President of the Board of Trade
whether any communications have been received by her
Majesty's Government from the Astronomer Royal and
Comptroller General of the Exchequer as to the urgent
necessity for an adjustment and reverifization of
the Exchequer standards of weights and measures ;
and, if so, the date 'hereof : Whether any steps have been
taken for effecting such adjustment and re.verificAtion; and
if so, when the same will be completed : Whether any
represkaitations have been made with a view of re
laxing the law against tradesman for small de-
viations in their weights and measures undl the
standards have been adjusted and reverified. And,
whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to
submit any bbl to Parliament this session in reference to
the ptv:sent state of the law relating to weighs and mea-
sures,.

r. M. GIBSON said that a communicatiom had been
ree/Jived on the subject from the Astronomer Royal in 1809.
Since then a report had been mado by the committee ap-
y,ointed to inquire into the reverification of Lae national
standard of weights and measures, and the subject
was under consideration, but up to the present time
no instructions had been issued on the subject. With
rer;ard to the last question, it was not considered advisable
to, introduce any bill imposing pains and pmalties for
infringement of the existing law.