The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-03 00:00:00

THE SUN,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS:

The LORD CHANCELLOR toLk his teat on the Woo:
sack at Five o'clock.

PETITIONS.
Earl FUZIIARDINGE presented a petition from
T?.aketbury, praying for a measure to legalize marriage
witb a deceased wife's si:.ter.
Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition in favour of
copyholds enfranchisement.
The Bishop of CASHEL presented a petition from a
place in Herefordshire praying tur the inspection of
nunneries.
The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill was read a
second time on the motion of Lord REDESDALE.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Tho SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR was in his place, and dis-
played his former anxiety to shake hands with every
one present, not excluding even the Speaker or the
Sergeant-at-Arms.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Athlone Markets and Customs.
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway.
Lancaster Waterworks, Cemetery, and Gas.
Newmarket Railway.
South Essex Estuary and Reclamation Bill.
The followieg Bill, were read a third time and passed—
Grest Western Railway (No. 2).
London and North-Western and Buckinghamshire
Railways.
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal.
Shrewsbury and Birmighham Railway.
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.
Swansea Local Board of
Wycombe Railway.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway.
Chester and Holyhead Railway.
Exeter Roa
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and
Chester Railway Companies Amalgamation.
Tees Conservancy.
York and North Midland Railway.
The Balmoral Estate Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed.
PETITIONS.

Mr. LACY preseut;dapetiiio a from Walworth,
praying for the inspection of nunneries.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition to the same effect
from the f,male inhabitants of a place in Ireland.
Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Gateshead in
favour of ocean penny postage.
Mr. BANKES presented a petiti Dri from Dorsetshire,
praying for the repeal of the Maynooth grant.
Mr. A. STAFFORD presented a petition from North-
ampton against the Mi►itis Bill.
Mr. FITZROY presented a petition from a Mecha-
nics' Institution, praying for the free delivery of Parlia-
mentary papers to mechanics' institutes.
LOSS OF THE BIRKE NHEAD.
On the motion of Mr. A. STAFFORD, the pro-
ceedings of the court-martial held upon the surviving
officers of the Birkenhead were ordered to be laid on the
table.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.

On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair
for going into Committee of Supply,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose
and said that perhaps the House weed permit him to
make some observations of the conduct of the business
before the House.—(Hear, hear.) It; would be remem-
bered thee, when last they met, it was. fixed that the ad-
journed debate on Meynooth shotniel take place to-
morrow morning at twelve o'clock. k'dece then represen-
tations had been mado to him ley the gentlemen
from Ireland that it would be unfair to renew the de-
bate then, and upon their representation he had con-
sented to allow the debate to stand over till Tuesday
next, at twelve o'clock, as it was his pleasure, as else
his duty, to consult the convenience of Honourable
Members from Ireland, in disposing of a matter
of this natare.—(Cries of " Hear, blear.") It would,
however, in the present state of pub. tic business be im-
possible tor the Government to make any other arrange-
ment for facilitating the debate after Tuesday.—(Hear,
hear.) He proposed to-morrow m ming to continue
the Committee of Supply, tend to-morrow evening,
with the consent of the House. he proposed to go
into Committee on the New Zealeund Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) It was his first idea to take tile Comnaittt e to-
morrow morning, but several gentlemen who were sit-
ting upon Committees upstairs had represented to him
that they took great interest in the question, but it would
be imp_ssible for them to attend in the morning; and in
deference to them he had fixed the Committee for the
everiug. lie wished now to impress upon the House the
gravity of the public business that rev seined to be dis-
patched at the present period of the seenion. Hon. Gen-
tlemen must be aware that much of it was of that
character which Government could have had a
control over at any earlier period.—(Hear, hear.)
Alloy of the measures were intended to continue already
existing laws, and although the tinas in which these
would have to be disposed of was short, yet he did not
despair, with the assistance cf the House and becoming
energy, of being able to complete the business without
intertering with that ulterior result which they were all
anxious should be attained.—(Hear, hear.) In going
into Committee of Supply he might, perhaps, be allowed
to make this remark, that while Government felt it to
be their duty to submit nothing to the consideration
of the House which was not of great urgency
or paramount necessity, he did hope that
Hon. Gentlemen generally, in the motions which
they might bring forward, would be inSuenced by the
same feeling.—(Hear, hear.) At present there were a
variety of amendments on the paper on going into Com-
mittee of Supply, which under ordinary circum-
stances, and in the usual state of affairs,
Government would find it to be their duty to
give their attention to, but they were not matters of
urgency or dispatch, or of that character which the
House generally had recommended to be discussed in
the present session, and he hoped the Hon. Gentlemen.
who had charge of them would display a becoming for-
bearance and a self-abnegation, by abstaining to bring
them forward at this advanced stege of the session,
He appealed to the House generally to facilitate the
progress cf public business, and in doing so he begged to
state that Government were anxious to close the session
at the period which all desired, and at the same time to
accomplish the impertent results which the urgent Dlia•
sures they had brought forward were intended to pro.
dace.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir JsIIVIES GRAHAM was glad to have the oppor-
I t9eufrnaepirntuay:belociteefo
obdimuur;s
khiwnities
nn g especial attention to the presen state
tgesHe readily
motions be shown
up
ton the
going
do imngi
Governmentttiendtothat s
Committeee
withm e for-
be
rof
Supply, while there could be no doubt that the wish of the
country was that the labours of the present session
should be brought to a close within the shortest possible
time consisteet with the due and proper dischparee of
pub tic business.—(Hear. hear.) It therefore appeared
to him to be of paramount importance to consider what
were the treasures which it was indispensihle to dispose
of in the course of the present session. Just let him,
then, call the attention of the House to the fact that there
were 97 orders of the day en the paper which he
heni in his hand, besides tour or five notices
of motion before going into Committee of Supply ;
but with respect to their urgency, he denit d that they
were of that character which rendered it indispensable
they should be decided in the press' nt session ot Parlia-
mente—(l-Ister, hear.) 'The orders of the day could
be dividsd into branches. In the first place,
there was the law. What were the questions with refer-
enee to the administration of the law which they were
called upon to discuss on the 3d of June? There was
first the Comman Law Procedure Bill, which had come
down from the other House of Parham- nt after having
been amply discussed, and which they were
now celled upon to decide both in principle
and detail at the end of the session.—(Hear, hear.)
There was next the Masters of Chancery Abolition
Bill, and Improvement of Equity JuriecLction Bill, in
reference to which not one step had yet been taken be-
yond introducing it to the House, and which would re-
quire fall and careful consideration.—(Hear, hear.)
There was, besides, the Suitors in Chancery
Itslicfl Bill, which stood in a similar position, and it was
lespetedele to exaggerate the importance ot any of theta
measure —(elear, hear.) Take again the colonial
reletius
branch: 'there wss the New Zeseland Bill,:which it was pro-
Posed to take to-morrow, when they had Committees sit-
ting
.
aoestbual) sours upon measures of urgency and importance,
sho East India Conteaey's Charter and the laws
oleo . the good government of Ireland with refer-
whch it ve
color.Zrtt me and outrage. Then, again, there was the
other Bitu'isiohoops' Bill, the Bishopric of Quebec Bill, and
f vast importance resecting the Colonies,
theta ession rotsible to decide upon at this period of
other hand', hae in the existing state of affairs. On the
ever, there were measures of a pressing
character tvlateZ
ci(islei not be passed over. There was,
e which was now being considered up-
taririns,srtaenlactei,nge
to
onvienns IT_ sus act of crime and outrage in Ire-
land, . eecoesolidation of the White-boy Acts,
which St es important
(Hear, hear.) there
Wse ,
omit LA, passed this session.—
attaL also the Encumbered Estates
by in of the greatest importance
of navy pay, which
betaelt to h
beene renew
de du ,e
cad, d
thewas
ore the subject
Buildings Act of 2.50 slat se,
hoar.) Then, 4°.: • a pressing character.
of Wooda and Forests
impressioncitahcaitt:
Letrio, under the head
e was the Metropo-
a similar Bill I h
lbiytaan
Bill
of 7,9 clauses, anti also t to be amended
be amended by
ohni*of the water supply
eaetropolitan Inter-
ltot ;a t "gh er measure had
been fully
haleenwtass Auttc;le under e
discussed and settled in
Besides these there was the , former session
and the renewal of the ewers
.e
---°nitstion to be dis-
posedY of, ell of them mutters of importance, and air-
ing' befuro they c,n
be req much diECLls6lugot rid of.-
-(Cries aloe a •
of " Henn, , ' gain, there was
• leere yet rc.main
the branch of suptil}• ea 200 votes
•
to be t,ken, 64 of which the Hon. and Learned Member
I
feforYeughal intended to oppose— (A (, A augn)—aud he
should be glad to know " , bowwas Poesible for
all these various subjects to be Eatistuctcrily
disposed of within the
enii) attd by
sngge
the Government. Under these clt, take tilllorldity tocure•• anhes he should
st that the Government 5.(1c,11. d
consider what measures they would press. on, and What
measures they would abandon, and having considered
that matter, they should dicier° the order in
which the;, meant to take there. He felt strougly