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London, England, 1863-05-08 00:00:00

LONDON DIOCESES BILL,.

This bill, with some amendments, passed through com
mittee.

CAYMAN ISLANDS BILL.

This bill was read a second time. The object was to give
to th 9 Legislature of Jamaica the power of inciuding those
islands in their colonial jurisdiction when passing local acts.

EXCHEQUER BONDS (LI,000,000) BILL.
CONSOLIDATED FUN° (£20,000,000) BILL,
These bills were read a second time.
VICE-ADMIRALTY COURTS BILL.

This bill was read a third time.
CHARGES ON SETTLED ESTATES FOR RAIL-

WAYS.

Lord REDESDALE moved a resolution declaring that
the power proposed to be given to trustees and tenants for
life of settled estates to create charges for mosey to be sub-
scribed towards neighbouring railway schemes, was a matter
of too much nicety and importance to be disposed of by pri-
vate legislation. There was much to be said on both sides
of the question, but it was a subject of so comprehensive
and serious a character that it ought to be dealt with by a
public Act of Parliament.

Lord ST. LEONARDS was understood to express him-
self in somewhat similar terms.
Lord EVERSLEY (who had an amendment on the
paper) said ho did not want to press his resslution in par-
ticular up ,n their lordships, but he wished to see legislation
of some kind upon a subject which had become one of great
social importance. The principal features of his lordship's
amendment were a limitation of the term of the rent charge
to 25 years from its creation, and a declaration that the
charge should not commence until the railway should be
made.

After some discussion, the original re.olution was agreed
to, the amendment being negatived without a division.
Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes before eight.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening,
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The consideration of the Lords' amendments to the fol-
-1 owing bills and amendments were considered and agreed
to :—Claveland Railway, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction
Railway, Rugby Water, and Whittle Dean Water.
THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time :—Birkenhead
Improvement, Formartineand Buchan Railway, Gravesend
and Milton Gas, Great Grimsby Water, Itchen Bridge,
Letterkenny Railway, London and South Westerr and
Andover and Redbridge Railways, Mid Kent Railway,
Rotherham and Kimberworth Local Board of Health,
Stourbridge Railway, Tranmere Ducks.
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Equitable Gas
Bill was considered, and ordered to lie upon the table.
PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented against the imposition
of income tax oa charities, and against the amalgamation
of the Metropolitan with the City pollee. A large number
were presented in favour of the Prisons Ministers Bill by
Mr. HENNESSY.
EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS,

In reply to Mr. MAGUIRE,
Lord C. PAGET said it was true that experiments were
made at Shoeburyness on the 27th of April last on
" Chalmers' Target," but whether they were made on a
target which was a piracy of one patented by Mr. John
Clare, jun., the Board of Admiralty could not venture to
express an opinion.
CONVOCATIONS OF ARMAGH AND DUBLIN.

Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Departmm. t whether it was the intention of her
Majesty's Government to summon the Convocations of
Armagh and Dublin, in the same manner as the Convoca-
tions of Canterbury and York were summoned ?
Sir G. GREY replied that two memorials had been pre-
sented to her Majesty. bat the Government had not deemed
it well to advise her Majesty to accede to their prayer.
ORDNANCE SURVEY.

Mr. WARNER asked the Under Secretary of State for
War when the military survey of the environs of London,
suited in the Ordnance Survey Report to be in progress of
publication at the end of last year, was likely to be issued ?
Lord HARTINGTON replied that some portions of the
survey had been published, and that the rest would be com-
pleted and be ready for issue before the end of the year.
PURCHASE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHI-
BITION BUILDING.

Lord R. CECIL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether the report was true that the Government had
offered or intended to become purchasers of the building in
which the Exhibition of 1862 was contained, and, if so,
what Qum they pr, posed to pay for it, and at what period
of the sessiod they intended to bring forward the estimate.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had
nothing to add to the reply which he had given to a shad
lar question a short time ago. He was not able to make
any fresh statement. But should the Government deter-
mine to purchase the building, the*matter would be quickly
communicated to the house, and ample time given for the
discussion of any estimate that might be asked for its pur-
chase.

BRITISH KAFFRARIA AND THE CAPE OF
GOOD HOPE.

Mr. A. MILLS asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies whether any memorials or petitions had been
recently addressed to her Majes y's Government by the in..
habitants of British K =tirade, respecting the prop,sed
annexation of that Province to the Colony of
the Cape of Good Hope ; and, if so, whether
there would be any objection to lay such docu.
mews upon the table of the house ?
Mr. FORTESCUE said petitions had been presented
against the amalgamation of the co ony with the Cape of
ti oono d the RoPGe After giving the matter the fullest considera-
tion, had determined that the annexation
should be proceeded with.