The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-05 00:00:00

BILL.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE said, before the adjourn-
ment for the Whitsuntide holidays, the second reading of
this bill was taken with the understanding that any dis-
cussion on the measure might be taken on the motion
for going into committee. In order that the property
of the Prince of Wales might be managed on the
most advantageous manner a committee of the Council to
whom the care of it was confided sat, and their deliberation-
resulted in a report, and it was to carry out the recom-
mendations of the Council that the present bill
was proposed. The property of the Prince of
Wales was held under a most remarkable grant
by Edward 111., in favour of his son the Black Prince
—and the great desire of the King seemed to be to make
the property inalienable, and the greatest difficulty was oc-
casioned by such a proceeding. By one of the provisions
of the charter the Prince of Wales had no
power to grant leases beyond one life, and in the reign of
their Majesties George and William IV. the arrangement
produced the most inconvenient results. Towards the close
of the last century the income clorivablA from the property
of the Prince of Wales averaged about £16,000, but on the
accession of her Majesty he believed it amounted to about
£ll,OOO. A few days after the birth of his royal highness,
a Duchy Council met and deliberated as to the best means
of improving the property, and in 1844 an act was passed
which improved the estate very largely, so that instead
of £16,000 per annum, it produced about £50,000.
The noble duke then highly eulogised the exertions of
the late Prince Consort in his endeavours to improve
the property, and said the main objects of the
present bill were to abolish fines on the renewals
of the leases, and that for the future no lease for land should
be granted by the council for a period longer than 31 years,
whilst that for houses was not to exceed 99 years. The
bill, he thought, was calculated to lead to the best results,
and therefore he hoped their lordships would give their ap-
proval to it. The noble duke concluded by moving that
the house go into committee on the bill.
Lord BROUGHAM bore tribute to the great ability of
the late Prince Consort as President of the Council of the
Duchy of Cornwall.
After a short conversation, their lordships went into com-
mittee on the bill.•

(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This Evening.

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
LISBURN ELECTION.—BRIBERY AND CORRUP.
TION.—A VOID ELECTION.

Mr. EVANS brought up the report of the committee
appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return
of John Doherty Barbour. The committee declared that he
was not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present
Parliament; that the last election was a void
election; and further, that Mr. John Doherty Bar-
bour, by himself and his agents, were guilty of
bribing and treating ; that a person named Corrie was in-
duced by one of his agents to personate his father, a voter,
who died in September last, and that another voter named
Bannister was bribed by a payment of £5O.
The report was laid on the table.

The following bills were read a third time :—Ashbourne,
Sudbury, and Yoxall Bridge, and Uttoxeter and Calling-
wood Road—Stirling's Estate.
The Madras Irrigation and Canal Company Bill was
read a second time.