The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.
THIRD READINGS.

The Mid Wales Railway (Deviation)—West Midland
and Severn Valley Railway—East Grinstead, Groom-
bridge, and Tunbridge Wells Railway—Kettering and
Thrapatone Railway, and Carmarthen and Cardigan Rail-
way Bills were read a third time and passed.

THE SLAVE TRADE.
Lord BROUGHAM again drew the attention of the
house to the slave trade. The noble and learned lord said
he hoped the Liverpool case would be prosecuted with as
little delay as possible, that the guilty parties might be
subjected to adequate punishment.
THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a copy of
a representation made to the Irish Government by the
Grand Jury of Tipperary that the Irish constabulary were
insufficient to deter crime. The noble marquis commented
at some length on the state of crime in Ireland, and pro-
ceeded to refer to the trials which had taken place during
the last assizes in the county, when out of 324 indictments
for incendiarism there had only been a few parties convicted.
If the constabulary wore ordered to obey the local magi-
stracy more than was now the case many a riot would be
avoided ; but now the orders of the local magistracy were
sent to head-quarters in Dublin to be " backed" before
they were acted on.
Earl GRANVILLE assented to the motion with some
modification, and expressed his satisfaetion at finding that
the heavy charges made against the constabulary had not
been renewed.
The Lunacy (Scotland) Bill, the object of which is to
renew an act passed five years ago for establishing a lunacy
board in Scotland, and to amend and improve the provi-
was to
1 sions of that act by enlarging the powers of the board, was,
on the motion of the Duke of Argyll, read a third time and
Passed.
The LORD
The Bishop
ground that the
of OXFORD moved the second reading of
tn 2418120P0 for Heathen Countries Bill. the object of.which
ingitenveincreased facilities for the consecration of
to officiate in distant lands.
bishops
tion in Church"ana
spiritual, CHANCELLOR opposed the bill, on the
measure hat
..w as it stood carried out the object of the
' 'Lie bill if Passed,
, and rude the supremacy of the Crown in matters
towards Bettie. -' - .-aBsed, Would be one of the first steps
nitary of the Church of serious attempt to affect the constitu-
repeal, it was enacted that no dig-
which the bill souglTte. By the statute of Henry VIII.,
should be created in any
Crown. of the British minionsa without the license of the
an altercation took place betieine. --the
Considerable discussion e
Crown.
d, in the course of which
zenoble and learned lord
consequence of the latter
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that the
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~r 7; had misrepresented
the terms of the oath of supremacy.
drawn. 8 bill was then with-
The Harbours Transfer Bill, the Piers and Harbours
Act Confirmation) Bill, the Smoke Nui„nee ....
Act Amendment Bill, and the Coal mines B„, oletropolis
in were seve-
The Naval and VictuallingStoresrrade Bill,
the Highways
Bill, and the African Slave Treaty Bill were
rally read a second time.
reada
third time and passed.
Their lordships adjourned at half-past eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 25 minutes past twelve
o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered
and agreed to, and the bills were ordered for third
:—Banstead and Epsom Downs Railway ; Bristol
Port Railway and Pier; Greenock and Wemyss Bay Rail.
way; Llanelly Railway and Dock; Llanidloes and. New-
town, Mid Wales, and Manchester and Milford Railways ;
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Extensions to
Walmer and Deal) ; Neno Valley Drainage and Naviga-
tion Improvement ; North Devon and Okehampton
Rail-
way; Sevenoaks Railway; Swansea Harbour Trust; and
West Midland Railway (Additional Works).
PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill, resuming at
L clause 14,
1 Mr, A, TURNER said there were not more than twenty