The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on tho woJlsack at
the usual hour.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL.

Earl POWIS presented a petition from the mayor and
corporation of Shrewsbury praying to be heard by counsel
before a select committee on this bill ; and also a petition
from Cambridge to the same effect.

THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

Viscount SYDNEY, in his capacity of Lord Chamber-
lain. presented to their lordships her Majesty's most
gracious reply to the address moved by the house. The
text was as follows :—" I have entirely participated in your
address to me as to the assassination of the President of tho
United States. I have given directions to my Minister
at Washington to make known to the Government of that
country the feelings which you have entertained in common
with myself and my whole people in regard to this deplor-
able event."

Lord RAVENSWORTH asked the Earl of Derby if he
understood his expression clearly, the other evening, when
hts said, as he understood, that if the Confederates had any
participation in the crime of the assassination
of the President of the United States, they were
guilty of what was worse than a crime, namely,
a blunder. That expression was not a novel one to him
or other noble lords, no doubt, for that eminent man, Tal-
leyrand, had said that a political blunder was often a
greater mistake than a political crime.
The Earl of DERBY said, in explanation of the observa-
tions he bad made last weeki he did not intend to convey
any impression other than that the Confederate States
disclaim any connection with the foul murder of the Pre-
sident.

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading
of the bill, He said that the object of the bill was to re-
medy a defect that existed in the Encumbered Estates
Court Act. It was proposed by this bill that a second
should be kept of the titles to estates, so that a transfer of
such estates should be rendered more easy.

Lord ST. LEONARDS objected to details of the bill, as
well as its principle.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. KENNEDY took the oaths and his seat for the county
of Louth.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

r The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Bury St. Edmunds and Thotford Railway, Deal and Dover
Railway, Gainsborough Water, Mellis and Eye Railway,
Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway (Deviation,
Sc.), Okehampton Railway (No. 1), South Northumber-
land Railway, and surrey and Sussex Junction Railways.
The following bills were further considered and ordered
to be read a third time :—Caledonian Railway (Balerno
Branch); Groat Eastern and London and Blackwall Rail-
ways ; and London, Chatham, And Dover Railway
(No. 2.)
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ for the elec-
tion of a member for the borough of Lambeth was issued.

REMOVAL OF EXECUTIONS.

Mr. HANBURY asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department if he had received a memorial from the
Court of Common Council in the City, requesting his sane
tion to the removal of executions from Newgate to within
the walls of the City Prison in Camden-road.
Sir G. GREY said ho had received no such memorial,
neither did he think he should, as the Secretary of State
had no power to comply with such a request.

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house would agree with
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taste for architecture it would be exceedingly useful and
desirable that one of the best specimens of the architecture
of the 13th century should be presented for contemplation
and instruction. (Hear, hear.) It was not intended to
turn it to the use it was made in the days of King Stephen,
but it had been thought it would be very convenient if
persons could attend public worship in it as the chapel of
the Palace at Westminster. (Hear, hear.)

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