The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.

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

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Henle3r
Gas ; Brean Down Harbour Railway ; Edinburgh Mer-
chants Company; Hyde-park-gate Estate ; Bude Canal and
Launceston Junction Railway ; Dublin, Wicklow, and
Wexford Railway ; Lakes Inagh, Derry, Clare, &c., Fishe-
ries, United General Gas.
ROACH RIVER FISHERY BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked whether it was
the intention of the Government to introduce a fishery bill
regulating the usages and creations of oysters fisheries during
this session ; and whether the private bills now
he bef Boardr-
liament have been examined and approved by tof
Trade and other Government authority ? In asking the
question the noble lord presented a petition from the Roach
fishermen against the bill.
Earl GRANVILLE said that it was not the intention of
the Government to legislate specially upon the subject.
After some further remarks, the bill was read a second
time ; and the following bills were also read a second
time ;—Rochester Oyster Fishery, Whitstable Fishery Ex-
tension, and Ham Oyster Fishery.
UTILISATION OF SEWAGE.

The Earl of ESSEX said that as some of his observations
of Friday night had been somewhat misunderstood, he
would repeat that his decided conviction was that for
sewage to be applied for agricultural purposes to advantage
it should be applied in large quantities. His experience had
shown that an endeavour to apply small quantities to large
areas was unprofitable, while, on the contrary, large quan-
tities applied to small areas would be very productive.
PATENTS.

The question as to the second reading of Shepard's pa-
tent, Wright's Patent, and Spencer's Patent Bills gave rise
to some discussion. It appeared that the promoters of the
bills had omitted to stamp certain patents granted to them
-within the time limited. and now applied for permission
to stamp them after date.
Lord REDESDALE said he would not move the second
reading of the bills unless it were the wish of the house,
that he should do so.
Lord CHELMSFORD and Earl GRANVILLE each expressed
an opinion that the bills shOuld not be read a second time,
and as no noble lord moved the second reading the bills
were thrown out.
TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA.

Lord TAUNTON presented petitions from the city of
Melbourne and other places in the colony of Victoria, pray-
ing for the immediate and permanent abolition of transpor-
tation of convicts to Australia. The petition was signed
by 5,000 of the people of Melbourne, by the Speaker
of the House of Assembly, and by the judges on the bench.
Having spoken on the subject he asked if he were correctly
informed that in three years transportation to Victoria
would cease.
Earl GRANVILLE said her Majesty's Government had
lint the slightest hesitation in putting an end to the
system of transportation to Australia altogether. In
three years from the present time all the arrangements
that were necessary would be made. The providing of
additional prison room in this country had to be seen to,
and the cash had to be provided.
Lord CRANWORTH defended the recommendation of the
Commission as to sending convicts to Western Australia.
Every witness from that colony represented the advan-
tages a further supply of convict labour would be to it.
The colony asked fox a continuance of the system, and as
it would have been an advantage to England and a benefit
to the convict himself, the Commission would come to no
other conclusion.
The petitions were laid on the table.

In answer to a question from Lord Clanricarde,

Lord GRANVILLE said the Government intended to
act on the report of Mr. Hardy, Deputy-Beeper of the Re-
cords, and Professor Brewer, respecting the Carew and
Corte manuscripts, in the Lambeth and Bodlean libraries.
Those papers would be calendared, and copies of the docu-
ments relating to Irish affairs would be sent to Ireland.
Their Lordships then adjourned at 20 minutes past 6.

lIOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsT EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. Mull..Pnv took the oaths and his seat on his election
for the city of Cork, rendered vacant by the resignation o
Dr. Lyons.