The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-29 00:00:00

SPORTING---THIS DAY.

GOODWOOD RACES-THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CRAVEN STAKES.
King of Diamonds
Sawcutter
3
Atherstone

Reville
...

LATEST BETTING.
STEWARDS' CUP.
6to 1 agst Bosh (taken)
7to 1 agst Humphrey (taken)
7to 1 agst Volunteer (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken)
20 to 1 agst Any other (offered)

GOODWOOD STAKES.
10 to 1 agst St. Bernard (taken)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at one o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. AYTOUN took the oaths and his seat for the
Kirkaldy burghs, and was introduced by Mr. Brand and
Sir W. Dunbar.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to, and the bills were ordered for third
reading :—East Grinstead, Groombridge, and Tunbridge
Wells Railway—London and North 'Western (additional
powers)—Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway
—Mid Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway—Somerset
Central and Dorset Central Railway Companies—Welling-
ton and Cheshire Junction Railway and West Riding,
Hull, and Grimsby Railway.

STANDING ORDERS REVISION.
Col. W. PATTEN moved the consideration of the report
of the select committee for the revision of the standing
orders relating to private bills, and the adoption of the re-
vised orders. Ile trusted that the subject of the expense
attending the transit of private bills through Parliament
would receive their best attention—(Hear, hear)—
and bore his personal testimony to the assiduity with which
hon. members devoted themselves to the business of private
legislation. He hoped that the President of the Board of
Trade would not lose sight of the return for which he (Col.
W. Patten) moved this session for a detailed account of the
expenses incurred by railways in carryingtheir bills through
Parliament.

After a few words from Colonel Fnakreer,
Mr. ADAIR movad the following amendment :—.44 That,
in the proposed Standing Order IE6 A, page 47 of the re•
port, the words forms part of the continuous route of such
railway' be omitted, and the words is required to connect
portions of railway belonging to or proposed to be con-
structed by such company,' be substituted."

The original motion, with the amendment, was agreed

Sir G. GREY said that he thought the country was
under great obligation to his gallant friend (Colonel W.
Patten) and the committee over which he presided for
their exertions, the extent of which was not generally
known.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he thought that the right
hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) should have made some al-
lusion to the subject of the expense attending the passage
of private bills.
Sir G. GREY said he thought it unnecessary to do so,
as his gallant friend (Col. W. Patten) had given notice
that he would bring this subject before the house next ses-
sion.

BANKRUPTCY ACT (1861) AMENDMENT ACT.
On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL this
bill was recommitted for the purpose of making some al-
terations already agreed to.

The CHAIRMAN then reported the bill which was read a
phird time and passed.

GUNPOWDER ACT AMENDMENT BILL (LORDS).
This bill was read a third time and passed.
BURIAL BOARDS (MORTGAGE OF RATES) BILL

(LORDS).
This bill was read a third time and passed.
COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION BILL
(LORDS).
This bill was read a third time and passed.
SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES

BILL.

The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.

JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND)

STAMP DUTY.

The report of the resolution already agreed to was
brought up and adopted.

AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TREATY (No. 2) BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
MERCHANDISE MARK BILL.

The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.

The sitting was suspended at two o'cloock.

HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

MURDER IN BELFAST.
Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday
next he should ask a question of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, relative to the case of William Heardman, who had
been found guilty of murder in Belfast, and recommended
to mercy on the ground of insanity.

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Wellington and Cheshire Junction Railway—West Riding,
Hull, and Grimsby Railway—London and North-Western
Railway (Additional Powers)—Eastern Counties Railway
(Amalgamation)—and Glasgow Police
CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.
Earl GREY rose to move for copies or extracts of any
correspondence explaining the arrangements that have
been made for permitting officers in the naval and
military service of her Majesty to accept employment under
the Government of China. The noble lord said the
subject was one of very considerable importance,
and upon which it was very desirable some explanation
should be made before the present Parliament was pro-
rogued. The allowing English officers to take part in China
against the Taepings, implied that a material change in
the policy of her Majesty's Government respecting the em-
pire of China had taken place, and he for one thought
it was very desirable that Parliament and the country
should know the extent to which it was proposed to go,
and also the reasons which had led to the change. He
could not reconcile that step with the avowed intention
of Government to observe a strict neutrality between
the conflicting parties. All the principal fortifications had
been inspected, and the guns bad been laid by British sub-
jects, in fact everything had been done for the Imperialists
except the actual personal oPposition of British officers
against the insurgents. He could not reconcile such an
act as one of strict neutrality, and the information he wished
to elicit was what change had taken place that had so al-
tered the determination of the British Government. He did
not think our trade in that part of the world could be furthered
by the fact of assisting the Imperialists against the insur-
gents. On the contrary, he thought the worst effects
would arise from British interference, and that the restora-
tion of tranquillity would be mere remote than ever.

The Duke of SOMERSET stated that an arrangement
having been come to between the British Admiral and the
Taepings that the latter shculd not approach Shang ha
broke the compact, and
nearer than 34 miles, the Taepings
declared that the time had arrived to take that town. With
much
British view to protecting Shanghae, in which there was
British wealth, the Chinese Government requested our
officers to organise a flotilla of gunboats toput down the
pirates, and the Admiralty had given these officers leave of
absence. Up to this moment the British Government had
kept a police of small vessels there, and the time had come
when we must abandon the treaty and quit China or assiste
its Government in the slender ;
way .n which our aid was
asked. There was no objection to produce the papers.
Lord STRAT FORD de REDCLIFFE having spoken
in support of the Chinese policy of the Government,
Earl RUSSELL admitted that the course now pursued
by this country in China appeared to be a departure from a
system of strict neutrality; but the circumstances were
most exceptional. The stipulations of the treaty of Pekin
were being carried out faithfully by the Chinese Government,
and our trade at the ports opened to us under that treaty
was largely increasing. Of course the safety of those ports
was essential to our commerce, and Ningpo had, therefore,
been taken from the Taepings, because it was found that
they would not agree to leave European property unmo-
lested nor refrain from impeding the trade. They had ap-
proached the neighbourhood of Shanghae, and the English
and French ambassadors resolved that the port must be
protected or the trade would bo annihilatcd. In this view
they were supported by every person engaged in the
trade and the naval and military officers, and steps were
thereupon taken to enforce it. That the Taepings were
unable to establish a government of their own, nor likely
to adhere to any engagements into which they entered, was
proved by the mast conclusive testimony from mission-
aries, merchants, officials, and all who had had any com-
munication with them. Guided by the advice of Mr. Bruce,
then, her Majesty's Government had decided not to assist
the Chinese Government in putting down the rebels in the
interior, but to protect from a horde of marauders those who,
on the faith of a treaty, had settled at the ports, whilst at
the same time they undertook no responsibilities on behalf
of the Chinese Government, which, however, was the only
one that showed any aptitude for civilisation, and was looked
up to by the mass of the people as the ruling authority. So
far from wishing
to provoke a war, the object of the Govern-
ment was to enable the Chinese Government by its own
means to protect and develope the industry and resources of
its most industrious and peaceful subjects.
Earl GREY briefly replied, and observed that ho still
considered the policy of Ciovernment in China A 8 impolitic