The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.

The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTARY ACT
(No. 4) BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
WRITS REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The LORD-ADVOCATE moved that the house go into
committee on this bill.

Mr. DUNLOP opposed the motion, and moved that the
bill be referred to a select committee. He objected to the
proposition of the Lord Advocate to abolish the local re-
gisters and to keep up one general register in Edinburgh.
In his opinion it would be much more advantageous
to abolish the general and to maintain the local registers.
This was the only point in dispute, and he regretted that
the Scotch members had not been able to settle the
matter up stairs without further appeal to the house. He
thought that the present was not a time when the bill
could be fairly considered ; and therefore, in his opinion,
it would be better to withdraw the bill altogether and rein-
troduce it in the new Parliament.
Sir J. FERGUSON seconded the motion.

Lord H. SCOTT hoped the house would go into com-
mittee on the bill, in preference to adopting the motion of
the hon. member for Greenock, which would, in fact,
amount to a rejection of tho bill altogether.
Colonel SYKES referred to the number of petitions
presented against the bill of the Lord Advocate, which
amounted to 70, whilst those in its favour only numbered
23. There was a great division of opinion on the measure,
and he did not think that the house was in a condition to
say definitely (there not being 20 members present)
whether his bill should become the law of the land. Ile
thought delay was preferable to proceeding under the
present circumstances.

Mr. FINLAY should support the motion for going into
committee.

Sir J. FERGUSON thought it best to refer the bill to a
select committee, because he felt the house was not in a
position to go into a discussion on the details of the mea-
sure. He objected to the system of centralization em-
bodied in the bill, and he thought that public opinion,
which was the test of goodness of all Acts of Parliament,
was against the measure.

Mr. C. EWING supported the bill and the motion for
going into committee.

The LORD-ADVOCATE thought that it would be ad-
visable to take a division on the bill that day, especially
as so many gentlemen had expressed their opinions with
respect to the bill. The great majority of the Scotch mem-
bers wore in favour of the bill ; and, with respect to hasty
legislation, why for the last ten years efforts had been
made to obtain the passing of a bill similar to that now
under notice.

Mr. AYRT ON supported the motion for referring the bill
to a select committee.

Mr. CRAWFORD also supported the motion of the hon.
momber for Greenock.

The hon. member was addressing the house at the hour
fixed by the standing order for the suspension of the de-
bate, when he was called to order by the Speaker. Mr.
Crawford immediately resumed his seat, and Mr. Dunlop
not being at that time in his place, no day was fixed for
resuming the discussion.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod here entered the
house, and summoned the Speaker to the House of Peers,
to hear the Royal assent given to several bills.

On the return of the-Speaker the sitting of the house
was suspended.

At six o'clock the house resumed.
THE CANADIAN DELEGATES.
Mr. WARNER asked the Secretary for the Colonies
whether there was any foundation for a statement which
had appeared in a paper, supposed to bo semi-official, and
which was called the Owl—(a laugh)—that a perfect under-
standing had been arrived at between her Majesty's Go-
vernment and the Canadian delegates ; and if so, when ho
would be prepared to acquaint the house with the terms of
the arrangement.
Mr. CARDWELL said the conferences between her Ma-
jesty's Government and the Ministers from Canada had not
yet been brought to a close,. but ho hoped to be soon able
to report the result to the house. (Hear, hear.)
PRINCE KUNG.
In reply to a question from Col. SYKES,

Mr. LAYARD said he was happy to be able to inform
his hon. and gallant friend that Prince Kung had been ap-
pointed his own successor. Her Majesty's Government
had received a telegram from Pekin to the effect that Prince
Kung had been reinstated in all his dignities, and was
again Prime Minister. They had not received any official
report of the state of trade ; but on the whole the accounts
seemed to be favourable, with the exception of those places
occupied by marauders, and there was every prospect of
trade increasing.