The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-22 00:00:00

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

YORK RACES, THIS DAY.
BY MLBOTILIC TELEGRAPH.
TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.

Brahminie
..
L'Hirondelle
2
Volturno
Five ran.
MALTON HANDICAP.

Tim Whiffler
..... . ............ 1
Pembroke ....
Prologue
Three ran.

SALISBURY RACES, THIS DAY.

CRAVEN PLATE.

Filly by Voltigeur 1
Surbiton
3
Seahorse

Ten ran.
WILTSHIRE STARES.

The Roo
Dusk
.. 3
South Australian

Eight ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT•

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING.

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

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Weymouth and Portland Railway and Extension to
Harbour Bill was read a second time.

The Halifax Corporation bill was read a third time and
passed with amendments

MUMBEE'S DIVORCE (INDIA) RTLL•
This bill passed through committee, and was reported
with amendceents.

COPYRIGHT (WORKS OF ART) BILL.
Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this
bill, the object of which was to give to the artist a copyright
in a picture of his production durin g his lifetime, and for seven
years to certain parties after the death of the producer of the
work. The protection was unly to be given after a written
agreement had been made by the artist and the purchaser of
the work, and in the event of no such agreement tak-
ing place, then the present law was to govern the
case. There was an important provision in the
bill, viz., that it did not interfere with reproductions,
but confined itself entirely to the production for which the
protection was given.
Lord OVERSTONE objected to the bill. He thought
it was giving extraordinary and comprehensive powers,
without taking into consideration various conflicting inte-
rests. Their lordships ought to well consider the subject
before they agreed to the second reading. He thought the
best course to pursue was to withdraw the bill for the pre-
sent, and to re-introduce the measure in a more complete
and comprehensive form.
Earl STANHOPE supported the bill, although he could
not see how the p inciple was to be applied to photographs.
Lord TAUNTON thought the bill likely to give rise to
endless litigation, and one that appeared to him framed
rather towards giving protection to dealers in art in pre-
ference to producers. If the bill was read a secondltime he
hoped that some very stringent amendments would be made
in committee.

The LORD CHANCELLOR urged their lordships to
agree to the second reading of the bill.
The bill was read a second time.
CHANCERY REGULATION BILL.

This bill passed through committee, the Lord Chancellor
withdrawing his amendments.
Their lordships then adjourned.

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

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Dublin and Meath Railway, Greenock and Wetny.s Bay,
and North Eastern Railway (Market V/eighton and Bever-
ley Extension, &c.)
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

(ADDITIONAL POWERS) BILL.

On the Motion for the consideration of this bill,
Mr. BASS complained that there had been a breach of
faith on the part of the promoters of the company, because
passengers travelling on the line were compelled to pay the
full fare from Edinburgh to London, although they might
require to go only to some intermediate statimns.
After some discussion the motion was agreed to, and the
bill was accordingly considered and ordered for third
reading.
THE UNITED KINGDOM ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPH COMPANY.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. HUMBERSTONE said that important powers
were taken by this company, and he thought that further
progress of the bill should be postponed for a week in order
that the public might be made acquainted with the details
of a measure that would affect their interests materially.
Mr. HENLEY seconded the motion and contended that
a work like that proposed by the promoters of this coin-
Dany should cnvw.r,l by impsinia of
IVate bill. (Hoar.)
Sir F. SMITH hoped that the amendment would not be
persevered in, as the object of the company was to confer a
boon on the public. (Hear.;
' Lord A. CHURCHILL supported the bill.

Mr. M. GIBSON said that lie had received several com-
munications relative to this bill; but the Board of Trade
had no special jurisdiction in regard to this subject, and
they had no right to interfere with the plans of any public
company that had for their object the carrying out of any
scheme like the present. (Hear.) He thought under the
circumstances that the company had a right to
have their bills read a second time. The bill
came from the House of Lards and recommended in rather
a singular manner any alterations that might be proposed in
committee, if hon. members considered them desirable.
He repeated that the promoters of the bill were entitled to
have it read a second time, and he thought it would be
undesirable to discuss the bill in its present stage.
After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn,
and the motion was agreed to.