The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-12 00:00:00

CHAIRMAN OF FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS,

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked her Majesty's
Ministers whether the Chairman of the Fisheries Commis-
sioners appointed the act 26th and 27th Victoria, cap. 114,
was a clerk of the house of Commons, and whether her
Majesty's Ministers would consent to the appointment of
a committee to inquire into the working and the results of
the act in question. _

EXECUTIONS WITHIN PRISONS.
Mr. GOSCHEN asked the hon. member for Oldham
whether ho intended to proceed with his bill for legalising
executions within the walls of the prisons.
Mr. HIBBERT said it was not his intention to proceed
with the bill at present.
ROMAN cAtruoLic OATH BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.

On clause 6 being propoSed,
Sir H. CAIRNS moved the restoration, in the form of
oath- contained in the bill, of the following words contained
in the oath prescribed by Geo. 4, c, 7, s.2:—" I do swear that
I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of •
property within this realm, as established by the laws ;
and I do hereby.-disclaim, disavow, and solemnly-abjure
any intention to subvert the present Church establishment,
as settled by law within this realm; and I do solemnly
sweari. that 1 never will exercise _any privilege to which I
am or may _ become entitled to disturb or weaken tho
Protestant Religion or Protestant Coiermiient" in the -
United Kingdom."
. Mr. HUNT said he regretted to be-obliged to oppose the
motion of his right hon. friend. He hoped the bill would
become law, and that the .present expiring Parliament
would distinguish itself by sweeping away that which had
been a sources of annoyance to her M:ljesty's Roman
Catholic subjects. He could not agree with those who
looked upon this oath as one of the bulwarks of the Church -
of England. On the contrary, he thought that such was
net the case, and, that being so, he could not vote for the
motion of his right hon. friend. - . •
Mr. DISRAELI referred to the history of the oaths and
the passing of the Emancipation Act, and touched upon the
question of the Irish Church. He was sure his colleagues
in that house would believe him when he said he had no
desire or wish to insult their religion ; on the contrary, he
honoured theirancient faith ; but he must ask them to re-
collect the compact entered into thirty years ago between
Roman CatholiclsmandLiberalism, the-object of which was'
the destruction of the Established Church in Ireland. With
respect to the matterumier discussion, he asked the Roman -
Catholics just to place themselves in the position of the 7
Protestant, and he thought, then, they would hesitate to
agree to such an alteration as was now proposed. He -
objected to the bill as it was originally brought forward
by the honourable member for Limerick, because he
felt that the Roman Catholic oath. as it at pre-
sent stood contained nothing which a gentleman of tto
highest honour and nicest feeling could not have taken,
and he could-not believe that any Roman Catholic gentle-
Man would look upoit it as a barrier between him and a
seat,in that house. He objectedalso to the measure because
it had been brought forward by an individual member.
[LEFT SITTING.]
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RAILWAY IN TEL LIGENCE.

HAMMERSMITH AND CITY.

A special meeting of this company was held on
Friday at the office, Bedford-street, Strand, Mr.
Foakes in the chair.

On the motion of the CumumAN, resolutions
were unanimously passed authorising the directors
to exercise the borrowing powers of the company to
the amount of £20,000 under the Companies Act,
1863, on such terms as they might deem best for
the interests of the company ; and also empowering
the directors to convert the 6,000 5 per cent. irre-
deemable preference shares of £lO each into a 5 per
cent. irredeemable preference stock of the company
of like amount.