The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

THE RULES OF THE HOUSE.

Earl FITZWILLIAM was about to give notice of
motion, when he was met by loud cries of " The order of
the day." The noble earl, however, persisted, amid calls
to order, which completely drowned his voice. After
some confusion,
Lord BEAUMONT rose to order. He was exceed-
ingly sorry to see anything like confusion in their pro-
ceedings, and he begged to remind the noble earl, that
the house had adopted certain rules (relative to proceed-
ing with the business on the paper at a quarter past
five), and though he had protested against them when
first proposed, still, as they had been adopted by the
house, they ought to be adhered to. No doubt it might
be inconvenient to the noble earl onthe present occasion
to give his notice, but at another time he would probably
find the rules exceedingly convenient by enabling him
to bring on his motion at an early hour. He, therefore,
trusted the noble earl would now give way.
Earl FITZWILLIAM was proceeding to state that
he did not intend to make any speech, but simply to
give notice that to-morrow he should move that
The remainder of the sentence was lost in loud cries
of " Order, order," from all parts of the house, amid
which several noble lords vainly endeavoured to gain a
hearing. At last
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE exclaimed, in a
loud tone, " I move that this house do now adjiourn,"
and calm having been restored, went on to say that he
made that motion in order that he might make a few
remarks on the subject, which he hoped would set this
matter correctly before the house.
After a brief discussion the question of adjournment
was then put and negatived.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved, that the house
take into consideration the report of the Select Com-
mittee on the Displacement of the Labouring Classes,
with a view to adopting the following resolution, founded
on that report :—" That before the first reading of any bill
for making any works, in the construction of which com-
pulsory power is sought to take thirty houses or more, in-
habited by the labouring classes in any one parish or place,
the promoters be required to deposit in the office of the
Clerk of the Parliaments a statement of the number, de-
scription, and situation of the said houses, the number
(so far as they can be ascertained) of persons to be dis-
placed, and whether any and what provision is made in
the bill for remedying the inconvenience likely to arise
from such displacement, in order to its being made a
standing order." He thought that resolution, if adopted,
would go very far towards destroying an evil that was
generally felt, and, if he might judge from the letters he
had received from such great contractors as Mr. Cubitt,
Mr. Peto, Mr. Brassey, and others, he was sure it would
work well.

The resolution was then put and agreed to.
The Burghs (Scotland) Bill, and Sheriffs and Commis-
sariat Courts (Berwickshire) Bill passed through com-
mittee.

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
The Earl of AIRLIE said he did not wish to ask for
any details of the measure intended to be introduced by
Government for the future government of India, but he
wished to inquire whether it was the first of a series of
measures on that subject, or whether it was intended to
stand alone ? Was it to be understood that, in adopt-
ing the measure proposed by her Majesty's Ministers,
Parliament was pledging itself to abstain from all inter-
ference in the affairs of the East India Government dur-
ing the period for which the provisions of the bill were
to be in force, or were there any questions to be left
open ? The question he asked was, not one of detail,
but of principle, and one on which it was desirable to
have a clear understanding.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said he thought their lord-
ships must feel that he could not, in answer to the ques-
tion just put to him, enter into the merits of the mea-
sure to which the noble earl had referred. Notice had
been given that a measure for the future government of
India would be introduced into the other house of Par-
liament before the end of this month. The noble earl
would then see what was the nature of that measure,
and how far it answered the question which he had asked.
As to the measure proceeding on the report of the select
committee, of course it could not do that, -at all events
as regarded matters upon which they had not reported ;
and he could also assure the noble earl that nothing
would be introduced into the measure which would pre-
clude future legislation, should such be found necessary.
Their lordships would, however, in a short time be
enabled to judge what the nature of the measure was,
and he hoped the noble earl would then find his question
answered by it.