The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-15 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

ASCOT RACES.

(THIS- DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW STAKES.

Monge • ................... • ........
Border Chief ......---
Flatterer ....................................
Thirteen ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.)

The house met at five o'clock.
WITNESSES

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Lord BROUGHAM, in moving the second reading
of this bill, said its object was to compel witnesses
in civil cases to attend a trial in any part of
the United Kingdom when subpcened in the or-
dinary manner. In consequence of the present
state of the law the greatest inconvenience was
felt, as in order to obtain the evidence of a wit-
ness in Scotland or Ireland, in a. case tried in
England, it was necessary to issue a commission,
which involved great expense. (Hear.) A clause would
he inCrodur.e 1 to provi,le for the expenses of witnesses.
Tile LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his approval
of the bill.
After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, it was read
a second thee.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read-
ing of this bill. He said that towards the close of last
session he received a memorial from the Legislative
Council of Canada in favour of bringing the constitution
of that colony more in accordance with public feel.
ing in the colony ; and at the commencement of
the present year he received a further memorial
suggesting a form cf bill by which the Council might be
changed from a nominative to an elected body. It then
became his duty to consider how the object of the memo-
rialist% could be best carried into effect, and it occurred to
him that there were three modes—first, adopting the draft
sent from Canada ; secondly, inviting the Parliament of
Canada to send home a bill prepared and passed by
themselves, which would require to be sanctioned by an
act of the English Parliament ; and, 3dly, by repealing
these provisions in the Act of Union with Canada, which
prevented the Legislative Council legislating for itself.
The noble duke then pointed out the objections which he
entertained to the first two courses, and intimated that
it was his intention to adopt the third, and to delegate to
the Canadian Parliament the right of legislating in regard
to its constitution, subject of course to the confirmation of
the Crown—in short, simply to remove the hin-
drances which now existed to local legislation,
(Hear, hear.) This was the only object of the
present bill, and it was entirely in accordance with the
soundest principles of colonial legislation. The bill
would remove useless and inconvenient restrictions,
which had given the colony a just ground of
complaint, and he hoped their lordships would agree to
the second reading.
Earl DESAIIT thought the bill would give a dan-
gerons power to the Legislative Council, and expressed
a hope that so important a measure would be postponed. '
in order to enable Earl Derby and other peers on hi%
side of the house to express their opinions upon it.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS EVENING.;
The SpEAKErt took the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Lord J. RUSSELL took the oaths and his seat on his
re-eleithon for the city of London. The noble lord, who
was received with loud cheers, was introduced by Sir C.
Wood and. Lord Harry Vane,