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London, England, 1860-02-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.)

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

The Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented a number
of petitions against the Abolition of church rates.
Lord CHELMSFORD presented similar petitions.

THE PRAYER BOOK.
The Earl of CARNARVON presented a petition from
}Dalton against any alteration in the prayer book.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a second time :—Dublin
and Meath Railway; Galashiels and Peebles Railway;
Banbridge Junction Railway ; Belfast,and Holywood,
arrenpoint
and
Bangor Railway ; Dover Gas ; Newr W
and Rostrevor Railway; North Kent Water ; Portadown,
Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway ; North Bri-
tish insurance Company, and London Sheriffs Court.
ENDOWED SCHOOLS.
In reply to Lord CHELMSFORD,
Lord CRANWORTH said he intended to proceed with
the bill for regulating endowed schools, which involved but
one principle, in a public and not a select committee.
NICE AND SAVOY.
Lord NORMANBYsaid, as it was stated that it would be
inconvenient to produce the correspondence relating to the
proposed annexation of Nice and Savoy to France, he
should to-morrow move for the dates of any correspondence
between the Secretary of State and the ambassador at
Paris.

INDICTABLE OFFENCES BILL.
Lord CHELMSFORD, in moving the second reading of
this bill, said its principle had three times been sanctioned
by votes of the other house. There had never been any
hostility to the bill ; and although it had never passed into
a law, it was owing altogether to circumstances
unconnected with the merits of the measure. By
the first clause that :was enacted that from the passing
of the bill no criminal charge should be tried at the Central
Criminal Court or any other Court within the district, un-
less a previous investigation had taken place before a ma-
gistrate. The noble and learned lord then detailed a number
of cases to show the inconvenience of the present
grand jury system, in the majority of instances the bills
ignored being quite in opposition to the opinion of the com-
mitting magistrate and against the whole of the evidence
set down in the depositions. He concluded by expressing a
hope that their lordships would allow the bill to be read a
second time, and go into committee.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should not oppose
the bill, but it was a measure which would require great
caution in reference to its details.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.
THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT.
The Earl of CARNARVON inquired what was the in-
tention of her Majesty's Government with regard to the
administration of the Red River Settlement, and those parts
of the Saskatchewan districts recommended by the com-
mittee of the House of Commons, in 1857, to be withdrawn
from the jurisdiction of the Hudson's Bay Company.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said, he hoped the result of
the amicable arrangement which he was desirous of couclud-
inF with the Hudson's Bay Company, would accomplish
this very desirable object without litigation. If so, the
next step would be to devise some simple form of govern-
ment ; and should legislation be necessary for this purpose,
it was, of course, most desirable that it should take place this
session.
THE DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE
EAST.
Lord EBITRY, in pursuance of a notice which he had
given last week, placed before their lordships a petition,
signed by between 4,000 and 5,000 of the parishioners of St.
George's in the East, complaining of certain ecclesiastical
grievances.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPZAILBR took the chair at fo,ur o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Aberga-
venny Improvement; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos-
ton, and Eastern Junction Railway and Canal Company ;
Birkenhead Railway (No. 1) ' • Bourton on the Water Rail-
way; Chesterfield and Worksop Road ; Cilgwrgan, Bettws,
and Tregynon Road ; Egleston Roads Glossop
and;Marple Bridge Road; Highbridge Market and Gas;
Hungerford Market and Charing-cross Bridge Companies ;
Lincoln Heath and Peterborough Roads; Llanelly Rail-
way and Doak Company; London and South-Western and
Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies; London and
South Western Railway (Kingston Railway Extension,
&c.) ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, and Victoria,
Station and Pimlico Railway Companies ; Lon-
don, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Capital) ;
Manchester Corporation Water ;_ Manchester Im-
provement ; Marchburn, Kelso, and Lauder Road ;
Marple New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway ; Mid-
land Railway (Burton-upon-Trent Deviation) ; Midland
Railway (Hinckley Extension) ; Newcastle-upen-Tyne
and Carlisle Railway, and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway,
and Carlisle and Sillotb Bay Railway and Dock Companies;
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Derwent Valley Railway;
North British Railway (Stations, &c,) ; North-Eastern
Railway (Blaydon and Conside Branches) ; North-
Eastern Railway (Extension of Time, &c.) ; North
Staffordshire Railway ; Sacriston Junction and
South Shields Railway; Salisbury and Yeovil Railway;
Sheffield Water ; Shrewsbury and Welchpool Rail-
way; Sirhowy Tramroad ; Stockport and Woodley Junc-
tion Railway ; Stourbrid ge Railway ; Swansea Local
Board of Health • Thetford and Bury St. Edmund's Rail-
way ; and Vale Of Clwyd Railway Extension.