The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY).

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

Lord SHAFTESBURY presented petitions from
Colesnill and Maxstoke, against opciiiii4 alio Crystal
Palace on the Lord's-day; and also one from the latter
place artaiii4 the abolition of Church rates.
Lord -BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
Corporation of Suellield. in favour of the,extensien of
county courts, and for the reduction fees paid in the
said courts. The noble lord said the subject was one of
the greatest importance, and he gave notice of his inten-
tion to introduce a bill which would :jve the pOrieC of,
appeal in -insolVtnit WifiettliVnthei.e,,ses.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said a bill
.was, in pre-
paration relative to ate subject the noble lord had just
mentioned.
Earl GREY gave notice of his 'intention to ask • the
Minister of War, •on an early day, whether he was in a
position to reconcile the discrepancy which appeared in
the despatch of Colonel Rose, dated March 25, 1853,
and that of Lord Stratford, in reference to the operations
in the East ?

The Marquis of CLANRICAIME moved for copies
of the papers and correspondence !elating to the great
clock and bells for the new Pslace at Westminster.
The noble lord proceeded to state the proceedings that
had taken place on the subject, and to condemn the
whole transaction.

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The Earl of GRANVILLE had no objection to the
production of the p:►pers, but defended tlt, course pur-
sued by the Chief C,nuunissioner of Woods and Forests.
He said be believed that before, the end of the year the
bells would be chiming.
FALL OF XXIV:.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII asked .when the
papers relative to the fall of Kars would be laid upon
the table of the house ?
Earl GRANVILLE said, in the absence of his noble
friend the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, he wag unable
is state the exact tine when they would be laid on the
table, but that no unnecessary delay would be allowed to
take p!ace.
The Earl of DERBY expressed a hops that the papers
referred to would see placed before them in a regular and
consecutive siliapp, and that they would net be mixed up
with those of tlio, gr..oral operations of the war.
Lord WODEaOt/SE nsaid that the Government
would take care to have the papers produced in the most
reffuTar and .onvenietA form.
'Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COSIMONS.—(YESTEa,DAY.)
The SPEAKER tOOk the chair at a quarter to fcur
o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.

Mr. M'EvoY took the oaths and his seat for Meath.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Th© standing orders were declared to have been com-
plied with in the following bills :—Broadstairs Harbour
and Pier ; Isle of Wight Steam Bridge ; -London and
‘Torth-Western Railway ; Eastern Counties Railway
(Mortgage Debt) ; Ulster Railway ; North Shields and
reignmontli Thek; Severn Valley Railway; Glastonbury
Railway ; Cheltenham Gas ; Sleaford and Tatterehall
Turnpike Trust ; West Hans Gas and Coke Campany ;
Ind several other bills.

Mr. L. DAVIS brought in a bill to make a railway
"ram Carmarthen to Cardigan.
The following bills were read a first time :—Cork and
Voughal, Deping •Fen Drainage, Eastern Union Rail-
way, Hey worth Gas, Nottingham Gas, Lowestoft Rail-
way, Monmouth Road ; Oxford, Wordester, and Wolver•
bampton Railway ; Yarmouth Railway, Dundee Har-
bour, t3cottish Central Railway, Coventry Gas. Dorset
Central Railway ; Thames, Haven, and Dock Railway ; '
Conway Roads, Gloucester GaS; LOndon Dock, Mid-
land Great-Weatern of Ireland, Lutcin and Dunstable
Railway, Luton District Roads, Lambeth Water, Nor.
-.,4ehAftivisorsolnita.As.uran ea, Leicester Roa44, Cannock
;:vlineral Railway, Lincoln W.atAr, Sootl-40 Water,
Lancaster Gasi Salishury Railway. CJlebrooke Roads,
Halifax Roads, Kuaresloorough and Patley Bridge, Aber-
leen Scottish, awl Midland, Junction.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN nominated the following
gentlemen as the Select Committee on Standing Orders :'
—Col. W. Patten, Mr. Henley, Mr. S. Estcourt, Mr.
V. Greene, Mr. Deedes, Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. E. Deni-
,on, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Brarnston, Mr. Thornely, and
Mr. E. Lockhart. Agreed to.
The saute HoN. MEMBER alio nominated the follow-
ing gentlemen as the Committee of Selection :—Mr. S.
Eitonurt, Mr. Daedee, Mr. T. Greene, Sir R. ,Ferguson,
Mr. Bonham-Carter, and the Chairman of the Select
Committee on Standing Orders.—Agreed to.