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London, England, 1867-07-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This DAY,

The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock, when, the
house having resolved itself into committee, the further
consideration of the bill for the amendment of the Repre-
sentation of the People was proceeded with.
[LEFT BITTING. I

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a
five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS

The Waterford and Wexford Ifarblur and the East
Loudon. Water Supply Bills wore real a third time and

passed

THE TROOPS IN NEW ZEALAND.
The Earl of CARNARVON asked the noble duke w.

were his reasons for postponing the question relative to
the papers in this matter ?

The Duke of BUCKINGLIAH said that his reason was
that the papers on the subject had not been received, and
he thought it most desirable that the matter should be
postponed ; that was the only reason that there was in the
matter with regard to publicconvenienco.
After a few remarks from Lord LYTTELTON,
The Earl of CARNARVON said that the answer of the
noble duke was an enigmatical that ho must move a
substantive motion in the matter himself.
THE CONSECRATION OF CHURCHYARDS
(No. 2) BILL. _ _

This bill was committed, and, after a few remarks from
Lord Portman, which wore totally inaudible, and from the
Bishop of Oxford, who stated that ho considered that tho
bishop should not bo able, by mere signing of his hand,
to consecrate a place, but that ho should go amongst his
people. The object, therefore, was to diminish the expense
to enable the bishops to be present, and this would bo
most satisfactory to the bishops thomsolves. They pro-
fessed to convey no mysterious power to the land
which they consecrated, but they thought it better
to preserve those religious rights which were acknowledged
by the country. Tho question was purwhether the words
"out of the churchyards" were to form part of the
bill or not. On a division it was found that the contents
had it by a majority of 80 to 35.
Tho Linen and Other Manufactures (Ireland) Bill and
the Public Records (Ireland) Bill worn read a second time.
Other measures also went through various stages, and
their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAST EVENING,
The SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock.
HASTY REMOVAL OF TROOPS.

Mr. OARINGTON asked the Secretary of State for War
whether it was true that the cavalry regiments who
marched from Aldershot to Hounslow to take part in the
intended review were left in camp entirely without rations
until the following morning ?
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the case was not so bad as
it appeared by the hon. member's question. It was not
true that the troops that arrived at Hounslow with the
♦iew of taking part in the intended review were left with-
out rations until the following morning, but it was true
that the troops that arrived between eight and nine in the
morning were left without rations until four o'clock in
the afternoon. (06, oh.) It was occasioned by great
want of care in some quarter, and he was using his best
endeavour to discover where blame was to be attributed,
but he had not yet been able to do so. If the right hon.
gentleman would repeat his question on another occasion,
and ho was in a position to answer him fully, ho would do
so without the slightest attempt at concealment.
FEVER IN THE MAURITIUS.

Mr. PIM asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies
if he was aware of the extraordinary mortality caused by
fever in the island of Mauritius during the present year ;
could 113 say whether it was true that the deaths had ex-
ceeded 30,000 out of a population of about 340,000 persons;
and that the deaths in the city of Port Louis in the month
of April last exceeded 6,000 out of a population estimated
at 80,000; had ho any information whether the virulence
of the fever had abated or not; and did ho not think that
something was due-by way of assistance to the largo num-
ber of persons who had been left destitute by this extra-
ordinary and almost unprecedented calamity.
Mr. ADDERLEY said it was unfortunately too true
that fever existed to a very alarming extent, but
with respect to the number of persons who had
fallen victims, he presumed that the thirty thousand
deaths mentioned by the hon. member represented
the entire deaths in the island for the year. The latest
date received at the Colonial-office was the 2d of May,
when tho number of deaths reported was 17,000, 10,000 of
which took place in Port Louis. The latest accounts *ye
no intimation of the abatement of fever, but as the cool
season had set in it was to be hoped that a favourable change
would take place. Every stop possible had been taken to allay
the fever, medicines had been sent out, but with respect
to a contribution being sent from the Consolidated Fund
there was no precedent for such a stop. The Government
had no accounts of the distress occasioned by the preva-
lence of fever to induce them to ask forsuelt a contribution.
A: private fund, however, was in course of collection in the
City, to which any hon. member wishing to contribute
could do so.