The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAIYIENT

lIOUSE OF COMMONS.—This D.F.
The SPEAKER took the chair at Twelve o'clock.
FARNWORTiI PARK AND IMPROVEMENT BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Dalkey Township, Rochester Oyster Fishery, Wilford
Bridge, Wrexham, Mold, and Counah's Quay Railway
Liverpool Iniprcvomcnt.
GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY BILL.
On consideration of this bill,

Mr. DODS ON called attention to its provisions, andstated
that the capital of the railway was .C 1,530,030, and its
liabilities £168,000. The capital raised was £30,000,' 60
that there was a deficiency of more than £lOO,OOO. The
company had power to issue £378,000 additional preference
shares, but in the state of the money market these shares
could not be issued. The company had also further
powers to raise money by loans, which it had not yet
exercised, to the extent of £7.5,0J0. The proposition of
this bill was to cancel the power to issue the £378,000

❑uissued preference shares, and to take power to issue
.C 330,000 pro-preference shares. The proposition was of
so novel a nature, that he had thought it prop3r.to bring
the matter before the house.

Mr. HADFIELD gave notice that to-morrow ho would
move for a committee of inquiry into the general questi.en.
Mr. BOUVERI thought the hon. me:uWr for Sheffield
should make this a distinct motion, and not as an amend-
ment to the third reading of this particular bill.
Mr. SAMUELSON and Colonel W. PATTEN said it would
create great distrust on the part of shareholders in
railways if now stock was in this manner -to obtain a
pre-preference, and thought the subject should be inquired
into. •

The bill was then ordered to b 3 read a third time.

The North British Railway (Carlisle Deviation) Bill was
also considered, and ordered to ba read a third time.
The Ahstillery Gas and Water Bill and the Great Eastern,
Railway Finance Bill were read a second time.

GREAT YARMOUTE AND LANCASTER.

Mr. BAXTER gave !laic() of his intoution to move that

these boroughs should only be deprived of one member
each.

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Major S. KNOX said his objectin moving that the house
b 3 counted was because an obnoxious measure—the
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siastical Titles Bill—was coming on, and
specially for this purpose.
Mr. BOUVERIE thought the new practice was liable to
gross abuse.. He remarked that the Speaker was scarcely
is the chair when the motion for the count was made, and
that the hon. member for Armagh was at the door keeping
members out. It was matter for consideration whether
some rider should not be added to the motion made on
Monday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so as to pre-
serve the rights of private members.
Sir IL ED WARDS hoped the remarks of the member
for Roscommon would be listened to, and that such a case
would not occur again this session. Last night the leaders
of the Opposition were conspicuous by their absence.
Mr. VANCE said he approved of the count out last
night, because he thought the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was
of too much importance to bo considered in a small House.
lie was much delighted under the circumstances that the
House was counted out.
Mr. G. HARDY sail, with respect to last night, the
Government did their best to get a House. Ile did not
think there would have been any difficulty in doing so,
but he believed the count out depended more on those who
had come down than on those who had not. It was his
earnest desire that the rights of private members should be
maintained, and he trusted and believed that no more
counts out would take place.
Mr. N EWDEGA.TE complained of the studious absence
of members of the House belonging to the Established
Church when matters like the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
were under consideration.
The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn, and
the subject dropped.
UNIFORMITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. FAWCETT moved the second reading of this bill,
the object of which is to allow the colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge to admit to fellowships Perseus who are net
members of the Established Church. It might be inquired,
who asked for this bill ? Iu reply ha would remark that
it was a numerous body of iel'ows of the colleges of bo',h
Universities. It was true that the majority was ,t; trust
them, but he wished to make the Universities national
institutions. It was time the barriers that at present kept
the pr:z of the Universities entirely fir the triAnbers of
the Church of Eeigl.,nd should be removed. Ile felt that
in the event of this reasonable proposition being refused it
would become the duty of thee) who supporteil his view
of the question to take steps to attain their object in t% more
direct and cifcctu inviner. The measure was molerate,
simplo, and p rmissice, as the provisions of the ine.untro
could not COlll3 into force while the majorit; of-any college
had decided to put the act into operation.
Mr. MORRISON seconded the 'notion.
Mr. SELAVY.N. disapproved of the motion, and there-
fore ho moved that the bill be read a sewed time that day
six months, because he feared that the actual result of the
bill would nut only admit those which were at present ex-
cluded, but enable those who professed no religion at all
to claim a portion of the university emolumeute.
Mr. GORST seconded the amendment.
Mr. P. UnurlianT supported, and Sir W. HEATHEOTE
opposed, the
Sergeant GAZELEE supported the bill, and said that
the fact of none of the heads of the colleges having peti-
tioned the house in its favour was a circumstance favour-
able towards the bill, because no body, however corrupt,
was in favour of reforming itself.
Mr. GLADSTONE said the attempt to maintain the
present state of things was desirable in the interest
neither of the colleges themselves or of those
not in conformity with the Church of England.
The attainment of a fellowship was a crowning act of a
university career, but then came the question whether the
clergy were to be educated without reference to religious
opinions. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to
argue against the bill now under the consideration of the
house as a measure which did not deal with the matter in
broad manner, and concluded by saying ho felt he could
not give his vote in its favour.
Mr. B. Hore opposed, and Mr. CARDWELL supported
the bill. The latter hon. gentleman proceeded at some
length to criticise the speeches that had been made by the
hon. and learned member who moved the amendment, and
with respect to the bill not affecting Roman Catholics, he
thought if they read the bill a second time they could
remedy that in connittiee.
Mr. G. HARDY thought the bill a very bad one, and
as it was a step in the wrong direction he hoped the house
would reject it by a large majority.
Mr. BOUVERIE would cordially give his vote in favour
of the Aecond reading.
The house divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading .... 200
Against it
Majority for the bill
The other orders of the day were thou disposed of, and
the house adjourned.