The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. —(YESTEADAY.)
The LORD CEIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
St five o'clock.
THE CASE OF MR. IV.PDERMOTT.
The Earl of DONOUGLI vk ORE ‘ald tbat, in conse•
quence of the resigention by Mr. M'Dermott Of the office
he held in the coun y of Kerry, there would be no occasion
to proceed further in toe matter, as the object • f the
Government had been obtained. He, therefore, moved
that the order for a committee of the whole house, which
stood for Monday next, be read and discharged.
The order was then read and discharged accordingly.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Formartine and Buchan RAdway and the South
Devon and Tavistuck Railway Bills were read a second
time.

The East Kent Railway, the Taunton Water, Bally-
=ali, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway, and Salisbury
and Yeovil Rail way, were real a t,,lrd time and passed.

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

The Marquis if LANBDOWNE begged to call the
attention of the house to .a subject of considerable
importance and at the same time expressed his regret
that the noble E irl at the head of the Government wa,
prevented being present. The subj-2ct was one a'lmitt•ng
of no delay, and bad been for a long time under considera-
ion—he meant the new =e tle neat of he Government
of India. This was a qu,stiln which it was i•epor-
ant that tie house should regari with as much at-
tention as the other house of Parliament, but neverthe-
less a great many bills were now passed late in the
'session which their lordships bad not full time to con-
sider. He had learnt, from the usual public channels
of information, that this great question, after having
assumed various aspects there, had entirely at one time
been lost in what he considered needless preliminary in-
quiries. It now appeared that by some good fortune they
bad at last foundoutthe rightread,and that they were now
in a positionto communicate to their lordships the progress
they had made. He did not, at the present moment,
intend to express any opinion on the subject, his simple
• ot-j ea' being to contribute, 39 far as possible, to
.the early despatch of the messure, and, therefore,
be begged to ask whether the Government had any
Objection to propose to the House of CJIMMODEI to com-
municate to their lordships the resolutions which they
bad just passed, without waiting for the passing
of the bill. By communicating these resolutions
their lordships would be enabled to fury consider the

whole of the measure, and thus to form their opinions
without waiting for the detailed measure' which could
not be received for a considerable time. He therefore
begged to ask, whether there would be any objection on
the part of her Majesty's Government to propose to the
other house to make the communication to which he
had referred I (Rear, hear.)
The Earl of MALMESBURY mid in the absence
of his noble friend at the head of the Government, ho
would ask the noble marquis to permit him to
postpone until Monday next a positive answer
to his question, In the meantime he would communi-
cate his observations to his noble friend, who would
give them all the consideration their importance de-
served. (Hear, 6ar,)
THE MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE BILL.
This bill pasHed through commit,e9.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved that a
select committee be appointed to inquire into the present
state of proceedings in Parliament on private bilk, and
to consider whether any improvement could be effected
so as to faci:itate such legislation and diminish its ex-

Fence.
Lord REDESDALE thought upon the whole no
great advantage would be gained by the proposed change,
He did not oppose the motion.
Lord BROUGHA.NI supported the appointment of
the committee. He was more sanguine of the good that
would result from it than the noble lort who had just
sat down. He recommei,de i the appointment of a joint
committee for priva-e bills.
Lord PORTMAN supported the motion. Hs con-
sidered the proceedings in committee might be advan-
tageously and materially shortened.
Lord DONOUGIINIORE said the advsntagos cf se-
parate committees were in ninny cages int altribl,., ard
be doubted the proprie'y of dispensing with them in
any case. He thought the present system was capable
of amendment, and he should not oop ,se time motion.
After some words from Lord STANLEY of ALDER-
LE Ir in reply,
The motion was agreed to and a committee appointed.