The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-08 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at 5 o'clock.

TRADES' UNIONS.

Lord ST. LEONARDS drew the attention of the House
to this topic, and laid before the house a bill on the subject
The present bill was the same in substance and detail as
that which he submitted to their lordships last year. The
object of tho bill was to establish some effectual mode of
arbitration between masters and men when differences arose
between them. lie wished to impress on the house the great
importance of this question. When strife took place be-
tween employers and the employed it was a matter of vic-
tory or defeat, and the result was that feelings of the
greatest bitterness were engendered between classes whose
interests were identical. Ho was aware that there was a
feeling about the hppolicy of interfering between em-
ployers and workmen, but the subject of strikes had
assumed an importance that rendered it necessary for
legislation to interfere.

The Bill was then read a first ti►ue.
PUBLIC SCLIOOLS BILL,

The Earl of DERBY moved the first reading of this
bill, and explained that it was the same as that introduced
last session, but too late to be passed.
UNION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROVINCp.
In reply to Earl RUSSELL,

The Earl of CARNARVON said that he would state to
the House to-morrow night the intention of her Majesty's
Government in reference to the introluction of a Bill ,on
this subject, which would be submitted to the House.

COAL MINES.
The Earl of DELMORE seconded an address to her
Majesty for copies of a circular from the Home Office to,
and reports from, the Inspector of Minos to the Secretary
of the Home Department on the recent accidents and ex-
plosions in coal mines.

After some observations from Lord WHARSCLIFFE,
Earl BELMORE said that under the existing act
relating to mines the inspectors were merely empowered
to point out defects in the arrangements of mines, but not
to take any measures to prevent accidents. The import-
ance of the subject rendered it desirable that it should be
considered by Parliament, but he was not prepared to
introduce any bill in reference to it at present.
lie considered that the attention of the house having been
drawn to the subject beneficial results would necessarily
follow.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. DE LA POER took the oath and his seat for Water-
ford.
PETITIONS.

The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex presented four
petitions to the house, the nature of which did not reach
the gallery.
Col. SYKES presented a petition praying for the abolition
of the duty on fire insurance.
Col. FRENCH presented petitions praying for the closing
of public-houses on Sundays.
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. Brand a new writ was ordered to
issue in the room of Mr. Barry._

THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

Mr. IVALDEGRAVE-LESLIE asked the Secretary of
State for India whether he was able to report any con-
siderable decrease in the famine which has for so long a
timo prevailed in the district of Orissa ?
Viscount ORANBORNE said he was happy to be able
to communicate to the hon. member that the famine had
very much decreased, and he might say that it only
existed in those districts which had had their crops car-
ried away by the inundations. Ho would lay the papers
the hon. gentleman referred to on the table, as soon as the
whole of them had been received.
MERCANTILE MARINE. •
_ _ _

Mr. CANDLISH asked the President of the Board of
Trade if it was his intention to introduce a measure dur-
ing the present session to consolidate and amend the laws
regulating our mercantile marine ?
Sir S. NORTHCOTE said he was convinced of the ad-
visability of consolidating the law affecting the mercantile
marine, but he was not prepared to undertake It at present.
A bill had been prepared to make certain alterations,
which, if passed this session, he would then prepare to lay
a consolidation bill on the table of the house for the con-
sideration of members before the next session of Parlia-
ment.
THE POLICE.

Lord E. BRUCE asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department by whose authority Sir It. Mayne, Chief
Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis, issued his
orders to the police that no members of Parliament were
to be allowed to approach the Houses of Parliament in
their carriages after a certain hour, on the occasion of
her Majesty graciously (Toning Parliament in person ;
and why,when they were by this order obliged to descend
from their carriages, no path whatever was kept open for
them; whether it was not the undoubted constitutional
right of members to attend her Majesty on such an occa-
sion, and whether such order of the Commissioner of Po-
lice was not in direct defiance of a Sessional order of that
house ?

Mr. CRAWFORD complained of the obstruction he mot
with on the Surrey side of Westminster-bridge on the
day in question. After some difficulty he succeeded in
getting across the bridge, but on arriving in Bridge-street
ho was again prevented getting to the house by the hoard-
ing which had been erected across one of the usual
thoroughfares, and the crowd on the other hand.
After some difficulty he succeeded in getting to
the house, but in such a condition that was
hardly decent. The members for Dover, Bucking-
ham, Inverness, and Bridgewater experienced the same
uneasiness that ho had complained of. They had been
compelled to identify themselves as members before the
police would allow them to pass. With respect to the
crowd he had no complaint to make ; the only parties he
found fault with were the police.
Mr. WALPOLE said ho was not aware of many of the
circumstances mentioned by the honourable gentleman
who had just sat down, otherwise he would have made
inquiries on the matter. With respect to the question of
the noble lord he appeared to be entirely under a mistake.
No such order as he had spoken of in his question had been
issued by Sir R. Mayne. He would read an extract from
the actual orders issued, which differed very
materially from those set down in the question. The
right honourable gentleman then read extracts from
the orders, which were to the effect that the greatest facility
was to be given to the carriages of peers and members of
the House of Commons. If those orders had not been un-
derstood by the perms who had been called upon to carry
them into effect ho deeply regretted it. The crowd this
year had been greater than ou former years, and this fact,
taken into consideration with the temporary obstructions
at the end of Bridge-street, rendered it au impossibility of
keeping a passage open as well as could bo desired. In-
structions, however, would be given to guard against tho
inconvenient e for the future.