The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.
The LORD CuANcELLon took his seat on the woolsack a,
five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The East Gloucestershire Railway, and London North-
Western Railway New Works Bills were read a third timo
and passed.

PETITION.

The Earl of DENION presented a petition from tho city
of Leitrim against the Sunday Trading Bill.

FATE OF MAXIMILIAN.

In answer to a question from Lord KIMBERLEY, relative
to any official intelligence as to the fate Of Maximilian,
Tho Earl of MALMESBURY stated that, as far as her
Mojesty's Government sere concerned, no offioial informa-
tion on the subject had yet Imp recaivod, and the only
confirmation had bean by the telegrams in the second edi-
tion of the Times.

MOILRO VELHO MARRIAGE BILL.

This bll was read a seecnd time.

LAND TAX COMMISSIONERS' NAMES BILL

This bill was committed:
TILE GALWAY HARBOUR (COMPENSATION OF
DEBTS) BILL.
The Earl of DEVON moved that the order of the 3d
May last, with respect to this bill, be dispensed with.
The order was.then dispensed with.
THE BLAOKWALL BRIDGE BILL.

The Earl of DEVON moved that the order of the 3d
May, as to this bill, be dispensed with.

Thid bill was then read a second time.
SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACT AMEND.

MENT BILL.

The report as to this bill was received, and the bill, as
amended, was read a third time and passed.
BRITISH WHITE HERRING FISHERY BILL.
This as amended by the Commons was passed.
THE LUXEMBOURG QUESTION.

Lord HOUGHTON asked the noble lord at the head of
her Majesty's Government as to the construction
which they placed on the words " collective guarantee'
in the Luxembourg treaty. He wished to know what
practical effect that guarantee had. It was stated the
other day, he thought, that by this guarantee all
the signataries to that trusty agreed and provided that
if anything of a tyrannous nature was done to-
wards Luxembourg that the signataries should declare
that all the conditions of the treaty were at on ce
null and void. It was not Greeco or Belgium or Sweden,
or any of those Powers that these signataries guarded
against, but Prussia or France, who wish to take Luxem-
burg from Holland. If the aggressor to the con-
ditions of this treaty was a signatary, he had the greater
responsibility to answer for. There were political
agitations going on in the countries of France and Prussia,
and this point was one of vital importance.
The Earl of DERBY said that ho was prepared to give
the explanation again that he had already given, and
which did not seem to satisfy the noble lord, but
whatever construction he might put, or the Government
and house might put, upon the words, he was sure that all
viewed them with the utmost fairness. He was not
much of a diplomatist, but he would impress upon
them that the guarantee was collective, and there-
fore nothing could be done by one power with-
out the consent of the whole. He would call their
lordships' attention to the terms of the guarantee. Prussia
laid down they should have a full and free guarantee. His
noble relative in the other house, in drawing up the treaty,
had not inserted the word guarantee, but had declared only
the neutrality of the Powers, but to this Prussia demurred,
and asked for a collective guarantee, which was accord-
ingly complied with. He would wish the noble lord to
declare his view of what a collective guarantee was. He
thought that if the noble lord thought that all the Powers
were bound to enforce the conditions of the guarantee,
if this had been the case they could hardly have expected
Prussia to have asked for such a guarantee. In 1831
there was a separate guarantee given in the case of
Belgium.

Earl RUSSELL much regretted the raising of the dis-
cussion, the previous debite upon the question having oc-
casioned great uneasiness in Prussia, and an unfavourable
inference of what the conduct of England might be in the
event of any future emergency. His opinion was that, if
either France or Prussia violated the neutrality of Luxem-
bourg, and the rest of the Powers were called upon to en-
force it, there would be a moral obligation upon them to
do so. He did not believe, however, that either France or
Prussia had the slightest desire to violate the neutrality of
Luxembourg, and he trusted it would never be thought in
Europe that this country had only entered into diplomatic
engagements with the view 'of retracting thorn whenever
the necessity for fulfilling them might arise.
After some debate, in which Lord Lyveden, Lord Strat-
ford de Itedcliffe, and the Duko of Argyll took part, the
subject dropped.
The Earl of DPIBY, in reply to Earl Russell, said that,
in consequence of the reported execution of the ex-Empe-
ror Maximilian, the 'review appointed to be held this day
would be postponed, but ho hoped Lot abandoned.
Their lordships adjoin-nod at 25 minutes to 7 o'clock.-

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE.

Mr. GILPIN gave notice that, on the motion for tho
socond reading of tho bill for tho increase of the episco-
pate, ho should move that the till be read a second time
that day six months.
THE ADMIRALTY.