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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YEsTiaDAF•)
The LORD CILINOILLOR took kis seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock. _ _ _

THE CASE OF MR. M'DERMOTT.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE said tbat, in conse-
quence of the resignation by Mr. M'Dermott of the office
he held in the county of Kerry, there would be no occasion
to proceed farther in the matter, as the object of 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 Railway and the South
Devon and Tavistock Railway Bills were read a second
time.

The East Kent Railway, the Taunton Water, Bally.mena, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway, and Salisbury
and Yeovil Rail way, were read a third time and passed.
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE 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 Earl at the head of the Government was
prevented being present. The subject was one admitting
of no delay, and had been for a long time under considera-
ion—he meant the new settlement of he Government
of India. This was a question which it was impor-
ant that the house should regarl with as much at-
tention as the other house of Parliament, but neverthe-
less a great many bills were now passed late in the
seesion which their lordships had 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
had at last found outtbe right road, and that they were now
in a position to 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
object being to contribute, as far as possible, to
the early despatch of the measure, and, therefore,
he begged to ask whether the Government had any
objection to propose to the House of Commons to com-
municate to their lordships the resclutions which they
had just passed, without waiting for the passing
of the bill. By communicating these resolutions
their lordships would be enabled to fully 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 (Hear, hear.)

The Earl of MALMESBURY said in the absence
of his noble friend at the head of the Government, he
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, hear.)
THE MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
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 bills, and
to consider whether any improvement could be effected
so as to facilitate such legislation and diminish its ex-
Fense,

- Lord REDESDALE thought upon the whole no
great advantage would be gained by the proposed change.
He did not oppose the motion. _

Lord BROUGHAM supported the appointment of
the committee. He was more sanguine of the good that
would result from it than the noble lord who had just
eat down. He recoromendei the appointment of a joint
committee for priva'e bills.
Lord PORTMAN supported the motion. He con-
Adored the proceedings in committee might be advan-
tageously and materially shortened.
Lord DONOUGR MORE said the advantages of se-
parate committees were in many cases invaluable, and
he doubted the proprte'y of dispensing with them in
any case. He thought the present system was capable
of amendment, and he should not oppose the motion.
After some words from Lord STANLEY of ..ILDIR-
LEY in reply,

The motion was agreed to and a committee appointed.

THE VICAR—AGE OF CAMBERWELL.
Lord ST. LEONARDS presented a petition from
the vestry of Camberwell as to the present state of the
vicarage and the law of sequestratio❑. The noble lord
referred to the present state of the parish. The number
of souls in the parish was 60,000, and the income 2,3001.
The vicar was so greatly_in debt that he had absented
himself from the parish, and the revenues of the vicar-
age were now under sequestration. The duties were
performed by two curates, appointed by the bishop, who
had no power to give them more than 2001. a year
between them, and the petitioners prayed for an
alteration of the law of sequestration. He thought
their lordships would be of opinion that every clergy-
man was bound to reside in the midst of his con•
gregation. Now what he should be inclined to propose
was, that no clergyman should be liable to arrest, but,
on the other hand, he would compel him to hand over
the whole of his means to a trustee for the benefit of his
creditors, reserving only so much as would enable him
to reide where his dn•.ies called him. An arrangement
of that kind would put an end to the practice of clergy-
men going abroad in order to avoid arrest, and thereby
the interests of his parishioners and his creditors would
be adequately guarded.

LorcDI:7&dANNON was very glad that his noble
fiend had devoted hisgreat powers to the consideratio❑
of thin most important question, and he entirely con-
curred in thinking it was one which demanded the atten-
tion of the Legislature.

Lord REDESDALE likewise was of opinion that
the evil complained of in the petition presented that
evoing had become so pressing that it ought to be at
cnce dealt with.

The petition was then ordered to lie upon the table.
PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA-
TION Acr AMENDMENT BILL.

Tbi.; bill was read a third time and passed.
PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) ACT
CONTINUANCE BILL.

This bill having been read a second tune,
Their lordships adjour❑ed at twe❑ty minutes past 7.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.)
The SREMEEII took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Crystal Palace District Gas Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The following private bills were further considered
and ordered to be read a third time :
Stockton and Darlington Railway (Durham Lines),
Stockton and Darlington Railway (North Riding Lines),
and Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley, din,, Rail-
way Companies Amalgamation.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Sir W. IIAYTER, a new writ was
ordered to be issued for the Eastern Division of Norfolk,
in the r,om of Sir E. N. Buxton, deceased.
THE LATE RUSSIAN WAR.
Mr. CRAWFORD gave notice that be would on fith
July call the attention of the house, and move a resolu-
tion, relative to the destruction of property belonging
to British subjects in the Gulf of Bothnia, during the
late Russian war.
TUE GERMAN LEGION AT THE CAPE.
Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary of State
for
War„ from what fund the German Leg ion at ble
Cape of Good H p
Elope had been paid during the last 3• it
the field allowances and full pay which the governor of
that colony was stated to have issued t, them ?
General PEEL said that the pay and allowances re-
ferred to had been paid by Sir George Grey out of the
commissariat che,t instead of out of the
ol nil reve.
bue. Lord Panmure, when in office, sent out
irinstruc-
tionsthat the German Legion must be paid
out
colony and not by the imperial Government, and y
he
(Gen. Peel) entirely agreed with the noble lord, and hal
repeated them since he had been in office.
KISSING A YOUNG LADY AGAINST HER
WILL.
Mr. FITZROY, amidst cries of " hear, hear," and
cheers, asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department whether his attention had been called to a
case which had recently occurred before the Wareham
Petty Session, when a carpenter of thenaine of Craft was
sentenced, under the Aggravated Assaults Act, to six
months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for kissing the
daughter of the Rev. H. C. Collins, of Farringdoa Rectory,
Devon, on landing from a stea er between Poole and
Swanage. The hon. gentleman in the course of his
observations said that the act referred to, which he in-
troduced, wasivery often perverted from its original
intention.
Mr. WALPOLE said his attention bad not been
called to the case intimated by the hon. gentleman's
question, but if his hon. friend would procure the fact,'
to be laid before him he would look into them and see if
the act of which he was the author required amendment
or not. The preamble was very different to the body of
the act. (Hear, hear.)

CHINS.

Mr, HORSFALL a,,ked the Under-Secretary of
State for Foreign AfEtirs, whether there was any truth
in the reports which appeared in the French papers of
au arrangement restricting the discretionary powers of
the plenipotentiaries in China, and ordering them to ne-
gotiate at Canten. Pekin, or elsewhere.Mr
8. FITZGERALD said there was no truth in
sue reports that had appeared in the newspapers re-
spectiog ar!striction of the discretionary powers cf the
plenipk..en hat ie4.
On thel'lriF4,,r SLAVE TRADE.
motion
'the adjournment of the house till
.Mondry,
Air. P. O'BRIEN eailleed,itheattention of her Majesty's
G imminent to the ine
of maintaining
the
west tchoealsatrgoef
naval force at present kPrriLiniiiidY
.Africa and on the Nest
ion of the slave tradp, watere, for the auppres
THE MILITIA..
• Cairn& FRENCH asked the Secretary
or jWar if it was his intention to recommenithoe-deian te fhifo-di-
zn ent of any additional regiments of militia, and
,would inform the house on what principle the sixtehene
regiments lately disembodied were selected T.
. General PEEL said it was not the intention of her
• Majesty's Government at present to disembody any more
regiments of militia. Tile drafts of troops that went
out to India was only the usual monthly demand. A.
larger number will be sent out next month in conse•
,i,squenne Oa necessary delay this month. The principle
.004opted.for disembodying these regiments was that those
• .Iregiments that had given their quota to the line and
.Wei 's efficient should be retained, and those that had