The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-08 00:00:00

TEE OATHS BILL.

The Earl of LUCAN said that according to a promise
be had given to the house, he begged leave to bring in a
bill to enable both houses of Parliament to arrange the
oaths to be taken by members of the Jewish faith.
A short conversation followed with reference to Lard
Lyndhurst having brought in a bill to the same effect.
The bill was then read a first time.

The Earl of LUCAN said he understood the noble
and learned lord intended to bring on the second reading
of his bill on Thursday next, which he thought was
rather too soon.

The Eail of DERBY said that on a question of such
great importance opportunity should be given for the
fullest consideration, and it was not asking too much to
ask ten days' notice.

Lord LYNDEIURST had no objection to postpone
the second reading, to Friday week.
Earl STANHOPE said he had a notice of motion for
that day.

It was ultimately arranged that the second reading
should be taken on Friday week, Earl Stanhope haring
postponed his motion to the following Monday.
The house adjourned at 20 minutes to 7.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Lord STANLEY took the oaths and his reat for King's
Lynn, on his re-election after accepting the office of
President of the Board oiControl.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The lorc:s' areendmentg to the following I rivate bills
were considered and agreed to :—Brentf9rd Gas ; Stoke
Fenton and Longton Gas; and Sufferance Wharves,
Port of London.

The following bills were read a third time and passed:
—Halifax Park and Improvements, North British Rail-
way (Consolidation, &c.), West End of London an.l
Clapham and Norwood Junction Railway (Abandon-
ment).
The following bills were further considered, and or-
dered to be road a third time : —East Suffolk, Yarmouth
and Haddiscoe, and Beceles Railway Companies Amal-
gamation.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AND EAST
LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL.
Mr. MACAULAY moved the postponement of the
further cossideration of this bill for a F,rtnight.
After some discussion, in which Mr.Noi tb, Mr. Cross,
Mr. Card?‘ ell, Mr. F. Crossley, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Fi'z-
roy, Mr. Henley, Mr. Powtll, Mr. John Bright, Mr.
Sinollett, Mr. E.tcourt, and several other honourable
members spoke upon the motion for delay, which
was to give an opportunity of reconsidering amalgama-
tion and the substitution of a working arrangement for
a certain number of years, as being more beneficial for
the public interest, and also for the reconsideration of
the tolls to be taken throughout the di-tract, the
amendment was withdrawn, and the further con-
sideration of the bill was postponed till to-morrow, to
give the promoters an opportunity of conferring with
the Board of Trade on the suject.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-
SHIRE AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANIES BILL.

Mr. SPOONEE moved that in consequenc9 of the
printer r f the house being unable to complete the print-
ing of the evidence taken before the committee on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire and Great
Northern Railway CompaLies Bill, in group 8 of Rail-
way and Canal Bills, the consideration of the bill be
further adjourned until Monday, 14th June,
Mr. M. GIBSON objected to any further delay. The
amendment for which the bill was on a former occasion
adjourned had boen made in it, and no case bad been
made out for a further adjournment. He hoped the
house woull support the committee, whose revrt was
based on the Parliamentary policy of 1853 rela-
tive to railways. He thought honourable mem-
bers might place confidence in the la: ours of the
committee, without waiting to receive and read 21 days'
evidei ce taken before them.

Sir J. HANMER, chairman of the committee, said
the members of the committee were nuanioncus en the
bill, with the exception of one point, which, by the de-
lay, ba I been agreod to by the parties interested.
He had no objection to the postponement'of the bill,
that he might have an opportunity of reading the evi-
dence.

Mr. YOIING urged the house to pass the bill.

Mr. HENLEY said be bad now nothing to object to
in the bill, but others had. If the promoters of the bill
would fix its third reading for Friday next there would
be no time lost, and bon. members would have an op-
portunity of reading the evidence in the meantime.
Mr. SPOONER assented to the suggestion and with
drew his motion.

The amendments were then agreed to.
GREAT SOUTHERN OF INDIA RAILWAY

COMPANY BILL.

This bill was read a second time.
The private business occupied the attention of the
house the extraordinary period of upwards of one hour
and a half.

ENDOWED SCHOOLS (IRELAND).
Mr. KIRK gave notice that en the 29th he should
e%ll the attention of the house to the report on Endowed
Schools (Ireland).
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND
THE MACKEREL FISHERIES.

Lord A. PAGET gave notice that he should to mor-
row ask a question of the First Lord of the Admiralty,
relative to the laying down of buoys by the Atlantic
Telegraph Company off the east coast of Bent, which
interfered with the mackerel ffiheries, and if it was his
intention to sanction their continuance.
THE MILITIA.

In answer to Colonel SMYTH,
General PEEL said that with regard to the first
part of the question the sulject would be referred to a
c Nmmittee sitting relAtive to the army, and that with
regard to the second part of the question it was the in-
tention of her Majesty's Government to call out the
regiment of militia which had not been recently em-
bodied.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
(IRELAND.)

In answer to Mr. 6REER,
Lord NAAS said it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to introduce a measure for the registration of births,
marriages, and deaths in Ireland.
In answer to Mr. ROBERTSON,
Mr. S. FITZGERALD said her Majesty's Govern-
ment had given instructions to prevent atrocities by the
Chinese authorities in Canton while under the protec-
tion of the English and French tan and if necessary,
by force.
PAPER DUTY.

Mr. DILLWYN asked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether there was any difference between the case of
the waste cuttings of envelopes and those of writing
paper, which made it right that a drawback should be
given to the former and not to the latter, and, if so,
what was that difference

Mr. HAMILTON said the difference arose from the
cuttings from envelopes being of a character easy of de•
tection, and could not be brought into consumption like
the waste cuttings of writing paper.

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MANNING THE NAVY.
Admiral DUNCOMBE asked the First Lord of the
Admiralty if he had any objection to state the names of
the Royal Commissioners on the Manning of the Navy ;
and also, if he would lay on the table of the house a
copy of the instructions issued for their guidance ?
Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was unusual to state the
names of a Royal Commission until they were published
in the Gazette. That would eoon be done. The instruc-
tions for the commissioners would be the resolution on