The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.)
The .LoaD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock. _ _

PRIVATE BILLS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the fallowing bills
were read a second time :—Oaledonian Railway (Dal-
raarnooh branch) ; and Symington, Biggar and Brough-
ton Railway. The Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water
Bill was read a third time and passed.
Earl GRANVILLE said in consequence of what had
been stated in another place, he felt anxious, although
not strictly in order, to put a question to the noble earl
the President of the Board of Control. He took the
liberty of asking the noble earl whether it had come to his
knowledge that a right honourable gentleman, the
leader of the Government in another place, bad
stated that the Government disapproved in toto
of Lord Canning's proclamation which appeared in
the public journals this morning. He also wished to
know whether the answer of the right hon. gentleman
received the concurrence of the noble earl.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH raid of what took
place in another place he knew nothing. No communi-
cation had taken place between himself and the right
bon. gentleman referred to (Mr. Disraeli) as to terms
in which the answer should be given. The right hon.
gentleman was perfectly cognisant of the contents of the
letter which had been written to the Governor-General
on the part of the Government.
Earl GRANVILLE asked if the answer given to the
question in another place contained a correct description
of the views of the Government in reference to the pro-
clamation of Lord Canning ?
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the proclama-
tion, together with the answer would be laid on their lord-
ships' table to-morrow.
CUSTOMS (No. 2) BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMOILE, this bill
WAS read a second time.
EXCISE DUTIES BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGIEVLORE,
this bill was also read a second time.
REVISION OF THE LITURGY.
Lord EBURY rose to move that an humble address
be presented to her Majesty for a commission, to c
der whether the Liturgy of the Church of England be not
capable of such alteration as may render it more profitable
than it now is for the religious instruction and edifica-
tion of the people. The noble earl said he understood
that a feeling of great hostility to the address was enter-
tained, more especially by the clergy in the province cf
Canterbury ; but he hoped before ho resumed his seat to
convince the right rev. prelates that there existed no
good ground of hostility to kis motion. It had fre-
quently been observed by some cf the right reve-
rend prelates that the services of the Church
were too long and quite unsuited to the requirements of
the population. In no less than 11 principal cities of
the kingdom there • existed associations of the clergy,
established solely for the purpose of obtaining a revision
of the liturgy. In the course of 200 years we had got
four or five services pressed into one, and the result. was
constant repetition, wearied congregations, and endless
length, which tended to produce feelings quite the con-
trary to those intended.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening,
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following private bills were read a third time and
passed :—Cora wall Railway, Eutern Counties Railway,
London and South Western Railway, Trent Naviga-
tion, and Vauxhall Bridge Road.
Mr. SULLIVAN presented a petition from the pa-
rishioners of St. Patrick, in favour of tenant right.
WINDSOR NEW ROAD BILL.
Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the order that the re-
port do lie on the table, in reference to the Windsor New
Road Bill, be read, and discharged ; that the bill be re-
committed to the former committee, with leave to sit arid
proceed on Friday,—Agreed to.
RAILWAY BILLS (GROUP 2).
Col. W. PATTEN moved that Sir J. Rams len be
discharged from further attendance on Group 2 of Rail-
way Blllg.—Agreed tn.
EXPENSES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Mr. M.A.CARTNEY asked the following question of
the Secretary to the Treasury—namely, whether, in
compliance with the provisions of the Act 9 and
10 Vic., o. 92, the accounts and vouchers of
the expenditure for the several branches of the service
in the War Department fur the year ending March 31,
1857, have been sent complete for examination and
audit to the office of the commissioners for auditing the
public accounts, and if not, what is the cause of the de-
lay, and in what section of the department the accounts
have not been so completed ; also, whether the out-
standing accounts for the service of the army in the
Crimea during the years 1854, 1855, and 1856, have
been examined, arranged, and reported upon to the Audit
Office or Treasury, for which service a first-class
Commiseary-General has been retained upon full pay
since the close of the war in the East ?
Mr. HAMILTON said that the accounts and vouchers
referred to had been sent in for audit to the audit office.
With regard to the latter part of the question, the ac-
counts for 1854 and 1855 had been sent in, and those
for 1856 and 1857 were in course of preparation. Com.
miesary-General Adams, with one assistant, was engaged
on them.

TREATY. OF PEACE.
Mr. HADFIELD asked the following question of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (under 14th Pro-
tocol, p. 59 of Conferences of the Plenipotentiarihes at
Paris, 1856, relative to the Treaty ( f Peace), there as
been a revision of the stipulations which regulate the
commercial relations of the Porte with other Powers, or in
the position of foreigners resident in Turkey, and whether
(agreeably to the recorded wish of the Plenipotentiaries)
a deliberation has been cpened at Constantinople since
the conclusion of peace, between the Porte and other
poSvers, with the view of attaining the twofold object in
such a manner as to afford satisfaction to all legitimate
interests; and, if there had been no such revision and de-
liberation, whether this country, in its commercial rela-
tions with the Porte, ranked amongst the most favoured
nations as to fiscal and other duties in all commercia'
t
one, and the residence of the British subjects in
'turkey,; end whether any beneficial change bad taken
P"'" mum the war ; and were negotiations in progres,
to faotaryte.t_he_eo
The commerce of this country with Turkey ?
revision'itacitlßeLtLOß of the EXCHEQUER said no
the. question rtlyerretdakr place on the subject to which
mance. (Hear.) The tit would probably soon con
England werE
placed on a par with thevmr
inoveitlaelli tfavouredinhabitants
of
nationsE n
as to their
commercial and civil
1834 hadgne,o't The com.oissioners
under the Treaty ofbeen able to revise th
Turkish tariffs lately on account tt late war.
iNDLL—TH E GOV ERNO R-
CLA.MATION. ItRALL'S PRO-

Mr. BRIGHT—I wish to call the aptttauernapt
ITice.President of the Board of Controal
tivn of the Governor-General of India
or which appears in the papers of to-day. lA.
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be found in another column of this journal ;11
proclamation in question authorises the Governor
V email of India to reserve the lands of certain
•ryots or zemiodars in consideration of their general sta-
bility to the English rule, but that he proposed in the
proclamation to confiscate generally all the soil of the
kingdom of Oude, to be disposed of hereafter as the
Governor-General and the Government of India shall
think fit. What I want to know is, if that particulaz
part of the proclamation was issued in accordance with
any direction from the Government in India, or if no ,
whether the Home Gov?Tnment has sent any directions
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