The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS--LAST EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that with re -
gard to certain statements that had been made with re-
ference to certain measures taken by the members of the
Royal commission appointed to inquire into ritualistic pur-
poses were totally without foundation, and that no person
had received any information from any member of the
Royal commission as to what took place within their own
walls, or had been authorised to give it circulation.
LUNACY (SCOTLAND) BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second
reading of this bill, said that the bill had become neces-
sary in consequence of the unfortunate exclusion
of a clause relative to the time of notice that
should be given to tha Lunacy Commissioner; as to the
question of a person's sanity or not, and it was found that
the present notice was not sufficient.

The bill was read a second time.
THE NAVAL STORES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY OF THE ARMY.

Earl DE GREY and RIPON called the attention of the
house to the report of the committee on the transport and
supply department of the army, and to ask the Under-
Secretary of State for War what course the Gcvernment
intended to take with reference to the recommendations
in favour of the consolidation of the administrative
departments of the army and the establishment of a single
department of Control. He slated that undoubtedly the
greatest attention ought to be paid to so vital a question
as the one lie now introduced. In the Crimean war
we were in a far better position than any nation in
respect to the transport and supply of the army, but
we should have stood in a much better position
if we had paid greater attention to it before.
With regard to all departments, be thought that
they would be much more satisfactorily administered if
they were under the control of one great officer. In
1865 he prepared a scheme which' would have ac-
complished the effect ,
desired_
-- and the com-
mittee had based their report upon that scheme,
but it had been his good fortune to see it carried out. It
was evident that great and unavoidable confusion must
arise when there were several departments all scattered
about and separate from one another. They had
before them the evidence of Captain Gordon that
with regard to the transport and supply departments
of the army, that if a great war were to break
out the utmost confusion would prevail. The
fact could not:be otherwise when a commissariat of-
ficer must be a "Jack of all trades," and that there
was no harmony between the various branches of the
transport service at all, although strict regularity in
those departments was more valuable in war than
anything else. The whole of the foreign system should
be imitated and great regard paid to the competency of the
commissariat officers. In favour of the plan proposed their
lordships had the approval of the most distinguished offi-
cers in the army, Lord Strathnairn, Sir Hope Grant,
and many other eminent military men. Tho plan was
that there should be one single department, and a
board at the head of that department. The offi-
cers of the Store departments look more, most natu-
rally, to the head of their department, instead of
the chief of the whole, and it was absolutely necessary for
checking the expenditure and waste, and unpreparedness
of the whole departments, that there should be a Board of
Supervision. In conclusion, he would (...sk them what was
the good of great and excellent commanding and other
officers in the field unless they were able to feed and
accommodate the army ?—and they could alone do this
with an efficient commissariat.
The Earl of LONGFORD replied that the Minister for
War, though favourably inclined to the recommendations
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of the committee, was not yet in a position to
no doubt
course should be finally adopted. There
that the organisation of the War-office was
.Wdafsective, and
the report would furnish much valuable
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department was first established—twelve
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there had been not less than 17 royal co i
select committees of the House of Lords, 19 co
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the War-office, and 35 committees of
militaryne cte od
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bnlge had considered various questionl
army, some of which were of great imp
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lord added that Sir J. Pakington had grea
able to introduce some effective changes
in in tho deparme tment.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE spoke co.
nta. ry
terms of the labours of the committee, who, hins opinion,
had produced a most useful and exhaustive report. The
only thing to be feared was lest the head of the depart-
cimueenntcoe thfa,
controlt would become an officer of such conse-
unless strictly regulated, he might be able to
embarrass, instead of assist, the operations of the general
in command.
After a few words from Lord HARDING;
Lord STRATHMORE urged the importance of the
transport service to the general efficiency of an army, and
reminded the house that, owing to the habitual neglect of
this branch of the service, we had on more than one occa-
sion, and notably in 1845, almost lost India.
Their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at t o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

TheLords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to :—Cardiff and Penarth Road, Crick-
howell Gas and Water, and Neath and Brecon Railway.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Bodmin Railway ; and Lampeter, Llandyssil, &c., Gas.
POSTAL COMMUNICATION.
Mr. GRAVES asked the Secretary to the Treasury, if
any arrangements had been made, or are in contemplation
to be made, for the conveyance of mails between the
United Kingdom and Nassau, Bermuda, and the British
North American Province, on the expiration of the pre-
sent contract in December next.
Mr. HUNT said an arrangement was in contemplation,
but it had not yet been completed.
REMOVAL OF TROOPS.
Colonel S. KNOX asked the Secretary of State for War
whether it was the case that on the 11th and 12th inst. de-
tachments of troops en route to Liverpool from Chatham were
conveyed to the Great Northern station, King's-cross, Lon-
don, by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway ; that on
their arrival at King's-cross they were marched, together
with their baggage, to Euston Station, and sent on to Liver-
pool by the London and North Western Railway ; and
whether, if instead of marching to Euston Station, they
had been forwarded to Liverpool from Kiuks'e-cross by

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
following clause in lien of clause 37 :—" Whereas it is
expedient to amend the law relating to offices of profit,
the acceptance of which from the Crown vacates
the seats of members accepting the same, but does
not render them incapable of being re-elected : "Be it
Enacted, that where a person has been returned as a mem-
ber to serve in Parliament since the acceptance by him
from the Crown of any such office of profit as aforesaid,
the subsequent acceptance by him from the Crown of any
other such office or offices, in lieu of and in immediate
succession the one to the other, shall not vacate his seat."
Mr. AYRTON suggested that the particular offices
affected by this clause was to enumerate them in a sche-
dule and attach them to the bill.
Mr. HENLEY objected to the new clause altogether.

The clause was ultimately agreed to.
Mr. FAWCETT moved, as an addition to the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer's clause providing for increased
polling places, a clause to the effect that "at every elec-
tion for any county or borough the expenses lawfully in-
curred by the returning officers for the provision of
hustings, poll-clerks, polling booths or rooms, and any
other necessary requisites for the conduct of the election,
shall bo defrayed, in the case of any county, from the
county rate; and in the case of any borough, out of the
moneys and in the manner and proportions mentioned in
the Act 6th Vic, cap. 18, sec. 55, such expenses to be
made, allowed, and paid in the manner provided by the
said act."
The addendum was supported by Mr. Hibbert, Sir H.
Verney, Mr. Ayrton, and Mr. Mill, and opposed by Lord
Hotham and Mr. Henley.
Mr. LABOUCHERE moved, as an amendment to the
proposition of Mr. Fawcett, that the person demanding or
going to a poll should pay a fee, to be regulated by Parlia-
ment., to the returning-officer to meet his proportion of the
election expenses, and that, in case the expense was in
excess of the amount so paid, it should be provided for out
of the local rate, and if less, the difference should be re-
turne4.
Lord CRANBORNE also opposed it, urging that it
would tend to the creation of sham candidates -that it
would lead to the introduction into Parliament of un-
worthy parsons, and that nothing would tend more to
multiply contests, to establish a corrupt system of repre-
sentation, and to bring down with a run the most valued.
institutions of the country, than to legislate in the direc-
tion indicated by the member for Brighton.
Mr. GLADSTONE observed that the arguments in
favour of the motion were based upon principle, and those
against it upon practice. Looking to the motion with
respect to its general principle, he could not refuse his
support to it., because he regarded it as a step in the right
direction, and because he could not withhold his consent
to a proposition which would give facilities to men of in-
tellectto enter the House.
Mr. Scourfield and Mr. Laing opposed the motion, the
former chiefly on the ground that public money ought not
to be applied to such purposes, and the latter because it
might bring into Parliament political adventurers, agita-
tors, and men of straw.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER remarked
that if the principle involved in the addendum was right
it ought to be carried much further. He feared that the
result of reducing it to practioe would be to increase in-
stead of to diminish the expenses of members of parliament,
because men of straw, who had no prospect of being re-
turned, would start up,
and put them to enormous and
unnecessary cost.
Mr. FAWCETT said he would guard against the evil
referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the
precaution that any candidate who allowed himself to be
nominated should deposit a certain sum in the hands of
the returning officer to defray expenses.
Mr. CONOLLY expressed his intention to support the
addendum, as he believed its effect would be to diminish
corrupt practices at elections.
The amenddmthenethoouf
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mthre. nFapwu tceatneds
negatived, an
proposition,
clause was then ordered to s n par of the bill.
it was nogatived 248tat0d142.t
A new clause, allowing rooms to be hired instead of
erecting booths for election purposes, and another clause
vltering the time for the delivery of lists and commence-
ment of register of voters, were also agreed to.
On a subsequent clause, defining the oath to be taken*
by poll-clerks, Mr. Russell Gurney moved to substitute a
declaration for an oath.
On a division the motion was negatived by 178 to 173,
and the clause was added to the bill.
A clause disqualifying persons in receipt of parochial
relief from exercising the franchise was next agreed to,
and the Chairman reported progress.
The Vaccination Bill was, after a show of resistance
by Mr. Vanderbyl and others, road a third time and passed.
The Courts of Law Office (Ireland) Bill was passed
through committee.
Several bills were advanced a stage, and the houso ad-
journed at two o'clock until two o'clock this day.

Mr. John Richardson has given the following
notice of motion at the Court of Common Council :—" That
as the Volunteer force of this country is now recognised as
an essential benefit and safeguard, and as there is a testi-
monial proposed to pay tribute to Colonel Richards of the
' 3d London Rifl3 Volunteers' as the chief promoter of our
Volunteer army of 1859, it is desirable that this court do
subscribe to that testimonial a sum not exceeding fifty
guineas in recognition of his patriotic services."

ACCIDENT TO THE CARRIAGE OF PRINCESS LOUISE.
—On Wednesday afternoon, as her Royal Highness Prin-
cess Louise, accompanied by Lady Caroline Barrington
and Colonel Cavendish, was being driven in one of the
Queen's carriages along Pall-mall, one of the horses got his
leg over the pole of the carriage, and in its struggles injured
tho other horse, and brought it down also, falling on the
Carriage pole, and breaking it off sharp, so that the coach-
man lost all control over his horses. The Princess Louise
and Lady Caroline Barrington alighted, and were con-
ducted by Colonel Cavendish to Marlborough Hoase.
After some delay the horses were extricated from the har-
ness, and got up and taken to the Royal mews.
(ADvEarisEmEsr.]—Consumption, and all nervous, billow:,
stomach and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated
and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly
curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food,
as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered
hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con-
sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derange-
ments, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness,
biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, in-
fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impu-
rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness,
acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy,
cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at
sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest,
pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, &c.
We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du parry's
Food. Cure No. 68,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The health of
the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all
other i emedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's
Revalenta &rabies. Food, of which he consumes a plateful
at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial
effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this
excellent food too highly." From the "gazette du Midi."
July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber mer-
chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs,
spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—
Cure No. 1,771, Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of
Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No.
832 " Fifty
years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and
joiy," important Caut ion.—Beivare of the many
unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without
authority, Baron Lieblit's name is most audaciously attached.—
In tins at is. lid.; 1 lb.. 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs., 4s. Gd.•, 5 lbs.. Hs.;
—l3tuitY Du BARRY' and Co., No. 77.
12 lbs., 225.; 21 lbs., 40f'• -
also Fort. n_am and Mason, 182, Piccadilly
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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, THAT RASCAL JACK. Messrs. J.
Rouse, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. A.leyne, C.
Thompson.
To conclude with THE GREAT CITY. Messrsli . C.W rnaerC.
F. Morton, J. Fitzjames. C. Harcourt. Vil
nstone;
ers, J.
Cowrer, W. M'lntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irving, J. B. Johnstone.
Mesdames M. Robertson, R. G. Le Thiere, C. Thompson.
Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstlne.
THIS EVENING, PERFECTION. 2dr. Kendal and Miss
Burke.
To be followed by A WILD GOOSE. Messrs. Sothern,
Btickstone, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weathersby,
fre. ; Burke, Hill, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, Sr,c.
To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Comp-
ton.