The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

lIIPERIAL PARLIA ti ENT

ROUSE OF COMMONS. —THIS DAY.
The SPEAKER, took the chair at Twelve o'clock.
FARNWORTII PARK AND IMPROVEMENT BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to. •

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Dalkey Township, Rochester .Oyster Fishery, Wilford
Bridge, Wrexham, _Mold, and Connell's Quay Railway
Liverpool Improvement.
GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY BILL.
On consideration of this bill,
Mr. DODSON called attention to its provisions, and stated
that the capital of the railway was £1,530,000, and its
liabilities £168,000. The capital raised was £830,000, E 0
that there was a deficiency of more than £400,000. The
company hadpower to issue £378,000 additional preference
shares, but in the state of the money market these shares
could not be issued. The company had also further
powers to raise money by loan; which it had not yet
exercised,to the extent apf £75,000. The proposition of
this bill was to cancel the power to issue the £378,000
unissued preference shares, and to take power to issue
£330,000 pre-preference shares. The proposition was of
so novel a nature, that ho had thought it prop3r to bring
the matter before the house.

Mr. HADFIELD gave notice that to-morrow he would
move for a committee of inquiry into the general question.
Mr. BOUVERIE thought the hon. member for Sheffield
should make this a distinct motion, and not as an amend-
ment to the third reading of this particular hill.
Mr. SAMUELSON and Colonel W. PATTEN said it would
create great distrust on the part of shareholders in
railways if new stock was in this manner to obtain a
pre-preference, and thought the subject should be inquired,
into.

The bill was then ordered to be read a third time.
The North British Railway (Carlisle Deviation) Bill was
also considered, and ordered to ba read a third time.

The Ahatillery Gas and Water Bill and the Great Eastern,
Railway Finance Bill were road a second time.
GREAT YA.RMOUTII AND LANCASTER.

Mr. BAXTER gave notice of his intention to move that
these boroughs should only be deprived of one member
each.

LAST NIGHT'S COUNT-OUT.
Colonel FRENCH called attention to the count-out last
night, and remarkel that no business was being transacted
when the motion to count was made. He wished to know
what would be done to provide against a recurrence of the
circumstance. In order that the matter might be discussed
he moved the adjournment of the House.

Major S. KNOX said his object in moving th it the house
be counted was because an obnoxious measure—the Eccle-
siastical Titles Bill—was coming on, and he came down
specially for this purpose.

Mr. BOUVERIE thought the now practice was liable to
gross abuse. He remarked that the Speaker was scarcely
in the chair when the motion for the count was made, and
that the hon. member for Armagh was at the door keeping
members out. It was matter for consideration whether
some rider should not be added to the motion made on
Monday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so as to pre-
serve the rights of private members.
Sir H. ED WARDS hoped the remarks of the member
for Roscommon Would be listened to, and that such a case
would not occur again thib session. Last night the leaders
of the Opposition were conspicuous by their absence.
Mr. VANCE said he approved of the count out last
night, because he thought the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was
of too much importance to be considered in a small House.
He was much delighted under the circumstances that the
House was counted out.

Mr. G. HARDY said, with respect to last night, the
Government did their best to got a House. He did not
think there would have been any difficulty in doing so,
but he believed the count out depended more on those who
had come down than on those who had not. It was his
earnest desire that the rights of private members should be
maintained, and ho trusted and believed that no more
counts out would tAke place. _

Mr. NEWDEGATE complained of the studious absene3
of members of the House belonging to the Established
Church when matters like the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
were under consideration.

The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn, and
the subject dropped.
UNIFORMITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL.

Mr. FAWCETT moved the second reading of this bill,
the object of which is to allow the colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge to admit to fellowships persons who are not
members of the Established Church. It might be inquired,
who asked for this bill ? Iu reply he would remark that
it was a numerous body of terows of the colleges of both
Universities. It was true that the majority was against
them, but he wished to make the Universities national
institutions. It was time the barriers that at present kept
the prizs of the Universities entirely for the members of
the Church of England should los removed. lie felt that
in the event of this reasonable proposition being refused it
would become the duty of those who supported his view
of the question to take steps to attain their object in a more
direct and effectual manner. The measure was mujerats,
simple, and permissive, as the provisions of the measure
could not come into force while the majority of any college
had decided to put the act into operation.

Mr. I‘IOIO.IISON seconded the motion.
Mr. SELWYN disapproved of the motion, and there-
fore he moved that the bill bi read a second time that day
six months, because he feared that the actual result of the
bill would not only admit those which were at present ex-
cluded, but enable those who professA no religion at all
to claim a portion of the university emoluments.

Mr. GORS seconded the anietdnieut.
Mr. P. URQUHART supported, and Sir W. HEATHCOTE
opposed, the till. _ _

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Sergeant CLIZELEE supported the bill, and said that
the fact of none of tto heads of the colleges having peti-
tioned the house in its favour was a circumstance favour-
able towards the bill, because no body, however corrupt,
was in favour of reforming itself.
Mr. GLADSTONE said the attempt to maintain the
present state of things was desirable in the interest
neither of the colleges themselves or of those
not in conformity with the Church of England.
The attainment of a fellowship was a crowning act of a
university career, but then came the question whether the
clergy were to be educated without reference to religious
opinions. The right lion. gentleman then proceeded to
argue against the bill now under the consideration of the
house as a measure which did not deal with the matter in
broad manner, and concluded by saying ho felt he could
not give his vote in its favour.
Mr. B. IlurE opposed, and Mr. CARDWELL supported
the bill. The latter hon. gentleman proceeded at some
length to criticise the speeches that had been made by the
hon. and learned member who moved the amendment, and
with respect to the bill not affecting Roman Catholics, he
thought if they read the bill a second time they could
remedy that in committtee.
Mr. G. 'LARDY thought the bill a very bad one, and
as it was a step in the wrong direction ho hoped the house
would reject it by a large majority.
Mr. BOUVERIE would cordially give his vote in favour
of the second reading.
The house divided, when there appearel—
For the second reading
Against it
Majority for the bill —4l
The other orders of the day were then di,,posed of, and
the house adjourned.