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London, England, 1866-06-07 00:00:00

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Commercial Bills 5B 4-5 „
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT'

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tnis EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

LORD BROUGHAM.
Lord BROUGHAM took the oaths and his seat.
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
Lord SHAFTESBURY asked the First Lord of the
Treasury whether it was the intention of Government to
introduce a bill this session for bringing children engaged
in certain trades under the operation of the Factory Act ?
Earl RUSSELL requested the noble lord to repeat his
question on Monday next.
CHARITY TRUSTS BILL.

On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR this b:
was read a first time.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time:—Liver-
pool Central Railway Station, Saltash Road, Leven and
East of Fife Railway, and Macclesfield, Knutsford, and
Warrington Railway.
The Buchanan Estate Bill, the Liverpool Sewage Utili-
sation Bill, and the Newchurch Parish Division Bill were
read a third time and passed.
THE ROYAL MESSAGE.
Earl RUSSELL brought up the message from her most
gracious Majesty asking the house for an additional pro-
vision for her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge on the event of her approaching marriage with
Prince Teck. The noble lord moved a reply agreeing to
the address, which was adopted.
THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BILL.

On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the
house went into committee on this bill, and the different
clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed.
THE NEW FOREST.
Lord NELSON presented a petition from the coin-
' movers, freeholders, and residents in the New Forest and
its neighbourhood, praying for the rejection of clauses 4
and 5 of the Crown Lands Bill, and to be heard by counsel
against the said clauses. This petition was signed by
750 persons; and he asked that the bill should be
referred to a select committee up stairs, i n orde
that the apprehensions which were
entertained in refe-
r
rence to the proposed alterations in the New Forest were
well-founded or not.
CROWN LANDS BILL.
Earl GRANVILLE, in moving the readin of
this bill, and briefly explained the
objectssecond but
iii the bill, but
iii so low a tone as to be unintelligible in the gallery.
Earl NELSON said that under an act which had been
passed some time since, an arrangement was entered into
with the commoners by' which a large number of acres of
pasturage ground was included in the dimensions of the fo-
rest, to the detriment of the interests of the commoners. But
what the commoners complained of in the present instanceeasoit
was that instead of leave being given to shoot I -
was now given by this bill by licence under sign
in roun d num-
The acreage consisted of 90,000 acres indd. bo most
bars, a great portion of which
would to be
rigorously dealt with by the powers •p
and Forests.
conferred on the Commissioners of Woods
mpeded in the New
bYmanual.
At the present riding and driving io.vas:,
d occurred in the i
Forest, but that state of thino_sros
and an instance of this kind haalcisds
through a portion of
case of a person who refused
been
used
._
~hinthwa„. lie
1 b • if don the ode
tercets be altered,
the land which had always bewoui _e un'i -.ice '
contended that other injuriesresident in the neighbourhood,
depreciated by the proposed alters-
and the land would be v
Wrests of the
Ould not object to the bill if the
tions. The
President Common
SNS‘'ould transfer the power of licensing
noble Lord .urown to the woods and forests, and
persons
the land from the,
LLEFT SPEAKING.I
substituting- the * St_in of licensing instead of leasing.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuts EVENING.
The srE - took the chair at four o'clock.
CHURCH RATES.
Mr. B. HOPE gave notice that in the event of the
Abolition of Church Rates Bill being read a second time
he should move that it be referred to a select committee.
EXPERIMENTAL GUNNERY.
Mr. G. ST UCLE Y asked the Secretary for War whether
the penetration of vakious guns had been tested against
works faced with granite • and, if so, would he' be pleased
to lay before the house the official report upon such expe-
riments ; awl whether the Gun Cotton Commission had
reported; and, if the Commission had not. reported, when
the report. might be expected?
The Marquis of HARTINCITON said experiments had .
been made with guns of various construction against
granite walls, and the reports, of course, would be laid on
the table of the house, but more experiments had been