The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

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HOUSE OF LORDS.--LAST EVENING.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDIN-

B URGII.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was sworn
in to-day shortly after four o'clock in the presence of the
Lord Chancellor and some peers, being introduced by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lord Colville
acted as Lord Chamberlain. In consequence of the privacy
attending the ceremony there was no demonstration of any
kind, and much disappointment, no doubt, was experienced
by many who expected that the formal proceedings would
have been attended with a largo array of peers, as in the
case of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who did
not take his seat until the usual hour.

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

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Stour-
bridge Improvement, Harnham, Blandfurd, and Dorchester
Road,. Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Tramway,
Great Northern Railway (Barnet Branch Abandonment),
Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway (Capital),
Crofthead and Kilmarnock (Extension) Railway, and Leeds
Improvement Acts Amendment.
The following bills were read a third time and passed:—
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (0 nterworks Alteration),
Glasgow (City) Improvements, South Yorkshire Railway,
Wrexham and Mineral Railway Bill, Llynvi Valley Rail-
way,Brulfor
• d 1 Eecleshill and Idle Railway, Liverpool
Corporation Water,Abercorn Roads, Belfast Burial ground,
Combmartin and Ilfracomb Road, s
Caine, and
Cricklade Roads, and Bristol and Exeter Railway (Addi-
tional Powers).
LANCASTER, ELECTION.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
The adjourned debate upon the motion made on the
29th ult., to agree with the Commons in the address to
her Majesty to fill up the blank with the "Lords Spiritual
and Temporal," to which an amendment was moved by
Earl Grey, that instead of any particular inquiry, there
should be a general commission to investigate the whole
subject of corrupt practices at elections, was resumed.
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ing of the electoral system from the position he occupied
in the house in reference to inquiries into election peti-
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Similar resolutions were also agreed to in respect of
Great Yarmouth, Reigate, and Totness elections.
Upon the motion for going into committee upon the
Exchequer and Audit Departments Bill,
Lord BELPER moved the reference of the bill to a
select committee, expressing his own doubt whether the
vesting of the powers and functions of the Audit Board in
a single individual would be an advantage to the public.
Lord GRANVILLE defended the bill upon the ground
that it had undergone the examination of the most expe-
rienced authorities in the House of Commons, and it
would, therefore, be desirable that any criticisms passed
upon it in that house should bo made at its corporate sit-
tings, rather than in a select committee.

After a few words from Lord NORTHBROOK, the amend.
anent was negatived, and the -bill passed through com.
mittee.

After the dispasal of some other businc.3s, thAr lord
ships adjourned at eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. -

The*following bills wore read a third tirrie and passed
—Aberdare and Central Wales Junction Railway, Alder-
shot Gas and Water, British and Canadian Telegraph
Company, Downs Dock-s, Greenock and.. Shaves Water,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Central
Station and Lines), and Vale of Crickhowell Railway.