The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
'The Lora) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PARLIArME'NTARY OATHS BILL.

The Marquis of WEST3IEATH presented 40 petitions
against this bill, and said that he had already presented
400 petitions on the same subject.

THE IRISH CHURCH.

The Earl of BELMORE presented a petition against any
interference with the funds of the Established Church in
Ireland.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Paisley Water Bill was read a second time. The
. Southgate and Colney Hotel Gas Bill, and the Manchester
Royal Exchange Bill were severally read a third time and
• passed.
PARLIAMENTARY OATHS AMENDMENT BILL
offrEarl RUSSELL moved that the house should go into
committee on this bill. The noble lord, who was almost
inaudible, was understood to say that he wished to cor-
' 7 rest some errors of a verbal character in the bill, and ac-
i..• cepted the amendment which had been proposed.
P 4if The LORD CHANCELLOR made some observations
"
• --:J.-- • bearing on the legal construction of some of the terms of
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' . e bill which bad reference to the amendment alluded to
.". ..10,:: ~,, Ilia noble lord.
, • le house then went into committee on the bill, and
. 1 was agreed to.
e Marquis of BATH moved an amendment with re-
_
tk: to the admission of Jews into Parliament, but it
. : tived without a division.
CHELMSFORD then moved a proviso, saving the
y of the Crown.
~•-• - , it MOYS, as a Roman Catholic, did not object to
.f..7:thui :ndment personally, but he feared that many of his
-41„.. ce-1114,lonists,would regard it as making them parties to
i,..: IT Aleclaration of the supremacy of the Crown.
Lord CHELMSFORD contended that the Royal
Vitk-- . essential
! •.. supremacy was an part of the Sovereign's
,pre-
rogative.
i The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH would vote for the
amendment, although he had no doubt that it would not
be long before there would be a proposal to repeal it.
Earl GREY believed that no substantial advantage would
accrue from passing the proviso.
Earl RUSSELL accepted the amendment as a compro-
mise, and expressed his appreciation of the course taken
by noble lords in not raising a factious opposition to the
bill. _ _

The Earl of DERBY hoped glare was no foundation for
the apprehension uttered by Lord Ellenborongh that there
would hereafter be an attempt made to disturb the settle-
ment provided by the bill.

The proviso was then agreed to, and the bill passed
through committee.
The Cattle Contagious Diseases Bill and the Cattle-
sheds in Burghs (Scotland) Bill were also passed through
committee, and the standing orders having been suspended
were read a third time and passed. _ _

The remainder of the sitting was occupied by a discus-
sion on the state of the Court of the Queen's Bench in
Ireland and Chief Justice Lefroy's capacity to continue in
the discharge of his judicial duties, and the subject of
breech-loading small arms.
Their lordships ajourned at a quarter past eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAST EVENDIG.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed:—
Bridgewater and Taunton Canal and Bristol and Exeter
Railway, Ross and Cromarty Roads, Stourbridge Gas Act
Amendment, Tain Water, and Wrexham and Miners
Railway.