The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

GREAT YARMOUTH ELECTION.

Mr. MOWBRAY moved the appointment of a similar
commission for the borough of Great Yarmouth.
The motion was agreed to.
REIGATE ELECTION.
Mr. 11. VIVIAN made a similar motion with respect ta
the last election for the borough of Reigate.
[LEFT SITTING.]

Sir G. GREY
HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAST EN-END AG.
any time during the
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the oath required. by law, at
orders of the days and
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moved the following :—" At mom-
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tered upon, or after they haevees
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debate or business shall be interrupter
That the standing order of the 15th
day of August, 1860,
relative to the swearing of persons professing the Jewish
religion, be read and repealed.,
The motion was agreed to.
Sir G. GREY moved a resolution providing that
hers might take and subscribe the oath required by law rmenl":,
any time during the sitting of the house before the ori--
of the day and notices of motions had been entered -croon-
er after they had been disposed of ; but no debate cm. busi-
ness should be interrupted for that purpose. He also pro-
posed that the standing order of the 15th day cif august,
1860,relativeto
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and repealed.earingofpersons professing the
Jewish religion,
These propositions were agreed to.
A brief conversation arose on the subject of the Irish
Militia, and the reasons which had induced the Govern-
ment to doubt the expediency of callir.g out that force
during the present year.
The house then went into committee of supply on the,
Civil Service Estimates. The following votes were agreed
to :—.£45,000 for purchase of site for eamrgement of the
National Gallery; £20,000 for the expenses of erecting a
new building for the University of London ; £7,000 for
the repair and restoration of the Chapter House at West-
minster; £25,000 for erecting and improving Sheriffs
Courts in Scotland; £20,000 for rates on Government pro-
perty; £2,500, the amount of contribution towards the
funds for the establishment and maintenaice of a fire
brigade in the metropolis; £2,000, harbours of refuge
£31,111, on account of the new harbours at Holyhead
and Portpatrick ; £60,663 on account of public build-
ings in Ireland; £1,571 for new Record Buildings at
the Four Courts, Dublin ; £7,000 for purchase or erec-
tion of buildings for the Queen's University in Ire-
land ; £5,000 for the restoration of the works of the
Ulster Canal ; £32,160 for lighthouses abroad ; £2,000
for a criminal lunatic asylum in the Isle of Man ; £53,431
salaries and expenses of the Houses of Parliament ; £38,432
for the Treasury Office ; £19,471 for the Home Office ;
£47,840 for the Foreign Office; £23,124 for the Colonial
Office; £14,709 for the Privy Council; £48,285 for the
Board of Trade; £1,538 for the Privy Seal Office; £6,007
for the Civil Service Commission; £14,588 for the Pay-
master-General's Department ; £3,380 for the Office of the
Comptroller-General of the Exchequer; £25,862 for Office
of Works and Public Buildings ; £20,815 for Office of
Woods, Forests, and Lands; £15,119 for the State Paper
Office ; £222,984 for the Poor Law Commission ; together
with the whole of the salaries and expenses of the other
public departments, including the secret service money,
£32,000, and the printing and stationery votes.
The estimates for\ the administration of law and justice
in England were also passed, and the house resumed.
The Contagious Diseases Bill was read a third time and
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23d of May.
The Hope Trade Bill passed through committee.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND)
Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in moving for leave to bring in a
bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland,
admitted that the act passed in 1860 by Mr. Cardwell had
proved a failure, owing to the cautions and legal restric-
tions with which it was surrounded. Profiting by the ex-
perience gained since that time, it would be proposed to
alter the law in accordance with the facts of the case, in
which the tenant and not the landlord, as in Scotland and
England, effected the improvements; and, in accordance
with natural equity, extending the term of leases for im-
provements from 21 to 31 years, and for buildings from 41
to 61 years ; to give the tenant, where there was no agree -
ment to the contrary, a title to all improvements, without
notice to the landlord being required ; a lump sum, accord-
ing to the increased rental of the farm, not exceeding £5
an acre, to be settled in event of a dispute by a valuator
sent down by the Commissioners of Public Works, with
an appeal to the chairman of quarter sessions.
After some discussion, leave was given to bring in tho
bill, which was read a first time, and the house then ad-
journed.