The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.)

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

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from
High Wycombe in favour of this bill.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PAUPERS.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented petitions from
Torquay and other places, complaining of the grievances of
Roman Catholics in workhouses.
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had received a
petition from Col. Mundy with reference to obtaining a
divorce, and as he had obtained an Anglo-Indian domicile
he prayed their lordships to grant him an act of divorce.
The documents had been forwarded, and he should there-
fore call the parties to the bar in order that the handwriting
might be proved.
Witnesses were then called, who proved the handwriting
to the different documents to be that of Col. Mundy.

THE DEBATE OF LAST NIGHT. -
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he had that
morning seen a gentleman whose name had been men-
tioned in connection with the Galway mail contract, Mr.
Daly. He proposed that, in order to prove that he
had been greatly misrepresented, he should be examined at
the bar of the house. The gentleman complained that
Lord John Russell, in particular, and also Lord Palmer-
ston had misrepresented Mr. Daly's share in the transaction.
Earl GRANVILLE thought it would be extremely in-
convenient, as neither Lord Palmerston nor the Irish
members were present in that house, to enter in any ques-
tion in which they were concerned.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he was not trans-
gressing any of the rules of the house in mentioning the
subject. Lord John Russell had said that Mr. Daly
seemed to have been authorised to make the state-
ment he had ; now that gentlemen on the contrary said
there was no ground for such a statement. Mr. Daly alto-
gether disclaimed having held out any threat that the Irish
members would vote against the Government if Galway
was deprived of the mail contract.

Lord BROUGHAM said it seemed that certain Irish
members had requested an interview with Lord Palmer-
ston, and his lordship had declined to see them till after
Monday. It was said this would be of no use, as they
meant to "take action on Monday."
The subject then dropped.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Simpson's Hospital Estate, Mid-Wales Railway, Lon-
don and North-Western, and Manchester and Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Railways (Manchester London Road Station),
Llandloes and Newtown Railway bills were read a second
time.

The Kingston-upon-Hull Docks, Great Northern and
Western (of Ireland) Railway bills were read a third time
and passed.
GOVERNMENT OF THE NAVY BILL.

The house then went into committee on this bill. After
a few verbal amendments, the whole of the clauses were
agreed to, and the bill was reported.

MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.

CONSOLIDATED FUND (£10,000,000) BILL.
This bill was read a third time.

Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
THE GALWAY PACKET CONTRACT.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, who was attended
by several members of the City of Dublin Corpora-
tion, appeared at the bar of the house and pre-
sented a petition on behalf of that body, praying
Parliament to restore the subsidy to the Galway Packet
Company. The clerk of the house read the petition, which
urged the usual grounds advanced in favour of the restora •
tion of this subsidy. At a later period of the evening seve-
ral other petitions from different parts of Ireland to the
same effect, including one of 40 yards length from Belfast,
were presented.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Whitehaven, Chester,
and Egremont Railway Bill were considered and agreed to,
The following bills were considered and ordered for
third reading :—Bogner Railway, Kingston Improvement,
Leven and East of Fife Railway Companies (Amalgama-
tion, &c.), Leven an East of Fife Railways (Extension,
&c.), and South Wales Mineral Railway.
The Rumney Railway Bill and Staffordshire Potteries
Water Bill were read a second time.
PETITIONS.

Some petitions were presented in favour of and against
the abolition of church rates; in favour of the Piers and
Harbour Bill ; by Mr. Whalley, from several places in
favour of the withdrawal of the grant to Maynooth College ;
for the amendment of the Irish poor law ; against
the Highways Bill, on the ground that it would
remove the control of the highway expenditure from local
bodies, and interfere with the principle of local self-govern-
ment ; in favour of affording facilities for the growth of
cotton in India, in order to render this country independent
of the supply of that article from America, &c.
BREACHES OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.
Col. FRENCH gave notice that to-morrow he should
move for returns to show the number of breaches of con-
tract committed by the Cunard Company and other com-
panies during a period of two years after they were first
established, the amount of the penalty imposed, and the
amount enforced. (Hear, hear, from the Irish members.)