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London, England, 1857-07-21 00:00:00

rilE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1857;

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
OATIT OF ABJURATION.
Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that to-morrow he
should put a question to his no:11J and learned friend
(the Lord Chancellor) respecting the appeal now pending
of Salomons v. Miller. The noble and learned lord also
gave notice that to-morrow he should call the attention
of their lordships to the abjuration oath as it at present
existed.

SECOND READINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following
b lie were read a second time :—London and South-
Western Railway Acts Amendment ; New goay Pier
and Harbour Railway ; Norfolk Estuary Estuary Acts
Amendment ; Reading Railway Junction ; Salisbury and
Yeovil Railway ; Stockport, Dieley, and Whaley Bridge
Ra lway ; Swansea Harbour Trust and Swansea Dock ;
Denthorp Turnpike Trusts ; Great Yarmouth Water ;
Salford Borough (No. 1) ; Taff Vale Railway ; Bourne
and Essenden Railway, Conistone Railway, Clyde Navi-
gation, Elie Harbour, Hamilton and Strathaven Rail-
way, Lowestoft and Burgh, St. Peter, Ferry and
Roads, Pultenay Town Harbour, Richmond and Kew
Extension Railway, Rhymney Railway, Twced Fisheries,
Victoria Gas, WhitehP.ven and Furness Junction Rail-
way, and Mersey Conservancy and Dock.
THIRD READINGS.
Ou the motion of Lord REDESDALE the follow-
ing bills were severally read a third time and passed :
Lewes and Wickfield Railway, Mallow and Fermoy,
and Great Southern and Western Rlilway, Baring's
Divorce, Bury Gas, Cannock Mineral Railway (No. 1),
Selby Market, Weghton Market Turnpike Trust, West
Sower et Mineral Railway, Newton and Machyalle%
Railway, n:estwicb, Bury, and Radcliffe Roads ; Shrop-
shire Union Railway and Canal ; London and North-
Western Railway, and Shropshire Canal Companies ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, East Somerset Rail
way, Stratford-upon-Avon Gas, and Dartmouth and
Torbay Railway.
THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.
Lord SL. LEONARDS moved the second reading of
this bill. The object of the bill was to settle the dis-
puted rights of the Crown to the soil between high and
low water mark. The Board of Co iservancy, to be ap-
pointed by the bill, would be investcl with the rights of the
Crown as well as those of the City. The Corporation
had expended upwards of 50,000/, in the improvement
of the fit, r Thames, and had not received the slightest
compens:.'ion.

The Dukecf NEWCASTLE objected to tho neoond
reading of the bill, on the ground that the Board of Con-
servancy were utterly incompetent to discharge the
important duties that were to be entrusted to them. He
asked again of their lordships who had been down the
river as far as Blackwell, to reflect upon the
state of the river between that place and London-bridge.
He wished to know whether it was to be allowed to de-
generate into a filthy sewer, for, if it was so, it was
greatly to be fe..red that, during the hot weather, if
something was not done to improve the river, a
frightful plague might be occasioned by the
effluvium tmat arose at low water. The first
step towards Oa improvement of the river was to em-
bank it, as that was the only way to effect any lasting
improvement. In the bill there was no general plan
laid down for the effectual discharge of the duties that
were to be conferred upon them, and they would therefore,
become wholly irresponsible. (Hear.) He was sorry the
Government should not oppose the bill after the Board
of Trade had reported against the bill. (Hear, hear.)
This bill was considered to be a private bill, but it
nevertheless was one of the greatest importance, and
be called upon their lordships, if they valued the health
of the metropolis, to reject it, and with this view he
moved that the bill be read a second time that day three
months.

Lord CAMPBELL said he had not had time fully to
consider the bill, but he believed the right of the City to
the right of the sol between high and low water mark
was open to much suspicion.
Earl GRANVILLE said by the existing law the
Corporation was undoubtedly the sole conservator of
the river Thames. The bill was merely one of compro-
mise in regard to the rights of the Crown, and as far as
he could see be thought the arrangement a fair one.
After a few words from the Duke of NEWCASTLE and
Lord ST. LEONARDS, their lordships divided, when there
appeared—

For the second reading of the bill
Against it 5
Majority —39
The bill was then read a second time.
MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL.
Tne Earl of DERBY presented a petition signed by
13,000 persons in Liverpool, against the Mersey Conser-
vancy Bill,

Tice Duke of NEWCASTLE presented petitions in
favour of the bill.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read-
ing of this bill. It was not arbitrary, nor was it a viola-
tif.n of the rights of property. It was simply to form a
new trust for the t 011.4 and the docks.

Lord RAVENSWORTH opposed the billas a violent
and arbitrary measure.

Lord WE-NSLEYDALE said the bill ought to
.be
thrown out. It ignored compensation.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE supported the bill.
The Earl of DERBY strongly blamed the conduct of
her Majesty's Government on this occasion.

The house divided—
For the second reading
Against it l5-8
The bill was then read a second time.
ATLANTItJ TELEGRAPH COMPANY BILL.

On the motion for the third reading of this bill.
Lord REDESDALE drew attention to the fact that
it did not contain the usual provision enabling the Go-
vernment to take possession of the line of telegraph.
This could not be done, because the United States joined
in the guarantee to the company ; but he thought it
would have been better if this Government had under-
taken the whole guarantee.
Earl GRANVILLE gave some explanations, and the
bill was read a third time and passed.

nor the East India Company had received any such com-
munication. In consequence of the great excitement
that naturally prevailed in reference to Ind!an affairs, he
begged to state the present means of communication be-
tween the two coureries. There were two mails a
month, and as soon as they arrived at Suez, a short
account of the contents of the mils were telegraphed to
Trieste, and from thence to this country, in anticipation
of their delivery. He was at a loss to conceive how it
was the rumour referred to had originated. (Hear,
hear.) He had no wish to interfere with the
manner in which the respectable editors
of the press in this country conducted their business, but
he hoped after what he had said relative to the means of
communication between the two countries, that they
would be cautious how they received rumours of this
kind, which necessarily caused much uneasiness to the
public. (Hear, hear.) He did not place the least
anon in the rumour alluded to, and his impression was
—from the last account—that there was no disaffection
in the Bombay and Madras armies. (Hear, hear.)