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London, England, 1859-04-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY).

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
CHURCH-RATE RELIEF BILL.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH, in consequence of the
present state of political affairs, withdrew his motion with
respect to this bill.

THE DIVORCE COURT.
Lord CAMPBELL called the attention of the house to
the present state and constitution of the Divorce Court, and
expressed an opinion that there was great necessity for in-
creasing the judicial strength of the court. It was utterly
impossible to expect the present learned Judge Ordinary to
transact the immense amount of business brought into
that court.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he agreed in nearly
all that had fallen from the noble and learned lord. There
was a great deal of business which could only be transacted
before the full court, and it was absolutely impossible, with-
out the chief judges attended more frequently to form full
courts, that the suits could be disposed off. The only way
to obviate the difficulty was either to extend, as it were, the
area of the existing judges, or to appoint three new ones.

INDIAN LOAN.
Earl GREY asked when it was intended to proceed with
this bill, and also asked for some information with respect
to the military expenditure in India.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH hoped that the bill
would not be hastily hurried forward.
The Earl of DERBY said he thought it would be con-
venient to take the second reading of the bill on Thursday
next, after which he would move the suspension of the
standing orders, so that the bill might receive the Royal
assent on Monday next.
RECREATION GROUNDS BILL.
This bill, after a few observations from Lord WYNFORD,
was read a second time.

PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS (MUNITIONS OF

WAR) BILL. -
This bill passed through committee.
COMMON RIGHTS BILL.

This bill passed through committee.
MANSLAUGHTER BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third tine and passed :
Border Counties Railway and Vale of Neath Railway.
The following bills were considered and ordered for third
reading :—Atlantic Telegragh Company (No. 2) ; Brecon
and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway ; Castle Douglas
and Dumfries Railway ; Charleston Railway and Harbour ;
Forth and Clyde Navigation ; Gateshead Quay ; Great
North of Scotland Railway; and Merthyr, Tredegar, and
Abergavenny Railway.
The following bills were read a second time :—Belfast
and Londonderry Junction Railway ; Cork and Kinsale
Junction Railway ; People's Provident Assurance Society ;
and Tralee and Killarney Railway.
The Indian and Australian Telegraph Company (No.
2) Agreement., &c., Bill went through committee, and was
ordered for third reading._______

PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented praying for a continuation of the
Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland ; against the Registry of
Lands Bill ; in favour of the admission of Dissenters to the
same privileges as members of the Church of England, in
reference to endowed charities, &c.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Colonel PATTEN wished to ask the chairman of com-
mittees whether he would propose the same resolution that
he had done previous to the dissolution of 1857 with
reference to bills which were before committees, as several
gentlemen engaged on those committees were anxious to
return to their constituencies. (Laughter.)
Mr. FITZROY said he intended to move the resolution
in question to-morrow.

VOTE BY BALLOT.
Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that on Tuesday
evening next he would bring under the consideration of the
house the subject of vote by ballot. (Hear, hear, and
laughter.)
THE PH(ENIX CLUB MEMBERS.
Captain D. O'CONNELL asked the Attorney-General
for Ireland whether it was a fact, as stated by
several of the Irish journals, that at the late
trial at Tralee of Daniel Sullivan, accused of
being a member of the Phcenix Society, the 11 Roman
Catholic persons who were called and answered, were
directed to " stand by" by the Crown, and that one of the
persons so excluded was a magistrate of the county of
Kerry, appointed by the present Lord Chancellor of
Ireland ?
Lord NAAS said that he had received a communication
from the Solicitor-General for Ireland on the subject, but
he was not in a position to state whether the announce-
ments made in the Irish newspapers were correct or not.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
that the Government orders of the day should have prece-
dence of notices of motion on this and all subsequent days
until the end of the session. •
THE MAYN. 00TH GRANT.

Mr. SPOONER said he would postpone his motion,
which stoed on the paper relative to the house going into
committee to consider the act relative to the endowment of
the College of Maynooth, with a view to the repeal of the
charge on the consolidated fund. He withdrew the motion
solely from the state of business in the house, and not from
any alteration of opinion on the subject, for he still consi-
dered that the grant in question was opposed to the spirit
of a Protestant country like England.