The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING.
Tho LORD CILINCELLOIL topic his seat on tho Woolsack
at five o'clock.

SLIGO BOROUGH IMPROVENIENT BILL.
This bill wai r:cottunitte.l to a 8 JleCt. corn nittee.
THE BinTu OF A PRINCESS.

The Earl of MALMESBURY moved that au address of
c,,ugratu!ation be forwarded to her Majesty on the birth
of a princess. Ho was sure that the great and good
qualities of the Princess of Wales endeared her to all
the nation, and therefo:-o they would be happy to forward
this address of rougr,itutition.
The Earl RUSSELL see Duded this aldress, and it was
agreed to.
SIR ROBERT NAPIER.

The Earl of MALMESBURY then said that there was
a message from her Majesty.
The LORD CHANCELLOR read the message which
had been received from het Majesty, and which acknow-
ledged the great services randered by Sir Robert Napier,
and recommended the co-operation of the house to confer
upon him and his immediate heirs a sum of £2,000 per

The Earl of MALMES BURY then said that it would
be discussed to-morrow night.
THE BANKRUPTCY ACT AMENDMENT BILL.

Lord GRAN WORT H moved the second reading of this
bill.

After a few remarks from the LORD CHANCELLOR and
Lord OVERSTONE the bill was read a second time.
UNIFORMITY OF PUBLIC WORSIIIP BILL.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in moving the second
reading of this bill, said that that there could be no neces-
sity to wait for a third report from the Ritual Conunission
as to the operation of this bill. He contended that the bill
dealt with incense and lights, besides vestments. He as-
serted that lights and incense were used at the Holy Com-
munion, except in the chapels of some of the highest
ecclesiastic() had been utterly repudiated, and this had
been the case for upwards of 300 years. He (the noble
earl) maintained that the main provision of the bill were
in the 4th and sth sections. They enacted that
no minister should use, or allow to be used
lighted candles, except they were needed thence-
forward by this bill they would be effectually abo-
lished. They said that such use would be positively
llegal, and such a construction ho thought would be put
upon them by their lordships.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
VIE NEW REFORM BILL.

Mr. CANDLISH asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether, in consequence of the decision in the Court of
Common Pleas of Saturday last, in the case of Stamper v.
the Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish of Sun-
derland, having the effect of excluding many thou-
sands in that and other boroughs from the franchise, whom
Parliament, by the Representation of the People Act of
last year, intended to enfranchise, he would bring in a
bill this session to amend the 7th section of that act, so as
to give the franchise to those occupiers of parts of houses
whom that decision excludes from its possession.
Mr. DISRAELI said the decision did not appear to him
to go to the extent the hon. gentleman anticipated. All
persons occupying lodgings, according to the 7th section,
might claim to b. 3 registered, and, if entitled, they would
of course be placed on the registry. He was not prepared
to bring in any bill on the matter.
Mr GOLDNEY said the decision would not affect the
registry to the extent supposed by the hon. member for
Sunderland.

Mr. DENMAN said he had been asked to give his
opinion on the judgment. Mr. Justice Montague Smith
was particularly clear on the subject. The occupiers of
small houses, and not the owner, would for tho future be
rated to the poor, but the difficulty would affect only those
not rated separately before the passing of the Act. It
ought to be generally known that the decision would not
at all affect or exclude from the franchise the owners of
flats or floors where the owner did not reside on the
premises.
PAYMENT OF RATES.

Mr H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer whether it v as the intention of Government
to take any steps this session to give effect to the recom-
mendation contained in the report of the select committee
on the subject of rates, particularly with reference to the
payment of rates by four quarterly collections ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was
not desirable to introduce any such measure. The over-
seers had now certain power with respect to taking rates
by instilments, which was quite in accordance with the
recommendation of the report of the select committee.