The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-02 00:00:00

PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Mr. GATHORNE HARDY moved that the public busi-
ness should commence to-morrow at a quArter past four
instead of at half-past four.

NAVAL CHAPLAINS.

Mr. EYKYN asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if
the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty had come to
any decision in regard to the improvement of the organisa-
tion, pay, and position of naval chaplains; and whether it
was the intention of the Board of Admiralty to appoint
commissioned Presbyterian and Roman Catholic chaplains
for the service of her Majest•y'a fleet at home and abroad ?
Mr. CORRY said the Board of Admiralty had una-
nimously agreed that the chaplains of the navy had
a perfect right to be placed upon the same footing as
the chaplains of the army. With regard to the second
question, the hon. and learned matcher must have la-
boured under a mistake in supposing that the Board bad
considered the appointment of commissioned Presbyterian
and Roman Catholic chaplains. What they had been con-
sidering was the advisability of increasing the salary of
three Roman Catholic chaplains situated at Sheerness,
Chatham, and Dartmouth.

WEIGCITS AND MEASURES (ME nuc SYSTEM)

'JILL

On the motion for going into committee on this bill,

' Mr. J. B: SJIITII Moved that the order he discharged,
which, after a few remarks from M.. BEllEsPolto 11Jra,

was agreed tt),

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES BILL.
Os tho motion fur the coutiouation of the debate on this
bill,

POWELL cernbAteit a large num'on of the argu-
ments which had beet' b: ought forward by the hon. and
learned member fur Exeter (Mr Coleridge) on the motion
for the s...)coud reading, an 1 contended that if the doors
were once opened there would be great difficulty in keep-
ing the governing body in: the lvtuds of members of the
Church of Eagland.

Mr. BERE;;FORD HOPE contended that if any altera-
tion were really necessary it could be better settled at the
present time by the Convocation of Oxford and the Se-
nate of Cambridge than it could be by being brought for-
ward in that House.

Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Cavendish Bentiuck, Mr.
Melly, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Mr. Leathana, Mr. Newde-
gate, and Mr. Neate, took part in the discussion that fol-
lowed, after which

Mr. COL (MIDGE replied, and the house divided, when
thero appeared—

For the second reading
Against

Majority for 5B
The bill was then read a second time amid cheering
from the Opposition.

COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS (No. 1) BILL.
Sir W. GALLWEY moved that the order for the second
reading of this bill be withdrawn.

The order was accordingly discharged.
THE LIBEL BILL.
Sir C. VLOGHLEN moved that the order for going
into committee on this bill be discharged, which was
agreed to.
THE CLERKS OF THE PEACE (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
THE COURT OF SESSION (SCOTLAND)
SALARIES.
The report on this bll was brought up.
The University Election (Vutiog Papers) Bill, the Med-
way Regulation Act Continuance Bill, and the Sea
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill were read a third time.
The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill passed through
committee.

The house then went into committee on the Metropo-
litan Police Funds (Contribution) Bill, which passed.

The Earl of MAYO moved for a copy of further cor-
respondence relative to tho proposed charter to a Roman
Catholic University in Iralanl.—Agtwd to.
Lord HOT LIAM moved that Major Cornwall Legh be dis-
charged fro:n further attendance on the Electric Telegraphs
Bill ;. that Col. John W. Pane (Oxfordshire) be aided to
the committee.
Agreed to.

The LORD ADVOCATE asked leave to bring in a bill
to alter the qualifications of the electors iu places in Scot-
land, under the General Police and improvement (Scotland)
Act, 18R, and to amend the said act in certain other re-
spects.—Granted.

Sir J. FERGUSSON asked leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law relating to the indorsing of warrants in
Scotland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands.—Granted.
The House adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock.