The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-05 00:00:00

Vbitril 1:-,4Li)ttton:

SUN OFFICE,' 'Seven o' Clock.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS ENING.
Suc VEO'CLOCK.

BRIGHTON STAKES•
2 to 1 agst St. Rosalia
5 to 1 agst Fernhill
6 to 1 agst Beebee Bunnoo

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

ROUSE OF LORDS.
ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal Assent was given ru-day, by commission,
to 016 following seventeen public and private Bills:
The Population.
The Factories.
The Metropolitan Interments.
Municipal Corporations (Ireland).
Higbway Rats.
Au,sralian Colonies Government.
Vestries and Vestry Clerks.
The Trustoe Act (1850).
Bills of Exchange.
Gorbals Gravitation Water Company.
Bridge across the River Clyde (opposite to South Port-
land-street, Lduriestou, Glasgow).
Birmingham and rershore-read (Act to continue Act of

6th Geo. IV.)
Peterborough Improvement, Police, and Cemetery
(Amendment of existing Acts).
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway (Deviations,
Enlargement of Stations).
Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway.
Chippindatl's Divorce, and
Ashby Divorce.
The Lords Commissioners were the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, the Earl of MIND.), and the Earl of CARLISLE.
Their Lordships adj,urned during pleasure.

Their Lordships resumed shortly after Five o'clock.
CRUELTY TO ANINIALS (SCO'rLAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of MINTO this Bill passed
through Committee.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL.
This Bill passed throw: Committee.
COMMONS. ENCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL.
This Bill was read a second time on the motion of the
Earl of CARLISLE.
PETITIONS.

Lord HARDWICKE presented a petition against the
Rating of Small Tenements 1301 from Liverpool.
The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition in
favour of the 8111.

CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
Lord REsDESDALE presented a petition against this
Bill, and hoed it would be withdrawn.
Lord BROUGHAM most reluctantly withdrew the
Bill.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition against the Bill.
He regretted that the Bill had not been brought in
earlier, and brought in in that House, which it might
have been, without intriogiug on the privileges of the
other House; and while on, the subject of privilege, he
would observe that he understood that the Bill for the
suppression of outrage in Ireland, which had been intro-
duced in that House, had been dropped in the other
House because it interfered with their privileges, and
that another Bill had been introduced there which had
been threatened to be defeated by delay. He considered
that the Ministers were responsible for having intro-
duced a 8.11 into this House interfering with the pri-
vileges of the. other, and therefore they were responsible
for any delay which might have taken place.
After a few observettons from Lord LANGDALE and
Lord WHAIINCLIFIE, the B•ll was withdrawn.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.
,Lord TALBOT presented petitions from Glasgow and
from Plymouth praying for the establishment of a regu-
lar steam communication between this country and
Australia. Divers sums had been voted by the
legislatures of the different colonies to pro-
mote stem communication with the mother country,
and already they could command with the amount
of postage for letters to Australia, 40,0001. per annum
•derived from those colonies for that purpose. Three
routes had been proposed; one by Singapore i❑ con-
nexion with the Oriental Company, another by the
Cape of Good Hope, and another by the Isthmus of
Panama. Be considered the route by Singapore the
easiest, but be understood there was some difficulty on
the part of the East India Company; but he thought it
was the duty of ihe Government to take some route,
and if these' difficulties were insuperable, they should
take the route either by the Cape of Good Hope or by
Panama. It would be of great benefit to our South
African colonies to open a route by the Cape of Good
Hope and Mauritius, which would also promote
..emigration. The route by Panama would secure
us against any impediment to the transmission of
our mails in cons pence of an European war.
On the whole he thought, perhaps, that the route of
Panama was the best, as we had a line of steamers ready
to take up the transit on the Pacific. Ile wished to im-
press upon the minds of their Lordships the fait im-
portance of this subject and the absolute necessity that
existed for establishing some rapid steam communication
with our Australien colonies.

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Earl GREY said that Government were fully aware
of the extr,mw importance of the subject to which
the Noble Earl had drawn their Lordships attention, and
could assure him that the Government were extremely
arixionq to establish a rapid steam communication with
Australia. Ile considered the route by Singapore the
most desirable, and he thought the otter made by the
Oriental Ciimpany an exceedingly fsir one, and most
ben&ieiat to the public.—(Hear, hear.) The East
India. Company considered that out of regard
to their own c.41-ieers they ought to oppose it. I
He thought, however, that he might say that ere long a
steam communication with the west cons: of Attica and
the Cape tot Good Hope would be established, anti by
that means with Australis, and also by a line from
Sinpeore. _lle eatertameda sanguine hope that even-
tually both lines would be established, bet at present
there were ditticultiiss which prevented the establish-
ment of h.! line by Singapore. Lie thought it extremely
desirable teat the _matter solid be amicably settled with
the East Itidia Cottiranv.
- Lord..MONTEAGLE thought that if ever there was a
a'ep taken by a gre,t company exercising almost Imperial
ftp,etion?, lik•Ay to set them wrong with the people of
this country, it was this opposition of the East India
Company to steam communication with Australia.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SrEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' t; m,ndments to tbw following Bills were
con6ider,4l and i,r( ei to:—
East of Fife It ,ilway.
West Cornwall Railwaye
Clrenclish's (or HurctotlrCs) Estate.
Sorterv:ile's; or Milt.' (Barford Rectory) Estate.
Wts:apinstt,r Temporary Bridge.
AMENDED BILLS.

The following- Bdii, as amended, were considered and
sgreed.to
Bishop of London, (Saint Michael' Church, Chester-
. -rquare) Fatale. •
London (City) Schools.fur Orphe.tse of Freemen.
PETITIONS.
Sir' R. H. INGLIS presented petitions from several
rani r-if Oxfordshire against, the admission of Jews and
other unbelteversinto Parliament. ,
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. HZIGGINS took tho oaths and his seat for Mayo in
the room of the late Mr. Dillon Browne. The Hon.
Member WAS introduced by Mr. Hay ter and Mr. F.
French.

ROTHSCrfILD.
Mr. J A. SMITH said, betera the. Honourable 'and
Learned Attsrnay-Generalmoved his two resolutionq, he
wished to, take the opportunity of asking the Speaker a
question of some importance to the proceedings of the
lients.` The 'ffeu,se rwouid. remember that when the

iiottottrable -Member for :the city of London came Ai)
the table to take the oaths• in' the form moat binding
**peat nis conscience, and after he had done so be in-
-" 66rdint to the Act o* Parliament, signed a declaration
" of having taken, the oaths, and lett it on the table.
Now, he dirt not see that fact' mentioned on the,
minutes, and he wisheit, therefore, to knew why it Wit..
omitted.
The
.*PEAREIi replied that it was-not entered On
the• votes -becaiuse he considered it an informal and
- Irregular proceeding..(Cheers,) The practice tf the
House was this, atter anion. Membeehad taken the
- 'three oaths he signed a-book propose* by tbo clerk, itt
which he declared that he had duly taken the oaths.
• Now in this case' atter-thutier.'"Member for the city of
London had talien the oaths. in his own manner he
signed a papa which was not, prepared by the clerk, and
rz" the eJratents-odwhlch the desk was perfectlyjnor,u,
= That paper was not fqrasally tendered to the House,
bat was merely left on -the table, and when he found,
that it was a• declaration of the Honourable Member,
stating-that .he had taken the oath, omitting, the
words..:" -Upon the true faith of a Christian,"
be, conaidereti it to be an informal proceeding, and,
- directed the clerk not to take any notice of it.
Mr. Hill-114; wished to know then, if the precedent
settsblished by Mr. Posse's cam bad been followed, and.
the paper had been prepared by the clerk, the declara-
tions Wail have been allowed?
Th,e "SPEAKER replied in the 'negative. In Mr,
Tease's case the declaration was sanctioned and author-•
ised by, the House.- The House came to no decision of
that sort in Baron notbschild's case. He was only em-
powered-to rak-- Ili- oath in the form which he declared,
to be most binding upon his conscience.
t The minutes of the formerproceedings were then read,
- after which
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. -rose Inmore the two
resetutioni or whlun be- sari given notice, remarking
tOistithey were distinct and separate, and the House
&mid reject one and adopt the other, just as it ,
thought fit.-(Hear, hear.) It appeared to' him, how-
. ever, to be essential Wet the House should come to an
iblmediste decision upon the question. It appeared
to, .11Y12, af.,er what had taken place, that their
past proceedings would be nothing less than
a mockery if the House did not determine now what
_ • coursia should be adopted in the matter.--(Hear, bear.)
What that decision should b© he had already expreased
fii the former observations be ventured to address to the
' House, and he therefore did not propose to go over all
the reasons which he hnd already m•v.:ed upon the House
' for the course he suggested just after the Baron appeared
,pt thetable.—(Heer,, hear.) There were three requi-
ettisiAo'fitzi -ohtserv.ed ukase-an. oath: - -Firstf the sub-
'tame of the oath; secondly, the words or form in which