The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tnu EVENING.)
The LoltD CiIL\CELLOR• took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

RITUALIS
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, at the request of the
Bishop of London, postponed his question as to the report
of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the ques-
Lion of ritualism until to-morrow evening.
THE FRIENDLY SOCIErIES BILL.
Tho Earl of LIO/riFIELD said that as there appeared
to be some doubt as to the course he intended to pursu.,
ho might state that he should move for a select com-
mittee.

RELIGIOUS, &c., BUILDINGS (SITES) BILL.
Lord GRAN ‘VORTH m,vett the second reading- of this
bill, whicu tie stated would greatly facilitate the convey.
once of any property which might be appropriated as a
religious site.
Lord ROM ILLY said ho entirely agreed with his noble
and learu,d friend in bringing on this matter, which was,
iu fact, the doing away with the Statute of korttuain with
reg ru to small charities. He thought, however, that the
statute of inorttuain was particularly protective of stuall
charities, and the whole expense in many cases would
only amount to about U. This slight expense would
prevent the property given to charities ever being
diverted.

Lord UIIELIES FORD said he did not rise to oppose his
noble and learned friend with re.gard to the bill, but ha
agreed %vial his noble and learned friend who had just
spoken teat there should be no s;:cret tran,fer of propeity,
and that there should be an enrolment, and therefore he
should certainly support the clauses t..) be introduced by

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he did not mean
to oppose the bid in its second readiug, but be would
assure his noble frieud that the country was not geuerally
so favourable to his bill as hu thought. lie had had an
iuterview with a large deputation of the Dissenters, and
they were opposed to it, although he should himself have
thought that they would be glad of lessening the espouse.
They said the trust deeds were lost, and they had iouud
by the eurohneut of the court a great safeguard, as they
could always get an office copy of the deed of settlement.
Re thought, therefore, that tuey should to careful and
considerate before they took an absolute step in the
matter. He thought that a more simple process might be
adopted ; the deed might be filed as au affidavit ; and it
could be obtained at a slight expense.
The bill was read a second time. -
THE DUOHY OP CORNWALL (AMENDMENT)
BILL.
This bill was read a seuond time and passed.
iLiiPT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF C.IOMAIONS—'rms EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock.
PUBLIC ROAD WAYS.
Mr. GOLDNEY asked the member for Bath whether
the Board of Works was aware that' iron gates were
still continued at the end of Devonshire-place and
Wimpole-street, being one of the principal thoroughfe res
between Oxford-street and the New-road, and that such
gates were refused to be opened to the public unless a
gratuity was given to the gatekeeper; and if the boara were
aware td whether they proposed to take any steps with
reference thereto ; and to ask further, whether the road
was prepared at the public expense or by any private in-
dividual.

Mr. TITE said there were a large number of those gates
in the metropolis, no less than thirty of thaw being in the
parish of St. Pancras. The Board of Wcrks had no power
in the matter. It was a very difficult ci;ecumstanee to deal
with, but he hoped Parliament would take the subject into
consideration with a view to bringing forward a measure
on the subject. lie believed the repairs when necessary
were done by the parish.

- PARK-LANE.
Viscount HAMILTON asked the First Commissioner
of Works upon whom rested theresponsibility of the pre-
sent impeded state of the thoroughfare in Park-lane ; why
the works had continued so long unfinished; and how
many men a day were employed upon them, and when
there was a probability of the works being completed.
Col. HOUG said he thought he could best answer that
question. The Metropolitan Board of Works were at pre-
sent engaged in widening the thoroughfare iu Park-lane.
An arrangement had been made by which the roadway
was to be 40 feet wide, the footway on the east
side 10 feet, and the west side 8 feet. The contractor
had exceeded the thue he had been allowed
to carry out the work, but this perhaps had been caused
by the determination to level the road in certain places
which was not at first contemele.ted. Twenty men
are at present engaged on the works, and the
reason no greater number was employed was
because no more could be conveniently kept at work.._ At
one time there bad been 100 workmen employed. The
road to Mount-street, to Oxford-street, and the other new
thoroughfares would all be open to the public in the
course of a few days.
THE COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER.
Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Secretary to the Poor
Law Board what steps the .ioverntuent proposed to take
to xemedy the alleged evils and hardships which had re-
sulted from the abolition of the compound householder ;
whether it was intended to introduce some general scheme
of uniformity of poor rate, or whether it was intended to
await the report of the select committee on poor rates
assessment, &c.

Sir M. lIEEO/1 said he thought the question ought to
have been addressed to a more responsible Minister of the
Crown, considering the compound householder had
formed the subject of two of the most important divisions
in the Reform All. (Hear; hear.) There was nothing in the
bill to be brought forward by the Poor-law board that would
affect the matter; and with respect to the latter part of the
question, ho did not think that it would be advisable to
legislate without waiting for the report of tue Com-
mission.

THE COMMISSIONERS.
Sir C. RUSSELL asked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether it was true that in a report of a committee (com-
posed of Mr. Goolburn, the Vice-Controller of Customs,
air. Farrar, and Mr. Williams, of the Board of Trade),
presented to the Treasury in June, 1.865, a strong recent-
ineudatiou was made of the expediency of employing com-
missionaires in the various civil departments of the United
ii;:gtioin, on the special grounds of "efficiency" and
" uowy ;" and, if so, whether there would ha any 0bi...0-
atm on the part of the Government to produce that part
of the report relating to the corps of commi.sionaires ?
Mr, S. BOOTH said the committee in question made no
such general recommendation ; on the contrary, it recom-
mended that merely two commissionaires should be em-
ployed in the Registry of Seamen Offico, but nothing
further.

FIRST CLERK OF CUSTOMS.
Mr. STOCK asked the Secretary to the Treasury why
the first clerk in the customs at Dublin should have a
salary of only £lOO a year, his collector's salary being
£l,OOO, when the first clerk at Glasgow had a salary of
£450, although his collector's salary was only 4:80U ?
Mr S. BOOTH said the hon. gentleman had been misin-
formed, as both officers received the same salary, viz.,
£350 a year, rising gradually to £4OO.
THE IRISH CHURCH BILL.
Colonel KNOX begged to ask the right hon. gentleman
the member for South Lancashire after what hour by
woatd move for leave to introduce his Suspensory
Bill with respect to the temporalities of the Irish Church.
Mr. GLAWSTONE had no difficulty in answering the
question. The motion for leave to introduce a bill, he
believed, in conformity with the ordinary usages of Par-
liatnent, could have been made by him when the chairman
reported the passing of the resolutions through com-
mittee, and leave was generally accorded. But he was
desirous of not taking such a step until the answer cf her
Majesty to the address had been read, and therefore ho
did not avail himself of that opportunity. Under such
circumstances he had hoped that he should not have
been opp sad as be:was yesterday when ho moved for per-
mission to introduce the bill. As ha could command no
particular day fur making his motion, he should
avail himself of th 3 first opportunity that pre-
sented i self ; therefore ho could not now say at
what hour the motion would be made. Ho might say that
he did not intend to allcw the matter to drag on for any
inordinate length of time.
Colonel KNOX, amidst loud cries of " Order, order,"
said that the mamba) a on his side of the house intended to
give the motion their moat serious opposition
BOUNDARY BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on the Boundary
Bill,

Mr. GLA DSTONE drew attention to the various pre-
visions of this bill, and tho numberless difficulties that
would have to be encountered, more especially wish respect
to the primary question of boundary. Ho thought the
parliamentary boundary ought to he municipal boundary,
and he very much dispaired of getting through with the
bill before the 10th of June, which it was necessary to do
in order to render it available for the present year.
Mr. DISRAELI said he thought many of the difficul-
ties found out by the right hon. gentlemen wore ground-
less, but ho doubted not those difficulties if they wore con-
sidered with patience and temper could be sur-
mounted in a manner satisfactory to the house, and ho
hoped of the country. He did not consider the bill
at all a party measure, as he should consider
every member sitting on this side of the house
perfectly free to express their opinions as far as justice
required. He did not anticipate any of the difficulties as
insurmountable, but, if it became necessary, they could
resort to morning sittings, and if the necessity should arise
that reference to a select committee should be requisite or a
remission of the bill to the commissioners for reconsidera-
tion, he thought still they would be enabled to get through
the bill in time to accomplish the purpose desired. (Hear,
hear.) No spirit of party would be evinced on thie side
of the house, and the Government would do all in its
power to secure the consideration of the bill in a perfectly
open manner.
Mr. HIBBERT said after the statement of the right
hon. gentleman he should feel it his duty to persevere with
the motion which stood in his name.
Mr. BASS thought it would expedite business in the
long run if the bill was referred to a small select com-
mittee

Mr. BRIGHT said the whole of the difficulty arose in
consequence of Parliament not giving the power to the
Boundary Commissioners to contract;
all they wer© to do
was to increase, or, in other words, to drag 400,000 voters from
the county to the borough constituencies. (flear, hear.)
That was exactly what h was doing, although not so set
forth. He thought, if it was the desire of both parties, ir-
respective of party tactics, that the difficulty in the Boun-
dary Bill might be got rid of in two or the days at the
most.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRAVESEND, Thursday Morhing.
Arrived, 13.—Whydah, from Barbados ; St. George,
from
Jena, from Grenada ; Sea Breeze, from
Mauritius; &airmail), from Sydney; George, from Gnern-
et-7; Chief,
,' • rash from Guernsey; Proteus, fromJamoica
Mediator, from Melbourne; Diatom Star, from Singapore
Guernsey3l'i Y ;
Luistania, from Sines; Thames, from Colombo; Christian
Rankin, front Colombo; St. Leonard's, from Adelaide;
Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk; Marie, steamer, from
Stettin; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; Kenilworth,
from Geelong; Constance, from Stettin ; Aurora, from
Sisal ; Octavio, from Kurrachee.

Sailed —Piouoer, for Havre ; Rhine, steamer, for Bou.
logne.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed.—Ann Mills, of Sunderland, from the west, for
London; Princess Dagmar, from Colombo, for London
ducovado, schooner from Dmerara, t9k Agraburg.