The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
The Register of Metropolitan Public Carriages
was read a second time.
RAILWAY ABANDONMENT BILL

On the motion of the Earl of GRANVILLE, this
Bill was read a third time and passes!.

PETITIONS.

Lord BROUGHAM, at the re quest of Lord Denman,
presented a petition from the intaubitants c f Kingston,
JamaiCa, signed by 5,000 re-sons, praying the House
not to consent to the removal of the African squadron.
The Noble and Learned Lord took occasion to denounce
those who having learned only the A B C of the subjct,
contended that the best way to do away with the slave
tralo was to let it alone. He also ridiculed those who
would not shed the precious blood cf a pirate to prevent
murder, and related a conversation which be had bad
with a certain friend, " Joseph," who had declared that
if he saw a mrn about to sit fire to a train of gunpowder
which, when it exploded, would blow up all his relations
and friend- he should not venture to commit a common
aisault seal battery in order to prevent it. He also ve
he mently attacked those economists who, to save a pound
sterling, would diminish the force of that ,quadron which
had done so much, as had been proved by Captain
Denman, to put down the slave trade.

The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition
from the Reiruth board of guardians in favour of making
mines rateable, and one from Whatton in Northampton-
shire against the transmission of letters on the Sabbath.
EASTER HOLIDAYS.

In answer to a question from Lord STANLEY,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it was his
intention to move on Tuesday next that their Lordships
should adjourn to the Thursday se'nnight
GRAND EXHIBITION IN 1851.

Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to move for the copy
of the Commission authorising the Exposition of 1851,
wished to guard himself against being supposed hostile
to the exhibition, whether it was held in Hyde Park,
which he hoped it would not be, or in the Regent's
Park, or, where be should prefer seeing
in the Victoria Park, at the east-end of the town. He
could not but bear. his testimony to_ the disinterested
patriotism of the manufacturing and trading classes who
had come forward to support an exhibition which must
inevitably reduce the prices of all the goods in which they
dealt. It completely relieved them from the reproach of
s-lfisbness which- had been brought against them by
Adam Smith. In' consequence of that exhibition there
could be no doubt but that the consumer would get a
better article at a cheaper rate, and that perhaps might
i❑ the long run be of advantage to the producer. It
would be of advantage to the consumer, and he hoped it
would be equally of advantage to those who had so
nobly come forward to aid in reducing the prices of the
commodities in which they dealt. He considered this
intended as a compensation to the agriculturists for the
less of protection. It was, therefore, in no spirit
of hostility that he came forward on the present occa-
sion, but it was to prevent the lungs of London, as the
arks had been denominated by Lord Chatham, from
being choked up by the erection of a great building of
he knew not how many acres in extent for the exhibi-
tion of 1851. lie considered that Hyde-park was the
very worst position that could be chosen for the erection
of that building. In 1801, Mr. Wyndham objected to
the erection of eight houses in the Park, on the ground
that their erection would interfere with the circulation
of light and air.
The Earl of CARLISLE would only say that a com-
munication had teen received from the Commissioners,
requesting that a certain portion of Hyde-park might be
set apart for the erection of this building. Know-
ing that this request proceeds from a most re-
spectable body of men, and also bad the
approval of the Sovereign, the report was entertained;
and although it would certainly encroach for a time on
the park, yet he thought that their Lordships ought not
to pay more regard to aristocratic beings than to other
beings. ll} de Palk contained an area r f 270 acres, the
Regent's Park 200 acres, and the Victoria Park, to
which he would recommend their Lordships to pay
a visit, and which had been suggested by his Noble
and Learned Friend as the site fur the intended erection.
only 190 acres. The aristocracy, besides, had greater
opportunities of getting into the fresh sir than other
c' asses.

Lord BROUGHAM asked if the building was in-
tended to be merely temporary.
The Earl of CARLISLE understood that it WSB to be
only for that one year.

Lord BROUGHAM—Then it will be a very expen-
sive proceeding. This was a most important subject, for
if this plan were carried out it would render the west
end of London entirely uninhabitable.
The subj ect then dropped.
JOURNEYMEN TAILORS.

The Earl of WALDEGRAVE then rose to present a
petition from the journeymen tailors if the metropolis,
complaining cf the contract system for clothing the
army, navy, ordnance, and police, and was
(LEFT liiPEAYING.)