The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-05-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.  HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIIIRSDAY  The Peers assembled this morning, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace to present their Lordships' Address upon the subject of the Treaty of Peace to her Majesty. On their return at five o'clock,  Lord LYNDIIIIRST presented a petition from Thomas Dunne, one of the men charged with the murder of Miss Hindes, complaining of the refusal by the Attorney-general for a writ of fiat to enable him to appeal against the verdict against him.  Lord Campbell, the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leo. nards, and Lord Brougham justified the conduct of the Attorney-general.  on the.motion of the Lord Chancellor, the :Mercantile Law Amendment Bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee, in order that an opportunity might be afforded for hearing the objections of certain mercantile men to the measure.  The Earl of ELGIN postponed, till after the Whitsuntide rbeess, his motion on the subject of the Army in the  North American Colonies  The Lord CHANCELLOR presented her Majesty's reply to their lordships' address, which was similar in effect to that read by the Speaker in the House of Commons. Lord COLCHESTER gave notice, that on the 22d instant, he should draw attention to the declaration presented to Parliament with the treaty of peace, with respect to the maratime law. His object being to elicit the opinion of their lordships as to the expediency of abandoning the ancient rights of the country in this respect. The Lord CHANCELLOR announced that her Majesty, being desirous to confer a signal mark of her favour on Sir William Fenwick Williams, for his distinguished services as her Majesty's commissioner in Asia Minor, and especially for his defence of Kars, recommended their lordships to concur with the House of Commons in granting him a pension of £l,OOO a year. (Hear, hear.)  Earl GRANVILLE announced that Sir W. F. Williams was to be created baronet by the title of Sir William F. Williams, of Kars. Lord PANMURE moved a vote of thanks to the army, the navy, and the militia. The noble lord, in reference to the navy, pointed out their services in the Baltic and Black Seas, and remarked that its services had also been employed during the continuance of the war in moving  435,000 men, 54,000 horses, and 340,000 tons. The, Earl of DERBY seconded the motion, which, he was convinced, was one on which they would be unanimous. He expressed his hope that the army and militia would be kept in a state of efficiency in time of peace. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE spoke to the fortitude and bravery of horses and men, and remarked that the vote of thanks of that house would be received with the greatest gratitude on the part of the survivors of the army.  The Earl of CAnuroaN:spoke to the same effect, and added a eulogium upon the late Lord Raglan.  After some remarks from Earl GREY, the vote was unanimously agreed to. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE complained of the pension to Lord Dalhousie, and took the opportunity of opening the whole subject of the Government of India, and the employment of torture in the collection of the revenue. After some remarks and explanations from Earl Glanville, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Panmure, the subject dropped. Their lordships rose at half-past nine o'clock.