The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-05 00:00:00

1M l'Elt AL PAILLIAMEN'I' . tiousT.:: OF LOKDS.—FRIDAY. AIM. 4. The LOOK. CHANCELLOR took his seat at 6 O'Clock. MUTATE BUSINESS. THIRD. READINGS.—New Grand Canal Company (I re land) (No I); Net , Rose Port and 11.abour ; Croraford Bridge and blenoberact Road) Thorne Moor Drainage and Improvement ; Furness Bellam mmtoy; Moir Nero I m p ro vement and Drainage; Ilirken.head Dock Ce Moran (transfer of powers to new commissioaera. effecung acoullie• meats with the crown, adamedment of acts) (No. 2) ; BAIA BC MAINE:4s. SECOND READINGS.—JumfiIe Offenders (Ireland) ; Belmar red Preservation; Public Works (Ireland) (No. 2); BMA 03MMITTIQS.—Charity Trust Regulation ; Bankrupt's Below; Rege ts Quadrant Oracionath ; Bills. BEPONP—Corn Markets (Ireland) Bill. THIKD BEADlNO.—DecLuatory Sults 1101. COMMONS AMENDMENTS CONSIDEBED.—FaIo of Beer Itcgu . *Hon MIL NAVIGATION COMMITTEE. The Earl of HARDWICKE brought up • report from the navigation committee stating that in cons , (linnet of tht Low attendance of noble lords and the late period of the ses sion the committee could not present any general report, but they expressed • hope that they might be allowed to re aswmblo next session to continue their investigation of the subject. NAPLES AND SICILY. Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask a question of the en noble marquis (Lansdowne). He understood that Mr. Eis, an attache of the English minister at Naples, proceeded on the 24th of July in 11. M S Porcupine to Palermo, in Sicily, tied thought proper—in breach, of course, of kis legume tient, for he (Lord Brougham) was bound to suppose so—to make a communication to the provisional govern merit of Palermo, the effect of wtich was to threaten them with the withnrawal of the countenance and protection c England if they did not within' 4 hours choose the Duke et Genoa as regent. Surely Mr. Fagan must knots that if there was one thing more objectionable than anothei it wee such an interference against our ally the King or Neeler ; and it it had not been communicated to him (Lor 1 Brougham) tired in writing, and then by word of mouth, oe the highest authority. he could not have believed it. It was still more impossible to imagine this gentleman could have hail any authority for what he d ud; and if ha lad not, be should expect to see his recs.'. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not know what the gentleman alluded to might have done, but he could on!, say that neither Mr. Fagan or any one else had had insult. lions to do what the noble and learned lord had complainedoi. MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE PRESS. Lord 13ROUGIIAM said it would be in vain for the government to attempt to put el ,coo the club' in Ireland, if certain publications were allowed to go on dime:dentine untruths with reference to that country. Ile had that day seen a newspaper containing a statement that the military had been defeated, and such a falsehood might have been attended with the worst results; it might, in fact, have cowed blood to have been shed in distant districts where the truth was not known. lie was well known to be a friend to the liberty of th e press, but he would take upon h imself ti unpopularity of any measure which would put a stoe to such fake and pernicious reports. Ile did not intend to put a question to the noble marquis, but merely threw out these observations for the consideratiliE MILITIA. on of the government. 'I Lord WHARNCLIFFE wished to know whether, not withstanding the announcement made by the prime minietei at the commencement of the session, any measure was to te proposed by the government afficting the constitution of the militia? Earl GREY said it was the intention of the government to have proposed some en:asure on the subject tbis seen re but the financial eonditien of the country would not allow or the sum propoeed to be voted for the militia (160,000 e.) being applied to that purpose. THE CRUISERS ON THE COAST OF AFRICA. Lord BROUGHAM undemood that a committee had est in the other house to consider the propriety of the with drawal of our cruisers from the coast of Africa. There could not be a gnater fallacy than to suppose th because they did not succeed in extirpating the slave trade that it would be safe to withdraw them; on the contrary, they were con stoutly rendering the meet valuable service in the suppree pion of that iniquitous traffic. He understood a Dr. Chile, who had avowed hi-unit to have been engaged in the slave trade, and to have been guilty of all its atrocities, had mails this sugeestlon, which had received the attention of the coin slitter.; and he could only express his surprise that they should have listened to such a person for a moment. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving for returns of the number of slaves imparted into Brazil and Cuba within the last two Tears. Earl GREY sad that all the information which the F reign-effice could furnish on the subject had been already laid on the table of the house. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought the presence of a squadron off the coast of Africa aggravated the evils of the 'lave trade. Earl GREY said the committee had not yet presented their report ; but, when they did so, it should be commune cited to their lordships. THE CHARGE AGAINST VISCOUNT ARBUTHNOT. Lord BROUGHAM wished to move for tee production of a document presented to the grand jury who had found a true bill against Vi-count Arbuthnot for forgery, stating th a t from an accident which he had met with he had an aperture in his skull, which produced occasional insanity. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the document in quell tion was one which could not be produced, as it formed no part of the duty of the grand jury to inquire into the sane or insane state of mind of the noble viscount, and therefore it was not an official document. It was only the duty of the grant: jury to inquire into the (acts of the case. After a few words from Lord CAMeHELL, the subject dropped. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) (No. 2) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, in moving the second reading of this bill, stated the nature of its provisions. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not object to the principle of the bill. Nothing which had occurred had pat him out of temper with the people of Ireland ; on the contrary, he would gladly do all in his power to improve their condition. The en tire sum which could be appropriated by thi measure to the improvement of Ireland was foul millions and a half sterlieg ; but he was convinced that it was of no us: te improve the soil of Ireland, without first improving the social state of that country, which was worse than that of any other civilised eaten in Europe. There were, as the late Lord Liverpoel had said, two Irelands, the north and south--Protestant Irelaed snd Catholic Ireland But it was not because of her religion, or that she had beer, conquered, or that a large portion of her property had been conh.cated, that the present condition of that country had been produced. What then was the cause of the existing exist state of Ireland? He believedit to be tkis : that the religion of the church of the great majority of the people was repo dialed by this country. (Hear, hear.) What thee, he would ask, was the remedy ?—not to take the revenues of the Protestant church to support catholiisrn—for the union was bated upon the protestant religion ; m ither would he give stipends to the catholic clergy; but he would all atten tion to this large fund to be appropriated to the purposes of Ireland, and ask who could object to apply it—contributed as it would be by the people of Ireland—to the purchasing of glebe, and bulking glebehowes for the Roman catholic clergy, leaving other matters just as they were? (Hear. I He could not conceive how any objection could be raised to such an atpropriation by the moat zealous religionist. He considered that a time of difficulty was the time when those who thought strongly on public ques tions, and to whom the constitution had emrueted legislative powers, ought to come forward and avow their opinions, how ever unpopwar such opinions might be. (Hear.) Len! MONTEAGLE had never heard the case of the Irish Human catholic clergy put forward in a more masterly manner than by the nobie earl who had just spoken, nor in a manner better calculated to meet the prejudices and to dispel the ignorance that obtained on the subject. (Hear.) The most fami iar way of deslir g with this question was to recommend that provision for the Roman catholic clergy should be made out of the property of the Established Church. He knew of no propesition more impolitic—(hear, hear),—or more dangerous—none that would be more dis tasteful to the public, or more calculated to impede the set tlement of the question, nor any that would be more produc tive of evil did it succeed. (Hear, hear.) To provide for the two churches out of the property of the one moult. destroy the principle on which property rested ; it would ea tablish two rival sects, and had to religious discord through out the length and breadth of the land. The plan of the no ble ea!: was free from all these objections. If anything could be more distasteful to the people of Irelind than another it would be the idea that the object of paying the clergy was to make them sulnervient to the government of tte• day. The great object was to secure the perfect inde pendence of the catholic clergy. In their present Stale they were not free to act as they wished to do. They were the eleven of the people. It was thought here that the priests led the people, but it was the people who led the pries , a, and who ire nine cases out of ten compelled them to join in their s iitation by the threat of starvation. This wail not a position n any body of clergy should he placed. Lord STANLEY could not but express his regret thatthe noble earl should have thought it necessary or expedient to take that opportunity of entering into an incidental diaries sion of a speculative view upon a mood important question not before the house. (Hear.) He said a speculative view, for he did not understand the noble earl to suggest that it wee competent for the house to direct to the purpose stated the sum, of money to which the bill before them referred. The tell was simply to authorise the re-issues of payments made by Ireland of sums advanced for a particular purpose to the same or a similar purpose. The noble Man:lWe of Clanricurde had explained that unless those sums were re advanced as they were paid, certain works which were of national importance, and which had been carried out to tome extent, could not be completed, nor could they be re placed in the same condition in regard to the public advan tage, as they were In before the expenditure was commenced. No one could say that was an improper epplication of capital, but it would be a meat inconvenient course in nailing with hat subject to discuss incidentally the expediency or the blicy of the principle of laying out large sums out of the perial tr, usury to endow the Roman catholic clergy of Ire land. (Heide) Ile would net now argue the quesi.ion of the endowment of the Beaman esthetic clergy; it could not be oeened practically in this incidental way. Theoretically his noble frien,) thought it would be wise to pay 900,0001. from tie English . treasury to erect glebe houses for the Roman catholic clergy. The Fe e el of ELLENBOROUGIL—Four millions and a half. Lord STANLEY--Rio noble friend's proposition was that this ruin should he applied to the building of glebe how,. a for and the endowment of the Irish Roman catholic clergy. That was not a question of p c ak y 014 ; it was a question, with re gard to a very I irge portion ot . ;he people of this country, of Tt 11 io us principle.. (Rear, hear.) lie did not look upon so offenoo against the protektnet Plicion, nor go any i ; , THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1848. the amp of any parish not comprised lea union, wbe may, though not settled therein, be exempt from ItabiliV to removal therefrom ,• and such cr rn. ar shall In Iffe ows of • onion dance lap pm m an d ripel.oll in such emigration upon the COMMIX fund; sad in the cam of a parish not in a union upon the monies is their hands for the relief of the poor. Mr. C. BULLER bad no objection to the clause, and would swot to it on the bringing up of the report, which wee accordingly ordered. air W. JOLLIFFE mooed the following clause • Andbe It eoaoted, that from and after the plowing of this set, no warrant of removal shall be granted for any person from the union is which such foercat shall have resided for live years nest beat-. the aortas for such irarnatt. Mr. C. BULLER considered it of far too grtl,t trepetteeee to introduce incidentally into a temporal , : memure lA . the present. Sir W. JOLLIFFE then wit iirew the clause. The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be ''. - rought up on Monday a. it. The house at half past 3 adjourned to 5 o'clock. The SPEAKER resumed the chair shortly alter 5 o'clock. TIIE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Dr. BOWRINO inquired from the right hon. baronet the Homo Secretary, whether it was the intention of the government to introduce any changes in the criminal law of the Channel Islands, and in the mode of their adminis- tration ? Sir G. GREY replied that the report of the commis sioners appointed to inquire into this subject, with respect to Jersey, had been received some time before their report with reference to Guernsey. The former had been sent for the inspection of the state of Jersey, and the draft of an order in council was in the course of preparation, to carry into effect the recommendationof the commissioners as to the royal court of Jersey. Mr. EW Alt r inquired whether the government intended to renew the commission, with a view to an enquiry it.to the civil laws of the Channel Islands Mahe same way as had been dt ne with regard to the crimina l Sir 0. GREY said that the commissioners were of opinion that the civil laws of the Channel Islands would open 140 wide and eaten-inc a field of inquiry, that it could not lw brought to a termination within any reasonable time. It was not, therefore. intended to re-appoint the COMMINOOII. THE GERMANIC CONFEDERATION. Mt. DISRAELI, liming the noble lord the s ecretary for Foreign Affairs in his place wished to put to the , noble lend a question on the su ' bject of a recent act ot aggression or annexation committed by that body, which by courtesy was styled the Germanic confederation. The house would remember that by the treaty of 1839, which regulated the dismemberment ot the kingdom of the Netherlands, the King of the firthi elands, acting under the advice of the great powers, ot wham this country had been one, had con ceded a portion of the grand duchy of Luxembourg to the erection of the new kingdom of Belgium, and by the same treaty the duchy of Limburg became a province of the king dom of the Netherlands; it being • condition in the same treaty that the King of the Netherlands should compensate the agnates interested in the duchy of Luxembourg, and also that he should compensate the German confederation for the lota they might sustain from the relinauidinient of part of the territory rf Luxembourg. The King of the Netherlands, acting under the advice and with the co-operation of Great Britain, hail made pecuniary cumpensat on to the agnates of his house, and had also undertaken that although Limburg should become a province of the kingdom of the Netherlands, yet, as far as the supply of men and money was concerned, the Germanic Contederaiion should not lose by the retire quishment so made. 'These arrangements were at the time perfectly Yilsatltfityml to decreeall partiese y concerne d ; uedl but tl i n t e n wl n a o s tional Assemble at Frankfort, these arrangements which had tended in 1539 to maintain the pace ot Eurepe were entirely repudiated, and it had been announced on the part of the German National Assembly, that it could not sanction the regulations established by those solemn and salutary treaties to which Great Britain with other great powers had been parties; and hence it was to be feared that in his iliac.- lion similar occurrences to these which the Schleswig Hot. stein lineation had given birth to would arise in this matter. Be (Mr. Disraeli) therefore heaged to silk the noble lord whether he could hold out any hopes to the house that by hie linterference in the aflair the faith of t he treat y referred to, would be observed. Lord I'ALMERSTON said the hon. gentleman had stated correctly the arrangements which had been made by the treaty of 11439. By that treaty a portion of the getout duchy of Luxembourg was annexed to Belgium, and the house was probably aware that that grand duchy formed part of the Germanic Confederation, its virtue of which the y stated that in consideration of the cession so made by the grac.d duke of a portion of the territory of Luxem bourg, he was to receive an equivalent in the Limburg dis trict, which was to be held by him, either as incorporated with Belgium or in his quality of Grand Duke of Luxem bourg, awl by a subsequent article cf the treaty it was provided that he was to come to an arrangement with the agnates of the house of NIO4•11. As to what had pre cieely leveed with the Germureic Confederation her fda jesty's government hat no official knowledge, but recently he (Lord Palmerston) had reedy. el a representation from the minister of the King of the Netherlands on the subject of the recent proceedings at Franktoit with reftrence to Lim burg, sae before he 110 prepared to form an accurate opi nion as to the decree of participation which England had in the treaty of 1839, he had inquired from the Netherlands government what had then pa- al between the King at the Netherlands and the Germanic Confederation on that point. To that inquiry he had not yet received the information bought, ate. therefore he was unable at present to answer whether or not the British government could consider itself entitled Or au:limier(' to interfere. THE AMERICAN POSTAGE QUESTION. Mr. CARDWELL begged to ask the noble lord whether the papers repecting the American postage question would be laid on the table of the house before the termination of the present session of porliament. Lord PALMERSTON replied that the negotiations on this subject Mail been chiefly conducted by a department of the government different from that with which lie was con nected, and therefore at the moment he was not prepared to answer the question. Ile would however male inquiries, and on Monday give an answer to the hon. member. EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY. Mr. BM; %THREE asked the right hon. the Presiglent of the Board of Trade whether the Eastern Archipela Com pany had paid up the portion of their proposed capital (50,0001.) required by their charter of incorporation; and, if not, whether the charter had been avoided ? Mr. LABOIJCHERE replied that it was true that the 50,1.001. had not been paid up within the twelve metitha tram the date of the charter ; hut, as this had not aria, n from any neglect or tech , son the part of the e. my soy, but was owing to their deed of settlement having been dela) ed by the Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool and other places, to whom as opposieg parties it had been sent—under these circumstances, the Board of Trade hail not deemed it right to advise her Majesty to avoid the charter. HORSHAM ELECTION. Mr. C. ANS fEY asked if it were true that the action of " Newmarch r. Sir John Jervis," which had been brought to recover penalties for bribery at the last election fur Horsham had been compromised. The AT I assert upon my honour that it has not been compronsiaed. (Hear, hear.) ARMING TUE POLICE. Lord I). STUART said he had observed that the police now appeared at night on duty hi the streets arm. d with swords, and he wished to know whether, it no disturbance took place, this was to be continued. Sir G. GREY assured the noble lord that as to the " habi tually arming" the police with these weapons, no such in tention existed. REGISTRATION, &c. (SCOTLAND) BILL. In answer to &question put by Mr. Mats, The LORD-ADVOCATE was understo , d to intimate his intention to proceed with this and the Scotch Marriages Bill during the present session. DENMARK AND THE GERMAN STATES. In reply te • question by Mr. Cindery as to the differ ences between Denmark and the German Siete, Lord PALM EUSTON said he felt great disappointment that the armistice had not been concluded, as lie had the best 1 - C11.911 to expect when last the subject was mentioned He belts red, however, that the delay was owing more the matter of form than to any essential differencee. The fact was, that pending the negotiations and before the agreement was made, the Archduke John had been elected administrator of the German emtere, and a question had alien, whether the armistice could be properly carried to a conclueion until it had received his sanction as admipie teeter. Hence the delay, but still be (Lord Palmerston) entertained the hope that very shortly the armistice would be concluded. (Hear, hear.) DISEASED SHEEP. Mr. F. O'CONNOR inquired whether the right hon. the President of the Board of 1 rade bad heard a statement that no less than 1,500 diseased she, p had been taken out of different Hocks. and sent for sale into Smithfield market ? Mr. LABOUCHERE had not rec. ived any such intelli gence, though he had every reason to bell. ve that n great camber of diseased sheep hail been sent into the market. LE IC ES EB. ELECTION. Mr. PACKE, aliudiug to the o! Mr. Gardiner, begeed to ask if any member of the government could now offer an explansuon to the statement of his hon. colleague (Sir M. Raiford)? Lord J. RUSSELL said the Secretary of the Treasury had Instituted an inquiry into the matter, but he (Lord J. Enasell) had not received the result. THE FACTORY BILL. Mr. M. GIBSON, after r.derring to certain convictions which had recently taken place under the Factory Act at Manche ter, iotoired whether it wee the intention of the government to introduce any measure to settle the miscon struction which had been put upon the law. Alter a L. w words from Mr. BICIWIT, Sir G. GREY replied that the government did not intend to make any alteration in the low during the present ses sion. He admitted, however, that sem.: settlement was ne cessary. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion for resuming the committee on the Corrupt Practices at El. tione Bill, Sir D. L. EVANS called the attention of the noble lord at the head of the government, and of the right tan. ban. the member for Tainworth, to the circumstances dischwect in the evidence taken before the recent Cheshire election committee, of which he (Sir De Lacy Evens) bad b e en a member, submitted that in providing against conuption at elections, the point with respect to what ahould consti tute agency ought not to be lost eigh t Lord J. 'RUSSELL was undereteod to say that the law , was not meant to apply to the cane of refreshments given at county elections; but he believed committees had given op posite decisions, and no rule had teen laid down so di finitely u to entitle it to authority. After a conversation, Lord CO I.7ItILSAY said that, u chairman of the North Cheshire committee, he must exculpate the Lon. mentlor from any knowledge of the treating, which had beOU Car'ied en to • great extent; sod on this secouut the committee had thought it necessary to bring the subject before law the house should. Mr. V. SMITH thoug h t it necessary that die be altered, but did not see how the usual sysvm of liberality, udispleyed in the distribution of tickets, could be interfered with. Mr. WORTLEY expressed his conviction that treating of this kind was not punishable by law. Mr. BRIGHT contended that there ought to be the same law for counties as for boroughs, and that no favour should be shown to country gentlemen. (Rear, hear.) Col. SIBTHORP condemned the bill generally, and said he was for hospitality and the exercise of Christian chanty. (Great laughter.) Mr. SPOONER saw nothing in the bill to prevent its being made applicable to counties as well as boroughs. Mr. HOBLIOUSE asked whether a gentleman was to be exc luded from supporting local charities, lest he should In held guilty of bribery ? Sir R. PEEL said the distinction formerly wet. w h e th er the treating was given with tho intent of corrupting the voter. Sulisequently, the act of tree:ring itself, apart from an y corrupt intention, wag made : an o ff ence, it it were done alter the testing of the writ or summons. The difficulty raisin out of the apparent harshness in the case of county voters, however, was one which had not been crested by the act of the noble lord, but which arose under the law an it had existed for the last hundred years. Mr. HENLEY referred to the North Cheshire case, and contended that there was not the slightest ground for alleging treating with a corrupt intent in such cues. The motion for going into committee on the bill was then agreed to, and the Speaker left the chair. On clause 5, Mr. lIO9HOUSE prof. sled against the appointment of the commissioner by the ju hies of assize. The SOLICITOR.GENIe:RAL snid it was moat desirable that these appointments shoul d not be political and hence the propriety of their being made by the ju d g es. Mr. HENLEY thought it was of the utmost importance that the political imparti.lity of the judges should be pre- served. Mr. EWART was for giving the power of nomination to the Shaker. Mr. P. HOWARD did not think there was any fee , of the impartiality of the judges suffering by leaving the power of nomination with them. Cul. SI w o uld oppose the clause altogether. Mr. HUDSON had wrong objections to vesting the nomi nation in the hoods of the judges. Mr. SPOONEIt thought that the judges were in the best position to make the nomination. ItOIIINSON could not see how the political impar tiality of the judges was to be affected by giving the nomina .. tion to them. Mr. Id u LUNGS and Mr. Ult4:10,11T supported the clause. Mr. NEWDEOATE was in tarour °I the house appoint- in the commissioners. The amendment was then negatived without a division. Ou the point of two commissioners, Mr.IIEN LEY thought one gentleman of long standing would conduct the inquiry better than two. A divided re sponsibility was a had responsibility. (11 , :ar.) The SOLICITOR. GENERAL thought the point raised by the hon. memts r was worthy of consideration. Col. SIISTIIOItI' would much pre:er no commissioner. (Laughter.) Cl.uae 7 was struck out. Ou Chilli , ' 8, Mr. MULLINOS expressed an opinion that the barrister ought to be allowed a clerk. The AT CORNEY•GENERAL said revising barristers were not allowed clerks. They only Mcreawil Cot. SIIITHORP : Generally speaking the clerics are the beat men. They do the work wUM their masters are idle. Mr. UGBILOUSE caked why these tarristirs were to have pow.r to hold their courts as far as ten miles trout the town. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the barrister might, from riots or other cause, be o'iliged to leave the town. Col. SIBTIIORP thought it an iusult to any respect able borough to introduce such a provision. No well.con ducted commissioner would lie expelled from Lincoln by riots unless he misconducted himself, and then he would be ducked in the Witham, or otherwise treated according to his deserts. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he would agree to strike out the words. He did not think them important. Several other verbal and literal amendments were made, end the clause was agreed ty. Mr. M ..iLLINLIS moved the following proviso to this clause Provided alway., that if such inquiry before such commissioner. 22 aforesaid cannot be eurupleted in one day, the said 120.112112 , 011er 2 shall proceed de die Octiit to during the period of nix hour., of each day, between the hours of nine of the clock in the morning and we of the clock in the evening, until such inquiry is fully completed and rnncluclisl utverthelels, if the calif commissioners shall deem it ne misery or expedient, and they respectively in titer opinion think that the lace of the case require an adjournment of such inquiry, they reepectively may adjourn the proceedings from time to tune and front place to place, in such RUMMY as they respectively shall think proper; but where any such ad journment is from place to plats., or °Met wise than de cite its diem, the cause or reason of such adjournment shall he mitered by the said 021226122221Vre Oil the minutes of their proceedings, and the seal com missioner. shall a 1.., enter on such proceedings toe hours of the day on which they respectively commence, and conclui4 their respective inquiries on each day, and the trite celiac •-f their not proceeding for the toll timo of six hours on each dire, if such should he the cane : Provideclabio, that when the oommissieners shall adjourn much Court of Inquiry to any plait not in or within ten miles ol such city or bo rough, the sant 1221111ii•Oqupers sheath give three days' nonce, tit the least, of the time aril place of meeting under any roach adjournment, by causing such notice to be affixed against such town hall, market, or otter publie building of such city or borough 2A aforesaid, and the said cougniseicriers shall, in the minut I. of theg proceeding+, renrid the rearocn for such adjournment, and *hall in their report specially mention such adjournment, arid the re: wow for the rune. Mr. HENLEY observed that he saw no provision in this bill that the courts should he open courts. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that usually they would be open courts, but there might he occasions when it might be useful and desirable that the courts should be close I. Col. SIDTHORP decidedly protected against this as most unconstitutional and un-English—dangerous in precedent and still more so in practice. This convinced him still more that the bid was it dirty mode of proceeding. The proviso was adopted. Clause 9 was agreed to after some verbal amendments. Mr. HODGSON asked whether tee inquires under this bill were to be confined to the lastelection in a borough or to antecedent elections ? The SOLICITOR GENERAL said the inquiries would apply only to the last election, except in canes where matters were to be inqu red into which would elucidate the proceed ings at such lest election. Col. SIIITHOIIP had hoped the inquiry would be gene ral. If there was to be any inquiry he thought if ought to extend into every city and borough suspected or not suspected. This was a purifying—a sanitary measure; why should not ali boroughs have the benefit of it ? If there was to be an inquiry into the truth let it be universal. Truth, they say, lay in a well; " then," said the hon. meuiber, " pump it up, sir, pump it up." (Great laughter.) Clause 10 was agreed to. Ou clause 11, The SOLICITOR:GENERAL said objection had been made to the examination of the sitting member, and he pro posed to introduce words to obviate that objection. Col. SIBTROItP raid there was another pert of this clause to which he objected. The commission was to have power to call for documents and deeds, lle told them plainly he would mot trust any commission with his documents and deed+. lie would go to the Tower rather. (Laud laughter.) Mr. HODGSON wished to know what was the meaning of introducing the word deeds ? What had deeds to do with the matter? The SOLICITOR GENERAL reminded .he hon. gen tleman that lessen, for instance, were deeds, and that leases might be grained to voters for a corrwet purpose. Mr. HENLEY asked whether it was contemplated that solicitors were to be put upon their examination as to matters in which they had acted professionally, and wherein the cou lidenee attaching to professional assistance ought, as before [other tribunals, to be respected ? lie wished to know also whether witnesses before these commissioners were to have their expenses? The SOLICITOR GENERAL said that he did not ap prehend that in connexion with WSW inquiries the privilege extendt.d in other inquiries to solicitors, cur the benefit of the client be it remembered and not for that of the solicitor himself, could pr,.,-crly be given to then. As to the ex punts of witnesses, these, of course, would be allowed them. Mr. HENLEY said that in this case the indemnity given to principals, in relation to evidence given by themselves, should be applicable also to inculpatou evidence given by their agents. The SOLICITOR GENERAL apprehended that the indemnity given to the priticipds woe already of general application. He admitted, however, that there was some difficulty in the matter, and he should like to postpone the modification of the clause until he hail further consider. d the point. Mr. HUDSON asked whether the deeds end documents called for were to be made public ? the SOLICITOIL. OEN EItAL raid only such extracts from shim as effected public queoti•in. C SIISI'IIOIII' protested against the whole proposi tion of calling for deeds and documents acd bankers' books. The clause as amended, exempting the sitting member from examination, was then agreed to, the question as to solicitors being left for future determination. Clauses 11, 12, 13, and 14 were agreed to. On clause 15, which provided an indemnity for witnesses who might be examined under the provisions of this bill, being proposed, Mr. HOOHOUSE objected to the clause, and declared his intention to divide the committee against it. After a brief discussion, The committee divided—For the clause .., 117 Against it The clause, alter some verbal amendments was then agreed to and ordered to stand part of the bill, as were also clauses 16 an d 17. clause 18, which provides the money penalties, was postponed. Clauses 19 to 25 inclusive were aijecil to without any discussion. The SOLICITOR GENERAL brought up • new clause to extend the provisions of the bill to Scotland, as suggested by the right hor. baronet the member for Temwotth. Col. SIBTIIORP thought this was an underhand mode of introducing a new clause, and he submitted that it ought to be printed and in the hands of members before it was enter taint d. The LORD ADVOCATE defended the clause, which he contended was merely of a technical character. Mr. HENLEY concurred with the hon. and gallant mem ber for Lincoln that the clause ought to be printed, other w:se the committee would be taken completely by surprise. The LORI) ADVOCATE acceded, and the clau.ae was postponed in order that it might be prime I and delivered to members. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read over the names of the boroughs comprised in the ischeettile. thrby, Hors- Zhe erpregiti. MAILS. Th. overland closed mails, rid Manedles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, he,, will be made up on the evening of the 7th Aug. The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of the 7th Aug. The mails for British "Mtn America, and the United States, will be mime up on the evening of the 11th Aug. The Weal mill., excluding Bermuda, Nemo, Ravenna, Honduras, New Orleans Vera Lt., Tampico, and Porto Rico, and ineluiling those for Madeira, Jacmel, Carthage., fauna Martha, Chagrrs, Panama, West Coast of South America, and St. Jua.d. Nicaragua, will he made up on the morning of the 17th August. The overload mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Wanda Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, rio elouthami• ton, will ho made up on the evening of the 19th August. The minis for New South Wales, Van Diemana Lend, and New Zegliind will he made up on the evening of the 314 August. The mails for the Wee Coast of Africa and Madeira will be made up on the evening of the 31st August. The roads fur the Brasile, the River Plate, Monte Video, Perndm- Mien. Bahia, Madeira, sad Buenos Ayres, will he made up on the evening of the 4th September. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUG. 5. OUR hopes of yesterday, that the successes of RADETSKI might, through the moderation of Aus trian princes a 4 statesmen, be rendered conducive to peace, are considerably dashed by the intelligence since received of the v ctorious marshal having re plied to the King of SARDINIA'S demand of an armistice by coupling it with the most disgraceful conditions. 'I lot cause of the independence of North Italy has, however, been weakened, not merely by the superiority of the Austrian a.-ms to those of Piedmont, but by the dissensions and vacillations of the Milanese. A pure republican party has sprung up in that city, to retract the allegiance promised to CHARLES ALBERT, to repudiate Piedmontese sove reignty a:4 union, and to throw themselves into the arms of France. France can be very little obliged to these anarchists, whose suicidal folly thus lays the Milanese at the feet of their German oppressors. Whatever may have been the antecedents of Crunt.es ALBERT, and however precipitate and questionable in the eyes of Europe, his first attack upon Austria, the Italians certainly have no cause to reproach him. Hit risked all for them, led his army to conflict with the Austrians, and in a lengthened campaign gave every proof of generalship and more of heroism. No prince ever earned a crown with more justice than CHARLES ALBERT has earned theta Lombardy. Instead of generously rushing to the rescue and seconding his efforts, the Milanese now abandon themselves to democratic guidance, and behave, we are sorry to say, like certain women who are ever ready to quit the lover that becomes penniless and powerless in order to hang upon the arm of a more puissant protector. Such conduct on the part of the Milanese, coupled with the utter inefficiency of the Lombard troops in battle, does certainly oiler some pretext for the re fusal of RADETSKI to allow CHARLES ALBERT, re- treating serous the Po, to secure impunity ez d at armistice for Milan. North Italy thus .eslysed b y the defection and wavering of its very cur , — tor Magi is its centre—the Austrian general might :..some the Italian cause has disappeared, and that it m e m. remains for him to take vengeance uo Ki ag l PIEDMONT. It must be plain to every one, that France cam* ' suffer either CUARLES ALBERT to be crushed, it even Milan to re-become Austrian. Till Ie is use k arguing whether this is just or not, a I.ether have the right to interfere, or whether is »m id of is conveniences arc not likely to follow. France ne w t interfere. General CAVAIGNAC may be as pacifier Cardinal FLEURY, and the French chamber itself desire " peace at all price," ap M. GUIZOT falsely accusedof doing. no French goverument coot not attempt such a policy without being hanged 4 effigy all over the country, and spat upon, and ki c k e d into the very abyss of contempt. It no one d el would eject such a government the red republit would rise to do it, and would have popular suppo r t. There is, therefore, no use in coop eturing what, French government will do ; we all know wh at it must do. Aud deeply do we deplore, while we taw; the necessity. Hopes no doubt may still be entertained that Ita. DETSKI may be mode rate, and will not p rovo k e the French, or that he will be ever-rule d. Our Vieille letter gives small hopes of this ; on the c , ,Etraty, the news of even RaDETsKI's first suttee., has so e l a t e d the court that the EMPEROR. has been made to refuse returning to Vienna in a tone of evet sarcasm. A popular insurrection is expected at Vienna, and, perhaps a reou'llte, u Lich, it is well known, will be the sign.lofHnnrian a,terrea., Lion. And even the Viennese liberals, senue.gs: wh ore our correspondent miugles, are rowed b) Ittusvotea triumphs to cry "No treaty with CIIARLis ALBEIT' Whilst men are thus as mad at Vienne its ill Milk how can the French be expected to pitserve tite r senses ? Neither are half measures possible. There vu talk of a French force occupying Ancona. Teat mu all very well in the olden time, and wan ...efficient is awe MLTTERNICII. But the coming of the Free* now would cause an insurrection of the korner,' The Austrians would infallibly attack the Ito.nager s . and they must be defended. The French gotemmue thus could not send less than 30,000 men to Ancona; although a wiser and more determined plan would he to throw them into Venice. If a military re-action takes place in Germany, end France finds herself opposed to tne old kiegs, and the old principles of the holy alliance, France mast look for succour chiefly to the ultra-liberals 0: Germany and of Poland. This will be another war of pro. pagandism and of principle. Let us, however, hope such day still distant, and let r.s trust that Proridenee may yet avert the calamity of a European war. The Archduke JOHN is a wise and influential prince, at the held of an assembly widen tag given many proofs of wisdom and moderation. haeland, France, Prussia, and the Lieutenant of the Empire may yet have power, by a common under standing, to avert the danger and the struggle waieh is but tea ninent. EVERYTHING that savours of " a trick " we divas, and we especially dislike tricks played off in pulls. ment. Now with all duo deference to Lord Chao. cellor COTTENIIAM, for whom, it is almost heedless to say, we entertain sincere respect, we must express La opinion that there is something about hi , mode of dealing with the " Charity Trusts Regulstios Bell" that seems vastly like an attempt to gain an Indent. Elven. tage. We don't know whether the bill is intended to be pressed through both houses or not—we believe that the government do not know themselves, and that their decision entirely depends upon the feeling expressed both out of doors and in upon the subject. We don't know much about the merits or demerits of the bill, and truth to tell, at this period of the year, we don't care. But what we feel, and very strongly feel, is this, that the msith of Angie is much too late a period of the session to propose even a good measure, that is not of the first necessity, especially if it affects, and very gra \ ely tette, ts, as this does, a thousand diverse interests. No one will have forgotten the celebrated bill of Lord Chancellor Lv DltteST, proposed to the House of Lords in 181 G, for the TO. I gelation of charitable trusts. The object of that bill was a job, and as such it was denounced in the Daily News at the time. The opposition to it wee extremely vigorous, and it was most unexpectedly and wonderfully successful. After numerous skis mishes, in which Lord BROUGHAM brought into fl all the light artillery of his caustic humour, LYNDHURST came down to the House of Peers ea do 18th of May, and moved that the bill be read a spud time. The motion was opposed by Lord Chemist Corse,: IIAM, end the bill was thrown out by a at jority of 2. A more powerful piece of ressonisg the present Loan CIIANCELLOK'S speech upa occasion has rarely been heard within the HORN of Lords. So successful was the effort, that even la BnouGtlAM gave up the attempt to reply. "I fed,. he said, " considerable difficulty in rising to addren you. The observations of my noble and leaned friend have been so multifarious, sometimes so grave, sometimes as light, sometimes so jocose, at able times in so serious a vein, net, while I listened to them with interest, yet I must own that their very variety prevents my making any attempts to follow him." These " observations" were various indeed. They affected not only the principle and details d the measure, but the principle and details of all schemes for the administration of charity estates. They showed the infinite importance of the subject—the thousand difficulties surrounding it— the almost hopelessness of the attempt to say the conflicting interests concerned The noble lad pointed out how unsuccessful had been other ale* cetted plane for administering charity trusts, la proved that the main cause of their ill-suceeseins attributable to the fact that crude and hasty legisla tion had been attempted. And yet in the het of all this—without notice—without 'nepenthes of any sort—the noble lord comes doe n and lays upon the table in the month of August a memos affecting charities as materially as the measure 1846, which he asks the house within a week to seed to the Lower House of l'arliamest, where of cone it could only pass among the muss of ill-digested bill hurried through the house at the close of every Fe* sion, without consideration and almost in igsoninced anything beyond their titles. Now if the object is to pass the bill this year before it can possibly have been read by many of the petite likely to be interested, we mu.et say svc thinkthstcone very censurable. If the object be only to get the assent of the llouse of Lords to the measure, in cede that next session it may be introdueed seed posed without discussion, as " merely a renewal of the bit before their lordships last year," why, then, we tee ture to say that we hope that project will fad entire'''. The bill is one that requires very mature, candid,esi impartial consideration in all its bearings. It ie., that ought to be in the hands of every o ne comers° for several weeks before it is passed, and it oughtcot to be passed at a:1 except with the general concurrelft of 11w country. We arc not anxious to discuss the measure tette present tune. It we are obliged, however, to expos any opinion about it, we feel bound to say that it sp. pears to have one of the main faults of the bill de nounced by Lord CorreNnAu in P 446. That gave to every person, directly or indirectly interestal in the application of a charitable trust, the eight ° institute suite or proceedings respecting the applies' tion of any portion of the property. Lord C o ve-sits -I wisely objected to this, as tending to provoke litigonol• The same defect is apparent in the prteent meals°. It is not at all cured, but rather augmented, by do alteration in the courts before which proceedings era to be taken. In the former case commissions to be appointed ; in the present instance the juziodie• tion is to be vested in the judges of the county 03, 3 1 in whose district the estate may he Pituatel in reality, only makes the matter worse by o s pelr b g e the door for a multiplication of litigious sse commissions would have been a ls,dy to whom a !le! ral appeal might have been made , but here true:. living in Londonhaving property belonging to the Trt,s. in Wales, Northumberland, and Cornwall goy dragged before County Court judges in each an d of these districts to answer any appeal with wh egi !_ litigious suitor may harrass them. As the ests° would have, no doubt, to pay the cost", tbe . 1 % 3 1 would most probably be thus eaten up, jast as TENHAM described it would be un der the orw tion of the measure of 1816. sub ß ic u c t t w a h t a al t we a e t m th a i i s nl sea y object ron to pu i. b e l e io ntej u ng are on s 7l,i in a position nor a temper to deal with so imPrtin violation of his protestant feelings that the state ea a, matter of policy should make a grant or endowment to the Irish Roman catholic clergy for the purpose of placing them in a respectable position. But to a large portion of tho people of England this was a question of religious feeling and prin ciple. lie admitted, as a question of policy, that that clergy were now too much under the coctrol of their flock', end that it was desirable they should be less so ; but he was not therefore satisfied with the doctrine laid down by his noble friend and the noble baron twits(Men) that it was expedient to place them by arevb act of the legislature on a footing of perfect independence as regarded their flocks ; and, at the same time, to connect them as • matter of policy or of police with the government. He cordially concurred in the opinion expressed by both the noble lords, that the source from which endowment could not be taken was the funds of the Chur ch. protestant cch. L or d BEAUMONT was glad to perceive that the error which usually prevailed in discu.sions of this kind had been avoided by the noble earl opposite, that was the confouodicg the question of a provision for Roma catholic clergy with the establi , hed church of Ireland, with whkk it had nothing to do, Although the established church in Ireland was looked upon as • great anomaly by the Roman catholic', it was not considered as a religious grievance. No doubt the sale course was to make the Roman catholic clergy inde pendent of their flicks, by giving them, not money , but glebes and houses which would give them an interest in the land sad the soil, and while it made them independent would enable them to give their whole attention to the care of their respective parishes. (Hear.) The motion for reading the bill a second time was then agreed to. CHARITY TRUSTS REGULATION BILL. On the order of the day for committing this bill being read, Lord STANLEY complained of the late period of the session at which this bill, which involved principles alto gether new and most obj ctionable, was brought forward. ' ln so far as the of ject of the bill was concerned, he bad no objection to offer, but the power proposed to be given to the county courts wax oo extensive, and that tee without any sufficient restriction, that in his opinion the menet* before the house was one which should not receive their lordships' event without the moat mature deliberation. The bill pro vided that when any charity required revision, an applica tion might be made to the Court of Chancery to give to the nearest county court jurisdiction to whatever extent it might think fit. But who were the parties to apply ? The bill raid the Attorney- General, any meson claiming to be administrator, or any person being an inhabitant of the parish. This was an opportunity for any person, dissenter or otherwise, who ought be actuated by feelings of hostility to the estblished church, to commence factious proceedings, witho a ut any reference to the metal circumstances of the charity. Neither was there in the bill any provision for resistance to or remon strance against such • course. (hear, hear.) Ile begged leave to move as an amendment that the house go into com mittee on the hill on that day three months. The LORD CHANCELLOR staid that the noble lord had carefully guarded himself against uttering any objection to the principle of the bill, protesting principally against the time at which it had been introduced. Now that might be a cause of complaint against the government ; but it could not be a around for opposing the bill, it that bill contained matter likely to be beneficial to the public. The noble lord had confined himself to detail., carefully avoiding allusion to the objects and principles of the bill. The house was aware that there was an enormous number of small charities scat tered over the country, respecting which in case of abuse or misapplication of the funds there was no remedy. The great difficulty hail hilted.. been to find a jurisdiction sul ticiently inexm naive to Which to refer such matters. Now the county courts having been established for two years, end, having given great satisfaction, he (•h.. Lord Chancellor) had thought it • good opportunity for doing that which so long had been required, nainely, giving a local jurisdiction to width these small chariti es m ght be ieferred, at an ex pense commensuriec with their means. The noble lord bad adverted to the expense of the county courts, but it should be remembered that the present fees were merely experi mental, and that when the actual eeriee se of working the courts had been ascertained with certainty the feed would oe reduced much below their present amount. Any addi tional duty which might be thrown on the judges on sec unt of the act would not involve any increase of salary, as an repress stipulation bad been made with them on their ap oointment Oust t hey were to be open to certain additional duties Without increase of income. The necessity tor the bill was urgent. Ho had prepared some alterations in details which would meet many of the objectioas which had been raised ; but these could be more properly considered in com mittee. As to noble lords not having had time to peruse the oilf, it had been printed since the I:ith July, and surely since then they bad had sufficient opportunity. Lord REDESDALE supported the amendment, on the grounds that, in a measure of so much importance, sufficient time had not been allowed for the consideratisti of its pro visions. The Ili-hop of OXFORD also supported the amendment. There might be a large number of charities requiring revi. sion, but for that very reason hasty legislation should be avoidtil respecting them. The question was essentially a parochial one; the charities which the bill intended to touch were formerly administered by the porwhial authorities and why was the jurisdiction to be taken from them and transferred to the county courts The house divided, For going into committee—Contents Non-content. The holm., then went into committee on the bill The preamble wee oostpoced. On clause 1, The committee divided—Content+. for the clause . 19 Non-contents The clause was then passed, as were clauses 2 to 5. Oa clause 6, which empowers the Court of Chancery to assign to the judge of the county court jurisdiction over charities not otherwise subject to his j urisoiction ' Lord STANLEY objected to • clau se which gave to the judge of a county court, who might have no knowledge of Chancery law, the administration of charities which mieht amount to 30,0001 The LORD CHANCELLOR defended the clause. Lord CAMPBELL said it would be always in the peace of th: Court of Chancery t regulate or revoke the jurisdic tion of the inferior court in respect to the administration of these charities. After some further conversation, The LORD CHANCELLOR promised to take the ob jection into cord& radon, and the clause was agreed to. Su'esequent clauses to 21 inclusive were agreed to. Clause 22 was postponed. The remaining clauses were agreed to. The house re sumed, and the report, with amendments, was received. The house adjourned at a quarter to 12. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIGAT, Aco. 4. The Beers.= took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. SECOND READlNG.—Exchaage of Ecclesiastical Patronage be tween her Majesty and the Earl of Leicester Bill. THIRD READlNGS.—Fullerron's testate, Jessop's relate, Lister (or Malmo's) Estate, Miller's Estate; Dille. PUBLIC RUMNESS. SECOND READLNGS.—Turnpike Acts Dontinuance; Canada Go vernment; Rills. CUMMITTEES.—Turnpike Roads (Ireland); Militia Ballots Sus pendia ; Corrupt Practices at Elections; Bills. ItECORTs.— Insolvent Debtors' Daurt ; Sugar Duties; Bill, THIRD READINGS.—Windsur thistle, Re., Improvement; Pay masters' Offices Cousolidation; Highway Bates; Partnere' Estate Su dety (Ireland) ; Bills. POOR LAW UNION CHARGES (No. 2) BILL. The house having gone into committee on this bill, on clause 1, Mr. C. BULLER stated (in answer to a question) that the object of the bill was to continue in ferce fur one year the present temporary law relating to the removal of the poor. The whole subject must come under the discussion of parliament early next session, and therefore was the present measure so limited. Mr. BROCHERTON maid that, by the present law, the poor in towns frequently supported the poor, while the rich escaped almost altogether. Mr. HUDSON complained of the undue assessment on railways. After some conversation, Mr. C. BULLER sad he quite concurred in the objection that in some towns there were pirislie, much underrated. It was notorious that the labourers lived in one part of the town and the wealthy in another, the support of the former being thrown upon the poorer parishes. lie was in favour of parochial chargeability as a basis, but towns formed an obvious exception to that principle. He meant that bill to be totally irrespective of what he might do with the general question of chargeability. As for vagrancy, it was his decided opinion that it should be treated as a crime. (Hear, hear.) Alderman SIDNEY observed that if very stringent mea sures were not adopted to suppress vagrancy, the peace even of this metropolis would be endangered by the influx of dangerous ard reckless characters. Mr. HENLEY concurred in the necessity of some direct measure on that subject. Ekveral other hen. memh, ns haring likewise declared vagrancy to be an overwhelming evil, and calling for direct legislative interference, idr. V. SMITH exprtssed his regret that the circular of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. C. Buller) had not been laid on the table of the house before they were called on to pass this bill, which threw on unions those vagrant charges which formerly belonged to parishes. Mr. C. BULLER (in reply to further remarks) said be would endeavour to meet the wishes of honourable , gentlemen by so framing the clause in the report 1 ea to give some person the power of removal. The house might make the fact of applying for relief at the workhouse an act of vagrancy. But would those who called for a measure on the subject tell him what was to be done with those people for whom the gaol had no terrors, and who, on being refused relief, would break the Windows of the workhouse, in order to be sent to gaol ? It was said that throwing the charge of vagrant relief on the union, and taking it off toe parish, would have the effect of diminishing the interest in the suppression of vagrancy. This might be the case, but he believed that the best way of suppressing vagrancy would be to tranefir that portion of the relieving officer's duties to a police officer, whose business it would be to inquire into the circumstances of eac h case. Thi s sys t e m had already been tried and with signal success in soel.:1 places. (licag, hear.) He (Mr. Buller) considered his plan as fits beginniug of an amend ment, and he hoped the house would not oppose this measure. After some further conversation the clause, with some verbal amendments, war agreed to, as were also the remain ing clauses r.f the bill. Col. THOMPSON moved the insertion, after Haws 3, 41 the lollowinn clause: And be It further enacted, that the guardians of any union or parish may, with the order of the said commie-Mutes, and in confornitty with ouch re;yulatione an they shit direct, moony or aroiat in pro• miring the emteeration of any poor person chargeable, or who would, re a rte d, he chargeable upon the common fund of such union, or in ham, and Kinsale passed without notice; on Carlisle being named, Mr. HODGSON complained thatthe boroughof Carlisle-- against which there had been no report, no proof of bribery, though a futile attempt had been made before the election committee—should be included in the schedale, (titan Lan caster, Bodmin, Aylesbury, Sligo, Athlone, and hon. member near him hinted) Louden, were deluded. lie should move that Carlisle be sti uck out. Mr. P. HOWARD was in favour of including Carlisle. Mr. HODGSON rems:ked that the corporation connoted of only about 40 in+livinuals. The SOLICITOR.GENERAL 'LW his object had been to insert it the schedule every borough against which a re. port b."... been made, and Carlisle had been ircludcd, because it I' ad been reported by the election committee that" W. N. Hodgson, E-q had been guilty, by his seen's, of treating ; 1 'hat in consequence his election was a void election. Mr. C. BERKELEY, as the member for Cheltenham, one of the boicughs included in the schedule, courted in- quiry. Mr. lIILDYARD asked the hon. and learned Solicitor General to be good enough to enumerate the barougba he proposed to add to the schedule. the SOLICITOR.ORNERAL replied that he proposed to add Llneastis and Sligo, but if any other borough could be shown to have been reported against he was ready to in elude it also. CuL SIBTHORP said that several boroughs were omitted from the schedule which bad b.en reported against as guilty of bribery, or treating, or both. Mr. BOUYERIE said that the bon. member for Carlisle (Mr. Hodgson) was eligible to be re elated, alter being un seated for treating. Mr. HODGSON said he had taken the highest legal ad vice, and was a-ssaured there was no objection to his second return, which had not been petitioned against. Mr. WYLD defended the B idmin constituency, whom be der lame to be as pure as any in the empire. The SOLICITott.(IENERAL was understood to say tha Great Yarmouth was originaby included in the bill, but had been withdrawn, in consequence of the freemen being dis franchised He proposed to insert Sligo and Lancaster, but not Bodmin, Lewes, or Gloucester. Mr. HENLEY mow eted that the chairman should report progre is, to give an opportunity of considering the eases of the boroughs now first proposed to be introduced. The SOLICITOR GENERAL hoped the committee would first dispose 01 Carlisle, before reporting progress. Mr. HILDYARD said there were the same grounds for inserting Bodmin as Carbide. The SOLICITOR GENERAL read the report in the Bodmin case, where the treating had not been ?raced to the sitting member or his age nts. In the case of Carlisle, the sitting member was declared guilty of treating by bin agents. Mr. ARMSTRONG defended his constituents from the charge of corruption. Sir E. COLEBROOKE, as a member of the committee is the Lancast r case, re capitulate.d its principal features, and said if that borough was included, it would be implasible to exclude any place. Mr. WYLD replied to the charges wads spinet Bodmie by Mr. liddyard. Mr. W. PATTEN asked by what rule the Solicitor-Ge neral was guid.d in the insertion of boroughs in the sche dule. The SOLICITORGENERAL said, wherever the infer ence could he drawn that the bribery and treating was sys temeic, be thought the inquiry ought to take place. After a short conversation the amendment was withdrawn, and Carlisle was insetted it. the schedule. The chairman re ported progress, and the house resumed. SUPPLY.—MUSEUM ESTIMATE. Sir R. PEEL, in proposing the estimate for the British Museum, said that the trustees of the Bri•ish Museum revised the estimate, and they were enabled to make a saving of 6,0001. A BUM of 20,0001. had been already voted on ac count, and he had now to propose a vote for 28,44 M. Whilst speaking on this subject he hoped the committee would allow him to allude to the magnifieeeit bequest of one of the fine.t libraries that ever existed, which had been made to the museum by the late Mr. Grenville. (Hear.) He thought the house would excuse him for taking the first opportunity of er Mr. Grenvelle's death of making a public rrcord of the gratitude which the country owed to a great talesman and an eminent friend of literature and science. dieser, hear.) Dr. BUWRING wished to know when there would be a chan..e of the arranged catalogue being completed ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he was not then prepared to answer the question, but the Museum possessed catalogues in which every volume which it contained was to be found. The vote was then agreed to. CONTAGIOUS CATTLE DISEASES. On the motion of Mr. LABOUtMERE leave was given to bring in a bill to prevent tne spreading of contagious or in fectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals. FARMERS' ESTATE SOME FY (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Col. DUNNE complained that a clause which he proposed was rejected because it contained words of too general lot port, whereas the right hon. gentleman had introduced words which destroyed the first part of the clause altogether. Mr. STAFFORD moved the insertion of the following clause : And be it enacted, that in oast any tenant shall be in the occupation of any land purchased by the company at the time of such purchase, and Alan be evicted from such occupation by the company for the purpose of carrying this act into execution, every such tenant shall be entitled to such compensation as hr would by law be now entitled to retwive, in case the company were a railway company requiring Pos session of his land : presided always, that tone case shall any tenant evicted for non-payment of rent, or for the breach or non-performance of any covenant or ogreeir ent, or for any waste or injury done to the Lind or any tenement thereon, be entitled to remive any compensation whatsoever from the company. Col. DUNNE opposed the clause. The house divided—For the clause 39 Against it The bill was then panned. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. Penxen, it was ordered that the house at its rising should reljaarn till Monday next. POST-OFFICE. Mr. PARKER brought in a bill for further regulating the money order department of the Post-office. GAME LAWS. On the motion of Mr. Bkione an address was ordered for re terns of the number of persons convicted of any offences against the game laws at any petty sessions, quarter sessions, or wises, in England and Wales, from the sth day of May, 1846, to the Ist day of August, 1848; specifying in which county and parish the penalties or punishments were inflicted ; and distinguishing the eases in which a pecuniary fine wan paid, and those in which imprisonment was suffered by the offenaers : and of all inquests held by the coroners of England and Wales on the bodies of gamekeepers, and on the bodies of other persons killed in affrays between game keepers and poachers, from the lot day of November, 1832, to the let day of August, IS4B ; specifying the county and parish in which the inquest was held, on whose property the affray took place, and giving a full copy of the verdict re turned in each cue. The house adjourned at 2 o'clock . a me the I very imp zmim can subj