The Express. — London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LOBDB.—MoitDAT, JUNE 21. The LORD Citie..loZlLOl task his wet at 6 Vele*. MEN NOMMIL • PrlVlWlller—hy the laimph et trimasetemar, hem hamleriend, he tamer el MEM ef leens Ineennen. hem *OW atser heels WM*, wise r refhe twamise ettanoww , Mem le Swi aliw•—lion EM labs sal wealissese hoots-' WWsesee Amsehessi V= Om Magi of LAtilowwws, report tcalblillisSONllliisilMlNS if anit Irabs. ••1/11001flis hiaDinat—Pameggele Ast ameshasett Oat-Tea deems (arena of Oresewhi) ,• Odlesthe Doan (Port Need); .thethelerw); Limes amber (No. 3) (sad et Aim; Cameittitt Clews; Cliewrant; Ostglmild Omialsiok; Less tattett; Osatteneers; lefts simil Wailes= ; rehires le ardlarnesse=tsertmeat (baba ; area OIL TEM 13A013108.—Soth Allovremee ; MEP Clarrillealegtv . . Didion Pmdamost of Vagrant. (Wood) ; vestrweep re mom (Oa 3); Loath Asylums (Na ; Mite. ROYAL COMMISSION. The rays' anent was given he esmatheise—the commie sissies present being the Lord diems ear.theßarl of Mhos, mai LOPS Camphall—tis the tellswies The Army service; the Lea W Memo ; the Peer lemsevO (Og les* sailentissU ss lawas Clesseet aimea of id" - • I" Su rbehel); IMO limeser immi tee=r ; . hear , Omen Wpm Oss Dan Granters' Om; Imperiel Oesebeele Ites ageamer34Wamligme Oas Llatit • eel Othe Oismesp o3lollorial Oes eel Oshe lbewen ires, Oa, sea ; tem litedbill= Illersemb Midmee sedOesesms; the Washed Onvwdb Mar: bat Psi itelm; Iferepthea grew Menaes Ossegm. . Mere maim raw, _ iambs iewrge - alewtiog Mem* smd Isetelme Ponietoslitis (No. ; Wslorilset• = il esd Mane Bath; eel the iminston Womb Dietsios, d istant, awl Indlmme, MIL BATHS AND WASH-SOUSES BILL. A petition having bees pereessed spent this bill by Earl MAN vast. Lord BROUGHAM could warmly have believed it pee- I Ale that such a bill would ever have been brought forward, notwithstanding the strange vagaries that legislation occa sionally took. It was perfectly legitimate for the bath pro prietors to complain of this attempt to establish baths to compete with them by meant of the parish rates, to which they themselves were compelled to contribute. Lord MONTEAGLE observed that though it might be proper to establish baths for the lower end working dames in the way proposed, it would be most unjust to bring them into competition with those which were already edablithed by private parties (or the use of the more wealthy. THE COMPETITION OF THE GAUGES. Lord REDESDALE postponed his motion on this subject till Friday next. SUPERANNUATION FOR POOR-LAW OFFICERS. The Earl of ST. GERMANS inquired whether govern ment intended to bring forward any measure on this subject in this or the next seasion of parliament ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that the subject err deaorviag of consideration, and when the Poor-law Administration Bill should have pissed, his right hon. friend the Home Secretary would turn hi. attention to it. USE OF SUGAZ IN BREWERIES. Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked whether ministers could give may information as to the quantity of sugar used in brewing and since the passiog of the act for that purpose ? . The Earl of CLARENDON would make inquiry on the object. Lord BROUGHAM bad been informed, that since the removal of the restrictions which prevented the ore of magas in brewing and distilling, the price of slaves in Cuba and the Entails had increased 30 per cent. CHURCH TEMI'ORALI AND) TIES A CTS AMENDMENT (IREL B The Arebbishop of DUBLIN moved the second reading of this bill, _sad mated that the object was to remove the re striction placed by the Irish Church Temporalities Act on the prerogative of the crown rel itive to the appointment of bishops to any of the united sees. The bill did not contain any compulsory clauses, but wee merely permissive in its character. The Bishop of EXETER supported the bill, as calcu lated to restore Some of the forfeited Irish bishoprics, and eapremed his gratification at the chea pr p of opinion which had indaesd the most rev. prelate topropose it. It merely carried out a principle which he (the Bishop of Exeter) had advocated fourteen years since, but of which the most rev. prelate was a most energetic opponent. (A laugh.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was reluctant to oppose any measure brought forward under the sanction of the mod rev. prelate, more especially one relating to his own =branch of the established church , but still he felt o look upon any step taken in the direction of the =lll as calculated to disturb the settlement made yeas since respecting the episcopal church in Ire land. The elect of that settlement was to proportion the *mega establishments to the spiritual wants of the pro testant vegetation • and seeing that that population did not stoma re - asentott ' that of two English wee he could name, be meld set see any necessity for the augmentation pro- The hill had reference only to a particular see ), ten it that were conceded the question of appoint =ell the legged sea would no doubt be immediately With these views he must oppose the further pro pose et tits MIL After a ber wads been the Bishop of Sa.i.tesuar, the I'Vof weak did sot swath the wry, ertilibbbep of DUBLIN wi thdrew the bill. Medea by leave withdrawn. The Zed at DEVON moved that the petition, presented alt the 16th of March to their lordships, from the Bristol and Beata Railway Com_pany, referred to a select committee. Lord MOZLIT and Lord REDZSDALI! opposed the motion, whit* woe withdrawn. The bore adjourned at a quarter•put 7. MUSIC OF 001010/48.—MoNDAT, Iwo 21. Ths Biwa/Las took iks stair at 4 o'sleek. 110M11 _DIALIIWW. - 1010131 ID IMADING..-asillaw Oisgs laseporation NIL lllPOSTS.—Deehnlit ca.*: lup.r.-lion Doak Cow , ....A . g r vo c g o rtkrb.....a4o7:l4.Eri a , RAii,,,,, ben DanaWWl , DeNIWWW•Snaih, as.) (No. 0); New. ialOsallsey; IteaMil Pseisa, Wide& Oseasnsh Wssebbil mad MAW ; NM Was l pdYo ft 'Mamma! • = Dawn =frs: so mewnes si alnrkl) , , talk sad Skaalasall= • = L iii. tsresrs.sol essmoi sall UMW • arsinsesilri n eksis ; Wit qw1114 1 nollW); 1 . 1002.1 las I weir els nws sad Ds* . nap ila rd Vlar ."...t and Inn& Mina inashes) ; Dwaliaad r Taws sad Nearside sal rmulailL—Dr allt, N. °laan iran Swan. iffy, sad saws sitselowW stVne, is Owns of alkwat Wait NM ; Mr. B. B. Oionw o Illsw Ilwainst Canankaill. Is ems Oka .• Den a ells iwei Itt! .... Swam fa tram of We Meek k et Dans INILL—Wr. D. kaa the stawsellin sal Inn fest beaks la Cark la t " lili blessail ram In OIS sil at Web Raftways.—lnal Issar Itsxman a plika lai retbe ag= ot Children under abl"a llllWr is 'WI WIAD Twig= (ilaak Wales) BM. I=3l . REXlN li r i =a l r l Wet; IlallwayAlre4 . Led) ( ryfstio o7l.42,ll fti.— ~.D rnLn!ls_lbeliffill. ; mu "e ' .."____ ...i.___Ww....„ • iiiiiiitittlamo.—Oens, he., baportatha ROYAL COMMISSION. The Usher of the Black Rod summoned the house to stand is the Home of Lords toe therapies of hearing the royal . went given by comeimioa to several hills, for which see lords' report. THE ANDOVER COMMITTEE—EXPLANATION. Oa Lord J. RUMILL'S Wiwi the erase et the Sai he the third reading of thePeetw Adalekleadia EL En the mimeo of ib being Mr. CM tai_rLim of the house yids be made a farther with reforests to what ass warred hams* the he.. ameba for Woherhemptea and himself; end to whisk that hon. onsegne lad reverted te lnisly without giving hint maks it Mt istentica. Oa Thanday ha (Mr. Chahar) had &with Elti statement pr meth by the hoe. amber for Vitam in Okristie) bed fits) Sir !Stalled=Mb, bit ammieetha being the Antoine ear edam, • msession at le the eaten et the ernagemet by whisk hr the eastooded him we a peesslaw eameastheen den Th e hea. si kr Wethatempas waselei hi mem owl be (Kr. ombse (Mode) intierathth lia with a demist, On Poky the hon. member reamerted bit datemath awl pasessed evidence to chew that the imolai= bad Man If bat (Kr. Christie) lied pat the imettioe, sad than lead 1 that Noted set, or it be MI sal drabs was nos therms I who 'hied the room to be deemed, he could ail amp Ira Inspetadon of Maas lase gajty of a wilted led that the the lamallatha cut on him ley =. VAEr Wolmbiamna, on Friday. What did pap ; Sir F. Lewis earened an unfamembie ath ass et Mr. Ckadwisk, and bet (Mr. Christie) asked Irby s b e alEnthtta hits to remain shoe sersepri tor kar e sad Ito hest that. w * ww~(Mr. Mike y ) ars was , pereseedies M ath ilhluettwham an eon's wasmakeg him, be bed o= Wm tgaketlfr. Ithedwielt; Ind, ea putting the be peeked it by saykag . elk year sedan to he a pemlaw almillinwri ma an armagmetat being made that year ma *Mil onseeed y_ou." As soot as the word " enthgantat " lei=em Sir F. Lewis Meese sesieb eicitad,pressaled the Om tehg pat, awl piedeldiad U. say thine mesh =Lebedlam main Mdse this, he (Kr. Obrhthe) table With, elarmee, nest whonsist Wong • ' that tbe room should bedeared, which be ad. Ell ig g la Lowis mama& es be allowed to answer the issillea, sad the the. Reath" be Flasher, mid that he thengla he theta Ist slthsnld IS OM. Whall_ediet Sielabell Oldie IMF lOW 111011 IN ithe teem shmseld be dared. Whoa the sea woe timed, he (Kr. Chriais) ram sad stated dial he EM ping at the thaw which had Min =Mid in Mr F. le s& ; that be mod the word " t " whiten Mamba it la se °thrive some, or as any imps misty ea the pert Sir. F. Lewis, sad it it ma so ag le hast ani be withal to proesed with litexplamtiom might do so, bet lt would be W teawn km meet& 'Ma that mint mond ; mil w wee his somUsetioa at it, he woo toady to to its terresemes. The the. member kr W IIeI e VIAIR from Ilir F. Lewis, stating that le . Midi* hod pet the qmothe, sad that it we sa te 1 M thtelers Mike ameadttee. Sir F. Lewis under a therentemien whisk ha hoped would be we awed, eat he the a sashed M the time, that he wee net Math* Menem, sod be maid halm lathing of what cm soma Mae the mom woo awed. The hoe. samba for IF hairthered te the shorthand -weiter'saeles, who he illui = a deera Ms Ob. airs' tie'el words before the meet was cleared, tad to thtt he added • short esplanades alter the return of Sir Y. Lewis, which emote it • - teamed and contradictory questioe, as was stated by th e :on. mem- her for wshohlophe, Wit &dad est lose leelleteasaid worn d erehro pore at sea edema. The bisa. member de Weitudrodded mei the roped la the Theet,l Irbil& we Gel seetae et obit sena Whet the how wee era The shatitkaivehris hod emitted mint te ipteeml oboe deohjd the now He weld seed the topel free the nom TO bee. ameaber lir sea pee' W est read It (MN elood be wadi on etteetlea , elet wi l bed swititstA. lompeothet 'oedema 1 a vaistion, width woe to the elhel ikl iall Mr I Yr. tWelilds patting the question with regard tome sea. he F. Lewis earnestly retreated to be allowed to answer the tpmeea, *et the room was eleared, and on the return edthe garde' it Ina dialed to Sir F. Lewis that he should have se elosoteahr et makiag any explanation). Th e hon. mem ber fie Wedvesisesapsaa stopped there, bat the report went ea le say that "Mr. Clabtie explained that he had cleared the mews because he abated to explain to the committee ben has explainin .g to him that the question had been misunder stood by Sir F. Lewis. Ho had been much vexed at seeing the feeling displayed by Sir F. Lewis ; and could assure him that he bad meant to speak of no arrangement but what I might have been made with perfect propriety, and without any imputation against either him or his eon. His only obn referring to his eon, was to ask w hether Sir F. LewislLs had ever cautioned him against Mr. Chad-'I wick ?" And yet the honourable member for Wolverhansptea asserted that he (Mr. Christie) was not the person who cleared the room. Re had now to state, once for all, oa his heaver as a gentleman and a member of that house, that he sewer pot the quad= to Sir F. Lewis with which the hon. atober St Wolverhampton charged him—that he had never_ hesedeilte de so ; and if he had put such an offensive sad Ineeteivsodeu, he would be the flat to acknowledge it. Oble s :m neenther shut read a letter irons Mr. Sheridan, the be abillsibeff. eirdeolog the statement he had mit, sad exolisilei ly dashing the house for having beard him.) Viscount COURTENAY said, that according to his reeel. Luisa the statement of the hon. member for Weymouth ONINIS, mad bore Inellmony to the ability with which he bed woke"' an exasiestion in which he was the advocate of two renei sae, tkilt el whoa was his friend, and who had Lhaddi ratir the emsmissioners. rd J. VMS= mid, that he had moved the order et the day for the purpose of allowing the hon. member he Weymouth to make this personal explanation. Re did ant know if the hon. member for Wolverhampton was in the house; but if he was not, it would be fairer if the convener Ilan was not prolonged now. Mr. DISRAELI said it should be remembered that dur ing a prolonged inquiry, in which 30,000 questions were asked, meet of which bad been put by the hon. member for Wey mouth, none had been resented by the witnesses, although the question' were severe and searching. It wee now shown that there had been a great misapprehension of the tone he had adopted in an examination in which he had shown himself muter of his subject—muter of his temper. lie regretted that this discussion had been the consequence of the Andover committee taking place, and he deprecated any further prosecution of it, as not tending to the credit of the house. Mr. PAKINGTON bore testimony to the proper manner in which the horn member for Weymouth bad put his ques tions, both with reference to Sir F. Lewis and generally. Mr. CHRISTIE said he had not felt himself called on to give any notice of his intention to make this explanation to the hon. member for Wolverhampton. SALE OF INDIAN CORN BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENTS. Mr. MUNTZ wished to put a question to the government with regard to the conduct of the agent* in the sale of Indian corn on the coast of Ireland. The honourable gentleman then read a letter from certain corn factors to the effect " that they bad been rending Indian corn to Ratline, and the west coast of Ireland, but that the government agents sold it at • reduced price, and undersold the other parties in the trede, and they could not sell it but at a loss; that private traders were about to retire from the trade, and it would be impoesi b`e for the government to supply the demand." He was in formed that the government agents did the same thing in Galway. The hon. gentleman read a letter from Galway to the effect that the government supplies bad caused a fall in the market of from 171. to 111. a ton in Indian corn, and from 151. to 141. in barley meal. The CHANCELLOR ef the EXCHEQUER said, that as he had received no notice of the question, he had had ne op portunity of making inquiries, and could only give a general answer. The directions of the Treasury to the agents were that they were net to undersell private traders, bat to sell at the price which corn bore at the next large market town, with an allowance for the cost of transport to the smaller towns and villages. There had no doubt been a fall in the price, and the government agents had accordingly rasped their prim to that a the market ; but if parties who had imported at a high price were not willing to sell at the market price, they had no right to complain. (Hear, hear.) BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to a quistion from Lord MAHON, Sir G. GREY said that on Thursday he would take the third reading of the Poor Law Administration Bill, and after that the committee on the Custody of Offenders Bill, and then the Prisons Bill. EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY begged to put the question of which he bad given notice. A practice had prevailed at the Old Bailey of not allowing fees to counsel in peceem . itions far felony and misdemeanor, and it was left to the judges to examine the witnesses from the depositions. It wee the general opinion of the judges that it was not merely amis. cbieyous practice, but that it tended to frustrate the Wiwi nistration °fluents,. He wished to know it the preetweleid were prepared to take any step to some the entpleyswelef counsel for the crown in all prosseolloon far Yen, *trap. demeanor ? Sir G. GREY said that the el the had been called aor stidee perdeebely et t vil Criminal Court; end he mopes es sellagmewt be made, so far as that 1067i , ellidl the mein were but he could not give say aseensese with regard tr the ter melons. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.—THE GREAT BRITaII. Lord INGESTRE inquired from the hon. gentles. lie Secretary to the Admiralty whether tbe rumour that duo steam-packets in course decree:ruction Inc the packet sank* between Holyhead and Dublin had been ordered not to he fitted with pedal-km boats, was correct? He also wished to ba informed wherbis the Admiralty had taken any steps to secure the phis which the breakwater round the Great Britain a had been constructed ? It had been constructed ate veep lion expense, sad bad proved so vain. able, that he thought aregord of its plan ought to be se eared before it wasbreham up. Xt. WARD said, fa earwer to the last question, that time& the plan of the breakwater was not new, as °diem hid been ditpatched beat Penile** Dockyard to eximaine Its osestrustina. With mud to the siker question, he (Mr. Ward) would give an maw to-orweer. BRITIBBI Capt. PBCHILL sabot the hea. Iberetary to the Admi rally. whether say enwe bed been ham en the pert of t iseembeet es she bee* pseudo' le the dellemet fi sher h y e In the Sem, emit, into wewsweewee efeheellenwoh thau hs.l beelehimei by tie ism et Penult Mien vessels whila tra m P elowei beats bekeeetes le Werribles, Brighton, iroil* that in sesseevesee et the implants le/S*llol seeded the board, de unlimber to thr Adidralty I babas diresesi to epply to the seshwrshe et ilietheis for 4110,111014•19016 emir — the reseed slenele, sod lobelleved it bediresed eat that thelehhhhhenseabeddienteeleerfelled rni:1111 Lay eisebeels be observed by Owe, by dipo te hiliante le the Fiala Meru= 'the 01111po woe lade.. Fudge *skim woe iniwereen end la ewes it obeeldbe bend nesemey, a ere weeidle sob the *obis lard et the lied or heap ediwith representation of the amber by him to this _ oul sH BMITHAL INTERILINII3. Mr. ROCHE begged to nit the hoc. manner is tic= tea (Mr. Naddsses), whether it was his 114101011 to robilreithe the measure he brought flethedjese smith for the meesslion of interments in tools, med Rem whether he olOto Ireland in its provision? Mr. 'UMW= could only gay, that be feared that he should ad Ism the hid thefts of ourying any sem= el Not demekplime Z la the evens of the preeseelea alms. Led year the is. Lend the Roses Reorder, imileelsok to • rd. the MB, and by hie' it wet seethe. Is the =Ma ha at the bead of the Woods sad Nee" wiegesmied r limorkter the subject. Hs (Mr. Noddy's. Hemelbre aremetheded the hon. numbs' he Cork toilthaselble bed. amen.OF TOWNS BILL. In answer hip . pet by an hon. member, Lad J. 21W 1_111_ mid that it would not be possible, hem the Anstheelmele AMA by his right has. hies& the Zama theahrty, r like, the.thrithie poneedie. Math the Heald' et Tense BM iiilse.dmath. RAILWAYS To. 2) Bra. Mr. STRUTT said that in ruing to propose the order of the day far the wound roiling of the Railways Bill, so be observed that W boa. Priced (Mr. Gisborne) hal tea mass of en aressilmeat, it might be oonvenient to the that be (X• Nisi) demi sake a etatement SI t he se tial• lad providess fifths bith Be rejoiced th at bed lednEwtesslnmeld seas that statuneed, beam se semi sthireprethataties had gees forth and bees threelaii dweeethout the maytry, that be was aside= to be hem With the house sad the country win the UM did, sad what it did sot, mutate. Whoa be keen Meld the bill at an ready period of the PMISSMIIIIIMINI, be stated that he was reedy to receive fres the great isterede essesesek _say seggediene whisk • their ergo-- tied expeeleseethein them to sagged, and is sesseonnee these seggetheos had bow made, and slterathertis amid are willed'sm lid lien already effected in the li. Be issatiosed this la who to show that there wse Islithoth dos cm the post of dee povenment to listen Is any thew, sad ens sew he wee ready to remise them. 17 1 %1 been mated that the MR wee • pedtive breath of in terests, teed mei belowses the pediment addle refiwwg br the puseloce the ist et thee, emiameslymiled Mr. Mad- Easifetht. Mode be deeded. h 1644 • loth wee Wooed in by lar. Wbillk met with thous opputdes hen the Ming easmesies, bat afire a time as bad bees roes Mw betimes na and the by wish ROW emseedess were meth en bee and the bill was Ahmed to paw into • law; bat it was anommos to suppose that any anopmrst then made bound any of the parties to it spied farther tin • e , Leath( to what had trumpired at the he emit gad se hemthies leg oath opi nion ; if he had been able to do es be should be the very list seen who weld propose to violets such • easiest He found, however, that in 1844, the matter had bees lts et open, and that in May, 1845, before any now railway MB had passed, an important debate bad taken pine in the house upon • clause proposed by the present Lord Wham cliff* to ha added to all future railway hill., to the effect, that nothing Is them contained 'tumid exempt them from the prathione of any general act for the regulation of rail- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY? EVENING, JUNE 22. On. ---.--- 1 emu what , Mot hearefter beipmed in opy . ta. of lerlientest. Ts , this pregabies ashbee ebat,... . off eff '. . 4Mill ie : er:i nt Mira AT% t o Till-listiratetersteehalCieg St" It.' hid begiiiimraml to alai imee. I-, lion of the ;sad liken it wee reaunaifjhe de rlems baronet (Sir R. Peel), then the prime his concurrence in the clause with its additit m :rtie dams wee agreed to, and had been added to every railwey bill which .bad subsequently been passed. Therefore, all the railway comma's' had full notice of the intention of the legislature further to legislate in the matter. In the talented year, vie, in 1848 , select committees bad been appointed, both hy the lords and commons, to inquire into railways, with a vile to such future enactments as would be required. The com mittee of the Home of Commons, in their report, had reco mmended the adoption of regulations which were now sought to be established by the bill of whisk he new desired the second reading. (Hear, bear.) A similar report had been made by the committee of the House of Lords, and in accordance with thou reports the government had brought forward a measure to establish al new department in the government in reference to rail ways, and th at measure passed almost without opposition, on the understanding that early in the present @maim her Majesty's government would be prepared with a 1 bill to carry out the remaining recommendations contained in the reports of the committees of both houses of par liament. That bill was the measure which tonight stood for a second reading.. Having said thus much to establish the fact that no final contract had been entered into, be now wished to call attention to the measure itself. TM bill might be divided into two parts—first as regarded pre liminary proceedings in cases of future railway hilM and the second related to matters of regulative lola reference to railways already established and those In= and course of construction. On the subject of pre proceedings, the bill followed the recommendations of the committees of both houses of parliament. It proposed to enable parties desiring to make surveys with a mew to the construction of a line to enter upon the grounds of land owners, on depositing a sum of money with the ormusie sinners to answer any damage which might be imemiffind ma the lands. On making this deposit, they would be amid with a warrant from the railway commissioners to make the survey, and by a summary promo, compensation for say damage would be awarded to the landowners. The next point embraced by the bill was the establishment of prelimi nary inquiries to be instituted on the spot, by which mach time and expense would be saved when the bill WAS brought before a committee of this Immo Again, the bill empowered committees on railway las le report upon the fares and tolls proposed to be charged ; and with this view it bad been thought right to provide that es annual report should be made to parliament of the amount of fans and tolls levied throughout the country by the dif ferent railway companies, in order that committees have data on which to decide. Another subject with = the bill dealt was, with respect to the appointment of miles, to act during the construction of the particular railway. At present the magistracy in England bad no power te appoint police, and to require the railway 'amides to find funds to pay them, unless some actual outlaw took place. In Scotland, the practice was different, and it had been four* to work beneficially: sad hems it was might to assimilate the law in England with that which was in force in Scotland. The next point was one of considerable importance—it had reference to what were designated cheap trains. It would be renumbered that the different railway companies were now reqUired to carry persons of the lower classes of society in carriages pro tected against the weather, and with seats, et • speed not less than twelve miles an hour, at a rate of not more than ens peony per mile. This regulation, he believed, had given universal satisfaction, had operated beneficially to the poorer classes, and been advantageous to the railway coin. pmiu. Still, however, serious complaints bad retched the railway board, and he thought the board was bound to lend its protection to that class of society which had not the means of pritecting themselves. One complaint bad been as to the overcrowding of messengers in these carriages, in such a way as to produce great inconvenience, especially to old and infirm persons. Thu evil might have been cor rected by limiting the number of passengers. Mr. H U D 8 ON —No. Mr. STRUTT—But it had been thought that this wool& I be unjust to the companies ; therefore, all that would be nu qnired was, that officers should, upon complaint, prevent I any carriage from being overcrowded. The only other re- gulations were as to the lighting of these carriages, and to prevent unnecessary stoppages. With respect to the convey ance of mails, the law was at present very unsatisfactory; all disputes were referred to arbitration, but there wee se rule to guile the decisions of the umpires, which had bees most conflicting. It was now proposed that the companies should be remunerated for the whole of the extra seines incurred in the conveyance of mails, and should aloe Uwe a per eeutage as profit. For the conveyance of the adlitary and police, fares lower than those for ordinary pa= had been already established ; but great prevailed ; on some lines these fares were higher than for ordinary passengers; and it was proposed that, in future, they should bear a certain proportion to the regular paean get fares. Another .provision related to the conveyance of the railway commissioners, which, perhaps. was not a matter l of much interest—(beer, hear)—but it had been thought desirable that the companies should not make a profit by conveying the officers appeanted to inspect the railways. As to that part of the bill which consisted of new enactments, he assured the hon. gentleman opposite that cotbing was further from the intention of the framers of the bill than to interfere with the management of the railways ; any sash interference, he was unlimited, mast diminish the rouged bility of the companies to the public. (Hear, bear.) Only in one ease, that of disagreements between companies holding connected lines, or lined having a common terminus, were the commissioners empowered to interfere, with a view to secure the public safety. Evidence had been given before the committee of last session, showing that such a power would be most wholesome, by Mr. Hawkshaw, engineer, and Mr, Olyn, chairman of the London and North- Western Company. This latahaeste was extended by the present bill to the publie orsemdence, as well as the public safety ; bat the oomathelagm meld only e l l on the temaretemiss done of the the geempallim . But, if the falai elks home was deem be , should net dimes to its withdrawal. great eldest of these new areetamati was, not to create interference, bale obtain indamatlea and to give due publicity to affecting the public. One of the meet natural and powers to the eammietioners was that of calling he astme. To this it be had been *Med that such a power edgbil be 8.00218712 het ibis, he thorght, WWI too T a dike = le aertomey entertained. Since he hal an • amisimioner he had invariably disceangssii 'Meg it wesesmary return,. Another elgesthia with OM tla essadaarion ef books might disclose yawns mad meth &Wel information. He was not aware diet them Am* be shy each in the accounts of railway dealleal be for them who thought so to show what time =anon wen. A gentleman much connected with I railways hissed hies that all their accounts were Mgt la I duplicate; and whymigitnot this he done here, though ilig of the kind wearers,' by this bill ? It was said of what OS would it be to mil it rearm of the wages of eagiseisb, guards, end petters ? He emesived that very peat isu palmy might stash to snob yearns. In the ere a lidu um* assideats ea nay pativaler line, if it appeared thee they ampleyed an imaidnat number if servants, or at la lb wages, woad set meek thheesetioa be a most ira eigemst? ("Ticei, be" best Col. iiibm) He did set vim to any pallisuir re t . leth Rieke of the at psalm el fidelelbrmedes la (War.) Om se coo addi many eigeelime bad leen salad, WAS that • nether of tie elm et eloggeges to be kept at se the commiadosen alga - .IWO, and to be lammed emiedieelli to the comminiesem it bad been add erg Ili, wadi isms great additional lava an be eve=aid bivalve the writing efsmortheassaildtese . But it was a tact that OMB sirs =al k Si :e d it = is t, by isseeedagpeeetdia• 11l by eampaniageempasise le beep a asilisimieleek at engines end serreat• Mem) Meths, yeeehiss ma lb, Imaging up a table of hem in way Makes, take wee obviously a proper requitement. Neils ddireathse in fares g was also wan (ta oid net "I".lll 4ellpea thwe to hi4 dt node* ad sin feries; es path agleam mbrimmaia, would used eel Mores es foe tide amid misrm a . A m p stheeedens wen lismilei ea tbe ideal* et shag te all asatten dibel2 i t e l s z pubile in - essimdes eallways. On MOW penalties, mai MI seism ; it had been mill that the casyseles wgrall be aumpeopsa with _pitfall, end am* lissome, prey to amsees iithamen. But in mama fa tbis illi yee saucily tompeag made liable to any pemity lie We sin ahem , . Ilia ptheehns eis is alithearer iMe bad bees humid ; the paselthe mac nay is berms vend it a savories mart, at tieing* et the seem= one meld 111111plai that the cempaMes would be such presidem. He should be any to nags* the ales tosemathatern penalties; far, bt all assuledivellitthe greatest reedinin Ile lie emeekekeeees, mg the commiableue eright set te bis mmesd a bombs herd apes al ilthilhlim- bad ism said that a issepesy might be begets a hie 0 201. every these lamp wad est ; bet it amid lie remembered that them penalties wenn* fathead hr trilhl hossehm of the law, sad were only raireadia at the snit et tie aura. He wadi aow state the %teatime of the as to this measure. It had bests preponed eselyrr est ession but had been unavoidably postponed, °Mae to mere im! portent meemerm, till this time. Tie enerinsot was most endive te pm it isle • law; bat an Tae hying been reolll,lll hem the eppmente el the What they meld delay it and sepses It by may mem in tads , i t was obvious tit; et Ms per ef the seedes, ir etrsr . eiald sot be satilheeedt, yawed. Hader time einamoteners the govern ment thre that they sbadd act wisel th as: late lag esissiem ea a gird= of this le whist= lead Oa se umilel maid *..alt; and tiral g il Nam to the es that their best oder dmeamatesses, was le wtthdsaw the bill fs the present emelea. ("Her beer," mad great la hest the imp kiln Naha aides bessliss.) %t ee d to, with the hi ineseths, a a of el ithedseirg 'steer bill fassied es liana sathelphe. The debt km whom eamisiled by limmideg the home hr the MAW= with vide be MA bees listened to, sad by moving for leave to widths+ the bill. CIL SIBTHORP mid he had never known es instance in width mash pusillanimity, vacillation, sad *Mal cowardice had been dhpayed. He protested that lie adahters had trailed the house with contempt, hp beagles down hon. mambas in the expectation that tbe Mb amid be reed a seem* lbw. Why should tie esoliWy have limn pet to the expense of the printing of a bill et tbis asters (Laugh ter.) Why should the country be celled upon to pay com missioner. for hoaxing them in this way ? He charach rind the whole as au under-handed business. On the lira day of g,assellOalatal a supply.. he *Mg" the thstipoes *see cheek the ashoefom fshew Measechal ".... elde preps, mot ammo et of the facts of NI and with& he would &close. The perbataseet world bee veiling 14entimhost, and the mai* clatibt truckle to the raltimey direetors they ad Opus lately; but be would I never shrink tront his duty in imposing the pusillanimity of 1 the goeurusenS lasughter.) - Mr. ROEBUCK, after taunting the government with want of courage 6;r withdrawing the railway bill, said he wished to know whether the government intended to pro wled with the Railways (Ireland) Bill ? If so, he begged to rue them that he would occupy as much of the public time es pemble in opposing it. Mr. HUDSON thought the government had acted wisely withdrawteg the Railway Bill. Ile was quite satisfied to rut the Neaten et the bill on the statement of the right hon. gentleman himself, and he could only assure him, that if it was brought forward next union it would meet with' the same opposition. He hoped, however, that the govern meat would not again rashly interfere, and attempt, to legis late when it was not called for. There had been a great deal of exaggeration u to the profits realised by railway shareholders, u would appear from the following figures the whole amount of capital paying 10 per cent. was 16,056,0001. • paying 9 per cent, 1,250,6001. ; plying 8 per ctent., 5,376,0001. • paying 7 per to tal ~0001 ; paying 6 per cent., 6,573,4661., making the amount of capital above five per cent., 43,873,u6&., whilst upwards of 90,000,0001. were invested in railways. (Hear, bear.) Mr. W COLLETT hoped the government would go on with the Irish Railway Bill, and net be intimidated by the threat of the bon and learned member for Bich. (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL was not disposed to say much as to the railway hill, after his right hon. friend had announced that it was to be withdrawn. He did not, however, agree with the right hon. member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson) that the measure was a vexatious interference with railways the manage mentntary, the object of the bill was to improve the mt 01 railways, but to avoid any unnecessary interference, be thought it was better that railways should be caned on by private companies; but there were certain rules which it wee desirable to make for their general regulation, and after :wards, he hoped, it would not be necessary to interfere I further. He trusted that the bill to be brought in next year would meet with more general consent than seemed likely to have attended the bill of this year. The government thought It likely that there would be • long debate on the mond reading of the bill, and that the 110 clauses which it 'Detained would be subject to frequent amendments. Under each circumstances, at so late a period of the session, it was not unnatural that they should desire to postpone it; but lie right hon. friend felt that as the bill had been the subject of Many exaggerated statements, it would be right to enter into an explanation which might dispel any misrepresents lie . tions which had been made with regard to it. (Hear, hear.) He bes. d it was not unusual to withdraw measures late in the session after they bad been debated—(hear, hear). — end there had been two or three questions which he thought would only have taken one night, but which had, in fact, occupied two or three nights, and thereby prevented the go• vernment from bringing on other business. (Hear, hurl) As to the Railways (Ireland) Bill, his right hon. Mead had stated in the early part of the evening that the government intended to proceed with it on Monday next. His opinion was that in the calamitous state in which Ireland had been in consequence of the failure •f a great portion of the food of the people. it was necessary to apply a temporary remedy. The government bad done so, and with more success than they had expected, although he would admit it had been effected at a great cost ; but latterly there had been very hw instances of people perishing for want of food. fliear, bear.) The quantity of food imported into Ireland foes ether countries had been very great, and the price had memeeently been below that on the continent of Europe. The leak of the government in endeavouring to dlaa sierieres with a view of laying the foundation for wow lbws in Ireland had been very difficult ; he still, lamewir, believed that encouragement given from time to Mai le post public works in that country would be moat smillelomi he knew of none more desirable than the great erseihray whieh had been recommended by the com misson& (Hear, hue.) Those were tbe general views be Mob, end he would only add that the government mere prepared to press forward the Irish Railway Bill. (Hear.) Lord G. BENTINCK did not approve of the English Railway Bill, and thought the government had acted wisely in withdrawing it; he should however, give his warns support to the Railways (Ireland) Bill, and when it was brought forward again call the attention of the house to the claim of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland to share in the government aid. With reference to other mea sures, he might say that be would not oppose a further sus pension of the corn laws, but he could not apply the same principle to the navigation laws. Mr. CARDWELL thought if there were abuses in the railway system, the government should prosecute any mea sure for their redress energetically. If it were necessary te legislate against great railway companies, be would suggest that they should do so with energy and efficiency ; but that, if possible, they should endeavour to obtain their oo.opers Con. As few measures as possible should be undertaken without the cooperation of the great companies, but when undertaken they ought not to be lightly abandoned. The order wait then discharged. MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. 'WARMLY sal 1 that, so the session was to be brought to a close shortly, and as the government found themselves obliged to abandon the railway bill, he felt be bad no chance of succeeding with his measure in the present session. If, however, be bad a seat in the next parliament, be would move the first week of the session for the reappointment of the committee of inquiry which was now sitting. The order was then discharged. The house adjourned at a quarterpast 8. ziT he us'l: PreMS• The °verbal libeled via ItlUssOlee, to the Mettiberaneen, =tieMal. =db. Keen, U., will be made op on the item Thomas Le Men 0= 4 11:11, Wean. hand Gibraltar labs sob epee ihe et the Illeh June. lir Sew lbw& Vie Ihemat sal Nee be whim ep 1119•110/41 Of lie Mb Jinn The Wag India min ladaiel lees he Modleb Beledenth sad the bieveneely A be mai up ea the meetngettbe Ist My. The mils he 'Width Nee& Amadei. Ilernefe. awl U.. United Aden trm le MY up a Ihe eieekbelf the bed July. The embed sedie fir 011eeller beiehereese, the Ikeda Wm* wile.hhahopyra. PiAlajfeeimd vie Seelhemphis, min be mile epee the evelles mr. Me mil he ihe SINN/Sclbe Pleta,Mente Wee. Tlenam :ZefaftelgailriA. eel Bear Apes, win ta• made up co the AANSlnsimat• kiwi& fra Thr l WWI", Tim Waist ce W o w Sr ai —na Till AT LOPDOSIRIIKiII. Tr" Oar le =IA pert AM." I Ada. sat O. Twilesiair S sla pant Misssras. ♦ma....ax u. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 22. - IN the House of Lords, reterday, the royal assent WWI given, by commission, to various bills. Some observations followed &Abe out of the presentation of a petition against the Baths sad Wash-boom Bill, relative to oompeting ealablistunents. Lord Brionossn, in reference to the use of sager in breweries and distilleries, Anted that since this prac tice had been legislatively permitted the pries of slaves in Cuba and the Brazils had risen 30pse cent. The Archbishop of DUBLIN moved, and the Bishop of Farm( supported, the motion for the second reading of the Church Temporalities Acts Amendment Bill, its object being to give the crown the power to sever and re-appoint to bishoprics at present united. The motion was opposed by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and the most rev. _prelate withdrew the bill. In the House of Commons, Mr. CHRISTIE entered into a vindication of his cond act with respect to pro ceedings had before the committee of last session on I **Andover Union,and thechargebrought against him by Mr. Villiers, on Friday evening last, arising out of that inquiry.—The CHANCELLOR of the Exeunt:wee, in answer to Mr. Mentz, replied that the govern ment instructions to their agents in Ireland were not to undersell private traders in grain; but inasmuch sa there had been a fall in the market,. the former bad reduced their price' proportionately; and if lairds who hailltoported at high prices were not willing to sell at thaw of the market, they bad no ground of just complaint.—Sir G. GREY stated in answer to Mr. S. Wortley, that an arrangement ' s's& in contemplation for the einniqyment of counsel for the crown in oases Of felony be misdemeanor at the Central Criminal Court and the assizes; but he could not give any sasarence that such would be the case as regarded quarter sessions. Some observations followed on the matesst of French interference with the mackerel Haney on the coast of Sussex ; and with reference to intermnral interment*, Lord J. Russet'. intimated that it would be impossible to proceed further with the Health of Towns Bill until next week.—Mr. STRUT; in an explanatory speech, slated the objects of, and also the reasons why, he was induced to with draw the Railway Bill for the_ present session ; which occasioned some discumion.—Mr. WAKLET, following the example of the government, withdrew his Medical Registration Bill, with the intimation of bringing it forward immediately and moving for a committee on the sitting of the new parliament, shoeld he be a - thereof. WE can have no earthly obj ection to Mr. Suttrrr's panegyrio on his railway bi ll, seeing it is funereal. He is welcome to praise CESAR since he buries him at the same time. His demonstration that the bill de served • better fate is a natural and creditable ez preesion of affection on the part of a bereaved parent. We cannot, however, concur in his partial estimate of the merits of the dear defunct. That it might have been of some use in amending the wretched system of private bill business in parliament, in so far as railway bills are concerned, may be admitted. Much Uinta labor, however, would have been required, to lick it into member shape, and, after all, it would have been • I root of the difficult y lies much dee per. It is entwined partial and ivy...tract measure in this respect. If with moat of the habits and prejudices of our law. the private bill - business is to be put at all on a Balls- waking classes. The frame of our real property law factory footing an entire revision is required. No is anti - commercial ; the spirit in which land Is re. department of it can be made to work in a satisfactory ;carded by our proprietors is, to say the least, se m i. manner till the whole is reformed. Even the modicum feudal. The practice of family settlements, limiting of good therefore that we recognise in Mr. Sratrres the estate to the remotest branches of the familystocki bill, could only have been rendered efficacious by a entails ; the difficulty with which land was m a d e process of elaboration which it would be vain to ex- liable to debts ; the qualifications now or recently pea from a house about to break up . for the holidays. conferred by the possession of land, as to kill game, Viewed in respect of its pretensions to take the to sit in parliament, to be in the commission working of railways out of the heads of their owners, of the peace, and so forth, all point to somethi ng we protested against the measure from the first. The besidis and beyond mere utility as connected "MR only possible effect that government meddling with the possession of land. It is a dim shadow of the old railway travelling could have, would be to make it feudal superiority which still haunts the minds of our almost as bad as post-office conveyance, and to Masse land owners and real property lawyers, and prevents railway proprietors and managers from the responsi- the intelligent application of sound economical prin. bility which the public convenience and safety re- ciples to landed property. Let us consider the uses to quires should be allowed to rest upon them. which land is applied, and see whether it differs in Our gratification that the bill has been withdrawn any respect, except its permanence, from any other might receive some allayment from Mr. Svnorr's object of convenience or enjoyment, from a bale of threat to introduce another on the same principle Foods or a machine. Do you require land for build. next year. But the circumstances under which the logs, for purposes of pleasure or ornament, as gardens, declaration is made materially diminish our apprehen- shrubberies, parks, and so on? If so, you either buy alone. It is like the valorous protest of a duellist, it absolutely, or hire upon such terms as will give you bound over to keep the peace at Bow-street, that he will complete dominion over it for the objects you have in invite his adversary to follow him across the Channel ; view. This requires no illustration ; every day's ex. or the pathetic vows of a rejected lover, that he perienee in every city, town, and village, of the kin g . will never desist from renewing his suit. All such dom furnishes instances in abundance. promises are made with the mental reservation, "if Again, is land required for the commercial purpose s no excuse for breaking them ahall turn up "—and of manufactories, of market gardens, of public works? such an excuse is invariably found. Here, too, we find it dealt with on purely commercial principles. The owner tulle it, or lets it so that no impediment exists to the best methods of using it for the objects intended. But do you want land for the purpose of farming, of making a livek. hood by raising the daily food of the people? If 10 , you must at once make up your mind to abandon all notions of mere utility, of adaptation of means to ends, You have hired a farm on the estate of a game pre. server, and you are overrun with vermin which des troy your crops, and are watched abeut your own fields by gamekeepers who arc set over you to pro. tect the vermin ; you are forbidden to mow your wheat that a high stubble may be left to hsrboar the game, as you are not at liberty to plough up yo u stubbles till the end of October, full two months later than the rules of good husbandry esquire. yo gi fields are of an inconvenient size or shape, they me overshadowed by trees, they consist of permanent and unprofitable pasture, but you can neither alter th e fences, remove the trees, or convert the useless pig m y into profitable tillage land. You want to adopt a course of cultivation not usually pursued, but which peculiar circummances r e special opportunities have rendered most beneficial, you find yourself stopped by the prescribed tomer of husbandry marked out by the contract under which you hold your farm. You have strong politi ca l or religious convictions—you act upon them by support ing public men whose views accord with tour own, and though your rent has been paid regularly, your farm well cultivated, your capital sunk in the 64 you receive a notice to gait your farm because your landlord's political or religious convictions differ from your own. Is not this a true picture of the condition of the men who live by farming other men's land? Is it surprising, then, that land used for fuming in England has its capacity for production only half de veloped ? Now, here there are no legal difficulties to contend with. A rational lease is a very simple affair which most landowners might grant if they pleased. But they do not please so to do. They readily enough adopt the commercial principle as regards rent, but they try to retain a portion of that feudal superiority which is inconsistent with a modern contract for farming land, and with existing methods of cultiva tion. And see how this spirit affects the law of real property, and prevents the adoption of cheap and simple methods of transferring land. lira, the exist. ing system of settlement and entail on an unborn ge neration compels adherence to the rule of our courts, which requires for all land a sixty years' title. That rule has reference to the ordinary duration of human life, not to any period fixed by act of parliament, u has sometimes been supposed. The probability ion great as to amount to a practical certainty that, if DO trace of a settlement be found during a sixty years' posseeeion, an absolute title may be presumed. But while the power of entailing on unborn lives exists, we do not see how titles are to be shortened, and if titles are not shortened, how can the expenses of tracing a title be materially diminished? Again, the great body of landowners have consider able repugnance to a register of title, because it would disclose the large . extent to which the property, nominally theirs, is burdened with mortgages and incumbrances. Yet, without a general register there can be no simple mode of transferring lead. It is plain, therefore, that when we hear vehement decla mation on the expenses of conveyancing from lawyers or legislators, who are still unprepared to look man fully at the real difficulties in the way of amendment which are to be found in the habits, and fears, and prejudices of the landowners, we must not be too sanguine or expect very speedy or decisive results We look chiefly to the pressure of the commercial classes for the impulse which is necessary to bring our law of real property into harmony with modem civilisation. LI V ERPOOL threatens to become another Alexandria. That great emporium of trade—that great outlet by which the riches of the east and south reached the western world, became afflicted in the height of its worldly prosperity by a thirst for polemical discus sions. Merchants gave up trade, and the people their industrious occupations, to censure bishops and applaud eremites; and, singular to say, religious furor waxed strong as commercial prosperity decayed. In place of its stores and factories, Alexandria raised up churches and libraries—the latter chiefly of pole mical works. And the zeal of the inhabitants, in disputing minute points of christian belief, and interpreting abstruse passages of scripture, grew more and more intense, as the power of the great foes of all Christianity waxed strong in their neighbourhood. The Alexandrians, however, had no fears of the infidel ; all their terrors were reserved for the peaceable schismatics of their own creed. The result was the destruction of Alexandria, its churches, and its polemics, by the blind disciples of MAHOMET. We do not pretend that Liverpool is threatened by any such fate, and merely adduce the example to show how great commercial cities, in different climes and centuries, may indulge in tastes and tendencies not generally considered incidental to a class busied in the dealings between man and man. his certainly an inex plicable and portentous fact, thatthis great commercial constituency, so much in the vanguard of English constituencies that it singled out such candidates as CANNING tad HUSKISSON, and was singled out by them—it ie strange that this same constituency should be now the most laggard in England ; that it should be shunned, not only by the liberal, but by the mode rate; and that it should literally . be in quest of some candidate, endowed with that quixotic stolidity, that the world of English politics does not possess a fool, antiquated and bigoted enough for their desires! The explanation of such a phenomenon is, that Liverpool, situated in face of the Irish shores, and receiving every six or twelve hours importations of moral and religious feeling from that country, in addi tion to pauperism and fever, is (righted from English self-possession and self-propriety by . the eight of Irish results ; the fear of the supposed Irish cause of these results, and, lastly, by the adoption of Irish means to combat these results. The importations of Liverpool from Ireland have unfortunately not been confined to specimens of turbulent and indigent repealer'. It has de rived from the same source one of that species peculiarly reared in Ireland to combat and pursue the catholic. Unfortunately, this specimen of the orange and high tory breed is a man of talents, piety, and eloquence, by which he has been able to gild and sanctify, in the eyes of the Liverpool . people, that political religion which is fast dying out in Ireland, in consequence of its having been so instrumental in bringing that country to its present condition. It is, in fact, this spirit, more than aught else, which has con *lidded to brutify and depress the Irish, and thus to root catholicism stronger in the wrongs and in the ignorance of Helotiem. It is quite certain, that the followers of no creed or heresy have ever been recovered from it by hatred and abuse, even when that hatred was made to midi the torture and the sword. When we Dave lbw away the sword, it is more idle still to employ alai" Ressosing is more courteous, but it is quite as idle. llosipssomer aid physical condition of the lower visaweek at reason, and of course those for whom Elam lower orders constitute a constituency, an way, se a support, are proportionately deaf. Yon can disk them in the only way that a creed was ever inemnefully attacked, by getting the population into quite a new stage of civilisation, by enlightening them through their interests, and altering their ideas by their altered position. The growth of towns and of a civic population in Europe begat . the reformatted. The physical soil preceded the intellectual mei dropped on it. Liverpool, therefore, was p in the true way to combat Irish catholicism, whoa It meted opposite to Irish shores a great centre of in estitry and trade, which would have long since =its missionaries into Ireland, had not the mie es of litical and social disquiet been already then, and . not the last quarter of a oratory lam the epoch in which England thole to do jashos the Irish, an 4 to restore then to equality of rights sal hopes. The mere giving of thses 'boons, so certain finally to afford the beet results, has, as yet, produced the effervescence of the worst passions, end unfortunately government stood in need of some of these bed passions to aid their efforts. For Liverpool now to insist on its represen tative pledging himself to oppose all measures for the education and moral elevation of the Irish catholics, is neither more nor less than 1 , for Liverpool to declare that catholicism, as developed in Ireland, shall be eternal. We have no objection to Liverpool displaying an anti-catholic spirit, and to its taking the' beet and most en lightened means for combating and ccanteracting the expansion and force of a creed, which it sup poses hostile to civil liberty and religious truth. But let its efforts be those which become the wisdom of an enlightened community. Let it not relapse into old and exploded ways, of which the experience of centuries has shown the futility and the folly. -If Liverpool will engage in a crusade, let it at least be a crusade of the nineteenth century; and let not the epoch of one great commercial emancipation be also t at of the restoration of intolerance. - - - THERE will be no more work got out of pailisment this em-sioa. The elections are paramount in the minds ef members, and the only thing thought d is to huddle up their work, and shove it aside in . the way least offensive to common decorum. Minister., with all their influence as heads of an orgenned party, will have enough to do if they get a few d their own bills saved from the annual " massacred the innocents:" reforms advocated by private members have not a chance of a hearing. Captain PECHELL and Mfr. Heise, thereto, if they get the returns relative to the abeam of the Vice-A,dmiralty Courts in the coloniee, even bottle them up for another year. This to be regretted : yet it reminds one of a nose failing characteristic feature of " protected inters& The so-called shipping interest is at this rowed doing battle tooth and nail to maintain the very elm' vocal protection of the Navigation Law. Yet thee gentlemen who are so sensitive to the modifies d their pockets as to weep and wail, bite and wreck to keep alive exclusive privileges of which it O uneaten whether they gain or lose by them, have for quietly submitted to the enormous amount of Walk mail annually levied upon them by the Colonel Yr* Admiralty Courts. An instructive illustration of the chewier ad working of these courts is now before us. In his 1846, the good ship Margaret, of London, Itlld e, after undergoing a complete repair at Sy O , (N. S. NV.), was about to pat to sea. The we had all signed the usual special set'em' d with the captain, called the articles of a shall voyage, binding themselves to fish end ceeree7 6l " catch" to London, and, on delivery the re, to leo payment by certain lays or shares set °ROW t i each man's name. In Sydney, the cook deserted O. vessel, and afterwards applied, through I solicitor, to hie discharge. The captain refused to great it man having become bound to return to Lech's , las i having drawn nearly all that was due to his milt lay is advance. The solicitor next stunmoes 4 the captain to the police-Aloe, where the cede wee de missed for want of jurisdiction. The solicits' thi wrote to the captain in these words : My client having an offer to atop in the ematrymill health is quite restored without being put to my seZt, hays , _ sevesd to aoospt 51. ss. so my colts, laws; day ; sad my client will accept his discharge on my being paid the sam. The captain declined to pay costs which 11 % incurred in a vexatious action brought srl do , without a shadow of right. Hereupon caused his client to swear in the Nice-Abefif_„, Court that he had a claim to the anamat etWI a the ship, and the Margaret was in =r i b rested on the eve of sailing by the court. Bail was put in, and a plea wetw as t i lle captain, bat after many delays the court the " articles" were illegal, and that the plalew a right to go fee wage, on a roseate me supreme court was now inovg for a writ ef lion to oust the jurisdiction of the Vi Court, which was granted by the Chief J hewn ... counsel - This demises pat es emit and vexatious irreeLani r Lr°l47al the sailing of month, and cost the captain 751. he his his own expenses alone. But the luckless captain was not yet bill his troubles. The solier.tor renewed his Vice. Admiralty Court in th e names of the crew, who swore that they had chisel Margaret, to the amount of 7501, wh vessel wax again arrested. The Tan society for promoting the amendment of the law is producing a useful effect upon the public mind, by preparing it for a considerable change in the law of real property. But we do not as yet observe that, beyond the recommendation of a general neater ell titles, anything of much practical hnportance hes I emanated from that learned body. The requirement of the time is to apply tho commercial principle to landed property ; to deal with land, not as the sacred thing of a favoured caste, but as an instrument el production, which society has a right to demand should be used for its legitimate purpose. The pro prietor of land hu a particular and usufructuary right of enjoyment, which is subordinate to the general right to the community to require a reason able degree of cultivation. The abstract proposition, once so importunately urged by the protectionists, that the supply of the nation's food is mainly dependent upon home produc tion, is unqaestionably true ; the mistake made by the politicians who would have excluded foreign corn was, in sup • the full admission of that props linen furnished any argument spinet permitting the nation to seek an auxiliary supply from abroad. Bat the fact that comparative plenty or scarcity will ever turn upon the state of home cultivation and supply does tarnish most conclusive reasons for als roganng all those laws and customs which tend to deprive land of its utility—ite productive powers. Now, nothing would have more powerful effect in rendering land productive than to lures= the faci lity of dealing with it ; that it should pees readily from hand to hand, as the exigencies of families or individuals might require. And this is not a mere matter of conveyancing, an affair between the lawyers and the public, which most modern discussions on the law of real property would seem to imply, The , Malt be