The Express. — London, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, Noy. 29. rho Loan Caistecueeen took his seat at five o'clock. SETTLEMENT OF PENSIONERS IN THE COLONIES. Lord PANMURE wished to pot a question to the sable earl °pewit. on a sebjece of which he had gives him notice, sad before doing so it would be necessary that he should enter into a brief explanation. It referred to a very marl- Wass elan of individuals, who had rendered, Ia serious parts of Use country, important public service—he meat the body of pensioners belonging to the British army. It would be in their lordships recollection that in 1843 his sable and gallant friend, now commanding the army, en rolled the pensioners who were neeiviag psalm far Inas services into a body fit for service under arse. Is 11147, se beaeficial had their envies beta to the country, that Earl Grey, then at the Colosial-eflice, and himself at the War ors, thought it right to extend that service to the celeste.; and in that year they first seat pensioners out to New Zealand, who had bees ea-1 trimly useful in the disturbed state of that colony, and who had proved themselves efficient, not only in render ing military service to the crown in the colony, but they had enabled the authorities in the country to webdraw a portion of the regular troops. Those pensioners were sent', out with certain conditions attached to their service—that they were to have certain accommodation in the okays houses and land attached, which they were to be allowed to cultivate. In New Zealand, Australia, and Yea Dee men's Land, those conditions had been fully canteen. with. He wished to ask, in conclusion, whether it war tee that the conditions made with the pensioners sent to UMW had not yet been fulfilled ; whether it was the inteation the government to carry out those conditions; or, it they found them impracticable, whether they were proposed ee give any compensation to thefts pensioners, so as to NOW aerate them for having gone out there ? The Earl of DERBY said that on one point be entirely concurred with the noble lord, namely, that whatever obli gations any former government had entered into with whatever class of people, the ezisting and all succeed ing governments were bound faithfully to carry out; sad he also agreed with him that there were no per with whom it was more desirable that the strictest faith should be °binned than that very elms to whom his observations applied, namely, discharged pensioners in the army. (Hear, hear.) Ile entertained, however, strong doubts whether toe system which the noble lord adverted to and which had been in partial operation for the last three or four years, wati likely to be productive of so much unmixed benefit as the noble lord expected. The printed conditions said that they must deo wetly understand that the grant of land would ectirely depend on there being sufficient for the purpose, and the want of it would eel entitle them to make ally claim for eompeesatioa ell that would he insured to them was a free passage to UMW Canada, where provisions were cheap and employment easily obtained. Now as to Toronto, it would appear that, without ascertaining the facts of the case, 220 pensions were sent out there, they were led to be'ieve that land could be provided for them in the vicinity of the town, and from two to three area was to be allotted to each pensioner. It appeared, however, that of the Ordnance reserve, every inch that was available around Toronto amounted to less than 400 acres, so that it was clearly, at the eutset, insufficient to provide the minimum allowance for 220 pensioners. (Hear.) list of those 400 scree, sup posing all to be available, no lea than 270 or 280 scree were actually enact a lease to the corporation of Toronto, and 120 only remained at the disposal of the government. He knew that there was a dispute between the government and the corporation of Toronto as to how far the government had a right to reclaim that lease ; but that ought to have been settled before the pensioners were sent out from this country . with the pledge and expectation that they would be put in possession of from two to three acres of land. A eessiderahle portion of the time which had since elapsed had been c insumed in discussi en between the government and the corporation of Toronto on the subject; and he be lieved that within • short time as arrangement had been proposed by the corporation to the effect that the govern ment should permit them to take 100 acres out of the 280 fur a public park, and they would then pay I,OOW. to be applied to the improvement of the remainder of the wilder ness—for such it was—in order that the pensioners might be settled down more comfortably and satisfactorily, although upon • smaller portion of land than they bad at Brat been led to expect. But, again, a further deduction was to be made by a colonial act pas sed three Si four years ago, to which the Ordnance did not pay sufficing& attention, and by which a power was given to carry a rail '• way through the centre of the land in question, occupying nine acres more, to be selected by the railway company, and ' which selection had only just been made; so that there was another element of uncertainty rendsriug it impossible to settle the pensioners on the land in question when they were sent out . (Hear, hear.) This was the state in which ' her Majesty's government found the matter when they came' into office, and unless further progress had been made, such' was the state of affairs at the present moment. The condi tions had not been complied with, although the pessiosen bad been enrolled and called out fos twelve days, end had properly fulfilled their duties. But when he said the con ditions were not fulfilled be was quite ready to admit that it was the duty of the geessweeest, whatever they might think of the merits of the wiped bargain, to provide for the literal fulfilment of the terms of the original mistrial, or else to make to the penieeen such compensation as they might be willing to weep (Hear, hear.) There was another question to whisk the edge lord had not adverted, namely, as to the policy or whiten of divosing of land is each • manner. If the hell was to be available for the purposes of the Women it was necessary to pre libit any extensive mane et hisildisags, and that only cottages of a single _shay high 'Maki he built. At the same time, if the lend wee est rephod, it would be ex tremely valuable he ; sad yet by the terms of the err am= ii=sst be let te ems persons en abort sad teeriaahl• laser, thus rew!ang the land lees valuable to the Oeihmem, sad he was not sere that it was the best arrangsment fee the pensioners them selves. It was quite clear that they bad a right to claim a bar for a esture, and two sores or an sere sad a half of grand; but they had no right to chins if the had wee arils* * building that , for the purpose et Oa* *tea spa it, the value which might be raisedft as tie had shad he altogether sacrificed. And yet it wee devote as penmen. is lead the ferieifeM vicinity et the owe, wiMd=abe ia at greet vales it building epee. The whole turdes wee ark, the asedisvatiou ci_ _ the inest. Hie right boa , hind at the lead of the sffialen had paid peat startles le the embjeet e ead he beStr ear t a iatisietery aressereat Vilma be rad& h.) PAIXIIIII be gaits ready le Ahem the ne a l t m itt at the peps, doe bet he reef et that, 14 fhe bees seat eat the el bill Ml= vottgara the had was at thek avert, the rile end as laborgdas es* a midi& The govsrament didoeity aserered. the dr Otimeties, shed *ay _bad dr pewit sad theme= to massisg tt, sad Is cede ass IS why they had eet dune se. Whoa they teek in hell Sur a pair wiliness% sad far rue years pest the roper ties et TIMMS had had • Lew et It. they lied to rain ispevensate epee it, bet they Ind rYeg it ea *ale r ea ct mpl% ail be believed it wadi be Mad *et the Beard boil eageetod this to ilitalleno ad the lead. Ile he.. Tamale sew yore op, end sail say that the Oodeenee osabilave we use ha nib bed 0111111 fit sedistry peepen% as the tom was peotheZ ia spi thsee berg so *Meal* ern. Irseeehe, WO SW gehed 11111116 ter the pawn et brapiag the edam ht e elm ea airy set lioyas Otte lied - that rot whekealtiall MN milt the enniesoe et di. yeroanaat. The pm isms In Oieek, slue a mop et pest led (Sony bar end es body et edam weld be *tar. . ). TM aart et DUST bell beta Warred the lerolea, ea pad authority, the R tor &idle to boy I* OM agree NOM us TUNNY dersopposin bon bailing day r *- proses, to provertee am, g has the tea, MA taking premiss e( per her wwl be essay the tows. Their lordship thea adjourned at a quieter Worn six Velar. SOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, Nov. N. TM Sri U& oak the Mir at the usual ho r. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETtT:ONB PRESENTED. CAILITAGII Dots.—By Mr. BCOBELL, Iron Bath, *Pinet. MATKOOTH °meas.—ft Ms. TIIOMPSON, from a place is Scotland, spinet. Tay MALT Tea.—By Mr. COCKS, from Reigate cad l vicinity, prying for the total repeal of. Teta Pooa Lews.—By Mr. G. SANDARS, from Wake field, from the Peer Law CiAndiail, "Relent the meat order ef dm Pew Law Bead, and prying that it =ay be reaciatted. O ----- Seam or Seorinits.,—By Mr. G. DUN. CAN, from the Hagar, Incorporation of Denise, stating that they ere deeply interested in the sompktion of the trigonoesetrieal survey of Swan& and they pray that the sir nab wale may be eateaded to Vorfarshire. THE DEBATE OF FRIDAY LAST. Mr. NEWDZOATE begged the indulgence of the house while be emplaned the rearm he had voted agnast the 11101i011 of the WA lard the member for Tiverton, having twin previously skald It was not his intention to do so. Tli• fan was he bad inteaded to have the bone without voting, but was accidentally that in sad obliged to vote ems way or the other. Of coigne, with his opinions, he had !boa ao nurse left but to vote against the amendment. Mr. KEOGH wished to sok the Speaker • question re the pretties of the house. He was informed that wlik the asand division of Friday was being taken, the Solicianonieral, the noble lord the member for West Bowe, and he believed also the hon. member for Middle sex, were concealed In a room at the hack of the chair. (A laugh.) He wished to know whether that room was to be smoldered a safe retreat for boa. members who might wish se absent themselves from important divisions ? The SPEAKER mid the practice had always been, sines the homes had occupied their present apartment, to .Haider the mom alluded to as out of the house. (Hear.) OFFENCES BY CHILDREN AND DOMESTICS. Mr. BELL, seeing the Under Secretary for the Home Department is his place, wished to know whether the goveranient would be willing to furnish a return, of the eenvietiame for offences committed by children or domestic servants throughout the kingdom? Sir W. JOLLIFFE had no objection on principle, but feared they would be slow of production, as circulars must be sent to all the crown clerks throughout the kingdom. RETURNS ORDERED. The followine morn were ordered Balms of yegg r .Qa the motion of Yr. Ong, a re tam of say beaks, being husks of issue previously to the rusiag of Ss act 1 and 8 Vie., it. 32, which have eased to wee their owe seem sad of the =moat of eirenleties of wok banks respectively. DISAIII•0111 (IRRIAND)..-00 the motion cIMr. PRINCH • eop7 of cornispoodenee relative to. the Besse (14? dramas district, under the Unless (Inland) I Vic., a. 89, 8 sad 9 Vie., c t r ies t y l e. sad 1 n eed lI c. 79; ale, a copy of esseesedeses; Part 1, respecting arterial drainage Ireland (in addition to the annual reports of the CessatiSionere of Plie Works), pessted to parliament ; Part 2, repsymes leas, years 1842 to 1852 tubule', POOR LAW. Mr. MOFFATT complaised Use's nest returns whist' had been furnished by the Poor-law Board as act being made up to Lady-day last, according to Use arise of the hose. Is consequence of their imperfection the Mies would be unable to form aa idea of the peopeetisable mess of different descriptions of property. - He wished to know why the poor-law authorities, is preparing these re turns. had etiolated from the order of the hose. Sir J. TROLLOPS said that the returns seisphlud of were ineupletc, but would as soon as poedbye be laid en the table in their perfect form. Returns had bean famished for nine months, and the remainder would ems be forth coming. He meld sure the hon. member that his returns would be very costly to the country, tied he trusted that the hen. member would and them easusessarately useful. NSW WRIT. Os the motion of Mr. F. 11•CLIINSIR, a RSV writ was ordered for the borough of Lisburn, Sir J. S. Tennant buns Sees his election accepted the newudship of her Idesety's manor of Northstaed, York. TRIAL BY JURY. Mr. PHILLIMORE asked the Attorney Oe 1, whe ther it was the intention of her Majesty's ministers to bring forward lay measure to render the usanbaity atlases un necessary. Sir F. TIMMER said that there bad been great di versity of opinion among the common law oonstatesieseee ea the subject. He believed he might say that goverment bad no inuntioa of proposing any alteration. Mr. PHILLIMORS suggested that the @grossest of three.fourths of the jury would be as ccadeols to the cede ofjcutioe as unanimity. NOTICES OF MOTION. Exrcutoe or BRITISH Strums ram racism.— An Hog. Id gave notice. fee this evening, to ask whether government had received any information respect ing the expulsion of a British 'abject from the Pruden territory. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. T. DUNCO34BE gave notice that, immediately after the Christmas recess, be would move That it is the opinion of the house that the state of the representation of the people in parliament demands immediate attention, with a view to the enlargement of the elective franchise, and that correction of abuses which the reform act of 1852 was intended to effect, but which it failed to accomplish. (Hear, bear.) Mr. HUME said it was his intention, on Monday next, to ask whether government proposed to bring in any mea sure extending the franchise, so as to make more fair the proportion between the voters and the whale pore latlon. _ _ _ THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1852. the seas befers the lotus, la sem that it night be um. mined whether they had been polity of the hal charge al. tLeir Mt, re = lit esi t * Wr y = Cllg e lf v_grs7s:ll:lf r illSl 1 . 0111 eigy W i z gentlesie s ti t r e l y camp% mato. whisk was di. divieolume member et tiset eerdser and w or t n ig e r w urberppy forma ger Ho would es =lt be hied Mesas deers ea whieh the petiti was pewee le behly ewers that it the Ise" shothei n ife k Vbsuip et Derby su st the hoe. gesemass els est beeseo is the lam parliameA Mr. gm by aelms. teatimes, Mr. MratthM. st thelrtt s r a n: inambm •who stood ea the sonosmstios interest. Up to that tine that him gestisman be boss politically a =ffln the lime& ; but be had mitrebd late s r roily. mostbses st ethit were ounathe elk it both by bedews end by eedileere. thas ef them" gostimos was a *Meter, oed auther smite IS leni wiha In the violet, of the mil It MS is the ham st Ws Wier gostleme, Mr. H. that the arrangenteM wow mete. Previous to the last Derby was always sanithred a strong hold the Mime pasty ; beeline preview bWt eludes a maser bum" rth het sub seem NM es Mat eserniss the rusk saute by wesM be althease. mod t maid is tin ientusis• of mom ; sad emu of the mere ardent peruses. et th e anemstivo pony openly declared that mosey suit set ha weeds& aM that a ears to, win. Tie mesh slime the this sliegadssithe not &sti muli of lessistim latessiseins was elaveyed to Mr. Mom the shohme et the lame somaitter, that bribery was telded pleee. la the anmet, bower, h. (Sir A. Cock burn) lidt bond to emit UM the ieformaties thus re ceived by Mr. Moss same hem •my snsykisns grouter, me este osly be resehei, libmirm, se he ask was con tras" by facts. He weed state the thessmissess under whisk that information was given. Thom was on attorney, name Member, In Darby, who had bus for teeny years • leading passim of the SININIMISSI piny ; but previous to the lest skean he had Imam greatly dhoostuted with the party. Is the this Mr. lthwhor was the agent, as usual, for the eeeelemillee osadidato, sad u such after the eludes be youssile • petition against the return of Mews. &Mt lei Gower, sad sounded in anemia( OMNI, who Meshes being declared void. I. yeseseating thst ledges. he, of muse, incurred great aM was eel d yeshot, as it was end, between _ end 1001. Be of soiree appealed to Ms po li tical Meads to reimburse him, but was put el" with various pre teats and proodm but in the end, it stemod, he never got hula shilling of lie nosey. Now, it was generally ad mitted that Men math a roan so sore as Wog money Hear." sad a hash) ; and at the last election this Mr. Flewker refused to act as Mr. Horsfell'a mut, or to take any part in the affair. His service*, however, were much desired, and a correspondesco took plass Mem Mr. Huish, the chairman of Mr. Holston emosimi, and Mr. Flawkor, which at the close inenseed rather as angry toes, and the latter afterwards sent a statement of the masons , which had induced him to refuse to act with the otnurva• tide ea he had hitherto date to a newspaper, which, how ev•r, was not inserted. At the very eve of the election, however, a penal of the name of Redford made slut effort to indium Flewker to act foe the conservatives, and eneatedird. At the interview which took place between them, Radford eosimaniostod to Flewker important facts uto the preparationa which had been made to carry the election by means of mosey. He told him that II Una ger was in the town, located at the County Tavern, and that be was to go to that man, who was prepared with the means tocsin on the work, andacard wasgiveu to him, which card he (Bir A. Cockburn) had in his hand, bearing the address of "T. Morgan Chester." Plewker, with this card, went to the County 't , and was admitted to a private room, where the man was. H. aid this area, who was a perfect stranger to him, that he bad mate teem Mr. Raiford. and produced the earl. The man said It was ell right ; and in some conversation that seseined, Flewker having alluded to the *spread feet that the fanner had come from Chetter, he said, 'No, I dales MIMS from Chester, but from Shrewsbury, from Kr. Wren." He then showed a letter to Flawless, who, the seemeat be saw it, mid, " that is the writing ;of Major Beessferd." That was all that passed, except that the .as explained the ansagessents he bad candy end the maser is whisk le peemeed M wry ea the besinem rawkee Ikea saw UMW. ead teid him that the man had not mine bag Chester, bet from Shrews. bury. " Oh, its ell right," sad Redfsed • "be know, what he has to do, sad I lam premised him 10e1. when the week is deem" This seamrsation having taken place, Redlissd peemeded Memos* Fleisher to take on himself • ukase dived impactor,: that was to go to Nottingham fora wpm he (Sir A. illeshbum) would state. Now, at Nottingham than was a mu brio! named Hibbert, who bad obtained guest celebrity in election matters. This per son was at the heed of en organised ug of men who were paid by him mad teak their orders f rom him, and had ac quired great soletiety for their skill in massaging election mitten. At Derby there was an attorney or the name of Huai', The Wed as Mr. Honfall's agent under his solid tor Mr. INothateo. Finish and Radford, imapetemod with the psilimet el elasialag the essisteme Hhhert and his cawet the dodos. eset tem eemeit limpets to Not thews. le ea Mom, there et the name of Bewley, to maims r Hibbert's servals; hat Bewley, having heard some norm of what was Om ea at Derby, thought it agitate hem nothing to do with the matter, sad suggested be iimmaldgo himself to 'fibbed. Thereupon Finish wrote thet person, requiting him to some to Derby with his seen ; but no answer being readved, Redford sup posed there might have been mai misunderstand mg between Heidi end Ribbed, and Flewker was seat over to Nottingham. There he saw Hibbert, who told him he had received the letter from Mash, but would not tome for that ; but as Radford would undertake to see him paid, he would come over to Derby, and do the best he could. Hibbert and his sea could not start for Derby on the same day, and in the noontime Flewker saw a person of the name of Coca partisan of the liberal party—and stated to hint what had taken place. lie went to the tows sleek, got an introduction to Mr. Has, the chairman of the liberal committee, and at an interview with him detailed the fade he had leased. After this be remained in the town, and became the mesas of eommunication batwen Hsieh sad Y~~rrggaao a . on returnin g from Derby, to , sad told hire he had secured the sinless of Ribbon sad his men. He saw Radford coming out of a door, in company with a man named I Lund, a cattle dealer ; and hair* told hint that he had brougLt ewer Ribber; reamedections from his about ea ins in the interest of the liberal party oseammiled • view of the County Tavern. He ilMswssis wait to the Casty Tavern sad while be was them Lund oasis is and said its had a ;rivals matter to opmk to Merges sheet. Wks Lead ease Gut of Ker ma' sem Ifkowlier wog is. eel Merges ISM Is hie 8 35*le W. Briftere, • that palms wise his Joe• la brought am the • noting: " noire was la :Ma'a net • son nand Rise one is to we about bee of wars, L e.. We wataishas ton Siam of these perm= wimp were @negated Os be epee le P inferows. Hoegaa had eimplatrod that the tee i ts. whiffs he had bees fonished were set e•Mdentlyasonereua. Mee ti Ye the seem sail he oodesileed there was sees is the Vele whisk led bee ark eut e sod asked tit *an Mom showed Ma de lies. La then maid, " There s son offseke ; thole are net the right lista. I will Wag yea the eight Hob y. and Av." emend desonelanese. he ught e ft ft right ea tight thin bee pea when ' conduct we laspliested shield knew the eaten of the eel. demo sod the mess of the pram foresees b. He had new brought the esseesdinge to the dose of the evetalle of the Wes=z l the oweaUthe meelmatiow. Oat mar fag of liewhes wee te the &woe lame old Mr *WM. ail ie his Nisi he weed he _deed ff he We br ilti s a s. Mr. and to ff eat Lori Rod ! @My sz libu t wao set oneogb win web. sod to say to that Ise Mews) wattled sees mere " bone meth" leigh.) It - dieski be staled that olden wee gives at the Wen that me ism wee In heed. waled to Iterpoo's seem wept see as gave ewe* ellewb est Mewl mein pees Wards SIP the sea who bee the hew, the @eel befog the putting the flogere to the meth or eido is seas peeferabe Ism end the peewee& to be stewed were, "It Is ell shebt t Mr. lizilbrd be sent see." Me•tt sweep thee mese " been sells" MN waisted. wes ekes to Hr. but that esademen being sad eel np, it was delivered by Inewler to a wens servant, who took it up stairs to her maw. Om the porter of Yee haws, we preset bataw dee the answer the merge was brought by the servant " the the leneedle timid be seat, and Mat the Noma who bed thus weed be with him (W. Polikedosho all da told hie the" fo es About twos right, the been after Flerier saw sese had bees seat." AA thee obeeestrome wen eemmsG Deed by Rawer Is the ewe et the mandog to onof NNlskea mod by his, with the mere of Meeker, to tawsabeirma of the Morel ossamittee. He tftir A. ) we net there to tided ?towhee—there *mkt be as dose that ire all those temeations be we awing s most eawerthy and was betraying ths 1180611111011 hie party aims vim mow saw viz, vieristivenses and m cupidity. (Meer, bear.) M ir tl ov il wasp) noes to nisei his 'videos.. for they eft Mew that wive was eke /wearied sad aimed, anemed sod brought to jambe by sews of informatios abeinel bee pectin whose melees to tusishiag sash ehootaftes It we impoleible to appree. The release of die Waage, the spy, eat the aesesellee, was Justly viewed with see. eke owl Merest ; but no prudent ten west nose to seed bleesif of such evideee, especial y who lopperted lame eanobentie tatioasay of seas Ay whs. Ow were tosight le Pipe* lam dead ia & Mr. Moss rilldie etermatien, sod peoeselso et the sa g es; watchword. obtained the males of the polies sad ,reseeded to the County Tammy to Morgan's rose. nay Isom the door genial by a sea who wee a teener as ere, sad who putout his W pewee their geleg la ; be, an their giving the egad eat the peseresdole deer was egged siedl i a a w ais er d e Pel = a itte a t, They bead Pleftwe la the nee sod Idel , eat yea Ma they hind =Lai BM sod oetakieeladieg 11. to 101. seed. On the Mk et whisk liseipea was minim and imeedietely before him, we • heek, is whisk was entered Ibe metes of the Men mai their attattsece so the reshot: sod teeniest teem& of the. moo 111111•111 NMI were staked, beleating, as desk, the ammo they had received, or were about to receive, teethed trim, - They further found a letter, to which be amt od ideation. This was the letter: "A good and eel N. with judg ment and quickness, is wanted immedeiely at Derby. I oppose dot you cannot leave your WO Sloe ; if not, sand some one whom you can trust is place. Let bid go to Derby on receiving this jet the County Tavern, in the centre of the town. Sad his said to Cot, Brother% and Co., Lead Works. as wain tree Cheater. That will be eroingh.--Youre, W. 3.—Meeday." Besides this the police found upon the maa two cards Wailer to the one he held is his hand, whisk had bees dell. vend by s he Nowise. wilt the odium of "J. Mee "si." This ass ma beenebt en d he there be owls se sew. sf the bed. seemed apon—he esksf kenkiy that iMstali the amass el eaten who had received ISM Srwrillig from him and other. who were yet to he psid. aril Madded. afar all it is but • very wall aide, Met ehe tenet Wass saidard with V. et IL • pleas, but at Shrenabery i.e Mee would be worth es swab as SO is Derby." f" Neer, Mar," and a laugh.) There was one thing be (Sir A. Cockburn) thought perfectly clear fro. this statement—that this men Morgan was at the liiw V^rri to effiltiptiag the voters at Darby by means of bribery. tou t hear.) That was a point which oddball of as desk. (Cheers.) But thus went the more isegeetant and the more pitiful gou da.. Hew Ihr. ea the oinienee QM. imam. the sight bon. ' redeem the Ikaislasy et war gran to be astederfed ,3 having bees ma asewswe ledge week of assemptien P 'lbw 'Melba kall oink had been mews se he in the hand writ ing of Ile slob ben. riatemen. It was found in an ea sap addemmull la Mr. him Frail, clerk of the °maw, Iltssorksey, wad hew the Mown of the seal and postmark Wbish. le ease eased, wes is show that the letter WM • remise ens (Chem.) Bit impend Ibis the Wirt hon. polismen had sever denied thee as loner was possine, ad be teen It that it most be crowd le be se. And if eo, how far did the letter impikelp She *de hen. andsman ? One thing osnaot fail to strike the UM amid aliserrsr. That was, that this mac west to tike glees, where he was committing this bribery, by the cdimb. and at the in stance of this letter of the right hon. gandleman's. (Rear.) ' The letter, it would be observed. sustained • ISOM of explicit directions, and it mould be hued that Morgan, the briber. meariall with diem di. rections so given, to the must slants reticular. The letter directed that a mass sismil he mat from Shrews- bury to Derby immediately IS ib Mir received. Now, the letter wu dated on the Ideadele and sot the Tuesday morning. Morgan was seises the platform of the railway station at Shrewsbury, reedy to start by the 8 o'clock train. That train, however, did sot go by way of Stafford, and he wss obliged to wait for a later traits, which was the earliest that would arrive at Derby. The next direction was that be should go to the County Tavern. which be would find 'ls the centre of the town ; and oa his arrival went imme diately sad established himself then, and the County Taws beam* the asses of acting, and the place where the balked anted 41111. Neil, the man was directed to seed seed to Oss, Brothers, and Co., lesdworks. On this past he had the statement of the landlord of the inn, gives with great reluctance, for the man was a staunch partisan, and not willing to give evidence against his party if he sushi avoid it ; but he stated that no sooner had Mor gan arrived at the inn than he gave a card to him to take to Mr. Co. at the lead works, which he gave to the ostler, who delivered it to Cox. Then the letter directed that the card should bear the address ' " Chester," and on the card which he (B ir Alexander Cockburn) had in his hand, and which, in all human probability, was the one sent to the lead works —on that card, as well as on . the one seised by the polio*, there was the address, " Chester." - All the directions then were obeyed to the very letter. Another observation on this part of the case. It was quite impossible that this letter could have been written by the right hon. gentleman with out previous concert with the parties at Derby—that was with Radford and the other,. In the first place, the right hon. gentleman could not himself have known the County Tavern,or that it was a place that would afford the facilities; but Radford, it could be shown, was • frequenter of that tavern. Nor was it likely the writer mf the letter would have directed the man to send the card to Mr. Coz, at the lead works, on his arrival, unless there had been some precoseerted arrangement by which the card, on being sent there, would be certain to do its office. He nest turned to the letter, twee if it threw any light on the object for which the man was to be sent from Shrewsbury to Derby, and for which all this machinery was set Is action. And the first thing that struck hint, as showing the animus of the writer, was—for what legitimate purpose we. • perfect stranger to bo sent all the way from Shrewsbury to Derby—a distance of seventy miles? If a safe man for the election was all that was required, could no such men be found in Derby, or in any of the neighbouring towns? The ezperience which they have all had in the eases ia which systematic bribery had been brought to light mast have made them acquainted with the fact that whoa wholesale bribery is about to take plan it was always a *anger that was brought into play. The presence of a *anger was always less suspicious, awl if you succeeded Ineatting off the trail, detection was less likely to follow, and was sometimes impossible. Any artifice would, there to used fur cutting off the trail in a case like this. came the nest question—why was a false address seed ? (Hear, hear.) Every one knew that if a stranger weld be got for the purpose of bribery, and he could leave the piaci without leaving any trace behind him, detection we so far less easy. No one wanted • false address for a Imiltimate purpose. If you wanted, after a man had done Ws work, to cut off all chances of following him, thea SOS of the means would be for him to give • hies shines. lie (Sir A. Cockburn) then asked foe VIM MUD did this man give a false address ? Nothing MOS SO IMINOSO• as for a guilty man to endeavour to shroud liMlielnhen detection by shrinking from creating ordinary ea ivies, meg he could only say that if the eight _ . eselime. OM= Miegel aader any suspicion, he had only lannHa reek he beau been accused of a guilty perms. Ho rathe. Clatithern), looked beck on all this as part sofa cont. _i and he would take the liberty of putting this me: He had himself assisted in the administration of jaw du o mid he saw before and around him • number of legal Mae wits were equally accustomed to do so; and, at the sane limn, be observed many hon. gentlemen, who, in dif ferent Adrift of the country, were in the habit of assisting is the administration of criminal justice • and he would pat M them the ease of a man taken en !agnate delight," and at kin wen found a letter directing him to • eertaia plug, dining lin what to do when be got there, and petting W la ommanication with • person whowas to intrust him whit srapard to the result of the work he was about to do, and directing him to assume a disguise to prevent detection; and den a criminal trial the party writing the letter was charged with being an aseessory before the feet, would it not be the duty of &jade! to tell the jury that such facts, unanswered and unexplained, was evidence of complicity ? He said only if unanswered or unexplained! Heaven for bid that he should say that the present ease was not capable of being answered or explained ; all he meant to say—that it demanded inquiry. In his long professional experience he had often seen how appearances might decei= ut hew often in what seemed an irresistible and over,/ ma the introduction of new facts put the matter Ia anew He did not say that this was not such a case, but he, did say that it was • case which demanded sifting and in-1 quiry, and that the public wind would not be satisfied without sea an inquiry. (Hear, hear.) But for the eir easetnese to which be was now about to advert, he should , lone the oat here, satisfied that he had done enough to ' *OM the bore to think it worthy of an inquiry. Bat there were ether eirournatanen walk gendered it n he go further. The right MA prillmea bad stook= and declared at a meeting et Ile imailimeets that the heft Ali he had stated wan the Bernd eta Neighs, end hermas fraud, and that the aim mien bas win wag mitigarl fraud and perjury •, ad We_ Mir A. Oaddhre) from all quarters that **Shads of no right hea. gardenia declared that the Wait handset Mamma, oven N had rohrenee ea te thelhation of 1882, but le • semi was wails ahem he was not fn. wilh the eenpanerbftitiee of dim and therefore it was affair sal segnereas to visit him with the consequences. It duals were true ' and If this was an old and stale he agreed that It would be unworthy of the item le ego it ep. (Hear, hear.) Having hard this, whin be (ilk A. Cockburn) was agile& to by the ped erasts he hefts the ease before the hem, be felt it anat hema at him he oath& his mad whether thee wee say hinailis it Ikon helm a igelast the right hazgillonim or Chat the Wats gonaion referred to se Y MK Net nay was mask • course due to dae-kis.bat it was ale . due . to he wand give him g morttheatvon and mint than to find that b e had reat er bees made the inaguand el carrying out ff ben sal villeins* pin mond the eight hoe. 'enflames'. Ni bad= his own Mad on In l et, and he ford that were sot le him in the iffiemigation, for the ..til of aliag ring been neeadmil. had put every, f:Dosby on Ms nettle. Mr. Flewker, ad thoes'whe lei adoi iffe lelliniattoo t were amigos be throw light 1 wtho or Aka, and to obtain infornatka la min to Mow whither am latter which was in Hari% genthilea eIP Sinai le dr statism of 1862 or t p leC r eleillee. Ho m hod hood komisy that it so that the sight hes. maineasi oiariogoaded with&prebut he vious omen g s wish regard te se Masks at Derby, was serried that the MOW r lnnen had no roloremo he any chaise pen= to 1848. It 'p =eat the right ima gentleman had not red is the election ** Derby in 1847, and list Kr. Frail was a stranger to that borough so far as dmilowering matters moo eamorood, till 1848. It was Impayftat to make this elms ad le should be able to do is lig the correspondence of ales, right hon. pathogen him. 1 odd Mr. fkrutt and Mr. Gower were returned for Derby hi Pe sad • petition was presented against their ream. The w it en hoirourable gentleman was applied is let Win carrying out that petition, and he !SON SO 11r. Flewker on the 21st of November, 1849 " Arhartgork. —Dear Sir,— I received your letter in Loadia y. jest as I was starting. I should think sthing, indeed, to unseat Mr. Strstt for D er by." He ( sr A. Cockburn) did not complain of that. They ander& were all infisenoed by kindly and amiable feelings towards each other; but when they came to an election they were not over nice. The letter went on—" bet I feu that hay. not the nieans of accepting your proposal,l as 1 Wiwi nnds at m 7 diaposal,just after the expendit ure ' attending a general election, to pay the costs of the petition." He (Sir Alexander Cockburu) supposed that, after this election, considering the number of petitiune, the brads wen mote flourishing. (Hear.) " If you get up a case, and a subscription for the purpose, I can pro mise a entwerlption of 1001.; but I cannot do more. I will speak to Collate. if he is in town, when I get thereon Tueday.—Believe Ine.yours truly, W. Bereeford.—Nov. 21." Se the matter rested until I. ebruary, 1848, when the right honourable gentlemen again wrote to Mr. now/ker. "Feb. 17.—Dear liir,—l em very glad to hear so good an account as you give of the prospect of success in the Derby petition. I shall be glad to give you any assistance in my p war when the case comes ow—Yours truly, W. Beresford." Then 01111211111111081 important letter, and to which he begged to call the particular attention of that bout.. *1 he right boo. gentleman was not content with subscribing 1001, but thought he might reader miasma with regard to the eleeti n petition by sending Mr. Frail to Derby, and on the 36th February he wrote the following letter. Ile (Sir A. Cockburn) read that letter to show that, as regarded else tin matters, Mr. Frail was a stranger to Derby till that time, and that appeared dearly from that letter. Dear haw en went who is skilled in all election matters, and aadeeataada every manner of scheme with regard to petitions. He will be in Derby next Monday, sad will bring an Introduction from me. You may trust hiss moat implicitly, and you will get some very useful blots probably from him respecting your petition.—Yours truly, William Ileresford.-77, Pa February 26." It was clear that letter referred to a person who was a complete stranger in Derby, to whom the right hen. gentle- men gave an introdsetlon, and for whine capacity and teristirorthiaem be was called on to vouch, and for which be did vouch. H' wrote another letter on the same ' , day, the VAL Weirrnary, to Nay which was brought to him two days after by Mr. Frail :—" Dear Sir, the barer, Mr. Frail, is the person I wrote to you about—Years, truly, W. Bereeford." This showed conclusively that up to the 25th of February, 1848, Mr. Frail was a fetal stranger in Derby, and had never istionseddled In any of its election mitten. The neat letter he wield read would be for the purpose of show ing the relative eircumstanees that existed between the borough of Derby and Mr. Frail. On the 3rd of March the right hon gentleman wrote to Mr. Flewker as follows : "Dear Sir,—l have endeavoured to see Mr. Cravat., but I find he is in the country hunting, probably near Athcr stone. I will speak to him whenever be comes up to tows. I have Peen Mr. Frail, who gives me a good account of the ease that can be made out against the sitting members. I have requested him to give you every assistance in his power, and attend to everything that the Derby party desire to be done. I shall be happy to assist you alma when the committee sits." [What this meant ho (Sir A. Cockburn) did not altogether know.] " The great matter to be looked to is to collect funds and to keep the use quiet till it is brought before the emu isittee.—Yours, truly, W. Bereaford.-77, Pall mall " The next letter he should read was one written by Mr. Frail, and was important, as showing the footing on which he stood with regard to the political and electioneer• ing interests of the borough of Derby, and it was written and dated from Carlisle. (Cheers and great laughter.) It appeared that an election was going on at that moment in the city of Carlisle. A petition had been presented against the honourable gentleman who had been returned at the general election of 1847, and the peti tion having proved successful in unseating them there was a new election in order to fill the vacant seats. Mr. Frail appeared to have been sent if not by the direction, but with the connivance of the right hon. gentleman to lend his as sistance in the conduct of that election. and Mr. Frail wrote to Mr. Flewker to the effect, "That he had just received his letter, and that he would be in town on the following Wednesday, and that he had written to make the necessary arrangements for the lodgings of the wit nesses. If ho could he was to get Andrew. or Alexander." (This meant two learned friends of his eminent members of the parliamentary bar.) " If not get Bylee." That meant his learned friend Scrjeant Bytes, one of the meet dis- tinguished advocates in Westminster Hall, but who would probably be better known to hon. gentlemen opposite as the author of a work entitled " Fallacies of Free•trade." (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Ito was really very sorry that his learned friend should have stepped aside from his professional career to enter on matters of that kind, and should now be left high and dry with nobody to read his book, and no one, except, perhaps, such gentlemen as the hon. and gallant member for Lincoln, who would be reedy to offer him any inducement to publish a second edition. (" Hear," and laughter.) But the most significant part of that letter was, that although it was signed in the name of "Frail," above the signature was written the words "Nixon, King's Arms, Carlisle ;" thus 'bowing in what manner he was to be addressed at Carlisle; and he added " my best compliments to Ilibliert, and remember that it is Thomson and not Johnson." Thus showing that there had once been a mistake about a name. Theoext letter was from the right bon. gentleman to Mr. Flewker, and was as follows:—" Dear Sir,—Mr. Frail has been out of town on very important business for four or five days, and that is the reason why you have not heard from h im. I do not think that he has got your letter. I think he will be able to get to 1) Thy on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, but not before. I have sent to speak to a gentleman from Derby, and will give him any direction I can that may be serviceable. I regret that Frail is out of town.—Your truly, W. Bereaford. Saturday (1818)." That correspondence clearly established the purpose for which he (Sir A. Cockburn) had used it, namely, that Mr. Frail had kiad nothing to do with Derby in 1847, nor until 1848 and that letter in question could have nothing to do with any election before that time, but that it was written subsequently to the election of 1818; and looking to the position which the right hon. gentleman and Mr. Frail had established in the borough, it was possible they had applied to him for a safe man, and that if he had sent Mr. Frail he would have been readily accepted as an agent. The petition in 1847 ended in the vacating of the seats of the sitting mem bers, and there was to be a new election; the writ was suspended till the 24th August, and the new electiou took place on Friday and Saturday, the Ist and tad September. Did the letter in question apply to that election? It certainly might, looking to the position the parties to it held in the borough ; but in order to test that point, the proper way was to look at the letter itself, and see whether it applied to the circumstances of 1848 or to those of 1652. It should be observed in the first place, that the letter was addressed to Mr. Frail, and directed him to send a safe man to Derby, on the assumption th..t ho was too much occupied to leave " his own place." But how would it hare been known to persons in London what his occupa tions were ? Now, Mr. Frail was in no business at all. He was originally a hair dresser, but left that business some years ago, and had applied himself to two pursuits each'. sively—horse-reciag and electioneering. (" Hear," and a laugh.) Ile was described in the letter as clerk of the course at Shrewsbury, and was anything going on in the way of horseraciog and turf matters which would have con fined him to that place just then in 1848? Nothing of the kind. The Shrewsbury rues took place in the spring and in November. Nor were there any races in the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury at that time. He would next ask whether there was any electioneering going on at that moment ? None. The seats for that borough were both full and no election was going on. But there was proof that Mr. Frail did go to Derby at that time and appeared at the races in a jockey costume; that he called on Mr. Flewker, and having taken an interest in the unseating of the late members, asked if he could be of any use in the next election ; but he found that there was no money stirring. Whether it was that the hon. and learned gentleman the present member for Falmouth, who was then a candidate, had a great aversion for corrup tion, or whether it was that there being two conservative candidates, only one of them having a chance, there wee no spirit in the election —(bear, hear)— Mr. Frail WWI in formed that there was no money going, and he withdrew, no doubt not without great dissatisfaction. (Hear, hear.) But he (Sir A. Cockburn) turned to the election of 1852. Was there anything to keep Mr. Frail at Shrewsbury then ? Yes ; there was a contested election ge rig on there, and besides, it required peculiar acti vity on his part, seeing that a contest had arisen at the last moment. The election at Shrewsbury took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, while that at Derby did not take place until Wednesday sad Thursday ; while the contest at Shrewsbury did not arise until the previous Friday. There was great excite= nt and turmoil, and the exertions of Mr. Frail were aeesslarily confined to his own borough, and therefore the right hon. gentleman had a right to suppose that Mr. Frail could not leave. But that was not all. The writer of the letter directed that a man should be sent from Shrewsbury to Derby immediately on the receipt of the letter. The letter was written on the Monday, and on the Tuesday Morgan started from Shrewsbury. In 1848 the election at Derby took place on the Friday and Saturday, and there was no necessity for each speed; and, in fact, on that occasion Mr. Frail himself did not appear is Derby until the Thursday, when the races commenced. It ap• peered to him (Sir A. Cockburn), therefore, that looking at all the circumstance", the letter applied to the election of 1862, and not to that of 1848. But the greatest difficulty was yet behind, for it was impossible that, if that letter had been written with reference to the election of 1848, it ooud have been made available for the purposes of the election of 1852, incept by the concoction of a villainous and abominable conspiracy. He looked to see if there was the remotest proof of such a conspiracy, and whether all the proof did not tend the other way. In order to establish a plot and a conspiracy, It was necessary to include the whole body of agents and partisans of the conservative party. lie would begin with Mr. Frail, and he would ask this tu_setion of those who asserted that there was a eon spirsey—How came the letter to Mr. Frail to be in the hands of Morgan ? It was addressed to Frail and came into the hands of Morgan, and what was the natural supposition but that it was given by Frail to Morgan in order that he might show be had a right to go to Derby. He bad heard it said that that letter was one which had been given by Frail to Flewker, and placed by Flewker in the hands of Morgan in order to the preparation of his scheme. Nothing, it appeared to him (Sir A. Cockburn) could be more irn• probable. But there wereeircuuntances which set that gun • lion entirely at rest. He had paid particular atiention to what he was about to state, and he thought it was clear that the letter must have been delivered to Morgan at Shrewsbury, and must have been given to him by Frail and not by Flewker. On the back of the lette r w as wr i t t en i n pencil, la the same handwriting as the entries in the book containing a list of the electire which was found on Mor gan, and which was proved to be in his handwriting, these few words—" Stafford, Lichfield, Burton-on-Trent, Derby." Now those were the places at which a man travelling from Shrewsbury to Derby would have to change carriages. There was no direct communication be tween Shrewsbury and Derby, and a man who was a stranger to Derby, and going there for the first time from Shrewsbury, might be supposed to ask for information as IQ where ho should have to change carriages and go on dif ferent lines of railway, and nothing was more natural than that he should write such information on the back of the docu ment which he took with him. That was a fact which was significant to show that the letter must have been delivered to Morgan at Shnwsbury, and not at Derby ; and any other hypothesis was out of the question. Then if the letter was delivered by Frail to Morgan, the consequence was that it was impossible to conceive the concocting of any conapirecy by any one except Mr. Frail. Now, who was Mr. Frail ? Ile was a person wi'h regard to whose electioneer ing character he (Sir A. Cockburn) had the worst opinion Well, then, they came to Morgan; and the nest question was—was Morgan in the conspiracy ? Morgan, it was un dentoad, was the confidential man of Mr. Frail. Mr. Frail. among his other duties, had to superintend the regicruion of Shrewsbury and of the county of Salop; and Morgan was the man whom Frail employed to serve notires, Mor gen being an estate went and valuer (iso we understooil),and therefore being very ii.eful to give evidence f ur or aga i ns t Mr. Frail's friend s claims when necessary. (Laughter.) Morgan was known in Shrewsbury to be devoted to Frail, and was it to be supposi d that such a man would have lent Aimed', supposing Mr. Flewker selected such a man, to an act of villainy to his party ? But if the house were to believe all this, there are still a difficulty to over come. No sooner did Morgan let to Derby than he was taken by the head by the Meads of Mr. Nonfat!, the didani. He we IM to the Messrs. Cox. Would If Coe have betrayed their relative and their candidate? If the letter had been, indeed, written in reference to west termer election, it could only have been mode use of by Morgan on some understanding with idiom. Coo; or, sup, posing those gentlemen net in the conspiracy, was it pos. sible that Morgan could have deceived them with se old letter of 1848 ? The neat question was as to Radford ? It would not be doubted for a moment that Mr. Radford was the stanchest partisan of the conservative party in Derby. The statement of the landlord, Taylor,was, that the moment Radford was made aware of Moritater arrtvoi in Derby, Le went to the County Tavern and bad an interview with Morgan. Well, then, was Radford in the conspiracy ? In effect, therefore, the house had to make up its mind, if it wouldentertain the idea of a conspiracy, that all these person. Frail, Morgan, Messrs. Cox and Radford, were in the plot 2 But there was another circumstance to be horns in mind The stranger who was found guarding the door wbea the police were in search of Morgan was the men who cunt from Nottingham with Ilibbert by the desire of Bid* and Radford. Bat there was another test to he applied to this theory of a conspiracy —the expenmertts" 'ads ; and the inference appeared to him to be conclusive. le all these people were in a conspiracy, what would have been the conduct of the responsible agents of Mr. Horsed], when the facts were brought to light. and Morgan was taken before the magistrates ? If Morgan had been an One poster, they would have denounced him. But they came forward, and threw the shield of protection over him. (Rear, heart Was oat the conclusion obvious 2 (Hear, bear.) When Morgan was brought before the magistrates, Mr. Furshawe, Mr. llorsfell's solicitor and cone fidential agent, appeared with a Mr. Sale, another attorney who had been acting as a subordinate agent. Mr. Furrilmwo was seen talking in a corner of the hall with Yale while the preliminary proceedings were going on before the =giro trues; and at the end of the conversation Sale rushed foe. ward, and announced himself as blorgan's legal ruiwisee. Morgan, in the first instance, not appearing to have any legal adviser whatever. When the magistrates intimated that they would remand the prisoner, Sale said, " I hope you will take bail we are prepared with bail to any amount.' Was that reconcileable with the idea that Morgan had been betraying the conservative party ? (Hear, bear.) Again. when Morgan was brought up • secoad time, succour ape peered from another quarter. Of course, when the dice*. very was made public, there was consternation in the minds of Frail and of his conservative friends in Shrewsbury a n d elsewhere ; and it did happen that two solicitors from Shrewsbury suddenly appeared in Derby. One of them was an intimate friend of Mr. Frail—Mr. l"rail'a son being, in fact, in that solicitor's office ; and the other, the clerk of the peace at Shrewsbury, was also a kir nd of Mr. Frail. These persons busied themselves in the affair of Morgan. and in the end they procured the bail for Morgan. ‘t eU. now, was it credible that there was a conspiracy to the detriment of Mr. Frail ? These (continued the hon. sod learned gentleman) constitute the facts of the case; and I have gone through them with • twofold purpose. In the first place, to justify myself, in order that it may appear to the house that I have not rashly or inconsiderately brought the matter before them; and in the nest ;duce, to put the right hon. gentleman in possession of the whole case. (cheers)—both as to the frees and US to the argument (Cheers.) Unquestionably, if I had been conducting this ease as an advocate at nisi per" he should have rested upon the prima facie ease, waited far the answer el the party charged, and reserved fur the reply the midi. tional facts he bad adduced, and the observa tions arising out of them. But he had thought that in a case like this such a mode of proceeding would not have been handsome—(cheers)—and, in consequence, he had brought the whole of the evidence in the most ample manner to the knowledge of the right hob. ie.ntle. man. (Cheers.) Under these circumstances, what was the course which the house ought to pursue ? Ile apprehended that it was impossible to say that an inquiry should not be instituted ; and he was happy to know that in that opinion the right hon. gentleman himself concurred. Ile was beta to do the right hon. gentleman the justice to say, that from the very commencement, he had demanded an inquiry into this matter. (Hear, hear) In his address to his coatis ' tuents in July last, the right hon. gentleman had declared that he would insist on a complete inqutry into this " conspiracy," and that if no one else asked be an inquiry, he would himself propose it to the house. (Ileac) 'that was a manly and straightforward declaration; and he was glad that the right hon. gentleman apprised of the motion for an inquiry. The hon. baronet (Sir J. Y. Buller), who bad spoken ter the right Eon. gentleman the other evening, had also expressed himself favourable to an inquiry, Moho had at the same time hinted his doubts w het her such an inquiry instituted by the house would not he preju , iiciiii to theobjtee of the committee who would try the Derhy election petition. He (Sir A. Cockburn) could nat see the justice of the ob jection ; he thought on the contrary that it would be rather an advantage to the defendants to know exactly what they were charged with. (Hear, hear.) When a nun, io a dell like this, had to defend his character and his scat, he (Sir A. Cockburn) spoke feelingly—it MRS wo very desirable he know the grounds upon which he would be rat ai Iced; and he therefore did nut anticipate that any practical ineonvenience could accrue from the house proceeding at sere to Monti este the circumstances which he hail laid before them. (Hear, hear.) Even were it admitted that there would be some inconvenience, that inconvenience would be out weighed by the consideration brought before the house. (Rear, hear.) Were this an ordinary case it might be left to the ordinary tribunal appointed by the house to deal with election matter.. But a ease which affected • right hon. gentleman, a member of the govern meet, and a Privy Councillor, did appear to him (Sir A. Cockburn) to assume a very important aspect, sad into which it would not be beyond the province or beneath the dignity of the house itself to inquire into. ((tear, bear.) The form in which that inquiry should be carried on Its would leave entirely to the botoe ; and he should only move that • special committee should be appointed. The coned , tution of that committee—the quarter front which it should be selected—that he would leave entirely to the house, feel ing confident that whatever the number of the committee, and from whatever side of the house it was taken, an impar tial and careful investigstiun would result satisfactorily , (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the hon. and I anted geode , man (who was frequently, in consequence of yoking with his back to the reporters' gallery, very indistinctly heard), thanked the house for its attention, and expressed a hope that from a coneideration of political morality, and in deal ing to great offenders that justice which was insisted on to 7u , r h l wo u ld meet ° l t e rr, ge motion, 1 0 1 11.wneor were madtempted opposition.the into venality, the motion Stanza, was that a seled committee be appointed, &e. Sir J. YARDE BULLER setonded the motion, as the best means of obtaining justice fur Major Bereaford, and clearing him from the charge. Mr. STUART WORTLEY objected to the form of io auitrhye consti t ution, dangerous ution . w p h r e c h e d g e a n y t e , and th e c a o s n ia d i ligation. to more impartial tribunals. Mr. WALI'OLE was in favour of the proposition as it stood, and recommended that the committee should be opposed t such uethheinsPves stun t of ! appointel by a committee of seliction. Lord J. RUSSELL said • few words in favour of the motion. — Mr.IIORSFALL corrected some points of detail in Sit Cockbunt's speech. Sir C. WOOD suggested that the committee be chosen bp the Gemara] Committee of Elections. . . — Mr. WALPOLE explained that it wit through an inad vertence that he hnd not proposed that course himself. Some conversatif6 in which the Attorney. Genera l, Sir A. Cockburn, Sir Charles Wood, Sir I. Y. Duller, and Lord J. Russell took part, followed, as to the constitution of the committee ; after which the formal resolutions were for its appointment by the General Committee of passed for COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bil l, Mr. FITZGERALD said he believed the bill eon tained 144 sections taken from the Common Law Pro. mitre Act of last session. Now he conceived there woe nothing more prejudicial than ill.adjusted or hasty amend ments of the law, leaving them in a state of uncertainty whether what had been made law one session would con tinue to be law for the next twelve months. During the vice-royalty of Earl De Grey a commission was issued for the purpose of inquiring what should be the amendment is the law; and their recommendations were embodied into law in 18.50; and it appeared strange ' after so recent a change that they were to have a fresh chenge in an act of 276 clauses. The commercial transactions of Ireland were so interwoven with those of this country that it was unwise to have one late for one Mall,' and un , !rher for lalltilen This act, however, made a strange alteration. It was well known that chose. in action were not by common law se signable, with the exception of hills of exchange. The 208th section of this set made chose, in action assignable, but only in Irelend, and the conu queue° was that policies of insurance, and contracts of that nature would be usign able in Ireland, whereas they were not so in this country. Then in some respi et's:this bill did not go far enough. There was the greet question whether the dietiretirm of the courts of law and equity should be allowed to eaist. lie did not profess to have formed his own opinion on it, hut in thus bill this question hail been dealt with, and in some important particulars that distinction had been swept away. lithe principle were good why should they stop short and apply st only in measure ? If they did not take grist care what they were abc art they:would have his hon.and learned friend coming forward with another bill next erasion to emend this. He was not going to object, nor should he object, to its being stated in the preamble that this was "a wiser just, and beneficial measure." Ile thought, however, in order that there might be time to corsider the bill, that it it were now read a second time it should Outgo into cos mittee till after the recess. Mr. LOWE observed that he was bound to say, as one who had paid great atten.ion to the subj, et of law reform, that this was a measure very much in advance of that of last session. In the first place, it did away with the uch nical division of actions. In the next place, questions might be raised without the necessity of pleading. Then it introduced another valuable principle, that of assignment of chows in action ; and in many other respects he con sidered it a great advance of the bill of last session. But just in proportion as it did honour to the bon. and learned gentleman, was it a reflection on our system of legislation, as instanced in law reform. Last session they dealt with the common law procedure of England. This Tear they dealt with the common law precede!' in Ireland, tho principle in both being idenu cal, and it was not wise that on two s ubjects so identical, there should emanate from that house two bills so different; fur although Ireland might bo truly geld to he in advance of this country, with regard to her junspre deuce, still the two subjects were identical. A conference of eminent persons had been lately sitting to bring the laws of the three kingdoms into unison; but this bill tended to raise up new diversities, and even its very improvements weft, in • meg, rather a retrogreuion. I'aerefore THE BALLOT. Mr. HENRY SERI EI Y gars ;Cities for an *oily day, after the recess, to move for leave to bring in a bill to pro tect voters from bribery and intimidation ►y MOM of tha ballot (Cbeerl.) NEWSPAPER STAMPS. An Ilowottacuts M asked whether, in cones queues of a decision which had taken place in the courts of law, it was the intention of the government to propose any alteration in the Newspappr Stamp Act. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he proposed on thb day to move for leave to bring is a bill to amend the law relating to the stamp duty cm newspapers. COFFEE. _ _ Mr. COWAN asked the Secretary to the Treasury (the Board of Inland Revenue having lately intimated to dealers in toffee that no article what hall be allowed to be mixed with coffee previous to its sale), if it was icteaded that this order shall extend so as to prevent the sale of s fluid used and known as the essence of coffee, two articles, at least, being indispensable for that preparation, namely, water and saccharine matter, as a conserve. Mr. HAMILTON said that If the essence of coffee con tained no additional ingredients but what were necessary to keep it is a liquid state it would not come within' the masa. leg of the Treasury minute. OATHS IN PUBLIC OFFICES. 1 1 Mr. A. PELLATT ekedwheihtrth;i;icis alter Me jetty's Treasury, who are empowered, under the act 5 and 6 Will. IV., to dispense with certain oaths, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof, in the excise. customs, govern ment, and other public dikes named therein, had used, and still continued to use, such powers ; and whether, in winsequence, any and what benefit had resulted to her Majest's service Mr. WALPOLE hoped that u his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer was shunt from indisposition the boa. member would repeat hie question es eme ther day. BUDDHISM IN CEYLON. Sir R.H.lNfLli,pmre ---- santtoVotle7r:P;t the figlowlag questions to the right hon. the Secretary for the Colonies Whether the coeuezion between the Queen's government in Ceylon, and the idolatry of any part of her Majesty's subjects therein, be or be sot severed ? whether the custody of the Buddhist relic be or be not transferred to those who regard it as sacred ? whether any ant of the Hawn's govern meat be sr be not required to entitle the priest of a Budd hist temple to exercise any fasetios in never* to the pro perty of such Buddhist templet and lastly, whether it be or be not the intention of her Majesty's government to transfer to the Buddhist priests all the cowers, of their own religion ia Coylea t Sir J. PAKINGTON Maimed the indulges.* of the house for • km monsais while he anew. red the lea. harem**, series of gewstioas. His boa. friend mast be swan thet the quietism hod 'sampled the attention of sue- COONS administration", emdhad also created considerable emolument in the community objected very sfly to say governmental con ned= widths Buddha" wsoaYip. Bet it should not be impetus that there were Wag efeEptleas to be remem bered when esasiderisi this seem ea, when we acquired the territorin of the Kiri of Coady in 1816, maned= woe emend into batmen' dm Cbitsa's repro seetatim end that severeles, by wide it woo provided that the Beidhietrellik +Mob wee mhos& by the primed inhabited'. deed be a, inveigle la di its sass end worship. • et differed tomer woe Inbar tem* by th e Qessa's represented's, but h (eir J. Patine. did mot thick that w• wore et all feinted from ear ebffptaes by that predemeden. It had been urged that woods* eased be wok Whams ens ad Nadia', bet he meld net awed te are mak radhas of our odlgations. (Rem beer.) la mower le the lied pert' of the queens, be meld saying ell govesemellel esa nide' with the idolatries of Neddhiset bed weed aims 1834, whet die R. Berton wee gommeref C608844,11* time ales a meat of messy wee awarded to the primes i Ere of preview maldhatiese made he pmenemmt elEsels took poet in the dos end oseemenies. Theme were two ether pinta one Waft the appointment of the preetheed. Me ease le the eastedy ef the wedanown lieddinfle talk. Se in bask pm whoa the Bari of Dsrby wee a member et lied Osefe geyser meat, he seat eat leteart thd ell emaisiss with Buddhist mashie wen to en" red askawavagli Load Ter rines meshed siYir Imetaselme end dee - to give up emewely 61 the MIA Sean mew , the Melba bride etas, sad Lord Teningeon meant the ended: of the ena th ei t lied so mattes deed whoa he (hie J. Pithitlits9 epee the bailee ebb else. Mess doe be DM eat del the toestedWe/ de_ *sail be ahem e im p l =et di sonagidon Iml dles er eemee ohs timid mem, bat that sa pennant la bei Amid be, gra ft the priests brad eneety libei s hotipembody he z lived intreensent Mentes te MGM hem ant out to the gegems• elle& ties that renvenuf tbe quells% Ili maddered It right to leave e very Mk dineretioa to that taistiosui. POLITICAL MAtiIIITIRIAL APPOrMIMINTII. Mr. BABB eked a gamin as to the need 2=e meat of three patioass (upperters of his he.. 4 the. Herefell), am of thee hada( bean the sheirmea of dthat hon by .. gentlesese's oceseittee, to the megistorid beech Dar Mr. deerstary WALPOLE net having bed adios of the qualm, had not conunomicated with his noble sad leered Lewd the Lord Obeeettliar, bat would do se es early es pomade. Mx. BASS would meat the quid= on a future day. THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE. la reply to a guidon from Mr. F. Pau, Bit J. PAKINOTOK stated that he had already given directions fee the peopasslase of the paper, =plaint= the new dilleddes midi bed seine is regard to the constitu tional the eskay, eeneseeent en Os sonetructim white led be , pet era the premed froaddee, and which he be bed am premed the noble Led (1. Easel) to lay betore the Lead J. RUSSELL wee Italica, that the whole et the deepahltee el the nbjeet should he predated, la Grille that the gnash of the objeetiaas of the various parties la the colony, might he clearly eadentoed. Sir J. ?ARINGTON suggested ant whoa the papers were produced, if the noble lord should Beebe utisded with them, he should make a motion for each further informa tion uhe required, sad he (Sir J. Pakiagtoa) mined then say whether it would be brought before the hums or not. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILLS. Mr. &dew SHER silted whoa the four bills on this subject which the right ho n . and learn e d Attorney-General for Irelaad had obtained leave to bring In, would he in this haeda of members? Mr. NAPIER —They ere in the printer's hands, sad were promised on Monday. .1 have no doubt they will be delivered tomorrow. _ THK W. BiRES- ... —.— FORD. Sir A. COCKBURN rose to bring under the nettles of the hones the petition of certain lahabitant householders of the borough of Derby, drawing attention to so organised system of bribery which they alleged was resorted to at the last election for the borough, and by means of which the return of one of the candidates was Neared ; and they far ther alleged that a right boa. gentleman, a member of the Privy Council, and also a member of that house, was a party to, and had procured, the egret by who m such bribery was carried into effect ; and they prayed the house to institnte a full sod searching inquiry into the proceed ings. The petitioners were the more earnest fur such in quiry, inasmuch as the right bun. gentleman whose conduct they impugned had publicly declared that the persons making them assertions kad been guilty of • foul and scan dalous conspiracy, and bad resorted to falsehood and subor nation to carry out their object. He (Sir A. Cockburn) bad fell tt bit duty to comply with their resaests—to bring