The Express. — London, England, 1852-05-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMON3.—THOLIDAT, MAT 20. The BflAllll tech the chair at a gamin Won (oar o'clock. PRIVATE BUI BILLS READ • THIRD TINIS AWD PAssio.--Baitibumi and Prestos; Road and Bridge Bromley and Heed; Bary and Link • Bohai Road; Frame, Ytrsti k , Weymostk Railway (No. I); Lancashire and Yorkshire, Railway; Leven Railway; North Waters Railway; Stockport and Halide Road ; York, Newcastle, and lieu wick Railway (deviation of Bishop Ashland branch, itc.), Bilk. BILLS AS AllllllO2O CONSIDIaID AND AoedlD TO.— Wancheeter, Boston, Matlock, and Midlands Jouction Railway; Pedmore and Rowley Roads; Stroud sad Risley Road ; Bills. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. MATWOOTH ENDOWMINT ATT.—By Mr. C. BRUCE, from Morayshire, Banff, and other places is Scotland; Sir J. MATHESON, from Inverness ; Captain FORDYCE, from the free church presbytery of Aberdeen; Mr. HODG SON, from Carlisle ; for repeal of. MILITIA BILL.—By Sir J. WALMSLEY, four petitions from Cardiganshire; .&r. W. J. FOX, from Oldham; Mr. RICARI)O, from Stoke-upon-Trent; Mr. J. ,ELLIS (3), from Maidstone and Marlborough; Hr. J. H. VIVIAN, from Swansea ; against. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. MATTIA, a new writ wan issued for Sandwich, for the election of a member in the room of C. W. llrenfell, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. Lord PALNIEN;dO:I gave notice that to-morrow, on the motion that the house Ito adjourn till Monday, he would call the attention of the government to certain reports cir culating in Europe with respect to the exertions of foreign influence, fur the purpose of procuring a change in the coostitution of Spain. TUE REV. MR. BENHETT. Viscount CASTLEREAGH gays notice that =Mon day neat he would put a question to the Home Secretary with reference to the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of Frome. APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES. Mr. M'CULLAGII inquired of the Secretary for the EOM: Department whether, in the appointments recently made to the magistracy in Great Yarmouth, reference had been had to the opinion of the town council of the borough, in conformity with the practice of former administrations in such eases? There had previously been IS gentlemen hold ing the commission of the peace fur the borough, a number ezeeetting that which was generally found in towns of the same size and population. Lord St. Leonard' had been indue. J recently to add sit new names. lie did not then mean to enter into consideration of personal fitness or party distinctions. What he wished to learn from the govern ment was specifically this, whether the rule laid down by Lord John Russell some years ago, when filling the office of Secretary of State for the !tome Department, had been '• followed in the ea:este which he (Mr. M'Cullagh) referred ? Ile did not interpret that rule to be the concession of an absolute veto by the municipal councils on nominations proposed by the Lnrd Chancellor; but that before new magistrates in corporate towns were appointed, the opi nion of the town councils should be asked for, as that of lord lieutenants was invariably sought in counties. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE was aware that a circular had been sent round from the Home-office, when the the noble lord the member for London was Home Seerenzp, inti mating that in the appointment of magistrates la wrists towns, the opinion of the town council would be tabus; but the practice laid down by that circular had set beta adhered to by the noble lead's eacemers la dr lime odlce—the appointments bed bleu WI le the Lard Chew• cellar—and neither Lord Catawba= sr Leal Taws led adopted that practice, which in many cases weal& be seat inconvenient. At the same time he was free to admit that the representations and the claims of Tows Cennelle ought to he considered; and in the case of Yarmemlbothen the Lord Chancellor, acting on the advice et three who were competent to give it, appointed sit additional nlngia tntes, he selected live members of the Town Council sad an alderman ; and in all Calls the Lord thanceller bad taken care that the appointment should depend epos It ors for the Wan, and not political opinion. The resent i appointments were made with the sanction of the liberal member for the borough. (Rear, hear.) DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN QUERN CHARLOTTE'S ISLAND. Sir J. PAKINGTON admitted, in answer to Mr. GLAD. wove, that despatches. confirmatory of the reported gold ebecoverise ha gases Charlotte's Island had been received bra the governor of Vancouver's Island, and added, that so amend American ships had gone there, the British ad. mind al the station had been directed to furnish naval alalensese tat the preservation of order. RI 11110NISM IN IRELAND. Mr. NAPIER, replying to a question from Mr.O. Goat, said that came of the men arrested as ribboamen in the county of Longford were admitted to bail, the magistrate* being band to accept bail aoeudiag tower, comaitutional principle, As to the mount el bail, that WM a matter which rested &Rowdier ia the dimeretims of the magistrate. • THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE AMALGAMATED ENGINEERS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on being qaestiemed by Mr. Yonaran, denied that in the resent la terview with a deputation from the Caked Trades of Lea. Ides he or any other omeial person had upraised any °pi ' nice ss to the coaduet of the employers or the employed ia the recent dispute between the amalgamated engineers and their masters. WYCHWOOD AND WHITTLEBURY FORESTS. Viscount DUNCAN asked the Chancellor of the Rube quer whether bills for the diaafforestation and enclosure of Wychwood and Whittleheiry Forests had been prepared by th• Commissioners of Woods, Forests, etc., In conformity with the notices issued in the Gaseeee on the ith day of November, IS I, and if so, when it was the Wadi= of the government to introduce them ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mid bills were prepared, but, under the present circumstances tinder which parliament sat, there would be no chance and no ;no priety in attempting to carry them through this session ; but he proposed to have them printed and introduced and laid oa the table. COSTS IN CROWN PROSECUTIONS. • • - Mr. LENNARD inquired whether it was intended to bring in any bill to abolish the obnoxious privilege now enjoyed by the crown of not paying costs in cases of crown prosecutions ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that in the mane of the discussion that took plate the other day he stated that his attention had been called to the subject, and he endeavoured to correct a misapprehension which prevailed on the subject. it being generally supposed that the crown received but did not paycosts, the fact being that it neither received nor paid. In nine cases out of ten the crown was enceessful, prosecutions generally not being undertaken without good grounds. The question, therefore, was whe ther, altogether, the law was not more favourable to de fendants than it would be if they were bound to pay costs in all eases in which they lost. Mr. LENNARD gave notice that be should, if possible, TOOT! for kers to bring in a bill co take sway the privilege of the crown of mot paying costs when it lost, and to e the crown to receive coats where it won. COLONEL OUTRAM. Mr. Aff ST EY ;Ili; gooTiWt of the Board of CootTol pecan' ed on a foresee nada that when the papas con cerning Colonel Ostrom were papared, they should be laid before the hoax . He gave asibethat he should on Monday ask when they would been pned. He also gave notice that he should ask the Cheaseart of the Exchequer on Monday, when the papers rends. to the expulsion of pro testant aissionariee frees Rummy would be presented. TILE REV. W. J. BENNETT AND TUE VICARAGE OP PROYR. Mr. HORSMAN aaked the Chancellor of the Eteheguer whether the legality of the Bishop of Bath and Welts's con duct in instituting Mr. Bennett to the Iroise vicarage formed part of the case submitted to the law officers of the crown fur their opinion, but failed in obtaining any satis factory answer. Mr. HOUSMAN then said that he should this evening mak the Chancellor of the Esdisiquer to produce the case which had been solasitted to the law officers of the crown. The CHANCELLOR of the =CHEQUER would slats at once that he eartably had the greatest oloostioss to allow the opinions of the Nova alloss oa Lib Of 1111.111111.111/11 to be laid before to Wan, wad he trusted Mr Rom would support the prowerming is last robsaal. Lord CASTLEItEAOR aid la dosed it a ease lisd been unfairly dealt with. Assartioss hod boos made sad allegations had boss laset forward slosh maid not be substantiated; sad be tisd to ask thhs gssation, whether her Majesty's irrosimist wore aware, hell been informed, or bad reams to Wks% that tha it.,. Mr. Bennett, who had been isstbstad to the vissraga of Prose, was or was not in holy WWI and in colansaion with the Church of England ? Sir B. lIALL gave nosios that when this question war brought forward he should behs, soder the consideration of the house the state of the Msassis Court of Bath and Wells, the manner in which Oaten wars aypaistad to that court, and the meaner is whisk ths MOWS'S was con ducted. THS MILITIA BILL. The bolos then went into committee as this bill, ra mming at the 17th clause. Mr. GIBSON said he wished to ask a ipialaias as to the anode in which the ballot was to be etisidneted, and whether it was intended to adhere to all the previsions of the 42nd Oro. 111. with reference to the ballot ? Many of those pro visions would be exceedingly objectionable at the peteent time. By them every householder was bound to make a lot of every man dwelling under his roof, and to state any phy.ical in fi rmity any one might be labouring under which might incapacitate him from serving, and this list was to be placed on the church doer. Mr. WALPOLE said it was intended to adhere to the provisions of the 42nd George 111. That act was in force a long time, and he was not aware that any inconvenience result, d. Mr. ittIOUT coaddered it would be very unpleasant if a min had an infirmity that it should be printed in a list on a dumb door. When they came to the 28th clause, It would be kis butt to propose that Mr. Dermal, as the chair mem M the omaeuttee, amnia hare the wand Geo. 111, before bba. sad ahead read the whole of its ammo from the be. &an to the and to thew, he is ember that they might Mgr what it was they wets oseetiog be this bill. n• thrIORNEY.OINILIAL sail he did net think it wed/ be to to pabibb the pertivsko infirmity which • peso hem serving in the militia. Y the_ elan ffireolied ler was that a return should le soft iiiipedift ash se were labouring wader say Infirmity, but there weld be no neosedty whatever to state what their infirmities were. Ile Mir Y. Theespr) did not think that permute wail feel sue 00111110 esissidst • s and with reaped le the deputy - he &WI likii to know what they were It fur if duty sedgroi to Ana ? (" Hear, leer," and .) He had Sea the right hon. gentleman (Ms. /L ) ereenited bike dress of a depurlientised; end be mid set swan doe M was only mashie el. ersithAig aw e ass Se eau , dime nun whisk be bed bad the of wing hies so ensue (Laughter.) Her (saki be admit that the tins wee a. Wellies se bad been described. There was to be a es the 10th of October, at which the =h ired l oad were to be appointed; and the notice was to be gins and to be dud on the church door three days before the latter. He &greed that it would be better to adopt the plan panned in recent ads, and to order the notices to be placed upon the dean of all the chapels as well so the parish church. Mr. WALPOLE was understood to say that he would consent to an szteuslon of the notion. AR;;f7wwords from Mr. Wilson, The AT'fORNEY-GENERAL obsimmal that the we lkin of physical infirmity would be seeloil a i n tbe sargeon who would have to examine each puree . he entered the corps. The questions of whether a num was an ap prentice or a member of the Watermonee Company, were quest , uns of fact, and such as a deputrEsstenant WAS quite qualified to decide. Mr. MO WATT remarked that this. soda. similar eW missiuns had demonstrated the false McWe.be yid& the committee was placed, by not having the sit helm them upon which they had to legisls , e. Mr. WALPOLE said that it they had brought in a bill simply to amend the law relating to the militia fee the purpose of raising • force by voluatevy odietomed, they would have left the law respecting the oNopeher of the militia exactly where it was. n• gams= done nothing to alter the old law exeitit to anus" sad mitigive it ; end they had certainly no disineliaation to introduce improvement.. He would admit that it would be desirable to extend tic notices ; sad if there was any doubt so to the publication of the infirmities, he would in troduce a proviso to place it beyond dispute. (Hear, heat.) Mr. BRIGHT said it was understood that when • man enlisted in the regular army he was forced to undergo very minute surgical examinstioa ; that he was stripped naked, and was, in lac!, obliged to submit to • far more narrow scrutiny than say beast sold in Smithfield. Would that course be pursued towards the men ballotted for the ? Mr. WALPOLE should :think not. The militiaman would only have to undergo such an 'elimination as would enable • surgeon to certify that he was • proper person for the service; and he (Mr. Walpole) had no hesitation in saying that the Secretary at War would make such regula tions as would preven. anything of the kind described by the bon. member. . — Mr.. HARDCASTLE then moved the following proviso: And whereas by the said tint recited act, it is declared that the provisions of any existing act of parliament for the punishment of mutiny and desertion, are to be in force with respect to the militia during such time as they are assem bled for the purpose of being trained and exercised, but so that no punishment shall extend to life or limb, and where as suck provisions render militiamen liable to corporal punishment, it is hereby expressly declared that no such provision shall be held to extend to any militiamen net em bodied so far as to render them liable to corporal punish meat by the sentence of a court-martial." Major BERESFORD thought that this question had been bottled by the previous discussions; and that it was quite impossible to have two mutiny bills. Moreover, by the custom of the army, corporal punishment woo never inflicted except for disgraceful condact, and therefore the object of the hon. gentleman's proviso was already met. Sir 0. PECHELL thought that flogging to the army ought to be abolished, but he doubted whether it could be dispensed with in the navy, when there were not the means of ordering confinement. lie should support the clause. After a brief discussion, The ATTORNEY-OENERAL, in answer to Mr. Tyr unit, said that the militia. when embodied, were liable to the Mutiny Act, as were also the volunteers. Sir D. DUNDAS saii the house had passed the Mutiny Act within a very few weeks without any objection being made to the indiction of corporal punishment. If corporal punishment was the law in the army it ought to be so in the emboaicd militia, too. (Hear, hear.) Were it other wise, there would be the greatest difikaslty in maintaining discipline is the army. (Hear, hear.) The 6th section of the Mutiny Act provided that it should not extend to tia corps or volunteers, except where that was specifically provided for by another act. Hence, the question was an open one; and it might fairly be discussed whether they were bound to inflict the same punishments on men who were called out by ballot, against their will, as were inflicted on soldiers. (Hear, hear.) This was not a question for military men only, but for the whole house. He would put it to the government whether it was not desirable to reconsider the subject, of making the militia subject to flogging during the period of drill. The Earl of MARCH thought that, as the period of train ing was so short, corporal punishment would be the more necessary. Mr. 0. STANLEY had hoped the government would take into consideration this question, and so alter the clause as not to subject militia men to corporal punishment while training. la our Indian army, though oar soldiers were subject to corporal punishment, and the native troops were not, the conduct of the latter was quite as good. After a few words from Mr. Il&autmon, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the government had given this clause the gravest eonsideraties, but it was by no means of a simple nature. The 'abject was me that could not be tampered with ; sad till the whole subject was taken into consideration, it was impossible to entertain these exceptions. The government, therefore, felt it their duty to oppose the proviso. The committee then divided. For the proviso Against it 133-46 The clause was then agreed to. On clause 18, which provides that men shall not be liable to the ballot after 35, Mr. HEADLAM moved as an amendment that no per ems above 2.5 should be liable. Mr. WALPOLE said the effect of this would be very seriously to increase the hardship of the ballot. The object of the bill was to render ill liable, as far as could cenve niently be done ; but if the age was limited to Prom 18 to 25, the area from which the men were to be drawn would be seriously diminished. By taking them principally from the young mem, there would be a greater risk of interfering with the recruiting for the arm Sir 11. VERNEY supported t he amendment. Mr. MO WATT said that no doubt the hardship of ser vice would be felt much more by persons approaching the age of thirty-five, who were generally settled down in life and had wives and children, than it would be by young men at the age of twenty. (Hear, hear.) When the right bon. gentleman said that it was desirable to interfere as little as possible with the enlistment for the army, it was to be ob served that this was a consideration which could not apply to those who would not go of their own free will either into the army or the militia. After some discussion, Mr. WALI'OLE, in reply to Mr. Mowatt, said that there wee no particular age for volunteers. They might serve even after the age of 35. The committee then divided. For the amendment Against B9-37 The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses up to 20. On clause 21, Col. ESTCOURT said that the training ought to be continued for ninety days in the slat year, end net re newed during the subsequent y ear, eseerdsi IN days, for the purpose of muster. He &NM WON a pewits to the effect at the end of tbe ante. Sir H. VERNEY esseeelied Ant steely thr am. dr2 would exact too great au Iscoseeaternee en mew of and agriculturists to be submitted to, and sespeted that the militia should be tenni out for half the month of No vember, half the now* of Des ember, wed the whole of the mouth of May, whoa Offirdiusa emploptest WI scarce, and volunteers there're, soy le be etwelwed. Major BERESFORD eabl that the sospeelisee thrown out by the bon. baronet might be seeded out, if found necessary, by an order in council. After some conversation, The period of twenty-one days In the body of the clause having been agreed to, Colonel ESTCOURT moved the proviso previously al luded to, giving the government the power, if necessary, to extend the training to ninety days, with t h e understanding that the drill daring the following years should be &ban dewed. . . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that the pro viso would be more advantageously attached to the follow ing clause (the 22nd). Col. U. PENNANT supported the proviso of the boa. and gallant member for Devine. Major BEItESFORD thought the power conferred upon the government to call out the militia for fifty-two days in one year, if desirable, and for 21 days in :he succeeding year, would be found quite sufficient to give a thorough drill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wandered that the discretionary power confided to the crown of call ing out the militia for 66 days if necessary. would be found amply sufficient. That period had been flied upon after serious consideration, and with the advice of the military authorities. He could not agree therefore to the proviso of the hon. and gallant member. Mr. M. GIBSON objected to the billeting of reconciles in beer shops for so long a period as 66 days. He did amt urge the danger to morality, as he Mow that was ma a military consideration—(a laugh) ;—but he did urge the ia justice of billeting such a number of saw in boom of en tertainment. If the country required a sank* the sowntry should provide barracks for them. TM boa. member con cluded by moving the following proviso:—" Provided that notwithstanding soy thing contained in the said Ina switad act, or soy other act, no officer, neawasnalasionsd officer, drummer, or private man, serving In the militia, whoa called out for the purpose of training and exercise, shall In quartered or billeted in any inn, livery stable, alehouse, victualling house, or in any home of any pawn selling brandy, strong waters, spirits, beer, cyder, wine or me theglin, by retail, without the consent of the respostirs oc cupiers thereof." Major BERESFORD opposed the proviso, as being son t sry to the established custom of the country. After an observation from Sir H. Mr. BRIGHT said that the liaised victuallers had always been harshly treated in them matters. Captain BOLUS -110 opposed the proviso, on the ground that there was no spare barrack accommodatWa, sad, he sides, the presence of soldiers was but a very alight Moon- TellieDee in public-houses, open to all comers. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL explalaod the impracti cability of tarrying out the proviso, and GIBBON replied, contending that the memo OMMINeoI... THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1852. of thus raw young mu. caul vilitheile of oft:4= ties. would M an latelerabie animus la a k v si a* tb B 4 teem 10111911 p Aro by MOW_ i l to 4 two IsesodMeader ins of missies Um hipleative4crs and thisofte s ••••117 • vast ex panse kr Winn Then KO posit glees id hu h to ,eggine op iv eM) a r teteibeebt be tbereary prostisable. hit so *VA poistionm. e (Kr. dowisiS rso loo ens bunchaeons alagadan I and hes. GOMM oppo site would *trepan to sow Kr. mina osispisined that thu somabers of Mr Ida intro goossusitoat al set undoestood She MR. The douse wee insporatim be end revised that IM roes shod& be bil leted la & do. Kr. J. Ey ANS amid sot Indentand why militiamen were to be billeted upon one don only. if there was to be • proposal to billet thus spin lawyers there would be a in gt t raChte ll oellorod the tavern keepers the not optimal dm laths estintry; and this new oppres sion eineld nal Ia Mponialed. (Sacrament profaned to be prietiening Not but the result of a proposal like this woad In MK woo class against another. Kr. WAXLIT thin& that as the peen were to be exempt from the billet, they ought to get the billet (Laeglitor.) If ono dose was to In selected, it ought not to be this eine/ publismo, who were already Moulin under seven bisseme. la answer to • question, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the beer-house keepen would not be liable to the billet under the bill. The sommittos then divided : . or the proviso 66 Against lO6-61 After sow conversation between Mr. Wax.roxs and Mr. Busour, The clause we speed to. The 22nd clause (empowering her Majesty, by order in council, to cause militia to be exercised out of their own counties, and to extend or reduce the period of service) was *greed to without diseataion. The 23rd clause (empowering ;lieutenants to appoint places for exercise), having, after some conversation, been agreed to, Clause 21 was agreed to without remark. Oa clause 25, which repeals the power given in a former act, to call out the militia in case of insurrection, Sir H. VERNEY said be disapproved of the clause. The last attempt at invasion was preceded by insurrection, and if en invasion were again attempted there was little doubt there would be another insurrection. Mr. 0. GORE had given notice to omit this clause. He could not understand on what principle it bad been in serted.___ — The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this elegise was inserted because the principle of the bill was, that it was a strictly defensive measure against foreign sg greesion, but as the hon. gentleman opposite and other gentlemen seemed to disapprove of it, he proposed that they should leave it for further consideration. After some diseuesiou, Mr. M. GIBSON thought it would be best to take the SOLO of the house upon the question ; and he could assure the government that they should; have his support for the proposition which they bed originally made. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had obtained the votes of away hon. gentlemen on the ground that there was this clause in the bill; and if he now withdrew it, be would place it in the eategory of the proposal to give votes to the militiamen, so ea to render it a popular measure. If he now withdrew the clause, it would be apparent that he had at tempted to pass it muter improper pretexts, a measure that would not have stood its ground if its full scope had been stated in the first instance. (Hear.) Sir J. TYRELL observed that if the militia were so well adapted to put down rebellion, the Manchester gentlemen ought to be the first to rejoice at the proposal to omit the clause ; for wise there was any fear of a real rebellion, the importunities from Manchester to the Home•oilice were beyond all consideration—((" hear," and laughter)—end yet the boa. gentleman (Sir J.Walmsley) talked about the propo sition of the hon. member detracting from the merits of the bill l So far from taking the sense of the house, they would only take its nonsense. (Loud laughter.) Sir J. WALMSLEY protested against the hon. baronet's putting words into his mouth which he had not used. Sir J. TYRELL—I rise to order. (Cries of "Order,' and " Explain.") Perhaps the hon. gentleman would state what were the words. (Loud laughter.) Sir J. WAI.MSLEY—The hon. gentleman seemed to suppose that I had velum' of the merits of the MU. I be lieve that it bee nosy demerits, but I do not believe that it has any merits whatever. Mr. HEY WORTH said that the use of the armies on the continent was to pat down the liberties of the people ; and there would be • natural impression that the proposed force would be egeoltrullbraski purpose in England. Mr. G. TROXPSON pit it to her Majesty's govern ment, whether it would mot be • breach of faith, and a risperture from whet had been said at the introdiestion of the bill, if the government did not liesaly resist the withdrawal of the clause Sir F. T. BARING mid be should vote for the postpone ment of the clause, in the hope that the result of the go vernment's ecosideration would he to withdraw it. He objected th it, became he believed nothing was more likely to create the danger of an invasion than some domestic con vulsion, and because the bill as it stood would leave the country weaker than it was under the old law. (Hear.) The committee then divided For the relponesarni dike clause 2OO Against t The clause wm seoordingly postponed. Classes 28 and 27 were agreed to without romarl:. On clause 28, which extends the provisions of 42 Geo. 111., cap. 90 as amended, to this act, Kr. BRIGHT said the clause involved very important considerations, and would require much discussion. It would be better for the committee not to proceed further till they heard the conclusion of the government as to the clause that had been postponed, whisk, if omitted, would entirely alter tie character of the WI This clause 28 in volved all the clauses of the act of Gm. 3, nearly 160 in number, and many of which were inetenetent with the classes in this bill. He appealed to the Mosse-fleactory whether there had been any attempt on that AM saltirly to delay the pragrees of the bill. /Host dike ammtions had come from friends and not from opponoste of the ma sure. The CHANCELLOR of the IiCHEQUZZ did not think a case had been made oat tot soperting peon. The government did sot wish to keep the house Ia onevaise se to the poeveasil clause, and he loved to oommerdeete their op , b oala tomatrow. Mar, ham.) Ake the aigla was Mill vosse—Clesos, hoor)—sad the haw fresh, be hovel they email he anted to mond, so es to WA the bill is good time ae•monow. Mr. BRIGHT peonal he the 7 postpeasmeat of the 28th clause, and said lee &sold sett se ovveition to the re maining four clauses. in maldsg thiel it could not be considered that be was astais The CHANCELLOR of the 17CCEKIVER said it would be ,better to hive the 11th dam* laid before the committee, as the Moos fieoretery had some amendments to iatneaoo.__ 11e. WALPOLE end he wished to radio against cer tain rembises I. the dad Owe HI., cap. 90 i abo against the haft eamkg lees ormatlea earlier thee wee axed by the Nth dames el Ws eat. The right hoc gentleman read the three as ha reopened to alter it, and said ha would put it la therager kw tewasnow. The these Wee thee peeVemd. Clause le was speed in 04 claim MI se anismilmeat wee Introdsoed by the Se cretary of State, the Aran of which wee to secure the bounty to volunteers la the City of London. The clause as amended was then agreed to. In clause 31 a similar alteration was made with re ference to the miners of Devon and Cornwall who might volunteer. The remaining clause was then agreed to. In answer to Mr. Hamar, Mr. WALPOLE said that the bill would be reprinted. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. The house then resumed. ID rOpl to Lord SITIKOUR, The C HANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER raid that heropposed to proeeed with the postponed clauses and pro visos of the Militia Bill to morrow (this day) ; after which ho - old proceed w:th the New Zealand MI would proceed TURNPIKES ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. Thisbill was read a second time. TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENT BILL. Tbts bill was read a second time. HUDDERSeIELD BURIAL-GROUND. This bill passed through committee. SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL. This bill was considered es amended. 'ROCLAMAYION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIA MENT BILL. This bill pared through committee. PUBLIC WORKS BILL. Thia bill passed through committee. DIFFERENTIAL DUES BILL. This bill pared through committee. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS FROM FOREION SHIPS. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. ANSTEY moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill was read a third time. KENNINOTON COMMON IMPROVEMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE INQUIRY. _ . . _ _ b. On t /notion that the debate be adjourned to the 16th of luxe, which se amendment wu moved that it be ad jammed to Wedanday next, Mr. REYNOLDS roes to object to the penposemeent tin the 16th of June. The hon. gendenes leeninesd this subject in a speech—if be could sell k enewhlmlt we full of unadulterated end malignant blielay. The manner ma well as the matter One hew gendemen was INA Wan ing. (" Oh.") Ilea. geottenwa who memo' se instient now heard with IN of complacency *be absinatioas which bad hue hroped en hie religion by the boa the man. (Hear.) The hen was was followed the right boo. gentlemen the of State far ON Department, and they had mho benefit of MO.( the right hoe. pentleeeen the Chancellor of the Jhedwaaar. The right bon. gentleman said that the Menem mtbolio hierarchy of Ireland had violated the eingult of 1146. 11. (Mr. Rersolda) denied that there wee may oseepaet. This was a manic* for inquiry ; but it should be Isealleehd that there had been maven inquiries Openly by royal eon missions, and that nothing had been dielled to the Mere& of the water. ("Cleeenan.") The hes. amber he Sal ford cried " Question r be bed a* burnt bin 4 wands. 'dem be changed sides before. (A laugh.) The question Imm abses to be adjourned to the 16th of Jane, bat it w I Mop Mill biros that parliament would have ceased to exist belies Oat time, end be did set wish to leave the esbelimase ealdnet his creed aaaaswusd until It was its remade to wirer them. (Loud laaghter.) Ile ehalleaged mmuley, es be believed it moat result In the advantage of sinweb. But enquiry wee not the object. Tho fact was thee having failed in raising a bey in Eaglead against the hod of the people, the party opposite raised that of no popery, sad the College of Maynooth. (The cries of " Question " became or load and general as almost to drown the yoke of the hon. member.) The bon. member having thanked the house, amid much laughter, for the patience with which they had heard him, concluded by seisonding the amendment. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thought that the matter should at once be brought to a fair and definite conclusion. It was a mere fares to postpone the question to the 16th June. The O'OOIIMAN MAHON thought it essential that the question raised by Mr. Spooner should be decided, Ho took the oppocturaty of denying altogether that such abominable doctrines were taught in Roman catholic collect* as had been asserted by that hon. gentleman. De wished the question to be fully debated, and a decision come to upon it, if not on Wednesday neat, at as early a day afterwards as pmeible. Mr. 11. HERDEET asked what object could be gained by keeping this order on the paper? If on the 16th of Juno the committee were granted, no practical enquiry could take place in the present session. Mr. NEWI)EOATE said the ground for keeping the order on the paper was to ascertain whether the house was prepared to agree . with his hon. colleague that there was a necessity for inquiry into the system pursued at Maynooth, and to obtain a satisfactory decision on that guiation, he, on the part of his hon. friend, would see that the discussion should not be resumed on a day when there would be a difficulty in making a house, or at all events a very thin attendance. lie felt bound therefore to adhere to the 16th June. Mr. GLAI)STONE had beard no reason stated for firing the debate on the 16th June. lle hoped that under no cir cumstances would Outhouse apes to defer the question to that date—and if the house acceded to that prouosition it would make itself ridiculous, and the hon. gentleman who made the motion would raise a doubt in the country as to the objects he had in view in bringing it forward. After a few words horn Col. GILPIN and Mr. KEOGH, Mr. WALPOLE thought it advisable that some practical conclusion should be come to on the question which the hon. member for Warwickshire had brought under the notice of the house. Such a conclusion would not, how ever, be arrived at by fixing the debate for the 26th, or for Wednesday next. The course, then, for the hon. member to pursue was either to discharge the order at once or take • day or two to wasn't his hon. colleague as to the day on which tho debate should be brought on. (No, no.) For his own part he had no objection to the arrangement sug gested—to take a morning sitting for the purpose. (Hear, hear.) He was naturally anxious that the discussion should be continued and concluded after the allusions that had been made by the opponents of the motion to the intentions of the government. (Hear, hear.) Ile might now be perhaps allowed to remark, that the speech he made when the ques tion was last under discussion bad been much misunder , stood, and he believed no one who heard it could have put the construction up on it which it had since been made to bear. (Hear, hea r.) The construction which his right hon. friend the Chanc ellor of the Exchequer gave to it at • later period of the debate, wisi, he thought, the only one which could fairly attach to that speech—at all events, it was the only one he (Mr. Walpole) intended. (Hear, hear.) Sir B. BALL hoped the amendment would be with drawn, and that the offer, which had been made with the concurrence of the right hon. gentleman the Home Secre tary, would be accepted by the hon. member for North Warwickshire—if not, it would be said, and with reason, that the other side were going to the country concealing their policy on the two great questions of protection and Maynooth. (Hear, hear.) The one to a certain extent they bad thrown over, and the other, if the hon. mem ber for North Warwickshire's prop osal, to defer this debate till the 16th of June was carried, they would avoid giving any opinion upon. As far, however, as the oppoeiuon could prevent such postponement they were determined to do so. (Hear.) They had been told by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the govern ment hail no intention of withdrawing the Maynooth grant, yet they knew that at this moment the walls of Liverpool were placarded with broadsides on behalf of the government candidate declaring that. if the result of the election were to retain the present ministry in office, that endowment wculd be abrogated. Under these circum stances it was essential that their intentions should be lainly and honestly announced before the dissolution. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. TYRELL hoped his hon. friend would fix Tuesday next, in accordance with the suggestion made on the other aide. . . — )dr. OOULD thought it important that the question should be brought to a decision. Mr. FORBES moved that the debate be adjourned till Tuesday next at 12 o'clock. (Rear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY asked if it was intended to fix Tuesday or Saturday next, or any other early day, to go on with the debate at 12 o'clock, and proceed with it de die in diem if necessary till it was brought to a conclusion ? In that case he would withdraw his amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE was perfectly prepared to' adopt the motion of his hon. friend (Mr. Forbes), and fix the debate for Tuesday, at 12 o'clock. The motion fur Tuesday at 12 was then agreed to. METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS.. Lord J. MANNERS moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws concerning the burial of the dead in the metropolis. At that late hour (half-past one) he would not enter into any details of the measure, but would merely say that it would provide, first, for the closing of the burial grounds within the metropolis, and secondly, to erect burial grounds beyond the metropolitan boundaries for the reception of the dead. Mr. WAIiLEY observed, that as far u be could under stand it from the few words of explanation the noble Lord had given, the present measure appeared to be the same as the one which had been so unsatisfactory in its re sults. (Hear, hear.) Ile hoped full information would bo given as to the nature and provisions of the bill before any stage in it were taken. Mr. STANFORD trusted that the bill would be laid on the table at a time when a full explanation of the objects and details could be given end discussed. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Viscount Ebrinsrton, Lord Sey mour, and Mr. J. Bell, The motion was agreed to, and the bill was brought ilk and read a first time. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved for leave to bring in a bill for carrying into execution an agreement for the sale of property belonging to her Majesty, is right of her crown and of the Duchy of Lancaster, to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and for enabling such commissioners to dispose of their present chief office, and other property, in the City of London. Also a bill to remove doubts as to the lands and casual revenues of the crown in the colonies and foreign possessions of her Majesty. Both motions were agreed to, and the bills brought in and read a first time. COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. On the motion of Sir J. Pauxoiox thin bill, which had been brought from the Lords, was rein a drat time ; to be road a second time on Monday next. BISHOPRIC OF QUEBEC BILL. On the motion of Sir J. PAILINGTON. this bill, which had also come down from the Lords, was read a first time, and ordered to he read a second time on Monday next. The house then adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. NINEVEII.—Among the latest discoveries at Nine veh, one coffin found contained the body of a lady of the royal house. Many of her garments were entire, also the r. 24 very, hwowhiecvlserfas. wuten a ed in ha o er t t iiin T g h o e ld m p oet singu lar remed pi,e the face, so as to assume and retain the features of the de• ceased. MADAME Sat:mt.—A biographical notice in the Petrie on Madame Saqui, who, at the size of 76 years, is now dancing on the tight rope at the Hippodrome, states some curious facts to account (or her be:tag compelled at so advanced a period of life to continue a fatiguing and hazard ous performance. It appears that Madame Saqui bad ac quired a handsome fortune many years ago, and had resolved to retire, when her brother, who was the manager of the Rouen theatre, was on the point of becoming bankrupt with debts amounting to 600,000 f. ; and, to save his credit, Madame haqui paid the whole amount, and reduced herself to poverty. Since that time she has never been enabled to accumulate sufficient wealth to retire, and latterly, accord ing to the l'atrie, she met with a terrible misfortune. She was returning from Spain with about 30,000 E, the fruit of 'great exertions, when she was stopped by banditti and robbed of the whole of her money. In her youth she was patronised by the Emperor Napoleon, who frequently made her presents ; and on one occasion, when much in want of money to meet some engagements, she applied to the empe ror for the large sum of 10,000 E, and he sent it to her im mediately. BREWER'S-COURT RAGGED SCROOLS.—Last even ing the s n Luta general meeting of the friends and supporters of the above schools was held at Freemasons'-hall, Great Queen street, the Right Hon the Earl of Shaftesbury in the choir. His lordship, in opening the proceedings, mid that in consequence of the inadequate snpoort received by the committee, numbers of children had been turned away from the reboot. It had been said that this arose from their want of knowledge of such a good work being carried on, but he was very much afraid that that WWI not the ease, as eons could be.p seeing the numbers of wretched children daily running about the streets. He felt that the wealthy ought to maintain the schools to the utmost of their power, The report showed that the average attendance of the day and evening schools together had been front 150 to 160 children of all ages, and both sexes. Last year there was a small sum due to the treasurer, which had been paid, and a below remained in favour of the schools. The report concluded by stating that a dispensary had been founded in conjunction with the schools, and urging upon the meeting the nece4sitv of further contributions to meet the increased expense. The Rev. 0. T. Driffteld, seconded by the Rev. J. Smith, moved the adoption of the report, which was car ried unanimously. The Revs. A. Thilwell, Dr. Cumming, and Mr. W. Terry, ofthe Ragged School Union, addresse d the meeting ire support of other resolutions, and the pro ceedings cored with a vote of thanks to the noble chairman. KING'S COLLEGE lioserrat.—The appo intment of assistant-surgeon le the service of the Hon. East India Company, so liberally placed at the disposal of the com mittee of management of this hospital, by W. H. C. Plow den, Esq., M.P., has been conferred on Mr. Francis Not tidgo Maenarnara, a distinguished pupil and scholar of King's College. erstreoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. atoned Wake Of " The Expert." watainag Tbe mese wrenleg's " &write," is publiebed every Tuesday gag Friday eight, in take at poet. edvetuccowslainawat for "The Express," London Evening paper, sun he et nee Odko, 10. Bouverie.euset. by Two o'clock on the ay of publication. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE . Tau Dar —Morsing, 190 ..Af Wm , " Sh. Wu. Tootwasoir—biorwrg, Alcamo% 41‘. 9a. LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 21. THERE must be no more loss of time in discussing the best method of emigration to Australia. We must try which mode is best by using them all. It was declared, on high authority, at the public meet ing at Leeds, and repeated by the deputation to Lord Deans, that, to save the clip of this year's wool, shepherds and shearers must be sent out within two months. Of these two months, how many days aro gone? And what is doing? The facts of the case,—the very important case, — of Yorkshire and Australia are these. York shire (assuming that that name stands for our woollen manufacture) requires an annual importa tion of wool to the amount of 2,000,000!. This was the amount imported in 1850. The Aus tralian colonies required from England, at the same date, goods to the amount of nearly 3,000,000!. The demand for our goods, from the development of new means in the colony, is likely to increase rapidly and largely; while, at the same time, there is extreme danger of a failure in the supply of wool, from the deficiency of shepherd labour on the plains. Looking at the fact in another way, wo find that there are tens of thousands of men among us whose annual consumption of our goods at home amounts to not more than 11. per head I while, in Aus tralia, their circumstances would bo such that they would become consumers to the amount of 01. 15s. each, while their presence in Australia would save the article of export thence which is now in danger. These are the men who ought, in all reason and prudence, to be sent out within six weeks. Last year's " clip" is safe; and there seems to be hope that some portion of the present year's will be rescued, at great loss to the wool-grower, but in the trust that more labour will be supplied month by month. There aro some persons, as we see by the report of the Leeds meeting of the 12th, who apprehend that there may be, at all events, more wool than Yorkshire will want, in the present pros pects of the manufacture. However this may be— whether, as the large majority believe, the manufac ture will languish for want of wool, or, as others hint, Yorkshire weavers will be languishing for want of work—the pressing expeaiency of a largo imme diate emigration is equally striking. If the wool is wanted and does not come, men will be wanted in Australia. If the wool comes and is not wanted, there will be hungry men in Yorkshire who are wanted in Australia. Now, here arises the difficulty caused by the re fusal of the Land and Emigration Commissioners to send out any men but agricultural labourers, and such mechanics as can be smuggled into the colony under that denomination. Tho commissioners have at their disposal 220,0001., which is, for the most part, lying idle in their hands, on account of this rule of theirs to Bend out only agricultural labourers. To this rule they adhere, not only in the face of the fact of the urgent needs of the colonists on the one hand, and of our hungry people at home, but in the face of the very important fact that the 220,000/. are supplied by the colonists on the faith that it is to be expended for their convenience. To observers, it appears singularly perverse to hold to a rule framed long ago, before the mighty change made by the discovery of the gold fields was dreamed of by any body. There is no doubt, on any hand, that if we had now a telegraphic communication with the pro viders of the fund, they would let us know before night their earnest desire to have men of all sorts sent out who can work; and that their preference would be of men of more brain and higher training than our agricultural labourers can exhibit just such as our stout Yorkshire weavers; and that it would be the greatest of blessings if their families went with them. There is no time to wait for this wish to be formally expressed. There is no time to i lose in arguing with the commissioners. Or, if all England argues with them (which we hope all Eng land will pertinaciously do), we must stir in other directions while carrying on the argument. What are these other directions? There is Mrs. CIIISUOLM'S society—excellent, as far as it goes, but wholly inadequate to the present need. Mrs. Cuts noLat and her coadjutors are as hard at work as people can be; and more and more aids are joining them every day. Let more and more join them— to-day, and to-morrow, and every day—but we have only six weeks in which to meet the existing emer gency, and we must look further stilL The Highland and Island Emigration Society seems to offer a wide field and very ready means for the enterprise to which the nation finds itself suddenly called. We have all heard much, and now for some years, of the miseries of the population of Skye, and of other parts of Scotland which were ravaged by the potato disease, and have not strength to rise from the prostration. We are all aware that the landed proprietors are wholly unable to support the people who could never, in the best times, do more than barely support themselves. We all probably agree that Highland families are the very stuff for such an immigration as Australia now cries out for. No sheep-walks can be wilder than those to which they have been accustomed,—where, in rammer, they have been wont to pass whole days far from all sounds but the gush of the torrent, and the bleat of the lamb, and the cry of the plover, echoed from the rocks and trembling over the 'black moor, — where, in winter, they have gone out in the snow-drift, and amidst the blustering tempest, to save their flock. To such men the grassy plains of Australia will probably be more tempting than the hot hubbub at the "diggings;" or, if not so, they will servo as a final test that the case ia indeed hopeless. These Highlanders and Islanders of Scotland are eminently family men. By every endeared association, by every affection, by the habits of centuries, they are disposed to take for granted that their parents and children shall go wherever they go, and to look for ward to sending for all their relations by and by, to the fiftieth cousin. To draft off 20,000 of these Scotch people, of all ages, in family parties, and set them down within reach of the Australian stations, would be to do the largest amount of good, on every hand, that, perhaps, any movement of our time could be conceived to effect—good to all sorts of people, at an interval of half the globe, without the least ha rm to anybody. The proprietors would be relieved from a burden under which their fortunes have become actually des perate. Their lands would have a chance of the im provement duo to a future generation. The present famishing inhabitants would find, not only food, but, carrying their household goods with them, a home in their new country, where their hearts would find a domestic rest, such as, in aching, fevered destitution, they have not known for many a long day. The Australian stock master, who is now obliged to club his sheep together in a flock of 10,000, because a score of his shepherds have absconded, and who sees his ewes perish in the yeaning, and his lambs lying stark for want of care, and hundreds of his sheep infecting thousands more with the fatal catarrh, would give the kindliest welcome to the sight of the plaid, and the sound of the Gaelic tongue. And Yorkshire and Wiltshire, and many a shire besides, would not bo behind i n the rejoicing. For every 10,000 human beings set down in that far land of plenty there would be ten thousand happy thoughts in the humble homes of England, where Ithe busy hands were weaving the fabrics which are to purchase our share of this wonderful Australian gold. And can this be done P Yes, anti easily and im mediately, as may be seen by all who will glance at the resources by which the emigration of the High landers and Islanders is proposed to be carried on. They are simply these. The Emigration Commissioners will give a free passage to [inch men and women as come under their rule. The emigrants will sell any property—such as a cow, and their househol3 furniture—that they may possess, to help to pay for their outfit and passage. What further funds are needed are advanced by the society, by way of loan, secu rity being taken for the repayment of the advances by the emigrants out of their earnings in the colony. Finally, the landowners, whose estates are thus relieved, pay, es a gift, one-third of the ad. sances made to their own dependents. Thus the repayments to be made by the emigrants will be applied to carry out successors. It is thus that the cousins, to the fiftieth degree, may hope to follow and nn organisation of relief and supply may h e eon• sidered to be fairly begun. l'rince ALBEII r's name, with a donation of 1001., stands at the b ea d of tilt; list of patrons. If others make haste to join —if t h ey go to-day to pay in their subscriptions at any of the great bankers in London, or in the chief towns in the kingdom—something effectual may be dune Is fore the six weeks are gone—" this year's clip" may be saved, a world of embarrassment relieved, and en inestimable amount of misery turned into pence and Waif regret we find that the present Cuts- CELLOR has already begun to resume the old tory practice regarding the appointments to the magis tracy. Wo had hoped hotter things of Lord Sr. LEONARDS. We were among those who, when his name was first mentioned as a candidate for the custody of the Great Seal, frankly admitted his forensic eminence, an d augure d we ll his adminis- trative impartiality. lie had been tried in a similar capacity in Ireland, and report said that lie had not been found wanting. We did not forget that he was then a subordinate under Gummi and l'Em. instead of being, as now, the colleague of DISRAELI and DF.tinv ; but we were willing to give him individually whatever credit was due to fair and unpartisan nowt. nations to the magisterial bench, and we were ready to believe that as head of the judicial department is this country ho would eschew the bad precedent of former times, and hold the balance of justices, as well as of justice, even. It appeals that we were too sanguine. Whether it bo that increasing age and a protracted interval of seclusion has rendered a temper never very patient or considerate, uncontrollably petulaut and arbitrary —or whether it be that before the desperate necessi. tics of the faction now recklessly gambling for power, the once upright judgment of the CHANCELLOR hag been forced to yield—certain it is that in more in. stances than ono that have come recently before us, the discretionary privilege of adding names to the Commission of the l'cace has been used in a manner which we had rather &sera); than designate as it deserves. It is our duty to call attention to the facts ; we would willingly be spared the pain of commenting upon them in the manner which unhappily they merit. We shall confine ourselves for the present to the case of a single town; but we warn those by whom Lord Sr. LEONARDS may be ill-advised, that the eye of public scrutiny is upon him, and that wherever, through his instrumentality, the attempt is made to render the tribunals of summary jurisdiction predominantly of one party, colour, or complexion, complaint and r t .. preach will assuredly be heard through the culumna of a free press. In the borough of Great Yarmouth there have been for some time no fewer than eighteen magi& trates—a number which, in a community hardly amounting to 28,000, will be admitted by most 1 r 1101114 we imagine, to be more than sufficient. To these, however, no fewer than six have now Leen add( d —not at the instance of the municipal council of the borough, or upon the request of its inhabitants gene rally, but upon the private and partisan suggestion of an anti-liberal clique, who desire to absorb in their own circle those privileges and rewards which fitly belong, without distinction, to all shades of senti ment and opinion. At Yarmouth, as in most other places throughout the kingdom, there arc two great parties—that of reaction and that of progress, that of exclusion and that of tolerance, o t l fr which seeks to maintain Lord DERRY in power, and that which desires to see a truly popular ministry formed of sound popular elements, and with prac tical popular aims. In the ranks of the one are to be found all the old and im penitent foes of religious freedom and political reform, and with them some few who once were believed to have put their hands to the plough of dual progress, but who have been tempted to look back. The proportion which these latter hear to too bigoted bulk of the party will rarely be found to be considerable. In Yarmouth it is particularly.small; yet the unequal allies affect to style themselves by the equivocal title of "coalition; and this misformecl and ricketty combination has for its immediate object the return to parliament at the next election of two opponents of all further reform, and supporters of the present shuffling administration. Sir ED MUND LACON fitly represents the thorough-going toryism by which England was governed forty years ago in Church and State ; and which the MALID:i- BURYS, and BERESFORDS, and LONSDALES would fin resuscitate again. The other "coalition" candidate, Mr. RUMBOLD, was once a whip, but has gradually lapsed further and further from liberal principles, until, finding himself utterly repudiated by the po pular party, he has flung himself tbr pity and pro tection on those whose every sentiment mid doctrine he formerly affected to disapprove. The same com mittee, the snme colour, and we have even heard the . self-same canvassing card is adopted by the baronet and his apostate colleague. Will it be believed that the LORD CHANCELLOR has not scrupled to attach the Great Seal to this electioneering coalition by adding six of its members and none others to the list of the borough magistracy ? We have said that there existed no necessity for making any additions at all. This, we admit, how ever, is a matter of opinion, respecting which honest and upright men may differ. Our quarrel is not about a numerical sum, but with the open disregard for all recognised precedent in making such ad ditions to the list without reference to tho municipal authorities on the subject, and to the undisguised partiality of the selections made. Soon after the passing of the 31u nicipal Reform Act, a rule was laid down re garding the appointment of borough magistrates by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who then tilled the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which succeeding governments have, generally speaking, seen the wisdom and propriety of ad hering. The rule was this—that without wailing the right of the Chancellor to nominate any duly qualified person to the commission of the peace for any particular place, the recommendation of a ma jority of the town council of each city and borough should have paramount weight in determining when and what new nominations ought to be made, and that practically none such should be forced upon the locality against its desire thus constitutionally expressed. We believe that in some exceptional eases Lord LYNDHURST broke through this salutary and constitutional rule ; but in the main it has systematically been acted on, and with excellent effect. But Lord ST. LEONARDS seems resolved to show his utter contempt for even the semblance of its observance. Not only have six individuals, whom he has created supernumerary justices of the peace at Yarmouth, been chosen without reference to the properly constituted local authorities, but, as we arc informed, in contemptuous disregard of expostulation and remonstrance from the Mayor, and a very nu merous and influential section of the municipal body. But this is not all. The worst feature in the trim section remains to be told. Out of the eighteen heretofore holding the commission of the peace for the borough, eleven belong to the anti-reform or ministerial party, giving that a preponderance over the liberals of four. Of this the latter chit not make any complaint, trusting that time and lair dealing on the part of government would quietly re dress the inequality of numbers on the judicial bench. Bat what has now been done by the new tens , Chancellor renders the position of things altoge ther different. Lord ST. Leos:Antis has wantonly and recklessly raised the majority from to ten, or in other words, he has decreed that in a community in which the friends of ballot, free trade, and religious equality, are at least twenty to one of their ministerial opponents, justice shall in future be summarily administered by of the latter, and but seem of the former! We here take the nominal proportions; but in reality the proportions are still more unfair, inismuch as two of the liberal minority, from different causes, are seldom if ever able to attend, while but one of the majority is said to be similarly circumstanced. l'ractically, there fore, the disparity is measurable by . the difference between sixteen and five. And this is what the pre sent advisers of the crown mean by providing for the duo and decent administration of justice. Let every town throughout the kingdom look to it. None of them can tell whose turn it may be next. The question put to the Howe SECRETARY last night by Mr. l'it'Cum.solt regarding the recent appointments to the magistracy, as exemplified in the case WALPOLE WitiOtt thl aswo t grounds, oam:et' w liarlY I inent nac's art been pub army. 1 gall the I their Afr trosp(eti , empire, the prem rengo an rims to victory o the lust i feelings( who add the empi ciere, as of Napol , the bugg , imagine The Fi upon tit, gumption Constitto yest erda: having r , ministry, leagues t M. de Moskowt morrow, unexpeet Moskowl Moskowl hey, war Um was and the ordered the (libel yesterda Loriol's de la Ma the wick son was vacations The . ' general questor comicill in the d Somme ; buplesa Vdaine. fused th (Oise), will be political culture. these eh many n plopriet count doubted marked blind oh Imam&