The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1852. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FILIDAY, MARCH 28. The Loan CHANCELLO/ took his seat at 5 o'clock. PETITIONS PRESENTED. MAtmootc—By the Martial' of WESTMINSTER, ikon Chester; and a NOBLE LORD, from several places in North Wales, against the renewal of the grant to Maynooth. PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS ACT, 1851 (EX TENSION OF TERM), BILL. On the :notion of Lord Cinema-ran this bill was read a . eccond time. Mani interest than a fixed duty upon corn, without indict • burden upon any one. boom en went Into eoreseittes of impp. THE ORDNANCM Et3TIMATEL Col. DUNNE said it warn hie duty to more the oedemas, estimates for the year, whisk were so Slimly serest le tie isles that they required wit e giss, . nLiets. app = bed Ma kommt_ by lob MWm Ma ?mod 611,41tisTwoo amo sary mod assaistent whir ue mud to the minim lie was warmed I. this, Ibe ha might safely s tale that me depsrtaisst in the slats was is better seder than that in which he bad the boom to serve. lb lood it on the authority of limo Oillsowe that nothing could be mese allimese eseessekel Motboototo in which he found this ibsoolmol Melba Alt &sly bolobowt to the late Muter-growl - bo bleb Me of mussy. With the exceptio• of as Immo is So awabov of nos which the ft cling *MINI botbo_asoby • Sort time ege in favour of greater mority bid demanded, there had boon a reduction in elmot soloy _Mo. With the emptloa of the Imam at sos s woos neensitated an increase of esPeedillnees time was MS woo vote, No. 8, that for the scientifie bomb, whisk bud been increased by a sum little exceeding 10,0004 In all the others reductions had been made, and made judiciously. On the vote of 1.1,382 wen for the ordnance service, Mr. W. WILLIAMS sold he looked in vain at the ord nance estimates for any evidence of economy. It was true that there was a decrease upon the rates of late years, but this arose from the diminution in barracks. The present estimates, however, were double *hat they were in 1833, when the present Master:Glenne formed part of the go vernment of Sir R. l'cel. The sine unt of the present esti mates was 2,137,0084, in 1833 it was 1,152,000 4 , end it was still less by 100,0004 in 1831. He was of opinion that the recommendation of the commission which sat at Ina , ought to be carried out, and that the ar„ ny and ordnance departments ought to be united under one runathie minister. There were at present no less the . ail different departments under the Commander iu Chief: the Master ureteral of the Ordnance, the Secretary at War , • the Cent' missariat, which was under the Treasury, the . &Olean_ __„ l- Oseeral, and the Quarternsaater-General. Maps '"e delay in the execution of neeeneary orders and refer. 19 was 60 consequence of this complex system, and the 1 saner Moe differeat departments were consolidated wades one , responsible head the better would it he for the Week. the public. (Cheers.) Ile wash! also recommend the abolition of the practice of allowing colonels in the 'swats v to provide cloth's, foe the regimens& When the preersit =was done away with, these regiments won). be more economical*, and the clothing would be .8 • beiN description. He was afraid that the system of pa =which the present system permitted, was the real Is these useful reforms being caniedout. Syr. S . A.. SMITH suggested that the comforts of the soldiers Amid be attended to, by ',residues them with comfortable bonnets accommodation. Col. DUNN:. said, that as a soldier, he was of course anxious about the comforts of him fellow•oldiers; but the suggestion of the hon. gentleman would necessitate au in veined expenditure ; and it depended upon that house whether lionise the mosey for ti.is purpose. %enema ANSON mid that be and the late poem= eat took upon themselves the responsibility of the present es maw ; and if each Tote was separately discussed. he wool el be melees support it by wenn arguments. It was not true that the estimates for the present year were double the estimates of 1873. The present estimates ameented to 2,408,0004 ; and the eniannesie fur UM, he 1,100,0001. It would be well if bon. gemlemen made zheinselves masters of these estimates, berate they began to dint's them. (Hear, bear.) It was not the fact that there were six different deriartraests. 'The adiutaat, general'. office and the quarterineeter-genesare office were in the same department. There verse but three dal - greet department', and he 'relieved that they were conducted with as mash elicieney and as mash evenomy under the preseat system as they would be if they wets consolidated under one bead. The increase in the present estimates was: owing to the Menus is the artillery—an inneasc he was sure, we member of that house would obytet to—and to the transference to these estimates of the commi•---' COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported to the house. LAW OF WILLS AMENDMENT BILL. The report on this bill was brought up by the Lerd Chan cellor and agreed to, with amendment,. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND). The Earl of WICKLOW, adverting to a reply given by Mr. Walpole in the HOMO of Commons a few evenings back, that it was intended to renew the Encumbered Es tates Commission Act fur another year, deprecated any such course, as being calculated to occasion ruinous consequences, by forcing a large number of estates at once into the court lee sale. The Earl of DERBY said it was to avoid the evil whisk kis noble friend apprehended that the renewal of the act was proposed. The government hoped that, before the ex piration of the extended period, the business of the Encum bered Estates Court might be transferred to the Court of Chancery; but should the Lord Chancellor of Ireland fail in hi. endeavour to make arrangements ..for that purpose, minister. would hold themselves at liberty to bring for ward a bill for cnotinuinit permanently the existing act. The Martini. of LANSDOWNE expressed hi. thanks to the prime minister fee t!":e promise curtseyed in the last sentence of his statcusent. lie believed it to be of the utmost importance to the welfare of Ireland that the opera. bons which had lien pat in moti.rn by the Encumbered Estates Conansis.ion should continue. CONSOLIDATED FEND BILL. On the motion of the Earl of LONAPAir, this bill was read a second time. PROCLAM.tTION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIA MENT BILL. Lord BROCGIIA)I moved the second reeding of this It their lordships gave it a second reading it might be well to consider us committee whether the period be tween the proclamation and the assembling of a saw.par liament might not be reduced to 28 days instead of Is as the bill now Imposed. Lord REDESDALE entered info some details to gnaw that the bill was unneeessary. lord CHAN wottni was of the same opinion, un. , ss the Lord Chancellor wished to summon a new parlianizat in less than Id dare The LORD CILANCELLOR did net consider the bill' neamary, but be would look into the subject, and state his opinion upon it in a day or two. Lord BROUGHAM said if this hill dial not paw, no minister would ever advise the crown to summon parlia ment in less than Al) days. The bill was then reads second time. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord REDEs DA L E then moved : "That sit notices of pro eeediugs no public bills, and of other matters, be inserted in the minute. et each day, according to the priority of every such notice, or a. the lords giving the Pamir may have agreed ; awl that the house do always proceed with the same in the order in which they shall so stand, unless • the lord who shall have given any such notice shall with draw the mme, or shall, with the leave of the house, con sent to its postponement, or shall be absent at the ap pointed time, aN•r the house shall have entered upon the • ooniideration of the said notices ; in which latter ease it shall be held to he a lapsed order, and not to be proceeded with until after the notice shall have been renewed. That on all occasions notices to suspend any of the standing orders of the house, and notices relating to private bills, shall be disposed of before the home proceeds to the other notices. That on Tuesdays and Thursdays the bills which are catered for consideration on the minutes of the dm shall, with the before-mentioned eceeption, have pre &dente of all other notices ; but petitions relating to any such bill may be presented immediately befire the motion is made to proceed with .the bill. That auy business for , which notice is not required, and all proceedings relating to private bills, may, in accordance with present usage, be , retired upon before the notices of the ally are called for, but the house will proceed with the notices in preference to other matters at any time after a quarter past 5 o'clock, at the request of any lord who may have a notice on the minutes." After some discussion, in which Lord Beaumont. Lord Monteagle. Earl Grey, and the Earl of Wicklow took part, , the neolatiess were agreed to. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (IRELAND) BILL. The Earl of GLENOALL laid on their lordships table a Dill for the amendment of the laws ratting to medical practitioaers in Ireland ; and it was read a first time. THE IRISH MILITIA. ' The Earl of °Lk:NC:ALL moved for a return of the number of men who volunteered from the Irish militia regimen's into the line from the year 1793 to the year ISIS inclusive ; also returns of the number of t.tneen. non-com missioned °Meer% and privates of the permanent staff of the Inch militia in the years 1817. 1823. 1810, and 1851. The '•turns, after a brief conversation, were ordered. The Earl of OLES'IALL and another noble lord having pr-seated several petitions against any further grant to MAynooth. Their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF CONIMONS.—FRID MARCII 26. The Serluta took the Chair at • quarter before four teeloelt. GOVERNMENT MEMBERS RETURNED. Lewd NAAN. the Secretary for Ireland, and the lion. Mr. KNOX, took the oaths and their seats on their return ; the tuner as member fur Coleraine, and the latter on his After • few weeds from Mr. llt:ws, the vote was then agreed to, A vote of la, Z 241., fur the pay and ullowanm el the ord nance military corp., was agreed to. A sots of Inevii - kr., for the commisseriat and barrack supply, was agreed to. The following votes were then arced to : 75,4110 f. for the Ordnance-oder ; 2201.313/. for the establishnstuta at home and abroad ; 121,64 W. fur the Wages of artificers and labourers at haw and abroad. _ _ On tit veto of 178.4631. fur ordnance stores for the land sod on witroirs, Mr. HUME said he thought the house ought now to have some explanation with respect to the arms used for the army. Oa a former occasion it was stated in that house that during the last iota or five years, w►ile other! countries had been improving the arms of their soldiers, we had been remaining quite idle ; and it bad been asserted in the public press by some who ought to know better that our soldiers were actually incapable of doing their duty when required. Harlot been ent the committee, and know ing what 'large expense was incurred annually for the re newal of arms, he begged to state that he :believed none of the old SIMI were now used by any of the corps, with the exception of the retired veterans at home. This a sub ject ou which the gallant officer should afford some expla nation. They ought not to appear before the world with a c►aracter for remissness in placing in the hands of the army das but weapons that could be obtained. Called DUNSi 11 said that since he entered upon the Ake le bad tie ►sour to hold he had discovered that Mope wee rellisaistion whatever for the statements to eblek tke ►w. r - r.ges •ie-eblef ' had referred. For many year, the _. had directed his attention to the new arm. The preheat Vaster-General was devoting his atten tion to this sea subject ; aid he had no doubt that the British soldier would be found to be armed, not only as well as, but even better than, foreign soldiers. General ANSON said the description of arms retom sernded by the committee was a simple percussion esp. A peculiar description of arms was required for the Willy. It was 'sometimes asked why the soldier should not be as able to handle a fuwling-piece as any gentleman in that house. Why, it was well known that he had to do harder work than others, and that his fire-arms were peculiarly liable to acci dent. In the year BAG or 1847 there were some inventions in foreign countries which appeared to have been too has tily adopted. For example, a musket loaded at the breech was adopted by the Prussian government, but it was found so inefficient in Prussia that its use had, he believed, been discontieued. Since that period a weapon bad been tried which was used by the Chasseurs de Vincennes, and that had now given way to the Millie musket, which had been found to succeed very wed ; in fact, everybody acknowledged its superiority. He thought the government of this country bad exercised a very wise discretion in not adopting too hastily the various recommendations which were made to them. Great objections were made to the sin and weight of our muskets, on account of the incon venience which they caused to the soldier; and it was said that a small bore was as effectual as a large one. He knew that the commander in-chief entertained a very strong opinion on that 'abject; and the noble duke had told him (General Aesop) with kis own lips over and over again, that the success of our troops abroad greatly de pended on the weight sad she of the arms. The French were endeavouring to gel a nineket of as large a bore as ours; being perfectly realled with the efficiency of our weapons. It was now smeibeited that "weight of ball was what was required, and thst eves if the bore were not so large, provided it canted the esigniske weight of ball it would be efficient. The geweramens of this arearay was being at tacked almost every deg Waft Meatiest to its soldiers. He vex tessi to erg=t illi C assent there was sot ea way Ira the wadi wheat add dm ear own with the arms atrial it pereemeL Their aim might ran be so deadly ea MO Owen ember Weeps et fan se eta hew dred yards Admen ; but be dwell be emery le see madam carried on via that mama. To talk of ems asm i te: stun* seethed Iva or ids bemired yards se was Mem; sash ea lima esuid eels have mien la the alibis of posed• lie hid lei me =a ewetmak that a greet died awe cps digis disipilfw Of oar troops thee less the q ty of lbe anima At the same time, they seght to keep pans with Sem deestries with re spect he begsemerents in arms, nod sA s If possible, to keep le alums edam. ar IT: CLAY all be hoped that wheel see moldiest were blabbed with the best arms, there would le some resta i e. by which they would be better p is the en of din. Few in that he prepared to Mar that the allowas h r ewe= s e r ib ir =eats, At poetise, woo way le ado mos Ibis ono sguiraomity of at amok la Ike ammo e gosii=# • W ima m, hem) Ting ourgliod suldiwr. wldi the Mod of 14 they gave them artier 4- Mikity eves to Mae lee of it. He earer.s e d the gallantry the anti* Isom bat he did sot Teak t o see that mid Is ilead is Mad el improver:4ms in the ir Mr. F. ashi rdalla bed so oiewilua Mme the picked companies of suglwele armed with getelar w eepese, b u r to sepply_the while army with an szpoollyr wawa the Mae maks% requiring, too, so mesh es-re j e ege me of it, woad he absolutely throwing money awsy ; wham et the awe time he believed it would render the army hies seat. As_ marled practice with ball cartridge, it should be remembered that to this couptry it was attended with peat dilleulties ; many of the 6szraW being situated near the 1e hives of industry. He was happy to say that they had the testimony of the late government and of the present government, that the British army was never is a more efficient state theta at the present =o nset. Colossi DUNNB said he could assure the right hon. gentlemen and the house that the government had no in- Weeps to arm the whole army with the Maid musket. Ac to ball practice, the right hos. gentleman had mentioned the real dilieslt , but the Master-General was endeavonr ing_to secure t ground. The vote was then agreed to, as, after a dilate dismuslaa, were the votes of 449.0211/. for works, building', and repair; 107,9071. for the scientific branch of the ordnance; 172,3661. non-elfective services, military and civil • Commissariat, 437,11021. ; and half-pay and pensions, 43,69 9!. This bring the last vote, the busies's' of the committee terminated, and the house resumed. WAYS AND MEANS. re•election for Duntrintion. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The KAU and Cavan Railway, and the London Ohs Light Company (Amendment of Acts, itc. (No. 2) Bills were read a third time, and referreA to select committees. The Liverpool Mamma and Library Bill wan read a third time, and passed. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. MA% iconTii.—By Sir W. VERNER, from Armagh; Mr. ALEX. lIASTIE, from 62,459 of the male inhabitants of Glasgow above fourteen years of age, praying the boom to withdraw from the papal college of Mayttooth all national encouragement and support ; to repeal the act of parliament endowing the same; to plate all commits, nunneries, and other similar institutions of the Roman catholic church, under regular public inspection; to amend the law of smortmain ; and to vindicate the rights of all to religious freedom at home and abroad ; Mr. WI LLCOX, from South ampton ; Lord J. MANNERS, from Liverpool Church of England Institution; Sir J. Y. BULLER, from Torquay; Mr. SMOLLETT, from Dumbarton and other places; against the grant to. CMAYLITABLII Tut . or BILL.—By Mr. BROTHERTON, from a place not beard ; Mr. CHRISTOPHER, from Sir Peter Laurie and others, praying that Bridewell Hospital be exempt from the operation of the Act; Sir E. N. BUXTON, from the London Hospital, to the same effect ; afraiwt STA 'grim Lama PAPIII.—By Mr. COBDEN tram Robert Wallace, Esq., late M.P. for Greenock, praying for the issue of letter paper stamped, either in the process of manufseture or otherwise, for free circulation by post. MILITIA.—By Mr. STAFFORD, from Northampton ; Mr. W I LLCOX, from Southampton ; against the calling out of. Fuss TRADI.—By Mr. PILKINCITON , from the Black burn Commercial Association, against any modification of the present commercial policy of the country. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. Mr. MACGREGOR asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he intended Winging forward, this asesisa, say measure for modifying the liability of share sad sleek holders in joint-steek esespaniss. Mr. HENLEY said it wee not the intention of govern ment to introduce, in the present session, nay measure on that very complicated and difficult qoestion. THE MILITIA. Sir C. DOUGLAS asked if ministers had received an Information from or respecting any foreign power which increased or modified the neeeseitv which they considered to exist for the iatrodaction of a militia bill at the time of their secession to cam. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as Monday neat, is iatrodecing the Militia Bill, the Seers • tory of State for theHosee Department would 'sprees pen rally to the home the comideratioss which had Mimed the government to propose that measure. CLERGY RESERVES IN CANADA. Mr. GREY asked if it was the intention of government to introduce a bill to wry into effect the eswassem gives by the late Secretary of State, in his dispatches to Lord Men, of the 27th January and 11th July, 1861, with We isel:* to the disposal of the clergy reserves in Canada. Si J. PA.KINGTON said, the only answer he could now give was, that the subject was under the consideration of the government. OFFICE OF MESSENGER TO THE GREAT SEAL ABOLITION BILL, AND SECRETARY OF BANK RUPTS ABOLITION BILL. Oa the mods& that the house at its rising should adjourn till M yg i V i lkffH 'Rimmed a hope that those hills would not be pruned tartly r without some statement being made ash *dr psnetnons. Mr. WALPOLE was undenteed to say that these bills wadi make to be looked into, and would therefore oe Pli V e estioa was then agreed to. num TO THE LANDED INTEREST. Os pp the ly arches that the house should go lob committal of 'a. Mr. BLANEY took advantage of the twession to call the steadies of the hones to the mated which, he said, pressed heavily apse the kaki isarast, and to their removal, net by Iliasisolphse of fres but by applying themfressinta fair play Is the snore= ails / ed . = Cowed with pentad property, Ohs slob imiMstat M BM doped that real property woo Wad rte Ems over. I saraedy was to he fiend In the simplillsaliss of the law wespertias titles, Wes, sonveysieses, and the mortgage of land ; in the facilitaii i =pruvemesis, mid in giving encouragement to the of the maltal now in the bangs She middle d ross to the hinik ace lry l ing the law if unlkalisi Nobility, sod providing • tribunal sad as may vim*b punsoniipitersker. Ho Implortd *" . " 1.1111 " P= . 1 . Puled immipare of ibis genii Iwo Oft soil busill bibs orient- The home baits, rewilved loci( into a committee of ways sad mesas, a sots of 17,742,800/. was proposed to be voted. Mr. lIUME wished to know whet was tin) government price of Ezeh l u. , r Itillo Mr. O. A. II AS111:11 1 /N said a half-penny a-day, being the lowest rate known during , he preseet century. Mr. lIUME thought the rate too high, an money never bad been so cheap suit was at the present moment. After ea observation from Mr. SLANIT, the vote was agreed to, sad the house reamed. MUTINY BILLS. The Mutiny Bill and the Marin Mutiny Bill, WWI seve s -, rally read • second time. COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACTS. 01111112MitON of the whole hone a reselailes was initiv es educing the Copyright Angendosont Bill, whic a rra d s tlyresd throngs sonamiase. . AL ANS DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The hill was read a third time imiljnosed. APPEERENSILLN OF DESERTERS PROM FOREIGN /MIPS BILL. On the order for the second readier/ of this bill, Mt. ANSTEY moved that the second reading be put. fee six months. If this bill passed, persons dying the tyranny of their own government must be gins IE Os what wou ld be certain dfttl. He inquired who wen the Amigo powers at whom instigation this measure, which was as insult to the country, had becu brought forward? Wee it the Czar of Russia, the Emperor of Austria, or the unner of France ? We had had extradition treaties be. An, and he was sorry for it, but this was the fi rst instance is which it was provided that simple desertion, uenceen7 for n c ied .u t i s ft e an n dalous crime, should be a sufficient ground Lord D. STUART seconded the amendment. Did the 101 refer simply to deserters from merchant ships there would be no objection, but it appeared to him that then was great danger of gross injustice being perpetrated under it, and of this country being made the tool of foreign PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE said the VII bad been prepared by the late government. On the gaatif our merchants there was general complaint of the boonirenience they suffered from the desertion of seamen tam British ships iu foreign ports ; and, having no means ' of reciprocating, it could not be expected that any applies. Lien for their apprehension would be attended to. The object of the Board of Trade was to protect our own mer shant ships; whether or not her Maje•ty's ships should have the same protection, it was for the house to decide. He should not object to the bill being altered so as to cou lee it to merchant vessels. / by oedemata% the latter patios of their Alias Aly NO peso Mika the of tbis bill. ale An etteekt beepit mamiled. bed aptly. la the bee otlBl7_, or 49 ey emu dean eseareed t the Make et the Ras I a his all Ia 11160—ea ateelplita whit& we esabstry to poled*, and whir bhe knead met sameneely Neel% (1144", ham) He wished le .k.."e% mak=of dl lbe deli of the bill before ask. late eemeitlea Ikenbally %MOW the necessity on this sebjeetj Ilbed bees ..lied foL e i n ea d r akar per ; all the abuses Mal prevailed mei e bed bees suer sad ever age% breeala heft" the boom; lbw bed repeatedly bees iemoiereil te Marko te r the probates of *add% may of the water wee been destroyed; attar th is hill bed been prepared with nu, gra ß eare, if it Ailed like Its pre deeemors, lue eleeld utterly despair at carrying any neetelare to mead the administration of oberitable trusts. Aker what had posed, it would be a reproach to the house le lass this, alma the last opportunity, of remedying all Ike mils, sad meeting all the objections that had been 1111(Hear, hear.) .A. COCK BURN said that when it was recollected that the annual amount of the charities of this country wu a million and a half, which, at 26 years' purchase, gave a ram value of 40 millions, everybody must be impressed with the imponibility of legislating on proper principles for interests so large. Considering the nature of the property, and the mode of its administration, no one could wonder at the fact, which was beyond contradiction, that the grossest abuses had prevailed in its management. (Hear, hear.) For the most part, it had been bestowed by donors about to quit the world, for the benefit of poor persons, who had no means of asserting or enforcing their rights. A vast deal of it had been left in trust to municipal corporations, who had abused those trusts in an eminent degree. In many cases local jobbing had absorbed the charity funds ; and other abuses had prevailed, to such an extent, that, since the attention of the legislature was first directed to the subject, no less than 630,000!. worth of property had been recovered from parties who had abused their trust The case of Bt. Cruse Hospital, at Winchester, was one of the must prominent. That charity, one of the noblest in Eng land—whose income would shortly amount to not less than 10,000!. per annum, and in 20 or 30 years would pro. bably far exceed that amount — was founded by William of Bohan, the brother of King Stephen, and bishop of Winchester. When William of Wykeham succeeded to the see of Winchester, he found that the master had abused his trust ; and after a lengthened inquiry, the charity wan at last put ou a proper footing. Five hundred years elapsed, and the same charity was again brought under the notice of the house; and it then turned out that the son of the bishop, being then master of that hospital, had followed in the steps of his predecessor. lie had applied to his own purpose all the fines received on the re newal of leases ; the whole had fallen into decay ; the recipients of the charity had gone ; and it had been made entirely subservient to individual purposes. (Hear, hear.) Ile was happy to say a suit had been insti tuted, and, before long, lie hoped that that noble institution would be made applicable to the higher order of charity fur which it was instituted. At present all charities were sub ject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, which could only be put in motion by the Attorney-General. But with his other occupations, it was impossible for him to exercise an effective supervision over these charities ; all he could do was to allow his name to be used by relators when abuses were discovered to exist. In many instances abuses were not brought to his knowledge, or he was induced to sanction suits which turned out to bo brought merely to put costs into the pockets of the relators. It was quite clear, therefore, that the existing jurisdiction was inadequate. Of the charities now existing in England no less than 18,000 did not exceed 10/. per annum each, their aggre gate income being nearly 60,0001. With regard to those, it was clear the Court of Chancery in volved an amount of expense which they were utterly unable to bear. The present bill would enable the commissioners to put the county courts or the courts of bankruptoy in mo tion, so that the charities might be regulated with an amount of expense not disproportionate to their income. The commissioners were encoded to be a sort of tribunal standing between the charities and the parties interested in them, and the county courts or courts of bankruptcy. In various cases where abuses had been discovered, they had grown out of a want of knowledge, on the part of the trustees, of then powers and duties. A little guidance would have kept them right; they only required to be warned. The canuninioners oceepied that position ; but it was net intended, to Invest them. with judicial functions. They would be put in motion where necessary, and re press relegation where if was rousted to for selfish pur poses. The bill did all that could be desired os this sub , ject ; it pee no mom poinn than. were neeesnity to pre vent amok repress anises. . Aldeonan THOSIXSOI said be-objected to certain parte of the belle He had. no farther personal interest in op ' posing the motion than the eapenence which he derived , from bin" connected. with Christ'. Hospital—a great in ; stituteyeen the weVare and prosperity of which he felt a deep comers. (Hear, hear.) The governor of that insti -1 nation a managed no loss than 10,0001 , a year, and there were ;tavern, les sow livi who contributed to its funds to the 1 unormo us amount of 200,0001. Waft they to statenit to a • commit aka l line he believed that their largerevenue of ID,OOO/. would 'Wetly disappear. There were 500 Re version. of the institution, every cue of whom was sum. maned to attend to the business of the hospital. ',There was a committee of forty-eight persons who were elected by the subscribers, and there the - Mr. 111.. ME thought much discussion would be avoided if the treaties on which these arrangements were founded were stated. Ito asked how we could deliver up to the French gosernment. for instance, slaves from Martinique, who, being employed as seamen, escaped while their ships were in our ports ? Colonel TIIOMI'SON was opposed to extradition as much when applied to merchant seamen as men-ot wars men. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that 'he hill had originated, not with foreign power*, hut with u s •e English government fur English purposes. Ile feared it t 't were limited to the merchant service it would materially plat din the way of the fulfilment of the object fur which t h e t -tensors was introduced. :ount PALMERSTON inferred the bill was merely the att onsplishment of an intention of the late government, t w a i n nut of an application from Sweden to conclude a metl with her similar to that concluded with Portage, in 1812, which, with regard to desertions from the she o. war of either country, stipulated that the sca rnem t k eert t, ig should not be employed in the service of the other, not t hat they should be delivered up, and with regard to the merchant seamen deserting authorise,' there apprehension. It wu thought by the late ministry better, instead of hank g a separate measure for every country whoa, might de 'ire to conclude such a treaty, that the Queen should bay. • the power by order in council to carry out the o bj ect ut an v ease. lint this measure went further th an that, and suttee rised the surrender of the deserters. Mr. Y. HOWARI t recommended that the bill be re fet•red le a select mout. li r. Auk. THO MI'SON supported the second read lag, as did L or d J Ra;o3ELL S . ho suggested, however, that the pran.ible should seats th. c stipulations of the l'ortugueae w ietuy, ono , t h e . Rio, a I •eneral power to the crown, by Merits COUINCiI, to spay t. hem to other powers. An n emu . d ue ., ma ni an assurance given by Mr. w hiesTA , * at th e a tipuja Coss with Portugal and the anampiwient, with Sabi/. co u ntries should be predated haw the conualttee, aud. r 'ght hon. gentleman having hatim jath ou s o d th a t thu hilt a . ould not alter the law as :Uwe:slaves ricaprsg to itish ground, the object Iply to 'wry intiacit&et th same arrangement with Mar powers as was moaned is t t be treaty with Poniard, ANSTEY,.oa the. faith of this explanation, watt ' dew his amendment, ail The bill was then reed S. 30011111: C H A ILLT,AIIII. THX:I3I 11 BILL Oa &emotion that the hawse go into. committee on thin igi tut ATTORNI4S , DEIIOIDAL sail' that the whole Inuit of ths amuse was elate the lat. fre iverement ; and these latabagir what units armful capons mote there bed bees sa lablating in•this avian, we wiol feellthat trine who bed eembined all the Leman and u wog ded all the im porfectioes of preceding mamas, in th apt etentmeasure„ were entitled to vesy great eredit, and w °Well/nee %ha. matey nailer a aim dc* of greats .de to them.. (Hear, hear.) The bill aide' with a•• sit mama of property; the annual intones of the ciao es lobes samounting to very nearly 1,500,0001 A Mel let those ties there were as less then 21,000 h ha Lammers lees than 20i. a year; and of that nub. I' upwards off 13,000 had incomes of km than it. a yeas. Wits regard. le charities of this deaeription„ it was quasi clear that the existing machinery was whollp inapplicahle to the ea. Th.. Court of Chancery was the only' tribunal Iry noes had to. control chanties; and it was ImPottibk that as, d •Itratej small charities should resort tottat cola without, beinno., the whole of their property tiff erly absorbed.. It atel extraordinary that own a subject of such immense in.- 1 penance the law of the peesent day shout& depend!' mainly upon an set pasaret its sin..roiffls ,te • Elisabeth ; the statute, namely, of Charitable True*. Under that statute, the control over all charities was gimq to the Court of Chancery. That court had therapower to issue a commission to the bishop of the diocese and oak* persons, empowering them to swamis a juty of the toned, in which the property belonging to the charity kr ;, to go. Taira into midadministratimia, and to make an Calla Oft the aviation of the jury for the rectification of inch theme Taw orders were subject to an appeal to the Coosa of and, in point of test , all questions with. revs rd : 11 7 . hts t ies ending where they began, In the else get st Chancery, commissioas of that des:unties lee OM* utterly useless. Up to 1786 there was as a s b s , l legislation, for the act of James I. applied snip M ye „ mei , apprentices. Sir Frederick then gave an obis and le :dt ti exposition of the various acts of parliament sad ritir of commissioners and committees from that date etas to the year 1151, when a bill was brought into aail pre , ed the House of Lords, but aid not reach the Cemineas until too late a period. The bill before the house adopts• I the re commendations of the commission of 1 839, and followed out the provisions of aged I , yndhunt's bill for 1844, 1815, and 1846. Tt to general character of the till now before the ham was, that it adopted the recommendations of the emanate $ of 1336 and following out the precedents of the We Mtn - Lord br Lyndhurst, it was proposed to establish a be wagon was to consist of See commissioner*, two of • A r,': paid, and power was reserved to the L ~.„I— c ebn anni n r7 n anpoint a third in •••• two we "*" 68: id sufficiest board was not to be invested with any • Ar b i didi on Dandy dimities at all ; it was to bee bawled, • . apervision,gf coated. am' of whim and it was ft 1 ig °614 2 , 4 , 1 ,tat no suit or oined. pr lag eland be instituted in of any breach of tweet Of fan. matter connected di " .boas charities, within* aMment lathe board. the ale a amber of suits which had h j n ect i n li t t h u a t t e d wu br= "l : do* for the purpose el slat . It was a cheek, sad am AN weld b° mind ► Jeneficial in the ea of bugs diaa la owed obeeklea, a large charities were Md. all* Mg* Ml*" la a*• • vexatious proceedings, as they lesuss ilhassollid emisi n ti tr. With regard to charities with as " proposed to gave jensdietioa to the i s s eat7 moll% e .r to the District Carlo el ray. " 0., charities between NU. sod Mk to styee , jurialielea !dawn in Chancery, not compe to rd lling •• Theed g• r o to the court before they could he tent co carry a simple state of facts before the ••••••rt • •••• " the Master's judgment and decision Nsa skaY . at. Provision was mode for enabling .e laid great stress on this provision —and 11 8 ±•""2••••• eta in charities, to obtain the advice of the ••••••••••___,_ es of the board as to Oar proceedings ••••1t . ,,,_ trust, and it was yeapred to render OMOMP r snail' who resorted to Ae commissioners be ea• . ice safe la awing on It by giving them rmalty he these acts, although ultimately there nine, .t be a &delis el a court of t juriediction satork sad dr mart might dMY. that the com l. ealsaintlal team ea area dew t alai Elbe seam which to mad Ntaida le be The am= were to have weerran 301. a per either to the mat, ties oemeameplas to le the &Ida Court lizakswer It vsel Arm power to stap sia r ess reedbit tdileh they Ai dr woe lhae, lae • poeWregr i it against eap _improper ltimen. ap as As part of tho sentrieiselsgsra, they wore to hare no Natal at all am the Atteemereemord, wbe might mood ea Meth whoa he thought me eertAwane of the earaimiesers wet ateeteary. This system would obviate E as Aintiewa y zed against hems, param e. Tao eserthelomere bo strictly a bad. ea wed a sweet ; they would be,. the awn it flose•diarsi either la the coos* ewer or MUM lballillWCy and they Eight, if esesseary, roam clew dem *me Norte * the Marten ia Amwy, or te dr Lira Chersdir IdersolL This removed the ob jection to the MI of MO, es awe* ef the =Malted 0"of the sanity court jades. To one pia E the 11 anticipated much objection s that yid* premed be tea Awake 241. is the peat, ad la la the wlelde i wbere r V i a red sae great was el '...ctabantes ought s t ot to be eo world li t h : l et asbe said they that orld the ele- nesse benefit from this bill. That was a great mistake ; they would at least derive a benefit comnaminte with the tax proposed to be levied. They would be spared the asemaity ot resorting to parliament for pinta bills to aceonsplish certain objects. Not km the 136 private bills of this character had been passed in the present century, which, at a coat of 6001. each, made a total cost of 81.0001. Amongst them St. Bartholomew's Hospital had applied for three bills, an I St. Thomas's for three, and the ether great London charities had also had to apply for bills. Surely the I payment of 601. a year, instead of coming to parliament for a bill on every emergency, would be a great advantage. Would it nut also be an advantage to have a board to which the charities might apply for advice, and obtain indemnity for their acts ? He knew that exemptions would be celled for by various parties, but they would disable the bill. The a. minions to be PfuTillett far were these—the universities, which had always been exempt, collegiate and ca thedral churches, the British museum, and insti tutions supported wholly b voluntary contributions. Where institutions were pally supported by contributions who wale aqua Itt give to those charities would feel yet more se. Thai they knew that the objects contemplated would 114 i r carried out ; and therefore he could not help that it was rather a feeling of false pride on the part of 's Hospital that had dictated their opposi tion to the bill. (Hear, bear.) Ile never could see what disadvantage It would be to any charity to have a proper inquiry into the stainer in which its trust was discharged. His great *Natio* was against clause 85, which exempted the universities from the operation of the bill. (Heer, bear.) He Item not why they should be exempt ; but he knew that there were several great charities connected with the church of England, the objects of which were net legitimately carried out. There were man, grammar schools and other charities connected with the church, which did not do anything like the amount of good which they ought; and, if he might judge by the charities with which he was connected, he should certainly ask hon. gentlemen to pause ere they threw any obstacee in the way of this admirable hill. (Hear, hear.) Surely if the distinguished and benevolent individuals in the other home had not objected to the proposed inquiry into their charities, they of the House of Commons need not be so sensitive. (Hear, hear.) It might not be generally known that In the time of George li. an act wax passed to enable either of the Lord Chief Justices or the Lord Chief Barons, with a number of the magistrates, to torm a court of in quiry into benefactions for poor prisoner,. That clause was embodied in an act of George IV. ; but he (Mr. Alderman Sidney) believed that it had never been put into operation till the 18th of February last. On that occasion the Lord Chief Baron and three aldermen formed &court of inquiry into the City prisons. The charities to the City prisoners had amounted two years ago to 7001. ; but the very rumour of an in quiry had increased that sum the year after to 1,1001., and last year to between 1,4001. and 1,5001. It appeared that there were in the City of London no fewer than 6,224 en dowed charities altogether, independent of the royal hos pitals. Out of that number they had already made a par tial inquiry into 53 connected with the City prisons, and a further inquiry was to take place into 30 more. The lint which came under their notice was Ashton'. charity. The board of governors was the most ;honourable that could be conceived, comprising, as it did, the chairman of the Bank of England, Sir Robert Inglis, the rector of Dunstable, Dean Elliot, of Bristol, and other gentlemen. The charity was bequeathed in 1727, when Mrs. Ashton left the sum of lOW. a year to be paid (after deducting dl. per annum for the expenses of the trust) to the poor pri soners within the City of London. From that time to the present year, the trust had not been complied with ; and if they calculated 12.5 years at 951. per year, with interest at 3 per cent., it would amount to the astonishing sum of 100,0001. (Hear, hear.) That estate was still in exist ence, and the governors had some thousands of pounds in hand, as was proved before the Lord Chief Baron. Again, the Merchant Tailors' Company ' had no fewer than seven charities for the release of poor prisoners. For the last ten years the auntiel amount paid by the company had not exceeded 401., but the company's clerk, Mr. Fisher, deposed on oath before the Lord Chief Baron, that in 1850 a scheme had been sanctioned by the Lord Chancellor for the consolidation of three of the trusts'. and that notice had been sent to the parties in prison, but that they did not appear. (Laughter.) That scheme was entirely unknown to the City Solicitor; but the company was willing to admit that they had 2,2911. 51. 24. in the funds, and an annual rental of 2.591. belonging to the City prisoners. The scheme agreed to was therefore that, instead of 401. they should pay 3001. a year. (Hear, hear.) When hon. gentlemen heard that such had been some of the fruits of so partial an inquiry, he would ask whether they were prepared to object to so excellent a bill as that before them ? (Cheers.) Alderman THOMPSON, in explanation, said that the only case which had occurred like the admission in Christ's Hospital of the sun of a nobleman, was one in which he had himself given a presentation to the grandson of the great Lord Rodney, who was an orphan child and without the means of education. (Cheers.) Sir R. IL INGLIS (likewise in explanation) said that a to Mrs. Ashton 's charity he knew absolutely nothing about it. (.. Hear, hear," and laughter.) The present head had been asked to carry out an entirely new or ganisation of the charity, and were certainly not re •poodble for the previous neglect. No fault could therefore be found either with the governors under the new scheme, or with the scheme itself. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. P. WOOD explained to Alderman Thompson that the proposed commissioners would have no control what ever over the management of Christ's Hospital. By the bill the heads of the charity would be required to submit • statement of their uccounts annually to the commissioners; ' teed the latter led power given them, which they would of eaMe linar energise when they suspected an abuse, to 1•••41011180 then account*. (Hear, hear.) In fact, the commissioners would be only a medium between the charity and the Court of Chancery, in order to save the expense which was always considerable when the parties came into court, either in a friendly manner to administer a trust or to contest a hostile suit. (Hear, bear.) This was also a sufficient answer to the objection which had been taken to raising the funds for currying on the commis sion. Another advantage which it would confer on the charities would be the power it would have of granting building lessen without the parties having to go before parliament. The governors of Christ's Hospital had had to obtain an act for that purpose only a few years since, and that must have cost them at least 6001. They, there fore, were the last people in the world who ought to complain. Nor was this all, for they had actually luable e i;ird. - ilssditors to audit ... aceeants whit:1)1410 published been put in possession of • Takao, estate it Reading by , ion ex Jerson • copy being sent to every governor. (Hear, means of the charity commission. When he saw the miser ,.hwer. ) What need was there, then, for the ieterfirence of ruble effects of Chancery proceedings upon charities he I. thi 1 I s o n. and learned gentleman) It was not the 50e. that should very much regret if the measure was not passed was ii. id be taken from Christ's Hospital to work the coin- with the least poseible delay. (Hear, hear.) se to soon that was cared for, but he believed that those who Mr. FRESH FIELD defended the management of St. V a kan interest in it would be divested by the interfer- Thomas's Hospital. s i me, and would cease any longer to take an interest in it. Mr. GOULBURN said the bill se it stood was ' T here were 1,400 children fed, clothed, and educated in in • very different form from that with which 'the establishment—those children being for the most he formerly objected to legislation on the subject ; part the sons of clergymen, of hall-pay officers, and so far as the tribunal was concerned, he had nothing to and soldiers who died in the defence of their country. say against it. He had before admitted the necessity of le- The case was the same with regard to the other royal hospi. gislation, and he was prepared to support the principle of • tale, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas ' s, and Bethlehem. They the present bill, without pledging himself to the details. r were managed in the same way as Christ's Hospital. Neither could he see why the committee should be a select Everything was submitted to the whole court of governors, one on a question of public importance. The question of ex and • shilling could not be appropriated without a vote emotion or non-exemption was well worthy the consideration having their sanction. An enormous amount of medical of the whole house. Ile had presented a petition from a hos end surgical aid was given in these institutions, and any pleat which well deserved attention, namely, the Foundling interference with them would be likely to destroy their elk- Hospital ; and the governors of that institution objected ciency. These institutions were the pride of the metropolis, to constant liability to interference on the ground that it and the wonder of foreigners, and it was not wise to take would tend to check the course of charity. twopence in the pound from their poor box to pay Mr. J. A. SMITH would be glad to learn, either from the expenses of the commission. The hon. and the present or the late Attorney -Geueral, whether the law learned gentleman said that the expense of the commission afforded the means of compelling parties to return funds would be 8,500!. Why not take this paltry sum from the which had been improperly received and applied. public puree, without coming upon these hospitals ? The Mr. P. HOWARD said that, considering the circum stances of the session and the nature of the bin, he thought bill of 1850 contained a clause which would except these hospitals from its operation ; and if • similar clause were it best to support the amendment. introduced into the present bill, ho would not give it any Lord J. RUSSELL could not consent to send the bill be opposition. As it stood at present, he thought it was too fore • select committee, because he believed that would important to pus without a searching inquiry, and he cause mach delay as to prevent it from passing during the should therefore move that it be referred to a select Present session. lie admitted, however, that the case ofithe committee. royal hospitals deserved consideration. He doubted when Sir R. INGLIS seconded the motion. He did not deny ther they ought to be totally exempted from the provisions that some legislation was necessary on this subject, but the of the bill, but, with respect tolthem, perhaps some arrange evil of this bill was that it punished those who were fault- ment like that suggested by the right hon. gentleman the leas; for every parson who knew anything of the Royal member for the (University of Cambridge, releu. Hospitals meng les aware that it was a punishment upon Mg them from liability to constant interference, them to mph, eat their accounts should be open to the and from the apprehension which that would Mapped= e/ commissioners ; and that these commis- create. would be the best that could be adopted. showmen Moe the power of calling before them men He thought it most undesirable to tax charities ohmmeter ' who rendered gratuitous services et this which were well conducted, on account of • necessary in laWOW linos hospitals, day b y day, and hour b hour, in the quir t' into others that were mismanaged. It would be SUMO ehristian charity. (Hear, hear) Tim Royal Li- muc better to provide funds from a public source, than to lenney Fund was an institution which should be likewise ex . do such an injustice to those who were not suspected of any ampt from the operation of the bill. That was an institution mismanagement. (Hear, hear.) ireorporated to relieve the distress of literary .men, Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said, being anxious thse an who, from the nature of their minds and occupations were unnecessary delay should take place, and considering mid peculiarly sensitive end susceptible. (Hear, hear.) It was had been suggested with regard to the royal hospitals. lee gessidered • meted duty on the part of those who admirals- should not press the amendment. limed that fund not to communicate the name of any per. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the bill passed son relieved by the society. (Hear, hear.) But if this bill through committee. became law , the recipients of this fund would have their CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. distresses ade known u publicly as those who entered the On the order of the day for going into committee on union workhouse. (Hear, hear.) The object which the this bill, hon. and learned gentleman could have in view in not Lord. J. RUSSELL was understood to say that hid 's*. friend, the member for Southampton had several arm& granting the exception now asked for was, that he could not otherwise find the means of inquiring into the ments to propose to the bill, and that it would be admin. abuses of the small charities. Was not this punishing tag _eous, therefore, to have the bill reprinted. the innocent in order to amend the guilty P (Hear, bear.) Mr. WALPOLE approved of the cornea suggested by the Tbe,lli living governors contributed the enormous sum of elon. gentleman who bad just spoken told the house noble lord. There were two points in which the bill re. that uired amendment. He alluded to the provision b which 200,0001. tone r of these charities. He knew a living 8 . an inquiry was to take place on the presentation Jan ad. vernor who gave 12,0001., and he knew another who in- area, all' ging that corruption had taken place in any pare tended to leave 6,0001. to one of the royal hospitals, but he cuter borough. Some ground should be required for the paused till he knew what the result of this bill would be. Laming of • commission, other than a mere address ; anises (Hear, hear.) There was no breach of trust charged against they did , a majority in the borough might always procure these charities. He hoped, therefore, that they might be a commission. He objected also to the retrospective action proposed to be given to the commission. Inquiry ought excepted, and that he might not be driven to the necessity of opposing the bill is foto, for he admitted the necessity of not to be allowed into proceedings that had occurred ten or legislation with regard to the small charities. (Hear.) twenty yeen ago. These two subjects required amend -Mr. Alderman SIDNEY regretted he could not concur in ment — (hear, hear)—but in consenting to the reprinting of the amendment. His hon. friend said that Christ's Hospi. the bill, he did not pledge himself to sanction the &mini m' was managed with great assiduity. He admitted that meats proposed. such was the case now, but was it always tho cue? Lord J. RUSSELL agreed with the views expressed by Mr. Alderman THOMPt3ON—Yes. the right hon. gentleman respecting the desired amend- Mr. Alderman SIDNEY would show that it was not meats. lie could not at once frame the amendments, but always the case. Not many years sine an order was passed the words should be printed with the notices. by the board of governors not to admit any boy whose Colonel SIBTHORP thought the bill was a mean and friends had prowl: 'weeding a fixed amount, namely, dirty trick, intended to cover the faults of some persons by 3005. (Hear, hear, The hospital was founded by Edward punishing others. VI. for the edam of the poor children of OW City of After a few words from Sir 11. Wittovonne and Mr. Lc/titian; bet until eomparatively few years ago the sons of Btu., the bill went through committee pro forme, and nobleman had been brought up within its walls ; and there was ordered to be resumed on Friday next. were many now in the hospital who were the children ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYROLDS BILL. neither of the poor nor the indigent. (Hear, bear.) He On the motion fur going into committee on this bill, would fully admit the excellence of the present manage. Mr. AGLIONBY stated that the right hon. gentleman meet, but what security had they that that good manage. the Secretary sf State for the Home Department had now sent would be perpetuated? (Hear, hear.) He had had considered this bill, and while objecting to certain clauses, experience of • great many of the charities of the city of the right hon. gentleman was quite ready to agree to others. London, end they did certainly not in the aggregate carry lie (Mr. Aglionby) would therefore move, that the cem ent the intentions of the donors ; and if Christ's Hospital mine° be taken pro fin - ma, in order that one subsequent were .tempted from the operation of the bill the same in- occasion the clauses objected to might he abandoned, and d mad be extended to many others. (Hear.) The two those against which there was no objection might be passed eeysinies belipilills of St. Bartholomew and St. Thomas certainly into law. iii ea hamense amount of good, but he could not forget Mr. WALPOLE concurred in the course proposed by the ere not essay years ago St. Thom's's was greatly Mem. hon. member for Cockermouth. sacral by the defalcations of its treasurer. Again, the The 101 l then went through committee pro forma, and present hospital of Bridewell had very little extended its was ordered to be recommitted after the Easter recess. usefulness during the last 1.50 years, although its revenues MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EDUCATION bad boon tripled. It was founded by Edward VI. for the BILL. of idle disonlerly persons, and of poor children, On the motion of Mr Hewett memo the select committee 1 11: a t i Turpose of teaching them a trade, and, he would on Manchester :Ind Salford Educttion'was nominated, six.: ink, whether the munificent intentions of that young but —Mr. Milner Chinon, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Tito, Mr. benevolent monarch had been carried out purl puma with Motown, Mr. Bright, Marquis of Woodford, Lord John the wants ,if the present metropolis ? (Hear, hear.) Sorely Russell, Mr. tiladstom , ale. Heald, Mr. Cobden, Mr. there were plenty of the sort of be rums in London whom Cardwell, Mr. Fox, Mr. Kee Seytner, Mr. Brothertoi, the establishment was intended to benefit, but the governors owl Mr. Bankes. of thd charity knew that it would be useless CORRUPTION AT ELECTIONS. to put forth any appeal to the public while Mr. J. BELL moved for • return of the number of (dee the present system of management was continued. Those ton who have been convicted of taking bribes, anti on whom i o t if h e in oin h i, e t,n s a:s Ulm there w 4 t______.,.........6, dot, alt to th e penalty of 5001., with the forfeiture of their elective franchise, has been inflicted within the present century ; period been convicted of giving bribes to elect o r, h ow elan the number of persons P l e ao r tb me , w e i w th b t o hc b a d r a e te: 0 711 . 1 1. r °.trhOiem.iiiii"f.or7mle.AdtiltoliilL, forTO NhafedarLdbtit,:owuhhe any record of such cases. The motion, on being put front the chair, was negatived. The house adjourned at I o'clock. PAIRS ON MR. MOTION.—Mr. Milne paired i n favour, with the lion. Freileri..k Villiers againq hli. Pugh paired in favour, with Sir Chas. Douglas against. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. RAILWAY AND OTItEE BILLS ON STANDING ORDRI M OXVORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERII.IIII7OV RAlLWAY.—Yeetcrdsy the standing orders were declar e d not complied with in the cam of the petition of fthe t i h n t: petitionandccial Staffordshire, u regard, egeinst thin bill In the caac of the Severn Steam-tug Company the stand ing.urders were dispesuiell with. WO/OTATEIt AND IDOMFOND RAlLWAY.—Yodenlay Mr. Talbot opened the ewe, fur the priiiieiter, if this lea before a very crowded committee, end witne- , ,, were exa mined. LONDONDIRRY AND CoI.r.RAINE Bernsl's committee the preamble of this company's bill 14 subscription towards construction of a mw bt itlge (nor the river Foyle, and a quay at the city of Londonderry, was dv. dared proved. L.INIIONIIERItT AND ENNIAIIII.I.VN ItAILWAY.—The preamble of this company's bill, for rat• ...ion to Ennis killen, and other worke, was also deelarcd proved. The government committees sitting yesterday Customs ; Outniges (Ireland) ; Laws ot Morttaaiti (to tog. eider course of proceeding) ; Preserved Me n u (N gsy) ; Postage Label :stamp. ; Public Libraries ; County Itat4 Dill ; Ventilation and Lighting of the House. THE ELECrIONS. SIR JAMES GRAHAM IN CARLISLE, On Thursday, Sir James Graham addressed the people of Carlisle. in the Mirne of his speech, he saw— I think that the measure of reform passed in Is:12 was a largo and ample measure, framed strictly fur the purp",. effecting a great change of a permanent character, in , urng to the people of this country larger ionuence in the admin istration of affairs, and the principles of in better govrn. ment. (Cheers.) I think that measure was successful to accomplishing the object it had in view. I ant net prepiod to say it was a perfect measure. I will not deny that it Lan many imperfection., and that it requires much alteration. (Ilear, hear.) lam not singular in that "pinion. llpr Majesty in her speech at the upeaing of parliament was ad vised to say that the time had arrived when that measure should be revised, and I am of opinion Mime that recommen dation from so high a quarter has been given, that a revision of that measure cannot long be postponed. (('heers) I am not prepared to say (though I speak with.ut reference to particular details) that the amendment lately introduced into parliament wan a perfect amendment. (('heers.) I am decidedly of opinion that if the Iteturm Art of P 432 is to be revised it must be founded on the principle laid down by that great and gond man with whom I was wow ' elated for some time in the hume department of state. (Ilear, hear.) You must not group small borough, toge ther, joining little to little, and corruptem to rot minion— (" Oh, oh," and hear)—but you must proceed in the march of reform by disfranchising those corrupt boroughs, and M their place distributing the privilege, of repns e nt a ti on amongst larger populations and more worthy eonsiii,,, cies. (Cheers.) I should not d. cm it right to eat' r into micute detail, hut I should tell you foes/ that in distributing the representative privilege ) should pay respect to numbers in some degree, but a t the same time I do think that with gnat advantage the representative power might be confer', don parties sing intelligence and science to an eminent degree, who do not now return repress ntatives. (Cheers.) 1 cannot say at once lam prepared to recur to secret voting. 'Ay INA is to make every effort to exterminate intimidation and bribery by every other means, and tritil convinced that that is impossible I should only device you I/ saying I am prepared to pledge myself to the ballot. I have said that the present time is a critical one. I admit that he is a daring man who, in the face of public opinion and the et. perience of the last five years, shall venture to attempt the 'reimposition of • corn-law in this country. But .till that attempt, we were told, until very lately, was to be made when Lord nerdy and his friends came into power. It has now assumed an ambiguous shape. There is the direct mode of imposing the corn laws and the indirect mode of avoiding the reimposition of the corn laws. They arc seeking to accomplish the object by trans ferring those no-called burthens of agriculture to the taxa tion which is borne by the great body of the people. I for one would rather meet the direct sod bold assault of an open foe, than countenance the insidious and indirect at ' tack to which I have referred. (Cheers.) Lord George Bentinek, in the very year before he died, gave us a sketch of the budget which he would profs..., and Lard Derby and Mr. Disraeli are two of the party to which Lord George belonged. What was the course he would pur sue 2 He intended to relieve the and by imposing • duty upon corn. I believe that to he no longer pm sible. Ile then proposed to re-impose the import duty upon cotton, one of your raw materials. Ile pro- posed to increase the ditty on timber to greatly in crease the duty on sugar; and also—and if ono thing more than another tends to promote the comfort of men, it is the cheap communication with distant relations and friends—he proposed to double the postage upon all your letters. (Hear, hear.) So that we have corn, your daily bread ; sugar, that little luxury which we may place next to bread ; cotton, that affects immediately the labour of the poor, especially in a city like this, where the raw =tend advances the demand for labour, and operates unduly on your wages. It also operates to increase the clothing of the poorest men and women who walk your streets, nod who are large consumer* Then if you come to touch tobacco and spirits, these are the little 'ovaries in which the hum blest seek from time to time, as well as their betters, a short oblivion from the cares and troubles of this life. (Laughter and cheers.) lam not disposed to ask you to compensate the agricultural interest by tampering with any of these heads of taxation. (Hear, hear.) Ou the contrary, I be lieve that if you adhere still to the policy you have been pursuing, the time will come when the duty on tea, soil perhaps tobacco, will be lowered, and a large revenue yet be raised to the state. (Hear, hear.) Hut everything de pends upon your adherence to free trade principles. HUDDERSFIELD.—A new candidate in in the field at Huddersfield, iu the person of Mr. William Witham., a merchant of much popularity. Mr. Cheethain has nival again to contest the borough, and the battle e. now likely to be between the present member, Mr. W. It. C. Sues field, and Mr. Williams, both of whom are liberals, though differing in degree. Mr. Williams is of the school of Cob den, and Mr. fitansfield favours the views of the whip. LIVERPOOL—Our correspondent states that Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and Mr. Charts. Turner, on the masa vative side, end Sir Thos. Birch and Mr. Cardwell as re presenting free trade, may safely be looked upon as the candidates for the representation of this borough at the forthcoming election, although they have not as yet issued addresses, which, however, may doubtless be looked for after the presentation of the requisitions now in course of signature to each of these gentlemen. The requisition to the two former has been receiving signatures for a week past, and that to the two latter fur the last four days. PEBTII.—The Right lion. Fox Manic has issued an address to the electors of Perth, announcing ho inten tion of retiring from the representation of the fair " City." at the neat general election. The lion. A. Kinnard has presented himself as a candidate to supply the vacancy. Mr. Gilpin is also to be brought forward as a candidate, and there is some talk of the protectionists introducing the Hon. C. Lyon. WaLLINGFORD.—A correspondent says every pre paration is being made here for a contest at the approach= election. The field is now taken by Mr. Malin., Q.O the Chancery bar, introduced by the former friends of Mt. Blackstone, the present member, as a ron.ervative and pro tectionist ; and Mr. Alfred Morrison ..on of Mr. Morri , n. of Bouldnn Park, near this town, and many years M.P. lot Inverness), is brought out on the liberal interest, pledgins himself to oppose in parliament every attempt to re impse an import duty on corn. IVaLsALL.—On Wednesday evening, Mr. Forster met the committee formed to promote Ins which was numerously and respeetauly attended. J. shin' non, Esq. ex-mayor, in the chair. The necessary orracd , • ments for organisation were completed, and distrio. signed to the various members of the committee. Up to the present time, no other candidate has been announce.] Mr. Forster, since Mr. Littleton's retirement, has r, d the undivided support of all sections of the liberal parts, and his election is regarded by the inhabitants of the d;. , roagh as perfectly secure. EXECUTION OF ANTHONY TURNER AT DERBY. DERBY, FRIDAY Aerrattoos. This morning Anthony Turner underwent the ex treme penalty of the taw in the front of our county cm. l, for the murder of Mrs. Barnes, of FieliThouse, Be'Per' A t an early hour crowds began to take up their positio o t n th t: ta front of the gallows, which was erected at the left Principal entraree. Sonic thousands came from the mall' bearing villages, more particularly from Belper and nit, bourhood, Turner being well known in that district. Ab o ut a quarter to 12 the prisoner was led upon the scat old, sod• the necessary preliminaries having been completed, the drop immediately afterwards tell, and he ceased to exist IPN' rently without a struggle. Since the condemnation of the wretched man his cos durt had been most exemplary. lie expressed his deep pant at baring perpetrated the awful crime which doomed Ina to the gallows, and was astonished that he should have be'x betrayed into the commission of such on act. In to l! the question, " What has become of the knife ? AA" that he put it into the tire at a friend's house. The Rev. Mr. Bannister and the family hare lass ant ttttt r to obtain satisfactory evitlenee of the pavan , 01 the child. The deceased Mrs. Barnes nelieved that TPn' a was attempting to impose upon her, after the thNith of Itft brother, by palming the child upon her as Mr. Walter !. Turner was questioned on this point, and he state d tirely the late Mr. Walker was the tither of the clukl.