The Express. — London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

1 PE RI AL PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIMSDAY, FEB. 10. I tit 'MID CIIAMMLIOII took big *oat at S o'clock. PETITION PREsENTED. —....—. rA1.1.11111 1101/.IIIIT P .ANORA —By Lord BEAUMONT, from flalby. rreyhog fur the free diettP.utiost of pasha attetary pew V. to !Peary and other in.tituta. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT. Lord CAMPBELL h d the Lonna to 1.7 oa the table a due :meat to sen.h he wished to attention. Perlis- MeLt hal el, puted a legislative power to the judge. with reference to ta.e regulation of proem dirge in their respective Ly tlie lull pawed lest session nt parliament wespeet kw common law proesdute. A power was given to the jul.tes to make rube and re4ulations to carry hate full effect the autents ins .1 the legislature • but it war necessarc that they shoal he laid before both. I:nano' cart:anent, and it we. not anti the exparotios of three month, that they would become Lew. la the exercise of the power given to them, the ja 14. a had most anxiously framed a set of rules and repel salaam to govern the proceedings in the succaiur courts 4. W. sernineta r, anal Lw th.e car) mg into street the intantioos of the enamor' Ltw Procedural Act. lie could venture to say, titer there were co men in the country ni , To authors than the judges that the law should be adnsanistera mizh all !umble simplicity. esti:dation, au I twei.omy ; a.. 1 it was upon that principle that the eegula sons 11.1 heea framed. Its had the satistaction .1 Meting that the Pr t. dare Bill of last snsion heal trarked adrairalt:y : it bad gremly se.provcd the practice of the su perior courts, end rendered their proctedar44 more a xpecli. tins, single, anal economical. (Hear, Lear.) if par:4- am' should disapprove of any of the rules which the judges had frana. d, there would be ample time t. bring an a hall to ..Iter thous but if nut, no the tint day of Tinily Tetra they would become the Lew of the land. TUE. WAR IN AVA. The Eirl of ELLEN BOlt01:“ II gave notice that he would, ti,:norrow (this day), elk the noble earl at the head of the gusarninent whether he ha , : any ohjectiun to lay tot fore the house a letter from a stcret c ,mraittee at the ludia House, dated in Ottolnr, IVA), giving inAruetions as to the operations of any future war in Are; and alto, wheLher the government a ,re ready t•. lay !lei nt. ,:arliament papers cc pl•ne'.ury at the prowat war in Ara, and the means by which it w as he. !y to be turmiint LAW IcErtnal. The LO Dt• lAN C e:LLO slid that, on Man.lay neat, he Atould piep ited to snake statement to the house RS to the intent ...of of the govt neat on the sutjeet of legal reform. MAYNOOTIL The E tel 4f WlNCliiiiEAgivenotiee that he should shortly mote for a petition to inquire whether the brach' of ithicatien at the College of lkleTenoth nu net mon BM, iit with the great principles id civil and religious lihctt). BAIL IN CRIMINAL CASES. 1.r,l CA Ml'ilEL said the:r luribitips might remember that after the case of the bate Mr. O'Cidinell before their lordships house bad been disposed ot, his noble &pelican( frie nil, Luru liyndbitnt (the Lord Chencebor) brought in a bill which had Ws its object the admitting of miens who 'night ►ave bea n convicted of an offence to bail, pending togs 1111112 • writ of error. That bill bad been ri c .,;;, d , with rime inconvenience, and hail not, perhaps, been framed with Vie necessary caution. Where tree Attorney-General prosecuted there was no danger of col lusion, but it often happened that prosecutions were insti tuted by private individuals from very improper motives, and there was often the danger of collation between the prosecutor and the defendant. lle knew of cases sines the bell to which he referred had become the law of the lend •here persons who had been convicted of the moet d lout .ir. nets hid escaped penis :meat. The object of the bill ho was abort to introduce was to guard against that evil. Tee bill was thee read a first time. CHANCERY REFORII. Lord Sr. LL T ONARDS nee for the purpose of lay. ins on the table • isimher of bills of which be had gists notice in Nos...tuber last, and he bail to thank his uuble and learned friend on the wool- sack foe beams given directions to the officers Cl the court a Chancery to afford h:ia the &edifice he bad required in the preparation of the bills. He would state the provisions of in. several bills more full 7 on a future occasion. The Ant bdb was for the forth •r trio f of suitors in the Court of Obaneery, and Its object wee by • proper and new arrange meet in the Acceuutesit-Ucheraes shier, and for the proper enaaagement of the fonds under his care, to enable the geed to reduce the 'apeman of litigation to such limits as thighs prevent improper litigation. lle had no doubt that by tie working of this bill, sad by the due administration si ten tuna., tie emanate of suits in Chancery would be ✓ astly reduced; and that funds sofa:lent would he oh based to ensblo the government a: no distant day to erect Mete for the administration of justice by the new VINO. Obatice!lins, with rooms attached, by which the sew system might be fairly developed ; and shortly afterwards to relieve the canolidited fund of the 26,iksOi a year which It now contributed towards the payment of judges in Chaantry. H. behoved it would also prevail not only the brokerage sad jobber's profit but unaneessry sales of Mock ; sad that miens wend cease to operate which had been essoodereil unseemly by which the Conn of Chancery beak a portion of the brokerage, and which fermi d a part of the fund. That would be entirely swept away, and the !sada would be operated upon by sales or purchases to a crest amount with moneys belouning to the suitors. (Hear, hear.) Another provision was, by the proper diatri bute.ni of unclaimed dividends, to give to the court sew hails by which they might he enabled to relieve the suitor. The LORD CHANCELLOR end that of course any inseaure which had for its object the setaeg of expenses to suitors deserved the most serious consideration ; and whe ther the bill of his noble and learned friend would have that effect, must depend on • variety of details in that bill, sad the Lamle in which they would be likely to work. His noble end named friend had had the kindness to send him • eopy of the hill; but he had been unable to snake himself master of its details; mad this lentil not appear surprising, when he stated that it did not, strictly speakiag, deal with the legal question , but with • financial one. The question se to hew the transfer of funds at the Hank of England would or would not be likely to operate to the benefit of the suitors of the court, was ode which required grave eolith erotica. lie did not for a moment mean to say that the bah was met • eery salutary measure, but it depended on • variety of details, and the keepiug of the accounts of funds amounting to above 48,000,000/. sterling, and i: must be Lathed at with gnat attention before the house would give its libiaat to such a meunre. Ito hoped, when the bill was printed, that it would be allowed to lie on the table fur emus censiderable time. Lard ST. LEONAUDS was quite willing to send the Ml, with the Wien which he wen about to introduce, before • *elect committee. lhe bill wu theu read a first time. The neat series of bills relsteiTrilusatica, and he could assure their lordships that no bill+ hail ever been prepared with greater care and caution. There were three hills on this subject: the first relatcd to the regulation of lunacy as far as that jurisdiction was directly under the Court of Chancery. The great object of the bill w.ts to regulate the proceeding and dealing with the property of lunatics under the care of the court. The emir: hail visitors of its own, bet some alteration in their powers was required. The effect of the bill would he greatly to imam the expenses and throw much more caution around the subject —t o pre vest the summoning unnecessarily of juries —unnecessary reference from the Chancellor to masters in lunacy—the unneeessary attendance of the neat of kin, which oftea encased great expense—and to prevent unnecessary orders by the Lord Chancellor. It introduced, for the first time, a Amber practice en the p irt of the Lord Chancellor with reference to lottery ; sad in that way it would save great espouse. It was intended to meet great difficulties which kW occurred ; and he believed, if it pared into a law, that peat convenience would arise from it. It provided for OWN of temporary insanity—also for eases where the head a a family was seised with some sudden aberration of mad, and nobody could take the money at the banker's to provide for the necessities of the family; and it further provided for the alas of a person of very small property. Very few eases, in fact, sould arise which it did not pro- vide for. The bill was then read a first time. The °Nee% of the second Lill was to consolidate all the laws relaung to lunatic esylutne. A great many difficulties lad arisen in the edminiatratien o! the Is., and greater care was required of Inclines than could be given under the ea feting law. The bill was then read a first time. The third bill was also ler the c ire end treatment of Issatiee, and was intended to be an amendment of the bill known ea Lord Shaftesbury 's Sill. It contained a number of provisions which had been found by experience to be seeessary. Every possible care had been takes at once to Beard the subject from any danger of the false accusation of lunacy and improper confinement, and at the same time to ovoid unnecessary expense in establishing lunacy where a person was manifestly lunatic. This bill would not, how ever, touch the case of criminal lunatics, because he rather usderatood that it was the intention of the government to bring in a measure on that subject. It was one which re quired to be treated by kali'. Thera was no doubt that axe-tenth or one-eleventh of the criminal lunatics in this eouutry deigned lunacy to escape Iron the punishment of their crimes. If he could snake his voice heard he would pray such persons not to adopt that course,for he recollected to have seen is a lunatic asylum in Ireland two men who had bees gusty of murder,_uciler, atrocious circumstances, but who had boss acquitted on the ground of insanity. They wore so doubt sans when they committed the crime, sad se they were when be saw them ; and he should never hips the agony of mind they expressed, with tears stream ing down their cheeks, at being obliged to pass year after year of sanity in the society of, and turrouaded by, lunatics. It wee a greater punishment, they said, than any which the law could impose upon them. In Britlewell criminal lune tica were there as in a gaol, their bodily ailments were mudded to; but no attempt was made to mire them of their insanity. It was not, however, benne' an insane man had committed a crime that the were sot to restore hie to a state of sanity if possible. if he committed an offiento when insane he was not an au...eatable subject; why ahueld he not, then, have the same treatment 64 any other lunatic, with a view to recover his •enses ? (Hear, hoar.) lie had no doubt it wee a subject which would be taken op by the government. (Hear, hear.) There was use claim in the bill whirls he we. then iotrodecing that hailed lead to some d i sc u s s on. lty a , : art by which par liament gave the peak! and !envies the A•nctit of cqinfais sioners—s;: of whom were paid-AI-9:4 tu Hospital was exeliseled fro or its operations, unless by the order of the Lord Chancellor or the S:ereary of State. By the proem bill, that pnruna of the act ex and Mg Bethlehem would be rep..alod, and it wmproposed to make Bethlehem hospital open to the same provisions as the other asylums for lunatics. (Hear, hear.) He had reed the wool" cf the voluminous report upon Bethlehem Ilapital, as he considered it was his duty to do, and he should be unwilling to say • word that would be painful to persons whoae sonata , had been animadverted upon, the more especially as the examinations were taken is the absence of the parties accused, and they ought not to be condemned until they had had an opportunity of being heard. Ile should hope, however, that is consequence of the reports of the commissioner. an luaaey, and subsequent inquiries, that the evil" comeleincd of would be all remedied. The governors themselves had with great propriety altered their own system ; they had appointed a resident physician, snit they meant to have, if they had not already, another resident apothecary. The medical staff had been (partly from some resignations) entirely changed, and he should think such improvements would work well in uni..o with the change proposed to be effected by the bill has then held in his hand. (Hear.) One of the meet aetive and intelligeot of the govern; rs of Bethlehem Hos• vat had said in hts evidence Chet he thought the excepting f the hospital from the operation of the late act had been disadsaatageous to it. Iho bill was then read • first time. BANKRUPT LAW. Lord ST. LRONARDS sail that he was also about to in treduee a bill, tile object of which was to enah:e persons whe had been unfortunate, and could nut meet their obli- RCMP, t be able to ,brag:; relief hoot the Court of Bank ru;dey without fear or shame. The bill, which had the 'pommel of his noble and learned friend, not then in hi, place (Lord Brougham), prorosed, aronne,A other prod- eOl.ll, to ebolieh first, second, sod third times certificates. The bill was tken read • first time. Lard tiT. LEONARDS then introduced another bill for the consolidation of • portion of the criminal law. The bill would describe who was und who was not capable of crime, and it contained other matter which would require to be submitted to • select committee of their lordship; house. Ile bad very mash at heart the atoppage of mu - der* and minor brutalities between husband and wife. With respect to the murder cf a wife, he had made it a distinct crime; and so with regard t any minor brutality. Oa the question as to the responsibility of a wife for a crime committed in the presence of her husband, the cem tuissioners to whom these questions of law were referred were of opinion that the law should be altered, and that the wife should not be protected note's she could prove that she committed the offence under the actual influence of her hu,hartil. There was only one Piing more to which he would call attention, and that was the eillince of duelling The comn.i.sienen proposed that it should Oct be a capital offence, and should not be punished by death, but by tram-' partition tor life. The CoollllilsiOlifTS thought, and uis doubt wisely, that there would be a greeter prob a bility of puniehmeht thing inflicted. Now, public opinion had done more than any law could de towards putting an end to duelling, and ho raid, thzrefore, do not interfere, you hardly know what the consequences will be. L.ia CAMPBELL said he reit:iced that the noble lord had brought io these hills, though he did not wish now to give any opinion on them. With regard, however, to the proposed partial code, he thought it ought not to coma into operation till the wi.ole code was complete. It would be the first lime in legislation that, when a code was proposed, it was to be brought into operation piecemeal. Would it no' be nonsense to say they would hale • code respecting nture:er end not respecting highway rubbery? But this was no or; :meat at all against the bill, only he should say there should be • clause tnat the bill should not come into operation till the whole was completed. With regard to duelling he entirely concurred with the noble lord. He re joie -el that public "pinion had wholly destroyed that prac tice, and that it did tint require to be put down by law ; but be thought that duelling should still be in the eye of the law murder, and that it should remain with those who ad vised the crown in these eases to say whether under the particular circumstances the law should take its course. The bill was then read a first time. PROSECUTION OF SOLDIERS IN IRELAND. The Karl of CA IMIOAN gave not!co that he would this day put a question regardiurr the manner .n which certain soldiers in her Majesty's souka were about :o be prosecuted in Ireland. MINISTERIAL POLICY. The house was then about to adjourn, and most of their lordships were on their feet, when The Earl of DERBY said, bet we the house adjourned, he wished the noble lord at the head of Ike government would allow him to pat a question to him, or rather to make • single remark. Under ordinary eircumstancre, at the commencement of • session, their lordships were aware it was the practice, and the useful practice, for the minister of the day, in the Queen's speech, to explain more or lees to parliament and the country the principal measures which it was the intention of government to submit to the consideration of parliament. Ile was well aware that at the print moment they were not at the commencement of • session, but at ths same time they were assembled under circumstances which rendered it not the less necessary that those intentions should be made known. Their lordships were aware that at the present moment parliament having been only adjourned, not prorogued, a new government had succeeded to office, and there had been no indication whatever of the specifie maser es which government intended to bring before the consideration of parliament. Ile was not about to ask of her Majesty's government—he was not ab .ut to put the question in any hostile spirit, for an explanation of the general political principles on which they would conduct the government. The made earl at the head of the govern ment did certainly enter into an explanation, but that ex planation did not throw any light en the policy of the go- vernmcnt, and it left the house in as great uncertainty as to the course to be pursued ns it was in before that speech was delivered, and they were unable to form any conjecture as to the general political principles of the government. He VMS not very anxious to ask on what principles the govern ment was to be carried on, as he thought it would be most fair for them and better for the country that the principles of the government should be inferred from its measures, than that they should be judged of by any vague gene ?slain in which the first minister of the crown might indicate the general course of policy to be pursued. The noble lord on the woolsack had stated that on Monday night he should state the course her Majesty's government intended to pursue with regard to law reform. He hoped that they would follow the ex ample which bad been set them by his noble and learned friend behind him (Lord St. Leonard.), who ho found had not abandoned his efforts, even on leaving the office which, he might venture to say, even in the presence of the noble and learned lord who now occupied the woolsack, the country had great cause to regret his leaving. He hoped that the cause of law reform would not suffer by • trans fer of the seals to other hands ; and of this he was quite certain, that there were no hands in which that question might be more judiciously left than those of the noble and learned lord now on the woolsack. It was the intention that in the other house of parliament there should be made that evening a statement of the course IGO vernment intended to pursue, and although it was gaits true that all of their lordships would probably have an opportunity, by the habitual breach of the privi- ' leges of that house, of ascertaining in the morning the state ment that was made, he thought it more consistent with parliamentary practice that the head of the government in that house should himself state to their lordships the mea sures which he intended on the part of the government to be brought forward. And he thought that that statement was the more important to be made there, because, from the circumstances of the present year, it was very obvious that in the early part of the session the other house of par liament would be more than ordinarily occupied in business in which their lordships could not interfere, and in conse quence other measure, would be postponed till a late period, and meth valuable time at the early period of the session would w completely wasted, without any measure being submitted to their lordships' consideration, and • great Mr of business would be brought before them towudis the clue of the ses.ion, to the disadvantage of the been end the public. Ile thought, therefore, that, elle ban should his informed, not only with regard Se esewissienee, but also that they might judge prac tically ef the degree of confidence they might place in the governante, what were the subjects which for the last six weeks bed occupied the attention of ministers and what ag were t eishjects on which they had made up their minds. Ile had dready said he would not ask for the assertion of gored psteciples, but he asked for a declaration of the' seeeteree Intended to be submitted to parliament. Ile thought that, more especially in the present state of puha ment, if government wished to act conscientiously, nothing could be more desirable than that they should have an' opportunity of proving that they were desirous of bringing in measures for the good of the country, and that whatever might have been the political differences of opinion which had subsisted between them on former occasions, they were combined to bring forward measures for the ood of the country. They would be judged of by their practices and performances, and not by any declara tion of principles, and he ventured to say for those with whom he bad the honour to act that if government brought for. aril measures which they (the opposition) in their con science could support and approve, they would receive from them not only no opposition, but nothing would give him, and he would, venture to say for many of his friends would give them, more satisfaction than being able to co-operate for the purpose of carrying useful measures far the country, but they wished to know what measures it wee intended to be brought forward, and whether they would be such that it would be impossible for • conservative opposition to ap prove of. The Hari of FITZWILLIAM said be was not surprised at the untie earl having asked the question, but at the lame time be suggested whether it wits consistent with prece dent, and with the practice of former times, to call upon an administration formed under the circumstances under which the present administration had been formed, to de - Blare at the roessamecewseut et the asides of pertlessist, for such he might consider this to be, the particular measures they intended to propose. He hoped that the prudence t f the noble earl at the head of the government would induce him not to gratify the aoble earl's (the Earl of Derby's) cariosity as to what measures they intended to bring for ward, and what mamas they considered it prudent to ab stain from. The Earl of ABERDEEN said on the formation of the government he laid before their lordships the priociphs on which it was founded, and he alluded to the principal sub. jests which would engage their attention with a view to future legislation. Those subjects had since that day men ' pied the attention of the government, and on these subjects. or the greater part of them, he trusted legislatiou would be effected, but aa for the most part they would be originated in the Douse of Commons, ho believed it was uot, seethe noble curl said, according to precedent • that house to announce the measures which would h.• brought forward in the Hoes.: of Commons. With regard to law reform, his noble and learned friend on the wool sack had already given notice of his intention to state the 1 measures which be had Toady to lay bane the how. Not • withstanding what had already been done on that subject, it was one in which an abundant harvest was yet to be reaped, and he had no doubt that the measures to be pro , posed by his noble and leased friend would be beneficial to the country. lie was glad to hear that the noble earl was , disposed to look at the measures of government with im- partiality and fairness, and that if he was able be would give them his support. Undoubtedly that would very , much facilitate their passing. W hen the measures to be announced to the Howe of Commons that night came before their lordships, he trusted they would be ouch as to merit their support. The Eorl of DERBY said he gathered from the speech of the noble earl opposite, and that of the noble lord on the woolsack, that measures were prepared fur improving the administration of the law, because he said he would ex plain them on Monday; but though be had received that statement with satisfaction, he was somewhat disappointed with the answer given by the noble earl, although he did not, as the noble earl on the cross benchee(Fitzwilliam), ap r pear to consider that a statement of the intentions of go vernment would be wholly premature at the present moment. lie bad no doubt that his noble friend on the erirs benches would look with equal anxiety with himself in the morning papers of to-morrow for that information, which he still ventured to say it would have been more ac cording to precedent to have had stated in that house. The noble earl on the cross benches would to-morrow find that the noble lord at the head of the government in the House of Consumes had stated to that house what he thought it would be premature to state to the House of Lords. Earl FITZ WILLIAM— the difference is this. The minister in the House of Commons will declare in the House of Commons what measures be intends to introduce there. My noble friend here would best ding what isgoing on elsewhere. Therefore he did not think it would be right for his noble frieud in that house, to doelare what measures were about to be brought forward in the other. The noble lord on the woolsack had stated that he would declare on Monday the measures of law reform, wbieh were contemplated by the government to be brought forward in their lordships' house; but it would not bo proper to stato the measures which were to be proposed in tee other house. The Heel of DERBY was afraid that his noble friend on the cross benches did not give tho government credit fez unanimity. Ile had always beard that a member of the government in one house, was reedy to be answerable fur anything that was said by his colleagues in the other, and he was sure that the noble lord in the other house would not take on himself to give the details of the measures of the government, without the assent of his colleagues in that house. Ile would limit his question and inquire of the noble earl at the head of the government what lIICJSUM he proposed to bring forward in their lordships' house No answer havine been returned, The Earl of DERBY again rose and said—Does silence mean that there will be none ? (" Hear, bear," and a leugh.) The Earl of ABERDEEN rose for a moment and said a word or two across the table, which were quite inaudible. The Earl of DERBY again rose and said he had the sanction of his noble 'friend on the cross benches for in• quiring what measures would be brought forward in their lordships' house. No answer was returned, and The house immediately adjourned at twenty minutes to seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TI n FEB. 10. The Si took the chair at a quarter before four o'clock. The attendance of members was very considerable, but that on the ministerial benches vastly preponderated. Mr. Spooner occupied the post of honour on the Opposition side, and shortly att.rwards Sir John Pakingtou, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, and other leading members of the late govern ment, took their places on the front bench. Mr. Disraeli arrived shortly after four o'clock, and occupied a scat next to Mr. Spooner. Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. Bright had places below the ministerial gangway, whilst some of the Irish Brigade took their seats below the gangway on the Tory aide of the house. THE MINISTRY. The following members of the government took the oaths and their seats :—Lord John Russell, Viscount Pal merston, Mr. Gladstone, Sir JAW! Graham, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir Wm. Molesworth, Sir A. Cockburn, Mr. Bet thell, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Strut, Mr. Monsell, the Earl of Mulvey', Mr. Baines, Mr. Villiers, Admiral Berkeley, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Chartertis, and Lord A. Hervey. Sir Giollo3 OIi.EY and Mr. flio3l/.11 BARING also took the oaths end their seats. NEW WRIT. Mr. HATTER moved for a new writ for the county of Forfar, in the room of Colonel Mettle, who since his election had accepted the office of Surveyor of the Ordnance. —Agreed to. ELECTION PETITIONS ABANDONED. The SPEAKER announced the abandonment of tho pe titions against the returns for East Surrey and King's County. PRIVATE BUSINESS. A considerable time was then smut in bringing up the reports of the Standing Orders' Committee on Privets Bills, and in similar formalities. Mr. Brotherton had of eourse, by virtue of his office, " tho lion's share " of this kind of business, and when he had at list got through his long list of bills, be was rewarded with a cheer. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1853. traduce any measure :air the improvement of the law of mortmain, based on this report of the committee of last session ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL promised to answer the question on Monday. PROPOSED GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented to the berme copies of some recent state papers relating to Greece, and then spoke as follows:—In moving that these papers do lie upon the table, it may be conveaient to the house that I should state , the course which her Majesty's government intend to pur sue with respect to the measures that may be brought fur ward in the early part of the session. And I beg to name at once, that it is not my intention—nor is it necessary—to make any statement with regard to the general opinions and views of the government. A statement of that kind has been already made by my noble friend at the head of the government in another place, and that statement is gene rally known. What I propose to do is to state to the house the course which the government mean to pursue with re spect to the measures sad the business which may be brought forward fee the consideration of the bout.. I should state, therefore, that the government intend, vs soon as the estimates are laid upon the table of the house, and ' are delivered to the member', to bring under the eonsidera- I tion of the house the various estimates for the year. With respect to the navy estimates, we hope, on Friday se'nnight, to be able to ask the house to resolve itself into committee I to consider those estimates; and the army and ordnance estimates will follow. I may state that, with regard to the number of men in the navy, the army, and the ordnance, there will be no increase on the number voted before the Christmas holidays. (Cheers.) With respect to the sums to be voted there will be found a considerable increase upon the estimates of last year ; and when the estimates are brought forward, such explanations will be given relative to that increase as I trust may prove satisfactory to the house—at ell events, such as will bring into discussion the reasons for which that increase has been thought necessary. Besides the estimates ' the measures which we propose im mediately to bring forward are—in the first place, a bill to enable the legislature of Canada to dispose, with due regard to the interests of the present holders, of the clergy reserves of Canada. (Cheers.) A pledge which was given on behalf of the crown by my noble friend, Earl Grey, when he was Secretary of the Colonies; and that pledge the present government ate pre pared to carry into effect ; and a bill will be presented to parliament for the purpose. The next question So be brought under the consideration of the house will be brought forward by my right hon. friend this President of the Board of Trade, who, in moving the introduction of the Pilotage Bill, will state to the house what course is pro posed with respect to the light dues, and with regard to various other matters affecting the shipping interest of this country. (Ilear. hear.) I shall propose, on • very early day, to ask the h ouse to resolve itself into • committee of the whole house with respect to the removal of those dis abilities which yet affect our Jewish fellow-subjects— (cheers)—with a view to extend to them the same right, and franchisee as are enjoyed by all other el f her Ma ktaty'a subjects. The next question on which I propose to make certain propositions, but which I shall not do until thei estimate' that I have alluded to have been voted,—is upon the important subject of education. (Cheers.) I will not endeavour to excite false expectations by stating that I am about to introduce, on the part of toe government, a very vast plan on that subject; but I shall maker prop. salt which, I think, if adopted, will tend very greatly to fur ther anal promote education,—a subject which impresse, it self more and more upon the minds of all who consider the future destinies of their country—(cheers)—and which, whatever opinions we may entertain, whatever plans we may think the b es t, i s a subject which I think may be considered one of the very highest imeor , tance. (Cheers.) In stating the views of the government upon the subject of the education generally of the poorer chomp, I will, either then or shortly afterward', state the course which the government intend to pursue with respect to the report which has berm made by the commissioners relating to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. (Cheers.) There is another sal jest connected with those measures, that is, an educational measure for Scotland ; but upon that subject I am unable to state when any measures will be brought forward, nut having had an opportunity for some time of conferring with my learned friend the Lord Advocate for Scotland ; but probably in the course of the present session they will be brought forward. There is another question upon wbieh the right hon. gentleman, the late Secretary of Suitt for the Colonies, has given a not'ce —I mean the important subject of transportation. I need not now refer to the very important changes which have taken place, to which I have alluded in former debates, either with respect to the change in the constitution of the government in our Australian colonies, or with respect to the recent discoveries of gold that have been made in Au stralia ; but I will state at once that, it having been decided by the late government that transportation to Australia should cease, the present government entirely adhere to that intention. (Cheers.) It is an intention which I think they very wisely adopted, and which was rendered neces sary by the changes to which I have adverted. But it is impossible not to perceive that, giving up transportation to Australia, the colonies to which tile great mass of convicts have been hitherto sent, it is necessary to look most seriously to the question of secondary punishments. (near, hear.) The late Lord Chancellor has intimated his intention, I believe, of introducing a bill into the other house of parliament fur the consolidation of the criminal law. I do not know if Lord St. Leonard. intends in his bill to lay deism any plan of secondary puniahmen's, different from that which has heretofore been adopted. If he does, it will of course receive the serious consideration and attention of the government; if not, the government will themselves propose an alteration in the system of secondary punish ments. I may say here, that the government have already come to the determination—and my noble friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, will carry that determination into effect—that after the vessels which well-founded, no defect can be pointed out so destructive to public virtue, and to the credit of representative institu• tions, as those acts of bribery and corruption. (Cheers.) The house, by means of its select committee., is about to in vestigate the truth of the allegations in many of these cases. We shall be better able to judge, after these investigations have taken place, of the nature and extent of the evil ; i whether any legislation is necessary, and, if it be, what as to be the nature and character of that legisl a ti on . Th e I subject is one which, in the opinion of the government, is of the highest importance ; it is one which we think ought not to be delayed longer than is necessar y to allow time for due deliberation and inquiry ; anal, therefore, to purify the representation, no effort will be wanting on our part. (Loud cheers.) , Mr. HATTER said that it might be convenient for the house to know the days when the measures indicated in the speech of bis noble friend would be brought forward. On to-morrow (this day) the Chancellor of the Exchequer would move for leave to bring in a bill to authorise ad vaaces from the Consolidated Fund to discharge money borrowed for metropolitan improvements, on the security of the crown estates, and to charge the lame on the London Bridge Approaches Fund. On Monday, the 14th. the Lord Advocate would introduce a bill for laci.itating the procedure in the Sheriffs' Courts of Seetlsnd. On the 16th the Secretary fur the Colonies aould introduce a bill empowering the Canadian le•gisls• tore to deal with the clergy reserves. Ou Friday, the 18th, the First Lord of the Admiralty would bring forward the navy estimates. On the 22nd the President of the Board of Trade would introduce a bill to amend the law relating to pilotage ; and on the same day Lord John Russell would move for a committee of the whole house to take into consideration certain civil disabilities affecting the Jews. (11eLr, hear.) ECCLESIAStICAL TITLES BILL. Colonel SUITHORP wished to killer from the noLlc lord whether it was his intention to proceed any thrthcr with the Eecle , iastical Titles Act ? Lwd J. RUSSELL said he did not quite understand the question. (Laughter.) Perhaps the non. and gallant gentleman would repeat it. Colonel SIIITIIOII.I' wished to know if it was the inten• tion of the noble lord to give up that rieuure which he (the noble lord) declared to be of great importance for the protection of that religion to which he professed himself to be attached ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he believed the lion and gaunt gentleman alluded to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. It w.is nut the intention of government to make any addition to thiit bill. (Hear, hear.) METROPOLITAN GRAND JURIES. I a reply to &I. F. Tullman, Lord PALMERSTON said that there was no intention at present on the part of the government to introduce a bill fur the purpose of abolishing grand juries iu the metropoli tan distriet4. PUBLIC BUSINESS . PETITIONS rRESENTED. OPENINO OF THI C PALACI ON SUNDAY.— By Mr. LOCKHART, from the Presbytery of Selkirk, against. 130111111.—8 y Colonel FREESTUN, from the letter-carrier, of We ; Mr. HINDLEY, from Ashton; Mr. WALTER, from Nottiaa ham ; Mr. WARNER, from Norwich; and Colonel SIB THORP, from Lincoln; Dr. MICHELL, from John Bray, of Bodmin, complaining of the late order of the preventing the letter carriers from are now ready to sail shall have left, it is not our intention to send any more convicts to Van Dieuten's Land. (Hear.) With regard to the question of transportation, that topic edieiting Christmas4xxes. - acquired additional importance from the determination TIBERINABLE ANNVITIRS.—By Mr. MASTERMAN, which had been come to both by the late government an d from an insuracce company in London ; an HON. OEN tete present one ; because, as it deprived th e administrators TLEMAN, from the London Assurance Corporation; and of the criminal law of a pow e rf u l means o f deterring offen- Mr. MSMAHON, from • place in the county of Rosa ; for crime, dery from it would be the more necessary that other a reduction of the income-tax on terminable annuities. motives should be supplied to induce persons to pursue • CASS OP THU MADIAL—By Sir J. WALbdSLEY, from proper course of conduct. Immediately after the recess, or important n Lesupborough, praying for /government interference to subject, and will of course l ea d t o Omen co as as possible after the financial year, the Chancellor obtain the release of the Medial. of the Exchequer will propose the financi a l state- Tains ON KNOWLEDOIL—By Sir T. FREMANTLE , ment, or the budget for the year. Th a t i s a from a literary institution in Kent, for the repeal of those very isiderable discussion. Ido not know th a t I nee d at th e ROCAS 'ht.—By Mr. COWPER, from Wm . , oga i mr present time go much further with resp e ct t o th e measures am increase of this tax. to be proposed. My noble friend the Lord Chancellor will PARLIAM Z N Riesets.—By Mr. OSBORNE, from shortly state what is the intention of the government with ibttenbam, fur abolition of the property qualification and regard to legal reforms and improveme n t s en the legislation general parliamentary reform. connected with the tenure of Led. Some important mea- Paiute se OCCUPATION OP ITALT.—By Lord D. STUART, sures have been already introduced on this subject with regard to Ireland. The whole house will, I am sure , f ee l from a public meeting in St. Pancras, praying for govern that after the severe distress which Ireland und e rw en t a ment interference on this subject. The noble lord mom few years ago, and the prolongation of that distress till a ponied the presentation of the petition by some remarks, recent period, it is desirable that we should endeavour to which were inaudible in the gallery. PARLIAIIINTARY RIPRIISEMTATION.—By Mr. DU...s. propose measures tending to the greater improvem en t o f that country. (Hear, hear.) The house resolved before CAN, from the magistrates and town council of Dundee, Christmas that the two measures which had been introduced signed by the Provost end having the seal of the burgh on the s ubject of the tenure of land in Ireland should b e affixed, stating, that there &rest present four vacant seats in rererreu to a select committee. It was the intention of the the representation of this house—via., Sudbury and St. Al bens. That Dundee has now • population of about Irish Home Secretary, who would tak e his seat is • few days, to propose rho nomination of that committee. The 78,040, with an annual police assessment on rental of ld gov wou endeavour to l• on that committee 185,00 W. That it is the chief seat of the linen and hempen such ernment members as had devoted thei p r ace attention to this im trade of the United Kingdom, and that it now ranks as se- portent subject, and I hope we may be able to bring out of coed ia mercantile and manufacturing importance amongst it a measure which may be ,useful and satisfactory, and the towns in Scotland; and they pray that one of the va diminish a fruitful source of contention in Ireland. (Hear.) cant seats be given to Dundee, and right to return as addi- The Chief Secretary of Ireland will also introduce a mca- Lionel member to parliament. sure on the subject of Ministers' money. (Hear.) Such Tie' BALLOT.--By Mr. STANSFIELD, from the Reform Association of Huddersfield, in favour of. are the measures which the government intend to prop ose . MATWOOTII OIANT.—By Mr. E. LOCKHART, from But there is one subject upon which, no doubt, I would be the inhabitants of Selkirk, against. asked questions. I therefere think it as well that I should Passe now declare what are the intentions of the governm en t . PAPIIIIII.—By Mr. T. BARING, from the Huntingdon Literary and Scientific Instit u ti on , i n f a - with respect to it. I allude to the important subject of the amendment of the representation of the people. (Cheers.) your of the distribution of useful parliamentary reports. CARZIAOR DUTT.—By Mr. H. RUSSELL, f rom B e d- My noble friend at the head of the government has already ford, for alteration of. stated that an amendment of the representation of th e COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDIL—By Yr. ALCOCK, from people would form a part of the measures which it was in his Croydon, in favour of. contemplation to propose. I therefore beg the attention o f the house to the few words which I have to say on the pre- NO OPTICS op TICE SPIAISR—Si S OF MOTION.r It. INOLIS, on Tuesday, the sent state of that question. (Cheers.) In 1849, 1850, and 1811, the government over which I had the honour to pre -22.nd, to move for a select committee to consider the beet side considered this question. And again, in 18,52, I asked means of providing for the execution of the office of the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill on the Speaker, in the event of Mr. Speaker's unavoidable absence subject. That emernment was shortly after disolved. It from ill n ess or other Cause. has been said that I then intimated that I would introduce SPANISH beeolelaxon.—Sir R. INGLIS, to put a • more comprehensive minims. Nothing could be question to Lord John Rumen, this day, in reference to a more utterly unfounded than the statemest that decree of the Spanish government of the 17th of November, I said I would introduce • more comprehen -1852, providing that no stranger, whether dorniciliated in sire measure of reform. What I s eid was that that country, or otherwise, should be permitted to profess I would be prepared to reconsider the subject. Now any other religion than that of the Church of Rome. the question occurred whether it was the duty of the ge uses Sorram.—Sir H. HALFORD, on Tuesday, the vernment to postpone any measure on this subject for the 22nd, bill to prevent the payment of wages in goods. present session, or whether we should endeavour to obtain Teta Hoe Duty.—Mr. FRE WEN, on Thursday next, to a renewal of the income tax for one year on its present submit a motion relative to the repeal of the excise ditty on footing, without change or alteration, and devote the whole hops. Tux AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—Sir J. PAKINOTON, of our time to the question of parliamentary reform. Id o not say that it would be ituposible, in point of tim e , t o ae on the 7th of March, to call the attention of the louse to complish both them objects in the present session. Hut see the state of our Australian colonies and to the question of Stir that the question of parliamentary reform was one transportation ; and to move that certain of his despatches which required great consideration and continued atten addressed to the governors of the several colonies be laid on tion, deliberation, and inquiry, on the part of the govern the table of the house. ment, we thought that it might not to be brought forward MAYNOtiTiI COLLEGIL—Mr. srooNEa. on Tuesday, the 22nd, to move that the house resolve itself into commit / in the present session of parliament. In so doing I think we have consulted both the public interest and convenience, tee to take into consideration the acts relative to the College for if we gave up all ether measures fur the purpose of con of Maynooth—(great laughter)—especially those clauses by Suing our attention entirely to the question of riche which money was appropriated for its support. sec: eery reform, we would be liable to the re- Cosa or TIM MADIAL—Mr. A. KINNAIRD, on Thurs day next, to call the attention of the house to the case of pr h that we had not well considered what Mullah was due to the public interest and convenience. I the TRANSFER or LAND—Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND, o n It is fat more likely that the measure when in troduced will be Inure perfect after such additional Tuesday next, bill to facilitate the puiehase and sale of information and deliberation has been brought to bear upon ; land ; and, on a subsequent clay, bill to amend the act Gth it than it would otherwise be. At the same time, I ter ! Cisme IV., cap. 129. tainly would not he a party to making any necessity for di - ; Jouletere Orrxcnas.—Lord HOTHAM, on Thursday, ; liberation or inquiry a ground for postponing the measure the 24th, bill to disqualify certain judicial officers from set- e. this subject beyond a certain time. (Hear, hear.) I ling and votive in that house. I therefore think, that immediately on the commencement of ECCLISIN3TICAL BLUES l:ES.—Sir B. II ALL EATO DO. the next SCsilluil it will be the duty of government to intro- i tics that he should postpone a motion on this subject now' duce • measure on the important subject of the represen standing on the books in his name until after a motion of the Marquis of Blandford's had been discussed ; and that h e I should then take the opportunity of bringing under the no- ! tation. It has been suggested that a commission should be appointed to inquire into CIS subject, but Ido nut ace myself that this is a proper subject fir the appointment of tics of the house the conduct of the bishops in reference to a commission. (Hear, hear.) I believe that the govern ; ecclesiastical revenues. (('heers.) RETURNS ORDERED. I meat, through the Secretary of State, have it iu their own lower to make all the necessary inqui ries, and to obtain all On the motion of Sir F. K WAY, some returns relating the ne c c i‘ary information. I therefore do not SW the ne to eonvictioes for capital crimes, the sentences, and le.w ' s(e§ ity of transferring the question to other hands. (Hear.) earned into effect, whither by execution or otherwise. On the motion of Mr. Intsurenbei, wine returns . Tilt ru is ot.e thing further to be said with regard to the I complaints in ide, and, I believe, in romo instancee, justly relating to the wine trade. made, of acts of bribery and corruption committed LAW OF BIORTMAIN. during the I its elections. (hear, hear.) The ; alico i o ,„ on this so hj ect arc numerous, and if , Mr. 11EADLAIli asked it the golerument meant to in- more reactionary section. It may, and will, doubt less, be said, in reply to this suggestion, that the people aro themselves indifferent on this subject. That the present affluence of the country—the in creased price of labour—the readiness with which all claimants for occupation may gain it—the hearty flow of emigration to the newly-found land of g dd— have conspired to make men wient for a timo about internal changes is doubtless c.ear That these varied influences have been at work to divert a portion of public attention limn urgent political discussion is to some extent true, hut those who urge this as ample reason for a perfect Electoral Stand-still, are most lamentably out in their reckon ing. To say we want no change is tantamount to saying that political feeliug is dead—which is cer tainly nut the case. The country, though prosperous and calm, is not indifferent. The plethora of wealth has not acted like a plethora of wine, and stupefied the nutiou. On the contrary, the changed condition of the people, by giving them more business to do, and more wealth to win, has inclined them more than ever to crave that political position which the theory of the constitution declares to be their right. 3ten hungry and desperate may be feared for violence, but men prosperous and full are far more politically dangerous to any clique or combi nation who may stand in their way. Of this we may soon have proof enough should tho popular voice exclaim—" Why support a Ministry which boasts the possession of ' all the administrative talent of the country,' if that administrative talent is not ready to do the people's work ? Why uphold men who when the time conies for action ask leave to procrastinate ?" These arc questions that may as suredl;• be asked throughout the country, au the Coali tion Cabinet must be prepared with their reply. If the Leader of the Commons had bean permitted to announce that at the cud of the preseut session the promised Reform Bill would be laid upon the table of the House with a view to its discussion at the beginning of next session, there would have been more reason for the step. But, after the promises of the hustings—and the unopposed returns there made —a bitter feeling of disappointment, nearly akin it may be in many .places to a sense of having been cajoled, may naturally be felt. This postponement seems all the more unwise when we find it coupled with an intimation that Ministers intend to ask for a renewal of the Income Tux in the present form. If the public mind has been made up upon any one question of taxation ,it is—that the inequalWes of this impost must be re medied. Even the lust Tory Government did their share towards strengthening the popular feeling on this point. The ex-Cifasickuort of the ExruEQtJEtt made, perhaps, in refine:nee to this tax, the most ac ceptable of all his propositions when indicating a desire to discriminate between the income derived from realised wealth and thnt won by the useful toil of the industrious. Ile would have taxed the terri torial millionaire at a somewhat heavier rate than the struggling shopkeeper or the temporarily-suceess ful professional man; and, vicious as some portions of his plan were, it had within it, in one re speaa, an element of national acceptability. Yet now we have Lord ABEUDEEN taking the whole income-tax at Once, and telling us to wait a year for his promised iu atalment of reform. We are to pay down our five millions of hard cash—whilst the Minister coolly post pones fora twelvemonth the redemption of his pledge. We cannot believo the to be a course in which Lord JOHN ItussEm. does, with any heartiness, coincide. There is only ono consolation to be hud from the postponement, and it is that the question of Reform being put aside for the present, there will be more Parliamentary energy left for the furtherance of other measures. We may get the Tariff relieved of the 281 articles that burthen industry whilst returning less than 300,000/. a year to the Treasury ; we may have the question of Law Reform and Religious Disabilities cleared satisfactorily out of the way ; we may, per haps, succeed in getting full justice done to shipping; and may moreover extort from the Clinxnui.ok of the ExcukeittEn some modicum of justice towards Soap, Paper, Advertisements, and other things now unwisely taxed. The statement that no additional men are to be raised must turn Executive sttention ' to Army and Navy Reform with a view to increasing the efficiency of our defences. We may possibly, in return for the 13 millions paid for armaments, have a sufficient force, naval and military, kept at home to render us invulnerable. It is well sometimes to seek reasons for hope, and it is wise always to make the best of exis'ing circumstances. This being so, we may say to Reformers that this year's delay—if WO must submit to it—should be turned to the best use, by placing the question of Reform in such a position that the tweivemonth.s' consideration shall bear tho fruit of a better measure than we could now hope to pass on the instant under the cold shadow of an aris tocratic Coalition Cabinet. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE AS:USANCE SOCIETY . No. 99, Great Rumell.etree4, Illoomebury. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Ptoprletora will be be'd, at the Office of the Society, on THURSDAY, the 3rd day of Slareh next, at Oue o'clock precisely, at which meeting fire Directors, one Trustee, and ono Auditor (on the part of the Proprietors) will be elected. Any Proprietor d•elron. of promoting a candidate for the °Elko of Director, Trustee, or Auditor, moat send the name of such candidate to the S.cretAry, at least fourteen days before the day of meeting. The ballot wilo Comm , nes at eleven o'clock and close at two o'clock. An election of an Auditor on the part of the ♦raured will also take plat* ou Wednesday, the 2nol day of Mardi, hew.v a the hnurs of cloven and two o'clock. All pereons augured for the whole term of life, and qualified to vote, are hereby re .erred to the condition:to en. domed on tin Ir pol ic ies for information ecorweraine the candidate to be props ii. eiI.OROE U. I'INCKAttD, Sargent secretary. February Inth, 1103. dig;tt itrxreZO. TO CORRESPONDENTS. s'eees:e rdtticsa et " Ile Express," enneajaute the sans renders tha•tte," f.. pablishel tatty Tasedey sad rutty eight, ia Use for awe. i.etUeeeeste Mended !or Tli• Psp►w," Lamle' Eveseiag paper, nem be et the Mee, 10 , Iteaveribeareay by lero cialook ea the day at publication. DIOR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Dar—Mnestne. 4k. 12a.. Afterseon. 10. Mu. lko.voaalw—Morabls, 4k. 4711 .Aftermoot. sk. 41a. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. Loin Jour: RUSSELL'S Ministerial explanation con tains much ground for congratulation,—but much also for regret. It is of course agreeable to us—and must be equally so to many of our readers—to find the new Government come forward, on the opening night of the session, to say they mean to carry into operation many practical reforms long urged upon public and legislative attention in these columns. We, and thousands with us, must be glad to see that many arguments of the Express in favour of practical reforms are about to be crowned at last by Ministerial action. It is satisfactory to learn that the Cabinet contemplate the abolit ion of transportation to Australia, and mean to give up to the Canadians their undoubted—but long disputed—right to settle the question of the Clergy Reserves in their own Legis lature. It is gratifying to hear a Minister of the Crown announce the intended reform of the taxes on shipping—and declaring a determination to extend Education, and to legislate on the subject of the civil disabilities of the Jeers. All these things must be sources of congratulation and applause. But indicating the measure in which praise should be given, it will be needful to learn how far these improve ments are to be thoroughly carried out. This is espe cially necessary in reference to shipping, and will be little lees so in relation to the steps to betaken on the subject of Education, and on the plan of secondary punishment now in store as a substitute for tran sportation. Still on all these points there remains, as the matter now stands, a balance of reasons for congratulation, to be set up against the disappointment inevitable on the declaration that we are to have no improvement in the Income ' Tax, and that,—urgent as are our needs for Electoral Reform,—no measure on the subject is to be introduced till next year. The heartiest "hear, bear" that greeted, last night, any . one of Lord JoIIN RUSSELL'S topics of explanation in the House, arose when he first referred to Parliamentary Reform. Altogether his statement was received with great attention, — and silence. No enthusiasm was manifested. A cheer bespoke the legislative iatereet on education; another greeted the intimation that additional soldiers were not deemed requisite, but no other sign worth no tice enlivened the polite, but apparently, disappointed attention with which Lord lons RUSSELL'S expla nation, as a whole, was received. The silence of the House over these Cabinet disclosures is not likely to be imitated by the country. The people—when they see the weakness of the Reform clement in the present Ministry,—may think fit to take such steps as may seem best to strengthen thut section of the `Cabinet who would do most for the public, and to teach the laggards the dangers begottcu of broken ! pledges. It is difficult to relinquish the belief that the Minister who was last night the mouth-piece of the Cabinet can heartily concur in the postponement he an nounced. Lord JoilS RUssELL,when himself Primo , Minister, brought into the I louse a Bill for Electoral Reform. Ile, therefore, cannot plead ignorance either of the ills to be cured, or of the means by shish such cure might be effected. He has been a Parliamentary Reformer long enough to know lalike intimately t h w need for change, the interests involved in such alterations, the pi ejudices to be met, the cliques to be braved, and the good to he done. To find him, theref•re, standing up in his place in Parliament to say we are to have no sign I on the subject till the opening of the next session of • . Parliament looks very like the liberal clement of the ' ! present Cabinet having been almost swamped by its BETTING lIOUSES. Sir J. DUKE wished to know whether it was the inten tion of the government to introduce any meesure with a •iew of putting a stop to the extension of betting houses, which he ctuld testify to be a source of serious evil. Lord PALMERSTON said the subject excited great at. tention, and there was great foundation for the opinion that much evil was produced by these betting houses. At the same time the subject was surrounded with great difficulty, and he confessed ho was not satisfied in hie own mind as to any practical mods of accomplishing the object is view without going beyond the purpose proposed to be attained. At the ►ame time the government would consider the subject. NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir J. GRAHAM laid the navy estimates on the table. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether it was the in tention of the government to introduce any meuure for re forming, or what would be better, for abolishing the eccle siastical courts? Lord J. RUSSELL said that • commission bail been appointed, which had under its con.ideration a considerable part of the subject relating to ecclesiastical courts. It would be desirable:to have the report of that commission before proceeding to legislate upon the Pul ject ; but if it was likely to be tuo long delayed, it was the intention of the govern ment to submit a proposition on the subject without re port. (lieu, bear.) EXAMINER OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL gave notice that on Mon day he would move for leave to bring in a bill for further regulating the office of Examiner of the Court of Chancery. The hone° then adjourned at a quarter past 6 o'clock. 'ARY OFFICE. NEW P. Last night, in the House of Commons, Sir It. Inglis gave notice that on Tuesday, the 22nd, he should " move for a select committee, to consider tho best means of providing for the execution of the (Mice of Speaker, is the event of Mr. Speaket's unavoida ble absence from illness or other cause." It is ru moured that the intention is to establish a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, and that a future occupier of the Chair, either as Chief or Deputy, may possibly be Sir George Grey. TIIE INSURRECTION IN MILAN. Fresh letters relative to the insurrection state that on Saturday numerous arrests were made at Milan. On Sunday great agitation prevailed, and riots took place. At one point the Austrian troops were at tacked by 400 insurgents. A despatch from Berne, dated yesterday, further confirms the news of the insurrection, and its total suppression, as well as its premeditated character. Arrests and domiciliary visits were the order of the day at Milan. There is great agitation at I'isa, Lucca, and elsewhere. At Turin the Sardinian ministry met together in haste, in consequence of a communication from the Austrian con:.ul, in order to deliberate on the aspect of affairs in Lombardy. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPIIIIBB. SlU,—However unprepared the rest of Europe may now appear for revolution, if the insurrection be vic torious at Milan, it will immediately spread like wildfire throughout Italy, and not only Hungary and Germany, but perhaps France itself cannot avoid following the generous example. If the patriotic movement of the Milanese be ' drowned in blood, it will at least be the noblest of pro testations against an unparalleled aggression. At all events it is highly important fur us that the occasion should be ' Improved to awaken in our behalf the attention sod sym pathy of the English people. This very day, the 9th of February, is the anniversary of the proclamation of the republic •t Rome in 1819, an act of which the writer of this very letter made the original pro position to the Constituent Assembly. And a strange coin cidence it is that on the 9th of February, 1649 (new style, or 110th of January, 16411, old style), the English republic began by the decapitation of Charles I. ; and also on the 9th of February, 1659 (30th of January, 16fifi, old style), the deposition of James It. was pronounced by the English Convention. Whether this curious coincidence is to be regarded as presidential or casual, as most coincidences are, you will at any rate admit the existence of a real connexion, if not of cause and origin, at least of interest and aim, be tween the English liberty end the , political and religious liberty of liome and Italy.--Yours, &c., Feb. 9. FILEPANTI. REPRESENTATION OF WEST WORCESTERSIIIRE. WWWNSTRIL, THPat+DAy.---Viscount Elmley is now a can. didate ter the western division of this county, caused by Vie death of the late Earl Beauchamp and the accession to the peerage of his father, the present earl. The requisition agreed to at a meeting of conservatives held here, as re cently reported in this paper, having received the signatures of some 1,400 electors, has been presented to his lordship, who has accepted it, and his address to the electors was published to-day. As to his po!itical principles be says : " I am aware teat I cannot lay claim to political experi ence. but I trust that my father's example and my own best endeavours may enable me (if elected) to discharge the im portant duties of a member of parliament to your satisfaction. I am a firm supporter of our institutions in church and state, and sincerely attached to those protestant princip les to which I believe this country is mainly indebted for her present greatness and prosperity. As a conservative 1 shall extend my most cordial support to any measures of real re form which may seem to me calculated to increase the eta cicncy of our institutions ; but, at the same time, rcserve to myself the right of opposing any hasty or ill considered chant' in the tunlamentil principles of the constitution." The noble candidate also promises M attend to the local in terests of the county, if elected. There is as yet no other candidate in the field, and it is thought the writ may be Wiwi to-night or to-morrow.