The Express. — London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1851. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. !MUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAT, Juss 23. The I.oltn Cl' secnit.on took his seat at five o'eloak. IlltillWAYB (SOUTH WALES) BILL. Esti I'ANYDOK moved the third reading of this bill. V,,coant HEREFORD objected to the bill in P e Yd dead. It was loom deservedly unpopular in those pry. of Wales with which he was best acquainted. lle alovoll that the bill be reed • third VW that day three METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY. Mr. MLOWATT gave notice that in the ems of the Melee- 1 politan Water Supply (control of by representative body) Bill it be read a second time on Tuesday neat, if the stand ing orders be suspended. Mr. T. S. BUNCOMBE said he wished to call the atten tion of the government to an advertisement which lad that morning appeared in the Times newspaper, and he vatwspaper, wished to put a question to the right hon. eretasy for the Home Department am to the water sandy% the metropolis. The advertisement to which he alluded etas that of a com pany called the Wandle Water and Sewerage Company, and was in these terms:—" The company wee formed for the supply of the metropolitan districts south of the Thames at constant and high service. Capital, 300,0001., in 30,000 shares of Inf. each. Deposit, Ille. W. per share, M. which. 7s. will be returned in the event of an act not being obtained in the present session of parliament." The trustee was Joseph homes, Esq., of Blackwell; and the chairman , J ohn M Macgregor, Ext., .P.; and the advertisement went on to state, " The bill for the incorporation of this company has been reed a second time, and referred to a select committee of the House of Commons." But the part of the advertise ment on which he wished to ask the right honourable baronet a question, ran as follows It is satisfactory to announce that there will be no opposition on the part of the government to the passing of the bill, as its sole object is to procure an available constant supply of pure water in balk to parochial, public, or other bodies, and fur distribution to the public in places where there is no supply." It was signed " Holloway, secretary." He begged leave to ask the right hon. gentleman whether the government had given any assurance in the terms of the announcement he hail just read. Sir U. GREY replied that he bad only a few minutes before seen the advertisement, which had been pointed out to him by au hon. friend ; and his answer was, that that advertisement was totally on tutliorised by the government, and that no communication had taken place between the government and the company which could justify that an nouncement with respect to that bill, if it should come before the house. POSTAGE STAMPS. Lord NAAS, pursuant to n Aire, asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the machine for perforating the sheets of postage labels which wa. furnished by the paten tee to the commeeduners of stamps in the year 1819, hail hem found to answer the purpose for which it was in tended. The noble lord said lee had heard that the inven tion was a saltzit:ail against forgery. Mr. C. LEWIS said that the invention to which the noble lord alluded had been considered, and a certain suns of money hail been awarded to the patentee, partly in pay ment of his expenses awl partly as a reward. But Mr. Atelier was not v.itistied, and as the commissinnets of inland ',venue had we thau,tht proper to use the machine, it had remained is the ottice, and 11U use hail been made of it. But a certain number of perforated sheets of stamps had been struck, and a part of them had been sent by the in ventor litinself to members of tit • noose in the library, and another part to a postmaster in Bridge-street. COLONEL ROSE. Agmths. Tim Doke of RICIIMOND thought no 'sashimi posed bed ben shown for throwing the bill out. After a few wards from the Marquis of Letesnomies, the siemedenent wu negatived without • divimien; and the bill wasrend a third time and P ItritE * o R. Lord LYNUIIURST called the attention of thole Wilk •h;1" to • matter that seriously affected the privatt their house. It was notorious that • bill bad Imell ducoel into the other house for • reform in the WO of Menet ry, one clause in which provided that the pedpill the courts of equity shoubl ha summoned to assist In th• leering of appeals in their lordships' ho lie highly op. proved 0.1 this clause. It walla little Angela, that in writs ei serer born the courts of common law, their lordships were ia isted by all the judicial strength of thane court*, but when they came to sit to hear appeals ro toted to matters more important in extent and, invola mg question' of the greatest nicety, they were obliged to rely on their own unassisted learning. That Was an ouoineily which he had always been desiroua of all.-ink r • by the attendance of the equity fudges, Lela 1.41.1 put their lorl.hipo. in reference to equity ap• peal., are. Vie mine around a. when they were having writs of err or lam the court. of common law. In former times the jwi e• attended were questioned by their lordships OS quity as well :AS on pointy of law. Their lord ship- •it kti••w that formerly the Court of Exchequer had sr, juriedietion concurring with that of the Court el a hew- ,y. awl that therefore, when the twelve judges were Sairarlioneti, four of the:a—thiew belonging to the Court of Exchequer —couid be consulted net all paints of eqeea. But tint judiroture had for same years Lein aim ing:l.l; end their lordships haol thertiure been lite• rally without auy el portunity of obtaining as.i-tance when doubt* arose upon ni..e and intricate point* of equity. H. was quite sure that tlie wlllition of the learned judges of lia• merle of equity, upon the hearing of app. would be roars., 4 with great mt.-faction by the country at large, and aonat add weight to their luraishipe' decision.. both eavoseost the suitors and the public. Thus far he concurred in th. .n,eets of the bill. The question which remained Ina., 'pro . thin avii,tallee Wa+ to to obtained? tic we, quite Warr, m I ralice to the principle ho had before statel, it ought u , . to he obtained through the pravesians of any bill which origin at, .1 in the other house of parliament. The bail 1s .to -.aim commun..' a clause te the. effect tint certain pet eon. should attend the': lordehipa' hone on the hearing of elope i'.; that they sheend be communed, and glee their mince and awietance. Could anethiug be more incou sie;cat with the known prieile,peo of their lordships' house, th on a p ..vision of that kind in a hill origination in tin' ether You . . • ? It related to their lordships' jurisdiction, and V.': le a ;so r in which it should Ise exercised, and the pereeta Wi n .... a:4l as.i.t in tile ezeineu of that jurisdiction. ll.• aa•..nol venture to elate that thi n was a direct t erasion of the privileges of their lorol.hips' home. Ile did not wish to dozonatime on a iple , tiOn of the. Lio.•I; and he therefore proven...al that this matter shoal i • referral to a committee of privileges of their bird ships' Loose. If the committee should report that it na , an infringer's: nt of the privileges of the bone., lad that ration shoul.l be confirmed by the biol., at would endanger the passing of the bill, he should consider a public misfortune. It mutat ea that he we. raising a trilling objection upon • pireo , pulnie quo:Mimi; but one encroaelima:nt brought on tueotb.•:, and it they suffered that encruacliment on the very euti.taio •• of their power, they would ol;sregard that which Lad eleoys been consideriol of the highest impotence by their p. olivevaoro, and woe even so regarded by the other louse et parliament. Ile begged, therefore, to more, "That it be refined to the committee tor privilege* to •••••r and report what come..., having regard to the pea ie.• .of this hems ought to be ;mewed fur obtaining the e l, .o.o.inee Oita of the Master of the Rolls, and other lodge* of the Court of Chancery, upon the hearing of law .1.," Se. 'lli le /11.1) CHANCELLOR said there could not be any Maj.-nee. to the motion of the noble and learnt,' bird, and lie we. end that toe had mole it. The Itarquie of I..INSDOWNE (who woo very 'ly heard) was underatood to say that the cleats, ..anaplained of hail heal intro...laced into the bill to make it Mare intelligible in the other house of parliament ; and it •as deeirodolo• that it should be on, even it it were aftereao us omitted, before the bill came to their lordships' Moue. 1d.r.1 thought that the admiesion, made by the no;•••• marquis. that this claim, to which objection had bars toam, bad beau introduced only fur an explanatory peees.. end with no new to prt,airig it, full, vindicated the taken by hie noble end learned friend. All. r a few words from the Duke of ItleilltOND, and moo as linition from the Marque, of L essoows s,: law.' ttlittllttllAM said that when the Dowse of Com mie, re ',geed a ball from their lordships,' house containing • • a clans'. Ile y took for granted that it was a breach of the, osrivileges, and at once referred the matter to a eel. ci ...mmittee. The proposal for the attendanee, on the taearr. e d appeal*, of the Vice•Chaneellovinail other equity 15.15... 'god hie entire approval. Ile also thought tint iu many to re • great advantage would erne• from suminonine the Angell kedges. Ile regretted that this subjest had nut been seinabeeed earlier in the madam. Th. .404i0n WAS then agreed to. TII.. AND etritt•LAa ESTATES MA N.IDIRNIKNT 1111.1.. Mr. C. LEWIS, to a q uestion by Mr. tiu *aid that noobjectim would he made to the pro d:olio.% of the letter of the Foreign-office relating to the caw of Col. 'tome, or of the Treasury minute by which a connpeo.ation of 1,8201. for the how of half-pay was 111461 t, to him while consul-general in Ikyruth. FINANCIAL. MEASI:ItES. Sir 13. lIALL wished to know the intentions of the hon. member for Buckinghamshire in regard to certain resolu tions of which he hail nivel. notice. Mr. DISItAELI said that he could not exactly state the particular motion he should mak..., because an hon. trend of his had given notice of an instruction to the committee on import dune.. Ile would, if possible let the hon, g,utle man know to-morrow. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The house having gone into thiamine,: on this bill, The CHAIRMAN said. We shall now proceed to the pre sable. In answer to a question from the CHAI am iet, Colonel fel BIRORP stated that he did not at present in tend beaming forward his anniedmeuts. Mr. WALPOLE, in risiiig to more an amendment, said it wan teiwittial that the clause should be so eh ar that nu ambiguity could be charged to it. This, however, was not his only, nor his princiaal, reason fur proposing these alteration.. His chief reason was this—that in his opinion thee ought to make the bill au effective national protest, since they had nut made it an effective remedial neeoure. (Hear, bear.) The bill LA it stood contained a nominal condemnation of the introduction of the papal brief in the course of last autumn, and declared that toles derived from places under the sway of the crown of England in any part of the United Kingdom, could not be used or assumed by any party by virtue of the authority of the croon. 'rho bill was plainly defective, inasmuch 114, although it condemned a particular brief, it did nut antici pate nor in any way pm. eat the repetition of similar act" ; and, although the bill hail made it penal to assume or use these territorial titles, they had, since the rejection of the proposition of the hon. and learned member for Abingdon, no guarantee that the law would be observed awl en forced throughout the country. He begged the com mittee to bear in mind that, both before and subeequent to the reformation, parliament was not satisfied with simply repelling an aggression by a foreign potentate on the prerogatives of the crown, and on the independence of this country, but that on the two remark able occasions of the passing of the act of Richert' 11. and Elizabeth preambles were agreed to, which stated clearly the constitutional principle on which they proceeded, as serted the freedom and independence of this country, and pointed out the way in which that freedom and indepen dence had been assailed, while they declared that such at' molts could not be submitted to by the Queen or the people of the. country. (Hear, hear.) The preamble prime:seal Inc the present bill was not of this character. It was simply a preamble, pointing to the operative portion of the bill, without pointing at all to the declaratory clause. In his opinion it wan abolutely neetuary that some alteration should be made in the preamble. Ile now proposed, after the ward " whereas," to introduce the first paragraph of his pro posed alterations, which would state plainly and clearly the constitutional principle on which the legislation on this subject should hr based. The hon. and learned member concluded IT moving, in the preamble, after the wad •• whereas," an line one, page 1. to insert, " this kingdom is, and has been at all times, so free and independent, that no foreign prince., prelate, or potentate hall, or ought to have, any jurisdiction or authority within the same, or any part themot ; and whereas the bishop of Rome, by a certain brief, rescript or letters apostolical, purporting to have been given at Rome ou the 29th day of Sep tember, 18. ea, has recently pretended to constitute within this realm, according to the common rules of the church of Rome, a hierarchy of bishops named frunasees and with titles derived from places belonging to the crown of England ; and whereaa—" '1 he amendment having been seconded, Mr. 0. 11. MOORE called the attention of the committee to the form of oath administered to member, of parliament before and alter the passing of the act of 1829. The oath taken by Roman catholic members of the house before the passing of the act of 1.29 was to the effect that no foreign prince, prelate, or potentate was entitled to pre.cminence or authority, ecelesintical or spiritual, within this realm. By the act of 1829 it was provided that members of that house, tieing ROMIG catholies, should bo only required to declare that no foreign prince ' prelate, or potentate bath or ought to have any " temporal or civil jurisdiction" in this realm. (Rees, hear.) It was therefore very clear that by the act of 18,19 it had been declared that the spiritual pre-eminence of a foreign potentate should be a moot point. That act had quite established the feet, that the spiritual pre-eminence of the Pope should be a reserved point with regard to that house. Th. hon. and learned member (Mr. Walpole) had admitted this fact, and hail stated that the compromise and compact of 1829 had been broken, and, inasmuch as it had bean broken, he now proposed to repeal it altogether. If hon. gentlemen were disposed to repeal the act of 1829 let it be done fairly and without subterfuge—(`bear, hear) — and not in the specious manner now attempted. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the preamble carefully and distinctly pointed to the clauses u they hail been agreed to, They found there the first clause, being a declaration that the late rescript and all the au thority conferred by it was unlawful and void, met by a recital quite 'adequate in its character. The neat clause was teamed in the scope and spirit of the act of 1829, and therefore they found the recital of the act of 1829 in the preamble, end then they found a general declaration that the attempt to establish such pretended sees under colour of anthonty from the see of Rome " is illegal and void." They had, therefore, everything met by 'a corre sponding preamble. He did not see what advantagei were to be obtained by the adoption of the proposed altemeAses. By oleptleg them the boon eons peel Semis milldts Muelena to sanction • declara tion whisk they did test semi them to make in the oath which they tools at the table, owl this was certainly not • proper course. The recital rewaskag the rescript of the Pepe is the hew esemloe's pima was the seam as la the pereemosae_ _posembleorah the dewlle thr• poellealsa lo essillldeatria eh to the 41111M4111 rates of the dumb of Ilema lli tt bishop s erssei from seen gel with Wiles derived from plasm helseglar to the sews of Ealing." His did not see that How wise entitled to refer to tie common rules of the absorb beam that was a point on which they lea se fohnsidea s es& wee, bribe, • =Mar of differing,. Totpeak of the "crows of Inkier loss rather mama The proper term was the Habit Mega= of Great Britain and Ireland. He thought it belie to retain the bill as it now stood. Mr. BASHES Menthe the remark mole Iythe has. member (Mr. Kane) ibst=itual of the rope was a moot perm • very isolyeassa fee adopting the ameeilmeets pesposeL mehadasa, how ever, that the net of 1$ ill rest mho say alarratise la re gard to the spirit* _lower of the Peps la these= and wee set te do se. He supperemi Oho of the lea. smi learned member helms it wes same is consomme with the datmle et Mak& He hod breed sold WSW, fer the fret deg= house, that thi l i g allool pewee et the Pepe eabled It this country, sal that sad that the est of lOW had revived th e pewee of the Peps. If they serried this eassaimat they smell set that mate et met for the Mere ; ie was ea that poled le amperted It, wad lemon le helmet if wadi anew Or • MI arm swedes ad iti Mem or t n. RUSTrl. l 2they Moll& pin aver by the httrostaetiso them weeds, oaf a tte lia 4= tiro et Mem reight es Sd i e r e te • imenmakese. He ail they sheaf pia Wore alierailt he en y tirel ad fend beet the hem ins ape that the eine ci the set opoemt IMII wee :C j e t law that no foreign we prisms hail authority this realm, wU.ther that ewe er spiritual or in tem loyal. yet they mil MOM* inlet bid boa The Thal of l ARLItiLR sorwl that 11; prayers of e..t. tele I. • &Simi. °weed hi the 1.:1e...0pal and Calittalar E.. taw. hirsagernent Rill, saltine to bo !ward by counsel Of ' , lv bill, shout., he granted. and tense given them to aey , t q rounal itt tStre the select romunittee. Mae'. oopoution wos,itlimi to this 11106141, which, after Miter di.cdrion, was ultimately withdrawn. IitaiISIR.ATION OE ASSURANCES DILL In,/ PEI L!. haring moved the mond reading of that bill, L sta LYNDIIVRST said Ise would not oppose the amnion, provided the noble lord consented to withdraw the aLaw i.i.rh had reference to the deposit of mops. Ls .I.Nll' DELL consented to accede to the sags...cation OW.. ad* aria karma! friend. The tit was turn nuil a second time, and ordered to be NISI a thud time brmorrow. 111()RLDAOR9 (IRELAND). laud LIRAUMON f withdrew a bill he had previously =id en this subject, on the itroand that it had been atty draw n, and laid a strand lull on the same subject IS the mote in it. stead, which was read a first time. The Veterinary Surgeons Exemption Bill palled through _ AMt MT OF ABscONDINO DEBTORS BILL. 1 1 11; 1••11 a.. rreaaamitted and the lUallldeseuts soma to. ti CATIVE PERILS (SCOTLAND). lissJ ItIIItESDALE laid an the table a bill for re.pdat ki ••lertiou of Scotch repreamteiry pears, which was load a 1.r4 time. Th • h adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. IV it SE OR commoss.—MONDAT, JUNE 21 h..ur• met at fame n'eleek. PRIVATE UI'BINEM.- T Itriahton Ketra.sural Cemetery, the Caledonian Railn branch eatension and Leemaliagow been, I, 0, and the tihremebary sad Birmingham Iliilway Bill*, were fal verally read a third time and paired. LON 110 N (CITY) BEWIIKS BILL. Do t'.• order of the day for the third reading of the .here 141, th; H . ...VERNET raved the maiesiess of the clause Ming.ltait city beepitals from the sewer rates, being of epioin that there exception* of institutions supported be voluntary contribution ought not to be eeatieueo, and hi peeposo.l to divide against it. ALI ..man THOMPSON supported the clause, obeerriug Oat there bad been no petitions from the ratepayers against the evceidiou. . . . . A shirt disc-num ensued, in which Sir R. moue, Mr. ITUAIRT WUSITLIT. and Mr. vu supported the clause. Sir Du LACT EVANS expressed some doubt as to the propriety of the exemptiou, and ultimately Sir U. • ithdrew his amendment, on the Amur see that all the hospitals in Loudon were exempted except those named in the clause. PUBLIC BVSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENT._ ILDIONOOR Or Jaws TO PARLIAILMBOT. —By R. INGLIS, free segued by the Lori Newt, by the Wedesatter of the Germ& Amer* of the Establiehed the Itadware et the Deana As sembly of the Yen V 2 widthee, led 4,877 other venom ia &Saba* sad Rompareernah Trine 1 aL-- 1116ki ly Mi. ROCHE, Rem the inhabits's% of Dowtmanway, in the sorry of Orb. main% the la Poem. Arrantere.—B 13/4013ZET INGLIS, from tester rid rhabbente of irthrldenth e Zteola a ; ereblidiel and bee eberbee ; araweeetion et Kroft Pore Clerk Dirges ; inhatet este of the treedrin et livered", ; Wridito of the die. diet perish et IA Pon Church, Maas/arm ; inhabiters et thr &drift gill:s.llsrles. Hare: ileklartsabl at the perish of • .la the et St. David's ; in habitants of R le the direr of St. David', ; taltshitans of threars. to the anew of St. David'.; in. hohitents of Umbria, is drain= et St.Devid'a, against. NAT lOATION Laws.—lts PLM. from MT' duets aid shipossess ISsehries. Semplaining of the eperstion of the e:= law. end he (gaily, with a view le anteadent et itenten et Ifeenh.-74 Mr. SCULLY, boa miller in Cheret, mad ether piers la Tipperary, praying for a dry ea the isopertatine xim v ai r t irat Sour. AN SEWERAGE. Lad 11111,1140T0)1. in to Sir Be L. Erase, whe rhea areal querhas to the St. Jure'. NM that the with roper r lw r i estr et 4 beta eenterna, and the paler of bye had swath weft pliabe. Is and* ray =peat, what he had bolter ward. t the meths had bra eidered Is the fart elpeetadun that wellearat well eery eat the lr wads". end mile the ireal to hewer maw to pelt the miser. Bat they IheS bees matte b berm mete then 111.000/., ark Senilieh f ly f the Wean Gotta' , bra ordered bid heft arent Ile** may geaeraft thet et the yew ewe tweedillanlm Sae the mart of the rgesale te w hirsee i peat pert of the taboos awl dr weary bail bees mph; pa* to *Am arm ad pi* Or await. • dose by the sat of 1829. He believed the Ramon sathellos would admit that no foreign power had , aay jnriellietion that scald be enforced by law in this coon trj, _whither testreiel or spiritual, but certainly the Roman enthellee did Allot to using these words in the oath of en ; mail Sr. 17C,onpell, when at the bar of that shr e e ast=" i totheetee m of ti t i h ou ne c i:w to ort e ßy tik t "II II .. oaten 111161 :if U t t d =l: tat :1 ih ke e alm Po . pe Tra wdt any s they had made toe etliefy the Scruples of the WWI& g ft did sae Wok se regarded those who were not Roman calhaoo *l* dist altered the law, bat at ' the same time it was an alteration of the law so far as the right of admission to seats in that lime In ilt: ow ncatholic, was concerned. And now the hon. and learned gentleman propelled to introduce these words, which be could not deny the twee of, that no foreign power had any jurisdiction within this kingdom. But the question thereupon occurred. did they mean or did they not mean any alteration in the act of 18.ffi ? If they did not mean, as he supposed, say alteration in that act, he submitted that they would not gain anything by inserting these words ; and the hon. and learned gentleman who spoke last would have no satisfact.on in making an assertion by which Roman catholic, could not be bound. But he was afraid the insertion of these words would give rise to a suspicion that they were not satisfied with the declarations made by the act of 1829, and that there was some covert intention of altering it. lie did not suppose that the bon. and learned member for Midhurst had any such intention, and if he had no such intention, and if the house had no such intention, it was better not to insert these words. Re should not go into the preamble gene rally, but he did object to the insertion of the words that the Pope had done this " according to the common rules of the church of Rime." Whether the Pope had gone beyond the common rules of tho church of Rome or not it would be equally ob jectionable to us. tpou the whole he thought the words in the preamble were quite sufficient, and, for the reasons he had stated, he objected to th-ee words proposed by the hon. and learned member for Midhurst. Mr. NAPIER supported the amendment. Alter a few words from the Attorney-general, Mr. Moore, and Mr. 11. ()rattan, The committee then divided— For the amendment l3l Against it Mr. WALI'OLE considered that unless they had some distinct and affirmative statement they would have no foundation upon which to base their bill. lie thought the noble lord would himself we that this would be the easy. Lord J. RUSSELL thought there was eaough in the preamble of en explanatory nature. Mr. WALI'OLE begged to snore that the following be added to the preamble :—" And also to caustitute in this realm, contrary to the laws and customs thereof, a hierarchy of bishops named from sees, and with titles derived from places within these realms." Lord J. RUSSELL thought, as the bill stated that cer tain persons bad retended to take titles by a certain authority proposed to be given by the papal brief er script, it would be sufficiently understood that the purpose of the brief was to erect a hierarchy. lle coirdikreil the addition unnecessary, and that the preamble was better English without it. (Laughter.) Mr. DISRAELI did not think that they ought to be obliged to derive the meaning of this act, but that it ought to be clearly expressed. lle therefore looked un the amendment as a great and necessary improvement. The committee disided— For the addition Against it The committee then divided on the question that the preamble stand part of the bill. Ayes Nees Lord J. RUSSELL proposed to take the consideration of the report on Friday, and he had no apprehension that they would not be able to go through the business en that night. As he was rather anxious to take the committee of supply, he would fix that for Thursday next. OATH OF ABJURATION (JEWS) BILL. On the question that the Speaker leave the chair, Sir R. INGLIS paid he was opposed to this measure on principle ; but he had no objections to the details of the bill, sad should not divide on the present gm-anion. REPEAL DILL. Thir bill paned through committee, with roam ♦erbal alterutions CIVIL DILLS (IRELAND) SALARIES. The report on this bill was brought up and received. CIVIL BILLS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. lIATCRELL mid that he would postpone the 73rd and glad clauses relating to tenants at will, and also the schedules referring to the scale of fees, till Thursday, Mr. S. CRAWFORD could not allow the present stage of the bill to pass without protesting against the increased powers which it gave to landlords iu respect to teumita at will. Mr. NAPIER said that the Sand clause gave no new powers to landlords: it merely made more clear the exist ing law. Mr. ROCHE sail that the 73rd clause gave landlords the power of ejectment in the Civil Bills Court, where the tenant was in arrear a year's rent. That was a new power given to the landlord. (ilcar, kar.) lie must object to this bit by bit legislation in regard to the relations I,etween landlords and tenants in Ireland. The whole subject should be brought 1.),.6.1re the Louse by the government. The house then went into connuittee, and passed the clauses, 16.'5 in number, atter some discussion. 'I he Chairman then reported progress, aud obtained leave to sit again. The house then resumed. COLLECTION OF FINES (IRELAND) BILL. The Collection of Fines (Ireland) Bill was committed pro forniti and the re-committal ordered for Monday next. LANDS 'CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (IRELAND) The house then went into committee. On the first and only clause, Mr. PLUM PT R E said that the omission of the words "on the true faith of a Christian" would deprive the oath of all its meaning. Ile considered that the division oa the second reading had cast a stigma on the bill that would not soon be forgotten. For the noble lord at the head of the govene• tarot, with all the appliances at his command, to be able only to Carry the second reading in a house amounting to very little short of 400 members by a majority of 23 was a condemnation of the bill which he trusted would not be lost sight of. The question was, were they a Christian legislature ? Ile thought there could be but ono answer to that question. They were a Christian legislature, and yet it was proposed by this bill to take by the hand taco who rejected the very foundation of Christianity. He had never felt any hostility towards the Jews ; but, on the contrary, he felt as much desire as any hon. member, and perhaps more, to bring persons who professed that farm of religion to better views. He solemnly protested against the bill, but would take no further step at present in opposition to it. Mr. WALPOLE said that, as the law stood, Roman cathulics were excluded front filling high offices of state, such as those of Lord Chancellor, First Minister of the Crown, or Archbishop of Canterbury. Should the bill be fore the house pixie the Jews in a situatiou to till those offices, it would be utterly inconsistent with past legislation on this subject. Colonel SIBTHORP expressed his confidence that the bill would never pass the other house. Sir It. INGLIS hoped the government would give some explanation as to the effect of the measure. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the exclusion of Roman eatholies from certain offices depended not on reli gious but on political grounds. Seeing how strictly they attended to their religious duties on Saturday, it was not likely Jews would ever be in a condition to till the office of Lord Chancellor, or any other high office. Mr. HUME said he had always thought it persecution to exclude Jews or any men from political privileges on ac • count of their religious belief. It was most anomalous that a Jew might exercise every franchise of an English man except g in that house, simply through the opera tion of a few words accidentally introduced into an oath. Mr. NAPIER denied that the words in the oath exclud ing Jews were accidentally introduced, but were used on the assumption that every member of a body aspiring to rule the state should be a professor of Christianity. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had heard nut Ion; ago, and heard with great pleasure, from an hon. member in that house, that we were accustomed to consider, not belief, not opinion, out conduct, in the formation of rules fur admission to office and legislation. That opinion was a very good one ; and he should he sorry to think that the legislature was now departing from it. While he thought they were per fectly right in doing everything they could to promote the Christian religion and to spread Chrlatianity over the globe, he did not think that Christianity would derive any force from a measure which could in any way be called civil persecution. (Hear, hear.) It had appeared to him that to exclude persons from office and from the power of legislation who were loyal subjects of her Majesty was a species . of persecution and it was so far incon,istent with the spirit of Christianity that such exclusion should be kept up. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE said it was not decent or fit that persons should be invested with political power, and the power of legislating for the Christian church, who rejected the very foundation of our common Christianity. Mr. REYNOLDS said the assertion that the feeling of the people was against this measure was not capable of roof • but the contrary was capable of proof. Baron ' Rothschild had been twice elected for the City by a com munity of Christians as sincere as any hon. members in that house. After a few words from Colonel THOMPSON. The clause was agreed to, as we. the preamble, and the house resumed. The CHAIRMAN reported the bill to the house; and the third reading was fixed fur Friday next; Sir R. INGLIS expressing a hope that it might be brought on at an hour and on a day when it might be fully dis clamed. COURT OF CHANCERY AND JUDICIAL COM MITTEE BILL On the motion of Lord J. ilitmanii, this bill was read a second time. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—THE WAR IN ILAFFRAFtIA. Oa the reties ke the 41 this report, Mr. li== rid he ball to this report being armismod siamma Imo strerents which were eel- WNW to Istient era /Ire Mule in the missy. The ore was for MASK ea • Art lotelesent of Ail expenses ILiaz war. Wilistbrat pen leinmeanswent had W to tie state of Abe dirt eddy; ma be *acted to dee ere r burdemme ad ank to this county, but to the `deniers. The was tole applied in aid of a war, net to the Cape, but 7a the emote district of Neff:aria, with was gowned, hy a separate oweanselea ;frees the hassa. If ti= stile country were ben den to day to be EN earrying on dieweditable wars to =,,ua llSlV Sldlik ea us sty to the Wass of the Inha ler Idler wail pew a ruinous ow. Ho had leap whooshed • Was la dm colony. The war now was west writ sai delswey. To eft of rob to theapeder, es wee (astonished ry te ld a tirgesy awl flir 11. OEM. MU amid)l/1 the Mein of the dee add he down the military broads of the Kan, this wiry would be amend to ea enormous extent. No mitre whet eight have been the cause of the war—he beibeed It to have been eggraelea end it en err yent—itio only wing aro te - Tie don was to pat dew we eei belie Weed es the dims H it was amid dot Oh druid be dose IMMO dimity. He befall punrunt would mea slier their nMiMw of en sidle ihe Caw repre sentative nevermoret tilde war was at en lei Ls this robed= to the delowiline of the WNW be seasseed ent the Wen pdoo4 Rea the embalms err, tg de e =rfo sada Walt and lined in putting en end ta war. Were they dinapeleind in the object they had so nog tougle. be hosed they would net be as 11/41/ SO IM•pasais with was t HinWe !mid so wad, it woe oat Ws lanatioa te oppees m t eels. Matisse,. be should dune the war wu net a war dee missy. bat UM sawed by dr governor, and which would ad bow taken gees were thins a respossible dec. ' teed nevendeat. He had wowed an itairwhosat to be added be his vote, to the Abet that " it vie the riteat that house that the weediest way of tominating wee by . stredan de-ahoy the werallation lidendied it by lids ideal" Oise; bear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said the hon. easillnws_ __ M edie__ltnir IL HAYES, Sen., the Denliet , a man years just sat down had spoken on the two pont 111111111 MI established in MAISSI'ILDINGS, St. Martin's-lane, eat l y subject, namely, the representative 00001111111 Ons seed As ow ONLY be comeliest at 13, fe.)110-INICAKE. war that lad exhitad. He (Lord J. Boom Aid oat knew . esetikadd.eisch to what he had said on former oecrioss with Fespeet VA's views of her Majesty's govern sinst sees subject: The' grant of representative tastitu colony—mu, done in this way. Letters patent were imaged Sven this country, but these letters did not *Wein an ythi ng to the effect that that constitution was to be imme diate ly pat in force. These letters merely contained an outline to be filled up at the Cape ; and when so tilled up, the constitution was not to be put immediately in force, but was to be seat back to this country, the ordinances to be consi ' siderod, and such advice tendered her Majesty as her mi- Innen might conceive suiting to the welfare of that l aw. (Hear, hear.) Now what happened on the occa sion of these letters patent t Sir Harry Smith. Instead of following the nominee system by which to fill the vacant seats at the council prefer: ed to fill these vacancies by the elective principle. However, he wu not very fortunate in the result of the operation; because, taut/war might have been the motives of the geutletnen alluded to, they differed so considerably from the majority of the council that at length Sir H. Smith, considering the differences could not be recouciled, left the comma, and the majority were then obliged to consider what was next to be done. It was re solved, on the advice of the law officers of the colony, to cease further proceedings and suspend further details, as it was evidtut such proceedings could not lead to the result originally contemplated ; because they could not send to this country ordinances in such a shape as to be considered and then sent hack again to be put in force; still less could they be put in force immediately in the colony without fur ther alteration and further deliberatiou. (Ileac, hear.) He agreed it would be far better that the colony should have a representative constitution in force. But at pre sent he saw great temporary difficulties in putting it into operation, notwithstanding that they would use their best judgments 34 to when it should be put in force. (Hear, The second part of this constitutional question had not been made very clear to the house by the hon. member fur Montrose. The real question was the extension of the frontier, an extension which had taken place solely fur the parpoic of defending the inhabitants and settlers of the colony of the Cape. (Hear, hear.) It was not for the purpose of empire; it was for no other advantage beyond the defence of the settlers in the colony. There never was an opinion entertained so generally in the colony as that the best mode of baf.Ay fur the colonists, for the protection or their livo, and to ensure the cultivation of their properties, was the extension of the frontier, as originally torop,vd by Sir Benjamin D'Crhan. Having a strung hope and belief that these differences would be brought to a happy . conclusion, and admitting that these colonists were entitled to have represeutativo in atitutiom—liccauso such institutions Hied men with real and 'elf-dependence —ha did expect that when that representative constitution was established amongst them, there would he seen a more general spirit of defence amougst the colonists of the cape, and a stronger determioation to resist future aggression. (Bear. hear.) But he thought it a delusion to say, that if they sent out the constitution all at time, they would not have the burdens of war to pay. but, notwithstanding the great losses anti expenses, lie doubted not is the cud the colony would prove most prosperous. (Hear, hear.) As there were difikuitiii at present to be got through, the present vote was sought with a view to carry the colony through her present difficulties; and he believed the u,ue was not far distant when they would agree as to the means of conferring local coustitu tional government on the colony. (Hear.) The vote was then agreed to. SMITHFIELD lIABBET REMOVAL BILL. This bill was postponed to to-morrow (this day). ousrowDEtt STOLL LIVEUPOOL EXEMPTION the erprelni. • TO CORRESPONDENTS. b emend Edition of " The Express." aostaieler the eheseulull's " Gamete," is published e•e~ Teeeday enJ Friday nig ha thee for pot erten tarments Inteaded for "The Express," !sedan Venial/ paper, meet be se the Ofioa, 10, BOUTOrif.6IMIB4, by Two o'clock an the HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. inn D44-111orninor. 9.9. 49. n. AftetlVXll. Lab. Its. To.nosigow—Norning. 10h. 49m Alterman. Ilk. Its. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNG 24. WHILST the Bishop of LONDON is considering whether the Rev. Dr. MERLE D'AUDIONE is a " nacre layman ;" and, as such, liable to the three months imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Cor rection, which Mr. A. 13. HOPE has so charitably suggested should be inflicted on that distinguished divine, for having preached in an episcopal - chapel wh in St. Pancras—ilst our Diocesan ts so engaged, his attention might, perhaps, be further occupied with the proceedings of some fully ordained ecclesi astics in the district church of St. John the Evange list, in the same parish, on the two last Sunday evenings. So to an account of those proceedings, as they have reached us, we propose to direct Dr. BLOMFILLD'S notice ; as affording additional proof, if any be needed, of the confusion of doctrines, and almost of tongues, prevailing in a sec whose prelate has at times " been all things to all inen"—" every thin, by turns and nothing long;" and as some further evidence, too, of the necessity that exists for episcopacy—the rulers in our Israel—replying to the question we have so frequently put, " What in these latter days is the Church of England—and where is it to be found ?" As is not unusual in this generation, when never- ' , tisements of great bunions to be preached have nearly shouldered out of newspapers advertisements of great ploys to be acted, and when placards of ser vices in churches adjoin on our walls invitations to dances at casinos, due notice was lately given of a series of Sunday evening lectures in the district church of St. john, Charlotte-street, whereof the Rev. G. J. DREW is incumbent, and the Rev. THOS. DALE patron. On Trinity Sunday, the 15th in stant, the Rev. F. ROBERTSON, a popular preacher of Bri.thton, lectured in a strain in which democra tic politics were queerly and unpleasantly intermin gled with high church pretensions; and on Sunday last, the Rev. CHAS. KINGSLEY undertook the duty. On this occasion the rev. gentleman took for the subject of his discourse the whole of the Pith chapter of St. Luke's Gospel ; and the burthen of the lessons he extracted thence were " Liberty, Equality, and Brotherhood;" that being the fermi& which ho and his friends have adopted wherewith to enforce and expound the revolutionary nonsense which they term Christian socialism; and most vehe mently and lengthily, it is stated, did this sufficiently ordained ecclesiastic enforce these vague, misty, absurd, and mischievous principles and schemes of communism which lie and Mr. M %PRICE, of King's College, and their weak and silly followers affect to discover in revelation, and seek to apply to existing society. An hour's explanation of this new Chris tianity not only astonished, but wearied the congre gation : and, as the blessing drew on, the great majority were only too happy to be released from the painful and irreverent infliction. Ere, however, Mr. KINGSLEY had time to proceed so far, Mr. Dam, the incumbent, hastily and eagerly proceeded from the communion table to the reading desk, and there lifted up his hands to arrest any benediction from the lecturer. Nor was lie ' content with this; but, addressing the con gregation, told them that, as their minister, he I was bound to warn them the gospel had not been preached in the discourse , just delivered; that lie protested against the sentiments that had been uttered in his pulpit ; and warned them to dismiss the instruction and chartism they had heard from their minds; and then, the two regularly ordained clergymen having taken a defiant look at each other, one down from the pulpit the other up from the read ing -desk, the congregation were, in disgust and amaze ment, sent away to their homes ; there to digest what they had heard of " the Voice of the Church to the Labouring Classes ;" that being the theme on which Mr. KINGSLEY, as well as Mr. ROBERTSON, had poured forth. Such, we are assured, was the scene that occurred on Sunday evening in this church: on the very same evening in Stepney church there was another.disere ditable and uproarious collision between two clergy men, the high church incumbent refusing to allow the low church evening lecturer to preach; and it is not many months since the church of St. Buruabas was weekly disgraced by tumults; and it is notorious that similar disorders have been apprehended in other churches of the metropolis. These scandalous occurrences are not creditable to the episcopate of Dr. BLOMEIELD ; nor are they at all calculated to recompose the differences that are tearing to pieces the very vitals of the Church of England. But they ought not to be matter of sur seu, however much they must be the subject of • st. For when a bishop has so ruled his diocese governed his clergy, as to have deprived himself of all moral respect and influence : when he has himself boxed the compass of ecclesiastical opi nions ; and when no one knows what he thinks or will do on any point, it is natural that his clergy should be disorderly . and an tagonistic, irregular and audacious; it is natural that in one church we should have Itomanism taught, in another Presbyterianism ; and that, to crown the whole, and to make confusion worse confounded, chartism should at last raise its voice in a pulpit. For it is to be remarked, that in those dioceses where there is a prelate whose views are fully known, whose consistency is recognised, whose influence is consequently great, and whose example is a law to his clergy, in conduct at least ; there, no such end scenes as these take place. They are reserved for London and Exeter. No wonder with such exhibitions to be appre hended therein, the churches of St. Pancras are indifferently filled; that, with church accommo dation for 30,000 people, there are more seats in the parochial places of worship unlet than are let; and that its present vicar cannot get on amicably or pleasantly with the district clergy. Yet on go the Bishop and its non-resident vicar, asking for money to build new churches, and begging from door to door for voluntary church rates to pay off old debts, as if the success of the church had therein far exceeded Its existing means. Whereas, the truth is, that this enormous parish is going backward, notwithstanding the great suing the church has raised in and levied on it. And the rea son is obvious, though neither bishop nor vicar will see it. It lies in the " inflexible determination" of the vicar not to divide and break up a parish with a population of 170,000 souls, but to hand it and them, and its 2,0001. a year, down to his successors. The theory of district churches in St. Pancras subordinate to and under the rule and in the patronage of the vicar (he has already thirteen in his gift) has broken down ; it won't work. What is wanted are new parishes for ecclesiasticalurposes quite independent of the vicar ; la which each incumbent shall act on his own responsibility ; shall be uninterfered with by , any Gas except his bishop ; carry out his own news; =itMead his own charities ; have the care te ontrol of his own church ; and be the imatre of his own system, and not, as at present, a n at ilite lt al is umina bad enough to D as ALE k educ P a re ted tge , ti ermpe gre tert, mad accomplished gentlemen to work and sieve in firipasds inlissith7 far Pa b r etealh this w bu h! in rit ad - d i r n a i t tio e7 to er rai ks rea can d de uti r free es tiem o ly n wasmand in mercantile establishments ; that, •we say, is bad enough ; all liable and obnoxious to the control, guidance, in terference, and direction of the only highly-paid eisrgyman in the parish, is td put them into a ption liit must be intolerable to them as gentlemen, that derives them of self-respect, that reduce s them to a set of subordinate functionaries, and that must tßminish that personal influence which is the best soistence to their spiritual success. Hence in St. Priem strife and bitterness prevail where friendly es operation ought to rule ; and all this is well known to the Bishop of LONDON ; but busy as he sometimes Is *where, the Vicar of St. Pancras is one of those Amp with whom he never interferes. A priest BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in moving the second reading of i this bill, observed that there were circumstances in the te nures of land in Ireland which called for a more simple, • summary, and effectual mode of proceeding in the valuation of lands taken fur railways than by jury trial, for which he proposed to substitute a system of arbitration, upon the de tails of which he would consult Irish members. Ile asked the house, at present, merely to sanction the principle of the bill. Mr. DISRAELI protested against such a course of pro ceeding as that of obtaining from the house an assent to the principle of a bill mid then settling its details with certain members out of the house. This course was a new and dangerous one. The protracted and conversational debate which ensued turned chiefly upon this point. The principle of the bill, though objected to by Mr. J. Stuart, was generally up proved of by Irish members. Mr. LABOUCHERE explained and justified the course he had taken; and The bill was then read a second time. CHURCH BUILDINOS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion fur the second reading of this bill, Mr. HUME said it was a moat extraordinary measure, as it went to confiscate the free sittings in churches, and he hoped the second reading would not now be pressed. Sir G. GREY said the bill had emanated from a commis sion. One of the clauses did subject a portion of the free sittings to payment ; and, after communication with the Earl of Carlisle, who conucted it through the other house, he hoped to make some alteration in it before going to com mittee. If the hon. gentleman would now consent to the second reading, he would state the nature of those altera tions before the next stage of the bill. Lord DUNCAN expressed a hope that the bill would be postponed. It was strongly objected to by his constituents. Mr. S. HERBERT said that great objections were felt to the bill in the midland districts. Mr. HUME mused the adjournment of the debate. Mr. AGLIONBY said the main principle of the bill was to take away the free seats in churches which had been built by subs.ription, on the express understanding that those seats should be free. He hoped the second read ing would not now be pressed. Sir 0. GREY said the point to which objection was made could only be discussed in committee. If the bill was not now read a second time, ho should propose to take it at 12 o'clock next day. The debate w as then adjourned to this day. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH DILL. On the consideration of this bill as amended, a discussion arose as to the exclusion of the town of Hastings from the schedule, which was affirmed on a division. LODGING HOUSES BILL. The bill was road a third time and passed. ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COMMISSION BILL. This bill was postponed till twelve o'clock this day. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. HERMES postponed his motion on this subject till this day week. The house then adjourned at a quarter past one. Panic—Mr. Blair paired off in favour of Mr. Walpole's Amendments on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, with Mr. Forster against ; Mr. Edwards for, with Mr. Scully against ; Mr. Moody for, with Mr. Fox (Longford) against ; Mr. Buck for, with Lord C. Paget against; Mr. Mulling' for, with Mr. Duff against. Mr. MacGregor and Colonel Lloyd Watkins were inad vertently shut out last night from the division on Mr. Walpole's amendment on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assump tion Bill. THE LORD MAYOR A PRIVY COUNCILLOR.—Ts the prefix "Right Honourable" accorded to tits title of tho Lord Mayor of London as a mere matter of courtesy, os whether our chief magistrate is Are the time being is officio a privy councillor, and consequently " right honour able ?"—[The Lord Mayor is never sworn as • privy coun cillor; but on the demise of the crown attends the meeting of the Privy Council held on such occasion, and signs the proclamation of the new sovereign. On the access= of William IV. some objection was, we believe, made to the admission of the Lord Mayor into the Council Chamber, which was, however, abandoned on an intimation that if the Lord Mayor was not admitted he would retire, accom panied by hit officers and the aldermen who were present.] —Front Notes and (Antrim." SESPECTED MURDER NEAR NORWICH.—OR Bahr- day last as a young man, named Johnson, was p ort through a lane about a mile distant fro= WWI Mr.. Martineau's Lane, a dog . which after beating through an a4jolsing pleidetiss, tete= with what 'seamed to be a piece of anima, mak whisk it ran of Upon Johnson's arrival at bins be Mad that the animal had preceded him, and that the sebuteeee which he had carried from the pla ntation wee a bessia hand. He immediately communicated the 0110111.01111109 to the police, _ which r, and a minas is wee imotitutt 7 din the locility, re sulted in the dimerery el other portions of a dead body, the remains in the oOdes of several surgeons who have inspected them being these of a young female. The ru mours and opinions which have arisen fim the otwarrewee are of the most somltioting Wore, some parsons insisting that a foul sander has bees committed, and others rug that the vanities el the body discovered have been wed lilt eastemmeal purposes. The police, however, sae the investigation of the cireurastances, LneeetontalVtle in doubt that they will unravel the mystery in which the matter is at proem shrouded. with his 3,0001. fear from even a year out of the church his Bishop. Osi the 13th of May, WA, Lord Jolts Russm, in the debate on the Australian Colonies' Government Bill, intimated that: "The Governor of New Zea land said that the state of the colony was mostsatis factory, and that he (lid not see any reason for con tinuing the suspension of the free institutions sanc tioned by parliament. At the same time, there were certain points in respeA of which the government were desirous of amending the constitution [Lord GREY'S]. There would not he time during the pre sent session; but, in the course of the next year, he hoped to submit to the house a measure on the sub ject." What has become of the promised measure ? The business of the session, it is admitted on all hands, is beginning to be wound up—already has Lord JOHN given notice to discursive members, prone to avail themselves of the talking licence of days on which notices of motions take precedence that for the rest of the session business must supersede talk ; but no step has been taken by him to redeem tho pledge given more than twelve months ago. This obliviousness of his promise on the part of the Premier, must be the more galling to the New Zealand colonists, that it follows upon the tantalising treatment they have experienced at the hands of the noble Secretary of State for the Colonies. Earl GREY distinguished his advent to office by bestowing a constitution on New Zealand, by which there is no reason to doubt he proposed to confer upon the settlers a considerable latitude of self-government. The Governor, Sir GtainGE GREY, objected to sonic of its details, and to please him orders to suspend its introduction for five years were sent out to the colony, before it could be brought into operation. A general power was conferred upon the governor to administer the affairs of the colony in the mit:Lim in any way that suited his fancy. Sir GEORGE, true to the instincts of the Colonial office, chose to administer the local government by the aid of provincial legislative councils consisting exclusively of his own matinees. With &dimity he contrived to get together a few individuals willing to be nominated by him. One session was held in each province, the only result of which was to afford a practical illustration of the subserviency of nominee councils. But the trouble of keeping even his own creatures in ordnr was too much for the governor. From the expiry of the session down to the priod ' of the latest despatches from the colons-, Sir fif.”1:(.1: GREY continued to administer its aftalis and expend • its revenue—to act us sole legislator. us sole local ' chief magistrate—without the ussiqauce of any • couucil. The government of New Zealand ha, bena a pure despotism, and a tolerably capricious one to I,•;ot. In the course of last Nove:nher the to!onista were surprised by their governor's publish:lT in the Official Gazette a constitution, or, rather, one chapter of a constitution, which, it was intimated he had recommended for the nil of the home government. A very brig f exam sufficed to convince the colonists that the ption constitution must of necessity prove entirely A large proportion of' gpvernment nominees rL to have voice and vote m the councils along with the elective members; the civil li,ts of bo:h climes were to be augmented and withdr:t r from the control of the' councils; and a vt questions of purely local concern was reserved to the home government. The public opinion of Wel lington, Nelson, and Auckland—the three mo-t ad vanced settlements—was deliberately and fairly can vassed; and overwhelming majorities deelar,d at all the three places against the governor's constitution, and in favour of one which would conkr the reality of self-government. To this decision. New Ply mouth, Otago, and even the infant settlement of Canterbury, have given in their adhesion. Thus then stands the question of constitutional government with reference to New Zealand. From the date of the first settlement on Cook's Strait till the advent of Lord GREY to office, what local administration there was, for many im portant functions were left altogether undis charged, was absolute, and in defiance alike of the feelings and interests of the settlers. After the accession of Earl GREY to office, the colo nists were tantalised by the present of a constitution which was again snatched from their grasp before they could make any use of it. During the years which have succeeded, the governor, left to the uncontrolled free dom of his own will, has successively tried to go vern by the agency of a puppet council, to govern avowedly without any council at all, and, lastly, to persuadi3 the colonists to accept of n constitution, which, professing to be based on principles of ultra democracy, would, in fact, have retained all real power in the hands of government. Harassed by the want of any administration in more than one important department of public busi ness, galled and irritated by perverse despotism in others, tantalised by clusory promises of constitu tional government, broken again and again as soon as made, the colonists have repeatedly appealed to the home government. But they have oil every occasion been put off with promises of great things to be done "next year," as Lord JOHN said in Mav last. The vehement and clamorous importunities of the settlers remind one of the simultaneous calling of customers from all the rooms in Dante Quickly 4 house ; the evasive promises of government of the anon, anon," of the drawer. It is no mere theoretical question about gratifying a sentimental longing for self-government that agitates New Zealand. The practical evils of wanting a constitution are felt on all hands. land titles of the first Wel lington settlers are still unconfirmed. In all the settlements applications to have the local revenue applied to works of local utility-- roads, bridges, ferries, piers, and the like—are systematically dis regarded. Not long ago the young settlement of Otago announced complacently a surplus of some SOO/. on its yearly revenue. There was at the time a discarded judge from another colony hanging about the governor; the sum would exactly suit him, and accordingly he was sent to Otago with a com mission of Chief Justice of the district, where no such functionary was required, and authority to draw his 800/. per annum. In New Zealand, settlement is still in its infancy. The most sanguine calculators do not estimate the aggregate number of colonists at more than Is,ooo souls. These are scattered through six settlements, extending over a space of some five or six degrees of ' latitude. Such a colony is helpless against a home government supported by the apathy and carelessness I of the mother country. And thus the tempers of the inhabitants of our youngest colouv are already being soured against the parent state. They feel that their I appeals for justice are trilled with, and they see L other colonies more favourably treated only when by insurrection, or something bordering upon it, they • can alarm the home government. the first lesson I taught to the settlers of New Zealand is, that nothing short of rebellion can extort justice from the imperial - government. As if Canada, the Cape, and the Aus tralian colonies did not suffice to perplex the Colo nial-office, it is planting fresh shoots of rebel lion in New Zealand, to be ready for harvesting ) against the time that the crops of the more advanced colonies have been reaped and garnered. Tux GREAT Extuarnos yesterday was visited by 67,592 persons, of whom about 800 were ticket holders. The whole of the officers and men belonging to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and her tenders, ore to proceed from Portsmouth to London to-morrow, to ♦isit the Ex hibition, an order having been 6sued to that effect yes terday. EMPLOYERS AND THE EXHIBITION.—Yesterday morning, the workmen employed by Messrs. Doulton and Watts, at the Lambeth Pottery, about 200 in number, with their wives, were conveyed to the Exhibition in tweiro covered vans (provided by the firm), accompanied by a band of music and flags, a banner being placed at the head of the proccuion with the words "To the Great Exhibi tion." Each man was presented with 35., and each boy with 2s. ; those men who were accompanied by their wises received an extra shilling. _ . ROCHDALE SAVINGS BANK.—A circular has been addressed to the members of parliament by the committee of depositors in the Rochdale Savings Bank. The committee urge the rrliament to make good the loss of :04,0001. which they hive sustained by the defalcation of Mr. Howarth, their late auditor, on the ground that parliament has, by its fre quent interference, conic under a moral obligation to pro tect the depositors, while the laxity of the government supervision, in this particular instance, required them to I be held responsible; and the relief given to the depositors in the Cuffee-street bank in Dublin, and to the pensioners who were depositors in the Rochdale, afforded sufficient precedents for the government taking the loss upon themselves. has little to 111 AI, I