The Express. — London, England, 1850-07-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WiDNEsDAT, JULY 17. The grams took the dials at 12 o'clock. DARTFORD SAVINGS BANK. Os the notice of Mr. WAWN. rewires RIM 01114104 *lapwing the amber sad Aiwa of the monthly roams (if may) ia mit year from the 20th day of November, 1844, to the 20th day of November, 1849, ireowniited to the National Debt Oiceby the Dartford Savings Bank, la which to satin of a manager or miser °Meer, as nosired by ii Natiosal Debt Office, Pi ellocd, to certify to the tree OW Mat of weekly C. wipts acd riming se male ha his peassee. Aid copy of the correspondence (If say) between tie National Debt Oise and the said ,adage Mk, infg the doe-compliance with the regulations of the N= Debt Moe, and the due signing or tramisaion of any such ' Mthly statements of accounts dada* the same period. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Oa the melba of the same How. Manama, a rotors skewing the eimat of mad balsams in the heads of the Commissioners foe tl e Redaction of the Nitioad Debt, oa account of friendly societies (exelasive of balsam due to the trustees of savings banks), for each oldie yells •ootwenring ou the 20th day of November, 1828, sad ending OS the 20th day of Nomber, 1849 ; deo the amount of rink sad other securities hell by the said eammimiocers at the mow dates respectively, on somas of each societies, divingnishing the particulars, as well as the total amount and vale. of the same stock or other secaritirs. TiFTON•CUM-CRALVEY.KARRIAGES VALIDITY BILL. This bill was toad a third Wass sad passed. THE CURRENCY. Colabel THOMPiCiiga — ve — aoticee" .- ilit on Tuesday next ueshould move the tollowieg resolution : That. looking to the poraibllity admire to the value of gold. like bat took piste in consequence of the discovery of Miseries. it is es lading the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be authorbed to mate a areond stuck, with interest mewed on the principle of earn rent ; such "feared etock to be giver by ve.untary exchange at what shall from time to time he the market rates, for other stock to be tbetrepos eVingui•hed, Ow premium resulting from such ex- Ono to be carried to the public meowed. MILITIA PAY BILL. This bBl was mod a second tints ; to be committed to- MORO". CORONERS' SALARIES. Mr. AGLIONBY, in the absence of Mr. O►borne, moved he Inv, to ming la a bill to abolish fees paid to cnroners, add to provide foe the payment of such coroners by Heed salaries. Sr G. GREY did not object to the introduction of the SMALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. Mr G. GREY (in the &Neon of the 8 elieitor-Greeral) poetposed the resumption of the adjourned debate on this ball. Mr. HENLEY bried that it would be understood that this important question would not be decided I.te at night. Sir G. GREY said that perhaps by tc-eantow the Bolkitar-o.aml militia have takes hie ma•_ _ SUNDAY TRADIN G PREVENTION mt. Mr. moved t;i; sow g of this bill, Mr. B. WALL presin•ed a petition against the bill, thintain 4 og the signatursa of very nearly 12,000 persons. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from certain hoses of or. teem and guardian., stating this if this bill were Mllinto a law it would be productive et very great in , sad they prayed the heave w reject the bill. Mr. B. HALL begged the postponement of the ascend reading till the sex. ing7ll. Mr. C. PEARSON appeared in support of the bill, as the representative of an hoe. member who was necessarily absent, having undertaken t a move the second reading upon eionditions which, he was sorry to say, had not been fulfilled. He expected to have been provided with numerous petitions in favour of this bill. He cow thought he should exercise a sound discretion by yielding to the suggestions of the hon. member, and agreeing to its postponement until the time when the crown lawyers might he present, and the bill might receive a full and fair discussion. He moved its post ponement till this day with. Su G. GREY objected to its being eon.i lend that it wee postpmed owing to the absence of the law cfileers of the crown. He did not think that, on the second reading, the presence of the law cfilcen of the crown was necessary. The second reading Was then pos!pcned till this day week. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. On the motion of Mr. EWART, the hems went into com mittee on this bill, and the clauses were agreed to. Tao house resumed. Report to be received on Monday COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Oa the motions that this bill be committed, Sir G. STRICKLAND moved that it be committed that day ere* mouths. It was not hi intention to go lato an argument se to the subject of the enfraechisement of copy. holds. He joined with viva persons in thinking that it was time that eopyhold teturs should be done away with, and that lands sow held ir copyhold should be held as fie ki.ds in fee sire.; but his otjecion was to the whole na ture of the bill itself ; that he thought it was not fngeed to Miry out its objects in any one of the provisions which it costaiced. It was celed a bail for the compulsory enfran chisement of copykolde ; but, when they looked into the prigs pl of the bill, they ft and that there was not one pro vision or principle that would lead to the enfranchisement of oopybold.. This hill did not get aid of eopybold tenon in say en. Maumee. No public benefit maid be pointed out. It was not say great public benefit that required this change. Such a bill ought to be psitd es would enable lords of manors and private copyholders to eater into mutual at Pessimists. It was not consistent with the usages of the house to go into committee on tae bill when all the provi des's( the bill were inioneweat with its object. He knew that the hos. membe r for Co.termouth bad said, "Let me go fate einmittee, and Iwi 1 alter the inciple of Mk bill gad every clause of it," but if they went into commai:tee, sad eat teem this time to Christens, he would Tsetsee to say it was impassible to make this Rail anythiem alte a just measure fee the infraneF imminent of eopyholds. He moved that the bill be committed this day three mo-ths. Mr. MELLINGS, in re ceding the amendment, said he felt entwine:4d that the bill coetained pernirions which it would be impossible to carry out in promise. 11r. 111:11113 said that it must be admitted that the present ante= of copyhold wee an aessoyanee to every one conceited. He thought, the. fore, that it would be wise to co in•o cow mkt** on hi bill, in order that some proves' might be mode is the investigatian of the question. Mr. HENLEY opposed the bill. Mr. AGLIONBY complained of the course which had been pursued oat of doors respecting this measure. Circu late bad been seat to every mint er of parliament from a self.eletted committee of what were called lords sad steward., and containieg, he presorted, aniatentional representivions as to its scope and objects. Having defended the various provisions of the bill the boa. member concluded by esprisiimor his hope that the house would not refuse to go We committee. The house divided. Ayes Noel The bow, wait into cauatlttee on the bill. Os clues 1, Mr. MULLINGS 'moved sa asnduent, oesittisp cartel& words, and providing that all manorial rights should be com muted by the Capplueld Casuabolosere. Kr. AGLIONHY opposed the am•adment, u calculated to reader the bill inoperative. Lord H. VANE opposed the amendment. Sir Cr. STRICKLAND monad vote for the amendment, se calculated to get rid of the bell. Mr. HUME maid that when the prof*r time came he should be prepared to vo.e for the abolition of the copyhold tourer, but they were not involved in the consideration of the punt clause. Sir B. HALL said that the principle involved in the amendment wu too large to be left to the copyhold um. IlliSlioll,lll. It ought to be made matter for separate con sideration. However, if the hon. member would 'collide names and minerals, he should bora no objection to rots for the amendment. Alter Dome further eonversation, the committee divided. For the clause For the amendment 47-8 Mr. HENLEY proposed that the application of three fourths of the tenants in number and value, in any in nor, should be required, in order to the compulsion of the ea r franchisement u &gains the lord. It would be most un just to allow the tenants to come one by one and claim the enfranchisement of the:r tenures, leaving the lord of the manor to keep up the whole machinery t f the manor courts. Mr. AGLIONBY °pried the amendment, which he conaide-ed to be subversive of the whole principle of the bill. Mr. OOULBURN supported the amendment, which merely squired that justice oh 1.14 he dcne to the lord as well se to the tenant. Biz B. HALL thought that the boa and tenant should be placed to pmeisoly the same footing; but toe bill went to tepees conditions as against t h e lord to compel enfranchise ment, but pre no power to the lord to insist upon entran thins* as against the tenant. Sir C. BURRELL called attention to the different cir emeastameo in different manors, and asked how the court was to kept up when the necessary ouster of copyholdere eon• diluting it were no longer in elistrinct ? Mr. AOLIONBY replied that in commuting the eopy holds the tenants were use arteemarily mode freeholders, and the courts would still be duly constituted. H. hoped that them merle would beceom a very useful maehinery of registration. Mr. HUME thought it would he unfair to give power to the tenant to call upon the landlord to enfran chise, and not give a similar power to the latter to gall on the tenant to enfranchise. Ile 'timid of the importance of providing an easy and efficient system of tei t itigetinn, each se existed la Scotland, where land was in comequenos worth 21 years' perch'', more than is this country, but he did not wish to mis up that querion with this bill. If it was proposed to place the landlord OR an opal footing with the tenant in regard to the onfrariehlae- Most he +mid support that motion. Sir 0 STRICKLAND also spoke of the injustice of mithholdiag from the lord the power to enfrinchim when it we. given to the tenant. Mr. AOLIONBY would meet the question of giving the semi trighM to the lord as the tenant when it arose, but must haslet upon the principle of giving a sin ;le Makin the power to compel enf. anctiimment of the wh .le aik , wage as la the 291 h douse. Mr. lIXNLEY moot pram has amendment. M. 7. A. SMITH, though faroorebbe to the principle of the bill, mast suporrt th. amendment. 111 regretted that his hos. friend (Mr. ARS', nhyl had not limp id the wE geodes made to his to 'Mir the bill to a sel.et committee, when the samerous obiectioiss to it. details might have been eseelieseg and removed. Mr. MDLLINGS sappertid tbe am— si dali. as NI ebbe Lord E. HOWARD, aid attar some ilePihut iiessisielbc:— The emanittee divided— --. FM the matestlaist ' " t . Against is sa miled. s• 44— St ~- k The ameodmeat wee aceordiagly s Mr RUHR metal, as mother asiesdisest,*o higleg - rik majorits of the talents ia amber and t due." Mr. HEN LEY owned the meads' at. Mr. HI/318 media d hie ant idmeat by proposing to Is. sett " a majority of the Imam is sunhat." • The committee divided.... FUr Use anutdmist 53 Agaiast it The asteodiseat was therithre lost. Mr. AOLIONEY complained that the bill had bun very materially damaged, but mid he would not throw it up, as it mill ecataised gamy protium"; Eta; to be of bandit to the emeatry. Mr. SPOONER hoped the ton. member for Coekeemendli would calmly consider the position in which the divisions bad now eland him. Mr. AGLIONBY Wilts had been calmly considering the bill for the lent two years. (Loud laughter.) Mr. SPOONER moved that the chairman report pro pels, and sok leave to sit spin. Bit J.GRAHAK sgid be bad voted against the hon. UM bit for Cockermouth in the two last divisions. He thought the bill required abandon, and that it the hon. member pro mised to make that alteeation, it would be unfair new to postpone it lade finitely. Mr. AGLIONBY said he should take ccesslon to make the necessary alterations in accordance with the derision of the how. The motion ter reporting progress Ww then withdraws, and the wads "three-fourths of the tenants in number" were inserted. Clause I, as ended, was agreed to. Clause 2 was Mr. HEATHrar d. moved that the chairman report pro rem, and ask leave to sit sepia. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the committee would proceed with the bill. He had already had to submit to two post postmen's, owing to the Derby day and the Ascot cup day; and he now deprecated any further postponement, tennis some hon. gentlemen were attending an agricultural a inner et Exeter. The motion for repenting progress was withdrawn, end *UN 3 was agreed to. On clause 4 being proposed, Bir B. HALL moved, as an amendment, the missies of certain words, and the insertion of the following : " When application on the pert of the lord or lords, boles owners of three-fourths at least of tee value of such manor shall be made to the commimionne, then enfranchisement 'hail take Ploco." Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the amendment, upon the pound that it would operate unjustly. The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. HUME moved that the chairman report progress, and salt leave to sit again. Mr. AGLIONBY said that if this motion were carried, it would be tandameuat to throwing out the bill for the pre sent 0, mien. The galleries were cleared for a initial, but none took place, Mr. AOLIO3II3T consenting to the motion. The CH•Ik.WAX accordingly reported progress, and asked leave to sit again neat Wedoesday. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. Mr. BANKES moved the weed readies of this bill, which bad come down from the Lords, and the object of which was to remove • very great existing nuisance in Lin don and other large towel/. Neat year this metropolis would he visited by an immense number of foreigners, and he thought it would be most desirable that they should be able to see our public boildinps, institutions, and galleries free from the disadvantage under which they were now seen, owing to the smoke with whit they were covered. Mr. A'dermsn COPELAND opposed the second reading of the bill, b: canoe he did not think what it proposed feasible. He moved that the bill be read • second time that day three months. Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. He thought this bill an unjust interference with the manufacturing Interests of the country end even unsuited for the object it professed. Mr. W. BROWN supported the anteniteent. As for the objection that smoke was unhealthy, he thought the healthi ness of London, the largest city in Esiope, • sufficient answer to It. Mr. MU NTZ ales supported the amendment. He did not think they could ever get rid of snacks when once they made it. Sir G. GREY said that as the bill so strongly resembled that of last year, which was rejected, he di i not think, par ticularly with so strong au opposition from those most interested is it, that they would be justified at this period of the session in occupying any further time in the consideration of the question. Mr. MACKINNON, under them eircumstine , s, recom mended the withdrawal of the measure for the pretest. Mr. BANKES consented, b, laving be would best consult the object in view by not petering the bill. He hoped, how ever, that neat session the government would themeless turn their attention to the subject. Di.l by leave withdraws. THE BOROUGH GAOLS BILL. This bill passed through committee. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for the woad reading of this bill, sent down from the Upper House, Mr. 8. CRAWFORD moved that it be read • second time that day three months. Sevinl of the slaws were most arbitrary, and also objectionable, as gin g increased power to the landlords. Mr. E. D. ROCIIE seconded the amendment. Mr. G. HAMILTON defended the erasure, and denied that it had any exterminating intent, or would have such an aft-et Mr. BRIGHT thought they ought to come to the con sideration et this bill with some reamed to the present con dition of Ireland. The hone had been besieged this session, and the country had heard • great deal of the excitement with regard to the law of landlord and tenant He thought nothing could be more ill judged, unless there was • tam of absolute necessity, than that the house should proceed, with so little time for consideration, to give addi• urinal power to the landlord' while so bad • spirit slotted on the part of the tenants, and he was afraid also en the part of the landkrds. He should therefore vote in favour of the amendment. Mr. STUART said a few words in support of the bill. Mr. F. FRENCH maintained that the bill, instead of bolus a disadvantage, would be an advantage to tensn's, and that no improper advantage was given by it to landlords. Mr. ANSTEY hoped the house would pause before pm sing a memare like the present, which was calculated to in crease disaffection in Ireland. The whole system of legis lation with respect to land, since the revolution, had been to the profit of the laadlord and the loss of the tenant. He moved that the debate be adjourned to that day week. Col. DUNNE said wiles he thought great deference ought to be paid to the opinions of the hon. member for Rochdale on this subject, he had not said anything to Se dan his (Col. Dunne) to vote repaint the second reading of the NIL He 'borsht the bill ought to go into vmmittee, and if there was any clause which pressed unduly upon the tenant let it be amended. Mr. HUME said it had been stated that the landlords of Ireland had been placed in their present position by bur laws. Then why not repeal these laws, and give them the same laws that England bad? (Cheers) He had always said that Inland avoid be treated the same as England. He should support the amendment. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the house was aware that a few years ago an act was passed taking from landlords the power of distrainiog upon growing crops. He doubted very much whether the bon. member who had just addressed them would support a bill to restore to them that power. The cpponenss of the bill had taken it for granted that this was a landlords' measure, and opposed to the interests of the tenants. That was not his opinion. The only clause having reference to other matters than that of preventing a sys•em of fraud which every member of that house should wish to see put down was tie first clause, that enabled landlords to eject their tenants without having recourse to an ac lon. Mr. E. B. ROCHE confessed his disapp - intment at the course taken by the right hon. gentleman who had just sat down. The right hon. gentleman himself brought in • bill to amend the relivion of landlord and tenant in Ireland. That bill contained some of the clauses contained in this bill, but it also contained clauses giving compensation to tenants prospectively and retrospectively. It was quite true • great many said that bill did not go far tomtit, but it went a long way. He regretted that they did not proceed with that bill. The bon. gentleman was proceeding with his speech, when, six o'clock having arrived, The SPEAKER declared the house adjourned. TLIZ RAILWAY RIOT AT WOLVERLIAMPTON.—The circumstances attendant upon the collision between the employes of the rival lines, the North Waders and the 8 owe Valley companies, were brought under the cos eiders tion of the magisterial bench, at Wolverhampton. on Toes day, consequent upon an application for protection to Mr. Hall, the contractor, in the occupation of certain slopes which had led to the collision shove referred to. After same discussion, the mayor, as president of the bench, said It was impossible the magistrates could abut their eyes to what took pla•s on Saturday, and brioily recapitulated the circumstances. He then proeseded—" I need not inform Mr. Carter (the solicitor of the North Western company) that where there is • written contrast it must speak for itself, and unless the contract does more than I can suppose, I differ tato rek from him. The oontravor may under it have &constructive possession similar to that of an off going tenant to vend end gather crors—a eight to do repairs without interferlrg with the owners' use of their property—bat I an hardly believe th►t he has the actual bodily possession of the property ; and I am the more convinced of this because the station belongs to the Bhrewsbury and Birmingham Company ; their rails are on it, their engines and carriages are upon it, and they are assessed to the poor rate for the borough. But it is not necessary for as to decide this point. We have nothing to do with that question excrpt with refer ence to the public peace. Substantially, too, this is an application to deliver to Messrs. Hill and Moore the slope which the compiny's servants t @copied on Saturday. The Mayor then auggeeted that as ►e hod that naming been called upon to take informations against several of the indi viduals iniplisated on Saturday, to be heard on Thursday, everything bad better remain in slain quo until then, sad it was ultim itely agreed that such should be the caps, but &bailey, at ten o'clock is the morning, was afterwards Azad upon instead of Thursday. CHOSEN , FIREWORK/3.—A vessel which has jud arisen in the ducks from Canton has brought several sees of gs,,serks, as a portion of her cargo, consigned to order. The importations from that quarter are now mus► *Oft various than was formerly the case, but this appears to be a totally novel arrival from China. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY he OFPV.OO* OUTGOING MAILS ter Brit* Nov* Amashea sad the VsMt 1112:41 11 e ands up te-eseerew orealhi. The haW kr Gibraltar, Malta, Grease, the testae fahade, it=Ceylon, India, sad Chita. via Ileathaaaptea, will to ea ON Isonstas of Jule It • The malls et& Mareeillee, to the liallemeaseso f aoyek, 0, 7 1 04 1,41 a, Hoer/Gag, Le., will be made ap ea the, ovular of Mr 24. TM male for Liebe'', Soda, ltd Gibraltar will be made 1 10 ea the mortis tt of July 27. The West ladle Mills, lad tadtas Derowailk Hanawalt, ifesese, Renders', New Orieme, ao4 Ifierhiwood et ladiaa than tee Madeira, St. Jaaa-de•Xtesehim. New Omuta, Chili, sad PeraorUl be medieval dee modes et August 2. The Rails far Mederia, the Beadle, ma Ilaime Ape% will ee made up on the evening of August 4. RION WATill AT LONDON MUM% Tea Obi -14inlia. M. Ss. Ahinmen. h 37.5. —Nosing. lea. tha. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 18. Tue limes gives in its number of yesterday, the 17th, an account of the protocol respecting Denmark, which was initialled in London on the 4th—a full and true account of which the Express published so far back as the 6th. In chronicling the important event some fortnight after it happened, the Tines has not made up for its tardiness by its correctness; for it falls into the gravest errors both of supposition end fact. The ITtnes represents the protocol, which declares Holstein to be inseparable from Denmark, as so little offensive to Germany or its c o urts, that the Austrian minister was a consenting party, and that although he had not power to sign the document in full, yet he put hie initials to it. Now this is not true. Baron Kottrat did not Fut his initials to the protocol, although his signature may be found to the mere , I formal record of the meeting. Baron KOLLER, in stead of signing even hie initials, referred to his court, and having received instructions from his court, the Austrian envoy row refuses positively to sign the pro tocol of the 4th of July. Thus in the reg ulat ion of the affairs and the succession of Denniark,themost important parts of which succes sion are several German Duchies, viz. Holstein, Lauenburg, and even Oldenberg, the three great powers of France, England, and Ituesia, have come to a decision, which is anemia the will u.d determiva tion of the two great German powers. Nay, these two great German powers, Austria and Prussia, complain that they were not consulted, whilst the question which so nearly concerned them was in course of deli beration. _ _ _ The Times, having falsely stated that Austria approved and bad signed this protocol, melees a supposition, or gives a feint, a qually devoid of foun dation, to the purport that the Cheesier BUNSEN, the Prussian envoy at this court, protested indeed, but that his proles was not likely tobe supported by his government. The contrary is the fact—:the Chevalier &nine's protest, as well as the arguments by which he supported it, have received the lull sanction of his government. Let t 1 e question, therefore, and its position be frilly understood, as it should be at the probable com mencement of a war, I kely to attract the attention and affect the interests of Europe. In that questiun the three great powers of England, France, and lißfei& have undertaken to settle the law of succession, and by consequence, the march of administration, not only in 'Denmark, but in the German Duchies, connected with it. Oo this the three powers have announced one view and opinion, whilst the two great powers of Germany announce other and d fferent views and opinions. Let us trust , that such cieflicting views may yet ba reconciled ; but this can only be done by ao abandonment or a modification of the protocol of the 4th of July. It is, after all, neither a very decisive nor a very menacing document. It merely expresses a desire for keeping the different provinces, now under the sovereignty of the Kng of DENMARK, together. It approves of the efforts that the King of DENMARK has made to negotiate and arrange for all these pro- vinces descending to the same heir; and it promises to recognise *hatteet may be finally settled on the subject. The protocol, therefore, may be made to mean anything, or nothing. And as we are perfectly sure that the British minister in signing it had ro retention of offending Germany, infringing on her rights, ord isposing of German provinces without the consent of the German powers and their confederates, we feel confident that the chrysalis of the protocol will never become developed into the butterfly full ness of a solemn treaty, without having undergone those alteratims, both in its words and its spirit, that will render it consonant with the rights of Germany, as well as with the peace and constitutional develop- ment of the north. We are n uch more concerned in these matters for the character than for the interests cf England. It is of comparatively small isrportanee to us, whether Schleswig have a separete administration and assem bly, or whether it be incospora•ed with Denmark. It is an object with Russia that it should be so, and that the duchies should be governed military-wise by Den mark, which would thus have the double effect of ex tinguishine; constitutional government, and render ing the King of DENMARK dependent on St. Peters. burg for the maintenance of his power. There are fourteen Russian sail at resent off Kiel to maintain the King of Desimsex s power, and to support his occupation of Schleswig. The conquest which they thus inaugurate, they must be ever reedy to support and to prolong. . . . The grand, the prominent result of all this, is to place Russia more and more in antagonism to Gr.- many, Russia at the same time being the champion of despotic interests, Germany of constitutional deve lopment and national independence. In such a strug gle as that, a struggle which we who write can never live to ace the end of, the position we demand for England is at least that of dignified neutrality, a position in which we can give our moral support at least to the liberal cause of Europe, with our counsels and dissuasion to despotic aggression. Such are the views we take cf out "foreign policy, and such, we are concirxed, are in the main those of Lord PALMERSTON. And if his lordship is now praised by his Tory enemies, who plotted so virulently and unsuceessfully against him, for being in apparent accord with Russia, it is, we believe, merely from the erroneous view which they take of this accord, and the exaggerated importance which they bestow upon the wishes and amenities of the protocol. Our Berlin correspondent points out, and promises as one result of the signature of the protecol,a general reconciliation between the powers of Germany, who feel that the rest of Europe has taken advantage of their divisions to impoie laws upon them, and to regulite their affairs in their despite. Perhaps, in deed, one of the aims of Russia in negotiating the protocol ha-4 been to show Prussia, how powerless she is whilst at open variance with Austria, and at the same time unsupported by the more popular and en thusiastic section of the liberals. If so, the lesson will come home, and not only Prus sia, but Austria itself, will learn, that if German monarchs are to be respected in Europe, they must not only be united together in the defence of the interests of their common country, but must also have each of them that support and adhe sion from public opinion amongst tueir subject., which is far more formidable to foreign aggressors, than large or well-equipped armies. IT will not be the fault of landlord legislation if the enmity between thesis that unhappily prevails in Ireland with regard to the occupancy of land, is not still further exasperated and inflamed. During the present session we have more than once been com pelled to note with mingled amazement and regret the various projects to facilitate eviction and to in- I crease the irresponsible power of the owners of the soil, at the sacrifice of the rights and liberties of the tenantry. We have from time to time endeavoured to point out the fatuity of such attempts, and the im perative duty which lay upon all who value the social redemption of Ireland steadily to resist them. We have in several instances marked with sincere ex ultation the success of that rtaistan v, and rejoiced with our brethren in Ireland that they have been saved from the aggravation of those evils and sufferings wherewith they were threatened. But we must confess we were not prepared for the renewal of the struggle of which the Iluuse of Com mons was yesterday the ifeene. It will badly be in the recollection of our readers that some weeks ego a bill, under the auspices of Lord. 'mean and Wrzivezrair, was carried through the House of Lords, which contained a variety of provision. having EVENING, JULY 18, 1850. for their avowed aim the etrengthening the bands of hish landlords' against their tenantry. Nobody, of course, in the Upper House was found to raise a voice of protest or of warning. All went smooth with the anti-tenant project there. In promos of time, however, it was met down to the Commons, where its reception was hailed with delight by all whose earlier efforts in the unto cause bed met with a premature fate. Under the burlesque title of" A bill to amend and Improve the Relations hi tween Landlord and Tenant in Ireland," it appears to have b:en set down, with a score of other crazy crotchets, to be considered daring a morning sitting; and when in its tarn it was actually called for erected reading, there were probably few who regarded the proposition as anything more than a futile fcrmality which must be gone through in order to obtain for the mischievous measure the honours of public interment. _ Mr. S. CRAWFORD, in I few contemptuous sen tences, moved the rejection of the bill, pointing out its pernicious and unwarrantable tendeocy, and re minding the listless legislature of the weightier du ties to the oppressed and evioted peasantry which, during the present seesioa, they bad utterly disre garded. Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. Hume, and Mr. ARMY followed in the same strain ; and after some ineffec tive end inconsistent observations in palliation of the bill from Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. SvusitT, and others, the house would no doubt have proceeded summarily to dispose of the matter, when, on the part of the government, Sir W. Someavlus rare to resist. the amendment, and to recommend that the bill shculd be read a ►ecotd time. It is but just to the Secretary for Ireland to say that he carefully abstained from saving a syllable in direct approval of the obnoxious and tyrannical prin ciples fur which it has thus been a.ught to obtain a legislative 'section. The fact, of which he was pointedly reminded by a subsequent speaker—that he bed not deemed it necessary to peers any such ceer civet and penal enactments on the attention of paella ,ment, though bound by his official responsibility to do so it really nquisite—this fact alone deprived Sir r WILLIAM SONIERVILL6'B advocacy of the bill of all force and seemliness. If it were true that property needed Foch Asiatic laws for its protection as Lords WEIVIMEATH and LCCAN recommend, then it was in cumbent on the Irish executive at the beginning of the Year, and while all the representatives of Ireland were present, to lay upon the table suitable provis'ons for the accomplishment of that end. Failing to do so, the inevitable presumption must be against their necessity; and the Secretary for Ireland has no right sucheeely to adopt on the eve of a proragation the amateur projects of law of men whose whole policy he professes to oppose on the most critical subject with which, in the pre sent state of Ireland, the leg:s'ature can be ca.led upon to deal. Practices of this kind ate only calcu lated to throw all public busicess into coefueion. We can only ascribe it on the occasion in gees , ben to too ready a disposition on the part of the Irish S-crttery to yield to the insidious counsels of these who would, if they could, turn him out of office, and out of psrlia ment, to-morrow; and we hope that the s'gnal failure of the attempt by this means to avoid prutracteel dis cussion may prove a salutary lesson to the right honourable gentleman. For it needs no powers of prophecy to divine that when the tidings of this preliminary struggle reach Ireland, they will be met with a response that no sane or cautious friend of the infatuated oligarchy who have provoked it can do otherwise than deplore. We most say that we think no terms of denueciation can be too str-ng for the insult and slight thus openly offered to public opinion on the other side rf the channel. If there be one subject upon which the expression of popular sentiment has of late become truly national, It is that of the relations between landlord and tenant. With ore necerd the clergy and the laity of every creed, the dwellers in tz,wn and the inhabitants of the country of every grade in industrial life, have pronoureed in favour of add - tional securities being afforded by law to the occu piers of the sell. Yet here is a bill avowedly propos irg to take away from them the few safeguards against oppres.ion which they still possess ! And here ate a set of gentlemen who came into effice upon the express ground that they were willing and able to govern Ireland liberally and leniently, white the tones avowed that they could not do so without te preesive laws—hire are Whig ministers, setting at open defiance every protest and ternonstracce from the Irish people for tenant redress, and absolutely endorsing the scheme of their implacable foes for landlord coercion ! The main feature of this most objectionable measure is •o prevent ary tenant in Ireland from raping or removing any part of his crop before sunrise or after sunset. The pretence for this barbarous innovation is to prevent fraudulent carrying away of the fruits of the field ; e., their removal until the letting fr..c tion of rent or arrears of rent shall have been satisfied. It isnot enough for Irish rack-rent that it has (as in England) priority of claim over every sheaf that is cut down, and every root that is dug out of the earth; and that until its insatiable cravirgs are satisfied, no other creditor, be he whom he may, has any power to seize aught for the discharge of his deb•. Irish landlordism must have more than English remedies, more than English powers of restraint, more than English me ins of rendering the tenantry of the kin4dom passively obedient to its will. The House of Lords have f.ele berately declared by this bill that no tenant in Ire land shall reap his corn or dig ) is potatoes except at such hours as it may be convenient for the proprittaty to watch him; and, in ease of his presuming to do so daring the prohibited time, he shall be punished with fine and imprisonment. We shall not degrade our selves by asking is this right, is it decent, is it ju.t ; but we do ask—Would any minister, whip; or tory, dare to support such a propceition for any part of England ? And if not, how is it possible that it should be thrust without scruple upon our kinsmen in Ireland ? Another provision memo to be meant to take front t. mints-at-will the defence to which (as in England) they now are entitled under the form of proceeding commonly known by the name of •" Notice to quit." The bill proposes that every tenant at will in Ireland should bu liable to be ejected wi'hout any notice, and treat. d, in point of fact, as a trespasser, from whatever day it suits the whim of the landlord to turn him out of his holding. Again we ask, would such a proposal meet with a indent hearirg, to say nothing of parlia mentary adoption, if introduced tor England? And if not, how is it reconcileable with imperial prudence, justice, or decency, to lend any sanction to the endea vour now made to force such an etact meat on Ireland? TPA's. the Savings Banks Bill is a min isterial diffi culty the public are aware. It may be a conve nient way of getting oat of it for the present session to fix its discussion for an early morning sitting under a pretence of ascertaining what may be the views of members. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will make a long speech, not very explanatory of the opinions of somebody who is prompting him. Then two or three ministerial members, who know very little about the matter, may express general approval but urge some points which c matituents have sug gested for consideration. A member thoroughly con versant with the subj ect _ gets up and proposes to enter into it at length. He speaks for forty minutes; is listened to by a thin house ; and obtairs notice to the extent of a quarter of a column from a tired retorter, who finished a speech of the Prime Minister's at three o'clock, got home at five, and was brought down to the house epee at twelve, with no disposition to do justice to early morning sitting oratory. The debate is probably concluded by a postponement of the b:11, orby reading it a second time,and then drop ping it entirely ; and so ministers escape from the difficulty in which an imperfect attempt at legisla tion has involved them, but in which they would never have lost themselves had Sir CHARLES WOOD consulted those who, with a sole regard to public interests and feelings, are able to advise him upon this important subject. Convenient as all this may be, it is scarcely the way in which this question should be tr sited. The time has arrived when it is necessary, not to reduce the small amount of interest row paid on Savings Banks deposits, not to make petty regulations ab nit management, affording no security to depositors, but greatly increasing theintsponsibilittes and difficulties of trustees; but the time has come when it is necessary to revise altogether the system of ma naging and dealing with the money of the Savings II rink ',and to provide an effioient eontrol and cheek upon all transactions connected with that interesting branch of public business. Thirty millions of money is (or rather ought to be) now held by the government on ' account of the savings of the poor. Under a proper I system this large amount might be greatly sag- • mated. There 111 no limit to the extension of the • system of Savings Bankaand Provident Societies pro ps • ly managed and =trolled. We believe th a t th a t extension is very greatly to be desired: that every additional sovereign put into a Savings Bank is by so much an additional security for the peace and prosperity of the nation, and for the continued happiness and welfare of the people. What we want, then, looking at the large amount i already invested, and at the great importance of en eouraging and fostering the system, is an improved management ab isitio. We say that the arrangement • which places the Savings Batiks under the control of the National Debt Cornishman/re, is proved by the result to be a bad arrangement. These commissioners have nothing to do with Savings Banks,exoept to re ceive and take care of the money they pay over to them. They scarcely trouble themselves about their accounts, they have no concern whatever with their system of management, they are &ethernet to afford them no sort of assistance or eteauragement beyond the payment of the small per ventage allowed by parliament on the sums deposited. The wcrking of the plan has been anything but satisfactory. The National Debt Commissioners have abused their duty as bankers. They have used Savings' Banks money for other than Savings Banks purposes. They have tampered with the funds in hand to suit the con venience or to meet the necessities of successive Chan cellors of the Exchequer. The consequence is that they have lost two millions of money, which the nation sooner or later will have to repay to the poor depositors ; besides which, as a forthcoming report upon Irish Savings Banks will show, they have in curred responsibilities which, to a great extent, par liament will be required forthwith to make good. Now, we ask that this system shall be changed. We ask in justice to the public and the poor that the savings of the people shall be so invested that no loss shall be incurred upon them. We ask that means shall be taken, involving no pecuniary sacrifice, to extend the principle of Savings Banks, and to encourage their establishment. We Rik that, at the same time, they should be put upon a proper footing as regards management, in spection, and control ;—arrangements which are necea eery for the security of depositors, and desirable for the protection of th managers from loss. We believe all this may be secured witnout any additional cost to the nation, and purely by a better system of regula tion. It is the discussion and considaiation of these points that would be useful and desirable in parliament, hut we are scarcely likely to have such a discussion at an early morning pitting. The government bill is framed upon a widely differ ent principle from any that we advocate. Itegardieg Savings Banks as institutions a ntailin g a certain charge upon the public revenue—looking at them in a merely s. d. point of view—anxious to ex'ecu to the mis management of the fund—desiring, as it were, to get a bill of ind-muity for the misapplications of the Na tional D.bt Commissioners,—the CHANCELLOR of the Elm - if:QUER has introduced a bill which proceeds on the assumption that all Savings Banks entail a lose on the Exchequer ; that 21 per cent. is a fraudulent rate of inters st to give the poor ; that no trustees or managers can be trusted ; and that to improve the system it is necessary to discourage the depositor by re& •in ^•• Lis interest , and to impose on the managers • • entire respor,sibility at the same time that they are divested of the least control! We predicted, three months ago, that this meisuro would not do; we told Sir CHARLE9 WoOD, six weeks back, that the bill was virtually beaten and that it had better be abandoned. The right hon, gentleman does not take our word. Instead of boldly announcing the aban donment of the measure with a view to introduce a better bill another year, be prefers to let the bill shuffle off this mortal col at au early morning sitting to the great incener nience of a number of persons who are detained in town to watch it, and without a remote probability of its receiving the consideration which would alone justify any such prcceedirg. The house, we think, may fairly protest against the waste of time, even at an early morning sitting, which such a discussion must necessarily involve. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY ETENING. Tire law on the press is at length voted, and those who fancied that the agglomeration of grot , ague in credible amendments would insure its suppres.ion, are I shaken out of their illusion. The public rub their ' eyes at seeing the names of Thi.rs Bcrryer , and others, than whom none better h ave seen the fatal political consequences of waging war on the press, ranged on the side of a law which leaves behind in barbarism all enactments egaiut the press since the reign of the Inquisition. The caution-money and stamp for newspapers may pass. But what is to be said to the sacceon given to the Prefect of Police to exclude from elle all journals he hu a mind to, to es tablish a monopnly in favour of certain newspapers. The debate raised yesterday with regard to this prac tice, by the amendment of Ferdinand de Luteyrie, was one of the hardest fought episodes of the long battle, and gave occasion for Lamormiere to prove him self once more a soldier of the good cause. But perhaps of all the manifeld sings and claws with which this , ugly piece of legislation is armed, none will be so ' keenly felt as the savage extinction of the poor rfortiqii-rruillthm, that truly national appendage to a F.ench newspaper, which may he called the woman's side of the sheet. Some of the Parisian journals have a circulation amounting to 50,000 copies; so that the additional centime on the fruilleton will completely ebaorb the 15/. or 20/. that would go into the pocket of the novelist. Henceforth the reniateirtrillehoi must be ranked with the things that were. Bat the Madonna of Rimini may move her eyes untaxed in the columns of the linkers, and the grossest food be administered to superstition free of duty. In what hamlet of France will not the supprtssiou of the fluilleton be mourned. Then the tax on books of less than three sheets, at a halfpenny a sheet,—can any enactment be devised, which would operate with more ingenious malice against the reading taste of studious poverty. You may see on the eastern bouleverde, of :an evening, I many a poor fellow, at the hone of reprieve from his gross toil, stretching his unwashed hand to the cheap volumes on book-stalls under the flaring gas. Those coveted books will be raised henceforth a shelf higher out of the reach of hes pocket. But what will be said to that astounding innova tion, by which every article, nay every para graph of a newspaper will have to be signed ; hundreds of impertinent names staring out of every page—the commonest ann .aincement labelled with personal responsibility. Then the liabiiity to perse cution for opposition to power; authority always in ambush to be avenged on thelievealer of its misdeeds. Who that observes the careful exclusion from favour of M. de Mangy and M. St. Bettye because they voted against the dotation of the President, and the con tinued persecution exercised against independent voters in the Assembly, can doubt the vindictive fidelity with which home hits by writers of the oppo sition will be treasured up to their prejudice and loss. Forcing the press to sigr, is destroying the equilibra tion of power between the press', legislature, and go vernment, and disarming public opinion in the face of the servants of the state, whom it ought to contronl, and be protteted in controlling. It shivers the weapon in the hands of a great organ to unmask the person who wields it, and substitute an individual for the canoe- five authority. The press needs some advantage to balance the tremendous odds against it in the contest which it wages with power, and this advantage lies precisely in the nameless aggregation of writers who represent a large public, and exercise, in virtue of that mission, an influence which will always be re fused to any but the highest names. Indeed, why is it that a great name carries weight with it ? Because it repeaseuts a great pub'io. So does a great news paper. But no individual contributor to a newspaper can represent that great public which is represented ' by the newspaper. Hence the effect of the enact ment is to destroy ths, collective unity in which the life and power of a journal consists, and by which alone the public who support its opinions can be pro perly and effectually represented. In the sitting of the Legi•lative Assembly to-day the bill for proroguing the Assembly front the Ilth et August to the 11th of November, was adopted without raising any discussion of interest. Then adopte d i debate opened upon the budget. M. Fould, Minister of Finance, said that when he had stated the mot ives of the budget of 1851, he had announced that the estimated i expenses would be covered by the receipts, and leave a surplus of 10 millions, not withstanding a reduction ' I of 27 millions on the land tax, and a diminution of i 0 millions en the mortgage duty. lie bad added figure of the floating possible fo have re cone: to repay a a ltar of t ww b oui a th t ki h ou eil e h r o tip ur ihna n gps ot t r h fi tree, it Vance' of the Bank of France within approWeiatl-; period. Three m on th s h a d passed since he aw hi statement, and he w ou ld now examine whether e;' facts supported his declared opinion. li e re c ent explains the cause of the difference betweth estimate o m 1, of ditihitiheoanet.x.oP exp en se., 9 1 i t t e e . committee ,erase whi f e r h o m sln t ° e b ? which ta r t l z i t ; th i 4 committee had inscribed in the budget the dne a .i n „ - , thesinking fund, which he lied left in bleak,.; fair. 1,1,14 for the working of the Paris and Lynne railroad , the receipts of whi c h would amply sate that sum, augmenta r t i on in and vaous other .temp, w''illl; constituted no the ex .temp, pediln„., The budget of 1850 y ou 'd be core dwitn of 12,000,000, which wou ld b e reduced by 0,10 in,, produced by the tew stamp d u ty on cornmee; bills. The deficit of !noshes years amounted 'i t 260,000,000, to which should be added 3 en° e,re ) r 1848, 249,000,000 for 1849, an d 91,000,000 for p n bl" e works, so that the ge nera l d e fi cit at the close of 1850 would amount to 632,C00,000, Ihat however, would be li.nrened by various ler,' recovered by the Tresniry, and by already received for 1819. The is nu.venient is the proceeds of the indir ct taxes, wire& he had fizi,d. et 709,01,0,000, but which the cornrnil to e has r,v,4 ex aggerated, and was reduced tn 04,01 ) 0 ,00n, siderable during the six months ending on th,i,. 4 July, showing a surplus of 25,000,e55f ; an d : le amount for the whole year could h e cajun, det 723,000,000. Ho thought, honreeer, that if re,i,t ! safely set down at 710,000.000. That c 't 42,000,000, added to the 15,000,(mi0 for 1-I'. 57,000,000, would reduce the general &fie t from 632,000,000 to 575,000,000. Ile thin rern'rricd the Assembly that it had authorised the star, rentes to the amnunt of 40,000,00 ii, wh'eh wooll ')a negotiated before the claws of the year, ,rid national fours for a sum of 15,000,000, bute to reduce still more the genera; ,1 the governn_ent with fends for 7 . , ,• sate, mnrcover, if obliged t o terrnma% !le l'e Lyons Railroad, intended to cone e e it, w•,:' private industry. Should it di,p 4e of , • wise the 180,000,000 f already expended rr. struction would afford an imp or t ant add , source. M. Fould could not pledge supplementary cre.lits ,hould not h d r.. 1851; but he firmly trusted that they without having recourse to a ban, or of new taxes, provided the p!rc of liar internal tranquillity were reruntatted. N the collection of the direct taxes mere Of the 179,000,000 fr. due on the Is. , lie L dw:ec y ardrrY o rlea : reass e p t :Th h fni e dnie ;m te3:lgx Tro eurt v :i7 l itf : omfg t? l w hat'd e std';o r b io a t ire'a l xa e llc l yPie s sati.id rr -d'irc a :lii r tt - ''' : :': ho t n w ra u ed m o- r b a t t h i e hs i r eo r do countryfs o l i a i d n e s . ! T r: ope r ativesyt:tedhema incre ase d.t i v i rn lia e r n a t t T l i produced 2,971,000 f. more than during ti,, of 1819. The situation, rn *hart, was most and was to be ascribed in a great mare solute and conservative pol icy putsled i,y• • meat, with the cordial co-operation of t: Aes-mbly. MM. Choque, MJrin, and Stratier rally addressed the Assembly. M. Larei speaking. We find the following in several cf the al tame lust are now at Jersey. It is believed that 4; edtlet:tr Let ters announce o e c n t e : lo t: h in e n al i t g t b aT h v y h e ee s refugeesetThccietrcit ize n s the a. be oaf r : : and nal will follow them." ;omtri a-el Rupp'y On the very day when the article Eri' , i I:. Pouroir which M. Ban thought it Lis nouuce from the tribune, the old c , :r70.: journal ceased to exist. The decd d ,• o company, and forming the new one, be •-• the evening before at the notary's. The • : the preoent company, therefore, came int) terday morning, and, consequently, on the •ILF lowing that on which the incriminated arii..c published. It is stated that tee article in c . r . - . wee written by M. Grapier d= Cossagnac. ( d'Est-Ange has been engaged to conduct the del,. of M. Auguste LamartinWre, the publisher of Puutror, at the bor of the Assembly, on Thu:s3.lT Tue Bourse was very animated to-cloy, but i: soon evident that the rise manifested at the enmrr. , 7 meat of business would tot be mAntained. closed at 96 2:3, and the Thre• a at SS, a lull in case of '2O cents. upon yesterday's closirg pr' - -4 aura N. ['ASP% Jvcr 17. Far k'jr Ace. Money. Opeui4 !Lig 03 20 5 4 25 1.6 30 %. 5793 941 15 3 per Cents. 5 per Cents. do. New Loan per Cesits. I per Cents 9s Excbanne on London : at ,Igiit, 23 4 Sellinn, S, 1%0 liwtt stoney. I t 4 gal Pa, S, lews Si 33 W. it Do. 2e Piedmont S per Cents ‘: l'Ank BOVAMR. -St. Germain. 4.i ; Vetf4l...ef : and Orleans, 773 ; P.ais and 237 SO; ?tamale. and Limon, l•• • . 112 ; (Afros :Lnd %lesson, JS': I' (Mains sad MmleaLLL 4A ; 34.2 SU; Tours and Nunta, 238 :3; 1 ~. r:. . Manaus, Jrna 13.—Three po. 33 916 ca►h, 1 pap. r. Four prr ►er Cents., 121 cash; after 1;•:n. Passives 31 cash ; Ohm 13sIse, ra•" Back of Bt. Ferdinand, Si paper. 50.40. rr.tLy. SARDINIA. The members of the Chamber of Detri:s have been specially summoned to the 15:h. It is believed the royal decree c: p tion will be read on that day. of The emserratore of Florence, of the loth, letter from ('ivita Vecchit, str'nie that to ju '73 the fortifications erected by the French in it would seem they were to occupy that pes:•i. , :: after the evacuation (f Rome. Indepen.!...lriy of :.e cannon placed in the forts of 11:cchiere and Angelo, they have erected works on the land side, if they expected a siege. Between the Porta Honiara and Ports Cornett, they hare crowned the bastions with a &ruble row of gebione, and also p'aced gatf.ons on the town-side. Cant. lierangtr, of the navy, has taken the command of the parr. A tare number of French non-commissioned etti;ers, picked trent various regiments, have arrived at ('.vita Vexhia :o undertake the drilling of the Pontifical troops. General Kallyrniatten. Minister of War at has issued a notification, dated the in announces that his Holiness has ordered tl.e cr. of a police toreeot $,OOO men, divided into lour `7 He adds, the a numbt r of picked men. who luy: ••ii i a service in other corps, have already been cur0 . ....1 the purpose, ani invites young volunteers to themselves for enrolment. NAPLES. eye A letter from Naples, Bth inst.. in the P' • The Marti ige of the Count de Mententelin wit!, • ' e of the King et Naples, is for the moment warm oOnmiti•in of the Spanish Ministsr. lt readily conceived that the preketed fti!iailee et tender, like the son of Dm Carlos, with the , Fa•linard II , cant ot he very sarcealil; of Madrid, The Date de It'ves ha. declared to th; N.. litsn primmest, that he was detetosineil to rim ise :• the glue of his hotel the arms of his sovereion , mind his passports, if the surrialte was r 0..;: ., this incident lead to the definitive aholdonmen: t it, rinse? The go I opinion is that it will e'' there is reason to helleve, this =stringy l the mind of the a fter a certain time given tor change of explonationv, it will take place. W3r arise out of it, and the rrlxtions existing bete .n the powers, exehidtging appearances of friendliness .• coolness, will vary in term without soiling in :he si.i•i• • work. GERMANY. We have news from Ktel of the IS:h inat.. in nl ll,l it stated that the D anes had emceed Fieridnir::. and their advanced poles woie before that e:ty7 liolsteiners have occupied the town of 1 4 ...111c0 4 BERLIN, JULY 16. V.,ltantary I, , ,art, 1071 NAI.C,.‘. Debt, sal . Commercial Marino So:iety'• l'renttuta , • Henke:hares, 981. VISSNA, J IAA 15.—Fiespsr Ceut. Ni c o1:10m t!. Four-and-A-Halt por Cram, /WA ::;beere, 1 , 1 -' . Exchange on London,