The Express. — London, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, MARCH 18. The Woe um at STA eelk. LAM LAigoDAis sat is maker. COMMONS INCLOSITAIL BILL Os the aseiWsSiii•l72lsi biliiisiii, this bill TM nod s WM au" sad pawl. THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1661. Lord BROUGHAM pa saint that he shade tO•lier. TOW 001 day) more fee the pedalos of a copy of tits osonaissies for that wine+, is irtsrisit, wa Nand the a parition, which he supased out alibities, of the Is &may of all satirise ; sad be should at Um sass time ask a sassies with »spa to a Tay alarming mat which Its bad heard, samely.tbat what Mr. 'Wyndham sad Lord Chatham nand tin lasi' of this msposalM was to be 'screeched upon. Hs sainstood that oral sa onwasabstest was to take place to tbr ratan of away saes Is Hydo-perk, sad h. should most decidedly object to it. CONVICT PRISONS BILL. Earl GREY pastpesed die turd ready of We bill until Friday. - - - WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND • DUBLIN RAILWAY COMPANY. Earl GRANVILLE, pursuant to nodes moved that Mr. C. D. L. NOM be caged to the bar. Mr. NASH' bowleg appeared, stated In ensurer to ques tions Main Earl ()ravioli*, Lord &written, Lord 8d..- now, and other soble lords that he was • parliamentary meat, that he delivered a certain return comeested with the above railway to the rallies, heard. He was honorary se ereitaty to a body of the etteseholders. An order bad been neck la March het for the return, whisk had not bees complied with, cad about Christ®a be wrote the oommlesiontre stating that be had the means of furnishing the inforwistka yr quired. He sew am order of the how/ on the subject, made is May. 1845, at tee Private Bill-Mlles of which he made a literal copy. I Me wrote the words, Ceurtown, ettairman." In the copy which he greeestai, without for a moment intendiag to imitate Lord Counown's handwriting. He bad so autho rity to pat in the original documents without the order of parliament, and he considered the house would be aware of that feet. A copy similar to that which hr had sent to the railway board had bees exhibited to Lord Coartowa's soli citors M legal pmemedings which were pending, and they lad admitted it to be mane% Lied BROUGHAM underilood that the original docu ment add M have bre. copied is the Private BildoMee had never slam been men. Mr. Nast said he had merely copied it He did not take the °Helsel, and no oae had ever applied to him for it. Mr. Nash was then ordered to withdraw. Oa the motion of Earl Onaurtum, the examination was directed to be printed, end Mr. Nash wee ordered to attend at the bar again on Friday. APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE AND THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE. Lord BiIOEGHAM laid that in pursuance of a notice which he had given last week, he had now to call their lord ships' attention to a paper which he was shout to lay on the table, Ia the form of a rceoluticn. It related to a subject of greet impor.ance, sanely, the administration of justice in ear vast colonial empire. It was undeniable that Uwe chose, for ambition's sake, to possess a boundless empire— if we sought to govern the nations epos earth, It was our bounden duty to "judge the folk righteously ;" and without bestowing upon them the icesti saM,le blessing of a good administration of justice, we c uld no: tepid that those nations should "rejoice sad be glad in cur rule." That our rule had bean attended with infinite advantage was self. evident. All history bore testimony to it—even the coo. curries voice of car rivets. Hewett:4lles, it could nit be dctied that our judicial system wee espable of mat its. provement, and we never ought to stop on the reflection of the good we had dose so long as it could be shown that any law remise lie would now call attention to the results shown by the papers which be had moved for oat the subject a short time ago, and which east a light on the state of our judicial system at home, in the Channel Islands, is the colonies, and our net Indian empire. T 44411 returns all related to the appellate jurisdiction, because, more or less, that was esleulated to furnish a tees of the en. whence of the administration of justice n those countries from which the appeals proceeded. He bad before him returns for the net '2O yean of troceedinrs in that house upon appeal from Eneland, Scotland, and Inland. Similar returns had been made he all the colonies, the Channel Islands, and India ; and it would no doubt, at first sight, appear elttaordinerr that so great a disproportion existed between the number of appeals at home sad from abroad. During the last twenty years there appeared to have been heard and determined Moat England 110 appeals from ell the pouts; in the same period from Scotland 634, and from Ireland 75; but with ail the inferior local courts sod the three supreme court* in Belk In • p.riod of ten years, there had been only 66 appeals, This, however, did not arise from the losing parties is - India being se much more content with the decisions of the courts thee, than the same parties were with those at home ; bat it was owing to the sepias, of carrying an appeal from oar side of the globe to the other—Cheer, hear)—which was a very different thing to bringing it from Dahlia or Edin burgh. Now, es to the result of those appeals, his lorship quuted figures showing that a far greater proportion of re. versals tad folcwed the appeals from the colonies than from those at home. Of these reversals, too, a much greater pro. poetics were of judgments of the Supreme Court than of the native courts. He did net think that the nosh of this return, the purport of which he had stated, was nth 44 ought to be satidectory. It ought, on the coa. Vary, to *Demme them to labour bard and, if possible, with increased dWgenco forte improvement of their judicial system. He Ind heard with the greatest delight of some most important sad valuable suggestions that had e me Over from ladle in septet to the system of appeals both in the su preme sad satin sorts, which it formed on sound psiaciples would be et nestimable benefit to the suitor and to the jokes, and to the members of the judicial committee, who would not only have a great diminution of labour, bat • great Mahn:ion of resposumbility. One improvement of that tyrant would consist to minuet °MOMS of high else reeler sad attaisments to go sit to India. lie had great mtisfaction to think that the East India Company had spared napalm and no expose in improving the education of their (Aces that education which was begun by Lis illus. lams ;Mead less Wellesley, the greatest benefactor India ever had, and who prided himself upon no cos susses sad no one effort more than that he made is laths to improve local *dualities. That had been allowed up in this country by a satinet estalilishment at Hailaybary, sad they had also • military establishment at Adair:oche, with which however he had notkirg to dm These young men went out as writers, which meant that they went oat foe any civil employment they might be thought fit foe on their arrival. Still more isymaat was it, no doubt, that care should be takes te seed eat geed judges to ladle, and to all our colonies. II•• did sot think that say office could be more important than that whisk was exercised by the colonial minister Is tide seastry is the seleezion of judges whom he was to sead forth to oar coloring. When be was chancellor he wes ties. 'Witty applied to for advice cu that head by the celestial secretary, who had no jealousy of having his piteous/el inter fered with. Quite the contrary ; he would have transferred it to liim,but be recommended any one. And why? Because he should he res a ionsible for the men he recommended when they did soigne him the means to go into Westminster Hall with such a salary and such a retiring pension as should enable him to pick out a man that was fit. For the sake of saving a few paltry hundred pounds they did injustice to the suitors, and injustice to those whom they sent out. And what was the consequence? He believed that almost all the equabbin that Pel place is thole concise were traceable to this sys tem. Tney gave no encouragement to have a proper person. Toey were obliged to take one of two classes, either a young man who never had a brief at the bee, or one who had tried and fail. d. It was • most &spiv Me want* of wisdom and want of true economy to starve the great officers of justice in order to save a pilmy saw, which had Ruck better be saved in say other branc h of service. He thought the greatest plus oaght to be taken to amend t h e law with regard to our jcdicial system. Bo wanted to show that the amount of reversals was no test, and he had brought so complaint against any one. Having said this, all be bad to do was to lay the resolutions of fart og the table. The return itself was not analysed, and per sons not acquainted with the subject would not derive any informstion from it. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Of ours., if they be mere resolutions of ism, there can be no objettioa to them, bat they ehowld he printed. Lord BROUOHAM—I intend them to be printed. The no lotions were then ordered to he printed. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. The Earl nf MALMHSBURT, seeing his noble friend the Purmaster-Gmeral in his place, would ask him a question with respect to /Sunday labthr in the Post-office, respecting which t:.ere wets now as many petitions. He had been In formed of the way is which some of these petitions was got op. A man was salted if all persons ought not to keep the sabhatii holy, and ot mune he said you. He was then asked if et was not . great hardship that persons employed In the post office in the country should not be er.abled to keep the satthath the same a. time in the post-dike in London, and he aeturally said yes. He was thee asked to sign the peti tion, and la this way a great number of signatures had been arier obtaicei. He should be ea to know from the noble zau- Tu., so far se his ea would suable his to answer matters with mg to the delivery of lettere, that that delivery would be as often and as steady in th e week as it was now ff the mails wen ail stopped on Bentley nights. It appeared to him that in tie cowboy it would be impossible to receive news from London which now arrived on tne Monday till Tuesday, and that they would have two dim in the week when the news would be 48 hours old instead of 24. The Marquis of CLAN RICARDB replied that, moulder lag how much Lad been said en this subject, having been subjected to great misrepresentation with respect to Sunday labour, and even noble members of that house having pub lished letters in newspapers with strong opinions upon St i lt certeinly should not have been surprised if something been su ;nit said iin the subject there, where be might hate answered it. (Heir, hear.) The question which deniable lilted heti put was of a different nature from that to "lab he alluded, end, p ?haps, instead of giving his own the beet stew. rhe mold make wee to ;ay en lb. the hems the repots' of what had been done with nowt II Beads) labour within the lest two pare, and the dew that was hikes by the Posi•offlea authorities upon it. Hie MU opinion was that it would be impwrible, if they were to ive. Bari the convenieme sad the sheathe neeessi, of the Sod nosily, to stop the trammissio• of the soils for the whole cl tht Sendity ; pad he did not Week there was any duty, religious et otherwise, which imposed upon is the nemesity of that. 'I es Bishop of OXFORD said he was not going to enter into the isaical gisemios, though he coafirm• be bat • Wes; apkisa 06 the 'abject. / Ilan dergarber. lard 111101/011A11-B.erfpiari Tb! Ibbsp et OXFORD-1i asywheme. The Mampie et CLAN RI( ler these who _ r i g i =e l hal Aiwa that by Mem Ousdegr harm is the Peat-ellee. mamerial wee tar a total reasaties miamealed with the. post °Me* In by ea Mesday morning. BROUGRAM—Aod the whets, are they to be delayed. tee (A hoes ) The Berl of HARROWBY sell at Liverieel there lad bees a paths semis( oa the est‘em. Times wee a lee aerial hem entry ono et the shanties, and it was signal by many of the strrebaate. Lord BROUGHAM *homed that it wee aa im portant thiag to keep the Sabbath, not city I. a re ligiose poke of slaw bat politically. Bat geiag to so ex treme would make it unpopular. The subject them dropited. THB CASE OF ME. BYIAND. The Dab of ARGYLL said keit emotes he had mad= to all the attestion of the imam le the injustice committed as Mr. Bylead respectiNg =oast whisk ha held is Canada. He was in great hopes that that etatemmt of hie ease, evea in such hands es his, might have led to a reconsidera. don of the cep, either as th e part of the government at home cranks eoloay. Bat he regretted to fad that nothing bad bees dose. He probehly would found a mo. don apcm them after the Later mem He earnestly boped that when they were prodocud their lordships would pay some considessies to the ease • and at a time like the pressat, who dons and ken wens important. sad sties most righteous measures were being taken to mean seethes rhea to British objects for Warne reseind at the bands of ' ' foreign governmsnte, hajuries sestaised not osly by subjects bat servant. of the crown, he hoped that the debts to this in stance would set be negletreci. Earl GREY said there was an objection at the part of the government to produce wi bout delay in that Yeses the width had been stored fur in the House of Commons paper that the case of Mr. Ryland had bets treated throagthat with very groat consideration sad liberality, and a pineal of the papen justified him in stating that so charge maid be made out 'thar against the Imperial treasury or the osioniel oats as that subject. (Hoer.) The mod= wee agreed to. BMIGIUNT SHIP SOBRAON. • The Rul jii•Wrifthuiiiiii.l:ll s ti hie notion Motive to the allows of the emigrant Bohm= maul Friday seat, and said that , though hi tit still further revolt* it on that day, ha would measly bring it ou ia the protest session. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 7 o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONB.--MonDAT, Ithunt 18. 11;13rieiie ;OlLthe chair at bar o'clock. CALEDONIAN AND EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAYS AMALOAMATION BILL. Mr. COWAN moved that the order for tae 'mad resdiag of this bill should be discharged. H. *widths' the Cale donian Railway had obtained its amt is 1846, sad been made in an incredibly short space of time. It was a line that oven aever to have been sanctioned. The company were now utterly unable to meet its liabilities. He, therefore, :noted that tee bill be read a second time that day 111 swathe. Sir R. H. INOLIS said one of the two companies dia. finely . repudiated the amalgamation, and the other had not given its Consent. He, thereiors , concurred in the :nation. _ Mr. F. DIAULE was glad to hear the has. member for Edinburgh repudiate the Writing in of this bill. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON thought it an act et injustice to the house, on the part of the promoters of the bill, to sub mit a bill so full of gross improprieties. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he had vas down prepared to oppose the bill, on account of its rude interference with private property. It was objectionable, not only in prin ciple, but in its details. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was a party to the bill, ins. ouch as it interfered with his property. No opportunity of agreement had ever been given to the parties concerned. The bill propcsed to desiroy en or eight contracts, the parties' to which had not hod an opportunity either of assenting or dimmi Mr.r. B. ng. DENISON concurred in the propriety of the bill being withdrawn. Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., hoped the discusfica world show that parties eauld not get rid of their deliberate engagements by seeing been the legislature. Mr. HCME thought the character of the house would be injured should any such bill pass. Mr. E. ELLICE, inc., nil be should, on the following day, move an instruction to the committees such as he had described. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought it desirable that the ob ject of these amegamstion bills should always be clearly stated to the bona. Mr. J. B. SMITH was also opposed to the bill. Me order was then discharged. governmaiiatilep Om Waked ohm& Is die linens le Ulm Wheel mob brim mai eM to wee. whet moire MUM to bite tithe ii Mr. DenMem, pu=rm all Me yesterday, immegalag the jts4meM ad hoe ommell in the man oPs Heim" v. the Bishop of Bretw, uml =the Mlof the wows as bend d es 7 ausazu—l think M h Not to Mr. Demises that I should read to the bare a slotemeed 'MA be met to me, which I nesived this mom& end whirl redeems In he a otatemest of his erbium m empele the ei the We'd se eimmeMed widt lido OM It teas= B : 7 I have net deolse, mid he net deg, that Ile Omer' Ide m engeeme pwwwereithis &NM mid embo d ied b. la Mani siset =eme ems di ammo emelemew end ishateg kerma se Ow pulps ef Ile splellemalp, Mem= Mese. as eermasi tw IMO, NM et limay gi al l . emil den* kepeseh esp pert of the rind MOM Ibe mend mom end la the fish VileTer ar 'eberelli. Int I humbly wa rINIM M lawfftei the emlllatles dess met aildbede le Misa epee eesswillel. the rightaftheang a wares& efineeles ; red este.marmem eta. Minim by Or NM el ihs Adele Oemmilles of leer at:o Privy Minsk fe em le sem hes been Mesol, he es mle Me bee ow of •• cram v dme, . Ow mem of Inswie Almon Dmemos.—Neckld, Now I have me Whim la saying that I Math lir Denton is oath* Woollen ia opiates whisk he bee gimp, and that the Judgment giver by the mambas of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Costa is eatirel wields their jariedistioe, sad ends as th ey were by law to Om. (Hear, hear.) I believe likewise it is a declaim which bee genaselly Wen great eatiefeedem (Hear, hear.) But sa theism gemirman asks see Wert what soda the I goveranmat Mame is take of the preemee of Ile. Damien. I must say shot thee* it may be messeaery Me the ilenemeel at a Mete time is Mks some steps, if it Mould wpm toe my Millealte slogged hereafter or the pert if linos lir *Mk with Mr. Dosing' required thom—theogil spit by soefai that this may be mss I s= be meet miesteat to take stops egohot omy mesa whit sloo what they oseceive to be the emeabrations impression of their views with regard to the Murals, and Mould fear that any suck set or the part of the government would Italy tend to disturb still farther the harmony of the dwelt. I (Hear, hear.) kad, therefore, entirely disesntiop from Kr. I Denison, and *Making it may be doubtful, particularly after the letter I have read, whether he means so deny the autho rity of the judicial ossanaittes of the privy ormacil, or weather he intends that he ought to use every lawful means to alter the law, the government, as at present advised, is not prepared to take any steps with regard to the protests. (Hear, hear.) DRAWBACK ON TIMBER FOR SHIPBUILDING. In answer to Lord JOCILTS, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that be could only repeat what he had said on Friday last with remect to allowing • drawback on timber used for ship building. He said that there was great difficulty in allowing a drawback in consequence of the difficulty of distingui‘hing between the timber to be used in the building of ships and that used for other pupate ; but that, before he mme to a final decision, it was due to those who were interested in the question to hear what they had to say. Until he had men thew parties he could gin no decided opinion on the subject. In answer to Lord JOCILTX, Mr. MITCHELL said hi would defer his motion for • repeal of the timber duties till attar Easter. I were set to • Mlle& silent based on the saw primellpla as bey were In Zsgbad. (Hear, bear.) His medi c thseekore ae regarded that mantry, would as follows : Lea..fe; t isk rent, under 601., new 31.1 pawed, up t, 261., b. Od.; 261. to 601., 6a. Resta, test weesedieg 101., now fa , reposed 2e. 6d.; 101, and net esteeedlog 281. mew 10e., sewed 2s. 6d. ; 201., and not soseeling 16 1., now 16e., proposed 2.. ad. ; 261, sad net ezeseolioglW., sow 164., proposed 6.. Rents, with • las, loom to to 761. per annum. Haring sow laid Wore the haws deem ISSIOS of duly. he thought r esi tiht say it would be Ise* consistent that a on en the di of the bill had better I be p sismed for the present. (Hear, hear.) He would be exesollogly reit:deed if hon. gentlemen would pcstpooe dircassien, for this reason, that all transac tions proceeding might be suspeaded uatil i the new law came Into operation. (Hear, hear.) It was therstare desirable, as fez as possible, to bring the matter to a coaclusien ; because great delay sad inconvenience would arise were it in say way deferred or protracted. Coassepeently he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would, for the present, con tent himself with gassing the resolution In the hands of the Chairman. (Hear, bear.) The resolution having been reed, Mr. Alderman SIDNEY begged to ask the right bon. gestleman if the lessee as regarded transfers of land, ap plied to halm propay, as also if It were his intention to iatroduce into the bill an alteration in reference to stamps, which persons taking up their freedom were obliged to pay. He beggedto remised the right hon. gentlemanthat by the Mu nicipal Act of 1865, ell fines on redemption were abolished by that house. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was under stood to say that the Medias of duty applied to trisector 1 of all property. As regarded the seoond question, he should say the subject had already been matter of debate in the stoat eessiou, and had been rejected. Therefore he thought It better not to encumber a measure really bens- iktal, with such extraneous matter. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SCULLY said, with respect to duty on leases in Ireland, it was of great importance that the masses should be mwearapd to take them. In certain cum, according to the bill whisk it was the intention of the right hoe. gentle men to awe, the rates of duty would be lowered, whilst in Ober ease they would be raised, as, for instance, in one cue, lbw • &Min to 2s. 061., which augmentation was certain to be attended with eenseqnonuse sot encouraging- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should say that he proposed on the whole a considerable reduction on the duty In Ireland; and the as... in which the duty would be raised were very few indeed. (Hoar, bear.) Mr. GROGAN iaquired U the new seals of fees would be set forth In the schedule ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wee under stood to reply In theafiirmative. Colonel SIBTHORP said that in his locality the tenantry did not need leases, ae the reciprocity of feeling existing between landlord and tenant was such that it did not require to be streagthentd by legal enactment; he could safely lay that he would prefer hearing the right hon. gentleman brio* forward a proposition for the abolition of the hop duty, or fire insurance duty—at present 300 per Dent —to talking of leases. (Laughter.) Mr. REYNOLDS should say that whilst the proposal te regulate the stamp duty was an improvement on the present system, he regretted the right bon. gentleman bad not ex tended a little more indulgence to Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He begged to remind the house that by the assimilation of the law regulating the stamp duty between Eogland and Ireland, which took plan about aye years ago, Ireland was forced to contribute 150,0001. annual increase to the niche qaor in consequence of that swami:alien. He wig reminded that that sum was placed upon the back of the Irish camel because she was not charged with the income tax; the reason of which being that, he believed, there wee no traceable income. (Hear, hear.) He was stating a fact; and he should aiso say he re gutted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not thought fit to relieve a class of professional gentlemen—the solicitors and attorniee of Ireland—from a most unjust im post which they were obliged te pay, namely, those resident in Dublin 121. annually, and those resident outside it Si. &annually. He was anxious to allow the question to go on without provckieg discussien, because he believed there would be sufficient tame for discussion when the bill itself earn, before the house. Therefore, he felt bound to say that his reason for rising was to impress on the right bon. gentleman the necessity of considering if he could not relieve the humble dune to a greater extent, as also the solicitors and attornias of whom he had spoken. In reply to a question put by Mr. Hi 11111111, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated his reply, that it was his intention to assimilate the stamp duties of England and Ireland—the effect ,f which would be to increase the duty in some cased, but to lower it in a great many cues. 111 r. FORI3ES could not see what advantage the present bill would be of to Scot'and as regarded leases. Neither could be understand the flunish made last Friday night as regarded the abolition of the brick duty. It might certainly benefit London, and Liverpool, and Leeds ; but what good it could effect in Scotland, where bricks were not used to a large extent, he could not at all imagine. The resolution wee then agreed to, and the house re sumed. It. 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Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the Secretary for Partite' n Affairs, whether the government of this country, or our ambassador at Constantinople, were parties, by advice or otherwise, to the conduct of the Tarkieh government in con demning Koesuth, and the other Hungarian refugees in Turkey, to banishment and confinement in the interior of Asia Minor t And if not, whether they had made any re monstrance on the subject ? Lord PALMERSTON said her Majesty's government had been parties to that transaction so far Si this, that they had through their ambassador at Constantinople recommended to the Ports to make the detention of %bees persons--if the Porte considered twit bound by its engagements with Aus tria to detain them—u short al wu consistent with these engagements, and to render the re• sidentie of these persona so detained in Asia Minor, as little irksome and inconvenient as it possibly could. (Hear, hear.) He had no difficulty:in saying that his own opinion was that it would be desirable—if the Porte felt itself at lib.rty so to act—not to detain them at all. (Hear, hear.) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT COLONIES BILL. In answer to Mr..6I.ADISTONIC., Lm4 J. RUSSELL said that the government would, if possible. proem' with the Australian Government Colonies Bill on Friday nut. SAYINGS BANKS. In reply to Mr. H. A. LißilltEla. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER slid that in the present state of public business it was impossible for him I. ilz a day for brining in the Savings Beaks Bill (as was understood) ; but he would do so as soon as possible. RIVER SEVERN SURVEY. Ia reply to Sir J PARINOTON, Sir F. T. BARING said that the survey was completed, bat it wool& take some time before it could be laid on the table of the how. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. On the Inc;;;;; of the CHANCHANCELLOR.;ITt;• EXCHE QUER, the Consolidated Faad Bill (8,000,0001.) was nad a third time, and passed. STAMP DUTIES. The house having resolved itself into committee on the stamp duties The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, in !Bovine the resolution on the stamp duties he wished to state that though at present he proposed to deal with that glen of stamp duties only which related either to transfers of pro petty, mortgages or bond,and leases,te by no means intended It to be understood that there were not other closes of stamp deities which required to be considered. (Hear, hear.) But k should be remembered that the question of a general revi glean the stamp duties had been under the consideration of miens governments. In the time of Lord Aehorp a scheme had been prepared on the subject. A Cutler scheme had been pepared by his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty, and he believed the right hon. gentleman oppw site (Sir R. Pal) had one also under his consideration. But all then schemes for a general revision of the stamp duties had failed in consequence of the mass of minute details which had to be dealt with, and which it was found impos. slide to adjust in a satisfactory ma . The consequence was that nothing bad been done till last session, when ha took the Ant practical step in this matter. He thought it more advisable, with a view to obtain practical results, to deal with the subject piecemeal, as it were, than to bring it before the beaus in one genteel measure. In that welt he thought shay would be able to arrive the most rapidly to a practical remlasion of the stamp duties. The class of stamp duties with which be now imposed to deal were those which related to transfers of property, mortgagee or bonds and leases, and the general tenor of the proposition he was about to make was that, instead of the present very nnespial and unjust rate of duty, Abe principle of an ad ~Mew duty should be adopted as nearly as possible. To any out the ad enforces principle strictly would be utterly =ible, in consiquenee of the multitude of minute repu ted details which would be necessary for that pur pose, and the practical inconvenience to which it would give ries would be found more irksome than if he departed a little from that principle. Under the present ge nts the jumps were very great from 1,0001. to 2,0001., and from 2,0001. to 3,0001., and so on. He proposed to make them much smoke ,r • he proposed to begin with 251., and to go from that to 6 01., and then to 1001. The result of this would be as nearly as possible an ad valorem duty, without giving rise to much practical in convenience. But, further than this, he proposed to effect a considerable reduction upon stamps in transactions under 1,0001. AA the best mode of explaioiag to the house what he proposed to do, he would state a few intimate with respect to conveyances, and mortgages, and bonds. And first, with regard to mortgagee and bonds, he proposed that as Ally mortgage or bond, the sum snared on which old not exceed 501., and on which the present fluty was 205., the new duty should be Ss. - exceeding 601., and not exceeding If 01., preemst, 30e., prop osed, 10e. • exceeding 1001. and not exceed ing 2001., present 40e., proposed, 20a. • *needle, 6001., and not exceeding 1,0001. present 6i. ; emending 5001., and not exceeding 6001., proposed, 31 ; exceeding 6001., and not exceeding 7001., proposed, b. 10s. • exceeding 7001. and not exceeding BON , proposed, 41. ; exceeding 5001., and not exceeding 9001., proposed, 41. 101. ; (Knelling 9001., and not exceeding 1,0001 , proposed, 61. exceeding 1,0001., and not • mediae 2,0001.. pre sent, 61 ; exceeding 1,0001., and not exceeding 1,1001., proposed, 61. 10h.; exceeding 1,1001., and not exceeding pro posed, 61. ; end then higher than at present 10s. per cent., eking on each additional sum of 1001. Present scale tor at 261. Leases, where the rent reserved is under presentNUAg osi • to 11 • not exanding 201 i per cent. ppoeid, L. ; amounting 201., and under 100 ro 1, present 11. 10s. ; amountiag to 1001 ., and under 2001., present 21.; amounting to 20 01., and under 4001., present 31.: ex assoiag 261., and net exceeding 501., proposed 64. ; ex aredin4ol,and not exceeding 754, prop geed 7e. Bd. ; exceed 761., and under 1001., proposed 10s. ; exceeding 11101 ,an not owning 3001, proposed 11 10s. ; emcee ring $601., and not exceeding 4001., proposed 21. ,• and so on. Conveyances and transfers, relieve up to 1,4001, 4 per nut. ng_to 6001., 1 to 1,0001., 1 after 1,0001.-Not amounting to 201. lease 10e., ukase 10s.; not exceeding 251., proposed N ~ ; amounting to 201. end under 601 let se 15"., release lb., present U. Ille. ; amounting to 501 and under 1601., lase 205., nines 80s., present 21 10s. ; exceeding 251 and net smoiseding 501., proposed se. ; emending 601 and not ex ert** 751., proposed 72. 61. • 'nosedive 751. and not ex mean 1001., proposed 10s. ,• eiesedinglool and not exceed ing UAL, peoposed 12e. ed.; exeeeding 1261 and not emessilheit 1601., proposed 15e. ; emanating to 1501. and Weir 2001, kites 364 rehire 405., present 31. 10.; exceed- Ins VIOL and not e xceeding 1751., proposed 17s. ed =1751. and not extending MOI., proposed lie.; 2001. and not exceeding 2601., reposed 21a ; PHOollial 2601 and not exceeding 3001., preresed 110 e. ; pet f iennase 6001., present 71. 151 , piopssed 2!. 10e. ; sat sgissaileiglMol., present 101. 15e, proposed 11. ills; nut 43 , 44 ag1ei 2,0001., pre, ent 131. 150., proposed 71. 10e. ; sot exceeding 1,2001, present IN. ISt., proposed 121 ; not exasestlag 1,4001, present 181. 15s pr posed 141. He would now beg to call the attention of I ish gentlemen to what he was alms; to say, beaus leases in tlist country PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. __ POST-071ICES.—By Sir R. INGLIS, from a kirk session in Scotland; Mr. A. HASTIE, from Hilmarnock ; Lord GALWAY, from Spalding and other places; Mr. GLAD STONE, from several places in Scotland; Mr. COWAN, from the minister and Skiff/ of a kirk session ,• Mr. BAIL' LIE, from the island of Arras ; Mr. HENLEY, from • place in Oxfordshire; Mr. COBDEN, from Basalt in Yorkshire ; Mr. NI'GREGOR, from two places in Ireland ; Mr. WYLD, from Bodmin ; Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, from Westmoreland; for an entire cessation of labour in Post• Offices on Saadays. Sir J. TYRELL, from a place in Essex, praying the house not is pus any law for suspend ing all post-office business throughout the country on the Sabbath day. FACTOST Lanorn.—By Lud J. MANNERS, from Ha- Wax, Todmordon, litockput, and other places ; Sir G. GREY, from Bradford, in favour of Lord Ashley's bill—Mr. O. W. HAMILTON, from Dablin, in favour of the relay sYstom. Taxis ox KwowLence.—By Mr. COBDEN, from letterpress printers of L ads; from the Mechanics' loathe- Lion of Thornton, Yorkshire; Mr. SWART, from Stock port; Mr. M. GIBSON, from Manchester ; for the repeal of the taxis on knowledge. OMAN PINNY POSTAGS.—By Mr. 'WILLIAMS, from some places in Cornwall, and by Mr. VILLIERS, from Wolverhampton, in favour of &uniform ocean penny postage. ASSISTANT SVIOSONS IN TIM NAVY. —By Mr. G. BBRKILLEY, from Bristol, for an alteration in the posi tics of these officers wean on board her Majesty's ships. PIINISINSAT or DISTIL—By Mr. BRIGHT, from Manchester, praying for the ix:patio. of the punishment of du& C" ..- OVSTY RATES Bloc—B7 Yr. Y. GIBSON, from Isneltestor, in favour of this bill. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. BRIGHT rave wallas that ha would on tomorrow 'this day) runt a patitloa from the electors of Stockport is the subpet of rota by ballot. PIRATE3.-HEAD MONEY. On the motion ;;iMr. HUMS, the was ordered: Return of all bills t!rawn for the payment of head money for the capture or deetructioa of pirates. u directed in the second section of the act 8 Gen. IV., c. 49, on her Majesty's paymaster-general, eine* the let day of January, 184). POST-OFFICE. On the motion of Mr. FORSTER, the following was agreed to : —Adorns for return of the minute addremied by Mr. Rowland Rill, on the 3rd lay of February, 1849, to the Postmeeter•General, on the Sunday duties of the Poet-dike; of all documents and paper relative to the adoption of the recommendations of that minute; of the date when such recommendations were carried Into effect ; of the number of persons employed fa the Gen. ral Poet•ofra previously to and subsequently to such date ; of the numoer of persons employed In tha Geacral Post-offica on Sunday, the 10th day of Marsh, ; of the number of persons relieved of Sunday labour in the provincial post•offices of England sod Wales, mail of the average number of hours per head per Sunday, to whisk such relief extends ; of copies of ell correspondence betimes the Post office and the Treasury on the subject of Sunday duties ; of all Post.ofa minutes and reports thereon, and of all memorials agsiart Sunday labour in the Post-offire, ddressed to her Majesty's government. MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION ACTS. Mr. EWART said be wished to Moults of the Secre tary for the Home Department whether the government intended to introduce any bill this session for mama* the Marriage and Registration Acts passed in the sweenit year of his late Maksty's reign, particularly with mdmenne to the repeal of so much of the dretof these sets es regains a eaves days' notice to be given and read at a meeting M the board of guardians prior to the kens of a license ? Sir 0. GREY said that a bill had been prepared on the subject, making an alteration in the law with regard to the notWe, tot by taking away the seven days' notice, which the Registrar General thought to be a useful precaution against clandestine marriage., but abolishing the neemehy of its being read at a meeting of the board of guardian& Whether he would introduce' the bill during the peeessi I *onion would very smolt depend on the program of public business. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in reply to Mr. Spooner, stated that the government had no present intention of proposing say measure to alt. r the 'tote of the law relative to the liabilities of railway companies is eases of accidents on the lines. KILRUSH UNION. In answer to a Tunica by the Eul of Aatimmit. and Suzan', Sir W. SOMERVILLE was umdentood to say that the additional papers a Menne* to the liiinah Union were to Ile•Parsiios. THE GORHAM CASE AND THE REV.O. A. DEN ISON. Mr. HUME said that he held two documents in hie bead WM► perverted to be protests against the late deciaiem of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, to the cue of " Gorham v. The Bisbee .f Eater," signed by the Rev. G. A. Demiemevicar of Rut Brett, and dated the 10th of March. The trot of these protests, atter martini "that the mainevel church alms peonage, by the commiegima aad gememamd of ita divine foamier, the power of &Snag matters of deetrime," says : 1, Omer Anthony Dedeon, sink, 11. A., view of Eat Brest, In the alma dm Soerset, sad Meow of lath sad Wee, do hereby ester wy tonne protest against the state at thelaw wWt wopewere the Jollied Oteatelttee at the Privy Cbulefl to take cognisteee of natters of doable, and 'giblet the nerd* of that "Mee by the eau, Jetties' Oceenittee la seek particular ease ; and Ido hereby pledge myself to WO all lawful meats within my reach to c t u. relejt the CeeltillUallte of such state d the I,w, and of Ow WNW and medic() under the name. la the woad document he says; "tech sentence is mem- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVEilillittAßCH 19, 1850._ DRAINAGE ADVANCES. The house then went into committee, on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX ;HEQUER, for the pur pose of authorising the Lords of the Treasury to advance 3,000.0001. on loan for draining purposes c yntcted with the improvement of landed pryer:7. The right hon. gentleman said the resolution bad Ibsen framed in the most general term., as he thought it hest that no discussion should take place until the bill cams btlove the house. He felt great pleasure, however, in being able to state that he was in pos ses.ion of abuodant proofs io writing that the advances made in different parts of the kingdom had been most bene ficial. Major BLACKALL wished to know whether by sereeinc to the resolution the house would preclude itself from after wards extending the application of tte money. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the re solution was so large in its terms as to include any purpaus connected with the improvement of landed propery. Mr. HILDYARD wished to know whether the sums re paid would be put down to the credit of the income of the Coontry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that no such repayments bad, so far as he wu aware, ever been put to the credit of Whenever the repayments ex ceeded the advances, the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being would of eourse be justified in applying the sue plus to the reduction of the nation:l debt. Mr. FRENCH wished to call the attention of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to abuses of the public many which had taken place in Ireland with respect to arterial drainage. Mr. HAMILTON thought it desirable that the bill under which the money wee advanced should undergo amend ment. . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the resolution did not pledge the house to coy particular app.i cation. Mr. V. SMITH winked to know how the advasces wei to he diatr.bnead. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be iacinvenient to eater into details. At Scotland had obtained 1,600,0001. out of the 2,000,0001. advanced before, he proposed that 1,500,0001. be reserved for England, and if that sum should not all be taken up in this country, applications might be received for the remnindar from the other aide of tee Tweed. He quite agreed that there ought to be some consideration as to the bast mode of distribution, and that the money ought net to ho. advanced in such large sums as ►efore. The advances should be made on the same terms as before. . . — Mr. FORBES hoped precautions wculd be taken evilest fa•are abuse in Ireland. - - Mr. SCULLY thought the hon. member ought not to for get the &etch jobs; for example, the Caledonian Canal. Mr. MONSELL would suggest to the right hun. gentle- Ina 4 that before this questien,wu again introduced he should lay cm the table the remonstrances of proprietors of land who had been taxed for arterial drainer.. Toe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, hon. members should bear in mind that it was quite impasible for the Treasury to exercise control over drainage works in mat ters of detail in every part of Ireland. (Hear.) Mr. A. STAFFORD had always felt that then wen dis advantages attending these, advances, and for that reason be had not himself borrowed a single farthing. The right hon. gentlemen now admitted that the Treasury could exerciai no control over the expenditure. It must glens bo so when the government stepped out of its course. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said what he had stated was, that the T ry could not, in matters of detail, control the Beard of Works. (Hear, hear.) As to the government stepping out of its course, he must remind the hewn that before any advances were made, appeal after appeal was made to the government by Irish members, who said that landlords would never agree amongst each other, sad that drainage would never be executed on a large scale without the interference of the legialature. (11,:ar, hear.) Mr. HENLEY said it was stated in evidence to the committee on miscellaneous expenditure that the Board of Works we. overlooded with duties. Mr. GROGAN said that nothing could do more to better the condition of Ireland and give employment than the grant which had been proposed by government, but he thought that the attention of the government ought to be particularly directed to the sinking of the small tributary riven in Ireland. Mr. TRELAWNY protested - against the system of voting grants for the purposes of drainage. A vast deal of inoonvenieue arose out of votes of that kind. The O'GORMAN MAHON said that this money was lent on gcod security. The security indeed was so good that the house was satisfied to grant a loan to that port of the kingdon, which, as the Chancellor of the Exch. quer bad said, and paid better than any ether pntion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FORBES denial that he had been actuated by any au.feelina towards Ireland in the ,remarks which he had made, as had boon insinuated by the hon. member for Tipperary. Mr. BRIGHT said that before this matter passed through committee, he would ask to be allowed to say that a ,me months ago he had been in • part of Ir. land, where these drainage works were being carried ea. He had spent some days is going over some of the y expensive works, and he WAD hound to sa that the mode in which they were being carried on was, as It appeared to him, exceedingly satisfactory. He was now talking of Cousins', Galway, and some other portions of the west of Ireland. He did net agree with the hon. Member fur Tavistock with manna to these loess, and he was bound to say that the expenditure of the Board of Works had la many parts been productive of great advantage. (Hear.) Colonel CHATTERTON said that he was glad to hear that the government had sent an engineer to Ireland to in spect the operations of the Boards of Works, which had in that country been very unpopular and tyrannies'. The mulattoes were *on sweet% to, and leave was give se Wag is a bill. The hones having resumed went into Goinesittie on PARLIAMENTARY 'VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL, Oa Manse 7 being proposed, Mr. NONSELL said that at present the state of the con atitseneies was to be depleted, and wee open to serious 'Wootton, Inasmuch se ft led to bribery, corruption, sad sorer, vice which, even under the best system of representa tive, it wee difficult to avoid. What he wanted was to press an the government the absolute necessity, under the eirenesstanees of the ogee of applying to Ireland the Mile principle which was a pp lied to Wales and Scotland. He hoped that during the Easter rectos the government would °Derider the question, and would produce some scheme whereby Ireland would in that respect be placed In the same position es England sad Scotland. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if he was to understand that the hen. gentleman wished that certain boroughs might be sombiaird, for the purples of Machin the number of mem bers to porliarthat, he would have serious objections to such a course ; but Rho meant that each of the present repreeen tad,e boroughs should form the head or centre of other contributory boroughs, so as to make en incense in the ennati.noneme, it would he well worthy of consideration. With rapid to the propositkin of the hoe. gentleman, there would be many difficulties, both in principle and detail ; but he did not see that there could be any prominent objection to it. He would not be justified in saying that he would oppose it when it may be brought forward ; and he would observe that daring the recess the question would he orposidered, and he would endeavour to collect every in formation on the matter to lay before the government before they should take any decisive steps with regard to it. Sir D J. NORREYS said that he objected to the proposi tion which had been made by the hon. member for Limerick, es he thought that it would have the effect of depriving the counties of the intelligence of many of the towns. He was afraid that the hoe. member who suggested the plan was personally interested in the matter. After a few words in explanation from Mr. Moresace, Mr. F. FRENCH said that the plan proposed by the hon. member for Limerick would secure intelligent and respectable constituencies. He himself intended to propose • clause to the same effect, but after the promise made by . he noble lord that he would consider the matter, he thought it unnecessary to do so. Col. RAWDON complained that under this bill the constituencies would be reduced to one-half Mr. OSBORNE said that this suggestion, like every other which had come from the hon. member for Limerick, was for the benefit of Ireland. No member who sat in that house had the welfare of Ireland more at heart than he (Mr. Monsen) had. He thought that he was deserving of the thanks of the house for the suggestion which he had made. He thought that it was one which the government would do well to consider, not only with regard to Iceland, but with regard to this country. By uniting some of the boroughs they would do much to produce purity of elec tion. As an instance of the impurity of elections, he brought forward the case of New Ross, which since the time of the Reform Bill had not more than 190 electors. At present it had no more than 80, and under the 81. system of rating that number would come down to 60. They, however, kept up this borough, return. ing one member to parliament, when they could, by joining to it Eoniscorthy, be sure of a highly respectable consti. tuency. He thought it hardly lair fur the hon. baronet, the member for Mallow, to say that the hon. member for Limerick was actuated by personal views. Sir D. J. NORREYS explained. Mr. GROGAN said that he understood from the noble lord that, though the government would consider this matter, they would not pledge themselves to bring in a bill with regard to it. He hoped, however, that wb'n the noble lord had an opportunity of giving his attention to the suet ject be would he prepared to introduce a bill. Mr. SADLEIR said that he had heard with satisfaction whai had fallen from the noble lord, and hoped they soon would have an extension of the borough constituencies. Colonel CHATTERTON asked what they could expect more from this bill than they had got in the last. At the late election for Cork, there appeared on the list of voters 3,244 perthes, of that number only 1.277 voted, out of which he had • majority of 206 protectionists. Mr. REYNOLDS understood the proposition of the hon. member for Limerick to be this, that all boroughs in Ire land having less than 300 constituents should have some neightstering towns associated with them. He would call the attentions:olth* house to the case of Portarlington, which, under this bill, if it passed, would have 110 persons rated to the relied the poor at 81. ; and the constituency of Portarlington would be reduced to 88. The hon. and learned member for Portarlington said that there would te, under the 81. qualification, more than 75. If he was correct, it was necessary that Portarhington should be reformed. In his judgment the house ought to adopt the proposition, or they ought to threw the representation of Portarlington into the Qu' en'. County at large. Cashel, which under the rew law would only have 130 persons qualified to vote, should be aseocia'ed with Thurles and other important towns. Under the provisions of this bill he believed there would be a sufficient number of qualified voters not to endanger the strength of Tipperary, which had always been remarkable for sending independent members to the house. He was reminded that Tipperary had returned the Muter of the Mint by a majority of SO; he was returned at the time he had imposed upon him a lucrative taciturnity. Recognising him as the living leader of the Irish people, he should be sorry any combination of eircumstaaces should arise that should diminish his supporters in that or soy other county. It would be no loss whatever to associate with Dundalk the patriotic town of Arden. They had all heard of patriotism on the part of the borough of Athlone. It appeared it would not suffer in independence by associating it with Roecommon on the one ede and Moat on the other. He thought there ought to be an adoption of the suggtrion of the hon. member for Limerick. Sir W. SOMERVILLE was understood to ssy that, as regarded the effect of this proposal of the hon. member for Limerick, all that was required would be effected by this bill. Mr. FAGAN wished the noble ltrd to allow the people of Ireland to pay attention to this difficult and doubtful point. lie admitted that every means should be adopted to enlarge the franchise in these borough.. If the proposition of the hon. member for Limerick were adopted it would weaken the constituency in tl e counties of Ireland. Mr. HAMILTON thought it was advisable to prevent the enormous anomaly of the county constituency ; whilst this measure would have the effect rather of diminishing than iucressing the constituency in boroughs. Mr. STAFFORD observed that hon. members had been, with great liberality, allotting certain small towns to • bo rough constituency. The clause was then agreed to. Metre 8 being proposed, Mr. FAGAN moved to add the fallowing proviso : " Pro vided always, that nothing herein contained shall deprive those who may be registered under the said recited sot within right years previous to the let day of Dec tuber next ensu ing while they continue to poseeas the qualification in re spect to which they were registered, of the same right of vo ting ateny election of • member or members to serve in parliament for .. Is/ city, town, or borough, as it this act had not Sir W. SOMENTI — LLE said that whit the hon. member now proposed was entirely opposed to the principle alt the bill. If be would turn to the 12th clause, he would see on what principle it was affirmed that no person was to vote unless he was registered under this act. The freemen would he obliged to come forward and register under the act. That was all that was required as to other persons. The present 101. voters would be obliged to come forward and register under the act. It was not in his power to accede to the proviso. Mr. BRIGHT thought the right bon. gentleman lost eight ef one material point in the objection he raised to the imetion of his hon. friend; he said that the house had decided a eertsin way as to counties, and his hon. friend wished them to decide another way as to boroughs This bill in many boroughs was alleged to be quite certain to diminith the number of electors, and it appeared to him likely to be the case. It was a serious thing is pas. a blip to disfranchise anybo d y where corruption had not been (moved. H. h oped the Secretary fur Ireland would air sumnorily dismiss the case, as the proparitiou was quite reasonable. Mr. F. Emmen and Col. D UNTIE supported the proviso. Mr. G. A HAMILTON feared the proviso would have the effect of making the votes it sought to preserve from the operation of the bill perpetual. (Hear, hear.) Mr. B. OSBORNE said that the words as if the at had not posed " would prevent such en effect. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the proviso 33 Against it The clause was then agreed to ; as were thieves 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, with sundry unopposed amendments. Oa clause 1.5. S r R. FERGUSON moved the omission of certain words, the effect of which would be te do away with the lists framed by the clerks of the house or other persons. He wished to me every man having • right to vote placed upon the regis ter, there to remain until removed by disqualification. mit"T.g.hitse.traATTihonTeoAbßicrlt,EwaYaiG mo de framedE N E wh rt i A cuhpo L wn o u bj t ec hde te 2t d ...d t g o ii : mh he opre a , m rsaa e u n tgia d h : factory as well as less expensive than the county regis tration. Mr. VESBY said that this clause would make the bill anything but • boon to the Irish voter. B.r G. GREY this of opinion that means should he taken to give the franchise without the necessity of a claim on the part of the voter. After an observation from Mr. Vaalilr, bet b sp r l A p. : l . LT E D I ft would thought be that the thevirt virtual s t n h c e h Loo m . smnet of Major BLACKALL feared that the effect of putting liked it or not would be iia."womP"Miad:_ifids.ubknaHe stfjperlregiii!ii;,raniehitiaTtLthehireDgteyrwteoethipenee:y.rithrtatraseioptentp:rnie.Ohitethoveke4:lllanferdnodinsatlic:lret. dotal influences. His advice was to avoid registrationoon- ONO altogether. (Hear, hear.) After an observation from Mr. NZWDEGATI, Col. THOMPSON did not see why England and Ireland should not be put on the same footing as regarded the franahits. The committee divided, the numbers were— For the words as in the clause 145 For the amendment Mr. CLEMENTS proposed to insert words making the clerk of the union alone responsible for the I reparation of the lists, and the reeding them to the clerk of the peace, owl that he should, after the first year, merely make out a supplemental list of new voters, marking out the names of persons dead or disspaglititd, instead of having a complete list every year. " " . 411 Sir W. SOMERVILLE thought the suggestion a n k g . royelnalt, and would adopt it 14 reference to the county registration, sad would frame an amcndment to tiny out the °qui. Au sesendment was made In the clause accordingly, and the clause es amended we. agreed te. claws 18, 17, 18, and 19 were poetponed, in order to their briny mended in accordance with the *lteration made In clause 15. la clause 20 several verbal amendments were introduced. After about half an hour bad been occupied in converse. Lion on this clause, Mr. GROGAN complained that the committee were going on ao fast , he could not tell where they were. (Lrughter.) Mr. F. FRENCR proposed an amendment to the effect that a voter should not be omitted from the register merely on 'must of a change of residence, when his qualification remained the same. The committee then divided— Fer the amendment 57 ARainst it Oa the motion of Sir G. WIRT, clauses 21 to 26 inelueivo were struck cut, with a view to their being brought up and eoneldered, together with the amendments upon them, after the clauses proposed by the hon. member for Leitrim (Mr. Clements) were disposed of. _ Clauses' 27 and 28 were agreed to. On clause 20, Mr. CLEMENTS thought it was surplusage to require persons t, pay the rates before a eurtaia nay, and suggested that the clause should be struck Cu'. The Arl ORNEY GENERAL sysid that a. the vote de pended on the payment of the rate, persons should be re minded that the time for that payment was come. Lord NAAS moved the omission of the clause. The gallery was then cleared tar a divoion, b u t nen • took place, in consequence of Lord Naas having withdrawn his amendment, when the cause was agreed to. Clauses 30 ar.d 31 were agreed to with some telling emanations. Clauses 32 to 37 were also agreed to. The house then resumed, aryl the Chairman obtained leave to sit again on the lith of Acrd. MUTINY BILL AND MARINE MUTINY BILL. These bids were read a stewed time. FEES (COURT OF COMMON PLEAS) BILL. This bill was read a second time. Upon the rnoti.n for committee on THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTRIBUTION BILL, the gallery was &wed for a diri•ion, but tone took place. The bill paned through committee. DUTY ON BRICKS. Leave was given to bring in a bill far the repeal of the duty e bricks. OATHS OF MEMBERS. Mr. WOOD moved that the committee of inquiry as to oaths of Members do consist of twenty-one meinben, and that the following members da form each commirE e : the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord John Ruwell, Sir R Peel, Sir J. Graham, Mr. G:sdstone, Mr. G. uiburn, Mr. Wynn, Sir R. IL Inglis, Mr. Atu rney-G • nerai, the Lord Alva:ate, Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. DArseli, Mr. Reefer, Mr. Hume, Mr. /*Tapia, Mr. R d buck, Mr. Turner, Mr. W. Patten, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Wood. Mr. B. ()SWIM aprkserd his surprise that the name of the hon. member f r Youghal (Mr. Anstey) had been omitted from the committee. _ _ In reply to an obeerva.ion from Major BERESFORD, Mr. I'. WOOII said it was not for r.im to anticipate what the committee might think proper to do; but, so for as his intention went, it was to be • simple committee of inquiry, like the one appointed in the me of Mr. Pease, and whieh reported upon the various lets of parliament that existed u to the admistiAi of Quakers, and offered no opinion on the subject. It was his intention to lay bakes the present committee tvery act of parliament with which he was acquainted, whether the same might be for or against u.e opinion he himself entertained upon the question of the admission of Jews to the le,islature. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL moved that the committee should consist of 22 members instead of 21, and Oat the hen. member for Youghtil should be appointed to act on it. Mr. lIILDYARD objected, as that would make the ma jority in favour of the Jews in the committee still pester than it was already. Sir G. GREY also objected, cbstrv:ng that another mem ber might eel up and vote that the committee may be tom pcsed of 23 members. Ttie motion wu negatived without a division. It was then moved by Mr. B. °SWAM; that the Eul of Arundel and Surrey he strark off the committee to make way for the hon. member for YoughaL That was also nega tived. Mr. B. OSBORNE moved that Mr. Hume's name be struck off. lie stated that the hon. member for Montrose had told him that it was impossible for him to attend. . On this motion the bousedividrd For retaining Mr. flume's name Against 3l The committee Will then agreed to. BRICK DUTIES BILL. This bill was brought up by Mr. MAMA. and read a first time, and appointed to be read a ten.,nd time on Thurs day next. Mr. HUDSON wished to ask whether any rettra woad be made to the brickm+k•rs who had already pail on the stock which they had in hand ? He a i•hc.l to know whether the bill contained any provision to that .fi.ct ? Mr. 'HATTER said the bill as at present prepared con tained no clau•c for that putpoae, but that it WAS under con sidera,ion whether it would be proper to loser: eu:h a awe or not. The house then adjourned at ono o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. RAILWAY CO3llllTTRE.—Yestexclay, in the coin mittee, consisting of Mr. Bernal and other memben, the preambles of the following bills were devlared proved: Exeter and Crediton Railway (for raising further capital and enlargement of Cowley bridge station); South Eastern Railway (fir power to discontinue payment of interact on calls); Londonderry and Col• mine and Londonderry ad Enniekillen ; Dublin and BA - set Junction Railway. BRIGIITON PAVILION AND IMPROVEMENT.—Yes terday, the select committee on this biil, censi•tina of the Hen. T. Vevey (chairman). Mr. P. Szrope, Mr. G. Berke ley, Earl of Mulgrave, Col. Chatterton, and the m‘mben for Brighton, assembled to consider this bill, which proposes to authorise .the town commissionen of Brighton to pur chase the pavilion and grounds, together Ili' the stables, formerly occupied by Mm. Fitzherb rt, for 63,000 i., for the benefit of the inhabitants, subject to compensation for pull. log down and removing a chapel therein. The reams for the purchase are stated to be that visitors will he greatly benefited and the prrperty he prevented from falling into heeds whereby it might be made detrimental to the inhabi• tante, instead of being made use of for tee purposes of health, recreation, amusement, or profit. LORD BROUGHAM'S NEW BILLS.—Of seventeen bills which have bete in.roduced into the Rouse of Lords since the commeecement of the session, end which are still pending there, six are the production of Lori Brougham. Two of them are copies of the bills which wrra laid by his lordship before the house in previous sessions, one for the coosialidation of the criminal law, and the other for the consolidation of the backrupt law. This last is accompanied by a paper of observations explana tory of thc ofj.et of the bi 1 and of the amendments and alterations propelled by it, showing especially the omirions and the blunders in the Bankruptcy Act mired In the last ses sion. It is stated in the last page of the explanatory paste that if this bill be paned the ev ntwl minuet saying tithing from the reduction of existing offices will be 21,160/ ,althcugh it is proposed to make a chief commissioner in Landon with a salary of 2,4001. Unfottuni tele for the cause of financial reform the events on which this alleged saving is to be effected, are the deaths of the officers, woo ere to revive thw 21,1601. (with a smell deducti m of travelling expence4 l as long u they live for doing nothing. The whey bills of L Brougham are,abill ' to give the Masten in Chsoceryrrimary jurisdiction in certain cases,' a bill to extend the Trustee Act of 1349, a bill for she rtening the language of acts of par iment, and a bill to remove obstructions in the earn trice of Scotland. This last is the only one of his lordship's six bills that has yet made any progress in the house ; it hss gone through the usual stage. up to the third reading, for which it stands waiting. Let it sot be sulsoled that this bll hat any reference to the Kestrel repeal of the corn laws: i•s only object is to protect the bona fide purchasers of corn. or flour, or hay, or straw, or other farm produce, in open mar ket, against all latent lien or anteced. of cl tins for the debts of the seller or smart of rent, Ste , unless the pur chaser had due notice of such lien or claim. The bill for shortening the language of acts of parliament contains eight short sections. The first pro• poses to enact that all acts of parliament may be altered. amended, or repealed in the same session in which the. 5h.,11 be passed, so that the clause to that effect, added to all acts now, may, for the future, be omitted. The second section proposes to divide all future Pets into sections, and to omit the frequently recurring introductory words. '• be it enacted,'' &a. The third proposes where, in any future act, former sets are to be referred to, it shall be sufficient to cite the year of the reign, and chapter, Ac., of such act, without reciting the title or provisions of it. The fourth section proposes to enact a general interpretation clause tor future acts instead of the clause of that nature now usually incorporated in every act. The remaining sections propose to enact, that when an act repeals a former act, the acts repealed by the former shall not be thereby revived unless words to revive them be employed; that when an art repeals the provisions of another act, the provisions so repealed shell be in force until the repealing act come into operation; and that this act shall apply to all future acts of this and all future sessions. By these proposed ietreathments of the common form of acts of parliament, much paprr sad printing will be saved; bat his lordship might well apply the pruning-knife to the redundant verbiage, the tiresome abreviations ind synonymes, and the fatiguing and unneces sary repetitions of them. It would be especielly &Mashie that his lordship should get this set passel before his two consolidation acts, which together contsia no leis than :119 close folio pages, the really useful parts of which are, lila', the spilled crews in Virgil's nautical games, " rare nantes in wide vasto." INCENDIARISB IN BUCKO.—On Saturday night the firm promises of Mr. Till, of Burnham. were &alloyed by fire, with th , s exception of a few sheds. The buildings were insured In ',he Royal Exchange, and some coin which formed part of their contents in the Sun office. Immediately after this occurrence, another and Mete() extensive tire was observed in the neighbourho..d. This resulted in a very large destruction of property on the firm of Mr. Nash, of Langley, about four miles front Burnham. Mr. Noah Was oleoloeured. Bath firee are believed to be the weak of ir cendiari,e. who have of bde been eery active in the web' honchoed. 7"el