The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-04 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Much as those to which, for the first and I hope for the last
time, he has found himself exp,,sed ; and I am sure your
lordships cannot blame him fur the cour,e which lie has
chosen in declining to remain where he meets with so much
disrespect. ft Ver.% )
The Earl of Aut: RIME): (with considerable warmth) :
" What dues the noble earl mean? (Hear, hear.) Does the
noble earl say that I permitted • my subordinates to sneer
or laugh? Who does he mean by 'my subordinates' ?
( Hear.) And what does he mean by saying that I gave
them permission to laugh or sneer? ( Hear. hear.) 1 can
only say for myself that 1 have the most unfeigned respect
fur the noble and learned lord, and that I neither sneered
nor entertained the slightest feeling of anything but the
greatest respect towards him, and that I listened attentively
to his observations. The noble earl charges me with
permitting' my subordinates' to do so and so, but
know none in this house but those who are perfectly free
either to laugh or to cry as they please. (Chrers.)"
Lord CAMPBELL having expressed some regret for
the consequences of an interruption which he had
made with no disrespectful intentions, the subject
dropped, and the motio3 was agreed to.

CIIIMINAL TRIALS.
Mr. T. ByTT moved the second reading of his bill
for establishing certain new forms in the trial of
criminal offender:4 on Wednesday. The measly e,
ns
he explained it, was not designed to introduce any
new principle into the law, but enlarged the control
of the Court of Queen's Bench over the proceedings
under certain circumstances.
Mr. Puma:sour. opposed the motion, as did
Lord PALMERSToN, on the ground that the bill tended
to interfere with the certainty of punishment for
criminal offences.
Sir G. GREY also considered the bill inexpedient.
It proposed to establish a court of appeal to which
the verdicts of juries would he submitted. This, he
believed, struck at the root of the jury system—that
bulwark of liberty in England.
The motion was negatived without a division.
TIIE I7NIVEItSITIES.

Mr. 11r.rwtom on Tuesday gave notice that on the 25th of•Irmo
he would move Mr lenve to bring in a hill to promote tlie int el-
tem tml and ral (shiest ion of the students, and to simplify wit-
filTlll4 at matriculation on taking the first or baelo•lor's
degree in arts, law, and medicine, in the Universities of Oxfo•d
awl Cambridge.
CONVERSION 01: CHANCERY STOCKS.
In reply to a Wiest. front l.oa•d ST. IxosAittis, relative to
the Invested property te•longing to suitors in Chancery,
The 1-onn .tN. 1.:11.1.4)It stated that on examining the preee-
dents he had foutol that his predecessors had, in every instance
of a conversion of Pihieh, 110'10011y ileeelited the lowest denomina-
tion on ls•half of the suitors. Ile bad, therefor•. instructed the
Accountant-Oenend to signify his acceptative o.f the Two.and.a.
I lalf per Cents., unless the suitors should prefer to take any other
description, in which ease he reserved for himself three days to
eonsider tin• point. [llls lordship has billes reVertSeut this deter-
minatimi, having statist on Thursday, that, owing to the unfa-
vou•able state of the money-market. no further ItSatellt Weida be
Oven to the otevemanee of the new per cent.. stock on behalf of
suitors in Chimeers. I
TII }: CASH OF U FUT. ENG JAIME.

on the it tot ion of Sir G.ll. it was agreed. on malty.
"Iliac it) lie nil instruct' to the committee 4111 the dockyard
appoitilmenis to consider the return referrett to them on the:loth
\pcil lint. tona tho circumstances count/A.4 therewith, mitt to
report their opinion thereupon."

1\1)IA.

The EHl'i Of on Thttrs.lity, presented to the
!Janis a petition trout the citizens of 14444.1, praying the house
not to legh.latc permanently for India till hill inquiry had taken
place into the couditlot of the several nreshiench,.
'lke petition was ortlertsl to he referred to the select coup
tinting. oak I