The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1852.

THE 0 UANO MONOPOLY.— By Sir W. CODRINOTON,
from occupier. of land .(111 the Cotswold Hills, against the
monopoly in guano.
MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL

hoboes corpus bad been applied for by our consul there, but
had been refused without argument, and an appeal from
that decision to Columbia was now pending. The eai
remonstrances of Lord Palmerston on the subjectt7tre
right claimed by the southern states of America to seise
and imprison all coloured persons arriving in foreign
ships had been followed up by the present government ; and
there was hope that public opinion in the states would ere
long aid in putting a stop to a practice which was a disgrace
to any civilised nation.
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This bill was read a third time, and passed.
MILITIA I'AY BILL.
Ou the motion for reading this bill is third time,
Colonel 51111110111' remarked that, though he had felt
it but duty to support a measure fur the defence of the
country, the neic,-ity of it having been urged by two suc-
cessive governments, he could nut agree in many respects
with the arrangements proposed to carry nut the object.
lie especially ultneted to the circular issued in regard to the
drilling by pensioners and under bultaltcrns Instead of field
officers, the consequence of which would be that the men,
not having acted together in battalion, would be less effec-
tive than they otherwise would be.
Sir DE L. EVANS inquired if government intended to
avail themselves of the olli•rs of IA: corps Ile
Oblef Veil that clau-es had been introduced into the bill to

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INEQUALITIES OF THE LAND TAX.
Mr. WODE HOUSE eked whether it was the intention
of government to take aey steps to equalise the spportion-
meide of the land tax, which now presses with unequal seve-
rity in many dist, id,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCII EQU ER said he be-
lieved this question was about to he solemnly argued in the
Court of Queen's Ihmeh on the first day Or Michaelmas
term, a parish in the Tower ILapplets, he believed, having
obtaioed a mandamus of the local eummissiontrs, who of
course would bo defended by government, who had ob-
tained a rule nisi. If that mandnmesi were not set aside,
then juster appointments might be made. If it wero set
aside then the time would have arrived when the subject
should be considered.
EMIGRATION. _ . .

enable r;ertain portion of the proposed (twee to be attaehell
to the artillery ; he hoped some means would be adopted to ,
give this part ot the militia a Wept r period of tuition than !
was proposed for the other part of the force. Ile would
suggest, also, that a more suitable uniform and better
accoutrements should be furnished than were supplied to
the former militia, and that the instruction iu the first year
should be confined to teaching the men the use of their arms.
Major DER MORD said it was quite true that it was
proposed to take :IMO of the men to be rai,eil under the
Militia Act to be trained to artillery practice, and these
would have a trill,• extra pay for their services. This por-
tion of the force would be sent to the artillery to be in-
structed wish them and by thiir officers, by which the ex-
pense of drilling by separate officers would be saved. Ile
expected that iu a very short time, under such instruction.,
the men would be so far efficient as to be able to perform
the secondary duties of artillt rynsen. With regard to the
accoutrements, the Master•Otneral of the Ordnance had
sent to him for inspection certain patterns, and one bad
been decided tyro', but it was not intended to give the men
frock coats, it Icing considered that at first the men would
feud the skirts in the way and impede them in the use of
their arms. The drilling must incessarily be in squalls or
companies at first, and when the men understood the use
of their arms then would be the time to exercise them

Mr. It. CARTER asked the Secretary for the Colonies if
he had directed his attention to the subject of the asaist
ante which might be afffirded to emigration from this country
by obtaining the emoperation of the local legislatures in
Austrlia, in facilitating the recovery of loans advanced in
England, in individual eases, for emigration purposes ?
Sir .1. rAIiINOTON imid he had directed his attention
to the subject, but he very much doubted whether any
laws that might be passed by the local legislatures would
remove the difficulties that stood in the way. lie believed
that the existing laws ware quite sufficient for the recovery
in the colony of money advanced in this country, but the
difficulty was of another nature. Looking at the extent of
the country and the scattered state of the population, the
difficulty was not in point of law, but to find the emigrant.
Mr. lit ME asked whether government was doing any
thing to facilitate the emigration of hand-loom weavers?
Sir J. PAKINGTON said several applications had been
made from different bodies, which hail been under consi-
deration; and, partly in consequence of the relaxation of
the rules of the emigration commissioneis, and partly in
consequence of the exertions of associations, a good deal
had been done.

together.
Mr WALPOLE Paid that it wo not from motives of dis-
trust that the government had refused to sanction the for-
mation of volunteer ride corps. In any case of immediate
necessity., government would not hesitate to sanction the
formation of such corps; but, at present, they would inter-
fere mo.t materially with the volunteering for the militia.
The bill was then nod a third time and passed.

THE EXPULSION OF PROTESTANT MISSION-

ARIES FROM I'ESTII.
Sir U. VERNEY asked whether government wire taking
ateasures to obtain compensation for the Rev. Messrs. Smith
and Wingate, 11119*.iflUBT iCli to the Jews at Pesti), and for
the Rev. Mr. Eilwardes' a mi.sionary to the Jews at Lem-
berg, front the Inc, church of Scotland, who were ex-
pelled from the Austrian dominions during the last winter,
under circumstances of great hardship, and who sustained
in consequence a considerable loos of property ?
Lord STANLEY said when this subject was brought
under discussion, or rather attempted to he brought under
discussion, by the hon. and learned gentleman the member
fur Youghal, a promise was made on the part of the govern-
ment that all the papers relating to the ease should be laid
on the table on Monday or Tuesday. That promise had
been fulfilled, and the papers were now on the table. In
addition to that, the hon. and learned gentleman 'had un-
dertaken to bring the subject on again ou Tuesday next,
and considering that every hon. member would have the
opportunity of reading the papers to-morrow, lie thought it
advisable to defer entering into the subject till it came bc-
fere the house on Tuesday.

SUPPLY OF LABOUIt.—JAMAICA.
On the order of the slay for the third reading of the Con-
solidated Fund Bill,
Mr. BERNAL said that he had received a letter from
Jamaica. dated the 21st of May, in which it was stated that
the email-pox was still ravaging the Wand. Ile wished to
ask tier right hon. baronet, the S,,cretsry fur the Colonies,
whether the colonial office had taken the question of the
supply of labour into c^naideratiou, and whether ho could
bold out any hope to the colonies of measures being taken
to provide &supply of labour.
Sir J. PAK INGTON, in reply, stated that the question
was similar to that which bad been put on a former occa-
sion. It appeared that attention had been freshly drawn by
the arrival of a new mail. lie was aware of the arrival of
the mail that morning, but had not yet seen the papers
which it had brought. But it was quite impossible for any
fresh papers to have arrived which could strengthen his con.
viction of the paintill distress under which the colony war
labouring. And, when his hon. friend asked him whether
he could hold out any hopes to the colony, he (Sir J. Pak-
neaten) must say that it was his duty to be cautious how be
raised hopes which it might not be in his power to fulfil.
Ile could not, there tore, ..dal anything to the answer which
he had already giver., that he would lose uo limo in de-
voting his serious and anxious attention to the subject to see
whether there were any means in existence by which the
supply of labour and tic pressure of the labour laws could
be relaxed in favour of the West Indies. Since the ques-
tion was before the house, on a former occasion, he had
torn prevented by the pressure of pardamentary business,
night and day., from paying that attention to the question
which be desired. (Hear, hear.)
NEW SOUTH WALES.—THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
Mr. HUME adverted to the petition lately presented from
the!. gislative council °INC,/ South Wale s,and declared that,
if nothing was done before the new parliament assembled
to meet the reasonable wishes of that and other colonies, he
should, if in his power, bring the subject before the house.
lie then called attention to the state of the lonian Islands,
and entered his protest against the system of government
carried on there in the name of her Majesty, but which, he
said, was a disgrace to her Majesty.
Sir J. PAK INGT ON said, with respect to the petition
from the legislative council of New South Wales, the house
must feel that it involved subjects of too much importance
amid magnitude to be lightly and incidentally discussed.
Although he believed that nil the allegations it contained
' could nut be borne out, the petition would receive the re-
spectful *Brillion of her Majesty's government, with every
disposition to concede to the colonists their fair rights,
consistently with the relations between them and
the mother country; and in the interval before
the next session he would carefully analyse every
part of it. Two of its most important topics were,
the management of waste lands, and the casual
revenues from minerals. lu the New Zealand bill the
management of waste lands had been conceded to that
colony, and her ,Ilajcsty's government had already relin-
quished to the Australian colonies the management, ar-
rangement, distribution, and expenditure of the revenue
derived from minerals. With regard to the lonian Islands,
Sir John lamented that a high public officer, holding an
important situation, should be subjected to these incidental
attacks, and he read a passage from an lonian newspaper
containing violent and inflammatory invective sgainst the
British rule and Sir Henry Ward. Having such spirits to
deal with, common allowance, be observed, should be made
to Sir 11. Ward fur the means to which he resorted.
Sir W. Molesworth made seine observations in favour
of the colonial claims; Lord D. Stuart spoke in condem-
nation of Sir Henry Ward; end Mr. 11. Cochrane in depre-
cation of attacks ou a high-minded and honourable public
servant.
The motion for the third reading of the Appropiation Bill,
upon which the above discussion arose, was then agreed to,
and the bill passed.
MET.ROPOIATAN BURIALS BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill, resuming the
deliberation at clause 2.
Sir W. CLAY inquired whether the government in-
tended to introduce a proviso into the bill to prevent the
burial places to be closed uuder it being used for furpoees
of profit.
Mr. WALPOLE replied that the law already provided
that consecrated burial places could not be used for any
other purpose, though they might be closed. With regard
to the unconsecrated grounds, a proviso of this kind might
be necessary ; but as for those grounds which were not full,
a claim for compensation would justly arise, he suggested to
the hon. baronet that the consideration of the subject should
be postponed until the next stage of the bill.
After an observation from Lord J. MA:SSP:LW the clause
was agreed to.
Clauses to 14 inclusive were agreed to after some unim-
portant discussion.
Mr. DENISON brought up a clause exempting railways
from the rateags required to carry out the objects of the
bill.
Lord J. MANNERS opposed the clause, which was ulti-
mately withdrawn.
Clauses to 20 inclusive were agreed to.
Clauses 21 to 29 inclusive were agreed to.
On clause 30,
Sir W. CLAY moved a proviso " That in every ease in
width the party having the direction of the funeral of a pa-
les Vim it is intended to inter in such burial ground
aboll she notice to the keeper of the said ground that the
wireless of a minister of the united church of England and
Ireland will not be required thereat, it shall be lawful to
law in any part of such burial ground the body relative
to Which such notice shall have been given without the
sunless of such minister, and :o have the hurial service
pellionai as well in the said chapel as in the said burial
aseording to the usages of the religions denomina-
Cdiell the deceased, or the party having the direc-
tion of Se said funeral, may have belonged or belong," and
nivel flat as the expense of each burial grounds would be
paid by dl the ratepayers, there should be no invidious dis-
tinctive between members of the church and nonconform-
ists, as wee implied in separate burying grounds, and
he believed it would be an opportunity of diminishing reli-
gious discord.
Sir J. DUKE seconded the amendment.
Lord J. MANNERS regretted that the hon. baronet had
thought it his duty to propose this alteration, to which the
government was unable to accede. So far from believing
that it would tend to check religious discord and dissensions,
he (Lord J. Manners) believed no course could he taken
which would tend more to increase them. The bill did not
take away any common law right to which the noncon-
formists were entitled, hut it was asked to give that body a
power which they did not now enjoy, and which they would
not enjoy but fur this bill. No legislation had ever tended
in that direction ; and provisions similar to those in the
present bill were retained in a bill which had lately passed
for the establishment of a metropolitan cemetery and in
another for a similar purpose at Huddersfield ; anethat not
only without opposition from the nonconformists, but at
their own request.
After some discussion,
The committee divided..
For the amendment 4O
Against
The amendment was consequently lost ; and the clause '
was agreed to.
Clauses up to 38 were agreed to; the house resumed,
and the Chairman reported progress, obtaining leave to sit
again on Thursda
BILLS POSTPONED.
The Metropolitan Sewers Bill and the General Board of
Health Bill, both of which stood for committee, were post-
poned until this day.
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (No. 2) BILL.
This bill went through committee. The third reading
fixed for this day.
BISHOPRIC OF CHRISTCHURCH (NEW
I
ZEALAND) BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill. All the
clauses were agreed to. The third reading was fixed for
this day.
The house (at (our) then adjourned.
The house resumed at six o clock.
THE CASE OF MANUEL PEREIRA.
Lord STANLEY, answering a question pat by Mr. M.
Mixsies as to the detention of Manuel Pereira, a coloured
man, who was forcibly taken out of a British ship which
had put in to Charleston in distress, stated that a writ of

VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for going into committee on this
bill,
Mr. F. SCULLY urged the postponement of the meuure
until next iesaion, and moved that the committal of the
bill be deferred for three months.
Mr. MONSELL, feeling deeply the evils which the bill
was intended to remedy, opposed this motion, which, after
some observations from Sir 1). Norreys and Mr. V. Scully
in opposition to the bill, and from Sir W. Somerville in its
favour, was withdrawn, and the house went into com•
mittec upon the bill, the clauses of which were agreed to,
after debate.
CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
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On the report being brought up,
3dr. V. SCULLY again protested against the duration
proposed to bo given to the operation of the bill, but de-
clined further opposition.
The report was then agreed to, and the third reading
fixed for this day.

141171 PRIGS OFFICERS BILL.

This bill, with an additional clause introduced by the
Attorney-General, was read a third time and passed.
I'A'rENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL,
On the order of the day for the consideration of this bill,
Mr. CARTER moved the following clause : If any person
shall, by himself or by the agency of any other person or
persons, knowingly, wilfully, and fraudinently pirate, imi-
tate, or manufacture, for Pale or profit, any article, or part
of an article protected by letters patent tinder this or any
other act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on
conviction thereof before any court of gencrail or quarter
sessions, uycr and terminer, or gaol delivery, shall be liable
to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve calen-
dar months, with or without hard labour, or to pay a tine
not exceeding 1001., with or without imprisonment a.' afore-
said ; provided always, that no conviction for this offence
shall prevent or defeat any civil remedy which the party
aggrieved may have by action or otherwise.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be
should hare thought that this clause had been copied tirea
the Whiteboy Act. (A laugh.) Certainly a more mew
atrous preposition had not come under his notice since he
had bad the honour of a seat in that house. lie presumed
that the course of the hon. and !earned member had been
to open the " Law Dictionary" at the word " Pirate," and
copy the punishment described, for the benefit of the
pirates of patterns. (Laughter.) It appeared to him ca-
-1 traordinary that in the 19th century a gentleman who, as
he understood, was of extremely liberal opinions, and was
about to return to his constituents, should propose. to visit
with heavy punishment, and treat as &sees huortans gofer's,
men whose only guilt was the illegal copying of a pattern
in manufacture. (" Hear," and laughter.)
The bill was then considered and reported.
The Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, as amended, was
considered.
The Common Law Procedure Bill was read a third time
and pun&
The /shed Sites Arta Extension Bill, and the Property
el Lame*, Bill, passed through committee.
The *.ls, in Chancery Abolition Bill was read a third
thee.
The Distressed Unions (Ireland) Bill, and the Woods,
Forests, and Land Revenues Bill passed through coin-
.
legatee.
The Excise Summary Proceedings Bill passed through
committee.
The Secretary of Bankrupts' Office Abolition Bill passed
through committee.
The Bishopric of Quebec Bill also passed through com-
mittee, and the Colonial Bishops Bill was read a second
time.
On the motion of Mr. Hussy, a number of returns were
ordered, in reference to foreign manufactured articles im-
ported into this country, and the house adjourned at a
quarter past one o'clock.