The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-01 00:00:00

4.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
iIOOSE OF LORDEL—TrrsoAT, MAY M.

Th• LORD thwroiLtos took lb oat NI {RR ROAN*
I Ado*.

PETITION&
Lied BROUGHAM prorated a patiMoa Irma IMO tc
;NE land temente, oars merchaste, and dealers is Lacer
daseetiner prepeg for an elleratioo in the law of h”othee.
They Meted whilst in England a leadlerd miAt
dir-
irain for mien of not, in Soothed the right wait Roca
farther, for them a landlord mold panne the goods into
the heeds of a keel Gde rurolaser who WM altogether
kismet of the teat of any rat balm doe.
Lord TAUNTON prorated • panties Fran Pembroke is
favour of the bill for prorating the sale of intoxicating
lagoon on Sunday.
The Earl of DERBY 'cemented • petition from a place in
Lanemabire against the County Warta Acta Amendment
Bill.

Lad CHILL/IE7ORD moved the recommittal of the
Sam and Watt Jacobus cad the Moakley sad &abet,
Railway bilta bat attar some discussion tae meta= was pat
tad negatived eitbeet•dirieica.

SUMML&Y PROCEDIptE (SCOTLAND) BILL.

This bill was nod a sowed Siam

PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
Bari OR ANIFILLE, in moving the woad readies of this
bill, mid there wee • time whin tnesportaUee an
eery essfal, balms it was regarded with gnaw bead than
almost any other punishment. Bat whim they remembered
their ewe eetrecne anxiety to get rid of them ocnvict=
would see that it wee not misdeed that the colonies
have • sender satiety not to revive them. It wee this
feeling that Wooed her Majesty'. goeunseset to op
the attention of the system of teamigiortation to Widen
Aastralia. The governmeet did not yield to that skink they
thought naremonable oe the part of the other Auld:slim
colonies, but they did not think it fair Led jest so Wllliirt
Australia, the settlers in whisk &d red that they had bees
wed (row ruin by deviate, to step that supply of kbeer
to there. liar* made these alteratkma, the govenimeet
thought it absoldel to put • lower minimum with
regard to the eat se.s to penal servitude, and for this
purpose, Meted of • minimum of wan years, se 1100111•
needed by the oomminiiouers, they put a minimum of aye
years. With the exception of seethes clause—the fourth
clause—the ptinciple of which was • monthly report of ticket-
of-leave men to the police, the bill was strictly in accord-
ance with the recommesdatioa. of the cioesniationers. That
degas, as he believed their lodshipe were aware, was sot
originally in the government bell, but was inserted in it in the
Reuse of Commons. The third donee authorised the Siecretery
of State to empower two justices of the pesos to order the
inlictioo of corporal punishment for drawee in prison. There
was one important moonameeddioe of the commisdoems
adopted ia the fifth clause, as to offence. committed by
ticket-of-leave mos. It was waded that when a Ooket-af-
leave man refused to product, his ticket, or broke any of the
(*editions upon it, be might be seeitseced suremanly,and
imprisoned for any term not exceeding three month.; and then
was also a provision empowering the police to take him up
without warrant. The ninth deem wee one also of calk-
eiderable importance ; it wee with regard to the ream:adds
of tickets of leave, and it provided that, in addition to the
peidahmeot for the °fleece of which he bad been convicted,
the ticket of leave man should be obliged to go through the
whole term of penal garotte* dated from the time whoa
be was let out of prison oe his ticket of leave. He lied
sow briefly stated the main provisions of the bill, and he
should wait to ste what turn the discussion would take,
and then give such explanations as might be necessary.
Lord HOUGHTON did not think that the deterreat prin-
ciple accomplished all that wee seateemy ; something more
was required, namely, the reformatory principle which
had already been established in England. He believed that
the reformatory priuciple, worked out jedicsioualy and in •
preetaoal manner, withoat any false or sentimental extrava-
gance, was the best for the treatment of criminals in this
country. (Hese hear.)
Lord CRAN*ORTII maid that communimitioes from
Australia rime before the royal conirmaeior., stating that
the °malamutes of transportation to those colonies weld
be mist distasteful to the colonists, and weed
bad to most disagreeable coomouences. He thought
that both for the criminal and the country traneportan
was the best social cootrivance, because, let them do their
best to reform criminals in prison, it was difficult in the led
degree in this country for • man ond • criminal to re-es-
tablish himself and become a useful member of society. No
such difficulty, however, existed in the colonies, became
with the great demand for labour there • man could no-
dily find means of recovering his character.
Lord TA UNTON mid that his noble friend on the coon
bench must remember what took place at the Cape when
be was Secretary for the Colonies, where the people were so
violent that they would sot allow say commniscatien wdk
the convict vessel oc her drivel, or permit her to Attie
provisions. The most respectable inhabitants supported
those who acted in this violent way, which showed most
clearly what the general feeling of the optimist. was. Re
had received letter which stated that bushrazigiag wee on
the increase, and they ascribed this to the old convict bleed
breaking out. The colonies were a valuede pommies of
We British crown, and it would be madness to adopt any
system that would leaden the affeetion entertained by the
colonists towards the mother country. (Hear, hear.)
The Earl of CARNARVON said be agreed anbetaa-
tially with the principle of the bill as it now stood,aed
be hoped it would pass aniejered and unimpaired, whilst.
at the same time, there were certain iimendmeate of detail
which might be advaalageousty introdoeed. He thought
that the measure might ocorbe satisfactorily left in the hands
of the Home Secrebuy,tbough it was a matter of deep regret
to him that all those important beneficial changes wore
wrung out and extoetd from the right bon. geode-
man, who, whilst he introduced them, yet showed • spirit
ef hostility to any change. (Hear, bear.)

Earl GItEY was persuaded that without the moderating
influence and the impede( authority of her Makety's
government many years would not pass by before
strong feelings of internslosial jealousy would lead
to very serious disputes sod worse than disputes
amongst the distant depeadeneies of the aroma.
They ought to do the colonists no real wrong, but on the
ether hand, when their claims were not founded ceilidhs
to other mimics, they ought to assert the imperial autho-
rity. But it wee mid that the eoloeirts emir the
scansion with tide eowitry. That he regarded as so idle
threat. AU the advantages of the connemoo were on the
side of the miming ; we had mot even reserved the power
to prevent their lyt'og taxes on our trade. If they thonOt
It to cast off they allgianes on a quarrel of this kind, be
for one should say it would be modem to detain them by
form, and it would be far better to allow them to sever the
secession than to maintain a mere nominal
giving up real authority. Fumes bad eirtablishe7:=
colony in New Caledonia, which WY not half the distance
from Dome of oar Australian colonies that Western Ain
Mahe wax, but the inhabitants of our Australian trilogies
did sot seek to prevent France doing this • they knew
that to attempt to do so would be tuelies, but they
thought they could impose their will on England.
The government had determined that transportation to
Western Australia should not be extended. as the commis-
sioners recommended, but that it should go on on the mate
male as oefore. They thus destroyed the whole efficiseey
of the plan recommended by the commissioners, while they
gave but little advantage to the colony, and the other oolo-
sista retained their grievance. It was just the of these
measures betties between two opinion. width inserted in-
amity of purpose, and mode failure almost a certainty. He
should not himself in committee move any aineodmeet, bat
Han amendment were moved making the minimum sentence
to 'postal servitude erne years instead of Ire, he would
support it.

The Earl of LICHFIELD would support the amend-
ment which his noble friend sear him intended to in-
troduce in committee, and if be were likely to receive say
support he would himself propose another amendment to
make the minimum sentence seven years in all CUM where
the pencil had before suffered penal servitude.
The Earl of HARROWBY was understood to approve of
the mountain of the noble lord for making the minimum
ens snot seven years is the eases he bad mantioned.
The bill was thee reed a seemed time.
ADMIRALTY LANDS AND WORKS BILL.

This Wi ;;;;;:i ;:K;);itim.7

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL.
The report of anieodmeots was considered lied agreed to.
FISH TEINES (SCOTLAND) BILL (AMENDMENTS).
This bill was read a third time and pined.
Upon the motion of the Earl of Lfirrnos, certain returns
were ordered relating to the puce ratios of peace in

fii7i-ilOrdShips adjourned at 10 minutes to 10 &dm*

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TtzsDAY, MAY 31.

The Srecria took the chair at a few minutes before
4 o'clock.

OPEN SPACES AROUND THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. DOULTON geld that oe the 28th June he would mil
'Manion to the diminutioe of the open spaces around the
metropolis, mid more that it was desirable that ske p-
verament should take the subject under cousidenticm.