The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FILIDAT, Jux 21
The Luau Ca sacscaoa took his seat at 5 o'clock.
LEGAL EDUCATION:

Lord CAMPBELL, in answer to Lord Lyndhurst, ea-
plaiord that steps had been taken to improve the state of
Wei education, which he admitted had been disgraceful,
and

Lord BROVOIIAM espressed his wiab, which he said
was.hartil in by his brother heathen, that the improve-
ment. :Wowed should be varied ranch further.
PKINTINU THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE.

On the motion of Earl OILANYILLZ, the following
report of the select committee on the mode of printing the
rneredings end reports of the select committees of tho
house was taken into eonsideration

" That the committee have met, and considered the
subject-amuse to them referred. and have also considered
the resolutions of the House of Commons of the 12th of
February, 1836, on the hest means of appointing and trans-
acting business in the select committees of the house. That
they have taken the evidence of Sir dames Graham and Mr.
Edmund Detiont, two menalters of the llouse ot Commons
of mush experience in committees ; of Mr. Dyson, Chief I
COLIIIIIMCC Clerk of the House of Commons ; and of Mr.
Gurney, the short-hand writer. That, according to the
sin minions evidence of these witnesses, the rules of 11436
have b. en acted upon in committees of the House of Com-
mons si.-ce that year, and have been found to work advan-
tageously, and have never been altered or emended. The
committee have come to the following resolutions,and remits-
mend That to every question asked of a witness under exami-
nation in the priverdolgs of ■ny select committee of the house
there be pretized in the minutes of the evidence the name
of the peer asking such questions. That the names of the
peers Present each day on the sitting of any select com-
mittee Ile entered on the minutes of evict. nee, or on the
stews" of the proceedings of the committee (as the ease
may Ise), and reported to the house on the report of such
committee. That to the event of a division taking place in
any select committee, the question proposed, the name of
the peer proposing the question, and the respective votes
thereupon, of each peer present, be entered on the minutes
of evidence, or on the minutes of the proceedings of the
committee (as the ease may b•) and reported to the house on
the report of such committee."
The two first resolutions were agreed to. Upon the
third, after e short conversation, a division took place, when
the numbers were
For the third resolution
Against it SA-17
EXTRADITION BILL.
The Earl of MAIN' IlSl3l.*ItY being interrogated by the
Marquis of Clanriesole, stated that no correspondence had
tak. n pl tee with the government of France in reference to
the withdrawal of the extradition hill, hut that government,
acting in the friendly spirit which had characterised them
in their relations with this country sines the present ministry
had come into office, hail stated, when they found the
opposition against the bill so severe, that they would not
persevere in requiting the execution of the convention. The
purpose of the bill was to carry out a convention agreed to
by the late government, and lie had naturally anticipated
their support.
Earl GRANVILLE reminded the house that the opposi-
tion to the bill had been on the part of the high ►egal autho-
rities. Ile was favourable to a law for securing an inter-
change of criminals.
Lord C.kMPBELL believed, had the bill in question
passed, England would no longer have been a free asylum.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE considered that France
had lust rause to complain of the existing state of the law.
Lord thought this country could not ex-
pert the full benefit of the existing treaty while France
ryes ived so benefit from it.
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