The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-30 00:00:00

THE BALLOT.

Mr. HENRY SERI EI Y gars ;Cities for an *oily day,
after the recess, to move for leave to bring in a bill to pro-
tect voters from bribery and intimidation ►y MOM of tha
ballot (Cbeerl.)
NEWSPAPER STAMPS.

An Ilowottacuts M asked whether, in cones-
queues of a decision which had taken place in the courts of
law, it was the intention of the government to propose any
alteration in the Newspappr Stamp Act.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said he proposed on thb
day to move for leave to bring is a bill to amend the law
relating to the stamp duty cm newspapers.
COFFEE. _ _

Mr. COWAN asked the Secretary to the Treasury (the
Board of Inland Revenue having lately intimated to dealers
in toffee that no article what hall be allowed to be
mixed with coffee previous to its sale), if it was icteaded
that this order shall extend so as to prevent the sale of s
fluid used and known as the essence of coffee, two articles,
at least, being indispensable for that preparation, namely,
water and saccharine matter, as a conserve.
Mr. HAMILTON said that If the essence of coffee con-
tained no additional ingredients but what were necessary to
keep it is a liquid state it would not come within' the masa.
leg of the Treasury minute.
OATHS IN PUBLIC OFFICES.

11 Mr. A. PELLATT ekedwheihtrth;i;icis alter Me-
jetty's Treasury, who are empowered, under the act 5 and
6 Will. IV., to dispense with certain oaths, and to substitute
declarations in lieu thereof, in the excise. customs, govern-
ment, and other public dikes named therein, had used,
and still continued to use, such powers ; and whether, in
winsequence, any and what benefit had resulted to her
Majest's service
Mr. WALPOLE hoped that u his right hon. friend the
Chancellor of the Exchequer was shunt from indisposition
the boa. member would repeat hie question es eme-
ther day.
BUDDHISM IN CEYLON.

Sir R.H.lNfLli,pmre----santtoVotle7r:P;t the figlowlag
questions to the right hon. the Secretary for the Colonies
Whether the coeuezion between the Queen's government
in Ceylon, and the idolatry of any part of her Majesty's
subjects therein, be or be sot severed ? whether the custody
of the Buddhist relic be or be not transferred to those who
regard it as sacred ? whether any ant of the Hawn's govern-
meat be sr be not required to entitle the priest of a Budd-
hist temple to exercise any fasetios in never* to the pro-
perty of such Buddhist templet and lastly, whether it be
or be not the intention of her Majesty's government to
transfer to the Buddhist priests all the cowers, of their
own religion ia Coylea t
Sir J. PAKINGTON Maimed the indulges.* of the
house for • km monsais while he anew. red the lea.
harem**, series of gewstioas. His boa. friend mast be
swan thet the quietism hod 'sampled the attention of sue-
COONS administration", emdhad also created considerable

emolument in the
community objected very sfly to say governmental con-
ned= widths Buddha" wsoaYip. Bet it should not be
impetus that there were Wag efeEptleas to be remem-
bered when esasiderisi this seem ea, when we
acquired the territorin of the Kiri of Coady in 1816,
maned= woe emend into batmen' dm Cbitsa's repro-
seetatim end that severeles, by wide it woo provided that
the Beidhietrellik +Mob wee mhos& by the primed
inhabited'. deed bea, inveigle la di its sass end
worship. • et differed tomer woe Inbar
tem* by the Qessa's represented's, but h (eir
J. Patine. did mot thick that w• wore et all feinted
from ear ebffptaes by that predemeden. It had been
urged that woods* eased be wok Whams ens ad
Nadia', bet he meld net awed te are mak radhas of
our odlgations. (Rem beer.) la mower le the lied pert'
of the queens, be meld saying ell govesemellel esa-
nide' with the idolatries of Neddhiset bed weed aims
1834, whet die R. Berton wee gommeref C608844,11*
time ales a meat of messy wee awarded to the primes i Ere
of preview maldhatiese made he pmenemmt elEsels
took poet in the dos end oseemenies. Theme were
two ether pinta one Waft the appointment
of the preetheed. Me ease le the eastedy ef
the wedanown lieddinfle talk. Se in bask pm whoa
the Bari of Dsrby wee a member et lied Osefe geyser
meat, he seat eat leteart thd ell emaisiss with
Buddhist mashie wen to en" red askawavagli Load Ter-
rines meshed siYir Imetaselme end dee -to give up
emewely 61 the MIA Sean mew, the Melba bride etas,
sad Lord Teningeon meant the ended: of theenatheit
lied so mattes deed whoa he (hie J. Pithitlits9
epee the bailee ebb else. Mess doe be DM eat
del the toestedWe/ de_ *sail be ahem
eimpl=et di sonagidon Iml dles er eemee-
ohs timid mem, bat that sa pennant la bei Amid be,
gra ft the priests brad eneety libeishotipembodyhez
lived intreensent Mentes te MGM
hem ant out to the gegems• elle&
ties that renvenuf tbe quells% Ili maddered
It right to leave e very Mk dineretioa to that taistiosui.
POLITICAL MAtiIIITIRIAL APPOrMIMINTII.
Mr. BABB eked a gamin as to the need 2=e-
meat of three patioass (upperters of his he.. 4
the. Herefell), am of thee hada( bean the sheirmea of
dthat honby .. gentlesese's oceseittee, to the megistorid beech
Dar
Mr. deerstary WALPOLE net having bed adios of the
qualm, had not conunomicated with his noble sad leered
Lewd the Lord Obeeettliar, bat would do se es early es
pomade.
Mx. BASS would meat the quid= on a future day.
THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE.
la reply to a guidon from Mr. F. Pau,
Bit J. PAKINOTOK stated that he had already given
directions fee the peopasslase of the paper, =plaint= the
new dilleddes midi bed seine is regard to the constitu-
tional the eskay, eeneseeent en Os sonetructim
white led be, pet era the premed froaddee, and which
he
bebedam premed the noble Led (1. Easel) to lay betore
the

Lead J. RUSSELL wee Italica, that the whole et the
deepahltee el the nbjeet should he predated, la Grille that
the gnash of the objeetiaas of the various parties la the
colony, might he clearly eadentoed.
Sir J. ?ARINGTON suggested ant whoa the papers
were produced, if the noble lord should Beebe utisded with
them, he should make a motion for each further informa-
tion uhe required, sad he (Sir J. Pakiagtoa) mined then
say whether it would be brought before the hums or not.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILLS.
Mr. &dew SHER silted whoa the four bills on this
subject which the right hon. and learned Attorney-General
for Irelaad had obtained leave to bring In, would he in this
haeda of members?
Mr. NAPIER —They ere in the printer's hands, sad
were promised on Monday. .1 have no doubt they will be
delivered tomorrow._

THK W. BiRES-

... —.—
FORD.
Sir A. COCKBURN rose to bring under the nettles of
the hones the petition of certain lahabitant householders of
the borough of Derby, drawing attention to so organised
system of bribery which they alleged was resorted to at the
last election for the borough, and by means of which the
return of one of the candidates was Neared ; and they far-
ther alleged that a right boa. gentleman, a member of the
Privy Council, and also a member of that house, was a
party to, and had procured, the egret by whom such
bribery was carried into effect ; and they prayed the house
to institnte a full sod searching inquiry into the proceed-
ings. The petitioners were the more earnest fur such in-
quiry, inasmuch as the right bun. gentleman whose conduct
they impugned had publicly declared that the persons
making them assertions kad been guilty of • foul and scan-
dalous conspiracy, and bad resorted to falsehood and subor-
nation to carry out their object. He (Sir A. Cockburn)
bad fell tt bit duty to comply with their resaests—to bring