The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, Joist 5.
The Lotto Citaricu.nos took his set upon the wools*
at fin e'elock.
THE MEDWAY TRANSPORT.
Lord PANMURE said that with german to the matter
oldie tem et beers es beard the steam-skip Medway, to
lota eiggleg7tirgniastiesrjobg. been sailed s m
mina that cut
I=lll‘daloses so* kg the genressat to Southampton to
sped apes the suss Is whisk the horses had bean
IWea bead het dd That report he bell is his
and the solieNies Of it was tbet teen Damihie rim
bad** haimiselth raped to the made In wish* the horses
wen gist* es beard. This being 10, he (Lord Pasoan)
had Se desbt bat that bed the Medway not ma with such
weep enenweether the aeleshasse to which the noble lord
appear (Lad EUenbenagb) bed refined would not have
theta
Thews! of ELLENBOROUGH bad seen a sketch of
the Asa seder which the horses were placed, and he felt
been* to 'wefts that the mode is which it was enured
Sellsesal to MID to be faulty ia some respects. H. would
stop* to the noble lord that he should ocessiosall) go
dews sad see vessels himself. Were this dons, he (Lord
Plisebeesegb) bad no doubt bet that he would ocassioaally
M able to theew out @vertices which would sot strike
Ow who, hike professionally concerned, viewed the
matter with undessional hiss.
THZ VIENNA CONFERENCES.
Lord LYNDHURST wished to sok the noble earl OM.
Bite (Lord Clarendon) whether he bad reeked any intent. '
tepee of the close of the Visas* oriakswilab aed wbadme
he would have any objection to lap ipso Ile Islie the
proposal whieh was submitted to that Neibitenee
The Earl of CLARENDON said felted Illeameneing se.
aired lalermation franker Malesteemistiteratifiensitbet
the essferences had upon the day previousness semeelietiby
Coast Bud, who had then made a populists thiamin
plenipotentiaries. He believed that tbehemitspheilfelleep
haries—the holm must recollect that he yes ow* hem
a very short account of the matter--bed mdeltel le Mow
whether they might send the pregmet le a. Petskiserg.
Upon the French and English mhiMtebdy elesalted,
they replied that they had no instrudie* r epee *Sash a
asp. Count Buol then said, that having Mid r morylng
out the engagement which he undertook, aemelyr w flad
elements upon which the different parties might ..,Masser
to treat, he considered that there was so Wass an in the
soubrette being held. (Hear, hear.) With regard le the
quids whether the proposal made *add be laid before
parliament, he (Lord Clanndos) approltesded that thon
would be no objection to such • course. As, however' be
was not yet quite certain what the proposal wee, be should
like to defer giving an immediate answer.
NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CORN RETURNS.
Lord PORTMAN moved for as aeormat of the total qua-
titles of oath kind of corn, returned by the *ors Wanton as
laving been sold in the markets of Ryland end Wales in
the year 1854. And also the total quatities of es& kind
cf corn and flour sad meal, reduced to quarters et can,
which have been imported from abroad into Baglaad sad
Wales in the year 1854. He considered that the present
mod* of obtaining returns with Wanes to MS was very
imperfect, sad that the minute information obtained was
seldom of a kind which could be made available for any
woeful purport. In any alteration which might be side in
the pretest system, he thought the first step should be to
obtain the returns from the seller instead of the purchaser.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said the subject +aeons
of great importance to the interests of the country. Though
difficulties bad occurred in procuring the returns, • great
deal of very useful information bad been collected, more
especially in the West Riding of Yorkshire, sad in Cam-
bydgesliire. All the poor: law inspectors conserved in
saying that it was impossible to obtain more satisfactory
returns without the mug of a compulsory law, many
eseeplare etikestiag to make returns on the grated that if
they did se memo el their wishbones would refine. As to
the wale lads enggedise, that returns should be obtained
from the seller instead of the purchaser, the same hike&
ties would occur under that arraigement, In the Assam of
gempialeios. Feeling the importance of obtaining asteeMe
selleries, it was with great satisfsetion that he bed lewd
• obis lord who had been elected to fill the isgsrtest
elks Of resident of the Royal Agricultural Society, styles
• aaaaiisa of his name to the object, end teetering •
midi ma the part of the of this untry
Ms* befluelebee should beagriculturis secured.ts He wasco inclinedthat to
think Met the beet course be could panne under the dr-
Maillehintemi was to ask their lordships to appoint • select
ormaidtbes to inquire Into all the circumstances attending
the attempt to obtain this information. He thought it
important to have brought under the notice of their lord-
ships the successful ma in which the object had been
carried out in Scotland, and the imperfect manner in which
It had been carried out in England, and especially in Ire-
land, and he also considered it desirable to include in the
inquiry the present mode of taking the corn averages, with
the view of ascertaining whether some better method could
mot be devised.
The Earl of MALMESBURY add the great point was
to ateertain what was likely te be the result of the harvest,
so as to enable commercial men to engage without such
risk as they had hitherto incurred, in the importation of
awn from foreign countries. He did not see why his noble
friend (Lord Stanley of Aladin) should not take upon
himself the rseponsibility of introducing a bill to carry out
the object. Such • measure would probably meet with very
little opposition in either house. He perfectly agreed with
bits as to the desirability of obtaining accurate ratans in
spits of the insensible prejudices which induced some m-
oons to oppose the object, and their suspicions as to the
motives of those who wished for them.
Lord PANMURE could not help saying that the
soccer which had attended the inquiries in Scotland resulted
mainly from the fact, that those inquiries were carried on
through • body in whom the farmers bad milldams, namely,
the Highland Society of Scotland, whereas the inquiries in
this country were carried on principally by persons who
ware not particularly connected with agriculture. Not more
than a down farmers in Scotland refused to make returns
when first applied to, and in consequence of reptesentations
which were made subsequently that dorea was reduced to
one.
The Duke of ARGYLL said another reason which ope-
rated, he thought, rather powerfully in Scotland was, that
in that country the farmers all held ender leases, and there-
fore the making returns could not prejudice their interests.
The extreme Masteries of many English farmers to sake
retorts was not, in his opinion, considering the terms of
*air taunt, so unreasonable as some noble lords read
think.
The Earl of HARRO WBY observed that as respected the
last harvest the returns were at present so slow as to be of
scarcely any practical utility.
Lord BERNERS had less been of opinion that it we.
wiry desirable that accurate reams should be obtained of
the gross pr wines both of corn and meat. He had
apprehended that aoy evil result would arise hose the truth
being known; on the. contrary, he had alma s felt that it
would be a seat advantage to the country if Information
an the subject were generally diffused. As regarded the
taking the gcs from the niter instead of the buyer,
be thought it very desirable that such an alteration should
be carried into effect.
The returns were then ordered.
Their lordships adjourned at half-past 6.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--JuNa b.
Kr. Frrzaoy, in the almost, of the Speaker, took tho
chair at fear o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Lord ELDDO took the oaths sad his seal for Aberdeen-
alaire.
The following bills were read a third time and pound :
Bolton and Nightiagelea' Road; Ediaborgh and Glasgow
Railwa; Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health ;
Great Western and Brantford Railway ; London and Black-
wall Railway ; London and South Western Railway; Net-
tinehua and Newhaven Road ; Sunderland Doak ; Bills.
The East Kent Railway Bill was, after a short discussion,
lead a mond time.

THE NAVY.
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ecnomittee to inosire into the government of the

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