The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-17 00:00:00

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LtvaitrooL, Nov. 16.—The market continues dull, and
with a drooping tendency. There is a further reduction
on quotations, which are thus reported in the committee's
list :—Caledoniun. 291—Eastern Cowries, 12 7-16—Eaet
Lancashire, 19:—Laneuhire and Yorkshire, 861—London
end North Western, 124—Midland, 781—South Eastern
and Dover, 23: —York and North Midland, 29—Dutch
Rhenish, c. d.
MANCHlaraa, Nov. 16.—Prices are still depressed, but
there has been a good business. Chester and Birkenhead,
211 c.—Caledohians, 291—Eastern Counties, 12 7-18—Eut
Lancashire, 191—Leeds, 861—London and North Western,
1241—Sheffield, 311—Midland, 781—North Western, 9 n.—
South Eastern, 23}—South York&ire (four per cent.). 191
—Sheffield, Rotherham, Mc., 231 C.
Butratmonar, Nov. 18.—There was very little doing in
this market to-day, but shares were lower generally. Bir-
mingham and Stour Valleys were done at 101.

REGISTERED LETTERS FOR RUSSIA AND I'OLAND
—The following notice to the public has been issued by the
Postmaster-General :—An additional rate of postage will
hereafter be charucahlx upon all registered letters sent from
this country to Russia and Poland, in the Prusaiin closed
Mal. Ma Belgium. Such letters, on being posted in the
United Kingdom, must in future be charged with the sum
of 3id., when not exceeding half an ounce, 7d. when ex-
ceeding halt an ounce and not exceeding an ounce in
weight, and so on, in addition to the usual rate of postage,
and to the British and Prussian registration fees of Gd. and
3d. respectively. Thus, fora letter not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, the charge will he :—Ordinary postage,
114 d.: additional postage, 31d. ; British registration fee,
6d. ; Prussian ditto, 3J.: total, 24. For a letter exceeding
half an mince and not exceeding an ounce in weight, the
charge will to :—Ordinary postage, ls. 114. ; additional
postage, 7d.; British registration fee, 6d. ; Prussian ditto,
3d.: total, 3s. 3d. these rates must in all cases be paid in
advance.
GOLD AND SILVER COINAGE IN RUSSIA.—The
Journalua de Miner contains the following information on
the quantity of gold and silver coined in Russia since
1826. From that period to 1851, the total value of the
gold and silver ptoduccd has been 2,&55,709,000 silver
roubles. (here were importel from foreign countries, in
ingots and specie, 169,295,000 roubles ; there were exported
the value of 48,360,000 roubles; and that amount, being
dellogad from the value of the quantity produced and
Importod, le.isrs 426,714,000 roubhs. Of that sum
thorn were transmitted to the Mint of St. Petersburgh
418,826.000 roubles; coined, 340,000,000; struck as medals,
1,707,000; and sent away in ingots, 39,462,000. It re-
milM from these &toll+ that the gold -
fa Russia, from 1626 to 1851, have amour
*troubles.

t :na';ll;er coln7ci
pined to 380,00W0
ca.
0•11-1;' :!te,
r 7.4 t't
for - 44, = •

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TursDAY, Nov- 16.
TIN LOC, CHANCILLOIL took his seat st 6 o'clock.

_
MANNING THE NAVY.
Lord BROUGHAM wished to put a questio• to the
noble duke opposite, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Be
believed that towards the close of last session a commission
lernamittee was appointed to inquire respecting unworn
ks meaning the navy. He now wished to ask whether any
Mops had barn talieu by that COMOIIIiIOII or committee/
The question was one of the utmost importance a: the pre-
sent moment, for it related to tho effactive force mud condi-
tion of ear navy, aria if aay man, either in parliament or
out of it, shoiskigrualimmoney when mosey could procure
esemeett, thic man, he mast say, ought not to be listened to.
(Beer, brat.)
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said that he bad
no difficulty whatever in answering the question of his
WM* and burped friend. There was a committee, not •
illesamisakiii. under the Board of Admiralty now sitting to
inquire genera:ly into the state of the manning of the bevy,
and embracing ever) thing connected with the conditina of
our se lama. It bad been sitting tut several moths, but no
report heart yet hero made. The committee wan composed
of many most distinguished officers, in whose judgment the
greatest confidence could be placed, sad who would ever
kayo pronnuently in view the gaud of the *Mice. 110 es-
tlrely wined that the question was one of great tea-
pentane.,
Lord BROUGHAM said when be spoke of the ezpenve,
he had in has eye the undoubted fact of the wages being so
much better in either branches of the 04.1 service than is
OW navy ; and not °my in our own merchaat service, bat
k the Amerman vernier. (11,4 t, WM.)
_ BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND hut.).
811.1.5

Oa Ow notion of tat tart of llaa•e, this 1111 was read
• woad ties*.

On the question that the standing orders Noe. 37 and 3A
lee tu'l'inassi, in order to allow of the bill parent( through
its remaining Inner*.
Lord CA NIPIIELL said that he entirely approved of the
bill, but hie object iu addressing the house was to remove
some alarm whi:o appeared to be felt on this subject. It
had ben suggi still that foreign drawers and endorsers
Might he released Bona their liability if bills due on the
18th init. were not presented on that day. But that
opinion was quite unfounded, because he apprehended that
It was ■ maxisn of mercantile law that that which was to be
done in each country was to be taken according to the law
of that country. Now, the priceentraeut fur pajasent would
be according to the law of England, and therefore the
foreign drawer end endorser would be liable as much as if
the bill ha I been pees. rated on the
Lord no no did not inteuil to utter any oppoeition to
the bill, 'sat be we. afraid that some inconvenience might
arise. The object was to make bills due on the 18th pay-
able on e preceding day, and that might be dune without
causing any inconvenience when the parties were British
subjects, but in the ease of a foreign drawer who might
have to look to a foreign endorser a difficulty would arise,
for the remedy in that ease would have to be enforced in a
foreign court, and as the of of the prevent bill was to
alter the nature of the contract which had been made
abroad the law of the foreign country would regulate the
payrneut of the hill as between foreigners abroad. Be
would suageit that it would be as well for all holders
of bills due un the 18th, and which might not be presented
on the 17th, to present them again on the 13th, because it
bad been held that when there was a physical restraint upon
the presentiment, such as riot., on the day when the bill
was due, tb.• non-presentation was excused, if the bill was
presented as soon as the physical restraint was withdrawn,
at the earliest practicable moment. Such a measure as the
present might be considered such a restraint on the present
moment as would be encased.

Lord CAMI'III..LL said that foreign endorsers would be
liable to what might be good law in England at the tanner
presentation.
Lied TRURO said he referred only to foreign contracts.
Lard BROUGHAM said that when two judges gave
opinions not ezactly the sane, he hoped they wowed not
eamaider thenvelves bound by the opinions which they
might there express if the point woe over brought before
them juilrially.
The bill then paned through its remaining stages.

FUNEKAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
Lord REDESDALE brought up the report of the cot•-
mittee appointed to consider the best mods in which the
haw could smut at the funeral of the late Duke of Wel-
lington. The committee would sit again to-morrow (this
depl.
The clerk at the table then read the report, bat is so low
• tone a. to be inaudible in the gallery.
The Earl of DERBY said that there was one point eon-
meted with the report on which noble lords might wish to
empress as opinion. He should, therefore, move the fol-
lowing resolution That the house be represented is the
peetawaiow by the Lo.d Chancellor alone.' With respect
es the delivery of the tickets at the Earl Marshal's Wise,
every facility would be afforded.
The re✓)lution was then agreed to.
LAW REFORM.

The LORD CHANCELUSW rose for the purpose of
staling to their lordships what steps had be taken sines
they Wet met is order to fury into isionities the bills that
were passed in the tut nelson is regard to the Comet of
Mammy, and other matters eoeneeted with that imet,
sad she to state what were the further meanies vikit the
gmenemeet proposed to lay before their Ismidignamil the
ease house of parliament for earryise eat the
whirl' the legislature bad in raw ors the
of law reform. The bills which were psmN, WM, Me&
ships were aware, wore three in anaphor es pegorthed the
peoarediar is the Court of Chancery. one MR was she
the hisiskedis of the riles of Master us Chimney, aid is-
troshasisi a new system relied a chamber 'yam with yes
geed to those matters which sp to that time had bees prase-
mind by the Nesters is their owa chambers. The nest
bill we for "the im grummet of the/uNiediellia of fortify,"
adthe third hal wu * dm ahem M NWT Re-
lief Act," which certainly bed Wools& gnat re-
lie I. the redsetios of solarise and the aboU.
doe of what appeased to be smeller and
ellesa. It bed bean meth thejeasties of perie
ass s'lgail..alliatns ill op Catgadlothentilinth Ilk
but to leave Mint othrythleg t• be anted hole allewlia
by orders to be made by the met vita the bib bed prat.
Ite seal some their lordship% thesolbee. that the whets if
kis emetics sad seem kal bees pehedpolly
IN
br •
genies of legidellea, emetlotes with well smell= INA.
wet the arborse et his learned Meows% in mid le
wed, whet hod born eandored anewary te plee OA OM
%these me of pediment. They IMPS seer Is tall epee-
ties, end he amid swore their IeedISINIM what le bed
already ere, he thought they mad dad gemeylbleg
whisk the waseery and parlismot in dew ; mi be
=lst he MOO mom lie sett OM the Gebel. with
antis meld he added la 0
.Ithm mold be
soak es to mks the old peemb to be
and lead to the imadmiso ef a sow Ze-e7i=
that there was se semi lathy senatry is tibia wanness of
=Torbe added w rapidly—he did ad mean with
, whisk ohm all ts was to be Aspedetel
la the obathimeeles of MAN ; but by " bade" be must
I. used 'pied —speed as teaes was d
emitheat with the met
i
morn del boredom. flat spe mil ass be Owes
endue ' la the Cost el M he emory, sea lisped le to
&mask before be eat dews, that the espesse
amid
/guile
m es to maim list
whisk
it, et ems popli le itsepeellem sad
:IL wsge. (Rear, MO Them was a sr*g
width bed been remedied by some et the dim whisk
ban honed by himself; it was sa elpest whisk be hod
drape bed mesh at heart, sad hod ernsaymed le edgy
Imo aosislles Is IM ; it was thie—mat Mew Medi bi
• SUM* el liallades, es it were, vials the seset es lei
as Mitest the emit (lieu, hear.) The holism ha
eats of pailisseent to preveat melee hem
saes Mime, hat I. the waft half Zallite, 2
hoed ee be braeght formed at e Mem.
mins ese =dea
ns. Their beithip =lse wider. sits
=lito tide abet : that so appal hem a dune et
lt the Omm of Obeasery absell be made
otter Om yaw hem the eseisaM et mob
eine or war. _ it the early eras of the Court of
Clammy the etwelosent was to take pleas at Mee ; the is.
Orniee, therefore, as to empsl a party to eine to that
bout fee relief walla See pen aft- Melaka his dads.
Sot parties had ernetwady bees allowed la the Omit if
Obencery at thy period to come fee a mid of oarelthea%
ism pro Pale, which they obtained es a stleeer et natal;
and Yaw it Mus bemead that 16 oe 17 yeses Ad the de.
me Ia the Coe. of Chascery parties Name sad appeirl to
their lordships home. This we. aa evil of all nuts .is
to be avoided. No hasty decides, sohurry tee away a
ma's right of appeal, bet so door should be MA eyes he
ossetant, initatiag sad lesg-aegleded litigation of Me
Mae. This defect had sew bees eared by the
seders for the heath of the pablie at huge. la =
*au, nobody a to have the right °lapped is the NM of
Chancery after lee years; sad, lit the nut dad, easy
party era to enrol his deem or order wields eta mai. i.
cihi
wa sad after five years bad elapsed he was not at teleitallet
MU, thaw by the special order of the Lard alba%
fa a use of great nueseity • pity 1.1111.1 be M
de se, but generally all parties wall Mills the
time limited. Therefore, by thi morn thins meld he •
statute of Umitatios widths the am% se WI as litheat
the court. Now, as to the blll he as mese et whom is
Chancery. the mists ander dot mmiseChei Ahem sel64
esi the great aim had bees to Mass them Is
number, and eery noseidtrably le thew And
with regard to fees, they were sof sely but Yee is
amosst, and the whole eyeless was preatly eimellimi.
New, he meet explain the sabers of the7Wi is the Coast
K Chaseary. He wished t• mill task leedallifge deentirn
ad that of every sae is the may, Is as Mete ern Move
of thole heads est of we the mob of Ms idl.llllMeatien
eietia. were pel4 &ad the mem which he
ern barth.r to ,swiss these earn the
owing which hod bees elleeted. 9,11161. • yearalA
had Mee thrown on the hinds is eineelima by the Me im
preversents, Worm parliament had gives sad brae lOW
peosedea, sad at the mme time had -sated nue
gam ; gad altbotteb the fees had bee sedeled,
yet the ammo bad ti• se osodderably beseeend ;
the saving to the Naito, betwesa the hes Impend het mar
✓ed the Pass which mold sew be im=sLuadie Os=
Just Mead, mesa set he low than • peer.
was to he issemstsd lim la ems meow% by • law lIIM,
WaseltalltieV=7:sa itie"..teed it: Ihelz,z7.l.
..1.1....,by *. edam t. mt is. k e
sihaluistratim if earn be b
ete pis
is
and not by tbe aim the cast the
the property la the sesekeeght met I. be JIM by the mem
try, but In the ohs. ris Mint la bane AIM IS se
to • snort of jambe. awl te bath the elision of a GM hes
Marianas ; bit It eseesats sere eye limit GM elan

to be guarded and Mgt is eider flop emit mimeo ebjeet 1
to the expenditure for that edea ioa in onset than if
the same operation bed taken pines set of court, aadibere-
fors the country could not be required tom them. • Them
was, therefore, a very obvious distinction Is these two dm
seriptions of expenditure. He mos, now haw their lorded
ships' attientio• to the state of the two fends ia Nth"
Court of Chancery. There were two Nude upet
whish the court drew—one b called "the suitors'.
(land.
end the other is called " the suitors' ha feaVrtito
miters' fund arose iu this way: vast caste of messy
were in the court, and those sums which were not
repaired to be invested by the parties the court bad
been in the habit of investing from time to time, viz., that
portion of unemployed cash which the suitor had not re-
quired to be invested. rhe suitor was mot liable to any
Motivation in the (wide, but could demand the amroint of
his cosh et soy time. There was now a sem of 2,200,0001.
which hail been invested is this way, and that constituted
the suitors' fund. That fund had hoes appropriated by
parliament to the payment of salaries, compensation, and
expenses, and it was now producing 111,0001. and • frau.
Lion, which wee appropriated to the payment of the ex-
penses of the court in the administration of Justice. The
sums thrown upon this fund by psalmist amounted to
43,3201., leavintr • surplus of 63,5231., which was directed
by the Suitor.' to Chancery Relief Act of last session to be
carried to the suitors' fee fund. The suitors' fee fund
was • fund derived from duties imposed, fees payable
by the suitors, and fines incurred by the authority ot per-
Lament. Thu balance of 63,5231. came in aid of that
fond, and the min this year to be ;provided for as
charges on the fee-fund, would be 167,4601, which would
leave an amount of 93,9271. to be levied this year by lees on
suitors generally—the whole amount to be levied for the
year ensuing on all the suitors. Although that was a large
sore, yet it us, small in comparison with the actual amount
of bovines,' done. The amount of bee bet year wee
133,8421., and the estimated amongst this would be
93,9271. Then there wee to be added a ems ors met of fees
received by Alarm, which would nuke an anaaat of
44,4391., which would be the amiss Abbot is the year.
But then the officers of the court used to furnish copies of
Instruments, and charge • certain amount per folio, which
produced a sum of ten thousand a year. The solicitors com-
plained of this, as taking away their own proper business ;
and they said they could do it better if it was left to them.
The solicitors were now to furnish copies themselves, and
this was not • saving to the suitors, because they would
have to pay their own solicitors. This cham=
not imposed by the court in any manner w
Taking this 10,000/. off the 44,4391., the wetnei
saving would be 34,4391. for the coming you. Now, it
wee necessary fur him to mate the particulars of the greet
fund under the care, and which stood in the name, ot the
Aecounteat-Gencral of the Court of Chancery. In the first
plate, some arrangement had been made, end justly enough
too, as regarded the officers, because they hod boon thelined
to give every facility. Toe Accountott-Oesecore Aim hod
been shut during the whole of the escotios, and We wee •
greet hardship to those persons who had mall beim§
payable from funds in the Court of Chenomy. The
Accountant-General had at this muscat dissitabg in his
name a sum of 48,016,1111111, an moillioee eumot to be
elder the jurisdiction and seta et the Conn of Oblatory ;
but he had the satisfaction ef telling their tomiskips that
there was no claim which might not be telly answered
from that fund. During the last yob the ash
sad stock which had been turned over enemata II
The moth received by the court last yeer, eel-
iodiodX:
deeds on stock, was 6,173,6761., end the tee
The stock was of two kinds—stock or by the
court, and stock sempted or transferred by theme& The
stock purchased by the court last year eintombid to
2,181,2491., and that mid to 1,629,0091. ; melds( together
4,010,2661. 'rim sleet asespowl to the same assented
to 11,382,6911., ed that tau (erred to 151, IW. Their
lordship; would be wrack by the similarity ef the mmosints
in the two eases. Patting ell the tralumstlem tegstbm the
result was that the court bad set masa to bey um them
230,0001. worth of stook le most ail *loss •
though the real arrempsmems areastsa le el=r arrole;
millions. Two descriptions of penone were enraged in eso
eying on those transactions—the broker and the jobber.
The latter bought and sold stock all day long, and
had the turn of the market sash way, pod that was his
peat. The Aswastasefirarsallr having this vest sum
of forty-eight Mem of disitt west every day on
the bock Exchange, and beestil an Ihe reek required to be
bought, and sold all that wan ossobed to be sold. In deal-
fag with this Lamm fart hi bard to be able to effect a
Inn ann. The Warn! Ma UM seaddered by a coin-
Millie ef the Mar, of Omar, who, le their second re-
B&W itolln thb
•oosibeimemns :.—t
heel dho at tlite
tosrtemdto:
i Ant Airmastaal" beard oisaZd be paid by
• per I ideal only the beam ef oink required
to he lesgkt or ocheash day 16141 be Maas ens sold,
whereby leibrop as the nordader wedeln laved to
the imam !Ids sessermadmiea bed sem hen carried
any further. Neilibred hem that eummilltne es to the sp-
propriation of the swing. There was so mbomity what-
ever for the Ammatent-Gaseral to go ad bey and sell
every day, or lag day, Wm the repel wee actually
wanted br the oirsies. thsediew by ea rrange-
ant, by IMMildning the hide bademis ialiZerlards to
thy different bintbblir emerldeimmelell he hlai perfectly
right aid whs. sad a woks of at least
12,0001. • year to the niter mkt mans. Bet
he wadi sot thew i Ad Mang into the sowed bd. He
that it &dap to the mine side. she net to
Cilleitid. In tablas a wha• year's rearodess it would
only be mesesaxy to min ell these moo* ad dovetailing
taiimererly in krommytee sell or bey moo MAW. or
worth argil*. Mu that Mil be te ante a
pirriMille wild moll be as MI rime as at
meTf,or arab deloolty ha ille wog t It might be
aid. °law as pamolda the pipe yobs to be pia
so ame by_lbeMereat pertir wird there b we
Ma Inwnalin. bat when it as only made es we
be rimaeldwl to met that la • red Miler
beery mos* The Book of &PM seek the FM of
e ovloyezier if bid imp ay lip ban eels* adthis
it Aimee mop. lb to take that
z...• sleek oelhelissAcelbsaitiltrth every ens
ma told that day. That would be fair ell
I and it weal be attended with this farther
eery Ma am were Mead to be
Mookorell to COM mess according to ihe pin or
a Om day. This NM seek of the an o'clock
=Led be ailed for these troainetire ; end • very
awe wrdl dna be saved to seam Them
Dar arh
El cone_
ir. stail • re wiper, bat t ear'rally= he MA ni
The met sold limbo airlreatly with fhb MA
of which it was Iholowilse; ellemdso wen Moira id *a
latoreethad diebraimeappespisted athil. Winds yew
=as, Ms, wren Mare, doe my asessispa ash
he laid eat lgy the erest,oalre it was she swirl
by Or parties to hs Amu* the wart Meld Me the
Melt oil ther Immo% Ma twe • at ** sad of Mt
peel* if dm theo the piny at
the be Masi buret of the Canino/at at
the peso of the cloy. Ile mad to relieve the suitor
la ,meter way._ An moot bed bees laid Minos
the bore in 1661, ia
M t
aihe shape of • new b
the
. ra
eisserteasiessrelm the meat at ad Ma-
im is Merest 'meats la Ms sem sr keit with br
or, twenty-leo, m Sig yaws; also the emit la la mare
en whisk livideade had ast hem elaird. lag of then
ma, it right molly be Leim amid aim be odd for.
Ile pecoetetishat the Mauler Meld bo *ewe&
toz Me aseseelo. est ellwilai eg q sigx
bail law ohm los paw dant Mos
with, end se rim these suns whisk la his grim right
be dash with, and Invested without Wary to the
bolareeted—the imeemat te be as armed Oat rez
en messed should Mem • Nabs eeses the pry ia-
loneasd Mali Ilse blo feed with dl the refirmb am It.
At pima these miss were Masa se es is ie.
Met to the said had. What be was, that
the Ohmeallor about have pewee te that the divi-
dend". her tire se Mee. Mead et Wag iniNsii, should
M said to she earldom** ef juin me as so Wien
the seam The lair Ma ef ten Mess ten Mare'
lhoorod pad% te whir be had sallena, wee United
whoa the Mai were at 70 ; they threfors had the
benelt ef the diereses of peen lle yeneeed, elms
that at the oremba ef a meta wasiber el rue id
fed Meld be eralad. I. me WI barna
that it woo ha nodes as be doolsimel teen
rapidly, la lho ems el the wed, *ea ft wood sow
be la dr Ord of , bat also Oat Iles tire mold
nese whet the soft= is Cheaary meld have so es*
whaler (as we umbsored the soles lid) to pay, la
=with this Mk whisk ke add a sired hid, be
ioneller it asorway to mew the perm an.
The Ibio lakillia WNW when the asselidated lend meld
be same fen eerie* el the &Min be salarin, be., to
dish ft ass sew Vedas if this e5..4 were selleed to ry
11169 Wads% Mee wee se rears why the *we Meld not
ho eallmmil Is *dr payment. The bill tee
ellisielei them
WM la Xll5l p, shealdbmallsolly by it en
OM iho of the Mestere I/streamliner, la Obeassoy.
Uourp6l44 aemsewad
At pima
.......
ow:411r as peas
sou
= peseea soy
ooe a /277aF:limsesteingis too
iiii Teelbule.
ow* sal to men WV At fees now abooser4
aro pailerou He wadi sow state Mt be
to dit la eider se carry out the wishes of their
ad 110 other his., as to lunation in Chancery. TM es.
ormisat thifths it right that then Maki be • new mia.
Mils* to Mesh ortor maim Mehl be WWI
=srof lhe Visdaresolles, sad ewer lose
Tito Abet ef Ihe prommll ma. ad
the reams abed, einreasea *MI be
he the sera die rem Ist thraldom be en i=
pee disk peeper the tomedprime hi had Lot
taro odd* As eisraidesibibir the woddeesilira Mb.
massy sr lasso of bar , .)
Memori am hid of eoun a•rbareds.losise me l
ids,,
ese mar la orelber,
_red the Mersa embeisa provalled.
Meer, bear.) The sells and learned lord then fadarred
111 the mos of is Kr.
pest ikult, a lunatic (se we milma the
of while he Maid at basemodst d),
bet ia so
Walt Tee rise Ad they Wad room de liellery.
Ile propeeed es Meld horsiligriaa *le the washing of
throe coons, and the entriblithemet a ewe single rule for
the courts of the whiff, muntry. Another seed 11111 which
be timid leered' s, Wm connected with the patent
le subblinting saw is lieu of fees. TM noble
and lard thee aaisrsed to the suhjset of Messy gene.
rah and amid that the difil:eity would be to rein:mi-
dis Me soma a having juriedietion, which it
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visit those nylons, and to look attar their management. In
the nano of time, the existing acts had come to require
several amendments. Those aines4seate were in progress,
end, with the andeleser et the 'teak east and the meanie-
sionenrin Ld every ninon to believe that even obstacle
whielifindilfitherto impelled the well-working of the coos s-
olos would be removed. The next subject to which luy would
cell their lerdraips attention was liankruptay. The bill of
1849 codified the Moe ma that subject, cad -amended them in
manylteepeeta, but Is star to work out the details of the
mesas., certain rules and orders wen agoessary. Up to
the beginning of the lest vacation then rules and orders.
though they had beta prepared, bad aster been hexed;
for they required the !approbation of the Lord Cheapener
and of eight oommissioners. lie wee happy to ny that
eight of those gentlemen hail at 1 at been got together, and
with their assistance he had been able to issue the new orders.
Ile would state what he had beard with groat eatiefee-
tion, that It was the intention of government to proceed
with what wascallod a digest of the mintiest law. A com-
mission had sat on that subject for meson er eight year.,
which had predated valuable math& M legit se upon ;
sad, after the isapeaditure et mew titemesile, the pan
would be anxiou■ that that many elmseii met be lost, try
but
that we should have en set of parliament comprieing a di-
gest of the criminal law. Looking at the great Mali of
ineeerialmireedy wowed, it wee set propened to renew
Ibet esesubeies. Me weight so that he we. se Mend to
sioniedese M gesereL The noble and ham& lewd then
proesedisti to chin., as far es we could gather, his opinion
ward • illipst iet the civil law, there being groat inconve-
nines is • ins set of parliament, and he concluded by
expressing • hap that in the projected bills be should hove
the eielenmee dither noble and learned lords, who, though
they stied set agree with them in everything, yet might
feel disposed le melet. The subje •st had • greet deal to do
with the adnalnietretioa of justice, and he trusted they
would give their valuable aseistanee, without which the
labours of the pumafere of the measure might be ineffectual.
Lord BRO OKAY expressed his gratitude to the noble
and learned lord for the statement be had Mut made. Look-
ing et the great importance of the subject opened by his
noble and learned friend, and not only opened, but to a
great degree &named, by him—at their variety, at the diffi-
culty of some of them, and the importance of all of them,
it would be quit* out of the question that he should even
attempt,, if he could, to follow his noble and 1 d friend
ova the great field which he had so ably and learnedly
toughed upon. Suffice it to say that be reserved ha opinion,
as their lordeldpe would, oa the various measures of his
noble sad etell friend till they saw the bills. On none
he onlietehted eneiderable doubt He could not conclude
without en ease non his earnest hope that he
should on mote scorns taken by criminal legis-
lation for the t tpmo of provesting bribery end corruption
at elections. ht that could no: be done in either
of the two ways is which it was usual to propose that it
ahead be done, Oise by secret voting by ballot or by a
I Owe ismer* d tkc esnetitnent body. As t r the ballot, he
had, he woad set lay aa invincible, bat a great repug-
name to it. (Seer, hear.) Then as to the number
of the eenatitsiste, though he was strongly of opinion
that they sesta is many instances to extend the number
yet it wren eft account of its tendency to prevent bribery.
A few hundreds in the most numerous constituency were
sufficient-to turn the scale, and they would be the persons
moat likely to be bribed. He thought, therefore, that some
ether messes,. which wen more effectual ought to be taken
Is peeving that which had been a great curse to the
isrentry.
Then leminhip thee adjourned at ten oblates to 8 o'clock.

HOUSE OF OOMMONB.—TUZSDAY, Nov. 16.
The SriAult' took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock.
Four members were sworn in ; amougst them were'Sir
W. Molesworth nud:Mr. O'Brien.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.

PETITIONS PRESENTED.

Oniciara. !recoils Tax.—By Mr. A. HASTIE, from
Alexander Mimi, as chairman of a meeting of the inhabi-
tants of Glasgow, praying to abolish all iodized taxation
and substitute a general income tax.
INTISNLTIONAL POSTAGIL-By Mr. CAIRNS, from the
Chamber of Commerce, Belfast, in favour of a cheap inter-
national postage.

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CABE OP MR. H. R. NEWTON.
Mr. HUMIi wished to ask whether any inquiry had
been instituted into the complaints of Mr. H. R. Newton,
who in June last was arrested in Verona, imprisoned and
treated with great indienity, and all explanation then and
that, refused, and whether any apology had been offered by
the Austrian government.
Lord STANLEY said that is the month of June last a
I British subject named Newton had been arrested in Verona
' under eircumstenees of considerable hardship. The cir-
cumstances of the case were these. Mr. Newton was
arrested by the authorities of Verona for, it was supposed,
sketching the fortifications of the city. The city was at
the time in a state of siege, and there was no reason to sap-
pow that he was treated with any peculiar severity or hard-
ship. He was taken to the guard-house, and his rooms and
papers searched, but nothing whatever being found to im-
plicate him in any way he was ordered to be set at liberty.
This order was given, but it was not obeyed, and
Mr. Newton was not liberated till the following morning.
Mr. Newton unfortunately did not state the case in the first
instance to the British consul, but sought redress frsm the
Austrian authorities. When he did not obtain redress
frees them. he repraented the case to the British Consul.
General. Meetly after this a complaint was made by Bir
WOliem Istetos, the father it Mr. Newton, to the govern-
ment. In the 16th of July, immediately on the receipt of
whisk r isquiry was set ea toot, and the come sent to
Lord Weetheleshod. Al wee anal in these cases there
wee a disetegeari la the aleeemiy sad a lengthened cor-
nmeal hawses the two governments. But,
sers==las setresiseat had impressed their regret at
the aleeemesmee, siessapaaied with a promise that is
hawse cosy OM 111111111 he taken to prevent such ill treat-
ment hem etwanis, to was the opinion of this government
the* wedges NOM mat be asked from Austria, under the