The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FankAY, APRIL 20.
Tito Loan CaAaoar.toa took his ant ea the wools** at
o S o'clock.
The Combtido Uninnity sad Town Water Bill sad the
Tatman Oas Bill wars severally road a third tins sad
CONVENTION pare
CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA BILL.
Lord WODBROUSS said in this Oscar* of the Surstary
of State for Torcirra Alain, ha bawd to non the second
reading of this bill, which was to 'sable her llnivey to
advance a sass of now by way of luta to the Kin at
Sardinia
The sauna reading was than turned to, and their lord-
ships adj Jawed at a quarter past in.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FmAT, Atm 20.
The SPLISI took the chair at 4 o'clock.
The following bills were read a third time and pissed,
via. :—Bamer Market* and Psblie Institution; Belfast and
County Down Railway ; Colchester Stout Valley, Sudbury,
and Halstead Railway; Orand Jusotioa Water ; Great
Northern Railway (Isamu of Capital) ; Lancaster Water
iand Om ; South Wales Miami Railway ; Southwark and
Vain:bail Water ; Vele of Noah Railway ; and Woolwich
Ignitable Gas; Bills.
The fullowieg bills, the reports ea which had been ordered
to Ile upon the table, were considered sad ordered to be
read a third time, via. :—Jedburgh Railway; Llynvi Valley
and Bridgend Railways; Neweastle-nader-Lyme Gas; sad
Oldham Gas sad Water ; Bills.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
CHURCH-RATER
By Mr. Parrs, that as an emeadatent to the second read.
the of Sir W. Clay's Chunk Rates Abolition Bill, he would
woe for Inv* to brim ia a bill to relieve dissenter from
renal' charges, and etherwies to amend the laws relating
to church sates.
A FRAUD UPON THE REVENUE.
Mr. FULLER wished to ask this Chancellor of the Er.
chooser whether his attention bad been called to a great
imm sit los sew gam en is psalm lemigs hops is lotplieh
pothole ; whether*, Osurwm of the 'abed 11~100
had kid their *lentils sailed to it ; and whether ray pr►
em**. woo la be taken ageism the poetise who had per-
petrated this Med P
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER believed
MO the tread was net carried on to say great extant. Is
eine fasten°, isforstation was reesived that it was about to
be attempted, and three °Seen of the Island Revenue
were mat to watch the premises. The party however re.
seised an intimation, sad stripped of the Boglish pockets
from- the hops. The attention of the excise bad bees
divested to the antdect, but they had every reason to think
that the hand was coafised within very narrow limits.

THE COLONIAL CHURCH.
Mr. DUFFY rose to ask a coneetioa with regard to the
MMus of the dunk of Zeeland in the Australian *Aosta, '
and wall proseedieg to make • statanset " in explanation,"
esffisa
Mr. GLADSTONE rose to order. The hon. gentles 's,
under colour of explaisiag a gentian, was in reality enter-
img into matters whisk were of as extremely disputable
mew, and which he (Mr. Gladstone) was prepared to
eentrovert.
The SPEAKER having ruled that the hon. gentleman
was oat of seder,
Mr. DUFFY said he would sow ermine himself to sim-
ply pattineistvitli2e question, end would take soother cope,.
tad of the house. (Hear
bear.)fty of the subject before
He to ask the Under-Secretary far the Colo:
ales whether the government had directed any departure to
be mad* from the Pen of religious equality whisk had
hitherto bees eslnti in the colonies of Australia, and
whether the royal meet had been withheld from a bill
which passed the legislative caused of Victoria in Novem-
ber last, onffilied "an act to enable the bishop., deny,
Nil laity ei IMO united church of England and Ireland,-in
Wiwi*,rr for the regulatios of the drain of the
alliffiteale. implied that the government had gives no
ffilbeelfireemsZenbject to which the question related. The
MI too bus. member alludedlhad been referred to ,
On palm= Oho ezemined bills revolved from the solo-
riewshieillint (Mr. Belk) had not yet sun it. He thought it
bewever, to add that the bill had not bus passed by
lie vs Council of Victoria is sousequense of any I
::ations that they lied received from the home go-
(Hoer, hear)
CHARGES ON SHIPPING.
Mr. TOLLEMACHE asked the Vies President of the
Board of Trade if it was the intention of her Majesty's
government to introduce a measure this session for carrying I
oat the recommendations contained in the report of the I
isimusiesionen appoiated to inluire into the charges on I
skipping.
Mr. BOUVERIE said the inquiries of the commissioners
were not quite complete, and their report as regarded Ire-
land had not yet been laid upon the table. Their report as I
to England embraced a variety of subjects, some of which
were of considerable difficulty. and were complicated by a
peat sow load qualm's. Ha did not think it likeg that
be should be able to lay epee the table this session any
measure imbruing all the recommendations of the out-
noissionen; bethe:bed head a bill is theoilloe almost ready,
which partially dealt with the questioe, and he hoped to be
ibis shortly to 'strode,* that.
THE bOrn REGIMENT.
Lord W. GRAHAM bogged to ask the Vain lioare-
tery for War whether a detachment of the Sl* Zwitseat
had been ordered from Forrnoy to Dehlia, theses as,,. to
Liverpool, where they were emboeliel es beard the Alma
foe the Crimea ; whittle r they wow that brought round to
Portsmouth, and kept on beard several days, till the
Guards arrived alongside the vessel; whether at the last
moment, they were ordered ma slue without their baggage ;
and whether their baggage Wiwi for the Crimea, while
the soldiers were left behind?
Mr. PEEL said it had been Wooled that the Alma
should take the detachment cf the 60th Regiment to Malta,
and not to the Crimea. When the vemelarrived at Ports-
mouth the medical dean there were of 'plebs that the
whole of.tbe troops on board could not poem* without dew.
ger of overcrowding to an ez'ent injurious to their health;
and this detachment was consequently diessharked. As to
the last question, the Quartermaster-Gemerel lad informed
him that he was not aware whether the lwggega lad bees
taken to the Crimea without the men, bat he t it wu
very unlikely. (Laughter.)
THE MINIE RIFLE.

Colette' NORTir,elteiilieElerk of the Ordsasos if the
Guards who sailed for the Crimea is the Alma were to be
furnished with Minis rides when they arrived at Baia-
klara ?
Mr. MONSELL /*plied is the affirmative, and he was
happy to add, epos the authority of the Adjutut•Oeneni,
that the whole of the army in the Crimea was sow armed
with that wespos. (Cheers.)
LORD DU

Capteie BCOBELL eked whether itwee Intended by
the governmeat to entertain the proposition of Admiral the
Earl of Dandassld ; sod, if not, whether the government
would object to the " searching investigation" into the
merits of the Ow which the Earl of Dandonald (*Miaow
M Whin
Vissoush rALIESEETON said the Earl of Dundonald
was a most ilieelessisbad officer, and one tbst combined
naval and penolsel akterlanee with very deep mimics. Thal
noble earl lid kw mom time submitted to the government
of the day a yin wlish be conceived would molly facili-
tate naval atoms ipso tortuous. That plea was referred
bet Tsar to anal risers and scientific ass. It was still
emir the sangiimelisa of her Majesty's governmeat ; and
as these eleemileates he (the noble viewsunt) ris
seeht set On fits precise answer to the quession.nit
wee eseugh Mam that the professional sad scientile mom
to tolostaffiMOM bed bees submitted were of opiwiss ISM
grave eMee weeld lie in the way of a prated' s& emir
Sea of the
Mr. MUM risked to ask whether the statement WWI
true that the geweiuseet bad given orders to the troops to
sweet tie Nem el Sebastopol during the bombardment ?
Vietnam PALMERSTON—No orders have been given
by the government *goer to take the town of Sebsetopol r•
soon as possible. (Loud laughter.)
DEFECTIVEFUEBES.

Mr. M. J. BATC.ISI ;Ohid- Whether _
had not been isseived from the engia•s before Sebestopol
complaialog that the fusses of the she
ramere issfficient and
badly mote.
Mr. MONSELL most beg the belies to diringuish
between mortar sod other fumes. Those invented Id Cap-
tain Boxer had answered admirably; but letters h been
:waived complaining of the mortar fosses. The first eMeiel
complaint was dated the 13th of March ; bat private letters
had bees seat home at a mach earlier period. A sew fusee
had bees invested and tried at fibosburyser with each
wens that 6,000 had been sent out to the Crimea; bat
within the last few days he had received a letter from Cao-
tain Ward, the commander of the artillery at Balaklava,
',Whig that he lad discovered a plan by which the old ones
could be made perfeetly serviceable. (11•ar, tom)
WAYS AND MEANS—THE BUDGET.
On the motion of the CHANCILLOI of the Eines-
*WU, the beam then went into &committee of wale sad
mesas. The &Madames both of members sad of Onagers
was far from large, tied Omagh the number of those mama
lasmeeed, the hems could Namely st say period
be mid to be fall.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said-1
feel, sir, that some apology, or at least some exploitation. Is
due to the house for the postponement of the flasneial state-
meat of her Majesty's government till the pretest .nest.
It was the wish of the roomiest that that statement
should be se semplate sad, so far as lay la their power, se
setisfestery to the house ea possible; sad tb, y were sppm-
hessive that if shortly after the formlatkos of a sow admi-
oistration, sad shortly after the appoialmeat of a sew Chats-
*snot of the ltzettapeer, that statemeat had bees male, it
would hays bees leas setisfeetcal the* if a lapse( tine had
bees sitowed to elapse. They Was felt that then would be
as detect,* Is wailful tilt the ilameisl you had /s-
-pied, bemuse it would aerie them to by the
maul mesa% h a =Lye prima Nom before the hoses.
At the lama time, the osaisaessas et Wham lei bat Lady
beset berm, sad hoe MMenty's emenumaf thank, it
would be mere seemly If at the erwownfonme of pool