The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-07 00:00:00

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

The LORD6ENCELLbisardth;t7report had been
received troni the clerk assistant relative to the transmission
of bills Weems the two Home. ot parliament.
Lard MON TEAOLE had called the attention of the house
last session to the delay and *sponse of the system of en-
' grossing bills, and he hoped measures would be takes to pet
an end to it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the best town
would he t 3 appoint a committee to consider the subject.
Agreed to.
*flair' lordships then, at a quarter to six o'clock, adjourned
until Monday.

ROUSE OF COMMONS-TunDAY, P. 8.
The Elmuma took tbe chair as_4 o'olook.

PUBLIC quarqsa:

PETITIONII.—Mr. viEfift:h73;—thauivirlims, preying At sa
alteration of the law men snedlag toms the Clank
of England. —CoL Lallagrigni rend Juries and Mogi at
In Ireland, against the Poor.law.—lard ASHLEY. from Mirg=
melon, on the midden of beer.housse.—Mr. MUMB,lhmOeyion. mom.
heavy taxation.
l'Plairgf of
a. 9 OF MOTlON.—Oserrion.—Lord MAHON, on an early
day, with rapent to the trameportalloa and measgement elesavicea.
Cam 8119111011 P, on the misselieneanseardniatis,
to Wow all the civil solarise at ministerial oases to one ball Mir
present amount.
F•aocou•s.liersuoir.—Lard ASHLET, kr kayo to bring la a MU to
senelnitis all periehes la Englandand Webs emitalaimg Jos WO la.
habitants (Feb. Mk
Crwron•—Mr. WOllllOOl, to renew the mocks at lest soaks
respecting the maaagemeat of the Customs department.
Ockues.—Mr. MUMS, hr swiss at despailises Wen the °avenge
of Calms resolved reentay.
Onus AT ion Thum—Lewd J. MULL. co Monday, Feb. 19, to
bring in a bill to alter the form death token by members at the table.
Mr. W. PATTEN moved that the committee on the
standing orders be appointed—Agreed to.
IRISH CHANCERY RETURNS.
Mr. SADLEUR moved that the return of the flail decrees
for the sale of landed property in Ireland, propounded within
the last five years by the Irish Court of Chancery, he ,
ordered on the 3rd of July last, be made forthwith.—
Agreed to.
NEW WRIT.
Oa the motion of Mr.,TUFN ELL, anew writ was ordered
to be issued for the election of • member for South Stafford.
shire, in the
FOR room of Lord 'a
LD SERVIC O dmire—now Earl Talbot.
MEDALS
Mr. HOME asked whether, as medals have been given for
retrospective military services in the Peninsula, and to the
navy for exploits at sex, the veterans of the armies of the
crown and of the Mast India Company are to have a similar
attention paid to them for the battles of Assam Leswaree,
Titahuldee, Mahedpoor, Kirke., &e. &c.
Sir J. HOSHOUSE said that the order made by the
house in respect to Peoinsular medals, did not extend to the
victoria referred to by the hon. member.
VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.
The Earl of LINCOLN asked if there would be any objec.-
Mosta lay on the table soppy of the grant of Vancouver's Island
to the Hudson's Bay Company, together with the correspond-
. .nos sad a copy of the report made respectiog that settlement.
t Lord J. RUSSELL said that the two first papers would
r be laid on tne table, but he could not at present say whether
r the report would be furnish( d.
CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS.

In =ewer to a question from Kr. Homiest!,
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was the intention of govern-
ment to alter the oemposition of the Rodesisatioal Commis-
sion, and a hill would be introduced to effect that object.
With respect to the cathedral establishments, as they had
already undergone some changes and reforms, he could
not as, that the government intended to legislate on the
subject.
THR VERNON GALLERY.
Mr. HUME asked the First Lord of the Treasury whe-
ther any steps have been takes, as recommended by the
select committee of the House of Commons of the last 11413-
ries, to provide a proper situation in the National Gallery for
the neeptica of the valuable collection of paintings presented
to the ma/km by Mr. Vernon.
Lulli. RUSSELL said that, so far as mere mosey was
ossanal, he entertained no intention to ask parliament to
grant say sum for the purposes of the national gallery.
The sersegement of the Vernon collection was only a tem-
porary 000.
Mt. HUME said that the other half of the National Gal-
Is=ht is be appropriated to shops/ponied receiving this
Led J. RUSSELL observed that :ht. Royal Academy
pistons were placed there.
Mr. HUME said that the Royal Academy was rich enough
to build a gelleqy foe its own pictures.
PORTUG USSR AND SPANISH TARIFFS.
Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to a snestion, stated
that the tariffs in force between Great Britain sad Spain
end Portugal were already printed,
king be
laid on the
table last session. The tariff which had been agreed to be-
tween the British and the Aramlianosorernmente would not
ease cats operation until the year 18
60.
BRIGHT begged to ask whether the prospective
operation of the Bian tariff had any redrew* to a pros-
padre alteration of the legislation of this country, to be
prepaid by the government in respect to the Brals. He
alluded spesian_y to the act peered In 1836, whereby power
'respires to British ships to seine Brasil ship, unsaved in
the slave trade. The poespenement of the tariff' to nao was
too distant a period, -and lie wished to know whether its
adegeine Wipes, or referred to, any serum to be
her eafter the British government.
Lord P TON said that, @Fealties from recoils-
, Eon, certainly sot._

--ssiNEWED SUSPENSION OF THE
HABEAS CORPUS ACT.
Sir G. GREY said—Sir, I rise, in pumas, of the notice
which I gave an the fist sight of the esseioa, to ask kw leave
bring in a bill to continue for a limited period the set of
Lot session, for the ampesaica of the Habeas Clops Ass to
Wend. (Hear, bear.) Her Majesty's governmeat maid
gladly have arrived at the ouclesion if they could hue
dews ea comistsatly with their duty,' that the time bed
swim& whoa the eztraordisary pours solrmksi to them by
parliament by the act of kat meson, sad the swedeumee of
which I have sow to peopoa, ooald be Mk* Mowed
with and withdra would hot Mrjutregeuromeat
hue arrived at the coed that the Use hod ume when
the ordinary power of the law with which the elteeltire
government is us ordinary times entrusted would be saftici-
sat to enable the Lord IA
of Ireland adequatel to
discharge than responeible duties which are atta
to the Wks which he holds. Mr, her Majesty's
governowat are deeply sensible ci the gorily Glib' preposi-
tion which I, cm their part, have wow to asks to the loam
They are set insensible to than swims st‘estiime whisk
mast Gad ought to be estertaked to the lisnommy sups-
aka of the oustitatiosal rights of say radon of the people
of these reams ; bat they kid, at the sae time, that ma-
sistanti with the most jealous regard for those constits-
- be a oonvkdoa—a conviction

tired --.see, there May ..
mid* has bra Warred by the ben slaseron hi the pax spin is the dead, to take up arms against their eovi-
lost draw-that there are modem, and that there en Ede and to ream the sum psalm after the lot
desorstriess, ander which the very spirit of the ossetitu- Dumb, if ,this set should ear., as they gm
don
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sigh* it order to enable the governaeot to sainteis the ended smear her Seats passed& eublers, keg Beats
mnatYetioa BOA sad t• dewed it melon the osesseetel sherd be the rodt. I have se doubt that many of those
sari of those who may be reeking its overthrow by rent perms re ass sodomised, sad that many of these who
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moment, bermes the appeal. that they cede to ehshisti. ads sumged morgelskathea. ( ear
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ere, of*, reigswiagat7Ptleift am• to wheat the ad- which the proameoll to *own in the ezeorkad s=
riders*. eflrda awn soirestaa that we hove felt it law---• obi* I *met doh* Atm olve
lmamilinet ownirsally with our duty, to twamaroad pat- *juries to the LMLienrioltd—Qiesr,trat