The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-08 00:00:00

Otimped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

r wee Winded. The sea owe wee that of Nis J. Coniewesh,
who was made Bares Fauber for life. Of the 46 grants
of frees the ant of Richard 11. to about
MA mid • of Hoary VI, le should la that won
rhea half of Wet were mated awarra pro.
mums st cosimmisitatie Of the 41 greats la that pane&
elms were for the life of the parties, and ow for the life of
&Amber perm. The cedy as. he would refer to was the
Earl of Reiland, who was the sou of the Doke of Week,
sad who wee mated a peer for the life rf his father—
. demi. sofa 'eerie sin ilostesit." Lord Redesdalr,
speekles of that ease, said that, it Lord Ruthirat's father
had beau attaiated of tresem, be would sot bars bees
Berl of Rutland, or a peer of the realm soy looser.
All thaw persona, to whoa peerage) were pasted during
the life of ssoth.r perms, bed rewired writs of rammionr,
wad eons of them were proved to hare takes their mats in
the haw. He (the Lord Chancellor) adraltted that it
was mill than 400 yews does Mors had bees say siring
riarpiwitor el a life permute tea wee; bet whore could
may &Wineries be found brewers Ow rhea of the Clown to
grant a life peerw be a weans, wed a life peerage to •
man ? AB the revidsti for creedal, lessee peeresw for
life were jest as valid, es the pewees oeseram, ea if they
had related to peewee, for lU.'mated to ram, although,
aarleabtedietame Waage greats la trauma wet? sadtail

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Calipers sad ethers of great admen%
Mt on /silty of a gnat Mat of duty is piing theta
by. Than wen fesnommalik lastwes of peerages grouted
to peewee who were ass osembuslT the house before, with
meander to inßatiresl _ . Now, if the collateral
branahn fa gush adage baopeaed to fail, it would have
barn simplisikra gralLite life, bonus, iodide:ally speak-
ing, then wee so nib Sig as a tessehmin or • peerage ;
every semaiader was jiSpuTly a sew greet ; sad when •
prop was rutted Is • for his life, with a re.
maindar to B, it wee, 'Wetly, two 'enrol
greats. Missy of their lodatips sow vet Is that
hope by virtu of grants of that description. So whoa
there wee a greet to a was and to heirs of his body by •
parties's/ wife, if It should kappa that then were no such
beim. it would boa gnat fee hie cnly. But indeed he (the
Lord Chancelloe) weed sot eseupy the house with sack
arguatests ea they, whit& were probably sot at all interest-
leg to them, for the truth was that it w.. stated uaiver,elly
is all write's' epos the law, without any eastredistion, from
Lord Coke dowawards, that the past of • pomp for life
was perfectly lawful. He thought the hone ead the go-
verameat hod • right to °utopian of the two question of
legality sad eipsdisuy being Weed up topthtm es they
were ia oese acit'on for • refining to the ostamithes of prin.
legal. Disguise itas they might, what noble lords wanted
was this, to censure On government, or at least to espies.
• strong *Palos that such a gnat as this ought not
to have bees made, and It was moot saki: t r attempt it by
each • motion as Ibis. If the amble and leased laid had
proposed a resolution throning ft to be the opinion of this
house that this was an Improper sludge of the prerogative,
each • wane would hive been quite legitimate. With
regard to the cireanutsuess of this particular ease, it was
thought to be dateable that the exercise of this pnrogatin
Amid be made in • ease in which no reflections would he
throws upon the densadants of the p.r.on to whose • life
peerage should be given, as if they had been deprived of
the hernia on account of their poverty, std the case of
Lord Wensleydale appeared to be • very fitting one to be
wanted. As for the upedieney of such an semis* of the
prerogative, then were reason which made it peeslistly
desirable that high legal fonetionarin should have readier
access to the legislature than of late years they had had.
The course of legislation in the other house of parliament
bad bees P 'undo them altogether by set of parliament.
The Judge of the Admiralty Court, who used always to
have a seat there, and whose advice was very serviceable,
was now excluded from the House of Common. The
Master of the Rolls was not included by law, but at the
lest panel Onion, toe present Muter of the Rolls triog
• candidate, tome people regarded it at a rest itaod.l,
sad incossisteat with high judicial lunation', for him to go
about peavaesing at an election. That cpinioa, snag or
right, was one which would tend very nun to exclude
the Master of the Roll. from the House of Canapes, of
which the noble and learned lord (Lyndhurst), when he
filled that Ala, was a distiagubbed ornament. Well, that
made It the more desirable, that if the dignitaries of the
l.w Gould sot be admitted iato ens Howe of Perlis-
matt, thiy should be in the other. Bet Low
wee that to be dose, unless they could escape la some way
the ueceeslty of maintaining an hereditary peerage ? He
holm how it had been done in former tiros—by giving
grants of aeeagto them from the public pane; but surely
that was sot a precedent which ought to be followed. It
was very invidious to speak of such things is *ennui=
with living persons, but there were some who yet received
large pension or allowance as a compensation for sinecure
officer, which wore now abolished, formerly hold le this way
by their familiar. It had been sold that such • precedent as
this would toad to the swam it gof that hi use by the intrc.
denims of large batches of life peers. Now, considering
that the betedituy members of the boon was some 450 or
500 in number, he did think the apprehension of any
such number of peers for life being created as
would materially isthmus its decisions, was quits
ishinterical. In the reign of Queen Anne, upon the oecaaion
when tt e house came to the daisies, contrary to law, that
it was sot in the power of her Majesty to grant a patent of
peerage to a Scotch peer, it appeared from " Burnet's
History" that sows apprehended that, by means of the
Scotch peen, the court would sways have a majority. That
apprehension had proved to be unfounded, and so would
this ose. The real cheek that would prevent the govern.
went creating any Improper quantity of peers would sot be
in the absence of the power to grant them for life, hut in
th it wholeness and ever active control sh,ch west:etched
over it by public opinion, and afi di would make nth •
step as imperils:4i for it as the ennobling a Yogi
meat of Guards. After referring to the fact which
is 'motioned by Mr. Macsoley, in respect to the
assist's es by welsh Lord & men was enabled to
mantel& hie dignity when created Cbancelli r. he
said that such an ',lndio at of evading the difficulty
which this panel of a life peerage worn now tt escape
world In at the privet time, If not an unonstitutlonel, a
most unwise and improper act, and the course hat edopted
was iefleitely preferable. Ho (the Lord Centeno') eh ;old
sow be disappointed to the let degree, if their lordship
came to any vote which would imply that this prerogative
of the Crown to create a life peerage, wh'eS had been made
available at some former periods for d4repratabls sod di:-
gr c feel object', ought not ti be exercised in the present
ego for penmen which would mimeos the dignity and use-
fulness of their lordship' Louie. (Cheer..)
Lord CAMPBELL and the Kul 01 DERBY rejoiced is sup.
port of the mention.
Rail GREY believed that the creation of life peers would
asbestos the (flinty and authority of the upper branch of
the legislate e.
The Doke of ARGYLL opposed the motion.
Lad BROUGHAM spoke is favour of the leo4l.
Their lordships then divided.
Contents—Present
Pieties
Nos-contents—Ptesest
retrain • 62-106

Mojority
Their lordolgys thin aojourood at a qoartor to 3 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TntriumAT, FEB. 7.
The SILLS* tack the chair at a little before four
ec!o:k.
NEW MEMBER.

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Mr. BAINES (totrxtaced by Mr. Hoyt'? and I.(rd Mul-
stave) •ook tie natl.' and lia mat for beds.

THE COUNTY POLICE BILL.
Sir 0. OBEY stat.d, in answer t Mr. Beek, that be
meant t rotted with tl is bill on Monday.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
OPINING PURLIO INSTITUTIONS ON SONDA7II.—By
Mr. HADVIRLD, from the Vicar of She Meld, gad other
clergymen of that borough ; Captain N. 870AILT, fuss the
Welder's 'segregation, at Bedford ; Gemmel Boomer*,
from Wesleyan Methodism, New Swum, end from We -
leyan Methodists, Fiske:ton Auger; Mr. Srooxaa, from
the dicer sad iehabiteate of the pariah of Sheldon, toasty
of Warwick ; against.
BANK ClAiTsa Acr.—By Mr. OLIN, from the Chant-
bet of Cosmos. of G!a.scw ; fora revision.
ClOlO3ll 11•713.—8 y Mr. lIRYWOOD, from inhabitants
of Homerton, Gloucestershire ; againq the stolition of
shame rates, without as t gaivalent b. log provided.
MATNOOTN ORAN? —Mr. SPOONIR, from the members
gad president of the Church of Zeeland Lay Amociatioe,
at Bath ; for the espial of.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
TADVANCIMBNT or Sctsgos.—Mr. Herwoci", that on
Purses', the 21st instant, be would ra.ove for • select core-
, mime, to esquire what public immures am be adopted to
adVllllOO whom and improve the t mitten of its cultivators.
Tam ELacriva Famicnisa.—Mejor Bun, on en emit
day, to re-Intro lace the hi 1 for cosfertiag thl e'rustive frau-
thee oa altpaws as me el Lt the bectenco
etTPDAT OPINING 07 Valli MOOROK, &O.—Bis JOSHUA
NWILNIILIT VOltpoted his mottos as this subject from the
ISIR Settee Met.
CoosuLaa Eamitasanzwro.—Mr. Wise, oa ea misty
day, to noes fora select committee to impairs 'Moths slate of
the 'Gamin establelmauts of this reustry abroad.
Tux Coaaative.—Mr. Muses, on Tuesday, a select
',mattes to inquire h ow far our menet =outstay system is
in sea asses with the tequireasests et the sooatey, emits
amide" whether it cannot to improved cad amended.
Tee Catauw C0111110610N..4k. LATARD. OS en WI
day,so tell *Motion to tlto upon* of SI Jolts

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