The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, July 30,

STOCICEICTIANCIE.—The market opened week, bat to•
wards the close of the afternoon prices recovered their former potd-
tice. There was not much stock offering, nor much businessdone.

LEEDS, July 30.

STocn-Exenarron.--Thia beim, the last dae of the se.
enunt. there were se inky any trammettons, 'wept between parties
for the settlement. No 114 of transmit.= was putiliwbed this morn.
Me, but prices are without sny alteration worth sante.

BRISTOL, July 30.

thoca-lizcaaeas.—The market is dell, Great Western
quarters closed at 31 die., and Great Western fifths at 16.

YORK, July 30.

Brom-Eno+ AMIS.-811n : Great Northern 91 ex int &
es new; DiPo Preference, 31. 14s. 6d. ; North btneordshire, 121 ;
fibellield, Rotherham, and Goole (N. Dir. 3 per Cent), 131 es int ;
Tort, Newcastle, and Berwick (G.N.E. Par.), 31. 16 3d. el tot.

Orassifo or THII BIIKRICI Awn linso.—Tbie brace%
line of the Newer*. le end Berwick Railway wee surveyed on
Monday by C,pt. Wynn, ens of tke g 'vernm•nt inspectors.
The °penis, of the line ws authorised to take place on Fri-
day. The first train left Tneedstonth station for Kelso that
morning at half-oast seven o'clock. The lino is now open
from Berwick to Sprouston, our Kelm
EDINBUSON AND RAWICL.—This line, which is now
clear throughout, to exptetod to be opened for mac by the
let Belt.

The followi• g bills were read a third time and paused :
Gsneral B sard of Health Bill ; Nuisusces Removal and
Diseases Prevention Bill ; Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; De-
fects in Leas. s Suspension Bill • Slays Trade (Persian
Oulf Bill ; Torn...ke Acts Continuance Bill ; Stamp, &c.,
Allowances Bill ; Custom, Bill.
LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LANDS BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL moved that their lorthhips should
agree to the Commons' amendment,.—Agreed to.
THE WEST INDIES.
The Earl of HARROW BY, on presenting the petition
from the acting committee of the West India merchants
and planters, said he theustht the whole conduct of the
British parliament to the West India island, sines the pass-
ing of the Emancipation Act had been usfortunate. lie
did not wish to throw any blame on the great measure of
emancipation; on the contrary, accompanied es it was with
the sserifice of 20,000,0001. for an object in which no per-
sonal interests were concerned, but to astis'y the great
interests of humanity, it was a measure which would
occupy one of the brightest pages in our cations! history.
(Hear, hear.) That great achievement, h , had been
much tarnished by the subs( Tient course o'legislatien—by
the inconsiderate manner in which we had neglected every
pledge which we had given to our West Indian colonies.
and by exposing them to almost unlimited competition with
parties who were deriving the full benefit of the iniquity
which we had put an end to in our own colonies. (H-er.)
The effect of the act of 1846 was soon seen in the competi-
tion to which our colonies were exposed in the following
year, a competition not only with those countries which
possessed slaves, but which were actually carrying on the
slave trade. He believed that no step short of excluding
foreign slave grown sugar would Oen:stally answer the pur-
pose of preventing it from pressing on the labour of our own
colonies. Such a measure was berdly to be expected, and
therefore he would not pre so this subject further on their
lordships' attentirn. Immediately after the Act of Einem:-
pation various attempts were made by parties interested in
the colonies to get assurance from the Colonial-office in se-
curinv from the emancipated negroes a longer continuance
of labour; but those attempts were not successful. The
suggestion which the petition made was, whether encau-
ragiment eased not be given to the negroes to engage fora
longer period than twelve months, which was the maximum
periled now fixed by law. Fears were entertained by some
persons that undo r the name of apprenticeship or contract
labour, a sort of qualified syetem of slavery might
be established. These apprehensions were, however,
quite groundless. It would be remembered that last
year a loan wan granted for the West India colonies,
by which authority was given to the Treasury to ad-
vance a awn of 6.00,0001. for public works and improve-
ments. No part of that loan hal hitherto been made use
of, lateens* the cosditions whi.h were required prevented the
colthies fr m takin r adv mtage of the offer. The
ner•le earl the Colonial S.crctary could hardly object to
reeking ch a loan on the ground that the We-t Indian
proprietors could not offer ample pecurito. He would, there-
fore, suggeit to the noble earl the expediency of recommend-
ing to parliament early next weal n a bill to authorise the
applicaith of this money for the purpose which he had al-
luded to.

Earl GREY said this was obviously an inconvenient
opportunity to enter upon so lane and important a
subject as the state and prospects of our West India
colonies. lie would theratore only say, in ref, r-
em, to this subject, that with regard to the loan
which bad be en greeted last year by plrlismint, the
act of parliament stri.tly limited the discretion of her Ma
)a!) 'e government. The government was debarred from
lending any portion of the money to individual proprietors ;
and he um perameled from his experience of former loam
that the tre saucy did not possess adequate means for cot ring
into engagements with individual proprietors. The
only Nee way in which money could be lent
to the West India colonies was by advanciac
it on the credit of the local legislatures. At the same time
he should add that it had been intimated to the governors of
the colon ice that he was not pis pared to say that her Ma
jeety would refuse her assent to any well considered law
which might be passed to txte.nd the period of these con-
tracts.

After a few words from Viscount ST. VINCENT, which
were inaudible, the subject dropped

ACCOMMODATION OF THE HOUSE.

Lord BEAUMONT mew(' —.* That an address be pre-
sentee' to ter Msjestv, playing her Majesty to Rive Oisee.
tines for the carry nu into eff. et the second report from the
lest committee on the perommodation of the house ; and
the standing orler, No. IS, to be considered, in order to its
being amended." The object of his motion was to eve 'he
Speaker of their lordships' house the power of calling to ord, r
any noble p er who tnisht be convening during a olebste be-
hind the weolseck, with a vies, to prevent conversti‘ n.
bring carried on to the in'erruptinn of the business of the
house' and obliging noble lords to go into the Prii.c.'s
Charcher for the purpose of private conversation.
Lor " BROUGHAM thought it be'ter that their lordships
should talk on their legs th-'n on their peat.. It a•
fundententsl qwstion—(laughter)—which the speaker should
have the power to call to crier when noble lords were con-
versing as in the other helve. He thought their lordships
ought to conslder the question carefully.

E al GREY mid the question was not whether they were
to Ma est the speaker of th it lardshipe house with th •
power which the sneaker of the other hruse possresed, for
by an old o•d•r of their :ordships' house that pager wo
alma ly invested in their op, aker. Rig noble friend proposed
that when persona m'ight ha togas!. d in an animated cony: r-
satiqn b hind •h. woolsack. ich was, technically, out of the
house, the !paler should have the pawer to call them to
order, which any other peer was now at liberty to do.

The motion was then sorted to.
THE NAVY.

Earl TA LROT, in moving for some returns, said that a
reliant admiral to whom he had elluded the other night (Sir
C. Napier) had nut a letter in the newsp•pero. He should
not follow his exsranle; he would, how• ver, merely say that
he could hove no ohj•ct in hurting the feelings of a brother
rfficer, With reference to the Sidrn, he merely mentioned
her as an instance of the experiments which had hren tried :
end he did so because the nellsnt admiral had net Igen at all
scrupuhus in attacking other persons who had built steam•
ships.

ACCOMMODATION OF THE HOUSE.
Lord BROUGHAM, 14 rt;ne to this subj-ct, said the
order had planed just now while he was conversing. other
wise he should have suggested that the R•eatest disord r
arose from peers ;perking behind the woolsack ; and, in
such cases, the conversation did not arise in the house. He
hoped that would he considered.
Lord CAMPBELL was tit derstool to sly that it was Hear,
from the order, that the place behind the woolsack was in
the house.
TRISH POOR LAW.
Lord 110'NTEAGLE mov d for a continuation of the
reports of the Poor L tee (Ire land) Commission.—Ordered.

•
ORANGE PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND.
The Earl of RODE NI said that in enneequenee of some oh-
servet;ons which had hren made on his character as a mem-
ber of their l,rdshipa' house, he should feel it to he hi• /lure
to take the earlier opportuni'y of milking an explanation of
the whole telessetion, as far es he was connected with it ;
and he intended to-morrow, when the Lord Preedent of the
Council would he nreeent, to make such explanation.
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM wished to know whether this hill,
which was on the paper, was to be read a second time. If it
was pronosed to do an, he should move that it be read •
second time that day six months.

Lord STANLEY 8,0 the noble and learned lord had an.
ticipred him.
Lord Bunurat AM-11, re he comes !
Lnd MILFORD (who had chyme of the bill) hers en-
Vred the house, and atter some brief explanation, which was
inaudible in the gallery, moved the second reading of the
bill. _ . _

Lord STANLEY said that if he wanted any addi innal
motive for oppoeing th^ bill he should find it in the ioshility
of the noble lord to •xplain the provisions of the bill Their
lordships sat on Wednesday and Saturday last, and went
throne% with considerahle rapiAi.v a Treat number nr
On Friday, it was understood that they had had full notice of
all the mellows intenOei to he submit t•tl hy the Inaemment
to their consideration ' • and under that impression himself and
many other noble lords left home. He was happy to find
that a different course had been adopted only by a noble
lord wbo had not long been a member of their lordships'
house; but he regretted that it should have had the sanction
of the goverment. On Friday last, the noble lord under-
took to move the teeond reading of a bill which did not
stand on the orders of the day ; and instead of putting them.
se;y. a forward as the protectors of parliament, as they ought
to do, her Majesty's ministers had sanctioned the pro.
ee•ding, and also the proposition to suspend the
standing orders to enabl^ this bill to pain. This
latter course was ono which polo ought to be pursued
under special circumstances and for some great national
object, and also with reference to a bill upon which th, it
lordships were generally agreed. The measure was full ef
faults and defects; it was vicious in principle and in detail.
The provision, of the bill were of a moat citjectionable
character.

Lord BROllOHAM—Monstrous t (A high.)
Lord STANLEY: White they were co bard upon
the unfortu,a,e voter—while the man who ha I re-
ceived. perhaps, nothing more than whit be ,
sidered en allowance fir refreshment lost the franchise
for the rest 14114 life, the eendidate who had bribed by
wholc•ele only bat his igh, to sit in that Parliament and
for the pertieela• bernegh in which he had bribed ; and he
might afterwards aid in cash g new bill in the Route of
C•immone to Pecure enri.y of election. By the fifth Aston
an unsuevesqd carlidare who was mot able to attend before
the c• matinee for the nu•po•e of defenling his charge% r
rit;eLt he held to have filen gait y of bribery. That chugs
wag a claw, whieh w• nil prevent the successful operation
of tin bill; by intimirming a poor man from prevent nit a
petition against a rich and successful candidate, it would

Lord WIIARNCLI PPE then rose to move for " A return
of copies of any communications which nosy have passed be-
tween her Majesty's government and the governments of
foreign powere, in eorstquence of the passing of the bill for
the repeal of the navigation laws." The noble lord said he
would not have presumed to take up their lordships' time if
he had not felt that, under the circumstance, he wasiustitied
in so doing. In the bill for the repeal of the navigation laws
it was provided that the bill should take efft et on
the lst of January, 1850; and as that was. therefore, the last
opportunity which any noble lord who felt interested in the
subject would have of in•roducing the subject, he wished to
ascertain what course the g .vernment had taken with n-
eva to the relati tee between this country and foreign
pow, n, and with respect to the powers of the government
to treat with them on the question of the navigation laws.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought the noble lerd's
remarks wt fi eeserved attention, though be would not be
surprised at the statement that her Majesty's government
could not at present give any detailed information. The
period wkich hod elapsed since the passing of the bill had
not been long enough to enable the government to enter
into any negotiation for the purpose of establishing. as far
as passible, the principle of recipracite, or rather an approach
to that principle. But he enured the t obte feed that from
the moment of the miming of the bill the subject bad ate
beer lost sight of by the government. Communications bad
taken place with parties in this country whom it was necea.
vary to consult, and no time would be lost in endeavouring to
. filet the object. The result must of course depend upon
the views of foreign powere, which it was more difficult to
eseertain at present than in ordinary periods. He hopet,
however, the noble lord would he satisfied with an assurance
that the intentf.r. of the government was as stronsr now as it
had been at the time when the his was passed to avail
themselves of the authority vested in them by the bill, to
obtain fr.•m other countries the advantage of reciprocity.
The motion was then 'Nereid to.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
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Lord LROVGRAM gave notice the be would tomorrow
call the attention of th. it lordships and of the goverr.m to
the absolute necessity of making some better arratgemr sit
with regard to the roanss of bills wnich came under con-
sideration.
Th,, Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill wu read a
third time.

POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in 'moving that the
Commons' amendments to the eme-olments made by their
lot-ships in the Pm- Relied Ireland BM be adopted, said it
must be ad mitmd th,t the: House of C •mmons manikin. d R
gr. staed most anxious desire to met the vie ws of their lord-
ships' house with respect to t'is bid. The noble marquis the if
mated the nature of the 'menden• n.B, but in so low a tone
that he was inaudible in the gallery, and concluded by
moving their adoption.
Lord STANLEY admitted that the manner in which the
House of Commons d. alt with this measure which had bc, n
'mot up to them with extensive amendments, and more
specially me they did not intuit on the extreme amount
of the privileges which they con-idered to he involve d in the
first and second clauses, ent-tled their views to a respectful
consideration ; and on that account, Is metier much he re-
Yvette 1 some of the amendments male by the Home of
atent ins, he thought they ought to sacrifice their own
opinions to • certain extent, and accept the amendments
made by the lieu's of Commons. There was only one ques-
tion of dispute likely to arise, but th.t was one which was
looked upon be there who had moot carefully consi-
dered the subject, to be of vital importance to
the owners of property in Ireland. He alluded to
the' roc. edings in the superior courts in Ireland. He re-
graved that the 17th, 18th, and 19th clauses, which related
to U ie a...bject, end which had been expunged by their lord-
ship:, had been re introduced by the house of Commons.
With the exception of these chosen, he believed there was
no difference of opinion, and that they weal be ready to
adopt the amendments of the House ot Commons on all other
polo's. Bu', it th, tie clauses were un'i'ted on, he thought
they ought to dietary) to these amendments.
On the amendments relating to these clauses being read,
Lord MONTEA(ILE said he admitted the winner in
which the House of Commons had dealt with the bill as it
was sent vin to them required great forbearance on their part.
and • escrifice of their individual opinions, except on vital
Points. Therefore, although he regretted that the House of
C morons had introduced the amendments they had in
other parts of this measure, he was willing to consent
to them: but, in reference to those amendments which re
l.ted to those proceeding:, in the superior courts of law,he must
ask their lordship. not to assent to them. By adopting
the amendments introduced by their lordships in the bill
they would not diminish the pow, r now given of recovering
the rate, but they would greedy increase it; because, in
respect to tt e recovery of the rate, as proposed by the go-
vernment, the measure would be inoperative without the
amendment which he had introduced. The first poor-law
bid which was introduced had no such clause as this at all,
and in the next poor law measure it was introduced alio in-
toile (Hear, hoar.) Now, for the first time they were
not only called on ti do what was not done
by direct enactment, or i•v a cons. quenee of law,
but they were going credulity to extend it, and
apply it to all cases in the most objectionable manner.
1 he higher court• only inter'ered where proceedings were
Wien against the landl ird as the immediate lessor, but now
aju point would be made aeainet the estate in the cue of
• simple civil hill deer.-e, by the mere feet of registration in
the superior court., with regard to which these superior
courts bad an option end no judicial authority whatsoever.
(Hear, hear.) When hi. noble friend introduced this course
of prom eding, he introduced • salutary provision that no
ouch proceeding should be tek n except by the consent
of the poor law Comm sinners, who required to have the
ci cumetances of every case laid before them. There was so
far some sort of check eyeing nroceedings in this manner in
the superior court, bat in the present bill no consent at all
was squired. Again, there were no vice guardians at that
time, hut now there were a great many vice guardians, and
this hill put it in the power of these petsons, who were
wholly !unconnected with the districts, to obtain de
crate to an indefinite amount against any particular
landlord. Moreover, when this decree wan registered,
it obtained priority over every other claim on the estate, ex-
coot in the case of debts due to the crown. Thie was an
effect of this Clause, which if allowed to stand would destroy
all the coed which the noble marquess anticipated from the
principle of a maximum, in inducing persons with capital to
invest it in Ireland. For thew reasons he begged to call on
their lordships to insist on their amendments.
Lord CAMPBELL said, that in answer to his noble friend
he wou'd c .nfice himself to the amendments on which his
noble friend meant to insist. If Fe understood his noble
frier el rightly, he objected to two 'minty, first, that there
should be a power of bringing at y action whatever for rates
in the superior court.; and secondly, th it the decrees of the
aseieteht • arrister should be tran.f• rred to the superior
courts. He would confine his explanation to these two points,
and he hoped t she able to induce their lord,hipa to agree to
the amendments propmeed by the other haute of parliament.
He would show that the hill. so far from extending, limited
liability. A grate herdshio had formerly existed, the land-
lord being indefinitely liable f Wes in rrr err while he was
not in receipt of any rent. Soho quent'y this liability had
been limited to two tears, end this principle was recognised
be the 28th clause of this hill. None of the other enact-
ments extended the liability of the landlord, for where the
minuet value was undo r 41, he was primarily liable ; and in
eases where the amount was large. the remedy by civil bill
procesa was the beet that could he applied, and was in reality
mercy to the parties cracerned. The general juris-
diction of the aesistant berrlater behest confined to sums
of 201, it was neerwary that the woorais.ioners should
have authority to direct actions In the superier
court., where the sum to be re-overed was large, and
where nice legal questions were involved.

Lord STANLEY said Fe dimensed from both these propo-
sitions. They were not discuesing the bill as a whole, but
considering w►ether the particular claws% Wore them had
the eB-ct of mitiesting or i,creasinv the severity of the
.w. The partial limr•ation of the landlords' liability to two
yetra we. no• due to th • government, hut was Riven by a
bill introduced in the other house by the hon. and learned

The larqu're of LANSDOWNE reminded their lord.
ships of the greet difficulty the government had in prevailing
on the Commons to waive their privilege in agreeing to their
lordships' amendoteats. They had made very sight alterre
tions in those amendments ; end, it the noble lord hunted
ott them, he cou:d n A answer for the fate of the bii:, petits.
after the very large exc. town already made by th.
110110111 t f Commons. He, V.tre'ore, submitted ~heth,e It
would be wise in the noble lord to press hit
motion. Ile must ob.. rye, too, that the comas.
'don of the Commons was mode in the hope ti at it would
to met by a c.,rrespr nding side t in their I ,rdsl.ips' house.
Lord DISOUGIIANt said that if the bill were to be lost,
he should certainly advice his noble friend to withdraw his
cppotitiat.

L ltd BEAUMONT would Tate Lr the Cornwll,' amen&
mats rather than the bill o.ould be hat.

Lotd MONTEAGLE under those cireumstanem yielded
but in doing so begged to no•iei how incunemient it
would be if such a practice wer.. to he inquent
Tie thought their lorrihnips ought to do what they
deemed right, and leave others to act as they pleased.
lie he ked upon this measure on the accomplishment of s
system of legislation snaffle.. which they had of ea beta
warned—a system which had err this ceuntry militate, sad
which heel done more to injure 11,0 Ind within the het ha
years thin the 60 years' pro c'.ons le.tiolatien had bemited
her. 'lhose who had cousidered Mr. Lob nicht rs'e arum
—the relief syrem and the present yetent en poor laws—
would consider this act as ems ;nevem lye fur g sod. bat pros
mit.ently effective for mischief. He was happy to say that
in :nuking the prensositint he hat he ve.a jastiti,4 he the
supp:at of every lath representative peer not cionected
with the government, which had been accorded to him when
he first moved the amendment. After the statement of the
wide merq lie, however, be should nit feel justiti din preset
ing for a di vision, and under the circumstances, sad with this
explanation, he would withdraw his amendment. (Hem)
The amendment was then withleawn, and the elm
arr, ed to.
The ether amendments on which elm Commons bated
were then agreed to.