The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

'I'RIV ILP.OR.

A number of petitions having iieWr presented,
Colonel CHATT BRION begged to ask the Speaker's
opinion arising out of an occurrence which had recently
taken place in the city he (Colonel Chatterton) had the
honor to reprelernt. /s few days ago he presented three
petitions from parishes in the City of Cork against the
Popish Aggression Bill, respectably signed by many of
the protestant inhabitants, and he had to-clay been in-
formed the names of those who signed those petitions had
been very generally placarded on the walls of the city,
holding up those persons to public notoriety. The conse-
quence was, that many of these poor pmtestants had been
deprived of their situations for asserting the free right of
all to petition that house. lle begged to ask if such pla-
ca!Ainglpts aein!t the privileges of that house?

Thii-SPEA-KER—FrUm the: statement of the pliant
officer, I think it does not come under a breach of pri-
vilege.

ST. ALBANS AND AYLESBURY ELECTIONS.

The SPEAKER informed the house that he had received
a report tram the Ezumino r of Recognisance stating that
the recognizance* in the in titions against the returns at the
remit elections for the boroughs of St. Albans and Ayles-
bury were %unobjectionable.
WINDOW TAX.

Viscount DENCA'..liontosust •tlhliinotion for the total
repeal of this tax until Tuesday, the 11th in•t.
COLONIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

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Sir W. MOLESWOICIII gave notice, for Thorsday,
the 13th inst., of a resolution with the view of relieving
this country from the expenses of the colonial civil and
military establishments, sod emending to the colonies local
self-irovernmint, eseept as regards those colonies which are
military stations,
COUNTY FRANCIIISE DILL.

Mr. ANDERSON gave notice that when the bill
brolerht in by Mr. Locke King, for extending the county
franehiw to EU. .wcupier*, war in committee, he would
move that Scotland be included in its operation.
TILE MINISIERIAL CRISIS.—RIt-INSTALLATION

OF LORD J. RUSSELL'S GOVERNMENT.

On the order of the day for the second reading of the
Evele.inatieal Titles Bill being read,

Lord J. ItUSSELL ruse and ~aid—[t is lit that I should
now inform the house what has occurred since I last ad-
dressed it. Since I last addressed the house the public base
heel* put in possession of the statement made by Lord
Stanley, in the other house, with respect to his attempts to
form a government, and that noble lord's explanation of the
reasons why those attempts were not successful. It is not
my intention to make any comment on those reasons,
but I think it right to say, especially after the many
rumours which have been spread abroad on the subject, that
it is perfectly clear from that explanation that Lord Stanley
had full power and full opportunity placed in his hands to
formagovernment, and that no request which he thought it
reasonable to make was denied him in the interview he had
with his sovereign. (Hear, hear.) It will be recollected
that I state► on Friday that her Majesty had been pleased
to send to the Duke of Wellington in order to learn his
pace's opinion on the present state of affairs. I have now
to add that her Majesty saw the Duke of Wellington on
Saturday, and that yesterday evening her Majesty received
a written communication from his grace. I had the honour

of an audience of her Majesty this morning at 12 o'clock,
and her Majesty having received the opinion of the Duke of
Wellington that in the present state of affairs the best
course her Majesty could pursue was to invite her former
ministers to resume office, her Majesty, accordingly, has
been pleased to desire that her former ministers should re-
sume their °Sees. (Cheers.) After what has occurred.
and the failure of the repeated attempts to form •
government which have been detailed to the house, we
thought we could not perform our duty to her Majesty
and the public otherwise than by accepting the offer her
Majesty was pleased to make us. (Hear, hear.) After
entering so largely as I did the other night on various
sulijscts of public interest, which will probably be made
matters of debate hereafter, I will only say now that I
trust the house will not require us to enter into matters of
public debate until Friday neat, in order that we may
have an opportunity of c.nuidering the various measures
we have proposes' and intend to introduce, and the state of
public business generally. (hear.) I purpose on that day
—Friday nest—to proceed with the second reading of the
Assumption of Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and my right hon.
friend the Home Secretary (sir O. Oroy), in moving the
second reading of the bill, will state the amendments and
alterations we shall propose to make in that bill. I will
therefore ha that bill for Friday next, with the intention
of taking it as the first order of the day. With respect to
the other business and other matters before the house, on
the reading of the order of the day on Friday, I will state
the course the government mew to pursue so far as
fixing the days un which we propose that the various buta-
nes should come on. (hear, hear.) On that day, too, I
will give an answer to the question asked of me the other
day by an bon. member, and which I was not then in • posi-
tion to answer, by stating when we propose to proceed with
the debate on the budget—(a laugh)—and to take the vote
on the question of the income tax ; and on a subsequent
day the course of proceeding on that and other subjects. I
beg, air, now to move that the order of the day for the
second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Dill be postponed
till Friday neat. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. B. OiDOUNE—Does the noble lord intend to persist
in the same budget ? ('• Hear,'• and a hurdle)

Lord J. RI:S3ELL-1 have said that I will Maw on Fri-
day next on what day the subjecin will be brought on, and I
think the house will agree that in the existing state of pub-
lic business it would be exceedingly wrong in me to do
DIM at present.

Mr. KEOGH thought it desirable that the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill should not be further preceded with until a
sta;..ment was first made to the house explanatory of the
altered position of the bill. What he suggested to the
noble lord, and what he believed his lordship would be
willing to canner, was this, that a statement should be
I made of what the bill was intended to be—that reasonable
time should be afforded to the people of Ireland to con-
sider the modifications, and that there should be a mum;
don of the bill for ten days afterwards, to allow
modhications to be so considered. '
Lord J. IttiSST.I.L said that whilst willing to make any
reasonable concession, be did not believe that any state-
ment set' his right hon. friend (Sir G. Grey) on Friday
need alfeet the second reading of the bill. It would bo
rather an unusual course to submit the amendments in
committee before th.• bill was read a second time. Before
going into committee, however, the substance of the
amendments would be laid before the house, and thus the
members fur Ireland would be enabled to say at once
whether they agreed to those amendments or not. (Hear.)
Mr. M. GIBSON was afraid the second reading of the
hill would take up a very considerable portion of time, and
have the effect of postponing to a very remote period the
financial business of the country. I,Hear, bear.) He
, %soulu make an a1e.....11 to the iseeiik lord not,
ihe wall a.....a., the houie, in any spirit of le-
vity whether it was right to give a measure of
this sort an undue precedence over the general pub-
lic trusiw.as of the country ? Ile hoped that ample time