The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LOItDS.-TrESDAY, arLY 5.
The Luau CHANCELLOR took his seat at 4. o'clock.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Somali rs' Corers. —By Lord BROUGHAM, from Ayr
11111,1 oth, r places in Scot'aud, against the 101 l L.:Mee the
house for tte reform cf Sheriffs' Carta.
RANEiturrcr •sn Isoui.vLscy.—Lord BROUGHAM,
from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. in favour I
of the bill before the house for the improvement of the
batiktupt and insolvent law.
Anne* TT CAT uT Wm, "..4.—By Lord BROUGHAM,
from two wte of workmen iu Glasgow, against &treatment
of wages for debt.
PERTH AND DRUMMOND PEERAGE.
Lord LYNDHURST mused that the standice order No.
LOG in relation to the gm tine of the committee for privileges '
he considered in order to its being dispensed with, and that ;
the committee meet on Monday neat.
Agreed Is.
CONVICTION OF ALI MORAD.
The Earl of ELLENUOROCti II wished to call the at-
Dation cf the Preacknt of the Council to • matter in
emersion with a ease brought before their lordships
two or three years of Ali Moved, one of the ,
Ansetrs of Sciade, a large portion of wit .se territories
were ituatiscAtini is eussequeser of his having been con- ,
virted of foroery. Ile (the Y. irl of Ellenborough) took ex-
ception, at the time, to the constitution of the tribunal—to
the wane of eituity--ansi to the extreme nature of the
punishment indicted. The west important witnem who
appeared mama Ali Mond was the Sheik Ale Ilocieein,
who had been the Prime Minister of Ali Morad. Now, it
appeared from • Desert hilliest' of the Bumlniy Gaza:, that
Ali llooeein died we the st'i of May last, and that previous
to his death he in .do • cosfee.sioe to the effect that all he
had sworn to against Ali Mired was untrue. AU he wished
to ark the ir.tior earl was, if he would have the goodnesa to
undertake that en inquiry should be mad* into the truth of
thus 'Urged ; and if it turned out that such a
coates.ion had really been made, that the government would
consider how far the t u tor. of the evidence of Ali Hoosein
might strict the solidity of all the testimony upon which
Ali Muriel was consicted.
Earl GRANVILLE said the only knowledge which he
bad of the fact was derived tram the source to which the
noble earl referred ; an inquiry should, however, be made
into the matter.

THE INDIAN ARMY.
The Earl of ELLENBUlt01;011 begged to lay on the
table a bill, which comprised one clause in the Government
et India Bill now in the House of Commons. It was not •
clause of which he originally approved, but he certainly
thought that he stsould tail in endeavouring to induce their
lordships to come to his own conclusions on the subject. It
was • clause by which the East India Company wise
allowed to Menu. their European force from 7,500 men
now in their service. The Turco at present employed by
them under the existing law was 12,000 Europeans, but the
bill in the other house enabled them to employ "..0,000 Euro-
pean. ; and instead at having in this country 2,000 troops,
they were to have 4,000. He saw the importance of losing
no time in increasing the European force in India, and
generally increasing our military force there ; and he
therefore thought it desirable that their lordships
should at once pass, as a separate bill, the clause
he had referred to, and send it down to the
House of Commons, so that it might become law six
or eight weeks sooner Marl it would if it coutiuued in the
government bill. The recruiting might instantly commence,
and from two to three thousand men be immediately sent
out.
The bill was read a first time.
COWL AND BANDON RAILWAY BILL.
The Earrof BANDON moved the second reading of this
bill.
Lord REDESDALE objected to the power by which, in
reference to Irish railway bills, a guarantee might he given
by the barony through which the line might pass. It would
be opening the door to jobbery and oppression. He should
move the second reading that day three months.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY thought the bill
ought to be read a second time, and referred to &select com-
mittee.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE made some observations
across the table, which wf re quite inaudible in the gallery.
The Earl of WICKLOW concurred in the opinion of
the noble baron. who thought the bill should be referred to
vita committee.
The house then divided, when the numbers were :
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The bill was then read a second time.
JUVENILE MENDICANCY BILL.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY. in moving the recom-
mitment of the Juvenile klendicancy (No. 2) Bill, drew a
powerful picture of the present state of mendicancy in
the metropolis ; showed its connexion with crime ; and
*specially urged the importance of checking i: in its juve-
nile rather than its matured form. For this object he con-
sidered the bill to be eminently adapted.
Tree house then went into committee on the bill.
The LORD CII.I,NCELLOR said after the interesting
speech of the noble earl it might seem very prosy to come
down to the details of the bill, but that wee necessary. In
the first clause the words t. any child" were used. Surely
there ought to he some clearer definition as to the persons
who were to he brought under the operation of the bill.
The Earl of SHAY' ESBURY observed that the Va-
grant Act contain d no definition whatever.
Lord CAMPBELL also thought there ought to be some
definition. Who could tell what a child wu? Why,
Childe Harold was a child. (Laughter.) He earnestly
weeommended his noble :blend to reconsider the bill, and
any assistance that he could render him should be at his
service. He should like to see the object of the hill carried
out; but this oils a bill that would not work.
Lord BROUGHAM, while agreeing with the observa-
tions of the noble earl, said he thought the best course
would be to withdraw the bill for the purpose of remodel-
ling it.
The Earl of HARROWBY thought the difficulties in
the bill might be surmounted, and suggested that it should
be referred to a select committee.
Lord CAMPBELL said there was a law in Glasgow
which enabled the magistrates to summon before them, and
to imprison for any period, not exceeding sixty days, the
parents or other persons having control of children who
sent them out to beg, and that law, he believed, had
worked well.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he had brought for-
ward the measure for the sole purpose of exciting discus-
sion. He wanted to bring before the public an enormous
amount of evil, the length and breath of which was not
fully understood, in order that it might excite the attention
of the active spirits of the country. He was now willing,
either that the bill should be thrown out or referred to a
select committee.
The bill then passed through committee pro forma.
THE INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill was read • third time ; and on the motion that
the bill do pus, some amendments moved by the Lord
Chancellor were inserted, after which the bill pasesd
PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BILL
This bill paused through committee.
WHITTLRWOOD. OTHERWISE WHITTLEBURY,
FOREST BILL.
The amendments to this bill were considered, and
agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the house adjourned at 25 minutes past. 7.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Jett 3.
The SPSIMIIt took the chair at 12 o'clock.
NEW WRIT.

Mr. HATTER moved the 41Mea a new writ for North
Derbyshire, in the room of Wm. Evans, Esq., who wee
Maud to have accepted the Chiltern Hasdrida.—Agreed to.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and pseud :
—Llanelly Railway and Doak (No. 2) Bill; South Devon
and Tavistock Railway Bill ; South Staffordshire Railway
Bill.