The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-31 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FEDAY, MAT 30.
The Loan C111•111CILLea took his mat at tire o'clock.
PETITIONS PRI -
PAPAL Aoriamostust.—By the a.
BANE, from 64 places M Smtlasd •
truss several places • and the Eail
Tref places in Yorkshire aad Conserves ; against papal
aI=7kOI:GHAM mid that several petitions against
the Erelesisatical Titles Bill had been seat to him fur pre-
mutation, but he could not present them until the bill was
before their lordships' house.
COVMTT COtRT, Etrrssios.--By Lord BROUGHAM,
from Burton on-Trent, Brecon, Llaorwet, places in York-
shire. and various other places, in favour of an equitable '
jariedietion Iscin4 given to the County Courts. All of these
petitions complained of the intolerable state of the Court of
Chancery. It was utterly hopeli.o to endeavour to obtain
equity, Justice, or relief an the present state of the Court of
Chancery. and the grievance would matins'.: unless there was
a itrvat a•uenilment, both in the constitution and practice of
that court. The noble and learned lord also presented • peti-
tion from attorney. of Newcastle-oss-Tyne, against the '
County Courts Extension Bill. The petitioaen were quite
wrour in suppusing that any alteration was intended to be
made is the bankrupt laws by giving bankruptcy juriedie-
tioa to the County Courts.
?WM.:KENS 01. BUSINESS IN CHANCERY.
Lord BROUGHAM moved fur certain returns connected
with the prugreus of business in the Court of Chant:eq.—.
Ordered.
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IM-
PROVEMENT RILL. PREVENTION OF OF-
FENCES BILL.
. On the motion of Lord C these bills were seve-
rally read a third time and pawed.
THE OATH OF SUPREMACY.

BREADAL-
t Lo 5.:4 BROVG.III,

• The Earl ut POWN presented a petition from the Earl
of Bradiord and Viscount Clanearty, praying for a muditi-
• eighth of the oath of supremacy.
The Earl of WICKLOW bei.3.4 to call anions attention
to the,: pefitim. and he hoped their lordships would do
justice iu iseefirdalge witia their prayer. Ile dill out think
. it was decent to call upon per.ona in the 19th century to'.
• take Cie u..th of abjuration ; and all unnecessary oaths were'
improper. Ile had brought in a bill on the subject
last and he should much wish to see it taken up
by tlv• Lord Chaneellor.
COMPOUND itonomouwns• BILL
On the motion of Lord , this bill wan read a
. second time.
C/ICR,CII BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion of the Kai of CARLIIII this bill went
through committer, and was reported vo the house.
itoasTßATioN OE ASSURANCES BILL.
lint CAMPBELL moved the committee on this bill.
•

7-1;•-1 .17:U— 1• LO It ANCELLfEIt (who spoke in a low tone
of voice, was understood to say that be did not object to
the principle .1 the hill, and he had handed his noble and
kara.il friend some suggestions ae to some of the clauses.
III: would not object ti. the bill going threw.jh ronsmittee,
but hr hi- noble and learned friend would postpone
. the third re.iiling of the bill to afford time tor the cou•i-
derAtion of tie amendments he had suggested.
laird CAMPBELL would most willingly consent to do
en, 111 ords r to obtain the assistance of his noble and learned
friend.
Earl FITZWILLIAM objected to the ronsersatioual
tone adopted by the two noble and Irarn.,l lord., who
110.4.11114 to bore disposed of this bill, but in what manner
it errs impossible to boon', and he wished to be inforinisl
more distinctly as to the course which his noble and learned
friend (laird I..amplis•l) intended to pursue. Ile was not
thorou,tbly satisfied of the necessity for this bill, and
be thought it would produce great trouble and confusiuts.l
The 'deject of this bill was to cause every future deed to i.e
• placed in this metropolis when any person might examine
it. Now no person could read the newspapers without see.
log the improper use that was made Of the power which the
public bail to revs every will deposited in Burton. CUM.
111.141, ; be was afraid thit a similar use would be made
of the power to read every deed deposited in the registrition
lle, therefore, deubteol the eapcilitucy of this bill,
mot wa. Riad of any proposition which would delay its
progree.,
Lord I 'ItANWOItTII said that he mold ant agree in the
id, ut the waste earl that tie Iletty who]. was asked might
11;,,,• a prejsatiesal etfeet so the pra,ang of the bill in the
`4•1,11,111. Ile could nut see how it could possilsly
nojar. ail) holy to have every futon. deed '.posited in the
' ',v. •ti dent office. The party depositing the deed would
• bade a duplicate of it, aid if lost, the duplicate Wes to be of '1
Ili • sole elfert a tie original deed. lie thought that
ths. 101 l would rather increase titan diminish the facility of •
moowy on title deeds. (Ilear, hear.)
r a few words from Lord WitaitaCLlfrie and the
• MA NI.. tot W1,1%1:4111.
Iroil CAMPBELL ioel that the praelice in Ireland up
• to the act of last 11015i.111 was, in many instances, to deposit
a d ; but it was found to he on inconvenient that
the law was altered, and tle full deed hail now to be /le-
y The subject Kul beets considered for 20 ytmo, and ,
wehest..r., Iktrnisten., and Isiiik.•rs agreed that the full deed
oliXit to he registered. Ile had too doubt that the regi,ter-
ia¢ of full di...a would be found to be • economical
tluu r.,...isterilig the owowrill. Ile was far from saying 11
that cosioderable improvements might mot be male in the
Lull, and he had no doubt Blot any amendments of his
hold' end leashed friend's would be made with a view to'
imp/Nosing the bill.
'I Is• committal of the bill was then postponed.
DECOY OF LANCASIEII (1111111 I'EAK MINING
COBTOMS AN)) MINERAL COURTS) BILL.
Ou the motion of the Earl of CAULISLE this bill was read
a mogul time.

Mr. MOWATT wished to ask the hon. and learned At-
torney-General a question, of which he had given notice,
respecting that celebrated endowment the Brentwood Gram-
mar School. 'fheparties had agreed to a scheme approv cdof by
the patron and subject to the approval of the.tt tor, ley-0 eneral.
lite question he wished to ask the hon. and learned gentle-
man was whether the scheme which had been adopted was
likely to meet with his approval ; and, if so, whether it
!would be necessary to bring in a bill to carry it out.?
The ATTORNEY-GENEItAL said that the scheme had
been submitted to hint and had received his approval. and
the matter was in course of immediate settlement when an
unespeeted difficulty arose in the Master's office, in conse-
quence of the patron, Mr. Flower, wishing to introduce
clauses to prevent his sun from disposing of the patronage.
That proposal was resided, and hence the delay ; but he
was happy to say that it had at last been arranged, and the
2nd June was heed for a final meeting in the Master's
office, when he trusted everything would be satisfactorily
settles!. (Hear, hear.)
BRIBERY AT ST. ALBANS BILL.

Bided es offering bias se aid in withheldina fens the poor
depositors *Ade bard earned savings, he still intended to
ruses the same sands of putting off their demand.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR mid, that when the affairs of the
Land Compaq were wound up these depositors world be
paid. The beak, which had been forme." sgain.t his judg.
meat, was sow in his debt upwards of LOW/.
OCNPOWDER STORES (LIVERPOOL) EXEMP-
TION REPEAL BILL.
Mr. W. PATTEN asked the right bon. Secretary for
the Home Department whether he would object to refer
this bill to ■ select committee for the purpose of investigat-
ing whether the lessees of the gunpowder magazines
should receive any compensation.
Sir 0. GREY would have no objection to refer this par-
ticular point to a committee, provided it lied not delay the
progress of an important public biU. There was another
important point which he would take that opportunity of
mentioning, and that was, that he did wit intend to make
any mention of site in the bill, proposing rather to karst that
to be decided by some public department.
BRENTWOOD GIUM3IAR SCHOOL.

NAVIGATION I tWS
.• •

Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., wished to call attention to the
position of the bill for appointing a commission to inquire
into recent proceedings at St. Alluns. At that period of
the session it would he impowible to bring it on unless the
government gave him an opportunity for ...I doing. lie
therefore trusted that the First Lord of the TrvAmary would
turn his attention to the matter.
METItOPOLITAN WATER. St'I'PLY.

In answer to a qui•stion from Mr. B. Cocuuty IL respect-
ing the schedule of rates in the Metropolis Water Supply
_ _ . .

Sir G. GREY declined giving any explanation as to de-
tail. until the bill had been read a second time. The second
reading was tired for Thum:lay, June .5.
Mr. DISRAELI drew attention to a petition which he
haul presented from the sisters of Lieutenant Wyburd, of the
Indian nary, who in the year IS:ti had been sent by the
British envoy at the court or Persia on a mission to Kltiva,
but who had been seized by the Ameer of Bukhara, and was
supposed to bz dead ; but it had tr.:twin:ll that he had
escaped into the Khanat of Kokand, where, it had been
ascertained through the native resident of the Khan of Ko-
kand at Peshawar, he was detained as a captive in PM ;
and the petitioner. sought the interposition of the govern-
anent to etfi et his release.
' Mr. ELLIOTT, on behalf of the Board of Control, and
Sir J. HOGG, as a director of the East India Company,
stated that Colonel Sheil, our envoy at Teheran, had re-
ceived accounts of the death of Lieutenant Wyburd, in
INK which had been continued by Dr. Wolff in INV) • that
in IttPl infortuation hut been received from Kokand that
an Englishman named Wyburd was detained there ; that
communications had taken place between the Khan and
Colonel Lawrence, at I'eshassur,7who had despatched mes-
sengers to Kokand; but they had never returned, and up
to January last no further informaion had !nen obtained,
though the local government had been instructed to leave
nu means unemployed to accomplish the liberation of Lieut.
Wyburd, if alive.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

In answer to a question from Mr. Remit,
Mr. lICME intimated that hr should, if p‘eisilde, firing
nn hi. motion on the subject of parlisunent.try reform on
Tuesday nett.
INCOME TAX COMMITTEIi.—ISUSINESS OF TILE
HOUSE.

Lord J RUSSELL, hating been appealed to by Mr.
Iltune, said he would arrange for that hon. gentleman's!
motion for the nomination of the select committee on the
income tax to come on the first thing on Monday next, as
he did nut apprehend there would he any lung discussion
upon it. Awl in answer to a question front another hon.
member, the noble bunt said that he pmposed to move
the adjournment of the house for the Whitsun holidays
on Friday next till the Thursday following. On Friday
also he proposed to move for leave to bring in two hills, one
to improve the administration of justice iu the Court of
Chancery and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,
' and the other to regulate the stlarie: of the Chief Justices
of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas. On
Mond ty hi should move that the name of Mr. Lahouchere '
,be substituted for that of Mr. Fox Maule us a member of
'the Kaffir committee, his right hon. friend (Mr. F. Maule)
being too unwell to attend. lininelliotely alter the coin-
! mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the discussion on
which be presumed could not well occupy much
more time—(" Dear, hear," and a laugh)—he proposed
Ito take the committee on the Jewish Disabilities Dill,
laud alter that to procesd with this committee of supply.
(" When ?" from au Icon. member.) Ile proposed to take
the rommittee of supply on Thursday and Friday, tit: 12th
awl 13th of June.
AGAR TOWN.

Sir B. HALL, referrine to the disgraceful state of Agar
Town, St. Pancras, in eonsequenee of the absence of sani-
tary reguletions and the danger to be apprehended to the
public health therefrom, as the warm weather set ill, asked
if the notate lord (Lord Seymour) would .end some pervonto
examine the locality, in order that such steps might betaken
as might in. necessary.
Lord SEYMOUIt —ln consequence of the represents.
Lions which had been made to the Boort of Health with:
regard to the unitary state of Agar Tow n and other places
in the same locality, a person had been sent to examine the!
place. That gentleman had mule a re port to the effect that
the places he had been directed to visit were in a very im-
proper and unsafe condition. That report, if his hon.
friend wished it, should be laid on the table of the house.
(near, hear )
MORTALITY IN IItISII WORKHOUSES.
Mr. REYNOLDS complained of the nun-production of
111()USE OF 11/NiMONS.--FRIDST, MAY 30. certain returns he hail moved Wr relative to the mortality
The ••'• ttttt a took the eh lir at the usual hour. I which hail taken place in the Kilrush, Ennistynson, Dort,
PRIVATE BUSINESS. and other workhouse.' on which he iuteitileel to found a eats-
, The following bill WA. read a second time • Coal Duties tion.:anel referring to the delay iii the Irsli business before
(I,anl.as and Wrwmin•frr and adlweet counties) Bill. / parliament generally, wished to know whether it was in.
*th, following bills were real a third time and passed tended to devote a government night to it, and when ?
fireat Southern and Western Railway (Ireland); South Sir W. SOMERVILLE, with regard to the returns, said
Statfonishire Railway (branch, to join the Birmingham, the order of the house had been sent in the usual way
, Wolverhampton. and Stour Valley Railway, &e.) ; Stock- through the proper department to Ireland, and the reason
Lei, 111141i1411114•With. farm, iiC , iViterWOILI ; Ulventune the returns had nut yet been made was that they were so
and Lancaster Railway ; Bills I very voluminous that they reguind considerable time to
• IL ports laid inn the table . ('lerkenwell Improvement prepare. With regard to the delay in the Irish bills, it had
(transfer of powers Mo the corporation of Loudon, ike.) ; arise% from themine cause which had delayed all other busi-
Luadon (City) Sewers ; Bills. I nem, vie., the time occupied in the discussion of the &vie-
PUBLIC BUSINESS. adadical Titles Bill. (Heat, hear.)
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
OAT OF ABJURATION (JEW) BILL.
high
Petiti
inns
owee pr esented by Mr.
counMUNT7.. fromOATHDen- I Mr. B. OSBORNE chargel the government with having
.of the tate:rim' of ty courts. By Sir unnecessarily delayed this Lill, which he said had hood
It FERGUSON, fres corporation of Derry. Praying that brought forward under peculiar circumstances, for, although
G veer recorder's jurisdiction might be preserved in the Civil . • government measure, it had been introduced iia pursui-
t. 11. Bill. By Sir It. 11. INGLIS. from a presbytery in
Neetheisil, against the establithment of lay chain in omen- aria of a resolution of the (louse of Commons.
Mr. LABOUCHEItE said his noble friend had elready pities By Lord Mk:L(II:ND, from Dunfermline, in favour mated that the hill in question would be proceeded with of seceder education. By Mr. O'FLAHERTY. from Gal. when the Eccleeiastical rifles Bill had gone through wa-
wa). against Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Br Mr. MUL ..itt,
LI NtiS,
from lwelui'imi 01 Regent's Canal' sfrAinst I Mr. B. OSBORNE—When is that?
portions of the Cool Wthipps.n' Bill. In Mr. SULLIVAN, : Mr. LABOUCHER F. thought it desirable that they
from parishes in I,llBlkiony, against keelesimitical Titles should adhere to the usual practice to proceed with one
Bill. By Mr. 11i1ME DRUMMOND, from parochial subject at • time.
schoolmasters of Neath. net Lord Mitgund*s MIL Ily ?ilr. J. A. SMITH understood the noble lord to say that
Captain FORDY CE. from Aberile;en Steam Company, the Jewish Disabilities Bill would be brought on after the
against certain clause ain the Steans Navigation Bill. By Mr. committee on the Ecclesiastical 'rides Bill ; if so, that was
NM IT H. from St irlingshire, for alteration in mode of levying in strict accordance. with the arrangemtut which had been
the sprit duties. By Mr. LIREENALL, from Cites ire, rnade.
against papal aggreswiim and praying for more stringent Inca- WOODS AND FORESTS BILL.
suns. By Admiral (Wit ISON. from Scotch distillers, praying
for an alteration in the mode of levying the spirit duties. By Lord SEYMOUR, in reply to Lord Duncan, said he
after Whitsuutide for
would name an early day proceeding
81r FOX, from Cason and Longford, against the Eecle•
this bill.h it Monica' Idles Bill. By Mr. ROEBUCK. from S'actfield, w—.. .
in favour of financial and parliamentary reform. By Mr. , I nANS.STLANTIC PACKET STATION.
CORB.SLLY. nom Meath, against the Ecclesiastical Titles Mr. M•CI'LLAGII asked when the report with refer-
Bill. Mr. P. S. BUTLER, from Kiug's County. in Geour cnce to the transatlantic packet station would be laid ou the
of appropristiou of Irish churls revenues to purpose. of table ?
charge By Mr. lIIGUINS, from Mayo, same prayer. By : lilr. COWPER was understood to reply that it was in
Sir W. CLAY. tram Dayton, against taxes on knowledge.. course of preparation, and would be shortly produced.
By Mr PATTEN' (min lessees of WallasCY Magazines, I METROPOLITAN SEWERS.
praying for enentwnsation.l Sir GEORGE GREY, in reply to Lord D. &trate,
AWOL RNSIENT OF TILE HOUSE. said it would be exceedingly undesirable just now to
On the motion of Mr. C. Lewis. it was ordered that the enter into a discussion of the conduct pursued by the
house at its rising adjourn until Monday next. I existing commission ; but this he might observe, that that
OTONNOIL LAND SCHENIE. !commission had the experience of men of the most scientific
Mr. ROEBUCK had a question to ask the honourable attainments in the country, and that these men had devoted
member fin Nottingham, preparatory to which it would be much of their time to the public affein. With regard to
neceseary to make a short statement. By a circular which he the bill under which the commission acted, it was quite
held in his hand it appeared that the honourable member true it would expire at the end of the present seseion. He
bad given notice to the depositors in his land bank, that he could only say now that the government measure on the
took upor. himself the whole responsihility of the deposits, at subject was in course of preparation, but that it was im.
the seine time comparing it favourably with the government possible for him to name a day fur bringing it in. (lieu.)
saving* bank. NOW he (Mr. Roebuck) had hell a letter sent : SPIRIT TItADE OF IRELAND.
to him from a poor man in Manchester named Pollard. a Mr. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that, on Monday neat,
mar above 60 years of age, who by the economy of a whole he would ask at what time he might expect to have the re-
fire had saved the sum 0(67/ , and who confided that sum turns, ordered some time ago, regarding the spirit trade of
to the honour of the hon. and learned member for Notting' Ireland, laid upon the table.
ham. This poor man afterwards swished his deposit re- ECCLESIASTICAL.
in
CAL
.to committee on this TITI.ES
Dill,
ASSUMPTION
.BILL.
turned, and the answer he received, dated the 14th ut May. ' The house having gone IS'it, was that. pending the decision of parliament, Mr. P.
O'Connor was unavoidably compelled to submit to a tempo- Mr. KEOGH moved to add the following proviso to
eery' suspeirion of the repayment of deposits. A subse. the first clause •—•• Provided that no criminal Prtrerdialfs
quint circular from the oilier of the Land Company, in shall be:commenced, or indictment preferred, against any
Onord-street informed the depositor, that, pending the person, under or by virtue of this clause, except with the
division of parliament as to the liability of the bank to re. consent of her Majesty's Atturuey-General for the time
fund monk" adwaacrd theMr. O'Connor for its support, he being first being obtained.—
was, in compliance with unanimous vote of the dirce- I Mr MOORE said that, towards the close of the debate
tora,,reluetantly compelled to submit to a temporary sus- . on Monday night the noble lord at the head of the govern.
pension of the repayment of deposits. So that the hon. I ment had dismissed, as it were, the Irish members
and learned gentleman, in 1848, took upon himself the ' with a sort of valedictory warning. Ile said that he
whole responsibility of deposits, and in 1851 he told the I would give the Irish members time to reflect upon
depositors that, by the amalgam's vote of the directors : their conduct, advising them not to repeat it in
of his bank, he was comprllesl pending the decision of par- ' opposition to the voice of public opinion. He (Mr. Moore),
. 'lament to suspend the repayment of the deposits. Now, I however, would take the liberty of reminding the noble
the select committee had decided that the affairs of the lord that there was public opinion in Ireland as well as in
bank should be wholly withdrawn from the sionsidenttion of ' England, parliament, and the question he wished to pat to the hon, and that the noble lord bad once bowed to the
public clamour of the sister country with the same abject
and learned member was, whether. paguiumt having
do. 'worship with which he sow ducked to public opinion in

Lord /MANLEY Riau. notice that on Monday he would
call the attention of their lordships to the petition from
Litsrpnol complaining of the operation of the mitigation
law.. (I leas. hear.)
• 111/USES (SCOTLANI)) DILL.
On the 'notion of Lord Kite:Anti., this bill passed
through committer with sonieverhal amendmisits.