The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-17 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE'.
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Lord PANllVliisri;lseTltoWit:; question to his noble
friend at the head of the colonial department. Ile found
that a cottstitution had been mot out to the colony of the
Cape of Good (lope; sod he wtsbud to ascertain a fact with
regard to it. He believed a very Casa impression had gone
abroad with reference to the preiitnt state of that constitu-
tion as compared with the ordinances submitted to the
colony by the government of which he had the honour to be
a metelwr. lucre was an idea that the present coastitution
differed from the ordinances submitted to the colony by
Fedi Grey ; and he wrs desirous of ascertaining that fact.
Ile le ggrd, therefore, to ask whether the ordinances which
they had lately seen confirm(' by her Majesty in council,
which had been transmitted from the Cape of Good Hope,
and formed the parliamentary constitution of that colony,
differed in any material nopeet from the orders transmitted
to the ealony for its consideration by Earl Grey some years
ago?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE' raid the answer he had to
make would be very simple. Without going through the
various stages this question bad passed through since 1840,
it appeared to him that the question of his noble friend re-
*o'er,' itself into this—whether the orders in council passed
upon his recommendation, and that of the preseut advisers
of her Majesty, differed in any material respect from the
ordinances sent out to the colony about three years ago?
The alterations were certainly not of very great import-
ance, and he thought they might be comprehended under
three heads, without referring to a number of very unim-
portant alterations. The three alterations as Interim the
orders in council scat oat on the 14th of March last, and
tho ordinances from which those orders in council were
framed were these : In the first place, the franchise, which
was tali as originally *eat out by Lord Grey, but which was
in the ordinances se he found them, was flied at 501. per
annum. The orders in council gave 241. as the paella-
sanitary franehi•e.
The Earl of DERBY.—[[oases or land ?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE Both. The second
alteration was of much less importance, which was to raise
the qualification of members in the Legislative Council
from 1,0001. to 3,0001. The third point, and in his estima-
tion by far the most important, was the admission of certain
words, the effect of which would be that the two houses of
the legislature, with the meat of the governor of the
colony, would have the power to introduce qualifications
and alterations of their own constitution, even to the ea-
tent of being enabled. subject to the approbation of her
Majesty, to divide the legislative body into two, one for the
eastern, and another fur the western province, if cir-
cumstances should render it in their opinion advisable.
That was to say, words had been added which enabled the
colonial legislature so to alter the constitution. Those were
the three principal alterations; acd he thought his noble
friend would fiud them fully set out in a despatch lately
printed and laid upon the table of that house, dated the
14th of March last. (Hear, hear.)
LANDS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY (No. 2) BILL.
Atter a short conversation this bill was read a second
time, with a view to its being referred to a select com-
mittee.

HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL.
This bill was reed a third time and pwiLed.
The report 011 the amendments of the Whiehwood Forest
Bill wee brought up.

RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS TO OATHS.
Lord BROUGHAM, pursuant to notice, presented pe-
titions from certain of the clergy of the Established Church
sad Dissenting ministers and laymen of the Church
of Scotland, on the subject of oaths He stated
that the petitions ease from Edinburgh, Glu.
goer, and other places, and their object was to pray for the
abolition of the compulsory taking of oaths in courts of
bulky by persons who objected to swearing in any form on
religions grounds.
Lard CAMPBELL also had been entrained with thirty-
's' pt.etitioas from different parts of Scotland, to the same
slee

CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL

the LOREldifi:iallioitb;•giitupii. report Sr
tbe select committee en the Charitable Trusts Bill.
INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
TM LORD CHANCELLOR moved this Ant reading of
a bill for continuing the act for the establishment of Irish
lacumbered Estates Cowls. He stated that he had been
la censmunication with the Lord Chancellor of Inland, and
it was probable that a amainimion would issue to inquire
into the best mode of amending the procedure ache Court
of Chancery In Inlsad, which might eventually supersede
the necessity for the lassebered Estates Court. The m-
ost bill proposed to eestiase that court for two years.
The bill was rend a Ant time.
VIES IN COUNTY COURTS.
Lord BROUGHAM moved that a return of tho fees yen
Mee the Uxbridge County Court 'hostel be pelmlod.
Lent CAMPBELL wished to take this ow=
making on espiesatiss sokresse esso
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rapidly, Mt theist be sad his beeeber judges
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US while they leek lees that the Ms mead were set ea-
sithest, it wee their OW to see that they were mask* to
reisseseate prefesehmel sass he the wrier rendered.
After solo farther essossedis.
The notice we speed ts, eel thole lordsidpe ed.
jesraed at 7 Vets*.

HOUSE OF COMMONL—Taoluiraz Juin 16.
The Sriasma took tka chair at 4 o'clock.
PRI VATB BUSINESS.

TIN followiag bib; Mere7esi a tb rd time and pima :
Abordmn Talkies' Ineas Wats LAyesbire and Gal-
loway (Smitharown and MlmOlugers) I g Bideford
Ramose& Railway; Ea sod WM Lila DMus and Bir-
mingham Junction Railway (No. ng ileatris
Company of Ireland ; Glasgow and Reath Wafts
way /No. I) I Llenidiess and Newtown Railway' Rosana
end rammateurs amain Railway ; WinzterhAlbg-
meetk, and Posies 'sale
iltdriff North Railway
be.iipme IA sad Sal pershanote=s; Capper Mims
Illesbad Oaspisay ; , 'wind's
Bade