The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-08 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE ()V LORDS.—MONDAT, JILT 7.
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PETITION PRESENTED.
Bonen Fames. 1311.t..—8y the Earl of GALLOWAY, I
eriest this bill.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.
Tbie bill, wits soave etkeys,.was brought sap from the
Delettamise, bik& Biarrrensral, $1- raIIWZN,
me. Farm-
MILD, sad Amato.'
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S TCND.
The Earl of lILLENEORQUOR rise notice that he
wield en Thursday neat call thee attention ad the-bone to
dos mann proposed by the govrnment as to the merchant
Ilenmen's hod.
FARM BUILDINGS BILL.
Lied ElNNAlRADAndepszetemattee en this bill.
ne Berl a II uncoil In the bill, and
erred ate eseunittel doe eltdoseilbs.
Lad LIMMAIRD libeleende wadi *Dew the bOl
Se be esundtesd. to 10110 tesweeertain arnesdasenta
in enneelose, which he Woad meet tke objections
of the oak earl. A ehert ensued, in the tonne
et whish the bill was by the Duko of CLETIP
Moo sad the Earl ofrarttav ; and opposed by the
Beet et LOWsnaLlt, Earl FIYZWILLIAII, the Earl of
aLatleellaT, Lord Bestrewn, and the Marquis of
BAhtlialliT, after which their lordships divided, when the
numbers were :
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CON VOCATION OF THE CLERGY.
Lord REDZSDALE gave notice that he would, on Fri-
day neat, bring forward the motion on the subject of con-
vocation of which he had gven notice some time ago.
IllE CASE OF JOTEE PERSHAUD.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUtiII bad given notice a few
days ago that he would move for returns with reference to
the gaol at Agra, fur the purpose of making a certain state-
ment of facts which had come to his knowledge since he
test alluded to this subject, with reference to the miscon-
Ent of certain magistrates in India in getting up evidence
against demo Cershaud. If the Oovernor-General of India
bad ordered any inquiry into the circumstances, or if the
table lord at the head of the Board of Control had directed
that any inquiry should be mado on the subject, he would
abstain from saying anything further about it ; but as he
was not authorised to come to such a conclusion, it was his
duty to proceed. There was ample ground for inquiry in
the 11311011 (acts of the case, as admitted, and as they were
now before the public. Ile found in a newspaper published
is loth., and the only one which took the part of the go-
vernment there —he found it stated that " a large number
of the native witnesses were declared by the court to be un-
with, of credit, they having been parties to the perjury,
whotuaion of which was charged in the calendar. Ile
found it further stated that the counsel for the Demised con-
tended against the reception of the whole of the record
from the manner in which the case had been got up.
Without going further, this was amply sufficient, not only
to justify, but to require the government to institute a
marching inquiry into the conduct of the magistrates; for,
be it understood, it was not • CAW got up by solicitors, bott
by magistrates, and they had used all the strength of the
law to bring before them the witnesses who were afterwards
Mbe produced. There was nu protection for innocence
mains a man imputed to be guilty had a fair trial, which
bad oat been the case in the present instance, fur means
were adopted to obtain evidence against the accused which
ought not to have been resorted to. It more especially
concerned the government of India to be jealous of its cha-
ncier, and to take care that in every case its strength and
power iuterveued to prevent any wrung-doing on the part
of its officers. In this country and other well constituted
mommunaties the people looked to the law fur protection ;
bat in the East the people looked to the govern-
ment, and not to the law, and • great effect
was produced by the intervention of the government to
punish its officers for improper conduct. Ile understood
that iu this case it was not correct to my that the first
person who gave inforruation to the government was em-
ployed in the commissariat department, but • convicted
Aloe, on his release from the guil of Agra. It had also
leen stated to him that every witness against the accused
was abused and threatened to be indicted fur perjury if he
did uut give the evidence they wanted him to give. lie
was further informed that Joke Peraliaual wan told that if
be lelt Agra to get up evidence for defence he would be
dragged back AS a felon Hu was told that witnesses could
be brought to support those facts. And now he would pro-
ceed to more distinct charged of facts connected with this
ease, and he would tell the noble lord before he left the
house that night the name and residence of the gentleman
from whom hr had obtained his information ; and, if he
plesoil, he might to-morrow see that gentleman and satisfy
inset( of the correctors of the particulars he was about
to detail. The 'military magistrate of Agra had pre-
sented to hint a petition by toe relatives of • person
tonfined within the compound of the civil magistrate, Mr.
C. It. Denisna, praying that be might be released, as he was
enliued there illegally. The man was treated as a
criminal, and was threatened from day to day with coot-
'saltine O to a gaol, if he would not vary the deposition he
bad nude in open court before the magistrate. The ma-
gistrate would not receive the petition, because, not being on
staniped paper, it was informal, and he could not receive it,
bet be immediately drove to the residence of the magic.
date, Mr. Denison, and by the door of that gentleman's
house he saw the perms referred to, in the custody of two
of the native puttee. Such was his excitement, that the
SOAR nearly threw himself under the carriage as it me
proocheal, declared that he bad been confined for more
than twelve days. Ile stated that he had been carried into
the place illegally, after be had given. in open court, a
deposition in favour of Jute,: I', rsliaud ; anal every day he
had been threatened with commitment to • common
gaol if he would not vary that deposition. Those were
the facts, the lona of which the noble lord might satisfy
himself of to-morrow. second ease affected a Mr. W. K.
°Wiliam. There was at Ages a highly reepertable native
toraiker, who had no connexion whatever with the commissa-
riat, but through whom house, in the enure of business, it
happened that some pecuniary transactions between Jona
Pershauil anal his agents had passed. That native beaker
wee called before the magistrates., and he made his deposi-
tion, which was unsatisfactory to the magistrate. The
magistrate, upon this, abused him in terms so grans that
he sent a retainer to Mr. Longman Clarke, • well-
known barrister in Calcutta. to obtain his opinion as
to whether he might not tile • criminal information
against Mr. Gubbins for the language which he had used,
and Mr. Clarke was of opinion that it would lie. The
banker was again called before the magistrate, and was
033113115 ed to the continua gaol fur refusing to alter his de-
position, Ile was confined in a +lll.lll fell, and was obliged
to perform the offices of nature close to his sleeping place,
an abomination in the eyes of • Muhamedan. These were
the facts of the ease, and (throwing a note across the table to
Lord Broughtuu) there was the moue of his informant. Such
circumstances callel for inquiry. Ile asked no more than
inquiry, soil iuquiry he held was absolutely esseutial to the
beaver of the onveniment of India, he had almost said to
its purity, that wrong should nut be committed with im-
punity, but that they should search the matter to the bot-
tom and punish the wrong deer. (liC4r.) The noble earl
concluded by moving fur • return of the names of all peer-'
suns committed to or discharged from the gaol of Agra be-
tween the 11th of March and the 7th of November, IS.
specifying in each ease the magistrate by whose authority
each such commitment or discharge took place, together
with the grounds, if any, assigned fur them,
Lord BROUOIITON mid the charges brought by the
noble earl were placing the government of India and those
lemons to whom he had alluded in a position which could
loudly be called fair —(hear. hear)—for he (Lord Brough-
ton) was not in poseenion of any official information which
could mashie him to say yes or no to the statement which
the noble earl had mode. lie submitted that that state-
ment—these grave accusations coming from a noble earl of
his high authority—a noble earl who had tilled the very
highest place in the government of India—ought not to
have been lightly laid, the they should not have been
made either on the authority of a newspaper, or on that of
say private person, unless that private person was willing to
submit to whatever might be, he would not say the pun-
ishment, but the consequences, of giving wrong in-
formation on such a serious matter. (Hear, hear.)
He was thus placed in such a position that he
was hardly able to answer the statement put for-
ward on the neat authority of the noble earl ; but be
was in this position to say that as the noble earl's former
charges had turned out totally unfounded, he was not with-
out the hope that the accusations he had now made might
turn out to want some of that authority which the
noble earl had so gravely attached to them. All that
he (Lord Broughton) asked was, that their lordships
and the noble earl would suspend their judgment on
these charges, which had been brought forward on an
authority which the noble earl had been kind enough to
famish hint in a note. This, however, he must say, that it
was not a very gracious task on the part of persons return-
ing from Indian service, for them, the very first thing they
do on coming home, to furnish matter of attack on the go-
vernment, of which they hid been the servants and ought
to have been the faithful servants. He did not mean
to say that if there were any gross maleer-
motions in the administration of Indian affairs
their mouths should be scaled, but he thought
they should be very careful as to the charges they might
bring forward on the authority of other parties. lie
mould assure the noble lord that the subject would be
inquired into, but he trusted that he would not press him
to state on what terms the inquiry would take place.
(Hear, hear.)
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII had distinctly said that
If the noble lord would assure him that the Governor-Ge-
neral would order an inquiry, or that he would do so, he
should not have made any statement in the meantime upon
the subject. lf, however, a searching inquiry were not in-
stituted into the facts he had stated he should have a grave
charge to make against the government of India, (Heae
leer.)
The noble earl dial not press his motion, and the subject
dropped.
SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL.
Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this
hill. In doing so he spoke of the evils which attached to
the present site, and enlarged on the desirability of the
market being removed. Ile stated the eircumstan n-
utted with the history of the present bill, and mentioe:eal
its_public features and general principle.
The bill was then read • second time.
• ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid this bill on the
bible, and moved that it be read • drat time. On that day
!tinniest he would propose to take the sewed reading.
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that the provisions by 1„ ltow
should be extended to Ire • • .
After a few words from Illeelfefi "fekiciwenowtflL
The Duke of ARGYLL weed ler • news of every de.
tie' or beam* which had been made under the Cha-
ritable Escalate Act, with t e tame of the teetatore,.
sad the woes and dare** et the persons so
whom the hems% had bees greated dew the month of
Tainhery, 11111; IleretCriced trebly-. wee* psi***
lordsips* peelotan the mask ileerredsatios that hail
bees used Mamiethe eathdlie prelates, and of the
extent to which titles-haslet $ territorial character had
been rear** *Ur*/ ift the law.
c Mans Pm weeds from the LORD CHANCELLOR and the
LORD CRIMP Joaday for rica the OM was read a lint time, and
the order of the the second reading was fixed for
that day fortnight.
REPORT OF THE COMMON LAW COMMISSION.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that this report
had been presented to her Majesty, this
report
sow
laid on their lordships table. lie bad read that re-
port, and felt much pleasure in saying that it
reflected the highest credit upon the commimioners, to
whom the country were under the greatest obligation for
their valuable and gratuitous DeTVICCE. (Hear, hear.)
They had proceeded with unsparing hande, but at the
same time they appeared to have preserved the real prin-
ciples of British jurisprudence, and he believed that this
report might lay the foundations foe teat important im-
provements in the judicature of the country._ (Hear, hear.)

ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES RILL
The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions in
favour of the measure from prusbyterians in various parts
of Scotland; and one from the ministers and elders of
presbytery in Manchester, in connexion with the established
church of Scotland, praying that the bill be made more
stringent.
Petitions to the same effect were presented by the Earl of
MOCNTCASIIELL from baptist and other dissenting
coogreications in Liverpool and the neighbourhood.
WHITE DEEMING YISUERY (SCOTLAND) DILL.
The Duke of ARGYLL, in moving the third reading
of the above bill, presented a number of petitions in its
favour from various places in Scotland.
The bill iris read a third time and passed, and their lord-
ships adjourned at 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JULY 7.
The SPIUMCIII took the chair at 4 o'clock.