The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

MENT BILL.

The Earl of DEV6/71rto;edT..e second reading of
this bill.

The Duke of RICHMOND did not object to it, the more
especially as thee, were no petitions against it; but he
thought if th' House of Commons was in earnest in the
matter, they shoul,l adopt an address that the officers of the
crown should be instructed to prosecute the agents of the
candidates and ethers at Great Yarmouth who had been
guilty of bribery.
After a few words from Lords BROUGHAM and BEDE,-
DALE, the bill was read a second time.
PROTECTION OF FEMALES BILL.

The Bishop of OXFORD, in moving the second reading
of this bill, said the especial object of the bill was to protect
females who were often entrapped to their utter ruin. He
understood that there were 80,000 of these unfortunate
women in London, and at leant one•fourth part of them were
seduced by persons who made a livelihood by entrapping
female* who arrived from the country, under the pretence of
getting them situations.
Lord BROUGHAM thought this bill was not liable Many
of the objections which applied to a former measure on thin
islojeet.
The bill was then read a iecond time.

EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE having moved the
order of the day for going into committee on this bill,
The Earl of RODEN said that the bil )contained clanses
ieh he regarded as detrimental to the working of the
poor-law, and directly opposed to the original intention of
that lot. He hoped the noble marquis would not go into
committee on it until after the recess.

The Marquis of CLANHICARDE said he had amend-
ments to introduce which would probably meet the noble
earl's objections, and he wished to go into committee now in
order to have the bill, as amended, reprinted. He had se
objection to defer any di,cuuion on the bill until after the
recess.
The bill accordingly passed through committee pro forml,
and was ordered to be reprinted with amendments.
Their lordships then. at ten minutes to seven. adjonraed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JeNz 5.
The SraLiza took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SECOND READINGS.—Hamlyn's Estate; New loss Pert and
Harbour ; Bills.
REPORTS CONSIDERED.—BristoI end Exeter Railway (brand
hom Bleadon to Wells, Clastoobury, and Street) ; Bristol and Exeter
Railway (Taunton and Castle Cary branch); Drummlles Railway;
Great Northern Railway (Isle of An:Ann extension) ; Leeds and
Think Railway (Harro/Ms and Pateley branch); London sad Blacks
wall Railway 'lmprovement, and branches to the St. Katharine's an/
London Docks; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
(No. 2) deviation of line, and power to Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
and BirroMgharn, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Companies
to contribute and make arrangements ; Bills.
THIRD READLNGS.—StirIing and Dunfermline Railway (amends
went and deviations) ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (de-
viation and abandonment of part of the Think and Halton Branch);
Bills.
THE SPANISH CORRESPONDENCE.
Lord M. Hai. presented, by command of her Majesty,
copies of certain despatches addressed by Sir H. Bulwer to
Lord Palmerston.

JEWISH DISABILITIES.
Sir R. H. INOLIS said that he had observed on the votes
of Thursday last anotice of motion which would be important
if it bad proceeded from a young member of the house, but
which was doubly important when proceeding from one con- '
nected with the administration, and preeminently import-
ant when proceeding from the bead of that admintatration;
and observing that the motion was entered for this day, on
which orders had precedence of motions--observing
that her Majesty's ministers kad en the paper not
lees than fourteen orders of the day, every one of
which must be disposed of before any notice of mo-
tion could be submitted to the consideration of the
house—and observing also that there was no one day this
week on which the government had not precedence with
some order of the day—he wished to ask the noble lord who
had added this new element of division to the discussions of
the house—(hear, hear) —on what day after Whitsuntide
the noble lord proposed to take the debate, and, he (Sir It.
H. Inglis) trusted, the defeat, on the New Jew Bill, or, aa it
was pled, a bill for altering the oaths required to be taken
by members of parliament? (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said, with respect to the question put •
by the hon. member, he had to reply that he found that he
could not bring in the bill which he proposed to introduce
under the notice he had given ; but that it would be first
necessary to go into a committee of the whole house. It
was therefore his intention to propose, on Tuesday, the 27th
inst., that the house should resolve itself into committee for
the purpose of considering the oaths now taken by the mem-
bers of the two houses of parliament. (Hear,
begged also to state to the hon. member (if he did not re-
member the fact) that the year before last, and also last
year, he (Lord J. Russell) had stated that he had some doubts
whether he should bring in a general bill with regard to
the oaths now taken by members of both houses, or
whether he should props e a bill limited to the relief of
persons of the Jewish rersuasior. The latter he bad tried,
and though the hon. member spoke of defeat in that mea-
sure, he (Lord J. Russell) had ran ived the support of the
majority of the house. (Hear, hear.) He understood,
however, that there were some members of the other house
who had scruples with regard to taking the oaths, especial:,
that of supremacy, as they new stood, and therefore he
wished to make the oaths more simple, and to enable all the
subjects of her Majesty to takethop oaths. (Hear, hear.)
The Earl of LINCOLN begged to remind the noble lord
that the hon. baronet the member for Southwark (Sir W.
Molesworth) had a very important motion on the subject of
the color ice for the 27th. Had the noble lord made any
arrangements with the hon. baronet to give him precedence
on that day ?
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the motion of the hon.
baronet had been put off once, and he was to fix a day forit.
Sir R. H. INOLIS had understood the noble lord to say
that the bill he proposed to introduce would enable tile
subjects of her Majesty to take the oaths. Did the -
mean to include Mshommedans and raQ Ana ?
Lord J. RUSSELL did not think the bill woul&liik
any other than those who were born or nazi *wt.
of her Majesty to take the oath; and he was not,' that
there were any Makommedans or pagans wlreMere se.
(" Hear, hair," and a laugh.)
ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATES. P‘ ....-
Lord R. GROSVENOR asked the Chancellor'
chequer whether he would undertake before next y
and fairly to consider the claims of the attorneys •