The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1862.

to seethe garrisons at Portedown and Dover reedy to hang deuce as it should think sufficieot that notice of the appli-
mos the Sank or rear of the enemy. It might be said, cation for such order had been given to such person as
Oh. but that would leave London defeneelses." That should have made such entry in a reasonable time before
would not be the CYO. It bad recently been shown such order was actually made.
that 20,000 men coulu be conveyed from London to Brigh- The clause was agreed to.
ton in a se4e morning, and that, too, in addition to the The remaining new dames were added to the bill, and the
ordinary and the extraordinary traffic of the railway eora. boom resumed.
pally. Of course in such an emergency the whole available THE SECURITY OF PURCHASERS BILL, AND THE
transport of the country would be at the service of the REAL PROPERTY (TITLE OF PURCHASERS) BILL.
government, and there were twodistiact lime to Portsmouth The committee oa these bills was postponed to Monday,
and Dover. The opinion which he had ermined was also the 30th inst
that both of the Duke of Wellington, and as bad been mid THE COMPANIES, tic., BILL.
by his right hon. friend in another place of the Emperor The claims of this bill as amended were considered and
Napoleon. The contrary opinion of J. Burgoyne had agreed to.
been referred to ; but their lordships would And by reference THE PETROLEUM BILL.
to page 70 the blue book, that Sir John was in favour of The house went into committee on this bill, and the
ten works at Portadown and three works between that sod amendments having been sgreed to, the house resumed.
the Gosport line ; whereas the government only proposed THE HARBOURS TRANSFER BIEL.
six works in all. After all what did the evidence of Sir J. 1 The house went into committee on this bill.
Burgoyne amount tot He should be in favour of erecting Mr. AYRTON urged the postponement of the considers-
the forts if we bad means enough—in fact he would have Lion of the chums of this bill, on the ground that few MOM.
erected them in France, but he would not do so in England. tiers ware present, and that the bill was one of too great
He (the illustrious duke) confessed that he could not under importance 111 be passed in • thin house.
stand the gallant officer's reasoning. (Hear, hear.) 1 Mr. Y. N objected to riny postponement at
The returns were then ordered, and their for
rope present, as all interests affected had been carefully at
at • quarter past eight. tended to.
After • few words from Mr. Scour,
The clauses were agreed to.
PIER AND HARBOU RILL ORDERS CONFIRMATION
B
On the motion for going into committee on this bill.
Mr. A. SMITH objected to proceeding with the bill In so
thin a house. There were not more than 15 mambas preeent.
Mr. M. GIBSON said that there was a name for not
delaying this sties of the bill.
An Hoe. MIMS= took notice that there were not 40
mamba's present.
TM house was therefore counted, and 26 members only
having been collected during the three minutes allowed for
othaatolurpose, the home adjourned at five minutes past 8

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —THITIMDAY, Jolra 26.
The &SLIM took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Tamp RILDINGS. —lawmen sad Aberdeen Junction
and Invername and Roes-shin Railway Companies ; Llyovi
Valley Railway ; Meter, aad &abridge, Lisburn, and Belfast
Railways ; Wilford Bridge. Bills.
STANDING ORDERS' REVISION.
On the motion of Oolong Warms Pangs, the following
'sleet oommittee was appointed for unison the Mending
orders relating to private bills-Colossi Wilson Patten, Mr.
Macey, Mr. Henley, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Walpole,
Lord Stanley, Mr. Sotheron Esteonrt, Mr. Adair, Mr.
Herbert, Mr. Dadra, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Hadfield, Mr.
Arthur Mills, Mr. Richard Hodpoe, and Mr. Dunlop.
Power to send for persons, papers, and records ; five to be
the quorum.
THE CAMEL CORPS IN INDIA.
General BUCKLEY asked the Secretary of State for
War, why the aloes sad men of the Rifle Brigade who
composed the Camel Corps in India, commanded by Colonel
Roes during the late motley (having received a medal and
clamps far services with Sir Hugh Rose's force in Central
India), bad not received a share of prize mosey
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the claims of tUr H. Rose's
corps altogether were under cousideratioa.
GERMAN MILITARY SETTLERS AT THE CAPE.
Sir G. LEWIS maid he was unable oe a former day to
give to the right hon. and gallant gentleman opposite (Ge-
neral Peel) the asset information which be desired with re-
spect to expenses incurred at the Cape of Good Hopis
on account of the German settlers in that colony. He had
since obtained that information, and with the permission of
the house he would state the circumstance" under which
the charge of 19,3861. 15s. 3d. was raised against the army
grants for 1860-6 L It was divisible into two parts—pay
and allowances, and building money. The first partly on-
ginted from the three regiments of German settler" having
been kept by the governor of the Cape on full pay longer
than was contemplated, in consequence of a sudden
movement of • vast number of Kaffir' from the Cape
colony back to their own country beyond the fron-
tier, which it was imagined might have bees at—
tended with considerable evil, and partly from the
oxitinuniou of half-pay to those men who were not effec-
tive until the end of the financial year 1860-61, to enable
them to overcome the difficulties they experienced in their
transition from soldiers to settlers. The second arose from
the amounts for part of the building money advances is
185748 having been received during the past year, and the
amount thereof could not legally be charged otherwise than
in the account for the first open year, viz., 1860-61. It
was also to be observed that 246134 He. 3d. greeted by
parliament for the service of the German settlers was appro-
priated in eider! the excesses ea the parliamentary account
for the period, viz., 1857-58.
General PEEL wished to know whether any eorrespood-
eon taken plan es the subject between the War-office sod
the governor of the Cape. and, if so, whether he would
lay such eorrespoodease on the table.
Sir G. LEWIS maid he understood • voluminous come-
spoodeoce had taken place between the War-office and the
governor of the Cape on the subject. He believed the
correspondence was communicated to the Treasury, and
that the decision of the Treasury was founded epee that
correspondence. Perhaps the right his. pedismas would
allow him to look over the ommempesimme before pro-
ducing it.

PUBLIC MONUMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. HANKEY salted the First Commissioner of Works
when the return of publis monuments and status in
London, ordered on the 3rd of June, 1861, would be laid
upon the table?
Mr. COWPER said he felt considerable difficul in
getting emirate information on some of the details tithe
return, but he thought be should be able to lay it on the
table in • few days.
OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
Colonel SYKES asked the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether, on the 28th day of April last or
os soy other day, the Tartar government officials were sup-
plied with arms, ammunition, and military stores from the
animal at Hong Kong ; whether these munitions of war
were sold to the Tartar government or were a gift ; whether,
on the evacuation of Canton by the allies, many hundreds
of pprrisuoooossn in the gaols, amongst whom were the mother
•edsomerelativs of the Timmer; Emperor, were handed over
to the Tartar governor ; and, whether any guarantee was ob-
tained that the lives of the mother of the Taiping Emperor
and of his relatives should not be sacrificed.
Mr. LAYARD said that her Majesty's government bad
not received any information from China up to the date
referred to, the 26th of April ; and therefore he could not
tell his hoc. and gallant (need whether any arms, ammu-
nition, or military stores had been given to the Chinese
government, for he did not know what the " Tartar
government " meant ; but he might state that her Majesty's
government bad determined that arms, ammunition, and
military, stores not required for the service of her Majesty,
might be sold to the Chinese government at cost price.
With regard to the other part of the question, he begged to
state that the hon. and gallant gentleman must have been
misinformed upon the subject to which it referred. When
the allies took possession of Canton they instituted a super.
vision of the gaols, and all persons imprisoned on aooount
of any connexion with the allies were immediately released.
Criminals were detained in the gaols, but the administra-
tion of criminal justice was left as far as possible to the
Chinese authorities, the British authorities watching over
shoes who were condemned to see that they were not tor-
tured or subjected to undue punishmeut. He had been in-
formed by Sir Harry Parkes that during the time the allies
occupied Canton, only between 30 and 40 persons were
executed, and these were well-known criminals.
Sir Harry Parkes had also informed him that he
had made inquiries as to the mother of the
Taming chief, and had ascertained that she was left in
charge of a large establishment of 3,000 ladies, which it
appeared he kept up. (Laughter.) His mother was placed
over them to keep the ladies in order, and she appeared to
he quite wife at Nankin. There were no Tattling women in
the gaols of Canton. There were some women of the Tee-
Mg party there, but they were not actually prisoners ;
they were well fed and clothed, and if they had been turned
out the probability was that they would have starved.
Therefore they were humanely kept there ' • but that they
were ever banded over to the Chinese authorities was not
correct.
THE NEW CHANCERY RULES.
Mr. 00X gave notice that in Tuesday next he mull cell
the attention of the home to the General Rules of the High
Courted Chancery dated the 16th of April last, and would
move that it is the opinion of the house that such orders
should not continue in force.
FORTIFICATIONS AND WORKS.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE gave notice that in committee os
the Fortifications Bill he would move the insertion al a
clause or clauses to restrict the application of any mosey
which might be raised under the authority of the act to the
oompletioo of such contracts for works as are already made,
or of such as may hereafter be made, subject to the previous
approval of parliament.
Sir G. LEWIS said, in reference to a remark which bad
been made at a late hour on Tuesday night, it was his inten-
tion to furnish the fullest information with respect to works
and fortifications, either with regard to past expenditure or
with reference to future. He should take care te lay upon
the table of the house to-morrow an additional account to
the one circulated that morning, and which he hoped would
be in the hands of boo. members by Monday next.
Mr. B. ESTCOIJRT inquired on what day the Fortifica-
tions Bill would be proceeded with.
Sir G. LEWIS said he proposed to move the second read-
log of the bill on Monday next.
TRANSFER OF LAND BILL.
The house thee went into committee on this bill, Mr.
MASSEY in the chair.
After several clauses had been passed.
Mr. WALPOLE said he was very anxious that the bill
should aimed He did not think • greater boon could be
conferred on tended proprietors than to give them the means
of obtaining an indefeasible title. (Hear.) If, however,
the measure imposed upon those who were unwilling to
avail themeless of it the necessity for employing a pro.
torsional gentleman and of incurring expenses is order to
put themselves io as good a position as those who had taken
advantage of its provisions, he believed the bill would break
down, zed that parliament would have again to be
applied to.
The house resumed, and the chairman having reported
progress, obtained leave to sit again.
DECLARATION OF TITLE BILL.
The house then met into committee on this bill.
The clauses of the bill having been agreed to after some
verbal amendment',
Mr. ROLT moved that a register should be kept is
such place as the Lord Chancellor should appoint wherein
any person having or claimiog to have any estate, right,
title or interest in or to any land, or having or claiming to
have any encumbrance thereon, should be at liberty to enter
his Dante and address, with the name of the county, permit,
and township in which such land was situate, in such form
as the Chancellor should order; and when any person
should have made such entry, the court should not make an
order under this act aides it was satisfied after such eel-