The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARL lAMEh T.

HOUSE OF LOMIS.-TCESDAY, JULY 23.

The house met at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINEid.
SECOND READTNGO.—Virgin Mary's Hospital (Newcastle-Ws. I
Tyne) Estate; Thorne Molt Drainage and Improvement; Bills.
THIRD READINGS.—Edinburgh and Bathirate Railway (Estes.
non and Deviation); London awl North Western railway (brusehee
in
and extension. from Levineton ; Edinburgh and Glasgow Ravel. I
and Glasgow, Airurie, stud Mouklinds JUDeflOn
el Acts) ; Dundee and Arbroath I...away (Dundee Junctioo) : London
and South Western ExiAray Company's Act:, Amendment (extension,
deviation, and new works; (Amendments to br pr000,x1); Stirling ana
Dunfermline Railway (amendment and deviation) ; Bins.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
COIPITITEES.—Exchanue of Aavolmon. in the counties o f West
India and Staftord; Provident Association Fraud Prevention ; West
Indit islands Relief; BUS.
REIDICT.—PubIic I (wall Dill.
MIR') READlNGS.—Reliadiring Birth., Be. (Scontad) ; Mar.
doge (Scotland); bills.
CORMONS' AM ENIMENT4 CONSlDERED.—Avelgnment of Ec-
clesiastical Districts Bill.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal ament sea. given by commissi,nt to the
Habeas Corpus Su,•er.sian (Ireland) hill, and the i,on.
don and Blackwall. Railway (Connecting Branch), an
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Roscobie, Keltyheads,
anti Glencraig Branches) Bills.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chantel'or, cos
Lord Privy Seal, and the Marquis of Lansflowne.
Their lordships then adjourned till 5 o'clock.
REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL moved tha third reading of this bill.
The Earl of HADDINGTON opposed the bill, but his
observation, were not diitinctly heard in the gallery. The
bill was then read a third time and passed.
MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL. moved the third reading of this bill.
The Earl of HADDINGTON believed the bill would
not have the effect which it was intended to have,
namely, to check irr:gular marriages iii Scotian';
and be hoped the nele and learned lord would,
at all events. postpone it until next lesion.
His opinion was that the elect of the bill would merely be
to transfer the marriages (tom the church to the registrar
under the act He b.ped that the house would tint term
on an unwilling country ouch a system as that proposed by
the bill. The noble lord ear.cluded by moving that the bill
be read a third time that day three months.
Lord BROUGHAM thought the measure meet unobjee.
tionable, and it would certainly greatly improve the law of
Scotland. He was ..:tonieked at the opposition whisk ned
been offered to the bill. By the present law of Scotland,
taken from Constant:n .ple one would think, any boy of 14
and girl of 12 might, before a postillion or chambermaid, ar
any one else, declare that the one would take the cher as
wife and husband, .0.1 each a declaration, before a witness,
without a moment Iti reflection, was a legal marriage in
Scotland. Could .vnything be more barbarous? And what
rational objection could there be to place the law of mar-
riage in Scotland c u the same Looting as that of England ?
The present measure, instead of allowing parties to te mar-
as he had described. in a minute, while you might count
ten on your fingers,would oblige them to reside 14 days in the
parish before they could be married. He hoped parliament
would also turn its attention to the subject of the law of
divorce. Nothing could be more shameful than the state of
the law in this respect. No lawyer could tell whether cer-
tia persons were bastards cr legitimate, owing to the con-
flict between the Scotch and English law en the subject. A
party going to the Court of Chancery to obtain :personal
property might be held to be kgitimatc ; but, if he went to
the Queen's Bench or Cer...mon Pleas to demand a real
tate, he might is held to be illegitimate. This had been
decided in a case of .• Doe and Barber."
The Duke of ARGYLL approved of the b:11, and though
it would be a great improvement in the law of Scotland. It
recognised all marriages iN facie ecclesire ; all marriages
performed by clergymen of any denomination; and it also
recogni4ed marriegir as a civil contract when performed by
the regiatrar. It recognised, therefore, every regular =Ars
of marriage, and it would not encourage irregular but
wculd give every facility to regular marriages. He should
therefore vote for the third reading.
Lord CAMPBELL said the bill would be one of the
greatest he. ns that could be conferred on Scotland.
The Earl of HADDINGTON then withdrew hcs amend-
ment, and the bill rot read a third time and passed.
LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion that this hill be read a third time,
The Earl of ILARROWBY objected to the power given to
the company by this run steamers in connexion with
their line to the Channel Islands, and the emote of England
=3 France. It WAS a ni eiopoly which ought net to be givoa
to any parties, and the more especially to railway companies.
Moreover, it was an improper application of railway funds.
He should therefore more the omission of that part of the
preamble of the bill which sanctioned the company becoming
proprietor of StettEl.boats.
The Duke of WELLINGTON thoutl,t railway compa7 ics
multi not to have the power of establishing steam-boats it
connexion with their lines, and he should therefore support
the proposition of hie noble friend.
The Ear: of St. GERMANS, as a member of the c
mittee to whom this quest:ea was referred, vindicated the
decision of the corataittc,s in the casts of the Dubl,n, Ches-
ter' and Holyhead, and the Brighton and South Coast lines.
With respect to the London and South Western Company,
the committee had permitted the purchase of steamboats
fer the traffic with continental ports solely for the purpose of
increasing the amount. of public accommodation and the
facility of transit.
Lord MONTEAGLE supported the amendment. His
experience of railway companies had shown him that their
plan was firs. to zet.a terminus at a seaport, then to secure
tits port, and Emily to monopolise the water communication.
The Marquis of WESTMINSTER supported the clause
as the cal,- means of securing regularity of communication
with the Continent, a point which all previous steamboat
companies had faded to effect.
The Earl of MINTO feared that the house had been taken
somewhat by sur,:r:se by the noble earl's amendment.
Would it not be better tf the noble earl were to postpone • ne
discussion to a future day ?
After a few words front Earl St. GERMANS and tl e
Earl of WARWICK, in vindication of the decision of the
committee,
Lord BEAUMONT opposed the clm.se ea a question GS
principle, but the Sou:k WesternCorapany would not be de-
nated in their object, as they could form themselves into a
separate company for ...eamboat purposes.
the Earl of KARROWBY declined postponement, seeing
that all the facts were sully before the house.
Lord REDESDALE complained that no notice had been
given of deo opposition intended. He concurred with the
Pricy Seat in :hinting that an adjournment of the
debate would be desirable.
After a few words from the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
The Earl of HARROWBY consented to the adjournment
3t the debate until Thursday next.
The Loose adjourned at a quarter past seven, until Thurs.
lay next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TCESIDAY, JULY 23.
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BUS r at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE INESS.
BROOM/ TI!-ADDIG.—Windlor Castle and Town Approaches Im-

prominent InIL
LORDS' .IMENDMSNIS CONSIDERED.—Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ilvirrvay ,No. 2) ;deviation of Poe, and power to
Sh-ewsbary and Birm.nglaM, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Dudit7 itallway Companiev to contribute and make arrange.
manta); 'Mors and EnMeklUer Railway (amendment of acts, and to
authorise arrangements saint other companies); Bills.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
REPORT.—Palrita In.".and ;No. 2., Lill.
_ Unious and Divisions cl

l'arinbas
NOTICEss OP MOTION.—FARM[R,' &RAI r (IRELAND) 8rz0..-1.4r.
OL SI/STONE, on Frith' nese. to move the recommittal of thin MU.
St.GAZ WEILL—Lard O. LEXTINcIi, in committee of the whole
mouse on mi. subjeet, to wove farther amenamsniA,
CorsnN, our. tics ESVAIti, no 2211 August, to more
th.t on any membernotice thot 40 members are not preselit,
such member's name to prhated M the votes.
WINDSOR CASTLE AND TOWN IMPROVEMENT
BILL.
Lord MORPETH mired the second reading of this bal,
Col. SALWEY umitratood that this bill went to deprive
the public of rights they now enjoyed, by stopping up one oil
the most values le footpath% in the 110.r.e park, and without
some explar.ation ire could not consent to the motion.
Lord MORPETH it was perk:say true that the bill
authorised the e:oe,mc up of a footpath and road through the
Rome-park, but it ;see
lit! public much greater advantages
tbm it took away, for rew open a large portion of the
park to the pubic trim which they seer, now excluded.
Col. REID oha..rec.t that the inhabitants of Wirolsor were
generally in favour tof th.: bill.
Col. SALWEY tteolght if the ialiabitants of Windsor were
in favour of the hid, that was uo reason why they should
p-'s a bill inttletin; an injury on the public. lie should
mere that the rem ling be put eff forth( months.
Mr. Ewar.t. ,11.1.4., prepared to seemed the amend-
meat, tneught sacrament ought to make some arrangement
by which the public would still be admitted to that part of
the path where Herne's oak stood. (lieu, hear.)
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to be assured that the
'urns agreed to be pail by the railway companies would it
suflicient:to carry out these contemplated improvements, ant
that no demand would aLerwsrils be made upon the public
for the pre se. (Hear, hear.)
Lord :lORPETH was quite ready to give such an assu-
rance ; and it would rest as an especial duty on the depart-
ment which he proiJe..l. over (the Woods and Forests) that
tl ese improvement% should occasion no hitcher charge upon
the public. Witu :cord to Hemet oak he Is:tiered that
there were three or four owes in dqll.leat parts a the park
each of which woo roireeo out as the identical one, but
that according to ' .r. antiquaries the original lierne's
ook no longer existed.
The bill was then read a second time, and committed to a
select committee.
POOR. LAW UNION CHARGES (No. 2) BILL.
Mr. C. BULL.EIt, .n moving the secomi reaeling of this
hill, assured the house that it was not mere anxiety for legis-
lation that induced him, at this period of the session, to bring
forward four bids on lade subject of the poor law ; and that
it was only under the ?erasure of absolute and urgent neces-
sity that ne called at:sutoon to this the first of those bills,
the object or whim undoubtedly was to efiect an important
elapse in the exis,ing low. In the nrst place, it was net
lacy to renew Mr. Veda in*, Lid of lot session for the removal
of the poor, which oo.b: otherwise expire in Oetols r. In
1f,16 there was an inip-wtant change made in the law as to
the removal of turn to, hut that chancre, teoctfrkgrounded
in sound policy, and ,ox,,sioned much complaint amongst
the retepsyets iu n,sd., cpeilicies, as having shifteu upon
their shoulder.; on ao burden. The object of that
measure was to raisins ;he burden more equal, but the addi-
tional charge which :is thrown upon some of the parishes
was not borne withoo: :with impatience: and last session a
vary wove feeling agama: theoperationti thr. then Yoor Law