The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—FstoAT. ArGusT 19.

ilte Lotto Cisvccrtamt took kis ',St lit 6 o'clock

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PR f FriONS PRESENTED.
NJUROLIAOS WITIC a DlCLAeltli SISTER.—By
Lord STAN LEY of ALDERLEY, from the City of Lon-
don sod adiondog parishes, comprising Spaarields,
Bethnal- green, Mile.end, Hackney, 11-imerton, Debtors,
Moat's, De Beauvoir Town, Balls l'und, STU:Ifor.l, Poplar,
Borough, Bermondsey, Horeelydown, Old Kent-road,
Wagon's, Lambeth, and Newington Loth, signed by
23,361 pumas, 12,110 being married w men ; in favour 01-
Coeser Coinets.—By Lord BROUGHAM, from Dol.
is pawner al the *starlings of the jurisdiction ul coanty
courts.
COMMON LAW COURTS.
A lull fir the unprovemeut of proceedings in the courts
Of common law Was nod a first time.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Lord REDESDALE gave notice that early neetmesion
be would mute a resolution to the effect, " That this oust
do not road any bill • snood time after some day in the.
swath of July, to be hereafter named."
SLAVERY IN CUBA.
Lord BROUGHAM 'bind to ask a question of his nails
friend opposite.
Lord sTANLi:r of ALDERLEY su?gested that the
orders of day hail been called on.
Lord BEI se:SI-SALE objected to the noble and learned
lord immure his question at that time, as it would interfere
with the beigiess of the home.
Lord DWI' 0 RAM stead then, to put himself in order,
muse toe erbournment of the house, to enable him to put a
question to the pubis Iced the Sc :eatery for Foreign Affairs.
Ile understood that a person named Zuluetta, the owner of
the ship Laity Suffolk, and a notorious slevedesler, had
been sent to a pinion is Cubs, but in a few days afterwards
be had been retested, and had gone Leek to the li h,
where Ached held a meeting of the persons most notoriously
engaged in slave trading, and it was snits(' to be in further-
ance of 'he proetedisin of the govenamtot of Cuba, who was
strongly suspected ut having given, on all occasions, only a
colourable adhesion to the treaties for abolishing the slave
teethe. He welted to know whether the noble earl had
mosimed any authentic information on the subject ?
The Enter CLARENDON eou:d only say that a short time
ago the Consul-General of Cuba reported that, as he un-
derstood, in councilman of very atnogeot instructions from
Spans, an improvement bad taken place with reference
to die abolition of the slave trade, and that mot
severe measures were heinq taken for its suppres-
sion. lie bail received this intelligeace about three
wales ago, and had laid it benne the committee of
the House of Commons then sitting on the slave trade.
Among other facts stated by the Consul-General
was the arrest and imprisonment ot Zuluetta, who was said
by his uo'le and teeniest friend to be a notorious slave
dealer. He added also that such an arrest was a measure
so annual in the:Oland of Cuba that it spread consterna-
tion amongst the slave traders, and he had no doubt that a
good result would he produced by it. He had certainly
seen an account of Zuluetta's having been released, but he
bad no official knowledge of the fact.
Lord REDESDA LE complained of the course which the
noble and learned tura pursued in setting the orders of the
house at defiance. If such a course were allowed to be
pursued they might as well have no orders at all. if the
noble lord had waited only a quarter of an hour the orders
of the day would have been disposed of, and he might then
have put his question without being out of order.
Lord BROUGHAM contended that he had a right to
adopt the course he had taken; and his question was an
important one. Ile should like to see the orders adhered
to as well as any one of their lordships; but if they were
to be strictly acted upon, as the noble lord contended for,
it would nut pr./duce order, but revolution in their lord.
ships' house.
HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTIES (No. 2) BILL.
This bill was read a second dam ; and, the standing orders
being dispensed with, it went through ILI remaining stages
and was passed.
The Militia Pay; Land Tim Redemption Act Amend-
ment; South Sea and other Annuities, Provision for
Payment, de ; Apprehension of Offenders Act Amend-
ment; Battling-houses; Commons Inelosure (No. 3); Fe-
male Convicts ; Lome Societies ; Marriages lloly Trinity
Church, Ilulme, Validity; Friendly Societies; Copyhold,
Ac., Commission Continuance; Metropolitan Sewers Acts
Continuance; Customs Consolidation Act ; and the Eccle-
siasticel Jurisdiction Bills were severally read a third time,
and passed.
Atter waiting for some time for a message from the
Commons, which brought up the rnult of some amendments
to a bill,
The house adjourned at b minutes past G.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY, Atc. 19.
The BPIAILIA took the choir at 3 o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
The lion Mr. LYTrurrum took the oaths and his seat
for South Staffordshire._

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
'RETURN ORDERED.
Mr. VANCE moved to a return of the poor law unions
of Ireland, datiogniitung those that have their schools in
connexion with the National Board from those that have
not.

SLIGO ELECTION.
Mr. BUTT presented a petition from Mr. J. P. Somers,
and requested that it might be read by the clerk. The
petition was read accordingly, and it stated that the pati-
tioner was • candidate to represent the borough of Sligd is
parliament at the last election; that Mr. &Melt' was re-
turned fur the said borough; that the petitioner presented
a petition against such return, two persons having entered
into recognisance' on his behalf; and that such persons had
been tampered with, whereby the privileges of the hones
were interfered with.
Mr. SADLEIII trusted that the house would permit his
to make one or two observations upon the petition jut
read. He would say, in the first instance, that he hoped
that the hon. and learned member for Youghal (Mr. Beta
would take some steps which should subject the seveN
allegations in the petition to the test of a public inquiry
properly constituted. (Hear, hear.) It was due to his
(Mr. Sedleir't) personal as well as to his public position, to
declare in the most solemn manner that as far as regarded
himself the various allegations in the petition were altogether
unfounded and void of tenth. (Hear, hear.) He had had
no opportunity. of communicating with the other parties
against whom imputations were made, with the exception
of Mr. Walker. It was due to that gentleman to say that
he (Mr. Sadleir) called upon him to tarnish him with such
explanation as he could with regard to the statements
in the petition, with • copy of which he had been
furnished. Mr. Walker had assured him in the most
distinct manner that he had no knowledge whatever
of the alleged transactions, and that, if they took place at all,
they were without his authority. He (Mr. Sadleir) denied
that any one except Mr. Walker was authorised to act in a
professional manner for him in the matter of the petition
which had been presented against his return for Sligo. He
could not but regard it as • misfortune that a petition of
this character should be presented at the close of one ses-
sion, when it would be utterly impossible to subject the
allegations contained is it to investigation before the coin-
encamp, at of the next session. It was very possible that
this petition, which bore a miens rtsemolanee to one
which emanated from the sane quarter in ISIS, might
share the same fate. A petition was presented in 1&48
charging the gentleman who preceded him as representa-
tive for Sligo with illegal acts amounting t's an unconstitu-
tional interference with the privileges of the house. That peti-
tion was referred to a select committee, and the persons
who made the allegations in it were obliged to appear
before that committee, which after careful inquiry reported
their statements to be unfounded. It was very possible
that the promoters of the present attempt would find it as
abortive as the one of ISIS.
Mr. LICTT said thst it was his intention to take the ear-
liest opportunity of having this matter inquired into. The
petition was placed in his hands and he did not feel him-
self justified In declining to present it. Ile said nothing as
to the allegations contained in it; he did not wish to pre-
judice the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Sadleir) and he
was sorry that the hon. gentleman hail not been equally
gwirdcil with respect to the petitioners. In conclusion he
stated be would not have presented this petition hid he
not known that the hon. member would be in his place to
sake any observations upon it whickhe thought lit.
CANTU LAR PROPERTY.

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The Marquis of IILANDFORD gave notice that at the
commencement of neat session be would move for leave to
bring in a bill with respect to the management of capitular
property.
ASSAULTS UPON WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Mr. AGLIONI3Y, in putting a question to the noble
lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
wished to remind the house that when the act of parties
meat relative to assaults upon women, and children under
12 years of age, was passed, it was propoeed to inflict cor-
poral punishment upon those guilty of such assaults. That
proposition, however, being opposed by government, was
lost. He wished to ask whether the numerous cases, which
had recently occurred, of brutal assaults of the character
to which he referred, had come under the notice of the
noble lord—and if so, whether he was not convinced that it
would be necessary to bring in a hill in the next session of
parliament to amend the law with regard to this matter.
Lord PALMERSTON had, with great regret, noticed the
cases to which his hon. friend alluded. He hoped that
when the operation of the bill to which reference had been
made became known and was understood by those brutes
in human ahape—(hear, hear)—to whom tt applied, it
would h►ve the desired effect. If this should not be so,
he should consider the propriety of introducing some farther
measure on the subject.
CHOLERA AT HAMBURG.
Mr. BUTLER asked the Secretary of State for Home
Affairs, whether he had received any intimation of an out-
break of Orders at Hamburg.
Lord PALMERSTON hal not received any intimation of
that feet. It was a matter, however, which would come
not to hie department, b•t rather to that of Foreign Affairs.
If there were any truth in the matter it would, without
doubt, have been nii ationed in the newspapers.
Mr. WILSON might perhaps state that • representation
hail been made to the Treasury to the effect that 30 cases of
cholera had occurred at Hamburg ; none of them, however,
terminated fatally.
GUANO.

Colonel BLAIR. said that •Wicelie called attention to this
matter • lew evenings ago, he had •aetrtaincd that an
inland containing guano had been discovered on the east
soul of Africa, and be wished to call the attention of go-
verninent to that fact.
Lord J. RUSSELL mid the matter shonia receive due
euisidszatice.