The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

NAVIGATION BILL.

Lord REDESDALE mid that, in consequence of the ib.
sena of the Bishop of Oxford, who intended to propos et
amendment on the third reading of this b:11, which wee
fixed for to morrow, he begged to ask the noble marquis op.
posits to postpone the third reading. The right rev, pews
would not be able to attend during the present week.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would readily comet,
under the circumstances, to postpone the third reeding of se
bill until to-morrow se'nnight.
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
Lord STANLEY, on presenting the petition from the
clergy of the &marry of
.Frome, on the subject of the pu.
liamentary grant for public education to schools in °ennuis
with the National Society, said the prtiiioners complained
that the Committee of Privy Council had refuted to se
founders of church schools a fair participation in the gnat
In the early part of the session the noble marquis bed
informed him that a.correspondence was going on net....
the government and the head of the ehureb, and he was
anxious to know whether it had been brought to a cense.
sion, and whether the terms agreed on would remove se
objections which many cf the clergy entertained to se
conditions inserted in what were called the manors"
clauses ?

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE csuld not say that it
had been brought to a couclusion, but he hoped it 6x,
would be.

The Bishop of LONDON said the noble lord (Stank') ha
spoktn of a correspondence between the government and the
rulers of the church. Ile wished to correct the tweaks;
the correspondence had been carried on between the gamy
ment and the National Society.
' LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LANDS (IRELAND)
BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL brought up the report on this
and moved that it be receive.).

Lord BEAUMONT wished the noble and learned lordly
defer it until tomorrow (this day).
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Lord STANLEY understood that the b::1 would interim
with the privilege of the Irish Society—that, in tic; it
would p t the power which they at present had, ci
renewing their leases en certain conditions; and, comidtrey
the excellent character of that society, and the siasuable
way in which their funds were administered, he ttheekt
they ought to have an opportunity of stating tharesss
counsel at the bar, or that the bill should be referred is
select committee fur an hour or two.

Lord CAMPBELL could not pledge himself to s pa
feesional opinion on the point as to the Irish society;
the bill had been most carefully considered by his noble s
learned friend the Lord Chancellor,

After a short conversation the reception of the report's
postponed until to morrow (this day).

C NtAN ALBDO RAILWAY.
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Lord MONTEAOLE, on presenting the petition frou
the shareholders of the Caledonian Railway, said that Ike
bill oon.ituting the nmpany was pawed in 1845, which pro.
vided that a sum of three or four million should be rind
for making a railway from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Om ci
this sum 381,0001, had been invested by the directors fa
eleven other railways. Ttus the capital bad been with
drawn from the object to which parliament intended it
should be applied, and had been devoted to snottier purpose.
The shareholders were consequently (numbered with stock
which was not marketable to the amount of from Owes to
four hundred thousand pounds, and they were liable is
further calls, which could be enforced against them.

Lord BROUGHAM approved of the petition. He coot'
not state how many hub redo of letters he bad reminds(
late, and how many hundreds he had read, and how any
he had left unread. Perhaps he had read 65 out of a ban-
dyed, and he had not read the remaining 35, becalm they
were all of the same character. These lethn bed treitsd
great pity in his mind ; for all the writers, chiefly widows,
unmarried women, and the trustees of orphans, had, with
the view of adding a little mere to their limited Moomss,
been made the dupes of this system of reckless speculation,
or rather gambling, for that was its real name.

Lord WRARNCLIFFR said the transartions of the
directors of the Caledonian Railway were illegal; baths
must, in justice to them, say that they had committed them
errors with the sole view of promoting the interests of the
proprietary.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH was convinced, from his
knowledge of the chairman and directors, that they woalel
not have done anything dishonourable for their own indivie
dual interest. (Rear, hear.)