The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

NEW MEMBER.

Mr. M. OTtum tiftookthTesdfrund his seat on hie
election fur Longford. in the MOIR of Major Blaegall.
IMANCEItIi REFORM..

Mr. sTr.mr gave notice that on this day west( lw
would submit to the house a resolution respecting the delay
which Sr.. in the ordinary business of the Court of Chan-
cery, in 0/11111.11Uf !WC of the additional jurisdiction imposed
upon it by recent le•tidatbw in regard to the affairs of rail-
way. and other joint stock company..
LAND CLAUSEN coNsomuTioN (IRELAND)

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Mr. LA1101:1711 ERB gan• notire that on Fri.lay next
ho would mutt. (or hart to king iu a bill to alter and :unclad
Um" Act.

ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE, LAMPBTER.
Sir 13. IMLI. moved for a copy of • Truuaury minu'e
dated on or about 21. t June, 41 relation to St. David's
Colleg... Limpet, r. Aho eopie. of all certificate. given hr
the hishim or 't. and the principal. of St. Ihivi•l'a
Coilege, mpeter, v. reganla the elpenditure of the col.
kite and the mean. at the diviewl of the college. with the
date, thereof. Also a return of all sums authorised by pm
liament to he rmid under the Treasury minute, or under the
heal of miwelLineous charge. or othersei.e. the the quit.
port of St. David'. College, Lampeter, from th.. 21vt June,
1826, aiosen to VI,. prtsent period.
Agreed to.
LIFE BOATS.

Sir 3. Y. 111.1,LER inquired whether it was int 'tilled
to grunt any sot to the 'loyal Shipwrecked Fishermen's
Society in estahlkhing life boats round the coast ?
sir P. BARING rvidsed, if the question related ton grant
of money fur the purpme, it Mal one that lie could not an-
swer. but which should lac addressed to the treasury. Ile
might, however, "bet rve that there were two societies. both
having the same object in view, and he could not under-
stand how a grant could be made to one without the other.
What had been don. was this.—At any port where the in-
habitant. or a nwiety built a life-heat, the coast guard were
nonmetal to take t harm: of and preserve it ready for use ;
and til‘lll4h th. y , not hood t.. man it, they had in
numeroas cam. • so, and rendered gallant and • c
specie, A noble duke connected with the navy had also
given a prize for the hest model of a life-boat and the Ad-
miralty had endeavoured, as far as possible, to facilitate the
object in view, by giving directions to Mr. Laing to build a
boat an the model approved of in the government prtl.
Beyond this, he was not aware of any intention on the part
of the government to give any aid to tho
INt.:0113 TAX COMMITTEE.

Mr. 13 ;xiwtso4 a bop that o:oeent ment would
gig: ilia a day for proposing the appointment of the in-
coma Tao Committee.

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1.... rd J. Itt7SELL would endeftvour :o to3'.te some ar-
rangement to Lidlit.ite the hon. Gentleman'. objett.
SECI*RITY FOR ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL.
In repl to Mr. SAnttia.
Sir G. GREY Slid it was the intention of his ri;ht hon.
fritud the Hater of the Rolle to proceed with thiA bill
a 4 won u pomilde.
ECCLESIASTICAL. TITLES BILL.

The house hash's resolved itself into committee on this
bill,
Mr. 111PCULLAOli rose to propose an amendment to
lease mit the words which enacted that the rescript of Sep-
tember hut was unlawful, and thereby to render athei-
sm, who nti,iht conscientiously consider that parliament
was overstepping it, legitimate province of legislation, and
who continued to look upon that document as of full elect,
and either adopted the titles conferred by it. or counte-
sane, tithe adoption of vitas title*, guilty of a misdemeanor,
and liable to punishment.
The SOLICITOItd3ENERAL opposed the amendment.
To omit that clause would be indirectly to recognise that
the reerript was legal. The declaration in this clause did not
alter the existing law in any way. It was not the enact-
went of a penalty, but merely a solemn declaration or re-
enactment of a law that had been in existence fur centuries,
which bad fallen into abeyance.
Mr. GRATTAN observed that however unlawful the re-
script of the Pepe was here, it was not so in Ireland. No one
could deny that whatever issued from the lope on ecclesi-
sauteed matters had full force in Inland, whether rescript,
letter, or bull. (hear.) Was it the iuteutiou of the govern-
ment to put down the Roman catholic religion in Ireland
altogether by this bill, end that while they
croleseed to leave the Emancipation Act of IND intact?
He could not understand such tricks as tikuse of repealing
the act of Ittl9, either by open means or surreptitiously.
Ile hod not been brought up to them though lie had been
twenty years in that house. (A laugh.) Ile was
anxious to show in every possible way that he was
not n party to a miserable, deceitful measure like this,
which slid not satisfy anybody; and, notwithstanding the
introduction of such a bill, he still entertained hopes that
England and Ireland would continue to be unit.td, not Its
swans of penal laws, but by the laws of equality mil
justice.
Mr. CONOLLY supported the bill• which would not pro-
hibit the Roman catholic from the enjoyment of his reli-
pun, nor would it interfere with the spiritual functions
of the Roman catholic bishops; and yet upon both
these points some very unsundid tentarks had fallen
fr al several of the Irish members. It was denied,
not by the noble lord at the head of the government atom.,
but Moo by. the law slicersof the crown, that the bill aimed
at the spiritualities of the !Loutish church, and, if that were
so. the argioneidem ad miarrecoriliwn of the Irish members
fell altogether to the ground. The fact was. the Pope had
appointed bishops with territorial titles in this realm of
England, and the noble lord had acted wisely and properly
in proposing to prohibit the assumption of these territorial
title*. (Heer.)
Mr. E. I'EEI. confessed that his mind was in such a
state of uncertainty with respect to the probable range of
the operation of this clause that he felt disposed to support
the amendment before the house, or indeed he might say
any .unenclusent which would have the effect of weakening
the clause. (Hear, hear.) Ile really thought that the
committee would expose itself to the imputation of some in-
cons.stency of conduct if. after having deliberately con-
sented to reject two clauses which stood in the bill. as 0(i.
Finally introduced by her Majesty's government, they now,
upon the recommendation of the right hon. gentleman the
Secretary of State fur the Home Department, agreed to the
aduptiou of this clause, unmodified io any respect—this
clause, too, being only borrowed by the goverunitut from
4msng the amendments suggested by the hou. and learned
gen* man the member for Midhurst. (Hear. hear.)
It might be said that this clause referred to a par-
ticular brief; that it only concerned England;
and that therefore Ireland, where alone the Be-
quests Act operated, would not be affected. But
this clause was a declaratory clause. It re-enacted the
existing law, in terms that might only apply to one peen-
cater brief; but substantially and in elect it declared
that every brief• rescript, ite., issued by, and every title de-
rived from the Pope, shall be treated as illegal and void.
It might also be said that this clause was a very innocuous
one, because it only re-enacted the existiug law. But
to re-enact laws already in forte showed that those old
laws hare been allowed to fall into desuetude if not into
disgrace. (Hear, hear) He therefore hoped that some
motioications in the clause would by agreed to. (Hear,
hen )
The house than divided—

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Against
The amendment we. l•rlLleqUeptly lost.
The CHAIRMAN then again put the question, " That
this dame lanai part of the bill."
Mr. REYNOLDS rose and *sled Lori John Russell,
wht the, he intended to persevere with this clause. He