The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-05 00:00:00

desperate sun stacked end vette death isolated individuals
--mounts end others. (Hear, beer.) These men may call
themselves patriots, but thee are merely emaseine in
11010. (Hear, hear.) Any power, each as le suppesied to
It gee mart' for the government of this eoaattr to
possess with regard to foreign refugees would be
injurious to the tranquility and peace et the country ;
and if such a law In that to which I have
alluded should exist, it nest either be es the
'supposition that a detention would ho exereised. and as
intone instituted in away caw, before the law was carried
into effect ; end this would naturally lead to differences of
opinion between foreign states and ourselves as to the
amount ef proof required ; or, on the other bond, there
must be a general acquiescence in all the demands which
Might be made upon ns ; sad that would be a state of de-
vadation which it would be impossible to submit Is.
ear, hear.) When foreign powers 're persuaded ass
only that the government, but the people of this land, Ann
no sympathy with any inch abominable attempts ea MUM
to which my noble and learned friend has alluded—(hear,
hear)—they will be disposed to trust to the good faith, the
sincerity and honesty, of her Majesty's government to mat
that law into effect which we consider to be sufficient for
the purpose. (Hear, hear.) My noble and learned friend
has said that it was the duty of the government to take the
initiative in such proceedings, and to institute prosecutions.
Now I have the satisfaction of informing him that the
government have already come to • decision that, in
case of any such events occurring as to give just
ground for complaint, they will not throw it on the
foreign minister to institute such proceedings; but when a
ease is made out sufficient to justify proper and lend pro-
ceedings against any party so implicated, her Majesty's go-
vernment will take it upon themselves to carry on such pre-
emie n ; and foreign governments have already been in-
formed of this resolution. (Hear, hen.) I don't know
that I need add anything more ; lamenting, as we all must
do, the existence of any cause which should produce any
alienation of good feeling on the part of powers with whom
we have been intimately connected, I do trust that the as-
surances which the government have given, and which we
shall be prepared to tarry out, will be sufficient to subdue
all apprehension and alarm. (Cheers.)
Lord BROUGHAM said that with a view to the peace
of Ibis country and her allies, he must say that he fully
erseensrred in the interpretation of the law by his noble and
learned friend—the highest legal authority in that house—
and he was sure that no one in Westminster Hall enter-
tained a doubt upon the subject. (lieu, hear.) The
law of this country was amply sufficient, as it at present
stood, to visit with severe punishment not only the eonspi-
racies described by his noble and learned friend, but WSW
1 attempts against the magistrates. rulers, sad sovereign' of
foreign nations—he meant the offence of libel against theme
eovereigas—which was punishable by the law of this
country as if it were en offence against the sovereign of Ude
country, for it was an offence against the municipal law of
England. Conspiracy might be prosecuted here, although
the place to which it bore reference was • foreign comae/,
the offence of conspiracy having beets committed is
England.
Lord TRURO said that the difficulty in the present OM
was not in the state of the law, but in the difficulty effs.
curing evidence to sustain the application of the law. (Ileac.
hear.) There was not the least necessity, therefore, for
pairing • new law when the difficulty to be met was wholly
independent of the law. A new law would not give greater
facilities for prosecution, for a new law would not maid
them in obtaining the information and evidence, which was
what they wanted to sustain • prosecution under the exist.
ins law. He quite concurred in what his noble and
learned friend had said as to the duty of the British
government.
The LJRD CHANCELLOR said he did set else ter the
purpose of prolonging the debate, lustiest it might Ile Indemed
troth his silence that he in the slightest owes disisSl
from what had been stated by his noble and learned fries& ,
H concurred with them in believing that the goventmest '
would act as absurdly, as wickedly, M pawing • sew law
when the existing law was ample 1101111(t to ill what the
law was ever likely to be called en to de. The difficulty
was not in the administration of the law, but to find the
objects against which to administer it. No such objet's
ex-
fisted. How could it be that large bodies of men were associated
is this country without a knowledge of our laws, for un-
lawful purposes, and were yet able to evade the detective
eyes of the police for two years together? How did it hap-
pen that the government of Austria, that no foreign go-
verunment was able to detect these assoeiations ? the
truth was that nine-tenths of the conspiracies which were
said to be concocted in London were framed elsewhere, and
only said to be formed here for the purpose of deceiving
foreign governments. (thee, hear.) No efforts mild de-
tect that which did not exist. The law as it at present
int& was amply sufficient as was proved in the ems er
Peiteir, and in the case of prosecution for libel ambit till
Emperor Paul. Both Lord Ellenborough and Feed Kew
yen n doubted in these cases that the law wee sellsket
to give satisfaction to foreign governments. Awl if this
was the ease with regard to mere libels. • milk)
fortiori was it the case where money wee subscribed and
proclamations issued:against foreign governments? (Hear.)
The law was not 'Meltable to refugees merely, bat to na-
tive subjects. And for this reason that the parties were
not prosecuted, merely for insulting foreign sovereigns, but
bedtime such procredings were calculated to excite hostility,
and to lead to a breach of peace between We and foreign
governments. (Hear, bear.) It was most correctly ob-
*creed, therefore, that such prosecutions should be con-
ducted, not by foreign governments which were only inci-
dentally concerned, but by the monument of this country.
He agreed in this with his noble and learned (naiads, and in
nothing more than in the disgust and horror expressed by
them at the outrages committed in foreign countries by per-
sons seppoesd, but, erroneously supposed, to be emissaries
from this country. (Hear, hear.)

Lord MONTBABLB,11: rising to present a petition
from lanai of Bombay as the subject of the go-
vernment of said that the petition was
signed bytwenty-feer herbed persons, and he understood
that the sepatares es ow Meet of the petition were those
of peewee who pueetesd Mums 2,000,0001. sad 3,000,000/.
TM pada woe ant papered at the load ratios of Euro-
pium or mate pima, mine in India. It was the
egentatona ad ofthe maim tlMmeelves, and was the b-
ait eta public suedes held at the Elphinstose Isetitattian
ht Oderatta. At the ene the last Charter wee dissemed.
Ile empiekta of eeinmercial nass who Mira to Ma the
I Was albs Zia evened to then were lamed ik and he
Vela NW their bribips would be equally reedy to lists
Or the eepeakededeoe of the nation of India. whine rights,
Whom Idler ea when haw were lashed in the
*Wm that aright he arrived at with raga to the
now inter tar the meat of India. (Hoar, bear.)
The /led aADISItDZEN said that nops tire au do-
gwood be sae serious attention of their Isl ipe. (Hear,
Mu) The able as would eta Ws the. to refer
ID dhow nottms is the petition wWh it wee pail& might
be eagle& try the mown tbe govnt goi to in-
flame br that Mare goseenmese India eel the
We bite ellemnest bed lean beard with great usisfec-
lien hi their beeidpe, the pow place for the conidera •
line a Ibm paten was ihe amattso of which the nab
Mil won e umber; and be head that be would peer its
moildsooka Wks that eesuil with as much offset es
he lad new pleated it on the Mee. It appeared to him
that the greater portion of the mil‘oct matter of the peti-
tion ward wen OW kr the gesideendes of the govern-
ment et lab them fir the legbiwien et that Mose. But
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lighlasso ought SS butt vs be-Wireeileal He pre-
the alb Ina would moue that the yitibra be re-
bend to the amidetaliso et to sessile. To that, of
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led amerved that it L...ate may ea to bring a abject
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booksgale:os by a member of that Leese.
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of etos, se to e were
not deserving of sedges Attalla& (lberaNsiMaSd
The petition we then ordered be le sedated to the select
committee on Indian affairs.
Their lordahips adjourned at twenty saiontas pest sae&

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY, l'ettacs 4.
The Brakaaa took the chair at the awl hoar.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
ADMISSION 07 Jews TO PARLIAMENT.-By Mr.
BOOKER, from the parishes of Little March, Trillre, and
Mithsekkarch, and Holmej Lacy, Herefordshire, and the
town of Sydney, Gloucestershire; Mr. NEWDEGATE,
from places in Birmingham, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bucks,
Berk*, Huntingdonshire, Warwickshire, Dorsetskire, and
Cornwall; Mr. ISUNDY, from places in the county of
I Derby ; Lord HOTHAM, from a plan in York; Lord
WORCESTER, from Eastington, in Gloucestenhire ; Mr.
COBBOLD, from Alresford, Essex, end from a place In
Suffolk; against.
Oraxiwo Or THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SL/NDATS.-By
Mr. H. RUSSELL, from the archdeaconry of Bedford ;
Mr. DEEDES, from Sheerness; Mr. MUNDY, from the
county of Derby; Mr. H. VIVIAN, from the working men
of the borough of Llyboe ; against.
PARLIAMENTARY PArIIRS.-BT Colonel K. TYNTE,
from the Bridgewater Scientific Literary Institution ; Mr.
TUFNELL, from Sudbury Literary Institution, Sleaford
Public Library, Cork Castle Mutual Improvement Society,
arcs: Tantworth and South 'lowa Institute, Greenwich