The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY, JUNE 4.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at 5 o'clock.
PUBLIC BUSLNESS.
PETITIONS.—By Lord Pirsarniimr from a lathe in Yorkshire,
ageing the Poor Reword Act. The Bishop of OITORD, from the
clergy of his dioaciee, in favour of the Clergy Whams Bill ; from every
incumbent in Cambridge, in favour of a bill for the suppression and
punishment of prostitution. The Marquis of Nonuser, petitions
ban, clergy of perishes In London, medical practitioners of London
Levi!• worki men in London, in favour of sanitary reform.
• TLIZON.ng from 800 working men of Worcester, in favour of the
Health of Towns MU. Bishop of Biros, from clergy of his diocese,
mil the town council of Leeda to the same effect. The Duke of Moor.
=1;:m the preobytery of Screwier, 'salmi the sale of malts on
; from • place in the county of Stirling, calling attention to
the monetary cocidition of the country, and for the repeal of the Bank
Ara of 1641.
SECOND BEAM:COS.—Lima& Asylums (Ireland) ; Turnpike-
nulls (Ireland); Bills.
BEPORTS.—Dr..inage of lends ; Naval Piteous; Bills.
RETUR.Ni ORDERED.—On the motion of Lord Weusicouree,
return of the number of orders of removal of Irish and Scotch pau-
per., chargeable in England, obtained since the pissing of the act 9th
and 10th V cap. 117, under the powers of that art, to each of the
ports in Ireland and Scotland named therein: aim, the number of
suck paupers landed at the said ports under any Beck orders: also,
the numberef anneuls against such orders by the Poor.law Commis-
sioners, in behalf of unions or parishes in Ireland or Scotland, under
the provisions of the aforesaid act, and the result of such appeals: and
Mao, the number of like orders thed, sod the number executed
under the Art ilth aud 10th rid., cap. 83, for removal of paupers from
Scotland to Emden.' or Ireland.
NOTICES Ok MOTION.—NavaI. Orricass.—The Earl of HAlM-
w,can, on the 10th of June, to move an addled' to the crown for a
return of the names of naval oth era in distinguished actions, from
1793 to 1810. Eon, trios —The Bishop of Empty on Monday nem,
to ask the Lord President it question respecting a cammunicanon with
deputies of certain bodies of dissenters, relative to the minutes of the
Committee of Privy Council on Education.
PEERAGE OP SCOTLAND.
The Earl of ECILINTON brought up the report of the
select committee appointed to inquire who were entitled to
vote at the election of representative peers in Scotland.
The report was ordered to be printed.
CLERGY OFFENCES BILL.
The Bishop of OXFoliti having. presented a petition in
favour of a bill for the more effective punishment of clerical
offenders, from the clergy of his diocese (see petitions),
The Bishop of EXETER took occasion to observe that the
clergy of his diocese entertained equally strong views as to
the desirability of more effectual measures upon this subject;
but were not so favourable to all the provisions, or, indeed,
to the general tenor, of the particular measure which was
before their lordships. That bill did not, in their opinion,
protect the clergy from the possibility of being oppressed by
powers of too unrestrained a character. All prelates must be
anxious to be restrained, as far as possible, in the power of
correction ; and he hoped that this bill, when it came down
from the select committee, would be altogether free from
the reproach of giving_too much power to the episcopacy.
The Bishop of OXFORD observed that the petitioners
did net pledge themselves to all the details of the measure
before their lordship.
Til E *GAUGE QUESTION.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented the report of a select I
committee appointed to report as to the members of their I
lordships' house to form the committee upon the petitions I
relative to the Birmingham and Oxford and the Birmingham
and Wolverhampton Railway. The committee had come to
the following resolution : Resolved, that the following
lords be proposed to serve upon the committee :—The Ear '
of Delaware. Malmesbary, and Chichester, Viscount Strad-
broke, and Lord Colchester."
Lord BROUGHAM moved that these lords be appointed
to form the committee. It was impossible to have made a
better selection.
Lord BEAUMONT bad intended to have moved, by way
of amendment, that Lords Lyndhurst and Broughams should
be added to this committee, believing that they would have
materially assisted in the deliberations upon this question. As
the house, however, had,he understood, arrived at a contrary
opinion, he should withdraw his motion altogether.
Lord BROUGHAM observed that it would be a great
inconvenience to the judicial business were he, or his noble
and learned friend, called upon to serve on the committee,
and, besides, they might be supposed to have a bias.
The motion was then agreed to, and upon the motion of
the Duke of Ricuitomm, it was 'also resolved that five be a
quorum ; that the several petitions upon the subject be re-
ferred to the committee ; and that the parties be heard by
one counsel upon each aide.
BLOCKADE OF THB DOURO.
Lord BROUGHAM asked if there was any truth in the
report of the blockade by her Majesty's ships of the river
Oporto 1 [A noble Loan: The Douro.] The Douro—aye,
he meant the Douro.
The Earl of AUCKLAND was understood to my, across
the table, for the noble lord was not heard, that the report
was correct.
Lord BROUGHAM : Is it correct that there Is ablockade
The Earl of AUCKLAND signified assent.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who, we regret he my, is
almost entirely inaudible in their lordships' new brass, was
understood to say, that he had in his band a racy
pro-
tocol signed by the three powers with rehrenise
and which he was now prepared to lay ityekehdr pee
table. He did so because a noble lard hal sammered bet
night to cast some blame upon the Be set being
prepared with all the papers ea _het 1M wee
bound distinctly to state, that he entirely adhered be the
opinion he had already strongly expressed, that it mail he
mein* and improper to discuss the quokkas artdag eat of
this document until the govenumemememe Miele likeetrate it
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veniant to discuss the question.
Lord BROUGHAM begged to wore his noble *had
that he had not intended to cast the least blame apes the
government for not producing the papers earlier. On the
contrary, be thought they were being prepared with remark-
able expedition, and would be upon their table MEM than
they might reasonably have expected. On Maw be
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preppie to take upon this subject.
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Here the cessmaation dropped.
EMIGRATION.
Lord MONTBAGLE then rose, pursuant to notice, to
move the appointment of a select committee on the subject
of emigration (Ireland). The noble lord commenced by
saying that he had Tell notice of this question several
months ago, but had eferred to press it, because he did not
think it right to raise it as a distinct subject of discussion,
pending the consideration of the Irish poor-law. He
brought forward the motion in no spirit of dirtrust of, or
hostility to, her Majesty's government, to whom he had gene-
rally given his support in monocle's with that subject. No
man was more ready to admit the importance of colonisation
than the noble earl at the head of the colonial department.
But whilst be felt great confidence in his noble friend,
he did not believe there was within the colonial
department the power of working out the practical
details of this question. (Hear.) When he considered
that the colonial empire embraced a population of five or
six millions, scattered over all parts of the world, and
placed under different forms of administration, he could not
but feel that the matter re,mired further investigation. It
was his desire to avoid taking any course which could create
exaggerated expectations with respect to the benefit
to be derived from emigration, or the amount of
assistance which would be given to assist it. It was, how-
ever, the bounden duty or parliament to see that the funds
advised were wisely applied, end that the marts palmed