The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-11 00:00:00

TALLOW M tRICET.-THIS DAY.

The market ia quiet. Prices may be quoted the FR= II
yesterday, viz.: Town Tallow, 431. 3d., nett cash; Peters-
burgh Y.C. on the spot, 445. to 446. 31. ; Marca and April,
431. 93. ; Oct. to Dec. (new), 445. 3d. to 445. 63.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that 11. e merket is
very• firm at full prices fur new Hops, with e steady im-
provement in prices fur old onto, which Cr.. an peat de-
mand. The export of Hops and m•.lt liquors r goir•g en to
a larEe extent.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—fItURiDAT, MARCH 10.
The Lonu CluotcaLsoa took his seat at 3 o'clock.

PUBLIC In:SINES:4.
PETITIONS PIIESENTED.
IllavfooTlt.—By the Deice of ARGYLL, from a place
baßoothind ; and the Earl of EULINTUN, from a place
sot heard, mAaisst-the codowment of.
BIIIIIERY tT CAnnutnce.—Bp Earl FITZWILLIAN,
rases CambrAge, complaining of britiscy at the last (lee-

tiOn.
AIMIRSION or Jews TO PAOLTAW:NT.—IST the Earl of
811 AF rEsuutor, from lane tater, Lek, Clare Prior,
Btekeelvary, Callow, Seat.orou:rh. Cr Tahiti°. Steeple Long-
ford, llama 11411, Painsw..'a, Heartbeat. Westham, E
tst
bourne, and other places; and a Nouut Luau, from
Twickenham, against.
°FINING UF Till CUT.: t!. tcc ON Till SABBATH.
—By the Earl of SIIAFTE:ibURY, from Bratington, end
other places. against.
Lied Moravia, liVa USAVU.:NT, and Rid Farrwit.-
omsat preoated several petitions, but neither th, it
oh
jet' uor the names of the places from which they came
reached the gallery.
SUSPENSION OF A lIAGISTILATE IN IRELAND.
The Earl of EOLINTON gave nada: that he shou.d
sae, 7 w certain r,turni r lady.* is the swension or a
magistrate whoa he was Lord Lieutenant of Irelaud, who
had been rryoreil to the commiolon of the peace invite-
diately on tl.a arrival of the Dv -tnt Viceroy. Ile con-
sidered it du', to himself, as Weil e. the i.ropet adminiArs-
tioa , that the grounds .4 inch suspension should
be made known to their lordshil v, as it had been so hastily

reverted.
LAW OF 7:VIDENCE AND PROCEDURE BILL.
Lard BI:OUGIIAM ros.• to move the second reading of
this hill; the oliect of which was to amend. in many re-
spects, mud el :clue is some important particulars, the law
et ev Pledge actl procedure. As the details were more fit for
a committee than the house, he shmld confine his observe-
Wee to three or four leadiots features in the hill; the first
of which Tel.:o to the act of ISIL making panics compe-
tent and ceinpellable to be examined as witnesses. Thera
was in that e.ll one exception—that of husband and wife, and
when it was made the prosiusate possibility of repealing
such eaception was contemplated, and putting husband
and wife on the same footing with all other parties. There
was one modification enabling the husband to bring forward
the wife as a witness in a cue. for example, where she sold
goods, and the exclusion of her evidence would deprive the
hush out of tie mesas of proving such sale, but not allow-
ing her to be examined or cress-ex-veined upcu matters
eammunicated to her by her husband during coverture, and
placing the hush and on the same routin_ as to similar coin-
vunications made to him by his wife—just as communica-
tions betimes attorney and client were held to be pri-
vileged. This enactment in the present bill as to husband
and wife would complete that important measure of IStil
upon this branch of the law of evidence. There were seve-
ral other provision in the measure, amending in some par-
tinier., and declaring in others the law of evidence where
it was now defective, as be believed all lawyers admitted it
to b', in those provisiens which were of a declaratory na-
ture. Tirre was one most important matter to which he
wand I allude which did not at all fall within the descrietion
of &detail, but which was a principle—namely, that which,
against all prtomple, prevented a witness from being called
upon crometilsorily to answer any question, the reply
to which might tend to criminate himself. Independent of
the auenneht a and uncertainties in the administration of the
law upon this subject, sad th contrary decisions of the
owns, the • rincipl• itself was untenable. His proposition es
eontaineel in the bill, was not that his deposition should be
eietneetent evidence against him, if he was compelled to
make it, but that he should be protected from the effect
of such deposition, though compelled to give that it
might be evidence in the CM*. Tee witnew's answer to the
question might effect other parties as well as himself.
(Hear, hear.) At present the parties to the case were totally
put out of conaideratitio; they were innocent people—no
charge was made against them. Ile adverted briefly to the
other provisions of the bill, the second reading of which he
proposed to their lordships.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that with a consider-
able portion of his noble and learned iriend's measure not
only was he not dissatisfied, but he was sere that the coun-
try meet ter: indebted to his noble and learned friend for
lie pereereetuce and sea! in carrying into greater effect and
creation that great measure on the low of evidence which
le proposed two years ago. And though he was not able to
&preen all that the bill proposed, he thought that the subject
deserved c•nsideration, and that his noble and learned
friend el ed credit for the pains which be took to im-
prove the law. (Henri hear.)
L rd BROUGHAM was toad to hear that his view with
regard to the trial by jury was likely to be confirmed by
the report of the commissioners. After what had fallen
from Lis noble and learned friend he thought the best
maw for him to pursue would be to divide his measure
into two bills, the one containing these provisions which
his noble and learned friend approved of, and the other
theee parts with regard to which he expressed some !setae.
lion and doubt. Ile would not refer the measure to the
select committee, which was aheady overburdened with
business. (Hear.)
The bill was then read a second time.
MUTINY BILLS.
Tee Mutiny and Marine Mutiny Limb were read a second
time.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that he should
mice the Easter adjournment from Friday the 18th to the
4th of April.
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.
Lord BROUGHAM said he wished to :all the attention
Of his noble blend at the bead of the government to the »-
mineable state of things which had been revealed before
the election petition committees, and to impress on his noble
friend the necessity of losiug no time in introducing a mete
we for the purpose of putting en end to the bribery sad
eetruphos which had been priced to pervade their elects.
oil system. (Hear, hear.) Oae of the benefits of the mews
saris the second reading of which he had j'ist proposed, sad
which so far obtained the concurrence of their lordships,
was, that it would remove from guilty men the protection
which they hitherto enjoyed tram the present state of the
law, and would tend incalculably to promote—if it was pos-
sible that anything could promote—the purification of :he
electoral sytrem ; the postponeweat of which purification
for try length of time would prove seriously injurious to
the morals of the people, to the character of the country,
and the character of parliament, and tend to make men
lean towards those opinions—of which ht would say
nothing, as they wcre opinions entertained in foreign
sellout's—those opinions of distrust and jealousy of parlia-
mesitary government and representative institutions. (Ilea,
hoar.)
Their lordships adjourned at 7 o'clock.

Mr. Glyn, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Matthew Forcer, Mr. Denby
Seymour, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Mailings, Mr.
Fresbfield, Mr. O. ach, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Cowan,
and Mr. John Ball.
The Sheriffs Court i•Scotland) Bill, the County Mations
Polls (Scotland) ant. the Cfnsolidated Fund Sal Mire
several-4
read a second time •
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