The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING,

;tables bad sot enough to do, let their number be re-
duced.
Sir E. PEEL said the amendment struck at one of the
main features of the bill. After giving his best attention
to the sub Mot. be was of opinion that there was no class so
well calculated to undertake the labour as the police. The
medical officers admitted that they could not do the work
for the remuneration °tiered, the postmasters were unable
to do it, and the ecclesiastical officers of all denominations'
would not. To impose the task upon persons nominated
by the Lord Lieutenant would be to confer too
great an amount of patronage on the executive go-
vernment, and persons appointed by hoards of guar-
dians would not be suitable. Under them circum-
stances he thought that the police would be the best
officers for the purpose. They were • very popular body,
and he believed that they would discharge the duty exceed-
ingly well. He hoped, therefore, the house would read the
bill, and allow its details to be considered in committee.
Mr. MAGUIRE did not see why in their anxiety to remove
what had so long been the reproach of Ireland they should
adopt the very worst plan that human ingenuity could
devise. He wondered how the right hoe. gentleman toted
tolerate the odious nuichioery now proposed, for it would
vitiate the whole bill, sod raise up every man of the
humbles classes in Ireland against it. He warned the
house against adopting a scheme which could only become
• source of suspicion and annoyance to the people of Indeed.
Colonel DUNNE did not think the police the most
competent parties to make these returns. Why not adopt
the system prevailing in this country, and appoint persona
specially for the pnrpooe.
Lord PALMERSTON said that the course adopted by
those who moved the present resolution was not very con-
sistent with the opinions they had expressed with regard
to the bill. They were exceedingly anxious to have •
system of registration, and the house was now called upon
to affirm that principle, but instead of agreeing to the
mound reading, they interposed a motion which did not
belong to the present stage of the discussion, and which was
perfectly fit to be proposed in committee.
Mr. MONSELL thought the proper mode of proceeding
would be to adopt the plan already existing in England.
Mr. HENNESSY consented to withdraw his amendment.

The bill was then read • second time.
WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS INTO HER MAJESTY'S
POSSESSIONS ABROAD BILL

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SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) BILL.

TT;;;;;;;; in this bill wereed to.
Captain STACPOOLE moved the addition of the
following clause : " Any person who shall keep
or suffer to be at large, within fifty yards of say
public road, any dog, without having the said dog
properly muzzled, stall Le liable to • fine not az-
oexling ten shillings ; and it shall also be lawful for • juatios
or justices of the petty sessions district, upon information ;
that my unmuzzled dog is kept or suffered to be at large
within such distance as aforesaid, and that the owner thereof
cannot be discovered, to issue his or their warrant to any
sib-inspector, head or other constable, to seize and destroy
any such dog, or to dispose of said dog io such manner as ;
to said justice or justice' may seem lit ; sad, further, it
shall be lawful for said justice or justices, upon information,
to issue his or their warrant to any head or other constehle
to mite and destroy any dangerous dog so kept or suffered
to be at large within said before-mentioned distance."
Sir R. PEEL opposed the clause, which he end was in-
consistent with the provisions of the measure, and said that
if the hon. and gallant member attached any importance to ,
the subject the better way would be for him to bring in •
dog bill. (Laughter.)
Sir E. GROGAN supported the clause.
After some discussion the committee divided
26 the clause
Against it
The clams wee therefore thrown out,
Lord E. HILL moved the following clause : " And
whereas, by the act of the 24th and 25th of Victoria,
chapter 100, sec. 38, certain assaults on peace officer' and
others are made misdemeanuura, and punishable with im-
prisoinneut for • term not exceeding two years, with or
without hard labour ; be it enacted, that two justices of
the peace shall have a concurrent jurisdiction to parish
such mouths under the 42nd section of the said act, if
they shall consider the offence so trivial as not to require
being dealt with by a superior tribunaL"—Agreed to.
The bill was then reported.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURE:I.
Mr.W.EWART moved to nominate the select committee
our weights and mermen as follows : Mr. William Ewart,
Mr. Sotheron Esteourt, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Adderley, Mr.
Baines, Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr. John Benjamin Smith,
Mr. Hume, Mr. St. Aubyn, Mr. Hennessy, Colonel Sykes,
Mr. Hunt, Mr. Maley, Mr. Grinnell, and Mr. Pollard-
Urquhart.—Agreed to.
The house roes at 12 o'clock.