The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

IIOUSF: OF I.OItI)S.—TIIVRDAY, MAittu 13.
The L.)1111 CMANCILLOIL took his scat at 5 o'clock.
I'EfITIONS I'RESkiNTED.
PATENT Law,.—By the Earl of CARLISLE, from
Blackburn, is (as our of an am ailment of the patent law,.
PAPAL AGLA / OS. -By the Earl of MOUNT-
C ASII ELI., from K eat, Sonserset,hire, and other place.; and
Lord ItIiDIiSDALE, from a plate not heard against papal
aggression. Earl FITEWILILIAIL from Northamptuu, to
the ammo erect, mid praying that the grant to Mayitooth
night be withdrawn, • prayer in which he could not toner.
Be would rather 1.-u the mount iocreased.
S.ILE OF ARSENIC BILL.
Eal of CARLISL', io moving the second reading
of this bill, said it Might be expected that he should. cuter
into a narrative of the events which had induced the go.
wortownt to propose such • bill ; hut at the same time be
thought, m some penous seemed to have a taste for
thus sort of horror., it was nut desirable to ad-
minister to such an appetite, and therefore he
would ',Train (ruin entenng into • itatetu,ut of
Dicta which nut he well knowu to thtir lordships.
Thorn was no doubt that it was desirable to legislate for the
popes, of im;...:04 an obstacle to • crime, which had of
late been extremely rife in ouat parts of the country, and
be would mealy state the object of the bill, which was
that no per,w .h old sell *seine without entering in •
book the quantity sold, the porp.ne for which it was
alleged to be puieliased, and the name and resident , of the
parties poresia,ing it. linty would thus have, in case of
sece.aty. ..urn ht sort of clu.• to the sotbor of any crime coin-
milted by the ialuduistration of this poison. lie did not
eappos, thit it was possible t' pies int crimes of thir sort
altogether, but this Lill wicald feral an obstacle to the
ready attainment of the means of committing those crimes.
It nii„o.t be aid that other poisons ought to be ineluded in
the 1011, but it was extremely...intuit to draw up a schedule
of all tim pu.omous mat,rials that might be used fur The par-
pue of Liking away I ife,uor, if prseticatile, would it he desirable
to do to, no it would be a sort .4 an advertisement to people
of what 11.4.1011 S they might use. It had been also sug-
gond that a minimum pumtity should be sold, hut that
would be of uo use, as is/seek was extremely thiap, and
pentane requiring louse it for improper purposcs w Add not
be deterred from purchasing r larger yuattity than they
night need.
The Emi of MOUNTCASIIELL wan sorry to End that
the Lill was combined to sneak.
The Lill wits then read a sec and time.
TIIK INCOME TAX. . .

bird ll1101:011.Vi1 iiiilniiiil;;;;;;;to call attention to
the remlutiou which he had laid ou tiie table on the %object
of the 1.11 iii th, hope that mme alteration would be
made in the law %loch might coo, it to be kw inquisiitir
real in it. character, and bear more equally on thine who
had to !my it; but merely to say that cuseb had come under
his knowledge where, in comequeuee of the earelesmois of
the 1,1C41 authoritieN four retain. had been left at au ion,
aail hot been sec a by third partieb, greatly to the detriment
of maw. permo. in trade, to alma they referred. Sone of
time ro turn. had actually bet n bent to him (Lord
.bowing the incomes of various permns.
Great.-r core Might, therl+.l, to be etercibed in these
matter., and he hoped his liairMg uotiet‘l the subject might
load to that remit. bear.)
The %Jailor. of LANSIN/WNE admitted that the La
would be aggravated if the duties of persons employed in
eilleming it a. re nut exercised with great care. Ac far as
►e had had an opportunity of oloi reilig, such had been the
rose. The moil.: and 'moiled lord's hiring drawn atteutiou
to the eiremnicancia which he haul alluded to would, no
desk, h.i.e the elfect of remedying the crib. of which he
remplaiwal. ti.. impikitorial a tax ought nut to be made
more objectionable by the cande‘s r apuoursi of returns which
were ihteuthil to he .trimly privide. No one could rejoice
more than himself to bee the act altogether abolished.
(Ileac, bear.)
NAVIGATION LAWS.

finsi VittARNE:LI!, taosed for retunto of the num
dec., of wash n gistkrvd since the Ist Jail.
-Ord..nst.

MERCANTILE MARINE.

Lord COLCIIErit FA( raid that three bills had been
bnmight, into pativu.„.ut lust oil the fullowiug rub-
pets : One relating to the mete haat rrumtroi loud ; YAW
tier to the improted uaulitum id master, and seamen ; and
the third was the Mercantile 3larine Bill. 'I he two
farmer had been dPipprit othi r and the latter
did not reach their lordship,' house until the :111th of July,
winos st ti Ii•rroll to a alert rnmmittee ; but it WaS too
late to be passed into a law that .eerier. Now he wished
tit know wh..ther U wit the int-ntion of the goverionent to
bring lorward sitlwr of these 11101•1: par-
ticularly the Nerr.uitile Marine Bill ; and 111,0 whether it
was their intention to cutimilinate the law. relative to the

Earl GRAN VILLE (atm .pale very indidinelly) was
waili.r.to.:4l to say that M •rrautilr Mamie Hill world
to• shoos mid no wieirion: tor consolidalluf Ibe
law au the uoitiG:t would Iw 1.1.p..11 until Suit txlf had
/mood.
PASSENGERS ACT AM ItMENT DILL.

li. tonne than went tutu cilia...glee on this hill.
►:arl It 'LEY prop...Lel u t btu. to the elfeet that foreign
smut le %ailing to Itriti.h port..tould by obliged to comply
with the pntvitiont of the l'ateenger. Art, and that they
aliould enter into amother bowl to übtnit to toe jurisdic-
tion of the colonial rotten.. ...A he liable to the mow
renaltics as other vencla for OR LICA I committed wt the high
rms.

The elan., was agnaal to, :.od the bill paaw.al through
(11111111alillef.

.111.11{ CHANNEL 01-sTER FISHERY.

The Earl of M I.OM had stated at the close of last
Iberian, that disputes lad arisen b. tavern the English and
Freneh tbliermen relatita to a hc.al of oysters which had
barn diacuverial between Dieppe and lirightue, and that in
are or two caws English vassals had been tired into by
French cruisers. Ih, v urders were beyond the ortliniu7
tialinq hwit. .4 loth countriaw, and were principally
beimight into Ow nimbi t IsAseen May and August. Last
yam I la vcsolc from Muria, 13 from Sulrolk, 30 from Kent,
17 from E.., t, 2 tuna Ilanip•liire, 10 from Jersey, 2 from
noi Id ~,,, and nom Norbili bad brat employed in this
trade In the fUllrlllollth, imlicated, tool a much
largar mamba., was hkoly to la- employed this y car. lie
to know whether any • cisfactury arrangement had
been root.' to with the Fr. ooh govi rnmant ..n the 'abject.
1 ht. Marquis of LANSIMWNE had found that the
British consuls at the Ervin h ports where some of the dis-
putes had been adjudicated, stated that there had been no
dispwattou on the part of the Frl nch authorities to set
partMlly, and that the Itriti•h lisharenen had been fairly dealt
with. It was impossible to prevent disputa, where both
parties had clearly a right to fish. It seemed, however,
that no injustice had harm ,lure. and nu complaint haul been
made to the Eiireignwither. Whatever could be dune to
prevent disputes arising should to accomplished; but it was
desirable that the ground should continue open to all.
lordslii:o then. at pia o'clock adjourned.

II )USE OF C4ININIt)Nt4.-THURSDAT, M Rcn 13.
1 hr r, n,.t la I.,rty ateathcrc prtacat at four o'clock,
tb Sraker ileclarcd tb. beam' adjutinattl until to-marrow
(this day).

Dasll PAUPEDISM AND MINI WOItK•

IIOVNEri.

It uppmrs from a return just published, that in the
first wveli of l'i•brukary is the pro went year, the oitent of
workhouse accommodation is the whole of Ireland was fur

prupere, whilst the number actually in the work-
houses reached a grand total 44 24.1,296. The number of
pauper' in receipt of outdoor rslief throughout Ireland is
the first week of February was 6.450. Ilw
reault of these figures ms's to show that the re-
uurnmodatiun fur paupers ems gri :der in the period
stated than the number aceommodated. but though
this may be the CiPAC. on the tOtld it o' by no means so. when
each workhouse is considered in detail. There are some

Ini.d &An...jug Can:. of overeeiwiliow.
In Athlone the cavos of pimp, rs in the workhouse over
the nunilier for which areninitiodaiien iv faraivhed wag lii,
the number in the bowie being I.lifv:i ; but aceonimodatiova
bail since been provided for '.117,N. In Behnullet the MiCt•ll
wan 14 • the number,. orcurnmis!oted. 1.288 ; additional as-
opinnwastion .ince pnerided. la Borrisokaae the Vieille
wa. I it; ; the numbers :icronimisloteil being 1,076; befil
alau additiinud accommiaLition was being provided. In
Callan the eget,* was lfgv; tht ounihers being '2,*2:11. In
Cabirvireen the cacaos was 320. and the number ,lecommo-
dated, 3,190; increased arCuinmedation was being provided.
do in Corrickamenvis, where thins wos an excess in 206 ; the
numbers accommodated bring Contletown -hoar
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an excess of 141; but the numbs had since been brought
within the limits. In emotes a slight execs. exited. In
Dingle thers• was the ensinnetts &titmice between the
number of paupers in the workhouse and the amount of
arcomnualation of 715. and no extra space obtained ; the
numbers being 3.0k41. At Ennis a slight eaves. only. At
Honystymon the number was greater than the accommo-
dation by 362 ; the number being 3.811: but the are-ammo-
dation had been sines. iinvessed. Glen showed a slight
ezrews. Manned an excess of 355. ana additional seems-
modatiou only in pro,freus : the 111111116 r being 2,083. Kan-
lurk shows • slight excess. Kenmare an ilICVst of 221 ;
the numbers being 3,581. and additional accommodation only
in mogrevc Kilkenny had an etas. of 155 ; the numbers ,
king 4,120, hut the guar/liar.. were providing ablitional I
apace. At Killmlys,rt a slis;ht acme, and a hundred
paupers getting cut-d.ssr relief. At Killarney also a slight
vices*. and aallition,il accommoslatiun once obtained. Ka-
rush union showed a ditterence abuse the accommodation of
3r. with the enormous amount of 5M obtaining out-door
retie t. At Limerick the acognmodation was only for 0,252,
wltC.4t there were 7.0!7 in the union : additional acrummo- I
slat...n was twins pnwided. In Listowel the excess over'
an.t above the accommodation 192, but the guardians
had advertised for additional hosess. Middleton a slight
ear.... Mitchel:ammo a slight es• s ss. Naas • slight excess,
but number in the union dein-sing. NIVISII. lISVOMMO4I3•
iiol4 1,080. pauper. 1.218. At Newcastle • large excess,
accommodation paupers 4.128 : additional areomuso-
slatom had since been provide.' and more advertised fur.
Nes/pet • slight ezeosa. New Rs... ,weinnmodatinn 2,157,
panics re 2.349. Searitf. e.ecoMmodutiott 3,003, pauiwrs

NLW ihkirlTAL Fon Kis att COLLEGE.—The cot,
purotion of King', College hare given notice of their inten-
liui to apply to parliament in the pnaent @canon for the
nee *wry power. to authori, the purchase of the old
burial-ground of the purioh of Nt. llenaral bum, in Per
twzal-.trot, Lineolu'rieno4vlda, and to tenet thereon a seer
an .l t nlarzed hospit.l. to accommodate an additionot ::umber
o: ,

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r W. seamy hem Weide. by taw _lntuit, •••• i .
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