The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

AMERICAN NAVIGATION LAWS.

In reply to Mr. Coaxzwau, Laos,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the American navigation
laws was u nearly as possible the same with the British law,
of which parliament had just decreed the repeal. It would
not be until the end of the year that, according to the power
vested by the existing law in the president, the correspond-
ing changes could be made in the law of the United States.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion that the Clerk proceed to read the orders
of the day,
Lord J. RUSSELL said he would state what course he
proposed with respect to some of the leading measures before
the house. The Poor-law Relief (Ireland) Bill, having now
gone through committee on all the government clauses, he
should propose that the house sit to morrow (this day), at
12 o'ciock, for the purpose of continuing, and, as he hoped,
of concluding the committee. If the bill then west through
committee and report he should propose to take the third
reading on Monday, it being eminently desirable that the
attention of the House of Lords should, as speedily ea pos-
sible, be directed to this most important measure. (Hear,
hear.) On Friday he proposed to take the Mar-
riages (Scotland) Bill before any other business.
Atter the consideration et these bills the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer would propose advances for the
purpose of the Irish railways to the west of Irelsnd, sad the
advances necessary for the relief of distress in Ireland. On
Thursday and Friday in the next week he proposed to take
the ordnance estimates and the remaining estimates in com-
mittee of supply. There wee another bill with reference
to which much inquiry had been made—the Australian Go-
vernment Bill. Ile proposed to take the second reading
of this hill on Monday, the 16th inst ; and he would avail
himself of the present opportunity to state that the govern-
ment meant to propose some very important changes in the
bill—(hear, hear)—one of these related to the tariff which,
under the act of parliament, they might have introduced into
the bill ; this tariff, however, they now propo ed to
omit, giving to the general assembly of the Austra-
lian colonies the power of making a general tariff
for the whole of those colonies. (Hear, hear.)
With respect to some other bills he did not propose
to give any of them up or to discharge the order that even-
ing, but he might state that he should put them for near
days, and on those days he should propose to diseharge the
orders, or to postpone them to a time beyond the duration of
the session. The most important of these measures was a
bill with regard to ecclesiastical commissions, which was
founded upon a bill introduced into that house, he thought,
three Fissions ago, and with which it was not his in-
tention to proceed in the present session. (Hear, hear.)
With regard to the Charitable Trusts Bill, he intended
to take a similar course. He had net been able, in conse-
quence of his noble friend's health, to consult the Lord
Chancellor upon it; and having postponed it so late, and its
being a subject of such importance, he did not propose to
proceed with it in the present session. There were, how-