The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-27 00:00:00

•1 MTH is 1A L I' ItLIAMEN

HOUSE OF I,OIWB.—FRIDAY, MAT 28.
The Lotto CHANCILLOS took his seat at 5 o'clock.
PUBLIC BUBIBBBS.
TlRin READlNCL—Prevention of Seduction Bill.
IREVORI.—Stnoke Prohibition BBL
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS ADJOURN-
/SENT BILL.
The report on this hill was postponed until Tuesday next.
PREVENTION OF SEDUCTION.
The Bishop of OXFORD laid on the table a hill for the
prevention ut seduction. which was read a first time—to be
read a second time on Monday week.half pas five till Tues
Their lordships then adjmined at
day next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY, MAY 26.
The 8 took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SECOND BRADING.—New Rose Port and Harbour Bill.
REPORTs COSSI OEREDtoI aud Exeter Railway (Glanton-
bury navigation ..rid canal purchase) ; Kendol and Windermere Rail-
way Ac• .ticiendinent ; Ltilia.
TIIIItt) RE WINOS. —Cheater and Holyhead Railway (power to
Btl;tallire,
Wte..); Fumes; I
lgs tailwasnyd;NLoode.stsllotu. Nov.) ; 8:42
chatter, Shetit sag Liacottioltire Railway (junction with the Mid.
Is
Railway via liaranlcy :Ind brunches therefrom) ; Mimehatter,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (station approach in lanehenter) ;
Marditester, sheftield, and Listeolmnire Railway (ration at Sheffield
and branch to the Sheffield Dotal) ; Manchester; Sheffield. and Lin-
oolnahiro Railway ierosaing of Sheilleldrireet, in Manchester, dre.l ;
Winchester South Junction and Alt:inch= Railine reway
irc of eopitol); Woe.
eager, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1) t
Vale of Sech R ns.
Railway a, r to the Soich Wales Railway Company
to su'veribe, and amendment of *oil ; Silt&
1.0111)8' AMENDMENTS CONSIDEREDulhampton Osa tight
and Coke Compare, • Worcester New Oas Lien Company Datilitional
capital arid aineadZient) ; Lillie.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS.—By Mr. COCKtill RN, from the Mayor of Southamp-
ton. agreed to at a public meeting, and in Stemma short parliaments,
eaten-vim of the manure, payment of members, and electoral dia.
tricto—Capt. PECIIELL, from Brightoo, for the repeal of the rate-
paying clauses of the &Lorna 8111-04. THOMPSON, from* the Me-
tropolitan di-trier. for universal suffrage.—Mr. HUME, from the
washes of St. Gam and St. George, and from Suntkuland.
worth, and and other plows, in lamer of the reform propord by the hon.
tht
0.1310311',30Ni tool t• VrtsYing thAt
plover of the commissioner* tower the Irealtit Towne liill might be
limited beyond what woo proposed by the bilk—Sir 11. DAVIE, from
from ant for the repeal of the Scotch law of entail. —Mr. MUNTZ,
from an individual of Birmingham, in favour of a return to the
etsodard of volue of 1 97.--CoL MUIR, from Benfreershim against
Ole:insert Banking Adt of
e 5
,gams. J. STEWART, and a
uger hon.
rabern, from valour places, against the war intoxic Mg liquors
on Sundays. DUNDAS, ro
ue
aces, Mr. F.
MAPLE, anti Mr. LOCH, from various places, in favoUr of the Bites
for Churches (Scotland) Bin.
THIRD EXADL4o.—tkalNDeetersJUßl ES. of Car (Ireland) Bill.
GRA
Mr. FORSTER asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether his attention had been drawn
to a presentment by the grand jury to the judges presiding
at the Central Criminal Court on the 18th instant, for the
abolition of grand juries within the limits of the Cipendiary
mngistratee of the metropolis ; and whether government in-
tended to take any steps to remove the evils complained of in
the said presentment
Sir 0. GREY, in answer, said that his attention had
not been drawn specially to the presentment, Tor had it
been transmitted to him. Re was not prepares' to say
that government at present contemplated any measure on
the subject of grand juries within the limits of the metro-
polis, but as he believed the system to be capable of amend-
ment he did not wish to preclude himself from introducing
measures fur that purpose at some future period, if neces-

sexy.
Mr. FORSTER asked whether there would be any ob-
jection to lay the presentment he had alluded to on the
table ?
Sir G. GREY, when it was forwarded to him, would
produce it.
POSSESSION OF ARMS IN IRELAND.
Capt. HARRIS, pursuant to notice, inquired whether
it was the intention of her Majesty's government to avail
themselves of the I.irge military force now in Ireland, and
by introducing a measure for the search and seizure of pikes,
and disarming et the rebels in time to prevent bloodshed
and civil war, to provide for the security of that part of
the United Kingdom?
Sir G. GREY reminded the hon. and gallant member
that at an early period of the session an act had poised for
the better prevention of crime and outrage in Ireland, under
which any district might be proclaimed at the discretion of
the Lord Lieutenant, after which all arms not delivered up
might be seized. At present it was not intended by govern-
= nt to propoo, any other measure on the subject.
Capt. HARRIS then asked if the right hon. baronet con-
sidered that act available for the purposes to which his
question referred ?
Sir G. GREY said it would not be convenient, in answer
to a question, to go into a discussion of the act to show how
far it was applicable to all existing circumstances. He
apprehended it would be found to be so applicable, and that
it was in the discretion of the Lord Lieutenant to apply it to
any district.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Ordered, on motion to that effect, that the house at its
rising do adjourn till Monday next.
THE SPANISH CORRESPONDENCE.
MR. BANKES' MOTION.
BANKES in postponing his motion in accordance
with the understandieg come to on the previous day, said ha
bad hoped the two noble lords, the Seoretary for Foreign
Affairs and the First Lord of the Treasury. would have been
in their places, the one to produce the papers which he had
promised to lay on the table, and to give some account of
their contents; and the other, to state the result of the deli-
berations of the government as to fixing a day for consi-
dering the transactions to which thew papers related. As it
was he had no course open to him but to postpone his motion
to that day ee'nnigh., which be understood was to be the
next supply day, unless the noble lord (J . Russell) would
undertake to give him another day not later than Monday
ee'netight.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
the bon. gentleman was miAaken as to what fell from his
noble friend no the previous evening. What his noble friend
said was, that he would move for a committee of supply, in
order to give the loon. gentleman en opportunity of bringing
on hie motion on some early day after the discussion of the
resolutions on the Navigation Laws, and the second reading
of the bill to be founded on those resolution..
Mr. BANKES—Was there any probability of the oppor-
tunity being given earlier than that day week ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
would entirely depend on the length of time occupied in the
debate on the navigation laws.
Mr. HERItIES (about an hour subsequently) inquired
whether the promised papers on the subject would be in the
hands of hon. members to-morrow (this day), and whether
they would contain all the information and explanation that
the government thought it necessary to make in considera-
tion of the course they had pursued in this extraordinary
affair. Ile should have thought they were burning with
impatience to relieve themselves from the suspicion which
hung upon it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted
that the hon. gentleman did not put his question, when the
noble lord, who had only a few minutes ego left the house,
was in ,his place. lie understood that his noble friend in-
tended to lay the papers en the table that evening, with a
view to their being in the hands of members to-morrow (this
day), and that they were sufficient to enable the house to
form a correct opinion of what had taken place. In reply
to tho right hon. gentleman's last remark, he should recollect
that the motion of the hon. member (Mr. Benkes) was not
postponed at the request of government, who we, e perfectly
ready to meet it.
Mr. DISRAELI was surprised at that remark, as his hon.
friend was only prevented from going on with the motion for
want of an important paper which appeared in the Spanish
journa's.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER found no
fault with the hon. gentleman for not going on with the mo
Lion. He only answered the insinuation that the government
Were not as anxious on the eubject se they ought to be.
SUPPLY.—WINDSOR CASTLE AND TOWN IM-
PROVEMENTS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having
moved that the order of the day for the committee of supply
be read,
Mr. HUME wished to know, before the house was called
upon to vote any more money, how the 3,000,0001., deft-
ciency in the revenue of the last year was to be made up.
lie would suggest to the government that without waiting
for the conclusion of toe Inquiries now going on as to the
several public departments, they ought themselves to make
such reductions in those departments as it had been already
shown might be made without detriment to their efficiency.
It appeared by a bill which had been put into hie hand
that day that 00,000/. which was to be paid by a cer-
tain railway company was to be expended in certain
alterations in and about Windsor Castle and town—
in
stopping up certain pathi and opening others—
in taking down old and building new bridges, and other
works which he bad no doubt would cost in all upwards of
100,0001. Surely it was verging closely on reckless extra-
vagance at a time like this, thus to be lighting the emdle at
both ends. (Hear, hear.) 150,0001. for Buckingham Pa
lace, a million and a half for Windsor Gestic aready given ;
and now a new expense to be incurred, the end of which no
one could foresee ! The crown revenues, of which the woods
and forests had the management, were now public property
—the crown had received an equivalent for them; it was no
answer, therefore, to say that in this case the charges would
be defrayed out of those revenues.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his hon.
friend had expended much virtuous indh.nation on a bill
that was not yet before the house, and which did not involve
the expenditure of one sixpence of the public money. The
facts were, that a railway company, on condition that certain
parrs of the park at Windsor should be given up to them for
their purposes, were to pay a certain sum, which sum it was
proposed to spend in making some necessary improvements
in other parts of Windsor. But it would be time enough to
discuss that measure when it came before them: all he
wished to show wee, that it was not public money that was
to be expended.
Mr. HUME—I contend that it L.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would still
say that it was not. As to bow he proposed to raise the
ways and means for carrying on the public service, and what
government would do when certain committees now sitting
made their report, it would be time enough to explain when
those questions were before the house. What he proposed
to do to-night was simply to ask for certain votes which were
aocesoary to enable ministers to carry on the public service.
Mr. BRIGHT thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer
had not correctly stated the effect of the bill referred to by
the hon. member for Montroee. He conceived that it
would empower the sale of certain public property and the
appropriation of the proceeds, which were of course public
money.
Lord MORPETH could only repeat what had been dated
by his right hon. friend, that it Vu not Intended ander the