The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-09 00:00:00

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NEW ZEALAND BILL.
Oa the Emden of Kr. HAV73B, the order of the day for
the second rending of the New Zealand Bill was read and
&charged._ A new bill was bronchi in, read a first time,
and ordered to be reed a esamd time to-morrow (this day.)
The house then (at 4 o'clock). stood adjourned to 5 o'clock.

The house resumed
ND at 6 o'clock.
lIAN FURLOUGHS.
Mr. EWART wished to know from the provident of the
Board of Control if there was any change in the system of
ihrloughe now adopted with respect to the British army In
India
Bit J. C. HODHOUSB art a new plan altering the
lantern of fait gha_in the dee tonic, had been prepared
OM net est le the_ petawor-general in council,
Mi. SI NM•1111.1.1•111•10111 had received his opinion,
Illtor woad lot impootti Wastroosohogli. It was thousilst
hisqrsibest to mix up the emellas of furloughs in the anti- 1
' service with that of lir ofteatoiso ; there was a new
easaPeeßand also with WA to Set Nervier, but they
t rt better to wait 1M the tollsot of the governor-
was known with empeet to /10 for altering the
furloughs in the civil service.
IDOL WORSHIP IN INDIA.
Sir R. INGLIS wished to put • question to the right hon.
gentleman respecting the continuance of a payment, on the
part of the government of India, ih support of the Hlndoo
temple of Juggernaut He believed the only reason for ma-
Booing this payment was, that the government were consi-
dered pledged to it, but, he believed, the government were
not so pledged.
Sir J. C. lIOBHOUSE said, that the government had m-
odeled a very voluminous report on, this important and delicite
subject, dated Jan. 7, 1546, and he thought it would be bet-
ter, before any eteps were taken by the house, that he should
be allowed to present extracts from it. He agreed in the
opinion of his boo. Mend, that the government were not
pledged to the continuance of this payment.
THE EDUCATION GRANT AND THE ROMAN

CATHOLICS.
Mr. V. SMITH wished to ask the noble lord at the head
of the government, whether he could inform the house in
what state of preparatMn the minutes of council, u regarded
the education of -Roman Catholics in this country, stood, and
whether they would be presented to the house before *edam
of the present maim ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said, that the communications which
he had with the Roman Catholic body in England, would
not enable him to lay the minutes on the table of the house
before the conclusion of the present session. He addressed •
communication some time ago to the Roman Catholic Insti-
tute, and they desired to communicate with different bodies
of Roman Catholics in the country. About a week ago their
answer was received to the propo,itione made to them • but
there were two or three points on which they desired time
for further consideration. It was not their intention to pro-
pene a vote in any case during the present session for the
education of Roman Catholic children, but they would be
included in any vote that might be proposed neat year.
SANITARY CONDITION OF CHELTENHAM.
In answer to a question by Mr. C. W. CODILIYOTON, re-
' • statement made by the hon. member for Chelten-
ham (ldr. C. Berkeley) aa to the sanitary condition of Chel-
tenham,
Mr, C. BERKELEY denied that he mid more deaths
occurred in Cheltenham from miasma than in any other town
of the same population. He derived his information from a
report of the Health of Towns Association, and if the figures
he quoted were wrong, thine who drew up that report were
responsible.
THE KIRKLESS.HALL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.

Mr. FORSTER wished to ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department whether he had received any in-
formation from the magistrates or coroner of the district,
tending to confirm the charges made against the owners of
the Kirklem-hall Colliery, near Wigan, in respect of the ac-
cident at that colliery on Tuesday, the 29th ult. ?
Sir 0. GREY said he had not received any information
from the Wrote' or coroner of the district tending to
confirm the c made against the owners of the 00111.7.
In consequence of a letter addressed by him to the magi.
trates they held ameeting, and several parties were examined
before them. They stated their unanimous opinion u to the
mum of the accident ; but, as the matter was under judicial
investigation before the coroner, it would not be right for him
to state what that opinion was. They stated that every effort
was made to get the bodies out of the pit, and they allowed
-Mevery opportunity to persons to go down : this paper was
signed by five magistrates.
r. T. BUNCOMBE said that the facts which were dis-
closed at the coroner's inquest bore out the truth of the
allegations made by him respecting the conduct of the owners
of the colliery.
Mr. HINDLEY rope to address the house, but was called
to order, sa there was no question before it.
Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to know what was the clue
of the delay in presenting the returns which he moved for on
the 24th of February last.
Mr. GIBSON said the returns which the hen. gentleman
referred to were not prepared by the Board of Trade, but by
the Board of Customs ; and in consequence of the preen of
business they were not yet able to prepare them. He hoped
to be able to state to-morrow when they should be ready.
RESIGNATION OF BIR F. STUART.
Mr. HOUSMAN asked the under-Secretary of the Colo-
nies if it were true that Sir Patrick Stuart had resigned the
governorship of Malta, and, if so, if that resignation had been
induced be a refusel on the part of the authotities of the
Colonial-eitlce to grant his application for leave of absence in
consequence of ill health?
Mr. B. HAWES—With respect to the first part of the
hon. member's inquiry, it was perfectly true that Sir P.
Stuart had tendered his resignation of the governorship of
Malta. With respect to the latter part of the inquiry, he
could only state that it had not been customary to allow leave
of abunoe to governors of such colonies as Malta. Sir P.
Stuart had however, been absent during four months of last
year, and this year, in consequence of ill health, he asked
for a further leave of absence, which it was considered
compatible with the public service to grant. Under these
circumstances the government had lost an able and upright
officer, and he (Mr. Hawes) very much regretted the circum-
stance.