The Express.
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THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY ri(ENING, JULY 29, 1851.

efforts. He regretted the delay that bad already taken
place, hut there was this consolation, that when this mica-
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effect a triumph by promoting the cause of civil and reli-
gious liberty, not only in this country, but throughout the
world. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. EVANS said that the House of Lords, in rejecting
the measure upon this subject which had been adopted by
the House of Commons, had only done so in the exercise of
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Jews sit in that house ; but he (Mr. Evans) did not think
"'the. noble "'lord "(Pfilit1811111"1 trtOnseeemtehne
that that result would be in the least promoted by the dis-
cussions which recently taken place here.
The house then divided:
For the amendment BO
Against it -38
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Mr. Anstry's amendment was conseq lost.
Mr. BETHELL, in opposing the resolution, reproached
Lord J. Russell with fighting the battle of his adver-
saries by yielding to a technical objection, perverting
mere formal words to • purpose alien from the in-
tention of Parliament. He cautioned the noble lord,
not suicidally to persist in his present course. His
resolution expressed no more than the question itself ; it
reiterated the question in the shape of an affirmativ propo-
sition, and in very bad English, which he trusted the noble
lord would himself propose to amend, it declared that Da-
vid Salomon', Esq., was not entitled to take his seat in that
house until he took the oath in the form appointed by law.
That was no more than reiterating the question, what was
the form appointed by law ? (Hear, hear.) Let the house
observe in what manner the question would have been
dealt with had it come on for aecision in the House of
Lords. The Rouse of Lords had the 'sower of calling in the
assistance of the judges, and would have had recourse to
those learned persons fOr their opinions as to the construction
of the statutes. When a law was made, the duty of the
legislature was at an end; the interpretation of the law i
belonged to the proper tribunals. (Hear, hear.) As that
house could not commit the judges, the noble lord should have
said, "I will refer this matter to the decision of the tribu-
nals to whom the country has committed the interpretation
of the statutes" (Hear, hear.) But the noble lord refused
to permit any further discussion, and if he (Mr. Bethel')
understood him rightly, was now prepared to contend that
the matter should not be put in course of trial before the
proper tribunals of the country. Whatever the house
might do, however, to prevent a trial in a court of law, a
trial iu a court of law would be had, the opinion of a court !
of law would be pronouseed ; and what would he the
reputation of the house if, after they had evaded any
further discussion by a resolution of this kind, after they
had arrogated to themselves the right of legally inter-
preting the statute, their decision should he found utterly
at variance with the right interpretation. (Hear, hear.)
They must, in that case, do what they had been coinpelled
to do on other occasion,' when they had placed themselves
in conflict with the people, instead of being the exponent of
their wishes. The house might depend upon it that they
were in a false position. As rewarded precedents, he
most 'deserve, that that of Hoene Tooke had not yet been
referred to. Rome Tooke, being a clergyman in priest's
orders, was elected a member of that house. He was per-
mitted to take his seat, but on his doings° a question arose,
and there was on that occasion a difference of opinion with
regard to the legally of the election. There were conflict-
ing opinions amongst the members; and what did the
house resolve ? In consequence of these difficulties it re-
solved that a bill should he brought in to alter the state of
the law, or rather to declare what it should h,, in
future; hut, in the meantime, Home Tooke re-
tained his seat, and be continued to sit and
vote during the whole of the session. He adverted to this
case fur the purpose of pointing out in how different a
manner their preelecessoni acted front that in which they
were acting. (Hear, hear.) They Komar(' not to adjudi-
cate t-. the exclusion of the elected member, but permitted
the member to retain his scat until after the passing of' •
declaratin y law. Now he entreated the noble lord (Lord
J. Russell) to withdraw his proposition, and not to tarnish
his reputation by persisting in his present course. (Bear.)
Ho entreated ham to consider what sort of an account he
would have to give of his conduct in this matter if he should
have persevered with the resolution, when he might, unquen-
tionably if he had chosen to avail himself of his strength, have
given the lion. member fur Greenwich an opportunity of
trying the question in a court of law, Pllspendiug all pro-
cedings in the matter until that course had been taken.
He did not ask the house to surrender any of it, undoubted
privilege., but simply to take steps for ascertaining what
was the true construction of the statute. It became the
house to adopt that course so the nearest approach to that
which would he taken under similar circumstances in
another place. Witlt an earnest regard for the noble lord's
future credit, he requested him to n consider the matter,
and to let it rest undetermined further than it was by the
cone:olio:1 arrived at het session. ((Tear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said although he should not attempt
to cope with the hon, and learned gentleman with regard to
the legal part of the argument ; he isn't observe that being
WI he was a very eminent lawyer, having all the resources
which his knowledge of tt e law placed at his disposal, he
had carefully abstained front arguing the question of
low. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman had
appeaLel to him (Lord J. Russell) through his regard for
religente liberty. But this being a legal question, and
nothing else, whatever might he his regard fur religious
liberty, he could not act upon it if the law was against him.
(Hear, hear.) If the hon. and learned gentlemen had
shown him that it was quite clear that, according to law,
they might admit Al,!. Salomons to take his seat in that
house, and had then added, by way "(recommendation, that
he would thus obtain, what he wished to see, the repeal of
religious disqualifications, he could then understand the
hon. and learned gentleman's urging this ground of reli-
gious liberty. But it was remarkable that the hon. and
learned gentleman, who was so good an authority, did not
rush on those topics which those alto were less acquainted
with the law were apt to do. (Hear, hear.) Ile must say,
too, that the hon. and learned gel-Item', on that night, as
on former nights, had very much evaded the history
of the present ease. Ile hail spoken as if he
(Lord J. Russell) were for the first time bring-
ing forward a question which he had concocted in
bud English, as the hon. and learned gentleman was pleased
to say, and was endeavouring, for the first time, to induce the
house to adopt a resolution which was unfit to be sanc-
tioned by the house. This was not an original resolution
of his (Lord J. Hussein.). It was not the first time the
question hail come before the house. Last year his hon.
and learned friend the Solicitor-General obtained a select
committee on this subject ; and although that committee
Was not authorised or desired to report opinions,
yet in the course of the discussion it was not difficult
to discolor what were the opinions of the members.
And out of that committee of 20 members, his hon. and
learned friend, the member for Oxford, had one member
with him, on the question whether Baron Rothschild could
not take his seat. It waft quite evident what was the opi•
niun of law members and others having long experience in
' the house ; they were not prepared to defend the view
Iwhich hie hon. and learned friend took. The question
, having been thus eimken of in that committee, it was not
I new to him or any member of the committee that Baron
Rothschild proposed to take his scat. What occurred upon
that question ? The Master of the Rolle proposed two re-
solutions, one of which was the very resolution now before
the house—(hear, hear) ; and after a great deal of discus-
sion, and an amendment proposed by the hon. member fur
Montrose, the house divided by a majority of 166 to 92 in
favour of the resolution which now stood on their journals.
(blear, hear.) So that, so far from adopting and
Iplacing it on their records fur the first time,
they would only be re-affirming what they bad
already affirmed. This being the case, it was hardly
necessary to adduce reasons in support of such a
resolution. Mr. Alderman Salomons having taken a course
similar to that taken by Baron Rothschild, if the house
came to any resolution on the subject, the one to which
they could most fitly come was that they had already come
to, and which was now placed on their journals. It was
said—why not take the °pillion of a court of law ? Re
had no objectiou to the opinion of a court of law being
taken on questions which properly belonged to it; and
they had been informed that day, on the authority of
Alderman SAOIIIOII4 himself, that the opinion of a court of
law was about to be taken as to whether he had incurred
the penalties imposed by the act of parliament. That
question would properly come before a court of law ; but not
the question whether a member of that house hail properly
taken the oaths. It was impossible for the house to wait
on that question till a court of law haul given its opinion.
The only question before them was, whether they were right
in their Interpretation of the act of parliament. The hon. and
learned gentleman (Mr. Bethel)) hail sunken as though this
was entirely a matter of fancy or discretion with the govern-
ment ; but, until late years certainly, it was supposed that
the interpretation of toe law could not he other than that
they had now put upon it. (Ikar, hear.) Au act which
he had the honour to introduce (that repealing the Test
and Corporation Acts) required that persons admitted
to municipal offices should make a certain declaration,
and to that declaration was added, by the House of Lords
and afterwards assented to by that house, the words "On
the true faith of a Christian." In 1845 a bill was intro-
duced by Lord Lyndhurst—no inconsiderable authority on
matters of that kind—declariug in its preamble that persons
of the Jewish persuasion could not conscientiously take the
declaration contained in the act of George IV. But, ac-
cording to the view now laid down, that preamble should
have declared that Jews were not obliged to use these
words at all ; instead of which, the act released them front
the obligation, not in every ease, but in respect to the hold-
ing of municipal offices, and provided a form of declaration
in other words. That was an additional proof that, up to
talk such had been the sense entertained by the legislature
of the nature of: this, declaration. The house could not do
otherwise than persist in attaching the same sense to those
words. If any new light were thrown upon the subject by
the question coining before a court of law, there was no
reason why the house should not avail itself of that new
light. Hitherto all the information they had would induce
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court of law into the operation of an obsolete act of parlia-
ment. Such a course was utterly unworthy the high and
noble career of the noble lord. (Rear, hear.) Let him
withdraw his resolution. and bring forward the subject
again neat session, %elan !1•.• would Lave the additional
light that would be thrown on it during the recess by the
courts of law.
Mr. J. A. SMITH protested against the conclusion of
however. anowne

the noble lord, that the resolution passed last year in the
ease of Baron Rothschild should be now adopted in
the ease of Alderman Salomon. That resolution was
unskilfully drawn up, and went far beyond the necessities
of the case. Assuming that the noble lord, by his
position as first minister and leader of the house,
was bound to protect its privileges, that re-
solution had gone far beyond what was necessary.
He knew that many shared the regret he felt at seeing the
noble lord take a part so unnecessarily harsh ; for he (the
noble lord) seemed to forget what was done to himself, his
party, and the great cause with which he was identified.
'henoble lord might be assured that though they might be
defeated that night, the hour of their ultimate triumph was
not far distant. (Cheers, and cries of " Divide.")
The house accordingly divided on Lord John Russell's
resolution.
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MOM 6B —55
CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
On the let clause,
Mr. B. DENISON complained that it gams greater ad-
vantages to the Post-office not only than was enjoyed by
any other customer of the railways, but even than it enjoyed
under any previous act. He considered that the Post .ottiee
ought not to be allowed to fix its own terms, but that the
remuneration should be settled by arbitration.
Mr. C. LEWIS could not admit that the demand of the
government was at all unreasonable. The bill in truth
would not make any substantial difference to the company.
Its only object was to define more clearly a clause in the 7
and S Vie., which the act proceeded to repeal.
Mr. COWAN said the railways objected to the bill, be-
cause it was unjust for the government to exact the maxi-
mum
of service for the minimum of remuneration. (Hear.)
lie stated that there was a very general complaint is the
north of Scotland respecting the delay 7 of the mails.
After a few words from Mr. O. A. lisstir.rosr'
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER always un-
derstood it to be the duty of the government to amend a de-
fective law ; and it was with the view of amending a law
of this description that the present bill had been proposed.
Ile believed the measure would be beneficial to the rail-
ways, and that it would afford considerable accommodation
to the public at a diminished expense.
After some discussion,
Lord PALMERSTON said the house seemed to have
lost sight of the principle on which these railways
were founded. They were all founded on acts of
parliament, which were based on the principle that pri-
vate rights were to be over-ridden in consideration of the
railways being for public purposes. Ile thought, then, that
in principle railways should bo required to perform this
service. It was admitted that as the law now stood they
were liable to perform this duty, and it was said they were
willing to perform it, but then it was said "give us a fair
remuneration." The main question seemed to be, not
whether the guard was to go as a passenger, not
whether he might not get out and amuse him-
self on the platform, but whether the guard was
to pay for every bag that he took up as a fresh parcel.
Now he thought it was very arbitrary that every passenger
should be made to pay for every parcel he took in without
exceeding the weight that was allowed him. Really he did
not see why the public should be compelled to conform to
that regulation, provided, as was provided by this bill, that
the railway should not be put to additional expense by car-
rying additional weight. This bill did not impose any
obligation with regent to stoppages or delay, or with regard
to additional weight. It simply provided that they should
perform a public service for a remuneration.
After a brief conversation,
The committee divided :
For the clause
Against it
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stood).
The house resumed.
NEW ZEALAND SETTLEMENTS DILL.
On the order of the day fur the second reading of
this bill,
Mr. ADDERLEY suggested that at that hour (quarter-
past one) it would be prudent to postpone the bill.
Mr. IIAWES hoped that the house would read the bill
a second time that night, because such objections as hail
been otf•rcd could be very well taken in committee.
Mr. BROTHERTON. (seconded by Sir J. WALstsurY)
moved the adjournment of the house. It was understood
that opposed orders were not to be taken after one o'clock
in the morning.
Mr. GLADSTONE did not think it unreasonable in the
hon. gentleman to desire to take the second reading that
evening. But the objection to the first two clauses was
an objection to principle. These clauses proposed to give
unbounded powers to the local officers in New Zealand;
and the lion. gentleman had not attempted to show any
grounds for passing such a bill without, in the meantime,
having communicated with the settlers whose interests were
to be affected.
Mr. V. SNIITII considered that the hon. gentleman (Mr.
Hawes) had shown no cogent reason whatever for bringing
on so important a bill at so late a period of the session. Ile
was opposed altogether to this bit by bit legislation fur New
Zealand, seeing that next session they would have to take
large meagre, for that colony into consideration.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
the objections of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone)
to the two clauses were not unfair. Ile would, theretbre,
propose to postpone these clauses.
Atter a ti.w words from Mr. ADDEULEY and Mr. Ao-
MOSBY,
The house divided—
For the adjournment 3
Against 51-48
Mr. ADDERLEY then moved the adjournment of the
debate.
Mr. HAWES hoped the hon. gentleman would not per
sist in an opposition to the second reading. The goverment
hail no intcicst in the matter whether the clauses were
struck nut or not.
Mr. GLADSTONE was not aware of any special neces-
sity for pressing forward these clauses. Some reason at
least should be given for them, for the subject was of serious

was consequently struck out (as we under-

importance.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said if hon.
gentlemen would allow the hill to he read a second time, he
would communicate with his noble friend the Secretary of
State for the Colonies curly in the morning, and state his
views respecting these clauses to-morrow. It would be a
pity if that part of the bill to which there was no objection
were retarded.
Mr. ADI)ERLEY observed that the proper time for the
right hon. gentleman to make any such statement was on
the motion tor the second reading.
The house divided—
For the adjournment of the debate
Against it
The bill was then read a second time.
LUNATICS (INDIA) BILL.
On the order of the day thr the second reading of this
bill,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained the object of
the measure to be to give power to the East India Company
at their own expense, to send hums to this country persons
in the service who might be afflicted with insanity. It was a
humane measure.
Mr. WAKLEY said it was the most extraordinary bill e
had ever heard of. We had an enormous number of luna-
tics of our own, and did not want any more from India.
(Laughter.) Surely there was ample accommodation for
the insane in that country.
The bill was read a second time, and the committee ap-
pointed for that day week.
The Cauada and New Brunswick Boundary Bill passed
through committee and was reported.
The Attornies and Solicitor,' Regulation Act Amendment
Bill was read a second time, after a few words from Mr.
MVI.LINGA, and the committee was appointed fur Wed-
nesday.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Mr. N nwi)EG.tTE, pursuant to notice, moved that an
humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that
she would be graciously pleased to give directions that there
be forthwith furnished to this house, a return of all the
articles imported from abroad, and exhibited in Hyde-park,
giving the description, quantities, and official or assessed
value of such articles ; east also, of the arrangements that I
had been or would be adopted fir taking an account of any
of these article' which might be sold, in this country, as
distinguished from any of those articles which might be re-
shipped, so as to secure the revenue, and provide for the
correct entry of all such articles in the official accounts for
the year.
Mr. C. LEWIS said that the return would be very volu-
minous, and afford no satisfactory information to the house.
Ito had mid° inquiries, and found that everything had been
done with the utmost regularity.
Mr. NEWDEUATE was about to make some remarks,
when

Mr. BROTILERTON said there wcrc not forty members
present.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and only fourteen
members being counted present, the house stood adjourned
at about twenty-five minutes past two o'clock.

The first night sitting of the Commons in the new honee
yesterday evening furnished a further test of the qualities
of the chamber, as altered and amended, for the purposes
of legislation. In respect of hearing and sight the result is ,
sufficiently successful, hos. members appearing to find no
difficulty in rendering themselves audible loth in the body 1
of the house and the gallery. The lighting arrangements
have been recently and hastily put up, and the quantity of ,
illumination, at all events in the gallery, requires some ,
increase. We trust, however, that no change will
be made in the system adopted, which presents many
eminent advantages over the apparatus in use in either of
the former houses of legislation. Four pendant gas tubes 1
affixed to the ceiling support as many circles of burners, 1
' whose jets of flame are intended to make up by their num-
Ler the smallness of their individual power. These circles
of flame, again, are girt with a gauzy veil of green, through
which the light glances in soft and harmonious tints over
the house, and affords a relief that is positively delicious to
eyes that have been subjected to the remorseless glare that
I pervades the present houses of Lords and Commons.
1 Though nearly complete in its internal fittings, much rc-
mains to be done with the corridor and a'proaches of the
`new House of Commons. It is, perhaps, owing to this in-
I completeness that the upper regions of the chamber are
haunted by atmospheric currents, which, disagreeably in-
trusive, even in July, would be highly dangerous in
February.

PAlRS.—Colonel Chatterton paired off on Monday night
with Mr. Roche. Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., has paired
off for the remainder of the session, haring left town for
Madrid on a special mission.

ADMIT:ALLY, JULY 28.—APPODTTMENTi.—Acting-
Assistant-Surgeon W. A. Turner, to Styr. Gunner 11.
Davidson, confirmed in Waterwitch.

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a supplemental service. It is, of course, necessary I
for the ordinary service that the Post-office should
have power to compel the companies to run proper
trains for the mail service, to fix the hours of the de-1

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parture and arrival of the mail trains, to regulate within
certain limits their speed, the stations to be stopped
at, the carriages to be provided, and such like other
Stringent powers. These the 1& 2 Vic., 98, confers
on the Potent sierra-GENERAL; taking care, how-
ever, that companies shall be properly paid for the
service. And for the night and day mails carried
by the authority of this statute, the companies are,
as a general rule, very substantially reemoversted.
The rates paid them vary greatly, ranging from IL
to 4s. fd. a mile; but the total antoontpehl la 1860
by the Post-office to railway companies wan sot kw
than 403,000!. The cost of the old coaching system
was about 300,000!. a year; but though on
the great arterial lines of communication the
railways have superseded that system, the extension
of Poet-office accommodation under the penny postaaggee
and railways has been such, that the cost of the sub-
sidiary or horse mail service now equals what
was formerly paid for the whole mail coaching sys-
tem, viz., about 390,000/. a year.
For this great sum of 403,990/. paid railways, the
public receives, no doubt, great accommodation.
a town in the kingdom but now has two de-
liveries of letters daily ; and that might not have as
many as Brighton, viz., four, if that cordial co-ope-
ration existed between the Post-office and railways,
which is the pecuniary interest of both. Not, indeed,
that the Post-office could afford to establish and pay
for more than two mail trains daily ; hut that more
advantage might be taken to send mail bags by the
intermediate trains provided that it could be dune on
terms that would be profitable to the companies with-
out being a burthen to the Post-office.
It seems to have been for this purpose, that tho
eleventh section was introduced into the Act of 7 and
8 Vic., c. N.i. It enacts that the Past-office shall
have power " to send any mail guard with bags not
exceeding the weight of luggage allowed to any
other peuwenger (or subject to the general rules of
the company for any excess of that weight) by
any train other than a mail train, upon the
same conditions as any other passenger ;" a power,
it might have been thought, needless to secure by
statute, seeing it is only the common law right of
every loan. This power, granted in 1844, has, how-
ever, been very usefully exercised on many lines
ever since. No English company has thrown any
obstacle in the way of its exercise; for here railway
companies promote the public service; one great
company, at least, when the bags would not defray
the cost of a first-class fare each way daily, has con-
sented to carry them as panels; and to meet the
requirements of the public, we think, will sooner or
later bring the conveyance of letters on cross routes
or short distances.

This enactment, accepted in a right spirit on the
F.nglish lines, has, on the contniry. provoked great
hostility in Scotland and Ireland. Thus, for instance,
a Scottl company, admitting that it gave the Post-
office a right to send a guard from ohe terminus to
the other. denied that it conferred any authority for
him to throw out or take in bags at the intermediate
stations. On an appeal to a court of law, the com-
pany was, however, better informed as to the mean-
ing of the statute, and the right of the Post-office in
that respect was judicially affirmed. In Ireland
an objection of a different order was taken. There,
it was contended that the Post-office could not exer-
cise this right on a line on which they had not
an ordinary mail service; and so, strange to soy,
the Irish judges have ruled: the effect of the deci-
sion being that no mail hags are now carried on the
particular line, to the serious injury of the localities
through which it cane, and which it feeds at either
end.
The bill now before parliament is to settle the
law, and to give full force to the 7 and M Vic., c. H.l,
a. 11. It proposes to confer, in express words, tho
powers on the Post-otfice, which have been disputed
in Scotland and Ireland, to enable the guards to
deliver bags at all stations at which the train stops,
and to travel with Imp, whether or not there is
an ordinary mail service on the line. It makes no
attempt to extend the authority of the Post-office
over ordinary trains in other respects. Companies
may take them off, put them on, change the hours
of departure, stop them or not at the various eta..
titan, travel at what speed and raise the fares as they
choose. All that is sought is that the Post-office shall
use them as they find theta on paying ordinary faraii
no more power is sought. And nothing, we must
say, can be more reasonable. fly railways a first-
class daily passenger will be acquired, in respect of
whom no liability will be imposed; if he carry more
luggage than is allowed, he will pay for it; if he
gets out of his carriage and is not back again in
time, lie will be left behind. The guard so travelling
is to have no privileges, except that of throwing
bags out at stations and taking others in.
Nor can this declaration of what the law is—for
the bill substantially amounts to no more—at all
Whet the ordinary mail services on railways ; for the
hours at which the habits of the country require the
great bulk of letters to be despatched, place the Post-
office very much at the disposal of railway com-
panies. No such guard can be substituted for the
night service: for in that case the companies would
of course drop the night trains, and leave the Pest-
i:Alice in the lurch. 'Hie requirement in question is
and can only be a supplemental convenience for the
additional accommodation of the public. And that,
it is to be hoped, neither Scotch nor Irish influence
will induce such a man as Mr. GLYN to oppose or
obstruct in the House of Commons. Hitherto rail-
ways have been powerful there, because of the
justice and reasonableness of their position before;
let them, however, reverse that position, by opposing
the public interests, and water will not be weaker.

been projected for next month, and for the loss of
which, in the view of the tradespeople, the gaieties
of the Hotel de Ville will be a very poor com-
pensation.
M. Boulay (de la Meurthe), the vice-president of
the republic, is about to be married to Mdlle.
Michaud, the daughter of a wealthy flour-merchant,
and younger by about 40 years than the bridegroom.
The funds have risen to-dav, the Five per Cents.,
30 days, closing at 93.83, and the Three per Cents ,
10 days, closing at 61.43.