The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

1111PEttIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS.—THIMIDAT, MARCII 17.
The 11•01I.D ANCEL LON took hit mat at 6 o'clock.
PETI HORS PRESENTED.
Tiers IN UNITNNSITIRI.—By the Marquis of BREAD.
ALBAN E, front a place in Scotland, against.
PAILLI . Prirara.—Br the Earl of CARLISLE,
from Stockport, and a plan in Yorkshire, ;praying for the
free distribution of parliamentary papers.
ADNIIIISION up JaiN4 To PASLIAIIINT.—By the Bishop
St EXETER, from Pricey, 'nu another place in Corn-
wall, against.
COLONIAL CHU ICH BILL.—Bt the Earl of SHAFTES-
BURY, from certain members of the Church of England at
the Cape of (load Hope, complaining of the Colonial
Church Bill.

mitten should be appointed to inquire into the whole sub-
ject of the Post-office packet service of the country. Upon
this committee there were members of the government who
were more or less concerned in the performense of these eon-
tracts, and yesterday they reported their opinion tdtlli Lords
of the Admiralty. lie was not permitted testa the fiftails of
this opinion, but he might mention to their B, t. pi t
the spirit in which the committee entered wpoo the
inquiry was this, that while, his the one hand,
it was most desirable that the govetiaeat. *WOW 'abstain
from pushing their legal rights to theii fullest extent in the
can of a company finding itself in difficulties; yet, on the
ether hand, as the public paid large sums of money for the
performance of the steam packet serriees, it was the duty
of the government to see that the public enjoyed the bene-
fit of the contracts to a pow extent, and that the vessels
should be despatched with • reasonable amount of cer-
tainty. (Hear, hear.) He did not think it necessary to
detain their lordships further, except to say that he should
have no objection to his uoble friend moving for the pro-
duction of the contract ; but, if he was not mistaken, it had
already been laid before both houses of parliament. (Hear,
bear.)
Lord' COLCHESTER wished to know what were the
stops taken with regard to the damaged letter-bags of the
Australian. _ .

COUNTY ELECTION POLLS BILL.
The Eul of CARLISLE moved the thin! reading of
this bill.
The Marquis of SALISBURY, who made roma observa-
tion. which were totally inaudible in the gallery, was un-
derstood to move an amendment.
The Earl of CARLISLE said the b II proposed to take
the poll for county elections in one day. It bad nun found
that the see .oil dry now allowed fur county Bleak/Re im.
posed great expense on the candidates. Where there was
• severe contest, end parties were excited by the struggle,
there was so:merrily • disposition on the second day to
have recourse to riotous proceedings. The present Lord
Wharaeliffo and himself went through three contests for
the largest county in England ; and on the last occasion,
when he was defeated by his noble friend, 23,000 votes
erste polled, and the election was virtually determined by
the middle of the first day. In the Tower Hamlets, which
was tbo largest borough constituency, it war found that all
the votes could be easily taken in one day ; and after two
or three hours' polling, in fact, the parties engaged bed
little else to do than to sit and take stragglers. The noble
marquis had proposed an amendment, the object of whir\
was to simplify the mode of appointing polling piece. ; ig
would be irregular, however, to introduce his araftsiMeat
into the bill, and ho would recommend him to intesime a
shut bill on the subject.
The Earl of DERBY (who turned his back to the gal-
lery, and spoke in a low tone of voice) was understood to
say that he thought there would be an inconvenience in
compelling all the voters in a county to poll in a single day.
In some instances persons might have • vote fur two or
more counties, and they would in that case probably be pre-
vented from ezercising the franchise in more than one, if
the hill passed in its present shape. lie thought the amend-
ment was deserving of rapport, bat he would not advise his
noble friend to press it, as it was likely to be objected to,
in point of form, in soother place. He was far from being
hostile to the bill generally ; but he believed the amendment
proposed by his noble friend would render it more effectual.
Lord BA tEMAN said the bill would cause great incon-
venience in the county in which he resided, as voters had to
travel long distances to the polling places, and had not the
advantaxe of railways.
Lord REDESDALE said that polling place. generally
were in towns, and it often happened that persons had to
travel 16 or 18 miles to poll. It was the bounden duty of
those who supported the bill to insert some clause that
would remedy the iuconvenience of the distance of poling
places from each other.
After a few words in reply from the Earl of CARLI4LII.
The Marquis of SALISBURY withdrew his amendment,
and the ball was, therefore, read &Ulla time and passel.
SLAVE TRADE (SOIIAR IN ARABIA) BILL.—
SLAVE TRADE (NEW GRANADA) BILL.
These bills went through committee, and were reported
to the honor.
GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND) BILL.—INDEM-
NITY BILL—OFFICE OF EXAMINER (COURT
OF CHANCERY) BILL.
These bills were read a third time and pseud.
CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL.
On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE this bill was read a
second time. The standing orders 37 and 38 were then dis-
pensed with, and the bill was read a third time and passed.
LAW REFORM. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TIWISDAT, MARCH 17.
Lord ST. LEONARD'S wished to know from the noble The hums met at the usual hour.
sad learned lord on the woolsack, whether his revision of
the statuti s will be confined to a digest, or extend also to ... NEW MEMBER.
the alteration and amendment of the statute law ; also oar. ALITANDIIII took the oaths and his seat for Carlow.
whether it is proposed that the crown shall issue a coat- PRIVATE BUSINESS.
mission, or that the two houses shall proceed by reeolution, The Crystal Palace Company Bill, the Liverpool Borough
followed up by am address to the crown as in 1818, or by Court Bill, and the London &nuance Bill, were severally
what authority the barristers employed will be appointed. read • third time and pamed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that what occurred to PUBLIC BUSINESS.
him was that they_ had enough of inquiry and speculation The LORD-ADVOCA I B brought up the University
ea this subject. What be procesed therefore was not to (Scotland) Bill, which was read a first time.
take upon himself anything so absurd ass consolidation of DISSENTING PLACES OF WORSHIP BILL.
the statute law—but to superintend three or four gentlemen Mr. FITZROY lied the second reading of this bill for
in seeing what could be done in the way of an expurgation Monday, 4th April.
of the statute law, in ascertaining what statutes were or PUBLIC BUSINESS.
were *not in foree, and making an index and classification PETITIONS PRESENTED.
of them. They could then reduce, in a better way than ADMISSION or Jews TO PARLIAMENT. By Lord
sow existed, some of the statutes under specific heads, and BURGHLEY, several numerouslysigned from the parishes
endeavour to shorten that inconvenient language in of Josbertoa, Norton, Wigton, Satterton, Donington, and
which • the statutes were now couched. Them wen Glowing, in the county of Lincoln ; Mr. DU PRE, from
to be looked on as specimens of what might Leckhantstead; Mr. BROWNE, from the inhabitants of
be:done, and would give such an augury that upon its in- Tottington-Lower-End ; Mr. W. MILES, from places in
"on he could safely issue a commission for the aeons- Somersetshire ; Mr. R. MOORE, one from the
clergy of
itment of the whole. He did not think that he would the diocese of Clonfert ; one from inhabitants of the parish
doing his duty if he were content with merely stringing of Kilcaskin, in the county of Cork; and a third from in-
the statutes together as they now existed. He believed that habitants of Ewell, in the county of Surrey ; Mr. MOODY,
a great deal more might be done without risk. He might from North Petherton, North Curry, Curland, tale Abbots,
be too 'anglaise in his expectation of what could be done, and Little Bromley ; against.
but he thought his noble and learned friend was, on the et
...•PININO Or THIN CRIATAL PALACE ON SUNDAYS.—
other band, too timid. He thought that much might be By Mr. DU PRE, hem Wendover and Weston Tervill ;
done is the way of consolidation and purify ation, and the Lord R. GROSVENOR, from working men of Hammer
getting rid of that verbosity which now existed in the sta- smith; Mr. CHILD, from working men and others of
tutu. ilia main ect was to accomplish so of this in Leepten. Staffordshire ; Mr. BAINES, from working
the torrent roue and is dais/ this he would follow at the men of Culverley ; Mr. MOODY, from St. George the
same Um the seggesties them out by his noble and Martyr, Bloomsbury, signed by 830 persons ; Marquis of
learned friend, namely, the merertainiag whether their eta- BLANDFORD, from Kendal Clito, Sunderland; Mr.
bates could not be Mead is shorter lesgssee and in a GREENALL, from Bolton, is Lancashire; Mr. A. PEL-
Iblataa mode then we, the_eno nr._.Pree mi. This inquiry LATT, from the congregational dissenters of the parish of
MM. "jag plus en the antnreit, el the government. He Deddiagton, Oxfordshire; Col. SIBTHORP, from Lincoln ;
would have aesseiated with Wm four gentlemen, Mr. P. EGERTON, from Orpingham; Mr. C. BRUCE,
with sear of whom was be mesainted, but who, from ptomain Scotland ; Mr. KINNAIRD, from a number
he believed, were well tredifiad for the task. of working men ; Sir O. TYLER, petitions from the work-
The expense would not be more that a few kindred pounds ing men of the mould parishes in the county of Glamorgan,
M each in the year. Sins he deemed the hone lee Newton Nottage, Merthyr Mawr, Cantos. 011yntaf,,
weeks ago on the subjeeA, be was surprised to lad how cedoiren 'site sum Legieth, Leedeegh.cegen. Lees,.
much had been dose. he ben only het day received foam ninth, Penult. Bu,
SL Mary -Hill, Lansanner,
Si, E. Ryan an elehmele week by he biller H. Stoics. Pyle, Kemple, Lamm, Merthyr Doven, Radir Glynworvon,
on the euttioaa aa. the alanallatall sal sreaseelsent of the and Loogynwyd ; ?dr. KINNAIRD, from the Pres.
statutes. Other "dm had doe bees been& under hie ao- bytery of Perth ; also from the tradesmen and working
ties. He did set my that euelbleg very elaborate orizr- men of St. Jade's district, Chelsea, 648 signatures, against ;
den would shrtal_Fresi elleir__Prehre__.l.llol,
_he
ukase _.9 Mr. FOX, from inhattitsnte of the Tower Handers, for.
would he egeeeemet noes ono seed one *um women War 1.1. SRIDONORTM ELicriox.—By Sir J. SHELLEY, from
BMus wilelihshes_re the shish late. The ismeleadag 102 electors of this borough, complaining of bribery and
Illgorde menle
___.Serele,.__
_end I
Leal 4 essidlanrit.
__Pliably do, any_. suit.._ _ . corruption at the late election, and praying for inquiry.
a few IMBED MOM Mr. &DONALD'S MG LOPE This with's, the hoc. potions, stated, ought to have
lisannonv, the subject dropped. been is his hands two days ago.
AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Customs ELeorion.—By Mr. GASKELL, from elec.
Lord WHARNCLIFFK in whim the moieties sienna ton of Claims, of bribery at the net election,
be bad given notice on the angest of do Aimbillas mathy sad preftighe . M. memberigave notice to
said that the public were mime to bene an szplesuise move that hist be minted with the, votes, as he
from the smarmiest as tow pullouts whine the entreat iateseled to land a moles upon it.
tor the earns(' of the AnstraM melle new stood, and es Amami
Truce
EY an iTALT.—By Mr. E. ELLICE,
to the murse which they intended to take is coder to make from Coventry, for the mereise of the good oases of tha
that service more silkiest QM it saw was. governments prevent.
Viscount CANNING said hem wee a regular weedily CLintor Buseurne CANADA BILL.—By ass J. Pep
mall despatched from Illeuthemptee to Sulsey as well KINOTON, against.
es from Plymouth tie Anelludia. The resininder and LONDON CoItrOIATION 11111011,N.—By Sir B. HALL,
Oneida! Steam-meket Company tentreeted is, is front Billinserate, in favour et
meths of the year le earry the mails vie the Coinsurer or LONDON.—By Col. BLACEET, front
hams of Suez and Singapore, while for Ober members of the University, for representation of in purism
en math' the AMOK' hail k
Gosuany meat.
sostrected to carry the nil hem gulag by the CoxsoLnlarun Antruttnes.—By hr. G. MOORE,
way of St. Vincent, tam 01.14 at. bode end hem Mayo ; Mr. P. URQUHA.RT, hem the grand jury of
ply 4
Port Phillip, and thoulless the suoll hem muse Westmeath ; for a remission of.
falser Wee est that Mho alminss of sosamaisatka BarIANCIIIMIMENT or COPYHOLDII.By Mr. HUME,
Meth meth friend assimillts appsbart. (Hear, low.) hem a place not heard, in favour of.
Tb• eat alp 'etas Mikan= eleepled 9d days le rendleg Taxes on KNOWLIDOI. —By Mr. HUME, from
Sydney, kik assirekit to the bens of the outrun. die ilk. Spalding ; Sir G. PECHELL, from Brighton ,• Mr.
tepee mill to ban bees posibrose In 79 days. The saws BROWNE, heal the letter-pm printers of Manchester,
trip over the MOM rime essagisllUl dem and. peenrally Liverpool, MOM& Biresimbas, Bolton, Cheater, 01 as.
speaking, there bad ban a at biasses- 10 and gow, Halifax, Hedieselkik, Mall, Kande!, Newport, Not-
-30 days over the limo by Mk eastraet. anithana, Prostate. WV. sad York, for the repeal of.
Now, with to the insist memonto of this Sweeirra' Cowers tt.L.—By Mr. DUNLOP, front the
choppythe Auskalka. Ike was dm to provost, magistrates, sad council of Greenock, to have the
mil en the het of Febbrrsscceryyl WS bin lest arrived two bills referred to a select committee.
• seelleaties wasis y dieloollo of es ty ATTOIXIM• CaITIVICATI DIITT.—By Lewd R. GROS-
health. saassadag eat do wouldlast bs Deady to VENOR, from Northampton, for repeal of.
depart milli the 23rd, tad thob time*** sooetios Arreata in CanuerAL Caws.—By Mr. W. BROWN,
for the delay. Their lo pre amedoseemediegly, from Liverpool ; Lord R. GROSVEITOR, from Brudford
and the mails were got es breed Weis aid. but whin MN gee/diens, end from County Financial Boards (West-
23rd arrived she wee NMI ant mealy _sae abs did set lens Meieter) ; Is favour of.
Plymouth until the 114th. Ti this UMW delay the Lords Barna RNOOLATIOX or PUBLIC-NOUS= SILL. —By
of the Admiralty had not gives their emotion, and the Mr. LOCKHART (2), from Glasgow ; Col. MURE, from
company were consequently called upon to pay the penalty the licensed victuallers and spirit dealers of Glasgow ;
provided by the contract for such a default. Well, on the for.
24th she sailed, and on the 25th she put back to Plymouth Iteroxicarton.—By Mr. L. HEYWORTH, from total
leaky, and it was found that the mails were very anomaly abstinence societies in various parts of the kingdom, to in-
damaged. So far as regarded the perfumeries of the quire Into the causes and consequences of.
public Serriee the government felt it to he heir duty to Minas —By Mr. FOX, from coal miners of Lancashire
whir IMMO far the sunk and it so and Cheshire, with 4.923 signatures,ed for a more efficient in-
qt.,
tbse he WM ef wee while seven days *ruction of; Mr. A. ROBARTES, from the county of Corn-
departure of the emit sammesholse with Aso- wall, in favour of rating the dues of.
WWI sin Southampton. Tb kitty-baps at Om Alletradiaa SUPPLY or WATER TO THE METROPOLIS.—By Lord D.
were, there/me, immediately mat le fluthemess and STUART, from the representative vestry of St. Pancras,
shipped cos hoard the packet thou 411111 and so for as these teethe adoption of unrestricted competition in regard to.
were concerned lee not Artasyisresvenienee COUNTY Couars.—By Sir G. B. PECHELL, from the
would be felt le Aseeralis from the which had Remittent'', bankers, and other inhabitants of Brighton, for
occurred to the Australian. The bags pig overlaid would the extension of the jurisdiction of the county courts to the
peas over a much shorter route, and they would by that cues of bankruptcy.
means resell their destination Moist es soon e, if the PARLtArlaytear PArRIUI.—By Mr. KERSHAW, from
Australian had sailed at the proper paled. (Remy bear.) the Stockport Mechanics' institutors, for supply of.
Their lordattipe were folly awes* se tbs sums mishap PROPERTY QUALIFICATION or MEMBERE.—By Mr.
which had befallen the Australien.anditmemmeemry for COBDEN, from Tavisteek and other places, for aboli-
him to repeat it, but he should state Mamie bola* that lion of.
on the 14th instant her sew bags were plass& ea Ward one CITT or Duman Hoertost. —By Mr. VANCE, front
of the Screw Steam-ship Company's vemeilea awl they the Governors and Board of the City of Dublin Hospital,
would no doubt reach their destination k dos mune. The against the withdrawal of the government grant.
only inconvenience that was likely to rank at the kinks' Uxs sssssssssssssssss—Bythr J. SHELLEY, from
from the detention of the AMNIA mid be Edward Truelove, of 240, Strand, complaining of the pro-
confined to the delay which meet take plate endings instituted against him by the Stamp-office, for sell•
in the delivery of the newsmen. The were ing a copy of an unstamped publication called the Potteries
far too heavy and bulk , se they di ,of 160 free Press, and praying the bout* to interpose its authority
large bags—to be seat some he of Sues, but they to compel the Stamp-oflice to abstain from prosecuting the
would be forwarded by ettese Mt!, Lhoopool vowels, and vendors in such cases until they had prosecuted the pro-
probably they would reach their doolhation within 90 or 25 prietora.
days. (Heir, bear.) He believed be had now answered Inociany IN INDIA.—By Sir R. INGLIS, from Ceylon,
so much of his noble friend's quokka as related to the praying the total disconnexion of the government of India
provision which had been made be dm transmission of the with idolatrous ceremonies in that country. The hors.
mails. With regard to that part of the question which baronet moved that this petition be printed with the votes.
asked whether the government intended to take any steps Mr. THORNELY called attention to the standing order
for more of enforcing the contract of the against printing petitions with the votes, unless on a notice
Royal Australian Steam Packet Company, it was necessary that they were intended to form the subject of subsequent
that he should state that when the company addressed • motions, or were recommended to be printed by the cont-
leVer to the Admiralty setting forth the difficulties in which mktee on public petitions. No ground had been stated for
they found themselves, and stating that they should not be making this petition an exception to this rule, and he felt it
able to provide a vessel for the 3rd of April, the Lords of his duty, therefore, as chairman of the committee on public
he Admiralty thought it advisable that a government cool- petitions, to oppose the motion of the hen. humid.

Viscount CANNING said most of the bags were opened
and the letters dried, which process took up a considerable
time. They were then packed in bones, such of them, at
least, as could be in 'de out, and sent off ny the overland
mail. There were some of the letters, however, the ad-
dresses of which it was quite impassible to read, and they
were deposited in the dead letter °Mee. Many of them had
since been reclaimed, and there now remained about 30
letters open to the inspection of parties who might have
posted letters for Australia about the time that this vessel
was to hare sailed.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE said in making hie calculation
of the mileage run he made allowance for the stoppaeea by
increasing the distance go over. But let that pass. Would
the noble viscount be good encugh to explain how the Ad-
miralty Surveyor could allow the Australian to sail in the
first instance in a defective state ?

Viscount CANNING said she carried something like 400
tons weight more coals beyond that which she had carried
in her former voyage, and this increased weight, combined
with the stress of weather, opened some of her seams. She
was thoroughly inspected by the Alosiralty Surveyor be-
fore she sailed, and was found to be perfectly sound and
water tight. (Mar, beer.)
The subject then dropped.
CANTERBURY ELECTION COMMISSION.
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The Earl of DERBY said, before their lordships ad-
journed, he wished to be informed what course the govern-
ment proposed to take with regard to the conference which
had been held to-night with the other house of parliament
on the subject of an address to the crown which the other
house had agreed to in pursuance of an act that was passed
last seeded. (Hear, hear.) Their lordships were called
upon to concur in that cddress, and as this was the first case
which had come under the act, it was of importance that
they should know what course the government intended to
pursue with reference to the communication that had been
received from the other house. (Hear, beer.)
The Duke of NEWCASTLE was quite prepared to answer
the noble earl's question. Before their lordships could be
called upon Vi concur in the motion fur an address, their
lordships ought to be in possession of the evidence upon
which the other house had proceeded ; and the government
therefore proposed that the other house should be requested
to favour their lordship' with the report of the evidence
taken before the election committee is question. (Hear,
hear.)
'The Earl of DERBY concurred with the noble duke that
this was the right course to take, and hoped the noble duke
would move in the matter at once. (Hear.)
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said it would be irregular
to do so without notice, but he would give notice on behalf
of the government for tomorrow that a message be sent
to the Commons requesting that a copy of the evidence
should be furnished to their lordships' house. (Hear.)
Their lordships then adjourned at a quarter past
7 o'clock.