The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.

ADMISSION Ur Jsw TO PA RL IA MINT. —B y Mr.
CHILD, from Mahar', Smtfordshire ; Mr. BUCK, from
Tremiagton, D.:von ; Mr. D. WADDINGTON, from Har-
wich ; against.

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SUBMITS COORTS.—By Mr. HOME, from Arbroath
and Montrose, for reform of, but objecting to Lord Adv.°.
rate's bill.

—E01•1110LD Acro.—By Mr. HUME, from Norfolk, for
repeal of.
LAW OF PROLIATRS.—By Mr. HUME, from Arbroath,
praying that the law in Scotland may be made the same to
that of England.
OPINING OP TEE CRYSTAL PALACE oN SUNDAY3.—By
Mr. CHILD, from Hanbury, Staffordshire; Mr. MORRIS,
from Carmarthen ; Mr. A. PELLATT, from the congrega-
tion of Independents at Clapham, Surrey ; against.
NIIIICANTILE MARINI BILL.—By Capt. SCOBELL,
from master mariners, mates, and seamen of Hartlepool,
against that part of the bill which allows foreign seamen
Without limit to be employed in British merchant vessels
CLIROY Itranavas BILL.—By Mr. CIIILD, from the
clergy and other inhabitants of Uttozeter, Staffordshire; Sir
W. lOLLIFFE (for Sir F. Thesiger, who was unavoidably
absent), from the inhabitants of Stamford ; against.
TM. BALLOT.—By Mr. MORRIS, from Llanelly, in fa-
vour of.

PUBLIC•HOUSIS (SCOTLAND) BILL.—By Mr. HUME
(3), from Glasgow, against.—Sir G. MONTGOMERY, from
the free church presbytery of Biggar and Peebles, in fa-
vour of.

OCEAN PINNY PO3TAOE.—By Lieut. Colonel DOYLE,
from Frome, io favour of.

'Kerma TAX—By Mr. GASKELL, from members rf
the medical protestivu in the borough and neighbourhood
of Wenlock, praying for a readjustment of.
Tam it SCOTTISM UNIVEUSITIT.S.-By Mr. KIN-
NAIRD, from the united presbyterian church of Perth,
for the removal of.

CERTIFICATE DUTY.—By Mr. IfARDINGE, from the
attornies and solicitors of the Borough of Duupatrick, pray-
ing for repeal of.
Lions 'I ax.—By Sir J. WALMSLEY, from the owners
of !Italies and lands in Genre., County's( Leicester, praying
for inquiry into the present state of.
Texts ox KNOWLEDGE.—By Lord D. STUART, from
the inhabitants of Marylebone, against.
REMOVAL AND SETTLEMENT OP THE Poi:lg.—By Sir J.
WALMSLEY, from the Chairman and Guardians of the
Union of Leicester, praying that the existing laws may be
repealed.
RELIGIOUS WoitaßlP REGISTRATION BILL.—By Mr.
TIIOItNELY, from the deputies of protestant dissenters,
against.
CoNsoLIDATED ANNUITIZs.—By Mr. F. SCULLY,
from the grand juries of the North and South Riding of the
county ofTipperary, and from the Cashell Board of Guar•
&ails. for a rimiswon of.

COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARINI.—By Mr. EVELYN,
from the Bowl of Onardims of the Gutlaord Union, fur
the establishment of. _

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PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.-By Mr. CRAUFURD,
from the members of the Publie Library of the Burgh of
Inverary, for supply of.
PONTIV. OP MAGISTRATES.-By Mr, OLYN, from the
mayor and corporation of Kendal, praying that the power
of magistrates, in cases of persons pleading guilty of larceny,
may he increased.
WINDSOR ELECTION COMMITTEE.— OREN-
FELL, from John Thomas Bcdborough, Eiq., one of the
magistrates of tho borough of New Windsor, against that
portion of the report referring t* the inadequacy of the
police arrangements at the late election.
NALT AND Rot. DCTT.—By Mr. CUBITT, from leve-
-1 sal parishes, for repeal of.
CLERGYMEN OP THE ESTABLISHED CHUROIL—By Mr.
IIUbIE, tram sessional schoolmasters in Olanow, com-
plaining that they have been deprived of their situations by
clergymen at the established church.

WINDSOR ELECTION.
Mr. M. GASK ELL appeared at the bar with the report
of the committee appointed to try the petition complaining
of an undue return for the borough of New Windsor. Ile
stated that the committee begged to report: That the
Hon. Charles Wellesley, commonly called Lord Charles
Wellesley, is duly elected a burgess to serve in this present
parliament. That the petition of William Henry Banks
and Henry Thompson is not frivolous and vexations, nor
the opposition to the said petition frivolous and vexatious.
The committee have also agreed to the following resolu-
tions : That treating to • conpiderable extent appears to
have existed at the last election for the borough of New
Windsor, but that such treating was sot proved to have
Yana plass for the purpose of corruptly inftuncing the
*flint it was by the order, or with the sanction, of
Lost Chris Wellesley or his agents. That a practice ap-
pease have prevailed at the recent election of the said
of New Windsor of hiring or employing large
Indies of man for the purpose of protesting the voters and
premeds. evelm. That the seeiminse me of opinion that
snub • pude* leads lathe Meer * esiseelve and exor-
bitant empress. ad ie. 'seam seseekta, demoralising and
peribinest but the 4111111111iMIN am ales of opinion that this
evil Molests moldy stated by the insufficient arrange.
utentsha:ltit: nut deeds• for the said borough, and by
etthe pol"
Mr. CO D ems toies. Minna a petition from certain
electors of the Mrwgb of Windsor, which stated, with re.
foresee to the with regard to treating contained
fa the roped et Wall *dins sommittee, that the petitioners
were at a lees to mnselve for what purpose treating could
have been wrist en, except for the purpose of corruption,
or by any bat these who were Interested in the gaining of
the seat ; that, eh/sough they did not mean to impugn the
decision of the committee, they wished to call attention
to the fact of a number of public-houses being open at which
refreshments were supplied to voters without limit, and
praying for inquiry into the existence of such practices,
which ought not to go unpunished. He (Mr. Cobden)
wished, on the motion that the evidence do lie on the table,
to remark that although he did not for a moment tea!
pup the impartiality, of the committee, for he had •
deliberate conviction that the committees had done their
sloth not only impartially, but had done justice, and levers
jostle. ; but there was an impression at Windsor, that the
decision in the present case was not such as those who had
watched the evidence thought the committee would have
arrived at. He would suggest, therefore, that, in addition
to laying the evidence on the table, it should be printed.
He understood that one of the witnesses was to be indicted
for perjury. However that might be, he was fleetly con-
vinced that the committee had come to their decision con-
scientiously; and if there was any discrepancy between that
decision and the evidence, that it was an error in judgment;
and therefore, in justiee to them he thought the evidence
should be printed. He should move that the evidence be
printed.
Agreed to.
WEXFORD ELECTION.
The SPEAKER stated that he had received a letter from
the agents of the petitioners complaining of an undue elec-
tion (or the county of Wexford, stating that it was not their
intention to proceed with the petition.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
FLOGGING IN THE NAVY.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS gave notice that he would to-mor-
row (this day) put a question to the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty as to whether tbe statement which had appeared in
the public papers was true, that a large number of seamen in
her Majesty service had deserted, owing to the disgust they
felt at the flogging of a petty officer in one of her Majesty's
steamers ; and also that he should move for • copy of the
minutes of the court martial on that petty officer, and the
correspondence relative to his punishment; and also a re-
tarn of all her Majesty's ships on service during the lut
three years, with the names of their commanders, and the
somber of men who had been flogged in each of those ships,
the names of the men, and the number of lashes inflicted,
the crimes for which they were punished, and whether
such punishment was ordered by the captain or by sentence
of court martial.
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