The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

her for wshohlophe, Wit &dad est lose leelleteasaid
worn d erehro pore at sea edema. The bisa.
member de Weitudrodded mei the roped la the Theet,l
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1 a vaistion, width woe to the elhelikliall Mr I
Yr. tWelilds patting the question with regard tome sea.
he F. Lewis earnestly retreated to be allowed to answer the
tpmeea, *et the room was eleared, and on the return edthe
garde' it Ina dialed to Sir F. Lewis that he should have
se elosoteahr et makiag any explanation). The hon. mem-
ber fie Wedvesisesapsaa stopped there, bat the report went
ea le say that "Mr. Clabtie explained that he had cleared
the mews because he abated to explain to the committee ben
has explainin .g to him that the question had been misunder-
stood by Sir F. Lewis. Ho had been much vexed at seeing
the feeling displayed by Sir F. Lewis; and could assure him
that he bad meant to speak of no arrangement but what
I might have been made with perfect propriety, and without
any imputation against either him or his eon. His
only obn referring to his eon, was to ask whether
Sir F. LewislLs had ever cautioned him against Mr. Chad-'I
wick ?" And yet the honourable member for Wolverhansptea
asserted that he (Mr. Christie) was not the person who
cleared the room. Re had now to state, once for all, oa his
heaver as a gentleman and a member of that house, that he
sewer pot the quad= to Sir F. Lewis with which the hon.
atober St Wolverhampton charged him—that he had never_
hesedeilte de so ; and if he had put such an offensive sad
Ineeteivsodeu, he would be the flat to acknowledge it.
Obles:m neenther shut read a letter irons Mr. Sheridan, the
be abillsibeff. eirdeolog the statement he had
mit, sad exolisilei ly dashing the house for having
beard him.)
Viscount COURTENAY said, that according to his reeel.
Luisa the statement of the hon. member for Weymouth
ONINIS, mad bore Inellmony to the ability with which he
bed woke"' an exasiestion in which he was the advocate
of two reneisae, tkilt el whoa was his friend, and who had
Lhaddi ratir the emsmissioners.
rd J. VMS= mid, that he had moved the order et
the day for the purpose of allowing the hon. member he
Weymouth to make this personal explanation. Re did ant
know if the hon. member for Wolverhampton was in the
house; but if he was not, it would be fairer if the convener
Ilan was not prolonged now.
Mr. DISRAELI said it should be remembered that during
a prolonged inquiry, in which 30,000 questions were asked,
meet of which bad been put by the hon. member for Wey-
mouth, none had been resented by the witnesses, although
the question' were severe and searching. It wee now shown
that there had been a great misapprehension of the tone
he had adopted in an examination in which he had shown
himself muter of his subject—muter of his temper. lie
regretted that this discussion had been the consequence of
the Andover committee taking place, and he deprecated any
further prosecution of it, as not tending to the credit of

the house.
Mr. PAKINGTON bore testimony to the proper manner
in which the horn member for Weymouth bad put his ques-
tions, both with reference to Sir F. Lewis and generally.
Mr. CHRISTIE said he had not felt himself called on to
give any notice of his intention to make this explanation to
the hon. member for Wolverhampton.
SALE OF INDIAN CORN BY THE GOVERNMENT
AGENTS.
Mr. MUNTZ wished to put a question to the government
with regard to the conduct of the agent* in the sale of Indian
corn on the coast of Ireland. The honourable gentleman
then read a letter from certain corn factors to the effect " that
they bad been rending Indian corn to Ratline, and the west
coast of Ireland, but that the government agents sold it at •
reduced price, and undersold the other parties in the trede,
and they could not sell it but at a loss; that private traders
were about to retire from the trade, and it would be impoesi-
b`e for the government to supply the demand." He was in-
formed that the government agents did the same thing in
Galway. The hon. gentleman read a letter from Galway to
the effect that the government supplies bad caused a fall in
the market of from 171. to 111. a ton in Indian corn, and
from 151. to 141. in barley meal.
The CHANCELLOR ef the EXCHEQUER said, that as
he had received no notice of the question, he had had ne op-
portunity of making inquiries, and could only give a general
answer. The directions of the Treasury to the agents were
that they were net to undersell private traders, bat to sell
at the price which corn bore at the next large market town,
with an allowance for the cost of transport to the smaller
towns and villages. There had no doubt been a fall in the
price, and the government agents had accordingly rasped
their prim to that a the market ; but if parties who had
imported at a high price were not willing to sell at the
market price, they had no right to complain. (Hear, hear.)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
In answer to a quistion from Lord MAHON,
Sir G. GREY said that on Thursday he would take the
third reading of the Poor Law Administration Bill, and after
that the committee on the Custody of Offenders Bill, and
then the Prisons Bill.
EMPLOYMENT OF COUNSEL IN CRIMINAL
PROSECUTIONS.
Mr. J. S. WORTLEY begged to put the question of
which he bad given notice. A practice had prevailed at the
Old Bailey of not allowing fees to counsel in peceem.itions far
felony and misdemeanor, and it was left to the judges to
examine the witnesses from the depositions. It wee the
general opinion of the judges that it was not merely amis.
cbieyous practice, but that it tended to frustrate the Wiwi
nistration °fluents,. He wished to know it the preetweleid
were prepared to take any step to some the entpleyswelef
counsel for the crown in all prosseolloon far Yen, *trap.
demeanor ?
Sir G. GREY said that the el the
had been called aor stidee perdeebely et tvil
Criminal Court; end he mopes es sellagmewt be
made, so far as that 1067i,ellidl the mein were
but he could not give say aseensese with regard tr the
ter melons.
MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.—THE GREAT BRITaII.
Lord INGESTRE inquired from the hon. gentles. lie
Secretary to the Admiraltywhether tbe rumour that duo
steam-packets in course decree:ruction Inc the packet sank*
between Holyhead and Dublin had been ordered not to he
fitted with pedal-km boats, was correct? He also wished
to ba informed wherbis the Admiralty had taken any steps
to secure the phis which the breakwater round the
Great Britain a had been constructed ? It had been
constructed ate veep lion expense, sad bad proved so vain.
able, that he thought aregord of its plan ought to be se-
eared before it wasbreham up.
Xt. WARD said, fa earwer to the last question, that
time& the plan of the breakwater was not new, as °diem
hid been ditpatched beat Penile** Dockyard to eximaine
Its osestrustina. With mud to the siker question, he (Mr.
Ward) would give an maw to-orweer.
BRITIBBI
Capt. PBCHILL sabot the hea. Iberetary to the Admi-
rally. whether say enwe bed been ham en the pert of t
iseembeet es she bee* pseudo' le the dellemet fisherhye
In the Sem, emit,
into
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beelehimei by tie ism et Penult Mien vessels
whilatram Pelowei beats bekeeetes le Werribles, Brighton,
iroil* that in sesseevesee et the implants
le/S*llol seeded the board, de unlimber to thr Adidralty
I babas diresesi to epply to the seshwrshe et ilietheis for
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dipo te hiliante le the Fiala Meru= 'the
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end la ewes it obeeldbe bend nesemey, a ere weeidle sob-
the *obis lard et the lied or heap ediwith
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BMITHAL INTERILINII3.
Mr. ROCHE begged to nit the hoc. manneristic=
tea (Mr. Naddsses), whether it was his
114101011 to robilreithe the measure he brought flethedjese
smith for the meesslion of interments in tools, med Rem
whether he olOto Ireland in its provision?
Mr. 'UMW= could only gay, that be feared that
he should ad Ism the hid thefts of ourying any sem=
el Not demekplime Z la the evens of the preeseelea
alms. Led year the is. Lend the Roses Reorder,
imileelsok to • rd. the MB, and by hie' it wet
seethe. Is the =Ma ha at the bead of the Woods sad
Nee" wiegesmied r limorkter the subject. Hs (Mr.
Noddy's. Hemelbre aremetheded the hon. numbs' he
Cork toilthaselble bed.
amen.OF TOWNS BILL.
In answer hip . pet by an hon. member,
Lad J. 21W1_111_mid that it would not be possible,
hem the Anstheelmele AMA by his right has. hies& the
Zama theahrty, rlike, the.thrithie poneedie. Math the
Heald' et Tense BM iiilse.dmath.
RAILWAYS To. 2) Bra.
Mr. STRUTT said that in ruing to propose the order of
the day far the wound roiling of the Railways Bill, so be
observed that Wboa. Priced (Mr. Gisborne) hal tea
mass of en aressilmeat, it might be oonvenient to the
that be (X• Nisi) demi sake a etatement SI these
tial• lad providess fifths bith Be rejoiced that
bed lednEwtesslnmeld seas that statuneed, beam se
semi sthireprethataties had gees forth and bees threelaii
dweeethout the maytry, that be was aside= to be-
hem With the house sad the country win the UM
did, sad what it did sot, mutate. Whoa be keen
Meld the bill at an ready period of the PMISSMIIIIIMINI,
be stated that he was reedy to receive fres the great
isterede essesesek
_say seggediene whisk • their ergo--
tied expeeleseethein them to sagged, and is sesseonnee
these seggetheos had bow made, and slterathertis amid-
are willed'sm lid lien already effected in the li. Be
issatiosed this la who to show that there wse Islithoth
dos cm the post of dee povenment to listen Is any
thew, sad ens sew he wee ready to remise them. 171%1
been mated that the MR wee • pedtive breath of interests,teed mei belowses the pediment addle refiwwg
br the puseloce the ist et thee, emiameslymiled Mr. Mad-
Easifetht. Mode be deeded. h 1644 • loth wee Wooed in
by lar. Wbillk met with thous opputdes hen
the Ming easmesies, bat afire a time as bad
bees roes Mw betimes na and the by wish
ROW emseedess were meth en bee and
the bill was Ahmed to paw into • law; bat it
was anommos to suppose that any anopmrst then
made bound any of the parties to it spied farther
tin• e, Leath( to what had trumpired at the
he emit gad se hemthies leg oath opi-
nion ; if he had been able to do es be should be the very
list seen who weld propose to violets such • easiest He
found, however, that in 1844, the matter had bees ltset
open, and that in May, 1845, before any now railway MB
had passed, an important debate bad taken pine in the
house upon • clause proposed by the present Lord Wham-
cliff* to ha added to all future railway hill., to the effect,
that nothing Is them contained 'tumid exempt them from
the prathione of any general act for the regulation of rail-