The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-17 00:00:00

WALDY•B DIVORCE BILL.

Mr. Unary Jones, eieektiititiTpar— itmitentary. agents for
this bill, having been called to the ter, and ezammed toe/A-
ims the service of certain legal forms, and Mr. Edmond C.
Cony, upon whom the papers was served, laving srated
himself to be the premier employed on behalf of Mn.lValdy,
it was ordered, upon the motion of Mr. W. Parris, that
the petition of Maws. Putt, Venable', and Co., the agents
for the promoters, presented on the lath of March, be taken
into consideration.
RAILWAY CASUALTY COMPENSATION
COMPANY. _ _

Upon the order of the day being read, the house went into
committee on a resolution on which to found a clause in the
Universal Railway Casualty Compensation Company's Bill.
BIZNAL in the coheir.
On the resolution being read for authorlihtg the impositk

of • 6 per sent slaty aiiime received by tkiesepay in ri-
sme ellnensimins ern lam of life pessasse is+.rs so
penes. temente/ seaway, in Hsu of the stamp duty,
which would others be payable by law oa tickets of in-
surance issued by suck esaapsny,
Mr. HUME said he did nee understand the nature of this
bill, and that it was very desirable the house should be made
acquainted w.th its provinces before they granted extraordi-
aary powers to any party.
Mr. W. BROWN reviled, to permit passengers by railway
to insure their live', and to grant them compensation in case
of injury or accident. But, in order to obviate the difficulty
of paying Wimp duties in each case, the resolution proposed
to empower the company to pay five per cent. on the whole
=oust bleared, upon an understanding come to between
the Stamp-office and the company, in Ilea of the stamp duty
which would otherwise be payable in each particular ease.
After some discussion the resolution was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then reported prime, and asked
Leave to sit again ; sad the house resumed
SALE OF ADMIRALTY STEAK VESSELS.
Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY begged to ask the First Lord of
the Admiralty whether six steam vessels—the Myrmidon,
the Torch, the Zephyr, the Otter, the Adder, and the
Dotterel—had been sold ; and, if sold, for what sum, and
to whom, and U such sale had been by private contract or
public auction ?
Sir F. BARING said the transaction was this. A party
had proposed to enter into a certain contract with reference
to steam communication, provided he could purchase a num-
ber of the Admiralty steam-vessels. Four of sash vessels
were at the time unemployed, in consequent* of the new
arrangement, entered into for conveying the mails between
England and Ireland via Holyhead. Two others were like-
wise r.ndered unnrcessary on another part of the coast ; and
the Admiralty had offered to part with the whole six to him
under the circumstances. He accepted the contract; but
matters had sines transpired which brought it to an end.
The vessels were therefore unsold ; and he (Sir F. Baring)
had no objection to furnish all the papers on the subject of
the negotiation (Haar.)
THE DISCREDITABLE SCENE AT THE CLIFTON

RAILWAY STATION.
The Earl of ARUNDEL and SUREST aka" whether
say and what steps bad bees taken by the railway commie-
doll4lll with refereate to the dieweditable mese which bad
lately takes place between the East Lancashire Comany
and the Umiak's' sad Yorkshire Company, at the Chken
rallemy station, near Meacham, ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE mid the power which wee vested
with the railway commissioners wee this : they could only
Inseam to protect the public safety in each cans apon
tAs ailikation of the contieding partial. One of the ma-
w, einmeales just samdeaed by the table lord had sent
• Malbstnent of the oacenenee to the eetlwp aamkatasere,
bat had met called swathe. (the ) to inter-
hie. An sawn has reamed I. offset that epos
asking the neosesery 'indication air would be taken to
protect the public safety.
Lord ARUNDEL sad SURREY.—Have you no power
of haat/ranee, where people's lives are in danger, except
upon application being made to you
Mr. LABOUCHERE.—Not without an application. Of
course any breech of the law would be take& cognisanos of
by the local magistracy.
INTRAMURAL BURIALS.
Mr. URQUHART asked whether her Majesty's govern-
ment were prepared with a measure respecting borials in
large towns, aced, U so, when it would be brought forward ?
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that sack a meatus* was is
course of preparation, but that he was unable to state when
it would be awned.
Mr. URQUHART asked whether the government would
permit the introduction of a measure of the kind by an in-
dependent member of the hoses
Lord J. RUSSELL said he should like to see its pro-
visions before he answered the question. (" Herr " and •
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THE TWO Napo.

MrlUßQUlL‘ll7Tesited the Porekrt Secretary: Whether
the secoreer of statements made by Ma to the house bee
been iimpo by the government of the King of the Two
Sienna pltatlsr any communications on the subject have
posed between the two government'? Whether be will put
the home is peentodes of such communications ?
Lard PALMERSTON, who was very indistinctly heard,
wee understood to my that, strictly speaking, no contradic-
tion of lime statements had been made by the Sicilian go-
vereansm, but that General Filangieri bad in the Neapolitan
parliantest gives a oontradiction to the statement respecting
the esadust hadhe Neapolitan troops in Sicily. He (Lord
Palasseses) esgaged to lay the papers on which these
statements were founded before parlisment, but he had been
prevented from doing so by the prom of business. lie hoped
to do ale the tonne of next week.
Mr. URQUHART said his question referred net to Gene-
ral Filangieri, but to the invitation from the Ring of Naples
to Laid Mint°.
Lord PALMERSTON maid that the Neapolitan minister
at this court did point out to him that he had
best inamorata
in memo ntleg the courmation doe posed ween them,
hum** as the &viatica to Lord Mists bad net boss no-
= letter, m he (Lead Palmerston)
stated, brat by Om
It wee in ecosequessee tides elsOuseet end Woo.
maim 'et Lord Napier that lord Mato nesived his
medendals.
Yr. URQUHART was pr
to make some remarks
ea the subject, but was loudly ekedeorder, and he then
asked when the papers which were some time since
would be reedy.
Lord PALIiERSTON.—Ia the mime of sett week.

POOR LAWS.
Sir J. PAKINOTON asked it there was any intention of
altering the law respecting the settlement of the poor, pa-
rochial rating, or vagrancy ?
M. BAINES said that the question of settlement bad
been fully discussed by the committee that sat upon it soma
time ago. Hi. rredeceeror had, moreover, it stitured an in-
quiry of a cry comprehensive nature in different districts, .7
for Ile purpose of ascertaining the way in which the law-ot•
settlement operated, and also of ming what remedy might
best be supplied for the evils wasested with it. But the re-
sults were not yet known in se me cases, and in others net
yet prepared ; and, considering their complexity, end that
no measure oa the subject ought to be prepared without Sall
consideration, be thought that no 'Measure on the pc-
mewl law of settlement would be introduced this .
sessice. The question, however, was receiving the
deepest attention is the department he represented.
Neither was it intended to legislate with respect to parochial
metes, which had a close connexion with the question of
settlement, farther than this—he would move for leave to"rs-
introduce the measure which was passed lest session Mr are
year—the Union Charges Bill, with such alterations as the
expiates°e of its working suggested. With respect to va•
g ,he was happy to say that the measure passed last
year bad already bad the effect of greatly ditninishirg va-
grancy throughout the country. Alleough there were edit
many complaints, he believed that the evil was materially
abated. The commissioners were not of opinion that there
should be any material alteration made in the law, and still
leis that they should interfere with the principle of subject-
ing prokesional mendicants to punishment, while they we- •
served the right of relief t 6 the real mendicant. In those
districts, the count] of Essex for Instance, where there was a
good rural police vigorously executing their powers and zeal-
ously endeavouring to discriminate between cues of genuine •
acid fictitious destitution—in those places the evil had been
greatly reduced, and the number of vagrants diminished. •
The bon. gentleman (in reply to another question) said that
he
would introduce the bill he referred to won attet Easter.