The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

tote: conk Tho imiestable and dispraeafril nistrencet at
Ceylon had takes plan so lately u within the daancial year
of ISO 9. There were striking evidences that wire, n
recurrent diens., dimmisfaction, and esteloadast
oxplailture, were the results of our colonial policy, and that
Iran t 17011 aad defects existed is it. Se 110111,4 wiled that
those ernes did est arise oat of any il4wUl or disregard ea
the part et that Wens se the owantry, but front a want of
knowledge of the nomerro whisk ought to be applied to
any out the *Weise of • Neal oeioaial policy.
It append to them, that there oral a ems ter it:very,
and for then Issas= be would vote fir *shy ; but to be
of use it tassel& seised to the emotion of aolosial expendi-
ture and ontgralies, cad be did sot think • essmoileoe of
that bran 'Gould well lades souk a tmk. Be thought
that a ouemmissima Montt be appdated, et set ow than
pereons,wbs bed .mil sad well endenstost nimbi qua-
teas. Mho his.. epos& as the landau of the hen. EMU-
ber and appointed a itermileor, allhosels be wield not
oppose the satiny be hseps:4z lad thoesslne
unable carp
ble Mas shiestpss,esl, mid ovestually sine to
that been sod sessnmenil appointment of • ems&
sloe. if the his.. divided, beheld swan the make.
Major BLACK ALL did not think air missies 1111110 suf-
fering bon the opsndlee of bee trade, lint Ilse the bet of
their befog .sated against Um nsespely of slave
'show in other esentsks. Re did not ebb to me a recur-
rence to sinewy is way dew maseles, bat be thought it very
had policy to apse& kw suns et lawny is attempting to
put it down, end at the ante line iewersteg the horrors of
' it hy allowing into this esentry the prates of slave labour
to the injar! of our rinks. The quads% was, therefore,
not ono of hes trade or Intosties. Witkairs: to the
nue slots .f expense, be bow wee of our In which
then could with safety be • reduction et I wow What
I Manes nineties was there in New _Zealand and

a How. Ifsmsza—What do you want than for ?

Maier BLAOKALL—What state would those colonies
now be in but for those forces ? (Haar, hear.) If
Ceylon was worth holding it wu worth the
exposes of the mall forte we kept there. The
boa. gentlemen had made up their minds already that
colonial reform lay In extending the franchise of the colonial
=ln. There was no ootation on thsirpsrt for a coat-
quire into that question. The nal way in which
to mean the goodwill and election of our eslonits was to
adult them to us by the ties of intatest—treating them as
our ebildrra, and sot ss oar step children, and entoursging
them to sonssuna our
,commodities by truly consuming
theirs.
Mr. SCOTT having replied,
The hones divided. The numben were—

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Against it
BMITIWIRLD MARKET.
Mr. MACKINNON mid that ha had a Redo of moth*
ire=arailmly *to appoinmast
wmpliaaea woU mantis ttmt:ma
that had boat nada to Ittis, in Malice to the report of the
imataitro of last year, hot would move that a WM commit-
too be appointed to 'again into the szpodianip of rmoviag
Ihnithliald Marken to soma mom sonvonloat site, of not WS
lira twelve sere• in Sr...

Lord J. RUSSELL said that, so a poiat of kris, he would
waggon that the Con. member shoold amiss himself, on the
present mession, to giving aotiso of Ids motion in the more
dslaito shape it now asstimsd.

Mr. MAdEINNON said that se the noble lord °bladed
te the meths is its amended hem, be would mere the mo-
dem as on Um namely, " that the palest siemmittc• ea
the rowed et Smithfield Market eensist of Lord R. Gros-
venor Visentat Mahon, Mr. Branistrn, Mr, Aldermen
Copelind, Mr. Muteness, Mr. W. Miles, Mr. Yorke, Mr.
Stafford Mr. Pugh, Mr. Maekitutess, Sir E. Rimer. Mr.
C. Lewis, Sir C. Druglas, Mr. Childers, and Mr. Chris-
l°9lol."
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said he must object to the mo-
tion on behalf of the 'Weans of London. He would observe
that, with the exception of the market being too small for
mo purpose, which had occasioned the overcrowding of the
streets in the neighbourhood, there was no material evil to be
eoznplained of. The citizens had not the slightest objection
to the passing of an act autkimisicg the establishment of
rival marten ; but if Smithfield market were compulsorily
eland, there would be claims to compensation both in respect
of the loos of the market itself, and on account of the de-
struction of interests, and the depreciation of property in the
vicinity.
_ _ _

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, ►et the notion
if agreed to without a divisions.
VAN DIBMEN'S LAND

Oa the order oriki;dayT;t going into committee of
duPPIY,

Mr. ANSTEY moved" an humble address to her Majesty
on the subject of certain illegal ordinances or acts of council
for the taxation of the people of Van Diemen's Land, the
attempts of Lieut.-Governor Sir W. Denison to intimidate
the judges of the supreme warts of that island into declaring
such ordinances or acts to be legal, and the grievances com-
plained of by the colonists of that island in their petition
presented last year to her Majesty, and printed by
order of this house ; and that her Majesty may
be pleased to direct the local a9thorities in future
to respect the independence of the judicial functions of
that court, and also to signify her disallowance of any or-
dinance or act nbeequently passed by the said lieutenant-
governor in council, (or giving to such illegal ordinances er
acts the farce of law." The hon. member laid this petition
which he had presented was signed by 1,670 most respectable
colonists of Van Diemen's Land, and the allegations con-
tained is it might be verified by reference to the statemeata
put forward by Sir W. Denison himself, in his own defence.
In a letter dated Feb. 18, 1848, Sir W. Denison informed
Lord Grey that the judge, of the supreme court had decided
that the act 9 Geo. IV. 0. 83, under which alone the legisla-
tive council could proceed, had been violated by the council
with respect to a large amount of taxation ; that in conse-
quence of this violation the act of the council was a dead
letter; and that actions had been brought successfully spinet
the officers of the government to recover money which had
been illegally levied. To secure the colonists against
arbitrary taxation, it had been provided that no
taxing ordinance should be legal until the money levied
under it were appropriated to local purposes, to be specified
in the act of council ; and the house would recollect that the
colonists had always resented the withdrawal of local funds
by the Colonial-office to be appropriated to imperial par-
pews of police ; for example, to maintain the costly and per.
' Aiwa system of transportation. As recorded the matter
nwisr cossideration, an application was first mule to the
reesesse to authorise the appropriation of a portion of the
taws W keel purposes. The law officers of the crown were
of opinion that the whole of the money must be paid
into the imperial exchequer ; and fa consequenee
of that decision the colonists appealed to the su-
preme court, which decided that the legislative coun-
cil had acted illegally. In this state of things, Sir
William Denison, having, in fact, no legislative wawa to
assist him since the judges had decided that the members of
it were set properly nominated, promoisil, according to his
own statement, to consider bow he amid remove from ones
those who administered the law. With ibis view he called
apes the judges to furnish him with espies of their jadg-
saents—a demand with wtokh one of them, Sir John Loeb
Polder, at first refused to weaptgi bat LidiWg that
his ten-compliance was saisesnsftled, be did a:length
hirable a copy of his juigmest undar protest.
He would, however, exclude Xr X, outage's ease eatirely
from his present motion, and maim what he bad to say en-
to that of Chief Justice Polder. The Bout .governor,
7b74191.0ah1e liana judge, admitted hie Mincer to be
and also his Messing and alleiesseats to be
Krund.-fliitliols :treed la evorysiFitibe bigbehremem
given of him. was enly ems ebreuenseat tise
whole bleed as to his uprightness inalideatima sad yea
this was the judge Slat Mr Willem Daubs, r
te sit
waspsod from Ids anew The mums sursmated I. John
Lewis Peddle by the weever sues
la ask be ham oftkenne
Ise elOteen means. en • sham plea of Mme; and &deg
that interval the qmotiss raised by his &deka could be sub-
mitted to the CotemialislMe, sad decided. But We him
Pedder refused to lad his senelion to see ato fraudulent
proceeding, notwithelassing it was panel him Sit
lee should-draw his MI per &Mee his aemliemes. sad thell tip
Ammer General (rbs,- bad already argued the elimMedi
paints and had been dedsated en wham) amid id his mat be
the interim. This peering marred in his Empatehm M Ibe
Colonial Odin that be bad se Mbar course helm, beams
the Privy Cone* had Wand to take mem ef 1.
in which the ems at seeks was lis,than 1,0001. 11arMi
was not true, he Lard Brougliam had declared that
when a pydtsM al law or a principle woe Medved.
the Privy Cousin meld set ashes to bear an appeal, so
that the mama ache eddied tice Bat.-governor was guilty of
bad faith, or else the winner himself sated ea his own dis-
c/Mies, and is se aim Melted the psiesiples of justice.
Howsweratemseilegs apsetaken to remom John Lovell
Podia Ink Xs ease. sad be was sammeseed M plead mike
&urges Impeght sodas' him hakes dm big et the ltmeutive
Oman. He applied isr lame to appear by onamel, but that
was relased Mae, and be seasetinintly pleaded is penes be-
anes the eramed, whisk wee eempesed el nemiliesmagistrate,
the aelenial treasurer, and a person stylist Me sensimmulent
of esnelets,ar sums sues name. After h=liserellby the
examen munsil, these to say that
they were of enigma be trestoWria the meter through
misinformation, and met wiltelly or with mil latest, end
therefore they peassensesd him pas guilty. The governor,
the, availing Mann ef seiserable eireamaionote. felled
together a legislative asunsile and peeled what be galled a
onset bill, whereby be boned his own preseedlem• which
the chief justice and the faiwn judge had destined to be
illegal and to this .see asR wee appended a minute,
whereby the manse ibeseed the council that if
the imperial pedlement leek • differ« nt view of
the ease to that • whin he had adopted, the
resent emetaset might in that sus be repealed.
So far gram the premmt government having done anything
for the pet colony of Vim Diemen's Landl, which was leg',
label for, not by parliament, but by the Colonial-Once,
head by a despatch which he had received six weeks
(alibengh the Colonial-Secretary had not yet received it)
*at the illegal ordinances to which he bat referred, and
which wan pissed is contravention of every principle of
bee MI )side!, were still in operation; read the harv,st
dab Mj yielded was still being pawed bi.• When they
Van Diemen's Load had so repreentattre
imilindimn, and no free govensum; but was legislated for
o_leaLs Ira= it behoved par
te mediate • ; and he sailed
spat lers, geattima7e— the MOM which had been
wrung Ms the Osiseial-Gies beirirarde, like a vitaee
pgetrayer, ihze W sash ewes aim would it be p3ssible to
new
_Mktg Wm a true abatement ol the taiM, Ile
had ietshe atl slths resseitsp is ths ewe wit* be
had mass Iles
eseliense stela ef the
the Velar house. sal be smiled
epos ths swats, ilessalssy for
the miselem to esmobente se to eselesiht Ids sidensate.
Ti. peemeit se iihribelise—seda=z
el the Aegis et n