The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TunDAy, Junz 12.
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PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SECOND READlNGS.—Rickarde (Harman's) Estate; 1
Clive's Berate; Leeds and Think Railway (power to
~wastes interest oa certain sham, La); Shrewsbury and I
Chain Railway (fee brasehn to the River Dee; agreement
kr joist stairs at Shrewsbury; power to subscribe towards
**Shrewsbury and Hereford Rainy); Staffordshire P. 4.
tarts Waterworks (extension end aineeclasent of sot); Bills.
THIRD ItEADINO. Ashton-seder-Luse Polk*,
Markets, wad Inprovessat Acta Intension and Amend-
ment, sad Traaidanan of Gas sad Waterworks sad other
Preparty he the Cupsraclon ; Bill.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Aeatinn.drunai. DISTII2OI.—By the Earl of YARBO-
ROUGH, from Lineolasbire, coinptsinins of eirieolteral
divines.
PAILLaIIITAILY By the Earl of EQ.LINTON. hoes WPresbyary of Dumbarton ; the Duk
pleasO hos several Owe; Sal NELSON, from
Strrsaatavanoa is 11.1eamet, *gems tide OIL
YVXD Fos Poos Law
By the Earl el ST. GERMANS, frees salon of Faningdou
make, is year el this proposition.
Slays Tease SCPPIITSPIOW..— By the Bishop of OX-
FORD, from several Ours, wallas their lornahips to take
swamto prevent the Entails sad Spain from earryier as
the slave trade, tannery to the treaties which they have ea-
tseed into.
Fearsome or Rothe Btu. —By Lord COLCHES-
TER, trees a plep sot heard ; the Dike of BEAUFORT,
ken several Pisa. in tal'ollf at this bill.
Mementos Btu.—By Lord STANLEY, from Quebec,
ire* by 600 Ferns, spina thh bill.
A Pastatosthes Gannuton.—by Lord CAMPBELL,
Is.. a pension/ sailed Patter, eomplaining that be Is One
tided to le. a day, whereas he only pus 7i 1. per day.
Maesthoss (Scone-en). —Bf the Duke of MON.
YROSE, from several places is Soothed, molest say alters-
ties el the law of zmarriagei
s that eseatry.
AOftICOLTITIU.I. —By the Duke of BEAU-
MONT, free the claw of Oloseseter, complaining of agri-
eskers] distress sad preying for relief.
Cosmos* lectoso sa Situ —My the Bad of CARLISLE,
boa several plane, spais.t this hill.

AFFAIRS OF ROME
IT.—THR FRENCH
IX PhDION.
Lewd BRAUSIONT rose to put a
question to the gown-
tea ,t sad when their lord.hips omielered the subject they
mould not be surprised that he did se without formal notice.
Vl* lordships must be aware of the extraordinary proem&
kegs which had 'nuked the prcgress of the French expo-
diem elms they landed at Civil Venchia, nor could they be
saisishemed as to the unfortunate results which had been
the auwegusares of it. It would ilpear, from the been
of this Pessident of Fiance. thit tbs country bad approved
of llso preasedings of the government of France as to its fo.
reign nistbres. In eons/Twat* of such an assertion, it was
the ditty of their loriships to inquire how far the govern-
meat were is any way icoplioated, either by appv.vol or
seggeriss, is the extraordinary conduct or the French.
• sesfaresee of the four catholic powers was held at
Gaeta, and a mutual undemanding seemed to have been
come te, yet Frames deceived the other pawns, and
sated separately from them. (Hear, bear.) The ro-
wers, that there should be a joint action of the
Ch catholic powers to rent: re the Pops. The moment the
Neenslitsas had advanced as fir es St. Veretri the French
signed as areeistic9 with the Basses, sad the Neapolitans
IMO repulsed, and driven tarty miles is twelve hourii. It
witafterwards proposed to put dune all the leaders, and
leave Rome to the mercy o' the French government. The
Romans naturally resisted. The rionsequences of this
friendly intervention of traces had been, first, to allow
be Austrians to bombard Bologna during eight
Eels; to advance that bombardment to Ancona, which
he belined was now going on ; and to destroy with
the friendly and fraternal band ef the republic of France
the very capital itself. (Hear, hear.) Barely such bro-
therly love lead a been shown dace the days of Cain and
Abel. (" Hear, hear, ;and a laugh.) But it was not only
Autria aid Naples which had bees deceived by the
French, but the Pepe had been as math deceived by them
as the Rosana themselves. The Pope understood that the
sole sad only result of the conference at Gaeta was that
the fur powers should jointly restore him, and leave him
thee to act as he liked. And on this poiat be should like
some information funs the government, insofar as their
advice might have been asked_ by Frame ea the subject.
The question which he wished to pet was, whether
Maim the landing of the French expedition at Civita
Voeshia there had been any sommunication made to
her Majesty's goverment on the put of Fusee, of
her subsequent objects and intentions with regard to
that expedition? 2ndly. Whether there had bun any
advice asked from, or given by, this country to France,
with regard to the ultimate ol Wet of that expedition ? And
lastly, whether her Majesty's government were able to state
the ulterior object which France had in view with regard to
the future setuanient of the Want States ? hear.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that although no
xebec had been given to him he did not object to the ques-
tion, because he had but hale other answer to nuke to it
than that which lee had made on a former occasion. He
was not gelled on to justify or explain the motives which had
ialsenced the Fusel government in th, conduct of their
expedition to Italy. This country bore no pert in that expe-
Bea. A cosmanaleation had been received by her Majesty's
government from the French government, that they were
sheet to seed aa expeditimt to Dirks Vecchia, for the pur-
pose of restoring, so far as the presence of such an is:peddles
caul I be expected to do it, traoquidity to the Roman States.
To that expedition the government of this country did not
Oki any opposition; but beyond that they had not aerie
thannelms a pasty to it, and not having advised it, they had
set thought it their duty to offer any advice se to the en-
duet of it.
The sal et ABERDEEN said the last Use the sobs
nisequis had referred to this anti. et, he stated the oommani-
cads& from the French government was in writing. Now it
would be most desirable that he should produce it. It was
as long ego as November or December last ; and was it pos-
sible, with the cordial undentsadieg which they were told
misted between the two &oversees:Ai, that no assimunins-
Ulm should have tikes phis on the invasion of Italy—a sub-
js.° which could not be indifferent to this country or to
WP
The Marquis of LAIfBDOWICE would have beeneht it
down with him had he been aware of this dim:Whig& Hebei
stated the imbstance of the comannicstioa a meanly an pat
Übe, sad he was not aware that any sietnamiedlem hod
been received from the French government shies.
Lord BROUGHAM said, this was a &abject of great ha-
penance. The noble marquis had said, he had heard, that
the French were to sent an imp iition to Civita Vecchia.
Did it never strike him and the noble Ind at the head of the
fersip department, that an expedition of 25,000 saes to
Civic Vecchia was not meant to stop there, but to go oa to
Zone ? (Hear, bear.)
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH slid it would be desi-
rable to see also the reply of her Majesty's government to
the communication from the French government on this

The llaqui. of LANSDOWNE hid no objection to state
the terms of the theenansication, bat he could not undertake
to produce say subsequent correspondence without eau
mining the men bet; he would therefore defer it to
*amber day to state the end amount of information which
he could give. (Haw, beer.)
ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL moved the *sleet committee en this
• whisk wee agreed to.
NAVIGATION BILL.
The Marquis Of LANSePOWNE moved the third reading
of this bill.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH opposed it, es fraught
with danger. Ho did net think that all their lordships who
hod constituted the majority were of opinion that this mea-
sure was safe and salutary. Many who had formed that
majority had voted from mixed motives. They had looked
at the danger of a dissolution of parliament. He had, how-
ever, a sun any eovernment the existence of which was
of so mush eoesequence or the snsintenanoe of the maritime
sapremeey of the coun•ry—(hear)—and he regretted the mo-
tive which had influenced many Lege lords in the 'tappet
which they had given to the bill. He thought it bat tele,
now, that the ship-,ouilder should De relieved from all duty
ea timber and on every article used is ship•bailding.
He also considtrod that the masters and aides
et vowels should be subject to thendnatises, and
were a venal was lost the mentor and mate should be tried
by court-martial, as in the royal navy, and the Junius°e
should he vitiated if it wee proved that the lose had occurred
from rehmoodeet,
Earl GRANVILLE understood that It was he
inten-
tion of the government to bring in a bill in the pre-
med smith for the better die-Aldine of the wiz-
motile marine, which he hoped would be productive of
emential benefit. It was vases earneady to be hoped that
the advice tendered to dipowners by the noble earl would
ha followed, for the inspertame of good management sod
pod banding °mild no: be over-est mated. He believed that
the gremlins of temperance on board ships would be highly
derivable, and that the best effects might be produced on
mariners if they were affordel opportunities for reading and
mental improvement. (Hear.)
The Earl of WINCHILSEA sail that he could not pos-
sibly give a shut vote on the present cccasion. Ot all the
changes made within the last few years, he considered that
the measure then lecture the house w e ehareeterissd by a
IttIV•T degree of recklesentee than any which had ever been
Draught before parliament. (Hear hear.) It wen a
usesure which would bring Ittiee rain on the
pre it interims of the country. He most deeply
deplored the fact—and he was sure that the expression
of this regret would be shared in by the great body of his
cuntrymen—that the 'mud reading of a measure of this
speculative chancier, which abandoned well-tested principles,
had been carried by the right reverend bench, end that if
the occupants of that bench had not supported it the
nob.' lords on his aide of the house would
sot Dave been left is a mirozity. (Hear, hear.)
The day was 00111ing, and it was not far distant,
when kis anticipalion, would he realised. He protested
against the paericg of :he billan he regretted that
a hunt of courage upon the past of um* of
their Vraships prevent-A it from being thrown est. Semi
of theca there wino who feared to turn out the missend mi-
nistry—who testa that the present government should re-
tiro Wm office, as if Bogies, d had soak so low that we were
obisged U yea ma Leedom beams we had not the naval

curare to vote ae we whlrellogell then to &prod to the feel-
loge of the country. (01meseffilaatkiptoteetiemiets
Karl TALBOT said be WilrallUff agreed in the propriety
of the measures which tee resume/it. were that tight w-
rested to iatreieee, het be gently feared that these mee.
wee would peeve W be mere palliatives and that they would
I boot little tees when Gage we atemisaid our nuiptioa
by virtue of veld* we bad obtained our naval sup.remaey.
He objected to Ms hill bemuse is the lest phew It was a
surrender of the means we posseeed of national security end
national defence. He also objected to it beanie the govern.
mutt had not proposed any measure by which they would
guarantee the feture meaning of her Majuty's Beet; and,
lastly, be objected to it because it was ate ut to be carried
against the helbekol the mervestil• sad maritime popeatioa
of the emasta. Ma treshisd he the safety of Our colonies
if mak • mum boss= law sad epos the was of the
be the awfel respedbility of pawing it through
Cvaig emi llirsee. (Hear.)
Lord STANLEY said that if he thought there was the
*lightest thanes of their lordship* reconsidering the fatal
decision upon this question at which they had heretofore
attired, Of that say fresh and addisi•mat arguments could
be adduced to alter their determination, no amount of
labour to be imposed on himself and no amount of loran•
werdeoce to be imposed ca tne house, would have been suffi.
feat to • doter him from again endeavouring to impetes
qua them the cimmensmaese under which this bill
=
ed to him to be eminently dangerous to the
Bet, he must confess that while lis music-
ales remained unaltered, while hit opposiion re-
mained boldly undiminished, and be must frankly adult
that be bad no new or additional arguments to bring
froward beyond those urged, without effect, by himself
end o.here an the previous st,ges of this bill. Laving
upon her Majeaty'e government the full and entire
weep nubility of the coosequences to this country,
which be feared would, at no distant peri,d, result from the
measure they were about to pus—leaving urn that govern-
aunt the entire end exclusive responsibility of that measure,
be would satisfy himself on the present emasim by saying
"not content" to the thirst nubile, and by piecing upon
their lordships journals a record of the grounds up en which
be believed this bill to be dangerous to the best interests of
the country. (Cheers from the protectionists.)
Lord BROUGHAM retained the opinion he had from the
fleet espressed against the measure, and which he had pub-
lished so far back as 1810. (Hear.)

Lord WALDEGRAVB briefly opposed the third readieg
of the bill.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE knew of no eff et
men extraordiaary thaa the progress this bill had hal
in redwing views of *homage unexpected nature from noble
lards of the meat highly and eminently Conservative opinion'.
In the mans et the last half hour, such was the eff et pro.
deed by the enessedul progress of this measure, that they
had heard free s most distinguished, and claiming to
be most d ga in that house for attachment to the
institutions of the country, sudden surmises as to how far
it sight be fit that • particular class of members of
that Dense, who had as good a right to their opinions as
any of the noble peers had by whom be was surrounds I—
(Hear, hees)—and whose existence there was as intimately
connected with its history and privilege* as was that of any
noble peer—sadden surmises as to how far fore soth,it
might be oonvesient for the future to admit tgat particular
class to the deliberations of the legislature. And this.
toe, from enuservative peps! (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Without going into any srgament co referring to
statements which had bill,e and answered ia the course
Muse debates on this he would, b-fore sitting down,
end without attaching womb importance to a single fact, ad-
vert to it only as one that had come to his knowledge sinee
dm bill had detained that majority in the house which made
k probable that It would v ass. Now, it did so happen that
erMin the last day or two he had received from Liverpol
as account of the only considerable sale of • ship
since the period to which he silueltd—that was
within the last ten days. He had the statement
en the authority of the broker, who sold the vercd, which
was one of 600 toes—end it appeared that denuded of his
exclusive priviiimes and that monopoly which the noble lord
considered so essential to British shipping she sold for a
higher priee than any ship of the same size and build for the
lest ten rare. (Hear.) 'This was perhaps the best pried &
answer to the statement that, in the opinion of those engaged
in it, the shipping trade must if this bill passed become an
unprofitable speculation. (Hear, hear.) He believed that
as soon as the temporary panic which had been induced by
the statements made as to the probable results of the mea-
sure had subsided, many other similar instances would occur,
and of this he for cote had no doubt that the shipping of this
country, befit is • superior manner, and manned by superior
seamen, would ever command • preference over all others
throughout the seas of Europe and the world. (Cheers.)
The. question "that the bill be now read • third time" was
then put from the wool-seek—the response of " norooontent"
was generally and emphatically given by the peers on the
opposition benches, but no division was taken—sad the bill
was read a third titre, the majority of the opposition mem-
bers leaving the house in a body immediately after.
On the nuestion that the bill do pass,
The Bishop of OXFORD roes to move an amonditteat in
reference to the slave trade, of which he had given notice
If he eoald have looked moon the bill merely es •• commercial
matter, or even as connected with theft higher interests of
our maritime defence', he should not have troubled their
lordship ; but as important as the measure was to those
respects, it was much more so in so far as it touched upon
grave moral considerations, and it was in this respect that it
came, as be thought, legitimately within the sphere of those
who occupied the 7pointiqn in that house which it was his
privilege to fill. And Ate any one it was natural to address
a few words on this subject so their lordships, it was espe-
cially so to him, the subject being bound to his heart by the
closest ties of hereditary transmission. fliesr.) He thought
be could establish it to their lordships' satisfaction, that if
they pulsed this bill wi bout such a clause as he proposed,
they would directly give a fresh stimulus to the African
slave trade, indirectly destroy the moral strength of the na-
tion in testifying against the practice of that trade by
others, and ran the further risk of mixing up the
maritime concerns of this country directly with that accursed
trade which it was their objset to abolish. He would take
the ease of the Brazils, end he beleved it would be found the
same also in retard to Cuba, and would show how, in the
case of the Brazils, the great consumer of imputed slave*, elm
effect of this bill as it now stead would be so increase that
trade. It was admitted on both sides that the tendency of
the bill was to quicken trade, to increase exports and im-
ports, to make Brasil our best customer—in short, a better
customer than she would be if the Irene between the two
countries wes to remain crippled and fettered by our nee:ga-
d= laws. Now, what was the position of the Brazils? It re-
seised the finest climate and the west productive soil perhapi
in the world, with a territory extending 2,600 miles from
north to south, 2,300 miles from east to west, and with 4 000
miles of seaboard, indented with numerous most edenirab'e
and convenient harbours—with the most complete natural
internal communication—a country, in short, formed for
commerce; but • country, at the same time, wholly unfitted
to become • manufacturing country, and which must conse-
quently always depend largely upon its nesters of raw pro-
duce. Then look at the physical depicter of Brasile—
it was divided into tones, distinguished one from another
only by the greater rodleality of the products of the one in
one respect, and those of the other in others. In the south
there was cattle and pasturage in abundance, sufficient for
the employment o 7 the most ext-alive pastoral population.
In the north there were mineral treasures of the most varied
and valuable character—rich in the yield of the hisser metals,
and abounding in mines of gold and even of diamonds—in
short, with every thing that could stimulate the eupidi'y of
man to work out those natural resources*. A little further
north the sugar cane flourished in the utmost profirion—and
when you approached the mountains You had the colfee.oree
growing in equal luxuriance. A little further on in the
swamps you bad extensive districts of rim; and again. a
little farther and you come tO anoth,r 2/20, is which spices
of every kind were produced in abundance. What, then, was
wanted to make Brasil the greatest country on the
face of the earth? It wanted people, and here was its
weakness, that it depended for its supply of labour
wholly aid entirely (for the labour obtained from other
sources was so trifling as not to deserve to be taken into the
ealcuktion) on the African race brought as slaves from the
other side of the Atlantis. And it proved this plan of slave
labour on the most vicious principle—that of working out
the slaves in the fewest number of Tears and reproducing
them by fresh imports. If this bill was to increase the
imports of our manufactures into Brazil, it must increase the
exports of her raw product', for la so other way could her
merchants pay for what was introduced. This quickening
of trade must, therefore, resell in a direct quickening in
the produce of the raw material which forted the staple
of her exports, and consequently in an increase in the
labour necestary to raise that material, which increase could
only be supplied by additional imports of slaves. (Hear.)
Again, look at the political state of Brasil. Nominally, it
was a sovereignty—the one sovereignty amid the many re-
publics which existed in that new part of the world ; but it
was • sovereignty in name only, with the mere shadow of •
mews warmly resting on the head of the emperor. Pod-
ded power was administered in that country in this way—
first,by provincial assemblies, the members of which were
chosen by the landowners ; then by • general assembly se-
lected in the same way to represent the nation at the seat of
government. Then over this there wss • senate elected
In the first instance in like manner, but the emperor choos-
ing one member out of three. Then there was a council of
state, consisting of those who hid been mioisten, almost uni-
versally, and who come between the state and the emperor.
Now this country had bees legislating of late years to pat
down the slave trade, and we had entered into treaties with
Brazil, in which that country voluntarily bound herself to
legislate for the same °Meet, and he contended that at any
moment we had • mews ward against Brazil, inasmuch as she
had refused to pegs a law for enforcing the conditions of that
treaty; and we should be justified in declaring tho port of
Rio is a state of blockade, and thus cutting off tiro whole
resources of the country. Why was not this done ? Seesaw,
as we were told, the government of the Brazils were not able
to pass a law to carry out the treaty, and that consequently
it would be unfair aid unwise to declare war against it
Than what ought the government of this country to do ?
They ought to use every moral mesas in their power to en-
force on the miads of the Brazilian legislature the necessity
of eloing that which they were bound to do, but
which hitherto they had refused. But it was not
the people of Brazil, but the few Portuguese slave-
traders at Rio, who were supreme in the Brszilian legisla-
ture, and thy were so because of the necessity of impertiw.
slaves to cultivate the land. The effect of the employment
of oar cruisers had raised the price of sl me. from 201, to 601.
each, and the result of this high price was, that the poor pro
trekkers were not able to pay ready money for then'', and
were compelled tom rtgare their lend as security for pay-
ment, and from the payment being that thrown over several
years, the pries often ranged as high as 751. each s are. It
wee in this way that the Portuguese slave trade became
supreme over the Brazilian landowner, and dictetcd who

should be cleated to the house of representstives. And whim
the emeyably mist, owing to the state of the murky, ant,
there being no settled and defined proem in the stalk
it became • mere scramble for power, that pewee hefag tar
totaled by Whits a 'Worley—eh, money foe Sloe braes
being *Mud by the Portuguese slave hoiden at 1111-1144111$
the Row of Aresably became nothing mora this tie repro
teetatime of the slave-trading itell'alist. In am* mesh@ II
things, what hope mold Engles have of doing surthling
carry out her principal's except by sheering that she wee goo
pared to make sacrifices to enforce them, and to pat deem
what she believed to be an shontinable traffic t The pada
in the Broads who were interested is the maintenance of
that talk did not believe that we were in earner, awl
gusted to the gold of England to turn aside English
item. (Hear, hear.) Then there was no slight danger that
in proceeding in the mune we had unhappily entered tapes
we should en long come to a direct participation in the slaw
trade. He found already (and he said it with shame) that
the wealth of England was largely embarked in carrying on
that traffic which the morals, the religion, and the legisla-
tion of England had alike denounced. But when he showed
them that the effect of passing the bill as it was would be sett
this unseen and untangible pr .motion of the slave trade ow
our pert, bat direct participation in it, he believed he should
have proved all that WAS necessary to induce them to agree
to his amendment. The present course of the African trade
was this. The direct trade arose from our supplying
articles required on the African coast, and bringing back in
exchange the neural and legitimate products of that country.
Undoubtedly that ended in the slay- trade, and so far it
war impossible for Liverpool shipowners to exclude their
vessels from participati in in the nefarious traffic. They snit
out the manufactured goods of Manchester, which were ex-
changed not directly for slaves, but were purchased by the
slave traders for money to be used afterwards in their own
traffic. Rio was the great depot for snorted eareoes, from
whence they were purchased out of store. The British mar
chant, of coarse, did not know the purpose for which it wee
purchased, and es for was not directly implicated in the
slave trade, bat by this bill allowing foreign vessels to enter
our harbours with cergoes from Brasil without restriction,
such vessels being open to proceed at ones to
the wows. we became immediately mponsible for direct
ti in in the trade. These foreign vessels, directly they
landed their Brazilian cargo at an English port, would
reseed at once to the coast of Africa fully equipped far the
embarkatinn of slaves. T.ke only ose step further—with. e
draw your ereisers from the coast of Africa, and the slave
Wed+ would be restored in all its proles vigour. If then
It was a part et national wisdom, ea of individual wisdom to
keep as Mr as possible from the accursed thing, he sailed
apse their lordship not to be drawn by any pamible cm-
menial advantage hate sanctioning the possibility of a retain
In a crime, the greatest, the mat complicated,
Os most enduring, and the most pollution to which
a =don could ever be committed. In making
rbie appeal he thought he stood upon strong
If those empty benches oppo.ite (the opposition
i=si
were fall, he could appeal to noble lord" who had
opposed this bill on other grounds, became if there was one
trade which, more than another, was carried on exclusively
in Brilish bottom', it was that of Brazil, and therefore it was
there that the dangers they anticipated would first be
brought into operatics. But he appealed to s title lords on
that (the ministerial) side on higher grounds. He appealed
to many of them by the names th y bore, great in English
story as regarded this particular subject. If he might ven-
ture to say so, it appeared to him that, if the departed
great ones of that assembly ez.uld be permitted to
look down and see whet was going on at that
moment, to see those who had succeeded to their
honours, and ought to have succeeded to their principles.
preps- ed, on the mere whisper of commercial advantage, to
imperil those greed peineiples for which in their day ey
had staked great political power and undoubted national
wealth, that a stain of sadae a would come over their coun-
tenances of brightness at seeing the cause in which the y bed
delighted treated as slight and insignificant, when the ques-
tion was to cheapen the price of sugar in England, or to in-
crease the export of 'British goods to Brasil. The ri4ht r. v.
prelate concluded by moving that the following clause be
added to the bill :
And whereas it la expedient that the privative proposed to be
given to foreign ships by this act should not be extended to the ships
of actively swaged in the African slave trade, nor to foreign
ships mimic' the exports of such Defiant; be it enacted, that the
said privileges shall not extend to the ships of Spain, or to foreign
ships importing ths produce of the West Indian colonies of Spain, or
to the ships of or to kedge ships exporting the produce of Brasil,
until such lila* es her Majesty shall have declared, by online in
aroma, that the governments of Spain and Bradt have respectively
given to her Majesty full satisfaction as to toe (ointment of the
tr, sties into which they have or shall have entered with her Majesty
for the suppression of the Africastye trade ; but that until such
time the slosessid acts, declared by this amt to be repealed, shall re-
mun and be of full force and effect as regards such countries, say
such repeal as a'nreesld notw,thstanding.
Lard BOWDEN hoped, having had some short personal
experience io Brazilian matters, that their lordships would
allow him briefly to show the inconvenience that would re-
sult fr em the adeption of the right rev. prelate's amendment.
In doing so he beget. d to distinguish between he right rev.
prelate's speech and the proposition, as be must confess that
be sew little eenne zion between them. (Hear, bear.) The
right rev. prelate bad himselt acknowledged the importance
of our trade with Brasil, and their lordships were rola?'
aware that at the present moment that trade was secured by
no treaty whatever. This stare of things no doubt gave
their lerd-bips the yower of dealing with Brez I, but
it must not be forgotten that it armed Burl
with a pewee of retaliation. (Hear, hear.) Further,
he believed that there was setu.lly in ezestenee
in Brazil, although net in op. ricion, a d .eree by which the
vessels of all nations, which did not receive those of Brasil
one footing of equality weer to be charged additional duties,
to the amount of one-third. They might expect that that
treaty would at once be put in force if in repealing our navi-
gation bees a condition was attached such es that pro-
posed by the right rev. prelate. Hostile measure s would in-
tallibly provoke retaliseim' and things would go on from
bad to worse, until at lest there would be a com-
plete cessation of intercourse between the two
countries. (lieu, hear.) The eight rev. prelate might
rejoice at such a result, but noble lords opposite wou:d
recollect, that it would be the shortest method of
reducing the amount of that British shipping 'boat wnieh
which they had expressed themselves so anxious. Noble
lords who intended to vote for toil daunt, were not perhaps
aware, of the immense rake involved in our experts to
that country. They now amounted to about three millions
annually and had been more, but one tact must not be forgotten
and that was that the return exports of Brasil were of a
much inferior amount. The exports direct trona Broz Ito '
this country did not exceed 600P001. in value annually,
while the exports on English scuouut to other parts of the
world exceeded a million, the value of which was trans-
mitted to England in bills of exchange. Another I oint
was the imm-nee advantage we should give to foreign ware-
housemen, a this, which should not be forgotten by those
who stood up ;or protection to British industry. The object
of this amendment was to exclude Brastlien vessels from the
bituetit of Oilier, an exclusion which would hurt ex body
but ourselves. Toe Brazil-an vessels were easel eyed almost
exclusively in toe coasting trade, or more union unately, in
trading to the coast of Africa, sad he did not believe that
any increase in their numbers would roma from our
propoied relaxations. Was the right rev prelate pre-
pared to carry set hi+ prineple to its lull extent ? Was he
pervert to brioar in a bill to exclude Brasil from all bene-
fits arising from the rep- al of run navigation laws ? (Rear,
hear.) If he did n, he (Lord Bowden) believed test in
spite of our national horror of the slave trade, the
tables of both houses would grout with petitions
against so manifest an injurice. tHear.) The clause
would proluce no such effect as that anticipated
by the riaht rev. prelate. It might produce a di-placement
of the Brazilian rode from Midland to other parts of the
globs—(hear, hear)—but it would never accomplish the ob-
ject sought to be attained by its supporten. It was eini..hit
to suppose that the right rev. prelate could be one moment
imagine by thiee clause he would be able to achieve his ob-
ject or advance in the slightest degree the care to which he
dad talks so much interest. The atnenelmeht was like an
attempt at ex Mon, which would inevitably produce the
very contrary effect to that which was expected. It
would bs productive only of hatred and every soe-
et a of ill-feeling, and must therefore be inoperative.
Their lordship' might depend upon it that if they adopted
the amendment they would not injure the Br..rals or any
other port of 8 ugh Am-ries it much u they won d injure
England herself. The right rev. prelate was prepared to
sacrifice every thing to their lordships' better f. clings, and
so far as that could be eff.tY id it might be well enough.
But this was purely it commercial question. lie therefore
appealed to the good sense of their lordships, and lamely
recommended them not to agree to the amendment, which
would be not only abortive, but meet mischievous in its
effects.
The Earl of WARWICK said it the right rev. prelate
had resisted the bill originally as he did that night, he
would have given the utmost moistens* to those who wished
to stop the proven of the measure. The right rev. prolate
had hies if vo'ed for the bill, and after osrle, at the
eleventh hoar, he brought forward his amendment.
Nothing could be more convincing or able than the right
rev. prelate's speech in support of the clean he suggested,
but it was totally misapplied. The amendment would nul-
lify el that might be accomplished by the navisetion Wu,
while it would do no good whatever to &oilseed. He
would therefore et slat the amendment.
Lord DENMAN wished to beer hie testimony to the
noble stand take n in defence of the principle which his right
SOT, friend euorrted. He should feel himself to blame it he
attempted to follow his right rev, friend in the course of the
arguments which he had advanced with so much eloquence -,
but be tright be permitted to observe that thew remained
altogether wered The right rev. prelate's argument
was most o'l,o'lllly avoided by the noble lord who replied to
ant therefore he (Lord Denman) was not sorry that
the right rev. mover of the amendment had made the able
and eloquent speech addrersed to their lordeltips, and that it
bad been so eyseered. The noble lord who bad given so
many details of the Brasil. did not muffs' to answer the great
moral view; th t bad been put forward by the right rev.
prelate. He (Lord Doman) was as idled all that was ne-
cessary was to ns.ke the (acts known, mak. the demurer'. ion
powerful, and the slays trade would be fur ever &bathed
from the feel of the earth.
The Ilierepoi of LANSDOWNE soil the house could not
take a more unoise atop than the adoption of the debt rev.
prelate's amendment. The only effete: it would have was to
weaken not the commercial but the moral Influx nce of this
country.
The Bishop of OXFORD, in reply, said that nothit g
whatev.v had been said daring the detests to
tike the edge off the argument he had ventured
to aide, as to the house in anoport of the -lame,
Their lordship' then divided—
F..r the ansoadment 9
Assiut it
Majority against • —l4
The bill was then read a Oka time sad rood; and Wit
lortiships

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TtiattheT, JUNE 12.
The SPRAIIRR took the chair at 4 airlock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SECOND READING.—DubIin Improvement (No. 2)
LOP.
THIRD READlNG.—Conglston Ina sure Act Amend-
ment Bill
LORDS' AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED.—Cheater
and Holyhead Railway (Inman of Capital, with Powers u
the London and North-Western Railway to subscribe
thereto) Bill.
PUBLIC BUSINESS
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
ARBITRATION TRILATIES INSTIAD or WAR.—By Mr. G.
THOMPSON, from persons in the employ of Barrett and
Co , Hltehoosk and Co , Waterlow and Co., Ward, Stun.
and Co. Sines and Son, Warner and Sons, Taylor and
Black, of places in London, and from baptist ealtregation,
New Church, St. Marylebons ; independent congiegaties,
Church street, Betknaligreen ; general assembly of ast
Intel baptist churches of England and Wales; ia
pendent congregation at Stepney and inhabitants of Damon •
Lord H. VANE. from several religious cougregroime. ; Mr.
BROTH HILTON, from the City of Laden; Mr. H. BERKE-
LEY, from the Young Man's Society ; Mr. E DENISON,
from Leicestershire ; Mr. OSBORNE, from Middles": ; Mr.
MACKINNON, from several religious conaregaione, and
from 159 householders in Chases; Mr. KERSHAW, from
stveral religious congregstions ; Lord NUGENT, from
Aylesbury; Mr. CLAY, ttom Hull (900 signatures); Mr.
RICARDO, from several radii ins congregations • Sir W.
CLAY, from the Tower Hamlets; Mr. BRIGHT. item Great
Yarmouth (4).ollerton and Peplow, Stockton-on-Tees, Mani
cheater (2), Newport, Slop, West Layington, Walt% Market
Drayton, London(7); Mr. BINDLEY, meet al from Ashton;
Mr. CAYLEY, from a place in the North Riding of Yorkseire;
Mr. COBDEN—From the minister, eldere, members, ad
adherents of the united presbyta rim church, Cieergesgume,
Greenock; inhabitants of Tredegar, county of MonmoutE;
members of the congregation of Wesleyan methodist., at
York-street chapel, Stocks, Manchester; members of the
congregation of Wesleyan metheidiste, at the chapel, Old-
ham-road, Manchester; members of the congregation of
Wesleyan methodists, at Chntwoon, Lancashire; member"
of the congregation of Wesleyan methodists, at Blakely;
members of the congregation of Wesleyan methodists, at tae
chapel, Crumpet% Lancashire; reeminn of the congrega-
tion of Wesleyan methodists, at Masan; the Calvinistic
methodists, at Pont Vane, Mirth's'. Cynos ; the Calvinistic
matlialfels (lower chapel), Llanwihangelllchar, In the county
or SHAN g the Sabbetn. school echo ars of Adulam chapel,
Tredegar iron-worker Menmouteshire • inhabitants of Pea-
kith sat Sankey, in the county of I...master ; members of
the congregation of Wesleyan methodist', at Lower-street
chapel, Manchester; the Sabbath-ichoel scholars of Eh'-
, mar chapel, Sirhoury iron. works, South Wales; the Wea-
-1 Vrn enaety and congregation at Morpeth, in the enstety of
Northumberland ; the congregation of Dentate, Lord-street,
Wigan ; the inhabitants of Seelmanthorpe, in tt e West
Riling of the county of York; the session of the first
uaiten presbyteries congregation, in Kemsirruir ; the in-
, habitants of High Hirylesd, in the West Riding of the
amenty of York ; the inhabitants of Upton on-Severn, WOr-
OlSSOlibireg the presbyterian congregation, at Cowl-street
anal, Shepdon-Mallet, Somenetshire ; the inhabitants of
Ridlington, In the county of Rutland; the congregations of
Pen y grove and Siloh chapels; members of the Calvinistic
I congregation, at Gatehouse chapel, In the county of Ceram-
, yon ; the inhabitants of ficiseett, in the Wert Rid.
sof York ; the inhabitants of Jackson-bridge,
ear Huddersfield; inhabitants of the parish of Tense,
is the county of Aberdeen, and parts a 'joining ;
aesthete of the -eonneveation of Wesleyan meth Wire, at
Lyon, Norfolk; inhabitants of Bangor, Csernarvonsbire ;
the oongree admit of pre menet dissenters at the Preabyt ran
Chapel, BUTT, Lancashire; inhabitants of Wotton-under
Edge ; inhabitants of Tedmenden end its vicinity ; inhabit-
ants of Weterly Bottom ; the congregation of St. lifargaret's
and others, residing in the parsb of Dunfermline; the Bap-
tist Church, Tredegar, in the county of M inmouth ; the
congregation assembling in the Talwrnacle, Wotton-unde r-
E.lge ; the protestant dissenter meeting in Bethlens Chapel,
Newchurch Reesendsle, Lancashire ; members of the con-
gregation of Wesleyan methodists at Pepper street, N. w
Butoid, in the county of Nottingham ; inhabitants of Cold-
stream and its vicinity ; the (entrees:lona dissenters assem-
bling at Higlffield Chapel, Huddersfield; inhabitants of Car-
Iron, in the vanish of Bangor, North Wales; inhabitants of
Caor`ey, in the county ot Lancaster, inhabitants of Crieff ;
Inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Penton, in the parish of
Beeline, Cernmyone ire ; the religious society of friends in
Sheffield, West Riding of York; members ot the congrega.
tlon of Weeeyen methodists at Keat-street, Nottingham ;
inhabitants of Cern Brith, parish of Canigdruidion, Den-
bighshire ; the union of the nerth united pr et yterisn n-
gregetion of Perth; the independent congregation of Telt"-
coultry ; inhabitants of Pepsine& Snmersetshire; inhabitants
of G eeeee on, in the parish of Llanfleaneel Eeigufiog, in the
county of Angles's; the Perth pre.bytery of the United Pre s-
byterienChurch ; the tor gregerion of Peterwell, In the parish
of Ireleich, in the county ot Camay en; the Freethinking
Christians assemblies at their meetice-house, S. John's.
MUST*, Clerkenwell, London; inhabitant's of Wembdon,
8 mersetshire ,• members of the oonere g.tion of lath pe d.; nt
I dissenters at Morpeth, Northumberland; inhabitant* of Bel-
au, in the county of Rutland ; inhabitants of Rebates bridge ;
methodists of the Now Connexion, nunitur, in High-street
chapel, Huddersfield ; inhabitants o' Blockley ; =embryo of
the united presbyterian church of Batten and othi re; the
minister and memb. re of the Remonstrant congregation of
Batley= oney, in the county of Antrim, Ireland ; inhabi-
tants of Clayton W. it, in the West Riding ot Yoe( ; the
minister and members of the Christian Society asertaling
in George's msetiar, Exeter ; members of the Wesb) an
methodist association, at Winsford, in the county of Ches.
to ; inhabitants of Wate-upon-Drarne ; inhabitents of For-
dinbrilite and its vicinity; persons who attend the Indepen-
dent chapel, Harpendou, Herta; the Welsh Calvinistic
methodists, at Park Chapel, in the parish of Llsycil, in the
county of blerioneth; inhabitants of Selby, in toe county of
York; members of the congregation of Wesleyan metho-
dists, at Sandbach, in the county e f Ch ster ; the
Wesleyan Sunday-school teachers of Belper and Ripley ;
the baptist congrega ion et Townhead-street chapel, Shef-
field ; the Welsh Calvanistic methodist congreisation, at
L'andderfel, in the county of /derioneth ; is habitants e f
Hampton in-Ards n, and Balla, in the pariah of Hampton-
in•Arden, in the c .unty of Warwick; the Calvinittic metho-
dirt connesios, at Brecin ; the coneregation of protestant
dissenters, at the Tabernacle, Aldersgete-stet et, City; Who-
Intents of Belton, in the county of Rutland ; Welsh Calvi-
nistic methodist war gati n, at Llwin Bolen, in the
,pariah of Llinfor, Merionethshire ; inhabitants of Loddiog-
ton. in the county of Leicester; inhabitants of C lyton, in
the county of Devon ; members of the congregation of
Great Cr. so, Hall-street Tabernacle Chapel, L verpool ; the
Welsh Calvinistic methodist congregation, at Bethel Chapel,
in Bats, Merionethshire ; Inhabitants of Llantihangel Glyn,
Myfe r, Merionethshire ; inhabitants of Highbrideir
and its neighbourhood meeting at the B iptist Chapel
in that place, county of S menet ; inhabitants
tee tow. ship of fleadon, in the county of York ;
inhabitants of Ruceorn, Cheehire ; members of the congre-
gation of Wesleyan methodists, Creelanee, Hebdon bridge,
parish of Halifax ; the Unitarian church, Bays hill, Chelten-
h ern ; the pastor, lamb n of the church and congregation,
end Sunday-school teachers, of the Congregationalist Chapel,
Hope street, Standithgate, Wigan ; members of the general
Baptist congregation at Chatham, I{.- at; the pastor, mem-
bers of the church and congregation, and Sunday-school
teachers, of the Congregationalist Chapel, Stadiebgate,
Wigan; members of the congregation of St. Paul's lnde-
readmit Chapel, Hindly, in the p .rah of Wirer ; inhabit-
ants of Aopledone, Devos ,e congregation of Zion Ct apel,
Princes End, Tipton, Staffordshire ; congregation of Cori
gregational or Independent d:ss• nten in Hartlepool, county
of Durham ,e inhabitant' of Bridgewater meeting at the In-
deptedent Chapel in that borough ,• members of tt'e tirciety
of Friend'. of Bridiewster ; inhabitants of Bridgewater,
meeting in the Weleyout Methodist Chapel in that borough ;
inhabitant, et Bridgewater, meeting at the Baptist Chapel
in that borough ; congregation of Baptists of the city o.
Exeter, in favour of settling national disputes by arbitration(
DISTRESS IN Insman.—By Lord BERNARD, from
Galway and other places, emplainiag of the digressed state
of the country.
lariat Dole.—By Mr. CLAY, from Hull, for abolition
of the light dues.
SUNDAYSunday trading.
TRADING.—By Sir W. CLAY, from Shoreditch,
against
BURDENS ON AGRICULTURE.—Br Sir W. CODRING-
TON, from Gloucester, agreed to at a public meeting, com-
plaining of the burdens on agriculture.
SOLICITORS' CERTIFICLTE DUTY.—By Alderman SID.
NEY, from solicitors of Stafford, praying for the removal of
duty on certificates.
AFFIRMATION BILL.—Bar Mr. BRIGHT, from Loenhead,
Scotland, in (image of this bill.
EITENSION or THE SUFFRAGE —By Mr. BRIGHT (2),
from Market Drayton, Sahli. in Renew of this proposition.
Ilextunoneas.—By Mr. BRIGHT from Wath-nn-Deanda
—Huddersfield Catholics, for the abylitionof licenies, to beer-
houses.

DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT BILL. -
Sir W. SOMERVILLE having moved the eezond reading
of this bill,
Mr. REYNOLDS approved of the bill so far as it went
Ho thought it a pod b 11, but he regretted that it did not
go far enough ; and in patina tr, that it did not confer upon
the corporation of Dublin the right of electing their own
sheriff., or of regulaliog their own police. Sill, on the part
of his constituents, he was prepared to give it his support.
The bill was then read a second time.
THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR, on the 3rd July, to brief; forward
the motion respecting the Charter of which he gave notice at
as early period of the session.
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. PACK% on the 21st June, to bring Crward tte
motion of whirls ho gave notice, fir an address to her Ma.
Oily on the subject of the ill accommodation afforded bz the
present House of Commons, mad with a view of cupediting
the new house.
THE STATE OF THE NATION.
Mr. DISRAELI, on Tuesday, 2a3th Juke, to mova that
the house resolve itself into a catninittee of the whole house,
to take into consideration the state of the nation. (cheers.'

THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Sir De L. EVANS, on en early day, to move that the
eleetive franchise be extended to all direct tal.,ayscs.
MR. ERNEST JONES.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR b gged to know tif the Secretary of
&ay. for the Rome Department had reeeivkd any comma•
IliCttioli from Mr. Brant Jonas, e iinplainiaii that the Tith-
ing magistr-tes and the governor • f the prison in which he
w to cooled had refused to allow Tim to pati•ion fird house,
and that they had rt fuse Ito inquire of the j tdge whether
h:s sentence was carrecaly earned cot; that ott reinahl to