The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-03 00:00:00

NOTICES 0? 110710 N.—By Mr. MOFFATT. en Tucsda7.l bill
to :abolish the privilege of examptim from personal arrest for debt
17tby members of parliament.
aares or lan. sous-111y Mr. F. FRENCH, Are a return of the
nambee of polies nod aosatabubry engaged during the :not eia
mositha to the collection of poor-rotes to Ireland.
Ixseaanertos In litatene.—By 11r. GRA'ITAN, flr a return of
the number of troops of the Ike employed ageing the bunt.
mite In belond during the lota thaturbanoss, end generally of tho
forces engaged on both sides, sod of the number of persons arrested
under the Habeas Corpus gurpeosion .let, with a statement of their
alleend offences.
NEW WRITS.
New writs were ordered to i.sue for Donegal, in the room
of Col. Conolly, deceased; and for Cardiff, in the room of
Prys• Pry.., Etq , deceased.
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RAJAH OF SATTARh.
Mr. HUME amain el of the First Lord of the Treasury,
whether it was correct that the Court of Directors of the
But India Company, or the Beernt Committee of that Court,
had, with the sanction of her Msjeety's government, sent
orders to take posrosion of the territory of the late Rajah of
Sattara. and thereby to depose the legal and the adopted
heir of the territorie•, guaranteLd by solemn !teary with the
E ist India Company to them and their heirs far ever.
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was quite true that the Court
of Directors, is conjunction with the Hoard of Control, had
sent over instructions is the kcal authorities to resume, on
the part of the government, the territories occupied by the
late Rajah of Batters ; but he did not perceive how this step
could be described as any depaiino a of the legal heir, seeing
1 that there was no legal heir.
Mr. HUME said that on Monday he s►ould move for a
copy of the despatch.

BUSINESS OF TIIE HOUSE.
Te reply to Sir J. PAILINGTOX,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was his intention to pro-
pose several restlutions in ice milance with the ric in:mends-
tions of the committee on pulihe business hat year. and
several then on the subset of the seasional ordsrs. all of
which he !mitered would be found promtt•iro of the more
effsctual as well a• speedier dtspatch of the pestle Maim•'
in that honer. (Re.r% hsar ) lie would sate care that the
proposed resolnuons %timid he i., the hands of membrrs in
the morning, as it was tie intention to pro; °se t`tem tic
Sets thing on Honda... T..ose having relation to the ar-
rangeme..t of the o der and notice of action days, it would
be felt disieahle to dispose of at once; the rest, i, the house
desired, night occupy more corsideratlon.
BISHOP WEiRIIOUTH RECTORY.

Mr. HOBSAIAN said he had given notice of a question
on the su4eet of the diatribmioa of the temporalities of the
rectory of 11:adopWearmoutb, bat redwing that the distri-
bution was in the bawls of the Bishop of Durham, and that
the answer to the question would exche considet able inter st,
at all events in the lucality, he would postpone his qw s.ion
until the noble rd had hat an ofpertunit) of communicat-
ing with the right rev. relate on the sutjt•ct.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had aim ty had some corre-
spondence on t:se suhjeet with the Bishop of Durham; he
had no information to give at present u to what arrange-
ments were contemplated. The hon. rulenan must be
aware he lead no power of controlling them, when they
should be dettriniutd upon.

ECCLESIASTICAL REFORM.
Mr. HORSHAM then asko;l, what measures of ecclesi-
astical reform were to be intrednced this seosion by govern-
men'? If any, what was their propose d character, and
when the proposed period of their introduction ?
Lord J. RUSSELL replied teat he had cousidemd it ex-
pedient to advise the crown to appoint a commission, to in-
quire whether the leasehold property of the church could be
made snore available for the spiritual instruction of members
of the church, with, ut intriuging on what might he deemed
the reasonable claims of the knees, so that some clear idea
might be formed of the income that might he obtained to-
wards the e :tension of this great object. That committee
having only been lately appointed, it would be impossible to
enter into any statement of the intentions of the government
on the subject until the commission had made some progress
in in labours.
Mr. HUME asked whether there would be any objection
to instruct the comuisiou to inquire what churches existed,
and what grants were made to places where there were no
eonerecations. In Londen, for :ample, where seven or
eiaht churches would suffice for the resident population,
the re were 'avoid), or eighty churches. Surely the means
wasted in there congregationless places might most advan-
tageously be applied to places where there were congregations
ready, but no churches.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that clearly the subject indicated
by the hon. gentleman was one moat fitting to be inquired
' hits ; but it did net at all epportain to the range of inquiry
assigned to the COMUIiIIFIOR he had mentie red.
Col. SIBTIIORP asked, was the commission a paid com-
mission ? (Laughter.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—No; it was an unpaid commission.
The secretary, imam& must be paid, of course.
CHAR ['ABLE TRUSTS.
In answer to Mr. blasts,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that tho Lord Chancellor, who
had charge of the bill for the better administration of Chari-
table Ti map, haul cv; re intention of proceedirg with it.
FARMING OUT PAUPER. CHILDREN.
Colonel SIBT1101:1' tease t whether government in-
tended to make an inquiry into the late I imenathle case of the
pauper children who had been so brutally treated by the man
who farmed teem (lic r, hear.) There were surely
poor law inst.& re enough to m..ke the inquiry.
Lord J. RUSSELL could asses the lin. and gallant
gentlemen that the governeneeit were fully determined to
...ha no henna inquiry lan the matter, and to take every
means is their power su 4a...ewe .....18rrAre• nr such hur-
rors. (Hear, hear.)
ADJOURNRD DEBATE.—THE ADDRESS.
Mr. STAFFORD then roe, to roams the debate on the
adelren. lie ()tinned that the hon. member for Montrose
had been pleased ti speik of proteetir n to agricultute as a
defunct thing which could never again raise its head ; of
free trade as a thing determined upon by the uni-
versal se nee of mankind; the hon. n.ernber did not
seem aware that our near •st continental neighbours, amid all
their changes of in n and %hills, had eery ed no tendency
to carry out the honourable gentleman's principle,.
There hid been something heari surely as tea on tea, and
on butter and the epe--equelly objects of necessity to the
poor man. And did those hen. members, who rejoiced
over the cessation of the corn duty, ever m ike on effort
during the whole of the :act vilaion to cheapen butter and
tea, by removing the incite on thorn articles? They
diet nett. Ile was a•rare that there bed been some
suggedions made to inn if,. a differential duty on tea, en as
to reduce the price of the sort most ltritely consumed. But
why did those parties to whom he ref. red let the whole
session pass without =thing a single effort to carry
out their own views ? The object which he and
those around him sought to effect was, to tulsnce
both classes equally,. and not to be seared by a mere
name from eating junly, but to take due means for
keying a revs nue upon a proper article et taxation. There
had been quite enough duties repealed, as the Chancell er of
the Exchequer would readily admit. But there had not
been enough of taxes repealed to carry out the free trade
principle, andthenewho advocated cheapness an the only test
of consumption might discover too late that their doctrines
' touched themselves is well no the protectionists. Let him
ask those who were not bent on the destruction of the great
institutions of the country how it would be when they had
taught the people the doctrines of cheapness, and that go-
vernment was nothing more than a p dice. What reply
would they make when they should be •-ked, why pay so
much kr the maintenance of • mere government el police ?"
What would they say when the cry came for a cheap go-
vernment ? He for one preferred the present form of go-
vernment, with all its costly appendages. But when tho
labouring dupes were told that these only capital—their
labour—was not to be protected spinet the labour of tho
foreigner—when the middle classes W• re taught to believe
that the only duty the government haul to perform was that
of keeping order—why then it might be expected that those •
two dames would unite in eallirat out for a cheap govern-
ment, as none of the functions of a provident go-
vernment were fulfilled. The house and the country
had bast no ex ierience of the constructive abilities of the
free traders. They had knocked down one system let the
country see how they could raise up another in
its stead. But of one thing he wee certain, that
the situation of the farmer, such as he had
represented it, was both dangerous an-1 difficult. There was
another question connected with the free-trade system, and
that related to the cultivation of tobacco. Ireland formerly
used to produce it in great quantities, but the cultivation of
tobacco was prohibited, and now there was none grown rave
in gardens. The farmers of Ireland cutout not be permitted
to cultivate tobacco because the revenue derived from it wrs
so large. That was affordirg proteetien to the foreign to-
bacco cultivator, at the expense of the Irish ore. He would
only trouble the hove with a few obeervstions on the
amendment of the hon. member fer Wicklow. The com-
missioners who bad inquired into the working of the Irish
poor-laws had executed their duty, and laid the results of
their inquiries talon the government; and yet the noble
lord, wits all the means of acting at his disposal, was about
to throw upon an independent set of leek members that
duty which a bold and energetic (rove-Lament ought itself to
perform. If there wee any subject into which the govern-
ment was bound to inquire with gr• •ter vigour and earnest-
ness, and to legislate with firmnessand decision, it was
that' very one on which the noble lord said
his colleagues had declined to 'midge. In his
opinion none but measures enentially remedial in
their character should be passed far Ireland. The noble
lard, however, pursuing a different policy, was prepared to
proceed at once with ac's that might be called coercive,
whiln in the case of remedial measures be shrank from the
responsibilities of a government, devolved the duty upon a
committee, and determined to wait fir their report before
proceeding with whet were at lean of as urgent importance
as me nitres of coercion. (Hear, bear.) Why should the
noble lord take this step in reference to the Irish poor •law
The right hon, gentleman, the Secretary for Ireland, it was
well known, always had been and still was a great advocate
for enlarging the ern of tuition. Ile must therefore take
it for granted that the government had made up their minds
upon that important point; but what he wanted was that
going to stand by the Irish poor-law at all. He would ask
the governmert to declare at once what portion of the bill
the government should declare that night how far they were
they purposed to dispense with, and what they were prepared
to remin. The inference derived from the silence of the cabi-
net was that they were not united upon the question of
the Irish poor law; that they could no; bring for ',card
a measure with reference to that great subject because their
own opinions were discordant. (Hear, hear.) With re
gard to the foreign policy of the country, speaking as a
country gentleman, and not wishing to pronounce any sen-
tence of censure on the noble lord with reference to particu-
lar cues, he must say that he looked with great regret at the
abeenee of that customary phrase in her-Majeity's speech
that she continued to receive from foreign, power; the assur-
ance of a desire to maintain friendly relations. (Hear, hear.)
In the course of this debate the hon. gentleman, the member
flag Montrose, bad made very grave charges against t
ehendehe noble
bid at the head of the colonial department. He apprd
that it would be extremely unlike the bon. gentleman's cha-
racter if he allowed those charges to rest where they were.
He under/toed that it was the hon. gentleman's intention to

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