The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-22 00:00:00

EXPEESig, WIiDPITSDAY FNENISG, FEBRUARY 22, 1865.

the =imeibig we sedate* esdthe limit of which we
did buoy.y (Hem, bear.) Barone* hew the MUIR
stood. We meld set afford ia my ems to mood out
m governors cc imam is authority, oar ben wee. No
rasa would go to Abbe who afield tad imardemesst aim.
where. riser, hear.) They must take thoraces what they
scold get. Communisation was sot trainee% mid the dis-
tance was oassiderehle, sad them wee so hit asses son se
a large European pegulatioa meld Miss to bum as a
simmer. WO were compiled, therefore, to have the
gelation of posse or war pretty mach In their heads, sad
we might be involved as soy moment It the loss of may
valuable lives sad • hugs expesditum. He did sot wish II
to be onsluded that he was prepared to commit himself to
my of the proposals tor the abeedossisat of the settle-
ments, bat he did thin there was a prism tech cose male
out for inquiry. Holling that opinion to some extent with
regard to ill, be thought it sore partici:duly applied to
OapeadThere we were surrounded as all sides by
swage warlike tribal, ea we had acestituted ourealms,
sot° the Medd a mandersey cm, whida we heel very
little power. He thought the matter destrved the
etincetnieratioe. (Hear, hem.)
Mr. DWELL mad be had much pleasure is seesdhs
tow B. would tutor iota the *airy with the
greatest phases% sad he *loftily issued that the
moult of I'M Jaquithes would he sot only Morelia'
effielesey mid enemy is the settlements which they might
wit Walt it ex tto maistaie epos the ooast of Al rice, bat
be also trusted that the committee would go into
the Manly spirit which the right boo. gentleman had
pralkoted, at fa • spirit to withdraw their made
Marts foe the swanks et the sine trade, but that than
Worts should be math sldll mess elikiset foe the
for which they were imitated, for he kwon of no
more noble in which this country had ever tagged. Now,
looking mewl at what ma passim in siker . anion, be
thought that this wee not the time for a
from the took they bad eadah bet that the e=
naive:rad detestahae, and salloe to abolish this
infamous trona, should Woos than to matins those
efforts, sad thus bring about a result not leas glorious thus
that which was scoomphalted on the day whoa this musky
abolished decay is our own adonis.
The whoa was the Kneed to.
' THE BOROUGH FRANCHISE IN ENGLAND AND
WALES.

Mr. BAINES, who ws;received with • few cheers, Una
nee to ask lime, to l* duos • DUI for the purpose of ex-
toadies the elective &seines in the boroughs of England
sod Wales. A. Is• uederstood that the motion was not to
be opposed, be would follow the anal custom of not
eateries tats the monis of the quietism that night. The
object of the bill was to make • maim* and yet
valuable and substantial extrados of the Mashie,
to • olam which constitthed the peat bulk of the lep,
sad who were deprived of the privilege. He gowned to
secompllsh that by the simplest of all meene—nemely, by
lowering the 10f. franchise io boroughs to di. esowpaelen
[fierier the time the hoe. member wee minas Kr.
CARDWILL Lift the House, and the frost mialtherin bee&
had no esespeet upon it besides Mr. Bane°, who sat wader-
math the Repertory' Gallery.]
AYItTON oakd it was right to se** tk. eztraardi-
Baty onditien of the hoar on the premet amnion
It was not to be expected that geaUsesse who mmally
sit upon the Ladies( opposition bathe, would attend
whim this motion was brought an but he was sarpossd to
see the state of the raisistorial Mask for may would
even to know what comes the gegenamont would
MM Thus were • short thee beck the or two assts
of the ablest In the house. bat the UMW the hen
member far Leeds rows to snake his month they also dad
away as if they were about to be °sanded of acme crime
which they had committed in time, port Meer. beer.)
Mr. J. J. POWELL meld the has member heel nude a
most unfair atm* upon the government, for it was well
understood *artisans would be so &melon twos the
introdactiau of' the bUL Beldam the hoe. geetlanan bad
be keg enough member to know that the prieeiple of
e bill was always dimmed apse the esthed radio& sad
Mewing that, he (Mr. Powell) thee& the hen membles
remarks epos the absence of the numbs ef the
most were wholly waled for. He iestirely with
the bon member in this respect, that be whim the
mooed readies was broeglit forward the boom would bear
an explicit declaration from the gevernmeet of the course
whisk they intended to pursue oat the queues of the per-
ches,.
Mr. BAINES explained that it was distinctly mamba
between himself and some members of the gosernment
that no discandoe was to we. plum on asking leste Co in-
trados, the bill.
Leave was thee given to introdum the bill.

THE LAW OF LIBEL.
Sir 0. O'LOGHLAN moved far leave to Introduce • bill
tomcod the law relating to libel, and la douse so, mid that
ars change had bees mad* la this law ethos 1843, sad that
seder the Kemal law any pence might proceed by either
• criminal todietmeat, or by bringing an action for damages.
yes? thought that the power to inatitatecarirol
imp should he broken awa bat be did not propom
that that should be does. because In • peas many cams the
troth might be told, and yet ea irreparable injury
might ha dens by publishing it. In Scotland so
mold WAWA* ariolthl for libel
trtslat resort to ma 'Aloe for dagagesi7dbigsar, hear.)
He proposed that no indictment should be allowed to be set
up for libel without the esessot of the Attoseey-Geseral or
the fiolieitor-GeaeraL He next pro that epos *very
ledietassat **defendant should be, inelblis ea a wittier.
Them were the two principal thanes be proposed in the
law witto :;,to criminal proonip. Viith regard to
civil according to the law •se pro-
prietor was liable for any defamatory matter wfihich ap•
peered in the report of a speech made at a public meeting
published in his newspaper, while the Orson who delivered
the speech was is no way answerable for it. Now,
he thought that the person who wept to a
public meatier sod deliberately made the speech aught
to be considered as much guilty of a libel
as if be had written and published whet he said, sad by the
bill he proposed that be should be liable to proceedings,
both civil and criminal, in the mane way as if he had pub-
lished the libel. This would not affect the privilege of par-
liament, or of any courts of justice to which the privilege
as to reports extended. It was impossible for reporters at
public meetings always to decide what was or was not cis-
(amatory matter. They seat off their slips with the greatest
possible haste, sod they were printed with the greatest pea
nib% haste, and he thought it was monstrous that the oewwr
paper proprietor should be liable for the publication
at defamatory matter uttered in a speech at •
public esosting, when the pence who wade the speech
was not liable. He also proposed to make andterat is
the defence to ea action for libel. At present the truth of
the libel was the may defence kaown to the law, but be
thought there were mem where • bond fide belief in the
truth of the etatemest nude ought to be • defence. He
had latrodeeed a clause to make that a defence. News-
=proprietors were also . subjected to mast vexatious
end he proposed that where the damages were an-
der 205., the plaintiff should not recover costa.
LIMN was given to bring in the bill.
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ACT, 1864.
Mr. WHALLEY moved for leave to bring to • bill to
repeal so moth of the set of 27th and 28th Vic., chap. 12L
entitled "The Railway Coostruotion Facilities Act, 1864,
as prevents the Board of Trade from wooed*, on the
application of promoters in crass where say raillig7 or
canal company affected In any, wey.by the proposed eadertak-
ing may lodge maths of oppositioa.
Agreed to.
MORTGAGE DEBENTURES, Ac., BILLS.
Upon the motion of Mr. SCULLY, it was agreed that the
egad committee at Mortgage he.. Bills should
omelet of 17 members, sad that Mr. Follard-Urquhart cad
Mr. Longfield be added thereto.
BANKB.ITFTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) ACT
AMENDMENT.
Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to bring is bill to amend the
Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1357.
PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS.
Mr. M. GIBSON obtained leave in • committee of the
whole house to introduce • bill for the protection of inven-
tions and designs exhibited at certain iadustrial exhibitions
in the United Kingdom.
CHURCH RATES.
Mr. NEWDEGATE moved for leave to bring in a bill
for the commutation of church rates. The object of the
bill he said was the same as that be introduced last ses-
sion ; but there Imo several alterations in it, which be
trusted would make the bill more acceptable.
GAME LICENSES (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill was reed a third time and passed.
DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION(1866)BILL.
This bill ass read a third time and pared.
CIVIL COURTS PROCEDURE (IRELAND ACT (1864)
AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
COURTS OF JUSTICE BILL (DEFICIENCIES).
The house west into othnittee, and pared a reeolutiaa
whereon to found • bill on this subject, and a bill was or-
doted to be broaght is.
COMMON LAW COVETS (FEES).
The hones went into committee, sad passed a resolatioo
whereon to found • bill en this subject, and • bill was or-
dered to be brought in.
The house then adjourned at ten minutes to 11 o'clock.

FALL or A LARos Tams re Warn:gam—On
Monday asoruisg,, daring the prevalence of the grtmt au*
one of the elderly elm trees is the Duke of Buooliesoh'e
garde's, opposite the Treasury, was blow. down with a tris-
assadom mash over isto the pesimager way. Fort=
so people were weir, at the them The tree is
to be • °eatery old, and broke off quite short at the km*,
azhibilieg as tater= of zionbieg bat " tosohwood."
Tag AllOlO-AIIIITItiON CoiaawnAt OOP YEE-
APIXL—EarI Russell bee informed the Liverpool Chamber
of Osauassos that an Assilisiustriaa Oumnissioa is shoat
to It fa Visors. ha oossider the advisability of reomstrecd-
Mg the Austrkia tariff, aad stating that • delegate from the
Chamber, wishing to attend the ooefereooe, will receive
every pis mosislaaos from the F
"The Alabama is sack I" reawattoths. the Fede-
ral Maim every eye beams &dam that eat enly be epaelled
by Iltebegiimmt d are vim, Dm Meted the power at Her-
Ames me eetle bruble sad cambe. They neaten pm Mgr to
its sta esker ; sad ha erased asandsla memos headache,
awl rhsemetinno giver tedlaie end permanent reiML Dr.
Emma repertst .1 morel them es the meet paled bombes
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