The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-24 00:00:00

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TM Lithe CIIANCILLan MA W neat at the alma how.
1 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PIESSON BILL
Tee LORD CM Arift:ELLOR mimed the seemed reeding
of Ilbie it wee nee or a series eir mesearra ~t
I! tv‘• 1.. r !says waled row
•roer,. hews •.11 .alt t, oe ..t.rira to a nun o w-
insome a• which n.e merely roc •ilai s f their lordship.'
hoar. bat ether sate feeds, both I tar and lay, might attend,
mei idler sainestion Si, their Improvement. By the law of
E 41.1 to ,osepre to ward, r wi. Coir • miademeanan
, By the law us Ireton it wee and is a capital clean
Tam .00lehips would think Mom ought to be a uniformity
f lae upee this subject. The opportunity for • change
bed sow 'evened, awl it wee proposed by the bill which
be sow istredesel to segreilate the penalty In Ireland sad
Eaglead, by silkier it not m.r.dy • inisderemaGer !At
a ealtr.tiesishehle set with death, bat with penal earritode.
After • 'Me obeerVannas by the blaiquia of nsnruitt
sad iobeir sob' hwde,
fhe till was raid It !WNW time, and refer". d to a meet
• isto.it.w. A similar memo was taken with the follisereg:—
Tee Larceny, Be 8.11, tin Forgery Bill, the standee. la-
Ores to Property Bill, the Coinage °ewe' Bill. the MOW
retie end Abettor, Bill, sad the Criminal Statutes Repeal
TfiLL
INDICTABLE OFFENCES (METROPOLITAN
DISTRIC I') BILL.
Is i..reellttee on thia bill,
Lord CHELMSFORD mid that the whole of the diMmay
he had had to embed with in framing the memere arena
Item the lea, the, the Central Caroled Coort entree and
tele polka districts were sot ciontermitocia. By the Oaten
the bousury of the Crates! Cell:nisei Court district were
elate with a radius of /Rees mites front Cheviot.
craw but the pile* districts comprised oily the,.
lemlithe which hed bees aseigsed by Orders I. Comma to
the ditreent wake-court,. The crown had power to ado
wily to extent the polies dieirkte over the wire ins et the
Contra Criminal Court dishiet, with the aungtra d the
City. 'stitch hid been completely exempted from the jerkier-
toe I the polio, ro•gieirstes. • sable sad learned friend of
Ina It id •.-xj.reeset a me emit whether it would be altogether
satief.i • et t elk* • staple Metros.' to supersede the grand
July. He (Lod Ctirlineford) had pie.. the -pet his beet
atter ace, to her add &vim ao mode d ohrWeg the ob.
jeetinn .t,ort of leaving the City eatirely out of the bill,
which w. ul t retirely detest the object be het
is view. Ile would mbeet to their lordships,
hoses..., that the police omits I. the City nee
sie corn me the von of the stipendiary ear
gistreee. and having carefully watched their proceedings,
he bed not .ern say thing to complain of in their mode of
odusitrati.rnit junta* indeed if the ratio of acquittals to
temai.eals were regarded se a satisfactory test, it would be
bawl to tail rather evilest the pola • magatrates than against
the at • .uthontlie. No doubt the eetiefartory meaner is
sib:.-1.1 the Lied Mayor and the aldermen earlier/red their
partici • uteri wee owing in • great =Amore to the admirable
rwei....aiL • which they rec-ived from their clerks. The Min-
iature had certetaly not shows any dispiation to diapers,.
the C ty polies courts, fir by an act of the year 1148, a
pow, - era. given to • single alderm in in L indon, which
in it. wool could only be szerdeed by two justice,.
With regard to the outlying district', it would be la the
pow., tit hie noble and learned friend (the Lied Chancellor),
m ca.* he illeapproved of the working of the bill, to adrits
her Majesty to mei ihern to police routs. There wee only
one other ociatioa t the bill, namely, that it would cause
persons to be put on their trial for offences that left ma
indelit stilton on those who were accused of them. Now
it the accused were guilty, that obj4ctloa would of coarse
her.• 0., air: he should imafino there was no insocest
man who would na intialtely prefer an acquittal after a
pater trial thee to have the Ma scant him Ignore 1, became
of the. !aver took plc,. thin would always remain • stepicion
that it had bent brought roe* by 1110100 underhand contrtvsaos
toeeade j Wt.*. ear, bear
The
T LORD CHANCELLOR thought them wee an &d-
-rat qt. e greed jury system, for it was onviouelverigkod,
el thiag that persona cleaves Avoid be periodically
together to administer jetties. At the same timer it was a
very 1,i1041.11 thing to put a rota Is the felon's dock sad err
him t, uoili.riro • edits/ trial. It was ■ thing that ought
minor to be dine lightly. But where the magistrate not a
trained lawyer he (the noble lord) should be coolest to leave
an h', k nod. itiedi.creai ox of c 'mooting or notpereossfertrial.
The mod. of coadacting magisterial business In the eonatry
we. c-rsiely sow mach more eaUafactory than formerly.
Formerly, taw lapin sat in hi. own ball, and bad his game-
keeper for he clerk, but sow the busiunta way dine in petty
std they had for their weave an attorney.
Berl GREY observed that he kr often est on the grand
jury. sad he rut er that the amber of 23 was a great
otemele to the despatch of bowies's. When a premier was
borer bens, • megoirate the cam was beard In open court,
vitamin were heard on both nibs, and very often the pri-
WSW boil the ben •ff i of 14g41 amia•ance.
Lord OYERSTONE said he bellow-1 he was the only
guar is the ions who had bad pets ,nsl experience ,if the
teething of Vie grand jury system in Ltion, and be Gotha
my rt site fir them to tusks sores; like •
*artful isvestirsti,m into the cases brought before the,..
Oa oat earesion when he served, the grand jury open
awns theme...lsm that thirteen or !renown should rumbled
do the buslarae. and that the others might go away. They
had bet..., 300 and 400 bill. brought before theta, ea/ be
psi it to their ktdships whether such a tribunal could inter-
pees env available protection against any possible 'evoke by
a msgi.!rate.
The deem wait then agreed to, r wu also the remaisieg
erase. sal the bill wee reported.
COURT OF CHANCERY BILL.
This bill peened tbr .ugh imeiretre.
INDOWILD SCHOOLS BILL.

Th. r..port of saseteinseete os this tell sea brought op.
The Es•l of CHELMSFORD moved lbw the words
"w1.1,L .tioail chariti,•" be struck ost of the preamble. The
rest& .e. be raid, was that of soother arid larger nota-
ewe, sal these words were sot applicable.
roe were 8.'0,4 out.
Th. Doke of MARLBOROUGH east), by the bill as it
now the trustees of a school might feel thersasives
bouoit C.. wake rule., by which the children of Siassaters
might have the opportunity of havinu rel.gious instroctio• in
the echools ant ir.e:tble to their own religious denomination.
The meek of that would be entirely to destroy
the dienactiee character of church of Ragland schools.
The limbic duke concluded by eu.icutiting a ',revise to the
effect chat coulter in the act should be taken as allowing in
await ....gals religious aachiug other than in acvwdesice
with church of Esslual doctrines, and observed that the
web e sad teamed lon had consented to wake this point cher,
for which be befitted to 'batik biro.
Lord CRAN WORTH considered the noble duke's appre-
hen-toos were eatirely groundless, but agreed that there
ought to he so doubt us the subject. He obj,eted to the
wordier. of the propoeed essendswist, as set osienlated to
tarry out the object to %Jew, bat sufgesset weeds with that
view himself.

After o twig cos dos Laid Criamortk's auscricosat
vu mad !Ito report on the 111 ~as mend so.
T bah loodskipt skimmed at a quoin. is as o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tivasa4T, Fn. 23.
Tbe Srammt took tin *hair M a Ms 1464•4 eels&

The SPRAIIBR stated that b• bad riterivad • litter
Nun Lie pettnoessrs against ths Mum for lb. borough al
Carlow. Minna,* Was that it was stst Moir intention to pro-
and with tin petition.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH NAPLES.
Mr. 1. DI:Mt:011bl gave notice that, on t 114,4 day Awl-
night. he should call the attention of tits honor to tbs prows*
trusatafictory state of our dipi 0001,e Mamma wtth the
Nemintin g.varom tt, sod should submit a motion on the
THB COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE.
Sir H. WII. LO 0 Par* soden tin*, nu Friday. em
the oi •te 10 foe for ad.) tereinient of the honor, la should ask
the Piret Lord of tt... Truantry what oaten of pro. e.ding
.o I I.- viten to obtain lb. menet on of puliatneat to toe
taro argot, of the commerr .1 irony with Primer. whether
it vote,' t. done 14 rwialation, or by an addrwe of that
is a, orlattro nob tbr precedent of 1787: sad if not,
what • it... orrt. of pro reilosit would b. adored.

DI Tll5 ON PZRZION MALT.
Yr. PACK K gave ram, elms b iseaulittes as tb• CM
to.. A, es be obosid 1.1,r• Übe emiloios of tio M oosoaloa.
wbk b previa., kw i w ropool of rbo defy os Wein wok
MESSENGERS OP TRIICUSTONS AND MXCISE