The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1867.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRfDAY, Arsu.l2.

IN the HOUSE of Loam., yesterday, the royal
assent was given by oonuniasion to the Canada
Railway Loan Bill, the Criminal Lunatics Bill,
the Shipping Local Dues Bill, the Mutiny Bills,
and a number of private bills.
The Judges' Chambers (Despatch of Business)
Bill, and the Vice-Admiralty Courts Act Amend-
ment Bill were read a third time and passed.
The Earl of I.llitmEsarsv, in answer to Earl
Russell, stated that no despatch had been received
from the Spanish government respecting the Tor-
nado in reply to the last despatch of her Majesty's
government.

The House adjourned at 20 minutei past 5
o'clock till Thursday, May 2.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FILIDAY, Aran. 12.
IN the HOUSE Of COMKONB, the CHANCELLOR of
the ExcwaQtTEß, in moving that the house, at its
rising, adjourn till the 29th, said as far as the go-
vernment were concerned they were desirous that
the debate on Mr. Gladstone's amendment on the
third clause of the Representation of the People
Bill should terminate that nigm.

Mr. Ossincire asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer if he had commissioned Colonel Taylor,
the Secretary to the Treasury, to enter into
arrange-
ments with members on the opposition side of
house possessing peculiar opinions. The reason he
asked this question was, that ho had seen a docu-
ment, a memorandum drawn up by Mr. Dillwyn,
and the correctness of which was admitted by
Colonel Taylor, to the effect that Colonel Taylor,
as a man of honour, would press on the Cabinet
the desirability of agreeing to Mr. Hibbert's amend-
ment, and that Mr. Disraeli and Lord Derby were
in favour of it.
Mr. 0. STANLEY said he and other members had
seen the document, and he observed to Mr.
Di Elwyn that he hoped he would place no depen-
dence on it.

Mr. Bitten-It expressed his surprise that the
document in question should have been used in
the way it had been by Mr. Osborne, and com-
plained that that gentleman had not given him
notice of what he was going to do. He was one of
those who were desirous of coming to some sort of
compromise about the Reform Bill. He had a
consultation with Colonel Taylor, who said there
was a difficulty in discussing some of the questions
in consequence of the illness of a distinguished
member of the cabinet, and that led him to sweat
an adjournment, not for the purpose of delay, but
simply to give opportunity for a more mature con-
sideration of the matter. In this lie saw nothing
for him to be ashamed of.

Sir H. EDWARD, said Colonel Taylor had met
with an accident, which prevented his being in his
place. He designated the attack upon him as un-
fair, uncourteous, and improper ; and asked whe-
ther Mr. Osborne had had the common courtesy to
give Colonel Taylor notice.
Mr. OSBORNE observed that he had.

Mr. AYRTON thought a compromise, if made at
all, ought to be made in public.
The CRANCILLOR of the EXCHEQVIM said this
negotiation was quite unknown to him. All that
he knew of it was that on coming to the house
yesterday he was told that Mr. Hibbert desired to
ask him a question, and he said he might ask it
when he liked. Me expressed a hope that nothing
would take place in the house which would prevent
members of different politics from enjoying social
intercourse.

After some further discussion,
Lord STANLEY said he knew nothing of the
matter except what he had heard in the house,
but he was authorised to say on behalf of his col-
leagues that they should go into the debate per-
fectly free and unpledged, and that there was no
understanding between the government and any
member of the house as to any concession that was
to be made.

Mr. GLamerowe said on the understanding that
the debate on the amendment was to terminate
that night, he would consent to the motion.
The motion was then agreed to, and the house
immediately went into committee on the Repre-
sentation of the People Bill, and the debate on
Mr. Gladstone's amendment was resumed by
Mr. ROEBUCK, who said he should vote against
the amendment.
Mr. B. Hors referred to the threat of a disso-
lution, and said he was a free lance, and whether
he was to be in the next parliament or not he
should vote against the " Asian mystery."
Mr. W. E. FoR,TEK was now and had been in
favour of household suffrage. But this was not a
measure of household suffrage. He objected to the
bill because it put the new compounder in a worse
position than the old, because it would give a great
advantage to the moneyed class, and because the
restrictions, which could not ast, would lead to
continual agitation. He looked on the threatened
dissolution with great equanimity. It was to be
deprecated on account of convulsions abroad and
financial disturbance at home, but as a radical
reformer he should not regret it.
Mr. ILTNT said the instruction to the committee
had been withdrawn, and Mr. Gladstone had de-
termined to bring it in by sections, and this amend-
ment was the first section. He believed the com-
pounder paid the full rate in his rent, and that if
he paid it to the overseer he would in the end have
it taken off in-the rent. Those who voted for the
amendment ought in consistency to have voted
against the second reading.
Mr. LOCKE vindicated himself from the charge of
having deserted his party, and said the course he ,
took had had the good effect of bringing the bill into
committee. The amendment was one he thought
liberal members ought to vote for, and he saw no
reason why it should be fatal to the bill.

The discussion was continued by Mr. Liddell,
Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Corrance, Mr. Cowen, Mr. Dal-
OA, and Mr. Hubbard.

Mr. HORMIAN cordially supported the amend-
ment. The measure of the government had been
received in and out of the house with an universal
chorus of disapprobation.

Mr. G. HARDY congratulated Mr. Gladstone on
having found a follower, and Mr. Horsnum on
having found a leader. The bill was a bill of
selection. Ho did not dispute the numbers that
had been cited. Under any circumstances not more
than from 300,000 to 400,000 would be enfranchised
by the bill. The question between them was
whether they would have this 51. line, or what he
called the line of selection. Mr. Gladstone had
better say at once what his amendment meant ; it
meant the destruction of the government bill, and
that without the threats, which had never been
made from the Treasury benches.
Mr. BRIMIT said the object of the amendment
was that every person who had the borough fran-
chise should be put on the same footing. At the
present moment the law required the occupier to
be on the rate-book, and the landlord's payment
was for the purposes of enfranchisement the
tenant's payment. Why for the purposes
of disfranchisement alter the law ? In
Birmingham the bill would enfranchise
2,300 persona and exclude 38,000. The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in 18d9 said he knew there
were tricks by which it was easy to appear to ex-
tend the suffrage and yet not give it, and that he
had them all in his pigeon-holes. After examin-
ing them the right hon. gentleman had found and
produced this as the cleverest dodge, and by it he
had caught many professed liberals. He did not
think it a statesmanlike policy to take a measure
partly because it was bad. He did* not think the
house was in favour of household franchise, and he
did not think it for the advantage of the most de-
pendent of the population that they should be sub-
hect to the excitement of elections. He was for
ousehold suffrage. In his own bill he proposed a
31. or 4/. rental. He would not quarrel about a
pound, but he believed the franchise might be
settled on that basis. Hu wished they could settle
this matter without party feeling and without a
division, and that it should be settled by the
wisdom of statesmanship, fend that it should be
grappled with by that generosity which belonged
to every great statesman of this country.
Thu CH A NCELLOR of the EXCHIAVER said the ob-
jection he had to the hard limitation of Mr. Glad-

atone was that it offered no settlement of the ques-
tion. He bore no to Mr. Gladstone in
attempting to change the government, but Mr.
Gladstone had had his innings, and they had no
right to expect a strong opposition from
him. This amendment was in reality a counter
proposition. It was a party attack, and must be
met as • party attack. He was at a loss to know
what concessions had been made on the other aide.
He had not proposed a lodger franchise, because
to propose one that would be satisfactory was a
most difficult thing to do. If a satisfactory propo-
sition for a lodger franchise could be made, he
should be very glad to accept it. And so with re-
gard to the voting papers he wished to consult the
house. He wished to distinguish between the house
and Mr- Gladstone, because there was an under-
standing between the house and the government
that this question should be settled by mutual
concession after discussion, but he could not shut
his eyes to the object of this amendment, and must
oppose it to the utmost of his power.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he held his position as
leader of the opposition by the free choice of the
members of the opposition, and if the Chancellor
of the Exchequer would accept no proposition
from him, he could not understand how he would
consult the house. He thought that the late
government, who left office in June last, when the
majority of the house wished them to remain in it,
were not amenable to the charge now made
against them, that they wished to turn out the
government. Referring to the arguments, he urged
that if it were right to compound, the occupier
should not be deprived of his franchise
because he lived in a compound house; and
if it were wrong to compound let them
alter the law. The principle which he asked the
house to adopt waaone of permanent application, and
was one which never could be wrong. It was, that
those whom parliament admitted to the franchise
should be admitted on equal terms. No bill lay-
ing down the principle of personal rating could be
satisfactory ; and, limit or no limit to the suffrage,
his objection was the same.
The CHAIRMAN was about to put the question,
when

Sir H. EDWARDS interposed with a question as to
when Mr. Osborne had sent word to Col. Taylor of
his intention to bring the matter forward which he
did in tho earlier part of the evening.
Mr. BRAND said he undertook to inform him, but
could not find him, and

Mr. OSBORNS said he thought Mr. Brand had in-
formed him.

The committee then divided, and the amendment
was rejected by 310 to 289.
The house adjourned at two o'clock.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron ChannalL)
EXTRAOHOINART CHAROZ OF MOWRY.

The jury, .tfter our report left, found the prisoner
Guilty.
. . . . . . .

_
Oa the prisoner being afterwards brought up for judg-
ment, the learned judge, addressing him, maid that the
jury, after a very careful inquiry, had found themselves
compelled to convict him of the crime of wilful murder ;
and aa to the act itself, there was no doubt that be had
committed it, and the only defence that was set up for
hint was that at the time he was labouring under a delu-
sion, which had impelled him to commit the crime, and
that he was, therefore, not responsible. It was not con-
tended that he did not on ordinary occasions fully appre-
ciate the difference between right and wrong, hut it was
said that he was labouring under a delusion, and that the
effect of this delusion was to induce him to commit the
act. The jury had carefully considered the matter, and
they had arrived at the conclusion that they were not
justified, under the circumstances, of acquitting him on
the ground of insanity, and it therefore became his duty to
pass upon him the sentence of the law for the crime of
murder. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the
usual form.

The prisoner bowed to the learned judge, and was then
removed.

Henry George Snelling, 33, was charged with the wilful
murder of his wife, Mary Snelling.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Montagu Williams was
counsel for the defence.

The prisoner was • painter, and resided with the de-
ceased in Verulum-etreet, Gray's-inn-road. On the 2nd
March they were at a public-house called the Goat, in the
same neighbourhood, both of them being at the time, and
the woman particularly so, the worse for liquor. They
appeared to be on good tens at this time, end went home
together, and the prisoner proceeded to his own room,
and the deceased sat down on the steps leading to the finri
floor, and there appeared to be no doubt that by some
means she fell down from the place where she was, and
then slipped backwards down the stain leading to the
kitchen, and in so doing fractured her skull. A very in-
telligent little boy, named Hawkins, the son of another
lodger in the house, who was the principal witness for the
prosecution, stated that while the deceased was. lying on
the ground the prisoner went up to her and laid hold of
her head and struck it against the ground, and then gave
her a violent kick in the stomach, which appeared to cause
her death almost immediately. The prisoner then went
away, and on his being told that his wife was deed he
exclaimed " Let the die and be —." The evi-
dence of Mr. Norton, the surgeon, went to show
that the mortal injuries were occasioned to the
deceased by falling down the stairs, and that death must in
any osse have been the result of those injuries, but the
case on the part of the prosecution was that the prisoner
by his violence had accelerated the event. It was admit-
ted, however, that the deceased could not under any cir-
cumstances have lived longer than • very few months ; and
It did not seem to be very clearly established to what ex-
tent, or by what means, the prisoner had accelerated the
death.

The learned judge ruled that upon these (acts the
charge could not be sustained ; and

The jury returned % verdict of Not Guilty.
Mary Candy, who had been convicted of the man-
slaughter of her child by starvation, was brought up fa
judgment, and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to
harl lshour for 12 months.

This concluded the business of the session, and the
court adjourned to Monday. May 6.