The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-27 00:00:00

THE METH (IF A T`i, INI 'I:SS.

The Karl of 1:RA1 FORD. tie. !.I Chamberlain.
brought up the following reply f, '•.••: M..jeaty co t: ..ir
lordship*. mhlr. *‘: - "I thank y.•u ~.ocertly for your loyal
mad 4!utiful..,iarem.. tool I thrive 6..1 iataetion from time
aaatuatter of your interrat in lutppintaa of
myself and my family."
I,l9:Lic scnr..):_s

The Earl of ELLENItt IR( WI • :). 1;1 .i ‘1
from a committee of resident, f hy. The fill: gave
powers to the governing ..mot rrs which might
be exercised in such a way a- ve.:i .t to injure the
privilege, of per: urns entitled to sets: t..mr sons free to the
;whim!. anti Al that the petV.-oers .1 nag that hefore
such powers acre ever,ise.l tl'y 4. 1 h.,vo the oipor•
tunity of communicating with :I •.:og babe, of the
'object.
The Earl of DERIIV vaid he wu,,,AI consider the po:nc
before the loiogire; up of tete IN port : la': he was anxious
that the bill should go dowle to the 11..t,e of C.A....n0r%
in the same turm as it was rl.elr , last
year.
The hill tlion passed thrutigl. co.tat.ittee.
OFFICE of, JUDGE IS THE ADMIRALTY.
DIVORCE. AND PROLATE rot' !ITS BILL.

The LORD IIfANCEI.I.I foov,ol tte seconsl reolinst
of the 4 Mice of:Judge in the Ail.. v. !favorer. aset
Pn,lnsta• 4 ourts Rill. The 5.,..,,••e! • t: • i:::! was to • 05..•
bine the business of thsuse courts, 1. was much in•
ereasesi. and it was intended 1•:. A ',Joni the other
house to restore to the •. is its juri , ••t.
over insurance, freight, elm rte.:. port. ... a;:.1 other ship-
ping matters. It would be risysi Ily iss,...ssitilfle for oix
judge to it:tow:set the business - totobined courts,
arid it was proposed to appoint a chief judge and two
puisne judges, who would h .ve power to sit in
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each .1 colonion c,:art.., as u1141.t
, required. These three judges wt,.11:1 .d•o form the
court of divorce, and relieve the common judge 4 from
having to leave th,ir own courts tc .:t in th..t court. He
only propos:a to take the see, -7,1 Analog now. and not
take the nett stage of the L:II 41AI] the bill for fi •
extcnsiou of the Admiralty jurici.ttion a..sbefote t. eir
lordships.
The hill rts then read a seeenil
TIIR BRITISH NORTH Arik:alt..% BILL.

On the third reading of the EritiA N rth Aniericin
Provinces Confederation Bill,
Lonl STRATHEDEN moved tb.it the third reading Is.
a for a month, in order in afford an opportunity
r:ttPiZing the opinion of t. .e pvt i..r of Nova Scotia at
the ehalions now pending.
The Earl of CARNARVON 4ail the .h.legatel had been
appointed by large majorities of both bainchea of the legit.
lature of N,va Scotia, with fol.. pun ers represent that
province at the conference whicL f.an.ctl the ha es of the
bill.
The amendment was withdrawn, and t:.e bill was then
read • third time and passed.
Their lordships adjourned at 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Tl' C4DAY, FEB. 26.
The SPEAK/II took the chair shoed/ Whoa four o'clock.

ROYAL COMMIS]( N.

In obed•.nnoe to the summons of the Deputy Csher of
the Black Red, the Speaker and several Loa members
attended the House of Lords to hear the royal assent given
by commission to the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland)
Act Continuance Bill.
PRIVATE r.usiNE.sS.

The Llynri and Ogmore Hsilway Bill was read a second
time.

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE.
.WITHDRAWAL OF GOVERNMENT GEIOLUTIONS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Mr. '
Speaker, I think it may be convenient to the House that I
should at the earliest opportunity, with reference to the
main subject of the discussion yesterday, state the course
which her Majesty's government propose to pursue with
respect to that matter. The great object we had in bring-
ing forward the resolutions which were the subject of dis-
cussion yesterday—the main and principl object—was
really to secure for the proposition, which we hoped in a
resolution form to have Introduced to the house, a fair
and candid reception. It is impossible for me to conceal
from myself, after the many observations which have
been made by gentlemen of authority in this house,
and particularly by the right honourable gentleman
opposite, that there is, if not a formal, yet, I would venture
to say, a moral understanding and engagement, that any
Dill the government might bring forward on the subject of
parliamentary reform will receive a frank and candid con-
sideration. (Opposition cheers.) Indeed, the honourable
gentleman the member for the Tower Hamlets, imme-
diately followed by the right bon. gentleman, seemed to
enter into an engagement that the second reading of the
bill would meet with no difficulty. (Loud cries of "No,
no," from the opposition.) I do not wish to press any
severe interpretation on anything that may have been
said in a spirit of courtesy in the course of our debates,
hat I think it right to take the earliest opportunity of
owing that her Majesty's government, after considering
all that has occurred and all that occurred in the house
yesterday, and with • feeling on their part that the great
object of their mode of proceeding, which they believed
would have been extremely advantageous, was to advance
the question—(laughter}—and every day convinces them
of the propriety. of the course they took— (renewed laugh.
teri— are of opinion that they would best promote the
course of public business and their object in dealing with
this question by not asking the house any further to pro-
ceed to the consideration of these resolutions—Haughter
and cheer.' from the opposition) —and by introducing at
the earliest opportunity practicable • bill on the subject.
(Continued cheering.) Of coarse, it is impossible exactly
to fix the day. (Oh, oh.) A reform bill is not like a road
bill—la laugh)--and adequate preparation is necessary,
but I should really think that probably in a week's
time we shall be able to bring forward a MIL
I will not make a formal engagement, but my own opinion
is, that on Thursday week, at furthest, I shall have the
honour of introducing • bill. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. GLADSTONE read a notice which some minutes
before the right hon. gentleman made that announcement
he bad placed in the handsel the clerk at the table, as an
amendment to the motion that the Speaker leave the
chair, to the effect that, government having informed the
house of the principal provisions of the bill which they
propose to introduce on the subject, the divussion of the
resolutions would tend to delay the practical consideration
of the question. He proceeded to say that, in his
opinion, the Chancellor of the Ei.cleque.- had pursued
a course in withdrawing the resolutions which was
most for the advantage of pubna husinees. He de-
nied that the observations of tho honourable mem-
ber for the Tower Hamlets, with reference to op-
position not being offered to the second reading, bore
the construction which the Chancellor of the Exchequer
put upon them, and be reserved to himself and those with
whom he acted the right to use their discretion as to how
far they should support and even promote and expedite its
passage through the earlier stages, and then fairly join
VIM* with the government on those points on which they
differed from the government.
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Mr. BRIGHT aid he would make to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer the same suggestion he made to the go-
vernment of Lord Russell—to eiiminate from the bill all
that related to the distribution of seats, and deal first with
the question of the franchise. He believed It would be
possible to carry a bill relating to the franchise only, but if
they clogged it with the distribution part of the bill,
ridiculously inefficient as it was for its purpose, they
might render it impossible to pass the measure.
Lord J. MANNERS said the hon. memb:r for Birming-
ham having on a former occasion assumed a monopoly of
honesty, on this occasion arrogated to himself a monopoly
of wisdom. (Oh, oh.) The hon. member offered them
advice, but he forgot to tell them that it was offered to and
adopted by a former government, and had failed in its
effect. (Hear, hear.) He ~the noble lord) would
like to know Lord Russell', opinion on the advice which
the hon, member gave him last year. (A laugh.) Looking
at what had occurred before, the hon. gettleman's mode
of proceeding seemed rather incmisiztent, and was not cal-
culated to promote the satisfactory prwresa of public
business. The plan of the government fur the redistri-
bution of seats could be sustained by ar;urrent when the
proper time arrived, and in the meantime the government
saw no reason to adopt the advice of the hon. member.
(Hear, hear.)
The resolution for the adjournment was then with-
drawn.