The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-15 00:00:00

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tene:ioes, where even climes which are little 01111i411 with
ienisca an to be foes* spontaneously " arrayed most
other in two hostile amps," sod resorting? em the
slightest prorogation, to physical force. Nothiserset the
power of the imperial government keeps these inveterate
THE PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL ! feeds at • safe level.
Of the verbal changes which Mr. Disraeli bas! The Herald attributes the constitutional difficulties in
made in Um form of parliamentary oath which he will pee. Victoria to the system of respoosible government, which •
pose is remerimer today, one, the Daily Pew ear I false liberalism has introduced into our eolooies, the effect
dierioishes without entirely removing its absurdity, Irbil; !of which has been to abdicate governmental functions, to
others open the door to the very danger which they area rename the prerogatives of the crown, and to endings:. the
des geed to shut out. It was obviously wise to Ih:sodden or sovereignty of Great Britain. The preselects and
omit the words " heirs and snomesors," as allegiance tic legislators of Victoria era mere creatures of imperial
oseriot be extended to a merely possible king or to an un. law. Sir Charles Darling, whose roc sinevitable, hos
hoed line of monarchs, bat be should have seen that the been the victim of a system which thald suspects
lesespokis might have been left out as well as the successors will demand other and more illustrious sateifiees.
—the color including the persons The insertion of the The Star assumes that Sir Charles Darling is recalled
words by which it is affirmed that her Majesty is for declaring, in an intemperate despatch, that if • general
" under God," the only supreme governor, is rather election had not beep on the eve of taking place he should
profane than :eyetooth], —easertiose of the kind have felt it to be his dirty to mimed the members of the
deriving their sole necessity from a possible de. Council who signed an address to the Queen protesting
sail. In this ease the addition is not even harmless, against his eons, and that it would be impassible for him
but with a restain section of the church of Rome weak" ever to designate any of them for the position of • cool-
positively aid the attack on the clesse's supremacy. To dentist adviser of the crows. Though be aggravated
the.ultrersontanes who hold that the Pope is the repreaen- the dispute and acted illegally, the Star does not think
tative of God on all questions temporal as well as spiritual that Lord Russell and 3111. Cardwell will be disposed to in-
the supremacy of the Qom, "under God," will mean Bid permenentinjury on ea old, a well-tried, sad a eon-
neither more nor less than her supremacy under the Pope selections went of the crown.
—that is to say, it will MOM the supremacy of his Holiness The Telegraph thinks Mr. Cardwell had so option but
end the subonliestioe of her Majesty. Another alteration to relieve SirCharies Darliog of his govermn
terms ent, end speaks
the
be interpreted by Roman catholic* to mean that of the right hon. g intlemen's despatches iof
the Pope has no jurisdiction in the ecclesiastical councils inked praise.
mid synods of their church in Ragland and Ireland ; The Daily /fens says, with H. Jules Fame, that the
said if so, it contradicts a notorious fact and rumness whole question as to the extradition treaty with
whit is to oatholk• a sacred authority. Mr. Disraeli, the Franos in whether extradition should be granted by
Daily News is forced to conclude, has sot a happy hand is executive or by judicial authority. It is idle to pretend
the manufacture of oaths. The first seetanos of hie oath, that English ministers or magistrates are more hospitably
which I the satire oath proposed by ministers. oostainsell Inclined towards French criminals that French ministers or
that is essential, Moe allegiance to the Queen in seirsow- magistrates towards English amicable's. Criminals of either
hedging her title, which is ideetioal with that of her sue- country are not among the imports ocietscilitiMeff by the
mews, acknowledges theirs, while the royal sovereignty treaty of oommeree. Bat we are puerile, me pedant's, or
Ms the royal supremacy. fastidious mon& to cleave obstinately to English peimaphis
Tne Herold says Mr. Noreen form contains of law, however irritatiog and offemive to arbitrary rulers.
ell that peetestents madder essential, and is.
dudes nothing to which the most scrupulous sod
Ininder-oceseiemed catholic, assuming that he entertains
se treasonable designs, can object. The act of settlement',
the limitation of the crown to protestant+, is the keystone
of war existing constitution, and the memory of it should
Its kept alive by requiring the solemn declaration to defend
it from every member of parliament before he can take pert
is the work of legislation. If it should prove that the go-
Yerienmat sod the moieties.' whip of Dr. Nannies command
a majority spinet Mr. Disraeli's proposition the fate of the
hill is settled. Catholic members of parliament must eoli-
ths* to protest that they do not approve murder bemuse it
Is authorised by a Pope, and that they really min all they
swear. They have a proposal made to them the fairness
sad NNW ef which they have admitted. U they reject it,
the senearmilves will have no option but to throw out the
NIl is the House of Lords.
The Advertiser considers that tunes inconceivably great
even es to whether or not we are to have • protestant enc.
session to the throne of these realms, depend on the decision
to which the House of Commove will come this evening on
the Oaths Bill. It may seem • trivial matter to some, but
It is merely a begineiog. The Advertiser believes that both
Biz George Grey and Mr. Disraeli, if they dared, would
ghdly pima Dr. Cullen and Dr. Manning in the House of
Lords tomorrow, and vote 500,0001. • year for an Irish
Roman catholic establishment.
The Telegraph, assuming that Mr. Diersallh amendment
will probably receive the unanimous support of the oppo-
sitioo, and will be resisted to the lest by the ministry, looks
forward to-night for the first genuine party division, which
will test the real working strength of the liberal cooserva-
Mee wrgenisatims. His ameadmest is so worked as to frus-
trate the very object which the bill was designed to secure.
The clause in which the word "prelate" is introducied is ex-
plleitly direct( h against the Roman catholic members, sod
ameanis to a formsl repudiation of a doctrine bald by
*ea sea matter of faith. The existing oath is infinitely
less offensive.
Mr. Edward Lucas 'mites to the Star to say that be has
reason to koow that Roman catholic layman are as a body
opposed to the oath as amended by Mr. Disraeli, sod
would only give up their opinions prov:ded the catholic
bishops decided in favour of the amended oath.

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TEE EMIL( BILL DEBATES.

SNOW or reembesdiesutwASCVo puliaineat fora county or
'brook who is as balms, that is to my :
1. Is of full age, and not subject to any legal Weeps-
city ; sad
11. Hu resided in stick county or borough for period of
six 'seethe immediately preoedioi the let day of July in
say year, sad for the two years immediately providing the
'ski Ist day of July has kept a balance of not less than 501.
deposited is some savings bank in his own name sad for
his own nee ; end
3. Has os or before the 20th day of Jaly in eaelt year
darned to be registered is a voter at the next ensuing
regieretion of voters.

Raoul Anoint an ro Rama.
IX. Is every rate made for the relief of the poor the
following rule shall be observed (that is to say) :
I. Every home or other set of premises occupied by a
different minim as owner or tenant shall be metered sepa-
rately in the rate book, whether the owner is or is not
emend to. or has or has not compouedsd for, the rake
payable in teepees of each premised, sad in every oast the
gross estimated metal as well es the rateable value of the
premises aid the name of the person oesapying as owner
or tenant shall be sperdied.
2. Where a bouts or other building forms part of any
premises hereby required to be separately entered, the rate-
book shall, in describing the premises, specify the fact of
there being nth holm or other buiblieg.
3. For the purposes of this section, persons occupying
jointly as °wears or tenants shall be dealt with as if they
were one occupier, with this differeess, that the names of
all each occupiers shall be Mated, with the addition that
they are joint occupiers.
4. Every rate made for the relief of the poor shell, in
addition to any other particulars which the form of making
out such rate may require to be set forth, contain an Sc.
count of every partioular set forth In the term marked A.
in the schedule to this act annexed, so far as the same era
be eseertained.

Batuantamog ow Vosges.
X. The following regulations shall be observed with re-
spect to the registration of veins :
I. The overseers of every varlets or township shall make
out sr saw to be made out • list of all posses oo whom a
right to vote in respect of the oempatin of premiss is
oonferred by this act, in the same meaner sad subject be
the same regulation as 'early se eireurnst•aose admit In
and subject to whin the overseen ci perishes sad town-
ships in boroughs are rsquined by the registration ads to
make out or came to be made eat a list of all persons
entitled to vote for • member or members of • borough in
respect of the orieupatioa of premiere of the dear yearly
value of cot lees than 101.
2. In boroughs the claim of every person desirous of
being registered as a eater for • member or mambos to
serve for such borough in respect of the occupation el
lodgisgs shall be in the form marked B in the said
schedule, and have sneered thereto a declared= in the
font and be fortified is manner in the said schedule raw
tiptoed, or as seer thereto se circumstance admit.
3. The claim of say perms desirous of being registered
as a voter for a member or members to serve for say
county or borough Is menet of a qualification as a de-
positor in asevinp bask shall be in the form marked C. is
the said eehedule, or as near thereto as circumstance" admit,
but no such claim shall be received by the overseers union
%have annexed thereto • Gartland° in the form marked D.
in the said schedule, or as near thereto as el:tameness
admit. and signed, in the ease of a post-office savings busk,
by some officer aathorisel to sign the same by the Poet-
reaster•General, and in the can of soy other savings bank
by two of the trustees or managers of each savings bent,
or by some altar authorised by them.
4. The overseers in counties mbar'ughs shall annally
give notice rennin every parsming to be reentered
in respect of • qualification to vote ea • lodger or as a de-
positor in • savings bank to send io his enim to them, such
notice to be given in the same manner, so far as dream-
stance admit, in which overseers in counties gin notice
=der the law sow in force to person desirous of being
paved on the list of county voters rsquirisg son pones
to seed in their claims to the overuses.
5. Upon the receipt of • claim by • person claim* to be
registered as • lodger, having sensed thereto nob declar-
ation and certified as aforesaid, cc of a slates seconspanied
by such certificate as aforesaid, on the part of a peens
claiming to be registered es a dep niter in a savings bank,
the overseen may make all such objections to the claim
so made sa overman in nuatio are empowered to make in
receiving claims of voters, but, subject thereto, shall plan
the claimant on the list of voters for the pariah or t nrs-
ship in which the reddens of the voter Is situate.
8. All the provisions of the registration wee shall apply
to voters oa whom the franchise is oonterra by this sot, in
the same mann in all respects, so for as is practicable, as
they apply to the voters is the said acts mentioned.
1. All precepts, notices, lid' of voters, registers of
cetera, inn:rayon* and proceedings relating to the re-
&Oration of voters, shall be &demi, framed, end es-
premed is such manner as may be necessary for carrying
tato of the previa:we of this ad.
XL Every poses oa whom • right of voting at an
elation of • member or members for a county or
borough is conferred by this act shall, subject to the
enditioas affeotieg his right to be reentered io any
year, be entitled to be registered in say register of
esters to be formed foe snob musty or borough sub-
sag-candy to the 10th day of Juse, which first happens
after the mane of this sot, and shall be entitled to vote
at say elesene of • member or members for such county
or borough which may take plan after the tornados of
such register.
XII. If any person whose certificate is required under
this set in rapport of ON claim of a person to vote to respect
of a qualification se depositor in a savings bank wilfully
referee to rive such certificate, he shall, oo summary con-
viction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 54
MIL If say pesos Is guilty of say of the following
offences, that is to say,
1. Wilfully give any certificate required by this act
falsely ;
2. Forges, counterfeits', or alters soy such certificate or
any signature thereto ;
3. Knowingly makes use of, in support of • claim to vote,
any false cortifieste, or any forged, coruittrfeitzd, or altered

ortifrate ;
4. Wilfully makes any false statement in any claim or
makes any fare declaration in respect of ay claim made
tinder the provinces of this act ;
Such prom shellbe guilty of a misdemeanor. andoebeieg I
*Deviated thereof shall be liable to imprisonment with I
hard labour for a term not exceeding two rm.
Arsenuntrr AND Rimer. or Aura.
XIV. Subjest to the provisioos of this sot, all laws,
arcades, mega provisions, and penalties sow in fares re -
spectiog the registration of voters and election of members
to serve in parliament for Knead and Wales, shall be tied
remain in fall force, end apply to sly persona acquiring
or seeking to acquire a vote under this act.
XV. Sections 21 and 25 of the act of the mood year of
Ming William the Fourth, chapter 45, shall be repealed,
and in place thereof be it enacted, no person shall be en-
titled to he registered as a voter for a county member or
members in respect of any premises situate in a borough
if he would be entitled to be registered is respect of such
premises as a voter for a member or members of parliament
to serve for such borough.
XVI. No person employed in any goverment arsenal,
dockyard, or yeti, or in any factory caseated with her
!West?' army or eery, shall be espeble of veer( at aey
election of members for the aunty or borough within
which such &meal, dockyard, yea, or factory is sitar
daring the time that he is so employed, end for two maths
atter he has quitted such employment ; nod the aloof
such person, if given, shall be void, notwitherading
that the ems of salt person ru,iy have been inserted in the
eaglets: in faros at the time of such election.
XVIL Thereat of isispeethig and making extracts from
raterbooks ghee by the 16th section of the area the lith year
of the reign of her present Majesty, eheprr Id, to any perms
whose sem is os any list of voters for the time bang for
ay city oe borough, or who claims to have hie same inserted
is any such list, shall alined and be exercised to aft by
aay person whose same is an lay liet of voters for the
time berg for soy eensiy, or to or by any pars who
claims to have his name insetted ie pooh list.
vim Every person claiming to vote se a depositor in
a savings bank shall ale at the booth a which be would
ate if he were registered as a voter in respect of property
situate is Use parish, township, or plans In which be
1 madder .

Zia. There ebell be repealed—
]. The whole of 4114/ set of the melee of the 11111 awl
12th yeas of her present Majesty, chap. 91), islltsded " As
Act to regelate the limes of /*mamas et Itches sad Two
by Parliasseabey nectars ;" and all ether oreetessete new
is fetes AAA require, es a oondities e/ the regiesratiest
la say year e/ say rater, or of Me title be "Ma, dot be