The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-27 00:00:00

LIBEL BILL.

Lord CAMPBELL pcst—pone4;;; serund reading of the
Libel Bill. whiob stood fur a reoni reading for Monday
aut, to a future (ley.
Lord LYNDHURST asked hie noble friond whether he
not avail biin.elf of Inn opportunity ended by the
postponement of the bill to miner it more eitassire in its
GperaSioa.
Lord CAMPBELL said he co,dl not venture to do more
thin be had done. but If his noble and learned friend would
like it off his hand* and maks it Imre stringent, he would be
delislited to surrender it to him.
Es ti STANHOPE begged to remind the noble and learned
lord that the bill as it stood wee the result of thereeosimends-
tics of a colamittee of their lordships hones.
After a few wads front Lord Lo'tuuvur and Lord
Ca tvuat t, the etihiert dropped.

THE .NEW HOVEANMENT.

11. USN 3of SALISBURY rots and mid. I rise for
the parpooo of moving that the hawse do adjoin to Monday
ant. My noble friend it the baud of the government has
reqvasted me to say th.tt be thinks it more respectful to the
house to postpone any it itentent be atiy have to make until
that day.
Earl GRANVILLE-1 would venture to remind the
beam that at the limo of the formation of Lard Aberdeen's
governamat the softie teed (the End of Derby) objeoted to an
adjeursomat for three days, statiag that 48, or even 24, hours
we quite widlciant. lem not about to follow that prece-
dent, sod I spunk not only for Etyma, but for my colloeguss,
whoa I say that we are far from deetriag to follow that
amine, sad that not only cot eternal of the personal conme
airline which it may plaid to Lord Derby, but because I
think that a new government ought to have an opportunity
of looking into ettidal documents in their respective offices, as
wail so to consider the policy they propose to pursue and the
war hi which they should convey it to the public at large.
1 Maw thsrefore to state that we not only have no objection
to th• proposed adjournment, bat approve of it.
The Marquis of SALISBURY said that the adjournment
west osly be till the root day on which the house would
meet in the ordinary mune .

Th. 11,..tas them a;ijounted, at half• mg 5, to Moadsy.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAT, Fes. 26.

The ertAIBIt took the chair at the urn' hour.
Tha Trusary beach was emapied by Sir W. JoUille, Kr.
0. A. Handlice, Mr. IV biknier, end Mr. Napier ; and on
the benches baled them &A the majority of the conservative
parry. irr J. Graham, Mr. Oladstoim, and Mr. Drummond
took their Ivied seats jest below the gangway. Oa the
,vpoeition benches were Mr. Hirer, Mr. Lowe, Lord
Dineen, Sir B. Hall, and Mr. Wilson. Sir R. Bethel", on
entering the house, proceeded to the Trees/try bench, but
leding it already occupied, shook hands wit► Mr. Whiteside,
and, smicist much laughter, passed over to the other side,
end mated himself by some of his old colleagues. About
twenty minutes after four Lord Taimerston entered the
bear, and was received with MOM cheering, but it was not
very enthusiastic. The noble lord wee followed by Sir 0.
Orey and Mr. Laboochere. Lord J. Russell took his seat
Immediately below the gangway.

BEVERLEY ELECTION.
The Srr ticrK snooucce4 that he had received a COlllllllll.
Westin:, from Mr. Orry and other parties slating tbat the
petition manias, the return of Mr. Edw'arde for Beverley
wonid not be proceeded with.

THE LORD LIEUTENANCY.
Mr. O. A. HAMILTON Fomented • petition from tie
chime of Dublin •ad others of the nobility, gentry, mar-
chante end traders of Ireland, •prod to at • public meeting
mere:tad by the Lord Mayc r of Dublin, against the abolitLn
of the sr:iciest office of Lord Limbos:A of Inked.

PRIVATE BILLS.
Tha following bills wars read a esoond time and ordered
to be committed .—Blikentirad Improvement Commissioners
(Bcadholdors' ArranuementM ; Cornwall Railway; Cobs,
Machyalleih. and River Dorm Railway; Duna Vallee
Railway; Eiders Comities Railway; Globs Inearance
Company ; lawny, awl Old Ma drum Junction Railway ;
Yniguwn Railway ; Leitrim Railway and Lough Alba Pier;
Metropolitan Board of Works (Victoria-park Approach)
Reddi•ch Railway; Tee., Conservancy; Weet-and of Loudon
and Crystal Palace Railway; Weetainster Improvements
(Appointment of Managers, Sc.) ; Ocrbals Property and
Liabihtice ; Manchester Smith Jun-ti and Altriacham
Railway (No. 1); St. Leonard, Sboreditelt, Perish ; Stock-
ton and Darlington Railway (North Riding Lima); West-
minster Improvements (Sale and Lease, Sc.); balm

THE ADJOURNMENT.

Sir W. JOLLI Fit:, in moving that the bow et Ile Ilan
adjourn till Monday nest, said it might be convenient te state
the course which be proposed to pursue. He Intended, is
tlv., trot instance, to move the adjournment of the house El
Monday next. The noble earl at the head of the government
was desirous that parliament should smembte as soon as
parable for the despatch of business ; bat at the name time,
shilling to consult the convenience of hon. umbers, be
was sazious to state that at the meeting of tie been es
onday next, inch wri'n ....old be coo rt: I for m were neceieery,
and then be would propose s farther ad joaramist to Friday,
the 12th of Hardt —the earlier: possib!o parted at which her
Majesty's ministers could be in their places to °mance the
business of the house. He trusted that arrangement said
meet the convenience of the house.

Oa the question that the louse at its rising adjourn till
Xceday,

Rir It BETIIELL entertil at oonsiderable length into a
vindica ion c f bim•elf from an atensation made againat him
in the other hones of having misstated the law In the debate
of Friday. He declared that be bad norm dreamt of
laying down the proposttioa that en alien ooming
I. this ooantry was not amenahle to our law,
and that ■ renter misappeebansion, and consequently
misrepresentation, of what be bad raid it was impossible
to conceive. lie repeated what be did say upon the ono-
Mon, and re-effirmed the patitios thick la than laid down.
As aocompanied hie •iodicatbn with some rather egret sr-
marks upm judges who did not calline their declaration of
the law to the appropriate place—their own courts--after de-
liberation.

Mr. WARREN attempted to ‘lieenss the question by
ritiag the speech of Sir R. Bethel on Friday, but was
stopptd a the ground of order.
Mr. WHITESIDE maintained that the expositors of the
law in another place had stated the law a. it actually was.
The saw them dropped, and the motion foe adjuiustiont
was to.