The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-23 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDB.7Tlitrasorr, MAzc 22.

Their lordship mot a$ 5 o'clock.
THE GREAT TASMANIA.—PROVISIONS FOR THE

CHINKIE EXPIDMON.

The Doke ofBOIIERSET replied to the Beef of Ellen-
Inrush that be bed rued with much palm and anxiety the
oseemets stubs sufferiari Cl the troops on board the Great
Teems* but begged to nu that the Admiralty was in no
resporible for the state of the d provisioes there.
The Had of IILLENBOROUGH—I did not say the Ad-
Unit was
They Duke rotriarbdißSEe. T referred to what had been done
4111841 and 1842, when provisions were sent out to Hong
Kong for the troops sent there from India. Provisions were
in the int buitance sent to Hoag Kong for 7,000 men, and
afterwards for 12,000 men ; said subsequently ;provinces
were ales forwarded from time to time to meet the wants
of the troops u they arose. What had been done in the
prieset case wu this. As his noble friend knew, there
we. great difficulty in obtaining nippliee in India
for lug voyages. The beet meat salted in India
would not keep for • very long voyage, and
the biscuits made there were also very inferior. For the
rued sent from India with discharged soldiers sufficient
European provisions could not be obtained, se they had
bees aloud 'Merely ued up, and therefore the Tasmania
was obliged to have recourse to provisions of a very inferior
quality, As to sending out provisions for the supply of the
troops In China, he might state, in the tirst instance, that
the „ivy gee amply provided for, and had supplies which
emu yet tam until December next, and
more than eunuch been sent out in order to meet
any casualty: 0r1.17 _ars Minded the naval force,
the home might rest 101 In there would be ample pro-
visions. As to the seem, provisions had been sent out from
this country to freeLlitlaone:, enough for the whole force
there for three months, and care would be taken to have •
stock of provisions on The Admiralty were sending
out supplies every two or three month., so as to meet the
nonenroption. He begged their lordships to remember that
the diem* from Calcutta to Singapore was Daly 1,600
realm, whilst the distance from England to Calcutta was
15,000, and that previsions which would not keep for the
keg voyage, might be quite available for the shorter dis-
tance, not only from Calcutta to Singapore, but
from Singapore to Hong Kong, which was about 1,800 miles.
The Admiralty had adored every vessel to touch at Singa-
pore. In the mouth of January large supplies Cl salt pro-
visions were sent out by way of Sues to the troupe in Bom-
bay, so that they should have European cured meat; and not
only bad • large portion been sent out by way Cl Sum, but
also via the Cape for the troops in Bombay and Madras. The
army therefore would, under these arrangements, besecured
u ample supply of good food, and arrangements bed been
made at Hong Kong which would place the matter beyond
all doubt. Their lordships therefore, be wee happy to
snare them, had no reason whatever for anxiety. (Hear.)
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH expressed lumeelf gene-
telly well satisfied with the statement of the noble duke,
but would suggest the establishment of a permanent depot
at Singapore, end also that mesas should be taken for
insuring a supply of freak meat Gad vegetables, of which
the troops were sometimes much in need. The noble duke
bad not stated for what amount of force provincial had been
sent.
The Duke of SOMERSET—For an army of 10,000 non.
ADJOURNMENT OF TEE HOUSE FOR THE

KABTER B.ECEBEL

The Earl of DERBY raked the noble duke (Newcastle)
when it was the intention of the government to propose as
t for the Easter recess.
"itum Dub of NEWCASTLE replied that he found it would
be necesimuy that their lordship should sit the (net two
days ia Passion week, on account of certain MIL which were
to come up from the House of Commons. It would be 1111
partible to dispose of these important measntes, unless
their lordships sat on Monday, and perhaps on Tuesday.
On the latter day he proposed to move that their lordships
should adjourn until Tneeday, the 17th of April.
The Earl of DERBY observed that they were asked to
sit tether longer than usual, but he 'opposed it wee owing
to the state of public business. He presumed the noble
lord would give an seaman°e that it was not intended by the
government to ask the concurrence of the house to any
mewsof importance, beyond those pertaining to financial
amegpmente.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE—No, only those lIIIISEAMOI
which have reference to finance; add the progress of pub..
lie business admits of it, and is more rapid than we expect,
I will move the adjournment on the Monday, instead of on
Ihe Tuesday.
QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE ABOLITION BILL.
Lord TETNHAM, in moving the second reading of this
bill, remarked that • similar measure, but with an additional
dame, pealed the other house last session, but came
up here too late for its adoption.
.The. Test Act passel in
HMS contained the declaration which it was now proposed
to do away with. When it was brought to a snood read-
ing in another place it did not contain this declaration, and
yet had the support of the noble earl (Derby) opposite. The
bill had hardly been passed when a public dinner was
given in commemoration of the event, at which the late
Duke of Sumer. presided, and Lord John Russell there es-
=his regret that the declaration had ever been requited,
it was a declaration applying to the functions of
civil offices, and not to religious opinions. The declaration was
framed with very little thought as to the component
part of the community ; the consequence was, that the act
had not been long in force before two other seta were
found necessary, one to soften down the force of the decla-
ration in faiour of Moravian, Quakers, and Separatists.
and the other in favour of the Jews. But notwithstanding
these ameliorations their lordships had been made aw,re,
* a petition from Bradford, that mea highly esteemed wet,
in other respects well qualified were by this declaration we-
vented from entering corporations ; and so their fellow-
chasms lost the benefit of their services. When the deal-

ration was Jreir t 1; first req-- corporations possessed eccle-
siestieslazpormroZ, but by the Corporation Bill of 1835 they
were of it. The declaration ran in these WOJ la :
" I,A. ,do solemnly and siaoarely, in the praeooe of r :orl,
proles:, testify, and declare upon the true add of a Ch, iii-
tian, that I will never exercise any power, or authority, or
influence which I may posies. by virtue of the office in the
corporation (or whatever it may be) to injure or weaken
the Protestant church as by law established in England."
Some dissenter, objected to the use of the words art esme-
°emery and profane, in the presence of Gad," but the
great objection to it was, that the words were ambiguous
and ensnaring to the conscience, and give doable whether,
having taken such an oath, they oould, with an easy coo-
science, petition for the abolition of chards rate&
On the ground, then, that It was not desirable to =chide
hem oboe those who could well serve their country on the
pound of religion, and in order not to hamper the cres-
lkillaMlS of their fellow-men, he confidently asked their lord-
ships to ii to this bill.
Lord C :=2IIIFORD felt most strongly that if their lord-
ships now seceded to this measure they would be creative a
precedent which might be used upon future measione to Os*
disturbance of the national church. The question was
whether the declaratice was of such a nature that any die-
mentor who really meant honestly and fairly to the church
could have any °Walks whatever to it! At least he
Ibt it was very remarkable that the objections
by the noble lord did not occur at the
time the bill was passed. He objected to the
bill on three grounds : first, because it would dis-
turb the settlement of the question, which had already
taken place ; secondly, because the noble lord, the mover 4
the bill, was not able to point out any existing pievanoes;
`and thistly, because it would remove a stumbling block out
of the way al some disasters who might be disposed to in.
jure the established church. Under these eircuandauces,
he felt it his duty to move, as an amendment, that the hell
be read a second time that day six months,
The Duke of NIWCASTLN said the noble and learned
lord who had just sat down slated that the noble lord who
brought in this bill had not brought forward any argue mnt
in favour of it ; bat he (the Duke of Newcastle) confessed
he had not heard any argument from the noble and learned
lord against it. As he understood it, this bill did not
" slip" through the House of Commons, as the noble and
learned lord said. He believed, on the contrary, that the
second reading was moved at a late hour of the arming ;
' that it was objected to by two or three members of the
house; that a debate took place upon it, which was ad-
journed for Wee wail when the member for Warwick-
shire stated that his objections to the bill were unsupported
by any member either on his own or the other side of the
house; and he allowed the second reading. The noble cad
learned lord could see no object that was to be gabled
by this bill: but there were certain individuals who,
differing from the established church, did feel that
the present law was a stumbling-bloch in their way,
not aping the stability of the lished church, but of
their own conscienees. He knew himself a ease of a highly
respectable gentling:au who refused to take any muniemai
office on sooount of this dedandica, end he believed from
hie knowledge of that individual that be was as incapable of
making use of any dace against the established church if he
did not take the decimation as if he did. But the low in
this case was in a most anomalous state. Not one-tenth of
those who took office under the crown ever took this decla-
ration, and parliament peened every year an indemnity act
to nave three persons from puma and penalties for not taking
it. Nobody who ever witnessed a scene of taking this de-
claration could say that it wee reverential, and that wag
owing, he thought, to the feeling that existed in the pebble
mind Qua it wee a ruere remnant of the feeling that ex-
isted et the time dimwits's were admitted to times 080/S.
Hie noble and learned friend maid *Skill woad for a very
formidable precedent ; but he (the Dube of Newcastle)
could net see that if a quasars was he to ore considered as
settled it wee never to be altered epda. Be °saki not tee
the force of eat objection. It vas now ill years sinci the
Test and Nepenthes Lola Wife repeal* sad at that time
' there were rig prat appfelowskaa that diameters
would be my deem=s to Om esbildished church.
He believe[,.. had dim that those
fears were that ought I. upends in removing
the iwohibitions restriction tate our made at that
time. Last yeaest bill wee been& tip from the other
house,. whisk 11•11111•11•4 a AMY Utile provided that the
municipal SA ba tam ha any dimenting
Piave 01 worn
all-gethereelifi the promoters of the pe-
nult bill acted wisely *cinsiNing lid doom
4
The Bad of Difilbr aid le elignik• to the bill was
that it was one of • settee of aiamorros which were
being industriously bra forward and actively supported
by parties who ware a illerirees at destroying the in-
fluence mid authority of ostaldiewl church, and who
were elisions to place that Aiwa is war respect upouthe
same foe Voss as that of the &meeting mete of this country.