The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-06 00:00:00

NOTICES
.OF_ MOTIONS.

Colonel TAYLOR gave the following notices :—That on
the 7th February Sir Stafford Northcote would ask leave
to introduce a bill for the better regulation of the affairs
of railway companies who are unable to meet their engAge-
ments ; and on the same day that right hon. gentleman
would also ask leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of
certain exemptions from local dues upon shipping, and
upon goods carried in ships.
Colonel TAYLOR gave notice for Mr. HARDY, for the Bth
February next, to move for leave to bring in a bill for the
establishment of asylums for sick and insane persons in
the metropolis, for the more efficient distribution of poor
relief, and for other purposes.
The same hon. and gallant member gave also the fol-
lowing notices :
For Mr. WALPOLE, Bth February, bill to facilitate in
certain cases the proceedings of the commissioners ap-
pointed to make inquiry into trades' unions and other
associations of labourers and workmen.

For Mr. HUNT—BiII for providing a common basis of
value for the purposes of government and ►ocal taxation,
and a uniformity of assessment of rateable property in
England and Wales.
For Lord NAAR, 14th February, a bill to promote the
improvement of land in Ireland by occupying tenants, and
also a bill to facilitate the leasing and improving of land
by limited owners in that country.
For the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, 28th February, a bill to con-
solidate and amend the laws relating to insolvent traders
and non-traders, and for other purposes connected there-
with.

Mr. GReGORY gave notice for Friday, Feb. 15, on going
into committee of rupply, to move for copies of the cor-
respondence which had taken place between the Foreign-
office and foreign governments respecting the insurrection
in Crete.

Mr. LEALIE gave notice of a question respecting the
recent famino in Orissa.

Mr. WATKIN (for Mr. Seely), gave notice for that day
fortnight to move that in the opinion of that house the
control and management of our dockyards were inefficient,
from the following causes : first, the constitution of the
Board of Admiralty ; and second, the defective organiza-
tion of its subordinate departments, and the want of
clearly defined responsibility.
Mr. EWART. for Tuesday next, to move for leave to
bring in a bill to open the Universities of Oxford and Cam-
bridge to non-resident students.

Mr. Haabe tmrLs, for Tuesday next, bill for the
abolition of church rates.

Colonel:51(KM, on Monday next, to call attention to the
expenditure which was taking place in fortresses, and to
for detailed accounts.

Mr. WALPOLE, February 18, bill to regulate the labour
of women and children in workshops.
Mr. READ, for an early day, bill to repeal the malt tax.
Mr. Omar to move, on the rrrny estimates, the abolition
of flogging in the army and navy. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MoNsELL, for Tuesday next, a bill to repeal so much
of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act as prevented
the holding of the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland by a
Roman catholic.

Mr. Ton•lnM, for that day week, • bill to make better
provision for the dwellings of labourers in the metropolis
and other large towns.
Mr. WATCIN, on March 5, to move for • select committee
to inquire into the operations of the Limited Liability Act.
Mr. &MONDE to move for returns relative to the employ-
ment of the military at the recent Waterford election.
Mr..l. B. SMITH, for Thursday next, to ask the Secretary
for India • question respecting the introduction of the
Indian budget.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—THE ADDRESS.

The SPEAKER having read the speech from the throne,
The address was moved by Mr. T. DE GREY, who re-
ferred in detail to the various topics mentioned in the
royal speech. Without the 'Wahine° of all parties in the
house no reform hill could ever be carried • and if the
government had reason to believe that the question would
be approached rather in a party spirit than with a desire
to promote the general well-being of the country, it would
be scarcely prudent for them to undertake the task.
Mr. CIItAVES seconded the addres4. He congratulated
the commercial community on the prospect of the dis-
putes between this country and the United States being
settled in a manner which will put the law of neutral. on
a more satisfactory footing. The question of reform, he
said, had so far sdvanoed that argument was no longer
required to prove the necessity for an extension of the
franchise ; but he thought the question should be taken
from the domain of party, and that the house should take
it into its own hands and deal with it in a spirit of con-
cession and compromise. He expressed his great satisfac-
tion at the commercial reforms promised, and his hope
that these measures would be dealt with in a spirit of
wisdom and conciliation.
The SPEAKER then read the Address.

Mr. (:LAI)STONE, who, on rising, was greeted with
loud and prolonged cheers from the opposition side of the
house, maid in the course of his speech—Her Majesty's go-
veniment allude to a subject of great interest in reference
to the condition of the army and the foundation of an effi-
cient army of reserve. If I caught correctly the words of the
address it is proposed that we should promise to her Ma-
jesty to cheerfully consider any demand she may make for
our assent to a moderate expenditure. I must confer, if
I were a captious critic, that I would have a little
doubt whether cheerfulness of consideration is
exactly that form of consideration which the represen-
tatives of the people should give to proposals for the aug-
mentation of expenditure. (Laughter.) A ready and
careful oonsideratton I have no doubt that subject will
Lave, and I trust a fair and even liberal consideration.
Most certainly I can say with confidence that, while we
shall expect her Majesty's government to show that the
expenses proposed as necessary in one direction can bo
compensated by savings iu another, they will reoeive the
cordial support of this house in every well conceived and
every effectual measure for the attainment of that most
important object, the foundation of a good army and a
sys-
tem of reserve. (Hear, hear.) The speech also
touches on a subject as delicate as it is important
in the reference it makes to the inquiry which
is about to be instituted into the disagreements
between the employers of labour and their workmen, and
the means by which that inquiry is to be prosecuted. I
think that exaggerated statements to a certain extent
may have acted on the public mind and tended to pro-
pagate the idea either that the differences between the
employers and their workmen are now of a more aggravated
character than in former times, or that the effect of those
differences is to menace the commercial and trading
interests of this country. If there be those who really enter-
tain that apprehension let them pay attention to a single
sentence in the speech of the seconder of the address,
which acquainted us that the joint increase in the exports
and imports from and to this country for the nine months
of last year, compared with the return for nine months in
the'preceding year, amounted to Bitty five millions of money.
(Hear.) But that is no reason why the attention of parlia-
ment should not in a very useful manner be given to this
subject, which is of the utmost importauce, and as to which
undoubtedly serious difficulties and evils have to be re-
moved. But what I hope, however, is that the interpo-
sition of the government in this matter will be an amicable
interposition, and in particular that when my right hon.
friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department
triunes his bill for obtaining from parliament powers to
make the inquiry effective, he will bear in mind, as I am
sure he will, the full and absolute right of all individuals,
employers and workmen alike, to bring to the market the
commodity they have to dispose of, whether it be labour
or capital, end sell it upon the best terms in their power,