The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING,

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL mid that in all the discus- i interfering with the law, and preventing the dos
skis. and ne varies which had taken piece upon the subject admiuistntion of justice in the country, and it was • happy
there hail never been soy difference of opinion as to the site circumstance that by the operation of law and by the exer-
except amongst some persons who were proprietors of thins of the clew the existence of this feeling hail in •
hostess in Lincolu's-hoefielils, and who uaturally desired greet measure diminished. But no doubt such • state of
that their property should become more valuable. The things was in existence when Mr. Adair first came into pos.
committee, for which they were indebted to the noble sermon of his Donegal property. Still it must be remain.
lord, rend which Mel leen e treat public benefit, was unani• bend that Mr. Adair's first coutest with the inhabitoota
remedy in favour of the site which it had recommended. mom out of a right of sporting. Then it appeared that Mr.
Ho Jul not think it could be right, therefore, to imperil Adair served notices to quit upon the Denyveagh tenants,
the pacing of the measure in the present session by consent. and in November of last year James Murray was murdered.
init to refer it to a select oeunuttes. And here, whilst he (Mr. Cardwell) must duly acknowledge
STREET LOCOMOTIVIES the candour of his hon. fined the member foe Cork county
In furnishing him with all the materials and information
Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for the
which he had collected with so much diligence, be could not
Home Departineet whether his attention had been called to .
• bat regret that his hon. friend had openly expressed his
an accident is the Hainietembroul, caused by • locomotive
that • suspicion of crime attached to a person
steam nod carnage, which, iu going along the road,
viewagainst whom the government, after full consideration, had
removing the debns from the old reservoir,
not deemed
innocence
right
tut:,
=tat any proceedings, and
ing and blowing.off steam, caused the bones of an omsnni—bus
(Hear, hear.)
to take fright, rush on the pavement, and capsize the pas- ensues
,„,.. The act of the murder of Murray was the work of two per-
sons. Traces of footsteps were found near the spot, and the
tosenit,r7s liseeßli.eopi"rgs ;arniate'l "wlciletelf; he dwasdoinofgopishnocionkintligatins'oc—b
locomotive, could saf ly run iu future marks were those of two persons one wearing shoes, the
e on the public road,.
other none, sod the murder appeared to have been the result
sir G LEWIS mid that a report on the accident in of a struggle between Murray and these two persons. Into
question had lees submitted to him, which, however, he the questions of the poisoning of the dogs, the attacks upon
should not think it necessary to read to the house, as it did the jurymen, the slaughter of the sheep, and the fire at Mr.
not materially differ from the accounts which had impaired %thin... house, he (Mr. Cardwell) should not enter at
in the Deese...pers. It appeared that one person had had length. They were introduced into the discussion, if he
his collnedione broken, 'tad that several others had received understood right, in order to show that Mr. Adair had
lirtii..ea ; but he bad not head of anything worse than that. brought several charges of crime spinet his neighbours, in.
There was uo doubt that considerable danger 'rose from the • eluding that of murder, which were not substantiated. He
en. ploymeot of these locomotives. (Hear,Mureshe supe.....,rin. would not allude to these charges except so far as they had
leaden!. of Police who had rePorted uPoo gated a direct bearing on the immethatequestion before the house.
these engines were most dangerous to the public traffic in He must say he did not agree mine h Adair in his view
the crowded roads and streets of the metropolis, but iu the that these acts showed a determined hostility against him
present state 44 the lam there was no remedy in addition on the part of the population. (Hear, hear.) But they
to the civil action of the person who sustained injeey from had Leon introduced into the discussion for the purpose of
them except an iodictment for • nuisance. showing that Mr. Adair's general conduct was such as to
TIDE SLIGO GUARDIANS. have warranted the government in superseding him in his
Mr. M'EVI )V asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland office of msgistrate. As he had said, the murder of Murray
whether his attention had been directed to certain proceed- was the work of two persona. Early in the year Mr. Mbar
Mgt a Ileged to have takers place at the Sligo board of guardians notified to the government at Dublin that he was about to
on the 4th of June tasty by which it appeared that two remove from their dwellings some forty.seven families, con.
children nailed Caulfield, whose parents were both catbolica ending of 244 persons. The government of his noble friend
had been registered preterites.* and that although deeply regretted that intention in a letter which lay on the
the uncle of the children had %mixed on the 21st may table. (Hear, hear.)igroe In that opinion he (Mr.
last for their discharge, the Sligo board of guardians had Cardwell) fully He could not but express again
refused los application ; and on the 4th of June a majority his deep regret that Mr. Adair should have
of the board ',eased a resolution to give them up to their come to that resolution. But the question before the
gremlfather, who then also, at the suggestion of the pro- house was, not whether this determination was or was not a
instant eliapleio, made • claim for them for the purpose of subject of regret, but whether it was or was not such an
at once tnuiderrieg them to • protestant orphan society ; ant as to deprive biro of his right to remain in the commis-
and what atom he intended to take in the matter. lion of the peace. This was • subject of the greatest im.
r__nmunce. For what was the office of justice of the peace
Mr. CARDWELL said that six years ago the children,
Was it not of
bethe. highest importance that justices of the
who were born of Roman catholic parents, were brought into
peace snoula independent of the government, rtnd rot
the house, and were registered as protestant' by the direr-
at the will and mercy of every successive go-
b= of their grandfather. The other day an applicationremovable
I,4eirn_trinntea?
it
tAtuldie howwerecoluialdblthwe ibendeendence magistrates
wee made to have them given up to their uncle ; but
removed, not ease:count
souther application was also made to have them given up to
of the illegality oyf their acts in any branch of law which
their grandfather. They had accordingly been handed over
thew commission empowered them to execute, but
Wthe bitter by the guardians, who, in so doing, had, be
because, acting within the limits of their own priv_te
believed, fulfilled the requirement' of the law.
right, they did not act entirely to our satisfaction? (Hear.)
RIOT AT PALLASKERRY. He said now as he had said on former occasions, that when
Major GAVIN asked the Chief Secretary for Irelseal it appeared that Mr. Adair was nut charged with any viola-
whether his attention had bees called to • riot that took tion of the law but that in what he had done be had acted
place on the 14th instant in the village of Pallaskerry, in within the limit+ of his legal rights, the government would
the eselosr of Limerick, caused by the posting of • placard not have been justified in suspending him in the commission
alleged to le offeeeive to the religions feeliap of the people of the peace. (Hear.) H. had no hesitation in saying that,
of that village ; and whether he would take steps to pre- condemning, as he did, the removal of 47 families and 244
vent a repetition of conduct which might he calculated to ex- persons from their homes for a crime in which it was nut
cite angry feelines. proved that any one of them took part, and in which it was
Mr. I'ARDWELL said that a riot had occurred at the improbable that the whole of them could be concerned, he
village mqueetion ; but by the •IletiOnlled the Roman ca. thought the warning that was given to Mr. Adair by the
Nolte
clergy pesos bad been restored, said the protestant Irish "
goverment was a right and proper warning, and be
clergymen bed undertakes on his part to de seeking more regretted that it hod Dot been followed ; but at the same
I. create ezeitement. time be saw no ground upon which tbegovernment couldhave
defended themselves in that house if they had been charged
with improperly reireovies Mr. Adair from the commission
of the prose Hear, bear.)
Lord O. HAMILTON baying spoken,
The questies was this put, and as no one responded for
the "noes," i.e. 'sand the motion fur going into commit-
tee of supply, thel SYWAMS declared that the "ayes" had it,
and coosequestly that Mr. V. Scully's motion was lost.
Mr. I. BUTT regretted that an accidental omission had
prevented the division from being taken upon the motion,
which be reseeded as one vitally affecting the peace of Ire-
land. He begged to give notice—
The SPEAKER—This is not the time to give notice.
There are several members who have motions which now
stand upon the list, and the course of proceeding must not
be interrupted by • notice.
VOTES ON ACCOUNT.
Mr. AUGUSTUS SMITH rose to move, that it is the
opinion of this house that the practice of voting sums on
account, especially so late in the aallioll, is inexpedient,
and that instead of voting sums on account, votes should be
taken on the whole sums given in the estimates on those
items on which the balances in credit are deficieut. If
they allowed the government to take the vote of credit
for which they were about to silk, he apprehended
that the civil service estimates would not come on
till it was too late in the mime for them to be anemic d
with any effect. And if there ever was • mashie in which
they ought to have bad the civil service estimates before
them it was the present, for they bad bad so measure of
great importanes to engross their attention.
The SPEAKER said the hon. gentleman could not now
makes modes.
THE AUGMENTATION OF THE MILITARY FORCE
IN CANADA.
Sir J. FERGUSSON then rose to call attention to the
intended augmentation of the military forte in Canada.
The matter, he said, was somewhat pressing, because from in-
formation he had received since be came into the house it
appeared that the troops were ordered to sail to-morrow.
Them was something wanting explanation in the feet of so
large a reinforcement as 3,000 men being sent out, and in
the manner in which they were despatched. The fact that
civil war was unhappily imminent in the United States had
nothing to do with the question, for the house had clearly
expressed ite opinion that absticence from all discussion on
that difficult question was prudent and becoming. He
thought that the course government was pursuing was very
likely to interfere with that resolve.
Lord PALMERSTON agreed that there was no appro.
hessian of aggression from America, or any doubt of the
loyalty of the Canadian people, and therefore none of these
seam were the motive of sending a force to Cared*. But
it wee the custom of al! nations to take the ordinary pra-
gmatism of placing • force near the frontier of other nations
which were engaged in warlike operations. The force sent
out wee only sefficieat to garrison the fortresses in Canada ;
and as to the meaner in which the troops were sent out, it
ought not to be matter of complaint that the beat ship, the
fastest, and one most adapted for the accommodation of the
troops which it was thought pmper to despaMb, should have
been selected. There wee nothing in the proceedieg in.
tended to indicate interference in the disputes in the United
States, or any question of the peaceable and loyal eonditioe
of Canada.
Mr. DISR.IELI said that the question was what was
the policy of the operation. If there had been no distrvb-
antics in the United States, word there troops have been
sent to Cans la ? If they were sent to garrison the fortresses
were they necessary ? and if to guard the frontier were they
sufficieot ? This was a very serious step, and the govern-
ment had taken on themselves a great resporsibility, and he
confessed he did Dot see the object of the government. Such
• step was well calculated to damp the ardour of the Cana-
dians with regard to that self-defeace of which they were
themselves fully capable. As an act of policy it was neither
sound nor wise.
SPAIN, MOROCCO, AND GIBRALTAR.
Sir It. PEEL roes to ask a question with regard to the
critical state of affairs on the ooast of Mo vow, and more
especially with regard to its influence on Gibraltar. He re-
marked that when hostilities broke out between the golden-
reent of Mammal and the government of Spain, in conse-
quence of the aggression of the Moors against the fortresses
of Melillo and Ceuta, indemnities were dem.snded and
agreed upon. The government, he thou ht, wisely consi-
dered that the trade and commerce of the Mediterranean
might be interfered with by the occupation of the opposite
coast by Spain, and moreover they were of opinion that the
interact of Gibraltar would be seriously aff:cteil by the oc-
cupation on the part of Spain of nay portion of
the territory of Morocco. A war of a serious cha-
racter broke out, and they lost 20,000 men ; and soisseded
in obtaining from Morocco an indemnity of 20,000,000 of
piastres. The government of Spain had received 7,000,000
of these piastres, but the government of Morocco said it
WSW impossible to go on paying this large indemnity. What
did Spain do in comequence ? There was an immense army
and an immense fleet in the south of Spada, and the cone
mander-inehief of the fleet had been to Morocco and
visited the fleet, occupied the coast of Mogadore, and
attempted to occupy the fort of Morocco. Many British
me-chants lived in Morocco, and all over the empire,
and nine-tenths of the trade of Morocco passed through
their hands. He asked then her Majesty's government
whether this interference of Spain was Pot likely to destroy
this trade The ordinary revenue was Do longer paid, and
the hoisting of a hostile nag was the signal for a number of
barbarous trams to rush in for plunder. On these he
asked that British merchants should be (Hear,
hear.) He wished to ask the nob e lord whether
her Majesty's government had interfered with these
arrangements between Morocco and Spina
Lord J. RUSSELL mid that the war between Spain and
Morocco was terminated by au engagement, among other
thongs that twenty millions of peones should he paid
by the latter ; the city of Tetuan being occupied until
12,00,000 were paid. This occupation caused discontent in
Morocco, while Spam, being dissatisfied, prepared an expe-
dition, an explanation of the object of which Was
asked by her Majesty's governmeut ; and it was stated
that it was caused by this refusal to pay the pecuniary
indemnity. The British government interfered, and learnt
from Morocco that it was absolute inability which prevented
the payment of the indemnity. Spain accepted the good
offices of England, and certain terms were prepared ; and
Mr. Drummond Her, the British consul at Tangier, with
the consent of the Sultan of Morocco, bad set out for the
capital in order to conduct negotiations for • settlement of
the mater; and there was every prospect of its being
arranged.
The house this west into committee of supply.
Mr. PEEL moved • vote of a sum of 1120,000 f. on account,
for certain civil siesless, which he stated to be only sufficient
to pay expanses which were now payable.
Mr. AUGUSTUS SMITH moved that the chairmen re-
ne'
=a ewes& in which the policy el the proceeding
of taking voles essesisat was canvassed,

SALT.

Sir J. P.tIEINOTON aakad the President of the Board
of trade whether say arrangement. had yet been made
with the governaseat of France for the admission of British
salt into that country ; and, if nut, whether there wm any
probability of such arrangements being &greeted.
Yr. 011140 N said that no arrangement had yet been
made for the reduction of the duty. An inquiry was,
hemmer, going mi. and Le rni.;ht say not only that there
wss a probability, but that he lied every reason to believe
th.t. they would soon be completed, and,would be followed
by a rsductioo of the duty on British salt going into France.
Sir J. PAKDIGTON—But what is the inquiry, and
when is it going on?
Mr. Of /NON —lt is going on in France, and it is by the
French government. It is matter which in their view ad
the question is difficult ; and they are conducting the in-
quiry, which we are led to believe will be followed by a re-
dac,ion of the duty as British salt.

JUNE 25,

On a dislike, the motion to report program was lost by
148 to 99.
The vote was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. PEEL the resolution was ordered to
be reported, and the house resumed.
PAROCHIAL AND BURGHS (SCOTLAND), No. 2,
The above bill was read *sewed time.
WILLS OF PERSONALTY BY BRITISH SUBJECTS