The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-15 00:00:00

8M ITBFIRLD VA XS?.

Mr. MACKINNON, metng the tinder-Semetary for the
Nome Depontessat in Ha place, woad eta him whoa the
report of the elmeireioners qpileil M Weeks into the
mate of Smtthl.M Market might he ezPosted.
Mr. C. LEWIS ea that the eessmissiown appointed to
inquire into the stew el SmithAeld Market had held a great
number of mootiney mad new were wsitiag for a eossineni
cation from the City nethaeidne rospoeting a plea which the
latter body wen wwiaseesei to hive ender consideration.
When that pies wee reesived the easaliorionen would im-
mediately pressed to peepers their report.

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.
Ns. BOUVERIE asked watt►sT Is was um iatoottow of
Dmaniat a Introdoa dosing an Malkin section Sig
iesoare for Um reform of this Essladostical Courts.

Su O. ORBY was understood to say that a bill on the
abject was is preparation, and that it would be introduced
in tins to aims full opportunity for consideration of its details.
POOR LAW (IRELAND) RETURNS.
Mr. P. SCROPR asked whether then would be any
objection I. Icy en the table return showing the rats of
mortality which had recently pnvailed in the Rilrash
Union.

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Sir W. SOMERVILLE bad ao objection to give the re-
hires asked for.

PUBLIC LIBB4IBIBS.

Mr. EWART sits;;;;;•77., lace, i,; bring in a bill
enabling tows seems& to establish public libraries. He said
that Is the wens be about to make he was f. Wiled sot
may by pals *miss bat by_tbe unsaissous decline ea se.
lest siMmillse el that lesse. Then was no acwou7
thereat towns et whisk were so badly supplied with pa so
libraries as our owe. Leeks, the largest town in the
world, or rather a vast essgeries of towns, had only one
peddle Plwary. wd *ea sal, imperfeetly acessible. Ia his
=ll6§ aisiospelk sushi est to have less than four, I.
gusalems. (Hear, forr.) The cue was woes. in
the great massamering towee—Manebester, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Eirmiegbam, Leeds, red Sheffield, bad no
libraries; while, mending to M. Geis it's evictions before
the committee, there was so cossidesable toss of Fiasco
without see. Amides was also la is advance of us, sad
all these fans bong admitted, be treated be should naive
gement support for Ike modes whisk, seder the instructing
or the select committee, he wee about to Silbrait to the
house. A few nen elan the ken. member for Salford in
a bill which gave to town einacils the right to
establish MISSIMIS, sad to raise a halfpenny rate for their
support. That bill pasted with the saanismosa enema of
parliament, sad had In its workiag given general satiates
Son. Tbe priest bill would ro farther la the same dinetion,
and therefore be bad consolidated both into one reessan,
giving to town menials the power to establish WOMB= and
pablic libraries, and adopting the rating power. Hs pro-
posed to give the town we ••• s power to purchase land, sad to
erect buildings, and vest those bundlege in perpetuity in the
sounsik. The museum bill was restricted to towns of
10,000 inbabitaats and upwards ; that principle be 'modified,
gi the privilege to all municipal boroughs. (Hear,
hear.)ving The museum bill authorised the levying a toll of
cos pinny en each perm admitted into the
exhibits:a. He proposed to repeal that claim,
sad to admit every one, balk to manes aad
library gratuitously. (Hear, kw.) He did not give the
town councils any power to Purdue. books, as be expected
they would be amply supplied I. ski nuns of a little time
by dominos. Toes. were the nisei* Sateen of the bill,
which he felt wire would be gladly esteemed by the public.
Indeed, in some 'dams is provides§ bad been aatiolpated.
Is Warriagtos a library had been established for two years,
sad Salford bad an excellent public library. He lied re-
ceived soinannicstions from Birmingham, Sheffield, sad
Limerick, to the effect that their councils would gladly
avail tkenwslves of such a measure as be proposed. (Hear,
bear.) He should not further detain the house, except by
moving that leave be given to bring in the bill.
Leave gives.
MINISTERS' MONEY.

Mr. FAGAN To; to more for; committee of the while
house, te inquire into the question of ministers' money.
The bon. member sold that be bad frequently repeated to
the house the arguments in favour of the proposition he was
now about to subunit. There were eight corpoeste tows. of
Ireland, the inhabitants of which were principally Emma
Catholics, and which were subject to this obnoxious impost,
while every town in the protestant north wu totally
unapt. In asking its repeal be was supported by
a great weight of public opinion in Ireland. Pro-
wants were as anion for its abolition se catholic., and
even several protestant clergymen bad expand their desire
to be remunerated in some less objectionable way. Leaner
when the gaieties was before parliament the right bon.
herons the Secretary for the Home Department moved the
potions question, a intim which, as he (Mr. Fagan) had
bees Informed, admitted the justice of the prinaple con.
tended for. Subsequently be had a private interview with
the right honorable baronet, and undentood that the
right hesearable baronet connarred with him as to
the saperlAwaty of providing a substitute, bat adding
that this Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was then
in London. and could not consent to carry out any alteration
than. Darin the noses Lord Clarendon had essamamb
eased to his (Mr. Fuses) constituents that: the gaffed we
under the consideration of goverment. He MI% there-
fore before the house with something like lemowed 0311th•
deseOs as to the mixer et Ida made.. He thought that a
estertitate might sadly be beset Is the hods at the disposal
of the Bed Combeignisa, who had already de-
rived 700,0001. from the sale et perpetuities, the highest
eats &wilds( 00,0001.. *Clewed b0a12,0001. to 13,0001.
An avenge et 20,0001. s year algid be *Wised ben tW
genres, and when the present lege dere voided ender the
by the BealseisetiodOsiminiesen,
theread=ra Wilier nee agellable, making is the
whole set less than 30,0001. a year, and this Wide nailer
baperneet saansgengsf might be greatly Wowed.
His pies wee Acidly this, that the pressed' whims
from the sibs et mobeides ter a taw years, red the is-
mer dee ZedesisCondsidiessesehould hese
should be upended as isecese—lhst a be... etbrpsuir
seat slassid be gives as en ISSIONOINION
thus peepelnithe, that the old wide et Sass
pasehesgs- should he resorted to, the Is Weald be
te ems is annually and to rake the seerussitek that
ellogibm ha
the dearth Imparalities to carry one this sad at
the 10 COOL still doe to the govsessent by the sendediners
should he kegives. (Hear )
The dodge was seconded by Dr. Pawn.
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Sir O. GRIT regretted that, the dream:tames Wise the
Name atm as they were when a similar meth. was=
leeward by the km. gentlemaa last year, be Mt .
to MU, the same seams, sad to mom the previsen "mem
(Hear, hear.) The hen. gentleassa mid that lts (ate
G.
Orey ) admitted his sees bet year. To a sertala=
undoubtedly he did—(hr,—sad he now *gala
thus it was a tast to he dletheed that the t 0.... Elbe dewy
is seam of the teem to Inked wee gent ea a seams
alike elmenhas to them end to those who were called upon
to eentithals is that sours.. (Hear, hem.)
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Dr. POI= bad looped milalotoes mould boo beam pro.
pared ta adept NM pies be ibi perywee 04 putting as sad
to beaericeable llama Oh ewe ei Orchids. mad
moo mowed goonmeat might depend upon it
=yid sem be able to Moe the name* amp in
see would say seam of onelliatios be effective.
(Near, boar.)
Kr. EMU outmoded that the goalies moo Woe dm'
bare wader Merest doometemees boa obese midok ear-
. . .

reonded it lest year. Her stp hid shim diked trow
Irish subjects, sad had maim' -theta in bee swig=
°peals/ of the premed maim that their
be rammed, sad what was &festive la ripmuriaaseat el
that roan a 7 should be remedial. Mete hem.) The
right hon. baronet (Sir H. Om) MmlMei this impost
to be a 'demos, and yet he retseed q imam it. This
wee a 'demise, too, whirl extended M ileediad. (Hem)
Mr. HONSHU °beamed that the mewls of the right
hos. Home Secretary, admitting the phloem, bat retains
to redraw it, was am, in a case where so hap a number d
mode were eoacarned, sufficient. He 111,.
eHons=optild
a%
re siacLeaswer co the authority of the present
His lordship, alter stale& what the grime as
wee, end the mesas which he esedlered it aught Se be
ells= amulet
tri; tali a eelbleat sue oat et
Heetadessasen2 he I
could am bat thiak that with the pewit ef sae
se of two bishoprics at ne distant pedal the Mbar J
providing a proper maintsuanos for the dim, ,to lea at
Witham,' mosey, might be met sad ‘‘Maa for
ever. (Hoar, hear.)
Mr. NAP= lisped that, wider all the eireumstaame of
the eess.thehewee mead met deprive gestlemea oa the ether
ids of the Miami d their vested rights.
11r. 110611 sell that wheuever this Gabfest woe
bromited hes. geademea were reedy to monis their w§-
=la renew the im post, but, at the same dsitlj
themesives under the Om that this wee set the
cc the crosierto sleet its abolition. Re thought, bap
nee, Hal wort feir.raisdsd_ penesepos wilt MO I
boa. timber for Limed* (dr. mustthat ft wee le•
cubist ea *I wows, to nem • geintime