The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

these four points to which the ken. geodemaa bad elided,
but that had oath's, did* with tk• preemie usestion. He would
ask the Mater consider whether at 'resent the men who m's*
engaged in the mercantile navy weete either in
see or
in position such as should upressat the mercantile ry or
the drat commercial coast* in eke world.
Mr. CLAY powdered that the bowie was legleiseilig en
a great subject is way. Why was the iseastin trade
to be left out of this bill altogether ? He obj
_need to girlug
captains increased power. I could net believe it was
visible to interfere between muter and servant, and such
isterference mutt be productive of additional exposes.
If no member awed hr a select einsintittee he should vela
with the hoe. mend. be Dartmes..
Lord J. MANNERS m dThathbegisignld&
talkie bill bad esEddlealle nee1...11.1111
time whim the diti banes end the
runniest had "ilrglidi= sada hed fobbed for
• long time, end the West of whisk bed been Mayfield
the mercantile istend, the shipowsers did net skim, bell
the consideration of 'milepost, • remind. of the milli
burdens to which they had been subjeated. It was true thee
great improvements bad taken plans in this bill; but
his opinion wee unchanged, that there were many
details which had beds, be referred to a select com-
mittee than diseased withie the walls of the house.
Mr. LA BOUCHERE said that se he was anxious that the
bill should speedily get late committee, be would not detail
the house by any leagthened observations on the present
stage. lie had been told that it wss generally unpopular
with the shipping interest : be directly and explicitly eon-
tradieted that assertion. The great ports of Bristol, Glee-
pw, and Ltverpool had expressed their unanimous concur-
rence hets provisions, sad as for individuals approving of
them could enumerate hundred'. but should confirm
detail( to two—Mr. Gilmore, of Glasgow, who owned
x 6,000 toes of shipping, and Mr. Green, of London—the
latter a gentleman generally and favourably hoera he the
Interest he took in the comfort and wellbeing of chessmen
is his employment. Both of these gualsoun were warm
serputen ef the main provisions of the bill, sad, laded,
bad given valuable suggestions and adduce in the framing
of those provisions. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the
charge of not having legislated on so important a question se
the light duties, he begged to remind the born that during
the last year the Trinity-house had redueed the light duties
on the northern coast of England one-half, and that the
parties interested had /unwed thentselve, very grateful for
tee reduction. The bill bed three great objects in view—
first, to provide that every sae taking the command of • mer-
chant skip should previously submit to en examine:los, and
novehisecupetency for sorespoosible anoflles. The next ob-
.'', and one which buttressed much discussion, was the ap-
pointment of shipping waiters at each port to get as in-
esemediaries between the captain and the seaman.
The tided object was the prevention of desertion. and
in making stringent provisions against that offence be felt
that he wee serving the men usually with the owners.
He trusted that the house would now consent to go into
somasittee on the bill, which, he tad it on the authority of
Mr. Consul Crowe, would inaugurate • system precisely
aaalogoue to one which bad given tee greatest satisfaction in
Sweden and 'Norway.
Mr. BERRIES dialed that the government measure had
met with general acceptation from the shipping interest.
His objection to it VOW from the fad that when last year they
repealed the majesties laws, they were to do everything pos-
sible for the British shipowner to enable him to struggle sae-
oessfally with foreign competition. They had iss, cad on
the mercantile marine an onerous condition—pointed out to
parliament at the time—which pressed heavily on the British
shipowner in competing with foreigners in regard to the
manning of ships, and that without ant removing the bur-
den of the timber dudes. This was a muter for considera-
tion in imposing any new reynthtiou upon that interest.
He suggested that they should go into committee on the i
bill, consider and amend its provisions, end then allow time
for its consideration by the shipping interests before proceed-
iag further with it.
Mr. CARDWELL thought the question was, should the
measure be defeated for the present sessim or not ? Appry-
iog, as he did, of the bill in its altered shape, be was anxious
that it sh.uld pus. Ths bill as originally introduced placed
the whole of the mercantile marine of the couatre in the
hands of • government department. In the present bill that
objection was removed, and the powers of the Board of Trade
were limited and plainly d. fined.
Mr. MACGREGGOR believed that if the bill had passed
fi'ty years ago one-bail of the shipwrecks and consequent
hie of lite which bad occurred dutieg that time would have
been avoided. If this bill bad been law the Orion would
not have been line
Mr. MOFFATT, seeing the opinion of the house to be
generally anima him, would withdraw his amendment.
The amendrunt was accordingly, by leave, withdrawn.
L'lrd J. MANNERS moved that the bill be referred to •
select committee.
The house divided on this amendment, and the !nimbus
were—
For the motion
For the amendment 34-86
Mr. WARN objected to all measures of restriction, until
the 'ornament plated the British shipowner on a footing of
equality with the oreisreer. He protested against the de-
cision which had jut been come to, and espressed his
r.grat that the government bad not held out any I teepees
of the removal of those burdens by which the shipping
interest was now fettered.
Toe house then went into committee pro forma, and hay-
ing mauled, and the chairman having obtained leave to sit
agais tomorrow (this day) at 12 o'clock, the sitting wu
mounded till 5 o'clock.
The house
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Jaws' PAILLI•DINNT•ST 0•SIL BILL.—By Sir R. H.
INGLIS, from the clergy and congregation of the church of
the Holy Trinity, Tewkesbury ; rector, churchwardens, and
other inhabitants of Witchamptoss, and of Hinton Perm,
Dorsetthire ; rector, churchwardens, all the county voters,
and all but four of the other inhabitants of Syclenbus Ds-
mareU, Devon; Lord ALFRED HERVEY, frees Castle
Ri.ing, in Norfolk; Lord BUIiGHLEY, from Bukingbass,
Lincoln; Mr. PLUMPTUE, from Willesbrough, Best;
from Birchen, Newton, and Docking, Norfolk; from Sand-
ford and Croutnarsh (I.fford, Oaf rdshire ; Mr. MOODY,
from Winsham, Moatacute, Otteriumpton, and Locking,
aid from Solidus, in Cheshire; Mr. bURROUGHES,
from • plea in Norfolk; Mr. MUNDY, from Demeston,
Derbyshire; against the admission of Jews to praliameat.—
Be Mr. MOFFATT, from • place in Oxfordshire, ix favour
of their admission.
POIT'OFFICE —By Sir R. H. INGLIS, from Wattles,
Norfolk; Marston Sias, Gloucestershire; Mr. VESEY,
trim See, Queen's County; Mr, GREENE, from the Lan-
caster Walking Men's Society; Mr. NEELD, from the
high bailiff and other inhabitants of Crocklade, Wilts; Mr.
PM; APTRE. from Troyes Newton, in the county of Nor-
folk; Mr. MOODY, from Somerset and Compton Dundee, is
Samertetabire. and lialpth, in Cheshire ; Mr. WALPOLE,
from Sussex ; Sir G. GREY, from Tatton and I lexhans, North-
umberland ; Mr. BURROUGHES, front a place in Norfolk ;
Mr. MUNDY, from • place in Derbyshire; Mr. CHRISTO-
PHER, from a pia e in Lincolnshire; Mr. COWAN, from
Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh; Mr. FULLER,
from lliellinibs ; Mr. FARRER, from Darlington ; Mr.
HEADLAM, from Newcastle, in favour of the recent alters-
don in the Post-. Mee »gaieties' being not interfered with, or
having a fair trial. By Mr. ORD (3), from Newcastle; Mr.
STANSFIELD, from Yeadon. Yorkshire ; Ss C. LEMON,
from Tantworth ; Lord A. HERVEY from Brighton; Sir
W. MORISON, from Atlas; Mr. 0. RICARDO, from Wor-
seder; Sir J. Y. BULLER, from Axminster; Mr.
TOASTER, from Witham and Royston; Lord G. PAGET,
hem Beaumaris; Sir A. HOOD, from Wivilseconsbe, So.
Inmost, praying that the resent regulations he rescinded.
MALT TAI.—Bv Mr. FULLER, from Winehilda, Udi-
seen leklesham, Playas, and Guldford, for the repeal of
the malti tax.
STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.
Lord NAAB gave notice that on going into committee of
' lowly he shield move that an address be presented to her
M sped,' for ensuring a regular steam navigation to the Aus-
tralian colonies.
EXPENSE OF THE POLICE FORCE—THE INDUS-
TRIAL EXHIITION.
In answer to an hon. member, who inquired whether any
addition to the police force that might be required, in con-
sequence of the industrial exhibition of 1851, would be at
the expense of the metropolitan parishes,
Sir G. GREY said he had no reason to anticipate that
them would be any inereses of the police force for that

Puflxse•
CASE OF MR. JOHN FLEMING.
Ia nrly to Sir P. NLOENT,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE laid that it was true Mr.
Firming had been appointed a stipendiary ma/Mints by her
Majesty's goviireateat. He could not Mato the exact date
of the appointment, but it was within the last m:nth ; net•
they could he tell the exact district. The salary was 4001. •
year.

THE EXHIBITION OF 1861.
Col. SIBTHORP asked the First Lord of the Treasury,
whether he will gin ea assurance, on the pan of her
Majesty's government, that no engagement has been or will
be sound into, directly or indirectly, to any party or parties,
for the payment or promise of payment, of any sum or sums
of money that have been cr may be hereafter incurred, in aid
of tie expenses for the proposed Exhibition of 1861, for the
Works of Art and Industry of all Nation', in whatever
glace Or part the United Kingdom of Great Briton and
Ireland the of
said proposed Exhibition of 1861 may take
see.
°Lord J. RUSSELL said with reaped to the question
whether any engagement had been entered into, the only
one that had been entered in** was wader them circum-
stances: before the royal commission was appdetted there
had been a contract with an individual with reeved to sa
undertaking to pay the expel= el the grestina of a bri,
and other expenses canneatati with the sw
conditions. -When the rionimimiew wee thm
were representations from vail piety in mg=
straggly urging that that private enntrast abseil he
The comminkesen the was net peened that 11.0 ink loge
sonsideraties these representations, cad were nowlelenella
opinion that the entrust ought to be anetelisti, in
order to do that It was to Bator iMe name
aseuranse that the °Winter ehoald be paid the cam
which, wader certain eireurastanece, it had km Weed
should be paid to him. The only engagement that the trea-
sury took wee, that they would immediately find the money
that was noseseary to get rid of the contrast, provided that
they had sewarity that the money should be repaid to them.
They got what they eassidated galena% security, end, the:e-
lm, there would be no express to the public
THE lONIAN ISLANDS. _

Colord DUNifir, e;riagii; BeieVary7oi the Cerra Ia
his plass, barred whether it was true that re mate of
C afa hid appalaeid a coraiedoa to inquire foto the con-
duct of IM Lewd 11.1 Coratironer of the loran birds,
and whillise the Lard nigh Comminionsr bad not pro-
rogued the rare la eoreosease
Mr. HAWES rid he premised the hoe. rarabor resat
the @marbly. It was not rue that the marbly had ap-