The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

'DOUSE OF LORDS.-NIONDAT, JUNE 22.

The house met g S o'clock.
SALE OF OPII.I IN INDIA.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY paid that it would be re-
collected that some time since ho brought before the house
the subject of the legality of the opium trade canied on by
the Feet India Company, and the noble and learned lord on
the woolsack promised to take the opinion of the law officers
of the crown on the subject. He begged to ask the noble
and tanned lord when that opinion was likely to be given?
The LORD CHANCELLOR mid that • one had been
for the opinion of the law aborts of the crown, as
tro'eXerleed legality or itlegality of the cultivation end sale of opium
by the End India Company, end the rase was submitted to
the authorities at theNora} India House in order that it
might be corrected according io their statement of the facts.
The cam wee about to bo lead before the law officers of the
crown when his right bun friend the President of the Beard
demand thought that the fans were not stated cecrectly,
end the notice of motion which wee given by his noble
friend was appended to the ease as it Wes re-
turned from the India-ho se, and it was now under con-
indention with regard to the facts, and so far the matter wea
suspended; bat he could inform his noble friend that there
wee no Mahe on the part dthe government that any delay
should take place.
NEWLY INVENTED CANNON.
Lord RAVENSWORTH wished to put a quistion to the
noble lord at the heed of the War Department. During the
war in the Crimea, when artillery of a heavy calibre
wee much used, a dim in this country very intrietleell9 eelf-
Whined a gun of very large calibre, which, having been
rawas creamed by than to the government;
'wheat they were awned that it would be
=et at a ow/ rely opportunity against the enemy.
it maid be eo ase however, the war wee be to
a *SS, and he behaved the got nee mw lying et sey-
Esri
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pined artillery whist another enemy with whim to
moat la Maar Ile saw no reason why {see s
hostilities in that ousts* esd Is
lb sit =le Is hostilities
if he wee repine II miens
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fie'
Mist yes mother point on which ha
adt • garaka. It was mid thee Minn
mil Me din t heavy guns had teat
vre sawneinteat in America of a pas conibuelks,
bleb sow Laded at the breech. lie wished to now
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hal bus glom dna I shield be geed
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reached the bad d the pvendest peens had be.
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desdkry, slidt dada bar* le mph* ii
eats le de slab pad arthe boned teCibitZ
sided. Mid mod le wisaties, se to di piens
efaridlem loft =beed k Ark" the La wee.
as leek eat • patent err
• ~peed1:04:1 gemodirrimase eddlled he de
most dad Pas rde aseA_ iml r! has mist IC::
eiliestimal • aim teldples tato eura
Old Ow bell givesesit a gorse opiates et
I gednedet oedema eta gess of the pattern to be
meek ele .they amid sot be met in this country es account of
ffiledgeallene made by the inventor. The guns which had
bois opined had lately arrived in this country.
THE CASE OF MR. DIXON.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE, in moving for a copy of a
memorial, entered into the particulars of some very extra-
millinery circumstances In oonnexion with the case of en
Eagle& gentleman resident in Ireland, named Dixon. Mr
Dixon had been accused by one Brophy of shooting at him
from behind a hedge; a magistrate had been found to be-
thee the story, and endeavoured to wring evidence from Mr. '
Dixon'e se, aged eta, by locking him up in prison. On the
trial, the judge pointed out that eutein hole in Brophy's
hat, purporting to be bullet holm, bed been made from the
hued.: Mr. Dixon wend cam acquitted; but his wife
never recovered tho Made end died mon after.
Mr. Dims recovered desiegee from the megistrato,
which the gewmatestlilt bat ewes up to the promet date
g
the rate impose/ erg 'Menke as • disturbed on atil
continued.
Lord St. CilaffiiiiffiNliffislimiel the logcnides el the rate
on the hi& thereates d the destelealis she dessdesded
it. The leaturiS had de emegdes MA Ned Inquiry,
and vas sildied that away lied Weedy bets shot at.
la NON lees Earl of Relit* his leall4tteknowledhad
the lie danNiges given mann the e who had
memieledi Kr. Dixon had been paid out of secret awoke
Navel GRANVILLE preedeed that all the papers on the
I ant‘ert should he
. CHI M INTeriaiil CONSOLIDATION.
The LARD CHANCELLOR, entering upon the subject
et in eeneolidaties el the criminal law, requeeted their
1 WY* te apes La de dean of right short bills to that
filet
or cep
ei== ei thee cr'ih iiiinaluse itlw. Sin passed %
theinut
1 ads led been added to the etatute -leak. The eunoniniou
on deb anhjoet bad determined not to wait to do all that
could he dear, but to do something at once. The statutes
spa
lic C..olquheun' s advice, had been divided into classes.
USbills before the house were the remit.
E° COHAN thought the reessure highly desirable.
Lard CAMPBELL nested that in the rage of thie con-
spinning fever they would not endeavour to consolidate
Mama China, and eo en all England in a bleat.
The bills were reed a third time.
MINISTERS' MONEY (IRELAND) BILL.
In the committee on the elinistere' Money (Ireland) Bill,
The Earl of CLANCARTY mmOdned of the gloom of
proxies, and moved an amendment that the bill be read that
day six months.
The Karl of DERBY said the taming of this bill would
shake all confidence In the country. It violated incontestible
rights of 200 years standing. It indemnified them who
had violated the law, and punished those who obeyed it.
Earl GRAN V ILLE thought the church of Ireland might
consistently yurchisso peace by a maiden of revenue so

trilling.
Lord CLANCARTY withdrew his amendment.
The Earl of WICKLOW moved that the Ecelesiastkal
Commissies of Ireland be heard by counsel at the bar against
the bill.
The Earl of ABERDEEN supported the 111f481170.
After some further conversation, in which the Duke of
Argyll, the Bishop of Kihnore, EareDocoughmore, and Lord
pa
non took part, the bill passed through committee
arCamendmento on the Smoke Nuisances (Soothe:id) Bill
laving been agreed to,
Their lordships adjourned at a quarter put Rise.

11014 SE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JUNE 22.
The r-uten took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. D. Peon took the oaths and hie scat for Csrmarthet
la the room of Mr. Davis, deceased.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and•
East Kent Railway (Extension to Dover) ,• Herne /117 a sod
Faversham Railway ; Keith and Daffiest-a Railway (N 0.2);
Metropolitan New Street. and Improvements; Vortadown
and Dungannon Railway ; Portsmouth Water • South Dur-
ban and Lanceshire Cam Rsilway ; and West Hartlepool
Harbour and Railway.
' The following bills were considered and ordered to be read
a third time Backwater Bridge and Road; Bury Gas;
Cannock Mineral Railway (No. 1); Decoke Extension Rail-
way; Lowrey Somerton and Castle Cary Roads; Maa-
cheater Corporation ,• *Aland Railways; Slaney Riser
Improvement; Stamford and Eseendine Railway; Stockton
New Gas end Stockton Gee COCISWIMITe Campania • Vies
aria G.. Victoria (London) Docks; and Sittingeonrne
and Sheerness Railway.
The following bills were read a second time and ordered to
be committed: Ley's Divorce ; South's Divorce; and West-
minster Improvements. (No. 3.)
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
THE ROCHDALE ELECTION PETITION.—PRI-
VILEGE.
Colonel FRENCH rose to put • question connected with
the privilege of the home. Ho had always understood that
committees dill not possess any powers which the house had
not, and he believed it would be admitted that no member
could be excluded from his place entree on some question
arising personally affecting himself, and even then ha wee
permitted to make a statement in his place before being di-
meted to withdraw. A select committee was appointed on
Edda laet to inquire into certain proceedinge connected with
We election. The holm had the power of sp-
tat%illage a select committee or a secret committee, and
irg 'lf the house should think it advisable for the tom-
ibis to conduct its inquiries secretly, bad the power to
once the direction of the house. During the last forty
pm, area twelve teem committees had been appointed. The
amitittaa applied la lavestigete the Rochdale cam thought
paw laseassit tionsolvew Tutu a secret committee. There
TM • Pea Oi lawyers on the committee, end they
wwauaitad Is commit themselves legally. They did
at stabassawar that no member should be admitted, but
they pet forth a satire watts,- that it was the minimize
*Mot of the committee that the public service would be
boot promoted by confining the attendance to those who had
kato Detected to Wye. In common with several other
imsolers, and knowing that the eammitters had no
tkolti to exclude eneloMN he attended the committee,
was meshed with the greatest courtesy by the chair-
men, who reed the resolution. Notwithttandiag that moha-
ir% it was ootopstant fur hire to Weisman.% bat he eon-