The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

nnewsl of t' • armistice. provided the tense would be
observed by all the prism seaweed. To. On-
ot at Freakfort was the only power whose eon-
trre•yet ivve,lsat ell•Wratrieetielle were :chaos,
lopes eatertalaed of their Enemies to the emission
saeosoced.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
propositsulk of Lord J Roseau. that oa the alter-
lawdeys after And 11 orders of the day should bars
flit* of all sakes e 1 seeties,
HUSE waved as easseleseat, which Mr. &Vern
Gifts .s rapport d. as the posed that g 0.01.1.1.1
AtopolSiliff the tine of the hewn, sad curtailing tdr
A re private weathers.
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sejerity of 143 to 47-04.

USN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL.
ES having moved the mooed reading of this MS,

.117 rote. He said he did not propose to offer
orromltioll to the modes as would, if earned out,
,wpm of the measure. his object was rather to
e metals information as the wishes of the oulosists
vet. lie was ansious to improve the goversmeat,
td liberty to the inhabitants of our Asetralian
id he admitted that no measure had ever }fare
ram the Colonial office conferring so large a nes.
liberty se the present. But there were esestita-
lions isevlved is the bill so important that they
vaildered before the principle was affirmed. It
of every state to give to its dependencies instil.
...ear to those which it enjoyed itself. That wee
mode of extending our empires sad esmenting the
of our colonies to as. Our ecariezien could not loog
lob c.iloniis to which we pee institutioss mem-
from oar owe. They were now about to give
A a new constitution, but what be complained of
there was not in that cimatitotion a single feature's
.ith our own (Hear, hear) The isonstitution
shoat to confer oti Australia assimilated rather to
Bean 'overlies-mt. of Frames, or the federal form of
prevailing in the United States, than the con-
.l This was the point to which he
chiefly to draw attention. There were other gees-
valved as the prerogative of the crown. the veto,
which wen too intzieato to ester upon at that

.• measure, and into which he would sot ester.
before them contemplated the existents, of one
o Ass:rails based of two, and the argument on
chug* from our own °methadon was booed was
I the colociate themselves. (Hear, hear.) The
t stated their own opinion that two chainbere were
to one, but they surrendered their own
deference to the wishes of the ooloniets,
bogie look at the constitution whisk her Ma-
nnmcnt were conferring on the colony of Atm ,
%road of the Jai mho,' of the chamber tumid
uminees of the government. The chamber imeif
Lot of di members, 24 of these would De elected.
rosining 12 would be either denials or nominees
sea; and the bill provided that, in the event
umber being 'vended, these proportions
Iv retained. Now, in mitt of fete, this
of would be found tiros mast questions
an mud majority to the government, be
wuild have one-third official persona always pre-
hist could on most occasions command • certain
r ten -o OS to overwhelm popular sentiment. Sup-
dritish House of Commons to postale 230 mem-
:minus of the governmen*, holding their seats
according as they voted in favour ef the govern.
..la:it afford a pretty accurate idea of the form
.tire government propieed for our Australian
I was said, however, that this wee the original
consent given to the colonies in question ; bat
he recollected that the act giv.ag that form,
he tith axl 7.h of Vic , was introduced by Lord
passed throw/LI the 1. use of Commons without
ad passed ttrouels the Home of Lords after •
teal trout Lord Monteagle. But that bill had
as a s'ep ',overdo more extended hber•y,
:on:inmate a such • measure, in oppo-
the wishes of the colony, wee much
to limper the government than to 'twist
.err we- so precut., t for having a single
Ike le.o•Stive council itself bad given
sc.. to tw thumpers we, r one, even though one
!hash. re etnisd be entirely composed of govern.
t Pep . and t• • neetitiose from the colony
,re titel the ether tight set forth the
of the penti ,nen of two separate
Alper I He bif.isud rile double chamber imild
le WM of society, each the morale, and
toff Ilea anythieg else to cement and attach
, the pan at awe; and with the *opt( es wishes
.ives b t re the hies* in favour of the double
thnocbt hoe. numbers wanted more evidence
the tah:* beton they advanced the bill sow
settler stage. He. therefi,re, moved as en
that that stage of the bd, be postponed until
en os the subject be last on the table of the

ICCIIERE said he would (wheat from going
• of the toll. rause at that stage it was not
ro at any gnat length into a di.cussion. of the
t.",ut to oohs. that discussion to the pnociple.
re.ded the patrol priaciple was to enlarge the
e present Inn. stare, so es to enable the cola
cr a c scatitation for themselves which they might
.• country for conifirmation, if confirmation to
...id be cots:dyed advisable and props,.
rct.calla who had just spoken stet• d his belief
. tw more erisfortory to the eoloey that we
1. a similitudes he it resembling that which her
..sea had bra advised to grant to the Cape of
teat of having two chambers. He (Mr. La-
-Awed to doubt ',Pother that boa. goodunas,
st.te of the saw, di i actually mitoses;
and fce'ases el these of whom he woe
this coantry. for, from all the mesas her Ida.
mutt had aad el jecteino of their wishes, they
cotrary to what nee hon. gentleman had Jute
'Le tome. (Rear, beer.) The hoc. ssatlemas
there wee eft support of the tingle chamber in
s:nra,iy ,aid upon the table. He (Mr. La-
slanted that the,, wee not 'views is those
•n ,w that was the deliberate opinion of
cats that tneily and perosaneotly the
• r would tie bens, than two chambers, but it
a• infer °porn of the inhabitants that they
..tt to Lev pry at 'limitations, with only mesh
as shrill eaahle them to propose a rheas' of ge-
,r lieweive., rather this that any ',institution
•••rt We, es. and dry for them, from that
• we• the sentence of the *eider)* the
Ile 'treed with some of the views laid
he reourahle baronet, the member for South-
W. M rer,rhi touching the massomment
.41; and he thftobt that, in natters of sub
ft as those aow involved, it was sot asking too
ht li,gland should consider the pleas
.31 t toles/its of Australia, and he sold usurer
Met her Majesty'. present governeetat would
::.e tub ..! considering the with a fia-
t) mi.:,•.te the wishes of the parties lame-
: eraed. and to satisfy the people of the
iris. U ar, hear The hos. gentlemaa (Mr.
repeated an oboe! 'anon mad* the other night by
Lamm the member for the Uoiversii,
' f r he said the remedy now proposed
'Peden, inasmuch as the body to whom the sew
• to be entrusted would waist, one third d
!whale' of the crows, and that these a.
.steote the representatives of the people.
iv no jute foundation for the doubt this es.
CfIiCISIVI %newsiest had egprinsed no appro.
e lola the lathed ecianeil, composed partly
s 4 the crown, there would not few rieseasalle-
tateeues which would be suited to the eamism
r .11410 they lived ; and, indeed, it was the mult
sppniheations to suppose that, became iammi
noisier's of the crown, the re prosentativassi Oh
heoutveted. He hoped nothing would golf
• » her or interline with that karasseay and ger&
em sow subsisting between Raplaud sad Aar
'ell had been prepared with • armee desire to
eo law and:sruperity of the Australian solo-
' orefore he hoped the house would assent to its
• (Hear, her.)
•itt'CH said he perfectly agreed with the right
e.•,. who bad just resumed his seat, that in the
''we of the measure the house ought to
'.f to a d.•cusslon of the pnuciple, and sot enter
''etsil••• i ,w, the right hon. gentleman had said
o,lining the principle of the bill was simply to
n.erired peer to the existing legislature is the
".1944 He had stated, is so many words, that
Rua. et ray ter titre form of legislaten,the power
regruted
meett parties might act, and that
6ilftt mid of the bill was to taket,
his
old met there a sort of unlimited power in
14•Utlit.ws I,r themselves, which constitutions
vsse ban, and melee the went of the crown.
the prinnple of the I. Now, he (Mr. Roebuck)
!lotted to that principle. Remark how the right
'1"" val'lu'd to I.veeed. He wish, d the house
I— tint, by maims len•lative corthils in a great
•ieratet by the tf,Wl2 with hardly any Pow°,
to the coy, and afterwards, when that
v., nee to these n onittees of the mown, or at least
r ilst of to
the great L Hou powers of lipids-
et house (the se of Commons) ought itoeif
lie complained of the government,
,1,:',Oolosallof the house, if it were so contented to
of its greet powers of legieltaioai
• • the dependencies of the mown were
for.
`" ",1 it were se contented, hon.
: confroing their own **maw and
*vino, they were not St for the governs's&
Rear, sea," from Mr. ) He woe
' lwar !he has. member for Neatress aluterisg met, If as he (Mr. Roebuek) hod been es*,
soh wes cursed to the liberties of the mitimies•
obeetiatt to 1 He was objeetieg to Rives(
,010 who did not derive Moir will from the pop-
, re: waved the house to frame a Linke-
t temelwre east to the colony, and when
▪ Plant at once liberal institutions aad
uA ugh 11l the seater sad agony
be, created by the passing of this bill. Now,
he ? Ile was not going to discus the
I....,reseu. re as details, hut he was dimming it as
et • col "°, and he would invite the Wen-
, von sal the country to the way in which it had
began by enumerating, he did not know