The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—NrompAY, FIB. 25.
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The Loam atopostsomt took hie met oft the woollock it
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lIIANACIEMENT OF LUNATICS.
The LORD CHANCRLD IR. in laying on the table a bill
toe the better management rd lunation, said they w, re un-
fortmiately• very numerous body, of all imam iu the
country. The first object of the hill was 19 ensue the
thairt of Chancery to dispose of the property of lunaties.
After the int finding by a iury it shall be in the
discretion of the Court of Chaneery whether they
will Kraut a wennd inquiry or not. There were to he two
adieersvpointed. nor legal and one medical, to attend to
those ioptiriee ; and after th. y hose ',reedit certain
•umbir of Tears th.• Loni Chaueelloe may at his discretiou
allow them to retire on pen .ions, the amount of which
should determined b' the Lord l'hauodlur.
The bill WAS then mail a firm time.

AFFAIRS OF STRIA.
Lord STRATFORD DR REDCLIFFE mewl for the
peodeetine of aortal' papars coesectal with the affairs of
tsyne. _ _ _

Lord WODEHOURE Paid that the gmrernmeut Kul not
be"' slow in imPerlieg 'lamination on the queid.on before
the Know. The enble tort at the head of the Foreizn office
hot shown as tuitions desire to afford every it Vrinat ion to
parlianemt ; hot he slid not think that It w0..1.1 he con.
potent with his luty, in the pre.ent position .f affairs, to
lay further cornspoedence on the table. The coofer•w'saf
the Gaut Pewees had been adjourned. and to posture
papery at this moment would obviously lent to met ham-
maileasi awl detriment to the public service. Fully admit-
ting the gnat importance of parliament having due infot-
motion us the subject, sad asenring their Inrclibija that
titers .Loath he me wasievaesary delay, he regretted that the
government could not tunsent to tho motion. As • coma.
&ruble tiros had Awed does anything bad been mid nu
the wehkd o.f SYria, be would mention one or two lasts.
The heteevevition of DIP Direst Power. Orwell the French
tompaanied by theme" the Turk kph gmernment, had not 'wen
without elect in serer* ander ; sad the Turkish government
bad etyma peat energy hi punolliog time author. of the
inamaere. Of IV poetess who were proved to have taken
pert in those .insures os many se :in hid bees eineoted,
Muslin the commander Lin chief and three principal officers.
*bowie' that the Turkish government was wet slow is bring-
ing thole criminate to misaligned. After punishment had
he-•n ishietal at Damascus, and order restored there, mea-
sures ...re taken to captor. the Drew chief.. A consoler-
all, lumber escaped, bet snow of the most notorious had
married-red themselves ; sad they had been put ca their
trial at i:eyruut, sail euedeeneed to death. The governor of
permit and °then had she been tried and condemned to
mere. punishment, but theee sentaions bad not yet been
esseeted. At tee place. which was occupied by Turkish
=the Chrielimis had aided theme Door in inflicting
ea. Soles than 136 Droste were murdered in vol
Wood. The Turkish government having applied to
the Maroada hiakeps for a het of those most eon-
roma la the nousseree, they had received a list
of 4,3110 toes-- Wis whet* male population of the plane being
only MOW A woad lit reduced the number implicated
to 1.200 bet it was stated that they were all en guilty that
it was melees to maks say distinction. From theme farts it
would he sew that the work of dealing nut jaethei tempered
with mercy was so of so °Milady difficulty. As to the
cootinual occupation by the French troops, he was unable
to give any further taformstion.
Lord STILATFORD DE REDCLIFFE enpreened •
hope that there would he no aamosoary delay ha the pro-
duction of the
The Martinis 714CTANRICA RDF. said that vary dllaramt
statements had less pat forward by our ors marmoset
mod by the French goveraniest as to the alittal• Of the ut-
pedition to Syria. He thought that at host as rinds of
the corresponds's°, might hare bus Mee, whim* woad
not have touched npn• poiitkJ powide. Ha shoodd wait
pationt'y as hug as the Onafereacir was sitting; but he
hoped that at the end of that time we shonld know to whet
we leer., committed; for we were parties to the whole
arramiemont that had taken place, and were concerned just
as much as the Fritsch government in the occupation of
Syria. It was said that the Turkish troops were there so
=clay that they were sufficient to restore tranquillity. sad
the French troops were of no use for that primmer
He hoped that there would be no delay in producing the
PC.enotion was thee withdrawn.
Their lordships adjourned at • quarter after 6 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAy, Fns 25.
Th Sittaffan took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were mad a mond time :—Airadah
Drainage: Alton, Alresford, and Wiorhestsr Railway:
Biticsolicad Railway; Rollos Corporation: &emu and
Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (iiime linos. Re.) ; Carlisle
and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock ; Colas Valley sad Hal-
Maad Railway ; Cows. sad Newport Railway Extensioos ;
Darlington Loral Board of Health ; Dahlia and Antrim
lowlier' Railway ; Dublin Markets ; Eastera Counties
Railway ; Feat lochs Irrigation sad Caaal ConVio-
; Froterly sad Staohope Railway ; Gainsbarg to
East Retford, le., Roads; Gnat Western way
(capital) ; Oreetwell District Draitage ; Healey in
Ardis Railway ; Llsoidloes and Newtown Railway ;
Leeds and Raked Road ; Loran sod East of Fife Railways
(Extension, U.); lbalborosigh Railway ; Midland Counties
and Shannon Jouctioa Railway ; Prestos Markets, am;
Ramsey Railway; South Staffordshire Railway; South
Yorkshire Railway (ffsadby Extension); Thorne Moore
Drainage, kr. • Trent, Anaheim% and Grimsby Railway;
Dahridge sad Riekmaanworth Railway; West Clunhini
Railways ; Want Midland and Severn Valley Railway Cow
panim ; W and Northenden Raid ; Wycombe
Railway ; Chatham Dori= =ont ;
Public llatansioa aid Royal (List
litonehown, Damon) ;Sins

PUBLIC BUSINESS,
NOTICES OP MOTIONS.
PRACTICE OP THE IRISH LAW COURTS.
Hz. V. SCULLY ins maks that be would to-morrow
=task • ques
wrb ta turctiaa •
izrent.flardake
and
able at la rt. Yelwartoa cuee
ll udiocal 'with v raison im to
S alinatioa the afaccriii; law.
BOROUGH FRANCHISE.
Hr. COLLINS jam sake of hitcher sztosakam to be
coati fa reasi"ea as the county rad boruugh fiarichhe

Mr. OAIRD me wan for as lowly day to cull attoo-
Sea to the sods= Aolhamoy of goo loot harvest, with the
vim of iambs frosfloassur la public orpooditure.

NAVY INFIYILiTICB.
flir J. ELPITENIffONZ gave notice of a swiss of is
solutions in committee is the mod estimates.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
Sir J. ELPRINATONE mid that he would tomorrow
(this day) mak wbether it wee intended to emend
the proposed eztsmiams of the county and borough
francliers I. Wan/ The besoisenble member aim
intimated his intention el as an anseadnient
en the eseand readag of thme MDs, that it was not gape-
diant to proceed with thent without ministerial respenei-
bilk, said whoa thin am se nasenable prospect of their
bacteming law dorm the - swim

CHINA.
Led J. ZUWIMILL kid as the table eerthin oorrespond-
saes Meth, le mewl transactions in China.
NZW =ALA ND.
LORI A. CIIMINZIEL asked the l'nder.Serretai7 of
Mate few the CAW= wiMber be had received otittial
britheetke at the paraleg by the General Assembly
at New Zealead„ ef a MB, fur avastituting a conned to
advise the grimace es all opsettsse wonreetW with the
Asesowsel et the estiewej sod whether her Majesty's go-
verning W se *ewes Neap Asteernination, in reference
he the Owens, a olhaDewewee at such bill.
Mr. FORTIOUtiII said Usat the boll wan under anxious
welpelieteMee Is the Colweldwess. bet that consideration
was wM eeMeleettly ripe S. allow at as opinion }wing wilt
eat by the present med. Is the easaatinve he did not think
it would be ezywileet S. make the decision of the Colonial-
Moe public until it heal AIM tees communhated to the
sweenser sad mesa.

SALVAOI FOR LIPL
(b,ptain JERVIS wished fle how whether her Majesty's
govereineot hued cassidered the advisability of soils.* into
negotiations with forage maritime powers, with a view to
• reciprocal recegaithei of chime for salvage of life occur-
ring beyond the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admi-
ralty ; sod whetker the mercantile manna food would ad-
mit of larger rewards being grim in cams of salvage at-
tended with danger to the salvors
Mr. 11. UllifiON said that the subject was miler the
comideration of the government, sod so arrasgemeet allow-
ing salvage for life was thought to be very desirsb.. So
hr as our own law was anicertied the matter right be
airlifted by the insertion of • clause in the Merchant Ship-
ping Act. and it was his istentica to introduce • clause
for that purpose. With regard to ncresehig the
rewards already gives be could only sae that there
wa• *vary desire to be libesal in such matter,
hot it wee accemary that some rule should be
followed. The National Lifeboat hmaltertioa had caftan'
rules for rewards, and their rules had been taken ma the
lame of the rewards of the Board of Trade. hi special
sae. however, larger rewords bed bow Oen. and where
the lose of life hail ham vary Ism the sward had been
=7Aly harrowed. he the renal ewe at Whitby, for
* familiar of the lifeboat crew had received
something like =Of.
wiNnumrP OP JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.

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Ts aii;;;;to Yr. MUllak; . -
The ATTOKNEY.OOIOILAL odd dot the subject woo
is the baud, of the Dead of Trader aid ble right hon.
!Head the preside., weld Aar* introduce a WI.
FROMM! 0000TAFION OF SYRIA.
Yr. E. JANES reed the of State for lam*
Again whether it had bees decided in confersec• en eh
ofiaire of S rut at Paris, that the eocepation opidriria by
Irma troopehould be prokeged heyood the
hWd witessilY by the eeseenties, sad eo, facility
aud. somber the representative of the Othantso
proset sash toe eeellieesee, protested easiest 'ay
crexpittes.
her sot been derided by the cos)
fleece is Paris that the Frame\ oesepatroa of Syria shall be poiloged bored the reeled elig.naLly enseeed be, sad
thendere the gambles as el obit peeled it spay pro-