The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-01 00:00:00

iMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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HOUSE OF LOADS —FEDAT, MAT 31.
The hoses met at 4 o'clock.
ROYAL ASSBNT.
The Royal anent was giveu by commisiden to the hollow-
ly/wing bilis :—Altention is Plead(agt• West Irala AP'
cresteeD•tee s is Lessee Aet AsieshsestA Presses and
(bislang ; Kew aad Pete/sham VlOlllllO 1041-
de sad Coleraine Railway ; Loadeaderry sad Ramis-
kill's :Railway ; Walsall Improvement and Market Let
(184$, ameadmests); Bella.
The Lords Coreatiesinen were Lord Lsagdale, the Earl
ef Cashel', sod B.rl Mina
'The house then adjeuraed during plotter, awl Ti mud
at 6 *Week.
SUNDAY FAIRS PRIIVRNTION‘BILL.
Os the motion of the Sul of Cams.nirt, this bill was mid
• mend time.
DISTRESS FOR RENT (IRELAND) BILL.
The Earl of LUC ANptend the seand wadi* a this bill.
By the 63 Geo 111. Ma power of distesiang rent* my"
far mat wee eztsoaed to Irelasd. That est lied to re-
pealed la 1849, and the shiest of the present measure was
I. Tenon thee power. The repeal of that law wee sasalled
for, sad hat b. en mat isjarnits to tbe pun of !Mead.
This power exited is England, and there was so MKS why
it should sot snit is Imbed. It was desirable that the
tallest, is that Pone, nimbi know that the Indians pos-
sessed sash • power. The sable lord thee minded to three
iastanes is whisk large begin of people had assembled for
the purse of tarrying of * tans growing wpm.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNI was sot prepared to
pledge himself to support the bill, hat he thought it would
ealy be fair to the seek serf to read the bill a snood time
sow. He would seerlier the subject, as he agreed with the
noble earl that some remedy should be applied.
After • few words from the Marquis of Weermsaut sod
tks Bail el Ginn+ au., the bill wait rind • wenn time.
SUNDAY TRADING PRBVIINTION BILL.
The Eel of HARROWIIIt moved that the hone amid
go iota cessmitte.: as this bill.
Lord BROUGHAM looked upon nessame of this on
wits Mat ninety. Na oar had ever felt the deep impor-
tune of Sabbath rem more this he had, but if they at-
Isimpeed to do toe mans, his her was they would defeat the
el ‘set they had to view, and feeder the setnesraties of
the Sabbath ..popular with the multiltaile. If they
strand too bard, their penalties would all be fa
van. Why should this measure be ceellasel to the
metrepylb ? sad why should • person then be allswed
to bay milk and arena es the Sunday, but se tea sad
seen ? Shelties and hairdressing alter 10 o'clock were to
be prohibited ; but people might bey uewspapers, just as if
they were etc of the absolute seesseiries of life. They coiled
not buy • Bi day • Prayer-book, or a stermoo, but they could
bay Belle's f.ye is Loudon, it they wanted to know any-
Wog sheet Ms D.rby or the Oeks. He must take this
impartially of Lisreasior his surprise at the immersion ad-
dress agreed to is the other house, by which all Poet-yilin
Wirer, sad ems. qiently all business, was to beliuspended
for 24 hosts, for it type itsd all the maila won to be stopped
on Sundays.
The Sal of 110ENTCASHELL—Thet i. not this bill.

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Lord BROUGHAM.—Did the noble lad think be was
such as idiot as sotto know that ? (Great laughter.) He
knew very well it was not the bill before the house, but if
they paired the measure now under c3rsideratiow, the
alter might follow in its wok.. He bad es mach respect
for the authors of the address in the other house as it WWI
possible for him to feat. (" Hear."' and a laugh.) All ships,
Re supposed. wire lot to sail oa the Sabbath ; these men
seeme.t to thiak that idleness was the best way of keeping
the Sabbath. If they were to go on in this course of legis-
lation, the effect would be to cause the &aeration of the
sabbsth, instead of its being more respected.
After some cor.venstion, the bona went into committee
en the bill, the Eal of SIiAITIPBUKT in the chair.
Clause I was agreed to.
Oa C 11314 2 beine unposed.
The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH suggested that the time
for alliog tea ad sugar on Sandals should be extended to
10 o'clock. . . .

Lori BROUGHAM saw no reason why milk should not
be included as well as tea and sugar in the Sunday morning
tare.
Mtn a few words from the Earl of HARROWBY in
wit de
Tyie clause wee agreed to.
The bill pealed through committee and the rouse resumed.
AUSTRALIAN ''OLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL.
In moving tte mend reading of this bill,
Earl GREY commented on the imp ortanoe of a Nestles
timid measure for communiti-sexhihiting so rapid • growth
as the settlements in que.tion. Tee oldest, New South
Wales, was founded little more than linty years ego ; and
daring the last twenty years the esporte of that settlement
and of Yen Dictum's Lend had increased Bfteenfold. The
object of toe present bill was to avoid needless experiment,
by building whatever inci'ution were required on the ex-
isting foundations. Up to 1842 the Australian settlements
were all ruled by governors and legislative councils. At
that period Lord Stanley introduced • bill constituting the
present form of government of New South Welts, which,
though theoretically imperfect, had not worked ill. TLe
principle of the present bill was, that it respected the sanc-
tion thus given to that form of government by *aperient r;
and he cited fd.r W. Denison's opinion to prove, that what.
ever constitution was selecied for one Australian colony
should be extended to the rut. He proceeded to show
But this measure would correct the deficiencies of
the set of 1812, by suspending the district councils
until they should be required by the inhabitants ;
by charging the police-rates on the general colonial
revenues; and by enabling any future district c:unci!e to
apply a portion of the land sales funds to roads, schools,
gaols, dc. The pries of tte l.nd would be maintained not
only because it conduced to these ends, but because it pre-
vented unwieldy estates from falling into the hands of land
sharks He did not propose to give up the control of the
proceeds of the land sale:, as he thought that the lucid govern-
ments might be induced to petition for district councils, it
they fouud they could not be benefited by those sales on any
other conditions The colonial legislatures would be em-
powered to deal with the whole re. enue arising from taxa-
tion ; but there would be certeia fixed charges, each as judi-
cial ularies, dm, which would be unalterable except with
the went of the crown. Another feature of the bill wee the
general assembly. His belief was, that, so far from Inch a
federation being prejudicial to colonial allegiance, the Amos
revolution would never have taken place had the earl
attempts to form a 'congress in that country been sueeessfuL
Local jealousies might retard each a union in Australia, but
only for a time. He desired, therefore, to provide for the
exiguity ere it came, by enabling a governor-geaeral of
Australia to convene a federal, assembly on the adrese of two
or more colonise. A very essential feature was the power to
!hangs their constitutioneven to the local legslature, sub-
ject to the went of the olonial.office. That went would
not be given until the local bills authorising such changes
had lain before both bosses for thirty days, during whack
time the crown might be addressed es the subject by perils.
meat. This was the utmost power of intervention which the
legislature ought to require. He concluded by observing,
that as the Report of the Privy Council on which this Bill
was founded had been approved of in Australia; and as a
body of London merchants, connected with the Wanks, had
petitioned in favour of the measure, he trashed it would re-
efiVe the sanction of the house.

that ministers had not
gives the measure all the completeness in their power. If
le principle of the present bill was confined to the policy of
panting free institutions to Australia, he should adopt it;
bat he protested whist this *evermore of the principle from
the details on which it depended for its vitality. The new
legislature world be a hazardous constituent assembly, un-
like anything in history. As to the objection to change the
constitution of New Beath Wales, itself was only eight ysan
old. A Gamut chamber, combining the advantages of deli-
beration and eonserratism, might be toned In Australia,
though no material existed there for a peerage.
Loed MONTKAGLE observed that Lord Grey's method
of "standing in old ways" wee strangely exemplified by
the fact that he hi,' advocated for Australia in 1849 tke very
double chamber which he was now repudiating. He had
endeavoured to apply it to New Zealand, and was about to
introduce it at tie Cape. As to the abuser of materials for
oath a chamber in Australia, there were at any rate the pre.
sent nominees, who would carry far more weight than at
present if they owes their authority to popular election.
Eves in Cahlfersia materials for a double legislature had
been (mad. The noble bred concluded by givir.g notice of
an anseadment to the effect that a legialative comma and
sieembly should be established la New filoatk Wales and
Victoria

11;;;ICiRAN VILLE denied that the proposed form of
legislature would be a constituent assembly any niers than
was the Bugle& parlament ; and u to the advantages of a
mooed chamber in this vinistry, he urged that they resulted
trona association,' and analogies which could sot be created in
Australis.

Lord WOURHOUSE alluded to the objection of the
colonists to the powers invested in the governors. The
elective franchise squired regulation, owing to the change
that had taken place in the value of property. The federal
weimishii was objected to by all the colonies except New
South Wake. and the latter only assented becalm its own
voles la the &defers would be disproportionately great.
Lord STANLEY said that he had harmed the constitu-
tion, for *bees antiquity so great a veneration had been
ahead, eight years ago, only ma stepping•stone to a double
legislature. At the first outset of a coldiy, when, fur fa-
stens*, the peps's, body could consist of only fourteen, and
the legislative council of only six, members, a division of the
two might not be advisable. This he had binned( seen ex-
emplified in the ease of Newfoundland. Hat whether this
was or was not true of the other Australian colonies, New
Smith Wales had nude such great advances since 1842, that
it bad probably become fit for two chaniben. He objected
to the power given to the erloniets to propose alterations in
their oonstitution. If they attempted to act upon it demo-
s:radially, the Colonial-office would interpose its veto, and
thus the power would •tnly be productive of bad feeling. He
pointed out that the alleged necessity for uniformity between
the several colonial cony i tut ions was not reconcileab(e with the
previsioes by which each colony might change its form of
='Dent without consulting the rest. And he concluded
flail, that the power of regulating so influential •
body as the proposed federal assembly, if vested anywhere,
should he entrusted not to the colonial minister, but to par-

After •tee words from Ilsrl (*hair is reply, the bill was
read • second time, •od ordered to be commuted so the
10th of./ use.

Thar lordships adjoined at 10 railatoo to 11 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FazDAT, MAY 31.
Tin Eiramm took the ebair at 4 o'clock.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
o.kto-oitowsi Soomc.—tly Mr. MUNTZ, from the
4tg...4416v0q Boa*/ oi Birmingham's; Mr. HARRIS, from

orwich, sad other places, set hoard; Kr.
Nhem amnia pumas laterestedft WW ladistiner,
NEWDEGATR,_hoes sevenl et the West Wands'
Sir J. PAILINGTON, her the Mauritius Arseatjsm,
flee amine plass (atm set heasi); Mr. P. NUNS, hem
esmeslplasia Glesesatentheritr. PARDWELL,frem
lammed BUXTON STLEY, hem a Taira sot heard ; sad
by Sit I em Gleipmr, from the island ef Orr
sada, hem St. Viseest,e ad hem melees preshytsdas me-
porgatleas is BMW; all prints( bra diserialeallas daty
as Wall.graws mar.
Pomornos.—Ey Lord ASHLEY a number et peti-
tions hem ittlerm_t *en,. Kr. atria, tn. a
la the .ssatry ; ow. L. wATILINS. hoes the elerrereal-
vinistie methadon el theSerespli of Beeskserk ; Ler/ H.
LENNOX, from a plan is SWIM ; Mr. !WADLEY,
hem a picas le Yorks he the abolition of Sands, Is-
how is the Pest-s/se.
lITILANOLL lorsainstrs —By Kr. HARRIS, treat
Norfolk, is favour et examine! intersteste.
Nersoreirrasi ItrTaetrstrrr Ina.-11y Lard DUDLEY
STUART, heia St. Panora.; Mr. WYLD. from St.
James's sad St. Anne., Soho; kr. HINSHAW, heat
Naryhbeste sad Lasimos Bared. maims
eartais Gleams as
tke NIL
Samos Basis BILL—By CoI.LINDSAY. hos Wises;
Sir IL WILLOUGHBY, hem inelam ; Yr. SCHO.-
FIELD, fees Binaisgbeas; Sir G. GRIT, fres a place
same am heard, against the Savings Bub Bill, mad pray-
ing that it might he referred to a utast esmalttes.
STANT Durum—By Mr. K. GIBSONfrem the UMW@
aut. Numbest*, Stock !Whim's ; Mr. bODD, hem atter-
aim ef Maidmose, splint the stamp dudes reellatiessa.
sew modified.
Nun rrrrr STANPS.—By Kr. N. GIBSON, hem
Greenwich sad hos persons is the employment of Maws.
Liddos, of Dnotors'-eosamens, 'Amiss for the repeal of the
newspaper stamp daty.
TAXIS ON KNOWLIDON.—By Kr. IL GIBSON, from
the letterpress priaten, reporters, sad others ottesseted with
ilia press is Belfast, and frost Cleriteswell, praying for the
repeal of the tales on keowledre.
SUGAR DUTIES. .

Mr. GRANTLZY itiiiiiiii save aotiot that is the
evert ef the mottos of the hew. member ler Heath Bess Wag
misdeed, he would ea ea early a day as peribie beim beieee
the beam the set of the 4th liepeeethsr, 1648. ire repealiea
the datum ea nor' with a view I. the emeileratiew ef the
meat duties ea foreign sad slaw-grows eager, sad m-
eanies their ezpirieit.
THE HALT TAX.

Mr. FREWEN, for Mr. Csgby. far 2&h Joao. to Ism
for liars to briag is e bill for tits yrs& of the mat las.

COFFEE TRADE.

Mr. ANSTBY, os 13th luse, to move for a select eon
mitres to esquire iato the declining state of the trade is
toffee, and whether it was attributable to frauds of the sellers
or °then, and what mesas should be %akin to prevent those
fraud..

CHURCH BUILDING ACTS.

Mr. ADDSRLEY wished to km* from the right hon.
gentleman the home veretery whether the government
were prepared with soy bill for the alteration of the Church
Building Aces, in pursuance of the recommendations of the
commission eu that subject.
Sir 0. OBEY said that the commission had appended to
their report the draft of a bill which had been submitted to
the government, which had their concurrence, and he hoped
to lay ir, or some bill, on the table in the clone cf the
seesien ; bat he could not hope that it would ba palmed this
maim.