The Express.
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LIFSRPOOL, March 18.

Ihrotm-Siosaxas.—The market wu • Made better
to day, bat priees are still rather low : East Lanouhlr9 (i
skaree), —Ditto (pref. 4 sharer), 7 ta.4d.—Oleasow,_ Paisley, nd
Oreetrostr, IS—laneeshir• and Yorkshire (somsod). 49r—Ditto
illithuisehawee), •to 9d. e. 3. ad. d.—Ditto (fink is W. R. U.),
d.—Leuto• and North Western 1014 c. 4 tatZto (dew
Oa ad. e. as. 9d. d— Ditto (Mb shares), —Kaachester,
filtelisidead Liscoinshlre (pref. sharcrl. 7 99arrair
231 d.—North Staffordshire, 61.—k"rwth Moo (0),
Ourreqrr, and Chester, It d.—York, NehohNier sod Bet.
wireklt.7l. I per rest. till 7 Is. U. d.

NA2/011/STBR, Mor-.A 18.
11Toot-lhonattai.—Tha mast to-day has pruarvad
the dolma white hell tar the hut few dam charectertaectit, tad
prime have •1111 a dolmas:el tentless:ly.

IJlSsid. Mara 18.
.
8t0441-21Ciasso8.—Tbare has beta quite an IV
amount al toslasas dine O. 'Change today at about the rates
tardily. !kolas then: Catedaretaas, 101; Midland Stuck, ISt
Natasha, dad Bendel, t Tea mud Worth Mldttual Psalssioss.
Its. bL Ma ; Tort sad North Midland, 167.11 a Id MINIM MM.
sea,, In Lana I Lade and Yortahlr• datureass, IN. .

ARISTOL..NaraII U.
lieocz Eiciteahli.—The demotes NY ebaractitima
the saarapoiliaa aiiikatca heturdey lbeditesehet. twig, rem bed
herab,±let Ihtle dor. et enum11
irk al Wilts mad
afar.
ow bit.t at lel ale., rod the Wiz 101.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
above company was held on Thursday last. at the Lime-
'beet station, Liverpool. E. W. IlaseLL, Eqq., presided.
Amongst the direetors end shareholders present we observed
the following:—The Hon. Charles Howard ,_M P., William
Marshall, Req. M.P. Henry Howard, Rsq., Greystoke
Castle, Col. Mailean,*. Garnett
_, Esq. G. H. Read, Esq.,
W. Retheram Mci , Richard Edwards, Esq., J. Cropper,
Esq., Thetstioie Ratlthenrs, Req., Thomas Beno•te, Eq.,
David Hodgson, Esq, , Joe. Bushell, Esq., Joe. Salkeld, Esq.,
W. Jackass), Seq. V. Bowerby, Esq., Henry Madmen,Esq., endeavored oilhers.
The report commenced by congratubiting the sham-
holden on the eseeradnl working of the line from Preston
to Carlisle, and, altar adverting to the heavy parliamentary
expenses in the pea seadon, in consequences of the con-
test between the Lancaster and Carlisle and Lancaster and
Preston Companies, and to the successful opposition to Mr.
Hudson'. project for leasing the Newcastle and Carlisle and
Mary port and Carlisle lines, it referred to the :particulars of
the capital and revenue accounts, which had been forwarded
to the shareholders a week prior to the meeting. The re-
port explained the course adopted by the directars in refer-
ence to the Scottish Central Railway, and after mentioning
the fact, that the line is in good order, and that friendly
relations continue to exist with the North-Western Railway
and Lancaster Canal Companies, it alluded to the questions
of audit and railway rating in the following words:—" To the
question of the audit of railway accounts, your directors desire
only to refer, for the purpose of expressinn their concurrence
in the opinion new generally entertained, that it is one
properly for the consideration of proprietors, but they
most state that they consider the proposed measure of the
'annoy commissioners most objectiontaile, and ca:colated to
throw enormous fruitless expense and inconrenitnce upon all
railway proprietors," and concluded with recommending a
dividend at the rate of 41. 101. per cent. per annum.
The usual formal resolution. for the adoption of the report
and the decimation of a Dividend were then unanimously
passed.

Mr. BENNETT stated his wish to direct the attention of
this meeting to a subject deeply affecting the best interests
of railway proprietors—he meant the question of audit. He
expressed his satisfaction at the allusion to the matter in the
report, and his approval of the conduct of the directors in
leaving the matter in the hands of the proprietors. Mr. Ben-
nett called on the shushes:dere to unite on the present mica
Mon, and to endeavour as tar as possible by themselves, and
by the assistacce of others who tad engaged in the effort, to
keep out government inurferemee. He then read the reso-
lution he intended to propose:—"That the bill introduced
into the House of Lords, by Lori Granville, for the audit of
railway acceuots, is highly objectionable on several grounds,
and particularly as recognising the pi inciple of extraneous
interference in the management of railways, as involving
great additional expense to railway companies, and ea likely
to produce considerable delay in the payment of the divi-
dends to the shareholders," and proceeded to refer to the
audit bill which, he was happy to soy, was at last in the
House of Lords, under the very effinii.nt care of Lord Stanley,
and he believed would be read a second time on Friday.
Rethought that that bill would do all the government bill
professed to do for railway proprietors, and much mere—
(hear)—that there were some clauses in it which might be
objectionable to directors in some eases. It had been thought
necessary, however, to insert these eauses ; and though they
might be somewhat obnoxious in their appearance, yet he
thought, after euffering as railway property had done, and
after the suspicions that had been excited in consequence of
the conduct of some few directors, the shareholders were not
to blame for keeping a strict watch upon their directors; and
he thought every honest and honourable man might be con-
tent to submit to the stringency of some of the provisions
in the bill in the hope that its general effect would be
beneficial to railway property. lie might observe that by
the introduction and insertion of the clauses refund
to, which do not relate strictly to audit, but rather to
management,• determination was shown on the pan of the
shareholders in railways to do all that is possible to prove to
the government and the public at large that the bill is not a
directors' bill, but a shareholders bill. (Hear, hear.) And,
therefore, he thought the interferer es of Lord Granville and
the government, with a view to protect the shareholders, was
proved to be needless; for shareholders at lost (and it was
at last, for certainly trey had been very supine) were roused,
and were paying attention to their own affairs, end were de-
termined to have a continuous and efficient and independent
audit. (Applause.) By independent. they mean independ-
ent of government, as well es independent of directors.
With regard to the government audit, he thought, after the
first two or three years, they would find they would get
nothing but a common official report, if they got even that
it would degenerate into a mere delusion, and they wcufd
have nothing like the continuous audit which they could
have amongst themselves. (Applause.) And this leads to
another point. The companies must, under any circum-
stances, have an audit of their own affairr.. The government,
by its audit bill, proposes to assist the companies, but he
would decline their assistance. He would say, " Hold off
your hands, you are suspected parties by me." And let him
ark, what right had the government to come to the railway
interest and seek to take the management of its affairs?
Is a railway company the only concern that has been badly
administered? The government have not interferred with
insurance companies. Have there been no errors then?
They have never interfered with steam navigation companies.
Have they auditors there ? Why come to railway compa-
nies ? It was a foregoneoonclusion. Then as to the expenses,
which, to the large companies, would be very considerable
items. Lord Granville had stated that he calculated the
expenses at 10,0001. a year, and the very next time he came
down to the house the 10,0001. had risen to 20,0001. ; and
be was !inite certain that the cost of audit of 183 railway
campmate would be found to be 40,6001., or 60,0001., or it
might get up to 60,0001., 70,0,10, or 100,000 • year.
(Applause.) There would be a cry for more officials in
order to have the wcrk done efficiently, and then therm
would be a cry by other parties to get into office, so com-
fortably occupied under government, where a person cannot
be removed, and is fixed for years and years to come. He
would advise shareholders strongly never to forsake the
principle that they are able o manage thrir own affair,:
and let them prove it by setting about d sang it, and refusing
to admit the interference of any extraneous influence or
auditor, however plausible might be the pretence under
which he should appear. (Hear, hear.) There was another
point, which was, the delay which must necessarily
ensue. He should like to kcow how it was passable for
these auditors, in so short a time as was proposed by the
bill to get through the audit of 183 zailway companies ?
(Hear.) Mr. Bennett ameluded amiist much applause (his
address having been cheered throughout) by miming the
resolution before referred to, which, having been brisHy se-
conded by Mr. Petrie, was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN, before putting the resolution, expressed
his approval of it, and the desire of himself and his brother
directors for an independent audit, to be established. (Hear,
hear.) And he thought the shareholders had a perfect=
to take steps to obtain a really Independent audit.
expressing that opinion perhaps he ought to stop, becalm It
was not the business of the directors. The proprietors very
rightly and very properly wished to take steps to control
the directors, aid to ascertain satisfactorily for themselves
by, an independent audit that the directors wen doing
their duty, that they were not mice spending the money,
that they wero laying it out fairly and prorly. and that
they were not forgetting the high trust which all parties
take upon themselves o"
who undertake the laying out
of other people's money. (Hear, hear.) He might
perhaps be allowed to say, with respect to the speech
of
evizythetbmingovbere
hadol the
on
nesothlulln that h
the subject.
jectusewoesguirdeod with
everything
that the more strictly the accounts Wen kept, and the more
strictly and impartially this auditors performed their duty the
better. They had nothing to fear from a scrutiny. God
forbid they should. They were gentlemen he hoped of
honourable principles—and also of liberal view, and they
meant to come before the shareholders atilt damson grounds
which were perfectly clear, fair, and intelligible, and if they
did not de so they should be most unworthy of the poet they
held. All he need my on the subject was, that so far from
deprecating, be would most cordially invite the strictest
scrutiny, and be must say that the course proposed to he
taken was, in hie opinion, the best mune under all air-
eneutarces.—The thanks of the meeting were subsequently
anninteusly voted to the chairmen and director, end the
proceeding terminated.

DUBLIN 811AltH3.—(Front the Freeman's Journa
of March 18.)—la *hues Were has been less than an aroma
amount of barium", the tendency being decidedly downwaa.
City of DubDußois, however, recovered 2L per share of
the late decline, ad debenture' of all kinds maintain firm
prise.. Great flohMurrn and Western. 27 (1 ; P.
Serene* Shares, II I Midland Great Western, 2.1 i ; Halves,
44 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 104 (11 decline) , Dublin
and Drogheda, 2 i 1; Thirds, 8$ as die. ; Waterford and
Limerick, 8; National Bank, 174 ; Wicklow Copper Mina,
1311 Mining Company of Ireland, 416; City of Dublsa
Steen, 70 (2 advance); Alliance and Consulters' Goa,
61 6; Grand Canal New Stock. 211; City Four per Cent.
Debentures, 76 ; Ballast Office Debentures, 931 ; Detain
and Kingstown Detantares, par.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, MARCH 18.
The Woe um at STA eelk. LAM LAigoDAis sat is
maker.
COMMONS INCLOSITAIL BILL

Os the aseiWsSiii•l72lsi biliiisiii, this bill TM
nod s WM au" sad pawl.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1661.
Lord BROUGHAM pa saint that he shade tO•lier.
TOW 001 day) more fee the pedalos of a copy of tits
osonaissies for that wine+, is irtsrisit, wa Nand the a
parition, which he supased out alibities, of the Is-
&may of all satirise ; sad be should at Um sass time ask a
sassies with »spa to a Tay alarming mat which Its bad
heard, samely.tbat what Mr. 'Wyndham sad Lord Chatham
nand tin lasi' of this msposalM was to be 'screeched
upon. Hs sainstood that oral sa onwasabstest was to
take place to tbr ratan of away saes Is Hydo-perk, sad h.
should most decidedly object to it.

CONVICT PRISONS BILL.
Earl GREY pastpesed die turd ready of We bill until
Friday.

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WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND
• DUBLIN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Earl GRANVILLE, pursuant to nodes moved that Mr.
C. D. L. NOM be caged to the bar.
Mr. NASH' bowleg appeared, stated In ensurer to ques-
tions Main Earl ()ravioli*, Lord &written, Lord 8d..-
now, and other soble lords that he was • parliamentary
meat, that he delivered a certain return comeested with the
above railway to the rallies, heard. He was honorary se-
ereitaty to a body of the etteseholders. An order bad been
neck la March het for the return, whisk had not
bees complied with, cad about Christ®a be wrote
the oommlesiontre stating that be had the means of
furnishing the inforwistka yr quired. He sew am order
of the how/ on the subject, made is May. 1845,
at tee Private Bill-Mlles of which he made a literal copy. I
Me wrote the words, Ceurtown, ettairman." In the copy
which he greeestai, without for a moment intendiag to
imitate Lord Counown's handwriting. He bad so autho-
rity to pat in the original documents without the order of
parliament, and he considered the house would be aware of
that feet. A copy similar to that which hr had sent to the
railway board had bees exhibited to Lord Coartowa's soli-
citors M legal pmemedings which were pending, and they
lad admitted it to be mane%
Lied BROUGHAM underilood that the original docu-
ment add M have bre. copied is the Private BildoMee had
never slam been men.
Mr. Nast said he had merely copied it He did not
take the °Helsel, and no oae had ever applied to him for it.
Mr. Nash was then ordered to withdraw.
Oa the motion of Earl Onaurtum, the examination was
directed to be printed, end Mr. Nash wee ordered to attend
at the bar again on Friday.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE AND
THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.

Lord BiIOEGHAM laid that in pursuance of a notice
which he had given last week, he had now to call their lord-
ships' attention to a paper which he was shout to lay on the
table, Ia the form of a rceoluticn. It related to a subject
of greet impor.ance, sanely, the administration of justice in
ear vast colonial empire. It was undeniable that Uwe
chose, for ambition's sake, to possess a boundless empire—
if we sought to govern the nations epos earth, It was
our bounden duty to "judge the folk righteously ;"
and without bestowing upon them the icesti-
saM,le blessing of a good administration of justice,
we c uld no: tepid that those nations should
"rejoice sad be glad in cur rule." That our
rule had bean attended with infinite advantage was self.
evident. All history bore testimony to it—even the coo.
curries voice of car rivets. Hewett:4lles, it could nit be
dctied that our judicial system wee espable of mat its.
provement, and we never ought to stop on the reflection of
the good we had dose so long as it could be shown that any
law remise lie would now call attention to the
results shown by the papers which be had moved for
oat the subject a short time ago, and which east a light on
the state of our judicial system at home, in the Channel
Islands, is the colonies, and our net Indian empire. T 44411
returns all related to the appellate jurisdiction, because,
more or less, that was esleulated to furnish a tees of the en.
whence of the administration of justice n those countries
from which the appeals proceeded. He bad before him
returns for the net '2O yean of troceedinrs in
that house upon appeal from Eneland, Scotland,
and Inland. Similar returns had been made he
all the colonies, the Channel Islands, and India ;
and it would no doubt, at first sight, appear elttaordinerr
that so great a disproportion existed between the number of
appeals at home sad from abroad. During the last twenty
years there appeared to have been heard and determined
Moat England 110 appeals from ell the pouts; in the same
period from Scotland 634, and from Ireland 75; but with ail
the inferior local courts sod the three supreme court* in Belk
In • p.riod of ten years, there had been only 66 appeals,
This, however, did not arise from the losing parties is- India
being se much more content with the decisions of the courts
thee, than the same parties were with those at home ; bat
it was owing to the sepias, of carrying an appeal from oar
side of the globe to the other—Cheer, hear)—which was a
very different thing to bringing it from Dahlia or Edin-
burgh. Now, es to the result of those appeals, his lorship
quuted figures showing that a far greater proportion of re.
versals tad folcwed the appeals from the colonies than from
those at home. Of these reversals, too, a much greater pro.
poetics were of judgments of the Supreme Court than
of the native courts. He did net think that the
nosh of this return, the purport of which he had stated,
was nth 44 ought to be satidectory. It ought, on the coa.
Vary, to *Demme them to labour bard and, if possible,
with increased dWgenco forte improvement of their judicial
system. He Ind heard with the greatest delight of some
most important sad valuable suggestions that had e me Over
from ladle in septet to the system of appeals both in the su-
preme sad satin sorts, which it formed on sound
psiaciples would be et nestimable benefit to the suitor and
to the jokes, and to the members of the judicial committee,
who would not only have a great diminution of labour, bat
• great Mahn:ion of resposumbility. One improvement of
that tyrant would consist to minuet °MOMS of high else-
reeler sad attaisments to go sit to India. lie had great
mtisfaction to think that the East India Company had spared
napalm and no expose in improving the education of their
(Aces that education which was begun by Lis illus.
lams ;Mead less Wellesley, the greatest benefactor
India ever had, and who prided himself upon no
cos susses sad no one effort more than that he
made is laths to improve local *dualities. That had
been allowed up in this country by a satinet
estalilishment at Hailaybary, sad they had also • military
establishment at Adair:oche, with which however he had
notkirg to dm These young men went out as writers,
which meant that they went oat foe any civil employment
they might be thought fit foe on their arrival. Still more
isymaat was it, no doubt, that care should be takes te
seed eat geed judges to ladle, and to all our colonies. II••
did sot think that say office could be more important than
that whisk was exercised by the colonial minister Is tide
seastry is the seleezion of judges whom he was to sead
forth to oar coloring. When be was chancellor he wes ties.
'Witty applied to for advice cu that head by the celestial
secretary, who had no jealousy of having his piteous/el inter-
fered with. Quite the contrary; he would have transferred it
to liim,but be recommended any one. And why? Because
he should he resaionsible for the men he recommended when
they did soigne him the means to go into Westminster Hall
with such a salary and such a retiring pension as should enable
him to pick out a man that was fit. For the sake of saving
a few paltry hundred pounds they did injustice to the suitors,
and injustice to those whom they sent out. And what was
the consequence? He believed that almost all the equabbin
that Pel place is thole concise were traceable to this sys-
tem. Tney gave no encouragement to have a proper
person. Toey were obliged to take one of two
classes, either a young man who never had a brief
at the bee, or one who had tried and fail. d. It was • most

&spiv Me want* of wisdom and want of true economy to
starve the great officers of justice in order to save a pilmy
saw, which had Ruck better be saved in say other branch
of service. He thought the greatest plus oaght to be
taken to amend the law with regard to our jcdicial system.
Bo wanted to show that the amount of reversals was no test,
and he had brought so complaint against any one. Having
said this, all be bad to do was to lay the resolutions of fart
og the table. The return itself was not analysed, and per-
sons not acquainted with the subject would not derive any
informstion from it.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Of ours., if they be
mere resolutions of ism, there can be no objettioa to them,
bat they ehowld he printed.
Lord BROUOHAM—I intend them to be printed.
The no lotions were then ordered to he printed.
SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE.

The Earl nf MALMHSBURT, seeing his noble friend the
Purmaster-Gmeral in his place, would ask him a question
with respect to /Sunday labthr in the Post-office, respecting
which t:.ere wets now as many petitions. He had been In-
formed of the way is which some of these petitions was got
op. A man was salted if all persons ought not to keep the
sabhatii holy, and ot mune he said you. He was then asked
if et was not . great hardship that persons employed In the
post office in the country should not be er.abled to keep the
satthath the same a. time in the post-dike in London, and
he aeturally said yes. He was thee asked to sign the peti-
tion, and la this way a great number of signatures had been
arier obtaicei. He should be ea to know from the noble zau-
Tu., so far se his ea would suable his to answer
matters with mg to the delivery of lettere, that
that delivery would be as often and as steady
in the week as it was now ff the mails wen
ail stopped on Bentley nights. It appeared to him
that in tie cowboy it would be impossible to receive
news from London which now arrived on tne Monday till
Tuesday, and that they would have two dim in the week
when the news would be 48 hours old instead of 24.
The Marquis of CLAN RICARDB replied that, moulder-
lag how much Lad been said en this subject, having been
subjected to great misrepresentation with respect to Sunday
labour, and even noble members of that house having pub-
lished letters in newspapers with strong opinions upon Stilt
certeinly should not have been surprised if something
been su ;nit said iin the subject there, where be might hate
answered it. (Heir, hear.) The question which deniable
lilted heti put was of a different nature from that to "lab
he alluded, end, p ?haps, instead of giving his own
the beet stew. rhe mold make wee to ;ay en lb.
the hems the repots' of what had been done with nowt II
Beads) labour within the lest two pare, and the dew that
was hikes by the Posi•offlea authorities upon it. Hie MU
opinion was that it would be impwrible, if they were to ive.
Bari the convenieme sad the sheathe neeessi, of the Sod-
nosily, to stop the trammissio• of the soils for the whole
cl tht Sendity ; pad he did not Week there was any duty,
religious et otherwise, which imposed upon is the nemesity
of that.
'I es Bishop of OXFORD said he was not going to enter
into the isaical gisemios, though he coafirm• be bat •

Wes; apkisa 06 the 'abject. /
Ilan dergarber.
lard 111101/011A11-B.erfpiari
Tb! Ibbsp et OXFORD-1i

asywheme.
The Mampie et CLAN RI(
ler these who _
rigi=el hal Aiwa that by
Mem Ousdegr harm is the Peat-ellee.
mamerial wee tar a total reasaties
miamealed with the. post °Me* In
by ea Mesday morning.
BROUGRAM—Aod the whets, are they to be
delayed. tee (A hoes )
The Berl of HARROWBY sell at Liverieel there lad
bees a paths semis( oa the est‘em. Times wee a lee-
aerial hem entry ono et the shanties, and it was signal by
many of the strrebaate.
Lord BROUGHAM *homed that it wee aa im-
portant thiag to keep the Sabbath, not city I. a re-
ligiose poke of slaw bat politically. Bat geiag to so ex-
treme would make it unpopular.

The subject them dropited.
THB CASE OF ME. BYIAND.
The Dab of ARGYLL said keit emotes he had mad=
to all the attestion of the imam le the injustice committed
as Mr. Bylead respectiNg =oast whisk ha held is Canada.
He was in great hopes that that etatemmt of hie ease,
evea in such hands es his, might have led to a reconsidera.
don of the cep, either as the part of the government at
home cranks eoloay. Bat he regretted to fad that nothing
bad bees dose. He probehly would found a mo.
don apcm them after the Later mem He earnestly
boped that when they were prodocud their lordships would
pay some considessies to the ease • and at a time like the
pressat, whodons and ken wens important. sad sties
most righteous measures were being taken to mean seethes-
rhea to British objects for Warne reseind at the bands of''
foreign governmsnte, hajuries sestaised not osly by subjects
bat servant. of the crown, he hoped that the debts to this in-
stance would set be negletreci.
Earl GREY said there was an objection at the part of the
government to produce wi bout delay in that Yeses the
width had been stored fur in the House of Commons
paper
that the case of Mr. Ryland had bets treated
throagthat with very groat consideration sad liberality, and
a pineal of the papen justified him in stating that so charge
maid be made out 'thar against the Imperial treasury or
the osioniel oats as that subject. (Hoer.)
The mod= wee agreed to.
BMIGIUNT SHIP SOBRAON.
•

The Rul jii•Wrifthuiiiiii.l:llsti hie notion
Motive to the allows of the emigrant Bohm= maul
Friday seat, and said that, though hi tit still further
revolt* it on that day, ha would measly bring it ou ia
the protest session.
The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 7 o'clock.

ROUSE OF COMMONB.--MonDAT, Ithunt 18.

11;13rieiie ;OlLthe chair at bar o'clock.
CALEDONIAN AND EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW

RAILWAYS AMALOAMATION BILL.
Mr. COWAN moved that the order for tae 'mad resdiag
of this bill should be discharged. H. *widths' the Cale-
donian Railway had obtained its amt is 1846, sad been made
in an incredibly short space of time. It was a line that oven
aever to have been sanctioned. The company were now
utterly unable to meet its liabilities. He, therefore, :noted
that tee bill be read a second time that day 111 swathe.
Sir R. H. INOLIS said one of the two companies dia.
finely. repudiated the amalgamation, and the other had
not given its Consent. He, thereiors , concurred in the
:nation. _

Mr. F. DIAULE was glad to hear the has. member for
Edinburgh repudiate the Writing in of this bill.
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON thought it an act et injustice to
the house, on the part of the promoters of the bill, to sub
mit a bill so full of gross improprieties.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he had vas down prepared
to oppose the bill, on account of its rude interference with
private property. It was objectionable, not only in prin-
ciple, but in its details.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he was a party to the bill, ins.
ouch as it interfered with his property. No opportunity of
agreement had ever been given to the parties concerned.
The bill propcsed to desiroy en or eight contracts, the parties'
to which had not hod an opportunity either of assenting or
dimmi
Mr.r. B. ng.
DENISON concurred in the propriety of the bill
being withdrawn.
Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., hoped the discusfica world show
that parties eauld not get rid of their deliberate engagements
by seeing been the legislature.
Mr. HCME thought the character of the house would be
injured should any such bill pass.
Mr. E. ELLICE, inc., nil be should, on the following
day, move an instruction to the committees such as he had
described.
Mr. LABOUCHERE thought it desirable that the ob-
ject of these amegamstion bills should always be clearly
stated to the bona.
Mr. J. B. SMITH was also opposed to the bill.
Me order was then discharged.

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of Inswie Almon Dmemos.—Neckld,
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Denton is oath* Woollen ia opiates whisk he bee
gimp, and that the Judgment giver by the mambas of the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Costa is eatirel wields
their jariedistioe, sad ends as they were by law
to Om. (Hear, hear.) I believe likewise it is a declaim
which bee genaselly Wen great eatiefeedem (Hear, hear.)
But sa theism gemirman asks see Wert what soda the I
goveranmat Mame is take of the preemee of Ile. Damien. I
must say shot thee* it may be messeaery Me the ilenemeel
at a Mete time is Mks some steps, if it Mould wpm toe
my Millealte slogged hereafter or the pert if linos lir
*Mk with Mr. Dosing' required thom—theogil
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be meet miesteat to take stops egohot omy mesa whit sloo
what they oseceive to be the emeabrations impression of
their views with regard to the Murals, and Mould fear
that any suck set or the part of the government would Italy
tend to disturb still farther the harmony of the dwelt.
I (Hear, hear.) kad, therefore, entirely disesntiop from Kr.
I Denison, and *Making it may be doubtful, particularly after
the letter I have read, whether he means so deny the autho-
rity of the judicial ossanaittes of the privy ormacil, or
weather he intends that he ought to use every lawful means
to alter the law, the government, as at present advised, is
not prepared to take any steps with regard to the protests.
(Hear, hear.)
DRAWBACK ON TIMBER FOR SHIPBUILDING.

In answer to Lord JOCILTS,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
be could only repeat what he had said on Friday last with
remect to allowing • drawback on timber used for ship-
building. He said that there was great difficulty in allowing
a drawback in consequence of the difficulty of distingui‘hing
between the timber to be used in the building of ships and
that used for other pupate ; but that, before he mme to a
final decision, it was due to those who were interested in the
question to hear what they had to say. Until he had men
thew parties he could gin no decided opinion on the
subject.
In answer to Lord JOCILTX,
Mr. MITCHELL said hi would defer his motion for •
repeal of the timber duties till attar Easter.

I were set to • Mlle& silent based on the saw primellpla asbey were In Zsgbad. (Hear, bear.) His medic thseekore
ae regarded that mantry, would as follows : Lea..fe;
tisk rent, under 601., new 31.1 pawed, up t, 261., b. Od.;
261. to 601., 6a. Resta, test weesedieg 101., now fa , reposed
2e. 6d.; 101, and net esteeedlog 281. mew 10e., sewed
2s. 6d. ; 201., and not soseeling 161., now 16e., proposed
2.. ad. ; 261, sad net ezeseolioglW., sow 164., proposed 6..
Rents, with • las, loom to to 761. per annum. Haring
sow laid Wore the haws deem ISSIOS of duly. he thought
r esitiht say it would be Ise* consistent that a
on en the di of the bill had better I
be p sismed for the present. (Hear, hear.) He
would be exesollogly reit:deed if hon. gentlemen
would pcstpooe dircassien, for this reason, that all transac-
tions proceeding might be suspeaded uatilithe new law came
Into operation. (Hear, hear.) It was therstare desirable,
as fez as possible, to bring the matter to a coaclusien ;
because great delay sad inconvenience would arise were it
in say way deferred or protracted. Coassepeently he (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) would, for the present, con-
tent himself with gassing the resolution In the hands of the
Chairman. (Hear, bear.)
The resolution having been reed,
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY begged to ask the right bon.
gestleman if the lessee as regarded transfers of land, ap-
plied to halm propay, as also if It were his intention to
iatroduce into the bill an alteration in reference to stamps,
which persons taking up their freedom were obliged to pay.
He beggedto remised the right hon. gentlemanthat by the Mu-
nicipal Act of 1865, ell fines on redemption were abolished
by that house.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was under-
stood to say that the Medias of duty applied to trisector 1
of all property. As regarded the seoond question, he should
say the subject had already been matter of debate in the
stoat eessiou, and had been rejected. Therefore he
thought It better not to encumber a measure really bens-
iktal, with such extraneous matter. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. SCULLY said, with respect to duty on leases in
Ireland, it was of great importance that the masses should
be mwearapd to take them. In certain cum, according to
the bill whisk it was the intention of the right hoe. gentle-
men to awe, the rates of duty would be lowered, whilst in
Ober ease they would be raised, as, for instance, in one cue,
lbw • &Min to 2s. 061., which augmentation was certain to
be attended with eenseqnonuse sot encouraging-
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should say
that he proposed on the whole a considerable reduction on
the duty In Ireland; and the as... in which the duty would
be raised were very few indeed. (Hoar, bear.)
Mr. GROGAN iaquired U the new seals of fees would be
set forth In the schedule ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wee under-
stood to reply In theafiirmative.
Colonel SIBTHORP said that in his locality the
tenantry did not need leases, ae the reciprocity of feeling
existing between landlord and tenant was such that it did
not require to be streagthentd by legal enactment; he
could safely lay that he would prefer hearing the right hon.
gentleman brio* forward a proposition for the abolition of
the hop duty, or fire insurance duty—at present 300 per
Dent —to talking of leases. (Laughter.)
Mr. REYNOLDS should say that whilst the proposal te
regulate the stamp duty was an improvement on the present
system, he regretted the right bon. gentleman bad not ex-
tended a little more indulgence to Ireland. (Hear, hear.)
He begged to remind the house that by the assimilation of
the law regulating the stamp duty between Eogland and
Ireland, which took plan about aye years ago, Ireland was
forced to contribute 150,0001. annual increase to the niche-
qaor in consequence of that swami:alien. He wig
reminded that that sum was placed upon the
back of the Irish camel because she was not
charged with the income tax; the reason of which being
that, he believed, there wee no traceable income. (Hear,
hear.) He was stating a fact; and he should aiso say he re-
gutted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not
thought fit to relieve a class of professional gentlemen—the
solicitors and attorniee of Ireland—from a most unjust im
post which they were obliged te pay, namely, those resident
in Dublin 121. annually, and those resident outside it
Si. &annually. He was anxious to allow the question
to go on without provckieg discussien, because he believed
there would be sufficient tame for discussion when the bill
itself earn, before the house. Therefore, he felt bound to
say that his reason for rising was to impress on the right
bon. gentleman the necessity of considering if he could not
relieve the humble dune to a greater extent, as also the
solicitors and attornias of whom he had spoken.
In reply to a question put by Mr. Hi 11111111,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated
his reply, that it was his intention to assimilate the stamp
duties of England and Ireland—the effect ,f which would be
to increase the duty in some cased, but to lower it in a great
many cues.
111 r. FORI3ES could not see what advantage the present
bill would be of to Scot'and as regarded leases. Neither
could be understand the flunish made last Friday night as
regarded the abolition of the brick duty. It might certainly
benefit London, and Liverpool, and Leeds ; but what good
it could effect in Scotland, where bricks were not used to a
large extent, he could not at all imagine.
The resolution wee then agreed to, and the house re-
sumed.

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