The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-06 00:00:00

IhiI'ERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—TVISDAY, Fa. 5.
TM Low' CILINCELLOU took Rb neat at 6 eats&
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Plume WU TO AOIICOLTUII.—By the Deka of RICH-
MOND, toga the canary et Rntlaed, and Roo Rents, In
the county of Clare; by Lord CLIN lON, horn the comity
of 1) von. .tiAn.rl by szt, re than 15,000 wow ; and by
Lord ISDNERS, ftoat Ledbury, Roes; end the neabbout-
Reed, rpodei by 1,076 penal; ia farm of protection to
apticalture.

REGIS' RAR'S OFFICK—BANKIMPTCY BILL.
Oa the motion et the LORD CIIANCILLOII, this bill wee
Teed • seenod time.
COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. GRAHAM AND
MR. ELLIOTT.
Lied BROUGHAM wished to all the attention of
Me hob!s marqui, opposite to a subject on which he
desired to ask a question. It was with Tempest
te two meet utdottunate young gentlemen Lieutenant
Graham aci Mr. Elliott, • master in the navy,
who wog fried and convicted by cunt inertial for desertion,
and who, in addition to the sentence passed upon them, were
declared incapable of ever evils serving her Majesty.
He wished to know whe.h.r it was the intention of
the government to extend mercy to them) They had been
tratafirred nom etc ream to mother, and be believed wcra
mew in the Qweet.'s Bench. Up ,a • full consideration of
the cane, he telt goof:Jest thatjustiee would be done to them.
(Hear, he. T.)
The It•reptis of LANSDOWN E bad no personal know-
kelp of 'lb master, but would make itquiry of the Past
Lord of the Admiralty.
CLERGY PROCEEDINGS BILL.
The Bishop of LONDON awed the first reading of this
bill, wh,eS nai rearrence to a court of appeal in suits insti-
tuted egtuist the dagy fier Hooey and Wee doctrine. The ul-
knot: app.- al teed lobo to tie high court of delegatee,but that
having b. en toned facocentiens, it was thought peeve, in
the early port cf the I tot t4l”ion t • substitute the judicial
committee .4 the print c..unete That tribunal, however,
w...t to: pftp:r one in qaestions of church el-
th moh i tgra be is Mar. is of tact. There were many of
the clergy •td lathy of the chafe. who felt their con,cienoes
buz.hurd by the loos 'Alps a' the Let =at questions upon
natters alf erg oar ho'y religion, and ihvolving points of
false doeff.,,e,t..:tdd be refund to such • tribunal. It wee
sot I rovid 4 that any of the I reates of the church should
sit cn tOs- c maim.; an: as s t b .ppeas that • msjurity of
ly melobenh who wma'sl hay, to decide such questions,
might Ise doeentets. This hOl cuntained a clause which, he
hoped, world to tome measure remedy the evil, constituting
a new *Abend of appeal in all cues of heresy and fake
doctrine, el a purely etc:leek:sties) character, consisting fee
we an lent. cd the right rev priiste) of the . rchbishop and
prelaa s, ar l whialt he wisl.ed ti submit ti the can ful
Num ot *he noble ant learned lord oa the woolsack.
A simil it hi 1 had teen considered by a select
commi tee ot their 10-reships' how, • and be cal,
proposed a slight slteration in ts, e present bill ; and be could
sans. thin I....ni.hips thst the qt•sticis was •no which in
vowed the e..fety and propetity of sane of the highest in-
tern*, in toe constitution. (Hear, bear.)
The Attl,b4hop of CAN TERBURYhoped the bill which
bed been laid .-tt the table wouid ts- arrkd into a law. It
aim flight be tatisfeetery that questi,:nt of doetrii.e should
be sabmitsei to lava ; they ought to be considered only
by a tribe'? .1 cal.:stied or eeale•rories, end such would he
the mew anus or the tribunal proposed by the present bill
Ltd BROVOHAM highly appetved of the bill. He was
at a Mitsui -, and only heard the echo of the arguments in
the ease of •• Gatti' e. Bishop of Exeter ;" but able meo-
ws which would relieve the judicial 0011•Iiitta from the
considi rearm of' inch ca:es would he beneficial. The noble
and !tamed lord pointed oat the anomalous position cf the
court of d boats abe libel fa the last taiga, and con-
tended that tea judicial isemisittee was an improvement

opts it
TM LORD CHANCELLOR said it wu not tumid to dis•
anss the nu r 43 of 111319 on their Ant resdinz He would
iteo Ms but attantics to the subject, and on the woad
nabs. expeas his opinion, but beyond that he could cot
Ingizyttilag 'mint
bill W3l then read a lint time.