The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY, MAT 8.

The house set at five o'clock. Lord Caieraau. sat
Sposkirt.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.

Aoaicouriol: of JURE-
WO JD, from mural places la Yorkshire ; Earl of ZOLIN-
TON, free places in Laud Wale sod tens Berwick, ma-
plaisisig of agricultural disarm Alan frost the same place,
anima skip Corn Trade Room' °bamboos (Scotland)

COMIT or CIAXCRIT.—AIso, from the sme puce, ia fa-
vour of loam measure to facilitate proceedings in the Court
of Mani:wry.
Corm Raven.—By the Earl of FALMOUTH, from
Bodesla, oa the mildest of aplenty wee.
Corsrr Corava.—By Lord BROUGHAM, from Oxford
and other pleas, fr ismer of the extension of the principle
of musty soarta. He hop, d the government would take
the meanie* sow Wore perliaaniat into their own hands.
OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF THE PREROGATIVE

Archbishop of CANTIIMBIIRY said—My lords,
I will take this opportuaity of explaining a nudger
relating to myself, which has beim pestle wilettader-
stood. It is with much relnetanese that I tremble
your lot dahlia' on a subject chiefly preheat, but I have
no
other muss of clearing myself from an imputation
which 1 treat cannot justly be laid to my charge. My lords,
it has been supposed, and your lordships may pulite have
heard that I have sogaiseted one of my ease to a valuable
reversioaaryliMPOlM in the Prerogative Curt of Canterbury.
My; lords, the case is so, as regards the reversionary visa:
the ease is not so as regards either the value or the unseen.
It is not generally known, or I eboaM not have the necessity
▪ addreesiag your lord-hi; a, that in the seising of 1847 an
set was pissed which placed the Peer 'gating Court of Caa-
terbury ander the control of parliament in respect to all
future nominations; and tbe office of registrar, it ever held
by my son, which is very uncertain, not to say improbable,
will be performed in person, and its salary regulated sowed-
tag to the duties and mpinsibilities of the station. 8o meth,
my lords, in regard to the sine cars and its value. Indeed
the value, sccardiog to the doctrine of chinch, would be
isearcely equal to the stamp on which the nomination is
recorded. Bat it has been supposed that, in guiltiest this
appointment, I bah availed ms self of a privilege which my
venerable predecessor declined to exercise My lords, I have
already eiplaised the reform.s why my predecessor would
not nominate to this office : it would have been inconsistent
with that disinterestedness and moderation which distin-
guished all that he did if he had nominated to a rehnion-
ary sinecure. It was not till the close of the session of
a few months before his death, that the act passed
which toek away the datum It took away the sinecure
and it limited the value ; but the office must remain, and
mut be filled. Wherever there is &diocese there must be
a registry, and where there is a registry there must he a
registrar, and I trust that in nominating prospectively that
registrar I shall, in the judgmeat of your Idrdshipe, have
energised a privilege to which I was both legally and mo-
rally Milled, and have done nothing which, when ex-
plained, eh subject me to thecharge of nepotism—an impu-
tati in which I hope neither has been nor ever will be the
characterisde of my official carver. (Hear, hear )
The Biehap of LONDON felt himself bound to state a
circumstance which had come to his knowledge). The office
of registrar of the diocese of Chester, which was one of great
value, being worth many thousa-ds a year, bad become
vacant whets his most reverend friend waste bishop of that
diocese, and he might then have appointed either of his
eons to that office. A former bishop "pp:Anted a son to fill
it when he was only six months old, het he held it for seven
years. The Ales ham* vacant just as he ithe Bishop of
London) left the diocese, and he was succeeded by the most
reverend prelate, who did cot, howev.r, give the office to
his own am. but to a person unconnected with him, and
only upon the single condition that he should perform the
duties in person. It, therefore, sphered that when he had
the epporturiry he had not given a valuable office in his own
family, and that which he had sow fives was not likely to
be valuable in the reversion. (Hear, beer)
THE UNIVERSITIES.
Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask if there was any oh-
infirm oa the part of the government to lay on the table of
the bony a copy of the goiniainion which he was surprised
to use was about to be issued to inquire yaw the audition of
the two Univ. nide@ of Odra 1111.1 Cambridge.
The Marquis ef LANSDOWNE was understood to say
that the tommission had sot yet been issued, and that its
form sad tunas would require martini considervion.
L nd BROUGHAM mid without an set of:parliament the
comenissios would be of ao use.
Lord MONTEAOLE said that within the list four or five
years the cash of academical reform at Cambridge had pro.
greeted very greatly, as also at Oxford, and it would become
•sericus qussoson how far aay intreenence with thew to-
buttery exertions might not have the effect of retarding
farther improvements.
PARISH CONSTABLES BILL.
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Oa the motion W the Karl or ROMNEY, Ws bill was
read • we .tcl time.
EDI:MATT,: IN IRELAND. _ _

The Merged; of LANSDOWNE laid ea—the table the
annual report of she Coattabdosers of Eduestioa in behead.
PECCESS AND PRACTICE (IRELAND) BILL.
The Earl of CARLISLE moved Ms' this bell go through
committee pro forma, with a view to add senendmente.
After a few words from lord MONTEAOLE,
The Esti of GLENGALL "di that be bed some amend
meats to pro, ewe which would in a certain degree diminish
the enmities of pomades/ in I•rtlend.
The hill was thou cemmi.ted pro forms.
ECCLESIASTICAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
The Bishop of LONDON laid on the hide cf the house a
hill to amend the law with nomeem to tae administration of
justice, by the Judid Committee of the Privy C.umil in
gases of appeals from the ecclesiastics! courts. The majority
if the right rev. prelates were favourable to the principle of
the bill. To* bill did not propose to do away with the
powers of the judicial committee, but only directed certain '
nh recess to be mid, in casts of appeals on matters of faith '
or d.ctriae
ACCIDENTS IN COAL NUNES.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE, on presenting a petition from
coal miners, preying for legislative interference for the better
ventilation and regulation Memel mines, said that be was
sorry to say th et upon looking at the accounts of the result
of e vents of that unhappy description within the last few
years, he found that there had been a emsiderable increase
in the amount of death, produced by accidents in mines.
The reports of all the committees peed in one thing,
namely, that the accidents to which the petition referred
arose from defective ventilation. lie did not think that he
could go so far as to soy that he agreed wish the prayer of
the petition to the full eat, nt. They prayed that the lepls.
lature should appoint inspectors, who should compel eelf-
willed men to take steps for the diminution of these evils.
Now he (Lord Whsramiffe) thought that by doing so they
would be removiag the responsibility from the proprietors
end throwing it on the i3spectors, instead of increasing the
direct responsibility of the employers. He concluded by
mpreseing a hope that the government would take some
steps to reduce the amount of mortality in mines, and asking
the government when the report of the last commission oa
the subject would be hid on their lordships' table ?
Earl ORANVILLE stated, in reply, that the report was
in preparation, and would be laid on the table before„the end
of the present session.
Tie Earl of SIALMESBURY hoped that the inspection
would be instituted, and that the inspectors would be made
directors of the misers.
INDEMNITY BILL.
This bill went through committee, and the report ordered
to be brought up te-morrow (this day).
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

IMPROVEMENT BILL:— "...
Lord CAMPBELL, in proposing the mend reading of
this bill, said that on. of its objects was the improvement of
the procedure in criminal courts. The chief object was to
prevent the lamentable defeat of justice that not unite
quently took place from mere technicalities, wholly uncon-
nected with the gnat or Innocence of the party accused.
One of this great aeries a defeats of jostles erases from what
was called a variance in the indictment, when the evidence
did nut support the allegation contained in the indictment.
Bitch as where it might be alleged that a man had stolen a
cow, which should in the evidence turn out to be a heifer,
or when kasha might be put in the indictment instead of
sheep. He proposed by this bill to allow the judge the
power of amending the indictment, according to the eel
deuce that came before him, end that the trial should hs
postponed, except in cams where it could be proceeded with,
without depriving the prisoner of the opportunity of assert-
ing his innocence. There was another principle in
volved in the bill, namely, that of allowing a
more general allegation of the crime chaired. In
ea es of murder, you were oblired to describe how the
death was actually ceased, or the prisoner was acquitted.
To avoid this danger, counts in an indictment were
• multiplied. He proposed to make the law that the
indictment should my that the prisoner, on such a day, and
In such a place, killed and murdered the deceased. There
were other enactments all in the same mode, and he hoped
he bad said enough to be allowed to bring in the bill.
The bill was brought in and laid on the table.
Their lordship then adj Jurned at ten minutes to seven
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MowDAY, MAT 6.
The Senkunn took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
EDCCJIIOIII.—By Mr. DUNCAN, from minister sad
olden of spotlit is Asicusebtre, against any alteration in
t►e rerookiel system of education to Scotland. Mr. COB-
DEN, from Joseph Abbot Norntantoa, in favour of Mr.
liaz's biU. _

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FACITOMT Lisova.—By Mr. BECKIITT, from Loads,
@Pisa IM rola, arid shift spots is frotorios.
INCILMAITID CIVACM ACCOMMODATION POl RONAN CA-
TMOLics IN INILAND.—By Mr. COCKBURN, from the
limtan esthetics of Me city of Kilkmay, who stated tbs. Ms
p.,pulatins of that plats was 24,000, of which number 19,000
were *NM estfrolios, and the remainder proverbial*.
They stated, further, that there were la Knaus, two pro-
testant Mantles, Auntie, amp!' church stoommodatloa far
tb. protestant por ion ut p,pulariaa; shams two wig
any Marsh accoNlModaßOn for 4,000 of the ROSAMI oatholis
inhabitants. They stated that the cathedral shush of Bt.
Cann» @Odom bad a onitregation of mare than 200 per.
sous, sad they frayed that it might be items sr to the
Roman catholic*, for whom apiriwd alums it was admirably
adapted.
MitillOruLlTAN By Sir W.
MOLESWORTIL ;rum tti. Chorea thsMartyr, Scutt-
wash, erreiast the bin. Col. THOMPSON, from Boratund.
my, St. Luke's, from members of this Busk Irchancit, and
from ialuthitasta of Saffron.leill„ la femur of extramural in-
Ilwaissifr. Lord D. STUART, tree Nisylebose, pray*