The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS FRIDAY. JOLT 19.
PRTITIONS PRIVIRNTID.
braractre or Coot. Miami Hsu —By the Rul of
ROUNTON. btai she esealisiseve el Btiseselelfe. hisiad ;
sad be Deka al RICHMOND, from 3,000 midair is
Insettsambeebesd. la favour of tbis b 11
FACTOLIBS Ru.i..—By the Pak, of RICRMOND. bra
Rey weed, Asbrorser-Lyas, buy. Belies, sad ether
risers. ss4 the Leassebire Ceatrel Oestsaitsse. preying fee
as effective tea bean bill; the Bieber ef MANCHESTER
(umeal), from varies piano, la favour of Ur bill.

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AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.
Lord lITANLIT presented • winos slimed by 16,000
londoweem, ocenpion of lead, maaafastavere, trademeee
and *them la the meaty palliate of Lancaster praying f
praineds• M British ladestry, sad esesplsiaing of the *Miele
of the resent free-trade legislation. He would merely
Obserm that the amber of signatures would haw been
amok p ter U • wystein of intimidatioa bad set hem
fa the seseabotaring dis.ricts threatimieg
who were willing to fta with a lose of carom if tlE;e4dak;
se. This he exeseliefred • west disgraceful interfermee with
the right of Mitigate,. He bed seen many apOieetione
Um peewee who bed signed the petition booties dot their
names might be withdraws ; gad he held is his band a
priated declaration M a farmer stating, under intimidetkm,
that be had get elated the petition, he having been see-
peUed to make sash • statement to present his toeing many
of his customers. Them proceedings on the part of fres
traders was ammo ialliestion of the coon:lounges of a losing
cause,
The nobie lord presented a similar petition from the
Rockford hundred, in Lem.
Lord BROUGHAM emidenned the practice of Interfering
with the right of petition, the effect of which would los to
Ware • gend ease..
Esti ORR! concurred in condemning seek proceedings,
bat he could not help remarkiag when • aoble lord stated that
they were evidences of a losing cense, that they seemed to
him to have a ddferent tendency. It appeared to him to be
a repeat proof that if:lmams had convimeed the great
body of the people of the advantages which they had derived
from the repeal of the corn laws, sad that they would regard
as the greatest filmy which coed ha inflicted upon them,
is. attempt to restore • restrictive policy.
The Duke of RICHMOND said them practices had all
Meng occurred, Cut no one had ever been able to prove them
Defer,. These precties* would not be 'attempted unless the
advocates of free trade felt that the feeling against free trade
aerators was every day growing stronger in the eonatiy.
The noble duke then proseated a petitka from the magis-
trates and gentry of Wicklow against free trade.

UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION.
Lord BROUGHAM wished to mention a circumstance
connected with the Universities Commission. He perceived
that • 'learned and excellent Mend of hie bad quoted an
opinion of his (Lord Brougham's) as to the illegality cf the
semeniseioa, swing that be had chained hie opinion since he
advocated an inquiry into the municipal e&rporatione, now
M bad sever dunned his opinion at all. He had said
that he thought this commission was illegal; be had only
stated that, with other lawyers, he had grave doubts respect-
int l's illegality. He certainly had hared his opinion
with respect to the legality of the commission to Inquire into
muticipal corporations; but the question in this case was as
to any interference with private property.
INSPECTION OF COAL MINES BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of Catalan*, this bill was read
• third time and passed.
BREACH OF patmEos—LIVERPOOL WATER
WORKS PETITION.
The Rail of EGLINTON. who had on their lord-
ships' paper a motion to the effect, that Joseph Byrne,
writer, Joseph Weir, warehouseman. and Duncan M'Ar.
their, book-keeper, all of Liverpool, be call, d to attend the
bar at five o'clock to give implications in reference to their
evaduct with regard to the signatures to the petition of the '
rate payer' of Liverpool in ',latices to the Liverpool Water-
works Corporation Bill, praying to be heard by maths''
against the MI, bogged leave to postpone the calling of them
parties lentil Monday next, as he found that it was impossible
son them all to attend on that day.
After some conversation, the order for thiir attendance on
that day was dusettarced, and a fresh order given that they
ahcu:d attend on Monday re Kt.
COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.
The report on this bill was received and its third reading
was fix•cl for Monday nest.
VESTRIES AND VESTRY CLERKS BILL.
OR the notion of Lord Buouonax, thus bill was read a
third time and passed.