The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSII OF COMMONS.-TIIIIIIDAT, MAT 9.

The Seashell took the elude at 4 o'clock.
ruin= BUSINESS.
PROTECTION TO NATIVE INDUSTRY.
Mr. DKr MUUND save notice that on a suture day he
weald submit a residuum to the effect that it was unjust
and impolitic to levy a duty ea the prodne. of British
khan, while se duty was levied on the latent cf the
floreigaer brought into rompetitute with it.
THE COMMERCIAL STEAM MARINE.
Mr. ANDERSON 'replevied that he had been prevented
hem briaeiag 'erased his motion relative to making our
*maternal steam fleet available as a mesas of national de-
/wee, by senior it, sad stated that he should certainly bring
it oa on the lint opip wealthy._
PARLIAMEN CARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL.
BR J. WALSH gave notice that be 'Wald move an emend-
meat to the third reading of this hill, that it be read a third
Mae that day via months.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
Oa the motion of B.r H. WlLLovortn. • Mir" was or-
dered ol the names et the eaulowseioase6 toe the redaction of
the aational debt, the somber, the plate of meeting. and the
OM of the bows held u etch year, with the names of the
Imeasissiosers atteadieg suck boards for the several years
Irma 183-2 •es 1045 ageism....
MEDICAL ArroiNramrs (INDIA).
Os the asetioo of Me. 01W0V4, I retail' wee ordered of
the saws of all persons immolated, or Teconamended for
sppaiatm at. by the Freud. a; of the Bland of Coate el. to
say medical or sitegioal situ:Rios or °Hoe ia the East Indies,
dace the let of Jemmy, 183:, down to the present time,
specifying the plates to which such appoistmeate were made,
the dates thereof, sad the salaries sad emolumeaft attached
thereto respectively.
ROI; AL FOREST OF WALTHAM.
Os the moves of Vise dint Dtscas, sa address was agreed
to for flans at all enema. hovels made on the rights of the
Grows within the forest of Waltham, revived by the Ter.
dents wader the Art 10 Cleo. IV., sap 60. to the et*tonsey-
General, or to the Commiseivaers of Words and Forests,
is.; else a return of the Dumber of pr a-cations irietituted
lm the AnsisevOoneral, or by the Woods and Forests'
Commismosera, is ,tor tee recovery of such rights, with
the resell and movies of each pnweentioa.
TRAFFIC ON TURNPIKE ROADS.
Oa the modal of Lord J. Mearessits, an address was or-
dered fee mans ebewiag the aggregate aneener of miles of
turnpike sad parish roads in Englund and Wales travelled
over by mail coaches during to- week ending 17th day of
April 1030; similar return 1., sun *arts; smiler return
for horse poets; statement of the estimated amount of toll
which mail roaches, mail eerie, sad hone jaws would be
liable to ray on each turnpike trust, if sot es: opted by the
general Turnpike Acts ; sad mars of the amount of aid
contributed by madams to turnpike trusts in England sad •
Wales, in each year, from let day of January 1837 to let day
of January 1840.
DRAINALIE ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL.
Major BLACKALL boogie% to aek the Cnancellor of the
Each. yid r ernes it was the intention of the government to
prom-4 with the Drainage A4vsnees for Ireland ;
whether, in the mean time, orders have been issued to the
Board of Works to proceed with the dreensee works
already causenced ; sad whether it is the intention of the
pvenameot to propree any eetension of the purposes to
whiat matey borrowed for the im,rovetaent of lauded pro.
petty ie Ireland is iv he applied ?
The CHANCELLOR art the EXCHEQUER replied that
the bill we, prepared, and would be introduced se 114011 as
there was any prospect of proceeding with it. With regard
to the woad gateation, he *as not prepared to advance any
money for these drainage work. uatil the bill authorising
such te vances lei paced. And as to the third question.
he had some doers whether it would be prop: r to include
"farm bail !nags." Those words were istrodnced is the
last bill, and he proposed to retain 'lvrea in the one he wee
about to bring id, that the question might be discussed. As
tar as the EacLaquer was concerned there was no objection
to 'stead the operation of the bill to farm buildings, but be
doubted whether theta was sot NM practical difßoulty in
the war
RAILWAY IRAN-SLUM:I.—OAT r. THE BAST-

ERN COLNUILS RAILWAY COMPANY.
Mr G. GREY, in reply to Mr. 114010, observed that in the
ease of the recent action *nett against the Bittern Limn-
ties Railway Compel for fall imprismiment, it appeared
that the act had been done by a servant of the company.
against the ezprew or 4re of the company, and
therefore, according to law, the action bad been bronchi
against the wrong party, -.nd • verdict neeesswile given
under the judge's directions for the defendants. It was not
the lot W.Olll of the government to bring in any bill to con-
trovert t• is doctrine.

ROMAN CATHOLIC OATHS AT POLICE COURTS.
la reply to Mr. R. Fox,
Sir G. GREY rested, with reference to a recent case at
the Clorkenwel P,illei-sourt, of a Rieman catholic witness
having declined to cross herself on tsklng the oath, that be
=dowered, on inquiry, t e practice was voluntary ; under
=kb circunistanc.s he had direct= Mr. Combo, the magis-
trate at that Ake, to discontinue the pramim wits which
the witness had retuwed to comply for the future.
ARMY AGENTS.

In V ply to Mr. ORGAN,
Mr. F. MAULE stated that the subject of army apncy
bad be. under the consideration of the committee on army
sapaaiture, and evidence had been taken upon it, but no
decision had yet been come to.
BALE OF POISONS.

la reply to Mr. ISTAXIOVD,
Sir G. tiltEY ma; understood to say that a bill for prohi-
biting the indiscriminate sale of poisons would shortly W ic-
troduced.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES.

Sir L. O'BRIEN complained that the commiesionen were
holding sales of valuable property in places so small th.t
many persons desirous of bidding could not itit in. He
wishi d to know whether the Secretary for Ireland was
awn* of this, and if attire would be Liken to remedy it ?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE had received no intimation on
the su►ject true Ireland.
Lord J. MANNERS—WouId the right hon. gentleman
Make inquiry into the tattier ?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE—CertainIy.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

In IN ply tolir:it:xi,
Si, G. GREY intimated that the Australian Bill would be
the busing*. for Monday.
POLICE IMPRON EMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Oa the motion that the hous• should go into eoininittee ea
this bill,

lir HONE said, hating been informed that all the
Material objections to this bill coming from Scotland had been
ninovid he did ngt intend to oppose any ohstmle to its pro.
geese, though he objected, as a general rule, ts a measure
castaiaieg ispwarcs of 300 Hausa being mewled with
withis 24 hours after it had, in its amended form, been
laid upon the table.
In answer to a question from Mr. COWAN,
The LORD ADVOCATE said it wee not his intention to
go as with the Public Health kfteotland) Bill that night.
The house then went into committee.
Classes 1 to 60 were agreed to almost without as ob.
servatiqn.

Ciicl:llse 61 being proposed,
Mr. COWAN said a misconception prevailed in Scotland
respecting the rate of assessment, which it was desirable here
to correct. He believed the amusement was not to exceed
Is. 6d. in the pound I. any one year, except in CISSII where
water was provided, aced Um the assessment was not to ex-
ceed 2s. in the pound.
The LORD ADVOCATE observed that the assessment,
where water was sapphed, would be 2s 6d. is the pound.
Jle had originally intended that it should he oaly 21., but
the 21. 6d. had been pressed upon him by parties, who enrol-
muted that the 2s. would be insufficient to corer the cost of
sepply.
This and the remaining classes were then agreed to, with
the schededes and sums additional clauses.

The Vous titWreTeieTed,and the report was ordered to
be brought op to marrow (this day).
_ COURT OP BKBSION (SCOTLAND) BILL.

,
Thebill passed dumb ocsearaittee ; soon now clauses were
added ; sad the report was ordered to be received on
Moodily.
RAILWA YS ABANDONMENT BILL.

Oa the motion for the house to go into committee on this
Mr. SCULLY said it wean measure of great importance,
and he wished to offer a few obsereatioiv oa it. It was
meant to usable sharsholden to wind up their again where
they forbad that their seta could not be carried out advan-
tageously. The railway commissioners of last year had
made corbels statements which had induced him to propose
Mae new eltuate in *hat bill.
Mr. LABOUCLIERt said it would be more in order to
disclaim tae new clauses after the bill bad gone through com-
mittee.

311: SCULLY said the statement he had to malts bad a
'mural bearing, referring to lien in which capital to the
amseat of fifty millions was involved. The railway cow
miaslosers, is thesis report of last year, stated that 12,012
miles of railway bad been authorised to be made, of which
upwards of 7,000 were yet inemapieted, sad it was certain
that 4,1100 miles of this amount never would be completed.
It was found that it the powers given to all these campmate
were carried out, the menet of farther capital to
be called ter would be no less then fifty millions.
The object of histamines was to give shareholders a power to
vote either for the continuance or abaadonsesst of a line, in
which respect the bill was defective at present. It was most
important to give greeter totalities to sharebeldies who
thought they had bees robbed toe winding up Utak asasetats.
The boase then west into committee.
On shun 1,
Mr. SCULLY proposed the insertion of words defining
the description of capital, whether paid-up or nominal, of
whisk the shares mosieted.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL suggested that this might
be dose in the interpretation clause.
The clause was agreed to, ea wars clauses 2 to 5.
At the end of chase 5,
Mr. SCULLY moved the addition of the following
wards
That ea the Mud' or the directors to call sad 'dairies sosh meet.
lag within mats= days after the resdat or the requieitim It WWI
he Ireful fee the remesittealea to eel slab meet* themselves at a
this sadsee to be esmedltry them or width kiartese days. modes
shall be .en by them as aistriald; sad all sash other prieseldtelte
shall an may be thermals takes by the revelalllualas as hereto
pros Ste.l to be !atm earl doss by the directors or serstary of the
company with reference to soh metier.
Tee SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought it would be better
to introduce some suck proviso at the toot of clause 3. It
the hoe. member would withdraw his amendment be would
endeavour to trues seek a proviso.
It,, SCULLY conseated, and suggested that the expense
of calling such meetings should still fill on the direeton, or
glee funds of the company.
Oa dew 1U being pat,