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London, England, 1853-07-08 00:00:00

THE F STN, LONDON, FRTDAY EVENING, JULY B, 1853,

SHARE MARE rs.—(T_HIS .114 Y.) impERIA.

BRITISH AILWAYS.

went. But it occurred to him that in the present state
of affairs 2-a expression opinion by the British Parlia-
ment could not fal to -wive a great effect. In with-
drawing his notiLe it must be underaood that he did so
only on the supposition that the ne'7ce which bad been
given in the other house of Parliament would be like-
wise withdrawn. (Hear.) Notwiths;, 71(1in what had
been said, his opirion remained unchangee, that at this
critical moment the expression of opirion by the two
Houses of Prrliament, and the sense of firmn—a which
would an'mate, as he cozod see from .:he organs of pub-
lic opinion, every man in this country, in Parliament
and out of Parliament, the expression of that firmness
of opinion—and he did not wish to insinuate a doubt as
to the feeling of the Government—would not be without
considerable weight. He did not wish to encourage
feelings of hostility, bat he tho:ght it would tend to
effect a set''ement of the question, and if that were not
effect it 'right lead to a general war, such as, thank
God, had not Wien place s;nr e 1815. Under the cir-
cumstances, however, rather than incur the least pos-
sible risk, he would beg permission of their lordships to
withdraw his motion.
Earl FITZWILLIAM was desirous of asking his
noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether
a document, a copy of which he held in his hand, was
believed by his noble friend to be authentic, and whether
it wag in the poss: -sion of the Government ? It was
dated from St. Petersburg, the 14th (26+%) June. It
said that ever since his Imperial Majesty had occupied
the throne of his fathers, the maintennnce of the holy
obligations had been the object of his care ; and it con•
eluded with these remarkable words :—"lf, through
stubborness and blindness it desired the contrary, then,
calling God to our aid, we shall leave him to decide
between us, and, with a full assurance in the arm of the
Almighty, we shall go forth to fight for the orthodox
faith." This was a most extraordinary document, and
he was desirous of knowing whether her Majesty's
ministers had reason to believe it to be authentic or not?
The Earl of CLARENDON bad only to say that he
Majesty's Government had received the document from
her Majesty's minister at St. Petersburgh. It was for-
warded without comment, as having been published on
the day on which it was sent ; end they bad no further
information on the subject. He believed there were one
or two points in which the.: rarslation had not been very
accurate, in the copy to which the noble earl had re-
ferred.. The concluding words, which he bad read, "we
will go forth to fight for the orthodox faith," he believed
should be rendered, "we will go "orth in defence of the
orthodox faith." He believed, generally speaking, how-
ever, that the copy to which the noble e. cl bad referred
was correct. (Hear, hear.)
The Earl of MthaMESBURY would like to be
assured that the Government would do all they could to
prevent the proposed discussion in the other house on
Monday next. If the Government would give au assur-
ance he should be satisfied.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said it was imrosaible to
give an assurance. All that they could do was to exer-
cise any inSuen s which they posse": -1, and they would
do their utmos. (He 7; hear.)
The Marquis of CLAW-`-GARDE—And if that in-
fluence should fail, I am to be at liberLy to bring on my
motion here at the same time.

WILSON'S (HAMPSTEAD) ESTATE BILL.
Lord COLCHESTER moved the second read'nz.
This was a strictly private b' alfhow.Th it lied been
looked upon as a pub"c ore, and as l'keiy to lead to the
inclosure of Hampsteati-11,- ,:-.11. He beiggr 3, however,
to assure their lordships that it was not intended b in-
close any land, or to stop up any roads whatever. In-
deed, the ?Al contained no such powers, its sole object
being merely to give the pre._ent owner th 3 power of
granting leases for a greater length of t'n3e than he was
at present able to do. The portion of the heath to
which the bill referred was not that which was frequented
by the public. He (Lord Colchester) should pro'cest as
strorgly as any ir,in against any attempt to interfere
with the enjoyment of the people.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said the bill had
already been thrown out fot'r timer, and he trusted
there was pending over it that evening a fin and final
rejection. Its objet;; was to alter the will of the late
lord of the manor, Sir T. M. Wilson ; and though bills
for a situ'lar purpose might n some instances be allow-
able, it was the duty of their lordships not tn consent to
them unless the plea of public expediency had been fully
made out. In the present instance, however, be thought
that this bill would be extremely prejudicial to the
public interests, and therefore he should say "not con-
tent" to the second reading.
The Earl of WICKLOW suppoi tea the bill.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE should repeat the
vote he had given in 1845 against the b;11, which had
also been strongly condemned by his distlnp, oishcd pre-
decessors, Lord Denman and Lord Tenterden. A will
ought always to be earlied out except where the c'-cuna-
stances had so changed as to lead to the presumption
that i` the testctor were alive he would himself make
a different disposition of his p:operty. In the present
case, however, the Jab Sir Thomas Wilson, white allow-
ing his son to grant leases of ninety-Tire years on his
other estates, expressly forbade it in the present in-
stance. (Hear, hear.)
Lord REDESDALE thought this a very bard case.
There was not a single town in England where a person
possessed property that the individual did not come to
the house and ask for power to grant leases, and where
they did not give him the power, The qu^stion was,
whether the late Sir Thomas Wilson would, if he were
now alive, have granted leases of this estate ; rid ho
was of opinion he would. The will was dated in 1806,
and he afterwards wade codicilc, giving building.powers
in Charlton, where his mansion W.W. It was a false
thing to say this was the enclosure of Hampstead-heath,
for no one but Sir R. Wilson had a eght to go over it.
Whether there were any circume9ncer, -room its being
near London, that would induce them not to grant
building powers, A would be for thorn to say ; but they
had grand similar powers in respect of Tyburnia,
where it was as essential to keep an open space as at
Hampstead.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE supported the bill.
The case arose entirely from this gentleman Laing in an
a ivanced stage of and the estate being entailed col-
laterally. It W 8 '3 in Ws power at this moment t 3 Precut
a mansion on the estate.

Lord COLCHESTER paid if the bill went to a second
reading, Sir Robe' t Wilson was williwr to s+ ike out that
portion of it which would give power to bul'd on the
heath itself.
Their lord9l4ps then e;licled
For the second re: lir 3
Agehist it

Majoriiy against
SOAP DUTIES BILL.
On the order of the day for the third reading of this

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH raid when t'lle b