The Press. — 1858-06-26 (London, England)

TUESDAY. Nothing of importance was done. The consideration of the two Oaths Bills (LYNDBURBT'i  and LucAN's) was again postponed, because Lord DERBY was still absent. A Bill amending the Matrimonial and Divorce Act of last session being on the paper, Lord Rm'DESDALE took occasion to notice that in the new Court lately nine divorces had been granted in one day, or at the rate of one in eleven minutes. This express-train speed in unmarrying couples argued, in his opinion, either carelessness in the Court or collusion between the parties. Lord CAMPBELL wrathfully rebuked this attack upon a judicial tribunal, and in the eagerness to defend his " order" as a judge overstepped the limits of order in the House, and was in consequence obliged to shut up at the very moment when his eloquence was in the highest state of ebullition. _ _ _  Afterwards, the Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the Society of Friends against Church-rates. A new " whip," it appears, has gone forth for a popular prununciamento on this question, en atlendant the debate now fixed for Friday next. The "Friends," in responding to this stimulus, had acted with a consistency for which they deserve all credit. Intending to attack the Church, they showed a corresponding disregard of reverence to the other estates of the realm, and in their petition refused " humbly" to pray the Peers to comply with their request. As this particular irreverence happened also to comprise an informality, the Broadbrim petition was ignominiously rejected. TiitrasnAr. 'j.-•,-ft t•tr, *JO),  ii  • Last week much talk had occurred, in Parliament and the papers, respecting the case of the Regina Cali. This was a French vessel, engaged in conveying a large number of negroes. as free labourers, from Africa to one of the French possessions in the West Indies. On the voyage an emeute had taken place, in which the Blacks had massacred the officers and crew, with a single exception, and afterwards surrendered the ship, which they did not know how to navigate, to an English cruiser. In alluding to this transaction in the House, Lord Guar had carefully paraded his opinion that the French officers and sailors on board the Regina Cali had not been murdered, but simply "killed" by the niggers— implying, of course, that the Blacks were perfectly justified in employing any violence to release themselves from proximate slavery. As the Noble Earl contended, it was a clear case of "killing no murder." To-night Lord MALMESBURY produced some official documents proving that the negro labourers had been taken on the ship with the full consent of the Liberian Government, and that the subsequent outbreak on board the vessel arose altogether from a casual squabble between some of the emigrant passengers and the black cook. Lord BROUGHAM afterwards explained, in a long speech, the legal machinery of his Transfer of Real Property Bill; but ended by withdrawing the measure for the present session. This result was not unexpected. For many years past his learned and eccentric Lordship has laid on the table a regular series of bills, designed to reform the law from top to bottom, from the tribunals of Equity to the County Courts. Incessant tintinnabulation has been consequently produced; but the Legislature have learnt to regard with proper insouciance these mere runaway rings.