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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAT, Jt'NE 22. Their lindshipt met at o'clock. Petition* lutanist the Maynooth grant were presented by the Earl of GALLOWAY, from the inhabitants of Wig town, and from the minister and ciders of the synod of Galway; and by Lord COLVILLE, from the presbytery of Forfar. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the City of London, praying for the suppression of betting-otlices. THE BIRKENHEAD. The Doke of WELLINGTON sal I that in conicquenee of what peseit in the debate on the second reading of the Itlilitu 1141, he considered it his duty to make inquiries re specting the state of discipline of a body of men who were embarked fur the .pe in her Majesty's :ate ship Birken head, of w hieb be hail red elect! detailed report.. All sere interested in awertainingthe truth on points of that deserip- Den ; and under the circumstances he felt it his duty to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, for a copy of the order given on the Ifith December last to ! the general depots of regiments that sent men to the reel- meats at the Cape of which such deno, ts formed part, which were embarked in her Majesty's late ship liirken head; also cope of the order of ltith dune, r,quiring the commanding officers of the several depots to rep et whether the men embarked in the Birkenhead were instructed m firing with ball cartridge; and also copies of the reports received from the wee-al depots in eonsequenee. CHANCERY REFORM. Lor.l LYN DII l• said he hail a petition to present on this subject from the Metropolitan Law Association, which complain, el that the recommendation of the committee that orders of course shouhl be abolished, with a ruin excep tions, to be pointed out by the Lord Chancellor, had not been carried out in the lull wLieh was awaiting their lord ships decision. The poitioners also prayed fur the aboli tion of the Aceountant•Oeneral's ottim, and that the accu mulate I fee-fund 'tumid be applied to the relief of suitors en Cbane, ry. the LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not captain why the ttcammimilation with regard to motions of course had not been carriedout. Ile had nothing whitener to do with the preparation of the I ill. It w.s introduced into the House of thermions before the present gore. nment came into power, anal hail come up from that house in its present state. It was, however, a bill which contained valuable provision.. and he had no choice between either letting the bill drop or iwl.t:.tiont it si.6 it stood. On the whole he thought it best to leave the bill in its present shape, leaving far the future Cie ...erection of errors and defects. As re garded the fee fund, all he could say wAt, that in the recess he would see whether there was a stispit3 in hand which mould be applied to the relief of suitors. Lord LTNI/111:11uT said he was very happy tubes, the latter part of Ins noble frand's explanation The accumu lated for fund now amounted to 201it.1140. to mere municipalities. But the most important point of the bill was that which deprived the grown of • veto on the acts of the colonial legislature. This was a most im portant matter. He thought the crown ought to pomades the power of a veto for the benefit of the colony itself. From the time of Charles 11. the clown possessed the power of disallowing the so acts, and for this reason, that the ablest governors might commit mistakes. The acts of the colonial legislature might aff..et other interests besides those of the ins mediate colony itself. If they attempted to define the questions in which the crown should or should not possess the power of disallowance, it seemed to him that it would lead to a conflict of jur isdiction, whereas if the crown al ways mo w-sant the power, and used it with disi retion, it would not be felt as a practical grievance. He said that it would lead to a conflict of jurisdiction, and such a conflict frequently took place in the United States. In the United States such conflicts were speedily settled by I the intervention of the supreme court, but they hail nu I analogous tribunal for settling conflicts in this country. l th But, even if they bad, they were at such a dia tonic from the colonies that it would not work. It was said that great ineonei nienee arose from the delay. But e never could find ails eel mist, and lie spoke to several, ! who could tell ham where any inconvenience originntell I from sending the acts fur approval or disapproval here ; be cause, though sent here, they became operative in the co luny the moment they received the assent of the Got enior. He thought it was a great mistake in the bill to make the superia'encLaa elective, because the superintendent was an executive officer, corresponding in some degree to the sheriff lin this country, and it was certainly the theory of the British constitution that all executive power should issue train the crown. (Hear, hear.) ' Why these officers should be irremovable by the governor, was beyond his power to conceive. It was only by means of that power that the governor was enabled to maintain his ' own authority. That power being destroyed, the whole le italative mud other authority would be thrown unchecked I into the hands of the iiihabitents. lie objected to the con stitution of the logislative council. It was quite an anomaly [ in colonial government to have a legislative council isi Isolated for life, until the constitution of Canada was esta blished in 1791. Till then the members of the legislative council had only held office during pleasure. It was ridi culous to talk of those councils as resembling the House of Lords in this country—a body which art could no more create than it could create an oak tree, and which had nu parallel in any country in the world. This had been attempted by Mr. l'itt in Canada, but the nature of things had proved too strong for him ; the act hail remained a dead letter ; and the legislative conned had become • body of nominees. It had been regarded by the whole people of both Upp r nod Loner Canada as the great obstacle to good government, and nothing more contributed to bring about that unhappy state of things which had led to the insurrection. since the union of the provinces this system of constituting legis lative cou:,cils had not worked satisfactorily. They did not po-sers that weight and authority, that command over public opinion, which they ought to enjoy ; and in more than one colony it had been necessary to alter their temper by virtually swamping them. In such a colony as New Zealand there e ea not a betty of persons capable of ester thing the functions of a legislative council nominated by the crown for life, as was originally proposed by this bill. Thie had been modified by taking away the limitation to the number of 1.1, but that introduced the other evil of keying recourse to new creations. Here the noble earl complained of the inattention of Lord Derby, who was fa miliarly chatting on the woolsack with Lord Iledeselale. The Eal of DEItBY-1 beg the able earl's pardon. I have heard every word he said for the last hour and three quarters. (Laughter.) Earl GREY said hie object in stating his views at such length was to prevent the necessity of going over the same ground when the bill was in committee, as ho did not hope to be able to effect any modification in its provisions, but was anxious to caritas his views on a matter of so much importance. As to the legislative council, he thought if they were to have nominees, it would be better for them to sit separately, than in the same house with the elected members. The best effect had been produced in Australia by retaining the power in the hands of government, of making additions to the nominees ' • in New South Wales, a nominated member of the council had been chosen presi dent. Ile would next advert to the change which the bill made in the appropriation of the land fund. As a p I rule, he thought it desirable that parliansent should retain the power of fixing general regulations for the disposal of laud. It was said there had been a monopoly in this re spect ; but noble lords forgot that in Canada, mot other colonies, the local legislatures had lung had the power of disposing of their waste lands. in New Zealand there were strong reasons why the regulating power should be exercised by the colonial legislature. The qUe4 , iotl was so complicated by the relations of the New Zealand Company with the colony, that it could only be properly dealt with by a local authority ; and ter that rea son he thought it would be preferable to vest the power in the provincial legislatures rather than in the general as sembly. The provincial legislature of Canterbury was to have this power ; and if it were denied to the other pro vinces, it would lead to very great discontent. This was obviously an anomaly in the bill. He also objected to the general assembly having the appropriation of the proceeds of the land sold ; this power ought to be vested in the local legislatures. The proceeds of land ought to be applied in the same way as rates would be, fur the benefit of the ac tual occupiers. He had made this suggestion to the Gover nor of New Zealand, who approved the proposal. This bill [ adopted the opposite principle: instead of localising as much as possible the disposal of the proceeds, it was given to the central legislature. 'This would inevitably lead to mach abuse, and to much jealousy and altercation, amongst the several provinces. The same thing had occurred in South Australia, where the governor proposed an expeueli bare on the formation of certain roads which would have proved highly advantageous to the colony; but the project was neutralised by the narrowest jealousy on the part of the inhabitants of Adelaide. In conclusion, he must ex ' press his belief that this was • most important crisis in our colonial empire, and that much depended on the course now pursued. A different policy must be punned with grown up communities to that which was adopted in their infancy; but be did cot think that that was to be done by giving up goy of the constitutional powers possessed by the mown, MA by the judicious and careful exercise of those powers. lush a system of self-government, judiciously worked, enabled the colonists to enjoy all the benefits of that form of government. In proof of this he would refer to the state of our American colonies, their large and contented population, and the prosperity which they enjoyed. It was to him a source of pride to leave those Important dependenein in their present state. They were in a very different condition in 1818, prior to which period the system of constitutional govern ment had not been fully brought into operation is any of those colonies. In Canada, the most important, there was a division of the two races, and even that distin guished governor, Lord Metcalfe, expensed the greatest doubt ano apprehension as to the working of the le New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the other eu= the systc m hail been brought into most harmonious opera tion. Despite the recent commercial changes, which were at first ill understood by the colonists them selves, and notwithstanding the discontent excited against them on this side the water, we had now the spectacle, in Canada, of a united people. The French and English inhabitants were united, and all were animated by the most ardent feelings of loyalty. 'The cry of annexation, which some years ago bad s eat et the discontent then prevailing, had absolutely • t and Cans da was now making a far more rapid regress ha wealth, population, and all the element' of gradates than any of the neighbouring states. The system pursued is that colony might fairly challenge compartson with, say, it was infinitely more favourable than that of any of the sur rounding states. to real freedom, to happiness, and social I advancement. On this point he would beg to refer their lordships to a work which had lately been published by a friend of his, Mr. Tremenheere. Some years ago, before commercial distress had fallen upon the country, Canadian bonds could not be disposed of in England except at a large discount, i bat now those same bonds were selling at It per cent. pemium. (Hear, hear.) Let him remind those noble lords and those honourable gentlemen who were most ardent ad vocates of colonial reform, that all their improvements had been effected without interference with that authority of the crown which they considered to be so objectionable and oppressive. It followed, therefore, that in effecting the ob jects which these gentlemen had in view, it was not ne mesery to alter the system which had been fur 200 years in ken. All that was requisite was to exercise with judgment lad discretion that authority which he believed the perma sent safety of the empire required them to maintain. (Hear, bear.) In conclusion, he begged to say that he should not offer any opposition to the bill, which be thought would prove, on the whole, a beneficial measure. After a few words from Lord Lerrerroo and the Duke of NISWCASTLE in explanation, The bill was read a second time without • division. The Passenger' Act Amendment Bill, the Pharmacy Bill, and the County Rates Bill, were read a second time, the last bring referred to a select committee. The Sank Islands (tads Bill, the Commons' Inclosure Acts Extension Bill, the Appointment of Overseers Bill, and the llereditary Casual R in the Colonies Bill, were passed through committee. The I'onr Law Commission Continuance (Ireland) Bill was read • third time, and passed. Their lordships then adjourned at twenty-five minutes to : eleven. bill NEW ZEALAND BILL. The Earl of DESART said he rose to move the second reading of one of those immisures which her Majesty's, ..,ivernment had h It it their duty to introduce in that some what anomalous union of parliament, and he thought • there were few bills of greater importance than that to which he had then the honour ...lathing their lordships op. probation and consent. It concerned the destinies of a large and rising colony of their fellow-citiuns, and he was sure it would meet with Li • oppe-ition hut what was dictated by an h meet desire to promo: the interest bath of that colony and of the neither country. Perhaps it was desi rable that lie elimild vise a foie( sketch of the present posi tion of New Zealand. The number of European inhabi tants was not large. 'lhero were 2ii,000 Europeans scat tered over nine settlements, of millet the largest COD- Lined 9,000 inhatatiente, leaving but 17,000 for the eight other settlements. These settlements were situated in a territory extending thOl mike from north to south ; they were divided from each other by large tracts of coun try, through winch there was scarcely any communication, seep on norsebacie. lie hoped that they would not lose sight of the advantage which would aurae from an incor poration of the aborigines with the European settlers. The aborigines act New Zealand seemed ambitious of obtaining a higher rank in civilisation. As a proof of that, he might mention that oue of the chiefs held funded property under our security to the iimuunt of faced., and another of them held 3001. It was the opinion of Sir lieorge Grey that un less some unforeseen event occurred, a geeeial fusion would take place between the native tribes and the settlers. There were to be six provincial councils, the Sanctions of which were 'Wetly dchned. It was intended at hut that the superintendent should he nominated by . the crown, but it was afterwards determined that it was better be should he an elected officer, returnable by the same machinery which returned the provincial councils. there was ale a to be a central legislaeve council and a users! assembly. The legislative council was to be nomi nated for tile, and was to consist of not less than ten mem. ben. 'I he general as.emhly was to be 'lusted for five veers, and by the same machinery as the legislative council. The waste lands were to be placed under the control of the local legislature, the crown reserving to itself the manage ment of ell transactions between the natives and the set tlers. Ile wail aware that the colonists sometimes exhibited unressooeble anxiety to have the n..nagement of the waste lands placed in their own banes. lie would be the loot person to yield to ouch on unreasonable desire, because be thought such a pewee placed in the hands of an infant colony could only prove disastrous to themselves ; but there was a period iu the life of a colony when restrictions of this kind must be removed, and New Zealand, hr thought, hail now arrived at such a point. He trusted he woo not over sanguine in e xperieg to see a future prospect of wealth end civilisation opening for the colonists under this bill. He hoped that under this measure they would help to tulfil the high mission which belonged to them, of propagating civilisation throughout those distant regions which it plea-,d providence t, place under their eharge—to propagate the blessings of Christianity and suck Messier as Christianity alone could best oir. (Cheers.) Lord LYT reuros said he must t %press his acknow ledgments, as one interested in the pre ;parity Of the Au ualian colonies, to her Majesty's government for the good will which induced them to introduce this bill, and the per severance by which, under considerable difficulties, they bed brought it to to preo:nt stage. lie re,:o.ced that the bill was now placed beyond the reach of serious danger. He believed that the measure, though net without defects, which he would presently point out, w „ old be most accept• able to the colonists, and that it we• the largest instal ment of the which had been made to any colony within the last 100 years. 1 hie measure was defee• rive, if compared with the constitutions which were given to their early North American colonies. With respect to the appointment of officers, he did not see that the ancient system was more perfect than the present one, for he thought that it would be ea math for the advantage of the colonists to have the appoiaissent of the governor placed in the hands of the crown, as if he were elected. At the same time, he seer no objection to the local governors being elected on the spot. The old colonists had the right of self-defence end the duty of self eupport. The eforeqUenee was, that they were ready to lace dangers. and to meet savages far more ferocious and dangerous than those of New Zealand, or the Cape. They did not, like some of the colonists of the Cape, • send a petition stating that they were people of an unwerlike nature, end incapable of defendiog themselves, and supplicating assist ance. They were, on the contrary, men of a bold and 'loo nies stamp, and nothing about them perhaps was more re markable than their ineradicable and unextinguishable ad herence and fidelity to the crown of England till the most arbitrary conduct had been practised towards them by Mr. llrenville and Lord North. He believed they were now returning to a revival of the good old system, and if they were to retain their colonies, as he hoped they would, they might restore that system in its ei,untial features. He would now make a few observations on the provisions of the bill before the house, which might be separated into two great diviiiions, the first having reference to the general go vernment of New Zealand, and the second to the mei. meal governments which the present administration wisely adopted. Ile thought that there was more wisdom dis played with regard to the latter than the former division. Ito had already referred to, and approved of, the control which was given to the colonists int r the waste lands. Next, with regard to the constitution of the legislature, he was glad that the bill got rid of the mischievous intermixture of the elected and nominated members in one chamber. Then as to the six-fold division into provinces, he thought the most important alteration on the modern system had been intro iluesel. The eovernment nail nrought ins much ballet bill than they intended. (Laughter.) The Underfeuretary for the Colonies said he looked on these provinces as little municipalities; on the other head he con found in regarding them as so many cols:miss. There was only one provision in the bill which he feared would not work well; 'there was not a sufficient limitation of power between the general assembly nod the local chain lore, hut he hoped this would not interiere with the her monious action of the whole. Had he thought it possible to carry any amendment in this session, he would have proposed me; as it was, he should rive the hill hie support. Lord WODEHOUSE apprehended that the bill was open to many theoretical objections, but thought that its defects might be remedied by the large powers of adjust mint, for which an allowance hail been made. The Duke of NEWCASTLE declined to follow Lord Lyttelton into a discussion on the princir.es of colonisation, hut confined himself to the bill before tip, house, which he was disposed to approve as conferring a larger amount of or colonial freedom than had been conceded by any similar measure. There were, however, some parts of the bill which he could not regard with a favourable eye, and I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUFADAT, JUNE 22. especially that clause which reealated the constitution The S took the chair at 12 o'clock. of the 1 pper Chamber. The government ought to have abandoned the principle of nominee appointments to the PRIVATE BUSINESS. Upper House, and he thought that in retaining it they were The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were con eidered arid agreed to:—Clauesen's Patent Flax Company ; dropping the substance of a realty conservative farm of Fro me, Yeovil, and Weymouth Hallway (No. 1) el at government to grasp at a shadow. Tn say that there was Railway (No. 1) ; Liskeard Roa ; Manchester, any resemblance between a norsiner Cpper Chamber of the ! Iv. eit ern. . sh Meld. and Linoohishire Railway (No. 2); Stockton and kind proposed and their lordships' house was simply ridicu• lout, and the more the scheme was practically considered, Hartlel and Climate Railway and Hartlepool West the mere shadowy and unreal would it he toond. He also I Ha rbour .. and Dock Com 'es ; DULA RIAD A Tamp Tnie eno Purism—Earl of objected most strongly to the conternriatcd arrangement • . . Portarlinittnn s Estate ; Ehnen' Estate; Fleming's Estate; with the New Zealand Company, end trusted that this . . • . , e , portion of the bill would not be proceeded with. Howell ' s t. Dailey ;,w opera harbour iraprosement tzeo.i) ; Earl GREY vindicated the New Zealand Company, but • Wilford Harbour Improvement (No. 'a.); Bills. admitted the necessity of inquiry, which he hoped would be P UBLIC BUSINESS. undertaken nest session. The noble earl havine eontended PETITIONS PRESENTED. at some length that the company, having been thwarted by Breit NO-OrrleMe—The Sheriffs of the City of London the local authorities in the colony, and :by the government appeared at the bar, and presented a petition Pram the at home, were entitled to compeasation, and that the act of Lord Mayor. Aldermen, and Common Council of the City 11117 . by mentioning " interest" in connexion with of London, praying for the interference of the house to sup capital, contemplated repayment of interest as well press hetting.of ices. as capital sunk, to be derived from the prodnee of INerri.TION or NVINEHIPIA.—By Sir W. VERNER, land sales, came to the bill itself. And, Arse, from a place in Down, and another from a place in Antrim ; with regard to the important change made in the mastitis- , Mr. OROOAN , from a place in the county of 1/own ; tins of the provincial councils, he quite agreed in the ge- Sir J. DUKE, from ladies resident in North Yarmouth and winul view expressed by the noble lord the Under Secretary ! Chatteris ; in favour of. of State. la the first instate,, these provincial councils would l Dliteeta Beci..—By Mr. HUME, from the methodist engrain very liege powers, and would not at first be reeluced congregation of Newbury, against. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1852. THE 0 UANO MONOPOLY.— By Sir W. CODRINOTON, from occupier. of land .(111 the Cotswold Hills, against the monopoly in guano. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL hoboes corpus bad been applied for by our consul there, but had been refused without argument, and an appeal from that decision to Columbia was now pending. The eai remonstrances of Lord Palmerston on the subjectt7tre right claimed by the southern states of America to seise and imprison all coloured persons arriving in foreign ships had been followed up by the present government ; and there was hope that public opinion in the states would ere long aid in putting a stop to a practice which was a disgrace to any civilised nation. • -- This bill was read a third time, and passed. MILITIA I'AY BILL. Ou the motion for reading this bill is third time, Colonel 51111110111' remarked that, though he had felt it but duty to support a measure fur the defence of the country, the neic,-ity of it having been urged by two suc cessive governments, he could nut agree in many respects with the arrangements proposed to carry nut the object. lie especially ultneted to the circular issued in regard to the drilling by pensioners and under bultaltcrns Instead of field officers, the consequence of which would be that the men, not having acted together in battalion, would be less effec tive than they otherwise would be. Sir DE L. EVANS inquired if government intended to avail themselves of the olli•rs of IA: corps Ile Oblef Veil that clau-es had been introduced into the bill to - INEQUALITIES OF THE LAND TAX. Mr. WODE HOUSE eked whether it was the intention of government to take aey steps to equalise the spportion meide of the land tax, which now presses with unequal seve rity in many dist, id, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCII EQU ER said he be lieved this question was about to he solemnly argued in the Court of Queen's Ihmeh on the first day Or Michaelmas term, a parish in the Tower ILapplets, he believed, having obtaioed a mandamus of the local eummissiontrs, who of course would bo defended by government, who had ob tained a rule nisi. If that mandnmesi were not set aside, then juster appointments might be made. If it wero set aside then the time would have arrived when the subject should be considered. EMIGRATION. _ . . enable r;ertain portion of the proposed (twee to be attaehell to the artillery ; he hoped some means would be adopted to , give this part ot the militia a Wept r period of tuition than ! was proposed for the other part of the force. Ile would suggest, also, that a more suitable uniform and better accoutrements should be furnished than were supplied to the former militia, and that the instruction iu the first year should be confined to teaching the men the use of their arms. Major DER MORD said it was quite true that it was proposed to take :IMO of the men to be rai,eil under the Militia Act to be trained to artillery practice, and these would have a trill,• extra pay for their services. This por tion of the force would be sent to the artillery to be in structed wish them and by thiir officers, by which the ex pense of drilling by separate officers would be saved. Ile expected that iu a very short time, under such instruction., the men would be so far efficient as to be able to perform the secondary duties of artillt rynsen. With regard to the accoutrements, the Master•Otneral of the Ordnance had sent to him for inspection certain patterns, and one bad been decided tyro', but it was not intended to give the men frock coats, it Icing considered that at first the men would feud the skirts in the way and impede them in the use of their arms. The drilling must incessarily be in squalls or companies at first, and when the men understood the use of their arms then would be the time to exercise them Mr. It. CARTER asked the Secretary for the Colonies if he had directed his attention to the subject of the asaist ante which might be afffirded to emigration from this country by obtaining the emoperation of the local legislatures in Austrlia, in facilitating the recovery of loans advanced in England, in individual eases, for emigration purposes ? Sir .1. rAIiINOTON imid he had directed his attention to the subject, but he very much doubted whether any laws that might be passed by the local legislatures would remove the difficulties that stood in the way. lie believed that the existing laws ware quite sufficient for the recovery in the colony of money advanced in this country, but the difficulty was of another nature. Looking at the extent of the country and the scattered state of the population, the difficulty was not in point of law, but to find the emigrant. Mr. lit ME asked whether government was doing any thing to facilitate the emigration of hand-loom weavers? Sir J. PAKINGTON said several applications had been made from different bodies, which hail been under consi deration; and, partly in consequence of the relaxation of the rules of the emigration commissioneis, and partly in consequence of the exertions of associations, a good deal had been done. together. Mr WALPOLE Paid that it wo not from motives of dis trust that the government had refused to sanction the for mation of volunteer ride corps. In any case of immediate necessity., government would not hesitate to sanction the formation of such corps; but, at present, they would inter fere mo.t materially with the volunteering for the militia. The bill was then nod a third time and passed. THE EXPULSION OF PROTESTANT MISSION- ARIES FROM I'ESTII. Sir U. VERNEY asked whether government wire taking ateasures to obtain compensation for the Rev. Messrs. Smith and Wingate, 11119*.iflUBT iCli to the Jews at Pesti), and for the Rev. Mr. Eilwardes ' a mi.sionary to the Jews at Lem berg, front the Inc, church of Scotland, who were ex pelled from the Austrian dominions during the last winter, under circumstances of great hardship, and who sustained in consequence a considerable loos of property ? Lord STANLEY said when this subject was brought under discussion, or rather attempted to he brought under discussion, by the hon. and learned gentleman the member fur Youghal, a promise was made on the part of the govern ment that all the papers relating to the ease should be laid on the table on Monday or Tuesday. That promise had been fulfilled, and the papers were now on the table. In addition to that, the hon. and learned gentleman 'had un dertaken to bring the subject on again ou Tuesday next, and considering that every hon. member would have the opportunity of reading the papers to-morrow, lie thought it advisable to defer entering into the subject till it came bc fere the house on Tuesday. SUPPLY OF LABOUIt.—JAMAICA. On the order of the slay for the third reading of the Con solidated Fund Bill, Mr. BERNAL said that he had received a letter from Jamaica. dated the 21st of May, in which it was stated that the email-pox was still ravaging the Wand. Ile wished to ask tier right hon. baronet, the S, , cretsry fur the Colonies, whether the colonial office had taken the question of the supply of labour into c^naideratiou, and whether ho could bold out any hope to the colonies of measures being taken to provide &supply of labour. Sir J. PAK INGTON, in reply, stated that the question was similar to that which bad been put on a former occa sion. It appeared that attention had been freshly drawn by the arrival of a new mail. lie was aware of the arrival of the mail that morning, but had not yet seen the papers which it had brought. But it was quite impossible for any fresh papers to have arrived which could strengthen his con. viction of the paintill distress under which the colony war labouring. And, when his hon. friend asked him whether he could hold out any hopes to the colony, he (Sir J. Pak neaten) must say that it was his duty to be cautious how be raised hopes which it might not be in his power to fulfil. Ile could not, there tore, ..dal anything to the answer which he had already giver., that he would lose uo limo in de voting his serious and anxious attention to the subject to see whether there were any means in existence by which the supply of labour and tic pressure of the labour laws could be relaxed in favour of the West Indies. Since the ques tion was before the house, on a former occasion, he had torn prevented by the pressure of pardamentary business, night and day., from paying that attention to the question which be desired. (Hear, hear.) NEW SOUTH WALES.—THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. HUME adverted to the petition lately presented from the!. gislative council °INC,/ South Wale s,and declared that, if nothing was done before the new parliament assembled to meet the reasonable wishes of that and other colonies, he should, if in his power, bring the subject before the house. lie then called attention to the state of the lonian Islands, and entered his protest against the system of government carried on there in the name of her Majesty, but which, he said, was a disgrace to her Majesty. Sir J. PAK INGT ON said, with respect to the petition from the legislative council of New South Wales, the house must feel that it involved subjects of too much importance amid magnitude to be lightly and incidentally discussed. Although he believed that nil the allegations it contained ' could nut be borne out, the petition would receive the re spectful *Brillion of her Majesty's government, with every disposition to concede to the colonists their fair rights, consistently with the relations between them and the mother country; and in the interval before the next session he would carefully analyse every part of it. Two of its most important topics were, the management of waste lands, and the casual revenues from minerals. lu the New Zealand bill the management of waste lands had been conceded to that colony, and her ,Ilajcsty's government had already relin quished to the Australian colonies the management, ar rangement, distribution, and expenditure of the revenue derived from minerals. With regard to the lonian Islands, Sir John lamented that a high public officer, holding an important situation, should be subjected to these incidental attacks, and he read a passage from an lonian newspaper containing violent and inflammatory invective sgainst the British rule and Sir Henry Ward. Having such spirits to deal with, common allowance, be observed, should be made to Sir 11. Ward fur the means to which he resorted. Sir W. Molesworth made seine observations in favour of the colonial claims; Lord D. Stuart spoke in condem nation of Sir Henry Ward; end Mr. 11. Cochrane in depre cation of attacks ou a high-minded and honourable public servant. The motion for the third reading of the Appropiation Bill, upon which the above discussion arose, was then agreed to, and the bill passed. MET . ROPOIATAN BURIALS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, resuming the deliberation at clause 2. Sir W. CLAY inquired whether the government in tended to introduce a proviso into the bill to prevent the burial places to be closed uuder it being used for furpoees of profit. Mr. WALPOLE replied that the law already provided that consecrated burial places could not be used for any other purpose, though they might be closed. With regard to the unconsecrated grounds, a proviso of this kind might be necessary ; but as for those grounds which were not full, a claim for compensation would justly arise, he suggested to the hon. baronet that the consideration of the subject should be postponed until the next stage of the bill. After an observation from Lord J. MA:SSP:LW the clause was agreed to. Clauses to 14 inclusive were agreed to after some unim portant discussion. Mr. DENISON brought up a clause exempting railways from the rateags required to carry out the objects of the bill. Lord J. MANNERS opposed the clause, which was ulti mately withdrawn. Clauses to 20 inclusive were agreed to. Clauses 21 to 29 inclusive were agreed to. On clause 30, Sir W. CLAY moved a proviso " That in every ease in width the party having the direction of the funeral of a pa les Vim it is intended to inter in such burial ground aboll she notice to the keeper of the said ground that the wireless of a minister of the united church of England and Ireland will not be required thereat, it shall be lawful to law in any part of such burial ground the body relative to Which such notice shall have been given without the sunless of such minister, and :o have the hurial service pellionai as well in the said chapel as in the said burial aseording to the usages of the religions denomina- Cdiell the deceased, or the party having the direc tion of Se said funeral, may have belonged or belong," and nivel flat as the expense of each burial grounds would be paid by dl the ratepayers, there should be no invidious dis tinctive between members of the church and nonconform ists, as wee implied in separate burying grounds, and he believed it would be an opportunity of diminishing reli gious discord. Sir J. DUKE seconded the amendment. Lord J. MANNERS regretted that the hon. baronet had thought it his duty to propose this alteration, to which the government was unable to accede. So far from believing that it would tend to check religious discord and dissensions, he (Lord J. Manners) believed no course could he taken which would tend more to increase them. The bill did not take away any common law right to which the noncon formists were entitled, hut it was asked to give that body a power which they did not now enjoy, and which they would not enjoy but fur this bill. No legislation had ever tended in that direction ; and provisions similar to those in the present bill were retained in a bill which had lately passed for the establishment of a metropolitan cemetery and in another for a similar purpose at Huddersfield ; anethat not only without opposition from the nonconformists, but at their own request. After some discussion, The committee divided . . For the amendment 4O Against The amendment was consequently lost ; and the clause ' was agreed to. Clauses up to 38 were agreed to; the house resumed, and the Chairman reported progress, obtaining leave to sit again on Thursda BILLS POSTPONED. The Metropolitan Sewers Bill and the General Board of Health Bill, both of which stood for committee, were post poned until this day. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (No. 2) BILL. This bill went through committee. The third reading fixed for this day. BISHOPRIC OF CHRISTCHURCH (NEW I ZEALAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. All the clauses were agreed to. The third reading was fixed for this day. The house (at (our) then adjourned. The house resumed at six o clock. THE CASE OF MANUEL PEREIRA. Lord STANLEY, answering a question pat by Mr. M. Mixsies as to the detention of Manuel Pereira, a coloured man, who was forcibly taken out of a British ship which had put in to Charleston in distress, stated that a writ of VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. F. SCULLY urged the postponement of the meuure until next iesaion, and moved that the committal of the bill be deferred for three months. Mr. MONSELL, feeling deeply the evils which the bill was intended to remedy, opposed this motion, which, after some observations from Sir 1). Norreys and Mr. V. Scully in opposition to the bill, and from Sir W. Somerville in its favour, was withdrawn, and the house went into com• mittec upon the bill, the clauses of which were agreed to, after debate. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. . • _ On the report being brought up, 3dr. V. SCULLY again protested against the duration proposed to bo given to the operation of the bill, but de clined further opposition. The report was then agreed to, and the third reading fixed for this day. 1 4 1171 PRIGS OFFICERS BILL. This bill, with an additional clause introduced by the Attorney-General, was read a third time and passed. I'A'rENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL, On the order of the day for the consideration of this bill, Mr. CARTER moved the following clause : If any person shall, by himself or by the agency of any other person or persons, knowingly, wilfully, and fraudinently pirate, imi tate, or manufacture, for Pale or profit, any article, or part of an article protected by letters patent tinder this or any other act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction thereof before any court of gencrail or quarter sessions, uycr and terminer, or gaol delivery, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding twelve calen dar months, with or without hard labour, or to pay a tine not exceeding 1001., with or without imprisonment a.' afore said ; provided always, that no conviction for this offence shall prevent or defeat any civil remedy which the party aggrieved may have by action or otherwise. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be should hare thought that this clause had been copied tirea the Whiteboy Act. (A laugh.) Certainly a more mew atrous preposition had not come under his notice since he had bad the honour of a seat in that house. lie presumed that the course of the hon. and !earned member had been to open the " Law Dictionary" at the word " Pirate," and copy the punishment described, for the benefit of the pirates of patterns. (Laughter.) It appeared to him ca -1 traordinary that in the 19th century a gentleman who, as he understood, was of extremely liberal opinions, and was about to return to his constituents, should propose . to visit with heavy punishment, and treat as &sees huortans gofer's, men whose only guilt was the illegal copying of a pattern in manufacture. (" Hear," and laughter.) The bill was then considered and reported. The Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, as amended, was considered. The Common Law Procedure Bill was read a third time and pun& The /shed Sites Arta Extension Bill, and the Property el Lame*, Bill, passed through committee. The *.ls, in Chancery Abolition Bill was read a third thee. The Distressed Unions (Ireland) Bill, and the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues Bill passed through coin . legatee. The Excise Summary Proceedings Bill passed through committee. The Secretary of Bankrupts' Office Abolition Bill passed through committee. The Bishopric of Quebec Bill also passed through com mittee, and the Colonial Bishops Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. Hussy, a number of returns were ordered, in reference to foreign manufactured articles im ported into this country, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. Ine Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Desert, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Byron, Major-General Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the performance of the German Play with their presence last evening. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, also honoured the performance with her presence. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Ilouverie, was present yesterday morning, at • brigade field-day, in Hyde-park, at half-past 8 o'clock. His Royal Highness commanded the brigade, consisting of the Ist Battalion Coldstream Guards, the 2nd Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, and a de tachment of the Grenadier Guards. Prince Albert, attended by Lord de Roe and Colonel Bouverie, left Buckingham Palace at 25 minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the Tower of London. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited Mr. Gordon Cumming's African Exhibition yesterday morning. The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterd. Lord Byron has relieved Lord Crofton in his duties as Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, and Sir Frederic Stovin has relieved Major-General Berkeley Drummond in his duties as Groom-in-Waiting to her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, went yesterday to the Old Palace on Richmond-green and visited the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier. A deputation from Boston, consisting of Mr. Wise, of Boston ; Sir John Trollops, Bart., M.P.; Mr. Cabbell, M.P.; and Mr. Freshfield, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Rev. William CornewaU, Colonial Chaplain, Cape Coast Castle, had an interview with Sir John l'akington yesterday at the Colonial-ofilee. Despatches were received at the Colonial-Ake from the governors of the West India Islands yesterday. (hoe last night's Gazette.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 18.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. .1. 13. Were as Cunsul fur the southern tout of New Holland for the King of Denmark ; also been pleased to approve of Mr. Norris Adams to Vice Consul at Deal for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin. - COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TIIE LORD LIEUTENANT or NAIRN•IIIIIII.—The lion. John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, Viscount Emlyn, Sir James Alexander Dunbar, Dart., Arthur Forbes, Esq., Colonel James Ketches, and Major Ilugh Robertson Murray, to be Deputy-Lieutenants. COMMISSION SIGNED BY TILE LORD LIEUTENANT OF LlNLlTHoowentaz.—The Right lion. John Alexander, Earl of llopetoun, to be Deputy-Lieutenant. CAMMIBSION IRONED BY ME LORD LIEUTENANT OF I'iaTHl4llll4ll.—The HOD. David Henry Murray to be Captain in the Royal Perthshire Militia. OXFORD AND WORCESTER EXTE.NRION RAILWAY. A call of IL lbs. per share on those who otiginally paid the deposit, and of lbs. per share on those who did not, has just been declared to discharge the liabilities. Cite errpr'eiso• TO CORItEBPONI.F.VIS. • *gond btilicst Tbs Express ^ enntionavt the turns evening's utsvtts," r p,llllslted sway Teetnivy anJ Frol4 sight, in that for r.t. t ay.,,,vigtukteintended for ripsaw," London Es, tong piper. MUM bm at Inv t h ae, 10, ISuusssis.ststwt, Two o'clock on the lay of t.b.tsatton. HIGH WATER AT LON iiON BRIDGE. raw Day—blornlnj. sb. Afternoon, 61, bia. I.roaaew—Morning, 6 ...Vial Afternoon, 7b. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23. Lout) MALMESBURV does not very much resemble !Innis in his eloquence; but Lord MAIM E:lltUtlY appears to resemble Maks in regretting that the I age of chivalry has passed away. On Monday Lord MALMESItUItV told the House of Lords that Mr. Marnmt, in seeking redress, had "three courses open to him;" and the first of these enumerated by the Sir /.minx (ITriorr of the Foreig n othee—that which, from his naming it first, would seem first to have occurred to him was that of" calling out" his assailant. " Had he [Mr. MATHER) lived thirty years ago," said Lord MA LMESIJCII 1", reverting to the cherished reminiscences of his own youth, " there was one which he, and any of their lordships, must have been, with the opinions that then prevailed in thin country and on the continent, induced to follow." Lord NlALmEsntlix did not, indeed, absolutely say that Mr. MATHER ought to have fol. lowed this course ; nay, he went so far as to mutter something about its being " for tunate" that men's opinions hove changed on this point. But assuredly Lord MALMESIICRY "damned Mr. MATileit with faint praise" for fail ing to do so. Instead of saving that Mr. Manisa. had acted quite right, LordMaLmEsnuav coldly ob served that " Lk did not blame Mr. MATIIEN for not having adopted that course." Decorum forebode the FouEIGN SECRETARY to express more explicitly his regret that the young Englishmen of our day have less spirit than those of thirty years ago. Lord NIALNII:Sitt'RV had given some broad hints previously that he thought Mr. NIATIIEtt, with his complaiuts, a sad bore ; that he was decidedly angry at that gentleman tOr troubling the repose of the Fureignaiffice. The earnest remonstrances made to induce Mr. Nlsimin, junior, to carry his com plaints to the Tuscan courts of law ; the impe rious urgency with which ;Mr. MATHER, senior, was ordered to place a price on his son's blood ; the bland apologetic tone in which the Tuscan court was assured that Lord Msf.stssawav thought Mr. MsTntats demand quite unreasonable, and was ashamed to be made the channel of intimating it; all showed how siucerelj he wished to get rid of his trou blesome client. But this cool hint that Mr. NIATUE ought to have spared the FOREIGN SECRETARY all trouble by challenging his assailant to deadly combat throws all the former evasions of Lord MALaKsnuttv into the shade. Of the result of a duel in which a raw English lad—no more familiar with the use of arms than young Englishmen of the mercantile class generally arc—would have been opposed to a man whose business is fighting, and who has been carefully trained to the use of his weapon—there could be little doubt. Lieutenant FoitsvilustAt would have effectually relieved the FonmuN SECRETARY from any further persecution by this tiresome Mr MATif En. _ _ Mr. MATHER, however, though a young man, was not quite young enough to follow the course which Lord 111sLmEsittity so considerately suggests he might have followed. Mr. MATHER was probably of the opinion we once heard expressed by a carter. It was in the time of the Reform Bill agitation, when unpleasant discussions sometimes took place between soldiers and radicals of the working classes. Hot words had been exchanged between the wielder of the whip and one of her AIAJESTV'S " full privates;" which ended in an invitation to the former to " turn out, if he was a man." The carter re plied :—" Fight you! I dare say; that's your trade: but I'll drive a cart with you uuy day." At all events, Mr. MATHER declined to seek "satisfaction" for having been wounded by putting himself in the way of receiving a more fatal wound; and Lord 4NIALNIESHI:IIS has nothing fur it but to protest that he dots nut "blame" Mr. 'MATHER for so acting, and to endeavour to persuade the public that Mr. MATIIER has been giving him ur necessary trouble, inasmuch as the assault complained of was a strictly private, not a national wrong. Lord ltlsLmEsuuav will find it as difficult to per suade the public to assent to this second position, as to persuade Mr. MATHER to assent to his first. Had Mr. MATHER been cut down in a chance-medley scuttle with a private civilian, there might have been some show of plausibility in the FOREIGN SECRE TARY'S assertion. Had he even been cut down by a military officer in the employment of the Tuscan government, when that officer was off duty, some thing might have been said in support of it. But Lieutenant /C'ORSTRIUBER was on duty at the time he committed the assault, and we are told by his superior officers that he did no more than was re quired of him by the regulations of his service. It is, therefore, with a man under authority, simply doing what he bad been ordered, and was expected to do, that Lord MALMESBURY has had to deal ; it is from the government under which the lieutenant was acting that redress had to be sought. Some discussion has been raised as to whether redress ought to have been asked at the hands of the Austrian or Tuscan Government. There can be no doubt that to the latter, and to the latter alone, could the application be made, in the first instance. Tus mny is not yet incorporated into the Austrian domi nions. The Grand Duke of TUXANY claims to be regarded and treated as an independent Sovereign. As such he is bound to uphold law and administer justice in his own territories. As such he is bound to procure redress for every private or national wrong done in his dominions. Lieutenant FORSTUUBER is an Austrian soldier, but the corps to which ho belongs had been lent by Austria to the GRAND DUKE; he was in the GRAND Duties service at tho time he committed the offence. With the terms upon which Austria lent its hireling soldiers to the Tuscan Government, this country has no concern. The GRAND DUKE owes reparation to this country for the outrage offered by the soldier in his employment, it is alleged out of a sense of military duty. He owes reparation to this country in the first place ; if Austria, by the terms it exacted for the loan of its soldiers, has got him into the scrape, let him ask compensation from Austria in the second. That is their concern only. lf, indeed, the GRAND DUKE, when asked for redress, had pleaded— " I am no longer my own master; I have voluntarily become a vassal of Austria; and Lieutenant Four- HUBER and I only obey the commands of our common master;" then, indeed, it would have been necesauy to turn for redress to the real sovereign. But this the GRAND DUKE has not done. This is certain, that the British government can not admit the plea of military orders to that effect, when an unarmed British subject is causelessly and wantonly cut down by an armed soldier. The Austrian or Tuscan governments may authorise their hireling ruffians to treat their own subjects in this manner, but it is not to be tole rated that they shall enjoin them to deal thus with British subjects. It is no extenuation to say that the assailant did not know it was an Englishman he was assailing. The assertion is evidently false; the allegation that Mr. MATHER put himself in " a boxing attitude," shows that the Austrian Lieutenant knew that an Englishman stood before him. But even though he did not, ho knew that there were Englishmen in Florence, and the military bullies of the continental despots must be made to undentand that where Englishmen are present they must ab ' tain from cutting at random; they must make sure before they strike that it is not at an Englishman they aim, for Englishmen arc above their mark. If' Germans and Italians choose to be made objects of such sharp practice, that is no concern of ours ; but the executioners must first make sure that they have Germans and Italians to deal with. ANTWERP, JUNE 21.—Our London steamer Daron Osy, Captain Jackson, arrived hero this morning, at the early hour of 5 o'clock. His ExcellencyM. Van de Weyer, with his lady and family, returned to Brussels by her. The following were also amongst her passengers: Lady Louisa Loftus, the Viscomtess de Limoges, Mrs. Colonel Dray, Col. Hill, Mayor Lovell, ate. TIM REMOVAL OF TILE CRUSTAL PALACE. An influential movement, it is understood, is about to lie made for the removal of the Crystal Palace to Chiswiek,Battersca, or Kew, instead of Sydenham, so as to make the Thames and the old road the great holiday highways instead of the railway. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVEMINU. I have already, T believe, called your attention to the circumstance that the law passed by the Corps Legislutif for the better prevention of crimes mid misdetneanours against the state and citizens of France in foreign countries, does not appear among those laws which have been ratified by the Seuate. It is said, in fact, that this law will not receive the sanction of that body, in consequence of its having furnished some of the most telling arguments in the House of Lords against the extradition treaty. The President of the Republic, accompanied by M. Duces, was present at the sitting of the Corps Legislutif to-day. Ile sat in the corner of one of the reserved tribunes, in such a 'position us to he coo -1 eealcd as much as possible from observation. Th e proceedings were commenced by the presentation by M. Bithialt of a bill relative to the eouctssion of a ..... line of railway to connect the Bordeaux and Cette railway with that from Marseilles to Mignon. The debate on the budget of expenses wits opened by B. A. r. Keubtiet., who opposed th..bunget in .t 4 tirety. Ile complained that the Assembly woo called upon to elikcuss the budget with men—who were doubt ) honourable men—but who had in reality no sort of mom c - ' " . . . . lion with the budg. t. Formerly the builm t was defendtd by the ministers who had prepared it, and the Chamber wan at liberty to make all such amendments us it might think necessary. Now, this system no longer existed, awl he he tiered he spoke the opinion of the majority of that Ass e n t . bly when tie said that the house did not feel that its ro:e was free, and that it would therefore decline the rispolisi- Nifty which it was inei7ed to share with the ; ortromeht. The question of the part to he taken by the Corps Legi, Edit in the discussion of the budge t was a serious one. It was a question which had recently attracted the attention of foreign journals, and which tlw mem bers of that house had also much considered. The committee, in its report, alluded hi the poaition ip which it had been thought fit to place that Abeelnif:y. What time had the Assembly had to study the budget f It would have beett better not to have convoked the Awe eddy until the Counci. of State had concluded its labours, M. stead of calling them tugether, and leaving them for nearly two months in such u state of idleness the* people were asking efieli other, in many of the department*, white the Assembly was going to mint. They were told that it slut not tit the moment when the country was recovering itself, after the shi,ek of a revolution, that great reforms could be attempted. Doubtful' it might be necessary to wait fur great reforms till the vessel of the state hail righted, and UMW Mlle to spread all her sails. But, unless they would see the vessel founder, they must at once make some reforms. The mutt reduce the army. They must have an limy ID glorious so ever, but less ruinous. Ile re membered that in 1818 M. Billault, their now president, hail made a speech in favour of a reduction of the army. The reasons then urged by him were at least equally cogent now. M. Stourm at the same time prop:wed reductions. One propisition made was to reduce tine army to 360,000 ; another to :1.:O,1100. General Lamoriciere wan even of opinion that '292,000 men would be sufficient. Ile could cite the high authority of the President of the Republic himself, who had written much and thought more. M. de Kerdrel here read a passage from the works of Louis Naps. Icon, in which he said that the standiu_: army ought to be diminished, and that the service should he organised in such a manner as that, in case of the least dung, r, it might be able to pass at once from a peace to a war footing. It was not in the army alone that reforms were essential. They were required in everythiug; in all the goserurnent establishments; for the more clerks there were in public offices, the more the nuti.n was weighed down by tase.:. But, in order to effectuate reforms, it was necessary that they should clearly into the affairs of the country, that they should be enabled to study measures of reform with the ministers who prepared them. In no other way could they attempt ameliorations without the risk of throwing the public service into confusion. Members of the house ought to have th e re g re ! i y in the ministerial officer. Now these offices were closed against them, and whenever they eked fur any details they were, its effect, told to seek for light anywhere else. They were expected to discuss the budget with the Council of state. Ile wished to avoid personality, but he would say that the Cousril of State was ' from its constitution, eminently incompetent to deal with a budget. lie was tempted to reverse the saying of SieyLe, and to say that the Council of State ought to be nothing in this matter, and was everything. There were no men in the Council of State who necessarily possessed the special practical know ledge requisite to deal with the public finances. The amendments proposed by a committee of that house were scut to the Council of State for considera tion, but no member of that house was allowed to aid their deliberations, and support the amendments. The natural consequence was that they would almost always be rejected. The amendments were nut printed or communicated to the house, which was therefore left in the dark, and unprepared for debate. This was not all. The Council of State did not in terms reject an amendment, but declared it to be a nul lity (non arena). That was a form insulting to the Assem bly. (Applause.) It was true the Assembly might reject the whole of any article in a bill, but that was a serious and tre sponsibility,mfore itw hi , ci o h p i t t e T e e , a n r o t t iye rh Jr like Asse mtobzscum, did so under compulsion. The committee had nut thought it right to insist upon all the amendments it had presented. Discussion was clearly impossible now. It would be illusory. The effect of the system was that the Council of State, and not the Corps Iggislatif, was the real dispenser of the public money. lie concluded a speech, which was much applauded, by saying that IM had loved parliamentary con tests. Ile had sometimes taken part in them, but against anarchy, against demagogy—never against power. But when power was in error, it was his right and his duty to raise a warning voice. The province of a representative government was to control the ,finances, but they in that house could not exercise that privilege. They could net abdicate their rights without compromising their dignity. M. BILLA ULT said the last speaker, instead of confining himself to the budget, had spoken against the constitution. Re had not stopped him, as he might and ought to have done. (Slight murmurs.) M. DM' regretted that the report of the committee had not completed the information that it had given upon the floating debt. lie would vote for the budget as it had been presented. Ile thought the report betrayed a concealed opposition, Ile preferred, an open and frank opposition. M. ell ASST.:LOUP-LAU DAT repudiated the imputation. M. MON TALEMDERT spoke shortly against the budget, and repeated some of the arguments of M. de Kevin!. At the end of the debate M. DE PADIEV, councillor of state, expressed his astonishment that member should have ventured to criticise the constitution which had saved the country. M. STOUUII, councillor of state, spoko to the same effect, and observed that diamissions such as they had be.ird would have been more in their place in a neighbouring building (alluding the the Salle de Carton, where the late National Assembly sat). This observation produced im mense uproar, in the midst which M. Stourm disclaimed the intention of' hurting any members feeling. M. Rm./cuts then read a letter, that moment received from the minister of state, in which the minister said that the President of the Republic had observed that after the , amendments of the committee had been rejected by the Coon dlof State, the committee persisted in demanding the rejection of the articles of the budget. That appeared to him (the President of the Republic) uunconstitutional. M. ettasnELoce.LAtillAT, with much warmth, protested !gained the reproach addressed to the committee. hie declared that his intention was to respect the constitu tion. The committee had acted according to their dutyand conscience, and they would present in their amendmeau. (Long-continued agitation.) M. BaLavhr said that, in fact, the constitution did per mit the Assembly to reject the articles. The general de bate was thee declared closed. The house decided that the debate on the article should begin to-morrow. The Senate met yesterday, Prince JCrlone Bona parte is the chair. It decided that there was not any ream to oppose . the promulgation of the bill con cerning the definitive regulittionof the budget of Isis. The report on the bill relative to the definitive set tlement of the budget of 1549 was then presented by the Marquis d'Audiffret ; and the measure, having been forthwith discussed, was declared to present uo reasons for not being promulgated. NI. Boehm president of the legislative section at the Council of State, was introduced, and read a senalas-rativil loin, deliberated on in that body, and tending to regulate the constitution of the colonies of Marti nique, Guadeloupe, and Itkinion. The Senate de cided that a committee of ten members should be named to examine the matter. After several bills, lately adopted by the Legislative Body, bad been presented by Baron de Lacrosse, the secretary, some reports on petitions were heard, and the sitting terminated. There will this day be presented to the legislative body a bill approving of the fusion of the different lines of railway from Lyons to the Mediterranean. The state will gain on advantageous conditions the execution of a branch railway to Aix, and the pro longation of the railway from Marseilles to 'Toulon. The company, in fact, in addition to the expenses which the law of ht-t 2 places at its charge, will ad vance 10,000,000 fr. The railway from Marseilles to Toulon is one of importance. The state will also gain by the arrangement which is to le submitted to the legislative body, for lower ing by one-half the tariff for coals taken by its vessels in the Nlediterranean. It had made a per petual concession of the railways of the Gard and the Wraith ; they enter into the commo n rule '`f concessions of 1.09 y•ears. Finally, the edders charges of all those lines are re placed by one singl e easier, similar to that adopted for the railw a y s re i evilly conceded, the conditions of which are unit more liberal than those of the old contract s. administration of so many divided lines was neces sarily without unity, and consequently the working of them was embarrassing, and not very profitable. TItE I).tar.—A lino vessel. which ran between London and Madeira, and which has just been lost on the . coast of Africa, is the fourth vessel of the same n mie. and which belonged to the same party, that has been lust. The 1' All w The h Great (II provtacc Excht 24 per c Thep of Iteshi Pasha, it to be contenip The 1 anT glen exist in people t; Nem bil'ittti explanai elected ; c o uncil Intfrpn. hat tl atittec and cau• , from es. amembh The tl in favuu , mittee. 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