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Subscribers are requested to send their orders through News Agents; if direct to the °Moe, accompanied by a remittance Advertiseinenta also must have a reference or remittance: Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFFICD Iva, 110, Strand, London. Vl)* 1- rtgiAl+ LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1858. POSTSCRIPT. LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Royal Assent was given by commission to a series of public and private bills. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS. The Earl of Lucsx, observing that the Commons' reasons fur disagreeing with the amendments in the Parliamentary Oaths Bill was to be brought forward for consideration on Monday week, gave notice that be should then propose, as an amend ment, a resolution setting forth that their lordships could not concur in the said resolutions. LAW REFORM. The Probate and Letters of Administration Act Amendment Bill, and the Divotcu and Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment Bill, were respectively passed through committee. THE 44 CAOLLUIL4' The Earl of MINTO having inquired whether any reply had been received from Naples respecting the compensation demanded for the two engineers of the Cagliari for their unjust imprittonmklnt, The,Foaxion SECRETARY stated that an answer had arrived, in whitlh no compensation was offered, but the document bore rather the character of an augumentative rejoinder than a categorical refusal. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE CANNING PROCLAMATIO: In reply to Mr. GLA.DSTONE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the first intimation received by the Cabinet touching any proposed explanation by Lord Canning of his Oude proclamation, was given a few days since by the Marquis cf Lansdowne in " another place." On the motion that the house on rising should adjourn to Friday next, Mr. CLAY appealed to the right hon. member for Oxford on the subject of his resolution. On its first introduction that motion had, as be believed, involved a question designed to vindicate the rights and dignity of the Legislature. But the issue had been much changed by the resignation of Lord Ellenborough, and still further altered by the publi cation of the despatches just received from India. Althongli he believed that Lord Canning had been proved to be perfectly in the right, he could not c3ncur in a resolution which had now degenerated into a mere party movement, and, in common with the great mass of the independent Liberals, he trusted that it would be withdrawn. Mr. BOWYER enforced a similar appeal. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that, soon after the recess, be should bring forward a resolution declar ing that the proclamation confiscating the landed property in Oude was nether equitable nor expe dient, and ought not to be carried in'.o effect. Mr. CARDWELL declined to accept the suggestion fur withdrawing his motion. THE PRESS, MAY 22, lB5B. The propriety of withdrawing or postponing the motion was, however, further urged by Mr. Drum mond, Mr. T. Duncombe, Sir D. Norreys, and many other members. After a very confused and pro longed discussion, Lord PALMERSTON said that the motion had been originally introduced under the idea that a very pre judicial effect would be produced in India by the publication of the Government despatch to Lon( Canning. The letters just received had, however, considerably changed the aspect of the question. The Oude proclamation was now shown not to de serve the character of a general confiscation, and, as the discussions that had taken place would, as he hoped, remove the damaging consequence of the despatch, he was willing to advise the right hon. member for Oxford to bow before the manifest feel ing of the house, and withdraw his resolution. Mr. CARDWELL expressed his consent to that pro ceeding, provided it was sanctioned by the unani mous approval of the house. Mr. GLADSTONB rejoiced in a result which, he ob served, sacrificed party objects for the general in terest. He proceeded to remark upon Lord Can ning's proclamation, acknowledging that from all the antecedents of that nobleman's career the mani festo should be interpreted according to the best construction. He trusted that the Government would still fulfil their promise to express their approval of the general policy pursued by the Go vernor-General of India. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the motion had been introduced and supported in the guise of a vote of censure on the Government. If he now consented to its withdrawal it was not be cause they shrunk from the question thus raised. That issue they were always prepared to meet. But higher interests were now at stake. The Adminis tration, he submitted, was entitled to look back with pride and satisfaction to the recent debate, in which their policy had been so ably defended, not only by members of their own party, but chiefly by advocates who had given them an independent and most effi cient support. He had at first regarded with some apprehension the effect which the result of a debate and division growing out of a mere factious fight in that house might have produced in India. That narrow boundary had, however, been broken through. The house had from the beginning treated the sub ject with a due sense of its importance, and for his own part he was convinced that no result could be more accordant with the public interest than that the discussion should close without a division. Advert ing to the conduct pursued towards the Governor- General, he declared that the present Administra tion had given Lord Canning their cordial support. Even the despatch so much criticized, and which, be observed, had been intended to be a secret despatch, presented no exception to the rule. He proceeded to defend the conduct of the Government towards the Governor-General, stating that since the pending discussion had been threatened they had transmitted by telegraph to Lord Canning an assurance that under any circumstances he might rely on their sincere confidence. Adverting to the course he had himself recommended since the first commencement of the rebellion in India, the right hon. gentleman maintained that himself and the party with which he acted had throughout consistently advocated a policy of discriminative amnesty. Lord J. RUSSELL, after some remarks in defence of Lord Canning, ccnsented to the withdrawal of the resolution, with all its dependent amendments. He rejoiced to hear that the Ministry had given the Governor-General their unfailing trust and support. Mr. Baum r was glad that the debate had thus terminated, but hoped that the events to which it had given rise would prove a useful lesson to the occupants of the ex-Ministerial bench. He depre cated the conversion of great public questions into the means of furthering the interests of a small clique declaring tbat tf a division had been forced, a hun dred independent Liberals would have joined in the vote against the resolution. After some further discussion the motion for ad journing to Friday next was agreed to. On the order of the day for the adjourned debate on Mr. Cardwell's resolution being afterwards moved, the motion was withdrawn amidst loud cheering from the Ministerial benches. The Confirmation of Executors Bill was read a second time. The Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland) Bill was also read a second time. The Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bill passed through committee, es did the Oxford and Cambridge Universities and Estates Bill. The house adjourned at eight o'clock until Friday text. SECOND EDITION. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, writing " Friday, 6 p.m.," says : There was a Council of Ministers this day at the Tui• leries, the Emperor presiding. The subject discussed was the business of the Conferences, and the line of policy France would adopt. The plenipotentiaries have received their invitations to meet tomorrow at two o'clock, at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs. I believe it has been decided that the members of the Conference shall be called to• getber three times a week ; under such circumstances the plenipotentiaries may be engaged for a ,month. The Court leaves Fontainebleau on Sunday. Major• General Sir Archdale Wilson, of Delhi, arrived in town from India on Wednesday last. The gallant general was warmly congratulated by his friends at the Oriental Club on making his appearance among them. It is the intention of the members of the club to give a banquet to celebrate the return of the gallant officer. .IMEIMIINIMI Mr. Petersdorff and Mr. Payne (of the Home Circuit), Mr. Cross (of the Northern Circuit), and Mr. Tozer (of the Norfolk Circuit), have been raised to the rank of Sergeants-at-Law, and were yesterday sworn in before the Lord Chancellor in his private room at the House of Lords. The Daily News thus describes the scene in the House of Commons last night:— After a few more questions and answers, the adjournment of the house was moved, and then broke out a complete mutiny in the ranks of Lord Palmerston's supporters. One Liberal member after another rose, with every variety of tone, from entreaty to menace, to urge the withdrawal of Mr. Csrdwell's resolution. The publication of the recent despatches, it was represented, had completely altered the aspect of the question, the nature of the issue was entirely changed ; it was no longer possible either to waive the discussion of Lord Canning's confiscation policy, or to arrive at a just and satisfactory conclusion upon it. To vote for the motion as it now stood would be to place the Liberal party in a false position with tht country. Mr. Cardwell was inexorable ; refused to withdraw his motion, and declared, with metallic inflexibility, that the debate must go on. Then the storm broke out afresh and the mutiny waxed fiercer and fiercer The more independent supporters of Lord Palmerston openly declared their intention to desert. "If the motion is persisted in," exclaimed Mr. Thomas Buncombe, " shall not vote against, but put on my hat, and wish the right hon. gentleman good night." Then came the more plaintive remonstrances of the gentlemen who were fast bound by pledges to Sir William Hayter. They telt they could not escape; if the motion was persisted in, they mast march on nib flagella, as victims towards the altar of party. But they could and they did protest against the cruelty involved in thus exacting the utmost rights of the " torturing scourge." While these affecting remonstrances were being made and these indiscreet revelations indulged in; while the party character of the motion was thus admitted, and the mysteries of the ex• Treasury whip revealed, the ser• tied ranks of the Miniszerialists sate quietly watch ing the progress of the insurrection It •as time for the superior powers to intervene; the knot had acquired that degree of ermplexity which traditionally demands the interposition of a God, and Lord Palmerston once more descended on the scene. The ex-Ministerial Jupiter give the signal, and his sedate satellite, no longer inflexible, put himself and his motion in the hands of the house. .—T SERIOUS ILLNESS OF CARDINAL WISEMAN be friends of Cardinal Wiseman have for the last few weeks entertained serious apprehensions as to t he condition of his health. Such is his state at present that on Wednesday last it was deemed advisable by his medical advisers that he should retire from London, in order to avoid the anxiety and worry of business. On Thursday the cardinal left his rest. dente in York-place, Baker street, for his country seat at Layton, Essex. He is said for some time to have suffered from diabetes,—a form of disease looked on as incurable. ALEXANDER BORROMEO, alias Dr. Tucker, was in dicted before the assistant Judge at 'Westminster for having obtained by false pretence, from John Baxter Langley, the sums of one guinea and two guineas with intent to cheat and defraud. Our readers may remember the alleged meetings of Italian delegates in London, reports of which appeared in all the lead ing morning papers, among others in the Morning Star, but which afterwards turned out to be a hoax. The prisoner in this case was the perpetrator of the forgery, and the prosecutor is the manager of the Morning Star. The Assistant Judge se ntenced him to be kept to hard labour in the House of Cor rection for twelve months. The prisoner, it app ears, Is the son of Irish parents, who, during his infancy, went to Milan, and there became acquainted with the Boromeo family, whose name be had unwarrantably assumed, his own being that of Tucker.