The Press. — London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

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If long It Increases the difficulty of finding space for them. 71ztx 20) rvgg. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1858. POSTSCRIPT. LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE. HOUSE OF LORDS. NOTICES FOB NEXT SESSION. Lord CAMPBELL announced that early rext session he should introduce two bills for the amendment of the criminal law. Lord DUNGANNON also gave notice for next session of a bill on the subject of the dilapidation o! glebe houses; and Lord LYNDHURST that he should call attention to the arrangements made for the regulation and accommodation of the Royal Academy of Arts. ST. PAUL'S. In reply to a question respecting the vacant plot of ground near St. Paul's Cathedral, The Earl of DERBY stated that only half cf the vacant site would be built upon, and in such a manner as not to interfere with the view of the edifice. This partial surrender of the ground would, he added, involve a sacrifice of 45,0001. BUSINESS. The Militia Pay Bill, the Militia (Services Abroad) Act Continuance Bill, the Militia Act Continuance (No. 2) Bill, the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act Continuance Bill, the Judgments (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, and the Civil Bills, dc. ( Ireland), Act Amendment Bill, were respectively read a third time and passed. The LORD CHANCELLOR introduced a bill to reform the Law of Bankruptcy and Inaolvenc3. The bill was read a first time. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE INDIA BILL. On the question that the Lords' reasons for insisting on some of their amendments in the Government of India Bill be taken into consideration, Mr. V. SMITH urged a series of questions on the subject, inquiring —Whether the 17,000 men sent to India since January last included any troops re quested to be added to the establishment in India by the Directors of the East India Company ; whether the President of the India Board would state the terms and objects of the commission to [inquire into the reorganization of the Indian army ; what was the amount borrowed under the India Loan Act of this session, and whether the amount allowed to be borrowed under the act would cover the expenses of the current year, or if bills were now drawn upon India in the usual method; and, whether any instauctions had been sent, or would be sent, to proclaim her Majesty's name and authority in India, and to announce the intentions of the Go vernment as to non-interference with the religion of the natives. Lord . STaftrty, made a categorical reply, stating on the first point that the present•number of Liddell 18; ttfttty troops on service in India waa about 86,000; and on the second, that some modifications bad lately' been made in the commission for inquiring into the reorganization of the Indian Luray. On the third point the noble lord read a paper from the East India Company, which showed. as he submitted, a satisfactory state of their financial affairs ; and, on the other question, stated that the issue of a procla illation announcing the transfer of sovereignty was still under consideration, and that the policy of the Government on all reli gious; matters would be one of strict neutrality. After some remarks from Mr. Spooner, Mr. Roe- buck, Mr. Kinnaird, and other members, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained the nature of the amendments on which the peers had declared their intention to insist and recommend the house to waive their objections to their changes in the measure. Considerable discussion ensued, in which many arguments were urged in behalf of the principle of open competition, the application of which to the scientific branches of the military serviee in India was abolished by the chief amendment introduced by the peers. • A division was ultimately taken on the question that the house should not insist on its objections to the Lords' amendments in the bill. There appeared— Ayes Noes The peers' amendments were consequently agreed to. The Lords• amendments in the Local Government Bill, the Government of British Columbia Bill, the Art Union Indemnity Bill, the Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment Bill, and other mea sureb were also considered and agreed to. Mr. SCHNEIDER called attention to the inconveni ence arising from a resolution adopted by the house some time since prohibiting any member from ac cepting fee or reward for promoting any case in which he might be called upon to decide in his legislative capacity. He pointed out many possible contingencies in which the Attorney-Generai and other law officers of the Crown might be seriously hampered in their duty by the effect of this reso lution. After some discussion and an explanatory speech from Sir F. KELLY, who announced his intention of bringing the subject more formally before the house next session, the subject dropped. 1 Colonel NORTH inquired whether any pension was to be bestowed on General Sir John Inglis for his gallant defence of Lucknew. Mr. MACARTNET called attention to •arioes de ficiencies in the present system of keeping and auditing the accounts of the War Department. Mr. HAMILTON stated that the general question of publio account.keeping would be carefully considered during the recess. Lord ELcwo called attention to the regulation at present existing respecting promotions in the army, and whose effect was, he contended, to prevent the advancement of meritorious officers merely because they had not completed the required period of service. General PEEL replied to several questions that had been asked relating to his department. To the question respecting Sir J. Inglis, Lord STANLEY replied that the services of that gallant officer were fully appreciated ny the Government. The bottle adjourned shortly after eleven until one o'clock en Monday, when Parliament will be prorogued. tout ant lastion. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHERBOURG. THE Marchal Duo de Malakoff will accompany her Majesty in her visit to Cherbourg. Hie Excellency will be on board the flagship the Royal Albert, in compliance with the subjoined invitation from his old companion in arms, Admiral Lord Lyons : Her Majesty's ship Royal Albert, Spithesd, July 18. Monsieur le Marechal,—l hear with pleasure that your Excellet.cy proposes to accompany my most gracious Sovereign the Queen to Cherbourg, and I hope that you may not consider me very presumptuous in aspiring to the honour of conveying your Excellency and suite in your o!r1 acquaintance the Bora Albert. Independently of the honour of having so distinguished a guest on board my flagship, it will be a very high gratification to me to be again in social intercourse with the great commander of whose deeds of arms and friendliness towards my countrymen I was a daily witn!sa throughout the Crimean expedition. I h ave the hour to be, Monsieur Je MarecheJ, with sentiments of the highest consideration, your Excellency's most faithful aervan.i, . . : LIOSs. Licaileiviii4iiihal the Dyke " A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence cf the Chancellor of the Examen, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were:— The Earl of Derby, the Right Hoc. B. Disraeli, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Sir E. Balwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, and Lord John Manners. Major-General Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., the gallant victor of Rotab, Calpee, and Gwalior, has received the colonelcy of the 415:h Regimen; udered meat by the death of General Aylmer. CABINET CouPeas were held on Saturday and eatiesnay di. the othciat residence . the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Ministers present were:— The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwieke, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Sir H. Buleer Lytton, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, Lord Stanley, and Lord John Manners. THE &rut Countsstoseas appointed to inquire into the state of the store and clothing depots at Weedon, Woolwich, and the Tower have commenced their investigations, and are for the present sitting in No. 11 Committee-room at the House of Commons. AR persons desirous of giving evidence are, in the first instance, requested to send a written statement of the points on which they wish to be examined to the secretary, Mr. E. L. Dew, 13 $ Curzon-street, Mayf air. Tuve MINISTERIAL WHTTZBAIT DINWEB toot place on Saturday last, at the Ship Tavern, Greenwich. The whole of the Ministers were present, including the Earl of Derby, Lord Chancellor, Duke of Montrose, K.T., Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., Marquis of Exeter, K.G., Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of Sandwich, Earl De La Win, Earl of Donoughmore, Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Sheffield, Viscount Strathallen, Lord Begot, Right Hon. B. Disraeti, Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, Right Hon. Sir 3. Pakington, General Peel, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. Sir E. Drawer Lytton,Lord Crofton, Lord John Manners, Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil Forester, Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, Lord Naas Viscount Newport, Right Hon. H. L. Corry, Lord Loraine th e Attorney- General, Sir William Hylton Joilitie, Mr. Seymour }ltzgerstd, the Attorney.Gemeral for Ireland, the Lord-Advocate, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Gatitorile Hardy, Mr. H. Baillie, Mr. Knight, Colonel Taylor, and Me. Whitmore. THE QUEEN has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Greet Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Bart., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, an d title of Baron Churston, of Ch u r s ton Ferrers and Lupto n, in the county of Devon. Mn. G. P. R. J AR e s , the novelist, who has for several years her Majesty's Consul at Richmo n Virginia, has been a pp o int e d Consul at Venice ; sal Mr. Barber, whose conduet as Acting Vice-Coneal at Naples during the cessation of diplomatiointerwer" with the Court of the Two 'tilt le s° , frequently approved, will ineedeed 70u1. at Riehmon4. -The apiefuNalettiweillilieso • a year. - 858. S )1.4N . • u.azur 4nlltrtook. - - 4,,ATESTiIt.NTE'LLT.GENCE. _ 6, _••• • .A - DoveThelloniteur announces that thnments of France and England have come to an understaediN with the Porte with reference to the recent horrible events at Jeddah, with a view to due reparation. The conduct of the Ottoman authorities will be strieti y inquired into ; and all guilty persons of vrhatevtr rank will be punished according to their deserts. Indemnities payable by the towns who have hid any share in the mailmen, will be given to all who have suffered either is person or in property. THE ROYAL VISIT TO CHERBOURG. We learn from France that the Minister of the Interior has decided that passports shall not be required of passengers embarking ai Cherbourg, from English boats, during the fetes. The only condition of this privilege is that captains of boo, shall furnish lists of their passengers. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, in whieb the Queen is to visit Cherbourg, is now open to Wile view at Cowes, and will be so until she leave, f or France. Hundreds of persons have been to inspect her. No respectableiperson is refused admittance on board.