The Express. — London, England, 1855-04-24 00:00:00

... . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Moscut, Arzu.SS. The Lour CueNcrat.coa took kM seat ea the melee* at **slack. Iteveral noble lords prearated pathless frost plums sad al subjects oet ellatlaatly heard to the gallery. CONVENTION WITS SARDINIA BILL. This ball pseud throsgh ooneaittee. Thisir lordships roe* at a quarter put 6. HOUSE OF COMMONB.—MoNDAY, APRIL 23. The Bow= took the chair it a few fißldel before 4 *Week. NEW MEMBER. Boaaowne, the meetly elected member for Cavan, wee introduced by Mr. G. A. Hamilton sad Captain Mae well, and took the oaths and his seat. BILLETTING IN SCOTLAND. In answer to Mr. MWART. The LORD ADVOCATE stated that it was net their tendon of 'overmans to proems ea alteration of the ps Net low riegardiag the system oft is SwadaerL AS the same time it was very misithetieekniedhelpiefilemOM , end he believed that to a roil enlist ft wee wlth their power, in so-operation with the loeticliestesast, M male the system of billettiag as little bardesence as possible to the inhabitants. Wherever seirommodation Gould be found he the militia in regular quarters, the goverment were seedy sad were boned to atford it to them. In other re smote they were 'askew to make the lee as little burden some me possible. CLOTHING OP THE GUARDS. Captain STUART asked whether the last detachment of Gains 1,000 sone, left London on the 12 th of April with the ;iodise of 1854, the new clothiag due on the let of April, 1866, not levier been issued. Whether the allow ance made to the men for wearing their own clothe. will les borne by the coatractors or by the goverment, from the let of April to the date of issuing the new clothing of 1866. Whether any steps bare been taken to provide the Guards with clothing suitable to the Crimean summer, the Wm of whits trousers having been lately discontinued ? Mr. PEEL said this question had apparently hem put from east of information as to the nightlong observed I. :shrines to the clothing of the Guards. Is the ease of regiments of the line, when ON WIN of clothing wise made, the aliening of the preceding year was disentinued ; list in the ease of the Guards, it was customary to have two suits in see at ones—the last 15... being reserved for Sun days sad other special occasions, and the clothing tined is the preceding year being worn cis ordinary mesa ma. Cessequeotly, on the camel= referred to, they wore M their unsay clothing that issued for 1864-6 ; sad no allowance would be due to them from that elnerastance. Though the white Wiesen had been discos tinned, light clothing of other materials had bees substituted in their need, sad would b- sent from this country as ems ea it was ready. Light clothe. for the army generally had oleo been provided. He would take that opportunity of emceeing more folly a question which was put on Friday, whether • detachment of the 16th Regiment had not been landed from Alma steamship while the baggage of that regiment had Men taken on to the Crimea. lie then stated that he bad received no arch report, and thought it ex tremely nuked,. Ile bad since been pot in possession of the report of the commanding officer of that detachment, and found that the whole of the regimental baggage and the camp equipage of that detachment had been duly landed. Nothing of consequence was left but the print* Wimp of one or two *dicers. APPOINTMENTS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord W. GRAHAM asked whether Sir Charles East lake had been appointed director of the National Galin, and Mr. Wornme secretary; and whether Mr Chula Eastlake wee apoolatird for Bee years, or for lib. Lord PALMERSTON—No appeistment bee a lly K. there° made. The eh& amegesseet is still 11111.1111 Mantle& THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. Mr. BRIGHT said, I wish to know from the noble lord at the heed of the governmest whether the Item esa be Informed whether, as is nulentoed, Lord J. Rowell bee left Vining, sad whether the contemners sad semillatioss which be was inducting are considered by the solemnest to be at an sod. If th it be so, I wish to know whether the sone Meuse as. inform the house whim he will be able to make a specific statement to the ham on the enblest, or give u asy docamsntary informatics whmby we say be able to know what is the differesse betimes the terms popeyed by the allies aid those which may have bee. Wend se a coantrr-propositios by the Rassisagovereamt, im coder that the house and the smutty, may andentand, if the war is to be prolonged, what is lobe the object of the war is future. (Earl I have not been ebbe to find many people who scold tell me why it begat at all. (Laughter, aad arise of " Question.") lan the more anxioss to have this information now, because it is important for se to know sow hew we stand, apart from the obscurity of diplomatic language. (Hear, hear.) Lest PALMERSTON—Sir, the question whisk the him. member has put is of each great importance that I sea not skriak from giving the house and the country some ex planatieo. (Hear, hear.) What may be the time at which her Majecy's government may think fit to give a more de tailed explanation I am not at present in a oondition to state. Bat it is well knows to the ►owe that the English and French governments, in concert with the government of Austria, had determined that the proper development of the third point, which regarded the treaties of 1810 sad 1841 in respect to the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, required, amongst other things, that the propos devotee of Russia in the Black Sea should henceforth cease. met pdaillpis win laid down by Ragland and France, and Um agreall Is by Almeria, and it was a principle which, is lbe abstract, was accepted by the Russian plenipotentiary. Oa Thursday last the plenipotentiaries of England, Frames. Austria, Turkey, and Russia Met to consider this point. The plenipotentiaries of Ragland, France, Austria, and Tory proposed, as the mode of carrying oat this principle, which had been admired and accepted by Raisin, either that the amount of the Russian naval force in the Black Sea should henceforth be limited by treaty, or that the Black Sea should be discolored neutral ground entirely, whereby all ships of war wquid be excluded from that ms, so that it would be a sea for commerce only in &tare. The Russian plenipotentiary required 48 hours to take that pre position into consideration. These 48 hours hieing elapsed on Saturday another conference was held on that day, sod there the Russian plenipotentiary absolutely refused Is accept either of those alternatives thus pressed ananisserig by the representatives of the other four powers. Therweren the conference was adjourned sine die, and my noble frilled and M. Drosyn de Lhuye, the ministers of England and France, were to take their departure from Vienna in the smarms of the present day. (Hear.) Sir H. WILLOUGHBY—Wu any rude by Ruda f Lord PALMERSTON siIica whatever. (Cheers.) POOR REMOVAL (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the =atlas of Mr. HOUNAX, This bill was read a second was, for the peeress of being discharged. WAYS AND MEANS.—THE BUDGET. _ mule ao muster-pro - Mr. FITZROY brought up the report ea Ways and Means. Mr. HILDYARD gave notice that, is dimming the is. Come tax resolutions, he should move that *pea intramee betimes 1001. and 1501. a year the charge be lid. instead of 24., which was in. accordance with the ratio in which them iiimmes were new assessed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. lICORICOOR (Olasgow) rave notice that he would move that vie loan be raised to 20,000,0001., sad that it be raised upon terminable annuities, to cease within 58 years. lie should also move that no increase be made in the ditties now levied on tee, sager, and coffee. _(Hear, hear.) Mr. Golit.arate, Mr. T. BASING, Yr. °LAMSON; Mr. LAINO, Mr. Jaya MA009.1100/1, Mr. T. HANKS?, Mr. WlLLtars, Mr. CAnOWILL, and ether members, dieted COlsneeta swat the details of the Imn. Tim CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER vindicated his proposition from the criticisms which it had eamms wed es different sides. He found it impossible to borrow say Inns sun in terminable anmaitim, bet at the sum time misled OS prevent the debt which it was necessary to Wear bra bessnets, perpetual. Therefore he had proposed to As is Os mama under which the aew lean was Mead an MOON. sr the tiva govaenseat to appropriate sae sass a year to its gradual redempties. It would, el sierses,le sump tent upon parliament to release the Wais t,/ hem Olds obligation in any year whet it might be dissend issqudisst to spars the mosey for the assigned Par a s ysrisus resolutions were then agreed to. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP. In seelailttieon this bill, Clause 1, providteg that it shall net IA future be impel. tory te print newspapers en stamped paper, was @greed to, as was clause 2, which provides that periodical pablieatioas printed en steams obeli be entitled to free traienthaitte by part. Clean S was also adopted. Oa cisme 4, width provides that periodical Willesden's =ay be registered in the oaths =asset as newspapers ere sew requind to be, lir. WHITESIDE said that by clause 2, periodical pub- Heatless were wide @ablest to the acts legalities newspa pers, sad by ammo 3 patiediade were 'staled to go free by pest ; sad sow by *WM 4 asoeyetems publieetiorts were to lea regiethaid, and the words of the clause were " the pith ter se palatalise, if lie thinks at, may re&ter." Thai by claw 7 it was provided that if a puhliattioa was oath registered, it WM to be eeettleaed so registered, ea stoups stabiles It to be transialtted by post would be refused. If periodical pmbhcataue ware to be subject to the moo re gulations u ciewspapers in ether rupees, be gibbed to new why stamped newspapers were to be subleet N rip* tattles and the giving of security seder 6 and 7 William IV., and Petlibp•4 aewspapen were sat to be se entgeeted. AU reepestable papers were required te register the canes of *ea proprietors, so that they MOM to them Wilt be THE EXPRESSr TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1855. Kr. ifs was • braid one, said banded . spes *tics - It. vesSdeve q. Os suhlis, la MO a ossiartty those elm sail ths . 4 :5 M aa ri dEllo.lalissalliS shoo t Ise is sees shoal be withheld. MN aWo adaßil A tlia rlibi s a i t il saf ia 1 , 4= 8 ebli* yea vailiumblist pooh 's, or later of a ' pe sold bs assured by registratioa. =t a. .11a ls but to stake the Waal au opiate& with bit WOO of is • paper. Hs= thesomstittas woad toil Oat the alseadamat raped mesa lIMOOMesiI Ora Os propubliss 0 the posasol. be El.t. his mind, Sabi Is months sajeyasailif WIIIII dOs prase, and'. beaross the reepsetability el Ossimd the balsas Is whisk they had Woos sod whisk he thought bad worked iwasidesable is a Xr. UMIIO —The right has reatlusew baba him hal said the eaten sow sawed wadi sash Nos that did mot want to be weigh, sail Shen that Fa l".8 01" h. saaght. I never knew • that want he be might. The right bee. g man h a d talked of the liberty of the press, and we have heard a gnat deal of it, as If it were like " the air we breathe, with out it we die." Now, • what is the liberty et the press ? It is liberty for a certain number of penises to slander you anonymously whenever they please without you having any redress. (Opposition sheep") It is liberty to the anosyntom libeller and slavery team ow else. The only way to prevent that is to prohibit of as from writing anything without affixing his name ft IL No honest man is ashamed of the sentiments he express. The people of this country talk • great deal of their love for fan play, meeting your enemy face to taco, and • hie stand-up Ira. But I should like to know where is the fair stand-up fight with then people. You know it may well, but you leer this moral assassination. You bog ta punish it, to put it down. sod are afraid to do it, awl dm ealy way to do it effectually is to do is o they do it abroad. A couple of years ago It wee very such the fashion for gentlemen who sit here to point to France as • area modeL New let as Imitate France. They have found out the means of punish ing every one who publishes anything wi hoot putting his name to it, sad I have not so bad sa opiate& of the law officers of the crown but that they meld find the miaow of doing that hers and thus abate a great nuinnee. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his belief was that the clause would be found practically te work without material inconvenience, sad that all those newspapers whose circulation was considerable, and whose Sasses therefore was felt over • wide circuit of the country, would be drawn into it. He admitted, however, *oath* effect of the bill as it was now drawn, while it re moved the objection that a false declaration must be made, as new, by persons publishing eirculan and peroidicals of that kind, and who now enjoyed the benefit of the stamp by making whet was, in fact, a false declaration that they published a newspaper—while that would be removed by the bill as it now stood, at the same time it would introduce mother anomaly, namely, that it would subject that class of publications to registration. He had no objection after the opinions he had heard expressed, if the committee should prefer it, to postpone the clause relating to registration and sureties, and to attempt to limit them to newspapers. The effect of that would be to make this bill conform more ex. only to the object of the original acts, to except periodical publications generally, and to retain the word "newspaper " in the bill which it had ham an object to omit, on account of the difficulty of putting • precise legal construction open it. However, a level imostructien could be put upon It, and if the house would go on with the remaining clauses he would consider this clause, find endeavour to give it that effect. The amendment was then withdrawn and the clause was postponed. The remaining clauses to the end of the bill wen agreed to, with some amendments of minor importance. Oa the question that the chairman should report pars% Bir el. WILLOUGHBY asked how much the Chosen"' of the Exchequer expected to derive from the new poop duty on newspapers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when the stamp, instead of being compulsory. became voluntary, any estimate as to its produce was necessarily uncertain. But in the financial statement which he had made the other night he had taken it at 200,0001. Mr. DISRAELI said that notice had been given of • class for establishing a copyright in newspapers. (Hear.) The clause had not been proposed he wished to knew who- ther the Chancellor of the Exchequer Intended to mini with it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be had the clause with him; and if it was the pleasure of the com mittee he was now prepared to move it. Bat, until the rest of the bill had bees disposed of, he had thought it would met be convenient to move any new chutes. (Hear, hear.) Kr. BARROW ssid he objected decidedly to those disses, bemuse the public had not had the opportunity of seasYniag them. They bad been promised that this was es be a bill without penalties, sad he hoped that the copy right clause would not be proposed at all, for it contained a penalty to be recovered in summary , and involving ow of the most difficult questions that ever came before a Mart of justice. (Hear , . hear .) The practice of printing oblitisaal dawns, to be delivered to members without the =ltartisi of them, was very inconvenient one, and he the motion would not be made without the public bola, hir nobs of It. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that In stating there were no penalties given by this bill, be meant that there were no penal* iss to be recovered by the govern ment or the Attorney-General from the proprietors of news papers. It was quite true that the additional clauses con tained punkin to be recovered by the proprietors of newspapers against those who pirated their intelligence ; but that would be a matter for consideration hereafter. In giving notice of the clams. he had only followed the usual practice, and one whieh was of constant occurrence in that home ; and there was nothing unusual or objectionable in it. He had gives Deities of the clean four or five days ago. It had been printed with the votes, and had also appeared in the ordinary channels of intelligence. Mr. BRIGHT inked when the right hon. gentleman in tended to go into committee again on ibis bill? There were hundreds of people in a state of agony with regard in it. (Laughter.) He hoped the right hon. gentleman would go on with it as quickly as possible. It seemed to be about the only thing which they should get through this suoiss. TM CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he issali la the next sitting of the committee for Monday wail TM lass then resumed. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. Sir G. GREY moved, pursuant to arrangement, that the hill should be committed to • select committee. Mr. T. CHAMBERS said he had meant to propose seeps aseadnients, which he would not now press. TM motion was then agreed to. BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND). Mr. CAIRNS moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend smil seneolidato the law of bankruptcy in Ireland. ABSCONDING DEBTORS (IRELAND). el* exanegg. tewordsonsais triZelgt".. nariii;:ol,7iZion Itvothair. paper, soot b• at Um Mee, 10, Ilimuori&strott, b Two *Week as th e Ay ot publisatles. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau rin—Nossing. 7k. la ... Monaca. 7k. Um. Its.acakow—Morklag, lia....Ataraoca 14a. LORDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24. LATEST FROM ABROAD. Mr. Ciiiiifialsoi;btriiiidleare to briogg is i bill to facilitate the more speedy arrest of abaeosdinB debtors in Isehutd. THB SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. Mr. ROEBUCK, who had a notice ou the paper to move that Mr. De Vera should be added to this oommittee, laid that, aim the question iris last before the house, he had consulted the oommiites, and they had tutaeimously desired him to say that they thought they should prosecute their inquiry better is Utak present *audition, without soy adds dos to their umbers. (Rear, hear.) Re might also state that the members of that committee bad bees extremely sedulous is their attention • ooly on one °Gahm had they failed 03 make • conunittai ; and hitherto there had sot bees may division of °pinkie. They felt that they were entrustedwith a grave and jsdlelal duty ; sad they looked upon divisions in that house of a pasty charestee es in scorns way doleg an injury to them ha their foetid* obareater. (Rear, hear.) They had thereto, esewhided,he order that those divides. M*bi_be put as end to, that th is siblie service might be ROMP *, sod that their duty be less morose em, apse them, tereseensessd to the hoses the committee should be allowed to remain as at prehmt sew 'timed. He bed stated this to the noble Led et tlis lead of the goverment, and the noble lord bad sessied to the wishes of the assamittee. Therefore he (Kr. Raft* au sot hefted to some any member to supply the nary that had less mead. (Bear, hear.) ID. BEM:NCH said he was sot sorpeteeds sass the feemer diseuadon, that the hon. sad Warmed mien= Mold have withdrawn his emotion. Bat with an Se the committee, he could not coincide in the erbiu m = they could tarry on their labours better Is their present Mate. (A laugh.) He thought it most menthol that *ere sismaki be as M eimtaittee ate num counected with the Met Peellemere. who wee competent to examine noel Mama. Is use surprised that the chairman of the sass- mitt*, after the late disclosures, should have thought it always neemeary to refer to the noble lord at the head of the seweremeat. (Rear, hear.) He repudiated ell them ONNIIIVIMIND added the speaker's chair, or any such bele. ealmeett meek. The cooly proper way of appointing esmaittes wee by the votes of that house. As yet but a mall poetise of the inquiry as to the transport service bad bees gm through; imee the necessity of 'bevies some naval maim en the ensembles. Re most protest against this eyhesesSe perseveesses la prevectiog such an addition to sus 'comatose. Re hoped the geveroment would not =the melien be het ea • —that Capt. Gladstone he added le the ishassepel sommittes. After some dlemetes s the hem was cleared for a divi- Mehut bear. th e will= me Ist, . ROEBUCK rose sod mid he did not Intend to (Chieire, _legalese, sad miss of " Divide.") Lai PALMIZIITON add that If the *simian of the e ini a lsos hider ohleitties Or the isottoo, he for his part eg g I ==l =silardsta lau ghter.) agreod to without say MN*, lend 'been from the oppoeitioe beak* FINANCIAL MEASURES. tb. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the Loan Bill. tles Insane-tax &U, and the Beebe end &map Bills, wbfeb were severally read a first Use, and massed ta be reeds sand tine en Thursday next. The be *es seemed at twenty minutes to one. Colonel More, M.P. fee the county of Renfrew, lees elkilella a letter to his constituents. from Nice, had eating his retirement from the representation of the shire. had in settees for libel; sad why shoeld seek *male 1 which paid for a stamp be Wend so to resistor, sad stamped papers afford ao seek fealty to passes whit be aggrieved by these. He submitte st Alt the deem be attend, eo that all papers, or nista be fee CHANCELLOR of tIWEIMISt lIMMUER MIA it was of souse mespetent to tbelgammEleitlei realm seam • aluntios as was suggested byte hena sod learned patie a. but if it was meat *at minratl eta wee te be ea for4d by restaldes, ho wished to oat that this bill was so drawn as to alsolik silimpeoltieinipsmaNse. Mo realties wire imposed by any Melo& The de Manse lon Ile OM. raissioesta of fished Eeveams pewee isishm sleep la 'erten man. If It was wished that a peoiedisal pita entice should be stamped, ose to simile the privilege of treasmissioe, it mast sem* with th sod e meatless d the Haan referring to resherseisa neeerity. The operation of the Glasse depended es Me receipt of the stamps, the granting of whisk woe einditintal on the eon pilaus, with those emu. The mesa why the bill was so drawn was that every paper which enjoyed any sisedation would be likely to apply to have • potent of its impromien stamped, and to would be brought within the opeentios of the clause relating to registration. Newspapers if limited ostentation might coattive to sant he a time with out beiag stamped hr the purpose of bong seat through the post, but they would be oily °benne and uelesportant publications; and his belief wee that the bill as framed would, without penalties, same the regiatratioa and security to be given, whisk the lea. and learned gentleman said truly was a great adenines to say penes. nekiag retirees for libels genet their ehareeten. If it should be thought dilatable to enforce registratioN, and the giving security on all periodicals, it was eompeteat to the bout* to do so; but her Majesty's government did not intend to prowne say suet& oompuleory Glasses. Ilt. WHITESIDE said it was true that it yea wished to salons regiavatioa you must do as by MOW of Penalties, and he bad sketched a proviso to be added to the 7th clause, enforciag ngistratios by • penalty of 2W. Mr. G. BUTT urged the great advantage derived from registration and the giving of security by newspapen in the ease of libels, and mentalisd that if respectable papers I' wove to be subject to that eentannt, it was Still mere ne cessary to give each advantages and facilities to person whose characters Tire attacked la the sans of cheaper and less reepentable poblieatiens. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the set referred to was limited to newspapers • bat this bill extended to all periodical publications at intervals of sot lees than 31 daps; end if the hon. sad learned gentle man made it compelsory upon them all to go through the proems of registration and giving security, thugs regula tions would be made to inelude a clogs of pollination' 'Wish was not eamprieed in the original act. Thus wee a large number, for instance, of halfpenny and penny publications, issued 1; religious and other societies, and circulating, not much in the observation of hen. members of that basso, but widely amongst the poorer classes. These did not avail themselves of transmission by post, but were sent in monthly parcels into the country; and it would be bard to Wise them under the operatics' of the law, which was net originally intends I for thorn. It would be, there fore, more fair to limit the registration and security obliga tions to those periodical publications which voluntarily came under them for the sake of postal privilege. Mr. BUTT said that his remarks were conflaed to news papers, and he objected that the effect of this bill, as it now st ood, would be to enable person to publish them without being bound to give security or register them selves, if the did not care to take edvantsge of the Post-oflloo. The case of other periodical publications was a matter that should also be c ons idered. Lord STARLET would draw a distinction between a se wspaper giving security for its contribution to the revenue, which would be perfectly unnecessary where there was no compulsory stamp, and its registration, which gimpy meant that the names of the proprietors should be placed on record; the latter could not be called an annoyance or, vexations requirement, and it would give greater facilities for any person who might be injured by that paper to get his legal remedy ; he therefore approved of compulsory re. gistraties. Mr. WHITESIDE then moved, as an amendment, that the printer, publisher, or proprietor of every newspaper or other periodieal publication should be required to deliver to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue a return of the names of the prropritten. Mr. GIBSON asked what machinery the hos. sae learned gentleman would provide to oompel this regisidatien ? There meet he lacers appointed to go round the nesatsy e 2 mair for the pa tinder the present law, it was Vpaw. IM certain class publications came for the flowering Ile enable them to go through the Post-ofilde m that were called upon to register; and there mere Mfg rwspapers now unregistered, which engin be Ille legiatered, he dared say, according le as did law. It would be impossible to enforce a general Idliffro den without a sew machinery, which must beds vexatious and troublesome character; the registradenelenee of the revise tat was, in fact, entirely neglected, *CM tote Board of Inland Reveals • undertook to enforce it, they sail have little else to do. He (Mr. Gibson) bad no objection OP engistration ; he was for giving means of tracing the aril! skip of every publication, whether periodical or not, end =the responsibility of any calumny that might ha psi. But there was a law in force already which pre- Aid for that, by which, on every paper that was printed the aims and plies of abode of the printer nest be stated ; and every printer was obliged to heap a reseed of the names of his employers, which be mast prel ates upon the order of a juges of the pease. There was a tdl sod saficient remedy, therefore, an See say one were W C:W be the publication. HITESIDE observed there need be no machinery C.4to enforce the registration; the act of the 6th and 1 64 111 int IV. prescribed how it should be done by the midst cot local authorities under the Stamp-office. Mr. WARNER said he should be glad to have registra tion provided for, though not in the wy bs =d a the igsa M. and learned gentleman. A deem declaring that as periodical palatalise ele which was brought to the post-Mies with gr . = stamp, should be refused transusissiee, if It were un registered. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was in the issfortmeste pm disament of disliking both the amendment and the original dame. The proposition of the hon. and leaded man was more consistent and more in keeping IBM regularity and uniformity which ought to be preserved; list he (Mr. Gladstone) objected to requiring that all periodical publications should be registered, and certain declare doss made in regard to teem. What security sane be gained by it which we did not posse.. by Ile present law, requiring the printer's name to be on the piper ? He bad listened in vain to hear of any °radial advantage to be obtained by it. It was tree that, in a case of libel, the printer's name did not Indicate the real libeller; but it would be precisely the same with the registration. Hs should, therefore, oppose the anteladalelets bat he should also oppose the original clause, wedeln...ld ineonshitent and irrational. A clause requiring the minion of all publications alpich discussed public are would be quite intelligible ; Sht the right hon. gentleman abasdoned that requirement, and said that his bill would pre& dully wears the registration of all the respeetable periodical, and that only the sea-respectable oat a would escape it. Bat surer, the periodisais that were not respectable were those on which registradsa ought to be imposed, if there were any real safeguard Ice it. The clause proposed by the Chan cellor of the Bresegeer, therefore, included too little, et tee meek bemuse the present law did not mere, new, that all periediesh obese he registered : it tooth as orget sense et periedisals, but of gewspspen; and on shelve preens* bed grown up, whereby the proprietors of pews whisk wars use newspapers at all, and which bad nothing in run with newspaper, came forward end declared them/sire to be newspapers, in order to get the postal peas riles*. Now, that gross anomal and absurdity—he might slime my, that greet falsehood—was to be adapted as a priatiple of the bill, by which all p cals, whether they were political or not, were to be yogis tered as newspapers if they sought the postal privilege. The Chancellor of the Brelseqeer might say, that he should in that mariner catch all the respectable sewepapsae, but along with them he would include a vast number of periodi cals which had really nothing is summon with newspapers; and he (Mr. Gladstone) was unwilling to tolerate the im porting of suck an anomaly into the statute book. At the same time he objected to the pc brains of the ben, sad learned gentleman (Kr. Whiteside), because it would give unnemseery trouble to persons engsged in a very wife en terprise. Mr. DISRAELI said he would not attempt to answer the objee'ions made by the right hen. member for the Goner. sity of Oxford to the scheme of the Chancellor of the Each'. goer, bat tidy his objeetiore to the amendment of Mr. Whiteside. That amendment appeared write rational and consistent. The public ores enjoyed a very groat power, sad he did not grudge its power or liberty; but be thought society was entitled to exact front it that responsibility, which was the condition upon whit* all power should be exerliesd. Now, what was the propeddes of his hes. and learned friead, Mr. Whiteside ? It was, that the system el registration, which did at prang 'gist partially, and which the meassre of the gevernmest proposed to retain, should Meet uel lt u rrel is Its appliestion. That system of be essmected, amerding to the hon. end patlemmes repetition, with ao vexations eandliene whatever ; and its object was only that society skidS be aware of them who were responsible fee the =ll ozonised on pubisit melees. sad the in 0 public stradeet; end that ea the power of the rem, which ioanneed public opinion, shank be made re spealibls, for its due traerolse, at the bar of that pules °pluton which it attempted to guide sad to form. This meld not he otherwise regarded We as a rational and banes doial requirement. Bat the right bass redeem said, sad ethers bad said before, that the memo of redress wore already 'hose, by the law as ft 'shied at protest, beams* no publication coed appear, es whist the same of tie printer was net merest. Bet everybody mast know that a pablisilks might sad might exert a great Induesee nor • time, and = effect the character of au individual, on even the emus of events at a entice moment, which bore the name el MN individual as the printer, who perhaps did set eves mist; then the effect whisk was designed tbei r g e h h irj fm • few hours, or for an hoar, would have boss by snub a pediestkos ; and, after all, them wee be ste wiggles leg throe wise had beim 'glare by it ; because as mimeses name was edged to the pamphlet or plestrig *seeable law, however, the a •me of the preptieter of the }sense mist be registered at the Staistrellee ; sad that weed net be the same of a mere man of sew, be azze =meal and substantisl, frees whim isle Ise obtained if anyone nee • Waged by his publication. The relondtiOn of made the formal statement of these insane in Conference a pretext for asking two days further delay. His request was again granted, and, at the end of the two days, no further evasion being possible, be peremptorily refused to accede to the terms of the Allies, and did not even attempt to persuade them, by offering counter-proposals, that Russia would assent to any terms that could limit its preponderance in the Black Bea. Now, as from the beginning, Rasa', with a view to promote its lawless designs upon Turkey, is determined to keep the Euxine a Russian lake, and to this end is pre pared to brave all the dangers with which the hos tility of France and England threatens it. The Russian Government, while affecting to negotiate with the representatives of these Powers on the terms of a peace, has all the while been laughing in its sleeve at them. We are not of those who entertain an ex aggerated idea of the statesman-like talent to be found in the Councils of Russia. But allowing that even the lent modicum of common sense exists in these Councils, we are driven to the conclusion that Russia has had a prospect of something to be gained' by affecting to listen to terms of peace, and that there hu been something in the deportment of its oppol nents, or of governments professing neutrality, to encourage it to trifle as it has done in the Con ferences. Two things there are in the past conduct of the Western Allies that may have encouraged Russia to actin the manner it has done. In the first place, the forces hitherto sent by France and England to the East, and the preparations in progress to forward reinforcements, are not of a nature to convince Russia that it incurs any serious danger from their efforts. This has naturally induced the Cabinet at St. Peterk burg to believe that France and England have been threatening 1t with more than they have ever intended to perform. And in this belief the terms offered by France and England at the Vienna Conferences, as the means of cur tailing the Russian influence in the Enxine, cannot have failed to ounfirm the counsellers of the CZAR. The Duke of NEWCASTLE declared yesterday, when examined by Mr. ROEBUCK'S committee, that the siege of Sebastopol was undertaken because there was no prospect of an honourable and permanent peace unless that fortress were reduced and the Russian fleet destroyed. This is pretty nearly in effect what was said by Lord Raw RUSSELL in the House of Commons, when he first pointed to Sebastopol as a standing menace against Turkey. And yet, if we ucderstand Lord PALMERSTON aright, neither the reduction of Sebastopol, nor the entire destruction of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, was insisted upon in the Con ferences at Vienna. Again, the alternative proposal, that no ships of war of any nation should be allowed to float on the waters of the Euxioe, is utterly des titute of sense. To banish all ships of war from that sea would be tantamount to a declaration to the barbarous tribes which occupy many of its coasts that they might forthwith organise a system of piracy with impunity. Ships of war are required in the Etuitie, as in all seas, to exercise the functions of a high national police against pirates. This proposal could not be regarded by the Russian diplomatists in any other light than as some• thing pat forward to talk about, not to be adopted. The tacit admission that Russia might be allowed to retain Sebastopol and great part of its fleet in the Black Sea was equally calculated to excite a belief that the Allies are not in earnest. , In these circumstances, it is quite easy to conceive that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg may believe it incurs no serious danger by allowing the war to go on. The advantage that Russia may have proposed to it self by spinning out the aimless negotiations at Vienna is equally obvious. Every day or week gained by those negotiations afforded additional opportunities of working upon the insincere and feeble Government of Austria, with a view to detach it from the Western Allies. How far such an intrigue may have been successfully conducted must soon become apparent. Austria must now either declare for the Allies, or stand convicted of the grossest hypocrisy and treachery. For our own part, we confess that it appears to us • matter of perfect indifference what course Austria may see St to pursue. We are, indeed, given to understand that the prevailing impression in Government circles is that Austria will break faith, and that such an event is anticipated with much anxiety. It is said that if Austria and Prussia can contrive to remain neutral, they may be able, when the contending powers have exhausted their resources, to strike in with undiminished energies and give the law to both. This, it is alleged, would invest Austria and Prussia with the power to decide the fate of Europe. But for France and England to shrink from acting upon their convictions through fear of such an ultimate result, would be to invest Austria and Prussia at the present time with the preponde rance so much dreaded. There is hazard, no doubt, is prosecuting the war; but to shrink from it would be to place the destinies of Europe at the mercy of tie two falsest and feeblest of European Govern -1 musts. There is but one choice for France and England, consistent with the honour and security of both nations. If they quail before the impending dangers, the old despotisms of Europe will be encouraged to interfere incessantly, by all kinds of intrigues, in the domestic affairs of France, and keep that nation in a state of chronic anarchy. If they quail, England will soon see Russia on the Mediterranean, threatening our communications with our Indian empire. The war must be persevered in, even though Austria should become and Prussia con tinue false. There is little danger from either, if care is taken to give the world clearly to understand that the quarrel of France and England is with dynasties or governments, not with nations. Neither country entertains any hostility to Prussians or Austrians, Poles or Hungarians, Croats or Italians. They will draw the sword, if necessary, in self-defenoe, and in defence of the liberties and independence of Europe, against the Courts and Cabinets of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburg. It is not without regret that we look forward to such a struggle. The progress of commerce, arts, and science may be for a time inter rupted, and the expense of the war will press heavily on many who are ill able to bear it. But for the ultimate results we have no fear. We have ere now, under Ministers u imbecile u the pre sent, waged a successful contest against a world banded against us under the influence of France. We now have France, the only Power really able to injure us, for a faithful and sympathising ally. And the necessities entailed upon us by the prosecution of the war cannot but lead to valuable and enduring reforms in our administrative Government. Were the war to stop now, the growing conviction of the inefficiency of our Executive would soon be dulled ; but every month that the war luta will bring nu, tional stimuli to rouse the nation to insist upon, Administrative Reform. Providence chastises us in kindness ; the scourge of war is meant to compel us to set our house in order.—Daily New. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP. - .• - Tan Bill for the repeal of the Stamp Duties co Newspapers, as originally framed by the preatmt CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the principle of which was sanctioned by a large majority of the House of Commons, has at length passed safely th rol o Committee. A great deal, however, remains to be done in order to render the measure thoroughly ne tt , plete. Ia its present form the Bill amounts to nothing more than a simple repeal of an obnoxicov duty, whose prcflt to the revenue was in an involve ratio to the injury it inflicted upon the public. As we have previously shown, and as was ad. witted, moreover, by several speakers in the Home. it is extremely doubtful whether the revenue accts, fag from this source will not be more than made up by the proposed extension in our postal system; bat whether this be the case or not the last restriction has been taken away from what all Englishmen, except Mr. DRUMMOND, are accustomed to regard as a great privilege—the liberty of the prem. Two questions, however, still remain to be di g , cussed—registration and copyright. According to the original Bill, it was not proposed to make any change in the existing law as to either of these points, and it was in consequence of a strong expression ti opinion in the house itself and out of doors, that Sir CORNEWALL LEWD{ Was induced to complete his I former scheme by the addition of the resolutions which we published the other day. With respect to registration, the law has hitherto been extremely unfair upon the proprietors ot newspapers. In owe of a criminal information for libel, the action may be laid against the publisher, but in case the proprietors themselves wish to assume the offensive, they us compelled to sue in the name of every single person who hes any share in the property ot the joarnaL The inconvenience of this arrangement, to say the least, is very obvious, and the CHANCELLOR of the &CH& QUER proposed, last night, that henceforth it should be in the power of two or more proprieties to be registered as representatives of the rent, and to sue or be sued in their behalf. This registration, however, was not to be compulsory, and was on this ground that exception was taken to it by Mr. WHITESIDE. The result was, that Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS gave way, and the further con& derstion of this point is deferred till Monday. The same fate naturally attended the clause respect. ling copyright; but we earnestly hope that nothing will induce the Government to desist from their de. termination on this point. We only ask to be pis. tented against the wholesale robbery that woeld certainly ensue in case the Bill were pined without the addition of such a clause as that proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. It will, of course, encounter the vehement opposition of those who have been preparing for the establishment of a cheap paper which shall be a mere reprint of the London morning journals. As the public know very well, these journals arc at an enormous annual expense in procuring in. formation from every quarter of the globe, and in presenting it to their readers in the best form they eau. Now, what is the case at present? The even. ing journals already rob us by wholesale ; but that is the pettiest form of larceny compared with what will certainly ensue in case we a.e not protected against piracy. lust about the time that oar London readers have been presented with their copy of the paper, a few hundred printers, may have struck off a reprint of all the moat valuable intelli• genre culled, or rather clipped by piratical scissors, from the different morning journals. And we cer tainly think that, in calling upon the Government to complete their own work, and not to inflict injustice upon us while they confer a benefit upon our readers, we are not asking a whit too much. It is said that it will be extremely difficult to carry out such a law of copyright. Our answer is—only furnish us with weapons, and we can easily take care of ourselves. Al for poor Mr. DRUAIMOND, who tried hard lent night to prove to the House of Commons that the so-called liberty of the Press is a most obnoxious form of slavery, we hardly know what kind of a paper would suit his taste. In the first place, how ever, he would have every writer sign his name. In the second place, we suppose, he would have all the leading articles written in that peculiar style which may be described as a combination of buffoonery with slander. He would have every editor array himself in cap and bells, and endeavour to act the part of a public instructor by the unsparing use of what Mr. CARLYLE tells us is the meanest of all weapons—ridicule and sneering. Thank Heaven! we have in this country, • certain thing called public opinion, and to that the Press, not less than the House of Commons, is obliged to do homage. Shall we live to see the day when HENRY Dsuu• MOND shall be Minister of Instruction and Censor of the Press, in addition to the many other offices, . . civil and religious, which he is said to SW—Daily News. TERMINATION OF THE CONFERENCES. The few words spoken in parliament lut night by Lord Palmerston render it unnecessary to publish hers the despatches we have received from Vienna, announcing the termination of the conferences. It will be seen from our parliamentary report that on Saturday the Russian Plenipotentiaries absolutely re jected the unanimous demands of England, France, 1 Turkey, and Austria, and that thereupon the confer ewes were adjourned sine die. Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn de Lkuys were to leave Vienna yesterday.—Daily News. The Times gives the following despatch from Bala klava of the 14th, received by the Euphrate, which arrived at Marseilles yesterday evening: " The cannonade and bombardment have lasted since Monday. Bach gen fires 120 rounds per diem. Neverthe less, the Are of the enemy has not much diminished. The French have destroyed the Faubourg' opposite to them, and have nearly demolished the Flagstaff Bastion. Our loos con sist. of six officers and 120 men killed and wounded. A furious battle took place yesterday between the French and Russians. The French have taken up a p:eition on the heights. The fleet is stationary. A Russian corps is re ported to be advancing from Biusphero;ol. Ladders and pontoons are prepared. The fire of the Mamelon is silenced, and the Round Tower damaged ; but the Medan and Garden Batteries are vigorous." DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. FROM ♦ SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF LAST FRIDAY. DAT= TORADAT, APRIL 24. WAR DEPARTMENT, APRIL 24. Lord ranmnre has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by Field Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, April 10. My Lord,—ln accordance with the arrangement made between General Canrobert and myself, the batteries of the Front& and English armies opened upon Sebastopol soon after daylight yesterday morn ing. The weather was extremely unpropitious. Much rain had fallen in the course of the night, and it con tinued during the day, accompanied by a tempestuous wind, and a heavy mist which obscured everything, and rendered it impossible to ascertain with any de gree of accuracy the effect of the fire which has been continued with little or no interruption from the commencement, and has been superior to that of the enemy, who were evidently taken by surprise, and except upon the extreme left, did not respond to the attack for nearly half an hour. This morning has been hazy, and for some time there was a drizzling rain ; but it is clearing this afternoon, and there is again a prospect of fine weather. The country yesterday . was covered with water, and the ground was again very deep. The trenches were likewise extremely muddy, and their condition added greatly to the labours of the men employed in the batteries, who consisted chiefly of sawn, artil lerymen, and sappers. They conducted their duties admirably, sad I am carry to tartlet the two former,partionlarly the navy, sustained considerable loss. I have not yet received the returns of the casualties beyond the 9th ir.stant, which are herewith enclosed; but the death of Lieutenant Twyford, of the Royal Navy, a most promising offi cer, and greatly respected by all, has been notified to M; and Captain Lord John Hay, who has taken a most active part in the gallant and distinguished services of the Naval Brigade, was wounded almost at the very moment, I believe by the same shot. I hope the injury he has received is not very serious, but the loss of his assistance even for a time is much to be regretted. The Russians have not shown themselves in any force in front of Balaklava. I have, &a, The Lord Panmure, &c. RAGLAN. RIT17•1 01 CABOALTMS PION TN. 6111 TO TEN IND 0/ APRIL. 1855, INCIAMITR-4th Regiment of Foot: 1 rank and file killed, 3 rank and AN wounded. 19th Foot: 1 rank and Ale wounded. 30th Foot: I rank and Ale wounded. Nth Foot : 1 rank and AN Wed, 2 teak and ale wounded. 39th loot. 1 ink and Ls wounded. 49th Foot: 1 rank and Re wouseled. 811th Foot: 3 rank and file wounded. 97th rout: 1 rank end Ale killed. 1 rank aid file wounded. Royal Artillery 2 rank and Ell wounded. Royal hoppers EA Misers : 1 rank sad Ale wounded. Total : 3 rank and Ale killed, 15 rank and Ile wounded. NOMUfAL UMW or Now-Onnowtoiro 0171 Cine AND PIZTATNI 'Dun non en TO Sri Aran. 1855, ninnswa.—Private John Blackburn. Nth Foot; Private Chutes Skip, 4th Foot; Osage Kohn, 97th Foot NOMINAL BMW 01 NON-00111111BIONID OMCMILI AID Femme WOONDID now TUN Sri TO en Ann, 1635, iornosin.—Private lee. Hales, ifthroc‘alightly; Private Wm. °sok. 341 k Foot, slightly; Onner and Whin Jones Flood and Ring Davis. Role Artillery. merely; Lees OarporalJ. Veal. Roy i i i l ie tand Miners. WINO): Prints William Hagan, 34th Feat, 1 Private John Egan, 49th Foot, severely ; Innis Owned Ruda, 34th Foot, may; hints' Daniel ONiwrieu, liner ONINg. wed William Noma, 4th Foot, Needy; Primes Patin 34th Inc woureiy; Correia/ William Palmer, Nth Foot; esenriNg Man George Erns, 97th Foot, severely ; Moats Nome Neggeed , RN, INOUE. • BMW on CANDALTIA/ u TR DOTAL NATAL 11110 ADS ON 7111 9re Ann, len. Knan.-I.lweenist Sanest linked, Diodes ; John Glanville, sallanber. Wan; WINN: Minn. A. 8., Albion ; Daniel Oood, On, (Essen ; leradwell, L. 9., Under t • Danie l Albion. A. 8., Weft Joie* Benin, LB., Owes ; Thomas Dudgeon, A. 13, Gam Wnewnek—ReNet Gardner, LB., Lunar, fatally. sines . deed Less Jehs W ' hill • rare [ryyCr4., C o l i tlf Bl 4 lB 4 . r ie L, EEC gam* ; aware Rills, Ord.. Horan, severely; Mae. Iganners. Nam. severity ; Grey, Ord., lender. grow mew nom Gnu slightly ; Reny Adding, 12=.1118, LEI MOW,. —l5 ary Leeson, A. 8., Owen, severely ; Jams MI, Ord., lassigr. severely; hank Wadiessa. Ord., Queen, l i otat—ilkilled, 10 wounded (1 sines dead), 3 contused-31. THE ONLY COURSE FOR THE ALLIES. THE Conferences at Vienna—eo Lord PALYER emit stated loot night in the Howe of Comnions— are adjourned sine die, and the French and English Minimums are to return home in the worse of this week. According to Lord PALMERSTON the object of the Western Powers and Turkey—in which Austria concurred—was to cause the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea to come. Two alterna tive methods of attaining this object were proposed by the Allies. One was to limit by treaty the amount of the Russian naval force in the Black See; the other was to declare the Black Sea a neutral water, which should be reserved exclusively for commercial purposes, the ships of was of all nations being excluded from it. The Russian Plenipotentiary, when these alternative proposals were formally and officially communicated to him on Thursday last, re quired forty-eight hours to consider them. After that time had elapsed—in Saturday's Conference—he refused to accept of either. He offered no counter proposition. And thus ends the farce of the Con ferences at Vienna. It must now be clear to every person not labouring under a Russian or peace-at any►price monomania, that Russia has never contem plated anything by joining in than Conferences ex- oept to pin time. The Russian Government knew from the beginning that the object of the Allies well to cause its preponderance in the Black See to cease ; yet, when this subject came under dismission, Prince GORTCHAKOFF affected to be _ _ taken by surprise, and asked for time to consult his Court. Time was granted for that purpose, and thus precious weeks were wasted. Again, the Russian Government has long been aware of the means by which the Allies proposed to cause its preponderance in the Black Sea to cease; but once more Prince INADVERTENCE. TEE Duke of NEWCASTLE'S evidence before Mr. ROEBUCK'S Committee is especially remarkable for the naivete of its admissions. Take, for example, what he said of the appointment of officers *elected to command. The Duke stated that these appointments were made by the COMMANDEILS. CHIEF, but " were invariably submitted to him u Secretary of State." He further stated that, when the Administration differed in opinion with respect to the appointments proposed by the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, " the COMMANDER-IN-Ma' would of course defer to their opinion." 114 however, subsequently admitted that no lso than three Generals were submitted to the SOVEREIGN, without previous intimation having been made to the Administration ; that these three Generals were appointed ; and that the Govern ment tamely acquiesced in the slight. It unfortu nately happens that one of these Generals was ap• pointed to no less important a command than that of the whole of the cavalry, and that the amount °this responsibility for the unlucky charge at Balaklava is still an open question; and that the name of another is that of a family long notorious for the favour shown to it at the Horse-Guards. It would therefore seem that the responsible Ministers of the Crown have allowed important appointments to be made in deference to some unknown Win ence interposed between them and the Sovs- REIGN ; and that, in one case at least, the results of such supineness on their part have been rather awkward. But the good-natured Duke of NEWCASTLE is still convinced that this rather cavalie r mode of passing over the recognised and responsible advisers of the Crown, though " a departure from general practice," was "all done through inadver tenoe," and therefore not to be complained of. So lightly did the sense of Parliamentary responsibility rest upon his Grace and his colleagues. In this easy, indolent, pick-tooth fashion have the dearest interests of the nation been smiled and bowed away as a mere question of politeness or etiquette.—Daily New.