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the island and other Government officers pr o fits by it, and the trade continued in lust public opinion. Those profits, he even shared by persons standing near __ Spain itself. England was bound by )ligation to compel the performance of the treaties ; it was an act of duty to the West lonies, who, by the equalization of the duties slave-grown anger, had been exposed competition. While they suffered Cuba slave-importing country there would the peril of this country coming into collision with the United States of Spain should be compelled to do for Portugal had done for Brazil, where the had been abolished ; as a question both interest, England was hound not to treaties with Spain to be treated as a dead BROUGHAM strongly urged the Government influence with Spain on this question. It impossible, by the vigilance of any squadron .t of Cuba, to slop the traffic ; but by end to the system of corruption under Governors of Cuba enriched themselves • the landing of negroes, the difficulties country and America, arising out of the the right of search, would he obviated. r in which negroes were obtained on the ,frica, and conveyed to Martinique, under free emigration, should also be borne any communicat'ons n•i the subject with )ment of France. The inhabitants of . right to complain of the continuance J trade. That the cultivation of sugar increased by the unnatural, forced, and in Africans was a cruel addition to the planters. nALAPISBURY regretted that the sub excite the interest in other countries England, which was not suppor ed in 'le extent that conld be wishe 1. Evety Government hail endeavoured to induce its duty on the question ; and they had ilod, for Spain opposed to such efforts most difficult force to overcome—that resistance. He had endeavoured to .11 civilizAd countries some agreement means of verifying the nationality of vessels Aping slavers, and had strongly repre United States that if an obstinate ad. prosent declarations on the right of persisted in the American flag would be Ind prostituted to the worst purposes. tat sending our squadron to the Cuban Instead of keeping it on the African coast, mistake. The slave trade increased L portion of the squadron was with le coast of Africa at the beginning of war. England and the European always supported Spain in defending any hostile invasion ; but if Spain con ;how such an utter want of principle awl thuds to this country, instead of taking they would leave her to suffer the con- CARLISLE advised caution in any mew• suppress the slave trade, but believed which had done so much to effect it, consent to a retrograde policy on the ODEHOUSE expressed a similar opinion. He Aber the policy of interfering with foreign iginally a wile one, but having begun not be precipitately abandoned. attributed the decrease of legitimate fries, and the revival of the traffic in tly to the condnct of the Governments the United States. In dealing with power, he advised proceeding with the 'lion and forbearance. That a great 'ranee should become a gigantic slave. (most too disgraceful to be believed. He rising of the slaves on board the French .heir captors, but hoped Liberia would it into the quarrel. ABERDEEN described the instructions !he English naval officers acted ; they toned by the American Government, and not recently been changed be could not how any outrages could have been He believed there would be no ditfi• tug to a satisfactory explanation on the of HannwicKE though it possible the have exceeded their duty, and might (together free from blame in the matter. le further conversation the petition was lie on the table, and their lordships OUSE, OF COMMONS—TIMISDAY. INDIAN RESOLUTIONS. house,!at the morning sitting, hiving resolved committee upon the Government of India, Gener al of the it made large pro& defiance of that b e lieved, were ev the throne of Si every obligation Spanish treaties Indian colonies, on free and ale to an undue com to continue a al always exist the dangerous colh America. Spail Cuba what Portt slave trade had I of right and ini suffer its treaties letter. Lord BROUOII.I to use its influen would be impossi on the coast of putting an end I which the Gover by bribes for the between this eon exercise of the r The manner in v coset of Africa, the name of free in mind in any c , the Government Jamaica had a ri , of the slave tract, should be inerea' infernal traffic in burdens of the pl The Earl of M ject did not exc that it slid in En , its eff►rts to the c English Govern Spain to do its c signally failod, what was the mo of passive ream obtain from all c as to the means suspected of heli sented to the Un herence to the pi search were peril dishonoure I and R. thought that waters, instead had been a mi greatly after a p drawn from the c the Crimean wi States hat alai Cuba against an: tinned to show f We ingratitude her part, they I seqiiences. The Earl of C sures taken to si that England, wl would never con: question. Lord WODEIIO doubted whether States was origir it, it should not I Earl GREY atl trade with Africa slaves, entirely t of France and U the latter power greatest caution empire like Fran dealer was al MOS justified the risir Ship against thei not be brought it "'he Earl of A under which the were sanctioned if they had not I understand hoe committed. Hi cults in coming i matter. The Earl of l officers might ha not be altogether After some fu ordered to lie adjourned, HOUSE I The house,!at itself into a com n THE PRESS, JUNE 19, 1858. resumed the consideration of the remaining resolu tions, beginning with the oth : That the members pf the nominated portion of the Council shall be selected by her Majesty, subject, as a genera rule, to the qualification before expressed, and one half at the least of the elected members shall possess the like qualification. Lord STANLEY, after adverting to the position in which the committee was placed by its past votes— nne of which had decided that the members of the Council should not be all nominated exclusively by the Crown, but that they should be partly nominated And partly elected,—reviewed the plans suggested for providing an organ of election. The proposal of looking to India for a portion of the Council would, he observed, rob the Civil Service of India of the maximum of efficiency in order to give it to the Home Government; and that of Sir James Graham, while it would not meet all the difficulties of the ease, would open the door to many and great abuses. The Government proposed not to vest the election in any particular constituency, but to deal with the first appointments thus I—Accepting the number of fifteen, they proposed that, out of the fifteen members, eight should be nominated by the Cmven, and that the other seven should be elected out of their own body by the. existing Court of Directors. For the filling up of vacancies, they propose that every alternate vacancy should be filled up by nomination by the Crown, and by the choice of the members of the whole Council. He thought, if nomination and election by a constituency were put Aside, the committee, in order to combib e the two principles, were thrown hack by a kind of logical necessity upon some such a plan as this. Lord * PALMERSTON suggested that, before this new proposition was considered, it should be placed upon the votes, and that time should be given for deliberating upon it. He entreated the house, how ever. to deal with the Council upon the established principles of the British Constitution. According to those principles the reponsibility of nominating the councillors should he left to the advisers of the Crown, and he was ready to leave them that dis cretion. He strongly urged the house not to resort to any unconstitutional !locus pocus, or to adopt any principle in this question contrary to our constitu tional system. Atter some further discussion, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed that the 6th and 7th resolutions, relating to the coniti. trition of the Council, should be omitted, and the debate deferred until the Government proposition was in print. In the course of the succeeding discussion, the tenure of office by the members of Council, their patronage, their salaries, and the nature of their functions, and whether they were to be admitted to a knowledge of all despatches, were considered, and Lord STANLEY gave explanations upon these and other points, observing, in conclusion, that, as the resolutions already passed had answered their purpose (a remark which raised a good humoured laugh), lie was prepared to consent, on the part of the Go vernment, to proceed no further with them, but at once to introduce a bill. Ultimately, after a long and very desultory discus• sion, the sixth and remaining resolutions were with drawn, and the Chairman was ordered to report the resolutions which had been agreed to, and to ask for leave to bring in a bill founded thereon, it being understood that the bill would be introduced that evening, and that its second reading should stand for Thursday evening next. In the evening, - Mr. FITZIIOY brought up the report of the com mittee upon the first five resolutions, which were agreed to, and leave was given to bring in a bill founded upon these resolutions. Lord STANLEY immediately brought in the bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. MINOR BUSINESS. On the order for the second reading of the Com. missioners for the Exhibition, 1851, Bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered into a full explanation of the arrangement made with the commissioners which it was the object of the bill to ca ry out. He stated that the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition in 1851 found themselves in pos session of a large surplus fund which under their charter they were bound to applyNto the encourage ment of arts and sciences, and explained the manner in which the Government had been brought into a kind of partnership with the commissioners for giving effect to this object, and the embarrassments which bad been the result of the interference of Parliament. The bill was intended, he said, to determine this partnership upon the following terms : -that the capital which had been advanced by the Government, 177,500/., should be re paid by the Royal Commissioners, with the addition of half the rent and other proceeds received during the interval, making altogether a sum of about 182,0001. The discussion which ensued diverged into various collateral topics connected with the promotion of 59 science and art (which, in the opinion of Mr. Drum• mond, should be separated into di.tinet dep•trtment- , ) and the utility of schools of design for tits advanc merit of our manufactures. In h►s reply, the CHANCELL:)R of the EXCHEQUER gave further explanations, and the bill was read a second time. The Transfer of Land Bill was also read a second time. A conversation of some length took place upon the order for resuming the adjourned debate on the Galway Freemen Disfranchisement Bi.l, which ended in a further adjournment of the debate. Sir R. BETHELL obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law in relation to the wills of British subjects dying while resident abroad, and a bill to assist the administration of justice by affording better means for ascertaining the law of other counirles in cases where questions as to such law shall arise. Mr. HARDY had leave to introduce a bill to amend the law concerning the powers of stipendiary magis • (rates and justices of the peace in certain cases. The house, after some nrther business, adjourned at twenty five minutes past one o'clock. foreign QotrespoitDcnce. PARIS, Thursday. ALTHOUGH the proceedings of the " Con 'erence on the Danubian Principalities " now sitting in this city are kept secret, I happen to know that a very• high personage has stated to a great dignitary of State that the political union of the Principalities which France and Russia were anxious to brin4 about will not take place, inasmuch as Englan 1, Austria, Turkey, and Prussia are decidedly opposed to it, whilst Sardinia alone supports the two powers in re commending it. The abandanment of the projected union is another triumph of English policy to be set down to the credit of the nre-ient Cabinet. H w ever, to soothe France and Russia under their check on this question, it is not unlikely that England and the other powers will consent to a certain similarity being established between the two Principalities as regards customs, miliiary force, and other matters. The public, not with 3ut surprise, found in the official Moniteur of Tuesday an imperial decree ac cepting the resignation of General Espinasse, as Minister of the Interior, and another appointing M. Delanzle, Chief Judge (First President) of the Imperial Court, his successor. But in the higher political circles it had been known for some days that General Espinasse's reign was about to cease. You are aware that the Emperor some time ago es tablished a sort of Privy Council, consisting of high dignitaries of the State ; and this Council, alarmed at the ill-feeling towards the Imperial regime which of late has prevailed amongst the people, and which was manifestly spreadinp, met last week, and unani mously warned his Majesty that something must he done to check it. "And what must that something be ?" the Emperor asked. " A change in the arbitrary system which has prevailed since general Espinasse was nominated." The general, fighting hard for his place, attempted to convince his Majesty that "the parties" hostile to his throne had lately become very audacious, and that if the strong hand were not shown they might engage in some desperate enter prize. But he spoke in vain—and wag made to re sign. The Emperor has undoubtedly done well in getting rid of him. The French, in spite of their military character and tendencies, cannot bear to see a mere soldier engaged in the administration of civil affairs ; and the manner in which General Espinasse discharged his high duties was not calcu lated to lessen their antipathy. Appointed in the midst of the panic caused by the attempted assassi nation of the Emperor, for the avowed purpose of striking the disaffected with terror, he so acttd, br arresting and exiling people by wholesale, by the harsh execution of severe laws, by intimidatit n of the press, and the seizure or exclusion of fol, igu journals, by the adoption of unpopular measures of various kinds, and particularly that for the sale of hos pital property; and last, but not least, by military arro gance in all things and towards all—as to transform vast numbers of peaceable men into enemies of the Imperial Throne. It is not to be doubted that the general's successor will follow a different system, and it appears that it is the Emperor's pleasure that he should do so, inasmuch as General Espinasee bore the menacing title of " Minister of the Interior, and of Public Safety"(a man must have lived in France to under stand the full meaning of the words underlined), whereas he is simply designated " Minister of the Interior." It is allowed on all bands that he is a very able and energetic man, but the French are hard to please, and they grumble at the nomination; because, say they, ever since he appeared on the political scene, he has been in favour of harsh procsed- -- I