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MARCH 25, 1854. w 277 'PHI.: PREiSS. THE CABINET COUNCIL. • , A CABINET COUNCIL was held yesterday at the Foreign-office. It sat several hours. Of course we should feel bound to keel) secret its pre ceedings were we not assured that putlicity, in this particular case, • will be a.molonal benefit.. ,owing to the lateness ot, the lionr we are oWiged to condense our report: • At'the stanee 6f Sir J. Giuliani, who, with statesmanlike in . fitincts,plaea a high vahie upon discretion, no words Were spoken .till the Duke.,of Argyll had emerged from under the table, and dr. Glad •stone had done brushing the umbrella with:whieh he had been making investigations in the chimney. .I • • I T* puss, having, first washed his hands, and brushed his hair with neatness, observed, in a speech of considerablelength, that, like others of her Majesty's Ministers . (on a recent occasion), he had not .tllqnhuuworthy of him to he seen under the table., The eircum . stances .nii,ght differ, huti the ,motive wa.s, the same.. He. had, the national Welfare in, view; . he had been looking for the betrayer • of Cabinet secrets. The person in question was undiseovemble ;. but •:4iLlCeSti WEB not the Measure of merit, and . their . Lordshipa would not .blamo lily for.a.failure.to prevent which no,efforts had been spared. , The Earl of ABERDEBN complimented his young friend on the .zeal and assiduity which he had displayed, and remarked that " it was very extraordinary." His Lordship els& said that it was curious weather, and asked whether the Times was a daily or weekly paper? Be never ir?o ,l it, • . , . , IMr .GLanaroxt.had been led..to think, from circumstances which fild been brought tinder his notice—he need not say by whom; skies it mattered to nobody, and would take some time to tell, which was scarcely worth while, conaidering—tbat • the Boy. Jones was . the betrayer. The lords and gentlemen present were aware that, two and twomade four. (" Very true,"' approvingly, from the Duke of Argyll.) Equally clear was it that Jones was not the traitor. (Eiprestiims:of dissent from ,Lord. Clarendon.) There asight be others—(a doubtful assent from thethPrentien)—.and he did net understand how, in eonscience, they could behave so. As regarded conscience, the late Sir Robert Peel, from whom he had received the umbrella he held in his hand— . - Lord CLARENDON tWisbed to Idnbiv thether his Right Hon. Friend hallY,loa l ta4ia,abouit him? , me `DukeOtI4EWCASTLE had forgotten 'his eigar-cise: How about the Eastern question? • ' • • The tart of ABRRDEEN. said there was no 'question, and there would he no..sunwer. Ile believed it was all right as regarded the income tax, and he had the utmost confidence in the Czar. As to war it had its evils ; but was not without its benefits. But touching Stonor ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE thanked the Premier for his openness and candour: he would be equally explicit. It was all young Peel. Fred should hilly& 'read the fellow's testimonials, and did not. How were they to know he had got into this mess? Of course he deserved : TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is imposoMe f*tgall4dge the upsso of letters we rocelvit; Their insfertloh it Meg delayed,' briing to it press of mutest' ; and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde .: pendent of the •Mbhitplot the consmunictatlut&l • We cannot un4ertake W return communication, of which we do not avail otirsefies. ' '' ' C cmm unications should always be leglbb y11'14 51 4 and on one side of the paper only. If long it 'increases the difficulty of finding space for them. Whatever ilvintendedfor itisertien must be authenticated by the ssigne sold ad.dreas of the writer ? aot i necessarily for. publica !flout : but gs a guarantee of his good faith. £II *H rtg LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 0, 1854. POSTSCRIPT. OF LORDS.—rJUDIY. COMMCiN LAW ruocranar. The Loan Cui.xgras , oft, in moving the second reading of the Coramou .Lax -Pzocedure Bill, ex plaittel the clause Which permitted trials without a jury, eith the consent of the parties, and the affidavit of a judge. L or d CAMPBELL defended the jury system. The juries often took a sounder view of the case than the judgs himself. Lord ST. LEONARD'S said that the bill for the first time excluded the principles of equity in common law, principles directly opposed, and requiring different machinery. We should in time have junco intro duced into Chancery. th ¢ppointinent, fjr itotlit an4Ao4p4r, iq Trel4to4attAto4' was )fe (the Duke) to know itott o TF abou Comptopti gogamittees ? Thank , / • • • God he was in the s. • Mr. GLADTONE : The late Sir Rohirt— . Lord Joffe RvesaLL talked,,to.leogh about the Stonor busi ness, end had looked atit from a constitutional point of view: Govern ment: were ..precluded from oonfirthing:Stomr, tut., th e Li m -e t -nor :or the eolony.was not. (Hear; heart)' Perhaps it srouhl notolioa, bad plan to wash their hands of the business,: thialpiete patronage altogether, and so throwthe responaibility on the Governor? When would the next despatches be goigg . oit r " fpreral applause.) Th.e Poke of : Talking' of 6 c / f ktn i noyywho is .the new. Iliehop ?ion. know I have . np i Ner rocOted 014944m1 matters Since- • • • J .., )1 Mr. GLADWIONE: . Since your excommunication by the Blsuop of Glasgow, eh? Lord Mammas believed he was a clergyman, and examining ohsplain, or 'something of that kind. An excellent ?elven, whom aobody could find fault with for a month, till it was ascertained who he WWII; •It would be toe late to criticise the appointment Shen. Gladstone and Sir W. Moleswortli etchanged glaifeet.. • Lord GRANVILLE thought he i hpard a noise. Would it not be safer to talk French? .(Laughter.) t si 01 ,Lord J i alAN 111438x1.4 wµ1040„ : ; luWasiug of dis sWer9 tO - 010 lulivF ll4 4 4l - uov. esAit eH . HsIM,XOT wished a* to . iintsr f! Olahe Jourcollitifelit 9M ;Lord ABERDEEIsI; ,QUe4lsing at a time, you please. joft: : •,.:• Sir W. MOLESWORTH, like Lord J,ohn, adhered to his old opinions. He asked what was the use of the House of Lorcls ? !lie did not mean to be offensive. Lord' ABERDEEN said that it li4 teen gNvit authority that the " Government must be carried on." If ,tar v,} members of the Cabinet wanted to be consistent , what became o e Cabinet'? '(General aPplause4 f lie il hacl given up ail s h f ie n pfineiplcal for the public good. (" . Hear, hea r;' from Lord John.) Mr. IiZILBE 11i said the great question of the day was female emi gration. Lord AnkftiAzx 'Warned the Right Itionbuiratile 'Gentleman that that Weititiaot the; place for parentialitlii. • •' ' • " 11 Mr. CifiAnsrosa added his iestimerty4h Ike iiierved all hie rudeness for' the House of Chniiiiiniii : .!"iiteielil s tiflfig could soften him, not even a tale of distress. (Laughter). • ) "' =: Sir W. MOLESWORTR reverted to the war in Turkey. Lord ABERDEEN said the session woukleiiontelover. Ho would not let the Opposition come , " whining to IPastiftnieirt " about knereased taxation and the intentiona•of the Cgovietainetit any longer than doldd be helped: Sir CHARLES WOOD said that,Ruasia was a great country. Lord PALMERATON said, " bravo, Charley ! " The Council then separated. 1,, , I,; Lord BROUGHAM made a few observations. sions of the new measure already before the hoUse iLords iWiticLow called attention to. the , clause on the subject. which enabled the judge to dispense with the for- NEUTRAJX. • malities 4 the oath. He protested) egithitt the in lit. Of neutral ships in case of war was troductiort of ouch a principle into an • irrelevant bill The tre a a „me made t . , s torit ubjec s % iiv of Ite, ipellation Li Sir F. If the law Vim to be altered, it should ~be by an MILIEU, opposed a plea express bi ll , each m Was already introduced into the hell''' . t° " 1 for further forbiesteanee; theiGorernmens ' not being the other house. Thebnke of Anorrl , defended the principle of the yet prepared to RIWOUDGO their determination, as the oint. . . clause. Fle lie p d linownfmany persons imprisoned in .1 b iisibistlii Scotland for the conscientious objections to taking Lan OF SETTLEMENT,. :!,'. , i an oath. • • The second reading of the Settlement and lie- Lord BRODOHAM also quoted a Scotch instance moral Bill having been moved, where a man who had been robbed as iniprisoned air Aeir. St'rarreito moved as an amendment that the for thirty days because he refused to be sworn before bat he, reed 2 secon d t i me that day sit months. giving his evidence. The right. hou. member urged many objections to The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, BO far from hay- the measure, and pointed out the injurious results to ing any object in concealing the 'clause, he should which it might lead in a great number of actual or have made the bill popular bp . enlarging upon it. probable cases. He condemned the proposition, The clause was in no way irrelevant : it referred to espec i a ll y as ten di ng to b rea k op t h e paroch i al „. an important part of the triiil, and hail been ex- teen and perpetrate an act of confiscation against the prettily discussed by the commissioner.' ~ , •. t. po ssess o rs o f r e a l p ro p er ty. The bill was then read a second times. i Lord D. STUART seconded the amendment. The Lord CLANeABTY expressed an opinion that some bill, he thought, would be equally injurious to the ant of public prayer should inaugurate our military ratepayers and to the poor. The evils of the pre e. perations. sent system sit regarded removal were much exagge- Lord ABERDEEN said the time was not yet come rated, and the proposed change would make matters for such demonstration. There was a prayer for the worse, particularly in popular city districts. oco.ision in the Liturgy. Mr. KER SETNER supported the bill, and rejoiced Some business was transacted, and the house ad- to find that measures of practical reform were prose journed at seven °Anat. cuted, even at a time when projects of party . tivalry were postponed. It wee Aimee to set the British HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. labourer free, and the bill now proposed would iic eCOTCH AND IRISH PAUFERS. eomplish a large step in that direction. Lord Jona RUSSELL, in reply to a question from Mr. DeritmoNn remembered that ever since 1834 Mr. Maguire, stated that a bill would be brought in legislation had been directed against the poor, whose n r the purpose of adopting the law of settlement as right to relief and consideration he enforced, sr regarded Scotch and Irish paupers with the provi- pressing some apprehension that the present mea• . , , 1.. 1