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722 We know that in such a matter we can, as a party, do nothing without the Government, as the Government can do nothing without their party. We are fully sensible of the value of our leaders, of our dependence on them, and of the consideration and allegiance always due to them. But at the same time I ought not to conceal from your lordship (what, indeed, one of the resolutions will convey ) that there is a deep conviction among your friends that the Oaths Bill, when lately before the House of Lords, did not derive from the union of the members of the Cabinet among themselves that moral strength and sup port which is of infinitely more value than all their votes ; and the einbarrsatiment which we aro now all espe riencing in the false relation in which we are standing to your lordship—your followers taking counsel among them. selves and communicating their intended course to the Cabinet, inste. d of the Cabinet guiding the course of their supporters—is the penalty we are on either aide paying for ',list we respectfully conceive was on the part of the Go vernment a mistake. In conclusion, Mr. Horsman pointed out to Lord Palmerston that it was not usual for Governments to submit to such defeats : It is not usually deemed wise in any Government to submit tamely to such defeats, and we do not think it becoming in so strong a Government as yours to do so. Every such defeat must necessarily cause weakness to a party, and weakness must tend to disorganisation. We are well assured that there is no question on which the Government and their followers can be more of one mind AM! united by one interest than on that now before us. lint were it unfortunately otherwise, the great body of your supporters do feel that in this principle there is so ranch involved, and in regard to it our party position is so critical, that we could not sacrifice the character of a party that is enduring to an over deference to the Government, whose existence—necessarily brief as compared to that of its party—must be rendered yet more precarious by its not appreciating the spirit, and so casting away the hearts of its supporters. Lord PALMERSTON said that, as to Lord John Russell's notice, it was impossible for a Government to promise support to a bill which they had not seen and of the provisions of which they were ignorant, but they would give all their support to Lord John in the introduction of the bill of which he had given notice for that evening. As to the future stages of the bill, he must remind the meeting that we were now in the middle of July, and that Parliament was expected to rise in the middle of August, and that the agreeable morning they passed in the House of Commons last Saturday was a tolerably conclusive proof of the difficulty they would have in carrying the bill this session ; that in reference to Lord Har rowhy, and his abstaining from voting on the division in the House of Lords, it was 604 to state that Lord Harrowby bad entered the Government with an understanding that he should not be able to support any bill for the admission of Jews into Par liament ; that he (Lord Palmerston) was anxious to obtain his assistance and co-operation, and had not felt it to be possible to secure perfect and complete unanimity on all points in his Government. THE PRESS, JETLY 25, 1857. PAPERS relating to the Alum case at Hong Kong have been presented to Parliament. Sir J. Bowring writes for instructions as to how he is to proceed with Alum, then under arrest, though acquitted on trial. Mr. Labouchere replies, avoiding altogether the question of the legality of the arrest of an acquitted man, " if further evidence of his guilt is discovered in the interim, criminal proceedings will be justifiable ; if not, Alum may be permitted to leave the island." Sir J. Bowring's despatch is dated Feb. 11th, Mr. Labouchere's May Bth. PUBLIC INCOUE AND EXPENDITCIIE.—The gross total amount of the public income of the United Kingdom for the year ended the 30th of June last was 7 2,067,8211., and the total concurrent expendi ture 71,756,7101., leaving an excess of income over expenditure, or a balance in hand, of 311,1111. The Customs yielded the sum of 23,606,408/.; Excise, 17,677,000/. ; stamps, 7,364,616/. ; taxes (land and assessed), 3,007,0201.; the income•tax, 16,168,722/.; the Post-office, 2,845,0001.; Crown lands, 284,857/. ; and miscellaneous sources of inc0me,1,034,136/. As regards the expenditure, the sum of 28,695,020/. was appropriated to the interest and management of the public debt, permanent and floating ; 1,706,705/. to the charges on the consolidated fund (including the Civil List, annuities and pensions, salaries and allowances, courts of justice, and diplomatic ex penses); 30,261,985/. to the supply services (includ ing 16,104,5561. for the army, 12,370,0001. for the navy, 6,671,240/. for miscellaneous civil services, and 4,117,1871. for the salaries, &c., of revenue depart ments); and 2,000,000/. to the redemption of Ex chequer Bonds. The balanees in the Exchequer on the said 30th of June last amounted altogether to 6,611,563/. RESIGNATION OF BARON ROTHSCHILD. A Pt - mac MEETING was held at the London Tavern on Thursday, to consider the rejection by the House of Lords of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. Baron Rothschild was present, and addressed the meeting at some length, and announced Ins intention to resign that night. The House of Lords, on reject ing the bill, were no doubt exercising a constitu tional right— But it might be asked whether the people had not their constitutional rights ; whether it could be politic on the part of the House of Lords not only to pay no attention whatever to repeated demonstrations of the opinion of that constituency, but no attention to • majority of 140 of the House of Commons They had the Government, the people, and the House of Commons, all opposed to whom ? —to a section of the House of Lords—to the men who went hut very seldom among the people, who knew not the wishes of the people, and who, in fact, attended to very• little but their own pleasure and amusement. Mr. S. MOULEY rose to move the first resolution, viz. : That this meeting having heard from Baron Lionel de Roths child his determination to resign his seat in Parliament pledges itself to use its m3st earnest endeavours to insure his re-elec tion, as a proof of the unalterable attachment of the electors of London to the cause which first recommended him to their suffrages. Judging from the jaunty speeches of the jovial Prime Minister he thought Lord Palmerston was not in earnest about anything; and he was only afraid that Lord J. Russell was too much like him. This question ought no longer to be allowed to be played with by these two noble brds. Mr. CRAWFORD was of opinion that if Lord John Russell's bill were rejected by the Lords, " the inde pendent members could then show the Government that they were determined to take the matter into their own hands." Aw.ros, M.P., thought that with a "pro per display of earnestness and determination, the no the lord might convert a 'sham' into a stern reality;" and Mr. SCHNEIDER, M.l'., thought Lord Palmerston " only earnest about one thing—the retention of power." Other resolutions were proposed and passed, and the meeting separtted. Rittrapplitan. AT THE ARCHITECTURAL MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSING TON, the annual conversazione was held on Saturday evening last. The visitors were more numerous than on any previous occasion. The chairman, the Earl de Grey, president of the society, opened the pro ceedings by congratulating the members present on their change of premises, and contrasted their con fined and dirty rooms in Cannon-row with the gallery in which their collections are now deposited. By the kind permission of the Committee of Council the whole building was opened to the inspection of the visitors. THE `WELLINGTON INIONVIIENT.—The models de signed in competition for the Wellington Monument are now exhibiting to public view in Westminster-ball, and have been visited by upwards of 6,000 persons. Thera are nearly a hundred designs. Half the number are contributed from England, Ireland, and Scot land, and Italy, Germany, Spain, and America, furnish nearly fifty. The designs by British subjects have black numbers; those by foreign artists red ; so that they are easily distinguished. The exhibition of models will be open to the public this day (Saturday) from nine a.m. till seven p.m., and afterwards every Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, from nine till seven until further notice. THE ROYAL BENEVOLENT INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY has been established for the purposes of investigating cases of alleged distress, and of assisting deserving destitute persons, by obtaining for them employ ment; by advancing them small sums of money ; by affording them the means of emigration ; or by ren dering them such other relief as may be advisable ; and also for the purpose of collecting and diffusing information tending to ameliorate the condition of the poor. The president is the Duke of Cambridge ; and among the vice-presidents are the Duke of Devonshire, Lord John Russell, and Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart. In an address just issued by the council we find indication of the mate fiat upon which the society proposes to work. It is remarked that while " that impulsive and indiscrimi nate charity which is moved to compassion by the mere appearance of destitution, and bestows its alms broadcast on the outward semblance of want, is in the generality of cases productive of harm rather than of good, there exist at this moment, both in the higher and humbler paths of life, untended and un cared for, because unknown, thousands of dis tressing cases in the metropolis to which the bene volent would gladly afford relief." But to search such cases out without a judiciously organised system is difficult, and, when found, it is equally difficult, without a considerable knowledge of the industrial resources of London, to place these per sons, by a trifling outlay of money, in a position to earn an honest livelihood. To meet these difficul ties, and to supply the various information necessary to extricate this class of poor from their sufferings, are the objects of this society. And to promote such objects it is believed that the wealthy and bene volent will gladly lend their aid to an establishment which has, in addition to its main charitable inten tions, a tendency to develop a sense of self-reliance, and inculcate a habit of industry. Any one mode• rawly acquainted with the metropolis will see that very much good is to be done in the direction con templated by the society. At present the association is in its infancy, but its composition, as shown by the names of its active members above quoted, not only guarantees the genuiness of its origin, but is also a pledge of sound administration. Such efforts as the society proposes is deserving of every encouragement. SIR JOHN SIIEILLY, M.P., has been suffering from a severe attack of erysipelas. The hon. baronet is in a delicate state of health. Mr. G. S. YEATEs, a stockbroker, residing in the Crescent, Albany-road, poisoned himself last Satur day with prussic acid. THE WORKMEN engaged - in pulling down the walls of Covent-garden Theatre have discovered the founda tion stone at the corner of the building in Hrrt•street and Bow-street. In a hole in the stone was found a brass box, in which were several of the coins current at the time the stone was deposited. The box, which was about 44 in. square by 2, was sent to the Duke of Bedford, the landlord of the estate, in consequence of a condition of sale to that effect. The inscription on the foundation-stone was " Long live George, Prince of Wales." It is stated that the box will be sent to her Majesty. THE HEALTH OF LONDON continues good, though the deaths last week exhibit an increase on those of nine previous weeks. The number is 1,061. The deaths from diarrhoea, which in the three previous weeks were 33, 61, and 133, rose last week to 150. The increase which this disease now shows is, therefore, not so great as that which appeared in the preceding return. Last week the births of 1,656 children were registered. Vrobinttal. A SOLICITOR AT LIVERPOOL, a Mr. Gaskell, and his clerk, were drowned in the Carr, a mill-dam, last week, under peculiar circumstances. It is assumed from the position of the bodies that, Mr. Gaskell fishing at the time, a pike dragged his rod into the water; the boy undressed and went to recover the rod, having a strong line fastened to his wrist, and held by Mr. Gaskell ; getting near the centre, the boy must suddenly have plunged overhead ; Mr. Gaskell rushed in to save him, when he got his arms entangled with the cord, and thus both were drowned. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " acci dental death." MR. GORDON CUMMING WAS brought up at one of the Liverpool police courts this week, charged with assaulting a Mr. Griffiths at the Grand Junction Hotel. From the evidence, it appeared that the gentlemen were in the coffee-room when Mr. Griffiths provoked the assault, by first making insulting re • marks about the English flag, and when they were resented challenging Mr. Cumming and his friends to fight, saying that if they would get upon the floor " he would take the bounce out of all three of them." In common politeness, Mr. Cumming said, he ac cepted the invitation, and as he did not do those kind of things by halves, lie gave the man a sound thrash ing for his impertinence. The magistrate considered that the complainants had drawn the chastisement on themselves, and dismissed the summons. _ THE AFTERNOON EXPRESS TRAIN from Cheltenham to London a few minutes atter starting was run into on Friday week by a down train. The pointsman had forgotten to set the points, ant the express was running up the down line. Several of the passen gers were severely cut and bruised. Both engines were thrown off the lines. THE NEW YORK MAIL STEAMER Persia made her last trip from New York to the Rock Lighthouse in 9d. 2 h. 15 m., the quickest passage upon record. Last year she rau the distance in 9 d. 2 b. 40 m. THE BATCH OF CONVICTS now going to Western Australia includes some remarkable men. Amongst the 400 will be found Sir John Dean Paul, Strahan, and Bates, the fraudulent bankers ; Robson, the Crystal Palace forger ; Redpath, who committed the forgeries on the Great Northern Railway Company ; and Ager, who committed the great gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway. The notorious bank forger, Barrister Saward, alias Jem the Penman, the putter up of all the great robberies in the metropolis for the last twenty years, also goes out in this ship. A TOISHOP-KEEPER at Gloucester, named Morley, in a fit of depression drowned himself and his two children last week in the Gloucester Canal. He had for some time been in indifferent circumstances, and laboured under the belief that his family would one day come to want. THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN were discussed on Tues day evening at a public meeting held in the Town hall, Leicester, to consider the several measures now before Parliament relative to the social position and political rights of women. The meeting was nume rously attended, and Mrs. Woodford was voted to the chair. Mrs. Watts moved the first resolution : That this meeting, entertaining a deep sense of the many personal wrongs, social injustices, and legal itiequa• hties to which the women of England are subjected, it hereby testifies its high appreciation of the several efforts which are being made to obtain for them protection and