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IMPERIAL• PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF' PEERS* MONDAY, MARCH S. THE various Bills before -the House were tor .: wartieh in their•tespediye. stages...... The ,I,ORD ,Cl - 14Nc.E.4kOR acquainted- the I-louse, that he had secei3i-ed a Letter' from Lieut. General Lord HuTctit soy, acknowledging the re ceipt of their Lordship! Vote of, Thanks,.of last May,' and eXpressive of: his gratitude for, and high ; sense Qf tlie :honour crmf.ersed on ,him thereby: -The Letter -. o:as - ciated a . t Malih, she ath ofbecgrA• ber, : .-. • ..to,ra: CURZON ' was'-introduced ivith the ac-: „itistorned #ormalii es ,at - VisCourit CUR zoN, sworn' andstook his, seat - . • His Lokiaii i i9s - supporters Were, Viscomits. NATEicrwoßyn - and, HaCtD, • Three. Private Bilts:..were.,biQught_up from the Comnior4 hy.Sir:J. W. Ay D Et SO N, FULLER,, And E r b sT:e. " • PCCH/121:&zi id a kw. Notch tespe&iog the Order2fot . taking Hi_s . :Majesty's Message -relative to the. Civil List. into qinsiderati - on . , 'Which stood for this .day he- seemed to express his , regret at being under the-decessity_bf, again'moving,to post, pone the ionSideratiO thereof, and observed, that. against the time--he shcruld- now propose.t.d.defer it, :'he hoped to be. able to Oring ;forward a Motion on the eubjed.. He thert:•lnoved, - .tbai the Order in question be cfichargtti; . which being - done., his Lord shiplopy4d, that moor gfacious Mes sage be taken into consuienction-wor.MOnclay next, and the Lords foe 'thap day - ; which, on 'the question being 'pia, was orderecraccordibgly. Some rOutine.:private-business ;vas „then disposed of, after whi‘olf - theit adjourned till to_ morrow, . - HOUSE OF COMMONS,: - . . • • .44,0 N D4,Y, - lARc.K B.: ' SP fAKEIt. read .tetter t from Lord. Hur_ C4tl N SO N . , dated at Malta, the .1 Bth Decembers 1861, . expressive - of his satisfaiaion at being honoured- by. .....,feceiyijig the Thanks'" - of the "House, voted on the Bth oEMa - yi 86 1, which he had communicated to e diffet:ent;parties -concerned. . •~i c . ="1 7 116 was read a second time, and - committed for ' The Committee on the second • Expiring Laws Bill -,wasPotponed till Wednesday. The Greenland Whale Fishery Bill was read a thirdlime, and a Clause being added, on the Mo-- tion . of Lord GLENhER.ViE, to enable persons to 'make-Affidavit'of their Ckaims,,instead• of personally -attending, .the Bill passed: . • The One Million Exchequer Bills Bill. vas read a secood.time,--•and committed for to-,morrow: • Mr. IR wily, freni the Commissioners of the Cus, toms, presented an Account of-the — Importi and .Ex.. - ports to, and 'froth the United 'States ofAmeric.a, in British_ and Foreign Ships, .which,.was ordered. to lie on are-Table, and to ,be printed... VAtcsts.r-A;Rr moved• the Order of the Day for the House. to resolve itself into a Corn - mime on the' Indeninity Bill. • The ATTORN 13Y GENERAL moved, that the -..Ccimmittee blipuld be instructed to receive a Clause . • 16 indemnify persons who had printed or :published . an-y.Tleadings or Proceedings' of. any C6urr - of Law or Equiry;- - withovradding thereto_ the name. and . place of abode of the .1 4 rinter.--.-Ordered The House . then resolved itself into:a-Committee, and the ATtrokN - EY GENERAI - brought tip the Clause, xvlrich was agreed to. The Houseliaving resumed, the Report was -- or--- dered to be received to-morrow."' - - • The Cinnamon Duty Bill went through a. Corn mittee, and, the Report, - ...was ordered •to .1)e-received to-morrow. • NONRESIDENCE OF . THE -CLERGY. " Mr. DICKENSON moved the Order of the Day roT the second readingof the Clew Nom:Residence CALCR4FT said, he did not : rise for the • ',purpose of opposing th e tetond reading of the Bill, but as he considered this merely as a temporary measure,- it being . a continuation "of - ki Bill which was so considered in the last Session; ,he wished to know whether the permanent measure, _. relative TO this subjea, Which had - been mentioned, was in such a state- of forwardness, rhat it might' be ei peded to be soon brought forward. Sir SCOTT said_ a few words but in so low'h torle . of - voice, that we could. riot "distinaly Lear them; we understood him, however, to say, that the measure alluded to by thefion. Gentleman, WAs in a state of consioerable forwardoess. The Mliwa's then read a second - time, and coin . • rnitted'ior ThUrsci;iy. CORN _TRADE. The CHANCELLOR' of the EXCHECUER" said, that in—consequence' of what passed in the House, previous to the Christmas ReceSs„ a wish_ ed. to give-notice,- 5T1 0 ., 41d, on Monday next, move for the :appointment. of a:Committee to cake into consideption• the state or-the Co r n Trade of the United-Ki n gd om . -:He intend; to ha : , e brought, forward the sub;cc an earlit r period,; but had been prevented by unait'oidable- eircurnsttince s -,. amongst which W . .Is the indispositiOn of the CH AN. CELLok of the EXCHE E' , QUvtor.irciand : however, that Right Holl. Gentleman woul.l be able. to atlend the. Howe next Monday. SICK AND HURT OFFICE. The CHANCELLOR bf the ExCHEZTER said,- that being - on' his • legs, he hoped he-might be allowed, he -, was aware it was not strietly regular; to advert to what passel in that House on Thursday evening. He intended to !lave noticed it can Friday, but he did- not enter the House until a deVate had conunenced on the. Anierican - Treaty He hoped. it would he in the reeolleaierioT -the HOuse, that an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roasos) stated; that the. Government was insolvent, and that the Government Acceptances had been refused payment at the Public Offices. This general assertion, how ever,and these plural terms, it afterwards appeared, were only applied to pie Office, and to one bill, for - lIIt - WM 111" -- T9 ,11 — — No; titled 'to say,. ;that- The Bon. Gentleman - had no• . ground for the - assertion that he made, except in that single instance. He. was not disposed to deny, but, on the contrary; was ready to admit, that the bill alluded to was presented, and was not pAirl bait such a circumstance was not _peculiar to the present time, or such as the oldest .in the. Public Offices had. never known ,befOre. He could assert, .hoWever, that there - never was a Single' instance, in which the Treasnry v an3 /here the credit of :Government resided, had been applied to _for money, or Where money was wanted for the payment of a Bill of -Exchange, •thai -the application was ditappointed, There never waramitrstance, either, where it. was inexpeaation-04,Inoney, should be wanted, or of - its falling clue, or of bills being tendered, and the money wanted'iiii6iilhem, in - which the money was not instantly. advanced. It had - of late been the ,policy. of Government, .and he thought it a wise policy, to prevent the inftrior Public Offices from :becoming banking-shops, and to prevent them from ,accumulating large sums of money arany one time, for reasons- which-he was sure would readily occur to the House; . but what he was solicitous should be understood was; that in.no one instance could it be stated, that money, being ever likely to be wanted, as well as being actually wanted, -for Satisfying . Bills•of .Exchange, had not been constantly ready for such 'purposes, and the advance, if . necessary,. aanally made. He did not mean - to say, that the, .refusal of an acceptanCe..'waS to be applauded. in an inferior Office ; but so far was it from being a proof of that which the Hon. Gentleman alledged, namely, the Insolvency on • the part of Govern ment,-. that it • was a proof of the reverse. It shewed the ,stability of Government ; 'for if it .was a siting that, had frequently happened, it Must have been generally. known, and if gene 'rally known that Government could not pay its acceptances—these Bills - must have been at a dis • count. Upon that subjeft, however, he appealed to every Merchant and to every Banker. in the House, whether he would not:receive these Bills of Government in preference to others, from a know ledge . of the facility with which _they were nego tiated, and the absolute certainty of their payment. There was one other circumstance to which he was rather unwilling to aliade,_ as the Hon. Gentleman who made the assertion against Government, was not in his place, but he thought it necessary—that was, that payment had been refused to -a person in indigent circumstances. All that he knew upon that part of the Case was, that the Bill. was.. tendered by one of the most opulent Bankers in the city, and ire.. had no reason ,to believe otherwise than that the Bill was the property of that opulent House—he should be .curious to. know whether the Bill was the property of any other person ? M;-. MARTIN said, that the smallness of the stun did not: appear to him to be material, for he apprehended, that if the Bill had been for a tenth part of the sum, dr a hundred time m, the answer would have been the sain,. bought that Gentlemen on the other side .e dis played sometimes too much warmth )se on his side, when they heard'. what disr", them ; and that they had attacked the Hon. Memb r who made the assertion with too much vivacity, as he was treated as if he had uttered a notorious false hood. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.— " The attack came from the Hon. Member hire self. Ido not chose to apply the word falsehbod,, but the inaccuracy of the statement was from the Hon. Gentleman himself, who chose to , say that the Government was insolvent, for which there was not the shadow of A fou,ndation.—l wish now, Sir, if I.may tle so permitted, to call on the. Hon. Ge n tleman who has just spoken, to . say whether he w is or was not the- proprietor of the Bill in question ?" Mr. MARTIN.--" I believe it was paid in.; ;t our house in the usual course of business, by some._ body who has an - account with us, but I do not know any thing,further of the_matter." The CHANCELLOR of , the EXCHEQ,UER.— • If the Hon. Gentlernart4nows nothing of the matter, it - is not prolaablefilit other Hon: Member knoWs ,any thing of the;:rnatter, since he acknow_ ledges to have received the whole of . his inform,. tion from the Hon. - Member• who spoke last, . and" who it appears knows nothing about it." Here the conversation dropped. GRENADA MERCHANTS. Mr. L7SHINGTON moved the Order of the Day for the Houle to resolve itself into a Committee, to takeinto vonsideration the Report of the Stied Com mittee upon the Petition of the' Grenada Mer chants. The C 's , dArCELLOR \ of the EXCHEQUER wished it to be postponed for a few days longer, as he had not time to consider the subjeo. The Committee was deferred till Wednesday. INCOME TAX. - Mr. JONES said, he had given , notice, that whenever he saw the CHANCELLOR of the Excia E. Qtr ER. in his place, and he was extremely happy to see the Right Hon. Gentleman now present,-that he should move,for certain Papers relative to. the Income Tax. As the subjed, however, involved Many important considerations, he hoped.he should be excused for postponing,liis Motion to - another day. He would move it either on Wednesday or Thursday, whichever day was most convenient to the Right Hon. Gentleman. The CHANCELLOR' Of •the EXCHEQUER said he had no preference.' Mr. _Torus then named Wednesday. B E N 14. Mr. WM. DUND4s , Movkdothe Order' of the Day foithe Houk to resolve- itself into a Committee on the Bencoolen Bill. The House having resolved itself into a Com; mittee, Sir. WILLIAM PULMNEY objeded to that part of the Bill by which the Servants-of the COm pany, and the Senior and Junior-Merchants, trans.. 'fermi from Bencoolen, were talose five years rank; because. he said it might happen that those Servants, and the .§enior and . Junior Merchants; Might there by take rank above a number of others of the .same deseripeion.4 ' Madras. The - law had established, ri s a 4 - I , lwiar - ,bref sax rocs-cry -P. 4W Ne r ts74 - we a by-seniority; such a provision as the prer..lt would tend to alter that jaw,. and therefore he could -not consent to it. If was- his opinion,:, that the Com pany's Servants, and-the Senior arid junior -Mer chants who were ;o be transferred from Bencoolen, shoulne placed at the bottom of the respeCtive lists for 18ot at - .ladras, and that they should have an option either to go to Madras uppia that condi tion, or retire upon full, pay. Mr.' WALLACE thought that the Bill, as it stood, would answer the objeft - of the Hon. Baronet better than the amendment, as by the former a .Seniat Merchant, losing five years rank, Might in conseeAueßce 'of that become a junior• Merchant at 'M'acciail%ut by the amendment he would be still a Sertiorcklerchant, and. take place of all the Junior Merchants. • - Colollel WOOD thought it was a peculiar hard_ 'ship upon the Company's Servants at Bencoolen to be transferred to Madras, and to be deprived in ,consequence of five or six _years rank. He thought it had better be left to the Court of Diredors to make such regulations relative to this subjeet as they should deem expedient.; and that it did not require the interference of Parliament. Mr. JOHNSTONE 'said, he'cOtild not see. any injustice arising out of the, present measure towardi the Company's. Servants at Bencoolen, but a hardship on those at Madras. The law had providedigainst ,supercession amongst the Company's SerVants at Madras, but this Bill -went to alter that law, aid to interfere With those prospeas which they were justly entitled to entertain. He would not havV_. ever say•rnore upon that subje& at the present mo ment, as he did not wish to interrupt the business of the Committee, and as a future,stage of the. Bill would be the proper time to_discuss its.principle. - principle. Mr, WILLIAM DUNDAS said, it could =not. .be contended that the Company's Servants at Ben coolen were, after all their exertions, to he left without prOvision. It was contended, that by transferring them to Madras, the prospeas of the Company's Servants there would be injured, as the number of candidates would be increased,but it should be.recolleaed.that only twelve persons were to be transferred, and that an accession of territory much grca'ter in proportion had been acquired by the East India Company, and from which their Ser . , vants at:Maciras had derived, great advantage : add to this, -that the Court of, DireEtors had notified their intention of bringing this measure before Parliament, to their Servants at Madras, twelve • months ago. Colonel WOOD again adverted. to the hardship which he conceived. would result to the Company's Servants at Beneoolen. Mr. JOHNSTONE said, that in answer-,to what had been urged by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wii.iil Am •DONDAs) relatiVe to the accession of il g t erritory acquired by the Company, he • thought it , necessary to observe, that it had been in contem: • plation to unite the PreSideilcieS of Bombay and ,Madras, .in which case, the territory-Would be by . rlo means disproportioned to the - number .of the Company's Servants, who, would then be upOn - the Lists of thoae united Presidencies. .As to the ad-. vantages derived 'by the Compan.y's Servants frOm this accession of. territory,..he thought they ought to be fairly balancedagtiinst-the.disadvantoges they had 'formerly • suffered, particularly whdif Firder. Ally ravaged . the Carnatic. , . , . -•-, , . Mr. WALLACE thought there. could lie ric . ) pos sible objection, on the part of the Company's Set, vants at Madras, to the present measure, even though the - Presidencies of Bombay- dtic) Madras Were united, nor could any injusticeAreSulr to them. ' As to the Company's Servants at Bencoolen, : them- could:: be no hardship to them, as they had their option, either, to retire and receive their pay, or to go to Madras upon the proposed conditions: ' Ca/44e/ WOOD said he only adverted to the' hard. ships of the yants at Bencoolen in case they were to be compeli4to go to Madras and to lose five years rank. .-•,:- . Mr. WA Lt;',*.o r explained. Sir ,WIL LI All PULTENEY then , moved an Amendment, according to the opinion he had be.: fore delivered, which was agreed to. The House having resumed, the Report was or. dered. to be received to-morrow, SICK AND HIJR.T OFFICE. Mr. ROBSON said, that in consequence of What passed in that House on Thursday, he attended in his place on Friday, hoping that some report would l'r made by His, Majesty's Ministers relative to the' s nbjeft. This day he attended again in his place, c onceiving that public business would not begin b efore 'half past four. During that time he had e: tperienced considerable uneasiness, lest the House sh puhl suppose that he had made an assertion which wl is not true. As the_ CuAlico.l.Loit of .the Ex. CHEQUER was not in his place, : he felt it proper to :pos tpone his intended Motion; he had in his pocket hog' yever, many thousand. :proofs -to tstabliSh the assertion which he .made. It was his intentiOn, he said,, to move to-morrow, .as* soon-after four as 2 possi 'tile, for papers relativeto the Stibjeft, provided the C S .fiANCELLOi-Of the . - txc HEQU:EIt. was present, if not t s anyothef day... Mr.,BR,AGGE said.he 'could not help 4ddressing the.Ho use, for the purpose of doing justice to his Rt. Hon. F ITiend who had quitted the House in conse quence of 'indisposition; He knew of no rule for bringiq; on ptiblic business.at •half-past four, and the Hon. .Gentleman; - . by giving notice of his in. tention t Tfoirig as soon after four as Possible, seemed 'll. tmserf the.coniraty Hi Right Hon. Frittnd lin'a*tended 'the House on Friday, but wasps viienied - fr.om bringing..this matter for ward by a Debate whit; t h took place upon a colla 'teral subjed.', -Hisaigkr Hon. Friend called the attention of tihe House ' ‘ *o this-matter at twenty minutes past Vuur this -/daj:, when not seeing the Hon. Member i n his place, and knowing his regu.: larity of attendance, his R‘ r , ght Hon. Friend was justified in supposing. that th - t: Hon. Gent, would - not attend during' the day. - I\'he Hon. Gentleman was to do as he pleased with resii k 'a to his Motion ; the fart was not disputed, but no iv, - oof of a fad like that could justify the Hon. Gentletnan .in making the inference which he had. drawn fill m it. • -- 111.... - a — Www a a var, : ;; -- VS - T ra 054 to Qrder.- There was no quest i on before the 0: j ai and he appealed to the Ch a i r , w h e ther the k` o ,, Gentleman was justified in co n tinuing his obse r tions. f the' The SPE.-I.trER said, that the stria rules 0 House were undoub t edly such as the Hon,. Gent' ile man had stated, but there were cases in Which i . House gave indulgence to a Member whey-,-cq.n 4 t' c l i himself to be implicated i n any. obseryations had been made, to ,explain,his_ sentiments •: It:, 0 upon- that ground (anti if he was wrong,. he apologize to the House-for it) that'he had perin it ', d , ; the Hon. Member, who ga-viiiotice of the Met i° : ,tia.zo 00.. ,The consequences, , ,howeTer, which ' l , ~ ensued', chewed the wisdom of the HOuSe, / 0 c°o 0r ' fining a Member,- wh o gaffe notice of a Motic're stridly io his notice. He had b ut . one Word 0.1° , ; to offer, which - was; th;it he thought it was . the e ° o L l :, - stint course of the HOuse to proceed' to Public v ness at four o'clock; and every Member 11 11 ,!: any - Public Busine ss , was ent i t l e d t o b r i n g le ''(). ward, in order, after that hour, Mr. BRAGGE said, t h at - h e was sure the• SpEmatt-'would not suffer him to be i n terrupte ci be iti , giving a plain answer to obserVations - which Hon. Gentleman= `hied introduced in giving notice re a Motion, . The qu est i on i n di spute was nor O c he ,question, of fad, but the consequence which •Hon 2 Gentleman had thought proper to draw frT 9 no fart` which•be had, itated, an d w h ic h i m plicataliip , less than Ahe,.PublieCredir of t h e C ountr y. 0 ; I could not help -expres s ing hi s sur p r i ze , t h at an P c) i l Member ; .:opposite. to hitt) should • have •tlione - i s ; right to make hirOsclfa party in a. subject 0k j 'kind. Mr. MARTIN slid, he had, upo n a f or mer u cQ i sion, expressly-declared his wish oot to beco° , party in the business. J. H. ADDINGToN. wished to linoW t° nature of the Motion which the Hon, Gentie''' . meant to bring forward to-morrow. Mr. 'ROBSON wished to know - whether,nw at liberty to state it, The SPEAKER said, it was usual for Merrl". o ,l to - give -notice, 'in disti l terms, of - the Mat' which they meant to being forWa,rd. A M r , ROBSDN said, the . obj c c,l - Of his I\d°' . . i , would. be, in the first place;;l9;iei c k t ifch- in•lbl' - tion as would clear his own Chgrat-ttq and v ; • t - - 4 The - SPEAKfR requested the Hon. Membe r . state the, nature of his Motion, without into, a . detail of his ohjeds. - move for certain Papers from theOilce-for Sick,The House went t h roug h Mr. ROAS'ON then,said, it was leis intentioo 1 Wounded. • a ommitte e ch 111°, Cinnamon Duty Bill. The Committees of auppl y, and w a y s and Mc o ." were, put off till Wedne s d ay . • • Adjourned ae orrlialf past fiv e , t ill to _ m •ossr , c THE SUN. OLZIA QUIS DlCtar. fa1.5;11:1.41,1D1AT LONDON, 111 R C tl' 6 This morning we received Paris journal( a pe Sth inst. inclusive. An article from Berne, °' 01 4 24fh 41% states, that 4 Division of French e rr 01 ,was advancing into the Vohdr, and that I °' ° were expetteci in the ?tlys de V4rid. goo e. 1 , The EMPEROR. of RUSSIA, it appears, A- 0 , menting his ,Army considerably, It is intieea l ta l possible to conceive, that the Great Cont,i ller e Powers can view with indifference the late P recc ' irigs at Ivoffs. fol u4 The contents of the French Papers will be in our subsequent Columns. 1, 11 0, The French Fun& have experienced a fall' Tiers Consol. was on the 4th at 55 f. go c. Esc • „ I , e The . Mail 'due on Sunday 11 : 11 ) 0 . # arrived . • 7 •• •ng, the c on t ents o f Will ° AtA j. „ I L,* 4,-• The PRINCEsS DrA,ALES gave a ver3f h t o Dinner on Sunday at tier house at Blacklie, 3ll i' large party of ,Nobility and Gent r y, an" 32 evening there was a Musical CLncert. cam e Her, Grace the Duchess of liEvorrot t g to- town yesterday from Chatsworth. • o rof` j ' The Marchioness of. SALisau.ror gav e 3 :er, route last night at her house in Arlin ton-st r " g n There is to be a Public Day at tßlei:heiri , ° • di s' next. " Earl. Sr. ViNceirr is indefat i ga ble iti* Aar ire charge of his duty. The utmost a6tivil'„o,P ed present-moment, prevails throughout the partment. ,5- be His Majesty's Letters Patent have- ,been t under the Great Seal of Ireland, for transi"t,:vfotto Right Rev. Dr. GEsaRGE DE LA PoER Br t g Lord Bishop of the United Bishoprics .. ;), ; lino ref ";$ and Kilmacduagh, to the Bishopric of . I ' . 'c' - f bg i t,) • the room of the Most Rev. and Hon. Dr' — caw' . 4 Ba o pit cK, promoted to the Archbishopric" oNt aLTN't)RED GUINEAS ftEIVAR.I),.... 0 12 "fiaiv-street, t 4°Y.' Mareh S; 'tBo2. HENRY- COcE, being_eharged. with FOP-GER.O_ IV ever wilt bring him tb this Oftice, shalt rec s eive. a K - jS at: ONEc.4 HUNIpikED crtJ.INEA . • • f ,T lie 5. 14 C 41 r) , CocXT \yenty Years about. 5 feet 6 or 7 Incn!ri. 'high; hi,s round and. ; has a srna.l Seal.under his , iP , 4 : 61 0 011 jaw -bone ; wearsdaris, tl4ir, poW4.erecl: e, ; he i$ is very lively in 4is rn4rancrs, and i:phitile'in his t:9 llvern t No• He is by proteSslon an A;torneY, Frgi A4 King : -street, • Cheapsiae, but,. left lilt Lodgings; ° ," t3 c9' l last; he had alio t;hAriaixers.in the T;rpple;and siderable part of his time. :it the .London The, sod Huey co 4. will very. probably merit, Putts" t)en Nicss-s MauiVcaring • • S9n, Cr'