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ABOLITION BILL At a meeting of the executive committee of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and con trol,,held March 30, it Wits resolved : "That this committee earnestly thanks the supporters of the Church-rates Abolition Bill for the promptitude and en thusiasm of their response to the appeal made to tbem after the s,cond reading,of the bill to strengthen the hands of Sir John Trelawny breVerywhere petitioning in its favour." 2. "That the committee regards the presentation of up wards of 5,000 petitions, and the expressed wishes of more than HALF, A MILLION OF PETITIONERS, within the brief period of six 'weeks, as an emphatic denial of the truth of rpoent assertions that but a small section of the community desire the extinction of the tax." E 4 1) 811 SD. r it was been so ber had ght the at that NEW POEM BY MISS POWER. On Thursday next will be published, in I yol, fcp. Bvo, VIRGINIA'S HAND : A .Poem in ThrT Boas. By MARGUERITE A. POWER, Author of, "Letters of a Betrothed)" &c. London :. Longman; Green, Longman, and Roberts. mot of This day, Part X., price 6c1., BENTLEY AtES' FROM CONTENTS., Darby the Swift. By J. Augustine Wade. An Exc,ellant Offer. By Marmaduke Blake. 'The Quarantine. By Captain Medwin. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlinoton-tAreet •3. "That nevertheless the committee urges the necessity for Strenuous exertion to secure the third reading of the bill, by a decisive majority, as well as its early adoption by the Peers." • . Johil DIRECTORS. • Bonus, Esq. ' Edward Henry Jones, Esq. ' 4111 am Alattheyv Clark, Esq. John Coste..ker, Esq. Corrie, Esq. Henry T. Curtis, Esq. ...Thomas Devas, Esq. Joseph Johnson Miles, Esq. ' S arnuel-Piiher Esq. I Wm. Flexnian Vowler, Esq. Geor ge IlOdgkinson, Esq.. . • Spiaerrous—Messrs. Druce and Sons. The London Life Association was established more than aftY years ago, on the principle of Mutual Assurance, the !Thole of the benefit - a - being shared by the members assured. ',-uhe surplus is ascertained each year, and appropriated sciely to a reduction of the premiums, and not to any increase of the stun assured by the policies,-the members being entitled to such reduction after they have been assured for seven years. This Society has paid in claim', more than And has Policies now in force amounting to 6,050,600 For the payment of which it possesses a capital exceeding - 2,670,030 And a gross hicimie from premiums and interest of more than Asvmrances may be effected for any .sum not exceeding 11 0,000 on the same life. The Society has no.a,crents and allows no commission. S ervice in any Volunte er Rifl e or A r till er y C or p s w ithi n Great Britain and Irelaisd'does not Vacate the policies of the assured, or require the payment of any extra premium. 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A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of SPR R 3 IATORRHCEA, and other URINO - GENITAL bISRTASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS SYSEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and age, producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL, STIVENGTH, terminating in debility of the generative or ra,tis and INCAPA CITY FOR MARRIED LI 1` E, shming 4 1 11 Y these Diseases so often appear Incurable when I n reality ioeY can be eff ec t ua ll y removed b y the most s i mple means, f acti on:,..ther with the Author's rem e di es f or p reven ti ng i n - Itt . Y A PHYSICIAN, &a, Arc. (registered under the New i h rt,otalAc4 Adress, edicus, 19, 0, Warwick - lane,ondon. Sold by M J. Allen, 2 Pater aster-row, and all Booksellersdn Town and Country. NO MORE MEDICINE PO), lor - LABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), „bEIITLITY. NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER MPLAINTS. 1)U BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH t RESTORING REVALENTA ARARICA FOOD.— ioertificate No. 36,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled ah:Ppreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its e . ffect on onic dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousneso, constipation, Lprrhesa, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthm de litY, and incipient consumption, we find it the safest remedy. 1-1)r. (Ire, M.D., F.R.S:, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor a n,,„ 4 , Dr. Campbell. U Barry's Food cures effectually -Acidity, asthma bilious t;lol, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca s;tril, colds, congestion, constipation, consumption, ^ramps, ~,,,"gh. debility, despondency, diarrhcea, disten:ion, dizziness, trPsY, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), ernp bitus. exhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency, gout, ha leral constipation, headache, heartburn, hccmorrhoids, hys tit, impurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita i,",4 of kidneys and bladder. liver complaints, loss of memory, t" B Pirits, nausea and sickness, nervousness , nervous fan es, neuralgia., noises in the ear, pains between the shoul- IV'', palpitation, partial paralysis, phlegm, pulmonary ep corpn 'alnt rheumatism, scrofula, s inkig, slelessness, sore Iroat,s, spasms, tightness across the n chest. At about one 4,1 111 7 per meal, it effectually cures the above, also childr en ' s ot Plaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does li""turn acid nor interfere with a liberal diet but imparts a oP t dtby relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty t b , , gestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most eebled, , We extract a few out of many thous snd cures : g t ",,re No, 51,816, from the Rev. James .T. Campbell, Syder ei7,,ne Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of' in f,'cestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, t h 7,nsider it the best of all remedies. -James T. Campbell." th - ,:e No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived considerable Iliklefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. St uar t d o IN'''es."—Cure No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony 1,0 dyspepsia, nervonsness, asthma, cough, constipation, httLidency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, 4 v , e been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria 4„`rWortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087 : 11,;, 14 -111arshal tis.l Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma 1, of the storsach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, ti, , ect of Laiwenau. nt many years' horrible sufferings of Wa4, berves, and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. Miss ElizabetA Iscobs of Nazing Vicarage, 1 n ham Cross, Hefts, a care of extreme nervousness gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— ' i k No. 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near II ' 44 100 1: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of toC,,,. ° ,ns irritability. -Cure No. 18,116 : Dr, Andrew Ure, of lit . ',2Pation dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210 : Im o onorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212 , : Cap ein,,,Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,116 ; Major Effie, of e - b 4 llnment of the liver, and total prostration of strength ali r e No. 36,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, 4 14511 y vomitings.—Cure No. 26,418 : Dr. Harvey, of eon, pea and debility.—Cure No. 34,618: Dr. Wurtzer, of l ',,lFtt,"„ t uPtion.—Cure No. 32,880 William Hunt, Roberts, of paralsis.—Cure No. 46,270 : Mr. James 1 114, e r merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased t ettr„' 'Pitting of blood, liver derangement, partial ,41,q„esa•—Cure No. 46,814 Samuel Laxton, Lei jc; of two years' diarrhoea. -- Cure. No. 52,612 ,s g 4 °wager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nor visarritability, bile and indigestion, -Cure No. 51,812 : Miss t hl "'ha Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medi C ure wirers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— sti;stilsr°'"Twenty-five years' , nervousness, con ar2.,n. indigestion, and debility, from which I have Fhov e ' - ' , great misery, and which no medicine could re krs„, Or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du ti Food in a very short time. W. B. 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C),113: , ";Lttea, and sickness, sinking fits, bronchi- Lo ad "ea 8 nAmplaints.—S. „N.' Barry, 77, Regcnt _. o n. ( The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Svo, in cloth, price 58. by post free, Se. 6d. O N TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrendriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practice! contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagTant evil which it may be in his power to correct."--London Medical Gazette. The editor has conferred a rent boon on the sufferen luting tins - lltrre wok, and by laying bare the scundalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhces and the various; forms of disease which resemole it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of `the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. I he hex! H e bad e house vith the was not s spe nt 5° in dis 3rean, as e a rein ; u sually trary, it ns upon ast stage (Friday and gal occasion, ir moving ey ought the hol e Lr.) 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Lord REDS DALE (in the absence of the Lord Chancellor) took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Petitions against the abolition of church rates were pro sented by Viscount Dungannon, Lord Colville of Culross, and Lord Southampton ; and for their abolition by Lord Tpynham, PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord COLVILLE the Great Western Railway and Liskeard Water Bills were read a second time. The Athenry and Tuam Railway, Wesi. of Fife Mineral ' Railway, and'' Morayshire Railway Bills were read a third . time and passed. ' CONSOLIDATED. FUND (£850,000) BILL.. This bill was read a third time and passed. THE CHINESE EXPEDITION. Ti4e Earl GREY; after presenting_a_p_etition from Leeds, x essing regret at the proceedings which had taken place at the mouth of the Peiho, said he rose to move for an esti mate, as nearly as the same could be made out, of the pro bable cost of the expedition to China up to the close of the financial year 1860-1, the said estimate to include the pay and supplies forherMajesty's naval and land forces (whether .of the regular or Indian army), if they should continue in China to the above date, together with all charges for trans port freight, military stores, and coals. The noble earl said the information which their lordships now possessed upon this subject was very scanty and imperfect. All they knew was that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in introducing his budget, was reported to have said that during the present financial year, ending to-morrow, nearly £1,000,000 would be required for this purpose. That, he begged to state to . their lordships, was for the liquidation of expenses the re sult of measures taken by the Government during the three or four months before Parliament assembled, and without the slightest authority from Parliament for the expenses so incurred. Their lordships had not taken notice of that iiregirlarity, nor had any notice of it been taken in the other house of Parliament—the house which had charge of the public purse ; but he (Earl Grey) was old-fashioned enough to believe that these expenses ought not to have been incur red by the sole authority of the Government, and without previolts application being made to Parliament—(hear,hear) —or without Parliament having had an opportunity of ex pressing an opinion upon the circumstances. It was true they had heard from the Secretary of State 'for War that her Majesty's Government had, in the estiniates laid before Parliament, made a further provision to the extent of 21 millions for the costs of the expeditiOn ; but that right honourable gentleman said he would not speculate upon what might be the cost of those operations ; and he (Earl Grey) thought the right honourable gentleman was highly prudent in declining to state that that estimate would be the ultimate cost of the operations to be carried on. He would, indeed, be a bold man who would venture to predict what the cost would be when he considered the enormous expense of conducting military operations at so great a distance from their resources, and the uncertainty when war had once begun of its being limited in extent, or of its being brought to a close. When all those things were considered, they - must feel that it was only too probable that the cost of this expedition would swell to the most formidable dimensions, and have to be reckoned by millions. Even if these operations should be brought to as early and successful a close as it would be possible to hope for, still, in that case he believed there would have been a very con siderable expense incurred; and of all those expenses he thought their lordships ought to have a proximate estimatt._ (Hear.) No doubt it was impossible that anything like an accurate estimate could be prepared, nor was it necessary that such an estimate should be presexted ; but it ought to be practicable to make out, for their lordships' information, an account which would show the probable cost of the measures which had been already taken and ordered by the arise.ing, no H e a t ; , s h a e p a p r o ) B Governmentunforeseen contingencyoli tto should make ou t the cost of sending to China, and maintaining there until the close of the ensuing financial year, the large naval and land forces which had been already- oraerea. mat estimate which he (Earl Grey) proposed their lordships should call for. It was proposed to take the expenses up to the end of the ensuing financial year—and he indeed must be a sanguine person who expected the return of the expedition at an early period ; and even if it should happily return before that time, the cost of the return voyage would absorb the funds provided, and there would be no imme diate reduction in tho expenses of the ensuing year. It was necessary that their lordships should have this estimate before them, in order that their lordships and the country might have an opportunity of knowing what might be the cost which, in the most favourable events, would be thrown upon the country by the measures which had been taken by her Majesty's Government. Their lordships could not clearly understand what the Government proposed to do without this estimate, and 'it was the more necessary that they should have it before them, because, contrary to what used to be the practice of Parliament. her Majesty's Govern ment had adopted their measures, had undertaken this great expedient to a distant country, and had, in all probability, commenced a long and costly war without having first in vited Parliament to express an opinion upon it. (Hear.) The ancient practice of Parliament was, that when war, in • volving probably a large expenditure, was imminent, it was felt to be the duty of Ministers, at the earliest period in their power, to cail upon Parliament to advise the Crown, and to share the responsibility of Ministers. That was al i good and a wholesome rule, but it had not been followed in the present instance. It was true that the other house of Parliament had been asked for a vote of £850,000 for the expenses which had been already incurred, but no formal judgment of Parliament had been asked upon the subject, and their lordships had had no opportunity of expressing any opinion. That might be a convenient course for a Go vernment to follow, but he did not believe it was consistent with the spirit of the constitution, nor did be think it was just to the members of either house of Parliament, or to the nation at large. It might be a convenient course for a Go vernment to throw the papers upon the table, as thereby a vote of censure could not be obtained without difficulty, for it was much more easy to avoid a vote of censure than to obtain a vote of approval. It was a difficult, an invidi ous thing for a member of either house of Parliament to propose a vote of censure ; but this he would say, it was by no means just to throw upon Parliament the responsi bility of a silent acquiescence, although the measures which Government had taken might in the opinion of Par liament be erroneous ; still less was it fair to expect that private members would come forward in the character of accusers. It was not just that the nation should have to bear the cost and burden of, it might be, an expen sive and protracted war, and the expenses of military and naval preparations, without the luestion being in the first instance submitted to the judgment of Parliament. Al though the course pursued by the Government was one of which he did not approve, he owned he did not wonder that they had followed it. It showed impliedly that they had but little confidence in the strength of the case which they would have to submit to Parliament, had. they come for ward to ask for its support. Had the Government done as, they would have been called upon to prove that the quarrel with China was a just one—to show that the Chinese were not entitled by the law of nations to resist by force the breaking down of the barriers erected for the protection of that river which gave access to the capital—how it was that the precedents which had been followed in the wars with other nations, and especially in the last war with Russia, had been neglected in this instance—how it' was, in short, that a convention had not been signed with France clearly defining the object of the war. In undertaking combined operations with an allied and independent power there were always difficulties to be overcome in order to maintain cordiality and to prevent jealousies and animosities from arising. In order to guard against those dangers it had 'ben customary at the very earliest possible period, and before anything was done, that the terms should be clearly definel and agreed upon, so that there should be no room for doubt or dispute as to the real objects in view, and what me allied power had a right to expect from the other. _ _ . Nothiig should be left to vague understanding —nothing to conversations of which there might be an imperfect and jarring recollection. Whatever passed in conversation ought to be recorded; in due diplomatic form. The prece dent of the Crimean war showed that those precautions had nit been needlessly observed, and still more recent events showed that one at least of the stipulations in the Russian War convention had not been useless—that neithei of the contracting parties should seek for itself any territorial accession in consequence of the war. Would such a precaution be needless now after _ what they had seen within the last month' (Hear, hear.) Had the question been submitted to Parlament, Ministers would have been asked what ad- vantages were to be derived from the war—what was the promised end of all this costly preparation—were the cost and risk commensurate with the advantages to be gainet They lad been told that a great expedition was sent out to enforce the performainue of the treaty of Tien• tsin and to obtain an apology flow the Emper ar of China for the occur• I'CIICCB which had taken plaice at the mouths of the reiho River. There was net a particle of evidence to show that without any expedition at all there would be any obstacle to the treaty in question, and he must add that, if an apology was all that was wanted, they would have to p ay very dearly for it—for an apology from a semi .barbarous sovereign they would have to pay five.or six millions of money. If it were proposed to obtain from the Chinese by force concessions which they would not yield except to force, then it appeared to him that those concessions would be of very little value ; for what guarantee had they that as SOCIII as the force should be withdrawn the concessions would not also cease to operate ? It should not be forgotten that with a large land force, such as they proposed to send, the difficulties of trans port were very great ; then there were the dangers of cli mate, the difficulties of supplies, and the uncertainty which must exist as to what measures it would be proper to adopt ; in short, it appeared to.him to be an act of great rashness to send under such circumstances so large a land force to China. Well, but let them suppose these operations were as successful as they c( uld desire, what would be the result ? What interest had they in China beyond the extension of their trade ? Were they to burn the Chinese towns, to slaughter the people, to devastate the country and bring upon it all the inevitable calamities of war? Every blow we struck at China more or less recoiled upon ourselves ; and supposing the success •f our army so great that it would overthrow the existing Government, when then we Should be in a worse position than ever. The results would be to China most disastrous, to ourselves anything but beneficial. He assured their lordships, from the best information he could gather, that such a shock as it was proposed to give to the Chinese Go vernment was not at all unlikely to overturn it, and that what it might be very easy to ov&threw it might be very difficult to provide a substitute for. How were peace and order to be preserved in that immense empire if the machi nery by which it had hitherto been regulated were broken up ? We had had some experience of former doings at Canton, where our proceedings had brought upon that por tion of the Chinese empire a state of anarchy. Hitherto our trade with China had been most flourishing and pros perous, and one , of the main causes of that was that the Chinese Government had maintained order and security, so that the people were able to carry on the operations of agriculture and to produce their tea and sugar and those other articles which formed her staples of commerce. But should there ensue a state of anarchy, not only would the best trade between China and England be hazarded, but also that very important trade between China and India. He believed that in such an event not less than between £7,000,000 and . 1'8,000,000 of revenue would be sacrificed. He feared there was too much reason for believing that the rebellion in the Chinese empire was the consequence of our war with China in 1840. He had once an interesting conversation with Dr. Wilson, who told him that it was to the war, and especially to the effect of the large pecu niary indemnity which England enforced, that the re bellion was owing—that by it her finances and her Go vernment were crippled and paralysed, her great officers were left unpaid, and in every instance there was greater suffering than there had ever been before ; that by the war the maintenance of order and security was destroyed; and Dr. Wilson described in most moving terms the ruin and misery which arose frem that insecurity and from the disorganisation of the Government. (Hear, hear.) In consequence of that rebellion many of the pro ductions of China had fallen off, and kith it, of course, trade also. He did not ask their lordships to pronounce any judgment upon the line of policy which the Govern ment had pursued, nor on the justice of the quarrel they had taken up. In moving for those returns he had ab stained from going into details. In the position is which he stood—connected with no party in that house, having no right to look for any support—he certair'y felt that he could not properly ask their lordships to pronounce any judgment upon so great a question, and therefore it was that he avoided entering more fully upon this wide field ; he had only touched the mere surface in order to show their lordships that there were those largo questions which ought to be considered, and that it was the duty of Government to invite to their consideration the attention and the judg ment of Parliament. (Hear.) With these observations the noble earl concluded by moving for the returns. The Duke of SOMERSET —The noble earl, in the returns which he moved for, had asked for the probable cost of the Chinese expedition, and yet had himself presumed that he would be a bold man who world speculate upon its cost. (Hear.) It appeared to him that the noble eat' had asked for that which he admitted neither Parliament nor the Go vernment could supply, lie Is:shed to call their lordships' attention to the position in which they stood. As regarded the action which took place at the'moufh of the Peilici river last year, those occurrences had taken place before he came into office, and therefore he (the Duko of Somerset) con sidered himself no more responsible for them than was the noble lord. To pretend any responsibility for such transactions would be going quite beyond all parliamentary precedent. But it ought not to be forgotten that when tho news of those occurrences reached England the public mind was thrown into a state of very great alarm, for it was feared from the report that neither British life nor property was safe at Amoy, or Shanghae, or Canton. Under such circumstances he asked was it not the duty of the Admiralty to take immediate steps for the sending out a force sufficient to protect the lives and properties of British subjects ? The noble earl indeed said that parliament ought to have been summoned, but that was not the opinion of the Earl of Derby, and it was plain that no advantage would result from the summoning of parliament, but that on the con trary it would greatly increase the alarm which already prevailed. What the people of England required was that immediate steps should be taken to redress the wrong, and to retaliate for the outrages which the Chinese had com mitted. Parliament was perfectly aware of the course which the Government had taken; the papers and instruc tions to Mr. Bruce had been laid upon the table, and they showed sufficiently the mild and moderate course which had been adopted by the Government. He could not understand what course the noble earl would have desired. He could see no other course open to the Government to pursue than the one they had adopted in this case. Ho did not agree in opinion with the noble earl that no outrages had been committed by the Chinese. He thought, on the contrary, there was throughout duplicity and deception on their part, and no one who read the papers could help seeing that the Chinese did try toavoid seeing our ambassador. They tried in every way to put him off from coming to Pekin. They went on leading him to believe that he could come, and when he came to the Peiho river he found it barricaded, and they led him to believe that these barricades would be removed and he should pass on to Pekin. If that was not:a case of duplicity :and evasion he did not know what was. (Hear.) But the noble earl went back and told them that this Chinese expedition was to be the commencement of a new policy. Surely he must remember that it was not a twelvemonth ago that they had a freely entered into by his noble friend (Lord Elgin), that that treaty was to have been ratified at Pekin ; but if the Chinese thought fit not to ful fil their promise, but to enter into an open war upon the English force, surely that was not anew policy, but return ing to a state of things which existed before the treaty was agreed to. With regard to our relations with China in past years, any one who looked back to 1839 must see they were very unsatisfactory, and that everytwo or three years there was some outrage or complaint, and in the course of that time we had had several wars with ;;liina. The noble earl said these wars caused a very great increase in the estimates, and that this course of policy ought to be checked ; but if he looked back to the period since 1840 he would find that, as far at least as the navy was concerned, we had four or five times a larger force in China than we had now. In 1843 we had more men in China than we had now, and from 1840 to 1860 our relations with China were in an unsatisfactory condition, The reason, he believed, was this, that we were never able directly to communicate with the Chinese govern ment, but with viceroys, who took different views one from another, but who, by putting humiliations on those whom they called barbarians, threw every difficulty in their way. It was true the imperial government sometimes recalled those viceroys, and either took off their heads or advised them to commit suicide. That was one way they had of getting rid of an obnoxious minister in that country. (A laugh.) What they (the Government) wanted was to put things on a satisfactory footing by this expedition; if that were done it' would be the most successful expedition that ever was sent to China, and he should not care what it might cost for the moment. We did •not know what other course the government could have pursued under the circumstances. He :confessed that in his posi tion at the Admiralty, he could not censure Admiral Hope for what he had done ; for he showed the gallantry and courage of a British seaman. Errors of judgment might have been committed, yet what position should they have been in if they had not sent out this expedition to demand redress for the outrage that had been offered ? The noble earl had stated that this policy would have the effect of de stroying their trade. It would be most unfortunate if the result should be injurious to our trade, but fortunately the people of Canton and Shanghae manage their affairs diffe rently. Everybody w'ho looked back for the last 20 years would find that the result was that our, trade had gone on increasing more and more. The Chinese were a peculiar people ; they would fight with you in one part of the coun try and trade with you in another. The value of Eritish produce exported to China from 1834 to 1842 was £926,000, from 1313 to 1850 it was £1,700,000, and from 1851 to 1859 it was 4 9 95,000... Now during all that period they had nearly constant wars in China, and yet their trade multi plied much more rapidly than at any other time. Now, as regarded the amount of the forces in their expedition, he could not go into details as to the cost, because it was clear that must depend upon what took place. If they agreed to the treaty and the demands which the Government made, which were very moderate, namely, that they should have such relations with the court of China as would prevent those complications which were constantly tak ing place, then he did not think the cost would exceed the estimate. The additional force now required would be about 5,000 men. The cost of transports . would be about £200,01[0; that sum, ha believed, would be suffi cient for the following year, as he anticipated the trans ports would be available to bring the troops home at the termination of hostilities. One of the heaviest items would be the supply of coal for the expedition, which he set down at 1150,000. These were the chief items; but the whole of the navy estimates for this expedition for next year would be about £680,000. He believed that would be very near the amount, but he would not pledge himself to it. With regard to Canton, he hoped the Government would soon be able to withdraw their troops from it, and at present the best feeling existed between the people of that place and the English. He did not want to go further into the subject, but he trusted the noble earl would not insist upon having those returns for which he had moved, which might be only a conjectural estimate, and would be much more difficult to make out accurately than if the force had been sent direct from this country. (Hear.) The Earl of MALMESBURY said he should not enter at any length into this question, but he thought it was due to the Government to which he had the honour to have be longed to make some observations in reply to what had fallen from the noble duke. He was particularly anxious not to make any observations as to the conduct of Mr. Bence, who was in one of the most difficult positions that ever a public servant was placed in; but he should not like it to be thought that by silence he should give his entire approba tion to what took place upon that occasion, and after what the noble duke had said he felt bound to express his opinion respecting what had passed,. Ile.believed Mr. Bruce fel, lowed his instruction* most literally in many respects, but he (the Earl of Maltuesbury) did not expect, when these instructions were sent out, that hostilities would take place ; they were founded on the calculation that matters would go peaceablyon, and no force would be required. Many of their lordships were acquainted with diplomatic correspond ence, and how difficult it was in every case to convey one's meaning ; and although he did not blame Mr. Bruce for making his demand on the Chinese authorities, yet he thought he was guilty of too much precipitation. The ori ginal commissioner entered intu a corresrondence with him when he insisted on the treaty being carried out, and on the 12th of June a courier started for Pekin with Mr. Bruce's propositions. Now, that courier could not have arrived at Pekin until the 22d of June, and certainly at least three days after his arrival would be required for consideration. But the proceedings on the Peiho commenced on the 25th, and on the 24th the action took place of which they com plained. Under these circumstances, he thought Mr. Bruce acted m ith too much precipitancy in the matter. He thought Mr. Bruce ought to have waited till he got an answer from the Chinese Government. (Hear.) With respect to their trade not having suffered in China, he could hardly agree with the noble duke, or think that his argument was quite logical, except on the post hoc propter hoc principle. But under all the circumstances he could not find fault with the Government for this expedition. They were apt to call the Chinese nation barbarians end the Chinese Government a barbarian Goverment. That he believed to be a great mistake. (Hear.) The Chinese Government were any thing but barbarians ; on the contrary, they were vet y clever people, end ought not to be spoken of or treated as barba rian. (Hear, hear.) Having sent an ambassador to China they ought to treat the Emperor of that county, and ob serve towards him the same ceremonies with regard to war and peaceas towards the Emperor of the French or any other European sovereign. He therefore thought there ought to be a legitimate declaration of hostilities before they commenced war. By not doing so, they were exposing any prisoners of war to great cruelties, and might get into dif ficulties about blockades. Ho agreed with the noble duke that they could not estimate the expenses, and that all they could do was to ask for money on accornt. The Earl of ELGIN said that in rising to address their lordships on this subject, he did not intend by any prema ture expression of opinion to fetter tlat discretion which it was absolutely necessary he should possess, if he was to achieve any success by his mission to China, but connected as he was with the recent proceedings in China ho might be chargeable with want of respect to the house if he were al together to remain silent on that occasion. Now, in the first place, he must remind the noble earl that if Mr. Bruce had extended his delay beyond the time when he attempted to move up the river the period would have passed by within which the treaty was to be ratified. It was perfectly true that if the Chinese had acted throughout with good faith ho might have consented to the delay, but that was not the state of things whisk existed. Whenhe made the treaty of Tien-tsin, nutting how unwilling the Government of China was to have a resident Minister at Pekin, he, al though firmly of opinion that unless in some shapeof other they had direct diplomatic relations with the Court of Pekin they never would have permanent peace with that country, stated to the Chinese commissioners—and in that he be lieved he had the approval of the noble lord opposite—that if they received with all duo honour and respect her Ma jesty's representative, and if they carried out with perfect fidelity every other clause of the treaty, he should submit to her Majesty, and t..) the Government, that it would be dEsirable her Majesty should exercise the option which the treaty gave her of not having a permanent Minister at the capital, but of sending one from time to time as circum stances might make it necessary. The Chinese therefore knew that Mr. Bruce was not only coming out, but that the strongest possible inducement was held out to them to receive him with respect. If in the face of the bad faith indicated by the Chinese, and after he had been told that there was no difficulty in removing the obstacles on the river, Mr. Bruce had allowed the period within which the treaty was to be ratified to elapse he would have incurred a heavy responsi bility. (Hear.) He would go into the questions raised by the noble earl (Grey); but he sincerely hoped —nay, he had a confident expectation—that the result would prove that the noble earl had taken a most exaggerated view of the liabili ties which this unfortunate Chinese war would entail upon the country. That was a speculative point, however. But there was a more practical question of the most important character behind that. It was th;s—what were the measures by which they could best bring this unfortunate state of things to a close, and establish such peaceful relations with China as woad relieve them from the heavy expenditure which was required for the protection of their trade with that country ? That was the practical question to which the noble earl never alluded, and which occupied the attention of practical men in China, 'whether they were merchants engaged in trade, or philanthropists, or statesmen. It had occurred to her Majesty's Government that his return to the field of action at the present time, in conjunction with Baron Gros—of whose able and cordial co-operation ;-a negotiating the treaty of Tien•tsin he could not speak too highly— might give the Chinese Emperor an opportunity of propos ing terms of accommodation, and of intimating that it was really his intention to early out faithfully and honourably the stipulations of the treaty of Tien-tsin. When he was asked if he would proceed to China, he gave the only an swer that a servant of the public could give. He was not insensible to the honour of a seat in her Majesty's councils, or of the advantages he must forego in proceeding upon this expedition, but he felt it would not be right that any objec tions of that description should prevent him from doing what it appeared to him his public duty required. (Hear.) At he same time he felt bound to say that he would not have undertaken that mission if he felt it implied en the part of the Government any slight or reflection on his relative who represented her Majesty in China at present. (Hear.) He had been assured by her Majesty's Government that was not the case. He was assured that they felt no want of con fidence in his relative, and that the reason for sending him was that it was supposed he might have some advantage in dealing with thi s ques ti on , arising firstly from the circu stance to which he h a d a l rea dy a lluded; and, secondly, mbe cause he had necessarily better means than his relative could have of knowing what were the sentiments of the Govern ment,. and he mightalso say,afterhis recent visit to Paris, of knowing what were the sentiments of the French Govern.. meat. His object i n going out on this mission should be to defeat the calculations of his noble friend as to the cast and evils that would attend this war. They could not return to the old state of things when they had but one port of China with which they could trade, and therefore they should endeavour to put their new relations with China on the best and safest footing. Ho was afraid it was utterly impossible to solve many of the difficulties that occurred between this country and China except by war or acts of war. Ho was prepared to prove that not a year elapsed since the ratification of the treaty of Nankin, in which acts of war had not been committed, and in which even the indivi dual consuls at the ports had not taken it upon themselves to authorise acts of war. It was all very well to say that they wanted nothing in China but to trade. But unless there was security for the property of their merchants, there could be no trade. (Hear.) Summary acts of war, however unjustifiable from the point of view of international law, settled in the lapse of a week what it would have taken six or seven months to obtain if appeals were to be made from viceroy to viceroy till the case was laid before the authori . _ _ _ ties at Pekin. Even that excellent and benevolent gentle man, Mr. Alcoek, was obliged to have recourse to such acts. In proceeding to China his object should be to carry out his instructions by bringing these difficulties to a close. He was not so wedded to his own opinions as to press them unneces sarily, if opposed to the views of the Cabinet and the feelings of the people. Ths noble earl who had just spoken said that we ought to have made a formal declaration of war, but he did not think his noble friend had considered all the conse quences which might follow from adopting such a course. Apart from minor considerations, a declaration of war would involve the necessity of inflicting an enormous amount of misery on that portion of the people of China with whom they never had any quarrel, and with whom they desired to remain at peace. The war in the north of China would be chiefly conducted between the troops on both sides, and though he did not undervalue the loss of human life even under these circumstances, the evil consequences would be less than if they were to make war on the whole population of China. The dcctrine had been laid down that the best way of bringing about an accommodation was to put a pressure on the people, but that was less true of China than any other country in the world. He hoped the Government would not be induced, by any pedantic notions, to increase the evils of a war which all must ss much deplore. (Hear ) The Earl of MALMESBURY said he did nut wish any further pressure to be put upon the remote population of China. What lie had said was, that it' war was to be car ried on it ought to be preceded by a declaration of war. This would be done in the case of every other nation in the world. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he could not re fuse himself the gratification of stating publicly that he thought no public roan was ever called upon to make so great a sacrifice as the noble earl had been called upon to make when he was requested to return to China. He was performing a public duty, and deserved the greatest grati tude on the part of the country. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to find anywhere any person to whom the conduct of the negotiations with the Chinese Govern ment could be entrusted with so much hope of success, through peace, as the noble earl. He had conducted the former negotiations with a degree of ability and capacity that was rarely found in the possession of any public man; and it was particularly desirable that he should be again associated with the same ambassador on the part of France, with whom his relations had always been those of personal amity and friendship. (Hear, hear.) Under those circum stances he entertained better hopes than he should under any other of a pacific result of the mission. But he had great difficulties to encounter; and one of the greatest and most serious was that, in conducting a war with a view to peace, we were compelled to co-operate with a Power which had not our interests nor our views. 'We desired nothing but peace with honour; he feared that France desired ho nour without peace. 'We desired nothing but submission from the Chinese Emperor; the French had declared that they desired to chastise. That was a word that ought not to be admitted into the language of civilised States ; and he was sure that no feeling of that description animated the noble earl. It was a sad thing to be compelled to go into a war in which it was equally to be regretted that we should have success or defeat. Defeat would bring great loss, but success, such as might be obtained if military operations were conducted against Pekin, would produce one of the greatest and most appalling and extensive calamities with which the human race had ever been visited. (Hear, hear.) There was an unfortunate example of this in the dreadful war of 1842. It could not be doubted that on the advance of an hostile army towards Pekin with the prospect of oc cupying it, every woman and every child would be sacri fied to the heartless and barbarous superstition which pre vailed amongst the Chinese. Such would be the dreadful effect of our success in China. Nor could it be doubted that the occupation of Pekin for a short period would altogether destroy the authority of the Chinese Government from one end of the empire to the other, and would give general triumph to that horrible collection of men, who could hardly be regarded as human beings, the rebels who for many years had been desolating that empire. The noble earl had seen with his own eyes the effect of that dreadful strug gle ; and his sentiments of humanity would induce him to do all he could to preserve the power of the Government, the upholding of which could alone re .establish prosperity in China. He had the greatest confidence in the opinion of the noble earl; but he had never been able to comprehend the importance which had always been attached to the pre sence of a British Minister at Pekin. (Hear.) If he were admitted there willingly, with a desire on the part of the Chinese Govetament to have him there for purposes of communication and advice, and to prevent those calamities which had occurred due ing war, then, no doubt, his pre sence would be of groat value to the Chinese Government and to ourselves. But if he were forced upon them, he would be a constant menace and humiliation to the Chinese Government, and b's presence could not be attended with benefit. He implored their lordships to rea•l and ponder the statement of Mr. Alcock, to which reference had been made; they would then see that unless our own merchants and people were controlled, there was no hope of per inanent peace. (Hear, hear.) To that fact more than any other we might trace all the difficulties that had occurred since the trade with China was thrown open. So long as merchants trading to China were under the strict control of the East India Company there was no war ; and a single ship occa sionally visiting Canton was perfectly sulll6ient to protect our interests. Since that time there had been a continued succession of wars; and there was not one to which, directly or indirectly, the reckless avarice of our own people had not materially contributed. He held this last war to have been commenced in utter wantonness ; it was unjust, and was so from the beginning. He held that it was not lawful to make war for the purpose of making money. (Hear) It was a crime. 'We had received one grave rebuke in the progress of our operations since the war began; he hoped that wo might not receive another and a graver. We were now in a position in which it was perhaps impossible to arrest our course ; but it was a position which we had brought upon ourselves ; it was founded upon wrong ; and wrong would not continually be protected by Providence. (Hear, hear.) To hint this was a most distressing subject, for when in India he became well acquainted with the character of war in China. There were statements in the despatches which he then received giving an account of the sufferings of the people in consequence of the war which he dared not publish; he did not dare to make known the horrors which canto to his knowledge in consequence of that war. It would be difficult for us at any time so to conduct a war with China as to avoid a repetition of those horrors— but he felt convinced that the noble earl, seeing the import ance of his mission—how deeply it affected the honour and interests of this country, and the much higher interests of humanity--would endeavour to the utmost of his power to bring these sad hostilities to a pacific termination. (Hear.) Earl GREY said he was convinced that if the Govern ment had wished to give the information which he sought there would not have been the slightest difficulty in pro curing it. Their refusal was a plain symptom of the motives which he had ascribed to the Government. What had a united force of 20,000 French and English soldiers, arriving in China in the middle of summer, to do with the protection of British lives and property at those places where outrages had taken place ? The Government ought, in sonic shape or other, to have invited an expression of opinion on the part of Parliament, when the whole subject could have been carefully considered. lie hope I that the question wouldbe brought before them after the recess. In the meantime, he trusted that their lordships would read the memorandum of Mr. Alcock. It was impossible for them to do so without blushing for the honour of England, and feeling how deep a responsibility this country was incurring by its proceed ings in that quarter. Perhaps it was the best course which they:could adopt to send out the noble earl; but he re gretted that it had not been done sooner. He would not press the motion. - The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that on no occa sion he had been compelled to make an estimate for an ex pedition to China ; and he could at least state that it was perfectly possible, and that it was done in a very short time. The motion was then withdrawn. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord REDESDALE moved—" That no private bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Tuesday, the 3d day of July next. That no bill confirming any provisional order of the Board of Health, or authorising any inclosure of lands under special report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, or for confirming any scheme of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, shall be read a second time after Tues day, the 3d day of July next. That when a bill shall have passed this house with amendments, these orders shall not apply to any new bill sent up from the House of Commons which the chairman of committees shall report to the house is substantially the same as the bill so amended." MR. WHITWORTH'S INVENTIONS. The Earl of CAM PERDOWN asked what steps the Go vernment had taken in order to secure for this country the benefit of Mr. Whitworth's inventions in rifled fire-arms and projectiles. After claiming indulgence as a new member of the house, the noble earl stated that he had given this notice without any communication with Mr. Whitworth. He brought forward the matter, not as a private grievance, but as a question of national importance. It was the duty of the Government to take the earliest opportunity of securing every new invention in regard to fire-artus. In moving the army estimates, Mr. S. Herbert had stated that the increase was partly to be attributed to the necessity of laying in stores of new arms and projectiles .f war, which the advance of science had introduced, and which the neighbouring countries of Europe were rapidly adopting. Acting upon that principle, very large ,orders had been issued by the Government for the Armstrong gun. He did not wish to say a word in disparagement of the admirable invention Sir Wm. Armstrong ; his guns were superior to any previ• ously used, and he deserved credit for the improvement ho had introduced. But he should be glad to have one point ex plained. At present Sir W. Armstrong occupied rather an anomalous position. He had been appointed superintendent of the royal gun factories, and he was also a contractor for the guns. In appointing him superintendent of the factories, the Government could have had no intention of placing in the hands of Sir William and his firm the monopoly of supplying those guns. Recently very great improvements had been made in the artillery invented by Mr. 'Whitworth. Mr. Whitworth was one of those geniuses who fortunately were not rare in this country, who, commencing life as a working man in this metropolis, in the establishment of Messrs. Maudslay and Co., had worked himself up from receiving wages to the height of professional reputation. (Hear, hear.) There was no one more highly looked up to by scientific .. Z. il: 1 VS T' APE.It _ . ~, . I --'• ' ' ' .. --2 ..... man, not only in this country, t ' ' _would. He was almost univeraalitit to '' .., matters in every country. (llea '-. .4..,,Lrteti,. ''' question e'rf r the m easur e s o f this c , r . 'lei e r a - ...' ~.e-e-&len, &len, Mr,- Whitworth 'was quipl o y e to :tret_ e e-ee ery When a new machine was ELMC:IB3 that house, the architeet of the buildinaPplill to Str. Whitworth. He had i nvente d a gun ; and had submittfed it to experiments which had been decidedly successful. Every one who had seen the gun declared that it was the best ever produced. 1.1:-. Whitworth had been induced to turn his attention to the imeroventent of gunnery by an application front the Government of the day in 185 t, in the midst of the Crimean war. In that year Mr. 'Whitworth first turned his attention to this subject, and ever since that time he had been eminently successful in his researches. His ride s. , s astly superior to the rice already in use. He believed that this' ritle,had been considered by two com mittees, and as it appeared with no practical result. as (the Earl of Camperdown) might pethaps be told that financial considerations had prevented its adoption; but could such considerations prevail for a moment when the lives of Lrave men were at stake e Mr. Whitworth had produced a ride which would carry a ball a distance of di miles; and he (Lord Carnperdown) had been informed by a person who had never handled a gun before in his life, diet with one of these rifles he had been able rata distance of two miles to send two shots into a mark six feet high by wee-and-a -half foot broad. Si* J. Burgoyne had stated that he had neverseen a better ormore simple weapon. At the trial not only Sir J. Burgoyne but anumber of the manufacturing population of Lancashire were present. Mr. Fairbaim, who was also present, congratulated the country upon such an ac quisition. There were present, moreover, not only English men but the representatives of foreign sovereigns —parties from the Russian and French armies,aud representatives of almost every Government in Europe. Mr. Whitworth him self had been compelled to erect a manufactory at Man. chester, unaided by the Government, for the sale of these rifles to private persons. He desired therefore to put to her Majesty's Government the question of which he had given notice. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said it would scarcely be necessary to tell the noble earl or to assure their lordships that the great results of the trial of the gun which had been invented by Mr. Whitworth, as exhibited by the experi ments at Southport, had engaged the attention of his right hon. friend the Secretary at War and of her Majesty's Go vernment. Those experiments had attraoted attention in every part of the country, and the report of their results had received the best consideration at the hands of the Mi nistry. He begged further to state that the object of the Government in regard to this matter being simply to obtain for the country the weapon which was moat efficient for warfare, his right hon. friend had determined that &formal trial of this gun should take place, to be under the supervi sion of officers of the Government appointed to superintend experiments of this nature, and who are wholly unconnected with any particular manufacturer or inventor —namely, the members of the Ordnance Select Committee, presided over by an officer of great experience, Cel. St. George, who himself was present at Southport at the first display of the rifled cannon invented and recently exhibited by Mr. Whit worth. Nothing could be more important than that thi e country, distinguished as it was for its triumphs of mechani cal genius, should be provided with the best weapon of defence that could be invented ; and he (Earl do Grey) could assure the noble earl that no adherence to precon ceived opinion would deter her Majesty's Government from selecting that weapon which, after investigation, should turn out to be the best. He was sure, however, that the house would not desire her Majesty's Government to decide without a full and complete examination. They were an xious, therefore, to propose this trial ; Mr. 'Whitworth had declared himself ready to submit his gun to the examination and there could be no question, as the results at Southport showed, that the bun would prove itself a most valuable en gine of warfare under any circumstances under which it might be tried. There was one point, however, in his noble friend's speech which he (Earl de Grey) had heard with less plea sure than the rest. His noble friend appeared to draw an unnecessary comparison between Mr. Whitworth's inven tion and that of Sir W. Armstrong. Both the inventors were men of great ability and remarkable talent—(hear, hear)—and whilst he quite agreed in the eulogy which had been passed upon Mr. Whitworth, he must take exception to that part of his noble friend's speech which seemed to convey something of a reflection on Sir W. Armstrong's present position. There was no intention on the part of her Majesty's Government to give to any one a monopoly of Government manufacture. It would be granted neither to Sir W. Armstrong nor to the company which he represented. The noble earl must remember that the late Government entered into certain arrangements with Sir W. Armstrong relative to the works at Elawick, which were of a very peculiar character. Sir W. Armstrong gave up his inven tion and all the improvements which he had subsequently made it. In return he was appointed to the office of over seer of rifled ordnance, with a salary of £3,000 a-year. Very shortly after a large supply of rifled cannon was required. Sir W. Armstrong was the only person who could make these particular cannon, though other guns could be reads at ordinary iron works or anywhere else. Consequently, Sir W. Armstrong's foundry was established at Woolwich, and General Peel devoted the energies of the gunmakers at Woolwich to rifled ordnance. But his right hon. friend had no intention of giving either to Sir W. Armstrong or to any ono else an exclusive monopoly. If Mr. Whitworth or any other inventor could show any superiorityin his invention, an opportunity would be afforded to hint of displaying it. There was one point, however, connected with the Whit worth rifle to which he would venture to allude. It must be borne in mind that when the trial with the Whitworth and Enfield rifle which had been referred to was made, the Whitworth rifle was a much more costly weapon than that which was ultimately adopted. He was not speaking of great guns ; but in speaking of the rifles, the expense did materially enter into calculation, when there was a question of supplying the army with one sort of weapon. Mr. Whitworth, however, was now able to produce rifles at less cost. He had, he telieved, stated all that his noble friend wished to now. He begged to assure his noble friend there was every intention on the part of the Government to examine this question in the fullest manner, and to decide in the fairest spirit upon the invention which might prove most efficient ; nor need any inventor bo afraid of not obtaining a fair and honourable trial if he were only willing to submit to it. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of CAMPERDOWN, in explanation, begged to disavow having used any expressions which wore in tended to cast any reflection upon the character oz position of Sir W. Armstrong. The subject then dropped, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAX.) The SPEAKER. took the chair at four o'clock. Pll.ll , ATE Duarri.e.. The following bills were considered and (tiered for third reading :—Consett District Water, Lincoln Heath and Market Peeping Roads, Stourbridgo Railway, Wellington (Salop) Water, and Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. THE RECENT DEATH ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY. Mr. DEEDES m ove d an address , for copy of a Utta (with it s i nc l osures ) , from the Admiralty to the Home r office, dated the 6th day of February, 1860, relative to dm death of a boatman on the North Kent Railway.—Ordered. ADMISSION OF ENGLISH GOODS INTO CE. Mr. EGERTON asked RA he Chanceller of the Exche quer whether any supplemental treaty had been arranged between this country and France on the subject of the du ties on goods admitted from this country into France ; and, if so, whether he had any objection to lay it on the table. Lord J. RUSSELL—No such supplemental treaty had been made. SAN JUAN. Mr. LAYFIELD asked what progress had been mad. with reference to the settlement of the San Juan queatioa, and whether Government would object to producing any correspondence that had passed between the British and American Governments on the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL said that communications were going on between the respective Governments with reference to the subject. ANNEXATION OF ITALIAN STATES TO SAR DINIA. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. HENNESSY moved that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday, and asked the Secretary- of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government had advised her Majesty to recognise the annexation of Bologna, Tus cany, Modena, and Parma t o th e ki ng d om o f S ardinia ; an d , if so, wheth er ho is prepared to state the reasons which hero induced the Government to tender such advice to her Majesty. He availed himself of the opportunity to draw the attention • of the house to the gross neglect of Irish busiest,* which characterised the proceedings of Government during the present session. He called on the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for Ireland to state what l i me he intended to pursue with regard to bore l personalmea sures during the present session. for his Ignorance of testimony to the courtesy of the right ed ho t n h .: t e h n e tl w ern aa sn a , a b i u: . that courtesy could not compensate Ireland and the Irish, and ho consider l a e in lor h d en th es e t i Pe or li eil th Se a - t co x m is p ted ete i n n t t t h o at colpe n t t o ry 7i a t s h th t e he no p b l c e retary was with the policy of Vienna and Paris, Sir G. C. LEWIS said that he did not rise to answer the question of the hon. gentleman, but he r em i n d e d the house of the time occupied two or three years ago in tha consideration of Irish affairs to the exclusion of Scotch and English business. That these affairs did not occupy so much of the attention of hon. members was a mat ter of congratulation, because it indicated an improvd state of the condition of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He • must object to the motion of the hon. member for the ad journment of the house until Monday, as it would be neces sary for hon. members meet to-morrow in order to receive a commission. It was not the intention of his noble friend. the Foreign Secretary to propose the resumption of the adjourned debate on the Reform Bill this evening, but to postpone it until altar Easter. (Hear, hear.) THE RECEIVER MASTER OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY IN IRELAND. Mr. WHITESIDE drew the attention of the house to the recent appointment of Mr. Lyle, at prevent Race:Aver Master of the Court of Chancery in Ireland to 'the dignity of Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Londonderry, and to the circumstances under which such appoit ,tment was made. Ho considered the appointment, on the eve of a general election, cf a gentleman like Mr. Lyle, who, from his antecedents and profession, was , not properly qualified for the office, was an insult to thc nobility and gentry of Londonderry. He had no objectill .n to that gen tleman receiving a retiring pension fo,r. his SUMAS, but what he objected to was the appoin Ant ent of a poli tical partisan at such a crisis. Mr. CARDWELL defended the app.() in.tment. Then [Continued in our fourth pas 0.) ~ tha tha ths the ire lrs bra Irs