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PrTTTg 14rg 4 0 e an --- -- NM Meet the difficulty by' the present proposition?—' to cause an inquiry to he made into the conduct of Mr. li s ps' hear.) letink the H. Gentleman, with the Bamstt at Ktesingen, and the whole matter to be sta i t r e t . - Ihe entertaten was justified in bringing forward vestigated. .. question—with his views I think he would be taking Lord J. RUSSELL said, ho trusted .that the I:nhistifiable and legitimate course if he proposed to leg's - moot lost made by the Right flon.our.ableGe;rderata.itearnpoopri: t ,'n the subject. But there ia this appeal to the pre e 8 superior, -e teem ceestilerabie Ithink the Hon. d Learned Gentl or - non of the Members of that Haase _ __ . . an or, - Gentle or s posits would be the means of relieving the la ( Wee with me that it should first be had recourse euabarrasstrient.—alei . a 'subject upon which this tiO u ' e ar•) If be thinks no such ower of appeal Bible to deny that this. WO.B ' i tli then . wttst feel that I imagine the Hon. and f - 6 1 ::, -en ! -d Gentleman House had a right to de r :a be n a d r. a ) n ex ti p e le t n b b a:t;: li n l i t no l H: fi ra .c ri n P e u ° o l s d d . i tottuto. - n be t,tagree- in. the opinion exPressed by toh op sn r cope with the stiblecten"(H'ans hear.) But. .1. _ I M . ' ber for the 'University of .Oxford (Sir R. H. einwhenit appeared to him 'that he would - exclude lin a a o u_n enS Ettyaelf. merely. to the motion of the Hon. g . an y right of inquiry in. respect to tstitilTnarnect Gentleman, without wishing to viva any this n l' HOnse from nature.—(Hear, near.) This House 4 10 :%- u . ca u tt i " h t e o fe t r h e e h tnerits of the -important case he has matters of - this cis. Far be it from me to vindicate the was a party to the passing of the Act of Uniformity, and ittla o , of. any clergyman . who can be shown to have at that he t e! im es e ibt P o_ r t o ci te , s i t t e e nt eu D re iss b e e n t te a rs ne w e e o re c m at e b mb li e e r e s m oi g i b t t , 1 aced in the manner alleged against Mr. Bennett. and (No no.) But at all events, the Act not presume, •to ...offer any. opinion • on. th e ir; liVrt t subjent, for I feel that this is not the l tribu t n he hofavileilliftoramity• hiving ' been passed by them, this House had a right to ask whether the persons who were ap- . Is a „,, a _i h . o dectde the Ca3e.-- (H bear.) feel. atennvoeutence of the House listening to the afatemabentyof, pointed ministers were faithful members of the Church of England—(hear, hear)—or whether, in anlin and . Learned Gentleman,. made with rev i,m. fact, they did not belong to some other Christian coma stop willing to. adant, conscientious y. la /0 2n of in .nu i ry w i t h ou t power to elicit he uired munity. fieving thus established their right tit make be unwise such inquiry, he owned he felt the•greatest difficulty in I t it 'rni_ att o on is a, mockery to which it. a ta ", s o lst use of C ommon t o l en d . sisel i c wa l a l k i t s ef the ut- proceeding to exercise it—a. difficulty arising both in y s hould be real• respect to the mode •in which the inquiry was to be ex am" J o us n. portance .that euele an . inquiry 11'74anent, and .that a Commission _ s h ou ld have com- ercised, and to th e consequences to w h ich i t m i g h t uln a% In nower to elicit the truth.— (Hear, hear.) Ido mately lead. He could not b at f ee l t h at if a C om mission ein . ""in, therefore, the Honnand Learned Gentleman were apeointed, which had no greater powers than were stleitik it. necessary, to press this pa rticular reselu- now allow e d t o t h e Crown . and ehich could not be had which I ad m it h e was perfectly justified in bringing without a special Act of Parliament, they might rather great imp trtance to provoke hostile refusals te answer, and make dissen . sions rardt as it refers to a subject of 4 %asses of her Mesty's subjects.—(Hear, hear.) It between this branch of the Legislature and a Itlite . ' ' l'that the conduct which impossib e he has al- the clergy of the Church of England.—(H heir.) A tar, L t "bed should not b the subject of comment and explans- He could not but fear, also, lest after such interferie,nkcee portion of ell; andthatw heatever.enay be the merit* of the case, the remedy would be found insufficient. Ilebt•- (I t i • n for: Le d iscussiets sheulct not be productive of public advan- i wise, the want of that assistance which they 7 o • But I must to the subject with which I set crier times, in the presence of those Members to of o t_ o h n e nte-that a remedy for such a, grievance as is here al House who were particularly qualified to give an to opinion egad either aloes or does not . exist., .If the remedy,ex- upon such a question. They wanted information th 'as I think it does, i'n, a n appeal to :he Archbishop, those points upon which the Right Hon. d f l ° Rouse will riot I thing, sanction' the issuing of a Chancellor of the Exchequer expressohimself in d Gentleman , : u th t : t ineission:-; of ••ijcluitlr which can- have no - ow r and hesitation—namely, how fir an app ea would lie i u oat e t li . c n it and . secure ear., they., o in e for . m e ation it wishes from c the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the Archbishop tkisdal does, exist, i ' •.ka h tft er . haod, no of anterb . urand how f t a b r is th k e t l o a d w . could be m o b s r t ou s g e h y t . y ...oee exist e it surely is theduty of Parliament to, to bear in matters of. 61onslate on Ihe'stibject;' and provide a remedy. But a that they . were, in a great degree, uninformed ontroissionnsucir as that proposed, points.what the In respect to en- Posed, without the neces- upon those "1 powers to fulfil its task, .would disappoint public Right Honourable Gentleman opposite bad last m s tpecteti o n, an d whilst it would lead to protracted dis• tioned, the circumstances .under which the case came ;II:lions, would not secure the settlement we desire.-- befere the Bishop of , Bath and Wells were at present • ear.) And let me also press u on the attention of unknown to the House. It might be said by some Hon. ',e House that by acceding to the on of the Hon: Members that that furnished an additional reason for Z'l, Learned Gentleman we should be only evading the inquiry. He concurred in than opinion, but at it th et er ,oe sam d e . ilic e b ulty. We should be establishing a precedent time he owned he felt the greatest hesitation p wyou may be sure would-be tound _a - source ot per- mg to glees Tote in favour of an address•to the Crown . entr difficulty' s eed eMharrassment.-- , (11 ,, Ar, hear.) lot. - an inanity that was to begin with the House of Com tloll adopt. this resolution I cannot understand how mons• ' It, as the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last awes clergyman, could he instituted to a living with- said, it was a proper subject for inquiry, and that there Housee - law_ o Casmaions interfering with and chat- . ought to be a full inquiry made into it, be- felt the better tonalg his induction, —(Hear, hear.) In every in course would be to wait until some of the Ministers of re what wou ld you do? • You would address her the Crown were able to ascertain . more o f the tncts, and t t l e :t3n praying c her to instit u te an inquiry into the to obtain such explanation as they might think fit to ta4 I ltY of the induction.- So that if you adopt this ask for in the most friendly spirit, and not with a view 6 1 ' 4 " You will establish mischievous precedent to anything like accusation and impeac . hment. It they li n ks it " lt n e t ee ffetig a , beneficial . settlement of. the made such inquiry, they would then be in a much better f • Etear, s , and difficulties of which you complain position to consider in their places in the Reuse of Com thane near.) I.trust, therefore, the Elon. and Learned ' as ons what course, under the circumstances of toe case, Ve to man will he. satisfied with having amply, cens• they ought to take. He of dnot but tbiek that it pf 3', find ably brought before the house a subject might be finally the duty t e Ministers of the Crown 111:, e , t 7 great importance, and that he is satisfied —net to make new laws upon the subject—but to pro• Saf t ;',,a! Persons connected with ith these transactions can- vide for the more easy operation of the laws already in it ' 4l Placing , their conduct fairly h' 4o re the Public. existence. Those wno . were most learned on the sub thtitll%t th at , the i the .fion. and Learned Gentleman, feelieg ject had informed him . that the . . tenets of . the %N it result of this discussion must be ' 0 hay- en sc- gnsetest diffisulty were in ascertaining what those i tt kllk et "cobiplete view of all the circumstances of the means were which should be retorted to for d re sn 4etione-thet it is his duty, owing to the position he dress. The whole subject being one of transcen ant h tlll ~,'"t tame, in thire question, ther to have recourse to importance, and fraught with consequences so serious, he Met u° which the law supplies, or it the law sup- should certainly, for his own part, be inclined to .hesitate - Ii I retu adY, to propose one to the Legislature. I before giving a formal v• to up on th e sub j ect, ant as the present t , tt ust the H on. an d L earne d G ent l eman w ill not case a tstood he ttwught it better to leave the 1Y h resolution which I feel sure would matter in the hands of the M inisters of the Crown to s tl° ,, 4 , l tsi te e el :f t e .geclivi6a a uanitewitle great inconvenience and ember- consider what steps should be taken, and whether any our future deliberaiona . I beg, therefore, more facts could be ascertained to be laid betore the 1 8 411'2:e the Previou s quest io n . House. Until these steps were taken he could not g oal v ERNEY h •ped the Hun. end Learned Mem- assent to be a twin to an address to the Cro an. 'Wee d not accept the invitation and advice ju t ten- Mr. H. DRUMMOND seid, a question had been a s , to a • o h n pr epoe n t tnn bitt would persist in his motion.. It asked whether subjects of this nature could properly be Oa one pint it was evident l e tha l ted erous to maintain that the head of the brought . before the House. the proper tribunal to discuss In in ttitut ed n ° Power to cause the necessary inquiry to that this license alone was • s ti st %lade nand be altogether deprecated the question. such matters) ? and that was, in asserting the rights of n" . tr lair. jos the manner proposed.. the laity against the usurpation of the priesthood. He t i 'Stl sna ANGUS fully agreed with the Honourable was 130 W contending against things, and not against : L ilo, no(the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that the persons. He cared hare whether a man called himself ili fi 'llp o e f o n th ° ,tintn . one was not a fitting tribunal to adiudi• a Papist or a Protestant —he was against that man who , t . p rteci i ts subj ect , an d that if hey once admitted said that the priests were the Church.—(Hear, hear.) n t !!tie e or Pt i t t s tha t a gr i evance with respect to the in- Whatever might be the lapse of time that had occurred, b ' pl t - ,7ght b e f or .Part!icular individual could elegitimately the original law was unquesuonebly this, and he believed a esibi e - them, occasions on grounds more or less that the present law now was, that no person could be (li e would b e a ii k . ,r, bear _ . 01111 for d preferring similar claims. appointed over any flock in . the Church without that o 'teas e h ttn ",_•) • , Grenting for a moment that a prima flick by some means testifying their acquiescence to such so;s:ilets.titthee :::: wadeout for inquiry, he defied tht-m apponament. That was the 'St thats" tete Position of he R ig h t Honourable Gentle- point they had to maintain, and unless they maintained than all their motions. and atlppone;reeOhltioteowoid not end there. The adoption commissions were utterl useless. o tte . ing th e efth, ould be a mere brutum fWmen, for Mr. SPOONER thought that the case would.be much . s e' u PP th - ' — es te e 'sttion to be appointed, did any worse, and the consequences most serious, if, when they Lae branch wO e u e i d -- 8 - ne ti4e, p u g implicated in this did- were told the facts which were then disclosed, they, the g oose ot th' e Il i " to a tribunal issued by only Commons of England, were to say that these facts should 8-- - „c able c o ii,—_"g 6l 4ture?-01.-ar, hear.) The nut be entertained by them—they would meet the me toe, an,„,`,"' s ua did not consist, as .an tion at once with the previous question.—(ileac.) He ,tnoers o f t sna h a uer . h ad '" were the tiburch of supposed, entirely of agreed with the Right lien. Gentleman the Secretary for 41 de_. .not squall., e_ _ e England —(Hear, hear)—and the Colonies that the inquiry was one that ought to be is:erelduucewitralinatsrgiih:efhitoltnterested in maint sluin the ter- raised, and must be disposed of. But was it di-posing of to which any (Eisen hear.) They e it to say that he would not entertain it ? He said fear ttiarehtni r i submit English churchman lessly that that was nut the way the c)un try would cep it his faith or his practice as a sent to have such an important question treated The here'4he ho h*4e atii) The House consisted . po_ssibly turn which the discussion had taken exhibited a tendency til'etiletlinachilYo'f at 411 e,tsed and believed it did, of a majority of mem- , to leave out the main points submitted to them. The , En ,:events, and consistently attached fa h c e ts H of the case, which, according to the statement of Hon. Member for Cottermouth, could be easily thet a sh eora e of de l and; but would it be contended t Ist ese Perties c ou ld "Itnons was a tribunal to which prov n ed, wer o n . E th o e g s l e a — o . t , hat a professed clergyman of 0 who was dismissed by his It 'm Mr n appeal? Who in that House repre- the Church t Thl°l) pot' a . utehnttls,.,ree parishioners of Frame, the bishop, or rather whose resignation was obtained upon terms, which conveyed the opinion of the etilorsolott ee ; a u s ` l "'ells, and the Bishop par o t f t,e L i o t nt s ? , ninind the guilt of the certain - Bishop of - London of his being unfaithful to his owe;. to Church, had been living abroad for several months, n on Bided ato. tu ti l i tlencate. The. faces as set forth were (Sj P°l ttioa ." " .d Rot be met with en antagonistic during which time he was in the daily habit of at 41rt in authorised to be presented—(Bear)—and tendingthe Roman Catholic masses; that that man he d e was now acting as a Protestant clergyman, having been Insta`iii,aehart,ge Lt? .. :.w l „ of opinion that the Rouse m becoming the instituted by a Protestant bishop to preside over a Pro le.% d ° ' suce• 44 . duty o ana prevent its besot . at once testaut congregation.—(Hear.) He asked whether such la n ilisin, PtlsSious in future, by procee ing id " to t ' t ll whether this motion should be enter- a statement as that made in that House was sufficient to justify them in voting for the previous question? He, 1 - 11 ,, t 2 e °,.... 8. 4 . 4: ` lt'Ve 'Tv' lal le he was of opinion that the . House for one, could do no such thing; neither could haabsent, inns' stse n t - o ught not to b • d an authority on theo- himself from such a division, as he believed others were I ts7 o 4l d ss-ethecetat.-.rectegnisede made e as thepower which about to do; that was not his habit. His constituents kt hup ported PrOper , tribunal in motion, end he there- had a right to know his opinions, and their opinions r the original motion. 1 should be represented by him in that House. If the i t'd ' i ti a ti , a IE (amidst cries for a division) also our question go to a division, he must vote for the motion tor, a mini', ot t h e m oo Member for Ceckermouth. But it was yet Nl th' o t); ! l: e E nt W o D ue e° . • 4 THl . felt deeply the importance of in the power of the Government to take the proper % a poised o s '4 lo n. and, as it had been raised, fully course. They had already gone half way—he' wished en lapse nte necessity of dealing with it. During that they would go the whole way. He wished them to "'nein this - ot yeera the e rs of the Constitution by say that they hal made out a strong prima Adze case, en nonn question cou P l e d w b e settled might heve lapsed into which the House of Cemmons west) •und to inquire; es takh n o n rusty hut depend upon it the country would and they might then ask them to pause in such inquiry. tlalqi,ln investigation of the subject—(Hear hear)— because they did not think the mode now proposed . was V ets t- °ugh he desired to . leave to - hee Majes ' ty's Go- the moat tflectual one for the purpose of such inquiry— n, neet th e "tets t i °manner in which the investigation should be that they themselves would enter into an inquiry, and Oitia t f he did not think the public would rest satisfied would recommend the Crown to take immediate steps sine 0 t such investigation. He thought that this ques- far such inquiry, and that they would come to Pasha- Qoe n n ght to be examined into, and he hoped that the went for additional powers if they thought it necessary r akel a o nr u'int would be enabled to propose some other to do so, in order to remedy that which was a great nit o,n; ihquirn than- that moved by the Hon. Member anti a growing evil. That was the course which the N/01,,a_uckerotith, As an independent Member of that Government ought to take, and not to meet the proposi- Z ; ~and determinedly attached to the Church ot tion by moving the previous question. is e; ❑n. he wee 'sincerely anxious that a full and seerch- Mr. MANGLES said that his Hon. Friend the th e 'lnquiry 'hong be outdo into this matter. He ask• d Member ter Cockermouth did not .ask the House to oithtiamtush not.,taianore the proposition before them turn itself into. a tribunal for this inquiry, but merely kin eit y , B e n a g o g t ft h u t:i n a°n l o practical meens by which her wished by his proposition to put matter . in . a proper e k lltht be brought to r seem "cal head of. the .o:lurch channel for a full and searching investigation. . He d ,Sir n PAKINGTar u P° O the subject.--(Hear.) thought that the real weakness of the Church . . eensis t e e no had ' .. 1 Send he thought that this ea. in the concealment of such facts. In his opinion : h aO. „, not oil y , . been raised, but it was one w hich s trongest point for an inquiry was whether the - Bishop of notes) be raised; but having been raise he was o f 13- th and Wells did institute Mr. Bennett with the full Il e anion that it ought to be dealt with,_ (fl ea ; it (flea; hear.) knowledge of his recorded unfaithfuleent. He would, tt :_ t ad for himself, and he F b . : e n li eZtivbe.kaP.k. - 1 , 7 _ .of th e _ Government .th the sent- however, recommend his Hon. Friend to withdrew his e t e i r ra l iLd v . -e• that this was a motion, ' as they had received a plain, explicit; acid un b h t 7tton which : , in t ' h e av p e o b s was now mistakeable pledge theta bond fide and searching inquiry ti tee 7 t might n° • t ' eaelermice to which but at the Ban" would b. institute - f. t itleo t cos i one, , b ia an inquiri instituted there 'ought on- - Mr. GLADSsaid that they heel heard a long p roe 'll, d ab y to, ,e . o A t the emu mid ar tnledY series of allegations from the Hon. Member for C?cker ay 'me .--(Elars hear ' ) '" Ina c _t only a s a member o d f the Governmente time he must mouth stated with great ability. it was not, in his above allasa ! but as a opinion, at that moment fitting that these allegations Ittelr, of :that blouse, a c C a harch of England, it q , Be and should be examined into. He was bound to say, from kii,•;ll d member o.' the . ho t , , r e opinioneofter having I' tened with p .. b.iii as his .a partial knowledge of the case, that he disputed, and 14 ...e . mbe il 1 r • for no t he he was ready to confute, many of the allegations re ct a? the statement o f the . ll , n. 51 oiled was not the er- made by the lion. Member, and to show that he had not isei e Ti that the mode of inquiry p p . Tcr proposed WiS nut the one iOU èby the I-lon, Member, arid to show that he had not to they ougui to adopt. U , Willl briefly explainallie even correctly quoted the documents to which he he t hey ought to adopt. .--' %"- the Hon. Meta. 4 ferred. This chal!enee he was ready at that moment to 1) 4 fur thiseopinion. He.would call t . Kona solely 'take uP• The ,ion, Member tells him to - do so. He tope e j,ttention to the, that his resolutionnbgwould of Bath do so, and would confine himself only to one case add e!1 in qu a in t: o t h e con d uct o f . t h e Ins op the 1 anthat moment. The Hon. Gentleman stated that the lin t fella s in - b • - Mr. Bstinett to Bisho smog instituted Pof Bath and Wll •modest rand humble he n of Prome:—(Hear, hear.) They could not fail to praye r of t h e • . . e es in a a . the Bishop innuire, but peutioners, was asked to consider and Of 4 4t tier what was already wellknown, that but refused tha t the haughty prelate of Bath and Wells V• itsu a ll „ 4 , ll4 Wills was not only advanced in years.. to acquiesce. In ,the a nn n e " inspaired in bealth. He Could not vindicate his hand a paeneht t • Now he (Ur. Gladston ,, ) held in Fr m who e , published by a Mr. Crutwell, of 7,it auc.t of the t ßiehop but it aeared to,hins that 0 Bennett, was formed adve and this Y rse to appointment of s'ett e4l tle —ae t wasnot ' the - ' real question which the, Hon. Mr. t d• • gentleman. in s ootqug the 'memo sll -tahn had: ' was, the nal referredo,. istiuctly stated that the of •t ...aged.reteed, The real question, . 4. d was not to consider and inquir „ at prayer 1 s' e ‘tid d e 2 4d ,ucti9l..ar..tenuett at li.issingans which • : : r Ike 8, but It was, not to grant stitution os sax B , • ",te -41 ' - (II hear.) The II n• Member the in , , • Bennett, e e e inquiry, —(Ileac, ear o e 0 • He wanted to know whether s• to censider and * , quire" nai l Qose'rMoutn had stated all the facts of the case wart the same thing , institution to Mr. B • r4 ltip„,' " , Paritonla •y'- It appeared. to him (Sir J. es to refuse , mbar in thinkin tehnuntett. liacinicurred with that q, ° l) , if i'he . Hen. Gentlemin's statement was true, 1 the Hon. .puss l etil lf a man ehogpretentr allegations were, kid th e " aennett mtist be regarded as a ROMau Catholic, I most ter action be a clergyman of England was i n lan n, -re ore entirely urifiL to hold his present appoint- of the Church or in heart a "--11'. 4 k "mbar th a r , . ar.) But he submitted to the on. mem n inexpedient deserved However in OuPp ea nnrat far .as they knew they hut no reason to condign punis • •hment. expedient it was t the scene of theulogtcal ° wits i t - 'hat tker cOrid 0c t of Mr. B 'nnett at Kiseingen make that House .discussion, le "'in tSa Bishop • - • B. •B. ' his • , Ih• still a question . which could scarce' H however,Y be ex • the i• . 0 4 a at the lime of institution ,t is was If ' 2 ' iv i n . --,-.' aisiderattoc. e, rose for the f g at. greme. On the Contrary, he believsd, l'cluded from their ci _ tithe ante of the - ease his obj.-ction to oil vague or in b net% ~. were investigited, that the cir• I the purpose of deolering _ was right that they should know o nt a n c e'ff fefs institution to Fr me was the mean;'of 1 d -finite pledges. It - n • as to be. Nothing utit ' ''''k (nit 'h - . Fro - , th e ~ aWent s te.harioceuted at Ktssingen.—(Hear n , what the it; o a motion c illoig upon the Ind ""ittneof the Hon Member did net t ih the ' el induce him to agree to the uet of hirr , , _.. . . ein. 1 wou • in knew it would la_ n estr e • ''''' t menet at ..Ktenegen. Looking, term, at Crown to do a formal manner what he . h at the same time, o 4 EL ° ltuvet ie .4 IP inging th. se cases before fail in i f it attempted to do it. But, a e ine , ..,. .. nee _ , d — 'see m • en , immens: and making them the 'subject of , admitted that a most serio us tso 'seem in i d i d Wells in pro- Beth an . , os st D „, ,t ~St ~ o s.,unisss under circumsr.,nee s of ! newel) , whether the Bishop of ~ Fr 0,,, ,, -. make - L .s.ng necessi; . he 'height it most un ak, advimsble' ' ' ' Nt B- nett to the living l Oft , the m e nt a i - t .Y , . ceetin,g to in,titute , r. .11 law. fo r° ltie the ' n f Mr. to th 1 • ' 'according to the letter and spirit of the . hattntioP of • Bennett e tying had acted the whole conduct a te h e , ttuhject at a; metion—(Rear, hear.) Be- lAs that was the question, of course li 'eti 4 'at no* ,a t ' a ' motion.,- had fallen' f B ennett . d' that. It tippeare • then, lii Ron Gent:/ntittia he advert , 0 , what .t Landon, E°M of Mr. was relevant to I „,,'*, i t no , o lain raspeet to ti e Bishop oof to an to him, that th e Gevernment, instead agreeing . - " 4 an '' °V,Pe4 to come within his o wn knowledge, address to the Crown must in a friendly spit, make Nie Poo toettiurit ' lia d' ' b'that there , •' - ' '' h ' would enable them ti dense t .e. 3 , . ,eool ho t d oubt,. ~. f tie en _ 0 sho,w.',lnit then nonage of the Bishop of Lon- to judge what funher steps should be taken I'n the ulna upon the & co o •- - e _. a s 'tn that 1 - ton referred to conveyeo au - . fur' f I • f• It that the strong un matter. Lie t,,r one had fur a .. , ing time • sight t al t s su re am t oi i i h w o ve known to the Hon. Gentleman he ecclesiastical law was in a most defective and imperfect est t o 4. a -49 1 i; Gertgopart would not evince the condition in respect to a case which, though a rare one, ref ,to tO Plaitts the Right Reverend was yet a:possible case—namely, that in which it might 6 , Oil, e S eand rin 4'. , ‘... of e -ato m ,-,. . , P 1 ...tut5. thstter --(HAar ) Under the Ibe necessary to put the in motion against a Bishop to„. 'laces iii;_liad' c u p • . . ' • . h4rae to no _ ~ . ntionedeha•eit that the riebt for the purpose of tying him up to his duty. He fully eine wee not clan prop( ab • ad? aud Il e ne - . nte o 3 , t h e H oe , g e ms coecurr-d ill the sus acs tun of •'the Noble Lord the o , No ah _ pp;l that he w ia 411 ., latit' l 4:resa the House to Met:atter fir Lom m , "hat h iki ~.uyotk, ~, At, the sauna male` he trusted that Mr. WALrOLE said it was to, 'be deprecated the " s t pooeitis ilia 'Li . • W o uld .be ta •nt making the liettle of Common the arena fordiseuesieg -- - , 60 IT9 e au ow LI}MD 0 theological subjects if it were at all possible to avoid it. Ho, however, concurred with the. Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, that a else had been made out whack not only invited but demanded inquiry. —(Hear, hear.) For if any minister be institutedento a benefice of the Church while he was in fact, or was likely to he, a member of sews! other Christianeornmunion, it was state of things which ought not to be. allowed. And if the law be not strong enough to prevent such an abuse, it ought to be made strong enou gh --(1-1-ear, hear.) .The Hon. Member for Warwickshire (Mr: Spooner) said, by moving the previous question - they ~ Wore-shelving. the main proposition; that was not the case. By thaoeurse - tqbatiwoenr put. rhis was an important 'shoauklidngnorthneoywwbe,re s i m ply saying that the' consideration in reference to the motion before the Houie. Let him call the Ron. Member's ,attention to the facts connected with it.. A motioh stood on 4.he _notice-book.. for a fortnight•or more, by which it was intimated that.. the Hon. Member for Cockermouth was geeing to ce ll attention to the institution of Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of -Frome. Now, until yesterday the :House . was not aware of the precise intentien of the Houour-- atio Member - for Cockermouth.—(fltiae, ,hear ) So' little was he (Mr:Walpole) aware of them, that-he asked the question of many of his own friends, and they were utterly unconscious the motion of the Hon. Gentleman was sOrtout to take the turn it assumed in consequence of: the notice.given by him last night. Ha mentioned these facts in common fairness and justice to thosapertioa,who were implicated by the speech addressed that evening by, the lion. Member to that House, to show that they ought to be- allowed a proper . ,opportunity of explaining the facts and circumstances of the case as far as they. related to them. He referred to the Bishop of Loudon, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the ,patron ef the living. Under these circumstances, he asked if thiemoi-, ing of the previous question was not the proper course to rake. He would follow it up .hy saying, that in cep- sequence of the observations of his Noble Friend oppo, site, supported as they were by the Right Il i nourable Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford, that the Government would - in a friendly spirit institute such an inquiry as was suggested in reference to the institution of Mr. Bennett to the living of FCOBIO, and particulirly in reference to , the question whether the law could be mode to meet ,the evil 'of . which they so generally complained.—(Hear. hear.).. Mere than that he hardly thought the Government _could be, called, upon to undertake. The House, might tall upon them to do that, and the Government would be prepared to obey that call.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that this was the proper way of proceeding, in order that full justice to all parties might be done, and not by an address to the Crown, founded upon what was after all uncertain information. In order, then, that the question might be simply and satisfactorily investigated, the GOvern merit were anxious to carry out the inquiry in the spirit suggested by the Noble. Lord, if they were permitted to do so.—(Hear. hear.) . Lord R. GROSVENOR said that but-for the promise which had. been made by the Right Hon. Gentlemen. (Mr. Walpble) on behalf of the Government, he should have felt it to be his duty ,to yote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Poekermouth (Mr. Borman) ; bht after the prom:se ha been made that the subject which had to-night been brought before thaHotise should be thoroughly investigated, and in a friendly manner,, by the Government, and that they would .then come forward and state whether or not it was desirable that the law should be 'altered, he trusted the Hon. Member would. , not press his motion to a division. - Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the opinions of those Hon. Members who agreed with his Hon. Colleague in think ing that an inquiry was demanded in this matter, which was one certainly of great importance to the nation, would be shown to the public by a division upon the, subject. He could not concur with the Noble Lord who spoke last, when he said he was satisfied wit . the speech of the Home Secretary—(Hear, hear.) - Fur his part, he should like to know, first, when the inquiry was to be made, by whom it wat to be made, and when the House would have an opportunity of considering and deciding upon the report of such an inquiry: SO tar from being satisfied, then, his previous dissatisfaction was only in creased by the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman. From tee Chancellor of the Exchequer he heard not a word about the concession of an inspiry. Oa the con trary. t e e Right Hon. Gentleman said the House of Com monse was note fit place for theological controversy, and thst it was incenveoient to discuss these questions there. True, it was not the place for theological controversy; but, in his opinion, it was the place of all others in which a n appeal ought to be made for an inquiry; and bethought the House, would not be doing its duty to the country, if it did not express its wish and determination that an in quiry should be made —(Cheers..) He hoped, there fore, that his Hon. Colleague weuld divide.—(Cheera.) Mr. HORSMAN (in reply) said he had not the smallest difficulty in deciding as to the course which it was his 'duty to pursue, though he had certainly some difficulty in reconciling the various reasons which had ben urged upon him for adopting a different course. (Hear, hear.) Before noticing them, however, he must be permitted to say one word with regard to the extra ordinary attack, he might call it, which had been made against him by the Right Hon. Member for the Univer sity of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone). That Right Hon. Gentleman set out by observing that, at the proper time, ho would be prepared to impugn and disprove some of his (Mr. Ilorsman'a) most important statements. Now, considering that these statements bad been made in the presence of the assembled House of Commons, he thought the proper time for confuting them was the time at which they were made, and that the proper company iu which to confute them was the company in which they were made.—(Cheers.) But the Right Hon. Gen tleman did not think it a convenient time, and wished to postpone his confutation to a more appropriate season.—(Hear.) He (Mr. tioraman) invited the Right Honourable Gentleman to confute his statements. 01 said the Right Hon. Gentleman, " I will do so now ;" and he thereupon proceeded to notice one of those statements, but left all the others untouched. In en deavouring to show, however. how capable he (Mr. Horsman) was of misquoting, the Right Hon. Gentle man was himself guilty of one of the grossest misquota tions he had ever heard in that liouse.—(No.) He would prove ite--(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentlemah said that he (Mr. Horsman) had stated that the me morialists called upon the Bishop of Bath and Wells to institute an inquiry, and that to that petition, he gave the answer which he (Mr.' foreman) had characterised as a haughty answersL-ati answer which breathed the spirit of Laud.—(Cheers.) Now it so happened that he did not apply these expressions to the answer which was returned to the memorial. but to the answer which was returned to the second letter 'addressed to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. He had stated that that se cond letter of the Bishop well deserved to be charac terised as he (Ur. Horsman) had characterised it. That letter was an answer to a meek and reasonable request to give the parties 14 days more delay, and it was that answer which he had designated as haughty, and as breathing the spirit of Loud.—(Cheers.) He asked then, whether the Right Honourable Gentleman bad not made a charge which he himself must feel was totally un becoming hisassaition in that House?—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he (Ms Horsman) must be aware that he had not honestly quoted the documents which he had brought before the House. What was the me :rang of that? Did he mean that; holding a document in his hand, he (Mr. Horsman) had falsified its reading to the House; the Right Hon. Gentleman having a coun terpart of that document in his own hand at the time, and being fortunately able to detect it?—(Cheers.) Was that the Right Hon. Gentleman's meaning? But he would not pursue the subject further. Ho would leave it to the Right Hon. Gentleman and the House to say whether, for the statement he had made, he deserved an accusation which he should be ashamed to make against the Right Ron. Gentleman or any other Member of that- Houss.—(Cheers.) Of the manner in which his motion had been treated by other 'Hon. Gentlemen who bad taken part in the debate he had not the smallest disa' position to complain. He must admit, as the Chancellor' of the Exchequer had observed, that' the motion was an embarrassing one. It was'equally true that every. thing connected with those questions which respected the Established aura, and Which so much agitated the country, was most embarrassing. But what was that Church of .England of which they had been speak ing ? 'Was it.not a Church' that had been established by Act of Parliament.? Did it not rest upon an Act of Parliament P Did not its ministers receive their privi leges and pay under. in Act of Parliament ? And if the Parliament of England had established a church, With a staff of ministers for the propagation of a particular faith, and the teaching of certain doctrines, and it it were alleged that the men 'who were the agents and servants of that church used their priviliges and their power to teach very different doetrines, then he wanted to know whether the Parliainent, which bad established that Church for certain purposes, was not in reality the very tribunal to consider whether those purposes bad been answered or net•?—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the motion ' was very vague and indefinite in its character. Of conrse be (Mr. Horsman) was quite prepared, in bringing forward an ecclesiastical question for the consideration of the House of Com mons, to find it met as a qiestion of great difficulty, delicacy, and embarrassment.. He knew well. that the first ground. which would be taken was the technicality of his motion. He knew that if ho had proposed a Com- mission it would have been objected to, and that the very fact of its being a definite course would have laid it open to difficulty What did be do then? He proposed merely that her Majesty, as heed of the Church, should be petitioned by this Hotise graciously to institute an inquiry —that ' lion)oraqs oamp u wno i m r nens y roi.s i nwbesi( t hlo h aisift a chyeh t ote hu i arh he, had q hdla u e i naob r ddrue y i. deer)eren being, lsturisiuopgr h proposed r o rs-t f ooth c e:ped o t ota u tiho r deeen a dvs e ichlythechaifaanotrat Ministers t e dthaeh d erneus o l on. inquiry; 4 ep i fu n rpcis the ;ttsr hhyoi e:;f it for theof own hands ,to :siege but he left the l mode of inquiry expressly open to the Government._ House to diatate to them, what should be the It was not for him to suggest, nor was purposely left to the Gove rn ment mode qtairY the inquiry. If the Crown .to institute that f might i n td t rdaein stituted their they agreed to an Me ;and his motion expressly and anti the largest disoretiorei."n" inquiry in such • most efficient and pro t the very fullest powers the inquiry , but it must not be what the. F fs lea ) ve it in their hands, " friendly inquiry"—(Chea rs e_ ; ( 3 , 0 Secretary termed a these " friendly ... Weye r he. knew well what they wanted to stifle a question s e; Ji le (Re art 'hears) If set on foot a " friendly incoiry," andy hadto do was to Parlia mentary Committee to sit upon i t . ,g e e t wanted was a judicial inquiry. This House arra ir r Y i e tt to demand a judicial inquiry, and ptovidad eli t e % G aright instituted such an inquiry, he was most willing the matter in their hands.. Nothing elae n a ° judicial inquiry would be. satisfactory, especially after the admission of the Government that the question ought not to be suffered to rest where it-was 4 th at it was boo important to be left there. Under these oir. he mw:nh_uni c r s entirely) they 1 tr" .6 ` ; •,0 1 ti : e tiA I.lt, • off' ,if JO 7 ;!'4 r ti * 1,1 19 )j,l 4 'kr: „_n!i ~1 , • dtil ,;:, aU 'I ?' , ; 10 4 :i 311'' , P'•:74 1 ! , )1 6 ,f1,4 `~ :3° f+~ ` ~~.. I ' , 14 i) b•w" ,4 0 . es') .~,~ R ,i. ~~~ i, • IP' At Au / 7,d( 6 ,e0 44 1 , ' r ‘1_4.4, - 1 4 ' sJe' ;, APRIL WIIDNESDAY cumstances he did not think he should be doing his duty if he consented to withdraw the raotion.--(Cheers.) He haA browser it forward with n specific purpose. Lecause ha telt that the evil vras growing and ought to be met_; and haying done this he should certainly press 'it to, a divisione--(Lend cheers.) --- -.-- -- - - : . - Mr..GLADS PONE Was sure the House_ would feel that, after what hacisfellen . from the ,Hon. Gentlemoo, some explanation was fi n e o e t e_tis hi a ir ry ing on qu h 6 i t s e - d p , a , r h e o — ne ( s il ti e y e ,..., r. s j , The Hon. Gentlemen had stated that he (Mr . Gladstone) d ha oeum dch r a u rg t e r d o. h li i i3 es ie w k i h h hi4d reftertwd Au, tln.ooo,rse ot.,hls , sp eeo h;:. Nose. bis (Ntr. Gladstone'e)memory might err. like that of others; but his recollection was strong-that he. had never used such an offensive or improper word., —(Heer,sbear.) ~ If he ; 18 4 wade 4,e' he - would be the first to, epulogise foe...invite (bone. so; ,but, he- bed „not - ,useci the,word " henestlyXtrod. he had merely charged the Right Hon. Gentleman 1 9 w f itlez E t x ha Q y a in E g 4 -q u ue s tes: is lex ers . : reetly.,-(lleaes hear.) ... ... , - e e s - se . . . e w i tl e. l a i ‘ n h t ! e d . h ' e C e il li h at, bl e xt e l d r 6 . d : L f il e l :: s ° r e s d it usa: 4k n . t h h e: H re ot e is r: e y . ;_e s in c e ) , mi s taken. lie etheChae e, oef i et , of the ExciuquOr),hs4 never, deniedfor one ramscosn't the grave importance of the, s e ei s ; e t ,whioh,the. li t: D o c : obi,. : Gi l v e t h ti : e; h e he ll edi k h ird e . 1 40 H y 9 ;7 ts t : S ar o iv r at w tt i a eo r l d l 3 . . In a . e a ,i t _, undressed_„ s h s a v : : stated that it was impossible to exaggerate its import- • p t e h e i r e r c f. e e ' u lion.a s difficulties I st a k e ' et with h e: t a n wt I w t eh o u if h e which he l'b o h e . a 4 e y had Membershtiwade, ia d d te i c ' l ' ti e t: : : : : : : P w di: e t ds 4 i f ; e t a ' 7i proposition aBAkyot which o l t : e h ' ,o ss wei n : d gc ; kwal listening apsc, xotnexlo which h i a t i with ' itt ' hgreat would attention is t o the Honourable. appea Gentleman ' s t 9. b jll . i st t a h t a e t t atElhaer; proposition b e a ekno,httowhekaat hd d t hee g i fa c e ns d ae loi, d ii syie.t o otd n hbi c edije:ti : hoo t : rt - bad no wish whatever to'honitty pressioa that he did not hitesell teel'thelbsofute neces sity of inquiry. When thellon. Gentlaben skid that* friendly inquiry had been offered; but that he ee quired - a " judiciarinquiry," he (the • CtienUellor of this Excheqier) must tell him that the ditifeditp- which he felt when, he first rose, and which lie, still continued to feel, Was that he did !iti n A o ti t ic ee ith e tei h m o ot w oyha t e p air r esen i advised a judicial inquiry could be instituted . 'He would'not talk uf4 . fgen isp d i ly i i e n ti q u ii i i t. 7, could nht'promiss a, 5 ~1 'Governmentl d w h ti a l i t s e I • t . t e. 1 . .h br a e f2e t oon t r h el e i ag r ti o e nd . : 11 tan fl e f e d s be o of 4:hnea fide inquiry'; g a b n i tl ii . at ull 'te d-e h r i ' a the ti e e fre H u o i t ,ju Gentleman , ought t.e. ask her Mis,jesty ' do.—(Hear.) The subjhet 'brought befoi.i.the Hotiie-L5 .. .. important as it was-was surrounded . _With_ difficulties . ; No person could .ci entend that there were mean s • e e j oga i, tuting a judicial inquiry as at present .. advised, and he could only say on the pu . rt of`; the.-GovernMent that the . grave ctre curnstancesalleged. — (tierer.) - .. _ ~. inquiry_ . Trfetollor:lmelaid.ibliveidoialet,sdEbm,°lmnwahGauhioeN:etshfiinow:dithneto:h;i:orcil:,pu.osaiG.rsilYiee.dilene:,-br::e:o:t,wlh,iliexttreharcere.teGfluol., • Against it ...... ..• 's. .•-• 100 - n - IMSjority•againdt the motion - FO • Lord . DUDLEY * STUART, puritiant itno 'notice, continuation' •' ,atooymeaokme communications n f i ° ca li t o i w on in s g w Governments,v ernui ent of . t his countryrespecting t a h n e d fi l o tt u r g k s e t y i , a o and gees detained at litutayah, from the-date •of the lase - dispatch uet)rethi o s n H t o h o is se su p b p je t e o t, th a e e p op re y; e o n f t W tim b i e e h. ( of papers already presented to Parliament)" It would be in the recollection of the Housethaevery early in 1850 he drew their attention to the 'events' which had taken place in Hungary and Turkey,hndpa a r i t t i e c r til h er a l v y in t g o the .demand made, as he thought most un j u s t ifiably, be the Governments of Austria and Russ ia u p o n the Sultan for the surrender of certain refugees. who, taken part in the struggle which had•t hen rec ently pre vailed tor the liberty and independenc e of . Hungary; had sought an asylum in the territory of r iurkeY. The Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton , a f t er s tating his agreed opinion on those transactions, ' table of the House a selection fro m the dis patches which had passed between t h o se different Govern- . ments. A very considerable time elaps ed befor e those papers were forthcoming, and itewatr not until 1851, afte r he had reminded his "Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston) o f his ecl to laythe on • promise, that the promise was - hailed. ..His N o e& Friend then laid on the table two dispatches, one or which felated to the -refugees who had' been t hut - up in Turkey. His present motion only contemplated a con. tinuation of those dispatches. All that he asked was,tha , inasmuch as this correspondence only came down to' April, 1850, that they should have other papers laid on the table which would bring down the corrOpcindeece to. the time of the liberation of those refugees' on the Ist et. September orereo olt had said, TheNtl:libalteiLt those ord•at, the bead of,the late Government the table of the House they would pr P o ß v P irtil 6r a w tth e gi e l ßri d ti - o at . Government had in reality clones t h a t- whioh the Ameri can Government claimed t o h ave donee -namely, to have effected the liberation of the captives-of Kiutayah. ' The present Chancellor of,the Exclifquer; Whea he (Lord D: s S a t t u d a h rt e ) o a o p o p l i d ied oo t t o th h h i i m k th on er - e th w is ou s l u d bj b e g ct sau v y ery oh o je b o li t g lo i u ng t ly t ' ) : c to o n t s h u e l i t r t p h r e o ' d o F o o tt r o e u ig . n : H o ffi e : c e (li b o e r f d or p ee . le s e t .. u, the production of 'tho s e ' p a p ers , -b i t that he Anita Stuart) had since learnt consent learnt with regret that the Right Honourable Gentle man a a w t eulidosfseetof it t eo h w on 1,1 . filutY could be resisted. It was well known that when the re fugees from Hungary sought s h e lt e r 'in Tutkey, the Go d. t h o at op g p ro o o se od th s i s s o motion. He such a motion vernments of Austria and Russia addressed to the Sul tan a demand at which the feelings of all Europe re volted, that those refugees should be delivered up to the vengeance of those Governments; and if the British Government had beau so instrumental, as was repre sented, in procuring the liberation of the captives, that of itself was a sufficient reason why the dispatches iv question should be laid on the table of the House. • Hs was very glad that Englaed and the United States were united in the liberation of kosstith and the other refu gees; and he did not at all • want to detract from the merits of the United Stateein what „they had done; but his 'belief wad that the Misgissippi 'might buts remained at the - Dardanelles till this time if .it had not - been fir thteenerge tie representationi made upon the ifibject by the British*Government.' If . the papers he *asked • for e right ge o ;heat granted,twoi ,withheld it t nh h t s hwnel, t . ht a oni e totih t teimby w eepde h td a di dt l i to d 4nh owi established — iflebtoeieit:oh6woheoaoi tny_lwithhold country iowou ldeeii :if,p6pur:nhtieasi t r,: h eieoh e r j ane . : to *bleb they were' ntitled. The, papers ought to be given for the justification of the Noble Lord the Member ' appear to be something like a want s t m o o r uo sati . Tiverton; itusyo Itibreosr 4i si od n i d tdh of generosity to the late GOvernmentin now withholds' ing them. The only reason that -could -be given for withholding them was, that it might be unpleasant to the Governments of Austria and of &nisi& to have it shown that the representations of the "British anibassiador 'at Constantinople were attended with' More" Weight than theirs were; and further, that their' . papers Might ,show great vacillation on the pert of *the Porte as to the liberation' of the refugees. But he thoughtehese reasons were not Of weight sufficient to justify the withholding of these papers, and therefore he would move the reso lution of which he had given notice. , f vnmisiih_tteciedooth. Mr. HUME seconded the motion s on the . ground that the people of this country had taken a - great interest in - calling*:on the GO "his question, and had held meetings on the subject froth one end of the country to the other; these 'refheees. , He vernment to interfere on behalf' of thought, therefore, the papers ought to 'be given, in or.; t i y q w u bh e e s ic t P i be o r n has been - patio itatelhtit; 'der to show that the confidence of _the people had not been misplaced, but that the Government had exerted Lord PALMERSTON—As I One inueh•eoneerned in Noble Friend has al themselvei to carry vat the tl'ikeet°tPhicel people: t s o far as ram concerned, sand I believe I may say also t r up r n e e ir s i p hytt o n ap d sf teeinrc the for the Government of which I w.a& then a iiierilVer, that we have no objection - to granting , the the o lu p d p e o e d a r , g the motion of my Noble Friend. It is a fact known to'all ..the world that I ' these refugees were detained in Tarkey for‘aconsiderable por tion of time, against. the the natural wishes of the Turkish Gover nment, but in deference to the apprehen sions and 'the wishes of the GOvernment of Austria. I am not here to blame or to find fault -with' the Govern- went of Austria for the feelings--theyme 'entertained with regard to these persc e nsese(Hear. T e • hpy did entertain a feeling of :alarm, which was no doubt sincere. but it was the opinion of her M a j est y 's Gorse :lament , e that Austria had no right to dictate to the Porte in what manner the Sultan should exercise the rights of hospitality. towards persons who had committed no Offetice against Turkey; and that he was entitled, if he chose, to set those refugees free. The British Government did,..e rto _ . y intervention , and by the exertions of her Majesty's arnbsestatir at Constantinople, repeatedly and cormantipurge.npOnthe Porte to give way to its own .inclinationie and to 'permit these refugees to leave Turkey., ~ " 01- course , everybody who knows the relatiio 'strength of 'f, ll 'nei and her powerful neighbour will at once see that, with every dis position to act upon the s• `geherOu feelings - or the: Sultan, there were'nevertheless considerations-of prudence and policy which interfered . with- bit . free'choicuin a matter of this kind,- and-it- - became - :the re-important -for Turkey that it should be abloto allegeenetepp eet of the wishes of its own' Government the urgency -se, a foreign Government pressing upon them - to det thatewhich they felt to be just and proper. In whet degree the-A/110A:- can Government contributed -to jprodaeeethis reeult, I am not able to state. No donbtitt...ex, 4 i 4r P e dAtlhauence to accomplish the same purpose r elPoaww::lehoured to achieve, but the correspondence will h ... hat was done by - the,Britiah . Ekovernesent. Thetis whicheu the Flo m . is coneerneifto know. . I have only farther . _ to say; th at by a careful selections - of the 'fisPerg °' i eeth: dispatched from the Foreign-office; and the e rep! f eta her hi a . en what were•the eff or t s jesty's ambassador--it will be'se __ . nee of the .British Government , and what, eee attender' •'' * - - - —e -- e -- Ivit s the very ything that Would r' li . Holloway's 1 e._..... those eff)rte, without containing W.l.be - L .,,DVERTISEMENT. — d weal , stoma es to the offansive to the feelings; or distrusting _ .s opinions of best Remedy for Bile, ndigestion,ranA PiecadillY, Man the Governments either of- 'Auseriee':!,ll-e,V,10; ~I.shall Extract of a letter from Mr. Rieh ,, a s t r,... The gratituclil owe. therefore support the motion of my .. , : , ,, , , o r T E , r ,; . tr,,, , i . . chester, to Professor Holloway. cure I have derived by The caiiNcEtLon ef• the EA-`-'" l4 `-`r.' The ;to R-- , is great for the extraordinary sixty-four ) ears of age, and stated seer t - takin our wonderftil Pills. Noble Lord who made this raotionshae , Ytruly mare . . , ly frombile an in_ d - I suffered so severe ...received o f /Apra. 'saving b een for than forty years s en to me. 1 that I held•the opinion, a airier . d d* ' 'that life a complete. btird id get 'no pernia. with regar to a cor a di was placed on the table of the House ..ft. was u _ themedicaladvise at all timeselmt con n best Pills, and they have so in pleted diplomatic correspondence,- that • i upon th° nent relief. At length I tried your to the most robust whole desirable that the sequel of that correspondenc e - , I vi orated my constitution that Ism restores p ofeuer Holloway's should be given, but thit on •a: . s ubs . equent . oceasim and at r • heitlth....--Sold by all druggists a • gdiring•at the Foreign.ondcin. . . • told the , Noble Lord that, afteren i , Establishmeat , 244, Strand, L hat vsould be - A . aver of highways for a office, I had , reason to doubt. whether. a 'ex' -' NUI SANCE. .. —The surv-, returned ia his t , Noble Lord thatlately.repot dent course. I eau ! assent the,' . . , w prudent ee tow I' - in the Forest of,Desg- de in the schedule, ns ip • m any desire to After th e Ivor did not arrive at that conclusion- fro ,„ e . de- the following answer ' s s A- e Wrote eWe are plagoed,with tract from the meritteof bur-predecessor.,:: yas!! riser.) State all the nuisancFS,"___ .. _ 4 . Thseaccuilul. *near to have been The factis, there had been, aseiseweu known , _ a gt:eat . a great deal of Irialt.''., , ceticg, held - at a club= th . t a town'am deal of aorinionioak feeling existing; oa.. e 'subject J , examinedand -allowed et mixed up • . • between the various ,COurts , which were i .. . in . room in the•villege. .. _ s ix/MTS.It is shown by a this question. f Happily, ' all those - feelings of t i t t ler d i nn enY 1 ' GRAIO , &my PAM.. ted on ' Monday) that the gross geed un era n n are now allaYed. Thereis now a e r g , as , • return to• Parliament ( p led by the " grand juries of the there has been for some,timapast;" between the' %doting amount of presentmenW -nano towns in Ireland for the yo re b cities, and ~ of Constantinople and of , Vienna,•antl'i t was. h 82' Iffrdheiaded- : several counties,' ' ad , o f wine ,112/. 3i. ild- were y that e epon the whale, it would bit:better thee':-thi s ' ; 1851* was ;944,9.241. 3 2 i gly i20,034c,'10. 4 }id. were repiOnents . mats of correspondence • hi o i t -wiCltankh& with.painful 7:forpolic - chikrities, _... _ . . ,• Ti ' l ' of advcea to qinerrul lym " . :. - :,, , , . , _ an- -- - recollections of the past, and - might revive feelings now hsppily allayed, should not he again brought under the notice of the country, a nd p a infully obtruded upon the consideration of Europe. But .after ,the appeal which has been made to us by the Noble Lord—and especially -afpr - the observations of the Noble Lord the Member • far Tiverton, and after the statement on his part, which would lead the House to suppose that we were preventing the, publication of documents that are necessary to - the vindication of his pclley—l can assure the Noble Lord .that I shall pot persist in my opposition.—(Hear.) ape have no rpersonal • feeling in She , mittert , and, in trtith, .01,first impreisioa watt that he- publication of thesetio e-dments would be disagreeable and inconvenient to the .Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton and the Noble L)ed•opposite (Lord Johnauesell). Bag these Noble Lords think that the documents tend to their,honour, - \sod-to the vindication of their polity, I have no farther Q ujentiou„,—(Hear, hear.) - JOIINRUSSELL—I aO2 very glad to hosr-the "Right Boa:Gentleman say he - will accede to the moalon. xfy opinionds that it , was•not only right in •the Noble. Lord' the-Member for Tiverton to make tke represents- .dens hirditi on this subject; but I consider that it was sti honour to this country to take the part it did -take in referenee to these _refugees. We did not think it Was certsistent with our duty,. or with the policy ,of this country; to take part With•the war in Hungary.—(lLar, near,) Bat when they tied ,to take refuge in Turkey, 44d: when Turkey. was „disposed to.accord to them h 05.71, ? itality, and, after a, proper time to.allow them to pro.. (teed to other countries, we thought it right thst the l upport of this country should begiven to enablel'urkey to carry-oat these views. I always thought it redounded w the honour of :ibis :country to have taken this part, and any , 4m:talents which will show the manner in which these _representations were •made, and how. • - lar nestlY, tlaea‘Toble Lord repeated his assurances of. support to`,.Turkey, think, ought to he given, so that. the country may see that we at least maintained the 'prineiPles ay justice and of hospitality.—(Hear, hear.), Themotion Was then agreed to. . The appointment of the Committee on India was postponed till Thursday. The Stock in Trade Bill was read a second time. The House then adjourned at a Quarter past Nine o'clock. ' , RTNNIN'Ci, PARLIAMENTARY DIVI§IQNS: 'otes and Proceedings of use House of Commons.) TUESDAY, APRIL 20. FROAIE VICARAGE. Motion Made; and Qtiestion proposed, " That an humble Micajreeessty,:iptrhae Constitutions and that she will inquiry to be made whether due d rr graciously e e s e b e t e presented sp: epaasiedd tttooo the erre Decrees c a nolis tccle.siastical of the Church of England in the recent institution of the Reverend Mr.• Bennett to the Vicarage of Frome:"—Vhereupon - the previous Question was put, That that Question be now-put." The House divided : LFrOm :the ,1 • AIINORITY-AYES, 80. Ogle, S. C. . Paget, Lord George 8 P o r e e a W eh, en c , Ca m Adair, R. Shatto . .4. 4ll glio es, nby m. , H.A.lyn.A. a C. Pechell, Sir G. Bass, M. T. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Perfect, Robert Bell, Jacob B Bright, John all, Sir B. Pigott, Francis Bernal, Ralph H ardcastle, J. A. Ricardo, Osman Boyle, Colonel H arris, Richard Scholeilekl, William Headlam, T. E. Scobell, Captain Brotherton, J. . Henry, Alexan der Sheridan, R. B. Brown, W. , Heywood, James Smith, J. A. Atizton, Sir E.l. Hill , L ord M. Stanford. J. F. Carter, J. B. I:Lindley Charles Stra E. , Clay, James Hume, J. Stuart, Lord D. childers, J. W. Hobhouse, T. B. Stewart, Admiral Clay, Sir W. Humphery, iiiiii Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard Jackson, W . Thornely, Thomas Coke, E. K. Kershaw, James Tollemache, John Crowder, R. B. Loch; James Verney Sir H. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Loveden, Pryse Waidey, Thomas unncan, George M‘Gregor, John Walmsley, air J. Dundas, Sir David Mangles, R. D. Williams, W. Ellis, John Max tin, John Wilson, Matthew &vans, William Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, J. S. Ewart, William. Molesworth, Sir W. WyVill, Marmath ike ' TerguS, John__ Morris, David Foley, John H. Mostyn, E. M. - TlLl' Elui * Ilorsman, E. Lo ox , W. J. Mowatt, Francis Berkeley, C. L. G. Freestun, Colonel Mintz, G. F. = '• MAJORITY—NOES, 100. A.dderley, C.B. , Granby, Marquis of Newdegate. N. Axemaii, Captain Grethen, 'G. Newport, Viscount ,13agot, William„ Grosvenor, Lord R. Ossalston , L ord Bailey, 4i l ieph • Salford, Sir Henry Oswald, Alexander Bernie, H. J. '.• • , Hall, Colonel , raCke, C. -11a.ites, G. •r,• : rr Hallewell, E. CI, . raking, , Sir J. Barrow, W. H. - Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, sir,ltoberet Bentinek, Lord 11. Hamilton, Lord C. Portal, Melvill Beresford,' Willierii Heneage, CL - ii. W. Prime, Richard Siandford, m a rquis Ileneage, Edward Reid, General - Rooker, T. W. . Henle7, J. W. Richards, Richard Bowles, .A:dbiiral , Hervey, Lord A. Booth. Sir R. G. . Herbert, Scott, Francis Bridges, sir B. , - Hope; Sir J. Sibthorp; telonel Breadwood, Henry , Hothana, Lord - Sotheron, T. S. S. Candos, Marquis 3rtice, C. l i . C. Hudson, G. Spooner, Richard r - jolliffe, Sir W. G. Tennent, Sir J. Henry A. Russell, Lord J. Castlereagh, Vise. Inglis, Sten. Christopher, R. A. ' Jones, Captain - Trollope, Sir J. Collins,- Thomas,,_ • Knox, W. s Lewisham, Viscount , Wall, C. B. ootton, W.H. • Knox, Colonel Tyreli, Sir J. Disraeli, 13.- Langton, W. It . Verner, Sir W. Drumlaarig, Viscount Lennoi; Lord A. Vi v ian, 3. K. Duncembe, O. '. Lennox, Lord 11. G. Vyse, B. 11. Dunne, Colonel East, Sir J. B. Lockhart, W. S. r Stafford,Ty ler,Sir A G fig . "tug Wilpole, Spencer I •Evelyn, W. J. -. rr-- Long, W. -- • Whiteside, JameS Foreste.r, G. G. Lowther, Colonel Wigram; Loftus Fox, S. w . 1. ,,, , Lygon, General Williams, T. P. Fresittleld, - J: W. - Manners, Lord C. Wood, sir W. P. roller, A. E. , ' Manners, Lord G. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Manners, Lord 3. Gilpin, Colonel Morgan, 0. Gladstone, W. E. Murphy, F. S. • Goulburn, Henry Naas, Lord TELLERS. Mackenzie, W. F. Bateson, Thomas PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. The following Bills are appointed to be read a third time ou Thursday, April 22: Aberdare Market and Slaughterhouses. Cheshire Constabulary. Dudley Waterworks. -Eastern Counties and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Clmpanies. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Kelvin Bridge (Glasgow) and other Works. • Lockwood and Meltham Road. , - tr.l; a 9,. Norfolk , •“,31 Rettbrd and Littleborough Road. , , SOuth Essai Estuary and Reclamation h , Stockton und Darlington Railway. Sunderland Waterworks. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir, -On M onday • 19th April was a wearisome de-. bate, hardly attended throughout by the number required to keep a louse, on the appointment of a Select Committee on the Government of India. The most remarkable feature, where little was prominent at all, consisted in the avowals on the Tory side, of the principle of conquest for the advancement of religion, borrowed from the practice of Mohammedan statesmen, though it is a vulgar error to suppose it inculcated by their prophet. It is one thing to state before a war, that the ob ject of the' war is to plant bishoprics in the con quered lands ; and it is another thing to state after a War that the planting of bishoprics is the great use 'whet .Made of conquest. The things are not iden tical ; and yet the difference is not great. In the eye of that Being with whom the past and the future .are the same, it may be doubted whether the quibble will avail for much. With scarcely a verbal' altera tion, " more bishop" was represented from the Tories as the end and object, the legitimate purpose and use, of Oriental wars. In the speech of the leader of the late . Government, on the other hand, there was a cautions ignoring of the principle, that, bishops should be found in the bottom of Mars' chariot, whether as accomplices 'before or after the fact. Though all this is only the reflexion of what occurred in another place, it is not without value as an indication of the sides intended to be taken. On Tuesday M`r. litnsman moved an Address to the Crown'for examination into the proPeedings con nected with St. Barnabas, and the subsequent re placing Of the ecclesiastic removed from that cure of isouls,into the parish of Frome. Many new, facts were adduced, highly interesting to all concerned; and no . attempt was made at confutation from any parte.," ' TheansWer of the Government was one of • the Jamest ever heard in Parliament. It was the " Alex andrine ". of Ministerial prosody. ' 'As out of nothing, nothing can come„ it ended perforce ha moving, the previous question. AU kinds of blandishments were tried upon the tnover, to induce him not to go to , a division ; but he is a Ulysses who can put wax into his ears against such solicitations, and he finally di vided .With 'BO ' against 100. An inspection of the division list will show who gave the victory to the other side. In all questions of interest, there is one side which wishes a step to be taken in savanckand another,„which wishes to hinder it ; and the way to binder, is, if possible, to prevent a division at all. On the-present occasion, much good Will. arise from ••what had - taken place. The'House of Co,caniona has stoutly rejected the invitations to ,stultify itself by a Self-denying - Ordinance, _which pour in on such ()car. - eons. Everybody is for .having his pet subject, l r ; which be `is anxious the House of Cemmons show,: refuse to interfere. If this only went fat enaa!i° what would be the use of a House of Commons r I am, yours very - sincerel y , $ Str AN OLD REFOIIL, I :Blackbeath,_2lst April, 1852 . d ~~~ -1851 r • BANQUET AT GOLDSIII777IS' HALL. On Saturday her Majesty's Ministers were en tertained by the Worshipful Company of Gold smiths with their usual magnificence, .and, ,on the health . of their " h_rother Goldszalth," the Earl of p,shy, being, given, his Lordship made a magnificent reply. Nobody does these ,things better, and, in the neatest imaginable manner, without "dragging in politics," and without a word to give offence, the Premier contrived to do a little burliness for his friend 4. The associations of the place very natu rally lcd him to notice the wonderful revolution in .m - terial -which - gave a name and occupation to the com pany, and to the sudden and simultaneous discovery of gold in unsuspected quarters, and to an importation which astonished everybody~ and put all calculation as "fault. "But," he proceeded, "it is not only in regard to the :discovery of gold that new mines appear to be npetteP to us. Within a very short time, at with regard to gold,- so there was (as it turns out) a `popular delusion that the field cf statesmen and of the political metal was almost limited ; it was supposed that the crop' of statesmen was ono of very limited amount, for which, if you were disposed to search, you must dig in certain favoured localities, and confine yourself to searching for them there. lam happy to think, gentle men, that, to some degree, I have been instrumental in dispelling that illusion. An unfortunate adventurer, as I was to consider myself, honoured with the commission from her.lllsiesty to ,d the best that he could for her service, I have ventured boldly to open a neat mine, and I am happy to say that, in the opinion of competent judges, so far as it has yet been worked, the ors that .has been raised contains among it as large a proportion of sterling metal, with as little admixture of dross, as any that was ever drawn from the old and exclusive mines to which we were formerly confined." This happy illustration was re ceived, as it deserved, with reiterated cheers. Lord Derby has been to the famous diggings in Westminster, and has brought back a pile of dust in the rather un common form of country gentlemen. Tho process of assay, by. which the valuable character of the discovery can alone be verified, was not stated on this occasion. Perhaps we shall have to go to the country for this ; and it is more than probable that our provincial refiners may send back Lord Derby's specimens with the remark, that " all is not gold that. glitters." But, though our " brother Goldsmith" has evi dently made an important discovery, we are not so sure that ho has stated its nature correctly. - As it appears to us, it is not so much a new quartz vein, or a " placer" he has brought to light, as a new method of extracting the ore. What ho has done more resembles the application of that subtle, quick, and mercurial agent, which many have thought to be a providential means for gathering the al most impalpable flakes of precious metal, and drawing it from its hard matrix. It is a species of political quicksilver, as insinuating, as seductive, as slippery, and as difficult to be tied as the metal so called. Every child has played with this charming material, and knows how playful, how elusive it is. Stare loco neseit. No one can tell its course. At one time it divides into a thousand globules; at another they all run into one, or trickle away in one long rill of molten silver. That is precisely the instrument with which Lord Derby has effected his wonders of political metallurgy. Active chairmen of qnarter-sessions, obstinate lords, intractable baronets, petty squires, and even rough yeomen, have all been amalgamated by the new Derby flux. When this property of quicksilver was discovered, vast piles of refuse ore that had accumulated for many years at the mines of Potosi were immediately operated upon with such success that it was said the second crop was better than the first; and at this day many a heap of "dirt" that has ceased to repay for " rocking" and "washing" affords a fair gleaning to quicksilver. What a heap of s P o ro lo te n c g t l on T is h t er r e ub it bi w sh as we at hav o e ur ha v d er a y ll d a o b o o r u s t us for could hardly move about, or even ge t out o f ; till their houses. It sparkled a little in the sun, And felt heavy, but nothing could be done with it. Wash it, or burn it, or grind it, or bray it in a mortar, it was ail the same; the dross would not depart from the gold, or the gold from the dross. At last a well-known " adventurer," who had long been "prospecting" to very little purpose, hit on a method of dealing with the hitherto worthless commo dity. As the stream of Derby quicksilver pa sses through this unpromising stuff, it absorbs a flake here and a lump there, licking up every grain of common sense that happens to survive in the " country party." The result, of course, is by no means pure gold. It is a little gold held in a much larger quantity of fluid, evasive, slippery matter; and, though we know the gold is there, the Parliamentary crucible will still be required to separate it from the extraordinary agent which has caught it so quick, and holds it so fast, and itself can neither be caught nor held. Thus, on Friday, two hundred agriculturists met at Aylesbury, at the summons of the" Conservative Club," and yielded themselves without the least reserve to the subtle agent we have described. Confidence, Confidence, nothing but Confideuce, was the order of the day. No pledges, no fetters, scarce even a suggestion was per mitted to interrupt the bland repose of agricultu ral faith. " One pledge—and one pledge only, sa id one of the speakers, "it was necessary that they should exact from their candidates at the next election. It was not Will you vote for this or that specific measure?' but ' Will you or will you not support the Administration of Lard Derby? and the judicious proposal was hailed with loud cheers. " The best thing the constituencies could do, then," said another speaker, " was to determine on giving their support to her Majesty's present advisers, and to take with thankfulness such measures as they in their wisdom —and, he hoped also in theirsstrength,would be enabled to confer upon the nation." " Don't fetter your own champion," said another; " don't send him in battle with his hands tied behind him." Excellent advice, proving how completely the hard agricultural nature has ielded te the lubricous policy of its new chief. Our columns of election intelligence tell the same tale. Every day we are informed that some noted Protectionist, big with imprtaucs, angular with animosities, and in dissoluble with „prejudice, has run into the stream of conversion. At a moderate estimate Lord Derby has swallowed up two hundred solid individualities. Sib thorp has long since become a drop in the ductile stream. Where is the country party? It is Lord Derby. He is the country party. But what is Lord Derby? He is a statesman who, after breaking several times with his colleagues, and supporting a large variety of measures, now finds himself charged with a general commission to serve the Conservatives as well as he can. Lord Derby has commonly been regarded as obstinate rather than versatile; as terrible rather than seductive; but it is now clear that his favourite mood is the "melting" one. We have seen him as a lion, as a boar, and as a flame; he is now gliding away in a running stream. We leave others to &Jain him and question him, but for our part we have no wish *to ar rest his latest and wisest transformation. By all means let Protection, or the stagnant pool that has so long been called by that name, flow away where it lists. Give it free vent; let it follow the leader. If Lord Derby and a few others have had courage to break the bank and seek a natural outlet, let the rest follow. When the great operation is over, when the renunciation is complete, and the last Protectionist has either recanted or died in his error, then /let history step in and say what it pleases about the men who opposed tree trade on the eve of a famine, and submitted to it after a long plenty. We are only anxious that a troublesome ques tion should be got out of the way, and a number of good men released from political incapacity.—Times. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TOTNES. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) A meeting of real Free Traders and Liberals will bo held at Condy's Lion Inn, on Wednesday evening (the 21st), to consider the propriety of at once bringing for ward a Liberal Free-trade candidate to contest the borough at the ensuing general election. Mr. Barry Baldwin (the present Conservative Mem ber) has, it is stated, at the request of his committee, consented to throw overboard all idea of protection, so far as " corn " is concerned. The electors generally, however, are from experience become decidedly Free Traders in the truest sense of the word; and, consider ing that our present commercial policy has been the means of benefiting the gr eat mass of the people, issist that the principles of freo trade shall be still further carried out, and are therefore of opi nion it will bo w i se to re t u rn a Member to Parliament (in conjunction with Lord Seymour), w h o will not only promise not to reverse the decision already pronounced against a duty on corn, but who will, with all sincerity and honesty of purpose, strive to amend our (such present system or taxation as still further to relieve th e &e.) which at present press too h industrious classes of the community, by reducing the taxes on those articles of daily consumption a merchant of considerable influence, as l a o a t l a i t s t he e e is doubtk ca tes, coffee, fec., on the poorer classes of the community. It is und er e s a t v o l o ly d reform f nown to be that Mr. Mills, will be proposed at the meeting, ba of sound principles —in favour of a sentative system and vote by our rei:re be entertsined of his triumphant return. camp, and Totnea may safe return two Liberals new Parliament. de cided split in the Conservative There is a n ovv be rec koned on as bein g an d Free Traders to thehament. ÜBE, MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the noble, distinguished, and fashionable company honouring the per formances at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yes terday evening we remarked the following Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Mountcharles, his Excellency the French Ambassador and suite, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl of Chesterfield and Lord George Paget. The Queen's box was occupied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Nor manby, the Master of her Majesty's Household, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and the Hon. Mrs. Phipps and party. There were also present Sir John B. Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P., Sir John Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence .Sir George Womb we ll, B ar t., M r . , llubert de Burgh, the Viscount Anson, Si r R a lph H owar d, Bart., M.P., and Lady'llow'ard, the llon. F. Cadogan, Sir Thomas Barret Lennard,' Bart., and Lady Barret Lennard and part y , the Count Corte, Major Blane, C a pt a i n Smith, Captain Ibbetson, Lady ' Somerset, Colonel Lockyer Free stun, M.P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. Pamther, Mr. George Hudson M.P. and and Miss Hudson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Pacise, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Miss Caroline Bellew, Mr. Storer, &c. ROBBERY or 1,600/.—On Monday information wa received at the chief police station, Scotland-yard, that the c oniidential,valet to . Colonel Howard had absconded, stealing upwards °MOM from the Colonel's residence at Brighton, chiefly in Bank of England notes. A PEACEFUL EXPEDITION.—The Japan expedi tion, according to a Washington correspondent, is to be merely a hydrographical survey of the Japanese coast. The 32-pounders are to be used merely as measuring instrument s in the triangulations ; the cannon balls are for procuritts base lines. If any J a panese is foolish enough to p ut head head in the way of these meteorological instrume_r,i, course nobody will be to blame but himself if he 31k9u'" g et laurt.—Xew. Yorli ,Herald: ~~-~ =t _ ..,r ~ NAVAL INT.ELLIOENCE. THE LEVEES. , At his Grace th e D u ke_ of Northumberiari's le 4 ' sl ' ,- ""' yesterday the following officers were received:—Co' mander Chaamer, Captain It F. Gambier, C a pi al W. J. Williams, Lieutenant I'. C. Bruce, Commander Lacon, Captain F. V. Anson, Captain W.: Pedal:l4\4 Lieutenant the Hon. F. Foley, Lieutenant H. K. Gorei . Lieutenant G. W. Jackson, C a ptain Sir G; Back, Corn. mender Henry Boteler, Captain:H. D. Trotter, Captain J. B. Dundas, Captain G. H. P. White, ':Captain 11. - Layton, Captain T. S. Thampaon, Captain W. Hood, .; , - Captain A. J. Montgothery, Commander T. C. Hosera son, Comma - Lida J. B. Cater, Litutenaut J.. Danays, CommaiVer T. W. Horton, Commander W. Kirby,• Commander Wigley,iCaptain the Hon. G. Hope, Lie utenant W. H. Hood, .Captain IV. Kelly, Lieutenant W. P. Coventry, and Captain Halsted. At Rear-Admiral Parket's levee yesterday the follow ing officers [presented themselveit—Rear-Admiral Dou glas, Captain G. H White, Captain Sir Thee. Duedas, Mr. Gall. Gibbon, Commander T. G. Hoseason, Mr. E.. _ D. Hubert, Coromaader Hiae, Mr. G. S. Singer, Mr. R. O. White, Commander G. Le Bki'"l"r , Lieutenant T. C. Bruce, - Lieutenant T. Butler, Lieutsnaui S. Smith, Captain Edmonde, Captain W. Williams, Mr. J. Cute gar, Captain W. Hood ; Lieutenant T. Forrest, Mr. E. Smith, Commander H. S. Lacon, Liautanant Pollard. Commander Sterwer, Mr. T. Donald, Lieutenant Tril-mi and Captain Hillyar. Admiral Hornby received the following officers at his levee yesterday :—Admiral Douglas, Admiral Mends, Admiral Sir F. Mason, Commander Hosenson, Major- a Brown, R.M., Lieutenant E. B. Hopkins, Commander J • - Wood, Captain C. Edmonds, 21r. J. Cutagar, J. • Masterton, Mr. W. B. Gordon, Lieutenant T. C. Ortme, Mr. Templar, Mr. P. Morris, R.M., Commander W- Horton, Lieutenant Saumartz, Lieutenant C. G. Tawan, Captain Kelly, Captain Hillyar, Lieutenant Gore, h.c.r- Gibbon, Commander Lama Commander Boteler, Coin - mender Hayes, Mr. White. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.--SAILORS' HONE, PORTS MOUTH.—We are always most happy to record acts of true benevolence and philanthropy. Charles Dixea, Esq., of Stanshead Park, enclosed yesterday a cheque (being his third donation) for 100/., in aid of the funds of the Portsmouth Sailors' Home. His first donation was, we understand, 20/., his second 301., and rows/ . having the satisfaction of seeing how extremely well the establishment progresses, ho has sent the princely Bona- • tion of 1001. Captain W. H. Hall (Nemesis) has had an interview with his Grace the. Duke of Northumberland, at tile Admiralty, on the subj,ct of sailors' homes, when the Noble and gallant Admiral entered most minutely the details, working, and management of those excellent institutions. His Grace being intimately acquainted with the economical arrangements adopted at the nava l, schools and other publi c establishments, " suggested te Captain Hall several improvements which can be made. He also thought the charges made to the seamen were rather too high, and ho expressed a hope that they . might be reduced, which will, no doubt, be soon effected, more especially when we record such princely donations as 2001. from his Grace the noble and gallant First Lord,. and 100/. from that generous and philanthropic gentle man Charles Dixon, Esq. There was a report here that the Rodney, Captain C. Graham, was about to proceed to sea, but we do not be lieve there is any truth in such report. She still re quires a good many A.B.'s; latterly she has obtained but 3 few, arid thoso not of the best description of seamen. Vv The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Jones, got up steam this morning, and proceeded out of harbour. S'ae went down to Stokes Bay to test her engines and machi nery. She afterwards anchored at Spithead, and re ceived her powder. By letters from the Fox and Serpent, dated Rangoon, February, we learn that both the crews of these ships were in good health. The men of the Serpent that had been sickly were nearly all well, and but a very few men were on the sick list. That at low water, on the rocks at a small island at the entrance of the Bafeire River, called Diamond Island, the very finest oysters were observed in great abundance, and the ships bad only to send their boats outside to obtain and catch the finest turtle, averaging from 100 lb. to 5001 b. weight, and these also were in abundance, and upon which the crews fared sumptuously. We understand that the Sidon, advanced steam-frigate, had been found to have one of her pistons broken. She wua supposed to be all ready for service. There was an inquiry about it to-day in the dockyard. It was not known how it was broken. The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jonre, went out to Spithead to-day, and joined the squadron there. portgo to a sea s a in her The Edinburgh, 56, screw-ship, i s b e i ng fitt e d at this seagoing whe i n ‘E r x e e tt e d l y le , andnti" Captain Chada will p ra ctical sea service gunnery to her officers and crew whilst cruising teach about. She will make an experimental trip to Malta. We have been informed that a contract for barrelk"l meats for the navy (salt provisions) has been lately en tered into with the same parties who furnished the Goldner preserves, We give this repurt precisely as it has come to us, in the hopes that it will be officially denied. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, is fast pro ceeding with her refit; she has sent up and fidded her topmasts, and has topgallautmasts ready for sending aloft. SHEERNESS, APRIL 20.—Her Majesty's screw steam faigate Horatio, 22, Captain the lion. S. T. Carnegie, gat up her steam early on Sunday morning for the pur pose of proceeding on her trial cruise. Permission to proceed having been given from the flag ship at 10 A.M., the Horatio weighed anchor and started, with the wind nearly ahead, steaming apparently at the rate of about four knots per hour. When she had reached the Nore light it was found necessary to bear up for Sheerness, in consequence of an accident having occurred to some part of her machinery. She came into harbour a little beroi-4: noon, and let go her anchors. We were informed yeas • terday that some portion of the apparatus conneeo d with the feeding pump gave way, which, on being sxa amined, was foerd so defective as to render it necessary to have a new shaft made for working I*. This will take a few days to effect, and will detain the Horatio in har bour probably the greater part of the present week. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Fearless, Captain Frederick Bullock (1838), employed on surveying ser vice, came into port yesterday at 9 A.M. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel Adder, Mr. James Watt in charge, arrived yesterday morning early. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam •vessel, Lizard, Mr. Brockman, second master, commanding, got up her steam yesterday at 9 A.x., and proceeded to her Majesty's ship Royal George, 120, and, in conjunction with the Adder, towed her to Chatham, for the purpose of being taken into dock and put in a fit state for commission. A statement has appeared in some of the London journals to the effect that one of the first acts of the re sent Board of Admiralty was the appointing a pest captain to the Simoom iron troop-ship. This is not th e case, as Captain Jahn Kingeome's appointment to that ship bears the date of the 9th of February-10 days tie fore the resignation of the late Admiralty, and 18 prior to tho Members of the present Board actually taking upon themselves the duties of their office. . Her Majesty's screw-steamer Desperate, if. and pad dlewhcel * ' steamer Basilisk, 6, Commander G. 1.1. Gardner, , remained in harbour, waiting to receive on board stores - ' and provisions for the use of Sir E. Belcher's expt;ditiat, which they will convey to the icy regions, Woonwicu, Aran. 20.—THE ARCTIc E XPEDITION . The Lightning steam vessel, Masts:-Commander Allen, l e ft Woolwich this morning for Greenhithe, }sestina. Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, and the pay clerks from the Ad • 1 mira ty, on board, and the whole of the ships of Captain Sir Edward 13elcher's Arctic squadron were p aid advance, and will leave Greenhithe shortly after two ' ocl ock A at, on their en t e rprising expedition, The Lightning returned to Woolwich in the afternoon, and having taken on board 40 tons of coals, left aga i n at 6 P.M. for Greenhithe to tow the North Star as far as the Sunk at Harwich, cr to such distance as Si r Edward Belcher may consider na cessary. The Basilisk steamer, under the command t.f Commander Gardiner and the Desperate steamer, under the command of Lieutenant Stevens,have remained several days at the N to tow the Assistance and Resolute sailing vessels r e the dc edge of the ice. A ni e ; her of ladies have resent ° aptain Sir Edward Balc h _ with 22 handsomeP silk e flags and a number of work , a, • articles for the comfort • e. of the officers when in the Arctic; regions. SHIPS ON THE ICE OFF THE BANKS i, OF NEWFOUNDLAND. The following i s an ex t rac t of a letter from C a p tain Penny, rivin g his opinion on the subject of the shi p s said to have ° been seen on the ice in the s p rin g Of last year:— " You ask me what I think of the two ships seen up Oh the iceberg. I think they were country ships,' as we whalers call them—formations upon an iceberg, which' deceive even practised eyes. " To place ships in such a position by the process of freezing into an iceberg would require 30 to 40 years, and floe ice would have broken up with the Western Ocean swell before it had even reached Cape Farewell. Not a piece of sufficient siz3 would be found to contain oven one ship, much less two. No iceberg of one-fourth of a mile would roach such a position; it must he - ve been two pieces of icebergs, and the vessel being five miles distant could not observe the water over the de— Wiled ice. " We have the experience of the 11 whalers wintered on the ice; they all broke from their icebergs long before they reached Cape Farewell. " I have the honour to remain, " Yours most respectfully, " W. PENNY• A statement of the legacy duties paid in Great Britain for the year 1851 shows the total amount of ca pital t h e tax to which during the twelvemonths became liable to have b 49,40391/. is portion w hich pait? the d u ty of een 1 per cen 2, t., the Of beth the queits being to children or pa. rents, was 26,721,0031.; the portion which pi 765/. 3 ;peer ce,lt..x. for bequests to brothers or sisters, a-as 14,2:32,thpi, l u l l p e t3tals sum tion at 5 per cent., to uncles and cousins, was 1,7884,69/ ..- that at G per cent., to more distant relations, was 229,65.21. and that at 10 per cent., to strangers, was 4,3ShAN . or about an eleventh part of the whole. The average cup i a i on which legacy duty had been paid during the 5-1 years f , r v o h m ich li a 9 c 7 cr h u a e s d c8,2.e,1,,i2u9e1/I„ar y ear annum. for s stamp legacies, on probates, administrations, and testame t duties ' ventories in Great Britain was 2,203,039/. , being n ary tn of 34,82.1/. over 1650. For Ireland the amount an ir_tcretole being an increase of 1,0601. bteoetne; was 12a.6411 .1 MANsioN-liousE.—Yesterday the the Lady Mayoress entertained at di Lord Mayor ard Courtof C;onamon Council, and the dinner the members of the Coleman-street, Aldersgate, Ald their ladies, of the wards of Bread street, Bridge -street 11 gate, Bassishaw, Bishopsgate , Baynard, Cheap, c or d„ • 2 .)reacl-street, Candlewick, CAstle also present Mr. allars, and Cornhill. There vere terell, Mrs. Cotterell, Al dermanand Cabitt, M.l'., Mr. Sheriff Gn- and Mrs. Swift, and ,e lid Miss Cotterell, Mr. Sheriff Siv,Tt Covera were laid in the private friends of the Lord Mayors me Egyptian Hall for 250. -74 IS ks_3,l4