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SUN, THE ------ -- do eou meet the diffituity by the pretent peoposid , it ? --- i et der t ea e ediry to he euvin into the z•' 7 A`- , of Of ...,••7. . (Hear, bear.) I t hi n k the Hee. Gendemeu, Witt the ' Bsen -tt, at litssiegen, and the whole ;stetter to be in views he entertains, was justified in bringing thrward vestigated. this question—with his views I think he would he taking Lord J. RUSSELL said, ha trusted that the state- I Justifiable and legitimate course if he proposed to legis- ment just made by the Right Honourable Gentleman op "ate on the subject. But if there is this appeal to the pre- posits would be the m eans of relievin g t he greater pore late'e superior, I think the Hon. and Learned Gentleman tion of the Members of that House from considerable Will agree with me that it should first be had recourse embarrassments—(Haar, hear.) Ho thought it impos. teo- 4 (flear.) If he thinks no such power of appeal sible to deny that this was a subject upon which this exists, then I imagine the Hon. and Learned Gentleman House had a right to demand an explanation, He could Mutt feel that the proposition he makes is totally ins- not agree in the opinion expressed by his Hon. Friend - deequate to cope with the subject.—(ll-ar, hear.) But the M e mber for the University of O x f or d . (si r. R. IL - d - n t ow address myself merely to the motion of the Hon. - Ingli s) . when it a p peared to him that he would exclude and Learned Gentlemen, without wishing to give any. this House from any right of inquiry in respect tto opinion as to the merits of the important case he has matters of this nature.--(Hear, hear.) This House brought before us. Far be it from me to vindicate the was a p art y to the passing of the Act o f U n if or mity, and conduct of any clergyman who can be shown to have at that time Protestant Dissenters were members of it, behaved in the manner alleged against Mr. Bennett. and he was not toile sure but Roman Catholics might I do not presume to offer any opinion on this have sat in it.—(No, no.) But at all events, the Act important subject, for I feel that this is no t the tribunal of Uniformity having been pa s sed by th e m, in whi c h t o d ec id e t h e case .—(Hear, hear.) I feel the had a right to ask whether the persons who were. ap inconvenience of the House listening to the statement of pointed ministers were faithful members of the the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, made with ability, Church of England—(Hear, hear)—or whether, in and, as lam willing to admit, conscientiously. A Com- fact, they did not belong to some other Christian com mission of inquiry without power to elicit the required munity. Having thus established their right. to make information is a mockery to which it would be unwise such inquiry, he owned he felt the greatest difficulty. in of the House of Common to lend itself. It is of the ut- proceeding to exercise it—a difficulty arising both in moat i m p or t ance that such an inquiry should be real respect to the mo d e i n w hi c h th e inquiry was to be ex and efficient, and that a Commission should have cam- ereised, and to the consequences to which it m ight ulti ' potent power to elicit the truth. — (Hear , hear.) Ido mately lead. H e cou ld not b u t feel that if a Commission not think, therefore, the Hon. a nd Lear ned Gentleman were appointed, which had no grea t e r powers than were will think it necessary to press this particular resole- now allowed to the Crown, and which could not be had tion, which I admit he was perfectly justified in bringing without a special Act of Parliament, they might rather forward, as it refers to a subject of great importance to provoke hostile refusals to sneerer, and matte dissensions tall classes of her Majesty's subjects.—(Hear, hear.) It between this branch of the Legislature and a portion of is (mite impossible that the conduct which he has al- the clergy of the Church of Eng land.—(Hear, h e ar.) leted should not be the subject of comment and ex pl ana - H e could not but fear, also, lest after such interference tion; and that whatever may be the merits of the case, the remedy would be found insufficient. He felt, like the discussion should not be productive of public advan- wise, the want of that assistance which they had in for tage. But I must recur to the subject with which I set mer times, in the presence of those Members of the e nut—that a remedy for such a grievance as is here al- House who were particularly qualified to give an opinion leged either does or does not exist. .If the remedy ex- upon such a question. They wanted information upon • ists, as I think it does, in an appeal to the Archbishop, those points upon which the, Right Hon. Gentleman the - . ,the House will not, I think, sanction the issuing of a Chancellor of the Eschsquer expressed himself in doubt • Commission of inquiry, which can have no power and hesitation—namely, how far an appeal would lie :to elicit and secure ' the information it wishes from the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the Archbishop -to attain.—(Hear, hear.) Ir, on the other hand, no of Canterbury, and how far the law could be brought ;gezuedy does exist, it surely is the duty of Parliament to to bear in matters of this kind. He must s a y legislate on th e su bj ect, and provide a remedy. But a that they were, in a great degree, uninformed Commission such as that proposed, without the neces- upon those points. In respect to what the lard' powers to fulfil its task, would disappoint public Right Honourable Gentleman opposite hal last men expectation, and whilst it would lead to protracted dis- tioued, the circumstances under which_ the case came thssions, would n o t secure t h e settlement we desire.— beide the Bishop of. Bath and Wells were ai present (Hear,) eat tr) And let me a l so p ress u p on th e atten ti on _ o f un known to the House. It might be said by some Hon, House that by acce di ng to t h e mot i on o f t h e H on . M em b ers th a t that furnished an additional reason for and Learned Gentleman we should be only evading , the inquiry. He concurred in that opinion, out at the same difficulty. We should b e esta bli t hing a precedent' time he owned he telt the greatest hesitationdn proceed .- ithich you may be sure would be found a source of per- ing to give a vote in favour of an address to the Crown inanent difficulty and embarrassment.—(Hear. hear.) for an inquiry that was to begin with the House of Com lf you adopt this resolution, I caanot understand how mons. If, as the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last t single clergyman could be instituted to a living with- said, it was a proper suojeet for inquiry, and that there cut the House of Commons interfering with and chal- o ug ht to be a full inquiry made into i', he telt the better 'tinging his induction.—(Hear, hear.) In every in course would be to wait until some of the Theist, rs of . 'stance what would you du? You would address her the Crown were able to ascertain mor , of the facts ' and ifsjesty, prayi ng h er t o i n stitute an inquiry into the to obtain such exohinations as they might thick fit to tropriety of the induction. So that if you adopt this ask for in the most friendly spiti., end not with a view I)solution you will establish a mischievous preced e nt to anything, like accusation stet talpeechment. If they ' lithout eff e cting a beneficial settlement o! the made such inquiry, they would thee be in a much better Irievancea and difficulties of which you complain. position to consider in their places in the Reuse of Corn , ,^ - (Hear, hear.) . I trust, therefore, the Hun . and Learned mons what course, under the circumstances of the case, - dtentleman will be satisfied with having amply, cent- they ought to take. He could not hut think that it - Iletely, and ably brought before the House a subject might be finally the duty of the Ministers of the Crown tif very gr ea t importance, and that he is satisti-ei —net to make new laws upon the subject—but to pro ,. '4at the persons connected with these transactions can- vide for the more easy operedon of the laws already in dot avoid placing their conduct fairly before the public. existence, Those who were most learned on the sub dltrust that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, feeling ject, had informed him that the eoiots of the .teat the result of this discussion must be to have an act greatest difficulty were in ascertaining what those ittrate and complete view of all the circumstances of the means were which should be retorted to for re 'transaction—that it i s hi s d uty. ow i ng to t h e pos i t i on h e d ress . The whole subject being one of transcendent '''has taken i n thi s quest i on, e i t h er to h ave recourse to i mpor t ance , and fraught with consequences so serious, he Lie remedy which the law supplies, or it the law sup. should certainly, for his own part, be inclined to hesitate ,- Plies no remedy, to propose one to the Legislature. I before giving a formal v,,te open the subject, ane as the . l ay, I trust the Hon. and Learned Gentleman will not case at present stood he theught it better to leave the d 'Press to a division a resolution which I feel sure would matter in the hands of the Ministers of the Crown to • doily be pregnant with great inconvenience and ember- consider what steps should be taken, and whether any •-• ' +Lament to our future deliberations. I beg, therefore, more facts could be ascertained to be laid before the Z,ir, to move the previous question. House. Until these steps were taken he could not r e Sir H. VERNEY h o p e d t h e H on. an d L earne d M em - assent to be a party to an address to the Crown. ~ Ear i would not accept the invitation and advice jut ten- Mr. H. DRUMMOND said, a question had been . _wired to hi m , b u t wou ld pers i st in his motion. I t as k e d whether subjects of this nature could properly be . 7 1 as preposterous to maint a i n t h at t h e h ea d o f t h e brought before the House. On one paint it was evident . Church bad no power to cause the necessary inquiry to that this House alone was the proper tribunal to discuss ee instituted, and he altogether deprecated th e question s u c h matters; and that was, in asserting the rights of ~k ..: "Mg shelved in the manner prop ose d. the laity against the usurpation of the priesthood. He Sir R. H. INGLIS fully a gree d w i t h t h e Honourable was now co ntending against things, and not against ' .4 reentlaman (the Chancellor of the Exch equer ) t h at the persons . He cared little whether a man called himself • geese of Commons was not a fitting tribunal to adjudi- a Papist or a Protestant—he was against that-man who t ; i upon thi s su bj ec t, and that if they once admitted said that the priests were the Church.—(Hear, hear.) ;galle Principle that a grievance with respect to the in- Whatever might be the lapse of time that had occurred, time of 6 particular individual could be legitimately the original law was unquestionably this, and he believed ` bro ughte before them, occasions on grounds more or less that the present law now was, that no person could be, d..Plausiblet would be found for preferring similar claims, appointed over any flock in the Church without that leads race hear.) Granting for a moment that a prime flock by some means testifying their acquiescence to such ' 'to co aaaa had been made out fo r in q uir y , he defied them appointment. That was the point they had to maintain , man uthtcaattt position of the Right Honourable Gentle - and unless they maintained that a ll their motions and 'of the P r n __ s t n esolution case could not end there. The adoption commissions were utterly useless. would be a mere brutum fulmen, for Mr. SPOONER, thought that the case would be much • " t r en t g the ,Commission to be appointed, did any worse, and the consequences most serious, if, when they cussio n PP°-e teat the parties implicated in this dis- were told the facts which were then disclosed , they, the one bra Wouldd succumb to a tribunal issued by only Commons of England, were to say that these facts should House ac u e of the Legislature?—(Hear. hear.) The not be entertained by them—they would meet the mo- Commons did not consist, as an tion at once with the previous question.—(Hear.) He ' i Umlaut b o i l ' Member had supposed, entirely of agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for '' la eluber a s ' all wei o 'e f the Church of England—(Hear, hear)—and the Colonies that the inquiry was one that ought to be eel e e e t not equally interested in maintaining the eter- raised, and must be disposed of. But was it disposing of , d ,; 1 2 0 rines of that Church.—(Hear, hear.) They it to say that he would not entertain it? He said fear chtzwellingly , vet t e", , n ot a tribunal to which any English churchman lessly that that was not the way the country. would con submit his faith or his practice as a sent to have such an important question treated The i and he tn e an• — (Hear.) The House consisted possibly, turn which the discussion had taken exhibited a tendency ber hoped and believed it did, of a majority of mem- to leave out the main points submitted to them. The he t he nn ainallY, at all events, and consistently attached facts of the case, which, according to the statement of that' t Shurch of England; but would it be contended the Hon. Member. for Cot kermouth, could be easily de -these the E knte of Commons was a tribunal to which proved, were these—that a professed clergyman of s, e etd d e Parties could appeal? Who in that House repro - the Church of England, who was dismissed by his „ A s tu t u Mr. Bennett, the parishioners of Frome, the bishop, or rather whose resignation was obtained upen -, died'? of Bath and Wells, and the Bishop of London? certain terms, which conveyed the opinion -of the e aded iesolution assumed the guilt of the parties it was Bishop of London of his being unfaithful to his on ete upon to adjudicate. The facts as set forth were Church, had been living abroad for several months, i ,401 aled, and could not be met with an antagonistic duriug which time he was in the daily habit of at iNtion authorised to be presented—(Hear)—and he tending the Roman Catholic masses.; that that man best? :U, 'tight) was of opinion that the Rouse would was now acting as a Protestant clergyman, having been ar ea . discharge its duty, and prevent its becoming the instituted by a Protestant bishop to preside over a Pro ,t on 1 0 . such discussions in future, by proceeding at once t e stant congregation . —( Hear .) He asked whether such ..,; • , v i sion as to 'whether this motion should be enter- a statement as that made in that House was sufficient to led- or not - Co.m' justift them in voting fur the previous questi..u? He, 0f co WART, while be was of opinion that the Howe fir one, could de no such thing; neither could he absent t o Telons ought not to be made an authority on theo- himself from such a division, as he believed others were th ou t subjects, recognised it as the power which about to do; that was not his habit, His constituents - fore 'd set the proper tribunal in motion, and he there- bed a right te know his opinions, and their opinions - iduPported the original for m a motio. shold be represented by him in that House. If the e p e e led HUME (amidst cries thei the hietion. ot the Hon. Member for Ceckermouth. But it was yet y N EWDEGATE felt deeply the - importance of in the power of the Government to take the proper re cee r r t daent question, and, as it bad been raised, fully course. They had already gone half way—he wished t h e r i sed the necessity of dealing with it. Ddring that they would go the whole way. He wished them to - i iv ii i W l P t te . of years the powers of the Constitution by say that they had made out a string prima facie case, or- grow als duestiOn could be settled might have lapsed into which the House of Commons wat hayed to inquire; det need alt i.sty, but depend upon it the country would and they might then ask them to pause in such inquiry, and ei. , an investigation of the subject —( Hear , bear)— because they did not think the mode now proposed was N.:d e i n:ugh he desired to leave to her Majesty's Go- the most effectual one for the purpose of such inquiry— . eiden di ted, t the manner in which the investigation should be that they themselves would enter into an inquiry, and ' aithout he did not think the public would rest satisfied would recommend the Crown to take immediate steps • tie - e , such investigation. He thought that this ques- for such inquiry, and that they would come to OughtParlia- G ede _ to be examined into, and he hoped that the ment for additional powers if they thought it necessary - te tede r ninent would be enabled to propose some other to do so, in order to remedy that which was a great -fo r I -, of inquiry - than that moved by the Hon. Member and a growing evil. That was the course which the Itedssodekermouth. As an independent Member of that Government ought to take, and nos to meet the proposi et no de ..and determinedly attached to the Church of tion by moving the previous question. e le e it tbdith he was sincerely anxious that a full and search- Mr. MANGLES said that his Hon. Friend the :te e 1 4, ( 1 0 tIley should be made into this matter. He asked Member for Cockerraouth did not ask the House to e ‘ - • t - d l ut use not to ignore the proposition before them turn itself into a tribunal for this inquiry, but merely d 34.eate'salttehotirg some practical means by which her wished by his proposition to put the matter in a proper r might be broughtutye abseatreruporal head of the Church channel for a full and searching investigation. He Sir J. PAlenseaToN said upon the subject.—(Hear.) thought that the real weakness of the Church consisted . , tion had not only. bean ab 4 he thought that this ques- in the concealment of such facts. In his opinion. the .. . ought not to be raised; b raised , av but it was one which strongest point for en inquiry was whether the Bishop of opinion that it ought to be dealt been ith raised, he was of Bith and Wells did institute Mr. Bennett with the full ile said for himself, and he belieavetdw with. hear.) knowledge of his recorded unfaithfulness. He would, ' t alents of the Government general( he spoke the send- however, recommend his Hon. Friend to withdraw his question which, in the position day.vtat this was a motion, as they had received a plain, explicit, and un ' • Placed, ought not to have been raised; but it Was now mistakeable pledge that a boni fide and searching inquiry at the same would be instituted. • „ time it was one in reference to which there • }questionably to be an inquiry instituted arned ought un- Mr. GLADS T ONE said that they had heard a long Itrovided.—(Hear, hear.) At the same . a remedy series of allegations from the Hon. Member for Cocker time h e 'ea et ys not only as a member of the Government, but must month stated with great ability. It was not, in his •••• "Somber of that House, and above all as a sincer as a opinion, at that moment fitting that these allegations . attached -member of the Church of En g l an d , it w dt e adtd should be examined into. He was bound to say, from Ptinful 'At his daincere opinion, after having listened with a partial knowledge of the case, that he disputed, and he was ready to confute, many of the allegations 44if in to the statement of the Hon. Member for Cooker- he by the Hon. Member, and to show that he had not , -it-Mouth, that the mode of inquiry proposed was not the one 'whichevene correctly quoted the documents to which he re .l they ought to adopt. Tie w ould briefly explain his f rred. This challenge he was ready at that moment to e asons'for this opinion. He would call the Hon. Mem. take teeth and Wells, ' - b efit attention to the fact that his resolution goes solely The ;lon. Member tells him to do so. He would P i n o o s t :, and would confine himself only to one case t 4 l call in question the conduct of the Bishop of Bath at that . the cqutesce. Now Bish o p of ..!'nt. The Hon. Gentleman stated that the ' finised Wells in having instituted Mr. Bennett to the gof Frome.—(Hear, hear.) They could not fail to prayer , . o k f th d e p e ti t - in a modest and humble ;notice, unt tout toners, was asked to consider and T teleraber what was alread well known, that the Bishcp his hand a p etei , hia , t, ° f Bath and Wells was not y only advanced in years, but redussd to a Ar haughty gentlehe pr ( e m la r t . e G ot ia ß ds a t t o h n a ) nd he W ld el i l n s Published by a Mr. Crutwell, of • to mer( impaired in health. He could not vindicate y a ted that prayer of it 1 1 . 1* annd eet of the Bishop , but it appeared to him that Promo, who was for adverse to the appointment of qutre, but it the Bennett cis conduct was not the real question which the lion . Mr. Bennett, and thi s - ei rleman had raised. The real question was, the rial referred to, disti to consider nett st ate, in quoting the memo es_ gen conduct of Mr. Bennett at Kitsingen, which des was not . d o _ and isi He wanted to know iZen o ded au inquiry„—(Elear, was, not to grant • r -- , ock her "to consider and ii •• ~ hear.) The Hon. Member the institu ion 1 . Mr. with ernaouth bad stared all the facts of the case whet institution to refuse to Mr, lie ' the same thing e d t i tt great particularity. It appeared to him (dir J. as Member think . . onett. Heconcurred with u dadigtoto, if the Hon. Gentleman's statement was true, the Hon, in tri , g that these ellegation -_ .so . ' e blNiir. Bennett must be regarded as a Roman Catholic, most serious. If Emnaanlawnhd tretended to be a clergB were Triel ui r. therefore entirely. unfit to hold his present appoint- of the Church , of R 4 O i e haa"" or in he y art a ' Church , such . ``(Hear, hear.) But he submitted to the Hon. member of the in . man deserved However Inez edi • ii „ `member that so far as they knew they had no reason to condign punishment. of p ent it was to s•PPose that theological • der e , d the conduct of Mr. Btniaett at Kissingen make that House the scene coulddiscussion, 1 ote tee living to the Bishop at the time of his institution this was still a question which scarcely be e x . i • i f tn„..„tiein gat Frome. On the contrary, he believed, eluded from their censideration.He , however, rose for id, e ti e n to all or in • • e ma ' t l acts of the case were investigsted, that the cir .. he purpose of di- cltring his oui vague - ~ b r i t , t hee of his institution to Frome was the means of definite pledges. It was right that they should know If tit 1 , 11 ?) . out what had mewed at Kissin in —(lleer what the is-ue of these proceedings was to be. No: hing to a motion selling upon the • eool lue motion of the Hen. Member did lot . tenet) the- el i duce him to agree the duet "t . Mr. [tenni tt at Kiet•ieeen. Leeking, teen at would irlite him to ag ree U) 5 motion cllitg Upon the the t Mr. Berinatt ar Kiseaugen. Lurking, then, at Crawn i t l o do iti a formal manner what he knew it would tile extreme i_ ueonveidence ef bringing tlatse ceess before fail in if it attempted to do it. But, at ihe semis time, he -den was raised — th ee , n ee of Comm ens, and meking them the subject of , admitted that a most serious q es .. 'i etest etious in that Heuse, unless under circuenstences of ;nam ely whether the Bishop of Bach and Wells, in pro to to necessity, he thought it most unedvisable ; e' in s titute 11r . Be P inett to the living rif Frome, °f F ro e the mere institution of Mr. Bennett to the living , cu-tiding n'g to .• letter and spirit of the law. f r"ae thesubject o f ." •C h e I had acted accordmg to the ore h e No et ., sat down he must advert co what had fade., from? of Mr . Bennett was relevant to that. It appeared, then, N I ' . °". Gentle i n 0 tl - e Bishop o f L ondon,' ow, I t did n • man reepect t - , Ito him, that the Government, instead of agreeing to an e ` e " upon appen to come within his own Knowledge, address to the Crown, must, in a friendly spirit, make "Wen°, t°hauthorityow he could not doubt, that there was such an investigation into the facts as would enable them si rs , .0 sno w i t_ ii . la L the language of the Bishop of Lou- to judge what further steps should be taken in the e dd uPon the occasio n conveyed 'toni c , referred to so strong an , that if matter. He for one had fur a hung time fit that the wed sli d ri nre that the H , eceledasticel law was in a most del dive and imperfect g te, • °I). Gentleman would not evince the i condition .in respect to a case which, though a rare one, 1 ,, e , t disposition toßeverend , A , . „retate'e conduct in complain of the Right . 1 as yet a possible case —namely , that in which it might d'reutnstaces he this matter.—(Hear,) Under the he nec essar y to put the law in motion against a Bishop br i e ra e to take w had mentioned, he telt that the right ; for the purpose of tying him up to his duty. He fully e d' and he as not that proposed by the Hon. Mem- ; concurred in the suggeedon of the Noble Lord the , di e w e hopedthat he would not I resa the Houss to 1 Member for London. telt 'ln upon it. At west b ad __ the same time he trusted that i Mr. WALPOLE said it was to be deprecated the ' l ' 4 " P"sedt in that House would be sufficient making the House o 1 Commons the arena for discussing LONDON,. theslottical stfejects sere at ell possible to eveil it. He, how ver, eunca: the '7;c-riflemen who had just sat down, that a case had been ma-:e out which not only invited but demanded inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) For if any minister be instituted into a benefice of the Church while he, was in fact, or was likely to be, a member of some other- Christian communion, it was a 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 enough —(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Spooner) said, by moving the previous .questien they...were sholvingahe main proposition; that W 23 not the case. By the course they were taking- - they were simply saying that the question should not now be put. , This was an important consideration in reference to the motion before the House. Let him call the Hon.. Member's attention to the facts connected -with it. A motion stood on the notice-book for a fortnight or more, by which it was intimated that the Hon. Member for Cockermouth was- going to call attention to the institution of Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of Frome. Now, until yesterday the House was not aware of the precise intention of. the Honour able Member for Cockermouth.—(Hear, 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 about to take the turn it assumed in consequence of the notice given by him last night. He mentioned these facts in common fairness and justice to those parties who were implicated, by the speech addressed that evening by the Hon. Member to that House, t© show that they ought to b© allowed a proper opportunity.of explaining the facts and circumstances of the case as far as they related to them. He aeferred to the 13ishoirof London, the Bishop of Bath, and Wells, and the. patron of the living. Under these circumstances, he asked if the mov ing of the previous question was not the proper course to take. He would follow it up by sayinge•that in con sequence of the observations of his Noble Friend oppo site, supported as they were by the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford, that the Government would in a friendly spiritinstitute such an inquiry as was suggested in reference to the institution of Mr. Bennett to the living,of Frame, and particularly in reference to . the question whether the law could be made to.. meet the evil of which they so generally complained.—(Hear, heir.) More than that he hardly thought the Government could •• be called upon to undertake. The House might call upon them to do that, and the Government would be prepared to obey that call.—(Hear, bear.) 'He thought tnat 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 whai was after all uncertain information. In order, then, that the question might be simply and astisfactorily investigated, the Govern ment were anxious to carry out the inquiry in the spirit suggested by the Noble Lard, if they were permitted to dO so —(He,r, hear.) Lord Rs GROSVENOR said that but for the premise which had been made by the Right Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Walpole) on behalf of the G , vernment, he should nave f. It it to be his tin v to vote E , r the motion of the Hen. Me eetter for (e` iskerineuth (Mr. llorsman)e but .fter the promise had .be -n made that the subject which had t“-night been brought before the El , use should be thoroughly investigated, and in a friendly manner, by the Government, and that they would then come forward aed state whether or not it was desirable that the law should be altered, he trwted the Hon. Member would not press his mo , ion Mr. AGLIONBt hoped the opinions of those Hon. Members woo agreed with. bis.Uon. Colleague in think ieg en inquiry was demanded in this matter, which h t d o e oso t a l t t i the de oha p ec u u b wr l a tti with the : 4 t s h fi d e e i the d v N E l : o !h: sr le h,ti L u sh : p r o r as d n rpte w ,e h h eh o e was one certainly of great importance • to the nation, sswpri:bu.kj would t . b e last, H s e v o n n u of the Home Secretary—(Hear, hear.) should like to know, first, when the inquiry was to be made, by whom it was to be made, and when the House would have an opportunity of • considering and deciding upon the report of such an inquiry. So far from being axne t i en g qqh inquiry. he e n 0. heard Gentleman, tr 0 n a. satisfied e then, his previous duisatisfac ion was only in cFwrr:oradms ea about o e b u y C t t t h h h a e e n C e P e o l e E c r e h s o s fiooftnh the E trary, the Right Hon. Gentleman said the House of Com mons was not a fit place for theological controversy, and that it was inconvenient 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 an 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 would divide.—(Cheere.) 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 been 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, welch 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, he would be prepared to impugn and disprove some of his (Mr. Horsman's) most important statements. Now, considering that these statements had been made in the presence of the assembled House of Commotis, 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. Horsman) 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. Iu en deavouring to show, however , how ca pable 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 House.—(No.) He would prove it —(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gehtleman 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. Horsman) had characterised as a haughty answer—an 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 m• caeriel. 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 chant°, terised as he (Act 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 be had designated as haughty. and as breathing the spirit of Litni.—(Cheers.) He asked then, whether the Right Honourable Gentleman had not made a charge which he himself must feel was totally un becoming his p sition in that House?—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he(Mr Horsman) must be aware that he had not honestly quoted the documents which he had brought b,--fore the House. What was the me suing 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?---(Chenrs.) Was that the Right Hon. Gentleman's meaning? Bat he would not pursue the subject further. He 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 Hon. Gentleman or any other Member of that Houss.—(Cheers.) Of the manner in which his motion had been treated by other Hon. Gentlemen who had taken part in the debate he had not the smallest dis position to 'complain. He must' admit, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer had observed, that the motion was an embarrassiug one. It was equally true that every thing connected with those questions which respected the Established Church, 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 bad been established by Aot of Parliament ? Did it not rest upon an Act of Parliament ? Did not its ministers receive their privi leges and pay under an Act of Parliament ? And if the Parliament of England had established a church, with a sttaff.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 doctrines, then he wanted to know whether the Parliament, which had established that Church for certain purposes, was not in reality the very tribunal to consider whether those purposes had been answered or not ?—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the motion was very vague and indefinite in its character. Of conrse he (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 question 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 he 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 head of the Church, should be petitioned by this House graciously to institute an inquiry—that • inquiry being, of course, carried on in the manner which bad 'been suggested on that (the Opposi -I;!?it:fPor"tsiheb tion) side of the House, upon the advice, and under the i t i le e n tdo direction , digitate of the Ministers of the ewns--(Hear, hear.) He proposed that the House of Conamens should address her Majesty for an inquiry; _ h ut he left th e mode of inquiry expressly open to the Governmentlt W4B not for him to suggest, nor was mode o f i to them, whet should be the cleiry the inquiry. If they agreed to an in. mattes w oen h an d s to advise would be en t irel y in their • in such se the Crown to in s titute that inquiry most efficient and pr a op in e anner as they might deem purposely left to the ; and his too ion expressly anti and the largest discretion,_verement the very follest powers the inquiry, h e seol i C l !"' e rs.) Ie Mieisters in stitutedbut it-must. not bc, what the } eve it in their hands, " friendly inquiry"—(Cheers )_f ili o : 1 - 1 6eoretary termed a these " friendly inquiries" were.—(gear, hear.) well what they wanted to stifle a question all they( ear, hear.) If had to do was to set on foot a "friendly inquiry," and Parlia mentary Committee t) sit upon it , "the inquiry a wanted was a judi cial in q uir y . Thi s a"r he right to demand a jud icial in q uiry, and p rovi ded the Govern ment instituted such an inquiry, he was most willing to leave the matter in their hands. Nothing else than 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• wa s ; , that it MO too important to be left there. Under these Mr. . 80 ... 100 -20 WED*ESDAY EV E NING, APRI ctunstenees he did not think h e should be doing his duty I recollections of the past, and might revi ve f ee li ngs now if lin consented to wie- e l eew th e metien.—(Cheers.) h.-.rp.ly elleyed, sho l ici pet b, ;igen' brou e e- an d er th e Ile had brought it forw ar d w i t h A „ spec ie ° pur pose, I notice of 'ho country, and painfully obtruded upon the because he felt that th e ev il was grow i ng an d ought to consideration of Europe. But after the appeal which be met ; and having done this he should certainly press has been made to us by the Noble Lord —and especially it to a division.;--(Land cheers.) after the observations of the Noble Lord the Member Mr. GLAI)STONE wa s sure th e House w ould feel far Tiverton, and after the statement on his part, which that, after what had 'fallen from the Hon. Gentleman, would lead the House t' suppose that we were preventing some explanation was necessary on his part.—(Hear.) the publication of documents that are necessary to the The Hon. Gentienlan'had stated that he (Mr. Gladstone) vindication of his pclicy—l can assure the Noble Lord had charged him with - not. having quoted '`.honestly" a that I shell not persist in my opposition.—(Hear.) We document to which - he had referred in the course of his have no personal feeling in the matter; and, in truth, speech. Now his ,(edoe Gladstone's) memory might err, my first imp ress i on was t h at h e p u bli ca ti on of these do like that of others; but hi s reco ll ect i on was s trong that cuments would b e di sagreea ble and inconvenient to the he had never used such a n o ff ens i ve or i m p r oper word. .Noble Lord the M em b er f or T i verton and th e N o b le —(Hear, hear.) If he had used it, he - would be the Lord opposite (Lord John Russell). But if these Noble first to apologise for. having done so; but he bad not. Lords think that the documents tend to their honour, used the . word " honestly," and he had merely charged -and to the vindication of their policy, I have no further the Right Hon. Gentleman with not having quoted nor- objection.--(Hear, hear.) rectly.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I am very glad to hear the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex- Right Hon. Gentleman say he will accede to the motions ;stained that Mr. Elorsnean had very muon mistaken •My opinion is that it was not only right' in the'Noble what he had addressed-to the House. •He (the Chan• Lord the Member for Tiverton 'to make the represenia 7 cellor of the Exchequer) had never denied for one mo- dens he did on this subjeet ; but I consider. shat It wag ment the .grave importance of the subject which the an hondur to this country to take the part it did take in Hon. Gentleman had brought forward., In fact he had reference to these refugees. We did not think it was stated that it was impossible to exaggerate its import- consistent with our duty, or with the policy of this ante.—(Hear, hear.) His observations were addressed country, to take part with the war in Hungary.—(Hear, to this—that he did not see that the proposition which hear.) But when they fled to take refuge in Turkey, the . Hon. , Gentleman had made would meet the and when Turkey was disposed to accord to them hos difficulties with which they had to contend; that the pitality, and after a proper time to allow them to pro circumstances on which h e bed dilated were very im - - coed to other countries, we thought it right that the perfectly known t o Ron. Members of that House; support of this country should be given to enable Turkey and, listening with great - attention to the Honourable to carr y ou t th e se views. I always thought it redounded Gentleman's statement,. he acknowledged at once 'its to the honour of this country to have taken this part, vastimpertance, at the same time that he said it did not and any documents which will show the manner in appear to him that the proposition of the Hon. Gentle- which these representations were made,' and hoW man was one which would meet the diffiesilty; but he earnestly the Noble Lord repeated his assurances of had no ' wish whatever to convey to the House the im. support to Turkey, I think, ought to be given, so that pression that be did not himself feel, the absolute news- the country may see that we at least maintained the sity of inquiry. When the Hon, Gentleman said that a principles of justice and of hospitality.--(Hear, hear.) " friendly inquiry " had been offered, but . that be re- The motion was then agreed to. quirad a " judicial inquiry," he (the Chancellor of the The appointment of the Committee on India was Exchequer) must tell, him that the difficulty which he postponed till Thursday. felt when he first rose, and which he still continued to The Stock in Trade Bill was read a second time. feel, was that he did -not senho w at p rese nt advised a The House then adjourned at a Quarter past Nine judicial inquiry could be instituted. He would not talk o'clock. of a friendly inquiry, but certainly he could not promise a judicial inquiry. All h he could say was that there should be a bond fide inquiry; and, under the circum stances o f tee case, he thought that was all the. Hon. Gentleman ought 'to ask her Majesty's Government to d e .ee(te eea ) . _ . The subjeet brought before the House — important as it was—vsas surrounded with difficulties. No person could contend that there were means of Willi tutirig a judicial inquiry as at present advised, and he could only say on the part of Th e Gov er h men t that the inquiry should be ir bond fide inquiry into the grave cir cumetances alleged.--(Heer.) The House divided, when there appear e d-- Fur Mr. Horsman's motion..., • Against it . !.. o• ... Msjority against the motion ... FOREIGN - REFUGEES . Lord DUDLEY raI.JA RT, pursuant to notice, rose to make the follewingmetiones-s" Copies or extracts o' any communications which have passed between the Go. vernment of thus country and Turkey, and other foreign . Governments, respecting the Hungarian and other refu gees detained at Ktuteyab, from the date of the las! dispatch on this subject, a copy of which has been leis before this House'up to the present time (in continuation of papers already presented to P arliament)." It woule be in the recollection of the House that very early ie 1850 he drev3 their attention to the events which had taken place in Hungary and Turkey, and particularly te the demand madeetts he thought moat' unjustifiably, ti 3, the Govurnments of Austria and Russia upon the Sultan for the surrender of .certain refugees, who, after having taken part in the str uggle which had thee} recently pre railed kr ' the liberty aud independence. of Hungary, had sought an asylum in the territory of I hr h ey - . The Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton, after stating his opinion on those transactions, agreed to lay on the table of the House a selection from the dispatches which had passed between those different Govern ments. A very considerable time elapsed before those papers were forthcoming,:atad it was not until 1851; after be had taminded his Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston) of his promise, that the promise was • fulfilled. His Noble Friend then laid on the table two dispatches, one ot which related to the refugees who had been shut up in Turkisy. Hie present motion only contemplated a con tinuation of those dispatches. All that he asked was,that inasmuch as this coerespondence only came down to April, 1850, that they should have other papers laid on the table which wouldlerieg down the correspondence to the time of the liberation Of those refugees on the fat of September last. The Noble Lord at the head of the late Government had said,, that if those papers were laid on the table of the House they would prove.that the British Government had in reality done that which the Ameri can Government claimed to have done, namely, to have effected the liberation of the captives of Biutayah. The present Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he (Lord D. Stuart) applied to him on this subject, very obligingly said he could not think there would be any objection to the production of those' papers, ' but that he must consult the Foreign-'office before he 'could consent to their production. He (Lord D. Stuart) had since learnt With regr e t 'th a t th e Right Honourable Gentle man would feel it his duty to oppose this motion. He was at a loss. to know on what grounds such a motion could be resisted. • It was well known that when the re fugees from Hungary sought shelter in Turkey, the Go vernments of' AustriU 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 ltb.retion of the captives, that of itself was a sufficient rewires why the dispatches in question should be. laid onehe ' table of' the House.' H' was very glad that Englabd and the United' 'States . were united in the liberatteenbf - RoStiuth - and 'the other refu gees; and he did not At all want to ' detract from the merits of the United States.lo what they bad done; but. his belief was that the Mississippi might have remained at the Dardanelles till Ain time. if it bad not• been for the energetic representation s made upon the subject by the Bricieb Government._ -If the papers he asked for w ere granted, this fact would be established—if they were withheld the HAM : seated the country would have a' right to complain that they 'did not receive the iutormation to which• they were entitled. The papers ought to be given for the juski6eation of the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton; and while be did not want to impute per-' sonal esoeves in the ettempt.to withhold the papers, be must say there did appear to be. something like a want of generosity to the late Government in now withhold ing them. The only 'reason - that could- be given for withhol•dng them was, that it might be unpleasant to the Governments of Austria and of Russia to have it shown that the representations Of the British' ambaSsador at Constantinople were ittteeded • with more weight than theirs were; and further, Is a teat-Leese papers might show great vacillation on the part :of the Porte as to the liberation of the refugees. ._But he thought these reasons were not of weight sufficient to justify the withholding, of these papers, and therefore he would move the resoel lution ot which ale had given notice. ' Mr. HUME seconded the motion, on the ground that th e people of this country had - taken a great interest in this question, and had held meetings on the "subject from one end of the country 'to the other, calling on the Go vernment to interfere on behalf of these refugees. He thought, therefore, the Papers' ought to be given, in or der to show that the confidence of the people had not been misplaced, but that the Government had exerted themselves to carry out the wishes of the people. Lord PALMERSTON.--As-•I am much concerned in the correspondence to which my Noble Friend has al luded, perhaps I may be permitted to take the earliest opportunity after the question has been put to state that, so far as I am concerned, and I believe I may . say also for the vernment of which I• W as the n a member, that we have e Go o Objection to granting ale * motion of my Noble Friend. It is 0, fact known to all the world that these refugees were detained in Turkey for a eonsiderable portion ot : time, against the natural wishes of the Turkish Government, 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 ment of Austria , for the feelings they entertained with regard to these persons.—(gear) They 'did entertain a feeling of alarm, which was no doubt sincere,. but it was the opinion of her Majesty' s Government that Austria had no right to dictate to the P orte in w h a t manne r the Sultan should exercise the rights of hospitality towards persons who had committed- no.offence against Turkey, and that he was entitled, if he chose, to set those free. The British Government- did, by my intervention and by the exertions of her Majesty's ambassador at Constantinople, repeatedly and constantly urge upon the Porte to give way to _ouvin inclinationti, and to permit these refugees to leave T !keys of course, everybody w ho knows the 'relat ive s trength of Turkey and her powerful neighbour will at once see that, with every dis position to act upon the generous feelings of the Sultan, there were nevertheless considerations of prudence and p o licy which' interfered with Is free choic e in a ma t ter of this kind,-and it bec ame • t herefo re i mportant for Turkey that it shonld-be abl e allege i n support of the wishes of its own Governme n t to that which th e urgency of a f ore i gn Government press' •ng - upon t h em to d o they ' In wh at 'felt to be just and proper. . to: et degree the Ameri• can Government contribu ted . produce this result, I able to state. No doubt, it exercised its influence am not me purpose which we to accomplish the .ea laboured to achieve, but the correspon dence will show what was done That ' • by the nt. Is all British Governmewhich the House is concerned to know. I have only furth er to say, that learnt' of the papers by a careful se --of the dispatches and the' replies from the Foreign-offic e, from her b seen Ma jesty's ambessador—it will e and what were the efforts of the British G overnment , what sue eveenesetit. .. . cees attended _______---- , s Pills the very • I—Holloway1 —Holloway those al ,rte, without cosslattaag al nosing that would be 1 [ADVERTIStMENT. digestion, and Weak Stomachs.— ff to h. f entre:s or distressteg to the opinions of best Remedy for Bile, in s - o-m , stve t , 3r. - either of Austria or Russia. I shall ' Extract of a letter frontr, sir,—The gratitude I owe the Governments . 1t1..1a a coy Noble Frie d ! Chester, to Professor Rol 3' aa. Cure 1 have derived by thereff.,re ,ti ppm i The in , f she EXCI ' Q ' Lyn' 9h to you is great for the extraordinary / am sixty-four years of age, and The CHANCELLOR o motion has iE " U ——-- (' ' aki g your wonderful Pills. d so severely from bile and in Is T , ,ble Lord 'who _made ibis iesof a stueed very truly t for n mere than forty yearel suffeettes ; burden to me. I received placed I held the optnion, -!:.,Tiusewith p apers having been , digestion that life was a IV c°an times, but could get no perms.- placed on the table of th e lareg ard to a corn- the best medical a dvice a ittried your Pills, and they have so in dtnce, that it pieced se plomatic correepoe ' tees upon the nent relief. At leng t h.:rs that lam restored to the most robust of that whole dessr.ble that the sequtl . correspondence vigorated my constitu tio n yeasts and at Professor Holloway's to n a subsequent occasion I health.—Sold 1;1 44. Strand, London. should be given, but tha t . inquiring - told the Noble Lord that, after at the Foreign- . Establishment, e • I'be surveyor of highways for a doubt whether that w ould .. " ....u . IsAiscs• office, I had reasen•to St 04 Dean lately returned in his report asse re the Noble Lord that we ' t owns hi p in the Fore prudent courBe. I can- • After the words in the schedule, n from anr. did not strive at that conclusto _ y desire to de-following nuisances," he wrote, " We are plagued with tract from the merits of our predenessors,......ese eseear, hear.) " State all the pyristii!" The accounts appear to have been The fact is, there teal been, as is well known, a great a great deal of 1 allowed at a town's meeting, held at a club deal of acrimonious feeling existing' on the subject . examined and .. _ were mi x e d room in the vtilage • between the various Courts which .1 . AY PURSENTMENTI3.--it is shown by A this question. Happily; e t' ' those feelings of acrimony I .GRAND u (printed on Monday) that the gross - 'now a good understandin 'return to Parliament; are now allayed. There i s g, astmants made by the grand juries of the there has been for some time past, between the .. Courts, , amount of pres et • • nties aws, and towns in Ireland for the year of Constantinople and of , Y iel , lls ' .l3*l it was 41)Prehended several coe IL ~i . °u2 of which 82,1121. 3s. 11d• were by us that, upon thievuoieess • would be better that this.: 1851 was 944, 924 1 . for public charities, ar id 126,0344 15s. 4 if d. were repayments mine of correspondence, which was fraught with painful J Of a d vances to Govepment. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. I ri ,From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, APRIL 20. FRO3IE VIOARACI E. Motion made, iiiiaGestiOnPr;POseT," That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct inquiry to be made whether due respect was paid to the Decrees of the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical of the Church of England in the recent institution of the IsMINORITY—AYES, Reverend R iri Mi. A B y e n E n s e i t t Boo t g. o le t , h s e . V c i . carage of Frome:"—Whereupon the previous Question was pat, 0 That that Question be now put." The House divided : Adair, R. SIAM) tglionby, H. A. F o r e e a w e h e , n ,C Charles, Paget, Lord George 019 13 , G. c. Baines, M• T Pechell, Sir G. Bass, st T. Greaten, C. Pascoe P er f ect, Ro b ert Bell, Jacob Hall, Sir B. Pigott, F ranc i s Bernal, Ralph Hardcastle, J. A. Ricard o , O sman BOyle, Colonel Harris, Richard Scholeneld, Willi am Bright, John Headlam, T. E. Scobell, Captain Brotherton, J. Henry, Alexander Sheridan, R.B, Brown, W. Heywood, James Smith, J. A. Hill, Lord M. Stantord, J. F. Buxton, Sir E. N. Strutt, E. Carter, J. B. Hind le y Charles Stewart, Admiral tlhilders. J. W. Hobhouse, T. B. Stuart, Lord D. Clay, James Hume, J. Humphery, Ald. Thompson, Colonel Clay, Sir W. T .rw h o ali o r em n m el e y ,Sir J. Cobden, jtichard Coke, E. K. Crowder, ,urGeßt.:rgc..e T. L jK 3Li ae c ili g er hs , de oa eg J nw no am , r : l : p j e jr na s oy m hns am : Dundas, Sir David Mangles, R. D. Ellis, John. Martin, John ..vans, William Mitchell, T. A. Ewart, William Fergus, John . Verney w.svlvWilliams,rnoallokrsstoimleieya nys,M S T ll' ,j i eihraß.y'toHstj..nahl. Thomaseahwsn Foley, John H. Fox, W. J. Freestun, Colonel 3 : 3l2l u wisr n erit ti alttn , i: Ci DrFE . tahr F v:ianM . dScisi: W. WBeYvilirkelTe;3l,l3'arCE.:La.:l-101k. e MAJORITY—NOES, 100. Adderley, C. B. Granby, Marquis of Newdegate, N. krehdall, Captain Greenall, G. Newport, Viscount Bagot, William Grosvenor, Lord R. Ossulston, Lord Bailey, Joseph Ilalford, Sir Henry Oswald, Alexander Baillie, H. J. gall, Colonel Packe, C. W. Bankes, G. Hallewell, E. G. Pakington, Sit: J. Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, Sir,Robert Bentinck, Lord H. Hamilton, Lord C. Portal, Melville Beresford, William Heneage, G. H. W. Prime, Richard Blandford, Marquis lieneage, Edward Red, General Richards, Richard hooker, T. W. • Henley. J. W. Booth. Sir R. G. Herbert, Henry A. Russell, Lord J. Bowles, Admiral Hervey, Lord A. Scott, Francis Bridges, Sir B. Hope, Sir J. Sibthorp, Colonel Broadwood, Henry Hotham, Lord Sotheron, T. H. S. Bruce, C. L. C. Hudson, G. Spooner, Richard Castlereagh, Vise. Inglis, Sir It. Stafford, Augustus Chandos, Marquis Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Tennent, Sir J. Christopher, R. A. Jones, Captain Trollope, Sir J. Collins, Thomas . Knox, W, S. Tyler, Sir G. Cotton, W. H. Knox, Colonel Tyrell, Sir J. Disraeli, B. Langton, W, H. Verner, Sir W. Drumlanrig, Viscount Lennox, Lord A. Vivian, J. E. Duncembe, 0. Lennox, Lord H. G. Vyse, R. 11. Dunne, Colonel Lewisham, Viscount Wall, C. B. East, Sir J. B. Lockhart; W. Walpole, Spencer Evelyn, W. J. Long, W. Whiteside, James Forester, G. C. Lowther, Colonel Wigram, Loftus Fox, S. W. L. Lygon, General Williams, T. P. Freshfleld, J. W. Manners, Lord C. Wood, Sir W. P. Fuller, A. E. Manners, Lord G. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. Gilpin, Colonel Morgan, 0. Mackenzie, W. F. Gladstone, W. E. Murphy, F. S. Bateson, Thomas Goulburn, Henry Naas, Lord PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OPFICE. The following Bills are appointed to be read a third time on Thursday, April 22 : Aberdare Market and Slaughterhouses. Cheshire Constabulary. Dudley Waterworks. Eastern Counties and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Companies. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Kelvin Bridge (Glasgow) and other Works. Lockwood and Meltham Road. Norfolk Railway. Retford and Littleborough Road. South Essex Estuary and Reclamation. Stockton and Darlington Railway. Sunderland Waterworks. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—On Monday 19th April was a wearis ome de bate, hardly, attended throughout by the number required to keep a House, 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 `he 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 to be 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 cautious 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 Mr. Horaman moved an Address to the Crown for examination into the proceedings con nected with St. Barnabas, and the subsequent re placing of the ecclesiastic removed from that cure of souls, into the parish of Frome. Many new facts were adduced, highly interesting to all concerned ; and no attempt was made at confutation from any quarter. The answer of the Government was one of the lamest ever heard in Parliament. It was the " Alex andrine" of Ministerial prosody. As out of nothing, nothing can come, it ended perforce in moving the previous question. All kinds of blandishments were tried upon the mover, 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 80 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 a dvance, and another which wishes to hinder it ; a nd the way to hinder, is, if possible, to prevent a division sot all. Oa the present occasio n , much good will aris e _ fr g as what has taken place. The Hous e of Conr3 e o ,e f s by a s stoutly rejected the invitations to stultify t Cy occa self-denying ordinanoe, which pour in f h e is o i n e n i s onsshould petubject, in sions. Everybody is for having which- he is anxious , the Hous e o refuse to interfere. Ef this only what would be the 11513 of a House of Commons r ly, I am, Sir yours very sincere AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 21st A;pri.122 2. ......„ went_ far eno ugh, 21, 1852. BANQUET AT GOLDSMITRS' HALL. Safur lay her Niajaaty's Ministers were en tertained by the Woraaipful Company of Goli smiths with their mind magnificence, and, on the health of their " brother Goldsmith," the Earl of Derby, 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 business for his friends. The associations of the place very natu rally led him to notice the wonderful revolution in ma terial which gave a nathe and occupation to the com pany, and to the sudden and simultaneous discovery of gold in unsuspected quarters, and to animportation 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 opened 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 of statesmen and of the political metal *as almost limited ; it was supposed that the crop of s t atesmen was one o f very limited amount, for which, if you were disposed to searc h , you must di g ,in certain favoured localities, anti 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 Majesty to do the best that he could for her service, I have ventured boldly to open a new mine and I am happy t o say t h at, in the epinioneeof competent ' judges; so, far as it h as yet b worked, the ore that has been rais e d contains among it as large a proportion of st er li ng metal, with as little admixture of dross, as any that was ever we drawn from the old and exclusive m i nes to which formerly confined." This h a pp y illustration waswere re ceived, as it deserved, with reiterated cheers. L or d 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. The 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 emark, that " all is not gold that glitters." But, though our " brother Goldsmith" has evi ,ently made an important discovery, we are not so sure that he 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 he 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 weacit. 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 quarter-sessions, obstinate lords, intractable baronets, petty squires, and even rough yeomen, have all b een ama l gamate d b y t h e new D er b y fl ux . 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 Protectionist rubbi s h wo h ave had all about us for ever so long! There it was at our very doors, till people could hardly move about,.. or even get o ut o f their houses. It sparkled a little in the sun, and felt heavy, but nothing could be done with it. Wash it, or burs it, or grind it, or bray it in a mortar, it was all th e 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 field, 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 Confidence, Was the order of the day. No pledges, no fetters, scarce even a suggestion was per mitted to interrupt the bland repose of agricultural E faith. " One pledge—and one pledge only, said 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 Lord 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 their_strength,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 yielded to 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 importance, 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 ? Be 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 chain him and qu , slion 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. — Timer. NAVAL INTELLIG--..' THE LEVEES. At his Grace the Duke of Northumberland's levee./A; yesterday the following officers Were received:—Com mander T. Chteoner, Captain R. F. Gambier, Captain W. J. Williams, Lieutenant T. C. Bruce, Commander H. J. Lacon, Captain F. V. Anson, Captain W. Peel, Lieutenant the lion. F. Foley, Lieutenant E. K. Gore, Lieutenant G. W. Jackson, Captain Sir G. Back, Com wander Henry Boteler, Captain H. D. Trotter, Captain J. B. Dundas, Captain G. 11. -P. White, Captain H. Layton, Captain T. S. Thompson, Captain W. Hood, Captain A. J. Montgomery, Commander T. C. Hosea son, Commander J. B. Cator, Lieutenant J. Delius, Commander T. W. Horton, Commander W. Kirby, Commander J. G. Wigley,!Captain the Hon. G. Hope, Lieutenant W. H. Hood, Captain W. Kelly, Lieutenant W. P. Coventry, and Captain Halsted. At Rear-Admiral Parker's levee yesterday the follow ing officers !presented themselves :—Rear-Admiral Dou glas, Captain G. H White, Captain Sir Thos. Dundas, Mr. G. H. Gibbon, Commander T. G. Hoseason, Mr. E. D. Hubert, Commander Hine, Mr. G. S. Singer, Mr. R. 0. White, Commander G. Le Bowyear, Lieutenant T. C. Bruce, Lieutenant T. Butler, Lieutenant H. Smith, Captain Edmonds, Captain W. Williams, Mr. J. Cuta gar, Captain W. Hood, Lieutenant T. Forrest, Mr. T. E. Smith, Commander H. S. Lacon, Lieutenant Pollard, Commander Stormer, Mr. T. Donald, Lieutenant Tribe, and Captain Hillyar. Admiral Hornby received the following officers at his levee yesterday :—Admiral Douglas, Admiral Mends, Admiral Sir F. Mason, Commander Hoseason, Major Brown, R.M., Lieutenant E. B. Hopkins, Commander J. Wood, Captain C. Edmonds, Mr. J. Cutagar, Mr. J. E. Mastertor, Mr. W. B. Gordon, Lieutenant T. C. Bruce, Mr. Templar, Mr. P. Morris, R.M., Commander W. Horton, Lieutenant Saumarea, Lieutenant C. G. Tagen, Captain Kelly, Captain Hillyar, Lieutenant Gore, Mr. Gibbon, Commander Lacou, Commander Boteler, Com mander Hayes, Mr. White. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—SAILORS' HOME, PORTS MOUTH.—We are always most happy to record acts of 'true benevolence and philanthropy. Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanshead Park, enclosed yesterday a cheque (being his third donation) for 1001., in aid of the funds of the Portsmouth Sailors' Home. His first donation was, we understand, 201., his second 301., and now, having the satisfaction of seeing how extremely well the establishment progresses, he has sent the tion of 1001. princely done- Captain W. H. Hall (Nemesis) has had an interview with his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at the Admiralty, on the subject of sailors' homes, when the Noble and gallant Admiral ordered most minutely into the details, working, and management of those excellent institutions. His Grace being intimately acquainted with the economical arrangements adopted at the naval schouls and other public establishments, suggested to Captain Hall several improvements which can be made. He also thought the charges made to the seamen were rather too high, and he 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 a few, and those not of the beat description of seamen. The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Jones, got up steam this morning, and proceeded out of harbour. She 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 Baseire River, called Diamond Island, the very finest oysters were observed in great abundance, and the ships had only to send their boats outside to obtain and catch the finest turtle, averaging from 1001 b. 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 was 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. Jones, went out to Spittead to-day, and j o ined the squadron there. The Edinburgh, 56, screw-ship, is being fitted at this port as a sea-going .‘ Excellent." Captain Chada will go to sea in her when ready, and teach practical sea service gunnery to her officers and crew whilst cruising about. She will make an experimental trip to Malta. We have been informed that a contract for barrelled meats for the navy (salt provisions) has been lately en tered into with the same parties who furnished the Goldner preserves. We give this report 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 topgallantmasts ready for sending aloft. SHEERNESS, APRIL 20.—Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Horatio, 22, Captain the lion. S. T. Carnegie, got 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 Tore light it was found necessary to bear up for Sheerness, in consequence of an accident having occurred to some part of bar machinery. She came into harbour a little before noon, and let go her anchors. We were informed yes terday that some portion of the apparatus contaected with the feeding pump gave way, which, on being ex amined, was found so defective as to render it necessary to bays a nee shaft made for working This will take a few days to eff.-ot, 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, ca me into port 3 est-rday 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 Aad and proceeded to her Majesty's ship Royal George, 120, and, in coejunction 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 hes appeared in some of the London journals to the effect th at one of the first acts of the pre sent Board of Admiralty was the appointing a post captain to the Simoom iron troop-ship. Thi s i s not the case, as Captain John Kingconae's appointment to that ship bears the date of the 9th of February -10 days be fore the resignation of the late Admiralty, and 18 prior to the. Members of the present Beard actually taking Majesty 's screw-ver Commander G. 11 8, upon themselves the duties of their office. Her pad dlewheel steamer Basilisk, 6 remained in harbour, waiting Gardner, and to receive H. on board stores and provisions for the use of Sir E. Belcher's expedition, which they will convey to the icy regions. WOOLWICH, APRIL 20. Tit Tate Ligh;e.ing steam vessel,blaster-Commander ARCTIC EXPEDITION. left Woolwich this retaster-Commaader Allen, rnort,in. for Greenhithe, having Commodore Henry Eden, " Dockyard, and the superintendent of Woolwich pay clerks from the Admiralty, on board, and the whole of the ships of Captain Sir Edward Belcher's Arctic d sil uaron were paid advance, and will leave Greenhithe shortly after two o'clock A. m, on their enterprising expedition. The Lightning returned to Woolwich in the afternoon, and having taken on board 40 tons of coals, left again t 6 a P.M. for Greenhithe to tow the North Star as far as the Su IA at Harwich, or to such distance as Sir Edward Belcher may consider ne cessary. The Basilisk t s eamer, under the command of Commander Gardiner, and the Desperate steamer, under the command of Lieutenant Stevens, have remained several days at the Nose to tow the Assistance and Resolute sailing vessels to the edge of the ice. A num ber of ladies have presentedCaptein Sir Edward Belcher with 22 handsome silk flags and a number of worked articles for the comfort of the officers when in the Arctic regions.. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TOTNES. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDEN T. ) A meeting of real Free Traders and Liberals will be held at Condy'e Lion Inn, on Wednesday evening (the 21st), to consider the prop riet y 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 M orn . ber) has, it is stated, at the request of his committee, consented to throw overboard all idea of protection, o far as " corn " is concerned. The electors generally, h ow ever, are from e xperience become d and,ecitiecdolynsFidtrleree. Traders in the true st sense of the word; ing that our prese nt commercial policy has been means of benefiting the great mass of the people, insi st that the principles of free trade shall be still further carried out, and are therefore of nion it will b e wise to return a Member"L. Parliament (in C on j unction with Lord S eymour), who will not only promise not to reverse the decisio n already pronou nced w aga inst a duty on corn, b ut who „ with all sincer i t y and honesty of purpose, strive toa l mend our present system of taxation as still further to relieve the industr i ous classes of the co mmun ity, by reducin g th e daily taxe s on those articles ofconsumption (such as tea, coffee, &c., &c.) whi c h at p resent press too heavily on the poorer classes of the community. It is understood t h a t Mr. Mills, a merchant of considerable influence, will be proposed at the meeting , and as he is k nown t o b e o f sound principles —in favour by bof a reform of ou r repre sentative system and vote allot, little do u bt can b e entertained of his triumphant return. There is a de cided split in the Co n se rvative camp, and Tot nes m ay now be reckoned as being safe to ret urn t wo Lib era l s on and Free Traders to the new Parliament. SHIPS ON THE ICE OFF THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND. The following is an extract of a letter from Captain Penny, giving his opinion on the insubject of the ships said to have been seen on the ice the spring d last year:— " You ask me what I think of the two ships seen upott the iceberg. I think they were ' country ships,' as we whalers cull 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 size would be found to contain even one ship, much less two. No iceberg of one-fourth of a mile would reach such a position; it must have been two pieces of icebergs, and the vessel being five d m iles distant could not observe the water over the 0- tached ice. " We have the experience of the 11 whalers wintered on the ice; they all broke from their icebergs long they reached Cape Farewell. " I have the honour to remain, " Yours most reePe, t 7,. "Yi,ENITy.v, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Am ongs t th e no bl e , distinguished, and fashionable company honouring the per formances at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yes terday evening we remarked the following :—His 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 Bailer, Bart., M.P., Sir John Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Lord Adolphus Fitaclarence, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, the Viscount Anson. Sir Ralph Howard,. Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, the Hon. F. Cadogan, Sir Thomas Barret Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barret Lennard and party, the Count Corte, Major Blane, Captain Smith, Captain Ibbetson, Lady Somerset, Colonel Lockyer Free stun, M.P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. Panther, Mr. George Hudson, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Hudton, Mr. Paul, Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Miss Caroline Bellew, Mr. Storer, &c. __________,,_.---------_--------craties paid in Great A statement of the lega s cY be I total amount of capital became liable to the tax to the portion which paid the Britain for the year ISSI shows the heq uegts being to children or pa rents, duty of 1 per cent :6s. It h e portion which paid 3 per cent. was 28,7 21, " , tneg or sisters, was whahvicehbedeunri4n9g,4toh2e,3t9wlll.B3f this brothers to uncles and cousins, was 1 7884 69/ - [4,232,7651. ; the pot: , . , distant relations, was ' 229 652/. ; that at 6 P er c-- " cent. to strane ' to mole dis f t n io r n be a q t lys p t a s r t c o ni, , rs, was 4,385,308/., or t the wh an eleventh part o , ole.. The average capital acy din.) had b een of 1797 fa a b n o d u t t t h leg a t h has ba: r n 2- 9,82 1 4,291/. per taannduumr.ingThtehetost4a total on which /vim -which accrued to the revenue, l as t year for stamp duties on legacies, en probates, a dministrations, and testamentary in— ventories in Great Britain was 2,253, 0391., being an increase of 34,824/. over 1850. F or I reland the amount was 125,6411, being an increase of 1,0601. MANSION-11 0USE.—Yesterday the Lor d M a y or an d the Lady m a y oress entertained at dinner the mem b ers o f t h e Courtof Common Council, and their ladies, of the wards of Coleman -street , Alders ate Aldgate Bassishaw, 13illopsgate , Bread-stre e t, Bridge -;t g reet ' Bre a d - s treet, Candlewick, Castle Baynard, Cheap, Cordwainers, and Cornhill. There were also present Mr. Alderman Cubitt, /LP, Mr. Sheriff Cot., terell, M rs . Cotterell, and Miss Cotterell, Mr. Sheriff Swift. and Mrs. Swift, and several private friends of the Lord Mayor., Covers wore laid in the Egyptian Hall for 250. . ROBBERY OF 1,6001.—0 n Monday information WBB received at the chief police station, Scotland-yard, th at the confidential valet to Colonel Howard had absconded. stealing upwards of 1,6001. from the Colonel's residence at Brighton, chiefly in Bank of England notes. an expedi- A PEACEFUL EXPEDITION.--The JaP tion, according to a Washington correspondeenoor,ast is to be . The merely a hydrographical survey of the Japao r es ng 32-pounders are to be used merely as weasu i for instrume • nts in th e triangulations; the cannon balls are procuring base lines. If any Japanese is oo: enough s t t r o um p e u n t ts, h o is f head in the way .of these n ieteor icAlin co ur se nobody_will b e e r a lb lame but himself if he should get hurt.--New York ° tt /•.* - 7:ZI - / /