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jtri EWOfl+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. WESTERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE, I The Shareholders are hereby Informed, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING will be held on the 6th May proximo, at the Maine Station, Boulevard Mont Parnasse, Paris, at Three o'clock P,x. be present at this meeting, proprietors In order to be entitled to of twenty shares and upwards, and holders of proxies to a like amount must, in accordance with the 40th Article of the Statutes, de posit their registered certificates on or before the 24th April instant, at the offices of the Company, 44, Moorgate street, London 62, Rue Caumartin, Paris, where they will receive tickets of admission, and where forms of proxies will also be delivered on and after Mon day, 12th instant. By order, J. COtTIN, Secretary to the Board of DireCtol - 3. Paris, April 3, 1852. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: Lord REDESDALF. presided, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. THE NI ANNOOTH GRANT. The Bishop of LONDON presented three petitions against the renewal of any grant to Maynooth. ECCLESIAS rICAL TITLES ACT. Lord MONTEA(ILE presented several petitions against the EcclesiaQtical Tales Act. The Marquis of BREAD ALBANE presented several petitions from Scotland praying for the inspection of re- I l ious houses; also for the repeal of the Maynoth Act. LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. In answer to Lord MONTEAGLE, The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said that the Admiralty had had no official communication respecting the loss of the Birker head. On the motion of the Earl DESART, the Bishop of Quebec Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the Patent Law Amendment Bill was repurted. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY the Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill passed through Coca- mittee. On the motion of the LORD PRESIDENT the In demnity Bill was read a third time and passed. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY moved that the House adjourn until the 19th inst. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he wished to make a remark which he had re• frained from making last night. The Noble Earl opposite (Derby) had stated that communications had been addressed by the Governor-General of India to the c )mminder of the Burmese expedition re lative to the conduct of the war. Those communica tions had been published in the Indian newspapers a month ago, and at least a fortnight before military ope rations were commenced. The intentions of the Go vernor-General, his instructions to the General of the army, the point against which the attack was to be directed, and the determination to withdraw the troops before the rainy season, would be known to the Bur mese Government. This constant and inevitable vice in the administration of affairs in India must be abso lutely eradicated. It was essential to the credit of the Government, the safety of the army, that secresy should be preserved.—(Hear, hear.) He knew the diffloulties which the Governor-General would have to contend with in the preservation of that necessary secresy, and Noble Lords would scarcely be able to form an idea of the manner in which the secrets of the Indian Government were betrayed. When he him self arrived at Madras on his way to Calcutta, he read in a Bombay paper several paragraphs relating to the war in China, which ho thought he recognised as proceeding from his own pen. Upon closer examination thy turned out to be certain instructions which he himself had written while at the Board of Control, and not only was their sub stance given, but even the words, and so evidently were they copies that a literal error which had crept into the written instructions had also crept into the newspaper. The same had been the case with regard to a report forwarded to the Indian Government by a dis tinguished officer in Scinde, arta: at the time of the Affghaniatan war, when he (Lord Ellenborough) was necessarily at a distance from the scene of opera tions, and not so well acquainted with the state of mili tary affairs in that country as he afterwards become, ho had thought it expedient to give a discretionary power to the general commanding as to the occupation or abandoning of Jellalabad. Every particular of that order was known in the camp before the general could have the opportunity of acting upon it. Upon that he had deiormined for the future that no military movement should leave his own breast ; and. accordingly, except his own pri vate secretary and his aides-de camp, no man knew anything about them beforehand It was by that secresy that the military operations were afterwards conducted to a successful end without loss of life. In his opinion secresy was more necessary than any other point far the successful conduct of affairs in India, and lafe hoped that some instructions would be tent out to the Governor General, that any means which he took to obtain this end would be sanctioned by the Government at home. The Earl of DERBY quite agreed that this subject was one of deep impotta.i,ce, and he entirely concurred with every word that had fallen from the Noble Earl oppasit Their Lordships then adjourned until the 19th instant. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The ErZAKER took the Chair at a low minutes to Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: —Derby Gas—Laneasrer Wiverworks, Cemetery, and Gas—Medina. River Navigation. Tne Corris, Machynlietb, and River Dovey Railway, wi h Branches Bill, and the Belfast Custom Housc, Bill were read a second time. The following Bills were considered and agreed to Aberdeen Fire and Life Assurance Company. Forth and Clyde Navigation. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. PETITIONS. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Ply mouth against the Maynooth grant. Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from a vicar in the East Riding of Yorkshire against the removal of the Crystal Palace. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the arehdeaconry of London against any fur ther endowment to the coll ege of Maynooth. Colonel TRfres ----,ePSON re sented a petition fr om Hall against of Foreign inst the E xtredit Seamen's B:11. Mr. B. BERK- r ; presented L EY a petitio n from a Young _an 's S oc i ety assn ition from Bristol the taxes o . n knowledge; also .a pet tificate duty.' Bristol against the atorneys' net o Lord ROIiERT GROSVS ENOR resented a petition from the Metropolitan for legielative melon', s toa-n' presen Sanitary Association, prayi n g ADJO RNMENT I"nre Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved extramural_ interment. "P TUE HOUSE. rising, do adjourn until aoraed that the House, at Ls Agreed to. ' s ' , the 19th of April. — Mr. G. BERKELEY sairlptahpeerCthane,2llor of the Ex cheques had 4notie,, on the the adjourn °, a l:1 :r% it was only client of tLe }louse at tialf-past tour whether a Lew nainti;es after four, he wished to as the HOll. Member was in en d er ta move the adjournment. The SPEAKER inform e d hi m that it w for any Hon. Member 0) m iv- th e adjournr7 comp e t , ADMISSION OF STItA NGERS TO Infit ent ROUSE OF COMMONS. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the First d Commis sioner of Works whether the publi c wou ld be e' to view the House of Commons during the P"flute - Easter a d_ journment? Lord J. MANNERS said the obstacles which pre. vented strangers visiting the House of Commons had now been removed, and those who had tickets to see the House of Lomb would be permitted to visit the House of Commons. A Committee, however, had been a p. pointed to it quire into the lighting and ventilation of the House, who had come to a report, in which they recommended considerable alteratik , ns, with a view to ameliorate the sufferings of Members. Therefore it would be impossible to give strangers access to the House during the entire Easter recess, but their admis sion would only be sulecf, to the alterations going on. PETI TIONS. Mr. W. WILLIA.II.6;;;;;Cecf a petition from Bel fast, against any public grants for horse-racing in Irelarv),. Mr. FITZB.OY presented a petition from Aberyatwith and other places in Wales, in favour of the County Court ExteuAion Bill. Mfr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from the coal-whipperi of the prt of London, praying for some in.roure to redrea their grievance. Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Coventry against taxnd 03 knocledge. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. Mr, W. WILLIAMS moved inTaTtac(;;;:it, - ; - ;f the public iraorue and expenditure of the United Kin...- d om , in tie years ending the sth day of January, 1850, 1851, and 1852; distinguishing V..° actual payments for the expenses incurred in the collection and mana4ement of the revenue; for the charges of the public debt (the terminable annuities being also valued by estimate); far the expenses of the Civil Government; the allowances to the royal family, and to his Mojcsty the King of the Belgians; the establishment of the L9rd Lieutenant of Ireland; th e expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Departments; the other pensions on the Conso lidated F und, on the gross revenue, and the , .Civil List; also the p,. unt i e ex inaellti for the a dministration o. Justice, diplo matic Army, and on account of the sums voted for also public „ e t , Ordnance, and miscellaneous services; and warehouse s , h , .)unties, Yost-office, the quarantine not coming e e r ttahtishinents ; and all other payments appennin. stic,wing'7t,e' the foregoing headt; with au head of the acc,init o n L ey 'ral items composing each peipmr, No. 570, of session 1351) of Yirliamentary THE LOSS OF TIIE KAFM tut sl l ) ( Agreed to. WAR, AND THE Mr. ADDERLEY asked the SRet.retar he Y of State for the Home Department, first, seh.ther information to the 110495 respEctin g t e :,'" give any Birkenhead stunner, and as to the causes of the l o ss; and, secondly, whether the new; just °f that from the seat of war at the Cape led to spy received that what the Noble Lord (John %mall) c ed ho i r humane system of dofending the colony, could lin iniee t--0 ful in staying further hostilities? . , a _ bir J. PAKINGTON, ould ? ugly BaY that his infer. THE SUN, ---- motion on the melancholy subject to which the Hon. Member referred was confined to that source of informa tion from which he derived his, viz., the public news papers. He was sorry to say that at the moment of his leaving the Colonial-office no dispatches had been re ceived which would throw,any light on either of the ques tions put to him. SEIZURE OF BOOKS IN BELGIUM. In reply to a question from Mr. MILNES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he had received information of the seizure by the Belgian police of a case of books belonging to a Mr. Jeffs, a British subj ect, on board of the steamer Soho. They were seized within the Belgian territory, the case containing 500 copies of a contraband pamphlet called La Verde des Evenemens des Mois de Decembre, and also 500 copies of the Bulletin Fran9ais, a journal published in Belgium, but suppressed by the Government. The editor of the latter journal had been tried and acquitted, on a charge of writing seditious articles, and of course Mr. Jeffs had a legal remedy at law against the Belgian Government, which would compel her Maj.esty's Go vornment to interfere and see justice done if that remedy were denied. The seizure took piece under an old law which was made in the time of King William. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL called for some explanation of the abrupt manner in which the adjournment of the House had been moved to-night. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was moved and carried without his knowledge before ho came down to the House. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know if it was intended to adopt his suggestion of devoting Thursdays to orders of the day ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would consider that matter during the holidays. He had an objection to giving up the Thursday for the purpose, but he would see if some arrangement could not bo come to with the view of expediting the dispatch of public business. which should be agreeable to all parties. NOTICES OF MOTION. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that early after Easter be should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Vestry Act. Sir B. HALL gave notice that early after Easter his Hon. Friena Mr. Herrman would call the; attention of the House to the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Bennett to the living of Frome. Mr. CHRISTOPHER gave notice that early after Easter Col. Sibthorp would move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable candidates for counties to give their supporters refreshment to the extent of 2s. 6d., if they thought proper.—(oll, oh.) METROPOLITAN INTERMENT ACT. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOM BE wished to ask the Se cretary of State ,if he had received from the General Board of Health the annual report relating to the pro ceedings of that board, under the Act intituled, "An Act to make better provision for the Interment of the Dead in and near the Metropolis;" if so, when ho re ceived it, and when it is likely to bo in the hands of Members. Mr. WALPOLE said the report had been received, end it was his intention to lay it on the table, though it was defective on one point. MILITIA BILL. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask a question with regard to the Militia Bill. Ho did not find auy clause in it with reference to substitutes and the amount to be paid for exemption from service. Perhaps this was left in the same state as it was under former Acts? Mr. WALPOLE—Those matters are left exactly as they were in the former Acts. Sir DE LACY EVANS said the Bill was not at all a consolidation o E th e aw. contended that it was, as the last clause contained all such poi n t s o f t h e existing Acts as were not expressly repealed. COURTS OF LAW. Mr. HEADLAM wished to ask whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to allow any public money to be expended in providing new Courts at Westminster. Lord JOHN MANNERS said temporary courts had been erected for the use of tho Vice-Chancellors, which would be ready at the beginning of the next term, but tbis would in no way dispose of the question as to whether the courts should remain or be removed from Westminster Hall. Upon that point the Government were not yet prepared to give any opinion. I RI-41 ADVANCES. Sir L. O'BRIEN wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would feel justified, the Repayment of Advances Acts Amendment Bill having been read a second time, in releasinse the moneys which have betn retained in the bands of treasurers of the Poor-law Unions, to await the fate of this Bill, after the example of what was done by the Prime Minister in the case of the Rate in Aid, when the Treasury advanced 100,0001. on the faith of that Bill, after its second reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could hold out no such hope as that which the Hon. Baronet asked for. Mr. CLEMENTS wanted to know when the Repay ment of Advances Bill was to be proceeded with? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it had already been arranged that the Bill should not he brought on until after Easter. LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Mr. ADDERLEY wished to be informed whether the Admiralty had received any intelligence of the loss of the Birkenhead, and if they knew the number of souls on board at the time she left England? Mr. STAFFORD said at ten o'clock this morning a telegraphic message was received at the Admiralty, an nouncing the lose, and immediately afterwards a mes sage was sent off to Sir John Ommaney, at Plymouth, requesting him to forward ouch intelligence as he had upon the subject. No reply, however, was returned to that message up to two o'clock, and a letter was dis patched to the gallant officer ordering him to make a report immediately of such in formation as he had upon this distressing subject. There were 600 souls on board at the time the Birkenhead left this country, Up to half past four o'clock no additional news had been received at the Admiralty. POSTAGE LABEL STAMPS. Mr. MUNI Z presented a petition on this subject from Charles Maybury Archer, gentleman, setting forth that, in the month of December last, ho became, through the medium of a fortuitous discovery, possessed of the means and information calculated to show the total in security of the present system of postage label stamps, and of their liability to be successfully conterfsited, and that petitioner was also in possession of moans whereby the same might be as successfully prevented. That petitioner had had a correspondence with the au thorities of the Post-office and Inland Revenue, and submitted that the great circulating medium fur the correspondence of this country, and which had lately become a legalized form of paper money, ought to be invulnerable, and not the easy subject of counterfeit or imitation. Petitioner further stated that the present newspaper stamp was also the subject of easy successful imitation, and that consequently both it and the postage stamp system might easily become the subject of spurious and surreptitious issue. That petitioner had suggestions to make for the improvement o f the postage•stamp system generally, and prayed to be exam i ne d before the Committee thereupon, and also relative to a proposed plan he had for improvements in detaching and cutting postage-stamps and other articles and substances. THE RIVER PLATE. f WON wished Mr, L GIBBON take 41)3 to place the relations to any 8 to know whether the Go vernment intended y between this looting than the y whether been for some time past; ho also e country and Brazil on a more satisfactory wished to know hethr the Government contemplated ' to the River Plate, the free nav i gation of the r i ve r land and France, in refere the trade of Europe? t of t EXCHEQUER replied as the r esu l t o f the joint acnticoen and interference of Eng- Th© CHANCELLOR -ho e that not twenty-f ou r hours wl,B kit, after the over throw of General Rosas, in communicating with order that steps the French Government, - in might be mutually taken to secure those great results to all desired. On the commercial world which were g Johnre y d Sir Charles Chevalier •her MajestY, the 16th of April St. an Hothana. who had been appointed by " and s, would leave Europ a i t , tw „ ,. of war, - would the Ceurt of Brazil hut a mission of '' sail's official one to touch at Rio. Their visit was not en - nication and explanation. Th e Government friendly commu nicationt a nd they confidence in Sir Charles Hotharn, hoped he would succeed in obtainin the free navigation of the River Plate, which they and g all countries of Eu rope so anxiously desired to secure. England and France had h wished to obtain no particular privileges or advantages, but to negotiate for the interest of all countries in the world. Lard PALMERSTON said the Hon. Member for Manchester had inadvertently made a mistake in men tioning the River Plate. Instead of being a ri ver i t wag a bay or estuary op en to the whole World, and he p a prehended he referr e d t o t h e r i vers Parana and tructuly ARTERIAL DRAINAGE (IR ELAND). a - . In reply to Mr. SCULLY, The CHANCELLOR o f the EXCHEQUER said the whole question of arterial drainage was under the con sideration of the Government. LONDON, of imposing the ballast charges, and greatly improve the condition of the ballast heavers. He hoped the Hon. Member would agree to refer the Bill to a Committee. Mr. B. OSBORNE hoped the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets would accede to the suggestion to refer the Bill to a Committee. The ballast heavers of London were in the hands of 29 middlemen, 27 of whom were keepers of public-houses, and the consequence was that they never gave employment to any men unless they purchased victuals and spirits of a very inferior description of them at a first-rate price. A greater abuse than this could not exist, and ho hoped some measure might be devised to remedy it. (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the sth day of April, 1852, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Coun cil. This day the Right Honourable Sir John Dodson, Knight, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn o f h er Ma jesty Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the sth day of April, 1852, present. the Queen's M os t Ex cellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Lord President of the Council for the time being ; the Most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal ; the Most Noble the Duke of Northumberland, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty ; the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, First Lord Commissioner of her Majesty's Treasury ; the Right Hon. John James Robert Manners (commonly called Lord John Manners), First Commissioner of Works and Buildings ; the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Right on Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor and tinder Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer; and the Right Hon. Joseph Warner Henley, President of the Committee of Council for Trade, to be a Committee to superintend the application of any sums voted by Parliament for the purpose of promoting public education. By the QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA R.—Whereas by an Act, passed in the fifty sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled" An Act to provide for a new silver coinage, this realm,' the and to regulate the currency of the gold and s il ver co i n of and piaster empowered and Worker t o coin, o f tot o rosro u i y r e v:eMhuresi and pdno l n dubi nnee pound wg o hte n rit d ogey o he n wasauthorized coined,eighteen silver bullion into silver coins, consistin g of crowra, half crowns, shillings, and sixpences, of the standard of ele ven afterpennyweights ounces th a e n d r rate t w e o of of fsixty-sixi al pennyweights oytoth e po pound shillings t fine d l and whereas by an Act, passed in the twelfth and thirteenth years of our reign, intituled " An Act to extend an Act of the fifty-sixth year of King George the Third, for providing for a new silver coinage, and for regulating the currency of the gold and silver coin of this realm," the Master and Worker of our Mint in London was authorized and empowered to coin, or cause to be coined, silver bullion into silver coins of the standard of fineness abovementioned, and in weight after the rate of sixty-six shillings to every pound troy, whether the same be coined in crowns, or in any pieces of a lower denomination ; and whereas in the thirteenth year of our reign, we thought fit to order that certain pieces of silver money should be coined, to be called Florins or tenths of a pound, and to be of the value of two shillings: and whereas, pursuant to ,our said order, and in virtue of the power given by the said recited Act, a coinage of the said florins or tenths of a pound, of the standard and at the rate aforesaid, was made : and whereas, pursuant to our further orders and in virtue of the said power, a new coinage of florins or tenths of a pound, of the standard and at the rate aforesaid, has been made, and every florin or one-tenth of a pound, in such new coinage, has for the obverse our effigy crowned, with the inscription " Vic toria D.G. : Brit : Reg. F.D. :" and the date of the year and for the reverse, the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom, contained in four shields, crosswise, each shield surmounted by the royal crown, with the rose in the centre, and in the e t s betweene, an d shamrock, the slii shields surroundedth e national by theemblems wordsof the O ne Florin one-tenth of a Pound," and with a milled grain ing round the edge : and whereas pieces of silver money of t h e description last mentioned have been coined at our rose, Part ffi thistle, Mint, and will be coined there, in pursuance of orders issued and to be issued by us : we have, therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this our royal proclamation; and we do hereby ordain, de clare, and command that the said last-mentioned pieces of money so coined and to be coined shall be current and lawful money of the United Kingdom of ! Great Britain and Ireland, and shall pass and be received as current and lawful money of our said king. dom by the names aforesaid, and at the value hereinbefore assigned to them. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and in the fifteenth year of our reign. GOD save the Quint. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Admiral Sir Charles Ekins, K.C.B. General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B. Admiral the Honourable Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, K.C.B. Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.B. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie, K.C.B. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Bullen, K.C.B..:and Lieutenant-Geueral Sir John Fox Burgoyne, K.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifications, to be ordinary Members of the Military Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honour able Order of the Bath ; Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downraan, Kt., C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir George Erancis Seymour, Kt., C. 8., Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, Kt., C.B. Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Maclaine, Kt., C.B. Lieutenant-General George Charles D'Aguilar, C.R. Lieutenant- Oeneral Sir Richard Armstrong, Kt., C. 8.. Lieutenant i General Henry Goldfinch, C.B. i u tTh neral John Bell, C. tt: Lieutenant:General George Brown, C.B , Adjutant-General of her Majesty's Furces, Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C. 8., one of the Commis sioners for executing the office of Lot d High Admiral of the United Kingdom, Rear-Admiral William Fairbrother Carroll, C. 8., and Colonel James Tennant, C.A., of the Bengal Artlilery, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order : And Rearadmiral George Edward Watts, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the avid moat Honourable Order. WHITEHALL, APRIL 1. The Queen has been pleased to const i tute an d appo i nt Major-General James Frederick Love, C. 8., to be Lieutenant- Goveln. , r of the island of Jersey, in the room of Lieutenant- General Sir James Henry Reynett. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Arita, 2. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Earl of Sandwich, to appoint Robert Bryce Hay, Esq., one of her Majesty'sHNo%n,o;roaFblFeiCcoErp,s A of R Gentleman at Arms, vice William Lloyd, resigned. cilo MEMBERS RETURNED TO SEM IS IN Tills PRESENT PA RLIANIENT . PIL 5. Borough of Monmouth—Crawshay Bailey, Esq., in the room of Reginald James tilewitt, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Cass to be Quartermaster, vice Perkin, retired, April 1. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. William Long, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Windsor Parker, Esq., to bs Deputy-Lieutenant, March 31. Commission by the Lord. Lieutenant of Warwickshire. 'Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Lord Leigh to be Ca[ Isis, vice Lord Feilding. resigned. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The I,ordsCoLniss;ijner;of her Majesty's Treasury hav ing certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th George 4th, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingpom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of Ja nuary, 1852, amounted to the sum of two million seven hundred and twenty-six thousand three hundred and nineiy six pounds four ahillinSa and ten pence ; the Commissioners fur the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of six hundred and eighty-one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine pounds one shilling and two pence (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of two million sven hundred and twenty-six thousand three hun dred and ninety six pounds four shillings and ten pence) will be applied under the provisions of the said Act, be tween the 7th day of April 1852, and the sth day of July, 1852, to the following purposes ; viz : To be applied to the purchase of Stock ...... £681,599 1 2 Add interest receivable on account of dona tions and b2quests ' to be applied to the purchase of Stock 2,287 8 2 X68;,886 9 5 National Debt Office, April 2, 1852. A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptrollei -General. BANKRUPTS. Henry Stimsen (and not " Stinson," as before advertised), boot maker, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, to surrender, April 16, at twelve, and May 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Alderman burs; Atkinson, Swan-chambers, Gresham-street. Henry Worms, boot maker, Blackfriars-road, April 16 and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, News, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas Bull, licensed victualler, Greenwich, April 16, at one, and May 22, at eleven', at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assigned, Basinghall-street ; M'Leod and Cann, Paper-buildings, Temple; Cook, Greenwich, and Fur nival's Inn. S a muel Haynes, wraeelwright, London-street, Paddington, April 14, at two, and May 14, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Staresfeld, official assignee ; Laurance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jirwry-chambers. Henry No =an Barnes, milkman, Margaretting, Essex, April 17, at 'calf-pa.st title, and May 21, at one, at the Court of BankrurA official cy. Whitmore, assignee, Basinghall street ; Di Add, Devonshir e •street, Bishopsgate. Is aac -fi nun ins, charter master, Dudley, Worcestershire, Ap r il 17 and May 8, at hall - pa st ten, at the Birmin g ham District, c our t. V a lpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bod dine° as Dudley. 'm. OctN a " 4 ' ) televen, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, offi cial , a m v i ,f,e Chadwck, grocer, Leeds, April 20, at twelve, and Th„ assignee,._ Leeds ; Upton. Leeds. Mav ,' r n, aa Wood, grocer, Northwich, Chester, April 16 and Moe mouthsh'illiarns' IN Mimi" offiC', 4 l'-' , at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, 4,voc,drict ,ourt. A oung, itchell and Edward Clarkson, worsted spinners, I d , Yorkshire April 2 9 and May 23, at eleven, at the Hoyt :c na " m signee, Liverpool ; Holt and Rowe, Liverpool. '" 3 Oi.st . r . ' ~,,-, official assignee, Leeds; ,w.l,l.radford ; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds. I ymtrict ire April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Bris toliron manufacturer, Pentwyn Golynos, Brie tot. Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan, (Fr o r n t h e - - M ARK ET INTELLIGENCE. NN r London N e w Price Current, April 6. ) SUGAR.--T o d ay a brisleer demand was experie nced for eet India S ugar. Yet ine rc h anta were una ble to obtain an ac Ivance. A p u bli c sale of 2LII hhds 7 trcs Barbadoea of the at the valuations, n , iw crop went rea di ly fine yellow at 378 to 38s, good middli ng to good 348 6d to 36s 6d , midd lin g 32s to :345, and low 308 to 3lsid e cwt. In all 455 hlads, &a,w ere disposed of to-d ay. P r , RENINED.TO-day R S e efined -ugar met with ready pur e for home consum pt i on, and stiffer rates were ob t sined, brown lumps realising 44s to 44s 6d per cwt. For Crushed Sugar the export demand is better, at previous 1 rates. 'TAURITII:i.—Thin afternoon an improve d demand was ex perieri, -ed for Mauritius Sugar, and tell rates were obta i ned. 1 At o ath,: sale 3,243 bags were di sposed 9f, tine yellow went BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCLIEQ,UER ga ve notice that the Secretary of the Board of Control would move the appointm en t o f t h e Committee on India on the 19th of April ; that the Militia Bill would be proceeded with on the 21st ; and that afterwards, with the exception of questions of great urgency —such as the financial statement—the Government would pro ceed with the Militia Bill and the miscellaneous esti mates. for 0 F Ieave LONDON, to bring in a Mr. G. I L ,H L c A )I S i T es H o E s A na V o E re R d S Bill to establish an office for the benefit of ballast heavers i 4 the port of London. Mr. HENLEY said he would not oppose the first stage of the Bill, but he thought it was calculated to im pose restrictions upon the employment of the ballast heavers, and to create a monopoly in favour of a certain body of labourers. Mr. LABOUCIIERE said the Coalwhippers Act had been very successful in its operation, and suggested that before this Bill went to a second reading it should un ckreo an enquiry by a Committee of the House. Mr. FUME said the House was, perhaps, n o t aware that h to th grantedcharged twice as m uch as was necessary, and cleared a t e e Trinity blla'ti ii g ous of otienry the Bth, wh o by ships was a monop o l y profit from it o f between 4,0 00 /. and 5 , 000 /. a-year. This sum he thought ought to be applied in dredging improving and otherwise the River Thames. He thought that if a Committee wore appointed to inquire into the whole system of ballasting, they might greatly reliev th© shipping interest, suggest a more convenient ro: ja - 0 TUESDAY EVENING, at 33s 6d to 34s Gd, middling to good 303 6d to 345, com mon 293 to 30s, and good to fine brown 263 bd to 283 bd per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar of inferior quality met with little notice. At auction 1,363 bags went at 22s to 23s for soft brown, and at 23s 6d to 24a for low yellow. Bengal was in good request by private treaty at last week's valuations, but at auction 954 bags went at rather lower rates, fine small grainy yellow at 375, and mid do. I'ls 6d IMotAssEs.—The supply remains scanty of West India, and at the previous value there are several buyers; Antigua at 13s 6d to 14s, and other sorts 12s to 13s. Cuba and Porto Rico have been sold at 135 to 13s 6d, Bengal and Mauritius lls 6d. Tamarinds continue to be wanted, and supply keeps on the desrease ; sales of West India have been made at 24s to 345, and East India at 8s to 128. The terms obtained for Jamaica Honey are from 40s to 48s, and fine ditto 503 to i 65 per cwt. FitOEIGIC—To - day Foreign Sugar was in good demand privately for exportation, and the rates obtained rather ex ceeded those of last week. A cargo of fine brown Bahia was sold at 18s per cwt for the Mediterranean, and one of Pernambuco at 16s 6d for fair. None was offered at public sale, but 5,700 bags Pernambuco, 14,000 bags Manilla are declared. _ COCOA.—Operations in Foreign are yet trifling, there are sellers of Bahia and Para at 2336 d to 255; and Guavaqnd 21e to 295 per cwt. For West India the market has a dull aspect. Fine red Trinidad can be obtained at 39s to 41s, geod 39s to 38s, low to mid 333 to 355, grey 303 to 333; and Grenada from 28s to 31s. - CO FFE E.-To-day there was a reluctance to operate in Native Ceylon Coflee, 3 8s per cwt is the value of good ordi nary. The demand for Plantation Ceylon is on the decrease. At public sale 100 casks were taken in rather above the value, good at 55s to 60s, other aorta 463 to 533, and triage 333 to 435. At auction 100 bags Costa Rica were taken in at 47s for fine ordinary ; and 30 b a l es Mocha, ordinary greenish at 803, and middling long berry at 88s per cwt. TEA.-Fine Congou met with a good demand, and rates are still sustained. There are sellers of low quality at 7d, good ord sound 7 d to Bd, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf Sid to 100, tine and Pekoe kinds lid to Is 5d per lb. In Oolong operations are trifling, althongh good to fine can be obtained at lld to is 3d, low to mid &I to 10d. Of Souchong large parcels have been disposed of, fine Is od to is 7d, and common to goad 8d to Is Id. A f a i r sale exists for Pouchong, but pri ces are low, ru li ng a t 4d to 6d. There areready sellers of good t o fi ne S cente d O ra n g e Pekoe at from is Id to Is 7d, lo w to mid 8d to Is, st i ll sales have been small, especially in inferior. A good sale prevails for Flowery Pekoe, yet ord to good can easily be obtained at Is to is 6d, fine and superior Is 8d to 2s Bd. For Green there is a dull sale, with an abundant supply, and previous t e rms are kept up . with dif ficulty, especially for medium. Hyson of low to mid quality can easily be obtained at is to is 3d, good to fine Is 4 d to 2s, sup erior 25 2d to 2s 80 , com mon Young Ilyson 9d to Ild, m i d to goo d i s to is 6d, superior Is 7d to 2a 2d Canton Gunpowder 8d to 11d, low to mid Hyson sort is to la 6d, g oo d to fine is 7d to 3s 4 d, Caper Bcl to Is 3d, Hyson skin 70 to Is, Twankey 10 d to is Id, Imperial Canton 9d to 11d , and Hyson ki n d from Is to 2s per lb. RicE.- To-day there were free sellers of East India at the decline noticed previously, s till the private opera tions were SPIKTS. -The sales o f J amaica Rum since th i s day wee k are 40u puns : choice marks 31 to 38 over proof at 33_40 to trifling, and none was sub m i tted to public sale. 4s, fine ditto 2s 111 to 3 s 35, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 23 -Is to 2s 100, mid 2s to 233 d and low 25 to 30 over is 9 d to is 11d per gallon. Demerarais cheapor, limited transac tions having taken place at is lid to 23 2d for 30 over proof. The sales in Leeward I s l and have been at i s did t o i s ad. proof, being a reduction. In East India little has been done nd Is 3i,4d to Is 4d is the present value of proof. Opera tions in Brandy are at present of little momet ; and there are free sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 at 4s Id to 4s 3d, 1850 ditto 43 4d to 4s 6d, 1840 ditto 4s 9d to 4s Ild, 1848 ditto 55 3d to 5s sd, older 55 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux Is lld to 2s Id per gallon. British made Spirit 9s 10d to lOs, net cash; Gin 8s 6d for 22, and 17 under proof 93 per gallon. Geneva Is 9d to is 100, and fi ne at 24 to 2s 4d per gallon. SALTPETRE.-Sales of good to fine Calcutta went finally at 28s to 325, low to good mid 25s to 27s 6d; and Madras 23s 6d to 265, but fine sorts are not wanted. British Re fined 29s 6d to 30s. Nitrate of Soda l4s to 14s 3d per Gift. 1ND1G0.... To-day th ere was muc h i nq uiry after this article and the advance i s we l l supported for a ll sor t s . At auction 131 chests Manilla were sold at from is 2d to 3s, and very ord 9d to Is per lb. CociusiEAL.-This afternoon a furrher advance of Id per lb. was obtai ne d. At auction 80 bgs most ly sold; Hon duras, fine bl ac k 4 s Ild to 5s Id, ord to fine silvers 3s 7d to 3s I Id. Mexi can bl acks 3s 9d to 4s, s il vers 3 5 7 d t o 3 3 Bd , Tenerifie 3590 t o 4 s ld, and blacks 43 Sd t o 4 s 6d p er lb . TALLow.--For Russian on the spot holders are firm, and require 355 to 35s 3d for fine old yellow Candle, and 35s 6d to 35s 9d per cwt for new. At auction 70 cks Petersburgh Soap sold at e. 93 9d to 33 s 3d. For delivery in last three months of the year the rates required are 375 to 37s 3d. Home melted can be obtained at 35s 6d, net cash. The pre vious currency is sustained for other kinds of Tallow. At auction 200 cks Australian were disposed of; Beef 33s 60 to 345; Mutton, prime 365. Oiss.-For Lin see d Oi l 26s to 26 s 3d is the p resen t value forfiinmedmetioarteeigdneli3velsr.y. O R p a e p r e at O io i n l s Cocoa in Nut are of brown 295, pale 30 3 , and Re little moment, and pr i ces are o n the decline, ruling for Ceylon at 31s to 34s 6d ; Cochin 33s to 355, and Sydney 30s to 3gs. Lard Oil is offered at 48s to 50s. The Palm Oil mid to fine can be obtained at 255 6d to .265 6d. In Oli ve a good business is d o i ng; st i ll se ll er s are willing to accept for Gallipoli 43/ to 441; other sorts 41/ lOs to 421 lOs per tun. Seal finds a more ready sale, and rates are better, ruling at 30/105 to 31/ for pale, and 281 to 301 for other sorts. Cod is held for 311. Southern finds a more ready sale, and 31/ 10/ to 331 is the value of low to fine. An increased demand pre prevails for Sperm, sales having been made at 85/ to 861 10s. Headmatter 83/ to 911 per tun. Ground Nut has been selling at 29s to 303 per cwt; and American Spermacetti is s 7d to is 80 per lb. COAL MARKET.—YksrzitDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market Ravensworth'sW.llart 13. 33 Nixon's Merthyr and Walker 133 6d Cardiff' .............. 23, 0 North Tees , l4s Od Pumpquart Stone ..... 24, Od Ships at market, 27 ...... Sold, 25. CHELMSFORD, ATKIL 2 .—Prieee to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, 431 to 493; red, 37s to 425 ; barley, 261 to 295; cievalier bbs to 588; oats 18s to 25s ; Peal, partridge, 27s chevalier 28. to 33. ; grinding 21s to 273; malt 55# to 56 7 ; white, 284 to 30s ; boiling, 29s to 32s ; dun, new, 261 to 30s ; to anza s; b2eans, to tick , 261 t• 3O. ; har row t i cks, 27s to 314; gn, 4, COURSE OF EXCEL Amsterc_am ...... •• •• 12 0 Ditto, three months.. 12 1 otterdam .... ••.. •• 12 1% 1 Antwerp • • . • •• .. 25 57X, Brussels ••• • .. ...... 25 57 Ilamburgh ......M.B. 13 11 1 A Altona• •••••••• • • • •• .• i rails, 3 days'stght .. • • 25 40 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 5754 Marseilles • • • • •• • • .. 5734 Bourdeaux. • ........ rranktorton Mains.... 122 Vienna, °flee. flo •••• •• 12 52 trteste, ditto...• • • .... 19 52 Petersbargh,Sil• Rble •• 27 ti Madrid ••.. •• .• .. 49 7 A, Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • • • .• •• •• • . •• • • • • • kNGE.-(THIS DAY.) •• •• Le ghorn . ott • • 242% •• •• •••• • • 20 6 SS tlea Milan .•• 00000 •••••••• Venice................ Naples ...• •• .• .• •• 40% Pttlerrno.perog........ 122 Messina 122 • • 0p0rt0........:• .. 53% 63 % Janeiro . .. Bue nos Ayres _— New York,6oclays'elght PWladelphia .......... PIIOEII elp innuoN, pzi, •t. rorel gn Gold Inbar._ 43 1 7 9 Portu gal Gold C o i n .. A 0 00 0 - Spardsh Doubloon a .. New Dolla rs 0 0 - Sliver In bug 0 0 GLASGOW AND SO UT II- WESTERN the week ending April 3, 1852 ;-- R AILWAY. —Tratfle for Passengers (20,396), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £ 4 Corresponding week in last year " 3 Glasgow, 4,237 10 9 IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. _ - HOUSE OF COMMONS, A pr a 5, MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. (Continu. d from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. C. VILLIERS said allusion had been made to a no divided parties to a test in that rtouse; and some taunts had the great question that o h u a t d fr g o i ni ve t n he fo o r t b h r e i r n , F isi i d n eg not been brought forward. He gave that notice as soon as it was possible for him to do so, after the present Govern those Right Hon. Gentlemen, having for five years laboured honourably, distinctly, and zeal ously for one purpose, and for one purpose alone— (Hear, hear) —intended that for which they had so often declared, and to W hich every move they made in that House was directed- he Was --Luel versal of the policy of free trade. At the tim e h e Was givi ng that notice a discussion was taking place elsewhere, and an important speech was made by the most important person in the other House—the First Minister of t h e Crown—and an admission, an unqualified admission, was made by the Noble Lord on he was in a minority . 11 the subject of free trade and a .. prote c ti v e policy, that ; the Houle of kCommons. —(Cries of " Hear, hear. ) of ", Nothing but that state hadment on the part the pi nt Minister of the Crown induced him (Mr. 1, li; ri er B ) bringing the question to a testto hesit a t e for a moment in in that House. But the Noble Lord said something further —he said he would take the opinion of the country : i. wdeout any delay upon that ques tion. That admission created a doubt in his (Mr. Villiers's) mind, and it then did seem t o , him a wise suggestion, made gratuitously by lion ' Ge ntlemen on the opposite side of the House, not to press his motion; but he proposed a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and he hggged t° remind the Noble Lord the Mon her for Colchester, who had ri sen that evening, he supposed, upon some taunt, from a feeling ofchivalry for the Govern. leg of the ment— (A laugh)—aa they had not had the benefit Gover n Lord's oratory in that House before since the lied by meat came into oftice-4 laugh)—who seemed and y.n the remarks of his Honkriend to rise immediately V party, and the honour of his chief and the chivalry of a h n is d p were Y and who said the Government were unchanged, ready to try the is sue either in that House or the country at large that the Ri g h t l ion. Gentleman the Chancellor_r.Villiere) of the _ Exchequer, in an swer to the question which he (Al had put to him,whether the p o li cy t h e Right Hon. Gentleman had recommended in oppositi on he inten d e d to enforce now that he was in power, sa id , " The Hon. Gentleman had asked me whether we intend to intend a fi xe d duty on corn, and I beg to say we do not to do so." That satisfied him s that the Right H on. Gentleman bad abandoned hi policy. • He had no party o bj ect whatever in Putting beach would the question; and if Right Hon . Gentlem en on th e Treasury abandon their policy, he , (Mr. Villiers) s hould be satisfied with them as he had been with the two other Governments Melbourne was very that had preced e d t h em, because Lord much opposed t o th e abolition of the corn-laws; and he (Mr. Villiers) had th e satisfaction to-see him abandon that policy. li and he (Mr. Sir R. Peel had also abandoned that po- -c y . delighted to hear Villiers) was satisfied, and he was only he had understood, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, A as that in justification had abandoned it too. lie mentione for his not ha v i ng i mmediately brought the subject before the House ; but t h ere had been a most extraordinary ad mission made n ow, by one who was by There means the least had been an competent man t o form an opinion . admission that th e national feeling was a gainst protection ; and the therefore they h a d a House of Commons unchanged, national feeling agreeing with the Ilot”,_e, and, as he y, then, should Why, con tended, in f avour of free trade. w there be a dissolution ?_(Hear, hear.) Right Hon. Gentle men opposite w ere all identified witha protective policy. Their chief h a d decided that the Ho l e of Commons was against them ; b ut that if they too t s i the opinion of the country, he b e li eved it would be with them—if it was not were told the national they would resign and yet now they r. _ ) The Noble Earl feeling was against that policy.— ( e that an autumnal ses sion the head of the Government said con. i But,,the present should be held to decide the ques disturbed the Government's coining in had seriously country wanted ,hat the busi ness of the country.--(llear.) `V hat was, when it w as prosperous to 1 3 peaceful—(Hear)-_th e of the country, an d people wanted t o attend to the business it was to those men of bu.iness that the country owed i ts greatness, not t o t h e squabbles o f the House.—(Hear, a n d f the Government n 9 laughter.) The enormous patronage o APRIL one dispittrd Ana 'Wail that patronage at their disposal, the Ookretnihent were about to appeal to a general elettion, with ii view to their re-appearance befor , a t t ariiament, if the coun try rejected them as Prtteclionists, in the character of Con vatives. Lc :inch doubted whether they would receive mom fAVour at the bands of the country in the one cha racter than the other.—( Hear, hear.) There had been observed in them of late many things exceedingly unlike the old Conservative party.—(Hear, hear.) So far as he knew the old Tory party that used to prevail in that House, pretty well all their political proceedings were wrong; but this was ever known to their honour, that they were bold—that they were straightforward—that they were chivalrous—that you could rely upon them.—(Hear, hear.) The proceedings of the party now in power, during the last six weeks, could scarcely be deemed as ranking them within any such category.—(Hear, hear.) Never had a straightforward answer been given by them to any ques tion.—(Hear, hear.) They talked of the Opposition having interrupted the business of the country; all the Opposition had attempted to do was to elicit from them statements of . who they Ns-ere, what they were, what they were going to do, and when.—(Hear, hear.) As matters now stood, there was no knowing from day to day what the Govern ment would do or would not do. On Saturday night every ion. Gentleman went to bed, believing they ware going to have a new Reform Bill, with a large extension of the ea _ 'rage, on new principles—not based on education,. that was old; not on properly, that was unnecessary but on two years' service in the militia.—(hear, hear, and laughter.) Now, the great Conservative party came down and said they were not going to have anything of the sort; that was merely a joke of Lord Derby.—(hear, hear.) The other night the great cause of Protection was abandoned; that evening it was again attempted to be set up. No doubt there was in the country a considerable number of gentle men Conservatives, and honourably entitled to the desig nation ; but did the Government, acting as they had been acting, imagine they would be accepted by those gentlemen as their representatives?—(Hear.) It might be equally true that the country was not indisposed for the late change of Government ; the people grew tired of old faces, and liked change from time to time; but the country would by no means take to a set of Ministers who refused to come for- ward like men and what they meant to do, any more than Members of that House would in silence permit them- selves to be called factious for asking a legitimate and ne cessary question, or be charged with interrupting the busi ness of the country, before they were enabled to know what that business of the country was.—(Hear, hear.) It might very well be that the Government themselves did not know what they meant to do, but meantime the country was alto gether dissatisfied with their chopping and changing about. —(hear, hear.) The House were all anxious to hear from the Chancellor of the Exchequer another of those clear, frank, open, and lucid statements by which he had lately distin guished himself, so that no one might any longer remain in the dark on the subject.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Mr. HENLEY said that the Gentleman who last sat down had, in common with the two gentlemen • who preceded him, asked what were the Government going to do ?—(Hear.) He might, in as quaint fashion, rejoin by a question, what did those gentlemen want the Government to do, for while the two first querists pressed the Government to go forthwith to the country, by means of a dissolution, the last speaker asked " What do you want to go to the country for ?" and urgently represented that the whole business of the country would be interrupted by a dissolution. This, in the fifth year of the present Parliament, was rather a singular course on the part of a gentleman who was one of those who went out into the lobby in favour of triennial Par liaments.—(Hear, hear.) lion. Gentlemen opposite affected not to understand what the Government had said over and over again, but the country perfectly understood it, and was perfectly satisfied with it.—(oh, oh.) The country had been told, in langusge it could not misunderstand, and which it had not misunderstood, that the great principle which Hon. Gentlemen opposite, for their own particular purposes, wanted to make the only question would not be mooted until after a new Parliament had been assembled. This plain statement, however, did not suit Hon. Gentlemen opposite, to whom it was very convenient to raise this question, and try to make it the only question which was to be considered, as if there were no other matters in which the country was interested. if Hon. Gentlemen opposite had such a distaste for the present Government, why had they allowed them to become a Government? It was no thing but their own laches, their own indifference to the late Government, which brought about what had happened. —(Hear, hear.) If they considered that everything was proceeding well under the late Administration, that colonial matters were doing well, and that foreign matters were satisfactory, why did they put that Govern. ment in a position which rendered it incumbent on them to resign ? Who was to blame for that result ? Certainly not the present Government. But it (lid not suit the Gentle men who made up the majority to leave the late Govern ment in office ; they wanted to turn them out, to have another set of men in their place, and then to harass those by all sorts of interruptions of the public business, so as to develop some chance of working their own particular pur poses.—(Hear.) Her Majesty's Ministers were determined to go on with the indispensable business of the country, and they had manifested what was their feeling by proposing nothing on which there was likely to b e any great difference of opinion. That evening they proposed to take a vote for the K .fir war; was that a necessary or an nnnecessary proposition ? He would readily contrast it, as a matter of expediency, with the present discussion, and then ask Hon. Gentlemen opposite, which of the two most needlessly pro tracted the session, which they were so eager to terminate 2 —(Hear, hear.) The best illustration of the cha racter of the Ministerial measures was, that in the five or six weeks since their accession to office they kad not had a division against th em i n t h e House.— (Hear.) As to the principles on which they proceeded, he would simply answer that their principles were now what they always had been ; there was n o c h ange i n t h em. Whether any party could carry the whole of their principles did not depend on themselves, but on the country; and to the coun try it was the declared wish of the Government to go, so soon as the m easures necessary for the prosperity an d sa f ety of the cou n t ry s h ou ld b e carried.—(Hear, hear.) The They eared not how soon this should be; but it would be in full time to enable a new Parliament to assemble in the preesnt year, and to that new Parliament the question which Hon. Gentlemen opposite wanted, b u t w hi c h they would not be allowed to make the only question, would be sub mitted.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. S. HERBERT said that in the speech just delivered there was one expression which be felt called upon to no tice; it was the repetition of an expression that had been used by the Noble Member for Colchester, who said that the Government had been impeded in the course of public and necessary business by interruptions from the Opposi tion side of the House. The Noble MeMber for Colchester said, they had taken up the time of the House by long disquisitions on constitutional principles. No doubt the question of constitutional principles bad been amply discussed in that House; but the Noble Lord, when he said that Hon. Gentlemen had not been justified in making these disquisitions, might be met at once by the proposition that these disquisitions were perfectly justifiable, since the Go vernment had yielded to the force of the arguments by which those disquisitions were supported.—(Hear, hear.) They had yielded to the force of sound constitutional prin ciples, and it was altogether politic in them to yield, so as to avoid the appearance of being dragged, as unwilling cul prits, to the bar of a general election.—(Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Gentleman who last spoke seemed to fancy that he clinched the statement that the Opposition had impeded public business, by the observation that there had not been one division taken against the Government. Now, he doubted whether, in the memory of any man in the House, there had ever before been so much necessary public busi ness transacted with so little opposition—(Hear, hear) — with not merely so little cavil, so little criticism, but with such almost entire suppression of those observations which were almost inseparable from the discussion of estimates, and this especially at a moment when public opinion was so excited as it now was on the question of our national de fences.—(Hear, hear.) The accusation then, in his opi nion, fell utterly to the ground, that the Opposition had attempted to impede public business with any unjustifiable or unnecessary delays.--(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Staffordshire had taken occasion to animadvert on the course which particular Members had pursued in 1846 in relation to free trade. lie was not going to revert to that period, but this be would say, that to the latest hour of his life he should feel proud of the course which he then pur sued.—(Hear, hear.) He had been quite prepared to meet with much obloquy and much misrepresentation; and to make an option—not difficult, certainly, but bitter to the heart—between party ties and the feelings of personal honour wrapped up in those ties and the welfare of the country; but he had not hesitated—(Hear, hear)—and, if the principles which he then asserted , and for which he had undergone since a sort of political ostracism, were again assailed no effort should be wanting on his part to defend them, and to defend unimpaired, uureversed, unmodified, the blessings which be believed to have been conferred by those principles on the great body of his fellow-country men.—(Cheers.) It was said that the Government had made no express declarations of their intention on this point; he had no wish to hark back to that subject on the present occasion, but he certainly could wish that, instead of deferring this question to be settled by the constituencies at a general election—thus leaving the most anxious doubts hanging over the public mind on the subject for some time to come—he could have wished that the Government had come frankly forward and said, "We see that policy is im possible, and we admit, with the Hon. Member for Stafford shire, that the national feeling is against us on the qaestion, and we will say at once that we have ne intention, under any circumstances, of attempting to reverse or modify the free-trade policy."—(Hear, hear.) It was his (Mr. Herbert's) desire to see the country governed on sound political prin ciples, and certainly, if he could add art arch to any bridge by which the Government could escape from their free trade dilemma, he would readily contribute the structure. There was always joy over a sinner that repented, but most espe• cially when his sins were such as endangered great prin ciples. The Government valued, and justly valued, Con servative principles. and so did he; and he would ur gently represent to them that it was in the highest degree impolitic and dangerous to have those principles allied with a policy that was odious to the great body of the people.—(llear, hear.) lie wished to see sound, progressive Conservatism prevail in the Government of this country, and he should regard it as a great misfortune to find a great party, comprising many men of public and private virtue, identify itself with a policy which was odious to the nation. because the nation firmly believed it to be based on injus tice.—(Hear, hear.) What was this corn-law, which Gen tlemen opposite wanted to bring back,—what was it, after all, but a system of outdoor relict to the country gentlemen?— ("Hear, hear," and laughter)—different, indeed, from a poor-law rate in this material respect, that whereas the poor law rate was a tax imposed on property for the sustentation of poverty, the corn-tax was an impost levied on poverty for the aggrandizement of property.—(Hear, hear.) lie con sidered it most important that lion. Gentlemen opposite, many of whom did not hold opinions in favour of protection, should be enabled, as early as possible, to free themselves from the encumbrance for ever. He was satisfied with the arrangement to which the House appeared to have come, and had no desire to occupy the present moribund Parlia ment with questions which had to be settled in the next. The Government having taken the course it had adopted o the question of protection, the only way in which that q n tion could be permanently and satisfactorily settled vr -ties ; an appeal to the country • and he desired to have that as 1)- made as soon as the public business would admit.—(gear, hear.) For that appeal he was quite prepared, confidenri that under no name, no subterfuge, would the nation be per suaded to give up that which it regarded as the charter of of the labouring the comfort and wellbeing, most especially, classes.—(Cheers.) be Mr. MOORinto thisE said, the whole of thi s vexed subject might resolved summarytproposition—that the Govern ment wanted to abandon pro ection and the Free-traders would not let them. The present Government it to the country w h ether desired to put it preferred them to the late Government; and be, himself, consid ere d th a t the answer of the country would be decidedly in the affirmative. The Whigs clearly thought so too; and this was why fisted that the appeal they in should be whether the people es preferred f the Whigs or protective duties, f ee li ng conscious that there were a di re a l ternative on whichlie the people of England would prefer the Whigs it was protection. (Mr. Moore) had never been a Free-trader: he believed that the repeal of the corn-l a ws had been a great injury to his country. But he did no t expect, and his countrymen, did not expect, a return to protective duties. Protection had been too long the humbug of one side of the House, and the bugbear of the other; and it would greatly facili tate the transaction of public business if Honourable Gentlemen on both sides would mutually agree neither to choose it as a phantom, nor set it up as a spectre. As for the Whigs, as latterly constituted, he felt convinced that public opinion would never again consent that the whole govern ment of this country should be centered in one exclusive and rapacious cabal, nor that the great grandmother of any Noble Lord should be the fountain of all honour in England. As for the Noble Lord the Member for London, the Irish people had unanimously, irrevocably, and inexorably decided that he, at all events, should never again be at the head of the Treasury bench.—(Laughter from the Opposition.) The Irish people were perfectly satisfied to wait the issue of an appeal to the country, because they knew what it would eventuate in. They were perfectly calm in this matter, be cause they had no expectation of office themselves, and be cause they in no way missed the quarter-day. Sir J. TYRELL could quite understand that the situa- --- tion of Hon. Gentlemen opposite was a painful, inconve nient, and embarrassing one, because he felt that th e Govern- ment having shown that they had the power and tie Cap city to bring forward measures of a well-considered character which Mere likely to give satisfaction to the country, had committed an offence that was not to be forgiven. —(,year, hear.) It had been said by the late Mr. Sidney Smith that the real cause of the quarrel between this country and America was that we gave better dinners and rode in better carriages than they ; and he believed that the cause of the discontent evinced by lion. Gentlemen opposite, was that the Government had shown an ability to introduce wise and good measures. He admitted that the Members of the late Government were not very forward in the course of policy which had been pursued by the Opposition side of the House; but the outsiders bad been figuring away to a tremendous extent, and certainly they had not been very flattering to the Noble Lord the Member for London in all their remarks. For himself, he looked upon the Noble Lord as one who had been a great Minister for many years, and he thought he deserved a larger measure of justice from Hon. Gentlemen opposite, now that he was not i❑ power, than he seemed likely to receive. Hon. Gentlemen opposite pre tended to misunderstand what had taken place in the other House; but, as his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the ' Exchequer had once said, " there shall come a time when you shall hear me," so he (Sir J. Tyrell) would venture to say that there should come a time when they should under stand bis Right lion. Friend, if they would only continue to listen to him.—( Great laughter.) Mr. P. HOWARD complained that the Government had not indicated what the nature of their policy was to be. The late Sir R. Peel previous to taking office addressed a letter to the electors of Tamworth, in which he gave a most distinct explanation of his whole policy—colonial, home, and ecclesiastical. Earl Grey also, when he accepted office, gave an equally distinct exposition of his political views. In fact, an outline of the policy to be pursued had al ways preceded a change of Government. The present Go vernment, however, had left their home and colonial policy a complete riddle, while on ecclesiastical polity they had ex pressed no opinion, but by the indirect answers which they had given they had (opened up a most fertile ground for reli gious strife. Mr. NEWDEGATE regretted that when the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Wiltshire spoke of his readiness to construct an arch in any bridge that could be built be tween himself and those from whom he had separated, he should have followed up that declaration by the phrase that the corn-laws were a system of out-door relief to the land owners of England. As the acting chairman of the acting committee of the Central Protection Society, he could say that the whole of those societies throughout the kingdom had placed their confidence in the Earl of Derby because they believed that that Noble Lord was sincere in the opi nions which he had always entertained, expressed, and acted upon, and because they believed that he was the Minister who was most likely to bring about a happy understanding between themselves and those sections of the commu nity who entertained opposite opinions upon the question of commercial policy. He (kr. Newdegate) and his friends abated not one jot with respect to the question of protection—not one jot; and when the Right Hon. Gen tleman said that the corn-laws were a system of out-door relief for landowners, perhaps he would allow him to inter pose the opinion of a great and unprejudiced statesman—M. Thiers. That able statesman said, "We ought to encou rage free trade in 'France, because it has brought 4,000,000 acres of waste land into cultivation ; " but he added, th a t it was a most unwise ch ange which th late Sir Robert Peel had made in England in 1846. "It was a change," he said, " which had been made in deference to the violence of an ignorant agitation ; it was one not calculated to promote the real interests of the country, but carried out for the sake of preserving the aristocracy and the monarchy from the violence of a misguided policy." This was the un biassed opinion of the representative of a country which had gained enormously by our adoption of free trade.— (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Newdegate) had not wished to detain the House, but when such doubt had been cast upon the soundness of Lord Derby's opinions, and upon the con sistency of those who supported him, he had felt bound— having that day presided as chairman of the committee of the Protection Society—to express his views to the HOMO on this subject. - (Hear, hear.) It had been said that Lord Derby would lose the confidence of the country by protract ing the session, and not immediately announcing a definitive policy. He (Mr. Newdegate) did not believe it. The Hon. Member for the West Riding had let them into the secret of his policy. He had stated that two things were essential to the violence and success of the agitation which he intended to create. The first was, that there should be a fixed, narrow point of attack, such as a ss. duty; and the other was, certainly as to the exact time of a dissolution, and he promised the members of the League at Manchester that if he had those two things he would endeavour to cul minate the violence of the agitation at the precise time of the election. Now, if Lord Derby had any respect--as he knew he had— for the opinion and peace of the country, he would refuse to comply with the terms which had been dic tated to him by the Hon. Member for the West Riding. Sir R. INGLIS said, that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for South Wilts (Mr. S. Herbert)—in proof that no unnecessary impediment had been thrown in the way of public business—had reminded the House that the Govern ment, who had now been six weeks in office, had in no single instance met with a hostile division ; but he was sure the Right Hon. Gentleman would not deny that public business had, to a great extent, been impeded by other means —in one instance by speeches for eight hours, another for six hours, on questions which might ha ve been disposed of in half an hour. And who were those who brought forward those questions? They were the very gentlemen who were so eager that the Members of that House should be sent to their constituents with the view to a new verdict on the question of free trade.—(Hear ) Now, he (Sir R. Inglis) begged to say, with regard to the intentions of the Govern ment on the subject of a dissolution, he required nothing more than the original statement, in another place, of the Prime Minister. His belief was, that so soon as the mea sures which, in his judgment, were essential to the public service and the defence of the country were passed, the Noble Lord meant, as an honest man, to appeal to the country. — (Hear, hear.) Now, that being the case, he asked the House whether, if the course was persisted in of occupying eight hours on one evening, and six hours on another, and three hours, as ou that occasion, with unnecessary discussions, the Government could be expected to advise the Crown to dis solve Parliament at an early period ? (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. TIIE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. HUME said it would be in the recollection of the House that, at the termination of the last session, be gave notice of his intention to bring the general state of the lonian Islands under the consideration of the House at an early period of the present session. It would also be recol lected that some time ago he moved for certain papers on the subject. It appeared, however, that, as yet, the Go vernment bad found it impossible to produce those papers; wit h the therefore he thought it would b e un f a i r to proceed the motion of which he had given notice for to-morrow (Tuesday), in the absence of the necessary documente,— (, gear hear.) He should consequ en tly p os tpone that motion until after the Easter recess, in the hope that the documents would then be forthcoming; but he could not allow the pre sent opportunity to pass without saying a few words en the subject. One of the questions which it was intended to bring before them that evening was the expense of the Kafir war, although no notice had been given them of the amount which was to be demanded. There could be no doubt, however, that the sum would be a very large one, and that it had been incurred in consequence solely of the gross mismanagement of the authorities at the Cape, aided and abetted by the Government at home.—(Hear, hear.) It was In consequence of the serious and expensive mistakes which had been committed at the Cape of Good Hope that he was annious to urge upon the Government the necessity of taking into their timely consideration the situation of the lonian Islands, so as to prevent us being involved in a similar unnecessary trouble and expense in that quarter. The Hon. Member then proceeded to refer to the severities which were exercised by Sir H. Ward on the occasion of the riots which took place in Cephalonia in 1840. He com plained that martial law was unnecessarily proclaimed on that occasion—that no fewer than 44 persons were sentenced to death by those courts-martial, 21 of whom were actually executed, besides a large number subjected to military flogging. He (Mr. Hems) thought it his duty to bring the subject before the House in 1850, and on that occasion the division was 15 in favour of his motion for inquiry, and 84 against it, thus marking a very strong opinion in favour of the state of things which then existed. The House was then called upon to give Sir 11. Ward a fair trial. Well, how had he proceeded since? In consequence of a motion for inquiry into the proceedings which had taken place at Cephalonia the Lord High Commissioner dissolved the House of Assembly, and prevented them from proceed ing. In six months afterwards another Parliament was called, but was actually dissolved by proclamation before it met. After summoning another Parliament, the Lord High Commissioner sent down to Zante and othbheeoresneplamecneetnsi arenlynllisyet.xo.f tehTeery individual candidates whomcon connected ted wishedwit with o t h b e e G elected, ov er n m and n td. directing t theing t l h ib e e i r r ty offi o c f es th , e to pr a e - s o s te b f a o d r t ihn a eg nd all the editors and public writers banished met on the The new Parliament t( p r e n r ge i l au o s. f )h e l d o the tyran was the disgust which cilvted, thatf found c.ir 3dof without e t r re i a h l : — en ( d He l a u r c . h ) nical proceedings of Sir 11. Ward had e cumstance unparalleled in the history. governments had occurred, viz., that it was representative possible to get a quorum of 22 to make a H a o s uee o ..... un ( He im ar - , —having previouslyHl:een Assembly had been again hear.) The consequence had been that the House of prorogued for six months which had taken prorogued for eighteen months out of two years. at believed that the tyrannical pro ceedingsand Hungary place of late years in France did not inflicted upon the u f all equal those which had been Islands.—(Hear, he r h ortunate inhabitants of the . lonian . licy to allow Sir II a ) . He thought it a most unwise po Ward to remain in the lonian Islands after what had occurr d The ' e • Government should at once recall him, and at the commissioners in same time send out whom they as to the had confidence to inquire on the spot causes of the prevailing discontent.— (Hear, bear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON observed, that he thought he had some reason to complain of the course pursued by the Hon. Member for Montrose. Some little time ago the Hon. Member moved for numerous papers on the subject of the lonian Islands, which he (Sir John Pakington) consented to produce, intimating, however, that, as a considerable portion of them would have to be sent for from the lonian Islands, much time must necessarily elapse before they could be fur nished Notwithstanding the absence of the papers, the Hon. Member gave notice of a motion for a Commission whi c h s hould go out to examine into the affairs of the lonian Islands. Suddenly, however, the Hon. Member seemed to change his mind, and, to his (Sir J. Pakington's) surprise, be found him contending that the occasion for taking a vote on the Kafir war was a fitting one for treating of the affairs of Cephalonia.— (A laugh.) At first the Hon. Mem ber appeared to be dealing with the Cape and the Kaffir war, but at last he settled down in the lonian Islands.— (Hear, bear, and laughter.) As the Hon. Member had not concluded with any motion, he (Sir J. Pakington) should have hardly known to what to reply if an attack had not been made on the conduct of Sir Henry Ward, and an opi. nion expressed that he ought to be recalled from his poet. That subject having been touched upon. however, he should feel that be was shrinking from his duty if he did not fairly state the views of the G overnment w i th regard to it, (Hear, hear.) In the first place, however, the Souse Would recollect that her Majesty's present Ministers had had me kind of political connexion or sympathy with Sir Henry Ward, and that, whatever might have been his conduct, he had not acted under the direction of the Administration now in power. - (Hear, hear.) On the other band, he had no hesitation in saying that party distinctions and feelings would not for a moment deter the Government from doing justice, and that, too, in a generous spirit to an absent servant of the Crown—(Cheers)—to one who, they conscientiously believed, in the teeth of difficulties and embarrassments of no ordinary kind, exerted himself to support the authority of the Queen, and to put down rebellion against her.—(Cheers.) Ile did not feel himself called upon to act as the champion of Sir Henry Ward, nor to weigh in a nice balance every word or act of his administration, and he was not prepared to say that under extraordinary difficulties he might not have been led into indiscretion; but he had no hesitation in saying that Sir Henry Ward had done hie utmost to uphold the autho rity ef the Crown, and that therefore he was entitled to a just and generous support.- (Cheers.) Considering that the acts i o t, complained seth the eH lateo n. Government, llle mb er for received f ln the the speechof of sanction he (Sir J. Pakington) thought it would be presumptuous t had now to interfere with them, and to attempt to treat them judicially.—( Hear, hear.) But the matters complained of bad not only been under the consideration of her Majesty's late Ministers, and received the approbation of the late Colonial Minister, but they also formed the subject of Par liamentary discussion.—( Hear, hear.) In 1850, the Hon. Member tor Montrose brought all the circumstances under the consideration of the house, when he could only get twelve Members to vote in favour of his motion—(Hear, hear) - but there were one or two points which, in justice to Sir H. Ward, and in order that there might be no misunderstanding on the part of the House or the country, he (Sir J. Pakington) was anxious to bring under their attention. One had reference to the execution of the 21 men in the year 18-19. Now the Hon. Member for Montrose had omitted to say, that net only were these men taken with arms in their hands, an act which made them guilty of treason against the Queen as sovereign protectress of the lonian Islands, but that every one of them had been convicted of the greatest crimes in addition to rebellion.— (Hear, hear.) There was not one of these men so convicted of rebellion who had not also been guilty of rape, murder, and other the gravest possible crimes.—(llear.) If ever men were justly dealt with, these men, upon their own confession to their priests, were properly dealt with.-(Hear, hear.) With regard to another point, also, it should be remembered that it was in Zante that the elections were unfavourable to the Government. But when the Hon. Member for Montrose complained of the interference on the part of Sir li. Ward with the rights of the lonian people—when he complained that a meddling and mischievous policy interfered with the enjoyment of those rights which he (Sir J. Pakington) had no hesitation in saying had been unhappily conceded to the lonian people he ought to have remembered the testimony borne by lonians as to the fitness of the people for self-government. He would just read to the House the evidence of a distin guished lonian as to the fitness of the people in former years for self-government. From 1800 to 1807, the lonians had a free or republican form of government ; but having enjoyed, or rather, be should say, suffered their free go vernment for two years, they found the following state of things prevailing. What said the witness to whom he referred? Why, that " Fortunately, ample official ma terials were extant to prove that before two years had. elapsed of this golden age, all the Seven Islands bad been guilty of treason and rebellion against its local Govern ment. Horrors, resembling those of the old Corcyrpean factions, described by Thucydides, were of frequent oc currence. In Zante alone assassinations have been so nu merous, as one for each day in the year—a fair average for a population of less than 40,000. Alarmed and dis gusted by this situation of their affairs, the lonian Senate sent, in 1802, a deputation to the Emperor of Russia to implore his immediate interference, as the only means of putting an end to such scenes of bloodshed and anarchy, the sole result of that power which he had left in their hands." The negotiation was entrusted to Mr. Neransi, and he was " directed to impress on the mind of his Imperial Majesty that,' in a word, the inhabitants of the Seven Islands, who have thus attempted to establish a republican constitution, are neither born free, nor are they instructed in any arts of government, nor are they possessed of moderation so as to live peaceably under any political system framed by their , own countrymen. " Another witness, Count Salamos, a . gentleman of the highest possible character, thus spoke of the present fitness of the people of the lonian Islands to • govern themselves. In an official communication he says:, , My Lord,—The present state of the lonian Islands is, indeed, most lamentable. It was not the will of Heaven that the reforms effected-in- the constitution should be granted by such gradual steps as would have enabled the • people to receive them in a proper spirit—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Hume) - and to make a wise use of them. Intro duced too suddenly, and at a most inopportune time, the result was such as might have been anticipated. They awakened the most extravagant:expectations, inflamed minds by nature too easily inflammable, offered to the British natioq, by which they were conceded, instead of thanks,' proofs of the most flagrant ingratitude, and plunged these: • islands into a - state of the greatest confusion and disorder.. Your Excellency's well-known abilities and paternal care were unable to provide a remedy for these evils ; nor have the good intentions and the remonstrances of the executive power proved more successful. The present system takes from every man, however well-intentioned, the power of promoting in any way the good of his country, and conse quently renders unavailing my labours as President of the Senate." Such was the testimony borne to the aptitude of the lonian Government for self-government at the present time. In reference to the charge made against Sir H. Ward of having transported and imprisoned certain editors and conductors of public papers, he (Sir J. Pakington) felt that he would be doing that gentleman a great injustice if he allowed these observations to be made without offering some explanation. One of the first and most ill-advised of the unhappy concessions was made by Lord Seaton before he left the lonian Islands. That Noble Lord proposed a new law giving freedom to the public press under certain precau tions, namely—that any offence committed against property on the part of these papers should be submitted to a trial by jury. Common offences were not so triable at all. Now, viewing the peculiar opinions of the inhabitants of the lonian Islands, he thought that such offences as these ought to be the last that should be submitted to these tribunals. This law had not been in operation three months when Lord Seaton had himself, without resorting to trial by jury, re. solved by what was called the high police power to imprison two editors for a scandalous libel. What followed in Sir H. Ward's time? He had no hesitation in saying that Sir 11. Ward had acted most properly in punishing those gross, t been offenders fr expect nx resort dpeercst jt t o l at t iheee trialhighfrobmy police jsuu r such yh, flagrant, and disgusting libels in the way he had done. These were libels against all who were most revered, re spected, and honoured in this country. Sir H. Ward did not and power, before he sent the authors of them to be tried by a jury.take L N or o d , . h S e ea ti t r o s n t it o u e t u ter r ly eso v r a t i e n d t r o ightl_ ' s s ub c je u ct rj ed e' u tr n ib ti u l ti l a ie ls. fou l n i d e properly to that high police power with which he w asinvested, : in order to punish those men whose offences were not accessible by any other means. Sir H. Ward, however, offered to abandon to those high police powers if the assembly would ernment a fair and a just law that would enabl e theonly pass Government deal with these libels in the usual manner. The to e Assembly refused to pass this law, and a nobleman who had forwarded a petition to this country against Sir H. Ward was actually one of the majority who would not allow him the high police power. Sir H also . Ward was blamed to abandon Hon. Member for Montrose f or di ssolving by the Now, the Parliament w as not dissolved, the Parliam en t. prorogued, because he h a d not th but only He prorogued it bec ause h e found it e power to dissolve. utterly conduct the governm ent o f the country with impossible to . • As sembly. That was in the summer such an • of December in the same year th of 1850. In the month , was again prorogued. But why? e House again met, and it so t to pass a vote to annex the lonian Because they were about 4 ignore the auth • ority of the Queen. Islands to Greece, and to .ei . n e left it to the House to say He (Sir J. Pakington) nr . i any blame attached to Sir w l liet v i v ier,under the circumstances, e ; , ‘ recent events that had occurred ard. In reference to the 'ne • Hon. Member for Mont in the lonian Islands, the seem to understand the osein alluding to them, did not Hon. Member said that Sr constitution il of these islands. The alterations in the electoral lawVard had made certain which required confirmation from th e next meeting of the Assembly, a n d t h at not having ' received suc h , these elections were illegal, an d the present , Assembly was unduly constituted. Ile believed that this was a misconception of the constitution of the lonian 's Islands. Those alterations in the electoral law were made •- .., under a peculiar power that was given b which authorised, during the recess of by the constitution, passing of certain laws that were consideredthe Assembly, the ' T neces sity. Now, although such acts might b • of urgent • reversed at the next m • ge either confirmed or eeting of the must be understood that all thi Assembly, yet it rity of such acts were ngs done under the autho- • stitution, and consequent l held valid by the con- electoral law were valid, and thereforethe alterations in the ; Montrose had not the slightest the Hon. Member for assembly was not duly constituted.' right to say that the present tures in the present One of the main fea- , assembling of the new Constitution was, that upon the Lord High Parliament it devolved upon the • at least five Members Commissioner to constitute a senate, by taking. ••; assembly. In the 011 t of the Members elected for the 0 most valuable Membersfirst assembly of a new Parliament the , , the upper . Chambe were thus taken away to constitute - tem, but still •r. This, no doubt, was a defective sys- , Ward took fia it was no fault of Sir H. Ward. Sir H. e 11 Iembers out of this assembly, and the : others, from . a spirit of disloyalty, refused to take the neces- i sary oaths be prescribed. It was necessary that there should twenty-t wo Gentl present to constitute a House. The Hon. eman must be ware that one of the great difficul • with which Sir IL Ward had to contend arose from t t i h e e s proposition of a loyal address being moved to her Majesty on the opening of the SEBBiOll, and in answer to her Ma- .- ' Asty's speech. The very gentleman who drew np the draft .f th e a dd ress was one of the factious . minority who ob- jetted to the supremacy of the British Crown. Th e y were only summoned on two successive days, .but by absenting themselves they prevented the assembly being made, and they thereby rendered it impossible to have the loyal address to the Crown voted after the speech of the ' Lord High Commissioner. Under such circumstances the Lord High Commissioner bayi ng considered the course w hich he ought to take, f e lt it to be his duty is duty to prorogue the session in the face of such ifactions opposition. The t Hon. Member for Mont rose said was the duty of the Government to rec a l Sir H. Ward. Such, however, was not the opinion of her Majesty's Government .* It was their belief that, under —(Hear, hear.) these circumst a n ces o f ex- traordinary difficulty,H Sir Ward had honestly and anxiously endeavoured to support the authority of the • Crown, and at the same time had offered to mak e any con- - cessions to popul ar rights which he could with reasona bl e prudence assent to. Ile, therefore, thought th a t Si r H. Ward was entitl e d to a f jesty's Minister s , and they air and frank support f rom h er Ma- - will be prep are d t o mee t the motion of the Honourable Member for Montrose in such a way as they think the ' • were of opinion that Sir H. of the case d eman d e d. Th e y Ward had endeavoured ho nestly and fearlessly to do his his country. and t h at he duty t o hi s S ov er e i g n a nd was, therefore, entitled to their support.—(H ear .) Mr. F. PEEL said, the Right Hon. although he differed in opinion with that had been made within Baronet in regard to the political chanes itution of the J e within the last few years in the con shad fully and onian Islands, yet he must say that he • the Hon. Member satisfactory replied to the observations of from the Speech of for elontrose. He was glad to collect Majesty's G . of the Right Hon. Gentleman that her Governm e nt would not support the motion for appointment of a Commission to inquire into the causes of insurrection in Cephalonia in 1849, and in the present situationof the the lonian Islands. Having given his attention to subject, it was certainly• his opinion—although Sic H. W i ard mght have erred in some things—that he is lonian e ntitled to the gratitude of the I • an people themselves, as well as of that House ; for lie was persuaded, that to the ability and energy which characterised his administration was owing the petservation of peace and order in Cephalonia in 1849, and the continuance of these islands under the protectorate of this country. The Hon. Member for Montrose had dwelt • • principally upon two documents in advancing his charges against Sir H. Ward, whom he accused of great excesses in the insurrection in Cephalonia. The 11911. Gentleman said that Sir H. Ward ,i' } f ~, . ; pr eh Sii nn