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Flatterer Queen's Head Rogerthorpe 1 2 3 Six ran. FIFTH TRIENNIAL. Wink field Bracken Rodomeli 2 Six ran. 11 OVAL HUNT CUP. ATEST BETTING. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 7 1 ag st Bracken Bto 1 ag:at Early Bird S to l af tst Calamus S to 1 'agst Brother to Little Harry Ar.rived—Brother to Little Harry. Chalice 4DJOULiNED MEETING OF TEE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY CO. (TLI.IS DAY). Tb e CHAIRMAN de , ...llared the state of the poll to be, by °I -1, 1 scrutineer—Fo x the adoption of the report of the directors, 1,546, 322/. 16s. Bd. ; against it, 1,139,7341. ip s• 7d. ; giving a majority of 406,5881. 16s. id. ; and by the other, for the motion; 1,519,1891. 9s. Od. ; against it, 1,1 41,829/. o , d„ 7d., giving a majority of 377,360/. Bs. sd. ImPYARIAL PARLIAMENT F i° CrSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) ch , 1 ":" . • • FITZROY (in the absence of the Speaker) took the 't 4t 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. 117 r. TITE took the oaths and his seat for Bath, in the te :' t al of Mr. Phinn, recently appointed Under-Secretary he Admiralty. THIRD READINGS. The f o ll ow i ng bill s were rea d a third time and passed : The Folkestone Improvement Bill, the West Somerset mineral Railway Bill, and the Weymouth Water Bill. The following bills were considered and ordered to be rth e a third time :—The Hartlepool Pier and Port ; e Stockp or t, Di s l e y, an d Whaley Bridge Railway ; t he Great Northern London Cemetery ; the Mid Kent a c t N orth Kent Railway ; and the Torquay District " h • PETN Petitio ns were presen lTl ted O by S. General Peel from l i untingdon praying for the repeal of the Maynooth endowment Act ; by Captain Duncan, from York, with ,t s imilar pray er ; by Mr, Brotherton, from the National Te mperance Society, praying for the total closing of public houses on Sundays ; by Mr. Duffy, from Mayo, re f avour of the Lands Improvement Bill ; by Mr. Had ,.id, from Sh e ffi e ld, s i gne d by 5,952 inhabitants, for the repe a l of the Maynooth Grant, and against all endow -3:44 ent u of religious bodies, and against the Regium Do *tura • in Ireland ; by Mr. Spooner, a number of petitions 'fraying for th e re p ea l o f th e Maynooth Grant ; by Mr. r ulleY, several p e titions from Oxfordshire with a simi - Prayer. P UBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. o jile above bill p asse d thr o ugh committee, and was r ered to be read a third time on Monday. P UBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS (IRE- LAND) BILL. This bill also passed through committee. IiA.YNOOTH COLLEGE—ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned batefrom Ist May, l ar• T. CHAMBERS presented 77 petitions from van -es parts of London praying for the repeal of the May "` ~" th Endowment Act. Mr. Sergeant O'BRIEN then rose to o pp ose the mo tion of th e h on . me mber for North Warwickshire (M r . S pooner), for leave to bring in a bil l to re p eal the ' l4 aynooth Endowment Act. He said the act in question was introduced by the late Sir Robert Peel no hasty spirit, but after mature deliberation. The abject with which it was introduced was to secure the education of Roman Catholic priests in Ireland, instead of bei ng sent to the Continent, and thus to secure the affections of the people of Ireland. He regretted the Persevering efforts made by the hon. member for North Warwickshire to keep alive in this house a spirit of Polemical discussion, which must be offensive to the feel ings of every member of the house professing the Roman Catholic faith. He would remind the house that when t he Protestant faith was established in Ireland, the I t T l ogle remained faithful to their own creed, and though i k, ZY did so, their property was transferred from ri k Z own church to the new one by the strong htt of power. On this ground he contended that the cos 1 „ - , 1845 was an act of clear, though of tardy and in if t 6 ete justice. (Hear, hear.) He maintained that be te had ' been no compact between the Government j u „the Catholics of Ireland at the time of the Union „"e•s and sound policy wo uld now -dictate such ' ° lnpact. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) In 1807, Napolepn, , knowing the influence he should gain by having the Irish Roman Catholic priests educated in France, leered to restore all the endowments which had been eetranged from them in Spain and Portugal, to induce them to go over to France to be educated. That offer 2' as rejected—as it ought to have been —by the heads of "le Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, who would not , a ccept any favour from a ruler who was then an enemy to their country. He would rely on the report of the ce minissioners appointed to inquire into Maynooth for a refutation of every charge advanced by the hon. mem ber for North Warwickshire against the college ; and as t 0 the charge of the evidence having been unfairly altered by the witnesses after they had given it, they had the written statements of Lord Harrowby and Mr. Twiss, that no undue or unfair alterations had been made in the evidence. The hon. and learned gentleman then read extracts from the evidence of Dr. °Manion, and other Witnesses examined before the commissioners, to show th at at the doctrine taught at Maynooth, so far from being, b 8 was charged against it, that Catholics were not eland to keep faith with heretics, that oaths and t jel i B es were as binding on the co ns c iences of tied es in their dealings with people of a different reed t o th e i r own, as if those dealings were wit h t heir Wn co - religionists. If it became sinful , as the honour able member for North Warwickshire said, to extend aid to Wi 4l aYnooth, whit was to become of our engag ements th the Catholics of our colonies ? (Hear, hear.) He Wi :' ll d ask th e h on o u rable member what result be ex - Acted from his bill if he succeeded in getting it ? h ing„ en• member said be expected it would diminish the 4, ' et ice of the priests over the flocks ; but he could d !ure him that the people of Ireland would not with draw their confidence from their priests even if this bill perßed - -their fidelity to their faith had withstood the f rol l. l °r6 of the penal laws, anc:. would not now shrink called an further persecution. On these grounds he re _ e d upon the Government to resist this attempt to rse the liberal policy adopted of late years by this coun try to war d s I re l an d. (Hear.) •e i b WHITESIDE cong ra t u l a ted the hon. member ° ,"ad just sat down on the fairness and moderationableLl4tl evinced in his speech. The rig h t honour gentleman the Secretary for Ireland put the t• ea as one of political importance, irrespective `y t he religious part of the question, and that t ti „"e ground on which he (Mr. Whiteside) would wish 1r ) 4 3 - I , tt it. He referred to a petition presented to the a „ ." Parliament from Roman Catholics, protesting e tt r iSt the College of Maynooth being made an ex thrs,ivelY Catholic seminary, and praying to have it tA wu open to the education of all classes. That was t ot , ll Perate, wise, and judiciou Ireland, and did honour r " 0 11 °Dlan Catholic..laity of and it was to be regretted that course was not adopted. [LEFT SITTING.] ylle lion. Board of Ordnance invite ten ders for cocon structing temporary barracks in Colchest er for 3,000 ARItI VAL OF THE LORD MAYOR IN PARIS.—.The g reat event of the day, after the news from the Crimea, 0184 that the Lord Mayor of London arrived in Paris t uesday night, at hall-past eleven o'clock, by of c hi t train, accompanied by several members C orporation. The Prefect of the Seine and a : e tt% t4 ri i d u Commission were in number of the Municipal lick ance at the railway terminus to receive the Etng v.isitors. On passing Amiens it appears that he population were horribly puzzled what cry was most T h, _ ll g to utter in honour of the great civic autocrat.‘ le livoicould not well say " Vive l'Empereur, and Vive siw a , " is too old-fashioned. Fortunately they caught ai;:',l", of his lordship partaking of refreshments (solid , ig(id) in his carriage, and this important fact drencha compliment which, while it exhibited politeness was exceedingly applicable to a cor amiatlell dignitary ' ; the peopie shouted with might and as ~ the tr a i n wen t o ff, "Boa n, appetit—bo appetit, I They certainly thought i t, and perhaps it was mast agreeable thing they cold sayto a Lord Mayor. ime; IiISCARDED BRIDE'S REVENGE. — An incident has tr at i t. 3 ' ta thkeen place in this town, which strikingly illus- Popular adage about the course of true love Nhi r ,' r running smooth. Some months ago a young fell ;w lit, employed in one of the yards of the town, d al : , victim to the captivating enchantments of a fair cracked el and within sound of the church bell— Iv a , and dull though it be. The period of courtship d ay Beerningly got over with pleasure both, for the ‘‘ ,. :4 : fixed when both were to become one. The aft:`,"„ w ere also bought, and the guests chosen ; but ni a d c - ,this, and more, was done—for proclamation was ka1. 1 .1 - ne gave her the slip, and left her to mourn in un of eti Widowhood, Not long, however, were the days her in °urn' tnkry ing—not long was it before she took sum agaf", enge on her faithless lover, by raising an action oce4:lt hiin in the small debt court for extra expenses aro, ed by his misconduct. He failed to appear, a !Tient was entered against him ; and as if to give 'ta 4 iral t llustration of the danger of working with edge tie L',be ordered his chest and contents to be seized. other "last the closing scene of all," took place the of thi -a y) when they were put up and sold at the Cross of th a ancient burgh, under the immediate inspection Wratilful. bride,—Dunocirtan krerala• 4/ 2s 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 Ll Antwerp&Rotterdam 4 Belgian Eastn. Juno. .0 Reziers to Graissessac la. 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It may, I think, continued the hon. member, be fairly admitted that we have all a common interest in view —that is, the interest of our common country. The only object we have at heart, and the only object we have a right to consider in the discussion of this question, is the honest and just rights and interests of England. (Hear.) We may as individuals desire to act philanthropically to all the world—as Christians we may wish to have the power to inflict chastisement on the wrong doer, and raise up the down-trodden amongst the nations—but we do not come hero in the House of Commons to vote taxes for car rying out the schemes of universal benevolence, and for extending the protecting hand to all the oppressed nations of the world. We have limits to our powers ; but in con fining the exercise of those powers to the interests of our own country we must remember that the best interests of England are in harmony with the interests of the whole world. (Hear.) That being the case, let us, I say, throw to the winds all the declamatory balderdash and rubbish we have heard from the Treasury benches about our fight ing for the liberties of the whole civilised world, and which is brought forward only to suit the purpose of the moment; for when they come to the conferences of Vienna, to discuss terms of peace, we see how they throw aside those inflammatory statements by means of which they have whipped and lashed the country into this war. (Hear.) I wish, in the first place, to revert to the speech of my right hon. friend the member for Southwark. If there be an hon. or a right hon. member in this house whose opinions I have a right to say I understood in past times, it is his. (Hear.) I say this deliberately, and my right hon. friend cannot contradict me—(hear, hear) —that never was a speech made by any member of this 4 house so utterly at variance with all his previous declara tions of opinions as that delivered last night by my right hon. friend the member for Southwark. (Hear.) The right hon. gentleman will remember the jeu d'esprie of Moore, written, I think, in 1833, in reference to the Whigs, when, after sitting long in the cold shade of the opposition, they at length succeeded to the Treasury benches, and immediately began to follow the principles of the Tories, their predecessors. lam sure my right hon. friend will recollect it, for, if I mistake not, we have often in past times spoken of it together as generally applicable to men when they get into office. The point in the jeu d'esprit I allude to illustrates the position of the Whigs by a reference to a certain Irishman who went to tke West Indies, and who, on meeting with a number of blacks who spoke tolerably bad English, and whom he mistook there fore for countrymen of his own, said to them, " What, black and curly already!" (Laughter.) We have often seen metamorphoses on the Treasury benches; we have seen in very many cases the colour change and the hair grow curly in a very short time ; but never have we seen colour change so suddenly into so complete and deep a jet-black —never hair become so stiff and curly as in the case of the right hon. member for Southwark. (nous of laughter.) How I should like now to hear that right hon. gentleman read that admirable speech he made, not on the occasion merely of the great pacific debate on the Greek question (though that would be instructive), wherein he denounced the meddling policy of the noble lord (Lord Palmer ston), but how I s h ou ld lik e to hear him read here, from the beginning to the end, the speech he made in the streets of Leeds, when we were in danger of going to war with France on the Syrian business, against our involving ourselves in war for the protection of Turks, Syrians, Egyptians, Greeks, or anybody else. I should like to see my right hon. friend now stand upon that table, and bo forced to read that speech from beginning to end, and let the house contrast it with the speech he made last night. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman says the question now is whether we (that is the Government) are right in refus ing to make peace on the terms proposed by Russia. That is not the whole question. The question in debate—aud which is to be decided by the division to-night—is whe ther the plan proposed by the Government was the best and the only plan that could, under the circumstances, be devised--(hear, hear)- or whether the difference between the plan and the plan proposed by Russia was such as to warrant the recommencement of the war. These are the questions we have before us to-night. What is the dif ference between the two proposals? Remember, it is the Government of this country with whom we have now to deal. , They are the parties who are now responsible for the war ; they will have the glory if it succeed, and upon them must rest the responsibility if it fail. Well, what is the difference between the proposal of the Government of Eng land and the proposal of the Government of Russia ? The question between them was—whether Russia should have four sail of the line, four frigates, and a proportionate num ber of smaller vessels in the Black Sea ; or whether all the navies of the world should hP,ve free access to that sea, and Russia be permitted to have as many ships there as she pleased ? Now, I have been told by a nautical man that if Russia had accepted your proposal and destroyed all her worthless ships and her green-timber vessels, and sent an order to the United States for four first-class line-of battle steam-ships, of 130 guns each, fitted with screws, four frigates of that elastic character we know the Americans build, carrying perhaps 70 or 80 heavy grins, and also fitted with screws, and a proportionate force of smaller screw vessels—she would have had a far more for midable navy in the Black Sea than she has ever yet had —a force that would be able to compete successfully with double the naval power she has ever yet maintained in that sea. (Hear.) If that be the case, what great diminution of power were we, after all, going to impose upon Russia for the protection of Turkey ? But Russia resisted this proposal for limiting the number of her ships as a point of honour, not on the ground of diminishing her force ; she resisted it on principle. (Hear.) Now, however, the right hon. gentleman says, if we allow Russia to havefree access to the Black Sea, and we have also free access to those waters, we shall be put to an enormous expenditure in keeping up a large peace establishment for the purpose of watching Russia in the Black Sea. The right hon. gentle man had talked of the probability of a six years' war. Now let me ask how long would the interest of the money you will have to pay for that six years' war keep up your fleet to the establishment necessary for watching Russia in the Black Sea ? It has been said that though Russia may promise that no aggressive movement shall be made upon Turkey, yet as we cannot believe anything that Russia promises we must insist upon her reducing the num ber of her ships. But it appears to me that you must go further than this, for if you undertake to maintain the in dependence of Turkey you take a task in hand that cannot be accomplished without great and permanent expense to the country—a task which will compel you to maintain a large armament continually on the watch in Turkey or in its immediate vicinity. (Hear, hear.) You say you can not believe Russia, and you call upon her for securities. I would ask the noble lord, the member for London, what that great model of whiggery, when the Whigs were in opposition (Fox), said upon the subject of securities. When it was said we must have securities against the aggression of France, and the Tories of that day were urging precisely what the noble lord is now urging, Mr. Fox Paid, " We have securities—the only securities we can ever depend upon, namely, the interest of France to make peace, and if it be her interest she will keep it ; such is the state of all nations, and it will be so as long as the world lasts—your only security is your own vigilance." If you recognise it as the policy of this nation that you will send armies to fight the battles of the continent in the midst of their great standing armies and their system of conscription, I should be a hypocrite to say that such a policy was consistent with that moderate peace establish ment which it has been the maxim of this country far years past to maintain. If you acknowledge that policy you must be prepared to keep up a large standing army to place yourselves in a military point of view on a par with France, with Austria, with Prussia, with Russia, and the rest, for if you attempt to follow out such a policy without such preparation to uphold it, depend upon it the country is but preparing the way for a most ridiculous and ignomi nious exposure of weakness. (Hear, hear.) I would ask the right hon. gentleman when he last night indulged in vituperation against Russia, when he told us that Russia was not to be trusted, whether he was aware that as a cabinet minister he had himself been a party to an engage ment with Russia to interfere conjointly in the affairs of Moldavia and Wallachia. The right hon. baronet told us last night that Russia was altogether without shame, and he attributed to her every sentiment and act that was vile and dishonourable. Did he not know at the time tnat he, as a member of the Cabinet was himself a party to the treaty by which we were to join ourselves with France, Austria, Prussia, Turkey, and Russia, to be the guardians of Wallachia and Moldavia, to interfere by force of arms in her internal affairs, and to form a tribunal that would, in fact, constitute the government of those Principalities ? By the treaty contained in the fourth protocol, you have bound yourselves in terms to become, conjointly with Russia and the other powers, the government of Wal lachia and Moldavia. I will read the protocol to the house, in order to show what engagements you have entered into with that power, which, because y ou h ave had some ne ws p a p er statements of successes and altered circumstances, it now snits you to vituperate, but which at other times you can slaver over with your praises. Here is the seventh article of the protocol, but I will read also the sixth. It provides, " That there s h a ll b e no interference without th e consen t of the high contracting parties—England, France, Russia, and Austria --and the courts will not afford protection in the Principalities to foreigners whose proceedings may be prejudici a l t o th e tranquillity of those countri es o r the neighbouring states ; and disapproving such proceedings, they engage respectively to take into c onsideration the representations made by either of the powers, or even by the local authorities." Thus you are bound, together with Russia, if the governor of Bucharest should make a report of some local difficulty, some local emeute, you are bound, in conjunction with Russia to interfere and arrange it. And what is the conclu sion ? I blush when I read it. Here it is—" On its side the Sublime Porto engages not to tolerate in the Principalities foreigners such as are just described ; nor to allow the local inhabitants to meddle with matters dangerous to the tran quillity of their own country or the neighbouring states." And this is signed, by a Russell !' (Hear.) The name of John Russell stands at the foot of these protocols as a party in preventing the i n h a bi tants of those countries from med dling with their own local matters, if in the opinion of the powers it should b e considered daneerous to the tranquil lity of their own country. (Hear.) 'Mark, how changed is the child and champion of revolution when he breathes the air of Vienna! (Loud cheers.) My hon. friend the member for Ayl es b ury c h eers these sentiments, an d my denuncia tion of this arrangement. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Layard) But has my h on . f r i en d hi mse lf i n this matter pirsuioi, thatde clared bold, co ns i s t en t , an d man l y course w hi c h, with opinion s , I thi n k h e s h ou ld. It is well known . tha; the sympathies of my hon. friend were in favour of the war, because ho believed it augured some d advantages to nationalities, that it would tend to the . at least the good government, of c ortane l 7 e s a t e t r rt:e h n s e d i n :T . lr . ro n o m l r, lachia, Moldavia, Sarvie, and the rest. H Mr. Layard.) But has my honourable . . friend so little sagacity as not to see that all this waste of blood and treasure had very different objects in view from those he contemplates? , And seeing the course the war has taken, and the terms and ar rangements upon which the Government are ready to conclude the war, my hon. friend ought to denounce it altogether, since it has nothing at all to do with those objects for which alone he has declared it was defensible. (Hear, hear.) Before the war actually broke out I was appealed to, by illustrious names, not to oppose it, b ecause it was looked forward to by them RR likely to promote the independence of certain down-trodden communities on the continent. I gave my opinion in answer to that request eighteen months ago in writing, and I am not now disposed to recall a single word I then stated. I warned those persons who came to me, that if they expected that a war, originating in diplomacy, as this has done and carried on by means o f enormous armies, as this has been, and with such men as t h ose who are at the head of our own Government, and of . the Governments of the oontinen to give direction and RAILWAYS. Leasing Compaur losing Prices 3 esterday. linqq.ess this day. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY. Bedford and Blotchley Buckgbamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. Glaa. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 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THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following Do Gt. Wes n Vi. Now. Berw. Y. &N M Do Do.. . . . . S. Easterr Do Peto & Ca bills were read a third time and passed :—Birmingham Gas, Hartlepool Gas and Water, Kelso Bridge, St. George's Harbour Act Amendment, Over Darwen Gas, Ulster Railway, Londonderry Improvement, Kilmar nock Gas, Hyde Gas (No. 3), Liverpool Corporation Water. The report upon Pedder's Divorce Bill was read and agreed to. LOSS OF HORSES ON BOARD THE MEDWAY. Lord PANMITRE said, in reference to the subject brought forward by the noble earl opposite last night— namely, the loss of the horses on board the Medway, he thought it right to state that, previous to the departure of the ship, a report had%been received from the proper officers, which stated that the vessel was in all respects complete, both with respect to ventilation and accom modation. Norfolk Do G. & N. W & Midld. Raton & Darlingt. Coun, E. Count. Do Do L.& N.W SzLn&Yk Do Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.and Gooleg .5 p. e. Shrews.&Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Vail eygr 6 per cent... Gt Northr Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey 1111.31 Clean toekt. & Dar] ingt Do Do Wilts&C4omrst GtWestn. purpose to it—l warned them that they would deceive i it was now seen how the Government were prepared to themselves if they supposed such a war would tend to ! make peace, and that a proposal to withdraw from before their advantage, or satisfy their aspirations—and I added, : Sebastopol had co:ne from them; and the only question that my fear was that the effect of such a war would be j being the infinitesimal question of the reduction of just the opposite of what they wished—and would; th e num b er of the Russian ships in the Black Ser. strengthen those despotisms they hoped to weaken and ; He agreed with his right hon. friend (Mr. Gibson), and depress s till more tho s e opp r essed communities they hoped I thought that the Russian proposal was better than oars. to serve. (Hear.) Such was my opinion then, and such I I However, it was re j ected. We were then now carrying on still believ e t o b e th e t en d enc y o f thi s war. (Hear.) But the war with a determination to take Sebastopol ;at least to revert to my right hon. friend's allusions to Russia—l so he gathered from the statement of the noble lord. He believe there are few whose Public views ate more opposed did not know whether it was too late to speak of it ; but lee to Russian despotism than mine; but it Is unjust—l had would ask if it was worth while to spend our treasure and almost said it was scandalous for a Cabinet Minister, who, shed our blood like water to take Sebastopol, if we took i.; within these few weeks, was himself a party to these con - at all, if we accompanied its ca pt ure w i t h t h e carry i ng or t fidenti a l and, as I think, unworthy arrangements with of the policy of the Government, as laid down in their de. Russia, to to get up and speak of the government of that claration, that under no circumstances were we to take any right hona.s:ieignildt:lght friend did in his speech of last territory from Russia. It seemed then that we were night. This conduct, however, is not confined to my fighting for no purpose but to knock about the ears of mcterised the members the o s f are t e he g;une of see-saw h as a n; our brave men a certain quantity of stone and mortar, Government throughout. and to destroy certain mounds of earth and fortifica- From time to time they chang e their tone and their tions to which we could point as h av i ng been destroyed arguments to suit the press and the feeling of the people by us. But how long would they remain s o . Wh y, R uss i a out of doors. And so obviou s i s the alteration which a would come to some banking house in London, and in. few leading articles produce, that it might be supposed if three years they would be all built up mor e s t rong l y th an the same thing h appened in some other country,mongst ever. What was the plan and object of th e recommence a people of le ss di scernment than ourselves that a cabinet ment of the war — what was it for ? Was it a war a ga i ns t secrets oozed out and were communicated t o the newspapers the preponderance of Russia? Let them di scar d pass i on, perhaps by so me l a d y f r i end —that the wife pussblyof and talk of this question as if they were talkin g o f th e some cabinet mi n i s t er d rew from her husband and l divulged United States of America. Suppose that they w ere t a lki ng to the wife of th e e dit or o f some leading journal the fact of the reduction of the preponderance of the United St a t es party that there wer e t wo par ti es i n the cabinet—a war iu the Gulf of Florida or the Gulf of Mexico. What w ou ld and a peace p ar ty, an d th a t th e peace party, which was the be the rational ground of a discussion which would follow weaker, required to be whipped into submission. (Hear, a proposal mole with the absence of all passion, and i n hear.) So com pl e t e l y h ave we seen the change in the tone' which they would have the benefit of their uncl ou d e d in of the G overnmen t accor d w i t h the altered tone of the tellects to guide them? What, would they not ask, was leading articles of th e newspaper s from day to day th:tt the the source of the power of the United States in those seas! case I have imagi ne d t o h ave taken place in another c. un- Would they not point to New Orleans, which commanded try might almost be supposed to have happened here. and was the outlet for all the commerce which sprung (Hear, hear, and laught er .) What hail been the con. from the fertile territories existing on the Mississippi, the duct of the nobl e l or d th e me m b er for London, for in- Missouri, and the Ohio, inhabited as they were by millions stance ? We find at the conferences at Vienna the noble of men, the reducers of vast wealth to their empire ? lord assumed th e most polite agreea bl e demeanour. (Hear, hear.) p Would not the result arrived at be that There was no hard language used there, but when he re- that preponderance was natural to and inherent in the turns to the House of Commons we find him falling back country, and easing from this state of things ? Let them upon the old strain, and talking abo u t Russia establishing turn their eyes to the Black Sea, and they would see the Marge fortifications on the German frontier and in the same consequences owing Baltic, and of her intri gues i n th e G erman courts. But hau Russia the preponderance in the Black Sea? Because did it never occur to th e no bl e l or d th a t th e o b v i ous reply she possessed on its shores fertile provinces, rich and pros from the same causes. Why to these statements w as , ~ p ray w hi c h o f t h e f our po i n t s perous harbours, and a large and increasing commerce. He was intended to rectify this evil—(cheers)—whi c h of them (Mr.Cobden) was speaking lately to a gentleman who knew would have met the difficulty o f th ese grea t f or tifi ca ti ons thee e countries well, and who were engaged in the largess in the Baltic, and prevented Russia from interfering and commercial t ransactions there, and he said that in no part encroaching on G erman y ?" Th ere i s no guara.stee in these of the United States of America had there been such rapid. four points against the rebuilding of B omarsun d_th ere i s progress in wealth and interior production since the repeal no protection for the Circsosians- The independence of of our corn laws as had taken place in those Russian pro. the world is forgott en w h en th e no bl e lord is Vi enna, b ut winces. It was esti mated that in the year before last Russia. te a rn d e t p h r a o t p i o t r w ti as o n o i n n i t s h a e y n o e u x t t h fi f v u e l. is recalled to his mind the moment he returns to the House had exported five millions of quarters of grain of all kinds, e ia ad th m e it B . of Commons. Then, if we go into the House of Lords, and if things i w n e d a s t . on H what do we find the conduct of the members of the Go- years it was estimated that she would export 20 millions of vernment there? I confess I read with astonishment the grain of speech of the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, barbarism which was developing itself into something bet toe other night. I presume it was intended to attain an ter, but so long as such vast produce was going into the object for the moment, and in that it probably succeeded, Black Sea, and Russia had no other neighbour but Turkey, but I very much doubt if it will attain an y p ermanen t a decayed and unimproving empire, all the powers of the cod that will satisfy either the noble lord or the country. earth could not take away the preponderance in the Black The noble lord, in that speech, attacked Ru ss i a w ith Seer, from her, because it was inherent in the nature of vituperation, and adopted a tone of defiance towards her, things. She had there 1,000 miles of frontier and was as if he had n ever b een a par t y to those arrangements as Russia to be asked to cut herself down to the level of de to the Government of Wallachia and Moldavia to whi c h °rapid Turkey? It was an impossibility. What were we 1 have alluded. He said look at the strength of Sebasto- fighting for? There was no mystery in what he was going pol—what were all the fortifications our armies have there to say. It was whispered that we were fighting more at met with erected for, and what were all those war ma- the wish of France Masotti. own. But were we sere that aerials collected there for which have enabled the garrison the war was not going on against the wish of the French so long to withstand the siege, if it were not for the par- people? He would ask gentlemen who were acquainted poses of aggression. But surely that noble lord cannot with and had connexions in France, whether they had not be ignorant of the fact, that the great strength of Se. private information on this point, for cf course there was bastopol has been erected since our army has been not much information to be got from the press in that before it, and that ammunition and provisions, some- country. He heard from private sources that the war, times in convoys of 500 and sometimes of 1,000 carts at a which was never very enthusiastically liked in France, time, have entered the tortress. (Hear, hear.) Then the was now more than disliked. Them what were the noble lord the member for London had alluded to Ger- wishes of the French Government ? He was now many in a manner that would hardly be taken as indicative entering on delicate ground, but he was about to of (=good sense or our wisdom. He talked of the corrup- allude to a subject which he told the noble lord tion of the German Courts and of the interference of the (Palmerston) that he should treat of publicly, be- Russian government and of Russian agents in those corm- lieving as he did that it was his duty to speak tries. But from what he(Mr. Cobden) had heard, he fancied out ou a question which involved great events, and might we were muchmistakenas tothetendency of publicopinion be fraught with calamities to the country. He came to in Germany, and as to the supposed difference betweenthe this point—was it the wish of the French Government to people and their governments in reference to this war. He go on with the war ?or was it the wish of our Govern. was told that in Germany there was no party that wanted ment ? It had been industriously spread abroad that the to join in the present war, and that though there might be French dynasty had so much at stake in the war that the well-wishers to our cause there was no party ready tobreak Government dared not withdraw their army from before the peace and enter into hostilities with Russia ; and if it Sebastopol on account of the effect which such a step would was recollected what was the past history of Germany in have on the French people. Now,, his hon. friend (Mr. relation to France and Russia it would be seen what was Bright) and himself had had it communicated to them on the reason why there was not any great dread of Russia good authority that the French Government had stated to there. In Prussia all the traditions of the people were ours that they were willing to accept of either alternative favourable to Russia and hostile to France—and on this of the terms published in the last protocols. He was not question they ought to speak in that house without talking of the proceedings of a secret conclave. They all reserve, and as if their debates were not reported ; knew of what was called a meeting of the supporters of the and he would say that they had in Prussia and the north noble lord in Downing-street. On that occasion, when the of Germany a dread of France, owing to the suffering noble lord said they were about to enter on a confidential which the people underwent during the revolution, and conversation, and that no representatives of the papers were also partly because France lay contiguous to the Rhenish present, his hon. frien t asked if it was true that an inti provinces of Prussia, and was supposed t o h ave cas t an ma ti on h a d b een ma d e b y th e F renc h Government envious ey e upon them. But whatever the cause, it was to -ours that they were willing to accept terms different the fact that in every cottage in Germany the feeling was from those offered by M. Drouyn de l'Huys, and that there rather favourable to Russia and in opposition to France. had been a refusal to accede to them on the part of our Go. In the cottages of Germany would be found memorials of verntnent. The noble lord refused to answer the question, calamities cau se d b y F rance, and the only recollections of although he was much pressed. He (Mr. Cobden) pressed Russia were, that she had come and helped them to escape him to give an aaswer, and he told the noble lord die from the rule of Napoleon. All this might account for tinctly that if he would' give an answer, and say no, that Germany's not being so anxious to enter into a war in he could treat all that took place there as confidential, bat alliance with France. Another reason was to be found in that if the noble lord allowed him to go out of the room the fact that there never was any principle laid down by without an answer, looking to the sources of the informs which any safeguard against Russia would be secured to tion he had received, he would not make any secret of Austria and Germany if they entered into a war with their what passed on that occasion. The state of things was very next neighbour for our purposes—no security was given serious. We had contrived to detach Germany and Austria against Russia's retaliating on Germany. And now what from us ; there was no hope of their joining us; that was de would be said, after the result of the conferences at Vienna cided—there was no one now to help us. What would our was made known, but that we, after talking about fighting fate be if, by and bye, it was proved that England was the for the liberties of Europe, had dropped our p re t ens i ons , cause o f th e recommencement of the war, and that she had which could give any confiden ce or acted cont rar y t o th e i nc li na ti on o f the F and had not said a word rench Government \ any security to any p ar t o f E urope. Th ere could, there- andthe Frenclip nople? Thatmight lead.tothe very opposited fore, be no alli ance w ith P russ i a, or with any nation all we hoped from the union of the two peoples—it might lying contiguous to Russia. He (Mr. Cobden) was lately lead to their estrangement. If we were to carry on the talking to a Prussian gentleman, who said that we English war in conjunction with France alone, did not that in were a most unreasonable and net a little arrogant people, volvo the responsibility of doing more than we are doing ? for we expected the Prussians to enter into the war with Would it not some day be a subject of recrimination that Russia—that is, sixteen millions of men of a country lying our force in the Crimea was so small, and that of the contiguous to a country with sixty millions; and they were French so great ? This was not, perhaps, the proper.time not like the English, who, when the war was over, could to bring up this question, but he would refer to observe,- withdraw to an impregnable position ; while in the tions which had been made by the hon. member for In case of Prussia it was always in the power of verness-shire, who stated that we were 40,000 short of the Russia to assault her; and that really the way in number of men voted by Parliament. It was stated by a which the newspapers . bullied Prussia could only noble lord a member of the Government in December, be compared to the conduct of a man who drove that we wore 20,010 short; and the hon. member for In a dog on to attack a wolf. (Hear, hear.) If we looked verness-shire said that the militia regiments in England back at the tone taken by the newspapers, was there not were mere skeletons, while in Ireland and• Scotland they something that bore out those remarks ? And it should be were, practically, disbanded. If that were true, and we remembered, when you were dealing with Germany you still wanted forty thousand men, might we not b e urg i ng were dealing with an e d uca t e d peop l e, who had their news- on the war with that blind heedlessness with which every papers too, and in a country where education was so diffused thing had been done by the Government, without look that you might go to buy your bread and meat in Latin if ing three months beforehand ; and by and bye again you did not know German. Having such a people, then, see the consequences of this want of foresight of the Go to deal with, were not they in that house somewhat too ar- vernment ? He was speaking at a moment when the regent in their treatment of them, and was it not country was excited by the recent intelligence from the somewhat arrogant in the noble lord to say that all Ger- seat of war. Now, if any one studied the maps of the many was corrupted by Russia? If the English people had scene of the operations, it would be seen how muc h was to undergo the conscription, as was th e case i n R uss i a, made out of very little, although it had done much to where every man and horse and cart could be taken for increase the confidence of the people. He placed no military purposes, they would be a little more chary about limits to the power of England and France if they pat going to war, and our pot-house politicians would not call out their strength, but he was not so sure that our po out so loudly for war, and the Government would look at sition in the Crimea was as supposed. He had been in the question of war with more consideration, because it communication with a gentleman with regard to the would be known how severe were the sufferings caused by supply of food to the Russians in the Crimea, and he did war, wh en th e y were b roug ht h ome to a people. He had not learn from him that Sebastopol depended on Kertch said long before we sent a man from these shores that if we for food. He was told by this gentleman (and it ought were going to war with Russia to vindicate our rights, or to to damp this unwarranted exultation), who was a holder avenge otir wrongs, we should do so with our strong arm, of corn at Bertch, that the Russian Government had with our navy, but that we should. not send a man to the stated to him five months ago that theycould not be respon continent of Europe or to Turkey; the expression he used Bible for the safety of his corn. Five months ago, Russia was, that we should not take our land forces over tho backs gave notice that it was intended to abandon Kertch, and of whole populations of continental Europe, where there no doubt it was the same with Beriansk and other places were a million of men in arms between us and the power in the Sea of Azoff. From what he gathered there was we affected to dread. He held the same opinion now, and great exaggeration with regard to this expedition to the he believed that we ought to have stood on the same ground Sea of ADA . . If there was really anything in it, what must with regard to Ru s si a as A us t r i a and Prussia did; and if now be the reflection of those who had the ships to under we had not rushed so hastily into IN ar, it would have hap- take it long ago (Loud cheers.) Were we sure that the pened, as was proved, that Austria and Germany would expedition was not occasioned by the same cause which have averted all the evils which were dreaded, for it now took our troops from Gallipoli to Varna, and from Varna appeared that Austria and Prussia had by treaty declared to the Crimea—the cry of "Do something." (Hear, hear.) it to be a easus belli if Russia crossed the Balkan, and they If ever a governm en t or a commander did somethi ng be would have been e qua ll y rea d y to have declared the cross- I cause they were told to do something, and for no other ing of the Pruth by Russia a cases belli. Why, then, I reason, the chances were a hundred to one that they would should not we have been contented to stay in our island do something wrong. (H ea r, h ear .) H e was not sure that home and send our fl eet into the Black Sea, telling 1 the expedition was caused by anything but because the Austria and Prussia, here is a great danger to Europe, Government was called on to d o some thi ng, and he would and if you w ill s h are with us the resistance to now record his deliberate opinion that, while the proceed it we are ready to help you, but if not we will protect Tur- ings in the Sea of Azofi were destroying private property, key by sea, but not a man of our army shall move till you and would not acid to the lustre of our arms, he believed set yourselves in motion towards a common object in this that they could have no better effect upon the war defence. (Hear.) Any one would now say that would than the marauding expeditions last year in the Gulf have been a wise policy. He heard some hen. gentlemen of FinLsnd had on Cronstadt. (Hear, hear.) He believed say the Ru ss i ans wou l d have been in Constantinople ; but that the supplies of Sebastopol came entirely from he said no, they would not, for Austria and Northern Perekop, and that that place and Simpheropol were Germany had a far greater interest in keeping Russia out strongly fortified like Sebastopol, and that both must be of Constantinople than we had. He then came to consider taken before you could intercept the food of the Russian the inconsistent arguments which had been used by our army, and take Sebastopol. Ae to the interception of sup leading statesmen. They had declared during the last 18 plies into the Crimea across the steppes beyond Perekop, months that Germany and Austria were more interested in he was told by a gentleman that every spring 1,000 carts resisting Russia than we were. It was so stated by the noble were obtained to go from Odessa and other places on the lord at the head of the Government, by Lord J. Russell, by coast, over the steppes, with produce to the Crimea, and Lord Clarendon, and by L or d Ly n dh u r s t ; th ere was no t a th at all that commerce was now suspen d e d . The conse leading mind among them but laid it down that Austria quence was that the Russian Government wouldaaildttrelf and Germany h a d a greater interest i n t hi s question than of all that means of conveyance, while so f f steppesfrom the we had. Th en w h y di d not we, w h o h a d l ess i nterest in steppes being an obstacle, journeys were ade ov m the matter th an th ey, wa i t un til those great powers 'were five or six times greater inextent than those. Wit! it. not ready to move? B a t we sa id that we we re go i ng t o fi g ht better that wo shou ld look at all these things in this light, . 4. of tiie e el." ' the battl e o f th e c i v ili sa ti on o f the world, and we set about and calmly consider them, waywithr,ntg o i u v r in . g d. to an offer. that with 40,000 or 30,000 men, for we never had more vescence of feeling which prevented we were About to do r u Ve g had rec eou. in th ad er e . than 30,030 in the Crimea ; and the correspondent of the sequences of what Times had lately rep united strength of England repeated what he said before, that we menced the war with a determination to take Sebastopol,en and lost half our army because we had not men enough to do When he said that the . the duty required of them. Was it the function of Eng- Franco conhinot in be f r: v s o rs u te r d of by a a g n r y ea h te u r m_ p an ow p_ e o r w t e h r a , n h eei lishrnen to fight because Germany was corrupt? He (Mr. one exception . Cobden) said, as was said by Prince Gortschakoff at He alluded to pestilence and disease. He had read lately Vienna, that the best blood of England should be shed some extracts from Spencer's work with reference to the for Englishmen and England. He did not say this dis- c li ma te of the Crimea, which had refe rence to the summer. paragingly of Germany and Austria, 'who had shown He never dreamt of app ying those observations to the themselves more enlightened on the subject of this winter, for if well housed and fed, and not overworked in war than we were. The English people had been sti- the trenches, there was nothing in the constitution of an palliated, and especially by th e no bl e lor d (J o h n E ng li s h man t o prevent his living and being in health ' l Russell), (for he held that n o bl e l or d t o b e the th e winter in th e C r i mea. But in the summer according greatest offender in that re s p ec t), h a d b een c l amoure d to the best autl'orities, it was h ardly possible for an Eng. into the war, and had not taken ti me f or combinations Tishman in the Crimea, unless the most careful precaution with Austria and Germany t o aver t the threatened was observed, to escape the intermittent fever which preo danger. But now, when it was known that Ger- veiled in July, Those many and Austria would not act with us, we were going were the fatal months. Augusit' f September. a a n n y d o h n a e lf ti o n f ered against the most on in the same course. It would be a Parliamentary careful rules of diet —if a man went out in the mid-day curiosity. f literature to go to Hansard and extract the sun, or was exposed t declarations of Ministers that Austria and Germany would water when heated, or oattethenentyig I a turned that awayb ee a from join us. (Hear, hear.) They put it into the mouth of things brought on the in ermittehenottrdnefewo and they re-her Majesty in her speech from the throne,precautions soldiers f He mated it in every speech they themselves made. He could dreaded the fate of , o all other men, disregarded. T r s e — r f ; r i u f a i n h t d — e t a l l e l l k t t h h ue e ee l se e t the army in July, August, and Seem not even except the right hon. gentleman the member fur thought of by the Government t when er the University of Oxford—(hear)—for even he, in his great btherey. speech on the budget, expressed his opinion that there was s h ou id„ little doubt but that Austria had actually joined us. (Hear, not f oi l s v' otud. rest the whole responsibility. IsHeZhim hear.) It was impossible to read extracts from all the self the. heir emoluments, and all their power, ta 6 - ° months. speeches, and he would give but a few. Here wee one from if responsibility they incurred in the next . m bed in. peace? On them and on o h a t i a speech of the noble lord (J. Russell) on the 22d. of Doe. "if fno pestilence destroyed our army, and we / triumphed if our Russia should not consent to such very moderate terms the Crimea, all the honour would be theirs ; ce i f it failed in the field, it will be our dirty to propose, after the ?Ali:list sr of thes army was destroyed by pestilen - ' sa tors of last winter, Emperor of Russia has declared he is directed to enter into and there was a repetition of the t disasters short of negotiations, but should still continue of ' • they must be prepared for retribution—nothing opinion gilt uld come upon them in the next that great scheme which was begun in the ' physical violence, which would. want of frankness in the Empress Catherine, if not before, and which. i i e s ign of the 6 months. There bad been a greatial had gone heedlessly into it adding Turkey to the Russian dominions,to end in conduct of the war. The pub . roneous opinions respecting it. 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The Earl of ELLEN - BO — ROUGH called attention to the convention entered into between her Majesty's Go vernment and that of the Sultan, on the 3d of February last, for the employment of the Turkish troops in the British service. He now wished to ask what progress had been made in the formation of such a body of troops 3 If we were to believe the news papers—and their reports were confirmed by a letter which he had received from an officer in that force, no progress whatever had as yet been made in the plac ing of those troops under the orders of English officers sent out to Constantinople to command them. Those officers, it appeared, were extremely dissatisfied at this state of things, who anxiously looked forward to the completion of that force over which they were placed. Lord PANMURE greatly regretted the delay that had taken place in the formation of those troops, from which he hoped the allied armies would receive much advantage. Her Majesty's Government had performed all the conditions they were called upon to perform under the terms of the convention. On the 11th April General Vivian was sent out to Constantinople, and was accompanied by a corps of officers deemed suffi cient to undertake the command of a considerable body of men. On the arrival of General Vivian at Constanti nople, he, however, found that there were no more men forthcoming. He (Lord Panmure) apprehended that the fault did not lie with either her Majesty's Government or the Government of the Porte, but it arose from the fact of the Turkish troops concentrated at Constantino ple, and from which it was anticipated the Turkish Con tingent would be taken, had been suddenly called away by Omer Pacha to the seat of war, and all the available troops of the Sultan had been thus withdrawn. The Porte, therefore, with the most perfect readiness, offered to detach from the army of Omer Pacha a body of troops to form the contingent ; but her Majesty's Government declared that it was not advisable to weaken the strength of the army at the seat of war. It was therefore pro posed, and the proposition was now being carried out, that troops to form the contingent should be with drawn from the army of the Danube. This was a suggestion from Omer Pacha himself, and the arrange ment of this body would soon be completed. The Earl of HARD WICKE considered it most de grading that this country should be forced to subsidise an army or to hire mercenaries for our military service. Lord PANMURE deprecated the observations of the noble earl, and considered it no disgrace whatever to this country to have the aid of such gallant men as those to whom he had referred. The Earl of MALMESBURY said it appeared to him, from the observations of the noble lord opposite, that he had entirely misunderstood the remUrks of his noble friend. After a few words from gad GRANVILLE, the subjeci dropped. THE CONFERENCE AT VIENNA. In reply to Lord LYNDHURST, Lord CLARENDON said he had received informs• tion from her Majesty's Minister at Vienna that the Conference was closed yesterday at the instanee of Count Buol. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Lord PORTMAN moved for returns of the actual amount ofcorn sold and imported into England and Wales in 1854. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY had no objection to the returns, but suggested that a select committee should be appointed, in order that a better mode of taking the corn averages might be adopted, and to whom the question of agricultural statistics should be referred. After a short discussion, in which the Earl of Malmo& bury, the Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Harrowby took part, the returns were ordered. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, certain re turns connected with the amendment of the criminal law were ordered. Their lordships adjourned at half-past six. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. Mr. FITZROY, in consequence of the Speaker's con tinued indisposition, took the chair shortly before four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord HADDO took the oaths and his seat for Aber« deenshire. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the Lancaster Water and Gas Bill were agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Bolton and Nightingale's Road; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health ; Great Western and Brentford Railway ; London and Blackwall Railway; London and South- Western Railway ; Nottingham and Newhaven Road ; Sunderland Dock ; West Somerset Mineral Railway ; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway ; Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock ; Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) ; Metiopolitan Railway ; Stockton and Darlington Railway ; Torquay District Churches ; Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight Railway, Pier, and Telegraph. MID KENT AND NORTH KENT RAILWAY. The further consideration of this bill was postponed till to-morrow. EAST KENT RAIr.WAY (EXTENSION TO DOVER) BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Mr. MACGREGOR said that he did not rise to oppose the second reading, but merely for the purpose of stating that he had a great objection to the clause which proposed that the Government should be em powered to lend to the company the sum of 400,0001., for the purpose of enabling them to carry on their works. He was no longer connected with the direction of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and it, there fore, could not be said that he had any interested motives in view in objecting to the clause. Mr. RICH was glad the honourable member for Sandwich did not oppose the second reading of the bill. He was not aware that such a clause as the honourable member had alluded to had been inserted in the bill. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. MUNTZ presented several petitions from Bir mingham and its neighbourhood against the sale of in toxicating liquors on Sundays. Mr. HINDLEY presented petitions from Leamington and other places, praying for the adoption of tome course which would lead to the termination of the war by pacific means. Mr. SPOONER presented several petitions from Warwickshire and Cumberland, against the Maynooth grant. REPRESENTATION OF LONDON. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on the 3d of July, he should call the attention of the house to the anomalous state of the representation of the city of London. ASSESSED TAXES. In reply to Mr. FRESHFIELD, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not the intention of Government to propose to Parliament this session the renewal of the Act 13 and 14 Vic., c. 96, authorising a composition for assessed taxes beyond the sth April, 1856, when the existing compo sitions will cease. THE MEDWAY, TRANSPORT SHIP. In reply to Col. K.N?x,_ Sir C. WOOD said the loss of the horses on board of the Medway was owing to the state of the weather, combined with the preparations on board, the horses having been so frightened that they kicked and lashed out in a most extraordinary manner. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. In reply to Mr. LAYARD, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that on Thursday, after the debate on Scotch Educa tion, it was proposed to go into Committee of Supply. VACCINATION. In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTON, Sir G. GREY said he could not now say when it was intended to bring in a bill on this subject, but he should be ready to do so on a future day. PARISH CONSTABLES BILL. On the motion of Mr. DEEDES this bill was with drawn. PROSECUTION OF THE WAR_ ADJOURNED DEBATE. In reply to Mr. BRIGHT, Lord PALMERSTON said the Conferences at Vienna were yesterday filially closed. (Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN then rose and said the announcement made by the noble lord ought not to prevent the house from discussing this question. 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