The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. i LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. HUTCHINS presented a petition from Lea mington in favour of ocean penny postage. EASTER RECESS. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Tuesday, the 11th ultimo, he should move that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday, the 24th of April, and after the recess he should moye that on Mondays orders of the day should take precedence of notices of motion. THE WAR IN THE EAST, A letter from Belgrade of the 27th, published in the Moniteur of yesterday, confirms the news we gave yesterday respecting the affair at Turtu kai. It says—" On the 15th, General Gortscha koff attempted to seize on the island of the Danube situated in front of Turtukai. His troops were already covering the bridge which they had estab lished, when the fire of the Turks succeeded in breaking down the bridge, which was carried away by the current with everything then on it. The loss of the Russians is estimated at nearly 2,000 men killedas well on the bridge as on the bank. The loss of the Turks, sheltered behind their entrench ments, was almost nothing." Accounts from Vienna of the 27th state, that on the 23d 18,000 Russians crossed the Danube and occupied Gedshid. General Luders had left Galatz, and had marched to the spot to protect the operation. The Russian General Stakelberg, who was at tached to the Russian embassy at Vienna, is about to leave that city to take part in the war. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated last evening says—There is no doubt of the passage of the Danube by the Russians in great force. Besides the division which crossed from Braila, General Luders passed from Galatz, with the main army, without meeting any serious opposition, and with very slight loss. - 4,000 Turkish troops are in Prevesa, and as many in Janina. THE BALTIC FLEET. By the International Telegraph, via the Hague, we learn that Admiral Napier's flag-ship, the Duke of Wellington, 131, anchored at Kiel yesterday (Tuesday), and that the whole fleet was then off the harbour. The Bulldog steamer, 6, Captain King, was in port, and the captain had had an interview with the British vice-consul about the supply of coal to the steamers. All was well on board the fleet. Immediate destination was not known. A letter from Revel, 17th, states that the roads near that town are filled with people quitting the place with all their most valuable effects. The greatest agitation prevails. None of the light , houses near the port are now lighted. A letter from Revel of the 24th tilt., in the Journal de St. Petersburg, says :—" Tho roadsted of Revel, which was covered with ice on the .13th January, was freed from it in the night of the 22d. It was again frozen over on the Bth February ; but since the 21st, a thaw has caused an opening behind the double battery. On the previous day, a ves sel freighted with provisions arrived at Port Baltic, and its cargo was forwarded to St. Petersburg." The British Consul, at Cronstadt, has left his post ; the French Consul is absent on leave. THE GERMAN POWERS. The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna that the negotiations between the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets are rendered difficult by the great irrita tion of the former against Russia, to which Prussia is said to incline more than is agreeable to Austria. According to the correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, the determination of the Russian Govern ment that its armies shall cross the Danube has given great dissatisfaction to that of A ustria, although every assurance has been given that in all the ope rations of Russia the political and commercial inte rests of Austria shall be respected. The Grand Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha has re turned to Gotha, from Berlin. The object of his visit was, says the Hamburg News, to persuade the King of Prussia to join the alliance of the Western Powers, hi s Royal Highness feeling that if such a step were not adopted, Prussia would become iso lated from the other German Powers. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The discussions in the committee on the loan bill are still continuing. The commit tee asked for explanations, and particularly as re gards the negotiations with Austria. M. de Man teuffel did not refuse to give them. Yesterday he appeared before the committee, but his explana tions were not considered satisfactory. The mem bers of the Right proposed that the explanations should not be made public. This was supported by the Government, but the committee has not consented to it. The Government having admitted that it has no immediate need of the loan, the com mittee is of opinio n th a t i t w il l b e right, to await the development of the situation, which will enable the Government to give more precise explanations, and the Chamber to act with a full knowledge of facts." A Berlin letter, of the 25th, states that the King of Prussia had passed a tranquil night, and that there was no increase of fever or of the swelling of the face caused by his recent accident. M. de Severin, Russian Ambassador at Munich, gave a brilliant fete on the evening of the 22d, to which 400 persons were invited. The French and English Ambassadors were not among the number, but those of Prussia, Austria, and Hanover were present. - A Vienna letter of the 23d states that the 6th corps d'arniee of Austria has just been placed on a war footing. THE GREEK INSURRECTION. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles says : "A letter from the Piraeus of the 17th mentions the expected arrival of two Envoys Extraordinary from France and England with the last propositions of those powers to the Greek Government. It is stated that King Otho will leave Athens and proceed to the Morea, in order not to receive these diplomatists. The Greek Government only exists by name in the provinces. No one pays any taxes, and when the coliector arrives the tax-payer is found cleaning his arms, and he replies to the demand of the functionary by saying—' What do you come for ; we have given everything to the insur rection, and we are preparing to join it.' " - - The Journal de Constantinople is equally formal in its accusation against the Greek Government. It says : " In the conspiracy which was discovered some time since at Constantinople, having for object to excite the Christian population of the empire, 46 Greek captains were found to be engaged. They were in frequent rela tion with their countrymen at Athens, and the Russian agents who were scattered over the Danubian principali ties and Rounaelia. They had for chiefs at Constanti nople M. Caimacam, a superior employd in the Russian post office at Constantinople, and Baron (Eisner, who was arrested with some of his accomplices. From the ex amination into the affair, which is now almost brought to a close, it appears that these chiefs were in direct corres pondence with Menschikoff, to whom they announced that the insurrection in Greece and among the Christian populations of the Turkish empire would break out and be come general as soon as the Russians should have crossed the Danube. The insurgents were then to massacre the Mussulmans and the Catholics of the European pro vinces of Turkey. From the arrival of Prince Menschi koff at Constantinople up to the moment of the discovery of the conspiracy these wretches were incessantly en-. gaged in exciting the people to revolt, holding out to thew all kinds of lying promises in order to bring them over to their views. All these efforts have failed before the intelligence of the people, who, confident in the solicitude of the Imperial Government, know that their welfare can only be increased by their respect to the laws and their submission and devotedness to the Imperial authority. The anarchists have only found companions worthy of them in the prisons and the bagnes of Greece, among the officers of the army of that kingdom and in the aides-de-camp of the King. Our correspondent at Athens writes us under date of the Bth that the army itself, which was on the frontier, marched over to the insurgents with their band and with the royal flag flying at their head. This is not an evil ; for, as the veil of hypocrisy has fallen, Europe will see whether the Greek Government is not connected with these acts of turpitude. The repression will not be more difficult a n d w ill b e more general : and the guilty will receive a lesson which will benefit them now and hereafter." THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The lonian Parliament was prorogued on the 18th to that day month. A message from the Lord High Commissioner, addressed to the Presi dent of tho Legislative Assembly, explains the motive which has led to this step, stating that an address was now lying upon the table of that body for further consideration, containing allusions to foreign politics, with which the Assembly has constitutionally no right to interfere. " This ad dress," says the Lord High Commissioner, " is to be read to me as a rep resentative of the uen in a public sitting. If I rece i ve it in silence, I shall be considered as concurring in its spirit. If I oppose it, and I can only do so by reiterating the advice already given in the name of her Majesty, against any participation in the movements of Epirus (with the assurance, however, that her Majesty, together with her allies, will exercise her influence to secure a stable and satisfactory posi tion to the Christian subjects of the Porte; and to place their rights under the guarantee of Europe), I shall find myself in collision with the Assembly, in a matter relating to questions of much delicacy, which will be constantly arising under different forms." FRANCE. FRENCH DECLARATION OF WAR. The following is a fuller account of the proceed ings in the Legislative Body and in the Senate than we were enabled to give yesterday : The Legislative Body met on Monday at two o'clock —M. Billault in the chair. M. Lequien presented the report of the committee appointed to exanaiue the accounts Qf 1851. eircsral local bills KE T ONCE. O'CLOCK. sterday were et was quiet, riday's rates 1 other kinds The sales tan at ad. per lb. Rail- r and Orien dingly large, commercial It must have t periodically In of 200,000 and Geelong 01., whereas 1852 with .ch an am:lz -3ioned great he generally id the large brings us amount of it was much . oblem to be unfavour g off in the new disco s, and the ►m the 3d to ces. This there is no amoun t of )00/. weekly which the to be over t prices of to the into consi 'he Legisla er the duty Ld the reve ficiency this A Joan was Lie improve the mercan - minor int land, reach nary of the "ouncil bad gement for w constit u successful. ited States tariff this from the an altera but fortu r introduc )sed by the pass goods 1w contem chants and Lctice, will )tained for ides which into com the United ,rks by the the House protection might expo protect cer nimum and ,ons costing o have cost g one hun- advance of ;matey pro !, inasmuch protected esent tariff, ual in this -s of broad :fly, of ten blankets ; f worsted acturers of cent, more iterest just le. It ap enefit one tariff does, law autho r goods 10 cause, per great com -1 sufficient and cassi rnment 50 )1- of blan -3g equally rmer y es _ taken on ; 11 15 to of such I changes not been ;less, th© , and if ' luld, in to the Iles at overn- r ; and capi- Lnd are , being tuated norai -22i to E divi -72A to rench hang() t to I, cl and ~stern reness rench b the Com- WAR WITH RUSSIA. The Noble Lord also gave notice that to-morrow he would give in the terms of the address which he proposed to move on Friday in reply to the Message from the Throne on the subject of the war. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULATE ESTATES BILL. The Marquis of BLANDFOP,D moved the second reading of this bill, which he said proposed to deal with property of large annual value, and to provide a new mode of administering it so that it might be improved in value, while it was made more available for the spi ritual wants of the great body of the people. There was no subject of more importance than the spiritual interests and wants of the people, and to none could Parliament more usefully direct its attention. The commissioners, which sat upon it a few years ago, reported that the incomes of the bishops and working clergy of the Church of England were most unequally distributed, and shortly afterwards an act of Parliament was passed for regulating the stipends of different sees. The property of each see was transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and fixed incomes affixed to each bishopric. It was subse quently found that the revenues of these sees greatly exceeded the stipends which had been allotted to them, for instance, in the case of Durham, the stipend was fixed at 8,0001, a year, but it turned out that the an nual revenue of the see was some times 20,0001., but seldom or never fell short of 15,0001., and an act was passed in the 13th and 14th Vict. which gave the bishops definitively fixed income without reference to the revenues of their sees, the surplus of one see over the income being applied to making up the deficiencies of others. In this way the incomes of some ten or twelve bishops had been provided for, while by another act the property and incomes of some eight deans and chapters had been dealt with upon a similar principle. This legislation, in a like spirit, had taken place with regard to the property of the Church, and the object of this bill was to place the episcopal and capitular estates of the country entirely under the control of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and so relieve the bishops of their management. Thus, the commissioners would have power to appoint their own agents to receive the revenues ; but the fees which the bishop received in his official capacity would be exempted from the operation of the bill, though it would provide that he should make an annual return of the funds he received in that way. A clause in the bill would prevent the fee of the property being vested in the commissioners; but in all cases the management of the property should be handed over to the commis sioners, both in the case of bishoprics and deans and chapters, and they should be required to pay the digni taries an annual income calculated at the rate, say, of seven years' value of their estates. The bill provided a scheme of enfranchising upon a rack-rent tenure of all episcopal and capitular property, which would have the effect of considerably increasing the value of the estates attached to the Church, and it was proposed that the surplus revenue so obtained should be devoted to augmenting the incomes of small livings and endowments. It was calculated that a sum of 506,641/. a-year, to provide in this way for the increased spiritual wants of the people, and by the machinery of this bill an annual income of not less than 550,0001. would be secured to meet that laudable purpose. The noble lord concluded by express ing his conviction that this bill, if carried, as he hoped it would be, would conduce to the glory of God and the good of man. Sir W. CLAY moved that the bill be read a second this day six months. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the amendment. [LEFT SITTING.] THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE EAST. A. letter from Malta, of March 24th, says, last night, before dusk, the Christophe Colomb, French Govern ment steamer having on board Lieutetant-General Canrobert, Lieutenant-General Bosquet, Lieutenant- General Martinprey, 45 officers, 800 soldiers, and 50 horses, and with the French transport Mistral, with 27 soldiers, and 40 horses, in tow, hove in sight, and ran into the grand harbour of Valetta, about 6 o'clock. As she passed St. Elmo, the artillerymen and men of the 3d Buffs and 62d Regiment manned the walls, and gave a thundering round of cheers, which were returned by their gallant allies. The French sol diers, indeed, continued cheering all the time the vessels proceeded up the harbour whenever a boat with a redcoat in in it came in sight, and seemed in excellent spirits. These vessels left Marseilles on the 19th, and conveyed the first portion of the French contingent. It is understood that at least one steamer will arrive here, in Valetta, on each alternate day till the whole force has passed. General Canrobert, so well known as one of the most dashing and energetic leaders of the arincse d'Apique, landed in the course of the even ing, and was received by the authorities with all the re spect due to his rank and mission. He went to the opera—for we have an opera here—and was the object of much observation. An order has been issued for the brigade of Guards to parade on the Floriana at 11 o'clock to-day, and the Rifles are also to be present. General Canrobert and staff will attend ; and, indeed, it is on their account the review takes place. The steamer and transport, with all on board, sail at 4 p.m. this evening. Their destination is Gallipoli ; and Gene ral Canrobert says, that not only the French, but the English army will disembark at that favoured spot. The Kangaroo, with the 77th Regiment (Colonel Egerton) on board, arrived this morning from Liverpool. The men disembark in the course of the day, and take up their quarters under canvas. The happy arrival of the Simoom, after a voyage of 16 days from Portsmouth, while it eased the anxiety of the timid, deprived many of an interesting subject of censure and speculation ; we now le arn th a t her detention was caused by the utter dislocation of her machinery, every bit of which came undone, went wrong, or got out of gear that could by possibility do so. She came into harbour with the Scotch Fusilier Guards on Saturday night (18th inst.), and the troops were disembarked the following day, and landed at their quarters in the Lazaretto. When one reflects on the passages made by the Himalaya, the Orinoco, the Cambria, the Ripon, the Emeu, and even by the little Manilla —by every vessel, in fact, which had not the honour of flying her Majesty's pendant—and com pares them with the voyage of the Simoom, he cannot but lament that the engineers, mechanics, and artisans of the Royal dockyards do not learn a lesson or take a hint from our great public companies. Of course, it is scarcely fair to compare vessels like those above-named with a ship like the Simoom, which is a man-of-war as well as a transport, carries guns, &c., but there is no sound reason why the engines of a man-of-war transport should be always breaking ; nor do the considerations sug g ested by a reference to the ex press object for which these vessels were built com pletely account for the exceedingly great disparity be tween her Majesty's ships and those of the Peninsular and Oriental and other companies. More than one screw must be loose to cause all this delay. The Fusiliers disembarked in excellent order, so have all the regiments which form this first part of the expe ditionary army. The horses were rather fresher than the men ; for, although the accommodations of the Simoom were good and spacious, the latter felt the con finement, heat, and want of exercise. The Guards, who occupy the Lazaretto, in spite of the local derange ments caused by their " liberty' carousings in acid wine and fiery brandy on their arrival, enjoy good health, though the average disease has been rather augmented by the results of an imprudent use of the time allowed to them ere they left London to bid goodbye to their friends. On Friday Lieutenant-General James Ferguson, C. 8., commanding the forces, attended by his staff and a number of officers in garrison, inspected the 28th Regi ment, the 33d, and the Rifles, on the Floriana parade ground, at 4 o'clock p.m., and expressed his satisfaction at the appearance and discipline of the whole of the brigade. On Monday, the 20th, Lieutenant-General Ferguson inspected a brigade (not o f th e expedi tionary army), consisting of the 3d Buffs (Lieut.-Col. Van Straubenzee,) the 41st Regiment (Col. Carpenter), the 68th Regiment, Durham Li g ht I n f antry (Li eut. - Col. Smyth), on the Floriana parade ground, at 11 o'clock. The appearance of the men was excellent, and the steadi ness of the line and column marching and advance unex ceptionable. Brigadier-General Bentinck, attended by his aides-de-camp, the military secretary, Colonel Drum mond, Col. Hay, Col. Codrington, and a number of other officers were present, but there was a scanty attendance of natives, probably because events of this kind are not publicly announced in Malta. It is said that the brigade of Guards will be inspected by the General on Thursday, the 23d, and very great curiosity is ex pressed by the Maltese to see all these " plenty big men" together. In fact, there is little doubt but that all the regiments will undergo minute inspection ere they leave for service, and that they will have as much drill and exercise as the natu re o f the ground will admit. The island is so swarmingly populous—the surface of it is so cut up with roads, garden wails, stone enclo sures, drainage courses —and the houses so numerous, that there are few open spaces left sufficient to ma noeuvre a company in, except the Floriana and St. Clement's, and even these are of exceedingly moderate dimensions. Except a march along a hot and dusty road, or the drill of the barrack -yard, there is little opportunity for the commanding officer of a regiment to get his men through much work. AN IMPERIAL BOUQUET.—A bouquet to be offered by the Horticultural Society of Toulouse to the Empress was exhibited there on Sunday at the Capitol in the Salle du Trone, where a vast crowd went to see it. Not less than 10,000 violets and 300 camelias have been em ployed in this gigantic bouquet, which is 21 feet in dia meter by 3 feet high. It is composed of a do me o f violets surrounded by a c i r cle of camelias, garlands of these tact running down the dome, on which are to be seen the initials of her Majesty in orange flowers. A blue riband, also having the cipher of her Majesty, ties the stem of the bouquet. This beautiful object left Tou louse on Monday, and was to be presented to her Majesty on Wednesday by M. Duplan, member of the Legislative Body, president of the Horticultural Society of the Haute GarQune. ---~ THE SUN, LONION, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1854. were presented authorising loans or the imposition of extraordinary taxes in the towns of Saumur, Orleans, Alby, and Dunkirk, in the commune of Aix-la-Chapelle, and in the departments of the Gers, Maine-et-Loire, Yonne, and Loire-Inferieure. The Mini s t er of State was then introduced with the usual ceremony, and, in the name of the Emperor, read to the Chamber the following message : " Messieurs les D4put4s—The Government of the Emperor and that of her Britannic Majesty had declared to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh that if the difference with the Sublime Porte was not replaced in a purely diplomatic position, in the same way as if the evacuation of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia was not commenced immediately and terminated by a given day, they would see themselves forced to consider a negative reply or silence as a declaration of war. The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh having decided not to reply to the communication thus made, the Emperor charges me to inform you of that determination, which places Russia with respect to us in a state of war, the whole responsi bility of which appertains to that power." The moment the Hon. Minister concluded, the loudest acclamations arose from every part of the Chamber. The President then rose, and after having formally acknowledged the reception of the message just delivered, said : "The Emperor may reckon on the unanimous co-ope ration of the Legislative body as on that of the whole of France." Fresh acclamations greeted the assurance thus given by the Hon. President. The proceedings then ter minated, amidst reiterated cries of Vive l'Empereur ! At three o'clock the Minister proceeded to the Senate to make the same declaration. It was greeted there, as in the Legislative Chamber, by a unanimous assent with the loudest acclamations. The President then said : "The Senate gives a formal acknowledgment to the Minister of State of the communication which he has just made in the name of the Government, and which it has listened to with a profound sentiment of most entire and most devoted co-operation. I think I express the unanimous feeling of the Senate in adding that it con• fides fully in the Emperor, who will know how to con duct the war with the ability and energy which have so eminently distinguished the negotiations. The commu nication of his Excellency the Minister of State shall be inserted in the minutes of our proceedings, and the ori ginal shall be deposited in the archives.''' The Senate hailed these words of the President with unanimous cries of Five l'Enipereur ! It is believed that, notwithstanding the order issued by the Emperor Nicholas, recalling to their own country the Russians residing in France, there are still a considerable number in Paris, and who, not having property to be confiscated in Rue. sia, will not leave this country, of which they in some sort consider themselves natives. The last Russian Consul, M. d'Ebeling, leaves Paris to-day. It is said that a cont rac t has been entered into with the Government for the transport of 2,400 English horses by the Lyons Railroad. Every one was taken by surprise immediately after the proceedings in the Senate on Monday by the announcement made by the Minister of State with respect to the declaration of war. The only sitting of the Legislative Corps announced was in its bureaux, and the Senate was not summoned at all. The consequence was that messengers had to be despatched in every direction for a few members of both houses ; but, notwithstanding these efforts, very few members were present in either house when M. Fould read the passage. Some doubt is entertained if the French Govern ment is quite so well prepared for commencing the war as has been generally supposed. It appears that the embarkation of the troops is proceeding with much less alacrity than could be desired • and delays have occurred, no t on l y a t T ou l on and 11Iar seilles, but in Algeria. Besides this, the troops which have embarked have been rather unfortunate. The V6loce and another, which accompanied the Chris tophe Colomb, encountered a violent gale in the Gulf of Lyons, and were obliged to put back to Toulon. The V6loce is so much damaged that she will have to be laid up. The troops and officers who were on board of these two ships have been disembarked, and are now waiting a passage by some o th er means. The French Baltic squadron is also far from being in a forward state. So badly off is the Minister of the Marine for ships, that he has been obliged to detach the Henry IV., and four other ships from the Levant fleet. They have received orders to return to Brest forthwith, to be placed under the command of Admiral Parseval Des chesnes " On Monday evening M. de Hatzfeld, the Prussian Minister, was received by the Emperor in a private audience, for the purpose of delivering an autograph letter from the King of Prussia, which had arrived in Paris that morning. He remained for an hour with the Emperor. A report was current here yesterday and Monday, which, strange as it may appear, it is right to mention. It is said that certain members of the Senate and of the Legislative Corps have conferred together on the propriety of offering a dictatorial power to the Emperor during the continuance of the war. A meeting of members of the two Chambers took place on Monday evening (the report goes), at which was discussed the best mode of draw ing up a proposition for the suspension of the ordi nary laws, and the establishment of a dictatorship. Persons who are well informed seem to think that this project is not without chances of being carried out. The Committee to inquire into the affair of M. de Montalembert has at length, after a great number of sittings, nominated its reporter. It is M. Perret, whose opinion has been always considered favour able to M. de Montalembert, inasmuch as he is against granting the required authorization to pro secute. The fall of English Consols, and the official an nouncement of the state of war, produced a general decline yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents closed at 62f. 40c. for the end of the month ; and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 89f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,040 f. ; Rouen, 830 f. ; Havre, 425 f. ; Great Northern, 705 f. ; Strasburg, 680 f. ; New Shares, 505 f. ; Lyons to Paris, 780 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 637 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 555 f. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 510 f. ; Great Central of France, 400 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 420 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 492 f. 50c. 20 St. St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. ;t. \l.OO St. 1.00 25 30 It. 100 L 5 all s s; 6 all 3j at 5 all 7i 2 Gt. all 6J al .0 al' X) al: 5 all [0 all It. 100 5 all 51 all 51f 1 12i 151 111 1 6 i 721 i i i 60 el 111 - - If 95 944 10 5 20 20 9 3 8 2s. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at 5 o'clock. Lord WROTTESLEY presented a petition from Wolverhampton in favour of the establishment of refor matory institutions for juvenile offenders. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Bath to the same effect. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the magistrates and town council of Edinburgh in favour of some measure to enable the same probate which was taken out in Scotland to affect personal property in England and Ireland. The Duke of CabEVELAND presented a petition from Darlington against the opening of public-houses on Sundays. REMOVAL AND SETTLEMENT OF THE POOR BILL. The Earl of WICKLOW, in moving for returns of the minutes in the different unions throughout England and Wales, entreated their lordships, in the event of the Law of Settlement and Removal Bill passing the House of Commons, and being introduced into this house, not to assent to it, if they valued their own consistency and sense of honour, unless it contained a clause to include in its operation Scotch and Irish paupers. The return was agreed to. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND. The Earl of CLA.NCARTY moved tor a return of the indictment and conviction, &c., in the case of t wo men named John and Hugh M urphy, who were tried at the Armagh Assizes for the murder of James Wilson. It appeared that in consequence of some compromise on the part of the crown prosecutors, one of the men was acquitted, and the other, on pleading guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced only to 6 months' impri sonment. The noble earl entered into a statement of the circumstances connected with the murder and the ,rial, and described the latter as a miscarriage of:justice, The LORD CHANCELLOR said there would be no objection to the return, with the exception of the judges' notes, which it had never been the practice to produce. He believed this was the first time such a request had been made, and for the very good reason that a judge might not take any note of a trial. He believed that Lord Lyndhurst hardly ever took a note of a case, and a.note might be so short that it would not be of use to any one. In the present case there was no such note. The day after the noble earl gave notice of his motion, he (the Lord Chancellor) put himself in communication with the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and who imme diately obtained all the information he could upon the subject ; but it was only that day, and shortly before he came down to the house, that he had come into possession of any of the facts. There could be no doubt that the judge looked at the depositions before he took the course which he had taken, and came to, the conclusion that a c h arge o f mur d er cou ld no t be sustained ; so that the same result was arrived at as would have reached through the process of a long in quiry, though it would have been better if the case had been tried out. With respect to the sentence, that de pended entirely upon all the circumstances of the case, which might aggravate or mitigate its character. It seemed a lenient one, but it was difficult for any person to deal with that question except those who heard the evidence or read the depositions. The' case would not be one of murder under the circumstances unless the blow was such as must have been calculated to cause death. Lord MONTEAGLE bore testimony to the judicial character of Mr. Serjeant Howley, the judge who had tried the case, than whom there was no judicial officer who had in a greater degree won the respect of persons of all classes and creeds, or who was less likely to act from factious,. sectarian or party feelings. . The Earl of EGLINTON also bore testimony to the professional abilities and high character of Mr. Serjeant Howley. _ After a few remarks from the Earl of EGLINTON, and ,he Earl of DONOUGHMORE, the motion was withdrawn. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS., The Hull Cemetery Bill was read a third time and passed. The Stourbridge and Bridgenorth Road Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. The Lord Mayor of Dublin appeared at the bar, and delivered in a petition from the Corporation of Dublin, in favour of an improved postal and steam communica tion between England and Ireland. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL presented a number of petitions from various parts of Ireland against the no mination of the committee on conventual and monastic institutions. One of these petitions, which was from Dublin; was read by the Clerk at the table. Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition from the Man chester Chamber of Commerce, in favour of a decimal system of coinage ; also a petition from the Roman Ca tholics of Liverpool against the nomination of the nun neries committee. This latter petition was read by the Clerk at the table. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Birmingham against the nunneries committee. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Tor quay in favour of the establishment of reformatory schools. Sir W. VERNER presented three petitions from places in Ireland against monastic institutions. Mr. SPOONER presented petitions from Wedgbury and other places in Staffordshire against any alteration in the Oath Bill. Mr. FAGAN presented a petition from Cork against the Ministers' Money Bill, and a similar petition from Limerick. Also a petition from the Roman Catholics of Cork against the nomination of the nunneries com mittee. Mr. L. HEYWORTH presented a petition from the medical botanists of Derby against the Medical Regis tration Bill. Alderman KERSHAW presented a petition from Stockport against the Poor Removal Bill. Mr. LUCAS presented a petition from the town of Bells, in the county of Meath, against the nomination of the nunneries committee. Mr. MAGAN presented a similar petition from the corporation of Drogheda. Mr. CRAUFURD presented petitions from various medical bodies, against the Medical Registration Bill. Sir W. SMYTH presented a petition from the firm of Sturgeon and Sons, of Grays, Essex, on the subject of the recent hay fraud on the Artillery, and moved that the petition be read by the clerk at the table. The clerk proceeded to read the petition accordingly, but it ap pearing that the phraseology of the petition was against the rules of the house, it was withdrawn. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from Chatham and eleven other places, in f avour o f th e Affirmation Bill. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS BILL. Mr. CRAUFURD gave notice that on the motion for going into committee on this bill, he should move as an amendment that the bill be committed on that day six months. SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL. In reply to a question, The LORD ADVOCATE stated that it was intended to proceed with the second reading of this bill on Thurs day next. An HON. MEMBER gave notice that he should move that the second reading be postponed until the Ist of May. SPAIN. The Heraldo, Madrid journal of ;the 23d, states that some sensation had been caused at Saragossa on the 20th, by the report that the Bourbon regi ment which had been marched from that town had, after proceeding some distance, refused to go fur ther without knowing where it was to be taken ; that thereupon the captain-general had gone after it, and did not return until he had ascertained that the regiment was continuing its march for Navarre. A letter of the 24th says :—" All Madrid is at present occupied with the pilgrimage which the Queen is to make to-day to the church of Atocha, to decorate the statue of the Virgin with the Col lar of the Golden Fl eece an d the Order of Charles 111. But what is not generally known is, that the Queen in acting thus only executes what was the wish of her august father. A few minutes before the departure of Ferdinand VII. for Vallencay his Majesty went to the church of Atocha, and pre sented to Our Lady of Atocha the rich Collar of the Golden Fleece, which he wore, together with his Grand Cordon of the Order of Charles 111., to which was suspended a cross in diamonds of great value. In 1836 these two precious objects disap peared from the church, and were replaced by a collar and a cross in metal. Queen Isabella 11. desiring that the intentions of her father should be respected, and wishing to render homage to his memory, made a vow to restore those vary valu able objects to our Lady of Atocha. Such is then the object of the pious pilgrimage which her Ma jesty is to make this day." The Three per Cents. were done at 34 45 • the New Thr ee p er C ents. at 18 30 ; the Debt Of the First Class at 8 10; and that of the Second at 4 35. ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Admiral has arrived from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 19th of December, with 45,592 ounces of gold, valued at 182,300/. The Sovereign of the Seas, the Blackwall, and the Harbinger have left Port Philip with an aggregate amount of 120,000 ounces of gold, equal to about 5 00,000/. TAKING STOCK.—The Commissioners of Customs have given notice of their intention immediately to commence taking stock of all the goods at the bonded warehouses throughout the United Kingdom, in conformity with the clauses in the Customs Consolidation Act, requiring that process, and its repetition every five years. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE.-- An unfortunate accident happened in the Victoria Theatre on Monday night during the first performance of Mazeppa, which threw a portion of the audience into a painful state of excitement. It appears that in order to give due effect to the piece the management had en gaged a number of horses, and Mr. N. T. Hicks, the comedian, was cast for the leading character, Mazeppa. The performance proceeded most satisfactorily, until that part of the play came on where Mazeppa, after crossing through the waters followed by ravenous wolves, is seen to rush over the mountains on his wild steed, when by some accident the horse slipped, and Mr. Hicks was pitched head foremost against some of the machinery, which so severely injured him that he was obliged to be carried away. Medical attendance was promptly obtained, but the sufferer was recommended to be at once taken to his home, which was accordingly done. Mr. J. T. Johnson took the character for the re mainder of the performance, but that portion of the audience who were unaware of the accident, on finding that Mr. Hicks's character had been transferred to another, began to give vent to their disapprobation by 1 hooting and hissing, when Mr. Johnson came forward and made known the nature of the accident, stating at the time that he had un;tertaken the character at a moment's notice, but if they were not satisfied with rilazeppa, they could have any other performance they chose to call for. The explanation was perfectly satis factory, and the remainder of the entertainment posed off with oktf. FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi Erqueliu Demerara 20 20 20 20 Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish 20 25 100 100 20 2W East Indian Do. Extension 11 Gt. Indian Peninsula 0 Gd. Junct. of France 0 Grd: Think of Canada 0 Do. Debentures 11 Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. ....,. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref 12 10 33i all Luxembourg,,,,, Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras 'Maria Antonia Do. do. New . 8i 10 20 10 20 20 41 4 d 14 6 4 d ••• P 4. 31d' 2 pl par p .d 10— 5d 41 aid 20 21 A - 1 p IV - 10! dis 54 24 34 1 IA 1 lid 24 —34 d, 3 2d id Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with' interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 6i - 7 iii 7_ 2.1 74 -- 8i 10i -- 11 p 41 -43 32 - 34 26i -- 274 ... -• pm Paris and Strasbom.g . ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre...., Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref Southern of France „ St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders 1 all Do 5i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand ld par . d 7 " sli ... - ... ... - pm 34 - 3i - 2i - 3 1? 5i - 21 208 1i NORTHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES Orestes LATEST BETTING-42.30 o'CLocx. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 2 agst Defiance. 11 to 2 agst Swiftsure. Bto 1 agst Red Lion. 10 to 1 agst Lamprocles. 12 to 1 agst Bracken. 16 to 1 agst Chief Justice. 20 to 1 agst Pancake. 25 to 1 agst John Bull. 25 to 1 agst Jacqueline. Dawson declares to win with Chief Justice. Kingston is scratched. ENTRIES FOR TIER MAJESTY'S PLATE OF 100 GUINEAS, —llungerford, Chieijustice, Kingston, Ilex, Shara: vogue, Red Lion, Eulogist, Rataplari, Defiance, Racka pelt, Reiver, Jujube, Lord John, Caliph, King Alfred, Bridesmaid, Ptolemy, filly by John o' Gaunt out of Blanche, Sir George. ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v STAKES.—Kingston, Defiance, Pancake, John Bull, Caliph, Lamprocles, Rod Lion, Benita, Chief Justice, Hungerford, Kohinoor, Mr. Sykes, Jacqueline, Olinder, Bracken, Ptolemy, Swift sure, Jujube, Jacob Petler, Roebuck, Little Jew, Red Lion, Veteran, and Sine qua Non. El Dorado does not run. WHITTLEBURY STAKES.—AIas, Helmet, Duchess of Lorraine, Twinkle, Student, Adelaide, Titormus, Pal merston, Crown Pigeon, Raterfeld, Monge, Lord Alfred, Chalice, The Slave, Redemption, Rose, Evangeline, and f by Cowl out of Young Defiance. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market. There was a fair number of buyers in attendance, and a good clearance of the stands was readily effected, at fully Monday's prices. The imports of wheat were 7,410 quarters, and the show of samples was very extensive ; nevertheless, the trade was decidedly firm, at extreme currencies. Some of the im porters refused to sell except at enhanced rates. Floating cargoes were dull. In prices, however, no change took place. There was rather more inquiry for barley, at full prices. In malt very little was doing. Oats, beans, peas, and flour sold at Monday's prices. The imports of the latter are 6,730 barrels, chiefly from France. Wheat. 450 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. ) Barley. I Malt. 1,510 1,770 English .. Irish .. .. Foreign .. 7,4; 1 jio WHITECFIAPEL. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. On the motion of Mr, BRADY, an address was ordered showing the number of practitioners in medicine, accord ing to the census of 1851, for each county of England and Wales, according to the registration division, and for each county of Scotland, and of the islands in the British seas, stating the heads under which they appear, whether as physicians and surgeons, or apothecaries ; also, the number returned of druggists, aurists, oculists, dentists, &c.; and also, the respective ages, in quin quennial periods, under each head. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN. Mr. H. HERBERT rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that immediate measures should be taken to give effect to the re commendation contained in the report of the se lect committee of this house, appointed in the last session to examine and report upon the pre sent state of communication between London and Dublin ; namely "that a class of steamers be provided with adequate accommodation for passengers, and with greater capabilities as regards speed than those at pre sent employed." The hon. member quoted a letter from Sir Cusack Roney, stating that of late years immense advan tages in respect of rapid communication between Eng land and the United States and England and the continent, had been effected; it was only as regarded Ireland that the rate of increased rapidity of railway travelling was not seconded by rapid transit across the channel. He (Mr. Herbert) thought there had been an unreasonable re duction of the sum which had formerly been allowed for the purpose of communication between the two capitals of the United Kingdom, the importance of which was undeniable. Mr. VANCE seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be his duty to object to this motion. Within the last few years there had been a considerable saving of pub lic expenditure in the carrying of mails between this country and Ireland, and with increased comfort and advantage to those travelling by those packets. This change, which was treated by the two hon. mem bers who had addressed the house as if it were a measure directed solely against Ireland, had sprung from a re commendation of a committee of this house, who sug gested that the contract system should be substituted for the previous system, which had been found enormously expensive ; and that very contract system which had been applied to Ireland was to take effect also on the Ist of April next with respect to the Dover packets. He did not at all undervalue the importance of the communication between Holyhead and Dublin ; but he said that a sum of 120,000/., or 150,0001., or anything at all approximating to it, should not be inc u rred for the mere luxury of the easy and middle classes in travelling by those packets at a moment when the country was placed in a position which would demand all her energies, and all her resources in matters of honour, and the welfare and independence of the empire. For these reasons he hoped the house would not con sent to this motion. Mr. F. FRENCH advocated the granting of the motion. • Mr. COWPER said a groat deal of misunderstanding celled to exist on this subject. lis thought the public RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. &' Stour Valley.., Birkeulid. Laucsh. di Cheshire Junet Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cous. Do., .C 20.. Blyth & Tyue original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... ,Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc undee Perth&Aber (ken Junetion Do. New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & H) ' 25 25 18 20 St. 100 83 [OO [OO 53 [OO 100 100 100 100 100 100 D Eastern Counties. .. Eastern Union, A 5t0ck......... ..... Do., B. Stock 0., New k East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith &Dundeel Forth & Clyde June.' glasgow & S. Westorn Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. 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Nianch.Shef.& Linelu Do., Man. & Lin. 1.7 n Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & flrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warren point and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northu.Counties Un, North British , North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., i A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London Do. New £lO.. all Ms. 100 20 13f, 1100 I!uth Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun' Do.. twines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. !Do. Pref., No. 1.- Thames Haven Dock and Railway (Yale of Neath:: Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Pal West London WiTubledn & Croydon York Neaivetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N. Midland .berdeen Do. No. 2, p. c.. !Myth and Tyne 10pei c. pref. (issd. at 50/, Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead, Guar. 5i per cent._ Cork &Bandons4p.e. 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Man., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. . Do. New, £lO Do. X 6 Niarypt.&Carl.4 p.c, Do. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & girm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cent !Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5,1 per ct . Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire,. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p,e, Do Scot. Cent., New Prei Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p. Do. 5 per cent....... !South Devon. De. fixed, 4.3 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d, Do. 4 Aper cent. S.Yorksll.4p.c.Guar. Stockton and Dar-' lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c.l till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,aud i Berwick,4 p.c. Pref ] Do Vork&N. 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BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues firm for all kinds of hops, and lase week's prices are well supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D.Y. LONDON, March 29.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather. DOVER, March 28.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—St. Pa trick, from Fayal. PORTSMOUTH, March 28.—Wind. W.N.W. Arrived— H.M.'s st James Watt, from Plymouth. Sailed—York town, for New York ; H.M.'s steamers St. George, Hecla, and Prince Regent, for the Baltic ; H.M.'s st Magicionno, Spithead. PLYMOUTH, March 28.—Wiwi, W.S. W. Sailed—Betsy, for Oporto. _ _ FALMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N. Arrived—Freya, front Dram ; Jantina Annechina, Galatz. Sailed—Elbe, for Carthagena ; Alpcandrina, Salonica. STOCKTON, March 28.—Wind, W. Arrived—Nymph, from Mandal. BRIDGEWATER, March 28.—Wiud, N.W. Arrived— Ocean, from Hamburgh. SWANSEA, March 28.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Esther Francis, for Madeira. SHIELDS, March 28.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Bel mont, from Faro. Sailed—Demerara, for New York ; Friends, Quebec ; Harrison, do. ; Catherine Ewing, Malta ; Halcyon, Genoa; Whitwell Grange, Carthagena. HULL, March 28.—Wind, W. N. W. Arrived —Caroline, from St. Michael's ; Lightning, do ; St. Kiernan (s), Rot terdam ; Zephyrus, Dantzic. LOWESTOFT, March 28.—Wind, variable. Arrived— L) dia Jane, from London, for Sunderland, with loss of bowsprit. _ _ HARWICH, March 28.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Fl.M.'s st Rosamond. SUNDERLAND, March 28.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Stafford, from Hamburgh ; Generous, do. ; Caroline, Christiansand. Sailed—Auckland, for Quebec ; Juno, Carthagena. CALCUTTA, Feb. 18.—The Harry (brig), from South Australia, arrived at this port, reports having been chased by pirates off Cape Nicobar, Jan. 9. GEELONG, Jan. 2.—The Statesman took fire off Point Honry on the morning of Dec. 26 (supposed from spon taneous combustion of some wool shipped in a damp state), and was scuttled ; she has since been raised, and her cargo (2,500 bales of wool, and other produce) disposed of by auction. _ _ _ MAURITIUS, Jan. 6.—The Moultan, from Swansea, with patent fuel, arrived here with part of cargo thrown over board, having been on shore on the reef of Grand River. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W. ; fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Andes, fromßoston ; Shamrock, steamer, from Havre ; Teresa, from Cienfuegos. The brig Eagle, of Halifax, was passed a derelict on the 3d of March, in let. 40, long. 61. The Martha King, from Wilmington for Liverpool, was passed on the 3d of March, in lat. 40, long. 61. The Martha King, from Wil m i ng t on , for Liverpool, was passed on the 3d of March, lat 44, long. 26, with loss of sails, bulwarks, pumps choked, and 1,200 barrels of tar thrown overboard. The steamer Washington, from Southampton, arrived at New York on the 16th inst. The steamer Arabia, from Liverpool, had arrived at Boston. _ __....„._. Accounts from Portland Bay, Australia, via Boston, state that the fine new ship New Zealander, which had arrived at Portland Bay on tho 30th November, with 660 emi grants from Liverpool, was on fire on the 16th December, and expected to be a total loss. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.12 14. M. Wind, W. ; tide, low water ; fine. Arrived, 28th—Maria Jose, from Pernambuco ; Provi dence, Terceira ; William Pitt, Cuba. Arrived, 29th.—Dolphin, from St. Michael's; Berta Flendrika, Palermo; Antwerpen (s.), Antwerp; Albion (s.), Boulogne. Sailed.—Belgium (s.). for Ostend ; City of London (s.), Dunkirk ; Ottillia, Port Phillip. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, N.W.. ; fine. Passed.—Spartan, from Jamaica, for London, 50 days out; Barrack, Demerara, for London ; Vancouver, of Bos ton, China, for London; Orwell, Ballina, for London; British Queen, Berdianski, for London ; Manuel, barque, Havannah, for London ; Electric, for Cadiz ; Tom Bow line, for Port Phillip. Sailed.—Admiral, Berhampore, Anne, and Maitland, all for river. Remains.—Diego de Leon, from Trinidad do Cuba, for London. Report of the barque Spartan—March 11, spoke the ship Caromma, of Liverpool, lat. 45.40 N., long. 29, 13 W. ; March 20, Childe Harold, lat. 48.40 N., long. 6.50 W. ; March 24, brigantine Baldur, lat. 49.0 N., long. 33.50 W.; March 25, barque Woodbine, bound to New York, lat, ,:9,30 N., lon, 00 W. amo,P. had been the gainers by the mail service being perforreea as it was now, by contract, instead of as it used to be by the Government; and it must be borne iu mind that the Government had never contemplated entering into con tracts for the conveyance or comforts of passengers, their functions being limited to the safe and rapid con veyance of the mails. Lord NAAS said he, for one, would not support this motion if it was merely a question of the luxury of passengers, which it was not ; but in fact they did not ask for a grant of 120,0001. or 150,0001. a year ; all they asked for was to insure punctuality, which was not insured at present. After some further discussion the house divided, when the motion was negatived by 208 to 152 ; majority against it, 56. CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. Upon Mr. T. CHAMBERS moving the nomination of the Committee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions, Mr. BO WYER moved that the order for its appoint ment be discharged. lie suggested the impolicy of bring ing forward on the eve of a war any measure that would sow dissension in the nation, or produce discontent in any class. This committee was calculated, he said, to exaspe rate the feelings of Roman Catholics, who considered it as bitterinsnit. He characterised the object of the committee us incompatible with the principles of the law, and, in re spect to convents, and as repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen. He again implored the house net to embark on an inquiry which would light the torch of religious dis cord throughout the country. Mr. ESMONDE seconded the motion, objecting to the inquiry, because the circumstances under which it was voted no longer existed, and also on constitutional grounds. Lord LOVAINE protested against such a plea as that there was more danger in meddling with Roman Catholics than any other class of her Majesty's subjects. This was not more a Roman Catholic than a Protestant question. The constitution laid it down that no person should be confined in any Place whatever, except by due course of law. All he asked was that the regulations to which Roman Catho lics were subject abroad should be adopted in England. He denied that there would be any intrusion on the pri vacy of ladies, for if such were to be the proceedings of the committee he - would op wo e its appointment, but there would be only an inquiry s into the circumstances under which those establishments were conducted. Lord J. RUSSELL did not know whether the question which had already been decided by a considerable majority of that house, ought to be brought forward again, but it appeared to him that it was well worth the consideration of the house whether they Would persist in the motion for the appointment of this committee. (Hear.) But, then, as the noble lord (Lord Lovaine)said, this was a constitutional question, the house ought to take care not to appoint a committee on vague supposition. Some case ought to be made out of persons detained in these convents against their will. But for persons to come forward and make statements that convents were bad places, and that per sons were confined in them against their will, without offering any evidence in support of thoso allegations, seemed to him not a proper ground for going on with the question. He said again that there was too much vague ness and uncertainty with respect to the sort of i nqu i ry that was to take place. The noble lord did not wish to in quire into what took place in the private matters in these houses. Did the noble lord mean that the committee were not to send for persons to examine them ? If so that would make a great alteration in the case. If the co nt . mittee were empowered to send for papers but not persons, the inquiry would be of a totally different character. But, if they were to send for persons, it was no satisfaction to be told by the noble lord that he did not wish private matters to be inquired into. When he looked at the names of the committee he could not not help feeling it was not very impartially chosen—(hear, hear)—and, that names would be found on it connected with strong prejudices and extreme opinions, and this hardly afforded a sufficient guarantee against inquiries not being pushed into , private matters. (Hear.) If there was really any case made out—if the liberty of the subject had been infringed—if against the law of the land persons were prevented from leaving these conventual houses— then, he said, there ought to be no delicacy about having an inquiry ; the allegations ought to be inquired into thoroughly and promptly. But if no such case was made out, why should they inquire ? Those who wished to alter the law should look into the existing law, and propose such regulations as they thought fit. Lot them look into the laws of foreign countries—let them acquaint themselves with the rules and regulations on taking vows—let them consider all these things, and then propose a new law to that house. These foreign laws could easily be obtained, and when they were looked into a bill could be brought into that house. (Hear, hear.) There was another part of the inquiry which had relation to monastic institutions against the letter of the law, and contrary to law. The hon. gentleman said he wished to have inquiry with re spect to monastic institutions. He (Lord J. Russell) had ao wish for any such inquiry. (Hear, hear, and oh.) He knew there were many laws existing on the statute book which had fallen into disuetude, and no evil had been felt. He knew that in time such laws became practically extinct. If any particular grievance, if any infraction of the law could be proved in the case of monastic institu tions, he said let there be an inquiry; but he confessed he did not see to what purpose they were to have an inquiry. When he had the honour to fill the office of Home Secre tary he found it necessary to write to Lord Normanby to ascertain if it was necessary to make an inquiry into a particular monastery in Ireland. Lord Normanby replied that the monastery was the. cause of a great deal of good— that it promoted agriculture, and otherwise conferred much benefitnn the district. With that answer he was satisfied, and he consequently gave no public directions for an in inquiry. But if they were to have an inquiry, as the right hon, gentleman urged, then the house must come to one conclusion or other, either to take further measures— which were not difficult to take—to suppress monasteries —to establish an effectual machinery by which, if monas teries were found to exist in any place, an officer of the law would be empowered to drive the occupants out, and to prevent them from occupying the building. They must either have that, or they must have a law repealing the ex isting law, and allowing monasteries to exist. Was the right hon. gentleman prepared to take either of those courses? Was the right hon. gentleman prepared to drive monks out of the country ?—a harsh measure, not called for either by public policy or necessity. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord said that Roman Catholics were always say ing that the house must not do anything to affect the Ro man Catholic religion. He did not think that that sus ceptibility—if the feeling could be so called—was confined to Roman Catholics. He should like the noble lord to make the attempt to bring in a bill which would affect the Toleration Act. Let the noble lord try to do so, and ho would soon see whether the dissenters would allow him to touch their religious privileges, or whether the would not denounce the attempt to deprive them of the religious liber ties which they enjoyed. (Hear.) It was not a question affecting Roman Catholics, but it was a question affecting religion. When he thought that the Roman Catholics were at ail trenching on the privileges which the people of this country enjoyed, and interfering with the prerogative and temporal rights of the Crown, he had certainly, at the hazard of incurring the odium of Roman Catholics, thought it his duty to interfere. (Hear.) But the question was, did the present case at all affect the prerogatives of the Crown—t2.lo laws of the country—the liberty it enjoyed ? (Hear.) Nira,s it a case in which the house should inter fere ? For his part, he did not think it was. He might take the other alternative which the right hon. gentleman had put. He must refer to the right hon. gentleman, be cause he was the member who had taken the most leading part in supporting the appointment of the committee. If the committee should be appointed ho trusted that the right hon. gentleman would take a leading part in it, and would prevent such scandal as might occur from the in quiries being pushed to the extent of inquisition and per secution ; and that he, at least, would make himself respon sible for the right conduct of the committee. But suppose he came to the conclusion that those monasteries should be permitted by law to exist, and that the prohibitions now existing in the .statute book with respect to them should be repealed—wonld the right hon. gentleman un dertake to bring in a bill fin' that purpose ? If the Roman Catholic mind was susceptible on this subject, did the right hon. gentleman think that the Protestant mind would not become susceptible if a proposal were made for an abso lute change in the law, and for confirming the privileges of those monasteries now tolerated in this country ? (Hear, hear.) He must confess that he could see no benefit likely to arise from meddling with this question at all. (Hear.) He could not see what was to be gained by it. If he could be convinced that any ladies in this country did not enjoy the benefits of the liberty allowed by the laws, he certainly should have an inquiry, with the view of applying a vigorous remedy. (Hear, hear.) But not be lieving a word of the stories that had been told on the sub ject of nunneries—stories which generally came under the denomination of what were called cock-and-a-bull stories —or rather of what the French called histoires de coq-d- rdne—not believing the many inventions that had been throughout the world ventilated on this question—seeing no benefit whatever in the inquiry proposed—thinking that the house would act much more wisely in not meddling at all with the subject, and that the proposal would be a piece of very peddling and useless legislation, he certainly should, if ho voted at all, vote in favour of tho amendment of the hon. and learned gentleman opposite. (Cheers ) Colonel NORTH stated a case which had occurred at Banbury, in Oxfordshire, in which a Miss Fitzallen sought to be relased from a nunnery in vain, as a writ of habeas corpus would not apply. She however, subsequently con trived to effect her escape. Mr. H. DE UMMOND had not liked the terms of the motion, nor the speeches for it, nor the speeches against it. The latter had evinced misconception, or wilful perversion of meaning, as there had never been any intention to interfere with the internal management of these establishments, and no gentleman had ever thought of summoning any lady before the committee. But th e same reasons now existed for this inquiry as when the Ecclesi astical Titles Bill was passed. The Roman Catholics had not retracted a word of the aggression then made, and were equally determined on bringing the c ountry un d er the spiritual and temporal dominion of the Pope of Rome. Members avowed that they were sent hero by the priests to advocate the claims of the Pope. The object of the priests was to enveiglo girls with money into the convenes, and force them to leave their money away from their re latives. Let priests have the power they sou,ht, and where would be our liberties ? Th ese institution had been per verted to infamous pu r p oses, according to the power en joyed by the priests. li e pledg e d hi m self to prove his case against these establishments, if permitted. Captain BELLEW supported' the amendment, Mr. CROSSLEY defended the appointment of the coin. mittee. X lie country Mr. E co lordship's WDtEG &TB assailed Lord John Russell, and said Y Would quit e understand the value of his p's Protestant zeal. The fact of the existence of these very institutions, in violation of th e law, had chiefl y induced th e P ope to beieve that the time had come for his aggression ; and no speech could have been better calm lated to invite further - aggression than that of Lord John Russell. Mr. C. FORTESCUE hoped that the house would rescind its former resolution. Even admitting that there had been grounds for it, which ho would not do , he would, as a Protestant, ask P r otestants to consider whether the evils which would arise from this inquiry would not coun terbalance any possible good it could effect. This inquiry was uncalled-for by the Roman Catholics, who were the only parties concerned in its operation, and it did not Present a seemly spectacle to the Roman Catholics of Eng• land and Ireland, that the Protestants of England should be legislating for them, not merely without their consent, but absolutely against it. Mr. SPOONER said the real question upon which the inquiry was founded was that a moral and undue influence was exercised upon young girls to induce them to entet into nunneries, and that by a continuance of that in fluence they were induced to leave their property to these convents away from their relations. The inquiry was car ried by a large majority on a former evening against the strength of the Government, and no grounds had beau brought forward to warrant the house in retracing its _steps and discharging the committee, The tact was, that IL$. 21.1 f. wo ing the an ast lal ey ng 41 f `~~=-