The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-12 00:00:00

RayS : naCO) Fort have grin° Led to The on for It hay' Q t z.ted [ft' wa s nd tha ) 5 0 t h 1 said napes , g niva' 10.1 on ninal image s e then ,iff was n psdn, stances union a tttn 01 death to he • to her isposal• cal an a itil the ii atilre Fint• Ii . 1111 d no t E . ) 3 Ver. RA vel at fa ea. A fa n tit er )n. ; 3"° at Ist° e il. & ye. ' priced• • lamb' 4a 0 NIS 61.4 AV.) n; i 1 ; • );Csr ,h fort' Ins, for ;fisher► v . , for J . Bog' _sal Bar . dessA ; t Nef f ) bees NI dFe"' de to to the r, 13 116 eatbe r pte HARROW RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FL AT RACE. Lioness Guilt Prevarieltion Prevarication ran out when leading. Three ran. NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Ca s i o ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.3o—Trial Handicap. 3.ls—Handicap Plate. 4. o—Tyro Stakes. 4.3o—Selling Stakes. ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. Handicap Pl a t e o f £so—Hy a cinth, Lady-in-WaAing, Telegraph, f. by St. Leon, Jupiter, Game Tommy, f. by Pantasa Bright May, Check, Ciinipina, and Slattern. Gaylad is expected. FOR TO-MORROW. Londstone Handicap—All here but Little Princess. Golb , ,rne Sttieplecbase—All here but Matilda, Laby rinth, a. , ,d Chester. Lightstone and Jacob have paid forfeit for the Handi cap Plate. SPORTING NOTES. —.s..— HARPIES AT HARROW. • "People went oil anyhow" at Harrow yesterday. The bueseess of the meeting was most ioeffi iently cen ducted, and the proctedirigs, which were ocensionally Marked by incidents ludicrous and aniu.ing enough, ultimately became tedious and wearying. Se locg and unnecessary were the delay between each race that the Patience of the spectators was sorely tried, and indeed the few bookmakers whom -the fineness of the day had tempted to make the trip from London, took their de parture tired and disgusted before the termination of the aeort. The opening event--the Trial St les—showed hoW matters were to be arranged, and the prin ciple by which the races weuld be rezulated. Thee aniinals went to the post—Criterion, Sophistry, and Edward of York. Odds were laid on the first seentiohed, who started with the lead and won in a canter. Few people, however, knew the race was ove r when the horses passed the winning-post ; for h f rom start to finish no chenge hail been in ale either in e pace or their positions. Even the judge was puzzled ; B eeoled totally unaware that the horses were puded 11 1:e and in blank amazement strained his sight in expec tation of their approach the second time. The "chaff" _•'4l Jibes o f the spectators, however, ultimately informed him that th e race was done, and he then recorded his ein 'i"n with Clark-like gravity and unruffled counte tnance. The 'rletropolita.n Steeplechase bought out a T a nlewhat l arge field, and I am not prepared to state elttainthly a e rac ei was not fairly contest e d. Th e runn i ng peered to be regulated by an h ones ty o f pur e - which is se ld om displayed among the jumpers, " sli d which was P er h a p s i n co n sequence the snore appre edi4ted• A good race i n b e t ween balad and Nom e " G uerre ended in favour of the latter.y The _winner a s ridde n b y Green. who, by the way, has so l ' e gained th e reputat i on which was well-nigh lost in con tequence of c er t a i n memora bl e d o i ngs at Epsom, that ~i e , _"( v never riiles but th e b e li e f o bt a i ns th a t t h e h orse well he mounts will go for the money. ex The adage of the bit er hi t , was never more aureea bl y a enl i'lified than by the race for the Steward ' s' Plate. a h e doers, i n f act, were done at their own game. And -Pretty name was i nten d e d to be played. Four hor se s St ar ted— CottAm Lady, Hotchpot, Prevarication, and from 2 to 1 up to 6 to 1 was freely betted on Prevaris eation, w h ile against each of the others, with perhaps the eec eption of Hotchpot, who belongs to Prevarication's Var Parts, 20 t o 1 was offered. The start was made, and Pre ication and H otchpot went offtogether and a wide in ter val soon separated them from the other two. Or, retching th e t, far . Ride of the course, however, near the brook, Cotebolted, and Cotton Lady went on with the lead. Cuotetetouti" and laughter then became uproarious. As Lady passed the stand the second time, her ,rider was bawled to go on, and on be went, and not ilthstandiog the vi gorous e ff or t w hi c h P revarication and te.hpot ma d e t o recover their lost go nod, Cotton oI,I Y came in first, amidst the cheers of the spectators. A scene of confusion then ensued ; people hurrahed and sc reamed with laughter, so great was their delight at th e unexpected remelt ; and, in the .full flush of their pleasur e , th ey sent round the hat of th e r id er o f C o tton La dy, and the silver tumbled into it with amazing rapi u't37- It is questionable whether Hackett ever had so ninny half-crowns as was then collected for film. During the progr es s o f thi s b us i ness, however, a " diversioa Wasentele by a very pretty quarrel that sprung up be tween two persons in the " Ring." Blows soon fol lowed words, and the row was not stopped until one of the belligerent parties lost his wig. Iu s‘d.ie r r seriousness, however, the affair of the Steward's Plate was un . :-t disgraceful, I am informed that persons were " put in' to back Ho'chp o , al to 9thugh Pr e v ar i cat i on was t h e intended animal, and that 1 e " getter up" of the meeting lost upwards of 1001. c oesequence. EY, n the honesty which proverbially exits among certain char ac t ers was not observed on thus occasion. Two Selling Races brought the proceed l'l'gs to a conclusion. The sport which takes place to ay possesses no attractions fur me, and I remain in This attempt to get up flat races at Harrow h as f a il e d eZt signally; still, with proer mana s e g , -2ment, a good steeple meeting may yet p be established there. Chins, lewever, must be conducted quite differently before the t e rt i"g publi c w ill either patronise or encourage the undertaking April 12, A FRESH MAN. 21 TE CZAR AND HIS PALACE. Iti v __ e Empero r i s a man of a b out 56, and, on the whole, ipY fine-l oo ki ng specimen of humanity. He is a e athletic fi gure, though not stout. There was a very 4 i elld id view kola the Emperor's room window. I saw tie, ° ,, n ,g, Way down th e r i ver , an d t h e docks and fur ther " I 's were under my im ediate surveillance. rng .° no want of evcir.ling grand and impos tb; tgudeds flowers in splenei I v a s e s. awl galleries of f act eq Pictures met our view at every -tep. Here, in j e ' wae everythi ng that, was attractive and, interesting e a rld not help remar ki ng a very great i mprovement l l arge hous es i n R uss i a over th ose i n E ng l an d fre, e -ev elrY part a un if orm an d mo d erate h eat was dd- B ib l ' - '• This wi nter palace of the Emperor i t i s impos exl° at ali adequat e ly t o d escr ib e w ith ou t a pp ear i ng t o atid g i " L rn te- The reception room i s 300 f ee t i n l engt h , esii,," 4 : B 20,000 wax lights to illuminate it. Here the c !" ) os from every d epartment of art are on the most f ..nificent scale. Th ese seeme d t o h ave b een b roug h t fro iet every part of th e wor ld. W e ascen d e d one en e L 'ttlts which comprised no less than 72, every liar which was of solid marble of the finestdemeription. Vh s e rai , a large number ofarticles in malachite and those fi.)rnavisited the Great Exhibition of 1851 are alone able to le r „ ail adequate concep ti on o f t h e sp l en did e ff ect wh i c h br,Ze q u antities of this fine mineral and gold h a v e w h en th e I, 6ht toeether. The mines of Siberia, of whiel ie t,171 "Peror is p ar ti cu l ar l y prou d , are exceedingly rich i fin e 18 "Pensiv e stone. lam not a very good judge of with Painting, but here was gallery after gallery filled eihoiePaintin gs b y t h e b est masters. The effect of the oas admiration and amaze men t. Th ere was in beretthe h a ll s a very l arge vessel, which had lately ee all°"elit from Finland, and which was supported .luge taken'tal, all cut out of a solid piece of granite. v 4 were to see the room of Peter the Great. Here to a everYthing that would suggest itself as being of use.. riii,, s 4 t. " , t King, as Peter was. Here were many in a g n e d 1114 a1 L 'ulB and other things, of his own inventi l op, 01 Lids ornaments in ivory an o ( ld wood. "e ( If the tables, in a plain case, was an steel thing s preerlied a remarkable contrast to the which which it was surrounded. This pen was the sent as l n b t he late Duke of Wellington used, arid wag p euB F e setit te the Emperor by the present Duke.— e 8 LectuPe Dailington. -...... • ted, Shewing that in the .e tprday a return to the Rouse ,if Comnions was printed, 7" PAc,ZET SERVICE OF THE POST OFFlCE.—Yes t4.id on account of the ar e i r , r a d e e k t! t az= alt s h e B9 a s ):l 2 o 7wtis t . .t:e t.i..inourit clihrgeable to' the - packet service e in ad was paid as salaries diti .43si, and 81,100/. '' otherwise chargeable," A.dini. (in to which 12,7201. tajt V a gents on "beard the several contract packets. MATERNAL SOLICITUDE OF A BEAR.—T he old n b l e a a d r e . us, charges a ‘v ll a about to t p o o follow her up cleft, yards. I ou-ftlieiz ( 1--r ste Short after making intimidate a l' r ° u P s i h ng o t f o afew . (1 steppedparticularlywant to kill her, for we were in an bothered .the place, e skin, where c :v e d i s d h 0 notul. l have ascend been the "I I Y ally higher - but sat dIW/1 8 an at her, f ro 6, ' La where I was stationed, (1 tk pe a rh q t u p i s et a s i l i n s t . hearing the rases of three hundred yards. Upon l o yort, and perhaps aiao seeing the bullet, which missed t her, strike the ground, she made a sudden sprin e g a . r Young one, pulled it underneath her, and is P etely covered it with her own body. In a few momen s lathe let it ~i , go, and made another rush _ t: ' -«arge, 1- . 1 • out looking wistfully at her cob, which downwards as if feraains.d stationary, turned back as before. Ano her shot had precisely the same effect no sooner heard the report than she had t , e cub underneath otherger, and then followed a similar ru-h. I fired several lZshots, with the same results after each, and we tisacvForntliiz she was endeavouring to induce the young one to &how her down, which it appeared afraid to do, a little way. arid then retuinin-. The a nxiety of the bear to shield her off-pring from danger, a n d to inspire it with courage to follow her, were truly ~ etting. At last, after a great many shots had been ured, not one of which, I believe, took effect, the you ,g was persuaded to face the danger, and they ,!:,,nle down upon us like a shot. Fortunately for them, I . L Was whilst I was re-loading the rifle, and they were Tn us before I was ready. The gully was not more than 11 " Yards wide, so they had to pass quite close ; we jumped ene side to give them room, and the old lady did not l l :olirt to molest us, but went down hill as hard as ever she e ' ) Wd go, with her cub by her side. Befor e I had the t '. ekeaPped and ready, - they were far enough out of our -'?.?"Nlboint'll aintaforin Adventurct. - - ' SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RATLevATs. 1 / 2 1)erle.en.. stl , g Nottog. Bost Eastot. Janet fast & Ballymeua. Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley. Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juuct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 ConE. Do., £20... ....... itlyth & Tyue origi £25 (issd. at £45, jlristol and Exeter... 2aledoniau. ...... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass •;ornwall Crieff Junction ' ?übliuSzßelfast,Juuc Dundee Perth&Aber ' tem Junution.... 1)9. New at Auoliau, (XiB E 6t H).. I, :astern-CouutieS..... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock • Do., New A. . . !last Lancashire Ediuburgli&alas,P , Edinb. sod Peebles Edin.Prth & Duude , - orth & Clyde Jun, ;lasgow Weston seat Northeru Stk. Do., A. Stoop Do., B. Stock It. Sth & West. are. ;real Wester!' f rish South-Easter:. ,:tueaster & Canis )0., Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Aueash. and Yorks): ►o., Fifths •))., wst. (tiding Ut !,eeds Northern Liv.Cralq.&Soutlipt London & Blank wa Load. nib. &Sthew!. .ond. Bright& 5.04 :.und. and N. WeaL,. .)o. Fifths Do.lol. Sh. , Do. Eighths r,endotiandS. Westn . '' )o . £4O ,u(ludrry. & EnuisK ) , taneh.Sll,l.& LinelL Do., Mau. & Lin. Un. o. Biriung. & Derb; Yiidld.G. West.(lrv., 100. Half Shares. Newcastle & Carlisle Nevnrutrket )o. , Bury Exteusiuti NT wpt.Aberg. &Lida. Newry & Newry Warretipoiot and Rostrevor. Norfolk . Northu.Couuties Uu ' North British North Devon, No. 1.; Do., No. 2 I Do., A A Deferred Do., i B Guaranteed, North London Do. New .£lO. N.&S. Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Ja North Staffordshire North Western N &S. Westru. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Woreestor,& Wolverhalliptou Portsmouth ,icottisk Ceutral icottish ;orewsbary & Bli tug.' Do. L. & N. Western Clo lama te tStL. t.K... L. ibrewsby. & Heiefi Threwsby. & Chaste , (N. W. Ntin Do. Halves,. t.. Do. Oswestry ibropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per een ioutli Devon Eastern iouth Wales . Yrksh. & Riv. Du, taines, Wok. & Wo!, toektou stoatou dt Hurtle', PAH Vale Do. £lO shares. )o. Pref, No. 1 Manaus Haven Doc. and Railway Vale of Neath... . Naterfd. & Kilkeim - Naterforddt Limerick. Nest Cornwall .. West Eud of Loudon and Crystal Palace.. West London Ninthlean &Croydot. York Newctl.&Berw. 110. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchas. York & N. Midland . Cilsing Prices yesterday. 21 23 41 - 41 76- 8i 14 -12 di 15 17 8 7 89 - 91 - 524 13 - 14 - lt) .7-:= .14 7 - 15 - 16 Lit - 39 61 - 56 21 - 23 62 dli i 6 —l2 cid - 72 •5 - 90 LO - 1L 10 - 12 , - 8A - E, 8A 944 970 .4.1 96 d rid d - 1 ul 45 14 13 12 11, - 574 33 -- 35 - a— — 5" - 8 14 - 47 30 ... 31 50 54 Par iP 7 6id 74 8 28 - 30 81 83 51 - 53 50 - 52 50 - 52 34 - 24 13 - 15 64 - 74 LU L- I_- 4 - 13 - 15 57i - 584 32 - :13 4 -2. i i - 27 - 30 2i - 8 19 4 - 5 1 23 - 54 6 - 7 T:4 65 93 Sid s# -14 i - 45, PREFERENCE SHARES ierdeen Do. No. 2, p c. llyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/ iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. ,)o. 4 p. c. Shares .. ;aledonian £lO ;►rester & Holyhea , Guar. 54 per cent ;ork &Bandons4p.c )uudee Perth &Aber due)) Junction :astAtigliam (±3los. 6 per cent )o. (..e5) 7 per cent. )o. ( e 7 17s) 7p. c. :astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. !10. No. 2 bo. New 6 p. c. St rasters Union, Scrii iir*uar. 6 per cent Jo. 5/., 10 per cent t)o. 10/. Debentr.Sn •:ast Lancash. 6 p.cts ',itst and \Vest York - shire June. Pref... Prth.&Duud , 5 per cent. . all all 100 41iisg ow & S.Wester.: Uttar. 5 per cent... treat Northu. 5 p. c. hi. 5 p. c. Redeem. ; at 10 p. c. .o p Scrip. :t. Soutitit Westin . ; Ireland) Eighths) )o. 4 per c. Pref. Sit Westu. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. cot , . red. 44 p.c. Do. cou. red. 4p. c Di.. irred. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. X 2, Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 100 100 6 100 - - _ Leeds N. 6 p. c No. I Do. Quarters, 1848... Loudon and Brightoi , Guaranteed 5 p. c Pret., 5 p. C. Do. Couvertil*; 5 p 1852 'o. New Guar.6 p c. ,on.&N. W., Coy. & quneaton I.cudou & S. Wester! , on. Thirds .otidouderry&Coler A Shares iondy.&Efluis.iSh. , tau., Shef., & Liu. f Shares, No. 1. 10. New, -t:10 )o. 4arypt.&Carl.4 p.c ►o. 4A per cent 10 1 100 100 100 100 15 all all all pool, guar. 5 p. C till Ist July, 185' AT ; tterfd.&Kilk K'erk , Newcastle,nuf Perwiek,4 p.c. Pref. 04. Vork&IAL - Midlandli and rurublvom Consol.6 p.c.St. )0. Congo'. Bristol Sz Arm. 6 per cent—. )o. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stook Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 51 . 4 per et .pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh. X 15, 6 p.c 00 scot. Cent., New Prof ;lirews. & Birm. N.G. 411rewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min), 8 p.c. Go. 5 per cent South Dovou J 4. fixed, 4k per cent .3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 61. Do. 46pei cent. 4. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar ' 4tockton and Dar-1 lington, 4 per cant.' Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle -1 U - -i7 6 - 3• - 34 4 - 4A - t P - I 12 - 124 23 - 24 3 -3i x(1 - 10 -112 .04 - 106 94 - 9i 7i - 8 - xti 64 7 93 -- 95 87 89 88 90 Id par [2B —l32 1 ~ .... .• ... xd li - 24 pi .• ••• a. 64 8 9 par 128 130 lid xd xd, xd, xd xd ••• .... 93 -96 " x"d r 9 9A -- 1 0 11 -- 13 id -- i p 22 -- 23 97 -- 99 15 -- 20 ••• moo 2 1 d 85 - 90 .3f - 34 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1854. LIN Ea LIGA.C; Ei) H.EN'PAIS IMPE MAL -PARLIAMENT. Scotland on the subject of debtor and creditor, so far as relates to insolvency; to provide more effectual machinery for collecting and dividing sequestrated and insolvent estates ; to render all important proceedings relating to these matters of a judicial character ; to prevent delays in winding up bankruptcies and other insolvencies ; and to afford security to creditors that justice shall be fairly done, that assets shall be fully collected, that debts shall be satisfactorily proved, that no unjust pre ferences shall be made, and no unnecessary expense in curred. These several objects were proposed to be car ried out by 267 clauses and a number of schedules ; and the noble and learned lord strongly urged the Lord Chancellor to undertake the care of the bill on behalf of the Government. • HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, and from the Scotch Trade Protection Society, complaining of the 12th clause of the Bills of Exchange Bill, which they errone ously supposed would make them amenable to the Eng lish courts ; also a petition froin Carnarvon, in favour of an alteration in the system of fees in County Courts. THE WAR. Lord BEAUMONT—I avail myself of this opportu nity to put some questions to my noble friend the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. lam unwilling—as I am sure he must be aware —either to pay much attention to the telegraphic messages w h ic h are constant l y arriv ing in this metropolis from various parts of Europe, or to place too much confidence in rumours founded upon those messages. The noble lord must be very well aware that, even when some of those rumours or reports have assumed a certain degree of consistency, I, at least, have generally abstained from any interference with the proceedings of Her Majesty's Gover nmen t i n th e p resen t serious position of affairs. I have felt confidence in their judgment, and I have abstained from putting in opportune questions relating to the great subject which now engrosses public attention ; but as this is the last day of our meeting before the vacation, and as the re ports to which I have referred have assumed a very se rious character, and as, moreover, those reports are not only repeated in the public journals, but have, to my knowledge, been partly confirmed by private letters, I am induced to ask m y no bl e f riend whether, for the sa tisfaction of your lordships, and, I think, even for the advantage of Her Majesty's Government themselves, he is able now to lay before Parliament any docu ments or papers which will explain the actual state of our present relations with the German Powers ? I allude to this portion of the question in particular, because I believe there can be no doubt that a new and recent protocol —more recent than that con tained in the last papers laid before Parliament—had been signed by the parties who formed the Conference at Vienna. lam further inclined to ask this question, because the rumours and reports to which I have alluded have had a tendency to induce some persons to believe that our relations with the German Powers are not quite so satisfactory as might have been hoped and desired. Even this day a report has been spread that Prussia, or the Prussian Government, has broken with the Western Powers, and has actually joined the Emperor of Russia. Of course, such a report as that can gain no credit ; but I have seen with some pain a report of the debates which took place in the Second Chamber at Berlin, and I am sorry to say that there seems to be a strong party in that Chamber very hostile to the Western Powers, and ex- tremely favourable to an alliance with Russia. I con ceive, also, from what passed in that Chamber, that those who took the opposite view did not actually carry the proposal they thought proper to make. These circum stances, which appear to be authentic, and with which many noble lords whom I am addressing, are, doubtless, acquainted, from the report to which I have alluded, seem to me to have a very dangerous tendency, and it would be very advantageous to her Majesty's Government if my noble friend should be able to give a positive contradiction to the statement. I have also seen with pain —and I fear there is more truth in this report—that a distin guished diplomatist, who has long resided in this country, who has most worthily represented the Court of Prussia, and who enjoys a high reputation as one of the first scholars in Europe, is about to be recalled by his Go vernment. Ido not know whether that recall has any political meaning with regard to the relations between Prussia and this country—whether it may be in conse quence of some private affairs, or whether it is merely occasioned by considerations affecting the internal ar rangements of Prussia. So far, then, with respect to Prussia. I think, also, that we ought to have some in formation with regard to our relations with Austria, because it seems apparent that an alliance, offensive and defensive, has been proposed and signed between the two great German powers. Whatever that treaty may be, its terms have most likely been communicated to her Majesty's Government, and it would be satisfactory to know that there is nothing in that treaty whi c h can , in any way, injure the co-operation—if it should be neces sary—of the two German powers with the two great western powers in case the war should continue. Th ere are also other reports from Austria of a very serious ten dency. There is a report that a portion of Servia, which, I although still under the suzerainty of Turkey, has always been treated by Turkey as a quasi -independent p ower , has been occupied by Austrian troops, in consequence of certain Russian troops, or of persons who are agents, or who are supposed to b e a gents of R uss i a , having passed the frontier for the purpose of raising troubles in , that country. This is the report. I have not the slight. est idea whethe r it i s t rue or no t ; b u t I think it would be satisfactory to know whether her Majesty's Govern ment are in possession of any information on the i sub ject. I should f ur th er lik e to k now —b u t th is s, of course, a question upon which the noble earl will exer cise his judgment whether he thinks proper to answer it or not--whether instructions have been given to our fleets now to take an active part in the war ? I ask this question, because I have seen several private letters from the seat of war which express a rather painful feeling that, up to the moment at which they were written, no co-operation or assistance had been afforded on the part of our fleets to the r ght win.; of the rurkish army, which is now engaged in a very severe contest with the Russian army under General Luders. It will be satisfactory to know whether such co-operative assistance will now be given to the Turkish army as, in the opinion of those best able to form a judgment on the subject—the ad mirals and the officers in command—can be rendered. I should be sorry to put questions upon some other points with regard to the war, because I think it is not advis able to harass her Majesty's Government by repeated questions on these subj e cts. W e mus t t r ust implicitlyto h leer Majesty's Government and t o th e officers in corn mand of the forces upon many points, for, as has been well said before, secrecy is one of the elements of suc cess. With regard to the questions that I have put, therefore, the noble e ar l a t th e h ea d o f th e Foreign-office must exercise his judgment as to the extent to which he is able to lay any information before the house. I trust, however, as this is the last day of the meeting of Parlia ment before the recess, that the noble earl may be able to afford your lordships an d th e coun t r y some informa tion as to the truth or falsehood of the various rumours now current, and as to our actual position with regard to the German Powers. The LORD CHANCELLOR, without pledging him self to the details of the measure, promised to give it all the assistance in his power, believing, as he did, that the law of bankruptcy in Scotland was in a defective and unsatisfactory state. The bill was then read the second time, with, the un derstanding that it is to be committed pro forma, for the purpose of introducing several amendments; and that it be referred to a select committee. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Lord BROUGHAM asked the noble earl at the head of the Government, whether he could hold out any hope of a speedy reduction in the scale of fees charged to suitors in county court ? The Earl of ABERDEEN admitted that the fees charged in county courts appeared to be excessive, espe cially when compared with those taken in Westminster Hall ; but he could not, at present, promise that any deviation should be made from the existing scale. After a brief conversation the subject dropped. MINISTERS' MONEY (IRELAND) BILL. Lord STAVLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of the Ministers' Money (Ireland) Bill. After some observations from the Earl of DONOUGH MORE and Lord CAMPBELL, who approved of the mea sure, the motion was agreed to. THE REFORM BILL. The Earl of HARDWICKE said it was known to the country at large that the Government had under taken to introduce a Reform Bill, and since he had entered the house he had been informed that it had been stated in the other House of Parliament that the bill was to be withdrawn. He had waited to see whether the noble earl opposite would make any statement to the house upon the matter, so that they might not be left to get their information from the public papers. It had been said that the Russian affair was so light as not to interfere with the matter ; and all he wished to know was whether the bill was to be abandoned or not ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said, in reply to the ques tion, that he had stated more than once that in com pliance with her Majesty's recommendation a bill would be introduced, and the Government had fulfilled their pledge, and had introduced a bill, which they hoped would obtain the support of that house and would give satisfaction to the country. They had seen no reason to alter the opinions they had entertained with respect to the importance of that measure. It was true that the bill had not been abandoned, but withdrawn for this session, not in consequence of any change of opinion as to its character or importance, but from the opinion that this was clearly not the time when they could with any hope go on with the bill. (Hear, hear.) Whether the war would be a light war or not he could not say. Though he for one must maintain that the existence of a state of war was no sufficient reason in itself for not proceeding with the consideration of measures essentially important for the interests of the country, still he must admit that if that state of war was such as to indispose Parliament and the country from giving that indispen sable attention to the subject which it required it would be quite impossible to press it on the country. Under these circumstances, without at all diminishing the im portance of the subject, they had thought it indispen sable to withdraw the measure for the present session, reserving to themselves the fulr intention to renew it or to bring in some equivalent measure as early as the state of the public mind and of Parliament might enable them to do. Lord CAMPBELL, as a friend of reform, warmly approved of the course taken by the Government. THE MAYNOOTH COMMISSION. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE wished to know from the noble lord opposite when the report of the Maynooth commission would be produced. The Earl of ABERDEEN did not know whether it was completed or not, but he had no doubt that by the end of th e e recess it would be ready to be laid upon their lordships' table. Their lordships adjourned at half-past seven until Thursday the 27th inst. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Accrington Gas and Waterworks, Manchester Corpora tion Waterworks, and Manchester Improvement. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Abergavenny Improvement, Bucking ham and Towcester Road, Caterha,ui Railway, Guild of Literature and Art, Islington Cattle Market, Newcastle upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and South Staffordshire Railway. The Earl of CLA.RENDON—My lords, I do full jus tice to the forbearance of my no bl e f r i en d, and I admit that he has in general carefully abstained from putting to her Majesty's Government any questions that might lead to embarrassment. I must say, however, that on the present occasion he has made up for any forbearance he has hitherto exercised by putting to me such a series of questions that my principal difficulty is not in answer• ing, but in remembering them. (Laughter.) I think the first question of my noble friend referred to the protocol which, he says, has recently been signed, and which he desires to have produced. Now, that protocol was only signed the day before yesterday at Vienna, and as yet we have only seen the draught of it, which arrived yes terday. I think that protocol is of a satisfactory cha racter. It is not precisely that which we originally de sired, or that which the Austrian Government agreed to in the form of a convention, but it has now assumed the form of a protocol to meet the wishes of the Prussian Government, and I may saS , that it substan tially contains all that was included in the convention, The assent of Prussia was readily given to this protocol, and, as I say, it was sipped on Sunday last. It has not yet arrived in a complete shape in this country, other wise there would not have been the slightest difficulty in laying it upon your lordships' table, and as soon as the house meets after the recess it shall be produced. With respect to the first rumour to which my noble friend has alluded—that of Prussia having gone over altogether to Russia—l can assure him there is not the slightest foun dation for it, nor is there the slightest ground for appre hending such an event. I certainly could have wished that the temper and tone of the debates in the Second Chamber at Berlin had been rather different from what they have been ; but sometimes the same feeling might be entertained with regard to what passes in this house (a laugh), and my noble friend will not expect the Go vernment to be at all responsible for the tone adopted in the Chambers. Although, however, the tone of the Chambers in Berlin, and the result to. which my noble friend has alluded, may not have been such as we might have expected or desired, I think it has been made suffi ciently manifest, by the Chambers, by the press, and by the Government of Prussia, that such an event as my noble friend apprehends—namely, that of Prussia pass ing over to Russia—is quite impossible. (Cheers.) With regard to the rumour which my noble friend has alluded to as being circulated in London, and which, if it should p' ove true, as he has justly said, would be a mat ter of great regret, of the recall of the Chevalier Bunsen— I I have heard the same report, and Chevalier Bunsen has heard the report also, but as yet he has no knowledge of the fact, and the only official intimation he has re ceived on the subject is, that it is likely another special mission may be sent over here of a somewhat similar nature to that sent some weeks ago, and which probably will be attended with the same result. I am not able to give my noble friend the information he requires with respect to the treaty or new convention signed between Prussia and Austria, because that treaty has not been communicated to her Majesty's Government. All I have learnt with respect to it is, that it proceeded from Austria to Prussia, and that it was carried by General Hess, but I do not yet know whether it has been rati fied or agreed to. In its official form it has not been communicated to her Majesty's Government, and there fore I cannot afford the noble lord any information on the subject. With regard to the fleets in the Black Sea, the last information received was, that the whole of the combined fleets were at Kavarna, even before the news was received of the passage of the Danube by the Russian army. As it was expected that the passage of the Danube might be attempted, the fleets moved to Kavarna, and we have received information to-day that the news of the passage of the Danube had reached the admirals, and that they have detached steamers in the direction of Kostendje to communicate with the Turkish military authorities. I may add that we have no in formation of any Austrian troops having entered Servia. Some time since, however, a communication was re ceived from the Austrian Government that the Austrian corps d'arnzee on the frontier would enter Servia, if the Russians crossed into Servia, or if there was a Servian insurrection, but that the intervention would be solely to maintain the status quo, and to uphold the authority of the Sultan. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL (SCOTLAND). Lord BROUGHAM, in a lengthened speech, moved the second reading of the Bankruptcy.and Insolvency (Scotland) Bill. - The noble and learned . lord described its objects to be, to ixorrove and consolidate the law of Rion, that it was based upon wrong principle, that it was carried to too great en extent, or that its provisions were not adapted to reform to conserve, which I have always considered ought to be the objects kept in view in a mea sure of this kind. (Cheers.) At the time that her Majesty declarel, in her speech from the Throne, that such a mea sure would be proposed, and at the time when I brought forward the measure in this house, there was great proba bility of a war with Russia, although no rupture had ac tually taken place, and it was still probable that the nego tiations might be terminated by pacific arrangements. Unfortunately that was not the case. But while these questions were still pending, and I proposed the adjourn ment of the second reading of this bill until the period which is now in question, namely, the 27th of April, I did so on the ground that very important questions were then before the house, relating either immediately to the pre paration of forces for the war, or to the supply of the means for the p a y men t o f those forces. I stated then, as I had stated on a previous occasion, that I did not consider that, abstractedly, a state of war was a sufficient ground for not proposing a measure of Parliamentary reform. I stated that there might be circumstances, such as those which occurred at the commencement of the war in 1803, which might so occupy the attention of every man that it would be impossible to propose any measure of that kind ; but I stated that I did not think the general fact that this nation was engaged in a war with Russia to be sufficient reason for not proposin g during the war such a measure of internal r e f orm and internal' improvement as I had intro duced. Sir, I see no reason it t e u r retract ata that olie opinion (Hear, hear.) Ido not think present will differ from that statement, or consider that it is im possible or inexpedient during a state of war to bring forward measures of internal improvement and reform, in cluding such a measure as I have mentioned. I stated likewise that I thought that during a period of war it was necessary to impose great burdens on the ctstmtr t y h , e a: l d e that t if there were classes whi c h were fitted to have franchise, and which had it not--which were entitled elective o lv i e t but did not enjoy it—that if they were to bear these bur dens, it was far from being unfitting to admit them to this franchise. (Cheers.) Sir, from neither of these opinions do I see any reason to recede ; but w h en war was declared it was to be considered by the Government whether or no at this particular time we should proceed with the second reading of the Reform Bill. Now, sir, it is not to be dis guised that a Reform Bill of any extensive nature what ever attacks many interests, wounds many prejudices, loses many friends ; if the stream of reform is sluggish, the weeds of self-interest and prejudice embarrass and com pletely choke it. (Cheers.) Now, sir, we have had to look at the prospect of our being able to carry the Reform Bill in the present state of public opinion both in this house and in the country. I think it will be generally owned that, while there has been an indisposition in the members of this house, so far as I could collect their opinions, on what ever side of the house they sat, to undertake the considera tion of this question, there has been in the country, not disapprobation of the measure that we proposed, but an indifference as to its being immediately urged forward. I collect this fact, first from the absorbing interest which it is evident the people of this country take in the war that has now begun—an interest which is quickened by their feeling in favour of the power attacked, and against the ag gressor in this war. I collect it, secondly, from the absence of manifestations in favour of reform by petitions pre sented to this house. I think there have not been more than eleven petitions of the kind presented to the house, and not more than four are in favour of the measure that is before the house. Now, sir, as I have said, Ido not think this is to be attributed to disapprobation of the measure of the Government. (Cheers.) So far as I can learn, ap plying and asking in many quarters, the judgment passed on that measure is one of approbation. It has been con- r sidered that it extends very largely, but not unduly, the franchise to the people, and it has also been considered that, with regard to any penalties of disfranchisement it may contain, whether that disfranchisement is carried too far, or not far enough, or whatever may be the measure of it, it has at least been applied fairly, without any regard to party interests or f ee li ngs ; an d th a t therefore the'Go vernment measure is at least worthy of commendation in that respect. Whether or not its particular provisions are all well woven together, or whether every one of its clauses is to be approved—uponl i that I think neither the house nor the country is at present able to give an opinion, from that want of attention to its details which I have already mentioned, and that absorbing interest in ths war to which I have already alluded. Sir, I cannot but think, and the Government have come to the same conclusion, that it would be unwise in us, whether as regards the general interests of the country, or whether as regards the interests of reform, on the part of those who wish to see the promotion of reform, if we were to press the second reading of this bill. (Hear.) I feel and every one, I think, must feel, that there is great force in an observation which was made by the right hon. gentleman opposite, the member for Buckinghamshire, that it is highly inconve nient that there should be a bill before the house containing provisions for the disfranchisement of seats for which members are present in this house, and who are con stantly voting, and that there should be no decision come to by the house whether that proposed disfranchisement should be approved or disapproved—whether it should be carried into effect or be rejected. lam not at all disposed to diminish the weight of that objection to any postpone ment of this measure. I think likewise that it is a great disadvantage that her Majesty should have been twice ad vised—and I must confess that I myself have been one of the advisers in both instances—that her Majesty should have been advised to propose to her Parliament that mea sures for the improvement of the representation should be considered by Parliament, and that in neither instance in the session in which that proposal is made it should be taken seriously into consideration by Parliament. And I own that I cannot accept an excuse which has been made for the course that I am now declaring myself ready to adopt on the part of her Majesty's Government, namely, that the Government having matured a measure—having prepared its details, and laid it upon the table of the house their part is accomplished, and their pledge has been ful filled. I cannot but think that iu all ordinary circum stances, having proposed such a measure, the Government would be bound, not only to lay it on the table, but to do their utmost to carry it—(hear, he a r)— an d, ierefore, I should be sorry if it were supposed that we evaded any pledge that we have made upon that or any similar ground. But great as those inconveniences are, I must say that I think any other course would have been attended with greater evils, and with more palpable difficulties. (Hear, hear, hear.) We could hardly propose the second reading of the Reform Bill at this time without declaring our intention if defeated upon that measure, either to resign our offices at once or to advise the Crown to proceed to an immediate dissolution of Parliament. But I cannot but think that either of these courses would at the present moment be attended with great danger. (Hear.) Well, sir, but then it may be said that it follows—and certainly under ordinary circumstances it would follow—that " Here is a Government proposing a measure which they think of essential importance—a mea sure which affects the representation of the country at large—in which great issues are involved ; and they admit themselves that they are obliged not to go to is division in the course of the present session upon that measure. Their duty in all consistency should be to retire from the posi tion which they occupy." But here, again, a great duty intervenes. The Ministers of the Crown have lately brought down messages to both houses of Parliament from the Crown, asking for the support of Parliament to the Crown at the commencement of an arduous and, it may be, a very protracted struggle. It would hardly be compatible with our duty—l may say it would not be compatible with our duty—without a case of the greatest necessity, to shrink from the posts which we occupy—(hear)---and to decline that responsibility which belongs to the war in which we have engaged, and to the manner of carrying it on upon which we have deliberated. Such, then, being the case as regards this Reform Bill, and as regards the position of the Government, I may be asked and I am quite ready to give my answer to that question—" How stands the cause of reform itself, after what you have now stated ?" Sir, the first thing I should say is, that the Go vernment of Lord Aberdeen adopted the pledge which they gave in all sincerity—(hear)—that they are ready to abide by that pledge, and that they hold themselves as bound to the principles of a reform in the representation as upon the first day when they entered office. (Hear.) With regard to any more specific pledge, I can only say that the Cabinet which adopted this reform measure see no reason to change their opinion with regard to the principles in volved in that measure, with regard to the general scope and object which it has in view—that they consider them selves, in fact, as much approving of this measure as when they first brought it forward. They can, therefore, only say, when the opportunity presents itself, which they would be most willing to embrace, of again bringing for ward a bill for the reform of the representation of the people—when Parliament can properly attend to the sub ject, that they will be ready to bring it forward with all ' the weight of a Government, and endeavour to pass it. (Hear.) Of course, I do not mean that the observations which have been made upon the measure that we have brought forward should not receive our attention—that the modification of details should not be duly considered, before that measure is again introduced. (Hear.) It would be wrong to preclude the Cabinet from that conside ration. I think we shall ill represent the people at large, and not pay due deference to public opinion, if we do not adopt such a course. (Cheers.) But to the principle of this measure we are ready to bind ourselves, and the Go vernment remains as when it was first constituted—a Government based upon the proposal of a reform in the representation. (Hear, hear.) Sir, the circumstances are new—they are unprecedented. A Government entering upon a war of the magnitude of that into which we have just entered, and at the same time proposing a measure large as we have proposed for amending the represe n tation in of the people, I believe, is a case :hat has not occurred the constitutional history of this country. We are bound to consider our own sense of duty in the cours say ethasetruwee few pursuing. Now, sir, may Ibe permitted e to rnw, but to my ent words in reference, not only to the G ver o own position as the organ of the Pr have v n 'fl just proposed i out in this house? s (Hear, hear.) The.course that I l:1 ex posed to all those weapourrefitssunitoawnhdesmarlcassenerowphipocshitte_ the right hon. gentleman (Mre .;I.)nw to use. They are the f a i r (a laugh)—knows so n w . ll . I have been long used to them— (wlaeungPleintesr)e—f aenPlitlestrluestthat I Should not complain if those weapons were wielded with even more than the skill and d ex t er ity which we h ave hitherto witnessed. B ut, sir, it is a different th in g with regard to those who,supporting the present G ov er nment, are attached, a nd earnestly at tached,eo reform in Parliament. With respect to th e m, I mustsay, w hele . the statement that I have just made may ea s uspicion, that that suspicion can hardly be be open • --t er tained without weakening, and in fine destroying, my position as the organ of the Government in this house. If I - have done—[here the noble lord appeared to be overcome with emotion, when loud and prolonged cheering arose from all parts of the ho use . H e at length proceeded, at first with faltering accents] :—lf I have done anything for the cause of reform, I trust that I may be deserving of some confidence. (Cheers.) At all events, I feel if I have not that confidence that I can be of no use to the' Crown or to the country, and that I can no longer hold my pre sent position. (Renewed cheers.) Sir, these are times of no ordinary importance ; and the questions which every man has now to solve for himself are nuestions of the ut most difficulty and anxiety. (Hear, hear.) I have endea voured to arrive at that conclusion which I believe to be the best for the interests of the Crown and of the country ; and I trust that I shall bo supported in the course which I have taken. (Loud and continued cheers.) The noble lord concluded by moving the adjournment of the house. Sir E. DERING warmly thanked the noble lord for having extricated the Reformers from the difficulty which the bill had imposed upon them. (Hear, hear.) The great moral courage which the noble lord had displayed to-night was worthy of his high reputation, and the noble lord might rest satisfied that the people of this country, to whom he appealed, were too generous to accuse him of insincerity on the subject of reform, or to ques : s 3 tiou the propriety of the decision which he seemed t have so reluctantly come to: (Cheers.) No- na er a e could foresee the end of the great struggle .w.e: 1 7.: unfortunately embarked in, and although the question o f Parliamentary Refortlr .might be - very properly: .r -tit4e ag4ia- when _peace yetArned, , tlii s • Was 110 t P l e iotore, for . pressing it forward. (Hear, hear.) is— nun thanked the noble lord for the cow be Irtf wifq*" RAILWAYS. 3edford and Buckghainsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr• per cent. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New....• llstr.&Du.Fl Dk. fi Railway Hull & Selby Shares. Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Aanch. 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Grosvenor, Sir G. Grey, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grey ; and five members to be added by the Committee of Selection, on the above subject. —Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented—by Sir J. WALNISLEY, from Leicester, praying for the admission of dissenters to the universities ; by Mr. A. PELL.A.TT, to the same effect, frum Manchester and other places; by Sir J. Y. BurA,En, from certain electors of Barnstaple, praying to be heard at the bar of the house on the Bribery at Elections Bill; by Mr. BRIGHT, from Stoney-Stratford, in favour of an ocean penny postage ; by Mr. Sergeant g —HEE, from a place in Londonderry, praying for vote by ballot ; by Mr. BLA.C KETT, from Mr. J. B. Brown, who, owing to an accident, lost his eyesight, and conceived he had met with undue neglect from a medical officer of the East India Company, and praying the house to grant him compensation ; by Sir J. PAKINGTON, from 1650 Protestant inhabitants of New foundland against the granting of independent action to the Legislature of that colony unless accompanied. by cer. tain restrictions ; by Mr. COLLIER, from Plymouth, in fa vour of ocean penny postag e ; by M r . GRENVILLE BER KELEY, in the absence of Mr. Tufnell, from East Stour house, Devon, in favour of an ocean penny postage. LIMITED LIABILITIES. Mr. CARDWELL said he found it would not be possi ble to lay the report of the cominissiou on the subject of limited liability on the table till after the recess. STATUE OF GEORGE 11. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he should put off his motion on the letter-carriers till after Easter. In reply to the same hon. member, Sir W. MOLESWORTH—A3 to what had become of the statue of George IL, which had stood in Leicester square previous to 1851, he had found it was under the Great Globe on that site, and further that Mr. Wyld said the statue iu question was almost valueless, and that it was besides private property. THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.—THE REFORM BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL—Sir, in rising to propose the ad journment of the house, I will just address myself to the immediate question of the day to which the house is to be adjourned, and then proceed to fhe business to be brought forward after Easter. The day to which I had proposed that the house should be adjourned was Monday, April 21, but have found, with regard to various important sub jects which I propose to fix for that day, that there has been a very general unwillingness on the part of members who wish to take part in the discussion of these measures —whether the Oxford University Bill, the Railway Bill which has just been mentioned, or other measures of im portance— to have that business in which they take an interest fixed for the first day after the Easter recess. I have likewise, with some satisfaction, to say that we have not at present, as frequently happens, estimates to bring forward immediately after that recess. I also find that her Majesty has been pleased to fix Wednesday, the 2Gth, for a day of fasting and humiliation, when the members of this house will probably wish to be in the neighbourhood of their homes, and therefore there would only be two days—Monday and Tuesday—on which unimportant busi ness would probably be brought forward, I think that it is not desirable that members should be brought from their homes for that, and I therefore propose to alter my motion by proposing Thursday, the 27th, instead of Mon day, the 24th inst. (Hear.) I now proceed, sir, to the question which was asked by an hon. gentleman (Sir E. Dering) yesterday, viz., with respect to my intention as to bringing forward the second reading of the Reform Bill on the 27th instant; and with respect to a measure of so much importance, and which was introduced by me as the organ of the Government at the commencement of the session, I think it is necessary to make a statement of some length before Igoon to state the course that I intend to take. The house is aware that Lord Aberdeen, on the for mation of his Government, declared to those who accepted office under him, and declared in parliament, that a mea sure of parliamentary reform would be one of the measures which would be among the baies upon which his Govern went would be formed. The members who accepted office at that time, accepted office with that understanding, and consented to that proposal. I mention this, sir, partly because I think it is stated, in an invidious manner, that my personal honour is alone concerned in the carrying on of this measure. (Cheers.) I consider, air, that my per sonal honour was engaged when the question was wheth er I would consent to serve under the Crown as a member of Lord Aberdeen's administration. If Lord Aberdeen had said that it was not his intention to propose or to adopt any measure of parliamentary reform, and I . badf.co. consented to be a member of that administration, I might air y e been questioned in this house, and my personal honour have been called in question ; but from the moment that . Lord f and that t d h e a c t l a h r l a s t i c o o n l Aberdeen had made that on tdethelearfaaittihono, leagues had accepted office the question of personal honour regarded not me alone, but regarded all the members of that administration. (Cheers.) Sir, Lord Aberdeen and his colleagues stated at the time that they did not think that with the pressure of im portant business before them—with the finances unsettled —with the India Bill requiring attention, and with other important measures before them —it was possible to bring forward a measure of Par liamentary reform during th e last session. I think. there was no question of serious importance raised as to the propriety of that determina tion. But during the recess the Cabinet applied them selves most sedulously and deliberately to the con eimiarsinutore_ this f sid eam er e a n citiowhioefhT‘ibsa import,aohanotnolsiurbjoefctinlToddd : house an the .18th of Fehrtary Sir,:rsee to - tea/soh' to couteive that that measure WM , I.l24dequte to the occa. - Business done this day. 52 at Ili 12i 60 W i I 8} 8 94i n 95i 6 101 s si i i 10 5 20 20 per cent. 105 i 6i 9i pm z d 12% St. St. all 30 20 1 all 15 6 • ..~ 4 —3. d 1 5 4d Id i p .. --- ... 31 ) 6 11 - 1. - I► ... ...d 10 5d : 22 - 23 h lap 7 9 • • ••. g is 2i 3i 14 11 d 4 3 d li id 6i : 7 : iif - iii 7 - 84 10 - 1141, 42 -41 32 -31 27i 284 - pm IPT - 8 ~. - ... ~. - pm 3 - 4 - 3 p' - - 7,11 BANKS. it - 73 . d li—ld -34d! 1 2Adl 45 - 47 36 - 38 63 - 65 6 - 7 MISCELLANEOUS Lubin Coal and Iroui ►ustralian Agrieult. .ustralsn.Peifie. X 9.1 k.ustraln. Royal Mail 'erlin Water Works American Land & Coln. '' , lneltg and Reduction Co. ;anada 36 = 37x li - 80 6i - 61 Jrystal Palace Do. 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Central Ra!lroad, and that the result is that the carriages - pass a!?pg tiOlh VithOtit noise or join.wish s P r ingY 1 31aStiO /110. 9 3 8 2s. :i • all 10 al; 15 all 5 all 20 10 2(1 35 10 2,2 au 5 20 50 20 25 25 too 10 A and promised him his support as soon as circumstances should admit of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. HUME had reluctantly arrived at the same con clusion as the noble lord ; but he thought there was no al ternative but to abandon this measure for the present. (Hear, hear.) It was for the interest of Reform that the question should be postponed until the war was at an end, and he therefore hoped his friends around him would do honour to the reasonable feelings of the noble lord on this subject rather than meet him with those unbecom ing taunts of which the noble lord appeared to be afraid. Mr. BRIGHT was glad that this bill was not given up as a sacrifice to the clamours of the Opposition ; it was given up because the noble lord was now thoroughly alive to the impossibility of making progress with a mea sure of Parliamentary Reform while a war was raging around us. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord had been a political Samson .in his time, and had done much which hereafter would be remembered to his honour, but it would be impossible for the noble lord, or any other minister, to get a Reform Bill passed while the war was going on. (Cheers.) He had never doubted the sincerity of the noble lord on the subject of Parliamentary reform; nay, be would go the length of saying, that the man who doubted it would he either blind or stupid, but he blamed the noble lord and his colleagues for having advocated the policy which had led to the war. (Hear, hear.) The house, however, had supported them in that policy, and they could not, therefore, censure or taunt the noble lord for the course he proposed to take with regard to this biil. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then proceeded to criti cise the now defunct Reform Bill, and to argue that it conferred more advantages on the counties than on the towns. He advised the noble lord not to give up the idea of reform, which he had cherished so many years, as the people were with him, and he hoped in happier times the noble lord would be prepared with an improved bill when he was convinced the country would be ready to sup port him. (Cheers.) Mr. LABOITCFIERE believed the noble lord had acted with his wonted integrity and courage in taking this course. The noble lord would have seriously injured the cause of reform if he had been actuated by any false shame, but seeing that the attention of the people was wholly absorbed in the war the noble lord had manifested a wise and pru dent feeling in consenting to postpone his bill to a future period. (Cheers.) Lord JOCELYN accorded his meed of praise -to the noble lord for the sacrifice of personal feeling which he had made on this occasion, and expressed a hope that, now that the reform difficulty was got rid of, the war would be carried on with energy and vigour. Lord H. VANE could not refrain from expressing his high sense of the conduct of the noble lord on the present occasion, entertaining as he did a very strong and decided feeling that it was inexpedient in the present crisis of affairs to press forward a Reform Bill attacking so many int eeets, and which might lead to a dissolution of the Go vernment, and to consequences of the most disastrous nature. H e ag ree d in a t st he h p een tppe o p rys les contained would by no means pledge himself j to rin ev ep e i in the Reform lill v Ui y at m a ni d l nedart e,fbiutt. (Hear,. hear. identically ) Approving entirely of the policy now pur sued,sure: if beingnet containing mea sure, same principles, would be brought forward, he would not prolong the discussion. (Hear, hear.) ajesty Mr. DISRAELI—I think her e • • s Government have arrived at a sound and satisfactory conclusion in that which they have communicated to the house to-night, and I think the country is to be congratulated upon it. (Hear, hear.) I am not, therefore, disposed to indulge in those • sarcasms—(a laugh)—which the noble lord anticipated on this occasion ; and if the conduct of the Government with respect to other measures which I shall also feel it to be my duty to oppose be influenced by the same feeling and regulated by the same policy, I promise the noble lord that he will experience from me an opposition as mitigated as on the present occasion. (Hear.) But, although sitting on this side of the house, I shall never shrink from exer cising any best efforts to vindicate the opinions of my friends—(cheers)—and to resist any measure I think ob noxious to the public welfare if brought forward by the noble lord, I can assure the noble lord I am little disposed to night, after the address he has made, to view with any spirit of acerbity the course of conduct he has adopted. (Cheers.) Although it has been my fate to be always opposite to the noble lord, I can say, most sincerely, there is no one in this house has a more heartfelt reaped for the noble lord. (Cheers.) I think his character and career are precious possessions of this House of Commons, and I am sure that the members of the House of Commons will always cherish them. (Cheers.) Wherever the noble lord sits, I am sure he will be accompanied by the respect of every member of the house ; and I think the manner in which to-night he has made what was evidently a painful communication to the house, is in every way worthy of the noble lord. (Cheers.) But, sir, although I have felt satisfied with the course which her Majesty's Ministers have proposed to take with respect to this bill for Parlia mentary reform, and though the feelings which I have en deavoured imperfectly to express with regard to the noble lord are most sincere, I still feel it my duty to express my conviction that all that the noble lord has said to-night has not really met the real difficulty of his position. (Hear.) All the influences which he has placed before us to-night, and which have induced him to take a course so opposite to that which he originally contemplated wero in existence the whole of the session ; and therefore I am obliged to ask the noble lord how it was that, yielding now to those influences, the noble lord and his colleagues felt themselves justified in bringing forward this bill for parliamentary reform. (Hear.) The noble lord has expressed to-night a variety of causes which induced him to adopt this final course. Did -they not exist when Parliament met ? (Hear, hear.) Did they not exist on the 13th of February, when the noble lord in detail, in spite of every warning, notwithstanding every remonstrance, determined to place that measure be fore Parliament and the country ? (Hear, hear.) Why, on the very first night we assembled the noble lord wax suet from this side of the house by appeals to him not to pursue the course ho then contemplated. He was told that the state of war that then virtually existed was one that rendered the period most inopportune for the discus sion of a proposal for organic changes in the constitution. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl would not listen to the ap peals then made to him. The noble lord, with great inge nuity, maintained by instances and by arguments that a period of war was particularly qualified and adapted for the discussion of such business ; that, the public mind being distracted from the measure of Parliamentary re form, it was possible to devise a measure, without being so much influenced by popular passion as in ordinary cir cumstances they might be, lie attempted to lay down the principle, that the fact of being in a state of war was any thing but objectionable. (Hear, hear, hear.) The noble lord afterwards showed us that war with Russia was a condition of things peculiarly favourable to the pro secution of a measure of this kind. The noble lord has to-night observed that there is some force in the remark that there is some inconvenience in laying a measure upon the table, and not proceeding with it, which brands almost a sixth of the members of the l louse of Commons. (Hear, hear.) In a country like this, where much depends upon this question, the noble lord must feel that at any time for a Minister to bring forward a measure that shakes the influence of prescription is a very hazardous enterprise.. It is certainly one that should not be hazarded, unless that Minister has every prospect of succeeding with his mea sure, and of substituting for the power or influence which he is going to destroy or abrogate that new power or in fluence which,tin his opinion, will more beneficially operate upon the government of the country. (Hear, hear.) A. measure for the reconstruction of Parliament is a measure to affect and to change the principal depositary of power in the State. A measure of Parliamentary reform is a measure which virtually says to a large class of the people, " You do not possess political power—you ought to possess political: power—and this is a measure to give you political pewee ' On the other, it says to another class, " You possess political power—you ought not to possess political power—and we are going to take the political power you hold from you. A measure of that kind, if introduced by an independent member, may be looked ou as a measure brought forward for discussion in a debating society, through the ability of the indi vidual who introduced it, his knowleds e of the subject, his depth of reasoning, and eloquence of language may that in the long run an amount of public opinicqht , would support his views ; but when a measure of of Parlia mentarythe reform is brought forward by a Minister is great reputation of the noble Lord, and when a ant toldo that he does not possess political power, and ough t euld give it pos sess it, and the measure of the Covernment w lf asa e - to him, from that moment that man feels himse p r Wein , * a flier son aggrieved ;so that you are absolutely pro( o (hear.] affeetn class by the proposition a the Government is Ou the other hand, every man whose franchise...threaten edcorporation, every individual by such a measure, every to . him who is told that the Government are about deprive of power that he an d those who preceded him have long exercised, though ,uponhvernment do not proceed with the will look ptho Government as their enemy— measure, they have the power, would deprive as persons Who, when them of the r i g hts and franchises which they s o mu ck value. Therefore, it is clear, •that when a Minist er ma k es a prope sition of i his nature, and does not proceed with it, he is creating d i sa ffection amongst so me c l asses , an d dislike amongst others. (Hear, hear.) He is in fact weakening the constituted authorities of the country, and enfeebling: the establi shed institutio ns of the land. (Hear.) That, think, is a most unwise course, and it only proves that no Minister should embark in an undertaking of such a nature as Parliamentary Reform without the necessity for the change being clear, and his ability to accomplish hi s purpose being most evident. (Hear, hear, hear.) And now we are told that we are going to war, and that it is necessary that the sympathy of all classes should surround the Government and the Executive. We are told that we are going to war, and you are encouraging and deve loping the sympathies of all classes of her Majesty's sub jects by telling some that they deserve to possess rights which you will not give them, and telling others that they exercise rights which you mean to take from them. (Hear, hear.) Why, sir, the noble lord has iu the course of this session expressed his opinimethat a state of war, and espe cially a state of• war with Russia, was no sufficient reason. for relinquishing the measure that has been recently under our consideration, or rather proposed to us. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord is not the only member of the Cabinet who has expressed this opinion. The first Minister in another place, and even very recently, expressed his opinion that there was nothing in the state of our external relations • which would induce the Government not to proceed with this measure—a measure which he believed had been re ceived with the utmost favour throughout the country (Hear, hear.) The noble lord seems to complain of the apathy with which his measure was received by the coun try. But we have always been told by the noble lord and his colleagues that we should legislate on this questi on when there is no excitement and no passion ; that the proper time for introducing these changes and making ese amendments in our representative system is the w i f e tet when the people are tranquil, and the public mindis the t in flamed, or unduly attracted to the subject, so that bed And con templation of statesmen maybe calm and undisotue this debate therefore it is a new argument introduced Ili for not pro that the apathy of the public mind is a reas on anther reason which ceeding with this bill. Well, there is w _. o _ , hi ls I confess, has been urged by the noble lord, and astonished me. I understood him to com p lain of the oppo sition which this measure had received in the Ho u se o f Commons. Now, w hat I complain of is that no opportunity has ever been given us for discussing this measure. Lord J. RUSSELL- 1 said the house had shown inais. position to consider this measure. M r . DISRAELI—But I can not understand how the noble lord arrives at the fact of this iudisposition. The noble lord in the first place advised the Sovereign to notify in the speech from the throne, that the measure of Parlia reentary reform would be brought forward. This, of course, is the solemn wode of introducing the subject to the consi deration of Parliament. Ido not suppose that on the first night of the session, when her Majesty's gracious speech was under consideration, that any one could complain that the manner in which that announcement was received was die. couraging . to the Minister. .An appeal was made to him not to, b r ing forward th e measure on the ground of t h e exigent state of the country, but to this the Minister we al not Betel. 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