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It was thought by in. .1.741:11%.?-%;t:'Vl; ) that because Alexander the Great penetrated to 4 :::_. ‘-.4,4:4i. A 4 banks of the Indus, a Russian army could do the same c ;, ..7:'-.:4_ : 175.:44 / —/, but Alexander was not encumbered with artillery, nor a" . ~r . . i. , -:‘ . .% ** ) commissariat, and it was not a British force he had to Ai. a s: contend with, He was glsd the houSe was unanimous . : in agreeing to the address. The motion was then put and unanimously agreed to. The standing orders were then passed, and Lord Re desdale was re-appointed chairman of committees. .. , .-k Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven. . 11TONT BLANC IS OPEN TO -NIGHT. CASINO DE VENIS E.—TO-NIGHT. ADmi:stosz ONE SEILLING. OYAL COLOSSEUM. OPEN DAILY. _Morning, from 12 to 5. Eveninz, 7to 11. ADmISSION ONE SHILLING. LONDON, Fit k :DAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1857. [PRICE 4 ° . STAMPED 51) .' (No. 20,245.) PUBLICATIONS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. een, tint• , of ,on ea to 90 each bir o 4 ' , 6,1 odi oa : od i o of feed• a Di' corn, 0 3 51 rind._ - ..-4 , 0 18 1 l Per 5 l 5 6 tS 6 vi - R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, Rit with New Costumes and v , rious Novelties, Vocal and Ch,,- r ,aeteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A MORN _G PEI; FORM ANC E every S 111111) AV, at Three. Private Boxes Lad Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, folrzranhic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has Ceen entirely redecorated. 11OY4L ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S C.O, Great Windmill-street, llaymarket.—Great suc cess of the Itomainff Waltz and the Lancers, every evening, with L, nrent's Grand Orchestra of Fort" of the first artistes of London. P rincipal Co-net-A-piston, M. lionleourt. Doors open at half rant eight, con.mence at nine. The Lane rs will los danced at half-pa-A te n- Admission One DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. Programme:—Lectures by Dr. KASIN, ; 14 93', at 3 o'clock. on highly interesting and instructive Topics; and sEXTON, F.E.S., as follows: At half-ntst I—The , 11, nornena, Cur•osilles, and Philosophy of the S e nse of Sight At iT - rhe Great Tchaceo Controversy. At half - p ast 7 —The Food we its Uses, l'reparation, Adulteration, and Digestion. The Museum contains 1,000 Models and Preparations, and is wholly t ‘Trivalled in the world. Open daily , for Gentlemen ottv, from I o t t 10 . Admission, One Cataloguts,containing Dr. Kahn's ectures, gratis to visitors. COLOGNE CHORAL UNION.- DER. KqIi.NER-IIIANNER-GESA.VG-VEREIN (SO Men °le es), under the direction of Herr FRANZ WEBER. kr MITCHELL beg - to submit the arrangements for the first /reek Monday Afternoon, May 25 llanover squa , e Rooms. Tuesday i• 25 ft Wednes lay ~ „ 27 .... • • „ TO Thursday Evening „ 25.. • ... Fzeter Hall. -Friday Afternoon, „ 29...... Hanover Square rooms. Satur 'ay ~ ~ 30...... „ 119 4 ,7 11 e Afternoon Cone its will commence et half - past T h r ee, a n d s ''" Evening Concert at Eight. —The erKagement ofthis distingu i shed '' c letY is positive'y limited to Two Weeks.—Tickets for the whole Libra ry, 33, °f the shove Concerts may be secured at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Old Mind-street. MANCHESTER ART TREASURES EX IIIIIITION. GREAT WESTERN" RAILWAY.—The tral Bby this line convey passengers to and from Chester. Regular tr.u f . 1.,. are appointed to run direct between that_ station and the Art "easures Exhibition. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-RETIJRN ._TICKETS between DORCHESTER and WET NI OUTH a nd 411 DINGTON are available for the R turn Journey up to the of the day succeeding the day of issue. Rturn Tickets — "ed on Friday and Saturday bet Amen the above e Stations are Ilvallable by any Train up to Monday evening. The 8.10 p.m. Train from Padding en, and the 10.0 p.m. Train from Weymouth, ate considered the last trains of the day. Paddington, April 27, 1857. ( RENT WESTERN RAILWAY.-CHEAP EXcurzsirrsr4 to WIND-tOß..—Excursion Tickets are ?sited at the Paddinc , ,ton Station for Wind or by the 10.30 a m. and `• 0 1.30 p.m. Trains, available for the Return Journe y b y the 6 40 , s rn. and 8.30 p.m. Trains from Windsor. Fares, there and back, Gd. Return tickets at single fares, with the addition of a small Zooking fee, are issued at the Pad lington Station for , •lough and 4. indsor by any Train on Saturd , ys and Sundays, available for the tteturn Journey by any Train up to Monday evening. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMP ktiY. The Manaeers IIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Balance of the Dividend for the year ending 31st December viz., ss. per share, clear of income tax, as declared at the General Meetinz of Share /rders, held in Paris on 25th inst., will be payable at the Office, of e Company, 454, Strand, London, and 11, Rue Vivienne, Paris, b h e tween the hours of Eleven and Three, on and after 4th May. The Share Certificates must be deposited at the Office of the Corn t'any two clear Baas before payment of the Dividend. The Report and Accounts for the year will be delivered to each s hareholder in the Dividend. By Order. A. G. CHURCH, Secretary. 454 , Strand, 28th April, 1857. TO LAT , IF.S. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an Oriental . Botanical Preparation for improving and beautifying the este ' Plezion and Skin. —This Royally Patronised and universally actte,rn'd Specific exerts the most soothing, cooling, and purifying eolor n 9° the Skin, eradicates Freckles, 'ran, Pimples, Spots, Din ka, andother cutaneous visitations, and renders the Skin 2.fair, and blooming. of i.nog the heat and dust of summer, and la case of sunburn, stines ._ u sects, or incidental inflammation, its virtues are universally "Qlotvledged. _ _ Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per Bottle. Dt e r, , 4t !!". — The words " ROWLANDS' KALTDO R," are on the 'Wrap foot'"iu their signature, "A. ROWLAND and SONS," in ed ink, at .ter s Sold at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Per .f. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West lio n has Office, 167. Piccadilly.—This Tnstitu oh nu been established exclusively fur the treatment of the poor Pin, et .:, 4 With cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, atl". ll Y, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted p er L p Brompton Estahlishment, for ono month. and for a longer g 0 24 if recommended by the medical' officers. The number of per ;l under treatment as in o , out-door patients have averaged for ofihr three years about 400 cases each i - ear. Since the foundation for m o sOital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every ch arit u la l this dr ea df u l m alady, have received the , nefits of this icon e j* eekly Board manage its affairs, and every cation to nnecteWd with the Institution may be obtained on application e s ecretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue I,4_,R.ereat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be -i n n u ) William Loxham Farrar, Eqq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's -01}1s; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand and at the Secretary's ‘."' 167 , Piccadilly. By order. AV. T. COCKERILL Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEF.N.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re '' , 'binendation is required. st4uring the past month the following number received the benefits 1111 5 Charity, either as ont or in - door patien t s , on their p ersonal 4A Plicatior► Week ending 7th February ...... 2,095 Ditto 14th February ...• 2,351 Ditto :Ist February .. • • 2,650 Ditto 28th February 2,890 :Total in February •• .. • 9,986 Of trie nt ,' e ,' 3 , 3 79 were new cases, the remainder (still under trc..t "avirig been admitted previously. MU etas clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the T-l eav; si ve r , expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such exten . the 4,, d ,E;r• The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of Th," l • management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, )'e p a r l 3' elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual 4 meet trig in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at ith e ,, ) ck (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman). to conduct the business, Tim es subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at T h T" desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. tri r , `±' Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun ,7,4_contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Aner.Alasterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts 1 , r e ,',„ . ?..; Drummond and Co.; Iferries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Jo rie V, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; be a ,'" o 3'd and Co.: Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams , `n• and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co., Bei , tiNTeet Mastermanand at the Hospital. t "' ,3 g for the destitute patients will he thankfully received. By order. J. B. On FN. M.A.. Chairman. •clitit ;Orl i 21 -- 3bef. tea , ti k of 241 tot ( ,„O MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE „7"I,ITIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND I' EL C 'OMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. )t/ BARRY ' S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR lon i n 111 G REVALENTA ARARICA FOOD saves fifty times its cot l other remedies, and cures the above complaints and . their Coo. el , l ;ences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten h)st, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, th°,r.a, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at tio n t s 3 't of the stomach ' and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup dro,)r the skin, impurgias and poverty of the . blood, scrofula, itft, i ,'Y. r heumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, gen,.. ea ting. or at sea; low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, sple , m, Daral,al debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, hio 3 'sls, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me elloZ; delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan but groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the tor n . 'ood for infants and invalids generally, as it never ro od % t a b iold on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a sod eral diet, but impart a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, toti.: e ,s tores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy p r ,l l. ,lost enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrat cssor of Chemistry Dr Andrew Lire, Dr. Sharland, Dr . Liar tito' ?r. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lord Ott e ,'de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Ca.stlestuart, and 50,0 0 0 iii well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by 'Teful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery aban toned. a blie by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew lire F.R.S., Scc., &e. with ; 40 , o ' no" €4i --- Cho' f tb• ell., fool wel ' 06," b o °' of, co- 0. NC. 1111 N London, 24, Bloomsbury-square Ar abi hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta tern, e " dud it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole ten4,,,lly digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the tloto constipation, and their nervous consequences. Alinasw TIRE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. „ The '' Russian Consulate General, London , De c. 2,1847 . 'Ath a unSUI-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barr y , Iti aji 4TY and C o . that the Revaienta Arabica they had sent to his %lister the th e vmperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to s ui t a n b i l ter of the ImperialPa y packed for all climates, and with full Instructions. In (M o ._ Ilb 2s 9,1 ; 21h 4s 6.1 ; 51b lls , 121 b 22s ; super refined ter, llb 6s 21b lls ; 51b 2/s ; 101 b 335. The 101 b and 121 b cants- It arr n forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. aso n ~Iturry and Co., 77, Regent-street, T.ondon; Fortnum, °O. Or' -n "` Co.- Purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ~ also at Corm i r e church.street ; 330 and 411, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, ask " .. 1 ; 49, Rireershopsgate-street Charing-cross ; 54, Upper ; 63 and 150 Oxford-street. " AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE Pa tent OF MEDICINE. p h - °Mee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Trirriacien de Paris, Imperial College of Medicine, o Vienna.talozange, 4 evoi d 411 :lIAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the for Sol d i Of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat . pocket. P 84 21 till cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by ►Lallem;nd, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. rttIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE eonat LAXATION SPERMATORRIICEA, and all the distressing or too lone. Peaces arising ' from early abase, indiscriminate et, dente in hot climates. It has restored bodily ce a ss n e Psexual 110,„, in and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are w h _ . the at e , o ,„ - caloyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and ~lAaErMay be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR. they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovc,Y• No. 11., :1.14'07,1411Y, In th e short space TRIESEMAR of three days, completely and entirely ler,,, i a tes all traces of Gonorrhcea, t ofh in its mild and aggravated (Ilea% Strictures Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Cap Pains o f the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which rot r 7, , , and Cubebs h ave so l ong b een thought an ant id o t e f or , to the the health of a vast portion of the population. is th,, TRIESEMAR No. 111., t great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp ulit*; It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all t:o l , s ":_°?s . Emptier's, removing and expelling in its course all coi:rup lhe ',lac impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate thr, v ' r u.of disease, and expel it with th e i nsens ibl e perspiration tt,e medium of the pores of the ski n and urine, and is a o w l nglish Pllysicl an ` ing remedy for trea th ts with Mercuryat class of dl,ordeo tbe inevitable closrs which unfortunateltrucy , t the of the patient's constitution. and which all the sarsaparilla in Weld e ahnot restore. Price 11s., or four cases in one for 333., T o be " Zaves I Is., and m Cl. c ices, whereby there is saving of 17.123. 140 , L " a ci wholesale and retail in London, or Derby and Gordon, t I,, B , ea denhall-.treet; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 13, Ox ringdo'rect ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street;. Barclay and Son, 97, Far. DAto,.'," t reet ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, SI ' hu rchYard, jar ----, u. 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The most powerful and brilliant telescopes, rosse'sing such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extr- ast onomical eye eee will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a per son's countenanx three-and-a-half mile, distant . and an object from 14 to id miles. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, alai arc secured IN by ker Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Newly-invent e d Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. Th e valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; very age d , persons are enabled to employ their si,7;ilit at the most minute occupation—can see with these lenses of a much less naa;.tnit) , ing power—and they do not require the fre quent change. to the dangerous effects of further power ful assistance. Persons can be suited at the mo , t remote part of the world by seudin_ one of the glasses out of their sheet Iles in a letter, and stating the dist :nee from the eye they can read mall print with it, and those who have not made use of Spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—A. newly-invent, , cl , nstrument for extreme cases of deafness. called the Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and ,tvisible Voice Conductor. It fits so into the car as not to be in the least perceptble; the unpleasant seusa ion of singing noises in the heat is entirely emcied. It affords instant relief to the deafest persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at ~üblic assemile4. 39, Aneraarle-street, Pico, (121 Y—opposite the York EieteL HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) 'The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsazk at 5 o'clock. There was a very full attendance of peers this after. noon. The Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Lane (l,,wne, Earl Granville, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and Lord Panmure were on the Ministerial bench ; and among t• tho , e on the Opposition were the Ead. of Malmeshury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Eglin ton, the Earl of Enenboropgh, the Marquis of London derry, Earl Grey, Lord LyndhurA, &c. LAW OF LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that to-morrow he would move the appointment of a select committee to inquire how far the privileges now enjoyed in respect to the reports of the Courts of Law may be extended to the reports of the proceedings of both Houses of Parlia ment, and other public meetings, and also a committee to inquire into the expediency of swearing witnesses be fore the said committee, and not at, he bar of the house. THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose and read her Majesty's Speech as follows : ff MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, "We are commanded to inform you that her Majesty has availed herself of the earliest opportu nity of having recourse t' , your advice and assist ance after the dissolution of the last Parliament ; and her Majesty trusts that there will be found sufficient time during the pr?sent session to enable you satisfactorily to deal with various important matters, some of which had occupied the attention of Parliament in the beginning of this year. " We are commended by her Majesty to inform you that the general aspect of affairs in Europe affords a well-grounded confidence in the con tinuance of peace. "All the main stipulations of the treaty of Paris have been carried into execution, and it is to be hoped that what remains to be done in regard to those matters will be speedily accomplished. " The negotiations upon the subject of the dif ferences which had arisen between the King of Prussia and the Swiss Confederation, in regard to the affairs of Neuchatel, are drawing to a close, and will, her Majesty trusts, be terminated by an ar rangement honourable and satisfactory to all par- " The negotiations in which her Majesty has been engaged with the Government of the United States, and with the Government of Honduras, in reward to the affairs of Central America, have not yet been brought to a close. " We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that a treaty of peace between her Majesty and the Shah of Persia was signed at Paris on the 4th of March, by her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris and by the Ambassador of the Shah ; and her Majesty will give directions that this treaty shall be laid before you as soon as the ratifications thereof shall have been duly exchanged. " Her Majesty commands us to express to you her regret that, at the date of the latest advices from China, the differences which had arisen between the High Commissioner at Canton and her Majesty's civil and naval officers in China, still remained un adjusted. But her Majesty has sent to China a Plenipotentiary fully instructed to deal with all matters of difference, and that Plenipotentiary will be supported by an adequate naval and military force, in the event of such assistance becoming necPsqsry. "We are commanded to inform you that her Majesty, in conjuncti on with several other European Powers, has concluded a Treaty with the King of Denmark for the redemption of the Sound Dues. This Treaty, together with a Separate Convention between her Majesty and the King of Denmark, completing the arrangemrnt, will be laid before you, and her Majesty will cause the.measures ne cessary for fulfilling the engagements thereby con tracted to be submitted for your consideration." " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. " Her Majesty has directed the Estimates for the present year to be laid before you. " They have been prepared with a careful atten tion to economy, and with a due regard to the effi ciency of the department of the public service to which they severally relate. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " Her Majesty commands us to recommend to your earnest consideration, measures which will be proposed to you for the consolidation and improve ment of the law. _ _ " Bills will be submitted to you for improving the laws relating to the Testamentary and Matri monial Jurisdiction now exercised by the Ecclesias tical Courts, and also for checking fraudulent breaches of trust. " Her Majesty commands us to express to you her heartfelt gratification at witnessing the conti nued. well-being and contentment of her people, and the progressive development of productive industry throughout her dominions. "Her Majesty confidently commits to your wis dom and care the great interests of her empire, and fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty God may be vouchsafed to your deliberations, and may lead you to conclusions conducive to the objects of ber Majesty's constant solicitude, the welfare and happiness of her loyal and faithful people." The Marquis of TOWNSEND (who wore a naval uniform), rose to move an humble address to her Ma jesty, in answer to her Majesty's most gracious Speech on the opening of Parliament. He said, in rising to move the address, he felt that their lordships would kindly assist him with their indulgence. In the ob servations he should address to the house, he would endeavour to confine himself strictly to the question be fore the house. The present Parliament was called into existence by a state of things that were well known to most of their lordships, and therefore he need not detain their lordships at any length on that point. It had been said that the noble lord at the bead of the Government had no fixed principles to go to the country, but only a name ; but with that name he went to the country, and the result of that appeal bad been greatly in his favour. The noble lord had boldly undertaken the command of the helm of the State at a time of great difficulty and danger, and had carried the formidable war in which they bad been re cently engaged to an honourable issue. The country had decided tbat the noble lord at the head of the Government was the proper person to retain the reins of power, and not those who had aspired to power, whose policy was to reduce the power of the country, and to submit quietly to the humiliation of the British flag. (Hear, hear.) It was to be regretted that the Chinese question had not been satisfactorily settled, but he trusted the steps now taken would bring it to a speedy termination. The noble lord then referred to the part in the Royal speech with respect to the oaths taken by members of Parliament. He trusted that be should soon see the Jews admitted to both Houses of Parlia went. (Hear, hear.) After some further observations the noble lord concluded by reading the address, which, as usual, was an echo of the Royal Speech. The Earl of PORTSMOUTH said, in seconding the address, he should detain their lordships but a few moments, and while doing so he entreated their kind indulgence. It was a source of great satisfaction that the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris had been so fully carried out. The state of affairs in Persia, had proved that British valour was still triumphant, and it must be a source of gratification to Englishmen to learn that when it was necessary to act their conduct had been marked with their usual gal lantry. (Hear, hears) The late treaty effected with the King of Denmark wag also a source of gratification, as by it the Sound Dues had been abolished. The noble lord then briefly alluded to the other pertain the speech, con cluded by seconding the address. The Earl of IVIALMESBURY—If from private feel ing's and reasons I regret the absence of my noble friend (Lord Derby), who usually sits on the bench near me, those feelings of regret are increased in consequence of the task which I am obliged, as it were, to undertake, of attempting—in vain, I know—to fill his place for a few minutes. Your lordships will bear in mind that my noble friend, while leading moat ably this side of the house, always desired that on occasions like the. present the Address to the Throne should be carried in no chur lish or reluctant spirit, but should be passed with unani mity by your lordships. lam glad to say that I see no apprehension of a contrary course being taken to-night. (Hear, hear.) I see nothing in the Speech delivered by the Royal,Commissioners which can provoke discussion or induce any one to oppose the Address in answer to it recommended by the noble marquis and the noble earl opposite. Nevertheless, fur a moment I had some fear that this might not be the case, when I listened to certain observations which fell from the noble marquis ; and, if I were to take his speech as an appen dage to the Royal Speech, I certainly could not resume my seat without commenting, however reluctantly, on some of the topics which the noble marquis has been pleased to introduce to the notice of your lordships, and which are not to ba ftfund ie the copies of the Royal speech in your lordships' bands, The noble marquis having omitted to notice three or four importantsubjects to be found in the middle of the Royal Speech, intro duced two other subjects not less importantLPatliatnen tary reform and Church-rates. Now I do think that if any one desired to raise a discussion, the best thin he could do would be to select either one or both of those subject-, which her Majesty, in my opinion, wisely omitted from the Speech, but which the noble mar• quis introduced. However the speech of the noble marquis was subsequent to the Speech of her Ma jesty, and it is the Speech of her Majesty alone which is to be looked upon as authentic in this house, and in respect to which the alcirese is to be voted. I think, then, that the Government do not take too sanguine a view, when they express a hope that " there will be found sufficient time during the present session to deal with various important matters," for though the time be short I must say that the list of mea sures proposed to be brought forward is also so small that we may . fairly hope t o ge t th roug h it i n t h e presen t session. We e sitting on this side of the house 'cannot but share in the pleasure expreseed by the mover and se cender of the Address in reference to that paragraph of the Royal Speech which announces that the peace of Europe is likely to continue undisturbed ; and I wish it could have been added that peace in Asia is also assure I. lam of opinion that the peace of Europe is secure so Img as that important alliance now upon so happy a footing between ourselves and France con tinues ; and I believe that for its continuanoe nothinc is r-quired but a judicious consideration of the different positions of France and England, both geographically and constitutionally. I say this because I have sometimes remarked a natural impatience on the part of the English people in consequence of their neighbours rot having a constittition as free as their own, forgetting what ought not to be forgotten, that the constitutions of both countries were created by the popular voice, and therefore, though differing in detail, they proceed from the saine:foeseeisetionert4eweertt point to which the Royal speech a2;erts is tlia.tveltich remains to be accomplished in respect to' the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris, the arrangements relative to the Princi palities of Wallachia, and Moldavia having been left in. an incomplete state. Upon this point I sha I only re mark that I hope my noble friend opposite (the Earl of Clarendon) will not forget the original object of the war with Russia, which has now happily ceased. That ob ject I understood to be to secure the future independence and integrity of the Turkish Empire against any attack from its powerful neighbour. (dear.) Now, however it might be desired to take up the cause of nationalities, I trust that the cot iginal objectot the war will be kept in view, and the Turkish frontier rendered secure in the most effec tive manner, whether by a union of the Principalities or by keeping them separate. In reference to the settlement of the affair of Neuchatel your lordships cannot but ex press great pleasure, for there is always felt in this coun try the greatest possible sympathy with Switzerland, on account of resemblance in religieue and constitutional matters. With respect to the peace fortunately con cluded with Persia, I trust that the Government will inform the house at what date they expect that the news of that peace would reach Sir J. Ontrarn and his army, so that we may have some hope of soon hearing of an end being put to the unnecesary shedding of blood. I do not know that I should have said anything upon a sub ject which is perhaps the most important in the whole Speech, and which has certainly occupied the attention of this country of late more than any other—l mean the dispute with China—had.it not been for a reference to the past debates upon that subject which was made by the noble marquis who moved the Address, and which I think had been better omitted. It appears almost childish to tell your lordships that we on this side of the house and some noble lords on the other side who took a different view of the queelien to that which was entertained by her Majesty's Ministers did so from a deep sense of duty and from no other feeling. It would be almost childish, I say, to repeat that assertion to your lordships, because I am persuaded that no one ever records a vote in this house without conscientiously believing that in giving that vote he is performing an act of duty. But the noble marquis alluded to what had passed, and he made use of an expression which I cannot allow to remain unnoticed. I should not have referred to it perhaps, however, had it not been the echo of what was stated by a more impor tant personage than thenob'e marquis—l mean the noble viscount at the head of her Majesty's Government. The noble marquis, adopting the tone.ot the noble viscount, said that there were men who were prepared for the sake of office to accept, as I understood him, the degradation of the English flag. A heavier charge, my lords, could not by possibility be lain upon any memberof Parliament, or upon any gentleman in this country. (Hear, hear.) I would gladly have avoided alluding to, even it I could not forget, the almost similar terms which were made use of by the noble viscount at the head of the Govern ment. Referring to those parsons who might possibly succeed him in office, Is said of them and of those who bad voted against his views on the Caine qaestion that they were men who had " thus endeavoured to make the humiliation and degradation of their country the stepping-stone to power." My I,rde, I do not believe that there is any precedent for language such as that ever proceeding from so high a source. (Hear, hear.) I do not think that even in the heat of any debate I ever heard such language ; but your lordships must recolieet that the language to which I refer was not spoken in the heat of debate, but that it was calmly written, printed, and addressed to his constituents by the noble viscount at Tiverton. Of the noble viscount's attack, therefore, I say no more than that it was unworthy his great reputation, talent, and position, and that it wee as absurd as it was unworthy. It was absurd, because in a degraded country no power is attached to office ; on the coon ary, the man who rules such a country is the most degraded being in it. Forgive me, my lord, if I have spoken with warmth on this subject, for I confess that I feel strongly upon it. Bat to revert to the queseio a n of China. We never denied upon this side of the house that the Chinese had given to this country considerable cause of offence ; but what we stated was that the pun ishment inflicted was out of prop trtion to the offence— that populations destroyed and towns attacked wer rather too strong measures of retaliation for the affront which had bees offered by the Chitiese. We added that we thought that the plenipotentiary and admiral at Canton should have waited for further orders from home before they proceeded to extremities. Those were the points on which we grounded our opposition ; and I must add now that if her Majesty's Government had at the time been pleased to state, as they now do in the Royal Speech, that they were about to send au eminent person to settle the differences in China, my firm belief is that no division would have taken place on that question, and that her Majesty's Government would not have been opp sed. Beyond the few words which I have now addressed t 3 your lordships I have only fur ther to express a hope that when the estimates for the present year come to be presented we ehall find that the promise that they will be drawn up with a careful atten tion to economy is not a mere idle and formal phrase. With a war now progressing in China, and with an ex pensive war just concluded, we surely e.aunot afford to throw away a single shilling, and I shall upon a future occasion take an opportueity of bringing hefore your lordships what appears to me to be considerable extrava gance and waste of public money now taking place within this very metropolis. I tnepe that the Government will omit nothing in order to carry out the war iu China with vigour and effect to a speedy and successful termination, for I can assure them that they will not find upon th s side of the house any undue reluctance to assist them with all that can be required to make England's power acknowledged and respected. That they may be armed with the means, however, to maintain the honour of the country, the strictest economy in other matters will be not only desirable, but necessary. (Hear.) Having said thus much I can only presume, in the unfortunate absence of my noble friend, to advise my noble friends behind me to assent to the terms of the address which has been pro posed, and I, for one, shall do so most cheerfully . (Hear.) Earl GRANYILLE—In answer to the question which was addressed to her Majesty's Government by the n ble earl who has just sat down I have to state that a telegraphic message has been received this very after noon, trotn which it appears that on the sth of April the general commanding the British forces in Persia re ceived inform then of the treaty with Persia having been signed at Pans ; so that we can have no doubt that sub sequently to that date all unnecessary bloodshed had ceased. (Hear, hear.) The observations of the noble earl with respect to the propriety of our joining with as much unanimity as possible in our respectful Address to the Throne, a ere so just and faultless in their tone that I should have had nothing to add if I had not thought that he a little misunderstood the inten tion of the noble marquis behind me when he stated that he hal endeavoured to raise questions which might dis turb that unanimity which was so desirable. (sear.) As to the expressions of the noble viscount at the head of the Government, which were said to have been re peated by the noble marquis, I cannot admit that they bear the interpretation which the noble earl has put upon them. No doubt, in the contest of parties questions are occasionaly raised with the view of displacing those in power, and it may be that such questions are most properly raised--(dear) but, it the allele viscount went beyond the ordinary bounds, let me remind the noble earl—although at the same time I strongly depre cate the introduction of these personal matters—that at the close of the late eeesion the noble earl not now present (the Earl of Derby) did in this house give a very strong and personal description of that noble viscount which, in my opinion, in the opinion of may noble friends behind me, anti in the opinion of the country, were not borne out by facts. (Hear.) 1 have thought it right to menton this, although it is ' very undesirable upon these occasions to enter upon ques tions of a personal nature, or to advert to topics which may give rise to any debate of an acrimonious character —and I sincerely hope that any bitterness which tinny have been excited during the elections he , by this time subsided, so that we may now apply ourselves with earnestness to the consideration of those measures which may tend to the advantage of the community at large. (Rear, hear.) I have nothing snore to aid, may lords, after the very courteous manner in which the noble ear I has asked you to agree to the Addre is. I of course con cur in that request, and I hope that we may join unani mou,ly in presenting to ber Majesty the Address which has been moved and seconded by my noble friends be- hind me. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE—It is not my in. tention to diaturb the unanimity which appears to pre, ' vail among your lordships with respect to the Address ; but there is one point upon which I wall to off :r a few remarks, and to which I must solicit the attention of the noble lord the Secretary for War-1 mean that part of the Royal Speech which refers to the expedition which has been sent out to China to support her Majesty's nipotsntiary. If unfortunately the services of that ex podition should be called into exercise by the necessities of the case, the success of its operations must, of course, greatly depend on the abilities of the person who has the charge of it, and I submit that it is the duty of the overnment, of the Parliament, and of the country, on ail occasions to sustain those whom they have placed in high and difficult positions against any attacks which may be made upon them. Under these circurnstanoes, my lord-, I am about to advert very shortly ti the at. ticks made against General Ashhurnhatn—atesces of a nature which I di not think ought to be entirely disre garded either by Parliament or the ceun try. If these attacks consisted merely of articles in newspapers I should be the first to recognise that, looking to the free prose of this country, it would be unwise fair the Go vernment to interfere, and impossible for Parliament to control it ; but attacks have been made by officers in her Majesty's service, who must be, or, at least, who might be, known to the military authorities and to the Government ; and theseattacks have been directed against the professional character of the General to whom has been confided the conduct of the Expedition to China. I must say I think we ought to have some sxelanation on this head, and, as to-night the Government is not ein j barrasscd by any controversy on the subject of the ad dress, I hope I shall not be considered as cuing out of the proper track in alluding to the subject at this the very first opportunity. General Ashburnham was, as your lord ships will recollect, appointed to the distingnished post which he now occupies early in March. He did not leave this country for some weeks afte: receiving that ap pointment, which was, of course, commented upon in the . pepera with that freedom s which is becoming in this -country. But after - he' waseagonts, land — aebele she was - no longer in Europe, it appears that an officsr did not think it unworthy of his position to make an attack upon the professional character of the general in a manner of which I think the Government ought to take some public notice. In the letter to which I allude (rio doubt all your lordships have read it, and I will not there trouble you by quoting any portion of it), General , Ashhurnham was distinctly charged with cowardice and incapacity. The letter has certainly drawn forth answers to it, but in my opinion, officers oueh', net to be aelo wed to make these attacks upon generals in high e , mmand, which cannot possibly be for the good of the public ser vice. I am not sufficiently acquainted with the regula tims of the army to know far they may be made avail able in this case, but the person who signs himself " M. L " describes himself as serving upon the .staff of a par ticular brigadier on a particular occasion, and as having carried a message on this occasion to Gen. Ashburnham, and I imagine therefore that his identity must be known. In fact, I am told that his name is known, though I preferred not to know it. In this letter, I repeat, General Ashburnham was charged with a want of due courage and with incapacity. It was stated that Lord Gough might be appealed to• in !proof of this charge ; that his lordship was highly exasperated on the occasion referred to, tor e nevertheless, favourably represented General Ashburnham's conduct in his despatches home ; anti then it was added with a sort of sneer that the gene ra.: was rewarded for his distinguished service. I hope my noble friend the Secretary ' for War can tell us that he has taken steps to convey his opinion that such con duct as this on the part of officers in her Majesty's ser vice is not to be approved of. (Hear.) If, after there have Lean plenty of opportunities for making comments to a wan's face, and for criticising an appointment when it is possible to revoke it, a general's professional charac ter and capacity are to be assailed when he has turned his back by officers inferior in rank; the service of the country will be regarded as dangerous, and will no longer continue an object of desire to ruen of gallantry and honour. (Hear, hear.) Lord PANMURE—After what has just fallen, from my noble friend it seems necessary for me to say a few words on the subject to which he has addressed himself. lam very glad, my lords, that my noble friend has drawn your attention to the attack which has been made upon Gen. Ashburnham. Gen. Ashburnham was ap pointed to the command which he has assumed on the 14th of March. Parliament was sitting for a week after that appointment was made, and, if therefore it had been wished to raise any objections in either House of Parlia ment to the appointment, a legitimate opportunity existed of doing so for a full week. Gen. Ashburnham remained iu this country for some time afterwards, and yet, during the whole of his stay here, not one objection was raised in any public print with respect to his fitness —either in his general professional character as a soldier or in his capacity as commander of this expedition. Scarcely, however, had this gallant officer's back been turned, when, misled I have no doubt by false informa tion (for of the real facts the newspaper to which I refer must have been ignorant), an article appeared Ee flectiug not simply upon General Ashburnham's capacity to execute the duties which he had undertaken, but but reflecting also upon that which is moot dear of all to a British officer--his personal courage. The first fruits of such an attack were that it opened the columns of the public press to all the indignant elandere which too many officers are ready to launch against an eminent member of their own profession. I cannot ascertain the names of those individuals. But I am quite content to say this —teat any officer in her Majesty's service, whether he be in the Line or in the Company's ranks, who anony• mously traduces a brother officer, is unfit to carry the commission of the Queen and unfit to associate with his companions in the profession. (Cheers.) Now what are the facts of this case? Gen. Ashburnbatu is accused of not having attacked a certain position at a period which, in the opinion of this anonymous " M. L.," was the proper period to have made that attack. At thattime Gen. Ash burnharn was acting under the orders of the Commander in Chief of the army in which he was serving. He had received , o counter orders which justified him in acting otherwise than he did ; and, because he resisted the advice of a general commanding the Artillery, conveyed to him by "M.L.," be seems to have excited the wrath and indlgialtioh of this individual, the weight of which I think Gen. Ashburnham may easily bear. What might have been the consequence bad Gen. Ashburnham dis obeyed the orders of the Commander-in-Chief and obeyed those of a subordinate officer I It might have disarranged the whole plans of the Commander. All military combinations and movements depend upon obe dience to orders and strict punctuality in point of time, and this "M. L." seems to have been ignorant of the first duties of a soldier when he complains of Gen. Ash buroham because he did not depart from the orders ho had received from his Commander-in-Chief. What was the Duke of Wellington's opinion in these matters / He had once posted a very gallant officer commanding a troop of artillery in a particular place upon a particu lar occasien, ordering him to remain at that post until he received counter instructions. That officer saw the Whole army defile before him and pass him on the way to attack the enemy. Galled by seeing his troop left behind, he limbered up and followed the rest of the army. What was the result The reverse, the pos sibility of which the Duke of Wellington had foreseen, and in order to guard against which he had posted this troop cif artillery in this particular spot, actually took place, the artillery was not in the po-ition assigned to it at the critical momeut, and great misfortunes conse quently befell a portion of the army. The result was that, without listening to any excuse from him, without considering his acknowledged gallantry, the Duke of Wellington superseded this unfortunate officer and sent him home. It was only after the greatest entreaty that, in the campaign of 1815, recollecting what this officer had done in the Peninsula, the Duke of Well ngton was at last persuaded to forgive him and appoint hies to a command, and at the battle of Waterloo he fell glori ously fighting at the head of his batteries. Such was the Duke of Wellington's view of the obedience which should be paid by a soldier to the commands in the first . instance issued to him, and we all know perfectly well that there was no officer he prized en highly in all his army, or to whom he so readily intrusted the command of a combined movement, as the late Lord Hill, from the fact that there was no man who kept his time more punctually in all such combinations, or upon whom in such matters he could so entirely rely. In this in stance I think General Ashburnham is fairly justified against all the imputations which these anonymous elan derera have brought against him. As a reward for his gallantry in India I may remind your lordships that he was appoiuted aide-de-camp to hts Sovereign, and that he also received the Order of the Bath, which proves that his conduct in the field must have been satisfactory, or otherwise ho would not have been recommended for these honours. But be did more than exhibit mere gal lantry when acting against the enemy. In quarters, as well as in the field, be showed himself well capable of serving his Sovereign. He converted ono of the towns to which he was sent, from being one of the dirtiest and filthiest, into one of the best-regulated quar ters. He did more—he cared for the health and won the affections of the troops lee bad commanded more than almost any other officer in India. Convinced, therefore, of his professional experience, and of 'his capa city to superintend troops in hot climates, her Majesty's Government selected him for the command to which they have appointed him, in which command I know he will distinguish himself if an opportunity offer. I think that when general officers are appointed to distant anti im pudent commands, the greatest care should be taken against their being held up to public scorn or premature public anprobation. Either way is wrong_ sear) --for they are incited to do something which may either main tain the credit which has been p rematurel y given CO them, or which may disprove the accusations vehicle have been unjustly heaped upon them. (Hear, bear.) should wrong to put au officer in such a position. not lead his men to expect more from him than his former professional reputation justifies, and than i: r e- un P him from every British officer. You nee' for down nor hold him up to the contemptdo n fliis m!n,. (Elear, hear.) by doing so you weaken his authority. I trust, my lords, that Gen. Ashburnharn tit at these reports which have been made upon_ hiinveitt, I had al mast said, the contempt which they deseivo. 1 trust that he will show himself to be too Ligh-mended a Bi i tesh Rol. dier to be troubled on account of such reports. I believe, from the lett accounts which I have received from him, that he will reach China with his health restored, and that he will execute with credit the trust which has been committed to him. Earl GREY expressed his entire concurrence in the ob servations of the notle lord who had just sat down. If this system of subordinate officers criticising the abilities of generals appointed to command were to be allowed there would be an end to all discipline. He was sure there was net one of their lordships who had not the same feeling on the subject as Lord Panmure, and it was the duty of her Majesty's Government, by the strong. set means in their power, and especialy by giving no em ployment to a nom who hni been guilty of conduct this descri ptio •,to discourage such diecussione. He concurred in the opinion that there was nothing in the address which called for opposili ha from any one of their lordships, and that being the case he did not intend to anticipate die cussions which would take place hereafter, when they were more fully in possession of the information which they required on certain topics than they were at pre sent. But he would take that opportunity of pointing out to their lordships and her Majesty's Government that there were some topics in the speech delivered by the commissioners which would require very speedily to be brought under their lordships' notice, and upon which, therefore, it was desirable that they should have infor mation with the least possible delay. Among other topics, one of the first to which their attention should he called was the Persian war, He begged to remind their lerdships that that war had been begun and con cluded without any formal communication with par liament of the grounds on which it was commenced, or of the means which were taken by her Majesty's Government to avert the necessity of the war. Upon these points he thought it absolutely necessary that theyshOuld be fully informed. In the last session of Par liament - bereNajesViteGevernment declined to prod any papers relating to this war—in the first place e- cause negotiations were pending in Paris, and subse quently because any discussion might have a prejudicial effect on the ratification of the treaty. For his own part be thought Parliament was somewhat easily satisfied in abstaiuing on these grounds from pressing on a discus sion. But even admitting that it was right not to ask for an miter production of the papers, those reasons no longer existed. He knew it was the usual practice that the treaty should not be laid on the table before it was ratified, but there was no reason why the correspondence should not be immediately laid on the table of the house. At all events, no discussion in that house could have the slightest effect on the ratification of the treaty. He trusted, therefore, that these papers would be pro (limed without delay. He thought, also, they wore enti tled to wek for some further information with regard to China. They ought to know more distinctly than they knew at present what were the objects of the war on which they were entering, mad what were the demands which were to be made on the Chinese authorities, which were to be supported by the maintenance of a very large force. On that subject they had at present nothing but the most vague statetnente. They had vague declara tions of the increased facilities of trade which were to be required, and the placing of our relations with China in a more satisfactory state; but in what respect those rela tions were to be placed in a more satisfactory state and what were the additional facilities to be obtained for trade they were in ignorance. On both points he thought some further information was required. He thought so more especially because he could not help being alarmed by expressions which bad been used in various quer- ' tern, and which had been repeated in that house that night by the noble lord who seconded the address, that the great empire of China must be further opened up, and that we must demand greater facilities for trade with that country. He believed that we bad all the facilities of trade to which we were entitled by treaty, and that, in point of fact, much more than we had a right to claim by treaty had been conceded. He wag not aware that because we had a quarrel with China we were entitled to say to them that they must give us grater facilities for trade. He bad always been under the impression that nations were at liberty to grant or with hold facilities for trade with other nations entirely ae it seemed to thorn to coincide with their own interests. He never heard, for instance, that it was a legitimate cause of quarrel with France that she imposed at one time a highly restrictive tariff, which prevented a great trade being carried on with this country. And so with Naples and Russia, and various European countries. We knew perfectly well that our trade had been restricted with those nations in consequence of their high tariffs. He believed the Chinese had set an example to many civi lised nations which they might follow with advantage, with regard to the facilities they had given to trade. There had been fewer onerous duties imposed on the commodities of other nations, fewer difficulties thrown in the way of trade by the Chinese than by most Euro pean nations, and much less, he grieved to say, than by . ourselves up to a comparatively recent period. He con sidered, therefore, that their lordships had a right to ex pect more information than they had yet received of the objects of the expedition which had been sent to China. And let him add that he concurred with the noble earl opposite iu the feelings he had expressed with regard to tee manner in which former discussions which had taken plane in their lordships' house on this subject had been commented on in another place. They had a right to com plain that their motive on that occasion was imputed to be to obtain office. However that might apply to others, it had ne application to himself. But he did not speak alone for himself. He thought that house had a right to complain of this lowering of the whole tong of pnblic dis sion, when improper motives were imputed to them. He agreed with the noble earl opposite that those who were lowered by these imputations were those who made them. Those who made such degrading imputations on their ad versaries judged of their adversaries by what was in their own minds, and they were unable to conceive that on a great question of peace and war—a question on which men believed that as Christians they were bound to ex press their reprobation of unprovoked and cruel hostili ties which bad been carried on against a nation totally incapable of resisting our superior power —the house should give a vote on a question of that kind without being actuated. by such low and degrading motives. (Bear, hear.) That was the view that he took on this subject, and it seemed to him that heavy responsibility was incurred by those who, not content with thus villi tying those who had voted against them on a question of this kind, did all that lay in them to stir up vindictive passions in the people of this country against the. Ch inese. He had seen with feelings which he would not trust himself to describe the language used with regard to the Chinese, language which no one with proper feelings could have read without great pain. They had heard it represented that the atrocities committed by the Chinese were the reasons that induced us to commence hostili ties ; and be had seen anonymous proclamations, which the Chinese had no means of preventing or controlling, represented as the acts of the Chinese Government. If it were true that a wholesale attempt had been made by the Chinese to destroy the Europeans by poison, such a crime was horrible to contemplate and greatly to be con demns I ; but he thought that the slaughter of unoffene ing Chinese who were not connected with the war was equally to be condemned. The greater those atrocities, the greater in his opinion was the responsibility of those who began this fearful contest. That responsibility rested not so much with the Chinese as with those who began the contest. And that was true of every war. When it was once begun, when men's angry passions were roused, great cruelties were often committed. But was it becoming an them, as Christians, because the Chinese had under great provocation been guilty of acts of this kind, that they were to be held up as a nation to whom indiscri minate slaughter and deetruction were to beapplied? Other nations when they bad been attacked had been guilty of crimes hard) , less monstrous than those attributed to the Chinese. They knew that when warfare was carried On, not by disciplined troops, but by a population, against an army which they had no means of resisting, great cruelties were committed. For instance, iu Spain the insurgents were frequently guilty of great cruelty against the French soldiers. But it was always held that this was no reason why the whole nation should be held up to reprobation. The same character applied with still greater force to barbarous nations who knew nothing of civilised notions of the mode of conducting war, and whose notion of war was to exterminate their enemy by any means. But he had been led into this subject further than he intended. All he intended to say at pre sent was, that ho thought it absolutely necessary they should have clearer information than had been given to them as to the objects of this war. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ALBEMARLE said there was an omis sion in the Speech which he hoped her Majesty :a , __M a irts tsrs would rectify. He did not hea r the words P another mentary reform" in it. He had heard that place measure suc such of a n Parliamentaryexpectation reformhad which one ought in that held would " s a t i t satisfy f good a w w h a o ro w t e h re at m f o t s w t saasnxaioussubfjoerotit in that house. ... Ho was humbleness ;" and he hoped house to mention with " ba ted t fbhrseamt h eas a u n r d s, whispered humbleness have great pleasure giving a majority that they should it might be, would be sent up to that house with . so large since they had had any organic change —( a laugh)—as it their sanction. It was about . a gw q ee u sr ar hH t a e od r u o st f eako h ef c n e pp n a t ira tt ici r ae y : impo ' sil d ionofth c e b L an o r m eg en a t r . ded lo th t e ha c t k of railways had been spread over the cone- A. network try, which had increased the power of internal oommuni perm great cation to an e xtraordinary extent ; in that period also which had given a the discovery of gold in Australia and California had great stimulus to the every civilised nation. The population of had increased from 13,000,000 to 19,000,000, takenthindustryithis eo pl : :t to c rf e y , and the trade of the country bad been kill more largely increased. He thought, therefore, that there should be an ete,otesive measure of reform, and he should be all the better pleased with it if there was a protection to the voter. He thought the question of reform might be left to the noble viscount at the head of the Govern ment and that body of toe Legislature that had been called under his special auspices. He hoped that some of the 173 young men in that house would recruit the small body of Indian reformers, a subject which he should bring forward during the session. He should look with enxiety to the announcement of the ratification cf the treaty with Persia, which he did not think would be satisfactory, because he believed it authorised inttrined tiling with the internal affaire of a barbarous country. He HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The house resumed at a quarter to 4 o'clock, when the swearing. in of members was cou'inued : Lord 143- value, Mr. Packe, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Adderley, the ?darquis cf Stafford, Mr. J. Dundas, Mr. Sturt, A)- dertnan Cubits, Lord Raynhain, and Mr. Heathcote were amongst those who took the oaths and their seats this afternoon. The house was very full. A. great prepor derance of the members sat on the Ministerial side of the house. The sessional orders wore moved by Mr. WILSON and agreed to. The Outlawry Bill was read a first time. Mr. WILSON brought up the present expenditure to the 27th of March which was ordered to be printed. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. In answer to Mr. FRENCH . , Mr. WILSON said that no time had been I , st, or efforts spared to carry out arrangements for the better transmission of mails to and from Ireland. ifi e had been in communication that day with the Post-office authorities, and he hoped to be able to Ity before the steam companies to morrow a communication that would prove satisfactory to all parties. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.—TRANSPOR. TATION. Mr. HAYTER, for the convenience of the house, stated that to-morrow the Home Secretary would ask for leave to introduce a bill to amend the 16th and 17th of Victoria, substituting, in certain cases, other punis-h -ments in lieu of transportation. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. On the same night the Secretary of the Colonies would move for a select committee to consider the state of the British possessions in North America under the admi nistration of the Hudson's Bay Company, or over which they claim a right of leave to trade. THE BANK ACTS. On Monday the Chancellor of the Exchequer wlll,piove , for a _select committee to inquire into the operation of the bank Act of 18.4.4;41114 of the Banc Acts of Ireland and Scotland of 1845. SAVINGS BANKS. On the same day the Chancellor of the Exchequer will move a resolution on savings banks, with a view to bring in a bill on that subject. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH. On the same day the Home Secretary will ask to bring in a bill to make other provision for the exercise of the powers of the General Board of Health. OATH OF MENIBERS. On Thursday Lord Palmerston will ask for leave to bring i❑ a bill to amend the oaths to be taken by mem bers of the two houses. (Cheers.) FRAUDULENT BREACHES OF TRUST. On Friday, the 14th, the Attorney-General will ask leave to bring in a bill to make fraudulent breaches of trust criminally punishable. (Cheers.) INSURANCE COMPANIES. On Thursday, the Secretary to the Treasury would ask leave to introduce a bill for the incorporation of insurance and mutual benefit companies. Among-t the numerous notices given tonight, were the following ASSAULTS ON WOMEN. Mr. DILWYN gavenotice that he should on an early day move for the repeal of the present act relative to ag 2ravated assaults on women and children, with a view to its amendment. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr. HEADLAM gave notice that he should, on Tuesday nest, aqk leave to introduce a bill to amend the medical profession. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on this day fort night he should move a resolution that, in the opinion of this house, the representation of the house was not in a satisfactory condition, and that therefore the attention of Parliament on the first practicable opportunity ought to be applied to the subject, to render the house a correct representation of the feelings and interests of the people. (Cheers.) THE COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. LOCKE KING gave notice that he should on Tuesday week move for leave to bring in a bill to extend the borough franchise to counties. (Cheers.) THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that be shoull, on an early day, call the attention of the house to the question of the ballot. (Cheers.) VOTING AT ELECTIONS. Lord R. CECIL gave notice that on an early day he should move to introduce a bill, empowering the taking of votes in counties and universities by voting-papers. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH—THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER having read her Majesty's gracious Speech (for which see Lords report), Mr. DODSON, who wore a black Court suit, said—ln rising to propose that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, in answer to the gracious speech we hare just heard read, I cannot but regret that this honour able task has not fallen into the hands of some abler and more experienced member of the house, and one more conversant with the various and important topics ad verted to in that speech. But I derive encouragement from the fact that the house usually extends its kind in dulgence to the members so situated, and from the con sideration toat no shortcomings of mine will impair or interfere with the unanimity with which I venture to hope, the motion will be received. (Hear.) As far as I am ' personally concerned, I venture to hope that that indul gence which the house in its kindness never fails to ex tend to those who, like myself, address it for the first time will not be withheld from me. (Hear.) Amongst the various subjects mentioned in the speech from the throne which afford grounds for congratulation is one which, I regret to say, forms an exception, and that is the position of affairs at Canton. On such an occasion as the present I am anxious to avoid all debated or de bateable subjects. On the original merits of the dispute with China I shall therefore offer no observation. But I believe that while both sides of the house concur in regretting the hostilities in which we are involved, both sides also approve of the propriety of the course pursued by her Majesty's Government in sending out, on the one band, reinforcements of troops and vessels of war to the Chinese seas, and on the other hand, is testifying to their readiness to conclude an honourable peace and their anxiety to do justice by sending a plenipotentiary so eminent and so successful in negbtiating as Lord Elsin. (Rear, hear.) Indeed, I trust that the policy of chic country will al ways be found to be in accordance with the dictates of justice, and only of justice but of forbear ance and mercy. (Hear.) But when we have to deal with the overweening pride of a setni-civilised cation, reason and experience alike show that forbearance and concession are too often considered to be a mere sign of weakness. (Hear, bear.) I trust that the people and the Government of China will learn before long to esti mate the strength of this country, and to appreciate the motives that actuate her conduct, and that the re st:fit of the negotiations will be to place our relations with that country on an intelligible and enduring basis. (Hear, hear.) We have been engaged in hostilities with another eastern power, which thought it could brave us with impunity. This house has learned with satis faction that a treaty of pace has been signed in Paris which, I hope, is an honourable one to that country, and. will not fail to secure to England those objects for which we engaged in war. Alean while the results of our opera tions in the Feral anGulf and our ad vance into the interior of the country will serve to show that there is no coast so inhospitable, no climate so formidable, and no coun tryritish name among,t pres tigein f s Herat, aet o Bf, will afford faciliti es f o r the extension of commerce, s o inaccessible a s to be secure and lforloonkaimknßignrgitti forward a h h o se i h arms, th e most remote trib es of Central Asia. I venture fur ; hn e e d r ra w t oiilllihtoarpye spreadth occupationa the hePersia, o to provemen ts in land carriage which have of late years ena bl e d that mode of conveyance to compete success folly, and in some instances to supersede, water carriage, and which bids fair long to restore to the caravan routes of Asia come of their ancient importance. Herat is a place of growing importance. It is not only a centre where commercial and military highways meet and in tersect each other, but an inland Gibraltar which com mands them. With respect to countries nearer home her Majesty gives us the I gratifying assurance that peace and harmony prevail, and that friendly relations subsist between her government and those of other European Powers. The main stipulations of the treaty of Paris, we are told, have been fulfilled ; and I may add that their fulfilment reflects credit on the vigour of the adminis tration of this country. (Hear, hear.) The next subject is that of the Sound Dues, which has been settled, whilst the storm-cloud which was gathering over Neuf chatel has been dissipated. I regret to learn that the ne gotiations respecting the state of affairs in Central Ame rica have not yet been brought to a close, but I hope I am not too sanguine in anticipating, both for, the sake of the United States and of this country, that all danger of war between two nations so intimately eoaoected is at an end. 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