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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.—NOTICE is HEREBY VN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietor G s l of E the Great Western Railway Company will be held, in pursuance of the atinding Orders of Parliament. at the Paddington Station, on „THURSDAT, the 19th day of March inst., at Twelve o'clock, for SarpoSe considering the provisions of a Bill now pending in Parliament, of " A Bill for enabling the Great Western, Bris tol. and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies to afford ftirther assistance towards the completion of the Cornwall Railway, between Plymouth and Truro, for extending the time for the corn- Pletion thereof, and for other purposes ;" when a Draft of such Bill, ... and an agreement in relation therete, will be submitted to the Meet urir far their approval. The Chair will be taken at half-past Twelve o'clock. BARRINGTON, Chairman. Paddington Station, 6th March, 1857. 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The House of Commons has condemned the Govern ment not on a legislative question, but on a question of• high policy, that of peace or war. The House of Commons has come to this resolution :—" That this house has heard with concern of the conflicts which have occurred be tween the Brit'sh and Chinese authorities in the Canton river ; and, without expressing an opinion as to the extent to which the Government of China may have afforded this country cause of complaint respecting the non-fulfilment of the treaty of 1842, this house considers that the papers which have been laid upon the table fail to establish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures resorted to at Canton in the late affair of the Arrow." Now let it be considered what was the serious effect of such a resolution. It was this: The country was virtu ally engaged in a war which the House of Commons had branded as unjust; and the conduct of affairs in the country with which we were at war was en trusted to a man whom the vote of the House of Commons bad branded with the fault of having a ith out justification entered into those proceedings. He wished to know whether, in the interval between this time and the meeting of a new Parliament— before the end of May, which I have just heard is the period when it would meet—whether, in that in terval, during which tremendous events might take place, the policy which had been branded by the house of Commons would still be pursued, and the dealing with the important questions which must arise in China was to be committed to the hands of a man whose moral authority in that country had been destroyed by the vote of the H ouse o f Com mons. It was impossible, aft er th e vote ' of the House of Commons, that that policy could be pur sued, and that the affairs of England at Canton could be entrusted to the hands in which they were at present placed. Ho would su b m i t that if the two Houses of Parliament were called on to give facilities to her Majesty's Government in order that they might be enabled to make that appeal to the country which they desire —facilities which it was in the power of either ho us e t o refuse--they were entitled to have some satisfactory assurance on this point from her Majesty's Government. He would venture to say that what her Majesty's Govern ment ought to do, and which they might do, was forthwith to recal Sir John Bowring, and send out some person of high character and sta tion in whom confidence could be placed, with full if peace was in eiTt should aho p pw o e ssi e i r l s e t ; o c a o n n i clude a that itylaeceGwoivtehrCnitn) usual instructions given to admirals on foreign stations with regard to our plenip , tentlary. WEEKLY COMMUNICATION WITH_INDIA. En reply to a question fron. Mr. CATLEY, Mr. V. SMITH said it was not intended at present to open up a weekly communication with India. At present there was a fortnightly communication. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the secretary of State for the Colonies if he had any objecton to lay on the table of the house any despatches from till Governor of Malta on the subject of the working of the Jury Law in general, and especially with reference to the trial of the murderer of Capt. Graves I Mr. LABOUCHERE said he had not, and would produce them if th, y were moved for. THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION, REVISED. Now ready, in 1 vol. post Bvo., los. Gd., bound, REVELATIONS of PRISON LIFE ; with an Inquiry into Prison Discipline and econdary Pun ishments. By G. L. CHEsTERTOS, Twenty-I've Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold Rath-fields. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sa* at 5 o'clock. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented several petitions from different parts of the metropolis, praying that incomes under 1501. per annum may be exempted from the oneration of the income tax. THE OPERATIONS AT CANTON. The Earl of HARDWICKE begged to put a ques tion to the noble lord, the Secretary for War, of which he had not given notice, but which perhaps he would be able to answer. The noble lord, as well as other per sons, bad no doubt read in the newspapers that a seri ous change bad taken place in the ewe of affairs at Canton. It appeared that the English forces had re trrated from Whampoa, the British fleet having been attacking a squadron of junks, which retreated in good order ; in consequence of which the admiral was com pelled to abandon the position he had occupied on the wrecks of the factories, and at the same time he hart burnt do wn the suburbs of Canton. He wished, there fore, to ask whether any despatches had been received to that effect, and if they had been received why they had not been published or laid on the table of the house? As these statements had been received through two channels it was to be presumed that they were true, and he thought that the government in the present state of public opinion on the subject ought to give every information to the nation. Lord PANMURE stated that the question which the noble earl had put to him without notice was one of a somewhat important character. In the first place, he was not able to charge his memory with regard to all the transactions which had recently taken place at Can ton ; and so far as the question alluded to the navy there could be no despatches to his department. He had, however, received a despatch from the officer com manding at Hong Kong, stating that a company of a regiment had been engaged with the enemy, and burnt a portion of the suburbs of Canton, and that some casual ties had taken place. The list of those casualties would appear in the papers to-morrow. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that perhaps that question ought to have been put to the Foreign Secretary, and perhaps the noble earl could state whe ther he had received any despatches relative to the action of Macao, the retreat from Whampoa, and the destruc tion of the suburbs of Canto❑ The Earl of CLARENDON said he had received despatches from the admiral, stating the reasons why be thought it necessary to withdraw from the Dutch Folly, and to destroy the position be occupied in the suburbs of Canton, which enabled the Chinese people to act with hostility towards the fleet. It bad been found necessary to send forces for the better protection of Hong Kong, where disturbances were apprehended, and rewards of fered by the Chinese for assassination and incendiarisrn. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the noble earl would see that it was important to know the time when the suburbs of Canton were destroyed. If the admiral had retained the position in which he had been intrenched he would have been justified in destroying the suburbs, which gave a cover to the enemy ; but if he destroyed them after be had determined to retire it was no use as a military or morel operation, but an act of useless ven geance. It ought to be known when, and under what circumstances, the destruction of the suburbs of Canton took place. Lord PANMURE was surprised at the misrepresen tations which had been made of the conduct of the Bri THE MINISTRY. Lord PALMERSTON, who on rising was re. ceived with loud cheers, said—Mr. Speaker, Sir— In order to regularise what I am about t ) say, and to put it in the power of any lion, member who on his part has any remarks to make, I intend to con clude the statement I am about to submit to the house by the formal motion that this house do now adjourn. Sir, the house must naturally expect, after what happened on Tuesday night, that I should state to the house the course which, upon due reflection, her Majesty's Government intend to pursue. 'Under ordinary circumsfances, after a vote by which the house by a majority, whatever the amount of that majority might be, affirmed that which many at least-take credit for considering to be a vote of censure on the conduct of the Govern ment—under ordinary circumst inces, th 're could hardly be au alternative left to the Govetninent on whom such vote had been passed. (Hoar, hear.) The natural course would he to tender to the Sovereign the resignation of their offices, and leave to those who had obtained the majority the task of conducting the business of the country. But the case seemed to me to be of so peculiar a character that we have not deemed it our duty to submit to the Sovereign the resigna tion of our offices. (Cheers.) There is another course which a government, under such circum stances, might constitutionally adopt, and that is the course which we have felt it our duty to pursue. We have deemed it our duty to advise the crown, at the earliest period at which the state of public business will permit, to call upon the constituencies of the country to exercise that action Which the con stitution places iu their hands. (Cheers.) Sir, I say the circumstances are peculiar, becluse, while on the one hand, looking simply to the result of that last debate, we might say we have lo , t the confi dence of this house, yet on the other hand, looking to the divisions which took place shortly before upon questions involving very important portfous of the policy of the government, the opposite result took place. (Cheers.) lam afro bArrid to say—l feel myself free to say—that some of those who concurred in the vote of Tuesday night did make it understood that that veto was not to be considered as implying a withdrawal on their part of the confidence which h'y had hitherto placed in her Majesty's Government. (Hear) But, sir, it is in vain to deny that that rot-) would render take measures, which no doubt they had taken, fur the protection of the lives and property of her Ma jesty's subjects in China. But this above all should be done--that the individual who had brought this country into the situation in which it was placed, and who had brought on this unhappy war, ought not to remain in the high position he nowoccupied ; and unless her Majesty's Government gave satis faction on that point, it would be the duty of their lordships and of the other House of Parliament, by an humble address to her Majesty, to express their feeling on that subject ; and if no other person undertook the task, he (E trl Grey) should be pre pared to take it on himself. Earl GRANVILLE—I can understand the question of the noble earl being put with propriety in another place, where the resolution iu question has been carried ; but not in your lordships' house, where, after full discussion, your lordships came to a contrary opinion. At the same time lam unwil ling to refuse togive your lOratiripiiistich general in formation as I can possibly give. I can assure your lordships that even before the close of the de bate on the subject of affairs in China, we hal fully considered what would be the best mode of termi nating the present unsatisfactory state of the rela tions between this country and China. We do not take the resolution of the House of Commons as in tended t ) indicate that we are to refrain from tak ing every necessary step to defend the lives and pro perty of British subjects in China, nor do we admit that we are bound to patch up in any way our rela tions with China ; but we think that we shall act in concurrence with that reso l u ti o n if we take eve r y step which is calculated t o se ttl e this question as a whole, and in doing so we believe that we shall not incur the blame of your lordships, or the other house of Parliament, even in the present state of things, and still less when the other house shall have been re-elected after a dissolution of Parlia ment. it very difficult, if not unseemly, for th 3 Govein meet, with regard to whom it was pas-el, to under take to conduct the business of the country in the ordinary manner, through the ratof a long session. (Cheers.) And moreover, the state of p:irties which that vote indicated also appears to me to sho -v, connected with ft() various votes an.l fluctua.ing opinions of the house in regard to its majorities former occasions, that it would be extremely diffi cult for any government that could now be fetintd —whether the government which at present exists, or any other government, however efficient it might be—and I say this not as a mat' or of com pliment, but as a matter of truth—wit mPaning to have recourse to taunts, but merely stating facts— say it would be wry difficult for the present Go vernment, it would be very difficult for that which I admit to be an efficient Government, if formed by a combination of parties, to carry on the business of the country throughout the a ssion in the present state of feeling in wh'cli this house happens to be. (Hear.) I will not snide to the difference of opinion between the two houses on the question which was put to issue en Tuesday. I do not think that would be a sufficient reason. But still it is an element to show what various opinions exist with regard to the present Adminis tish admiral and commander —(hear)—wi thout noble lords knowing what were the circumstances which had oc curred. He must say that he blushed at the conversation which had taken place, and which tended to throw blame, in the eyes of the country, on gallant men engaged in doing their duty and maintaining the honour and inte rests of the country, and who bad maintained them in a position of difficulty. The circumstances were these : the Admiral was placed in such a position at the Dutch Folly with regard to the ships of war, that junks coining up the river and sinking impediments in a particular manner, would have stopped the return of his ships. Finding that be was placed in a bad nailitary'position, he withdrew from it to another position at what was called Bird'enest Fort, in the neighbourhood of Canton, but below the passage in question, and where his ships could lie in safety and not be open to the danger of junks coming up and stopping the passage, and in de stroyirg the suburbs of Canton he (Lord Paninure) would stake his character as a peer of Parliament and a gentle man of England, that the admiral bad only done what fair warfare justified, and not such an act of cruelty as the noble earl had represented ; and he believed that Sir Michael Seymour's character stood, as an officer of the navy, and as a humane and Christian gentleman, as high as that of any man in the country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) ration as compared with those who might be its successors. (Hear.) Well, s'r, this Parliament is now in its fifth year. It is, measuring its duration by that which it has seen, a very old Parliament. It has seen more of things of importance than have fallen to the lot of most Parliaments in that tliort space of time. It has seen three Administrations —the Administration which called it tog ther, the Administration formed almost immeliately after wards, and the Administration which now sits en these benches. It has seen the transition from a state of profound peace to a great European war. It has seen the transition from a great European war to the restoration, fortunately, of European peace. And therefore this Par'ia ment .has, I say, done in the way of events, of which it has been the instigator, as much as could be supposed to fall to the lot of any Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I think if the state of business in this house would have admitted of an immediate return to our constituent 4, that wou'd have been the course which it would have been most proper and most seemly to adopt. But tha state of public business does not admit of our taking that course. We have not yet voted anything in the way of estimates for the public service. We have not arranged anything in regard to the taxation of the country. We have not passed the Yiutiny Act, which would expire before it would be possible to cause Parliament to reassemble to provide for the maintenance of discipline in the army. Therefore, what I humbly beg to propose to this house is this, that we should do on the present occasion that which has been done on former similar occasions— that which was done in part during tile administra_ tion of Lord Derby, when an early dissolution was announced—namely, that this house should content itself with passing those provisional arid temporary measures which are necessary for the public service until the earliest period when the new Parliament can assemble. For that purpose I propose that instead of arranging certain taxes for a period of three years, we should determine them only for the ensuing year. (Hear.) It is obvious, I think, to all, that there are certain taxes with regard to which it would bo a great embarrassment to com merce if they were settled for too short a period. But we do not think that a parliament which is coming to a conclusion would properly be called upon to determine with regard to them for a longer period than a year. (Hear.) Upon the same prin ciple we should propose to the housa to vote sums on account of the estimates for a portion of the year. We propose also to p3S3 the Mutiny Act for only a portion of the year—(hear, hear)—leav ing the Parliament which may assemble towards the end of May to deal with all those great matters which must then come under its consideration. (Hear, hear.) I should hope, sir, that the house will see that the course which we are proposing to adopt is one which is in accordance with the principles of the constitution—(hear, hear)—and that honourable gentlemen will not place any obstruction in the way of our arriving at the time when a fresh election may take place, or interpose any unnecessary difficulties in the way of our adopting that course which we think the pub lic service requires. (Cheers.) We shalt abstain from proceeding with anything but that which will be ab . solutely necessary. There are many gentle men who have strong opinions on various subjects which they would wish to bring under the notice of the house. They will, I thiok, feel that measures of such importance cannot properly be taken into consideration by a Parliament sitting as this one will continue to do. I shall only therefore express my hopethat the same honourable forbearance which has been shown by former Parliaments under simi. ler oirounastanoes will be shown by the present Par- The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that the noble lord (lid not seem to understand what be had said. The whole matter depended on the time at which the acts in question were done. If the Admiral was about to re_ turn to his position he might have been justified in debtroying any place which afforded a cover to the enemy ; but if he had retired altogether from before Canton, which he did by gOing to the Bird'snest Fort that act was unjustifiable as a military operation. Lord PANMURE—I deny it. PERSIA. The Earl of MALMESBURY asked the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether it was true that a treaty of peace had been signed between this country and Persia ? The subject then dropped. PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA. TION BILL. This bill passed through committee pro forme, CHIEF CONSTABLES BILL. On the motion for reading this bill a third time, The Marquis SALISBURY moved, as an amend ment, that copies of the correspondence between the magistrates of Staffordshire and Sir G. Grey should be laid upon the table. Their lordships divided_... For the third reading For the amendment l3-15 The bill was read a third time and passed. The Public Health Supplemental Bill (1857) and the lonian Subjects Commission Bill were also read a third time and passed. BENEFICES UNDER 2001. A YEAR. Viscount DUNGANNON moved for a return of the number of benefices within the diocese of London having endowments under 2001. a year, specifying the popula tion in connection with such benefices, the name of each benefice, and those of them which are without a resi dence for the incumbent. After a few words from several noble lords, the mo tion was agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. Earl CL iiRENDON said he was happy to say that a treaty of peace bad been signed. That treaty had not been signed until Lord Cowley had satisfied himself that the Persian ambassador was possessed of ample powers. THE MINISTRY. Earl GRANVILLE then rose and said—With your lordships' permission, I propose to state to the house some information with regard to the course which her Majesty's Government deem it their duty to take in consequence of what has oc curred in another place. When a Government finds itself in a minority the usual course would be to tender their resignation to her Majesty ; but on full consideration of the circumstances of the case they have felt it, in the present instance, not to be their duty to take that course. Looking to all the circumstances of the case—considering that in ano ther place on an important question rela'ing to the financial condition of the country, the Government received the support of a large majority; feeling also grateful to your lordships for the support they received from you on the subject of the present state of affairs in China ; looking also at the composition of the present House of Commons, from which it appears not probable that a strong Government could be formed in the existing state of that house ; and also considering that that house has been in existence for nearly five years, has seen three governments in power ; that it has seen the nation at war, has seen that war concluded, and the re-establishment of peace--all these considerations induce the Government to think that it would be much to the advantage of the country and to the public interests that a reference should be made to the country in order that it may declare its Wishes with regard to its future govern_ ment. Without going into any detail of the reasons which have induced her Majesty's Government to adopt this course, all I shall say is, that the Go vernment will only ask both houses of Parliament to accept such temporary measures as will enable them in a short time to apply to the country for a new Parliament, and to ascertain their wishes as to the future government of the country. Ido not anticipate that this view of the Government will meet with lany opposition from any party in the state, but that they will all agree in the necessity of as soon as possible ascertainin g the feeling of the country in this respect. Earl GREY had no wish to raise a discussion on the subject, but it appeared to him on the question raised by his noble friend information was required and ought to be supplied. He would remind .the house that in former cases, when the Government had been defeated in the House of Commons, and instead of resigning office, her Majesty's Govern ment thought fit to appeal to the country—i n all previous cases of this kind the difference of opinion between Parliament and the Government had arisen on a question of legislative policy. It was so in 1784, when Mr. Pitt held office against a majo rity of the House of Commons. It was in 1841, when, there was a rcoidance to_the commercial pg. i f.. .;: ~,. , • 141,11. - le =, , • • -- ~.. ;.. ..:• 4 :.p.,,, , _,.....,:. ... H .4 _,--- ." dillllli hik. 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There is this to be said in fa vour of the course we are pursuing, that now at least the country will have an early and free choice between different administrations—a choice which, without meaning to say anything uncivil to any party in the house, I think I may say the country could not in the same degree have had until that combination of parties had led to the state in which the Government now finds itself placed. (Cheers.) As I said before I am stating a fact, without cast ing the slightest imputation upon those to which this combination of parties is owing, but I think it may be advantageous to the country to possess such a choice. (Cheers.) The people will be aide to choose between two different and efficient admini strations, and that is the ground which I think will justify us in throwing upon the countrytha respon sibility of determining what administration shall be invested with the conduct of the affairs of the nation. (Loud cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI—Sir, I think the noble lord has dealt frankly with the house, and I wish to re spond, as I am sure every member of the house does, in the same spirit, to the noble lord. (Cheers.) I am not surprised at the counsel which the noble lord and his colleagues has tendered to the Sove reign. I think, on the whole, it is the course most advantageous to the public interest. I shall myse'f, will that feeling, give every facility for forwarding the public business—(cheers)--con- sistently with a regard to what is due to the coen try. Sir, I trust that the result of this appeal to the country, which I, for one, look to with no appre hension, may prove of great advantage to the public interests. I do think it is of the utmost importance to the character of Parliament and to the advantage of this realm, that Parliamentary parties should be more distinctly defined than they now are. (Hear.) I am persuaded myself that that habit which has of late been too much in vogue, of decrying the advantage and influence of party has had a very injurious effect upon the con duct of public affairs. (Cheers.) Party spirit is the best guarantee for public and private honesty, and I trust that, when this recurrence to the sense of the country has been pursued, members will be r eturned to this house with definite views —(cheers) —that we sir ill know -who is prepared to change and who is ready to maintain the institutions of their country—who is in favour of a reduction of the burdens of the people and who is iu favour of increasing them—who is in favour of a certain policy which, while it maintains the true interest and dignity of the country, is conciliatory to all other states, and who is in favour of that turbulent and aggres-ive system which I believe must in crease the burdens of the people—(Cheers) —and ultimately endanger and diminish the power of the country. Sir, I repeat that I shall meet the invita tion of the Lcol.B lord with the same frankness and candour with which it has been made. He will ex perience fr. me, and I think I may answer for tire gentlemen on this side of the house, no sinister conduct. We shall give every facility to the pro gress of pullic business which we believe is sin cerely intended to produce that result ; but a , . the same time I shall expect on the part of the Govern ment a clear description of the course which they intend to pursue, as several matters have been brought before us which I cannot believe, so far as I can form an opinion, can be cast aside exactly in the manner which I infer, from the tone of the noble hard, he anticipates. But I repeat that we willsincerely assist the noble lord in the conduct of public business, so far as wa can, without endan gering the in'erests of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. COBD . EN—Sir, I rose at the same time as the righ t hoe. gentleman, because Ithonght there was an omission in the not le lord's speech which ought tohave been explained before any remarks were made by those hon. gentlemen who feel disposed to take part in this discussion. On Tuesday last, after a debate in this house which lasted four nights, and which, I may say, was unprecedented for ability and argument since the time when Sir R. Peel retired front office, this house came to a solemn rote on a question not merely affecting ordinary interests, such as we are in the habit of deliberating upon in this house, but affecting the lives of vast numbers of people at a re mote distance from our shores. That vote, sir, has at tracted, and will attract, a world-wide notice; but it has been entirely ignored in the remarks which the noble lord hes made on this occasion. Now, sir, I do not rise to say one word in opposition to the propriety of the course the noble lord has adopted in determining to dissolve Patliainebt. I think if the noble lord is going to the coun try and wishes to have a cry which may be eminently serviceable to his opponents and damaging to his fol lowers, he has certainly hit upon that cry. For what must be said at the hustings by those who present themselves for re-election under present circumstances? Looking to the votes given by the noble lord during the last 10 days in the course of which he has torn from the hands of my hon. friend tl..e member for East Surrey (Mr. L. Krug) the last remai- ing rag of the old reform banner, and bas trampled under foot even the miserable modicum of re form, the 101. county franchise—(hear)—having voted again,t everything which has entered into the traditions of the liberal party—after slapping in the face the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, who proposed the abo lition of church . rates—the noble lord now sends his fol lowers to the country with the cry of " Palmerston for ever—no reform—and China war." (Cheers.) If the noble lord is going to an election on such es policy, in order to play into the handset hon. gentlemen opposite, he has hit upon an excellent device. lam only surprised that hon. gentlemen opposite should follow him in that course. But what I want to ask the noble lord is, what is he going to do in consequence of the vote the other night ? That is a practical que,tion, and I will show it is a practical ques tion, even on the point of view of the Government itself, from what we have heard during this debate. Has not the noble lord told us, have not all the right hon. gentle men opposite who have spoken from the ministerial bench tell us, that the effect of an adverse vote would be to imperil the safety of Englishmen living in China, that it would be extremely prejudicial to our interests in the East ? ‘Vell, the result of that vote has gone out to Chiaa with the mail which went out yesterday. But we all know it is possible to go four days after by way of France to Marseilles, to meet the mail at Malta. This is the sth of March, letters may go on the fleh, but pas sengers to be safe should go on the Bth. It is possible for a person to leave London on the Bth and go by Mar seilles to Malta and catch the steamer there, and then go by Alexandria overland to India and China. I ask the noble lord what course of action he intends to take in consequence of the vote of Tuesday night ? Ido not shrink from the responsibility, in common with the rest of those who voted with me, of say ing what ought to have been done by the Govern went if it held office a day or two after that vote, because in a matter of this pressing emergency the exe cutive Government has no right to hold office unless it is prepared to carry out the resolutions of this house. as far as I am concerned, a (C s h o e n e e rs i . , ) ) i l g n h i a a v c e a u n t o u o n b i j t ec o ti f o n t this assembly, to say what theought r first to place, have b a e s e n t h done in Government consequ ence assured e o d f u t hs,e thevote. news ln of this adverse vote may be misunderstood in China,'and great danger may be apprehended. Then the first con sideration is the safety of our countrymen in China. I do not share that apprehension of danger. If we read what is going on at Hong Kong and at Singapore, I think the mischief appears to be about as great as it can possibly amount to. But I will take the position the Go vernment assumes, that there is danger to be appre. hended ; and what should you do ? Send out a comps. tent person armed with full authority to represent the Government here, let him supersede all existing British authorities in China, and let him have instructions to act according to how he may find things there. Surely you may find, at 3 three days' notice, a man with a head on his shoulders to take the instructions and carry them out. The news mu s t arr i ve at Hong Kong first. Hong Kong is an island, and a couple of steam-frigates is sufficient to protect it from the whole naval force of the Chinese em ve pire. You have a sufficient naval f t o; : e vr e ap t : h at, v e n r es there. uo am : no English at Canton ; but you might send a naval forceea_L to the ports further north, and as a steamer canerpourat those ports before any intelligence can reachofonplacing from another overland, you have them in a state of defence before the of an adverse vote in this house. Now, in h at and u g t them I am pointing out the course to send in out the danger spoken of by the Govbeertuamkeeinnat_ic existing, HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTBRDA.Y.) The uncertain state of political affairs caused an xnug ual assemblage of members at a very early hour. Long before 3 o'clock the members were to be seen hastening from their clubs and residences to the house, where they congregated both in the house and in the lobbies in small knots, evidently discussing with much earnestness the probability of their leaving at an earlier period than, perhaps, was convenient to many of them to appear be fore their constituents, and render an account of their political conduct for the last five years. Scarcely any inte rest was evinced by the public, and we never recollect to have seen less people assembled in Palace-yard, and around the approaches to the house, than this afternoon. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. Cobden shortly after entered the house and took his usual seat, where he was joined by Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. W. J. Fox, Mr. S. Herbert, and Mr. Ricardo, with whom he joined in earnest conversation. Mr. Disraeli entered the house in silence, followed by Sir James Graham and Mr. Gladstone. Lord Palmerston entered the house at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock, and was loudly cheered. GOOD CONDUCT MONEY. - - Mr. PELLATT asked the Under Secretary at War what steps Government had taken, by warrant or other wise, for restoring to serjeants in the army the good conduct money which they enjoyed before promotion, viz , one penny per day for every five years' service, of which they bad been for so many years deprived ; and whether it will have a retrospective as well as a pros pective effect ; also, whether it will benefit serjeants of cavalry, artillery, engineers, and marines, as well as those of the line I Mr. F. PEEL said that a warrant had been issued, granting the good service pay t o t h ose who bad been promoted. It applied to the artillery and engineers, as well as the cavalry and . infantry, b ut not to the marines, as they were not a port ion of the land forces. The war• rant was not retrospective. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether he had a bill in preparation for uni formity of weights and measures ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had not. INSTRUCTIONS TO SIR M. SEYMOUR. Sir T. HERBERT asked the First Wird of the Ad miralty if he had any objection t o l ay upon the ta bl e o f the house the instructions Sir Michael Seymour received from the Admiralty for his guidance, as Commander 10 Chief i n the China Seas, and in what lenip ot rela tionenti y and b Gov ewas placed with reference ernor at Hong Kong ? r to carrying out any requisition made to hi m by her Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary C. WOOD said he objected t o t h e pro d uct i on o f the instructions on public ground s . 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Des the o:.: '-'-7' - feWe...._,Leiit . slii ; course, or what course does he hid to ittke? Shave eeard a great deal about cembinatiet of pirzeias and the necessity of an appeal to the country, but an appeal to the country cannot lead to any result till the end of May. What is to be goirg .11: is Chine iti the meantime ? What was the purport of the vote on Tuesday? Was that vote intended to reverse the policy which has been pursued in China or not ? If that vote meant anything it meant that this house would not be responsible for the conduct of Sir J. Bowring with respect to the Arrow. I apprehend that if that vote is to be taken as a reality and to have a practical result, the noble lord is bound to tell us before we separate this very day what course he intends to tale in consequence of that vote. I say, provide first of all for the security of Englishmen in China. You have a forceto do that. But let the noble lord tell us what are his ulterior intentions with regard to China, and what course he intends to take with regard to thegovernment of China. It seems to me that be intimated on Friday night a very proper course to be taken with regard to the government of that country. He sail that before these unfortunate iccurrences took place he had made a proposal to the French Government, and was contemplating one with the American Government, with a view to making ageneral re presentation forgreater commercial fac lities. Toat appears to me to be the best practical way of extending our in fluence in China. It has al ways appeared to me that in order to do that it was necessary to clear the ground from past proceedings, and to renounce she illegal posi tion taken up by Sir J. Bowring. The vote of this house has pronounced against those proceedings. You have now placed yourselves on legal ground, and you can go to those governments and ask them to co-operate with you. I believe they will cc -operate with you on your new and legal ground, but that they would not have done so so long as you were contending with the Government of China on the miserable and illegal grounds which have been repudiated by this house. Now, sir, I have only risen to ask the question which I have put to the noble lord. Ido not intend to complieate it with the general election, Ido not fear a general election. I predict a winnowing and remodelling of the state of patt ies in this house. (Hear, hear.) But there was one point in the noble lord's speech which certainly did puzzle me. He said the country would be able to judge cetween his administration and some administration in posse, formed from amongst right hon. gentlemen opposite. Now, I do not know how the country can judge between the noble lord and the right hon. gentle men opposite. So far as my observation gees, I have come to the conclusion, that I consider the noble lord at the head of the Government to be as good a Tory as any rght hon. or hon. gentleman opposite, and whether he sits on that side of the house or on this will not make any great difference to the liberties of the country. I ask the noble lord what is the course he intends to take in consequence of the vote on Tuesday night ? Sir C. WOOD—It is not my intention to re-open the debate, and I am plaid that my hon. friend (Mr. Cobden) is at last aware that there may be some increased dan ger to the lives of our countrymen in China from the vote of STues'.lay night. I only wish that be had thought of that before. (Cheers.) I rise for the purpose of informiee the house of the steer t.l the vessels in China and the measures adopted. I hope the efficient measures taken will prevent the dangers apprehended from producing any ill effect. There is a large frigate at Canton (as was understood), an other at one of the northern ports, and another is on its way. By this time, or in the course of this month, three large steam-frigates, and seven or eight gunboats will are rive in the river at Canton. A laree frigate and two other vessels Will arrive in the course of April, and two more in the month of May, or in the month of June. Those orders had been issued previous to this debate, and quite independent of it, and I can only assure my hoe. friend that Government are taking rne3sures for sending further means to China, for the purpose of defending, as far as we can, the lives and property of Englishmen in China. Sir J. WALSH was one of those who veted for the motion, hut be should be sorry if the effect of carrying the resolution 'should be in the slightest degree to hinder tier Majesty's Government from taking any steps neces sary fir the protection of the Jives and property of Eng lisemen in Coma. Mr. DEEDES said the noble lord bad stated the course be intended to take with regard to public business, and he entirely concurred in it, but he wished to ask the not le 1 ird, or some member of the government, what course they would take with regard to private business ? In June, 1847, a resolution was cairied to the effect that any railway or ether private bill which had passed the sec mi reading, or any subsequent stage, or had been referred to a select committee, might he resumed at the same stage in the n,xt session. Mr. S. HERBERT—Before any answer is given to that question, I wish to call the attention of the govern ment to the fact that the question of my hon, friend the West Riding has not been answered. I apprehend the circumstances in which we are placed are very peculiar. You have had prece d ents of an appeal to the people by a minister placed in a minority, but you will find on al previous occasions it has been a question as to some sub ject of legislation on which the opinion of the cluntry ( couldjat once be obtained. In this MVO the House of Commons has expressed an opinion adverse to the Go. vernment, as to the or;gin of a war now carried 00. Clearly, therefore, if no pledge is taken from Government that the war will not be continued by the same individuals of whose conduct it has already given an unfavourable opi nion, the vote come to wilt be nugatory. Now my hon. friend who sits beside me (11. Ir. Cobden) did not eay that he apprehended, in consequence of the vote that was given, there was danger. What he said, I apprehend, was this : that Govern neat considered there was danger ; and he wished to know, therefore, looking at it qt. that point of view, whether they were prepared to take any steps to r-m .dy it? I repeat the question. I ask what steps are taken to prevent the danger which those who have read the papers to-day will see already exists ? You have seen the state of things at Hong Kong, and the state of feelir.g at Singapore. There is danger, not in conse quence of Lthis vote, but what I am alluding to is the danger which naturally followed from the state of things at Canton ; and what we wish to know is, what is Go vernment going to do during the long interval that will elapse before Parliament can again be assembled ? Is the Government about to continue the war with the same object, that is, for the introduction into the city of Canton of Sir John aiwring, and is the con duct of affairs out there, b • it for peace or for war, to be left in the hands of a man who, in the opinion of the House of Commons, has by his want of judgment or ca pacity brought about a state of things which is so dan gerous ? (Cheers.) If it is any convenience to the Government to do so, in order to enable the noble lord to answer this question, I shall be glad to move that this debate he adjourned. The SPEAKER intimated that the right hon. gentle man could not do that, but that the noble lord had a reply. - Mr. S. HERBERT—Then I trust the noble lord, or some member of the Government, will answer that ques tion, but I trust the noble lord. Sir G. GREY—Io answer to the question of the hon. member (qr. Deedes), I may say it is the intention of Government to propose a course with respect to private bills simil Jr to that which has been adopted before—viz a resolution having the effect of placing bills in a future Parliament in the same position that they would have been in had not the progress with them been interrupted. With reference tothe questions which have been addressed to the Government by my right hon. friend, I have no hesitation in saying that I think he made a most entire misrepresentation of the ground of the hostilities, .when he assumed that the Government are carrying on the war for the mere purpose of introducing Sir J. Bowring into Canton. I have no hesitation in saying that the Government have bad their attention most seriously directed to those circumstances calculated to induce alarm, the accounts of which have been brought by the last mail to this country, and they cannot but feel that the danger to be anticipated is likely to be aggravated by the decision of this house. With that conviction intend expressed not by o this house as to send out ord ers to s forced upon them, the Government feel it is th e i r d uty Thnaesybe do been —as it was their duty before, but is still more their duty anton which now—to take every precaution to p rotect B r i t i sh interests faanrdtoßritish honour the in opinionCthe authorities there to act in accordance with the feelings of the hon. gentle man, the member for the West Riding of Yorkshire. They think that to direct our officers there to abandon the demands which they have felt to be their duty to make, and to abstain from sending out the means of enforcing tho se d emands, would be to sacrifice the honour of the country. With an appeal to the country before them, they will not shrink from the responsibility of tak ing those measures, and of issuing those directiors, which they thi n k are consistent with the honour and dignity of the country, and for the pro tec tio a of lives awl property —I will not say of the British only, but of all foreigners residing in China. With respect to ulterior measures,tint I West can only s a y th e hon. member f or th e citdonseqg had nce no right t o assume that t h e G ove rnment , in which was of the vo t e, h ad abandone d t h e i n tention m inti mated by m y r i g ht hon. friend near e, of placing our relatio ns w ith Chi na on foot i ng atefr of a permanent charac ter,opinion afford the best and which would in h nee of the calamities that have security against a recur re taken place there. Lord J. RUSSELL —'I really wish the Government wou ld enable us to understand what are the objects which th e y say they desire to accomplish. We a re a b out to un dergo a proces s of what Mr. Fox and his frie n d s use d t o call a pena l dissolution. We have co me t o a certa i n vote, and the House of Commons is to be punished for coming to that vote. That is plainly the situation. Well, the noble lord.at the head of the Government says he cannot effect the object without the assistance of the House o Commons. He asks us to pass certain votes as lightly as we can, and to grant supplies in order to assist him to make an appeal to the country. The right hon. gentle man opposite (Mr. Disraeli) said that, for his part—and suppose speaking for those who act with him—he had a disposition to give facilities for that purpose. But surely if the' house is to give those facilities, there is some fair ness in asking for an explanation of the policy which is to be pursued during the three months that will elapse before - z