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INNIS MAYOR.—A COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of Lon .on. on Monday, the 9th day of March, 1857 , Resolved,—Th a t h er M a j es ty' s S ervan t s i n Chi na h ave , i n th e :_ r Ting situation which they were placed, acted in a mauler to sus n the honour of the British flag, the commercial interests of the voLintrY, and the cause of truth and justice. of the this Co ur t h as l earn t w ith feelings of deep regret the ieeision ?; llonourable H ouse of Commons against her Majesty's Minis ititiai,for supporting her Majesty's Sefvants :n the discharge of their Majesty's this Court presents its thanks to Lord Palmerston and her Ministers for the course they pursued on that occasion, watch justly entitl es t h em t o t h e con fid ence o f th e cotm t r y. NEREWETHES. THE BON ACCORD COPPER MINING COMPANY (Limited). Capital 75,0001. , in 75,000 Shares of 11 . Sterling each. • Deposit Ten Shillings per Share on.Alletment, (With power to increase.) ITo be incorporated and registered under the " Joint Stock r Companies Act, 1856," and Liability limited to amount of Subscription.] DIRECTORS. WILLIAM HENRY DICKSON, Esq., London, Director of I the Scottish Australian Investmeht Company (Limited)— r Chairman. George Hay Donaldson, Esq., Australian merchant, London, Director of the North British Australasian Company. Alexander Lang Elder, Esq., Australian merchant, London, T „,late Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia. Charles Holland Kendall, Esq merchant, Fenchurch-street, it London. 6f James Nelson Smith, Esq., Australian merchant, London, Adolphus of the London Chartered Bank of Australia. William Young, Esq., London, late High Sheriff cJ Newof South Wales. ti Al AUDITORS. oi nder Grant, Esq., 11, Kensington-gate, Hyde-park, re "4. donge Herrin g Esq., merchant, 12, Old Broad-street, Lon -31 The City Bank London 3 3 .""". The National ' co Bank of Scotland. Ahd Branches. Th e Aberde en T own an d C oun ty Bank. Bo Liel "Rs—Messrs. Young,Vallings, and Jones, St. Mildred's ii tap, Court, London. "'lns—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Exchange a! Buildings, London. • SECRETARY (Pao TEM. )—Charles Grainger, Esq. r r , h , Offices-24, Gresham-street, London. Ajs COMpany is formed to work the Copper in the Bon xt cord Property, situate immediately adjoining the famous ex N l3 urra Mines, in South Australia. of tt?_ Sh areholder will incur any liability beyond the amount ca u " Shares allotted. And no call, beyond the Ten Shil 1, g s Per Share paid on allotment will be made within Six M onths, in A pplications for Shares must be made in the form at.ll Shares to the Prospeetus. Each applicant for " will be required to pay in to one of the Bankers of the • number Company, Five Shillings per Share, on the FE of Shares applied for, in part payment of the Deposit tii( vofil ; 1 ' ,nO , ll Shillings per Share, in exchange for which a Receipt AP ..`" b e given, and which Receipt must accompany the Appli- an ' Cation. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the Whole number applied for, the amount paid in to the Bankers 8111 be applied towards the Deposit of Ten Shillings per Share, Payable on the number of Shares allotted, but in case no al- ( lottnent be made, the money so lodged will be forthwith re turned to the applicant in full. tha • Grl Prospectuses, with Mining Reports, Plans of the Property st , and the Township, Forms of Application for Shares, and Tl] tankers' Receipts for Deposits, may be had of Messrs. Car- the ;lea and Whitehead, Stockbrokers, 2, Royal Exchange Build- Pa: Llgst ten. or at the offices of the Company, 24, Gresham-street, fur tol 'mit London, 7th March, 1857. bet an, a_ II - B.—The Prospectus of the Company, which will be an, toUntlinserted at length in the " Times" Newspaper 'of Mon- Li m day, the 9th, and in the " Daily News" of Tuesday, thelOtti °fllarch, 1857, will be forwarded on application, CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.— The following Report of the Executive i d Eighteenth of the Conservative Land Societ y , at the 4ec z ghteenth Quarterly General Meeting of the Members, held •cii trio da — the o to unanimously agreed GA ffices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, this Se nit et, The Executive Committee, in presenting their Eighteenth ,„„ Q uar terly Report, have the pleasure of inform in g the members tt at the sa l e o f th e K e ntish Town Estate was commenced on 7, e 22 d of January with such a satisfactory allotment, t he o-afford the confident expectation of the disposal of Fli olrtnnak, the Lung plots befor the end of the financial year. Some ,er pro p e rty, best sites may still be selected on this valuable he 'CP: x i; although nearly 10,0001. in amount was realised on .ec ti i) ;_ ullt dad'. The ground will forthwith be cleared—the rh lio and materials having been sold by auction—and pub- P u l d e ir ders for the roads and drains will be obtained without t, A io y t ,_. Building operations in the York Road frontage by this tees have been already projected, and will be carried out aPring W on o next Allotment has been fixed for the 2d of April next, the Estate in Taunton, in West Somersetshire, will be zuered. As this property is situated in the centre of the No R o n, close to the Market-place, a prompt sale of the Thirty a .," into which the Estate has been divided is anticipated. —ll this occasion the Holders of Rights of Choice will have 1] _ore than ordinary opportunities of ,selecting from Choice estates, inasmuch as the Executive Committee have resolved off to allot the Three Villa Residences on the St. Margaret's Es tic _, t a,ta, situated on the road near Richmond Bridge, and oppo - tic Alta the Ailoa Villas. This is the first time that houses leased 20 Sad occupied have been allotted by the Board ; and in order an t 0 afford every accommodation to the Members desiring such an advantageous investment, the Borrowing Power to the ex- i n Lent of Two Thirds of the cost of each Villa Plot will be of allowed. fn The returns of the business for the December quarter were SU r „," l 3' brought up to the 16th -of that month in the last report. tit " l e figures now stand thus : lit Shares in Shares Total ti Receipts.sl progress. completed Shares. tc s. d. .1 Grand it ei Totals c a mas oars 10,516 1,998 12,614 256,504 17 9 0 Quarter ending 1 Dec. 25, 1856.... r 144 54 198 10,786 19 5 tt 01 Grand totals to) Christmas, 1856..1 10,660 2,052 12,712 267,291 17 2 Returns from Dec. 25 .1856, to March 315 66 381 17,678 210 n Grand —Totais to 10,975 2,118 '13,093 284,970 0 0 March 1, 1857... Sale of land from December 25th, 1856, to March 7th, 1857 Total -land sold to March 7th, 1857 £203,046 8 8 Withdrawals • from September 16th, 1856, to March 7th, 1857 Total. withdrawals from the formation of. the Society to March 7th, 1857 £39,783 14 7 The Returns of the Register of Order of Rights are as fol low : Completed. Drawn. Seniority, 2,344 2,582 1,331 Deduct Rights exercised on Estates, Building Ad 'maces, &c. Total. 6,257 Unexereised Rights 5 Ri ghts3s 2. The last share on the Regis t e r seniority, after hare this day's drawing, will be aboutN of o. taken up to the 7th inst. was No. ; b a y nd the last s The Executive Committee, nowlt3693theconttehestsfermin former r l i t Sussex and in West Kent have been decide d , favour of the Conservati ve Candidate, cannot refrain from again drawing a tt ention to the annexed passage fromtheir First Annual Report, p 1852 i-- resented to the members al De cember, - e " Inx, respect to the increas e of the franchise, it i s neces sary t repeat here, that the Society esta blished as a defensive proud that, the main princid th t of co-operation and measure, and thewyashapvrie m re ar as i o ly n tobe mutual assistance —will be am l pr:ved, in . asm l artisan, the operative , the tra p l e members of the legal p ro f ession, "I an medica prof of the army and navy, men of science clergymen, of fice rs „ 0 arts, ss o t i h . s e , thernembers of the ma members of universities, and abled through the instrumentality 0 the society, to obtain the most ancient mode of suffrage in this con t th Free -B°ffis of peers will be en . - hold Franchise ; the.priucipal object of the fo n un rY daTion e of the soc i e ty being the support of that constitution to which Eng land owes its prosperity." The Committee have the highest gratification in recording the good faith with which nearly all the Allotte:s who s ecure d the franchise through th e instrumentality of th Conservative Land Society have acted in the two electoral suppliedggl es in West Kent and East Sussex. As these electiogntsru. the first opportunity of testing the political those persons who have been placed on the RelmisnEstihonef returns of the polling were looked for with terest. Tha Executive Committee feel a pride in statiu that their brother-electors , composed of all classes ogf the community, who, but for this Society, would have been without a county qualification, faithfully attended at their respective polling-booths. The exceptions only amounted to 8 per cent, of the n um b ers registered through the Society in the two counties. Many voters eame,from di s t an t par t s o f th e country; and the Committee have heard of many instances in which no small amount of inconvenience was sustained by the Allottees. The anticipa tions of the `Executive Committee in their Report of 1853 kayo thus been fully realised, and, politically as well as com mercially, the success of the Conservative Land Society has been amply tested and established, and for the continuance of which the utmost exertions will be cheerfully made. RANELAGH, Chairman. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W. 0., March 10th, 1857 NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE OR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, Ali LIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times itS cost in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten sion, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches,. hysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains ate the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup— lions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula,. dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy,. after eating, or at sea ; low spirits, -spasms, epileptic fits, spleen,. general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing,. paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me— mory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan 010Y, groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the. best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with &- good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner,. and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy" to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebra— tel Professor of Chemistry , Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr.ltar— vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lard. Stuart de Dectes, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000' other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by • this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried'. In vain for many years, and all hopes ofrecevery abanioned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure,- M.D., F.IL.S., &c., &c. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta• Arabica I find It to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole— some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges— ikon), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW URE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." • Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry,. Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his: Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the imperial Palace. Suitably pacited for all climates, and with full instructions. In: canisters, llb 28 9d; 21b 4s 6d; 51b lls , 12Ib 225; super refined_ quality, Ilb 6s ; lb Ils ; 51b 29a; 10lb 335. 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The . volunteering for the various Indian regiments, all of A i ms , i s " are to be increased to their war estahlishine at, depots at proceeding vigorously at Chatham, and upwards of volunteers from other corps have joined the Indian the Provisional the Provisional Battalion. The strength of of all Battalion is now upwards of 3,000 men rani", ' exclusive of officers.. . THE LUND 11 /LL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.'—Th e . journed i nquest was held yesterday. Seven miners 'w h o were worki ng i n the pit a t the time of the accident g ave evidence. Not one of the witnesses could give fn opinion, as to the cause of the explosion. (N c . 20,194) PUBLICATIONS. THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION, REVISED. Now ready, in 1 vol. post Bvo., 10s. Gd., bound,' REVELATIONS of PRISON LIFE ; with an Inquiry into Prison Discipline and - Fecondary Pun ishments. By G. L. CHESTERTON, Twenty-five Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold Ilath-fleids. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew ITre ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas Ring, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 63. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal Contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs Es, that ho has addressed himself to the non-modi- Pal reader. We trust this may not be tho last, if he shall letcet any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his pswer to eor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of I Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book eonld find its way into the hands of those wile saffsr from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would iss saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, ikely to do much good,"—Modical Circular. Louden: H. Baffler°, 21t, Regent-etroi t. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. 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GREAT WESTERN RA ILWA Y. -SPECTAL GENERAL MEETING.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Great Western Railway Company will be held, in pursuance of the Standing Orders of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on THURSDAY, the 19th day of March inst., at Twelve o'clock, for the purpose of corsidering the provisions of a Bill now pending in Parliament, intituled " A Bill for enabling the Great Western, Bris tol and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies to afford further assistance towards the completion of the Cornwall Railway, between Plymouth and Truro, for extending the time for the com pletion thereof, and for other purposes ;" when a Draft of such B'll, and an agreement in relation thereto, will be submitted to the Meet ing for their approval. The Chair will be taken at half-past Twelve o'clock. BARRINGTON, Chairman. Paddington Station, Gth March, 1857. JOZEAIT'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, mecessflilly administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and cknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on twit .atton.—Priee per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. A/I R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet•, street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI , 1•ICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so , erfeetly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from 'he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or 'ecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. this method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful ,peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is cuaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth •endered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At tome Prom tea till five. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., _ _ THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. PFRRY and CO., Surgeons. Fold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACIIM is employed to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic ; its power In reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual de nility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by Its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 11 s. per bottle, or four quan tities in one for 335., which saves 11s. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c, Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price I is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving' onto. PERRY 'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in all cases of gonorrhoea, glect, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., anl 11s. per box. Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Darby and Goaded', 140, Leadenhatl-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford— ,treet iannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford -street ; Butler ante Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and all medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. ~-~`L ~ • I. •`.. , _ • , ;f0 01 , epti % 411116 1. • 4 • if.‘" d r.' , • € l7 - m i., 1 . 44 " 4., ‘,, /.1f n o r DE C v , TA- .7,1 2 t at' , •." • t*f. otCk9,. • • • if . - • ROIT. "''!"`-• ' 1!;."1,,11.10 LONIION, EsDAY 1 4 1vKINTING ) MARCH 10, 1857. of the East India Cetnrany in this matt. r oneonec.ensistent with justice and •eq e ity, and with our obligations towards China. No doubt i t was o f th e u t mo st difficulty to pro hibit vice by legisla' i on . There were many in t hin coun try who wished to p ro hibi t t h e sa l e o f i n t xTating liquors but he always tho ug ht th a t suc h a prohibition xould be ineffectual and un w i se . Opium was a drug liable to great abuse, but still of grea t value as a medicine, and the prohibition of it w ou ld b e a t ten d e d, even in that respect with much evil. He doubtell, therefore if it were possi ble, when opium had passed into the'hands of private consumers, to limit the supply to a necessary and pro per amount. But the quesdon was whether, after the opium had passed from the hands of the company, the British authorities wilfully encouraged the smuggling of it. (Hear.) He used to think that they did not, but that opinion had been considerably shaken by an ob servation of the British resident at Hong Kong, which he (Earl Grey) bad found in the papers before the house to the effect that the recent ordinance had been of the - greatest service in encouraging the trade in opium along the coast. H e th oug h t if t h e colonial authorities had- encouraged the smugg li ng o f o pium, nothing could justify such a cou rse . W e s h ou ld th en be in the position of punishing the Chinese with the utmost severity for an alleged violation of the treaty, whilst at the same time this country was violating not only its spirit, but its ex press terms. The oeinien of the law officers of the Crown on a subject involving so great a principle as was there involved he should not r•esider as worthy the paper cn which it was writ', i. He t ustel thatthe negotiator who, as the Government had tardlyannounced, was to be sent out to China to supersede Sir J. Bowring would be amen possessing the confidence of botik l houses of Parliament, and also of the country, and that be would be sent out to negotiate not only upon that subject, but generally as to the best means of obtaining and maintaining peaceful re lations between this country and China. Even on the assumption that the proceedings which had lately taken piece at Canton had been as right as he (Earl Grey) believed them to be wrong, and that the Government were justified in every step they had taken, stilt he thought the war which had broken out was a direful calamity, and that all ought to be most anxious to put an end to it. On the Bth of October, when the unfortu nate occurrence which bad led to the evil took place, we had been for a number of years carrying on an advanta geous trade with Mina, the commercial position we en joyed being equal to that found in any of the great com mercial emporiums 'of the world. Without now staying to comment on the evils of the war, as it affected the cause of humanity, although he was one who could not look with anything approaching indifference on the slaughter of so many men, of whatever nation they might be—he would ask their lordships to consider what the effects had been on our own interests. Our valuable trade in tea had been so interrupted that we were told that the importations of tea had fallen off to such an extant that the loss to the revenue would be nearer two than one million. Besides that, the feelings of the Chinese people a ere so exasperated against this country, that even in our own colony . of Hong Kong the British were subject to great danger, and serious alarm was alto entertained at Singapore. The whole financial arrange ments of the . year would be so greatly disturbed by the war that either the nation must be disappointed of that reduction of taxation which it had a right to expect as consequent upon the conclusion of the Russian war, or else the Government must resort to the expediency of a loan. He thought that the plenipotentiary to be sent out should have instructions, not penned in a vindictive spirit, but such as would cause him to make peace at the earliest moment. This was the first time almost in our history in which we bad been engaged in a war with out it being made known to the house by a message from the Crown, and without any formal communication being made to Parliament, notwithstanding large forces were being shipped to the scene of war. Ho concurred in the withdrawal of the motion by his noble friend, for he thought that the question involved in the motion was one which ought to be considered upon the high prin ciples of policy and equity. The Earl of ALBEAIARLE contended' that it was the abuse, and not the use, of opium which was per nicious. Thousands might consume it without any evil results. All the authorities on the subject agreed in saying that opium, taken in moderation, neither im paired the functions nor shortened life. n fact, it was not more deleterious than spirits, and the criminal re cords of this country showed that most crimes had their . origin in drunkenness. If the growth of opium were altogether prohibited he believed the Chinese would have recourse to spirits as a stimulant, and therefore the effect of the noble earl's motion, if it were carried out, would be to increase drunkenness iu China tenfold and crime one hundredfold. But if opium were to be totally probib:ted, they must also, by some indirect meddling, prevent its growth in the neighbouring territory of Man wall. Turkey, likewise, grew opium, and it was even being cultivated in China itself. He felt convinced that the Chinese had seen the folly and absurdity of enacting edicts against the introduction of opium, and therdure allowed the law to become a dead letter. IMPERIAL PAR LIAIYIELd T gislature, it not the British Government, regarding the state of our Indian empire. The motion was then withdrawn. Their lordehips tben adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(YEsTERDA.Y.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took hit; seat On the woolsack at 5 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTBRDAY.) The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were considtrcd as amended, and ordered to be read a third time :—C , ra gall Rail way ; Exeter and Exmouth Railway ; Price's Patent Candle Company ; Whitehaven, C!eatoi, and Egremont Railway. The following private bills were read a cecond time and ordered to be committed :—Keith and Dufftown Railway (No. 2), South Yorkshire and North Line,,ln shire Junction Railway, and Cork and Youghal Rail way. ROYAL COMMINSION. The Royal assentVasgivenl7roomm ission to the following bills : The Royal Marine Forces. Chief Constables. ' The Public Health, Stipplemeni;al (1857), and The lonian Subjects. The Royal Commissioners were. the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and the Duke of Argyll. The Westminfater Improvenient Bill vas nithdrawn. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. PULMAN, Deputy Usher of the flack Rod, up• peered at the table of the house, and summoned the Speaker and the members of the house to the House of Loris to hear the assent of the Crown given by com mission to various bills. (See Lords.) MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL. On the motion of Mr. HEADLAM, the older for the second reading of the Medical Profession Bi'l was read and discharged EDUCATION. On the motion of Sir J. PAKINGTON, the order tor thesecond reading of the Education (Citie_andileroughs) was yeka and disCharigea. _ _ BEE it BILL. On the motion of Mr. HARDY, the order for the second reading of the Beer Bdi was read and discharged. THE NESTORIAN CHRISTIANS. Mr. PELLATT asked the President of the Board of Control whether, in the event of peace with Persia, any representations wonid be made to the Persian Govern ment by the English Government in favour of the Nes torian Christians, " who since the witbdrawment of the British Legation have suffered severe persecution, have had fifty schools suppressed, the teaching of the English language prohibited, and people ordered, on pain of im prisonment or the bastinado, not to enter their own churches ?" Mr. V. SMITH said that instructions had been sent to Mr. Murray br the amelioration of the Nestorian Christians, and as soon as peace was ratified with. Persia representations would be made to the Persian Govern ment relative to their position. ACCOUNTS OF THE ARMY, &c. Sir HENRYWILLOUGEBY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the detailed -accounts of the army, navy, and ordnance for the year, March 31, 1856, would be laid on the table of the bonse TheCHANCELLOR - of the EXCIiEQUER said that the abstract of the army accounts had been pre sented, and the detailed accounts would shortly be laid on the table. The time had not yet arrived for present ing the detailed army estimates, but by hop , 3d Ole de tadad accounts would be laid on, the tabl, of the house on Tuesday next. COURT OF CHANCERY TITLES OF PURCHAS ERS BILL - AND THE COURT OF CHAN CERY BILL (IRELAND). ' On the motion of Mr. WHITESIDE, the order for the second reading of these bills was read and dis charged. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS BILL. Oa the motion of Sir G. GREY, the order for going into committee on this bill was read and dißoharged. THE DANISH TRANSIT DUES. Mr. G. DUNDAS asked the S2eretary to the Tren sury if it was the intention of the Government, in nego tiating the settlement of the Sound dues, to stipultte for the settlement of the Danish transit dues on the same basis ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCFIEQUER. said that negotiations had been entered into with Denmark for the remission of the Sound dues, by the principal powers, viz., Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Hanover, the Netherlands, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Swe _ den, Norway, and the Hanse Towns. Thece nertiations, he expected, would be completed soon, and with them the reduction of tile transit dues. He wal unable to say what would be the precise amount of the latter, but ha thought the remission would be about four-filtha of the present amount. (Hear, hear.) THE DA.NII Mr. MEAGHER asked the First Lira of the Trea sury whether he could afford any information as to the present state of the river Danube, as far as its safe a►nd proper navigation was concerned ; and, whether there were any remonabl-.• hopes that the ever might new be sufficiently clear to allow of spring shiptneuts being made to and from the Danubian provinces Lord PALMERSTON said that the Commissioners had not been able to come to a decision on this matter. A question had arisen, that the St. George's entrance south of the Sulina would be the better entrance, and they were considering that point. RETIREMENT OF THE SPEAKER. Earl GRANVILLE said that when the subject came to be comprehensively treated their hrdships would find there were various considerations on both sides which must be looked at before any decision could be come to. On the present occasion he merely rose for the purpose of noticing on or two points raised by the nobl3 earl near him (Earl Grey). That noble earl said he objected to the course which . the Government had felt bound to take in referring this question to the low officers of the Crown for their opinion. Considering that the nobly earl admitted he was not prepared to form an opinion upon Po important a question, and also considering that it was brought forward by a noble esti opposite who represented a strong opinion, whether right or wrong, on the subject in the country, he (Earl Granville) did not think the Government were much to blame, under such circumstances, in referring the matter to the law officers of the Crown. He did not think the observations .made by the noble earl, considering the situation he bad occupied, could bear any other meaning than an imputation upon the law officers of the Crown —a personal insinuation upon the gentlemen now occu pying those offices—upon their ability and upon their character. The SPEAKER rose and said—Before I call upon the Clerk-to proceed with the orders of the day, I hope the house will permit me to occupy their attention for a very few moments. After the statement made by the noble lord at the head of the Government to the bons.) on Thursday last, it is quite evident that a dissolution of-Parliament is rapidly approaching—(hear, hear) —and I feel it to be only consistent with that reepect which is especially due from me to the house/that I should inform them that it is my intention to retire from Parliament at the clone of the present session. It is very nearly eighteen years since I first had the honour of being elected Speaker of this house, and I cannot contemplate the •termination of my official career without great pain —(hear, hear)—nor can I allow it to cl use without offer ing to the house my sincere and grateful acknowledg ments for that uniform confidence and support which I have received, not only from all parties in the house, but I may say with perfect truth from every individual mem ber of the house. (Cheers.) I am quite aware that in the discharge of the delicate and very onerous duties of this chair I have had great need of that kiud indulgence which has always been extended to me, especially of late, when I have been too frequently reminded of my increae_ ing inability to do full justice to the talk which has devolved upon me. (Cries of U No, no.") It has been my constant endeavour, as is welt known to the house, to improve and simplify their forms of proceeding— (cheers) —but at the same time I have endeavoured to maintain unimpaired all those rights and privileges, and those rules and orders, sanctioned by ancient usage, which long experience has taught me to respect and venerate, and which, I believe, never can be relaxed or materially altered without prejudice to •the freedom and independence of the House of Commons. And if I have been in the least degree instrumental in promoting objects so desirable and so essential to the public interests, I am perfectly aware that I owe that but:Tess t• the cor dial co-operation I have always received from the house, and for which I never can be sufficiently grateful. (Loud Earl GREY—The noble earl misunderstood his obser• vatiuns. Whet he said was, he would give nothing for the opinion of the law officers of the Crown upon mere technical points, for there were superior considerations to the mere words of an act of Parliament. Earl GRANVILLE said hew-asThenhappy to retract his words, and would dwell no longer upon that part of the discussion. But he had understood the noble earl to say that the British authorities in China had encouraged smuggling, and that to do 610 was a breach of treaties. Earl GREY—No ; what he said was that he had always understood that formerly our authorities in China had discouraged smuggling, but that of late smuggling had been regarded by them with more favourable eyes. Earl GRANVILLE was glad the noble earl had not attempted to contradict wh a t h e h a d s t a t e d upon this head. The papers proved a very different state of things than that supposed to exist by the noble earl. Earl GREY—The best way to put an end to the smug gling of opium in India would be for our authorities in China earnestly to take measures for its discouragement. Earl GRANVILLE—In fact, the noble earl, judging from his speech, wished to renew the Chinese debate, and had in his speech upon that debate probably omitted the remarks he had delivered upon that evening. He would not imitate the noble earl in this slight irregula rity. If the noble earl wished to renew the motion made by him a few evenings ago, he would listen with the utmost attention to his arguments ; and it was from no want of respect to him he now declined to go into mat ters so extraneous to the subject now in hand. As to the advice which the noble earl gave in sending out a pleni potentiary, the noble earl had not been correctly in formed as to the motives which induced her Majesty to take that course, but he concurred with him as to the propriety of the proceedings which the Government should undertake, and though it wool' not be right to explain what were the precise instructions which bad been given, he would say that they did not in effect differ from the opinions of the noble earl, and he thought they were likely to place the relations between this coun try and Chims on a satisfactory footing in regard to the substantial interests of this country. cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said—Sir, I a'n sure that I am but the faithful organ of the opinions of every mem ber of this house when I assure you that it is with the deepest regret—(hear, hear) —that we have heard the announcement that has fallen from you. It is no compli ment to you, nor any flattery, to say that I believe there never sat in that chair any man who combined a greater degree of all those various qualities which should consti tute a speaker of the house—(cheers) —and with the regret which I am sure every member must feel at losing you r services for the future roust be mingled sentiments t.f deep gratitude. (Cheers) I trust that the house wi I net, on the present occasion, enter into any e_- pression of those feelings, , which every man here present must entertain, and I give. notice that I shall to-morrow, before the commencement of public business, move an expression of the thanks of the house to you, sir, and an appropriate address to the Crown on what we have just beard. (Cheers.) PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord PALMERSTON moved, pursuant to notice, that on Thursday orders of the day take precedence of notices of motion. The Earl of MA.LNIESBURY thought it highly de sirable that a plenipotentiary should ba sent out in lieu of Sir J. Bowring. He had heard that the treaties be tween France and China were about to be renesed, and he hoped measures would be taken to place England on the footing of the most favoured nation. But certainly he did 'not think that could be done unless a man of superior diplomatic experience to Sir J. Bowring were sent out. The Earl of SHA.FTESBURY replied. If the law officers of the Crown were of opinion that the present state of things were sanctioned by law, then he would. endeavour to have such an abomination expunged from the statute book. Agreed to. COMMISSION OF SUPPLY (SCOTLAND) ACT (1856) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. WAYS AND MEANS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wanted to know what it was the law officers of the Crown were to inquire into I Their opinion would entirely depend upon the case put before them. The LORD CHANCELLOR—The noble earl who made this motion wanted to have the opinion of the law officers of the Crown upon a certain state of facts — whether they were legitimate or illegitimate. The Earl of ELLENBOROIIGH—What facts ? The Duke of ARGYLL—The facts contained in the printed matter on their votes, and which they were new discussing. The Earl of DERBY wished it to be distinoLly under stood that the House of Lords would not in the slightest degree be responsible with respect to any answer which might be given by the law officers of the Crown. Earl G RANVILLE—The case w as thi s . O n hi s as suring the noble earl who had brought forward this mo tion.that the opinion of the law officers of the Crown would be taken upon certain fact-1 the noble earl with drew his motion. But if any noble lord wished to take the sense of the house upon the motion as it stood on the votes, it was perfectly competent for him to do so. If the noble earl were satisfied with the good faith of the Go vernment that the opinion of its law officers would be ob tained, then he could see no reasonable objection to that course. The Earl of DERBY—The noble earl might with draw his motion if he chose, but the house had nothing to do with the conditions of withdrawal. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said this discussion showed very clearly how ignorant was the British Lo The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the report, which was agreed to. INCOME TAX BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. DISRAELI said—lt appears to me from what I read that we really are at war, and I don't suppose that anybody anticipates that we are not at war with China. I therefore think it better at once to place our position before the house, so that we shall not indulge in any of those dreams of economy and of administrative improvements.in which we have indulged. Those dreams, I am afraid, are past. I therefore do not feel myself jus tified in offering any opposition to the measure now be fore the house, as I consider it absolutely necessary that her Majesty's Ministers, whoever they may happen to be, must have a sufficient surplus to carry on thestruggle in which we are now, I think, unhappily embarked. There is another reason for not pressing up3n the house that modification of the income tax which I otherwise would have thought it my duty to bring forward. The house the other night agreed to an increase of indirect taxation, and in the face of that decision I should bevel y Averse to increase direct taxation. But that I think is of very little importance in the face of the very ciitical state of our foreign affairs, and the policy to be pur sued with regard to the China war, which may be of sc m'i length, and must be of considerable expense. I with that [PRICE 4P. STAmpED sr) those who are always pressing for a reduction of taxa tion would consider how far that mist depend upon tho management of our external relations. Now, we have gone to war with Persia without the knowledge of Par liament, and we recently bad the satisfaction of being informed that peace with Persia was concluded. So far as we can asositlin, these are the facts : Ist, that the war with Persia was occasioned by a cause too con- tern ptible and shameful to be mentioned. Eitaei that was the real cause of the war, or it was not. If it was the real cause, it appears to he part of a system to distract the attention of the country from domestic legislation to mat ters occurring in every part of the world. But adopting that as the real and genuine cause of war, what has oc curred? In consequence of our going to war with Persia, negotiations, as I am informed, took place between the British Government and the Persian authorities at Con stantinople, and certain terms were offered for our accept ance, w.hich were refused. After this refusal a vast expen diture was incurred. Fresh negotiations for peace then occurred beta-eon Great Britain and Persia, and these negotiations were successful—ia what manner, and by what mean:? As I am informed, virtually by our accept ing at Paris what we refused at Constantinople. Now, what I want to know is, how much it has cost the coun try by the rejection of those terms at Constantinople. Why, if we take this quarrel with Persia, I can hardly suppo. a it would cost the country less than half a million of money. Why, sir, if we have half a dozen of these diffi• culties every year, and average them at half a million each, I want to know how the 7il. in the income tax is to be reduced; because four difficulties at 500,000/. each, weuld amount to a twopenny income tax, and not only will the savenpenny tax rersain, but there will be every prospect of the "popular" ninepence being retained. Now, after the Persian di ffi culty, we have the Chinese difficulty, which no one can suppose will be satisfied with one penny in the income tax, and from which if we get off for a mil lion we must suppose we must get well off. But as we are going to the beatings, and will be asked by our con stituents t reduce taxation—when we find persons com pelling tax-3i upon tea and sugar, let us ask them, before they uompiain of thosaturdens, whether they do sanc tion and approve that turbulent and aggressive system of diplomacy which is so costly to this country, and which really is the cause of our not being ahle to reduce our in come tax to that measure of moderate amount which the country bas a rig'et to expect. 'For my part, I believe we have a duty to perform—to support the Government of this country, of whatever elements it may be formed, who placed the country in the difficulties in which it now finds itself. This time we are at war with China, and how ever we may deplore that war, we must pursue it till we -can bring those lamentable proceedings to , a close more consistent with the interests of the country and humanity. But, under present circumstances, I no longer feel justi fied in oppeeing the'bill of the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or any motion which can tend to reduce the resources at the disposal of her Ma jesty's Government. I lament the necessity I am com pelled to pursue. lam in the hope the-feeling of the country will force the Government to pursue a more con ciliatory policy to foreign countries— a policy which, while it maintains the honour, and dignity, and true in terests of this country, shall not be calculated to outrage the feelings of every foreign State, for until that is done I am convinced that the burden of our taxation and ex penditure will probably be increased. _ _ After P nine r:•nr.,rke from Mr. B. COCIIRANH, Mr. WILLLIMS cumpli.ined of the tax being enn. tinned on itteornes ❑nder 1501. Majm. REED impressed on the Government that mu4t be a readjustment of this tax. Mr. MUNTZ said that the country would not be satisfied w:th the present modification of the tax. Sir G. STRIOTZLAND c.,inplained of the inquisi torial natur.: of tLe tax, which was one that ought not to be cont'nned in the time of peace. Dr. MICSELL also compl tined of the inequality of the tax. Lord PALMERSTON said—Sir, I cannot avoid saying a few words in reply to the observations made by the tight hon. gentleman the member for Bucks (Mr, Disraeli) with respect to the vote which the right hon. gtntleinan is going to give. I thank him for the vote which he is going to give ; but I cannot offer my thanks for the reasons which he sayli make him ready to vote for the continuance of the income tax. (Hear, hear) What the right hon. gentleman said reminded me of what was once said of a Chief jus tice of Canada who was not very learned in the law. When he aAed a friend what he should do in a particu lar case, the answer was, " Give your decision, because you are a man of good sense, and your decision will, no doubt, be right ; but take care youelo not give your rea sons, because they will, in ad probability, be wrong." (tavelter.) I should be glad if tha right" hon. gentleman will tell us whlit he means when be says that he will vote for the income tax, because it has been rendered nacos_ nary by the turbulent and aggressive policy of the Go vernment. Does he mean that war in which, with many allies, we were engaged against Russia ? Was this a part of that turbulent and aggressive policy, or does he mean the peace which followed the termination of that war as being an aggressive policy ? Does he mean our present state of relations—upon their present footing, with France, Austria, Sardinia, and tlaeUnited States—are to be taken as a proof of this turbulent and aggressive policy ? Or does he mean the treaty lately entered into with the United States, and which I trust will settle all points of difference between the twe countries? Is that to be termed an aggressive and turbulent policy? But the right hon. geliCeman refers to the war with Persia, which he says is a shameful case. That war, however, arose from the turbulent and aggressive policy of the Government of Persia, who invaded and seized upon Herat, in defiance of distinot and solemn engagements entered into with this country ; and every man who knows the value of our Indian Empire, anti who knows our position in the East, will say we were right in endeavouring to prevent a violation of that treaty. Well, then, does the charge of turbulent and aggressive policy against the Govern. ment rest entirely upon our position in China ? Is that , an aggressive policy which has been exemplified by the burnings, the poisonings, the assassinations, and all those other cranes which have been committed by the Chinese against British subjects ? 1 suppose that is what the right hon ; gentleman means by the turbulent and aggressive policy of the Government. In fact, tho bon. gentleman sees that we are all going to our eleciioos, and no doubt his object in making these statements is in order that they may tell upon the hustings; but I warn the ri g ht hon. g entleman that this cry of turbulent and aggressive policy will not be a successful cry for him and his friends. The people of this country are far too clear-sighted to be led away by such a cry as that. (Hear.) I have no doubt that the people of this country will give answers when the ques tions are put to them which will not be in favour ot or agreeable to the right hon. gentleman and those who act with him. (Hear, bear.) • Mr. GLADSTONE was not aware that a discussion upon the Income Tax Bill would take such a wide range, and that questions of such great importance would -be brought forward. The noble lord at the head of the Go vernmeht had addressed something like a general chal lenge to the house, but he did not think the house would wish to enter upon a discussion of the foreign policy of the Government, and be did not wish to enter into or renew those warm and keen debates which had lately taken lace ; but at the challenge had been thrown out, he could not refrain from stating that it was his decided conviction that a very material connection existed be tween the foreign policy of the Government and the ex cessive taxation of the country. The noble lord had put the question upon the different branches of this foreign policy, and he bad ventured to anticipate that judgment which the country would have to give. The noble lord said that the right hon, gentleman the member for Bucks had made his speech with reference to the busting.; ; but he (Mr. Gladstone) did not think it would be a cruel and unwarrantable reply to say that the noble lord's was made with a similar view. (Hear.) This must be an im perfect discussion upon these questions ; but he must say with regard to one of them—that relating to Persia —he was sorry, for the sake of all parties—for the sake of fairness to xards the Government and for the interests of the country—that the Government had not shown a greater disposition than had been shown for a thorough sifting of this question in that house. It was said that the war arose in consequence of the turbulent and ag. gressive petcy ot the Persian Government ; but there could be no doubt that a difference ef opinion prevailed with a great portion, if not with the majority, in that house ; and his belief was that a different sentisym,bleaencatawlniagoset discussedettter ta entertainedthis by-the ru at people. terio tu H e regrettede House o f e t o h m at in t o h n e o oi f wtihthehorilgdhintgu and had been iienehved a de house. The ruor h gs o aa n tei . do member n for Lanark tprivilegesestimates e bad d h t shire (Mr. B. - Cochrane) had expressed great anxiety for the Government ja teu ntttoofh ignorance renew new relations with the Govern ment (M r . i nh w Gladstone)which theywo u d remained notu n - derta k o e f , in 'with regard torthe N eapo lit an papers, to giveany recommendation upon that subject. The whole of these proceedings rested upon the responsibility' of the Govern ment. He regretted the miscarriage of the measures adopted, which had, be thought, been founded uppn an inadequate consideration of the many difficulties thet Government had had to deal with. He bad the deepest convictien that these measures had led to no mitigation of of the evils endured by the sufferers in the kingdom of humanity, liberty, and order, and _ endured by inno- Naples. If for a moment he put ()lit olfoosikgehdtmtneereclayuuset the undue tend miserable afflictions n an ill- he thought gphetrstohneasionuithoueoduurensgewonerseaunuddperritsuoknosu ofu upo n DIVORCE BILL. In reply to a question from Lord LYNDHURST, The LORD CHANCELLOR t .aid it was not his in tention to proceed, further during the present sez:- sion with the Divorce or Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction &h. • They would be undo übteffly introduced with some alterations at the earliest possible moment next sesion. THE WAR IN 0 NINA. The Eail of HARDWICKE begged to call the at-• tention of the noble lord the Secretary at War to the question which be had put to this noble lord on Friday evening last. From the answer be then received be interred . _ that important de, spatches had been received, and would be published in the usual way. Re cent accounts in the newspapers stats a that the French bad lent their valuable aid to our forces for the protection of the inhabitants at Hong Kong. He felt grateful for that assertion, but it was very painful to him as an. English man to feel indebted to any foreign power for assist ance. Lord PANMURE said the answi r he gave on Friday must have been misunderstood by the noble earl. He said that despatches had been recell ved stating that the 9th Regiment had been engaged wit;h the Chinese, and that certain casualties had taken p lace, and that they would be published in the London Pazettt. A list of those casualties had been made pub! se. TORTURE IN IN DIA. The Earl of ALBEMARLE gave notice of his inten tion, on Monday next, to move for certain returns on the subject of the infliction of torture in India. THE OPIUM MONOPOLY. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose to move that the following questions be put to the judges : "1. Whether, according to the true i construction of the 4th section of an Act passed in a seLsion of Parliament holden in the 3d and 4th years of the resign of his late Ma jesty King William IV., entitled 'An Lot for effecting an arrangement with the East India Company, and fir the better government of his Majesty's Indian Terri tories till the 30th day of April, 1854,' it is lawful for the East India Company to derive a revenue from opium by the following system :—That is to say, by prohibiting and preventing the growth of the poppy, from which opium is made, within their territories except as grown on their account and under their licence and a perintendency, advances of money being annually wade by theni to the cultivators of the poppy by way of prepayment of the price of all the juice of the poppy of a specified consistence, to be produced froth the land in re spect of which such advances are made, such p rice being es timated according to a price fixed by the compel ay for the dis trict in which the land happens to be situated ; the cultiva tors delivering to-the company as much of such juice as the cultivators can produce, such juice being afterwards sent by the corspany to their factories, and there manufactured by them into opium; afterwards sent 'by therm from those factories to Calcutta, and there sold by them by auction at their sales, the excess of the sale prices over e.nd above the first costiconstituting the revenue in qu estiou. "2. Whether, having regard to the supplemental treaty between her Majesty and the Emperor of China, bear ing date the Bth day of October, 1843, which contains the following words—' A fair and regular • tariff of duties and other dues having now been establishec 1, it is to hoped that the system of smuggling will entirely cease,' it is lawful for the East India Company to deal with such opium in the manner stated in the fi. rat question, with the full knowledge that it is so purely aced at the above mentioned sales for the purpose of bei ing smuggled into China in`contravention of the laws of that empire; and so to cultivate and manufacture the same with a view prin cipally to the China market, and to its b eiug so purchased for such purposes as aforesaid; the 0 empany with that view manufacturing the opium into th e form which the Company consider best adapted to facilitate and promote that contraband trade ?" The noble lord took the opportunity' of entering at lengthim the subject, and contended ' hat the greatest obstacle to the spread of Christianity 'at China was the cul ivation and sale of opium by the East India Cora panyi; that the statute law gave a monopoly in salt, tobacco; and betel nut to the campa nay, but not one word in that law was said about opi rein. The noble eirl then detailed the process of the tiriltivation of the poppy, the flavourin g tbo opium to sc7i t the palate of the Chinese, and concluded by urging their lord ships to agree to his motion, t s tying that if his questions were submitted to the judges of the land, he had no doubt in his own mind that they would arrive at the conclusion that the whole transaction was illegal. If it was declared that this a bomination was legal, and existed by act of Parliament, 'then he pledged himself to bring the whole subject in :all its enormity before Parliament, and appeal to ttie feelings of the country to put a stop to such an abomin: .ble system. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered that the question which had been brought before their lordships' attention was of very deep important e ; but what he wished to put to his noble friend, and 'to submit to the house, was, whether the course which. his noble friend bad asked the house to adopt was one which their lord ships could, with any senso of justice, possibly sanction ? His noble friend proposed to subrait c:er tain propositions to the judges. The judges were in the habit of being summoned to their lordships' housein. any matter upon which their lordships thought it right to ask their opinion —especially with a view to any judicial busi ness their lordships might have to transact, or to some pending litigation which came before the house by way of appeal. In the year 1840 a right rev. prelate made a motion to ascertain from the judges whether a proposed measure as to the application of the Canada Clergy Reserves fund would or would not be consistent with an existing Act of Parliament, and their lordships' legisla tion was guided by their opinion. To such a course no man could possibly object. But what would be) the consequence of putting such a question as that of which notice bad bees given ? According to the hypothesis of his noble friend every member and servant of'the East India Com pany for tbe . last 50 years was guilty, to the extent of many millions a year, of violating the law of the land. If so, they, and each of them, were liable to be indicted, _ tried, and punished. Could anything be so monstrous-L. if this were to be the consequence—that their lordships were to be called upon to prejudge the question of the guilt of these persons who wore not before them to say anything in their own defence, and that the judges should determine upon a state of things submitted to them upon one side only and have to answer a question which they might have to decide judicially ! He (the Lord Chan cellor) could not conceive that, if his noble friend saw the extreme embarrassment of such a result, he would for one moment ask the house to sanction the course be bad sug- gested. (Hear.) However, he (the Lord Cbancellor) was quite prepared, on behalf of the Government, to investi gate a question (which had been put in a form that rather assumed than stated the facts of the case) of how the manufacture of opium was conducted, and who dis posed of it. That question the Government would re fer to their own law officers; and with respect to the second proposition, which related not to a law but to a treaty, they would refer it to the Queen's Advocate. He had no doubt that' that opinion would be satisfactory to the Government, and they probably would have no diffi culty in communicating it to their lordships. He (the Lord Chancellor) would not commit himself to the pro position that the trade in opium was strictly I , gal. The, object of the act was to discontinue commercial trad ing, and perhaps his noble friend (the Earl of Shaftes bury) did not know so well as some other noble lords that dealing with the produce of one's own land was not trading in the eye of the law-. With respect to another trade, that of salt, the very question had been decided that the owners of salt were not thereby con sidered commercial traders as the law dealt with those words. If the fact were that the East India Company were not empowered to cultivate opium by the Act of 1853, his noble friend assumed further that the cultivation of opium that existed was a mo copoly. But it was impossible for any one to say how that was without a knowledge of the law. The East India Company could prevent any one else from culti vating opium —a matter which could only be arr ived at by investig a ti on of, facts. But supposing they b ad a mo nopoly, did not the act except those operations which were 'necessary for the purposes of government ? Now, if it should turn out that this was the mode by which the East India Company had thought proper to raisethe necessary revenue of the country, how could it be said that it was illegal? It was hardly a matter to be argued. At the same time he (the Lord Chancellor) promised to keep Isis mind suspended ; he bad been a lawyer quite long enough to k now th a t difficulties might arise and in genious questions might be raised, and with the promise of investigation he had given, he would submit it to his d t i r o a The wh o ne f . m noble friend whethe r th e mo ti on h a d b e t ter no t be with- Eaakrling ofSa m o tionHA T wEShßillehlt should Ysaidhhaev.ehtande n o eicntenof laying open to a criminal indictment the living and the dead for the last 50 years ; and if that were really the view of his noble friend upon the woolsack, and if he would give him a guarantee that the question should be refeired to the law officers of the Crown, with a view to the full investigation of the whole matter, Ise must say that his point would be gained, and that he would with that understanding withdraw"his motion. (Hear.) Earl GREY said he thought his noble friend the Eail of Shaftesbury) had exercised a wise discretion. He (Earl Grey) had heard with extreme astonishment that, with.some modifications, the motion was 'about to be assented to by her Majesty's Government. That asto nishment, however, was dissipated when he heard the speech of the noble lord on the woolsack. A reference to the judges and to the law officers of the Crown was no. the, same thing - ; but thaigh political interests weighed with the latter, he thought they might be appealed to in this instance with some confidence. The question was one of far too high an importance to be dealt with in the manner suggested by the noble earl, involving as it did the consideration whether the conduct 2-e-z_,- - Ze-h-... L~ ~--laLLs- 9' C:;1-4G - NEWSPAPER __ - , 4 , P . T In ativ d ii vo,t e otr fi nl iae. n dr n e t a d oev i 77 discussionbmt i e tah s hk i a s ed . seui n coc i , ce s r,, es dpi,c;ieratitati:goTiinid Afe t tteii , :j. - 1.-, „,-_,.:-,-„, wt . .: ,i6(.1 :.. ; by the noble lord the member fdr '4l:llgiii. eX t ;; 11 1 1 VW toek into consideration all the reasons f )r - Ereie interven regard of t t o h i China scin est i flizze at eb p o r u: s h e t nt it ; bbeuttte in r re ference t:71: 11 ucli e ll " thS ' to the treaty with America, he ceuld only sty be did not ad m i re t h e concassi'oh drawn by the noble e h f i t , a l o b G ee ov a Government. He H fr lrea i d t t . h n et c r n e n a se ty . lord that a a n t the assertion head conse quence in e t n h newspapersneenft the e proceedings with great : e thet is a t Governmenti on wed , in. regretted re ehr. ictotnee.tivipiagprit approve id utes, approval lie d i l e s n l c a e nd to o C f e n nt u r a a t l an to America. iio of the controversy which bad raised the question. noble lord had referred to this treaty as a sort of s men of the policy of the Government, an d h ad reminded the house of these points, upon which he challenged the approbation of the house. All hon. gentlemen would have the oppartunityin meeting their constituents of de fining their opinions upon all these questions, and h would hope they would do so mentally and with satisfac tion to themselves. The right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) said he did not intend to make any mo tion for the purpose of obstructing this bill, and he (Mr. Gladstone) wished to state very briefly his objection to the measure. He considered that this matter had been best described by thalami, and learned member for Waiting lord (Mr. Malins) at the cenrnencement of the session, when he said that he protested against their standing upon the legal advantage which they had acquired of levy ing the 16d. income tax. He asked the Government to surrender the war tax, and to come to the house with the necessary estimates for the public service, which he felt sure the house would agree to. He (Ur. Gladstone) placed the question upon that short speech as being the only sure and solid ground upon which to proceed ; but nei , her the Government nor the house had taken the advice of the hon. and learned member. They had not blinded their estimates upon tbe wants of the country, for the house did not know what they were. They wer voting the ways and means before going into any cone deration of the public expenses. Against tbe whole of these proceedings he would,enter his protest. His own ideas of financial proceedings were opposed to the present course, but he felt no disposition to declaim against the views and feelings of the house. (Hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman the member for Newcastle said that the only way to keep the tax under contrcl would be to vote it from year to year ; but be did not agree with the hon. and learned gentleman, as he thought it would be far better not to encourage transitions in taxa tion by voting taxes for very short periods. When the tax was voted in 1842 for three years, and again, in 1846, for three years more, it was sanctioned by Parlia• ment in order that it afght become an instrument o great utility in effecting beneficial oaanges in the com mercial system of the country ; but if Parliament were now to reverse the made of voting the tax, by sanction. ing it for one year oily, it would be disassociating the tax from those great social and commercial improve ments, and would be converting it into one of the ordi nary means of raising the revenue of the country. He was consequently opposed to the proposition for voting the tax from year to year. The bill now under discus sion he considered as proposed entirely and exclusively upon the responsibility of the Government. The right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) had given notice easily in the session of his intention to move the re duction of the war ninepence, but that circumstance did not diminish the responsibility of the Government. He did not find fault with the Government for not re pealing more than the war 9d., but his complaint was that the Government had taken off the war 9d. before the house had been put in a position to ascertain in com mittee of supply what was-ta be the standard of the na tional expenditure. The hon. gentleman the member for Birmingham (Mr. Muntz) had referred to tin recon struction of the income tax. The hon. gentleman and • others had spoken at the hustings and elsewhere upon the practicability of devising some scheme by which the tax might be reconstructed ; but in his (Mr. Gladstonea) opinion, those speecaes, although deiivered in all sin cerity, had operated as a dtlusion upon the country ; for the tax had been voted a g ain and again, and no Government bad proposed its reconstruction, and no member had felt himself justified in proposing any scheme for the purpose likely to meet with any (naJu ragememt in the house. In fact, the house itself bad de clined to entertain the question. L,stead of following this will-0% the- xisp of reconstruction, he wished the. people. of this country would seriously consider whether they wished to have a uniform and perpetual income tax, for it seemed to him that things were rapidly drifting in that direction. He was, however, convinced that it was still practicable to bring the income tax to a close, but if it were to be reconstructed, it would be necessary to go into the consideration of - the public expenditure in a stricter temper than heretofore. The moment for Leaking this change practicable was rapi , ly passing away, fir he feared that in two or three years it would be mere waste of time to debate the subject, as the relations between the demandsof theeervice and the provisions for meeting them would leave no room for reconstruction or adjust ment, even if possible. Mr. MALINS was glad there was no opposition to this bill. Though he derived all his own income from precarious sources, he was convinced it was impossible to reconstruct the tax so as to make a distinction between permanent and precarious incomes. They might as well insist upon making a distinc tion between permanent and. „precarious incomes with regard to the asso,sed taxeq, or the house tax, or even the tea duties. But this only made him the more anxious to remove it altogether. With respect to our foreign politics he hoped that in future we would either not interfere at all, or' would interfere with effect. Mr. V. SMITH said it was a very convenient practice to bring forward unexpectedly the important queations which had been discussed by hon. members up in the second reading of the Income Tax Bill, and particularly so on the present occasion, when' some hon. members hoped to be sent back to the house, and others, in the anticipation that they never would, were making their best efforts before the dissolution took place. Bat he rose to answer the statement which had been made by the right hon. gentleman opposite with regard to Persia. The right hon, gentleman did not fairly represent the fact when he said that the noble lord at the head of the Government threw out a challenge to the house to discuss his Per sian policy. The challenge was really thrown out by the right hon. gentleman himself (Kr. Disraeli) when be characterised that policy as a turbulent and aggres sive policy. Would it have been fitting for the Prime Minister to have sat still, and not repudiate the charge implied by those epithets I The right hon. gentleman also said the Persian war had been undertaken for a shameful cause. Waa the march of the Persians upon Herat a shameful cause ? He (Mr. V. Smith) believed that every person who was at all acquainted with the East would admit that there never was a jester cause than that for commencing such a war. But the right hon. gentleman went on to say, or rather appeared to insinuate, that the Government shrank from the discussion of the question. They had no intention to shrink from it ; and, as far as he (Mr. V. Smith) was concerned, he was most anxious and desirous to meet any charges which might be made on the subject. It had been the intention of the Go vernment to lay the Persian papers before the house when it met, and those papers were in preparation when negotiations with Persia began at Paris ; and there appearing to be some probability of a settlement, the Government wisely and discreetly ab stained from producing any papers which might inter fere with the progress of those negotiations. When the bon. member for Aylesbury (Mr. Layard) asked if the papers would be produced, he told him that the ordi nary, usual, and constant practice of Parliament was not to produce them until the negotiations had terminated ; and it was quite clear that it was very unadvisable to have in this country discussions .which might affect the Power with whom they were treating. It was impos sible to argue the Persian question without entering into details, or without there being accusations and recrimi nations on the one side and the other • and therefore in declining to produce the papers they Wad followed a pre cedent which was a most proper one,.and prevented not sent out further misunderstanding with foreign States with which we were in negotiation. Tee right honourable gentleman also said that due deference was not shown to Parliament in the conduct of these pro ceedingsatph: l e e r ilo io wet a l a t which period Parliamen r t e ve rr g en eth s e u r w aTa o n ne ea d stood the against elsse I , " T er h s e ia, e x b p y e d the tion Gove rnme n t. w a sitting. The proclamation of war in India was made on the Ist Oct., and reached England in the middle of De until 26th Sept., to ha Parliamentvenail called itd btoe on such a question would have- been me e t o A t t F t e h b a . t , t a im nd a because the meeting of Parliament in the re inexpedient, only attended by what Le would now put a recess was not per sonal inconvenieece to members, but caused side, viz., a l arm throughout the country—the funds considerable funds fell, trade was affected, and much greater e • xcltement prevailed than was sometimes justified by the cause. With regard to wars i t India, it was utt er l y i mpossible to consult Parliament before entering upon them. To call Parliament together for that purpose was to give notice to the enemy, and woo equivalent to a declaration of war, for the fact would be conveyed by tel egrap h to Penis, and would reach that country long before the expedition co uld be sent out. lie therefore considered that it would be prejudicialinv to the public service to take such a c ourse sureretxhaele of v ery eggravated or alarming cases ; and o that category Persian war could not be said to . be eg the house would He did not believe that a 1111..011Y of h f I ear arose from a she 11 be found to say that the nor j or egg lieved, war. He be cause, or that it was e t e hat when the house knew all lieved, on the coo , it would be perfectly satisfied that it the circumstances was as just and defens ible a war as was ever undertaken, and he rejoice d at t h e result of it. He was not sorry th a t m ade in the E ta n d 33, that it that demonstration was Wa s known that such a n ex p edition as that tothe Persian Gulf could b e un d e rtaken, planned, and execute d b y t h e d • • of India, an that they were prepared for authorities energy as they had displayed. If the noble lord ouch would allow him he would say it had done much for °al prestige in the East, and he was not sorry it had been U n d er taken. He had risen merely to make a denial of the statements of the right hon. gentleman as regarded the production of papers on the discussion of the mat ter in that house, as though Government were un willing to submit the subject to Parliament. On the con trary, they had gone further than other Governments had gone, for they hid submitted a vote for part of the expenses to Parliament, and bad thereby submitted the matter to the judgment of the house, partly on the score of the justice of their case, and partly on the ground that they were prepared for the discussion that might foil ive on the subject. The case of Naples, with regard to which --. 2 -