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Their lordships then adjourned. ARGYLL ROO MS. -LAUREN T'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.— The above elegant Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. 1301 11 court The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the _.recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One Shilling. THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION, REVISED. Now ready, hit vol. post Bvo., 10s. 6d., bound, REVELATIONS of PRISON LIFE ; with an Inquiry into Prison Discipline and Secondary Pun ishments. By G. L. CHESTERTON, Twenty-five Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold Bath-fields. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. HOUSE OT COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) The SPZAKEIt took the Chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The follawing priv ate bills were considered as amended, and ordered .to be read a third time :—Corn wall Rail way ; Exeter- fiud _Exmouth Railway ; Price's Patent Candle Comp any ; Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal asse❑t was given by commission to the following bil!a : The Royal Marine Forces. Chief Constables. The Public Health, S❑pplemental (1857), and The lonian Subjects. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and the Duke of Argyll. Now ready, in 1 vol., with 1,500 Engiavings of Arms, SIR BERNARD BURKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 1857. New Edition, corrected throughout to the present time from the GORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, will give his new and popular ENTERTAINMENT, descrip tive of his EXPLOITS and ADVENTURES in SOUTH AFRICA every evening, except Saturday, at 8. MORNING REPRESENTA TION every SATURDAY, at 3 o'clock. 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FINNIS MAYOR.-A COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of Lon don, on Monday, the 9th day of March, 1857 Resolved,—That her Majesty's Servants in China have, in the trying situation which they were placed, acted in a manner to sus tain the honour of the British Sag, the commercial interests of the country, and the cause of truth and justice. That this Court has learnt with feel ngs of deep regret the decision Of the Honourable House of Commons against her Majesty's Minis ters for supporting her Majesty's Servants n the discharge of their That this Court presents its thanks to Lord Palmerston and her Ifkiesty's Ministers for the course they pursued on that occasion, Which Justly entitles them to the confidence of the country. MEREWk THER. TliE BON A.-C/001tD FOPPEit MINING •, COMPANY (Limted). Capital 75,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 1/. Sterling each. Deposit Ten Shillings per Share on Allotment. (With power to increase.) [To be incorporated and registered under the "Joint Stock Companies Act, 1856," and Liability limited to amount of Subscription.] DIRECTORS. WILLIAM HENRY DICKSON, Esq., London, Director of the Scottish Australian Investment Company (Limited)-- Chairman. George Hay Donaldson, Esq., Australian merchant, London, Director of the North British Australasian Company. Alexander Lang Elder, Esq., Australian merchant, London, late Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia. Charles Holland Kendall, Esq., merchant, Fenchurch-street, London. James Nelson Smith, Esq., Australian merchant, London, Director of the London Chartered Bank of Australia. Adolphus William Young, Esq., London, late High Sheriff of New South Wales. AUDITORS. Alexander Grant, Esq., 11, Kensington-gate, Hyde-park, London. George Herring, Esq., merchant, 12, Old Broad-street, Lou- BANKERS. The City Bank, London. The National Bank of Scotland. And Branches. The Aberdeen Town and County Dank. " borac noßs—Mesers. Young,Vallings, and Jones, St. Mildred's 132. Court, London. -OXERs—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Exchange Buildings, London. SECRETARY (PRO TEM. )—Charles Grainger, Esq. Offices-24, Gresham-street, London. This Company is formed to work the Copper in the Bon- Ac cord Property, situate immediately adjoining the famous Burra Burra Mines, in South Australia. No Shareholder will incur any liability beyond the amount : tt the Shares allotted. And no call, beyond the Ten Shil lings Per Share paid on allotment will be made within Six Months. A pplications for Shares must be made in the form annexed to the Prospectus. Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay in to one of the Bankers of the Company, Five Shillings per Share, on the llotaber of Shares applied for, in part payment of the Deposit Of Ten Shillings per Share, in exchange for which a Receipt will be given, and which Receipt must accompany the Appli cation. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the whole number applied for, the amount paid in to the Bankers Will be applied towards the Deposit of Ten Shillings per Share, payable on the number of Shares allotted, but in case no al lotment be made, the money so lodged will be forthwith re turned to the applicant in full. Prospectuses, with Mining Reports, Plans of the Property and the Township, Forms of Application for Shares, and Bankers' Receipts for Deposits, may be had of Messrs. Car den and Whitehead, Stockbrokers, 2, Royal Exchange Build ings, or at the offices of the Company, 24, Gresham-street, London. London, 7th March, 1857. N.B.—The Prospectus of the Company, which will be found inserted at length in the " Times" Newspaper of Mon day, the 9th, and in the "Daily News" of Tuesday, the 10th of March, 1857, will be forwarded on application. CONSERVATIVE LAND S 0 C lET Y. The following Report of the Executive Committee of the Conservative Land Society, at the Eighteenth Quarterly General Meeting of the Members, held at the offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, this day, was unanimously agreed to : " The Executive Committee, in presenting their Eighteenth Quarterly Report, have the pleasure of informing the members that the sale of the Kentish Town Estate was commenced on the 22d of January with such a satisfactory allotment, se to afford the confident expectation of the disposal of the remaining plots befor the end of the financial year. So 'ne of the best sites may still be selected on this valuable Property, although nearly 10,0001. in amount was realised on the first day. The ground will forthwith be cleared—the timber and materials having been sold by auction—and pub lic tenders for the roads and drains will be obtained without delay, Building operations in the York Road frontage by Allottees have been already projected, and will be carried eut this spri ng. The next Allotment has been fixed for the 2d of April next, w_hen the Estate in Taunton, in West Somersetshire, will be T r ered. As this property is situated in the centre of the -,4 3 : 13 , dose te the Market-place, a prompt sale of the Thirty Plate into which the Estate has been divided is anticipated. On this occasion the Holders of Rights of Choice will have more than ordinary opportunities of selecting from Choice x Atates, inasmuch as the Executive Committee have resolved to allot the Three Villa Residences on the St. Margaret's Es tate, situated on the, read near Richmond Bridge, and oppo site the Ansa Villas. This is the first time that houses leased and occupied have been allotted by the Board ; and in order to afford every accommodation to the Members desiring such an advantageous investment, theßorrowing Power to the ex tent of Two Thirds of the cost of each Villa Plot will be allowed. The returns of the business for the December quarter were only brought up to the 16th of that month in the last report. The figures now stand thus : Shares in ;hares Total , progress. z.ompleted Shares. Rcee!pts. ----- — ____ X s. d. Grand Totals tot 1 0 516 1,998 12,014 256,504 17 9 Michaelmas,lBBg, ' Quarter ending } 144 54 198 10,786 19 5 Dec. 25, 1856.... ---- --____ Grand totals to 1 Chr l stmas, 1856.. i 10,660 2,052 12,712 267,291 17 2 Returns from Dec. 25,1856, to March} 7, 1857.,......., 315 66 381 17, 6 7 8 210 Grand Totals to ----- March 7, 1857 1 10,975 2,118 13,093 284,970 0 0 • Sale of land from December March 7th, 1857 25th, 1856, to £10,813 15 6 Total land sold to March 7th, 1857 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 : Total. 6,257 Completed. Drawn. Seniority. 2,344 2,582 1,331 Deduct Rights exercised on Estates, Building Ad. Tames, &c. Unexercised Rights The last share on the Register of Rights by seniority, after this day's drawing, will be about No. 5 352; and the last share taken up to the 7th inst. was No. 13,093. The Executive Committee, now that the contests in East Sussex and in West Kent have been decided, the former in fair of the Conservative Candidate, cannot refra i n from again drawing attention to the annexed passage from their First Annu a l. 1853 :-- Report, presented to the members in December, was primarily esta blished In respect to the increase of the franchise, it is neces sary to repeat here, that the Society nto ai b la n Wished as a defensive measure, and they have reaso proud that the main principle—that of co-operationas the mutual assistance fessors, will be amply proved, inasmuch medical Pro artisan, the operative, the trdesman, members of the legal profession, clergymen, officers of th a e , army and navy, men of science, members of the fine an en. members of universities, and the sons of peers will be .11 abled through the instrunaentality of the society, to obtain the most ancient mode of hold Franchise ; th e suffrage in thi s coun t r y—the Free- Society being th e su princi pal obj ect of tho foundation of the land owes it s prosperity, " prosperity of that constitution to which Eng- The Committee have the laigheit grat ification in recording the good faith with which nearly secured all th e A llottees the franchise thro ug h the instrume nt ality of the who Conservative Land Society ha ve ac t e d i n the two electoral struggles in West Kent and East Sussex, As these electionsu) lied the first opportunity of testing the political opi s nio l i p is of those persons who have been placed on the Register, the returns of the polling wore looked for with much in that The Executive Committee feel a pride in Stali n that their brother-electors, composed of all classes of Y attended at the community, who, but for this would have been without a county Socie ty,qualification, faithful] their respective polling-booths. Tho exceptions amounted to 8 per cen t, of the nbers registered Only through the Society i n th e two counties Many voters came from distant parts of the 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 have thus been fully realised, and, politically as well as com mercially, th e 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, N orfolk -street, Strand, London, W, C., March loth, 1857 ... ... _ personal communications of the Nobility, &c ~ " The best genealogical and heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, and the first authority on all qucsttons affecting the aristocracy."—Globe. Burst W and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Price Three Pence. SAVINGS BANKS, their History, Laws, Investment, Management, Interest, Defalcations, Responsibility of Government, Trustees and Officials, Past Progress, and Present Results; with Remedial Suggestions. By the Rev. J. BEAUMONT HAWKINS, B.A. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. This day, two vols. Bvo., with Map and Illustrations, 32s , THE KINGDOM and PEOPLE of SIAM. By Sir JOHN BOWRINO, F.R.S., her Majesty's Plenlpoten. tiary in China. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Now ready, price 2d., Part I. •f • FEIST'S RACING RECORD, containing a complete CALENDAR of SPORT, from the Ist of January to the day of publication. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Reporter of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers, Etc. Printed and published, on the Ist of each month, by William Wright, Sporting Printer and Publisher, Fulwood-rents, Holborn, Jnst publahed, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, L I VER. NERVES, LUNGS, &c., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, and infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wttrzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, 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, Regeat-street. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6,1 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. PICEFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medl - reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cot rect."—London Medical Gazette. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the BOOKS for the TRANS FEE of SHARES in this Society will be CLOSED on Thursday, the 19th inst., and will be re-opened on Wednesday, the Sth day of April next. The Dividends for the year 1856 wal be payable on and after Monday, the 6th day of April next. By Order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. EAT WESTERN RAILWAY. --SPECIAL VI 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 St.nding Orders of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on THURSDAY, the 19th day of March inst., at Twelve o'clock, for the purpose of considering the prov sons of a Bill now pending 'n Parliament, intituled " A Bill ,or enabling the Great Western, Bris tol and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies to afford further assistance towards the comp'etion of the Cornwall Railway, between Ply mouth and T.. - ro, fo; extending the time for the com pletion thereof, and for other purposes ;" when a Dra.. of such Rill, rid an agreement in relation thereto, Cll be submitted to the Meet ing for their approval. The Chair will be taken at half-past Twelve o'clock. BARRINGTON, Chairman. Paddington Station , 6th March, 1857. TOZEMYS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED eCAPSULES, approved of by the French College ofPhyslclana, cccessfally 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 appll - per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, IABRIEL JOZEAU, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. 't/[R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI TCIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural 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. 'his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful reration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is •naranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth .ndered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At ome from ten till five. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, eniar4ed to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, 1 s., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work effects s t o h l e ttary ph y sical isd g x e h n a e u e s , ti i o n n re a c n ti d ss d , e decay conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the oblige ofththeeframe, injurious from om the ttons of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica lions. By R. and L. Pi. RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Lead, nhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed to renovate the Impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic ; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases ot nervous and sexual 4e oility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 1 Is, per bottle, or four quan tities in one for 335., which saves Its. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphl title 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 PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd ,an ills, per box. Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Darby and Gosden, 140, Leadenhall-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. l'auPs-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford -street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and ill medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. /CO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE on CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND 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 at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup tions 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, trem.rs, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me mory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, mCan eholy, 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 a rood liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for luech and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemistry Dr. Andrew ITre, Dr. Shorland, Dr .Har vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lerd Stuart de Decies, 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 o:reeevery abandoned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure, I hereby certify, t li ha l t ) Arabica I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole stomach haul ß n j' e o : n a cd m .o, C e 2 d 4 D B u l oomsbßarry'sßloomsbury - square. e q v u a a Te e n . t a some, easily digestible, likelythereby o t p o r o e m o n t e t e act adlyis p y e p a s c i t a i o ( n ln o d f i a t e h s e . tion), constipation, and th e i r 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, and Co., that the Reval en t a Arabica they bad sent to his y the Emperor, has, by impe r i a l permission, been forwarded to t p h iu ajpe erN sat i rr n y ister of the Imperial Palaces, Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11b 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; blb lls , 121 b 22s ; super refined quality, ilb 6s ; lb lls ; Sib 21s ; 101 b 33s The 101 e and 12Ib can's t ers are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her biriesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; GS, Cornhill; 49, Bi s hnogate•strtet ; 55, Chari ng - cross; 54, Upper Baker-street ;63 and 150, Oxford-street. Naval PTA Military !nteiligence. An order has been received from the War-office by, Colonel El. Sand ham, commanding the Royal Engineers at Chatham, directing h:m to hold in readiness the 23d c o m pany of that corps for immediate embarkation for China, to operate with the troops already under orders to embark. The 231 company was originally intended to proceed to the Falkland Islands. The volunteering for the various Indian regiments, all of which are to be increased to their war establishment, fs proceedi ng vigorously at Cha tbam, and upwards of 1,000 (1 vo l unteers f rom other corps have j oined the Indian t S a P l ut lr e an a ks Provisionalt:h e e xclusiveofo fa c ß e a rs t . t . alion. The strength of e provi s i ona l B a ttalidn is now up wards of 3,000 men w o e urn ed re workin g i n the THE LIIND HILL COLLIERY EXPL OSION. —The ad• j inquest was held yesterday. Seve n miners who it at the time of the ac cident g ave evidence, Not ones of the witnesses coul d g ive an oPillicql as to the cause of the oPlosi°l3' DIVORCE BILL. In reply to a question from Lord LYNDHURST, The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was not his in tention to proceed further during the present ses sion with the Divorce or Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bids. They would be undoubtedly introduced with some alterations at the earliest possible moment next session. THE WAR IN CHINA. The Eail of HARDWICKE begged to call the at tention of the noble lord the Secretary at War to the question which he had put to the noble lord on Friday evening last. From the answer he then received he inferred that important despatches bad been received, and would be published in the usual way. Re cent accounts in the newspapers stated that the French had 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 answer he gave on Friday must have been misunderstood by the noble earl. He said that despatchea had been received—stating - Mat the Vita ze r giweut naa been engagea with the Chinese, and that certain casualties had taken place, and that they would be published in the London Clazette. A list of those casualties had been made public. TORTURE IN INDIA. 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 construction of the 4th section of an Act passed in a session of Parliament holden in the 3d and 4th years of the reign of his late Ma jority King William IV., entitled `An A c t f or effecting an arrangement with t he East India Company, and for 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 su perintendency, advances of money being annually made by them 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 from the land in re spect of which such advances are made, such price being es timated according to a price fixed by the company 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 company to their factories, and there manufactured by them into opium; afterwards sent by them from those factories to Calcutta, and there sold by them by auction at their sales, the excess of the sale prices over and above the first cost!constituting the revenue in question. "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 established, 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 first question, with the full knowledge that it is so purchased at the above mentioned sales for the purpose of being 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 being so purchased for such purposes as aforesaid; the Company with that view manufacturing the opium into the form which the Company consider best adapted to facilitate and promote that contraband trade?' The noble lord took the opportunity of entering at length on the subject, and contended that the - greatest obstacle to the spread of Christianity in China was the cultivation and sale of opium by the East India Com pany); that the statute law gave a monopoly in salt, tobacco, and bet. 1 nut to the company, but not one word in that law was said about opium. The noble earl then detailed the process of the cultivation of the poppy, the flavouring the opium to suit the palate of the Chinese, and concluded by urging their lord ships to agree to his motion, saying that if his questions were submitted to the judge. of the land, he bad 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 abomination was legal, and ex:sted by act of Parliament, then he pledged ' himself to bring the whole subject in all its enormity before Parliament, and appeal to the feelings of the country to put a stop to such an abominable system. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered that the question which had been brought before their lordships' attention was of very deep importance ; but what he wished to put to his noble friend, and to submit to the house, was, whether the course which his noble friend had asked the house to adopt was one which their lord ships could, with any sense of justice, possibly sanction ? His noble friend proposed to submit certain propositions to the judges. The judges were in the habit of being summoned to their lordships' house in 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 had been given ? According to the hypothesis of his noble friend every member and servant of the East India Com pany for the last 50 years was guilty, to the extent of many millions a year, of violating the law of the land. If so, tbey, and each of them, were liable to be indicted, tried, and punished. Could anything be so monstrous— if this were to be the consequence—tbat their lordships were to be called upon to prejudge the question of the guilt of these persons who were 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 had sub gested. (Hear.) However, he (the Lord Chancellor) was quite prepared, on behalf of the Government, to investi gate a questien (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 legal. 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 nopoly. 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 arrived at by investigation of facts. But supposing they had 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 raise the 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 his mind suspended ; he had been a lawyer quite long enough t o 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 hie noble friend whether the motion had better not be with drawn. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said b• bad no inten tion of makings motion which should have the effect of 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 referred to the law officers of the Crown, with a view to the full investigation of the whole matter, he must say that his point would be gained, and that ho would with that understanding withdraw his motion. (Hear.) Earl GREY said he thought his noble friend the Ear I of Shaftesbury) had exercised a wive 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 though 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 au importance to be dealt with in the manner suggested by the noble earl, involving , as it did the consideration whether the conduct of the East India Comrany in this matter was consistent with justice and equity, and with our obligations towards China. No doubt it was of the utmost difficulty to pro hibit vice by legislation. There were many in this coun try who wished to prohibit the sale of intoxlcating liquors but he always thought that such a prohibition would be ineffectual and unwise. Opium was a drug liable to great abuse, but still of great value as a medicine, and the prohibition of it would be attended, even in that respect with much evil. He doubted, 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 question 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 (E ar l G rey ) h a d found in the pa p e rs before the house to the effect th a t th e recen t o rdinance had been of the great es t serv i ce i n enoourag i n g the trade in opium along the coas t. H e thoughtif the colonial authorities had encou rage d th e smuggling o f o pium, nothing could justify such a course. We should then be in the position of punishing the Chinese with the utmost severity for an alleged vi o l a ti on o f the treaty, w hd s t at the same time this count r y was v i o l at i ng not on ly its nPi-it, but its ex press term s . This opinion of rie law officers of the Cro w n on a subject involving so great a principle as was there involved he should not cslasider as worthy the paper on which it was write r. He t. uste I that the negotiator who, as the Government had tardilyannounced, was to be sent out to China to supersede Sir J. Bowring would be aman possessing the co n fid ence o f b o th Houses of Parliament, and also of the coun t ry , an d th a t he would be sent out to neutiate 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 assets:loLn. taunt-ahepeorweedingewhich had lately taken place 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, still be thought the war which had broken out was a direful calamity, and that all ought to be moat anxious to put an end to it. On the Bth of October, when the unfortu nate occurrence which had led to the evil took place, we had been for a number of years carrying on an advanta geous trade with China, 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 ex t en t th a t the loss to the revenue would be near er t wo th an one million. Besides sthat the feelings of the Chin ese people were on. so exasperated against this country, that il even in our own colony of Hong Kong the British were subject to great danger, and serious alarm was also 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 had 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. He 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 ALBEMARLE contended that it was the abuse, and not the use, of opiu m w hi c h 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. In fact, it was not more deleterious than spirits, and the criminal re cords of this country showed that most crimes bad 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 in China tenfold and crime one hundredfold. But if opium were to be totally prohibited, 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 therefore allowed the law to become a dead letter. Earl GRANVILLE said that when the subject came to be comprehensively treated their lordships 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 one or two points raised by the noble 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 law officers of the Crown for their opinion. Considering that the noble earl admitted he was not prepared to form an opinion upon so important a question, and also considering that it was brought forward by a noble earl 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 observa:ions imade by the noble earl, considering the situation he had occupied, could bear any other meaning than an imputation upon the law officers of the Crown —a personal insinuation upon the g entlemen now occu. pying those offices—upon their ability and upon their character. Earl GREY—The noble earl misunderstood his obser vations. What he said was, he would give nothing for the opinion of the law officers of the Cniwn upon mere technical points, for there were superior considerations to the mere words of an act of Parliament. Earl GRA.NTILLE said he was then happy to retract the his discussion.w orcduss,siaonn. B and wouldut he d n say that the Briti s h au th or i t i es i n Chi na had encouraged smuggling. and that t o d o so was a b rea ch of treaties. Earl GREY—No ; w h a t h e sa i d was t h a t he bad always understood lnger u t p h o e n noble that earl p art t o, f 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 what he had stated upon this head. The papers proved a very different state of things than that supposed to ex'st 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, h e 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 bad 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 I not be right to explain what were the precise instructions which had 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 China on a sath-factory footing in regard to the substantial interests of this country. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought it highly de sirable that a plenipotentiary should be sent out in lieu of Sir J. Bowring. He had heard that the treaties be tween France and China were about to be renewed, 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 SHAFTESBURY 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 The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wanted to know what it was the law officers of the Crown were to inquire into; 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 ELLENBOROUGH—What facts I The Duke of ARGYLL—The facts contained in the printed matter on their vote;, and which they were now discussing. The Earl of DERBY wished it to be distinctly 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 VC2 4 this. On his as suring the noble cart who had brought forward this mo tion that the opinion of the law officers of the Crown would be taken upon certain facts 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 tile 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 • allowed very clearly holy ignorant was the British Lo The following private bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Keith and Dufftown Railway (No. 2), Sottth Yorkshire and North Lincoln shire Junction _Railway, and Cork and Youghal The Westminster Improvement Bill was withdrawn. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. PIILHAN, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, ap. neared at the table of the house, and summoned the Speaker and the members of the house to the House of Lor Is to hear the a ssent of the Crown given by com mission to various bills. (See Lords.) , MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL. On the motion of M, BEADLAM, the order for the second reading of the Medical Profession Bill was read and discharged. EDUCATION. On the motion of Sir J. PAKINGTON, the order for thesecond reading of the Education (Cities and Boroughs) Bill was read and discharged. BEE tt BILL. On the motion of Mr. HARDY, the order for the second reading of the Beer Bill 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 would be made to the Persian Govern ment by the English Government in favour of the Nes. torian Christians, " who since the withdrawment 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 fi n . prisonment or the bastinado, not to enter their own churches I" Mr. V. SMITH said that instructions bad been sent to Mr. Murray for the amelioration of the Nestorian Christians, and as soon as peace wag ratified with Persia representations would be made to the Persian Govern ment relative to their position. ACCOUNTS OF THE ARMY, &o. Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the detailed accounts of the army, navy, and ordnance for the year, March 31, 1356, would be laid on the table of the house ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 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 he hoped the de tailed accounts would be laid on the table 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. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, the order for going into committee on this bill was read and discharged. THE DANISH TRANSIT DUES. Mr. G. DUNDAS asked the Secretary to the Trea sury if it was the intention of the Government, in nego tiating the settlement of the Sound dues, to stipulate for the settlement of th• Danish transit dues on the same basis? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that negotiations bad 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. These nevtiations, he expected, would be completed soon, and with them the reduction of the transit dues. He was unable to say what would be the precise amount of the latter, but he thought tlie remission would be about four-fifths of th© present anfOunt. (Hear, hear.) THE DANUBE. Mr. MEA.CIHER asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether he could afford any information as to the present state of the river Danube, as far as its safe and proper navigation was concerned ; and whether there were any reasonablf hopes that the river might now be sufficiently clear to allow of spring shipments being made to and from the Danubian provinces I 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 Suboa would be the better entrance, and they were considering that point. RETIREMENT OF THE SPEAKER 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 house 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 respect 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 close 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 withcut great pain —(hear, hear)—nor can I allow it to close without offer ing to the house my sincere and grateful acknowledg ments for Cut uniform confidence and support. 'which I have received, not only from all parties in the tiouse, but I may say with perfect truth from every indi•ridual mem ber of the house. (Cheers.) lam quite aware that in the discharge of the delicate and very onerous duties of this chair I have had great need of that kind indulgence which has always been extended to me, especially of late, when I have been too frequently reminded of my increas ing inability to do full justice to the task which has devolved upon me. (Cries of " No, no.') It has been my constant endeavour, as is well 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 righti 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 success to the cor dial co-operation I have always received from the house, and for which I never can be sufficiently grateful. (Loud cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said—Sir, I am 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 tutea speaker of the house—(cheers)—and with the regret which I am sure every member must feel at losing your services for the future must be mingled sentiments of deep gratitude. (Cheers ) I trust that the house will not, on this present occasion, enter into any el pression of those feelings, which every man here present must entertain, and I give notice that I shall to-morrow, before the commencement of publ;c business, move an expression of the thanks of the house onuse w to h y at wou,esihr,avae just ndan heard.app appropriate address to the Crown PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord PALMEit67:ol4noved, pursuant to notice, that on Thursday orders of the day take precedence of notices of motion. Agreed to. COMMISSION OF SUPPLY (SCOTLAND) ACT (1856) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. WAYS AND MEANS. 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 lead that we really are at war, and I don't suppose that an, body anticipates ., that we are not at war with China. I therefore think it better at once to pla.,e our position before the house, so that we shall not indulge in any of those dreams of economy and of administrative improvements iu which we have iniulged. Those dreams, I am afraid, are past. I therefore do not feel myself ju - 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 upon 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 be very averse to increase direct taxation. But that I think is of very little impoitance in the face of the very critical state of our foreign affairs, and the policy to be pur sued with regard to the China war, which may be of bcins length, and must be of considerable expense. I with Om'? those who are al ways pressing for a reduction of taxa tion would consider how far that must depend upon the management of our external relations. Now, we have gone to war with Persia without the knowledge of Par liament, and we have recently had the satisfaction of being informed that peace with Persia was concluded. So far as we can ascertain, these are the facts : let, that the war with Persia was occasioned by a cause too con temptible and shameful to be mentioned. Either that was the real cause of the war, or it was not. It 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 worll. But adopting that e,s the real and genuine cause of war, wl at 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 auhorities at Con stantinople, and certain terms were offered for our accept ance, which were refused. After this refusal a vast expen diture was incurred. Fresh negotiations for peace then occurred between Great Britain and Persia, and these negotiations. were successful—in what manner, and by what means! As I am informed, virtually by our accept ing at Paris what we refused at Constantinople. Now, what I want to know is, haw 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 suppoi a it would cost the country less than half a million of mouey. Why, sir, i f we have half a dozea of thee() diffi• cultiee every year, sad average them at half a million each, I want to know how the 7 , 1. in the income tax is to be reduced ; because four difficulties at 500,000/. each, veto] d amount to a twopenny income tax, and not only will the sevenpenny tax remain, but there will be every prospect of the " popular" ninepence being retained. Now, after the Persian difficulty, 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 hustings, and will be asked by our con stituents to reduce taxation—when we find persons-com pelling taxes upon tea and sugar, let us ask them, before they complain of those burdens, whether they do sane r 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 able to reduce our in come tax to that measure of moderate amount which the country has a right 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 opposing 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 lam 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 tloat is done I am convinced that the burden of our taxation and ex penditure will probably be increased. After some remarks from Mr. B. COVinIANB, Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the tax being con tinued on incomes under 150/. Major REED impressed on the Government that there must be a readjustment of this tax. Mr. MITNTZ said that the country would not be satisfied with the present modification of the tax. Sir G. STRICKLAND complained of the inquisi torial nature of the tax, which was one that ought not to be continued in the time of peace. Dr. MICHELL also complained 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 sight hon. gentleman the member for Bucks (Mr . Disraeli) with res p ec t t o th e vote wh i ch the right bon, gentleman is going to give. I thaek him for the vote which he is going to give ; but I cannot offer my thanks for the reasons which he says make him ready to vote for the continuance of the inc:lme 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 lear .n . s a i n th e l aw. When he asked a friend what he shr.,ala do in a particu lar case, the answer wait, " Give your decision, because you are a man of good sense, "and your decision will, no doubt., be right ; but take '.fare you do not give your rea sons, because they will, in all probability, be wrong." (Laughter.) I should 'oe glad if the right hon. gentleman will tell es what he. 'means when he says that he will vote for the income ;ex, because it has been rendered nece. , - sary by the turbulent and aggressive policy of the Go ' vernment. Does be mean that war in which, with many allies, we were engaged against Russia ? Was thus, part of that turbulent and aggressive policy, or does he mean the peace whieh followed the termination of that war as being an aggressive policy I Does he mean our present state of relations —upon their present footing, with France, Austria, Sardinia, and the United States—are to he taken as a proof of this turbulent nod 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. gentleman 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 distinct and solemn engagements entered into with this country ; and every man who knows the value of our Indian Empire, and 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 1 Is that an aggressive policy which has been exemplified by the burnings, the poisonings, the assassinations, and all those other cri nee which have been committed by the Chinese against British subjects ? I suppose that is what the right hon. gentleman means by the turbulent and aggressive policy of the Government. In fact, the hon. gentleman sees that we are all going to our elections, and no doubt his object in making these statements is is order that they may tell upon the hustings; but I warn the right hon. gentleman 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 of or agreeable to the right hon. gentleman and those who act with him. (Hear, hear.) 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 vernment 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 he did not wish to enter into or renew those warm and keen debates which had lately taken place; but as 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 had ventured to anticipate that judgment which the country would have to give. The noble lord said that the light 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 i made with a si m il ar vi e w. (Hear.) This must be an m perfect discussion upon these questions ; but he must I 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 towards the Government and for the interests of the country—that the Government had not shown a greater disposition than hal 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 policy of the Persian Government ; but there could he no doubt that a difference of opinion prevailed with a great portion, if rent with the majority, in that house ; and his belief was that a different seutiment was entertained by the people. He regretted that they had not discussed this matter in the Hou ,, e of Commons, because the course which had been pursued of withholding the estimates had involved a der oga ti on of the rights and privilegoe of the house. Tliehoenxprmosesmetbiergifeoart :oLoannxarlt 13. t shire (Mr. Cochrane) had for the Government to r enew re l at i ons with the note Gover nment of Naples ; but h e (M r. Gladstone) would d w e i r t t h a ke , regardin tee o state the of x ignorance eapolitau in pa tv n l e i which h they t o givea remained u n n y recommendation upon th a t su bj ect, The whole of these proceedings rested upon the re ponsihility of the Govern ment. He regretted the iniscarriaee of the measures adopted, which had, be thought, been founded upon an inadequat e cons id eration of the many difficulties the Government had had to deal with. He had the deepest conviction t h a t th ese measures had led to no m i tigatio n of the evil s en d ure d b y the sufferers i n the Naples. If f or a moment he put out of sightn the g d cause o l of huma n ity, lib erty, and order , and inno cent u n d ue an d m i serable afflictions e ndured by he cent persons in the dungeons and priso ns of Napl es, upon an ill- i oked merely at thought these measures were undertaken NV skAPE It . ~ --,,,_ nssee;eset e e 4. s ' 7- 2.: ... - !'r t e In' z i.4... --1-. -$:,. a . 4. .. : .'' .. 5 . si; defined basis, His opinion agree 44 , O tt -,-, * : ) . i .- , ,--, 4 by the noble lord the member f .r Weeg s s ,... s , ere vernment had eit:ier done t 0 inue. o ste: litsfa'sej, little to make success certain, and ftse,24raitt-sif st'sciess took into c ,nsideration all the reasons foritieis ieterves, tion. With regard to Caine he thought it better to avoid a di scussion of this question at present ; but in re ference to the treaty with America, he cou:d only say he did not admire the conclusion drawn by the noble lord at the head of the Government. He read the treaty iu the newspapers with great satisfaction, and regretted that an assertion had been withheld from it, in conse• quence of the proceedings of the Government in neer ' Island of R ua t an to Honduras, Cu Pr t r' il l e e did ence to Cent ra l A merica. ne a i o f • • n w e i t y a i p ng pro th v e e of the controversy which had raised the question. Th noble lord had referred to this treaty as a had tof remindedspct mem of the p. boy of th e G overnment, and the house of ..... . , ointe, up on w hi ch he challenged the approbation of th e house. All h on. gentlemen would have the opportunity in meeting their cor e is s t t i in t o ue s n , te anod f de finingh their opi n i ons upon a ll these questinons, would hope they would do so manfally 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 born best described by the hon. and learned member fur Walin g _ lord (Ur. Melins) at the c.immencement of the sassier), when he said that he protested against their standing upon the legal a lvantage which they had acquired of levy. ing the HI income tan- He asked the Government to surrender the war tax, and to come to the house with the necessary estimates for the pubic service, which he felt sure the house would agree to. He (Mr. Gladstone) placed the question upon that short speech as being the only sure aid solid ground upon which to proceed ; but neither the Government nor the house bad taken the advice of the hos. and learned member. Taey had not founded their estimates upon the wants of the country, for the house did not a now what they were. They wer voting the ways and means before going into any cons deration of the public expeoses. Against the whole of these proceenie s s 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 was to keep the tax under control would be to vote it from year to year ; but he did pot agree with the hon, and learned gentleman, as he thought it would be far better not to encourage transitions iu taxa tion by voting taxes for very short periods. When the tax was voted in 1842 for ttcee years, and again, in 1846, for three years more, it was sanctioned by Perlis.. ment in order that it night become an instrument of Li - eat utility in effecting beneficial ce.anges in the com mercial system of the country ; but it Parliament were now to reverse the mode of voting the tax, 1 y sanction ing it for one year oily, it would be disassociate g the tax from those great social and commercial improve ments, and would be convertiug it into one of the ordi nary means of raising the revenue of the country. He was consequently opposcd to the proposition fir 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 Governmeet. The right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) had given notice early in the session of his intention to move the rin ductien 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 to be the standard of the na tional expenditure. The hon. gentleman the member for Birmingham (Mr. Muntz) had referred to tee 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 ; bre in his (Mr. Gladstone's) opinion, those speeches, aitheu,ge delivered in all sin cerity, had operated as a delusion upon the country ; for the tax had been voted again 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 encou ragement in the house. In fact, the house itself had de clined to entertain the question. Instead of following this will-o'-the-wisp 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 direciion. He was, however, convinced that it was still pract;.cable 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 fur leaking this change practicable was rapi- ly passing away, for he feared that in two or three years it would be mere waste of time to debate the subject, as the relations between the demands of theservice and the provisions for meeting them would have no room for reconstruction or aejust inent, even if possible. Mr. MALINS was glad there was no opposition to this bill. Trough he derived all hie own income from precarious sources, lee was couvinced it was impossible to reconstruct the tex so as to make a 'distinction bet eeen permanent end precarious incomes. They might as well insist upon making a distinc tion between permanent end precarious incomes with regard to the asse se.t taxes, or the house tax, or even the tea duties. But this only made him the more anxious to remove it altogether. Wits respect to our foreign politics be hoped that in future wo wouid either not interfere at ail, or would interfere with effect. Mr. V. SMITH said it was a v e ry convenient practice to bring forward unex2ectedly the imdortant questions which hal been discussed by host. members up ,n the recoud renting of the Income Tax Bill, and particu'arly so on the present occasion, when some hon. members hoped to be sent back to the house, and ethers, in the anticipation that they never would, were making their best efforts before the dissolution took place. But he rose to answer the statement which had been made by the right hon. gentleman opposite with regard to Persia. The ligh t 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 throrn out by the right hon. gentleman himself (Nlr. Disraeli) when he 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 The right hon. gentleman also said the Persian war had been undertaken for a shameful cause. Was the march of the Persians upon Herat a shameful cause ? He (Nlr. V. Smith) believed that every person who was at all acquainted with the East would admit that there never was a juster 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, be 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 etaibed tr to producing any papers whi c h m i g h t i nter e fere with the proeress of those ne g oti a ti ons. When the bon. member fur Aylesbury (\lr. Layard) asked if the papers would be produced, he told him that the ordi nary, usual, and constant practice of Pal lietnent 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 dieoaseicres 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 tee one side and the other; and therefore in declining to produce the papers they had followed a pre cedent which was a most proper one, and prevented w further misunderstanding with foreign States with which we were in negotiation. Toe right honourable gentleman also said that due eelerence was not shown to Parliament in the corniuct of these pro ceedings by , the Government. n ow stood the against case at e The w rs eh period x p ; i i o n Parliamentwat w not sent az, n out until t Sitting. 6t. `The P r t o " clamation of war in India was made on the Ist Oct., S c t .e p , and reached England in the middle of Dec. At . that tune Parliament had been Comm •tied for the 2 i of Feb., and to have called it togeth er at an earlier period OD such a question would hare been most in xoedieu t, because the meeting of Parliam ent i n the receee was not only attended by what be would now put aside, viz sonal inconvenience to m em b ers, b ut caused co'usid" P h e l r. alarm throughout the country--the fund s fell trade era e affected, and much greater excitemenitt,pi revelled tlsan r w w; sometimes justifi e d by th e cause. vv India, it seas utterly i m p oss ib le to conrseuglatrdPtaorllmennt before entering upon thew. To call Parliament together for that purpose was to give notice to equivalent to a declaration of war, for the fact would be conveyed by telegraph to Persia, and would reach that country long before the expedition could be Beet out. He therefore considered that it would be prejudicial to the public service to take such a course aggravated or alarming cases ; and surely tthheatcaosaetegofy Persian war could not be said . to beloy fn g th to e house would except in of ve th ry e lie did not believe that a be found to say that the geessive war. He be cause, or that it was an uujut"w°hen Liao house knew all u e i 'j a ° r r r i n a t- g r o se from a shameful tea lieved, on the contrary, would be perfectly satisfied that it the circumstances it . - le a war as was ever undertaken, was as just and A defens i ble of it. He was not Sony that and he rejoice,. at the was made jittniotnheasEtaosott„ totheaid Persian Wulf that demonstration and executed by the and that they • f India, authorities o as they had displayed. If the noble lord such energy be would say it had done much for oar Gwauslftno°u7inbtebuetadseu.rcthaiatenne, xpplarleco, prestige in the East, and ho was not sorry it had been undertaken. He hiligenhad /leen merely to make a denial of the statements e a n li t: of the light bon, gentleman as regarded the production of papers on the discussion of the mat ter in that house, as though Government were un willing to cubutit the subject to Parliament. On the con trary, they had gone further than other Governments had gone, for they had submitted a vote for part of the expenses to Pat Lament, and had 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 follow on the subject. The case of Naples, with iegatd to whit%