The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-21 00:00:00

Entperial parliammt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY

Lord CHILD/WORD, on moving the second reading of
the Indictable Offences Metropolitan District) Bill, ex-
plained the previous attempts at legislation on this sub-
ject, and said that the object of the Bill was that no
charge shall be tried at the Central Criminal Court
without previous investigation before • stipendiary Dia-
gistrate,—in fart to abolish in the metropolitan dithriots
the grand jury system, which had been stiguiatized as
"the hope of the London thief."
The LORD CHAIM:IL/AR defended grand juries from
the attacks of Lord Clielindord, but did not object to the
recond reading of the Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM thought that in most cases a grand
jury was a means of extorting money, and he therefore
should support the Bill.
Lord WHIRL/LT DALI said, that although he was not
in favour of aholithing the grand jury in the metropolis
for fear it might be drawn into • precedent for abolish-
ing grand juries throughout the country, he should not
oppose the second reading, but should suggest some
alterations in committee.

rho Bill WAd then read s second time.
The Bkhop of Lotimni stated that the di t irhancea in
Bt. George's-in-the-East had calmed, but lie was sorry to
say that the mode by which that event had been bmught
about was by the presence of GO policemen inside of the
church.

After a short conversation between Lord GRANVILLE,
the Loan CHANCELLOR, and the Bishop of EXETER, the
subject dropped.
Lord &WRVS motion for a statement of all alters-
Bona made in the Book of Common Prayer by the
Queen's Printer sines Easter, 181i0, by whose orders
they were made, ke., was then agreed to.
Their Lordships adjourned at a few minutes after 8
o'clock.

TUESDAY.

Lord NORMANDY moved that 'en bumble address be
pretended to ber eMy for • ropy of any instructions
frost the Seeretey of Siete to the British Chargé
eAllreire at Morena to ottani the dila reception,

on the ld of January, of Signor Bouncompagni, now
acting as Governor-General of Tuscany ; and also for a
return of the dates of all couinniniCations between the
Secretary of State and the British Ambassador at Paris
on the subject of the annexatiou of Savoy and Nits to
France, up to the Ist of January last. Ile prefaced his
motion with a strong attack upon the Sardinian Govern-
ment for their conduct in Central Itily, which had been
characterised by measures of the most arbitrary nature,
perfectly inconsistent with the high-sounding preten-
sions to freedom width they h..d put forward.
Lord GRANVILLI defended Signor Bouneumpagni and
the Italian people from the attacks a Lord Nurumnby. •
and asked whether Lord Normantiy, from the C.C.S of
outrage he had cited, supposed that Italy was, under
her new Government. to return to the golden age, and
that no crime was to exist; and whether the British
Parliament were to be guided by the opinions of his
. anonymous correspondents, who, of course, were no
more unbiassed in their views than others. The state
of Italy was at the present moment most satisfactory,
and he thought that the moderation the Italians had
exhibited was highly creditable.
Lord MALMREDURT hoped that nothing would induce
the Government to abandon the policy of non•interven•
Son, and regretted that no official transactions of tiie
Government in Italy, exccit fraginenta obtained in ilia.
cession, had been made public ailice the retirement id
the late Government. He regretted extremly that sty
mark of respect not •Iwolotely necerway bad been paid
to Signor Bonncompagni, whom lie ileseriled as one of
the most active conspirators in hurling from his throne
the Sovereign to whom lie had sworn Alegi:ince.
Lord CLANRICADE thought it would he impossible, in
the present state of European feeling, to effect the an•
nexation of Savoy and Nice to France. He proceeded
to examine in detail the speech of Lord Normanby, and
from his own experience contradicted the statement
that the feeling of the Italians was one of discontent
with the present state of things. Ile proceeded to re-
view in detail the speech of Lord Normatiby, from
which lie disser.ted in almost every particular.
Lord GRANVILLE read a statement from Lord Cowley
to the effect that the French Government at the time of
the communication did not conteluidate the annexation
of Savoy.
Lord CARDIGAN said that while it was most desirable
that the French army should be witlid ry all from
Northern Italy, the withdrawal of the French army
from Some would. be followed by the most dresofid
consequences to the Papal Government and its sup-
porters.
Lord DERBY asked whether the papers to be laid on
the table of the House would contain the latest informa-
tion on the subject of the nepoliatiunA with respect to
the annexation of Savoy and Nice, and whether Lord
Granville would point out in what view Her Majesty's
Government regarded the project.
Lord GRANVILLE said that he stated last week the
most recent communication which had taken place be-
tween the French and British Governuienta upon the
annexation of Savoy and Nice.
After a desultory convenumtion, in which Lords
WODIUOUSR, ELLRNBORGUGH, NoRMANBY, and CLAN•
RICARDR took part, the motion for the first return
was withdrawn, and the motion for the !wound was ex-
tended in order to conclude communication from the
accession of the present Government up to the preamit
time, and was agree to.
Their Lordships adjourned at 10 minutes past 8
o'clock.