The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

imperial Varlianunt.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THUVIDAY.—Th. Hour netassembled for On and
time after the Whitman reuse. Mr. Whiteside Ia
quired whether Her Mainly's Government lard
information to the effect that forced contributions
cautions were still levied on the inhabrtante of Jollied
proper, ani whether it was not one of the condition of
the armisline that these should cease. 111 r. Layard
that one of the conditions of the suspension se
hostilities was that forged contributions Auld bs
dboontinued, and that the Austrian and Prussian Weeps
•hould pay for whatever they required. He fund
however. that such contributions were still levied,
though Her Majesty's Government were in penessien
of no official information on the subject. Sr J.
Pakington inquired whether it was true that aianthee
Austrian squadron had proceeded to the &hist
Mr. Linen replied that he believed the porgies
of the Austrian equaiiron which had been left
4 Lisbon had followed their consort. to the
. . .

North Sea. Mr. Hennesey mked whether the Govern-
ment had Ho iced any information front their men%
abroad relating to the conduct of the Ruwian Govern-
ment in Cr art-is. Mr. Lai) ard said that, aordMg to
commonication• from the British A inbusador at Con-
stantinople, and our agentr on the shores of the Bailie
S. a, a v. ry considerable immigration had t.keit pleas ot
Circassian'. who bat found it imporiblo to reveals
under Russian rule, and had, therefore, taken refuge is
Turkey, where the Covernm nt of the Sultan had mask
the best arrangemr nts ponible for their
though he regrvtted to say that great mortality e=
amongst the onforfunate refined Lord J. Manama
gave notice that, in committee of supply on the 'mis-
cellaneous estimate*, he "hould move the omission et
the vote for the New National o.llery at the rear et
Burlington House. The remaining !Initiate" wee quickly
diva- ed of. and the House adjourned at a few minutes
past six o'clock. . .

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FRIDAY. —On the motion of Mr. Prand, a new wrii
was onlered for the el ction of • member for Glonoester
city, in the room of Mr. J. Powell, who has accepted tie
°Mee of recorder of Wolverhampton. Mr. Whiteside
repeated the question he had put on the previous day,
whether the Government had received any com-
munication to the • ffect that exactions and costri-

bui.rui. had be, levied by. t.le Prelim! WM

in -Sit7lana7peis-ding the arisiisti;s- sitaTro -nhetimei,
and if such proceedings were in wordeses with
the terms of the armistim Lord Palmenten,
who bad just entered the House from band Se
spesker's chair, and taken his areal rest amidst the
cheers of his sopporters, replied that the conditions of
the srmistioe wery gotta clear that no fresh contribta-
Bons should be levied; but there appeared to be Mlle
irteibisuity with regard to the uodertaking betwees the
parties as to whether contributions ordered before the
armistice should continue to be levied. Ifir
IL Farquhar inked whether it was not under-
stood that previsions were to pond for. lewd
Palmerston replied in the affirmative. In rt&
llu to Major Stuart Knox, the quis of
tington 'Weil that two battalions of Guards sad
one military train had been ordered house from Canada,
sod that without rslirf. On the order for supply,
Colonel North moved an addrees to the Queen, peer
ing her to consider the cervices of Captain Greet, end
order him isms suitable reward for improving the
system of cooking in the army, and effecting amin-
a dersble saving in the publ e expenditure in incl. The
motion was opposed by the Marquis of Hartingtos. sad
was negatived by 104 to 70. Mt. Baxter, is d
attention to the state of affairs ii' China, atlitteisettil
some seventy the policy pursued by Her Ma=
Government in espousing the cause of the
dynasty, and interfering between Imperialists sad
Taerings in behalf of tle former. Lord Palmerston
defended the Chinese policy of Ministers as tzliya
*coercion-Lc with the wishes of the country',
and the commercial classes in particular. He obeereeti
that they had interfered in the present coolest simply
tor the purpose of protecting our treaty rights when they
were danger, and our national intends; elms they
were at stake, Sir J. Pokington directed attention in
the war in • hich this country was reeled with the
King of A shanks, and mid the time had new arrived
when Parlisment had a right to some eiptersties
relatiag thereto. He then inquind viva were the
causes that had led to the war, and whether there was
any prospect of Her Majesty's troops being relieved
from the destructive efforts of the climate by a vestigial
solution of the question. A.r. Cardwell stated Ibel
the origin of the war was the flight of two sia
subjects of the King of Ashanben into our
on the Gold coat, and the refusal of the governor be
deliver them up, on the ground that if be did so tisk
death would be inevitable. The ersedurst of the
in that case had received the •pprov•l 04 the=
Newcastle. In the spring of 1863 the Ashanteo forme
made on incursion into the territory of usighzboDuA
*lnds, and advanced within 40 miles of the
possessions, destroying in their progress upwards 0130
town. •nd villages, sacrificing ninny lives, and earreies
off much property. In the succeeding autumn the
Governor finding that the King of Ashanti", intended •
reviews' of hostilities and an attack upon our rettlem.,t.
determined to anticipate him by sending stores isle his
territorim Having mentioned the further progress at
events, the bon. gentletnan concluded by Mating thee
Her Majesty's Government had determined at ease
send transports, to remove our forme from lla• Geld
Coast. so ,aas to bring the troops within be somber
that conid he accommodated there by the wfaiale,
means with a due regard to their health and eossfeen.
With rrrard to the future, he .mild may eV litas be
entirely ay mpathiped in the feeling that it WY INA IMF
Ist, to make expeditious at a diseases from the Na
resat to the interior of Attie", sad es there was me
leaire or inteation to *tend our 1=4:1114 the
rains bed put au cud * all warlike it was
not proposed to renew 1b... The How the, went
into commilgos of sugtZ. said ewe Wes were *hes
on amount of the service Wintobse, sin a
twisty minntes to eight the 1100/11 inns 0011ated egit•