The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Lord WomtHonsE denied that Governmnt had done
anything of the kind,. and defended the Provisional
Govnment fi:ont the Charge 9f'elty towardipolitieal,

prisoners,

The Earl of MALMES'ITtIi'i niged non-interferenpn,
and told the Government that by their conduct during
the peace Of Villafranca they had themselves V.) thank
for the annexation of Savoy. 2,.

Ihe Dutie.,pf Angrria. said that the Government would
be neutral, but nct indifferent, on Italian affairs.

After some further remarks, the House .adjourned
at 6.30. '

HOVSEOFCOMMONS.-YESTERDAY.

In reply to General Peel,
Sir C: Wool) said he had 'received no accounts from
India which led him to believe that any discontent still
lingered amongst the company's troops in India.
In reply to Sorrily, t:
Mr. CARDWELL said that the Government dal -iot
intend to depart from the present system of national
education in Ireland. If any a lteraiions-4ere Pfoposed,
due notice would be,given. „
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In moving the adjournment till Monday,
The CHANCELLOR Or: the EXCHEQUER explained
that the alteration he proposed to introduce into
the spirit license system was to compel dealers
in wine in bond :to take out license, at 2teriigiiii4as
similar to that now required from the retail
dealers. He likewiisp:! laid! -on the table the
amended resolutions referring to the charges on
registration of packages removed from bonded way-
houses, and on- dOck' warrants ;-' these•iatter, when they
had become negotiable; would' be•cliarged':with a duty
of 3d. Contract notes below X2O would he exempted
from charge.
!In rely to Tise,.
Sii-..-COWPER said that Professor Faraday and Sir R.
Murchison had been requested' to eiamine and report
upon the state of the new Houses of Parliament.
In reply to Mr. Way,
Sir C. ' Wool; said :that there 'never Iliad teen he
slightest intention of dedticting, the, batty from the, prize
money due to the troops present at the eapture of:Delhi.
Mr. HALLinuaxoN:cOmPlained of therdainage , which
would be done to. the North American,colonies' by the
alteration of the timber.duties; and of the.contemptuous
manner in which those interests had been treated by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He wanted to know if
the 'decision on, these: duties
,conld 'be delayed,;till tt),Y.;
Colonies had time to make represerit(4ions;.

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The Cx.crcErthic of the ExevEQuEn denied the
charges brought against him ; and said that every
opportunity would be given to all members of the House
for the statement of such representations as might be
made to them on the subject.
In reply-to Lord A. Vane Tempest, ,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the correspondence bet Ween
the Government and our Ainbassador at Paris had beei
transmitted to the Great Powers, without, as yet, any
further result than that the Ministries"at Berlin and
Vienna had declared their concurrence in the views of'

that correspondence; but without stating what course
they mean to take. They had not yet heard from St.
Petersburg that the despatch had arrived. . krom.
Sardinia :they were assured that if the annexation were
put to the vote of the people of Savoy care-would be

taken that it was fairly and properly put, and thaf the
frontier of Switzerland and Sardinia was arranged with.
clue regard to theirtafety, With regard to Switzerkind,
the opinion of the authcitifies there remained uncluinge'd.
This would be shewn by the correspondence, which
would be laid upon the table, on Monday.
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The adjourned debate on the treaty *as then resumed
by

• Mr. HonsmAN, who 'contended that by a commercial
treaty we 'gave up our freedom .of action,, and bound
ourselves to a foreign
_nation in
_onr interfererice with
' our own internal taxation: We .had :' made a
further sacrifice in abandoning the principle of
reciprocity. The excuse for the treaty was to enable
the Emperor to force free trade on his reluctant 'peeple;
They compromised and Vonfirrred the policy of Englatid
to meet the intentions of France. What were 'they to
gain in return ? They were told that they should:have
perpetual peace with France, and a millenium of profits.
His ohjection to all this, was that it at based on false
calculations. EA was himself an earnest advoCate off
free trade, on the interest not only of commerce,' but of
civilisation. But the military preparations and organi-
sations of Prance, such, as had never been seen since
the days of the, Roman Empire, Made hers an exceptional,
case ; and they should pause before they parted with their
lee,islative freedom to a power which had already entailed
upon them an enormous war expense in tithe of peace.
fHe repeated that the concessions of France. were .not
equal to those of England, while the treaty made. enemies
of the commercial class in France—the only party averse
to the war. The error lay in. confounding the French
• Emperor with the French people, and we were desired
to side. with the Emperor against the people, and to help
to deliver the
:people into the hands of the Emperor.
Was the Parliament of England, in the face 'of the
-world, to adopt this course ? The continental journals
stated that the Emperor had bribed England I helj). him,
to circumvent MS nation. Could they not be ,satisroci
with the prosperity they already enjoyed without playing
tricks and tampering with its successes. His opinion
was that the risks of the proceedings were greater than
the profits. He :further objected to 'the treaty as a
political transaction, made at a time when our relations
with Europe were of a most delicate character. He '
viewed with apprehension the increasing predominance
of the commercial element in that House on which they
founded the dangerous- steps they were now taking. He
objected to the treaty on economical grounds, on revising
the old proceedings,: and taxing'ngland for tie benefit
of France ; and on political grounds as sowing the seeds of
discord between the two countries, and mixing tis 'up with
continental transactions, of whielf,we should find' it diffi-
Milt to bear the resptruSibiliiy. ' 11e then 'oatite to the
peal article. 'Allowing:that it was unnecessary, in.: atoin-
mercial point of view,' as France had 'already full access
to our ports, the highest authorities *ere in favour of
the exhaustibility of our, supply of coal. The supply
would, according, to tin* anthoritiss, fail in three -
hundred years. Ile protested tqainst ' thns wasting the
Keilmees of the country, on Which its national greatness
depended: They were giving th 6 g,lperqi of ii:i
french An nynerqhip in English coal, Ite. Challenged
,the Ministry to show that this article was not made'
1 exclusively in French, contrary to English, interests..
He concluded by moving the resolutitni of which
he hitd . given notice,--to add to the address moved
by Mr.' BYng on the treaty with i•rance, :the ' fol.;
lowing words :-' 4410 humbly to represent to her
Majesty, that, in , the opinion of this House,
. Article 11 imposes on the Crown and Legislature of
die' country ' unnecessary , and impolitic restriotiOnS;: 'to:
which this house cannot assent ; aria to, pray her Majesty.
to effecttthe omission of that Article, figm the treaty , .
gin ylllr 'etitered into details to show that Smith'
Wales coal fields alone would supply' Treat Britain for
upwards of $OO years. - .

• Mr. BENTLNen said that .war might be: disastrous to
.England : it would not be disgraceful. The treaty was
both. It was concocted by those who had at heart
neither the honour nor the interest of 1;4 .4-ountry.
Sir-R. PE,r.‘ admitted the manifbld advantages of the
'treaty, but could not .shut his eyes to. the menacing
attitude of France; still he approved, on•reffection,
the policy of the Government as wise and deserving the
support of the country, At the same time, hedernauded
that I'tarlianillt 5.116414 4Pe.44 out without delay against
the policy of France towards Savoy.
Mr. DISRAELI contended that even under ordinary
circumstances it would have been wiser for the, two
nations to have begun by modifying their- tariffs, till
the time had come' when France would hare been pre-
pared to effect • those remissions of . duty now; on
promised, but no one could Say that the KeSnitt c.irCum.
stances were ordinary—on the contrary, they -Were most
exeptional.' objected to the course adepted by the.
Government, on financial, diplomatic, and political
reasons:. •
,The financial considerations had already been
fully debated; and, retaining his former convictions, he
would not' now dwell upon them. lie believed ilat•the ,
prospects of commercial intercourse with France were,
greatly exaggerated. The relations • between the two
countries, though he hoped they would' lie e4tended,
would still be limited, qn:diplornatic grounds, he
objected to it as unskilfully and negligently drawn up.
There was the shipping article introduced' withqtly
necessity ;--the coal article! the silk article, in return for
Which we nftht hays demanded the free importation Of
the raw material. Again, in return for. the ,admissi
of French Wine, they. might IraiTelstiNiated the adtriis,4ioll
of Fanglislt These,' then; were the political
considerations. The treaty, thongh conirnereial. one,
was made mainlyhr political reasons, With regard to.
Savoy, he asserted that the conduct of !ranee towards
our own Government was sincere,, frank, and straight-
forward; and the Government': hail no right to turn
‘t. round and. complain that it was taken by surprise. After
criticising-at'length the despatc).S' of Lord J.' Russell,
he declared he wai astonished that, cognisant as they were
the circtnstances, the Miniiters could have imagined'
that a commercial treaty ',would do anything towards
settling the critical situation, of gurppe,., 14e demanded.
explanation.of conduct which tilled him with distrust
Ml 4 might lead to disturbance,
The NAN-omen of the EXCHEQUER said, as they •
',Could not hope for a 'perfect concurrence with f'rance
' or any, other country, the' hail clone Bell to, accept the
'proposal so frindoly made, to join :with her to assist! so
,f 4 as in them lay,,in settling a great EUropean question.
'lle pointed out the manifold contradictions and inoon,
sistencies of the speech of Mr. Horsmail, protested
against the terms in-which he spoke of the policy of
France. If he had believed what he said; he,
should have done something' more than move a

.7. 4 , HOUSE OF, LQ:4OS.—YTATERDIT. ; 1
The Marquis of,NouNty:.- accuq.',l the Government,
of partisnShip in Italy, anitioPenly recominended the
Provisional '96vernment of Tuscany to influence the i
elections. i
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