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London, England, 1853-05-21 00:00:00

THE IRISH VICEROYALTY.

The vote for 6,414/. for the household expenses of
the Lord Lieutenant being proposed in committee of
Sir J. SHELLEY inquired whether any plan had
been under the consideration of the Government for
the abolition of the offiee of Lord Lieutenant, which
was a mere show and bauble.
The CHANFELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not able
to state whether any plan had been formally brought
under ministerial consideration for the abolition of
the Lord Lieutenancy.
Colonel DONNE thought the answer very unsatis-
factory. The Government were well enough flispoKed
to impose additional taxation on Ireland, but, when
they were asked whether it was proposed to deprive
her of the money spent by the vice-regal establish-
ment, the right hon. gentleman did not give a frank
denial, but, on the contrary, an evasive and unsatis-
factory answer.
The CHANcEmon of the I:.xittrot•Ett, endeavouring
to improve his answer, acknowledged, even in the
absence of his colleague to whose department it be-
longed. that he was not aware of any intention ( n the
part of the Government to abolish the Irish Nice-
r' lyalty.
31r.W.WILUANS,remarking upon the extravagance
of paying 181/. 12s. sti. for the chaplain to the Lord
Lieutenant, and 1,574/. Os. for Queens plates to

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he run for in Ireland, moved that the vote be reditvea
by'1,7581. Ise. 10d.

Tito committee divided—

For Mr. Williams's amendment
Against
Majority
The vote was then agreed to.
11ACKNEY-cAIIOI.ImiES
The committal of this bill was opposeml by Sir 11.
H. Botts. on the ground that the house was
dealing. without previous investigation, with the
livelihoods, wages, and even the liberty of a great
1111111,1itT of subjects, and interfet ing with the use and
value of a large amount of property. There were
many thousands of drivers, conduetors. owners, e.,
whose rates of remuneration for serviees rendered
the bill would fix without consulting the parties
chiefly interested. Summary powers of tine and in►.
prisonment were given to the magistrates, within
whose grasp even gentlemen might fall, as he had
known one who was formerly an Oliver in time army,
but. who now had the misfmniumme to be owner of some
cabs. Respecting the amount of property which the
bill would more or less implicate, he gave the follow-
ing details :-
-There were now 1;200 omnibuses. and hvGive a single
journey was taken a capital of 4110)UL had been sank in
their eialStYlletioll. The 81111114 rust ill WOW'S Was
.4:111.000/., in repairs 02.,1011/.. feed id' hitirsi.: 38•!,410a,
shoeing, huh and todi• making is
totid LIKNQ The ant y and lierures 111110111tvii Ito
.201 PM. With 113:101.1 to 1104.111q•elal'illgtli the 11111011111
was stuxller, but the east of the construction of :OM
hackney-carriages was 33.2.:500/., and the annual cost of
lunges :17.2,0001. The linty till hackory-carriages anionnteil
to nearly 3011,5111(q. a year, %hilt, the tint?. on all the railwar•
11111 not 111111)1111t to more than XXIV
Sir IL Inglis concluded by moving that the bill be
referred to a select committee.
Mr. l'azimotc defended his measure, pleading that
nothing in it required further amendment thmum the
house could make for itself in committee. if sent
up stairs " the bill would be etreetually barked.
Owners or driven of cabs and omnibuses would be
the only witnesses examined, and the " public "
would have none to represent their opinions and pro-
tect their interests. The men who drove, mufti of
whom Sir R. 11. Inglis showed such care, wire
thousands, but those who rode were millions, and
were still more in need of protection.
After a short, discussion the house divided—
For going into committee lO7
Against. 2B
Majority

BARON ROTHSCHILD.
Mr. MILNER GinsoN, referring to this rejection of
the Jew Bill in the House of Lords, and the conse-
quent loss of the services of one of its member,' by
the city of London, inquired I,orfl John ILassell'm pro-
posed course ruder the eirctunstatwes. Would the
Lioverninent bring in a bill, or what ?
Lord .loin Itussio.t. said :
" I have to state,in the first lance, that I do not think this
optestion cats lie settled by leaving things as they are at
present. -.ly opinion is. that it is nineli moone ionollaide
that it sl Id be settled Isv a bill. making it general alter-
idiom in the oaths to lie taken lay tacitilicrs of Poirlitotan.tit.
than ay recurring to a bill tof the tinttin• of I Ind which has
been rejected by the House of I molls ; hot et wind thine
such au alteration should be proposed I C 311111,1 Id. present
Undertake to try. However, I IlitlierVe that there has liven
a bill introduced in the other Louse of l'arlielocat for ail
alteration of the oaths. I have 1111 i I,el-11 that bill, but it is
possible that it may come ditwit to its 111 a short. I line in II
shape by which this ditticolty luny lie settled."
THE M ETROPOLIT A N sTATi•
Mr. B. WALL Itskeil 16e Chief I'Milliiissioner of Ws Irks whether
the bronze Potatoes its the metropolis were aver inspected, oor the
rust cleared ; whether doey were moiler the ...leitr..l of son)
Dove ad ootliee ; and whether it was Intended, before the
seatioololing is removed from the statue at Choritw•cro..)s, to ro •
pair it?
Sir W. MorKswotrot replied to the triple 11111'86.011 :—I. That
the Board of Works were not UtHetxlly boatel either to inspect
the statutes in the tactrotpoilis, or to have them demists! from
rest. It. That the Moism. stables were net nosh r the control Of
any tioverotoselot department, though It might Is' expedient to
Ming in a bill to plowe them moiler the control et the Huard of
Works. 111. With regent to the statue in 4 '1111111110.111,4e, he tutu
ascertained that the repair attic statute petiestal
wnnld
east 1,000/. '1 here was noo imineoliate necessity titer making tho•
repairs; the stow.) WOlllll be opine sale fur smother Vicar.
.161{11'1'T:1171M lo STATIsTItS.
Mr. Exsoxits asked the President of the Board of 'rrs.o.le what
course her Ikt tlieStYPI Government. intended to &slept thiss 1444414i..11
of Parliament, with the view of intissltteitog a s)stem of agricoth
tural statistiea halo the United Kingdom'?
Mr ex tolowehi. said that in Ireland, through the instrumen•
tality of that excellent foree the birth constalonlary, very detailed
information was almuly en the Snide. With regard to Se4ot•
land, the agricultural societies of that country were taking the
tattiest !mina to collect information'. England,
with the Poor Law Board, an experinient of the seine feats c
one
being made Itertforoisloire emailo Devnshire. his' hilts am one
result of these experiments, that arrangements sou u more ex•
tensive scale would he motile in future years.
INSPECTION Oh" NUNNERIES.
Mr. ('hambers's bah, riltitkii " A 1,111 to facilitate the recovery
of persomal liberty in certain mows," loan now Wen ',rioted I.)
order of the house. The preamble reviteso the difficulty of lower-
in certain %hillier or soot females are ingoreperly
outiojoet to restraint. The 'meeting part require,' the Tole4l I
tour,
linn•
()pillows of great Britain and of Ireland to appoint one, or
raid fsuunfirsivueri (fur *luau an oath of Ave le pretiertixd).

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Faeh COlllllli4siollt`t empowervil tuyisit betitet'll
in ettlilpslll) with a may istrate. tiny house in whirl' he haw rem.
Noinide ground to solpis.se thdt N fellll4o is Itglittint her
will: to make forcible entry. if neeessary to inspect every part
of the building; to obtsin a list of sill the Moist es ; to mte mid
eilagnitie separately every 1.1.11.1.111 tht`rltin ; snit 11041.011011 whether
any Mutate is detained there against her will. other darter*
empower colialulotsiollet to opply. 1111. VIIIII/I°. for It
alit of liobetim corkm. ',omit .d ally female improperly di,
t AIWA. and require hint to 1011011 uunumlly to Parliament con-
cerning his ‘iltliS, tilt' legal priweishints take n. tool other pm.
tienlors. Penalties me then imposed on those who ohairnet ih.
-dotter in his ditty. or tender false nitwits; and his
further protected by the usual privileges *worded to mines.
trmeg.

fortign anb e7oloniat

FRANCE.
Front our own t'orrespoudent.l
l'Ams, Thursday, May 19.
The Empress took an airing for the tint tinte since
her illness on Saturday. No travois of her indisposi •
tion are visible. !ler beauty and grace are the theme
oral! who behold her. The I.:nipenw continues his visits
to the numerous publie works now in course of execu
tion. and interests himself wannly in ameliorating the
condition of the working classes. Various plans aro
'maim considenetion fin providing cheap and healthy
dwellings for them, and building societies are forming
on the plan of those so successfully established in
England, by which every tenant may become in a
certain lapse of time the owner of the tenement he
begins by leasing.
The Corps 14gislatif is discussing in its bureaux the
project of the hew restoring capital punishment forcer
toile effencem,whieli meets with metele opposition, and
the maisnity of the Commission is evidently host de (41111.4
adoption, as atllmtling too elastic all opening for arbi
Iraq construction. Viscount .%rtliur de he theme)
niere, president of the first bureau, will be named
reporter for this bill, so that a luminous and impar
tial suenntary of its merits and demerits is anxiously
expected, if it is not previously withdrawn.
Lord Cowley presented to the Emperor on Satur-
day letters from the Queen of England, announcing
the birth of a Prince, her Majesty's son. It is affirmed
in well•infonned circles that the King of the Belgians
has the intention of soliciting for his son, the Duke
of Brabant, the hand of the Archduchess Mary. This
projected alliance between Belgium and Austria,
coupled with the fact of the increase of the Belgian
army to an effective or ioo,ooo men, gives rise hp
many commentaries, shatialess exaggerated.
Tin, Italian Opera closed last night. f I 7tle 1 with
/1 Barbieri., /.inda, and the prologue to .1 UN by
Verdi, executed by Mlle. l'ruvi.lli.
The Marquis de Aliment is named Ambassador of
Spain at Paris. Lord Clanricarde is spoken of hero
Its likely to succeed Lord Cowley as British Ambas-
sador in France.
The Duke de
hush tho bo1141111• of lee'ing
received by the (11l NN ,41114,51111.%. II is not
unlikely that the Iffily shortly visit

The Emperor lists reeviicil from the lirities.4s lin 111
Mirdonia the t'ullmving itsteresting letter :---
- 5111.,—.W111.11 I had the honour to make appeal 1., y4lllr
.j 11.4111.1• 141 1111111 ill 1111 111114.1i111•11114111 of my Ismition,
vim butt tht• griwilitt4 mit it'll of proisssing the protect of 14
11tH' 11111111 g 1/11' 11s DliSD•l'l Ibis rurilitlllillll DI till' DITCHED 01 14
114.11141/11 I might to have received from 1/41:0 tip ID Intl Its
the widow of II 111111,41/1.1 4111 Fl'lll l's., if Manilla' Ney had iiiit
of an odious 14.114114111.
11111141111111y141111'114.11 by 11141/4•114.1444.111 .teli nitwit first by
1o;1. Itlajesty, I had reason to hope ,hat it NI/111411W 1:I.
uwnsly •
taken lip by the political fotirtionaricti who rims
in the march .A' some 4~ocerutnl•ut.
Not so, however. That which I should have s4.cepteil Its
f 1.4.1111. but, nisoration wrongs whirls hail,
been intlirtist nu me and on Illy 4.11114111.11-11111 t which I
W4/1114111111V1/ 114/1111111411.41 in I.llllill--111114 1/44.11 D111144'41 with
thr Wlll'lllll 8111114 of 11 tenthimil rciompeose, 111111 eertaitily
it is not fist• uu to complain of smell 1111 honour. Hut now
Hist in tile corps ',rum's; DI till• reelaniationa
of a poor woman, ',inlaid debates are polonitim
tinseling; the memory of my Imslollllll, I C/1111144 hear that
4011 a ipic%tioti olllllllkey the 118111 e of the 11111a117ol1s vietito
shall serve is.. iull iis aliment for party disenssious, and in
conaispirner I mistime), your Majsoity in supplication
to
withdraw the project of law conceniitig me.—l have the
honour to 1w with the moat lively
" Your Majesty's most humble and respectful servant,
" NET,
" Istli May, !WA. l'rinceso de la 3luscuwa."
I am informed from an authentic source that a
modification is on the point of taking
ploys., if teat an entire change of tniniatera. The
French papers affect to believe the question of the
Holy sepulchre itt tertinnated in their savour: I
much doubt it.

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