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sure, and the manner in which he had been recalled
was not discourteous.
Lord PALMERSTON quite agreed that it was expe-
dient that the advisers of the Crown should be at
liberty to choose their own diplomatic agents, but be
did not see the necessity of recalling Lord Howden
in so abrupt a manner. He bore testimony to the
great ability with which that nobleman bad dis-
charged the important duties intrusted to him, and
lamented that the present Government should have
seen reason to place the interests of the country in
any other hands.
Mr. KER said, that whatever might be the merits
of Lord Howden, his successor was one of the best
public servants. He would well sustain the honour
of England, and was not a man who would submit
to act in any way unworthy of his country, or in
opposition to constitutional freedom.
The Loan Societies Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The house then went into Supply on the Navy
Estimates, when certain votes were agreed to.
On the order of the day for the second reading of
the India Bill No. 2, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER proposed to postpone it till Friday. Mr.
Hossmax suggested the propriety of discharging the
order, as the house bad come to a general under-
standing to proceed by resolution on the subject of
the government of India. (No, no.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
unless there was a general concurrence of opinion that
both bills should be withdrawn, it might be incon-
venient to adopt the suggestion.
Lord PALMERSTON said Mr. Horsman was wrong
in assuming that there was a general understanding
on the part of the house to proceed by resolution on
this subject. That he (Lord Palmerston) conceived
was a question which the house would have to dis-
cuss on a future day. He could not accept the sug-
gestion of the right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor
of the Exchequer), that Bill No. 1 should be with-
drawn in company with Bill N,
The motion for p., onning ?lie second reading
of Bill No. 2 until Dada) res ti agreed to.

POOR LAW ACT LAIL.I)IIL'..T BILL.
Mr. Cams obtained leave to bring in a bill to
amend the laws for the relief of the poor.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes past
twelve o'clock.

HOUSE OF LO

INDIA RESOLUTIONS.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in reply to Lord
Monteagle, stated that the Government did not
intend to lay any resolutions on the subject of the
government of India before the House of Lords.
He trusted they would be very shortly sent up from
the other house, when their lordships would have the
opportunity of discussing them.
The Customs Bill was read a' third time and
passed.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition
from householders in the districts of Belgravia and
Pimlico against the nuisance of barrel-organs in the
streets.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, it was ordered
that no bill be read a second time after the 27th of
July, except bills of Supply, or such bills as the house
may specially exempt from the order.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TuesnAr.
Mr. VANCE moved for a select committee to con-
eider certain duties on ships and other imposts
leviable within the port of Dublin. He stated the
origin of the duties, which had been imposed for the
purpose of liquidating the cost of a refuge harbour.
He wanted, he baid, only inquiry into the effect of
these duties upon the trade of Dublin.
Mr. HENLEY did not object to an inquiry.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said these
tolls originated in a compact to the advantage of
Dublin, and to the disadvantage of the Consoli-
dated Fund, and he should oppose any attempt to
relieve the city from paying the amount of the tax.
But if the mode in which it was levied was in-
jurious, he bad no objection to the grievance being
remedied, so long as the same amount was brought
into the Exchequer. So far as regarded inquiry into
any injustice he should not oppose the committee.
Lord PALMERSTON suggested that if the committee
were appointed the order of reference should limit
its inquiry to the ascertaining whether an equal sum
could be levied in a less objectionable manner.
Mr. VANCE consented to modify the order of re-
ference, and th 9 amended motion was agreed to.

TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENTS.
Mr. Cox moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal
the Act of the first year of George 1., cap. 38, com-
monly called the Septennial Act, and to limit the
duration of Parliaments to three years. Mr. Cox
based his argument, in support of his motion, upon
the ground that the ancient constitution of the
pountry required that there should be annual Par-
Jiaments, and that short Parliaments continued to
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