The Press.
London, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

• THE ATTACK ON THE REDAN.

COL FRENCH having inquired whether any investi-
gation would be made touching the causes which had
led to the failure of the British attack on the
Redan,

Lord PALMERSTON replied in the negative, and
stated his opinion that the affair in question could
not be looked upon as a failure, but that the accident
reflected high lustre on the British arms.
Some further topics were mooted, after which the
desultory debate came to an end, and the motion for
adjourning over the recess was agreed to.

CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION.

Sir G. GREY gave notice that the 10th of April
he should ask leave to bring in • bill to reform the
corporation of the city of 1400doo,

MAYNOOTH.

SATURDAY,

Mr. SPOONER gave notice that on the 15th of
April he intended to move that the house should
resolve itself into committee to consider the acts
relating to Maynooth.

On the motion for going into Committee of Supply'
another desultory discussion arose, chiefly relating
to certain details in the public account-keeping.
Ultimately, the Speaker left the chair, and a series
of votes on account of the army and ordnance ser•
vices were discussed in committee, and passed in
succession, amidst a miscellaneous conversation.
On resuming, the Police (Counties ant Boroughs)
Bill was passed through committee pro forma, iu
order to its being reprinted with the amendmen:s.

LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING BILL.

Mr. Lowe moved that the subject of this bill
should be referred to a select committee. In making
this mo►ion the right hon. member had abandoned
the form he originally prepared, and adored the
terms of the amend►vent proposed by Sir F.
Thesiger.
Some remarks in defence of the proposal to
abolish the local dues, especiallj those levied by the
Liverpool Corporation, were offered by Mr. AIu,NEE
GIBSON.

Mr. Wm.roLE renewed his protest against such an
act of confiscation.

After some further discussion, and &defence of the
course pursued by the Government from Mr. LABOU-
MERE, the motion was agreed to.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
Mr. BOUVERIE obtained leave to bring in a bill for
the improvement of the University and Colleges of
Cambridge.

TESTAMENTARY

Leave was given to the Solicitor• General to bring
in a bill to abolish the testamentary jurisdiction of
the ecclesiastical courts, establishing in lieu thereof
a new court of probate, and otherwise amending the
law relating to the administration of the estates of
deceased persons.
Sir F. KELLY also obtained leave to introduce a bill
for the further amendment of the law of procedure
and evidence.

The bills were brought in and read a first time
respectively.
The house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock
until Monday the 31st inst.

THE CONFERENCES.

The sixth, seventh, and eighth sittings of the
Conference have taken place in the current week,
and a ninth sitting, it is anticipated, will be held
this day.
The fifth and sixth sittings are reported to have
been so unsatisfactory in point of real progress, as to
have caused serious displeasure to the Emkieror of
the French, who was of opinion that too mach was
said and too little done. The questions of the rec
tification of the Bessarabian frontier, the topography
of which none of the Plenipotentiaries—save the
Russian—were acquainted with, and of the future
form of government for the Principalities, are said
to have been then under discussion.

At the seventh and eio,h sittings on Monday and
Wednesday, the important question appears to have
been decided tor the