The Press.
London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

Cts lortog.

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1857.

POSTSCRIPT.

(By Submarine Telegraph.)
BERME, Friday.

The Minister of France his read to the
President of the Federal Council a despatch
from Count Walewski, protesting against the
breach of confi fence exhibited by the recent
publication of the Treaty.
The Council have drawn up a note repellir.g
these reproaches.

PAnis, Fridny Evening.
Closing price of French Funds—Three per
Cents for Account, 69fr. 30c.

AMERICA.

The screw steamship t;anadian, with advices to the
Vith ult., arrived at Liverpool yesterday from Port-
land.

The America had arrived at Halifax.
From Halifax we learn that the House of Assem-
bly had passed the bill giving to the New York and
Newfoundland Telegraph Company the exclusive
privilege for twenty five years of lanuing a submarine
telegraph cable from any part of Europe on any part
of the shores of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
The steam-fripte Niagara had not sailed on the
25th.

A despatch from Washington states that Lord
Napier approved of the despatch of a strong Ain,!ri-
can naval force to the Isthmus. Count Sartige had
remained silent. Ten vessels were to be despatched.
The Khersonese had airrived out.

The ElipPror of Auitria has met with a warm re-
ception in Hungary.

Convocation assembled yesterday at Westminster.
In the Upper House, prior to the adoption of the
address, the Bishop of Oxford said lie wished to
guard against an error that prevailed in reference to
the working of Convocation :
It had been said that Convocation was surreptitiously
working against authority. and that it was seeking powers
to which it was not entitled. He wished to say that no
authority tha. could come Sown from the Crown would
increase the power of Convocation, and that any power to
make canons must be originated by a petition from Con-
vocation itself. The greatest work of Convocation was
done when it had no greater power than it had at the
present One.

The Archbishop of Canterbury said he had often
met the c'erkty in Convocation, and had dismis,ed
them because there was no business to discharge :
The snmmons under which they met was of a very
solemn charactet, and he did not feel himself justified in
adopting the ungracious course of putting an end to their
deliberations when they had any matters of importance to
discuss. He did not think he should be carrying out the
instructions given to him by his Soveregn in adopting
that course ; and that was the resson why he had not
listened to many public and private remonstrances which
had been addressed to him.

In the Llwer H lase the question of the abolition
of the extra chureh service tor the 30th of January,
the 19th of May, and the btl► of November was then
proceeded with on the motion of Dr. Ullman, the
Dean of St. Paul's.

THE PRESS.

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

GENERAL ASHBURNHAY.

The Earl of CARDIGAN, adverting to the attack on
General Ashbu:nham, insisted upon the neces.:ity of
finding means to prevent, or punish, the offences
committed by junior officers of the army or navy, in
maligning their superiors through the public press.

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Farther comments on this subject were offered by
Lord Panmure, the Earl of Hardwicke, and the
Marquis of Clauricarde.

REPORTS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Lord CAMPBELL moved for the reappointment of
the select committee nominated in the teat session,
and charged to inquire into the expediency of extend-
in to reports of speeches in Parliament and at public
meetings the legal immunity now enjoyed by the
reports of proceedings is courts of justice.

After some remarks from the LORD CHANCELLOR,
the motion was agreed to.

Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes past six
o'clock.

HOUSE OF' COMMONS.
MAYNOOTH.

Mr. SPOONER gave notice that on the 21st inst. he
should move a resolution recommending the abroga-
tion of the 3laynoutli grant.