The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN COAL.

Lord A. CHURCHILL asked the Secretary to the
Admirelity whether the covet orueut bad received ray cram
tatteicatio• with respect to the Australian mei ;.rd, if so,
whether it would order that her Majesty 's ships in those waters
should make trail of it ; sad, if any slight alterations were
requisite is the mils:hieem to adapt it better for the use of
this coal, whether the Admiralty would direct these to be
made is steam ships DOM on the Australisu station.
Lord C. PAGET replied that the Admiralty had lately '
received • report from the Colosial-office as to the merits
of Australian cold, and he should be extremely glad if that
coal ould he male amiable for her Majesty's ships as the
Australian station. He wee sorry to soy Um report was
not very sathhictory, for it had been found that this coal
choked up the Sue,. of the boilers, abet the °ekes* wen,
therefore, uot Iwtttculerly partial to it. lie was out, how-
ever, without Lope that the cool relight he made of use to
vessels while in the .tustralian waters. With respect to
altering the boilers so ns to adapt them for the consumption
of this coal. no particular objection could be made to that
alteration, but it would not du to woke such au alteration
as would reinter the ramie swam on other stations.
THE ECCLEXIASTICAL COMMISSION.

Mr. Alderman COPELAND asked the Secretary of
State for the Hume Department if it were the intrusion of
the goverameot to omelet • select oommittee to iuquin
into the state of the Emlesiadical Commission, and the
managerneet of the relates LOW vested in the commiestom
Sir G. GREY said that when en the lee day of the last
seosioa the lion. gentleman brought under the Deice of the
hones • certain branch of ezpeoditure with regard to the
Ecclesiastical Cuoimissice, he (ffir O. Grey) had stated that
he thought the subject we tree far inquiry by a committee.
Ma boo. member for Poole had gine notice of his lawn.
tioo to nime for • committer. and If the home would agree
to it, this subject would nest. within the scope if such
committee.
THE ISLAND OP SAN JUAN.
Mr. MALIBU lITON eked the Under Secretary et Stele
for Foreign Affair. upoe what terms, if soy, the Americans
retailed peneesion of • pertain of the Island of Son Juan •
whether there was ruy essetintion peediog'pe the subjects
fed thesauri: thereof and, whether there were any oli-
=ki rodeo, the paws and earrespondence referring
lard PALMERSTON—The footing upou which the
secsptis of the Island of Sae Juan sow etude we
ea se arrange inset made is 18.50, &owns Gemmed
Seat; who was seat out for the perpuse to Veamiever's
Wend, sod Governor Douglas, who at that time ism the
governor of lb. island. The co...lamas of the arraugegente
wen that without prejudice to the el ems of either party
to the whole of the Weal. there should be provieinally •
joist occupation, to.onsie of not • greater aundor than 100
inn on each side— either soldiers or cerium --to be
etaticeel in different ;arts el the island, so us wet to ovine
(ate muted, awl each party to esereise cootrul over the
sedusliateate Whinging to its goveremeet, eel to repel any
attache of the Indians. From that time negotiations have
beer carried on botween the Meet government awl that
of the ('oiled States with • view to a fuel
mutinied .4 the deputed (mention with respect
to the .dunned l..tweeo Vaucouver's Island *ad the
tuandsed --a dispute which of coeds involved the prim
sessioe of Sea Juan. That 'Negotiators had med. •senate
decoct, of prattle. eine the civil war Woke at, but in tom
mimeses of such evil war the orgaistlines lies bees sum
preiled, sod that befog the mess I de net thigh it wield be
useful to ester into a nestemeett et tbs aegatietiuse up to
the pest at which tbey ewe suspended, sod of coerce I
eannot lay any papers en the subject mart the table of the
boom
THE TRAFFIC OF CABS.

Mr. MUNE oohed the ilearetaly ad Kam for the Hem
Kowtow% wheelie. ba bed it ta oestmaelatioe to bore-
dom • MR Wt meges to mead the how regulate's the
Wile isle ma remismo thivesh the street. el
the melorpolie ; aid II se, oboe it might be mewed to be
laid epos the tibia si Ho hew
SSU GILT gridMd .p
ia se bigwig°. of brig*.
Y' • bill am the WOM ...pages alteragoa el the law.
corium' OK THE POIST.OIrFICE.
Or 0. BOWYER aided the Chancellor of the Roberti..
Mee the wort of the emewittow is the Poet-once would
be hid epee the obis.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER maid that
hie beer isereol Wed hod meta wogs' of a imam
'Mare is go get sember et parilAsosot, WINS be (Me
Chrowellar of the EarlimeorY Aged that the weremeet
would oosseter the wo Newt. TI.
report 41 lie memuttee
on is Poo-ago mimed toebewmege tfolltals litigable*
tLo notopelitne etteldiebetee. isr the swrowestent 01l
times Oriiiieet.• Thing tileim bed Wen eamMeed kin
• hogellee is ewsWeelee ellieree et li
the Ina,
my. Them Wm ellwe 1111.4444 d *Wes manes them

officers as to the costes to be takes. sad order such circum-
stances It Demme t►e duty of the govemenent to assume
the responsibility. Curtain couchtiose had thereupon been
made which were sow iu force, but he did not think it
would be favourable to the discipline of the service to lay
the papers spec the tibia of the house.
CO!

_JIIMUNICATION BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, A.ND VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER maid he would
take that oppertuaiy of stamp( that be had fallen into an
error yes r.daj with respect to the packet communication
between Sao Francisco, British Columbia, and Vancouver's
bland. He stated that the amount for the contract pa)-
able by the govertunent for the six months' contract was
10,0061., and for the twelvemonth, 20,000/. The amount
should, however, have bean stated as 5,0001. and 10,0001.

DISTRE9B IN IRELAND.
On the motion for gang into committee of supply,
lb. MAGUIRE, wished given ounce that he would call
attention to the existienise of serious distress in Ireland, pre-
mixed that he wished to &lead himself, and to show that
certain stateroeute made In Ireland, aod repeated in that
bons% were not founded en accurate information. His re-
rarity, he said, had bees Impeached, and he asserted that
all he had stated wee tree, and that what had been repre-
sented on the other side was not justified by facie. He
then entered very largely into details, supported by stair
meets derived from various sources and by returns, whMk,
he contended, were utterly incoesistest with agricultural
y in Ireland, and which showed that the pressure
Zart,by all classes, but especially small farmers, shop-
keepers, and labourers, the extent of workhouse relief
brag uo test of the amount of real psuorriem. He imply
stated facts, be said, and left the resplasibility to the go-
vernment to act for the mild of the distress he had shows
to said, instead of endeavocriag to dupe the minds of the
people of this country. He moved that certain Irish poor.
law return he laid upon the table.
`Stir It. PEEL said he believed the house was always ready
to listen to statements which engaged its sympathy, but
thealarm suggested did not come from the lauded proprietors
of Ireland, as in 1846, 1847, or 1848, nor from the talent-
farmers, nor trees the parliamentary representstives of
popular coaetitneocies, nor from the people themselves, nor
from persons who had an opportunity of knowing the con.
ilium' of Ireland ; but it MOM from a few persons in Ireland
who bail their representative in Mr. Maguire,
whose knowledge of Ireland was of the moat limited
said subordinate character. The scrim in Ireland,

M 1:11;;;T, hadbeen 'wet oaf 'Monate ; the
quantity of ride had bees unusually large, sod there
was a scarcity of fuel ; but from the earliest period, appre-
hending that there might be a connderable amount of due
teem everything had been done by the Irish government to
mese any unusual premium so that the accuesticee robed
' tires were most unfounded. Observing that the eanitery
eendilies of the people of Ireland had never bees better,
be preisesisd to reply is dieted to the ststamesis of Hr.
Merle. reeding sewn nu icat iose be bad received is ref a.
Woos el those eleteneste. The q raised and the repre-
esetetkee me& of post distasee is bthad he weeded to be
met tree ; es the sesteary. the elate et that essielvy see sound
sod istiefeetary, es "visaed Ivy the dimialebed amount of
arise, 'gravies estesgee, sad erristione He had had
sauces has lissesesste cd cesaties„ Itir said, entirely
corroborating the elotemenie be bed Mid% end be indig-
seedy desessiced the setempe to soojure up imaginary
griernoors is Ireland, 'blob ma sow happily changed, and
when the pledges of prosperity were becoming daily more

Observations epos the 000dition of Ireland and the con-
duct s 1 the gewereerient, more or lees conflicting, were made
by Mr. Dame" Mr. Hafwell, Mr. Scully, Mr. Y. Urquhart,
'ideas, bib assists.
Mr. WHALLEY Mk sums strong remarks upon the
readmit d the Ream 111116111 lit priests in lreland.
MAUULII2 withdrew hie motion.
THE REVISED CODE.

Lord ROBERT CECIL called the attention of the house
to the cam of Derby- read School, Nottingham, to which
the provisions of the revised code had been par-
tially stiplied. notwithstanding the aneouncemeot that
those provisions would be suspended until they
had been submitted to the judgment of parliament.
Me LOWE. said that with retard to the matter of pee-
aims the amble lord was under • mistake, and if be had
given notice of the question he would have
brought the papers and entered into all the details.
Pensions were not given but in exceptional circumstances,
sad the time for allotting them would not come until after
the period for the revised code to come into operation.
There had, therefore, been es postponement of any claim,
and indeed be led eatertehied rainy applications during the
pressed year. As to the book grants, they were useful in
the leginaiag et the educational system, but they hail be-
come lairtheasome and employed a great many clerks, and
as the royal oxotnission had reported against them,
the committee had, on their responsibility, refused to
grant them. I. fact, however, they employed agenda—
the Mesas. Leagman—in this matter, and the ar-
rangement with them warn that they should have
a long notice. That noticebad been given, and
part of- the minute had done away with • port of the grant.
It had been found impossible to pursue • different course in
musequence of other persons in the trade having some of
the books in their bands. This matter had nothing to do
with the revised code, and it was not an annual grant. if
the house should decide that the grant should be coutinued,
these manager, of the Nottingham school would be entitled
to the books. The Committee of the Privy Council bad
derided this point upon their own responsibility, but se to
breaking faith with the house, or with any samasgers, it
never eve intended or done. The right hoe. gentleman
mid, in answer to a question put by Mr. liTtiON, that notice
was given to Messrs. Longman in the spring of last year. be
believed in the month of May.
Mr. DISRAELI mid the question was whether one
minute or another was in force. The right bon. gentleman
admitted that under the existing system this application
for books would have been complied with, and then he de.
feuded himself by stating that rime unsatisfactory arrange-
ment existed with the publishers. But the notice to the
publishers ought not to have anticipated that the revised
code would be adopted by the house. The question might
not be one of very t importanoe —sot so greet as many
which were inel in the revised code. But what was
more remarkable was the want of tact and the want of con-
ciliation no the part of the right hoa gentlemen in briegiug
those ameednieuts before the notice. As the right
hon. gentleman was prepared to make considerable de-
nim& upon the forbearance of the public, it was
desirable that the new orders of the council
should be made clear to their understandings.
Su far as the law was concerned, the right boo. gentleman
bad not a leg to stand on. He bad given no answer to the
complaint of the noble lord, nor bad he proved that there
bad not been • total want of discretion. The privy council
was is a position in which the utmost discretion was neces-
sary, and they had shown • total want of it, as well as of
cosciliatios. It was wrong that the public feeling should
be offended, and in offending it, the right lion. gentleman
had shown • great want of administrative discretion.