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London, England, 1858-02-20 00:00:00

Tll E PRE SS, VEBRUARY 20, 1855.

Island under the immediate authority of the Crown.
With regard to the Hudson's Bay Company, all lie
said was that he should be prepared to produce papers
that would show what steps her Majesty's Government
had taken in the matter.

Mr. ROEnucK said he would make a motion on the
subject on Tuesday. lie regretted that the hon.
gentleman had been misrepresented.

THE NATIONAL GALLERY._

Lord ELcuo suggested that it would be more con-
venient to take the discussion on the motion of the
C)ancellor of the Exchequer on another occasion.
Mr. WILsoN said his right hon. friAnd had ad-
journed the motion to Thursday, the 25th instant.
The Clerks of Petty Sessions (Ireland) bill was
read a second time.

After some further business, the house adjourned
at a quarter to one o'clock,

HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY.
GENFMAT. WINDHAM.

The Doke cf CAMBRIDGE explained that in his
remarks the previous evening he had intended to say
that while no blame was to be attached to General
Windham for the defeat at Cawnpore, some blame
was to be attached to the conduct or certain other
persons, " whose case was in the hands of the com-
mander in•chief in India."

The Church of England Special Services Bill was
considered in committee, and some verbal amend-
ments made. Clause 3, on the motion of the Bit.hop
of Llandaff, was ordered to stand over till the report.
The Trustees Relief Bill went through committee,
and their lordships adjourned at seven p.m.

HOUSE OF CONEWONS-TUF:3DAY.

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to an inquiry by Mr.
Griffith whether it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to suggest to that of France the publi-
cation in the Moniteur of the letter from the French
Ambassador expressing the regret of the Emparor
for the appearance of certain addresses in that paper,
asked the house whether it was its wish that those
friendly and confidential relationg which now happily
subsisted between England and France should be
maintained, or whether it desired to infuse into those
relations a spirit of irritation, bitterness, and ani-
mosity by personal attacks in that house upon the
Emperor of the French and the French nation. If
the house chose to pursue the latter course, it must
take the responsibility of doing so upon itself; if, on
the other hand, it attached importance to the main-
tenance of friendly relations, he entreated the house
to discourage these incessant personal attacks upon
the Emperor, who was the spontaneous choice of the
French nation. It was not, he said, the intention of
her Majesty's Government to pursue the course
referred to in the inquiry, which would be highly
improper and excessively absurd.
Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. Milnes, statel
that Watts, the engineer of the Cagliari, had been
delivered over to the British Consul, and placed in
the British Hospital at Naples. . . .

Mr. GROGAN moved for a select committee to inquire
into the system of management of the Dublin Metro-
politan I'olice Force.
Mr. H. HERBERT opposed the motion. The Go-
vernment, he said, were prepared to lay hills upon the
table which would remedy any abuses under the
present system, and the appointment of a committee
would be an obstacle to the discussion of the subject.
After some remarks by Mr. VANCE the motion was
negatived upon a division by 200 to 105.