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THE CABINET COUNCIL.
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A CABINET COUNCIL was held yesterday at the Foreign-office. It sat
several hours. Of course we should feel bound to keel) secret its pre-
ceedings were we not assured that putlicity, in this particular case,
• will be a.molonal benefit.. ,owing to the lateness ot, the lionr we are
oWiged to condense our report: •
At'the stanee 6f Sir J. Giuliani, who, with statesmanlike in-
. fitincts,plaea a high vahie upon discretion, no words Were spoken .till
the Duke.,of Argyll had emerged from under the table, and dr. Glad-
•stone had done brushing the umbrella with:whieh he had been making
investigations in the chimney.
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IT* puss, having, first washed his hands, and brushed his hair
with neatness, observed, in a speech of considerablelength, that, like
others of her Majesty's Ministers. (on a recent occasion), he had not
.tllqnhuuworthy of him to he seen under the table., The eircum-
. stances .nii,ght differ, huti the
,motive wa.s, the same.. He. had, the
national Welfare in, view; .he had been looking for the betrayer • of
Cabinet secrets. The person in question was undiseovemble ;. but
•:4iLlCeSti WEB not the Measure of merit, and. their .Lordshipa would not
.blamo lily for.a.failure.to prevent which no,efforts had been spared.
, The Earl of ABERDEBN complimented his young friend on the .zeal
and assiduity which he had displayed, and remarked that " it was very
extraordinary." His Lordship els& said that it was curious weather,
and asked whether the Times was a daily or weekly paper? Be never

ir?o,l it, • . ,
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IMr .GLanaroxt.had been led..to think, from circumstances which
fild been brought tinder his notice—he need not say by whom; skies it
mattered to nobody, and would take some time to tell, which was
scarcely worth while, conaidering—tbat • the Boy. Jones was. the
betrayer. The lords and gentlemen present were aware that, two and
twomade four. (" Very true,"' approvingly, from the Duke of Argyll.)
Equally clear was it that Jones was not the traitor. (Eiprestiims:of
dissent from ,Lord. Clarendon.) There asight be others—(a doubtful
assent from thethPrentien)—.and he did net understand how, in eonscience,
they could behave so. As regarded conscience, the late Sir Robert
Peel, from whom he had received the umbrella he held in his hand—.-
Lord CLARENDON tWisbed to Idnbiv thether his Right Hon. Friend
hallY,loalta4ia,abouit him? ,
me `DukeOtI4EWCASTLE had forgotten 'his eigar-cise: How about
the Eastern question? • ' • •
The tart of ABRRDEEN. said there was no 'question, and there
would he no..sunwer. Ile believed it was all right as regarded the
income tax, and he had the utmost confidence in the Czar. As to
war it had its evils ; but was not without its benefits. But touching
Stonor ?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE thanked the Premier for his openness
and candour: he would be equally explicit. It was all young Peel.
Fred should hilly& 'read the fellow's testimonials, and did not. How
were they to know he had got into this mess? Of course he deserved

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 0, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

OF LORDS.—rJUDIY.
COMMCiN LAW ruocranar.
The Loan Cui.xgras,oft, in moving the second
reading of the Coramou .Lax -Pzocedure Bill, ex-
plaittel the clause Which permitted trials without a
jury, eith the consent of the parties, and the affidavit
of a judge.
Lord CAMPBELL defended the jury system. The
juries often took a sounder view of the case than the
judgs himself.
Lord ST. LEONARD'S said that the bill for the first
time excluded the principles of equity in common law,
principles directly opposed, and requiring different
machinery. We should in time have junco intro-
duced into Chancery.

th ¢ppointinent, fjr itotlit an4Ao4p4r, iq Trel4to4attAto4' was )fe (the
Duke) to know itottoTF abou Comptopti gogamittees ? Thank
, / •
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God he was in the s. •

Mr. GLADTONE : The late Sir Rohirt—

. Lord Joffe RvesaLL talked,,to.leogh about the Stonor busi-
ness, end had looked atit from a constitutional point of view: Govern-
ment: were ..precluded from oonfirthing:Stomr, tut., the Lim-et-nor
:or the eolony.was not. (Hear; heart)' Perhaps it srouhl notolioa, bad
plan to wash their hands of the business,: thialpiete
patronage altogether, and so throwthe responaibility on the Governor?
When would the next despatches be goigg.oitr" fpreral applause.)
Th.e Poke of : Talking' of6c/f ktninoyywho is
.the new. Iliehop ?ion. know I have
.npiNer rocOted 014944m1
matters Since- •
• • J.., )1
Mr. GLADWIONE:. Since your excommunication by the Blsuop of
Glasgow, eh?
Lord Mammas believed he was a clergyman, and examining
ohsplain, or 'something of that kind. An excellent ?elven, whom
aobody could find fault with for a month, till it was ascertained who
he WWII; •It would be toe late to criticise the appointment Shen.
Gladstone and Sir W. Moleswortli etchanged glaifeet.. •
Lord GRANVILLE thought heihpard a noise. Would it not be safer
to talk French? .(Laughter.)t si 01
,Lord JialAN 111438x1.4 wµ1040„: ; luWasiug of dis-
sWer9 tO -010 lulivFll444l- uov. esAit eH
. HsIM,XOT wished a* to. iintsrf!Olahe Jourcollitifelit 9M
;Lord ABERDEEIsI; ,QUe4lsing at a time, you please. joft::•,.:•
Sir W. MOLESWORTH, like Lord J,ohn, adhered to his old opinions.
He asked what was the use of the House of Lorcls ? !lie did not mean
to be offensive.
Lord' ABERDEEN said that it li4 teen gNvit
authority that the " Government must be carried on." If
,tar v,}
members of the Cabinet wanted to be consistent, what became o e
Cabinet'? '(General aPplause4 flieilhacl given up ails hfienpfineiplcal for
the public good. (".Hear, hear;' from Lord John.)
Mr. IiZILBE 11i said the great question of the day was female emi-
gration.
Lord AnkftiAzx 'Warned the Right Itionbuiratile 'Gentleman that
that Weititiaot the; place for parentialitlii. • •' ' • " 11
Mr. CifiAnsrosa added his iestimerty4h Ike iiierved
all hie rudeness for' the House of Chniiiiiniii:.!"iiteielilstiflfig could
soften him, not even a tale of distress. (Laughter). • ) "' =:
Sir W. MOLESWORTR reverted to the war in Turkey.
Lord ABERDEEN said the session woukleiiontelover. Ho would
not let the Opposition come," whining to IPastiftnieirt " about knereased
taxation and the intentiona•of the Cgovietainetit any longer than doldd
be helped:
Sir CHARLES WOOD said that,Ruasia was a great country.
Lord PALMERATON said, " bravo, Charley!"
The Council then separated.
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Lord BROUGHAM made a few observations. sions of the new measure already before the hoUse
iLords iWiticLow called attention to. the, clause on the subject.
which enabled the judge to dispense with the for- NEUTRAJX. •
malities 4 the oath. He protested) egithitt the in-
lit. Of neutral ships in case of war was
troductiort of ouch a principle into an • irrelevant bill The tre
aa„me made t. , storitubjecs%
iivof Ite, ipellation Li Sir F.
If the law Vim to be altered, it should ~be by an
MILIEU, opposed a plea
express bill, each m Was already introduced into the hell'''. t° "1
for further forbiesteanee; theiGorernmens ' not being
the other house.
Thebnke of Anorrl, defended the principle of the yet prepared to RIWOUDGO their determination, as the
oint. . .
clause. Fle lie p
d linownfmany persons imprisoned in .1 b iisibistlii
Scotland for the conscientious objections to taking Lan OF SETTLEMENT,. :!,'. , i
an oath. • • The second reading of the Settlement and lie-
Lord BRODOHAM also quoted a Scotch instance moral Bill having been moved,
where a man who had been robbed as iniprisoned air
Aeir. St'rarreito moved as an amendment that the
for thirty days because he refused to be sworn before bat he, reed 2 second time that day sit months.
giving his evidence. The right. hou. member urged many objections to
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, BO far from hay- the measure, and pointed out the injurious results to
ing any object in concealing the 'clause, he should which it might lead in a great number of actual or
have made the bill popular bp. enlarging upon it. probable cases. He condemned the proposition,
The clause was in no way irrelevant : it referred to especially as tending to break op the parochial „.
an important part of the triiil, and hail been ex- teen and perpetrate an act of confiscation against the
prettily discussed by the commissioner.' ~ , •. t. possessors of real property.
The bill was then read a second times. i Lord D. STUART seconded the amendment. The
Lord CLANeABTY expressed an opinion that some bill, he thought, would be equally injurious to the
ant of public prayer should inaugurate our military ratepayers and to the poor. The evils of the pre-
e. perations. sent system sit regarded removal were much exagge-
Lord ABERDEEN said the time was not yet come rated, and the proposed change would make matters
for such demonstration. There was a prayer for the worse, particularly in popular city districts.
oco.ision in the Liturgy. Mr. KER SETNER supported the bill, and rejoiced
Some business was transacted, and the house ad- to find that measures of practical reform were prose-
journed at seven °Anat. cuted, even at a time when projects of party.tivalry
were postponed. It wee Aimee to set the British
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. labourer free, and the bill now proposed would iic-
eCOTCH AND IRISH PAUFERS. eomplish a large step in that direction.
Lord Jona RUSSELL, in reply to a question from Mr. DeritmoNn remembered that ever since 1834
Mr. Maguire, stated that a bill would be brought in legislation had been directed against the poor, whose
n r the purpose of adopting the law of settlement as right to relief and consideration he enforced, sr-
regarded Scotch and Irish paupers with the provi- pressing some apprehension that the present mea•