The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Fulton, with the American mail, and
advises from New York to and inclusive of the
7th inst., arrived yesterday at Southampton. Mr.
Buchanan and Mr. Buckenridge were duly elected
President and Vice-President of the United States on
the 4th. The following are the heads of the Presi-
dent's inaugural address :—First, upon the Conner•
vative domestic policy of restoring the harmony and
ancient friendship of the different sections of the
Union, Mr. Buchanan speaks the sentiments of the
body of the American people. rpon the Kansas
question he frankly and fairly meets the question of
an honest enforcement of the true doctrines of
popular sovereignty ; and his policy is for securing to
every inhabitant of Kansas his constitutional right. In
all intercourse with nations they ought to cultivate
peace, commerce, and friendship as the best means
of promoting their own material interests ; their
diplomacy should be direct and frank, neither seek-
ing to obtain more, nor accepting less, than their
due. They ought to cherish a sacred regard for the
independence of nations, and never interfere in the
domestic concerns of any unless required by the law
of self preservation. It is their glory, that while
other nations have extended their dominions by the
sword, they have never acquired any territory except
by fair purchase ; or, as in the case of Texas, by the
voluntary determination of an independent people to
blend their destiny with ours. Even their acquisi-
tions from Mexico form no exception. Their past
history forbids that they shall in the future acquire
territory, unless this be sanctioned by the laws of
jastice and honour.—The President ben took the
oath,

THE PRESS.

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
STATE OF THE NATION.

On the motion for the third reading of the Appro-
priation Bill,
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH took occasion to re-
view the condition of the country and the bearings of
the political situation, at home Mid abroad, on the
eve of the general election. In the course of a long
and able speech he charged the Government with
displaying recklessness in their foreign policy and
extravagance in their domestic administration. The
breach of pacific relationship with China, in which
the Ministry has supported Sir J. Bowling, would
cost England at least four millions. With regard to
home affairs, the noble earl entered into a series of
calculations, showing that since 1t153 the expenditure
upon various branches of the public service, both
military and civil, had enormously expanded, with
the result of fixing the country in • very serious
dilemma between a ggravated taxation and a perma-
nent deficiency. He confessed his own want of re-
liance upon a Minister who was one thing one day
and another the next, and his apprehension at the
commencement of a war which he believed to be
unnecessary and unjust.
The Earl of GRANVILLE, in reply, touched upon
many of the numerous topics adverted to by Lord
Ellenborough, and offered some remarks vindicating
the Government on each. He denied that the war
in China was unjust, or that the general policy of
the Administration had been extravagant.
The Earl of MALIIESDURY, Lord MONTEAGLE, and
Earl GREY, pursued the subject with comments of
a very miscellaneous character. The conversation
then closed, and the bill was read a third time and
passed.

Their lordships adjourned at quarter past seven
o'clock, until 2 p.m., to-day (Saturday.)

ELECTION PROSPECTS IN IRELAND.
From our own Correspondent.
Dublin, March 19, 1857.

Our prospects here are hopeful and encouraging.
There will be more gentlemen sent from Ireland to
Parliament than has been the case for some years,
and probably eight or ten seats will be gained to the
Conservative cause. The ranks of the "independent
opposition" will also, it is believed, rweivo somo ac-
cession of strength ; the electors have become dis-
gusted with Sadleirism in all its forms ; they are
heartily sick of the venal, corrupt, pauperised, and
mendacious clique which constitute the Whig Rump
in this county; and it is therefore to be expected that
the followers of Lord Derby and the disciples of Mr.
U. Moore will each contribute something to the par
tial annihilatiin of that rotten confederacy. The
triumphant return of The O'Donogltue for Tipperary
is to be attributed to the unmitigated hatred which
the electors feel for the Whigs, and Mr. Waldron
owes his defeat to his having the support of all the
place-hunters of the county.
The conduct of the Government in consenting to
the second reading of the Bill for Abolishing Mi
nisters' Money has excited great indignation. The
proposition is to place this charge on the income of
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which is already
overcharged. In fact, it is a deficient fund, and
made up to a taiga extent by the taxation of the
clergy, who, with their small benefices, are thus to
be robbed, for the purpose of meeting Lord Pal-
merston's political arrangement with his Popish sup-
porters. The bill is the production of Mr. Fagan,
one of the Premier's moat supple and devoted
lacqueys. He is rewarded for his servility by Minis-
terial assistance in carrying his Church Robbery
Bill.

Elaborate efforts have been, and are being, made
to gall the Evangelical party here by secret appeals
to their supposed selfishness—attempts have been
covertly made to persuade them that they will gain
favour by supporting Ministers—Lord Carlisle is an
accomplished electioneerer ; but these stratagems,
orthy as they are of the source from which they
emanate, have utterly failed. Irish Conservatives
are cast in too genuine a mould, and are too con-
scious of the uniform injustice which Protestantism
has suffered at Lord Palmerston's hands, to be
beguiled into bartering for the prospect of a mouth-
ful of political pottage
Th.) contrast of Ireland with England shows how
much the support of Palmerston is connected with
the greedy spirit of cominfroe, and the arrant selfish-
ness of the sections who gain by his unscrupulous
distribution of patronage. Palmerston is no idol
here. Irishmen see through the miserable sophisms
and the odious calumnies which are being swallowed
daily by their English brethren. Lord Derby's elo-
quent and spirited address has created the liveliest
satisfaction among the Conservative party in Ireland.
Thecontest for the city of pablin is another of ,

SATURDAY,

Mr. Reynolds's shams, whose name is " Legion ; "
neither is it probable that the county will give up
either of its present excellent representatives for the
youthful and timorous Sir W. Domville. Carlow will
have two Conservatives instead of one; and Louth
also sends to Parliament a supporter of Lord Derby.