The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-06 00:00:00

THE REGIIIII DONUM.

Sir IL BRUCE asked the lleoretary to the Treasury
whether the government would, in accord/me with the re-
quest d a uummonely signed memorial, incemas the greet
commonly celled " rectum down)" to the presbyterisn
church is beluga.

PEEL said the memorialists had asked the Trea-
sury to comsat to an increase of the regium doeum from
4000 f. to 65,000/.. in order that the stipends of ministers
of endowed coogregatiose might be increased from 701. to
1001. a year. After considering the subject fully, the 'o-
vertimes{ did sot feel at liberty to recommend the increased
grant.
THE POLICE FORCE AND THE MAGISTRATES.
Mr. WH.kLLEY asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether police-coustable 244 B, as to
whom Mr. Arnold, the magistrate at Westminster Folios
Court, publicly stated on two several occasions in the month
of May last that be could not believe him on his oath, or
to that effect, was still continued in the force.
Sr G. GREY said he had made inquiries as this matter,
and found that DO representation had been made to the
Horaisoffiss or the Commissioriers of Polk*, Lionel this
was said to have occurred in May and it was now July. It
was the duty of the police magistrate, if a police-covetable
had misconducted himself, to make a representation to the
Home•office or the Commissiosen of Police, and when that
was done the tees underwent investigation. In this came,
however, no such repressetation had been made.
SWEDES IN THE DANISH ARMY.

Lord R. MONTAGU 'eked if it were true, es stated in
the papers that morning, that 400 Swedes ender arms
serving in the Danish army had been taken prisoners
by the Prumbise in the island of Alien, and that no quarter
had been shown them. He wished to know if there was any
truth is the report, and whether there was any reason to
suppose that the Swedes were helping the Danes in the con-
flict which was now going on.
Mr. LAYARD replied that no information oa thesubject
had reached the Fo•otflee.
Sir G. GREY ride hoped that the members wbo had
notices on the paper, or bills which stood before the
adjourned debate, would postpone them.

THE DAHLSIL WAR AND THE POLICY OP THE

GOVERNMENT.

The adjoaresd debate was thee resumed by

Mr. COBDEN, who, addressing himself in the best place
to the amendment of Mr. Newdegate, objected to it, for if
the house gave its support to the proposal made by the
neutral powers in conference it would be voting for • policy
of war. 1 tuning then to the resolutioo• of Mr. Disraeli,
the hoo. member observed that the right hos. mover would
have doge wisely had he confined himself to a statement of
the judgment of the house on the conduct of the govern.
meet whereas he had rather sought to lead the house into
the region of prophecy ; for be proposed • declaration
that the course of the government had bad the effect
of lowering this country in the councils of nations
and diminishing the securities for peace. Whether
we bed been lowered, or were to be lowered, in the councils
of nations would depend upon our future conduct. For
the present he was cooetrairied to admit that, so far as the
Foreigmoffice was eoncerned, we did not stand is • very
satisfactory position ; but with regard to the statement
that the course which bad been adopted would "diminish
the securities for peace," be joined issue with the right
hon. gentleman. He was of opinion that the exposure
which bad been made of the utter futility of oar foreign
policy, the complete break-down of our diplomacy, by
transferring these foreign questions from this thee
benoeforth for evermore from the dark reams, of
the Foreigmoffioe to the publicity of the House
of Commons, would afford • better guarantee for
peace than perhaps anything else. He regarded the part
recently taken by the Foreign. office ea most deplorable and
nomtisfactory. What bad struck him in reading the
despatches was the great want of sagacity displayed by the
foreign minister, the want of kaowledge nod awreciaHn
of the force', the motives, and even the passe which
were guiding and controlling foreign nations in three matters_ j
and in the &bemire of that information our Foreigmofflos hod
imposed itself to rebuffs and humiliation in all parts of the