The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-24 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDI3.—TusaDAT, May 23.

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heard) mos to make as elmerration romeerias his share is
the Edwina& tmeat His lordship wee maderstood to
my that la 1832. whaa the Mesta Comadedsa yes limed.
Mr. Edmunds wee Clerk of the Patents, having bees ap-
pointed is 1833. The eusszelestooers requiring s essestery,
sad Mr. Edmunds king already Clerk of the Meats, he
was appointed by him (Lord fit. Loortsrds), with the saw
Eon of the other so sees. He did not rise for the
purpose of maids{ say' spoked for the appointmest, bat
merely to show that the 0011111311Si0M111 wire &reedy
responsible fat it. He kid maimanteatsd with the Master
d the Rolla who far ocialloned his statrasena
Lord CHELMSFORD corroborated the statement which
bed jest bees made by the noble and learned load.
00hIPA.NIE8 WORKMEN'S EDUCATION BILL.

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Oa the order Ice the committee,
In reply to Earl Oakievms,
The Archbishop of YORK said that it was not comps-
tent to any pebble eimsgemy to appropnate say of the toads
of such company for purpoom of education re warship, ex-
cent by an unanimous vote of all the cosisslises of the com-
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LORD CHANCELLOR stated the! it was sot con-
potent for any oomputy to divest the wreak" funds The
sot of parliam..t was error ea that point. Nothing wee
mare 000313100 than appbostioss to the Court of Chasing
to restrain corporations—from app
money to other than
corporate poses. He therefore thought there was
aiscemity tort ease oat like the present.
The boom want Into committee on the bill.
The Archbishop of YORK introduced several verbal
ameadments.
The bill wee ordered to be reprinted, and the house
resumed.
The Mortgage Debestures Bill and the War Department
(Demi) Tramway Bill was reed a second
Oa The Compasim Warksha's Education Bill, the Public
Offices 13.11, the India Offices Bill, the Pheessats (Ireland)
Bill, sod the Tories, Robbers, and Estivate.. (Ireland) Bill
pawl duo* committee.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH directed attention to the
ease of Catherine Gaston (a girl born of Irish pinata in
Soothed), who had, he alleged, by becoming a protestant,
been subjected to ilLtreetenent, sad had not received pro-
tection fr, m the police. He complained that the chrenten-
Maass of the coos disclosed a state of things diegroodul
to the government, the magistracy, and the polies.
Lord CHELMSFORD, in movies for copies of letters and
ere relating to the impriaosment of British subjects in
W Abyrnsia, said the sufferings of these peewee had, at least,
been prolonged by neglect on the part of the Foreign-08ov
He reoepitulated the events that had led to the arrest of
the persons thus impriacoed, and ascribed the °asthma ill-
treatnont to which they were subjected to the Irritation of
thejamaeror of A.byminia at receiving no answer Joh* auto-
V&A letter (*premiss his wish to sand an embassy to this
country. That letter was received at the Foreign-office
is February, 1863, but was not answered till June, 1864.
In the interval Mr. Cameron, the English consul,
himself one of the prisoners, contrived to inform the
Forehooffice that no one would be released till the Ern.
woe •• latter was answered. Theo the reply, after a delay
of sixteen months, was at last sent. He believed he bad
made oat a cam for the protection of the papers he asked
for, not ass of which could compromise any of the unfortu-

mate prisooers.
Earl RUSSELL said that when the noble lord rose be
confessed he had &great deal of curiosity to ascertain whe-
ther the noble Ica' object was to throw blame oa the
Forelgo Secretory or the F'areigeroffice. or to mitigate the
sufferiogs of the unhappy persona who were null
detained in prison by the Emperor at Abys-
sinia. He (Earl Rawl) had now come to the
imaclusioa, from the tenor of the noble lord's speech, that he
had confuted himself to finding fault with what be coati-
dozed the carelenness and want.' judgment of the Foreign-
but with regard to relieving these unhappy pawn
their lordships had heard very little from the noble lord,
and certainly bad received no suggestions useful to that end.
Every person acquainted with Abyssinia whom he had
seen, had earned him (Earl Russell) that any informatioo
produced here was sure to roan the Era puor,and that if there
war anything is thatinformatioa tending to throw blame epos
the Emperor, he would be sore to visit it by increased
severity and increased restrictions' towards the prisoners.
Therefore the noble lord must consider himself responsible
if the result of his motion should be to aggravate their
situation. With regard to the history of the subject, be
found very little is which to differ from the statement of
the noble lout, and he (Earl Russell) did not deny that
faults had been committed in the Forsignmffice in this Tory
difficult matter. He (Lord Rers) was exceedingly
grieved at the imprisonment of the consul, but be thought
it arose out of his own fault, in going to Gondar before he
bad been properly accredited. Mr. Sterns wee a misionary,
and had written and published reflections of a very injurious
character upon the Emperor of Abyssinia, both
there and in this country, and bone the acts of
violence through which Mr. Sterne's servants died sad
Xr. Sterne himself suffered. Onset Cameron wasthrown into
erne for some cans which he (Lord Ronal) could never
fathom ; sad when inane arrived at theForeignmilicethere
was of course great anxiety to procure his liberation. The
noble and learned lord stated that 'event highly qualified
had yawned to go out as ambeasedor. Of these,
persona
bad written a book dealing rather severely with
Abyssinia. and Sir W. Corbin was of opioicia that no
mission should be sent until the captives had been libe-
rated. He (Lord Russell) had selected Mr. Ruses from
the residency of Aden, and he was accompanied by a mill-
torroftioar. Ho hoped the Emperor of Migrant would
now release the primmer% but he still continued of opinion
that the production of the papers wall only aggravate the
dangers of their position.
Their lordships then divider', bed on the tellers Ye-
turning with the numbers an trajection was raised to the
votes of Lord Ravens worth and Lord Colchester, on
the grounds that the former had not been in the hone
when the question was put, and that the latter had remained
behind in the lobby. An animated disunion ensued, the
peers speaking seated and wearing their hate, as is cue-
ternary in privilege debate'. Ultimately
The Earl of DERBY war understood to any that
inasmuch as Lord Colchester had beard the question
put, and had passed the bar with the contests with the full
intention of voting, though after the tellers had left the
bar, the house moat in justice allow his claim to vote, and
he would therefore move that L Colchester's vote be
allowed.
Earl ORANVILLE was understood to say, that at
garded Lord Ravearworth, who wee not in the hone when
the question was put, his vote could not, according to the
standing order, be allowed ; but that as regarded the mo-
tion in reference to Lord Colchester's vote, the government
would not give the house the trouble of dividing. (Hear,
hear.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR then, having previously
ordered the bar to be domed of strangers, put the guano%
" That Lord Colchester's vole should received," and
declared that the " contents" bed it. (Opposition cheers.)
The numbers in reference to Lord Chelmsford's motion
were than announced, when it appeared that than, were :
Contents 43
Non.conteets 42
Majority against the government —l
(Opposition cheers.)
The motion we' oonsequestiv agreed to, and the house
adjourned at • quarter-past 8 delock until Friday.

HOUSE OF COMMONB.—TuzeDAY, MAY 23,
The Srimaka took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock.
At the time of private kusioese, the Thread Gas Bill, the
BHP!Mateo and °adenoma Gas Bill, the kaacheater
Corporation Water Bill, sad the Tye* Improvement Bill,
were severally read a third time sod passed.