The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

Lord BEAUMONT moved that the petitions of William
Chadwick and John Mariner, apologising for their disobe-
dience of the orders of the house, expressing their contrition,
end praying to be released from custody, might be taken
into consideration.
After a few words from Lard Monteagle, Barl Grey, and
Lord Brougham,
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The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said be did not object to
the motion. He thought the noble lord (Monies*le) was
entitled to the thanks of their Indships, for the manner in
which he had taken this matter ups. an individual pmt. If
he had sot done so, it would have been the duty of the
in
terfered.
The to have
The mo ion having been agreed to, as ars a motion by
Lord But:MONS that the partite should be brought to the
bar, reprimanded, and then discharged upon the payment of
their lees, Mesas". Chadwick and Martinet were accordingly
brought to the bar, reprimanded, and ordered so be dis-
charged on the payment atheist fee,.
IRISH POOR-LAW.

The E•ri of DEVON inquired whether the report of Cap-
tain Lamm, with reference to union end electoral cavities*,
was to be treated as waste paper, or whether the noon-
mendacious contained in it would be meted ern ?
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The Marquis et LANSDOWNE said a measure would be
introduced on the subject. He was not pi...pared to say
exactly what it would be ; but, generally spcskir g, be 'night
state that it would embady the sense of the report to wLich
the aoble earl referred.

THE RIVER PLATE.
The Earl of HARROWBY then brought forward his
motion respectieg the state of our relations with the
River Plate. Auy pawn who undertook to deal with
the question must Sod himself in some embirrosment,
which could only be cleared away by the motion he was
shout to make. That embarrassment arose from the fast
that since the last authentic informsties had bees laid an
the table of that house as to the mode of dealing this esestry
meant to assume with ward to the states bordering ea the
River Plate—that since that period, in 1846, they had received
ao official information of what was going on. They had then,
on the part of the noble iced, the late Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, a full and frank statement of the policy this country
was about to pursue with regard to the River Plate. Sion'
that period they had had no los than three formal missions
and two icemen communicatioos with the Argentina Con-
federation, represented by he president, Roan They
had not, however, the slightest knowledge, except
by irregular communication, of the policy the pre-
sent government bad been pursuing since 1846.
All those ocsofatlous rapidly succeeded each other,
and therefore almost perplexed the imagination. In 1846 the
state of affairs was this : Os the put of this government and
France representatives were sent oat to mediate arrangements
between the governments of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video.
That minion was unsuccessful, bat they bad yet to lean the
cease. After that Mr. Hood, the late consul at Monte Vi-
deo, was sent out to carry on the negotiations. In the fol-
lowing year Lord Howden went out with a French envoy,
in order to cuter into fresh negotiations, and to endeavour
to effect some settlement of the differences of the Argentine
Confederation and the nvensment of Monte Video. That
endeavour was equally unsuccessful se the former can
sod was followed by a similar attempt on the
part of Csain. Gore, and a minor needed= ea the
part of Mr. Thomas Rood, the son of Mr. Rood, the Sumer
consul at Monte Video. Both these minions, however,
and at the present moment another envoy had ben
sent oat. Mr. Southern had gone to undertake the manage-
ment of the affair, and all they knew of his success at moist
was that he bad not been admitted as oar minister by the
president of the Argentine Confederation, but with tolerable
civility haftbeen allowed to reside in a private aboste. Alia
ppearsaos there, however, had afforded antral Baas an