The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1851.

L.-4P PARLIAMENT.

Board of Trade whether certain individuals had not been I
admitted into the Crystal Palace on the Sabbath-day, and
whether some of them bad not availed themselves of that
opportunity to copy certain articles therein deposited ?
Mr. LABOCCIIERE said that he supposed the curtain.
stance out of which the hon. and gallant gentleman's
quea-
tion arose was this : The executive committee thought that
it would he extremely desirable to preserre a record of tbe
riaeipel artistes, particularly those of art, contained in Use
Crystal Palace by means of photographs, and a gentleman
was permitted to go in on the Sunday for this purpose
under these circumstances. It appeared that it was neces-
sary to have this experiment tried when the building was
empty. The light was not favourable for the experiment
when the public were admitted, and under these circum-
stances the executive committee thought themselves
justified in allowing this gentleman admission on the Sun-
day. (Hear, hear.)
Colonel SIBTIIORP inquired it the consequence had not
been, that some damage was done to a work of art which
hail been purchased by Mr. Tudor?
Mr. LABOUCIIEILE said that in removing one of the
works of art for the purpose of trying the experiment, it
was, unfortunately, damaged. Be rejoiced to say that it
was the only instance in which any damage had been done,
and the committee were ready to make ample compensation
fur it. (Hear, hear.)
E TROPOLIS BUILDINGS BILL.
In reply to Sir B. ILA Lz.,
Lord SEYMOUR said that it was his intention to rein-
troduce this bill next lesbian, and to submit it to a select
committee.
Mr. FRENCH gave notice that he would next session
move for an inquiry into the conduct of the Incumbered I
Estates Conusussioncrs.
CAPTAIN SCOBELL.
Captain SCOBELL said that in the navy lint of this
year his name was omitted in the list of officers, and on
inquiry as to the cause he was referred to the obituary list at
the end of the volume, where he found it stated that he was
dead. (Laughter.) As this book would be in the hands of
officers in all parts of the world, and us it was stamped
with all the authority of an official department, it would never
be believed by his friend- that the Captain Seobell the mem-
ber of the House of Commons was he. (Laughter.) lie
did not care so much about thin, but he wanted to know
whether in the next navy lint the correction of the mistake
would be made equally public.
Admiral DUNDAS could assure his hon. and gallant
friend that in a letter which had been received from a gal-
lant officer in Plymouth, it was distinctly stated "Captain
Seobell died in the month of April last." (Laughter.)
lONIAN ISLANDS AND BORNEO.
Mr. lIUME gave notice that he would next session bring
forward motions reyeeting the lonian Islands and Borneo.
MR. ERNEST JONES.
Lord I). ST c.tiur gave notice that he would early next
session bring forward the case of Mr. Ernest Jones.
DOCKYARDS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tnotsmtv, Am. 7.
The house met at 5 o'clo.k. Lord Iteur,uAt.s at as

speaker.
PROTESTANT WORSHIP IN ROME.
The Earl of II A KROWRY wished to know whether the
government would use their hest When with the court of
Rome to obtain permission to build a protestant church in

avid city.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that no steps
had yet been taken io the matter, nor, if such an applica-
tion were made, was it probable that it would be attended
with success.
The Earl of lIARItOWBY hoped that the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs would soon be called on to make the appli-
cation.
The Bishop of LONDON said that the view entertained
of toleration by the church of Rome in that city and in
protestant countries was widely different. In those coun-
tries it claimed the widest toleration for itseif, while it
denied to protestants at Borne any toleration at all. Within
the last few vre,les • large sum had been sobscribed for the
erection of a proper protestant church at Rome, instead of
the granary outside the walls in which the protestant ser-
vices were at preecut performed, and this had been done,
not by inelul,puces, but merely by the love and attachment
of British protestant, of the church of England and her
Ordinances.
I.IcOTF:sTANT WOItSIIIP IN NAPLES.
The Earl of 111AltItOWISY wished also to ask whether
there would ho any objection to lay on the table a corres-
pontleoet which took place in the years IS3I-110, on the
subject of the retortion of a protestant chapel in Naples?
It he recollected right.ty, at the desire of the British consul,
land was purchaa.o for the erection of a protestant chapel
and the works were la-gun, when, the matter coming to the
knowledge of the human catholic archbishop, he issued a
proltibintm, in ritawnuence of which the contract was
obliged to he cancelled, the ground was abandoned, and the
protestants who were anxious to have a place of worship
were driven hack to the drawing-ream of the consul.
The Marqul, of LANSI)OWNE made some observations
in re ply, not a syllable of which reached the gallery.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent was then given by commission to the
undermentioned bill, : Medical Charities (Ireland) ; Grand
Jury C.o. (Ireland) ; Representative Peers fur Scotland ;
Gunpowder Stowe (Liverpool) ; Churches and Chapels
; Etelesittsoieal Itesidenees (Ireland) ; Ecclesias-
tical Property Yaloottion (Ireland) ; lnverness Bridge (No.
2) ; Sheep and Ctmtaiiinut Disorders Prevention ;
Customs ; Commisdont et of Railways Act Repeal ;
SWIM Navigation ; Canada and New Brunswick Railway ;
Metropolitan S. were; Church Building Arte.tmentiment ;
General Board of Health (No. 2); New Forest Doer Re-
moval; Court of Chancery and JUdicial Committee;
!loch, of Lancaster lining,f:ustoms,and Mine-
rals I 'tots Act .t men.invent ; .tttorneys and Solicitors' Re-
gulation Act Ainerolmoont ; Constabulary Force (Ireland);
Moortpolitan Interment: Emigration Advanem (Distreseed
Districts, Scotland); New Zealand Settlements; Canter-
bury Association ; Coalwhippen (Port of London); ?Mer-
cantile Marine Act Amendment; llotteriva-park ; Crown
Estate, P 11,111.,•• I:llitl.llChurrli of England and Inland:
Lunatics (I mita? ; Appoint:lu at to Offices ; Collection of
Fines ( I relatel, ; Summary J (Ireland) ; Petty
Stooions; L Ind Clauses Commlidation (Ireland); Law of
Evidence Amentinteet ; Atintinisfration of Criminal Jwo
tice 'mono, meld, tool upward. of thirty private hills.
Tit. Loots Continioetionere were the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl ..f Carlisle, and Lord Broughton!
iNti.F..l,l--EcT VENTILATION OF TILE 11()USE.
The Earl of St. fiEItNIAM wished to call the attention
of their lordrhlpe, to a which ho felt they must all
have at 'inc time or another experienced, namely, the im-
pert it ventilation' of the 11.11.1. V. Ile referred to it at pre-
sent with a view that tonne means might be adopted in the
recce...by the appointmentof a competent committee of their
lordship., to re mealy the evil.
Th Nlanuri, of LANSDOWNE war understood to say
that tit, 1111:111.T.Itl.. buildings which surroun led the house
greatly interh eel to 'resent the eireulat of a tree cur
rent or air. not he hoped the architect would shortly be in
a position, to 1,100111. them.
EPISCOPAL AND CAPITI-LAlt ESTATES MA-
NAGEMENT (Na. 2) BILL.
On the ited'on of the Earl of Cattetef.r., the Commons'
amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to.
PAT Exr LAW AMENDMENT BILL
The Earl or mlN'lllmntAttuit sunentlntents or the Com-
mon. to this hill he agreed to.
lowa Mt NTEAfiltli romplaintsl that sufficient time had
not barn
given for the consideration of those amendment..
Thnneh the hill was .Pllt down a mouth siuce, yet it was
only report. tl .111 CI It 1111 f.
'I hr klarepei• of LANSDOWNE considered the amend-
ment...l the I'-osmosis very ttxpedient to the perfection of
tie hill theta 1..f.11"• their lordships.
Lind NION I E ell LE complained that there was not time
for ronsiele rest lo -to alterations, which had only leen made
in the Iloilo. of I 'mouton% the preerding day, and whirl'
had not been ptiott.l in their lordships' palwr. If the
nnwatlments were nom aterial, they moht not to have been
made; it °thereto., 111.1111: UMW should have lain given for
their consideration. Ile would move that these lunend-
meta, he taken into emit-Oh-ration on that day month.
The Marepits ..f LANSDOWNE said a few words in sup-
port of the emotion oats.
The Earl cat MI NTO said if the noble lord opposite in-
sisted on tne p,itt of toiler, which lie had raised, lie would
sod ionw the con•ieleration of these amendment,.
The motion of Lord Mostly. sots was then agreed to
without s diva.inn. Tin- hill is emeequently hot.
ST. .\1,11.\X5 'WRY COMMISSION BILL.
on she motion of Lord 1t5.“,10,17, to the Common.'
asoradment. 111 this wen• agreed tn.
SALE OF LORD ElNDs'loN•ct ESTATES,
Lord KIN( is itN moved fur copies of all aMidavits mule
in the Encumbered Estate,. Court, in Dublin, in the matter
of the salt, of the estates of the Earl of Kingston, in the
counties of (*.wk. Lim. rick, and 'I ipperary, with refigence
to the value or the mid estates, and the qualifications of
Mr. Conine as a 1.11111 surtejor and valuator.
Lunt MAC MIIN I', it; %opponeng the motion, presented
a petition fr.ni Earl Kingston, complaining that estates
worth 2511,111101/. had been forced into the market by a cre-
ditor for 2110/. Ile idol contended that there had been an
int.:al:oily in the mode of combatting the sale, which woe
effected by one consmissitnier, Dr. Linglielel, alter the other
eornmisaioncr had left the court, and it was supposed that
the sale wax adjourned. The sale was objected to; but, the
runveyaners haviner been executed, the vale could not be set
said, Ile (Lord Beaumont) hoped that an inquiry would
be made in the proper quarters and that some explanation
would be afforded.
It was understood that the motion was 'greed to.
THE COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.
Lord IWAUNIONT thooeht it right to explain that the
reason it R.l.s nut intended to take into euneilleration the
Common: anumelments, was simply that they had not the
time.

Mr. G. THOMPSON gave notice that he would urn
scmion submit a motion re.pecting alleged frauds in the
supply of coals to her Majesty's dockyards.
COMMISSION OF THE PEACE.

Mr. ANS:TiY gave notice that he would move neat ses-
sion that the nomination of persons to the commission of
the peace he made by election or presentment.
PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

On the mutiun fur cunsidcriu theutni;ntin;;ts on this

bill.
Mr. C. LEWIS stated, with reference to an objection
made by Sir J. G1,411.%4 to the comp( mations being charged
upon the Consolidsted Fund, that the government did nut
think it advisable to create o fee fund, hut it was proposed
to bring these compensation before the house by an annual
vote.

The alteration wan then agreed to, as were some other
♦erbal amendment, proposed by the Attorney-General.
On the motion of Mr. Lattocen rue, the standing orders
were suspended in order that the bill might be read a
third time. _ _

.....
The bill was then read a thirst time.
ATTENDANCE OF hIENDIERS IN TILE DOUSE

OF PBEHS.

The CLEaa proce.desi to read the report of the com-
mittee for regulating the order of the attendance of merit-
&n of the House of Commons in the House of Peers on
the occasion of the prorogatiou.
On the find resolution,
Mr. V. smull complained that the attendance in the
house the slay previously should bo• made a condition to ac-
companying the Speaker to the !louse of Lords. (Hear,
hear.) Ile considered it would be sutficient if lots
were drawn un the morning of her Majesty's visit
to the House of Peers. Ile saw no reason why they
should not adopt the course which was pursued at the coro-
nation, when the lots were drawn by counties. (Hear.) But
with regard to the neat resolution he entsrtained a still
stronger objection. Ile objected on constitutional grounds
to eutrisset ministers being the first to hollow the Speaker.
(!dear, hear.) Such a distinction hail never been made be-
ton., and he hoped they would not la• the first to set the
example. They should attend in the House of Lords u the
of the people. If this resolution was pressed
he should take the sense of On house twin it, and he
trusted he would receive the support of hots. members.
Sir I). NORIII.EYS objected to the restrictions imposed
by this resolution which obliged them to go tt.ruugh a cer-
tain form before their could attend iu the House of Lords
on the occasion of her Majesty's visit. (War) Ile had
an amendment to propose, but he would wait till the third
resolution to move it.

Sir
.11 INULIS thought that common 11.=rency rcquircd

sumethir; to be dune to prevent the contusion:and even
the personal injury, which took place on the last occasion.
Ile did taut think there would be any objection to giving
precedence to her Majesty', privy councillor.. Ile saw nu
übjeetion to follow.ng the rule which was adopted on the
occasion of the coronation. (Ileac)
li Mr. ANSTEY thought it would be better to have no
. .

written rules at all. This was a mutter which should Ile
more props rly discussed in the House of Lords, where the
arrangements were so siandaious that accommodation could
only be provided for 121) out of 6ili members of that house.
Whether the fault lay with Mr. Barry or the House of
lairds he did not know, but the fault did not he with the
House of Commons. llear, hear.) Ile strongly objected
to the last resolution, which empowered the Sergeant-at-
Arms to sweep the passages and lobbies of members. (ILcar,
hear.) On none future occasion, he solipsists', they would
give him power to sweep members from the door. (!Lear.)
After a few words front Mr. GREENE,
Sir B. lIALL objected to the resolutions on account of
the ineunveuienee of writing to the clerk; and, in order
to obviate this, be would propose that the first resolu-
tion should stand thus . ' , that every member desirous
of attending Mr. Speaker do put his name in a glee's when
the house is summoned to attend her Majesty, and the
members' names shall be drawn by the clerk from the
glass, and in such order as they may be drawn they shall
proceed to the House of Lords in ranks of four."
Sir D. NORRBIS said the effect of the amendment, if
adopted, would be, that when Black Rod appeared at the
bar the house would have to proceed to ballot.
Mr. T. IIUBLIOUSE had no wish to attach undue ino
portanee to the subject, but thought that when they were
about to establish a princtple they should take care that it
was a just one, and not sacrifice any constitutional prin-
ciple, as they would do by passing the resolutions. As re-
presentatives of the people, they ought to bear in mind that
they were equal among themselves. If there was to be any
precedence, let it be that which was observed elsewhere ;
let a baronet have precedence of an esquire, and a privy muss
cillor of a baronet. Cabinet ministers had no real status is
this country; the cabinet council was au uneonstitutional
body, which originated in the reign of Charles the Second.
Ile should certainly support the amendment of the hots.
baronet (Sir &Hall), and the house might rely upon it litho
established the proposed precedent, a reformed House of
Commons would upset it within five years.
After a few words from Mr. Macoaxoun and Sir DE L.
Ev Asa,
Sir B. HALL said, in order to meet the objection of the
hon. baronet (Sir D. :Sorre)s), he would propose that the
ballot should take place at the meeting of the house.
The SPE.AIi ER was es the point of putting the question,
when
be Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and,
advancing to the table, summoned the house to attend the
nous.: of Lords to hear the royal assent given by commission
to several bills, for which see Lords' report.
The coincidence between the question about to be de-
cides' and the sudden apparition of Black Roil, us he appears
when sun:Moiling the Douse to attend a prorogation, elicited
shouts of laughter. When the Speaker rose, in obedience
to the summons, no oneappeared disposed to follow him ;
but as his robes were vanishing through the doorway, Mr.
T. llobhouse rose slowly and followed in the Speaker's
wake. This caused a new shout, attributable, perhaps, to
the hon. member's recent speech against concession to the
'soots; and there succeeded a cull for Mr. Macgregor, who,
amidst further symptoms of merriment, followed Mr. Hob-
house, along with two or three other members.
Olt the return of the house,
Sir B. HALL submitted his amendment, that every mem-
ber should put his name iu a glass, at the meeting of the
house and half an hour afterwards the clerk at the table
shoulA draw out the name* one by one, and in the order
in which the names were drawn members should accompany
the Speaker to the House of Lords.
Colonel SIBTRORP objected altogether to giving pre-
cedence to members of the government over other members
of the house.
The SPEAK En reminded the hon. and gallant member
that that formed lio part of the present resolutiou.
Sir D. NORREYS complained that the hon. member for
Marylebone bad put his amendment in such a form as to
shut out that of which he (Sir 1). Norreys) had given
notice.
Lord ,I. RUSSELL was so far responsible for these reso-
lutions that he had moved the appointment of a committee
on the subject, considering it to be the general wish of the
house that more order than usually took place should be
observed in proceeding when they were summoned to attend
her Majesty in the other house. But he was responsible to
that extent only. It was true that lie submitted a proposi-
tion to the committee, but it was not that which was embo-
died in the present resolution. Ilia proposal was, that the
Speaker should name four or more members to accompany
him, as in the instance of the opening of parliament, the
mover and seconder of the address and such others as he
might select, and that these should accompany the Speaker,
having precedence over the other members. 'I hat proposal,
hiwever, was, he believed, unanimously negatived, and
teat before the house adopted instead.
The amendment as proposed by Sir B. MU was then put
and agreed to, sad the resolutiou as amended passed.
On the last resolution, which empowers the Serjeant-at-
Arms to take members into custody crossing the procession
of the house on its way to the House of Peers,
Mr. C. ANSTEY had understood that the former resolu-
tion as amend, sl by the hon. member for Marclebtme was to
be taken as a compromise, and that the other resolution
would nut be proved. Ha fur roe would not have agreed

turd It EI/EADA LE said that the bill as it was sent
down from unit lrdshipa.• house contained 17 clauses, and
nurr it had 21. Only two, however, of the original clause,
nasalised. ad they are in a very altered state. (Dear.)
T 11.1.1 I•ItYSTAL PALACE.
Th.. Earl of I'AItI.IBLE presanteal a very numerously
sigma petitium front Hammersmith tar its retention.
LAW I.OItDS.
Lord It EDEBI/.1.1.1". L::lse notice that he intended again
to draw th, attention of the house to the deviralaletwo of
erecting the olives of Lord rhatirellar, Chief, untie.• of the
Court of ailaweit's Bench, Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, amt thief Baron of the liscblequer, into baronies.
Ile also sugazestall that the government should consider the
propriety of coninsisvioning their lordships to sit at certain
times timing the recess, in order to gisejudgment in appeal
rases which had hrea heard. (Ileac. hear.)
UIbNBOI.IDATHD FUND AI'I'ItOI'ItIATION BILL.
This Intl was read a third tar, and passed : and
Thai: turalattips adiasned at about S o'clock.

11()U811 OF COMllo:4B.—Tut:w4n.te, Arcuse 7.
The ikrstanra took the chair, in the new house, at a
quartet to I o'clock.
rt-nue BUSINESS.
PETITIONS ritEsENTEn.
C PAL trU.—By Mr. IPEINCOURT, from
Lisseoln, for the pneereation of the Cry.tal Palace.
1110A141, or Ile viell.-11v Mr. HUME, from Sell ,
complaining of the inhaler. nee of the Board of Health in
the management of their local affairs.
Eri•LESIASTIt'AL TITLES ACT.
Mr. ERESIIFIELD wished to know from the hon. and
!earned gentleman the Attenwy-General fur England, in
the atisenco of the right hon. the Attorney-Oinerel for
Ireland, whether certain proceedings in Ireland. which ap-
peared to he au infraction of the law recently passed had
ken broiezlit undsr his notice, and if so, whether he would
proceed toenforee the penalties for such infraction ?
The ATTORNEY-OEN F.RAL could only say that the
matter was not in his department, and the question should
base been put to hi. right hon. friend the Attorney-lien-
rd for Ir land. Ile had only seen the matter to which
the hon. gentleman referred in the newspapers; but sup-
po.ing it it he true. and that persons left money to Roman
catholic bishop+, under the design.ition of their titles. he
did not see that those bishops could be proceeded against, if
they did not themselves assume such titles,
REM•LATIONS OF TIIF. HOUSE.
Mr. !RUNT% Race notice that he would move, next
session, that reporters and strangers be allowed to remain
iu the house during divisions.
ELECTORAL STATISTICS.
On the motion of Sir B. II txx the following address
was agreed to. •• Aildrese fur return exhibiting the number
of electors in every county and division of a counts in Great
Britain, according to the register of electors iu PiA, and as
they shall appear in the register of electors for ir,A, with
the population of each county and division of a county, ac-
cording to the census of 1851, the number of elector' polled
at the but general election, and tine number of member*
returned for each such county or division of a county ; and
return exhibiting the names of all cities and boroughs in
Great Britain, shooing the number of electors on the re-
itnter of ISIO, and the number which may be unon the
rigisum of INA, distinguishing those registered as house•
holders and these rs gistered under other qualifications, the
numbers pulled at the last general election, the number of
members returned, the number of all houses rated to the
relief of the pour, and the population of each city or
borough at the last census, such return to be given alpha-
betically iu group' of all such cities or borough. as shall
earatain 200 and nut exceeding 250 electors, and so on, in
groups, increasing 50 elision in each group."
UNIVERSITIES.
Mr. IIEYWOOD gave notice of his intention to renew
next oration hi* motion ou the subject of the univenities.
CRYSTAL PALACE.
Colonel SIBTIIOItP wished to ask the President of the

to It It be bail supposed it would have been followed by
wok a rieetsiita as the present. Were hon. *embers
Oslo frogs hollowing the Speaker to the House of
to
or, if they insisted on ping, were they'
to Ye loto the custody of the Serjesset ? He should
labia es against this resolution. He recollected,
ea previous occasions, the very limited spare set apart by
the House of Lords for the accommodation of members of
the Home of Common' being occupied, to a considerable
extent, before-hand by parliamentary agents and others
who had no business there. Ile wished to know whether
arrsp~ementa would be made to-morrow to reserve the
apsee below the bar for members ?
Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that at the time the imita-
tions were being considered by the committee, a columned-
cation was opened with the Serjennt-at-Amts of the other
house, who had assured them that the whole of the spasm
below the bar, reserved for members of the Heine of Colo-
mons, would be kept for them. It was said there was suit.
cient room in that space to aec•reinodate 300 members.
(" Oh, oh," and laughter) Ile did not believe that there
was room for that number ; but 146 peers had divided is
it, and he should say that, at all events, there would ho
standing room for 140 members. He must admit that hitherto
the arrangements in the House of Lords for the accounts's.
dation of members of the Howe of Commons had bees
most unsatisfactory—to much of the space allotted having

been allowed to be pre-occupied by strangers ; awl he
should not be disposed to agree to the present preposition
unless he thought that parties who hod no right to occupy
that space would on future occasions he excluded. With
regard to the objections which had been urged to this reso-
lution, he had always understood it to be an inconvenience
generally admitted that members going up to the House of
Lords with the Speaker were pushed against and impeded
in their progress by others who crossed them in their way,
and the only object of the resolution was to prevent that.
Sir D. NORREYS suggested that members, as they
entered the house on the day of the assembling or proroga-
tion of parliament, should receive a number from the
Serjeant as they entered the house, and as far as the space
in the House of Lords afforded accommodation, they should
attend in that order. Under the present system, the
weaker members were obliged to give place to the stronger.
Col. SIBTIRHIP should object to any arrangement by
which he was debarred from his right to attend the sove-
reign, when summoned as a member of that house • and lie
should complain much more if, fur insisting upon his right,
he were taken in custody by the Serjeant.
Lord PALMERSTON reminded the house that there

was nothing new in the proposed arrangement, which was
exactly that adopted by the house on the coronation of
her Majesty.
Mr. It. COCHRANE wished to know bow long members
were to remain in the custody of the Serjemt ? (" Hear,
hear,':and a laugh.) Was it to be till the next session ?

(Loud laughter.)
Lord J. RUSSELL observed that if any member insisted
upon his right of passing, he did not know that the Ser.
jeant-at-Arras would have any right to keep him in custody
at all. The arrangement was one which after all must he
left mainly to the good taste of hon. members themselves to
carry out.
Mr. HUME would remind the hon. member fur Bridport
that the power of the Serjeant-at-Arms ceased as soon as
parliament was prorogued.
Mr. B. COCHRANE—Then the resolution is of no use.

(hear.)
Mr. lIUME conddered it was necessary that some mans
should be adopted fur keeping the passages clear during the

ceremony.
After • few words from Mr. T. P. Witd.t.tsts, which
were inaudible in the gallery, the gallery was cleared for a
division, hut none took place, the motion swing withdrawn
riEnmosT AND NAPLES.

Sir DE LACY EVANS, referring to "a publication en-
titled to the highest consideration," which stated that above
20,000 persems were coolintsl in the prisons of Naples for
alleged political offences, most of them without trial, who
were suffering refinements of barbarity and cruelty,inquired
whether the British minister at the court of Naples had been
instructed to employ his good offices for the diminution of
these severities?

Lorl PALMERSTON replied that her Majeaty's provern-
ment haft learnt with infinite pain aeonfirinAtion of ..triow.
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day of pablkatlea.

accounts of the very calinuitous condition of the kingdom of
Naples; but they had not deemed it to be a part of their
duty to make any fonnal representation to the Neapolitan
government in a matter relating to the internal affairs of
that country. At the same time he thought Mr. Gladstone
had done himself very great honour by the course he had
pursued at Naples and since, and he (Lord Palmerston) had
kit it his duty to send copies of that gentleman's pain-
: phicts to our ministers at the courts of Europe, with in-
structions to give copies to each, thereby affording them an
opportunity of exerting their influence in this matter.
THE CARE OF ANN HICKS.
Colonel SIBTHOItI', in moving for copies of all orders
and decisions respecting the case of Mrs. Ann Hicks, late
occupant of a cottage in Hyde-park. entered into the parti-
culars of this case, making an episodical attack upon the
Crystal P‘ace.
Lord D. STUART seconded the motion, contending tint
MN. Hicks had been treatcu with extreme harshness and
gross injustice.
lord SEYMOUR did not oppose the motion; but with
respect to the removal of Mrs. Hicks, he observed that the
Commissioner* of Woods had nut the power, under the act
of parliament, to allow of buildings in the park. Mrs, llieks
hail by encroachment got possession of the building in ques-
tion, and he had no alternative, being bound by oath to
carry the law into execution, than to remove her.
Mr. HUDSON Isere testimony to tho good character of
Mrs. Hicks, and expressed a hope that the noble ford would
reconsider her case, and award her lair compensation fur
the injuries she had sustained.
The motion was agreed to.
GREECE.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUS 7' 8.

A Gooh deal of amusement was caused in the City
this morning, by the ministeri it selection of a channel
for the customary anticipation of the Royal speech.
The Herald. which is protectionist and protestant ;
the Ciro/tick, which is conservative and papist; the
Daily News, which is liberal and progressive; above
all, the Y'ina•s, which is all of these by turns,
were examined with eager curiosity by the ama-
teurs of political gossip, and the speculators
in the funds and in shares. In vain; all these oracles
were dumb as those of Greece at the demise of Pan.
At lust the ministerial revelation was accidentally
discovered, where nobodydreamed of seeking for it, in
the columns of that organ of genteel and faded tory-
ism the Morning Post, flanked by notices of balls,
dinner parties, and projected fashionable marriages,
the staple of the print dear to the servants' hull.
After the first explosion of irresistable laughter, the
wags of the Stock Exchange began to speculate and
wager about what this might mean. One thing
appeared certain, that the government, which at the
outset, with ostentatious impartiality, communicated
the anticipation to all the morning newspapers,
had at lust selected a special organ from
among them. The only difficulty was to
conjecture whether the terms upon which this alliance
had been formed were the conversion of ministers to
the doctrines of the Post, or the Post to the doctrines
of ministers; whether the Post was to be employed,
in its official capacity, to announce and defend a new
parliamentary reform bill, or to announce and defend
a whig bill to re-enact the corn and navigation laws.
Bets of oysters and champagne, without any odds,
were freely offered and taken by the holders of either
opinion.
Sixty to one was offered that the selection of the
Post as government organ in the press tine-
shadowed an attempt to form a cabinet with the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the head of it.
But the pre-eminence given in the anticipatory
notice to fbreign affairs, and the remembrance of a
curious consular appointment made some time ago to
a great northern capital, seemed to render this view
so probable, that nu one was found to take the bet
even at these odds.

WI: yesterday reported the pr ceedings of a meet-
ing had in what is called the Notional-hall, Holborn,
to receive a report from the delegates appointed by
the London Central Defence Committee to watch the
itroceedings of the trial of " The Queen on the prose-
cution of Edward ferry and Richard and G. H.
Perry against Henry Rowlands and eight others for
conspiracy to obtain an assimilation of wages
amongst the tin-ware manufacturers of Wolver-
hampton." We did so fur several reasons; first, there
can be no subject of higher importance than the rela-
tions between the employed and their employers ; and
that those relations may be placed on a sound footing,
it is indispensable that the wishes and wants of work-
men, whether reasonable or unreasonable, should be
thoroughly understood. Now, though it may be
well dotibted whether any central organisa-
tion of workmen in London can really and truly re•
present a trade which has little or no existence in
the metropolis, it is nevertheless useful to understand
the views and principles of those who assume to di-
rect and control labour in all its branches. The trials
in question were, moreover, proceedings in which a
great principle common, if sound, to all trades was
invoked; and nothing could be more natural, we
will add more proper, than that such trials should be
watched with interest, and that their results should
excite sympathy amongst the active spirits who be-
lieve it possible and practicable to raise the condition
of their order by means of terubinations and, to use
the gentlest term, solicitations that the law deems
unlawful.

The speakers at the National Ball, however, hold
the law which condemns such proceedings us thew
of Wolverhampton, and punishes those implicated in
them, to be unjust and oppressive. We, on
the contrary, believe it to be sound in principle,
and protective in its operation of the rights of labour
and the free agency of individual workmen. But,
when we come to analyse what it is that produces
thistlifference of opinion between the earliest speakers
at the National I fall and persons who think as we do,
we find the muse to be,thc very opposite points of view
from which the facts of the case arc regarded. llere
they are, as stated by Mr. llrutqtuvs

Lord D. STUART asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, whether the government will take into
consideration the propriety of appointing a commission to
inquire into the manner in which the sum paid annually by
Englund, France, and Russia, on behalf of the government
of Gmee, has hitherto been expende 1 ; and to ascertain in
what manner it would be desirable for the interests of
Greece to lay nut that large suns for the future 1 England
was called upon to pay annually a sum of 40,0001. on ac-
count of the Greek governnii mit.
Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite true that her Ma-
jesty's government thought themselves tree from liability. Time
stipulation was, that the first produce of the future revenue
should be applied to the payment of interest on the debt.
He was sorry to say that the act had been from first to last
disregarded by the Gre.k government. Communications
had been going on upon the subject between the English,
French, and Russian governments, but they had nut as yet
led loony result. The conduct of the Greek government
was the less excusable, because, if properly managed, it
would have ample mcans at its disposal. The noble lord
promised again to communicate with the French and
Russian governments on the subject.
Tin.: INCOME TAX.
Mr. HUME detailed the successive difficulties and
delays that had been thrown in the way of his endeavour to
obtain a 'RAM committee on the income tax, Notwith-
standing the late period at which he ultimately succeeded
in getting his committee, and the brief time they had sat, a
variety of evidence of great interest and importance had
been collected, which it was highly advisable at once to lay
before the house. Although the committee themselves had
decided upon postponing the publication of this evidence,
he proposed a resolution overriding their decision, and
ordering the full particulars to be printed immediately.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed
that the committee had adopted their determination not to
print the evidence, upon the ground that it was altogether
mcromplete. In the fact itself; and in the conclusion founded
upon it, he completely concurred.
Sir J. WALMSLEY and Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the
motion.
Lord J. RUSSELL said it had been remarked that if
the house did not order the evidence to be printed then
members of the committee might give it to the public.
This he considered would involve contempt fur the autho-
rity of the house, and would be very irregular. (Hear.)
Atier a few words front Mr. CUMeIIAIIT and Colonel

Tnomrsom,
Mr. HUME haring replied,
The house divided—
For the motion

Agailat
There thus nut being forty members present, the house
adjourned at a quarter before nine o'clock.

THE ItEPRESENTATION OF FLINTSIIIRE AND THE
Ilentats.—There can be no doubt from the ascertained
state of the registry for Flintah:re and the boroughs, that
an opposition will be determined upon, and will he success-
ful. Mr. Peel, of Brynypys, is spoken of as likely to be
the favourite candidate fur the county, and the Hon. Itoht.
Rowley, for the boroughs. Both the gentlemen are pro-
testant conservatives.—North If Chronicle.
T/IE VICTORIA PORK.—An act of parliament has
just been printed (14 & IS Vict., cap. 46) to amend two
former acts relating to Victoria Park, and to indemnify the
trustees of copyhold lands held in trust for her Majesty. It
scans that the Commi-doners of Woods and Forests have
caused a new map and plans to be made, and when they are
authenticated by the signature of the Speaker of the House
of Commons and deposited at the office of the Land Revenue
Records. they .Jr to be open to imoection on the payment
of one shilling. A portion of the park is to be leased. The
commissioners are to indemnify the trustees of copyholds in
trust for her Majaity.
DEATH OF CHARLES PHILLIPS'S NIOTHER.--ThiS
venerable lady expired at her residence, Abbey View,
' near Sligo, ou Sunday last, having reached the advanced
age of 84.

DREADFUL MURDER IN LONGFORD.—The enmity
coroner held an inquest on the 4th of August on the body
of a man named Rowley, who had been barbarously mur-
dered by two men named Feeny, carpenters, from Lanes-
borough. Rowley had been employed watching a field of
potatoes, and on his way home at 11 o'clock on Saturday
night was met by the two prisoners, who set on him to beat
him. Finding themselves not equal to the undertaking,
one brother called to the other to use the knife. The body
of the murdered man was cut in several parts ; one wound
passed across the left side about four inches in length ; the
abdomen was laid open, the thighs dreadfully cut. and one
wound across the neck from side to side, but the knife was
ton blunt to dissever the head from the body. He died in
two hours after. They consulted about their escape across
the country, but finally determined to come into Longford,
and say they had been attacked. On their way into t wn a
fierce dog ran out and barked; this dog they killed and
brought with them. They then went to the police bar-
racks, said they had been attacked by Rowley and his dog,
and in self-defence had killed him and his dog also. After
the examination of witnesses at the inquest, they were both
gelato gaol on the charge of wilful murder.

The tin-plate workers were desirous of improving their
position, and assimilating the wages paid by different mann-
fictumrs. They agreed on a book of prices, which was
submitted to the employers, but not accepted by them. The
men passed a resolution that these should be the standard
prices after a certain date, thinking they had a right to put
a price on their own labour. Some employers at once gave
the price; others refused. A strike commenced; and then
the Messrs. Perry took a hostile course against the men.
They sent nut agents to dif•rent parts of the country, and
advertised in the provincial papers for men, offering plenty
of work and good wages. Some men came to Wolverhamp-
ton, but were persuaded to go away again. Others, who
had been induced to enter into contracts, which rendered
them liable to commitment for absence, also withdrew from
their employ. The result was nineteen men were brought
from France, on the promise of moat liberal wages. They
were soon induced to return. Thirty Uermans were neat
brought over, and with the same result. Mr. Perry then
resolved on indicting the defendants for conspiracy. The
case cause on at the late assizes; and though the defendants
had abstained from all violence and intimidation, confining
themselves to argument, they had been found guilty of con-
spiracy. If working men were not to be allowed to " per-
suade" each other, what was the use of trades' unions ? If
this was an indictable offence, they ought to know it; and
then they would demand a law which should equally protect
employers and the employed.

The whole question turns upon what is here
termed " persuasion." As we read the report of the
trials, compulsion is the proper word, and not "per-
suasion." That sort of compulsion which, though
abstaining from force and violence and keeping to-
tally- clear of threats, nevertheless amounts to moral
intimidation, and deprives individuals of that uncon-
trolled power to sell their labour at what price they
please, just as much as, and perhaps even more cfti.T-
tually than, physical obstruction, which can be
easily removed and effectually prevented, or than
noisy verbal denunciations quite us readily detected
and repressed.
The tin-plate workers had a ptrfeci right to agree
amongst themselves on a book of prices: but the
masters had equally the right to re!ect not only the
standard rates of wages therein fixed, but the appli-
cation of those rates to all the men they required,
irrespective of their varying skill, industry, or good
conduct ; and Messrs. l'EattY did no more. 1 hey
objected to men with whom they had no connexion
in business interfering to raise the price of the labour
they employed; they re,ected the book of prices
presented to them by such people ; the con-
sequence was that their workshops were be-
set by strangers, who lured, spirited, excited,
animated, seduced, and deluded their wo'kpeople
away ; and, just as Messrs. PERRY were able to re-
place the men they thus lost, the process was again
and again repeated, until those gentlemen had only
one of three courses to pursue—either to yield to the
combination, or to try whether the law sanctioned
such " persuasions " us these, or to shut up their
shops. Like men of sense and spirit, they adopted
the second course, and the law has held such
proceedings to be criminal. Had the law
acme otherwise, it would haw sacrificed Messrs.
I Pulley's capital, and deprived their better advised
workmen of the right of disposing of their labour
at such prices as they and their employers dould
: agree on without the assistance, and tree from the
dictation, of third parties. Messrs. PERRY': appeal
to the tribunals of their country was in every re-
spect an assertion of freedom of trade.
•• If working-men were not allowed to persuade
each other, what," asked Mr. litueitays, " was the
use of trades' unions r To which we reply, that
trades unions are of no use, but a positive injury to
1 men as well as masters, if their leaders are entitled
'to resort to such persuasions as we have de-
scribed, either to their own members, or, still
I worse, to those who do not belong to their
combination. It that privilege or power were
to be conceded to trades' unions, they would
quickly become instruments of tyranny over capi-
tal and labour ; and, by driving capital out of

this country, deprive labour of employment. Trades tout reckoning the interest of the Hosting do 7;
unions may be useful, if confined to their legitimate amount to ai aytfint. noire than the receipts. A
objects—such as mutual assistance, provident insu- brother of M. Manuel liertran de Lis, the au.
tuners, registration of labourers so us to facilitate ! nester, sent Ortega and another General to call out
their employment when out of work, and the regu- 1 Moyana; but the latter, while refusing the duel,
lations of the petty details of work. But when maintained his charges against !tertian dc Lis, which
trades unions undertake the arbitrary settlement the is prepared to substantiate in the next parliament.
of the rates of wages irrespectively of those _
economical laws which lix them; when they
oldt their decisions as to wages to be conclusive
on masters who have no share in their deliberations,
and on men who are not members ; when they a>-
sumo it to be their duty to persuade men away from
their work ; when they lapse r conspiracies, then
trades' unions are purely MizelliCVOUtl organisa-
tions, and of no use.
One of the worst yffects of these combinations is
the delusion they create in the minds of mem-
bers as to simple facts. and so destroy that
power of truthful perception on which all
real progress depends. Of this evil tendency
the proceedings of the meeting in the National
Hall form, we will not saya gout!, but a painful ex•
ample. That which the law, administered most
ably and temperately., has decided to amount to con-
spiracy and compulsion, was there called persuasion.
Now, were it possible to go calmly and deliberately
over the evidence given on the trials with each tin-
plater separately, we have not the least doubt
that he would mine to a very different conclusion ;
but, huddled together and speciously addressed, the
sense of individual conscientiousness and responsi-
bility becomes suspended, and the whole pro-
ceedings of these honestly meaning workpeoplc
are based on a palpable lids-statement ; nay,
on an obvious falsehood. And a similar spi-
rit of untruth and deception runs too gene-
rally through the deliberations of such assem-
blies; they assume capital and capitalists to be their
deadliest enemies, instead of being their best friends ;
they put forth a right of subsistence at the expense
of capital whilst persecuting the capitalists; they re-
gard that science which has won for them untaxed
bread as aiming at a reduction of wages, which it
teaches them are governed by laws that elude and
defy factitious regulations; and they turn to every
quack and pretender with confidence and respect.
This is a very serious state of things ; one, too,
which the malignancy of socialism is actively seeking
to take advantage of. It is happily, however, an
evil Mr which there is an easy remedy at hand ; and
that is, the admission of the true workman into poli-
tical society. At present he is excluded ; and by. his
exclusion he is forced into these lines and into
ignorance. Bestow the franchise on him, and you
will give him an interest, deep and strong and per-
sonal, in the social system of which his order is the
Mundation ; you will raise his hopes, increase his
self-respect, educate his head, and improve his heart ;
you will make him one of yourselves—and England
needs no more. But keep him a Pariah such longer
and 3 ou will rue the consequences.

FRANCE.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

Me 1/er/int/schen Zeitimig trommuniwtes the organ.
ligation project of the m ijority of the Assembly of Notables
as follows:—.. Art. I. The Danish monarchy consists of ono
united whole, under one common prince, common success,
aims to the throne, common diplomatic and consular repre-
sentatives, fleets, and flags. In as mach as possible, the
commercial and Marble systems, coinage, post and customs
institutions between the Danish empire (the kingdom of
Denmark and the duchy of Schleswig) and the dimity of
Milstein should Ise established by 1:111111111/11 consent. This
consent, with respect to customs and joistaifftee affairs,
should be attained by negociatiou. COMORO.° state schools
for the Danish empire and the duchy of Holstein should he
founded, and the pecuniary contribution of Holstein thereto
should he fixed according to the ',ale of population.
Art. 2. The duchy of Holstein continues to form a part
of the German confect ration. With respect to affairs,
which according to the Ist Art. are not mouton to the
whole monarchy, the ulii&y should have its own adminis-
tration and its own Diet having joint authority with tho
royal power. For the institutions common to the wholes
Danish monarchy, specified in the let Art., diplomacy, con-
sulships, fleets, de., the duchy of Holstein shookd pay
yearly contribution, settles!, once for all, according to dm
scale of population. This contribution can on no pretest be
refused; on the other hand, no further demand can be
made without the consent of the King and of the Diet of the
duchy. The rules for the manning of the fleet must be
definitively 11%111,111111 can only be altered in accordance with
the provisions of Art. if. Art. ;l. When in the state councils
matters are treated of which concern the whole saunarchy,
the minister for Holstein enjoys the same right of a seat at
the council-board and of - vote as the King's minister.
Art. 4. The Duchy of Schleswig has, under the limitations
specified in Art. its own Diet and its own ministerial
subordinate aili oo iii ioration for the following subjects :
civil and criminal legislation ; 2nd, law and police institu-
tions; 3rd, parochial local government; •Ith, industry;
sth, the special affairs of the duchy relative to income and
outlay • the pecuniary contributions of the duchy to be re-
gulated by the scale of population. Art. 1. Military,
church, :old school affairs are common to the kingdom and
the duchy. For all common affairs, the adminis-
tration and legislation of Denmark and Schles-
wig are common, and in these cases, the Schles-
wig Diet and the Danish Diet form a united Assembly.
Art. d. The Danish and the German nationalities shall
enjoy the same rights and the same protection in the Bachy
of Schleswig. Changes in the Danish or Schleswig church
and school institutions can only take place with th., common
consent of both the Diets. Art. 7. With n•spect to the fol-
lowing institutions, it should be determined : I.!. That half
of the profit of the income of the Eider Casual should go to
Holstein ; 2nd, The forced cartnership with r. 5.,,,ct to cer-
tain fire insurance establishmonts should lie bro:scil up ; 3nl,
As long as Schleswig students enjoy the same advan-
tages as those of Holstein, at the Vuiversity of Kill,
the duchy of Schleswig should give a yearly con-
tribution to the same, to Is regulated ae coding to
the scale of German population. The Eider Canal
to he placed under the common admini.tration of Denmark
and Schleswig. Art. 8. Alterations in the foregoing articles
inasmuch as they are common to Denmark and the Duchies,
moot be made without the joint consent of a:1 the three
parties. Art. 9. The duchy of Lauenhurg continues to be-
long to the German confederation. The pros isions: con-
tained in the first Net of the Ist article apply also to this
duchy, whose other nlations to the other parts of the Dan-
ish monarchy should be more distinctly determined."
•• • ' .

PARIS, TRI:RAD EVENING.

Last evening the whole English guests at-
tended the Grand Opera, where an operatic enter-
tainment, written expressly in honour of Great
Britain, was given.
To-day the Lord Mayor paid a visit to the Presi-
dent at the Elysi,e to take his leave, and to express
his gratitude ter the cordial and distinguished re-
ception which has been bestowed upon himself
and his municipal colleagues. lie then went
to the Hippodrome, notwithstanding a tremendous
thunder storm, which has fortunately delayed its de-
luge until the great files have passed over. The
party will then dine,us I have previously announced,
with the Minister of Commerce, M. Buffet ; and in
the evening visit the Circus of Franeoni. Tomorrow
morning, as 1 mentioned in a former letter,the party
will take their departure front the brilliant metro-
polis, which has displayed all its attractions for their
entertainment, and return to London, where they
will arrive the same evening.
. .

•
It appear., by letters front Copenh, ancn, that it was only
the members, of the llessiatt t unilc, elaintahn on the throne
of Denmark, that renounced, in it formal act. at I men-
tioned SOME' few days ago, the it claim. in (atone of Prince
Christian, Glueleiburg. The members of thin family hate
subscribed to two acts of renunciation, the one n lathe to
the kingdom and the other to the duchies. Dat several of
the female claimants have not renounced their V:Ailllty
namely, Queen Dowager (uf ChriAian Varohno
Amelia, and the Princew erasable, with of Prince Ferdi-
nand, and eldest daughter of Frederick VI.

The Patric gives the following explanation of the
long story told by the Mcssoy,r about the President's
claim on the French government as the heir of his
mother, the Queen Hortense:
The Messager rlr l'Assentht4, has published a document
which several journal's of the opposition hsve eagerly
copied. The reply to the attacks directed with re-
ference to this document against the Presiden of the repub-
lic is very simple --Prince Louis Napoleon possessed by
hereditary right some claims of the Duchesse de St. Lcu on
the French govenunent. In VW he ceded a portion of
these claims to u person who offered to undertake to recover
them by such means as he should judge advisable, and at
his own risk and peril. At a later period, when the return
of the Prince to France and his candidature were spoken of,
the deed of assignment was annulled b)• mutual consent of
the parties, end the affair was ut an eed.

The way in which the trial of the Sire/c, of which
I send you the substance, was conducted yesterday,
has, I understand, given deep offence at the Elysi,e;
and the Minister of Justice is, for the moment, in
disgrace: There are even rumours of the probable
resignation of M. Itouher in consequence.
'the republican opposition hold u great meeting
to-night at Lemardelay's great room, in the Rue
Richelieu.

The trial of the Sic,'le, for a libel against the Pre-
sident of the Republic, drew yesterday to the Court
of Assizes a crowded audience, notwithstanding the
all-absorbing review. '1 he interest of the proceedings
lay in the eminence of the witnesses examined,
and in the confirmation which resulted of the
principal fact alleged by the Sit.,lc. The in-
criminated article stated that the chief subject of
conversation in the lobbies of the Assembly on that
day, July 2sth, was the loss of 12,000/. by Miss How-
ard, through unfortunate speculations at the Bourse.
This debt, it was said, had been discharged in full by the
President of theltepublic, notwithstanding the known
penury of the coffers of the Elyse in consequence
of the denial of the dotation. M. St. Mare ltigandie,
representative, corroborated the circulation of the
report at the Assembly, and added that he had
heard that, after the payment of the lady's losses,
only 203 fr. remained in the chest of the Elysii.e. M.
Raze was next called, and said that he was not in the
habit of stopping to hear the gossip of groups in the
Chamber ; but as for the rumours of coups (rebel al-
luded to by the .Biel,' he could not avoid hearing a good
deal about them—(laughter)—although he thought
there was less talk about such eventualities this
year than the last, owing to the impossibility of car-
rying such an enterprise into execution. (Fresh
laughter.) M. Goudehaux, ex-Minister of Finance,
was aware of the facts relative to the losses of the
English lady in question. M. Abbatucci was next
examined. He admitted that at the Elysiie, as
in the head-quarters of every other government
there was more than one policy ; but although there
was only one which he himself approved (M. Abba-
tucci is one of the most prudent and calm friends of
Louis Napoleon), he could not undertake to stig-
matise the councils to which he was opposed.
lie had heard during the lust three years
continual rumours of coups tretut, without a
shadow of ground for such suspicions. Cer-
tainly he had exerted himself to the utmost to
procure the nomination of grave and independent
men on the committee of permanence, and the com-
position of that body afforded the best evidence of
the tranquillity of the public mind, and of the false-
hoodof the Siecte's representation that any mad enter-
prise on the part of the Ely-see was dreaded by the
people or their representatives. The jury having
admitted attenuating circumstances on behalf of the
defendants, re ected the application of the advocote-
general for the suspension of the journal, and
condemned the splrant, Sougi,re to 2,500 fr. fine, with
three months' imprisonment, and M. Jourdan, the
writer of the article, to .7/00fr., with two months'
imprison men t.
The funds continue to improve. The Fives closed
to-day at 96.85, with a rise of 10e. The Threes also
rose 10c., and closed at 57.45.

The Cons/it/Wound giver tbo follossinct as an I itea tof
a note from the Ituision cabinet to that of Denmark on this
subject:

" True to his elevated prineiplm, his Imptrial Ma-
jesty tic Emperor of Russia would neither de-;re that
the influence of his cabinet should hr. executed
towards forwarding the plans e f his allies, nor would hu
oppmce the wishes of his relative us to the twist lust and
prudent manner of adjusting the claim• put forth,although
the Emperor and his family lilt naturally a family interest
in the question."