The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-16 00:00:00

THE AFFAIR WITH FRANCE.

The Earl of MALMESBURY—My lords, I beg to lay
on your lordships' table the correspondence which has taken
place between the government of her Majesty and the
government of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the
French, since her Majesty's late ministers resigned their
ofilees. I am happy to state that that correspondenos puts an
end to the misapprehension which unfortunately existed for
• short time between the two countries ; and it would be
unfair in me not to add that that desirable consummation has
been considerably facilitated by the frank manner in which
Count Walewski, after the House of Common, expressed its
opinion of his despatch by its vote of the 19th, came forward
end expressed to Lord Cowley his regret that he had
been misunderstood, and gave an explanation of the expressions
halite despatch which had given umbrage to the other hour..
I think that your lordships, when you read the correspondence,
will be of opinion that the affair has concluded in all honour
and good feeling on both sides. (Hear, hear.) My lords, I
have nothing more to say on the present occasion, except
that her Majesty's government place the highest value oa
the alliance, which has been of such consequence to the
happiness not only of Europe, bet of the world, during the
Isar five years ; and that they feel the same conviction es
that which the Emperor of the French has expressed through
his Minister of Foreign Affairs to his minister in London.
That I nosy not alter • single word of his Majesty, I beg to
read en extract from the despatch itself. We are et
opinion, and the Emperor says he is convinced, " that the
reconciliation of two great nations, after ages of antagonism,
could be sincere and lasting only on one condition, namely,
that the honour of one should never be aaerilicad to the
honour of the other." (Cheers.)

THE AFFRAY WITH THE STUDENTS OF
TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.
The Earl of RODEN said be wished to call attention to •
matter which had excited great disgust in the minds of all
who had reed an account of it. He alluded to the disgraceful
attack which had been made by the
.police of Dublin on the
students of Trinity College, in that city.
The Earl of DERBY said nothing could be more natural
than that the noble lord should feel very deeply the occur-
rence that had recently taken place in Dublin. Whatever
might have been the cause of it, the result wee greatly to be
lamented. He heard that two of the students won not yet
out of danger. He wee not aware that any official account
of the matter had been received, but he received that
morning • private letter front the Lord-lieutenant
of Ireland, who smeared him that he should cause • strict in-
vestig►tion to take place ; and although his noble friend ex-
pressed to him the impression on his own mind, he thought
as the matter was to be the subject of an inquiry, their lord-
ships would see It would not be right that he should slate
what that impression was. He believed that the lategovent-
went had it in their view to institute a strict inquiry into
the character and conduct of the Dublin police.
The Earl of CARLISLE could so far confirm the noble
earl as to state that it wee true the late government had in-
tended to introduce a bill on the subject in the course of the
present session.
Their lordships then adjourned at five minutes to 6 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, MARCH 16.
The Spnanza took the chair a Sew minutes before four
o'clock.