The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-11 00:00:00

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minutia, PARLIAMENT.

BOMB OF COMMONS. —ll‘lllla2, AUGUST 10.
The followim is a report of the of the
f"ftediage
Lower Moon to the prceugatice
JAMAICA.
Mr. MILL asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies
whether any further information had been received as to
the appeekeessoes which he stated to be entertained by
the as Widths in Jamaica of a new outbreak in the
°okay sad whether he bad any objection to state more
particularly to the house the information which had pre-
viously beta received on that subject.
Dir. ADDKRIABY said that just before the recent debate
the affairs of Jamaica, despatches were received,
.sem Ulna it appeared that the custom of Metcalfe, who
was a member of the government, anticipated the occur-
IMMO of disturbances in that parish during the present
nsenth. The government bad ascertained from the Admi-
xing that a considerable naval force was available to meet
any each disturbances ; and Sir H. Storks felt no distrust
et his ability to suppress any riots which might occur. Ho
bad laid upon the table papers which would give the
fullest information respecting the affairs of Jamaica up to
tie mast recent date.

NOTICES OF MOTION.
WRECKS.

Mr. DIME gave notice that early next amnion he would
call the attention of the house to the fearful loss of Eng-
lish life, and property, which annually occurs off
the coast of Ireland, and to the necessity of the establish-
ment of a harbour of refuge between Kingstown and
Waterford.

IC: TRADITION TREATIES.
Mr. TORRENS gave notice that early next session he
would move, " That our existing relations with foreign
states regarding extradition are anomalous ancLunsatisface
tory and require comprehensive revision."
ADMIRALTY ACCOUNTS.

Mr. SEELY inquired of the First Lord of the Admiralty
whether be would allow the investigation which was agreed
' to be entered upon on the 6th March, 1866, to be continued;
so that the correctness of his statements in the
house relating to the management of her Majesty's dock-
yards, and the replies thereto or reports thereon of the
Admiralty, as contained in papers 463 and 4&i I, might be
amerbdasd.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he was not aware to
what arearneet the hon. gentleman referred. He had
looked into Hansard for the 6th of March, and he could
End no time of any such agreement. If the hon. gentle-
man himself desired to go to the office of the Accountant-
General and investigate any part of the dockyard expendi-
tare he should be willing to accede to his wish, and pro-
mised that every information should be laid before him.
But he trusted, indeed he felt sure, that the hon. gentle-
man wield conduct such an investigation in a fair spirit ;
and he hoped that in the event of his coming to any en-
tries which he thought of a doubtful character he would ask
for information from the offieers of the department oa the
spot, and not come down to that house and make
a complaint unless the information which he received was
net satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) He made this remark
because the hon. gentleman's secretary did not carry on
his investigations in that spirit. The hon. gentleman
stated in that house, on the authority of his secretary,
that 5,6001. had been spent upon two boats, and when the
error was pointed out the only excuse that he made was
that his secretary had read the wrong line. The informa-
tion as to these boats was contained in a printed paper,
and no roan of business looking at that paper could have
made snob a mistake. He was therefore obliged to say,
that while he would afford every facility to the hon.
gentleman, be was not disposed to admit his secretary to
the office again.
At a later period of the afternoon,
Mr. SEELY said that it always been his earnest
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desire that every fact which be intended to state to that
house should be known to the Admiralty before he made
use of it, and therefore he must complain of the observa-
tions of the right hon. baronet as calculated to prejudice
his reputation for accuracy and fairness. He intended
that the Admiralty authorities should be made aware of
every statement which he intended to make, but they as
it were shut the door in the face of his secretary. They
took sway the books that he had been examining when the
knowledge that he had obtained—this was the inference
that he was compelled to draw—was becoming rather un-
pleasant. What alternative, then, had he except to make
his statement to that house; He offered the right hon.
baronet that every fact which he intended to submit to
the house should be examined before he stated it, but the
right hon. baronet refused that offer.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

In reply to Mr. M`Lamis,
Sir S. NORTHOOTE said that there was no reason to
complain of any incompleteness in the agricultural statis-
tics received from Scotland.

SAVINGS BANKS IN THE NAVT.
In answer to Mr. K INNAI nn,
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that under the orders of the
late Board of Admiralty an experimental savings bank
had bees established on board the Victoria, one of the
ships of the Mediterranean squadron.
PRANCE AND PRUSSIA.

Sir G. BOWYER asked the noble lord the Secretary of
State fer Foreign Affairs whether he had any information
as to the demands stated to have been made by the Empe-
ror of the Ftenoh upon the King of Primal' for the rectifi-
cation of the frontiers of France ; and what reply had been
fives by Praia.
Lord STANLEY—From information given to me, I hare
no doubt that oommunicAtiont to the effect suggested by
the hon. baronet have passed, and are passing, between the
governments of Paris and Berlin. lam not in a position
to state what is the precise nature of those communica-
tions, still Imam I able to say what the reply given by
Prussia may be.
THE CAPTIVES IN ABYSSINIA.

Mr. B. COCHRANE inquired of the noble lord (Lord I
Stanley) whether he had received any recent despatch I
with regard to the position of the captives in Abyssinia?
Lord STANLEY said that he had received no despatch
which in any degree affected the statements upon this
subject which had pieviously been made in that house.
All the papers which be bad received, and they were of
some importance, he had that day laid upon the table.
The government were preparing to send out Mr. Fladd
under such circumstances as they hoped. might enable him
to effect the release of the remaining prisoners.
Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked whether the noble lord did not
think that some more energetic measures ought to be taken
to remove the disgrace of our having two persons acting as
unsuccessful envoys at the capital of a barbarous chief.
Lord STANLEY said that he believed that sending back
Mr. Medd in the manner proposed wits the course best
adapted to obtain the release of the gentlemen now con-
fined in Abyssinia. If the hon. gentleman differed from
him it was open to him to argue the question, and he
should be prepared to defend the course which he had re-
commended.
Colonel SYKES inquired whether the noble lord did not
think that a present of a few rifles, and two or three
barrels of gunpowder to the Ring of Abyssinia would en-
sure the release of the captives! (Laughter.)
SHOREDITCH WORKHOUSE.
In reply to Mr. Alderman LtIBIE,
• Mr. HARDY mid that the oorrerpondence with regard
to the Shmeditah Workhouse was still going on, and
therefore the papers were not in a condition to be pre-
sented to parliament.
THE BUST OF THE LATE MR. HUME.
Mr. WALPOLE brought up the following message from
her Majesty, in answer to the address of the house upon
this subject:—" I have received your oddities praying that I
will cause to be placed within the precincts of the House
of Commons the bust offered by the widow of the late
Joseph Hume, Eaq., who for nearly forty yyears ably, labo-
riously, and assiduously servedhis country in the House of
C 011111110011•, and I will give directions to my First Commis-
sioner of Works and Public Buildings to consider in what
par: of the precincts of the House of Commons such bust
may most conveniently be placed."
THE NEW LORD CHIEF BARON.

Mr. J. S. MILL rose to move for copies of all corre-
spondence between members of the government and Mr.
Bagby Walesa, in relation to the appointment of Sir F.
Se ffy m Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; and of ally
correspondence between the members of the government
and Sir F. Kelly upon the same subject.
Mr. WALPOLE said that he had no objection to the
first part of the motion. The second related to a com-
munication that had been made to him by the Lord Chief
Baron, which he thought ought not to be produced,
because it was more or less of a private cha-
racter ; and further, if any investigation was to be moved
for, the Lord Chief Baron ought to have an opportunity of
oonsideriug what answer he should make. (" Hear,
bear," from Kr. Kugel
The motion was than put and agreed to, with the omis-
sion of the part relating to correspondence between tee
government and Sir F. Kelly.
At two o'clock air Augustus Clifford, Black Rod, np-
pftred at the table, and summoned the house to attend in
the House of Lords, whither the Speaker immediately pro.
seeded, followed by all the members present except Mr.
Henley.
On the return of the right bon. gentleman, he took the
place at the table usually occupied by the Chief Clerk, and
read to those hon. members who had accompanied him
back to the house a copy of the speech delivered by the
royal commissioners. He afterwards shook bands with
the gentlemen present—Mr. Disraeli being the first to
perform this ceremony—end so ended the session of 1866.

•
Rarrime Maartwoa.—Last night a crowded re-
form meeting of the inhabitants of Woolwich, Charlton,
and Plumatead was held at the Lecture-hall, Nelson-
street, Woolwich. The chair was occupied by Mr. Bassett,
who =praised his entire concurrence with the ob,eacarof
the meeting, and eulogised the conduct of the Lord Mayor
in presiding at the reform meeting held at the Guildhall
of the City of London. A resolution in aceordace with the
?Meet wee adopted.—At a reform meeting held last even-
nig in front of Gurney's Fountain, Stratford, it was re-
solved :—" That this meeting, deploring the defeat of the
late goeern nest Reform Bill, declares that it will not be
satisfied with anything less than reaidential and registered
manhood saftrageand the ballot."