The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-11 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF SYRIA.

Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN uked the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs whether, with reference to the
interference of the great powers in Syria, it was
the intention of her Majesty's government to limit
the aid rendered by England to the appearanoe of a
naval squadron off the coast! And whether or not, in the
event of the horrible massacres being continued, and the
troubles in Syria extending to fresh places, it was the inten-
tion of her Majesty's government to send aid in troops, or
to permit France to obtain all the honour and credit which
must result from an active milittaarryy support of the
Christians against the terrible procedloga of the Mello-
metans

Lan J. RUSSELL—With regard to the question put
to me by my hon. friend who has just asked whether we
have limited our operations to • mere appearance of a naval
fame on the aped of Syria, I have to reply that we have not
so limited oar interference, but that our naval sonschon
will do all in their power to prevent the 101/11101111, and if
they are not otherwise able to do so, the admiral is in-
denoted to land the merino in order to prevent a recurrence
of those souses which have lately been enacted. It has been
communicated to me by the Turkish Amtemador that
there are nteoluste from Foil Parini that 400 persons had
been arrested for taking part in the recent that
extraordinary tribunals bad been established,
vend of those persons had been already condemned, and if
they were found guilty of having taken any part in tits
magmata they would be inomdiately executed. Pod
Pschs also states that all the well-disposed people at
Damascus assisted the government in arresting all those
persons who had taken part in the outrage*, and that the
troops of the Sultan had behaved with the utmost loyalty.
(Hear, hoer.) No doubt, when the representatives of the
! various powers met at Paris, it was their opinion and that
of their government& that there was considerable reason to
fear, from the misconduct of the Turkish troops and•those
who commanded them, that the cause of order would find
a faint and uncertain support from those troop, ••
and therefore it was thought necessary that a body era
French troops should be sent to support the authority of
the Sultan ; but it was thought far better in the first in-
stance that one power should take charge of the movement
of the troops, and if it became 'Remands ve-
aouessrrrryy have an additional number of troops
woordisg to the protocol laid on the table, it
would be then for the powers to say which of those powers
should furnish that additional number of troops, and of
course her Majesty's government would have to give their
r operation.ionoo that in
question,eat°,", haeplifvernehelaaturio "kenech a necessity
will save. lam inclined to believe that, from the vigorous
measures taken by Pod Pacha, though there are mur-
ders still going on in the country, and though the unfortu-
nate Christians are afraid to return to their homes, the state
of things will soon be very much better, and that the forces
el Turkey and Prance will restore tranquillity to that coun-
try. If that is the ease, instead of an additional
number of troops being required, the government of France
will be enabled to moll the troops they have sent. We hope
that operation may be a speedy one, and that we shall soon
hear that these horrible massacres have ceased, and that
order has been restored, which is a matter of the first im-
portance. (Hear, hear.)

PIPER DIITIVS.

Lord FERMOY announced that at the suggestion of his
hon, friend the member for Birmingham (Mr. Bright) he
had resolved not to proceed with his motion on this subject
at present.
The other subjects brought under discussion on the qua.
tion of adjournment comprised the enclosure of Hainault
and Epping forests ; the case of the Rev. Mr. Fox and the
constitution of the Irish Poor law Board ; the proposed
alterations in the National Gallery ; the authenticity of the
letter alleged to have been written by the Emperor of the
French to the editor of the Tipperary Exam, arr ; the in-
adequate provision made by the corporation of the city of
London for the measuring of grain ; harbours of refuge ;
the reappointment of Sir Charles Eastlake to the director-
ship of the National Gallery ; and the mode in which Irish
busmen was transacted in that house and patronage dis-
pensed by the Irish vernment.
The motion for adjournment was agreed to.
PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) ACT (1856)
AMENDMENT BILL
On the order for the second reading of the Peace Pre-
servation (Ireland) Act (1856) Amendment Bill,
Mr. BLAKE moved to defer the second reading for three
months, deeming the act unnecessary, since there was •
diminution of crime and an absence of outrages in the
country.
Colonel FRENCH supported the amendment, believing
the act to be noodled for in the present state of Ireland.
Mr. LONGFIELD insisted that no case could be made
out fur an act degradingand insulting to Ireland, and utterly
useless.
Mr. CARDWELL admitted that the results of the
criminal returns in Ireland were satisfactory, but circum-
stances occasionally occurred there, he observed, which did
not occur in this country, making it expedient to continue
for • short period an act, not to punish but to prevent
crime, which experience had shown to be productive of the
beet effects.
The bill was warmly opposed by Mr. WitABON awl Mr.
Burr, who suggested that the bill should be continued no
lamer than the Ist of May next.
Mr. DEABY, upon his official responsibility. expressed
his belief that it would be attended with the most mis-
chievous consequences if the house refused to continue this
act, the
_powers of which had never been abused.
Mr. Maumee and Sir O. BOWTER spoke strongly against
the bill, which woe supported by Mr. WKITISIDI, who gave
instances showing the existence of • NOMA amfederocy
Ireland.
After along discussion, Mr. H.ViNEBBY moved that the
debate be adjourned ; but the motion was negatived by 104
to 12.
The house thea divided upon the amendment, which
was ospeived by 87 to 91, and the bill wee read • mound