The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-05 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

Mr. MACKINNON. ea Friday ars, to all Out ettratioa
of the home to tho report (a. ere r adtretood) of the melees
COMMA'S* es esithiklAraarkot.

II amain Intonrs or Mitnoson Cal. SALM ET
proposed his enotkin on this sutler till the 26th inst.
Too Peoria's CRAWIn.--11r. O'CONNOR, on the
19*.b lost., to in me neobations allbsatory of the "NI
points" et the People's Charter.
PROTECTION TO BRITISH SUBJECTS ABROAD.
Mr. M. BAULLIR said he wished to pat • quake to the
noble lord the liewesety kw Foreign Affairs on this subject.
It rppesred to be the practice of this government to claim
compensation ter on, damage or injury sustained by British
subjects, erik.e from riots or rebellions, in the countries
where they had bees residing, without n feriae* to the laws
or the legal tribe'. ale of those countries. It Wes appeared,
from au cower given by the noble lord to the bon. member
fur Southampton, that the government did not melee any
such pretenoittes with respect to any damage or injury whit*
British sal jects might sustain in the United Sta•es of
Armenia. He wished to ale—iron, whys difertest souse
had bees punned with reference teethe state/of Europe from
that wren d in the Veiled Sammie America ; and secondly,
whether is was tree that the representatives et Russia and
Austria had protest* i against this interustatios of the law
of nations, and had intimeted any intention of refusing to
allow British subjects to reside in their O'ea unless they
would nominee, to a certain eztent, the protection of their
own country ?
Vise:cant PALMERSTON said the hon. gentleman bad
seiretsted the position and the doctrine of the government
with regard to Mockler that had been recently made against
Orem. Rs supposed the government to lay down the
breed assertion that it would obtain compensation for any
dement or losses which British subjects might sustain is
(hires or ell where by reason of riots or disturbances, or
from similar eelaille. They had laid down no such pupal-
tion. The demand is each case was found. d upon the par
tinder c.rarinstances of the ease to which it applied, and did
not involve any general principle Inches the boa. gentleman
had referred to. (Rear, hear.) He apprehended that all
cases of that sort must rest upon the particular circumstances
connected with them. It was impossible to maintain that
in all rests foreignen were entitled to compensation
front the government of the country in which they
sustained injuries and lessee such u those re-
ferred to ; on the other hand, it was impossible
to maintain that, by the law of nations, there were not cues
in which compensation was justly due. tHear, hear.) Vatted,
who was usually considered a good authority on those mat-
ter", drew distinctions upon which the distinction which he
(Lord Palmerston) drew was founded. In speaking of what
happened as the result of war, and what was allowable in
war, he stated that the pillage and destrectioa of towns, the
devestation of a ormatry, the ravaging and Bettie, fire to
houses, were odious sad detestable measures when practised
without absolute necessity. In another passage he said that
the property of neutrals ought te be treated by an army in a
diff manner from that of the enemy which that army
destroyed ; and is civil was the insuguts were the enemies
of the army employed by the state. In another passage,
where he investigated the eases in which governments
were bound or not bound to make compensation for the
various accidents resulting from the inevitable measures of
war, such as the bombardment of towns or the like, he laid
it down that no compensation mull justly be required, ex-
cept where the injuries were wanton and unnectwary for
the purposes of the operations, or where they were necessary
for operations undertaken deliberately, as the occupation of
a house or a garden for the purpose of a battery or of fortl
fiction. In such mom compensation was required. Ia
those instances in which her Majesty's government had re-
gaited tmeapeasatiosi front other governments, there were, and
there had been able to show that there were, peculiar riraucia.
stances in ouch cues entitling them to mike that claim.
They drew no di-tiffiction, a. the hon. gentleman supposed
between what hnpprited in Europe and what in Amulet:
(Hear, hear.) There was one distinction, that the tri
bustle of the United States were more open to give
jitelgsmets consiewat with justice and right than were the
tribunals in Erse other parts of the world to which he seed
not more particularly refer. (Hear, hear.) With regard to
the supposed announcement which the hon. gentleman
imagined the governments of Ruse's and of Austria to have
sad', it was perfectly true that those governments, is
arguing upon what he conceived to be an imperfect know-
ledge of the circumstances, were of opioinn—especially the
Austrian ment—that it was impossible to draw a die-
tineion between the subjects of a country and the resident
foreigners, and that if a government chose to refuse to irs
own sebjecte all compensation for injuries of any sort err
kind ccumnitted in the course of hostilities, they were enti-
tled also to refuse it to the subjects of any
foreign tenantry, and intimating, as an argument, that
if the cool rare doctrine were maintained by the gourn•
runt of Greet britais, it might be found necumary for the
goy. recant of Austria to 000 sider how far It was consistent
with its own interests to invite or encourage the r Writhe of
Britith subjects in Austria. But it had not been particu-
lar y stated whether they would exclude our merchants, or
Our eie'i engineers who were occupied in constructing their
railways, or our rich travellers who were spending money

In the *sunny. (Hoer, beer.) It was an erenment, and
**thing more ; but event that argument he must bag leave
to set the rumple of the government of Almeria itself.
Very recently an Almeria* brig was wrecked is as Weed
on the neat of Indeed, and the vessel was plinked by tie
inhabitants of tim Wand. The lAA Rove remise sumisesi
a possmation ter the purpose et paniabing the pinadiffer,
end suseveries the pommy of Mile wens a ummue
mesa ; bet the peessentism filsi Is
being raised as be the plass Where
laid, and me sober mold be a
law. The commeoli Anetebt
versinent was midmit
was awe la while Betel* *talee
the esaal remade at law ha I aunt :Iter Maj.
governmeet, settee apes that liberal priliciple whisk always
guided their conduct in regard to foreign countries, greeted
40. the Austria& . sialtioets a eempewation of shoat 6001
(Hue, hear )
Mr. M. GIBSON asked when was the decision come to to
compensate the Austrian skip on the part of the English
government ?
Viscount PALMERSTON thought it was orb lest a month
sgo.
THE GREEK LOAN.
Mr. B. COCHRANE inquired if any steps had boon taken
by the government to Mean to British sobjeols the mused
of the interest upon the Greek lean ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied is the negative, exphiledeg
that the eolvetasy of Greece was under the guarantee of the
three protecting pewees.
CLERKS IN THE POST OFFICE.
Mr. ANSTIY asked if the government would lay OS the
table copies of the memorials from clerks in the Post-onee,
addrened to the Postmaster. General, on the subject of Sab-
bath labour; and whether it was true that the office of
chief clerk is the mosey order office having recently false
meant,
theaat, utak of the clerks in the order of seniority bad had
an offer of the vacant aim on eordition of admitting that
the statements in dm memorials referred to were false, aad
that on their declining to do so, the dam had been glen le
the clerk of the money order department in Edinburgh, obi
naked eonsiderably lower than the clerks that bad bees
passed over, sad who ha I been decided by Lord Linda@
as au Improver person to be promoted out of his tarn.
Mr. HAY [MR said it wee undoubtedly true that the
gentleman appointed to the vacant situation in the money
order office had been placed over the head of another party.
The Postmaster-Generale wandered that, in appointing -to
the bead of a department, he was bound to look out for the
person most competent to discharge the dusty. (Hear,
bear.) He had, therefore, passed by, as he was Jas.
tided in doing, the principle of rotation, and had
✓oluted the person who. on all grounds, from
hie meritorious services and efficiency, was moat entitled Mt
ell the office. He was not aware of say spplieation being
sada to the clerks, rolling upon them to nuke say emit
statement as the hon. and learned gentleman had rebored
to. He believed the report to be totally unfounded. Thaw
was no objection on the part of the Post-office to lay Were
the house the memorials and correspondence referred 1%1
bat unless it was intended to make that hen,
a wort of appeal with respect to the appointments Is
all public depirtments. be did not see the wisdom of re-
senting those memorials. If the hon. and learned gentle-
man thought pew, he might move for their production ;
and it would then be his (Mr. Hayter's) duty to take the
opinion of the house on the subject.
Mr. ANS IE7 asked if the principle of seniority and
rotation had cot, down to the prevent time, regulated pro-
motions of ettiv kind?

'Nieto,
d.*

Mr. HATTER said he (mold most di,tinctly state that
that had not berm the practice.
Mr. ANSTEY gave notion that, on Tnursday, lie should
more fee the preductsoa of the memorials he had re-
ferred to.

SECURITY FOR ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. H. HERBERT asked when this ball would be pro-
ceeded with, and whether it was intended to make it
applicable to other parties beyond those originally con.
templated
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he you'd answer
the last pan of the question first. Certain clauses had been
prepared, with a view of enendirg the bill further than
was originally intended, with the view of meeting the
wick's of Irish proprietors. A eorreepnnder.ce also took
plane with those who were lik-ly to be beat acquainted with
the subject, the result of which was that he dial not think
those clauses could be safely proceeded with or carried into
effect. That was the cause of the delay in proceeding with
the bill; hut it wee now ti.e intention of the government to
go 011 with it meson as pigeible.
THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. Mi.lliNl3;tid that he had rreehtd a letter from
Mr Griuell,the contractor for the new boasts of p aliment,
stating that it was di sirable the house should decide as soon
as possible whether an♦ and what alterations w, re necessory
in the new Rosso of Commons, ss an early decision on this
point would prevent both future delay and expense. He
therefore wished to know whither there would be any
objec•ion that to-morrow's sitting should talee place in the
new boast,.

Lard J RUSSELL thought it di s,rahle th.t the sitting
should take glue to-ow crow in the hew house.
Mr. DISRAELI suggested that the how. it, °old caret
there on Friday also.widelt wu ultratood to be useuted to.