The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS —FaIDAT, MAY 17.
Th. hewn abestly attar fear eolith ; Lord ChtirszlA
sat Speaker.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal sweat by comishass was Oven to Um rellowilirl
bills, namely: the Eugequir Bills (9,200,0001 ) ; tM BOA
Device; the Commons Ineleseire: the School District Con-
tributions ; the Indemnity ; the Titles of Religions Congre-
gations (Liectlandl; the Lloreessd Unions Actresses sad
litripsynho at of Musses tlrelsati); the Bristol Water
Weeks; the Batolk and Geaeral County Amicable Dint-
twee Mee ; the Birkenhead Imprirement ; the West
Bret
Rates ; the Brightest Improviser's, Pardue of
=Pavilion sad Orunda. and Amendment of
ay Acts; the Beath Wales Railway (No. 1);
the Dahlia sag Belfast Jost:Moe Riilway • the Clerisal„
Medical, end General Lire Assurance Sosaty; the Ambi-
ent*, Civil Engineers Builders, end Ostlers' Fa* sad Life
Insuramer, RevUssimmey Interest Amenity Casepsay
isitz.yrporatles of scompuy wader a different name); the
, Upward, sag Cheat Bartley Tart leas and Loek-
splt Loft and Lockspit Lauds Dutra,. sad Improvement ;
tkeiffekelleld Biennia Market (New Bite) Approaehen; the
Buckinghamshire Railway; the Ohre* aid Shotu Tem-
plate-reads Immurement; Ilarthry's Divots*.
The Livia CJIIIMINdosers were Lord Campbell, the Mw
gait ot Luadowat, sod Eerl Grenville.
Theis lordships then adjourned daring pleasure.
The house resumed at 1 o'clock.
DEFECTS IN LEASES ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
On the !notion ot Ltsd CaIIPBRI.L, this bill wan read a
woad time.
PARISH CONSTABLES BILL.
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This hill re. tfreil • third tine and passed.
PEI'ARTURE OF THE FitieNCH AMBASSADOR.
Lord BROUGHAM believed he might now say, and he
grieved from the bottom of his heart to do so, ho believed he
might now justly and correctly say that he did not yesterday
take too grave eta too solems a view of the event of the de-
whirs of the Frerch ambassador. It now tamed out, sod
Iss should ark for no explanation from his noble friend—it
tuned out that instesd of using the word " departure," he
(Lord Broughsm) might have used the more Ipswich:nu
word " recall." It turned out that the French government
had deemed it their dud to take a step which had not been
taken since the year 1903. God avert the omen no
such years of war and mischief follow this step as bad
followed its prided-dew 47 years ago. He must now give
lit noble reload opposite an opportunity, which no doubt
he would gladly dewed, to explain how it happened that
their lordships were given to believe yesterday, by the most
wail minister he bad known—by one of the most fair,
honest, and honourable friends he had ever had the adds-
tare of possessing and holding deer in this world—how their
lordship. were siren to node rstai.d yesterday that there was '
nothing to be alershended from the return of the French
ambassador to Paris. llis noble friend had etidently been
kept in profound end unaccountable ignorance of the facts
of the case, when be was induced to give him and their loed-
ships to understand—not in terms, indeed, but taking all
his statement tether -to undies:and that the recall of the t'
French authessa icr, by order of his ginernment—which he
(Lord 'rout ham) had viewed Si • matter of grave importance,
but which Lis noble friend viewed, according to his nicotine-
tin, and naturally end justly viewed, as of inferior importance
—was for the par. ore of enabling that very able, very Intel-
hest, and very excellent person, to give important expiate,-
Roos rite rday.witich was the day appoiated for interpedlitior a
in the National Assembly o' Freed. It turned out that there
was not a shadow of frundatioa foe this view—it tinsel out
that the French unbasearLe was resalled, not to give expla-
nations. but In cause, and is token of—(for he, Lord Broug-
ham, had the despatch in his pockirt)—the grave dissatisfies.
tan of the French government. echoed by the vociferous
cheers of the representatives by universal suffrage of the
French peeple—dimatisfacties with the conduct of oar go•
ointment, and with the breach of promises made by our
government to the French government. He should be told,
no doubt, a. he was yesterday, that it was a mere accidental
coincidence that her Majesty's birthday should have been
c !edited on the day on which the French ambassador was
retell d. Be it so. And that no offence to her Majesty
was ever intended. Be it so. And that any offence to her
elejesty would bet • slight to the British nation. It was so.
Bat now di tit happen that if the French nobinsedor bad
been recalled to give explanations, his charge' dgdai.ta
who w-s not gins' ezplasatiors on Wednesday, but who
was left as the representative of France, oid not think fit,
because he was conandaded sot to think fit, to testify his
respect for that auspicious solemnity by attending the *fli-
ng banquet of the foreign secretary ? lie (Lord Brougbam)
had also been told that measles were in the house of the
Russian ambassador, (A laugh.) There was that com-
plaint is his family two 'months ago, but was there such a
complaint in the family re' M. Mareetholithl. who had no
family—(a laugh) to did it exist in the family of M. de
Cetto, the Bovine& ambassador? He should be told, no
doubt, that there wee an exception to the cheering in the
French Assembly, but all the party of order vehemently
cheered the commusfeation of G viral Labitts on the sub-
ject if the spp trent rupture. There was en exception in
the owe shly—oeed sienna was observed by the Montague, by
the party of disorder, anarchy, and brood; but the whole
party of mederetion and Rood order, republican as well
as legitimists. "reheat. nely applauded General Lt-
itte*s numinous statement. He must now add
one word after having obtained the concurrent wren
of the miditahle porti•• of the 'reliably to his
comenunicartoo, General Lehitte adde d in his letter, which
wee read from the tribune, that he had directed his despatch
to be c immitnicated is terrnso to Lord Palmerston. That
statement drew forth a repetition, still more loudly and
heartily repressed, of the sane applause. Now, one of two
thane must have happosed : either M. Hems de l'lluys
disobeyed the pond", orders aat to his, and did not com-
munions that despatch, or said that he was only going over
to give luformirion to his government in which case, of
worse he would never eruct be employed, for no ambassador
bad a right to disobey an important order from his govern.
m tat—this was so, or he had onnounicated the dispatch tothe
Secretary fur Foreign Affairs, who had neglected to communi-
cate it to the noble marquis (Lansdowne),or the noble marquis
bad taken a view of it diffsreat from 'hat which he (Lord
Brougham) and the world at large would take of it. Be
this as it might, he was bound to add his opini•n on the
eights et the goes:los, whether England or France was right
or wrong. The question of those rights was totally apart
grim anything he had said of the unhappy circumstance of
the French anbassador's recall. He should form his opinion
with the leaning which every good patriot ought to have to
wish to fed his own government in the right; and if he
fouod the French government was wrong, he should be the
first and most :sliding to support, by all the force and power
of the British empire, our government against the French
government. (Hear, hear.) He hoped his noble friend
would be able to dive some information to soothe the diesp-
pointed and irritated feelings which prevailed not only in
Paris, but in this country, be those who were acquainted
with the facts. (Hear, bear.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—I am sore not only the
hoses but my noble and leaned friend will appreciate the
motives whiett it duce me to make a very short statement,
confined simply to setting my noble and learned friend right
as to matted ot face,and without comment in g on the facts them-
*elves. I have nothing to retract from the statement which
I made last sight. At the time I made that statement, I
knew what I +leo know now, that when the French ashes-
sailor left this country, he left it without having received or
presented soy letters of recall. (Hear, hese.) If those
letters had been snit from Paris, they wild sot have retched
him who he left L mime and up to this moment no such
notice has been communicated to bar Majesty's government.
(Hear, hear.) The French ambaseador having had various
consmuniertions with the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in
this c iuntry, and he hensr beta furnished with a variety of
documents which could not be known to the French govern
meat, thus had the means of supplyirg them with valuable
information, sad affording explanations. I will not soy
what the result of those explanations may be, but I moat
earnestly and certainly hope it may he such as to prevent
any sort of interruption of the friendly intercourse between
the two countries, and the continuance of which I can
say, not individually, but kw her Majesty's government,
effectively, we attach se muck importance to as my noble
and learned friend. (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to
one matter of fact diem importance, to which my noble and
learned friend has adverted as wearing a peculiar and un-
lucky aspest—the accident of this occurrence having taken
place on her Majesty's birthday, and the feet of that very
excellent and distinguished person who now fills the office of
French Chsrdi d'Affaires not having attended the dinner
given by my noble friend the foreign secretary—l will tell my
noble and Warned friend that the only significance which he
can attach to that circumstance is that 11. Marimalehi did
not on where he was not invited. (Hear hear, and • laugh )
It appears, also, that H. de Cetto was p tel from attend-
ing by indisteositio,. I will merely add the expression of
my hope that the unnatural excitement which prevailed in
be French Assembly when the communication from the
French minister was made will not be followed by the exhi-
bition of a similar feeling is the course of any further dis-
cussions which may take plate there on this subject. All the
papers will tee e onnunierated to the house. (Hear.)
Lord BROUGHAM said that M. Marise•lelisi was no
longer secretary of legation ; he was Charge d'Affaires.
Lord Palms/roc had been told this by M. Drossy, de
L'lllays, and he ought thereto.* to have gives bine the tend
iuntatio• whist he had conveyed to the anthamedon from
the Unions other darn The invitation from the President
of France to M. Decays de L'Huys to return to Paris was
recalling the asalhaesador to all intents and purposse, because
it was said that his lousier sojourn had would not he com-
patible with the dignity of the French republic. Whether
letters of recall bad or not been received, he must insist that
this assoupeed tousuhstantialrecali.

'jibe. Marquis of eat'd it wu usual when
as ambasmdor left a court that he should present him letters
of recall from his own government, and no such intimation
had been Oven in this instance.
Lord BROUGHAM had just heard that the statement of
the noble marquis was inconsistent with that which had
been just made in the other house. He never sail that the
despa tab bad been communicated to Lord Palmerwon.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that no copy of the
drepase h bad beta left.
Lord BROUGHAM said that a parol communication
had bees Rude. . .

After a few words fro. the Marquis of LONDONDERRY,
the aohjeet dropped.
LEABEL'OLD TENURE OF LAND (IRELAND)
ACT AMENDMENT BILL

At the retplP4-iti Lxd Bu vttobr, ti•-criMmittat a tkis
bill Ito imestpesed until otter the Whitman realm.
SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL.

After • abort esevereetere the Lan of ifLibrow kr post-
postil the smatime se this ba
BEER, BH9PB.

Lord EDDISBORT prenotad o petition from a pine in
Wales, *sot aay hither limns bUi issued to beer
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to Moeda/ wtsk ,it.

HOUSE OF COHNOPTE.7II:IRATe MAT 17.

Tho 81.1•1tRit took
PUBthe chair
•
LIC BUSINESS •
MOYAL COMMISSION.
Shortly after 4 o'clock Mr. Palmas, the tow Thee,
01 the, Black Rod enured the Hewes, anti mliameolA the
Oemeneas to stts in the Hoses of Pm" Ile hearth* Royal
mew giros by commission to *Mid bills, for the Shies of
which see Lm&' report.
BWRATINO EITSTIM.—By Mr. Aldenthot SIDNEY, teem
adios ise Landes, for a messare to prevent this bystora.
VINTITATING SUR Hoven or Commoca.—By Mr. 08.
BORNE. from Dr. Raid, M.D., andventilator of the House
of Commons. complaining that his plan of ',palettes had
bun much misrepresented, and praliog to be examined at
the bar of the house ea the subject.
LORD LIBIITINAMOT OP lIIRLAND.—By Mr. GROGAN,
from Dahlia, stalest the proposed abolition of this cam.
Poor- onion. —By lewd R ND LES HAM, from • team fa
Suffolk; Mr. ELLIOT, from Orrennek Mr. ROCHE, from
several parts of Ireland; Sir R. INGLIS, Irma Oxford; flir
M. CHOLMELJIY, from a place in Liacolitshire; Mr.
PINNEY, from a plea* not heard ; Mr. BATSMAN, from
Loadocdern ; Mr. W. PATTEN, from places in Leicester ;
Mr. WYLD, from the pa-ish of St. Sampson, Cornwall,
against Sanctity labour in the Pos•-olltee.
Factotum BILL.—By Col. LINDSAY, from Wigan, in
favour of this hill.
THE ADJOURNMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.—
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Lord J. RUSSELL, is moving that the house, at its
rising, do adjourn till Thursday next, intimated that
he proposed to take on that and on succeeding days the
remaining navy estimates, and some other votes in committee

of supply.
Mr. HUMB objected that that arrangement would be in.
convenient is members who proposed to leave town for the
recess. and who might not have retarned by Thursday. The
Monday following would be more convenient for taking the
committee 01 supple. (Hear, hem)
The question of the adjournment having been pat from
the chair—
THE RECALL OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
Mr. DISRAELI rose and sad—lt having been officially
announced in the French chamber that the ambassador of
the French republic has been recalled by his government
from the e,urt of St. James's, and that that recall has been
inicasioned by conduct on the part of her Majesty's revere-
mint, which is supposed to be derogatory to the French
republic, I hope the noble lard the Ant minister of the
crown will feel the necessity of frankly communicating to
the house the causes which have led to an incident of such
grave importance. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.")
Lord J. RUSSELL—AII I can at present state to the
hen. member is that General L shin*, the milliner of foreign
affairs for the French republic informal my noble friend,
Lord Normsnby, that in consequence of what he conceived
to be the ill-treatment of Fiume by the government of this
country, the French government bad thought it necessary to
nrcall M. Drouya di l'Huys, but at the same time he stated
'hat M. Dronyn de l'Huys having been sent here to settle
the affairs of Greece, and to come to sane arrangement with
the government of this country on that melee, and those
'fain having terminated, and their endeavour to effect en
arrangement by the interposition of their goal office.
having failed, it was natural that the ambassador who had
been sent for that especial pumase should be replied. That is
the only statement I can at present make. (Hear, hoar.) I
east only add to it that I am very sorry such a helm, should
exist on the part of the Frereh government, because on the
part in her Majesty's government there has b:en every wish
to listen to the representations of the French retirement as

to the affsies of Greece, and we had hoped for • long time
that the minion of K. Oros would have been sucesegrul, as
we were ready to give every facility to bring the affair to a
conclusion by means of the goat offires of France; and
my belief is, that if K. Gros had not—for what
rearm I cannot imagine given up his mission,
on the 22cd of April as he (10, bat had waited for the snivel
of the deepatchas from London. the affair would have been
so settled and this saissuidervanding would not have taken
place.
Sir J. WALSH —lt is a matter of notoriety that the letter
of recall from General Lashes to M. Drouyn de l'Huys
was road publicly in the Fr nett Chamber, and that it was
there rated that M. Drouyn de l'Huys was directed to
communing' a copy of it to the English government. I
want to know if • copy of that letter was in tne pentagon of
her Majesty's oovernmest when the noble lord anewered
the question addressed to him by the right hon. member for
Manchester yesterday ? (Hear, bear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—H. Drouyn de l'Hnys did not com-
municate • copy of the despatch to my noble friend the Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affiirs. He lett no copy of it
with him, and my noble friend has not, nor have her Ma-
jesty's government. any copy of it.
Mr. ROEBUCIL—I am sure the noble lord is not
desircus that there should be any misapprehension on this
subject. (Hese.) But it might be presumed from what
In has now said that on the part of the French minister who
has been recalled by his government there had been some
waist of duty or of courtesy, to which the noble lord's ex-
*nation has not referred, for, in the letter reed by General
Lillian to the legislative assembly of France, there is a state.
ment that M. Drouyn de 'Kays was directed to communi-
cate the c Inuits of that letter to the foreign secre:ary of this
country. I believe the ordinary way of communicatiog on
such occasions is to reed the lett, r, the person directed to
read it bolding it in his own hand, and if it were so com-
municated by reading to the noble lord, he would have been
in possess:on of the contents of the letter when he made his
explanation yesterday to the house. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—There are two modes of dealing
with matters of the kind. The one is to reed the letter, and
the other to read it and hand • copy of it. The former
course was the one adopted by the French ambassador ; and
in adopting that course there was no want of courtesy in-
tended. Toe ambassador followed the orders he had re-
ceived, and he ha,. not left a copy of the litter.
Sir J. WALSH.—I presume that although a written
copy of the despatch had not been formally placed in the
hands of the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
yet that the noble lord was in full posseuion of the contents
of that despatch ?
Lord J. RUSSELL—There is no doubt that the French
ambassador read to my noble friend a copy of the despatch
he had received, accompanying it, however, with his own
comments. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ANSTEY.—May I ask whether die Marquis of Nor.
mushy may shortly be expected to arrive in thin country
(A laugh.)
Lora J. RUSSELL—There has been no order sent
needling Lord Normanby, and I trust no such order will
be necessary. (Hew, hear.)
In reply to Mr. Homo,
Lord J. RUSSELL said—it had been my intention not to
ge tato the estimates until Monday week. In can, how-
ever, any further explanation should be required upon the
statjact to which the hoc. member for Buckinghamshire has
now called attention, it may be advisable to propose the coat
minim of supply on Thursday next, because that will afford
an opportunity to hon. members to a, k for and obtain far
ther explanations with reference to France. I therefore do
net think it advisable to propose any postponement of the
question of supply.
Mr. DISRAELI.—It would be very convenient to have
the papers on there transactions on Thursday next.
Lord J RUSSELL—The papers are very voluminous,
and therefore it is hardly in the power of the house to enter
into any discussion with reference to them immediately, but
there may be some explanations to be offered on
Thursday, and I should like hon. members to have the
opportunity of asking for those explanations upon that day.
(Hear)
The motion that the house at its rising do adjourn to Thurs-
day next was then agreed to.