The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-22 00:00:00

RETIRING PENSIONS TO GOVERNORS OF
VOLON I

Colossi FRENCH asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies whether it had been determined by the
government to grant retiring pensions to governors of
colonies ; and, if so, after what period of service, and on
whet male.

lir.iiiiiTESCUE said this question was considered by
the corsemsaat of Lard Derby, who came to a decision
avid it. Her Maissilmigirveroment had not given any
essoldsaible

THE GALWAY CONTRACT.

Colossi TRENCH asked the has. member for Galway if
he was prepsnal to semliate the ambers of the select corn.
amities sa the Galway seeteact.
Mr. ORROORY said he had been quite ready for several
days to same the committee ; and if his hon. and gallant
fried wished to know the reason why the committee had
set bees seemiratied, he bee to refer him to the Sem-
hity at the Triernify. He begged to my that be would
sessiasie the committee that e /ening ; 'ad if they could
sot seem to terms as to the names. he should apply to give
hos. members whose names would be a guansetee for mi-
peitiality sad and ask them to serve es the
oniamittee, together with himself sad the Seanitary of the
Tnissary. He should Dominate those five gentlemen, mad
take the sense of the boom cm each name on Monday next.

THE HIMMEL!.

Mr. HMNNEMY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty
whether the Mews. Palmer of Newcastle.cn•Tne, the
of the Hibernia—which was pronounoed amea•
worthy by the Admiralty before =akin a voyage—wen the
woo parties who were coostructing an iron-cased frigate for
the Admiralty

Kr. WHITBREAD said it was a fact that the Hibernia
was pranimaced unseaworthy by the surveyors of the Admi•
rally. and that that Arm wore constructing an iron-cased
frigate for the Admiralty ; but it was fair to say that in all
01/1111 in which that Arm bed supplied iron awes for the Ad-
miralty they were of the ►sat quality.

TAE CHANNEL

I. roi4y_to -
Yr. WHITBREAD mid then was no ioteritiori to send
as Omni* Asst to Greet Yarmouth this year.

ffT. DOMINGO.
Mr. W. E. FORSTER asked the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs whether he had rewind say aawraace from the
government of Spain that it would not take advantage of
the events that bad recently occurred in the eastern portion
of St. Domingo to introiace slavery or the slave trade into
an part of that island.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had received no official com-
munication from the Spanish government, but the home
would he pleased to hear that be bad received a despatch
from Marshal O'Donnell, dated the 22nd April, stating that
her Majesty's government would be pleased to bear that
whether any annexation took place or not, no slavery should
be allowed to exist, and no stove trade be allowed to be at-
rial en in the Wend. (Cheers.)
DISTURBANCES AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUND•

Mr. CHILDERS asked the Under'Secretary of State for
the Oatcake whether the government had received complete
information as to the disturbances et St. John's, Newfound.
bad. and if he had any objection to lay a copy of the
Prlon the table.
PORTESt:UE said some unfortunate riots had taken
=gin Newfoundland in consequence of party feeling
the last arctic.. An investigation was now takiog
plum the reach of which would sou be received, and when
received Were would be no objection to lay the papers on
the table.

THZ RED SEA TELEGRAPH.
w=IZHVIII risked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
wasetit advisable that the question of the Hedges
Tahoe* shield be referred toe select committee, in order
to inquire whether it might not be worth while endeavour-
** to render it available.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he 'tided
ow a former occasion that if there was •diseiontke to
'enrolee into this contract he should net have the smelled
objection to the apprrioterent of • soled emneettise; Met
with regard to the subject mentioned by the hoe. mamba,
it ap eaappeared to bim that to appoint • committee would be to
devolve upon a portion of the House of COMMON/ • duty
which devolved upon the executive government, which it
was their duty to undertake, and which, though it was a
difficult duty, they had greater advantages in performing
than • eommittee could have. He would inform the hen.
member of the position in which the matter at present
stood, so fu es the government was concerned.
The question was to be considered in the first place
in regard to the inancid engagements of the go.
•1111111 Mi, and in the second place with regard to the
arterial of the table itself which had been laid, and the
bility of turning it to advantage. As regarded the
lemaVal part of the question, they hail at present under
GLAIld•••106 the awls is which they might come to an
arrangement with the pintoes who at present formed the
company aad led cheep of the telegraph, and upon that
they should be prepared very shortly to proceed to some
measure, basun it did net appear, nor as far as be knew
to the parties themeless, that there was any particular ad.
wi Tlit., la Tenn** the telegraph in the hands of those
parties. Oa the enatzery, it would appear on various
che:a lr to be desirable that they should be divested of all
concern in it. Then, with regard to the telegraph
cable, and the possibility of turning it to amount, they bad
referred to the Board of Trade, and that board was mow pre.
paring • report on the best method of making an era
eminence' of the different parts of the cable ou
the spot ; and it was obvious that it was only upon such
an examination that they could found any plan for the
future dealiog with that cable. Of course the expense of
the examination and the mode of conducting it were
matters for coasideration, but those matter* were at pre-
seat in the hands of competent persons weaseled with the
Board of Trade.