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towards a solution in conformity with the wishes of
the Government The central committee of St.
Petersburg examines and places in order the plane; forwarded by .the Government committees and by
the, nobility.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

destroy the present bill and the actual ministry, but were
they prepared to replace either the one or the other. The
influence, not of the aristocracy, but of the middle class, who
had preserved the honour of the country amid all the vicis-
situdes of Europe. If the middle class chose to abdicate in
favour of the working classes, with them let the responsibi-
lity rest.
Mr. Byng contended that the bill was neither founded on
justice nor progressive liberality. He expressed strong
objections to the uniformity of franchise, and
the disfranchisement of the borough voters.
He admitted that the bill contained many good
provisions, but they were not due to its present framers.
Its principles were radically vicious, and many of its details
false. He urged the house to adopt the resolution, by pro-
claiming to the working classes that their claims were not
neglected by the house.
Mr. Phillips opposed the resolution, declaring that the
effect of the Government measure was not to destroy the
votes of any class, but only to transfer them. He lamented,
at the same time, that a Conservative Government had inter-
fered with a question which especially belong to their
opponents.
Mr. C. Forster, after alluding to his late speech at Walsall,
declared that the bill was essentially adverse to the interests
of the borough. _ _ _

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY.

The Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock.

THE MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL,

Lord Wodehouse moved the second reading of ' the
Marriage Law Amendment Bill, legalising marriage with
a deceased wife's sister. He entered at considerable length
into the various points concerned, and denied that these
marriages were forbidden by Scripture. The passage in
Leviticus was mistranslated from the original. He referred
to the general feeling in favour of the bill, and said that
the present law only encouraged improper connexion.
Lord Dungannon moved that the bill be read a second
time that day six months, and denied that the public
feeling was favourable to the measure. The ladies in
in particular objecting to the legalisation of such marriages.
The Earl of Albemarle supported, and the Bishop of
Exeter opposed the bill.
Lord St. Leonard's contended that the present was the
most imperfect bill ever laid before the house. It legalised
such marriages in England, but left Ireland and Scotland in
their present state. He inquired how it was proposed to
settle the title to property in the different kingdoms if the
marriages were legal in one part of the kingdom and not in
the other ?
After some further discussion, in which the Bishops of
Cork and Carlisle and Earl Granville spoke in favour of the
bill, and the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Cranworth against
it, the house divided upon the second reading of the bill,
when there appeared—

. .
INDIA.
THE BOMBAY MAIL.
.„_"Vir.e have received letters and journals from Bom-
bay dated. February 25th.
`The Bombay Standard says e._..
The campaign in Nepaul has hitherto resulted
.131,11 en as the campaign in Central India did during
tkneolast months of the pursuit under Tantia Topee•
little guns
were taken, and the enemy fled with
REtirorsoforiZs in killed or wounded. Brigadier
reinforced by the Ist . Bengal
the Peaus and Kumaon battalion, crossed
"
~_eew R
ou aptee on the 9th of February, and
a.fntered the advanced guard of the rebels
fourteen
inside the frontier. The rebels fled, and
left
arteen guns and a mortar behind. It was
understoodthe e that the main body was thirty miles to
hag` movement
Lest this body should attempt any
1,211.! movement towards Oude, Rowcroft's brigade
3 been
col .
ordered to keep good watch. Smyth's
frontier with the 78th and a wing of the 43nd has
finstructions also to guard with jealousy the
been on the Rohilcund side, whilst a column has
'lacier ordered to be concentrated on the Gunduck
1:4" olonel Kelly. This column will be formed
()theetroops from Fyzbad and other garrisons. In
The r respects no change has taken place in Oudo.
fully disarmament continues, and is most success-
l'ebelscarried out, 'and numbers of insurgents and
d,, , have surrendered since the Governor-General
'elared
for those that severe punishments were only reserved
positively shown to have taken part in the
.murder of Europeans.
Tola the north-west of India the pursuit of Tantia
Pee and Feroze Shah continues as vigorously as
e'ver. p
se , art of the rebels driven up into the desert of
geltawuttee
et t
ogre and hoping of reaching the territory
their aawulp, have been prevented from effecting
of iirrPose, and forced to surrender to the Rajah
neer. But the chiefs are still at 1 irge, and
iele Tantiati_ Tepee with his followers succeeded in break-
esiTreit. ruls_le our detachments again to the south-
was
(3_ NYhen last heard of on the 14th instant, he
betwelete the.s western sloe of the Aravulli Hills,
etebaee? ,Keinpoora and Ajmere, with Holmes and
Coloneiiilin Pursuit, and a column from Deesa under
In 13 Kelly advan • him off ifpossible.
t' on
sh, , advancing to cut
those
of th u-ngh Rose's preparations for the reduc-
uose rebels
Rohillas have been forestalled, and
'which has is dispersed by Brigadier Hill's force,
hole The adjourned debate on the Reform Bill was resumed by
-s of ee:„.lestroyed the well-known strong- Mr. Wilson, who said that lie should have been willing
veral others —norN well ifpossible to have supported the measure of the Govern-
The t mall uggur and Digrus, as as se-
error iT, forts in various parts of the country- went, but he found the bill so radically bad, that he did
8° fright inspired b the fi ht at Chichumba had to intocommittee.
So ,e_ frights 14._ _ g
~ „,
r. , not think it ought to be permitted go
soutailefrend an ef Rohillasth that they
laces.
se nolnentohet 1
They had been warned by the country to beware of a pre-
is also an Mahratta country
stropthea
demolition of forts I tended reform. Now, the bill as it stood, so far from being
keeroi, srnatter of emergyency, and Jumkhundie, 'in accordance with the principles of 1832, was in fact a
levelled. a4r,lglee, and other forts are, or will be I backward measure, and threw matters into the state in
been liber he rajah of the former country has 1 which they were before the Reform Bill. He ob-
of 1.„,._ ated under the amnesty. The Nawab 1 •
jected to the identity of suffrage, the non-extension.
and Arnekabad is under trial at Futtehghur ' - •
has areh Khan, a well-known rebel in Rochil und the bill,
ha the franchise, and other provisions of
aril m- rriendered In the These were condemned by all parties in that house
Punjaub the Umeritsir
film, 80°°1 'tau railway has been commenced, and.the and by the organs of the public opinion out of doors.
rinse, 0,,,s turned at Lahore, by Sir Sohn Law- If the Goverment had consented to give. up the identity of
have ben the Bth inst. The Sikh Artillery Corps ' suffrage, he would willingly have permitted the bill to go
has en reduced.
etee In Khandeish, Captain Reating : into committee, but this they resolutely refused to do. It
Sepo,„' a successful encounter with 200 rebel
J s an
was evident that the Cabinet had maturely considered the
..., In d Bheels under Bheema Naik.
e an "extra" subject, and had resolved to take its stand upon it. The
e I,"the Bombay Standard says :
T day, Feb.
autia T ' 25, pan.— 3'
bio. ~espee was at Karowlee, on the lower Chum- ;an underhand way of giving advantage to the territorial
southeast-r• eroze Shah with the Rao at Chindwassah, ; interest. The bill, as regarded the counties, disfranchised
iciorsio, of Neemuch. On the 9th inst., Brigadier 1 the most independent portion of the voters, and replaced
ileeteertl marched from Sudherea Ghat on the ! them by a class of men notoriously dependent. The bill
the'Re'lnto Nepaul. He with his force advanced up
I revived the objectionable system of outvoters which had
eeenlYWlee about 15 miles, when the picquet of the i
uhd2.r„. as taken by surprise. A portion of the force 1
I been destroyed by the Reform Bill of 1832. He analysed
a,. k,olonelHillheremade a detour, and crossed the the working of the voting papers and other proposals, con-
heslrr_el.beloee the enemy's position and then attacked I tending they wouldhave an injurious and objectionable effect.
treop6suatil , The enemy opened a hasty fire- upon our 1 The a overnmont had by thA most inzenious means devised a
ti tae to and then fled. The main body came up ill I scheme which would enable the creation of fictitious votes,
by 0, witness the rebels in their flight, and pursued I
hirn. °Rniel Hill's isbelieved ! and destroy class representation. The best part of the bill
self ev • men. It that the Nana 1
teed b as in command. Thirteen guns were cap- ; was the manner in which it dealt with small boroughs ; but
of its own
groe.adY us, and the whole rebel force routed. The lit stopped short of the due realisation principles.
siblo le Was so broken and jungly that it was impos- 1 He approved of small boroughs so far as they returned
,silecesusr our
, men to take full advantage of their 1 representatives of a particular class, but he could not
so that ti, 'hey had marched, too, about forty miles, I approve of them when they were merely nominative
The jey were quite exhausted." 1 boroughs. He advocated the representation, not of mem-
has been°i'lbe Times reports that the import market 1
bers, but of classes ; and in this respect the small boroughs
raw_e dull during the fortnight; the money 1
of fi.7
.ontinues stringent as before ; and the rates were especially
useful, The whole tendency of the bill was
TheeVits have, advanced. to give influence to land, and to take it away from trade and
India,
following telegram from the government of commerce; to give it to the stationary, and to take it from
hip_ , dated 22nd ult had been published for generalthe progressive class. Under these circumstances he was
~
urination ;
e The
fell-
I ready to vote for the resolution of Lord J. Russell, as the
ilablieed ."ring is an extract from a notification, I
best'solution of the difficulty. He did not see why the
rests `owing
in a Gazette Extraordinary on the 21st I
i ment should
govern not accept the resolution, and go on
itad announcing the final arrangement to be ,
e for the service with the bill, but Lord Stanley had declared that the go-
e 1.., of the years 1859-60.
ebai,t,„ Reduction in the present enormous war 1 vernment would consider the adoption of that resolution by
nXteeB will be madeearly, and to es great an il the House fatal to the bill. Whatever might be theresult,
t, as as
e e may be safe. .1 he thought that any government would neglect its duty
-
There Measures will be taken for the permanent ! which should delay longer than was absolutely necessary
eonsi!te of the Indian revenues, as largely as may be
' the settlement of the question on a crisis like the present.
3• But
with sound policy. Sir E B. Lytton said that the opponents of the measure
, but as the full benefit of these operations will
n notlitine. felt inwouldprefer no bill at all to the bill
1859-60, the Governor-General in I had declared that they
had said
"G„whieicia hereby announces that the amount of money of the government. One of them, in particular,
b y 10a he will look to the Indian market to be raised that he was willing to wait five years for a good bill ; in
60 is 11, in order to provide for the service of 1859- fact, he ought to move that the bill be read a second time
e 4. i4ve crores of rupees. that day five years. The bill was called a compromise, but
the loan W-hen this amount shall have been realised,
loan of 1859-60 will be closed, and no further
will be the circumstances, some under
me sort of compromise was
e 6. , opened in India during the year. necessary. the
20, things were to be considered : first,
' •
20 i•'a Pursuanceof the principleadopted on July , state of public opinion, and, secondly, the
, 4837 te ,
4)4 will he man to be opened on the Ist of May 1 any bill which could now be conscientiously introduced
by
which be a Five and a-half per cent. loan, to a Conservative government. In neither of these views
rive subscriptions will be received in cash and half ,
Per Cent. paper. of
amount this this loan should not produce the required c ,
lass which had hitherto virtually exercised it, to a class
might be perfectly honest.
eoeeni I', the Governor-General in Council will re- wider area, although these
wish
that tend to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State_, Before the introduction of the bill, the general was
47. tdeficiency should be supplied from England i expressed that it might be a moderate measure, however it
he open loan carrying a higher rate of interest will I might be characterised by party prejudice, it was not
Ilelees-ea in India in the course of the years 1859-60,
declared by public opinion to be a retrogressive movement.
teem Under instructions from the home govern-. I
I If the opinion of the public had now changed, and
,ca.
~..
demanded a stronger measure, it would not find it either in
°II 144-Ille issue of treasury bills on the terms noticed
`9. 11AitrY 26, 1859, will be closed on April 30. the amendment, or in the speech of
Lord John Russell.
from
.4: new issue of treasury bills will be notified 1 The evils to be remedied wouldvery
be great, seeing the
Per d'Y 1, bearing interest at the rate of 2-1 pies ithe subject.
; difficulty of getting up an agitation on
lee,
10. ,r. / The great object of the framers of the bill had been to con-
notes „elle sum which may be received upon these 1
ciliate all classes. He called on the house not to refuse to
*which:lll not be counted as a part of the five crores I
read the bill second time, on account of provisions which
ia
You
government desires to raise by loan.
considered in committee. With regard LIME-STREET RAILWAY STATION.
eesee a are requested to publish the above in your ; could be adequately.4,-...... contended CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS.
eminent Gazette. ' to the enlargement of the borough's franchise, he
i
nor ••y order of the Right Honourable the Goner- t that the class of lodgers formed a far better constituency TO THE EDITOR OF THE •NORTHERN TIMES.
In Council,
"B. H. ELnes. than men struggling for existence in houses of low value. Sir,—lt is very singular when travellers arrive at
the above-named
station, that they should be sub-
,, Bo , " Acting. Secretary to the Government. All the qualities desirable in a constituency were to be
tunny Castle, 23rd Feb., 1859." found rather in a £lO than in a £5 occupancy. To lower jetted to the great amount of annoyances that is
daily practiced by (as you may term them) the forty
Belo COMMERCIAL.the franchise in counties was to increase the influence of thieves, that are lurking in and out of that station,
loser forAY, Feb. 25th.—In cotton piece goods prices are
can. to lower i 1 in the towns was to throw the assailing all passengers who may arrive, and, by
ire hardly description of fabric, but fortunately there property, but .
that the
dy y stocks in importers hands, and it is hoped : constituency under the influence of
ignorance and passion, false representations, contrive to deluae them from
twist is "land may be resumed for goods arriving. Cotton 1 and must lead to the annihilation of the small boroughs. P
and „
laces to which they may have a recommendation
001, ted lower. Woollens are steady. In cotton HeThose whom I allude to will either
address. . ,
f Commons with
larger stocks, reduced to a minimum. Itad the supplies been i compared the functions of the House o
. induce you
in g
to o to their own aoode, or to some
down ) the state of the money market would have kept i those of Colonial Assemblies, or the American House of
place they are one way or another connected with.
foe tlnece,s. This has been the case with metals. Freights .
i Representatives, showing that the functions of the former For instance, on your arrival here by any train, you
last two Ports have been looking up, and during the , included
imperial and external duties which never devolved are assailed by a mob of perwans that will crowd
ton; the days a turther advance has occurred of ss. per , ,
to 3, e rate for first-class vessels for Liverpool is 325. 6d.
os. lf they
upon the others. lowered the franchise, or destroyed round you like bees—one 'real ask you where you
of are going, if to America or Australia, and then at
1 the small boroughs, this would reduce the representation
hat
1 England to the condition of the United States and the
w house you want teo stay at while in Liverpool ;
and if to any pextienlar house, they will either mis-
colonies, where the political career was avoided by men of lead you, as I haw already said, or decoy you from
high feeling and honour. It was the pandering to the the place to whiel you may have a recommendation ;
aristocracy of money, and the democracy of the large towns,
and one 'who apparently assumes more authority
which had destroyed liberty in France. He reprobated the than the MY,t, invariably misleads you as the others
agitation excited out of doors by those who would be sure do, and 'therefore puts you into some of his col-
to disappoint the hopes which they had so cruelly raised.
. , league's hands for them to take you where they
It was by those men that the store of democracy was ranee.
ettoi:se ; so the travellers become so undecided, that
which would only lead to violent demands and increased
b'.
reality
they know not where to go to, consequently
discontent. He did not care how wide the suffrage was
obligedby to avail themselves of the first
th • heads within doors, and
should be preferred over numbers. Referring to the VII J opportunity to get their .
will
brought he asked the opposition whether, if Lord Derby had abide the consequence. Therefore, hoping you will
brought forward a different measure, they weuld. -dot in give this_publicity in your valuable paper, you
will
accepting the bil?z
have despised the doi.eer, They might oblige,—iours, JUSTICE.

Mr. B. Stanhope opposed both the bill and the resolution.
He demanded the house should grant the franchise to those
who by industry or intelligence should rise above their
neighbours. But be could not support a bill containing so
objectionable a principle as that of identity of suffrage. At
the same time he was not to be caught by the crafty terms
of the resolution. _

Contents
Non-contents

Mr. Dodson expressed his astonishment that a conserva-
tive government should have introduced so unconstitutional

Majority
The bill is accordingly lost.
The house then adjourned at 25 minutes to eleven

a measure

Mr. Knightly opposed the resolution. He anticipated
the worst consequence from the admission of the working
classes to the franchise in the boroughs, while he thought
that both in these and in the counties, it might be materially
enlarged.
Mr. S. Herbert said that he had listened in vain to the
splendid declamation of Sir B. Lytton for any means of
extrication from their present difficulty. No doubt many of
the provisions of the bill could be amended in committee,
but its principles themselves were vicious, and the Govern-
ment had pledged itself to the maintenance of those princi-
ples. He hoped that they would before long arrive at the
final intentions of the Government, not upon the resolution
which they rewarded as hostile, but upon the main princi-
ples of the bill itself. 'What did reformers want ? Their
first demand was an extension of the franchise both in the '
counties and the boroughs. That question ought to be
settled, as the agitation during the last few years had not
tended to the stability of our institutions. He traced the
history of the attempts made to establish the £lO county
franchise, to prove that it had been adopted by the Govern-
ment, not in deference to the wish of that house, but
to carry out their principle of uniformity of suffrage. Against
this principle he argued at length, contending that variety of
suffrage had been from the earliest principle of the Constitu-
tion, while uniformity was a new principle, now introduced
for the first time. He wanted a bill extended—not to be
passed but to last. Looking to the future, he viewed the
present bill with the greatest alarm. By it everything was
sacrificed to the new principle of uniformity That principle
endangered the small boroughs, -which, unlike the great
boroughs, did not represent themselves alone, and which
returned to that House men the best fitted for the purpose
of administration. He would prefer going too far in the
old track, by reducing the suffrage, to entering upon the
wrong track, which would be done by adopting the new
principle. He should support the resolution from no
party motives, but because it pointed out the precise
objections which he felt to the measure. It was
not, he declared, any factious demand, but one made on
all sides of that House, to ask the Government to
withdraw a bill so distasteful to the majority, and to
bring in another on simpler principles. His best support
and assistance would be given to any moderate and prudent
bill from whatever quarter it proceeded.
The Solicitor-General referred to the debate on the
Reform Bill of 1832, to prove that the principles of the
present bill were then admitte -I and acted upon. He
' defended the transfer of the votes of the borough free-
holder, and answered the argument of Lord John Russell,
that the freeholders valued their franchise on account of its
antiquity, by citing his own authority that the franchise in
no way partook of the nature of property. Such objections
as those taken to polling papers, were proper considerations
for the committee. Adequate steps could then be taken for
preventing the manufacture of votes. He denied that the
Government would refuse in committee to accept amendments
to the bill. He agreedthat the principle of variety of franchise
was a good one, but showed that the bill itself contained
many of these varieties. He had no fear that any measure
would lead to electoral districts, which were altogether re-
pugnant to the tastes and feelings of the country. As to the
franchise, he acknowledged the great increase of knowledge
amongst the working classes, but contended that such
increase was attended with an increase of national
proapelity, au that a tar inigui 1..11 n
occupancy. If they materially reduced the franchise, they
would admit a large number of voters of a particular class,
which would outweigh and swamp the rest. This he would
not allow to any class, be it the working class or any other.
He demanded from the noble lord, who brought forward
the resolution, some precise statement of his own intentions ;
a statement which the noble lord had hitherto evaded. It
had been stated that the noble lord would sail in the same
boat with John Bright. What did the compact involve ?
Did it include vote by ballot ? What were its terms as to
the re-distribution of seats ? or on the borough suffrage ?
The House and the country had a right to know the
extent of the agreement on these matters. The noble
lord claimed credit for his attachment to reform ; but
there was a chord in the tender passion, which was
jealousy; one which did not approve of any attention
to be the object of its attachment from any other quarter.
He called on the noble lord once more to declare his
intentions, and not to attempt by an ambiguous, and almost
irregular resolution, to dislocate and confuse parties for the
purpose of securing his own political aggrandisement.
On the motion of Mr. Milner Gibson, the debate was
adjourned.
The house then adjourned at half-past twelve.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —TUESDAY.
LORD CANNING'S DESPATCH.
Mr. Salisbury asked the Secretary of State for India if
the despatch, No. 5, 1858, dated the 9th of December,
having been submitted to the Indian Council for considera-
tion, before its transmission to Lord Canning, had met with
the sanction and approval of that body or otherwise.
Lord Stanley said that the despatch had been submitted
to the Indian Council for its information, but not for its
sanction. It was sent upon the sole responsibility of the
Secretpry of State for India.
In reply to another question . .

Lord Stanley said that there had been no protest against
the transmission of the despatch.

GALWAY STEAM-PACKET COMPANY,

Mr. Conyngham asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether Her Majesty's Government have yet arrived at
any decision with reference to the proposed subsidy to the
Galway Steam-Packet Company.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, that the con-
tract was substantially settled, but without stating what
it was.

GOVERNMENT REFORH

BILL.

THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.

QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday.
Seventeen of the Neapolitan exiles left here this morning,
n the Nimrod steamer, for Bristol, en route for London.
It is the intention of Baron Poerio and the remainder of
he exiles, to start for the same destination in a few days,
f the state of their health will permit of their doing so.

"TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
" Deeply touched by the kindness which has dictated the
wish for public demonstrations on the part of your noble
people to ourselves and our companions in exile, we trust
that our motives will not be misunderstood if we crave per-
mission gratefully to request that the proposed demonstra-
tiong may not be held. We feel that after our long
absence from the world we cannot give to such forms of
welcome, the return which they ought to receive, but that
in retirement alone we can, for the present, do justice to
the sentiments of gratitude which the proposed generosity

q England has awakened in us.
" Not the less thankful to our countrymen here for the zea-
ous efforts made by them in our behalf, we earnestly trust
;hat we may submit to them the same request
LUIGI SETTEMB RINI,
GIUSEPPE PICA,
VINCENZO CuzLocnuA,
ACHILLE ARGENTIN°,
SILVIO SPAVENTO,
GIUSEPPE PACE,
" London, March 21, 1851."

Neapolitan
Exiles.

THE •
MEDITERRANEAN.
'no
haS°"IIAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.—The Euxi
ho• come home from Marseilles station to be
alred. On the 17th of March, when twenty. miles
411111 of CaPe St. Vincent, she spoke her Majesty's
TiliP Orion, all well, nine days from Bantry, Bay.
Vieet°rion parted company with her Majesty s ship
e
_, or r:
Attempts
Emmanuel two days after leaving h
above place.
is , Gibraltar Bay,
n G. to float the American ship Hope, ashore
failed on the 15th, and she was
it be lightened of part of her cargo (marble), when
'ivaa expected she Would be got off,