Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY

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The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. A.
The O'Donoghue asked the Attorney-General for Ireland
whether he could not introduce, without further delay, the bill
which is intended to amend the existing relations of landlord
and tenant in Ireland. '.•

The Attorney-General said that it depended on the state of the
other Irish business whether a bill on the subject would be intro-
duced or not. The matter was under consideration.
Mr. Crawford asked the Under Secretary of State for. Foreign
Affairs whether steps were being taken to induce the Portuguese
government to satisfy the claims of British traders for injuries
done to them on the African coast.

Mr. S. Fitzgerald said that the Portuguese Government had
been repeatedly applied to by our own to grant redress for these
injuries, but he was sorry to say hitherto without effect.
On the motion for adjournment till Monday,
Mr. Horsman asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether the treaties which, subsequent to the Treaty of
Vienna, had been concluded between the Emperor of Austria and
the:different sovereigns of Italy, and having reference to the in-
ternal government of their dominions on their military occupa-
tion by Austrian troops, have been communicated to the British
Government, and whether there are copies of them in the Foreign-
office, and if the answer be in the affirmative, whether there is
any objection to lay them before Parliament ?
Mr. S. Fitzgerald replied that the greater part of these treaties
had been laid upon the table, and of the rest the Government
had only private, and not official knowledge.
Mr. Beamish asked the Attorney-General for Ireland, whether
it was the fact that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has recently
appointed Mr. Charles Henry James, an officer in the Ayrshire
Rifles, one of the two official assignees of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy and Insolvency in Ireland, and if so, whether the Attor-
ney-Genezal can inform the House what are the qualifications
of Mr. James for this o-lice, and what is the amount of the
salary or emoluments? The office was one which demanded
especial, legal, and commercial knowledge, and he made t
inquiry without personal feeling, simply upon public grounds.
The Attorney-General for Ireland replied that the reasfin was
that Mr. James was the person the most fitted for th • office that
they could find. He had long been connected with the com-
mercial houses of his father, one of the most respectable in
Dublin, He had been paymaster of the militia regiment referred
to, in which capacity his accounts were found strictly correct.
Mr. Edward Ellice asked the Lord Advocate whether by the
new Reform Bill for Scotland, it was intended to confer on
burghs and counties a similar franchise to that provided for in
the second, third, and fourth sections of the first clause of the
English Reform Bill now before the House..
The Cuancellor of the Exchequer said, that it was the intention
of th , government to introduce the Scottish Reform Bill before
Easter, and it would be expedient to enter now into its details.
He should as soon after as possible introduce a measure with
regard to Ireland

Mr. Palk enquired of Mr. Bright when he proposed to intro-
duce his Reform Bill.

Mr. Bright said, that it was better that the Ministerial Bill
should be discussed in the first instance. He should give ample
notice of the introduction of his own.

Mr. C. Fortescue complained-wiiimly of the silence of the
Government with regard to their intention for amending the
representation of Ireland. In all former instances, the bills for
Reform relating to the three kingdoms were at the same time
under the knowledge of the House.

Mr: Vance said that Reform in Ireland stood on different
grounds from that in England. \ln the first-named country they
had had several reform bills. The representation of the country
was in a goo 1 state ; all its interests were represented, and he
quite agreed that there was no hurry to make known the pro-
visions of the new bill.

Mr. John Fitzgerald gave his unqualified contradiction to the
assertion that the present state of the representation of Ireland
was satisfactory. They ought to know if the Irish franchise
was to be reduced to the standard of ' England. On this and
other points information was required.
Mr. Bowyer called on the Irish Members to restyain their
impatience.

Lord John Russell said he gathered from what had been said
previously by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that there was
to be no Irish Reform Bill at all.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that it was advisable
that the principles of the English bill should be affirmed before
the Irish bill was introduced.

The motion for adjournment till Monday was then agreed to,

DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES,

On.tlie motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. Stapleton called the attention of the house to the organi-
sation of the Danubian Principalities, in as far .as it is affected
by the election of Alexander John Cones to be Hospodar of Wal-
lachia, he having been previously elected Hospodar of Molda-
via. He wished to know what part was taken by the English
Envoy in the framing of this combination, which was publicly
condemned by the Emperor of the French. We had undertaken
to protect the people of the Principalities, and we had sacrified
them.

Mr. S. Fitzgerald having briefly entered into the general sub-
ject, sahl that Turkey had protested against the union of the
Principalities, and in consequence the subject would be again
brought before the Conferences at Paris. In the present state of
affairs, he trusted that the House would not call upon the
Government further to express its opinion.
Mr. Roebuck said that there was no reason why the House
should not express its opinion. He trusted thgt the people of
the Principalities would not be the slaves of European diplomacy.

DINNER TO MR. J. ASPINALL TURNER, 31
IN MANCHESTER, LAST NIGHT.

(FROM OTIR OWN REPORTER.) ig.
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The dinner to Mr. J. A. Turner, M.P. for Manchester, t_2?
place in the Free Trade Hall of that city last molt.
attendance was very large, all the tickets at deliP('
of the committee having been sold a day or two bef!bell'
that fixed for the dinner. At the same time it reus'
said, that the hall by no means presented the awn*
and overflowing' appearance which it has exhibited !IP.°t,
the occasion oecertain other demonstrations in the l't
of- Manchester, and the' galleries in 'particular were +be
thinly filled. Eleven- or twelve tables ran along `o
whole length of the dull, at right angles with those Plots
upon the platform at which the pOincipal. of theirues,,„d
were seated. Nothing could exceed the reg opts°"`"
orderly manner in which the dinner arranzerilbe
were made. Although over 2,000 persons had t° 0
accommodated, there was no crowding, no jostling, al.lO.
confusion, no stifling with heat, no gasping. fel'. 0+
There was easy access to every seat, excellent ventilation;
and undisturbed good order. In front of the platfg d
were arranged large stands of flowers and plants ;4110
at the opposite• extremity of the hall was station
the
band, which filled up pauses agreeably during

evening. .. , Turne,
When • the guest of the evening, Mr.. J. A. , by
M.P., appeared upon the platform, acconapani'Lmi
several ether gentlemen, he was received with a 1011" then
enthusiastic burst of applause. The orchestra ced
played a march, 'and the dinner was, coinaea

at the appointed hone
tuality a

ye o'clock,

with a pu

rare, 111 rA
is commendable. After the dinner (which was plcu.,,
excellent in its character), the band played Sor

Dontine

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The chair was taken by Mr. Oliver Haywood. •
The Chairman opened the proceedings by apologigred
for the •absence of Mr. .Neild, who was to have 0114)o
the chair, but was prevented by a painful eause,Lia
doing so, and in whose absence he had been silurtbe
called upon to preside. He spoke in high terms °'
the
services which Mr, Ncild had rendered in secariiii,gfer,
return of Mr. Tarner, and of the late Sir John I°i,be
to whose memory he paid
.an eloquent' tribute.
Chairman then proposed the first toast of the oven—
" The Queen." A ille
The toe was drank with all the honours, 33,-;a01
chords :'saiig with organ accompaniment, the
Anthem. 4. ad

The Chairman then gave " The Prince Consort '"
the Royal. Family." -
The toast was enthusiastically received. -
Air " Health tomyliear."-
The chairman then gave "The, army and 031„Yis
coupling, however,
.with the toast, the expression
hope, that no occasion might arrive to call for the
powers -of either; that the-sword which we had laid
so gloriously sheathed, might not again .be drawn; re-
that notwithstanding the threats of war which at rad.
sent menaced' Europe, peace might yet be preset'
( hear, hear, and cheers.)

The toast was drunk With full honours.
Air, "Ye Mariners of England." •of
Mr: Heiugh, Hon. Sec., read a number of letter' d.
apology, from gentlemen who were unable to ardiiis.
The first was tram Mr. -Neild, :Wing, that, the ?bat
position of his wife would not allow him to attends yr,
expressing the warmest private regard for that
Turner, and the highest admiration for ice
gentleman's public character, and for the sercol
he had rendered to Manchester. Mr. M ark PhilliPs. ja.
Mr. Robert: Hyde Greig also expressed regret for art°4r,
able absence, and warm admiration for Mr. Turner.
William Brown., M.P., wrote as follows: -9

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London

Dear sirs,—l have just received your favour of ill?. 2z
Mr. M'Cann and I hive a bill before parliament, which