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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The House of Commons presented an unusually
excited appearance on Tuesday evening. It was
expected that there would certainly be a division
on Mr. Cobden's motion, and that the debate
would be wound up by speeches from Lord
Palmerston, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Disraeli;
consequently, in addition to a very full house,
Lord Derby and a number of peers filled the seats
beneath the strangers' gallery, and the corps
diplomatic mustered in strong numbers.
As already hinted, the speeches of the even-
ing were that of Mr. Gladstone, Lord
Palmerston, and Mr. Disraeli. That of the former
was fervent and eloquent, and when he resumed
his seat, the Premier rose and spoke with no less
vigour, and amid an intense excitement. It was
half past one when Mr. Disraeli rose to reply, and
he in a few short sentences defended the opposition
against the assertion that the Ministry were the
victims of conspiracy. This portion of the speech
of the member for Buckinghamshire was loudly
cheered. When the division was announced, the
House was in a state of complete uproar for a
&ew minutes. As soon as the clerk at the tab!e
handed to Mr. Cobden the paper containing the
statement of the members, we are told
that ()beers burst forth, but were suspended
-while the numbers were being announced.
They were again repeated, and continued for some
minutes. During this time the members in the
body of the House remained standing, as if expect-
ing a statement from the noble lord at the head of
.he Government, but none was made. Lord
l'almerston remained seated, his eyes being
intently fixed on the numbers which Mr. Hayter
had handed to him just before they were
announced to the House. Outside the House an
anxious crowd awaited the result of the division,
and no sooner was it announced that Government
Was defeated than the words were taken up and
shouted at the top of the human voice, till they
rang through Westminster Hall, and they were
heralded in the same way to Palace Yard. A
London morning cotemporary of yesterday, states
that " a multitude thronged the path which mem-
bers take in leaving the house, and the joy that
took held of the people certainly appeared to be
excessive. At all events it was unanimous, and
plans were immediately devised to lay hold of Mr.
Cobden and bear him off in triumph. Mean-
while, the members continued to pass on,—
the adherents of Ministers evidently endeavour
ing to evade the people, because they gave
them anything but a courteous reception,
while their opponents were ' cheered ' amid
frantic gestures. These cheers rose to thunder-
pitch as Mr. Gladstone appeared conducting
a lady, and the cheering did not diminish before
the presence of Lord John Russell, who, in vain,
remonstrated against the excitement. Mr.
Disraeli and Sir John Pakington also received
enthusiastic outbursts, and these were followed by
shouts and groans, which intimated that the well
known faces of the government whippers in had
been recognised. This is the statement of the
organ of the Peace Party. Yesterday a Cabinet
Council was held at Lord Palmerston's
official residence, at which, we believe, it was
determined that his lordship should proceed to
Windsor, in order to have an interview
with her Majesty on the present aspect
of political affairs, and to arrange as to the future
course of the ministry. Earl Granville had a
lengthened interview with Lord Palmerston, at
Cambridge house, Piccadilly, yesterday afternoon
the noble lord afterwards called upon several
members of the Cabinet. Last night's Standard
says, that the general opinion about the government
offices and political clubs is, that Lord Palmerston
will advise the Queen to dissolve the parliament, but
it is said that the Queen, considering ihe present
state of her health, is very averse to a general
election, and that an effort will be made to render
that step unnecessary. Beyond any doubt it
i 4 in contemplation to induce the House of
Commons, if possible, to pass a direct vote of
confidence in Lord Palmerston, which would,
of course, neutralise the vote of Tuesday,
as far as he is concerned ; and it is also

said to be very probalale that, in certain contin-
gencies Lord John Russell will be called on to
advise her Majt'sty in the course to be pursued.
The Morning Post intimates pretty plainly that
Lord Palmerston will, after certain necessary busi-
ness is disposed of, dissolve Parliament and appeal
to the country. As will be seen by our report of
yesterday's Parliamentary proceedings, the usual
ministerial statement was not made, no ministers
or party chiefs being present.
The proceedings in the House of Commons,
last night, were confined to the consideration of the
Industrial Education Bill, and after much opposi-
tion the Bill was read a second time. The consi-
deration of Sir J. Pakington's Education Bill was
adjourned for a fortnight.
In the foreign news to hand this morning,
there are several items of interest. It appears
that the Treaty of Peace between Persia and
England was signed on Tuesday evening at
Paris. As Ferukh Khan is said to possess full
powers, and as Lord Cowley has been taking
every step in the negotiations, under the special
instructions of the Foreign Office, no doubt can
arise as to the ratification of the Treaty.
The last accounts received by the French
Government from Teheran do not confirm the
announcement that the Persian troops had
advanced on Candahar and Cabal. The
only movement the Persian army had made
was on the province of Farsistan. The firman
against the British, read in ail the mosques
throughout Persia, has just been published. It
asserts that England, without any reason, has
broken the treaties which she had contracted with
Persia. Her troops have invaded the Persian
Gulf, and entered, by an unexpected attack, the
port of Brader-Bushire. The firman goes on to
say—" After acts so injurious, and threats uttered
against our government in contempt of all justice,
taking into consideration the hostility of the
British government, we wish to preserve intact
our honour and our religion. We place all our
hopes in God, and we will resist by every means
You all, inhabitants and fellow believers, who
for so many years have given me so many
proofs of your devotion and of your
courage, I call on you! You will place your
foot firmly in the road of honour, and you will
assist me to defend with valour and energy our
honour and dignity, which have been my rule of
conduct as they have been that of my ancestors."
The reading of the firman was received with
immense applause. The Sadrazam was commis-
sioned to transmit to his Majesty the expression of
the devotion of the entire population. The
Teheran Gazette, from which the firman is taken,
speaks in warm terms of the enthusiasm displayed
after the conclusion of the ceremony
A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople
states that the Sultan has definitively sanctioned
the new national bank projected by Mr. Wilkins.
The Moniteur de Flotte publishes a summary of
the instructions sent by the Emperor of China to
the governors of the five ports. They are to the
following effect :—Until further orders all inha-
bitants of the celestial empire are prohibited from
trading with the subjects of the Queen of England.
The markets for opium, opened to the commerce
between the two nations, are at present to be shut
up. The five ports opened to Europeans are to be
surrounded each by a cordon of troops, to prevent
foreigners from penetrating into the interior of the
empire. The canals and roads are to be closed to
all merchandise belonging to foreigners, which is to
be confiscated in case of contravention. Stnugg-
ling, until further orders, is to be punished with
capital punishment. The Imperial vessels and
troops are to attack the English wherever they fall
in with them ; the treaties with England being
suspended. Capital punishment is to be applied
in all cases of contravention of these prescriptions
where the offender is of Chinese origin ; where he
is a foreigner he is to be retained in prison until
the re-establishment of peace This decree is not
applicable to the markets for the overland traffic
along the Siberian frontier.

Full particulars of the news received by the
West Indian mail will be found in another column.
The process of sugar manufacture was proceeding
favourably throughout the Island of Jamaica. An
influential oublic meeting was held at Kingston,
on the 6th Feb., to adopt resolutions and petition
Parliament for an intervention more effectually to
suppress the African slave trade to Cuba. In
Doruerera, the ravages of cholera continue, but
without increase of virulence. Antigua was
healthy. A fair average crop of sugar was ex-
peetad. The latest accounts from Chili say that
commerce still felt the effects of paralysation.
There was promise of an abundant harvest. The
termination of the railroad as far as Limache had
shown bow profitable the undertaking was to the
shareholders ; in March or April it will run as far
as Quillota. In Peru the revolution was progres-
sing, although the Vivanco party had made little or
no further progress towards gaining possession of
Callao and Limn, the only two points now in the
hands of Castillo.

Serjeant Wilkins died in London yesterday
forenoon.

Mr. COBDEN has carried his resolutions. The
House of Commons has, by the vote of Tuesday
night, declared that it regards the conduct of
Sir JouN BOWRING as unjust and inexpedient.
Ministers, by officially sanctioning his proceed-
ings, have consequently incurred a vote of
censure. That vote, as announced in our Par-
liamentary proceedings of yesterday, was 263
against 247, leaving a majority of 16 against Minis-
ters. From the protracted debate which took place,
the tenor of the leading speeches, and the meeting
of Lord PALMERSTON'S supporters on Monday, it
was quite evident that the noble viscount felt
that licit only a determined but powerful attempt
was being made to break up his Administration.
When he got up to address the House on
Tuesday night this was more apparent. That
speech was one of those efforts which could not
fail to convince every one who heard it,that the
combination of parties had succeeded, and that he
considered he had been made the victim ofapoli tical
conspiracy. We are told that, when addressing
the House, his voice was sometimes unnatural
from excitement, his attitude not a little imposing
but proud and haughty, and that the only
redeeming feature of the speech was an occa-
sional flow of that genial nature which has so
often made the efforts of Lord PALMERSTON
highly acceptable.
The defeat of the Ministry is a matter of the
highest importance to the country at large. By
it trade and commerce have been put into a most
undesirable position, whilst there cannot be a
doubt that as soon as the Chinese learn the fact
of the House of Commons censuring not only
the doings of Sir JOHN BOWRING but the Govern-
ment at home, that the Governor of Canton will
pluck up fresh courage, and give us a little more
trouble ere we can compel him to come to
amicable terms. This will be among the first
results of last Tuesday's division. Indeed, we
find by the advices last received by the overland
mail that very serious effects had already been
felt in consequence of to continuation of hostili-
ties—that trade at Canton was completely
suspended, and Hong Kong was placed under
martial law. Results such as these affect us in
two ways. At home, the demand for our manufac-
tured productions must fall off. Should hostilities
continue, the war ninepenee will be re-imposed,
and the staple articles of the country which we

mport from the Chinese will rapidly advance.
An internecine war will rage throughout the
Celestial Empire, whilst every effort will be made
to insult and injure the persons and property of
British subjects.

This is a state of things which is
greatly to be deplored, and we cannot but
regret that Lord PALMERSTON had been less
inclined for the exercise of compulsory powers
before the walls of Canton. He has intimated
his opinion that the country is with him on the
China question, and that it approves of all that
has been done. There is no doubt but a large
number of the commercial classes throughout
Great Britain are favourable to his foreign
policy ; that they consider the conduct of the
Chinese has been insulting and overbearing, and
that the honour and dignity of the British flag
could not be sustained without actual hostilities
to compel its respect. On the other hand, there
is a large portion of the people of the United
Kingdom who, having regard to principles of
morality, and a total aversion to the shedding of
blood, are prepared to oppose and vote against
any ministry that would recognise and sanction
a line of policy such as that pursued by Sir JOHN
BoWEING in China.
As matters now stand, the affairs of the
nation are in a critical position. The mer-
cantile classes will support Lord PALMER-
STON, as being the only living statesman of
of the day to steer the vessel of the State
through the political quicksands which beset
its track. In him Free Trade has an able and
uncompromising defender, one who will compel
the British flag to be respected in every land,
and the lives and properties of British subjects
to be as safe and sound in the innermost portions
of China as they now are in London or Paris.
At the same time he must not feel too confident.
His popularity is great, but were it greater it is
quite possible that if he appeals to the country—.
as appeal he now must, or resign office—he may
not mend his position in the House of Commons,
The division list shows that his lordship's
opponents are not confined to any politi-
cal party—that there has been a hollow and
most unnatural combination against him. The
character of a division in the House of Commons
is a pretty good index to the popularity of a
ministry. The names for and against Mr.
COBDEN'S motion show that, taken as a whole,
the majority is a proof that, as the House of
Commons is now constituted, Lord PALMERSTON
is by no means certain of commanding such a
majority as will enable him to " carry on the
" Queen's Government:' The Peelites and the
Conservatives have evidently merged their politi-
cal differences, and are likely to act with each
other once more. This was the coalition to which
Lord PALMERSTON so indignantly referred, but
his philippic thereon was of little force. His
Lordship's career has been intimately connected
with every political amalgamation of the last
half-century, He is the Prince of Coalitions,
and his own Cabinet is the last instance of his
adroitness and skill in carrying out political
combinations from the most opposite materials.
But, while the country may not be disposed to
endorse Lord PA TATERSTmc'S China policy—for
that, after all, is the cry with which he must
appeal—it is still lees inclined to give sanction
and support to the political programme of
Lord DERBY, or the party of which he is the
recognised leader. It is posssible that he may
attempt a coalition with Mr. GLADSTONE and
his party, and for a time succeed in forming a
second Cabinet of " all the talents." Before this
is done there will be a general election, when it
will become the bounden duty of every man who
enjoys the franchise not to recognise nor tolerate
any Ministry that hesitates to adopt the doc-
trines of political progress. Free Trade must be
carried out to the fullest extent of which it is
susceptible. Taxation Must be re-adjusted, its
imposition simplified, the amount reduced, and
the national expenditure brought within mode-
rate compass. The injustice of the Game
Laws must be done away with, and cheap and
impartial justice obtained. Any Minister who
goes to the country prepared and determined to
carry out such a line of policy, be it a PALMERSTON,
a DERBY, a GLADSTONE, or a DISRAELI, will be
hailed as the leading statesmen of the day, and
worthy the confidence of a generous and a grate-
ful people.

STRIKES universally prove disastrous to the
working men. The recent one at Preston ended
not very gloriously for the strikers. The capi-
talist can continue the conflict, and maintain
himself longer than the operative, who must soon
starve without wages. The usual effect of vio-
lence is to drive capital and capitalists to seek
safety in other localities where they may work
unmolested. In this way the Shipbuilding inte-
rest migrated from Dublin to a safer port. The
mere uncertainty produced by interference, or
the fear of it, is an evil. Trade, industry,
government, all repose upon confidence as one
of their main pillars of support. Take away
that confidence, and you weaken the government
and paralyse the trade.
The recent strike at Birkenhead was to be
deplored. Had it continued it would have been
productive of suffering to the families of the men_
capital would have been wasted—rthe amount of
national produce lessened—and an embittered
feeling engendered between employer and em-
ployed. It is high time that our working-
classes were outgrowing the barbarous resort to
violence and dictation. It can benefit no party,
and must, in the end, injure all. If the Birken-
head men were in the right at the beginning,
they put themselves in the wrong by resorting to
force. "The turn-outs themselves must, on re-
flection, see this. The law of England will
always be found stronger than dastardly violators
of the public peace. Every working man
has a perfect right to decline working at any
offered rate, if the terms displease him ; but he
has no right to interfere with the equal right of
others to dispose of their industry as they please.