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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1837,

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House of Commons last night Mr. Palk
brought on his resolutions concerning the inede-
gusto and paltry manner in which the existing
Government had remunerated, or attempted to
reward, the Crimean Commissioners, Sir John
M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch. On going into
Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Palk moved
several resolutions to the effect that those gentle •
men had ably fulfilled the duty intrusted to them ;
that the state of the army in the Crimea was
wretched when the Commissioners arrived out
there, and that the examination of the Board of
General Officers fully bears out the statements of
the Commissioners as to the want of organisation
in the various departments of the army, and that
the inefficiency of the army in the East must be
attributed to this cause alone. Mr. Black spoke
in favour of the resolution, but Lord Palmerston
was of opinion that the offer of £l,OOO to each of
the Commissioners was a sufficient reward for their
services. Ho deprecated any discussion on events
two years old, and expressed his opinion that the
want of foresight, )by which the disasters in the
Crimea were to be attributed to the persons to whom
the conduct of the several departments were
entrusted, they " having no experience of such
extensive war operations as were carried on." He
admitted the kability of the Commissioners. A
short discussion here ensued, in which General
Peel, Mr. Sydney Herbert, and others took part,
and the result was, a resolution to the effect that
the Crimean Commissioners had ably fulfilled
their onerous duty in the Crimea, and that
an address should be presented to the
Crown, praying that some signal mark of royal
favour should be conferred on them. Lord
Palmerston, seeing the feeling of the house to be
against his views of the case, consented to this
resolution, so that the Ministry were virtually, if
not actually, defeated upon this question. The
army estimates, for three months, on the motion of
Mr. F. Peel, were agreed to without a division.
The Income Tax B 11 was read a third time and
passed, as were also several other bills. In answer
to Mr. Spooner, Sir George Grey said, that he had I
ascertained that in Birmingham there were living
1$ persons holding tickets of leave, of which
number eight were conducting themselves well,
two were doubtful, and eight had—a sufficient
cimmentary, we should think, on the disgraceful
system. On the motion of Mr. Fitzroy, it
was agreed that, in the case of private bills.
now before the House, and which should not,
pass in , the present session, that they should be
resumed next session at the same stage as that to
which they advanced before the dissolution. In
the House of Lords, notices of motions were given
by the Earl of Elgin, that on Tuesday he should
move for papers. and call the attention of their
lordships to the state of relations between this
country and the United States ; and by Lord Derby
that, on the second reading of the Income Tax
bill, he should make some observations as to the
circumstances under which the present appeal to
the country was made. The Earl of Ellenborough
moved for papers concerning the execution and
fulfilment of treaties between England and China,
and took occasion to severely censure the policy of
our Government. Eventually the production of the
papers were agreed to.
The proceedings of the Dock Committee at the
weekly meeting yesterday, were of a rather peculiar
character. A long discussion took place on the
publication of a report in one of the local new
of proceedings in the committee last week,
after the reporters left. Mr. Rathbonc took
occasion to severely censure the member, be he
who he may, who had supplied the report. Some
very curious remarks were made concerning the
influence that may bo attempted to be exercised
on the electors at the forthcoming election—
especially on those connected with the Dock
Estate. We would advise our readers to carefully
peruse this portion of our report of the meeting
yesterday. It will well repay the time spent in so
doing.
The Health Committee held their weekly meeting
yesterday. The health of the town continues
pretty good for the season of the year, the deaths

last week being 2:21 against 245 in the correspond
ing week last year. The committee decided that
they would suspend their judgtnent upon tl►e
burial system in the Necropolis for the present.
The proceedings of the sub committee to increase
the salary of Mr. Wagnall, Inspector of Smoke
Nuisance, from 47S to $lOO per annum, was agreed
to. The latter sum, we should think, is really little
enough for any.man able to carry out the require-
ments of the situation.

The report of the weekly meeting of the Finan
cial Reform Association will be foUnd in another
column. It will be seen that the committee are of
opinion that Lord Palmerston has T4O claim-to any
public confidence or support, and it was their
opinion that although many Conservative members
probably voted with Mr. Cobden for mere party
motives, he himself was thoroughly in the right.
The intelligence from Paris this morning is
interesting. The reinforcement of the French
squadron in the Chinese waters is now actually
resolved upon, as a result of an understandiog
between our Government and that of France. The
Journal des Debats and the Siecle have entered
upon a lively discussion on the present crisis
in England, the former defending the vote of the
House of Commons, and the latter supporting
the Ministry. The proposed tax upon transferable
securities has been thrown out by the French
Conned of State. This tax was a pet measure
of the Emperor,. and represents one of the
many ideas of Napoleonean Socialism ; he al.
hided to it distinctly in his last speech ; the
war tax was removed to make space for it in the
budget, and the Mniisters were unanimous in
its favour. If any measure was calculated to be
adopted, according to the arguments of the above
detractors, it was this tax on transferable securi
ties. Nevertheless it has been rejected, and
government will be compelled to look out for
some other impost to make up for the deficiency
created in the budget by the removal of the war
tax

The delay in the sittings of the Neufchatel
Conference threatens to be extended by the illness
of the Prussian ambassador. The Constitutionnel
designates the rumours in circulation about the
issue of the first sitting as unauthentic; but in the
same paragraph substantially confirms what has
heen said about it.

If the organ of Marshal Narvaez in Madrid is to
be believed. France and England agree on another
point of foreigh politics, of no small importance,
namely, that the United States are bound to pre-
serve neutrality in the contest now impending
between Spain and Mexico. From the fact of the
arrival of a Mexican envoy at Southampton, whence
he proceeds to Madrid, it would seem that Mexico
is inclined to conciliate.

The Swedish legislature is occupied with a law
on the naturalisation in Sweden. Hitherto there
has been no such law in that country.
As would be seen by our paper of yesterday, the
Overland Mail has arrived at Trieste. Hong Kong
dates are to the 80th January. The news is brief ;
the western suburb of Canton has been burned
down, by way of avenging the poisoning imputed
to the Chinese. The statement that Admiral Sey-
mour had abandoned the fort and the gardens is
confirmed.

We have but little to say with respect to the
Elections, in addition to what wo have already
published. The address of Lord John Russell to
the electors of the city of London, will be found
at length in our paper of to-day. A London
eotemporary in commenting upon the address
says—" While persisting in an independent course
—blaming Lord John when we think he deserves
blame, praising him when we think he deserves
praise—we shall never cease to recognise in him
one of the most consistent, pure, and high-minded of
living statesmen. Whether attesting his merits amid
the plaudits of a triumphant majority, or proclaim
ing them against the universal voice of misled co-
temporaries, our testimony shall be the same.
Our opinion of him is based upon a close and dis-
passionate study of his whole public life, and is
not to be affected by the ebb and flow of ephemeral
popularity. Others may forget what England
owes to Lord John Russell: we cannot." At a
meeting of liberals at Preston, it was, after dis-
cussion, unanimously resolved that Lord Cavendish,
eldest son of the Earl of Burlington, should be
placed in nomination for the vacant seat of North
Lancashire. Colonel Wilson Patten offers himself
for re-election. Mr. Langworthy, ALP., recently
elected member for Salford, will not offer himself
for re-election. With regard to Irish constitu-
encies, we may state that Belfast is the first on
the list which manifests signs of activity. Two
Conservatives of the must ultra stamp occupy the
representation of that great commercial town ;
but we are gratified to observe that the Liberal
party are already active, having formed a working
committee, and are determined to redeem
Belfast from the opprobium of retrograding
in politics. It is, in fact, the only town that
has as yet initiated a popular movement. Not a
single county has yet met to prepare for coming
contests. Dublin City is as dead as if the old fire
of the Liberal party had died out from want of
fuel. The County of Dublin is showing signs of
vitt lity, and we are led to expect that the Censer-
Lives will not have a walk over in the Metropolitan
County, though there seems to be little hope of
obtaining the return of a democratic candidate.

AMONG the political manifestoes of the day,
there is none which has made its appearance,
since the defeat of the Ministry, so important in
its character, or calculated to exercise a greater
influence at the coming election than the address
of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the electors of London,
seeking re-election. The character of the noble lord,
the great and important part he has played in the
political world for a long series of years, his
ardent attachment to the cause of Reform, and
numberless measures for the political and social
amelioration of the people, with which he has
been immediately identified, renders anything
coming from him at such a crisis to be read with
unusual avidity. In the address to which we
allude, Lord JOHN sets out by referring to what
was supposed to result from his being one of the
representatives of the city of London, namely ,
the promotion of free trade and the cause of civil
and religious liberty. He next refers to the
measures he has brought forward in the interim,
and proceeds to vindicate his vote on the Chinese
question, In that vindication the noble lord is
succinct, but at the same time logical, grounding
his opposition to the conduct of the British
authorities as follows :—" 1. That the new
demand was grafted upon a quarrel which might
have been amicably settled. 2. That it led to
scenes of bloodshed and destruction, wherein
many innocent persons perished. 3rd. That
such a demand ought to have been addressed to
the Emperor, and that due time should have been;
allowed for an answer. 4th. That before hostili-
ties were commenced, due preparations should
have been made, in concert with the authorities
at home, for the protection of the lives and pro-
perty of the British subjects. And .sth. That
the demand of access to the Commissioner was
not authorise .l by the instructions of the Secre-
tary of State." These are strong positions to
take up, and a review .of the debate in both
Houses, as well as a perusal of the Blue Books
on the Chinese difficulty, show that they are,
after all, the entire pith of the whole dispute,
and that by the course which Ministers adopted
no other was left for all who took Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S view of the matter than to support