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London, England, 1855-01-27 00:00:00

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Govern: ment. ("Hear," and cheers.) And I must say that,
wh elev. 3r happens—whether this Government is reconstructed
or a, no` Government is formed—l hope the condition of
thin ,gs -which Ims been existing for some twelve months will
not he, allow° 1 to continue much longer, for it is a condition
of thh Igs which I say sincerely, because I feel it deeply, is
unsout d in point of policy, is unwise in point of principle—
that it will prove in the end degrading to yourselves and
detrim ei7tal to the best interests of this country. ("
and el leers.)
Mr, V. SMITH said—He entirely put faith in the first ob-
servat ion of the right hon. gentleman who last spoke, that
it was not his desire, nor the desire of those about Trim, to
take p ossession of office by any course they might take upon
the pr( !sent occasion ; for he could not see how any man in
his set mos could be so desperately ambitious, or cravingly
hu'ngrY , as at the present moment to wish to occupy the
Mir Aisto rial Bench. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The
rigi"xt h on. gentleman had divided the question into two
with respect to the Government ; and the other
part. s.— one, concerning a censure or vote of want of eon-
•espect to a question of confidence or no con-
cant
to the necessity of the proposed inquiry.
In the present Administration, he should be prepared
IfiVdietilletl
to vote t luite at his ease, for he could not imagine any one
Possessin such an amount of credulity as to have confidence
in the AO Ministration as it now existed, if, indeed, it could
said to exist at all. (Laughter.) He had 'given an hide-
.: , *dent though critical support to the Administration hi-
therto. P 6
no- his confidence in three of its members most
-- Lord Landsdowne, to whom he owed every
particm.
species of .giance, and for whom he entertained the highest
possible acin2n
ation as a statesman—(hear, hear)—the noble
lord the menitit 'r for London, and the noble lord the Home
Secretary. -.la-
noble lord, the member for London, had now
withdrawn front .
‘bat Administration, and, excepting Lord
Lansdowne, his IT,
-mining confidence was due and given to
the noble lord the h 9rue Secretary with the utmost hilarity.
(Laughter.) But ,71a,...
t did that noble lord say ? Why, only
N
let the house give exe•-tfidence to the Minister to-night,
and to-morrow they wOuld
make a fresh Administration alto-
gether, (" Hear," and .lauelter.) The noble lord said that
the Administration was under fe-composition, but the Secre-
tary for the Colonies, on the contiirary, stated that he had no-
thing to do with the re-constructioir of the Cabinet, and that
he defended it as it stood at pres'ent. Then whom was the
House to give confidence to ? Who was, the leader of the
Commons at the present moment, and 'who the War Minister ?
(Hear, hear.) These were most important to know, and if
any Minister had risen and said that the noble lord the member
for Tiverton was now the War Minister, that announcement
no doubt would influence many votes with respect to the pro•
sent motion. He entirely concurred in the propoOition made
by the noble lord the member for London that the noble
member should be made War Minister ; but he was afraid
that the proposition might now come too late,—and the art I
of doing things too late might be called an attribute of the
present Administration.
arrerltoßP renretted that the right hon. frArviln.
man who lately spoke from the Opposition benches had dis-
played so much of the suavitur in modo, and so little of the
fortiter in, re. " Fine words buttered no parsnips." He was
one who choso to use plain terms. It was small concern to him
how the Ministers were driven from office, whether by a vote of
want of confidence, or by a vote of stigma, for with one or
two exceptions, including the noble lord the Home Secre-
tary, he cared not how soon they were turned right
about face, and marched from the Treasury Bench. He re-
garded the sufferings of the finest army that ever went out of
England with sorrow, and those sufferings had arisen from
the want of care, management, knowledge, and energy on
the part of the Ministers, As the noble lord the member for
London had retired behind the scenes, ho would not say a
word against him, except that he had retired, probably, be-
cause " conscience makes cowards of us all." (Laughter.)
He only hoped that the Government would be constructed in
such a manner as would enable it to do its duty to the
country.

Mr. STAFFORD moved that the debate be adjourned
until Monday.

Lord PALMERSTON said he had hoped that the debate
would have been concluded this evening, but if it were thought
by a considerable portion of the house that, looking to the
importance of the subject, there should be an adjournment of
it till Monday, he should certainly not oppose the proposi-
tion. He hoped, however, that the house would feel that it
was really incumbent upon it to pronounce an opinion on this
motion not later than Monday—(hear)—and upon that dis-
tinct understanding he should have no objection to agree to
the adjournment of the debate to that da37.
The debate was then adjourned until Monday.
THE LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, a standing committee of
16 members was appointed to assist the Speaker in the direc-
tion of the library, and to whom shall be referred all matters
relating thereto :—Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord John Russell,
Mr. Goulburn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Napier,
Sir James Graham, Mr. Monckton Mines, Mr. Disraeli, Sir
J. Young, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Macaulay, Lord Naas,
Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Thomas
Acland, and Mr. Walpole.

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN INDIA.
On the motion of Sir C. WOOD, a copy of report was
ordered of examination for admission of assistant-surgeons in
the service of the East India Company.

BULLION RETURNS.
On the motion of Mr. HANKEY, an address was agreed to
for a return of the amount of bullion purchased and sold by the
Bank of England, distinguishing gold from silver and bar gold
from foreign gold coin, in each month, from the 31st day of
December, 1853, to the 31st day of December, 1854 ; also
the excess of payments to or of receipts from the public of
British gold coin ; and also the amount received from the
Mint during the same period (in continuation of Parliamen-
tary paper No. 102 of Session 1854).

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
air. SOTHERON obtained leave to bring in a bill to con-
solidate and amend the law relating to friendly sooieties.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
Mr. WILSON gave notice that on Monday, In committee of
the whole house on newspaper stamps and postage duties,
he would move the following resolutions :—That it is expe-
dient to repeal the exemption of newspapers from postage
duty, and to charge on newspapers and printed books and
papers transmitted by post rates of postage not exceeding one
penny for every four ounces In aei)~~iciit tofu Ni-aiid a:Mena
part of four ounces. That'the laws relating to tho stamp duties on newspapers, the
nd registration and
of the antie-in-papers.
printing and publishing of n.ews_pap.ocwrsit,ha,
and the regulation
Tho house then adjourned at a quarter before 12 o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 24.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of. Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty'b Charge d'Affaires in Morocco,
reporting the following concessions in favour of commerce,
viz.:—

1. A reduction of 30 okeats in the export duty on
washed wool, which will now be 90 okeats por 1001 b.; and
of 20 okeats in that on uncleaned wool, which will now be
60 okeats per 1001bs.
2. A reduction of 10 okeats in the export duty on olive
oil, which will now be 60 okeats for 1001 b.
3. Permission for the tribes of Shedna, Halm, and Een
Toja to bring skins, the produce of those provinces, to the
Mogador market, on payment of one okeat per in to
Government.

4. Permission to sell calf-skins on payment of 40 okeats
per 1001 b.

SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY IN THE CHINESE
SEAS.

This Gazette contains despatches and enclosures from
Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, Commander-in-Chief of
her Majesty's ships on the East India and China station,
giving an account of the measures adopted to repress piracy
in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong.