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London, England, 1855-03-26 00:00:00

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HARROW AND lIX.ENDON STEEPLE.:HASE.

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The following are the London entries : —l7 nman,
Jovial, Cato, Macomo, Toni Gurney, Trout, Janus,
Rosa, Lord of the Isles, Baronet, Odiham, Emigrant,
Malmsbury, Bullfinch, Warm, Herbert, Sir Harbottle.
The York Entries axe not yet received.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CIANCELLOA took his seat on the wool
sack at five o'clock.

PETITIONS.
Earl GREY presented a petition from Somerset,
praying the house to adopt prompt measures for the
speedy restoration of peace.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from
Kingston-upon-Thames in favour of the abolition of
church rates. The noble and learned lord took the
opportunity of laying on the table two more resolutions
he intended to move in connection with the treatment
sf erimioals.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition
helm the Wesleyan body of dissenters in favour of closing
the public-houses on the Lord's-day.
THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE—TREATY WITH
SARDINIA.
. The Earl of CLARENDON, in rising to move that
the message of ber most gracious Majesty with reference
to the treaty with the King of Sardinia be considered,
said be felt it would be unbecoming in him to detain
their lordships any length of time. Their lordships
would no doubt consider any argument superfluous in
support of the address which he intended to propose for
their adoption. Although the treaty proposed by com-
mand of her Majesty to the Sardinian Government was
only recently ratified, yet the treaty itself bad long since
received the assent of that Power. It would no doubt be
agreeable to their lordships to learn that no solicitation
whatever was necessary on our part to induce the Sar-
dinian Government to take the course which more than
any other result within his recollection had been re-
ceived with satisfaction by all claeses of her Majeety's
subjects. The only merit to which the diplomacy of
her Majesty's Government could lay claim to was that,
they thought the time had arrived when an invitation
'night be given to the Sardinian Government to adhere
to the treaty of the 10th April. The Sardinian Go-
vernment acting with that vigour of purpose and perfect
good.faith which bad characterised all her proceedings
—which had insured her success at home and respect
abroad—had agreed to those preliminaries which had
terminated in so gratifying a result. Sardinia alone ad-
heres to what he would call that self-denying article, to
which England and France had bound theneselve4, not to
derive any territorial advantage from the war. The state,
however, of her finances being inadequate to the expenses
of an army abroad as well as at home. She has ap-
plied to England for an advance of money (2,000,0001 ),
the interest of which was to he paid at the rate of 4 per
cent. ; 1 per cent. of which was to be applied to the
sinking fund. She also asks that her troops might be
conveyed by England to the seat of war ; and her
Majesty's Government, waiting the approval of Parlia-
ment, had agreed to these applications, and at this roomer] t
a British fleet was on its way to Genoa to carry 15,000
of. those troops to the Crimea—troops which he dared
to say were inferior to none in Europe in organisation,
in discipline, or in gallantry. The efforts made latterly
by Sardinia to obtain national liberty were watched
by this country with the greatest anxiety, and her
success in the attainment of that great object
was, he thought, greatly owing to the fact of her
being utterly free from foreign intervention. The noble
earl concluded by moving an address to her Majesty,
Which was but an echo of the royal message.
The Earl of IIARDWICKE bore testimony to the
gallantry of the Sardinian troops at the battle of No-
vara, and also to the great ability that characterised the
,gallant general who had been appointed to the command
of the troops in the Crimea.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said if ever Sardinia
was called upon to defend herself from external oppres-
sion, he believed that any application for assistance
would be met with a response from the country which
bad never been made before--from north to south—from
John O'Groat's house to the Land's-end.
The address was then agreed to.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIm.
The Earl of HARD WICKS then rose for the pur-
pose of presenting a petition in reference to the postal
arrangements with Australia, and WAS
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Birmingham Water, Bridport Rail-
' way, Chesterfield Water and Gas, Leeds, Bradford,
and Hall% Junction Railway, Monmouthshire Rail-
' way and Canal, Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas, South-
Eastern Railway (Capital), Torquay Market and Slaugh-
ter-houses, Torquay, Tor, and St. Mary Church Gas,
and Sheffield Gas.
The following bills were read a second time and ordered
to be committed :—England and Ireland Improved
Communication, Plymouth Great Western Docks, West
London and Crystal Palace and Westminster Terminus
Itallways.

aga.htlinetr. tUeli_CAteN presented
PElinlOaNpSetition from Dundee mralixopzeLh_Education Bill.
P
proaingrr tctuTeOrypeparlesseinted a petition from Stock-
Mr. WILCCox presented a ephetnirtciohnrfartoems.
South ID
ton praying for the re
tzttarttoed a petition from Liver
Mr. HORSFALLP"I of the newspaper stamp.
am'
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• pool in favour of Mr,
cellor of the Exchequer's, Nouwe'ap and against the Chan--
Mr. DIRK presented a petitsiPor Stamp Bill.
the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sundaysri Belfast against
Mr. FERGUSON presented ,i,u.
Durham
'Carlisle.
and in favour
similar petitions from
Mr. MOWBRAY presented a petition from
against the Chancellor of the Exchequer:
of Mr. Gladstone's Newspaper Stamp Bill.
Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from Finsbury
praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. rY
Mr. MWAHON presented a petition from upwards
of 1,500 inhabitants of two parishes in the county of
Galway, complaining of certain wholesale and indis-
criminate evictions there • also, a petition from Irish
fishermen, complaining of distress, and praying for an
amendment of the Irish Fisheries Act.
Mr. R. LOWE presented a petition from 5,000 inha-
bitants of Sydney, South Australia, praying the house to
reject the Constitution sent over for its adoption, arid in
favour of a Legislature consisting of two elective charm
bora. ,

Mr. H. BERKLEY presented a petition_ from 6,000
of the inhabitants of Bristol against church rates.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was
crdered for the city of Gloucester, in the room of Mr.
-Price, who had accepted the Chiltern ilundredp.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from an individual '
,whose publication had been suppressed by the Inland
r.:-ft:,.. Revenue, praying for the repeal of the newspaper
~arap,
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