The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

RESIGNATION OF MR. STANSFELD.

Mr. STANSFELD, in order to afford him an opportunity
of making a personal explanation, moved the adjournment
of the house. He said he felt bound on a former occasion
to tender his resignation, which the noble lord (Palmer-
ston) had refused to accept in the most chivalrous manner.
He thought, however, this was one of the occasions
when a man ought not to consult his own feelings,
and he had availed himself of the refusal of the noble lord.
He became convinced that by retaining office he would be
embarrassing a Government which he desired to support.
The hon. member then entered into a statement, and he
indignantly disclaimed the imputations made by the Pro-
cureur-General of France, and said he felt it due to
Mazzini and to himself that the former should be the
first to state what use he had made of his house
which he had given for an address. From long experience
of Mazzini he believed he was quite incapable of the actions
with which he had been charged, but although he (Mr.
Stansfeld) had every sympathy with the object of his life,
the unity and independence of Italy, he might have
thought sometimes that the methods were not so practica 1
as they were sanguine. He denied that he knew anything
of Greco or his alleged accomplices until he read in the
newspapers of their arrest. With regard to Tibaldi, he
might have seen him in 1857, but neither he nor any other
person dared to make such suggestions as had been stated.
Massarenti was a dealer in maccaroni cakes, and the only
money he ever paid him was for these arti-
cles. He knew Campanella well as a scholar,
and one who was incapable of doing what was attributed
to him,

Lord PALMERSTON expressed his regret at the loss
of the hon. member's services, and passed a high eulogium
on him for his high intellectual and moral qualities which
endeared him to all who knew him, and must be of the
greatest benefit to any Government with which he was con-
nected. He contended that the hon. member was as in-
capable of the acts most basely imputed to him as any
hon. member of that house. That hon. member was
as much interested as any other man in the personal safety
of the Emperor of the French, who had been their
firm ally, and the continuance of whose dynastic
sway was so essential not only to his own country but to
the whole of Europe. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was negatived.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

On the motion for going into committee,
Mr. LANG moved for a select committee on the Post-
office, with an especial view to the improvement of existing
arrangements for the transmission of mails in provincial
districts.

The motion was seconded by Mr, G. CLrvE, and sup-
ported by several hon. members,
Mr. PEEL, after giving explanations in reply to Mr.
LONG, and stating the rules observed by the Post-office in
relation to the acceleration of mails, observed that he was
far from saying that there was not room for improvement ;
but this was the province of the Post-office department,
which had facilities for obtaining local knowledge, and ha
should not be justified in agreeing to the motion.
After some further discussion,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug-
gested that, as the Post-office department was not repre-
sented in that house the motion was premature until the
Treasury (according to the general principle observed by
the house) had had an opportunity of examining the subject
in conjunction with the Post-office.
The amendment was ultimately negatived, and the house
went into a committee of supply upon the Navy Estimates.
On the vote of £1,164,100 for naval stores in the Store-
keeper-General's department, a long discussion took place,
embracing, among other topics, the state of the effective
list of the navy, the condition of the steam reserve, the
actual strength of the iron-plated navy of France, the policy
of employing upon a larger scale private yards in the con-
struction of ships of war, the comparative merits of the
Royal and private dockyards, and the question whether we
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The following votes were likewise agreed to, after die.
cussion :
£662,212 for steam machinery in the Department of the
Controller of the Navy.
£64,350 for medicine and medical stores.
£102,320 for miscellaneous services.
£697,790 for half-pay and retirement to officers.
£490,201 for militAry pensions and allowances.
£193,983 for civil pensions and allowances.
£314,230 for Army Department (conveyance of troops).
The resolutions were ordered to be reported.
The Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill passed the
, Committee.
The house adjourned at a quarter past 10 o'clock.

THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE PAINTER Alexander
Calame, pupil of Fran gois Did ay s, and one of the most emi•
neat masters of our time, died a few days ago at Mentone.
A magnificent funeral has been prepared at the espouse of
the French Government.
SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday forenoon
an.inquest was taken by Mr. John Payne, coroner
for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Howard Arms, Arun-
del-street, Strand (a Liberty of the Duchy) on view of the
body of a newly-born female infant, which was found on
Friday last, by a boy, in the Thames, off the Essex-street
steamboat pier. Evidence of the dinovery of the body
having been given, Mr. Walsh, surgeon, Blackmore-street,
said that he had examined the body of the deceased, which
he believed was born alive. It had not been attended to by
a medical man. The umbilical cord was not properly tied,
and in his opinion death resulted from neglect at its birth
and the want of medical attendance, A verdict was returned
to that effect.