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London, England, 1852-04-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIA3IEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS, April 6.
Lord REDESDALE presided, in the abEence of the Lord
Chancellor.
THE MAYNOOTH GRANT.
The Bishop of LONDON presented three petitions
against the renewal of any grant to Maynooth.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented several petitions
against the Ecclesiastical Titles Act.
The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented several
petitions from Scotland praying for the inspection of re-
ligious houses; also for the repeal of the Maynoth Act.
LOSS OE THE BIRKENHEAD.
In answer to Lord MONTEAGLE,
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said them d-
miralty, immediately upon seeing the telegraphic s •
sago in the newspapers, sent down to the Admiral at
Devonport, and to the superintendent of packets, to
know whether there Was any truth in the report, and
also to know why, if such an accident had happened, the
Admiral at Devonport had not sent notice to the Admi-
ralty, at leant as soon as word was sent to the news-
had had as set, however, received
papers? The Admi
no report whatever on the subject.
On the motion of the Earl DESART, the Bishop of
Quebcc Bill was read a second time.
Oa the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the Patent
Law Amendment Bill was reported.
On the motion of the Earl of DERBY the Mutiny
Bill and the Marino Mutiny Bill passed through Com-

mitteci.
On the raoaon of the LORD PRESIDENT the In-
demnity Mil was read a third time and passed.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
_ _

The Earl of DERBY moved that the House adjourn
until the 19th inst.
The • Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he
wished to make a remark which he had re-
frained from making last night. The Noble Earl
opposite (Derby) had stated that communications
had been addressed by the Governor-General of
India to the commander of the Burmese expedition re-
lative to the conduct of the war. Those communica-
tions had been published in the Indian newspapers a
month ago, and at least a fortnight before military ope-
rations were commenced. The intentions of the Go-
•ernor-General, his instructions to the general of the
army, the point against which the attack was to be
directed, and the determination to withdraw the troops
before rue rainy season, would be known to the Bur-
mese Government. This constant and inevitable vice
in the administration of %Jain in India must be abso-
- lately eradicated. It was eseenthel to the credit of
the Government, the safety of the army, that
secresy should be preserved.—(Hear, hear.) He know
the difficulties which the Governor-General would have
to contend with in the preservation of that necessary
secrecy, and Noble Lords woeld scercely be able to form
an idea of the manner in which the secrets of the
Indian Government were betrayed. When he him-
self arrived at Madrae on his way to Calcutta,
he read in a Bombay paper several paragraphs
relating to the war in China, which he thought
he recognised as proceeding from his own pen.
Upon closer examination they turned out to be
certain instructions which he himself bad written while
at the Board of Control, and not only was their sub-
stance given, but even the words, and so evidently were
they copies that a literal error which had crept into the
written instructions had also crept into the newspaper.
The same had been the case with regard to a report
forwarded to the Indian Government by a dis-
tinguished officer in Sciode, and at the time
of the Affg,hanistan war, when he (Lord Ellenborough)
was necessarily at a distanee from the scene of opera-
tions, and not so well acquainted with the state of mili-
tary affairs in that country as he afterward 3
became, he had thought it expedient to give a
discretionary power to the general commanding
as to the occupation or abandoning of Jellalabad. Every
particular of that order was known in the camp b fore
the general could hove the opportunity of acting upon
it. Upon that he had determined for the future
that no military movement should leave his own
breast ; and, accordingly, except his own pri
vate secretary and his aides-de-camp, no man
knew anything about them beforehand. It was
by that secrecy that the military operations
were afterwards conducted to a successful end without
loss of life. In his opinion secresy was more necessary
than any other point for the successful conduct of affairs
in India, and he hoped that some instructions would be
sent out to the Governor-General, that any means which
he took to obtain this end would be sanctioned by the
Government at home.
The Earl of DERBY quite agreed that this subject
was one of deep importance, and he entirely concurred
with every word that had fallen trom the Noble Earl
opposite.
Their Lordships then adjourned until the 19;11 instant.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, April 6.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutea to Four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
—Derby Gas—Lancaster Waterworks, Cemetery, and
Gas—Medina River Navivion-
The Corris, Machynlitth, and Ricer Do7ey Railway,
with Branches Bill, and the Beifsot Custom House, &c.
Bill were read a second time.

The following Bills were coueidered and agreed to:—
Aberdeen Fire and Life Assurance Ccmpauy.
Forth and Clyde Navigation.
London.lerry and Coleraine Railway.
Londonderry and Eneisicillen Pa3ilway.
PETITIONS.
Sir J. Y. DUE,T,Eit, presented a
_petition f..0.a Ply
mouth against the Ita3nooth—giaiit:
Lord HOTHAM presen:ed a petition from a vicar in
the East Riding of Yorkshire against the removal of the
Crystal Palece.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the
archdeaconry of London aaathat any futher endowment
to the college of Meynocen.
Colonel TEIOMPSON presented a petition from Hull
ag linst the Extradition or Foreign Seamen's all.
Mr. El. BERKELEY presented a petition from a
Young Man's Society against the taxes on knowledge;
also a petition from Bristol against the attorneys' cer-
tificate duty.
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petition
from the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, praying
for legislative measures to insure eatrareural interment.
ADJOURNMENT OF TUE HOUSE.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that the House, at its
rising, do adjourn until Monday, the 19th of April.—
Agreed to.
Mr. G. BERKELEY said the Chancellor of the Ex-
cheques had a notice on the paper to move the adjourn-
ment of the House at half-past four, and as it was only
a few minutes after four, he wished to know whether
the Hon. Member was in order to move the adjournment.
The SPEAKER informed • •ni that it
m was competent
for any Hen. Member to move the adjournment.
ADMISSION OF STRANGERS TO THE HOUSE
Sir DE LAC OF COMMONS.
OF
asked the First Commis-
sioner of Works whether, the public would be permitted
to view the House c
journment? t Commons during the Easter ad-
Lord J. MANNERS s•
vented strangers visiting ealde the obstacles which pre-
b„, removed, end those
who
of Commons had now
House of Lords would be permittedo had tickets to see the
of Commons. A Committee, to visit the House
lighting9wever, had been ap-
pointed to inquire into the'
of the House, who had come to a and ventilation
recommended considerable alterations, in
which they
it
ameliorate the sufferings of Members, rs. Therefore with a. view to
would be impossible to give strangers
to the
House during the entire Easter recessbu
sion would only be subject to the alteratiotl"
-)) their
ir
,adoca,is"
PETITIONS.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition
fast, against any public grants for horse.frracoraini:
in
Ireland.
petition from Aberyetwith
Mr. FITZROY presented a
and other places in Wales, in favour of the County Court
Extension Bill.
Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from the
coal-whippers of the port of London, praying for some
measure to redress their grievances.
Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Coventry
against taxes on knowledge.
PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the
public income; and expenditure of the United King-
dom, in the years ending the sth day of January, 1850,
1851, and 1852; distinguishing the actual payments
for the expenses incurred in the collection and
management of the revenue; for the charges of
the public debt (tbe terminable annuities being
also valued by estimate); for the expenses
of the Civil Government; the allowances to the royal
family, and to his Majesty the King of the Belgians;
the establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the
expenses of the two Reuses of Parliament, and the
Civil Departments; the other pensions on the Conso-
lidated Fund, on the gross revenue, and the
.Civil List;
also the payments for the administration of justice, diplo-
matic expenses, and on account of the sums voted for
the Army, Navy, Ordnance, and miscellaneous services;
also public works, bounties, Post-office, the quarantine
and warehouse establishments; and all other payments
not coming under any of the foregoing heads; with an
appendix. showing the several items composing each
bead of the account (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. 570, of session MO.—Agreed to.
TBE LOSS OF THE BIRK.EINTHEAD, AND THE
KAFIR WAR.

Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, first, whether he could give any
information to the House respecting the loss of th©
Birkenhead steamer, and as to the causes of that
loss;f and, secondly, whether the news just received
Jen': the, seat of war at the Cape lcd to any hope
hhnam% :" " the Noble Ler:l (John Russell) called the
f 1 • e "at", of deientlinc. the colony, could be success-
ful in staying fur ' . ther hostilities?
Sir J. PAKINGTON could only say that his infor-
mation on the mei
Member referred ~,,all"'3lY aubjlct to which the Hon.
Member
from which h: ,I'to.afincd to that s:•urce of informa-
tZ3l that at the moment of his
1 hist Irz-, the public news-
PaPers' n" was sorry
leaving the Colonial-dfic:
an
1J
ceived which would throw - '--, dispatches had been re-
ceived on either of the ques-
tions put to him.
h
SEIZURE OF BOOKS /N a
In reply to a goe‘tima from Mr. mii.E'LGIUNT.
The CHANCELLOR of the
P of erae':h eel. the
stated that ho had. received of ---aItIEQUER
seizure by the Belgian
belonging to a Air. Jeff, a British"- , books
board of the steamer Soho. They 4:uaect, en
" teed