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do eou meet the diffituity by the pretent peoposid, it ? --- i et der t ea e ediry to he euvin into the z•'7A`-,of Of ...,••7.
. (Hear, bear.) I think the Hee. Gendemeu, Witt the ' Bsen -tt, at litssiegen, and the whole ;stetter to be in-
views he entertains, was justified in bringing thrward vestigated.
this question—with his views I think he would he taking Lord J. RUSSELL said, ha trusted that the state-
I Justifiable and legitimate course if he proposed to legis- ment just made by the Right Honourable Gentleman op-
"ate on the subject. But if there is this appeal to the pre- posits would be the means of relieving the greater pore
late'e superior, I think the Hon. and Learned Gentleman tion of the Members of that House from considerable
Will agree with me that it should first be had recourse embarrassments—(Haar, hear.) Ho thought it impos.
teo-4(flear.) If he thinks no such power of appeal sible to deny that this was a subject upon which this
exists, then I imagine the Hon. and Learned Gentleman House had a right to demand an explanation, He could
Mutt feel that the proposition he makes is totally ins- not agree in the opinion expressed by his Hon. Friend
- deequate to cope with the subject.—(ll-ar, hear.) But the Member for the University of Oxford. (sir. R. IL
- d-ntow address myself merely to the motion of the Hon.- Inglis). when it appeared to him that he would exclude
and Learned Gentlemen, without wishing to give any. this House from any right of inquiry in respect tto
opinion as to the merits of the important case he has matters of this nature.--(Hear, hear.) This House
brought before us. Far be it from me to vindicate the was a party to the passing of the Act of Uniformity, and
conduct of any clergyman who can be shown to have at that time Protestant Dissenters were members of it,
behaved in the manner alleged against Mr. Bennett. and he was not toile sure but Roman Catholics might
I do not presume to offer any opinion on this have sat in it.—(No, no.) But at all events, the Act
important subject, for I feel that this is not the tribunal of Uniformity having been passed by them,
in which to decide the case.—(Hear, hear.) I feel the had a right to ask whether the persons who were. ap-
inconvenience of the House listening to the statement of pointed ministers were faithful members of the
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, made with ability, Church of England—(Hear, hear)—or whether, in
and, as lam willing to admit, conscientiously. A Com- fact, they did not belong to some other Christian com-
mission of inquiry without power to elicit the required munity. Having thus established their right. to make
information is a mockery to which it would be unwise such inquiry, he owned he felt the greatest difficulty. in
of the House of Common to lend itself. It is of the ut- proceeding to exercise it—a difficulty arising
both in
moat importance that such an inquiry should be real respect to the mode in which the inquiry was to be ex-
and efficient, and that a Commission should have cam- ereised, and to the consequences to which it
might ulti-
' potent power to elicit the truth.—(Hear, hear.) Ido mately lead. He could not but feel that if a Commission
not think, therefore, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman were appointed, which had no greater powers than were
will think it necessary to press this particular resole- now allowed to the Crown, and which could not be had
tion, which I admit he was perfectly justified in bringing without a special Act of Parliament, they might rather
forward, as it refers to a subject of great importance to provoke hostile refusals to sneerer, and matte dissensions
tall classes of her Majesty's subjects.—(Hear, hear.) It between this branch of the Legislature and a portion of
is (mite impossible that the conduct which he has al- the clergy of the Church of England.—(Hear, hear.)
leted should not be the subject of comment and explana- He could not but fear, also, lest after such interference
tion; and that whatever may be the merits of the case, the remedy would be found insufficient. He felt, like-
the discussion should not be productive of public advan- wise, the want of that assistance which they had in for-
tage. But I must recur to the subject with which I set mer times, in the presence of those Members of the
e nut—that a remedy for such a grievance as is here al- House who were particularly qualified to give an opinion
leged either does or does not exist.
.If the remedy ex- upon such a question. They wanted information upon
• ists, as I think it does, in an appeal to the Archbishop, those points upon which the, Right Hon. Gentleman the
- . ,the House will not, I think, sanction the issuing of a Chancellor of the Eschsquer expressed himself in doubt
• Commission of inquiry, which can have no power and hesitation—namely, how far an appeal would lie
:to elicit and secure ' the information it wishes from the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the Archbishop
-to attain.—(Hear, hear.) Ir, on the other hand, no of Canterbury, and how far the law could be brought
;gezuedy does exist, it surely is the duty of Parliament to to bear in matters of this kind. He must say
legislate on the subject, and provide a remedy. But a that they were, in a great degree, uninformed
Commission such as that proposed, without the neces- upon those points. In respect to what the
lard' powers to fulfil its task, would disappoint public Right Honourable Gentleman opposite hal last men-
expectation, and whilst it would lead to protracted dis- tioued, the circumstances under which_ the case came
thssions, would not secure the settlement we desire.— beide the Bishop of. Bath and Wells were ai present
(Hear,) eat tr) And let me also press upon the attention_of unknown to the House. It might be said by some Hon,
House that by acceding to the motion of the Hon. Members that that furnished an additional reason for
and Learned Gentleman we should be only evading, the inquiry. He concurred in that opinion, out at the same
difficulty. We should be establithing a precedent' time he owned he telt the greatest hesitationdn proceed-
.- ithich you may be sure would be found a source of per- ing to give a vote in favour of an address to the Crown
inanent difficulty and embarrassment.—(Hear. hear.) for an inquiry that was to begin with the House of Com-
lf you adopt this resolution, I caanot understand how mons. If, as the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last
t single clergyman could be instituted to a living with- said, it was a proper suojeet for inquiry, and that there
cut the House of Commons interfering with and chal- ought to be a full inquiry made into i', he telt the better
'tinging his induction.—(Hear, hear.) In every in course would be to wait until some of the Theist, rs of
. 'stance what would you du? You would address her the Crown were able to ascertain mor, of the facts' and
ifsjesty, praying her to institute an inquiry into the to obtain such exohinations as they might thick fit to
tropriety of the induction. So that if you adopt this ask for in the most friendly spiti., end not with a view
I)solution you will establish a mischievous precedent to anything, like accusation stet talpeechment. If they
' lithout effecting a beneficial settlement o! the made such inquiry, they would thee be in a much better
Irievancea and difficulties of which you complain. position to consider in their places in the Reuse of Corn-
, ,^-(Hear, hear.). I trust, therefore, the Hun. and Learned mons what course, under the circumstances of the case,
- dtentleman will be satisfied with having amply, cent- they ought to take. He could not hut think that it
- Iletely, and ably brought before the House a subject might be finally the duty of the Ministers of the Crown
tif very great importance, and that he is satisti-ei —net to make new laws upon the subject—but to pro-
,. '4at the persons connected with these transactions can- vide for the more easy operedon of the laws already in
dot avoid placing their conduct fairly before the public. existence, Those who were most learned on the sub-
dltrust that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, feeling ject, had informed him that the eoiots of the
.teat the result of this discussion must be to have an act greatest difficulty were in ascertaining what those
ittrate and complete view of all the circumstances of the means were which should be retorted to for re-
'transaction—that it is his duty. owing to the position he dress. The whole subject being one of transcendent
'''has taken in this question, either to have recourse to importance, and fraught with consequences so serious, he
Lie remedy which the law supplies, or it the law sup. should certainly, for his own part, be inclined to hesitate
,-Plies no remedy, to propose one to the Legislature. I before giving a formal v,,te open the subject, ane as the
. lay, I trust the Hon. and Learned Gentleman will not case at present stood he theught it better to leave the
d 'Press to a division a resolution which I feel sure would matter in the hands of the Ministers of the Crown to
• doily be pregnant with great inconvenience and ember- consider what steps should be taken, and whether any
•-• ' +Lament to our future deliberations. I beg, therefore, more facts could be ascertained to be laid before the
Z,ir, to move the previous question. House. Until these steps were taken he could not
re Sir H. VERNEY hoped the Hon. and Learned Mem- assent to be a party to an address to the Crown.
~ Eari would not accept the invitation and advice jut ten- Mr. H. DRUMMOND said, a question had been
. _wired to him, but would persist in his motion. It asked whether subjects of this nature could properly be
. 71as preposterous to maintain that the head of the brought before the House. On one paint it was evident
. Church bad no power to cause the necessary inquiry to that this House alone was the proper tribunal to discuss
eeinstituted, and he altogether deprecated the question such matters; and that was, in asserting the rights of
~k
..: "Mg shelved in the manner proposed. the laity against the usurpation of the priesthood. He
Sir R. H. INGLIS fully agreed with the Honourable was now contending against things, and not against
'.4 reentlaman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that the persons. He cared little whether a man called himself
• geese of Commons was not a fitting tribunal to adjudi- a Papist or a Protestant—he was against that-man who
t;iupon this subject, and that if they once admitted said that the priests were the Church.—(Hear, hear.)
;galle Principle that a grievance with respect to the in- Whatever might be the lapse of time that had occurred,
time of 6 particular individual could be legitimately the original law was unquestionably this, and he believed
`broughte before them, occasions on grounds more or less that the present law now was, that no person could be,
d..Plausiblet would be found for preferring similar claims, appointed over any flock in the Church without that
leads race
hear.) Granting for a moment that a prime flock by some means testifying their acquiescence to such
' 'to coaaaa had been made out for inquiry, he defied them appointment. That was the point they had to maintain,
man uthtcaattt position of the Right Honourable Gentle- and unless they maintained that all their motions and
'of the Pr
n__
stnesolution
case could not end there. The adoption commissions were utterly useless.
would be a mere brutum fulmen, for Mr. SPOONER, thought that the case would be much
• "trent g the
,Commission to be appointed, did any worse, and the consequences most serious, if, when they
cussionPP°-e teat the parties implicated in this dis- were told the facts which were then disclosed, they, the
one bra Wouldd succumb to a tribunal issued by only Commons of England, were to say that these facts should
House acue of the Legislature?—(Hear. hear.) The not be entertained by them—they would meet the mo-
Commons did not consist, as an tion at once with the previous question.—(Hear.) He
' i Umlaut boil'
Member had supposed, entirely of agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for
''
laeluberas
' all wei o'ef the Church of England—(Hear, hear)—and the Colonies that the inquiry was one that ought to be
eel e
eet not equally interested in maintaining the eter- raised, and must be disposed of. But was it disposing of
, d,;120 rines of that Church.—(Hear, hear.) They it to say that he would not entertain it? He said fear-
chtzwellingly
, vette", , not a tribunal to which any English churchman lessly that that was not the way the country. would con-
submit his faith or his practice as a sent to have such an important question treated The
i and hetnean•—(Hear.) The House consisted possibly, turn which the discussion had taken exhibited a tendency
ber hoped and believed it did, of a majority of mem- to leave out the main points submitted to them. The
he thennainallY, at all events, and consistently attached facts of the case, which, according to the statement of
that'
tShurch of England; but would it be contended the Hon. Member. for Cot kermouth, could be easily
de -these the Eknte of Commons was a tribunal to which proved, were these—that a professed clergyman of
s, eetddeParties could appeal? Who in that House repro- the Church of England, who was dismissed by his
„ Astutu Mr. Bennett, the parishioners of Frome, the bishop, or rather whose resignation was obtained upen
-, died'? of Bath and Wells, and the Bishop of London? certain terms, which conveyed the opinion -of the
eadediesolution assumed the guilt of the parties it was Bishop of London of his being unfaithful to his
onete upon to adjudicate. The facts as set forth were Church, had been living abroad for several months,
i ,401 aled, and could not be met with an antagonistic duriug which time he was in the daily habit of at-
iNtion authorised to be presented—(Hear)—and he tending the Roman Catholic masses.; that that man
best? :U, 'tight) was of opinion that the Rouse would was now acting as a Protestant clergyman, having been
area. discharge its duty, and prevent its becoming the instituted by a Protestant bishop to preside over a Pro-
,t on 10. such discussions in future, by proceeding at once testant congregation.—(Hear.) He asked whether such
..,; • ,vision as to 'whether this motion should be enter- a statement as that made in that House was sufficient to
led-or not -
Co.m' justift them in voting fur the previous questi..u? He,
0f co WART, while be was of opinion that the Howe fir one, could de no such thing; neither could he absent
to Telons ought not to be made an authority on theo- himself from such a division, as he believed others were
thout subjects, recognised it as the power which about to do; that was not his habit, His constituents
- fore 'd set the proper tribunal in motion, and he there- bed a right te know his opinions, and their opinions
- iduPported the original
formamotio. shold be represented by him in that House. If the
e peeled HUME (amidst cries
thei the hietion. ot the Hon. Member for Ceckermouth. But it was yet
y NEWDEGATE felt deeply the- importance of in the power of the Government to take the proper
receerrtdaent question, and, as it bad been raised, fully course. They had already gone half way—he wished
the rised the necessity of dealing with it. Ddring that they would go the whole way. He wished them to
- iiviiiWlPtte. of years the powers of the Constitution by say that they had made out a string prima facie case,
or- growals duestiOn could be settled might have lapsed into which the House of Commons wat hayed to inquire;
detneedalti.sty, but depend upon it the country would and they might then ask them to pause in such inquiry,
and
ei., an investigation of the subject—(Hear, bear)— because they did not think the mode now proposed was
N.:dein:ugh he desired to leave to her Majesty's Go- the most effectual one for the purpose of such inquiry—
. eidendited, t the manner in which the investigation should be that they themselves would enter into an inquiry, and
' aithout he did not think the public would rest satisfied would recommend the Crown to take immediate steps
• tie-e, such investigation. He thought that this ques- for such inquiry, and that they would come to OughtParlia-
Gede_ to be examined into, and he hoped that the ment for additional powers if they thought it necessary
- tetederninent would be enabled to propose some other to do so, in order to remedy that which was a great
-for I-, of inquiry-than that moved by the Hon. Member and a growing evil. That was the course which the
Itedssodekermouth. As an independent Member of that Government ought to take, and nos to meet the proposi-
et node
..and determinedly attached to the Church of tion by moving the previous question.
e lee ittbdith he was sincerely anxious that a full and search- Mr. MANGLES said that his Hon. Friend the
:tee 14,(10tIley should be made into this matter. He asked Member for Cockerraouth did not ask the House to
e‘ - •t- dlutuse not to ignore the proposition before them turn itself into a tribunal for this inquiry, but merely
d 34.eate'salttehotirg some
practical means by which her wished by his proposition to put the matter in a proper
r might be broughtutye abseatreruporal head of the Church channel for a full and searching investigation. He
Sir J. PAlenseaToN
said
upon the subject.—(Hear.) thought that the real weakness of the Church consisted
. , tion had not only. bean ab 4 he thought that this ques- in the concealment of such facts. In his opinion. the
.. . ought not to be raised; braised,
av but it was one which strongest point for en inquiry was whether the Bishop
of opinion that it ought to be dealt beenith raised, he was of Bith and Wells did institute Mr. Bennett with the full
ile said for himself, and he belieavetdw with. hear.) knowledge of his recorded unfaithfulness. He would,
'talents of the Government general( he spoke the send- however, recommend his Hon. Friend to withdraw his
question which, in the position day.vtat this was a motion, as they had received a plain, explicit, and un-
' • Placed, ought not to have been raised; but
it Was now mistakeable pledge that a boni fide and searching inquiry
at the same would be instituted.
• „time it was one in reference to which there
• }questionably to be an inquiry instituted arned ought un- Mr. GLADS TONE said that they had heard a long
Itrovided.—(Hear, hear.) At the same . a remedy series of allegations from the Hon. Member for Cocker-
time he
'eaetys not only as a member of the Government, butmust month stated with great ability. It was not, in his
•••• "Somber of that House, and above all as a sincer as
a opinion, at that moment fitting that these allegations
. attached -member of the Church of England, it
wdteadtd should be examined into. He was bound to say, from
Ptinful 'At his
daincere opinion, after having listened with a partial knowledge of the case, that he disputed, and
he was ready to confute, many of the allegations
44ifin to the statement of the Hon. Member for Cooker- he
by the Hon. Member, and to show that he had not
, -it-Mouth, that the mode of inquiry proposed was not the one
'whichevene correctly quoted the documents to which he re-
.l they ought to adopt. Tie would briefly explain his f rred. This challenge he was ready at that moment to
easons'for this opinion. He would call the Hon. Mem. take
teeth and Wells,
' - befit attention to the fact that his resolution goes solely The ;lon. Member tells him to do so. He
would Pinoost:, and would confine himself only to one case
t4l call in question the conduct of the Bishop of Bath at that
. the
cqutesce. Now
Bishop of ..!'nt. The Hon. Gentleman stated that the
' finised Wells in having instituted Mr. Bennett to the
gof Frome.—(Hear, hear.) They could not fail to prayer
, . okf thde petit- in a modest and humble
;notice, unt tout toners, was asked to consider and
Tteleraber what was alread well known, that the Bishcp
his hand a petei,hia,t,
°f Bath and Wells was notyonly advanced in years, but redussd to a
Ar
haughtygentlehepr(emlart.eGotiaßdsattohna)ndheWldelilns
Published by a Mr. Crutwell, of
• to
mer(
impaired in health. He could not vindicate
y a ted that prayer of it
11.1* anndeet of the Bishop, but it appeared to him that Promo, who was for adverse to the appointment of
qutre, but it the
Bennett
cis conduct was not the real question which the lion. Mr. Bennett, and this
- eirleman had raised. The real question was, the rial referred to, disti
to consider
nettstate, in quoting the memo-
es_ gen conduct of Mr. Bennett at Kitsingen, which des was not . d
o_ and isi
He wanted to know
iZenoded au inquiry„—(Elear, was, not to grant
• r --,ock her "to consider and ii •• ~
hear.) The Hon. Member the institu ion 1. Mr.
with ernaouth bad stared all the facts of the case whet
institution
to refuse to Mr, lie ' the same thing
e dtitt great particularity. It appeared to him (dir J. as
Member think. . onett. Heconcurred with
udadigtoto, if the Hon. Gentleman's statement was true, the Hon, in tri,g that these ellegation
-_.so.'eblNiir. Bennett must be regarded as a Roman Catholic, most serious. If
Emnaanlawnhd tretended to be a clergB were
Trieluir. therefore entirely. unfit to hold his present appoint- of the Church ,
of R4O iehaa"" or in heyart a '
Church , such .
``(Hear, hear.) But he submitted to the Hon. member of the in . man deserved
However Inez edi •
ii„ `member that so far as they knew they had no reason to condign punishment.
of p ent it was to
s•PPose that theological •
dere, d the conduct of Mr. Btniaett at Kissingen make that House the scene
coulddiscussion, 1
ote tee living
to the Bishop at the time of his institution this was still a question which scarcely
be ex. i
• if tn„..„tiein-
gat Frome. On the contrary, he believed, eluded from their censideration.He, however, rose for
id, etien to all or in
• • ema'tlacts of the case were investigsted, that the cir .. he purpose of di- cltring his oui vague -
~ brit, thee of his institution to Frome was the means of definite pledges. It was right that they should know
Iftit1,11?). out what had mewed at Kissin in —(lleer what the is-ue of these proceedings was to be. No: hing
to a motion selling upon the
• eoollue motion of the Hen. Member did lot . tenet) the- el i duce him to agree
the duet "t. Mr. [tenni tt at Kiet•ieeen. Leeking, teen at would irlite him to agree U) 5 motion cllitg Upon the
the t Mr. Berinattar Kiseaugen. Lurking, then, at Crawn itlo do iti a formal manner what he knew it would
tile extreme i_
ueonveidence ef bringing tlatse ceess before fail in if it attempted to do it. But, at ihe semis time, he
-den was raised—
thee, nee of Comm ens, and meking them the subject of , admitted that a most serious q es ..
'i
etestetious in that Heuse, unless under circuenstences of ;namelywhether the Bishop of Bach and Wells, in pro-
to to necessity, he thought it most unedvisable ; e' institute 11r. BePinett to the living rif Frome,
°f Fro e the mere institution of Mr. Bennett to the living , cu-tiding
n'g
to
.•
letter and spirit of the law.
f r"ae thesubject of ." •Ch e I had acted accordmg to the
ore he
No
et., sat down he must advert co what had fade., from? of Mr. Bennett was relevant to that. It appeared, then,
N I'.°". Gentle in 0 tl- e Bishop of London,'
ow, It did n • man reepect t - , Ito him, that the Government, instead of agreeing to an
e`e" upon appen to come within his own Knowledge, address to the Crown, must, in a friendly spirit, make
"Wen°, t°hauthorityow
he could not doubt, that there was such an investigation into the facts as would enable them
sirs, .0 snow it_ii.
la L the language of the Bishop of Lou- to judge what further steps should be taken in the
edd uPon the occasion conveyed
'tonic, referred to so strong an
,that if matter. He for one had fur a hung time fit that the
wed
sli drinre that the H, eceledasticel law was in a most del dive and imperfect
g te, • °I). Gentleman would not evince the i condition .in respect to a case which, though a rare one,
1,,e, t disposition toßeverend ,A, .
„retate'e conduct in complain of the Right . 1 as yet a possible case—namely, that in which it might
d'reutnstaces he this matter.—(Hear,) Under the he necessary to put the law in motion against a Bishop
brierae to take w had mentioned, he telt that the right ; for the purpose of tying him up to his duty. He fully
ed' and he as not that proposed by the Hon. Mem- ; concurred in the suggeedon of the Noble Lord the
, diewehopedthat he would not I resa the Houss to 1 Member for London.
telt 'ln upon it. At
west bad
__ the same time he trusted that i Mr. WALPOLE said it was to be deprecated the
'l'4" P"sedt in that House would be sufficient making the House o 1 Commons the arena for discussing

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theslottical stfejects sere at ell possible to eveil it.
He, how ver, eunca: the '7;c-riflemen
who had just sat down, that a case had been ma-:e out
which not only invited but demanded inquiry.—(Hear,
hear.) For if any minister be instituted into a benefice
of the Church while he, was in fact, or was likely to be,
a member of some other- Christian communion, it was a
state of things which ought not to be allowed. And if
the law be not strong -enough to prevent. such an abuse,
it ought to be made strong enough —(Hear, hear.) The
Hon. Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Spooner) said, by
moving the previous .questien they...were sholvingahe
main proposition; that W 23 not the case. By the course
they were taking- -they were simply saying that the
question should not now be put. , This was an important
consideration in reference to the motion before the House.
Let him call the Hon.. Member's attention to the facts
connected -with it. A motion stood on the notice-book
for a fortnight or more, by which it was intimated that
the Hon. Member for Cockermouth was- going to call
attention to the institution of Mr. Bennett to the
vicarage of Frome. Now, until yesterday the House
was not aware of the precise intention of. the Honour-
able Member for Cockermouth.—(Hear, hear) So
little was he (Mr. Walpole) aware of them, that he asked
the question of many of his own friends, and they were
utterly unconscious the motion of the Hon. Gentleman
was about to take the turn it assumed in consequence of
the notice given by him last night. He mentioned these
facts in common fairness and justice to those parties who
were implicated, by the speech addressed that evening by
the Hon. Member to that House, t© show that they
ought to b© allowed a proper opportunity.of explaining
the facts and circumstances of the case as far as they
related to them. He aeferred to the 13ishoirof London,
the Bishop of Bath, and Wells, and the. patron of the
living. Under these circumstances, he asked if the mov-
ing of the previous question was not the proper course
to take. He would follow it up by sayinge•that in con-
sequence of the observations of his Noble Friend oppo-
site, supported as they were by the Right Honourable
Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford,
that the Government would in a friendly spiritinstitute
such an inquiry as was suggested in reference to the
institution of Mr. Bennett to the living,of Frame, and
particularly in reference to . the question whether the
law could be made to.. meet the evil of which they so
generally complained.—(Hear, heir.) More than that
he hardly thought the Government could •• be called
upon to undertake. The House might call upon them
to do that, and the Government would be prepared to
obey that call.—(Hear, bear.) 'He thought tnat this was
the proper way of proceeding, in order that full justice
to all parties might be done, and not by an address to
the Crown, founded upon whai was after all uncertain
information. In order, then, that the question might
be simply and astisfactorily investigated, the Govern-
ment were anxious to carry out the inquiry in the spirit
suggested by the Noble Lard, if they were permitted to
dO so —(He,r, hear.)
Lord Rs GROSVENOR said that but for the premise
which had been made by the Right Hon. Gentlemen
(Mr. Walpole) on behalf of the G ,vernment, he should
nave f. It it to be his tin v to vote E,r the motion of the
Hen. Me eetter for (e` iskerineuth (Mr. llorsman)e but
.fter the promise had .be -n made that the subject which
had t“-night been brought before the El ,use should be
thoroughly investigated, and in a friendly manner, by
the Government, and that they would then come forward
aed state whether or not it was desirable that the law
should be altered, he trwted the Hon. Member would
not press his mo,ion
Mr. AGLIONBt hoped the opinions of those Hon.
Members woo agreed with. bis.Uon. Colleague in think-
ieg en inquiry was demanded in this matter, which
htdoe
osotaltti the
de
ohapecuubwrlatti
with the :4tshfideei thedvNEl:o!h:srleh,tiLush:prorasdnrptew,e hhehoe
was one certainly of great importance • to the nation,
sswpri:bu.kj would
t .b e
last, Hs
evonnu
of the Home Secretary—(Hear, hear.)
should like to know, first, when the inquiry was to be
made, by whom it was to be made, and when the House
would have an opportunity of • considering and deciding
upon the report of such an inquiry. So far from being
axneti
eng
qqh
inquiry.
he
en
0.
heard Gentleman,
tr
0 n a.
satisfiedethen, his previous duisatisfac ion was only in-
cFwrr:oradms ea
about
oebuyCt tthhhaeen CePeoleEcrehsos fiooftnh the
E
trary, the Right Hon. Gentleman said the House of Com-
mons was not a fit place for theological controversy, and
that it was inconvenient to discuss these questions there.
True, it was not the place for theological controversy;
but, in his opinion, it was the place of all others in which
an appeal ought to be made for an inquiry; and bethought
the House would not be doing its duty to the country if
it did not express its wish and determination that an in-
quiry should be made.—(Cheers.) He hoped, there-
fore, that his Hon. Colleague would divide.—(Cheere.)
Mr. HORSMAN (in reply) said he had not the
smallest difficulty in deciding as to the course which it
was his duty to pursue, though he had certainly some
difficulty in reconciling the various reasons which had
been urged upon him for adopting a different course.—
(Hear, hear.) Before noticing them, however, he must
be permitted to say one word with regard to the extra-
ordinary attack, he-might call it, welch had been made
against him by the Right Hon. Member for the Univer-
sity of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone). That Right Hon.
Gentleman set out by observing that, at the proper time,
he would be prepared to impugn and disprove some of
his (Mr. Horsman's) most important statements. Now,
considering that these statements had been made in the
presence of the assembled House of Commotis, he
thought the proper time for confuting them was the time
at which they were made, and that the proper company
iu which to confute them was the company in which
they were made.—(Cheers.) But the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman did- not think it a convenient time, and wished
to postpone his confutation to a more appropriate
season.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Horsman) invited the Right
Honourable Gentleman to confute his statements. 01
said the Right Hon. Gentleman, "I will do so now ;"
and he thereupon proceeded to notice one of those
statements, but left all the others untouched. Iu en-
deavouring to show, however, how capable he (Mr:
Horsman) was of misquoting. the Right Hon. Gentle-
man was himself guilty of one of the grossest misquota-
tions he had ever heard in that House.—(No.) He
would prove it —(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gehtleman
said that he (Mr. Horsman) had stated that the me-
morialists called upon the Bishop of Bath and Wells to
institute an inquiry, and that to that petition he gave
the answer which he (Mr. Horsman) had characterised
as a haughty answer—an answer which breathed the
spirit of Laud.—(Cheers.) Now it so happened that he
did not apply these expressions to the answer which
was returned to the m• caeriel. but to the answer which
was returned to the second letter addressed to the
Bishop of Bath and Wells. He had stated that that se-,
cond letter of the Bishop well deserved to be chant°,
terised as he (Act Horsman) had characterised it. That'
letter was an answer to a meek and reasonable request'
to give the parties 14 days more delay, and it was that
answer' which be had designated as haughty. and as
breathing the spirit of Litni.—(Cheers.) He asked then,
whether the Right Honourable Gentleman had not made
a charge which he himself must feel was totally un-
becoming his p sition in that House?—(Cheers.) The
Right Hon. Gentleman said that he(Mr Horsman) must
be aware that he had not honestly quoted the documents
which he had brought b,--fore the House. What was the
me suing of that? Did he mean that, holding a document
in his hand, he (Mr. Horsman) had falsified its reading
to the House; the Right Hon. Gentleman having a coun-
terpart of that document in his own hand at the time,
and being fortunately able to detect it?---(Chenrs.) Was
that the Right Hon. Gentleman's meaning? Bat he
would not pursue the subject further. He would leave
it to the Right Hon. Gentleman and the House to say
whether, for the statement he had made, he deserved an
accusation which he should be ashamed to make against
the Right Hon. Gentleman or any other Member of that
Houss.—(Cheers.) Of the manner in which his motion
had been treated by other Hon. Gentlemen who had
taken part in the debate he had not the smallest dis-
position to 'complain. He must' admit, as the Chancellor
of the Exchequer had observed, that the motion was
an embarrassiug one. It was equally true that every-
thing connected with those questions which respected
the Established Church, and which so much agitated
the country, was most embarrassing. But what was
that Church of England of which they had been speak-
ing ? Was it not a Church that bad been established
by Aot of Parliament ? Did it not rest upon an Act of
Parliament ? Did not its ministers receive their privi-
leges and pay under an Act of Parliament ? And if the
Parliament of England had established a church, with a
sttaff.of ministers for the propagation of a particular
faith, and the teaching of certain doctrines, and it it
were alleged that the men who were the agents and
servants of that church used their priviliges and their
power to teach very different doctrines, then he wanted
to know whether the Parliament, which had established
that Church for certain purposes, was not in reality
the very tribunal to consider whether those purposes
had been answered or not ?—(Cheers.) The Right
Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer said
that the motion was very vague and indefinite
in its character. Of conrse he (Mr. Horsman) was
quite prepared, in bringing forward an ecclesiastical
question for the consideration of the House of Com-
mons, to find' it met as a question of great difficulty,
delicacy, and embarrassment. He knew well, that the
first ground which would be taken was the technicality
of his motion. He knew that if he had proposed a Com-
mission it would have been objected to, and that the very
fact of its being a definite course would have laid it open
to difficulty What did be do then? He proposed
merely that her Majesty, as head of the Church, should
be petitioned by this House graciously to institute an
inquiry—that • inquiry being, of course, carried on in the
manner which bad 'been suggested on that (the Opposi-
-I;!?it:fPor"tsiheb
tion) side of the House, upon the advice, and under the
it i leen
tdo direction,
digitate
of the Ministers of the
ewns--(Hear, hear.) He proposed that the House of
Conamens should address her Majesty for an inquiry;
_hut he left the
mode of inquiry expressly open to the
Governmentlt W4B not for him to suggest, nor was
mode of i to them, whet should be the
cleiry the inquiry. If they agreed to an in.
mattes w
oen hands to
advise would be en t irel y in their
• in such se the Crown to institute that
inquiry
most efficient and praopineanner as
they
might deem
purposely left to the ; and his too ion expressly anti
and the largest discretion,_verement the very follest powers
the inquiry, he seoliCl!"'ers.) Ie Mieisters in-
stitutedbut it-must. not bc, what the }eve it in their hands,
" friendly inquiry"—(Cheers)_filio:
1-16eoretary termed a
these " friendly inquiries" were.—(gear, hear.)
well what
they wanted to stifle a question all they( ear, hear.) If
had to do was to
set on foot a "friendly inquiry,"
and
Parlia-
mentary Committee t) sit upon it, "the inquiry
a wanted was a judicial inquiry. This a"r he
right
to demand a judicial inquiry, and provided the Govern-
ment instituted such an inquiry, he was most willing to
leave the matter in their hands. Nothing else than a
judicial inquiry would be satisfactory, especially after
the admission of the Government that the question
ought not to be suffered to rest where it• was ; , that it
MO too important to be left there. Under these Mr.

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ctunstenees he did not think he should be doing his duty I recollections of the past, and might revive feelings now
if lin consented to wie-eleew the metien.—(Cheers.) h.-.rp.ly elleyed, sholici pet b, ;igen' brouee- ander the
Ile had brought it forward with A „specie° purpose, I notice of 'ho country, and painfully obtruded upon the
because he felt that the evil was growing and ought to consideration of Europe. But after the appeal which
be met ; and having done this he should certainly press has been made to us by the Noble Lord—and especially
it to a division.;--(Land cheers.) after the observations of the Noble Lord the Member
Mr. GLAI)STONE was sure the House would feel far Tiverton, and after the statement on his part, which
that, after what had 'fallen from the Hon. Gentleman, would lead the House t' suppose that we were preventing
some explanation was necessary on his part.—(Hear.) the publication of documents that are necessary to the
The Hon. Gentienlan'had stated that he (Mr. Gladstone) vindication of his pclicy—l can assure the Noble Lord
had charged him with- not. having quoted '`.honestly" a that I shell not persist in my opposition.—(Hear.) We
document to which -he had referred in the course of his have no personal feeling in the matter; and, in truth,
speech. Now his ,(edoe Gladstone's) memory
might err, my first impression was that he publication of these do-
like that of others; but his recollection was strong that cuments would be disagreeable and inconvenient to the
he had never used such an offensive or improper word. .Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton and the Noble
—(Hear, hear.) If he had used it, he -would be the Lord opposite (Lord John Russell). But if these Noble
first to apologise for. having done so; but he bad not. Lords think that the documents tend to their honour,
used the. word " honestly," and he had merely charged -and to the vindication of their policy, I have no further
the Right Hon. Gentleman with not having quoted nor- objection.--(Hear, hear.)
rectly.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I am very glad to hear the
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex- Right Hon. Gentleman say he will accede to the motions
;stained that Mr. Elorsnean had very muon mistaken •My opinion is that it was not only right' in the'Noble
what he had addressed-to the House. •He (the Chan• Lord the Member for Tiverton 'to make the represenia7
cellor of the Exchequer) had never denied for one mo- dens he did on this subjeet ; but I consider. shat It wag
ment the .grave importance of the subject which the an hondur to this country to take the part it did take in
Hon. Gentleman had brought forward., In fact he had reference to these refugees. We did not think it was
stated that it was impossible to exaggerate its import- consistent with our duty, or with the policy of this
ante.—(Hear, hear.) His observations were addressed country, to take part with the war in Hungary.—(Hear,
to this—that he did not see that the proposition which hear.) But when they fled to take refuge in Turkey,
the . Hon. , Gentleman had made would meet the and when Turkey was disposed to accord to them hos-
difficulties with which they had to contend; that the pitality, and after a proper time to allow them to pro-
circumstances on which he bed dilated were very im- - coed to other countries, we thought it right that the
perfectly known to Ron. Members of that House; support of this country should be given to enable Turkey
and, listening with great -attention to the Honourable to carry out these views. I always thought it redounded
Gentleman's statement,. he acknowledged at once 'its to the honour of this country to have taken this part,
vastimpertance, at the same time that he said it did not and any documents which will show the manner in
appear to him that the proposition of the Hon. Gentle- which these representations were made,' and hoW
man was one which would meet the diffiesilty; but he earnestly the Noble Lord repeated his assurances of
had no ' wish whatever to convey to the House the im. support to Turkey, I think, ought to be given, so that
pression that be did not himself feel, the absolute news- the country may see that we at least maintained the
sity of inquiry. When the Hon, Gentleman said that a principles of justice and of hospitality.--(Hear, hear.)
" friendly inquiry " had been offered, but . that be re- The motion was then agreed to.
quirad a " judicial inquiry," he (the Chancellor of the The appointment of the Committee on India was
Exchequer) must tell, him that the difficulty which he postponed till Thursday.
felt when he first rose, and which he still continued to The Stock in Trade Bill was read a second time.
feel, was that he did -not senhow at present advised a The House then adjourned at a Quarter past Nine
judicial inquiry could be instituted. He would not talk o'clock.
of a friendly inquiry, but certainly he could not promise
a judicial inquiry. All h
he could say was that there
should be a bond fide inquiry; and, under the circum-
stances of tee case, he thought that was all the. Hon.
Gentleman ought 'to ask her Majesty's Government to
de.ee(teeea)._. The subjeet brought before the House—
important as it was—vsas surrounded with difficulties.
No person could contend that there were means of Willi
tutirig a judicial inquiry as at present advised, and he
could only say on the part of The Goverhment that the
inquiry should be ir bond fide inquiry into the grave cir
cumetances alleged.--(Heer.)
The House divided, when there appeared--
Fur Mr. Horsman's motion...,
• Against it. !.. o• ...
Msjority against the motion ...
FOREIGN- REFUGEES.
Lord DUDLEY raI.JA RT, pursuant to notice, rose
to make the follewingmetiones-s" Copies or extracts o'
any communications which have passed between the Go.
vernment of thus country and Turkey, and other foreign.
Governments, respecting the Hungarian and other refu-
gees detained at Ktuteyab, from the date of the las!
dispatch on this subject, a copy of which has been leis
before this House'up to the present time (in continuation
of papers already presented to Parliament)." It woule
be in the recollection of the House that very early ie
1850 he drev3 their attention to the events which had
taken place in Hungary and Turkey, and particularly te
the demand madeetts he thought moat' unjustifiably, ti 3,
the Govurnments of Austria and Russia upon the Sultan
for the surrender of .certain refugees, who, after having
taken part in the struggle which had thee} recently pre
railed kr ' the liberty aud independence. of Hungary,
had sought an asylum in the territory of Ihrhey-.
The
Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton, after stating his
opinion on those transactions, agreed to lay on the
table of the House a selection from the dispatches
which had passed between those different Govern-
ments. A very considerable time elapsed before those
papers were forthcoming,:atad it was not until 1851; after
be had taminded his Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston) of
his promise, that the promise was • fulfilled. His Noble
Friend then laid on the table two dispatches, one ot
which related to the refugees who had been shut up in
Turkisy. Hie present motion only contemplated a con-
tinuation of those dispatches. All that he asked was,that
inasmuch as this coerespondence only came down to
April, 1850, that they should have other papers laid on
the table which wouldlerieg down the correspondence to
the time of the liberation Of those refugees on the fat of
September last. The Noble Lord at the head of the late
Government had said,, that if those papers were laid on
the table of the House they would prove.that the British
Government had in reality done that which the Ameri-
can Government claimed to have done, namely, to have
effected the liberation of the captives of Biutayah. The
present Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he (Lord D.
Stuart) applied to him on this subject, very obligingly
said he could not think there would be any objection to
the production of those' papers, ' but that he must
consult the Foreign-'office before he 'could consent
to their production. He (Lord D. Stuart) had since
learnt With regret 'that the Right Honourable Gentle-
man would feel it his duty to oppose this motion. He
was at a loss. to know on what grounds such a motion
could be resisted. • It was well known that when the re-
fugees from Hungary sought shelter in Turkey, the Go-
vernments of' AustriU and Russia addressed to the Sul-
tan a demand at which the- feelings of all. Europe re-
volted, that those refugees should be delivered up to the
vengeance of those Governments; and if the British
Government had beau. so instrumental, as was repre-
sented, in procuring the ltb.retion of the captives, that
of itself was a sufficient rewires why the dispatches in
question should be. laid onehe ' table of' the House.' H'
was very glad that Englabd and the United' 'States . were
united in the liberatteenbf -RoStiuth- and 'the other refu-
gees; and he did not At all want to ' detract from the
merits of the United States.lo what they bad done; but.
his belief was that the Mississippi might have remained
at the Dardanelles till Ain time. if it bad not• been for
the energetic representations made upon the subject by
the Bricieb Government._ -If the papers he asked for
were granted, this fact would be established—if they
were withheld the HAM:seated the country would have a'
right to complain that they 'did not receive the iutormation
to which• they were entitled. The papers ought to be
given for the juski6eation of the Noble Lord the Member
for Tiverton; and while be did
not want to impute per-'
sonal esoeves in the ettempt.to withhold the papers, be
must say there did appear to be. something like a want
of generosity to the late Government in now withhold-
ing them. The only 'reason - that could- be given for
withhol•dng them was, that it might be unpleasant to the
Governments of Austria and of Russia to have it shown
that the representations Of the British' ambaSsador at
Constantinople were ittteeded • with more weight than
theirs were; and further, Is a
teat-Leese papers might show
great vacillation on the part :of the Porte as to the
liberation of the refugees. ._But he thought these reasons
were not of weight sufficient to justify the withholding,
of these papers, and therefore he would move the resoel
lution ot which ale had given notice. '
Mr. HUME seconded the motion, on the ground that
the people of this country had-taken a great interest in
this question, and had held meetings on the "subject from
one end of the country 'to the other, calling on the Go-
vernment to interfere on behalf of these refugees. He
thought, therefore, the Papers' ought to be given, in or-
der to show that the confidence of the people had not
been misplaced, but that the Government had exerted
themselves to carry out the wishes of the people.
Lord PALMERSTON.--As-•I am much concerned in
the correspondence to which my Noble Friend has al-
luded, perhaps I may be permitted to take the earliest
opportunity after the question has been put to state that,
so far as I am concerned, and I believe I may . say also
for the vernment of which I• Was then a member, that
we have eGo o
Objection to granting ale* motion of my
Noble Friend. It is 0, fact known to all the world that
these refugees were detained in Turkey for a eonsiderable
portion ot : time, against the natural wishes of the
Turkish Government, but in deference to the apprehen-
sions and the wishes of the Government of Austria. I
am not here to blame or to find fault with •the Govern-
ment of Austria , for the feelings they entertained with
regard to these persons.—(gear)
They 'did entertain a
feeling of alarm, which was no doubt sincere,. but it was
the opinion of her Majesty's
Government that Austria
had no right to dictate to the Porte in what manner the
Sultan should exercise the rights of hospitality towards
persons who had committed- no.offence against Turkey,
and that he was entitled, if he chose, to set those
free. The British Government- did, by my intervention
and by the exertions of her Majesty's ambassador at
Constantinople, repeatedly and constantly urge upon the
Porte to give way to
_ouvin inclinationti, and to permit
these refugees to leave T !keys of
course, everybody
who knows the 'relative strength of Turkey and her
powerful neighbour will at once see that, with every dis-
position to act upon the generous feelings of the Sultan,
there were nevertheless
considerations of prudence and
policy which' interfered with Is free choice in a matter
of this kind,-and it became• therefore important for
Turkey that it shonld-be able
allege in support of the
wishes of its own Government to
that which the urgency of a foreign
Government press'
•ng - upon them to do they
'
In what 'felt to be just and proper.
. to: et degree the Ameri•
can Government contributed . produce this result, I
able to state. No doubt, it exercised its influence
am not
me purpose which we
to accomplish the
.ea laboured to
achieve, but the correspondence will show what was done
That ' •
by the nt. Is all
British Governmewhich the House
is concerned to know. I have only further to say, that
learnt' of the papers
by a careful se --of the dispatches
and the' replies
from the Foreign-office,from her b seen
Ma-
jesty's ambessador—it will e
and what were the efforts
of the British Government, what sue eveenesetit. .. . cees attended _______---- ,s Pills the very
• I—Holloway1—Holloway
those al ,rte, without cosslattaag al nosing that would be 1 [ADVERTIStMENT.
digestion, and Weak Stomachs.—
ff to h. f entre:s or distressteg to the opinions of best Remedy for Bile, in
s-
o-m,stve t ,
3r.
- either of Austria or Russia. I shall ' Extract of a letter frontr, sir,—The gratitude I owe
the Governments .
1t1..1a a coy Noble Frie d ! Chester, to Professor Rol 3'
aa. Cure 1 have derived by
thereff.,re ,ti ppm i The in,
f she EXCI ' Q 'Lyn' 9h to you is great for the extraordinary/ am sixty-four years of age, and
The CHANCELLOR o
motion has iE
"U ——-- (' ' aki g your wonderful Pills.
d so severely from bile and in
Is T,,ble Lord 'who
_made ibis
iesof a stueed very truly
tfor nmere than forty yearel suffeettes
; burden to me. I received
placed I held the optnion, -!:.,Tiusewith papers having been ,
digestion that life was a IV
c°an times, but could get no perms.-
placed on the table of the laregard to a corn- the best medical advice a
ittried your Pills, and they have so in-
dtnce, that it
pieced se plomatic correepoe ' tees upon the nent relief. At length.:rs that lam restored to the most robust
of that
whole dessr.ble that the sequtl . correspondence vigorated my constitution
yeasts and at Professor Holloway's
ton a subsequent
occasion I health.—Sold 1;144.
Strand, London.
should be given, but that .
inquiring -
told the Noble Lord that, after at the Foreign- . Establishment,
e • I'be surveyor of highways for a
doubt whether that would
.. " ....u. IsAiscs•
office, I had reasen•to
St 04 Dean lately returned in his report
assere the Noble Lord that we ' township in the Fore
prudent courBe. I can- • After the words in the schedule,
n from anr.
did not strive at that conclusto _ y desire to de-following
nuisances," he wrote, " We are plagued with
tract from the merits of our predenessors,......ese
eseear, hear.) " State all the pyristii!" The accounts appear to have been
The fact is, there teal been, as is well known, a great a great deal of 1
allowed at a town's meeting, held at a club-
deal of acrimonious feeling existing' on the subject . examined and
.._
were mixed room in
the vtilage•
between the various Courts which
.1. AY PURSENTMENTI3.--it is shown by A
this question. Happily; et' ' those feelings of acrimony I .GRAND
u (printed on Monday) that the gross
- 'now a good understandin 'return to Parliament;
are now allayed. There is g, astmants made by the grand juries of the
there has been for some time past, between the.. Courts, , amount of preset • •
nties aws, and towns in Ireland for the year
of Constantinople and of
, Yiel,lls'.l3*l it was 41)Prehended several coe IL ~i.
°u2 of which 82,1121. 3s. 11d• were
by us that, upon thievuoieess •
would be better that this.: 1851 was 944,9241.
for public charities, ar id 126,0344 15s. 4 if d. were repayments
mine of correspondence, which was fraught with painful J Of advances to Govepment.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. I
ri

,From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

TUESDAY, APRIL 20.

FRO3IE VIOARACI E.

Motion made, iiiiaGestiOnPr;POseT," That an humble
Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will
be graciously pleased to direct inquiry to be made whether
due respect was paid to the Decrees of the Constitutions and
Canons Ecclesiastical of the Church of England in the recent
institution of the
IsMINORITY—AYES, Reverend
R iriMi.
ABye nEnseit tBootg.olet,hse.Vci.carage of
Frome:"—Whereupon the previous Question was pat,
0 That that Question be now put." The House divided :
Adair, R. SIAM)
tglionby, H. A. Foreeawe
he
,n ,C
Charles,
Paget, Lord George
01913, G. c.
Baines, M• T Pechell, Sir G.
Bass, st T. Greaten, C. Pascoe Perfect, Robert
Bell, Jacob Hall, Sir B. Pigott, Francis
Bernal, Ralph Hardcastle, J. A. Ricardo, Osman
BOyle, Colonel Harris, Richard Scholeneld, William
Bright, John Headlam, T. E. Scobell, Captain
Brotherton, J. Henry, Alexander Sheridan, R.B,
Brown, W. Heywood, James Smith, J. A.
Hill, Lord M. Stantord, J. F.
Buxton, Sir E. N. Strutt, E.
Carter, J. B. Hindley Charles
Stewart, Admiral
tlhilders. J. W. Hobhouse, T. B.
Stuart, Lord D.
Clay, James Hume, J.
Humphery, Ald. Thompson, Colonel
Clay, Sir W. T.rwho
alio remnmel e y
,Sir
J.
Cobden, jtichard
Coke, E. K.
Crowder, ,urGeßt.:rgc..e
T.
LjK3Liaeciligerhs,deoaegJnwnoam,r:l:pjejrnasoymhnsam:
Dundas, Sir David Mangles, R. D.
Ellis, John. Martin, John
..vans, William Mitchell, T. A.
Ewart, William
Fergus, John . Verney
w.svlvWilliams,rnoallokrsstoimleieya
nys,MSTll',ji eihraß.y'toHstj..nahl. Thomaseahwsn
Foley, John H.
Fox, W. J.
Freestun, Colonel 3:3l2luwisrnerittialttn, i:CiDrFE.tahrFv:ianM.dScisi: W.
WBeYvilirkelTe;3l,l3'arCE.:La.:l-101k. e

MAJORITY—NOES, 100.
Adderley, C. B. Granby, Marquis of Newdegate, N.
krehdall, Captain Greenall, G. Newport, Viscount
Bagot, William Grosvenor, Lord R. Ossulston, Lord
Bailey, Joseph Ilalford, Sir Henry Oswald, Alexander
Baillie, H. J. gall, Colonel Packe, C. W.
Bankes, G. Hallewell, E. G. Pakington, Sit: J.
Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, Sir,Robert
Bentinck, Lord H. Hamilton, Lord C. Portal, Melville
Beresford, William Heneage, G. H. W. Prime, Richard
Blandford, Marquis lieneage, Edward Red, General
Richards, Richard
hooker, T. W. • Henley. J. W.
Booth. Sir R. G. Herbert, Henry A. Russell, Lord J.
Bowles, Admiral Hervey, Lord A. Scott, Francis
Bridges, Sir B. Hope, Sir J. Sibthorp, Colonel
Broadwood, Henry Hotham, Lord Sotheron, T. H. S.
Bruce, C. L. C. Hudson, G. Spooner, Richard
Castlereagh, Vise. Inglis, Sir It. Stafford, Augustus
Chandos, Marquis Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Tennent, Sir J.
Christopher, R. A. Jones, Captain Trollope, Sir J.
Collins, Thomas . Knox, W, S. Tyler, Sir G.
Cotton, W. H. Knox, Colonel Tyrell, Sir J.
Disraeli, B. Langton, W, H. Verner, Sir W.
Drumlanrig, Viscount Lennox, Lord A. Vivian, J. E.
Duncembe, 0. Lennox, Lord H. G. Vyse, R. 11.
Dunne, Colonel Lewisham, Viscount Wall, C. B.
East, Sir J. B. Lockhart; W. Walpole, Spencer
Evelyn, W. J. Long, W. Whiteside, James
Forester, G. C. Lowther, Colonel Wigram, Loftus
Fox, S. W. L. Lygon, General Williams, T. P.
Freshfleld, J. W. Manners, Lord C. Wood, Sir W. P.
Fuller, A. E. Manners, Lord G.

Gallwey, Sir W. P. Manners, Lord J. TELLERS.
Gilpin, Colonel Morgan, 0. Mackenzie, W. F.
Gladstone, W. E. Murphy, F. S. Bateson, Thomas
Goulburn, Henry Naas, Lord

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OPFICE.
The following Bills are appointed to be read a third time
on Thursday, April 22 :
Aberdare Market and Slaughterhouses.
Cheshire Constabulary.
Dudley Waterworks.
Eastern Counties and Newmarket and Chesterford Railway
Companies.
Glamford Briggs Waterworks.
Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland).
Kelvin Bridge (Glasgow) and other Works.
Lockwood and Meltham Road.
Norfolk Railway.
Retford and Littleborough Road.
South Essex Estuary and Reclamation.
Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Sunderland Waterworks.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,—On Monday 19th April was a wearisome de-
bate, hardly, attended throughout by the number
required to keep a House, on the appointment of a
Select Committee on the Government of India. The
most remarkable feature, where little was prominent
at all, consisted in the avowals on the Tory side, of
`he principle of conquest for the advancement of
religion, borrowed from the practice of Mohammedan
statesmen, though it is a vulgar error to suppose it
inculcated by their prophet.
It is one thing to state before a war, that the ob-
ject of the war is to plant bishoprics in the con-
quered lands; and it is another thing to state after a
war, that the planting of bishoprics is the great use
to be made of conquest. The things are not iden-
tical ; and yet the difference is not great. In the
eye of that Being with whom the past and the future
are the same, it may be doubted whether the quibble
will avail for much. With scarcely a verbal altera-
tion, " more bishop" was represented from the Tories
as the end and object, the legitimate purpose and use,
of Oriental wars. In the speech of the leader of the
late Government, on the other hand, there was a
cautious ignoring of the principle, that bishops should
be found in the bottom of Mars' chariot, whether as
accomplices before or after the fact. Though all this
is only the reflexion of what occurred in another
place, it is not without value as an indication of the
sides intended to be taken.

On Tuesday Mr. Horaman moved an Address to
the Crown for examination into the proceedings con-
nected with St. Barnabas, and the subsequent re-
placing of the ecclesiastic removed from that cure of
souls, into the parish of Frome. Many new facts
were adduced, highly interesting to all concerned ;
and no attempt was made at confutation from any
quarter.
The answer of the Government was one of the
lamest ever heard in Parliament. It was the " Alex-
andrine" of Ministerial prosody. As out of nothing,
nothing can come, it ended perforce in moving the
previous question. All kinds of blandishments were
tried upon the mover, to induce him not to go to a
division ; but he is a Ulysses who can put wax into
his ears against such solicitations, and he finally di-
vided with 80 against 100. An inspection of the
division list will show who gave the victory to the
other side. In all questions of interest, there is one
side which wishes a step to be taken in advance, and
another which wishes to hinder it ; and the way to
hinder, is, if possible, to prevent a division sot all.
Oa the present occasion, much good will arise_frgas
what has taken place. The House of Conr3eo,efsby a
s
stoutly rejected the invitations to stultify t
Cy
occa-
self-denying ordinanoe, which pour in
fh eisoinenisonsshould
petubject, in
sions. Everybody is for having
which- he is anxious, the House o
refuse to interfere. Ef this only
what would be the 11513 of a House of Commons r
ly,
I am, Sir yours very sincere
AN OLD REFORMER.
Blackheath, 21st A;pri.1222.......„
went_ far enough,

21,

1852.

BANQUET AT GOLDSMITRS' HALL.

Safur lay her Niajaaty's Ministers were en-
tertained by the Woraaipful Company of Goli-
smiths with their mind magnificence, and, on
the health of their " brother Goldsmith," the
Earl of Derby, being given, his Lordship
made a magnificent reply. Nobody does these things
better, and, in the neatest imaginable manner, without
"dragging in politics," and without a word to give
offence, the Premier contrived to do a little business for
his friends. The associations of the place very natu-
rally led him to notice the wonderful revolution in ma-
terial which gave a nathe and occupation to the com-
pany, and to the sudden and simultaneous discovery of
gold in unsuspected quarters, and to animportation
which astonished everybody, and put all calculation as
' fault. "But," he proceeded, "it is not only in regard
"to the discovery of gold that new mines appear to
-be opened to us. Within a very short time, at
with regard to gold, so there was (as it turns out) a
popular delusion that the field of statesmen and of the
political metal *as almost limited ; it was supposed that
the crop of statesmen was one of very limited amount,
for which, if you were disposed to search, you must dig
,in certain favoured localities, anti confine yourself to
searching for them there. lam happy to think, gentle-
men, that, to some degree, I have been instrumental in
dispelling that illusion. An unfortunate adventurer, as
I was to consider myself, honoured with the commission
from her Majesty to do the best that he could for her
service, I have ventured boldly to open a new mine
and I am happy to say that, in the epinioneeof competent'
judges; so, far as it has yet b
worked, the ore
that has been raised contains
among it as large
a proportion of sterling metal, with as little
admixture of dross, as any that was everwedrawn
from the old and exclusive mines to which
formerly confined." This happy illustration waswere
re-
ceived, as it deserved, with reiterated cheers. Lord
Derby has been to the famous diggings in Westminster,
and has brought back a pile of dust in the rather un-
common form of country gentlemen. The process of
assay, by which the valuable character of the discovery
can alone be verified, was not stated on this occasion.
Perhaps we shall have to go to the country for this ;
and it is more than probable that our provincial refiners
may send
,back Lord Derby's specimens with the
emark, that " all is not gold that glitters."
But, though our " brother Goldsmith" has evi-
,ently made an important discovery, we are not so
sure that he has stated its nature correctly. As
it appears to us, it is not so much a new quartz
vein, or a " placer" he has brought to light, as a
new method of extracting the ore. What he has
done more resembles the application of that subtle,
quick, and mercurial agent, which many have thought
to be a providential means for gathering the al-
most impalpable flakes of precious metal, and drawing
it from its hard matrix. -It is a species of political
quicksilver, as insinuating, as seductive, as slippery, and
as difficult to be tied as the metal so called. Every
child has played with this charming material, and knows
how playful, how elusive it is. Stare loco weacit. No
one can tell its course. At one time it divides into a
thousand globules; at another they all run into one, or
trickle away in one long rill of molten silver. That is
precisely the instrument with which Lord Derby has
effected his wonders of political metallurgy. Active
chairmen of quarter-sessions, obstinate lords, intractable
baronets, petty squires, and even rough yeomen, have
all been amalgamated by the new Derby flux. When
this property of quicksilver was discovered, vast piles
of refuse ore that had accumulated for many years at the
mines of Potosi were immediately operated upon with
such success that it was said the second crop was better
than the first; and at this day many a heap of "dirt"
that has ceased to repay for " rocking" and "washing"
affords a fair gleaning to quicksilver. What a heap of
Protectionist rubbish wo have had all about us for ever
so long! There it was at our very doors, till people
could hardly move about,.. or even get out of their houses.
It sparkled a little in the sun, and felt heavy, but nothing
could be done with it. Wash it, or burs it, or grind it,
or bray it in a mortar, it was all the same; the dross
would not depart from the gold, or the gold from the
dross. At last a well-known " adventurer," who had
long been "prospecting" to very little purpose, hit on a
method of dealing with the hitherto worthless commo-
dity. As the stream of Derby quicksilver passes
through this unpromising stuff, it absorbs a flake here
and a lump there, licking up every grain of common
sense that happens to survive in the " country party."
The result, of course, is by no means pure gold.
It is a little gold held in a much larger quantity of
field, evasive, slippery matter; and, though we know
the gold is there, the Parliamentary crucible will still be
required to separate it from the extraordinary agent
which has caught it so quick, and holds it so fast, and
itself can neither be caught nor held.
Thus, on Friday, two hundred agriculturists met at
Aylesbury, at the summons of the' Conservative Club,"
and'yielded themselves without the least reserve to the
subtle agent we have described. Confidence, Confidence,
nothing but Confidence, Was the order of the day. No
pledges, no fetters, scarce even a suggestion was per-
mitted to interrupt the bland repose of agriculturalE
faith. " One pledge—and one pledge only, said one
of the speakers, "it was necessary that they should
exact from their candidates at the next election. It
was not Will you vote for this or that specific
measure?' but Will you or will you not
support the Administration of Lord Derby?' and
the judicious proposal was hailed with loud cheers.
" The best thing the constituencies could do, then,"
said another speaker, " was to determine on giving their
support to her Majesty's present advisers, and to take
with thankfulness such measures as they in their wisdom
—and, he hoped also in their_strength,would be enabled
to confer upon the nation." " Don't fetter your own
champion," said another; " don't send him in battle
with his hands tied behind him." Excellent advice,
proving how completely the hard agricultural nature has
yielded to the lubricous policy of its new chief. Our
columns of election intelligence tell the same tale. Every
day we are informed that some noted Protectionist, big
with importance, angular with animosities, and in.
dissoluble with prejudice, has run into the stream of
conversion. At a moderate estimate Lord Derby has
swallowed up two hundred solid individualities. Sib.
thorp has long since become a drop in the ductile stream.
Where is the country party? It is Lord Derby. He is
the country party. But what is Lord Derby ? Be is a
statesman who, after breaking several times with his
colleagues, and supporting a large variety of measures,
now finds himself charged with a general commission to
serve the Conservatives as well as he can. Lord Derby
has commonly been regarded as obstinate rather than
versatile; as terrible rather than seductive; but it is
now clear that his favourite mood is the "melting" one.
We have seen him as a lion, as a boar, and as a
flame; he is now gliding away in a running
stream. We leave others to chain him and
qu, slion him, but for our part we have no wish to ar-
rest his latest and wisest transformation. By all means
let Protection, or the stagnant pool that has so long
been called by that name, flow away where it lists. Give
it free vent; let it follow the leader. If Lord Derby
and a few others have had courage to break the bank
and seek a natural outlet, let the rest follow. When
the great operation is over, when the renunciation is
complete, and the last Protectionist has either recanted
or died in his error, then let history step in and say
what it pleases about the men who opposed tree trade on
the eve of a famine, and submitted to it after a long
plenty. We are only anxious that a troublesome ques-
tion should be got out of the way, and a number of good
men released from political incapacity.—Timer.

NAVAL INTELLIG--..'
THE LEVEES. At
his Grace the Duke of Northumberland's levee./A;
yesterday the following officers Were received:—Com-
mander T. Chteoner, Captain R. F. Gambier, Captain
W. J. Williams, Lieutenant T. C. Bruce, Commander
H. J. Lacon, Captain F. V. Anson, Captain W. Peel,
Lieutenant the lion. F. Foley, Lieutenant E. K. Gore,
Lieutenant G. W. Jackson, Captain Sir G. Back, Com-
wander Henry Boteler, Captain H. D. Trotter, Captain
J. B. Dundas, Captain G. 11. -P. White, Captain H.
Layton, Captain T. S. Thompson, Captain W. Hood,
Captain A. J. Montgomery, Commander T. C. Hosea-
son, Commander J. B. Cator, Lieutenant J. Delius,
Commander T. W. Horton, Commander W. Kirby,
Commander J. G. Wigley,!Captain the Hon. G. Hope,
Lieutenant W. H. Hood, Captain W. Kelly, Lieutenant
W. P. Coventry, and Captain Halsted.
At Rear-Admiral Parker's levee yesterday the follow-
ing officers !presented themselves :—Rear-Admiral Dou-
glas, Captain G. H White, Captain Sir Thos. Dundas,
Mr. G. H. Gibbon, Commander T. G. Hoseason, Mr. E.
D. Hubert, Commander Hine, Mr. G. S. Singer, Mr. R.
0. White, Commander G. Le Bowyear, Lieutenant T.
C. Bruce, Lieutenant T. Butler, Lieutenant H. Smith,
Captain Edmonds, Captain W. Williams, Mr. J. Cuta-
gar, Captain W. Hood, Lieutenant T. Forrest, Mr. T.
E. Smith, Commander H. S. Lacon, Lieutenant Pollard,
Commander Stormer, Mr. T. Donald, Lieutenant Tribe,
and Captain Hillyar.
Admiral Hornby received the following officers at his
levee yesterday :—Admiral Douglas, Admiral Mends,
Admiral Sir F. Mason, Commander Hoseason, Major
Brown, R.M., Lieutenant E. B. Hopkins, Commander J.
Wood, Captain C. Edmonds, Mr. J. Cutagar, Mr. J. E.
Mastertor, Mr. W. B. Gordon, Lieutenant T. C. Bruce,
Mr. Templar, Mr. P. Morris, R.M., Commander W.
Horton, Lieutenant Saumarea, Lieutenant C. G. Tagen,
Captain Kelly, Captain Hillyar, Lieutenant Gore, Mr.
Gibbon, Commander Lacou, Commander Boteler, Com-
mander Hayes, Mr. White.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—SAILORS' HOME, PORTS-
MOUTH.—We are always most happy to record acts of
'true benevolence and philanthropy. Charles Dixon,
Esq., of Stanshead Park, enclosed yesterday a cheque
(being his third donation) for 1001., in aid of the funds
of the Portsmouth Sailors' Home. His first donation
was, we understand, 201., his second 301., and now,
having the satisfaction of seeing how extremely well the
establishment progresses, he has sent the
tion of 1001. princely done-
Captain W. H. Hall (Nemesis) has had an interview
with his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at the
Admiralty, on the subject of sailors' homes, when the
Noble and gallant Admiral ordered most minutely into
the details, working, and management of those excellent
institutions. His Grace being intimately acquainted
with the economical arrangements adopted at the naval
schouls and other public establishments, suggested to
Captain Hall several improvements which can be made.
He also thought the charges made to the seamen were
rather too high, and he expressed a hope that they
might be reduced, which will, no doubt, be soon effected,
more especially when we record such princely donations
as 2001. from his Grace the noble and gallant First Lord,
and 100/. from that generous and philanthropic gentle-
man Charles Dixon, Esq.

There was a report here that the Rodney, Captain C.
Graham, was about to proceed to sea, but we do not be-
lieve there is any truth in such report. She still re-
quires a good many A.B.'s; latterly she has obtained
but a few, and those not of the beat description of
seamen.

The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Jones, got up
steam this morning, and proceeded out of harbour. She
went down to Stokes Bay to test her engines and machi-
nery. She afterwards anchored at Spithead, and re-
ceived her powder.
By letters from the Fox and Serpent, dated Rangoon,
February, we learn that both the crews of these ships
were in good health. The men of the Serpent that had
been sickly were nearly all well, and but a very few
men were on the sick list. That at low water, on the
rocks at a small island at the entrance of the Baseire
River, called Diamond Island, the very finest oysters
were observed in great abundance, and the ships had
only to send their boats outside to obtain and catch the
finest turtle, averaging from 1001 b. to 5001 b. weight,
and these also were in abundance, and upon which the
crews fared sumptuously.
We understand that the Sidon, advanced steam-frigate,
had been found to have one of her pistons broken. She
was supposed to be all ready for service. There was an
inquiry about it to-day in the dockyard. It was not
known how it was broken.

The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones,
went out to Spittead to-day, and joined the squadron
there.

The Edinburgh, 56, screw-ship, is being fitted at this
port as a sea-going .‘ Excellent." Captain Chada will
go to sea in her when ready, and teach practical sea-
service gunnery to her officers and crew whilst cruising
about. She will make an experimental trip to Malta.
We have been informed that a contract for barrelled
meats for the navy (salt provisions) has been lately en-
tered into with the same parties who furnished the
Goldner preserves. We give this report precisely as it
has come to us, in the hopes that it will be officially
denied.

The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, is fast pro-
ceeding with her refit; she has sent up and fidded her
topmasts, and has topgallantmasts ready for sending aloft.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 20.—Her Majesty's screw steam-
frigate Horatio, 22, Captain the lion. S. T. Carnegie,
got up her steam early on Sunday morning for the pur-
pose of proceeding on her trial cruise. Permission to
proceed having been given from the flag ship at 10 A.M.,
the Horatio weighed anchor and started, with the wind
nearly ahead, steaming apparently at the rate of about
four knots per hour. When she had reached the Tore
light it was found necessary to bear up for Sheerness, in
consequence of an accident having occurred to some part
of bar machinery. She came into harbour a little before
noon, and let go her anchors. We were informed yes-
terday that some portion of the apparatus contaected
with the feeding pump gave way, which, on being ex-
amined, was found so defective as to render it necessary
to bays a nee shaft made for working This will take
a few days to eff.-ot, and will detain the Horatio in har-
bour probably the greater part of the present week. -
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Fearless, Captain
Frederick Bullock (1838), employed on surveying ser-
vice, came into port 3 est-rday at 9 A.M.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel Adder, Mr.
James Watt in charge, arrived yesterday morning early.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel, Lizard, Mr.
Brockman, second master, commanding, got up her steam
yesterday at 9 Aad and proceeded to her Majesty's ship
Royal George, 120, and, in coejunction with the Adder,
towed her to Chatham, for the purpose of being taken
into dock and put in a fit state for commission.
A statement hes appeared in some of the London
journals to the effect that one of the first acts of the pre-
sent Board of Admiralty was the appointing a post
captain to the Simoom iron troop-ship. This is not the
case, as Captain John Kingconae's appointment to that
ship bears the date of the 9th of February-10 days be-
fore the resignation of the late Admiralty, and 18 prior
to the. Members of the present Beard actually taking
Majesty 's screw-ver
Commander G.
118,
upon themselves the duties of their office.
Her
pad-
dlewheel steamer Basilisk, 6
remained in harbour, waiting Gardner,and
to receive H.
on board stores
and provisions for the use of Sir E. Belcher's expedition,
which they will convey to the icy
regions.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 20. Tit
Tate Ligh;e.ing steam vessel,blaster-Commander
ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
left Woolwich this retaster-Commaader Allen,
rnort,in. for Greenhithe, having
Commodore Henry Eden, "
Dockyard, and the superintendent of Woolwich
pay clerks from the Admiralty, on
board, and the whole
of the ships of Captain Sir Edward
Belcher's Arctic d sil uaron were paid advance, and will
leave Greenhithe shortly after two o'clock A. m, on their
enterprising
expedition. The Lightning returned to
Woolwich in the
afternoon, and having taken on board
40 tons
of coals, left again t 6 a P.M. for Greenhithe to
tow the North Star as far as the Su
IA at Harwich, or to
such distance as Sir Edward Belcher may consider ne-
cessary. The Basilisk t s eamer, under the command of
Commander Gardiner, and the Desperate steamer, under
the command of Lieutenant Stevens, have remained
several days at the Nose to tow the Assistance and
Resolute sailing vessels to the edge of the ice. A num-
ber of ladies have presentedCaptein Sir Edward Belcher
with 22 handsome silk flags and a number of worked
articles for the comfort of the officers when in the Arctic
regions..

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
TOTNES.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
A meeting of real Free Traders and Liberals will be
held at Condy'e Lion Inn, on Wednesday evening (the
21st), to consider the propriety of at once bringing for-
ward a Liberal Free-trade candidate to contest the
borough at the ensuing general election.
Mr. Barry Baldwin (the present Conservative Morn.
ber) has, it is stated, at the request of his committee,
consented to throw overboard all idea of protection, o
far as " corn " is concerned. The electors generally,
however, are from
experience become d
and,ecitiecdolynsFidtrleree.
Traders in the truest sense of the word;
ing that our present commercial policy has been
means of benefiting the great mass of the people, insist
that the principles of free trade shall be still
further carried out, and are therefore of
nion it will be wise to return a Member"L.
Parliament (in Conjunction with Lord Seymour), who
will not only promise not to reverse the decision already
pronounced w
against a duty on corn, but who „ with all
sincerity and honesty of purpose, strive toal mend our
present system of taxation as still further to relieve the
industrious classes of the community,
by reducing the
daily taxes on those articles ofconsumption (such as
tea, coffee, &c., &c.) which at present press too heavily
on the poorer classes of the community. It is understood
that Mr. Mills, a
merchant of considerable influence,
will be proposed at the meeting, and as he is known to be
of sound principles—in favour
by bof a reform of our repre-
sentative system and vote allot, little doubt can be
entertained of his triumphant return. There is a de-
cided split in the Conservative camp, and Totnes may
now be reckoned as being safe to return two Liberals
on
and Free Traders to the new Parliament.

SHIPS ON THE ICE OFF THE BANKS
OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
The following is an extract of a letter from Captain
Penny, giving his opinion on the
insubject of the ships
said to have been seen on the ice the spring d last
year:—
" You ask me what I think of the two ships seen upott
the iceberg. I think they were ' country ships,' as we
whalers cull them—formations upon an iceberg, which
deceive even practised eyes.
"To place ships in such a position by the process of
freezing into an iceberg would require 30 to 40 years,
and floe ice would have broken up with the Western
Ocean swell before it had even reached Cape Farewell.
Not a piece of sufficient size would be found to contain
even one ship, much less two. No iceberg of one-fourth
of a mile would reach such a position; it must have
been two pieces of icebergs, and the vessel being five d
miles distant could not observe the water over the 0-
tached ice.
" We have the experience of the 11 whalers wintered
on the ice; they all broke from their icebergs long
they reached Cape Farewell.
" I have the honour to remain,
" Yours most reePe,t7,. "Yi,ENITy.v,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the noble,
distinguished, and fashionable company honouring the per-
formances at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yes-
terday evening we remarked the following :—His Grace the
Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Mountcharles. his Excellency
the French Ambassador and suite, the Earl of Shelburne, the
Earl of Chesterfield and Lord George Paget. The Queen's
box was occupied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Nor-
manby, the Master of her Majesty's Household, Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps and the Hon. Mrs. Phipps and party.
There were also present Sir John B. Yarde Bailer, Bart.,
M.P., Sir John Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Lord
Adolphus Fitaclarence, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Mr.
Hubert de Burgh, the Viscount Anson. Sir Ralph Howard,.
Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, the Hon. F. Cadogan, Sir
Thomas Barret Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barret Lennard
and party, the Count Corte, Major Blane, Captain Smith,
Captain Ibbetson, Lady Somerset, Colonel Lockyer Free-
stun, M.P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. Panther,
Mr. George Hudson, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Hudton,
Mr. Paul, Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading,
Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Miss Caroline Bellew, Mr.
Storer, &c.

__________,,_.---------_--------craties paid in Great
A statement of the legascYbe
I total amount of capital
became liable to the tax to
the portion which paid the
Britain for the year ISSI shows
the hequegts being to children or pa-
rents,
duty of 1 per cent:6s.
Ithe portion which paid 3 per cent.
was 28,721," ,
tneg or sisters, was
whahvicehbedeunri4n9g,4toh2e,3t9wlll.B3f this
brothers
to uncles and cousins, was 1 7884 69/ -
[4,232,7651. ; the pot:
, . ,
distant relations, was '229 652/. ;
that at 6 Per c--
" cent. to strane '
to mole dis
ftniornbeaqtlysptasrtconi,
, rs, was 4,385,308/., or
t the wh
an eleventh part o , ole.. The average capital
acy din.) had been of
1797faabnoduttth leg
a th
has ba:rn 2-9,8214,291/. per taannduumr.ingThtehetost4a
total
on which
/vim
-which accrued to the revenue, last year for stamp duties on
legacies, en probates, administrations, and testamentary in—
ventories in Great Britain was 2,253,0391., being an increase
of 34,824/. over 1850. For Ireland the amount was 125,6411,
being an increase of 1,0601.
MANSION-110USE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor and
the Lady mayoress entertained at dinner the members of the
Courtof Common Council, and their ladies, of the wards of
Coleman-street, Alders ate Aldgate Bassishaw, 13illopsgate,
Bread-street, Bridge -;tgreet' Bread-street, Candlewick, Castle
Baynard, Cheap, Cordwainers, and Cornhill. There were
also present Mr. Alderman Cubitt, /LP, Mr. Sheriff Cot.,
terell, Mrs. Cotterell, and Miss Cotterell, Mr. Sheriff Swift.
and Mrs. Swift, and several private friends of the Lord Mayor.,
Covers wore laid in the Egyptian Hall for 250.

. ROBBERY OF 1,6001.—0 n Monday information WBB
received at the chief police station, Scotland-yard, that the
confidential valet to Colonel Howard had absconded. stealing
upwards of 1,6001. from the Colonel's residence at Brighton,
chiefly in Bank of England notes.
an expedi-
A PEACEFUL EXPEDITION.--The JaP
tion, according to a Washington correspondeenoor,ast is to be
. The
merely a hydrographical survey of the Japaoresng
32-pounders are to be used merely as weasu i
forinstrume•nts
in the triangulations; the cannon balls are procuring
base lines. If any Japanese is
oo: enoughs ttroumpeu ntts,hoisf
head in the way .of these nieteor icAlin
course nobody_will beer alb lame but himself if he should get
hurt.--New York °

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
%UM DAT —Morning 5 min. after 3 I Evening 21 min after 3
To-lloasow—Morning 35 min. after 3 { Evening 50 min after 3

THE WEATHER—Suit Otaricz, APRIL 21.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
s'2—highest since noon yesterday.
30—lowest this morning and during the night.
52—this day, at nom.

Bazonavita, 56.15.
WLID variable from S.E. to S.W.—light breeze and fine
sunshiny weather.

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DAILY WEAr-
gIFIt. TABLE.
plactiteasteatofythineeWoi,nediocakndyNeVaetearthaer at each of the following
are arranged in order of latitudeaY morning.--The stations
ppgolLssm_owuniin-d Ewingierabg.r,eeti3ine-3_:ldberuedezlese_s.cioudless.
cloudy.
BitIGITTON.-.Virind N. 8.,
breeze-partially
HAsnziGg-Wind S., gentle breeze-partially
soinsia7,roN-Wirl S.E., strong reeao-cloudless.
brecloudleas.
FOLKIESTONE---W hid S., light air-Partially cloudy.
TUDIBRIDGE--- Wind W., stronggenbrue
-cloudless.
finless.
ciiiEENWICII-s.W‘P.ldgSenWtle"breeze-clou
Sr ROOD -Wind
LEIGIfrOZI -ind N.E., gentle breeze-_
COLCICSTER.-Wind N.E., calm-cloudless.'
cAmanDag-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-cloudless.
ymmovra-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-cloudless.
The returns from the iollowiag places ir,thcate the state of
Vie wind and weather on Monday morning at nine
o'clock :--
cK-Wind W. cArn -cloudless.
trataxr
MorantaAn-Wind S., gentle breeze-cloudless.
Latowroic-Wind N. E. gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
HOLTIi XAD -,-. Wind S.lii., gentle breeze-partially. ninedy
LA.MIASTIS it—Wind N.W., cem-FilleiPaßY clear. - .
tli EnT3r- W ind.S., gentle bre,eze-twereast.
Dan LLIGTON....A; iad S. S. E., gentle breeze-cloudless.
14411AP-v4 Ind S.W.. calm-partially cloudy.
131'170ex-Wind N.W , gentle breeze--overcast.
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At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily
reading of the barometer was 30-055 in. on Sunday, it
rose on Monday, and on Tries Jay was 30-i7O in , and con-
tinued above SO in. till Friday ; -the mean of the week was
30.012 in. The mean daily temperature was 42-7° on Sun-
day, or 3.2° below the average of corresponding days in ten
years; it rose continuously till Wednesday, when it was
57.7°, or 11.3° above tha average. It fell below the average
on Thursday, and on Friday was only 4 1 -s°, which is 5.3°
below the average of the same day. The mean tempera-
ture of the week was 470. The wind was generally in the
east till Friday, on which day and Saturday it blew from the
-north-east.

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