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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour,

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

C(Tbet's Estate =London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
(Junction Railway at Battersea)—Deesidc Railway—llull
and 13 ornsea Railway—and Scottish North Eastern Rail-
way Bills were read a second time.
THIRD READINGS.
The Dublin (Borough) Fire Brigade and Lostwithiel
and Fowey Railway Bills were read a third time and
passed

THE WHITSUNTIDE RECESS.
Earl GRANVILLE said that he should propose that
Sheir lordships do adjourn for the Whitsuntide recess from
Thureday, the sth, until Friday, the 13th of June.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL.
This bill passed through committee, and was reported
without amendment.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL.
Earl GRANVILLE rose to move the third reading of
this bill. The noble lord commenced his observations by
defending the financial policy of the Government, and
contended that they had provided for the public
service and the defence of the country in a
manner consistent with the state of affairs abroad, and
with a due sense of their responsibility not only as regards
the economic administration of the finances, but also for
the security of the State. Ho thought their lordships
would agree with him in thinking that the last three years
had been of a v ery exceptional character. The war in America
had inflicted great distress upon a most important branch of
etr manufactures, but besides this we had had to provide
for a war with China, for a war with New Zealand,
and for a possible one with the Northern States of America,
which, he thanked God, had been averted. It was, there-
fore, not astonishing that, whilst, on the ono hand, the
revenue had been affected for the time by a policy which the
wisdom and patriotism of Parliament had enabled the Go-
vernment to carry out ; on the other hand, the expen-
diture had been necessarily increased, but looking
at the resources of the country and the elasticity of
the revenue, there was no just ground for apprehension at
the financial prospects of the country, for he trusted the
adverse circumstances would soon pass away. He assured
their lordships that the Government would consider it their
duty to the country not merely for their personal interests,
to reduce the expenditure as much as possible, and he
entertained the greatest confidence that they would
soon be able to do so. Upon impartially re-
viewing the whole facts of the case, he was
convinced that their lordships would come to the
conclusion that the Government had acted with
discretion in dealing with the finances of the coun-
try, and that looking at the hopeful and redeeming
features of the prospect, they would join in his expres-
sions of thankfulness that the country was likely to pass
so wall through a serious and distressing crisis.
The Earl of CARNARVON rose, and entered upon an
able and critical exposition of the financial policy of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He held that there had been
great waste in some of the public departments, and that the
Minister responsible for the finances had introduced a new
and dangerous policy in the treatment of our resources.
The calculations which the right hon. gentleman had made
at the beginning of every year with so much eloquence had
been falsified at the close, and a deficit, with a supplemental
estimate, was the result. With the exception of the year
1853, which he admitted was a successful financial year,
our state, under the administration of Mr. Gladstone, was
one of chronic miscalculation and deficiency. In fact, his
estimates were, not worth the paper on which they were
written. They had deceived Parliament, disappointed the
just expectations of the people, and struck at the very roots
of public policy. Ono of the chief errors which the right
hon. gentleman had committed was, that he had never
framed his estimates with a view to a surplus, whilst his
entire mode of dealing with the finances of the country was
at once novel and alarming.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE replied to the attack of the
Earl of Carnarvon, and denied that his right hon. colleague
had inaugurated a dangerous policy. So far from that, the
financial policy of the last few years had been in strict ac-
cordance with that which had received the approval of the
most enlightened statesmen, and which the country had
unanimously endorsed. It was not true that the public ex-
penditure was increasing, for, upon a comparison of the
year 1800-61 with tho picsent year there was a diminution
of nearly three millions and a half sterling. In the onslaught
which the noble earl had made upon Mr. Gladstone he had
exhibited not only inaccuracy in figures but unfairness in
argument. The right hon. gentleman had not always mis-
calculated his budgets, neither had he so dealt with the
finances that a deficit and not a surplus had crowned each
year's transactions. In short, the speech of the noble earl
was nothing more or less than an indictment against the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, characterised by unfairness
and bad taste, and he believed the noble earl must, upon
reflection, fool heartily ashamed of it.
Lord OVERSTONE was seriously and deliberaasty of
opinion that the financial conduct of the Government had
been neither satisfactory nor safe. In his judgment they
had entered on a dangerous career of finance, under which,
by repudiating the payment of Exchequer Bills, we had
failed to meet our engagements, increased our expenses,
converted capital into revenue, and added to the public debt.
This state of things justified him in the prediction that a
rich, intelligent, and high principled people would withhold
their assent from such a policy.
Earl GREY expressed his concurrence in much that had
fallen from Lord 0 verstone, and argued that, to maintain a
national credit it was quite as important to have a surplus
as a powerful army or an imposing fleet. He feared that in
the event of a European war it would be impossible for us
to avoid getting into debt ; bat he saw no reason why we
should not, in case of war or hostilities breaking out, keep
the expenditure within the income. With regard to the past
year being an exceptional year, he approved of the prompt
and vigorous measures which Government had taken in the
Trent affair, but he could not see in that circumstance any
justification for increase in the public expenditure. There
was no doubt that a repeal of taxes was a great benefit, but
it did not justify the Government in throwing the burden
upon future years. The policy of the last three years was to
expend on the largest scale, and to postpone the pressure of
payment by every spendthrift advice. Against such a po-
licy he would never cease protesting.
'The Duke of ARGYLL characterised the speech of the
Earl of Carnarvon as based upon a narrow argument, and
disfigured by personalities ; and reminded the house that
when Mr. Gladstone acceded to office preparations had
already been made by Mr. Disraeli for enormous arma-
ments, and that the entire burden of providing taxa-
tion to provide them necessarily devolved upon his
right hon. friend. He described the French treaty as a
brilliant success, and contended that the remissions of taxa-
tion effected by Mr. Gladstone had conduced to the general
prosperity of the country, and been followed by the com-
plete restoration of the revenue.
The Earl of DERBY said that the object of the discus-
sion was not to cast blame upon this or that Government,
but to bring clearly and distinctly before Parliament and
the country the serious, nay alarming condition in which
by some persons and by some means the public finances had
been placed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer himself
had admitted that the finances of the country were in an
unhealthy condition; and this being so, surely their lord-
ships were perfectly right in considering the causes of this
state of things and endeavouring to find a remedy. His
noble friend the Earl of Carnarvon had declared that the
estimates for the last two years were erreneous ; and that
when tho Budget was brought forward last year civil war
had broken out in the United States; that there was con-
sequent danger to our trade, and a necessity for taking pre-
' cautions against that war being possibly turned against
ourselves, which involved an expenditure of a million
sterling. The circumstances of the country, indeed, were
such that, if Mr. Gladstane had seen the whole extent or
the evil, he might have known that a large additional ex-
penditure would be required for which it was his bounden
duty to provide. But he did not do so, and the result of the
budgets of the last two years was that there had been a de-
ficit on the two years of five millions. His noble friend,
therefore, was not blameable for saying that the calculations
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were essentially errone-
ous ; neither was he to blame when ho stated that the
Minister's miscalculations were a serious inconvenience to
the country, and had shaken the confidence of the people in
the Government. The noble earl then proceeded to justify
the course pursued by his Administration in reconstructing
the navy, and contended that that course was essential to
placing the fleet upon the footing on which it ought to stand
in reference to the navies of other powers. If for that pur-
pose they had brought forward estimates which had led to a
deficit after a certain period, the object which they had in
view was one of such paramOunt importance as entirely to
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finance, the result of which had been, year after year, to
draw upon the resources of the country, and diminish the
financial reserve which ought to be kept for occasions of
great emergency. But that was not all; for in addition to
this, this country was labouring under a pressure of 14
millions a year of war taxes, which ought to be reserved for
a period of war alone, anti a great portion of which had been
imposed especially to meet the exigencies of war ; and not-
withstanding that, there was still a deficiency of 21 millions
a year. Here then was £ state of things which called for
the serious and earnest censideration of Parliament, and to
meet it there were but twc courses open to them. They must
either submit to a chronic deficiency leading to ultimate
bankruptcy, or turn to flat other mode of equalising re-
venue and expenditure—namely, a wise, judicious, and
economical retrenchment. He, however, would be a party
to no measures by which such reductions should take place
in our expenditure as would weaken the necessary defences
of the country; but he lad a strong impression that we
were spending more then was required by the circum-
stances of the world, or the state of our own relations. In
concluding, the noble earl repeated—The Government have
now before them a simple choice between alternatives. Ad-
ditional taxation is impossible. Renewal of taxation is
almost equally impossible. The only alternative, therefore,
to which they must look, and to which I trust they will
look, is the consideration of an unsparing, but at the same
time a judicious and a perfectly safe reduction of the public
expenditure.
Earl RUSSELL brotght the debate to a close in a
speech in which he vindicated the general financial policy
of the Government, and argued that the condition of the
country was sound and prosperous, and that there was no •
thing whatever tojesi* the apprehensions of the alarmists,
especially of his noble friend on the cross benches (Lord
Overstone.)
The bill was then read a third time and passed, and their
lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed : '
Mid Wales Railway (Deviations, &e.), Tupton and Ash-
over and Birkin Lane Roads, Wellington and Cheshire
Junction Railway, and West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby
Railway.
The Sale of Spirituous Liquors Bill was considered and
ordered for third reading.
Several petitions in favour of the Permissive Bill for the
sale of spirituous liquors, and in favour of giving a majority
of the ratepayers of a parish the power to prohibit the same,
were presented.
RAILWAY CHARGES.
On the motion of Mr. HORSFALL, a return was or-
dered, setting forth specifically certain items of information
relative to railway traffic, &c., in different parts of the
United Kingdom.
CHANNEL ISLANDS GARRISONS.
Sir F. SMITH moved an address for return of the ex-
pense incurred in maintaining garrisons in each of the
payis
sned officers and
io in each year for
Channel Islands, in the years 1810 and 1860 respectively,
staff andshowing
the
tal officers,
privates, and the numerical strength of each garrison in
regiammeon unt expended
noncommissioned
for.eo the m
each year.—Ordered.
MR. STANSFELD'S MOTION ON THE NATIONAL
EXPENDITURE,
Lord PALMERSTON gave notice of his intention to
move the following amendment on Mr. Stansfeld's forth-
coming motion on the national expenditure That this
house, deeply impressed with the necessity of economy in
every department of the state, is at the same time, mindful
of its obligation to provide for the security of the country
at home and the protection of its interests abroad. That
this house observes with satisfaction the decrease which has
already been effected in the national expenditure, and trusts
that such further diminution may be made therein as the
future state of things may warrant."
ALTERATION OF PATRONYMICS WITHOUT
AUTHORITY.

Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on going into com-
mittee of supply he would ask whether Mr. Jones had
added to his name that of Herbert without the Royal
license ; whether the Lord Chamberlain had refused to pre-
sent him at court by the name ho had assumed; whether
the Horse Guards had not refused him his commission in
the militia ; whether he had not also been refused the
commission of peace ; and whether all these things were not
contrary to law. (Great laughter.)
CHINESE EMIGRANTS TO NEW SO UTH WALLS.
Mr. MARSH asked the Under Secretary of State for the
Colonies, an act whether bad been passed by the Legislature
of New South Wales, imposing a fine of £lO on every
Chinese landed in the colony, and an annual poll tax of £1 on
every Chinese resident there, and enacting other penalties
against them ; whether her Majesty had been advised to
withhold her consent from such act; and, whether he was
aware that, previous to the passing of this act, a select com-
mittee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales had,
after examining witnesses, made a report wholly and en-
tirely acquitting the Chinese residing in the colony of the
..barges and imputatienc wur.h had been made against
them ?
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said that the act in question
had been passed with reference to the imposition of a poll-
tax on male adults emigrating into New South Wales. It
was the intention of her Majesty's Government to advise
the relaxation of the act so far as related to Chinese accom-
panied by their wives, but the act had been rendered ne-
cessary in the first instance by the inequality of the sexes in
the colonies.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Colonel IV. PATTEN asked the President of the Board
of Trade, whether it ssas the intention of the Government
to introduce any measare during the present session for re-
gulating the construction of lines of electric telegraph
on public roads and lands adjoining thereto, and whether
care had been taken to insert in all private bills having
this object clauses rendering electric telegraph companies
liable to future general legislation. He also asked
for some further explanation from the right hon. gentle-
man relative to the sueject.
Mr, M. GIBSON said that one-half of the existing com-
panies had got a claese in their bills, which gave Parlia-
ment a limited power of interference at the end of 10 years.
There were, however, no powers vested in Government to
deal with the subjec;. He intended to communicate with
the chairman of public companies in reference to the mat-
ter. The whole subect was undergoing consideration, but
he could not say, as et present advised, that any bill on the
subject would be int'oduced.
THE TEST AGAINST THE WARRIOR.
Mr. LAIRD askel the Secretary of State for War if the
War-office had decried that the Horsfall monster gun
should be tested aganst the Warrior and other targets, and
if so, when such Uhl would take place ?
Sir G. LEWIS slid that some experiments had been
made relative to the Warrior, but nothing specific had been
decided on the subjeit.
MERCFANT SHIPPING ACT.
In reply to Lord lOTHAM,
Mr. M. GIBSON said he would bring cn this bill on
Monday next.
PURCIASE IN THE ARMY.
Sir DE L. EVAN, on tho motion for going into com-
mittee, moved that, in the opinion of this house, no further
postponement ougla to take place in giving effect to the
promises of Govtnment, that the command of regi-
ments should no longer be purchasable, and that the
promotions to thatrank should henceforth be regulated by
election upon the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief.
The hon. and galant member, who stated that he was
labouring under illhealth, was very indistinctly heard, was
understood to urg the usual arguments which he has
previously advancEd on this subject.
Sir G. LEWIS Said that the committee who had dab°.
rately investigated this subject in 1860, and which included
amongst its members the Duke of Somerset, Mr. Sidney
Herbert, and otherdistinguished persons, had recommended
that the commission of lieutenant-general should not be
obtained by purchase, but be in the appointment of the
Commander-in-Chief. Some other recommendations hz
been made. It le as decided that 12 new regiments should be
created, and it was thought it would be desirable that before
making any alteration in the system they should have the
practice of non-purchase worked in these regiments in which
it was to be tested. Any alteration in the system would be
attended with great difficulties in detail that would
practically render it impossible to be carried
at the present day. (Hoer.) He also reminded the house
fiomrmreeidmiabtoursailntgertahtieonp,erwsohnicshwhwoohualdd
oamount
e txop
xe n 7 :1%06:0f
0, any
purchased commissions in the army. He contended that there
was no analogy between the naval and military service to
justify the applying the rule of one to the other, for they
were quite dissimilar. lie adverted to the fact that in India
where the practice was voluntary and not sancioned by law,
it prevailed to a considerable extent. Tho right honour-
able gentleman went through different other grounds in
support of his views, and said that ho must oppose the
motion of the hon. and gallant member by moving the
previous question.
General PEEL objected to the recommendation of the
commission, and particularly to the House of Commons in-
terfering with the command or the discipline of the army.
The report of the commission was signed by six out of the
ten members of which that body was composed, while the
majority of the military members protested against the
decision of their colleagues.
After some observations from Colonel Nonni,
Lord STANLEY spoke at some length in defence of the
recommendation of the commissioners, enumerated the
various objections which were urged against the existing
system of purchase, and passed in review and comb ate d
those which were put forward in opposition to the proposal
to grant Preraotl9ll. by 5910citien) upon the responsibility of

the Commander-in-Chief. The Government might excuse
themselves as they pleased, but as a Cabinet they were
certainly pledged to carry out the recommendation of the
commissioners. They had formally given a pledge to do so
in that house ; and although that pledge might go the way
of some other reforms, the present was not an age that was
likely to be tolerant of abuse; and he'ventured to say that
in a quarter of a century not a reg of the system of pia-
chase would be remaining.
Lord PALMERSTON opposed the motion, addressi,ng
himself particularly to the arguments of Lord Stanley, and
justified the Government for having changed their purpose.
On a division the motion was negatived by 217 _to 62.
Colonel DICKSON directed attention to the recent agra-
rian murders perpetrated in Irel:.in'l, and the organisation,
equipment, and employment of the Irish constabulary. He
ointed out that the cost of maintaining the police force had
increased by £120,000 in the 16 years ending 185 S; and in
the four subsequent years it had been augmented to the
et
hneo remx
peels, seuomf
pof rot7i
d7ion,gB6tBh;e imn aenddwiidthonbtaorrawhasich. thnerencow:
plained of the largo amount that was expended in the in-
struction of the force in the use of the Enfield rifle, which
he argued was- not a fit weapon to place in -their hands;
condemned the system of police centralisation in Dublin ;
and contended that the force ought to bo more of a civil,
and less of a military character, and be brought more in con-
tact with the people. He should not move f6r a committee
of inquiry, but leave the matter in the hands of the Chief
Secretary, in the hope that the right hon. gentleman would
give it the consideration to which it was entitled.
Mr. SCULLY then rose, and was in the act of address-
ing the house when an hon. member moved that it be
counted.
The house was accordingly counted but at 20 mit:rams to-
eight o'clock,

THE NAVY.

The launch of the new iron-plated frigate the
Prince Consort, which is the late Triumph length-
ened and increased in strength, will take place at
Pembroke dockyard during the month ofJune. She
is a remarkably fine vessel. Her burden is 4,000
tons, and her horse-power will be 1,000 nominal.
Capt. Oliver Jones, it is stated, will succeed Capt.
Wainwright in the command of the Shannon screw
frigate, at Portsmouth, on the latter officer commis-
sioning the Black Prince iron frigate at Portsmouth.
The Shannon is named for the West Coast of Africa,
Capt. Jones hoisting his broad pendant a Commo-
dore, and relieving Commodore W. Edmonstone in
the Arrogant. The resumption of the experimental
screw trials by the Shannon at Portsmouth yester-
day was postponed, owing to the unfavourable state
of the weather. The frigate was taken out of the
steam basin and berthed in the harbour, and will
resume her trials to day with four of the margin
blades on a Griffiths' boss, should the weather
moderate.
.The Meg:era troopship, Commander Henderson,
arrived at Portsmouth last evening, with xeliefs of
troops on board, from Jersey. She next proceeds
to Alderney with the remainder of the 2d battalion,
18th, and two companies of artillery.
A plan has been submitted to the Admiralty by
Commander Noddall, Master-Attendant ef the Royal
Clarence victualling-yard at Weevil, near Gosport,
utilising the space available in Portsmouth harbour,
in the immediate vicinity of the dockyard, for berth-
ing her Majesty's ships afloat. Under the present
system each ship swings at her moorings with the
tide. The consequence is that a large amount of
mooring ground can afford accommodation for but
few ships. All must wait until wind and tide allow
the swinging craft to lie fairlyup and down the har-
bour. Commander Noddall proposes to supersede
the present swinging moorings with a line of pon-
toons, each 300 ft in length, moored head and stern
at a distance of 500 ft from the dockyard, each pon-
toon being connected by bridges on a simple plan
similar to that carried cut between the gunnery in-
struction ships Excellent and Illustrious, which lie
moored by head and stern chains off the north side
of the dockyard. Taking six pontoons to form the
line it would give, allowing for the intervals of space
between each, a total length of floating double moor-
ing jetties of 2,000 ft. The connection between this
double line of floating jetties and the dockyard would
be formed in the centre of the line by a pontoon
bridge opening in the middle. This pontoon bridge,
which could be formed of the now useless iron mor-
tar boats lying at Haslar, would give the means of
communication between ships moored at the floating
jetties and in the dockyard. The 500 ft space between
the floating jetties and the dockyard would allow
ample space for docking and undocking the Warrior,
and other ships of her class. This space it is pro-
posed to consider as part of the dockyard, and to i
preserve for purposes only connected with the dock-
yard. The breadth of the harbour, measuring at
spring tides, low water, is from the mudbank at Bo-
rough Island to the ship basin, 1,395 ft; from the
King's-stairs to the mudbank south of Weevil-creek,
1,440 ft ; and from the south corner of the dockyard
wall to the opposite mudland, 2,700 ft. Within this
line of soundings it is proposed the line of pontoons
shall be moored. Commander Noddall, we believe,
has suggested that if pontoons should be thought too
expensive, there are plenty of useless ships lying in
Portsmouth-harbour, or its creeks above the dock•
yard, which could be converted into a pontoon,
jetty, or mooring ship. Their conversion to so use-
ful a purpose would effect the saving of a consider-
able sum yearly which they now cost in repairs and
wages, and for provisions for a regular staff to take
charge of them. To keep in repair the machinery
of eight paddlewheel steamers now lying in the
upper part of Portsmouth harbour, consisting of the
Furious, the Fury, the Inflexible, the Penelope, the
Retribution, the Sampson, and the Vulture, a few
years longer on hand, will involve an expense alone
greater in amount than the price their machinery
and their hulls broken up would bring if sold. An
application of Commander Noddall's plan to the
deep-water berthing space of the upper part of the
harbour of Portsmouth, in addition to floating
jetties, would add immensely to the berthing ac-
commodation of the harbour, and, in fact, convert
the whole harbour into one vast steam basin. The
jetty accommodation of Portsmouth Dockyard gives
room for only three ships of ordinary size, or for
two such as the Warrior or Black Prince. These
jetties would still remain available in the event of
the floating jetties being formed, while the latter
would give additional accommodation for 12 ships
of the largest class.
The following appointments and promotions were
made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Arthur
G. C. Tait to the Racehorse ; the Marquis of Queens-
berry, midshipman, to the Nile ; W. H. rooted
additional in the Fisgard, for the Rapid, promotedromoted
' assistant, to the Royal Adelaide.
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THE ARMY.

The hired East Indianian Her Majesty, 1,112
tons, Capt. Seymour, which arrived in the Thames
with troops and time-expired mon from the various
regiments now serving in India, disembarked her
dotachixtents at at the Government-quay, Gravesend,
when, with the exception of tho Artillery, the
whole were forwarded to the invalid establishment
at Chatham. There Her Majesty embarked her
troops at Kurrachee on the 25th of February last,
and sailed the following day; rounded the Cape of
Good Hope on the sth of April; arrived at St.
Helena on the
to of April, and left the following
day. Owing tols the thick hazy weather which pre-
vailed during the run up Channel the first land
sighted was Beachey-head. The troops brought
home numbered 213 men cf all ranks, with 16
women and 37 children, belonging to the Bengal
Light Cavalry, Bengal Horse Artillery, Royal Ar-
tillery, Bombay Artillery, Ist battalion 4th King's
Own, Ist battalion 7th Royal Fasilcers, 27th Entlis-
.killens, 46th, 51st King's Own Light Infantry, 71st
Highlanders, 81st, 89th,
93d Highlanders, and the
101st Royal Bengal Fusileers, together with the
following officers :—Capt. J. Woods, 81st Regiment!;
Capt. W. B. G. Cleather, 79th Highlanders ; Lieut.
A, E. Morgan, 715 t Light Infantry; Lieut. O. L.