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house, the lobbies, and the libraries,
in favour of Christians. If the Greeks and to report the-17 eon to the house as sooTn as may be :-
than Russia, but simply because in these manifestoes ruling nation might practically prevent the enjoyment of the ventilation o'f the
there has been an evident want of truth, and because they the laws
mann Mr.r.
passeded to obtain equality in law or in practice, Mr. Spooner, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Greene, LordiNi
have been wholly unsupported by facts. (Hear.) My really
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been
lords, the Russian people-by which I mean the upper, they shdoeisiilrdasretocoblleecotbttahiantedit.waGsnnotht
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circumstances would
Russia-these people all know that their religion has two rlatcmesate
success of the Turks, a persecution of their Power to send for persons, papers, and records. Five
exposed to no danger, nor have they any reason to the_iriustiian
fellow-subjects from which they were at pre- to the quorum. Agreed to.
think that the religion of the Greeks has been exposed to Chdisposed of,and the house
circumstances of equality with the Turks, let adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock.
danger, because they kuow that the only object in dig- '
sent free.
.If the Greeks desired to be placed under the The other orders were then
k
pute, to which, indeed, much importance was attached law in
them come forward together with the Turks for the pro- .....-aee, -
-that of the Holy Places-has been satisfactorily set- them
of their native land against the stranger, the PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.
tied, and it is remarked by them, that in none of the
,
manifestoes, nor in the despatches yet published, is there
any statement of facts, still less any instance adduced of the Turkish and the foreigner. (Cheers.) Let them join lg.
standard-let them rally round the colours
HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 10,
of their country. (Cheers.) They might depend upon
complaints having been made by Greeks to their parterhi-.
it that the best friendships were those which were formed MINISTERS' MONEY, &c. (IRELAND.)
arch, to the Sultan, or to the Emperor, either of
in the hour of mutual danger, and cemented kin the field Motion made, and question provp:bseed,
given'tTb toat the
gimes oppression, or of their having been deprived of
.rinr
right which they had formerly enjoyed. I say itMoney lannd the
-3
of glorious victory. If they showed themselves worthy be directed to move, that leave
Ministers'bringCh'ais bill
If of defending the country in which they were born-if on to amend the lawst relating
manifest, therefore, that that was not the true
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s
e
w.ere the field of battle they showed equal courage with that
those declarations had stated that the Principalities (word "That" to the end of the ques-
Church Temt porali
the
esreland) Act." Amendment proposed,
lesbetter which had been displayed by the Turks-they might be tt
tion,
leaven in
n from
onruder to add the words " it is expedient that a bill
necessary because the Danube would make
at length assured that they would acquire first that self-respect, be brought in for t`be total abolition of Ministers' Money in
boundary than the Pruth, or that the timehe
was
ser still, for which is the best security for the observance of the law, Ireland, and for providing a substitute therefor out of the
come for possessing Constantinople ; or,
undermining the authority of the Sultan, and rendering and next, the respect of the Turks themselves. and funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners," instead thereof.
him a mere vassal, and dependent on Russia_ to such having fought side by side with the Turks in battle, Question put, " That tho words proposed to be left out
beplaced equality with them as stand part of the question." The committee divided-
declarations there might have been a response, but to the might expect to on an
ayes 136, noes 93.
sham cry of religion, I trust there a
will
be none. Your subjects of the Porte. (Cheers.)
remarkable Earl FITZWILLIAM agreed with the noble lord A.YES-136.
lordships will also remember what Acland, Sir T. Greene, Thomas racks, C
absence, as my noble friend stated,any
of religious who had just spoken-that this country should not en-
Bfati n sir
Bailey, S J. Gregson, S. Pakington, Sir J.
Des. lit. Hon. M. Grey, Rt Hon Sir G. Palmer, Robert
excitement, there has been during the last twelvemonth any u ter into g aranteee with respect to the Christians
B,
in Turkey. Mahomedan fanaticism and its melan- in Turkey. Indeed, he doubted whether at the present Ball, E. Grogan, Edward Palmerston, Viset.
Patten, J.
choly results in former times are too well known ; but in • time it was expedient for the British Minister in Turkey
, _ Baring,SirF.
Halsey, T. P. Peel, F.
have, happily, been wanting, to exert himself to obtain any relaxations of the oe P.ankes, Rt Hon G. Halford, Sir ti.
the present instance they Barrington, Viscount Hamilton, Lord C. Peel, Col. J.
No spirit has been called forth, but that which we our- noxious laws, lest that should have the effect of engen- Barrow, W. Hamilton, G. A. Pritchard, J.
Hamilton, J. H. Pugh, D.
selves can admire and sympathise in-(cheers)-there dering the mischievous religious feeling which it seemed Beach, Sir M.
Beminck, G. Hankey, T. Rice, E.
has been a national spirit-a brave determination on the to be the endeavour of the Emperor of Russia to excite
Berkeley, Sir G.
Bethell, Sir R. Harcourt, G. Rich, H.
-
part of the Turks to resist, at all hazards, the invaders in the East of Europe. After the statements of the Harcourt, Col: F. Rushout, Capt. G.
of their country. (Hear, hear.) But, my lords, these noble earl who introduced the subject-statements the Blair, Cot. J. 11.
Heattrcoar Sir -G. sanders, G,
manifestoes and these exciting appeals, which have been truth .
of which could not be denied-it was impossible
Branton, T. W. Henley, J. Seymour, Lord
Bolder°, Col. H. G. Heathcote, Sir W. Sawle, C.
nations
thewestern Herbert, P. Sibthorp, Col.
more addressed to the Greek subjects of the Porte than to doubt that the contest in which Buck, L. W.
were about to engage was a contest between Buckeley, Gen. Horsfall, T. Smljth, Sir W.
even to the Russians ; these agents that have gone of Europe Ho tham, Lord Spooner, R.
among the Greek subjects of, the Porte to excite them to civilisation on the one. hand and barbarism on the other.
Cardwell, E. Hughes, W. Stafford, A.
ite of the re arations of Rus-
revolt ; this enrolment of 3,600 Wallachians for the per. He would. even say, in Bp Pp . Butt, I.
Cavendish, G. Hume, W. Stanley, Lord
the Jocelyn, Viscount strati, E.
pose of bearing arms against their Sovereign, all this is sia, that it was. a contest between religion on one cayley, E.
Jolliffe, Sir W. Thesiger, Sir F.
other •,forEnglandon Cecil, Lord R.
Child, Smith •
Kelly, Sir F. Thornhill, W.
revolutionists and propagandists, Chol d 1 mon eey Lord King, J. ' Townshend, Capt. J.
whose acts the Emperor and France, instead of siding with the enemies of Chris-
Col. B. W. Tyler, Sir G.
has always been denouncing as the greatest political tianity, were uniting together
. in order to prevent a state
crimes-(hear, hear)-and to whose discomfiture all the of things in - Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. ,W.S. E Knox,
.11.01 S. Vance, J.
Lemon, Sir C. Vansittart, G.
energies of his life have been devoted. (Hear, hear.) vail over civilisation and
religion. (Hear, hear.)
Compton, H. C.
Cobbold, J. C.
Davies. D. A. S. Lewis, Sir T. F. Vernon, G.
I say, then, it is utterly unjustifiable, and without ex- The papers were
. then ordered.. Dent, J. LindsaY, Col. J. Waddington, H.
once, to give to this war the character of a religious war; Their lordships adjourned at 5 minutes past 7 o'clock. Disraeli, Hon. B. Lowe, R. Walcott, Admiral
Da Pre, C. Luce, T. Walpole, S.
and still less is there any cause for the charge, the por- Ellice, E. Macartney, G. Walsh, Sir J.
tentons charge, as mnoble f • d has called it, which
y friend
consists in accusing the French and English Govern- The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Farrer, J.
Feilden, M. Mackinnon, W. A. Whitmore, H.
Macgregor, Jas. Wickham, H. W.
ments of allying themselves with the enemies, and against PRIVATE BILL. Fitzroy, Hon. C. Manners, Lord J. Willoughby, Sir H.
the friends, of Christianity. My noble friend has truly The Leeds New Gas Bill was read a third time and Foley, J. Majorlbanks, D. Wilson, J.
stated what the character of this war is. My lords, we Forbes, W. Matheson, A. Wortley, J. A.
passed. Forester, Col G. Nunes, B. Wrightson, W.
are going to engage in a contest in support of the prin- PETITIONS. Forster, J. Michell, W. Wynne, W.
ciples of justice and of sound policy. (Cheers.) We Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from Southamp- Franklin, G. Molesworth, Sir W. Wyvil, M.
are about to prevent the pernicious example being ton against the Poor Removal Bill. Freesttm, Col. W. Mowbray, J. . Young, Sir J.
given of a weak state being overwhelmed by a Mr. MASSEY- presented a petition from Liscard Frewen, C.
Fuller A. Mullings, J.
Mundy, W. TELLERS.
powerful neighbour ; we are about to prevent an against the opening of public houses on Sundays. Gladstone, W. Napier, J.
unjust interpretation of a treaty from being supported Sir J. SHELLEY presented four petitions from Geulburn, H. Worth, Lt.-Col. J. Hayter, W.
by violence- we are about to prevent the tern- Westminster, praying for the repeal of the paper duty, es. 0 k J
Graham, Lord M. a J.
NOES-93. Berkeley, G.
tonal limits established by treaty and the equilibrium of the penny stamp, and other taxes on knowledge. Alcock, T. Grace, 0. Peliatt, A.
Europe from being violently disturbed ; and I hope that Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Warwick- Anderson, Sir J. Greville, Col. F. Phlnn, T.
we shall also, as my noble friend has said, put a stop to shire against the Oaths Bill. , Ball, J. Hadfield, G. Pigott, F.
that blighting influence which has deprived more than Mr. J. H. LIDDELL presented a petition from a Barnes, T.
Bass, T. Hall, Sir IL
Eastie, Alex. Pilkington, J.
Pollard-Urquhart, W.
one country in Europe-indeed, I may say, so large a place in Northumberland against the Poor Removal Beamish, F. Heard, J. Potter, R.
portion of Europe-of free action ;an influence which Bill. Bell, J. Herbert, 11. Richardson, J.
has always been exerted to check that progress which is Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from a place in „,Biggs,7._ Heyworth, L.
Brady, J. F. B. Higgins, G. 0. Roche, E.
Roebuck, J.
essential to the welfare of nations ;an influence more- the West-Riding against the Oaths Bill. Brady, J. Horsman, E. Scholefleld, W.
over which, by stigmatising as revolution, and by check- Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh, Bright, J. Hume, J. Scully, F.
ing 'all those improvements which governments have praying for the abolition of capital punishments. Bruce, H. A. Keating, H. Scully, V.
been willing to make, and which the people have deemed Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from various Byng, G. Kennedy T.
Castlerosse, Viscount Kershaw, J. Shelley, Sir J.
.. Smith, J. B.
that they had a right to expect has encouraged disloyalty building societies against the Registration of Assurances Challis T. King, P. Smith, R.
and discontent. I entirely agree with my noble friend Bill. Cheetham, John Kinnaird, a: " Stanley, W.
• that greater privileges have been enjoyed by Christians Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the West Clay, Sir WW. Bt. Langston, J. H
Stuart, . StricklaLornd, Air G.
Cobden, R. Lee, W. d D.
under Mahomedan than under Russian government. It Derby guardians in Lancashire, against the Poor Coote, Sir C. H. Macgregor, John Thicknesse, R.
is perfectly true that it may be owing to the indifference Removal Bill. Duff, G. Macguire, J. Thcimpson, G.
of the Sultan that such a state of things has been brought Mr. PHINN presented a petition from Bath praying Duffy, C. G. Massey, W. Thornely, T.
about. But, my lords, theta is no reason why the Sultan for the establishment of reformatory schools. Duncan, G.
Dundas, F. Mulligan, R.
Mills, T. Vane, Lord H.
Walmsley, Sir J.
exercising despotic power, should not say, "The Ma- Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Euro- Ferguson. J. Moore, (I. Walter, J.
homedan religion is the religion of the state, and no other peens of Calcutta, complaining of the sanitary state of Forster, C. Morris, D. Whatman, J.
shall be professed here ; there is no reason why he should Mostyn, E. Wilkinson, W.
that City, and praying the house to grant them a charter Gib on,
not say, "The Koran contains all truth, and the Bible Norreys, Sir D. Will B.
of incorporation, to enable them to establish municipal Glyn, 4., O'Connell, D. Wise, A.
shall be prohibited." (Hear, hear.) But, my lords, as my institutions. Goderich, Viscount. O'Connell, J.
noble friend has said, what we have to do with is, not le favour of Goodman. Sir G. Oliveira, B. TELLERS.
.1. r. BAINES presented two petitions '
in
motives but realities and facts. Your lordships will find Goold, W. Paget, Lord G. Fagan, W.
the Poor Removal Bill.
. in addition to what my noble friend has alluded to in his Gower, F. Pecllll, Sir G. Mall, E.
Sir G. PECHELL • • from presented a petition the
sch to-day-you will find from the papers recentl -
laid3' Board of Guardians in Brighton against the Bill.
on the table that the Sultan has by decrees issued RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
Sir B. HALL presented a similar petition from St.
during his last year proclaimed his ardent wish and firm Pancras. -____-*
intention that all classes of his subjects should be per- CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.
.
fectly at ease with respect to their religious and spiritual Sir B. HALL asked the right hon. baronet, the ,
affairs. He has further said that the concessions -
ofthe C liii"
member for Taunton, when the report - opened. NAME OF RAILWA.Y.; Receipts.
which have been made to protestants should for ever mission might
remain inviolate. That, my lords, is the measure of thelBs3. 1854.
Mr. LA.BOUCHERE hoped the report would be pre- ----- • - --..
Sultan's liberality and toleration ;my noble friend has"1"11. £1 202 1,800
seated either immediately
given you that of the Emperor's. (Hear, hear.) And 627 716
the Easter Recess. 371 Belfast and Ballymena ........ • • •• ••
I may add, still further, that it was only last year that 17 Belfast and County Down.. •••••• • • .. - _
COLONIAL CLERGY DISABILITIES BILL. 1 583 2,028
the Sultan gave a large tract of land to be used as a 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire •
Mr HADFIELD gave notice that on the motion for - Bolton,Blackburn, and West York •• ••• • 2
burial-ground by the Christian community, with liberty • 85% Bristol and Exeter •• .. •• •••••• •• •• •• 8 4 856
3,435 4,780
to protestants to erect a chapel and to perform divine the second reading of this bill, he should move that it 189% Ca1ed0nian........... ••..•••• • • 3 11,931 14,227
service there ; and this was at a time when papers were be read a second time that day six months. 89 Edinburgh and Glasgow,. ••
laid on your lordships table by which the country was WIVES OF SOLDIERS. 944 i Chester and Holyhead..... • • .... •• •• 3 •
194 3,880
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .. •• • • 137 161
inforined that among other nations who would probably Colonel HARCOURT gave notice that this day fort- 20 Cork and Bandon ...• .......... •• • • -
consider themselves degeaded by way of comparison night he should call the attention of the house to the 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction ••..• • • • 726 864
1,243
with Turkey, the protestant religion was strictly pro- condition of the wives of the soldiers who have been 62% Dublin and Drogheda. -•••••• • • • • • • •
959 1,020
812
6 Dublin and Kingstown •. • • .. •• •• •• ••
hibited, and the protestant dead were ignominiously sent on service in the East. 439 611
16% Dundee and Arbroath •• • •
smuggled into the grave, My lords, under these cir• GREEK INSURRECTION. 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen• Junction
. • • 705 845
160 177
ciamsta.rices, and with reference to the desire which has Mr. M. MILNES postponed the following motion 19 Dundalk and. Enniskillen.• .. •••• • • • •
606 755
68 East Anglian- .. • • - • • • ...... • • • • • • •
been manifested by the Sultan, not only to secure to until Monday :-On the motion for the adjournment, to 81 East Lancashire • • ..... ..... •••• • • • • •
4 562 5,228
his Christian subjects the full and free exercise of their call the attention of the house to the circumstances of the 31134 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••• • I 19,615 18,915
religion, but also to improve their civil condition, I Greek insurrection in Turkey, and to move that the 95 Eastern union . ••
78 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee.. •• • • 2,332 2,653
will take the liberty of reading to your lordships a circular despatch of Sir Henry Ward to the residents in 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • •• •• •• •• - --
document which reached my hands only about half an the lonian Islands be laid on the table. 19 ' Furness Railway ... .... • • ...... • • - -
hour before I came down to the house. It is a des- PRIVATEERING. 171 ; Glasgow, and South-Western........ 4,121 4,541
patch from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and I think Mr. M. GIBSON recalled to the recollection of the 283 % Great Northern and E. L. ••••• • • • • • 12 •
352 18,742
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,473 4,780
your lordships will be glad to hear it, as corroborating house that this day week the right hon. baronet the 319% 1 Great Western .. .
what my noble friend has stated in his speech. It is First Lord of the Admiralty, who was unable to be pre- 296,1 i I trainsheasSteourthanEdasctearrnlisi;•........... •....•
4,7-09 5,736
dated " Constantinople, Feb. 25," and is as follows :- sent to-day, announced that he should communicate to 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire :: .•: ...... 18,133 19,904
" I have much satisfaction in reporting to your lordship the house the decision which the Government had come - Leeds Northern ....................-
that the finnan for establishing Christian evidence on an 18 i . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 257 312
to with regard to neutrals, and also with reference to
equality with Mussulman throughout the Turkish empire
privateerini. Could the noble lord the Secretary of 5514% Lana:Lona aaanccli Kioacrt Nalte7
915 1,220
is complete-(hear)-and that it received the Sultan's State for the Home Department supply the house with 173'4 1 London, Brighton, and South Coast 7,982 10,295
sanction shortly before I had the honour to receive your any information upon the point? 2533( London and South Western.
lordship's instructions relating to the question which it has Lord PALMERSTON said the matter to which the 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen .. •• • •
now settled once for all on a broad and firm basis. (Hear, Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
question referred did not concern the Government, but 16-7% Manchester Sheflield,and Lincolnshire 6,284 7,324
hear.) I have received a copy of it from the Porte. No it required some previous understanding and communica- 936 Manchester and South Junction....•• 525 635
time will be lost in promulgating it, and I propose to 28 Maryport and Carlisle •• • 646 794
tion with other countries upon it. In the course of next
send a translation of it by the Trieste steam packet,49B% Midland .....-
, week, however, it was hoped the Government would be 2,238 2,628
which goes to sea the day after to-morrow. I have reason in126 Midland Great Western (Irish) • •
to hope that this great act of long withheld justice will position make some announcement on the subject. a to 37 Monk-lands .• .• ••••.••• • • • • • • .... • •
be followed by other proofs of the Sultan's com rehen-
P OATHS BILL. 78% Newcastle and Car1i51e........ ••.. • • - -
149 North British .... •••• • • • •
sive beneficence and of the improved Sir F. THESIGER said the Oaths Bill stood for - North Staffordshire .......... .. -
spirit prevailing
among his Mahometan subjects. It is my ardent wish second reading on Monday week. Could the noble lord 47 North-Western •• .. ••••..•• - • • • • • • -
that the Christian and other non-Mussulman classes of say whether it would be brought. forward on that day? 50 Scottish Central •••••••••• • • • • " • • I 2,429 2,880
the population of this empire may duly appreciate the Lord PALMERSTON said his noble friend the mem 32 Scottish Midland ••..••• .. . • •
' 29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • • - -
benefit conferred upon them, and •ber for the city of London, who had charge of the bill, 47 Shrewsbury and Chester • • ..• •..•• •• 1,712 2,213
justify by their peace-ful and loyal behaviour the increasing goodwill manifested was absent through indisposition, and could no
he give 29 Shropshire Union ......
towards them by the Sultan and his Government. The answer to the question. ,He could state however, that 53 South Devon.• .. • ... . .............. 1,631 1,952
288 % South Eastern.• • • .................. 10,218 13,059
harataoh is no longer levied in a manner vexatious to the Oxford University Bill would be proceeded with 162% South Wales .. ••..•• .• • • .......... 2,675 4,517
individuals, but it is an unjust and degrading tax for the this day week.
77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,392 1,537
complete abolition of which I shall continue to employ 40 Taff Vale •• •••....... •••••••••••••• 2,536 3,194
Mr. BAINES said he had the authority of his noble 36 mew.. ............., .............. 992 1,283
my strenuous exertions. (Cries of "Hear, hear.") My friend the member for the city of London for stating 68 Waterford and Limerick •• ...• .• •••• - -
lords, I thought that as my noble friend was about to that the Poor Removal Bill would be taken on Monday 25 West Cornwall ...... .............. 492 638
..
bring his motion before the house, I would not wait till week. 12 Whitehaven Junction ............. 280 276
this document was laid on the table. But I say, my MEDICAL REFORM. 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 21,308 25,863
lords, with reference to what the Sultan has already Mr. GROGAN asked the Secret ry of State for the
Home Department if he intended tao introduce the bill FOREIGN.
done, and to what I think there is evidence of his inten- for medical reform before the Easter recess. 57% Dutch Rhenish .. •• •• .. .. .. •••• •••• 685 783
tion to do, I cannot omit this opportunity of express-183% Lyons and Mediterranean • • •• •• 5,854 6,881
Lord PALMERSTON said the subject was a large
ins my deep regret at the movement which has taken 63 Montereau and Troyes .............. 772 1,010
and difficult one, and he could not undertake to say 63 Namur and Liege .................. 1,261 1,917
place among the Greek subjects of Turkey. (Hear.) My that a bill could be prepared before Easter. He should, 443% Northern of France .... . . 21,020 27,439
lords, I admit that great civil reforms are still neces- 577 Orleans and Central o ............... 21,564 27,060
sary, and that the Greeks have still much to complain2B4o4 Paris and Lyons .................. 12,348 13,666
of; but lam perfectly convinced that it is not by in- measure tothe
however,
house on the subject of medical reform. Purls and Rouen. ... ...... ......... 6,260 7,433
surrection that anything good or solid will be done. SIR JAMES GRAHAM. 392 Paris and Strasburgh .............. -
59 Rouen and Havre • • ... . -
... .. 2,569 3,454
(Hear, hear.) lam perfectly sure that it is not by idle Mr. F. FRENCH said he had given notice of his 101 Western of France • • ........ ‘ 3,487 4,83 3

than Russia, but simply because in these manifestoes
there has been an evident want of truth, and because they
have been wholly unsupported by facts. (Hear.) My
lords, the Russian people—by which I mean the upper,
the middle, the educated classes, such as constitute, and
as far as is permissible, express public opinion in
Russia—these people all know that their religion has
been exposed to no danger, nor have they any reason to
think that the religion of the Greeks has been exposed to
danger, because they know that the only object in dis-
pute, to which, indeed, much importance was attached
—that of the Holy Places—has been satisfactorily set-
tled, and it is remarked by them, that in none of the
manifestoes, nor in the despatches yet published, is there
any statement of facts, still less any instance adduced of
complaints having been made by Greeks to their patri-
arch, to the Sultan, or to the Emperor, either of reli-
gions oppression, or of their having been deprived of any.
right which they had formerly enjoyed. I say it is
manifest, therefore, that that was not the true cause. If
those declarations had stated that the Principalities were
necessary because the Danube would make a better
boundary than the Pruth, or that the time was at length
come for possessing Constantinople ; or, better still, for
undermining the authority of the Sultan, and rendering
him a mere vassal, and dependent on Russia—to such
declarations there might have been a response, but to the
sham cry of religion, I trust there will be none. Your
lordships will also remember what a remarkable
absence, as my noble friend stated, of any religious
excitement, there has been during the last twelvemonth
in Turkey. Mahomedan fanaticism and its melan-
choly results in former times are too well known ; but in
the present instance they have, happily, been wanting.
No spirit has been called forth, but that which we our-
selves can admire and sympathise in—(cheers)—there
has been a national spirit—a brave determination on the
part of the Turks to resist, at all hazards, the invaders
of their country. (Hear, hear.) But, my lords, these
manifestoes and these exciting appeals, which have been
more addressed to the Greek subjects of the Porte than
even to the Russians ; these agents that have gone
among the Greek subjects of the Porte to excite them to
revolt; this enrolment of 3,000 Wallachians for the per.
pose of bearing arms against their Sovereign, all this is
nothing but a servile copy of the course pursued by all
revolutionists and propagandists, whose acts the Emperor
has always been denouncing as the greatest political
crimes—(hear, hear)—and to whose discomfiture all the
energies of his life have been devoted. (Hear, hear.)
I say, then, it is utterly unjustifiable, and without: ex-
cuse, to give to this war the character of a religious war;
and still less is there any cause for the charge, the por-
tentous charge, as my noble friend has called it. which
consists in accusing the French and English Govern-
ments of allying themselves with the enemies, and against
the friends, of Christianity. My noble friend has truly
stated what the character of this war is. My lords, we
are going to engage in a contest in support of the prin-
ciples of justice and of sound policy. (Cheers.) We
are about to prevent the pernicious example being
given of a weak state being overwhelmed by a
powerful neighbour ; we are about to prevent an
unjust interpretation of a treaty from being supported
by violence— we are about to prevent the terri-
torial limits established by treaty and the equilibrium of
Europe from being violently disturbed ; and I hope that
we shall also, as my noble friend has said, put a stop to
that blighting influence which has deprived more than
one country in Europe—indeed, I may say, so large a
portion of Europe—of free action ; an influence which
has always been exerted to check that progress which is
essential to the welfare of nations ; an influence more-
over, which, by stigmatising as revolution, and by check-
ing all those improvements which governments have
been willing to make, and which the people have deemed
that they had a right to expect has encouraged disloyalty
and discontent. I entirely agree with my noble friend
that greater privileges have been enjoyed by Christians
under Mahomedan than under Russian government. It
is perfectly true that it may be owing to the indifference
of the Sultan that such a 'state of things has been brought
about. But, my lords, theta is no reason why the Sultan
exercising despotic power, should not say, "The Ma-
homedan religion is the religion of the state, and no other
shall be professed here ; there is no reason why he should
not say, "The Koran contains all truth, and the Bible
shall be prohibited." (Hear, hear.) But, my lords, as my
noble friend has said, what we have to do with is, not
motives but realities and facts. Your lordships will find
in addition to what my noble friend has alluded to in his
speech to-day—you will find from the papers recently
laid on the table that the Sultan has by decrees issued
during his last year proclaimed his ardent wish and firm
intention that all classes of his subjects should be per-
fectly at ease with respect to their religious and spiritual
affairs. He has further said that the concessions
which have been made to protestants should for ever
remain inviolate. That, my lords, is the measure of the
Sultan's liberality and toleration ; my noble friend has
given you that of the Emperor's. (Hear, hear.) And
I may add, still further, that it was only last year that
the Sultan gave a large tract of land to be used as a
burial-ground by the Christian community, with liberty
to protestants to erect a chapel and to perform divine
service there ; and this was at a time when papers were
laid on your lordships table by which the country was
informed that among other nations who would probably
consider themselves degtaded by way of comparison
with Turkey, the protestant religion was strictly pro-
hibited, and the protestant dead were ignominiously
smuggled into the grave, My lords, under these cir-
cumstances, and with reference to the desire which has
been manifested by the Sultan, not only to secure to
his Christian subjects the full and free exercise of their
religion, but also to improve their civil condition, I
will take the liberty of reading t) your lordships a
document which reached my hands only about half an
hour before I came down to the house. It is a des-
patch from Lord Stratford de Redeliffe, and I think
your lordships will be glad to hear it, as corroborating
what my noble friend has stated in his speech. It is
dated " Constantinople, Feb. 25," and is as follows :
" I have much satisfaction in reporting to your lordship
that the finnan for establishing Christian evidence on an
equality with Mussulman throughout the Turkish empire
is complete—(hear)—and that it received the Sultan's
sanction shortly before I had the honour to receive your
lordship's instructions relating to the question which it has
now settled once for all on a broad and firm basis. (Hear,
hear.) I have received a copy of it from the Porte. No
time will be lost in promulgating it, and I propose to
send a translation of it by the Trieste steam-packet,
which goes to sea the day after to-morrow. I have reason
to hope that this great act of long withheld justice will
be followed by other proofs of the Sultan's comprehen-
sive beneficence and of the improved spirit prevailing
among his Mahometan subjects. It is my ardent wish
that the Christian and other non-Mussulman classes of
the population of this empire may duly appreciate the
benefit conferred upon them, and justify by their peace-
ful and loyal behaviour the increasing goodwill manifested
towards them by the Sultan and his Government. The
haratach is no longer levied in a manner vexatious to
individuals, but it is an unjust and degrading tax for the
complete abolition of which I shall continue to employ
my strenuous exertions. (Cries of "Hear, hear.") My
lords, I thought that as my noble friend was about to
bring his motion before the house, I would not wait till
this document was laid on the table. But I say, my
lords, with reference to what the Sultan has already
done, and to what I think there is evidence of his inten-
tion to do, I cannot omit this opportunity of express-
ing my deep regret at the movement which has taken
place among the Greek subjects of Turkey. (Hear.) My.
lords, I admit that great civil reforms are still neces-
sary, and that the Greeks have still much to complain
of; but I am perfectly convinced that it is not by in-
surrection that anything good or solid will be done.
(Hear, hear.) I am perfectly sure that it is not by idle
dreams of a Byzantine empire that the position of the
Greeks will ever be improved ; it is not by playing the
game, while abhorring the dominion of Russia, that the
Greeks will ever secure their object ; it is not by thwart-
. ing, but by confiding in the Four Powers, that the re-
quired improvements will be effected. (Hear.) And
I must take this opportunity of repeating, what I said
a few nights ago, that the Four Powers who are now
engaged in'supporting, and who are determined to up-
hold the Ottoman empire, would ill perform their duty,
would show that they did not understand the true cha-
racter of their mission, and would neglect not only the
interests of Christianity, but the best interests of the
Sultan, if they did not take care to secure the civil as
• well as the religious rights and immunities of the Chris-
tian subjects of Turkey, and to open the way for Chris-
tian civilisation with its progress and its prosperity,
which will eventually prove the best shield for Turkey
against foreign aggression, and her surest protection
against internal disturbance. (Hear, and cheers.)
Earl GREY was very glad to hear the charge which
had been brought by Russia against England and France
repudiated by her Majesty's Government. At the same
_time it was very important that their lordships should
!_c't, amid the enthusiasm with which these announce-
ments were received, forget the real state of the facts.
s•all_noble t friend had spoken of the indifference of the
=Mae
On
he !,dvan tages enjoyed by protestants. The tole-
rea;el inch the Turks mere complimented was, he
Christian confined to what took place between the various
the n
poncte- All the members of Christian sects were
the tniem dogs, and' between one dog and another
He concurred
welitati saw very little distinction. (Laughter.)
ttits noble friend (the Earl of Claren-
don) in thinking
prov of Tiley ere at the Christians in the western
acting very unwisely in aiding
labs ut they must
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had been produced by la
baydeahrs of cruelty and oppres-
sion. When the Turks
ottaouinldfroto
their
een so tardy in granting
concessions, they conldenu
surprisedodteatur that the Chris-
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hope
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ar between Turkey on the one hand, and
ittfhi aaenyn could
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trusted that
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the Greeks on the other should
impor-
tance, the army of England would not
coercing the Christian subjects
hear, from the Earl of Aberdeen.
war with Russia would be prosecuted with the utmost
vigour and determination, but it did not follow that they
were to meddle between Turkey and her Christian sub-
jects.y He still regretted that the status quo had not been
maintained at all hazards. They had embarked in a
course the difficulties of which were but little understood.
They had placed themselves in a situation in which they
would be required to mediate between races which were
hostile to each other, to govern, in fact, a large popula-
tion without any adequate means of governing it, and
though he wished to hope for the best, lie was still of
opinion that it would have been best not to interfere.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGIi believed that no-
thing would conduce more to bring about future compli-
cations in the affairs of Europe than for this country to
assume the position which it had denied to Russia of
protection of the Christian subjects of the Porte.
ever much he might desire that the friendly representa-
tions of our minister to the Porte might be continued,
and be attended with still greater success, he earnestly
hoped that they would not acquire the right or incur the
:ruqgstion of requiring the observance of laws after they
aaa been enacted, especially as the predominance of the

Mr. F. FRENCH said he had given notice of his
intention to put a question to the right hon. baronet
the First Lord of the Admiralty, relative to the extraor-
dinary powers which it was said the right hon. baronet
had given to Sir Charles Napier, the Commander of the
Baltic fleet ; but as the right hon. baronet could not be
present till Monday, he had no alternative but to post-
pone his question until that day.
Sir T. HERBERT also postponed his question, as
follows :—To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty,
whether certain words attributed to him in a speech de-
livered at a dinner given in the Reform Club to Admiral
Sir Charles Napier, have been correctly reported, which
appears in the Times of the Bth day of March, viz.
" We, as reformers, may be proud that the honour of
the British flag in the Euxine and the Baltic, is entrusted
to two such champions as Admiral Dundas and Sir
Charles Napier."

INDISPOSITION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

Mr. G. MOORE understanding that the noble lord
the Member for the city of London was too much indis-
posed to be in his place to-night, he begged to postpone
a question of which he had given him notice, relative to
the reported appointment of Mr. Storer to be a puisne
judge of Melbourne. He should put the question on
Monday, and it would be, whether the noble lord was
aware at the time of the appointment that Mr. Storer.
had been declared guilty of bribery.
RUSSIAN PRODUCE IN NEUTRAL SHIPS.

In reply to a question by Viscount JOCELYN,
Mr. WILSON said the question, as he understood it,
amounted to this—Whether Russian produce from a
neutral port, belonging to a British or neutral subject
in British or neutral ships, shall be respected in the
event of a war. There could be no difficulty in answer-
ing the question, and he had no hesitation in saying such
produce would be respected. (Hear, hear.)
The Bribery, &c., Bill, and the Controverted Elec-
tions, &c., Bill, were postponed, as were also the Church
Building Acts Amendment Bill and the Valuation (Ire-
land) Bill.
MINISTERS' MONEY IN IRELAND.

Sir J. YOUNG moved for leave to bring in a bill to
provide a measure for amending the existing law as re-
garded Ministers' Money in Ireland.
Mr. FAG AN moved an amendment for the total
abolition of the impost. . _ _

After a discussion of some length, the house divided,
when there apeeared—
For the original motion 136
For the amendment

Mr. HADFIELD said he felt it his duty to give
notice that in every stage of this bill he would do his
best to have it thrown out, regarding the impost of
Ministers Money as a badge of inferiority on the great
majority of the people of Ireland.
The original resolution was then agreed to, and the
house having resumed, leave was given to bring in the
bill.

BUSINESS FOR MONDAY.
On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn
until Monday next,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated
the income tax resolution would be taken the first
thing on Monday in Committee of Ways and Means,
and afterwards the Committee on the Stamp Act.
The motion for adjournment was then agreed to.
VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. SPOONER moved the appointment of a select,
committee to consider of the best means of improvin.4.

THE STJN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1854.

THE BELGIAN GIRL'S CASE.

Adolphnillarrison, alias Feistel, and Alexander Dmux,
the father of Madame Denis, were brought up for re-exa-
mination at the Westminister Police-court, yesterday,
charged with conspiring to procure the defilement of Alice
Leroy.
As on the former occasions, the court was densely
crowded, a number of gentlemen absolutely seating them-
selves in the felons' dock, in their anxiety to see and hear.
Mr. Parry, instructed by Mr. Sheen, from the Institu-
tion for the Protection of Women, appeared, as before, to
prosecute; and Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys,
Morgan, and Humphreys, defended.
Mr. Parry, addressing Mr. Arnold, the presiding magi-
strate, said he would simply state what course he intended
to pursue. If it met his sanction, he proposed to call three
more witnesses to complete the case of Alice Leroy, and
then solicit a further remand. The name of a French girl
who had been brought over to this country to be de-
bauched, but who had, fortunately, escaped pollution, had
been mentioned on the last occasion as a new case, but no
information had as yet reached the society prosecuting
from her, although it was daily expected. He should be
disposed to ask for a remand on the ground of the new case
he had alluded to, while it must also be taken into consi-
deration that the absconding of M. and Madame Denis had
the effect of creating some embarrassment in the prosecu-
tion. He regretted to add that the girl Newman, formerly
a servant at the house of M. Denis, and who gave
evidence on the last examination, had disappeared ;
and it was not for him to say of those charged
with the very grave offence he was now prosecuting,
that they were parties who knew something of her dis-,
appearance, but it was a reasonai)le surmise that, parties
deeply interested in the result of this inquiry, and who
might be seriously affected by it, could account for it. If
the absent witness is not forthcoming at the time the de-
positions were completed, it would be his duty to apply to
the magistrate for compulsory process against her, in
order that she might be bound over in the usual way to
prosecute.
The first witness called Was Mary Murphy, who said—l
entered the service of Madame Denis eight days before
Alice Leroy escaped. On the first evening I was there I
saw her upstairs. She was sitting on a sofa in the second
floor front room. She was crying. In consequence of see-
ing her crying, I spoke to Elvire Cerckel, who was in the
house. There was neither light nor fire in the room where
Alice was sitting crying. I saw her several times after
this, and whenever I saw her as she seemed if she was in
trouble. I remember the night before she escaped. I had
agreed with Elvire to assist her in effecting her escape, and
on that night I did not undress myself at all. I know the
two defendants. The elder one is the father of Madame
Denis. They were there all the time I was there. I had
arranged the escape of Alice, and can tell you how it hap-
pened. Elvire told me to go and do the front steps of the
door, so that the door being open, Alice could get away.
That was, I think, at a little before seven in the morning.
I did it, and she escaped. I went with her as far as the
the corner ; so did Elvire, and when she came back, and
Alice had got away, Elvire went to madame's bed-room
door, and told her she had escaped, and I cried out as loud
as I could, " Alice is gone." (Much laughter.) Madame
immediately got up, and seemed to be very cross. Elvire
took the old man, madame's father, the wrong way to
look for her. I saw the defendant Harrison that
morning. He came about eight or nine o'clock. When
he came he went in the parlour where M. and Madame
Denis and the other two young ladies were. I gave
madame notice to leave on that day, and Harrison came
to me and asked me the reason I wanted to go, when
I told him that I could not make myself comfortable in the
house. Harrison said something about my staying, and
offered me more money to do so. After Alice was gone the
kitchen and area doors were locked, and the old man
(madame's father) unlocked the kitchen door and let me
out. The kitchen door and the gate were locked upon
Elvire and her mother. On the next morning madame told
me she was going for a few days into the country, and she
left between S and 9on the following morning. Harrison
came the day following and told me to take care of the sil-
ver plate in the house. I know a Mr. Bowes' of Greek-
street, Soho. I was sent to him by madame's father, and
he used to come to the house.

Cross-examined by Mr. Morgan—l am still in the house.
There was plenty of provision left in the house. I have had
about 2s. from a gentleman who came with Mr. Simonds
(Mr. Sheen), to get any little thing I wanted. I am the
only person in the house, except a dog and a parrot. No-
body but Mr. Simonds, the inspector, comes to set me
in the course of the day. Mr. Shaen does not come every
day. I never saw him there but once or twice. I went
over the house with Mr. Simonds and Mr. Sheen when
they went to look for some papers. I recollect a few pic-
tures were taken away that were found on the top of the
drawers. I did not gratify ray curiosity by looking at
them.
Witness having concluded her testimony at this point,
sat down and burst into tears, when Mr. Parry, observing,
it, said, in allusion to the last question respecting the pic-
tures before alluded to, "that although the poor girl was
in humble circumstances, she had no right to be insulted
by such a question."
Mr. Arnold remarked that it was both unnecessary and
improper.
Richard Watkinson, 208, B division—On Thursday, the
16th ult., Elvire Cerckel made a communication to me, in
consequence of which I gave her permission to bring Alice
Leroy to my house, and on the following morning at about
half-past seven she came in company with Antonio (a ser-
vant who had recently left madame 8). She was greatly
agitated, and tremlled and shook very much. She continued
in that state all day, and if a knock came to the door she
crept behind a sofa where you would scarcely think a child
could get. She apeeared to be in a genuine state of alarm
and distress. I saw Harrison on the seine day; he had called
at my house to see me, and came again at half-past six in
the evening, when I was at home. He asked me if I knew
the address of Antonio, when I replied, "no nearer than
somewhere in the Vauxhall-bridge-road." He said he
wanted him, for hehad taken away that morning the lady's-
maid from Madams Denis's, and he believed she had taken
some money away, and was most likely with him where he
was lodging, and if I oould give him any information where
that was he did not mind a few pounds. In speaking of
the girl as the lady's-maid who had left, he did not on that
oce,asion say where he had brought her from. I did not
tell him the girl was with me. I did not see him again
until I took him into custody. Mr. Simonds was with me
at that time, and, calling him_on one side, I told him that
he must con.ider himself in custody for conspiring with
others in bringing a young girl from Belgium to 3, Den-
bigh-terrace. Ho admitted bringing her from Belgium,
but had engaged her there as lady's-maid, and she had been
three years in the service, and it was a false charge against
him. He added, that ho had just consulted his lawyer
upon the subject. On the following morning I took him
out of the cell to give him some fresh air, when he repeated
that the charge was false, but very serious; and said I must
know him from having lived in the neighbourhood some
time, and that if I would say a word in his favour I might
believe him to be my friend. He said he hoped that it
would not get into the newspapers, as, if it did he should
be a ruined man, as he was just on the point of marriage.
Mr. Parry thought it a lucky escape for some one.
Witness continued—ln consequence of a message I re-
ceived, I went, on the evening of the 16th ult., to 3, Den-
bigh-terrace. Madame Denis, after looking through the
window, admitted me, and I went into a small room with
M. and Madame Denis. He asked me if I knew where
Antonio lived, and I told him I did not. He said some-
thing had happened, and he wanted to know where to find
him, and he wished me to catch him if I could. I asked
him for what, when he replied, " Never mind ; I will tell
you that some other time: I said I could not do business
in that way ; he must let me know the charge before I took
Antonio. Antonio came to me at about half-past ten that
evening, and I went with him to Madame Denis, who
opened the door, as before. She called out, when she saw
him, " Antonio is at the door." Antonio and M. and.
Madame Denis, then talked together, but I did not under-
stand what they said. I asked M. Denis if he had any
charge to prefer against Antonio, and he said " No." I
was not then aware of the full nature of what had taken
place, or I should have taken the parties concerned into
custody. I took the prisoner Desaux on the 3d instant in
the evening, when he attempted to close the door and get
away from us, but we took him.
William Simonds, an inspector of the B division, was
sworn, when
Mr. Parry requested to be permitted to put two or three
more questions to the last witness, who was accordingly
re-called, and in answer, said that when Alice Leroy came
to his house she had only a morning dress and slippers, no
bonnet or shawl.
Mr. Morgan—Has not she got on the same gown now ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Morgan—ls it not a proper dress ?
Witness—l am not a dressmaker. Ido not understand
about dresses. (Laughter).
Mr. Simonds said—l first received information on the
18th ult. at the station about this charge. Between four
and five o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 21st, I
saw Harrison get out of a cab at Madame Denis's' and go
in there for about 20 minutes. I then followed him after
he came out, and took him into custody. I told him I
wanted him for conspiring with others. (Here the inspec-
tor repeated the charge.) He said the charge was false
and unfounded, and got up for the purpose of obtaining
money. He said she came over as lady's-masd, and had
been in the service three years. He afterwards said that
he meant Elvire. He said he had just received a letter
from a gentleman that he was to meet that evening about
some wine, and if he could not go it would be his ruin.
On the 3d inst. I apprehended Desaux, and a very fine
large dog came towards me. (The lad Antonio to whom
the dog was very partial, was with the police, and pre-
vented his attacking them.) I aftewards searched the
house, and found some prints.
Mr. Parry said that from the filthy character of the pic-
tures he did not mean to produce them.
Mr. Parry intimated that this closed the case of Alice
Leroy, and he now asked for a week's remand, when he
would pledge himself that if he had not got suffi:ient evi-
dence of the other case he had spoken of, not to press for a
further remand, until fresh circumstances which he was
not yet acquainted with arose, but rely. upon the one case,
the depositions of which to go before a Jury would then be
completed.
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he had been guilty of, unless it was walking about the
house chatting with the girls and smoking ?
Mr. Arnold—The evidence against him goes to prove
that he was the gaoler of the establishment.
Mr. Morgan—There is some evidence to prove that he
did not wish the girl to be seen at the window ; there was
no great impropriety in that.
Mr. Arnold would not go into the " propriety of the
the establishment," but remanded the prisoners for a
week. - -

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.
BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION.

Victoria, R.—Whereas by an Act of Parliament, passed
in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
Georgethe Third, entitled " An Act to prevent the enlisting
or engagement of his Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign
service, and the fitting out or equipping in his Majesty's
dominions vessels for warlike purposes without his Ma-
jesty's license ;" it is amongst other things enacted, that
if any person, within any part of the United Kingdom,
or in any part of his Majesty's dominions beyond
the seas, shall, without the leave or license of his
Majesty, his heirs, or successors for that puroose first
had and obtained, under the sign manual of his Ma-
jesty, his heirs, or successors, or signified by Order in
Council or by Proclamation of his Majesty, his heirs or
successors, equip, furnish, fit out or arm, or attempt or
endeavour to equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to
be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall
knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping,
furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or
vessel, with intent, or in order that, such ship or
vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign
prince, state or potentate, or of anyforeign colony, province
or part of any province or people, or of any person or
persons, exercising or assuming to exercise any powers of
Government in or over any foreign state, colony, province,
or part of any province or people, as a transport or store
ship, or with intent to cruise or commit hostilities
against any prince, state, or potentate, or against the sub-
jects or citizens of any prince, state, or potentate, or
against the persons exercising or assuming to exercise the
powers of Government in any colony, province, or part of
any province or country, or against the inhabitants of any
foreign colony, province, or part of any province
or country, with whom his Majesty shall not then be at
war; or shall, within the United Kingdom, or any of his
Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory,
island, or place belonging or subject to his Majesty, issue
or deliver any commission for any ship or vessel, to the in-
tent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as afore-
said, every such person so offending shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanour, and shall, upon conviction thereof,
upon any information or indictment, be punished by fine
and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of
the Court in which such offender shall be convicted ; and
every such ship or vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and
furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammuni-
tion, and stores, which may belong to, or be on board of,
any such ship or vessel, shall be forfeited. And whereas
it has been represented to us, that ships and vessels
are being built tin several places within the United
Kingdom, and are being equipped, furnished, and
fitted out, especially with steam machinery, with
intent that they shall be employed as aforesaid.
without our royal leave or license for that purpose first had
or obtained, or signified as aforesaid : We have, therefore,
thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Coun-
cil, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, warning all
our subjects against taking part in such proceedings, which
We are determined to prevent and repress, and which can-
not fail to bring upon the parties engaged in them the
punishments which attend the violation of the laws.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this ninth
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-four, and in the seventeenth
year of Our reign.
• GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

The Gazette also contains two Orders in Council, putting
in force the " Foreign Deserters' Act."

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 25.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Honourable Henry Edward John Stanley, now First Paid
Attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople, to
be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 9.

The Queen hasbeen pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander
Joannides as Consul-General in London for his Majesty
the King of Greece.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 9.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rawson William
Rawson, Esq., now her Majesty's Treasurer for the Island
of Mauritius, to be Colonial Secretary for the Colony of
the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Felix Bed-
ingfeld, Esq., now Master of the Supreme Civil Court for
the Island of Trinidad, to be her Majesty's Treasurer for
the Island of Mauritius.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint George
Fraser, Esq., to be Provost Marshal for the Island of
Grenada.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John
Letang, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the
Island of Dominica.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John
Watts Emden, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General
for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
WAR-OFFICE, MAucil 10.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Serjeant-Major Nicholas
Mills to be Cornet, without purchase (Riding-Master), vice
Hunter promoted, March 10.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the Honourable John
William Hely Hutchinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice
White, who retires ; Cornet Edward Raleigh King to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hutchinson, March 10.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Rowland Latimer Sidney Cur-
tois, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Currie, ap-
pointed to the 79th Foot.
7th Foot—Lieutenant William Alfred Swift, from the
96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Speedy, promoted, with-
out purchase, to an unattached Company ; Ensign James
St. Clair Hobson, from the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase (Adjutant), vice Speedy, who has resigned
the Adjutancy, March 10.
23d Foot—Second Lieutenant William Capel Clarke to
be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Howell, who re-
tires, March 10.

29th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Alexander Dick, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice J. D. Young, deceased ;
Ensign John James Hood Gordon, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Dick, Jan. 9.

30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward Nicholas Hill,
from tbo Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hobson, promoted, without purchase, in
the 7th Foot, March 10.

53d Foot—Lieutenant George Robert Hopkins, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Bagenall, deceased ; En-
sign Donald Harvey Munro, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hopkins, Nov. 7.
6Sth Foot—Lieutenant John Cassidy, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Lyon, who retires ; Ensign Frederic Grote
Barker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cassidy ; Jona-
than Morgan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bar-
ker, March 10.

74th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Davies to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Breton, deceased, March 1G; Ensign
Bedford Davies, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Davies, March 10.
_ _

79th Fooi—Lieutenant Alexander Cockburn Mcßarnet
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mouro, who retires ; En-
sign Randolph Ralph•Adderley to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Mcßarnet ; Ensign Francis Gore Currie, from
the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Adderley, March 10.
82d Foot.--Lieut. D. Stratton Collings to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Beague, who retires; Ensign H. Apreece
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Collings; Edward P.
Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Apreece,
March 10.

86th Foot—Lieut. Chas. Osborne Creagh to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Woodga,te, deceased; Ensign J. Kenneth
Douglas Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Creagh, March 1.

88th Foot—Ensign Arthur Dillon Maule to be Adju-
tant, vice Dunning, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
March 10.

91st Foot—Lieutenant John Theophilus Ussher to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Cahill, deceased ; Ensign
Thomas Thornhill Lane to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Ussher, Jan. 1; Ensign Charles Goddard
Dowell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane, whose
promotion, by purchase, on the 10th of February, 1854,
has been cancelled ; Gentlemen Cadet Walter Overbeck
Wade, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Lane, March 10.
92d Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Edward Blacket to
Captain, without purchase, vice Carden, deceased ;
Ensign Edward Augustus Stotherd to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Blacket, Feb. 4 ; Gentleman Cadet
Edward Welch, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Stotherd, March 10.
99th Foot—Serjeant-Major William Browne to be Quar-
termaster, vice Alexander Macdonald, who retires upon
half-pay, March 10.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Edward Alexander Lynar,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Davies, pro-
moted in the 74th Foot, March 10.

UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant William John Kirk, from
half-pay 46th Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, Feb. 24.
MEMORANDUM.—Grenadier Guards—For Henry Law-
rence, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 24, read Henry
John Hughes Lawrence, Gent., &c. 50th Foot—For
Edward Gregg Noot, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
J. C. Purves, M.D., who resigns, Feb. 10, read Edward
Gregg Noott, Gent., S.:c. The Christian names of Ensign
and Lieutenant Amherst, appointed to the Coldstreain
Regiment of Foot Guards on 3d March, are the Hon.
William Archer and not Arthur, as previously stated.
The removal of Lieut. Charles Nedham, from the 10th
Foot to the 53d Regiment, as stated in the Gazette of the
3d March, has been cancelled.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 9.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Serjeant William Reuben
Kirkman to be Quartermaster, Feb. 17 ; Hi..ks Withers,
Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Percivall, retired
on half-pay, March 6.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.

We had almost omitted to state that at the conclusion
of the proceedings, Mr. Simonds complained that a well-
dressed elderly man had on two or three occasions con-
ducted himself most offensively, by following the Belgian
girl, Alice Leroy, while with the inspector in the street,
and putting his face in a most offensive way under her bon-
net.

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County of Southampton—The Right Honourable Charles
Shaw Lefevre to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 7.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—William
James Sharpe, Esq., to be Lieutenant, March 6.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—John Calcott Beatty, Gent., to be
Ensign, March 6.
Northamptonshire Militia—Henry Mince' Stockdale to
be Lieutenant, March 6.
- Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Edward
Priest Richards, Esq., to be First Lieutenant, March 6.
The Queen's OwnV-orcestershire Regiment of Yeomanly.
Cavalry—Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Wil-
liam, Lord Ward, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant,
vice the Honourable Robert Henry Clive, Commandant,
deceased, Feb. 27.

Mr. Parry said that that was All assault.
Mr. Simonds said ho believed tho party in question was
in court.

Tho Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle-
men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
Sydney Pearson, Dawlish, Devonshire.
Anthony Wellington Irwin, Gray's-inn-square.
Edward Western, Great James-street, Bedford-row.
Charles Francis Western, Great James-street, -Bedford-
row.
Cyril John Monkhouse, Craven-street, Strand.
Edward Davison Wel ford, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Edward Doyle, -buildings,-buildiur',N, Gray's-inn.
p Augustus Hanrott, jun., Queen-square,
Frederickiel Tritton, Three Crown-square, Southwark.
William Henry Clapham, Great Portland-street, Mary-
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Blooms-
bury.iebPh n

William Bennett, cotton spinner, Foster Mill, near
Hebden-bridge, Yorkshire.
BANKRUPTS.
William John Watson, builder, Upper Holloway, to
surrender March 21, at twelve, and April 20, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings ; Brown, Finsbury-place.
William Cliff Hulme, grocer, Putney, March 24, and
April 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptoy. Edwards,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hare and Whitfield,
Temple.
Wm. John Hicks, draper, Waltham Abbey, March
18, at twelve, and April 21, at one, at the Court of Bank-

Mr. Parry directed he should be brought forward, but
the inspector, on looking round, found he was gone.

EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.—On Wednesday the Lord
Advocate's bill to establish a Board of Education in
Scotland was printed. It contains 47 clauses ; a board
is to be established in Edinburgh ; au assessment is to
be made on the ratepayer ; schools are to be established
open to the visits of parents ; aid is to be given to in-
dustrial and reformatory schools, &c.