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means of direct taxes. He could have understood the
right hon. gentleman proposing to double the income
tax if he had still belonged to the great Peel party, but
he was at a loss to understand it, associated as he now
was , with the noble lord the member for London,
the noble lord the member for Tiverton, and
others who had over and over again denounced it as the
most detestable and obnoxious tax that had ever been
imposed upon the people of this country. These associa-
tions of men who had no opinion in common, led to act-
ing upon no opinion at all ; and it was this constitution
of the Government which had led to the war which they
were now considering how we should pay for. He
wished to ask the right hon. gentleman when he saw the
Three per Cents, still falling, railway shares reduced not
less than 10 per cent., and every kind of property going
down rapidly, whether he was still of opinion that the
expense of the war could be defrayed by direct taxation
raised from year to year ? If he did, he ventured to warn
the right hon. gentleman that he had not deceived him-
self more when he proposed to reduce the South Sea
Annuities in 1853 than he was now deceiving himself in
making this proposition. If this were to be a great war,
and the expenses of the first year should turn out to be
10,000,0001. or 14,000,0001., how was the right hon.
gentleman to raise so large a sum by direct taxes ? Did
he think that he could double the income tax a second
half-year ?—that he could go on indefinitely doubling the
income tax ? Ha told the right hon. gentleman that he
might pass an Act of Parliament to do it, but that he
would be unable to collect the money, or, if he did, he
would lose some other taxes, because there was a limit
beyond which direct taxation could not be carried, and,
if so heavy an income tax were imposed, the public
would, he might rest assured, indemnify themselves in
some other way. He beseeched the right hon. gentle.
man to consider how he was to meet the serious amount
which, he feared, was to be expended in this war. Would
he propose indirect taxes, re-imposing some which he
had before remitted ; or would he at once make up his
mind to raise money by way of loan ? He (Mr. Malins)
believed that it would be found impracticable, either by
indirect or direct taxes, to raise the means of carrying on
the war within the year, and, if so, it would be neces-
sary to make a proposition by which money could be
raised for the purpose. If it were to be a great war, in-
tended to curb the ambition of Russia, and to secure last-
ing benefits for those who were to follow us, why should we
of the present generation pay the whole expenses of the
war ? He said that it was not a right principle that
those who were to benefit by our efforts should not
have thrown upon them some of the weight of the war,
and he called upon the Government to act in this mat-
ter on the same principle as the great landed proprietor
would act who, when making extensive permanent im-
provements, bore some portion of the expense himself
and threw the remainder upon his successors. He
trusted that the right hon. gentleman would take these
matters into consideration, and that the session would
not terminate before the house, acting upon an enlarged
vies of the subject, would settle a system of finance
by which the war might be carried on without proving
unduly burdensome, grinding, and oppressive upon the
present generation. If this were not done, but direct
taxation were increased, those energies of the nation
which now supported the Government might be de-
stroyed, and the war become so unpopular that we
might be compelled to submit to an ignominious peace.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LAING pointed out the successful results of the
remission of indirect taxes during the last ten years, and
inferred thence that the great majority of the country
would prefer a double income tax to retracing our steps
by reverting to a system of indirect taxation.
Mr. VANSITTART said, although he did not intend
to oppose the present measure, he considered that there
were ample grounds for discussion, and having seen that
the Government had been guilty of such rashness, they
would nut be doing their duty if they did not impress
on them the necessity of using great caution and of
taking bold measures when they were required.
The bill was then read a third time and pas-ed.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.)

In consequence of to-day being fixed for the conside-
ration, in both houses of Parliament, of her Majesty's
most gracious message, announcing the suspension of all
negotiations with the Emperor of "All the Russias,"
large crowds of persons collected in Palace-yard, in
Westminster Hall, and along the different passages lead-
ing to each house, in order to witness the arrival of
the various Peers and members of Parliament, and great
anxiety was evinced by them to see the most prominent
members of the Cabinet. The interior of the House of
Lords presented a more exciting appearance than it has
done on any other occasion we recollect, except at the
opening and close of Parliament, when her Majesty
attends in person. The galleries on each side of the house,
which are usually appropriated to peeresses were en-
tirely filled with ladies upon whose splendid dresses the
reflection of the brightly shining Nun, through the
coloured glass windows, had a very peculiar and brilliant
effect. The space in front of the throne and behind the
bar, as well as the strangers gallery were crowded with
spectators. All the Ministers were on the Government
benches and there was a large attendance of Opposition
members.

THE WAR.

In reply to the Earl of RODEN,

The Earl of ABERDEEN said it was the intention of
the Government to advise her Majesty to set apart a
day for national humiliation and prayer to Almighty
God for the success of her arms in the present war. .
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY expressed his
satisfaction at the declaration made by the noble earl.
It had been always the practice in this country to appoint
a day of humiliation previous to entering upon a war,
and never was there a time when we could more properly
invoke the blessing of God on her Majesty's arms. (Hear.)

Mr. F. SCULLY presented a petition, signed, as
we understood, by 5,000 persons attending St. George's
Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark, against the pro-
posed committee of inquiry into monastic institutions.
On the question being put, on the nomination of
the committee, that the name of Mr. Chambers be
agreed to,

Mr. GOOLD rose to move, as an amendment, that
the name of Mr. Chambers he omitted, with the view
of substituting that of Mr. Sotheron ; and afterwards,
that the names of the Marquis of Stafford and Mr.
Newdegate be omitted, and those of Mr. Ker Seymer
and Lord H. Vane be substituted. (Hear, hear.) He
deprecated any personal discourtesy to the hon. and
learned member for Hertford in bringing forward this
motion, but, knowing that hon. and learned member's
strong prejudices on this subject, and presuming that
probably he might be the chairman of this committee,
if appointed, he felt it his duty to enter his protest
against his being appointed to serve on it, and also
against the appointment of the committee itself. (Hear.)
Sir J. FITZGERALD briefly supported the motion
for the omission of Mr. Chamber's name, and contended
that the present time was most unseasonable for the in-
troduction of such a measure as that of the hon. and
learned member for Hertford. The only effect of such
a measure, he believed, would be to excite again those
religious differences which had for so long a time so un-
happily distracted Ireland, but which were now, to a
certain extent, stilled.; and which, if ❑ot again impru-
dently excited, would, he believed, in the course of time,
be entirely ohliterated. (near.
The house then divided, when the numbers were-
-117
60

Ayes ...
Noes ..
On the second name, that of Mr. Walpole, being
put—

- Mr. LUCAS moved,. as an amendment, that the
further nomination be proceeded with on that day six
months. The hon. gentleman contended that folly and
bigotry were the foundation of the whole proceeding.
Mr. D. O'CONNELL support4d the amendment.
Mr. MASSEY deprecated the selection of names
which had been proposed as a committee, no less than
seven of them having already expressed strong opinions
against these institutions. He also objected to other
names who were in favour of them. In fact, he ob-
jected to nearly all the names proposed, thinking the
committee should be composed of hon. members who
were, as far as possible, impartial ; whereas those pro-
posed were the most part pledged on one side of the
question or the other.
Mr. SPOONER could not see how any committee
could be formed upon the principles laid down by the
hon. gentleman. He denied that there was any inten-
tion of bringing the inmates of convents' before the
house, for no gentleman would lend himself to such a
proceeding, but they would be able to prove that there
was a system of inducing young women of property by
moral influence to enter convents, with the view of
gaining for those establishments the property to which
they were entitled.
Mr. J. BALL thought the house bound, out of respect
to its own character both in this country and in Ireland,
to take care that this inquiry was conducted with some
decent regard for impartiality and justice. If five mem-
bers known to entertain hostile opinions to the nunne-
ries, five members favourable to them, and five members
whose opinions were unbiassed, formed the tribunal, it
would be fair ; but, as at present constituted, it would
have the appearance to the country of being nothing
less than a packed committee. (Cries for a division.)
Mr. KINNAIRD, as his name had been called into
question, begged to offer a few words to the house. The
doctrine of the hon. member for Newport (Mr. Massey)
was the most extraordinary he had ever heard. (Hear,
hear.) He (Mr. Kinnaird) had never expressed an
opinion on this subject, either in or out of the house ;
and, although he had opinions with regard to it, he
should be preparedto enter on the inquiry in a perfect
spirit of impartiality. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. GOOLD, in explanation, said, he had wished to
convey his conviction that those members were incapa-
citated from serving on such a committee who were
active members of societies in hostility to Roman Catho-
lics. He thought he had, seen the name of Mr. Kin-
naird as one of the managing committee of the Protes-
tant Alliance, which had circulated tracts most offensive
to Roman Catholics, and be objected to the presence of
members on the committee whose hostility to Roman

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Mallon 29.

This day had audience of the Queen ;
Her Royal Highness the Infanta Dona Anna, Grea,
Aunt to his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Al-
garves : her Royal Highness was attended by the Count
de Lavraido, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from his Most Faithful Majesty :
To which audience her Royal Highness was introdr...7ed
by the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her
jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
and con imbed by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward
Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARon 29.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have receives,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Acting Consul-General at
Bucharest, announcing the prohibition of the exportation
of corn and meat from Wallachia and the ports on the
Danube.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 29.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a French Imperial decree from het Majesty's Ambassador
at Paris, to the effect that "the ports of Boulogne and.
Calais are added to the list of ports into which the im-
portation of Chinese crape shawls in the piece, of foreign
origin, destined to be embroidered in France," is permitted
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL—MARINE
DEPARTMENT, MAnCH 30.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Elsinore,
transmitting copy of a notice issued by the Danish Marine
Board (a translation of which is subjoined), relative to the
Light Vessels in the Cattegat.
(Copy.

:Translation.)

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
All the floating-lights are now laid out and lighted.
Moreover,
it is made publicly known hereby :—That the
Light-vessels at " Lcesso-Trindelen," at " Kobbergrun-
den," and at the " Anholt-Knob," aro in future to be
laid up on the 31st of December, supposing the ice permits
them to remain on their stations till then, and they will
not then be laid out before the let of March.
That tho light-vessels in "Drogden" and the Lcesso-
strait, aro ordered to keep their stations as long as the icc
permits them to do so.. If the floating-ice sould force
them to leave their stations, they will uut be laid out aguiu
before the Ist of March.
When the Light-vessel in the " Leesso-strait" is not on
her station, on account of the ice in the Cattogat, a white
flag with a blue perpendicular stripe will still, according
to the notification of the 9th November, be hoisted on the
lighthouses of Hanstholm and Skagen ; if, from other rea-
sons, it shall be obliged to leave the station, a red ball will
appear on the lighthouses of Skagen and Hirtsholm.
Ministry of Naval Affairs, the 11th March, 1854.
(Signed) STEEN BILLE.
(Signed) SUENSON.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE.—MARCH 30.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel Chas.
Dalton to be Colonel, vice G. E. Gordon, deceased ; Capt.
John William Ormsby to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Dalton ' • Second Captain Percy Francis Gother Scott. to
be Captain, vice Ormsby ; First Lieutenant Robert John
Hay to be Second Captain, vice Scott; Second Lieutenant
Horace Percival, to be First Lieutenant, vice H.ay,
March 17.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARcH 31.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Captain William Turnbull
Renwick to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Molesworth; re-
tired on full pay; Second Captain James William Gosset
to be Captain, vice Renwick; First Lieutenant John Gor-
don Jervois to be Second 'Captain, vice Gusset ; Second
Lieutentant Lonsdale Augustus Hale to be First Lieuten-
ant, vice Jervois, March 31.

Catholics argued prejudice and a foregone Conclusion on
the subject to be decided upon. Such persons ought not

s- sit .as jurors on the conventual institutions-of the
Church of Rome. (Divide, divide.)
Mr. V. SCULLY rose amidst vociferous cries for a
a division. He found that he could not be heard, and

therefore he moved the adjournment of the debate.
(Hear, and divide, divide).
The question was then put, and the house divided--
Against the adjournment l5O
For it ..
Majority against it... ........ -76
Mr. KENNEDY did not regret the division which
bad taken place. An insult had been offered by the

votes of the Protestant members of Great Britain to the

Catholics ; and he owed it, therefore, as a Protestant to
his Catholic fellow-countrymen to move the adjournment
of the house.

Captain BELLEW seconded the motion. He inten-
ded to substitute other names— one for that of the
member for East Surrey, and another for that of another
member—and ho appealed to the house, therefore, to
adjourn the debate.

Mr. Sergeant SHEE, in an energetic speech, de-
nounced the proposed inquiry, defended the convents,
and made a personal attack upon Mr. Chambers for his
conduct in promoting it. Towards half past one the
house became so impatient, that every new sentence of
the learned Sergeant elicited a burst of interruption.;
The house then divided, when the numbers were—
For the adjournment 6B
Against it l2l-53
Mr. MOORE moved the adjournment of the debate.
Mr. HUTCHINGS seconded the motion.
Mr. CHAMBERS said that at that hour of the night
ho thought it would not be proper to press the subject,
and therefore he would consent to the adjournment
The debate was accordingly adjourned, and in a few
minutes afterwards (at a quarter to two o'clock) the
house adjourned.

Th 3 Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle-
men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the
High Court of Chancery

John Park Sweetland, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.
John Taylor, Gray's-inn-square.
John Thomas White, Bedford-row.
Thomas William Southam, Uppingham, Rutland.
William Henry Trinder, John-street, Bedford-row.
Thomas Gibson Brewer, Phi!pot-lane, City.
Peter Wickens Fry, Cheapside.
John Henry Taylor, South-street, Finsbury-square.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Stafford—William Henry Chetwynd, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 25.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Samuel Hodder, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 24.
Royal Radnor Rifles—Hugh Powell Prickard, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice William Edward Prickard, resigned,
March 15.
Royal Monmouthshire Militia--John Segrave, Gent., to
be Ensign, March 29.
Royal Cardigan Regiment of Militia—Captain William
Thomas Rowland Powell, late a Captain in her Majesty's
37th Regiment of Foot, to be, Lieutenant-Colonel Com-
mandant, vice Colonel William Edward Powell, retired.
MEBIORANDII3I.—The Queen has been graciously pleased
to command that Colonel Willa gdyrnrcl rowou shad be

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a Sovereie.m, whose further aggrandisement would be dan-
gerous to the independence of Europe."
It was true there was something most soul-stirring in
" the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war," but.
it was impossible to think of war without also thinking of
the miseries it caused, and the prosperity it interrupted. It
was under a full sense of those circumstances that he appeared
there to advise the house to give its cordial assent to the
demands now made upon them. Lord Stratford had been
long acquainted with Turkey, and he said, not yesterday
or the day before, but for a series of years, that the inde-
pendence of Turkey could not be maintained without the
assistance of the other Powers of Europe, and that it was
absolutely necessary the Porte should extend equal
justice to all her subjects in general, and to her
Christian subjects in particular. (Hear, hear.) It had
been the practice of Russia to interfere more and more
in the internal affairs of Turkey; and if we looked to
Russia we should find that the other powers of Europe had,
during this long peace, been attempting to improve their
social position, it had been almost the sole object of the
Government of Russia to' form and maintain an almost
overwhelming army. We had, therefore, at the present
moment an immense military power on the side of Russia,
prepare 1, and, as we have learned within these few days,
commencing an attack on the independenoa of the Sultan.
We have, on the other side, the sympathy of the world,
and two nations at the head of the civilization of Europe
combined together to resist that,aggressian. He (Lord J.
Russell) would keep entirely out of view the question of
the Holy Places ; what he had to speak of were other
questions, and other remarks. They must always keep in
view that the Empress Catherine, after a success-
ful war, obtained from the Sultan a treaty for the
protection of his Christian subjects. The 7th article of
the treaty of Kainardji provided that those Christian sub-
jects should be protected, and their churches; and, there-
fore, if there had been any persecution of their religion,
the Emperor of Russia might justly have complained of
it. But there was no pretext of this kind put for-
ward. Corning to the events which took place
last year the house will have perceived, that no
sooner was the question of the Holy Places set-
tled than fresh demands on the Porte were made
by Russia. The noble lord then read a despatch from
Count Nesselrode to Baron Brunow, on 7th April, in which
the Count said the reports of threatening language held by
the Russian Ambassador towards the Porte was wholly
without foundation ' • and also an extract from a despatch
from Lord Stratford, complaining of the attempt of Prince
Menschikoff to conceal from him a knowledge of the threa-
tening and hostile language actually used by him. He
(Lord J. Russell) believed that Lord Stratford was per-
fectly well-grounded in that complaint, and that the con-
duct of Count Nesselrode on this occasion was characteris-
tic of that deception and concealment which unhappily
characterised the whole of the conduct of Russia in those
negotiations. (Hear, hear.) The conduct of the Emperor
of R,ussla himself, with respect to the secret despatches,
had forced the Government of the Queen to publish that
correspondence'; and he believed the Government had
nu reason to regret the publication of those des-
patches. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord then entered
into a very full detail of the course of our diplo
matic negotiations with Russia in reference to Ttirkey.
He was not going to enter into the niceties of the Vienna
Note, but what he wished to convey was, that that Note
as amended by the Porte, contained every guarantee that
the Emperor of Russia could expect for the protection of
the Christian subjects of the Porte; and it was clear the
intention of the' ussian Government was to accept this
Note iu one sense at London, at Paris, at Berlin, and at
Vienna, but to insist upon another sense being put upon
it at Constantinople (Hear.) With respect to the war
declared by Turkey against Russia, it was quite clear that
the wrong was with Russia. That declaration of war of
course greatly added to the embarrassment of the negotia-
tions. He thought, considering how much Austria and
Prussia had be n connected with Russia for many years,
Turkey must have been greatly in the right to get such
proposals as ,were made by the four Western Powers.
The moderate proposals of Turkey and the inadmis-
sible proposals of Russia, however, showed how hope-
less a peaceful solution had become. Recent events
had proved that Russia was all the while preparing
for war, and under those circumstances her Majesty's
Ministers consulted with the Government of France,
to consider if any other step than war was possible,
and they agreed that no ether step than war was 'pos-
sible. (Hear, hear.) They considered it would be im-
possible to hope to maintain theintegrity and independence
of Europe if Russia were allowed to impose her own terms
upon Turkey. Under those circumstances her Majesty's
Ministers felt bound to advise her Majesty to de-
clare war, and war had been declared. (Hear, hear.)
That war they would have been willing to avoid,
but it was forced upon them. (Hear, hear.) There were
few people, he believed, in this country who thought they
could take any other course. Some there were, he believed,
who said they ought not to interfere when an independent
kingdom was about to bo blotted from the map of
Europe. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But that was not the
line for us to adopt, who believed that we had a part to
play in the history of Europe, nor a part for us to play
and thus abandon our position which was absolutely es-
sential to our own independence as a nation. (Hear, hear.)
He might be asked with what right we were about to un-
dertake this task. He might answer that we were about
to do so in the full and cordial concurrence with the entire
people of this country,and withthe close andcordial,alliance
with France. (Hear, hear.) We had, then, to consider
the position of those other two Powers with whom we
agree:l to act. He must say he could add but little to a
former statement, that while it was clear to us what
the interests of those great German powers demanded.
he hail no document from them to lay before the house of
their intention to• join us in the war. And though the
conduct of the Emperor of Russia had been frank and
honourable, yet when Austria was asked what her conduct
would be in the event of a rupture with Russia,
Austria referred to Prussia before she could give a defi-
nite reply, and if Prussia had then acted straight•
forward, and honourably, it would be now in his (Lord J.
ItusselVs) power to lay an important paper from Austria
and Prussia on the table of the house. But he stated the
facts as they were ; and now the Russians having crossed
the Danube, had not induced Austria to join us, though,
at the same time, he felt bound to say, that Prussia not
having expressed any determination to join us, Austria
was restrained by fear for her own safety. (Hear, hear.)
He must, however, say that it was as much the interest of
Austria and Prussia, as much as the interest of England to
join in this war.