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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1854.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

purposes. The first bad effect of these proceedings on
the provincial councils of the six middle provinces was
that they participated in the illegal appropriation of this
money, whilst others were driven to refuse what the
governor had offered them, and levied the revenue on
their own limited authority. He believed that, in
the difficulty in which they were placed, the latter
took the right course ; but, in the first working of a
constitutional system, it was cruel to throw on these
little provincial legislatures such onerous and deli-
cate duties. From the want of the controlling power of
the General assembly, the provincial councils were
crippled, and were unable to decide whether they had
power to deal with the waste lands, and if so, to what
extent. The governor was called on by Sir J. Pakington
to select the nominated members of the upper house.
That he did not do at all. He first waited to see who
would be elected by the people, as if that was of the
slightest moment. If he had named these who were
elected, all that would have happened would have been a
second election in that case. He wished also to have
another paper—viz., that which referred to the leave of
absence of the governor, because till he saw the despatch
he would never believe that he had been authorised to
leave the colony till the General Assembly and the con-
stitution had been in operation. Sir G. Grey had been
rewarded and promoted, but notwithstanding that he
did not believe his noble friend would defend him on all
the points he had referred to. It was a right principle
no doubt to defend at home the acts of the colonial
governors, but still more important was the defence of
the rights and interests of the colonists, and the obedi-
ence and respect which was due from all governors to
the law. He knew the little interest that subjects like
the present created at home, but he believed it would be
some satisfaction to the colonists to find that at least one
voice was raised in denunciation of proceedings as arbi-
trary and as indefensible as 'ever came under the notice
of Parliament. (Hear, hear.)

spring of thisyear, the Government will not, in pursuance of
one of the recommendations of the Emigrant Ships' Com-
mittee, pass a bill this session, to enable her Majesty, by
an order in Council, to stop emigration from any port
where cholera, or any other• epidemic, may prevail, during
the time of its prevalence.
Mr. F. PEEL said those eases were greatly to be re-
grata, but it was impossible to stop emigration from a
port like Liverpool. However, if in the course of the
autumn the epidemic should increase, stops would be taken
to restrict emigration.
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Lord CAMPBELL gave notice of his intention to
move an amendment, when the house went into com-
mittee on the Navigation Bill, for the purpose cf getting
rid of a provision which, in the event of a ship and cargo
being lost at sea, would deprive the sailors of their wages,
and which he said involved a principle not only hitherto
unknown in this country, but all over the world.

Mr. FIEYWOOD wished to ask the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether it is intended to create exhibitions in
Trinity College, Dublin, open to students without any re.
ligious test, and when and from what funds such exhibi-
tions will be provided.
Sir J. YOUNG replied that the governing board of the
college were about to take steps to increase the value and
number of the exhibitions, and they would be thrown open
to all sects and denominations.
_ _ OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL.

This bill was brought down from the Lords in an
amended form:.

Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the bill; be reprinted
as amended, and that the Lords' amendments be taken
into consideration on Thursday next. '
THE INDIAN ARMy.
Mr: OTWAY asked the President of ithe,Board of Con-
trol whether it was his intention to recommend to her Ma-
jesty that the officers of the Indian Army should be
placed in regard to the recggni,tion of their rank in this
country, and the other European , possessions of her Ma-
jesty, in the same position' as they are in countries east-
ward of the Cape of Good Sipe? •
Sir C. WOOD could not take upon himself to make such
a recommendation. In fact it was not in his power to
do so. ,

The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that he sincerely
deplored the state of the house at' that moment (there
were but ten peers present), because when the charac-
ter and policy of an eminent. man like Sir G. Grey were
at stake it was most desirable, for the sake of the house
and the country, that a, greater number should be present
to listen both to the attack and the defence. (Hear.)
He was sorry that his noble friend had not brought for-
ward the whole of the charges against Sir G. Grey, be-
cause the public might be apt to draw erroneous infer-
ences when he heard from his noble friend that there
I were other charges which he left untouched. He was
glad 'to learn, however, that these charges, whatever
they were; were of a trivial and insignificant character.
His noble friend concentrated his attack on two heads,
first, the conduct of the governor in reducing the price
of the waste land ; and secondly, his delay in bringing
the constitution into operation. His noble friend said
that was a great boon, which had been marred and em-
bittered by the way in which it was carried out. His
noble friend said that the governor acted contrary to
strict legal right in reducing the price of the waste lands,
as the act gave him no such power. His noble friend
might be a very good lawyer, but he (the Duke of New-
castle) would rather take the opinion of the legal gentle-
men who drew up the act of Parliament, and said that
it did give the governor power to reduce h price of the
waste lands. That was certainly the intention of 9
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oahfsad been ever
rant of the circumstances under which this discretion
had been exercised. The price of land in the. colony
exercises .
when the instructions were sent out Was 1/. per acre,
and Sir G. Grey had to consider what the general' as-
sembly would be likely to do on that subject. If, in-
deed, the governor anticipated the general assembly in
reducing the price of land with the object of depriving
that body of the pleasure and popularity which that act
would give them, he would consider with his noble
friend that it was an improper act of discretion. But
such' was not the case. The land in the possession of
the' etown, with which the assembly would have the
power of dealing, was at the time very limited indeed.
But there was another class of land over which the
natives held rights appertaining to them not as indivi-
duals- but .as tribes, and which furnished a constant
source of discord between them and the colonists. One
class of colonists, who, he thought, took the just view
of the case, considered that they had no right to any of
these lands, except what they obtained from the natives
by purchase ; whilst another class .of colonists main-
tained that the crown had by prerogative a right over
all lands, unless a clear counter-claim could be es-
tablished by sthe natives. Sir G. Grey had obtained
a power and influence over the natives such as no pre-
vious governor ever had ; and, in consequence of that
power and influence, he induced them to de what they
had always before refused—natnelyt.,to sell,tor au in-
significant sum a vast tract atid-r6.':eli3ehd 'thr
purchase money in re-buying so much of the land as
they wanted for their individual purposes. Thus, nearly
the whole of Middle Island, as well as other parts,
became vested in the Crown, nod were handed over to
the General Assembly to be dealt with by them cleared
of all tribal rights. Sir G. Grey reduced the price from
U. per acre to 10s. per acre ; but he did not extend the
reduction to those parts of New Zealand where such a
step would be detrimental. He did not, for example,
extend it to the Canterbury settlement, in which his
noble friend took so great an interest. His noble friend
said that an injunction had been obtained from the
Supreme Court against the governor. That was quite
true. An injunction was applied for and obtained by
two gentlemen who had just arrived in the colony ; but
that injunction was never issued. His noble friend
insinuated that the judges were afraid to do so, as the
governor had power to remove them. No doubt such
a power was given to the governor to meet cases of
great exigency and delinquency ; but if those gentle-
men thought that Sir G. Grey intended to make such
a monstrous use of his power on that occasion, it was
their duty to have put the matter to the test by applying
for the issue of the injunction. He believed that the
governor was not only justified in proceeding as be did,
but that he had no other course to take. The next point
which his noble friend referred to was the delay which he
said the governor had thrown in tho way of the meeting
of the General Assembly. This charge was one of a most
extraordinary nature. It was not said that the governor
had literally fulfilled the act of Parliament. It was not said
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he did not think that the governor was liable to any
charge on the ground of delay. (Hear, hear.) The
governor was justified in keeping within the law in all
the steps he took, for there were no indications of an in-
tention to dispute those steps. In the alleged appropria-
tion, the governor had acted not only rightly, but legally;
he had handed over to his successor the funds which
of tahhee geoeveee, rnitor
were in possession at the time he came into office. 'When
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Colonial-office, the colony being then in the best possible
state. He had been 13 years out of England, having
gone from South Australia to New Zealand as a means
of saving that colony. He was now accused of coming
Sliire plied for Georgelea Grey,ve
home too soon, having left in this country a mother
in infirm health, who died before he reached this
country. (Hear, hear.) On his first appearance at
the Home-Office, he had expressed his readiness
to return to New Zealand without delay, if that
were considered necessary for_ the interests of the
country. He (the duke) rejoiced that his last act as Co-
lonial Secretary was to reward and promote Sir George
r.)
Grey. (Hear, he a He could not believe that those
were the best friends of good colonial government who
took pleasure in running down the officers engaged in
carrying out the views of this country. In
selecting Sir
G. Grey for the governorship of New Zealand, he had
sought to appoint a man who would prevent another
Zulu war. (Hear, hear.)
Lord LYTTELTON replied, and the motion was
agreed to.
COMMONS INCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL.
The second reading of this bill was postponed.
INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
BANKRUPTCY, ttc-, BILL.
This bill was reported, with amendments.
Their lordships adjourned at a few minutes before
eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Newport Dock Bill and
the Portsmouth Railway Bill were considered and agreed to.
The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was read
a third time and passed.
PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Sir H. SALFORD, from a
place in Leicestershire, in favour of ocean penny postage ;
by Lord HOTHADI and other members, against the opening of
public-houses on Sunday ; by Mr. M. GIBSON, from the
corporation of Manohester, praying that the Nuisances
Removal Bill may not pass into a law in its present shape;
by Mr. BASS, from the Derby Gas Light and Coke Com-
pany, against the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre-
vention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill ; by Sir
J. V. KELLY, from the churchwardens and ratepayers of
St. Clement Danes, complaining of the water supply of
the metropolis, and praying the house to appoint a com-
mittee to inquire into the subject.
CHOLERA ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIPS.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL asked if the attention of the
Government has been called to the recent cases of outbreak
of cholera on board of emigrant ships, in
.particular to that
of the ship Dirigo, chartered by the Emigration Commis-
sioners for Melbourne; and whether,. taking these cases in-
to account, and the extensive mortality from cholera in the
, emigration of last autumn, and that from Limerick in the