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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1841.

The House of Commons met last night after
the recess.

A new writ was issued for Nottingham. Pri-
vate business and petitions, as usual, occupied
some time, but were of no public importance.
Mr. HUME inquired of Mr. MACAULAY whe-
ther the statement published as to a certain
military flogging on the Sabbath was correct.

Mr. Mll ACAULAY said it was not true that the
punishment was inflicted so as to make it appear a
continuation of Divine service. The corps were
marched out of the riding-school after Divine
service, an inspection took place, and afterwards
the troops were ordered back to the riding-
school, and there the punishment was inflicted.
Mr. MACAULAY exonerated the Earl of CARDI-
GAN from any imputation of inhumanity, or a
desire to inflict corporeal punishment ; but he
said he could not reconcile his proceedings either
with good sense or good feeling. Nothing but
the extreme exigency of the public service could
justify inflicting punishment on the Sabbath,
which did not exist in this case, and it therefore
was without excuse. Here the subject ended.
To-day, Mr. Fox MALL, stated, in answer to
Sir G. SINCLAIR, he would inform the House of
the determination of the Home Department re-
lative to the appointment of Mr. CANDLEISII.
The Administration of Justice Bill was post-
poned till Friday.
In answer to Sir R. PEEL, ViSCOURt MORPETH
stated that it was his intention to proceed with
the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, and
that he should state, either to-day or to-morrow,
what alterations he proposes to make in it.
The County Courts Bill, Mr. F. MAULE
stated, would be proceeded with on Thursday,
with amendments.

Mr. EWART moved an Address to the Crown
to throw open the whole of Regent's Park to the
public, but after a short conversation withdrew
his motion. Mr. E. J. STANLEY stated that
a portion of the Park was let ; and though
he could not say that the whole of the Park
would be thrown open from the water to the
Zoological Gardens, it was the intention of Vis-
count DUNCANNON to throw open an additional
portion of the grass land between Lord HERT-
FORD'S villa and the gardens.

Mr. EWART postponed his motion relative to
appointing a public prosecutor for a fortnight.
The Arms (Ireland) Bill was read a second time,
and at Six o'clock the House adjourned.

We are reminded, by the following extract
from the Southern Reporter, of the great services
formerly rendered to the good cause by the
Times, and of its recent scandalous attacks on
the Irish. The first sentence sounds harsh, but
something must be allowed for the much
wounded feelings of the Irish, and their perfect
knowledge of the falsehoods affecting themselves.
As a public organ, the Times is a foul and convicted liar
writing for a faction without a pretension to honesty, without
a particle of principle. We can very well remember the noble
position occupied by this journal when it forced from the Bo-
roughmangers of England an unhoped for Reform ; and, as a
companion picture, the Irish will not easily forget the long
series of unrelenting, unblushing falsehoods that, on a change
of p .oprietary, it suited this leader of public opinion to put
forth in the performance of its despicable contract. But our
phmest and England.
business is not with Alr. Walter or his paper—it is. with Eng-
No persons regret more than we the change in

the Times from our leader in the cause of Reform
to our most powerful opponent. During a con-
sideral period it was a " true book persuading
England—a Bishop," as Mr. CARLYLE says, "or
Archbishop, the Primate of England and of all
England ;" but then it became a false book, a
loud voice without any meaning, like a priest re-
peating his prayers in a language he does not un-
derstand. It formerly taught us that the Tories
were always like a duck-legged drummer in the
rear of the regiment; and now, while we are re-
quired to march steadily forward as the means of
safety, the Times essays to drive back the whole
battalion to a line with the waddling duck-legged
drnmmer. It used to tell us emphatically
that we had too much Church; we believed
it, we believe that assertion still; but
the Times now argues for more Church,
and more parsons. In only one point has it
preserved consistency. It was the parent
of violence, by its brickbat and bludgeon recom-
mendations; the fire-and-faggot faction of the
Chartists sprang from its loins, and it now ap-
peals to its children. The moderate and reason-
able Chartists spurn it; those who advised arm-
ing, and pointed out how children, by the inser-
tion of a bodkin into the machinery of mills,
might bring it to a still stand, are Mr. WALTER'S
friends. From good it has apostatised, and has
remained consistent only in evil. The electors
of Nottingham are now asked to honour and
reward the Times.

Some of the leaders of the violent section of
the Chartists are Irishmen—will they forget the
language and conduct of the Times, and support
Mr. WALTER merely to spite the Whigs ? It has
recommended that Ireland be re-conquered; it
has spoken of the Irish priests as surpliced
ruffians; it has been of late systematically op-
posed to that system of governing Ireland which
has done so much for its tranquility ; and is now
to be considered as the embodyment of Orange
principles, and the representative of Orangemen.
When such are its well-known politics and cha-
racter, no other than an Irish Orangeman, can
use his influence in favour of Mr. WALTER.
Nottingham has long been renowned for its
free and intelligent spirit. Lord HOLLAND was
for many years its Recorder, and we treat it as
utterly impossible that Nottingham can now
choose the representative of apostacy, intole-
rance, and bigotry. It would be most ungra-
cious toward Ireland to elect Mr. WALTER.
The Irish justly complain of injuries and in-
sults. They demand Repeal, because they
can get no justice from England. The Times
has been distinguished for the virulence
of its attacks on the Irish; and were the
electors of Nottingham to return Mr. WAL-
TER, that would assure the Irish that they
must look only to themselves and Repeal for re-
dress. There are some men, however great may
be their talents and signal their virtues, who are
the representatives of such ultra and injurious
opinions that they ought on no account to be
placed in Parliament. Mr. WALTER is one of
these ; for to elect him is to honour the lan-
guage and conduct of the Times. It will confirm
Mr. O'CONNELL'S statement that the passport to
favour in England is to abuse his country. Mr.
WALTER'S success, as the reward of apostacy,
would be a disgrace to Nottingham and to Eng-
land; as an encouragement to insult the Irish it
might be dangerous to the empire. We need
not ask the electors of Nottingham to consider
these matters, we know that they are very at-
tentive to all just considerations bearing on their
contest, and we expect that by rejecting Mr.
WALTER they will confirm the high opinion
which the whole empire entertains of their spirit
and integrity.

We do the parsons' journals, which call inces-
santly on the community to respect and honour
all the formalities and observances of religion,
the credit of supposing, that, like ourselves, they
doubted the accuracy of the story that Lord
CARDIGAN had flogged a soldier on the Sabbath
Day, and therefore held their peace on the sub-
ject. It was too monstrous to be readily believed.
All doubt is now at an end, and silence is no
longer practicable. The journals we have allu-
ded to must now speak out.
Last night, in the House of Commons,
Mr. MACAULAY, the Secretary of War, ad-
mitted that the man had been flogged on the
Sabbath, and in the place where Divine Service
had been performed, though another military
ceremony, namely, an inspection in another
place, had intervened between the worship of
GOD and the flogging a brother. Time, we
presume, was given to put down the altar
and put up the halberts, unless the same con-
trivance might have served for both purposes;
and then the sound of the cat, and the wailing of
the sufferer, followed the effusions of the soul in
prayer and the chaunt of thanksgiving.
The plain fact is, that in the very place
where the Earl of CARDIGAN had collected
his men to hear the truths of Christianity—
where he had probably joined them in sup-
plicating the ALMIGHTY for mercy and favour
—where they all had joined the chaplain in sup-
plicating the ALMIGHTY for forgiveness as they
forgave their brethren—in that very place,
and within half an hour of the time of
offering up these (dare we call them mocking)
prayers to the DEITY, was the man tied up and
flogged The punishment is itself abhorrent to
humanity. No justification, but what is to be
found in the negligence or brutality of the officers,
exists of its infliction; to inflict it at any time is
an unnecessary outrage on human feelings—to
inflict it now, in peace, is a wanton cruelty—to
inflict it on the Sabbath is an outrage on religion,
and to inflict it on the spot where prayers to GOD
had just before been solemnly offered up, is a
profane and a terrible mockery.
Our religious people are great sticklers for
observing the Sabbath.; they will not allow
mails to travel on that day ; and what will they
say to flogging a fellow-creature on the Sab-
bath, and in a place which, a short time befbre,
had been consecrated to religious worship ?
We have frequently read expressions of
horror at turning churches into hospitals, and
at stabling horses in the consecrated house of
prayer; but what expressions are adequate to
express this laceration of a fellow-creature's
naked back, amidst all the calculated solemnity
of military punishment, surrounded by his fellow-
soldiers, who were made the witnesses, and in
some sense the partakers, of his shame and his
agony ? If anything was ever done in the slave
States of America to match this we have not
heard of it, and we are sure that even there it
cannot be surpassed.
What will be done with this Lord CARDIGAN ?
Will he still be allowed to pollute the throne by
remaining in the actual command of a regiment
of which her Majesty's husband is the Colo-4ei
W ill he continue to disgrace the ar
nv
tolerating
make it a bye-word to the empire,
nd
such practices ?
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himself for
in its ranks such a man and
expatriate..
people ;
freely,t though honestly,
Will he even be allowedeltori-.
A PA INE
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speaking
against the religious feelings of the
but what outrage did he ever commit that wal
tenth part so flagrant as this conduct of Lord
CARDIGAN ? If he be suffered to remain in
the land, except in the deepest obscurity—
if he ever again brave public feeling, auda-
ciously exhibiting himself at the theatres, and
thrusting himself on public notoriety—if he
remain in the army, to brand it with his name
and character—if he continue in the command
of Prince ALBERT'S regiment, polluting the
very throne itself— the world, the fbreign
world—the world without our prejudices—
will justly say that all our respect for
humanity all our regard for decency all
our sympathy fbr one another—all our devotion
to her MAJESTY, and our honour of the military
services —all our reverence for religion—are
mere hollow pretences, practical and audaciotrs
falsehoods, and that we are the most hypr'cri-
tical people that ever lived. For the &tic!, of the
national character, Lord CARDIGAN
must, from
this time forward, never be heard of but in
exile or obscurity.

e were enabled to publish in a second edi-
tion, last night, an account of the dinner given to
Commodore Sir C. NAPIER at Liverpool on Mon-
day. The readers of The Sun will be delighted at
the homage paid to our greatest living naval hero.

It does equal honour to the people of Liverpool
and the Gallant Officer. The Mayor, even
while he professed himself no admirer of men
of the sword, could not refrain from showing
his great respect for the Commodore by pre-
siding at the dinner. He said only what is emi-
nently true and just when he complimented the
Commodore on being an able negotiator as well as
a great warrior. The Commodore's reply was a
brief and modest history of his operations in
Syria, and of his negotiations with MEHEMET
Am, the latter of which do him as much honour
as his victories. What he said of the Egyptian
Pacha is extremely favourable, and adds both
to our conviction of the impolicy of trampling
on him and our regret at the attempt. The Gal -
lant Commodore's speech is an historical docu-
ment of great interest, and it tends to prove that
he can talk as well as negotiate and fight.

A ponderous volume, which, however, forms
but the first part of the diplomatic correspond-
ence relative to the settlement of the Eastern
Question, has been presented to both Houses of
Parliament by command of her MAJESTY. With
many of the documents contained in it the public
is already familiar; but there are others which
cannot fail to surprise all who take an interest
in the foreign policy of this country. The zeal
with which we have hitherto defended the foreign
policy of Lord PALMERSTON would have been
somewhat abated had we been aware of many of
those Downing-street secrets which are now re-
vealed to us. Though prepared to find Lord
PALMERSTON acting in concert with Russia, it re-
quired the publication of these official papers to
convince us of the extent to which his Lordship
lent himself to promote the views of that wily
and unscrupulous Power. The following extract
from the dispatch No. 333, addressed by Baron
BrtuNNow, the Russian Plenipotentiary, to his
colleague, the sagacious Count NESSELRODE,
dated the 26th of September, 1839, will not in-
crease the nation's confidence in the patriotism
of the Noble Foreign Secretary :
He began by telling me that the Council had taken into se-
rious consideration the overtures with which I had been en-
trusted.
That it had not hesitated to admit and strongly to appreciate
the sincerity of the intention by which those overtures had
been dictated.
That on this point the opinion of the Members of the Cabi-
net was unanimous, so as to pay the tribute which is due to the
rectitude of the intentions of our august Master.
That the desire manifested by the Emperor to come to an
amicable understanding with England, with respect to the
affairs of the East, was in entire conformity with the wishes of
the British Cabinet; but that the latter is under the necessity
of not losing sight of many considerations which make it expe-
dient for it to observe great caution in its proceedings, in
order not to run directly counter to opinions which it is im-
portant to it that it should have regard for.
Lord Palmerston, on this point, entered into very detailed
explanations, which I will endeavour, M. le Comte, to repeat
in this place, while I report to you, as faithfully as possible, the
very words employed by this Minister.
" The opinion of my colleagues," said he, " is loudly ex-
pressed in favour of the same principles as those which you have
set forth on the part of your Cabinet, for the maintenance of
the independence and the preservation of the Ottoman empire.
Like you, we desire to act for this purpose in concert with you,
and to dedicate thereto a common action. We should be de-
termined to act in this manner with all the Cabinets who might
be willing to concur with us for the attainment of this object.
We should be ready to proceed in this course with France, and
even without her, if she refused to rejoin therein. We per-
sist in thinking that our efforts should be directed to reinstate
the Sultan in the possession of Syria. We do not conceal from
ourselves that this result cannot be obtained without a display
of force designed to overcome the resistance of the Pacha.
" Still, neither can we overlook that the employment of these
measures might lead Mehemet Ali to adopt an extreme reso-
lution, and to march his army on Constantinople.
" If this contingency should occur, we are the first to admit
the necessity of seeing Russia interpose her material force to
ensure the safety of the capital of the Ottoman Empire. But
in that case, my colleagues are of opinion that it would be de-
sirable and necessary that the military intervention of Russia
in the Bosphorus, should not have the appearance of excluding
our co-operation.
" According to the unanimous opinion of the Council, the
military intervention of Russia, if it should become necessary
for the protection and defence of Constantinople, ought to take
place in such a manner as that it might be combined with a
certain degree of ce-operation and assistance on the part of the
naval forces of England.
" This co-operation might be settled so as not to blend and
not to bring in contact the forces of one Power with those of
the other. This distinct ion would even be the result of a prin-
ciple on which we are already agreed. As a general proposi-
tion, we look upon the two Straits of Constantinople as closed
to the flag of war of foreign nations. Consequently, if as an
exception to this rule, and for the common interests of the de-
fence of the Ottoman Empire, one of those Straits should be
opened to your naval forces, it would be just and natural, that
its pursuance of the same exception, the other of those Straits
should equally admit our naval forces. They would appear
there by no means with the intention of confining or controlling
your action. Each of the two Straits would be placed under
the protection of the respective Powers, whose forces would
in this manner remain separated, and would not find themselves
in presence of each other. You on one side, we on the other,
would be there to prevent the Egyptian army from crossing
the canal of Constantinople. Placed at a distance from each
other, the respective forces would run no risk of coming in
contact. Besides the numerical disproportions which would
exist between them, would evidently show that our co-opera-
tion could have no hostile tendency with respect to you; for
the presence of three or four ships of the line which we should
send there, would assuredly not be c.ticulated to compete with
your land and sea forces concentrated in the Bosphorus. All
that would be necessary for us, would be to prove to the nation
that we have not consented to allow ourselves to be excluded from
a common operation, having for its object to preserve the
capital of the Ottoman Empire; that we have not formally
agreed to a principle by which Russia would be empowered to
exercise that protectorate alone.
" It is not, therefore, from mistrust as to the intentions of
the Emperor, whom we respect, nor from jealousy of Russia,
with whom we are sincerely desirous of proceeding together,
but only from the considerations above-mentioned that it is im-
possible for us to accede to an arrangement by which we
should ourselves pronounce the absolute exclusion of our flag
from a quarter where we should in principle establish the iso-
lated presence of yours."
It is in these terms that Lord Palmerston communicated to
me the decision of the Council. He did so in a manner which
proved to me that the British Cabinet at the present time en-
tertained no mistrust as to the intentions of our august Master
with regard to Turkey. But that in expressing the opinion
above set forth, it had merely guarded itself against the attacks
which it is easy for it to anticipate, in the event of its lending
itself to concessions which might be represented as an injury
done to the honour of the British nation.
Is it then possible that Lord PALMERSTON
could so betray the interests of this country
as to enter into a collusive negotiation with
Russia, flinging the dust of spurious pa-
triotism into the eyes of the British people,
while actually engaged in abandoning the
Turkish capital to Russian protection ? Will
it be believed that while negotiating for the
possible presence of a Russian fleet of twelve sail
of the line and as many transports, with an army
of from sixty to eighty thousand men at Constan-
tinople, Lord PALMERSTON could propose being
content with the mockery of three or four ships-
of-the-line and a handful of Marines to keep watch at the mouth of the Dardanelles? We cannot I
give credit to the evidence of our senses without 1
condemning, in the strongest terms which it be-
comes public journalists to employ, the dishonest
and dastardly policy evolved in Lord PALMER-
STON'S alleged conversation with the Russian
Minister. The whole tenor of the conversation
is to show that but for the force of public opinion
out of doors Lord PALMERSTON would have no
compunction whatever in constituting Russia sole
guardian and protector of the integrity of the
Ottoman empire. But upon tLis point France
happily shared not in the 'easy credulity of the
British Cabinet. Th French Ministry made no
secret of its su.,..;p*i of the good faith of ti-
CZAR,
CZAR, and'
fleet ' of its determination to‘s,aenntd
co Constantinople the inF_ owerful
Russian
`..,-ifiau.-low upon the waters
snip-of--the-line cast its
of the Bosphorus. ibis wholesome suspicion ion
the part of Fiance is resented in one of Count
NEssELnonE's despatches, dated 26th of Decem-
ber, 1839, in terms which actually menace the
existence of the Ottoman empire. As they are
as remarkable for the manner as the matter, we
will quote them for the Information of our read-
ers :

It is time M. le Comte, that this distrust and these recrimi-
nations should give place at length to a sounder appreciation il
ear political views. The Emperor has made sufficient sacri-
fice of personal feeling to the desire for.unitei and peace, to be
entitled to obtain some in return. His Majesty has not con-
, fined himself to mere sacrifites of opinion ; he has made for
the common advantagti actual concessions, far more important.
It is the least that can be done in other quarters, to give up
prejudges which have no longer any foundation. If, notwith-
•standing so many
proofs of disinterestedness and self-denial,
the Emperor should continue to see his intentions misunder-
stood ; if, at the same time that his concessions are
view of
accepted, endeavours are
made to turn them to account
with the
p
popularity,
by representing them as roceeding from acenotber quire*
source than his free and enti vo
tion; if, in the irrangernent which is to be concluded,re endeli-
as
yours are Made to complicate the negotiations by new demands,
by diseissing questions, by raising cohtingencies unconnected
with the existing crisis; if, in short,
under the pretext of
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So, then, if Western Europe go on suspecting
the immaculacy of Russia's respect for the faith
of treaties, she will realize their suspicions by
pouncing upon unfortunate Turkey ! NICHOLAS
is not to be called the NERD of the North with
impunity. Call him a devil, and he will wreak
upon his nearest neighbour all the malicious fury

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