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be staved and thrown into the river, in order to pre-
vent danger to his men from any surprise of the
Spaniards, and had given orders that all his men
should abstain from drinking any of the spirits, as
it was well known that the Spaniards were in the
habit of poisoning them, for the purpose of de-
stroying the English, if they should seize them.
The constant vigilance of Captain Denman had struck
a final blow on the traffic in slaves in that place. The
subject was referred to the Colonial Department, to
the Foreign-office, to the Board of Admiralty, and
every one of those boards, acting on behalf of her
Majesty, not only sanctioned the proceedings and
approve., the acts of the defendant, but conferred upon
him the honourable appointments which were so
justly his due. The defendant received the warmest
thanks of the respective departments for his conduct
on the occasion,". and he was promoted to the distin-
guished rank which he now held. Not only had the
acts been approved by the respective boards he had
named, but the Parliament of this country had in-
serted in their " Appropriation Act," in the sums
required for the suppression of the slave trade, " a
sum of 4,0001. to the Hon. Captain Joseph Denman,
of her Majesty's ship Wanderer, and the men under his
command, for their successful efforts in the liberation
of slaves and the destruction of baracoons, and other
services in the Gallinas." The Attorney-General
then went on to contend that the Government and
her Majesty had sanctioned the act. The defendant
was free from all liability in the matter ; that the
Queen of Spain had entered into treaties whereby
the traffic in slaves was declared illegal ; the plaintiff,
being a Spanish subject, he could not therefore demand
compensation for damages sustained by him in conse-
quence of his own violation of laws, which, as a subject,
he was bound to obey. By the law of nations the
plaintiff was also bound to prove that the slaves were
his property, it having been decided by the most
eminent judges that the onus in such a case would
lay upon the plaintiff, because it was the right of
every person to enjoy his liberty. The plaintiff hold-
ing these persons in a state of slavery, he was there-
fore bound to prove that he was lawfully possessed of
them. Under all these circumstances he felt confi-
dent that the jury would feel it their duty to return
their verdict for the defendant. _ _ .

(A. letter from the Earl of Aberdeen, to the Admi-
ralty, on the subject, was then put in, as also a num-
ber of other official communications on the subject re-
ferred to as "Amexis" by his Lordship, from the diffe-
rent departments of the Government, approving of
the proceedings of the defendant.)
The ATTORNEINGENBRAL then contended that this
evidence proved that portion of the fourth plea, which
the plaintiff had traversed, viz., that the defendant had
acted under the authority of the Queen of this country.
From this evidence it appeared that on the 6th and
21st of July two of the Ministers of the Crown, Lord
Palmerston and Lord J. Russell, had approved of the
course taken. The only point to be argued was,
whether the defendant was bound to act upon autho-
rity previously given in order to justify his acts, and
that he ought not to rest for their justification upon
subsequent approval by the Crown ? He apprehended
that it was not necessary for the defendant to have
this previous command, and that the subsequent sanc-
tion was a full and complete justification of the acts
of the defendant. Numerous authorities could be
cited in support of this view of the case.
Mr. M. D. HILL objected to his Learned Friend
addressing the Court on the subject of the ratification
of the conduct upon a number of letters put in as
merely explanatory of another letter.
Mr. Baron PARRE said that those letters formed a
portion of the plaintiff's case, they having been put
in by him.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt it his duty to take
this opportunity on the ground of the justification,
though, at the request of the defendant, he was de-
sired to put the question upon the broader basis. The
Learned Counsel then proceeded to address the jury
on the additional evidence contained in the letters put
in by the plaintiff.
Sir R. Doherty, late Governor of Sierra Leone in
the year 1840, was then called and examined by Mr.
GODSON, Q.C.—I sent a dispatch to Commander
Denman on the 30th Oct. 1840; with that dispatch
several letters were sent; the papers produced are the
letters and dispatch referred to. The letters which
I sent to Captain Denman I had received as Go-
vernor of Sierra Leone. The Gallinas was about
150 miles from Sierra Leone. I sent a dispatch to
Lord John Russell on the 7th of December, 1840;
that produced is the original which I forwarded to
his Lordship. I remember the arrival of the negroes
(641 in number) at Sierra Leone; there were two
British subjects among them, besides the woman Tri
Norman, one of whom was a liberated African, the
other a British subject; both were residents at Sierra
Leone.

The letters and dispatches of the witness to Cap-
tain Denman and to Lord J. Russell on the subject
of the procceedings at the Gallinas were then put in
and read.

Mr. Parker, M.P., Secretary to the Treasury,
examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—In the year
1841 he was Secretary to the Admiralty. The Ap-
propriation Act of last year contained a sum of 7,750/.
as rewards for services 'performed on the coast of
Africa in the suppression of the slave trade. The
estimates for that sum were made up by myself. One
of the items of that sum was 4,000/. for Captain
Denman, as a reward for his services at the Gallinas
in the suppression of the slave trade.
Commander H. M. Hill, cross-examined by Mr.
Cockburn.—l was commander of the Saracen, and em-
ployed on the coast of Africa in the year 1840, in the
suppression of the slave trade. My superior officer
was Captain Tucker, commander of the Wolf. Ws
were cruising for a considerable time off the Gallines,
under the command of Captain Denman, of the
Wanderer ; the Saracen and Rollo were also under
his command. I was off the Gallinas during the
years 1839, 1840, and part of 1841. There was a
considerable trade carried on in slaves at that place.
Not one of the vessels which came out of the Gallinas
carried any of the produce of the country that he
could discover. I boarded every vessel that I could
get near enough. A great many of the vessels which
went to the Gallinas were adapted for the slave-
trade. During the years I was there I kept a very
strict watch at the mouth of the river. There is a
bar at the mouth of the river, sad several islands
within the bar. One of the islands was called Car-
matundo, another Kamaporze—as to Dombcorroh he
was not quite satisfied that it was an island.
Upon all these places there were harraceons ;
also at Tindo and other places upon the
main land. A barracoon is a large build-
ing for the reception of slaves, very strongly
fitted up for purposes of security. The distance of
Camassora from Dombocorro is about one-third of
a mile. Carmatindo is about the same distance; the
distance of Kamassora from Tindo about half a mile,
of Tindo from Dombocorro about the same distance.
The blockade at the Gallinas was only extended to
vessels supposed to be engaged in the slave-trade. I
have known instances of assistance being refused
to the boats of the English ; I went on board the
American brig " Waverley," and inquired into the
matter. I sent a boat into the river manned
by Kroomen which was detained a considerable
time before it returned. The boat was detained
several hours, I made a complaint to Captain Denman
on the subject of my boats not having been received
in a friendly manner by two merchant ships lying in
the river. The boats crew had been refused shelter
on board the Waverley, owing to the Spaniards on
shore refusing to deal with the Waverley if they did
so give the crew of the boats shelter. On the 191.11 of
Nov., I formed a part of the force which accompanied
Capt. Denman into the Gallinas river. There were ten
or eleven boats. I commanded the boats of my own ship.
Captain Denman, before we proceeded, issued this
general order. [The order was then put in and taken
as read] The force first proceeded to Dombocorro.
I landed there with the division under my charge.
Captain Denman and the rest of the party proceeded
to Kamassora. On landing at Dombocorro I found a
vast number of slaves leaving the place ; they were
urged to do so by the people who had the charge of
them. When I got on shore I took possession of the
factories, where there were some thirty or forty
sickly slaves not able to be moved. I saw one of the
slaves lying dead at the door of the building;
the whole of them were in a most miserable state.
There were many buildings, but they appeared to
form a portion of one large establishment. A great
number of the slaves who were driven away were
chained two and two together, some of them being
chained by the neck. The store at Dombocorro con-
tained a considerable quantity of goods ; one con-
tained spirits, and a magazine contained gunpowder.
I could find none of the produce of the country there,
with the exception of one or two elephants' teeth.
There was
a large quantity of bar iron there. I
could see Kamassor
werend driven . I
a raomwesekome pabretslioefveDtboamtbeocorro
I staid at Dombocorro
num-
ber of the slavesifactories. At he away from the other
found the baracoon empty,
and it was his opinion that they had mostly been
driven away. I am not sureet h h
Fraser was among the sickly numberw er a
whichbyy
Inamed
saw,
or whether he was brought in a canoe with several
from others by Captain Denman Kamassora to
Dombocorro. This boy claimed protection as
a British subject. I was present when his
case was investigated before Captain Denman.
Captain Denman took up his quarters at Dombocorro.
I saw him send a letter to King Siacca ; a meeting
afterwards took place between Captain Denman and
Prince Manna at Dombocorro. I was present at the
meeting, Prince Manna was there also—several of
theßajah's family, a native who acted as interpreter,
and a brother of Prince Manna. The other officeis
of Captain Denman were also present. King Siacca
was stated to be ill, and could not attend. Cap-
tain Denman complained of a woman named
Tri Norman and her child being held in con-
finement by rrince Manna, that she was
British flubjea, which Prince I)l4unti did not

deny. Captain Denman then insisted upon
an apology, which was made in the presence of all
the other parties. Captain Denman also made a
complaint that his boat's crew had been refused shelter,
and a free ingress into the river. I saw King Siachi
myself, six or seven weeks after this interview, lying
down on his couch in a state of indisposition. I saw
him at Ghindimar; Prince Manna acted in the place
of his father, conjointly with the other chiefs. Prince
Manna resided at Ghindimar. He took the lead in
the discussions, and appeared to be treated with
deference by the other chiefs who were present.
At the interview referred to the chiefs denied that
the act with respect to refusing shelter to the boats'
crews was their own act; that it was done by the
white people without any sanction whatever from the
chiefs. Prince Manna said that the white people,
the Spaniards, usurped their author ity in holding in
slavery British subjects, and preventing our boats
from obtaining shelter. Captain Denman then called
upon the chiefs to bind themselves by treaty to certain
things, among them that the slave dealers should be
banished, and their buildings and baracoons destroyed.
The chiefs desired time to consider the matter, and
to the best of my recollection they returned
on the following day, and agreed to the
terms which Captain Denman had submitted
and signed the treaty. Ido not think I was present
at the moment of signing the treaty. I left Lieu-
tenant Lewis in the room. I was present when the
treaty was drawn up, and when it was read over and
explained to the chiefs. No coercion whatever had
been used on the part of Captain Denman to compel
the chiefs to sign the treaty. They were free to go
and comae as they pleased, and were treated with the
utmost civility by all parties connected with the force.
I was present when the factory at Camassora was set
on fire. Prince Manna was standing by at the time,
and expressed a wish to see the effects of the rockets
upon the baracoons. The factories at Tindo and
several other places were fired before I left Dombo-
corro. I saw the rocket fired from Dombocorro to
Camassora. There were no goods whatever at
Camassora. I proceeded to Camassora, where
I found a native with a light in his
hand setting fire to the building, and I
believe that it was the natives who set fire to the
building, as I do not think that our rockets took any
effect. We had seen for several days the natives
carrying away the goods from Tindo and other
. places, and I know that there were no goods in any
F of the buildings which had been fired at that place.
The whole of them had, in his opinion, been re-
; moved. I saw the natives carrying away the
goods for two days upon their heads,
wading through the water with them. At Tindo
the natives reside close to the stores. No injury what-
ever was done to the persons or property of any of
the natives by Captain Denman or his party.
Cross-examined by Mr. HILL—The chiefs were
called upon to sign the treaty, and told them that if
they did not do so they would be held responsible for
having detained British subjects in slavery and their
other unfriendly acts, and must take the consequences.
What those consequences were he did not state in my
presence.
(The case had not concluded when our report left.)

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
WEST GLOUCESTER.

Some formal proofs connected with the election having
been adduced, it was proposed to put in Mr. Grantley
Berkeley's marriage settlement, but the Committee de-
clined Ito admit it as evidence. The other deeds and
documents, however, referred to in Mr. Sergeant Wrang-
ham's opening address were allowed to be put in. In
addition to the other incumbrances, it was proved that
Earl Fitahardinge had advanced Mr. Grantley Berkele)
money, the interest upon which, amounting to 1801. per
annum, was made chargeable on the 7001. rent charge.
This closed the case for the petitioners.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at 11.

GREAT MARLOW.
(Lontinued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAX contended that the provi-
sion in the Act referred to did not apply to the case,
inasmuch as the petitions did not pray for a scrutiny of
the votes with the view of unseating the sitting Members
to replace others, but they complained simply of bribery,
and prayed that the return might be declared null and
void upon their proving such allegation.
The objection was overruled.
Thomas Frith stated that previous to the last Great
Marlow election he waited upon Mr. Owen Weathen-
head, one of the canvassers of the sitting Members,
when Mr. Weathenhead told him that if he would vote
for the sitting Members, he (Mr. Weathenhead) would
not only forgive him a debt of between 131. and 141., but
lend him 10t. Subsequently he received the 101., which
he undertook to repay in three• months, and voted for
Mr. Williams and Sir William Clayton.
On cross-examination the witness admitted that he
was not ashamed of having broken his promise to vote
for Colonel Knocks. Since the election he had been sup
ported by Sir William Clayton.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at
eleven o'clock.

CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY.—
(THIS DAY.)
The first ordinary general meeting of the share-
holders in this railway took place to-day, at the offices
of the company in Broad-street Buildings, for the
purpose of receiving a report from the directors, and
other business connectad with the company.
WILLIAM TINDALL, Esq., the chairman of the
company, took the chair at one o'clock, and, upon
doing so, called upon the secretary to read the fol-
lowing roport :
" This meeting has been convened in accordance
with the Deed of Settlement, and the 7th and Bth
Victoria cap. 110, by whose provisions it is enacted
that an ordinary general meeting of the shareholders
in joint stock companies, registered under the said
Act, must be held in the months of January and
July in every year, or within twenty days from the
expiration of the said months respectively.
" Your directors on this occasion have only to re-
port, that since the last meeting the company has
become completely registered ; and that, with a view
to obtain from the local Legislature of Ceylon, an
acquiescence in the terms upon which as agoeed
with, and sanctioned by her Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Colonies, your directors would
have been prepared to recommend the pro-
secution of the scheme, the draft of a
local ordinance, embodying;the said terms, has been
prepared and forwarded to Ceylon, for the purpose of
being laid before his Excellency the Governor, and
the local legislature for approval or otherwise.
" Your directors hope to receive the decision
of the Ceylon Government by the next mail, and
have now o recommend that this meeting, which
has been convened solely on account of the provisions
of the Joint Stock Companies' Act already referred
to, be adjourned until specially summoned for the
purpose of considering the communications which may
arrive from the local Government.

"When the nature of the decision in question shall
have become known, your directors will convene a
meeting, and will be prepared to offer such sugges-
tions for your adoption as may be deemed expedient."
A resolution was then proposed and adopted sanc-
tioning the report, and ordering its circulation
among the proprietors. After which a resolution
was carried, adjourning the meeting to the 10th of
April.

THE BARBADOES RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

An adjourned meeting of this company was held
to-day at half-past twelve o'clock, at the London
Tavern, in order to receive the report of a sub-
committee appointed at the last meeting Sir R.
Schonburgh in the chair.
The report stated that the funds in hand were
6691. 03.6 d., and the claims 3001., that the resources of
the company bad not been expended with sufficient
economy, as more than 3,0001. had been expended in
sending two gentlemen as a deputation to Barbadoes
who, they considered, ought to have been recalled,
inasmuch as shortly after two other members of the
board had gone out on their own business, and
they might, at much less expense, have transacted
the necessary business. 9261. 4s. Bd. had been ex-
pended in directors' travelling expenses, which was a
large sum, considering the extent of the undertaking
and the small amount of the deposits received. In
conclusion, they recommended that the board should
be reduced to five members, that the board in the
colony should be abolished, and that no further
calls should be made without the concurrence of a
meeting of the shareholders.
Mr. SMITH, who had read the report, proposed its
adoption, and in doing so strongly blamed the apathy
of the colonists, who forgetting the old adage that
" God helps those who help themselves," neglected to
support a project which would promote their pros-
perity without any aid from the home Government,
and redound to the advantage, not only of themselves,
but of their children's children.—(Hear.)
Mr. LAURIE MURRAY seconded the motion. He
said, the line was one of the soundest that was pro-
jected during the speculative times they had passed
through, and his opinion remained unaltered
even in this season of commercial distress. He did
not think the amount spent in the deputation to Bar-
badoes large, considering the distance the gentlemen
composing it bad bent aeross the ocean. The same
remark applied to the sum paid to the directors ; for
he had invariably found where those entrusted with
the management of a company received no remune-
ration that it went to the " dogs."—(Hear.) It was
advisable that no further calls should be made except
by the consent of a general meeting.
After considerable discussion, the report was re-
ceived and ordered to be entered on the minutes.
The report of the Directors read at the former meet-
ing, with the accounts, was also adopted.
Resolutions in conformity with the recommenda-
tions of the report of the Committee were then passed,

and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair-
man and Directors, the meeting separated.
Tne Company will therefore remain in abeyance
for the present, and no further expenses will be in-
curred.

Thomas Lowe the elder and Thomas Lowe the
younger, bone and guano dealers, Whitchurch, Salop.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
JEWISH DISABILITIES. _ .

The Archbishop of YORK presented petitions
from different parts of Yorkshire against the Jewish
Disabilities Bill. _

Lord DENMAN presented petitions from different
parts of Derbyshire in favour of the Bill.
EXCISE LAWS.

Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from
Scotland, praying for an alteration in the Excise-
laws.

BANK CHARTER.

The Earl of EGLINTOUN presented a petition
from Glasgow, praying for inquiry into the Bank
Charter Act of 1844.
NAVIGATION LAWS.

Lord STANLEY gave notice of his intention on
Friday-week to move for the appointment of a Select
Committee to inquire into the operation of the Navi-
gation Laws.

PRIENIUNIRE.

The Bishop of EXE I'ER !then rose pursusnt to
notice, to present a petitton from certain clergy of
Buckinghamshire, praying that so much of the
statute of the 25th of Henry VIII. as subjected
deans, chapters, and bishops, to the penalties of
preemunire might be repealel. It was no wish
on the part of the petitioners to interfere
with the prerogatives of the Crown, or the
appointment and consecration of the bishop ;
and for himself, he believed that the exercise of that
prerogative was highly essential and necessary for the
peaceful regulation of the Church. The petitioners
did not refer to what had taken place at a late
election of a bishop or of the proceedings that had
taken place upon it, but he trusted that the opinion
of two of the Learned Judges, who were of opinion
that the circumstance of a bishop was ajudicial and not
a Ministerial Act would be declared to be the law of
the realm. The fact of two of the Learned Judges
being of that opinion gave him great hope that the
object which the petitioners had in view would
be acceded to. The Right Reverend Prelate
after adverting to what had taken place in the Court
of Queen's Bench with respect to the election
of the Bishop of Hereford, and the judgment
pronounced in that case by the Lord Chief Jus-
tice of the Court of Queen's Bench, stated that
in his opinion (..they must put an end to the
apostolic jurisdiction in England if they wished to
support the judgment of that Learned Judge. If the
law that had been laid down by that Learned Judge
was the law of England, he would venture to say that
it was without precedent. He was sure if the Noble
and Learned Judge reflected for one moment on
the effect of the construction he had put on the
statute of the 25th of Henry VIII., he
would recoil from his own ( pinion. The Bishops
of England were ready, and willing, and desirous to
obey the law, they would give up all their money,
and other possessions; but he believed he stated the
opinions of all of them when he said that they would
be no parties, for the sake of worldly welfare, or the
disobedience to the laws of the great Founder of their
religion.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
TEN ANT RIGHT.

Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the
Lord Mayor and citizens of Dublin praying the
House to pass a law to place the relation of landlords
and tenants on a better footing, and attributing the
recent agrarian outrages to the want of such a pro-
vision.

The lion. Gentleman also presented a petition from
Kildare in favour of the admission of the Jews.

Sir H. VERNON presented a petition against.
Mr. ADAIR, in favour of the Roman Catholic
Relief Bill. _ .

----- Colonel WATKINS in favour of the admission of
the Jews.

Colonel THOMPSON presented two petitions
from Bradford and its vicinity, signed by 8,000
persons against any increase in our war establishment ;
they thought instead of an increase, that a reduction
should take place, as those whom an army was kept
up to oppose were their be,t customers.--(Laughter.)

Great Britain or any other country, at as low freights
as WAS paid by the producers of countries where
slavery prevailed. And fur her, wit h the vie wof
atfOrding reasonable time to make all these arrange-
ments, this House was of opinion that the existing dif-
ferential duty of 6s. per cwt. should be continued for five
years after the expiration of this year, namely, up to
the end of 1853.
THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER.

Mr. FITZROY, seeing the Hon. Member the
First Lord of the Admiralty in his place, wished to
ask him the question of which he had given notice,
with reference to that ill-fated vessel the Avenger. A
rumour had prevailed of late, and had gained strength
since the unsatisfactory termination of the court-
martial on Lieut. Cocke, that the Avenger was not
properly supplied with charts ; and with the view of
affording a slight satisfaction to the friends and rela-
tives of the unfortunate brave men who fell victims
with the vessel, he wished to ask the Honourable
Geatletnan whether or not the Avenger was properly
supplied with charts ?
Admiral DUN DAS replied that the Avenger was
provided with every chart connected with the Medi-
terranean, and the Admiralty held the receipt of
Captain Rapier for them.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE
COURT OF ROME,

Sir R. 11. INGLIS said en the 7th of February a
Bill was introduced into the Ilouse of Lords to autho-
rise the establishments of diplomatic intercourse
with the Court of Rome, and the Lords were
eummoned for the 16th, to take the Bill
into further consideration, and to read it a second
time. Now, without giving an opinion on the sub.'
ject, though he should be disposed to do so at the
proper time, he wished to express a hope that his Noble
Friend would take care that sufficient time was given
for the due discussion of the measure in the Upper
and Lower House, and, he might add, for its consi-
deration in the country.—(Hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said the Bill was in the hands
of the Lord President of the Council , and he had no
doubt he would give sufficient time for the considera-
tion of the measure in the House of Peers without
any interference from him or from any of the other
Members of that House. When the Bill came down
to that House he should not use any undue haste in
passing the measure.—(Heor.)
Mr. HINDLEY inquired if the Noble Lord had
any objection to lay the correspondence which had
pasted between Lord Minto and the Court of Rome
before the House ?

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said the Hon.
Gentleman must be aware that the mission of
Lord Minto to the Court of Rome was entirely
divested of any diplomatic character.—(Laughter.)
He carried with him, however, credentials to the
powers of Sardinia, Florence, and Naples. His mis-
sion, however, being divested of a diplomatic
character, did not place him in a position to be
enabled to lay any correspondence that had taken
place before the House.—(ltenewed laughter.)
ITALY.

Dr. BOWRING then rose to move for copies or
extracts of the correspondence on the subject of the '
Commercial League of Italy. Italy, notwithstand-
ing all her former grandeur, her learning, her high
position in the scale of nations, and the universality of
her language, continued even now to justify the
words of the poet—
" Conquering and conquered still to be a slave."
The Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
had done justice to the admirable man who was
placed at the head of the pontifical Government.
His advent to that Government had been a blessing
to Italy. He had exercised all his influence for the
purpose of removing some of the causes of complaint
among the people, end he hoped that the
Pontiff, assisted by the other Powers, would
he enabled to remove easily the large amount of
grievances sc much needed to be removed, not only
in Rome but in Naples. He did not wish this
country to interfere in the internal concerns of other
countries, but that desire not to interfere was not at
all incompatible with the expression of the fullest
sympathy on the part of this country with the op-
pressed against the oppressors. The free- trade
movement of Tuscany seemed also to be fraught with
good to the Italian Peninsula. It was a favourable
thing that Rome had been enabled so to control the
the Italian mind, so as to obtain from them some security
that those principles would not be lost, but that it would
finally end in a regresentative system of Government.
—(hear, hear.) But the influence of Pius IX.,
would pass away no doubt with his life, and it was the
interest of this country to establish upon a permanent
basis the constitutions of the different portions of Italy.
In the free-trade movement of Italy, Sardinia occu-
pied about the same position as Prussia did among
the the Zollverein, and he had no doubt
that the constitution recently stablised there
would prove acceptable to the people. Tuscany
had always been a place of considerable interest, its
influence was widely spread ; she had established
the largest portions of the illustrations of Italian
literature. Of Naples he felt bound to speak with
some degree of apprehension; but he had no doubt
that the seed sown there would eventually bring
forth fruit, and the King of Naples warned, by
what he saw going on around him, would be
had no doubt finally unite'vvith the other portions of
Italy. With respect to Sicily it must be remem-
bered that although some blood had been shed still this
country was the first to awaken the bosom
of the Sicilians the love of freedom. (Hear,
hear.) The name of Lord William Bentinck
was spoken of by the Sicilians with the most perfect
reverence, and there was not a Sicilian bosom which
heaved with anticipation at the time when the Sicilian
people should be consulted on the subject of Sicilian
laws. The idea of a commercial league in Italy
was a most happy thought. With the national
feeling of Italy there was also united a con-
siderable amount of local feeling. The feeling of
the Sicilians was very distinct from the Tuscans,
and the Tuscans from both the Romans and the
Lombards. It would be wise still to cherish
these local feelings. The idea of one united king-
dom in Italy was a perfect chimera, and a dream
which could be indulged in by no persons who.
had really studied the position and feelings of
the inhabitants of the various states of Italy,

The example of Germany should be made the
groundwork of their future commercial regulations,
and then he had no doubt the commercial
glory of Italy would again return. Genoa,
Leghorn, and Venice, these great maarts of com-
merce would again see a return of those days of
splendour with which their romantic history was as-
sociated. I-Ie was not aware whether his Noble Friend
would at present find himself in a condition to make
any communication to the House on the subject; but
of this he was convinced, that the matter might be
safely left in the hands of the Noble Lord; and
therefore without detaining the House further, ha
begged leave to move the motion of Nthich he had
given notice.
Lord PALMERSTON rose, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

COURSE OF EXCH.
&Miter inni ...... •• • • 12 31A
at sight
Rottcrda,n .. • • 12
Int werp • .... 25 75
damburith .... • • 31,13. 13 i 2
.11tona ......... . • .
i'aris, 3 days'3ight ...• 25 45
Ditto, ....... ..... 25 65
Nlarseilles • • • • 25 75
!Soup-lc:aux 25 75
Frankfort on Maine.. 122%
Peteraburgh, 811. Rble .•

NGE.-(THIS DAY.)

1;er1in...:.;..........

Leghorn .. 31
:lenoa ..... ......... 25 45
Milan .
Naples •—•••••••••••
Palermo, p0r0z........
f,isbon.
Rio Janeiro • • • .
Buenos Ayres .. • ....•
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia

Vienna, effee. lio.. •. •• 10 1:1
Trieste, ditto.... •..... 10 14
Madrid .... ........ 46N
Cadla ..... 48%
rri1b50.............„.,
llarcelona •• • ........
iarille..•.. ..... ......

:175t,
51%

PRIORS OF BULLION, I A or.
Foreigu Gold in bars.. .C.: :7 9
New Dollars .. •• 6 4 934
Portugal Gold Coi❑ .. 0 0 0
Apanlsh Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11%

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 14.
NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.

. • - -- -
Mr. OSBORNE (in continuation) proceeded
to say—There had been much laudation of the
frescoes in the other House; he (Mr. Osborne) was not a
man of taste, and would not, therefore, venture an
opinion on the subject, farther than the wing that, us
a Member of the House, he could not vote for the ap-
pointment of a committee of taste of the gentlemen who
lauded the frescoes.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) But as
to the frescoes, in relation to the progress of the build
ing, he decidedly objected to the proposition advanced
by Mr. Barry, that there must be more ventilation and
re-arrangements, involving great delay and great ex-
pense, merely for the purpose of preserving these preci-
ous frescoes.—(Hear, hear.) What, on this subject said
Lord Sudeley—at all events as good a judge of frescoes
and of architecture as Mr: Barry? Why, Lord Sudeley,
before the Committee of 1844, said that if the new
Houses of Parliament were meant as exhibitions of
the fine arts, Mr. Bjrry's view on the points
might be a correct one so far, but that he himself re-
garded the new Houses of Parliament in a different
light, and considered that the fine arts, while adapted in
the way of embellishment, were not to supersede every
other consideration, or to interfere with arrangements
otherwise desirable.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Barry, how-
ever, upn all occasions, put forward the orders of the
trine Arts Committee as a reason for this or that altera-
tion, or addition, or deviation, and the result would be
an additional outlay of some 200,0001. for mere whims.
—(Hear, hear.) As to what anything would cost, how-
ever, this nobody knew, the architect least of all per-
sons, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests—
the responsible functionary—excepted. Mr. Barry,
when asked by one of the Committees what he thought
would now be the expense, coolly answered that he had
not the slightest idea on the subject—that be could not
even guess what would be the ultimate cost.--(llear.)
And as to the Noble Chief Commissioner of Woods
and Forests, he declared himself wholly unpre-
pared to assist Mr. Barry in his calculations, and,
indeed, distinctly repudiated any knowledge of the
matter whatever—an abnegation which at once suggested
a strong doubt as to the utility of the office which he
represented.—(Hear, hear.) Yet Lord Duncannon had
in the most distinct manner asserted, not merely the