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LONDON. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1846.

The House of Lords sat las nightt for a short time
only. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to
no lees than fifty-eight Bilis, among which was
Viscount HaannGE's Annuity Bill, giving power to
the East India Company to grant an annuity of
5,000 t. to the Noble Viscount, independent of his
emoluments as Governor-General of India.

After the Commission nothing of any particular
interest came before their Lord hips.

The Sruzza toeli the Chair 3hsrtly after Four
crtleek.

After the private business had been disposed of,
some discussion took place upon the remaining reso-
lutions of Sir G. CLERK with respect to the broad
and narrow gluge. The resolutions were ultimately
agreed to.
Sir R. PEEL gave notice of his intention, in the
course of the debate on the Protection of Life and
Property (Ireland) Bill, to enter into an explanation
respecting the charges made against him by Lord
GEORGE BENTINCK respecting his conduct in re-
ference to the Catholic Emancipation Bill, in the years
1825, 1827, and 1829.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcREQuEn gave notice
of his intention, in consequence of the length of the
debate on the Coercion Bill, on Monday next to
move that the existing Sugar Duty be continued for
one month, in order to give time for the discussion
of the various amendments of which notice had been
given.
Mr. HUME thought this would be a most desirable
course to adopt.
_ _

The adjourned debate on the Protection of Life
and Property (Ireland) Bill was then resumed by
Sir A. ARMSTRONG, who, in a most indistinct tone,
opposed the Bill.

Mr. BENNET thought that after the long delay
that had taken place„ there was no necessity for the
measure. He had considered the subject long and
anxiously, and he was now convinced that he ought
not to support the Bill.
Captain LATARD opposed the Bill. _ _ _

Mr. HENLEY also opposed the Bill. He would not
vote for a Bill like this for England, nor could he
vote for such a Bill for Ireland.

Sir H. W. BARRON opposed the measure, and ex-
pressed his firm conviction that the Bill would totally
fail in the objects it had in view. All such measures
would of necessity fail until Parliament went to the
root of the evil—the poverty and the wretched con-
dition of the people of Ireland. The measure, if
carried, would cause great agitation in Ireland.
Captain FITZMAUBICE supported the second read-
ing of the Dill.
_ . _...

Mr. ilAwEs opposed the Bill.
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON supported the second
reading of the Bill.
On the motion of Mr. S. CRAWFORD, the debate
was adjourned till to-morrow.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House:adjourned.

Sir C. NAPIER, on Wednesday, in moving the second
reading of the Navy Civil Departments Bill, made
some very important observations on the state of the
administration of the Navy. In a country like our
own, whose unexampled prosperity hitherto has been
owing, in a great degree, to her naval power and
superiority—whose proudest boast has ever been that
she needs no other bulwark or protection than
that afforded by her wooden walls, and who
has never for a single moment had occasion
to regret the unbounded confidence she
has reposed in her gallant defenders, who have ever
faithfully and honestly discharged the duty they
owed to their country, anything relating to that
service, to the better and more efficient management
of its various details, must necessarily be of the
deepest interest ; more particularly so, when brought
forward by the Hero of Acre, the man who has
given a thousand proofs of his unflinching devotion,
His zeal, activity, and intelligence that pur-
suit to which he has dedicated himself from
his earliest boyhood, and in which he has
achieved for himself a reputation worthy of his
time-honoured name, in which it may almost be said
of him, as it was of his gallant ancestor by the
Scotch King, when conferring on him the name won
on the red field of battle, " that he had nae peer, and
therefore he should thenceforth be called Napier."
W hen seconded by a nobleman, of opposite politics
indeed, but who had also distinguished
himself in the service of his country,
and who had been selected for his gallantry and
ability in the conflict to bear home to a grateful nation
the pleasing intelligence of the new laurels obtained
by her children at Navarino, formerly supported by a
Gallant Officer, who has since been most properly
selected to fill the high station of one of the naval
Lords of the Admiralty, anti by other Gallant Officers
in the House, such support, we say, demands
the most serious attention, and stamps with
authenticity the statements and professional
opinions put forth under such auspices. We are
now happily at peace with all the world,
but it must be recollected that the best gua-
rantee for the preservation of that peace, so justly and
so highly prized, is in ever being prepared for any
alternative, in being " ready, aye ready for the field."
The nation that is prepared for war will seldom be
called upon to test the amount of that preparation,
and it is surely in the time of universal tranquillity
that full attention should be given to every means
by which improvements may be effected in one of
the most, if not the most important branches of our
service. Sir CHARLES urged the necessity of having
the Admiralty under the control and superintendence
of practical naval men, and not of civilians. It would,
indeed, appear strange if the office of Commander-in-
Chief of the army should be conferred on a person
who had never served in that army. and who
must necessarily be unacquainted with the details
of that service, of the force which it would be
necessary to employ for any particular object. It
seems still more anomalous that our navy should be
placed under the direction of gentlemen who had no
experience therein, who were selected for their Par-
liamentary abilities, and not for their skill and
knowledge in that department, over which they were
called to preside. He traced much of the evils
which he mentioned to the ignorance which neces-
sarily prevailed in the board, and gave some curious
details as to the division of labour at that
board. Thus, the First Lord took all the pa-
tronage, that was his department, and a
most wearying and harrassing duty it must be
admitted to be. Another had the building of the
ships under his control, another the store, and
another the victualling department. The proposition
of the gallant mover was, that the number of the
Lords of the Admiralty should be reduced from six,
the present number, to three. He argued " that thereby
matters would be more speedily decided on, and that
they would be always sure of a majority, but
that with six to consult it was difficult to come to
any decision, and that the consequence was never-
ending procrastination and delay, for which no one
was to blame, for they could not say who was
responsible." There certainly appears much justice
in this objection, and anything that would inspire
additional activity, and take away the procrastination
that notoriously exists in the Admiralty, would be
a good service to the country. He proposed
that, in place of the three reduced Lords, there
should be appointed three controllers, who should each
have the head of a particular department in which
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negatived by a p y regret it,
as whatever might be the defects of its details, they
could easily be amended in Committee ; and we think
the discussion would be attended with much benefit,
eliciting the opinions and obtaining the suggestions of
practical, well-informed naval officers. We trust Sir
CH,ARLES will persevere, as he is not a man easily
discouraged by opposition; on the contrary, the
greater the difficulty in his way, by so much the
more will he exert himself to overcome it. We ven-
ture to say, that " defeat " is a word which has no
place in his vocabulary.

Thanks to an innate predisposition towards benevo-
lence in the multitude, the memories of those indivi-
duals who have in any manner distinguished them-
selves as philanthropists are usually perpetuated by
the erection of some memento kindred in character
with their exertions. It is impossible not to recognise
in the public an anxiety to render some testimony of
their gratitude to those illustrious personages who have
contributed to the happiness of their fellow-creatures.
Statesmen, who have mellowed the legislation of their
country under the sunnings of wisdom and liberality
—pt.cts, who have decorated their native literature, or
taught lessons of divine morality in divine and un-
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