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London, England, 1856-05-23 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS—(YEsTERDIY).
The LORD CHANCRLLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clo.s.

SECOND READINGS.
On the motion of L )rd REDESDALE, the following
bills were 1-everally read a second time :—Bath Gas,
Bn,ton Gas, Cheltenham Gas, Sleaford and Tattershall
Turnpike Tru,t, Bill.
The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition
from the working classes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on
the sultject of our maritime laws as affected by the treaty
recently agreed to at Paris.

THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY.
Lord LYNDHURST said, in deference to the re-
quest of the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
he begged to withdraw the motion on the subject of
Italian affairs, which stood on the paper in his name
for Tuesday next. In doing so he felt it right to say
that the seasons which led him to give notice of the mo-
tion still existed as strongly as ever, but as his object
was to improve and not injure Italy, he would acquiesce
to the request of the noble earl.
The Earl of CL ARE N DON expressed his satisfaction
at the determination at which the noble and learned lord
had come to. He was convinced that the object of the
noble lord was the improvement of Italy. The reasons
which induced him to request his noble friend
to postpone his motion existed now in perhaps much
greater force. He thought that the course which was
taken by the Government in respect to Italy was likely
to produce the great object they had at heart, and it was
therefore most desirable that the question should not be
prematurely discussed ; or that, pending its settlement
by the Powers, mainly interested in the matter.
SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL )
This bill was read a second time.
MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was reported with amendments.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
PROCEDURE BEFORE JUSTICES (SCOTLAND)

PREFERENCE SHARES.

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BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
BANKERS' COMPOSITIONS BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
THE MARITINIE LAWS.
Lord COLCHESTER then rose, pursuant to notice,
to move that this house resolve that the most eminent
jurists of all ages have accepted as a principle of inter-
national law, that the right of capturing an enemy's
goods on board of neutral vessels is inherent in all belli-
gerent Powers ; that the maintenance of this right is of
essential importance, and its abandonment of serious in-
jury to a Power whose ma'n reliance is on her naval
superiority. That Great Britain consequently, although
occasionally waiving the exercise of the right by speeific
treaties, has always refused to recognise the abandonment
of a principle which successive Governments have con-
curred in considering identified with her national great-
flees. That this house deeply regrets that a principle
so long and so strenuously maintained should, in the
recent Conferences at Paris, have been suddenly aban-
doned, without the previous sanction or knowledge of
Parliament, by plenipotentiaries as.tembled for the pur-
pose of discussing the terms on which peace with Russia
might be concluded, and the airs of the East satisfac
torily adjusted." The noble lord addressed the house at
considerable length, but was very imperfectly heard. He
was understood to disclaim, in the first instance, any
intention, in bringing the question before the house, of
making any remarks which might appear personal to
Lord Clarendon. He was not again bringing before their
lordships the terms of the treaty of peace, which had
been already fully di,cussed. This was a question which
only came before the conference after the treaty of peace
had been signed. (Hear.) The French plenipotentiary
introduced the subject ; and before they could discuss it,
it was necessary for some of the plenipotentiaries to re-
ceive instructions from their sovereigns. With respect
to the declaration itself, the Fretss'e plenipotentiary
stated to his colleagues that, having concluded the
treaty which provided for the pacification of Europe,
he wished them to follow the course which bad been
adopted ia the congress of Westphalia, and again in
that of Vienna, by adopting some great principle.
As at the congress of Westphalia -the principle of
liberty of conscience was affirmed, and at that of
Vienna a declaration was made against the slave trade,
so he proposed that the treaty of Paris should be signal-
ised by the adoption of some general principle which
should regulate hostilities in time of war. The question
he wished to raise was whether the principles laid down
in this declaration were such as would really improve
the maritime law of nations, whether it would render
war less inconvenient to neutral powers, and whether it
would maintain the rights of those who were unhappily
forced into it. The first article of the declaration was to
the effect that privateering was abolished. He did not
know whether the English version was considered a lite-
ral or good translation of the French ; but he believed
the meaning of the French "la course" was cruising—
that cruising was abolished.
The Earl of CLARENDON here madearemark across
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