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London, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 30.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.
The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions
against Papal aggression; also several petitions from
place.; in the north of Ireland, praying that Scripture
schools might have a share of the Guv rnmont grant;
also several petitions against the grant to Ilaynooth, and
a petition against the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy
of Ireland.

The Bishop of ST. ASAPH presented a petition
from the London Hospital against the Charitable Trusts
Bill.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
The Earl of NIA.LUESBURY, on behalf of his
Noble Friend Lord Stanley, postponed the motion of
which he had given notice on this subject, and which
stood for this evening.

A liD-EL-K ADER.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose, pursuant to
notice, to put a question to her Majesty's Government, if
they know of any communication having been had between
the French Government and the Government of the Porte
respecting the continued imprisonment of Abd-el.Kader.
He had seen with great satisfaction that the British Go•
vernment was on better terms with foreign Governments
than it was this time list year, and he was glad to find
that the extente cordiale between this country and France
had not diminished under the rule of that -wise and ju-
dicious Prince who was now President of that. Republic,
and who, he could nut but believe, would receive
any intercession of ours on behalf his captive would be
favourably received. He had had a correspondence with
the President on the subject, and he felt that the
moral dignity of the House of Lords exercised great
power throughout Europe, and he was certain that
any representation they might make would produce
great effect. (The Noble Marquis then proceeded
to read extracts from his correspondence with
the President of the French Republic on the subject of
the captivity of Abd-el-Kader.) He considered that,
from the expressions made use of in the correspondence,
the President was favourably disposed towards the
liberation of Abd-el•liader, and that any repre-
sentation from the Government of this country could
not but strengthen him in his resolve. The
Noble Marquis conc\ndeJ by putting the question
of which he had given notice, and also asked if the Go-
vernment would give ititimations to the Ambassadors in
France and Constantinople to use t heir exertions to pro-
vide a less restrictive domicile for Abri-el-Nader.

The Marquis of LANSDOV7NE said that her Ma-
jesty's Government had received no communication from
the French Government on the subject of Abd-el-Kader,
and that we had no right to interfere in the matter. How-
ever much ho might individually feel for the sufferings of
such a great warrior as Abd-el-Radar, however satisfac-
tory it might be to him to learn that that eminent
warrior had been released, or that his sufferings had been
mitigated, yet he felt that as a Government we had no
right whatever to interfere.
Lord BROUGLIAII said, nothing could be more
gratifying than the statement of the Noblo Marquis re-
lating to this unprecedented passa2e in the history of
modern times. He did not blame the present head of
the French Government or his illustrious predecessor;
but he blamed the public opinion in France, which iu
this respect was anything but sound or creditable to the
nation.