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LONDON, SATCRDAY, MAT 10, 185

In the House of Lords, last night,
Lord LyrrEzzoN, in presenting petitions from Van
Diemen's Land, against the continuance of transporta-
tion to that colony, took the opportunity of raising a
discussion on the question of transportation, and of ex-
pressii.glis opinion that criminals should, after under-
going reformatory punishment in this country, be per-
mitted to expatriate themselves intead of being sent out
with a ticket of leave to one particular colony.
The Archbishop of DUBLIN and ,he Bishop of
SALISBURY bore testimony to the admirable working of
the penitentiary system.
Earl GREY defended the present system of transpor-
tation, which the Bishop of OXFORD deprecated.
The pen tion was laid on the table, and their Lord-
ships adjourned.
In the Commons, in answer to Mr. URQUHART,
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On the motion for considering the Property-tax Bill,
as emended,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had
considered tbepropoAtion of Colonel 6IBTHORP, and had
come to the conclusion of introducing a clause giving the
right of appeal to the tenant-farmer, should his profits
fall short of the sum at which, by law, they were now
assessed.
After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP and Mr.
DIsitAELT, the clause was brought up, a. (1 the Bill, as
amended, was agreed to, and ordered to be read a.third
time on Monday.
On the motion tor the Speaker's leaving the chair to
into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titled Assump-
tion Bill,
Mr. URQUHART m^veil as an amendment the follow-
ing resolution :—" That the recent act of the Pope in
dividing England into dioceses, and appointing bishops
thereto, was encouraged by the conduct and declara-
tions of her Majesty's Government." He did not mean
his motion to be a vote of want of confidence in the Go-
vernment, but he did mean it as a vote of censure,
Mr. t.sADLEIR seconded the amendment.
Sir G. GREY hoped the House would not, after having
affirmed the principle of the Bill by so large a majority
as 450 to 90, now stultify itself by voting for the amend-
ment, thus getting rid of the measure by a side-wind.
Mr. FRESHFIELD opposed the amendment, which was
supported by Lard JOHN MANNERS, Mr. SADLEIR, and
Mr. STANFORD.
Sir R. INGLIS thought the Bill a good Bill, but it did
not go far enough. He hoped all true Protestants would
vote against the amendment of the Hon. Member ter
Staffird.
Lord D. STUART, although he objected to the B;"

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would not support the amendment, which had, he be-
lieved, been framed with a most insidious purpose.
AIL BANXES supported, and Mr. PLUXPTRE opposed
the amendment.

Mr. REYNOLDS supported the amendment, because be
was of opinion it would, and Mr. SPOONER supported it,
because he thought it would rit-A en:longer the Bill.
Lord J. RUSSELL was surprised that Hon. Gentle-
men who voted for the second reading of the Bill should
avail themselves of the paltry and shabby excuse which
the resolution moved by the Hon. Member for Stafford
aff.,rded, to endeavour to defeat the Bill. He denied
that the concessions which had been made to the
Catholics were the cause of the Papal aggression, for
these concessions were better calculated to prevent any
wanton insult to the country which conferred them. He
rather b-lieved that the aggression was to be considered
as part of a area plan directed against the civil and re-
ligious liberties of every country in Europe. He be-
lieved that the ohj,ct of the eggre,sion was to disturb the
minds of the peuple of Eugtand, and thus counteract
the liberal influence exercised by this country on the
continent. Is was not necessary fn. the House either to
affirm or deny the resolution of Mr. URQUHART, for the
real question upon which they would have to divide
would not be the resolution, but the preliminary spr-e-
-don, that the words " That I do now leave the chair"
stand part of the question.
Mr. DISRAELI said that the resolution stated a pro-
position which he had himself over and over again
stated it that House, and which he had expressed to
his constituents in a letter shortly after the aggression
had taken place, and he therefore felt bound to vote
for it. •

Mr. ROEBUCK supported the proposition, and would
take every opportunity of endeavouring to throw out the
Bill.

Mr. DEEDES opposed the resolution of Mr. UR.
QUHART.

s4r. T. D. ACLAND also opposed the resolution.
The House then divided, and the numbers were—
For the resolution ... ... 201
Against it ... 290
Majority against the resolution ...-79
The debate on the original motion was then adjourn( d
until Monday next, when it will come on as the second
order of the day.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has consented
o modify the " conclusion" he had arrived at. Moved
by the numerous and urgent complaints forced upon
his attention from all parts of the country, he has
yielded to the "pressure from without," and acknow-
ledged the propriety of rendering the impost, or
rather one portion of the impost, in some degree
more equitable than it has hitherto been. The sharp
end of the wedge has thus been introduced, and the
matter cannot long, be permitted to remain
in its present position. The instrument once
admitted will be driven home, until the
iniquitous fabric be rent asunder, and its innermost
recesses laid bate and exposed to the execration el
the multitude.
As usual, however, the Right Honourable Gentle-
man has made the tardy concession ungracefully and
ungraciously. He has *elected one grievance to be
redressed, hu: a grievance by no means the moat
glaring or intolerable of those perpetrated under cover
of the law. He now affects Some degree
of sympathy with the tenant-farmers, and ac-
knowledges that being called upon to pay the
tax on profits that have never been realized may pos-
sibly be conaiderrd in the light of a hardship. He
has, therefore, introduced a clause, providing that
" if at the end of the yt ar of assessment any person
occupying laud fur the purposes of husbandry only,
and obtaining his livelihood principally by husbandry,
who should be assessed under Schedule B, should
prove to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that
his profits and gains arising from the occupation of
such lands fall short of the sum on which the assess-
ment was made, it should be lawful for them, en
appeal made within three months after the expiration
of the year, to cause an abatement to be made pro-
portionate to the deficiency of his profits."
This is palpably a sop flung to the Protectionists,
intended to conciliate and gain some trifling support
from the Anti-Free-trade party. It will, however,
totally fail in producing the intended effect. The
trifling boon will only excite the contempt and deli.
sien of the advocates of monopoly ; it will not neu-
tralize or get rid of a hostile vote or blunt the edge of
a single sarcasm ; while those assessed under Schedule
D, and who are charged at the hig heat ratell on the
fluctuating and precarious profits of their trades or
professions, will naturally feel indignant at the lesser
evil, to which the sgricuhurists were subjected, beieg
remedied, while the monster grievance under which
they themselves were suffering remained unchanged
and unaltered.

for
_h.e amendment of the Noble Lord the Member
!andel: bad been adopted—if the as-
scssinensnt:hu:nddLueylrenBnchedule B were assimilated to that
placed o D, and the manufacturer of corn
n the same footing as the manufacturer of
to the concessi4n.
teouncto pay a calico, there
be no reasonable objection urged
Wit e freely admit the hardship of
A person being 1
that have no real
!
an unproductive, heavy tax on profits
perhaps
and if farming has be-
comeßut if they
should be ex-
just and adequate measunreposfa I°.bing occupation, a
obtained that relief
tended to the parties.
in had years, they should suri3:nly ::obetter seasons
avei.
4114 ay..sess.
be called on to contribute
actual gains they might have rcauz,dpo7n to the
nen t under Sch.. dub. B, by which the
were assumed to be equal to half the rent, "4:Profi
origi-
nally intended as a boon—a very considerable boor,
the formers. It certainly bad an unequal
operation,
for while the tenant efa liberal and indulgent landlord,
who itCttfl on the golden rule of "live and let live,"

about one
-erne off very easily, practically paying
Tinter of what would have been required
holdingiredt.r a ht ai hire
!t. charged under Schedule D, the peso
rack rent, from whom the highest shilling was
screwed out, was charged additionally for the very
reason* that should have constituted him an of jest of
IraPlthY and compassion. Tile ditfitmlti,s occa-
sioned by the obduracy of the proprietor were en-
hanced and aggravated b
operation of the im y the unfair and inequitable
post
Let us, however, for.
a moment contrast the posi-
tion of one of the "distressed agriculturists " occu-

A generous emulation has, we rejoice to observe,
been excited by the Great Industrial Exhibition.
The treasures of art stored up in the palaces of our
nobility have in several instances been recently
opened to the inspection of the public generally, with
a view to the especial gratification of the foreigners
visiting the metropolis. Among the patricians who
have thus endeavoured to add yet more to the attrac-
tions held out to the visitors of the English capital
may be mentioned his Grace the Duke of .N OaTnUets
BERLAND, the Earl Of ELLESMERE, and, if we reckon
rightly, the leaders likewise of the illustrious
families of SUTHERLAND and WESTMINSTER.
It fur nothing else, therefore, the enterprise
of the Crystal Palace would be a matter
of satisfaction from the circumstance of its
inciting these noble owners of some of the most
precious and remarkable galleries in England, to ren-
der them somewhat more accessible to the multi-
tude, instead of shutting them up for the delectation
of the house-spider and the cockroach, like that
strangely conducted museuin of Sir JOHN SOANE, at
Lincoln's Inn-fields, a museum nominally left to the
nation by its distinguished architect, but hitherto
screened from the national eye except during two
or three months out of the calendar.
Saturday lust, it will be remembered, was invested
will a particular interest, from the fact of its being
the day selected for the annual dinner given by the
members and associates of the Royal Academy. Upon
the present occasion the banquet was invested with a
new attraction by the attendance of his Royal High-
ness the Prince ALBERT, more than usually a guest of
importance, seeing that, he has rendered himself more
than ever illustrious as the originator of the Indus-
trial Exhibition. With a courtesy fully appreciated
by the Academicians, the Prince Consort evinced a
certain eagerness to participate in their festivity for
the present season, both because of its being contem-
poraneous with the display at the Crystal Palace, arid
because cf its being, as it were, the inauguration of
the newly elected President of the Academy, Sir
CHARLES LOCK EASTLAKE. Throughout the whole
oroceedings, we are gratified to observe,
from the scanty report which has crept in
a morganatic fashion into print, that every regard
vvas had to proprieties iu any way desirable. Some
allusion we should have rejoiced to have seen made
to the venerable and lamented predecessor of Sir
CHARLES EASTLAKII—a reference which, we conceive,
could not but have been most graceful and honour-
able wider the ciscumetances. We are willing, how-
ever, to believe that some remembrance still survived
net only of Sir MARTIN ARCHER SURF, tile.late dis-
tinguished President, but of WILLIAM ETTr likewise,
one of the most illustrious ornaments of
the artistic world in England—a man who,
among other things, may, without any
er.ravagance whatever, be said to have emulated
TITIAN as a colourist. lii acknowledging the com-
plimentary toast which coupled his health with that
of the other members of the Royal Family, the PRINCE
ALBERT availed himself of the opportunity to com-
ment upon the progress made of late years in the ad-
vancement of art in the United Kingdom, and encou-
raged his hearers to believe that the successes already
achieved in this way were merely forerunners of in
'every respect yet more remarkable. Referring to the
necessity of other qualifications besides those of ge-
nius, adroitness, and perseverance, his Royal HIGHNESS
remarked —" The production of all works ie art
or poetry requires, in their conception or execution,
not only an exercise of the intellect, skill, and pa-
tience, but particularly a concurrent warmth of feel-
ing, and a free flew of imagination. This," said he,
in continuation, and by way of illuetration, " renders
them most tender plants, which will thrive only in
an atmosphere calculated to maintain that warmth,
and that atmosphere is one of kindness—kindness
towards the artist personally as well as towards his
production." Carrying out the metaphor rather in-
geniously, the Prince insisted that " au unkind word
of criticism passes like a cold blast over their tender
shoots, and shrinks them up, checking the flaw
of the sap which was rising to produce,
perhaps, multitudes of flowers and fruits." yet,
while maintaining the necessity of preserving a gene-
rous treatment of art and artist, to the end that their
proper encouragement might be secured, his Royal
Highness did not for a moment pretend that art
should be screened from the bracing influences of
criticism, or the artist rendered morbidly sensitive by
not being subjected to unrestricted observation.
" Criticism," said he, "is absolutely necessary for
the development of art, and the injudicious praise den
inferior work becomes an insult to superior genius." It
would be weil,pierhaps, tor the majority of painters to
bear this latter 'truth snore frequently in remembrance.
It might tend ellen possibly to justify even in their
consideration tl ie words of blati,e sometimes adieus
lated by the liti nary men upon whom the responsi-
bility of that us dill criticism has devolved, men who,
although studee to in li'erature, may still, we would
submit, be prufi titles in taste and not aicogether ig-
norant in triattevs of art. Bqkficial also we believe
it would be, if the circumstance of HOMER
sometimes nodding were applied, even if it
were only by way of hypothesis, to the
masters
inthe sister art of painting. Some
reasonable
conjecture might then be formed of the
which the critics may by possibility be
justified manner
:II applying the scourge of condemnation
even to individuals who have otherwise and oiler-
where rem i dered themselves deserving of admiration.
It would I ie a trifle more obvieue) We mean upon that
suppositiai a, that because a great artist has painted
landscapes of marvellous beauty, and sea-views
of.