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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1851.

In the louse of Lords, last night
The Sale of Arsenio Bill and the Designs Act Exten-
sion Bill were severally committed.
After a conversation on the subject of the census, in
which Lord STANLEY, the Earl of GRANVILLE, and Lord
BROUGHAM took part,
Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Pre-
vention of Offences Bill, the object of which was to ren-
der criminal the possession of housebreaking implements;
and to punish persons having possession of chloroform
for unlawful purposes.
The Bill was read a second time.
The report on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill
was brought up, and their Lordship adjourned.
In the Commons,
Lord Jou, RUSSELL announced that the Government
would not proceed with any financial measures until the
vote of censure on them respecting the affairs of Ceylon,
of which Mr. BAILLIE had given
notice, should have
been disposed of.
On the order of the day for the second reading of the
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill being
re
The Earl of ARUNDEL justified the creation of the
hierarchy by the POPE, and declared that there was no-
thing
insulting to the QUEEN or the country either in
the rescri t orn
the act itself, or in the language of the
of the pastoral of Cardinal WlsEicui. Ito concluded

by moving that the Bill be resat . a second time that day
six months.

Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the, motion, and declared
that he had voted in favour of Mr. DISRAELI'S motion
not because he approved of it, but because he had no
confidence in the Government, s nd he should continue
to vote against them on all occaj ions until this measure
was abandoned.

Sir B. HALL supported the I till, which so far from
being any interference with rc 1i gious liberty was a pro-
test against religious dominatii )n He would resist any
attempt that might be made t o give the bishops of his
own Church synodical scam a as heartily as he would
resist the exercise of such a o tion on the part of the
Romish prelates.

Mr. ROUNDELL PALXER op! )osed the Bill. He denied
that the POPE had by his re si 3ript violated the law of
nations, or that he had comnii tted any invasion of the
QUEEN'S territorial power. 113 admitted that the lan-
guage of the rescript was arr of ;ant and presumptuous,
but he believed that no insult was intended. He con-
sidered that a spiritual aggreas ion had been committed
on the Church of England, but that did not justify the
introduction of so coercive atr 'asure as this Bill.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS accept ed this Bill as an instal-
ment; at the same time he th, Might the Government had
been very tardy and remiss. A proclamation should
have been issued in October, and the Mediterranean
fleet should have been sent to li.ncona to retain posses-
sion of it until the POPE he'd withdrawn his offensive
rescript.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, in a maiden speech, supported the
Bill as a measure which did not infringe upon the
religious liberty of any person or sect, but merely
prevented the abuse of it. He regretted to find
himself differing from Sir• J. GRAHAM on this
subject ; but it was be.cause he was an
advocate of civil, and religious liberty, which
could not be severed from each other, that he supported
this Bill, the provisions of which, however, he did not
desire to see extended to Ireland. He had, during his
residence in Switzerland, in a diplomatic capacity, had
opportunities of observing the insidious and aggressive
policy of Rome. The Jesuits had fomented a civil war
in that country, and he could scarcely restrain his feel-
ings when he witnessed the practices to which they had
had recourse at Lucerne and other places. Rome was
the same now as she was in the days when the POPE
had ordered thanksgivings and rejoicings for the mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew, and the measure which this
Bill was intended to repress was not an isolated act, but
the first step in an organized. attack on our civil and re-
ligious institutions.

Mr. M'CuLLAGrr, as a Protestant, protested against
this measure as an interference with the right of private
judgment.
Mr. PAGE WOOD demurred to the definitions which
they had heard of civil and religious liberty. His (Mr.
WOOD'S) definition of this phrase was, the right to wor-
ship the CREATOR in the mode deemed best, of choosing
religious instructors, and the free exercise of religious
observances, with this safeguard—sic 'itere iuo alienum
ut non lcedas. The Church of Rome perpetually mixed
up temporal with spiritual things, and it would he most
dangerous to introduce the canon law into this country,
as one of its maxims was, that the law of every country
must give way to the POPE'S edict; yet the in-
troduction of the canon law was necessary to the full
development of the Roman Catholic religion. He con-
sidered the recent act of the POPE to be a violation of
the law of nations, and an attack, not only upon the
Church, but upon the civil liberty of England.
On the motion of Mr. MOORE, the debate was ad-
journed.
The House rose at One o'clock.

The debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption
Bill was last night resumed, and of course adjourned.
The torrent of eloquence that must be poured forth on
that question, in every stage of its progress, could
not find vent in a single evening. The estimates are,
therefore, to be postponed. The maintenance of the
national establishments, and the due provision
for the public service, are matters of but
trivial importance to the falling Ministry. They
may be left as a legacy to successors, or
retained as a valid excuse for killing time, if they
should. haply ,retain office, not through their own
strength, but through the weakness of their oppo-
nents, and the impossibility of their obtaining suffi.
cient support to constitute a Government. The
income-tax will expire on the sth of April, but the
proposition for its renewal has been indefinitely post-
poned, so that the financial arrangements must inevi-
tably fall into confusion, and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer will be thus spared that source
of all his embarrassments, a handsome surplus. He
is well accustomed to a deficiency—that he can deal
with. It is an easy answer to all applications to say
that " nothing can be done in the present state of the
Exchequer." Yes, a deficiency covers a multitude
of sins; and the case of Sir CHARLES WOOD affords
an additional illustration of the truth of the adage—
" It is an ill wind that blows nobody good."
The debate last night, although able speeches were
made for and against the measure, will not greatly
interest. The E irl of ARUNDEL and SURREY, in
moving that the Bill should be read a second time
that day six months, proved how widely he differed
from his Noble Father, and, also bow utterly useless
were the concessions of the Premier, which, as might
readily be anticipated, totally failed to conciliate the
dissentients, whom nothing but a blind submis-
sion to the authority of the Po eery could
satisfy. Mr. REYNOLDS, in seconding the amend-
ment, succeeded, as he always does, in amus-
ing the House and getting it into some degree
of good humour, which was not lessened by his
naive avowal of the motives by which he was actu-
ated in supporting Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, and of
the determination of certain Irish Members to
offer a factious opposition on every question,
to vote " black white" if the Ministry could be
damaged. Mr. ROUNDELL, PALMER mad a' clever
Chancery speech .on,the same side, while. Mr. WOra,..
LAGII showed that he fully understood the tenure by
.which he held his seat. On the other side
Sir BENJAm/N sir ;ROBERT- HARRY
INGLIS,. and Mr: PAGE WOOD came out
ably in defence of the Royal prerogative and tlae:na-.
tional independence..
,The great speech 'of ale even-
ing—we may, indeed, say of the session—w'as that of
Sir ROBERT PEEL. :The Hon. Baronet, -whose very
name must excite the warmest emotions in every
English breast, " fleshed his maiden sword"
most creditably, and on the termination of
his speech was cordially greeted by many
of those who had so often listened with delight
and ,instruction to his lamented predecessor.
His admirable speech afforded the most auspicious
auguries of future fame, and gave fair promise that
the name of Sir ROBERT PEEL would again be
favourably known in the British Senate. All, how-
ever, could not repress the feeling of in-
sipidity arising from the knowledge that the
whole affair is little better than a mockery
and delusion, which, if passed in its pre-
sent form, is at least never intended to be carried into
practieal operation. It may serve as an agreeable
divertissement, pour passer les temps, h4t that is all;,
for whether it be sanctioned in the abridged
form, .or whether it be rejected, 'we con-
sider a matter of : the most profound] indiffer-
ence, and so we believe it will be regarded by the
great majority of the people throughout the length
and breadth of the land.

'What are the intentions of Ministers ? Is it their
object to make 1851 a jubilee year, and in honour of
the Great Exhibition to postpone everything in the
shape of legislation to another and mere convenient
season ? They have already been -very generally de-
signated as the "Do-nothing" Cabinet, and they
have apparently determined to establish an unques-
tionable claim to the title. Six working weeks of
the session have already elapsed, and what has been
accomplished ? Nothing, literally nothing. Verba
non acta appears to have been the rule. We have
unquestionably had " large promises," but they
have not been accompanied by even "scant perform-
ances." We have had a protracted dis 2.ussion on the
motion of the Honourable Gentleman the Member
for Buckinghamshire, on which the sturdy
agriculturists pinned their fleeting hopes,
and from which they looked for the 'resurrection of
the filthy idol " Protection," which had been consigned
to the sepulchre amidst the joyous cheers and con-
gratulations of the people thus tradily emancipated
from its malignant influence. Well, that ended in
smoke—it was rejected ; rejected, it is true, by but a
slender majority, but that was owing to the desertion
of the "Irish Brigade," who not only abandoned ,the
free-trade standard, under which they had formerly
fought, but transferred their allegiance to the hostile
ranks. It was not " that they loved Protection
more, but that they loved Lord Jozzi Lusulz less." 1

They did not wish to bring back the bread-tax, but
merely to punish the Ministr who bad written the
"Anti-Papal aggression" letter to the Bishop of
Dukakis, and introduced a diluted measure to the
House. The Honourable Gentleman the Member
for, and ex-Lord Mayor of Lublin, clearly acknow-
ledged the reasons by whiah he was influenced in
giving his vote on that occasion. He said that
" after the division on the motion of the Hon. Gen-
tleman the Member for Bucks, it could not be said
that the POPE had not, indirectly at all events, tem-
poral influence in England; and really :he thing was
natural enough, for those who firmlyfheld the creed
of Rome could scarcely be expected to 2well the Par-
liaraentary ranks of a Government which sought to
forge chains of oppression for them an 4 their consti-
tuents and co-religionists. He himself had voted for
that motion, and he distinctly wished i; to be under-
stood that :in so doing he had not at al voted on the
merits of the question. No, what ae had voted
for, was want of confidence in the Ninistry. He
was prepared to record the same vote :again and
again. And were he not fo prepared—
thoui ;h his own conviction went with hirs—he should
not d are to show his face in Ireland" This was at
least a candid confession. It distincly explained the
cause s of the diminished majority, aid may serve to
repress the bucolic exultation at the additional wor-
shippers fat the shrine of Aris, the Ox-god of the
agriculturists.

Next came the Budget—the PBECIOUS, PRECIOUS
BUDGET ! ! That miserable abortim—theyesult of so
much laborious preparation—was kicked out of the
Home amidst the derision aid contempt of
its Members. The veriest paasite, who tre-
mulously watched the crumbs of patronage falling
from. the Ministerial table, could sarcely conceal the
ridicule provoked by that unluckr and inequitable
SCH:EME. Risum teneatis amici was a salutary
rules that could not be observed. The "statement"
was like Mr. HARDCASTLE'S stor; of " Old grouse,
in the gun-room," which afforded a legitimate
occasion for merriment, a species df legislative satur-
nalia, in which the most Berth might freely
indulge without being caled to account
or questioned for their untimely lilarity. The Pre-
mier himself, though ready, as fIDNEY SMITH said,
"to take the command of the Clannel fleet," or any
other situation vacant, could not be induced to face
his brother representatives on tlis point. The dis-
cussion was postponed again ind again—it was
then fixed for the 21st instant to ae brought forward,
with •modifications, an interval )f a fortnight being
taken to enable the incomprable Minister of
Fimince to prepare himself thoroughly for the ordeal
he was to encounter. But evin that it appears
was not sufficient, the subject was tgain adjourned last
evening—adjourned sine die. Tie Premier eagerly
grasped at the opportunity afforded by the notice of
motion recorded' by the Hon. Genteman, the Member
for Inverness-shire, for further pocrastination. He
could not " think it right with a vot of censure hanging
over his head to propose the financal arrangements"—
the altered financial arrangenents—the second
time of asking !--for the year. The Noble
Lora seems to anticipate defeat. He feels that
destruction is ' before him in some shape,
that it cannot be averted, and le prefers rather that
it should come in the shape of tie maladministration
of his protege and relative TORIINGTON than of the
imbecility of his colleague 'Mon ; and he is right.
Bad and disgraceful as the former may be, it was yet
at a distance that the, transacions, so loudly and
justly complained of, occurrsd. As the CAMP..
DELLS said, "Itis .a far cry to Lochowe," we may
say that it is a considerable dietance to Ceylon, and
though the topic may serve to unseat a Ministry, it
will not, be rennmbered lcng in this country,
nor prejudice the attempts to fcrm a Government ano-
ther time, when his misdeeds, whether of omission or
commission are buried in oblivion. An obstinate ad-
herence, to the iniquities of the present system, of
equally taxing all descriptions of income, no matter
from what sources derived, would, however, have a
different effect ; it would reticle in the minds of the
people and oppose a permanert obstacle to his re-
sumption of office, under et3y circumstances what-
soever.

It
Vi as to this desire Of ".(Wag nothing" that the
count- out of Thursday eveaing was attributable.
Lord. Joan must have anticipated a speedy fall, when
be e.eclined ao favourable au opportunity of bringing
for ward the question of the Jewish disabilities, and
of convincing the people of hs continued loyalty to
the great cause of " civil and religious liberty." If
he MU really anxious to make a House, and that his
exertions for that purpose proved unavailing, how
melancholy a picture does it present of the debilitated
conditio n of the Cabinet whea forty persons could
not be collected together in itsname. In either case,
whet'ner the Parliamentary holday were occasioned
by Osesign or accident, it affords evidence equally
povrerf al of the helpless conditon of the " Transition
Ministry."

On the :only other subject
that has been brought
forward, the Ecclesiastical Titlea Assumption
Bill, there has been worse
than no progress—
there has been a retrograde movement,
a backsliding ; the measure never very potent,
has been, diluted and emaseul4d until it has become
the laughing-stock of those .
who resent the Papal
aggression, although it is still regarded as an insult
by Cho ultramontane iparty. And such is the state
of rAffairs, and the position of questions, on this 15th
•-.
tia y of March, the end of the sixth week of the Par
Usmentary session of 1851. Verily, we may rejoice
at the great progress of business under the auspices
of the Whig Government ! ,

THE FREINICIUBLIC.

We have received the 'al Marsh 1 P. -
Pililejotirhals OT yesterday:
.a;
ee of the PRESIDENT of tßOtepublic, who delivered
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to the veteran the baton of a" 111,i- MT,A.I O. UV
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The ,differehces betweeu ..the' Legitiniatists and
Orleanists are now avowedly
irreconcileable. Even the
Journal des Dibats, the most moderate and certainly
the most able organ of the Ofleanist party, declares
" the fusion" to be a chimera which has failed, and
which always must fail. The same journal speaks
in the following terms of M. /3Emtvzit's notable pro-
position for robbing the poor to put into the pockets
of the rich, under pretence of reimbursing the tax of
45 centimes.

"At first sight (it says) the word reimburse.
lent looks very captivating to the eye of the taxpayer,
and opens all sorts of seductive visions. We begin tO
fancy, that, like our fortunate neighbours, we too have a
couple of millions sterling with which our Chancellor of
the Exchequer knows not what to do. God knows it it
not a surplus which embarrasses us. But leaving aside
fabulous suppositions, we must regard this proposition
to refund the 45 centimes as a useless measure. There
is nothing which is so completely an accomplished fact
as a tax once paid. The tax man never refunds, and
even if he did, he would win no gratitude. The day the
45 centimes fell on taxpayers as the first benefit of the
Republic, the impost was received with universal male-
dictions. Bat to-day people have ceased to think of it.
Even if there was a surplus it would be much better to
diminish existing taxes than to repay that which has
long since been disposed of.
The following are the -chief items of the Bank ac-
count for the week

Specie in Paris
~,
Ditto in branches
Bills in Paris portfolio
Bills in branches
•••
Bank notes in circulation
Ditto in branches
Credit to Treasury
Private credit accounts
Ditto in branches

Francs.
377,827,136
... 143,365,029
... 49,322,363
... 77,079.651
... 414,296,700
91,710,125
... 113,574,033
68,303,705
23,891,879

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It is in the branches that gold has increased, and
that by upwards of four -millions, while the portfolio
under the same head of branches or succour sales
shows a falling off to the same amount by which the
gold has increased. The credit to Treasury has again
increased nearly 4i millions. Private credit ac-
counts have increased six millions. There is no re-
markable change in other items.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Miami 14.
Boulogne and Amiens, 10 Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 174—Dutch Rhenish, 34—Great :Indian Pe-
ninsula, 23/4—Luxembourg, 27i—Namur and Liege, 8%—
Northern of France, 154—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris
and Strasbourg, 11—Ronan and Havre, 1114—Sambre and
Meuse, 4,A—Tours and Nantes, 5%.

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