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WATER.

Mr. ANSTEY pursuant to notice, wished to ask the
First Lord of the Admiralty, whether it was the intention
of the Government to order any and what prosecutions,
or proceedings fur carrying into effect the recommenda-
tions contained is the late report of Commander Fraser,
R.N., on the illegal obstruction to the fishery and na-
vigation of the Blackwater ; and whether he would lay the
said report, with plans, &c., before the House.
Sir FRANCIS BARING said, that the surveyor
had been engaged in forwarding his plans, but they
were net yet quite completed, and further plans were
required. -Until those plans were sent in, no decision
could be come to.
Mr. ANSTEY wished to know whether there would
be any objection to lay on the table of the House the
reports and plans?
Sir F. BARING said asoneleport was imperfect, he
the
could hardly lay it before use, and until he had
seen the other he would be unable to answer the Hon.
Gentleman's question.
THE NEW FOREST.
Mr. G. BERKELEY wished to knowintroduce
whether ita
was the intention of the Government to
Bill for the enclosure of the New Forest; and if so,
whether they intended to destroy the deer, and to,
compensate parties for the injury they would sustain
by
the enclosure of the forest?
Lord SEYMOUR said he intended to move for
leave to bring in three Bills with reference to three
different forests, and he thought it would be much more
convenient to dr fer entering into details until then.
ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.
Mr. G. BERKELEY Said it appeared the great addl.
teration of coffee with chicory had caused a great falling
off in the revenue, arising Crum the importation of coffee,
and he was desirous of knowing when the Chancellor of
the Exchequer irtendA to introduce any measure to
afford greater protection to those who send home coffee
from the colonies?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied
that it was not his intention to introduce any measure
for that purpose. •
Mr. G. BERKELEY then gave notice that he should
submit a motion to the House, to prevent the adultera-
tion of coffee, and to punish the fraud when detected, for
the purpose of giving to the British colonies a fair and
mores ample market.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SERVICES OF
MR. LEY, THE LATE CHIEF CLERK OF THE
HOUSE.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he rose to move a
resolution acknowledging the services of a public
officer, whose labours had been of the greatest
value to this House and the country. Every one who
had been acquainted with the business of the House for

many years knew that Mr. Ley, the chief clerk of the
House, had a tr.l.ad 776.1 stoi k=sticz relgting
to every subject connected with the orders and proceed-
ings of the House, and knew likewise that no one could
equal the readiness and courtesy with which he
communicated that information.—(Hear.) To the
Committees of the House his services were of the
greatest value, in preparing and putting in order and
proper form those matters which were of the utmost
public importance. Every Member must be aware
how useful regularity of proceeding was, and how
often their deliberations bad been aided by the know-
ledge which Mr. Ley had communicated to the House.
—(Hear.) He thought, therefore, that the House
would only do itself credit by placing on record an ac-
knowledgment of the services which Mr. Ley had ren
dered. The Noble Lord concluded by moving a resolu-
tion to that effect.

Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS said he trusted the
House would not consider it presumptuous or his part,
but rather a duty imposed on the older Members of the
House, who had longer experience of the services ren-
dered by Mr. Ley, to support the resolution of the Noble
Lord to record the great endeavours which that officer
had shown to discharge the duties of his situation.—
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Ley, as his Noble Friend had stated,
had rendered the most valuable services to the House

and the public with the strictest impartiality, and had
evinced great business habits, great knowledge, great
puuetuality, and great assiduity, and for the services he
had so rendered every Member, both young and old,
were under great obligations to him. Every
petition, every Bill in a certain sense came under
his cognizance. When Mr. Ley entered into the service
of the House nearly half a century ago, the number of
petitions which came annually before the House was
measured by periods of five years, and the first five
years the result was only 1,026 petitions. He would
not trouble the House with any farther details than that
the number of petitions in the five years ending 1842
were 70,072, while in the five years ending 1847, they
were 81,985. These facts, independent of any
consideration of personal favour or personal ser-
vices rendered by the lamented individual whose merits
they were now recognising, would give the House and the
community at large some idea of the extent of labour
which attached to the office of chief clerk. No cheaper
reward could be conferred, if cheapness could be made
an ingredient in this question, than that which they were
now making, for nothing could stimulate the zeal and
exertions of public officers more than the knowledge that
their merits would be recorded in the journals of a great
deliberative assembly like the House of Commons. He
had much pleasure in seconding the motion.
Mr. HUME, having had frequent opportunities of
observing the admirable manner in which Mr. Ley bad
performed his duties, cordially and entirely agreed
with this vote. His attention to the duties of the office
rendered him acquainted with the forms and manner of
their preceedings, and often the Speaker had had the
benefit of his great experience in matters connected with
the business of the House. He (Mr. Hume) had there-
fore much pleasure in expressing his approbation that
the great services of Mr. Ley were to be formally ac-
knowledged in their journals; but it was with extreme
pain that he felt called upon to complain on the part of
the public of the manner in which the Prime

Minister had filled up the vacancy. He consi-
dered that every word which the Noble Lord
used, such as large experience, extensive knowledge,
long servitude, told sadly against himself, for they
found that the person who occupied Mr. Ley's situation
was a gentleman who bad not had a single day's ex-
perience in a similar office. He did not wish to say
anything against that gentleman as an individual, but
a knowledge of his office would only be obtained by
the continued practice and long experience which the
Noble Lord had adverted to, and therefore he did
complain of the manner in which the Noble Lord
had exercised his patronage.—(Hear, hear.) Offices
of this nature should always be filled up with a view to
the public benefit, and when a vacancy occurred, due at-
tention should be paid to the merits and capabilities of
the party appointed to it. That rule applied with dou-
ble torte to the office in question, for young Members,
ignorant of the forms of the House, could only make
themselves acquainted with them through the assist-
ance of the clerk at the table.—(Hear, hear.)
It was, therefore, of the utmost importance that he
should be able to apply to an officer of such large ex-
perience as Mr. Ley. For his part he (Mr. Hume)
never applied to that gentleman for information with-
out obtaining it, or without being put in the way to
fiud it. But what did Sir Denis le Merchant know of
the rules and practice of this House? What
qualifications had he for a situation embracing so
many importnnt duties as those which the Noble
Lord had poiated out.—(Hear, hear.) It was a painful
duty ft r him to make these observations, but it was a
duty which he owed to the House of Commons and the
country to state unhesitatingly to the Noble Lord what
he had heard remarked out of doors.—(Hear, hear.)
Other appointments connected with this House of
a less onerous character than this had often
been found fault with for the very same
reasons that he was now urging upon the
House ; but they applied with far greater
force to the present instance, because this ap-
pointment affected the every-day business of the House.
Sir Denis le Merchant might be a very talented man—
(Hear, hear)—judging from the number of situations he
had filled—(Laughter)—from time to time, it was quite
evident that he had a pretty extensive general
knowledge of political matters—bet what oppor-
tunities had he had of becoming familiar with the
routine of the House of Commons, except that
of being a Member for a short time?—(Hear, hear.)
Whilst, therefore, he cordially concurred in the vote
that was about to be made, he could not but express his
disapprobation at the manner in which the Noble Lord
had exercised his patronage. To-morrow the Noble
Lord's speech would go forth to the public, and
he was at a loss to know with what feelings
it would be read, for a sarcasm more severe
or a resection more condemnatory which it conveyed on
this appointment of Sir Denis le Merchant to
fill the office, could hardly be conceived.—(Hear, hear.)
Where was his forty years' experience? Where was
his experience? Where was the time whiob he had de-
voted to the business of the House?—(Hear, hear, and
laughter)—and let Hon. Members remember that
the business of their House was not to be
learned in a day. Even in the simplest
duty of presenting petitions, Members of long standing
often found a difficulty in observing the forms, and it
was of importance that the clerk at the table
should be well versed in these matters, to
place them right when necessary.—(Hear, hear.)
The Clerk at the table ought to be a man bred to the
office. He should rise by gradations, and it should be
open to the junior clerk to obtain the office in progress
or time, if his zeal and ability deserved it.—(Hear.)
Mr. GOULBURN said that he was particularly quali-
fied to bear testimony to the merits of Mr. Ley; having
taken office at an early period of his career, and for that
reason being obliged to take more than an usual share
in the business of the House, and it was entirely owing
to the kindness of Mr. Ley that he was kept from falling
into more errors into which his want of experience must
otherwise have led him. It gave him the greatest grati-
fication to support the resolution.

Lord JOH& RUSSELL wished to say a few words
in answer to the e tuck made upon the appointment to
the vacancy caused by Mr. Ley's death. Of course it
was the duty of the Prime Minister to consider the
qualifications of the persons whom he recommended to
any particular office, but he would do wrong if he al-
lowed the opinion of those who had no responsibility in
the matter to prevail against his own conviction.
In this instance his own firm conviction was,
that he could not have male a better selection
for the office than Sir Denis le Merchant. To say that
he had not experience of the business of the House was
what might be said of every gentleman who was elected
to fill the office of Speaker. With respect to the ap-
pointment in question, there was the circumstance
of Mr. Booth being appointed to the office of counsel
to the Speaker, an office created on the recom-
mendation of a Committee of that House; he re-
linquished a fair and promising prospect at the bar
for a salary of 1,5001. per annum. Since that time
another Committee had recommended that Mr.
Booth's office should be abolished on the first vacancy,
and Mr. Booth was thereby placed in a situation of
great delicacy, knowing that he stood in the way of the
reduction of the expenditure of the country;
therefore by appointing Sir Denis hi Merchant
to this present vacancy, and removing Mr. Booth
to the Board of Trade, he had been enabled
to abolish the office of counsel to the Speaker,
and save 1,500/, per annum which would not otherwise
be saved.
After a few words from Mr. G. BERKELEY,

The resolution was carried with an unanimous " aye."
REFRESHMENT-ROOMS OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion by Mr. STAFFORD, that a Standing
Committee be appointed, to control the arrangements of
the kitchen and refreshment-rooms in the department of
the Sergeant-at-Arms attending this House, to consist
of the following Members:—Mr. Stafford, Mr. Alder-
man Humphery, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Marcus
Hill, Mr. Vesey Dawson, Mr. Archibald Hastie, and
Admiral Berkeley; three to be the quorum.
Mr. HUME said he wished to say a few words on
another matter. Those who had, yesterday, accom-
panied the Speaker to the House of Lords,
would recollect the disorderly manner in which
the Members had been compelled to follow
him, and the danger the Speaker himself was exposed
to in finding his way there. He thought that this
was highly derogatory to the dignity of the
House. Even when they did arrive at the House of
Lords there was not room enough below the bar
to contain one quarter of theHouMse demwboeurls.
He felt assured that both sides of the
agree with his suggestion, for it was notorious that
whenever there was a call of the House, the degrees in
which they were to be esteemed would be duly taken
into account, and they would feel that the pretensions of
the several members—subordinates as well as principals
—would be duly esteemed, espe !ially if they
were pro-
perly examined by the right authorities. And if they
were duly examined, he was quite sure that in the
present case an adequate compensation would be awarded.
lie would beg to suggest that they should adopt some
other system than that which had been commonly used
whenever they went to the House of Peers.—(Hear,
hear.) He remembered that when they went to the
House of Peers last session it was stated by the
Ministry that they would be better provided for when
they got into the New House.—(Hear.) But was this the
case?—(Hear, hear.) He should say quite the reverse.
—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He remembered that the
last time they went to the House of Lords he was very
near having his head thrust against one of the pillars—
(Hear, hear)—and when he recollected the peculiar
construction of the two Houses he was afraid that Hon.
Members would find the change to be altogether to their
detriment.—(Hear, hear.) Had it not been for the as-
sistance of a certain stout Member, he would himself
have grievously suffered from the transition from one

House to the other.—(Hear, hear.) What he desired
was, tizat chaml ;r o the House should be sup-
ported.—(l3xar, hear.) He regretted to make thks
statement, but he would say that the present
arrangement was detrimental alike to the character of
the Ministry and of the House. He was aware that they
were only responsible as the Ministry of the day.—
(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had asked some useless
questions, or what seemed to him to be useless questions.
—(Hear, hear.) All he desired was to secure a
better accommodation for the Members of the House
of Commons whenever they waited upon her Majesty in
the House of Lords. This he particularly desired, and
he trusted that the suggestion would not be lost sight of
by her Majesty's Ministers.
SESSIONAL ORDERS.

Mr. CORNE WALL LEWIS then rose to move the
usual sessional orders,
When the SPEAXER came to the order relative to the
voting of the public money,
Mr. HUME said that last session he gave notice
that he should move, as an addition to the order,
that no grant of money should be made after twelve
o'clock at night. He now begged to move that it be made
part of the order that no money be voted
atter twelve o'clock at night. He need not remind Hon.
Members of the scenes which had taken place in that
House when the public money had been voted, whichlwas
not creditable to the Honourable Members of that House
as the keepers of the public purse. Generally speaking,
the House was very negligent upon this subject,
and when money was about to be voted, Honour-
able Members lett the House. The result
of this was that Hon. Members who were desirous
of attending to the expenditure found themselves
left alone to oppose the Ministerial phalanx

which was more numerous than themselves, and thus
every vote was carried with haste and without that con-
sideration which decency demanded. In proposing that no
money should be voted after twelve o'clock, he ( Mr. Hume)
made this exception, that where the subject had been
under consideration before twelve o'clock it might be
voted away after that time. He (Mr. Hume) now
begged to ask the Noble Lord at the head of
her Majesty's Government or the Chancellor of
the Exchequer whether they would consent to the ad-
dition being made to the order which he now proposed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
could not agree to the proposition of the Honourable
Member for Montrose. He (the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer) did not think there had been an in-

stance when the present Government or, in fact,
any Government had persevered in passing
a vote of public money after twelve o'clock at night. He
was quite sure that when any particular vote with regard
to the public money was about to be passed, with regard
to,which there was any opposition, it had never been
forced on after twelve o'clock. There were a
great many votes upon which several observa-
tions were made, but there were also several
upon which no remark was made, and
it did not signify whether an hour or half an hour
after twelve o'clock was occupied in passing them. He
aid not believe that this course led to any waste of
the public money.
Mr. HUME, in reply, observed, that voting the money
often led to great inconvenience and waste of time, fur
very often half an hour was wasted in debating whether
or not the House should go on after twelve
o'clock at night. He (Mr. Hume) was willing on
any particular occasion that this rule should be suspended
if this addition were made to it which he proposed.

Mr. SPOONER would support the motion of the Hon
Member for Montrose.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS also supported the motion of the
Hon. Member for Montrose. He thought that no money
vote ought to be taken after twelve o'clock at night.
Mr. BAILLIE thought that some compromise ought
to be made with the Hon. Member for Montrose.
Sir G. GREY trusted that the House would not adopt
the motion, as, according to the Hon. Member's Own
showing, it would lead to the greatest confusion, because
he had expressed himself ready to give way on any
case of necessity.
Colonel SIBTHORP could not assent to the motion
of the Hon. Member for Montrose. As things at
present stood the world knew what they were about,
but if they rose at twelve o'clock it would not.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when there appeared—
For Mr. Hume's motion
Against it
Majority against the motion -69
The motion was consequently lost.
The other standing orders were then agreed to.
AFTER MIDNIGHT SITTINGS.

Mr. BROTHERTON then moved that in the present ses-
sion of Parliament no business shall be proceeded with after
midnight; and that at twelve o'clock at night precisely, not-
withstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr.
Speaker do adjourn the House without putting any question.
This proposition was so reasonable that he could have
scarcely anticipated any objections from either side of the
House. The last division, however, was not very encou-
raging. He was not proposing any new principle; 150 years
ago the rule was that the Speaker should quit the chair at
twelve o'clock at noon.—(A laugh.) He appealed to their
experience of the manner in which the rule for bringing
their Wednesday sittings to a close at six o'clock had worked
in support of his motion.—(Hear, hear.) It might be ob-
jected, perhaps, that it would tend to lengthen the session,
but he thought, on the other hand, that the rule was rather
calculated to facilitate public business than to retard it. It
would be admitted by all that the present system was ex-
ceedingly injurious to the health of Hon. Members. There
never bad beea a session in which there had been such
a mortality amongst Members as during last year,
and he attributed it to their being overworked, aid sitting
so long after midnight. A great deal of time was now
wasted in discussing whether they should adjourn or not,
which might be saved if the hour was fixed as he proposed ;
which would also enable Hon. Members to make their do-
mestic arrangements.— (Hear, and a laugh.) He had been
accused of having relaxed in his efforts for enforcing ad-
journments. He was astonished at the ignorance of those
Hon. Members who made this accusation, for they ought to
know that he could not interrupt a speech, and unless he
could catch the Speaker's eye it was impossible for him to
stop the business; and he never liked, moreover, to waste
the time of the House by moving repeated adjournments.
He held in his hand a statement showing the number of days
and hours during which the House had sat for many sessions,
and showing also the number of hours after midnight. From
this it appeared that in 1842 the House sat 117 days,
1,008 hours, and 125 hours after midnight; in 1843,
119 days, 986 hours, and 105 hours after midninght ; in
4844, 119 days, 906 hours, and 69 hours after midnight ;
in 1845, 119 days, 1,026 hours, and 96 hours after
midnight ; in 1846, 139 days, 1,054 hours, and 77
hours after midnight ; in 1847, 121 days, 916 hours,
and 71 hours after midnight; in 1848, 170 days, 1,407 hours,
and 136 hours after midnight; in 1849, 121 days, 958 hours,
and 76 hours after midnight; and in 1850, 129 days, 1.104
hours, and 108 hours after midnight. The only argument
which could be used against it, as he conceived, was that
Hon. Members would speak against time; but even that
would be better than debating for two or three hours after
midnight about an adjournment. After all Hon. Members
came there to do business, and though there might have been
a few instances of Members speaking againzt time on Wed-
nesdays, the good sense of the House always prevented them
from being continued.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. EWART seconded the motion.

Sir G. GREY -SaiCTIVe House had, by a very large ma-
jority, decided against the motion of the Hon. Member for
Montrose. It was no doubt miserable that there should be
a habit of continuing debates for a long time after midnight,
but it could not be said that such was the ordinary practice,
at least at the early part of the sesaion. Generally speaking
the adjournment took place at the hour which the Hon.
Member proposed. To say that the rule adopted on
Wednesdays should be applied generally was to place the
business in the power of a minority. As to the
latter part of the session, unless they could very mush
diminish the business the result of the proposed alteration
must be to lengthen the session. The House had always
been willing to make an effort at the end of the session with
a view to an earlier prorogation. He hoped, however, that
the effect of the motion might be to confirm the salutary
practice which had already begun of abridging useless
speeches.

Sir 13. WILLOUGHBY would not support the motion;
but was opposed to the introduction of fresh matter after
twelve o'clock.

Mr. LAWLESS complained that Irish measures were
always brought on after twelve o'clock, and thought that,
with respect to them, at all events, the proposition would be
advantageous.

ANSTEY said he was an unfortunate example of the
Wednesday rule, for he was shortly about to bring on a
motion which might have been disposed of long since under
another system.
Mr. SPOONER had made up his mind to vote for the
motion of the Hon. Member for Salford. He believed the
country was very much dissatisfied at the public money
being voted away in that House after midnight, and that the
effect of the proposed motion had been very much exagge-
rated by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State.
He thought the effect of the motion would be to curtail
speeches considerably, and induce the leaders on both sides
to make their speeches at an earlier hour. If the new regu-
lation were adopted he was confident it would be found to
work well, and lead to a better adjustment of the general
business.
Mr. REYNOLDS regretted that the House did not resolve
to meet at twelve o'clock in the day.—(A laugh.) That
course would be a great improvement. If he recollected
aright the House in the time of the Commonwealth met at
eight o'clock in the morning.—(oh, oh.) Mercantile men
had found out that the best time for conducting business
was in the daytime, and he did not see why the House
should not adopt the same principle. The Irish Members
had a particular reason to complain of late hours, as their
business was always postponed, to the great injury and de-
triment of the business of the country.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion ... ... 32
Against it ... 108
Majority against the motion .. ...-76
_ _ _ THE ADDRESS.
_

The Marquis of KILDARE brought up the report on the
Address.

Lord D. STUART not having, had an opportunity of
making any observations to the House in the debate of the
previous evening, believed he was in order in offering a few
remarks on bringing up the report. To prevent misunder-
standing, he begged to say that he concurred in the
Address, although he must regret that there were many
short-comings and omissions in it. He agreed wi'h
the Address that it was a source of satisfaction that this
country was at peace with all the rest of the world. He re-
gretted, however, to find that there was so little allusion to
the peculiar position of that country with regard to the east
of Europe. In the Speech of last year particular reference
was made to the war in Hungary and the attempt to inter-
fere with the independence of our ancient ally Turkey, by
compelling or coercing it to give up the Hungarian refugees.
Ir would have been to the credit of the Noble Lord if he had
followed up his good offices with regard to those unfortunate
men; and it would have been satisfactory to the people of
that countty to learn that Turkey was no longer
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great men who had done so much for their country would
not be allowed to rot in the dungeons of Turkey to
gratify the infamous brutality of Russia and Austria.
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things,
He confessed himself by no means satisfied with the existing
state of things in the east of Europe. The influence of
Austria, against which the Noble Lord himself had pro-
tested, was everywhere paramount, and the last news was
that they had obtained an ascendancy in the free town of
Hatoburgh. But he would leave that topic, And address

himself to another point in her Majesty's Speech—he meant
the Pang] aggression He was as firmly attached to the
Protes:an; C..uren a any mau in that Howse, and was as
little likely to go ova to the Roman Church, or to give his
assent to its peculiardoctrines, as any man in England; but,
nevertheless, he must say that he would not sanction any-
thing that would inierfere with the most full, free, and com-
plete toleration. Hs did not wish to interfere with the in-
ternal ecclesiastical arrangements of that or any other
Church ; but at the same time he must say that the manner
and the extent of tie recent proceedings of the Pope in
that great country were insolent and uncalled for ; that
there was little either of courtesy or good sense
in the conduct o the Pope—a weak and powerless
prince—towards that great country in the recent aggression
which he had madeupon them. He, however, fully agreed
with the Hon. and learned Member for Sheffield last night
—that the alarm ant outcry were entirely uncalled for—that
the time would come, and that very shortly, when the people
of England would )e ashamed of their conduct.—( Hear,
hear.) He objectedto any retrogression or curtailment of
the great principles )f civil and religious liberty. But what
power did the recentproceedings give to these new bishops?
Nothing whatever. They could neither call out the military
or police, or force Heir ritual on the people, or put their
hands in the public Turse ; and it was clear, therefore, that
the people were frighened at a mere name or a shadow.
Could it be said thatthere was any danger to the Protestant
religion of the counts), by the appointment of a few bishops ?
They had at present the great balk of the population,
revenues, political power, tithes, and everything; and yet
they appeared to be tfraid that all would be overturned by
the appointment of these few bishops. He had no such
fears; he believed tie Protestant religion was true, and
would ever prevail. The question was one with which that
House ought to havenothing whatever to do. The matter
was one entirely of ecclesiastical arrangement, and no one
was compelled to aclnowledge their authority that did not
choose to do so. Under these circumstances, really to bring
in a Bill to enact that certain persons should not call them-
selves by certain titles, was too absurd and too puerile. Why
the Noble Lord himself had in that House stated that he
saw no objection to Roman Catholic bishops taking the
titles of Protestant Ashops. That was in 1845, and he
thought he was now bound to tell the House why he viewed
this matter so differeitly now, and lay some better ground
than he had hithertodone for the introduction of this mea-
sure. He did not agee with the Hon. and Learned Member
for Sheffield in imputng any improper or unworthy motives
to the Noble Lord. He was too confident in the good sense
and the discretion of ,he Noble Lord to believe that was the
case. Any popularity he could acquire by such a line of
conduct would be floating and valueless; but if he wished to
become really popular, he would recommend him to grant
to the people some r•.form in the representation, as he had
promised last year. He hoped that the Noble Lord had not
changed his opinion Lpon the subject of the emancipation of
the Jews, in respect of which he appeared so sanguine last
year. He thought it would have been very satisfactory
if some statement had been made to the House upon the
subject.

Sir. P. BENNETT wished to take the present opportunity
of drawing the attention of the Noble Lord to the distress of
the agricultural labourers, which was almost beyond belief.
—(Hear, hear.) He could only state that into the town of
Eye about 300 or 40) labourers had marched lately armed,
and took possession if the union house. They turned the
master out, broke the windows of the place, and remained in
possession until the •expectable inhabitants of the town and
the shopkeepers assembled and reduced them to a proper
state of subjection, aid secured some of the ringleaders, who
were now in gaol. the labourers have been out of work,
and the farmers wereutterly unable to find employment for
them. The crops had been ruined by a visitation of Provi-
dence, which occasioned the greatest distress amongst the
farmers. The crops 3romised to be of the fullest description.
The produce calculated upon was five quarters to the acre.
The result, however, proved the yield to be only one and a
half quarter and two quarters pee acre. The ruinously low
prices that even this small produce sold at had placed the
farmers in a condition that disabled them from giving em-
ployment.— (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME said lis Noble Friend (Lord D. Stuart) had
put a question to the Government upon a matter of the
greatest interest. Lad year the position of the Hungarians
occupied the public mind just as much as the Papal aggres-
sion did this year. The Noble Lord asked why the para-
graph alluded to in the Queen's Speech of last year was not
followed up in this bya statement as to whether the Govern-
ment had made any eforts to obtain the release of those un-
fortunate captives talan against all law. It appeared to
him that the Government ought to have used its influence i❑
favour of this unfortunate people, and to have ascertained
how many captives there were, where they were confined,
and whether there wai any hope of their being liberated. It
was said that then was a certain number to be liberated,
and it would be satisfactory to know that some progress had
been made in relieving these unfortunate men. He thought
that these men had ben called illustrious and respectable—
honourable men we al knew they were, and the idols of the
people in their own country. It did appear to him (Mr.
Hume) that the symiattly manifested last year in favour of
the Hungarian captiNes should not be forgotten now. He
trusted that the Rolle Lord would give some satisfactory
information upon this subject.
Lord PALMERSTCN said he was not inattentive to the
subject alluded to by the Noble Lord. Communications had
been carried on with ler Majesty's Ambassador at Turkey
and the Government cf that country with a view to the re-
lease of these prisoners. These efforts, he was sorry to say,
had not yet been attelded with that success which they so
much desired.

Mr. HTJME wished to ask the Noble Lord whether all
those Hungarians tha, had been originally made captives
were still in confinement?

Lord PALMERSfON said there was a large number of
prisoners in Kutayah. There were also several hundreds of
them in Shumla. He understood that these had been lately
removed to Constantinople, whether with a view of keeping
them there, or of being sent elsewhere, he could not say.
The report on the Address was then read and agreed to.
The House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock.

OPENINQ OF PARLIAMENT.
[We were yeaterCey compelled to omit the following
from want of space.]
The Queen went 13 State on Tuesday to the House of
Lords to open the Session of Parliament with a speech
from the throne.

The state procession was formed at Buckingham
Palace in the tollolaing order:—
A carriage dram. by a set of bays, conveying three
gentlemen ushers, Hr. Heneage, Mr. Des Vceux, and
Mr. IL Greville; and the *mon in waiting, Captain
Phibbs.

A carriage drawn by a set 'of bays, conveying the
groom in waiting, Limit—Cul. Hon. Ribert Boyle; the
groom in waiting to the Prince, Colonel Wylde; the
pages of honour in visiting, Messrs. Forbes and Cameron.
A carriage drawn by a set of bays conveying the
equerry in waiting, Lord Charles Fitaroy; the equerry
in waiting to the Prince, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Alexander
Gordon; and the g7oora of the robes, Lieut.-Colonel
Francis Hugh Seymour.
A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying the
Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget, the silver stick in
waiting, Colonel Hall; the field officer in waiting, Lord
Rukeby; and the comptroller of the household, the
Right Hon. William Sebright Lascelles.
A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying the
Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Marquis of Donegal,
G.C.H.; the lord in waiting, Lord Dufferin; the lord
in waiting to the Prince, Lord George Lennox; and the
treasurer of the household, Lord Marcus Hill.
A carriage drawn by a set of black horses, conveying
the lady in waiting, the Viscountess Jocelyn; the lord
steward, the Marquis of Westminster; the gold stick in
waiting, the Marquis of Londonderry, G.C.8., and the
groom of the stole to the Prince, the Marquis of Aber-
corn, K.G.

The Queen's Marshaimen.
The Queen's Footmen in State liveries.
A party of the Yeoman Guard.

The State coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured
horses, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, K.G., the Mistress f the Robes,
the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Master of the Horse,
the Duke of Norfolk, K.G.

Tile Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
and the Vice Chamberlain, Lord Edward Howard, con-
ducted the Queen and the Prince to the state coach,
which her Majesty enteral at a quarter before two
o'clock. A guard of honour, composed of the Cold-
stream Guards, was on duty in the front quadrangle of
the Palace, and, with the band in attendance, received
her Majesty with the usual military honours.
The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by
Sir William Martins.

Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the royal
sui'e, returned to Buckingham Palace at three o'clock,
and were received by the Lord Chamberlain and the
Vice-Chamberlain.

Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard,
attended the Court.

His Royal Highness the Prince Albert presided at the
Council for the mangement of the duchy of Cornwall,
at the Duchy-office, Somerset-house. His Royal
Highness was attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps. _

flie Queen and Prince Albert left town at ten minutes
before five :o'clock in the afternoon for Windsor
Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were at-
the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
tended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Major-General Bowles, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.
Robert Boyle, Lord Fitzroy, and Lieutenant-Colonel the
Honourable Alexander Gordon.
The Queen and the Prince were conducted to their
carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Col.
Wylie.

A detachment of the 16th Lancers formed the escort
from Buckingham Palace to the Great Western Railway
Terminus.

MONET MARKET—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 3 per mille discount, which, at the English Mint price
of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25 10; and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 24.97,
it follows that gold is 0.50 per cent
dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham-
burgh the price of gold is 423 per mark, which, at the Eng-
lish Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13,3% ; and the exchange at Ham•
burgh on London at short being 13.54, it follows that gold
is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Haruburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills a
60 days' sight is 1 tOl/4 per cent., and the par of exchange
between England and America being 10.) Y 3-40 per cent.,
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in
favour of England; but, after making allowance for differ-
ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate
does not admit of the shipment of gold either to or from the
United States.

AMERICAN DELFG ATER TO THE EXHIBITION.—At
a meeting of the Executive Committee of the New York
State Agricultural society, held on the 14th of January, the
following delegates were appointed to the " World's Fair"
for 1851 :—Mr. Martin Van Buren, of Columbia County;
Mr. Harvey Baldwin, of Onondago County; Mr. John A.
Kicg, of Queen's County; Mr. Ezra P. Prentice, of Albany
County; and Mr. B. P. Johnson, of Aloany County. The
appointment is merely honorary, the delegates bearing their
own expenses. We umlerstand there were nearly a hundred
applicants.

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