The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-07 00:00:00

THE IRISH NIGHT MAIL.

Mr. L. MONTGOMERY asked the Secretary to the
Treasury if any steps had been taken to forward the
night mail from Mullingar to Longford by mil, instead
of by coach, as at present carried : and also, -whether he
would lay upon the table of the house any correspond-
ence that had passed on the subject between the Post-
office authorities and the Midland Great Wes tern Rail-
way Company _ . _

Mr. WILSON said the Post-office authorities had
been in communication with those of the rWieray com-
panies, but the demand of the companies was so large,
and the advantage so small, that the Post-office autho-
rities thought they would not be justified in acceding to
the demand of the railway companies. There had been
some correspondence on the subject, to the production
of which there was not the slightest objection. It was
the intention of the Government during the present ses-
sion to bring in a bill to give the Government more
power than they possessed at the present time over the
Irish railways.
DULWICH COLLEGE.
Mr. PELLATT asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department when the bill fur the reformation
of Dulwich College, founded upon the report of the
Charity Commissioners, would be laid before the house ?
Sir G. GREY said the subject was still under consi-
deration: He could not tell the hon. gentleman at what
period the bill relative to the reformation of Dulwich
College would be brought in.
TREATY OF PEACE.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Mr. LINDSAT resumed the debate. He said he felt
both joy and satisfaction at the peace that had been con-
cluded, because it bad accomplished the great objects for
which we went to war. The treaty certainly contained
more than he had expecte,l, and he confessed he had had
for some time a misgiving that we should not have an
honourable peace. lie was, however, agreeably sur-
prised on reading it, and it afforded him great pleasure
in expressing his satisfaction cf it. (Hear.) He was glad
to find that the right of search was to be abolished, and
that neutral shire carrying contraband of war were not
to be seized. Ile highly eulogised the abilitie of the
noble lord at the head of the Government for
the manner in which he had conducted the war,
and had concluded a safe and honourable peace,
and he trusted the country would not forget his services.
Members opposite might think he wanted something
for his panegyric—(" Hear, hear," and laughter)—but
he begged to assure them such was not the case, his
only desire being to record his honest, though humble,
praise of the noble lord's conduct.
Mr. R. PHILLIMORE asked for the indulgence
of the khouse on the great importance and mag-
nitude of the subject he intended to bring before
the house, and to give vent to the earnest and irre-
pressible conviction he entertained of the great sacri-
fice fof the maritime rights of Great Britain by the
declaration that had been framed at the Conferences,
that an enemy's goods in neutral vessels should not be
seized, which was contrary to the usual practice
and laws of war. After some lengthened remarks in
favour of his opinion, he moved the following additional
paragraph to ithe address, viz.:—"To express, neverthe-
less, the regret of this house that the immemorial and
undoubted belligerent right of the Crown to capture
enemies' goods in neutral ships, should have been re-
nounced by treaty, without an opportunity having been
afforded to Parliament of expressing its opinion upon so
grave and extensive an alteration of public and interim.
tional law." He contended that the neutral who carried
ordinary merchandise to an enemy was in principle an
, assistance to the enemy just as much as the carriage of
I contraband of war was. He denied that a confiscation