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London, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

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131rERIAL PA RL I All E NT. Lietttahreranltioert,of her Majesty's Government upon any
and ho could assure the noble marquis
-. that it was perfectly ridiculous to suppose that any negotia-
dens for a commercial treaty intended for the nterest of
HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY ) both countries could in the slightest degree ieuence her
- Tho Lou:) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack 'Majesty's Government in expressing in the m ,--t firm and
,et five o'clock. friendly manner to the French Government an, opinions it
Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday; might have upon any great European questi ... (Hear.)
I
'the 3d of 'February, he should call the attention of the The subject then dropped.
house to the services that were performed in Sadie"' Wells Their lordships then adjourned.
and other theatres by clergymen of the Church of Eng-
land, and that he should move that such proceedings were
injurious to the dignity of the Established Church.
ENDOWF.:O SCHOOLS.
Lord CRANWORTH 'introduced a bill to remedy the evil
Complained of last sessi,,m as to the inability of Protestant
Dissenters to become trustees' of endowed schools.
CHURCH RATES.
The Duke r
;-f -MA.R,LBO ROUG II presented several pe-
tit-jells flt tl%ebetter regulation of church rates.
MAR:AIAGE WITHSI A DECEASED WIFE'S
STER.
Bari ST. GERMANS presented several petitions from
-places in Cornwall in favour of legalising the marriage with
A deceased wife's sister.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH. begged to ask the
n,We. don of which he had given notice relative to the distri-
leetion of booty taken during the mutiny in India ?
The Duke of ARGYLL said the question had been
raised last session, and the proposal of the Governor-Gene-
ral had been adopted. That proposal was to the effect
that all property captured during the suppression
of the mutiny should be distributed amongst the army,
with this reservation, that all property taken from parties
who e.,uld prove their loyalty should be deducted from
such prize money. The Government had not yet been able
lo compute the amount to be so distributed, which, as the
house might suppose, was a work of some difficulty.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not see the neces-
sity of waiting for the computation of the amount. He
thought it a great hardship that the captors should be kept
from the possession of their prize money for so long a
period.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY LAWS—
TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATES.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that on
Friday, the 3d of next month, he would introduce a bill to
amend the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, and
on the 17th a bill to amend the laws relating to the transfer
of real estate, and the title thereto.
EAST INDIA BANKS OF BENGAL, &c.
Mr. R. CRAWFORD moved for copies of the several
Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council, for the
Incorporation and Regulation of the Banks of Bengal,
Bombay, and Madras, respectively.—Agreeel to.
THE OUTRAGE IN TULLAMORIL.
Colonel FRENCH said that he perceived from the Times
that a gentleman named Dunn had been fired at in the town
of Tullamore, King's County, where there was a stipen-
diary magistrate. He wished to know if any steps had been
taken to apprehend the person who committed this outrage.
Mr. CARD WE LL said he was happy to inform the hon.
and gallant member that the person fired at was still living,
and that the party who committed the offence had been
identified and sent to prison. (Hear, hear.)
NATIONAL DEFENCES.
Mr. TIORSMAN gave notice of his intention to ask the
Government if the report of the committee on national de-
fences had been made, and when it would be laid on the

table.
TRANSMISSION OF THE MAIL TO AUSTRALIA.
Lord A. C HU RC HILL asked the Secretary of the Trea-
sury what was the annubd amount of the subsidy granted to
the Egyptian Government for the transit of the monthly
mail to and from Australia ; and what was the anticipated
increase in the Post .office revenue consequent upon the ad-
ditional penny charged upon all newsppaers sent by way of
Southampton and Suez to the Australian colonies; and
also whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, in deference to the expressed wish of the Australian
colonies, to relax the recent additional impost on news-

IMPORTATION OF COTTON.
Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of *ht. amount of
cotton annually imported from various parts of the world
for the last two years ending Dec. 31, 1859, distinguishing
the several countries from which exported, and also the
amount of revenue levied on the same. The noble lord
then went on to complain of the onerous duties levied on
cotton and hoped that Government would consent to aban
don most of them, not on the principle of reciprocity, but in
order altogether to extinguish slavery. He referred to the
possibility, in consequenco of information received from Dr.
Livingstone, of raising an immense quantity of cotton in
Africa, and hoped the Government would do all they possibly
could to encourage the growth of cotton in Afriea and
Jamaica, in order to supersede that raised in the slave
states of America.

papers ?
Mr. LAING said that £12,000 was annually paid to the
Egyptian Government, but with regard to the second ques-
tion he could only give a rough estimate, and he believed
the amount realised was £5,000 a lean The additional
penny on newspapers had been imposed by the late Govern-
ment, which it was not intended by the present Govern-

The Duke of NEWCASTLE said there could be no ob-
jection to furnish the returns moved for by the noble lord.
With respect to the observations of the noble lord re-
garding the growth of cotton, that of course must
be left to private enterprise; but eny attempt to raise cotton
in the British possessions would be encouraged to the
utmost by the Government.
The BISHOP of OXFORD hoped the Government
would give the subject their best attention. If the native
princes could be taught to understand that it was more
profitable to raise cotton by their own subjects in preference
to selling them as slaves, much more would be done to
abate s!avery than could be done in any other way.
Particular attention ought to be given to the opening up
the two great rivers in Africa, the Zambesi and the Niger.
T,isrd OVER STONE also urged upon the Government
the importance of festering all attempts to raise cotton in
Africa.

ment to remove.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Mr. BENTINCK asked the President of the Board of
Trade whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to introduce any measure during the present
session, founded on the report of the Committee on Railway
Accidents, which was laid on the table of the house in 1858.
Mr. M. GIBSON said that the report alluded to
had been considered, and no doubt it was most desirable to
prevent railway accidents as far as possible. He did not
think, however that Parliament should be applied to to
confer any additional powers on the Board of 'trade with
regard to the investigation of railway accidents, as railway
companies afforded every facility for such investigations.
LANDLORD AND TENANT IN IRELAND.
Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Attorney-General for Ire-
land if he could state when it was the intention of the Go •
vernment to introduce their promised ,measure for a more
equitable adjustment of the relations between landlord and
tenant in Ireland.
The ATTOR-N EY-GENERAL for Ireland said he was
not able to specify the day the measure in question would
be brought forward, but it had been considered during the
recess, and the Government were entirely agreed as to its
provisions. He trusted the bill would be introduced before
the approaching assizes.
PRIZE MONEY TO ENGLISH TROOPS IN
INDIA.
Mr. TURNER asked the Secretary of State for India
whether any and what steps had been taken towards effect-
it the payment of the prize money due.to the troops en-
gaged at Delhi, and when it was probatle the money will be
forthcoming. Ho also asked a similar question with
reference to the troops that had been engaged at Lucknow.
Sir C. WOOD said, with respect to the first question,
the necessary information had not been received in this
country to enable the Government to take the steps sug-
gested. Respecting the troops at Lucknow, the prize-
money had been received, and proper steps would be
adopted.
FRENCH TROOPS AT LEGHORN.
Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether it was true, as stated in a French paper,
that 30,000 French troops were expected at Leghorn ; and
whether he had raison to believe that the French Govern-
ment had any intention of taking any such step for the
purpose of preventing the annexation of the Pneviixes of
Central Italy to Sardinia, which their Constitutional
Representatives had voted as their final determination ?
The hon. member glanced at the events in Italy, and the
policy adopted by the Emperor of the French. He strongly
u-ged on the Government to adhere to the principle of non-
intervention in respect to the affairs of Italy
DR.: SMETHURST

Lord WCJDE ROUSE said the Government, in order to
do all that was possible to encourage the zaising of cotton
is had seat out two expeditions, from which the
izrzzble T ews bad been received.

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.1,17,1- said the greatest obstacle to the raising of
•• ••1 'ree labour vas the slave trade. To the eternal
ci .-‘moric4, that country still allowed its flag to be
protecting the slave trade He believed that
t!i:Lt y:):l7irycon'inned that system she would bring her-
la ban of a!! other civilised nations.
sv w!..r:ls from Lord WoDEIIOIIBE, the returns
we; -c °raw ed. .

B'2U urr!er

Mr. EDWIN JAMES drew the attention of the Secre-
tery of State for the Home Department to the case of
I comas Smethurst, convicted of the crime of murder on the
15th day of August last, anol.recently pardoned by her
Majesty, and ase'ee him, whether the Government con-
templated the introduction of any measure to. eive the right
of appeal to persons t euvicted of capital and other crimes.
Ile said he thought to In,portance of the subject would be
sufficient to justice h e '.ntrodueing it to the attention of
the house. It was most essential to the administra-
tion of justice that juries should be acquainted
with the grounds on which their verdict was reversed.
Unless courts of criminal appeal were estab-
lished, or ether means adopted to give such infor-
mation, the practical result would be to render
juries indifferent to their verdicts if they could
be set aside in the way tied had been done in respect to the
verdict in Dr. Smethurat's case. The hon. and learned
member ad carted to the trial and subsequent matters in
connection with the subject under consideration. He did
not impute any blame to the Home Secretary, but he con-
sidered the power he was called on to exercise was too im-
.important to be entrusted to an individual.
CRUELTIES ON BOARD AMERICAN SHIPS.
Mr. M. MILNES asked the Secretary of. State for Foregn
Affairs what measures had been adopted with regard to the
address presented to her Majesty on the 2d Aug., 1859, by
this house, praying her Majesty to enter into nego-
tiations with the United States of America for the purpose
of preventing the assaults and cruelties comuiltted on mer-
chant seamen in American vessels; and called the atten-
tion of the house to some recent occurrences of that nature.
He drew attention to the outrages perpetrated on board
certain American vessels, and as it did not appear the Go-
vernment of this country could interfere in such
cases. according to the state of international law,
he trusted a rme means would be devised to abolish the
practices in question. The effect of these outrages proved
de' rimental to cur own service, for one captain of a vessel
said he regretted he did not live under American instead of
English law, as he could then, do as he pleased.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, in reply to the question
of the hon. members = (Mr. D. Griffith), ho did
not believe that 30,000 French troops would be sent to
Leghorn, and he had every reason to believe that the Em-
peror of the French entertained no such intentions with
regard to annexation as the hon. member alluded to in his
motion. In regard to the remarks of the last hon. member
who had addressed the house, he begged to inform him that
Load Lyons had been communicated with, and it was con-
sidered by both Governments that the best course that could
be adopted would be to refer the matter to the hands of the
respected representative of America in this country,
Mr. Dallas. An interview had taken place with that hon.
gentleman, and no doubt existed that men in both coun-
tries were in favour of a settlement of the question on the
ground of humanity, and to redress the grievances occurring
under the present system. A convention was preparing for
that purpose. When the terms of that convention had
been agreed on and ratified, no time would be lost in bring-
ing in a bill that would meet the views of his hon. friend.
COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Mr. BOV ILL asked the Secretary of State fur the
Home Depart's nt, whether it was the intention of her
Majesty's Government to propose any alteration in
the constitution of the Court of Probate and Divorce.
He drew attention to the arrears of business that had ac-
cumulated in that court in consequence of the insufficient
number of judges, and strongly advocated an amendment in
its constitution.
Mr. BOWYER objected to this court; but if it were per-
mitted to exist, it should be rendered as efficient as pos-
sible.oenLsstti dtleevsr dsc
court
tad as at presentthe
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the Divorce Court a portion of the businessthe
tratuntoted by the Judge Ordinary, and for other
to
por-
tions it was necessary have the presence of judges from
the courts of common law, A new judicial officer was ap-
pointed when the Court was established ; but with regard, to
the attendance ttohebecooubrttahinaeadbfereoma
fund
common law judges,
the business of
attendance of common law judges was expected, and no doubt demanct
greater than was
been made fbr the
business, especially at (wain moments in despatch
found consistent with the convenient of public
grbeortionezitti.oouirltoss owmfalcioiromniete:
non law, and particularly when it was desired
a ht
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and the subject had been under the consideration of then
an iddi
Vet much had much greater than
Chancelor, and her Majesty's Government were not at rd
pre-
sent prepared to take any steps to increase the numbero
the common law judges for the purpose of metering
tional attendance in the Court of :Divorce, or to a.ppolut a
second judge ; but they thought it might be bracts to
enlarge the class of business whichmight be disposed of by
the Judge Ordinary) and therefore to render unneces•
nary the attendance of the common law judges, except
in eases of great difficulty and importance With
regard to the remarks which had fallen from
the hon. and learned Member for Dundalk, ho
could only say that the question of enabling the Juke Or-
dinary to exclude the public during trials of 4 Particular
nature was a question upon Which the noble lord opposite
(Lord J. Manners) had given notice of a motion for leave to
bring in a measure, and therefore it would be premature its
him (Sir G. C. Lewis) to express an opinion upon it. With
regard to the general policy of the Divorce Act, he must
decline entering into any discussion, unleSs sense specific
motion were made. He (Sir G. C. Lewis) would stets only
with reference to the question of the hon. member for Pon.;
tefract, that be hoped he might be distinctly untleeetoci&
both in that house and in the ementry, that the courts of
England had no jurisdiction over offences committed in any
foreign ships on the high seas ; and however grave those
offences might be, or however they might excite the fdniiugs
of the people of this country, our tribunals are powerless in
tench cases. Their power does not extend to any offences
committed on board foreign ships, unless treason may be
eonaidered to be an exception. The only means, therefore,
by which an English tribunal could deal with such cases
the Unitedat
was under an extradition treaty. We had treaties of this
only with France and the United Stares, and he was
of the two mate"'
happy to inform his hon. friend and the house that he had
will be returned'. t
that day signed an order, under the extradition treaty with
for the delivery to the proper authorities
of the American ship Anna, and that they
shortly advert
country Which
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hon. and learned frienr
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