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London, England, 1858-04-21 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Barnstaple Water Works bid was read a third
time and passed.

PETITIONS.

A. large number of petitions were presented praying
for the abolition of church rates by Mr Hadfidd, Mr.
Edward Ball, Mr.Liddell, Mr.lleeJes, Mr. Ayrton, Mr.
Briscoe, Mr. Phillips, and others. Several petitions
were also presented against the abolition of church
rates.

OUDE.
General P. THOMPSON said he had a petition to
present from the Dewsbury Debating Club, praying for
the restoration of Oude.

Mr. WALPOLE doubted if a petition could be re-
ceived from a debating club in its collective capacity.
General P. THOMPSON said the petition was signed
by many individuals.
Mr. WALPOLE suggested the amendment of the
petition, FO as to make it as coming "from the under-
signed members of the Dewsbury Debating Club."
General P. THOMPSON said the petition should be
so amended.

An Hon. Member said that petitions from Chambers
of Commerce had been frequently received signed only
by the Chairman of such b )dies.
CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.

Mr. lIUNT presented a petition from a placo in
Huntingdonshire, praying that Chri+tianity may be made
be basis of the future Government of India.
INCOME TAX.

Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented petitions from the
inhabitants of the Metropolis, praying for such an adjust-
meet of the income-tax as shall make a distinction be-
tween fluctuating and precarious incomes, and incomes
derived from realised property.
CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL.
On the motion for going into committee,
Mr. PACKE moved an amendment that the bill be
oowmitted this day six months. No one respected con-
scientiouslobjeetions, in matters of religion, more than
he did, but he apprehended that iu this case the objec-
tion to pay church rates resulted from a less elevated
fueling than that of conscientious scruples. He cited the
evidence of a number of witnesses ex.irnmed before the
Church Rate Committee, to chow that the principal
objections hitherto advanced against church rates did
not arise from conscientious feelings. He denied that
there was any general desire for the abolition of church
rates, and he cited in rapport of his assertion the rejec-
tion of the champion of the cause (Sir W. Clay) by the
Tower Hamlets ; and Mr. Miall, a great writer as well
as speaker on the subject, by Rochdale.
Mr. K. SEY NIER secimtled the amtudmetit.

Mr. HUGrGESSON cordially supported going into
committee on this bill. He considered the amendment
came with a bad grace from the ministerial side of the
house, because, if the present government had net been
in power the future charge of the bill would have been
handed over to the noble lord (Lord Stanley) secretary
for the colonies. There was a great and growing feeling
in the country against church rates, though the
returns might not show it. Thousands who ob-
jected on principle to church rates paid them
on account of the smallness of the sums generally levied.
Church rates were undoubtedly wrong in principl
They were a grievance to the dissents r, and so far from
this objection to them being made a breeches pocket
question, they were contested on principle. (Hear,
hear.) He contended that church rates were an
occupiers tax, and that they ought not to be en-
forced on dissenting occupiers, and he denied that the
abolition of the church rate would benefit the landed
interest. As a zealous churchman, he felt humiliated
when he heard it said by churchmen that if the rate e as
abolished the fabric of the church, in many instances,
wonid be allowed to fall into decay. (Hear, hear.)
Where parishes were too poor to pay a rate, he
thought the fabric of the church shoal be repaired
out of the funds in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners. To take the money out of the pockets of
dissenters was a disgrace to the church. (Hear, hear.)
Dissenters were worthy of their consideration, for we
owed much of our liberties to them. The church ought
to be freed from this tax, and rest on the affections of
the people for her support.
Mr. PUGH. (Carmarthenshire) supported the motion
or goin • g into committee. It was high time for the
peace of the country this question should be settled.
The sacred cause of Christianity also required that the
question should be set at rest for ever. England was
the only country in which these scandals could arise
about repairing the fabric of the Church.
Mr. K. SEYMER aas anxious to give relief
to dissenters to church rates, but not in the manner
proposed. He thought the house ought to be very
careful how they admitted the principle that no man
should contribute towards anything from which he die-
canted. (Hear, hear.) He wished to relieve Di.senters
from the tax, but in return they must abstain from
voting for churchwardens, and other matters relating to
the Church. Such a compromise was proposed on a
former occasion by Mr. R. Phillimore.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

Tux BuDarr.—The budget of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer has been received in a most friendly spirit
by the people of Manchester—even including the politi-
cians oflthe " Manchester school," who look upon it as
a most successful one—one which, under the circum-
stances, could not be improved. On 'Change yesterday
not a word was uttered against any portion of it, save
by a few merchants on that a hich proposes to impose a
penny duty on cheques,. The right hon. Chancellor's
proposal with regard to the postponing of the payment
of the Exchequer Bonds, &c., has not created appa-
rently the least surprise, inasmuch as everybody seemed
to anticipate such a course, which is thought to be the
onlo legitimate and proper one.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—Last evening, as Mre. Neale,
residing in Pitt's-place, Great Wild-street, was proceed-
ing along Drury-lane, she suddenly reeled off the foot
pavement, and, to the great horror of the passers-by,
fell under the wheel of a heavy-laden coal wagon, which
happened to be passing, and before the driver could stop
his horses the fore wheel passed completely over, acd
the hind wheel lodged upon her chest. She was picked
up insensible, and taken on a stretcher to King's College
Hospital ; but from the nature of the injuries sustained
she is not expected to survive.
Till AUSTRIANS IN ITALY.—A letter from Piacenza
of April 10, in the Unione of Turin, says that the con•
centration of Austrian troops upon the Sardinian
frontier is occasioning much remark. The Austrian
garrison of Piacenza (in the Dachy of Parma) is con
tinually augmented, and a detachment of 500 men bad
arrived that day. Their violence and insolent bearing
continually excite the resentment and indignation of the
inhabitants. An officer of the detachment just arrived
chose to lodge in the apartments belonging to the Mar-
quis Filippo Anguissola, who happened then to be out
of town. The Austrian officer demanded the keys,
which the valet de cltantilve of the marquis refused to
give up to him. The doors were then broken open, and
the Austrian, in spite of all protestations, installed him-
self in the coveted abode. More than a hundred persons
belonging to the city had been drawn together by the
rumour of this outrageous; act, but were obliged to re-
main pas ive lookers on at the inea.,ion of their fellow-
townsman's dwellicg. The Austrian general in com-
mand having ordered the officer to be quartered there,
the order was put into execution by military force, and
the mayor of Piacenza, finding that he could not assert
Parmese civio authority in opposition to Austrian
bayonets, immediately resigned his office.
Da. BERNARD.—In the House of Commons to-mor
row evening, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake will ask the Sec-
retary for the Home Department, " whether the late
prosecution of the Queen v. Simon Bernard, charging
him as an accessory before the fact, and also as a princi-
pal to the murder of Nicholas Battle, was instituted
in pursuance of advice given by the law of of the
crown, to the effect that, assuming the alleged facts to
be true, the offence charged was punishatid .learasoa,fs,
wl
b:
under the existing law of the realer ;
ther the Secretary for the Home pepaarntment Will lay
any opinion which may have been given by the law offi-
cers of the crown relative to the said charge, on the table
of ter k 911144

CORRESPONDENCE RbSPECTINGt PASS-
• PORT s. - - • -

Yesterday was issa:d x return to the House of
Lords of cor.re- pondence re, pec.izig pass.r.oits.
These cewmulacatiens include leiteis to and trout
English C easul- at cereal, French ports and the
Earl of Clarendili—let.ers which h..ve p .ssed i e-
tween Earl Cowley and Count Walewaki, and Earl
Cowley and the Foreign-office. On the 9th ol
March, the Earl of Matmesbury takes up the corres-
pondence. Among the documents is the follow-
ing extract from a lotter by Earl Cowley to the
Earl of Malmeabury, dated March 29 ;--
" I have Count Walewski's assurance that if it
were practicable for the French authorities at the
ports or on the frontier to distinguish her Majesty's
subjects from foreign refugees, and if it were poss-
ble to establish au exemption in their favour, her
Majesty's subjects might come and go from France
without passports or questions of any kind. The
return to a stricter system of passports (for there is
nothing new in the present regulations) has been
rendered necessary in consequence of the facilities
which a too great laxity had given to evil-disposed
persons to penetrate into France ; but the Imperial
Government know well that they have nothing to
apprehend from the British people, who, however
freely they may express their opinions in their own
country, are not in the habit of exciting or partici-
pating in troubles abroad. Her Majesty's subjects,
therefore, will ever be welcome guests in the Im-
perial dominions, and every facility capable of being
generalised without endangering the principle of
exclusion to which I have adverted above, will be
with pleasure accorded to them.
" I annex a list of the places where French con-
sular visas may be obtained :—Consuls-General :
Gaillard de Ferry, London ; Fleury, Liverpool ;
Count de Marieouit, Newcastle ; Bruant, Edin-
burgh ; Maubussin, Glasgow : De Burgraff, Dub-
lin. Agent Vice-Consuls : Zanole, Newhaven and

Brighton ; De Itabaudy,
Cardiff; Lepage de Longchamps, Swanea ; Lau-
rent, Jersey ; Loyeux, Guernsey."
There is also the following letter, interesting to
the owners of yachts :

" CJunt Walewski to Earl Cowley.
"Paris, April 8, 1858.

"M. to Comte—Your excellency did me the
honour to write to me on the 2d inst., to inquire
of me whether the productiox of an Admiralty
warrant and a certificate of one of the English yacht
clubs continues to be suffi:ient to permit owners of
yachts, friends accompanying them, and the crews
of their vessels, to land in a port of the empire.
"The Emperot's Government has not thought
it possible, M. le Comte, to establish this except.on
to the general regulations which now apply, as
regards passports, to every person presenting him-
self on the maritime frontiers of the empire.
Owners of yacht= as well as their travelliqg com-
panions, must, therefore, provide themselves with
regular titres de voyage for occasions on which they
might have to land iu France ; but as regards the
men composing the crew, awr inscription on the
ship's books is sufficient, as is the ewe for crews of
merchantmen.—Accept, (tc.

(Signed)

"A. IVALEwsKr."

PABLIAM.ENTAAT DIVISION.

HOUSE OF CONINIONS-APRIL 20.
SEPTENNIAL ACT.

Motion made, and question put, " That leave be given to
bring in a Bill to ropeal the Act of the first year of
George the First, cap. 38, commonly called the Septen-
nial Act,' and to limit the duration of Parliaments to
three years." The house divided—Ayes 57, Noes 254.

AYES-57.
A lcock, T. Ewart, W.
Ayrton, A. Ea ing, Crum
Bagshaw, Robert Forster, Charles
Biggs, John Fox, W. J.
Bake, J. Gibson, Milner
Bland, L. H. Gilpin, C.
ItiLlit, John Greene, John
Butler, C. S. Hamilton, Capt.
Caird, J. ' Harris, J. D.
Calcott, M. Kershaw, J.
Cheetham, John King, L.
Clay, James Laslett, W.
Coningham, W. M'Cann, J.
Conyngharn, Lord F. MacEvoy, E.
Corbally, M. E. MacMahon, P.
Crook, J. Maguire, J. F.
Crossley, F. Morris, D.
Dalglish, H. NieJll, 1).
Denison, W. H. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Duncombe, Thomas Pechell, Sir G.

Philips, R.
Pilkiugton, J.
Ricardo, 0.
Roupcil, W.
Salisbury, Enoch
Scholcileld, W.
Stuart, Loud J.
Syke., Colonel
Thoinwn, General
Trelawny, Sir J.
Villiers, U.
Waldron, Laurence
W 1 J aniei
Williams, W.
WlHymns, E.
Wood, W.
Wyld, James
T LLLEJUI.
Cox, W.
Hadtleld, George

NOES-254,
Adderley, C. B. Elton, Sir A. 11. Mangles, R. D.
Akroyd, E. Ennis, John Manners, Lora...T.
Alexander, J. Es tcourt, T. Marion banks, D.
Anuesley, lion. Hugh Evans, T. W. Mil er, Taverner
Antrobus, E. Fenw.ck, li. Miller, ,tearne
Ashley, Lord Ferguson, Sir Robert Mills, T.
Bagwell, John Finlay, A. Moncreiff, J.
Bailey, C. Fitzgerald, J. Montgomery, Sir G.
Baillie, H. Fitzroy, Henry Morgan, 0.
Baring, A. Fogey, H. W. Mowbray, J. R.
Baring. H. Foljatabe, Francis Naas, Lord
Baring, Sir F. Forde, Colonel Newark, Viscount
Baring, T. Forester, Col. Newdegate, C.
Barnard, Thomas Forster, Sir Geo. Newport, Viscount
Bernard, T. Fortescue, lion. F. Nisbet, R. I'.
Barrow, W. Fortescue, C. S. Ossulston, Lord
Bass, M. Frazer, Sir W. Packs, C.
Baxter, W. French, Colonel Pakington, Sir J.
Beach, W. Galway, Viscount Palk, L.
Beaumont, W. Gard, It. Palmer, R.
Beecrolt, G. Gaskell, J. Palmer. It. W.
Bennet, Capt. P. Gladstone, W. Palmerston, Viscount
Bentiuck, G. Glyn, G. Patten, Col.
Biddulph, Col. IL M. (41yil, G. Pennant, Col. E.
Black, Adam Goddard, A. Philipps, J.
Blackburn, Peter Goderich, Viscount Pinney, Col.
Bottleld, it. Grace, 0. Portman, W.
Brand, 11. B. W. Graham, Sir J. Powell, Francis
Bridges, Sir B. Greenwood, John Pryse, E.
Briscoe, John Greer, Samuel Pritchard, J.
Brown, W. Griffith, C. Ramsden, Sir J.
Bruce, Major Grogan. Edward Ramsay, Sir A.
Bruce, H. A. Hamilton, Lord Claud Rawlinson, Sir 11.
Bruen, 1.1. Handley, 11. Rebow, J.
Buckley, Gen. Ilankey, T. Repton, G.
Buller, J. W. Harmer, Sir John Richardson, J.
Bunbury, W. B. Hardy, G. Ridley, George
Burghley, Lord Hay, Lord John Robertson, P.
Bury, Viscount Hayes, Sir E. Rushout, Capt. G.
Buxton, sir E. N. Heard, J. Russell, A.
Cairns, H. Heathcoate, Sir W. Russell, F. W.
Calcratt, J. Henley, J. Rust, James
Campbell, R. 11111, Hon. R. Schneider, Henry
Cartwright, IL Hodgson, K. Selater, George
Cayley, E. S. Hodgson, William Scott, F.
Charlesworth,,T. C.D. Holford, R. Scott, Major
Child, Smith Hopwood, John Seymer, H.
Cholineley,_Sir M. flornby, W, Sheridan, H. B.
Christy, Samuel Horsiall, T. Shirley, E.
Churchill, Lord A. Horsinan, E. Sibthorp, Major
Clark, J. Hotham, Lord Smith, J. A.
Clifford, C.C. Howard, Lerd E. Smollett, A.
Clifford, Lt.-Col. li.M.Hunt, G. W. Spooner, it.
Clive, George Ingestre, Viscount Stanley, Lord
Close, M. Inglis, John Stanley, W.
Colebrooke, Sir E. Jermyn, lit. !In. Earl Steel, John
Colvile, C. li. Jervoise, Sir J. Stirling, W.
Coote, Sir C. H. Johnstone, H. B. Tempest, Lord A. V.
Corry, IL T. L. Johnstone, Sir J. Vance, John
Cowan, C. Jolliffe, li. Vane, Lord 11.
Crawford, R. W. Kelly, Sir F. Vansittart, W.
Cross, R. A. Kendall, N. Verner, Sir W.
Cubitt, W, Kerrisou, Sir E. Walcott, Admiral.
Curzon, Viscount King, J. Walpole. S.
Dalkeith, Earl King, Edward Wegeclin, T.
Davison, It. Kinnaird, A. Welby, W.
Deasy, R. Knatchbull, W. . Western, S.
Deedes, William Knatchbull-HsguesSen Whitbread, S.
Dent, John Knight, I. Whiteside, J.
De Vere, S. E. King htley, R. Wlgram, Loftus T.
Disraeli, B. Langston, J. H. Williams, S ,r W.
Dobbs, W. C. Langton, W. G. Willoughby, J.
Dod, J. Merry, James Wilmington, Sir T.
Duncombe, A. Legit, G. C. Wood, Sir C.
Dundas, G. Lennox, Lord H. G. Woodd, B.
Dundas, F. Leslie, C. r. Woods, Henry
Dunkellin, Lord Liddell, [I. G. Wyndham, General
Dunlop, A. Lopes, Sir M. Wynn, Col.
Du Pre, C. Luce, T. Wynne, J. A.
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Lyall, George Wynne, W.
Edwards, Henry Lygon, lion. F. Torke, E.
Egerton, Sir P. Macarthy, Alex. Young, A.
Egerton, W. Macartney, George
Egerton, Edw. C Macaulay, Kenneth TICLLIIS.
Elm' ey, Viscount Mackie, J. Jolliffe, Sir W.
Elphiustone, Sir J. M'Clintock, Jehn Whitmore, H.