The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1859.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY).

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Lord STANLEY presented petitions from several congre-
gations in England and Wales, praying that Dissenters
might be allowed' to administer trust funds of Grammar
Schools.

question, therefore, was whether it etas desiroble, when
for the first time this bill introduced non-traders to a
system by which they: would be compelled to part with
the whole of their property, that an interest should be
taken from them at once which could scarcely be avail-
able for the creditors, or whether the interests of the cre-
ditors were not better secured by enabling them to avail.
themselves of the settlement with the consent of the pro-
tector of the settlement, and at all events to avail them-
selves of the reversionary interest when the insolvent
should come into possession of it.
The clauses were then agreed to without a division.
Lord WENSLEYDALE said that one of the county
court judges had applied to him to know whether this bill
would affect their powers, and he suggested that a saving
clause should be introduced to provide that nothing in the
bill should apply to any warrant of commitment for non-
payment of a debt issued by the county court.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he wished for
time to consider this point, and there would be an oppor-
tunity of proposing such an amendment when the bill went
down to the House of Commons.
The bill was then reported to the house and passed.
CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL.

The Earl of CARNARVON, in moving the second
reading of this bill, said that its object was to extend to the
naval and military prisons, those in Bermuda and in 'our
other convict settlements, the same supervision and control
by the Secretary of State which existed for the prisons in
Great Britain. The law was at present very imperfect in
this respect, and it was desirable to give powers for the dis-
miskial or removal of the officers of the prison, as well as
power to make regulations for its management and for the
treatment of the prisoners, and to impose a scale of penal-
ties. In this respect the standard which had been adopted
was the same that existed in the prisons at home, or if there
were any difference, it was rather in favour of the prisoner.
The bill was read a second time.

INCLOSURE BILL.
This bill went through committee, and was reported with•
out amendments to the house.
MANOR COURTS. IRELAND BILL.
_ _

On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMORE,
This bill went through committee, and some amendments
were reported.
MONTENEGRO►

The Earl of CLARENDON rose to ask the Secretary o
State for Foreign Affairs, respecting the appointment of two
tiligineer officers to define the boundaries of Montenegro.
He said—A few days ago my attention was called to a para-
graph in the Times newspaper, which, under the head of
military intelligence, stated as follows Orders have
been forwarded from the Horse Guards to the headquarters
of the Royal Engineer establishment at Chatham directing
a surveying expedition of the Royal Engineers to be held
in readiness to proceed to Montenegro, for the purpose of
making an accurate survey of the boundary line to Constan-
tinople. The officers named to accompany the expedition
are Capt. Cox and. Lieut. Sitwell, R.E. Another expedition
of the Royal Engineers is also in course of formation for the
purpose of proceeding by the overland route to Persia to
survey the Turkish and Persian boundary line. This expe-
dition is likely to be absent from England three years." I
do not suppose, whatever benefit is intended to be done to
Montenegro, that it is proposed to extend its boundaries to
Constantinople or to the Dardanelles, and it is not on that
point that I wish to ask a question of my noble friend. But
I think the opportunity is a good one for asking for some
information with regard to Montenegro, which I believe
caused my noble friend some trouble last year, and of which
nothing whatever is known. Subjects of greater interest
have recently occupied the attention of Parliament, but the
interest connected with the subject of the position of Mon-
tenegro is not confined to its geographical condition. For
many. years past Russia, by direct or indirect means, has
exercised considerable influence in Montenegro, where the
Greek religion is professed, and at the Congress of Paris it
was stated that it was a general belief that Russia had pur-
sued the same conduct with regard to Montenegro as she did
with regard to the Danubian Principalities, and the Rus-
sian Plenipotentiary was asked to make some statement on
the subject. He accordingly stated that Russia had no con-
nexion with Montenegro beyond a feeling of friendly sym-
pathy, which feeling was reciprocated by its mountaineer
inhabitants. The Plenipotentiaries of France, England, and
Austria said that they looked on this as a declaration that
-Russia exercised no influence on Montenegro ; and the
Turkish plenipotentiary, while declaring that Montenegro
was an integral part of the Ottoman Porte, stated that the
Porte had no intention of altering the "status quo." This
statement of the Russian plenipotentiary was considered
satisfactory, for Montenegro was never considered to be in-
dependent, and the congress remained under the impression
that no attempt would be made to alter the condition of
that state. In a short time, however, Prince Danilo ad- I
dressed a circular to the Five Powers, claiming that the in-
dependence of Montenegro should be recognised, and stated
that he was about to come to Paris and to London, in order
to make good that claim to independence. I communicated
with the French Government, and stated that it was not
our intention to receive Prince Danilo except as a subject of
the Porte, and unless he was introduced through the inter-
vention of the Turkish ambassador. The French Govern.
went agreed to this ; but he was nevertheless received in
Paris -without the intervention of the Turkish ambassador;
but he did not come to London, as he knew he could not be
received in the same way here. The Porte expressed a wish
to assist Prince Danilo in obtaining an accession of territory
for Montenegro, which was necessary for the subsistence of
that people, their own territory being barren and unpro-
ductive, and with a view to doing away with the system of
plundering the neighbouring states; but on condition that
Prince Danilo would acknowledge the suzerainte of the
Porte, which, however, he refused to do. An insurrection
broke out in Bosnia, and a Turkish force having been sent
to quell it, Prince Danilo took advantage of an armistice ta.
fall on a Turkish force, the greater portion of which were
massacred, and all those who fell into his hands horribly
mutilated. Then followed an intervention on the part of
France and Russia, which I hope my noble friend will ex-
plain, but which I say was unfriendly towards the Porte.
France and Russia suit two ships of war to the coast to
interfere with the Turkish force which was going to punish
the perpetrators of those acts, it being alleged that under
pretence that an insurrection was going on in Bosnia a Tur-
kish force had attacked Montenegro and violated its inde-
pendence. It was then proposed that commissioners should
be sent by the five Powers to mark out a new boundary for
Montenegro. This proposal was not carriedinto effect, and
it was referred to the representatives of the five Powers at
Constantinople ; and I suppose to give effect to the arrange-
ment and to make out the boundary, which the Porte was
obliged to concede, these engineers were sent out. This
affair of Montenegro is part of the system of which in the
Danubian Principalities and elsewhere there is abundant
evidence ; and if in one place and another insurrection is to
be stirred up against Turkey, if she is to be shorn of her
power and despoiled of her territory, it is quite clear that the
integrity of the Ottoman empire, for the maintenance of
which we went to war, and which formed the basis of the
Treaty of Paris, is at an end, and we must be prepared as a
consequence for the dismemberment of Turkey, a State
which it has been the policy of the great Powers of Europe
to maintain. Whatevermay have been the course pursued
by her Majesty's Government, I hope that it has been made
clear that we have faithfully pursued the policy to which
we were pledged, and as faithfully kept our engagements.
The question which I wish to put to my noble friend is,
under what circumstances the question of the boundary of
Montenegro was referred to the representatives of the five
Powers at Constantinople ; what arrangement has been
made, and for what purpose officers have been sent out ;
and, if the matter has been brought to a close, whether
there would be any objection to producing the papers re-
lating to the subject?
The Earl of MALMESBURY—I suspect no one will be
more surprised than Captain Cox himself at the statement
thathe has been entrusted with the arduous task which has
been assigned to him by the newspapers. I will as shortly
as I can state the history of the transactions connected with
the demarcation of the boundary between Montenegro and
Bosnia, and in order to save yourlordships' time I will admit
at once that up to the time that my noble friend left office
nothing could bo more correct than the account of this matter
which my noble friend has given. It is natural that my
noble friend should take an interest in this matter, being, as
he was, not only Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but our pleni-
potentiary at Paris, and a party to the protocol agreed on
at the congress. On the 28th of February last year, about
the time when the change of Government here took place,
Prince Donne having been received at Paris without the in-
tervention of the ambassador of his suzerain, retired to Mon-
tenegro, and addressed a circular to the Five Powers. At
least I suppose it was a circular, but it reached :me in
the form of a despatch, requesting- that the limits of his ter-
ritory and that of, the sultan should be marked out so as to
prevent the perpetuation of those Mutual raids on each
other's territory which had for centuries been taking place.
On receiving this despatch, wishing, as I always do, to act
in unison with our allies, I instructed Lord Cowley to put
the case before the French Government, and to ask for any
suggestions they might have to make as to the measures to
be adopted to prevent the recurrence of these contests, either
by laying down a line of demarcation of the territory or by
some other means. The answer I received from the French
Government I did not think satisfactory, for the French
Minister said he had not made up his mind with regard to
the suzerainte of the Porte over that part of the country,
and that it was not clear that Montenegro was a part of the
dominions of the Porte • and, in fact, his leaning appeared
to be much towards that which Russia subsequently de-
clared—viz., a conviction that Montenegro had always been
independent of the Porte. I referred to the protocol to which
my noble friend has now referred, in which the Russian
plenipotentiary disclaimed any relations between Russia and
Montenegro, and in which Aali Pacha, the Turkish pleni-
potentiary, stated that there was no intention on the part
of the Porte to alter the status quo. As the whole matter
has been settled with the approbation of the Porte, it would
hardly serve any good purpose to go fully into the ques-
tion. But I may say that her Majesty's Government re-
fused to acknowledge any such assertion, and when the
French Government threatened, if no line of demarcation
was laid down, to recognise the independence of Monte-
negro, her Majesty's Government said that they would with-
draw the proposition as to the demarcation, and rest on
the treaty maintaining the integrity of the dominions of the
Porte. I thought it the best way to propose some general
scheme for laying down the line of demarcation, and I pro-
posed to the Porte that we should all join in sending com-
missioners to ascertain what was the status quo in 1856,
which Aali Pacha stated that the Porte recognised. The
Porte agreed to this proposal, and a commission was sent
out, :and it is at this point that my noble friend made a mis-
take. My noble friend said that a commissioner on behalf of
Montenegro was added to those of the other powers ; but
that was not the case.

The Earl of CLARENDON was understood to say that
he had not said so.
The Earl of MALMESBURY—I beg my noble friend's
pardon. I thought he said so. it was proposed that a com-
missioner should be appointed on the part of Montenegro,
but her Majesty's Government objected to place Montenegro
on the same footing as the other powers. But, as I consi-
dered that it would be of little use to laydown the boundary
unless the transaction was recognised by Prince Danilo,
we all agreed that it would be an advantage that Prince
Danilo should send a deputy to recognise the line of demar-
cation laid down by the Porte, as otherwise he might have
said that he was no party to the line which was laid down,
and might afterwards repudiate it. The boundary was laid
down by the commissioners, the deputy from Montenegro
having no voice in the matter. A map was taken by Col.
Churchill, the English commissioner, to Constantinople,
and there a proces verbal was drawn up by the plenipoten-
tiaries assembled together and agreed to. But it was un-
derstood—it being then the month of November—that as
soon as the season allowed engineers should be sent to stake
Out the ground, and settle owe for all the boundary between

Montenegro and Bosnia. Since then I have heard of no
frays of any consequence, or indeed of any at all having
occurred. At one time this question was one of great dif-
ficulty, but her Majesty's Government thought it their
duty to resist any encroachment on the rights of the Porte
which were acknowledged by the Congress of Paris ; at
the same time, acting in the interests of humanity, they
thought lit desirable to get rid of the horrible scenes_ which
occurred in connection with the feuds of those moun-
taineers. I hope I need not add in answer to the remarks
of my noble friend, that he himself, who signed the Treaty
of Paris, could not be more anxious that her Majesty's
GovernMent should maintain all its provisions inviolate,
not only as a matter of good faith, but because they believe
that it is for the interests of Europe that the balance of
power should be maintained. With regard to the intrigues
to which my noble friend has called attention, I regret
them as much as he does. Her Majesty's Government
look at these questions, not as poets, but as politicians ; and
all grievances which are only the result of excited imagi-
nations we regarded by us as foreign to the interests of
Europe, as they can be by my noble friend opposite. I con-
sider the maintenance of the Ottoman. Empire as most im-
portant to Europe, and its preservation as necessary as any
part of the system established at the peace.
Lord STANLEY of AL DEHLEY said that as the trans-
action was complete, there could be no objection to give some
information with regard to the delegate from Montenegro,
who had been called a commissioner. The French Govern-
ment denied that he was a commissioner; but, as he was
present as a delegate, it was important that the noble earl
should produce some of the correspondence explanatory of
the subject, which could cause no inconvenience.
The Earl of-MALMESBURY said that if the noble lord
gave notice of a motion for the production of papers on the
subject he would.consider the matter. At the same time he
was sure the noble lord must feel that when a question was
one which had caused discussion and something more, and
was settled amicably, it was hardly an advantage to make
the disciission which had taken place public. But if the
noble lord doubted as to the part which the delegate from
Montenegro played, he could tell him that in the proces
verbal, agreed to at Constantinople, the name of that person
would not be found, and he was, in fact, only a witness of
the transaction.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that there must
be something in the nature of a convention appointing the
commissioners, and it might be produced in order to show
the world what was the nature of the commission.

The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed
Cilfton's Name; Falmouth Docks and Harbour; Great
Western and Brantford Railway ; Kirkwall Harbour;
Much Wenlock and - Severn Junction Railway ; Norwich
(City) Water • Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and
Leatherhead Railways.

On the motion of Sir. INGHAM the following was agreed
to :—" That the minutes of the evidence taken before the
committee on the South Eastern Railway (Greenwich
Junction to Dartford, &c) Bill, in session 1857, be referred
to the committee on the London-bridge and Charing-cross
Railway Bill"
Mr. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence
taken before the c3mmittees on the Carmarthen and Car-
digan Railway Bills, in sessions 1855 and 1856, be referred
to the committee on the Carmarthen and Cardigan Rail-
way Bill.