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London, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tins EVENING)

The LORD CUANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 6 o'clock.

RIOTS AT .
The MarquisTHE of CLANRICARDEKINSALE asked whether the
Government had received any information with respect to
the late disgraceful outrages which had been committed by
a regiment of Antrim militia against the inhabitants of Kin-
sale. The outrage was of the most disgraceful character,
as the officers knew well the Orange opinions of the regi-
ment.
The Earl of RIPON said information had been received
at the War Office that a riot had occurred on the 12th July,
between the Antrim Artillery Militia and the inhabitants.
The most active steps had bean taken by the magistracy,
and the Antrim militia had been remo% ed from the place.
It was the intention of Lord Seaton to institute a most search-
ing inquiry into the whole of the circumstances connected
with the riot, and he trusted, on the report of the inquiry
being received, it would turn out that the reports which
had appeared in the newspapers were greatly exaggerated.
LONDON AND NORTH •WESTERN RAILWAY.
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THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND
CHESHIRE RAILWAY.
The debate on this bill was further adjourned.
THE ITALIAN QUESTION.

Earl GRANVILLE, before the noble earl moved for the
papers of which he had given notice, said the Government
were not in the possession of any further information with
respect to the termsof peace that had been signed by France
and Austria. HQ therefore trusted that the noble earl
would postpone his motion, as any discussion at present
would be attended with great inconvenience.
_ _

The Earl of MALMESBURY said he would postpone
his motion to a future day, but he wished then to allude to
a subject which he should have mentioned had he brought
forward his motion. He saw'that the Dukes of Modena
and Tuscany were to retain their States, but he saw no such
statement• with regard to the Duchess of Parma. He
believed that the Duchess of Parma was one of the
most popular of Italian sovereigns, as he knew
her to be one of the most deserving. He did not
think the discussion would be attended with the danger
that the noble earl opposite supposed, although negotiations
were pending ; but he would willingly accede to the request
of the noble earl.

Earl GRANVILLE said he never meant to lay down
as a rule that it was undesirable to discuss questions of
foreign policy while negotiations were going on. In the
present instance he merely thought it would lead to a dis-
pute with respect to which only imperfect information had
been received.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE attached great im-
portance to decisions in that house on questions of foreign
policy. He felt certain a full discussion of the Italian
question would have averted the war.
Lord BROUGHAM complained of the despotic manner
in which the negotiations which led to the late war had
been carried on.

The Earl of DERBY said Sardinia appeared
to have been treated throughout the matter as
a secondary party. It had been stated that peace
had been signed between Austria and France ; he
should like to know whether peach had been signed between
Sardinia and Austria. (Hear, hear, and laughter.)
Earl GRANVILLE said the only information received
was, that a certain convention had been signed between
the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of France, which
would form the basis of peace.
Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE said *it was
not so much of the interference with foreign states, as of
the mode of interference, that he complained,
and he hoped
that this would be recollected on all future occasions, and
it would undoubtedly lead to an improvement of our foreign
policy.

Lord WODEHOUSE said the noble lord at the head of
the Government was most anxious that the questions of
foreign policy should be fully discussed. The difficulty in
the case was, they did not know what they were going to dis-
cuss. The despatch of Sir J. Hudson, with the answers to the
despatch of Count Cavour, could be given, but with respect
to the despatches of Count Cavour, the Government had
not officially received them, therefore they could not be
produced.
Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—gins EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
WITHDRAWAL OF ELECTION PETITIONS.
The SPEAKER announced that the petitions against
the return of the members for the boroughs of Athlone,
Berwick-on-Tweed, and Sandwich were withdrawn.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to :—Castle Douglas and Dumfries
Railway, Hertford, Luton, and Dunstable Railway, Lanid-
loes and Newtown Railway, Portsmouth and London and
South-Western Railway Companies, and Sevenoaks Rail-
way Bills.
The following bills were read a third time and passed ;
Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge, Bradford, Wake-
field, and Leeds Railway, Coins Valley and Halstead Rail-
way, Liverpool Exchange, Metropolitan Railway (Devia-
tions, &c.), Tendring Hundred Railway.
MINERS
Mr. KINNAIRD presented a. petition from Barnsley
district, signed by 5,500 miners and others, for short time
and education for the children employed in coal and iron-
stone mines and for a uniform system of weighing the ma-
terial at the pit's mouth ; and, also, for the adoption of
means to elevate the physical and intellectual condition of
miners,

CUSS.
Mr. HADFTELD moved T
forOM returns •f the ports and
places in the *United Kingdom approved by the Lords Com
missioners of the Treasury, or the Comtaissioners of Cus-
toms, for the purpose of warehousing goods liable to Cus-
toms duties ; together with the amount of duties collected
at each port or place, and the amount of customs expendi-
ture for officers' salaries and other outgoings incurred thereat
during the year ended :the 31st day of December last :
of the quantity of tea, sugar, coffee, wines, and spirits, and
tobacco, directly imported into, and removed under the
warehousing regulations, to each port or place, during the
year ended the 31st day of December last, each return
to be shown in separate columns : of all losses to the Crown
ascertained to have taken place during the removal of goods
under bond from one bonded port or place to another,
during the year ended the 31st day of December last :
And of all losses to the Crown ascertained to have taken
place on goods deposited in the warehouses approved by the
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, or the Commissioners
of Customs, stating the names of places and the causes of
loss, for the year ended the 31st day of December last. Re-
turns of all deficiencies ascertained to have taken place
during the removal of goods Under bond from one bonded
port or place to another, during the year ended 31st Dec. last.
Of all deficiencies ascertained to have taken place on goods
deposited in the warehouses approved of bythe Lords Com-
missioners of the Treasury, or the Commissioners of Cus-
toms, for the year ended the 31st day of December last;
and, of the aggregate amount of the salaries of the officers
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CHANNEL FLEET.
Lord W. GRAHAM asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether the Government had received any
information respecting the formation of a large Channel
fleet at Brest and Cherbourg, with gunboats and other means
for embarking.and disembarking troops; and if so, whether
they had demanded any explanation from the French Go-
vernment on the subject?
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had received information
from her Majesty's consul at Brest, to the effect that there
were no such preparations as those alluded to, and in the
absence of any direct official information, he thought it
would be better not to press the subject further.
IMPORTATION OF OPIUM.
Mr. BAINES asked the' Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs what means were being adopted to enforce thg