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London, England, 1850-05-18 00:00:00

ROUSE 'OF LORDS, May 17.
Their Lordships met to-day shortly atter Four o'clock,
in order to give thei Royal Assent to several Bills that
bad passed both I. se
ous of Parliament, viz.:—
The Escchequer-bills (9,200,0001.)
The Brick Duties.
The Commons Inclosure.
• The School District Contributions.
Tho Indemnity.
The Titles of Religious Congregations (Scotland).
tsDistressed Unions Advances and Repayment of Ad-
• vancos (Ireland).
The Bristol Water Works (Amendment).
The Suffolk and General County Amicable Insurance
Office.
The Birkenhead Insprov'ement.
The West Bromwich Rates.
The Brighton Improvement, Purchase of Royal Pavi-
lion and Grounds, and Amendment of Existing Acts.
The South Wales Railway (No. 1).
The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway.
The Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assurance So-
ciety.
The Architects, Civil Engineers, Builders, and General
Fire and Life Insurance, Annuity, and Reversionary
Interest Company (incorporation of the company
under a different name).
The Ramsey, Upwoud, and Great Raveley Turf Fens
and Lockspit Lots and Lockspit Lands Drainage
and Improvement.
The Wakefield Borough Market (New Site) Approaches.
The Buckinghamshire Railway.
The Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-roads Improvement.
Hartley's Divorce.
The Lords Commissioners were Lord Campbell, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Granville.
Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The House resumed at Five o'clock.
The Parish Constables Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Several petitions were presented against Sunday la-
bour in the Post-office.
RECALL OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
Lord BROUGHAM rose to call the attention of the
House to the proceedings which had yesterday taken
place in the French Assembly, on the subject of the
• recall of M. Drouyn de l'Huys, the French Ambassador
from this country. His Noble Friend opposite, the most
candid and straightforward Minister of State that he
had ever known, had yesterday, in utter ignorance
as he believed, of the real facts of tke case,
assured the Rouse that the recall of the French
Ambassador, or rather the return of that
•e. , gentleman from London to Paris, was not a matter of
i that grave importance which he (Lord Brougham)
had. imagined. The Noble Marquis had not
perhaps said, but had given it to be understood that the
return of M. Drouyn de l'Huys to Paris, had been for
the purpose of enabling that gentleman to give impartial
explanations in the French Assembly. Now,
it turned out, that there was not the shadow
of a foundation fur taking such a view of
the case. He had not been recalled to make any
explanations. He bad made no explanations. It had
been distinctly stated byl General Lahitte, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, that M. Drouyn de l'Huys had
been recalled in order to express the grave dissatisfac-
tion with which the French Government regarded the
conduct of England in the affairs of Greece, and this
account was echoed by the vociferous cheers of the
representatives of the French people elected by univer •
sal suffrage. It was said that there was no offence in.
tended to her Majesty by the absence of M. Drouyn de
I'Lluys from Lord Palmerston's banquet. Be it so.
But how happened it that if M. Drouyn de l'Huys was
obliged to go to Paris on that day that M. Mariscolche.
the French Charge d'Affaires, was also absent ? It
could not be said of him, as had been said of the Russian
Ambassador, that his family were suffering from indis-
position. With regard to the Russian Ambassador, it
was very true that two months since his family had
been suffering from indispofition, but that did not
Apply to the family of M. blariseolche, nor
to the family of the Bavarian Minister.
The French, the Russian, and the Bavarian Ministers
were absent from that banquet. All the party of order
in the French Assembly had cheered the announcement
• of General Lahitte, but the Mountain, the party of dis-
order, had remained silent, and he had had complaints
made to him in Paris by members of the party of order
of the countenance which was given in this country to
the exiles, who made use of the asylum which was
afforded them here to stir up disaffection between the
• French people and the French Government. That they
from hence issued orders to their partisans he knew from
the communications which be had had with the French
Government. From London were issued orders from
Caussidiere, and other less scrupulous members
ot his party, for the guidance of the Rouge party in
France, who took their emblem from the colour of
blood. He knew that it was impossible to expel these
persona. He knew that it would be an infringement of
our laws to attempt it, and therefore he would not ex-
, press any regret that no means were adopted to expel
them, but he was continually receiving remonstrances
from the party of order in Paris against the coun-
tenance that was afforded to these men in this country.
It was said that they were not so ill-received as they
ought to be, but he knew right well that
they were not received at all, and that they received no
countenance from the authorities, fur they were eon-
- gently engaged in endeavouring to stir up ill-will be-
tween the two countries by their vile and worthless
publications. He knew it would be said that all this
would blow over; perhaps it might, but the repeated oc-
currence of such misunderstandings could not blow over
without leaving behind them feelings of irritation which
_ must eventually lea] to a breach of that peace, the
maintenance of which to France and England, and to the
whole of Europe, wtls-of that importance which "passed
all understanding." General Lahitte had stated that
he had directed the letter which ho had addressed to
M. Drouyn de l'Huys to Lord Palmerston. Now
• either M. Drouyn de l'Huys had neglected to read that
letter to Lord Palmerston, in which case of course he
could never expect to be employed again by the French
Government; or, having read it, his Noble Friend
Lord Palmerston had neglected to commu-
nicate it to his Noble Friend opposite,
or his Noble Friend opposite did not attach to that letter
the importance which he (Lord Brougham) attached to
it. He would add that his opinion with regard to the
rights of the question he should not form until he had
read the documents. lie would not at present give any
judgment between England and France, between Lord
Palmerston and Mr. Wyse on the one part, or General
Lahitte on the other. If, after having considered the
, matter, he should consider the French Government was
• in the wrong, he should be among the first and most
, zealous supporters of the British Government, or if he
thought we were in the wrong, he should support the
• French Government.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would not enter into
any general discussion of the question, but would merely
' put his Noble and Learned Friend right as to certain
..facts. In the first place, the French Ambassador,
'as he had stated last night, had presented no
• letters of recall, such as were ordinarily pre-
sented when an Ambassador was recalled from a
Court. In the next place tile reason why M. Maris-
., eolebe did nut attend . Lord Palmerston's
banquet was simply that he was not invited,
because it was nut usual to invite secretaries ot
embassies to such banquets. The Russian Am-
bassador had written to excuse himself from attending
on the ground of indisposition existing in his family.
• The pipers would shortly be laid before the House,
when he _would be prepared to enter into the whole
-question.
After mutual explanations from Lord Brougham and
the Marquis of Lansdowne, and a few words from the
• Marquis a Londonderry, the subject dropped.
• LEASEHOLD 'TENURE OF LANDS (IRELAND)
BILL.
On the application of the Earl of WICKLOW, the fur-
,
flier progress of this Bill was postponed until after the
Whitsuntide holidays.
Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from a place
in the diocese of Limerick, praying that a portion of the
• temporalities of the Irish Protestant Church may he de-
voted to the relief of the poorer Roman Catholic clergy
in populous nieces in Ireland.
EXTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.
The It". 14113 of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
. numerously signed by the cit
of extramural interments.
'zetis
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London
in
favour
Their Lordships then adjourned until Mond!'

week.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 17.
The brEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PRIVATE-BUSINESS
The Lords' amendments t 0... the following 'Bills
considered and agreed to, ...g
- • were
KeW and Petersham-Vicarage.
• .
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway,
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed':
Dahlia and Drogheda. Railway. .
London (City),lmprovements.
eading Cattle Market.
The following Bills, as amended, were considered and
agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be read a 'third
time :-
- Birkenhead Dock Trustees.
• Swansea Dock Company. )
South Wales RailwaY (Ca') ital •
SECOND READING.
The River Lee Trust Bill was read a second tun' or, and
• ordered to be committed.
ROYAL ASSENT.
•• Mr. Pullman, the Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod,
appeared at the table, and summoned the House to at-
tend at the bar of the Lords, to hear. ,the Royal assent
▪ , •
(for
by commission to several public and private Bills,
a' %Lot' which. see Lords' report).
The §ptiaker , attended •by the Sergeent•at-Arms and
• few Honourable Members, immediately quitted the
House to obey the summons. On his return he an
-nouncod the names of the Bills which had been as,
seated` to.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented against Sunday
labour in the Post-office.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from a place
in Stati)rdehire in favour of international arbitration.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from a place in
Scotland in tavour of the Health (Scotland) Bill.
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition praying
for the abolition of church-rates.
Mr. ORD presented a petition against the Marine
Bill from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Mr. .ELLIOT presented a petition from Greenock,
signed by 1,168 persons against the Marriage Bill.
StIARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition
from the Anti-Slavery Society of Belfast praying for the
exclusion of Brazilian slave produce from this country;
also a petition from Rochdale against restraints on the
hours of lAinur itt factories,