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London, England, 1844-03-15 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1844.

The Lords met last evening, but no business of
the slightest importance came before the House,
which adjourned shortly after it met.
In the Commons, Mr. G. HOPE complained that,
in some of the ordinary channels of information (in
plain, English newspapers) the speech of Mr. Score?
the Member for Roxburghshire, relative to squatters
in Australia, had been given at length, while his
reply to it had not been given. He rose, however,
. :merely to state that the Government did not agree
- ..with the statement made by the Hon. Member.
' - Lord PALMERSTON deferred, for a fortnight, his
-"motion on the right of search.
Mr. V. SMITH postponed his motion relative to
oaths taken by Catholics till after Easter.
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY corrected a statement which
he had made with respect to the duel at Camden-
Town, and read a letter from Mrs. Mulkato to war-
rant him in making the correction. The letter will
be found in the Parliamentary report.
Mr. COCIIRANE moved for extracts of any corre-
spondence between her MAJESTY'S Government and
Sir EDMUND LYONS, or the Courts of France and
. Russia, relating to the recent events in Greece.
• . Sir R. PEEL said in about ten days he would lay
on the table of the House all the portion of the cor-
respondence which, he trusted, would satisfy thello-
nourable Member. A brief discussion took place on
the present state of Greece, in which Lord PALMER-
STON, Sir H. DOUGLAS, and Sir R. INGLIS expressed
their opinions, all of whom paid high compliments to
Sir E. LYONS, and the motion, on the understanding
expressed by Sir R. PEEL, was agreed to.
Mr. MILNES made a motion relative to the present
state of criminal jurisdiction over British subjects
within the dominions of the Porte. He pointed out
'the hardships to which English subjects were ex-
posed under the present system, and thought the
Government ought to establish a criminal court at
Malta, as had been done at Trieste. He moved an
. an address to the Crown to that effect.
. Mr. HOPI thought the Government was not justi-
fied in interfering in the matter ; and, after a few
Words from Sir R. PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON,
the motion was withdrawn.
Mr. TURNER moved a resolution to the effect that
duelling is immoral in its tendency, that it brings
into contempt the laws of the country, is contrary
to Divine command, and ought to be abolished. He
entered into a brief history of duelling, and pointed
out some remarkable cases to show its baneful effects.
Sir R. PEEL opposed the resolution, and after
speeches from several other Hon. Members, the mo-
tion-was withdrawn.
Mr..ELPIIINSTONE then moved that the House re-
solve itself into a Committee to take into consideration
the Legacy and. Probate duties, which gave rise to
some discussion. This motion was also withdrawn.
The other business on the paper was then gone
through, and the House adjourned.

We are disappointed, on looking over the resolu-
%dons agreed to by the House of Commons, on Mon-
day, the 4th instant, in reference to railways, at finding
that they are merely seven orders touching the
organisation of Committees for the consideration
of pending • Bills to authorise the construction
of - competing - lines, and the suspension of
certain '"standing Orders. The resolutions are
purely technical, without a particle of public
interest about them, or the slightest bearing
on TEE public interest in connection with railways.
We have very recently expressed our own views of
the necessity, on every conceivable ground of sound
policy, and the present and future convenience of the
-public, for some great and intelligible system of
general supervision, as to these important works, on
which Government itself should take the initiative.
The slightest consideration of the extent of social
- .omfbrt or derangement involved in the execution of
. . itch undertakings,—of the magnitude of the capital
a vested in them,—of the variety of properties, rights,
t enantcies, &c. &c., affected by them, must satisfy
one that the great outlines of their projection, con
struction, and administration, and the adjustment of
their relations to other and similar enterprises, pre-
viously entered upon or already accomplished—should
not ' be• left entirely to be determined by the result
of the conflicting interests of private speculators. It
shouldlne r.be forgotten that errors in any of the
particAdife-liave- just recapitulated, are, practi-
Wrsparnigl, irremediable in completed lines of
• tlOen satisfactorily demonstrated—afteritnhewehxi
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• ebmpleted—that a slight departure from the
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' - 'cf . dangerous and most costly tunnelling, has
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ginal Lie, too hastily adopted, would have obviated the
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