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justify any present alteration.
HARBOUR OF PORT PATRICK.

Mr. WALLACE; gave notice that he would to-
morrow inquire whether it was the intention of her
Majesty's Government to grant any sum of money for
improving the harbour of Port Patrick.
MEDICAL REFORM BILL.
Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from the
medical practitioners of the town of Sheffield against the
proposed Medical Reform Bill.
BURDENS ON AGRICULTURE.
Mr. G. BANKES begged to ask the Hon. Member op-
posite (Mr. Ward), in respect to his motion for inquiry
into the burdens that press on agriculture, whether he
would have any objection to postpone his motion for the
present ? The reason he asked the question was, that
when the details of the financial question came on, it was
likely that several amendments would be proposed which
would give rise to discussions upon the subject that
would answer all the purposes of the Hon. Member's
motion, and the same object would be thus attained.
Mr. WARD said that his only object, in the motion
of which he had given notice, was to afford her. Ma-
jesty's Ministers an opportunity of proving their case
fully and fairly; he could not, therefore, comply with the
Hon. Member's request.
Mr. BANKES thought that, perhaps,' he had not been
sufficiently explicit. He should have stated that the
surplus to be derived from the saving in the auction
duties, could be applied in mitigating the burdens that
press on agriculture.—(Cries of " Oh !" and laughter.)
EMPLOYMENT IN WORKHOUSES.
Captain PECHELL begged to ssy, in reference to
his motion on the subject of the employment of the
poor in union workhouses, that the guardian* of
the Boston Union had refused to comply with the order
of that House. He, therefore, begged to ask what course
the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary intended to
take in reference to those guardians; and also what direc-
tions, if any, had been given to prevent the crushing of
bones in workhouses? .
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman had
not given him notice of the question he intended to put,
respecting the Boston Union guardians, who had refused
to comply with the orders of that House. As far as the
Poor-law Commissioners were concerned they had done
all in their power to enforce the orders of that House.
It bad, however, been found impossible to compel com-
pliance, and it would, therefore, be for the House to
take some steps upon it. He (Sir James Graham)
had always condemned the practice of crushing bones
by manual labour, but objectionable as the practice %as
admitted to be, it did not come within the operation of

the law.
In answer to a question from Mr. BARNABY,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was his intention on
an early day to ask leave to bring in a Bill to settle the
law with respect to orders of magistrates in bastardy
cases. This Bill had been rendered necessary by a
recent decision of a Learned Judge, who had held that
the orders of magistrates were at present illegal.
ITALIAN REFUGEES.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER wished to put a question
to the Right Hon. Baronet opposite with respect to a
statement which he had made the other night regarding
the two sons of Admiral Bandiera, and twenty other in-
dividuals. The Right Hon. Baronet had stated that in
the expedition in which these individuals had been en-
gaged, the Governor of the lonian Islands and the Go-
vernment at home had been taken by surprise. Ile
wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether any re-
port was made to the Government at home of the cir-
cumstances, and whether any instructions were given
by the Home Government to the Governor of
the lonian Islands us to bow he was to act ? lie
wished to know whether any instructions had been
given by the Governor of these islands to prevent them
from landing. If Lord Seaton had acted a humane part,
instead of sending a communication to the Neapolitan
Gevernment, he should have sent the steamer to acquaint
those twenty-two unfortunate individuals and apprise
them of their danger. He wished to know whether the
Governor had represented to the two Bandiera, and
twenty others that they had communicated with the
Government what he knew of their intentions ?
Sir R. PEEL said he had stated all he knew of this

matter the previous evening; but, for the satisfaction of
the Gallant Officer, he would endeavour to answer his
question. No communication had been made by Lord
Seaton to the Neapolitan Government, respecting the in-
tended landing of these 22 individuals until after they
had sailed. He did not recollect that Lord Seaton had
made any communication to the British Government of
the arrival of these individuals to the British Govern-
ment on the Friday after their departure. Lord Seaton
stated to the Neapolitan officer that one of the Ban-
deira had arrived in the lonian Islands in the month of
February ; that he then went to Malta, and subse-
quently returned to the lonian Islands, and then he had
conducted himself there in a manner not to excite any
suspicion whatever ; that on the 12th, when they sailed,
the Governor did not suspect their intentions, because
they left unarmed. On the 13th the Consuls applied to
Lord Stilton fur an armed steamer to apprehend these
people. The Consuls that applied to him were the Aus-
trian Consul, the Russian Consul, and the Consul for

the Papal States.
An HoN. MEMBER (on the Opposition side of the
House)—The Neapolitan Consul.
Sir R. PEEL—WeII, I am stating to the best of my
recollection, and if I be incorrect, I will state to-
morrow evening in what respect I am so. I have not
now the papers by me. Lord Seaton distinctly stated,
when remonstrated with, that he considered those
reports very much exag4erated, and that he
could not think that it was the intention of
those people to land on the coast of Calabria.
Sir C. NAPIER said that valet he wished to know
was, whether Lord Seaton had communicated t 9 the
Bandieras, after he had received the remonstrances of
the Consuls, so as to warn them of the danger which
they were incurring by attempting to land on the coast
of Calabria?
Sir R. PEEL said that about ten o'clock in the even-
ing of the 12th of June the Bardieras had sailed from
Corfu, and that Lord Seaton had not previously had the
least conception that it was their intention to sail from
the island. On the 13th the Consuls had made their re-
presentations alluded to. The Hon. and Gallant Officer
asked if Lord Seaton had made any communication to
the Bandieras. Now, it was impossible that he could
have made any communication to them before they
sailed, because he had entertained no suspicion whatever
of their intention to leave the island. If the Hon. and
Gallant Officer intended to ask whether Lord Seaton
had sent a boat after them to make a communication to
them on the subject, the reply was, that most cer-
tainly Lord Seaton had not.
Lord J. RUSSELL observed that the statement of the
Right Hon. Baronet was, that twenty of these indivi-
duals had sailed in two boats from the island of Corfu.
Now, it had been stated in the public newspapers that
a letter had been written by one of the Bandieras the
day before his death, in which he stated that the per-
son on horseback, who accompanied them from the
island of Corfu, was the person who had betrayed them
to the Neapolitan Government. Now he asked if that
person had held any communication either with Lord
Seaton, or with any person in connexion with the Bri-
tish Government, on that subject?
Sir R. PEEL would state to the Noble Lord to-mor-
row. He would have been perfectly willing to state to
the Noble Lord to-day if he had had notice of the ques-
tion. Perhaps the Noble Lord would be kind enough to
repeat the question to-morrow.
Mr. MONCKTON MILNES asked if there was any
objection to lay before the House some portion of the
papers connected with this subject.—(Cries of ‘• All. all,"
and cheers.) It was a matter that had created an in •
tense interest throughout the country, and the country
would not be satisfied without further information.
Sir R. PEEL was not aware whether or not the corre-
spondence contained matters which would render it in-
expedient to produce the whole of it. He had no
objection whatever to lay before the House the
substance of it, but it could not be expected that he
could pledge himself to produce the whole of the corre-
spondence ithout having carefully perused the dispatches
of Lord Seaton. He thought the House would consent
to give him time to answer the question ; but he would
at once state that no communication had been made
from the British Government to the Neapolitan
Government, and that no communication had been
received from Lord Seaton respecting the Bandieras,
until after they had sailed. The first communication
from a foreign Power, which the British Government
had received on the subject, was a letter from Vienna,
dated the 26th of July, containing a remonstrance
against our having permitted that expedition.
On receiving that intimation they called
.upon Lord
Seaton for a further report, and they received from him
two letters exactly in conformity with what had been
stated.
Mr. S. W. HOPE said he might also state, from hav-
ing been in possession of the correspondence, that the
Government had received no notice whatever, and on
further search he had not been able to find any, of the
arrival of the Bandieras in the lonian Islands ;
the cnly notice of their being there was an
application from the Austrian Government to have them
delivered up as deserters from the Austrian naval ser-
vice, which there was no power or wish on the part of
the Government to do.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—Did the Austrian Government
give you any notice of the Bandieras being in Corfu ?
Mr. HOPE said the Government received no notice
whatever.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—Why, it was in Mazzini's
letters !—(Great laughter.)
Mr. S CRAWFORD asked if was the intention of
the Government to bring in this session a measure on the
subject of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. He
would give notice of the question for Monday next, if it
would suit the convenienceof the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Sir R. PEEL said the evidence taken by the Landlord
and Tenant Commission was being prepared with every
expedition, and before he answered the question of the
Hon. Gentleman on the part of the Government, it
would be necessary that he should see that evidence.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD had no wish to press the Right
Hon. Gentleman, and he would postpone his question to
a future day in consequence of what had fallen from
him.