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Emprrial Vartiamcnt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
The Earl of Wick-Low moved for the production of the' col--
respondence between the authorities of the post-office and the
Rev. Mr. Nangle, relative to not passing a newspaper, called
the Achill Herald, through ,the post-office, which motion, alter
some discussion, was agreed to.
The First Fruits and Tenths Bill havingpassed through com-
mittee, and the Mutiny Bill and Marine Mutiny Bill having
been read a third time and passed, their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY.
The third reading of the Notting Hill ( Hippodrome) root-
way Bill (a ministerial job) was carried by 162 against 1-L3.

CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS BILL.

Mr. ButAtit moved the second reading of this: bill, which
led-rev very extended discussion.
Sir HOBERT PEEL opened the debate, and confessed that,
upon reflection, he found himself indisposed to surrenderto any
tribunal out of the [louse the trial of controverted elections;
but he suggested that an improvement might be made by a❑
adaptation in part of the American prai•tice—viz., the appoint-
ment at the commencement preach session by the Speaker of a
general committee of flee or seven, of -some soch-nuMber, who
should name election committees front the whole number liable
to serve—a sufficient proportion of that whole number being
cast by the general committee, so named, into sets of six or
sev •n, to whom petitions should be referred 'for trial, either in
the order of rotation by lot or otherwise The right hou. bart.
also seemed to ad ise that assessors (lawyers of sufficient rank
and standing) should be chosen by the parties. This is the
outline of Sir Robert Peel's plan, which seemed Co meet with
universal approbation as to all its leading propositions ; but Sir
Robert expressed his despair of effecting any important good
by any modification of the tribunal, without a settlement of the
law by a declaratory act.
Mc. 0 CONNELL moved as an amendment that the bill be re-
ferred to a committee,

Some discussion then took place, and the House divided,
when there appeared—for the motion, ; fur the amendment,
57; majority, 23.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDA T

The Bishon of EXETER, the Mat pi* of SLIGO, Lord SUP-
FIELD, Lord NI ELBOU ItNE, &c. presen petitions for the aboli-
tion of the negro apprenticeship system.
Earl STAN HOPE presented petitions for the immediate repeal
of the Your Law Amendment Act.
The karl of RtpoN again deferred his motion for an account
of the expense of the Malta commission, in consequence of the
indisposition of the secretary for the colonies.
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE stated, in answer to tlie Bishop
of Exeter's ►nquiry, that the government thought the recom,-
mendationS of the commissioners of education (Ireland), were
well worthy of adoption; and that it was the intention of the
government to propose to continue the grant for supporting the
national systetn of education in Ireland.

The Bistinp of EXETER thereupon gave notice that after the
recess he should submit a motiot. regarding the import of the
evidence that had been adduced on this subject.
The Earl of H A DDINGTON expres,ed a hope that her ma-
jesty's ministers would reconsider the reduction of the yeomanry
forces as applicable to Scotland, as they had been of incalculable
use.

Lord MELBOURNE answered that the subject had been deli-
berately considered, and that the reduction was deemed con-
sistent with due attention to the public safety.
The report of the First Fruits and Tenths Bill was presented
and mzreed to; after which their lordships adjourned till Thur-
sday, except as regarded committees above stairs.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEsOar.
SOAP TAX.
Mr. GIII.ON moved the total abolition of the soap tax.
Lord SANDON proposed reduction, not abolition—naively,
one third.

Mr. S. RICE, however, resisted both propositions.
The amendment was negatived by• 163 against 78. The ori-
ginal motion was then negatived without any division.

THE CANADIAN MISSION

The Marquis of Cu ANnos brought forward his motion re-
garding the Earl of Durham's expences as lord high com-
missioner of the Canadas, and said that he considered it expe-
dient to call on the house to declare, by resolutions, that econo-
my ought to characterise the expendittire of the proposed
mission ; and that, as Lord Gasford's expenditure was £12,800
a-year, that amount ought to be taken as a precedent to guide
the charge on account of Lord Durham's mission. The noble
marquis examined Lord Durham's proposed appointments, and
commented on them as •extravagant, injudicious, and, in some
cases, Utmecessary, especially iu provinces where expensive and
ostentatious display would he so much out of place; and he.
asked of what use could be " a legal adviser," at a salary of
£1.500 a year, where there were already attorneys and solici-
tors general ? He feared that this " gratuitous" appointment
would lead to far more expense thin if the governor had a fixed
salary, and the government the forming of such other offices as
they deemed requisite.
Lord J. Russe.i.l. defended the appointment, and the pro-
ceedings by which it had been followed, as being according to
precedent in many similar cases, in the time of Lord Castle-
re.igh and other ministers. He afterwards moved the pre-
vious question."
A long discussion followed.
Mr. Limurots made some very violent remarks, for which he
was called to order by the speaker.
Mr. HumE deemed it a personal attack and not a matter of
expense.

Sir Ron Eur PEEL was surprised to hear such extraordinary
motives attributed to iiiquity into the cause of threatened pub-
lic expenditure, and shored from Lord Gienelg's letter that it
had been intended to give Lord Durham a carte blanche in the
department of expanse, as well as in the creation of otfiees; and,
having commented with equal force and pleasantry upon the
noye.ty of such a plan of government, and its inconsistency
with the usages and principles of the constitution, he referred
to the contrast between Lord Amherst's (conservative) pro-
posed mission in 1835, attended by a single secretary, and Lord
Durham's ran it a u (11 nous corte:je of secretaries, civil and mi-
ht, rv, prineipal -and private, with law advisers and aide., de
camp, os a beginning_
Mr. C. But.t.En remarked that he was going. with Lord Dur-
ham, but not as his " legal adviser."

.
Lord PA LNIELLSTON defended the expenditure on the ground
of its being a special mission, and not a fixed embassy:
The house divided. The numbers were—for the motion, 158;
against it, 160; majority in favour of ministers, two !