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people of this country.—The house dig ided,
.ared—For the second reading, 436 ; for the
majority against the amendment, 343.—The
time, and ordered to be commit-
Xdjout ned to Thursday.

Nlonda'

OF LORDS.-THURSDAY

r Exter

t of the committee upon the County Courts
on Bill being brought up, Lord BROUGHAM
not ask for leave to introduce the additional
e had given notice in the present bill, but
y them on the table, with a view of
ate form.—Lord LYNDH URST
Ernment to
country by Italian and Hut

in a ser

rian refugees,
b!ic in Italy,
s countries of

commended, as a check tc
act which had just expired

such proceed
giving the go

lder certain circumstances,dismis-
:lis country.—Earl GREY said the go-
of those associations as much as the

elf; that they had the subject now under ciVnl
Nonld, to the fullest extent of the powers given
discourage and punish such proceedings. He
that nothing but the greatest necessity
in taking the course recommended by the
'lishop of OxFoan presented and supported
Igth a petition from the parochial clergy of
lining of the questions put to them under
Earl GRANVILLE said that all other ho
give the information required, and he

t. how('

there could be any objection on the part of
'er questions prol,osed to them. It would be
government to give a pledge that they would

. .
Formation thus obtained.—Some conversation
suhject, in which the Bishop of SALISBURY,
lASI, the Marquis Of BREADALBANE, and other
k part.

SE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY.
cELYN mowed for a select committee to inquire
Lion of the existing steam communications be-

mt to n

)rt whether any improve

ade in the conduct of these communications
grant of a further contract to any company
arry on that line; likewise to consider the sub-
communication, having for its object a line or
ig England, India, and Australia; and to report
se most fitting mode in which such communica-
rected, with due care to economy, and with ad-
te public interests.—Lord NAAS moved, as an
Viscount Jocelyn's motion, to leave out all the
e word " committee," for the purpose of insert-
-" to consider, first, the subject of steam
s, having for its object a line or lines connect-
land, and Australia, and to report to the house
- mode in which such communication may be
due care to economy and with advantage to the
is ; and afterwards, to inquire into the question
,g steam communications between England and
report whether any improvements may be made
t of those communications, previous to the grant of
tract to any company proposing to carry on that
a short conversation, in which Mr. Gladstone,
sr, Mr. F. Scott, and Mr. Anderson took part,
,LoR of the Excil EQU ER said that there were not
on the importance of the subject, and suggested
would leave the inquiry of the committee unfet-
lso make it more comprehensive, inasmuch as
anication with China would be included in the
er a short conversation, in which several lion.
part, Lord Naas withdrew his amendment, and
' Viscount Jocelyn, who accepted the alteration
suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was agreed to.-
3lr. ANDERSON then called the attention of the house to the
differential duties levied on British ships in the ports of Spain,
and moved a resolution to impose countervailing differen-
tial duties on Spanish ships in the ports of the British
empire. He observed that this was a subject of very consider-
able national importance, and, showing the severe burdens
thus imposed upon British trade, which it had endured for 26
years, he contended that, under the recent Navigation Act, it
was justifiable to subject the ships of Spain in our ports to the
equitable principle of reciprocity.—Lord PALMERSTON said
they had cause of complaint against Spain, arising rather from
a long course of prejudice with respect to commerce than from '
anything recently done by that country. Indeed the only
move in recent years made by Spain was in reducing duties,
and he believed the Government of Spain was opening its eyes
to the impolicy of its restrictions. If in Spain they had not
made much progress, they were, nevertheless, looking in the
right direction, and the British Government was ut ging; these
matters as strongly as possible in its negociations with the
Spanish authorities.—Mr. CARDWELL thought it would be
better to leave the matter in the hands of the Government.—
After some further discussion, Mr. ANDERSON said he was
willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Government.—
A division, however, was called for, when the numbers ap-
peared to be :--,For the motion, 53 ; against it, 93; majority, 45.
—Lord J. RUSSELf. then moved for lease to bring in a bill for
the better administration of justice in the Court of Chancery.
The noble lord enlarged upon the great increase of business in
the Courts of Cbancery of late years, and said that it required
the adoption of some plan to meet this increase. He canvassed
the merits of Lord Langdale's plans and others, stating his
reasons for not adopting any of them, and then proceeded to
say that the hill he proposed to bring in provided that there
should be more than one judge in the Court of Chancery, in
order to relieve the Lord Chancellor of a portion of his duties
in the court, and allow him to pay more attention to some of
the higher functions of his office. He proposed the establish-
ment of a Supreme Court in Chancery, to he presided over by
the Lord Chancellor, to whom should be given the assistance
,Of the Master of the Rolls and one of thejudges from the courts
of late. In the absence of the Lord Chancellor the two other
judges might exercise all hie p•wer, whether in bankruptcy, lu-
nacy, •r any other cases brought before this supreme court.
The salary of the Lord Chancellor he proposed should be
..tioN,oo per annum, with a retiring pension of .e5OOO per
annum, the same as at present. It was also intended to take
away the ecclesiastical patronage now vested in the Lord
Chancellor, and to transfer it to the Crown, the First Minister
of whiathwould take the pleasure of the Crown upon the sub-
ject of its distribution.—Mr. J. STuaaT said .the proposition
was a novel one, and, he feared, would not answer the intended
purpose, for the Master of the Rolls must shut up his own
court in °rein' to preside in the supreme court, to the great
damage and rielny of the suitors in the Roils' Count. He also
objected to tile-transfer of the church patronage of the Lord
Chancellor to tAte First Minister of the Crown.—Mr. ROUN-
DELL PALMER _did not think that the proposed measure would
give eatisfaction either to the suitors, the bar, or the public.
it seemed to him to be little better than an abolition of the
Rolls' Court.—After 5e...-ne observations from Mr. J. S, Wo RT.
;LEY, Mr. IleanLam, Sir H. WILLOUGH BY, and the Axton-
MY-GENERAL, leave was given to bring in the bill.

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members took

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Mr. HAYTER moved for new WTitii far the borough of Devon.
port, in the room of Sir John Romilly, who has accepted the
l'fficv 2484tcr of tke 4,344; for siNthompton, ip the room of

Mr. Will

pon the rights I
total, 1-
9.1.;

Mowai

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

1, H.

Tollemache,
F. J.

s Towneley, J.
r. Vane. Lord H

Wall, C. B

Young, Sir J

TELLERS

Pechell, Sir G. B. Reyr;olds, John

m Brown was prevented from voting in
favour of the ministerial measure, in consequence of
severe indisposition. He went to the house with the in-
tention of waiting to vote ; but upon ascertaining that

the opponents of the measure were not likely to number
more than 97, he returned to his residence, suffering very
acutely.

The Morning Herald furnishes an analysis of the divi-
sion :—Ayes—Stanleyites, 220 ; Peelites, 27 ; Whigs,
191 ; total, 428. Noes—Roman Catholics, 35 ; Peelites,
, 42 ;

Mr. Cobden paired off against the second reading of
the bill with Sir James W. Hogg. The hon. members
were both prevented being present by attacks of influenza.
The Hon. W. 0. Stanley and Col. Ferguson were pre-
vented by indisposition from voting for the second
reading of the bill.
The Dublin Mail says—As regards the Irish members,
on reference to the list it will be seen that 50 voted
against the bill ; of those 33 were Roman Catholics ; 32
voted for the second reading ; 21 did not vote, and
Dungarvan was vacant, or, rather, the hon. member
" had not taken his seat." The analysis of the minority
may bc taken as follows :—Roman Catholics, 36 ; Irish
Protestants, nominees of Priests, 16 ; Lord Castlereagh
and Sir John Young 2 ; Puseyites, 7 ; Peelites, not in-
cluded in the Puseyites, 7 ; extreme Radicals of the
Hume and Bright school, 20 ; nondescripts o! the Urqu-
hart school, 6.

Advices have been received to the sth February

The Graham's Town Journal of 27th January contains
the following :-600 Kaffirs have been driven away from
King William's Town by Major Armstrong ; 24 were
killed and several wounded. The British only lost one
trooper, and one Fingoe wounded. In some districts the
Hottentots had joined the Kaffirs, and were comrnitt;ng
great havoc. The Dutch were turning out slowly, and an
attack on Somerset was expected. The same journal says
the rebellion of the Hottentots furnishes a key to the
present policy of the Kaffir chiefs. The Kaffirs were to
engage troops when the Hottentots were to plunder the
colony. No later official despatches are published.
The state of feeling in the colony may well be imalined
when it was announced that the Hottentots on the frontier
were found to be in league with the Kaffirs. The out-
posts were as well protected as they could be, but the
limited disposable force brought into service included all
the aid that was obtained from Burgher Volunteers and
others. It is feared that hostilities may be protracted for
months, and that the extreme points of our possessions on
the frontier will suffer seriously from inroads made upon
them by the natives. Assistance from Natal was expect-
ed, and it could not arrive too early.

The woman who was a party to the pretended miracle
of the bleeding picture of the crucifixion of St. Saturia,
has been arrested by the French authorities.

Eighty-four peasants suddenly entered the town of
Fribourg at 8 o'clock in the morning of the 22 inst. and
took possession of some guns in the establishment of the
Jesuits. They were beaten off by the military after a loss
of eight men killed or wounded.

William S. O'Brien yielding, he says, to addresses and
petitions which have been sent to him from England, Ire-
land, America, and Hobart Town, has at last consented
to accept a ticket of leave for six months, and intimates
Norfolk Town as his probable spot of residence.
PARIS.—The prospects of General Cavaignac's election
to the Presidency of the Republic are not promising. The
candidates most favourably spoken of among the socialist
democrats are Barbier and Ledru Rollin.—The ministe-
rial papers impress upon the country the urgent necessity
of prolonging Louis Napoleon's term of office as the only
chance of preserving order.
In Rome, Prince Paskievitsch has made a determined
attempt at suicide by stabbing himself six times in the
region of the heart with a knife. He was a young man,
and nephew to the Prince who is the head of the family.
His attachment to a young Polish lady was disapproved
of by his friends and the emperor, and in order to break
it off he was sent with despatches to the Russian Am..
bassador at Rome. _ _ _ _ .

----A---_
RRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL.--The steamer
Avon, which arrived on the 25th ult., brought dates from
Havanna to the 23rd Feb., Santa Martha 13th, San Juan
de Nicaragua 19th, Chagres 25th, Honduras 19th, Jamaica
27th, Demerara 27th, Trinidad 27th, Barbadoes Ist March,
St. Thomas 6th. She brought $947,467 on merchants'
account, 241 serons indigo, and a large general cargo.
The sugar waking was going on very satisfactorily in the
windward islands. At Jamaica the produce market and
the produce of the crops were favourable, though labour-
ers were much wanted. The cholera was still raging in
the seaports, but on the south side of the island it was
fast disappearing. Exchange—Colonial Bank, 90 days,
per cent. prem. ; Jamaica Bank, 90 days, t per cent.

prem.
CURIOUS DISPUTE.—A dispute from a singular cause
took place at the office of a banker in the Chausse d'An-
tin. M. Benjamin F—, the cashier who has filied
that office for the last twenty-five years, was at his post,
when a collecting clerk, named Pierre Doulley, presented
himself with a draft for 10,000 francs, drawn by a London
banker. The notes were counted out, and the man left
the place. In a few hours after Doulley returned, and,
addressing himself to the cashier, said, " There is a little
mistake between us : there is a difference of 1,000 francs
in our account." " I never make mistakes," replied the
cashier, indignantly : " for twenty-five years my balance
has always been correct to a sou." " But the error,"
said Douiiey, " is against yourself, as you have given me
1,000 franca too much. lam as honest a man as you are:
I have been employed as collecting clerk for thirty-hve
Years in the same house. There is your note : I will not
take it." " Insolent fellow !" cried the cashier ; "do
you dare to insult me ? I will not take your note. I
regard any man as an enemy who wishes to prove to my
employer that lam capable of making a mistake. Take
the note, or I will turn you out of the pLace." Pierre
Doulley was not to be thus repelled, and from words the
parties came to blows; but the clerks of the house has-
tened to separate them. The cashier, not wishing to
avow an error, which he would have regarded as a stain
on his long-estabtished reputation for correctness, was
fain to put up with the loss of the note ; and Pierre
Doulley carried the 1,000 franc note to the mayor of his
arrepdlssement. to In eiatributed amongst the poor.-
4ahunaneB Messenger.