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The noble and learr;ed lord- then referred
a number of instances where such en-

ace. He wished to ask the noble
woolsack, whether it was not in-

end learned lord on the

isenee of her MBjesty, to appoint
se the royal authority.

lords jt_
The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was not the intention
of her Majesty's government to Tlvise.her Majesty to

lices to exer

previous to the
French, the laN

isit of her Mvje

y to the

crown (the

rd Chief Baron

A Sir \V

present L. roliett) were con-
sulted on the question, and were clearly of opinion, alter
considering the subject with great deliberation, that it
was by no means necessary in nevira- ,sc '--

aw that
should take place. Toe opinion of the
cers of the crown had been taken on the

sent 1

subject, and they fully concurred in the opinion of their

subject—that in pc

of law such a s

p was not neces-

Every a

of sovereignty which

ight be do

her Majesty on the Continent of Europe would have as
much validity as if done in her own drawing-room ; and
as her Majesty would be accompanied by the Secretary of
State, and could return within the short period of two
days, he considered it quite unnecessary that a coc-ruis-
sion should be appointed,.
The Earl of BEssouavonr, after calling the attention
of the house to the state of the private business, moved
that a letter be sent, on the first day of the next session,
, to each lord, requesting him to name a time when it will

suit his convtn;ence to attend the committees on private
opposed bills, or to state the reason of his inability to
The Duke of WELLINGTON recommended the noble
earl to postpone his motion until the necessity for a larger
attendance should be required, when he would render the
noble earl every assistance in his power to ensure the
proper transaction of private bu-iness.

The motion was negatived without a division

HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY.
The Royal assent was given by commission to the

County Rates Bill, the Lunatic, Asylums and Pauper
Lunatics Bill, the Slave Trade (Brazil) Bill, the London
and Croydon Railway Enlargement Bill, the South
Eastern tiailway (Deal Extension) Bill, the Bolton and
Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, North Union,
Liverpool and Manchester, and Grand Junction Railway
Companys Amalgamation Bill, the Brighton and Chi-
chester Railway (Portsmouth Extension) Bill, the

liasiings ttailway (Hastings, Rye,
and Ashford Extension) Bill, the Eastern Counties Rail-
way (Cambridge to Huntingdon) Bill, the Grimsby Docks
Bills.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
In reply to a question from Mr. J. A. SMITEI
,

ke negociations betvc

recently carried on in a t

pirit, and he believ

chau w

amicable result might be arrived at, highly beneficial to
the colony. This was to be attributed aliuost entirely to
Lord Stanley, who would not allow his sense of public
duty to be interfered with by any feelings of displeasure
which hz.. might be supposed to entertain in reference to
the personal attacks which he had sustained in conse-

quence of the course he had pursued towards New Zea-

In reply to a question from Col. VERNER,
Sir It. PEEL said it was quite true that Mr. Watson
had been deprived of the commission of the peace, and
also of the deputy lieutenancy of the county of Antrim,

for attending an Orange procession, and si
tions to the effect that the lime had arrived

_ le Orange Society. When the pledges of thea
crown nd of the parliament to put down these societies

sting t

were called to mind, it would be at once seen that the
course pursued by Mr. Watson left no alternative to the
government than of directing that he should be super-
seded.
I ^-1

...,ord PALMERSTON then called attention to the state
of affairs in Syria. In the year 1840, induced by the al-
lied powers, the people of that country joined in the
effort, ultimately successful, to overthrow the domination
of Mahemet Ali. They were promised as their -
reward

guaratileed by the allied powers—that the oppres-
sions under which they had laboured for centuries
should be removed. This, however, had not been dine;
and England was bound to see that the enaggements
then entered into should be carried out. In 1812 fan
attempt was made to overcome the difficulties in
the way of settling the affairs of that country, and the plan
then suggested, if carried out, would have restored peace
to Syria. The Turkish government, however, interposed,
and endeavoured to set different races against each other
in order to weaken both. The civil war which ensued
might be fairly attributed to the want of energy on the
part of the allied powers, and more particularly on the
part of Great Britain. He was of opinion that, in order
to maintain the integrity of the Turkish empire and pre-
serve the balance of power in Earope, it was necessary
that the disturbances in Syria should be put an end to,
and for this purpose he hoped the allied powers would in-
sist upon carrying out the plan of 1842, which had been
already adopted by the Sultan.
Sir R. PEEL said it was his anxious wish to maintain
the independence and the integrity of the Turkish empire.
and this It was which made their relations with the Turk-
ish government so very delicate, for they were of neces-
sity reluctant to enforce on Turkey even the fulfilment of
her engagements. This difficulty had been experienced
by the late government, as well as by the present. There
was, in fact, a difficulty in inducing Turkey; to act with
good faith towards Syria. There had been the shabbiest
evasions on the part of the Porte, but he had only that
day received a communication from Sir S. Canning, from
which he inferred a prospect that the Porte would fulfil its
engagements.
Sir C. NAPIER was about to address the house, when it
was counted out.

A letter from Festh of the 28th ult. gives an account
of a frightful inundation of several rivers in the north of
Uungiry. The great commercial town of Miskocz,
which bas a population of 20,000, was submerged, the
current being sufficiently strong to carry away several
en the I houses and other buildings. As the torrent came on in
the night, several persons were taken by surprise, and lost
• l• A VI

prevented for several da

This calamity

happ-ned on the 19th July, precisely the second anniver--
s iry, day for day, of the conflagration from which Miskocz
suffered so severely in 1843.

Papers.have been received from Sydney to the 10th of
April. A public meeting had been held for the purpose
of sympathising with the settlers at New Zealand, who
had suffered by the attack from the aborigines, and sub-
scriptions had h•

.. oren set ', n foot or their relief. The
Governor, Sir George Gipps, had in compliance with
the request of Captain Fitzroy, ordered two hundred
and fitty men to embark for New Zealand, and at the
, date of the last account they were about to sail in
& resolu- I the Slanes Castle and the Dee. Sir George was also

making arrangements. to send him two steamers and as
her Majesty's ship Daedalus had been signaled at sea by
a vessel which had arrived at Sydney, it was concluded
that she must hive reached Auckland about the end of
the first week in April.

WEST INDIA MAIL.—The Dee arrived at Southamp-
ton on Monday evening with the mails from the West
Indies. She brings 197 serous of cochineal, 242 dozen of
pines, 471 b of platina, and 1157 ounces of gold dust.
The sugar crop throughout the West Indies has been
most abundant, but there is a great falling off in the cof-
fee Hill C -k well

-.ic cones wor, _ in all weathers,
and continue to give great satisfaction. The weather in
the majority of the islands had been propitious for agri-
cultural purposes, and sugar-making was proceeding ra-
pidly. Experiments had been made upon the new rail-
way in Jamaica, and the public were in extasies at the
success of the undertaking. Affairs were working quietly
at Demerara. The seizure and imprisonment of a Mr.
Smith, an English subject in Surinam, had created some
excitement in British Guiana, and an appeal to govern-
ment on the subject was about to be made. Letters trom
Mexico to the 29th of June, state, that since the abortive
attempt at revolution on the 7th of June, the city of
Mexico had remained perfectly quiet. The Congress was
to assemble in extraordinary session on the first of July.
The Senate had discussed the tariff, and made some al-
terations, which compel its being sent back to the Depu-
ties. Santa Anna was at the Havannah.