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Varliamentart) iJrcrerbings.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-
A discussion, on the presentation of a petition by Earl
Fitzwilliam, ensued, on the subject ofthe operation of the
Irish Poor Law ; at the conclusion of which
Earl GREY said that it was proposed to send a number

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of young female orphans trona unions in Ireland, who hal
been trained to habits of useful domestic industry, a
emigrants to New South Wales and South Australia, care
being taken of their well-being during the passage am
on their arrival in those colonies ; from which arrange
meat he anticipated considerable benefit both to the emi

HOUSE OF COMMONS
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on moving that

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)use do go it

notice to postpone the estimates unt
decided on the financial statement of
that the Government could net accede

to it. I

entered into some explanation with reference to th
budget, in consequence, he said, of some misapprehcn
sions having prevailed that. it was a war budget.
In committee of supply, Mr. WARD moved a vote c
£245,410 which was absolutely necessary for the publi

service

he amount

so strongly opposed, that at leng

various items in the army and navy estiml

The Public Health Bill was read a second time, as e
also, after some debate, the Passengers' Bill, its obj

that country during the past gear.
At the instance of Mr. Milner Gibson, the 1
into committee on the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 11
and 9th Vic., c. 98, when a resolution on whicl

a bill was agreed t
to wind up their of

The Passengers' Bill was, after a discussion
propriety of a regard for the health of ernigran.
second time and re!erred to a Select Committee
The Joint Stock Companies wind:-
through Committee.

HOUSE OF LORDS
In reply to the Earl of Radnor,

up bill went

session Government intended to bring in a ou
highways; but it was doubtful whether it
comprise the subject of turnpike trusts.
The Earl of ABERDEEN, in a speech descrii

would also

past efforts, and the present exertions made and
for the suppression of the slave-trade, concluded I

he number of v

in; for returns showing t
by the different squadrons of different nations sine
treaty was effected, by which it was stipulated that such
a force should be employed on the coast of Africa with
that object.
The Earl of Auckland, Lord Stanley, the Bishop of
Exeter, Earl Grey, and Lord Denman, took part in the
discussion, and the motion was agreed to.

TUESDAY

HOUSE OF COMMONS
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
pointmentof two commi

the expenditure

other to inquire into the miscettaneous expenditure. He
proposed simply the appointment of a select committee,
who would have the power to suppress any portion of tl
evidence which they thought it might be -

make public, and also with the power of excluding all per-
sons not being members of the committee, whenever they
thought proper.
A rambling discussion followed, in which Lord G. 11,n-
tinck, Mr. D'lsraeli, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Hume, Sir R.
Peel, Mr. Bright, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord J. Russell, Mr.
Bankes, Sir R. Ingliq, Captain Harris, Mr. Slaney, Mr.
S. Crawford, Mr. Cobden, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Buck,
and Mr. Villiers took part ; at the close of which the mo-
tion was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. Hurt, seconded by Mr. W.
JACKSON, a select committee was appointed, after a
lengthy discussion to consider the hest means which Great
Britain can adopt for mitigating the horrors of the slave
trade and providing for its final extinction.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
IMPEACHMENT OF LORD PALMERSTON.
Mr. C. ANSTEY moved for a return of papers and
documents upon which it was his intention to found his
charges against the noble lord at the head of the foreign
department. The hon. member, in the course of a long
speech, reviewed the whole course of the foreign policy of
the noble lord, during the whole of the official car.vr. ;
charged him with favouring the ambitious designs of Rus-
sia at the expense of the best interests of this country,
and stated that the noble lord had made it his business to
deceive the House of Commons, to mislead the Crown and
its advisers with false statements, by the suppression of
papers, the mutilation of despatches, the entire perversion
of truth, and the entire substitution of falsehood.
Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion. _ _

Mr. Sxstr, ridiculed alike the accusations and their
promoter, whom he designated as the most truly Irish
man of them all.

Viscount rni.my.,..%-row observed, that in what he had
to say, he would avoid the use of language which was only
disgraceful to those who used it, which was at variance
with the rules of the House, with the courtesies of society,
and with the practice of gentlemen. But he would repel
in terms the most comprehensive. in language the most
positive and complete, the charges of every kind and de-
scription, which Mr. Anstey and Mr. Urquhart had
brought and asserted against him. If the question were
one between himself and " these two Members," he
doubted whether he would have condescended even to
contradict or disprove their assertions ; but he owed it to
the House and to the country to do so as publicly as the
charges had been made. If it should be the pleasure of
the House to institute an inquiry into the whole of his
public conduct, there was not a document in the records
of the Foreign-office, not a private or confidential letter
in his own possession, which he would not readi!y, and
with pride, submit to the scrutiny and judgment even of
his political opponents. Having said this much with re-
gard to the subject generally, the noble lord proceeded to
notice some of the charges contained in the speech of Mr.
Anstey, which. in his opinion, resembled more the
"images of a kaleidescope out of order, than anything
ever before presented to human vision." Amongst other
things with which he was charged, was that he had sold
this country to Russia. The result of this treachery on
his part was obvious, in the fact that England was now a
province of Russia—that Russia was predominant in the
Councils of this country, and, through this country, in
the affairs of the world. The first ground upon which
this charge was based, that he had been complimented,
some years ago, by the Russian Ambassador in a despatch
to his Government, as having "made a good speech."
He could assure Mr. Urquhart that, on that ground at
least, his loyalty would never be called in question. The
debate was adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
Lord STANLEY drew the attention of the house to cer-
tain seditous articles which had lately appeared in a new
Dublin paper, entitled The United Irishman ; and after
reading several extracts from the paper in question,
wished to know whether the law officers of the crown had
been consulted in the matter, and whether it was the in-
tention of the government to take any notice of those ar-
ticles. _ .

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that the attention
of Lord Clarendon had been directed to the articles in the

United Irishman, end he was confident tnat toe nest
course that could be pursued was to leave the matter in
the hands of the Irish government.
The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was then read
a second time on the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR;
and ordered to be committed that day fortnight.