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HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

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Messengers from the House of Commons brought up a
request that their lordships would permit the attendance
of the Duke of Wellington to give evidence before the
shipwreck committee.—Leave was given for the attend-
ance of the Duke.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid upon the table of the house
copies of the correspondence with the Lord Chancellor of
Ireland respecting the dismissal of Irish magistrates.
The Earl of ABERDEEN then moved the second reading
of the Apprehension of Offenders Bill, by which an inter-
national system of giving up offenders was to be esta-
blished with France and America.

The bill, after some observations from Lords CAMP-
BELL and BROUGHAM, was read a second time, and their
lordships soon after adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
In reply to a question from Mr. H. HINDE, respecting
the materials collected by the late Mr. Petre towards
editing the collection of British Historians,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, in consequence of the delay
in the labours of Mr. Petre, and without any disrespect
to his memory, the Treasury, in 1836, had given him no-
tice that he need not persevere in his labours. It was,
however, now proposed, with the sanction of the Master
of the Rolls, to hand over to the Historical Society the
materials he had left behind him ; and that society was
about to publish a work in accordance with the design of
Mr. Petre.
In reply to a question from Mr. HAwEs,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that all the regulations respecting
education in the Factories Bill, as it now stood, were com-
prised in four clauses. Those clauses altered the ages of
the children employed from 9 to 13, as it is under the ex-
isting law to 8 and 13; they altered the number:of hours
from eight to six and a half per diem, and gave a power
to the committee of privy council on education to appoint
inspectors of schools, and to withhold grants of money
when they saw cause for so doing.
Mr. GISBORNE then moved for a committee to inquire
into the allegations of the petitions which had been pre-
sented to the house respecting Nottingham electioneering.
The hon. member entered into a lengthened statement of
the proceedings at the two or three last Nottingham
elections, many of his inferences implicating to a con-
siderable extent the Earl of Lincoln, whose conduct, he
said, could not be considered quite consistent with that of
a high-minded man. Although the details of the bribery
and corruption practised at those elections were by /no
means new, yet they were sufficiently deplorable and dis-
gusting, and presented a strong prima" facie case for the
necessity of granting a committee of inquiry.
Lord LINCOLN entered upon a defence of his con-
duct, and said that corruption had taken such a firm
hold of Nottingham that it could be only cured by
disfranchisement, or by some arrangement by which
the representation of that borough could be divided
quietly between the contending parties. For his own
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
part he had never done anything either to corrupt
or his
enslave, and he could safely assert that father
Sir 'l'. WILDE moved for a select committee to inquire even in the days when boroughrnongering was general,, into the progress made in carrying into effect the recom- had never sold a seat in his life. On the contrary, he had
mendations of Mr. Rowland Hill for Post-office improve_ invariably expended considerable sums in the legal ex-
ments, and whether the further carrying into effect of penses attending the return of the four members he was
such recommendations or any of them will be likely to enabled in those times to return. The noble lord conclue
prove beneficial to the country. His motion was the re- ded by moving an amendment which he said would ren-
suit of the dismissal or retirement, not certainly volun- der the inquiry more extensive, by investigating the cir-
tary, of Mr. Howland Hill. The hon. and learned cumstances connected with the last election for the
gentleman proceeded to give an account of Mr. Hill's borough. and the proceedings consequent on the petition
connection with the Post-office, stating that he was ap- against the return.
plied to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to superintend Sir R. PEEL said he would not op pose motion, as
the working of his plan. Mr. Hill declined to enter into the interested parties bad acquiesced in it ;the but he could
the service of the Government, but offered his gratuitous not help saying that the precedent was in his opinion a
services, which were declined. After further negotiation dangerous one. It appeared to him to be very hard that
be entered into an agreement by which his services were after the return of a member had been declared valid, he
secured for two years certain, with a distinct understand- i should still be exposed to such an indefinite inquiry as the
log that if then terminated he should have no other one proposed. He would strongly recommend Mr. Gis-
borne to consider the matter well before he committed the
pecuniary claim upon the Treasury. He then entered
upon his duties; but it was only by degrees that the oh- house to a proceeding which might have the effect of sub-
struction of the Post-office authorities could be overcdme, jecting any member to a second ordeal after he had estab-
and it was only by the resolute determination of the late lished the validity of his return.
Government that the public obtained the advantage of the Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had never seen less bribery
uniform penny-postage. A change in the Government than at the last election for Nottingham, from which
was subsequently foreseen, and it was not thought delicate charge he exonerated both parties.
to do anything which could bind the present Cabinet, and Ultimately the original motion and amendments were
the result was that at the termination of Mr. Hill's en- all withdrawn and the matter dropped.
gagement he was re-engaged for one year only, and at the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the order
termination of the third year his services was altogether of the day for the house resolving itself into a committee
dispensed with. Mr. Hill, in a letter to Sir R. Peel, of- of supply.
fered to continue his services gratuitously, his anxious de- Mr. HUME moved the following resolution :—" That it
sire being to see his plan carried into full operation. In appears that Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland re-
reply Sir R. Peel politely stated that the plan had been in ceived for many years, under the sanction of acts of the
operation for two years, and that its principle was well British Parliament, a pension of £21,000 sterling from the
understood. It certainly was true that the uniform penny British Exchequer for his maintenance and support as a
rate was in operation for that time, but not so the other Prince of the royal family of England ; that in the year
portions, upon which depended whether the public were 1837, on the death of William the Fourth, Ernest Augus-
to have increased facilities of economic communication. tus succeeded to the throne of Hanover, and became an
Mr. Hill had endeavoured to get various improvements independent Sovereign and a member of the German Con-
effected without success, though he would have succeeded federation ; that he has been King of Hanover since 1837.
bad he remained in the office assigned him ; but the Post- and has received annually during that period £21,000 from
office was impatient of the active superintendence of a the taxes of the United Kingdom ; that the payment of a
man who sharply investigated all mal-practices, and had pension to an independent foreign sovereign from the
crushed small jobs attempted to be perpetrated. He had taxes of the United Kingdom is a waste of public money
in fact, effected savings greater than the amount of his and therefore, in the opinion of this house, the pension of
three years' salary. Mr. Hill asserted that there was an £21,000 having been granted by parliament to Ernest
erroneous statement in the Post-office accounts to the ex- Augustus for his maintenance whilst Duke of Cumberland,
tent of £lOO,OOO, and in the face of such an assertion he ought to be discontinued whilst he continues King of
thought the house should grant the committee, and the Hanover." The hon. gentleman enlarged upon the Card-
Government ought to be anxious to bring the matter to ship of the people in their present depressed condition
issue. Mr. H ill proposed the registration of letters to being called upon to pay a sum of money sufficient to
insure their safety, and though that threepence would be maintain 1,000 families to a prince who was never a fa-
a sufficient remuneration, but it was contended that it vorite while he resided amongst them.
would not be too much to allow sixpence in considera. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion.
tion; and forthwith the Post-office, in order to save itself Sir R. PEEL said that the faith of Parliament was
trouble, charged one shilling. Under these circumstances, pledged to this provision for his royal highness, nnd de-
he hoped the inquiry would be granted, in order to ascer- fended the conduct pursued by him when he found that
tain by whom the plan had been obstructed, and in what the House of Commons disapproved of the establishment
way the country could realise most readily the great ad- of orange lodges. He opposed the motion, also, on the
vantages likely to result from its full adoption. ground that it would be unjust for the pension was by act
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended that of Parliament granted to him for life. To attempt to say
the Treasury minute under which Mr. Hill had been first that because his royal highness became, subsequently,
engaged clearly proved that that engagement was tempo- King of Hanover, and was no longer Duke of Cumber-
rary, with a view to carry out the penny-postage system, land, he could view it in no other light than as an unwor-
and not with the intention of carrying out any further thy quibble. Parliament must have foreseen the possi-
plan which might be in the contemplation of that gentle- billity of his becoming King of Hanover, and would no
man. When he took office he found that Mr. Hill had doubt have made provision for stoin the ension, in
been only engaged for another year, which was the result ' such a contingency, had they thought it rightp to do so.
of the care taken by his predecessor, Mr. F. Baring, not He hoped the house would not concur in a motion which
to fetter his successor, for which, and for many similar I was alike inconsistent with good faith, and derogatory to
instances of consideration, he took that opportunity of 1 the honour of the country.
publickly returning him his thanks, and begged to assure , Lord WORSLEY said that as the pension was given un-
him that he had, as far as possible, endeavoured to carry I conditionally by Parliament, it ought not to be withdrawn;
out his intention; and if, in the dismissal of Mr. Hill, he but he thought it right that it should be known that the
had Mistaken the right hon. gentleman's views, the error feeling of the country was in favour of his following the
was unintentional. The fact was, that it was found to be example of the King of Belgium and of the late Earl
very inconvenient to have Mr. Hill superintending such Camden.
a department as the Post-office, for he virtually super-
After some observations from Colonel VERNER, in ex-
seded the authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. planation of the connection of his royal highness with the
If a similar course were adopted with all the other depart-
orange lodges,
ments, the result would be great expense to the country, Mr. WALLACE said the Duke of Cumberland refused
to give evidence before the committee on orange lodges,
and an unwise interference with the duties of the respon-
sible officers of those departments. It was in contempla-
although he knew the object was to examine him as to
tion to give additional facilities for communication by the whether the blank warrants he had issued to the different
establishment of rural posts wherever they were justified regiments were not so issued with intentions inimical to 'do w,,...
by the number of letters. Mr. Hill's plan for additional the interests of the present Queen—cries of "no straws, are no
sii.,,
facilities of delivery was not always applicable, for, in Lon- and " hear.") He believed the name of his royal high- Capotes of paille de an
don, it would involve the employment of an additional ness was hateful to the whole people of the United King- 'laid silk.—Loadon and Part. _
number of postmen, at an expense not to be justified by dom. (Cries of " no, no.") That was his opinion.
any equivalent advantage. The money-order system was, Mr. FERRAND said he should not be ashamed to say
he contended, superior to the system of registration, and anywhere that he honoured and respected the King of RAIL IVA Y INTELLIGENCE
the public were availing themselves of it to an enormous Hanover. (Hear, hear.) He challenged Mr. Hume
extent. If any other proof were required that Govern- with libelling the Duke of Cumberland, who was the first On Wednesday, an additional distance of 15 miles of
ment was alive to improvements in the Post-office, it might person who had aided him to a seat in the House of Com- the London and Dover Railway was opened to the Public.
be found in the appointment of Lord Lowther as post- mons. Though be now attacked his royal highness, he The railway now extends to Folkestone and is therefore
was not ashamed to ask his assistance to obtain a seat for only seven miles from completion.
master-general, a nobleman whom Mr. Hill had eulo-
the borough of Weymouth. The honourable member On Sunday afternoon, about three o'clock, an accident
gised as one of those enlightened individuals who were
zealous for Post-office reform. In fact they were gradu- defended the orangemen, who would be found standing occurred on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which
by her Majesty should the people of Ireland be driven proved instantaneously fatal to Anthony Gray, the engi-
ally introducing every advisable improvement, without
into insurrection by those who would never venture to neer in charge of a luggage train.
rushing into multifarious plans, for the purpose of giving
a boon to the letter-writing portion of the community, at stand by them in the struggle.
Mr. Edward Powell, a civil engineer, is taking mea-
the expense of those who were not so deeply interested in Mr. C. BULLER said he should vote for the motion of sores for the establishment of a railway between Worces-
epistolary correspondence. By the treaty respecting the Mr. Hume, but in so doing was not actuated by any per- ter and Cardiff, to connect the great populations of the
Post-office recently entered into with France, a great re- sonal feeling against either the person or conduct of the midland counties and the north of England with the po-
duction of rates had been obtained, as well as other ad- King of Hanover. He contended that the pension was pulous districts of South Wales and the south of Ireland.
vantages to the commerce of Great Britain. Government not unconditional, for the act stated that the object was
AN OMINOUS PRECAUTION.—BERLIN, JUNE 19.
had nothing to fear, therefore, from such an investigation to make competent provision for the younger branches of The directors of the new railway of Frankfort-on-the-
as that proposed; and be should, therefore, agree to the the royal family. Now the Duke of Cumberland having Oder have resolved to keep at every station a quantity
motion, merely altering it so as to confine it to the inves- become King of Hanover, the object of the act of Perlis- of bandages and medicines, in order that in case of acci-
tigation of the manner in which the penny-postage system ment was satisfied, for it was no longer necessary to make dent some relief may be given in the first instance. It
a competent provision for a person who was now a foreign were to be wished that the directors of other railways
had been carried out.
Mr. F. BARING said that the whole of Mr. Hill's plan Sovereign. He warned the house not to try the patience would follow this example.
was comprehended in the engagement made with him, of the people too far.
The London Grand Junction Railway Company has
Sir H. DoniaLAs opposed the motion, and said that this wound up its affairs in a somewhat satisfactory manner
though it was anticipated that its adoption must be gra-
country should:not behave with less generosity toward the to the shareholders, inasmuch as instead of being called
dual. It was with great regret that he had perceived Mr.
Hill's retirement from the service of the public ; and from Duke of Cumberland than the King of Bavaria had shown upon to raise money to pay off liabilities, they are to re-
to his son King Otho,. to whom he continued the provision ceive a dividend of Bs. 6d. ner share on the advances they
his great capabilities, the Government, having broken its
which he had made him before his election to the Sov-
bargain with him, might remedy the evil by finding some
have made. The loss of X 4 or £5 in the first instance is,
ereignty of Greece was thought of.
1 as Mr. Cash, the chairman, stated, better than proceed-
other situation in which his abilities could be employed to
The house then divided, and the motion was negatived
advantage. It was not to be denied that the Post-office
by a majority of 197 to 91. 1 lug obstinately with the undertaking, which might even-
authorities were adverse to the plan of Mr. Hill, and they
reference to the result exhibited by the working of
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and 1 tually entail a loss of some £5O per share. This was said
i in
ought not therefore to be jeft wholly to their own control '
the house adjourned.
in carrying it out.
short lines connected with the metropolis.

HOUSE OF COMSIONS.-IIoNDAy.
Sir R. PEEL said it was his intention to have the corre-
spondence laid upon the table of the house relative to the
removal of the West India mail packets from Falmouth
to Southampton.

On the proposal of the first clause of the Irish arms
bill,

Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had voted for this bill up
to the present point, believing an arms bill to be neces-
sary for Ireland, but the bill should be made consistent
with that now in existence. It should not assume the
shape of a coercion bill ; and unless the objectionable
clauses were abandoned, he should vote against the bill on
the third reading.
Lord ELIOT contended that, owing to a want of the
means of identifying arms, the existing bill was not as
efficient as it ought to be. He also challenged Lord J.
Russell with not acting with his usual candour, in thus
opposing a measure at the last moment which he had
hitherto supported, and which, so far from being a coercion
bill, was infinitely milder than a bill the noble lord him-
self supported while he was in power.
A good deal of discussion took place on the clause, and
after some divisions on amendments to that and to clause
2, they were both agreed to. Several other clauses were
agreed to.

The materials most in request from the promenade are
taffetas in plaids of various colours, foulards of small
checks in three shades, taffetas and barges striped. Silks
shot in three colours are the most admired, and this style
is adapted equally for taffetas, watered silks and pekins
chine plaids have succeeded the rich brocades of winter,
and they are worn without trimmings, the richness of their
colours requiring no ornament. Barege is decidedly the
favourite material of the season ; there is much variety in
them, satin stripes, stripes a fours, bouquets forming co-
lonnes, &c. &c. ; the style of make rather decides their
use as to ne'glige or dress. Tucks are generally preferred
for them, which are often edged with lace or fringe. Deep
flounces continue in favour, when in silk they are pinked,
lighter materials are festonnes in worsted or silk ; ruches
of tulle are pretty for dresses of coloured tarlatane. For
young ladies, blouses a la Rachel of very clear muslin,
are made resembling the Roman tunic. Blouses peig-
noirs of white batiste and made also with corsages a la
Vierge. Robes of cameleon silk are with three deep
flounces en biais, giving the effect of triple skirts ;—high
bodies are very much worn, and the points are decidedly
rounding; the backs are either plain or with fulness in
the centre ; the gathers of the skirt are not so full over
the hips, and a smaller tournure appears likely to be in-
troduced.
Many dresses are ornamented in the tablier style, but
gimp is much replaced by ruches of ribbon ; for dress, the
ruches are of gauze or lace, for watered silks and droqu-
ets gimp and braid continue to be used ; frange dentille,
a new style of trimming, is also used. Cannezous com-
posed of inlets of lace and embroidery are much in demand
just now, as well as the fichu Marie Antoinette. Cain-
tures are either worn with a buckie or of ribbon with long
ends. Scarfs Catalanes, mantelets Pompadour, mantilles
a Ca vielitet manintes mane illztomette with flat ruches,
&c. &c. are all now in favour : the mantelets a la duchesse
are much improved ; they are lined with pink or blue, and
trimmed with lace, having double heading surmounted
by embroidery in application.
Black lace bonnets are quite superseded b those of
white lace, crape bonnets are small, and mosty ly white,
ornamented with bluebells. Open straws are lined with
colour, having feathers to match. Capotes of poult de
sole of the ecru colour are also lined with silk, and organ-
dys with lilac or blue gauze. Some bonnets, particularly
straws, are simply ornamented with the flat ribbon ruche.
Capotes of paille de riz have been made with crowns of
plaid silk.—London and Paris Magazine.