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tFrom the Boston Atlas oil June 25th)
Arrival OF the Cambria at New York

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the latest dates.
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in regard to the invasion OF Cnha cnnvcr-
saton occurred in both branches of arliamrnt.
In the House of Commons Mr.. D'lsracli wished
to know whether any nlormati"n upon the
subject had been received by the Government
and also whether any communication had been
made bv them about it to the Court of Madrid.
Lord Palm orston replied rehearSing the facts
Of the case, as received from the itish Minis
ter at Washington and as now generally known.
lie also added that he had stated these facts 10
the Spanish Minister az London.
in the House Of Lords the discussion was
more protracted Lord Broueham, after sta
ting the character of the rumors ihat had
reached him, said his hope was that " the p-
rates-for the persons concerned could be deem
ed nothing else-w0uld meet with condign
punishment. He wished to know whether
any communication of the sailing of that pira.
tcal expedition had been made by the Aner.
can Minister in England to her Maicsty's Gov
ernment? He considered the Government of
the United States, though of Republican
class, to be a respectable Government and lie
hoped that it had power and strength cnpugh
to prevent its subjects from engaging in pira =
tcal expedition unon large scale against a
peaceful and un finding people,"
The Marquis Of Lqnsdowne replied that this
piraica eXpedtion-f0r Plra'cal capdHion
il certainty was, and that, 0, Of The very ,rorSi
deScrj tion-had been undertaken, not only
without the cognizance, but also with the en-
crnmont the u. $. If her Maicsiy's Govern
men had not fully believed, iron the conmu-
nications which it had received from America,
that such was the case, it would have mad,
known its sentiments on tho suh'ct to the
Government of the u. s. We had received
information from the Government at Washing.
| ton that it was its intention TO prevent and 10
| chcCl; this most Just expedition. Information,
however, had been received that morning from
| New Orleans, stating that part of that eXpedi-
ton had actually succeeded in len ling at Car
] dcnas.
| Lord nrougham would have been much bet
| ter satisfied if the American government had
| gone som thing further that the mere disclam-
ing and rcpudiatng that expedition. The eX-
pedirinn was formed for the express purpose of
! practising piracy OF the worst description Pr =
vale plunder was great wong to individuals,
| but in thS case an expedition was collected ct
some G900 or 5000 men, with the intention OF
carrying fire and sword, with view to subSc-
qucnt plumber, into an nnoiltnding country, not
only in ami'y with Us, but also with the United
States.
The Marquis Of Lanslnwne ought to have
stated that the G1ycrnmnnt of the United States
had not only d;sc'aimcd and rcpudiated this cX-
pcdi;ion. bat had actually given orders to the
colnnanIerS Of its squalrons and It's cruisers
tn stop an! prevent it, in case il sailed from the
| ports Of the United States, or in case it were
mot on thn o7on seas.
Lord Brou. ham considered that statement to
be Il satisfactory addition 10 that which bad
bccn previously mldo by the noble marquis.
He could not, however, understand how GJ0J
or 500 men coull be armed and sent of from
the U1itrG states without III knowledge cl
The Government there.
The Earl oc Aberdeen had no doubt as to the
sincerity Of the proceedings Of tho Government
Of the United States on this subject 1t had
long been supposed that Cubt Wts an obj 'ct Of
desire to varions powers. We had ourSelve,
been suspected Of looking with an eye Of desire
upon tha, island and he rccpllHc'cd well that
when. 20 years aro, we were suspected of nm
lawful designs against Cub,, he had proposed
hat the United States and France should con-
Crown Of Spain. The United States, however
-rfis ID to acceje to that proposal. lie hoped
that the force in that island was sufficient t..
rive Il good account Of the buccaneers who had
undertaken this expedition.
Lord brouGham, as a lawyer not rnrcq1ain-
ted with international law challenged denial t.
t iiIr po-ition-that all civt'i2 ID nuiorS wcr
bound to rive help against pirates, aud that the
commrndar Of any British cruiser would be ne
glgcnt of his duty if he did not aid the 81 A.
: nisrds against these pirate.. pirate wa
considered as Lo5iiS hum1ai gen:ris lis hand
was against every man, ana every mans hand
was against him.
ord Stanley observed that the nobe mar
quis had given very satisfactory explanation
with regard to the course which the Govern
mcnt Of the United Safes had pursued and was
prepared to pursue bu; he had not said word
respecting the course which we had pursued
and were going to pursue. lie wanted to know
whether any instructions, and if any, what ms
! tructious had been sent to the commanders OF
our sQuidrons in the West India in reference
to this expedition?
The Marquis of Lqnsdowne war not aware
what instructions had been sent. Mre iiaa
one cJlamuHic HiOn hat passed b'tic e" TIC n"
i pliSh and Am ,ricaH G0reIH HmeHiS on Hi' s ID
juprt. What means the American Government
had to put down this expedition he could moi
say without notice.
Lori Stanley could almost fancy that the no
bic NJ ,rquis had not heard his question. II,
tLel repeated it, and concluded ny asking
have any instructions been sent at al! 2
The Marquis OF Lpnsdown-l am not pre-
p pared, without notice, to state what instructions
were sent, and Staiinot dns,o'r that question.
Lord Slanley-The invasion Of Cuba by
b bucaneerng expedition was not a matter of in
. difference to the people of this country; an,
; they were naturally anxious to know what in
structions had been gver to our cruisers in III
y West India seas.
The Marquis of L,nsdnwn-The instruction
: coaH oniy be ereniu II instructions, and Sacl IN
. sructionS il io4s not uSudl 10 mate hnora.
>, Lord Slanley-llad any instructions bee
y sent at all
y Earl Grey-ln the present state Of affairs,
J would be breech of duty on the part of an
81 minister to ans'cer such a Que.ton al aH II
was surprised that with his official experiences
: the noble baron should have asked it.
e Lord Stanley am not to be taught my dut
80 by the noble eael opposite. CLEAR, hcar)