New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-13
DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT.
THREATENED DOWNFALL OF PsLMEeSToN
PROGRESS Of THE CHINESE REBELS.

Iii s,e.n,er Atlantic which leit
r;v.,,oo, on "Wednesday, the SON ut, a. 49, O.
,,t :. she afternoon, arrived ~ 'ni' Po'' y"
Avnu' -. lived at Liverpool at 10 p. m OF Mon
ss.nre Of the news by this arrival is the official
-Ar..,;on Of the treaty Of peace Attached TO the
.v there are three separate conventions, and also
Ssclaration respecting maritime law and the course
A hs pursued with respect to neutrals during time
- war that is to say, to put an end to privateerng
Comics of all the protocols Of the sttngs OF the Con-
.ress Of Paris have been laid before Parliament.
The official text Of the treaty is the same as that
already published but the missing articles ., O. ana
A are now added. Articles 5 and providing
fr a general amnesty and exchange of prison.
srs. while articles 7 and g admit Turkey to the
prbhc law and political system of Europe, Sc
sure her independence AMI territorial integrity, and
sprspe each contracting Power, in the event OF any
serious misunderstanding with the Porte, not to pro-
csed 10 force till they have given the other Powers an
opportunity Of mediation.
Peace was formally proclaimed at London on Tues
day. the oeth with the medieval pagentry of heralds
and SO forth.
A Parliamentary "Bue Book" Of some three hun
dred folio pages has just been issued, containing the
documents on the Central American Question. 1t
contains one hundred and eighty.nne dispatches
extending from nth September 1s4s, TO the 3lst OF
March, 1856. A large proportion of the documents
have already appeared in the American papers,
There is considerable activity in English politics
lust at present Lord PalmerstOn had called meet
ing Of his supporters, and the Earl of Derby as the
leader Of the Conservatives had in like manner sum-
moned meeting of the heads of that party to de-
kberate on their respective tactics.
Both meetings were held on Monday, the 25th. 1t
had beer previously understood by outsiders that Mr.
Whitesides motion of censure, respecting the fall of
Kas, was to be made the test ofstreDsh and that ii
the Ministry were beaten they would resign. Subse-
quently to the meetings, however, it was Whispered
that the opposition not unanimous as to insure
them strong majority and they would not therefore
press the matter to division. The debate is yet fur
tber postponed.
T2e london Morning Star Mr. Cobden's organ,
gives report of what took place at the meeting at
Lord Pslnerston's. Two hundred members of the
Commons attended. The members present were the
usual supporters Of Government, with sprnkling of
independents The Peel party were absent altogether,
and the independent Roman Catholic Irish members
were not invited. Lord John Russell did not attend
Lord Palmeiston made speech an hour long, review
ing bis policy and inviting support especially in the
pending debate on Kars, otherwise he must resign
Office. No mention appears TO have been made OF
American affairs. Several members spoke, and Mr..
Phlimore consented, at the urgent request OF Lord
Palmerston to withdraw his motion fer committee Of
inquiry into the Kars catastrophe.
The Earl of Derbys meeting is not reported, but it
has TRANSFERRED that it not desirable, just at pre-
sent 10 press division and he would prefer the ques-
ton of Ksrs to be argued on its own merits