The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-05-10 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.  The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Captain Berkeley took the oaths and his seat for Cheltenham, in the room of Mr. Granville Berkeley. In reply to Mr. STIRLING, _ _ _  Mr. PEEL stated that the places of the Coast Guard men, who were drafted into the navy, in 1854, were immediately filled up, and he did not think any increase of smuggling resulted from the proceeding. Replying to Mr. J. A. SMITII, Mr. PEEL said that all candidates for commissions in the army had to produce certificates of confirmation, in order to secure that they had not seceded from Christianity. In reply to Mr. T. CHAatuEas, who argued as to the liability of vendors of fruits in the parks, under any act of the reign of Charles Sir B. HALL replied that that was a very stringent act, and all railway companies running trains, all telegraphs in operation, and all shops that remained open on the Sunday, would come especially under its provisions. Replying to Col. DUNNE, Mr. PEEL said that no advantages beyond those already mentioned, would be conferred upon the foreign legions when they were disembodied. Replying to Mr. BOWYER, Sir G. GREY stated that the charge against a policeman of having assaulted a young lady at the proclamation of peace at Charing-cross, had been decided by a magistrate, and as no objection had been made to the decision, he had not thought it necessary to consider the decision erroneous, He had, however, given directions that steps should be taken to enquire by whom tie assault was committed, as there was no doubt that an assault of a serious nature had been committed. In reply to Mr. DE MERE,  Mr. HonsmAN denied that the Lord Lieutenant had ever given his sanction to any placard in reference to a ragged school in Dublin. The principle he had laid down for his own guidance, and for the guidance of those under him, was, that they should not associate, directly or indirectly, with any society that could give offence to any portion of the population of Ireland. The Lord Lieutenant had allowed his name to be used in connection with a bazaar held on behalf of both a Protestant and Roman Catholic school, but he had not given them any authority to put his name forward as the patron of either.  In reply to Mr. ()TWAY' Mr. P/3,71, said the medals would be conferred upon the Sardinian army equally with the French and Turkish  armies. Lord PALMERSTON then moved that the House at its rising should adjourn till Monday, the 19th inst. In reply to Mr. S. DUNSCOMBE, Lord PALMERSTON announced thlt her Majesty had been graciously please(' in celebrating the peace, to pardon all political prisoners, thereby liberating Frost, Williams, Jones, and Smith O'Brien. Mr. 111nuaNs, referring to the continued draw of bul lion from the Bank of England, asked whether it was the  _ . intention of the government during the present session to take steps with a view of relaxing the stringency of the law regulating the issue of bank notes?  The-CHANCELLEn of the EXCHFQUER in reply stated. that the stock of bullion in the bank now was only £700,000 more than the amount in January last, while the demand on. account of the Turkish loan and the Comm ssariat sumilies would shortly cease. There was, therefore, no occasion for any alteration.  Mr. KENNEDY drew attention to the circumstances of the  trial and conviction of Thomas Dunne, under sentence of  execu:ion for the 16th inst., for inciting James Murphy and Patrick Bannon to murder Miss Hinds, and to the  refusal of the Attorney-General of Ireland to grant his fiat for a writ of error.  'ERAL for Ireland vindicated his  conduct, urging that, if there had been any grounds for the application of the fiat, he should have been glad to remove from himself the painf d duty that devolved upon him, but he considered that there was no error; indeed, that the trial was a most fair and impartial one. The prisoner had several opportunities of challenging the jury, which, in the case of the second jury, he failed to avail himself of; and the ground for applying for the fiat was, that ha had not been apprised of his right to chal• lenge him This was not necessary, as he had been  apprised of it in the selection of the first jury, and had exercised his rights. The judges had given their opinion, that the issue of the fiat would not be justified, and he had been to Dublin to see the prisoners council, but he could find no ground for acceding to the application. The