Glasgow Courier. — 1857-12-08 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DOUSE OF COMMONS-MJNDAY, DEC. 7.  The Speaker took the Chair at 4 o'clock. Mr A. Russell took his seat for Tavistock. A new writ was ordered for Scarbrol, in room of Lord Mulgrave resigned.  Lord CASTLEROSSE brought down Her Majesty's answer to the Addres 3, which was couched in the usual terms.  Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice of a question tomorrow, with regard to a memorial sent from Calcutta soliciting the recal of the Governor General. Mr COWAN gave notice of an amendment which he intended to submit on Mr Headlarn's 'notion on limited liability in joint stock banks, asserting the expediency of a select committee to inquire into the manner in which joint stock banks have been conducted. In reply to Mr Warren,  Sir C. WOOD said Ids attention had been called to the proceedings of a court-martial lately held on board the Jio, and it was with great pain he had seen a superior officer put himself in a position to call down a severe reprimand from the Board of Admiralty; at the same tune he believed that Captain Freemanth, of whom he hat no personal knowledge, had only acted from a mistaken sense of duty after an unblemished service of 33 years duration. In reply to Mr Caird,  Mr LABOUCHERE said a ship.of-war had been sent to protect British vesse:s in the removal of gnano from the Kooria Mooria Islands, and he had hopes that a good supply of guano would now be obtained from those islands.  Mr M. MILNES enquired of the Prime Minister whether he was in possession of any farther information than he had communicated to the House on Friday relative to the treatment of the British engineers in Naples.  Lord PALMERSTON said the question only anticipated a request which he intended to make to the Home to be permitted to make some modifications on his former statement. On Saturday morning government received despatehes which did not tally with the account which had been given by the Rev. Mr Pugh. Since that gentleman visited the prisoners, the Acting Consul and father of one of them had obtained access to them, and the prisoners had spoken more freely to them than they had done to she Rev. Mr Pugh. That which they complained of was not exceptional, since it was well known that the prisons of Naples were a disgrace to civilisation and the treatment of prisoners there was only suitable to a barbarous age. The two prisoners had not been schjected to anything like tortnre, but at some time it was clear that one, through the despondency into which he had been driven, had attempted to commit suicide. It was also saA at one of the examinations that the Neapolitan legal officer had tampered with and falsified the evidence, and the prisoners particularly complained of the bed and nati,eous food which had been given to them. But with regard to their present position and their statement to the Acting Consul tallied,very much with the account which had been given to the Rev. Mr Pugh. Ber Majesty's Ministers were in communication with the Neapolitan government on the subject, and lie should therefore say no more upon it at the present tine.  Lord J. RUSSELL inquired whether the despatch of the Acting Consul would be laid on the talile 'Lord PALMERSTON said he thought there would be no objection to such a course, but he must look at it again before he could give a decided answer.  Lord PALMERSTON brought up a mEisage front the Crown, recommending the House to make provision for securing to Sir 11. Havelock a pension of .£lOOO per year for the term of his natural life. The message was ordered to be considered to-morrow On the order of the day for the second read:ng of the Rank issues Indemdity Bill,  Mr GLADSTONE enquired what was to be done with the profits of the extra issues, which were as much the property of the ccuntry as exchequer bills, ilut did press for an inurediate answer.  Sir H WILLOUGHBY attributed the necessity of the measure to the operations of the joint stock hanks, owl the great bill brokers pressing unfairly on the Bank of England.  Mr CAYLEY gave credit to the government as to the coutse they had pursued, but demurred to the explanation given by the Chancellor of the Exchequers. to the cause of the crisis.  Mr CONINGIIAM thought the emmtry was highly indebted to Lord Palmerston for the manner in which he had interposed to terminate a crisis which threatened to grow into a convulsion, but regretted that no materia alteration of the act of 1844 was in contemplation. [Left speaking.]