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      aimed at the prevention of smuggling and illicit trade ; and , now that we were disposed to be severe on the Chinese as to their execution of treaty obligations , it was desirable to know whether English officials had been scrupulous in their observance of those obligations . He trusted that the steps Government was about to take would not embitter the quarrel—Lord Panmore , while admitting the badness of the tune of year for sending troops to China , said that he did not see how that step- could "be avoided . The men were already under orders for India , and tliey would j * r « n '* i j-J A ^ ' 4 rfc A t % PAV / inr 1 AT \ £ \ V QYnii fl ^ fYf ? n rt ^ A V \ # 1 ^ If * *\ Z ^ 4 ^ *« ' J ^^ * .

      proceed there if / on their arrival in China , they found that their services were not needed . It had been determi ned not to employ any of the native troops of India in China . —In answer to Earl Grey , -who inquired if the Government had received by the last mail despatches of an alarming nature , the Earl of Clarendon said that Admiral Seymour had announced his intention of abandoning some of his positions before Canton , owing to the threatening aspect of affaire at Hong-Kong , where his presence was needed . There was no objection to producing the returns moved for by Lord . Ellenborough . — The motion was then agreed to .

      The Commons' Enclosure Bill was read a third time , andpassed . ' . '¦'• In the Hoose of Commons , Mr . Fitzbott moved a series of resolutions to enable private bills to be taken up in the new Parliament at the respective stages to wlich they had arrived in the present session .

      COUNCIL AT MALT . A . In reply to Mr . Kinnaird , Mr . Laboucheee said the Government had thought it expedient to Tecommend . that an Order in Council should be passed , by which J-udges of ( the superior courts in Malta should not be held eligible for seats in the council . SMITHjbXELD . Lord Robert Grosvenob inquired , whether the Government was prepared to give eifect to ' -. the recommendation of the Smithfield Committee , viz ., that the best appropriation for the general benefit of so much of the site of Smithfield as reverts to "the Crown , would be to adapt it for the enjoyment and recreation of the public—The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated

      that , on the 26 th of Julyv 1856 , a report was made by the Smithfield Committee , and was sent to the City ^ Remembrancer , with an intimation , that it would be the duty of the Government , afc the opening of Parliament , to introduce a bill for the appropriation of the site . On the 3 rd of last December , the City replied that they dissented from the report of the committee , and could not recognise the right of the Crown to the site ; and they requested the Treasury to consent to the plan for a dead meat market . On the 20 th of December , the Treasury replied that they could , not consent to the plan , but asked for information as to the appropriation of the site to public purposes . No answer to that communication had as yet been receiv « d .

      SIB JOHN M'NEILL A 5 D COLONEL TULLOCH . Lord Palmerston , in answer to Mr . TEwart , whether " it be . the intention , of Government to make any further recognition of the services of Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tullocu in the Crimea , " stated that he thought an ample recognition b . ad beon given of the valuable services of those gentlemen . Tlie Crown had done all that Ministers considered it to be their duty to advise . On the order for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Palk moved a series of resolutions to the effect that Sir John M'Neill Jand Colonel Tulloch had ably fulfilled the duty which they were sent to the Crimea

      to execute ; that the army had suffered a frightful mortality ^ in December , 1854 , and January , 1855 ; that there had been proved to "be a want of organization in the Quartermaster-General ' s , Commissariat , and Transport services ; and that thia inefficiency must bo attributed to the imperfect arrangement or conduct of those departments . In support of these resolutions , Mr . Palk recapitulated the details of our disasters during th « Crimean war , with which tho reader is already sufficiently acquainted . —Mr . Black seconded tho motion , conceiving that the Crimean Commissioners had been greatly ill-used , and that tho affair was u a sham" the part of tho Government .

      Lord Palmkrbton denied that there was any " aham " at all in tho matter , and said that Mr . Palk's speech was obsolete , by two years . Ho had a liigh opinion of the services of Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch ; but ho thought the medical commission had rendered still more important services , and ho could not agree to the motion , which he hoped Mr . Palk would not press to a division . —The motio-n was strongly opposed by Sir Jou « FiTZoitRALn and General Peex ,, the latter of whom attributed the miseries of our army to our commencing operations without a reservewith small moans

      , , and with a divided command , in obedience to tho popular clamour for pushing on flio operations vigorously . Individuals wore not to blame ; but some had been reprobated moat unjustly . Ho thought tho services of tho Crimean Commissionera had boon somewhat overrated ; , m y < "cated tho yroceodbigs of tho Chelsea Board ! S ^ Ki It ^ bw * «»«» bex . —Mr . Sidney Hkhbkkv admitted that tho Government of which ho had beon a member hadbeen much to blame for attempting too much . Ho thought , also , that tho services of tho Commtoaionera were important , and that they had not

      received justice ; and he proposed that amendments should be introduced into the resolution , so that it should stand thus : —" That Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch ably fulfilled the duty intrusted to them of inquiring into the arrangement and management of the Commissariat Department , and , considering the able services rendered by them and the high testimony in their favour by her Majesty's Government , that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that some especial mark of approbation be conferred upon them . "—Sir John Pakington supported the proposition . —Mr . Eyvabt was also ready to adopt the proposition , to which Mr . Palk acceded . —Lord Palmkrston deferred to what appeared to be the opinion of the House , and , the original motion being withdrawn , the amended motion was agreed to . __ ** . * . n 2 *^ . ^* 3 £ v * n ' « r * / 'Ls j n vfe / I r ~ m /"* v \^ i / Wii \ f ^ Afl A r * r » 4- a w ^ sw * J 3 *^ - * a «« 1 . ***

      PROMOTIONS 121 THE ARMY . Sir Jamks Feko-uson drew attention to the present position of the noa-commissioned officers promoted to commissions in the army during the war . He referred to the great expenditure of an ensign as compared with a sergeant , contending that it is the duty of the country , after promoting the sergeants to commissions , to preserve them from want .

      SUPPLY . The House then -went into a Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , when Mr . Frederick Pbel said , the money votes for these estimates were on account for four months only , and , as the whole votes would come before the ensuing Parliament , it would be more convenient not to anticipate discussion and explanations upon the money votes . The case was different with the number of men , which must be voted at once—namely , 126 , 796 men , being a reduction of 119 , 920 upon the vote of last year , which -was for 246 , 716 men . Mr . Peel entered into various details relating to the different portions of the forces . —The several votes were agreed tov after discussion .

      THE RETIREMENT OF THE SPEAKER . Lord Palmerston read the reply of Her Majesty to the Address of the House , voted on Tuesday . The reply signiaed the Queen ' s intention to confer some signal mark of her regal favour upon the Speaker . In a Committee of Ways and Means , 21 , 049 , 7007 . Exchequer-bills were voted towards making good the Supply . The Income-Tax Bill was read a third time , and passed , after a short discussion . The third reading of the Extra-Paroci « Al Places B ill likewise gav « rise to a brief debate . It ultimately passed .

      The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill , the Inr > jsatNiTY Bill , and the Copyecold an » Enclosure Commission Bill , were also respectively read a third time , and passed .

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      THE - APPROACHING GENERAL EJECTION . The week has developed an amazing literature of Election Intelligence . Facts and rumours have been put forth day after day in column after column of the morning papers , in an axtenfc that would make" a goodsized volume . Of course it is utterly impossible for us to emulate this prodigality of information ; and we are therefore compelled to give only the chief facts of the chief places . London . — Tlie candidates nominated for the metropolitan constituency will be found below , in an account of a meeting in . the City for the settlement of preliminaries . Mr . lEasterman retires . Lord John Russell , though ignored by tho meeting alluded to , has issued an address offering himself for re-election , defending his late vote against the Government , and saying that he still adheres to liis old -watchwords , " peace , economj ' , and reform , " though they appear at present to be out of favour . Westminster , —Sir Do Lacy Evans again stands for Westminister on Parliamentary Reform principles ; Sir John Sholley offers himself as a supporter of Lord Palmerston j and Mr . Weaterton , tho well-known bookseller and churchwardon of Knightsbridge , conies forward on Liberal and Protestant principles . Lambeth . —Mr . Koupoll , Liberal , has announced himself ; and Mr . Williams ( though exposed to some rough censure and cross-questioning at a mooting of the electors , on account of his vote on the China question ) again comes forward . The meeting terminated in a voto of confidence in him . Makylkbone , —Sir Benjamin Hall again stands for tho borough .

      Manchester , —Messrs . Bright and Gibson havo again been put in nomination ; but their opponents , it has been rumoured , intond to bring forward Sir John Potter and tho Right Hon . Robert Lowe , Vice-Prosident of tho Board of Trade . Liverpool . —Messrs . Horsfall and Ewart havo a good chance of being re-elected . Tho Conservatives propose to bring forward a Mr . Tumor , who ia considered to havo but a poor chunco . West Ridino op Yorkshiku . —Mr . Cobdon , following an intention formed by him some years ago , does not mean to como forward again for tliis constituency . Tho Liberal party baa resolved to bring forward Lord Godorich , and not to oppose Mr . Evelyn Donison , the present mombor , unless another Conservative should appear iu tho field .

      East Riding . —No opposition is expected to the r * election of Lord Hotham and the Hon . Arthur D . m combe . uu ~ North Hiding . —The Hon . J . C . Dundas , formerly M . P . for York , has announced himself as a candidate for the North Riding , the present representatives beintr tho Hon . Colonel Duncombe and E . S . Cayley , Esq . It is understood that the opposition is directed ' against Mr Cayley . Mr . Dundas is a Palmerstonian . North Lancashire . —At a numerousl y attended meeting of the friends of liberal representation in the northern division , held on Wednesday afternoon at Preston , it was , after discussion , unanimousl y resolved that Lord Cavendish , eldest son of the Earl of Burlington , should be placed in nomination for the vacant seat Colonel Wilson Patten offers himself for re-election Rochdale . —Mr . Edward Miall -will again stand for Rochdale , on anti-Palmerstonian principles . 1 ^ * At ** " T ^^^^ __— ~ ^^ - * m ^^^^^^^^^^^ BV ^ B

      Portsmouth . — Lord Monck ( one of the Government and a member for the town ) has met with an adverse reception at a meeting at Portsmouth . Tynemouth . -Mr . Lindsay ( a Liberal , opposed to the Government ) appears to have a good chance of reelection . Bradford . —There is a split among the Liberals here —the Radicals supporting General Thompson , and the Whigs Mr . Salt . Mr . Wickham stands for the Couservatives . : Sheffield . —Although they have given some dissatisfaction by their vctes on the Chinese question , Messrs . Roebuck and Hadfield have received the ratification of a very large meeting . Scarborough . —lord Mulgrave announces himself again a candidate , as a decided supporter of . Lord Palmerston .

      Halifax . —Sir Charles Wood is again in the field . Norwich . —Mr . Warner , it is confidently stated , will not offer himself for re-election . The contest will probably lie between Lord Bury and Mr . Schneider , a gentleman who lately stood for Hull . Both are Liberals . Chatham . —¦ Sir Frederick Smith has been again brought forward by the Conservative party . Mr . Romaine , C . B ., the Liberal candidate , has commenced his canvass , and appears to have an excellent chance of

      success . Great Yarmouth . —On Wednesday evening , a large public meeting was held in favour of the Liberal candidates , Mr . Torrens M'Cullagh and Mr . Watkins . The Conservatives have also held a meeting in support of Sir E . Laeon and the Hon . C . S . Vereker ; and both parties are vigorously pursuing their canvass . ^ Herefordshire . — Mr . Bateman Hanbury , Mr . King King , and Mr . Blakemore , the sitting members , have issued addresses seeking re-election . Kidderminster . —Mr . Boycott has issued circulars to the burgesses , and Mr . Robert Lowe offers himself for re-election .. King's Lyjjn . —Lord Stanley again offers himself as a candidate .

      Devonp-ort . —At a meeting of the ward committees on Wednesday evening , it was resolved to invite Ralph Bcrnal Osborne , Esq ., to become a candidate at the ensuing . election . Mr . James Wilson has issued an address to the electors . Sir Erskine Perry is carrying on au active canvass . Tavistock . —Sir J . S . Trelawny , Mr . George Byng , and Mr . Carter , are before the electors , on the Liberal interest . Dr . Phillimore ' s intentions are not yet known . Derby . —Mr . Hey worth has retired . Mr . James , of the Chancery bar , and a connexion of Lord Belper by marriage , is a candidate , and has issued an address iu which he professes liberal principles , an < l says he shall support Lord Palmerston . Devon ( North ) . —Mr . L . W . Buck retires on account of ill-health .

      Bath . —Wo are delighted to see that a deputation of Liberal electors has been appointed to wait upon Sir Arthur II . Elton—a thorough Liberal , and a man of high culture . Guildford . —Already there are five candidates—the sitting members ( Mr .. Mangles and Mr . James Bell ) , and Mr . William Bovill , of Worplesdon Lodge , near Guildford ( Conservative . ) , Mr . Austin , a local magistrate ( Liberal ) , and Mr . Guildford Onslow ( Liberal ) . KenlML . —Mr . Glyn , tbo sitting member , again comes forward . Taunxon . —Mr . Labouchcro has issued lib address to tho electors . It is rumoured that the otlier member , Sit John liainsdon , intends offering himself to another constituency . Mr . Arthur Mills has therefore put forward an address .

      Coventry . —Sir Joseph Paxton will stand for tins borough . Biucurroij . —Mr . Coningham lias issued an address to tho electors , in which he speaks against tlie factions opposition to Lord Paltnerston as evinced in tlie late voto on tho China question , and states : * ' 1 am an ardent political and economical reformer ; an advocate for tho gradual extension of tho electoral franchise , to i » i- ' the growing intelligence of tho ago ; for tho voto l > y ballot ; tihd a disciplo of , those free trade doctrine which liavo so largely conduced to the development of our comincrco and manufactures , and to tho conseriuoii prosperity of all classes . " Eoutnuuau . —The present mombors , Mr . Cow » " M " Mr . Black , both intond to come forward again .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 14, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14031857/page/4/