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    the port of departure for the mails , but that a pro-Bosition had been submitted to the Treasury by one of the Atlantic steam Companies for a regular fortntehtly service from Gal way to some port in North America , and that proposition was under negotiation upon the terms submitted by the company .

    LAW OF REAL . PROPERTY- . . Lord St . IiEOXARDS called attention to the report presented by theCommissioners appointed to inquire into the laws relating to the transfer of land , and enforced the expediency of simplifying the title to real estates . —The Lord Chancellor deprecated the anticipation of measures which would" hare to be discussed by the House in due course . \ Vith every ¦¦ r espect for the great ability and learning of Lord St . Leonards , he thought the present discussion most irregular and inconvenient , and he hoped their lordships would keep their minds perfectly free and unbiassed for the consideration of the measure when it came before them . —After some observations from Lords Brougham and Craxwojitii , the matter dropped . —Their lordships adjourned at seven o ' clock .

    FORBIGN POLICY . In the House of Commons , Lord Palmeuston notified that on Friday , upon . the motion for going into commit tee of supply , lie should invite attention to the position of affairs on the Continent , hoping that the Government would be able to afford the house some assurance that the peace of-Europe would be preserved .

    INDIA AND JAPAN . Lord Stanlby answered questions in reference to India ; and Mr . Fitzgerald in reference to Japan and the slave-trade . We learn that . Government has no intention to prevent the residence of Europeans in certain . iiew Indian territories without license ; that nothing is yet known about the restoration of the principality of Dhar to its native rulers-, that Lord Clarendon had written a despatch to the Portuguese Government , urging it to put an end to the slave trade at Mozambique ; and that pur new consuls and agents in Japan are to receive salaries varying from 324 f . tol . SOO / . a-year .

    REPORTS OUV INSPECTORS OF EDpGATIOX . Mr . Cowper called attention to the circular of the Committee of Council on Education , dated the 22 nd day of May , 1858 , and Moved , that the efficacy of the school inspection provided at the public cost depending mainly on the publicity given to its results , the general reports of her Majesty ' s inspectors , when prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Committee of Council on Education , should continue to be laid upon the table of the House unaltered and unabridged ; and that the detailed reports , tabulated according to districts , should be printed and made public as heretofore . —Mr . . Adderley remarked that the reports from the inspectors were very voluminous , and would involve a serious expense if printed unabridged . All the important details they contained were duly reproduced in the returns from the Committee of Council , He thought the digest now issued would be found sufficient for all public purposes . —

    After some conversation , in the course of which a preference for the publication of the inspectors' reports without abridgment was expressed by Mr . M . Gibson , Lord Pajmerston , Lord J . Ilussell , an < l other members , the Chancellor of the Exouhq . i . ti : h said all were agreed that these reports should be confined as much as possible to the subject of education . The Government would take the matter into their consideration , and prevent these reports in future from branching out into topics not immediately connected with education . He hoped , therefore , that the motion would not be pressed . The discussion was ,

    however , still pursued for spme time , but ultimately Mr . Cowper consented to withdraw his motion . Mr . MACKINNON obtained leave to bring in a bill to establish equitable councils of conciliation and arbitration , to adjust differences between musters and operatives . Leave was given to Mr . Young to bring in a bill to provulo for taking ovidonco in suits and proceedings pending before tribunals in her Majesty ' s dominions in places oiit of the jurisdiction of such tribunals ; arid to Mr . Slanky for a bill to facilitate grants of land to be made near populous plucus for the use of regulated recreation of adults , nnd as playgrounds for poor children .

    KXPJSKSKS « ir VoTISHB . Mr . Oollikh moved for leave to bring in a lull to prohibit the payment of tho expenses of conveying voters to the poll , and to facilitate polling ut elections . Tho presont arrangement , by wiiieli tho expense of convoying electors to tho poll wns allowed to bo defrayed by the caudUlatu , amounted , as ho maintained , to a practical legalisation of brllK'iy . — bit W . ifiiApuit thought tho bill Inopportune at a time "when a comprehensive measure for tlie rolorm of tho representative system was . about lo bo brought forward by tho Government ; — l \ Ir . WAu » oi , « observed that this question Intel been well discussed last session in coi ) 8 oquen « o of the Btuto in which tho law was placed by tho doois ' oii of -He House of Lords , and tho Act now proposed to

    aggrieved parties , but the remoteness of the scene caused necessarily a great delay in procuring evidence . Sir C- Napier inquired whether French vessels had not been taking soundings near Portsmouth , in the night ; and whether these ships had not an unusual number of officers on- board . —Sir John Pakington said the ships in question were engaged in the protection of the French fisheries , and he was not aware that they had more than their proper complement of officers . THE NAVY ESTIMATES . THE REFORM BILL . _ : - _•_ _ 3 . j _ ^_ 1 . 'A A- \— ~* — «* u — . '— ¦ ' - - - , ^_ ^ . ¦ ^ ^? " ^ . ^ L 1 ^_ . ^_ __ . ^ .

    Sir John Pakington gave notice that he would not proceed with his statement on the naval estimates after eight o ' clock on Friday evening ; and that if he were prevented making that statement , the introduction of the lieform Bill must be postponed . —Lord Palmerston said his own remarks would not prevent the naval estimates being proceeded with . The reason announced was a very unusual one , as he had himself frequently brought on the army estimates after eight o ' clock . The announcement could only be another mode of postponing the Reform Bill . —Both speeches were heard with laughter and cheers . EAST INDIA EDUCATION AND CHRISTIANITY .

    Mr . Warren made an explanation of the circumstances under which he had accepted the office of Master in Lunacy , and consented to give up his seat just at the time appointed for bringing on his resolutions respecting Christianity in India . It had been represented to him that all the religious bodies in the country desired the postponement of those resolutions ; Having thus cleared himself of all imputations , he made his most respectful farewell to the Speaker and the House . Sir CiiARLES Napier moved for some returns respecting the navy , which Sir John Pakington objected to as unnecessary and expensive .

    AGRiCULTURAIi STATISTICS . Mr Caird moved , by way of resolution , " That it would be advantageous to the public interests that Government should ascertain and publish periodically the agricultural statistics of Great Britain , in so far as they relate to the extent of acres under the several crops of corn , vegetables , and grass . "— : The motion was seconded by Mr . Grauxett . t—Mr . Bentlxck opposed the resolution , which he observed would require a compulsory regulation of . a verystringent character against the agriculturists , in order to carry it into effect . —Mr . Phillips and Mr . Miles also spoke briefly against the motion —The house divided : —Ayes , 152 ; Noes , 163 . Majority against the resolution 11 .

    Mr . D , Griffith obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate the expense incurred in serving the office of high sheriff ; and Mr . DtrNLOP , ibrabiIi to amend the Act for allowing verdicts on trials by jury in civil causes in Scotland to be received , although the jury may not be unanimous .- — Leave was given . ROMAN CATHOLIC OATHS . Mr . J . Fitzgerald moved that the House sho \ ild go into committee to consider the oath , required to be taken according to the Act passedlast session in place of the oath of Allegiance , Supremacy , and Abjuration , Having read and commented upon several passages , and having suggested the motives wliicli had induced Sir Hobert Poel , in 1829 , to introduce them into the

    liclief Act , he contended that some ot thorn wore degrading and insulting , others wholly unnecessary and futile . In the bill he desired to introduce , ' the tcrnis of the bath to be substituted for the present oath would correspond with thoso of the oath proposed in 1854 . In urging that the supposed securities contained in the present oath—which had boon done away in our colonial dependencies—wore superfluous , ho dwelt upon the tried loyalty of Roman Catholics ia all stations , upon tho \ mflinohing gallantry of our Human Catholic soldiers , and upon tho testimony borne by Lord Eglintoun to tho character of the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland ; and ho claimed , on behalf , of the IJoman Catholic members of that House , tho

    right to bo placed upon terms of perfect equality with other members . —The motion was seconded by Mr . Fauan . — Mr . Adams opposed it . The old feuds botwoon Protestants and Catholics in Ireland arc now appeased , and ha deprecated miy attempt ( it reviving thu defunct sources of antagonism . J ho oath now appointed for Roman Catholics had been framed in 1829 , under a compact which ought not to bo lightly disturbed . —Mr . C . 1 \>« tkscub , as a Protestant momber , domed tho osistonuc ot any suoh eomp . iot , i «»* I supported flio motion . —Mr . fiuoii coiiuhtci , una » u | ij / i' * iw" " « v •¦¦ % - slnuu tlio

    be repealed passed by large majorities . He did not say that the Act settled tlie question satisfactorily , and the law should be decided one ' . way or the other . But , although he did not oppose the motion , Mr . Collier ^ lie thought , would find that he had raised quite as difficult a question as he proposed to settle . —Mr . Deasy was of opinion that Mr- Collier had underrated the difficulties of the question , and that the bill would have the effect of disfranchising threefifths ot the electors of the United Kingdom . — General Thompson considered the measure passed in the last session highly censurable . —Other members having spoken , Mr . Collier briefly replied , and the motion was agreed to . , . , _' - « . - * ' *' . « ' ^ w - ^» - ^' ' _ _ j _

    Mr . Adams ' - obtained leave to introduce a bill enabling coroners in England and Wales to admit to bail persons charged-with the offence of manslaughter , and Mr . Scjiolefield for a bill to prevent the adulteration of food and drink .

    MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Bltt . Mr . Cross moved the second reading of the Municipal Elections Bill , explaining its objects , the grievances and abuses it proposed to remedy , and its leading provisions , one of which was the appointment of a public prosecutor by the Town Council to enforce the penalties imposed by the bill . —After a few words from Mr . Fox , Mr . llidley , and Mr . Adams the bill was read a second time . The House adjourned at a quarter to ten o ' clock .

    Wednesday ^ Feb . 23 . CHURCH RATES . In the House of Commons Sir J . Trelawny having postponed the second reading of the Church-rate Abolition Bill , Mr . Alcock , in moving that the Church-rates Commutation Bill be read a second tinie , explained that it was a measure purely voluntary , and that it empowered persons to charge their , estates , or to give land or money , for the repair of parish churches , under the authority of the Charities

    . Commissioners , a scheme which lie thought much preferable to that of the Government , for creating corporations composed of incumbents and churchwardens . —Mr . Secretary Walpole appealed to the hon . member to allow his measure also to stand over until the Government proposition on the subject came on for discussion . —Mr .- Alcock demurred to this suggestion ; but , after some conversation , an amendment , moved by Mr . Collins adjourning the debate until Monday next , was carried ; and the bill stood over accordingly .

    Mr . Collins moved the second reading of the Elections , & c ., Bill , but subsequently withdrew the motion . Other bills which stood for a second reading were , after some conversation , deferred . MANOR COl . RTS ( lKKL . lN . l >) . The . House having gone into committee upon the compensations to be granted under the Manor Courts ( Ireland ) Bill , a resolution cbnrgiogthecompensations upon the Consolidated Fund was withdrawn , and another imx > osing a stamp duty was agreed to . The House then went into committee upon the bill , when the several clauses underwent much discussion , and received certain amendments , one clause being postponed , Tlie House adjourned at a quarter to five . Thursday Feb . 24 , 'MANNING 'JC 1 IK NAVV . In tho HofSEof Lokiks , Karl Haiu > wioke stated , in reply to Lord Stanlkv of Aldcrley , that an appendix to the report on manning the navy will shortly be presented ; and that the appendix will include the separate report of Mr , Lindsay . IONIAN ISLANDS , . Lord Dkiihv , in reply to Lord Guhy , said that it would bo more convenient if thy motion on . Mr . Gladstone ' s mission to the Ionian Islands were postponed till tho 14 th of March , by which day he hoped the House would bo in possession of all the papers relating to the subject .

    REVOCATION OV ' TIIIi I'MS-PAY . MKNT 'WARRANT . Lord Cordon kbticu announced , amidst loud cheers , in answer to some remarks by Lord Mo . nticamlk , that tho post-office regulation with respect to unpaid letters had been withdrawn , in tloforoueu to the general feeling against it . —The Duke of ftoMtfitsr / r and the Duke of Aittm . i , offered several suggestions us to the bent means of diminishing the 11 timber of such lottex's , and the inconvenience they occasion . liXA . MlNATION OT . U'CX'tfKO I'KKSONS . Lord liHciuiiA . M laid on tho table u bill allowing prisoners charged wlih certain criminal oflunocs to give evidence at their iiwii trials . — Tliu ' inousuro was opposed by Lord Ca . mpiiuu ., but read , us a mailer ot course , for the flrnt time . Their lordships adjourned at lmll ' -piiHt si . \ o'clock . In tho llui . BU ok C'o . m . monm Sir . John HuniHilun took tlio outhu and liin nont lor \ Vc « t Yorkshire .

    VViiiTKfliDH observed , that long fcwunelpalion Act was passed , Sir II . Peel , and Lord John Russell himself , luwl moat deliboriuoly refused to disturb tiro Holilomon ' t then citbetoil , or dimmish tho securities provided for the defence of tho Protestant establishment . * - Lord John Uuseuu , contended that it is nut wisu to Uoov w > a ' ny oatli which is useless , and at the same time on ' onsivo , Tho House hao acted upon this principle in rogurd to the Jews— . ho hoped they would now apply It to . tho Jloinnn Uutliulio * . The oatli , If not necessary , is a

    gratul-< After a number of petitions hud liuuu proHontod , and notiucB of motion given , Mr , Avirnix ankod a question respecting outnigoa eonuuitted by the PortiuruofiO at D'L ' rbiui , Natal , upon the crow of tlio Herald , a British ship . — Mr , S . FnzuKiiAi . o mild , no puins would be epaivd to obtnin justice ibr the

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 26, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26021859/page/5/