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    J . Russell , and asked why the present Ministers should be less qualified to deal with it than that noble lord , whose bill exhibited so many shortcomings , or than Lord Palmerston _, who had . shrunk from it altogether . Adverting to the two main topics in the Royal Speech , he said , with respect to the first , the Government had endeavoured by all the means in their power to preserve peace , and he was ready to vindicate them on this head . He retained the opinion he had formerly expressed , that the vote at which the House had arrived upon Lord J . Rus- sell ' s resolution liad a serious influence upon the negotiations ; but still the representations of the Government , backed by public opinion , had been listened to with respect ; they had since adopted the principle of a strict and impartial neutrality , ami endeavoured to act in the spirit of that principle . With regard to the other subject , that of Parliamentary Reform , he said at once that it . was the opinion of the Government that that great question could not be satisfactorily dealt with during this session . If that was a fair ground foi a cen- sure of the Government , they were ready to meet the issue . At the same time they did not de- sire to shrink from the responsibility of dealing with this question , which ought not to be mono- polised by any person or party , He reviewed some of the elements of this question , maintaining that the present Government were perfectly free to deal with it without being bound or hampered by their proposition in the last Parliament . Treating the question raised by the amendment as really one of personal sufficiency , which he admitted was a fair ground for a vote of want of confidence , he met it upon that ground ; and he skilfully seized the opportunity of indulging his vein of sar- casm upon the personal claims of some of those who expected to succeed the present Government . He acknowledged that the area of select ion for the pub- lie service was limited ; but the Conservative party was not a federation of great families , and he hoped that the House would not hastily adopt an amend- ment which came from a limited and exclusive party , ¦ —Lord Bury , Mr ; Mellok , Mr . K . Hugessen , and Mr . _Laixg supported the amendment . — Sir C . Napier sakl he did not rise . to speak for or against the amendment , but upon the defence of the country . He gave the present Government credit for putting the . navy into a better condition than that in which it had been left by their predecessors , —Mr . Wilson spoke in support of the amendment , resting his vote net on the mere question of the dis- solution , of which he complained , nor only upon English , but upon European grounds ; and upon the management of the various departments of the Government .-7-Mr . Digby Seymour protested against the time of the House being oocupied with irrelavent questions ,, and asked why independent members should be called upon to follow certain leaders of parties , like sheep , and to turn out the Government of Lord Derby without trial . He should vote against the amendment . —Lord Palmer- ston , referring to the silence of the opposite party , asked how the House could place confidence in in those who had no confidence in themselves ? It was a most extraordinary spectacle , he observed , that a Government charged in the face of the House with being unworthy of the confidence of Parlia- mont and the country should sit silent under such a charge . Upon every ground their mistakes in domestic _legislation , the errors in their foreign policy , and the course they had pursued in regard to the dissolution , —upon all these grounds the House , in l . is opinion , was justified in withholding its confidence from the Government , Ho dwelt upon their failures ia domestic legislation , contending that they justified the Houso in refusing to place confidence in them upon that ground , as well us upon tho ground of their dissolution of Par- liament , which deprived tho country of the benefit of its advice in a great crisis . Having shown them- II selves unequal to deal with domestic affairs , tho Go- vernment had cvincod _incompetoncy to manage our foreign relations , tho course thoy had pursued having , in his opinion , brought on war . Thoy had manifested an ignorance of the real state of _affliirfl , having believed tlmt the danger of war was i . Wml- ¦ nent on _tlio part of France and Sardinia and not on that of Austria , _vvl _. ereas tho reverse was the faqt ; otherwise they would have hold a different language to Austria , which might have prevented hostilities . ' Tho Government , therefore , were not entitled to the ft confidenco of tho House , in regard to our foreign to relations ; and in inviting tho House to _exprosstlTis want ofconfldenco in such a Government , which existed only upon suffornnco , the Liberal party had pursued a straightforward course , and they would have shrunk from their duty liad they refused to take it . —On the motion of Mr . Serjeant Dbasy tho _debato was adjourned until _Xlmrsday . Tim iTmififl _fuHmirnnri _« t i _. _nif _« n . t h _^ _u-n _n'MnnV Tho House adjourned at half-pas * twelve o clock . B Thursday , June 9 . _Ip the Houbb of _Louds . —The Earl of _Siiavthb-

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    _bujkt inquired whether it was the intention of her Majesty ' s Ministers to grant a charter to the Roman Catholic University of Dublin . —The Earl of Derby stated that no such grant was at present eontem- plated . The subject was , however , still under consideration . Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to six o'clock . the adjourned debate . In the House of Commons , the adjourned debate on the amendment to the address was resumed by Mr . Serjeant Deas y , who contended that the acts of the executive appointed by the Derby administration in Ireland , the distribution of their patronage , and the legislative measures which they had introduced or promised , -were not calculated to deserve the con- fidence of the Irish people . —Colonel Dicksox , as an independent Irish member , expressed his readiness to give the presentGovernnient a fair arid impartial trial , —Mr . G . Duff supported the amendment . —Mr . S . Fitzgerald , replying to the charge that the Go- vernment had failed in carrying their measures of domestic legislation , remarked that other adminis- trations had proved equally unsuccessful . He denied that the Government had evinced any Austrian bias , or had used words of menace towards Italy _, The charge of exasperating hostilities in Italy came , he observed , with an ill grace from Lord Palmerston , to whom was primarily due the unfortunate put- break and disastrous results of hostilities in that country in 1848 . Was the neutrality of the country likely to be preserved by a minister who had so eagerly advocated the cause and cultivatel the friend- ship of one of the belligerent powers . — Mr . Bright said he was not about to defend Lord Palmerston , or retract a single sentiment he had ever expressed concerning him . He did not support the amend- ment because Ministers had dissolved Parliament , or had been guilty of the corruption or coercion too common on both sides , or because they had failed to keep the peace . But he wanted to know , first , whether the neutrality announced was real or only pretended ; and he complained that the Govern- ment gave reason to suspect it was the latter . The fleet in the Mediterranean , the bounty to seamen , and the rifle clubs , would mean only one of two things—that we fear an attack from France , or intended ourselves to attack that Power . He did not charge the Government with this intention , but the result of these preparations had been to destroy confidence in the maintenance of peace by England , They were always told something dreadful would follow a change of Government , but he had no fear to look those dangers in the face . He warned Lord Palmerston against any intimate personal alliance _between English ministers and the Court of France . As to the home question , Mr . Disraeli had _imposed silence upon his followers , but only child- like simplicity could believe that he would bring in an honest Reform Bill . He protested against pushing over the question till next year . Let them get such a bill through the second reading , and pass it a winter session . He assumed that Lord John Russell would adhere to the scheme propounded be- fore the dissolution / which would be a substantial , though very moderate , extension of the suffrage , Unless they liad deceived their constituents , and the election had been mere sport , th _« ro was some difference _between the two _r _. ides ; and it would only be a joke to support ministers , The lion . gentleman concluded with ft _declaration that he should give an independent support to a Ministry that would faithfully represent tho ancient principles of tho Liberal party . — Lord Ashley _epoke briefly in favour of tho amendment . —Mr . _Palic supported the original motion . —Mr . Baxter , with some reluctance and regret , felt liimsolf obliged to support the amend- mont . —Mr . _Liddei-l opposed the amendment . —Mr . . _Guuney also expressed his intention to vote for the government administration . —Mr . JF . _Crqbslky believed that by tho union of Liberals a strong , united and _vigoroua Government might be formed . — Mr . _Si-oonhk disclaimed all belief in the rumoured compact bot _^ en Lord Derby ami Cardinal WW man . The report , ho was assured , had been propa- gated only for electioneering purposes . —Mr . Hoits- man argued that tho continued _exigence of ft ministry in a minority was anomalous , uncon- _stltutlonoJ , and dangerous-, but , in displacing such Government , it was incumbent upon the opposition adopt _eome l ) n 8 i 8 which should command the _« ym- pathy of tho country . On _thia principle ho should have wished toohallengo the present Administration upon somo point relating to their foreign policy , with which lie found much fault , instead of merely proposing an amendment on tho Address . That step had , however , boon taken ; and as tho Minis- tors _thomsolvoa had accepted the issue , ho was forced to docldo upon the question as it stood , ftfid , _, J 0 uld tl , er 0 foro flUpnort the amendment . _—* _irl K . _Skymicr brlott / _vindlcatea the Government . —Sir J . _Guaiiam reduced the question then ponding for i

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    decision to the simple issue whether the _existing Government should retain power with the consent of a majority in that House ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer , however , having thought fit he said , to indulge in personal remarks upon him he addressed himself in the first place to that matter and Sir James entered into details relating to various allegations which he had made at Carlisle against the Government , to which Mr . Disraeli referred in his speech on Tuesday , complaining of the offensive terms in which Mr . Disraeli had conveyed one of his contradictions . He _tlien proceeded to vindicate himself against the effect of Mr . Seymer ' s remarks upon the dissensions among the Liberal party ; and , after slightly touching upon foreign affairs , and approving the policy of the Government in arming the people of this country , he expressed a strong condemnation of the late dissolution , pointing out themanner in which it had risked the national interests . Measures of vast importance , forestalling the decision of Parliament upon questions of the gravest kind , had been , he observed adopted by the Government , during the interval upon their own responsibility with reference to the navy and the army . The course pursued by the Gor vernment upon the subject of reform rendered it impossible for him , lie said , to give them his support , and without hesitation le shouldvote for the axnendment . —Mr . _Whitesidk admitted the principles of foreign policy contended for by Lord Hartington , which wore those of Mr . Fox ; he only disputed their application . He discussed the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston in 1848 , a summary of which , in condemnatory terms , he read in the word * of Sir J . Graham . Those principles of non-intervention were right , and they had been violated by Lord Palmerston in almost every instance . Such being his policy , the Government should not be changed upon that ground . Mr , Whiteside then went over the charges against the Government brought by Sir J . Graham at Carlisle , denouncing them , particularly that relating to the Galway contract , asdestitute of -the slightest foundation . The charge of a compact with the Catholics—who were always virtuous , he observed , when they voted with the Whigs—he attributed to the jealousy and mortification of that party at the alteration in the sentiments Of the people of IreLand . He denied for himself and the other members of the Irish _Government that there had been any compact with the Roman Catholic party for the purpose of obtaining votes , and he asked whether it was worthy of Sir J . Graham to try to raise against the Government a religious cry in Ireland . Mr . Whiteside amused the House by reading , in conclusion , the characters which some of the Liberal leaders had given of each other , congratulating it upon the Ministry in prospect . —On themotion of Mr . M . Gibson the debate was again adjourned at twenty minutes to one o ' clock .

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    j uy POLICE A _^ _"D CASUAXiTIFS _* . ' : ' _.. . ' , * . ' . ,. " _* _' " An inquest has been held on the bodies ot the sufferers by the explosion on board the ship Eastern Monarch off Spithead . Seven persons arc known to have perished , and but for the courage and _cool-™** _*»» e captain , officersi and passengers , the loss ° * life must have been fearfully great . 1 he verdict returned , was Accidental _ueaui . _* h _, e prosecution lor the sale of army commissions , which has been removed by ¦ certtorari into . tlio Court of Queen ' s Bench , willbe tried on the 17 th or 8 th instant , , by a specml jury , before Lord Campbell at Westminster . _n „ _,. „ , . . In the Court of Common Pleas , on _Thursday the judges unanimously decided that tho _^ wl ot _bluowslmry had made good _hia claim to the Shrewsl > l « y estates , winch have been tho subject of so mU n , ' _' ML _' _S _*" ' , . „ _...,,. _^ . The Juno general sessions for Middlesex oommenccd this week at the Guildhall , _A \ ostinmstcr . Jn consQquonco of the lamented _deatlrof Mr , 1 osl Icy , Q _. C ., the _assistant jud ( ro , Mr . _lownal , chaii nan _«> i _^ e bench , presided and expressed _himself very feeling terms _respectmg the loss tho a _u t iad «• turned by the _decoaso of Mr . 1 nslilcy ., _ii > i _uiom '"> passed a high _eulogiu . n . Ho also _« ' _>»( 'll' 1 ( C < l tll _° elevation ot Mr , 1 Jo . tlk _. n a « _asiiisUnt « _WJ . In tho _Courtot » ft k _^ _^ X J , _C _. S 3 was arranged un < or the _^ "ll _^ Q h _^^ _^ _Chartier , ho If _W lrto » a _socon _. _lVo a « s _Sri-Restaurant , _,. , _Cw _upsldo _* _% _^ ° "cl _^ J" 8 _^ 0 ' _, " _^ _ato w « _gi unto < i to J ° 'fl _* _™ b mfl ' ll com tluilcr _aiul maricot g » rucncr , < _u _i- 'aiuuiu . Forgeries of blllfl to rather a large amount nave just boon brought to light . 1 ho poison implicated , munorl John LocKhart Morton , was lormoriy engaged in business as _u civil engineer In Lurlliunontstreet , ami is now described as merchant and blllbrokor _, of _Finoli-lano . Ho ftpponM to litwo had transact ions lately in the timber trade , and also to liavo _mwlo _conslgnmonts to Au _» traU « . 1 is _connoxlons are highly respectable , and hi » _uttiMnmontn

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), June 11, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/sldr_11061859/page/5/