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      the aggressions of Absolutism , for the freedom of the individual , and the independence of the nations of Europe . Continental news generally will be found to contain some interesting facts , showing the onward march of reaction . In Germany the Diet proceeds to lay its iron hand upon the fundamental liberties of all the * States . Fear prevents the Emperor of Austria from going on his projected tour in Italy and Gallicia . Fear impels the King of Prussia to snub the authorities of revolutionary Stuttgard , and to extinguish , illegally , the press . Fear ? These German Princes must have agues of fear . There is great cause .

      An article on the iniquities at Rome , from La Prssse , deserves especial attention , not only because it has been thought worth backing by the TimeSy but because it forms a fellow picture to the hideous revelations of Mr . Gladstone . The existence of the " Invisible Government" in Italy is another ( act which is worth considering in relation to our foreign policy . On the last night of the session Lord Palmerston made a short speech , which will startle certain Continental Courts . He stated that he had sent

      copies of Mr . Gladstone ' s letters to all our foreign Ministers ; that he had , in common with all the leading men in the kingdom , been pained by a confirmation of the impressions prevalent respecting Neapolitan barbarity ; and he heartily acknowledged that Mr . Gladstone ' s conduct did him high honour . It is clear from this that Palmerston sees the necessity of falling in with public opinion on this question ; but in spite of his praise of Mr . Gladstone , experience teaches that he must be watched .

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      Parliamentary proceedings are now solely characterized by haste and complaints of haste ; Ministers pressing measures and being assailed on all sides with colloquial opposition . Thus it was on Saturday and Monday . . At the Saturday sitting , the House of Commons rushed through a quantity of business in a very short time . Among other bills passed were the Metropolitan Interment Bill and the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill . On Monday morning , Lord John Rtjssei / l brought up her Majesty ' s reply to the address praying for the preservation of the Crystal Palace , which her Majesty agreed to : —

      " It wilt be necessary to consider carefully the engagements of the lloyal Commissioners ; and her Majesty will direct inquiry to bo made into various matters of detail , vfrhich must bo ascertained before any decision can be made upon this subject . ( Ucar , / war . )" In the evening sitting , Mr . Anstky inquired , first , Whether the noble lord at the h < ad of Foreign Affairs had reason to believe that such a document as was rtated to have been addressed by ( lie Court of Home to the Court of Vienna , in regard to a proposal for the replacement of the French garrison by an Austrian and Neapolitan , or professedly sin Austrian gariison , had been addressed by the Court of Home to the Court of Vienna ; secondly , wln-ther that had bten communicated partly or wholly to the Court of St . JTtunes ' a by the Court of Vicuna ; and , thirdly , whtfthir application had been made to the British Government for the expulsion of Italian , Hungarian , and other refugees , and for the suppression of a supposed Italian loan said to be under negotiation in London . Lord Palmehston replied that no communication -whutevcr of the nature of the supposed note had been niado by the Austrian to her Majoty ' s Government , and the rcHdlt of such inquiries as her Majesty ' s Government had made on that subject tended to the opinion that that note , like another which had also

      appeared in the newspapers of the Continent , was a pure invention . lie find another whwlt ^ ippeared , because he might as well state at the same tihie that there was another note said to be presented by the Governments of ltufisia , l'russian , and Austria to the Italian ( iovemments , assuiiug them ot support to put down any internal convulsions . Her Majesty's Government had made inquires with respect to that note , and his belief was that there was no foundation for what was said of that note , ituy more than lor tchut was said of the other . Therefore , no application

      hud been made , of course , to her Majesty ' s Govern-, mt'nt in the : spirit of that note . With respect to the question whether any application had been made for the Expulsion of foreigners now resident in this country , it might be oupposed that Continental Governments looked with somti anxiety—at ) stated by a colleague of his on a former occasion , there were foreign Governments that looked with anxiety —to the proceedings of foreigner / * in this country , but nothing Had passed which amounted to that which the honourable and learned gentleman supposed ; and if any hud

      been made the answer woufcl have been obvious , that the law of this country gave no power to the Government arbitrarily to expel any foreigner who did not violate the laW of the land . ( Hear , hear . } Replying to a motion made by Lord Dudley Stuart , for a list of addresses to the Queen , and memorials to the Foreign-office , on behalf of Kossuthand the Hungarian refugees detained in Turkey , Lord Palmerston said : — - " Ther 6 was no opposition to the motion of the noble lord . He had often expressed his opinion on the subject , and he regretted that the Turkish Government should have thought it right or necessary to detain so long in their power those who had taken refuge in the Turkish territory , and who , when they entered it , received from

      Turkish officers high in the service the most perfect assurance of protection from the Sovereign of the country . The House knew the circumstances which led the Turkish Government to swerve from that engagement ; and , although efforts and demonstrations had been made by the British and French Governments to support the Sultan in an independent course , it was undeniable that the long detention of these captives had been entirely inconsistent with that independent action which it was the object of the English and French Governments to enable the Sultan to pursue . Her Majesty ' s Government had not ceased to use all friendly means to induce the Sultan to put an end to the captivity of the remaining prisoners , and they "had received the most distinct assurance that they would be set at liberty , and he had no reason to believe that that assurance would not be carried

      out . " A " count out" ensued at the evening sitting on Tuesday . When the House resumed , a conversation arose as to whether honourable members having notices on the paper would give way to enable Government to proceed with the Patent Law Amendment Bill . Colonel Sai / wey , whose notice of motion for a select committee to inquire into the case and claims of the military knighis set Windsor stood first , expressed his readiness to postpone his motion , but Mr .

      Muntz objected , and Lord Dudley Stuart moved the adjournment of the House . Subsequently he withdrew that motion , and it was arranged that Colonel Salwey should proceed ; but he had barely spoken ten minutes Jwhen a motion was made to count the House . Forty members were , however , present , and the colonel succeeded in reaching the year 1547 in the history of the foundation of the knights , when another motion was made to count the House , and forty members not being present , the House stood adjourned .

      The House on Wednesday was occupied in discussing the Episcopal and Capitular Estates and the Patent Law Amendment Bills . The former passed ; and the latter went through committee . The committee did not in any way discuss the bill clause by clause as is the custom , 'but the Opposition repeatedly attacked the principle , and complained that it was too late in the session to legislate . Above two hours were wasted in an altercation as to whether the opposition was factious ; an imputation originating with an indirect allusion made by Mr . Labouchere . Sir James Graham replied to it . Sir De Lacy Evans embroiled all sides by a maladroit reiteration of the

      implied charge in the form of a question ; and when the two main disputants were lovingly reconciled by Lord I ' almkhston , Mr . Ladouciuuu- ; began it again by asserting that Mr . William Williams had said he should abandon . " factious opposition" — a speech the member for Lambeth had not uttered . Again Sir 1 ) k Lacy Evans struck in with * usual felicity , calling Sir Jamks Graham the corps de reserve by whose aid tlie Opposition would buccecd . This drew forth Sir Jamks once more , who , treating Sir de Lacy with quasi contempt , appealed

      straight to Lord l ' ahneraton , asking whether all Govern Aifents did not find it good policy to cast upon an opposition to their measures as few imputations ol obsUuctivenesa as possible ; and declaring that Mr . Lubouehere had violated that rule more than once Lorn 1 'ai . mkuhton admitted th « justice of the former remark ; but contended that the public ought to know by whose management the bill did not pass , and asserted , that the Government would not accept th q re « p .. risibility of the loss of the bill , and that it must fall on the oppoHition .

      There the matter rented ; and the time being wasted in this quarrel , the committee m ampered through the whole of the clauses , and the House remaned . Lord John ICusbki . i , brought up the report of a select committee appointed to nettle I he precedence of members in proceeding to the House of Lords upon varioiiH occasions . He Haiti the progress of the members and the Speaker to the bar of the other Houho wiih now a " scramble , " personally dangerous even to Home member * . The report wan ordered to be printed and considered on Thursday .

      The proceedings of the Houhd on Thursday were varied and unimportant . The Patent Law Amendment Ihll wa » passed . The report of the . select committee appointed to settle the precedence of members who attend the Speaker to the I rouse of Lords was considered , many objections muuV and amendments proposed , when suddenly the Hluek Kod summo , ed the House to the House of Lords to hear the royal usaent given to certain bill * ,. Xho Speuker

      proceeded alone ; then Mr . Hobhouse , subsequently Mr . Brotherton , afterwards Sir D . Norreys and Mr . Anstey - , one at a time , followed him . Loud calls were made upon Mr . M'Gregor , who at length gat him up and went , the rest of the House remaining in their seats . When the Speaker returned , the consideration of the report was resumed ; , and after a good deal of discussion an amendment , proposed by Sir Benjamin Hail , was agreed to , providing " That every member desirous of attending Mr . Speaker

      shall put his name in a glass , and , half an hour after the meeting of the House , the names shall be drawn by the clerk from the glass , and in such order as they may be drawn the members shall proceed to the House of Lords in ranks of four . " Also a resolution to the effect that , " After the House has been summoned to attend her Majesty , no member is to remain in , cross , or pass through any door leading to the House of Lords , and the Sergeant-at-Arms is to keep the passages clear of members . "

      Sir De Lacy Evans put two questions to Lord Palmerston—Whether Prance and England would support Piedmont in maintaining its independent free institutions ? and Whether the British Minister at the Court of Naples has been instructed to employ his good offices to diminish the atrocities revealed by Mr . Gladstone ? Lord Palmerston replied to the first question by commonplaces about the " great importance" Ministers attached to the independence of Sardinia . and their anxiety for the good workingofthe constitution , stating that no foreign encroachments were apprehended , and complimenting the people and king of Sardinia on the " good government" existing there , which he asserted parenthetically was " a model worthy of imitation by all the nations of Europe . " And he continued : —

      " With regard to the second question , I may say that her Majesty ' s Government , in common with all the leading men of this country—who , I presume , have all of them read the pamphlet to which my honourable and gallant friend has referred—have received with pain a confirmation of those impressions that had been created by various accounts we had received from other quarters of the very unfortunate and calamitous condition of the kingdom . of Naples . { Hear , hear . ) It has not , however , been deemed a part of the duty of the British Government to make any formal representations to the Government of Naples , on a matter that relates entirely to the internal affairs of that country . { Hear , hear . ) At the same time I thought it right , seeing that Mr .

      Gladstone—whom I may freely name , though not in his capacity of a member of Parliament—has done himself , as I think , very great honour { cheers ) by the course he pursued at Naples , and by the course he has followed since ; and , concurring in opinion with him that the influence of public opinion in Europe might have some useful effect in setting such matters right , I thought it my duty to send copies of his pamphlet to our Ministers at the various Courts of Europe , directing them to give to each Government copies of the pamphlet , in the hope that , by affording them an opportunity of reading it , they might be led to use their influence for promoting what is the object of my honourable and gallant friend—a remedy i ' cr the evils to which he has referred . { Cheers ) . "

      Colonel SniTHOHP brought on the case of Ann Hicks , and moved for copies of all orders and decisions * respecting her case . Lord Dudi , ky Stuakt seconded the motion . Lord Seymovji recapitulated his previous speech on the subject somewhat improved intone ; but he added the accusation that the cottage of Mrs . Hicks had afforded facilities for the coinuiission . of certain nocturnal irregularities in the park . The motion was agreed to . Mr . Hume moved that the evidence taken before the Income-tax Committee be printed . A discussion ensued , during which the Chancei-i-or of the Ex . cuKuu 12 . it and Colonel . Thompson opposed the motion . Mr . IIumk replied ; and on a division there were found 15 for , and 1 / 5 against the motion ; consequently the House at once stood adjourned .

      In the House of Lords , on Tuesday , Lord Monteagt , e made an ineffectual attempt to obtain tin : second reading of a bill to remove doubts a . s to the penalties to be levied under the Ecclesiastical TitU'tj 1 $ ill- The bill consisted of the clause which h « had failed to carry on the second reading . The Eiirl ol St . Germain ' s inquired whether the courts of hiw would construe a * net of strictly episcopal jurisdiction to bo a spiritual net exposing the person exercising it to the penalties of the statute ; . TheL « K' » Cjianohm . ok replied that no act done by virtue ol the spiritual office of u bishop was a mutter of jurisdiction ; nor would it be so held hy any court of luvv-The bill was thrown out without a division . 1

      In the House of Lords on Thursday , Lord H *" rowiiv asked whether her Majesty ' s Ministers wj use their best offices with tho Court of Koine , t <> () l ) ^ tain from it permission to erect u suitable l * rot . c » tl 111 church within the walls of tho city of Home lor "" ^ worship of the Protestant Church of England ? b "'^ Lansdownh replied thut there was u building « lltHl !/ the walls of Koine , set apart for J ' rotestant p » ^ worship . Ho thought , however , that if " '" * complaint wero made , Lord PulmersUm would n |!^ { to have it redressed . Hut lie was afraid any npp 1 "; ^ tion would be unsuccessful . J , ord 1 Takk . owhv uo » 'k noted the " building" referred to by Lord LnnsdoWi' > j as u " granary . " Tho Bishop of Lonuok » lti 0

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1851, page 742, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1895/page/2/