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      public , not to forget the interest of those who Had embarked their capital in such undertakings . There was . no idea of altering , by enactment , the charges on ^ ailvays as regards the public , but an ttrbltratioti- % as to have liberty to consider special circumstances ,-where one rail \ tray wa * requited by atittother to carry on the traffic of the latter . He t ^ effc Entered' into an argument to-show that the interests 6 f the '! Shareholders -would be promoted , StttH not injured , by the proposed system of harmony . Tb& grand object of the bill was to do away with alliances offeMve and'defensive , and to make the rtHWays the Qheen'a higtway . f . J ^ fter remarks by several gentlemen connected teBb . railways / leave was given to bring in the billi , - t ,. ; . „ . , -. ¦ t * . . ? . ' 1 . ' : 1 » . ¦ . i ¦ - .- ' .

      " h ± -i- ^ ajSCECJj ^ SBOUS .. V ^ er jfitouse 6 f Coicnmons did much talking and some bnttiness oif iViednesday . . . . First , IiOr 4 BoBEBT Gbosvenor moved the second reading of the Middlesex Industrial Schools Bill , the C ^ jiect of which is to provide schools for juvenile briminals , the expense to be paid out of the cotanty ¦^|| te . "; tTPa i * * private till , LordpoDiaiY Stoajm PI > f > Q 9 ed it , on flie grouad that the county jhagisficraes ^ i ^ ho will carry out its provisions , are * not ^ sp ^^ ble to the ratepayers ; an ^ that it ^ will in-^ diKSw ^^ iflhe expensei of the county . , He moved that jtfie bill ' be jcad a second time that day six months . on

      and the principle was the same which the law applied , to cases of guardian and ward , attorney and client , and other relations where influence -was presumable . Mr . ELeog-h complained of misrepresentations on the part of Mr . White ' side . and observed , that the very first clause of the bill would render absolutely void a transfer of property by a member of a rftligious coinmunity to a member of her family , unless proved not to have been executed under influence . Mr . Napier defended the enactments as well as the preamble of the bill ; "the latter would not have been necessary before the Reformation , when a person taking religious vows was held to be civilly dead . Mr . H . Phillimorb was of opinion , that until Parliament recognised these institutions , and held those who entered them to be civilly dead , this question would never be Bet at rest . The bill dealt with a particular class of cases of undue influence , not touching another class , in which medical persons exerted a powerful influence over their patients , especially "women , and which called for parliamentary influence more loudly than the other . Mr . Malins was arguing in support of the hill , when the approach ' of six o ' clock caused the adjournment of the debate . .

      Bribery ; Lkgisi / atton . — -It is impossible to calculate the action of the House in the treatment- of the bribery and corruption question . Monday afforded an illustration , when it was proposed that the Souse should gointo Committee on Lord John Kcssjexi . ^ Bill for preventing bribery , the Whig , Mr . Yebnon Smith , moved that the bill be referred to a Select" Coromittee , alleging that there were ; three bills before the House , one of them bedngSirP . Kelly ' s ,

      and that they ; , ought to be all considered together . . Lord John : RffssEWL objected , that to refer the bills . to a Select Cpmmiiitee would be really to defer them till next session . He was supported in that view by I ^^ Wj ^ oiiE , Mjr . I ^ apeek , Mr . 3 * iGOTT ,. and Mr . O | 93 MiBT | ,, wlffle ' Mr . PjnNN , Mr . Isaac Btocr , Mr-Packs , ' and Xord Hotham supported the amendment . On a division , theHouse resolved to consider the till in ^ committee by 146 to . 7 : jL . But ; ia , commjittee all the rest of the evening was spent over two clauses defining bribery ; and the Chairman reported

      progress . . . : . pOBUBi TjKryKRSrrT . —Mr . Fagan moved for l « ave to bring in a bill to establish a second college at Dublin , to be called the Queen's College , baring co-ordinate authority and an income equivalent to that of Trinity College , and open to students ofall religious denominations . He complained that Trinity Colfege was opulently endowed , but that no honours of eminence were open to the Roman Catholics . The University ^ voB not , as originally established , intended to be exclusively for the ben « fit of Protestants . The Roman Catholic corporation of Dublin gave the site ; and Roman

      Catholic . families ¦ freely subscribed to the funds . Mr . Hamilton and Mr . Napier , the University members , both warmly opposed the bill , affirming that Trinity College was founded to carry on the Reformation , and that it was a Protestant' institution from tne beginning . Mr . Whiteside , withJiis customary vehemence , denounced the bill as confiscation . Sir John Young opposed it . Mr . Hey wood and , Mr . Hume supported it ; but not with any -vigour-Seeing that the 'House was'decidedly ad-verse to this proposition- Mr . Fagan withdrew his motion .

      Ckiminal Gp > NVBK 8 ATi © N . —Mr . Bowteb has obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to actions far criminal conversation . He proposes that there shall be no more trials for damages ; but that the courts shall be allowed to fine a convicted defendant instead . And for the protection of tie woman , now utterly disregarded although her reputation is at stake , he proposes that she sliall have notice of trial ; and liberty to appear by counsel and to call witnesses . -

      Post-Office Duties . —Ministers suffered defieat on a small question , on Tuesday . Mr . Bkxlkw moved an address to the Queen , praying for the establishment of a post between Arran and the West coast of Ireland . , Sir John Young ridiculed the motion . Why should the islands of Arran have a mail ?—there are only three thousand persons theTe—chiefly coastguardsnrien t three clergymen , a magistrate , and—a lighthouse ! Besides it would coat 36 / . a year , and would not pay 1

      Against this monstrous doctrine Mr . French , Mr . H . Ba . ult . ie , Sir F . Baiuno , and Mr . H . HKUUEttr loudly protested . And they beat the Government , on a division , by 92 to 80 . ' . '

      1 ^ LtrcAS secondedr this amendment religious gifbnnds . ChaplauMi ' were not provided , for children hefe- § f the . esjablished church . But the bill was a £ rt > 8 gjjf ' airpTOiteS -jDyriKIr . . BiraaS ' Sir . ' AbpEBLEY , Mp . ItoEBUc ^ and Sir Weluam CmjcC Mr . Miaxj . MiM the bfi ^ tion that it was a pxivatebill ; and S ^ &c % « iQ ^ Ei ^ a ^ awifidged Its Mce , but did » 3 eeTft SuWtently J ^ i gntiy toprerenthim from T * fe ^^ W « # ^ te ^^ , ., ' ; ;' .. [; ' ' ; . ; ;*~ £ ^^ . I 3 ! gi >^ : * j 9 ^^ of the Hpiis& and ^ the bill was , read a eecondMme . ¦ ' [ ¦ ixiwAur oi

      j « . iuuy « u me secona . leauing- a . mu , further to extend the Public Libraries and Museums Apt ? - ' Bjw $ r Sfiw ^ -gW&o" -1 »; '" '' place * - "" governed i > y vestries -fr tb "town-councils to levy ratesr ^ ith ^ iit Asking the consent of the ratepa-yers ; * ^ anid the provisions of the biU were extended to Ireland and ^ thtnd . Gr ^ t oprwaition was raised OU . 3 e * if 6 ycd ^ ' MrV Fixzkot took' up this ground ; adding that th , e previqpa : act had not been sufflciently tried . The supporters of the bill , among whom were Mj . Httme . ^ It . Milnes , and Mr . BuictHT ,

      fought hardly in its , behalf ; , but . on a division they ttgWtfto&toApyM&ba& majority of 88 to 85—3 ! ^^ WS ^ mP ^^ m > nought « by Mr . Wfpraroj ^ ijnd ^ ijp ^" ^^ se ^ ' lsi a second reading , gave xis&ifc ^ tarni ; but abortive debate . Ws bill is intended t 6 prevent the use of undue influence in procuring Mtie ^ l ^^ . ^^ i ^ a ^ ^ rp ^ women Who Kiire : ; tailte ^ . if ( OSrB . ; TJiet opposition to it Vaa l « d . b > i& . Phinn , * hp , willxag to jwisi a ; fair me&s ^ re , willing to gire persons in nunneries the same

      safeguards Mi disposing of their property as tnose now eryoyed by marriedircspaen , declared * that this bill vient too far in thrusting upon the party benefited by the disposal of property the burden of' proving a negative—that undue influence had not been employed . Besides which , he entirely objected to the machinery of ] the bill . j Mr . Faoak founded Ms objection to proceeding on 4 be fact that : when thie bill was read a first time it iras -understood that it should not proceed further until Mr . Ghambers ' s committee [ not nominated as yet ] had reported .

      JLord Pauibhston had two objections to the second reading of this bill . First , there had been an understanding-, at the first reading , that the farther proceeding should be suspended until the House had decided upon the appointment of the Conventual Committee ; secondly , the bill itself was objectionable . ; The preamble was full of assertions which , whether well founded or not , were unnecessary , and calculated to ' give offence ; and he thought the enactments elso objectionable , as they contained too

      much or tdo little . They required proof by the parly benefited that an instrument executed in a convent was the free act of the party executing it . But the argument of the advocates of the bill showed that this enactment would be a nullity , for that there was a moral influence exercised over the mind of a nun which she could not resist ; so that , if a nun , acting under this moral coercion , disposed of property , it would be impossible to prove that it was done with her free will

      Mr . Whituside was surprised at the course taken by Ix > rd Palmerston , after he and the Attorney-General had objected that the bill did not go far enough , and render void all deeds executed within tho walls of a convent . Mr . Whiteside denied the alleged understanding , and considered the attempt to turn him over to a committee that would never *> e appointed as a mockery . He defended the pre-^ S ? i 5 e ^ of vhlch he affirmed , but he was Si T 5 'Ji alter Qny word that could not be SSfl ^' iK ^ eT aton hud objected to the prinno reason 'r ? aChUlery ° f tho bil 1 ' but h * aligned no reaaon . There waa no offcn 8 ive machinery in it ,

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . At length we have authentic information respecting the French contingent . Tho Moniteur of last Monday announced that upwards of 20 , 000 mon liad sailed for Gallipoli on board war-strips ; and tliat every day , at that dato , " a portion of the 800 vessels , freighted at Marseilles sets sail with cavalry , munitions , provisions , and articles of encampment . " Not only this , we have ( lie order of tho dny , issued to the troops , by Marshal St . Ariniud . It is us follown : — 14 SoldierB—In a few diiyn you aro to loave for the East . You aro going to defend uJlics unjustly attacked , mid to tuko

      they command the seas , and their fleets will feed the army while famine is in the camp of tbe enemy . The Turks and Egyptians have held out against the enemy since the commencement of the war . Alone and unaided they hare beaten them in several actions . What will they not do when seconded by your battalions ? . " Soldiers I 1 b « eagles of the empire resume their flight —not to menace Europe , but to defend it . Bear them on once more as your fathers bore them before yon ; afld , lake them , let us ali , before we quit France , repeat the cry vrhapli so often led them to victory— ' Vive rEmperetlri' ' " A . De St . Aknaud , Marshal of France , Conamauder-in-Cbief of the Army of tho East . "

      Vlce-Admiral Parseval-Deschenes , on taking the command of tne Baltic squadron , addressed the following order of the day "to the commanders , oificers , and sailors : — " Oalled on by the Emperor to the honour of commanding you at a moment when your courage may be useful to the country , 1 feel the most lively satisfaction at finding myself once-more in the midst of you . As I have so frequently done in my long career , I am about once more to appreciate that discipline , that devotion to their duty , , and tbakselfsacriSce of French seamen which lead to success , and which render me proud to be at your bead . Let your confidence in me be as in times past ; mine is assured to you . Let us unitti all our efforts at the outset of a laborious campaign :

      ani let us know , in the ' accomplishmerft of our task , how to Inspire ourselves with the sentiments . of patriotism which mast be caused by the cry of' Vive I'Emp&'etir P The- Moniteur of Thursday throws more light on the military preparations France thinks fit to make . " The report has been spread that it was the mtentioai of the Government to make a new levy of 100 , 000 men . The report is not exact . It is true that the Government presents to-day to the Legislative Assembl y a project of Taw for Sncreasmg the contingent of the class , of 1853 . EVery ope will understand that , under the preseiit cjrctiinstancea , stlcli a measure is directed by prudence , and that "• 'it " was necessary to take ft before a revision of the Go ' uncH . : But everything leads to believe that a notable part of this effective force will remain at home , as belonging to the reserve .

      The ! only object of the present project is , . in reality / ^ to give the Government the faculty of disposing , of this contingent in tlie case , little ^ probable , that the honour and interests of Fraace should inQperiously . demand it . " In . th ' e midst of this war-work France has a domestic trouble . ' The committee appointed to consider the demand of tlite Government for leave to prosecute HI . de Montalembert recommended that leave should be given . This was fiercely debated in the hitherto silent Legislative BoHy , a staunch minority contending that as M . de Montaleaibert did . not authorise the publication of the offensive letter to M . Dupin , he on ^ ht not to be prosecuted . The early part of . Tuesday ' s sitting , was marked by a speech from M . Prosper de Chasseloup-LaubaL who spoke with ereatdifi ; -

      mtj and nnnness as to the nature of the offence attributed to M . de Montalembert , and , concluded ty strongly recommeading the house , not to grant the authorisation demaaded by the Governnoent to prosecute that gentleman . , M . Bafoche followed , and , according to his" osual habit , 'distinguished himself by tbe relentless violence and unfairness with which he attempted to induce the house to join him hi his endeavours to crush an eminent man , whose name will be Recorded with honour long after M . Baroche himself shall have reaped , the fruits of which he has already sown the seed . His speech was that of a prosecutor calling for the condemnation of a cul p rit—not that of a legislator and senator fulfilling a painful , though perhaps necessary , duty . His speech created a painful feeling among the audience . M . de Montalembert , in rising to reply to M .

      aaroche commenced his remarks with great calmness and moderation ; but , after -a few sentences , he became excited by the numerous interruptions to which he was subjected , and lost his temper . He endeavoured to justify the motives wliich had induced him to write the letter to M . Dupin . He reminded the Assembly that while he liad always be « n a stranger to the spirit of party , he had nevertheless tak « n the defence of Government , as long as the Government continued hoaest and moderate . It was on that acconnt that he b > cgan by supporting the Government during the presidency , of Lcuis Napoleon . Bonaparte , and continued to do so till the ccntp aVdtat of the 2 nd of December . Bat he ( M . de Montalembert ) found it necessary to separate himself from Louis Mapoleon Bonaparte from the day that lie had ceased to be

      the head of an honest and moderate Government . At these words M . de Montalembert was assailed by the Bouapartists —that is , by fully three-fourths of the members presentwith loud cries for explanation . In the midst of tho confusion , one of the deputies having contrived to overcome the din so far as to bo able' to put the question distinctly as to what the orutor meant by saying that the Government had c « ased to bo "honest and rnoderate , " M . de Montalombert replied , " The spoliation of tho property of the family of Orleans is not an honest act , and tho demand for leave to prosecute me is not a modorate one . " M . Baroche then rose , and , turning towards M . Billault , aaid , " M . President , you ought not to allow the Emperor to

      be insulted . " M . Billault answered : * Let him continue ; this Bpeech is a part of tho documents in the process . " " What ! " cried M . do Montalembert , "do you set up for being my judge ! " an exclamation of indignation which was applauded even by tho deputies of tlio Imperial Legislative Corps . Iho Legislative Body authorised tho prosecution by 184 to 51 . After the vote , M . Baroclie went up to one of tlio deputies who had voted in favour of M . do Montalembert , and in a manner which showed the unluoky membor tliat he \ it \ B a marked man , aaid " Monaiuur , vous avez vote' contro l'Kmpereur Tho Alonitmv of Thursday announced that tho Emperor on tho previous day received M . do llubner , the Austrian envoy , who pii'acnted a leltix from hia Sovereign .

      up the defianco flung by tho Czar at tho nalionn of tho West . From the Baltic to tho Mediterranean Europo will applaud your efforts nntl your success . You will combat sine by side with the Ennlisli , the Turks , » ind the ICgyptians . You know what i « due to comrades—union and cordiality in the intercourse of tho camp ; devuiednoss to tin * , common cause on tho field of battle . Franco i » nd England , rivals in other timcH , aro now friends and allifH . Tho two countries lmvo lournod to cBtoem each other whilst combatim / . ' 1 'nite . d .

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      Turning from France to > ( Jennany we find rejiorta that Itusuia haH nruido new j ) ro | K ) S <\ l . s ( or pr « co . Tho statement iw < lmt Duko ( jei ) rgi ) of Mfckloiihurg-Strislitv ; , who arrived in Jierlin a fovv ( lny « since from St . Petersburg on an t-xtra-

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      316 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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