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    2 , 8 CM ) jO 0 i 0 L , subject , moreover , to a cash'deduction . Under the present extraordinary circumstances he thought that this amount ought to he reduced , which in other times -might not be necessary , hut he reiterate ^; tbat it was this last sum only which repre-Bented ^ he amount of Bank accommodation , and that th ^|^ g ^ r sum was . but a matter of account . There W * M nothing more erroneous than the supposition that the demands of Government had tended to the ofthe

    amount at your banker's being one for discussion . Suggestions as to means for replenishing the balance had been , suggested , but the statement he had made that night was only a retrospective one , and it would be absurd in him then to enter into the question as to what migh £ be found necessary for the service of the year . , Motion agreed to , and the House rose for the Easter recess .

    ject . Of course , if information had not reacliH&IIhe Foreign-office it would be impossible to give any eSS planation . LoTd IiYNDHURST believed that Sir Hamilton Sey * niour had stated the fact to some noble lords now present . . The Marquis of JiANSPowuK said perhaps Sir Hamilton Seymour might hare received such information , but the Government had not . [ Writing to the Times , Sir Hamilton Seymour says : [ Writing to the Times , Sir Hamilton Seymour says :

    " The question affecting my interests appears to be not whether certain cases which I left at St . Petersburg , which contain pictures , ornamental' furniture , books , linen , and other articles of "value are to ba seized and confiscated , but whether their shipment on board ihe Anne M'Aliater , the only English vessel remaining at Cronstadt , is to be permitted . According to the last advices , the question nas been determined against me ; but , -as I am bound to infer that the decision must have been taken upon erroneous grounds , I stfll entertain the hope that it may be reconsidered and revised . " ]

    COLONIAL CHURCH . A . discussion , clearly for purposes of opposition merely , was transacted in committee on the Colonial Disabilities Bill , on Monday , occupying the House over four lines for no less than five hours . The bill consists only of one clause , and indemnifies the metropolitan of any province , or the bishop of any diocess in the colonies , with his clergy and the lay members of the Church of England for attending meetings to regulate ecclesiastical affairs .

    Mr . Dunlop moved to substitute for " metropolitan of any province , or bishop of toy diocess , " the words " bishops and clergy , " being one of a series of amendments the object of which was to . guard against giving indirectly a legislative sanction to a preference to the Church of England in the colonies over any other religious denomination there . The debate upon this amendment extended , not only to . the whole scope and principle of the bill , but to the essential character and status of the Church of England in the colonies .

    The SoLicrroR-GENERAJvwho had charge of the bill , offered to modify the terms of the clause so as to obviate the objection of Mir . Dunlop . The opponents of the amendment called for a division , when the amendment was carried by 81 to 34 . .. . Mr . Dunlop then moved another amendment , to leave out the words " within such province or . diocess /* and insert " notwithstanding such bishops and clergy having been respectively consecrated and ordained by bishops of the said United Church . "

    The Solicitor-Genekal could not at all assent to the words now proposed , but he would agree to such an alteratiojL in the indemnity clause as that , instead of enacting that "no statute , law , rule , usage , or authority of the United Kingdom shall extend or be construed to prevent the metropolitan of any province or the bishop of any diocess in the colonies of her Majesty , together with his clergy and the lay persons of such province or diocess , being

    members of the United Church of England and Ireland , " from meeting together from time to time to regulate their ecclesiastical affairs , the clause should run thus , " No statute , law , rule , usage , or other authority of the United Kingdom shall extend or be construed to prevent the bishops and clergy in the colonies of her Majesty and the lay members of the congregations of such clergy , being members of the United Church of England and Ireland from holding such meetings .

    Nearly all the members who spoke in opposition afiected not to understand the bill . Mr . Ddnlop pressed his amendment ; and it was negatived by 78 to 43 . finally the Solicitor-Geneual agreed to take the bill home with him aud re consider it;—the chairman reported progress , and the committee was ordered to sit again on the 24 th April .

    PUBLIC BUSINESS AFTER EASTER . Iiord John Russell moved that during the remainder of the session orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion upon Thursdays . He wished to take that opportunity of stating , that if that motion was acceded to he should propose this erening that the Oxford University Bill be committed pro forma , in order to its being recommitted on Thursday , tlie 27 th inst ., and that on the 1 st of May his right honourable friend the President of the Board of Trade would move that the House go into committee on the Railway Bill . A question had been asked of his right honourable friend the President of the Poor-law Board , with respect to the

    Settlement and Removal Bill , which was fixed for the 28 th of April . He was in hopes that his right hon . friend would have been present in the House tonight , but as he was not , he ( Lord John Russell ) would therefore say that it was not proposed to go on with ' thatbill in the courso of tho present sessioii-( Loud cries of " Hear , hear" ) Tho Government proposed , however , that his right honourable friend should move for a select committee to consider the law and practice with regard to the removal of Irish paupers from Iilngland and Scotland , and of Scotch and English paupers from Ireland . Motion agreed to . Juvenii . ic iticiroBMATOitiKs . —Mr . Aodekley wished

    WAR MATTERS . Questions were put in both Houses , on Tuesday , with a view to elicit information on matters regarding the war . In the House of Peers Lord Beaumont was the questioner , and he put a set of questions to Lord Clarjekpoi * , all of which are sufficiently indicated in the following interesting reply : — "My lords , I do full justice to tie forbearance of my noble friend , and admit that be has in general carefully abstained from putting to the Government any questions that might tendT to their embarrassment ; but [ must be allowed to say that on tho present occasion he has made up for any previous neglect or delay by putting a long series of

    questions * , My principal difficulty wUl consist not in answering but in remembering them . I think the first ques - tion of my noble friend had reference to the protocol which he .-said had recently been signed , aad the production of . which he desires . That protocol . was only signed ^ the day before yesterday , at Vienna , and as yet we have only seen the draft of it , which reached us yesterday . I think the protocol is . of a satisfactory character . It is not precisely that which we originally desired , and that which the Austrian Government agreed to in the form of a convention ; but it has been framed to meet the wishes of the Prussian Government , and I must say that it substantially contains all tho convention . Tlie assent of Prussia was readily given to this convention and vrotocol .

    and it was signed on Sunday hist . It has not yet arrived in a complete shape , otherwise there would not have been the slightest difficulty inJaying it upon the table ; but as soon as the House meets again , I nave no doubt we shall be able , to produce it . With respect to the first rumour to wliich my noble friend . allnded—that of Prussia having , ' gone over altogether to ; Bussia— -I can assure him there & not the slightest foundation for it , and I believe there is not the slightest groundx ) f apprehension . I certainly wish thattbe temper / and tone of the debates in the » Chamber at Berlin Had Jbeesa rather different fronuwbat : they were ; but sometimes there are rather strong exhibitions : of temper in yaur lordships' House—( Jaughter ) -r- * nd . fchope iny . noble friend will

    not consider tne Jr / rnssian tiovernmeota-esponsible forthe tone of the Prussian Chamber . Although : the tone and result may not have been what we expected Or desired , I think it is sufficiently manifest , both from the proceedings hi the Chamber and the proceedings of the Government , that the state of things which my noble friend apprehended- ^ of Prussia passing over to Russia—is impossible . With regard to the rumour that my noble friend says has been circulated in London , which , if true , must be a matter of very great regret —the recal of Chevalier Bonsen—I certainly have heard the same rumour , and he lias also heard it , but as yet lie has no positive knowledge of the fact . The only thing that was sa d was , that there was URely to be another special mission sent

    over Here—something of the same nature as that Sssembled three sveeks ago , and which would probably be attended with the same results . With respect to the treaty that has been signed—the new convention between Prussia and Austria—I am not able to give the information which my noble . firiend desires , because that treaty has not yet been communicated to hex . Majesty ' s Go \ fernment . All that I have heard respecting it is , that it passed from Austria to Prussia , and was carried there J > y General Hess . I believe it haB been concluded not exactly in the terms Austria proposed , but I do not know that it has been ratified or agreed to . I believe it ia offensive and defensive with respect to any attack which may be made on Germany , My noble friend alluded to the fleet in the Black Sea . The last information that we have received states that the whole of the combined

    fleet was at Kavarna ; and even before the news was received of the-passage of the Danube by the Russian forces , as it was to be expected in the Lo wer Danube that the passage might be attempted , this movement took place . Since then , information has been received that the news of the passage of the Danube has reac hed the admirals , and the y have despatched steamers in the direction of Kostandjee , to communicate with the Turkish military authorities , and to afford them all the assistance in their power . We hare received no information of any Austrian troops having entered Servia . Some time sin < je a communication was received from the Austrian Government , stating that an Austrian corps tfarmde would enter Servia if the Russians crossed into Servia , or if the Servian insurrection co ntinued ; but that the occupation would be solel y for the purpose of maintaining the status quo , and upholding the authority of the Sultan . "

    KEPOKTED SEIZURE OF SIR HAMILTON SEVMOUfi ' S rnopEiiTv . Lord Ltndhtjust wished to call the attentioil of her Majesty ' s Government to a report which had been current for the last two days , to the « ffect that the Russian authorities had seized the property of the late able and most excellent Minister at St . Petersburg . He hoped there was no foundation whatever for the report . If it was true , it was such a gross violation of the admitted law of nations as could scarcely bo expected from Russia as a civilised State . He hoped some Minister would give an explanation of the affair .

    The Marquis of Lansdowne said , in tlio absence of his noblo friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs , he might state that ho entirely ngreed in the construction which Lord Lyndhurst had so justly given of tho character of the proceeding to which he had alluded , if such a proceeding - had taken place . He could only say that up to a very Into hour Lord L ! laron , don had received no information on the

    subr ^ trwbt meatia - London money market , the e ^ t eojntrary ; ias he showed , being the case ; the disbursements of the Government having added to the loanable capital of the country 8 , 000 , 000 / . while j ^ nat hadbeen withdrawn was , up to yesterday , 2 , t 29 » , QOO . He next disposed of a belief that there wjutiBQine unwritten compact with the Bank , made ljfcia ^ i to the effect that demands were not to be made on' the ' Bank in regard to the deficiency

    bfllty and stated that there was , on the contrary , a full and carefully drawn agreement , providing that ifitliBre we a diminution of the public balances h ^ oVr what Vai usual , tbie Bank was ' to have a cjpm : on the , Goyernnient for interest , and if jthere . / were , an excess , the Government would ^ ve ^ claim to share the profit . HC tKen . went ^ Jpw' ^^ B ^ t ^ lon ' of , Jhe ixm [ xu ^ i&SL dej >> £ . *¦ $ . - jBJ * p 5 | jfcheo amount of ; Exclh 0 g . ueriball 9 whichVfjlp jrarament was aUowed to issue at 17 , 774 , 000 / ., and ^¦ bL actual issue at 16 , 600 , 000 / ., so that they were wbMf ^ the * maximum they were entiled to isBUe by ttie ^ uin ^ Of ^ 174 , 000 / . He expected to have to make ^¦ fSrtfier demand for authority , and probably might not even' have to issue all that had , been' granted .

    He referred . to the satisfactory state of public credit , wHbK he illustrated by reference , first , to the price of puhUc securities here ia comparison with that of lfi |^^^ 8 ecurities ) and , secondly ,-to the price of cur f ^ d ^ fno-wf ' agT . compared with what' it had been in Iotm ^ times . ' In years of peace * ahclnotof extradlnaurp ^ disirress , Consols had gonfe much lower tfiian they > had been at the clbfe- on the preceding Dight , O * naely 2 88 ii ^^ He made& similar comparison in the W ^ &&&&ie &W& ^ e cl ^ e ^* iiir « tateineni by Si ^ Sin ^^^^^ M ^ h ^ h ^ eda ^ W ^ mmBh , n $ ai ^ y M ^ &i ~ Hhe a % ai ^ r 6 f $ We revenue was satisfac-A 3 BKg ^» .: lgsr * Ii » i& * g «« tfi& . « &in v . * >*» ,, » n ^^^^^^ i- a ™ 4 u ~

    W& fc fjjgjjg ^ fr ^ pfc to inspire fear , that there had been no d £ nainution df < : omm ' erce in consequence , that the \ infi&ded debt Was moderate in extent , and . that public credit was in a state -which might well make us € eel tTJAiittuL con >» r . ering the existing circumstances . JB&lindved that the ' balance-sheet should lie on the ^ Si £ ^** ' ^" ¦ - '* ' ¦ ¦ ' - ^ ^ ' - ¦ ... -- ¦ . ^ , j J ^ , jDiSBAjBiia 'fi motion for returns had no con'jn ^^ on ^ wjth ^^ e present motion , but was merely a c ^^ uation 3 f ia niotion he had made early in the y ^ v ^^ Ql ^ uld not go into a word of argumen t , . ^ aj | lialjwi ^ eia . to' show ^ that he had been justified Mf . the " anticipations he liad formerly expressed as to Ihe . halaiice of the delt , and as to the amount of itejdeficienjy ^ bills . . Having briefly sought to prove ' thu ^ he said tliat the statement of the Chancellor jof % e Exchequer as to the deficiency bills was far Irom satisfactory , and that the Exchequer was actually mihua the six millions required for the public

    Jeryicey irigeniqusly as the Chancellor of the Exchequer hadglosised the subject over . He read evidence in supjport of bis view in regard to recourse being had to these bills , and urged it was most unadvisahle ^ hat . at such a crisis Government Bhould habitually 4 o that to which the evidence he had read attributed the panic of 1847 . .,, Mr . Thomas Baring said , that the notice of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , that he was going to JUake a statement , had ia itself caused much apprehension in the City as regarded what he might he '

    goingto do . Mr . Baring saw no cause for any apprehension as regarded the national credit , but hoped that in future operations more caution would be exercised than heretofore . His fear of the Chancellor of the ^ Exchequer's system was , that the keystone of hi * ^ policy was , relying not upon income that had Cpinie in , but that which had to come in—in fact , upon advances . , <^ ^ . Mr . liAXxa had heard much of the Chancellor of Abe Exchequer ' s speech with satisfaction , and thought that good had been done by disabusing the public mind on the subject of the deflciences ; hut on the

    system of drawing even the sum which had been admitted he was disposed to agree with Mr . Baring . The question was now how to replenish the balances , and he was in favour of having recourse to a loan for replacing that part of the National Debt that had been paid off . Sir H . Wixloughby concurred in this latter view . Mr . Gladstone replied , vindicating his own statements ' against the misrepresentations of other

    apeakers , especially denying that he was an habitual borrower , that being the first quarter he had ever borrowed at all , or that he had made borrowing tho key-stone of his finance , though lie had said that a moderate use-of deficiency bills was a good practice , m 9 , a 8 e where revenue was not equably coming in and flowing out . But the real key-stone of his finance was tho asking the Houao > o provide an income more than necessary for the expenditure for the year , the question of keeping a greater or lesser

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 15, 1854, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2034/page/4/