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      to know whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure this session to enable the Government to make rise of reformatories for children established voluntarily , and also to give magistrates power to commit children to such places , and make allowance for their

      maintenance . l $ Brwrouin > i * A 3 nx —Sir J . Paxingtox wished to ask the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether it was true that the House of Assembly of Newfoundland had lately refused to proceed with business unless responsible government -was conceded to that colony ; and whether her Majesty ' s Ministers had consented to establish responsible government in ^ Newfoundland , and , if so , upon what conditions ? > Mr . Pbbl said , the Assembly of Newfoundland , at the commencement of the present session , had passed a resolution that they would not do any business with the council till the decision of the Government with regard to the . application made by the Assembly last : year for freer institutions was made known . But meanwhile , before the Government

      were aware of the course taken by the Assembly , they forwardeda despatch expressing their readiness to concede responsible government to Newfoundland as soon as certain conditions had been complied with . These conditions were , that the holders of existing offices being liable to displace * ment should be indemnified ; that the number of the members of the Assenibly should be ^ fafced from fifteen to thirty , not by doubling the number of representatives of the different distrusts , but by . a-subdivision of those districts ; and , lastly , that the salaries of members and the expenses of candidates for election should mot be paid oat of the colonial treasury , but by local assessment on the different districts . Lord Pamwkrhtok said Mr . Adderley was good enough to senito him the other day the draft of a bill which was

      prepared with a view t <> the accomplishment of the purpose referredjHo in his question ; but he was sorry to say other avocations had prevented him from giving it the requisite amount of attention . ' In the principle of the bill'he entirely concurred ; » nd he would take an early opportunity of informing , the hbn . gentleman whether the Government were prepared to introduce it themselves , or would give it their snpport in case he himself should bring it in as an independent ijncmber . Cask or Mr . Stonok . —Sir G . Grey reported from , the CJommittee of Selection that the following members had been named as the committee to investigate the circamstances connected with the appointment of Mr . Stonor to a judgeship at Melbourne :- —Mr . Sotheron , Mr . Bonham Carter , Mr . Gaskell , Mr . Hor eman , and J 3 ir J . Duckworth , chairman .

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      UNAUTHOBISED INEGOTIATIONS . The'following is a copy of Lord Campbell ' s bill , intituled *? An Act to prevent any unauthorised Negotiation or Intercourse touching Public Affairs between witf subjects ot her Majesty and any foreign Potentate ,-or State : " ' - : •• - --. " Whereas by the law of nations intercourse between independent nations respecting tlie political aett of the governments ojf such nations ougntto be carried « n only through the governments of such nations , or through the agency of ambassadors or ministers duly appointed , for that purpose ; and whereas it is expedient that the observance of the saiq . ' i ! l * w . ' should be enforced -by the . cnunicipal k » w of this realm ; he it enacted by the Queen ' s most excellent Majesty , by and "frith the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal , aqjjlM&ninons , in this present par * hament assembled , and dj the authority of the same , as follows :

      " 1 , If any subject or subjects of her Majesty shall after the passing of this act , without the authority of her Majesty , or leave for that purpose granted ia writing to him or them by one of her &ajesty \ principal secretaries of state , present to any foreign , potentate , or the government of any foreign state , any address from or professing to come from any portion of her Majesty ' s subjects touching any act of her Majesty ' s government or of the government of such potentate or state , or touching any

      negotiation on public affairs pending between her Majesty's government and the government of such potentate or state , or the policy to be pursued on public affairs between her Majesty ? s government and the government of such potentate or state , or shall , representing or professing to represent any portion of her Majesty ' s subjects , by any other means enter into any negotiation , correspondence , or intercourse with any such potentate or state touching any of the matters aforesaid , the persons so offending shall be and they are hereby declared to be guilty or a

      misdemeanour . tl 2 . All offences against this act may be inquired of , tried , determined , and dealt with , as if the same had been respectively committed within the body « f the county of Middlesex . " 5 '

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      AKCTIC EXPEDITION . Tub following instructions have been addressed to Captain Maguire , of the Plover , now engaged ia the Arctic Kegions in the search for Sir John Franklin ' s expedition : — "Admiralty , Jan . 11 , 1854 . " Sir , —My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , by their instructions to you , dated the 15 th of February , 1853 , and transmitted to Behring ' s Strait , by her Majesty ' s ship AtnpJiitrite , directed the return of her Majesty ' s sloop Plover , under your command , from the wint « r quarters at Point Barrow to Grantley Harbour , 8 O 8 Oon a 9 tne Beasoa of i 85 i Would permit . I nrn now commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that Captain M'Clure , in her Majesty ' s ship Investigator , arrived at a . harbour on the north-east ehore of Banks' Land , on tlio 24 th of

      September , 1851 , and stibsgguentlf cdmmunicat « d with Melville Island , thiereby * insuring 1 the safety of the crew of / that ship . "B ||||| 0 ' ar letter pf the 21 st of August last it appe ^ J 9 fe * ¦ c . WsSM ? 6 shi P Enterprise had been see ^ f § BI ^ S * t * ^ S ^^^ aOrt W ° shore of America , SP& ^ WW ^ SR ^ " ^ »«• If Ca P tain ColunsM snould ^|| j |^ fbuxid the same extent of open water along tlit& shore as was experienced by Captain M'Clifr ^ : ^ # if iie pursued the same track , their Lordships have reason to expect that he may have been enabled to reach a position to the eastward of Cape Bathurst , and thence , by means of travelling parties , -to have obtained , from the records left by the of the

      officers of the / ntw ^ afor . inforrn . ation proceed ^ - ings of that ship as a gTaicte to his-future plans . "In whatever position the Enterprise may at this time be placed , it is' obvious that in the ensuing spring ( 1854 ) Captain Collinson , from the iedtuced state of his supplier , will be compelled to abandon his ship . It may toe presumed that , if to the eastward of the Mackenzie . River , and having found the records of Captain M'Ckue , he ' frill push on with Ms crew to the north-eastward , vrifli the VieW of reaching Melville Island , or he may divide ' his ship's company , and send one portion by the Mackenzie River , with the intention of reaching the Hudaon ' sbay posts .

      " If , -howevery by any unfortunate accident the Enterprise has been lost , it i& by no means improbable tbat Captain Goljinson may have returned to the Plover . ' If suchi shduld hare been the case ; there -will exist no further necessity for the detention of the Plover and JRatdesnake at Behring ' s Strait ; arid my Lords desire you will accordingly proceed to San Francisco and Valparaiso to wait' their farther orders . . ¦ ... ¦ . '

      " But should no further information have reached you respecting the ^ Enterprise since she was reported off the Colville , it "will be necessary for you to consider the expediency of remaining for another season at Point Barro ^ vrith the yieV of affording assistance to Captain , Collirison and his crewy Bhouid he still be compelled to fall back on the IPbtier ; On this point we are unable , from want of information relative to your proceedings since August last , apdthe further tidings you may have gained respiting the Enterprise , to give you any definite instructions ; their Lordships ditirely rely on your judgment as to

      the necessity of your remaining another year . They desire me to acquaint you that the Plover and Battlesnake are now detained Bolelycn Account of , and to ¦ afford assistance to , Captain Collinson and the crew oftKe Engrpr&ei If ybu ^ el ^ r tttin that the crew of that ship is safe , you aw . hereby directed " to dis--continue your present service jqtidjto return to "Valparaiso . . If you shoiild , however ^ Pter f u ] l aeliberation , deem it to be ( essentially neoepsary to extend the services of the P , lover to another winter , it ie their

      Lordships'directions that you should exchange any of your officers or men , revictual the ship , arid again proceed to Poikt Harrow , provided the ship and your crew are efficient } but 90 sooa . a ^ the . season of 1855 will admit , that you proceed to Grantley Harbour , and thence to San ^ Fj-ancisco anil Valparaiso , for further orders ., Ypu are distinctly to understand that it is not their Lordships' intention to send iip a ship from the Pacific station to communicate with Grantley Harbour in 1855 , and you are therefore positively to leave Behring ' s Strait in that year , as directed . ¦ ¦

      " In case of youx not being able to place th « Plovet in the harbour at Point Barrow , or in any other safe position north of Qrantley Harbour , you may return to that port ( Gra-ntley Harbour ) , and , having deposited all spare provisions and stores with her Majesty ' s ship Rattlesnake , you may at once proceed to Valparaiso as before directed , as there does not exist any necessity for retaining two ships at that port , Commander Trollope having been directed ^ to continue there until the summer of 1855 , as per copy oi the enclosed orders .

      "In the event of any accident having occurred to the Plover , rendering her unseaworthy , or of her having been , on survey , found unfit for further service , my Lords desire that the ship be placed in some safe position as a depot , to afford shelter to any travelling or other party , and that you proceed , with the officers and crew , on board her Majesty ' s ship Rattlesnake , or whatever ship which may have been sent from Valparaiso , and consider yourself as a passenger in that ship .

      "In the event of England being at any time involved in hostilities with any other Power during your employment on the above service , you are clearly to understand that you are not to commit any hostile act whatever , the ship under your command being fitted out for the solo purpose of aiding those engaged in scientific discoveries , and it being the established practice of nil civilised nations to consider vessels so employed as exempt from the operations of wur . " I am , & . c , "W . B . Hajriilto . v . " To Commander Maguire , her Majesty ' s Sloop I lover . "

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      April 15 , 1854 . THE LEA EBR . 341 ¦ X I t ' ^ pJ ^^ y ^ g ^ jf J _ | ^ * " " _

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      ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ¦¦^^¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ c » CONTINENTAL NOTES- * ' ** The chief event abroad has been the debato in . the Prwh sum Second Chamber on the demand of the lfinS ^ TS the loan * rf thirty millions of thaler ' s : Theri were ^ eVerlr propositions before the chamber . The Minister propS a ^ unconditional grant of the loan . A party orSHaS wished to assent to the loan , and eonveyat tlie same tiiS ? i * ' expression of their approval of the steps taken by the Government in conjunction with the Western . Powers . vW Vincke and the Eadicala would only assent to the lo an onl condition that the Government went with the Western Poppers into war .-with Bussia . The debate was opened by M . Manteuffel , the Prime Minister , who spoke as follows--• 'Gentlenien .--The King ' s , Government , in cpnseqnenc « : of Jhe great political events in tie midst of vhich Europe k placed ., and the menacing dangers of war , has , deman ^© a from the Chamber , the credit it requires to place on activV aerylce the eritlr i e w * r force of th ? country . Three weeto ago , when the proposition . wa » introdnced , the proof that " this danger existed ni ) g ^ t * p ^ ihaps , h aje leen denuuide ^^ I ^ L ^ j I" *^ , ^^^^^^^^ . ^^ ^^ mtiineuis i £

      ar wiiicji ; ne , uropenn powers are ~ makings aal the ! proof is no loiigei ; , iaeceaspry . there : aow ~ onlylKi i ^ Br simple qaest ibfeWili ; yoi , io the' &ffin $$ M 4 a « ger , acgord to , ^ 10 ^ 1 ^ . 'dML'iyMn ^ W ^ H meeting It ? Or wilfyoCreF& ^' t ^^ W' ^ BI full r ight to , taka either co ^ r £ Q . i : I ^ & % o ^ Jmim I gave in detail , and witli fraDkn ^/ i ^ l * naiio ^ oi ' tafj ^ rcnof 'A political evei % Mwi ^ il Prussik ; * I did so because I " believed tlialT titibffir * & 6 m 2 naiious might l > e supplied without prejudice to Vhe ^ ttri ^ e « auie I fished to refuse e ^ yoji , . m ^ TW ^^ SS ^ CM ^ ^ aningaenceon the vote of : Mb Chamber . u » i

      because ll > elievei it useful to combat erroneous ideai ant to throw $ rue lafii \ ; bn ; th > piiicy of trosaia , whWlli be ? n , frpm the first an independent pollcy ^ d whicn'hlS for its object tka ^ reles ^ biisliSt ^ f i ££ ^ SSSffli qt th « jcominitt ^ evwhicX T . wili not : ife& f ! wiiifi ) nl % M we- ? : rieir ., fect . f . rJ [ t ; , EC ' thiM : * ¦ mf ^^^ wwmm Powers ^^ w hich ;^ foftli ¦ th # ; comW > fl ^ M'lfiKBf gt ^ iftg ^ t fj *; Plenipot ^ tiarie 8 '< ifJl «« r : a P < W ^ 7 au ^ prtiea ?; to / sigi ^; i ^ t ^ ffii ^ S » tptfM

      < jeave anyapnot afi to % na ttaw ^^ mTMm ? mm ! i ^ t 9 dhe votes to be ^ fen . ' OTl ^^^ nte ^^ M < . ^ UFl cpaditiojisl vpteh& 1 ft " r e $ ^^ the credit demanded At ^ p ^ yt ^^^^ WWM flight would fall ^ f the'Mi ^ t ' ' werejtd ; ^ af 0 It * . Handlit at a momentat ' wlnch it & essential to Have item ireje ^ jM &Qverhm' ? nt Mw > Q % pil' kfmSffimbfflB poficy w < mld be u > j ^? ns to tli © country . 'Havb cdnndfii ^ If you demand guarantees—if you ijeVk otters tiBanltfiow

      iigsrlas a pfcwf thatTowe ^ fr divev ^^ pSlSWii here , yet that danger , when it threateus , wiU alwayslid < ui HereupoH another M . Manteaffel fbrothei' of the Premfer ) rose , and denied the right of the" Chamber . to jpdge- ^ qj ' -Iblf foreicia ptolicy of , the Governui « nt at " all . ^ e / * a ^ y ip ) iQlol give its blood witliout making conditions : let fcWnif imi ^ at r , M . _ Be ^ inaniirBo \ weg , le » de » of the oia Pjrrts | iwk Jife said-f RusW is Btriving for the Kdvera ^ nt ^^ V ^ Stomostwiedii ^ d ' td ^ reasoQ , ' Mii'i ^ Mm ^^

      sentiment . Russia j ^ s under gr ^ t obligation to Pi ^ w sherepays us- by closing her frontier , to oitr . < b ^ me ^^ i ^ treating our ,, state wi ^ E contempt . ''' - "T&ft ''"' Btiss&to ' . twcrj anaongrus having " failed to engage us in an alliknce ititn Bussia now Bt » ads up for neutrality : " as ifP rrissia could rM main neutral in the midst of combatants . Prnisia tiiti "bait one part to take—she must joha the Western Pof ^ ers ^ 'ftc rather Europe , to sustain tlievtfgtit . ( Prdonged applaim ^) am delighted to hear thftfc-a gobd understaiadihg 1 a (| c ^ iii ^> blished with Austria . But why not state ' th ^^ uiidX ^ Sf this agreement ? Prussia Uesitafes' alwiayB . WoeT / id ffie country if in this case it decides only ui thVnioment of

      danger , and when it is too late , ' ' I tjrust , gentlemen , " said the speaker , " with confidence not in equivocal words nor in men who bend with the willow in the wild , bat in the irresistible current of events . " " ' ' The Bpeecli . which produced the greatest sensation , iw that of M . de Vincke . Thia genUetmn was repeatMly cheered , and when he had . concluded , ' the effect was abjrteat that the sitting was suspended for several minutes . M . de Vincke said : — ' " It has been said that tee character of the Emperor ot Russia ought to reassure us , I have th , e grtateit e » W ( A for his character , and I declare that it ii ' not true that b £ pi * act « d with perfidy . He has always s ^ Wwhat ho dettWi . and ho has now attempted what he desired . ' He addremwd tVM Wt Krfi ——^—¦ f

      CjliPltimim WII Will i * U 1 COpVV IHVO »» vw «•— . w » - •> w » w ^» the thr 6 ne he has been arrested neither l > y romantio sentiments nor by bonds of relationship . H « has been guided alone by the consideration of what the grandeur and power of his country- called for , and in that respe « t he has certainly diatinguiahod himself amongst his peers . He wants to lubjd the key of liis own liouso , a * Pater the Groat expressed 3 t ; and no one can blame him in the Russian point of view . ^ Bui we , gentlemen , have to look at our interest in a Pruadan point of view . If Rus « ia should seize on the BoBphoraa and the Sound , sho becomes invincible , and you . ' haVe ' a" direct interest in opposing it . If you are an Eorppean power , ydja ought to oppose such , projects moat energetically : ^ f iy ' ow aVe not , you ought the more to join those who can'defend jrOjiir weakness . Kuasia ia the most poworfql neighbour ot Prussia , and lior territory runs into ours . For a length ot time , HuBsia covets our Eastern provinces j meanwhile aho

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 15, 1854, page 341, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2034/page/5/