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      IMPERIAL " PARLIAMENT-

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      Monday , March Zrd . JUDICIAL STATISTICS . In the House op Lords , Iiord Brottghasi moved a series of resolutions relating to judicial statistics . Since 1839 , a falae economy had caused tlxese statistics to be greatly abridged , so that many interesting details are omitted for the sake of saving some small sum . A much better system exists in France , where the minutest facts illustrating the position and history of convicted criminals are set forth in official returns . A congress for the discussion of these questions was held last year in Paris ; and England was represented there by three' commissioners . These commissioners recommended an adoption of the

      French plan of fashioning judicial returns ; and the object of Lord Brougham ' s resolutions was to call the attention of the House to the necessity he conceived to exist for a better system than the present . He did not , however , ask' the House to adopt the resolutions at present , but only hooped that they might be allowed to lie on the table . They had reference to returns from the criminal courts and the civil courts , Including the Admiralty Courts , the Ecclesiastical Courts , and the Bankruptcy Courts . —The Lord Chancellor ackowledged the importance of the subject , and promised that it should receive every attention . —The resolutions were then laid on the table .

      blood , which oi course augments the naturakiseiiBitiveness of Persians with respect to their women . By treaty with Persia , we can only have agents at Tabriz and Teheran ; yet the Mirza has been sent to Shiraz . An apology has been demanded from the Shah , which is in itself an insult , for a king should not be asked to apologise . And this has been followed up by the first step to a war—a war which , if it take place , must have the effect of throwing Persia still more into the arms of Russia . Lord Paljisrston deprecated the discussion of this subject while negotiations were yet pending—a course which might have the effect of rendering an arrangement much more difficult . Mirza Hashim ( according 1 to a custom prevalent at all the foreign missions , and

      long acknowledged by Persia ) took refuge in the English Embassy , and was sent by Mi * . Murray to Shiraz , where we have been in the habit of having an agenoy . It is . usual for the protection of the embassy to extend to the family and goods of the person threatened j but the Mirza ' s wife ( who , though connected with the Shah , is not of royal blood ) was seized ; and , to letters from Mr . Murray , demanding her release , the Shah had written some replies yphich showed that he had not studied a Persian " Polite Letter-Writer . " . Mi * . Murray had not required an apology for the offensive expressions ; but had demanded that they should be withdrawn . We are not at war with Pex-sia ; and only two small vessels have proceeded to the Persian Gulf , to protect our commerce .

      THE PARIS NEGOTIATIONS . Mr . Disraeli inquired whether it was true , as reported , that the preliminaries of peace had been signed at Paris . — -Lord Palmerston replied that , as the House was aware , certain articles had been proposed , by Austria to Russia , with the previous consent of England and France , as conditions to serve as the foundation of a treaty of peace . These conditions were at . first accepted by Russia , with a reservation , and afterwards unconditionally , or pur et simple

      These articles were subsequently recorded in a protocol at Vienna , signed by the Plenipotentiaries . When the conferences commenced at Paris , it was agreed at the first meeting that the previous protocol should be inserted iu the proceedings of that day , and it had been determined that that protocol and the articles which had been accepted should have the force and value of a' preliminary treaty of peace . That was the precise state of the lnnttei * . No treaty of the ordinary form of a preliminary treaty had been signed .

      SUPPLY . The House then went into a Committee of Supply , when votes were taken for the Avmy and Ordnance . In the course of the discussion which arose on oue of the votes , Mr . Peel stated that Lord Hardinge tia $ . announced Ms iutention of not taking the extra pay ^ P which he is entitled from the rankof Field-mars'ha , l .-r-Sir Charges Napier complained of the unsatisfactory manner in which the Order of the Bath bad . . been distributed , and mentioned the names' "pf several distinguished officers who had been overlooked , through favouritism . —Colonel North mentioned other instances of neglect . —Lord Palmerston : remarked that the House of Commons was" . not ¦ well

      qualified to judge of the respective merits ,. o'f inijivi ' duaj . officers . — -Mr . Stafford reminded . Lord ^ . ajhierston of his promise of last session that iixe iue . dJLcal depart * meat would be remodelled . ] 5 fo impx \ oyement fyacl taken place , and Dr . Audre \ y Smith , st 4 } . appeared at the head of the department . —Mr . PjJEfc remarked , in answer , that Mr . Stafford ' s own report . pjf the great improvement which had taken place iivtho department had . made the Government less solicitous to introduce changes . —Captain Veius'ON objected to tlip vo (; e > fqjc the Army Works Corps , which he could mot regard in

      any other light than an encumbrance to the army . If the corps of Sappers and Minors had been . , increased , there would have beau no necessity ; , fyr . tho organisation of an Army Works Corps at ajl , —Mr , Peel explained that "there had been Buch lioayy . cle . mand « made upon tho Sappers and Minors feu . Juuifv lOna th-e colonies ,, that , tho qqrpB was nyt nQ . iv qnothiktof-ijte propqr , nvvwxb ' or . —Siv j , 'FpuausBON was ipo 6 h aWo , j&'ijm whidjiiq Jpxd , seilu , of , tho floynp , tp bear , $ esfcunpny po its efficiency . Spvei > i , l , otlicL > , vot < 33 () yp i . eotgi .-06 <; t to , aiid the , House i'osunipd . . . " . ''" ,,, ' , ' , '•¦'¦ ¦ , '

      . ( . WAYS AND MEA .-NS . , ., , ' ' Tho Jlo-ufijo bbiug ' / oeolved into a Q ^ iwni ^ oO jpf Wnyn and Means , on ijUe . niojjion . pfljlr , WiL ^ q ^ , a . rosolutio *); . was » grep 4 to ,. jgruhWug . ^ 2 ^ , 000 , 000 ' , ovil _ of the- Coiv aolidatcd , -Fund" tQward / j making go ' pd tho flupp ) y vofrad , to hor Jli ^ josfcy .. ,. ' . " .,. , . Tho ' Awn ^ uwks Riu * a ucl tUe ... BxoiiJ ^ qiU , KK lUw , FuNDiMQ Jilij * wpro road , a third jbli ' nq unci . puaa ^ d . , , , ttiicHf ^ ap , Marf / i . 4 t /< , , < IA ^ LJ ? Ry .. PF WA'WONAVi l'QimiAVTO . In tlio li p yam ,, of Lorjds , Earl Sx'amj . io 4 > ib tnovod uu AddruHp pto tliQ Qupou , fra ying , Uor to tako into cojJh , feudai-ation the oxpqd ^ qn ^ y of forming b , y dogva&a , u gftUery of oriyiuiiu ' p ' orbiutyi * of poyaqna distinguished ,., in BiiUtalx , h jptpry A > y , pnty » Qn . cfl , ( in arts , Haiouou , M ^ 'fr , turp ,, ov armw , Tho rJipTm « 88 of , Eiujlund , , |« wutk }| i # . , portrait ,. Wd Ihp establishment of q . now I ^ uUpni ^ l ^ Galle ry , offoroa opportunities , us ho oouooivod , fo-. v

      IMPERIAL HOTEL , COMPANY ' S BILL . In the House of Commons , on the motion for the second reading of this bill ( the object of which is to enable a company to purchase the National Gallery , and turn , it into an hotel to be called the Imperial Hotel ) , a short discussion ensued . Mr . Bentinck , Mr . Fit ^ koY , Mr . Bouverie , Mr . ' Duncombe , Mr . Patten , and Mr . Drtjmmond , opposed the bill , on the ground that it was an unprecedented thing for a private or merely trading company to ask for compulsory powers for taking land ; that it would be a nuisance to have a large hotel in Trafalgar-square ;

      and that the whole concern was a job for the benefit of the architects whose names were connected with the bill . Mr . Drummoud , in the course of Ms observations , said he thought the National Gallery the purest specimen of G-reek architecture in London . —On the other hand , Sir John Shelley , Mr . Otway , Mr . Macoregor , Mr . Ewart , and Mr . Monckton Milnes , supported the bill ; while Mr . Wilson explained that the Government only sanctioned the sale of Crown property , leaving the matter of private property eutirely open . —The second reading was carried by 72 to 64 .

      THE DEBATE OJI FRIDAY NIGHT . ^ Sir Db Lacy Evans offered some explanations relative to the strictures on the conduct of the Duke of Cambridge , General Simpson , Colonel Gordon , Lord Claud Hamilton , and others , which he had made in the course of the debate on the evening of Friday week . He felt that fee had spoken with greater warmth than was justifiable ; but some letters had since passed between him and the friends of some of the parties aggrieved , and very satisfactory explanations had been made on all sides . With regard to the statement of Loi-d Claud Hamilton , in reference to the advice Sir De Lacy tendered to Lord Raglan after the battle of Inkermann , ho should be ready , at the proper time , to state what that suggestion was , and the reasons for giving it . In the meanwhile , he read

      portions of a letter he had written to Lady Evans , in whioh lie hinted that the probable reason of the suggestion not being adopted was , that there was a want of complete unity in . the command . —Lord Cl . yud Hamilton and Mr . Anxnun Gqjidon expressed their satisfaction tit tho explanations which had been made , and were about to introduce some observations , when in both cases tho feeling o f the House iuterpoeed , and tho subject dropped . In the few obBorvntions which ho made , Lord Claud Hamilton desired pormiasiou to road the grounds upon which he had stated that on the evening of tho 5 th November ( tho battle of Inkormanri ) Qenoral Eva . ns counselled , and strongly and repeatedly in-god , the immediate embarkation of the British winy , leaving our guns and our Frenoh alliod to tho moroy of the enemy .

      UNDER . GARDENERS . Colonel Hawoourt onlled atfcoution to the way io whioh the tux on undej-gardonera 13 levied , tho effoot being that tho tax presaos heavily aucl unfairly on poor men . —The Chanokllor oi ? au-iu Exchequer said the intorprota tioii of tho revonuo in that all gardonors miclar a head gardener are under-gavdejior / s , and liable to tho tax of half a guinea n-yoar . Sumo of the judyoH have ah-oady doojkled that the royon-no gives too loniont an interpretation to the , act .

      OUIl RELATIONS WITH PJQIISIA . Mr . Layai «) called the attention pf thq . Jiouije to tho etato of our relations with Porpia . ; fjay ^ ng . r , o latocl tho oiroumstanaoa which lod W , thp [ prownt diplomatic brouoh , aijdito tho dppar ^ ivo 91 a , p « , v / ul ., ^ podition from Bprnbaj to Bushko , he > expzowpifcthif ,, opinion that wo have noithoc jua ^ p nor rpfl ^ a ^ on our eido . TIxq wife of MJrziv Ha « Ujlm fa of " . j ^ y « l

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      the realisation , of such a design , which , might "be effected for a very moderate sum .. —The motion was supported by the Marquis of Lansdownb , the Earl of EijIjbnborqugh , the Earl of Carnarvon , Viscntuat Dungannon , Lord Redesdale , and Lord Colohes'pbb . Some objection was offered by the Earl of Harrowsbt , who thought that such a gallery would have a tendency to weaken that strong sense of duty which has always been the basis of the English character , and the source of . our greatnessj by holding out other incentives to exertion . However , he did not oppose the motion , which was agreed to , and the House adjourned . ) ANNEXATION OF OtJDE .

      . In the House of Commons , Mr . Vernon ^ mith , in answer to Mr . Cobden , said the Government could not afc present lay on the table any papers relating -to the annexation of Oude . Certain matters tending t * the reform of that kingdom were still in progress- / and to issue the papers would therefor-e be injadiJ cious . . - . «' . - ! i . r . KARS . ¦ ¦ Us -vla : >' Mr . Whiteside ; asked the First Lord of the iEeea * suiy on what clay the papers relating to ¦ th ©^ iFa 3 fc'o £ Kars -would be laid on the table of th&-H ; ouie 4 i « £ Lord Palmerston , without making anjiicreplyyLpMi ** ceeded , amidst much laughter , to the" banujf- ^ tsiie House , and then , being called up by the . Speakers placed the papers in question xipon > rthe ^ tablfein . 4 i&d ordinary way .

      THE ANGLO-ITALIAN LEGION ; IN" ! EBE 3 DMON 0 C . ' - 'iXl . In reply to Mr . Bowyer , Lord ^ EAXfMEHSTON said ^ it was quite true that reports ; laad j ) Bevaii ^ d"'in Piedmont of a plot formed in some of ftheiregimentsuofi . the Anglo-Italian Legion , and ip . conse ( iueiiee > 8 OT 3 ie : ** the soldiers , were arrested ; by-. bhe ^ Sardaiiianauthtdii-i ties ; but upon inquiry : it ; fcui «« d-x 3 ut tlat 4 h # eiwas no foundation for the ; reporjfe ^ tliat anyiptlot ^ esistediia any of the regiments * , . It had ^ however , been ithpughfe better to remove thejn torMa 2 ta , ' -. the ? plaee > fpr ^? Wchthey were originally de 8 tMed --and ; ttwo « f" tile regi ^ ments had ernbai , 'k . ed ¦ ; t hithe >* ' / -iNTttthmg , lis ^ a'diSjiap ; could exceed ,-the dLsoiplime and ; gooAcoaducfetoof : these troops . - .- . . . . -.. . - y : .- ¦ .:.-.: .-. ti .-r-s

      , - . TH 1 B-EASIER RECESS ,: - .:- , - >^ -. . ^ Keplyiijg-. tp , Mr . Sppqnsib , -LerdJPAiiMBnsioil ^ saiiS j ; with respect to the Easter- xecess , that he thought the course , adgpte . d-last year , had been & y , « rjf cjpavenieiit one ^ and he shq \ ild tlieref 6 r _ e ; propose tp ; follow ? ¦ it this . ^ essipn ^ ' He , s ; houiji move .., that .. the .., jH 6 twte : adjourn on ¦ Mnd&j , the '" . riib , ' . u&kil the follamkkg \ Mpiidayfprj ^ iglit .. .. ... „ :. „ ,.. . , . •_ '" „ .- ;• " =. rv-. ' ~ . ' . '¦ ; PALE ^ . . C 9 . M ^ p ^ loif 8 .. ; ,. TJEiE A ; RMT , , / .- _ .. ¦ ' -. < .. : Sn-: D . E . ! LAc 1 f' ^ AKs ^ inoyedTpr ^ to consicteiy " exsftniae ' evidenqe ^ rand , rejpprt ^ to ; , $ h& > : House , pa the expediency of , alb ( j 1 jslwng tao ; sys , tepiV ( Of 1 sale and purchase pf commissions 4 n . the , armyjr ftnd . i

      on the ' ineans that niay be " aappted . forj -the ^ acppni-. uplishtaent of tli £ it , object , JBtp denied tliat thec , eKps » B © . ; attending the . ab . p liiaon . " p f ^ the , present , ays ^ em woilW . 1 be enormoiis ^ ' jftnH . TOa ^ 1 ^ avou 3 ^ 4 l ^ a d to an unruixeilj syBtem ' "' pf seriipvrty . Tq hjs inv ^ n . knowledge ,, . flftany ^ exceilent officers' were obliged to abandon all ljioge-ipf ¦• . < rising in their , p . j ; pfe , ssion , owing tp . vv ^ pt qf .,. ' fupdaf . If the ' Goveriimeint bbjected ' tora cpmniittee ^ and . ^ r ^ - ' feiTeft a commissi ' oii , he was ready'to modify his motion to that effeefc . ^—( PheEmotion ' - was . seconded by Lord GoDERipHj , ijvhp pbseirve ^ * h ?* t , lin ^ ppiRt of fact , the , n 3 as 3 ,. o . f _ Elttglieh . oJfieeEB . "ac ^ vially . servft ; . i / heir Qouuti y : ; ft > T no . thijugj ^ their pay ^ eing . little more than > interest oai , wffa . afe , they hawe ,. paid for .+ M ^ if oomlpaissioiis

      -r-a sy ^ tenji . disgjoaceiiful . to a ; fjiee and foraye ^ people ,- , more especially , to . , be , deprepatec ) , / wbeu it is-ccqut . sidevpd , Jjhat the , rcp \^ utry . is . no pocuniwy gainer . by it . ¦ . - ; The , ayaiemof se » iQi ! % ' m-. alrpacly recoguisad : 4 u the highest , grades , pf the ai'iuy , where it does moat evil j-hut tho proposed . reforiia w . onl . d aiob lead to the substitution ; . . of . seniority . T , h , e ^ hfinge . jtnighfc . bo inacle , fpv . .. about five .. op . ^ h ^ . jQftillfcpnSi!—Mr . ¦ Jili 4 iiOE atlutlt | io ( i that . . t > lxe ; time had . OQni , ejwheu the , oouutry would -no Jpiij ^ gor- be ,, satjafiod . unless tho Goyornmenfc inade-tm ttttewpfc t , o jjplve l , his jdi ( ficult question ; but lio- 'Wivi '' jned . the Hpuao uot . tp incur ttbo inovitaW (» . ovil 0 i ¦ of ia top pKeoipitafce ¦ change , . Jn . q , ujry , J \ o believed , to bo ihd ) , iH'opeE ' 1 . « top . to . ixiko . r-rSiv . Jown FxwQEiaAl Bpukfl / ag ^ . WBt " t \ n () , ]> ottt ± w \; . Qf kke pftrol ) . aBo , 8 yfltB » fti —Lord S . irA . Ni ^ T ,. while .. agreaiug . tihftfc Inaonveiucuces ; might an ; i « e ft-pm ,, < iUo ab . ojlitiou oJf pun'chaso ^ ithoughb to

      , tho pj'OBent . fiystowi a-acuw ^ loA tUe , ape » y , unsoiuiid itti prwicjple , iwjd . nwscUievpus , in p . rac . feioe . if nn iuquiryi wove pQucedexl , U « v . beiie . wcl ¦ tlw » . t iu 3 ftv . « yotira jt ' mlia . pu ^ iiwluuff iho , r , epor | i , Ux » . imryhaao' « £ . oommiBsiona would K ) ea » e , A « . ifc is , the fBytj ^ em i * . repiMlieitod'by . , iallforoi ^ ifc countrios , and . &v . on-in tlHscounti'y ! ja < unr l ^;^ o ^ yJA ' » l . tlio , o . ivU- HQi'vi « o , in ( tho « nTy ,, nnil iu > sol ( ne do ^ artfnontH 0 £ iho arjuy itself , —iTho » i * otiiontWftt > . 4 il « 9 flu ^ portotl by Mr , JlWH , lyiiv HtiA » f , A . M , M . y , Mqwok , * tow JVUhNflja ( whw concioi'ved . tJiaO «• oftso Jhod U 0 . e » t «) i « wl < oufcjTor ilwjuiry ) , Cylouy ) . AlMlU ( who , howftVpr ^ nftfiiftPft included « co « uai «» ion inst ^ a » l . « i » f a ^ om ^ iWs ^) , » WM , Mi % Sjjowkv HkrjcUjiri ; (\ vlw > . wl « h « d ft »« mqiuirylvH ordertp rowi <* vp tho . » ttiat » j , > pv < , > lieMsi » wi iin tho ip . ubilii -n » ii * , U with rQgavd |) O 4 ) uiQhtVf ) o .. iM , Ah « w-vway , the u \ n >\\ tioi * of whicb , wiii'Ugub '^ n ^ iUnvyi ¦ pr <> 'vi « iiona , wouli opewto . to iU « injury of th « . Bevvico ^ bufc vtho closirct

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1856, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2131/page/3/