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SAT1TRDAY.

The sittings of both Houses last night were short, but much was said and some business performed.

In the House of Commons, Lord Ps.Lairatsrost moved an address of congratulation to the Queen on the marriage of the Princess Royal—the orders of the day being postponed to give it precedence. Lord Palmer- ston described the great interest felt by the people of this country in all that relates to the Princess Royal-

" She was the first-born of that marriage which excited so much interest in the nation, and although the events of her childhood and early years are in general not much known to the world at large, yet the nation has by some means or other known and watched the progressive development of the amiable qualities of her Royal Highness. It has known how warm affections have been matured by increasing years, and it has seen how an admirable education has formed and cultivated her mind. It is often the fate ofprinces and princesses that their marriages are merely marriages of political con- venience. They are put together at the altar, having known of each other nothing more than what vague and distant report has conveyed to them of their mutual intellectual qualities and character, having seen of each other nothing more than sonic faint resemblance conveyed in a painted miniature.: The Royal pair of IN-hem I am now speaking have been more fortunate. They indeed have belonged to that class whom, it is said,

• — gentle stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their feelings blend.'

They have had the advantage of knowing each other for a considerable period. They have had the means of estimating mutually the high qualities which adorn them both. That knowledge of each other's character, and the esteem which has been grounded upon that knowledge, will be, I trust, the • surest foundation for their future happiness, and the best security for those domestic enjoyments with which I am sure every one must wish they may be blessed. A marriage such as that which the Princess Royal has con- tracted must realize the fondest wishes of an affectionate mother ; and there is this also in the circumstances of her marriage, that although the Princess Royal is probably destined hereafter to fill a brilliant and distinguished po- sition, yet for the present at least there is nothing in her high station which may prevent frequent visits to this country, or interfere with those domestic meetings so dear to all families."

Without further speech he moved the address; it was seconded by Mr. DISRAELI in appropriate terms ; and carried nem. con. On the mo- tion of Lord PALMERSTON, it was also agreed that the address should be presented by the whole House, which should meet today at two o'clock for that purpose.

Immediately after this serene proceeding came a storm. Mr. Box- BUCK, moving as a matter of form that the House do adjourn, asked whether or not there has been any correspondence with the Court of Bill, or of any alteration in our criminal cede ? He explained the object of his question by a speech on the addresses of the French Army pub- lished in the Moniteur.

"The Mos:Weer is not an ordinary newspaper. It is the Gazette of the French Government. Everything it utters is under the immediate inspira- tion of that Government That Government is the Emperor. There,fore, I may say that what appears in the pages of the Maniteur is, in fact, a reflex of the opinion of the Emperor of the French. Now, in the pages of the Moniteur there appear attacks on the English people, and one Colonel—full, I suppose, of military ardour, and of that loyalty to every reigning monarch which marks the Army of France—asks the .French Emperor to be led against that haunt, that den of homicides,'—meaning England, Sir. (Cheers.) And that is published in the pages of the Moniteur. That is published by the French Emperor. It is his expression of opinion, and I wish now to elate mine. (Cheers, and a slight laugh.) The French Emperor is the person who directs against England accusations of being a den of conspirators ; and who could speak with greater knowledge than he ? Has he not enjoyed the protection and hospitality of England ; and has he not, when so enjoying our protection, acted the part of a conspirator ? Did he not leave these shores armed with the great name of his predecessor—I mean the great Napoleon—did he not, armed with that name, and a tame eagle, go to Boulogne, and there did he not attack the throne of Louis Philippe, and did he not murder the man who in the performance of his duty opposed his landing ? And that is the man who chooses to publish in the pages of the Mon iteur accusations against England for being a haunt and a den of homicides, wherein conspiracies are hatched, and which ought therefore to be subjected to the invasion and rapine of soldiers. But it is not confined to that. The brother of the Emperor of the French, M. de Moray, has chosen in the Legislative Chamber of that nation to accuse England of being a participator in that attack ; and not only he, but M. de Peesigny, the French Ambassador in England—in the presence of Englishmen—has dared to make the same accusations. Ay, Sir, and

in the presence of Englishmen, he has not been answered I would have told him that there is nothing in the character of Englishmen destitute of every nation. Louis Napoleon has come here ; Prince Metter- nich has come here ; the Bourbons have come here ; Louis Philippe has come here ; but no man ever thought of saying that we should alter our Alien Law because we afforded to them a refuge and a shelter. I say that on this occasion if we change that law we violate the first principles of our constitution, we degrade ourselves before the world, and we are not the English people that our forefathers were before us." Mr. Roebuck included in his speech an attack upon Lord Palmerston for his display of imprudence at the Guildhell. Lord PALMERSTON said he had no difficulty in answering the question.

"There has been a despatch addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris to the Ambassador here, bearing upon the late transaction, to urge upon her Majesty's Government such measures as in its wisdom it may think fit to adopt with reference to that circumstance—not pointingeo-at any measures, Let simply putting the ease to the Government. That despatch, to which there has been no answer, will be in the hands of honourable gentlemen on Monday morning."

Lord Palmerston repelled the charge made against M. de Persigny of accusing the British nation of sympathizing with assassins and intending to protect them. But Count de Pertugny has repeatedly stated to Lord Pal- merston that allowances must be made for the irritation of the French, who, in ignorance of our laws form expectations which cannot be satisfied. Then Lord Palmerston retorted the attack upon Mr. Roebuck.

"The honourable and learned gentleman, alluding to certain violent and intemperate speeches and addresses which have been made in France, would argue that on their account the Parliament of this country ought to be prevented from taking any steps which otherwise upon the merits of the case Parliament might think proper to adopt. Why, Sir, I might retort upon the learned gentleman- ' Quis tulerit Gracebos de seditione guerentes 2' If any man is less than another entitled to complain of violent language and personal vituperation on the part of the people of a foreign country, I should say it is the honourable and learned gentleman himself—gated cheers)— who is in the habit of indulging in most unbridled vituperation against every man living, whether at home or abroad." (Great laughter.)

It would be "undignified and childish in the people of this country if, owing to some eiolent expressions and addresses in France with reference to England, they should refuse to adopt such a course as they might feel to be necessary for the internal government of this country."

Mr. HOBSHAN said he had listened to his noble friend with great re- gret. He unfairly cast imputations upon Mr. Roebuck which the House should not allow.

The gravamen of Mr. Roebuck's charge was that the Government of France, and not individuals, had made an attack upon this country. Mr. Roebuck's career has been neither brief nor undistinguished. "it is the pride of my honourable and learned friend to take his own course in this House, and to do what he thinks right, irrespectively of party ties and obliga- tions. In so doing he has certainly very frequently thrown broadcast in House the expressions of his disapprobation ; but this I will say, that we who for years have watched his conduct are convinced of his integrity of pur- pose and of his purity of motive, and that while he is careless of what ene- mies he makes, there is no man in this House more free from personal ene- mies than my honourable and learned friend. My noble friend cannot point his finger to any act of the honourable and learned Member for Sheffield which is a stain upon his honour."

Mr. Roznucx said that what the noble Lord had said of him was as the idle wind, which he disregarded. "Let him put his finger on any vituperative speech of mine. He would find strong speeches, but no violent language." Mr. Roebuck's statement was that England had been

At the close of the sitting, Lord Paeornewrox said that he should, on which in any way whatever conduces to, or lends its sanction to, assassina- Friday next, move for leave to bring in a bill for the better Government tion. Nothing in our history shows that from the beginning to the end. of India.

No kin of England has ever fallen by the hand of the assassin. Kings of France ve done so. We have condemned a king to the block, but it was in open day. We have never sent or hired anybody to kill any of our own national enemies privily and by aiereeitiation. My answer to M. de Per- signy would have been that the people of England are above agesseination- that where they feel anger they express it, and they go to war to vindicate national honour, but they do not hire a steamboat to make a private attack upon a public nation ; they do not hatch conspiracies in London to pull down the Government of Paris: they are not capable of anything but open and honourable warfare. (Cheers.) On coming into this. Earl GREY presented a petition from Newcastle-upon-Tyne praying House yesterday with the determination of giving the notice which I that redress should be demanded from the Neapolitan Government for its did give I had in my ear the whisperings which were abroad with respect harsh treatment of the English engineers. The Earl of CLARENDON went, to a change in the Alien Bill. It was said that at the solicitation of the into the facts of the case, and expressed a hope that our unfortunate Emperor of the French we were about to alter our Alien Law. I will say countrymen will soon regain their liberty. nothing, Sir, of the ingratitude of that man who thus asks us to alter a The address of congratulation to the Queen on the marriage of her law of the advantages of which he has so largely partaken ; but I say that eldest daughter was moved by Earl GRANVILLE and seconded by the Earl England holds her station among the nations of the earth in conseielfente of DERBY; and carried nem. con. In the course of his speech Lord of the asylum which she oilers to all people—we are here the refuge for the

France, or the Ministers of France, upon the subject of the Alien insulted by the Emperor of the French. If "our ancestors were undis-

mayed by the threats of Napoleon he Grand, surely we may treat with contempt those of Napoleon le Petit." (Cries of " Oh, oh !") The motion for the adjournment was withdrawn.

The House went into Committee in order that the Ciuxera.aon of the EXCHEQUER might submit resolutions authorizing a pension of 1000/. per annum to Lady Haveloc.k, and a pension of 10001. to her son, Sir Henry Marshman Havelock. The resolutions were seconded by Sir Join( PARINGTON. After some demur from Mr. Wiametes, of which the Committee took no account, the resolutions were adopted. When the House resumed, Mr. VERNON &urn obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable the East India Company to raise money in the United Kingdom for the service of the Government of India. The sum to be borrowed is 10,000,0001., on the security of the Indian revenues, within a year and a half. The Company poetesses powers of borrowing limited sums, which it has nearly exhausted. It will actually require about 8,000,0001. Mr. THOMAS 'Benr.Na called for a fuller explanation of this proposal to endow with borrowing powers a corporation which is in ex- trends; and he hinted, rather than expressed, several difficulties in the whole operation. Others raised similar objections, in a discursive debate. The reply of the CHANCELLOR of the Excimatren and Mr. DARBY Sreimera was, that in the event of any changes in the position of the Company-, this loan can be provided for ; that there will be abund- ant security in the Indian revenues ; and that the means for securing the stock of the proprietors are amply sufficient. The bill was read a first time.

Early in the evening, the Sheriffs of the City of London appeared at the bar, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council in favour of a Bill kr the Reform of the City of London promoted by the Corporation itself. Leave was given to bring in the bill.

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Granville contributed a fact of personal history— "I know of no way in which the.people of tins country-could have shown a stronger interest in the recent happy event than they have done. I happen to know from his Royal Highness himself that Prince Frederick William was more touched than even by the loud congratulations and hearty hurrahs of the multitudes by the circumstance that, upon every occasion when they came into public, from those of every clam who surrounded their carriage he heard the simple phrase of 'God bless you!' addressed to the Princess as to a near and dear relative about to be separated from her family." Two new bills were introduced. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a bill t) abolish the punishment of imprisonment for debt; to extend the laws re- lating to bankrupts to the case of non-traders; and to give further reme- dies to creditors for the purpose of securing the punishment of fraudulent debtors.

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY brought in a bill to legalize, under certain circumstances, special services in the Church of England.

- The Princess and Prince Frederick William of -Prussia reached Brussels somewhat later on Wednesday evening than was intended. King Leopold entertained them at dinner, and afterwards they were pre- sent at a grand ball in the Palace. At eight the next morning the Prince and Princess started for Berlin, via Aix la Chapelle and Cologne. On their arrival at Cologne on Thursday evening, the cathedral was illu- minated. News of the entry into Berlin has not yet arrived.

The three candidates for the one vacant seat at Reigate—Sir Henry Rawlinson, Mr. Monson, and Mr. Doulton—were yesterday nominated. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Doulton. The poll will take place today.

A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg, dated Thursday, makes the following announcement, which no one will accept without confum- ation—

" After a succession of actions, which lasted from the 7th to the 14th of December, Schamyl was obliged to defer to the desire of the whole popula- tion of the Great Tohetchna, and give in his submission to Russia."

A memorandum by Lord Canning in reply to the attacks upon his "clemency policy" by been long talked about in certain circles, and adumbrated in certain columns, and it now appears bodily in the Times. It is an able and succinct paper, very unaffected and clear in its style. It explains that "martial law" was not proclaimed in the mutinous pro- vinces, because it gave no such powers as are given by special acts cited. These acts extended the control of military officers and civilians, en- abling them to deal with rebels though not actually taken in arms, to confiscate property though the rebels were not actually caught, and in many ways to use coercion over districts and individuals. In some in- stances these powers were grossly abused, and were exerted against individuals who were probably not deserving of any blame ; and those Minims were checked.

The contest between the Government. and the East India Company is calling out a special literature applicable to the case, particularly on the side of the Company. We have a kind of octavo blue book, Memo- randum of the Improvements'in the Administration of India during the last Thirty Years": : it not only presents many large reforms for which In the House of Lords the Earl of Ceemiereox explained to Lord STANHOPE the change in the passport system, and showed its advan Her Majesty's subjects can obtain passports where they please; but tish travellers will find British passports productive of less inconvenience than those granted by foreign Consuls. It is the intention of the Go- vernment to invite other Governments to discontinue the system alto- gether.

the Company justly claims credit, but coieveys much information on the state of India m a compact e,onepass.

Another contribution is "The Speech •8i. Captain Eastwie.k at the Special Court of Proprietors on the 20th of January 1858, with Notes " ; also presenting a useful historical sketch, with many authorities in the Company's favour.

The DaWy News goes back to the early years of the century for a pre- cedent in the French case— "If we might presume to offer a suggestion to Lord Palmerston, it would be to prepare himself for the debate of Monday evening by a diligent perusal of Lord Hawkhsbury's reply, in 1802, to the application of the First Consul relative to the English press and foreign refugees. The following passage of this able and dignified state paper especially deserves the attention of one who—as we were once told in the House of Commons—is neither the Minis- ter of Austria nor of France, nor of any foreign country, but emphatically the Minister of England—' Our Government neither have, nor want, any other protection than what the laws of the country afford; and though they are willing and ready to give to every foreign government all the protection against offences of this nature which the principle of their laws and consti- tution will admit, they never can consent to new-model their laws, or to change their constitution, to gratify the wishes of any foreign power."

We have already mentioned that the Globe alluded to the military addresses published in the Moniteur with a remark that the publication had "created surprise and pain," and "unquestionably tended to render difficult that which would otherwise be easy." The Paris correspondent of the Daily News notices a special treatment of this semi-official paper after the fashion of the first Empire- " The ifoulteur publishes a garbled version of the article, omitting the above important passages, and thus contrives to represent to its readers that the English Treasury print is entirely of its own way of thinking in regard to the refugee question. The minor organs of Government adopt the dishonest course of the Moniteur, nay, they even go farther, and exclaim how extremely happy they are to find that the Globe agrees with them. By such misrepresentations, combined with diligence in seizing English journals, it is foolishly hoped that public opinion m France may be deceived."

The friends and admirers of Dr. Livingstone have resolved upon giving him a farewell dinner. The idea was rather sudden, but there cannot be the slightest doubt as to the muster which will be collected. Independ- ently of the curiosity to see the man—which would alone suffice in many cases—there must be higher motives. Livingstone has done much, hence he has acquired a great reputation. Strengthened by that reputation, by a great amount of influence here, by an official position and many resources, he sets out again for the scene of his labelers, to effect, we hope, still more. Many will desire to testify their support of the great African

explorer and reformer • no fewer will i be anxious to share that public grasp of the hand which is afforded by a public dinner. Sir Roderick Murchison has been asked to take the chair—we might almost say of course. The dinner is to take place at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Satur- day next, the 13th.

The Civil Tribunal of Paris has decided in the ease of limpet verses Du- mas that Magnet cannot be considered as anything but the paid assistant of Dumas, and that as such he has no claim whatever to the authorship or pro- prietorship of the woad published by the latter, and likewise cannot call on him to pay anything beyond what had been originally agreed on. In cou- sequence, it declares Magnet nonsuited, and condemns him to pay the costs.