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      freshed that the discussion should be postponed until Sir CtariM _ Woo 4 was jn his place . _ Sis . . Qharle * had heen i ^ U 3 $ 6 rliuiatel ydetained at Portsmouth * ., He ( Lord Pal-Imetston ) ha < l shaned in the general discomfort ; bat he could £ ive no explanation as to ( the causes . — -Sir ( Jbobqb 4 S $# X , amidst , cries olt " Question I expressed Ida sense kM ~ ~ « tiie nwgnificeni ; spectacle" at ^ p ithead , and thought . t | e blame ; belonged , chiefly to tfte railway ; and Mr , % iywABX >' , to' the astonishment « f the House , which Vented itself in loud laughter , and cries of " Oh , oh ! said it appeared to him that the arrangements were of a y « ry high order , that the House ought to be grateful to them , but that it had sho-srn a great deal of impatience , and did not seem sufficiently to appreciate the magnificent spectacle of * he previous day .

      was most moderately expressed , and he hoped it would be adopted . — . Mr . Ltjshingxon opposed the motion . At this stage of the discussion , Lord Gox > brich mentioned that a technical objection had been taken to his motion in its present shape , and , with -the view of remedying the defect * he suggested that permission should be given to withdraw the 'motion , axd to substitute the words , that "the House shall resolve itself to-morrow into a committee to consider the subject . " - ^ -This course was adopted ; and the debate was resumed by Mr . Ewabe who said that if a division were called for he must vote for the motion . —The motion was supported by Mr . Tttb , Lord EBRm-OTOiT , and Mr . Rich ; and opposed by Mr . John Phiuamore , Mr . Phiupps , Lord Robert Cecxl , and ftfr . LABor / cHERE . —Lord Godebich having- replied , a division showed—r For the motion , 108 ; against it , 87 : majority . 21 .

      AHBTT SClBaWIFIC CORPS . Captain Vkbnon called the attention of the War Department to the prospective promotion and the establishments of the Army Scientific Corps , with a view to maintaining their efficiency- in peace , for the purpos e s of war . —Lord Palmerston assured the gallant officer that the subject would meet with due attention .

      public Aceoinrrs . Sir Francis Basing moved for a select committee to inquire into the receipt , isstle , and audit of public moneys in the Exchequer , the Pay-office , and the Audit Department / 'He maintained ttiafc each of these departments contains defects which ought to be inquired into and rectified . ;—Mr . WftuAMS seconded the motion . —Mr . GiiADSToiTB T ^ as ready to admit that ample grounds had been seated fbr itfquiry ; but he thought the object Would be'better accomplished by a small and carefully selected commission thani by a select committee . — -The Ci | rANceixor ; - -o # : ^ im'EstiEQtEti ; saw no necessity at the presentthtfe fortheprbpbS M ^ thought there vr&s , he Votfld not oppose It . ^ Lord Paxmebston spoke to similar effect ; and , inquiry having been advocated by Mr . Bowyer , Mr . "VTiiixAMS , ' Mr . EiiaoEf ' Sir HESErWitiouGHBr , and Mr . Heni ^ ey , -the motion was agreed to . ¦ . ¦ ¦' ... ]¦ Some matters of routine having" been got through , the House adjourned .

      THE DUCHY OF PARMA . The Earl of Clanricai ^ de moved for copies of Teports aafl correspondence relating to the occupation of Parma bsj ^ Austrian troops and the assumption of the government of the Duchy by Austrian authorities .- —The Earl of CiIarenik > n ( who was received with , cheers ) mentioned that no documents of any importance are in the hands of ' the Administration on the subject . The gene - ral question of Italy had occupied the serious attention « J the members " of the late Conferences / The circumstances' attending the entrance of Austrian troops into 1

      • ticteterritories of ^ Parma had , h « believed , been much -exaggerated . The sole purpose had been to strengthen tie ? 'G <> Verairient « f the Duchess Regent , under the twyablea a ^ rifiing ^ ffdm the political intrigues and criminal f « t fl ^ prises ? ' * wBifch fiad-reSently become rife . 'Bit there "hasd ' --been iiio'' fiped&l interyentiori , as an Austrian bat-* fc £ lionrhad iMiaf-kept in'Parma ' since 1849 . Moreover , ?!> £ ' % cbn * 6 nti 6 i £ between -the Governments Pf Parlina and 'Modena , ftri i tt ie "one Vatfe'd ; . and Austria 0 % ttfe' other &ahdi the © uc&es aTe ^^^ iitd of iAriatria in c&Rft of need . / ' ¦ ¦ '• ¦¦ ; - ; : ¦•'¦¦'¦ ' •"• ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦

      nHCr . ,: - . ¦¦ : . . -r i . ¦ " ¦¦ ; . .: - - ¦¦ ¦; •¦ ¦ . ¦ I-. ' ¦ . : - . - ¦?¦" ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ vy i ^ ^ v . ^ , V ; : !; ^ y ^ . ^ CBG ^ A ^ tEKICSAN- < iU ^ TipN .- ¦ : ¦ : . - ; -,. ,,. > iCnt = answer 'to ' &e -J ^ l \ 6 f > Dx ^ 1 f , 'tber&arl- 'bf- < % . kiEaEK- ' r rxKW 3 aid Ms first act on Ms return was t (> lB the ' corre-¦ apondence relating to Central America before Parliament , and * , as regarded the correspondence with reference to the EnlMment QuestionVat would be prodiiced on the fira ^ or second day of-nextweek . - )¦¦ ¦ - k r . Theit lordships then adjourned . ¦ . . l ' - ^'" . '' \ ' ¦ '" ¦¦¦' " ^ ''* THE ^ rvn septic ?! . ' . _ ' . .. " , .. ' ' In . the ' HorsE ^ of Commons , ^ er tie remarks and

      § xplanatioiia in connexion with the Naval Review , of , ^ rftj , fc ^ a summary { appears , above , : < Y : /^ y 7 . Eprd ] . . GpE > Ei « Q 5 C- ; inoyei ; an ; address > to y her Majesty t (» ^' sta ^ Jt | ia ^; tKe ; Hpuse hadobserved with great satisfaction ' jtti e zeal an 4 prudence with which the Civil Service Com' anissioners had proceeded in applying a remedy to evils ' of , a serious character , tlie previous existence of -which ; lad now been placed beyond dispute , and also the degree ^ _ f jfprogress made towards the establishment of a system - $£ rfP ^^ j ^ ^ ^ P ^ ong : candidates for admission , to the * jim ^ sery ^ ce ; to as sure her . Majesty of the steady support jX § f ^ &t , ^^ ie , in ,. thjB ^^ p ^ psecutioix of . the sulutary measures f u ^ n ^> f 8 ^ e "h ' asvbee ' n graciously pleased to adopt ; and ( % tinjt > Iy | o jmake known , to her Majesty that , if she shall , ] think , fi £ further to extend them , and to make trial in the ^ I piviL service of the method of open competition as a' con"cUtion' ' 6 i * i )' trahcy , that H ^ ouse would cheer fully . provide 'fbr : i& » y / charges-which the adoption of that system might entail . He supported thia motion by a speech in which ; * & ^ jgtte ft ip . fayour of enlarging the field of competition m thie aripointment of civil servants , the present evstem

      Pf Barti ^ l competrtioii , haying resulted in one-third or •«^ foui : th of' tB : e n 6 rlttweea being rejected on account of *^ fl ? f ? ifngrance of the eimpjest jndiraente of knowledge . f ^ The * S 6 tibn was seconded by Sir Stafford Nobth-¦ ^ boTnB . ' ' . ''' , ¦ . ' { ' (• ' . ' , , ¦ . . ( ' " !^ | ie CJha ^ O ^ J ^ r off the Exchequer aaid that Lord 3 ^ v ^^ ^ Q' WPPB > ' f *\ & , moderation of whose speech : he ^ CKhpwlcifiged ) desired that , in place of the present sys" petny by ' - ^ hich head s qf departments nominate the can-^ datefii for open , competitive examination , there should pe no nominatipn , bu > t that every one should bo at "•^ erty to Compete fta the service . That , however was A . system not , aaopted , by railway companies or morcantile' bodies , and he did not think it ought to bo adopted to-Jthe ' civil eervice . ,. He read some extracts from M . de JJWtntialembert ' fl / work , J > e VAvenir JPelitique do I'Angle ™ ffil ' to . ApwthQ danger of a craving , on , the part of W V ^ PW n o » i for office—a cravints which invariaolv tP and to the of

      Te ^ centralisation subversion liberty . ^ ng } rtn < V according to . M , do Montalembert , is ¦« already on the fatal dficlivity , ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer , though not entirely agreeing with these remarks , ^ o ^ ght there ^ as a good deal of truth in thorn j and lie therefore moved the previous question . "¦^ ffiff . Givaoiwonh supported the mqtiori . Ho believed tho dangers adverted to by the Chancellor of the Ex-WW © 1 to result , not firom open competition , but from

      privatei nomination . The idea oftheheoda of departtoe ^ ta bqingroaponBiblo for their nomineoa woa ap absurd , that it any man ^ yere to atimd up in that House , and aBBert that , pract ^ ally , there is any r « al roaponl ^ bility , " ho would be overpowered with tho torrents of !? & , >« y »« or , » What Mr . Wakley had said on the 3 HS 3 L 7 ! E rfC « irttO - Mini 8 tor 9 may bo respon-S » VwJ ? ° ^ ^ not rc 8 Po «< l . " The system of LamU > at » piin ^ u 9 t noce ^ awily bo centndteed . Tho motion

      Rnat?Ni? T1&Lt;Rnttt P V The Cbimean Boakd Of I1stqijiry L

      The Daily News publishes the following , which it declares to be , an authentic copy of the Treaty of Peace concluded at Paris :

      [ Translation . ] The Plenipotentiaries , after having exchanged their plenary powers , found to be in good and due form , have agreed upon the following articles : — Articxb . 1 . —From the day of the exchange of ratifications of the present treaty , there shall be peace and friendship between his Majesty the Emperor of the French , her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom , of Great Britain and Ireland , his Majesty the King of Sardinia , and his Majesty the Sultan , of the one part and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russia * of the other part , ; as well as between their heirs and successors their respective states , and subjects in perpetuity . '

      2 . —Peace being happily established between their aforesaid Majesties , the territories conquered or occupied by their armies during the -war shall be reciprocally evacuated . Special arrangements shall regulate the mode of evacuation , which shall be effected as soon as possible ( anssi prompte quejuire sepourra ) . 3 . —His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias engages to restore to his Majesty the Sultan the town and citadel of Kara , as well as all the other parts of the Ottoman territory of which the Russian troops are in

      po . 4 .-rrTheir Majesties the Emperor of the French , the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , the King- of Sardinia , and the Sultan , engage to restore to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias the towns and ports of Sebas'topol ,- Balaklava , Kamiesch , Eupatoria , Kerteh . f _ A vexatious accident occurring at the last moment , has occasioned the loss of two or three slips of this portion of the MSL j 8 » . —His Imperial Majesty thei Sultan , in his ' constant anxiety for the well-being " of hisi . subjects , having granted ( pdtrotf& ) a firman , which , in ameliorating their lot

      -without distinction of religion or race , proves his generoTis intentions towards the Christian populations of his entpirej . and desiring to . give a further' proof of his sentiments in this regard , has resolved to communicate to the contracting Powers the said finnan , spontaneously emanating from his sovereign will . The contracting Powers acknowledge ( conslatenf ) the great value of this communication . It is quite understood that the fact of thia communication cannot in any case give to the said Powers a right to interferej eitlier cpllectiyely or separately , in the relations of his Majesty the Sultan with his subjects , or in the internal administration of his

      empire . 10 . —The Convention of July 13 , 1841 , which maintains the old regulation of the Ottoman Empire relative to the closing of the Straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles , has been revised by common accord . The act concluded with this view , ' and conformably to that principle between the high contracting parties , is and remains annexed to the present treaty , and shall have the same force and value as if it had formed an integral part of it . 11 . —The Black Sea is neutralised . Open to the mercantile' marine of all nations , its waters and ports are formally and in perpetuity interdicted to flags of -war , whether belonging to the Powers having dominion ou its coasts (" pui 8 darices riveraines ) or to any other po ^ wer , save and except ' the exceptions mentioned in Articles 14 and 19 of the present treaty .

      12 .- -Freed frdm all impediments ( entraves ) , trade in the ports and-waters of the Black Sea shall only bd subjected to regulations of health , customs , and polico , conceived in a spirit favourable to tho development of commercial transactions . In order to give every desirable security to the commercial and maritime interests of all nations , Russia and the Sublime Porte will admit consuls in the ports situated on the coast ( littoral ) of the Black Sea conformably to tho principles of international law .

      13 . — -The Black Sea being neutralised according to the terms of Article 11 , tho maintenance or establishment on its coast of military-maritime arsenals ( arsonaux nrilitairea-maritimes ) becomes unnecessary as-without object ( devient sa 7 ia ntfccxsitC' comme sans objef ) . In consequence , hif ? Majesty the Emperor of all tho Russius and his Imperial Majesty tho Sultan engage neither to construct nor to preserve any military-maritime arsena upon that coast .

      14 . —Their Majesties the Emperor of all tho Russias and tho Sultan having concluded a convention for tho purpose of determining the force and number of light vossels necessary for tho service of thoir coasts , which they roaorve to themselves tho right of keeping up i » the Black Sea , this convention is annexed to tho prcsont treaty , and shall have tho sumo force nnd vnluo a » if it had formed « n integral part of it . This convention enn neither be annulled nor modified without tho assent of the Powers parties to the present treaty .

      15—Tho act of the Congress of Vionno , having ostnbliuhcd tho principles destined to regulate tho navigation of tho rivers which scpai-ntc- or tmvorao Buvcral states , tho contracting Powers stipulnto between thoineolvea that for tho future Ihoso principles shall be « 1 HO applicable to tho Daitubo and its embouchures . They

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      THE GBIMEAN BOAKD OF INQUIRY . v X . &RD IiUCAN ' fl CASE . . AdmiraL S-ir Edmund Lyons was examined on Monday . The tenor of his evidence wa ^ to show that he was-never applied- to for canvas to shelter the horaes , nor had he ever heard of such att application ; , that it would have been inaposaible to erect canvas stabling on the plateau ; thdt he should have " refused the application , had it been made to him , as the fleet would not have been safe without a spare set pf sails for each ship ; that there never were fifteen sail of the . line ofi " the coast , the largest number ever in the Black Sea . being eleven , and the average sever !; that the fleet' could not have spared carpenters to put up shelter } ; the complement of carpenters not being complete , and the demands upon ' them-very grea t , owing to . the roughness of the sea . and of the weather ; and that carpenters could not have been' obtained at Constantinople , nor indeed even fromEngland .

      i The ¦! Judge-Advocate : ' * You say you constantly rode through the camp ; did it strike you that thera was a . want of promptitude and ingenuity in providing shelter for the horses ? " — £ ir Edmund L . yons : " Certainly not . I saw a"greai'taany officers putting up a shelter in the manner which-1 consider most eflicient , and that was throwing r-up an emnanlcment' in the direction of the n . orth-easfwind . I believe that my friend Sijr Geoi ' ge Brown ' s horses never had artyotlier shelter . I remember that Lord Baglan expressed his great satisfaction at it , and at the manner in which the cavalry horses , had

      been sheltered . -Whenever I visited the camp , everyone appeared to me to be haTd at work , doing their best to put up shelter . "—The Judge-Advocate .: "Do you coneider yourself competent to speak upon tho want of promptitude nnd ingennity displayed in sheltering the cavalry horses ? "J—Sir 33 dmttnd Lyons said ho did not think he was . He had no further information to give . — Colonol Tulloeh ; " Huvn I « ofc understood you to express an opinion that there waa no Want of ingenuity ?'' -r-Sir Edmund Lyons : "I said , as ff « r as I could judg e *" . . <

      Admiral Lyons furthermore expressed his high opi > nionof Lprd Raglan , and tho pleasure with which ho looked back on the cordiality of intercourse between tho two services during the war . Major Connolly , Deputy Assistant Quatermaster Ge ^ neral , made several statements with a view to showing that Lord Luoan frequently called tho attention of his officers to tho state of tho horses , and that he exerted himsolf as much as possible to provido for their comfort . Colonol Lowe , 6 th Dragoons , being recalled , gave similar testimony , and said that ho should not have been properly performing his duty had ho allowed any altercation between another officer and Lord Lucan to deter him from doing what was right | but ho afterwards admitted , in answer to .. Colonel Tulloeh , that , had ho known of any Buoh altercation , it would have deterred him from making ouggestions .

      This boing tho whole of Lord Lucan ' a onao , tho Board adjourned till Friday , in order to g'vo Colonel Tullgoh time to draw up hia roply .

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      ^^^^^ B ^^^ BBI ^ M ^ Bi ^^^^^ BM ^ tBB ^^^ B ^^^ ¦ ^ m THE TREATY OF PEACE . - ... ^—

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2138/page/4/