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tary peerages ) , and by Lords Derby and Bkougham . Earl Granville defended the legality of the creation , and contended that it was necessary to strengthen the judicial element of the House . —He was followed on the same side by the Low > Chancellor , who took the responsibility of the creation wholly on himself , and said that he thought the question so far beyond doubt that he had not taken "the opinions of the law officers of the Crown , adding that , if he had committed an erroi ' , he was ready to face an impeachment or to sit under the censure of their Lordships . The motion was also resisted by Earl Grey and the Duke of ARGYLL . The House then divided : — PRESENT . Contents 79 Non-contents ... ••» 53 Majority ... 26 PROXIES . Contents ... ••• ••• 59 Non-contents ... ••« - 52 Majority ... * .. 7 The motion therefore was carried . The House then adjourned , at a quarter to three o ' clock , having sat since five in the evening . THE REPORT OF SrB JOHU JSl ' NIELL iHD COLONEL TULLOCHT . In the HoxrsE of Com&lo'NS , Mr . L& . yard gave notice that , on the 21 st instant , he would call attention to the report of Sir John M'Niell and Major Tulloch as . to the state of the army in the Crimea .
EULlSTilESlT OF TBOOPS IN PRUSSIA . Lord Pa . lmersto 3 I , in answer to Mr . Henry BAHiiJE , whether he had any objection to lay on the table the correspondence which , had taken place with the Prussian Government relative to the employment of agents for the enlistment of troops , and in reference to the arrest of her Majesty ' s Consul at Cologne upon the charge of being engaged in such proceedings , stated that no good could arise from the publication of the correspondence . The matter had teen amicably settled . As to the Hanse Towns , no correspondence oh the subject of enlistment had taken place .
Osbome also replied to the disparaging remarks on the manning of the fleet made by Sir Charles , who spoke of many of the men as " trash of landsmen , " some of whom had bald heads and wore spectacles , while others were ragged' and without sloes and stookings . Against these allegations , Mr . Osborne '¦ quoted some of Admiral Napier ' s own reports . Upon a division , the motion waa negatived by 171 to 80 ; majority , 91 . THE BALTIC CAMPAIGN OF 1854 . Sir Charles Napier postponed his motion for the production of papers referring to the campaign in the Baltic in the year 1854 , until Thursday , February 14 . The House adjourned at a quarter past twelve o ' clock .
THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS . Mr . Collier moved for leave to bring in a bill to transfer the Testamentary Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts to the Superior Courts of Common Law and to the County Courts . Purposing to deal ¦ with only one branch of the extensive authority now exercised by the courts in question , namelyy their jurisdiction over matters testamentary , the bill provided that the circuits of the several county courts should be . made districts for the purpose of proving
wills ; ithat probate Bhould be granted by the county court of the district in -which the teBtator died ; that the original will should be lodged for safe custody in the Register-office at Somerset-house ; and that the county court should exercise complete jurisdiction over all -undisputed testaments , holding power also to determine disputes when the amount of property bequeathed was below £ 300 . Any litigation respecting estates of larger value was to be settled by the Courts of Common Law .
The motion was seconded by Mr . Hadmeld , and supported by Mr . Keating , Mr . Athertow , Mr . Muntz , Sir Erskine Perby ( with some drawbacks ) and Mr . M'Mahont , who suggested that the bill Bliould 1 ) 0 extended to Ireland . It was opposed by Mr . George Butt , Mr . Malins , Mr . B . Peiillimore , and Mr . J . Phillbiore , the laBt of whom deprecated piecemeal legislation on the subjeot , and rejoiced at the prospect of a comprehensive Government measure for the utter 'abolition of eoclesiastioal jurisdiction , held out by the Solicitor-General , who announced that he would not oppose Mr . Collier ' s motion , though he considered it insufficient . After a few more remarks from Mr . Collier , leave was given to bring in the
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NAVAL ADMINISTRATION . Captain Soobei-l moved for a select committee to inquire into naval administration , patronage , promotions , and retirements , and the efficiency of the service in all grades . He denounced the system of placing a civilian at the head of the Admiralty , and asserted that the most gross instances of favouritism could be proved by a Beloot committee with reference ¦ to the odvanooment of naval officers , —The motion was seconded by Admiral Walcoot ; supported by
¦ Colonel Boldeho , Mr . W . S . Lindsay , Mr . Bass , and ; &U * Cka-rles N / VPTKR ( wlio made a rather rambling epeeohj . in which , he stated that the Baltio fleet in 1864 waa not equal to contending against the onemy , though animated with great ssoal ); ond resisted by Sir CnAuucsWooD ( who denied the ohargeof favouritism ) , by ^ acairal Berkeley , Sir Franoib Baking , and Mr . Beiwal Osnounp , the last of whom charged Sir Ohavlos Napiojp with being ho absorbed with hie own contomplatea motion on the Baltio fleet of 1854-6 that fee had made a miptt&o , and ayplicd a speech intended for that motion to the present motion Mr .
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Less and less grows the thin stream of war news , weelt by week . A little movement , however , is still observable in the Crimea , where Marshal Pelissier , having been informed that the Russians , on a given night , proposed to attaclc the advanced division in the Valley of Baidar , in the hope of surprising it , kept eight of his divisions under arms during the whole night ; but nothing ensued . When the news of the acceptance by Russia of the Austriaa propositions reached Sebastopol , it was at
first disbelieved ; but , when doubt was no longer possible , it is stated to have caused " a feeling of complete stupefaction . "—though whether among the Rtissians or the allies , deponent sayeth not . Trade at Kamiesch is suffering severely . The excess of supplies has caused a great reduction in prices , and l « d to several failures . The Morning Post expresses its belief that official accounts have been received of the complete destruction of the docks at Sevastopol ., which have now all been "blown up .
Accounts from Kertch do not possess much interest . General Vivian , has purchased two thousand noises at Bucharest for the Anglo-Turkish Contingent . General Xiebeuf has returned to headquarters from his visit to Kinburn , From Odessa we are told that large bodies of men are advancing in the direction of the Danube . . According to intelligence from Constantinople , the English , incase the war continues , are to send
their German Legion , as well as other troops , to Asia . The negotiations for the exchange of a part of the garrisons of Ksits and Kinburn are still going on . The deputation of Circassian chiefs , who had been at Constantinople for some time , liave left for Trebizond . Accounts have heen received from Bulgaria of disturbances having taken place with the Bashi-Bazoiiks at Sliumla , and orders have been sent for the punishment of the rioters .
THE BALAKLAVA SWAMP . The swatnp at the head of Balaklava harbour is a nuisance which strikes one the more in proportion as other nuisances abate and disappear . Thus , when one approaches the town , over an excellent road ( the best part of our high road ia that from Kadikoi to the entrance of Balaklava ) , and sees on the one hand a railway at work and quite a village of huts and storehouses , on the other the rowa of shipping in the harbour , on all sides signs of activity , commerce , civilisation , and improvement ., he wonders to behold a fetid , fever-breeding morass in the very heart and centre of all this movement and business . The means that have been
adopted temporarily to dimmish the inconvenience lmve but augmented the evil . Straw has at different times been Bpread there , and the result ia a bed of manure and a breeding-placo of miasma . I understand it is intended to drive piles into the harbour in advance oi this swamp , and where the water is of a certain depth , to stretch boards across the piles , so as to form a barrier , and to fill up in rear of this with shingle and ballast , of which a thick layer will bo spread over the whole of the mai'shy groxind . This is tho only effectual way of putting a period to thitj
most unwholesome nuisance , It might bo worth wfcilo to make the piles of sufficient solidity , and to drive them in water deep enough for boats and lighters to discharge there ; for Balaklava , tho paltry fishing village , th . o unknown lurking-placo of the smuggler , ia now a port of great commerce , and has not enough of wharf room . The filling up of tho swamp is one of the measures most essential to the improvement of tho sanitary Btato of Balaklava , although I suspect that more -will have to bo done before tho warm weather comes . —Times' Correspondent .
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WAR MISCELLANEA . Tub Hmsehkatic Oitiissand thmWaii . —Alottorfrom Hamburg , in Lc Nord , gives an account of tho nuHaion of Dr . Ruoker , who , it is said , was sent to London by tho throe Hansoatio cities to assuro tho English government of tho falsehood of tho allocations that
war mat&tel was being transported thence into Russia Lord Clarendon , says the account , received the Doctor "in a manner so little diplomatic that a parallel is vainly sought in history , " while Lord Palmersfcon cried out in the midst of the explanations " Why , you Hamburghers are nothing but a set of smugglers ! " All this , together with sundry threatenings , has grevioixsly wounded the feelings of rtm citizens of Hamburg .
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THE PEACE . The p ' eace preliminaries progress . Turkey is said to be as anxious as Russia for the conclusion of the war Austria is throwing her weight into the pacific scale France would evidently rather sheath the sword and England , though Btill in a belligerent mood , will ' of course , throw no obstacles in the "way of the Conferences . The Plenipotentiaries are now settled on and the Moniteur thus officially announces their names : — " Fi-ince ( Count Colonna "Walewski . \ Baron de Bourqueney . ( fi 7 n « i «« i / Earl of Clarendon . " England ( LordCowley . " Austri { Count de Buol-Schauenstein . \ Baron de Hubner . " Turkev ( Aali Pacha , J " \ Meb . em . ed Djemil Bey . " Sardinia Chevalier Mas 3 imo d'Azeglio . "Russia ( Count Orloff . " *" ¦ I Baron Bruuow . "
Yet , notwithstanding the prospects of peace , Russia continues to make military preparations in the Baltic provinces and in Poland . It is thought that the Conferences will open on the 25 th of February . The preliminary protocol was signed at Vienna on the 1 st of February by the representatives of France , England , Austria , Turkey , and . Russia ; and the conclusion of an armistice was then decided on in principle . It has been determined to communicate the protocol to the Diet of Frankfort . A despatch from Berlin says that " Saxony does not intend to recommend the Diet of Frankfort to accept the Austrian proposals unconditionally . Nevertheless , it is believed that the probability of the restoration of peace will not fail to exercise some influence on the resolutions of the neutral States of Germany . "
While signing the protocol , Prince Gorfc 3 chakoff , according to Le Nord , requested that Prussia should be invited to take part in the Conferences . Count Buoij it is added , supported the request , and tlie French and English Ministers took notice of it ad referendum . The announcement of the Morning Post , last week , that Prussia is to be excluded , appears , tlieref ore , to be premature , though it may possibly be true after all . The New Prussian Gazette states that the participation of Prussia in the Conferences of peace is so completely a matter of indifference to the cabinet of Berlin , that Prussia has determined not to take part in the
negotiations , unless requested to do so by all the powers . Another account says that Prussia has voluntarily retired rather than make difficulties , but that she still asserts her right , A grand trumpet flourish is blown by the Journal de fit . Petersburg , which , in large type , at the head of it 3 " News of the Day , " observes :- <— " The intelligence that Russia has accepted the proposols of Austria , relative to the basea of negotiations , has produced a profound sensation . At London and Paris , it was published officially , and was received everywhere with great joy . Hopes of i > eaci ? , anticipating the event , have taken , so to speak , the character of certainties , "
The French Emperor is roported to have written a letter to the Emperor Francis Joseph , iu which h « promises that the Fifth Point shall bo interpreted " neither iu the spirit of au attornoy nor of a tradesman . " Peace , if we may believo the statements contained in a letter from St . Petersburg , ia becomiu ^ popular in that city . Even th © Grand-Duke Constantiue begins to acknowledge that hi * Inaperin , 1 brother was right in accoptiug tho Austrian terms ; au « l Princo Menaohikoff appears to bo tho only belligorout of any importance . He has endeavoured to get liiuisolf named representative of Russia ut tho Paris Congress ; but , adds the letter wo havo just rofom-il im
to , " the Emperor positively rofused to intrust so - portant a mission to tho man who was tho immodiut * cause of tho war , and he dismissed Princo McuHcliikoif , tolling him that it would havo been muoh bottor and much more useful hadhe exhibited at the battle of the Alma , where an opportunity wns given for tho display of real heroism , a oonduot moro in acoorduueo with tho haughtiness of his prone ut language . The Admiral made another attempt with thoGSmnd-Duko , witlx whom ho has long boon * favourito ; but I lie Prince rofuaodto receive him , and ordorod thy I ' rinoi ) , through an aido-do-oamp , to proceed to Cron-itiuU , to perform tho duties which tho Emperor hud iutruutou t ) lum . "
The Monitcur vopuWiuhoB tho official anuounoomeut of the adhouion ot HuhbUv to the Austrian pruporful * , with tho observation that there woro » oi » xo on-orr * u > the first voralou , pi'oviounly published h \ tho Mo'U ' tew- Tho following i « tho ooixootod voiwlon : —
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2127/page/4/
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