The Express. — London, England, 1851-07-08 00:00:00

..' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE ()V LORDS.—MONDAT, JILT 7. Tic LORD CHANCIILLOS tllOll. WS Net la Are *Week. PETITION PRESENTED. Bonen Fames. 1311.t..—8y the Earl of GALLOWAY, I eriest this bill. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. Tbie bill, wits soave etkeys,.was brought sap from the Delettamise, bik& Biarrrensral, $1- raIIWZN, me. Farm- MILD, sad Amato.' MERCHANT SEAMEN'S TCND. The Earl of lILLENEORQUOR rise notice that he wield en Thursday neat call thee attention ad the-bone to dos mann proposed by the govrnment as to the merchant Ilenmen's hod. FARM BUILDINGS BILL. Lied ElNNAlRADAndepszetemattee en this bill. ne Berl a II uncoil In the bill, and erred ate eseunittel doe eltdoseilbs. Lad LIMMAIRD libeleende wadi *Dew the bOl Se be esundtesd. to 10110 tesweeertain arnesdasenta in enneelose, which he Woad meet tke objections of the oak earl. A ehert ensued, in the tonne et whish the bill was by the Duko of CLETIP Moo sad the Earl of ra rttav ; and opposed by the Beet et LOWsnaLlt, Earl FIYZWILLIAII, the Earl of aLatleellaT, Lord Bestrewn, and the Marquis of BAhtlialliT, after which their lordships divided, when the numbers were : entente lB 36-18 Nos contents CON VOCATION OF THE CLERGY. Lord REDZSDALE gave notice that he would, on Fri day neat, bring forward the motion on the subject of con vocation of which he had gven notice some time ago. IllE CASE OF JOTEE PERSHAUD. The Earl of ELLENBOROUtiII bad given notice a few days ago that he would move for returns with reference to the gaol at Agra, fur the purpose of making a certain state ment of facts which had come to his knowledge since he test alluded to this subject, with reference to the miscon- Ent of certain magistrates in India in getting up evidence against demo Cershaud. If the Oovernor-General of India bad ordered any inquiry into the circumstances, or if the table lord at the head of the Board of Control had directed that any inquiry should be mado on the subject, he would abstain from saying anything further about it ; but as he was not authorised to come to such a conclusion, it was his duty to proceed. There was ample ground for inquiry in the 11311011 (acts of the case, as admitted, and as they were now before the public. Ile found in a newspaper published is loth., and the only one which took the part of the go vernment there —he found it stated that " a large number of the native witnesses were declared by the court to be un with, of credit, they having been parties to the perjury, whotuaion of which was charged in the calendar. Ile found it further stated that the counsel for the Demised con tended against the reception of the whole of the record from the manner in which the case had been got up. Without going further, this was amply sufficient, not only to justify, but to require the government to institute a marching inquiry into the conduct of the magistrates; for, be it understood, it was not • CAW got up by solicitors, bott by magistrates, and they had used all the strength of the law to bring before them the witnesses who were afterwards Mbe produced. There was nu protection for innocence mains a man imputed to be guilty had a fair trial, which bad oat been the case in the present instance, fur means were adopted to obtain evidence against the accused which ought not to have been resorted to. It more especially concerned the government of India to be jealous of its cha ncier, and to take care that in every case its strength and power iuterveued to prevent any wrung-doing on the part of its officers. In this country and other well constituted mommunaties the people looked to the law fur protection ; bat in the East the people looked to the govern ment, and not to the law, and • great effect was produced by the intervention of the government to punish its officers for improper conduct. Ile understood that iu this case it was not correct to my that the first person who gave inforruation to the government was em ployed in the commissariat department, but • convicted Aloe, on his release from the guil of Agra. It had also leen stated to him that every witness against the accused was abused and threatened to be indicted fur perjury if he did uut give the evidence they wanted him to give. lie was further informed that Joke Peraliaual wan told that if be lelt Agra to get up evidence for defence he would be dragged back AS a felon Hu was told that witnesses could be brought to support those facts. And now he would pro ceed to more distinct charged of facts connected with this ease, and he would tell the noble lord before he left the house that night the name and residence of the gentleman from whom hr had obtained his information ; and, if he plesoil, he might to-morrow see that gentleman and satisfy inset( of the correctors of the particulars he was about to detail. The 'military magistrate of Agra had pre sented to hint a petition by toe relatives of • person tonfined within the compound of the civil magistrate, Mr. C. It. Denisna, praying that be might be released, as he was enliued there illegally. The man was treated as a criminal, and was threatened from day to day with coot 'saltine O to a gaol, if he would not vary the deposition he bad nude in open court before the magistrate. The ma gistrate would not receive the petition, because, not being on staniped paper, it was informal, and he could not receive it, bet be immediately drove to the residence of the magic. date, Mr. Denison, and by the door of that gentleman's house he saw t h e perms referred to, in the custody of two of the native puttee. Such was his excitement, that the SOAR nearly threw himself under the carriage as it me proocheal, declared that he bad been confined for more than twelve days. Ile stated that he had been carried into the place illegally, after be had given. in open court, a deposition in favour of Jute,: I', rsliaud ; anal every day he had been threatened with commitment to • common gaol if he would not vary that deposition. Those were the facts, the lona of which the noble lord might satisfy himself of to-morrow. second ease affected a Mr. W. K. °Wiliam. There was at Ages a highly reepertable native toraiker, who had no connexion whatever with the commissa riat, but through whom house, in the enure of business, it happened that some pecuniary transactions between Jona Pershauil anal his agents had passed. That native beaker wee called before the magistrates., and he made his deposi tion, which was unsatisfactory to the magistrate. The magistrate, upon this, abused him in terms so grans that he sent a retainer to Mr. Longman Clarke, • well known barrister in Calcutta. to obtain his opinion as to whether he might not tile • criminal information against Mr. Gubbins for the language which he had used, and Mr. Clarke was of opinion that it would lie. The banker was again called before the magistrate, and was 033113115 ed to the continua gaol fur refusing to alter his de position, Ile was confined in a +lll.lll fell, and was obliged to perform the offices of nature close to his sleeping place, an abomination in the eyes of • Muhamedan. These were the facts of the ease, and (throwing a note across the table to Lord Broughtuu) there was the moue of his informant. Such circumstances callel for inquiry. Ile asked no more than inquiry, soil iuquiry he held was absolutely esseutial to the beaver of the onveniment of India, he had almost said to its purity, that wrong should nut be committed with im punity, but that they should search the matter to the bot tom and punish the wrong deer. (liC4r.) The noble earl concluded by moving fur • return of the names of all peer-' suns committed to or discharged from the gaol of Agra be tween the 11th of March and the 7th of November, IS. specifying in each ease the magistrate by whose authority each such commitment or discharge took place, together with the grounds, if any, assigned fur them, Lord BROUOIITON mid the charges brought by the noble earl were placing the government of India and those lemons to whom he had alluded in a position which could loudly be called fair —(hear. hear)—for he (Lord Brough ton) was not in poseenion of any official information which could mashie him to say yes or no to the statement which the noble earl had mode. lie submitted that that state ment—these grave accusations coming from a noble earl of his high authority—a noble earl who had tilled the very highest place in the government of India—ought not to have been lightly laid, the they should not have been made either on the authority of a newspaper, or on that of say private person, unless that private person was willing to submit to whatever might be, he would not say the pun ishment, but the consequences, of giving wrong in formation on such a serious matter. (Hear, hear.) He was thus placed in such a position that he was hardly able to answer the statement put for ward on the neat authority of the noble earl ; but be was in this position to say that as the noble earl's former charges had turned out totally unfounded, he was not with out the hope that the accusations he had now made might turn out to want some of that authority which the noble earl had so gravely attached to them. All that he (Lord Broughton) asked was, that their lordships and the noble earl would suspend their judgment on these charges, which had been brought forward on an authority which the noble earl had been kind enough to famish hint in a note. This, however, he must say, that it was not a very gracious task on the part of persons return ing from Indian service, for them, the very first thing they do on coming home, to furnish matter of attack on the go vernment, of which they hid been the servants and ought to have been the faithful servants. He did not mean to say that if there were any gross maleer motions in the administration of Indian affairs their mouths should be scaled, but he thought they should be very careful as to the charges they might bring forward on the authority of other parties. lie mould assure the noble lord that the subject would be inquired into, but he trusted that he would not press him to state on what terms the inquiry would take place. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII had distinctly said that If the noble lord would assure him that the Governor-Ge neral would order an inquiry, or that he would do so, he should not have made any statement in the meantime upon the subject. lf, however, a searching inquiry were not in stituted into the facts he had stated he should have a grave charge to make against the government of India, (Heae leer.) The noble earl dial not press his motion, and the subject dropped. SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this hill. In doing so he spoke of the evils which at tached to the present site, and enlarged on the desirability of the market being removed. Ile stated the eircumstan n utted with the history of the present bill, and mentio e :eal its_public features and general principle. The bill was then read • second time. • ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid this bill on the bible, and moved that it be read • drat time. On that day !tinniest he would propose to take the sewed reading. Lord MONTEAGLE said thee asessibe to the este 11W1 tats of the been 14 was ass solessiLit,.°P= Seim mike it a arms Oki am Millie bee dmininiPAllllllbb beid e sea es ill was most advantageous to the rules should be as far as possible , Zo P rill : h ot . be reading. 00d ed 4 NU: I , as it now stood ; and is . „„„. Shiva. that the provisions by 1 „ lt ow should be extended to Ire • • . After a few words from Illeelfefi "fekiciwenowtflL The Duke of ARGYLL weed ler • news of every de. tie' or beam* which had been made under the Cha ritable Escalate Act, with t e tame of the teetatore,. sad the woes and dare** et the persons so whom the hems% had bees greated dew the month of Tain h ery, 11111; IleretCriced trebly-. wee* psi*** lordsips* peelotan the mask ileerredsatios that hail bees used Mamie the eathdlie prelates, and of the extent to which titles -haslet $ territorial character had been rear** *Ur*/ ift the law. c Mans Pm weeds from the LORD CHANCELLOR and the LORD CRIMP Joa day for rica the OM was read a lint time, and the order of the the second reading was fixed for that day fortnight. REPORT OF THE COMMON LAW COMMISSION. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that this report had been presented to her Majesty, this re po rt sow laid on their lordships table. lie bad read that re port, and felt much pleasure in saying that it reflected the highest credit upon the commimioners, to whom the country were under the greatest obligation for their valuable and gratuitous DeTVICCE. (Hear, hear.) They had proceeded with unsparing hande, but at the same time they appeared to have preserved the real prin ciples of British jurisprudence, and he believed that this report might lay the foundations foe teat important im provements in the judicature of the country._ (Hear, hear.) ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES RILL The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions in favour of the measure from prusbyterians in various parts of Scotland; and one from the ministers and elders of presbytery in Manchester, in connexion with the established church of Scotland, praying that the bill be made more stringent. Petitions to the same effect were presented by the Earl of MOCNTCASIIELL from baptist and other dissenting coogreications in Liverpool and the neighbourhood. WHITE DEEMING YISUERY (SCOTLAND) DILL. The Duke of ARGYLL, in moving the third reading of the above bill, presented a number of petitions in its favour from various places in Scotland. The bill iris read a third time and passed, and their lord ships adjourned at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JULY 7. The SPIUMCIII took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY , MKING JULY, 8, 1851... PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con sidered :—St. Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin) Bill ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Abandonment of Part of Bishop Auckland Branch, &c.) Bill ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Branch to West Durham Railway, &c.) Bill. The following bills were read a third time and passed Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway (No. 1) Bill • Cubitt's Estate Bill ; Kensington Impepvernent Bill; W exford Free Bridge Bill. The following bills were considered :—Farmers' Estate Society (Ireland) Bill ; General Reversionary and Invest ' ment Company Bill; Lincolnshire Estuary Bill; Man , cheater. Boston, Matlock, and Midland Junction Itiiilway Bill. Upton's Estate Bill was read a second time. PUBLIC BUSINESS. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. Harvest, a new writ was ordered for Knaresborough, in the room of Mr. W. S. Lascelles, de ceased. ST. ALBANS ELECTION PETITION. Mr. BANK ES gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day) submit a resolution, having reference to the case of tae persons required to give evidence before the St. Albans election petition committee, and who have withdrawn them selves from the kingdom. INHABITED HOUSE DUTY BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Mr. EWART moved the following addition to clause I : " And be it enacted that stories of buildings, as in the case of model lodging houses, or of flats, as in Scotland, or parts thereof occupied as separate dwellings, and assessed sepa rately to the poor's rate, shall be held to be inhabited dwell ing houses under this act, and shall be subject to the same liabilities an exemtions as ar provided with regard to Inhabited dwelling h o uses under e this net, nnd the schedule dont° annexed." Mr. HUME approved of the house tax because it was a property tax, and he wished the government to consider whether this tax should not be made as general as possible, allowing no exemptions of any kind. It was a tax which they could raise or lower without altering the machinery of collection, which was a great advantage. lie thought the time was coming when taxation and representation ought to be joined together more closely than they had been. lie could not divine what improvement in the franchise was to take place next year, unless it were an extension to a coon deratile degree, founded on some basis of taxation such sr= set an example of in the bill of last year fur Mr. SLANEY supported the amendment. Mr. A. IIASTIE had taken the trouble to ascertain the effect of the measure upon the city with which he was con nected, and lie found in Glasgow alone that there were up wards of 3,000 persons who did not contribute to the window tai, hat who would hereto pay the inhabited house duty. lie was skulk satisfied that in every other borough in Scotland a similar state of things would be found to exist; and so far from the measure affording relief to that country, it would materially increase the taxation of many districts within it. If the tax were made a universal one, that would lie a different matter; but he hoped that if the right hon. ' 1 gentleman meant to maintain it on the footing proposed. he would accede to the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, with ego (creme to the extension of the franchise, would state that, without committing; any body else, his opisl nion was very much the same as animated the hon. gentle man, namely, that the payment of this tel was the best mode of regulating it that could be applied. (Cheers) lie agreed further with his hon. friend that it would be much better to resist the proposed exemption now, than to add one that might be made the pretext for new exemptions. If the flats belonged to different persons, they were already exempted ; but it the whole house was one person's property, it ought to pay. (Hear, hear.) Applying his hon. friend's argument about horizontal and vertical divisions of a house, it was obvious that the latter had as much right to be iscus,il as the former; and so if a person rented two or three rooms one above the other, they too must he ex empted. If they once gave up the principle that a house was a house, they would soon find few in which some portion would not let as lodgings, and so they would escape the tax altogether. lie could state in conclusion that the amount which the window duty in Scot land yielded was about 130,0001., whereas the estimated produce of the house duty was 50,0001., showing a saving to Scotland of 80,0101. After a few words from Mr. N G. DCCAN, Sir G. PECHELL begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the valuation was to be mule upon that for the poor-rate, or on that for the income-tax? Mr. W. WILLIAMS hoped that as the Chancellor of the Exchequer hail expressed his concurrence in the views of the hon. member for Montrose, and hail promised to recon sider the subject next year, he would abandon this tax altogether for the present session; for he (Mr. Williams) was convinced that from the present state of the revenue the right hon. gentleman would find it unnecessary. (Hear.) Mr. PACKE regretted that the forms of the house would not allow him to bring forward his motion to reduce the sum of houses to be exempted to 10/. instead of 201. ; when however, the hon. member for Montrose moved his amend. meld at the bringing up of the report he would then intro- duce it. After a few words from Mr. L. lIETWORTH, Mr. DISRAELI congratulated the house on the im pirtant declaration which they had heard from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and which had been repeated by the hon. member for Lambeth (Mr. Williams), namely, that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would make an examination of the subject, and report Iris opinion to the house next year. (Laughter.) Mr. WILLIAMS repeated his original statement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—That was the hon. gentleman's version of what he had said, but not his own. (Laughter.) Mr. DISRAELI thought that neither the house nor the country could console themselves on their present financial position by the communication which they had received. He (Mr. Disraeli) considered the bill as extremely injudi cious and ; and he much regretted that the forms tithe house should have prevented the hon. member (Mr. Packs) from moving the amendment of which he had given notice, and of which the effect would have been to have se cured a revenue by the house duty, at least equal to what they would lose by the house tax. (Hear, hear.) In answer to a question by Mr. bleliil•kr, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was proposed to include all houses and gardens, but not farm buildings. Mr. HENLEY was glad to hear the right hon. gen tleman make that statement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (in answer to Sir 0. Pechell) referred to the schedule of the act of the 48th George LII., chap. 5. They would adopt the best mode of obtaining the annual value of houses that they could. The motion was withdrawn. Clauses 1 and '2 having been agreed to, On Clause 3, Mr. A. HASTIE moved an amendment to exempt certain public buildings, respecting which disputes arose in conse quence of a person residing in the premises for the purpose of taking care of them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if these places were really public buildings they were already exempt. If they were occupied, they ought to pay. (Hear, lieu.) Sir C. BURRELL said that questions might arise as to the precise meaning of " inhabited." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he proposed to adopt the definition given in the old House Tax Act. Mr. H. WILLYAMS said he had given notice of a simi lar amendment, on the ground that all scientific bodies ought to he exempted from taxation. .Ir. HUME suggested that these various amendments should be postponed till next session. (Laughter.) The committee then divided on Mr. Hashes amendment, For the amendment 4O _ Againet it Me. W. WILLIAMS moved the ineertioo of the follow *. wee :—" All homes not liable to be mewed to pay ear IS wiadoin tdtell sot be sessold or liable to b. no. the saig pi e." He was al lb, to TO M this tsz,mhish Mr. r AN erearales the amendseset Two *remand of his 'turas *lto had net paid window deny would • to this ma. which they Omen a very strange 'relief. This would Melly prism upon eleeke, shim a, and others of the humble class, who were ill able to hear any additional taxation. -Mr W..-a did not think it fair that bill which was ammeautation of tams shouidAring in e . class Whil had dot bMfere been taxed... ,• —.Tho_CHANCELLOR of Oa EXtHEQUER hid he was unable to discover any principle in this amendment. It would he ememlingly unjust to exempt a house of 201. or 301. a year because it had not paid window duty, while others of the same duty were taxed. (Hear.) He had stated on introducing the measure that a somber of houses • hitherto tented would be exempt, while ethers would be brought andercherge, thus striking a bedew. • The amendment was formally erm. and the clause was agreed to, as were the remising Maws& The blank in the schedule was Mimi sp "1S&" Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the iimpullas is the lasi& of the following words :—" Foe jerededemil er ealladdlog purposes, or by any person." The stem of this aolisind• mot was to render houses occupied for sett purpose, ' rateable as shops, at 6d. in the pound. It would diet the houses of medical men, attorneys, and teachers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the question had been raised in a more extended sense ' and ne gatived by the house, in an earlier stage of the bill. Shies were rated, lower on account of their being exempt from the late window-duty ; and if the exemption were carried further, they might make it universal at once. Medical men might receive patients in their dining-room, and on that ground claim exemption for their whole house. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) should resist the amend ment. Mr. EWART did not eco why a school should not be entitled to the same consideration as a shop. After a few words from Lord R. Geosvesoa, Mr. DUNCOMBE said he would not trouble the earns& tee by pressing to • division, and the amendment was cars. queritly negatived. The schedule, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. DUNCOMBE then moved, as an additional clams: " Provided always, and be it enacted, that no mend we omission to pay,:within any limited period, the duties sowserd under the authority of this act, in respect of any hemmer other building, shall prevent any person from being ad mitted or retained on the register or list of persons entitled to vote in the election of a member or mem bers to serve in parliament for any city or borough, or from voting at any such election." In 1840, L ord Melbourne's ministry brought in a bill for the registration of parliamentary electors. They exempted the electors from paying the assessed taxes as a condition of their registra tion, and left the parochial taxes as they were. The mime on the back of that bill were those of Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. Attorney-Oese ral (now Lord Campbell); and Mr. Solicitor-General (now Lord Chancellor Truro) ; and therefore he only asked her Majesty's ministers to do now that which they felt no hesi tation about in 1840. (Hear, hear) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER resisted the clause. Surely there could be no hardship in compelling parties to pay a tax the payment of which constituted their right to vote. It was only in accordant, with the constitu tional principle of representation bared upon taxation., (Hear, hear.) Mr. Hung supported the clause, as also did Mr. Bbo• StIEILTON. The committee then divided : Fur the clause 6O Against ll9-59 Sir DE L. EVANS then stored the following chime " That in the case of any premises occupied with a dwelling house, and heretofore exempt from the rate or duty in respect of the windows or lights therein, and which pre mises shall be assessed to the rate or dote hereby imposed, it shall be lawful for the occupier of such premises to require that the dwelling-house occupied with such pre mises shall be assessed at the before-mentioned rate or duty of 91, and thereupon the said premises shall not be liable to any rate or duty." Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the clause, and After • few words from the Cueseeteon of the Excasuusit, who expressed a hope that the hon. and gallant gentleman would not press to a division, The clause was withdrawn. The bill was then reported, and the house resumed. WOODS AND FORESTS BILL. The house resumed the committer on this bill, the clauses of which were agreed to, after much desultory and unim portant discussion. The bill was ordered to be reported on Friday. SUPPLY.—THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. On the motion Inc going into committee of supply, Sir D. NORREYS moved ;that the architect of the New Palace at Westminster lay before the house a report in detail on the manner in which he would recommend that the interior decorations of the New House of Commons should be completed, and that lie be directed to prepare plans. Ile made heavy complaints respecting the misun derstanding between the Coinmissioners and Mr. Barry, the result of which was, that the New House, notwithetinding the expense incurred, was a most unsatisfactory building. The CHANCELLOR of THE EXCHEQUER re commended the house not to interfere further in this matter. He hoped they would have one or two morning sittings in the New House this session, which would afford a practical knowledge of its qualities. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Hume, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. T. Greene, and Mr. Clay . took part: The motion was negatived without a division. The house then wcut into committee of SUPPLY. On the motion that a sum not exceeding 32,0001. be voted for defraying the charmer of her Majesty's foreign and secret service money, Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to the motion. Ile looked upon the expenditure of this money to be similar to that spent at election,. (A laugh.) That, at all events, was the public impression. lie moved, as in ameudnient, that the vote be reduced to 20,0001. Mr. C. LEWIS denied that this was an extraordinarily large sum. In the year 1822 the secret service money voted by that house was 44,5001. In 1526, it rose to 60,5001. In subsequent years the Tote was reduced. In 1849 it was 35,0001. ; in 18a0 it was again reduced to 35,0001. ; and this year it was proposes! to take • vote only of 32,110111., which, should the house agree to it, would be the lowest sum fur secret service ever granted in this country since 1822. This was a very moderate amount, in reference to the vast affairs of the government. Hon. members might be perfectly satisfied that no portion of the secret service ever went to the purposes of corruption at elections. Colonel siutHour had, in pursuance of his duty as an honest man, always voted against this secret service money. Ile attached uo weight whatever to the attempted defence of the vote offered by the hon. gentleman who had just sat down. Governments, in these matters, always stick up fur each other ; and, of course, the hon. gentleman was nut likely to cry " stinking fish." There was something , to him sufficiently suspicious in the very adjective " tsecret. "The money was wanted for • good purpose, or i was net. if for a good purpose, let that purpose be openly ex plained. If for a bad purpose , let it be not voted at all. To him it was perfectly obvious that the govern ment was ashamed to state what it really did with these annual votes. Would the Chancellor of the Exchequer undertake to stand up and deny that the money was de voted to entertaiuments in Downing-street? (Laughter.) , Who could tell whether or not this money went to the en tertainment of Cardinal Wiseman? (Great laughter.) Might not part of the sum have gone to bribing the car dinal to come over here? (Renewed laughter.) Who could assert that it did not go to the disgraceful purpose of paying spies? Such a vote was most improper and most unworthy of the house ; and he called upon the hon. mem ber for Lambeth to divide the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME thought that the time had fully come when they ought to resolve todispense with this secret service mo ney. If in peculiar circumstances secret services were re quires!, the government had ample means available out of the 10,0001. voted for this purpose in the civil list. He should therefore vote with the hon. member for Lambeth on this occasion. Lord PALMERSTON could not conveniently tell his hon. friend how this money was expended, but he could fairly enough show how it was not expended. He could assure his hon. friend that no part of it was ever expended in bribery . at elections. (" Oh, oh," from Col. Sibthorp.) On this point his hon. friend might be trite at ease. The amount of secret service money, as had been stated, had of late years been greatly reduced, and was in gra dual progress of being still further reduced ; but at no time would it be possible for a govern ment to avoid spending certain occasional amounts I which might be essential for the public service to keep secret. Information of an important character was from time to time required, which could not possibly be procured if the names ut the persons by whom that inform ation was a ff orded were to be made public. [The noble lord was most indistinctly heard.] Mr. DISRAELI had for many years given a silent vote in favour of the estimate for "secret service," and on this occasion he begged to be permitted to explain why he would now repeat that vote. They had heard on this occasion a very remark able charge preferred by an hon. gentleman who repre sented a large constituency, and who always spoke with statistical accuracy. That hon. gentleman had stated that there was nothing in the state of our colonies or in the condition of the continent which would justify on our part any extraordinary secret expenditure.. He (Mr. Disraeli) had received that intimation with considerable satisfaction. (Laughter.) He had not been until now aware that colonial and continental affairs were in such a state that we could congratulate ourselves on a prospect of perpetual tranquillity. The hon. member, with these views as to the continent mules to the colunies,bad ex pressed a belief which he, of course, would not have ex peened had his data been insufficient, that a very general belief among the public was that this secret service money was really expended in influencing elections, and in form ing the character of that house. (Laughter.) Now, this was a wonderful year—the year of the Crystal Palace—the year when distinguished foreigners were invited to frequent this csuutry, and who, by some mysterious agency, might be present at the debates of that house—(laughter) — and having fur fourteen years silently voted in favour of secret service money, he must be allowed to enter his pro test against the charge which had now been made, and to declare that in giving his vote he had no. intention what ever to offer the government corrupt means of influencing cleetioas. ("Hear, hear," and laughter.) He did not wish foreigners to suppose that elections in this country were conducted onso meagre • scale, that the miserable sum of 32,0001. would enable the government to exercise any perceptible MUSDOC (Great laughter.) Why, a blue book in tb• tittabowed that the election of a single member constituency of Norwich had cost more than (Much laughter.) To let foreigners leave our reentry with seek an idea would be to aft a stigma on ourselves, sad kr protested against it. (Continued laugh me.) There wen few persons who had a greater respect tot dr Mo. old gallant gentleman (Colonel Bibthorp) than , bo llaudt WI. and there was no one who would mom wag* loAr to that honourable and gallant Illomat oploils--oaughter)—but be could not believe !Et this PM had been expended by the ggooesss , -ft eneouragffig the movements of Cudieal S r.( (Great laughter.) He must be understood W most emphatically against the tone of exaggeration Illadieettability which had characterised the remarks of des hen. member for Lambeth. Mr. COBDEN saw, in the nature of the remarks which. had been made upon this vote, the best ponilde orgeessest the proposal of such a vote. If the purposes to proposal the money was devoted were honourable, let the ens., like the other votes, be detailed and explained. The Interpretations put upon the vote in that house were pre cisely the interpretations which the public would put upea it. He would not say what kb oplaitsa of the object of the vote was ; bet he es:tasty bad heard before all the explanations beard that night, and a good deal more. The whole course of the discussion he (Mr. Cobden) contended, clearly showed how impolitic a proposal this was. If the hon. member for Lambeth divided the house, he would vote with the bon. member—his object being to get rid of the vote altogether — but, in the mean time, being ready to cut it down to 20,000 r. i After some further discussion, The house divided, when there appeared For the amendment 140-99 Against it The tote was then agreed to. TIN next vote was 226,5621. for printing and stationery. Mr. 11131 E said there was an item of 6,0001. for the London Gozelte. The Ga:ette was published, in his lopinion, in a very injurious manner. the government raised by it upwards of 15,0001. It would be much better in his opinion to reduce the price and give it a more general circulation. Government ought not to be traders in newspapers. There was also a sum of 300/. for the Exhibition. (Hear, hear, front Col. Sibthorp.) That was a paltry sum, and he should have wished that the Ex hibition had not owed anything to the public. He would also observe that the present system of allowing a monopoly of printing acts of parliament was bad. Mr. C. LEWIS said originally the London Gazette was voted for as a separate establishment. With respect 1 to the price being too high, he had only to say it was not the object of the government to publish a news paper. If they were to do so, an objection would be made that they were interfering with the trade of news metro. . I t wnda.thmeeeerelyzelfMorcctihulcdphuardly be ryase of considered pulhing in that 1 announcements, and complying with the requirements of various acts of parliaments, that certain announcements should appear in the Gazette. With respect to the promulgation of the acts, the distribution he believed was under tee superintendence of the officers of the House and he was not aware that any diminution could be effected. On the entire vote, however, there had been a diminution. In 1819 it was 277,0001. • in 1850 260,0001. ; and in the, present year it was 226:0001., showing a diminution of 51,0001. since 1849. Mr. REYNOLDS complained that out of the whole i sum of 226,0001., Ireland received only 14,8861., while last year she received 19,9401. I Colonel SIBTILORP protested against a charge of 3001. I fur that nonsensical and absurd exhibition of the industry, as it was called, of all nations, notwithstanding that between 200,1,001. and 300,0001. had been drawu out of the pockets l of the people for it. (Laughter.) Mr. WILLIA:4IS hoped for the sake of the Exhibition ' that the sum would be paid back again. (Cheers.) 1 , Mr. LABOUCILERE said that the 3001. was for the or dinary expenses of a royal commission, and he thought it would not be for the dignity of the crown that they should be paid by private peewits. (Hear, hear.) In answer to Mr. Srooftea, Mr. LAIIOUCHEItE added that the charge was for sta tionery required for the ordinary business transacted by the Loyal commission. After some conversation, the vote was agreed to. Thu next vote was a sum not exceeding 13,0001., for law *mites, paid by the solicitor to the Treasury. Agreed to. The next vote was a sum not exceeding 8,6701., for the expenses of the prosecution of offenders against the laws eslating to gold and silver coin. Alderman COPELAND expressed an opinion that if the Ipower of summary conviction, and of inflictin two or three 1 months' imprisonment, were accorded to the magi.trates, the crime of " smashing " would be almost entirely done away with. The vote was agreed to. The next vote was • sum not exceeding 17,7001. to de fray the expenses incurred by sheriff's, de. Agreed to. The next vote was a sum not exceeding 9,0801. to defray the salaries of' the Insolvent Commissioners. The vote was agreed to, as were the f o llowing:-87,8101., criminal prosecutions and other law charges in Scotland. 60,0001., criminal prosecutions and other law charges ill Ireland. 35,5001. for the metropolitan police in Dublin. 200,0001., cost of prosceutious at sessions and assizes in England, formerly paid out of county rates. Mr. II C.ME asked if the recommendation of a committee up stairs, for reducing the number of officers employed iu prosecutions, was to be carried out? Mr. C. LEWIS said the committee had recommended the appointment of public prosecutors all over England, to be paid by the government, as in Scotland. The govern ment had not thought it wise yet to introduce so extensive a change ; but every care was taken to prevent unnecessary expense. Mr. V. SMITH thought it was a mistake in the first in stance to place these expenses on the consolidated fund, and thereby remove them from local control. (Hear, hear.) ins should like to know whether a scale had been prepared by the Home Secretary by which the expenses of prosecutions over the various counties might be more equalised. Mr. C. LEWIS intimated that it was intended that such a scale should be adopted. Proceedings, however, in such matters required careful and deliberate consideration. The vote was agreed to, as were 221,2691. to defray the charges of government prisons at home. 117,1901. for maintenance of prisoners in county gaols, &c. 08,3601. to defray the expenses of the transportation of convicts. Mr. HUME urged the postponement of this vote until they should have information as to the way in which the convicts who had lately been sent to Van Diemen's Land hail been receive'!. He understood that the inhabitants would not admit or employ a single convict after a given period, and he thought that they should not give the Colonial-office the means of doing mischief. He should certainly oppose the vote in the meantime. Mr. C. LEWIS mid the government had already done something towards decreasing the extent of transportation. The total number of prisoners kept in this country last year had been 9,8i8; this year the number was 10,576. Coder these circumstances he trusted the committee would see that the government had done all in their power to diminish transportation to the colonies, and that the v ote I would be agretll to. Mr. HUME said his complaint was that they were land ing prisoners on the shores of Van Diemen's Land not only against the protest of the inhabitants, but against a des patch of Earl Grey promising tkat no more convicts should he seat. (Hear, hear.) if they wished to maintain the peace of the colonies they must keep faith with them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman COPELAND thought the vote should at least be postponed for a few days. The CHANCELLOIt of the EXCHEQUER claimed for the government the credit of doing what they could to diminish the extent of transportation. The figures quoted by his right hon. friend (Mr. C. Lewis) amply demon strated this. It was, however, impossible to do away with transportation all at once. It must be gradually reduced. 'Transportation must be continued to a certain extent. Government were not prepared to stop it at once, and he strongly questioned the propriety of a sudden alteration of the system on which we had been accustomed to deal with our yrtsoners. Alter a few words from Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, who protested against the system of letting convicts loose amongst the settlers, who did not want them, Colonel DUNNE observed there were several districts in North America where convicts could be advantageously sent, as the localities much required them. Mr. HENLEY said the labour market in this country was already overstocked, and, in consequence, he thought those inmates of penitentiaries when let loose on the world, no matter how thoroughly reformed, would not have the same chance of obtaining a livelihood as those who had been always unblemished members of society. Therefore transportation, iu his opinion, could not be done away with. Mr. DUNCAN protested against any further shipments to Van Dietuen's Land. Mr. V. SMITH expressed his regret at the diminution of the vote for free emigration this year. It should be also recollected, all the convicts were not sent to Van Diemen's ' Land. In the present day, many were sent to Bermuda I and other settlements. Captain HARRIS thought the great mistake occurred at 1 , the commencement, in making any of the colonies penal. Mr. AGLIONBY protested against the introduction of any of these parties to Van Diemen's Land, as property in that colony, on which large sums had been expended, had become almost worthless in consequence of the increase of the convict population, and the great demoralisation that resulted. Lord J. RUSSELL said her Majesty's government had experienced great difficulty in dealing with this matter. It certainly was a great evil that the number of convicts in this country should have increased, and that the jails and penitentiaries should be overcrowded with them. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman who had just sat down com plained of the evils produced by the presence of convicts in Van Diemen's Land. Now, though Bermuda and Gibraltar were stations where convicts to a certain number might be sent, yet it was plain that the great extra and additional number could only be sent to Australia. (Hear, hear.) There were portions of that colony—Moreton Bay, for exam ple—ready to receive these convicts, though the agitation sow going on there was directed against the reception of convicts in any part of that colony. (Hear, hear.) The boo. gentleman who last spoke, as well as the hon. mem ber for Montrose, had mixed up in this matter a charge of breach of faith against the Secretary for the Colonies. (" Hear, hear," from Mr. Hume.) He (Lord J. Russell) believed that charge was unfounded. When the present government came into office they found that for a number of years a great many convicts bad been sent to Van Moses Land, and that the Secretary of State is the peeling adminia . tratioa, impressed with the great evils that such over-traluportation caused, issued directions then transportation to Van Diemen's Land should be suspended for two years. (Hear, hear.) There was a sub sequent plan in contemplation by the Colonial Secretary of I the }venous ministry, by which transportation was not to be done away with, bat by which a certain portion of the punishment was to be suffered in this country, and the 1 convicts were then to go out, not es transported felons, but as exalts, with the condition that they were not to leave the Australian colony. (Hear, hear.) That plan was afterwards changed into sending them there I with tickets of leave, but the plan was not changed in re spect to Van Diemen's Land, or any of the colonies where convicts had gone at fi rst. He was inclined to think that the governor of Van Diemen's Land might have misunder stood some of the despatches, and so had held language which had brought on this mistake. He should not now enter upoa the great subject which the hon. member for Montrose had broached. It must be obvious to the house that to maintain the system of transportation, whether to diminish it to a certain degree or abolish it altogether, it was impossible to make a sudden change. The honourable member did not seem to consider the fact~—that here were persons convicted; their trials over, and placed in the prisons of the country, and that if the house were to come to a resolution to abolish transporta tion, they must make some provision for the maintenance of those prisoners at a much greater expense than the cost of the present system, and producing great evil to the country. Every means ought to be taken, and he held were taken , to ascertain in what parts of Auat;alia there was a willingness to receive convicts. The number sent would be very much guided by that consideration. So long as it was the law 'that certain offenders mart be transported, provision must be made for transportation. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that some consideration ought to be given to the universal expression of disapprobation by the colonies of the present system of transportation. Mr. EWART commented on the contamination spread into colonial society by the transportation of convicts, and as regarded Van Diemen's Land he deprecated the concentra tion of contamination upon the people there. While he thought injustice had been done to that colony he was of opinion that an improved means of deportation was the only sound system. Mr. HUME reminded the government that he had opposed transportation to Van Diemen s Land and Australia front the first. He thought transportation ought to be continued, but under a very different system—one that would conciliate the colonies. Mr. NAPIER said he saw a charge for religious instruc tion on board the convict shim, and wished to kn w if pro vision was made for all denominations of religion, or whether iu a case where the majority on board were Roman catho lics, they were not adequately provided for, while no pro vision was made for other stets ? Sir W. SOMERVILLE was understood to say that when a small number was on board it was obviously impossible to provide fur all their religious differences. The committee then divided : For the vote Against it -89 The CHAIRMAN then reported progress. The Stock in Trade Bill was read a second time. The Loan Societies Bill was read a third time. The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was read a se cond time. On the motion of Sir It. Fritovsox, the following returns were agreed to :—Public Works (Ireland) ; return of the amount, 1. of all grants ; 2. of all SUM advanced in aid of relief works; 3. fur arterial drainage ; 4. for the im rovement of the Shannon ; fur the employment of the labouring pour; 6. for the improvement of landed property under the commissioners of public works in Ireland. And a general statement of the other transactions of the Com missioners of Public Works (Ireland), from their appoint ment under the Act 1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 33 (1831); show ing the total amount of Exchequer Bills and money issued to them, interests calculated at the rate of three per cent. per annum ; the amount of payments into the Exchequer, interest calculated at the game rate ; the balances of loans and interests outstanding, and the estimated profit to the sth day of January 18.51. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that in consequence of the absence of Sir G. Grey the County Courts Extension Bill wouldnot be proceeded with at twelve o'clock this day, but the Board of Health Bill would be brought forward instead. A bill for the amendment of the law with regard to letters patent was brought up and read a first time. The house adjourned at one o'clock. sfie ' , y fie• TO CORRESPONDENTS. I Sewed Fstitian • f "The Ezprees," oonteilung 'he sale evening's o' Gazette," is publi.bed every Tuesday and F missy night, in this for poet. Aden. ached for The Irshrses," Loudon Erenieff paper, main he &Were, It/, Bouveriwntreet, by Two o ' cloc k on the day or publication. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE . Tie DAT-110tmillg. n. Arcerwm. 10h. la. To-—liorains. Lob. 40111. A RKIN...a s Ilb. 15es. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 8. LAST night, Mr. EWART moved as an amendment on the first clause of the Inhabited House Duties Bill, certain additions to the exemptions already in troduced into the measure. Mr. SLANEY supported the amendment, on the ground that it would pro mote the erection of improved lodging-houses for labourers; Mr. ALEXANDER H.tstiE, on the ground that unless it was adopted, parties in Scotland, who have been exempted from the payment of window tax will be obliged to pay the house tax. 'rho CHANCELLOR of the Ext.:oE44lsEu was inexorable. He declared that " all exemptions to this tax arc bad in principle ;" and went so far as to say, that if those proposed by Mr. EWART were conceded, "he might Just as well bid good bye to the tax altogether, as far as Scotland was concerned." On the ground of the injustice of all exemptions, the CHANCELLOR also opposed the motion subsequently made by Mr. HASTIE in favour of school-houses, lecture rooms, public libraries, lee. In making this resolute stand, Sir CHARLES WOOD was quite right. As Mr. IlustE. had previously re marked, all such exemptions would only lead to evasions; and whatever merit a house tax may possess, consists in its being certain, general, and equal. How comes it, then, that the CuAscEm.ou of the Exelimiren becomes oblivious of his anti pathy to exemptions in the case of agricultural buildings? When Mr. LOC/ULM asked what was to be understood by the term " farm buildings," Iwhich are to be exempt from the tax, Sir CHARLES RiMply replied " all the buildings that are actually used for farm purposes." This is a pretty sweeping exemption clause to have been introduced and to be maintained, by a gentleman who is of opinion that " all exemptions to the inhabited house tax are bad in principle." Nobody, however, in the House of Commons appears to have been struck with the glaring self contradiction of the minister of finance. Mr. HEN LEY muttered applause : "he was rejoiced to hear that explanation.' And nobody presumed to ask whether what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander; whether the denial of exemptions to the inhabitants of towns ought not to be extended upon every principle of equity to agriculturists? The truth probably is that Sir CILARLES WOOD and his sessional measures of finance are considered incorrigible, and that no one cares to undertake the task of mending them. His budget of ways and means has been by dint of much pushing and haul ling rendered a little less unshapely than it was when first produced ; still it is but a bungled busi ness at tho best. It was so radically bad that it defies entire amendment, and people have got sick of trying to lick the ungainly cub into shape. They despair of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and make up their minds to let things take their course for this session at least. This dispondent resignation to something exces- Nicely annoying and disagreeable is very natural, but is it prudent? Prosperous though the state of the revenue undoubtedly is, there are symptoms of coming confusion and perplexity. The national finances were cleared and re-adjusted by Sir Itour.irr PEEL, and by him handed over in a manageable con dition to his successors; yet for three successive sea sions have we seen the Cit tNCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER produce budgets which were unable to stand the scrutiny of a very acquiescent House of Com mons, and which have in consequence had to be pulled to pieces and re-constructed as well as the urgency of time permitted. If, as seems not impossible, the national accounts again get into a state of confu sion, what are we to expect if Sir CHARLES WOOD is to continue to preside over the Exchequer? The state of the revenue we have said is prosper ous—unequivocally prosperous. True there is a decrease in July 1831, as compared with July 1830, of 210,7391. on the year, and 95,334/. on the quarter. But it must be kept in mind that in July 1830 there was, as compared with July 1849, an increase of some two millions on the year and half a million on the quarter. And notwithstanding the reductions of duty in the departments of the Ex cise and Customs, still in progress, there is this year in the latter no greater decrease from the returns of last year than 25,1221. on the year, and 15,4901. on the quarter; while in the former there is a positive increase of 122,2731. on the year, and 94,5831. on the quarter. In the Post-office, too, there is an increase of 74,0001. on the year, and 30,0001. on the quarter. These facts, combined with the prosperous state of oar exports, and of the imports of the raw material far our manufactures, and the articles of most gene ral consumption, betoken unequivocally a steadily advancing national prosperity, for which we are in debted to the advances made of late years towards a system of free trade. Yet amid all these favourable symptoms, others of a different character may be seen emerging. The cloud " no bigger than a man's hand" may be discerned in the horizon, though the sky overhead iscloudless. In the item of stamps there is a decrease of 2:•55,2501, on the year, and of 65,2751. on the quarter; in the returns of the property-tax, there is a falling off to the amount of 106,4181. on the year, and 49,95-11. on the quarter. Ilad the re-distribution of the stamp duties, originally proposed by the Citsser:ttos of the EXCHEQUER, at the bidding of the Chairman of the Board of Excise, been adopted, the loss in that department would have been still greater, and with out the compensating alleviation of the burden of stamp-duties, which has benefited several branches of commerce. And, as the excise and customs re turns, and the returns of trade, show that the aggre gate property of the nation is increasing, the decrease in the receipts from the property-tax arc only attributable to the consequences of those inequalities in its incidence—provocative of evasion —to which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and his colleagues cling with such blind obstinacy. The falling oil' in the revenue for the year and quarter just ended, as compared with the revenue of last year, and its corresponding quarter, are clearly . attributable to the injudicious management of the CUANCELLott of the EXCHEQUER. And the unwise fashion in which he is playing fast and loose with the principle of exemption in his new house-tax warrants well-grounded fears that we may, next year, witness a further diminution in the na tional income. The forebodings which induced Mr. GLADsTONE to speak and vote as he did on Mr. DisittELL's notion would seem to be but too well founded. Though the nation is prosperous, and likely to continue so, the accounts of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, his arrangements for preserving the due balance of income and expenditure, appear to be rapidly getting into a state of entanglement. The financial quacks who aim at establishing a system of quasi protection under the plea of financial embarrassments, have caught scent of the coming imbroglio, and are impa tiently, biding their time. The financial pilot who has thrice narrowly escaped running the vessel of the state upon quicksands and shoals in fair weather, may be called upon to try his skill in a storm. Zot ft ottri. The Queen gave a concert last evening at Buck ingham Palace. 'Vlore four hundred invitations, compri sing the Royal family, the Diplomatic corps, and foreigners of distinction, and a large party of the nubility and gentry were issued for this reception. The Duchess of Kent arrived at the Palace at twenty ' five minutes before ten o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Cooper. The Duchess of Gloucester arrived, attended by her Lady in Waiting and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell. The Royal Duchesses were received by the Hon. Amelia Murray and the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Maids of Honour in Waiting, Mr. It. Ormsby Gore and Col. Wylde, Grooms in Waiting to the Queen and Prince Albert, and by Lord C. Fitzroy and Lieut.-Col. F. H. Seymour, Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty and the Prince. The Duke of Cambridge was accompanied by Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, and wilt attended by the Hon. James Macdonald. The general company on their arrival were ushered to the I'icturt 7 Gallery. - - About ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, ac companied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Saloon, which was fitted up .n • music-room. The general circle of visitors followed tb.• royal party into the saloon. The concert. the singers in which were selected from ter two grand opFras, then commenced. The following was the programme: PARTI , PRO.. Qwertetto— • ' Di Palo Diu." Meriumrit Castellon e Viardot, Signori oardeni a Herr Furnace It au e Narciao) Air - l'agUil pace," Gariluni Trio —" Dolce ne au ri..toro." dame Ginen.al, e Sign,, Mann !FillideS) Chertihini. Alt Du Dummies Lind," Herr F.iranra (Der Wuch) Muyerbevr. Duo —" un bell' em, uI rirebi.a." &good ILablactie e Tumburini (Turon in ludiu) ......... . Air— . trendy per ate set libers," McWs. Cunene (Elixir) Quintetto—'•U Dio tli Moe," Madames Cantellan e viardot, sigma( Ciantuni, Tamburini, a Lablacbe (II Dilurio) PARTS Ssnoina. luartetto—" 0 Nobile tigovira," Sighaft Mari , Gardoni, Tend's, ini, e Labisehe (Comte Grp) Air. P'..pactiolle. —Madame Vindot. "Hos —"G ovinetn (,raper," MditioCruvelli. Mes dame. entellan e Viamhe (II (..oetato) Meycrbcet. Dun—. per Cairene,. Marla no Castellan 0 Mg. Lublaehe (La Seneca t er Astinia) Mecca. Air= Conn.t.tu la Chanyon I" blg. Mule (Le Chant de Mai) Meyetbeer. Due—"lch wont' meine Sob," Mdl4. Cruvelli Madame VMMot Mendelmulm. Finale 2e4'. —"Fran (denim in gue.t remPo," Mes dames Viardot, Castellon. e Mdlle. Ct u.elli, sig nori GenlonL Taraburini, Herr Formes, 0 Sig. Labiate, ( Nozzedi Figaro) Mover:. Refreshments were served to the company 41urin, tho evening in the Green Drawing-room, and after !In: pvr furatance the State Pining-room was thrown open fur supt h r. ' pe e Queen keld a Court at three o'clock yesterday :iftt r noon at Buckingham-palace. Count Walcwski, Ambassador-Extraordinary from the French Republic, had an audience of her Majesty, to &liver his credentials. Ms Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the lion. Sir Edward Cust. K.C.11., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The Countess of Walewski, wife of his Ex• celleney, was presented to the Queen by the Viscounu Palmerston. The Earl of Westmoreland was presented to her Maj,,ty at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston, on his return foes his mission to the Court of Berlin. The Queen was attended by the Earl of Morley, Lord-hi- Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom-in-Waiting. Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, visited th, Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations yesterday morning. The Duke of Wellington had an audience of her Majesty yesterda. The Pr y ince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, took a drive in an open carriage yesterday. Prince Arthur and the Princess Louisa took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. lice Majesty and Prince Albert took a drive in an open carriage and four, yesterday. The equerries in waiting, Lord C. Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. IL Seymour, attend ing on horseback. The Duchess of Kent went to Claremont yestenlay, and visited the French Royal Family. lier Royal Higbee ol returned to her residence, Clarence Rouse, St. Ja m es's, the afternoon. A deputation, consisting of Mr. IL A. Slaney. M.P., Mr. E. Van'ittart Neale Mr. Thomas Hughes, Mr. Haines (deputed by the Leeds Flour Mill Society), Mr. Cooper (Manager of the Working Tailors' Association); Mr. Jen nings (Manager of the Working Buildera' Association) ;and Mr. J. G. Marshall, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation waa headed by Lord Ashburton. Mr. S. Solomon, late High Sheriff of St. Helena, had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office, Ye,' terday. Mr. Theodore Martin, parliamentary agent to the shire Railway, and Mr. James Grant, of Elgin, and James, Anton, Law, Holmes, parliamentary agents: and Mr. Thomas Allan, of Edinburgh, had an interview st.t,r day with the Commissioners of Railways, at their ()thee at the Board of Trade. Sir James Alexander had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial Office. Mr. John Leslie !•'osier, had also an interview with the noble earl. Lord Howard de Walden had an interview with the Iticbt Hon. henry Labouchere yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the West Indian Islands, and 4,0 from the Governor of Malta. Despatches were sent off yesterday to the Governors Of Ceylon and Hong Kong, from the Colonial Office. BRIDEWELL AND BETIILEILEM HOSPITALS.- 011 Friday the governors and supporters of these great institu tions held the anniversary in the great room of Bride well Hospital—Sir Peter Laurie, president, in the chair. The report stated that within the last year 19: patieu" had been discharged cured from Bethlehem Hospital, and that there was on the 4th of July, 1851, iu the hospital 21a curables ; that in the house of occupation attached to Bridewell 121 young persons had been admitted during the year, and that 69 had been outfitted and provided with situations, of whom 18 were placed in the Queen's, and 3 en the Merchants' naval service, and that 25 had been re warded for good conduct and continuance in service. There were present amongst the guests the Bishop of Chester, Baron Charles Dupin, Mr. Hankey, g o v ernor of the Bank of England, &c. The Queen and all the ether loyal toasts were proposed with eloquence, and drunk with enthusiasm. The Bishop of Chester delivered an admirable speech in favour of the noble institutions, the anniver,ary of which they had assembled to celebrate, and attributed the remarkable prosperity with which this country was blessed in a great measure to the efficacious aid winch was given to the great charities with which it abounded. Baron Dupin expressed his surprise at the fact, that 30,0001. a year should be given by voluntary subscription for the support of the institutions, at the celebration et the anniversary, of which he had the honour to be a g uest. Greet appla use was bestowed upon the president, the tremors:, and the distinguished strangers. • i