The Express. — London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

the suns of hie hoe Mead with revisit to the 0111011 this meows est the prose of the orientry even • Crby a eopiright He scold not sae/stand what was in the taking off the stamp which would reader copyright more Rosemary sow thee it was before. Is theme depot Penay Cyslot miles aad sheep literature, he had soli her that a Neap neespaper mews would be Wisdoms to the piss* el this country. He wee netlike% is the liberality ogles boa. fined if he believed that cheapness was these. pogo with utility Ho believed that Whist; would Med Mere be improve the morale of the people. At an Meth the themeelvies the but Pares se the sage* It w e e fee to say what they would bey, and it wee sot foe thee how to provost them from having the oppor aao,tp. ar ) Hr. BEN lINCK lased the bon. and learned gentleness the Sohn; r O - aerial with misrepresenting the opiniuos cad argnarats eapr.ased on hie Bide of the bow. The arge meat of his softie Weed (Lord L•ivaise) referred to the ~to.. sad ea to the use of a. wspaper artieles. The hoe. sad /earned goi.ileinan admitted that a part of the due ad militant oe of justice mast be (teen up in order to harry iii s k i objected tots ales'.. Anil atter such so adoeigina se that es the part of se high se authority, there could be little doubt as to the mousier ia which the committee would deal with it (Hear, locus) Mr. BRIGHT trussed Ih-1 ths governothut would sot, in oddities to she In.ny oiler pealing questions with which they had to deal, tavolve themselves is this. That their patianiu who were competed w th the Dustiness of sews. paper making should have s lair ressaneration they were all agreed, but it did net Solna from that that theiroccupatem should be resigners'. d by the introduction of such a claws as this. The Ti... cooly e implaised of the want of cosy. right as • e dour to sosetbiog elm. The was no grievance tar the Ti..... The Tama wee published for bd., hut soy one who chic mioit coo, em paying the stamp, bring oat a paper for Zd , with the men Imponant Intelligence of the Thin contaimit is it. So sodas:lova were wine persons in this respect that they actually attempted to take an office nest door to the Times, tha , tt ey might have the paper at ant heed, end lb., mealy mad* arreagemeate sad contracted with the news peter to supply them with Item from their baiter—(lnachtier)--eo that they thought to have the steam of that paper is mar masts this cue. (Laeghter.) Bat the attempt did not last nthoy doys oe weeks, aid no attempt of making property of that hied bad ever yet eseeeed.d in thismentry. (Hoar, hese) What was the fact with.rvgard to the Tomes Coming up from Neeithester that day he amid nut git • copy of the paper till be came to Rugby ; and when living at the bolas' of St. James's-west he often meld not get it before Pr. Ive re ewe o'clock is the day. Were they, then, to be ignoraie tf what was taking place is the world till they weld go" • copy of she Timm. they had bard a great deal about American asooper rs,aud h. toned that when people fused • diffieuity about saying anythisig us this t to.; had • kick at the American ',castration The Ana York Tribune —s rosy paper—had no copyright; sad anther it, ant the New York Bereld, our the Currier and Enquirer was ever heard to complain that they wers_pirated • i her in New York Of in other partes . f tic Union. The people always liksd to bey at Gm hand. (H-or ) This question of pear got op sad brought torwerd to t mea in this use from looking with feeler on the bill brought la by the Chancellor of the Esehemser or the right hoe. gentlemen the member ler Oxford Uoivenity. He read a p •ragrapti theothii night token iron the Glass, which copied it from a Cambridge paper, is. the subject of piracy, and it stated th a t the gentlemen moot conceraed in bringing about the abolition of the newsy per stamp—meaning, Le espoused, himself and hi. boo. friend near him—won themselves making ansngentrats fir eatabliebigg • cheap newspaper ou the beecaiteeneg principle. Every ono mould be able to appreciate at its lull vice the ischgastion In the mind of the Globe—at the Globe had a mind. (Lai gluey) It was necediery to milt the attention of the boom to the fact that the thaw was the most extensive pirate they hod in this country Adoot this Maine, and they suppressed the Wok altogether. But what did the Globe say when this MOP Old ? published • loading article, which he must my was mach more 1 .gical this lie articles g Ily mare, in which it staved twit in it, opinion the reputation of joureels for oti - giefility of news and writing would prove their best protection, sod that there was little leer, on •he part of those who had acquired that reputation, of piney. That was exceedisigly judicious, and agreed entirely wish his opinion on the matter. The &hitter I Imo made so allusion is piracy by seespepers in the city of Mers• cheater, and the Times this morning had an article, in which it stated that • tbreepeney paper Misted its news. That paper was about the Pit* of the Globe, and when the stamp was abolished it would be published for Isle. But that very paper published in Manchester the news of the battle id Alma jest one day be fore it was published in London, aid therefore it hid not follow that because it was published ie Manchester it was copied from the 7 SSW or the Dail. New. She newspspers in Manchester were published be per. me tiniest large emits' He alluded to the ilionehever Gisordion, the Manchester Emsnesseer, and the At , techester Coaster. Tiny had able eorrespindents in woe ef the continental cities; and he thould like to know o hen those tem spondi rite transmitted messages by telograrb, which might be nearly the we or the same as mime tranamitted to the London aewspapen, ir,thet was to be bele te be piracy, and if the proprietors of the London j 'tussle wen to go do•o to Meachestsr and summon them respect. able men, the editors of the Manchester papers, before two justices of the peace ? He hoped the Cbancellor of the Ea. chequer w.'uld agree with the house, and that the house weld agree with him, and withdraw this clause, or it not, that seat session they would have the bill before this again for the parolee of re:iesling the clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he ap preheatied there was no doubt that by the law as it at present existed newspapen did enjoy • copyright for leading at icing and other +niche of newa It was • new doctrine to his, at least he Lad heard it broached t i-night for the first time, that It was acre sary, in order to have • copyright, that the name of the author !mould be published. Take, for inneies s the case of an eacyclopelia. An encyclopedia published anonymous animas, and noquestioisably enj yid the same copyright as a poem, or a book published with the name of the author. It bad been lowed so practice that the greatest difficulty existed Is enforcing the legal right of copyright which newsmen enjoyed. A newspaper proprietor could not with &Sea apply to • court of equity for an itjanoti a again.' • pratical newspaper to prevent a publici'ioa when teal publication was merely ephemeral, our could he with tar probability of euccew neon to the more ordinary remedy in action at law. It was thought th it in int:AlN:in( • measure by which the number of cheap newspapers would be largely augmented, it was • matter of common polio, to IWO newspapers an effectual remedy by which their present tights would be enforced. With that view the clause now Oder the consideration of the committee was prepared. It vu with a view of doing wt at was thought bat justice be the rights end interests of gaining newspapen; but after rem is which the proposition had been received es huh skive of the house, he did not consider it incatabest at his to peas the natter farther. (Hear, hear) TM object that he bed is view was, that this ipAltille 61111.1 be fairly considered by the house, sad that they might see what was the existing state of the law. If they believed that there was ao &ape of alwase—if they pee. fared to wait till the 'Let of thee pmeast wieseure should be develop.d to practice, se as to me whither say additiciefill Maly was needed, he PQM sake so objection to 1111.4 Num, sod theiefore he should AA thick it necessary le press this claw. Mr. DISKAILI add ha MN mg glad that the right sea. gentleness hid wee to the oagdpiou that he had eimeeaced. The sight boa. pealsmas had told awn, mod bo Whey, d careeelly, that as the law sew existed per papers bad a right of copyright, end so doubt there were may rights sow existiag which_ pen ally could set be eaferesd. There were sway thdividluelo who possessed the right of free wanes, but be did awl oppose there wee op who permed that right who would asereise it. An boa. somber bad spokes of oar pose as simpered with the ILSOfilell press, sad had appealed to the fears of those who apprehended that very *Arline ants would arks. Ifew be believed himself thee the tea 'easy of this alteratioa of the law wewlii be to assimilate the prises is this seeatry to the Americas prem. He did not think that the lose of the LI/IffilS• prose wee peasioned by laws of this Had, beams, as they did set ambit, that woad be aboard; bat h. tone of theAmelean paw was lower than the toss of the English pewit beam M we. the press of • younger mestry, of a still celeedel rowetry, and thereLre there iii. net thee mown at week whish would enstain, no kelps, fora emeidsealle tiewl,tbe Awe el the ffsiglish press. let the tendestif i tle wai t me doubt, to lower be toile of the trios, busses M to adency was leer the amount aphid and the degree of talent the ill elected. Bat than they had opportunities, to • pp ha doves, at the powleal no= a ed Pentorseting Ilhe Ned effects w Ala Ibis losidelon ponies.. *WSW they were bound, film did mot admit • ”yligh t—oscis wet himself °ppm* he adult • eappfght, bormie hs Wight M the IMAM it wee, tos post 'moot, fop*. blo, It woo Is a post di. the won baud as sub of ultimate MM. saifl ofbbb bad Msoma WO oraillioe, Teo pigtails of Wm Asia to by one sr tN bus ibst propedlos woo • fps tboy wadi i so _ ooli mel azietlas. limey lvo wero poiellis moaner MN abeam a yob orbs night avail this.. • Mils& Therefore whoa roMpoit lbo asoombiost . whisb &mkt dosolito by the " N w =ht. li. tileusbt loader mid be able to Nokia as fa • exist, and wht\ go oweesald • • newspaper welch Wooled ti piped Is oggetlliew to • ul oeptial re Nils& lot that as oslabibboi Looks se eta* wall new by trio bled it. Eva ot the punt piracy milled. At that sight Milne isfonsation of what that prevent *ea from a fall report of the de. use whoa they cane to Pr proviarial town. People would ▪ There wee no poolibility .._ _As costeraptible form in coontithed weld compete with 1 / 4 eraeogeently that which appealed • pad to their anus of always be prekrre d ui Bo Belt pomaded that I the taw of &OM jar salons provided they studied is every possible mailer to I fiellits ' te the ermainaleation of intelligthee. Hs was asked to give a eopyright is news. Now his idea was that his duty was to facilitate the oommenieetion of intelligence, sad not to give • copyright la sews, but rather to devise every mode by which sound authentic {anthem* could be • eireulatel in that swan by whisk the largest iambs, is 'the cottony weld he famished with it. His noble friead the member for Nortbantierised had said, that • copy relit in newspaper litentere might be conceded, on condition that the author segued his names, and he said no man had • right to copyright who i published anonymously. Now he_ (Mr. Disraeli) did not • think that that at all mattered. Hs must say, however, !that there was sorartbieg which recommended itself to every manly mind is the properties that every one should be reap osible for what he espreseed, but, if they came to practiee,Ol was very doubtful whether they would be able to secure that responsibility. What law could they devise 1 by which they sou - d secure that the writer of a leading article in a journal should cortaihly be known to everybody who read the article They might pus i • law that should make it incumbent on the newspaper %bat the name should be nosed to every article, 1 bat what name would appear? How could they secure th .1 it would be the tame of the writer? No doubt there were circumstances milder which nosh • law would increase i the ant teeny of the prow. The writer who bore an Blue trios. name might not hesitate to sign that name, and he Imight Mintage the influence of the article and the sale of the journel by so doieg, but the writer who did sot bear en illustrious came, though he a ght sign ens which might , bosom. calibrated. ...Laid et coarse hesitate before he sign d it, and they might have see which was utterly in tperative for the object that they d ' d to attain. Far from this bringing under their supervision the names of node whom they suspected or wished to become acquaitred with, those were the names they would obtain ; Ina it was the obscure, and not the illustrious, whom they would chilly ge. He hid se doubt his mottle friend, speak ing of month circumstances which might be fresh in his mind, bed used inpreesions which, on the whole, were nut justified la speaking of the newspapers of this country It keenly tee peen tad ezpressed opiaioas is a so th at Isom.- .1 them regretted ; but that the sewers! 'cockney of their labours was to maintain the public spirit of this le tuntry, and to guard and uphold the public liberty of this country, he thought no impartial person could doubt. Several parteasen had referred to anonymous writing. Why anonymous writing was not the eaceutatio but the rile of literature in this country. It did not apply to political literature alone, but to the whole course of litereture ? Why, who wrote f homes a-Kenspis ? Who wrote the Wbole Dutyof Man? That was a book which every one of them ought to have studied. (Laughter.) For generations their predeenters bad studied teat book. It bad gone thongs more editions than any boot in tbe world ; it was not • scandalous b ok, nor • libellous book, nor a political book, but it was en anonym us book. Then who was the author ol " Weenie, ?" Au anonymous writer. Who ors tie author of " Rubino's Crusoe ?" An anonymous writer. Who was the author of the " Essay Oil Man ?" Au enooymous writer. Who was the author of " Defence o Na clonal Society ?"Why he was one who became afterwards one of the most brilliant ornaments of that house, to whom they were always referring assns of the mat eloquent of orators, as one of the most profound thinkers; and if they referred t. him as a statesman, it was to aba-s the whip for not having put him into the cabinet—Mr. Burke. And who wee be who onapied one of the highest posts, whose name would ever be remembered, whose oratory, though a tradition, was still rife and rampant in the recidiectioo of the union ? Lord Bohm. broke. Why Lord Bolingbroke's work., which they were always quieting, were , I toshiottid as anonymous works. The aunt poem in the i Ei.glisb language, 11 fur a moment they forgot Bbakspeare, was so attospeou work. Clearly when they remembered this. sostuct ei, and they might reeal • huourea examples with a moment's research, it was too absurd to condemn anonymous wrong me rely by s ppealieg to political arti. les ia newspaper.. He could not help thinking, that in attempting t is great change, opine in its coo eptiou he believed to be •just one, but es applied by the present government, seemed i o tie uncertain and unsatisfactory, they had attempted in this instance to combat and meet • difficulty which it was ite • in for them to cops with. They could not, is his opinion, give copyright to news. They could not give to the rumour or the whisper of the day, even if authentic, the same permanent privilege that they would give to an epic poem, or to one of those histories which would oust fur ever. But they euuld gtve to the proprietors of newspapers, and they were bound to Five them, the utmost facility fur circulating newspapers. 'Li attempt to restrict the privilege of I tiding aewspepers through the Post-tau, su that they might be read by the millions of this country,war not to be tolerated. T. declare, however, that the news they diffused should hive the monopoly of a tem hours, was incompatible with our civilisation, and with the moaners of the age fq which we lied; at the same time it wa s intolerable that they *lnuit by artificial means monist the circulation. Let him Mores. on the e• inmates that it was their interest that newspapers in this country should be supported by capital, eon fed by the intellect of the country, because it was only by this mode that they could maintain the spirit of the &with pone, and retain that superiority over American newspapers to which the bon. gentleman bad referred. L tr. LOVAINE wished to explaia his seating. He bad proposed to mike the editors of newspapers or the writers of articles sign their names to anything else than th..l* artiales for which they claimed the privilege of a copyright: no under any other circumstances. Mr. J 0. Pill LLIBORE said he should wish to pot the right hoe. gentleman the no other for Buckingh imshire right ups two matters. The first was with regard to the " Nosy on Man," which, he begged to inform the right bon. gentlenorts, was not published anonymously; and the other matter was with regard to what the right hon. gentleman called " Thomas • Kempia." He presumed the right ben. io iv lemon meant to eay that the "De Imitations Cbristi " was written anonymously; as for " Thomas • Kenspis," Ls supposed that Thomas a Kemple was the writer of it. Mr. DISRAELI answered, that, unfortunately for the hon. snit learned gentleman's correction, he (Mr. Disraeli) happened to have in his own peeaeesioa • copy of the very first edition of the "Essay on Man," and that it mi. mite. lished anonymously. Who "Thomas • Rumple" was he a had yet learnt, and should thank the t.lllO. and learned gentleman to tell him. (Cheers and laughter.) The clause was then withdrawn. Mr. M. MILNES thee proposed the following amend ment:—" Every periodical publication that shalt be printed and published at intervals not exceeding seven days be tween the two cease entire parts or numbers of such pub lication, and the superthin of which shall not exceed three thousand five hundred inches of printed matter, shall be entitled to the said privileges of iranamisaion and re-trans minion by the post, if duly stamped with the appropriate die of 14.: provided always, that such publication shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed in the 3rd clause of this act " H. said the right bow gentle, in (Mr. Disraeli) had an ticipated almost all the arguments he should ban bought forward in favour of this amendment. Hie object was to mak something above the dimensions of the largest news paper now in circulation, es the measure of what should go through the post foe ems penny; leaving • tree margin, but not increasiug to say great *Peat, the berthen upon the Post-dike. It might be asked why did he not take weight as the criterion found of size ? But be was informed by competent judges that weight would in inch eases be a very uneertein criterion, depending as it did not upon the extent of paper, but on the quality of paper need. All que,tions eonneeted with the mimetic-tare of piper were at present very much la doubt and difficulty, and might undergo some great alterations. He had therefore in tbis • amendment followed the act of the 16th and 17th Victoria, chap. 63rd, in which about the diateasious of the largest newspaper were taken as these of the papers which should go through the post for a posy. His right hon. frisod the member for the IJalversity of Oxford, being Coaseellor of the Exchequer at that time, regarded that as a jest prim- eiple. He knew it had bees urged that parliameat should not settle these minatim of the Moor weight of a paper, hut allow any newspaper to go through the post, without say, supolatioa as to its Me, relying apes it that from the fact of • the daily publiaatioe so very tioasiderable weight would be produced. He might answer that by the ergununtuas ' ad altannhoes. Beppu an editor Mamie to wrap himself up in ' • copy of kis newspaper, should he claim to be personally conveyed through the post? (A laugh.) But the privi lege was net to be menithed to daily papers; it would betties, alas, to the eseellest provincial papers, soak as the Leeds Mercury, and the admirable etriehlo metropolitan papers. He hoped, indeed, the geeeenMee weight especially take case that the daily papery, width asirlbstait, with extra- ordinary energy sad ability, swab a variety et useful and interesting seems all over the alma net be un i justly deprived of their meens i t e e d ree lih nlaties at the time when an eseemmenneabin denellagegmil pap= Were about to be created In OMIT WM etas eleillry. The papers to wbich he alluded nem OM dialik whisk members of that house were le vagind almost as political rivals, but from whisk they Meld mt withhold their admi ration—papers which, not themeless to any party,—osither flattering the vanity, Petting tte pre iodides, nor defending the errors of any political clique,—but holding the balance between the fluctuating *pillions of society, were so coadeeted, Bathe could not lay stub a paper down without the impression that be had been ecieveniag with the most liberal and wisest minds of the tints; when confident, their confloesto was justified by events; when doubtful, it was bemuse the evidence was imperfect. (Cheers.) He appealed to the house, therefore, to allow sash jenruale a fair chasms of keeping op their WO laMilestaal position. The late Chancellor of the Rs alleging bed NMI that the weight of • paper carried through the pest fee me penny was so nicely adjusted, that the railway. were unable to carry the paper with its supplement by the first delivery, sad that the supplement was therefore carried by a later train. He (Mr. Manes), thinking that very improbable, bad made inquiries, and found that each was the fact, but that the Inference was not correct. The muse of that arrengesmat was the dillealty of manipulating so large a number of sheets el the Tow is time for the early train, and therefore the supplements were seat after ward.; but it we sot becalmed the excessive weight. Redid not say, however, that eves if the advantages be asked wen denied, that great national Institution, the newspaper press, would be destroyed. There was elflisient energy and enterprise la it tot:mums. all suck difficulties. When the stamp was ispos•tuPoa time iater,rlial P e l i _ ea r l ii e l l' I the " British litessyin, though all Orrstrel ir l i s i l hart i the Spectator ungifted in full vigour, sad Steele, in the het article of It, umgratalated himself upon the enormous circulation it had attained. Bet without the stamp its eircalation might hens bees teaflild mem (Chem.) blz. COWAN said with mord to the sat of which he had gives so**, that am it was **Mil to b 7 Ithe right keno meshes fee Maehater, ad also by the noble lord the member tor King's Lynn, he felt it would be isn• wise foe him to prose it; but he thought the house was an improper tnbunal to decide what limit of weight should be fixed; and they should take ears to ascertain hew much the Post ales was able to do in the way of de: patching these enormous loads by railway train without causiag • delay of the mails. It was proved by Hr. Rowland Hill, before the committee which sat upon the conveyance of the mails, that the weight of the mails which every night left Ludo& was no less than 14 tons, of which newspapers formed a very large proportion. The illustrated Load" News, he believed, weig hed as much as ten ounce,. Having referred to ease stalls cs, which he found in en old number of the Bwrnpsew Ilapreow, of the Dasher of papers printed wee yls London at that time, the year 1808, and having unpaged that statement with their vast increase at the present time, he said the weight of the papers, daily and weekly, that were printed in London now in the course of a week was no less than from 150 to 150 tote He did not intend to press his antendineut on the govern sent, eat he felt disappoiated that after the representations made to them by the provincial newspaper proprietors they had not adopted the halfpenny stamp. He did not expert the committee would agree to the amendment of tee hon. member for Pontefract; for his put he thought ti • proposal of the government very ample. The late reduction in the duty on receipt stamps had produced a considerable increase of revenue. A reduction in the postage on news papers might be attended with the same effect. H. hoped the Chancellor of the Ex:began would take into his favour. able consideration the propriety of imposing a moderate amount of puttee on a limited amount of space. Lord STANLEY said that the proposal of the hon. gen tlemen, although apparently oomplthated, wee simpie enough to those acquainted with the details of the stoject. He would briefly state to the committee whet he tonsidered to be the object of the hon. gentle man. The principle be wished to affirm was chat anything iteelf • newspaper should be allowed to pass through the post at the same charge of one penny, ir respective altogether of bulk or weight; for although he took a maximum limit, it was only became it was that of the largest paper no . knows, and be was prepared to in crease It indefinitely. lie agreed with the hoe. retinues that it was only • qinstion—but, unfortunately, he thought the pasties of the case was not on the side the hon. gent/ease advocated. They should not deal with toe quasi as if it was personal to one journal or another ' • if they once got into questions of that kind, they world not sat on any ascertained principles. As he understood the pens- Mph, of the amendment, it was this, that formerly • tax had bees imposed under certain circumstances, but that they had now abolished the tax and sub stituted a postal charge. (H.ar, hear.) There was a uistinetion between the two cane: • tax properly so called might be very unequal and fall more heavily on one than on ano . .her, and yet the icequeiity be balanced by some advan tage in other respects; but ff g runt undertook for a certain compensation to perform certain services, the only rule they were b-tiod to obese,. wee that the charge imposed should be proportioned to the service rendered. That was tee fair principle of contract which they were peculiarly bound to obwrve in the Poet office, as the Cu. tamer had no °pion. The hon. gentleman proposed that a newspaper of unlimited weight should be carried for an unlimited number of miles at a uniform rate ; were they prepared to extend the same rule to all printed matter ? (Hear, hear.) The house had expressed its deans not to give newspapers any advantage, nor to Whet ny disesteem tags on toe, in comparison with other setter. If they carried them on more unfavourable terms, they were taxing what they declared they would not tax; if they cern. d them on more favourable terms, they were subsi dieing them. Were they prepared to extend the principle of the how gentleman to all printed wetter and to private letters t A letter under half an ounce was charged a penny, • newspaper weighing six ounces was only charged the same, so that it was conveyed twelve times cheaper than a letter; • newspaper bad moreover the privilege of re- transsuisaion for a week, so that it received seventy-two times the am , ant of privilege of • letter. There was no argument founded on justice or public policy for such • course. The fair priu triple would be to agree that a certain quantity—nay four ounces of matter, whether printed or meroncript—shout. be conveyed foe the gime charge. (Hear, hear.) They could not indeed du that immediately, for the Pie . -offl . should be kept up; but the loss would not hes* great as might be suppose d, for the number of Minn over half an ounce was not so great in comparisom as might be imagined. As the bill now stood, eight times more weight of newspaper molter than of manuscript oouln be seat at the same rate ; and it farther reserved to newspaper. their privilege or retransmission for a week. He thought they had already made &homilies enough for vested into rests; but, if this amendment passed, aid their privilege. were still further . xtencicd, the house would only be stulti fying former legisletion and reetorieg privileges which had been formerly abolished. (Hear, bear.) Hr. LOWE felt very nlactent to address the oommittee, and only did so because be thought he could give them some information on the details of the subject. The noble lord argued the question as if they were about to lay down totally new rules for the conveyance of printed or written nutter through the Post ogles. The gaieties is, whether they would extend the privilege of isoeveyance by ea st for one penny to matter of the extent of 1,600 inches. The justice or iniestice of that did not depend on the principle laid down by the noble lord. It was not a mere gonna!' of degree, as if it were a tax ethos the paper. The noble lord would treat newspapers and letters alike, and apply till Same rule to each—C.A.-a:" fro, Lord tenley)—hut he thought his proposal would be found to lea practically inspraiticable; if they took the letters as their guide, and pet the same rate on newspapers, they would exclude the latter from tee wet ; if they took the newspaper for their guide they would make an immense thermion on he Post ale* revenue ; the result would be that a number of letters would be sent in one large envelope to a party who would diatribe:" them, and a trade of that kind would soon spring 0p.% If they began with the letters they would exclude newspapers from the port; if they began with the news papers, the revenue from letters was extinguished. The Post alee was established for the purpose of carrying letters; if It did not carry • single newspaper, it would be impossible to deduct materially from the expelsse of the establishment When Mr. Rowland Hill was asked what deduction could be mad*, he said, " Very little, indeed." The truth with regard to the newspapers was this, that the Poet-office, tinting for carrying letters and having a surplus ability to carry other matter, and the house o)nsidenng that the conveyance of newspapers was • matter of public utility, they chose to carry newspapers at • rate infinitely cheaper than letters. That was the ground on which the matter stood ; and he was sure the committee would admit there were reasons of public policy for facilitating the carriage of news papers. The proposition did not require argument: the newspapers were the great channels of latelligenee—they were the vital breath of the country ; by mesas of them the people were made parties to the debates in test house, and it was through their agency that an hon. member's speech was addressed, not to the house alone, but to the people of the country and to the whole world. The question whether the present limit of 2,295 inches ought to be altered or not was • prac tical one, and he would illustrate it by the imams of the Tons/. When that paper printed twelve pages, as it did about three days • week, It did not exceed the limit of 2,296 inches, but when it printed sixteen pages, as it did about the other three days a week, it exceeded, end had to pay an additional halfpenny. Taking that In account, and the nest of paper and printing, emit extra supplement cost 1251. ; but they were forced to print the. in order not to send away advertisements. If the tax was uniform the Times might raise its price, and so escape loss; bet as it was only occasional, it could n : ot. The of the 1t.... might be that of any ether paper is- a few years. The present law was boldirg out • threat to every paper that if it reached • certain point it would be subject to a deduction on that aecouit. The knee had been frightened with the ides that the aseening papers would Mame, to an excessive magnitude : let them see how far that was likely to be the ease. In the first place, there was the intend limit of the news of the day and the advertisements of the they ; sad there was another limit, that of the an which • man weld read or get through in the ears" of the day. (" Hear," and laughter.) Now, that limit was already rushed. Teen was another toast, sot so very obvious: it was evidently eat the interest of any daily paper, however large, to raise its price beyond its fellows. The Time. ma the Globs sold at the same price, eo that competition must always keep down the price. There were two sonnies from which a paper derived Its ineoino—airculation and adver tisements ; and two soirees of expenditure, the expenses of eiratlatio• and the meta of the filling matter. It were evident, tinnier', that es theimpeneee Mermen with the expenses el eirmilaties and the limes. 'fia t while the Floe remsined lieeensAle pew abseil se ranch all sit at whisk it would *ease to rams • t to its proprietors. He believed the These bed saw reeebed the limits of profitable eiredelka. The swabs, for Blan chester complained of the dificulty of pttleg a eopy of the Timm, and the prosaism that had to be paid for it. How did he account for that ? The reason was clearly this : matters had already arrived at this point, with the reistesse of the halfpenny put on by government, that the Rena was ensigns, as be as it weld, to Nutria its eirenlatiew What was get by the circulation as to be say seaddeastisa. and *Mr aszkoty was 001 7 that it shoal benne, ket:(Bzwessiesse of seeps e.) That was the state is whisk things were, and the sesta at which every aesuper wed sewer se later arrive. There being this natural limit to the eie of every daily paper, be irked the hoses wheals it was ware while, rawely far the pu pate of akin Liallpiaire ma% la *ON Ilellelele• meals sad imWies be lie way el the natural IMO= of the poem The manias pews stood in • very different position from way eds. Fell= of the prem. They were I the mines amines biennatisa eireulated iiiv other ire la lbw Min wee extracted. ' Theo meters ease from Res e ed from them it was ex and walla lbesseed channels. (Hear, hear.) He did ad sethat ; he believed it was the natural law sifts, Esse literary property was fairly entitled W gassiselles. Pei ketenee, if • person was kept, at great pws, is the &Wet to write keg amounts of what e ja. s d these. it was ea 'awake of literary rights of a most =safest Ammeter if, before the ink was well dried, thew sensate were transferred to the pages of as evening po It would be essfasiag right and wrong not te say se. T hey was sew exposing newspapers to • west severe cad enemas asegelilles. He sompleised not of that Be led se syspatky la the feeling, of the coasts, newspapers spied an wetewpsi rivalry. Bat at they did the principle of awripapen in the matter of tb P sushi net in ykkle that pkeekis k do MO el lb, mei al artie l as . fs es posable to promote the Stella./ lass snout of capital, and erlii Ws wen ia • 111/farest coedit Tessa aserepapor had bras ad bers la • spirit af &rake ; bsl as sad sand owe, sad U thay • ht to • asessepor at pis to readies is ippetelll pieties with slielbw 'salts intLLipsqemiWit 9111181 MIS sane lie dwel w e al ee imilia amA May they meld be wbisb ms weememily mist, abt is theory did indst, when a m pital sad employed Watt wee p 1 areal whisk wham employed am tically meld it lames *M per, established ea the mamma es biter competes' ? Se disks& I It the system of plea t at the dale they might raw maned is the Maim bat did a mandoi With II Tho see smog the circulates aprenlas ways go to the themileht bead. TI at emigre piracy isatakd ea is tb web all thh sq was temaitt • critical amide,YsdsaaaagMy their saatiletst, to their • ity, in • thastasit width mills' Ills dMdltiM l. ass la OW lastas Myer THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1855. the greatest benefit. He did not consider the question of piracy. He never wished to see a copy. right. It was rather • question of levying this impost equally soon all ; and it was a matter of great policy to this country, if they wished the press te maintain the standard it had meshed, to allow, the largest aewspopers to circulate in the Gauntry districts with as much freedom and is little difficulty as possible. (Hear, bear.) the com mittee din nut think that just, be hoped they would refuse it. Allusions bed been toads to the members truckling to the lone. He km, of no nab instance" ; but ill es it would become them to do rs, it wallet still less become the press to Montle to them. (Hear, hear ) Mr K. GIBBON—I bed •me difficulty in nederstanding preeisely what the proposition was until I heard the hoe. member who has jest sat down It is simply this: that there is a case for relief to the Moss newspaper—l dos% know that coy other large paper was tesetioned—in respect to transadesion througi, tee post; end that whereas the Timm, with its doable supplement fall of most profitable advercisemene—(hear, bear)—now pays a freight of thnehadpence fur carriage through the post, f the future it shall only pay for the carriage of the same profitable sane theses of la. (Hear, near.) In other words, hat helfeeney el.ell be deducted from the pub• lie revenue. I ask, is the a case fur relief? Now, l ant prepared to make this proposition to the Time. I will pay that hallpenuy freely for the extra sheet of auvertimments, if they will give to me the money welch they receive fr, their adveriting connexion. (it Haar, hear," and laugh ter.) I will bind myself legally to that bargain—to pay the hoOpoesy, it I may receive toe advertisement fund. There is no doubt it is • great benefit to the public that the post ale should carry whet toe public wants as deeply as pos sible ; bat I coated that we must have regard to whet can be &floe in the way of coe.pneu, and that we are net to tee the public to carry the Times newspaper, sr any oth r paper, by offering to do it at . Ina charge than it costs. (a at, helm) it we an Garry • periodical publication the attic( the Times end its dounic supplement for Id. without low, we cos carry all other pubbeatio, s of the same weight sad the same sip without loss ; I•ealise sits post-office matt take into considere d the &attests, but merely toe weight and the balk. (Heat, hear.) And, therefor*, there can be no lots in aw ning all, if we as carry the Times without loss at this rate Then, I ask my hon. friend why atm he not propose toiletry all ? And it cannot carry all, I say, why is the public to be taxed to Duff a large newspaper lull of prolable ad vertisements ? Hen, hear) What has been the course in reference to the fines newspaper ? lam prepared to carry it at the lowest possible cheap' at which it sea be carried so as to cover the mute the pantie. Tne late Chsacellor of the Exchequer took the stamp .B the first supplement to the Times. Form. tie the Tomes and a single supplement had to pay a tax of led. to go through the post ; and not only that, but, leader to have the postal privilege, it was required to pey the lid. upon its whole inspreseue. For the future only those particular c..pies that go through the post will have to pay the tea; sod that is a oonsiatrable re lief by exempting • large proportion of the imp-ession trom that •u.y. (Hear, beer.) lb. return of halimany stamps only issued luring 1864 gees something over • total amount of 20,0001. • year. (User, near.) Well, that stamp was taken off; nobody objected to it; but what was the effect ? Did the page, get any behalf ? Did not every body pay Al. for the Town as anal ? (Hear, hear.) Was the lie tense of priming th• Times, of getting it up, r collecting 'he news, greater then before ? Nut at all. (Hear, hear.) If they paid the same, sea got the same price for their paper, whale, I want to knew, "hut this 20.000 t aeat ? rear, hear) I say that tbut we. • great 'bee to the T imes sea granted; nobody objected. But when tb, y came here cud toil us that the limes newspapir is iejur.d, end hue claim far relief, I sty it is • 1001111110{111 appeal, and that this house ought to timed it. (Cheers.) And 1, for one, shall record my vote topmast the motion of the boa. gentleman, bonus I em sure that dyne repeal this Gnome 'settlement stamp, you will be merely granting to the pro prietors of a very proeperoul commercial establishment a certain portion of the public revenue. (liter, hear.) If you do so, Poe had better vote them the sum et once, and say—" The Times is en institution, and ought to be sup ported et the pantie expense." (Ilea, hear) If, on the tear heed. it can be shown to me that all printed nutter can be carried at this rate, I shill be twist happy to hear it; the lower the better. (Hear, tear.) But this 3.600 inches, though it may include the Timm sad its double supplement, may not in.eitie the hug.' t wspapor ; for I am informed that the Matra ed Lofll/091 New., weighing oceasteally ten ounce., has • much larger amount of inhibit paper-6,0h0 equate inches, at least. then the Illustrulect Lonlon News will come sod say, Why nut early our 6,000 inches for • penny I .* In fact, there is no limit to it. In future, I would advise that we should allow on- penny to frank no mere than it does et present. The Times will be in no worse, but in a better, velum than before. And let the Times and its authorities, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, consider for ih• totem, lo reference to the advantage ot the public , what is the prettiest amount of printed mat er which ma be carried for the charge of a penny ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. BALL denied both the propositions of the last speaker. H. contended that the Post-ethos oould carry any paper at a much leas charge than a peony, and could there fore c►ny the Times of the largest size without loss. The effect of putting a gn titer tea on the Timm than on other papers would be to transfer the carriage of that paper to the railways, and thereby come a loss to the Past-ufnce. The pit sent arguments ut Mr. (Mutat were isoonsisteat with those I. formerly employed for the repeal of the corn laws. Then he cootreated the large loaf with the hale loaf ; why not give the same preference to a large paper f He beggro to aware the house that he had no personal Miami in the Timms. (Laughter.) Mr. WARNER rose amidst loud cries of" Divide." He pr Arated against the cotton that the Poet-office had soy. thing to gain by the carriage or newspapers. The more they could discourage that Medic the better for the re eeeee . As, however, the pagan had established a sort of vested right is postal conveyance, he thought they ought all to be plated on the SIMI lootitsg—out by tiling a certain number ut superficial inches, but by restricting the privilege to newspapers properly so caUed. (Great interruption, and cries of ''Divide.") The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if Mr. Lowe, proposition—that a uniturnt principle should he applied to the postege of newspapers and of other articles —were practically seduced, he feared that nearly the whole of the present system would haws to be abolished. C./Gl owing the f poets'e upon letters, newspapers, books, and other printed publications, the discrepancy was so great that, were it the pleasure of parliament to rodeos them to a uniform male, it would be necessary to sweep away ell ezistang rates, and commence &moo. In this bill he had Limited himself to carrying ato effect, with the smallest possible alteration of the canticle law, what he understood to be the decision and the wish of the house, viz , that the compulsory newspaper stamp should be converted into an optiusal stamp. In framing this bill, therefore, all the existing anomalies, to which he was by no means blind, had been retained. It was bounded explusively upon the main. Jammu of the existing system. It therefore retained the present rule with respect to the superficial inches of a news paper; that rule being test a newspaper printed on one or two shuts might contain 2,296 superficial inches fora stamp of Id. and id. extra fer each additional supplement of 1,149 ineba• Two years ago that rale was the subject oftegisla tion ; the charge was diminished ; and that which had been previously eanied at lid. was reduced to Id. The effect of the measure now before the house would be that every newspaper would be at liberty to stamp what portion of its eironlation it thought fit, and the remainder might he circu lated, not through the post, without a stamp. That change would confers signal benefit upon all existing newspapers; they would be relieved from the compulsory payment on a sonsiderable portion of their impression ; and to that ex tent they would be benefited by the measure before the house. Now, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could 'soder stand its being said that a newspaper should be considered as one publication ; that a charge alone penny should carry any newspaper, whatever its sins might be, sad that all the present rules about superficial inches should be abolished. Bat the proposition before the house was simply to raise the quantity carried from 2,293 inches to 3,600 inches, and no specific reason was gives for adopting his hoe. (Mead's limit, except that it wu rather larger than the present limit, and would include some newspapers which were sot included in the present law; whereas it would *sande others whisk contained a greater quantity of matter than 3,600 inches. He must say, therefore, that, unless the hoses were pre pared to throw aside that jealousy with regard to revenue which was @wired fa some quarters on the second reading of the bill before the house—unless it wt re prepared not only to sacrifice that portion of revenue which would necessarily be lost by the abolition of the compulsory s amp, but also that forthec Forties which would be tevolved in ma o ff er oa the pest of the public to carry at a lower ruts a greater weight and a greater quantity of newspapers—then seemed to be no reason for departing from the limit under the present law. It had been argued that as a portion of a newspaper was given grattitoWy to the subscribers as no additional charge was made to the subscribersbeyond a certain weight and a certain number of superficial Inaba, therefore it was usreesonable that an additional charge should be made by the Pat-ciase: The question between the newspaper and its cinitemen with re gard to the price was wholly Indifferent to the Post- Aloe. (Hear, bear.) All that the Post-pHs* had looked to was the bulk and the weight of the article conveyed. To them it was utterly indifferent what the pries might be, or whether it bore any price at all. There were certain newspapers which were distributed gratuitously in order to give currency to the advertise ments • and in rich cues the trouble and expense of the Poet•cfiles wore identical with those of the h4hest-priced newspapers. (Hear, hear.) Therefore the argument de rived from the gratuitous distribution of that portion of a riewspeper which contained the advertisements was not NM tient. For the reasons he did not feel justified in "seeding to the clause proposed by his ken. friend. He might be permitted to add that newspapers et present enjoyed a meet remarkable privilege with regard to posVollicie transmis sion ; that they were charged at rates which, compared with the ehergas for other printed matter, were highly favourable ; that if any attempt won made to render the system more edam the neer would womanly re dound, not to the ifdamtege, but to the dbednatege of newspaper He admitted, howner, that the a == tom was fell of saomellia mad that if lay made to rains the spas at a= t eatieat ydeelift it aast anieserily =Wye awe Winona new =doe the matidontioa M iho hew was galled toe single point. Hs weld areaustesty urge the beam le allow this wesure le sad WI wait to See the oast el sheep mt whin le he ef peat 2.lmad Impletra Win th_egimlliebell ethet dregaeldeligall eiale MIN On** al* , approach the work of amendment with the advantage of experience. Mr. DRUMMOND ",id the right hon. gentleman pro posed to try an experiment ; bat it was an experi , went at the impinge of one single establishment. (Hear, hear) He (Mr. Drummond) objected the other day to the whole madam of the press, because he said its system was that of stabbing in the dark. He equally oh jetted now to the house stabbing that establishment in the dark. There Gould be no doubt after that debate that this was an attack epos • single establishment. It wee nothing toasty that only one establishment was effeeted by it. Ho would take the case of a mina or of • 'manufactory of cotton. It they passed a law that would be burdensome to a mans futtory which threw off a greater quantity of cotton than the rest, it would be • direct taring of that single establishment. Now, that was • very dangerous principle to go upon. They were beginning to indulge private pique, under the pretence of public virtue. (Laughter.) They hated the DlNUS—(laughter)—they were afraid of it. Go where they would every man was res,ing and abusing the nom, and iasteed of standing up bddly simian it, they were giving it th i s di rty sta b i n the dark. They said it was of great Importance that the able writing of that journal should be preserved; but how was it to be preserved 1 Why, simply by the naves continuing a profitable concern. If the profits were lowered the same men could not be employed to write, and the Times must dwindle down int.. the same twaddle as the Monism; Herald. (Laughter.) He said this was not justice. He would endeavour to do justice even to an enemy, and he w ou ld vote ageism tide private attack in the ' form of a puldie measure. Mr. M. MILNES replied. He should take the sense of the house upon his clause; and he en d the public of Manchester to remember that the member (Mr. M. 0.boon) who had set himself en both in that house and in the coin try as the advocate of the free transmiuion of newspapers, bad been the most violent speaker in opposition to his pro posal, as on a former might Ge opposed a proposition for the transmis.ion of newspapers at a halfpenny. The committee then divided-- Ayes B6 Naos 260-174 The clause was therefor' segatived. Mr. WHITESIDE asked whether the right hon. gentle man intend- d that unstamped newspapers should be liable to the provision , of the existing act with reference to regis tration and security ? Tile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in his opinion the act reigned to would apply to bath classes of newspapers. Mr. WHITESIDE suggested that ft would be advisable to set out in the bill any clauses of existing ads which it was considered desirable to retain. The preamble was then agreed to, and the house re mond. MILITIA. Mr. PEEL brought in a bill further to amend the laws relating to the militia. CIRQUE PORTS. Mr. WILSON brought to a bill for the better adm.nlatra tion of justice io the Cinque Ports. The ..ther orders of the day were disposed of, and tha house adjourned at a quarter to one. tr exvregig. TO CORRESPONDENTS. teverdeetents Intended Yoe "The Repro'," Lewin Leeds, paper, molt be at t►s OM" le, Beareetertreet, ►y Two Valet is the day of pehlkattca. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAT—Morning. lb. 37is /Memos, 14 bin. 11-boaaaw—lbunuag, IL. 7a . Mermen, lb. 24b4 LONDON. TUESDAY. MAY 1. LATEST FROM ABROAD. THE CRIMEA. Yesterday a telegraphic despatch from Lord Raglan, dated Sunday, was received by the Government. It 000 firms the news that the bombardment of Sebastopol is discontinued. Sir Charles Wood, in stating the fact last night in the House of Commons, intimated the expectation that the fire would be resumed. Non-official advices from before Sebastopol, dated Thursday last, report that the bombardment was drawing to a close from the exhaustion of men and material, that it bad not attained its object, and that consequently the assault could not be attempted. —Daily News. The nmes, in a second edition, gives the following from this day's Moniteur "Telegraphic despatches from the Crimea, dated April 28, announce that the besiegers have momentarily suspended their fire, so as not to exhaust their ammunition, awaiting reinforcements, which were hourly expected." The Cairo, which left Constantinople on the 19th, arrived at Marseilles this morning. RUSSIA. The imirien Gaiette yesterday announced that a peasants' war has broken out in the Russian pro vince of the Ukraine, and is fast extending.—Deily News. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Austrian government has commenced prepare tioos for making &military y of the Principality of Wallachia. Austrian engineers will execute the work under the superintendence of Count Coronini. The Austrian government has concluded a conven tion directly with Prince Stirbey, respecting the aid which the local authorities are to render for this purpose.—Daily News. 'RUSSIA. The session of the Prussian Chambers will be pro rogued on Thursday next, the 3rd inst.—Deily Nem. THE USELESS NEGOTIATIONS. Tin account given by Lord JOHN Rtruatx last night, in the Hones of Commons, of the proceedings at Vienna, up to the day of his departure from that city, adds nothing to what the public already know. Lord PALMERSTON'S answer to Mr. Doscoune, brief though it was, placed, perhaps, in a more distinct light what has occurred since Lord Joint's departure. No sooner was the back of the British Minister turned than the Russian Plenipotentiaries came forward with a proposition. It was, however, of each a nature that even the Plenipotentiary of Austria was obliged to allow that it was inadmissible; and Lord Joint Russ= subsequently stated that the Turkish, French, English, and Austrian Plenipotentiaries were all done mind. With regard to the three first named we place entire confideace in this statement. With regard to the fourth, we must be allowed to remain sceptical for the present. The exact nature of the negotiations at Vienna cannot be known till the papers promised by Government are laid on the table. The language used by Lord PALMERSTON appears to imply that, in the first instance at least, only the protocols will be precasted to Parliament. From them very little can be learned; other documents will be required to throw light on their oracular ambi guity. This slow distilling of information by instal ments has an awkward appearance ; it looks like an attempt to postpone a hill confession as long as pos sible, and necessarily leads to the inference that Ministers have something to tell which they would fain keep concealed. What has happened, or is about to happen at Vienna, is, however, of very secondary importance to the progress of events in the Crimes. And with respect to them the obstinate retiassee of Ministers is pregnant with meaning. Sir CHARLES WOOD took upon him last night to deny that the siege has been need. We will not cavil about words; it is ow to; say that a siege has not been raised when no siege has ever been commenced in regular form, in the shift technical sense of the word. Sir CHARLES admitted that the fire of the batteries has been temporarily die. continued. Can he say that it will be resumed, or when ? It is clear that no siege operations wens going on when the last despatches were sent of Without. regarding the information we have received. from sources entitled to the highest credit, that an entire change is about to take place in the plan of military operations in the East, we will take up our ground upon these acknow ledged facts. Ministers admit that the bombards meat is discontinued. They do not venture to affirm ' that it will be renewed. Their 'ileum leads to the inference that some modification of the original plan 'of campaign, if not absolutely decided upon, is in contemplation. The review of the campaign of 1854, which appeared some time ago in the ...Wei -1 true unequivocally expresses the conviction of the French Government that the plan of operations in the Crimea, originally contemplated by the En. PEROR, ought to be resumed as far as circumstances admit. We maintain that these facts—apart from. all other information —warrant something very closely approaching to belief that the bombardment of Sebastopol is not to be renewed, that no imme diate assault will be given, and that an effort will be made to beat the Russians in the field, as preparatory to a complete investment of Sebastopol. We go farther, and say that if this is not the plan of operations now contemplated by the Allis, it ought to be. To reduce Sebastopol by any means short of a complete investment appears to be now a demonstrated impossibility. To waste time and money in a partial bombardment of that stronghold, and many valuable lives in an assault without ensuring its ultimate reduction, would be highly culpable. In war the current of events must in a great measure dictate the operations that are to be undertaken. The one great object of the Crimean campaign is to wrest the province and its fortress from Russia, as the only means of permanently destroying the dangerous preponderanso of that Power in the Black Sea. If that object can be more easily and effectually attained by first beating the Russians in the field, and then in vesting Sebastopol, the change in the plan of cam paign ought to be made at once. The hesitation and uncertainty indicated by the obstinate silence of Go vernment give rise to painful suspicions that they are still disposed to lean on the broken reed of diplo macy—to waste more precious time in idle and aim lege negotiations at Vienna.—Deily News. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. -~ - THE votes given to-day by the Governors of Christ's Hospital may go far to decide whether the character of that time-honoured Institution shall in future be worthy of the City of which it has long been one of the proudest boasts. The question sub witted for their decision is, whether the education afforded by the Blue Coat School is such as thu wants of the age, or the resources of the Charity, entitle the public to expect. The section of the Governors who advocate the adoption of the Report of the Select Committee, maintain that it is not. Without enter ing into details which only those who have maturely studied the finances and management of t►e Hospital are competent to pronounce upon, one or two unde niable facts may be mentioned which show the neces sity of very decided innovations. One of the improvements most urgently called tor is a change in the locality of the hospital. In any circumstances there would be grave objections to • school for upwards of 800 children being situated is the centre of a large and crowded metropolis. Bar, in addition to this, it would be difficult to point out • site for each a school in London more open to objections than that of Christ's Hospital. It is in the immediate vicinity of Smithfield, St. Bartholomew', Hospital, the Old Bailey, and an immense number of taverns and pot-houses which Smithfield Market has at tracted to the neighbourhood. It may be urged that the market is about to be removed, and that the beer-shops will follow : but St. Bartholo mew's and the Old Bailey will remain. The effiee which the former is likely to have on the health of the children is obvious from a statement made by Mr. RENDELL : "My attention was called to thin evil since my appointment as a member of the Seicst Committee, by the senior surgeon of another large. hospital, who, having occasion to visit our infirmary, pointed out to me that it was placed so as to receive the fetid odoura of human corruption emanating from the chimney and the skylights of the dts secting-room of Bt. Bartholomew's at the level of our first-floor windows." The locality sf the hospital, moreover, renders it impossible that the boys during their monthly whole holidays should find their way to healthy places of recreation. The fact is, that the boys on such day. are to be found in considerable numbers in the adjoining taverns, and in the gently of the Old Bailey—resorts eminently calculated to sully the purity of the youthful mind. And yet to deprive the boys of these holidays, by confining them always to the narrow limits of their play-ground, would transform them into feeble and moping recluses. The physical and moral health of the boys calls imperatively far a change of site. Bat this has been pertinaciously resisted on tke part of the governing body on the score of expense. Why, the sale of the six acres on whick the present buildings stand would realise, at the prior. usually paid for ground in the heart et London, enough to meet the outlay. Daring the last thirty-five year. about 120,0001. has been expended on the re-building of the London premises ; bow much better would it have been to appropriate this large sum to the erection of a proper building ta some healthy country locality In close oonnezion with this ooesideration is the inadequacy of the accommodation in the present buildings, notwithstanding the enormous outlay on their construction and repair. There are no day rooms for the boys. When out of school and kept within doors by the weather, they have only their wards—that is, their bedrooms—to repair to. This occupation of the same room, day and night, by • great number of boys renders cleanliness and venti lation unattainable. True, when the present wards and dormitories were built, four spacious day rooms were provided for the boys, and to each separate dor mitory a lavatory was attached. Two of the day rooms were fitted up for the beadle, and two were appropriated as school rooms for two additional classical masters, appointed in 1842 and 1848. The building of the day rooms for the boys was a con fusion on the part of the governing body that they were necessary; their subsequent misappropriation shows how little the health sad comfort of the boy, have been oared for. Bo too with the lavatories; nine only of the wards have these accommodations; the inmates of the rest are obliged to make shift with one lavatory in common. Enough hu been said to show that the moral and physical eduestiot of the boys in Christ's Hospital is very inadequately cared for. How is it with their mental training P In aonatry-like ours the careers open to mat of them are in the mercantile, ea gingering, and other cognate profession. For all ot these, la the existing condition and relations et