The Express. — London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

inhabitants of Kiel, and the prices of fresh meat and other provisions are already considerably enhanced, whilst eggs are literally sot to be had an the town, and milk and butter are selling for almost fabulous pion. Shortly after the arrival of the British fleet, the finish war steamers Heck and Holger Dante same in sad anchored in the inner harbour. Captain Raffeaberg, of the Holger Dana°, immediately rowed off to the Nils, to welcome Admiral Dundee in the Danish water,. The Heels is come here to fetch some of the troops ordered to reinforce the gar rison of Copenhagen. The Holger Danske is ordered to remain hers as gnard-ehip as long aa the British feet stays in this port. The demolition of the sea fort of Frederiksort, at the entrance of our bay, which was ordered to take pleas this spring, is now countermanded, and, in the uncertain state of Danish politics, it it considered even desirable to mount on the ramparts a few more guns of heavy calibre, which will be sent forthwith from the arsenal at Copenhagen. THE FIRST BALTIC CAPTURE or 1835.—MENEL, APRIL 19.—The Myron, Kenowich, from Lubeck, with a cargo of coals, was captured off Libau, April 17, by her Majesty's steamer Desperate, and has been brought to this port. ART-UNION OF LONDON. - DRAWING OF THE PRIZES. The meeting of this institution took place yester day, is the Haymarket Theatre, the house being kindly lest foe the purpose by the lessee, Mr. Backetoae. Lord Masten!' bad promised to take the chair, but as his lord 'kip, for some reason naexplained, did net make his ap pearance, Mr. H. T. Horn, M.P., was requested to act on the oeeation, and performed the duties most efficiently. The souse's report observed that last year the sub 'Bribers numbered considerably more than 14,000, end that td» society has in head a reserve sum of 7,0001. A state ment was made of the manner in which the sum to be upended in prizes had been divided ; and a detailed ao cunt was given of the various works of art—such as butte, prints, statuettes, medallions, Ito., which the council had 'Bleated either for prises or distribution to the subscribers. It was stated that the council, having taken into eonslden dos the fact that a great number of persons had subecribed daring several years without receiving a prize, they had this year set apart a valuable bast for every unsuccessful sub scriber of tea years' standing. It appears that the 'umber of the soc:ety's agents has greatly increased of late in very distant lands, and that through their exertions a knowledge and taste for the arts I penetrating into localities hitherto strangers to auk harmonising influences ; earl, moreover, that the list of subscribers has been greatly enlarged by contribu- Mre from abroad, Boston, in the United States, and Hobart , Town having furnished between two and three huadred eabecribers each. The widely spreading love for art was dwelt upon, and properly, se a subject for general gratuity Lion, and it was stated, in proof of this extension of taste, that at Ohio a society formed for the purpose of distributing yaks of art had lately numbered upwards of 27,000 suit scribers. After the reading of the report, which, it must be said, wenn instructive, and exceedingly well drawn up, votes Of thanks were unanimously paned to the council, and to the hon. secretaries, Mean. Godwin and Pocock. In neuraing thanks, Mr. Godwin took occasion to re mark upon the energy and unanimity which had charac terised the various councils of the Art-Union ever since the establishment of the institution. Warmly expressed thanks wen oleo given to Mr. Back stage, for hie having so liberally plead the theatre at the disposal of the council. Mr. Hope then oommented ably upon " the report," and happily remarked that it was a most gratifying sign of the times that, although we were plunged in a sanguinary war, and that so much money was wrung from the community fora very different purpose than that of fostering the peaceful arts, still the Art-Union not only maintained its position, but positively progressed, its subscribers actually numbering, during this year of strife, 6G) more than on any former occasion. Mr. Hope also congratulated the council upon their wisely and humanely recommending that a more ready admission to public hulloing' b, given to the bulk of the people, and laid great stress upon that portion of the council's recommendation which n• !erred more particularly to the Royal Academy, remarking that although it was perhaps a somewhat delicate subject to touch upon, it must not be forgotten that the Royal Aca demy enjoyed great privileges at the hands or the nation, being housed most handsomely at the public expiate, and deriving its annual income no len from the exertions of other than from those of its own memben; which privi leges and advantages he thought should inspire the mem bers of the Royal Academy with o more liberal belies to. wards the public than they had hitherto evinced. After the Chairman had concluded his business-like and very sensible address, the drawing of the pries took place. Boma of the larger prises fell to foreign leads, a con tributor from New Zealand carrying oft a 1501. and a eon. Senator from Boston (America) a 2001. picture. Through the liberality of the members of the National Imitation of Fine Arts, the pictures purchased with the money pr.an obtained yesterday will be exhibited at the Portland Gallery, Regent-street. THE PRIZE LIST. The &Mewls. is. the surge of She successful drawers, with She wise of *ear prime : istleol *NOM • Wort of Art of Ur Use of Two Bandrod odd Mlle/ re sliest I su rto► 4 Art U.S.i Tales of Two Handfed M. liew1:01. a Daaoay li e wl i rtt a Work of A 1 8, 1144 the Tata r of O v r Mandrel alt le arks; a Wish of Art dew TOM of Ow Harked lIMIO. Wailmer, laloweis o; W. W. Gels& Pi ortheirod , I "h ew. DerehrsoM ; MIL*" beset.._....; T. Ilweeolee. Iledllid oda le sleet a Work of Art of De TON of Ilielelpale Drese&—W. DAM Ifirewledar ; J. as**, Nomoiromo it ; W. ..,.g J. D. Oahhorr. Wllloball W. Madame Ds W . lo Cr arte= ; Mor. Mare. Ithrelowein ; 0. W. Mawr. sew wear ; J. IL Olsen& Iflghlwary. Zetitiol mit le lima a Work of Art 4 lhe Table' Masi Polak —J. T. Allea.Calahll; S. Yee% AdiaIiDOWIWO4.I: I7 2 u...w..a.....0.1 11.1 taller, Oohs ; Ds& W. rue d , IL W. &lewd, Illsloolww; Jle. M., 11111ftles ; J• la Philedigint; .1. law& Old Des IW. WWIIO. I T. IL Kerwello Walla; J. Mem JIM V&A, ; It. Owthwarie, Mao* ;J. Meld. IMAM ;Jo bb d. Seep,; J. Walla& 10, Ilic issa Lrel a e; W. IL Terms. WanoliL sh or Niet Welt el Art etas Vales of Fifty Poondo.— J. Clowassmos. MOM; Drs of CMOs ; K. Claims, Wandsworth ; Jells ham Ilarerlordee ; J. S. Iftwerald, Porikad ; J. C. Vasa Wes remOrlowl • IL lanagwertb. Wawa • TAIWAN'''. LW serer ; Jahn Nig t i ter; ii.Toduiris. WerpOol ; J. L TWO% hillwolo; T. IL O. O. Ms. Ilasttiod alt le aloft a Work ef Art of Ur Tahoe al Peeods.-0. IL AMA. ; 5. J. hat s% fed; W. rata.., i.i .II ; Orinsi iownee. Owds .rat; 0. EfOlif. 1 W. lised. PearesWille ; 1. IL Cart. lisw Liao ; K. 041101. Doetheselmelowhetaeit ; T. D. Doses, , Si'. S. Ilwr Leber i I. War. Pasoan; c. = . ..iuddhi ; Jae. Oresowlit ;W. bens. Oki. w Or n la 4 l : = B. llt i lserol ;J. fliwww. Ordrinoonth ;J. 0. : W. MDR& Deellsllas ; W. leliolloo, Twoodow-tarraso ; A. Mlabolas.Delertliews ; Jas. Orr. Liverpool L. T. W. ta.kor, Honore= ; 0. W. WoAl i Aiowt Tows ; Kw. J. L. IoWIL 1Mov; C. IL View W ; T. Way, Polokry; W. Wirel. seil; Mrs. N. Wolkoff, ; W. Wairesio. Leek; Wlldessa.lAwspeaL Jelled web le Most a Wort of Art of the Take of Twaoty.tre Perred&—J. *Ma k 'Marla ; I. Maori, Moe ; J. lloardworo, Dooleird ; 8. IL Me*. Iliewd; 0. Saw. ales..; J. Lim, Orate. laraelWero ; J. 31. DeolldwAdedde ; O. Jr. hers, Jamie" ; J. add& Old kooLoni alr,copiso, by Boliglowaroot ; Qt. ; 5 NV; O. Moms wroeseo ;5.3. T. Cowen; 11. Added. ; J. Illealddedh ; N. Talift Si ; K. W. Mastas. ; J. 1.. llower. Powowillo ; Woo. Sam% LW= Loser; T. InfaL Malls ; IL brd ; 11 Tr i llarlfework; A. Y. Markoh ass M i l iswe Vrtie Art Deis; T. IL . DOM ;IL w a is t l'1 ; riearg. ". N. A ." l ". les& Signial i 1. es* to mew a Wars 01 Art of the Tales ef Meaty Ihms&—o. age. Meme.hlO; M. 0. Vaud. Illiworl; C. or Was. Shaft; La nelioddlendolt• Ms& Oislog. Dial Yes. De Lama, Oalodlemee; his Odom Ilko. am% lasodoo4;_1. 011velloOT_Olo; T• D. DeleDla. lbelleNolos; J. M. YoloWoWao; T. V. WV. fie Mill ; I•=we. deeldwaltere; J. Mtn; D. D. DolltoN Doi' . • ILA . Jairea.lkarkmrdr; Ows.— LawrieA_ Bna, M. N ilasswor.terseee;a sissi Derow i lish. lawepeol , 1...• w it erw = ...6.4 tidbits 111Wer•Oseleal ; 1 . Termsew. agliim aer Auldoed ; W g i asiodt, fligiorl ere..; drs T 1111•4 Medaimer Ming; True D liwirs W m IL WI% li ten ik ellll le WOW a Work of Art al theTein al Moo Poo& Mseltrlir l ==avarpol; J. Dawes& A. D aly w i g ; et= l ks la m lad. 2=2.. row. aesti g. derLONII.OIB 4B9 ; W.T. trop.. i scessad Illoradeleol jl abeellLeOperoblil; -: Menerwad. at ; Dr. J. Nal& O. M. Oaeous, OM :.wad; W. L 41 = 1, mor dik ; maw j lissig . a; I. II elk kartl tismi. Ye ; J. Trebanw, ; I. mita whet a W el Mid Il• WI iggirk.- 11. Alfaiiiiii"lllllouish ; Um& leolialb. naiads; LW. Boothrgh lootos.V.L ; B. IL Carver, IDE. 11. Ceesz lisi Ml M.lfarkloillews . Cane r, ; D. aeon; W. M Desk ; Lanareiss— llamo. erolowhimpOw Ys lop. Ik=i ss T. A. , liessaleme.enhi lissd. Urals.; • edgers • ; Z. Oldry, POdwelld J. Mese. karithisaff; O. POWs" elmeellt; J. flail, Umbra. Weed 0.I lhaneol& landird ; M. etelnimil. Dotes; I. Z. Dep. MI. blot; all. Wei. Tleloria; His. Wylers, Molleinw. THE ARMY BEFORE MR. ROBBUCK'd COMMITTEE. Yesterday the committee room was again crowded to ►ear the costumed evidence of the Doke of Newcastle, upon the administration of the duties of the War Department. Mr. Layard opened by asking his gran whether he found say difficulty, with regard to the forms, la trans...tins the duties that devolved upon ►im as Bunter, at War. The duke repel—Yes, undoubtedly, c visiderable difil. catty in some of the subordinate departments at home, and great difficulty in connexion with penons on the spot, or abroad. This answer applied to the whole period of his holding office; and the same system prevailed throughout, sad applied equally before as after the separation of the two secret ! ryshipe of state. Mimic your holding office was any change made in this state of things either by minute or positive order I—l did supersede these forms in numerous instances, and I gave the oommittes instances yesterday in tie case of the medical ' department, which was one of the worst cues, and in wLich the head of the medical board, to obtain medical comforts and: applies, was obliged to go through a large circuit of forma and alias before he could obtain them. I directed this to be supsneded, and I hays no doubt it was, bet it was merely a personal exercise of authority on my part. To the best of my knowledge these forms still exist. I have no knowledge of any alteration having ban made, but I cannot answer positively aftAt the time of my retirement from caw. Did your grace make say minutes or reports upon the matter t—No. The real fact of the matter was that the business of the office was so onerous that It was perfectly in possible to do so during the time that I held office, and I have no reason to suppose that the duties of that office have become lighter since, so that it was quite impossible to give continuous attention to those great alterations and improve sesta which, feeling as I did the inoonvenlanos, would I have been very satisfactory to myself. I was consequently obliged to go on as I bat could in the face of this incon venience, superseding these forms in greater and more im portant instances by personal authority, rather than drawing out a comprehensive scheme, which of coarse would have met with considerable opposition in various quarters, sad a specific attention to which would have superseded the appli cation I found it necessary to bestow en the g e I business of my aloe. These forms were chiefly applicable to the subordinate departments, but some of them—for instance, in the case of the ordnance—applied to the higher depart ment'. What were your chief difficulties with referent)* to the ordnance department. It has been stated to me by several correspondents that they submitted various military loves noes to you to be approved of, and that you recommended or referred them to the Ordnance, and that there were so many forms to be gone through in the shape of certification, die., en reaching head•quarters, that the War-office was as many months as they should have been days in considering the applications. Does that correspond with what you know upon the subject 2—Though I admit that hilly, it did not ex actly &Tante= forms, properly so speaking. I admit that the public' were ander a telecom:option aa to what office they ought to apply to. They frequently applied to the War office, and other military departments ; but that misconcep tion, or mistake, could not properly be debited to any diffi culties or inconveniences arising from foveae. As regards all these inventions, of course the circumstances of the war stimalated public ingenuity to an enormous extent—inge nuity, prairical, theoretical, manufacturing, mecha nical, and suggestive—and the multiplicity of I. cautions which were laid ketone myself al: as were beyond perhaps what would be credited by any m.mber of this committee, so that it became extremely difficult in many instances to know at first sight what should be rejected and what should be Investigated. As far as possible, I refined all these applications to practical men. The custom of the Ordnance fur a long time in case of all inventions has been to refer them to a committee at Woolwich. That committee undoubtedly has not given satisfaction to the public, and which the high character of the officers composing it, if taken alone, fairly entitled it to. I think the composition of that committee was faulty. It was solely composed of military sawn, and did not embrace chemists and others to the aweat I think it should have done, sad I addressed a long War to the Ordnance on this subject, in which I suggested ffiee establishment of a committee cia a different system, and I Yap la is satisfactorily at work at this moment, though I mast weak to it positively. I suggested the change before IWA Saw This letter, with others, Si not in my posses sion ; but the lamminee can have them from the W►r-office. Are you, within the period of your office, aware whether any invention calculated to be weal to the public war veep much delayed by the process of form and routine it had W undergo at the Ordnance 2—Yes, and necessarily so. I bass already said that the number of inventions was enormous, and as the committee was formed of oaken who had other duties to perform, no blame attached to them ; and se they won Incapable of keeping dewn the accumulation of work, I increased the committee. I recommended that it should he formed into sub-committees, according to the character and alma of the inventoins, and to enable them the better to meet the difficulties. But I have no doubt that many inventions were not investigated nearly so soon ad it war desirable they should he for the sake of the public Interest. Did these difficulties esseist la the forms, i the divided responsibility, or in the inadequacy of the Ordnaswe staff ?- I should say decidedly, in ibis particular case, in the latter , but from the fact of there beiag_ so many separate war de partmests the public were aseessuily fa ignorance to wheat they aught to apply, and, owiag to the aecident of the sub. division el the War-office departments, they might, in the eyes of the pablie, be held responsible, although it was not really a.. There was no missadmetaading about this. Neither the Secretary toe War ter the Secretary at War, the Horse Guards or the Medical Board—wee of them had obviously anything to do with them ieventioas or mechani cal matters; but it was not unnatural oe the part of the public to and fault with one or all of them departments, being is reality in ignorance of which one in particular was the peeper authority. De the maw observations apply to the War Oda, to the Commeeder-ia-Chief, and the Hoes Guards, with regard M the diflealty of carrying on the hygiene P—Of course Mies a amplitation of cams it does apply to a certain ex tent, bat there were no forms to be gone through baseman the liseeMary of State and the Horse Gear& It was Bathing bet serrespoadence, and while on that subject I say stale goseally, I believe that the present constitution e( 1M Mr lispoloont aecemarily entails a larger amount of eileempainee Ora . desitable. De yea Ihish that the relations subsisting between the Wee Dagotosat, the Horse Guards, and the Ordnance, end aver iepmlmesses eesseeted with the war, are on as us rallihaboy MOW P—No ; certaialy not. Are yea ewers whether any change hes taken pleat sines you left oasis t—l am not aware that any extensive change has taken plus. lam aware of a ohmage, the exact eaten of whisk I do not know, is edemas to the War-ofami. I knew that the once of secretary-at-war is abolished, but whatis the sabetitated power I am not aware. I was sot consulted on the subject, neither was I requested to give the pverantent the beasit of my experience is that matter while I was in °Mee. During the time of your hoWiag emus what was the ex am mature of your relations with Lord Cardigan; had yea given say instructions to Lord Cardiges what you seat the army oat to the Est P—Thor was so necessity to compel me ta mod anything to Lord Cardigan. Of course is ell matters reisdag to the war the Secretary of State for War i. seprome, bat when I considered a military opinions rsquielM I astarally applied is all matters, soot those of Ordssaeo, to Lord Harding.. Tear grace carried on a sorrespoadesoe with Lord Ro lm but did set shish it ammo as a matter of roomy to submit* , Want° Lod Harding. P—lt as boa the imolai& prestos in dare of wet for the Secretary of State omespoed with the Cosseader-ia-Claist of the army Amid, bat sot for the Cceaseasticaia-Chief of the army shoed te warrespond with the Commandevia-Chlef at the liaise Osards. The Chairmen presumed the hon. member, Mr. Loud, did set mesa that it was a usher of courtesy to Lord Bar eke, ea moth as that It was a nutter et courtesy to the pablie Noise I—There was so olleisl obligation that re tailed sets Wu thaw lettere to Lord Harding.. Did Lead Cardigan make say report to you on matters alasested with the army as the was t—Recanstankated to be soy laismatisa he noire& sad whisk it was desirable be *said ocieumaioato i but, as I beim said, it *lieu the invariable practice of the Secretary of State to eiseemposi with the Ontitaadee-ia-Chid of the away dread, bat set he the OemeadaPia-Chief at the emir die eel le eeneeptall with the Coassailet-it•Chiet at Ibl Owes at hems ; and aiweleestly Lad= .won ealiated M Nee isteasatiea he essayed la midi the yis Turkey. Them were some her eight ; but thew that ems to the • limp Ilaweile a saherilaate ihesseter, Math( to stalhe est OW Bottom . ; s THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1855. See WMHaestpmei you wrote giving a sketch of the COW iIaWN7 samPsign is the Crimes communicated Harding*, or did you ask Lord Harding* fur a Mahn opinion on the matter?—That despatch was shown ifse to Lord Herdioge, and, of worm, Lord Harding., be bad seen any reason to object to it, would have coos. mesicated it to me ; but I do not In any way hold Lord Herdiage responsible for anything. contained in that demotes or in other dispatches. Lotion state to the committee when Lord Hardinge's ... bility began, and where it ended, and how far Isis Ip is responsible (sr anythiog that Imppensd daring the campaign ?— That is really so wide and so general a question that it is imp-stible for me to answer it. It you will put a specific question as to whether he was responsible foe any.particular matter, I shall be happy to answer it. The government coosider themselves responsible for all military movements ?—Certainly. Tree Commander-in-Chief is not, you mean to say, re sponsible for anything that has taken place in the Crimea and elsewhere with regard to the movement of troops— such, for instance, as the advance of troops from Scutari to Versa, and the subsequent expedition to the Crimea ? No, mrteanly not. The Commander-in-Chief is not resten sible for that. Is be responsible for the clothing for the troops, their pro visioning for the winter, and the treatment of the sick and wounded P—He is responsible for the ordinary clothing, bat that comes within hie province et all times. Sometimes the peculiar circumstances of the ens render it incumbent on him to undertake the general supervision of the clothing, rod I recommended ti the Commander-in-Chief, and he adopted the recommendation, that a third suit of clothing shoo d be supplied to the troops without any distinction. The Chairman—Then if any failure took place in the supply of winter clothing the responsibility of that failure did not fall on the Commander-In-Chief P—No, certainly net, assuming that there was a failure. It wm in the pro ving of the Commander-in-Chief to supply winter clothing when it was required. Was the Commander-in-Chief officially informed that the army was to winter in the Crimea ?—He was kept in formed of every change of circumstance, and be was there fere as well aware es tee government of the necessity of the troops wintering in the Crimea when the necessity for it grace. As I intimated yesterday, there was no absolute Insolation taken that the troops ahead winter in the Crimes. But having Information that it was the duty of the Com mander-in-Chief to see that the army was properly provided with winter clothing, besides the ordinary winter clothing, can you inform the committee why it was not done am not able to answer that question accurately. I know what was done. It was • camper as. It was an extraordinary case ; and assuming it was obvious that the troops would Lave to winter in the Crimea, I took upon myself to com municate with the Secretary-at-War and the Commander in-Chief to order such an additional amount of warm cloth ing in August as I thought would be required. Do you not thick th the line of demarcation between the Minister of Wm and the Consenanderin-Cbief is very vague and indefinite 7—ln some respects undoubtedly vague end Inconvenient. Could not some change be made ?—Yes. There are many alterations is the whole of the war departments desirable, but I have been consulted by the present government on the subject. What SW the extent of your power over the ordnance T I considered my power to be complete, so far as every order given by me cculd not of course be disobeyed; but of my power of control, arising from a knowledge of what was going on, I am by no means prepared to speak. Lord Raglan had been Master-General of the Ordnance midi his de parture for the But. It was mot absolutely necessary to re tain that'll's*, but Sir H. D.Ross was appointed in his pleas. I suppose Lord Raglan did not receive his pay P—l be lieve so; but I had nothing to do with the finance of the army. Sir H. D. Roes was appointed, and of course say person appointed to the Ordnance ought to be acquainted wi'h artillery taotiee. I believe the whole arrangements of the Ordnance department are in coons of revision. I re presented while in office the state of the Ordnance to be uosatisfectory, but I am not aware whether any changes have been made, though I believe some are in contempla tion. What control had your grace as Minister of War over Admiral Dundee ?-1 had no control whatever over Admi ral Dundu. Tian supposing there was a joint operation between the army and the fleet, the fleet would be under the complete control of the Admiralty ?—Yes. I should say, in expla nation of my answer of " so control whatever," that the duties of Secretary of War as connected with the navy went no farther than this, that, at the commencement of the war, and on the determination of the government of any new operations, instructions are issued by the Secretary at War to the Admiralty in the shape of a general outline, but leaving the details th e Seen of the navy net being re sponsible to the Se cretary at War. The instructions of the Minister of War to the Admiralty would be carried out without further reference, those instructions being virtually decided on by the Cabinet in Council, and in con. Segueing of the despatch I wrote to Lord Raglan, Sir J. Graham wrote a similar one to Admiral Dundee. Was there any blockade in force is the Black Sea 7—No. Under whose department was the blockade—the Secre tary-at-Wares the Admiralty t—The Admiralty. Suppose the non-enforcement of the bloekede iaterfered with the operations of the army, would it have been the duty of the Minister of War to have remonstrated with the Admiralty ?—Yee, of course ; but we assume in all these molten that there is a co operation between them, and not a dismeition on the parted the First Lord of the Admiralty to see tbe atm thwarting the operations of the army under the more immediate direction of the Minister of War. Was • blockade kept up until lately have already said I am aware it was not. Mr. Drummond—Were not orders sent out that the Hag fish navy should act in all matters of blockade in concert milli the French navy ?—There were. Was not the French navy altogether under the French general P—l think dot. Was not the French navy wader the consmander-in-chid of the army ?—Unless I am greatly mistaken, not. Lord Seymour—Were the masons for there being no blockade in the Black flea political, or did it arise from other circumstances ?—lt was entirely from political cir cumstances. Yost grace has stated that there was no bleated' In the Sleek Sea, although it was stated in the Beam if QM mons test there was a blockade P—Orders had been Mewed to institute • blockade in the Black Ilea was, I tblab o She statement in the House of Commons. And your grace believes that the cirtmostanee of the blockade not being put in form arose from political ea SS Said ciremastanets 7—Entirely. Hew did the non-failliment of the eider to blockade orbs 7—To answer that would be to enter into a varieV of maven comested with the arrangemenb between the Er. Mk fleet and the French fleet, and the sesammimilem tween the heads of both fleets with the anbeneder at Ow atantinople, tad other matters, which. if Ere leallane think it desirable to obtain, they may sleek hen one of the meant ministers of the mows, to whom It might be MOW Meat, but not for me, to assurer the question. The Chainasn—The object :was to ascertain whether the Admiralty had anything to do with the dote minder The government were principally reqemadde. The 11141111 were to institute a blockade. The indlidee OM NON were partly of a political character, sad MOO Mt embeeled with any disagreements between the Admiralty sad the government, which I hardly think it right mkt. into.; Mr. Layard—Were any reasons sent to yes from the But which were smoldered satisfactory to the gameimeat fee sot enforcing all blockade P—ltessoas went mil e but that, they were I. all respects eatirely 'satisfactory I mud say, and again I really would rather not say why I .raider they ' , wen not satisfactory. They would sot apply merely to those departments into which the hon. member might wish to inquire. How far did Lord Raglan exercise as independent com mand in the Best ?—lndependent of whom ? Of theigovernment at home. Was, I mean, all that re lated to the eissi id eo:apletely under the control of Lord Region P— lard Raglan was, of course, responsible to the goweemmted a MI et to the sommand of the government at home. If a witme states that he made repreeentatioss le Leal Mites with regard to the ceganisation of the embalms, sad Lewd Regina mid he wee wsidat fee homelless from is yes sessile, *see was wisest seem he kb as ambience eeepe —That depends en the dieseasmise of the ease. There are instances in which • esemesdes4weidel of the easy would be justified in tak m Iskeeelf nation that were at variance with the views IR lithesome/met at home. Leta Law" is his evidence, says that he premed Is "pude, is the Crimes daring the time of granite seed as netbelesee mph end that Lord Seel's, when te e oil it wee ender the eossideration of the go em meet. Now had Lord Raglan the power of nob a veep without referring to the grimmest 11: 1 =1 1 -1Im • to kis remessibills, I think I cannot claim exemption, but whatever was dons by other departments, however ill-organised or ill•arrsogrd, they wire all connected with the war department. If Sir C. Trevelyae, in Cominimariat affairs, had rcfosed to earn out my orders, I must have applied to the Cabinet ; and if the Cabinet had decided in Sir C. Trsvelyan's favour, I should have resigned ; or If it had derided against Sir C Trevelyao, he would have done the same. Until the 22nd December lest the Commiseariat was under the control of the Treasury, but its separation tram that dep a rt men t was a measure that bad long been mooted, and he (the Duke) was of opinion that the Commissariat, like other departments, ought to be under a separate head and jurisdiction. The head clerk (his grace continued to Fay), woo wee the head clerk at the time that it was at the Treasury, had at this moment the immediate working superinueadence of the Commiseariat. He was re• moved, with his whole establishment, from the Treasury to the War Office, when he is under the same roof, end under I the immediate superintendence of the minister. When this ' expedition was undertaken he (witness) did not furnish Sir Charles Trevelyan with any information. He was bound to say, indeed, that Sir Charles rather furnished him with e good deal of information which he had obtained from Sir John brNeill end others, with whom he had been in com mudeation. lie had every teuon to suppose that Lord Resin and every general of division in the Crimea had interpreters in their envier. He had also every reason to believe that the army at some period of its stay in Bulgaria was in a position to advance to Sdistris. It n con trary opinion had been expressed by individual officers com manding parts of the crruy he should doubt that they were In a position to speak with authority on the subject Lord Raglan never expressed inch an opinion to the War Department, and his lordship, he conceived, was in a better portion for knowing all the facts than any individual officer. By Mr. Roebuck—The Commissary-Cleceral was also better informed than any officer could be es to the ability of the army to advance, for he was entirely responsible at that time for the land transport of the army, and therefore was the person who would necessarily know more than any other of the force at his dieposal for that purpose. Without reason he (witness) was astonished to beer that Captain Writtesley had stated before the committee that " the army left England destitute of all its most important 'cession's. By General Peel—The Commissary 0 1 only rep tied the elate of his department to the general cuineanding-ise chief, and to his superiors at home. Captain Wrottesley could have had no information which could entitle him to speak on that sudect. Two siege trains were ordered to be prepared before Lord Raglan left this country. The first siege train was sent out somewhere about the time when the troops moved from Scutari to Varna. The second siege train was sent out and arrived before the expedition sailed to the Crimea. Both these siege trains were iatended fur the gene-al service of the army in whdever operation it might be engs‘ed. but undoubtedly with the ultimate view to that gnat operation which was contemplated from the first. He could not saypusitively whether Lord Raglan was con stilted on the subject of the transport for the siege train, but he knew that his lordship was consulted on all such matters so long.'s he was in England. The Commissariat at that time was answerable for the land transport. By Mr. Roebuck—lt was certainly the intention to move the army up to &Hattie, but the °cession never ann. The army was at oue time in a state to advance into the interior of Bulgaria, but not in that complete state is which it would have been after two or three months of pre ' partition. By General Peel—Omer Praha had the complete control over the whole supphes of carts, horses, and everything • else in that country. Mr. Filder could not procure any portion of than supplies until Omer Pasha issued his edict. Then it was that Mr. Filder had great numbers of arabes placed at his disrosal, and that the army was in a position to advance ; but, the siege of !When* having been raised, the whole aspect of affairs was changed. By H. Roebuck—The army was not in a position to advance to Silistria until a short time before the siege was raised. By Mr. Layard—The first statement he received from Lord Raglan as to the deficiency is the land transport woe a mere casual one, and was made in order to explain other things to which witness had called his lordship's attention. That must have been quite the end of September. He (witness) had certainly received, in the way many others had received, information as to cavalry horses, each worth from 601. to 701., being devoted to purposes in the Crimea for which small ponies of the value of 51. would have been adequate, but he had received no official information on the subject. The last statement he received from Mr. Fader was that the Conaminariatpionee he had in the Crimea very little exceeded 400. At the lime Mr. Fader made that state ment he was responsible to the War Department; previous to that he was responsible to the Treasury. When the land transport became so reduced, no stops were taken to send out horses from this notary. That was quite impossible under the circumstances, and he (whom) organised a sepa rate and independent transport cups on a military system, which he placed under the direction of Colonel ld'ffiurdo. Before that period no attempt was made to organise a trans. port service in England. By General Peel—Lord Raglan certainly had himself the power to supply any want of transport horses, without re ference to him (witness) ; though if such a want existed it was his lordship's duty to have informed him of it. With Respect to the ambulance corps that was • novelty in England. At his request it was organised by Dr. Guthrie, Dr. Smith, and Colonel Tulloch. Some difference arose as to whether certain ambulance waggons recommended by Dr. Guthrie, or ambulance carts recommended by Dr. Smith, should be preferred, and witness suggested that some of both should be nun and tried. It became necessary to consider who should be placed in charge of the ambulant* corps. Both Lord Raglan and Lord Harding. objected to take from the army for that service any great number of tightiog men, and eventually the prevailing opinion was that it would be de sirable to employ pensioners in the management of the am bulance corps, though Dr. Smith was of opinion that their employment in that capacity would be an evil. It was true that about 40 of the petitioners on landing in the Crimea bad brought some scandal on the body by getting drunk, but the offences they committed against decorum were not greeter than the average of the whole army. Nor were they old men, as had been said, for only two of them were above 50 years of age. At one time, when the state of the reads precluded our sick and wounded, then very numerous, teing carried down to Belinda,* on wheel carriages, the French lent us a number of their ambulance mules, across which panniers of a massive description were hang for that purpose. Those panniers were an excellent invention, and witness had some of the same sort con structed in France for the English army, and also others of a lighter description, but on the same mad, in this Mr.counßy M. r. Layard—Of course if remits could have bean thrown into the Crimea, in small bodies, as the regular soldiers fell sick, the army wohld have been strengthened ; but that would not have prevented the sick's.' recurring, • because it turned out that the men who came fresh Into the Crimea were the most liable to be attacked with siclumen The overwork arose from the men being iacommessusts with the extent of our lines before flebestepoL The government had co power to form a reserve wail they had a sufficient number of recruits to mad. The recruits did net come in adequate ambers, and that iron from an sawn lingnese to enlist. General Peel—Was not the real fact this—that you sent too large a portion atlas amp out in the first instance ? The Lake of Newcastle-11M is a question which must always be a matter of opinion. General Peel—By sending out a Litter number of men than are supported by a proper reserve do you not entail on these man &greater amount of work than they would other wise have to discharge ? The Duke of Newcastle—No doubt of it ; but at the same time you mast take into account the difficulties with which you have tit contend, and the necessities of the out. By lilb.Layard—The government bad no power to seta. Min reserves at the cominenement of the war, except to the extent of between 6,000 and 7 000, which wittier established, and these were sent to the Crimea at the ,in. stance of Lord Hardinge, to strengthen Lord Raglan's force. Various suggestions were made by within both to Lord Raglan and to Lord Stratford, and partially carried out, an the raising of a Turkish eontingent, prior to the emanation on that subject. From the very first he (entities) made various attempts to obtain from the ur Tkish government a orinaidi contingent both of , cavalry and infantry. Before Lord Raglan left this country' witness suggested to him the desirability of raising a light cavalry corps in Turkey, to be ofileend by *born from the Indian army, and also from the Bsglish army. Lord Raglan afterwards found the project impractisable, from the in ferior character of the hones of the country, and their inability to cope with the Russian cavalry. Attempts were also made to organise a number of the bight-bunks into a *lnsley corps under Colonel Batson, and five or Mx other English officers, but those also failed, from appro. beasion on the part of the English and French allure as to the character of the bashi-basouks. There was a gene. tel impression in the army that mach a eavalrynrps would be likely to lead to more evil "aapad. He Menses) celled his attention to the circumstance of a number of Tartan, who were the friends of the Allies, havirg been confined at Scutari in the same part of the hospital as the Rotten prisoners there, and he (witness) immediately took steps to have these Tartar prisoners released, who, it wee obvious, could only have horn Co detained ender some misapprehension. He might Dave heart it suggested, but he hardly imagined eueh great culpability on the part of any department in England, as steeling quantities of the stores that were ordered to be sent out to the army in the East. He hoard that large quantities of the stores that were ordered to be seat out to the East were still detained in England. He made instant irqUiries on the subject, and he Wel Wiled that they were stores made up of the gifts of private individuals eau not government 'torus, and that they ware waiting until means of transdort could be found for them. He had never been able to find that any govern ment stores which had been ordered o u t to the East were still lying in this country. (His Genoa, at the request of Mr. Leyard, stated in some ,detail, the circumstances ander which the two Under-Seem taries-at-War had been appointed.) By General Peel—The defects in the trenching toAs were at an early period brouwit under his notice in a private letter, and be lxked upon that u so very important a matter that he immediately wrote to the Ordnance department, desiring to have a therough investigatton of it. They reported to him in a manner which he thought was unsatisfactory, and be sent their report to Lord Region, and asked him whether there was any truth in it. Lord Raglan instituted inquiries, and wrote him (witness) to say that many of the tools were ea very inferior character. By means of a second inquiry, instituted at his request by the Ordnance authorities, it was band out that the objectionable tools had been made at the eatporta depots, and were of a very antiquated description. (A. laugh) He then intimated to the Orduaree that the transaction was a very reprehensible our, and hoped that there would be no repetition of it. Seiious complaints' having been made of the state of the harbour at Bslaklava he applied to the Customs, and got together about forty men from that establishment of various grades and sent them out to Selektive under the supervision of an expe rienced chief officer, with the view of assisting to restore order in the harbour. He &leo sent out a number of iron warehouses. Lord Seaton had been quoted as disap ptoving of the expedition to Sebastopol, which (it was further said) was undertaken in spits of the remonstrances of Lord Raglan. He (witness) wished to say he never re ceived any remonstraace from Lord Raglan on the subject. On the contrary, his lordship gave his hearty approval of the matter. Again, Lord Seaton never tendered to him any opinion upon the expedition until the beginning of Septem ber, when be met his lordship at the camp at Bculogne. Oa that occasion witness explained to his lordship every thing that had bees done in the matter, to which his lord 'No gave his entire assent. It had been also stated that he (witness) said, ii the House of Lards, that there was no miiitary Aker in London whose opinion was worth having. That statement was placarded in the streets of London. He never made such a statement. What he said was simply this, thee belaboured under great disadvantages in this re spect, that of the military °faun holding official appoint ments in this country .nly one remained in London to whom he could a refer'for advice—namely, Lerd Hardinge. That he (witness) considers() a great disadvantage, because be thought a number of good military heads should be kept in the metropolis for consultation and conference. By Mr. Roebuck—lle never received any suggestion upon any subject from any military officer to which he did not give the most scrupulous attention, whether he adopted it or not. He should not have thought of quoting Lord Bea ton's opinion is favour of the expedition, but for its having been quoted the other way. By Oen. Peel—He was surprised to find General Sir Da Lacy Evans stating before the committee that the govern ment at home appeared to have sent out the expedition as if they thought Sebastopol could be taken without firing a gun. So far tram that being the case, or anything like it, he might mention that many officers of the Guards, who re turned home from the But on being promoted, before the ' expedition to the Crimea, were extremely surprised at the extensive preparations which were making in this country for fighting. He thought the militia was oae important ' means of recruiting the army ; but he was ,not sure that it was now or at any time intended that the militia should constitute the principal reserve. lie had aothing to do with the calling out of the militia, except as an iodividual member I of the cabinet; but he was of opinion from the very first that the raising and directing the militia should be placed r under the control of the Secretary for War, and he trusted yet to see it transferred to the department of the Secretary ' for War. _ _ Lord Seymour asked witness if be was aware that Dr. Guthrie had said recently, at a meeting of the Royal Col- lege of Surgeons—" if her Majesty's government, by which' term I include everybody concerned, fr.,m the highest to the lowest, had been pleased to adopt the suggestions 1 offered in February, 1834, the hospitals might have been in the same state in the Bosphorus as they were in 1814 on the Garonne, when they were as perfect as men could make them t" . . . .His Grace replied he was set aware Dr. Guthrie bad made any bitch statement, or that his suggestions had not been carried out to a very great extent. Two of Dr. Guthrie's meet important suggestiths were adopted, and adopted by his (witness's) positive fist. One bad reference to the ambu lance waggths, which at his (witness's) request had been tried in the East, and tad signally failed. His second suit geation was the appointment of a third assistant-surgeon to every regiment. Dr. Smith objected to that, sod said the only way was to increase the staff surgeons. He (witness) went moot carefully into the question, end he saw so much reason and truth in both suggestions, that he determined on adopting them both, which was accordingly done. He was aware that Dr. Smith objected to the employment of pen sioners for the ambulance seeps; and If Dr. Smith was, as he said, overruled oa that point, he must have been over ruled by these gentlemen with whom witnesa_put him in communication on the subject, Including Lord Raglan and Lord Ilarainge. Witness racame Secretary for War on the 12to of June last. la that capacity he recsived no power but such as he had from the very first. He had not a deli .ciency of power, but • deficiency of means. In order to enable any Secretary of State for War satisfactofily to him. self and the public to carry oat his duties there must be very material changes in all the war departments. By Mr. Roebuck—He had said that he did not consider there was a want of power in the Secretary for War so musk as the want et means. In short, the tools with which be had to work were something like the tstrenchiog tools, not of the very best quality. Mr. Roebuck—You were hampered by your subordinates? The Dike of Newcastle—l was. I am bound to say, however, that everybody under me evinced the greatest cordiality towards me, and made the greatest efforts to do their duty. Ido not attach blame to any individual, but I think the system is bad. I am satisfied that everybody under me did the very best in his power. The committee then adjourned until to-morrow (this day), at twelve o'clock, when the Duke of Newcastle will main ' submit himself for farther examination. HEALTH OF LONDON. The present return exhibits a decided improve ment in the health of London. The deaths, which had been respectively 1,226 and 1,347 in the first two weeks of April, fell is the week that ended on Saturday to 1,087. The temperature of the lest fortnight was little higher than it is expected to be In April, bet it was ten degrees higher than in March, and human life reaps the benefit of the change. In the last four weeks the mean temperature has been 36.6 deg., 411 deg., 47.2 deg., and 49.1 deg. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846.64, the average number et deaths registered was 1,035, which, if raised in proportion to increase of populatica, becomes 1,138. The number of pumas who died last week is 61 less than the estimated number. Last week the births of 916 boys and 872 girls, in all 1,788 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846 54 the average num- Mr w;4 1,472. -.-- At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.148 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on six days of the week. At the end of the week the barometer rose to 30.40 in. Tne mean temperature of the week was 49.1 deg , which is higher by 2.6 deg. than the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean temperature was 58.9 deg. on Monday, which is 10.9 dog. higher than the average; and it fell to 41.9 deg. oa Saturday, which is 5.4 deg. below the average. The wind, which had been in the eouth-west on the fleet two days, blew during the remainder of the week from the north-east The highest temperature occurred on Monday, and was 72.8 deg.i the lowest marred on Thursday, and was 29.2 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 40.9 deg , and the difference between this and the tempera ture of the air was 8.2 deg. No rain fell, and London enjoyed a clear sky. donlitedly he bad the iibjest - ___. -- ........4, _ if be thought it OW rod woman to do so. The power of had made preparatioss, as Colima - Beats= him. for the sommeader-weblef of the army swiss downs, and is 'sadist; out a sufficient number of English officers salimdeel except in the ratio of his res i t=t7. foe flak a corps whenever it could be raised. The Thin there vele Me cheek ea Lord as far so the Turkish contingent originated with Lord Clarendon sad spriomennall at home were eeneerned P—The sandman himself. He had been whims& that there wen ahem Eshttasow' edepted t i the loomuutout at Imo 80,000 laski-basouks ia the Turkish dominions. Some On the 2 2 nd of next month , Mr . Henr y be ._ _ aseen Eaj o la l a ga ledt country, and no doubt weed me m , one o f w h om woo Cl o pi a j w Brook asompood. will ask the House of Commons to assent to his bill is Esihse t it wee desirable the olduks under the allspice' of the mamma% to 'INWOOD he of she totosoillat 4. &nit Ire &nisei before he amistaaes with the Cirseedsn Weds ea the aeon. but thin favour of the ballot. Ink hot Nat toff ober truth he were act ssoseseful. Coked Lloyd sad another gssideniaa, Sir Erskine Perry's motion relative to the Indian W ,la • pit it dm in rig itsl valuation, also made as to isramtralaste with the arm y s tands adjourned to the Ist of May. It w adi=its till a la* Isfal• t might shish is the laterite ; bat of thine aistiensa ever In connexion with the general question of our have bow _ If .SslStli the doulouluout, so the aseesoded la &diming late dm Won" at ivory gonarmsat mad Um MIPS alight MOO labia diarist moos moo mode by w ham fa Ibis io inch i n . diplomatic establishatente, Mr. Wise will on the 22ad of views,___,.___ ._ ....,_ WA Zee Alk ilea the plenary Pmw et h=, timmalbm fa to the Wan of tberound Or Crimea May move in the House of Commeas, that "it is the opinion .I."'"if and lm WPM' of the WW I. " 15 Woos ihs =Peaks last thus, am Ow Piths NA fele• of this hones that our diplomatic establishments at Paris *Sem, end so rensmissinto wpm that point war to aq doe strength of all th e me w of OM Bug= oy. That ie. hoarded. some tram Lod Lem f0n .".. , es ha received [toms Nat by him ih Lerd = and Constantinople should be put on the footing of AM WAY nopost vs the adadnismatioa of ins Gonntinemist, long doe follow w ith n ob moo k osio is he woo an d missions ; that a single mission at some central point do yew sessitis as D. TrevelYao the sentsillis hit to aim Tbs ant valuable ntionooths he remind was is Germany might be substituted for the several missioas __ ‘ ,_two odathalos,_ Jib! ot_iho Paths eteeite__..._ ello_....insti - . from Wend Du Pint , who, he serottoil Wray, was now so now existing at Hanover, Dresden , Statitsrd, Musick and . ""...-- 1 "'" l "'m 61 w i l i Ill•Ploo Nal Int wader 11" Trey Ems. Ed lint was also__.sset _ . ..._t0 lowa lUS____.,..."' Vizi"' Frankfort, without detriment to the public aunts, ; that 'mg "ono was sot so esissins • mairsedlanna es existed osier Ike Warvise, with tie aim deptlmano. 1 did = ll b o ob Ven w asi ti m e n o susk'''' isa ' --- yr inik ''''''''''''' pmmis tru, the random Of Florence should be united wile wee of the aft exercise err k too same nand mid sopsreilea that I mom , i n s mi & - e t , sens w ei d es w orm s rho oa t Italian raissions, and that no diplomatic solely should es did over tirr ether thifottatosto• AMINO the totortmoot of war sal dm goveinnias at bow. Thirs ware and 6,0001. per sanest, exclusive of an atomise* foi • l was wad" the Trommikt onsitond wolf sodded to Piss few nisttna mbidt bad gina the ammo trouble oaddosoo." iastrastioas to it. sae same.' Do you owasider yougnif oneossibto for soy ban ea the namo . alla mi t e r s that bai "Ig ed o aba j o : / t h wa lligamiligent At Vienna, on the evening of the 18 tht the Le i Ews of the Cleamointiol f—of mom to &anent lowa a:rofit hi ems to Moho. rolifi - ajdoia yew of Austen Antal the Italian Ofuro for t h e lho gni War WS " 111911.1411 =r o r 1 47 60 11$ 11 " Wee ga Mel ! MOM at Gre Paehralit mad Weald shwa km osailasnent. The public . who wen tam by by than who onnimni kis onliat tat i =milaht Chstaart 1 1=e 1 i _front *uprise, received her lath nosh enthasisers. is • word of wide tallsopsailion. TUN Is • /Sirs' tbo tto Isp do 2" :1 11 it '' L ed Th e establishment *Twig, during the Exhibition slhaity, sad &on Is a soil . Or w Dlaok 9a, by wbkhorbis waspistod, Lied would swot Tasparillikp I poriessilly in mot bo am to sead a sommodesges keys= es oo d of Industry, of special brugaux of polio*, where foreigness testa with*. Ounatimunt. Preintbselloiti LOIN va th• Or del. Ilk. film fasisighia Oeborao oh I 9 dge omillittatto le WW I et' MUSIC. lIAYMARKET. The Haymarket has "come out strong " as a mu sin' theatre. Last night Fra Diavolo was got up and per• formed in a manner which would hare done no discredit W a regular opera-house. The Men was excellently cast IA every part. Mr. Simi Reeves wee the bandit hero; Mn. Reeves, &Hine ; M. and Madame Weise were Lord and Lady Allow& ; Mr. Munn wee Loreaso ; and the comic ruffians, Deppo and Giacomo, were grotesque:y represented by Mr. Farquharson and Mr. W. Ferrer'. The open, in short, was performed exactly as it was at Drury-lone last season. Not only were the characters well sustained, but all t h e operatic amesearies—orchestra, chorus, so.—were complete and satisfactory. This is a favourite opera, it would appear, with Mr. Sims Reeves. The character and the music suit him admirably ; and the pleasant part of Zerlina is one of Mrs Reeve.' happiest efforts. Reeves was in excellent voice, and sang splendidly. His great vocal display. " Young Agnes," was enthusiastically encored. He acted, too, with great animation, blending the semblance of the accomplished gentleman and the reality of the ferocious cut-throat with great ekill and effect. Mrs. Reeves played the little country girl very pleasantly, and sang the pretty music of the part charmingly. Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, as the Milord Anglais and big sentimental spouse, were gay and comic, and their singing told admi rably in the line concerted music. In short, we h►ve never seen this admirable little opera more agreeably performed. The house, was crowded in every part; and the applatue was warm and unintermitting during the whole piece. This Haymarket company is strong angu i sh to play the best Cenakt eporu, and we hope we shall have a anaemia° of them. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the per formances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last seeping. Her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of llobenlohe accompanied her Majesty and his royal high ness. The royal suite consisted of the ,Countees of Desert, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lard Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Seymour. Among the fashionable company attend ing the theatre we remarked the Luke of Leeds. the Mar. chioneas of Ailesbury, ON Marquis of Bath, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl and Countess of Anita, the Countess of Harrington and Lady Geraldine Stanhope, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the Earl Cow Fer, the Eul ot Gifford, the Countess Frances Waldegrave and Mr. Harman, M.P., the Earl and Countess of Mount charles and Lady Cecilia Conyegliam, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount and Viscountess Malden, Vis count Cranbourne, 'Viscount Sydney, Visoouot and Lady Emily Dungarvon, Lord Charles Bruce, Lord Adolphus Finclareace, Lord Milford, Lord and Lady Londesborough, Lady Dufferio, Lord Guernsey, Sir Henry blear, M.P., Si John Burgoyne and Mils Burgoyne, Sir George Arasytage, Sir Thomas Hare, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Mr. Bannock, M.P., Mr. Hope, Mr. W. Rose, Colonel Brownlow Knox, Mr. Leopold Redpath, Mr. Robert Redpath, Mr. Vincent and Miss Vincent, Mr. Akoom, Mr. E. Bligh, Mrs. Fume May, Hon. G. W. Mines, Mr. Antrobus, Ms. Vanaittart, Mr. C , &c. ROYAL INSTITUTION. Yesterday Dr. Tyndall delivered the second of his cootie of lectures on voltaic electricity. He commenced by ex plaining the arrangements of different metals that serve to mite electricity by contact, and the combination of those arrangements in the voltaic battery. The decomposition of water, and the evolution of the two gases of which it is composed from sine and platinum plates when immersed in that fluid slightly acidulated, were illustrated in a variety of ways. The hydrogen and the oxygen thus evolved, when mingled together, ere much lighter than atmospheric air, as was exemplified by filling a small * balloon, made of collodion, with the two gases, which rapidly ascended to the ceiling. The film of collodion forming the balloon was so light that a very small quantity of hydrogen gas was suffi cient to give it ascending power; and the experiment was I varied by igniting the string that tied the opening, so that soon after the small balloon arrived at the top of the lecture. room it exploded with a loud report. Hydrogen, though it is only known as a gas, is suspected by chemists to be a metal, and several of the experiments of Professor Faraday on the compression and condensation of gases had for their object to give metallic form to hydro gen. The metallic character of that gas is apparent in its voltaic actions, for two plates of platinum which have served for conductors of a voltaic battery exhibit voltaic action in consequence of their being covered over with the two gases, hydrogen and oxygen, even alter the connexion with the battery has been broken. Ibis curious fact, of two plates of the same metal becoming voltaic though detached from any voltaic arrangement, was shown in several experiments; and to make the phenomenon appear the more remarkable, the plates were taken out of the fluid in connexion with the bat tery and were immersed is a vessel of water without losing their electrical condition. The secondary current, as it is called, which is thus established by the evolution of hydrogen from the surface of the negative plate of the battery, interferes with the action of ordinary voltaic arrangements, and to overcome that obstacle Mr. Grove and Professor Bunsen contrived their nitric acid bat teries, which are much more energetic than the common arrangements. Dr. Tyadall, after explaining some of the different kinds of voltaic batteries which have been found most generally useful, proceeded to consider the varying conducting powers of substances for voltaic electricity, and he elucidated this branch of his subject by some striking illustrations. The effect of beat in increasing the resistance of metals to the transmission of electricity was shown by two well arranged experiments. Two coils . . . . . of platinum wire were placed in the circuit, and when both were glowing with heat one of them was plunged in cold water, the effect of which was ready to increase the in candescence of the other coil, in consequence of the greater quantity of electricity that passed through the coil that wee cooled. The reverse of that experiment was shown by giving greater heat to one of the coils by a spirit lamp, when the resistance to the passage of the rlectrieity being increased, the other coil, which was before glowing brightly, became dim. At the conclusion of the lecture, Dr. Tyndall exhibited the decomposition of water by throwing the shadow of the voltaic wires on a screen by means of the electric light. ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. Professor Christmu concluded yesterday his course of lectures on the " Domestic Life of our Ancestors," by an ace oust of early dramatic amusements and literature. He began by some observations on the miracle plays and mys teries of our forefathers, illustrating his remarks by refer ences to several of these productions. They had a purely religious origin, and were employed as means of religious instruction. Even in the time of the Re formation the great preachers of the day did not disdain to introduce anecdotes and tales of a jocose character, in order to divert the attention of a weary audience. The lecturer then made some allusion to the burlesque and— _ ecoording to our ides.—sometimes blasphemons nature of the entries in books of registry. of the ex penses incurred in the "getting up" of the plays. The subject of "moralities,' interludes, and "masques,' then came under consideration. This put of the lecture wee concluded by some observation, on what may be called me ddled mysteries, written by Bale, Bishop of Orrery. The esrly Anglo Bazon poetry was then treated of. The leo turn concluded his lecture and the course by some quotations from early Baglish poetry. THE COUNT•OUT LAST NIGHT. The following are the us House of Commons who house was counted out last J. P. Miurough Janim Bal sir William Clay D. Norris Francis Pigott Green William D•edes Charles William Packs Richard Swift Charles Govan Daffy HmuJimmßWlie Edward Ginn Richard Nights 0. Radian William A. Wilkinson Viscount Palmerston L. L. Dillwys Jonathan J. Rishardsen Josph Crooks . mes of the members of the were present when the night : Ftsuk etesaley Apaley Follett O. T. &obeli James Heywood Thomas Thorne, Jame. Kershaw William Math. Massey Matthew T.lbot Balm P. J. L7eke King William Laalttt Sir G. 8.. Psehell David Pugh Sir Joshua Walley Sir William Idelesworth Janes Wilson Prise (Gimlet) Sir Joseph Piston Hon. Bdwd. P. Boater's Samna Irten Socxz o' Arra—The pirr for discussion *is (Wednesday) evening is "On Public Works for Indio, sope . : thII, with Warsaw to Irrigation and Comsinalcations, b 7 AttriteOggeol Cotton. Mr, Robert Lows, Mr., ti t 9 .11 1 1