The Press. — London, England, 1855-05-19 00:00:00

Mr. E. BALL desired the reform, and not the overthrow, of the Church, and supported the bill to that end. Lord SEYMOUR regretted that Lord Palmerston should have obstructed the final settlement of the question. The second reading was carried by 217 to 180. In consequence of a misconception respecting the calling of proxies, the following, which were entered for the mo tion, did not appear in the divisiontat PROXIES. DUKES. Kinnonll Melville Richmond Ranfurly LORD 9. Marlborough Limerick De Saumarez m &aunties. Poulett Northwick Waterford Aylesford Hawke Westmeath Guildford De Lido EARLS. Vane Bandy. Ferrara Orford Cloncurry Huntingdon Cathcart Dunsandle Purtarlington Crwfrd&Balcarres Clonbrook Buckinghamshire Caledon Sinclair Erne Cadogan Bayning Warwick Enniskillen Hastings Clancarty Abergavenny Castlemaino Bandon VISCOUNTS. Boston Onalow Exmouth Berwick PAIRS. Lonsdale Fitzhardinge Jersey Tankerville Glengoll Sudeley Lovelace Rosebeg Sr. Jain Bedford . St. Leonardo Stafford Digby Grafton Combertnere Crewe Northumberland Belhaven Hopetown Atholl Mountcashell Carew Manchester Churchill Crofton De Mauly Drogheda Durham Selkirk Morley Middleton Norfolk Lauderadale Erroll Desert Holland Clartua Rosamore Ailea Roxburgh Rutland Talbot Longford Manvers ScarborOugh Peterborou - gh Portman Campbell WHIG CORRUPTION AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (From the Morning Herald.) " To be sure every class has its price, as well as every individual. You cannot bribe in the House of Lords by 2L 10s., or a place in the Poat•office ; but is there no bri bery in making barons viscounts, viscounts earls, and earls marquises ? There was a bill introduced by the noble lord (John Russell), or some reformer or other, prohibiting the giving a few yards of penny ribbon to the wives and daughters of the electors—it was bribery! But you will find in the House of Lords the gift of three yards of green ribbon or blue ribbon very conducive to the public inte- rest."—Vide Hansard, House of Commons' Debate, May 3, 18.53. These words passed from the lips of an indepen dent member of the House of Commons. That they are true the following list of peerages created by the Whigs since the year 1831 will tend to show : Auckland Fitzhardinge ( Karl) Panmure Beauvale Gainsbrough. (Earl) Poltimore Burlington (Erldm.) Glehelg Ponsonby Campbell Godolphin Portman Camperdown (Earl- Granville (Earl) Ripon (Earl) dom) Netherton Seaton Carew Keane Stanley of Alderley Colborne Langdale Strafford Congleton Leicester (Earldom) Stuart de Decies (Tottenham (Baron Leigh dudley and Bail) Lichfield (Earldom) Sutherland (Dkdtu.) Cranworth Londesborough Truro De Freyne Lovat Vivian De Manley Lovelace (Earldom) Wenlock Denman Methuen Westminster (Mar- Dinorben Monteagle glue) Dude (Earl) It ostyn Wrottesley Dunfermline Normuby. (Marquis) Yarborough (Earl) Effingham (Earl) Overetone Ze [land (Earl) Total And to this list may be added the name of almost every bishop in the house. Since 1831 (the same period) only nine Conserva tive peers have been created ! THE total excess paid in by the Trustees of Savings banks in account with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt beyond the sums drawn out between the 20th of November, 1853, and the 20th of November, 1854, amounted to 230,291/ ; the excess drawn out by ravings -banks beyond the sums paid in, including the interest paid on the sums drawn out, to 910,163/. ; the sums paid for the pur chase of stock, Exchequer Bills, and Exchequer Bonds, to 4,112,6921. ; the sums received for sale of stock and for Exchequer Bills paid off and sold, to 3,634,161/. ; and the dividends received by the com missioners on stock invested and interest on Exche quer Bills and Bonds, to 1,051,7431. The balance remaining on the 20th of November, 1854, amounted to 160,396/. The total amount of interest credited to savings banks in the United Kingdom in the year ended the 20th of November, 1854, amounted to 1,078,1061. M. FOULD, the banker, the head of the firm of Fould, Oppenheim, and Co., and the father of M. Achille Fould, member of the State, died on Monday, in Paris, in his 84th year. THE WAR. Despatches of the 16th (Wednesday) are stated to have reached Paris from General Canrobert. They report that "two sorties of the enemy on the night of the 14th were vigorously repelled. The works of the siege are continually advancing. Several camoufitts (stinkpots) have been employed by us to annoy the garrison with complete success. Our troops are full of ardour and confidence." A despatch from St. Petersburg says : Prince Gortachalcoff writes as follows on the evening of the Bth inst. The fire of the enemy is moderate. " The allied fleet, which got under weigh on the 3rd, only went as far as within view of Kertch, and then returned. " A portion of the troops that were on board the ships appears to have been landed iu Kamisch Bay." Respecting the expedition of the allied fleets the Russian commander-in-chief had previously an. flounced that in the evening of May 3 the grea►,er pant of the allied fleets put out to sea, having on board, it is said, landing parties numbering from 10,000 to 15,000 troops. The next day these troops passed before Yalta, proceeding, it was supposed, towards Anapa. From direct sources 'of intelligence we learn that this expedition was composed of 8,000 French and 5,000 English, under the command of General Sir George Brown. It left Balaklava on the 4th, having Kertch for its destination. The latest telegraphic despatches that have been published by the English War-otlice are of the 11th inst., when Lord Lord Raglan announced The enemy opened a heavy fire on our trenches last night, and maintained it for nearly two hours. Their troops did not attack our advanced parallels. . . The Russians hoisted a flag of truce yesterday evening, with a view to bury their dead, who were killed the night before in front of our advance. The truce was granted. Sir C. Wood has since stated in the House of Commons that the later advices received from the Black Sea and Crimea contain no news of public interest. Lord Raglan's last written despatches are as fol lows: Before Sebastopol, May 1. I have little to report to your lordship to-day. The Russians continue actively engaged in covering their advanced works, and they have constructed a new battery on their left of the Mamelon. Troops are con stantly in motion on the north side, and there is every ap pearance of the establishment of a very large camp on the plateau above the Belbeck, extending towards Mackenzie's Farm. No movement has been perceived on the Tschernaya. I have the satisfaction to acquaint your lordship that the 3rd Regiment, or Buffs, has arrived at Balaklava, and that the Alma, having the draught of the titiards on board, reached Kaaatch Bay yesterday. She has proceeded to Balaclava to•day. Max 15 —Since I wrote to your lordship on the Ist inst. nothing of importance has arisen : the enemy still appear to be collecting troops upon the high ground on the oppo site aide of the Tschernaya, in the neighbourhood of Sebas topol, and convoys are constantly seen moving in that direction. The fire from the place upon our trenches has not been heavy; but, notwithstanding, I have some casualties to report to you, as shown in the accompanying returns ; and I have to lament the death of three prom►sing young officers, Lieutenants Carter of the Royal Engineers, Curtis of the 46th, and White of the 62nd, Regiments. On the night of the let inst. the French attacked a kind of counterguard, which the Russians had established in front of the central bastion. The operation was quite successful, and the entsny were driven out with great loss, leaving behind theta tuna small mortars. Oar allies have remained in the work, notwithstanding the heavy fire to which they have been exposed, and have established themselves therein, frus trating the efforts made by their adversaries to dispossess them of it on the following day, when a vigorous sortie was repulsed, and the Russians were again great sufferers. The conduct of the French troops was very brilliant. R•oLLN. News from Sebastopol down to the Ist of May was received at Marseilles on Thursday by thee Pericles : The firing continued. It was said that the Russian ambuscades that were taken have been abandoned. The brigade of General Cassaignolles had arrived. General Canrobert had announced positively to his• troops, in passing them in review, that the allied armies, were about to receive reinforcements to the number of 30,000 men. The latest news from Eupatoria was to the 29th of April. A reconnaissance had established that the neighbouring village of Saal contained 25,000 Russians and large quantities of warlike stores. It was talked of occupying the village. Omer Pacha had undertaken the formation of a Tartar regiment. The Russians were erecting batteries on the route from Eupatoria to Sebastopol. The Sardinian army, which was daily expected, will be attached to the British army, and they will DIVISION ON LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S MOTION. THE following is the list of peers who ♦oted, or in tended to vote, in person or by proxy, upon the motion brought forward by the Earl of Ellenborough on Monday night : MAJORITY.—PRE SENT . Lord Chanc'ellor Essex St. Davids Archbishop of Can• Fortescue • Worcester terbury Fitz william BARONS. Granville Ashburton Cambridge Argyll Buccleuch Newcastle MARQUISES. Anglesey Breadalbane Clanricarde Cholmondeley Donegal Hendfort Grey Harrowby Hare wood Behests/. Kingston Minto Portsmouth Romney Spencer Sefton St. Germans Shaftesbury Somers Stanhope Waldegrave Wicklow Yarborough Zetland VISCOUNTS. Bolingbroke Canning Enfield Falkland Hardinge Middleton Sydney Torrington BISHOPS. Chester Chichester Hereford Llandaff Alvanley Auckland Byron Camoys Calthorpe Cremorne Congleton nacre De Tabley Dufferin Foley Gardner Glenelg Hatherton Kinnaird Leigh Lilford Lytte I ton Lurgan Milford Monteagle Mostyn 0 verstone Petra Panmure Poltimore Portman Rivera Stafford Say and Sele Stanley of Alderley Suffield Lansdowne Londonderry Westminster Winchester EARLS. Abingdon Albemarle Aberdeen Airlie Besborough Burlington Bruce Chichester Cawdor Carnarvon Clanwilliam Cottenham Cowper Cra;en Clarendon Devon Lichfield Manchester Oxford Ripon St. Asaph PROXIES. Galloway Gainsborough Gosford Haddington Kintore Leicester Lindsey Meath Radnor Ripon Stair Shrewsbury Suffolk Westmoreland VISCOUNTS. Clifden Falmouth Massareeno BISHOPS. Durham Lincoln London Norwich Salisbury BUIONS. Almaden Van' Vivian Wenlock Wodebouse Wrottealey De Grey Effingham Elgin ARCHBISHOP. York Cowley Dunfermline Dorchester De Freyne Denman Dormer Elphinstone Harris Howden Howard de Wal den Keane Leigh Londesborough Lovat Manners Methuen Monson Raglan Ribblesdale Stourton Stuart de Decies Truro Ward Wharncliffe DUKES. Devonshite Leeds Leineter Sutherland Somerset Wellington MARQUISES. Bristol Camden Conyngham Normanby Northampton EARLS. Amherst Carlisle Clare Denbigh Ellesmere Fingall Granard Glasgow MINORITY.—PRESENT. DUKES. Morningtou Blayney Montrose Mayo Bolton Cleveland Orkney Colville of Cul- MARQUISES. Fowls rocs Downahire Pomfret Colchester Exeter Sandwich Douglas Salisbury Strathmore I )ynevor Ely Sheffield Forester Bath Stradbroke }'eversham Sligo Verulam Grantley EARLS. Wilton Gray Bantry Winchilsea Godolphin Beauchamp VISCOUNTS. Kilmaine Bradford Bangor Kenyon Dartmouth I ►oneraile Lyndhurst Derby Hawarden Polwarth Dononghmore Hereford Plunket Ellenborongh Hill Reyleigh Eglinton St. Vincent Redesdale Howe BISHOPS. Ravensworth Hardwicke Winchester Rodney Lanesborough Meath Southampton Lucan BARONS. Sondes Macclesfield Abinger Walsingham Malmesbury Bateman Wynford Mansfield Berrien 1 1 PIE PRESS. SATURDAY, 466