The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CIIA.NCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Caithness Roads (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. CRIMINAL PRACTICE. The LORD CHANCELLOR called the attention of the house to the bill to enable counsel for prisoners in criminal trials to have a reply. He felt sure that the house would object to the presiding judge having a discretionary sower of grantiag a reply, as it would have the effect of tailtiplying speeches of counsel to a needless extent. SA 7 INGS BANK AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES INVESTMENTS BILL. Lord TZEDESDALE referred to the motion of the noble earl the President of the Council, of moving a suspension of the •sessional order, in favour of this bill i n order that it might be road a second time. After a full comideration he had come to the deter mination of not opposing the motion, at the same time he should defer whatever objection he had to the bill until it was under discussion, After a few words from the Earl of DONOUGIIMORE and the Earl of MALMESEURY, Earl GRANVILLE defended the course taken by the Government with respect to this bill. He did not think that any of the charges of the noble lord on the cross _ _ benches (Monteagle) Were at all deserved bytheGO;ernment. The resolution fixing the time after which the house would not take the second reading of a bill unless it was one of urgency, was, ho thought, very objectionable, if it was too severely pressed, and even if it were not so the time fixed this session was far too early, having regard to the prorogation of Parliament. It had been suggested that a longer notice of the intentions of the Government with respect to this bill should have been given, but the fullest possible notice had been given, having regard to the arrangements of the Government, and if he had proposed to delay the consideration of the matter, they could have been accused of waiting till a number of peers had left the house. From what had been stated in so fair a spirit by the three noble lords on the other side, he thought this house would be able with perfect dignity to reverse its original decision on this matter. But should they have been in that position if, after an acrimonious debate in the other House of Parliament, they had been accused and threatened in every possible form ? Would not such a state of things have made it infinitely more difficult for them then to retrace their steps ? (Hear, hear.) He had deemed it necessary to trespass at some length on the at tention of their lordships to explain the reasons why he did not think the noble baron was justified in using towards them the language which he thought fit to employ the other night, and which he might have been expected to re tract in the course.of the evening, when he became a little cooler. He denied that the noble baron had the slightest right to employ those offensive epithets, and he could not help saying that the tone of triumph which the noble lord assumed dcprecatory of them reminded him forcibly of the lines of the old poet : " Give me a look, give me a face Which makes simplicity a grace. (Laughter.) Hair loosely flowing, robes as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art, Which strike the eyes, but not the heart." _ (Laughter.) The noble lord did not exactly use that lan guage, but he certairly adopted its spirit. In conclusion, he had only to add that he should be most happy to yield to the suggestion which had been made to him, that this question should be postponed till Monday, when he should move a similar resolution to the one which their lordships rejected the other evening, together with the second read ing of the Savings Banks Dill itself. (Hear, hear.) Lord MONTEAGLE defended himself from the re marks of the noble earl, and said the result of the division of Monday was as great a surprise to him as to any other member of their lordships' house. He denied that he ;had ever imputed to the noble lord personally a wish to take the house by surprise, and neither did he ac cuse him of doing anything unworthy of the high position he filled in that house. The Duke of ARGYLL wished to say a few words before the subject dropped. He did not say, when he made a few observations on this bill the other evening, that it was technically one of aid and supply, but .he did say it was a money bill, and if altered in their lordships' house it would raise a question of privilege with the other house. He hoped that any bill of that description would receive the attention of their lordships at whatever time it came up from the Commons. The subject then dropped. VOLUNTEER CORPS. The Earl of MALMESBURY called attention to the expense and inconvenience of calling out detached corps of volunteers in rural counties to a distance from their head quarters for the purpose of inspection during times of peace. He objected to anything that might check the noble ardour of these patriotic men. The institution should become per manent in this country, and it required great tact, courtesy, and judgment in dealing with this subject. The corps about London were composed of men to many of whom neither time nor money was of much consequence, but in the coun try the corps were composed mostly of the sons of small farmers, to whom time was invaluable, and whose means were far from abundant. Those corps about him in the country were mostly situated twenty or five-and-twenty miles apart, and to battalionise them would lead to great expense on the part of the members of the corps. The Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire had recommended that the dif ferent corps of volunteers in that county should be brought to Winchester and there drilled in battalions, but that would put each man to great personal expense, and be most inju rious to the movement. He doubted whether the Lord Lieu tenant could call out the corps in times of peace, and hoped for an answer from her Majesty's Government on that point. Earl DE GREY was obliged to the noble lord for having mentioned this subject. Her Majesty's Government had no desire to put the volunteer corps to this expense and in convenience, and they had no power to do so, because it was only in case of invasion or war that her Majesty's Govern ment had that power. All that the Government had de cided was that if the corps in any county desired it, every facility should be given to the object in view, and that the commanding officer of the district should be there to direct the movement. Ho trusted the explanations he had had given would be satisfactory to the noble earl. RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS BILL. The amendments were reported and agreed to. REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 3, Lord DENMAN moved an amendment to the effect, that any persoa applying for a licence under the act, should produce a certificate from the inspector of constabulary, stating that he had kept his shop for twelve months pre vious to the application. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, Lord DENMAN said that possibly the noble earl would consider his amendment with the view of introducing it on bringing up the report. On clause 8, The Marquis-of WESTMEATH deprecatel the policy of taking away from the magistrates the power of giving licences to sach houses as would be licenced under this bill. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE moved an amendment to this clause, to be inserted after line 26, the effect of which would be to prevent such licences being given in any city, borough, or town containing less than 4,000 inhabitants. Upon which their lordships divided, when the numbers Were-- Contents Non-contents Majority against the amendment The remaining clauses were agreed to. POOR RELIEF, &c., (IRELAND) BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was brought up and agreed to. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. • GAS (METROPOLIS) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Spirits Bill went through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS•--(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Galway Harbour Bill were considered and agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. The house went into committee of ways and means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the following resolutions : " 1. That, towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury be authorised to raise any sum of money, not exceeding £2,000,000 sterling, by the issue of Exchequer Bonds or Exchequer Bills. " 2. That the principal of all Exchequer Bonds, which may be so issued, shall be paid off, at par, at the expiration 31 0 .1y . period not exceeding six years from the date of such c. That the interest of such Exchequer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be charged upon and issued out of the gr , n g II to amount produce thereof." lie 0 it right to make a few observations in re specttreestolutior s, as they contained a demand for a larger a the session would than he stated in the early part of £l,ooroecoluired for the public service. So far as regarded the place the same amount 000f' that sum was required to re thEexchequer Bonds in the hands of the Commissioners of next National Debt, which would powe..elt was now considered expire in November advisable to ask for exceeding £2,G00,000. This ar t o o s raise a sum not and in the cas e of° th fr e om the state of the country, unfavourable, the high prices of anima. _ ood harvest being L f continuing, would a deficiency i n employment, whi ch or g . , would naturally affect the funds at tha dispomictaitz)anees ment. Besides there were military operations t o be main tained. tained. It might not be necessary to use these powers, and they were merely asked as a precautionary provision. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he had always objected t o the principle of Exchequer Bonds, and his opinion was un altered. The right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had said that the increase was required from the state of the country, but he had, in his opinion, really let fall the true cause, namely, the military operations that were being carried on in China. Ho (Sir H. Wil loughby) stated previously that he thought the war with China would cost this country £7,000,000. Mr. WILLIAMS said that the expenditure of the Go vernment was enormous, and he hoped they would en deavour to reduce it. Mr. HENLEY complained that sufficient notice had not been given of the intention of the Government with regard to the increased demand. After some further discussion, the resolutions were agreed The house then resumed. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER. In reply to Sir J. SHELLEY, Mr. COWPER said that, in the proposed improvements, it was not likely the south side of Bridge-street would be pulled down for two years. R~;a , THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH. In reply to some questions, Mr. LAING said that, from information received, he was sorry to say that the Red Sea telegraph had broken in several places, and that there was a convention with Aus tria for the construction of a telegraph from Broussa to Alexandria. Attempts were being made to reconstruct the Red Sea telegraph. SUPPLY. The house then went into committee of.supply. On the vote of £10,750 for the suppression of the slave trade, Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR moved that this vote be re duced £1,300, the amount of the judge arbitrator and registrar at Savannah. Some discussion ensued, but the amendment was with drawn, and the vote was agreed to. On the vote of .E 158,229 to complete the sum of £262,229 for consular establishments, Mr. WILLIAMS took exception to some of the items as being most manecessary. For in stance, there was £l,OOO a year paid to the con sul at St. Petersburgh, although there was no trade between this country and that city. £350 was paid the consul at Frankfort, with which this country ha.d' i no traffic, and where there was a very large ambassa dorial establishment which had very little to do. They had also a consul at Brest, with which also they had no trade. He would not move any amendment, but content himself with drawing the attention of the house to the subject. Mr• LAING contended that the Government, in regard to consular appointments, had acted with judgment and economy. The Government adopted the principle laid down by the select committee on - this subject, but they did not push that principle too far by incurring the expendi ture that carrying it out fully would have involved. The vote was agreed to. On the vote of £23,320 for the establishments in China, Japan, and Siam, Mr. WHITE called attention to the expenses for consul ships at Yungchow, Chinsiang, and Swatow. The consuls in those places were to have been appointed on the ratifica tion of the treaty of Tien-tsin, but that treaty had not yet been ratified. He believed at Swatow they were content to have a consul sent there, but in the other places they could not have consulships until the result of the Chinese war became known. Had Lord Elgin done what he was urged to do by every one practically acquainted with China, the war never would have b'en rendered necessary. The East India and Chinese Asso • ciation impressed on Lord Elgin the necessity of staying at China until he had finished the work for which he went out. Had he followed that advice an immense expenditure of money and loss of life would have been spared. If that distinguished admiral, now a member of this house (Sir M. Seymour), had the prestige of aristocratic rank, power might have been conferred on him to arrange affairs in China, and, from the sagacity and justice he had pre viously exhibited, he would in all probability have been successful. Mr. LAING said that it could not be expected that he would on the present occasion enter into the question of general policy which had been raised. The estimate was prepared on the supposition that the treaty would come into operation, and the occurrences which had taken place were totally unexpected. At any moment an announce ment might arrive to the effect that the treaty had been ratified, and therefore it was necessary that this estimate should be provided. Mr. AYRTON said he was very muck disposed to con cur in the admirable observations of the right hon. member for Brighton (Mr. White). He wished to know what ar rangements had been made as to the expenditure of the envoys who were actually in China at present. Mr. 'WILLIAMS said that if Mr. Bruce was the person who was now receiving a salary of £B,OOO, he thought as a matter of mere common justice that that sum ought to be rejected. To call Mr. Bruce's conduct a blunder and in solence, would be very faintly characterising it. Sir G. C. LEWIS vindicated the conduct of Lord Elgin and Mr. Bruce. There was no ground whatever for any censure on Lord Elgin for his return, and Mr. Bruce acted according to the spirit if not the letter of his instructions. After some further discussion, Mr. AYRTON moved that the salary of Mr. Bruce should be reduced £l,OOO. The house divided, and the numbers were— . For the amendment 32 Against Majority —4 The vote was then agreed to. Several small votes were agreed to, and the house sus pended sitting at four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. RESIDENT MAGISTRATES. Colonel FRENCH moved that the house at its rising should adjourn to Monday next, in order to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if the report was c orrect that the _ _ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had transferred to the Inspector- General of Constabulary the appointment of one-third of the resident magistrates to be selected by him from the force under his command; and if so, whether he could state the grounds on which such a change of system had been made ; and further to inquire whether any reports showing the ne cessity of such a proceeding, or any communications from the Lord Lieutenant to the Home •office respecting it have been made, and were to be laid before Parliament. The hon. gentleman added that he considered it highly objectionable that magistrates should be selected from the police force, whose avocations rendered them unfit for the exercise of judicial functions. He understood that Sir H. Brownrigg was to retire on full pension, and to be made a resident ma- gistrate, and that Col. Wood, an Englishman, was to be placed at the head of the Irish constabulary. He had no fault to find with Col. Wood, but he complained that Eng lishmen were brought over to Ireland to fill the highest offices in that country. Mr. SCULLY seconded the motion, and said that he en tirely concurred in the opinion of his hon. friend ; but he believed the system was entirely owing to the *ant of spirit in Ireland itself. The Lord Lieutenant was an Englishman, and the Chief Secretary for Ireland was an Englishman ; and how could it be expected that they would act other wise than on the principle on which they were selected themselves ? He complained that the Irish members were badly treated, that the English press were indifferent, and the Irish press hostile to them. He wished to know from the Chief Secretary whether it was intended to appoint a paid resident Roman Catholic commissioner of national education in Ireland ? Mr. OSBORNE said that the question of his hon, friend (Colonel French) was one of no slight importance, The present constitution of the Irish police force was anything but satisfactory. He did net want to say a word against the claims and position of Col. Wood, who was a distinguished and meritorious officer. He did not object to the man, but he did object to the system of giving the police force more and more every day the character of a military body. They were now neither entirely soldiers nor police, and therefore as a detective force they were one of the worst going. Did any one ever hear of their detecting crime be forehand ? (Laughter.) Did any ever hear of their detect ing a plot beforehand ? He hoped his hon. friend would next session move for a commission to inquire into the working of the whole system. The real governor of Ireland was not the Lord Lieutenant, but the Secretary for Ireland in that house. That was not a satisfactory state of things for Ireland, and he hoped his hon. and gallant friend would next session go into the whole question of the police in Ire land. Mr. CARDWELL said, with regard to the selection of resident magistrates, before 1836 they were selected from the police force ; but that act invested the power of selection in the hands of the Lord Lieutenant. In every third vacancy since the Lord Lieutenant came into office he had consulted Sir H. Brownrigg, the head of the constabulary force ; and the gentlemen selected were gentlemen who had served as county inspectors, and were of a rank of life to make them proper persons to fill the situation, and also had been sub jected to a competitive examination. With respect to Col. Wood, he (Mr. Cardwell) believed no better selection could be made ; he had been previously personally unknown to the Lord Lieutenant and himself (Mr. Cardwell). Mr. OSBORNE—Why, he was quartermaster-general. Mr. CARDWELL proceeded to say—Colonel Wood was selected solely on the ground of efficiency, and his services were well known to the Lord Lieutenant and himself. With regard to Sir H. Brownrigg, and the charge to which his hon. and gallant friend (Colonel French) had alluded, he could only say the hon. and gallant colonel must either have access to sources of information which were wholly closed to him (Mr. Cardwell), or else he had had his information from somebody who was not accurately informed. He had seen Sir H. Brownrigg a few days ago, and he had then no intention whatever of vacating the position which he had so long and efficiently occupied. With regard to the ques tion of the hon. member for Cork (Mr. Scully) he could state there was no intention of adding . a second paid com missioner in addition to Mr. M'Donnell, who had so ably discharged the duty of paid commissioner to the Board of Education in Ireland. Lord FE RM OY thought his right hon. friend (Mr. Card well) had not acted wisely in not adhering to the old plan of selecting the police magistrates from the whole body of un paid magistrates. With regard to Colonel Wood, as a mili• tall' man he was perfectly worthy of any promotion in his crvni service, but the constabulary of Ireland was not his own THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAV7EvENING, AUGITST,IB, flak service, and therefore by putting him over the heads of men who the Government themselves said must know their pro fession better they were doing an injustice to the unpaid magistracy and the police themselves. Therefore lie thought the right hon. gentleman had made a mistake in dealing with this question. SACRIFICE OF HUMAN LIFE IN DAHOMEY. Lord FERMOY proceeded to say he had now to call the attention of the house to a very different subject—he meant the notice he had placed on the paper with regard to the very serious sacrifice of human life which was about to take place in Africa. The noble lord then read the paragraph which had recently appeared in the newspapers stating that the King of Dahomey intended to celebrate the religious rites connected with his father's death by the sacrifice of 2,000 human beings, whose blood he had resolved to trea sure until there was sufficient to float a canoe. He thought that even now there would be ample time to make an effec tual remonstrance to the King of Dahomey, because it would probably take six months or more for the King of Dahomey to find out where the weak tribes were. Mr. KINNAIRD joined his entreaties to those of th noble lord, that the Government would take some steps bye ordering the officer in command off the coast of Africa to try and put a stop to this barbarous custom. meats to the people to take up arms against the Power that was then oppressing them, and they did so upon the faith that they would be better treated. He did all in his power, and so did Admiral Stopford, to adjust the quarrel; but before the ink was dry on the treaty which he made, the Turkish Government broke faith in the matter. If hon. gentlemen would look into the blue-books of the time, they would see that 30,000 people were sacrificed on that occasion. He believed now, as then, that it would be better if both the Druses and the Alaronites were placed under the rule of the Turkish Government than be under the monster governor who put Christians to the sword. It was a dan gerous thing to allow the French to go into and occupy Syria, where they would, he believed, act as they had done in the case of Rome. They would try to remain there, but he would far sooner see the French altogether in possession of Syria to seeing such scenes of tyranny, blood, and mas sacre as were now taking place there. It was necessary that some steps should be taken ; and upon that point he remembered having heard the noble lord at the head of the Government, in 1811, make a speech in which he called upon Lord Derby's Government to come forward and do something to mitigate the condition of the people in the Lebanon. Lord PALMERSTON said he was sorry that his hon. and gallant friend the member for Roscommon (Colonel French, who ejaculated an expression) had nothing better to do than invariably launching arrows at his noble friend the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (the Earl of Car lisle). He assured the hon. and gallant member that he would receive no sympathy in those attacks, either from those who intimately knew his noble friend, or those who had traced his noble friend's conduct, because everybOdy who knew him professionally and intimately, must be aware that there never was a man of high position who got through his work with a more hearty desire to promote good feeling among all men. (Hear.) With regard to his hon. friend the member for Marylebone (Lord Fermoy) who made some observations in reference to the conduct of the King of Dahomy, he might say that the matters t) which his noble friend had referred had for a long time occupied the attention of her Majesty's Goveinment ; and he re membered when he, some years ago, was in the Foreign office' he did all in his p ower t o persua d e th e f ormer K' ng of Dahomy to abandon his habit of sacrificinghuman beings and selling others into slavery. They sent two or three missions to him, and ha was sorry to say when they arrived there they found the walls that surrounded his palace de corated with human skulls. He thought their representa tions on the occasion had some good effect. But with re gard to an interference by force, the territory of Dahomy was situated at such a considerable distance in the interior of the country that it would be impossible for European troops to advance to it. He cord assure the hon. gentle man that her Majesty's Government would do all in their power to put a stop to those horrible massacres. This prac tice had arisen to a great extent from the system of slavery prevailing in that country—not that sort of slavery which his noble friend (Lord Fermoy) had referred to, and which had nothing to do with the internal arrangements of Africa, and which system of slavery the Government had laboured so much to put an grid to. He would remind the noble lord that the capture of Lagos, and other circumstances con nected with that matter, had very much diminished the means of the chiefs of the interior, who were in the habit of capturing persons for the purpose of sending them out of the country. It was the chiefs alone who drug to this traffic, because they derived from it a revenue more easily ob tained than they could from their subjects by legitimate means. The people abominated, and were certainly the vic tims of it. The only difficulty was to persuade certain chiefs who derived pecuniary profit from the trade to abandon it, but unfortunately they were stimulated to pursue this un holy traffic by men who, being citizens of civilised coun tries, ought to be ashamed of themselves. His hon. friend the member for Perth had asked whether any instructions had been given to Lord Dufferin to rescue the women car ried away from the Maronites. Representations had b: en made to her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople to co-operate with Lord Dufferin to accomplish that humane object. (Hear, hear.) With regard to those two chiefs, Kurschid Pasha and Osmen Bey, one of them being a mili tary officer, they were sent to Constantinople to be tried, but whether they were received with military honours or not he could not say, but they were sent back from Con stantinople to Syria, where he hoped they would receive the reward due to their atrocities. His right hon. friend the member for Limerick had adverted to the general question of the state of Syria, and seemed to imagine that the recent events arose from the tyranny of the Turkish Government. But so far from that being the case, those disturbances arose from the absence of any sufficient authority on the part of the Turks. Mr. MONSELI, said he did not say the tyranny of the Turks was the cause of it, but he thought the Turks set the Druses against the Maronites. Lord PALMEBSTON said his hon. friend held the Go vernment respoasbie for those events. He (Lord Palmer ston) denied this responsibility. There were strange reports abroad as to who were the aggressors. Some reports stated that the Maronites were the aggressors, but it would not be prudent to offer an opinion either way with the information .n the possession of the Government. His gallant fricul (Sir C. Napier) had distinguished him self not only as anaval and military commander, but as a negotiator, for hewas able in the three capacities ; he first achieved the victiry of Acre, then on land he defeated the forces of Ibraham Pacha, and afterwards extorted in Alex andria a good treaty from Mehemet Ali. After that treaty an arrangement 'vas made with the Government of the dis trict ; but instead of being carried on by the direct autho rity of the Sultau it was agreed that it should be done by two govern the M aron it es , an d another to govern hie the chiefs, one D rust:; , but both to b e su b or di nate to the Sul tan. -Prima facie, one would imagine that would be a good c statel° each tribe would be governe d b y a chief of Colt it would be m ore lik e l y t h ey would be well being under the direct au th or it y o f a Turkish commander, Wheh h e (L or d P a l merston) was at the Foreign Of h, , its o fown, governed thinagn s d' than it was the constant endeavour cf the Constantinople Govirnment to overthrow that system of go vernment, and place S yr i a on th e same system as other provinces. Theref o, so far from the arrangement being favourable to Turkiai tyranny, it was directed, specifically secure the Governts raiv the direct action of the T ur k s an d int of the two tribes und er c hi e f s o f t d h ir e e ir ct o e w d, n tr i wice t th :lttough you could not expect it, among half civilised countres where there were two races who had been from time itimemorial in hostility against each other, yet from 1811 down to the present time nothing had happened to be at allcompared to the atrocious practices w hich we had heard. (Hear.) H e was olt the table the instruction s g i ven t o Lord Dufferin, but h ecould assure his hon. friend that one of the noble lord's duties, in conjunction with hi s col leagues, would be t o i nquire fully into the state of Syria and not and prepared eala i e to s o l f a ascertain wh e a t y welfar e to h em of Government would be m os t con ducive pre vent a repetition of th ose di sgrace f u l scenes b etween those t s st and benefit of both parties, and races. Thehe vote houseof then z:it into committee of supply. T 000 for the disembodied militi a was agreed to. D 20,355 for fortifications at hom e an d abTrohee next vote w ag abroad. he regretted the Gove t i o n s m ay Govern men t, h Sir F. SMITH expressed his general approval of the plans f With o u r l e d g at a r r e d m e t m o h D o o r v t e h r e , h p l o o w e e for er, half - y ; they had b een pa t c hi ng up th e wor k s th er e all that tim e . The commissioners said that if there wer e no works at D over a l ready, it would be a question as to whether that pl ace s h ou ld or should not b e fort ifi ed, and yet a large stn u was now to be e x p en d e d on it. Would ev:a century any man pretend to tell them that Dover would be the place to effect a hostile landing ? He thought not. The works proposed by the commissioners—if works were want ing at all—was no doubt a sound proposition; but on the showing of the commissioners themselves the works were not necessary. Good field-works would meet all the neces sities of the case, as they were only to occupy a point which they did not want their enemy to have. The next item was for the purchase of land at Alderney. He thought that island should be held, and believed it cou'd be held, whether the other Channel Islands could be held or not. As to Portland, he thought £169,000 was much too large a sum to place on the end of a breakwater. The next point was the line at Stokes Bay, which ho believed was one of at imp or tance, and ought to be completed at once, and then gre they .were secure at any rate in the Solent. The same might be said of Southsea, and with the whole lino of the Solent thus guarded theymight go to sleep in confidence. Withrespect to th e d e f ences o f our commercial har b ours h e thought earthworks would suffice for them, and they should be carried out at once. They might be completed in 12 months. They would thus give satisfaction to the commercial com munity, and they would get plenty of volunteers to man those works. With regard to Malta, anything that could be done to strengthen the island he was sure would prove to be money well laid out, as it would be a tempting place incase of war with France, or France and Russia. As to what the noble viscount stated the other night about two gunners being enough to each gun, he (Sir F. Smith) had certainly never expressed or ever held such an opinion, particularly with regard to naval guns, where celerity of action was of the greatest importance. He thought there should be six well•trained gunners to each gun. He hoped the plans would be laid on the library table if possible, so that they might be consulted by professional members. They ought to hive before them the plans in as complete a form as the Government could present them. The House of Commons, which had to vote the money, ought to be made aware of the full details. Mr. W. S. LINDSAY asked where they were going to end with these fortifications ? As to Dover, they ought not to be asked for more money for that place that night, after whet the commissioners had said on the subject. He thought it the grossest absurdity that ever entered into the wird of man to think seriously that France or any other country would venture to invade England with her 25,300,000 of free and intelligent people. (Hear.) But, if they did so, certainly they would not land under the cliffs f Dover. (Hear.) If fortifications were needed anywhere they were needed in commercial harbours ; but he did not think they were wanted even there. There would be a re. action from the profusion with which money was lIQW voted for these purposes, and, in the course of a year or so, his views on the subjeet would booms generally prevalent, and then there would be a reckless cutting down of all these items ; and an abandonment of works and disarm.. ment of ships, which would lead to enormous waste and ex travagance. Mr. WARRE was understood to defend the fortifica tion of Dover. He now referred to facts. In 1797 the French actually effected a landing with a hostile force at Killala, on the shores of Ireland. They were certainly a small force ; and were, by superior numbers, induced to lay down their arms. Now, it was quite clear that some of the expedition which sailed on that occasion. from France for the invasion of Ireland, escaped the vigilance of the British fleet. He maintained, then, that the construction of fortifications was a step in the right direction. Sir DE LACY EVANS said for his part he could not, looking at the present unsettled state of Europe, say what might or might not be the state of their affairs and posi tion this time twelve months. The question was not one of pounds, shillings, and pence, but of national honour and security. With respect to Dover, he must remark to hon. gentlemen who seemed not to attach much importance to the strengthening of that position, that it was a very important one, and would be a position of great importance in the hands of all French if they could avail themselves of it. He could not but express his surprise that the heights of Dover had not been properly fortified long before this. He, however, heard that there was to be a tower of great height to be constructed at the head of the pier, with em brasures for 100 guns. Now, it was all very desirable to be prepared to give an invading enemy a warm reception ; but in his opinion 40 or 50 guns, and a garrison would be amply sufficient for that purpose. With regard to the for tifications of Portsdown Hill, commanding Portsmouth, he 1 1 understood that it was to be armed with 226 guns. Now, they were not sure if the French were to land, that they would be able to hold the position; and in his humble opinion, he would suggest that a few mortars and move able 12-pounders would be far more effective on the heights. With respect to their troops, he did not think they were sufficiently employed, and ho was of opinion that if the troops in the garrison of Portsmouth were employed upon the engineering construction of the fortifications, it would prove beneficial to the men, and a saving of expenditure to the country. Colonel DICKSON begged respectfully to differ from the hon. and gallant general, in the opinion he had expressed in reference to what he considered the inactive cendition of the garrison of Portsmouth. The gallant general was in that opinion quite mistaken. The case was otherivise, and the garrison of Portsmouth, so far from not being actively employed, had actually only three nights a-week in bed. After a few words from Mr. DODSON, in relation to the Armstrong gen and the Mar Cello Towers, the purpot% of which did not reach the ga"ery, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said that two places to be fortified, and which were mentioned in the vote, were Har wich, in Essex, and Newhaven, in Sussex, and with re gard to them and other places mentioned in the vote, Sir John Burgoyne said the works were of great consequence. The sum to be voted for them was £5,000, and the whole vote was £lO,OOO. Nothing, it would be admitted, could be more unwise than to leave works of the description in question in a weak state, and what was doing was to strengthen their politions. The gallant member for Chat ham asked why they did not complete the works; and he agreed with him that it was desirable to do so; but the works in question were supplemental works so those already completed, and would be finished in a couple of years ; otherwise it would take them five and twenty years to com plete the whole. He had arranged that there should be a working committee to draw up plans, and when done they would be submitted to experienced officers. Colonel Harness was one of those who was appointed to examine the plans. He assrred the committee that everything would be done in the most efficient manner. He was anxious to have the most satisfactory system of checks and tuts. He was indebted to the hon. and gallant officer the member for Westminster, for the sugges tions he had made in relation to Portsdown Hill. On that point he had heard that opinion before, and that the guns to be employed should be of a light and moveable descrip tion. Gosport and Portland were of the places to be strength ened. None of the works were exactly new, and votes for them had already been sanctioned by Parliament. Mr. WILLIAMS objeci:ed to the proposed expenditure as vast and unnecessary. The vote was agreed to. The following votes were also agreed to £277,547 fir: education and scientific branches. £25,390, rewards for military services. £75,860, pay of general officers. £492,357, p_:.y of reduced officers. £181,523, widows' pensions and compensation allow ances. £44,123, pensions and allowances to wounded officers. A vote of £136,837 for superannuation allowances having been proposed, Mr. AYRTON observed that the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners were not justified in giving the Dean of York £2,000 a-year. The result was, that this gentleman was to have a retrospective right to this sum from the death of his predecessor. (Hear, hear.) It was the duty of the commit tee to expiess an opinion with respect to this matter. Mr. WILLIAMS expressed his surprise that the Go vernment should have brought forward this vote. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that if it was intended to censure the commissioners for raising the stipend of the Dean of York a specific motion ought to have been made on the subject. He must say that the faith of Parliament was pledged to the vote before the Committee for the Ecclesias tical Commissions, and that was the reason why the vote was brought forward. After a short discussion, the house divided, when there appeared-- For the vote ..... 45 Against it . Majority — 1 The vote was then agreed to ; as was also a vote of £17,070 to pay the salaries of the Charity Commissioners in England and Wales. The next vote proposed was the sum of £25,480 to com plete the sum of £37,000 for temporary commissions. Mr. E. JAMES said he should move to reduce the vote by £777. After a few words by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. WYLD took exception to a sum of £363 7s. Id. for the surveys and plans prepared at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. Mr. S. HERBERT explained the grounds upon which the item of expense was incurred, and said he did not think it by any means overpayment for the work done. Mr. WYLD objected to the officers and men being with drawn from ether surveys and placed in the votes in the manner described. Mr. E. JAMES, after some observations by Mr. Mon sell and by Mr. Mellor, who :hoped he would withdraw his amendment, expressed his surprise at the Attorney-General charging him with the imputation of ignorance of the sub ject on which he spoke. He could, however, bear that taunt, coming as it did from her Majesty's Attorney-General (laughter) —and he believed that he quite as well under stood the subjects which be spoke upon as the hon. and learned gentleman did. He begged, in conclusion, to with draw his amendment. The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were also agreed to : £28,299 to defray the expenses of the Commissioners un der the Patent Law Amendment Act. £12,998 for the Fisheries Board in Scotland. £2,000 for the Board of Manufactures to discharge the equivalents under the Treaty of Union. £5,000 for Highland roads and bridges. £9OO for the publication of the ancient laws and institu tions of Ireland. £58,700 for the Merchant Seaman Fund. £20,000 for distressed seamen abroad. £4,000 for the quarantine service ; and £50,000 for dues on foreign ships. It was moved that a grant of £25000 be made for a bounty on slaves, &c. Mu. VANCE moved that the Chairman do report pro gress. Lord PALMERSTON hoped the motion would not be pressed. Lord C. HAMILTON supported the motion, The CHAIRMAN then reported progress. The votes for the British Museum and the Kensington Museum were fixed for to-morrow. Mr. CONINGHAM protested against their being taken before Monday, as so many members would bo out of tot on Saturday. • METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE (DOCKYARDS) (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. NAVAL DISCIPLINE BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the bill, and wanted, before he was asked to 'cote upon it, to read the bill and to hear the noble lord's explanations on the subject. He would not object to taking it to .morrow. Mr. LINDSAY hoped they would take the second read ing then, as there was no objection to the principles of the bill, and in committee would be the fittest time to discuss the details. The second reading was then agreed to. PARTY EMBLEMS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. P. HENNESSY moved as an amendment that the bill should go into committee on that day three months. Mr. CARDWELL said that the house had assented to the bill by a considerable majority, and ho therefore hoped the house would at once go into committee. The house then divided, when there appeared— For going into committee • 53 Against it 22 Majority for going into committee —3l The house then went into committee, when, on the motion of Mr. CARDIVELL, The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the house re sumed. The report of supply was brought tip and received. EAST INDIA LOAN BILL. This bill passed through committee. The Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Bill was read a third time. The Attorneys and Solicitors, Proctors, &c., Bill was read a third time. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at two o'clock. THE SYRIAN MASSACRES. Mr. KINNAIRD went on to ask the Secretary for Fo reign Affairs whether ho had made any representations to the Turkish Government, or taken any steps to influence them to demand the restoration of the Christian women carried off and sold by the Druses ? The hon. gentleman said 3,000 Christian women had been sold by the Muses to the Bedouin Arabs at the rate of 25 piastres each ; he wished to ask if the Government had taken any steps to promote the recovery of these women. Fuad Pasha had been sent out with full powers to punish the guilty, especially Kyr schid Pacha. But he (Mr. Kinnaird) had seen a gentle man who had just returned from Constantinople, who as sured him that Kurschid Pacha, who had been sent home by Fuad Pacha in disgrace, had been received at Constan tinople with military honours. Mr. C. FORTESCUE was not able to go into this ques tion of the slave trade in Dahomey—it was a question for the Foreign-office. With respeet to the people of Abbeo kuta, with whem we maintained friendly relations, and from whom the supply of victims for these hor.id sacrifices were principally derived, the King of Dahomey had been offi cially informed that the British Government would aid the people of Abbeokuta to resist these incursions, and tb.at they would take hostile proceedings against them. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL— BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. NEWDE GATE complained that the Roman Catho lie Charities Bill had been on the paper since the 17th of May last. This session had been remarkable for the exces sive wear and tear of the health of the members of that house, and on every Government night members had been kept waiting for this bill to come on, sometimes ti". four o'clock in the morning, and he thought it was highly desirable that some alteration should be made in the forms of the house in this respect. He strongly ob jected to any attempt by a minority to force a bill through the house by placing it last on the orders, or to place the house in a dead lock by turning round, when the majo rity were in favour of a measure, and resisting its pro gress on mere matters of form. There appeared to be cer tain hon. members in the house who did not understand that the majority were to prevail; and he was afraid, if these exhibitions were to be repeated, that it was possible for the shadow of the house to legislate in a manner en tirely repugnant to the wishes of the main body. The course which had been pursued was unworthy of the House of the Commons, and he wished to know from the right hon. member for Gateshead what part he had taken in it. Mr. HI7TT said he should be happy to give any infor mation in his power in reference to the bill. It was in no sense of the word a Government bill. Certainly the hon. member for Dundalk (Sir G. Bowyer) who introduced it had placed his (Mr. Hutt's) name upon the back of it, but it was done not only without his consent, but in opposition to a direct request which he had made to the hon. baronet. (Hear, hear.) He was consequently in no way responsible for the progress of the measure, but if the hon. baronet would resign the bill into his guardianship he would en deavour to pass it as speedily as possible, and the hen• member for North Warwicksb;re should have no reason to complain of further inroads upon his patience. (Hear.) THE ACCIDENT AT DOVER. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Secretary for War whether the gun which so recently burst at Dover had been inspected by a Government officer with a view of ascei tain ing whether there were imperfections in the metal sufficient to account for the explosion which took place ; whether the Government had any means of knowing how often the gun had been previously fired during the long piled it seemed to have been in use; whether it was the intention of Government to make any investigation, with the view of deciding, on scientific grounds, how often guns of similar calibre might with safety be fired ; whether Government supplied to each volunteer artillery corps an efficient officer at the Government expense capable of superintending and instructing the volunteers in artillery practice; and whether it was the intention of Government to aid in the efforts. of the local authorities to compensate the representatives of the unfortunate persons who had thus lost their lives in their endeavour to serve their country, relying upon the supervision of the Goxernment with reference to the mate rial supplied. Mr. S. HERBERT said that as soon as he heard of the melancholy accident at Dover he sent down Captain Harvey, of the Royal Artillery, and the Commander-in-Chief also sent down an inspector, to make a thorough inquiry into the matter. Captain Harvey inspected the pieces of the gun, with the 'View of ascertaining whether the accident had arisen from any flaw in the material of which the gun was composed. Nothing could be moro healthy than the ap pearance of the various pieces of metal, and there was, therefore, no reason to suppose that there had been any thing so defective in the construction of the gun as to lead to the belief that it was owing to a flaw in the cannon itself that the accident arose. 'With regard to the second point he might state that the gun was sent from Woolwich a few months ago for the practice of the Royal Artillery at Dover. The Royal Artillery had constantly used it, but not to such an extent as to injure it or to endanger the lives of those who used it, inasmuch as the number of rounds fired from it only amounted to 200. A register was kept of the number of rounds fired from every gun, and, therefore, it was always known what degree of strain was placed upon it, and after a certain number of rounds were fired the gun was put aside as unserviceable. With re gard to the fourth part of the question, an officer of the Royal Artillery was appointed to attend all the volun teer corps, and ho was not only present on the occasion, but another officer of the Royal Artillery was also present, whose duty it was to see that no ball practice commenced until the volunteers arrived at a proper state of efficiency. Lastly, with respect to the question as to what the Govern- ment intended to do in reference to awarding compensation to the representatives of the unfortunate persons who had lost their lives, he had inquired into the matter, and if it should turn out that the family or widow of one of the de ceased persons required assistance he had no doubt that the case would receive the most favourable consideration at the hands of the Government. (Hear, hear.) SYRIA. Mr. MONSELL said he wished to learn from the noble lord at the head of the Government what instructions had been given to Lord Dufferin, her Majesty's Commissioner to Syria, and whether those instructions would be laid on the table of the house ? Within the last few days a new set of papers had been distributed among hon. members with regard to the recent lamentable occurrences in Syria, and amongst these was a remarkable and able letter from Mr. Cyril Graham, who had been requested by the representa tives of all the European powers to travel through the Le banon in order to ascertain what were the real facts of the case. The scenes Mr. Graham described wore such as could never have entered the minds of any hon. member. The atrocities which had taken place were utterly abomin able ; and Mr. Graham stated, in the most clear and dis tinct manner, that the Turkish authorities were actually accomplices in the perpetration of most of the worst of them. Whether it might have been possible to prevent these occurrences, if more attention had been paid to the circular letter written by Prince Gortchakoff, in April, he would not stop to inquire ; nor whether the negotiations with France had prevented that Power from interfering in time to arrest the evil. But it did certainly appear to him —considering the history of the last twenty years—that this country was deeply responsible for what had taken place. (Hear, hear.) What was it that we had done P We found Imaum Pacha, as representative of the greatest family in the district, governing the country, if not well, at all events in such a way as to have prevented these terrible and horrible scenes. We, in opposition, cer tainly to France, and, he believed, to some of the other European powers, recommended a different system of govern ment, namely, that there should be a chief over the Druses, and a chief over the Maronites, and a Turkish pacha over all. We were warned by M. Guizot and M. Thiers, who was then Prime Minister of France, what the effect of this must be, changing suzeraintyinto sovereignty ; and he recollected the gallant admiral below him (Sir C. Napier), who took part in the proceedings of 1840, stating at a meeting in Edinburgh in 1845 that he felt it a disgrace to acknowledge having taken part in a transaction which had produced so lamentable a re sult. lie (Mr. Monsell) had stated that a warning was given to the Government of this country in 1840. Lord Aberdeen; in 1844, distinctly recognised our responsibility, and in 1845 and 1847 scenes on a smaller scale, but still terrible scenes, took place in Syria, the Turkish pacha being undoubtedly an accomplice. What he (Mr. Monsell) now had to ask the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Govern ment was, whether, it having been found that the system then adopted mainly through the influence of this country had utterly and completely failed, the commissioners who were now sent from the different powers of Europe had among their instructions any direction to reconsider this question, and to see whether Syria could not be placed in a position more free from the tyranny of the pacha, and more in that position which it occupied in 1840. (Hear.) Sir C. NAPIER observed that what the right hon. gentleman had stated was quite true. Ho had stated 'at a meeting in Edinburgh, and subsequently in the House of Commons, that ha felt ashamed at the part he had taken in Sy4a. They were sent there, and they performed the duty &Posed upon them. lie was instructed to bold lAA induce,. SUSPECTED MURDER AT STEPNEY. Yesterday, shortly after 12 o'clock, a suspicious discovery was made at No. 9, Grove-road, Stepney, a short distance from the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Bow-road. It appears that the deceased was a widow lady named Mary Emsley, aged about 70, who up to the time of her death was in possession of considerable landed property, situated at Strat ford, Bow, Bethnal-green, Victoria-park, and other parts at the east end of the metropolis. She had, it is said, a number of agents and collectors who I were carrying her large sums weekly, arising from rents and other property, which she had held since the death of her husband, a large contractor and brickmaker, well known at that part of London for his eccentric habits. The deceased had not been seen by the neighbours for some days, and a collec tor, named W. T. Emms, sent his son as far back as Tuesday last for two brass taps, which he was to put on to water-butts at two of her houses. On each day since Emms had repeatedly sent and:called, but though he knocked on each occasion loudly at the door, no one answered. The impression was that the deceased had gone out, as the garden gate was left unlocked. Yesterday, when Emms went, he had his suspicions aroused that all was not right, and he accordingly communicated with Mr. Rose, the deceased's solicitor, of Change•alley, who with Mr. Whittaker and another gentleman named Faith proceeded to the house in company with a police constable. They could not make any one hear, and proceeded through the adjoining premises to the backgarden, where they climbed the wall and made an entry at the back door. They searched the lower part of the house, which seemed in conside rable confusion, and upon reaching one of the rooms on the second floor he discovered the deceased lying dead with the top part of her head forced in. There was a large wound of the scalp, and blood had flowed copiously from the injury which had been inflicted, apparently by some hard substance, or life preserver. The floor was besmeared with blood, and it is supposed that the deceased had been killed by some burglars who had entered the premises to get her cash. The deceased kept large sums in the house, although she had an account with one of the City banks. Inspectors Ketrissey and Haynes, of the K division, proceeded to the house and made a minute search, and it is supposed that a great amount of property has been removed. The deceased lived entirely alone, having no servants, but is said to have been of miserly habits, and dirty and intem perate. Last evening Mr. Stevens, the Coroner's officer for the district of Stepney, took charge of the body for the official investigation before the Coroner (Mr. Humphreys), but the inquest is net yet appointed. A number of police constables have been seat out from Arbour-square and Bow stations, and late last right no clue to the guilty parties had been obtained. The deceased was, it is said, in the receipt of an income from her property amounting to about £5,000 per annum. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST ETEYING, FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG 15. • The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. C. Bro , dersen as Consul at Hong Kong for his Royal Highne the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Stair Douglas, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Mauritius. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Sir Will , am Byam, Knt. ; John Gray, Esq. ; Thomas Nicholson. Esq., M.D. ; James Watson Sheriff, William Thibou, William Ann Coull, John Bell Lowry, and Alexander Adlam, Esqrs., to be members of the Executive Council of the Island of Antigua. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint George Webbe, Walter Maynard, and Thomas Huggins, Esqrs., the Rev. Joseph Herbert Pemberton, Hastings Charles Huggins, and Willlam Scott, Esq., to be members of the Executive Council of the Island of Nevis. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint William Steventon. Esq., M.D., to be a memb er o f th e L eg i s l ative Council of the Island of Montserrat; and Thomas Alex. Finlayson to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House, Aug. 14. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that distribution of the proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for the slave vessel Rufus Soule, captured on the 11th October, 1858, by her Majesty's ship Viper ; and also, distribution of proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded, for the slave vessel Kate Helen, captured on the 15th September, 1858, by her Majesty's ship Viper, will commence on Thursday, the 23d inst., in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-House," Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to auy captor serving in the above-named ship, are requested to present the same at this office. The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Rufus Soule.—Flag share, £37 8s 5d ; Lieutenant Coni mandin,,o., £BB 17s 6d ; fourth class, £29 4s 9d ; fifth class, £l6 4s 10d; sixth class, £l4 I2s 4d; seventh c l ass , £9 14 s 10d ; eighth class, £4 17s 6d ; ninth class, £3 5s ; tenth class, £1 12s M. Kate Helen.—Flag share, Xol 18s 2d; Lieutenant Com manding £123 5310 d ; fourth class, £4olls 2d ; fifth class, £22 lOs 8d ; sixth class, £2O 6s 8d ; seventh class, £l3 lOs 6d; eighth class, £6 15s 2d; ninth class, £4 10s 2d; tenth class, £2 ss. BANKRUPTS. William Smith and William Francis Patient, tanners, Bermondsey New-road, to surrender Aug. 31 and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Biscoe, leather seller, Great James-street, Mary lebone, Aug. CO, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 27, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Amos Smith, builder, Holloway, August 23, at eleven, and October 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. George Winiesworth, leather dresser, Richardson-street, Bermondsey, Aug. 27, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Hall, builder, Oxford, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Sept, 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richard Steward, bui!de", Great Yarmouth, Norfolk shire, August 30, at one, and September 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Cooke: Webster, shirt dresser. Watling-street, City, Aug. 30, at twelve, and Oct. 12, at ae, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Stone Hubbard, warehouseman, Aldermanbury, City, Aug. 27, at twelve, and Sept. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Dales, merchant, Old Broad-street, City, Aug. 29, at one, and Sept,. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stephen Rogers, licensed victualler, Regent-street, A,ug. 27, at one, and Sept. 28, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Selson Davis, bookbinder, Gosvell-street, Aug. 27, at half-past one, and Sept. 28, at one, at the Court or Bankruptcy. Charles Balla-A, shoemaker, Dalston, Aug. 27, at half past twelve, and Sept. 26, at half•past two, at the Court of Bank, uptcy. James McNulty and John McNulty, joiners, Ar-hton under-Lyne, Aug. 29 and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Henry Kinross and James Shaw, cab proprietors, King ston-upon-Hull, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Steele Lorthome, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Aug. 30, at twelve, and Sept. 17, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. James Bell and Charles Wilson, stuff merchants, Brad ford, Yorkshire, September 3 and 27, at eleven, at the Commercial-building::, Leed3, Frederick Chp,rlg Perry, ironmaster, Stockport, Aug. 29 and Sept. 24, at eleven, at tLe Birmingham District Ccurt. _ Moses Cartwright, dealer in pottery materials, Longton, Staifurdsbire, Sept. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Miles and R o b er t M iles, grocers, Derby, Aug. 30 and Sept. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Not tingham. John Burton, brick a n d til e manufacturer, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, Aug.i 28 and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. George Bydder, brewer, Swansea, Aug. 28 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Richard Limblick, miller, Gelden Valley Mill. Glouces tershire, Aug. 23 and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Frederick August Gross, furniture dealer, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Aug. 24, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Hay, farmer, Whitefield, Forglen, Elginshire. Thomas Kirkland, draper, Falkirk. John Clark, innkeeper, Taychreggan, Inishail, Argyll shire. James Bow Barclay, slater, Glasgow. D.:and A. Fullerton and Co., ship builders, Ayr. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 15th day of Aug., 1860 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £29,282,275 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,807,275 Silver Bullion .... - £29,282,275] £29,282,275 BANKING D . Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 I Rest Public Deposits (in cluclinc, Exche- , EPARTMENT. Government Secu- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin.. quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- miesioneitiOiKi tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- 740,474 -- counts) 5,056,219 Other Deposits 12,792,434 Seven Day and other Bills 770,254 X 37,592,861 / Dated Aug. 16,1860. £37,592,86: .11811 A LL, Chief Cashier, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 14th day of August, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on, the importation thereof into Great Britain : - - Museevade, the produce of the British pos sessions in America .................... 26s 0, n SEtitiffßlJNOGil!stsi. Premature Greyness, Weak or Falling Hair, Neuralgia, ü b s y s is an absolute luxury. His Nervous Headache, Rheumatism,are reme diedateen"t Magnetic Brushes h w e i s t with n e d a s c e o a m n b d s. certainty T ir newly-invented Teazle Brushes for Colth, Velvet, &c., are admirable—they not only cleanse, but preserve the fabric in a remarkable manner. The Manufactory is 32,Basinghall street. The public are Cautioned against courtterfeits.—ADyz G.RE,AT FIRE AT WEST 2.ENT WHARF. In a narrow nook of land, facing the river Thames, on the south side, and closely abutting upon St. Saviour' s Church and the new Hibernian Wharf, the property of Mr. Alderman Humphery, stood last night intact the extensive range of property known as the West Kent Wharf, the property of Messrs.. Hartley and Sons. Th ese prem i ses were of great magnitude, they being five or six stories in height. 'The discovery of the fire was made by Chas. Wing, formerly one of the firemen belonging to the West of England Insurance Office, who acted as lighter man and fireman at the wharf. His attention ap pears to have been drawn by an unusual noise ema nating from one of the upper floors, like what would be caused by the discharge of musketry. I Wing, upon making an inspection, found that the upper part of the warehouses on the wharf was in flames. He at once gave an alarm, and in a short space of time Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the D district, attended, with the engines from Tooley street, Southwark-bridge -road, Waterloo-road, Watling-street, and several from the more distant land stations, under the command of Engineers Holloway, S wanton, and others. Mr. Frederick Hodges, the principal of the Lambeth distillery bearing his name, was also o n. th e spot. Th e ma i ns of the Southwark and Lambeth companies' works having been drawn, the land engines were at once set to work, including the powerful land steam-en gine, the invention of Messrs. Shand and Mason of the Blackfriars-road, and the powerful steam floats were also called into requisition, under the direc tion of Mr. Engineer Gerrard. Some thousand tons weight of water were discharged into the blazing pile, in spite of which the work of devastation continued, and a vast amount in grain, bacon, lard, saltpetre, and other equally inflammable articles became ignited, and by two o'clock this morning the scene became fearful to look upon, for the flames rose so high, and the sparks fell in myriads over the church and Hibernia Wharf, and at the same time the windows of many of the contiguous build ing were actually cracking with the intense heat. By great exertions on the part of the firemen they succeeded by a quarter to 3 o'clock this morning in getting something like control over the flames ; but they, even at that hour, were far from being entirely extinguished, although all further fear of the extension of mischief was over. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOoL—Aua. 17. -.- We have bad a fair attendance of millers and dealers at this morning's market, and a very free business doing in wheat at 2d per cental over the rates of Tuesday (4d on the week). Flour in fair consumptive inquiry at an improve ment of fully 6d per barrel and sack. Indian corn held for an advance of 6d per qr., with a ready sale. Oats ad vanced ld per bushel and oatmeal 6d per load. Beans also have advanced 6d to is per qr. Peas ls, and barley ld to 2d per bushel. WAKEFIELD—Auct. 17. Supplies of grain are short, and the weather unsettled. The wheat trade rather better; prices is to 2s dearer. lii oats, beans, and shelling a firm d eman d. G r i nd i ng b ar l e y rather dearer. Averages for the Week : Wheat . 1,810 qrs., at 618 Old . Peas Beans — --s --d 8ar1ey......... 35 —s --d Oats 3O -- 2Bs 2d Rye __ ._— --a Od EXETE .Auct. 17. Business was firm in the corn market to-day, and quo tations were rather above late rates. Wbeat, white 7a 9d to 8s Od I Barley. 4s 4d to 4 s 6d Ditto red 7s 3d to 7s 9d Oats .. Flour, fine, 44s to —a ; seconds, 125 to —a per sack. " CATTLE. There was a large attendance of dealers at the market, and a good supply of stock, but prices were unaltered from last week. Fat beef,p score, lls to 12s6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to id Perk carcases,do Ils to lls 6d Wethers, do. .7d to 714 Sheep, per lb. 7d to lid Fat calves, d 0.... 6d to 74 Rough fat, 4id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Aun. 17. We have had but bare supplies of raw sugars this week, and very few transactions have taken place, either in gro cery or refining kinds. Prices are unaltered except for Bar badoes, which are rather easier. A dull business has been done in refiners' produce. But little inquiry for ruin, and prices una'tered. COAL MAR} (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Davison's West Hart ley ....16 0 Hastings Hartley ....16 0 Holywell 16 0 Howard's West Hart-_ :ET—Aua. 17. the close of the market.) Walls End. 0. ( 1 ,: Framwellgate l7 " Heugh Hail 17 0 Byron Cassop l7 A 6 South Hetton 18 6 North Hartlep oo l 15 0 Brandon .. 17 Belmont 16 n ti Tihudoa Hartlepool l7 Nixon's Merthy r ..... 2l vnu Thorpe .. .. 17 6 ißrgddyll's Hetton 17 6 , 34 ; sold, 28. ley - 15 9 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 9 Wy lam l6 0 Walls End. Acorn Close ..17 0 Eden 17 0 Ships at market THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and. Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Sept. 18. Do. (vi a Marseilles) Sept. 12. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Aug, 30. Canada, &c. (via Liverpool) .. .. Aug. 22. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Aug. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Aug. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Aug. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 19. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Aug. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 19. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. .. Sept. 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Aug. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug. 19. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Aug.2l. United States, California, &c. A ug . 16. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug. 13. [AnvEnrismiErty .]—Medicine always aggravates chronia diseases, but Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract A few srapasimilvas, invalids. cure o 3 u 6 t ,4 l an B. m ßev y thousands Rev. Minsterth D o r u . sas of cramps,gorfatitude fo ur ta e r r v o e f y 00 0 n f s d u i ro arr pt h io ce n a , a d u a' a ly d v eb o i m li i t t y i . ngs c . ur. ? , Cure 46,270. Mr James Roberts, timber-merchant, of Frim ley, of 30 years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Eliza-. beth Jacobs,. of extreme nervousness, indigestion, 26,418. Dr. Dr. w gather- ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314._ 37,628 Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool,fi cure of 10 years dyspepsia, and all the hot fors of nervous irritability. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment= and expense m a y b e avo i ded by using Du Barry's F° which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without pt-' constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew UM MD., F.R.S,, Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let i nva lid s avo id the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by th° high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences . that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that DU Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper: Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article 'Woo' expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 61b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. Tlio 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, It" gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 160, Oz ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street, City ; at 127, High Holborn ; and all grocers. BIRTHS. BAGOT.—On the 15th iust., at Netherseale Old Hall, Lei cestershire, the wife of Captain H. B e got, R.N., o f a son. SALAMAN.—On the 17th inst., at 21, Moruingtou-road, Regent's-park, the wife of Joseph Seymour Seaman, Esq., of a son. WILBRAHAM.—On the 13th inst., at Netley Castle, the wife of Major Wilbraham, of a son. MARRIAGES. Agnes Sophia, i ncum b en t of Ho' the 15t h . inst., at All Saints', ,evto. Jo h n Sophia, eldest daughter of H eneral Sir James Wallace Sleigh, K.C.8., Colonel of ra Pa e d a d o iz i‘, to i n icid t l h e e se lt x s 9th, Lancers. HALL— ELruiNsToNE.—On the 15th inst.. at SidburlP Esq., C ap t a i n 5 8th Re i t., eldest sou seco nd daughter of C aptain Elphinstone, R.N., Livon;al Devonshire, o A f u rol lean, Argyllshi r e, t o A me li a A nn , the DEATHS. Cocics.—On the 17th inst. at No. 6, Duke-street, Reading, Mr. Joh n C ocks, in the ' 64th year of his age, deeply re grettA. DIVI SDALR.—On the 13th inst., at Southsea, Stoddart Drysd a l e, Esq., late of E.1.C.5., and The Green, Rich mond, Surrey. EVANS.—On the 15th inst., Mr. Edward Evans, of 40 3 , Strand. GREENWAY.—On the 16th inst., Mr. Wm. A. Greenivalp late of Fish-street 'hill, city, and Florence-road, Nei" cross, aged 73. KING.—On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Samuel King, Esq. LEES.—On the 16th inst., M r . R o b er t L ee i, o f Ki n g-street d I Cheapside, aged 73. 'ATLoit.—on the 13th inst., at 22, Edwards. street, Port man-square, Colonel Taylor, of the Bengal Establish• ment, aged 75. LONDON : Printed and Published by WURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Soy, in the count" °I Middlesex, Saturday, August 18, 18f,O. Tin 10s. o Montlll With Each family i by side, The p the gen , share tc rally be guineas Capta Surrey. `Yaltc Geo rg IN Or Peter Georg b ates, Samui (birecto _~ Mess B. L. p - 1 to A S. gate llarri T' 4 L 91 Pre-( tiort it ( t heir Aton fC na m th e i the f ~-