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I ! L MANNING THE NAVY. reading of the bill on the 7th of July was to raise A discussion on the question, and not from any anticipa tion of carrying it. The hon. member at great length entered into the importance of the interests which the bill proposed to deal with, and, by the forms ck of the house, the discussion at a quarter to six o'clo was adj ourn ed. PUBLIC GROUNDS AND PLAY-GROUNDS BILL. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ESTELID.II.) The Snuaware. took the chairUlTY at 12 TAX o'clockßlLL. EDINBURGH ANN Mr. A. BLACK moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to remove an enormous grievance, and to abolish a tax that was opposed to the moral and religious interests of the people of Scotland. He denied that it would injure the Church of Sco a tland, but, on the contrary, he believed it would confer material advan tage upon that establishment. After referring to the establishment of the tax by Charles I. and its being ap plied to Edinburgh by the "merry monarch," the pro vision in 1661 was for six ministers, and was calculated to yield about 1,090/., and in every subsequent act down to 1809 the amount to be collected was for six ministers. In 1809 a change took place, and the magistrates and ministers tried to get the tax each for themselves. The former, however, were successful, and they had to levy the tax and pay the six ministers their six per cent. The House bad heard a great deal said with reference to this tax having been existen ce for 200 years, but he happened to be in business in 1810 in Edinburgh, when, to his surprise, and that of the inhabitants, they fou e tax nd the tax for the first time laid on the citizens. Th was raised solely and entirely on the occupiers of houses. Having shown the unhallored heritage of the tax, he proposed to speak of its fruits in the shape of burthens. This tax was now doub le the amount of the presen3toin_-. come tax, and supposing a man to have rsti income at ofhouosle he would pay 61. per annum,when, if he l nc ived in . The worth 501. nyear he had to pay double that amou tax was levied upon all tenants, and alao upon charitable , o_f_ which institutions. The tax produced about 10,667/ about 2,2871. were paid by the followers of . the Uhurch, and the balance, about 8,000/., by part.ies who h ad really no interest in that Church. Two-thirds of the m• habitants of Edinburgh did not belong to the Church, and many believed it was co ntrary to thde Goo el to pay this tax, and that in doing so hey were mug something a felony. In one year 846 persons like compounding were prosecuted for not paying the tax. He was unable to state how many had their goods sold ; bat five were imprisoned for not paying the tax. He read the opinion of Dr. Arnett, of the High Court of Scotland, and some others, who believed the tax was bad, and should be abolished —that it was injurious to religion, but they objected to the tax being removed unless a substitute to the full amount was provided. The church-rates of England was a very small evil compared with the col lection of the tax in Scotland. The house had very , properly passed a bill for the abolition of the church rates, and on a former session they abolished ministers' money in Ireland. They were not bound to provide an equivalent for this tax, but this measure propose d to devote the 2,0 001 . now derivable from the revenues of Leith, together with the money raised by the seat rents in the City Churches, as a substitute for the present ob noxious tax. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BAXTER seconded the motion. This bill was supported by the rate-payers of Edinburgh and Mon truse, and by every man in the United Kingdom who objected to Dissenters being taxed for the Established Church. He called upon the Irish members to assist Scotland in getting rid of this tax in return for the assistance the latter gave the former in abolishing Ministers' Money. The only opponents to the bill were the Protestant clergymen and their followers. Under the new system the cle r gy men would be amply pro vided for. This tax was imposed in Montrose in 1689, and was then considered objectionable. It was now collected on every man who paid 9d. a week rent. If her Majesty's Government opposed the bill they were bound to devise a satisfactory scheme for getting rid of this tsx. Mr. BLACKBURN said he had been instructed on the origin of this tax different to the personal experience `of the lion_ member for Edinburgh. He (Mr. Blackburn) had been informed that this tax was granted to the town of Edinburgh for eccle siastical property granted in the time of Mary and James. The hon. member had dwel he t for some coneiderasle time on the grievances, but never touched on the details of the bill. He (Mr. Black burn) admitted aorne injustice existed in the levying of the tax, but he doubted if the bill would remedy it. He moved the second reading of the bill this day six months. Mr. BUCHANAN seconded the amendment. Mr. J. B. SMITH supported the bill. He believed it was founded on justice to all classes. Mr. CO WAN considered the annuity tax an obnoxious church rate, levied upon the humbler classes to the ex clusion of those who were in good circumstances, and were best able to pay the tax. This bill, whilst it pro tected vested interest, would give the relief required. 3 . Mr. F. SCOTT opposed the bill. After reviewing the history of the imposition of the tax, and the subse quent legi lation on it, he called upon the house not to assent to the principle of the bill, which would inflict injury to the Church and to the population, who had a right to attend the church without the payment of pew rents. He considered 'this bi:l an insiduous attempt to subvert the Church Establishment in Edinburgh, and by so doing to give an immense leverl to those who would oppose that Church, the amicable: rivalry of which with the ,Free Church of Scotland had done such an essential service to that country. Mr. GILPIN compared the discussion to the old discussion in reference to Church-rates in England, ,Ministers Money in Ireland, and by a similarity of reasoning Ministers Annuity Tax for Scotland. Re believed the pressure of the tax was felt more in Edin burgh than was Church-rates in England, or had 'Ministers' Money in Ireland. So far from this bill dis cetablishirl the Church in Scotland, he believed that that Church had already done it herself. Mr. C. BRUCE differed from the hon. member for Montrose, that the clergy of the Establishment in Scot land and its members were the only persons who opposed the bill. It eas of jected to by all those who contended -against the principle of confiscation, of wrong, and of injustice. (Hear, hear.) Sir E. CO LEBROOKE thought the bill did not pledge the house to those extreme principles t hat appeared to excite alarm iu certain quarters. The tax was most ob jectionable and injurious to the Church in its present form, and whilst he wished to afford relief to Edin burgh, he was not disposed to go into the opposite extreme, and place Edinburgh in a different *position to any other place in Scotland. In com mittee the bill could be modified. If the Govern • ment refused a reduction of the city clergy, and impose a tax more moderate in its amount and bearing on a dif ferent class of the people, he was prepared, looking at the injustice, to adopt the bill even as it new stood than continue a law so injurious and dangerous to the Church. (Hear, bear.) The LORD ADVOCATE could not assent to any bill that proposed to take away the provision for the Established Church without an adequate and 'amp le equivalent were provi d e d . The q uestion which solved into this was whether the equivalent proposed by the bill was such as was, or ought to be, satisfactory to the clergy of the Established Church, or those who maintained her rights in that house. The tax as it was now levied, all were agreed was levied in a most unfortunate manner. The present system was a most inexpedient one, and no mao would rejoice more than he would to see a measure devised that would have the effect of abolishing this obnoxious tax altogether consistent with providing an equivalent. The noble lord then entered at c )nsider able length into the origin , & c., of this tax, and the de tails of the bill, in comparison with the details of former bills. It was a bill of absolute abolition, and the funds for the maintenance of the clergy were to be supplied in this way-2,0001. from the revenue of Leith, which he thought unjust, and was objectionable to the • people of Leith. The next was the produce of . the seat rents of the City Chambers. That he thought objectionable, as well as seat • rents. Ile was favourable to an alteration of the pre sent system, and when he was in office in 1852, though not in that house, he had prepared a bill for Lord Der b y 's Government for its settlement. He would never con sen t • to such a sham and delusion as this bill was for the settlement of this vexed question. Lord DUNCAN regretted the Lord Advocate bad not pledged her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill ' upon the susjsct, after having expressed his objection to its continuance in it s p resent form. He sh o uld support - the second reading of the bill. - Mr. tIORSMAN appealed to her Majesty's Govern. ment, after the admisson of the learned Lord-Advocate in favour of the principle of the abolition of the tax, to agree to the second reading, and let the consideration of the details be discussd r eed i ts future stage. He (Kr. Horsman), though he ag the principle, had some of jection to the details. His voting for the second read ing of the bill would not commit him to an approval of its details. (Divide.) The house then divided. The number.; were — For the second reading. .................. 129 • - ' A g ainst it .. ...... . ... ............. —1 ........ 130 Majority against second reading... — The bill was consequently lost. HEIRS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was withdrawn. • REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (SCOT LAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. DUNDAS moved that the Speaker should leave the chair this day six months. (Laughter.) After sorne remarks from Mr. BUCHANAN, Tne LORD ADVOCATE suggested that the further ' progress of the bill should be postponed or taken pro forma, fur the pm pose of proposing amendments here after. Sir E. COLEBROOKE, who introducedg the bill, assented to the suggestion on the understanding that her Majesty's Government would find a day for the further consideration of the bill. Mr.' C. BRUCE urged the stage should be taken pro f lu i :. a a . nd ivi th o e x iii, G eossion taken on a future day. to the of the OMERY objected to the bill on the to the expenseptiocwe it woulA Ile did not object 8;r e s . o f the bill, but to its details. W considered delay would in real ty &feat the bill. Mr. W. Minas and Mr. BLACKBURN said time would be saved by adopting the u After some further discuusZew e suggested . r e The house divided. The numbers Fur going into committee. . , .... Against it .................................... 96 Majority ........................ 108 The amendment was then agreed . to . .......... —l2 INSURANCE AN TI D ONS ASSURANCE BILL. INSTITU- Mr. SHERIDAN moved the postponement of th e tescond reading of this bill till the 7th July. Mr. HENLEY suggested it was late at this p er i o d of the session, and should be withdrawn. It would b e - impossible this session to carry the measure, and unless • the bon member gave that promise he (Mr. Henley) should move its second reading this day six months. , After some discussion, .Mr. S. ESTCOURT moved the second reading of the bill this day six months. Mr. SHERIDAN said hie object for fixing the second This bill passed through committee. PEA CE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CHURCHES, &c., (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders were disposed of, and the botn i e adjourned at 5 minutes to 6 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—JUNE 16. EDINBURGH, &e. ANNUITY TAX BILL. Motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time :"--Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at one end of the question to add the words " upon this day six. months ;"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question :"—The house divided ; Ayes 129, Noes 130. AYES-129. Adair, 11. Fagan, W. Perry, Sir E. Adeane, H. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Philipps, R. Agnew, Sir A. Foljambe, F. Pigott, F. Anderson, Sir J. Forster, C. Pinney, Colonel A.yrton, I. Fortescue, F. Portman , W. J Bagwell, John Fox, W. J. Raynham, Viscount Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Freestan, Col. Rebow, John Baring, T. Garnett, W. Ridley, G. Biggs, J. Gibson, M. Robartes, T. Bland, L. Gilpin, Charles Roupell, W. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Gregson, S. Russell, H. Bouverie, on. P. P. Greville, Col. F. Russell, A. Brady, J. Grey, R. Salisbury, E. Brand, H. Hadfield, G. Shelley, Sir J. Bright, J. Hall, Sir B. Sheridan, R. B. Buller, J. W. Hardcsgitle, J. Smith, J. B. Butler, C. Harris, J. Smith, A. Caird, James Headlam, T. Stapleton, J. Cavendish, W. Horsman, E. Steuart, Andrew Clay, James King, L . Stuart, Lord J. Clive, G. Kinglake, A. Sullivan, Michael Codrington, General Kinglake, J. Talbot, C. Colebroke, Sir T. Kinnaird, A. Taylor, S. Corbally, M. E. Knatchbull-Hugessen Thompson, Gen. Cowan, C. Langton,H. G. Thornely, T. Cox William Laslett, W. Tite, W. Craufurd, E. H. J. Locke, John Trelawny, Sir 3. Crossley, F. Macarthy, A. Turner, J. A. Davie, Sir 11. B. F. M'Cann , J. Waldron, L. Deasy, R. MacEv o y , E. Watkins, Col. Denison, W. H. Mag uire, J. Weguelin, T. Dent, J. Marsh, M. Westhead, J. De Vere, S. Marshall, W. Whatman, J. iwyn, L. Martin, P. W hite, J. Dil Duff, L. Melgund, V i scoun t Wickham, H. W. Duncan, Viscount Mellor, John Wilcox, B. Dundas, F. Mills , T. Williams, W. D u nkellin, Lord Mitchell , Thomas Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. Monseli, W. Wise. J. Elliot, J. Mo rris, D. Wood, W. Elton, Sir A. Nap ier, Sir C. Young, A. Evans, T. W. N i c ol, D. TELLERS. B a xter, W. E. Ewart,",W, O'Brien , P. Black, Adam Ewing, H. Ogilvy , Sir J. NOES-130. Naas, Lord Adams, W. Hardy , G. &kroyd, E. Henley', J. Newport, Viscount Arbuthnott, Gen. Hennike r . Lord Ossulston, Lard Colonel Bailey, Sir J. llo d g scn, W. Pakenham, Pak i ng ton, Sir J. Bernard, T. Ho lford, R. Bernard, Col. H o p e, A. Palmer, Robert Pat t e n, Col. W Barrow, W. Hop wood, John . Beecroft, G. Hornby, , W. Peel, Gen. Bentinck, G. W. P . H orsfall, T. B. Per Philipcy, J. H. Blakemore, T. H otham, Lord s. J. Powell, F. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Home, W. Botfield,B. In g estre, Viscount Ramsay, Sir A. Bridges, Sir B. Inglis, J. Rob arl Rolt ertson, P. B uc hanan, W. Jermyn,E, J. Buller, Sir J. Johnstone, 11, B. Rust, James Burghley, Lord J ohnstone, J. Hope Sclater, G. Burrell, Sir C. J olliffe, Sir W. Scott, F. Cairns:X. Joliffe, H. Scott, Major Child, Smith Jones, D. Seymer, H. Christie, Samuel. Kelly, Sir F. Sibthorp, Major Clark, J. Kerrison, Sir E. Smith, Sir F. Cole, H. A. Knight, F. Smollett, A. Corry, H. T. L. Langton, W. Spaight, J. Cross, R. Lefroy, A. Spooner, R. Disraeli, B. Lennox, Lot dH. Stanhope, J. Dobbs, W. Lisburne,: E ar l Stirling, W. Dod, J. W. Lockhart, A. E. Stewart, Sir M. Taylor, Col. Dundas, G. Lovaine , Lo rd Dutton,R. Lowther, Col. H. C. Tollemache, J. El phinstone, Sir J. Ly all, Cl, urge Trollope, Sir J. Estcourt, T. Lygon, Hon. F. Vansittart, G. Farquhar, Sir M. Lytton, Sir G. Verner, Sir W. Fergus, J. Macartney, G. Walcott, Admiral Finlay, A. Mackie, J. Warren, S. Forde, Colonel Malins , R. Whiteside, J. Whitmore, H. Forester, Col. Manners , Lord J. Forster, Sir G. March, Earl of Wyndham, General axwell, Col. Wyndham H. Galway, Viscount M Goddard, A. Miles, W. Wynne, W. Gray, Captain Miller, T. Yorke, E. Grogan, E. Miller, S. B. Hamilton, Lord C. Mills, Arthur Hamilton, G. A. Montgomery, Sir G. Blackburn, Peter Hamilton, J. H. Morgan, 0. , Hamilton, Capt. Mowbray J. R.' Bruce, C. TELLEILS. REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (SCOTLAND) Motion made, and question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " this house will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said committee, instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question :"—The house divided ; Ayes 96, Noes 108. 414"" 9:81I3N, LONDON, THURS DAY EVENIN'O, JUNE_ 17, 1858 exists in the Himalayas. " I have long thought," says General Tremenheere, "and have endeavoured to make known my opinion, that if the districts in the vicinity of Monghyr were thoroughly investi gated, and the iron, the coal, and the limestone brought within easy access of one another, the most valuable results might be obtained." Lime is wanting in India, but its place is supplied by " kunker, ' which is an impure carbonate of lime, used for building purposes. Vegetable and mine ral opulence thus present themselves, and only re quire the aid of European skill to be turned to the best account in a country where labour is cheap, and the natives apt at receiving instruc tion. We may judge of the cheapness of food by the fact that the prices of wheat at Lahore and Mooltan, as stated by General Tremenhere, were equivalent to is. 6d. and ls. 31d. per Winchester bushel of 601 b ; and it is expected that the cost will be much lower when the Punjaub canals are formed and uninterrupted traffic established down the In dus to Kurrachee.—Morning Herald. HARBOUR OF _REFUGE AT WICK. • (Prom the Morning Advertiser.) We have already called attention to the great necessitythere is for establishing a harbour of refuge at Wick, not only for the protection of the fishing trade, but also for the benefit of the vessels, British and foreign, continually passing by the Pentland Skerries, to which such a harbour would prove in valuable, while in case of a threatened descent on our northern coasts, it would be indispensable for our national defence. There would be but one opi nion as to this necessity, were it not for a project that looks very much like a job in favour of Peter head, whose rival claims are patronised by the authorities of Edinburgh, and have the benefit of more industrious and skilful tactics than fall to the share of Wick. It is of the utmost importance to the nation that the harbour of re- foga in the north should be placed where it is really wanted, and will confer the greatest amount of benefit s and we therefore again call at tention to the subject, as the question which must soon be decided, ought to be so settled as to occasion no disappointment, and no vexatious discovery of a mere job, instead of a great and useful national work. The whole question, in its present aspect, is dis cussed in a very able manner in a communication from the pen of Mr. John George Sinclair, son of Sir George Sinclair,.directed. to the Editor of the John o'Groat Journal. Mr. Sinclair deserves the thanks of his countrymen and of the nation for the pains he has taken to sift the evidence taken before the Harbours of Refuge Committee. He shows how clearly, not withstanding the bias of some of the witnesses in favour of Peterhead, the evidence points to Wick as the only proper place for the pro jected harbour of refuge. Any one who had for him self to ascertain the merits of this case would be obliged to wade through heavy blue books and bulky pamphlets, as well as to collect many impor tant facts that have not been brought forward, and c uld be obtained only by the expenditure of much time and money. We are glad to find that Mr. J. G. Sinclair has gone fully into these investigations, and reduced the whole question to moderate di mensions ; added to which, he has demonstrated the fallacy of those claims which have been ad vanced in favour of the Peterhead job. Wick re- quired such an advocate as Mr. Sinclair, as, no withstanding its unquestionable and exclusive fitness to be the spot selected, it seems, as he states, to have been supposed " that its peculiar necessities and advantages were so self-evident, that they spoke for themselves more eloquently than the ablest advocate could do." Mr. Sinclair has, in his luminous resume of the whole question, furnished us with the means of placing it in its true light ; and we hasten to do so, in the hope that the public in this part of the world will see where the truth lies, and give to it their undivided support, as we are quite satisfied that the subject is of sufficient importance to ocoupy a large share of public attention The clever tacticians who are fighting in favour of Peterhead, seeing the undeniable claims of Wick, have, wisely for themselves, proposed that a har bour should be constructed at each place. We hope that this scheme will be seen through and ex ploded. There is no necessity for two harbours of refuge on the north or eastern coast of Scotland. Mr. Sinclair, alluding to this proposal, very justly says, " I think we may make up our minds that such an opinion will not be adopted by Govern ment ; that if Peterhead is selected, it is most un likely that we shall ever obtain a sufficient grant for Wick, and at any rate not until we have ex haus'ecl in useless and, perhaps, injurious con structions the funds which we would more effec tually employ in utilising the benefits of the break water, nor until the general interests of the country and our own local.ty have suffered irreparable losses from the dangerous and unprotected charac ter of our coast." We earnestly protest, therefore, against the attempt to settle these rival claims by admitting them both. The decision must be in favour of one or other of those places, not of both, and it will be very easy to settle the matter wisely and. for the benefit of the nation, if the facts ad duced by Mr. Sinclair are properly weighed. Mr. Sinclair takes the evidence of Mr. Stephen son, the most important witness whose object is to bolster up the claims of Peterhead, in favour of which he has a sort of hereditary prejudice. This gentleman, however, has too much professional skill, and too much candour, not to admit that " the claim of Wick to the protection of the fishing boats is more urgent and important than those of Peterhead." He also admits that " the breakwater at Peterhead should be con structed concurrently with sufficient protection for the fishing interest of Caithness" in which Wick is situated), and says, " If not more than 100,0001. should be appropriated to the construction of a har bour, Mr. Stephenson admits that it should all go to Wick." Let us notice more particularly what can be said in favour of the Peterhead scheme by its most earnest supporters. It is urged that the number of vessels passing Buchanness outnumber those passing by the Pentland Skerries by about five to two • the number seen by day from the respective lighthouses being 7,763 against 3,113 ; and that, consequently, a harbour of refuge would be more frequented, and would be of more benefit there than Wick. Now, it so happens, that these statements are wanting in the element of truth and accuracy, and that Mr. Sinclair has detected the deficiency of these essential qualities. As the statement of this gentleman is of such vital importance, we deem it well to quote his own language ;—" Considering the return of the vessels when passing Buchanness by day to be fallacious, I obtained from the Light house Commissioners a statistical statement of the numbers paying tolls fur Buchanness and Noss Head respectively, and that, though even those amended statistics are not absolutely to be relied on, the proportions are materially altered in favour of Wick—the number of vessels paying for Noss Head being 5,157 against 9,975 paying for Buchan ness. whilst by comparing the tonnage, which is ob viously a safer guide, we have 713,609 tons paying for Noss Head, against 1,112,631 paying for Buchanness ; the proportion against Wick being thus reduced from 5 to 2 to about 3 to 2 ; and I may add that, whilst nearly all the tonnage attri buted to Noss Head passes close to Wick, not one in fine of the Baltic vessels which are placed to the credit of Buchanness, ever sights that point. This I have ascertained by inquiring from the leading Baltic merchants at Leith." To this correction in the statistics drawn up in favour of Peterhead, Mr. Sinclair adds other considerations, by which their assumed importance is considerably reduced. He shows that vessels pass ing Buchanness need not be compelled to sail in unpromising weather, as it would be easy to foresee the sort of weather they might have before arriving off Peterhead ; and that even when off that point, in A storm, the vessel has the advantage of an open sea or shelter, either iu the North-East or South-East bay. It is not so with a vessel in a gale off Wick, k bound for the Pentland Frith, which, to avoid a lee shore, must run out of her course to the Orkneys, or the Baltic, or backwards to Cromarty or the Forth. Mr. Sinclair ob serves that " the map will show any one that a vessel off Peterhead has nearly twice as much cir cumference of open sea as a vessel off Wick, going north, which is hemmed in on all the west as by a wall of beetling cliffs, by the Caithness coast and the Orkney Isles." Our readers who will take the trouble to glance at the map will see the correctness of this statement, and will discover that Peterhead is a pl tee where a harbour of refuge is not wanted, and that Wick, with its northern aspect and dangerous surroundings, is the spot where it is essential for the salvation of human life. As the question is now pressing for a decision, and of the most vital importance, we shall imme d ately return to Mr. Sinclair's important state ment. [ADVIATISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills, for Indigestion, and Stomach and Liver ComplAints.—Persons suffering from any derangement of the liver, stomach, or the organs of digestion, should have recourse to Holloway's Pills, as there is no - medicine that acts on these particu lar complaints with such success. Its peculiar proper ties strengthen the stomach, increase the appetite, and purify the liver. For bowel complaints it is admirable, as it removes every prirriary cause, thereby restoring the patient to the soundest health and strength. Nervous or sick headaches andlowness of spirits may be cured by taking that's laillsl+-Sold by all druggists ' and at Professor Holloway's, 2i4, Strand. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEIr. AYES-96. Agnew, Sir A. Evans, Sir De Lacy Ogilvy, Sir J. Anderson, Sir J. Evans, T. W. Philips, R. Arlon, A. Ewart , W. Pinney, Col. Bagwell, John Ewart, J. Proby, G. Baring, T. G. Ewing, Crum Puller, Christopher Baxter, W. Fergus, John Ray - nham, Viscount Biggs, John Finlay , A. Ridley, George Black, Adam Fitzroy, Henry RobarteS, T. Bland, L. H. Foljambe, Francis Russell, 11. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Forster, Charles Russell, A. Bouverie, Hon. P. Fortescue, Hon. F. Salisbury, Enoch Brand, H. B. W. Fox , W. J. Sheridan, H. B. Smollett, A. Buchanan, Walter Freestun , C olonel Buller, J. W. Grey , R. Stapleton, John Butler, C. S. Gurdon, Brampton Stuart, Lord J. Cavendish, W. Hamilton, Capt. Tal bot, C. Clay, James Mlkey, T. Taylor, S. Codrington, Sir W.C. Harris, J. D. Th o mpson, General Corbally, M. E. Hay , Lor d J ohn Thornhill, W. Cowan, C. Johnstone , Hope Trelawny, Sir J. Cox, W. K in g , Locke Turner, J. A. Craufurd, E. H. J. Knatchbull-Huguessen Villiers, C. Crossley, F. Langton , H . G. Waldron, Laurence Dalglish, R. Locke , Jo hn Watkins, Col. Denison, W. H. Macarthy, Alex. Westhead, Joshua De Vere, S. E. M'Cann, J. Whatman, J. Dodson, J. Mackie, J. White, James Duncan, Viscount Martin, C. Wilson, J. Dundas, F. Melgund, Lord Wood, W. Dunkellin, Lord Mitchell, T. A. Young, A. Ellice, E. Napier, Sir C. TELLERS. Elliott, J. E. Nicoll, D. Colebrooke, Sir E. Elton, Sir A. H. O'Brien, P. Dunlop, A. NOES-10 8 . Adams, W. H. Griffith, C. Naas, Lord Arbuthnott, Gen. H. Hamilton, Lord Claud Newdegate, C. Beard T. Hardy, G. Newport, Viscount Bern rn ard, , W. Hassard , Michael Ossulston, Lord Barrow, W. Henley, J. Pakington, Sir J. Beecroft, G. Henniker, Lord Palmer, R. Bentinck, G. Hodgson, William Peel, Gen. Blackburn, Peter Holford, R. Percy, J. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hopwood, John Philippe. J. Bridges, Sir B. Horafall, T. Ramsay, Sir A. Buller, Sir J. Uotham, Lord Richardson, J. Burghley, Lord Inglis, John Robertson, P. Burrell, Sir C Johnstone H. B. Rolt, J. Carden, Sir R. W. Jolliffe, d Sir W. Rust, James Carnac, Sir J. R. Jones, D. Seater, George Christy, Samuel Kerrison, Sir E. Scott, F. Clark, J. Knight, F. Seymer, H. Collins, T. Langton, W. G. Spaight, James Corry, H. T. L. Laslett, W. Spooner, R. Cross, R. A. Lefroy, Anthony Stanhope, J. Dobbs. W. C. Lennox, Lord H. G. Stirling, W. Du Cane, C. Liddell, H. G. Steuart, A. Duff, L. Lockhart, A. E. Stud, H. Duncombe, A. Lopes, Sir M: Taylor, Colonel Dutton, Hon, R. H. Lyall, George Tempest, Lord A. V. Egerton, Sir P. Lygon, Hon. F. TrollopeTollemache Sir J. J. Estconrt, T. M scartney, George , Farquhar, Sir M. Malins, Richard Verner, Si W. Forester, Col. M arch, Earl of Warren, S. Forster, Sir Geo. M axwell, J. Whiteside, J. Whitmore, H. French, Colonel Miles, W. Gallwey, Sir WW. M iller, Taverner Wickham, 11. Wyndham, General Galway, Viscount M iller, Stearne Gard, R. Mi lls, Arthur Yorke, E. Garnett, William Mon t g omer y , Sir G. TELLERS. Goddard, A. Morgan. 0. Dundas, G. Gray, Captain Mowbray, J. R. Bruce, Major Till 3 following letter has been addressed to a con tent? orary : Sit s —The subject of procuring seamen for her Maje ,sty's ships is again to be inquired into by a e arn/ nission appointed at the instigation of Sir C. Napi , er, and its exertions seem likely to be quick ened by the warlike preparations of the Emperor. If the alarm these excite should induce our rulers to over chaul their own conduct, anddeal more justly ' and wi . sely with seamen, its effects will be benefi cial. `_Their mods of procuring men for the navy was fo `V centuries an outrage of humanity and an opprob Them to statesmanship. From the reign of William . 111. to the close of the reign of George 111. they lab, 7rued incessantly on this subject. The num ber of act 'a . passed for the encouragement of seamen and for ril wining the navy was very great, and till 1853, we a_ to assured by the late Secretary of the Admiralty, A.l.:r. Osborne, " no satisfactory results had been pri educed." Now the Navy is more in want of men than ever, while our neighbour can summon 70,000 men into his vessels with the swiftness of di ispotism. Enlarged bounties, little pensions, and swell rewards, have all been tried have failed. The Royal Navy is about the only employment in the whole civilised world which never can get as .sufficiency of men. This is the more singular wh en, the gladsomeness of the sailor's life is considered, and the honour in which his pro fession is held. I 'here is never any want of colliers, miners, scavengers, &c. ; and that our adventurous maritime populati• on do not willingly enter the navy is one of the most extraordinary facts in the history of society. Officers are plentiful, marines abundant ; a want of men in any other employ ment where funds exist to pay them is unknown ; andlfor this singular - want of seamen by the Navy, both in peace and in war, there must be some cogent reason equally singular. Our statesmen and our admirals have not found it out, or will not acknowledge it, and we can scarcely expect that much light will be thrown on the subject by their 1 new Commission. In fact, the source of the evil is in the minds of our statesmen. It has no root iu the popular mind, or in the great law of population in relation to em ployment. Thoroughly ignorant of that, as was proved by their having given bounties on the pro duction of people, and unable, as aristocratic civi lians, to comprehend the possibility of enterprising youth loving the adventures of a sea life, they acted on their own fear, and rashly resolved to seize the seamen, as in olden time they had seized ships , and compel them to serve in the navy ; or the state con tinued the old practice of stealingthe seamen after it had learned to respect the property of shipowners ; it continued to expose the seamen to unrighteous slavery, and the usual consequences followed. For the country they have been most disastrous. True, it has been well defended, the navy has gained great victories, but at an enormous cost. While every other employment has been abundantly supplied with hands, without trouble or expense, never from the reign of William 111. till the close of the French war were seamen obtained without press-gangs and guardsbips, tenders, numerous officers, soldiers, and all the apparatus of a great system of coercion, the total cost of which would have hired twice the number of willing men. Always did this system invest each man-of-war with the characteristics of a gaol, and the whole naval service with the attributes of felony. It was in consequence abhorred. When the press was at the hottest, and men were most united, the seamen left their ships and fled into the coun try, or fled with their ships to Holland, or fled in crowds to the United States, and thus that costly system actually drove the best men out of the country when they were most wanted. It reached the climax of expense and mischief when to recover our seamen it led to a war with the United States, which tarnished the flag and lowered for years the naval character of England. It was not (said the New York Tribune of the 29th ult.) against the right of British ships of war " to search and detain the merchant vessels of other nations," as the Union alleges, that the war of 1812 was undertaken. That right, for certain purposes, and to a certain extent, was fully admitted. It was against the right to deprive American merchant ships of a portion of their crews, and that too at the risk of the frequent subjection of American born citizens to a life of slavery in the British navy, that the war of 1812 was persisted in ; and it was in the character, and in the character alone, of a war on behalf of sailors' rights as against British press-gangs, that it took such a hold on the hearts of the people. The whole cost of that war, in money and repu tation, as was remarked in the Edinburgh Review of October, 1824, when the matter was fresh in memory, was the consequence of our system of impressment. If the country were defended by impressment, it was at an enormous sacrifice. But there is abundant reason for saying that impress ment, instead of contributing to its defence, only blighted, while it lasted, the natural energies of the people. The real basis of our naval superiority is the natural character of our seamen. They are at once the most daring and the most numerous mari time population of any civilised state of the world. For upwards of forty years imprewment has been suspended, but it has never been formally abro gated, and the Admiralty; clinging to it still, hold up forced service in the navy in terrorem to the seamen. If the tyranny, too, be dead, its exhala tions still polute the atmosphere. The system of cruel coercion which grew from it, constituting dis cipline, still prevails in our ships. They still carry soldiers and unnecessary officers to keep the sailors submissive. If these be heroes they are gaolers, and the imprisoned slaves cannot be allowed to share the higher honours of the profession. These are monopolised by the Greys, the Russells, the Elliotts, and the Percys. It was justly deemed a grievous evil that the aristocracy could by purchase monopolise all the high places of the army, but without purchase they monopolise them in the navy, now little better than an appanage to the scions of some noble houses. The seamen, as Mr. Osborne stated, could never hope to reach higher offices than those of warrant officers. In civil life every post in the law, in the church, and in commerce, is open to talent, but till 1853 the high places of the navy were reserved for a Brahmin caste. By accident a cook might reach the wardroom or the captain's cabin, but as a rule the men never have a hope or a chance of passin g into the rank of commissioned officers. In 1853, indeed, it pleased the Admiralty to submit for her Majesty's approval that warrant officers, "for ex emplary conduct and acts of gallantry and daring," might be " eligible to hold commissions in her Ma jesty's fleet," and might "receive 1001. as an out fit." In what spirit the niggardly proposition has been carried out is not apparent, and the classes continue t) be distinct. As a consequence, too, of impressment, the detestable cat-o'-nine-tails, the spawn of ancient barbarity, is still the prevailing instrument of discipline. In 1853, according to the parliamentary return, No. 48, session 1857, 24,959 lashes; in 1854, 35,479 lashes; and in 1855, 42,154 lashes, were scored on the flesh of her Majesty's gallant seamen. To the general public, these dis gusting punishments—partly inflicted for insubor dination, insolence, quarrelling, skulking, and other trifling offences against discipline—are un known ; but amongst the sea-going population they are continual topics of talk, and keep alive in their hearts the great hatred and detestation of the naval service which have descended to them from the time of impressment. When such degrading and cruel punishments are banished from our gaols, to retain them as the means of discipline in the navy is to make the service more odious and degrading than crime. To have the navy readily and freely supplied with seamen it must be implanted in the affection of the people. There must be a moral reform at head-quarters, and all the consequences of impress ment must as soon as possible be swept away. Ministers must place a little trust in human na ture, and believe that it is possible for men readily, and even patriotically, to enter on board her Majesty's ships on a emergency. They must, from that belief, frame a system of discipline con sistent with the usages of civil life, and impose neither restraints nor privations on the men not indispensable for the public welfare. Martinetiem or irksome discipline, for the gratification of in dividuals, must not be tolerated. All situations must be avowedly open to merit, and officers and men must be treated as one and the same class. Corporeal punishment must be indignantly de nounced, and for ever abolished ; soldiers employed I d B a 2 s c was T h p e ro a p t o t s r e i only as sentinels a n d guar d s ove r seamen should p bu a r rt o pr Review l p in an be removed from our ships, as Sir C. Napier in b d ut ili s the of a gaol must be for ever swept from a man of war, and the naval service must never again ba degraded into felonry. Wages must be made to conform to circumstances and exigencies. The rate that might be sufficient before the cered orn laws were r epealed, and g was discov in Cali fornia, will not &lace now. In short, if the navy is to be recruited from society it must keep pace with society. So it will become beloved by the people ; men will make interest to obtain a berth on board ship as they do to be made a tide waiter or a guager, and the only punishment ne cessary to maintain discipline will be dismissal from the service.--I am, &c., A RETIRED COMMANDIA. (From the Report of the Registrar General.) The population of London now appears to be in a very healthy condition. In a metropolis which in a few years more will be able to count its third million of inhabitants, the deaths in a week do not often fall below a thousand ; for a reduction of the weekly deaths below this point occurred only nine times in 1857, though the total mortality of that year was less than the average. At this season of the year the mortality has been observed to be least ; and last week, ending June 12, the deaths, which had been about 1,100, fell to 963. In the 10 years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the week corresponding with last week was 982, but as the present return is for a population which has annually increased, for the purpose of compari son the average should be raised in proportion to this increase, and it will then appear that the deaths of last week were less by 117 than would have occurred under the average rate of mortality for the early part of June. The births of last week exceeded the deaths in the same period by 663. Last week the births of 854 boys and 772 girls, in all 1,626 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,507. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.846 in. The highest barometrical reading was 30.04 in. on Sunday (the 6th), which decreased to 29.71 in. on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the week was 63.8 degs., which is 6.2 degs. above the average of the s ame week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). Wednesday was the warmest day, and on it the thermometer in the sun rose to 105 y deg., and that in the shade to 82.9 deg.; the lowest point was 55.6 deg. and the mean temperature 68.5 deg., which is 11 deg. above the average. The lowest temperature of the week was 49.1 deg. on Tuesday, and the entire range was therefore 33.8 deg. The mean daily range was 24.5 deg. The differ ence between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 8.1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 74, complete saturation being 100. The mean degree of temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.8 deg. The direction of the wind, which was north-east on the first two days, was afterwards generally south-west. No rain fell, except a few drops on the evening of Tuesday, when there was a thunder-storm of short duration. RICHES OF INDIA. The first report of the select committee appointed to examine witnesses on the policyof colonising por tions of British India with Englishmen who would make that country their permanent home is now in the hands of the public, and it contains much va luable information. Till the Company's charter was renewed in 1813 no Englishman could reside in India without a passport. In that year the exclud ing enactment was repealed ; but the power of hold ing land was not conceded till 1837, when the In dian Government passed a law to that effect, in conformity with the 86th clause of the parliamen tary act of 1833, which deprived the company of its trading privileges. Mr. Theobald, barrister, who was examined before the colonisation committee, stated that even to this day some legal doubts are entertained on the subject, which arise from a con struction put upon that chapter in the Indian penal code which is entitled, "On illegal entrance into the territories of the E ist India Company," pro viding penalties for such illegal entrance. The authors of the penal code were also the authors of the Indian Act of 1837, and, unless it be presumed that they have contradicted themselves wilfully or ignorantly, they must have been of opinion that the act of 1837 did not repeal the prohibition, and hence doubts have arisen. We have alluded to these facts because, to a certain extent, they ac count for the small number of Englishmen who have permanently located themselves in India. The class of persons who ought to emigrate to our Eastern empire are very different from those who emigrate to Australia, New Zealand, or Canada. These three countries, scantily populated, require labouring men of all trades, but in India they would be superfluous ; nor, indeed, could they work out of doors in the plains, on account of the heat of the climate. The emigrant to India should be a capital ist, having a knowledge of European arts, and capa ble of directing native labour, so as to derive the largest result from the least expenditure. Thus a new field is open to a new class, who struggle in vain at home against the severity of competition, but who may easily enrich themselves in India, either by agricultural or mineral pursuits. Hitherto English settlers have confined themselves to the manufacture of sugar and indigo ; but India is rich in vegetable productions, such as wheat and other cereals, cotton, opium, hemp, flax, tea, and timber. In the culture of cotton the value of Eu ropean supervision is strikingly illustrated by a statement made by Mr. Turner, who declared that his house lost 7,0001. a-year by the dirt and refuse with which the cotton is mixed, which would have been sav•d. had Europeans been living on the spot, by whom its picking, cleansing, packing, and trans mission to Liverpool would have been superin tended. The culture of the sugar-cane also would be very much improved if Europeans directed the process, as the natives conduct it in a very unsci entific manner, and it is desirable to introduce the West Indian method. Indigo, transferred from the West to the E ist Indies, has been so improved in quality by English management, that it now readily commands the best price in the markets of the world. General Tremenheere gives an in teresting account of the operations at the Poosah Stud Farm, on the Ganges, under the supervision of Colonel Apperley, where, by improved agricul ture, more than 700,000 bushels of fodder were produced, the yield, under careless management, having been only 458,281 bushels. Carrots were grown at this place fourteen inches long, and weighing four pounds each, the cost of which, when led off, was only ls. per ton. The natives pay little or no attention to manure. In many plac' s they burn it for fuel, and in the neighbour hood of villages heaps of scattered bones remain untouched, which Europeans would convert into bone-dust and mix with the soil. Gen. Tremen heere remarks as a curious fact, which does not appear to have attracted much attention, that " the surface of the land in India is very often covered by a saline efflorescence which is impure carbonate of soda. I believe that to this moment no one knows the correct chemical properties of this substance, or what might be made of it ; but I have no doubt that if it were mixed with the carcasses of animals it would produce nitrate of soda, which is very ex cellent manure, for the nitrogen given off by the decaying substance would combine with the soda in this saline substance. I have no doubt that through the prevalence of this substance lands which have been rendered sterile might be turned into fertile tracts." This would be an operation suited to British skill, as well as the construction of works of irri gation. Mr. Hooke-, who visited India its a bstanist in 1848, and who gave evidence before the committee, stated that there were very great capabilities for extending the cultivation of tea along the Himalaya mountains and indeed the whole distanc e from Assam to the ' Indu4, about 1,300 miles, following the course of the Himalaya. Tea succeeds excellently in Sikkim, and is a vary favourite beverage iu India, and Mr. Hooker thinks there would be no "limit to the cultivation and consumption of tea in Asia, both in Central Asia and India." He further con siders that Da , jeeling, in the Himalayan range, elevated to some 7;900 to 8,000 feet above the sea, is an eligible posit:on from which British enterp rise might establish trade with Central Asia. We have there a sanitarium for invalids, and the climate is excellent. Sikkim is the shortest mountain pas sage across the Himalaya int 3 Tibet, and is the direct route from Calcutta to Lassa, the capital of Eastern Tibet. That the hill tribes would gladly trade with es is proved by the fact that when Dr. Campbell established a fair about thirty miles from Darjeeling, it was very much frequented by the natives. Ponies, silk, and woollen cloths, musk, amber, bead., and salt, ware brought from the hills and exchanged for the products of the plains. In Tibet gold abounds, and Mr. Hooker says, " according to report, it must be another California." Mr. Turner, who was sent into the country by Warren Hastings in 1783, to open up trade between Calcutta and Tibet, stated that it was produced in great abundance in the al luvial soil of Tibet, and that the quantity was so grew-, that during a severe frost, when the g round opens,. the value of gold, fro:n so simple a cause very much decl fled—from 21 to 9—because it was e isily obtained. Strange to say, sections of tea made up in the form of bricks are used as currency in parts of Central Asia. These bricks are also cut into por ions, and those portions represent the cir • culatiug medium. Woollen manufactures would find a ready market among the Tibetans, and even in 1775, ai it appears from the report of Mr. Bogle to the Government of India, the trade must have been considerable in broadcloth. In these hills, may an find b t h u e:3 i n , etsnsany employmentedtica t educated y i o n u n g men Englandvi.ho cannot realise independence. India is alsorich in min eral wealth especially coal a nd iron, copper and tin. T he coal beds of Burd wan a nd the N erbudda are excellent in q ualit y and mo st extensive in range. Iron is abundant in the Hima layas and the Tennasserim provinces, and also in the Kumaon and Gwalior territory. There are large deposits of tin throughout Tennasserim, and copper THE SCINDE RAILWAY. KIIRRACHEE, APRIL 29, 1858. The ceremony for the commencement of the Scinde Railway took place on Thursday evening. Shortly before 5 o'clock a large party of gentlemen were assembled at the engineer's office, whore the plans, drawings, &c., were displayed for inspection. A little after five o'clock the whole party, headed by Mr. Fre, commissioner, moved off in procession, preceded by the railway flag, bearing the device of a locomotive. On the ground, a party of her Ma jtpfle ph we y l e' arch,sr s,sal and t dw lt h i e e g h r i m leaves,we a n ki t f t f ge o ar r i I m y e d d e a e o s r t a r e t e e d t to with a t ri ti t a - t g m s -, passing through the arch, Mr. Frere alighted from his carriage, and, accom panied by the agent to the Scind e Railway: and the chief resident engineer, preceded by the Rev. Mr. Carr and the Rev. Mr. Coates, and followed by the whole assembly, went to the spot where the sod was to be turned, when a short service was performed by the chaplains, after which Mr. Warren, the agent, addressed Mr. Frere, and requested himto commence , the Scinde Railway, to which Mr. Frere replied in an appropriate speech. He then pulled off his coat, toDk up the spade, and, working with a right good will, filled the b arro w, twh w he te wn e h l t e oh d lee i b t ear o no f i dw t ds o t ri a iniic s nk ti e o lai r pt in d t i h s ae t:anticoenaanl dein anthem,pti e emptied andit, loud and long continued cheer ; immediately the guns n e booedood . T l m u d e forth h a en seeroyalse at a 1 ut e s , easneddtahie Point ceremony was was opposite triumphal archte which h w i e a h s s a t r ii it e in o g f . tla L g e s a o d f in v g ari were to be seen carri fo a r g : e sm s c , nd marked out trians ; in the centre of the grou equestrians, and pedes oltohuers; r w s e e r h e e e r o . w s T of he chairs assembled fill e d crowdwith f t o h r e o n eg beauty ood o s f q K u aurre mile was a sea of heads, in which could be distin guished the soldier, the civilian, the high-turbaned Parsee, the Hindoo, the Affghan, the Belooch, the Scindee—in fact, all castes and classes ; vehicles of every description, and horses, from the high-bred Arab to the humble tat. Everything passed off very quietly, and all parties returned home highly delighted at the interesting scene they had wit nessed for the first time in Scmde. At seven o'clock about sixty gentlemen sat down to a splendid ban quet, May 1. provided at the 14th mess-house. —Scindian, Livxmioor., Jane 16.—The screw steamer Anglo. Saxon sailed hence to-day for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian maila,.a small cargo, and 130 steer. age and 100 cabin passengers. POLICE IN . T.—June 16. MANSION-HOUSE.—The court was crowded with fish salesmen, and others connected with Billingsgate-market, in consequence of a large number of summonses for breaches of the market regulations being then returnable. They were supported by Mr. Pearson, City Solicitor, while Mr. Tindal Atkinson appeared for he principal defendants. The first case called on was that of Mr. Thomas Baxter, in opening which Mr. Pearson said the defendant was summoned for a breach of the third bye-law of the market, by which any person who placed any basket, tub, or parcel of fish in any other part of the market than that marked out by the clerk of the market for that purpose, should be liable to a penalty of 501. The defendant, who held four stands out of sixteen in the lower or shell-fish market, had so offended on several occasions, and, as it was found neces sary to enforce the regulations, the present pro ceedings were instituted against him and others. Mr. Gearing, clerk and inspector of the market, was then called, and deposed that there was an understood limit, beyond which the defendant had no right to place any goods, but he admitted that " no limits" were marked out, as the bye-law required, in the lower market. Mr. Pearson said that, under the circumstances, he could not support his case. The summons was, therefore, taken as with drawn, and Mr. Atkinson suggested that, as there had been a good deal of uncertainty on the matter in the minds of the salesmen, the same course should be taken with regard to the other summonses of a similar character. Mr. Pearson, after conferring with the Chair man of the Markets Committee, who was in court, said he was quite willing to adopt that course, upon receiving a satisfactory assurance from Mr. Atkin son that his clients, for the future, would respect the regulations of the market. Mr. Atkinson attended there principally for Mr. Poland, who might almost be said to have been cradled in Billingsgate-market, since he was first carried there in a basket by his mother—(laughter) —and had risen to his present position by industry and integrity in his dealing. That gentleman com plained that he was brought into that Court upon a charge of which he was quite innocent, —namely, of exposing for sale fish unfit for food ; but be and 1 the other salesmen were most anxious that good order and harmony should prevail in the market for the future—that the regulations should be carried out in a conciliatory spirit ; and he (Mr. Atkinson) suggested that, as a peace-offering upon the part of the authorities, all further proceedings should be suspended for the present. Mr. Pearson said he was assured by the clerk of the market that he entertained no hostile spirit towards the clients of his learned friend ; and the Chairman of the Markets Committee accepting the declaration just made, as to the desire of the de fendants to respect the regulations for the future, was willing to abandon all further proceedings ; and he (Mr. Pearson) hoped that for the future, Billingsgate-market would be a pattern of good temper, good order, and general content. A loud burst of cheers, which could not be sup pressed, followed this announcement, and the sales men then rushed out in a body. Two master lightermen named James Smith and Thomas Riley, waited upon the Lord Mayor to call his attention to the present state of the docks and the river, the effluvia arising from which was often so overpowering as to prevent them from following their occupation, and sometimes seriously to injure their health. They said the state of the river was well known generally, as it had already been made the subject of comment in that curt and other places, but it did not appear to be so generally known that the docks were in a state as bad, and they thought much worse, than that of the river. In support of their statement they produced three bottles filled with water from the London Docks, the St. Katherine's Docks, and the River Thames respectively, and upon the corks being removed it was found that, while the contents of all three of the bottles smelt most vilely, the water procured from this river (if possible) was somewhat less noxious than that from either dock—a fact that may probably be accounted for by the comparatively stagnant condition of the docks and the everlasting motion of the river, which tends in some degree to throw off its noxious properties. The applicants also stated that a man, who fell into the London Docks a few days ago, was found to be quite dead, although be had only been under water two minutes, and had received no bodily injury, having been actually poisoned by the deadly properties of the water. The Lord Mayor said he was afraid some terrible pestilence would arise during the present hot wea ther, unless something were done to cure the evils complained of ; but he could only advise the ap• plicants to take their bottles, and make their re presentations to the Board of Conservancy. The applicants, who promised to do so, then ,hanked his lordship and withdraw. SOUTR WA.RK. —UNWHOLESOME Wellman, the sanatory inspeotor of St. George's, Southwark, entered the court with about 301 b. of beef in a filthy state, which he had seized from a shop iu Kent-street, where it was being manufac tured into savoury saveloys for the million. Re informed his worship that he saw it in the shop about being cut up and mixed by the shopkeeper for saveloys, and finding that it stunk and was un fit for human food, he seized it, and brought it for his worship to order it to be condemned under the Nuisance Removal Act. Mr. Combo having examined the inspector on oath, condemned the meat, and ordered it to be destroyed. He also, at the request of Mr. Well man, granted a summons against the shopkeeper, who, on conviction, will be liable to a penalty of 101. and costs. GREENWICH. —EIIIPLOYNENT OF POLICE IN PLAIN CLOTHES.—Mr. Josiah Andrews, landlord of the Rising Sun Tavern, Rushey-green, Lewis ham, appeared to a summons, at the instance of the police, charging him with having his house open for the sale of liquors before one o'clock on Sunday, the 6th inst. Mr. Hobler attended for the defendant, Police-constable - George Nunn, 374 R, deposed that he was employed by his inspector to watch defendant's house on the morning of Sunday week. Witness arrived there about half-past nine, and haxing walked about for an hour, went with four or five men into the defendant's house. They had some beer, and on witness being asked by the men to stand treat, he did so, and received ld. change from 6d. for a pot of half-and-half. Wit ness then called the defendant's wife and asked her if she was the landlady, and on her telling him she was, he told her that he was a police constable, and that she was doing wrong, to which she replied that she was sorry for it. In cross-examination by Mr. Hobler, the con stable stated that he did not know any of the men whom he followed into the house. B e was not aware they were haymakers, and that they had walked a considerable distance, one of them as far off as Faversham. Had himself walked, on the morning in question, from Keaton to de fendant's house, a distance of six or seven miles. Did not wear his uniform at the time, but was in plain clothes. He did not see the defendant at the time. _ _ _ Mr. Hobler said the answer of the defendant to the charge was, that the men in question were haymakers, who were in the habit of coming from year to year into the neighbourhood, from long distances, and lodging at the defendant's house during the season. They had SD arrived on the morning in question, and were, tog ther with the constable, simply treated as travellers. The de fendant's house had always been well conducted, and under the circumstances stated he hoped his worship would not consider him guilty of the offence with which he was charged. The defendant here said that ho had kept the house for a period of 25 years, and had never be fore been complained against. Mr. Inspector Wilson confirmed the defendant in this statement. The defendant said the constable was found in the kitchen of his house a quarter of au hour after the others had left. Mr. Holder remarked that two of the haymakers had promised to attend as witnesses, but he sup posed that the nature of their work would not ad mit of their being present. Mr. Seeker said he would give the defendant the benefit of his having conducted his house for so long a period without complaint, but that ho had been guay of a breach of the law, and for which he would pay a penalty of 205., and 2s. costs. The money having been paid, Mr. Hobltr, on leaving the court, turned to the constable giving evidence in the case, and, in a sup pressed tone of voice, said he considered his con duct very reprehensible, on wlii Mr, Seeker expr esse d a wish that whatever con versation or remarks he (Mr. Hobler) might have to make to officers, should be done in some other place than within his (the magistrate's) hearing. Mr. Hobler replie.l, that he had no intention that his remarks should reach his worship's ears. He had simply told the constable that he consi dered his conduct exceedingly reprehensible in going into the defendant's house as he had done. Ha repeated that he still coniidere,i the constable's conduct in such light—OP'ng in plain clothes—hav ing, by his own statement, walked a long distance, and apparently being considered, with the other men, as travellers. It was a very difficult thing to get working-men to attend as witnesses, they not being in a position to lose their time, and not always able to obtain leave of absence from their work. Mr. Seeker having reiterated his previous re marks, and said that, in his opinion, the consta ble's conduct had been perfectly correct, The whole of the parties then left the court. THE WFIITTINGTON CLUB. The provisional committee having at length ar ranged for the the immediate completion of the new buildings of the Whittington Club and Metro politan Athenaeum, Arundel-street, Strand, a meeting of the friends and supporters was held.last evening in one of the spacious rooms of the new club house, " for the purpose of inspecting the building, and to decide upon the time and mode of re-opening. „ Some time before 8 o'clock a large and influen tial party assembled at the club and went over the various departments. Great surprise was expressed at the forward state to which the building had been advanced, and the style in which the various de tails had been carried out elicited much praise. We might mention, however, that the building is far from being completed. At about half-past 8 o'clock Mr. Ald. Mecbi took the chair, and after some preliminary business the worthy alderman said that, from what he had seen in their countenances as they had passed through the various rooms, they were gratified at the change which had come over the Whittington Club during the past three and and a half or four years. When the fire took place the club was in good condition ; that was, they had 1,000 subscribers, and were paying their expenses. He need not tell them there bad been some difficulties with their landlord but they had been surmounted, and he believed the club would now be more sound and useful than ever. As to the future, he had to in form them that another 1,5001. was required, not to be given to the club, but to be invested, and if they found they could not get 1,000 members at two guineas a year, they had better at once let it at a profit rent. He then dwelt at some length on the merits of the institution, contending that it bad always been conducted in that spirit which met the great social want. In conclusion he paid a high compliment to the committee for their exertions, and wished the institution God speed, promising all his support to the club, but at the same time he warned them that they must do their utmost to maintain the club. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LAWSON in moving the first resolution, went at some length into the history of the club and the various matters of detail in reference to the delay which took place in the rebuilding the club after the fire. They had, however, now got a handsome and useful building, hut still some 1,5001. was re quired to put some furniture in it. He trusted what the committee had done was satisfactory, and appealed to his hearers to support them now in placing the club amongst the first institutions of the day. In conclusion he moved the following resolution :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the Whittington Club and the Metropolitan Atha' mom is worthy the cordial support of the public; and having heard the statements made on behalf of the provisional committee, declares its belief that the opening of the new club house will be attended with much success, and accordingly that energetic endeavours should be made by all persona inte rested in the well-being of the middle classes to carry into effect the objects of the institution which are so well calculated to confer permanent benefit on society." Mr. SHAEN seconded the motion, and congratu lated those present on meeting once more within the walls of their own club, and expressing his pleasure at seeing so many old faces present. The motion having been supported by Mr. Galt, Mr. Morris, and others, and carried with exchange t ion,r. HANNAN then proposed the next resolution , and in doing so explained the plan of the Building Fund and Furnishing Association for completing the building, decoration, and furnishing the pre mises, being that of issuing shares of 1/. each at 5 per cent. interest, with other privileges. The re' solution was as follows :—" That this meeting, 8 1 3 ; proves of the plan adopted by the Building Fu n°. Association for raising the amount necessary complete the furnishing of the club house, an pledges itself to raise immediately the sum still re' quired for that purpose." The motion, having been seconded by Mr. Pea' cock, and spoken to, was carried unanimously. Thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings Coumtry/Ylarxets. EDINBURGH .HAY - AND STRAW IiAREET • - ;,JUi 15. Supplies of o.ll;kiiids theselavy - six days large. Oat straw, frona Zw 6d to - lls Od per kemple of 16 stone: tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 103 Od ; barley do., 8s 0.1 to 91 6d. Hay from 10d to 13d. • EDINBURGH MEAL—JUNE 15. There were in the' market today 12 sacks oatmeal, osob weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 40s Od. and —O. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JUJU 14. f There were in the market to-dsy 9 bags of oatmeal, 0 o barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third; 0( e i m p eria l Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od — s Od "-.3 Peasemeal, per ditto Oa Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —g 0 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a 01 s 01 —0 DUBLIN—JUNE 15. Whits wheat, 26s 61 to 28s Gd ; red ditto, 24s 01 t o ga 01; ditto new, a Od ; barley, malting, 13s to 17s 01; ing, —s to —s ; oak.s, old, 15s to 16s Od; ditto, nog , to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s Gd to 16s 6d; here, new, —s to ,4 0 Od ; rapese , d, —s Od to a Od per brl ; bakers' flour, Od. to 18s Gd per cwt ; Indian corn, 35s 01 to 37s 61 1 3 °` 4 , 30 lbs. I.I.—JUNE 16. the close of the market Wallsend, &c. s 4, 14 Jamison Whitworth l4 6 Hengh Hall l4 9 Hetton •lb 16 0 Lambton South Kelloe 14 Hunwiek 14 Riddell Powell's Duffryn Steam 20 ; Shineliffe 14 6 Pees lb 6 South Hettou Russell's Hetton lb 16 Roswell 86 . ; sold, 66. COAL MAR Prices of Coals per ton Buddle W. Hartley l4 Bell's Primrose ll Howard's West Hartley Netherton 14 f; nolold Moor l2 3 Morpeth West Hartley 14 3' Bebeido W. Hartley l4 ti' Wallsend, &c. Frarnwellgate l4 Hraddyll l5 Jaen Edon Acorn Close l4 Eden Main l5 t I Ships at market [ADVERTISEMENT.I—The greatest happiness of a journalp is to introduce to his readers some new discovery calelll9',.ol to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures vlt], has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. 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