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'se other leceased vidence I's shoes lid they vere not when uce the her by igliter, eat, and TO sup )n, and 7rencioe ;8 to 299 le to 34s s to 28s 8 to 48s s to -.3 ?ply of Bar- Itered. .3 with- to 24s to —6 to 443 derath. to 34s to 445 to 445 show !ro tho sugar hhds doing AT a GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS, alarch held at the Bank of England, on Thursday, the 17th , 1859, Reoolved,—That the thanks of this court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and ''ourt of Directors of the this of England, for their able management of the affairs of 'Ws Corporation during the last half-year. Ordered,—That the said resolution be advertised in all the daily morning and evening papers. JAMESSTEWART, Deputy-Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. 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Amongst the weavers of Spitalfields and elsewhere were many excellent field naturalists, and theywere famous for the wayin which they taught bullfinches. (Hear, hear.) ' Sir. J. V. SHELLEY thought it desirable that the com mittee should be appointed. After what had occurred about the National Gallery; it was quite essential that an inquiry should take place. A memorial against .the separation of the collections in the Museum had been signed by all the leading men of science in the country, who said that the removal of any of the collections from their present central position would be viewed with great disfavour by the pub lic generally. (H ear , hear.) Mr. M. MILNES said that the suggestion of Lord Elcho would shelve the committee altogether. The com mittee ought rather to guide the trustees than be guided by them. The alteration would involve a large expen diture of money ; and it was the province of a committee of that house to show how it could be done most economically. The subject was by no means exhausted ; the previous com mittees and commissions had all evaded the questions of arran g ement and subdivision. He thought that the com mittee would be of much service, and he hoped that its con 'elusions would not be regarded with any of that suspicion or distrust which had been expressed on some former occa sions with regard• to the interference of the most distin guished persons in the country. (Hear. One object well worthy of the committee's attention was the remuneration of the officers of the 11 , Piseum, most of whom were paid far too low: (Hear. hear.) , _ _ __.•) , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he still retained the opinion which he had expressed last year —that the consideration of this question by the house ought not to be much longer delayed. He thought the house and the Government were in possession of all the information , necessary to guide their decision. He did not see how we could sustain the character of the Museum as a first-class institution, which it now possessed, unless we adopted some means for improving its organisation. He thought that the labours of committees and commissions, and the informa tion thence resulting, quite insufficient to guide the Govern ment in the task of reorganisation ; and with those views, which he retained, he had certainly expressed the opinion that further inquiry was unnecessary, assuming that it would be the duty of Government to recommend to Parlia ment some means by which the evils complained of might be remedied. But unfortunately it had not been in the power of Government to make such a proposition. The pressure of business had prevented their dealing with the subject, which they had certainly intended to do ; and he had now to consider whether, being unable to realise the expectations which he had held out to the house, he ought to oppose the inquiry which the hoe! gentleman proposed, and which was generally approved. The object of that inquiry was not really to obtain informatior. A committee was very useful in reconciling conflicting opinions, and in bringing the public mind to a solution of questions of this nature. A committee of this kind could do no harm, and might do good. If he found the committee interfering with other bearings of the question, he should say, as he said before, that the house had information enough to allow them to proceed to a solution of this long-controverted question. But the Government was not in a position at that moment to hold out to the house anyfair expectation of dealing with the question this session; and he could not understand why a committee of the house could in any way form an obstacle to the Government in dealing with the question. (Hear, hear.) If the Government was prepared to deal with the question, he should certainly intimate to the committee with very great respect that the Government did not wish them to prolong their labours to too great an extent. (A laugh.) But he saw no hope of the Government being able to deal with the question this session. They hadattempted to deal with the question of the National Gallery, and had brought it to a satisfactory arrangement. Under the cir cumstances an inquiry by a committee of that house might be of benefit ; if it did not bring any fresh information, any new results to those who had given great attention to the subject, it might still have a tendency to prepare the public mind for that change which he considered inevitable ; and with that view he consented to the appointment of the committee. (Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not at all disposed to blame the decision at which the right hon. gentleman had arrived; Perhaps it was rather hasty in him to say last year that the Government would have no more com mittees or commissions, but would decide the question themselves. Perhaps the question had not yet been thoroughly discussed - . He could not concur in the opinion that the trustees of the Museum must be personss of all others the least qualified to give an opinion ; on the contrary, if they attended to their duties at all, they ought to be able to give an opinion of some weight. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the government of the Museum no one could doubt that the Museum having been formed from the bequests of certain families, the representatives of those families ought to be members of the governing body. Amongst these persons were the Earl Of Derby and the Earl of Cawdor, and it would not be right to displace them from the position they occupied. He thought the hon. gentleman had brought the motion forward too much in the spirit of agitation. The Government must ultimately de cide the question, but as far as the trustees were concerned they had no objection to the motion. Sir C. LEWIS recommended the hon. gentleman to change the terms of his motion. Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT did not understand his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ex press any abstract opinion as to whether it weuld be desir able to keep the collections together or to separate them, but that as the present building was clearly insufficient for present, and still more for future, wants, they would be driven by necessity to separate the collections. A com mittee. was desirable, because it would bring the opinions on the subject into a focus in the shape of a report. After a few words from Mr. AYRTON and Mr. COWPER, Mr. GREGORY withdrew his motion, with the view to proposing it to-morrow in different language. REGIMEN I'AL QUARTERMASTERS. Sir A. ELTON rose to move that .the house should to morrow resolve itself into a committee to consider the fol lowing subject : That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that the benefits conferred by the royal warrant on the 7th day of December, 1855, upon regimental quartermasters retiring subsequent to the date of the de claration of war with Russia, may be extended to those regimental quartermasters who completed the period of ser vice specified in the warrant, but had retired previous to I that date. Colonel NORTH seconded the motion. General PEEL said that if he were to consult his own inclination only, he should gladly accede to the motion of the hon. baronet and the wishes of those who bore testi mony to the services of this deserving body of officers. The hon. baronet made an application to him in October last upon this subject; but he fonnd upon inquiry that a similar application had been made twice before to his prede cessor, and he was obliged to come to the conclusion that it was impossible to accede to it. If, however, it was the wish of the house to grant this motion, nothing would give him greater pleasure than to carry it but ; but he must at the same time repeat that he felt it to be his duty to point out what the effect of it would be. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON agreed fully with what the gal lant general had said ; because only see the inconvenience that would arise from the government establishing a prece dent of this kind. (Hear, hear.) It might happen that they would hereafter think it right to increase prospectively the half-pay of certain officers in the army ; but if the con sequence of that step was to be seen in proposals of this nature no government would ever sanction such an increase. (Hear, hear.) In the same way Government might think it right to increase prospectively the pensions given to sol diers who might' be wounded or disabled in the service ; but if that increase was afterwards to be extended to all pen sioners without distinction it would be quite impossible for them to go to such an expense. (Hear, hear.) He re gretted that these deserving men should have beendeprived of any benefit to which they might have been entitled, but still he must say, after what had fallen from the right hon. gentleman opposite, it would not be advisable to depart from the general practice of the Government in these cases. Sir A. ELTON, bowing to this decision, was willing to withdraw his motion, but surely if the Government could not consent to give the increased pay to these gallant men they could, without any inconvenience, confer upon them the rank of captains. (Hear.) The motion was then withdrawn. HOUSEHOLD TROOPS. Sir J. TRELAWNY, pursuant to notice, moved "That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the nature and extent of certain privileges enjoyed by her Majesty's Household Infantry, and mentioned in the report ofa Commis sion appointed on the 12th of April, 1858, as the Privileges of the Guards;' also, to inquire whether such privileges have a tendency to produce dissatisfaction or diminish the efficiency of the army." The motion having been seconded, and put from the chair, General PEEL rose, and thanked the hon. baronet for having postponed this motion on a former evening on account of his (the gallant general's) absence. When the army estimates were brought forward the hon. baronet expressed some alarm, if not surprise, that this motion could be put a stop to on the ground of prerogative ; but the hon. baronet must remember that if this committee were granted it would not be a committee to inquire into the pri vileges of the Guards, but into the prerogatives of the Crown, from whom all these appointments of honour proceed. (Hear, hear.) Ho thought, therefore, the hon. baronet would see the necessity of altering the terms ofhis notice. Her Majesty, however, had on so ma n y occas i ons no t on ly granted, but insisted upon inquiries being made into the system of promotion pursued in the army, that he need scarcely take the technical objection of prerogative to the motion, though, as he had just remarked, he must ask him to make some alteration in its terms if the house should feel disposed to accede to it. During the last eighteen years no less than four commissions and one important parli amen tary com mittee had investi ga t e d thi s very subject. The constitution of none of those tribunals was favourabie to the Guards. The committee was that on the army and ordnance expenditure, which reported in 1851. It was composed of the following members :—Lord Seymour (the Secretary of War), Mr. Hume, Colonel Anson, Sir William Molesworth, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir James Graham, Mr. Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Greene, Mr. Williams, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr. Banker; and with all defereneelo the hon. baronet, he thought the house would prefer the opinions of such a committee to that of the hon. baronet, especially as it had the assistance of two such severe economists as Mr. Hume and Mr. Cobden, who could hardly be said to have been prejudiced in favour of the Guards. (Hear, hear.) Well, now, what did that committee report? Why, it directly absolved the Guards from the very charges the hon. baronet brought against them. The committee put no less than 500 questions upon just the same points as the hon. bonnet had referred to ; and the house would see, by a reference to the report, that it was quite impossible that the matter could be inquired into now either more fully or in more detail. (Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet had said that the duty of the Guards in London could be performed by regiments of the line, but be could assure the -hon. baronet that I e could not have fallen into a greater mistake. Experience had proved such an opinion to be perfectly erroneous. (Hear, hear.) The holt, baronet had stated what the privileges 9f the Guards ~✓ -(.--e. fi►~ AEI . SPAPER THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1859. ~,,ITRACHAN and CO.'s Celebrated Domestic K 1 Black TEA, at 3s. 2d. per lb., or 3s. in original packages of 40 and 801bs.. 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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from several congre gations in England and Wales, praying that Dissenters might be allowed' to administer trust funds of Grammar Schools. question, therefore, was whether it etas desiroble, when for the first time this bill introduced non-traders to a system by which they : would be compelled to part with the whole of their property, that an interest should be taken from them at once which could scarcely be avail able for the creditors, or whether the interests of the cre ditors were not better secured by enabling them to avail. themselves of the settlement with the consent of the pro tector of the settlement, and at all events to avail them selves of the reversionary interest when the insolvent should come into possession of it. The clauses were then agreed to without a division. Lord WENSLEYDALE said that one of the county court judges had applied to him to know whether this bill would affect their powers, and he suggested that a saving clause should be introduced to provide that nothing in the bill should apply to any warrant of commitment for non payment of a debt issued by the county court. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he wished for time to consider this point, and there would be an oppor tunity of proposing such an amendment when the bill went down to the House of Commons. The bill was then reported to the house and passed. CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL. The Earl of CARNARVON, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that its object was to extend to the naval and military prisons, those in Bermuda and in 'our other convict settlements, the same supervision and control by the Secretary of State which existed for the prisons in Great Britain. The law was at present very imperfect in this respect, and it was desirable to give powers for the dis miskial or removal of the officers of the prison, as well as power to make regulations for its management and for the treatment of the prisoners, and to impose a scale of penal ties. In this respect the standard which had been adopted was the same that existed in the prisons at home, or if there were any difference, it was rather in favour of the prisoner. The bill was read a second time. INCLOSURE BILL. This bill went through committee, and was reported with• out amendments to the house. MANOR COURTS. IRELAND BILL. _ _ On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMORE, This bill went through committee, and some amendments were reported. MONTENEGRO► The Earl of CLARENDON rose to ask the Secretary o State for Foreign Affairs, respecting the appointment of two tiligineer officers to define the boundaries of Montenegro. He said—A few days ago my attention was called to a para graph in the Times newspaper, which, under the head of military intelligence, stated as follows Orders have been forwarded from the Horse Guards to the headquarters of the Royal Engineer establishment at Chatham directing a surveying expedition of the Royal Engineers to be held in readiness to proceed to Montenegro, for the purpose of making an accurate survey of the boundary line to Constan tinople. The officers named to accompany the expedition are Capt. Cox and. Lieut. Sitwell, R.E. Another expedition of the Royal Engineers is also in course of formation for the purpose of proceeding by the overland route to Persia to survey the Turkish and Persian boundary line. This expe dition is likely to be absent from England three years." I do not suppose, whatever benefit is intended to be done to Montenegro, that it is proposed to extend its boundaries to Constantinople or to the Dardanelles, and it is not on that point that I wish to ask a question of my noble friend. But I think the opportunity is a good one for asking for some information with regard to Montenegro, which I believe caused my noble friend some trouble last year, and of which nothing whatever is known. Subjects of greater interest have recently occupied the attention of Parliament, but the interest connected with the subject of the position of Mon tenegro is not confined to its geographical condition. For many . years past Russia, by direct or indirect means, has exercised considerable influence in Montenegro, where the Greek religion is professed, and at the Congress of Paris it was stated that it was a general belief that Russia had pur sued the same conduct with regard to Montenegro as she did with regard to the Danubian Principalities, and the Rus sian Plenipotentiary was asked to make some statement on the subject. He accordingly stated that Russia had no con nexion with Montenegro beyond a feeling of friendly sym pathy, which feeling was reciprocated by its mountaineer inhabitants. The Plenipotentiaries of France, England, and Austria said that they looked on this as a declaration that -Russia exercised no influence on Montenegro ; and the Turkish plenipotentiary, while declaring that Montenegro was an integral part of the Ottoman Porte, stated that the Porte had no intention of altering the "status quo." This statement of the Russian plenipotentiary was considered satisfactory, for Montenegro was never considered to be in dependent, and the congress remained under the impression that no attempt would be made to alter the condition of that state. In a short time, however, Prince Danilo ad- I dressed a circular to the Five Powers, claiming that the in dependence of Montenegro should be recognised, and stated that he was about to come to Paris and to London, in order to make good that claim to independence. I communicated with the French Government, and stated that it was not our intention to receive Prince Danilo except as a subject of the Porte, and unless he was introduced through the inter vention of the Turkish ambassador. The French Govern. went agreed to this ; but he was nevertheless received in Paris - without the intervention of the Turkish ambassador; but he did not come to London, as he knew he could not be received in the same way here. The Porte expressed a wish to assist Prince Danilo in obtaining an accession of territory for Montenegro, which was necessary for the subsistence of that people, their own territory being barren and unpro ductive, and with a view to doing away with the system of plundering the neighbouring states; but on condition that Prince Danilo would acknowledge the suzerainte of the Porte, which, however, he refused to do. An insurrection broke out in Bosnia, and a Turkish force having been sent to quell it, Prince Danilo took advantage of an armistice ta. fall on a Turkish force, the greater portion of which were massacred, and all those who fell into his hands horribly mutilated. Then followed an intervention on the part of France and Russia, which I hope my noble friend will ex plain, but which I say was unfriendly towards the Porte. France and Russia suit two ships of war to the coast to interfere with the Turkish force which was going to punish the perpetrators of those acts, it being alleged that under pretence that an insurrection was going on in Bosnia a Tur kish force had attacked Montenegro and violated its inde pendence. It was then proposed that commissioners should be sent by the five Powers to mark out a new boundary for Montenegro. This proposal was not carriedinto effect, and it was referred to the representatives of the five Powers at Constantinople ; and I suppose to give effect to the arrange ment and to make out the boundary, which the Porte was obliged to concede, these engineers were sent out. This affair of Montenegro is part of the system of which in the Danubian Principalities and elsewhere there is abundant evidence ; and if in one place and another insurrection is to be stirred up against Turkey, if she is to be shorn of her power and despoiled of her territory, it is quite clear that the integrity of the Ottoman empire, for the maintenance of which we went to war, and which formed the basis of the Treaty of Paris, is at an end, and we must be prepared as a consequence for the dismemberment of Turkey, a State which it has been the policy of the great Powers of Europe to maintain. Whatevermay have been the course pursued by her Majesty's Government, I hope that it has been made clear that we have faithfully pursued the policy to which we were pledged, and as faithfully kept our engagements. The question which I wish to put to my noble friend is, under what circumstances the question of the boundary of Montenegro was referred to the representatives of the five Powers at Constantinople ; what arrangement has been made, and for what purpose officers have been sent out ; and, if the matter has been brought to a close, whether there would be any objection to producing the papers re lating to the subject? The Earl of MALMESBURY—I suspect no one will be more surprised than Captain Cox himself at the statement thathe has been entrusted with the arduous task which has been assigned to him by the newspapers. I will as shortly as I can state the history of the transactions connected with the demarcation of the boundary between Montenegro and Bosnia, and in order to save yourlordships' time I will admit at once that up to the time that my noble friend left office nothing could bo more correct than the account of this matter which my noble friend has given. It is natural that my noble friend should take an interest in this matter, being, as he was, not only Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but our pleni potentiary at Paris, and a party to the protocol agreed on at the congress. On the 28th of February last year, about the time when the change of Government here took place, Prince Donne having been received at Paris without the in tervention of the ambassador of his suzerain, retired to Mon tenegro, and addressed a circular to the Five Powers. At least I suppose it was a circular, but it reached :me in the form of a despatch, requesting- that the limits of his ter ritory and that of, the sultan should be marked out so as to prevent the perpetuation of those Mutual raids on each other's territory which had for centuries been taking place. On receiving this despatch, wishing, as I always do, to act in unison with our allies, I instructed Lord Cowley to put the case before the French Government, and to ask for any suggestions they might have to make as to the measures to be adopted to prevent the recurrence of these contests, either by laying down a line of demarcation of the territory or by some other means. The answer I received from the French Government I did not think satisfactory, for the French Minister said he had not made up his mind with regard to the suzerainte of the Porte over that part of the country, and that it was not clear that Montenegro was a part of the dominions of the Porte • and, in fact, his leaning appeared to be much towards that which Russia subsequently de clared—viz., a conviction that Montenegro had always been independent of the Porte. I referred to the protocol to which my noble friend has now referred, in which the Russian plenipotentiary disclaimed any relations between Russia and Montenegro, and in which Aali Pacha, the Turkish pleni potentiary, stated that there was no intention on the part of the Porte to alter the status quo. As the whole matter has been settled with the approbation of the Porte, it would hardly serve any good purpose to go fully into the ques tion. But I may say that her Majesty's Government re fused to acknowledge any such assertion, and when the French Government threatened, if no line of demarcation was laid down, to recognise the independence of Monte negro, her Majesty's Government said that they would with draw the proposition as to the demarcation, and rest on the treaty maintaining the integrity of the dominions of the Porte. I thought it the best way to propose some general scheme for laying down the line of demarcation, and I pro posed to the Porte that we should all join in sending com missioners to ascertain what was the status quo in 1856, which Aali Pacha stated that the Porte recognised. The Porte agreed to this proposal, and a commission was sent out, :and it is at this point that my noble friend made a mis take. My noble friend said that a commissioner on behalf of Montenegro was added to those of the other powers ; but that was not the case. The Earl of CLARENDON was understood to say that he had not said so. The Earl of MALMESBURY—I beg my noble friend's pardon. I thought he said so. it was proposed that a com missioner should be appointed on the part of Montenegro, but her Majesty's Government objected to place Montenegro on the same footing as the other powers. But, as I consi dered that it would be of little use to laydown the boundary unless the transaction was recognised by Prince Danilo, we all agreed that it would be an advantage that Prince Danilo should send a deputy to recognise the line of demar cation laid down by the Porte, as otherwise he might have said that he was no party to the line which was laid down, and might afterwards repudiate it. The boundary was laid down by the commissioners, the deputy from Montenegro having no voice in the matter. A map was taken by Col. Churchill, the English commissioner, to Constantinople, and there a proces verbal was drawn up by the plenipoten tiaries assembled together and agreed to. But it was un derstood—it being then the month of November—that as soon as the season allowed engineers should be sent to stake Out the ground, and settle owe for all the boundary between Montenegro and Bosnia. Since then I have heard of no frays of any consequence, or indeed of any at all having occurred. At one time this question was one of great dif ficulty, but her Majesty's Government thought it their duty to resist any encroachment on the rights of the Porte which were acknowledged by the Congress of Paris ; at the same time, acting in the interests of h uman it y , th ey thought l it desirable to get rid of the horrible scenes_ which occurred in connection with the feuds of th ose moun taineers. I hope I need not add in answer to the remarks of my noble friend, that he himself, who signed the Treaty of Paris, could not be more anxious that her Majesty's GovernMent should maintain all its provisions inviolate, not only as a matter of good faith, but because they believe that it is for the interests of Europe that the balance of power should be maintained. With regard to the intrigues to which my noble friend has called attention, I regret them as much as he does. Her Majesty's Government look at these questions, not as poets, but as politicians ; and all grievances which are only the result of excited imagi nations we regarded by us as foreign to the interests of Europe, as they can be by my noble friend opposite. I con sider the maintenance of the Ottoman. Empire as most im portant to Europe, and its preservation as necessary as any part of the system established at the peace. Lord STANLEY of AL DEHLEY said that as the trans action was complete, there could be no objection to give some information with regard to the delegate from Montenegro, who had been called a commissioner. The French Govern ment denied that he was a commissioner; but, as he was present as a delegate, it was important that the noble earl should produce some of the correspondence explanatory of the subject, which could cause no inconvenience. The Earl of - MALMESBURY said that if the noble lord gave notice of a motion for the production of papers on the subject he would.consider the matter. At the same time he was sure the noble lord must feel that when a question was one which had caused discussion and something more, and was settled amicably, it was hardly an advantage to make the disciission which had taken place public. But if the noble lord doubted as to the part which the delegate from Montenegro played, he could tell him that in the proces verbal, agreed to at Constantinople, the name of that person would not be found, and he was, in fact, only a witness of the transaction. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that there must be something in the nature of a convention appointing the commissioners, and it might be produced in order to show the world what was the nature of the commission. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed Cilfton's Name; Falmouth Docks and Harbour; Great Western and Brantford Railway ; Kirkwall Harbour; Much Wenlock and - Severn Junction Railway ; Norwich (City) Water • Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and Leatherhead Railways. On the motion of Sir. INGHAM the following was agreed to :—" That the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the South Eastern Railway (Greenwich Junction to Dartford, &c) Bill, in session 1857, be referred to the committee on the London-bridge and Charing-cross Railway Bill" Mr. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the c3mmittees on the Carmarthen and Car digan Railway Bills, in sessions 1855 and 1856, be referred to the committee on the Carmarthen and Cardigan Rail way Bill. TENURE OF LAND IN OUDE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that to morrow he should ask a question of her Majesty's Govern ment with respect to the tenure of land in Oude. REVISAL OF THE LITURGY. Lord ERURY' gave notice that early after the Easter recess he should move for the appointment of a commis sion to consider the propriety of revising.the Liturgy. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Lord C RANWORTH rose to move the omission of clauses 95 to 98, which he said in effect restored the old system of proceeding in bankruptcy. The effect of the clauses - he objected to was to place the affairs of the bankrupt in the hands of a trade assignee, and revive a system which some years ago was considered so objectionable that it was thought advisable to appoint offi cial assignees in order to prevent the abuse. The smaller creditors were the persons most affected by the proposed change, and he thought that the house should see that their , interests were properly protected. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the objections raised by noble and learned lOrds had been seriously con sidered before the clauses were introduced into the bill. There were very conflicting opinions prevalent with respect to the point raised by the noble and learned lord, and a few evenings ago a petition was presented, signed by 800 bankers and merchants of the City of London, in favour of his view of the subject. He (the Lord Chancellor) had, however, presented a petition, signed by 4,000 persons, with directly the opposite prayer, and from the facility with which sig natures were obtained to petitions, he had no doubt but that on examination many of the same signatures would be found on both petitions. The clauses were the result of mature deliberation, and were approved by large masses of the commercial community ; he, therefore, could not con. sent to their being struck out of the bill. Lord OVERSTONE gave his strong and unqualified support to his noble and learned friend below him (Lord Cranworth.) Tne Earl of DONOUQHMORE defended the retention of the clauses. After a few words from Earl GREY their lordships di vided, when there apppeared— For the retention of the clauses 3B Against Majority, The clauses were then agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill. Lord CRANWORTH had next to move the omission of clauses 113 to 116, with reference to the disposal of the in solvent's reversionary interest. These clauses enacted that with respect to non-troders who became insolvent, their reversionary interest in settled estates should not be sold till it fell into full possession. He did not see why an invi dious distinction should be made in this matter between traders and non-traders. No doubt it was much for the interest of the debtor that the sale of reversionary property should be postponed till it fell into possession, and Lord Derby had said that he deprecated the sale of reversionary property at all ; but this measure would only prevent its sale in the case of those persons who were tenants in tail, for instance, of a son who was to succeed to a settled estate after h.s father; it was a provision for the benefit of the eldest sons of landed proprietors, and of no other class, since if a person was entitled to a reversionary interest in funded property, in case of his becoming insolvent it would be sold. The object of these clauses was to give protection to one particular class only. The LORD CHANCELLOR said this statement of the objects of the clauses was not quite correct. It was true that these clauses only applied to the case of tenants in tail of settled estates, because in that case there could be no pos sible advantage t o th e cr editors in forcing a sale,- yet the creditors would have their full rights reserved to them when the estate fell into possession. There was no powar to deal with the settled estates without the consent of the protector of the settlement, so that the reversionary interest was one which might never come into existence at all, and was, therefore, of very little value to the credit ors, as the pro tector of the settlement had the means of preventing the saki to allY 64Yeatage, by re,Aviiiig his couseAt, Who PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying that Dissenters might be placed on the same footing with regard to endowed grammar schools as members of the Church of England; for the adoption of Lord J. Russell's Bankruptcy and In solvency Bill; for the rejection of the Government Reform Bill ; in favour of the ballot and the extension of the suffrage • in favour of short Parliaments ; from the inhabitants of Brighton, against auricular confession and other popish practices in the Church of England ; for the repeal of the paper duties ; in favour of the Endowed School Bill; for the equalisation of the poor rates; for the repeal of the hop and other excise du• ties; in favour of the adoption of the Gothic style of architecture in the new Government offices; from clerks and others employed in provincial post-offices, to be placed on the same footing as the employes in the Londonpost office ; against any alteration in the excise duties ; from the governors of Chelsea Hospital, praying to be exempted from the operation of the bill for the better regulation of endowed schools; from Ireland, in favour of "interme diate schools," &c. THE 2IMES' REPORT OF THE DEBATE ON TUESDAY. Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to draw the attention of the house to a breach of privilege, personal to himself, which had been committed by one of the leading journals. He could bear testimony to the general accuracy of the journal in question (the Times); but in the 'report which it pub lished of the debate on Tuesday at the morning sitting, not only what he said was emitted, but the speech of another member was attributed to him. The SPEAKER considered that the hon. member was not in order, as he was not speaking to a motion. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that he would then move for mally that the house do adjourn. The hon. member was proceeding to address the house when he was again inter rupted by the SPEAKER, who decided that he was still out of order, and he resumed his seat. PENNY DRAFT AND RECEIPT STAMPS. Mr. COWAN asked the Secretary of the Treasury if it was the case that, since the issuing of penny draft and re ceipt stamps in 1853, that those stamps had been supplied in England and Ireland to the public at a deduction from the price of 71 per cent., which had been entirely withheld from Scotland, and if this difference would be put an end to ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE replied in the affirmative to both questions. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. In reply to Mr. LABOUCHERE, Sir E. B. LYTTON said that it would not be advisable at present to lay before the house the report of Mr. Glad stone on the state of the lonian Islands. It would be inju rious to the public service and unjust to Sir H. Storks to lay on the table any papers that might lead to a discussion. He had heard by telegraph that Sir Henry Storks had pro rogued the Parliament of the lonian Islands, but he had no official communication to that effect. THE MILITARY AT TRINIDAD. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary at War whether any accounts had reached the War or Colonial Departments relating to the sickness and mortality to a detachment of two companies of the 41st Regiment, de tached to Trinidad, and said to have been left there un relieved for a very long period ; and, if so, whether there would be any objection to lay the same before the house ; Also, if there were any soldiers of the 41st Regiment who had completed their ten years service, why they were not permitted to avail themselves of the option they were en titled to by their completion of service? Gen. PEEL said that there had been 23 casualties in the regiment referred to, but that every effort had been made to prevent a recurrence of the same. By the Mutiny Act the Government had power to retain in the service soldiers after the expiration of the period specified. The soldiers had been accordmgly kept in the service in consequence of the mutiny that had broken out, but arrangements were being made to enable them to return to this country. LAND TITLES (SCOTLAND). Mr. DUNLOP asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, with reference to the deeds allowed by the Land Titles (Scotland) Act of last year to be indorsed in a short form on other deeds, arrangements were being made which would relieve parties from the inconvenience and risk of sending their titles to London for the purpose of having the stamp applicable to the indorsed deed impressed there on, either by providing in Scotland the means of there im pressing such stamp, or by permitting the use of adhesive stamps, or otherwise ; and when such arrangements would come into operation ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE said' it would be impossible to give an answer to the question at present. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. BAXTER asked the Secrstary to the Treasury if the attention of the Government had been directed to the report of the commissioners on the subject of harbours of refuge, recommending grants of public money, amounting to £2,365,000, to ten harbours ; and if the Government in . tended to propose in the estimates for 1859 to take a vote on account, by agreeing to which the house would be com mitted to this expenditure. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that the notice of the present guestion was the first intimation he had received of any inconvenience had been experienced by the present system, and the subject was under the consideration of Govern ment. ORGANISATION OF THE INDIAN ARMY. Sir E. PERRY asked the Secretary of State for India whether the report on the organisation of the Indian army had been presented ; and, if so, when it would be laid on the table of the house ? Lord STANLEY said that at present the report in question could not be laid on the table. THE MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL. Mr. HUTT asked the Chancellor of the. Exchequer whether the Government contemplated introducing into the Reform Bill, in committee, any other amendment than that of which he had given notice to the house ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—When the Reform Bill is in committee, I am sure there is scarce any member of this house who will not propose an amend ment, and I hope hon. members will not refuse the same privilege to her Majesty's Government. (Laughter.) Mr. A. STEUART asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer if he could give any idea of the numbers who would bewadded to the francise if the possession of £6O in a savings bank were to be a qualification, and similarly if the sum fixed were £4O? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I have directed estimates to be formed of the number that will be added to the franchise, of persons possessing £6O, £4O, or £3O in the savings banks, who will be admitted to vote, and these estimates will be laid on the table as soon as pos sible. Mr. RIDLEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he would lay upon the table of the house the clauses which he proposed to insert in the Representation of the People Bill, respecting the proposed disfranchisement of those county voters whose qualification is derived from property situated within Parliamentary cities and boroughs. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It is not intended 'to disfranchise the county voters possessed of the £lO franchise, and it will be optional whether they shall vote in the county or the borough. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, LORD CLYDE, &c. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on the motion for adjOurnment to-morrow he would ask the noble lord the Secretary of State for India, whether it was intended to move a vote of thanks to the Governor-General of India, to Lord Clyde, and the other officials in India, for their valuable services during _ the late mutiny. (Hear, hear.) THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. GREGORY moved fora select committee to inquire into the organisation of the British Museum. He con tended that there wae a want of proper deeeification, and Y z Arce„,t • . ....': --- iii — i ih s il ' were ; but he forgot to add that when the majority of thg 11 S were granted in 1687, there were but comparatively few re giments of the line in existence. (Hear, hear.) The ran k of lieutenant and captain was given in consequence of the distinguished services of the Guards at IVaterloo. The hon. baronet had omitted to notice that the position of the Guards was very much altered by the warrant of 1854. Before that was issued an officer of the Guards, on attaining his ma jority, became a lieutenant-colonel, and he soon afterwards obtained his rank as colonel ; now his lieutenant-colonelcy did not commence counting towards his coloneley till he became a mounted officer in the Guards, which required eight years. Under the present regulations a lieutenant colonel in the Guards required 13 years to obtain the rank of colonel, whereas an officer of the line could obtain it in five years. As to the exchange of a lieutenant-colonelcy in the Guards for the command of a regiment of the line, it I should be recollected that it could not take place without the consent of the Commander-in-Chief, and he knew enough of his royal highness to feel certain that he would not permit any officer to take the command of a regiment unless he were perfectly competent. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wellington and Lord Hill were always in favour of the practice of exchanges, on the ground that if the Guards hri any peculiar advantages they ought to be thrown open to the line. As to the jealousy which the hon. baronet sup posed to exist between the Guards and the line in conse quence of the advantages possessed by the former, ho must say he thought there had been a great deal of exago.eration on that subject. (Hear, hear.? H av i ng ser ve d in the army for nine years, six years in the line and three in the Guards, he had never observed any such feeling. He ob tained his promotion much quicker in the line than he would have done in the Guards, and while he was in the Rifle Brigade they thought themselves . quite equal to the Guards, and never felt the slightest jealousy. (Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet was quite mistaken in supposing that the first commission was obtained in the Gu ar d s without any previous examination. No person was allowed to have a commission till he had passed an examination, and received a certificate from the examiner. In conclu sion, he would observe that the report to which he re ferred contained all the information that could reasonably be required, and on that ground, as well as on the ground that the system in the Guards during the last five years was perfectly unobjectionable, he must on the part of the Government oppose the motion. Viscount BURY hoped his hon. friend would not press his motion after the explanation which had just been given. Colonel NORTH said, having served solely in the line, he felt bound to say that he did not believe there existed in it the slightest jealousy towards the Guards. (Hear. hear.) As regarded the letters that were written on that subject, he thought it was a universal opinion in the army that they were not written by any soldiers, bat. hrsome mischievous persons ivhcrivished to create a bad feeling between the Guards and the line. Of 20 captains in the Coldstre,ams, no less than 16 had served in the line. What ever duty the Guards had been called upon to perform, they had discharged it in a manner that was highly credita ble to them, and which had gained for them the admiration of their brethren of the line ; and he trusted that so long as this country had a sovereign, so long would it have such domestic troops as the Guards. (Cheers.) Sir H. VERNEY said, having served in the line as well as in the Guards, he had neverheard any conversation among the officers which indicated that feelings of jealousy existed ; on the contrary, he believed that both the officers and the soldiers of the line rejoiced in the continuance of a system which induced men of high rank and large means to enter the army. Soldiers of the line were not fitted for the kind of service which was performed by the Guards. If a regi ment of the line came to London, it soon got into scrapes. He trusted that the hon. baronet would not divide. Sir W. CODRINGTON was afrald the hon. baronet would not consider him an unprejudiced person in relation to this subject, as a considerable part of his life had been spent in the Guards; but during the most part of his mili tary career he was in command of a brigade of the line, and it was then stated to him, on the most reliable authority —that of the officers of his staff—the most friendly feeling existed between the line and the Guards. He had himself seen in a line regiment before Sebastopol a brevet-major of not more than eight years' service acting as a field officer over captains of 15 or 16 years service. These things might be unfortunate accidents, but they could hardly be avoided. Sir W. F. WILLIAMS said that he had had an appre hension that this motion was launched against the very existence of the Guards as a body. One direct argument iit favour of the Guards as a privileged body was this, that their duties were confined mainly to London. Their com manding officers were therefore well acquainted with the metropolis. A regiment unused to London could hardly be moved about in town—certainly could not be moved with ease and effect. He had one word more to say on the subject of purchase. He believed that that system had the best results, and ho trusted that no Government would attempt to interfere with it. Mr. CONINGHAM supported the motion of the hon, member for Tavistock. He believed that the privileges of the Guards were most detrimental to the whole army. At that time he would net go into the question, but on some future occasion he would be prepared to maintain that these privileges were utterly indefensible. • . • • Sir J. TRELAWNY replied. • The house divided— For the motion Against it Majority against —lO4 The result was received with a alight cheer. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND.) Mr. BRADY moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws which regulate the qualifications and registration of Parliamentary voters in Ireland, 13 and 14 Viet., c. 68 and 69, s. 27. By this clause provision was made for the clerk of the peace to regulate the list of voters. But the clause only gave one day for making out, settling, and printing the list. He therefore proposed to repeal that clause, and so extend that time as to give ten days, within which the clerk of the peace might perform his duty. Mr. S. ESTCOURT said the hon. gentleman had taken him by surprise. He did not expect on St. Patrick's .day to find a bill in the list which on the face of the notice looked rather like a reform bill for Ireland. (A laugh.) But as the bill appeared to be of very modest dimensions, he would not object to its introduction, though he must not be understood, in the absence of Lord Naas, to give an entire assent to it. f~.~ ADMIRALTY COURT. Mr. HADFIELD obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable sergeants-at-law, barristers-at-law, attorneys, and solicitors to practise in the High Court of Admiralty. The hon. member complained that, although under the Probates Bill compensation to the amount of £70,000 had been given to the practitioners in this court, they still clung to their monopoly. The object of his bill was to throw open the practice of the court to the legal profession generally. CHARITABLE USES. _ Mr. HADFIELD obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the conveyance of lands for charitable uses. __ _ FIRE INSURANCES. Mr. SHERIDAN moved for leave to bring in a bill to reduce the duty on fire insurance. He said that a very considerable agitation had recently sprung up, one of the chief promoters of which was the noble lord at the head of the Indian department, for the total abolition of the duty on fire insurances, and for the re-imposition of the duty on insurances of agricultural produce. He (Mr. Sheridan) proposed no such sweeping alteration. He merely sought to reduce the duty of 3s. per cent. on such insurances—pru dential insurances as they were called—the premiums on which did not exceed ss. per cent. to a uniform rate of Is. per cent. One half of the insurances in the kingdom were, he believed, effected at rates not exceeding ss. per cent., and therefore the reduction he proposed would not greatly affect the revenue, £1,300,000 was the total amount of revenue derived from fire insurances, and, allowing one half of it to be received in the higher classes of premiums, £650,000 would be the sum with which they would have to deal. Two-thirds of this, or £133,000, would probably be the sacrifice required, but he believed that this loss would be greatly diminished by the increase of insurances which would arise from the reduction of the duty. The amount insured in 1835 was £500,000,000, and 20 years after, in 1855, it was no more than £800,000,000, notwithstanding the great increase in the population and the property of the country. In 1851 the national property was estimated at £4,000,000,000, half of which was insurable property, whereas up to the present time only £9,000,000 was insured. The Government, therefore, did not derive half the amount from the duty it ought to have done. He submitted that the uninsured property was that which belonged to artisans, clerks, and small tradesmen, w ho were deterred from in suring by the high lute of diity. The proportion of insured property was much less in England than in France, not withstanding that the practice of insuring against fire had been carried - on in this country 180 years, while in France it had only existed 38 years, the cause of the difference being partly the lower rate of duty and partly the provision of the civil code, which makes the person in whose house the fire breaks out liable for the injury which it may occasion to the property of his neighbours. There was another reason in the requirement imposed upon all railway companies to insure the property throughout the whole length of the line, and these heavy insurances they were enabled to effect in consequence of the low rate charged. He had a number of petitions from merchants, bankers, traders and others, of London, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Deptford, Exeter, and other places, all praying for the total repeal of the duty. Sir S. NORTHCOTE could not admit that the proposed reduction would not involve a serious loss of revenue. And it was to be recollected that this duty was not only an im portant but increasing source of revenue. There was no doubt that the exemption of agricultural property from the duty on insurance had been followed by a considerable in crease of insurance on that class of property ; but on the other hand, the hon. gentleman omitted to tell them that during the same time there had been an almost equal pro gress in the amount of other property insured. He felt bound to oppo se th e mo ti on, as if the bill were allowed to be brough in expectations would be raised which would only be disappointed, as they could not be realised. Mr. HA.DFIELD had no doubt that if the duty were re duced the revenue would not suffer. When the duty on coffee was 3s. 6d. a pound coffee was almost a prohibited article; now that it was a few pence there was a large re venue obtained from it. Then take the Post-office : he be lieved the number of letters sent had increased sevenfold. He believed that if the duty had only been a shilli ng , the ruin of many persons, which had been caused by fires, would have been averted, but the high duty had acted as a preventive of insuring. The duty was a tax on prudence. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the introduction of the bill Against it Majority —lo _ . _ LAWS OF JERSEY. Mr. HADFIELD moved an address to the crown, pray ing for a commission to inquire into the institutions, laws, and tribunals of Jersey, as also into the state of the prisons and administration of public charities in that island. The ROME SECRETARY consented to the motion, which was agreed te. THE NAVY. Sir C. NAPIER moved for a copy of the letters from Sir Baldwin Walker, on the state of the nav y , t o the Admiralty, or the First Lord of the Admiral t y , from Marab., 1857, to the end of the year. Sir J. PAKINGTON WAS understood t o say that the documents were of a c onfidential character, but that he had already laid portions of them before the house. Sir C. NAPIER did not want extracts of the letters, but the letters themselves, for he wished to see whether the right hon. baronet 'did all that he could as soon as he came into office to remedy the evils ho had since complained of. He (Sir C. Napier) thought the present Board of Admiralty had been more to blame than. the last, for though the peril of the country was much more imminent, the Board did nothi ng l a st year to Eit the na v y i n proper condition. Mr. COR Y said his right hon. friend (Sir J. Pakington) was the last person in the country who ought to be blamed for neglecting the navy. (Cheers.) The present Board only came into office in March last, and in the following May the whole of the workmen in the dockyards were put upon task and job, which was equivalent to increasing the force by one-fourth. (Hear, hear.) That course was persisted in during the whole of the summer, and his right hon. friend had taken such measures as had resulted in the addition of four screw steamers to our navy. (Cheers.) Sir C. NAPIER—But the engines re not in them. Mr, CORRY — The gallant admiral know that they could . o, N., 1., Ire- irrey, 1, the rvic©, g, the )f Dr gby, Wrap )(Igo, Shia, lan ?.sq., ane, aont vell. ton, erly rett, bets ifth 1, of G f [l2, ► of