The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

LAW INTE 1, LIGEXCE.— This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindergey.) ADJOURNED SUMMONS.—EXGLII4II V. BABILIII9. , JUDGMENT. This was an administration suit and adjourned summons, for taking executory accounts. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor decided the principles en which the accounts were to be taken, and remitted to his chief clerk to fix the periods at which the accounts with interest, were to be taken, and reserved the costs till the chief clerk's certificate was obtained. TN TR AL CRIMINAL COURT—(Thia Day' OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) SACRILEGE. Charles Sharpe, Thomas Brown, James Slater, and Patrick Campbell, were indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the district parish charch of St. John, Isling ton, and stealing several articles, the property of the Rev. Henry Salkeld Bramah and the Rev. Charles Edmonstone ; also some velvet, the property of Joseph Kingston Gal lard, and another. The facts of the case have already appeared at length in The Sun, during the time the prisoners were under exami nation before Mr. Conic, at the Clerkenwell police-court. The jury found Slater, Sharp; and Campbell guity, and acquitted Brown. Tho Recorder sentenced Sharpe to eight years, and Slater and Campbell to four years penal servitude. ROBBERY PROM THE PERSON Thomas Jones, a lad 15 years of age, was indicted for stealing a goldpin from the person of ➢Z. Rickwood. The evidence was extremely clear and proved the pri soner to be an adept in " the profession." The jury found him guilty. The Recorder in sentencing the prisoner said, it appeared from the evidence of the policeman, that he had obtained some standing amongst his associates, as they called him " captain." It would be for the good of the public if he was romoved, at all events, for some period ' from them, and, under such circumstances, he should sen tence him to three years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. The Comnion Sergeant was occupied the whole of the morning in disposing of :flint cases, none of which pos semod the slightest interest. POLICR INTRILIGEATE-(THIS MARLBOROUGH - STREET. STEALING BAGATELLE :BALLS, &C.—OFFERING TO SELL A MAN HIS OWN PROyEE.TY.—George James, a shabby-looking youlig• man, described •as a tailor, was charged as follows : Jesse Goodchild, broker, of 4, Little Crown-court, said, that about six the ilrevious evening, while in his - shop, the Fisoncr lavuOlt three bagatelle balls, and offered them to him for sato; but feeling satisfied that they were not his property, he refused to buy them, The prisoner then left, and sh , :lly aftorwards ho missed two chairs, part of a set, from the door and •wh:eh were covered with the piece of cloth pred =ed. In about twenty minutes afterthe prisoner ca , ao bass to his ship with something wrapped. in the piece of clO h and ilr.fx from Elie cloth a pestle and mortar, which he put into 1.1.3 hand and offered for sale. At once recognising them aa his own property, he asked how he came by them, and .he said he had had thesis two months, wili;e the ;act was tho things west' -,je in his slip in the Cite t. ray the morning. 'fill pieec of tAlti.oll. ii.to cr,:tody fliortly as wads. ho 'picked up tliz pestle and rre;rt. , r in the street. - Woo C, sail he found the three bagatelle, balls on the• rriA2ner, who saifl he had had them re:ne time, and the pc:4le mndrocrtar d months. Mr. Jilin Wils , m, of the - 11,1 Bzlll, St. Ann's-nurt, S.,ho, ntitiol the hag:Alle balls as his p7operty. They had beep: used nut were safe at five o'clock-the previous afternoon. TI - F2y were taken from the first 11 tor,„ and were worth 1"s. He had only been it Aunt time owner of the house, and had never seen the pri:ioner before. The cometable as!eed for remand, which was granted by Mr. Pea3on, with the view of treeing the chairs, and to nutke intintriet r.e to the prisoner's antecedents. T I A 7 .4 ES, A N A t, TUl7P.—Strah Orisley, a dirty ;.?irl, aged ]a yt , zit. cr bor. zet, was brow; ut laoro Mr. Ve,rt7lry ehatq,,Nl ,%ith picking pockets. ?sirs. W - 117.1rni, of No. 14, New Portland-street, Connn,,rril-roal, stated that she was in a grocer's slop w;:i in to Lo o:eirveA ntct t suaLtulah- wh.en she felt a hand in hoe n et and the pri., - vier nor She did 11 , 4 take the Ited. out of her poc'fzet directly, bet allowed it to rein in fly ro, - - what the g:el e.r1 1 :1 'tiriawtt her d",u'ot , : roe .t CIO AaT lyat , ':~;.., ,I'-c:1 half-crown, and i:•.n it. The prisoner inim-diatdy ri municated with a woinq dress and put somethin: the prisoner into custody. Mary Ann Thomly; )fl, Whitechapal, said 013 WaS in the grocer's , e -_soner attempted to pick her packet. Witness caught h:1;1 of the girl's hand the moment she i'eit it there, wad the girl called out, " Oh, you are hurting my wrist." Xr.:Yardley said the Ia t wita . )33 its cinch wiser than the first, and he tltrat lit it W. 175 vary strange that-any wo man should have allowed the h.lnd of a stran!e girl to re , •ftain-in her pocket fe- en instant, eftee she found it there. •. The prisoner, who sobbed loudly, said she was quite inno cent, and wished to go home to her mother. Mr, Yardley :asked her wheresho lived, to which she replied, at No. 3, Ila&cut , y-t ()ad. The magistrate then inquired if any of her relatives were present, to which a pliceman re plied that the prirone:'s sii:ter was outside. She was called in, and on being questioned by the magistrate, said she and her sister lived at No. 3, Gower's-walk, near Black man's Cooperage, Whitechapcl. A young man came to her house and said her sister was in custody. ;1:., 1 t i fl - Ki door and coin hc, vi' Tanginp; , ;11 iithe6s then gas-, >:o. C 3, Greenitcli-strets,t, L'.n. and the pri- Mr. Yardley—Where is your mother? Why did she not come here ? - Witness —Shc is ant nursing in the Minories—my mother can't be here. Mr. Yaz'dley—ls this witness known? A Policeman—,Yes, she is a common prostitute, and walks Itateliff-74igliway. Witru'sA—l am a lawful married woman, and my hus band's name is Brown. Mr. Yardiey—You may be a married woman, but there is no doubt you are a prostitute. I strongly suspect the woman who was with the prisoncr ye.=_ , torday was her mother and receivel the half-crown that was stolen. I wish I had her here. - - • Roche, the • Faoler of the court, said the Prigoner was well known to hhn, and that she had passed through his hands. The prisontr made the most piteous exclamations and said she was quite innocent, and never put her hand in the pockets of the ladies._ Mr. Yardley said he had no doubt of the priSonet:'s guilt, and that she was a very wicked and artful girl. He did not believe a word said by the prisoner's sister. He could not do better than separate the girl from the infamous set by whom she was surrounded. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for three months in the House of Correc tion, and kept to hard labour. If she was brought before him again he would send her for five years to a reformatory, and compel her mother to contribute largely towards her maintenance. "LIS DAY'S MARKETS. fIAY MARKETS. SMITHFITILD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4e ; clover, £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Supplies very moderate. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND. — Mea(Iew hay ' £2 15s to N 4:,; clover, /4 Oc to f.. 5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per lead. A slow demand, at previous rates. WsurzerrAiqm.---Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; cloves, 14 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 613 to 103 per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—A rather large business has been transacted, chiefly in the better qualities of Congous, and prices have been well maintained. SUGAR.—A limited amount of business has been done, but previous rates are maintained for the superior descrip tions. In the Refined Market the dealings have been con fined to ,immediate requirements, and' prices are a shade flitter, comm.—There have been very few dealings, and prices remain unaltered. R IM —A moderate amount of business has been'trans anted in the common and :inferior qualities at about former quotations; other descriptions have been neglected. SALTl'mrsa.—The transactions have been limited, owing to several parcels being announced for public sale during the week. Prices, however, remain firm. CINNA.Mort.—At the public sales there was a fair demand, but the rates realised were slightly under those of the pre vious sales. TALLOW.--The market has shown more buoyancy, and pricespric have slightly improv..e.d. P.Y.C. On the spot is quoted ; January to March, 033. 9d. and la‘t three mouths' delivery, 538. per cw+. Lord Clyde will be detained long er in I be anticipated, in consequence of the arran- must be made f,r the Chinese expedition, ,Vi tti l s tions in.the ions aml dispositions of the vali-,--tc"trerp,a rnents in Edia. not probable that he will be c s ,bl °-1- leave till the end of Mach. so that ho cannot be Eng (' Rind till the beginning of May.—.-Army and Wavy Gazette: • His , Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief has called for a return of non-commissioned officers and soldiers who have been placed on the pension list since the beginning of the war with Russia , on account of the loss of (4. leg - or an arm, in order that they may be emp!oye:l in pub!ie oiices as messengers, &c. —Army and Nary Gazette. CouncilTh of Mtlitary Education will sit at the R"rd 1 - 10 . 61.1tp.1, Chelsea, from the Ist to the 7th of Febru ary, for the c7.amination of candidates for direct commis- - 40ns in the army.—.4rtny and Navy Gazette. rHE SUN LoNi)Orti, TUESDAY EvENtNG, JANUARY 31, 1860.- ly p, " • The CHANCELLOR of the'EXCHEQUER, in reply to hon. members, said that from the retuiel , received from the War Department,, the excess of expenditure over the amount voted in the estimates would be about £470,000. ST. MARY IN RYDAL (MARRIAGE VALIDITY) BILL. This bill was read a second time. PETITIONS • OF RIGHT BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed. ANNUITY TAX ABOLITION (EDINBURGH). The LORD ADVOCATE moved that this house do re solve itself inter a committee for the purpose of introducing a bill to abolish the annuity tax in Edinburgh, and to make provision in regard to the stipends of the clergy in that city. The house having gone into committee, The LORD ADVOCATE said that the subject had been often under the consideration of the house, and a short state ment only would be necessary of the provisions of the bill. As the house had been often told, the annuity tax was a rate amounting. to 4/ per cent. upon the rental of houses within a certain limited area of the city, an& which was laid upon the occupiers of those houses, the proceeds , being paid to 18 ministers of Edinburgh. He must also explain that-the congregations covered a much larger area tha n the districts taxed. Nor did the tax extend to all the occupiers, inasmuch as there was a special exemption of a large and wealthy class, consisting of members of faculty, judges, barristers, and solicitors. Without entering into the ques lien whether the principle of this taxation was right or wrong, no one could deny that. it was very unjust in the mode of its imposition. Several plans for modifying- it had been introduced into the house, and he would now pro ceed with a new attempt in the same direction. His hon. friend and colleague the member for Edinburgh had twice introduced a measure, which on,bothoccasions had received the assent of the house on the second reeding. By the pro visions of those bills the ministers of Edinburgh, when the l a st vacancy had occurred, would be dependent on seat rents, church-door collections, and a sum of £2,000, which was drawn from the Exchequer, being part of a rent-charge levied from the City of Leith. That proposal had twice re ceived the sanction of the house. Therefore, the question was not now as to the continuance of the tax, or its aboli tion, but upon what terms and conditions itshould be abo lished. His proposal was not the same O . the bill of last ses aion. The result of that bill, if carried, would have been that for 15 years the citizens of Edinburgh would have been subjected to a payMent of £3 7s. 4d. per cent. The taxwould have gone on for 16 years longer-31 years in all—and after the payment of £3 7s. 4d. per cent. for 15 years, there would have been a further total sum paid of £63,000, 'so that the burden would not have been extinguished for a very.consi derable period. In the present year two contingencies had occurred. One of the ministers had been appointed to a professorship, and another had been translatedto another benefice. These contingencies might happen in years to come, but they were things that could not be calculated on. The proposal of last year, leaving the clergy to a great ex tent dependent on voluntary contributions, would in all pro bability have met with very strong opposition.. It occurred to him that their time and money might be used with more economy; and the proposal he had, now to make would at once relieve the ratepayers of Edinburgh, extinguish the tax in a more limited period, and provide an...equitable and just substitute. Formerly there was a fund, payable by the railway company, as the peace of Trinity College Church. A committee which sat in 1851 recommended that it should be applied in extinguishing this tax; but. a law, suit had prison as to the right of the town council to deal with this money, and it was not now available. There was also a sum payable to the deans of the Chapel Royal, which it had been proposed to apply to this purpose; but these funds also were new beyond reach, the University Commissioners hiving recommended thatthey sh ould be applied in endowing more professorships. The third source was Geverntnents money, but he was happy to say he did not propose to have recourse to that. His proposition was one by which the citi zens of Edinburgh would be enabled to redeem the tax ; mid et all events it contained the materials for an amicable set -, t lei aen t of the question. Great scandal resulted from the pre sent mode of collecting the tax. The other day there was atrial for resieting the officers in the execution of their warrants, in which the" prosecutor failed to get a verdict and it was most desirable that the question should be settled. At. present the ministers were IS in number. Three of the churches were collegiate: It eefpeared to him that they were not bmind to previde for the second charges in those colleslate churches. lie did net prepese to abolish one of them ; but in providing a substitute for the annuity tax, and providing far existing interests, Ite did not chink thet it would be ,necessary to pro vide for those second interests; and that opinion was shared by many members of the Established Church. That would have lei ministers—a larger proportion for Edinburgh than v. - as provided for in oter towns. He thought it too ,auoh. He - wished to say nothing invidious ageirest the Established 'Church; but still his measure was a practical one. In 1837, when the E :clesiastical Commissioners re ported, the attendance at the Established Churches of Edin lurgh was very nearly equal to that of all other donomina : iens put together. In 1843 these wl3 an unfortunate dis-. motion in the Chereli ; end in the census of 1851 it was feend that of 43,C.H attendants on divine service in the teeming-, about, 8,003 only belonged to she Established Church—elm:vi:ie . that tee attendance had greatly fallen if. The sett rents, in too five years from 183d-7.amountcd to et:5,335 ; in the five years free' 1853-8, they yielded only The eurplue derived front that source its the former relied was 13,400, against £1,0(..10 in the latter. Ho hid no wish to pare down the. revenues of the Established Church proportion to the,number of attendants; but. it s'iould be -a;:rnb,,f,,,t4 , ,,t_they :were :%aling- with an equitable art.- In the 0.71 ITenseeete, Teeineetryb there were - only 1 Gil uniet,—(ltear)—and the o-dinai . y at ' not TO. Of the 47 seats let, only The 01 l Church was uuder unurch, and the gigh Church was It I'lle Toibooth Church had only 14 seats e, unlet. Ho did not propose to abolish the The p: wont incumbent would- retain the right to the annuity tax as long as he lived ; but they were bound to make provision for future incumbents of those 'the Old Church was vacatt at present • and onokl:that the minister to be appointed ehoubi not :tie the right to share in the annuity tax. He should , : ee ee fere give power to the commissioners to be appointed by this bill to nominate one of the ministers in the collegiate' church to the Old Church. His proposal was to the fallow ing etfeet ceeleeia.stical commission to be appointed - ender the bill; tw.eor three members to be appointed by tl;e Presbytery, two by the Town Council, one by the Fa. (mite- of Advecete.s, and ow.) by the Society of Writers to the ..Sgnet. To thane commissioners would be transferred tine property in the churches. the right to the seat rents, and ,ia liability for repairs. The seat rents, now amounting to .e. 1,630 a year, would be collected by them ; it was -quite certain the amount was fur below wh%t it ought to be ; in all probability there would be an increase of about MO a year. It is proposed that that fund of £1,600 a year. should be accu mulated for 15 years •at-31 per cent. interest ; and supposing - 1.10 fund to increase at the rate of £6O a year, the whole ' amount would be £33,600 at the end of that time. -Then there was a sum of £2,000 a year paid from the Exchequer, part of a rent-charge derivable from the docks at Leith. • It had been said that. if the annuity tax,. were abolished; this charge ought to be remitted; but he 'saw no sound reason for doing that, and proposed that it should be continued. He would allow it - to accumulate in the same.way for 15 years, at 31 per cent. interest; and the amount of the two funds at the end of that period wouldbe about £BO,OOO. He proposed that the annuity tax should be abolished, but that there should be laid. on by the Towd Council for that 15 years an assessment of fro n Bd. to 10d. in the pound. The latter was lo wer than the present rate. The rate, if levied: on the pre sent police law assessment along .with the police rate, and paid by alboccupiers, would give a surplus produce in the y - ear of £1,494, - after paying the stipends of the ministers now chargeable on the fund. This annual surplus, accu mulated in the way he htd described, would yield at the end of 15 years a sum of £34,000 or £35,000. Then he pro• posed that the exemption in favourof the lawyers should - be abolished—an exemption which ought never to have existed. (A lauch.) If the lowest 'anmount of rate were taken-Bd. in the pound—the capital accumulated at the end of 15 years would amount to £106,000. If 10d—the highest rate —were exacted (and that was lower than the existing rate) the capital would amount to no less than £160,000. .That, how ever, would be more than sufficient, and .what he proposed to do was, either to take the stun to be collected at £120,000, or the sum to be furnished by the town at £42,000. The two things would be very nearly th same, and the result would be that at the expiration of 15 years there would be an annual income to the ministers of the interest of £120,000 at 31 per cent.—£4,2oo. There would be £2,500 from the seat rents, and £2,000 from the Leith Docks, giving £8,700 a-year. To give £6OO a-year to 13 ministers, .£7,800 was all that was necessary, and there would still remain a balance in the hands of the commissioners appli cable . to expenses. The plan would have this advantage; it wt sh a e n ui e d n d b e t o foundth e t a t x h a a l t t o t g h e e th a e s r s a e t s s t m he en en t d o o 15 y n f thet e o a w r years, had not yielded £42,000, but he thought this was sure to be a e h h a i d made gherr no allowance , nor () r fHoethfoanr the 4 per cent. of the realised.teobwntened on the accumulation. This proposal would not lay a greater burden on the ratepayers than the plan of last year, far Rd. in the pound was only £3 6s. per cent instead of £3 78., and the whole amount of £60,000, payable on the other scheme, would be saved. He certainly that this measure would satisfy general or abstract expect s eet f t te yo p fep a l y r e ;a r td s ohi In c e considered overd, a° otheror sooner, d u" ehtg greater e net radaht,:t they irctmsayogovhn over desirablet. reduce 2 olf insteadt theoit terminate r, this troublesome question, but at all events it e a;o l ;ded ? a tnthonoe meansh b e te a hr v o o y n f u ' f e g t h x yh t e e t r y a could do it by making the rate 10,1. instead of Bd. Much depended on churchmen themselves ; the incomes of the clergy might be increased and yet diminish the rate mate rially. It had been suggested before, and again to him n -that occasion,.that the salaries of the ministers might be re duced from £ 6OO to £ 5OO or £550. If the memb ers of the Established Church thought that a more desirable plan, and proposed that reduction in order to maintain the two churches, he had no objection. But he had not made the proposal, be cause he thought it infinitely better for the Church that 13 clergymen shmild be fiilly paid, though they had to extend. their strength over a larger surface. The learned lord-con cluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill. Sir R. FERGUSON said that any bill introduced on such a subject was deserving of the utmost respect from the house. He therefore did not rise on that occasion to offer any objection to its introduction. He was glad to find that the learned lord adopted a different principle in framing this measure from that on which others had framed their bills. He was glad to find that the learned lord recognised the duty of the State to support the Established Church of the country, and the obligation that lay on the city of Edinburgh to provide for the payment of the ministers of that church. 'The tax which was the subject of the present bill had been levied for two centuries and a half, and he could not under stand why the clergymen of the city of Edinburgh should be dependent on voluntary support, any more than the clergy in any other pint of the country. The learned lord endeavoured to find a substitute for this tax which had been so munch complained of, though lie confessed he ,could not see the justice of those complaints. The measure Was en titled to respectful consideration, but. he saw one 'or two difficulties to its*progress. In the first place it seetned.hard that th e Established Church in Edinburgh should • te - a6- Prii , e4l at • one swoop of no less than five of it ti;tinisters, especially when t' t 'twas • • da ci y increasing in population.' It had been found necessary to build what in Seetl;ind were called quoad the sacra churches to meet the spiritual Annts•of to reduce populationthenirdb it seemed rather inconsistent, therefore, .tant objection mer of clergy. - There was a more inipor 'continue the im aff ecti ngosit the bill, inasmuch as it proposed to dep r ive the poot?p, classes of the seat rents, and thereby-to Estblished Chureh'v .. , S ( SCS of church accommodation. The they were unable to d were anxious to reduce those rents, but 0 so becau se they were the property of the corporation of Edi n b urgh. open to grave objection on that n_ The bill, therefore, was friends of the Established Chumfi'Tund. He hoped the support the friends of the Church o_n_this country would Scotland in guarding 'c und iu x:ts e..A•tainly let t parishioner itte c'Quroli l„:ll'; ..vo lurch from any attack upon its principles or revenues. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BLACK said it was not his intention, to oppose the introduction of the bill, but ho must say that, perhaps with something of the natural fondness of a parent, he preferred the bill which he had introduced himself last session. He was se anxious to see an accommodation of this vexatious question that he had supported almost every measure which had been brought in for its settlement, and , would even submit to many inconveniences to get rid of it. He believed the opposition to its settlement had proved injurious to the cause of religion. It could not be advantageous to the interests of religion when ministers who called themselves the ministers 'of peace sent messengers with manacles in their hands for the purpose of handcuffing men who conscientiotely refused to pay this tax. (Rear.) He thought it unjust that the present generation of citizens in Edinburgh should have to bear the whole burden of the measure proposed by the learned lord. He was willing to bear his portion of the burden, but he doubted whether the inha bitants generally would submit to it. With regard to the seat rents and their effect in keeping away the poorer classes, it was notorious that half the seats were vacant, and were open Athout the payment of any money at all. With regard to the historyof this tax, it was first imposed by Charles 11., and the people of Edinburgh, instead of deriving any benefit, felt it to be a burden and a grievance. For himself, he should be prepared, on the proper occasion' to show thatthe I right hon. and learned lord was wro n g as to the history of this tax. He thought that by making some alterations the measure might be made more acceptable than it was at pre sent, as well as more useful to the Church. Mr. MILLER thought that the inhabitants of Leith had good right to complain of this measure. This tax bore heavily and unjustly on the shipping interest of the town which he represented. If the citizens of Edinburgh had cause to complain of the oppressiveness of this tax, much more had the inhabitants of Leith reason to complain of it, for they derived no benefit whatsoever from it. He should 1 object to that part of the bill which affected ihe Town of Leith at a future stage, and he hoped he would receive the sup- port of the house. - Mr. BLACKBURN would not object to the plan for the abolition of this tax in 15 years; but with regard to the proposal on the subject of the seat rents, he thought consi derable objection might be urged. He thought it very de sirable that the question should be settled. In reply to Lord W. Gne.HAer, The LORD ADVOCATE said that the proposed com mission was to be an unpaid one. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. CORPORATION OF LONDON. Sir G. C. LEWIS, in moving for leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of the corporation of the City of London, said the house was doubtless aware that when the Municipal Corporation Actwasintroduced an exception was made in favour of the corporation of the City of London. That exception was mainly founded upon the. generally popular character of the local municipal government of that corpo • ration. Before the Municipal . Act was passed a very largo number of the corporations of England were practically Close. The governing body was confined and limited in its character, and' frequently the vacancies w hich occurred - were filled up by self-election. The main object of the Mu nicipal Act was to popularise the constitutions of the cor porations of this country. But the Common Council of the City of London was already a popular body and well known in former times. The City of London exercised great influ ence, and generally assisted the populir patty in this coun try. It was not considered necessary, therefore; -that the corporation of the City of London should be included in the general act. lint a separate report was made soon after with regard to the City of London. Some time ago a commission was issued of which he bad the honour to be a member, to inquire into the state of the corporation of London. That commission made a report, and a bill was introduced into the house founded upon that report. At a later period that bill was referred to a select committee, w ho reported upon it, with amendments. The Lill which he now asked leave to introduce was practically and to all intents and purposes 1 the bill reported upon by that select committee, and'reight be considered as the recommendations of the commission, whose report was referred to the select committee. The bill se framed eves limited to the present state of the corpora tion and its officers. It did not include the question of the coal tax, for this reason, that as those duties would shortly expire, he should have a future opportunity of dealing with thAt tax. At present he should merely ask the house for leave to introduce the bill. Mr. AY IRON opposed the motion. The queetion of the corporation of London had engaged the attention of • the house and the metropolis for a great many years, and he did not ccenplein of the candour of the right hon. gen tleman in now introducing the question. No doubt the right hon. gentlemen had for many years past been a very strenuoucesupporter of liberal ideas and of the liberal party, but the question whibh they had to consider was, whether lire services to the liberal party were a satlicient reason for maintaining an institution which was not only said to be no practical utility,but a'as in truth a very serious public inconvenience. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. g entleman had introduced a bill - of a . very curious ,character. The house was aware that a bill was - introduced by the late Go vernment to regulate the franchise, and they as well as 'others before them maintained that the franchise should not be lower than £lO. Yet, though the Whigs declaimed against that, it, was singular that they should now come to the hence and propeso a L'lo franchise for the municipality of London. (Hear, hear.) One was et a toes to know how to deal with such -a Government. (A. laugh.) 'lle wanted to know what induced the Government to hold up this.par ticular franchise withiwthe limits of this antiquated cor poration. lie could discover no solution except -that this corporation attached itself so affectionately to the Whig :arty, and consequently it became necessary for that party to think more of the influence of the corporation in a City electien than to consider those great - political principles 1 N.:hi - eh-they professed. The corporation of London was in ies origin a mere local corporati , M,conliued to the walls of hondon, and to all engaged in trade in - the City. The ' livery companies subsequently combined in one great cur- . peration, and that was the eery:rani:ion of Lendrra, there :,,rd it ir,t, not a mere I'c--it .... • ' ••• (11,' but a-great t-ad - 0 ltih corporation also, the reerceenee: trade of the metropolis—that the theory—anti without him. nothing ceuhl be done. 'eel - was this bill to do ? .The corporation was now I, n. mere local 'municipa lity, supp orted for these tred iee - • •haracterist ics which would be found -in-any other corpora! i• el in the conntry . ; and if ' the bill proposed to deal with it in that way, it must aban don all theneretensione it had hitherto enjoyed. rio could not understand how thi-r Government, though commending a majority in the house of Commons, should bring forward e little trumpery measure. which w - as totally inadequate to the occasion. ThSy had left, out of 'tire question the tax upon coal, which was a greet injury to the manufacturers of London and those living. within 20 miles'of it, whilst Oey announced with great satisfaction that they had got the taxer token off the manufacturers of Paris who were - to deal with us. (Hear.) The right- hon. gentleman was a com missioner to inquire into the state of this corporation, and Le knew, Si was often aFverted, the fact that the City of London had.no real tight to levy the smallest tax upon coal, or to levy any other tax whatever upon the tnetropclis. That tax was granted without any restrictions in past times; but it was for-specific - purposes and objects. Those objects and purposes had been more than fulfilled, and, in point-of fact, the corporation of London was now levying coal tax which had long since accomplished the objects - - for which it was originally imposed, which.was must injurious" to the coreniunity, and yet the Government did netlike to quarrel with the-corporation, because it had influence at the electiene. (Hear.) He hoped every effort would be used against this bill, and that they would appeal to the justice of the HOuee of Comnions, and ask whether they would allow Ministers to'use their influence for such legislation els - was shadowed forth in this bill. They would e no doubt, have the noble lord the member for the City of London telling them that this corporation was as ancient as Magna Charta, but he hoped the housewould not be led away by any such views as these. It was a remarkable thing, that-the house, having a few years ago determined upon a system of muni cipality for the metropolis, the right hon. gentleman did not adhere to that course, but. went out of his way to revive a system which everybody out of the house condemned. He hoped if the right hon. gentleman was not prepared - to con - sider whether he would allow a useful municipal body to re, main Fide by side with this plaything, some gentleman con nected with the metropolis would do so, and pet upon the table of the' hetise a bill ;which would deal with the-all-im portant questions which would arise; Tho metropolis ought to be a county of itself ; it ought to have the legal as well as municipal institutions; it ought to have a recorderfor itself ao : one sheriff instead of half-a-dozen, so as to secure a general harmony of administration of one uniform character, which would afford great relief to the inhabitants and an im partial administration of justice. Mr. W. WILLIAMS was of opinion that the measure had.better be altogether postponed, and from what he knew of the right hon. gentleman oppose (Mr.• Walpole) he -thought it more -likely that' his measure of reform would have bean more efficient. The City of London did not comprehend one-twentieth part of the population of the metropolis, and he could see no reason for framing a mea sure for London on principles totally different from those which governed every other great corporation in England. For his own part he was aware that - the convivial meetings of the corporation of London had triumphed over the good intentions of the Government. Mr. Alderman CUBITT observed that in the bill of-last year the livery of London, a large and influential body of ten or fifteen thousand persons, was altogetheieignored. As to reforming the corporation its members were of opinion that this question ought to be, once for all; set at 'rest. He hoped the livery might be in the position they now occapied, with the power they now enjoyed of electing the Lord Mayor and some other functionaries, and this he thought would, on the part of the Government, be a very wise concession. Mr. JOHN LOCKE remarked that the livery of Lon don ought not to be forgotten. They were not confined within the walls - of the City of London, but were scattered throughout the metropolis, and this formed a strong rea son 'why the. Government should not be alliewed •to carry through a bill of this description, for it only dealt with a comparatively small portion of the metropolis. The Metro politan Board of f 'Works was intended to be some thing like a corporation for the whole of London, controlling its municipal government in an essential respect, having the power of levying rates for improvements—a body, too, which he felt bound to say almost everybody disliked. When this bill of the Government passed we should have two kings— the Lord Mayor and the chairman of the Board of Works. Was tbis- expedient ? Why not instead adopt the course for merly adopted, and extend had enlarge the corporation— dividingww Commonhoilhe o o:oflefa L td p e ctde n saorure d mulia o stcea n ueitn telr ac i oe n nbupne t . raoti o lmbai wards, tsnhp:deeorthe ibuthl:ten dehay:Qniacnuwadoei corporation a l pnei e cope t hr aune rp t sti h (siao. oh e ni, ndoah L unt eoh o ldrdf r a d tchLbg A raoyo l otnv a nosde y evoro o es inurn, doingoa tut n hhl( d daee houses be laugh)—but for these apprehensions there could be no grounds. Let the corporation have the taxing power over rho metropolis and they would soo n be unpopular enough. The corporation of the city of London was newer, powerful s o s e f d t a a x l e r s e , re a ( n li d ta w ry hi - r e e h v t e h n e u y e c e o f u o d , o oo a o B b a o y d e y a , r :b n e c o a t u a s r e i s i i t n p g o c s a s i e t The . bill now brought in by the Government ue it i e tib l . orat becomeion wae professes r m e o e s x t t u e s n oe d tf e ju, d el c i tb n :a the d in th l e o y m p e l r es; a e: g vi st t e h d . ti l ie f y th: o co ul r d p r oh n o ' asise measure i so o s t i C i a ot laid 11 moos.y ho sk. unworthyW t o o h ta o l p l totally tthoese inconsistent ceobnesi)ri.before e.teeNrvsalitotteihnodgni againstt ass. fo Si r r e xr t h . e F m : ( Q H u e a H r , A l t er v . f taxing-the coal of the city he represented (Hertf6rd), be cause" it_ehrtnced to be within a radius of twenty-ono miles 6f 1,1 1 c ,, maroptql . s. That was surely a great injusti ts c a e txa a ,te n: f l no a dr vete) , fereat -hardship. He trusted that when th e . proper the o no n m e the e that lie.'wouldliPllagyrhetitrarhepn°rnto.enivboiasurelodtnonettohttahrteee-Sfriemeeeprteo.teaerythisf Sir. G. C. LEWIS, in reply to the request just. made to him by the hen. -gentleman the member for llertford, said it iv:l4 quite true - that Hertford was included in the coal tax. The house.was . Probably aware that the coal tax consisted of three portions amo unting in the whole to .131 per ton. A lax of -id. per ton was for the benefit of the City. They claimed it as their - property, and it stood upon the same footing as the town dues of Liverpool. The fourpence was charged with . a certain capital sum raised upon it for metro politanimprovements and other purposes, which would not be satisfied for some years to come, 43 to the other portions of the coal duty, tho eightpence and the penny were not applied to City purposes : they were collected by the officers of the City, and handed over to the Board of Works, and were applicable to the payment of any debts created by ad vances for general improvements. The purposes for which the penny duty was levied had already been satisfied, and the sums arising,from it were now paid over to the accoun tant at the Bank of England, there to accumulate under the control of the Commissioners of Works. The purposes for which the eightpenny duty was levied would expire in April, 1861. In saying what he had said he must be understood' as not expressing any opinion, but merely stating for the information of the house how the coal dues stood. As for Hertford and towns situated like it, what the advocates•of the tax said was; that those towns by their proximity to the ,metropolis derived a corresponding advantage from the im provements in the means of communication, &c., and that the value of their land was raised by their contiguity to London. (A laugh.) .This view he did not defend. (Hear.) Mr. E. JAMES deprecated this sort of piecemeal legisla tion and would much prefer seeing the whole question of civic rights and civic finance placed on a broad and intelligible footing, and dealt with in one. comprehensive measure. (Hear, hear.) The present state of things was most anoma lous. One clay the Cotirt of Common Council sat at Guild hall, another day ,the Board of Works, both possessing large powers. He must designate the bill of the Government as a paltry bill, and , one unworthy of the subject with which it proposed to deal and of the sanction of the House of Com mons. (Hear, hear.) Leave was then given to bring in the bill. PACKET AND TELEGRAPHIC CONTRACTS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the manner in which contracts extending over periods of years. have from time to time been formed or modified by hers Majesty's Government with various steam packet com panies for the conveyance of mails by sea ; andlikewise into any agreements or other arrangements which have been adopted at the public charge, actual or prospective, for the purpose of telegraphic 'communication beyond sea, and to re port their opinion thereon to the house ; together with any recommendation as to rules to be observed hereafter by the Government in making contract services whick, have not yet been sanctioned by Parliament, or which extend over a series of years ; with power to report from time to time. The right hon. gentleman had little to say beyond propos ing to the house the re-appointment of the committee. The motion carried its own recommendation, and he was not aware that there existed any intention to oppose it. For a considerable number, of years this department had been under the charge of the Ad iniralty, but the Government considered, after due examination of the subject, that it would be desir able to make a change in that respect, and transfer it to the Post-office department, which was Immediately connected with.the receipts from the packet service. Upon the whole, ho thought this .would be the more- suitable arrangement. The Treasury would then have Control; and in respect to the maritime portion of the duty they would be assisted by the marine department of the Board of Trade, and, where necessary, would call •in the advice of the Admiralty. Such a change would, in the opinion of the Government be conducive to public,advantage. (Hear, hear.) The com mittee upstairs would, however, deliver such opinion as it thought fit. With respect to the notice given by the right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich, it would be of course open to him to make what remarks he pleased upon the oon duet of the committee which sat last session, nor would he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) attempt by any defence of the committee to anticipate the remarks of the right hon. gentlomen, nor indeed was he aware of any ground for im peaching it: HiWasnOt himself a member of the committee, but had understood that the committee, so far as regarded the subject-matter before it, was unanimous. He did not mean to say that the committee was unanimous upon all questions, but hehad not understood there was any differ ence of opinion with regard to questions which it was corn potent for them-to decide, and to which it was bound to ap ply its attention. The Government would not be Under stood as either casting any censure upon that committee, or -joining others who thought fit to censure it,. With these few observationslic would leave it to the right hon. baronet to address such. remarks to the house as ho might think fit, only placing his motion in the hands of the Speaker. The motion was then read from the chair. Sir J. PAKINGT 0 N said he rose, according to the notice which he had given, to submit to the house certain considera tions witin egafd to the manlier in which the inquiries before this cowlli:tee had bsen conducted in the last session of Par liament and the manner in which he thought it desirable they elionld be conducted in the pre3ent year. Before statin 7, ti Jose con, ideritions he wished to clear the - ground, by stating that he did not clesire toienter into the evidence, nor to touch upon the contract of Mr: Churchward, made by him with the late Government to convey the mails from Dover to Calais. A notice had, been given that a motion would be made next Week upon that subject, and it was not quite clear whether it would be consistent with the rules of the house that that question should he raised upon - this motion. Whether the house Would - confirm orviolate the contract made with Nil.. Churchward would be considered at a future time, and he did not intend to notice the matter further. Nor did he intend to touch upon the grounds ups' which the commit tee in their report had passed a censure upon Mr. Murray. The, evidence was _such that, it he were to go into it, it would bring onadiscussion which might at present beincon venient. He proposed therefde to limit himself to the ob ject which he had given notice of, vis., "to call the atten tion of the house to the manner in which the inquiry in, trusted to the committee in the last session was conducted, and to the neceesity that the proceedings of the . elect com mittees should he strictly limited to the matters referred to them by the-house." The question was whether the mode upon which the examination was conducted, especially the manner in which the committee ha '.3 drawn up their report, sva. , 4 eonsis!eet with justice, consistent with parliamentary practice, and more especially whether it was consistent with the coeetant practice of tYs house in relation to all matters which involved anything like a charge of personal miscon duct He would submit his views in the most temperate manner, and he very much desirgi not tie express anything which might excite or give rise to angry faaltnga, for in the ' discussion which tool{ vlace last year there was mixed up a g'uoti (ic:;1 oi" : i ii Cy 1i,,,,i:16 asal party acrimony, and it was very desireble- to avoid everything of that sort at this 'time. (il e sr, hear.) He would remind the house of the acknowledge] rule of parliament, which might perhaps be considered as part of the lex non scripta of parliament; and in the very valuable work of Mr. Erskine May—which was accepted its the asithorised rules of parliamentary prac tice—the necessity was pointed out of confining the com mittees to their orders of rCerence. The rule stated that " the select, committee were restrained from considering matters not. specially referred to them by the house, and when it was necessary to extend the reference a special authority ought to be given fur that purpose." Such an authority was necessary when select committees had to con sider questions touching the character and honour of indi viduals; and the house should remember that the honour and character of men were the moat precious things they had. No doubt it,•sometinies became their duty to consider the conduct of Men ; but no man would deny that when it did become the duty of, the house to entertain charges of per sonal misconduct, it behoved them and the committees of the house to be scrupulously cautious that all charges should be dealt with in strict regard to the requirements of justice.. (Hear, hear.) ~ He wishe to call the attention of the house to the ordereot reference, or rather that portion of it which u related to the midi-pullet contract. It was to this effect, "thaa committee be appointed to inquire into the manner in which contracts extending over a period of years have been from time to time framed or Modified by the Govern ment for the conveyance of the mails by sea; and to make recommendations as to what ought - to be observed by the Geyer= ent., i n making contracts for services' not sanctioned by Parliament and which extended over a series of years." He would next read a passage from the report of the cora enittee from which it seemed to him that the conduct of the committee had not been limited to the terms of the order of • The reference, passage was this—" It appears to the com mittee that neither the Admiralty nos Treasury officers were influenced by corrupt or political motives in granting a re newal of the contract for the mail service. The conduct of Mr Murray, the secretary of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was open to, grave censure, but there was not sufficient evi dence to show that any member of the Government Was cog ni zalit of thecommunicationswhich passed between Mr. Mur ray, Mr. Churchward, and Capt. Carnegie." Now, he would • submit that that paragraph was not consistent with the terms of the.order of reference, nor did the order justify the committee in acquitting, or convicting, or censuring any gentleman for personal miseonductt. He expected—indeed, be desired, that the committee would institute a full and searching inquiry into the principles and the policy upon which these contracts had been made ; and he further ex-' posted that the committeewould investigate and report their opinion to the house upon the wisdom and prudence with which successive Governments had made these contracts ; but he did not expect that they would enter into questions of personal corruption and personal misconduct which had not been referred to them, and they were not competent to deal with. :Tithe committee had possessed a right to deal therewith, why of course they would have authority to ac quit, and convict, and censure. Perhaps he ought, on be -half of himself and colleagues, to say that they were thank ful they had been acquitted of political corruption. But they had not been before the committee, and no charge had been preferred against them, and consequently the commit tee had no right, morally or legally, to entertain those charges. "The right to atnuit and convict involved a trial, and in order to have a fair trial two things were necessary —a distineteaccusation and competent tribunal. (Hear.) In this case both these elements were wanting.' (Hear, hear.) It had been said that it was quite true the committee had no authority to, try the question of misconduct or corruption on the part of any individual, but that there was a sort of un derstanding in the house that they should enter into these questions. He denied the existence of any such understand ing. (Hear, hear.) But if there was any, he must enter his 'protest against the idea that the conduct of any Man, or a charge against any man, might be referred to an incom : petent tribunal, unless, indeed, the person charged were a party to it; and therefore it .appeared to him that the committee went beyond the powers which the house had entrusted to them. (Hear, hear.) When the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for the committee, he did so upon public grounds, and did not intimate.to the house that the committee was to be made an engine of attack upon individuals. The hon. gen tleman the member for London (Mr. Crawford) strongly approved 'of the appointment of the coraraidee, and dwelt upon its expediency, but he did not suppose that it was ap pointed to pass a censure upon this or that Government, and he (Sir J. Pakington) was justified in saying that the .tone of the debate was entirely in harmony with the view of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the object of the com mittee was to inquire into questions of public policy alone. Subsequently another debate arose in consequence of a peti tion being presented on behalf of Sir Wm. Russell, which prayed that the committee might be restrained from enter ing into an inquiry respecting, the Dover contract, which might prejudice his interest on the inquiry of the petition in reference to the return of members for that borough. The hon. member for Kilmarnock. (Mr. Bouverie) expressed a strong opinion that the committee was not a fit tribunal to investigate personal charges, if any should be preferred, and the right hon. gentleman the member for Hertford (Mr. Cowper) also expressed an opinion that if personal charges were to be brought forward in connexion with these contracts they ought to be referred to a judicial tribunal, and in con sequence of these speeches, the Chaneellor of the Exchequer particularly referred to them, and to the unfitness of the com mittee to enter upon judicial duties. -The Chancellor of the Exchequer said "the committee was not appointed • tOcon duct cases of criminatory accusation against any Govern-. ment in particular, nor to try the oases of the Dover and 'Galway ,contracts in any other spirit than that of examining into all cases of contract which might come before thorn." He had no 'hesitation in - saying that the construction which he put upon those words was, that it was the intention of the Government, and the right hon. - gentleman in moving for the committee, that they should 'enter into the questions of public principles and public policy, and nothing else ; and he would add t his, that he felt convi nce d that this must hale been the mean ing of the right hon. gentleman, because if the right h on. . gentleman had at that moment in his mind the notien'that they would be at liberty to asperse the character of indivi , duals and to prefer charges of corruption the right lion. , gentleman was bound to state it to the house. (Hear, hear.) , Having accepted that construction, he made no o bjection to the appointment of the committee ,+ and he thought it a 1 , most propel . ..step on the -part of • the. Gtovernment to take; but if - he had had the idea that the committee were not going to investigate the public policy of these contracts, but to deal with the characters of individuals, and with charges of misconduct and corruption, nothing would have induced him to' agree to the appointment, constructed its if was. He strongly objected to the committee as being fitted to'undertake the duty of inquiring into personal charges. He would-admit that the committee was most carefully selected, andit would be difficult to select nineteen men more fitted to carry out the object in view ; but at the same time he could not find nineteen men more unfitted to enter into an investigation or trial of questions affecting charges against the character of individuals, and for this reason, that he found scarcely one gentleman who was acquainted with the rules of evidence, or conversant with the business of the court of law, or in any way accustomed to judicial inves tigations, or the way in which examinations of witnesses ought to be conducted. The chairman (Mr. Cobden) was no doubt a'very acute and able man, and there could not probably be found a better man to undertake an investiga tion into a case of public conduct; but, on the other hand, -there could not be a worse man to conduct an investigation into charges against individuals; and he would appeal to any lawyer of eminence to look through the printed evi deniei upon the personal parts of the case, and to say whether one half of the questions would not have been dis allowed by any court of justice. (11;ear.) He made no charge against the committee, except that they old been led into the error of assuming powers which they did not legally possess, and of discharging a duty for which they were not competent. On the grounds he had stated he should object to a repetition of the committee of last ses sion; but, no matter what might be the determination of her Majesty's Government, he thought it desirable that, before any committee were appointed, tho opinion of the house should be taken as to the extent of its duties and jurisdiction. If the inquiry were to be one within the general principles of parliamentary committees, he should not object; but if it was to be a judicial inquiry he should demand two conditions—first, a specific accusation ; and secondly, that such specific accusation should be referred to a competent tribunal. (Hear, hear') There was no lack of precedents to guide their deliberations, and any gentle man .who had sat any time in that house must recollect how cases involving charges against individuals had been dealt with. In such cases, the house had always selected persons who were flt for the duties of investigation ; arid three conditions had always been observed—first, that instead of being unusually large, the committee should be unusually small, in order to give greater concentration and responsibility ; secondly, that at least some of its members should belong to the legal profession ; and, thirdly, that'the'remaining members should be chosen as free from party bias as possible. He trusted that a similar line, would 'be observed in this case, and that a competent committee would be appointed. He begged to disclaim any ill-feeling against the committee of last session, but he must repeat his strong conviction that the course they had followed had not been consistent with the order of reference, and he trusted that in whatever course might now be taken due regard would be had for the inte rests of the public, and for the interests and character of that house. (Hear, hear.) Sir F. T. BARING was sorry that the unfortunate ab sence of the chairman of the contract committee cast upon him the duty of.making some observations in reply to those of the right bon. baronet. He did'not complain of the right hon. baronet's strictures, as all public men were fairly open to comment; but he wished thoroughly to understand the issue which the right hon. baronet put to the house At present, he believed it' to be, whether the committee were Justified in the course they had pursued, and whether they had been fitly constituted to conduct such an inquiry. He (Sir F, Baring) was glad that this question had been brought forward, because it related not only to the past but to the future, seeing that another committee was about to beAppointed to inquire into iho general system of Govern ment contracts, and it was desirable that such committee should know whether it was to go fully into the inquiry, or whether it was to avoid every question connected with per sonal character or misconduct. So far as he could under • stand the right hon. gentleman, his objections to the com mittee were, first, that it was not competent to a ju dicial inquiry ; and, next, that the order of reference did not per mit them to go into certain subjects. He was not prepared to say that any committee might not be open to a similar objection, for the fact was that it was almost impossible to get a committee in that house which rose to the strict i udicial standard of impartiality. Their only expedient was to take half from one side and half from the other, and trust to the truth coming out in discussion between them. 'But it was not his business to defend the selection of the committee. The house had selected it, and the time for objection was when the names were being put from the chair. -But committees selected according to the right lion. baronet's notion had not been more satisfactory. In the Adiniraly inquiry were four legal gentlemen; in fact, no thing could have been more judicial. They came to an unanimous decision, but that decision was received with anything but unanimity by the house. But the point to which he (Sir F. Baring) had to look was, whether the House of Commons had a right to inquire into' what the committee now complained of had inquired into. No diffi culty on that point had struck any member of the committee durir g its sitting If they looked back to the minutes of that committee they would find that not the slightest objec time to the course of proceeding had been taken by any of its members. He was surprised that the right hon. gentle man, - after the discussion on Sir Wm. Russell's petition; should imagine that certain matters would not be incliftreel into. On that occasion the late Secretary to the Treasury de manded inquiry, and said that it must not be "skin-deep." The Attorney-General for Ireland demanded for the late Government an investigation of the charges which were made . against them, and Mr. Henley said that there were many allegations, every one of which demanded investiga tion. How then could the right hon. gentleman blame the Committee for acting strictly in the spirit in which it had been, appointed? He maintained it was quite right that com mittees should know whether they were precluded front in quiring into questions of character, unless they had a lawyer amongst then, and ho trusted the right hon. gentleman would take the opinion of the house on his motion. For hims self he had no wish to remain on the committee, in which a :treat deal that was disagreeable to him had occurred, nor had he the slightest desire to say anything offensive respecting rely of the matters which had been brought before:them. Lord J. MANNERS concurred in the opinion that it was important the opinion of the house should be take;as a guide fir future committees. At the same time he must say that his impression as to the unanimity of the late committee was different from that of the right hon. gentleman. He remem bered much dissent from the course that was being pursued, but as four of the committee had been members of accused Government they could not have diVided without exposing themselves to all the malevolent insinuations of party rancour. He agreed with his right hon. friend that when the commit tee was appointed, it was understood that these personal questions were not to be referred to it. But the complaint was that the committee travelled beyond the legitimate terms of reference. The committee did navel out of itsbeaten course, and did implicate the conduct of private individnals not members of the late Government, in a way quite unpre cedented, and, as he thought, in a manner unprecedentedly unfair. ..41a; a member of the committee, ho felt he should be out of plesSe innn investigation of that nature. If, therefore, it was the pleasure of the house t hat this eommitteci should be re-appointed, and that the same painful circumstances should be again referred to, ho trusted the house would be rod enough to relieve him from th e necessity of attending it. Sir F. BARING explained that all he meant to siiy was he did not recollect there being any difference of opinfon with reference's the matter of inquiry itself, but that there was sortie difference of opinion as to whether certain ques.• tions should be put. .• Mr. B. OSBORNE said that there was this great pecu• , liarity about the speech of the noble lord (Lord J. Manners), that he had taken 'the opportunity to protest against the de cisions of a committee of which he had been a member—he during the whole time sitting patiently by, voting on it and making no protest. He confessed, although he had a great temptation to go very fully into thecase, he should resist it, and he thought the right hen, gentleman the member for Droitwitchwould have acted a wiser part if, instead of being a party to create two debates on this question, he had left the matter in the hands of the members of the committee, who had given notice of a motion for next week, because it Was most inconvenient that they should have two debates raised on this question. Now, the right hon. gentletaan said this was not a competent tribunal, and he (Mr. B. Osborne) fully agreed with him, although not for the same reasons. He thought the late Government, or rather the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was greatly to blame for the formation of that committee; but the right hon. member for Droitwich did not take exception at the proper time to the constitution of that committee. What were the circumstances of the forma tion of that committee? Instead of having the usual number of 15 meral9ers, 19 were appointed, and what was the /Teamn given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for that appoint ment? The right hon. gentleman said his chief difficulty arose because he was obliged to put four extra members on the committee, and those four, members of the late Govern ment, were accused. The right hon. gentleman said 'to night, where was the man who would bring forward any specific charge ? He (Mr. B. Osborne) took au opportu nity of bringing forward a specific charge. He said he had strong grounds for suspecting the right hon. gentleman had' been tampering with the elective franchise of Dover to oust him. Sir William Russell made that allegation in his pe tition. If the right hon. gentleman wanted an accuser let him turn to the election petition for the borough of Dover, which pointed directly to the conduct of the right hon. gentleman the late First Lord of the Admiralty, and his private secretary. The committee itself was manifestly an attempt to hush up the inquiry altogether, as if the whole matter were proceeding on the Scotch principle of "scratch me, and I'll scratch you." (Laughter.) To that end- the, four members were appointed. The hon. 'member for Bir mingham protested at the time against the ponstitution of the committee, and declared that it was improperly consti— tuted, saying that if the house wanted a committee that _would bring respect to its judgment they should get it ap pointed by the committee of selection. The right hon. - gentleman talked of there being no lawyers on the com- t mittee I Why, one-fifth of the members s at in judgine f h or on their own case. Why, the right hon. ember Stamford could not sit on the committee meant they came to vote, and left the room., ( Lau g hter.) now, e ; Thew noble lord, however, voted manfully throughit and li forsooth, he would not serve on any tr.furth ommittee. t san at (Hear, hear, and laughter.) tempt to whitewash the private secirVeatasrynoo; tl(sernigr,hthehnorn). gentleman the member for Dreitwich he Don't tell him (Mr. B. Osborne) that what privatesecre hisright honour able gentleman was not aware of wh h a tary was about. There never was sutchea verdict had been committee as that on the Dover contract; and when returned - the right honourable sewfarsamdiesdconat;anitne.d4 and said, "Don't have a committee ge ntleman u se e through the veil Surely the house and the country b ß y ntthhee sgahidt ri attempted to lie thrown over hon. gentleman the member the r D t r r n e h i t s w a li on the committee did no t act in accordance w ith tie forms of reference. He was s ur p rised that the right hon. gentleman, since he spoke on almost every of all members of the house,ast the right time against this occasion, had not protestedrglit hon. gentleman's political friends irregularity.' lad presented hTihinelatel with. a splendid gold shield, but in its compartments of . colonies,y justice , and mercy, he (Mr. B. e that tere was any view of Dovei e e e Osborne) did not (langhter)—or isneedfallion of his private secretary. (Re newed laughter.) I a suPPlementary shield should be pre - ou have seated to the right hon. gentlem . an, hoped he W d the defect remedied. and get a view of that seaport. On the 7th of July, wh en the subjece was first mooted, dr . Glad stone said it would be the study of the Gove r nment to select the names of members who were to constitute the commit tee, and to see that there should be an impartial and thorough going inquiry. Now, Mr. Gladstone was net always so clear and plain spoken, but no one could misconceive what a thorough going inquiry meant. '(Hear, hear.) The right hon, member for Droitwich did not object on that occasion to the functions of the committee so described. But on the 12th July, when a committee was nominated, the Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. gentleman the member for Stamford, was exceedingly - animated, and even indignant, and declared that he would not submit to any skin-deep inquiry. He said it must be a full and proper inquiry, ob servine- that the further it was earned the more it would redoundq to the credit of the late Government. He made no protest at to the line the committee was to take, but he put as able questions as any lawyer, and refused to vote. (Hear, hear.) the ctramittee, from first to last, had a IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMON—(YEsTERDAY.) SUPPLY. On the bringing up of the report of the ruo'..( n for sup- rude of !,!i; - most suspicious about it. It was acknowledged by the Chaneell , Exchequer that the four gentle men were - hi, difficulty, b he got over that difficulty, ay ., ehing more about it. He (Mr. B. OsbOrne) did q in the eppointment of the com _mittee whiele ie. iv called for, different grounds would be proceed el el en, and different men selected. The house wee'. ' well, in his judgment, to refer this master to the c :`; e: of selection ; but do not let them have any endenee a. aush up the question, or have a member dis sentin r the verdict after it had been given. It was very 1. , • xtu.iate that 'they should have gone into the Dover case .1 . ell., How did it stand ? Next week a committee would be struck to try the Dever petition; and only see the lairyrieeh of difficulties in which they would be involved with this inquiry going. on pendiag a commission. If the house wished its judgments to be respected they must have no such scenes as they had had that night. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman volunteered to be examined be fore the committee which he now distrusted. The right hon. member also gave a distinct denial to the fact that he had ever given a letter to Capt. Carnegie, to go down and con t es t'Dover, but his memory must have been singularly defective on that occasion. For his own part, he (Mr. B. Osborne) was exceedingly grateful to the right hon. gentle man for having got rid of him out of Dover. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) But what was the effect upon the public with regard to the votes on Parliamentary committees in that house ? The decision which the country was taking was this, that committees were not to be trusted. If any would support him, he would oppose altogether the nomi nation of this committee by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, for if they wished that the judgment of this commit tee should give satisfaction they should entrust its appoint ment to the committee of selection. Let it not be a matter of selection by those two benches. Questions 4e these were naturally distasteful to Governments, but they should not bo suffered to remove their full investigation from the public eye. (Hear.) Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that after the astonishing statement which the hon. and gallant gentleman had made with regard to him, he felt bound to say that no agreement had been come to in this matter between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and himself, and he was altogether at a less to knew on what ground the assertion could have been made. It wait usual to inquire in the first instance whether an hon. member could act upon a committee if nominated, and he had been so consulted; but no contract or agreement had been entered into by him to sit on the committee, but not , to vote. Some hon. members had stated that the com mittee had travelled out of its legitimate terms of reference, but he did not take this view himself. They were charged with renewing the contract without sufficient public grounds, and suspected of having done io from party and corrupt motives. He knew that he had pronounced for the contract on public grounds, and he was anxious that those grounds should be inquired into. It was not sufficient that a member of a committee implicated in the matter of inquiry did answer the questions put to him. In courts of law a witness so circumstanced would have counsel to ask him questions founded upon a knowledge of the facts, but if they had no member on a committee who knew the facts—such members being excluded from adesire to obtain impartiality —it was impossible to elicit the case which ought to be made out in justice to those who were interested in the re sult. They had to choose, therefore, between two evils ; and, though he confessed he did not see his own way be tween them, it appeared to him that the exclusion of those who were acquainted with the facts was opposed to reason and common sense. (Hear.) Mr. HOPE said that as a member of the late committee ho could state that its resolutions were voted unanimously, 'and that there was no formal discussion. In reference to what had fallen from the hon. and gallant gentleman oppo site (Mr. B. Osborne), he would observe that the four mem bers to whom he had alluded did not influence the decision of the committee, because they were in the minority. Mr. H. HERBERT observed that if it were intended to appoint the members of the last committee, there should be some distinct understanding of exactly how far the committee was to 'go, and how far the words of reference covered the inquiry. He took great interest in the debate of last session on the subject, and he certainly did derive the impression that the conamittee would have a political character ' and that it would have to try the character and conduct gf the late Government. He was fortified in that impression by the speech of the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucks, who made use of these words, " If there is no prospect of the proceedings at the Dover election being examined info this session, it would not be fair to deprive the members of the late Government of an opportunity that presented itself of going into an investigation of all the circumstances of this case.' So entirely was he impressed with the view he had stated that, although he was a member of the committee, yet, heving been prevented from serving by having to at tend an election committee, when he was requested to be present at the drawing up of the report, he said he did not think it was right when a member of a committee had, not heard the evidence that he should assist in drawing up the report. Lord LOVAINE said—lf this committee had a judicia character, there was great danger in allowing the character of persons who had no opportunity of defending themselves to be affected by it. Capt. L. VERNON observed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he believed that the whole of the committee were unanimous as to the description of information they re quired. He (Capt. Vernon) was an independent member of the committee, and as far as he was concerned he was no party to that unanimity. He thought that the committee in entering rather upon the personal than the public question departed from its line of duty ; and that when the house granted the committee it was certainly not with the idea that it would be made to serve a political purpose. When the committee devoted nearly the whole of its time to an inquiry whether Captain - Carnegie was justified in coming to the extravrigant conclusion that when Mr. Churchward offered him his support; he meant thereby to seduce him from Admiralty virtue, it stepped aside from its particular duty, and it postponed the interests of the public to those of individuals. The Chancellor of the Exchequer might say-that this was not the time, nor the place either:, to make the objection. He could only say that he took both the :time and the place, but he was put down by being told that the public out of doors were anxious about the Carnegie and Churchward case, and that the public out of'doors must be satisfied. Ha ventured to say that he did not think they had anything to do with the public out of doors, and that what they had to do was to attend to the business with which they were concerned. He said that at different times during the i n vestigation, but he was always, put put down 'by the shibboleth of ` the public out_ of d ors. out of d membersoors , but like himself found themselves brought into a perfect whirl- N th e e w re hweahsada atigmr great a t f for s e p v e e e r t y l :l3 )r i everything. Independent public pool of party . struggle, and it was obvious that there were those on the jury who ought to have been in the witness box. He could alsa see that some who were ever nice and scrupulous as he thought them, would refrain from voting on matters which concerned them, and there were others not quite so scrupulous, who would be restrained by no s uch fanciful ideas. He 'intended to call the attention of the house to the report on the 7th of February. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I was sorry to hear my hon. friend the member for Liskeard say that it was the desire of all Governments to hush up these matters—for my hon. friend has himeelf been a member of various Governments, and one is led, therefore, to suppose that he is giving reminiscences of his own sentiments in such cases. (Laughter.) For my own part I beg leave to disclaim such a dispositiori. I am desirous that this matter should be fully inquired into. My hon. friend gave loose to his imagination to an extraordinary extent in what he said about some secret understanding between me and my hon. friend opposite, with whom I had once the honour of being intimately connected in a public capacity. There never was any such understanding between us. I don't believe I ever exchanged a single word with my right hon.' friend on the subject except across this table. A fertile imagination is certainly sometimes a most inconvenient thing. (Laughter.) This question appears to me a very 'simple one. It would seem that if the coin-11 - lace were not unanimous in the -view they took with. regard to the scope of their inquiry, at all events no gentleman who differedefrom the rest of the corn mittee thought proper to place his dissent on record ; it is algo quite clear that a great majority of the members enter tained no doubt whatever as to the nature of their dutie ti s, and I am bound to say, as a question aff ectin g the pracce of the House of Commons, filet it is very inconvenient that members of a committee who cal ert ain opinions with re gard,to the proper limits of their inquiry which differ from those of the majority, and /eh ieh differ from th d e coure which the committee is acenelly pursuing, shoul t _remain silent in the conimittee —(11( a: Lear)beinves rained by the fear of imputatio'ue fr-et patting their vi s ew to s t e i rn eo r m e- .. cord, and then, not having etn•e should vie mittee in an intellieibe f: mplaints of the conduct afterwards make appeals to the house. I .iake co of that committee. of gentlemen towards the me to be hardly p.le ea the part . hear.) Such a course appears to theybelong. merits of this partioular case—the term; With regard to the f • Ul which other members of 'the committee to' which of the reference the line omg ry was Pursued —I confess ti.at the right hon. baronet the member for which he ha . s token. The Droitwich, el-ho introduced this rs r ifesltiomn,ayl b m e u p s e t r s m ay itt i e n d th to e moat temperate man Commons is generally in favour of Tinerihag•eiaew say so, to fe l)2, l i e a opinion e. •• the coarse which a committee has pursued. Ido not speak icirerourso of n ow 0 • f the j u dgment which they came to , for that is a per- fectly proper matterreview and question for but it i 4 perfectly impossible for a committee appointed under an order of reference such as was passed in this in stance,,altogether to avoid what may be called personal matter. Undoubtedly the inquiry was one directed in the ;ne in to the policy of certain measures, and therefore I think it would be an inconvenient course to refer the subject to the Committee of Selection ; but although such was its cha racter., it was not simply an inquiry into an abstract matter 'of policy, but into the conduct of executive Governments; and collaterally and in a secondary manner it was, of course, a question involving praise or blame of the conduct of tho s se , Governments for the manner in which they had acted. Ho w is . is it possible for a committee required by this house to in quire into the manner in which contracts were framed or modified by her Majesty's Government, to make their inquiry thorough and searching if they are restrained from pronouncing a sentence of either praise or blame on the men by whom those contracts have been so framed or modified. The right hon. baronet very fairly andthat the inquiry justly says inquiry was one into the wisdom and prudence of the con duct of the Government, and if that the committee found that their conduct had been deficient in wisdom and pru dence, no, doubt they ought to with regard to it. But although their sentiments express he admitted that they might declare their cond uc t not to have been prudent, they were not from that circumstance infer I ) The right hen to any blame. ( Tear. . baronet also finds fault with the committee for having alluded to "corrupt . motives " It appears to me that the committ ee , i ns t ea d of being c e nsured, deserve rather to be comm en d e d f or th e metion which they have made 'of this branch of the subject, because the committee having, by a very large majority, arrived at the conch': ion that the Dover contract was made without sufficient inquiry into the grounds of the claim for its extension, and having gone on to, express their views with respect to it, they after wards, in a spirit of equity and of consideration for those whose conduct they had been condemning, inserted a para graph declaring the opinion of the committee that, notwith • standing an error had been committed, no ground existed for the imputation of corrupt motives. The resolution was thus worded :--" It further appears to the committee that neither at the Admiralty nor at the Treasury were the officers wi'h whom thedecision rested, influenced in regard ing the renewal of the contract by any corrupt or political motive." That passage appears to me clearly to show that the committee net only acted with equity and fairness, but that they adopted it with a view of precluding any supeei tion of inviduous interference that might otherwise be en tertained. I believe, moreover, that the constitution of the committee was well adapted for the purposes of the general inquiry for which it 'was appointed. I grant you that the mixture of what may be called personal mat ter is productive of much inconvenience, and is to 'be regretted when it comes incidentally under inquiry and cannot be made the subject of investiga tion by itself, without entailing other and very serious in conveniences ;' but this cannot be charged upon us by way of constraint.--it is a matter ei constant rOlgreACO M ]crin~ issed a ti lat c: quiries by this house. The committee on contracts, for example, which sat in the years '55, '57, and '5B, was ap pointed, not as a committee for criminatory charge, not withstanding which, in the investigation of a great num ber of proceedings of this nature, they found it necessary to express opinions in the nature both of praise and blame with reference to the conduct of those concerned in the making of those contracts. (Hear.) A great and n atural desire has been expressed by members of the committee that the sense of the house ishoull be expressed as to whe ther they have exceeded their jurisdiction. Now, sir, hav ing listened attentively, and I hope calmly and impartially, to this debate, I must, say that I collect tlui sense of the house to be that the committee did not exceed the jurisdic tion given to them, and that they could not but pronounce a sentence of blame or praise upon. the framing of the con tracts whieh they were appointed to examine, wheat such an expression of opinion appeared to them to be calle4 for. (Hear, hear.) But it is of course, my duty to remind the hon. baronet that if in his opinion the committee have ex ceeded the bound assigned to them, and that for the futuce they will require to be limited in their proceedings other wise than by the discretion of the members, it rests with him to move an amendment in words, orin some other man ner to obtain an expression of the positive opinion of the house; and I have no doubt that any opinion which may be expressed by the house will receive attention at the hands of the committee. (Hear, hear.)Sir H. WILLOUGHBY ask - ed if the house were again. going to inflict upon 19 gentlemen the necessity of hearing a mass of evidence, altogether losing sight of the great question, what was the best public policy in managing these contracts ? The right hon. 'gentleman would do well to consider whether it would not be best to limit the question to the public policy. If it were proper to bring personal charges of corruption lot them be treated separately. The report omitted 300 questions and answers, and. they con tained very important evidence. Mr. G. W., HOPE explained that the evidence of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rose, which was taken on the last day, it was agreed should be omitted, because it opened a fresh subject. The motion was then agreed to. PRISON ACTS (SCOTLAND) CONTINUANCE. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a bill to continue until the. let day of Jan uar y , 1862;and thenCe to the end of the then next session of Parliament, certain acts for the improvement of prisons and prison ,dis cipline in Scotland. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Sir G. LEWIS obtained leave to bring in a bill to pro vide for the consideration of an ordinance which had Feen laid before Parliament in a report of the Oxford University Commissioners. LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL. The bill was brought iu and read a first time, the second reading being fixed for Monday week. The house rose at a quarter to 10. COUNTRY MARKETS COLCIIESTER—JAN. 28. A good supply of wheat, the little quantity in condition was taken at last week's prices ; damp samples unsaleable. Fine malting barley in request, at very full prices. Grind ing samples more scarce. Beans and peas without change. Wheat, white 44s to 50s Beans, Mazagan.. 325 to 36 + I re d 38s to 46s Middle & small 33s to 426 Barley 36s to 46s White peas 3 3 s to 404 I Oats 2os to 28s Grey 32s to 36s CIIELIVISFOI.ID—JAN. 27. There was a fair supply of whk:!Lt, but generally in such bal. condition that it could not fin.,l. buyers at any price Fine malting barley firm. Wheat, white 40s to 50s red 3Bs to 43s Parley 30s to 37s Chevalier 32s to 42s Grinding 21s to 26s Malt 6os to 66s Chevalier 63s to 68s Oats 22s to 32s p eas pa i lridge —378 to 38 3 White P 3 7 14 to 395 Boiling .., 37s tc0403 Dun t9 353 Beans, Tick ... a Xis• to 40s Harrow Ticks 400 to 430 Mazagan 35s Lf NORTHAMPTON--J-AN. 28. At this corn-market wheat was in middling supply, w ith a heavy trade, at about fully the rates of this day se'n night, prices ranging from 40s to 48s for old, and 38s to 46s for new. There was a slow business passing in barley, —2Bs to 408 per qr. Oats in limited show, with a good sale, quoted at 20s to 35e per 24 stone. Beans old, 48 8 to 525; new, 34s to 4 0 s. Rye, — s to —e; . malt', 64s to 668 ; flour, 31s to 34s per sack. STAMFORD—JAN, 28. At our market yesterday wheat held heavy, at about the prices of last week. Wheat 40s to 45s Oats . White do 48s to 50s Beans .. Barley ....38s to 42s Ditto, old ........2444285: to t t o o E s W : COAL ➢TARE (Prioes of Coal per Ton at a. d., .ET-JAN. 30. the close a the market.) Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 3 Bell's Primrose ......13 3 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 0 Walker Primrose 14 0 ranfield Moor 13 9 lanfield Moor Butes l3 9 Davison's West Hart-.. Walls End. 0. il• Russell's Hetton 19 • ‘ 9, Trimdon Hartlepool 20 v,, North Hartlepool 16 ." Firth's Robin Hood „lb n v Braddyll's Hetton 19, v Whitworth le - 0 Haswell ..... ..... 2O : 6 Riddell 18 9 18 9 Harton •... Gosforth ............. 18 7 6 Wrenthorpe Alberts... l . 6 6 Belmont ...... 1 ° South llar . tlepo . ol . . ...... g 6 Hetton.... ........ .18 0 Trimdon Thorn . leY• • : . 19 0 Eden . ~.. ........... in 0 Acorn (Anse ... . ...... .., ~. N ortfreuxiberlom d. I 5 " 0 Eden Main .19 0 Heugh Hall 19 6 South Kellos l9 l e y___ .15 Bower's West Hartley.ls fuddle's West llartleyls iiiiniiope . ' -13 3' Grey's West Hartley 14 9 liolywell 16 0 Howard's West Hart ley 15 0 West flartley l5 3 Wylain St. Cuthbert's Hartley 14 9 Bates ffartley l4 6 Waifs End llunwiek Ships at market. 103—Sold, 85. BT LIS7. ,ters are despat by morning mails. FOREIGN MAIL P.' G'. In the following table E signifies that le by evening mails from London, and M by evening main J L IJLu ........,,..,....--_________ NO '. ‘ !O lt DESTINATIONS. ,- D es patch Port of ,_.,,, of Mails. Despatch. 01'7, --__ ,----:";. A.ustralia and Mauritius, via b. 9 Southampton Feb. 11, E Southamp. Fe ... Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New b• 16 Y or k Feb. 17, F Liverpool.. Fe , Canada, &c. (by Canada. pckt ) Feb. 1, E Liverpool.. Fel; 3 C a pe of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa- . , ) pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Feb. 4, MiSouthamp. over 4A H o nduras and Blewfields .... Feb. 17, 31 Southamp. Feb. ''? India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, ~. b. 1 A via' Southampton Feb. 4, 31 Southamp. re - Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Feb. 11, II Southamp. ove ):Ci t Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, • and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 7, M Southamp. r e'' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via clil ° Southampton Feb, 4, M Southamp. ove r 3 Ditto, via Marseilles 51exico and Havana Newfoundland .......... . United States and British N W Am Dittode esitr e ac r , i (ao c bn a aysd ( tu b T. y oe st ß . :r Apr i i t aff f i re s e zuela, Chili, Pe ru, Grey.,ikhe packet) ..... 5 t2ac.k.et),F, an. 31,3 E E Southamp.Liverpool.. 10 West India, Californi a, V ene- Ma. . Ma- Feb. 23 B Liverpool.. F eb ' • Few town, New Granada &c Feb 2 M Southamp. ..4 Feb. 16 Feb, 1 :31are ll 3 ovev ci l tie Feb. - ov erdil ° Feb. 3 F•eb , 5 Few. 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