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ERN 1 I 2 . . 1 2 3 ...... 1 ...... 3 ».... 3 1 2 8 and the however, ay week. g Beane. Ld la per for more d change 1 at tend arel y the h tended ;s; bale,' slow sal* Maine. -I to --• ; Od to 360 tune, 361 a largo a raadf is higher. ~ malting so,, 22 , t peak, 404 nd a fair et sale, at realisea sack and load over Ns money. re reall, ) averse I Os 101 3d down, la top 04 the most few left ices,. ma 'tor* 3 to 60; Lc Z d pet Oa to 01 4a. to 5,1 die East s -elected Bayley/ !p, took :ederick Willisrn ensuing. the 111- . 1 3 sera, is Hal hat ire First g pieces All the ty coon' r fe of tin* .d, Ur l. algragg • on. ten M :01 eltou zah 3th, isrl top, the Cit ing] call• Dui 'gent Hi ,use, an De- Edward 12er, at p Cap i in and n"rket, EISA win Wood- ....., iuisib 0 le, No. couotf M ONT BLANC TO-NIGHT AT 8, and TO-MORROW AFTERNOON AT 3. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Messrs. SAWYER and STRANGE, of "The London," Fleet-street, supply the Re fteshment:Department:—Dinners in every vailety, from Is 6d to 53; and Light Refreshments of all kinds. See the daily bills of fare. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall. TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHTH ENTERTAIN MENT.—Many Patrons of the Christy's having been unable to gain admission owing to the limited numbers of Stalls, they have now Introduced an extra row, which will afford more ccmforts to their numerous patrons.—Evening at 8, and on Saturday /Morning, commencing at 3. Prices —Boxes, 1/. Is.; Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 25.; sack, la. • PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. sig. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Last Week but Two.—Every Evening at S.—Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at 3—" TWO ROUES OF ILLUSIONS," as performed, by command, before her Rost Gracious Majesty the Queen and Court, at Windsor Castle.— 'Mu:tense success of the New Tricks, " The Shower of Toys," and "A Fast Coach for the Year 2000."—Private Boees, two guineas, one guinea -and-a-half, and one guinea; Stalls, 55.; Balcony Seats , "4 Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery,' Is. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Adelaide-street, West Strand.—GßANT) CASlNO.—Licensed pursuant to .Jet of Parliament , with Btu itets's celebrated band ; formerly cln net"A--, by the late EMILE LAURENT, now conducted by Mons. LA itorrE ,of Paris ; principal cornet-a-biston. 51. BOULCOURT ; Leader, fir. Cruets. HAIL. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. The above band is at the service of the Nobility and Gentry for Pri late Ball; kc.,&c.—Apply by letter to R. R. BIGNELL, Argyll Rooms, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. GREAT UNITED STATES' CIRCIJS. - Messrs. HOWES and CUSHING, Proprieto rs.—The lar g est .11tleatrian Esiablishmmt in the World, numbering over Two nundred Men and Horses, wilt perform for a Short Season, at the ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, giving Two Perform ances,. eath day, commencing at half - past Two, and a quarter to - Melt o'Cleck, p.m. *** In consequence of the immense attendance at the evening's Perf ormances, the proprietors beg to state their intention of continuing the Grand Morning Entertainments daily until further notice. The Day Performance is fully equal to that of the Evening. _Adrnisai on —Private Boxes from 1/. lOs to 31. 3s each ; Stalls, Os ; not BOtes, 3 s ; Second Boxes, 2s; Pit. Is ; 6d.—Box ce open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fee for booking places. .0 Programmes are correct but those purchased inside the building, and only On e P enn y eac h i s a ll owe d t o be charged. Carriages must 'let down ‘ ith h orses ' heads towards Charing Cross; taking up to the North. ki R. CHARLES DICKENS WILL READ AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL : Ott TarrasnAv Evnisiso, April 29th, his " Cricket on the Hearth." On THURSDAY EVENING, May 6tli, his " Chimes." On TIIIINSDAT Evkicrec, MAT 13th, hif ''Christmas Cirol." w leach Reading will commen ce a t Eight exactly, and will last two eir!, Places for each Reading : —St a ll s ( num b e r e d an d reserved), Five Fe. Rblilln • o„ ' „ Area and Galleries, H a lf- a - cr o w n ; Unreserved Beats , i; Tickets to be had at Messrs- Chapman - and . Hall 8 üblishers, 193, Piccadilly; and at St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre. THE COMMISSIOICERS of We. METROPO LIS TURNPIKE ROADS North of the_Thames,will hold a rECIAL MEETING at their Office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, in t he Parish of Saint Martin-in-the-fields, in the city of •Westminster, n e !L. P RIDAY. the Seventh day of May next, at the hoar of one in the Afternoon, for the purpose of consulting whether au, or any, and which of the several Toll-Gates and Side rB now placed on and by the sides . of the lhird D'str:et of the s aid Metropolis Turnpike Roads north of the Thames, shall be rem ved "d placed elsewhere, or discontinued, and whether any Toll-Gate d 6 ide-Rar shall bo erected on or by the side of the Woad/ in the said District, and in what situations the same shall be placed. By order of the Commissioners, GEORGE LABALMONDIE ItE,Chlef Clerk and Secretary. Metropolis Roads' Office, Whitehall-place, 9th April, 1858. " OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT " says Twenty-one Million Pounds of Tea have been released by.. the Pos session of Canton.—Th e EAST INDIA T EA COMPANY 61b. a nticiDato the arri va l o f t hi s, an d have reduced the price o f t he i r bag of Sou n d T ea to 2s. 2d. per lb.; ani Coffee in the Berry to ild• W arehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate. mET ROPO LITAN COUNTIES LIFE A SSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent—treet, .Waterico rice, London. S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and . I ns on advantageous terms. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. 4 2T• 11 . Tolicies In force ; not w ith s t an di ng th e D ecease o f th e Lif e ured, provided the fremiutns be paid within the thirty days Of t'race. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE Its , SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858 : estab s, ' l ed IB37.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace,—lt always "Us been and stilt is the practice of this society to pay claims under 1 10 11cles of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc curling within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the °dice before the expiration of such days °I grace. For the Court of Directo - s, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSUR t.NCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. 1131 1 ,0 wered by Act of Parliament. for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORSUIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Samue l Krnworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. John King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. Pn Elliotson M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. .R.S. ' Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. PrOIgOOP Wheatstone, F.E.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REPIPLEE GENERAL. Elliotson, M.D., Cants!) , F.R S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., LC. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. 4688r8. ' Gregory, Gregory, Sl L l T r c ro tT w ° , R a s ;d Rowcllffe, Bedford-row. ka T y b i e i B e 6 o! Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Policy • Bonus in Permanent tak e Sum addition Bonus in Reduction ot eat ill n A g e ' Assured. to Sum Cash. inuual Pre .._ Assured. mium. ---„„,....„.„.• s. . d 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 42 1 4 56 s 3 8 . 184 1 48 4,000 7 49 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 lada 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 6 ' 10 15 2 I * l 55 2,800 120 17 0,72 14 6 67 7 The foll owing are amongst the advantages offered by the I nter 7aonal Life Assurance Society : Society was established In 1.835. Ayr ro-thirds o f the profits are divided amongst the assured every ~ - Years 443 sni., • scr lbed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. to s"" mvestments. at the date of the last annual report, amounted hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. 1;14411[ml income is ninety thousand pounds. Abp nu mber of poli c i es now i n f orce excee d s i x thousand. Rini Ist o ne thousand new policies are added every year. of t hree ce nimencement the Society has paid in claims upwards laundred and twenty thousand pounds. lban r Prns Pectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair . 142, St rand, 142 "'ran d, London W C . . EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. TgF Just Z )' ° ,, R ET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTFI AND MATURITY St v hell. price is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 tarnps ::PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise and o,;•o„'.tue Functions and Disorders of the Generative System. ' r o,_ cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting kerkTL tis habits acqu ' ired during the critical passage from youth g age i n n7c, wan practical observations on the Physiology of Mar- L e taark s s ocial, moral, and physical relations. To which are added 'aYst,rieaniThe wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden nary e _ of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by flipi a l„ '43 '2traination, the cause and effect of every variety of these , With n umerous engra Vi ngs an d cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Vatig-caled M 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, m • f Edinburgh, Honoraember of University o : I nher of the London H the ospilal Medical Society, Licentiate ry of ,jpoeecaries' Hall, London, That es ti 1 ' object of thi s treatise is to point out the fearful con - NbielneeS r esulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, h, ort :' have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ~herlnd Premature a decaat m ll of life ' iii tn ig!aSs of di sease known tomodern pathologists. Its per p u b s f al ny s o is f than, erhas, a %ti t ,1411 Y recommended to persons entertaining secret hazarded th e h.4''plcal condition, and who are conscious of having s tritlu ed r , happiness , and privileges to which every humanbeing ti tle absolutely necessary that a ll men s h ou ld k now t h a t th ere aro ";ilPies of perso na l management which cannot be violated with- Out Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue- M th,e heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties in;lay ho mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed. how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, thqre is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional 7. 4ll gement to which the timely aid of science cannot7apply a cure. 41,,r üblishad by J. Allen, 2n Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and 0,4 be Ilad of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Home, 19, Leicester-square ; t0,:40n. 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Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. el ;11ISEMAlt No. 1 2 and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, ..e_ oid of taste or smell ' , and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. mid ht tin cases, divided into separate do ses , as a d m i n i s t er ed by 41 Peen, Lalleaa'and Pr, Roux, Ric or d & c , an d adapted for both sexes. itIESENIAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE ,.., I,AXATION, SPERM .IT3ERIDEA„ and all the distressiu; I.7 ll e'lttences arising from early abuse, inate, or or long residen ce t o h ot cl.rnates. It has indiscri restored m bodily and s sexual length and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are , m ow in the enjoy ment or health and the Functions of Manhood ; ant t r hatever may be the cause for D ISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR. 4 40 E, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR NO. 11. 1 _ t r e etually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely i a dicales all traces of Goinorttrhttea, b?th in its mild and a,ggravated r ' rr e,,, e, Gleets, Strictures . , rr a on of the Bladder, Non -retention of "lie Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which r,,,„,' , - 1.„;-.vi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the - '' l l of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR NO. 111. , • . ,coStc,rrsocrunlia,l cos sup_ Is th e ~,,, _ _,.3 . .. f or syphilis and Secondary Symp. t o _ . great Continental I ‘al. J 5,! ,1. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, its ~a s altogetherinsensible ptoe eradicaterspi rt n l io n nexus Eruptions, removin,.a . and expelling. t. I I I and impurities from the 7hal stream i, ihr virus of disease, and expel it with t . ,- and urine, and is a h: 1 1411 the medium of the pores of the skin the inevitable destruc. the borer -faille remedy for that class or disorders which unfortunately 11,01':nglish Physician treats with Mercury, to Is. Sd. extra to the . Of the Patient's constitution,' and which all the ' 411 world cannot restore. Price I Is., free by post, sarsaparilla in e x t Part ot the kingdom'; or tour cases in one for o t 3s e ., r b e y is a saving of it . ,a! which saves Ils., and in 51. cas es, whereby u h rch_ street, City 134,.: . .' 11 . Sold by Daniel Church, post, 3 , 5. 2d . rod til is,, —osner, 43, King William.street, (four doors , row,' Watts, Gracech A . Ed -1%.a.;,,.. _itteet ; Sanger, 150, (1:4.1(3rd-street ; Butler,.4, Cneapstue , 17 , Strand Strand Hannay, "N -- ‘ll. Paul's Churchyard. from London. . _ Ark. PMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work tpb,7 LI, post free, illustrated with 100 engravings, containing the ' ai° as of V O n ' far th alPeatt, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, & c. It gives instruc --editnent_ perfect restoration of those who are prevented by im- SA N' from entering into the married state, also showing the .sri ent. results from early abuse, gonorrtua, and syphilis, and the IDerLatising fro m the chemical tests and examination of the i ll_las t , bi 7°!a, by the newly-constructed microscope, with powerful Z . ! ,:trie Author may be consult e d D a ily a c c ording to th e rules trold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, '" all agents for the sale of " Trimmer.. N O . 20,535.) PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW NOVEL, I 0 L A.ND EIT INMATES,T B A N K, Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 Vols., 213. L ADY SCOTT'S NEW NOVEL, " TIIE ONLY CHILD." " A very agreeable story."—Spectator. " A charming story, beautiful 'y told. Sunday Times. " Narrated with spirit and grace."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , T" TW 0 BROTHERS. By the Author of" THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE," &c. "This is to our mind, the best of Lady Emily Ponsonby's novels. The plot is imaginative and original. The characters are life-like and delicately drawn."—John Bull. " There is a truthfulness arid rectitude about Lady Emily Pon sonby's writings which are especially characteristic of the present tale--one of the best productions of this very, clever authoress." — Chronicle. llurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn. Thie day, In crow:4 Bvo., with Plans of Battles, Is. 6d., THE ELEMENTS of the ART of WAR. By LIEUTENANT COLONEL OR • Late Military secretary to General Vivian.. London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. This day, in post Bvo, price 10s. 61 1848 -HISTORICAL REVELATIONS. * Inscribed to Lord Normanby. By Louts BLANc. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. This day, in 4rny Svo, price 6d. AVOICE front ENGLAND in Answer to " L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON HI. et L'ANGLETERRE." Br AN ENGLISHMAN OUT OF OFFICE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. On Tuesday nest, in 2 vols., post Svo, price 18s. POETS AND POETRY -OF GERMANY. Biographical and Critical Notices. By Madame L. DAVESIES DE rONTES, Translator of " Egmont," " The Niebelnngen Treasure," "Koruer's Life and Works " Chapman and Hall, 193, Fiecadilly. WITH A NEW PREFACE. The Sixth Edition of T OM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS. By AN OLD BOY. Now ready in Crown Bvo. cloth, price 10s Gd. *** The Preface may be obtained by the purchasers of former editions, on application to their respective Booksellers, or on forward ing two p stage stamps to the publishers. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. May be had of all Booksellers in town and country. • THE STORY of the SULTAN MOURAD and his WELCOME GUEST may be obtained GRATIS on appli cation to any Rookseller or Newsvendor throughout the kingdom ; or it will be sent FREE from the Pub'ishing Office to any person for wariing his address. Office, 148, Fleet-street, London, E.C. FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part 111., price 3d., will be published on the let of May. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland in 1857, and Nominations for 1855, may be had price two shillings. W. Wright, Falwood's Rents, 11(Pxorm ON SPERMATORRUCEN.—TransIated from the German of Dr. Bickford. Just pub ished, the Fourth Edition, price. Cs., by post Cs. 6d., ON TRUE d FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with a View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in:Rela tion to its Nature, Consequences, and Treatment. By Dr. PICKFORD, With Important Introductory Remarks by the Editor. " The editor has conferred a great boon by translating* this little book , and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, will profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. This volume is well cal culated to pat an end to the empyrical system of treating Sperma torrhcea, and to place the treatment upon a more rational and phy siolPgical basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much geed."—Medical Circular. London, H. Barnette, 219, Regent-street. SPERMATORRFICE A RATIONALLY CONSIDERED. Just published, price 25., by post, free, 2s. 2d. ON SPERMATORRHCEA, and the PROFESSIONAL FALL AC EES and POPULAR DELUSIONS which prevail in relation to its NATURE CONSEQUENCES, and TREATMENT. • By F. B. COURTENAY, MEMBER OF TILE ROYAL. COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. " We never commence the peru_al of works on this malady with put preparing ourselves to meet most appalling descriptions of human suffaings. It was, therefore, a ralit agreeable surprise to us to find this error (as it appears to us) carefully avoided in this work, and the subj I , ct treated in a common sense, and truly practical manner. . . . No medical man should undertake the treatment of Spermatorrhcea without first consulting this work."—Medical Circular, Jan. 13, 1858. Loidon : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Sent free by Post, Price Is. 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Supported by many respect able persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed .—Mati • Nephews, 39, Cornhill, and through all Booksellers in town and country, EORGE HOBSON begs to invite the attention ‘l l l of Gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowscrings for the pre sent season, price 21s. to 255. G. 11. submits for inspection his new Overcoats; in all the new ap proved and various shades of colour for sty Mg wear. Excellence with Economy. A suit of clothes made in a few hours' notice. GEORGE HOBSON, 57. Lombard-street. Excellence with Economy. TO THE WEALTHY AND RESPECTABLE CLASSES. THE honour of an INSPECTION of the Mlowing ARTICLES OF DRESS Is requested by U. J. and D. NICOLL : For GENTLEMEN, at 114, 116, 118, and 120, Regent•street, and 22. Cornhill, Paletots of every description, some being of beautiful light fabrics for summer, and others of thicker materials, which, like those for trousers and waistcoats, are the hest specimens of English manufactures. A large assortment may be found ready for imme diate use; some are waterproofed, and the whole are marked In plain figures, at most moderate prices. In the Establishment. 142 Regent-street, for LADIES' and YOUTHS" CLOTHING, the same excellence prevails, particularly in Mantles and other Garments of silk and cloth. Messrs. Nicoll employ Cutters for each specially. WO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary Vice- President of the Imperial African Digitate of France, and Physician to the Bedford Dispeniary, 27, Alfre I-Place, Bedford- , quire, Lon don, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." " The true Guide to those who de Aro a speedy and private cure.' --University Magazine. 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It is, moreover; the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Curs No. 49,432. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Disc, Nortolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of N azing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vaasness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— C tee No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver pool a cure o: ten year's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No, 18,216. Dr. Andrew ',lre of constipation, dyspep sia.l ervone irritability. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Sheri and of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Mayor Ede of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey of diarrhea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of con sumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of para lysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley 01 thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 44,814. 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For these house would accede to his motion. the Trinity Board put down, " ........... . ration ; but, as a seafaring man, he . is 1 ia -- this matter on the attention of.the house, • believing tat, as long as the lighthouses and buoys remained under the management of different independent bodies, there must _ be such a want of efficiency and uniformity that they • would continue to be a disgrace to the country. Be eiendatiens of the s ' lieving that the shipowners had a strong claim , on the Ecclesiass to consideration, remembering that in bringing . for mittee of the ot, ward a former budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer tad had made TOM, admitted that the light dues as at present levied were lode hfeandsisbulpe,noartithtahte t v h i e ew n s ob o l f e m lo r r . d H th n e m m e o e n mb t e h r is fo s r ub T j i e v o e r rto h n etroduced into th tr xtm us rr t , ..ed LH h lEN is Np ui Ls o EA ti y_y on ml would be agreed to. The noble subject., 1 coming to their lot passed. He concluded by moving the resolutions. said d co i n t td as t n h o e t m n o o t o i es on sa . ry -introduced, or I to say one word with regard to the importance of this subject. .He was a thankful that be was relieved from many difficulties which t answer he a might have beset his course. He was in no way responsible the table, 35e for the construction or arrangement of the presentsystem to the bill had except, indeed, in common with every other member of that on Mon- diefe house. Ho was also relieved from the difficulty of this slues , of the were ' ef • the °m y •IL meive me ' 1. tion being regarded as a party question. It was within his comparis 1 knowledge that the noble lord would have brought forward 0 " For exam 1 his motion, and in precisely the sarae terms, had there been in en tire coa3 no change of government, and therefore the motion had to be )d and 4 for Ii considered simply on its own merits. _Moreover, as I egardod I should con Si. his own opinions on the subject, he agreed in almost every the Trinity-h word that the noble lord had said ; and he bad often said Ireland, more that in his judgment it was utterly indefensible that the eurpose. He ad shipping interest should have been required to buy up pH ', given with so vats rights. That point, however, might now be discussed, I cost as he ha inasmuch as the annuitants had all been paid off. He accounts in th should have been glad, indeed, if the noble lord had con there was pai, ' fined himself to the consideration of the management of the inity-house 1 lights, and not introduced the question who was to pay foe ,and to the N, them, the two questions .being perfectly distinct. All of together a tot, them had a common interest in the adoption and carrying whether it a out of the best system 'of lights that could be discovered. lights in this The noblelord had with perfect candour ad mitted that all the I the lights information in his (Mr. Henley's) power Lad been given to `led to the su, him. He had afforded every facility to the noble lord in ny causes wl the way of giving information, because he considered that • nd more ex, it would he well if the subject -were, fairly and properly ;sible tobelie brought before the house. The noble lord had not dealt so neuditure u, csndidly with the question of the relative expenses of v was paid English and French lighthouses. He had taken the ex 'ass whieee a penses of English lighthouses at 350,0001., instead of and *hose k 201,0001.—(LordC. PAGET I stated the actual expense at , ehoied Par 203,(00/.)--The noble lord at all events seemed always to `y, and if Ix cohtrast the larger sum with the Qum of 48,0001., which what was . was the expense of French lighthouses. The noble lord, `souses. T. however, omitted an important element of calculation. He led a very (Mr. Henley) believed that the French did not maintain el 1,65e1. any "light vessels"—or at all events maintained but one. own the h, These light vessels were a most important item of expense. 'ntenance t. The average annual cost of lighthouses in England waft • , y what 1. 27,000/., whilst that ©f light vessels amounted to 37,003/. diture. .1, The not le lord did not dwell on this fact. [Lord C. tel with th PAGET : / mentioned the exit taste of light vessels.] -.e, put t, Neither did the noble lord distinguish between mere bar that of hour lights and more expensive lighthouses. In Frence, of the t according to the noble lord's statement, the average cost of . qe 8,546 a lighthouse was 3001. per annum. In England, light ` of 3901. I houses were classed as first, second, and fourth class, and 3031., an, the average coat of their maintenance was 3871. So that the 1 for th, house would see when they came to actual figures that the the CO3, English system did not stand in so disadvantag eous a p os i- Nat the , tion as his noble friend seemed to think. The next subject ef the se on which the noble lord touched was that of buoys. No bad alit doubt the simple system which the noble lord advocated was, clog the in many respects, much to b 3 admired, bet there were two en fink reasons against its adoption on the English coast. The were c estuary of the Thames was in three channels ;it was `,ermine old by t th, necessary that a vessel should know which of t l h o e rm s d e owr c e b o a inra n ld - - opnot°atea she eh reasonlwe a h s e i r n ' to an was and u h t o i h s w e : t a l lyTiseth. system Thames h o e f s tl e i c e a o n a dd noblet i and ie 0 t ii , r great 7te He • rivers of England were visited every year by thousands of t, o f ' ships, who never had on beard a pilot.. The masters and ur crews of those ships were able to navigeta at the present re time with safety ; if the system were changed, although for one theoretically more perfect, the practical result would be that these rivers could bo no longer navigated as they are at present with safety. The noble lord lord also referred to the question of reflecting lights, and complained that the lights in many lighthouses were not upon .the most mod, ru and improved printiales. The course which was being adopted with regtrd to this matter was as each set of lights -wore out, they were replaced by others of im proved modern construction. He believed that a due re gard to economy justified the pursuing of this course. The noble lord next touched upon the question of steamboats, which were, as he said, maintained eta very great coat. No doubt it would be possible for the Admiralty to furnish boats, but the only result would be that the expenditure would be paid by one department instead of another. He did not know whether the Admiralty might manage the business as cheaply as it was at present managed, but. he felt sure that it would not carry it on at a less expense. He now came te what was, he believed, the most im portant portion of the noble lord's statement, and the one to which he (Mr. Henley) felt the most inclined to agree with him—he meant with reference to the question of management. Down to the year 1853 a different system had prevailed to that now in existence. Up to that time all light dues collected on the English coast were applied te English purposes, all Scotch to Scotch purposes, and all Irish to liish purposes. In the year 1853 Mr. Lowe made a groat change in this respect—a change which might justify still further alterations. He threw all the light dues into a common fund, awl this made the larger amount drawn from those ports where considerable traffic prevailed, appli cable to those places where less tolls were received. This . was a great improvement ; but there still remained some defects in the power which regulated those lights. No doubt that which, the noble lord had called a double go vernment had some disadvantages. There was, besides what the noble lord had referred to, a large class of lights also to he provided for in the colonies. The noble lord had spoken of some sum of 400,00 Q/, as being in his (Ur. HAM. - WO hands, and applicable to the extension of lighthouse.- This sues was in truth but the surplus of dues, and was an amount upon whieh calls were constantly made for the purpose of maintaining the lighthouses already existing. He (Mr. Henley) quiteadmitted that this subject was a very important ono; he concurred in some respects in the views of the noble lord, but he thought that to ask the house at once to transfer the expenditure upon lighthouses to the pub!ic revenue was taking a step in haste, and doing that for which as yet there was not suffici nt ground. He, therefore, proposed to the noble lord that ho should with dr nv his motion, upon which the Government would issue a commission to inquire into the subject. (Hear, hear.) He thought that by this course the house would be enabled to obtain valuable information upon the subject, and thus be put in a position to do that which in its wisdom it. might thick fit. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LINDSAY regretted that the right bon. gentleman had not gone a little more fully into the subject. How ever, in what he had said he (Mr. Lindsay) could not altogether agree ; more especially he differed from him in his estimate of the relative expenditure of the English and 'French lighthouses. From a statement which he (Mr. Lindsay) had had access to, it appeared that the expense of the Ft ench lights was only one-half the expense of the English. The sight hon member had, indeed, thrown out a suggestion that those lights were not so good as those on the English coast. Hon. members, however, who had crossed the Channel could judge for themselves whether or not this idea of the right hon. gentleman was a correct one. With regard to the sum of 900,0001., to which the right hon. gentleman had referred, it certainly seemed, notwith sten ling the explanation which had been given, that that km was applicable to the improvement and increase of lighthouses. He had had no wish to press upon the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who had just entered office, to find a deficient exchequer, but he thought that the exist ence of this very sum would aid the right bon. gentle man in an endeavour to adopt the plan proposed in the ro solutiou before them. He was most desirous that some thing should be done to amend the existing system o light dues, America, France, Prussia, and even Russia had adopted the principle that a nation was bound to place lighthouses on her own shores. That same principle bad been affirmed in the committee of that house which had sat upon this question. Was it just, then, while other countries gave us the benefit' of :their lighthouses without charge, and whilst we admitted that, upon principle, we ought to do do too, that we should continue to place a tax upon foreieu vessels in this respect ? And in the resultwe the freight; o thenewi oohittrheeasi be, freight etter,for was thetollonly increased charged to the merchant; the merchant cast it on the manufac turer, the mauufacturer on the retailer, and the retailer on the consumer. At every step it was increased ; and thus we were not only no better, but actually worse off than we should be if these, lighthouses were properly and directly snpported out of the revenue. The Americans complained loudly of the present system, under which each of their steamers paid 621. for light duties. Had they subjected our vessels to a similar tax the steamers of the Cunard line alone would have paid, in the year 1850, no leas than 3,2561. The house might be sure that the Americans felt very sore on this subject, and thought that their ships should be treated more on terms of equality. On the whole, he (Mr. Lindsay) was inclined to prefer a royal commission to a committee of inquiry. Mr. LOWE said that all the evils complained of by the noble lord arose out of the double government under which the whole of our lighthouse system was placed, between the Board of Trade and the Trinity-house. The proposition of the noble lord did not go to the abolition of this double government, but would retain the present imperfect on. ma chinery while transferring the whole expense to the c only lidated fend. lie (Mr. Lowe) was satisfied that n tte r I effectual way of working the system would • object to call on tion of the noble lord. He did not think I yme:dci en dealing oat i f t: r of e :ns o:oebtt:ewaiilnt, motion. t i u i t y H , e a d tha t a Minister of the Crown for estimate; v. single head, and for that reason he must oerrj_wcbhteitcuoh t h h e e w i33 °l :o: weir mwePbnionecorporation of great impor tance to have no control. a? house system were placed under adoration whether the consolidated h o t the quest ui see fund.lit s.a th i s would thou be a fair subject charge should be defrayed ' Mr. CARDWELL opposed Ife tthlw°wßboaorledooffotTirralideohti-t remem bered that, in 1853, e the difficulty that there were in a 1011 On that account. f 8 -r e ehad voluntarily submitted to public terms and a ntiqui Y 1 but with respect to the othercor o t . existencesubject, t lie charters p ra ions was iesued. The - • commission extended neat OWlniSsloll auditthere aau-dascognretra: ,ditlicitia ; a i r- 4, - „„ c j i r 'es over every part of the three kingdoms, and re ' --- e de l d s everal very important results. Not oneof those coo:T e e l:we - e ver was carried out, and it was only in that cor ehedi proceeded on its own voluntary motion tien w le artanyuseful alterations were effected. With respet t to the s peech of the noble lord, he (Mr. Cardwell) begged to say that not one penny of the 12,0.01. which came ce b e e si f el o sec r o e tft M bth r a . Het ur n e 's committee was now l e vied on rhti s t et he hth : oulo hip (ix p rpn o ing interest. His Limhad e but ° na P u a lights hon. at friend near z and d Dungeness, the report from which he quoted referred to a period friendante- G Englishr io ez s exceeded u l p i g p h o t r s t e were 0 , t hadrheawell eo l fl tmanaged shown aena lightgte h d a aw t t aDs now puruogve t ex h ide e sbsey.x Thatt p h e e n s s i e n ?al single rior to 1 4 45, and the n o ble l or d oppos i te, whom his bun. fact that they were under the direction of Mr. Faraday ; but further than that; an American commission that had visited Europe some years since highly eulogised the English light h luso system, and recommended its adoption in the United Stets e. The committee of 1845 had been much relied on in support of this motion ; but the committee of 1845 had re commended that all the lights of the three kingdoms should be placed under one authority, that authority to be the Trinity-house, London. (Hear, hear.) As to handing the control over to the Board of Trade, he objected to handing over so much responsibility and patronage to any depart went of the Government, and totransfer the expense from local sources to the Consolidated Fund would be to engine a rapid increase of expense iu every pare of the kingdom. There was a committee sitting upstairs on harbours of e : . refuge. The proceedings of that committee were, until ,e—e.--c —, ----------- molt . ic. n ret _ 1„_-, , k -r 117 4, erenee - -tiril ft . ' confess _ Jught the Anniiat4 - 1,x , „ their side. They _euVetl.l, -- ).ii , ~,'7', ',semblance.- ...: ' ".: ..., vessels werer Is .0. : r... z b,-., ggragqiCs*cpial " ) reasons Mt/K5:1444 , ..,,,,,tc He did ndL . milk toi _ - , z.,"y,-,z, because it'was an ,- .o l kVartPlitit,i2 ; - • felt it his duty tkpresr ~.; t - ••• thr roms'i' - [PRIoI 40. S rAMPED 5 D .1 was the old reflective system, such es was used by every gentleman in his back passage—(a laugh) viz., a lamp and a, reflector behind it. Of late years a new system of light ing—the dioptric —had been invented by a Frenchman, M. Trenelle, and improved by a Scotchman, Mr. Stephenson. Of the 210 French lights 151 were on the dioptric system, and only 56 on the old catoptric. The public lights on the coast of Eoglaod, „under the Trinity-house, were 14 , in number ; the public lights on the coast of Scotland, 45 ; and, the public lights on the coast of Ireland, 65 ; making a total of 224 public lights, for which, in the year 1816, 353,0001. was paid in the form of light dues. The French had 210 public lights, three-fourths of which were on the dioptric or modern principle, while only 17 of our lights were on that principle, and the cast of these 210 lights was only 48,0001. (Hear.) He did not wish to overstate the case. He was perfectly aware that, in order to make the comparison a fair one, it was necessary to enter into details. For example, the French bad but one fleeting light for the en tire coast, whereas they had 38 floating lipb ts for England and 4 for Ireland. In order to avoid wearying the house, ho should con fine hi s re mar k s a l mos t an t i re lyt o th e li g ht s unCler the Trinity-house, leaving out the cases of Scotland and Ireland, more especially as the former were sufficient for his purpose. He admitted that the sum of 353,0001. required to be given with some qualifications; and he would state the real cost as he had been enabled to arrive at it by access to the accounts in the pea:session of the Board of Trade. In 1356 there was paid for the maintenance of lighthouses to the Trinity-house 139,50•/., to the Dublin Corporation 38,1391.,and to the Northern Light Commissioners 30,359/ , making together a total of 20 4 ,00'/. Now, he would ask the house whether it were not just and right, when the cost of the lights in this country presented such a contrast to the cost of the lights of France, that public opinion shout ibe called to the subject ? (Hear, hear.) He knew there were many causes which tended to make the light houses of England more expensive than those of Franco ; but it was impossible tobelieve that there was due economy, due care in the expenditure under this head ; and consider ing that this money was paid by a very suffering class of the community, a class whiee was suffering from competi tion with foreigners, and whose difficulties were increasing' from year to year, it belnived Parliament to watch this ex penditure very narrowly, and if possible. to prevent a shil ling-being spent beyond what was necessary for the due maintenance of our lighthouses. The 43,0001. expended on the French lights included a very large outlay for new works. That sum included ],65;1. for new works and buoys. (Hear.) Having shown the house that there was great extravagance in the maintenance of our lighthouses, he would endeavour to show by what means they could get rid of this inordinate expenditure. He had g. ne very carefully into the details connected with that branch of the subject. He had, in the first place, put the public land lights of England at a coat above that of the first-class • lights of France. The averag e cost of the French light houses ofithat class, was, for eclairage 8,546 francs, and for repairs 1,250 francs, making a total of 3901. per annum. The second-class French lighthouses cost 3031., and the third c1a135,1421. per annum. He had allowed for the English lights 4001. a-year, which was more than the cost of the first-class French lights ; and; assuming that the number would remain as it was, with the exception of the addition of two new Scotch lighthouses, for which he bad allowed, there would,he,thought, berm difficulty in reducing the cost of our lighthouses to 186,003/. That estimate included 5 ?,000/. formew works for the next year. There were cer tain places where the Government had wisely determined to build new lighthouses, and ha was informed by the Board of Trade that about 50,000/. would be sufficient for that purpose. It would be impossible to get rid of the old system without pensioning off some of the old servants. He had allowed 11,000/. for that, and for the establishment of a central board, whose duty it would be to assimilate our system to that of the French, and which he thought should consist of intelligent engineers and an officer of the Board of Trade. He proposed to get rid of the immense staff of steamboats. At present there were in all seven vessels em ployed. The . ,Trieity-house had five, involving a cost of from 27,00 1 to 30,0001. per annum. Considering that the coastguard ships were now all to have tenders attached to them, he did not see why they should not look after the lighthouses. It would very easy for them to supply the lighthouses with provisions, to watch them, and to keep them in repair. This would at once cut off about 39,000/. a year. Well, then, there remained that ancient corporation the Trinity-house. He would not for a moment urge that that corporation should die along with its twin brother whose case was before them ; on the contrary he should be very glad to believe that the Trinity-house could be advan tageously retained as the new central board ; but he very much doubted whether theylcould get an od corporation to amend its ways and tointroduce the necessary economy and reforms. Why, one of the five steamboats which the Trinity-house possessed was a yacht. He lead very great respect for the elder brethren of the' Trinity-house, and should bo glad to see them take an airing—(laughter) but let it be done at their own expen e ; he did not see why the shipping_interest should provide a yacht for them. (Hear, hear.) If the Trinity-house could be made useful as anew central board, lot it be so ; but in those days, when every country .in Europe and the United States also had established a simple and uniform system, it was incum bent on England, the great leader in all maritime matters, to reform her system of lighthouses, and to wake such arrangeMents that every foreigner who approached our coasts would have the utmost protection that could be af forded. So manifestly superior were the French lights in brilliancy to our own, that, as he learnt front a report issued by the Board of Trade, the Trench systeanlad been recommended by that department to the colonies for their imitation. To the disgrace of the English nation, there were points on the coast of the most dangerous nature, where there were lenticular fights of the first onler e e s whereas, on the coast of France, here was nos light of kny importance on that principle. The light at Dungeness and the Here at Beichy Head both being important, were both catoptric lights. Just before reaching Folkestone, they had no doubt all observe behind the vessel a magnificent light, which was almost t ,s trong, even there, to be looked a', while in a contrary tion they beheld a light which in 1 / 2 comparison with the , her, resembled a farthing candle. The one was the light at Dungeness 10 miles off ; the other, the light at Cape Grepet, 25 miles off. (Hear.) The ex pense of changing a light on the catoptric principle into a light on the dioptric principle was only abont 2,000/., and when 350,0001. was being paid yearly for light dues, there could be no solid excuse for not placing our lights on the best modern footing. (Hear.) In the report issued by the Board of Trade for the guidance of the colonies it was stated that the saving of expense soeured by adopting the new instead of the old system would be about 4 to 1, and that the comparative brilliancy would be about 3 to I. (Hear.) He had begun by admitting that the adoption of his motion would eventually entail an expenditure of pub lic money, but he would console the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, by assuring him that no public money would be actually required for two yeirs. The right hon. gentleman bad at his disposal 400,0001., which arose from surplus light dues, and which a deputation of shipowners who waited on him the other day asked him to refund to them. (Laughter.) Now, supposing the right hon. gentleman should be of opinion that the (feast could not be lighted in a satisfactory manner without being brought under the operation of one _uniform central system ; supposing the right hon. gentle man did agree with him that, however hateful the princi ple of centralisation might be to Englishmen in relation to most subjects, yet exceptions were to be made, And no efficient system of lighting the coast could be established without centralisation, then he trusted the right hon. gen tleman would be prepared to resign this surplus of 400,0001., which would maintain the lights for two years, at the expiration of which time there would, it was to be hoped, be an overflowing exchequer. At all events he be lieved there would be no difficulty as reg arded expense at the end of the two years, as the utmost amount of expen diture that would then be required would be 150,0..0/. In making his calculation he had put down 50,000/. for new works ; the number of private lights was 149, each of these being under a separate corporation, and the expense of maintaining them being over and above the 350,000/. ex pended for the public lights ; all these lights would, if his motion wore carried out, pass into the hands of the Board of Trade, and he had no doubt that the 373 lights would be efficiently maintained at an expense of 150,000/. per an num. He thought that the central board should bo under the control of Parliament ; that is, should have a repre sentative in that house, who would be held responsible for the money expended. The Trinity-house was, he was aware, indirectly responsible to the Board of Trade; but the Board of Trade lied no means of controlling its ex penditure, nor could it control the expenditure for the Scotch and Irish lighthouses. The present system was, in fact, one of the worst forms of double Government. The coil which they were now seeking to get rid of, in relation to India, would be perpetuated in this country so long as they kept up the Trinity Board, the Northern Lights Commission, the Irish Board, and the Marine Department of the Board of Trade. If he had not already occupied so much time, he should have entered at some length into an examination of the jobberies under which the shipping interest had suffered and were still suffering. He might, for example, lave referred to the reports of two committees on this sub ject, both of which were presided over by one of the most indefatigable detectors of abuses that ever sat in that house —he meant the late Mr. Joseph Hume. (Cheers.) These reports were dated 1834 and 1845; they were monuments of Mr. Hurne's care and industry, and they showed that in his opinion the case of the shipping interest deserved the greatest consideration. As regarded the private lights, Mr. Hume thought that Parliament should take upon itself the payment of the debt. He was happy to find that the noble lord the member for Tiverton, who was a member of the committee of 1845, was in favour of bringing all the lights under the operation of one ceutral system. It having been proposed that the Trinity-house should be the central board, the noble lord unsncceesfully offered that proposal. He afterwards proposed that one-third of the members of the Trinity-house should be nominated by the Crown, thinking that, as the board was then self-elected, that ar rangement would feud to improve it. The amount of debt which had been recently paid off by the shipping interest of this country. was 2,180,000/. The debt was manifestly incurred in consequence of a system of improvident leases of lighthouses--leases which were granted by Parliament, by the Trinity-house, and by sovereigns . In former days, whenever a king had a favourite to provide fir, and found a difficulty in doing so, he gave him a lighthouse. (Laughter.) In one case a gentleman got a lighthouse because his wife was the daughter of an Earl of Leiceste r. To go only as far back as the reign of Georg?, ... 11 _ . e . Third, they read in the Grenville correspondence ! . --- e 4'4 Grenville went to London, August 13, 1761. M ph ' (lien received him with great good humour. . osit c e .0,4 took the vile, finding his Majesty in a gracious dispsagrant oppertun:tyef apprising his Majesty thl ~ t r b rile humbly of a lighthouse at his disposal. ( Lau„ him a s a provision asked his Majesty to, bestow this urnaug was graciously pleased to g for his younger children. (Renewodo lrequiletsetr;)anTdhe did so doubtil°W What with expressions of kindnesut7:;.aartde_s Mit: had the shipowners to do wi hin w G a r s on n v o i trahes e v t e his had ligh t t o ho p u a s y e, fo b r ut t w hi h e y ? should tremely thekindb s of i ptphek sorryi n i n g t to r ei g t o say that as recently as 1826 a (Hear.) He wa s l e d to Lord Braybrook, the reason toi let/years. In spite of the recommendation of bniegwneldeafsoer it being tha t the lightheusehad been hold by his ancestors for • ttees that no fresh leases should be granted, fresh d, and the shipping interest had been. COMM' saddled I l d vi b‘.v tlr as t u h g.gr e payment of a debt of 2,186,030/. With regard to the last point embraced in his motion, he must sa y it was beneath the dignity of Parliament to allow light dues to be levied on foreign vessels, while our own ships were not subjected to any such Ainposts in letup. There had, he believed, bzen a sharpflorzeiipondeneo between the 7 i• LONDON FRIDAY EVEN BANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONET are requested to examine the Plan of the IlAmt or DEPOSIT, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample seem ity. The Interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for opening accounts sent free, on application. LONDON and RAIL •vAY.—CONTRAC' prepared to receive Tenders for stores, viz. : FORTH-WESTER - 4Z 'S for STORES.—The Directorsire the Supply of the undermentioned No of Contract -19. Lead, White and Red 19a. Lead, Ingot, Sheet and Pipe 20. Iron, Yorkshire 20a. Iron, Staffordshire 20b. Tyre Bars 21. Iron Castings 22. Ironwork 23. Wheels 20. Oil Cloth 27. Steel 28. Springs and Files 29. Tin, Block 3t. Varnishes 34. Hats 35. Caps No. of Contract 3. Copper 4. Canvas G. Carpets and Rugs 7. Axles 8. Coals 9. Crucibles 10. Curled Hair 12. 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THE Commiasioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on TtrEsnav, tie 11th May, next at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superintendent will put dip to Sale, in her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham, Several Lots of Old Stores, consisting of Old Rope (cablelaid and hawsetlaid), Shakings, Yarn, Ocham, Canvass cuttings and stripe, Hemp tiers and It •tkings, Lead Ashes, Old, Leather, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said lard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent 'or notes of admission for that purpose. —.- Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. - R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- LTA. street, has ntroduced an entirely new description of MITI tr IC lAL.TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change col our or iccay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. rhis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo ,nlcal, he has flxed the charges: at the lowest ecale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. IMPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. PUBLIC MEASURES. The :Marquis - of IVESTMEATH brought in a bill to suppress barrel organs and other nuisances in the public streets of the metropolis. (Laughter.) . PATRIOTIC FUND. The Duke of NORFOLK gave notice that on Monday next be would move a bumble address to her Majesty praying far certain returns relative to the patriotic fund. COMMUNICATION WITH DUBLIN. Viscount DUNGANNON asked the Postmaster- General whether any arrangement had been definitely come to on the part of her Majesty's Government with the Dublin Steam Packet Co. relative to the transmission of the mails between Holyhead and Kicgstown ; and whether the difficulties reported to have arisen with regard to carrying into effect the object of Urger vessels, capable of performinc , the passage in a short .r period of time, being placed on that station, bad been overcome ! Lord COLCHESTER said he would endeavour to answer the question, though as far as he was concerned he had taken no part in it. A scheme had been under taken by three great companies, viz., the North- Western Railway, the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and the Dablin Steam-packet •Com p3ny. The contract had been submitted to the Post•office authorities, and by theta referred to th e Tree.- sury for their sanction, and there was nothing to lead him to entertain any other hope than eventually the con tract would be signed by all parties and then carried into execution. There was no specific time prescribed in the c,ntract for the sea passage, but the companies were bound under very heavy penalties to effect the journey from Easton-square to Dublin in 11 hourr. Lord REDESDALE said a difficulty had arisen be fore him with respect to this subject. Their lordships might not be aware that there was now on foot measures for the complete amalgamation of the North-Western and the Chester and Holyhead Railways, the effect of which would be that the North-Western Railway would so arrange the fares that the whole of the traffic between London and Dublin via Holyhead would f jII into the hands of that company, including the mails. No company, if this arrangement was carried into effect, could compete with the amalgamated companies, and no large sums had been spent on the improvement of Kingstown Harbour. He thought Parliament ought to be very cautious bow they granted to any company such a monopoly as he had mentioned. He had told the parties who bad been before him that he would be no party to such an arrangement. Alter a fa?v words from the Marquis of CLANBICARDE, the subject, dropped. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. The Earl of M MESBURY—I beg leave to lay upon your lordship' table the correspondence between the English and French Governments on the subject of pass ports. It may be advantageous to the public generally if I should briefly explain what has been done by the late Government and the present Government on the subject. Your lordships know very well that after the attempt on the Emperor's life at Paris the French Government was naturally alarmed at the plots of foreigners in this coun try and in France. They thought that the Emperor's life would be made more secure by a change in their system of passports. A suggestion was reade to them by, I be lieve, her Majesty's Consul at Havre (if I am in error the noble earl opposite can correct me), that no passport given to an Englishman should be signed by any French agent. That suggestion was communicated t and adopted by my noble friend. Many complaints have been made against the French Government on this subject, but very unfairly, because, if a passport system be ad hered to by the French Government, nothing can be more just than that they should require that any subject of a foreign country visiting France should present a passport signed by the authorities of the country to which he belongs. The alteration in the system of pass ports occasioned some difficulty to English travellers. Many Englishmen formerly went without any passports to Boulogne, Calais, and Paris. At all events, if they had no English passports, they without any difficulty ob tained passports from French agents, without being obliged to c ,rue to the Foreign-office in London. I aun glad to inform your lordships that the French Govern ment have most liberally said that Englishmen living in France may travel from one town to another in France without English passports, and simply with the French passports given to them in France. They have also said that any French consul may vise?. an English passport, and have appointed agents at the principal ports in the Channel and at Liverpool to vise?. English passports, which will do away with the necessity of English tra vellers coming to London. So much with respect to the steps taken by the French Government. When my noble friend opposite found that he was to give the whole of the passports granted to Englishmen by the Fereigie office he required some sort of security that the person described in the passport was really the person to whom it was granted. It has been said that an Eng lish passport should be merely a certificate of British citizenship; but I think reflection will bring your lord ships and my countrymen throughout England to the conclusion that that would not be sufficient, and that a passport must fleeces +rely identify the person who bears it. My noble friend sought for that security in a certi ficate to be granted tea person applying for a passport by the mayor and magistrates of the towns in which the applicant resided. That process, in consequence of the small number cf those who could grant such certificates, and of the neei silty of transmitting such certificetee to the Foreign-office, was found to be very inconveWent to many English travellers. Those alio complained of the inconvenience suggested that mayors and rnugistrates should be empowered to give passports independently of the Foreign- , ffice. That was a very plausible suggestion, but we ad know that what is everybody's business is nob Ody's business. No mayor or magistrate could be ob liged by any act of Parliament or executive authority to viser or grant passpoi ts. In many cases it was of the ut most importance that passports should be granted with out a moment'sAelay, and, if that burden were east upon them, applicaels for passports might make their demands upon them at any hour of the night or day. Some mayors and magistrates would no doubt be good natured enough to such npplicante, but we may imagine a. mayor the mo ment he sat down to dinner, or a magistrate just as he was going to meet the hounds, being asked for a pass port. It is very likely that in such cases the applicants would hear anything but the expression of wishes for a good journey. (Laughter.) On consideration I thought it would be best to widen the area of the godfathers (if I may say so), who should give certificates of identity to applicants. Her Majesty's Government having approved my suggestion, we have agreed that not only mayors and magistrates but clergymen of the various Christian de nominations, physicians, surgeons, solicitors, and nota ries should be empowered to give certificates of identity to persons wishing to obtain passports. I think it will be almost impossible for any one in any part of England to foil in obtaining a passport under this new arrange. ment. It has been said that it is a great inconvenience to travellers to come to the Foreign-office in London with these certificates for passport', and that passports ought • to be granted at other places bean . the Foreign-office ;i - G, APRIL 16, 1858. If that were the case the foreign oak lets would have great difficulty in ascertaining the grieuineness of passports granted elsewhere than at the Fofeign-office, and English travellers would be detained till the doubts of the Atria's had been removed. Trios, foreign officials are well ac quainted with the arms. of, the queen, and the signature of the Foreign Secretary for the time soon beeomes fa smiliae to them. I therefore thought it was of the utmost importance to Euglish travellers that their passports should be issued from the Foreign-Ace. In order that parsons may not be under the obligation of repairing to London to get a passport, her Majesty's Government hays appointed agents at Dover, Folkestone, Southamp• ton, and Liverpool, for the purpose of delivering Foreign office paesports, and others • may be appointed if it be fried necessary. Perstns who wish to travel, therefore, will only have to take the certificate of identity which I have described; either to theForeigioffice or to the, agent at the port where they mean to embark, and a Foreign office passport will be delivered t 4 them which will be bythe consul of the French Golernment at that port; or, if they do not wish to take the nertificate themselves, they may send it a day or two beforeband to the Foreign office, or to one of the agente, withta request that a pass port may be ready-for them by such a day and such an hour, or that it may be forwarded - to them by post. Under these cirournatances I cannot see that the slightest inconvenience will be buil ained by any person wishing to obtein a purport. We have further thought it right to lower tbe duty upon tiresespaseporte. (Hear, hear.) The stamp duty is at present tse.e•eendthsre Iva fee of ls. for Foreign-office expenses. _We peoporte to reduce the stamp duty to is., and teritairr tiao-14. fee; so that the cost will be 21. It is only fair to the poorer classes of travellers—persons who go abroad in search of employment—that the cost should be as loin as pos sible. I do not think we can do more than I have stated to facilitate the acquisition of passports. 1 have made this statement, hoping that it4vill " be well under stood and eirculated throe& `the_citintry4n — theasual. coarse, because one of the great reasons why so much inconvenience has been experienced is that the regula tions laid down by the late Foreign Secretary have not been properly understood. I will only add this recom mendation to all likely travellers, and eretecially to that clays on whose behalf there have been so mane hypothe• tical corn plainte in the papers—prsons residing on the coast of this country, whose families reside on the coast of France, and who are liable to be called abroad sud•• denly en account of illness in their families—that as a passport will now only cost 24., every man might as well furnish himself with one at once, just as he would with a Bradshaw or an almanac. If that is done no one who has to go abroad will suffer any inconvenience on this side of the Channel, and from the liberal conduct of the French Government I think I may say that they are not likely to meet with any on t,':e other. (Hear, hear.) The'Earl of CLARENDON—I have listened great satisfaction to the statement of my noble friend,' and I have no doubt, from the liberal arrangements which have been made by the French Government, and especially from the exten led facilities which are to be given in this country for obtaining passports, that the object in view will be attained. The arrangement which I ma-le after the French Governreent hal deter mined not to allow their consuls in thi, country to grant passports to any but their own countrymen was merely provisional and adopted to meet an emergency, although there i t w e n it is much the same as that which was adopt e d three years ago in o r d er to ena bl e ar tisans and o th ers that class to vit.it the Paris Exhibition. I always felt that inconven of ie c n o c u . the system was capa bl e o f great en l argement a f ter t h ere had i e been of s eiama hg f ee o n r ot there o e r : ye s i s d wt e e a r r fa a , i n o le n t . d om l nn t was noht ttrha adopted ,t a at t nh d though a me re h e as eom be e eri per ; o g o ns r e w a i t i alwaysl on the s wholeu ff suffer a s when h a advantage in in and travell e rs in being f urn i s h e d been supposed. Th e c h ange proposed will no doubt be great benefit to the poorer c l asses o f tr a ve l lers who vs() abroad general inwu find i seanrdchof great e madPvioyne with a passport from their own Government instead of with one granted by a foreign consul. But the whole system of passports is a great mistake. (Cheers.) It gives no protection to foreign Govern ments in respect to those very persons against whom they wish to guard themselves, because they always take good cars to have their papers en regle, and it is the in nocent and ignorant travellers who suffer annoyance from some unintentional omission. (Hear, hear.) I know that this is the opinion of the Emperor of the French. Some years ago he wishedto get rid of the passport sys tem, but be was fairly beaten by the objections raised against him by his own officials. It was represented to him that pagloorts were in some way necessary for the proper carrying out of that system of strict surveillance which is deemed necessary. The Earl of MA.L NIESBURY—There is a great pass port interest, in fact. The Earl of CLA.RE'NDON—Juet so. But things are not so bad in this respect as they used to be some }ears an. In Austria, where the regulations were more vexatious and were carried coat vvithgreater strictness than on any part ofthe continent, a great change has been made within the last twelvemonths in the passport system, and I believe there is no country in Europe where a traveller can go about with greater ease. But, however, we cannot impose our notions upon foreign countries ; all we can do is to afford all the facilities in our power to our own countrymen, and I think my noble friend has shown his readiness to do that. I heard with great pleasure that he intends to reduce the cost of the passport, though Ido not under stand exactly how he means to do it. When I reduced the cost, some time ago, from Gd. to 6 it was'by t w he itti Cha' the c b e t l a l m or p cutting down the fee of t h e F oreign-office from Gd. to Is., which I found wou ld b e quite sufficient to pay all expenses, without l eav i ng any profit. But when I o d f ut t y h , e it E w xc a li s e f q oa a n er d t o o n d inci oa t ve li a ry y that this bad been imp ose d b y Act of Parl i ament, and of course could only be a b o li shed by Act of P arl i ament. altogether pliapplied t o The Etrl of NIALMESBURY—I ought to have said that we intend to brine in a bill for the purpose. The Earl of C LARENDON—That of course explains the difficulty, bat I thick while they are about it, the Government, having made up their minds to sacrifice 45., may as well get rid of all the duty, which will leave the cost of the passport just ls. as far as the English Government is concerned. Teat would be the most satisfactory course, and I am sure it will be a great boon to all interested in this mater. In answer to a noble lord, Tee Earl of MA LMESBURY said, that as regarded Britisb-born subjects there was no limit of time to Foreign-office passports. As regarded naturalised sub jects it had been the custom to grant them only for one year. Earl GREY said, there could be no greater proof of the absurdity of the passport system than the regu lations proposed by the Engli s h Government and sanctioned by the French Government. If the Foreign. office was to deliver passports to any one who brought a certificate from the various persons whom the noble earl had named, of the authenticity of which the Foreign-office could have no proof, be saw no reason why all the mayors and magistrates in the king dom should not be furnished with blank Foreign office passports, which they could fill up and deliver to applicants without any further formality. There was no pretence of investigation to prevent any , one not a British subject getting a passport, nor any se curity against a British subject handing over his pa -sport the next moment to a foreigner. When the noble earl had gone so far he did not see why he should not go far ther, and supply passports ready filled up to competent authorities in the different towns to deliver them on their own responsibtlity at once to any applicant. (Hear.) The Eail of MALINIESBURY—I am not here to de fend the system of pacsporte. There is not a man in this house who thinks more contemptuously of them than I do. (Hear.) But I thought that I had made myself clear when I gave the reason why I did not send these Foreign-office passports to the towns, or allow any others to be distributed by the mayors or magistrates. It is because they would not be obliged to deliver them. Some magistrates might choose only to distribute them between 12 and 2, others only in the evening, and, again, others might refuse to distribute them at all. People must be obliged to do it, and paid to do it, and when they are paid they are obliged to do it. If it is to be a self supporting establishment, it must be conducted economically. The more agents there are, the more agents must be paid, and if each of a large number of agents distributes a small number of pass ports, the payment which would be sufficient for a small number of agents distributing a large number of pass ports would not be enough for their trouble. We know pretty well how many p a ssports well be demanded, and we calculate that with only six or seven agents, who will be obliged to deliver them at any time of the day or night, the system will be self-supporting at a eel tele charge. That is my answer to the proposition of the noble earl—a proposition which has often been submitted before ; but if he can tell me bow I am to oblige magis trates in towns or counties to deliver Passports it will be a seme what different matter. (Hear.) Earl GREY said he could not understand why there should not be a concurrent local de'ivery where parties were willing to undertake the trouble. H e —e quite agreed that it was highly inexpedient to attempt to compel parties to deliver passports, or to have too many agents. Earl GRANVILLE said the country ought to be grateful to the noble earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair s for the pains he had taken to increase the facilities of obtaining passports, but at the same time the suggestion of the te ,L,IT earl (Gn'y) was worthy of attention. The whole thing turned upon whether the French Government had asse nted to this plan, because, if they had; there was nothing more to be said. He wished to know whether the new system applied solely to France or to other countries? The Earl of MALMESBURY — No country has ever objected to any passport signed by theeS:cretary q State for Foreign Affairs. They bave al ways trusted that the passport has been signed upon his being satisfied that it Was the bona fide passport of the applicant, and I have never heard of a Fcreign-office passport being questioned in any way. The subject then dropped. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's government to proceed with the bill introduced last sestion by the late Government into the House of Common', embodying the recommendations of the select committee of that home, 1856, upon the Ecclesiastical Commission 7 He said that a committee of the other house had looked into the subject, and had made many important sugge4ion.. A bill was introduced into the other house, founded on that report ; but coming to their lordships' house at a late period, it was not passed. He wished to know whether it would be re-introduced, or any similar bill. - The Earl of DERBY said that the best answer he could give to his noble friend was to lay on the table, and ask - their lordships to give a first reading to the bill to which he referred. He should have done so on Mon day las', but was anxious to obtain the sanction of the Archbishop 'of Canterbury ; and in cpassquence of • the right rev. prelate not being in town 'he did not receive his answer until Wednesday morning. He would now lay the bill on the table in precisely the same shape in which it came from the other house last session, and move its first reading. He would propose the second reading on Tuesday, and give a statement of its pro- VS-sons. Tab bill was read a first time. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that if the bill di' not contain any provision relating to capitular estates, he should take an early opportunity of introduc ing a bill on that subject. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The fidlowlng bills were read a third time and passed : —Bury and Radcliffe Water, Eden Valley Railway, Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water, Madras Irrigation and Canal, -Malvern Improvement, Sculcoates and Singston-upowitull,Gas ; Staffordshire Potteries Gas ; Stoke Fenton and tgoolgton Gas ; and Ely V.illey The following bills :were ooaeidered, and ordered tote read a third time :—Folkestone Water 8.11 ; and Looe Union Canal Company's Railway Bill ; Selkirk and Galasbiels Railway Bill. EDUCATION OF SOLDIERS' CHILDREN. Mr. DE A.SY gave notice that he should, on Tuesday, the 4th of June, call the attention of the house to the inadequate provision made for the religious wants of Roman Catholic soldiers, and the education of their chil dren, and move an humble address to her Majesty pray ing her Majesty thereon. _ _ MAYNOOTH. Mr. SPOONER gave notice that he should postpoce bis motion relative to Maynootb, which stands for Tues day next, till this day fortnight. (Laughter.) PROPERTY QUALIFICATION. Mr. LOCKE KING gave notice that he should, on t hi s yweek, move for leave to introduce a bill f(ir the abolition of property qualification for mem bers of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. J. LOCKE (Southwark) gave notice that he should on Tuesday week move to bring in a bill to amend the 5 and 6 Wm. IV., chap. 63, relative to weights and Measures. TIIE METROPOLITAN BRIDGES Sir W. FRASER asked whether there was any eob jection to the bridge about to be erected over the Thames next above Waterloo-bridge being called Sebastopol bridge ; also, whether there was any intenion of provid ing additional means of cr •ssing the Thames for vehicles, either by building a bridge near C.iaring-cros , , or by purchasing' Waterloo-bridge, and opening it free cf toll ? Lord J. MANNERS reminded the house that on the late visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to this country it was gravely proposed, and seriously con sidered to change the nave of Waterloo-bridge and Trafalgar-square out of deference to those illustrious in dividuals, but he was happy to say that the good sense of the country declined to make the change, and it might be urged as one reason against adopting the pro posed. change. (Hear, hear.) lie thought that the proposal to change the name of Waterloo bridge to Sebastopol-bridge came too late. If it had been suggested at the close of the war, no doubt it would have been considered, but now that our armies were engaged in another quarter, and had achieved deeds of renown fresh in the minds of the people, and associated with a portion cf our own foreign empire, it would be impolitic to adopt it. So tir as the Government was concerned, he knew of no intention on their part to erect another bridge over the.rtiames for the accommo‘lation of the metropolitan population. With respect to West minster-bri ige be thought it would be better to retain that Emile, associated as it was with the palace in which they conducted their legislative labours, than alter it. (Hear, hear.) LIGHTHOUSES AND BEACONS ON THE COAST. Lord C. PAGET then rese to call the attention of the house to the present modes of superintending the lights, buoys, and beacons on the coasts of Great Britain and Ire land, and to the manner in which funds are now, and have been, raised to defray the expenditure thereon; and to move tbit Alehouse will, upon this day week, resolve itself into a committee, for the purpose of consklering an address to her_l Majesty, praying her Majesty to direct, that measures maybe taken for giving effect to the recommendation of the select committee on Lighthouses of 184 , namely, " that all ex penses for the erection and maintenance of lighthonses, floating lights, buoys, and beacons on the coast of the UnitaKingdom, be henceforth defrayed out of the public revenue." He - said he felt it was incumbent on him, so nninfluential a member, to apologies to the house for ven turing to bring forward a motion which must involve total change in the system of lighthouses on the coasts of the United Kingdom, and an eventual expenditure of pub lic money on them. He had requested several more influ ential members to take charge of the subject, but they thought it would come better from bins as a seafaring mar • (Hear.) He therefore asked their indulgence, more especi ally as he would have to refer to a number of dry details to explain the system on which the . coast was now lighted, and show the house that this gnat maritime country, the pioneer of free unrestricted intercoursee was the lowest of all nations with regard to lighting and buoying the coasts. Tho danger to life and property from the present utter want of system was a sufficient warrant fOr his motion. He be lieved no one would dispute that it was a matter of vital importance CO mariners to have some simple and uniform system of lighting the coasts. Anything which tended to complication would inevitably involve them in great dan ger when they approached the coasts in bid weather, or in distress, with loss of spire, or short-handed. There ought to be some simple and uniform rule for approachin g . the coast with as few and uncomplicated regulations as possible—(hear, hear) —with a simple system of lights and buoys. He would compare the present system on our coast with that of France, but before doing so he wished to return his thanks to the French Minister of Public Works and to M. Louis Renaud, the head of the Lighthouse department, for the admirable work which they had drawn up for his guidance. France was not the only country which had done much in this respect. The United States and Russia had made great reforms, and Spain and Portugal had carried out a regular system of lighting and buoying. What was the case with the south coast of England ? He would quote from the book of sail ing directions. The first harbour be would refer to was Shoreham. That was a bar harbour, as were the greater number of harbours on that coot, for which a foreigner if caught in a gale of wind would be obliged to run. Here, when there were 10 feet of water over the har ee m red flag was hoistecVand at high water a black one. At Newhaven (only a few miles off), a black ball was hoisted when there were from 8 - to 10 feet, and two balls at high water ;at Dover a red flag with a black ball, from 7 to 10 feet, and a red and blue pennant from 110 to 13 ; at Sunderland a red flag half-mast high, 8 to 10 feet, at high water the flag was hoisted to the mast head. On the coast of Scotland—at Arbroath, a blue Jag and black ball showed from 8 to 10 feet. , He would not trouble the house with further details ; he had given enough to also w that every harbour was regu lated under a different system. In making this motion he had no wish to attack the Trinity House, which had care of the lights on the English coast ; those in Scotland were under the control of the Commissioners of Northern Lights, and in Ireland under the Dublin Ballast Board. All three were indirectly under the control of the Board of Trade. He (lid not want to accuse the Trinity House bf jobbery, but merely to show that there was no regular system of lighting or buoying on the coasts. He had given instances with regard to signals - -it was the same with buoys. Every little harbour ha i its own system. He was, however bound to say that in all cases it was well dons, and the different corporations showed the greatest anxiety to render their harbour as safe and accessible as possible. If they looked to , a chart of the 'Names they would find the most complicated system of buoying. In every channel there were red, striped, chequered, and black buoys. No stranger, without a pilot, could possibly steer clear of the dangers. He remembered some eleven years ago asking a gentleman connected with the Trinity-house why they allowed such a system ; saying that ho would defy any stranger caught in a gale of wind off the Galloper to make his way into the Thames; and that they ought to adopt the French system, of having buoys of a given colour on the starboard hand entering all harbours, and of a different colour on the port aide. In Franco the buoys on the starboard hand were red, black on the port, and striped in the middle. •No matter how cotn plicated the channel, no one could mistake the course. The answer he got was, "Oh, if we put buoys like that in the Thames, no one would ever take a pilot." (Laughter ) Hundred of lives, therefore, were to be imperilled to cons pel mariners to take a pilot. "But," added the gentle man, " we have a stronger reason than that : if there wore such a simple system as you. suggest _ the French might come up any night and burn Chatham." Was it to be tolerated that for such puerile reasons this country should be the last in Europe to reform her system ? He was bound, however, to exclude from Scotland his sweeping condemnation, as the Commissioners of Northern Lights had within. the last few weeks given notice that from a given day an uniform system of buoys would be adopted in all the I:rrbours under their control, — viz.; red buoys on the starboard baud, black on the port, and chequered on banks in mud channel. With his systete a man could find his way into auy harbour. The French system was so gcod that he would ventnre to band to his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade, for his guidance, the book he had received from the French authorities. But it was not in France alone that a proper system of buoys was adopted. On the Scheldt and the Elba, very difficult rivers, the same system was in use. The French system of signals was equally good. They used balls, which were batter than flags; being more easily seen in calm weather, and with directions which di I not cover half a sheet of paper a cap tain might find his way into any harbour on the 1,500 miles of French coast. He wished to keep this question of the eatablishment of alregular system entirely distinct from that important question which now occupied the attention 'of the shipping interest —viz., the mode in which the er re:me° of keeping up the lights was to be defrayed. With regard to this question of expense he must again refer to the example of France. On the 1,500 miles of Fren ch coast there were 210 lighthouses. These were divide d into classes—tile catoptrio and dioptric lights. Th e "wr"" the ned ter n h n at awe om, th sr 2th. 2ths. 2ths. 2ths. 2ths. 12 qrs 7 cgs 8 qrs 3 qrs