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tattling ich bats Act, [lamp e style , and a Hart •editors ),600/., Arms, set ex• ter and Mr. T. er some qnea- Alow- n. Cont. 105 104 74 d 20d with all lemand The le fresh Me ex but we mold It were A, and DWI. at full Flour. 2 130 70 Alai. '2O brio sonably WS :- I. s. d. ) 3 2 1 3 8 I 4 4 4 4 14 0 It very 5,00 1. Is, and Z. 108; iussex, er cwt. to Sid ully Id ery in• re, and lwever, tationa ;eylon, ,here is quota- ty, and II now T.W.I night sunder 11 very ived— n, for ing. ;, and loyde, stern, Leans ; mid. rbtrbi bttion SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PRODUCE STAKES. Mayon&lee 11,-ad Knowledge O'Ryan Birdbolt BICKERSTAFF RACES. Target . 1 Blanche of Middl e bi e LICENSED VICTUA.LLERS' HANDICAP. Bel Esperanza Terrific Antiquary LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER. Jordan But Langton Gildermire. 2 STANLEY STAKES. Lady Kingston Target SEFTON HANDICAP. £ 3O HANDICAP PLATE, walked over, Out of Peggoty's data .. 1 LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 6to 1 agst Beeswax Colt (taken) ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Toxopholite (taken) 7to 1 agst Governess 7to 1 agst Fitzroland 100 to 6 aEst East Langton S G oodwood StakesCRATCHING S. Goodw oo d — Vanity and Rose de Florence. Bird-in-Hand.Cup—Hepatica, Homburg, Peer, ;and IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT. HOME OP LORDS.—(This Evening. ) at 5 o' c l ock. The LORD CILINCELLOB took his seat on the woolsack Lord BELPER presented petitions from Atheratone, hherborne, D erb y, T t far y, Glossop, bropa on, and Kirkby, in "I' of the legalization of marriage with a deceased w ife's litter. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the Manchester 1 . ' it ll / 1 Junction and Altrincham Railway (No. 2) ; the arrirgton and Stockport Railway ; Limerick and Castle Connell Railway bills were read a second time. The Reek-et!). Marsh, North Yorkshire and Clev e l an d — i; 4ll waY, London nd North-Western Railwax (Addi -4111 Works), St. a Leonard's (Shoreditcb)•Parish, and "teekto n and Middlesborough, and Yarn Water Rills, *ere read a third time and passed. THE EX-KING OF OUDE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked whether the statement by the President of the Board of Control In the Rouse of Common., that the ex-King of Oude benow a priso ner i n F ort Willi am, and was about to brought to trial, was correctly stated. Esrl DERBY said the answer given in the other house to the question was not altogether incorrectly al re ported. Th e K ing of Oude, a p India C om risoner of the East was now a prisoner at Ccut.a, t inder suepicipany on of having promoted the revolt. Upon the result of the investigation —which would be a more Correct term th an criminal trial—as to how far he might be implicated in the revolt, would depend the nature of the tneasures to be adopted against him. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. IThis bill was read a third time after a few words from .ord COLCHESTER, wh o sa i d the three companies ad undertake n the contract for the conveyance of the mails to Dublin for a term of 34 years, and Lord ItID E SDALE who said h e was not altogether satisfied that e right s of the public had been sCfficient,y protected 0 3 , this bi ll but as the noble lord the Postmaster-Gene to ral moved the third reading he did not feel justified °Plinaing the measure. CONVOCATION. Co Lor d REDESDALE moved for copies of the Acts of nv ocation in the province of Canterbury at the session tt the 2 9th of June, 1 855, and 6th of Fob., 1857, as ; 8154 8 to any communication to be made to the I Q :vocation of York, or the President of the same, to ;,,:eber with the replies to such communication , , or te""er of them. Also a copy of the Queen's writ to the •tehbishop of vocati 01 4 York, directing the assembling of the 4t. onthe province on the 10th of December b The BiShop of RIPON said h e b a d b een appo i n t e d lu Me prelates o f t h e province of York to offer tne explanation on th e subjnt to which th e no bl e o,t l bad refe rre d. He denied that any coin -IThioation had t a k en p l ace between the prelates 1,9 1 e two pr winces between June, 1855, and Feb., 0 7 7 . Ho had no objecti on a l so to t h e production of ; I Queen's writ, b u t h e was at a loss to con f" *iet object there was i n v i ew i n o b taining Zl.B Production, except that it was to raise the whsle 67:011 at to ho w f ar th e Archbishop of York was jue the in the course he had persevered in w,th respect t ) Tp nv oeation at York. needishop of LONDON sa i d the noble lord de .. e drawin ttt p a pers that did not and never had existed. In up of th e fi rst part of the no b le lord's mo !ion, altho g ugh he did not believe such to be his intention, ',ltppeared to' a slur upon a right reverend prelate, and who had not ll ° was pursuing his labours in a strictly correct man her,nous departed in the slightest from p rec edents which ex i s t e d on the point. [LEFT SITTING.] 4ou ;SE OP CONIMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Davidson's Estate Bail was read a second time. !eThe Lords' amendments to the following private bills Were considered and agreed to :—Birkenhead Improve pt Co mm i ssionere (Gas and Water) Bill ; Oxford, ,ercester, an d Wolverhampton Railway Bill, and wiedsor New Read Bill. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. The h ouse went into committee on this bill, resuming the co nsideration of clause 1 relative to the payment by !' candidate of the travelling expenses of the voter. ,A• l engthened discu ss i on eneue d , i n which the argn• moots urged yesterday were again repeated. K. HUG ESSEN suggested the following pro .% :—Provided always, that such payments shall not I kce e d one shilling per mile to every such voter for any D istance less than ten miles, and sixpence per mile for eery additional mile : Provided also, that if the dis l'Oce to be travelled by any such voter exceed ten t itles, and there be available r a il way accommodation, ~e payments for travelling expenses shall no t exceed ; 4 e maximum rate of fare chargeable on su c h ra il way tor such distance. ),Mr. NVA.LPOLE repeated what be said yesterday, that he was ready to incorporate in Il his . theprov y is r o_ 4 _af the h on , mem b er f or t h e T ower am (Mr. A ra). Th e can did ates m i g ht p a y for conve y a nces , Alt th a t no money should pass b etween th e ca ndidates 4 bd the voters. The committee divided upon Mr. Ayrton's proviso : For th e p rov i so Against it., 39 Majority lO6 b !lr. A.TRTOR'S p roviso thus became the original reso '°u. and had to be put again from the chair. The r i l i t P l ation of its adoption led to another division, when o numbers were— For th e reso l ut i on 133 Against it Majority --75 The resolution was thus carried. rOa the mot i on of Mr. WALPOLE, the following o v iso was add e d :—" Provided always that a fall,,!aa, and particular account of all such payments, signed ele rthe caodidate osrucbhis agents, shall be delivered to the 04,ecsto ionns toa hudwitoort,awith the names and addresses of the payments have been made, and the amount of such account shall be included in the iner al account o f th e expenses incurred at any election, t la ° made out and kept by such election auditor." Mr, OSBORNE said the ad considerable uoebt on th e nature of a vote. re One appeared gentleman looked 11 Poo it as a r i g h t, another regarded it as a privilege, %third viewed it as a trust. For his own part, he looked upon it as a perquisite. (Laughte r. ) H e th oug ht th a t candidates should not be called upon to pay anything ti t of th e i r own pockets for elections, and he should erefore more as an addition to the clause that the candidate should b e re i m b urse d for his expenses out of '44 county, city, or borough rate, as the case might be, 4 11 Which the voter's name appeared on the register. Sir je GRAHAM considered thao this clause would ° onvert the bill into a taxing measure—that it would be a money bill, and that it could not be put. Mr. FITZROY decided that it only provided for ex knees out of local rates, and therefore was not a taxing Q lhase. Mr. OSBORNE having withdrawn his amendment, it became the duty of the chairman to put tae question that clause 1, as amended, stand part of the bill. The committee divided — For th e c l ause Against it Majority —s7 The clause was agreed to. • On clause 2, 10Mr. WALPOL E proposed that no than V. in fee s gle election should receive more election auditor ands mmissions. The clause, with this proviso, was agreed to. eLClauses 3 and 4 were agreed to, and the bill passed Ehrough committee. kr. .GERTON, for Mr. MACAULAY, moved the additionof the following clause :—" For better securing to returning officers the expenses incurred by them in taking g p n olla at e l ect i ons, be it enacted, That the persons any candidate shall be jointly liable with such c andidate for the payment by him to the returning offi cer of an equal share uf the said expenses." The committee divided. The numbers were— For tbe-Clauie ...... Against . . ................ Majority ... . 110 Tho clause was add to the bill. The house resumed, the other orders were disposed of, and the house suspended its sittings at 4 o'clock. The house resumed . at 6 o'clock, and was • [LEFT E3IIIII‘TG LONDON GAZETrE.—(This Evening.) WHITEHALL, JULY 16. The Queen bas been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, unto Alexander Hutchinson Lawrence, Esq., of the Bengal Ci v il S erv i ce ( e ldest son of the late ir Henry M. Lawrence, K.C.B ), and to the heirs male of his body law fully begotten, with remainder, in default of such issue, to Henry Waldemar Lawrence, Esq. (brother of the 6aia Alexander Hutchinson Lawrence) and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint— Major-General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel, Secre tary of State for War, General His Royal Highness the Duko of Cambridge, K.G., G.C. 8., K.P.,G.C.M.G., General Command ing-in-Chief the Forces, The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, H.M., Commissioner for the Affairs of India, General the Most Hon. the Marquess of Tweeddale, K.T., C. 13.. Major-General the Viscount Melville, K.C.8., Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. G. W. Smith, Bart., K.C.8., Lieut.-General Sir G. A. Wetherall, K.C.8., Adju tant-General of the Forces, Major-General Patrick Montgomerie, C. 8., E.1.C.5., Major-General Henry Hancock, E 1.C.5., Colonel William Burlton, C. 8., E.1.C.5., Colonel Thomas Forsyth Tait, C. 8., E.1.C.5., A.D.C. to the Queen, to be her Majesty's Commissioners for the purpose of in quiring into the Organisation of the Army at present serving in the pay and under the control and management of the Hon. the East India Company. WAR-OFFICE, JUL Y 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Aspinall Turner, Esq., Colonel Henry John French, and Henry Selfe Selfe, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of the Store and Clothing Depots at Weedon, Woolwich, and the Tower. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 16. GENERAL ORDER. Horse G uards, July IA In consideration of the eminent services of Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.8., of the East India Company's service, in the recent operations in India, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that he be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. By order of his Royal Highness tho General Command ing-in -Chief. G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY le. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Coronet Herbert Hale Forbes Gifford, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Cor net, vice C. Mc D. Moorsom, appointed to the 100th Foot. lst Dragoons—Carr Stuart Glyn, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vi ce Smith, promoted. 2d Dragoons—Cornet Percy Charles Du Cane, from 4th Dragoons Guards, to be Cornet, vice Blake, promoted in tho 6th Dragoon Guards. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Charles E. Nettles, to be Quartermaster, vice Crabtree, who retires upon half-pay. 6th Dragoons —Cornet William J. Shafto Orde to be Lieu tenant. by purchase, vice Thesiger, promoted. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Musgrave Dyne Brisco to be Captain, without purchase, vice Pedder, deceased; (or net the Hon. C. Craven Molyneux to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Briscoe ; Cornet John B. Phillip son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Molyneux, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancollei. 10th Light Dragoon;—Edward Alexander Wood, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. Military Train. —To have the rank of Lieutenants.—Eu sign and Adjutant John Sweeney; Ensign and Adjutant William Shackleton ; Ensign and Adjutant William Thompson ; Ensign John Briggs to be Lieu tenant, vice Thorburn, deceased. Royal Artillery.—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants : viz. ;—Robert Smythe Muir Mac kenzie, Fleruyng George Gyll, Seymour Hood Toogood, Evelyn Baring, Henry Norris Jones, Henry Bond, Arthur Frederick Hickard, Thomas Burnett, Samuel Holworthy Desborough. Royal Engineers—The undermentierild Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, with temporary rank —viz. :—Wil- Hain Lines, Robert Mitchell Campbell, Hamilton Tovey, Richard \ icholas Buckle, Robert Athorpe, James Fel- lowes, Richard Henry Beaumont Beaumont, George Le Breton Simmons. 6th Foot—Major William Albett Stratton to be Lieut.- Colonel, without purchase, vice Breve -Colonel Barnes, deceased ; Captain Henry Pratt Gore to be Major, with out purchese, vice S ratton ; Lieutenant John L. O'Mansergh to be Captain, without purchase, vice Goro ; Ensign and Adjutant Henry Kitchener to have the rank of Lieutenant; Lieutenant William Edmondes Harness has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. _ Bth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Bradford Brown to be Adjutant, vice Ensign Emerson, who resigns the Adjutancy only.—The Commission of Lieutenant W. E. Whelan as Adjutnant to bear date 30th April, I?s', in lieu of 22nd June, 1855, as previously stated. 15th Foot—Captain Henry Thomas Richmond, from the 98th Foot, to be Captain, vice Scheberras, who ex changes; Ensign Arthur Heaton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fry, promoted. 16th Foot —Basil Clifton Westby, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vies Laws, appointed to the 35th Foot. 18th Foot —Lieutenant C. J. Coote to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Forster, deceased; Ensign James Daubeny to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Conte ; Charles Crawford Yates Butler, Gent , to be En-igia, without purchase. 19th Foot—Ensigo Arthur W. Burton to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Robert Gayer Trail!, Gent., to be Ensign, vithout purchase, ice Burton, promoted. 21st Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchaie—Ensign G. A. Grant, vice Los, promoted; Ensign E. E. Digby Boycott, vice Bruce, promoted. 22d Foot--To be Lieutenants, without purchase---Ensign Alex. D. Gibson, from the -19th Foot ; Ensign H. E. Harrison, from the 41st Foot. 23rd Foot—The Commission of Ensign Robert C. Bacon to bear data 13th July, 1858, in lieu of 18th July, 1853, as previously stated. 21th Foot--Lieut. Henry James Hitchcock to be Adju twat, vice Munniugs, promoted. 34th Foot —The promotion of Ensign B. Shiffner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, to boar date 23d, instead of 22d, April. 41th Foot—Ensign Henry Garland Matthews has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission. 46th Foot—Francis Lloyd Priestley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Marsack, promoted in the 31th Foot. 47th Foot—Ensign Francis Thomas Elwood to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Dunne, whose promotion by purchase on the 25th June, :858, has been cancelled. 51st Foot—The Commission of Ensign George S. Robert son, to bear date 26th June, 1858, instead of 2nd July, 1858, as previously stated. 70th Foot—Lieutenant George Richard Greaves, to be Adjutant, vice Scheberras, promoted in the 15th Foot; Ensign Charles G. S Menteath to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Lynch, uromoted in 2nd Foot. 71st Foot--Ensign W. F. V. Harris to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Swainson, deceased. 73d Foot—Lieutenant Richard James Hereford to be Captain, without purchase, vice Williams, deceased. To be Lieutenants, without purchase Ensign William Bayley, vice Caldwell, deceased ; Ensign Thomas William Shore Miles ' vice Bayley, whose promotion on the 21st May, 1858, has been cancelled ; Ensign George Pinckney, vice Miles, whose promotion on the 22d June, Isse, has been cancelled; Ensign Archibald Henry Sharp, vice Hereford, promoted ; Ensign Hastings D'Oyly Farrington to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pinckney, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 2d July, 1858, has been cancelled. 75th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Cornwall, from the 84th Foot to be Lieutenant, vice White, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas White, from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cornwall, who exchanges; Wil liam Frank Wheatley, Gent., to beEnsign, without pur chase, vice Cornwall, promoted. 89th Foot—Major J o h n L ewes Philipps to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vi ce Sk ynner, d ecease d ; Captain Edward Buller Thorp to be Major, without pur chase, vice Philipps; Lieut. Geo. Harmer Pering to be Captain, without purchase, vice Nixon, deceased ; En sign Henry Bishop to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pering. 98th Foot--Captain Attilio Scheberras, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Richmond, who exchanges. 100th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Barrett, M. 8., to be Surgeon. To be Assistant-Surgeons —Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Liddard, from the Staff ; Assistant-Surgeon Daniel Murray, M.D., from the Staff. Cape Mounted Riflemen—George Lidwill Harnetta, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Humphreys, promoted. VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be Acting Veterinary-Surgeons—Edwin Thomas Cheesman, Gent. ; Joseph Dulley, Gent. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon Benjamin Tydd, from the 58th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Barrett, ap pointed to the 100th Foot. To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—B. P. Al`Donough, M.D.; and It. It. Alderson, Gent. BREVET. Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.B. , Of the ser vice of the East India Company, to be Lieutenant-General iu the Army. The under. mentioned Officers, having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels in theArwy, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 3d Nov., 1854, viz. Lieut.-Celonel Peter Pickmore Faddy, of the Royal - Ai tillery. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Drury Harness, of the Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Law, of the 66th Foot, havin7 completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to b 3 Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the Gth October, 1854. Quartermaster Abraham Crabtree, on half-pay 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain in the Army, the rank being hon r cy only, MEMORANDUM.—The appointment of Lieutenant- Colonel Robert Sanders, C. 8., from half-pay 19th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of a Dtmot Battalion, a 9 stated in the Ga:7ette of the 23d October, 1857, has been cancelled. BA.NKRT.TPICIES ANNULLED. Thomas Samuel Da Tear, earlier, Clifton-road, St. John's Wood. Reuben Brooks, auctioneer, Tiebborne-street, Hay market. Ju.Tlyoh2n,.S. amtahll,f,lienmeeper, BANKRUPTS. Pangbourne, Berks, to surrender' pa ' at twelve, and August 27, at ono, at the Court tlw o i fn Alßankrup tcy,leneen. timber merchant, 21 ,at Kali' Montague-street,-pastone, Spitalfield4, July 20, a t one, and Aug. at R t e ch C a r o d u r t p o e f r kßankruptcy ford, cement manufacturer, Gloucester -road Regent's Park, July 22 at two, and August 21i at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Kitson , licensed V ictualler, Stoke-upon-Trent, Trent, Staffordshire,, nip 29 and Aug. 19, at half-p as t - eleven, at • the Birmingham District Court. John Thorpe, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, July 30 and 20 August, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Thomas Wormald, licensed victualler, Manchester, July 27 and August 24, at twel ve, at the M anchester Dis trict Court. William Tngham, innkeeper, Bradford, Atig,. 9, at half past eleven, and Aug,. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. John Shinto'', provision merchant, Wolverhampton, July 2), an(l August 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. _ Richard Rigby, publican, Liverpool, July 27 and Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. .Tntin Baird, seed merchant, Alloa. Wilkinson Graham, sometime slater, deceased, Glasgow. William Shand, merchant, Dufftown. Turner and Son, fiish-curers, Perth. Peter Thomson, cabinet marker, Glasgow. William Brown, potato dealer, Glasgow. Letton and Storrier, clothiers, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 14th day of July, 1858. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. • Notes issued Government debt •. • • 11,015,100 Other securities ...• 3,459,9(10 Gold coin and bullion 16,246,595 Silver bullion• ••• •• £30,721,595 I £30,721,595 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Ist. day of July, 1858. :PARTMENT. Government securities (includg.DeadWeight Annuity) .. • • ...... 10,587,476 Other Securities • • ... • 15,610,43 Notes ..... . • • .... 9,938,235 (lola and Silver Coln.. 652,071 £36,793,217 MARSHALL, 'Chic! Cashier. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1858. BANKING DI Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest.... •........ 3,261,710 Public deposits (in cluding E echequer, Comtnlssio..ers of National Debt, Say ings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,525,291 Other deposits ...... 15,616,388 Seven Day and other 841,828 £36,798,217 Dated the 15th cloy of July, 185: AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. the Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending July 13, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 26 04 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 22 5 , Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 32 7 4 1 Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS - )AT. imsterdem 11 1514 Gibraltar ••• • • Ditto, threo months .. 11 17% Leghorn .. • • 29 76 tiotterdam •••••••••••• it ifY; Genoa ... •45 45 Antwerp •••• •• •• •• •• 25 37% Malan •••••••••••••••• • Brussels .• •••••••• •• 25 37 k, Venice •••• •• •••• •• •• •• ••- aaMbilrgil •• •• •• •• •••• 13 6% N'aplen •• •••• •••••• ••• 41 % Altona •• •• •• •• •..• • • Palermo .• •• 124% Paris•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 10 Messina •• • ... 124% Do. three months ...• 25 35 Lisbon ... O ••• 5.2 Marseilles ............ 25 35 Oporto ...... 52% Boardeaux •• •• •• •• •• Rio Janeiro ..... .•• Frankfort-on-Maine 118% Buenos Ayres..•• •• •• .. Berlin •• •• ..•• •4 •• •• •• • • New York, 60 days' sight -- Vienna ..•• •• •• •6 •• •• ••• 10 28 Philadelphia •• •• ••.• •• rrieste•• •• •• •• •• •• 10 29 PRICES OF BULLION. PTA OZ.I Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Sfedrid ••••••• •• •• 49 1 ,E Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 n Cadiz .........•• 49% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• • • ! New Dollars •• Seville.. MONEY tviARKET AI D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the past few days there has been scarcely any business of importance transacted iu the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Tea, at public sales, has declined about ld per lb., and sugar, except for the very superior qualities, has also been at lower rates. Coffee, however, has been steady, and rice, rum, and spices have been in only moderate request, no change of importance having taken place in values. Saltpetre has been in active demand, and at higher quotations. The tallow market continues dull, P.Y.C. on the spot having declined to 495. per cwt. iu all posi tions. The public sales of Colonial Wool commenced yesterday afternoon. There was a rather full at tendance of buyers, more particularly of foreigners, and the biddings were animated, the better qua lities attracting most attention. Prices were fully supported, and, in some instances, an advance of id. to ld. per lb. was realised on the rates current at the close of the last sales. The quantity to be offered at this series amounts to about 75,000 bales, chiefly Sydney and Port Philip wools. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of all descriptions wore unaltered. The Bales amounted to 7,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market prt:sented no new feature of importance, and quotations were without change. The at rival of the Royal Charter with upwards of 400,0001. in gold has not given an immediate check to the efflux from the Bank, about 8,0001. having been despatched from that establishment yesterday. It is generally imagined that a large proportion of the remittance by that vessel will be similarly appropriated, and most persons inte rested in the subject are prepared to see a rather important decline in the bullion. The return, which will appear in the Gazette this evening, will undoubtedly show a falling off, scarcely a day having passed without a moderate amount being removed. The letters by the Royal Charter were delivered this morning. It is expected that the Teviot, from Alexandria, will not reach Southampton until the 17th inst., having damaged her machinery. The letters by the Bombay Mail, which left Malta on the 14th inst., per Euxiae, may be ex pected on the 19th inst. The Funds have bean steady to-day, and the rise which took place yesterday has been main tained A limited amount of business has been recorded, speculation still being very dull, and at the same time the real operations are re stricted. Consols have been 958 f i t for money, and 95 / - for account ; they ar e now 95- 1 and 95g respectively. The New Thr ees are 95 i ; the Reduced, 951. ; Long Annuities, 1-11- ; Exchequer Bills, March, 31s. to 363. prem. ; ditto June. 21s. to 24:e prem. ; and ditto Bonds, Bauk Stock is marked 222 223 ; and India Loan Debentures, 99g 11. In the Foreign Stock Market rather more busi ness has been transacted, and yesterday's prices are, in most instances, current. Turki-h 6 per Cents. are 951 ditto 4 per Cents., 104; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 81; Mexican 3 per Cents., 19k; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 451 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1121 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 891 ; Vene: l zuela 5 per Cents., 38.1'; French 3 per Cents., 68f ; Belgian 4 per Cents., 100 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents, 1001. Business in the Railway Share Market this morning has been active, and in several of the leading lines an improvement of about 1 to 11 per cent. may be reported. South-Wes•ern and South- Eastern have advanced 10s. ; Eas'ern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Notth-East , rn (Ber wick), North. Eastern (York), 15s. ; Midland, 11. 10s., and Caledonian and Brighton,, 21. Foreign and Colonial lines are quiet, at about previous values ; Great Western of Canada, Grand Trunk of Canada, and East Indian are at slightly im proved quotations. _ _ _ Jointstock Bank Shares are very quiet. British North American are at 531 ; London Chartered of Australia, 19 ; London and Westminster have improved to 46.1 461. In the Miscellaneous Market Australian Agricul tural S hares are steady •, English and Australian Copper Company and London Discount were at previous values. BRI VISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the ofllcsol Ltsts) 1E31.k Stock Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9st i A 3 3p - --, —.ow' , Aunuitie. 9SA $ i New Three per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 3u Years, expire sth Apl., 1885 18 7-16 India Stock Ditto Bonds, £lOOO India Loan Debentures Consols for Account Exchequerßills March. June. XlOOO 3d 4 24 21 25 £5OO .. 2l 24 25 Small 34 21 24 25 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent. - Ditto, 1859 FOREIGN FUNDS.—THIS DAY. Brazilian 5 per Cent — Ditto 1852, 4, per Ceut.l B ienos o ores Bonds, 6 per Cent. Bl Oanish Bonds, 3 pea Ceut., 1825 _ Ditto 5 per Cent lO2 E inador New Consolidated Ditto Provisional Land Warrant ' a illexle.tu aper t_VIIL. Peruvian Bonds, 4, , , per Cent Ditto Acc0unt......... B9l 90 Portugiuse 3 per Cent., 1853 451 i Russian, 1822, S. St., 5 per Cent 1123 Ditto 44 per Cent 9/ i Sardinian 5 per Cent 893 Turkish Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Ircuezneot Bonds,s per Ceut 384 Ditto Defea-Nd, 2 per Cent. . ..... I nvidentb , on the +wove payable in Luudon. French Routes, 4 i per Cent., Ex. 25c. Do. 3 per Cent,, ex. 25 francs . Belgian 46 per Cent., ex 25f lOO Dutch Ex..ao,:. , 4. per Cent.. rz Gunners . Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates 71 IRR E 0' CtOCK. Consols, money 95 Ditto actount m .,,, 9si SHARE MAREETS (This Day). RAIL WA Yd. Paid. RAILWAT4. Ambz. Nottng. Bost. Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballymenp Birmne. Wolveth. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juliet Blackburn ... Blyth & Tyne orizinnl £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Ca1ed0nian.......... 'Chester & Holyhea , l Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Da. A Do. B Dublin&Belfo.stJun.; Dun. P. &Aber Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A.stk Do., do. 8.. ..... Do. New A ..„, East Kant •• East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. jEdinburgh & Glasgow Eclinb.Prth.&Dunds Forth and Clydanne. Furness .. Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Groat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gna.St Irish South-Ea :tern. Lancaster &Car:islo. Do., Thirds. ....... :Do. New Thirds Lanctush. &Yorkshir. Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 .. Do., Wet. Riding U n Do. Southport.... London & Blackwal Do. New, Si. 10s. Lond.Bright.& &Cat 'London &N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S.Weat.?rn Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. St EnnifA Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Midland ........ ..... Do. Birming. St Dorh Midland G. West.ar. Do. Shares ......... Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt..Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoiu , & Restrevor Norfolk,. . Northn. Counties Un I North British North Devon, Rail & 'Dock Stock . ...... Do., A Stock ....... Do., B Stock N.Exstern --Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. IDo. Leeds Do. York North Loudon N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... 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D. &R 100 Vale of 100 IWaterfd. dr Kilkenny all Waterford&Limorick all West Cornwall.. all West End of London 109 - 110 26 - 27 81 - 83 42 - 44 3 - 2 23 - ‘ 4 5 67 - 674 78 - 80 14 - 1 5 6 - 4 • 9 - 11 34 - 56 1 ... -- • .. '26 - 98 and Crystal Palace 1 all Do. A all Do. B all West London all i Do. First Class all Do. 'Second Class 2i - 3.1 - 61 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. WO all Atian. aa7.l St. Law. ... ... 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar.s p.c. 4 d 4 d. 18 all Do. 18 1 all Do. Additional A „ 1 4 d 4d 2031 all 'Buffalo dc Lake Diu o4 --73 100 'lOO 'Buff. ' Brnt. dc Cod eh lB2 87 100 100 ti p.c.bds.,l Aug..'7i Do. do., 1 July, '7:l 75 SO 100 ,100 Do. do,, 1 June,'74 74 7 8 ,20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... ... 20 I c's6(l Central °tide (Lim. ... ... 20 !' 2 Ceylon A sharos 8 # ) , 174, all Demerara. 20 •• 1 2s. Eastern Bengal il l --- a d, S. 1100 East Indian 102 1024 1024 1 20 all I Do. C Shares ... --- if 20 5 Do. E. do. ......,. a ip I 100 all 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'si ... 20 all Geelong dr Melbourn. g p u o s . .r. . 6 5 p p . c e . r D c e e n b t e . n 7 1 5 61 174 20 ah (it : , In, Pen. g. 5 pore. 204 4 724,30 1 4 ; :ip) i , 4 2 1 0 4 1 401 14 1 S CI O : . i 10(-) a a 1 14 1 l GDG D ato . 0 i . 'wh.N ß di k'n, guar. u : oa y fr reahasli CanaePa i .. 415 .. 01 . 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '60... 105 20rA 13 Do. New . 100 all Do. do., '73, do. _405 108 100 + all Du. do., '73, without option llO4 106 20 all Madras, guar. 49 p.c 179 181 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. ll9 —2O 20 15 Scinde, guar. 5 per c par 11- - 20 15 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 1 lid lid 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 4 d 4cl 20 5 Do. 2th Ex., do , id id 20 ss. Oude (Limited) 20 all Do. •• ••• ---- ---- _ ____ FOREIGN. ____ 10 all aiatwrp&Rotturda 5' 51 Di ~ 20 all Ardennes ... ... 20 3 Bahia di Fra.pcirco id •—• par 5 all Belgian East. Junct k 14 20 all Be zicrs to Graissessac ... —• ..• 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 2,i, 21 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France - 25i 20 2s. Euphrates Valley „ ... _ ... 20 all GL Central of France ... ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7l 7i 1 . 0 6 Italian Junction 20 all 1...,5e Coast. & Bale ~. ... 20 all Lime and Turnhout ... ...d 20 6 L o mbardo-Venetian 3 34 7 24 33 all lAaria Anteula . 10 all Do. Now 250 all ll [,your a ie nd Fi c st e . n s a p v .c a ..p .: 2 .. 3 . __ .. • 20 all Namur & Liege Northern of France 369 36fi I 1 0 6 all Do, do. 6p. c. Prof . 21 2 , 22 1 21i 20 8 Do. New -: 1 2 0 1 8581 141 4 20 all Paris and Orleans 4l) 51 212000 all 1 1 l I : l )i i iit i New .. ....... ...., _ ~. (Po-nun.) g. 7p• c • i '--. Ad 8i nsanT;lot FraL,;. P .. r . e . f . 30 8 1 : gt i 10 all Rome and Frascati,— ... ... 20 all Royal D ani5h......... -- 5 all Royal Swedish ...' ••• = ••• 4 all Do. 7 per cent. ... •;:,, —,z 2C all Sambre and Meuse... 1 1. 4 1 i Si 9 and Dunaburg ... ... 41 6 8i all West Fl anders ........ 9 ...... 9 10 all I Do. 59 per c. Prof • 3 24 20 all W.4;S.W. of France 2 20 all Southern of France.. 20_ 2K per cent. prof. 20 all West. of Switzerland ..- ... 6 all 4 .esi mien ............ ... •••: ... 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... ... 20 all Zealand ......... ....... ••• ... ofAustria... ~.. ... 2 212 0 000 1a 9 1}61 Recife :Wioge.asstaedli. JOINT BANKS. 100 50 _ N. Agra & United Serv.l 40 all Australasia IB3 F 5 25 all Bank of Egypt 1 221 224 100 50 Bank of London l47— 49 40 all ' Bri Col. Ek.cti Ln. Co ... .. 50 all British N. A merican I ... ... F,S i t2O 10 IC. Bk.of Ind , AnACh 31 -.- 2i 1)J 50 'City 59 ...- 61 100 25 'Colonial ............ 20.#1 all ' Commercial of Canada ~. —. ... ICO 20 COMM orcial of Lond. ' ... ... 20 20 all Eng.Seot.4Aus.Cat.l 17i 18 17i 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.ofitast. MA 19 19 50 20 !London and County ... ... 2V, 50 10 London Joint Stock. I ... .•-• ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... ... 461 4 i 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... ... 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank - ... 20 all New South Wales 42 44 25 a'.l Oriental Bank Corp 34 36 20 all Ottoman Bank l 7 l 100 25 ! Provincial of Ireland 61 63 10 all Do. New 25 all South A astralia 25 15 Do. New ... ... 25 all Union of Australia 4B 50 . ... 15 Do. New 50 10 Union of London 100 50 Unity Mutual .... . . - .. 100 50 %'estrnßk o f 10 0 l9 ..... liii, Prt tkla day Business done this day. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. Lord LANESBOROUGH presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Leicester in favour of legalis ing marriage with a & ceased ster. The Ear! of DONOUGHMORE presented similar petitions from Trowbridge, Downton, Devizes, and Limply Stoke. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. BILL. Tile Earl of ALBEIIA.RLE gave notice of his in tention to move an amendment in the 56th clause of the Government of India Bill The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the East India Company, against the Go vernment of India Bill. The noble earl said he did not concur wi'h the prayer of the petition. Tee Earl of DERBY—In rising, my lords, to move the second reading of this bill, I cannot but express the deep regret which I feel that this task should have de volved on me rather than on my noble friend and late colleague, whose intimate knowledge of everything con nected with Indian affairs would have enabled him to speak with a weight and authority which certainly I can not command. But my noble friend, unfortunately, is no longer a member of her Majesty's Government, and it therefore becomes my duty to state to your lordships, as shortly and as clearly as I can, the main principles and provisions of the bill to which I ask you to give a second reading this evening. Without a' tempting in the slightest degree to derogate from the importance of the measure, I cannot conceal from myself that a far greater degree of interest and attention has been at tracted to it than would perhaps have been called forth by its intrinsic impel-tame, in consequence of the poli tical circumstances which accompanied its progress through the other house of Parliament. (Hear.) This additional advantage, however, has accrued from that circumstance, that the bill has received a greater degree of care and of patient investigation in the other house than possibly it might otherwise have obtained. I must in the first place say that I think that the title of this bill is perhaps open to the charge of being somewhat of a misnomer—" A bill for the better Government of India." It is a bill, my lords, the result of which I hope may tend to the better government of India ; but it can not be too often repeated that the government of India must on the whole be carried on and conducted in India itself. (Hear, hear.) This bill does not pretend to deal with all those vast, complicated, and difficult questions which in the next few years no doubt will seriously en gage the anxious consideration of Parliament and of the country. It does not pretend to deal wih the revenue, with the finance, with the land regulations, with the con dition of the natives with the possibility and extent of their admission into the public service of the country even after this unhappy revolt shall have been suppressed. It does not profess to deal with any of those great and ex tensive questions ; and though doubtless at future periods they will engage the attention of Parliament, and though Parliament will feel it probably its duty to lay down broad principles of action with regard to most of them, yet your lordships cannot but be of opinion that the less the inter ference of Parliament with the details of the government of India, the greater prospect there is of the happiness and contentment cf the people of In fie. (Hear.) I need not remind your lordships that at the commencement of the present session the late Government announced their intention to legislate with regard to the affairs of India. Without entering into any question of the merits of the particular legislation which they proposed, I certainly was of opinion that the time in which we were engaged with all our force in endeavouring to suppress a serious revolt was not the most convenient for legislating upon such a subject. But that opinion—although it was shared in by many persons—was overrelsd by a very large majority of the other hones ; for, when a right hon. - Mend of mine thought it his duty to take the some what unusual course of moving that leave should be given to introduce the bill, on the express ground that It was not the time for legislation—thus especially pre venting his motives from being misconstrued, and his opposition from being regarded as directed against any of the provisions of the measure—a majority of I believe about two to one, in a tolerably full house, decided that it was expedient and desirable that a bill for the regula tion of the home government of India should be intro duced in the course of the present cession ; and you will observe that this bill is not in fact for the "government of India," but fur the improvement of the machinery by which, in this country, Indian government may he su perintended and controlled. In consequence of that decision the noble viscount lately at the head of her Majesty's Government introduced a mea sure to carry into effect those views. Very shortly after that circumstances occurred which caused the resignation of the noble viscount, and the consequen t change of Government. In several of the provisions of the bill of the late Government—indeed, in most of them—l, and those with whom I have the honour to act, cur daily concurred ; but there were at the same time provisions of no minor importance on which we held entirely opposite opieione. It then became a ques• tion with us whether we should proceed with the bill of the noble viscount, and propose in committee snob amendments as we might think necessary. But it was the opinion rf her Majesty's servants that a measure of such vast importance, regulating the machinery for superintending the Government of India, ought to be conducted and carried through—not by any private member, but on the responsibility of the Government as a whole. Tt3 consequence of that wee, that under the auspices of my noble friend (the Earl of Ellenborough) a bill was introduced and laid upon the table shortly be fore the Easter recess. In the course of the observa tions which I shad have to make it may be my duty to contrast some of the provisions of that bill and of the bill now before your 1 Tdships with those of the inea• sure introduced by the late Government ; 'out at present I shall only say that the course which, we pursued— although I think it was the necessary and proper course —had this inevitable conse quunce :—that there being as it were two rival bills n the table of the House of Com• mons there might, in the then state of political excite• ment, occur this unfortunate result, that the house would be called upon to decide between those bids, not with regard to their respective merits, but with re and to the persons and parties by whom they were introduced ; and that, consequently, the affairs of India, which re quired the most careful and dispassionate consid ration of Parliament, might be made—what I wa• most anxious to avoid—a battlefield for contending political par:iee. (Hear.) In those circurns!ances the noble lord the mem ber for London made a suggestion, which wa., I think, as wise and patriotic as it wes certainly just and concilia tory, and it tended to relieve Parliament from what might have been a very serious embarrassment. Lord J. Rus sell suggested—and the Government at once adopted the suggestion; indeed, to a certain extent it bad already been anticipated by us—that, instead cf proceeding to match as it were one bill as a whole against the other, we should enable the house to consider one by one in com mittee resolutions the principles of which were involved in each, and out of those resolutions to frame a measure which might receive the sanction of the Legislature. The Government, therefore, acting on that suggestion, prepared a series of resolutions, which were submitted seriatim to the coneideratiou of the House of Commons; and it is only doing that house the barest justice to say that, during the whole of my experience in Parliament, I have never known a question which has been treated by that house with more patience, with more deliberate attention, with, greater temper, and with more entiro ab seuce on all sides of party feeling or acrimonious discus sion; and the result of that course of proceeding is that there has been sent up to your lordships' house a mea sure—not carried by a bare majority, not depending for its success upon this or upon that political party, but a measure to a great extent the work of the House of Commons itself, and to which all parties concurred in giving their tribute of praise, Lord Palmerston uniting with Lord J. Russell, in according to the third reading, not his hesitating but his cordial approval, and expres sieg his wishes for its success before your lordships' house. (Hear, hear.) I now proceed very shortly to lay before your lordships the principles and chief provisions of this bill. The noble earl who rose immediately before me has presented a petition. in the prayer of which he does nut concur, from the East India Company, praying to be heard by counsel against the preamble and vari ous clauses of the bill, I Paso to speak with every respect of the East India Company, and I am bound to say that, during the long period which they have admini stered the affairs of India, they have exhibited a degree of temper, an impartiality, and a sense of the great and important functions which they had to discharge, which could not be surpassed; but at the Fame time I cannot admit that the East India Company have upon a ques tion of this kind any claim to be heard by counsel be fore your lordships' house. The East India Company have been to the present moment tru-tees for the Crown, and though from vat ions periods—front 1813 to 1833, and from 1833 to 1853—that trust, under special limita tions, was continued for a period (420 yeers, yet in 1853 Pathament took a different course and coal fed the same trust to them simply during the pleasure of Parliament. Clearly, then, from that moment the East India Com pany were tenants et will, whom you were perfectly free to dispossess whenever Pariiamert might think that the time had come to deer , ve teem of their trust and to confer it directly upon the Crown itself. My noble frtei.,i whom I sec opposita tete presented another petition with regard ta the possible diminution of tbo security which the proprietors and I),rectore of the Erst "India Com pany may have under this bill for the payment of their dividends. All I can say upon this subject is, that the clauses in this bill which provide for that security are the same as were introduced into the bill . of the late Govern ment, upon the advice I presume of the hon. and learnen gentleman wbo has now given an opinion that they are not sufficient for the purpose. If it can be shown, how ever, that there is the slightest diminution of the security of the shareholders I shall be ready to consider any pro position that can be made for increasing that security and I believe tbat the only questions that can be raised relate, first, to the receipt of the dividend ; secondly, to the 1 Bank of England advancing sufficient to meet the deti oiencies in the Indian remittances ; an d, thirdly, the de ferring the claim- for the payment of the principal. En if there is a doUbt on that point we shall be very g'4l to receive any suggestions to improve the eteurity. -- - When it was determined that a change should take place is any dan ger , b e t th e d anger m i g h t b e ' possible in the home Government of India all parties agreed order a Sovereign less constitutional than Her Ma unanimously that the nominal, as well as the real autho- jesty—for the Crown to employ ladian troops in wars rity ought to be transferred to the Crown, and that the wholly and entirely nnsanctioned by Parliament the affairs of India should be conducted in the name of the whole force of India might be carried to any portion of Crown. The noble earl below me (Ellenborougb), when the world without the exercise of the constitutional pe on the other side of the house, said that, though he did cuniary check to which I have referred. The bill intro , not desire any change at present, whatever change was duced by the late Government contained a clause to the made ought to go to this extent. The home Governmect e ffect that Her Majesty should not be empowered to of India no doubt has been conducted with singular pro- sen d ou t of Asia any part of the force wholly maintained dente, and I should be sorry to look upon this bill as it a nd paid out of the Indian revenues. As far as the re has been represented at the India-house as a bill of pains • striction on the prerogative goes, the principle is pre and penalties. Ido not believe that any men could have , cisely the same, whether the restriction is that the t roops administered the aff a i rs o f I n di a un d er th e s y s t em which , shall not be sent beyond the limits of Asia or beyond the they found established with more success than the East : limits of our Indian possessions, and I think it wo u ld India Company ; but the compli ca t e d an d unnecessary I have been perfectly competent for Parliament, in- h an d. correspondence, the unavoidable delay which that sr- , ing over to the Crown the government of this vast empire, tern required, made it obvious th a t th e only change ! to make a stronger provision, and to provide that the In which could be made was to put th e Government of ' dian force rattail be levie I upon the footing of a militia India undera Minister responsible directly to the Crown I -consequently, not required to serve beyond those and to Parliament. (Hear.) In point of fact, however , ' dominions. While the principle cf the exception in the transfer is more nominal than real, because though r the bill of the late Government was the same as ours, the Court of Directors exercise certain powers of obstruc- ; •it would have allowed that which is the real and tion and delay, yet, with the single exception of the recal substantial danger. Within Awe you migbt carry of the Governor-General, they can perform no act which ' on w it with Persia, you inignt carry en war with Cbina, not subject to the revision of the Pretident of the Beard you might carry on war even with Russia, and without of Control. Not only does the President of the Board of further exception than that the troops should not serve Control possess the power of altering or of vetoing the out of Attie, all this might be done by the authority of instructions proposed by the Courtof Directors, but he has ' the Crown, and Parliament have no control over the ex• I pendit a re an d no r i g h t to express an op i n i on on t h e the power, and it has been sometimes exercised, of senning pro out in-tructions diametrically oppose d t o those which the priety of the war. It was not our intention to limit, the Ceurt intended. There is a question whether the Court j prerogative of the Crown, but our intention was to pro , might not have interposed delay, aid even perlitted, an , tact the revenues of India, and consequently when we til compelled by a mandamus ; but in point of tact they come to the clause I shall propose an amendment to hare generally been obliged to yield to the suggestions remove all ambiguity, to the effect that it shall not he of the President of the Board of Control. We all remem- competent, except to repel actual invasion or in a snd• leer that my noble friend below me (Earl of Ellen- den and urgent emergency, to make the revenues of India borough) who has on various occasions been at the applicable without the consent of Patlisment to defray head of the Board of Control, told the committee that I the expense of military operations, citified on beyond when be was in office the Government of India was in the frontier. (Hear) Tne other point to which I his hands altogether. (Hear, hear.) There was no great would refer is contained in an earlier clause of tho difference of opinion, therefore, between the two great bill—l think in the 321 or 333—which has reference to parties is the other house as to transferring the powers admission to thecivilservice. The lawns it etandsprovides of the East India Company to a responsible Minister, that all persons who are admitted into the civil. let and carrying on the government in the name of the vice ;,of the East India Company shall pees each Crown. (Rear.) Neither was there any difference of opi- examinations as shall be from time to time prescribed then in this, that, although it was expedient that the and regulated by the Court of Directors and the Pre s i. business should be conducted by a Minister responsible dent of the Board of Control. That power is now trans to Parliament, yet, inasmuch as it is not possible that ferred to the Secretary of State, but this bill goes , fur any one man should have sufficient knowledge and expo- ther than I think the justice of the Case warrants, and rience to administer the affairs of all the difftrent pro- gives to the principle of competitive examination, for vinces of India, it would be nectssary to give him a the first time, a Parliamentary sanction, fettering the Council more or lets numerous by whom he might be acts of the Executive by an Act of Parliament, and corn advised or controlled. It was with regard to the cue- polling an adherence to the principle of competitive exa• stituteon of that Council that the greatest difference minntion. It is my intention to move the omission of existed between the late and the present Government. the worde which render it necessary for the Government The late Government proposed that the Council thould to admit candidates for the civil service in the order of consist of eiebt members, holding office for six years, all I their proficiency at a competitive examination, leaving nominated by the Minister of the day, and two to retire the law as it stands with regard to admission to the In each alternate year. We, however, were of opinion that dian civil eeiviced sue ject to such regulations as ramp that mode of selection would not give sufficient indepen- i be ironed by the Secretary of State, with the approval of derma to the members. One-third would just have been ' the Crown, and laid before Parliament. Th ere i s one nominated, and another third would be looking forward other most important point—namely, the reconstruction to immediate re-nomination by the Minister or the day, and organisation of the future Indian army. That and there would, therefore, be a greater temptation than ,is a question of the most vital importance, there ought to be to give way to the opinion cf the and her Majesty has been advised, and will, I be- Minister of the day. We were of opinion that a Council , believe, act upon the advice, to issue a commission for of eight was not sufficiently numerous, and we thought I the purpose of instituting an inquiry into all the subjects that 18—the present number of the directors--eras not 1 nom ect el with the reorganisation of the future forces to more than was required by the business of India. The Ibe employed in India. (Hear.) Tnis commission will Council of India we thought ought not to be—as the have to consider the proportion of Europeans to be em directors may have been before—a screen between the played, the mode in which they shall be relieved, the Minister and Parliament, but a body of men well ac- I conditions upon which they shall serve, the number of quainted with the affairs of India, to give the Minister the native army, and the conditions upon which they advice, which, on his own responsibility, he might be at I shall be engaged, and every other question connected liberty either to accept or rej ct. I have heard it stated with the future peace establishment of India when the that a Council so constituted would either be the master revolt shall be happily put down. In the meantime it or the servant of the Minister, according to his charac- will be necessary for Parliament to provide for the ter. There is no doubt that it d e p en ds ver y muc h u p on maintenance of the present state of things until the re the self-reliance of a person at the head of a great depart- suit of this commission shall be known. and until Parlia ment of the State how far he is influenced orcontrolled by meet shall have acted upon its recommendations. The those who fill permanent situations under him ; but I be- bill, therefore, provides what may be necessary for the lieve i hat the Council which we propose in tbis bill will present, leaving to her Majesty the perfect freedom neither be masters nor servants, but valuable advisers of of making such regulations for the future ad• the Minister. To secure their independence we c ,nsidered ministration of the army, both as regards that a certain portion of the members of the Council should the European and native troops, as she may be elected, and another portion nominated by the be advised. The bill also provides, as far as it refers Crown. W e were a l so of opinion that their term of Ito individuals and bodies, that they shall have re office, to secure their independence, ought to be extent I served to them all the rights, privileges, audexpectations Ave, and we propose in this bi.l that the members of the which they were led to form at the time of their adnais- Council shall held office during good behaviour, with sion to the service. (Hear.) It would be the grossest the provision that after 10 years' service they Abed be injustice to introduce a similar system at once in both entitled to retire upon an adequate pension. When we descriptions of the Indian force, and to apply the same came to deal with the elective portion of the Council we 'principles to those who ebali hereafter enter and those found considerable difficulty. My noble friend below— who entered the service under different expectations. not now a member of the Government. but for whose (Hear.) I have now stated to your 1 nelships, I trust scheme we are all responsible—proposed originally an not at too great length—(cheers)—the principles cf the elaborate plan, by which the military and civil services measure to which I ask your lordships' assent. The bill of the three presidencies would have been represeu - ed in has receive:l the careful deliberation and attention of the the Council. It was objected, however, to that provision House of Commons, and it has be: sent up to your that it would fetter her Mti etty's Government in the selec- lordships with the universal concurrence of that house. tion of the butt men, and that they might frequently he I have 'without; entered at too great length into an ex compelled to choose inefficient men and to pass over the planation of a measure to which no objection will pro most competent. Another provision in that plane which liable be made ; but while the'laboure of the House of also was not received with any great degree of approba- Commons render it probable that a e very numerous tion, was one by which we thought we might be able to amendments will be necessary, her Majesty s Govern obtain in the Council representatives of the commercal ment will be happy to give the fullest anti most impartial interests connected with India. We preowned to give to I consideration to any amendments which may he sue four of the great towns most connected with Indian corn- ' gested in tbe course of the discussion of this bill. merce tbe right of eelewitet a member of the Council; but I (Coeers.) The noble earl concluded by moving that the there appeared to be so many difficulties in the way of bill be now read a second time. carrying out that proposition that we did not insist on it. Earl GRANVILLE said it was not likely there would ; ever be a complaint from either side of the house that The col c'twion at •vhich we arrived eneh the view of ee . curing int, lligence, exp-rievos, and ii d •per.dence in the I any speech of the noble earl's was too long. (Hear,) He members of the Council was that it was neces-ary a oer tain portion should be elected and a certain portion nomi- bad only one cease of regret--that the singularly clear nated ; that the loosens elected should have served or I and lucid statement of the noble earl had not been made resided a cerwiderable peried cf tome in India, and that I at an earlier period and in a house still more full. The tney should hold their offices, as I have stated, (luring 1 noble earl had stated with perfect accuracy, what bad pleasure, subj-ct to be removed upon an address of the pateed when the late Government introduced their bill, Houses of Parliament or for gross tniscouduct But when which was opposed by the noble earl and his friends. we came to apply the principle of election v. e found con siderable difficunies. It could not he argued, hardly I When they came into office there were two courses open w i th more that plausibility, that the Court of Proprietors I to them—either to adhere to their original opinion, sr, as they wisely and prudently did, f ee li ng t h a t th e ma tt er possessed such an interest se to entitle thee: tot em t o the Council. Their funetione, as y.oir 1 wdshipe are awarr, b a d gone too far, and the House of Commons had too are limited to the receipt of dividends on their stock, strongly pronounced, to adopt the legacy left them. The and though they have the power to pass resolutions, practiCally they can give no effect to them. It Wls pro- noble earl said they might have adopted the bill of the - posed to add to this body, to make it more nurneroue, and late Government, and introduced certain amendments. to give it more connection with India, all parsers who for He must say that that would have been the most a certain time bad served in the military or civil service i simple and tpeedy course. He thought they would of India and had returned to reside ie this country. But ; have been able to introduce even all the amendments, it was found that it would be a constituency very difficult, to bring together, very inconvenient on account of its they at first proposed, and certainly all they now had number, and having the same disadvantage as the present introduced, and the matter would have arrived at a much East India proprietors—namely, that the most compe- speedier conclusion. After the Government had intro tent, the ablest, and the highest•minded men will not duc e d their bill, all the ori g inal matter they had inserted submit to go through a canvass for the purpose of being w a s disapproved of, and the Government at length appointed directors, and still less would they go through a adopted the suggestion of Lord John Russell to proceed canvass of a more extensive body for the purpose of being by resolution ; that would have been very well in the elected members of Council. After much consideration first instance, but after the bill had been introduced it her Majesty's Government decided to adopt with regard w as rather an anomaly ; it had, however, one advantage to the elected members a principle whicb, if I mistake —that if the usual course had been taken, as the noble riot, was recoutmended by a noble earl not now present ea rl the President of the Board of Control bad induced (Earl Grey)—namely, to give to the existing Court of the holier) to believe it would, and the resolutions sent Directors, or persons by them fiat elected, the power up to them, if not simultaneously, at least at a certain of filling up vacancies by the election of duly quali- period, they would have had ample time to discuss fully fled persons ; and, upon the whole, in a choice of the whole bearings of the question. Certainly the time difficulties, I think that course the best to escape thedif- would have been well spent, as the house included many ficulties attendant upon the adoption of a system of elee • well informed on Indian affairs, and had the advantage ti e D. With regard Co the change of name, from Presi- o f great le g al minds. Such, however, was not the case, dent to Secretary of State, though not ver y important and the result on the whole appeared to be, not that the of itself, it was considered more advisable and more in bill had been particularly well considered in the other conformity with constitutional practice to give the name house—(bear, hear)—but that the constant discussion of Secretary of State to a hi g h officer u p om whom her had produced a weariness which, added to the present Majesty is pleased to devolve the exerc i se of d u ties under state of tbe Thames, made the house too ready to accept her Royal sanction. As regards the Colonies and Foreign any proposal which the Government threw to it. He Affairs, so as regards India, the same title is given ti the ver y muc h feared that, considering the late period of presiding officer, and there will bji this additional con- th e s ession, and their desire that nothing fact i ou s shou ld vertience, though not at first contemplated, th a t either appear on their part, it would be difficult in passing the of the Secretaries of State will be able to sign papers and bill to pay that attention to the details which was so re perform duties in the absence of the Secretary of State quisite. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl had stated with for India. The Secretary of State for India has full power perfect accuracy the principles and objects of the bah. of acting in opposition to the advice of the Council, but The principle was to transfer the government of India, if he acts in opposition to the advice of a majority, be is so far a s this country was concerned, from the Board of compelled to put on record the reasons why he puts Directors to the Crown. These were the of to be aside the advice, and members of the Council have the a ttained —one to simplify the machinery of the govern same right to enter their reasons for dissenting from any went at home, the other to secure the i nes ti ma bl e ad proposition made or adopted by the Secretary of State. van ta g e of governing India i n th e name o f t h e n ove - There is a provision also requiring that the Secretary reign. He would not weaken the noble earl's arguments ef State shall call the Council together within seven by repeating them. A.s to the change made by the pre days, and submit to their consideration any orders whiob sent Government—namely, of the name of the Minister, in a case cf urgency he has the power to issue without it was better that he should be called Secretary of State their previous cogniztnee. There is also a provision than President of the Council. The late Government which your lordship , ' generally believe to be antolutely would have made that proposal but for some technical neces-ary, and without which the noble earl below me difficulty as to making a high officer, the organ says the government of India could not be advantage- o f the Crown, subject to the control of another body. ously carried on—namely, a transfer to the Secretary of With regard to chief differences between the two bills, State of the power formerly exercised in a secret com• it would be hardly honest for him to conceal that, atifar niittee of sending out orders and instructions without as he was individually concerned, he had from the first communication with the Council. Ido not mean to say felt very great doubts as to wheth er th e counc il was a t that that power on certain occasions bee not been all that amiable adjunct it appeared to some. (Hear.) abused. Ido not mean to say that it has not been too There were these advantages suggested—the advice and extensively used ; but I am sure your lordships will support they gave to and the control they exercised over agree with me that with regard to the two questions tbe minister. The noble earl rather threw over the con to which alone it i s p ro p erly applicable—the carr y - trol, and if he threw over that, there was not much force ing on operations of tear, or making dipl omat i c in the rest of the argument. As to advice, he believe d the States—it arr angements with native is absolutely difficulty of getting it was not great ; one invaluable essential the Secretary cf State should poetess. the source existed in the permanent servants of the India power of preserving en tir e s ecrecy, even from the House ; and he did not see why the now government Council. (Rear.) There are tw o questions upon which s h ou ld n ot be able to secure the same class, who had to the Secretary of s tate is o verruled by a majority—first, a great degree carried on the government of India. As with regard to the election of a member, and second, to his own experience, whenever be felt it necesary to with regard to the expenditure of the revenues of India. obtain information on Indian subjects he always found The election of members would be a farce if the Secretary old Indian server's ready to give every information, but of State, by his sole authorny, could overbear the ap- be found that with regard to general questions they were pointtnent of any particular man. With regard to ex- more apt to dwell on individual circumstances in par penditnre we must bear in mind that the House of Com- ticular districts where they had held office. If he wanted, mons does not exercise any control, and therefore it is to go into the general question he should consult a man essential that there should be a bona fide control over like Sir J. Melvill, who whether he might be right or the Secretary of State by the independent body which wrong in his views was able at once to state the whole I hope this Council will be. There are only two other position of the question, give the history of it, and cite subjects to which it is necessary to call attention, and I all the authorities. It would be easy enough to find men call attention to them because I think upon them the arriving from India perfectly well informed on depart principles and intentions of this bill have been some- mental questions, but if the council was to be repre what misapprehended. The one relates to the etre sentativo they would be in thedifficulty of exciting 80010 ployneent of Indian troops, and the other to the jealousy in a member by applying to the unofficial sou rce admissi on o f persons to the civil strei.e. With for advice. Witte regard to the support, he believed itd regard to the first, it has been objected to the was very muctwoverrated ; v,ith a men of nhh . i . , :7" o clause which particularly deals with teat question temper, when the g e t ernment was in no d'illtt o lt: i t hi n v —tee 55th clause—that it proposes to interftre with doubt the minister and council would the prerogative of the Crown, inasmuch as it provides although if any proposal would be that none of her Majesty's forces maintained out of the Commons, a minister, quoting regard t to a tvhaeil hoont revenut,s of India, except in oases of urgent emergency, met by the reply, "Of course yo ,ong, not your autho was hiein t r a c ° dee' o ti ugi n non o ci on council, agree stivio 11 se With ll shall be taken beyond the Indian frontier, without the you ;" or "Let us hear your reasons, previous consent of Parliament. It was thought, and I tits." On the other hand , w woulduld the h have v e the Council writ- the words might bear the construction, though it trot, a strong minister wo uld difficulties, and th ey was not intended by the framer of the clause—that it self of the loopholes given by bill ; but when i t a h; ought to be correspondence and allowing Others see it. Re was an interference with the indisputable prerogative of Government got to the natural rejoin practical Crown to maka war or peace. Although there is no supported by the prerogative more indisputable than that, the constitution jog long viDg gas provided an equally indisputable check upon the knew he wlea such were his opinions, himself open wits, had he supported practical exercise of that prerogative, by rendering it der, why, if for a Council I • necessary that the Crown should come to Parliament for any . prepoe His answer simply was, the inn the bill was the paramount • object, and public the supplies, without which it would be impossible to P a r -. would not consent carry on war. But with regard to nor troops in India, opinion to the transfer without some control, and the there was and there can be no such Parliamentary con- such course proposed by the late Gu ent would b trot, and, consequently, if there were no such clause as vernm „ aye given all the advantages-with the this, it might have been corapeteat—l do not seypossible theta least ic•:)rulou of the disadvsntages of snob s body, St. St. St. 50 100 100 100 ' all St. 100 50 36 St. 100 St. 100 St. l loo St. 100 St, 100 25 16i St. 100 St LOO St. 100 10 31.1 St. St. St. St. 781 8 9 49 91i i i 110 91 901 90 94 3! 93 21 f 71i 21 2 1 67 i 79 by.) front from ing. wit thoir num- I wilt