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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. --4YESTERD AY. ) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 6 o'clock. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were read a second time :—Ray's Estate ; Balby and Worksop Road ; Al y th Railway ; and Brentford Gas. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from 3,500 inhabitants of Deptford, Greenwich, and Woolwich, in favour of an equalisation of the poor-rates. 'Earl ST. GERMANS called the attention of their loeiships •to a motion that had for some time stood upon the paper. It involved a number of quostians, one of which related to tee death of ;gr. Sullivan, at Lima, another reflected very much -upon Sir J. Brooke, and went so far as to say that the conduct of that gentleman had been such as to desecrate the name of Engiand throughout the East. He thought it highLy inconvenient such notices should serna;n on the paper if there was no intention of putting the question. The Earl of M4LMESBURY said no doubt such a cireutizstance was inconvenient, but he did not think there was any remedy. He knew other notices to have remained much longer on the paper than that allt.ded to by the noble earl. Lord REDESDALE was of a similar opinion. -The Earl of STAN.HOPE defended his noble friend (Lorci Kingston) from the observatio ns which the ques tion that stood at present in his name had given rise to. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. Lord LYTTELTON gave notice that on Thursday next he should put a question to her Majesty's Govern ment as to whether it was intended to carry further the principle of competitive examination of candidates for the Civil Service. THE PAROCHIAL REGISTERS BILL. On the motion.of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill was read a second time, the object of which was to place the registers of dissenting congregations on the same footing as to giving evidence in a court of jus tice a 4 those of the Established Church. The law, as it at present stood, did not admit the right of dissenting registers to give evidence. CHANCERY AMENDMENT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this hill. The object of the bill was to im prove the mode of proceeding in certain cases, on an application being made to the Court of Chancery. By the law as it now stood, on any application for a breach of contract being made, the court had power to order a decree to issue, but it had no authority to enforce such order. There were various other amendments which it was proposed to make, in accordance with the Common Law Procedure Act, and, by the present bill, the mode of giving evidence was to be altered, so that instead of, as now, a party being left in the dark as to the nature of the evidence it had to meet he wouli have a perfect knowledge of all that transpired. He had hoped that the bill would have passed without opposition, but as lie found his noble and learned friend (Lord St. Leonardo) was opposed to the bill, he should, pro viding it was read a second time, move that it be referred to a select committee. _ Lord BROUGHAM concurred in the course recom mended by the noble lord on the woolsack. L)rl Sr. LEONARDS then proceeded to state his objections to the bill. Lord CAMPBELL was of opinion that a very great evil would be removed by the present bill. . After a few words from Lord CRANWORTII, who approved of the bill, it was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a select committee. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. AND THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. The Marquis of BREDALBANE gave notice that he should to-morrow (this day) ask the Government what were the relations in respect to military matters between the Governor-General of India and the Com mander-in-Chief. Their lordships shortly afterwards adj.mined. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private hills were read a third time and passed :—Atlantic Telegraph Company ; Dean Valley Railway ; Eastern Steam Navigation ; Llano:ly Har bour ; Landon and North-Western Railway (®tidi tiona,l Works) ; London and North-Western (Extension from Longsight); Onde Railway Company ; Wallasey impiovement ; Yar Bridge. SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY BILLS (1855 AND 1856). Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evi fence taken bef,re the committees on the Severn Vellvy Railway B lie in sessions 1855 and 1856 be referrJd to the committee on group 10 of railway bills in reference to the Severn Valley Railway Bill.—Agreed to, HUDSON'S BAY. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that he should, when the newly appointed Secretary for the Colonies wui in hi , place, bring forward the subject of the territories of the Hudson's Bay Coin2Any. SUEZ CANAL. - Mr. GIBSON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if be had auy ot,jec:.imi to lay on the table of the house the c )rrespondence that had passed between this Government and the British Embassy at C.m stantinople, and between this Government and any foreign country with reference to the Suez Canal The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be inconvenient to do so, and he must de cline accelln4 to the request. THE CONTROL OF THE ARMY. Sir J. WALSH asked the Chancellor of the Exche qui-r whether is was in the contemplation of the Go vernment to take any steps in consequence of the reso lution, which passed the house on Tuesday, in favour of placing the whole administration and control of the army under the undivided authority of a single Minister ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, considering the importance of the question that night under discussion, and the comparatively small and bare majority of the house by which the motion was carried, her Majesty's Government did not think it their duty to recommend any measures being taken on that vote. (Ob, ob, and Hear, hear.) Mr. P. O'BRIEN asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer if the house would have another opportunity of coming to a.-vote on the subject of the hon. member for Bocimin's resolution referred to ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could only state that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to take any measures in or out of thehouse in reference to the decision arrived at on the motion of the boa. member for Bodmin on Tuesday last. INDIA. Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Chancellor of the Ex chfluer if it was his intention to proceed on Monday with the Indian resolutions as promised ! The'CELANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it waR. By that time he expected the President of the Board of Control would be in his place in that house. CHINA. Mr. KINGLAKE asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether any despatches had been received from Lord Elgin, and especially any despatches commu nicating the fact of a rupture of the negotiations which had been opened with the Government of the Em peror of China ; and, if so, whether there would be any objection to lay upon the table of the house copies of such despatches, and of any other correspon dence respecting our differences with China : And whe ther, consistently with due regard to the public service, be could now state the intentions of her Majesty's Go vernment with respect to the prosecution of our demands against the Emperor of China I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon. member wai under an erroneous impression in sup wsing there was a rupture of negotiations in China. On the contrary, what the Emperor of China had done was not to send a Minister of State to meet Lard Elgin at Shanghai, but to Canton, where he bad a•iked Lord Elgin to return and meet Life, but Lord Elgin had advanced towards the north. With reference to the prosecution of our demands, he most remind the hon. gentleman her Majesty's Govern ment wra actingat present with alliei', and it was, there fore, inconvenient to lay on the table any instructions that had been given on the subject by their predeceisors or tivAn,elves subsequently. Under these circumstances he must decline making the statement referred to. EDUCATION—THE PAPER DUTIES. - _ Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that in consequence of supply on the education vote, he should call the attention of the house to the inconsistency of 'rrrz-intairling the paper duties in reference to the efforts made' DY' Parliament to promote edu ation, and he should 'nova a r"u 4 ntion that the permanent continuance of tea paper duty 'P.-AR a source of revenue that was impo litic, and that storm. Anancial arrangement should be made for dispensing with i t on an early day. (Hear.) BIR RICI-T MASTERS. Mr. WARREN asked-the`FLrretary for War, whether any and what etc; s were beirg .; , ,ken towards improving the cond.tion of Barrack Masters; with reference to the_ revised scaly of pay recently, prePlib-ed in the Barrack Department Gem PEEL said no revised scale of),gayhad been recently prepared. The heads of the bar..„k depart ment had the subject under their considera ; on, but there were so many difficultieg in the way 0.,, t n ,. change could take place during the present finent,:,j year. THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENT AT soon as it was found he had absconded, the supply of money was stopped. A new storekeeper had been ap pointed before the late storekeeper absconded, and the examination of the store that took place in consequence was probably the cause of his absconding. An examination of the stores, with the ledgers, was being made, and as soon as it was finished the deficiency would be correctly ascertained. SUPPLY. On the bringing up of the report, Mr. HORSMAN defended himself from the insinua tion thrown out on a former night, by the hon. member for Wexford, relating to the manner in which he (Mr. Horsman) conducted his official business when Secretary for Ireland. Mr. M‘MAHON complained of the right hon. gen tleman selecting his remarks on which to found a charge prejudicial to him (Mr. M'Mahon), whilst he had passed over stronger remarks from his friends on the same sub ject. He (Mr. M'Mahon) had intended to have retracted what he had said about the right hon. gentleman being above his office, which was a matter of opinion ; but he now thought he should be able to prove that the right hon, gentleman, so far from being above his office, and looking down on it, was very much beneath it. The hon. and learned gentleman then referred to his state ments on a former occasion, and to the right hon. gen tleman's reply, and reiterated his charge against him in not having trusted him, as one gentleman ought to trust another, in matters of public business. The aristocratic gentleman had selected him (Mr. M'Mahon) as a vic tim, whilst he had allowed the hon. and learned gentle ma-o, the member for Roscommon to make use of stronger language against his official conduct and in his presence without resenting it. The general impression in Ireland was that the right hon. gentleman was the most inefficient Secretary for Ireland they had ever had. Sir G. GREY regretted the time of the house had been taken up in a personal difference beween the two hon. gentlemen. He bore testimony to the efficient manner the right hon. gentleman had discharged official duties that came within his (Sir G. Grey's) knowledge relative to Irish affairs. Lord NAAS detailed the duties that devolved on the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and said they were not-of that light and unimportant character which the right bon. gentleman the member for Strood considered them to be. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said the right hon. gentleman, during the time they were colleagues, paid the greatest attention to his official duties, and appeared to be well informed on Irish affairs. He also found him courteous in manner, attentive to all applications made to him, and most anxious to give every information pos pible. He regretted to find the right hon. gentleman (qr. foreman) had disparaged the duties of the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. VANCE complained of the conduct of the right hon. gentleman whilst he was Chief Secretary for Ireland. He invariably put Irish bills at the bottom of the list, and it was impossible to get from the right hon, gentleman if he intended to proceed with them ; and Irish members were put to the inconvenience of remaining till the adjournment of the house to watch the course he intended to pursue with them. Mr. BLAND repeated his statement, made on a former evening in Mr. foreman's absence, to the effect that he had always met with great courtesy from that gentleman. Mr. BAGWELL made a similar statement. Mr. HORSMAN said a few words in explanation. The remaining items in the report were then agreed to. WEEDON, Mr. NICOLL asked the Secret try of State if his atten tion had been called to a report that an officer high in the pubLe service hart recently absconded ; and if it were true that the principal books and acc )unti at the establishment at Weedon had f , r nearly three year, been kept on the principle of sin.fle entry, during which period a complete stock-taking of stores La.! not been effected: and, in the event there bring somo foundation fir there statements, if it was the in telvic," of Government to cause an immediate investi gation into the whole of the facts of the case ? Gt',iera! PEEL said it was true that the principal storekseprr at Weedon had absconded. Ile left oli Wednesday, the 19th of May, to return on the follow juv Saturday to pay the men their wages. He failed to W. so, and a telegraphic mesvage was received in London on the Sunday to that effect. A detective was immediately employed, who traced the storekeeper to L iverp ool,and found that he had em_ harkfAl un the Saturday, and bad Failed for Boston Two gentlemen went on the Monday to Weedon to examine the books. They had dane so, and had repo rt d double entr, and that they had been correctly k e p t b y had been duly examined up to the 31st December la-t. Vbc.quArter's accounts for March were sent in, but as. r irE SUN, LONDON, FRI DAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1858. courts, but it was found tbat it would 'be impossible to do that In London. - - _ Mr. WILLIAMS doubted whether it was expedient to maintain a court of insolvency in London. Mr. WALPOLE said a diminution of expenditure might be effected by an amalgamation of the courts of insolvency and bankruptcy, though not to any great ex , tent immediately, because compensation would have to be given to the judges and officers of the courts. It was alio under the consideration of Government whether it would not be wise to abolish imprisonment for debt, where it was unaccompanied by fraud. (Hear.) Mr. J. FITZGERALD said that the amalgamations of the bankruptcy and insolvency courts had been suc cessful in Irtland. The vote was then agreed to. , • On the vote of 35,1631. for the expiusee, of the Court of Pro bate, Mr. BUTLER wished to know whether this vote in cluded the expenses of the Prerogative-office 1 The vote • was very large. Mr. HAMI LTON said the vote was large, and he . . ared it would be larger; but, on the othei - hand, the sum received from fees was very considerable. The amount received between January and May was 19,6521. (Hear.) It would be the duty of the government to keep down the expenditure. Mr. HADFIELD complained that the Court of Ad miralty had not been thrown open to the whole profes sion. The pudic had given ample compensation, but they had not got what had been promised. Mr. WILSON said that the fees had been fixed with a view to make the court self-supporting. Of course that was a speculation. When the salaries were fixed the present judge proposed them at a low rate—also as an txperinsent. The amount of fees and salaries was therefore subject to revision. Mr. WARREN said that the late Lord Chancellor intrciuced a bill to amend the Court of Probate Act, and when that bill came to the House of Commons it was his intention to move clauses throwing open the Court of Admiralty to the whole profession. Mr. SALISBURY said that considering the large amount of compensation;which bad been given he thought the court should be thrown open. Mr. HADFIELD pressed for an expression of opinion from the treasury bench. Mr, WALPOLE had nothing to do with the bill, and theref re could not give any explanation of the reason why the clauses on the subject were struck out in the Lords. His own opinion was, that all the ecclesiastical courts should have been dealt with together. There was a proviso in the act for the future union of the Probate and Admiralty Courts under one judge. The vote was then agreed to. 157,0501. for salaries and expenses of county courts. Lord DUNCAN said there was a reduction in the total of this vote from last year, but there was an item to which he wished to call the attention of the house, that of the expense of providing court houses, which was 55,0001., an increase of 10,0001. on last year. By the original act the treasurers were obliged to provide court houses, but in the last act a clause was inserted throw ing the expense on the country at large. A. deputation had lately waited on the Earl of Derby with regard to the county courts in Scotland, and his lordship ex pressed an opinion that all such courts should be pro. vided by the districts. It was most unfair to call on the people of Scotland to provide county courts unless the same principle was extended to the sheriffs' courts. He begged to move that the vote be reduced by the sum of 15,0001. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said that if the system of the county courts was to be maintained in efficiency to the extent the public required, it was absolutely neces aary that court houses should be provided. There was a considerable decrease this year in the vote ; the ex panses of the registry amounted to 272,0001., the fees produced 216,0001. ; leaving 56,0001. to be proirided for by the vote. In addition to the vote there was a sum of 87,0001. charged on the Consolidated Fund. With regard to Scotland, the question was not then before them. If the noble lord thought the system ought to be extended to that country, he ought to introduce a bill on the subject. Sr G. C. LEWIS hoped his noble friend would not press his amendment ; the vote for the registry was only 45,0001., although the hon. gentleman stated the diffe rence was 56,0001. Mr. MACARTNEY remarked that in Ireland the courts were provided at the expense of the county. Mr. WILSON said that by the original act the ex pense of providing court houses was charged on thefees. Before he left office his attention had beon called to some officers connected with these courts ; the high bailiffs were largely paid, but had very little to do; one judge appointed his brotheioin•law, a medical practi- Lioner some miles off. Mr. SALISBURY had before called attention to this subject. The high bailiffs were not required at all, and be hoped Government would take steps to do away with them. Mr. HAMILTON said that the difference between the fees and expenses last year was 56,0001.; it was esti mated for next year at 45,0001. With regard to the bailiffs, he was pursuing the inquiry into the subj •et, and hoped to be able to make some reduction. Atter some further discussioe, the vote was agreed to. On the vote for 25,4281. for the expenses of the police courts of the metropolis, Lord DUNCAN said on the last vote he was a , ked to produce a case where criminal courts were provided fur out of the consolidated fund, and here was one. Mr. HADFIELD moved that the vote be reduced by 5,0001. The CITAIRMAN asked that the hon. member should move in respect to some particular item. Mr. HADFIELD then moved that the first item of 7,4301. for clerks' salaries should be omitted. Mr. WILLIA MS complained that the estimate was not drawn in an intelligible manner. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said it should be more ex plicit next year. Tne amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. D. NICOLL asked for explanation as to an item of 2,000/. for rent of premises, f0r'17,900/. had been ex pended this year in building new police offices. Mr. HARDY explained that there were a great num ber of houses rented. Mr. AYRTON said that the police of London was on an entirely different. footing from that of the country. It was under Government control, and the inhabitants of the metropolis bad no right to interfere. The inhabi tan s of the metropolis paid large sums of money for the police, police-courts, and prisons; and the force was not metropolitan, but national to a great extent. Mr. COX quite concurred that it was desirable that there ehond be no application to the consolidated fund for the police of the metropolis; but then their police force should be on the same footing as that of the country. Three-fourths of the expense of the police of the metro polis was maintained by rates, and the other fourth was paid by the Government to enable them to use the police —to use them as foreign sp4l, to attend at places where discussion societies were held, and to obtain evidence against Dr. Bernard, or against Knee publisher. That was the reason why one-fourth part of the charge wag plac d on the consolidated fund. Mr. HADFIELD said the country had to pay to wards other things for London. There were parks, Westminster-bridge, and a park for Finabury. Mr. COX—We paid for it ourselv , s. Mr. HADFIELD—Yes ; but 50,0001. had been asked for. He would oppose the whole grant. Mr. WILLIAMS said the inhabitants of the metropo lis paid as much as 400,0001. a year for the police force, and had nothing to do with the management of it. The vote was agreed to. On the vo'e of 128,607/. for the police force, Mr. GRIFFITH wished to make some observation as to the impediments of the public streets. (A. laugh.) Many of the streets were infested by prostitutes. In King-street, St. James's, you could not pass without be ing impeded by these unfortunate women ; and he wished to know what was the duty of the metropolitan police in this respect. Mr. C. GILPIN did not know how it was, but per haps hon. gentlemen bad more personal attractions than he had—(laughter)—and that might account for his not being insulted when going home from the house. He wished to ask the S cretary for the Home Department if he could give any explanation as to the very large in crease in the amount to be voted in payment of salaries. Taere was an increase of about 28,0001. He wished to know whether there was any sum paid for the expense of foreign police. The increase'was from 103,0451. to 128 6071. Kr. WALPOLE said that a large additional sum was raised last year for the improveme,gt:af iai icing new dis tricts, but he was not prepared , 44 ; any more detailed explanation of thy increase, Mr. MASSEY confirmed this statement 4 adding that the rapid increase of London and .the springing up of new neighbourhoods must frequently- cause increased demands under this head. Mr. D. NICOLL said that the increased t xpense of the police might, to some extent, be accounted for by the variety of duties they had to perform. They were"oftaa employed in attending privets parties and public compa nies, and recently it came under his notice as a magis trate that the police had been constantly employed in protecting one of the worst of the recently suppreseei dens of infamy in the metropolis. Besides the increase in the expense, this practice was attended with another evil, viz.; the eisence of the police from the streets wht their protection was most required. After en °lv ervation from Mr. WALPOLE, Mr. AYRTON complained of the haste with which much of the police legislation was carried through the house. Mr. D. GRIFFITa again complained of the obstruc tion to be met in the public thoroughfares at night in 3o n prevalence of what was popularly k Mr. WALPOLE said that power was given to the '‘ L eci n u as enc th e e o f social tle evil. police to prustrva order in the public streets, and so far as pos..ible crier would be preserved. But he appre hended that to go further than pr,eairviog order and de oaecy in the streets would he a siretch of arbitrary power ehich would he highly obj,ctionable, and one to which be could not give his sanction. After an observation fi ow Sir J. TEELAWNEY, Mr. WILSON entered into some explanations respect ing the causes cf i ncrease , w hi c h h e s ai d w ere mainly two —v..z., the creation of new distric!s, and the demands of t!ie tipkrantinati,r, fund, which, previous to the present grant, was nearly b ai. k lupt. T hree f ourt h s o f t h e vote paid 1 y the toet repo li s, and only one-fourth by the cons( heated fowl. Mr. HADFIELD complained that the country should be taxed fur the inetropoli., and divided against the vote. For the vote Fur the amendment The vote am consequently agreed to. 3,495/. for the Queen's Prison, Scotland, was also agreed to. Oa the vote of 3,3421. for the Lord-Advocate and Soli citor-General of Scolind, Mr. WM.:I-HON complained that the cost of a d m i. ni -tering justice in Scotland was much higher thiii in England, and drew attention to several defeats, as he ccnidered them, in the Scotch law. Mr. EWART expressed a.hope that the attention of Cie Government would be dite)ted to the appointment of a public prosecutor for England, similar to the procu rator-fiscal in Scotland. Mr. MILES hoped the Government would, during the recess, take the recommendation of the committee which sat some time ago on this subject into considera tion, with a view to the carrying it into effect. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained that his at tention had bean so much engaged on other subjects of law reform that he had not yet bad an opportunity of turning his attention to this particular branch of the sub ject. The question of appointing a Minister of Justice was under consideration, and he hoped soon to submit several bills for the purpose of consolidating the statutes, and to move for a committee for considering that and other matters of a similar. nature • and he hoped to be able to take into consideration during the recess that particular subject to which his hon. friend (Mr. Miles) had now directed his attention, viz , the recommenda tion of the committee in referenCe to the propriety of ap pointing a public prosecutor for England. Mr. M'MAHON contended that criminal justice was better transacted in England than it was either in Scot land or Ireland, and instanced as proof that the directors of the Royal British Bank bad been brought to punish. ment, whereas the directors of the Western Bank of Scotland, with all the appliances of procurators-fiscal and public prosecutors that existed in Scotland, had not yet been put upon their trial. The vote was agreed to. 5,5701. was voted for the expense of penal prosecu tions in Scotland. 18,5771. for expenses of Court of Session, Scotland, 25,0001. for the charge of procurators-fiscal, and some other votes connected with the administration of the law in Scotland, were then passed. On the vote of 15,1181. for the Registry House in Scotland, Mr. COWAN said there was an item of 1,0001. for the salwy of the Registrar of Seisius. He wished to know whether this was not a sinecure office, and whether a Treasury minute was not made two or three years ago, that when a vacancy occurred it should be abolished. He wished also to ask whether the late Government did not, when in a moribund state, appoint a gentleman to this lucrative office. Mr. WILSON said his hon. friend was quite right in stating that about two or three years ago the Treasury did call the attention of the Some Department to the fact that this office was a sinecure. The salary at that time was 1,5001. It WA3 then proposed that the office should be abolished, but the Lord Advocate proposed that the duties should be amalgamated with those of some other office. The appointment was then made, but the salary was reduced to 1,0001. The LORD ADVOCATE said there had been no amalgamation of duties. At the same time he was bound to say that he considered the office absolutely essential, and therefore ho entirely approved of what was done in the way of filling up this office. There was a desire that the different local registries should be centralised in one pace at Ed nburgh. There was no doubt the effect of that would be to diminish considerably the expense of the whole establishment, and he had been engaged in drawing up a bill to effect that of jest. Mr. COWAN said he felt so strongly on this subjeet that he would move the vote be reduced by 1,000/. Sir G. C. LEW Pi observed that the Lord Advocate had explained that the office was necessary, and that the per son who was appointed discharged the duties effectively. Mr. DUNLOP supported the amendment. Mr. C. BRUCE bore testimony to the ability with which the Registrar of Seising fulfilled his duties. Mr. DUNDAS remarked that the office was given to a great supporter of the late Minister, and he thought that giving it to him under the circumstances was in some measure a job. Alter a little more conversation, the CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which he declared to have been carried. He was then proceeding rapidly to put the whole vote, when Mr. JACKSON interposed, and entreated the hon. gentleman nut to go quite at the rate of 60 miles an hour. (L )ud cries of ' Hear, hear.") Mr. WILSON then resumed the discussion, remark ing that the functionary whose salary had been stopped, was the only person responsible for the accuracy of the work performed by his clerks. Some years ago the per son who held the office had actua ly had to make goo i a lose of between 3,001. and 4,0001., which had been oc casioned by an error. . Mr. MILES observed that the only question was whether two years ago this office had been declared to be a sinecure. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WILSON said it was true that a recommends- tion had been made two years ago that on the next va cancy occurring it should not be filled up—(hear, hear) —but a correspondence on the subject had afterwards taken place between the Lord Advocate and the Home• office, and it had been determined to continue the office in toe modified shap?. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Recaiver, if his salary was stopped, could not of course ba expected to perform the duties of the office, and no assistant would be responib!e. (Hear.) It was k, re objected by several members on the Mi nisterial side of the house that they had challenged the chairman's decision, and that there ought to have been a division. Tlie CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested that Ai there seemed to have been some mistake abut pat lug the qawition, the vote had better be with drawn, in order that it might be reconsidered. (Hear, hear, and " No, no.") Mr. KINNAIRD said he had never in his life heard a question put in ,, re distinctly. (Hear, hoar ) Mr. B_ .X recurring to the question of the vote itself, submitted that though the committee had de prived the Receiver of his salary, his responsibility had still romsined. Sir G. C. LEWIS thought that as the only reason why the Chairman'e deci,,ion had not been challenged in time was an inadver,ence, it w ould be unusual and discour teous not to allow the vote to be withdrawn. (" No, no.") Tue CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was a perfectly impartial witness in this matter, for he had not at the moment been attending to what was going on. Afterwards, finding that there was some little confusion, he had asked the reason of his friends around him. He still thought that the with drawal of the motion would be the best coarse. Mr. HOWSMAN said the omission of gentlemen opposite to challenge the chairman's decision had not risen from any inadvertence. It had arisen from inde cision. (hear.) Tee gentlemen opposite did not make up their minds what course to pursue till it was too late. (Cheers.) . . Lord J. MANNERS denied the accutaoy of the right hon, gentleman's impression. He had himself said " No." Mr. I.IOI3,SNIAN--The noble lord, no doubt, said "No" when the question was first put; but be believed he'had done so alter the chairman said `•The Ayes have it." Lord J. AIANNERS—Taat was not the fact. I said "No" on both occasions. (Hear, hear.) Mr. lIAMILTON admitted that the fault was his. It was his duty to have challenged the vote; and he sup posed be said "No" at the Wrong moment. (Hear.) • Mr. WALPOLE declared that nothing could be further from his intention than to impugn the conduct of the chairman, than whom he had never seen a gentle man conduct himself in the chair with greater fairness and propriety. (Hear, hear) At the same time he would remind the holies that the Government had no interest in resisting his decision in the present instance, except what arose from their wish to carry out the assurance given by the late administration. Lord PAL ME RSlONsuggested that if the diminished vote should be agreed to, on bringing up the report it would be competent to the Government to move that it be recimmitted. The CHAIRAAN said that course would be quite consistent with the rules of the house. The vote for 14,1181. 10s. 7d. was then agreed to, as were also the following votes:— 1 : 1241. for the Commissary Clsrk of Edinburgh. 1,6751. for the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland. 26,6221. for criminal prosecutions and other law charges in Ireland. 3,7261. for the Court of Chancery, Iralard. 2,599/. for the Court of Queen's Bauch, Ireland. 3,4801. for the Court of Common Pleas, Ireland. 3,9751. for the Court of Exchequer, Ireland. 2001. for taxing-officers and their clerki, Ireland. 5,8491. for salaries of registrars to the judges, Ireland. 1,9501. for the consolidated offices of Writs, Four Courts, Dublin. _ 2,3481. for the office of Registrar of Judgmentq, Ire land. . 9.546/. for the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Ireland. W•••••• , ... 8,8721. for the Court of Probate. Ireland 8301. for the Dublin Revising Barrister. 2671. fcr the Clerk of the Cmirt of Errors, Ireland. 1:6001. fur the Police Justices, Dublin. 24,500/. for_the Dublin Metroplitan Police. 384,0001. for the Constabulary of Ireland. 17,7001. fur the inspection and superintendence of pt icons. 140,023/. for the maintenance of prisoners in county gaols, reformatory institutions, and lunatic asylums. 24,7151. for t ximises connected with the transporta tion of convicts. 225,968/. fur the expense of the convie, establishment in the colonies. The house then re‘u;ned, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. BILL. The order for the second r- ading of this bill was post poned till Thursday the 17;h inst. JOINTSTOCE. BANKING COMPANIES BILL, Mr. IIEADLA.M moved that the house should go into ummittee ~n this i ill. After a cohver-atioo, several members objecting to proceed with the ha at that hour, Mr. BUCHANAN moved the adjournment of the debate, a• d the house divided— For the skilliurnment ... 77 A : ;i.inst it l4O-63 Mr. WILSON rose to move an instruction to the committee. Mr. WALPOLE ~bj,.ctod that this could not now be &tie, a division having taken place on the question of going into committee, The SPEAKER hell that Mr. Wilson was in order. Mr. WILSON move.l that it be an instervhueacryitrnliodniaffnteoroetf a the committee to extend she provi s ions of the bill to insur ance companie2. Mr. COWAN oppose d the m otion. He said that ofipvienyioz atd sa g o li t e h e e x h p o re n s . Be g d en t t h l a em t a o n pi w n a ip s n of as a c; mmittte which sat to inquire into the subject of iht; enrollee itenalies. Mr. LYG ON r..)se to order, asking the Speaker whether the home was not precluded from entertaining this motion. The SPEAKER said that the rule applied to the most convenient mode of conducting the business of 'the house in this respect, which was thought trx.be by making a motion of this kind on the motion for leaving the chair, but there was nothing to prevent the course no w taken from being pursued. Mr. COWAN renewed his observations against the motion, stating that he had hoped the hon. gentleman would have introduced a bill founded on the report of the committee in question for the purpose of amending the existing state of things with reference to insurance cl:npanies. He moved that the motion be rejected. Mr. HEADLAM said that insurance companies could now obtain limited liability by means of their policies, but he did not object to the extension of the bill to those companies. Mr. BUCHANAN objected to going on with what he believed would be a very long discussion. Mr: WARREN moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir. W. HEATHCOTE thought the form of the in struction was not in conformity with the rules of the house ; it ought to be that the committee have " power" to extend the provisions of this bill, and the proper time for diseassing it would be in the committee itself, and there need be no lengthened debate on it now. Mr. HEADLAM propcoed that they should pass the instruction as giving power to the committee, and he could not then ask to go any further to-night. Mr. HENLEY said there was some difficulty in the form of the motion. It cuss put as an amendment on the motion for going into committee, and if it was car ried, the motion fur going into committee could not be put. Mr. BOUVERIE said the form of putting the in struction was not usual or convenient, for any one voting for it would vote against going into committee. He suggested its withdrawal. Mr. WILSON had nri objection to withdraw the mo tion, on the understanding that no further steps were takes. The motion for the instruction was then withdrawn, and the debate adjourned to this day. OXFORD AND CAMBRID ;E UNIVERSITIES, &c., ESTATES BILL. _ _ This bill, as amended, was considered and ordered to be read a third time this day. HAINAULT FOREST (ALLOTMENT OF COM MONS) BILL. The house went into eom . mittee on this bill. Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. CAIRD proposed that the remuneration of the surveyor should not exceed 2001. About 6,0001. had been already expended in the survey, and as 2001. was considered sufficient remuneration for the commissioner, be thought it ought to be sufficient for the surveyor. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. A. HAMILTON opposed the amendment. The house was cleared for a division, but none took place, the amendment having been accepted by the governmeat. The clause then passed as amended. The other clauses were agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS LEASING BILL. Ti is bill was read a third time. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION BILL. Mr. L. KING moved the third reading of this bill. Mr. BENTINCK said that it was not his intention to give any further opposition to the bill. (Cheers.) He retained his opinion with regard to it, and only regretted that by one of those accidents which were sometimes so common, they Ind not the benefit of the noble viscount (Palmerston). who left his seat about two minutes ago. (Lau4hter.) Mr. DRUMMOND repeated his objection to the bill, which involved a very important principle, but unfor tunately questions of principle were not paid much attention to in that house. The noble lord the member for the City of Lyndon referred to the act of Queen Anne, but that act bad no more to do with this question than the man in the moon. This was one of the five points of the charter, which was carried with the sanc tion of a Conservative Government. (Hear, hear.) He hoped they would hear no more of the great Conserva tive principle of the canstitution. (Cheers.) The bill was read a third time and passed. THE FUNDED DEBT. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, leave was given to bring in a bill to repeal certain pro visions for the issue out of the consolidated fund of fixid amounts for the reduction of the funded debt. The bill was subsequently read a first time. FOREIGN•OFFICE RECONSTRUCTION. On the motion of Mr. HOPE the following members were nominates as the committee on this subject :—Mr. Hope, Lord John Manners, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Buxton, Loid Robert Cecil, Lord Elcho, Mr. Seymour Fi zgerald, Mr. Lygon, Sir John Shelley, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Stirling and Mr. Tite. Power to send for persons, papers, and records : five to be the quorum. The house adjourned at a quarter past one. APPOINTMENT OF MR. TULIN. Mr. WISE asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Tulin, recently vice-consul at Oran, had been appointed consul at Mobile ? whether it be true that a certificate of naturalisation had been refused to that gentleman ? and under what peculiar cir cumstances, and upon what grounds, a foreigner had been appointed to an American consulate ? Mr. S. FITZGERALD said he had to inform the house that Mr. Tulin, recently at Oran, had been ap pointed vice-consul at Mobile. It was true that the certificate of naturalisation had been refused to that gen ' tleman, because, in ()Her to come under the act for the naturalisation of foreigners, it was necessary that the persons applying should have been some time resident in this country. In reference to the last part of the quer tion he had to state, in the first instance, that there was nothing in the law to prevent the appointment of a foreigner to any British consulate. In this particular instance Mr. Tulin had been appointed solely on account of his public services. His father was for 30 years in the British service. He was well known as having per formed most efficient services to the British Govern ment, and more particularly as having distinguished himself by his exertions to obtain the relief of the cap tives detained at Tunis. No one was more deserving of public respect. The present Mr. Tulin had been brought up here ; he had been solely educated in England ; he had been for many years employed in the service of this country ; and it was only because that service had re quired him to reside abroad that he had not been able to make himself by residence what he was in every other respect, an Englishman. THE INDIAN LEGISLATION. Mr. AYRTON gave notice that on Monday next he should call the attention of the noble lord at the head of the Board of Control, who would then probably Us in the house, to the bills that had been brought before the house for amending the government of India, and he trusted that the noble lord would then give a distinct explanation of the course which it was the object of the GovernMent to pursue. SUPPLY.-COMMITTEE. The house then went into committee of supply. The first vote was 46,8711., for solicitor, treasury, and law charges, in cluding Mint presecutione. Mr. W. WILLIAMS wilted for some explanation in reference to the Briti-h Bank prosecution. Mr. HAMILTON said that the expense of 10,060/. had been taken hypothetically, the bills of cost not hav ing been sent in. The vote was then agreed to. 150,0001. for prosecutions at assizes and quarter ses sions. Mr. WILSON said this was a reduction of 100,0001. on the vote for last year, and he was glad that so large an economy had been effected. He wished to know whe ther the sum now asked for was to cover the whole ex• penditure of the year ! Mr. HAMILTON said that in all probability it would not cover the year's expenses. Sir G. C. LEWIS hoped that the practice of taking votes by guess would not be persisted in. Mr. WILSON said that it had been the practice of the late Government, and all former Governments, to estimate the amount required under each bead for the year, and take a vote for that sum. The present Govern ment had professed to save 400,0001. on the civil con tingencies, but he knew they would not be able to do anything of the kind. They were asking for lio,ooo/. under this head, whereas the expenditure would be 200,000/. at least. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished for more precise in formation as to the balance in hand and the estimate for the year. After a few words from Mr. WILLIAUS, Mr. HAMILTON said that the balance in the exche quer which was more than 50,0001., mould suffice, with the 160,0001. now asked for, to cover the expenditure of the year. Mr. WILSON insisted tbat,on this system of carrying over a balance from one year to another, no comparison c ,uld be made between years. This could not occur with regard to the army and navy, for the surplus of one year could not by law be applied to another. The CHANCELLOR of the lEICHEqUER said that measures were in course of preparation, founded ou the report of the committee on public monies, which would render it impossible for the estimates in future to be prepared in this manner, which he agreed was objec tionable. The estimates for the civil service would then be placed on the same footing as those for the army and navy. After an uninteresting conversation, Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the statement in the first page of the estimate, showing a decrease on the vote co i.pared with last year, was inaccurate. He would suggest that when the report was brought up, a state ment of the actual balance in hand under each head should he laid before the house. Mr. HAMILTON promised that something of the kind should he done. Mr. PULLER referred to the fact that the expenses of apprehension of prisoners were now disallowed, and felt on the prosecutors- This was a very mischievous state of things, and be hoped that a remedy would be applied. Mr. WALPOLE said that the matter, with others, was under the consideration of a commission now sitting, which would probably report in the course of the winter. Till then they had better suspend their judgment. Mr. WILSON expressed his readiness to do so. After a few words from Sir J. P - AKINGTON and Sir G. Grey on an incidental matter, Mr. HAMILTON said that the object of the Treasury was to confine the allowance as nearly as possible to the costs of the prosecution. The vote was then agreed to. 214,200/. police, counties aed boroughs (Great Britain), • Mr. BAXrER asked if any estimate had been formed of the ultimate expense which thi, system would entail on the ceentryl He feared that it would be very serious. Sir G. GREY said the cause of the increase was that the vote fir the present year was for the whole year, whereas last year it was for a portion of the year only. This was not a gradually increasing vote, because when the police of any county or borough had reached a cer tain point of efficiency there would be no further increase. The vote was then agreed to, 1 vo t e s were agreed to:— 21.013 0 2 i. f lo i r i° t w h 'l4 e Chancery Crown-office expenses. , e l,s ' c v. , . 'for the Queen s Bench Crown-office. "a the v;ote of 14 419/. for the Queen's Bench, Coin won Pleas, tx,.a ,-Txchequer deficiency fee fund, Mr. GRIFFtl'a complained that sheriffs had been fined fur not sendie, g p ro per equipages to convey the judges. In the pr''sue i t s t a te of railway travel in g i t was quite abased to require sheriff to meet the j ud g e, at the railway station +a;th a carriage and four. 110 thought the country shouts{ pay for such equipages i f they were o ,nsidt red necese ly . Mr. WALPOLE observe that the office of sherlff was an honorary office. The vote vas then agreed to, ^ s was the followirg :- 5,940/. for the Registrar of the .os„,th ra ity. On the vote of 6,8261, for the .1 - neolveut Debtors' Court, Mr. WALPOLE said, in reply to M-r. Williams, that he thought it would injure the efficienc y _ of the county courts to amalgamate them with the y °Mitts. With regard to the amalgamation of the in. e,veney and ► ankruptcy courts that was a different thin e , , and he night say the subject was under the consideratio n f t h e government. Mr. WILSON said that in the country the busin...,„ cf the insolvency courts had been transferred to the t I,,ty THEATRICAL FRACAS IN NEW YORK We find the following paragraph in the New York Herald of May 22 : "Yesterday evening, at about seven o'clock, when the balmiest breezes and the sunniest skies were wafting and smiling over the expanse of crinoline which eddied up B roadway, a tremendous row disturbed the serenity of the most aristocratic part of the fashionable promenade. The parties to the afternoon's entertainment were Mr. Charles Mathews, the eminent comedian, now playing at Burton's theatre, and Mr. A. l. Davenport, a popular actor, at present attached to the stock com pany of Wallack's theatre. Those of our readers who are interested in theatrical matters will remember that Mr. Davenport was the husband of Miss Lizzie Weston ; that a separation took place between them last summer, and some newspaper warfare ensued. Subsequently Mr. Davenport sued for and obtained a divorce on the ground of adultery between his wife and Mr. Chas. Mathews. Immediately after the granting the divorce, the ei-devant Mrs. Davenport became, by the laws of New Jersey, the wife of Mr. Charles Mathews. They have played engagements through the country, while Mr. Davenport has been at Wallack's.- Matters were in this state when Mr. and Mrs. Mathews returned to town ; and it is whispered in the coulisses of the theatre that Mr. Davenport has received a pecuniary consideration of 300 dollars from Mr. Mathews for his wife ; in another shape, that the expenses of the divorce suit were borne by Mr. Mathews, and that the affair was an understood matter all round. Mr. Daven port says he has received no money from Mr. M at h e ws ; Mr. Davenport's attorney declares that he is equally pure. Thereupon Mr. Davenport writes rather a threatening letter to Ml 4, Mathews, demanding a retraction. Mr. Stuart, the manager of Wallack's theatre, and friend to both parties, indites on Wednesday last a courteous letter to Mr. Mathews stating that he (Stuart) has been in formed that Mr. Mathews made this remark about the 300 dols., and has no doubt that h e w ill d eny it at once. Mr. Mathews replies yesterday that he is too busy to answer the note then, but be will do so to-day (Saturday.) Mr. Davenport is made acquainted with the contents of this note from Mr. Mathews. At about seven o'clock last even ing Mr. Mathews emerges from his lodgings, No. 726 Broadway, smoking his light cigar. Mr. Davenport is talking with some friends near the New York Hotel (classic ground), when he sees Mr. Mathews. Mr. Davenport crosses the street, and confronts Mr. Mathews. Mr. Davenport de mands, Did you say you paid me 300 dolts., for my w if e 3' or remarks to that e ff ec t. Mr. Mathews, still smoking the light cigar, responds, ' I said I p a id your lawyer, sir. Mr. Dav en p or t respon d s (struggling with some tremendous weapon of war under his coat), 'He denies it—it is false.' More light conversation ensues. M. will not retract ; D. seizes M. by the collar, elevates a whip over his shoulder strikes him therewith several times. M. strikes D. in the temple ; there is a great crowd ; a metropolitan policeman appears, disarms Daven port, and takes him to the Fifteenth ward station house, from which pleasant retreat—no complaint made—he is released to play several young (Beers and other thin g s for the delectation of Wal lack's, which he does as if nothing had happened. Mr. Mathews is not hutch hurt. He goes to the theatre, and plays with all his usual esprit. It is claimed that he was struck by persons other than Mr. Davenport ; but this is contradicted. It is likewise claimed that Mi. Mathews had not suf ficient time to answer the note; and that it can be proved that some one got the $3OO. Davenport says he didn't ; the lawyer says he didn't. The question is, who did ? [Anyzariszxzxr.}-IVe quote some interesting cures with out medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food : Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. —Maria. Jolly, Northam Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. 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'• PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIP - • - WRECK: Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life- Boat Institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., in the chair. There were also present Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., General Blanshard, C. 8., Mr. Alexander Boetefeur, Admiral Cator, Capt. Wash ington, R.N., F.R.S., Mr. Montague Gott), Major Palmer, Captain Lambert Perrott, and Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the society. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, The silver medal of the institution was presen ted respectively to Captain Johnston and George Elphinstone, in testimony of their very gallant ex ertions on the occasion of the wreck, during a heavy gale of wind, of the barque Mary Stoddart, in Dundalk Bay. The institution had voted at its last meeting to several other persons a similar dis tinction, in addition to a pecuniary award, for ser vices at that lamentable wreck. A reward of 51. was voted to a boat's crew of five men in consideration of their laudable services in putting off and rescuing on two trips the crew of four men from the schooner Nymph, which was wrecked during a gale of wind on Irvit.• Bar. When the vessel was first seen she was rapidly sinking, the sea making at the same time a com plete breach over her. In vain the little boat, although towed out by a steamer, attempted to reach her. The boat was, therefore, compelled to return to the shore. Another attempt, however, was made to reach the poor fellows, which fortu nately proved successful, the ship immediately afterwards breaking up in a thousand pieces. It not unfrequently happens that light shore boats fail entirely to reach distressed ships, proving how indispensable it is Oat a life-boat should be able to contend successfully with the heaviest gales and seas. A reward of 3/. was also voted to a boat's crew in consideration of their laudable conduct in rescu ing the crew of a fishing lugger, which, during squally weather, was capsized off Rushadalla, on the coast of Galway. Ono of the rescued men, who was able to swim, and who had been able to sup port himself on an oar, had nobly declined to be picked up until he had seen all his companions safe. A reward of 7/. was also voted to a boat's crew of fishermen for rescuing, at a considerable risk of life, the crew of the schooner Violet, of Speymouth, which was wrecked during a gale of wind off Fort- Gordon, on the' 2d of May. Whilst the crew of this ship was being saved another vessel was seen in imminent danger, and her crew were also safely taken off by the same boat before returning to the shore with the first crew. A reward of 3/. 10s. was likewise voted to a boat's crew for their praiseworthy conduct in putting off in a heavy surf and rescuing the crew of the sloop Mary, of Balbriggan, which had sunk at the mouth of the river Boyne. . . A reward of 121. was also voted to the crew of a fishing-lugger, in testimony of their laudable and persevering conduct in rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the crew of eleven men of the French brig Prosper, which was seen in a sinking state off Cromer. The poor foreigners were save,' on four or five trips by the small. boat of the lugger, and after the last man had been out of the brig, she im mediately disappeared. A re wird of 41, was likewise voted to several men in acknowledgment of their courageous conduct in wading into. the surf and rescuing, at the risk of their lives, the crew of the Spanish brig Trito n, which had been wrecked during a gale of wind off Ballymartin, on the coast of Morne. Tire lifeboat of the Institution stationed at Cul lercoats, was stated to have put off lately on two different occasions to render assistance, if needed, to several fishing boats which had been overtaken by a gale of wind. The quarterly report of the exercise of the life boats of the society was said to have been of a very satisfactory character ; the crews had entire confi dence in the lifeboats, and the lifeboat stations were said to b 3 everywhere in complete order. This humane work, however, is not accon*, plished without a large permanent outlay ; but the result must be gratifying to every friend of the cause of humanity. Last year 399 persons ship wrecked on our coast were rescued by lifeboats, a large proportion of whom were saved through the direct instrumentality of lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Society. We need not dwell on the suf ferings endured by a shipwrecked crew ; but we may be permitted to rejoice with those of our fel low-creatures who have thus been snatched from an appalling death, and with the many others dependent on them, who would now have been widows and orphans, but fur the services of the lifeboats of the tociety. It having been reported that the late Miss Maria Peterson, of Bromley, had left the institution a legacy of 1001., the proceedings cl sed. DARING ROBBEUY OF 7871. IN SILVER COIN. An instance of an extraordinary and daring rob bery, evidently long planned, came under the no tice of the City detective police yesterday, afford ing another strong illustration of the careless way large sums of money are conveyed through the streets of the isietropolis. On Monday afternoon a confidential clerk in the house of Mr. Gardner, the extensive skin salesman in new Smithfield Ma rket, Copenhagen-fields, Islington, was despatched to the Bank of England in a cab to pay in 7871. It appears this was his duty on all market days, and for the last two or three years he had em ployed the same cabman to convey him and the cash to the bank, and of whose honesty no suspi cion is entertained. The 7871. was entirely in silver coin ; it was deposited in eight bags, which were placed in a small sack, the whole weighing about 2 cwt. The clerk seeing it put on to one of the seats in the cab, got in, and the vehicle proceeded on its way to the Bank of England. On its way, how ever, through Islington, it brought up alongside a public-house in Thornhill-road. Here both cab man and the clerk entered, leaving the cab stand ing at the curb in front of the house unprotected. According to their statement to Mr. Gardner they were only in the house a minute drinking a pint of porter, and on their return to the cab the clerk, upon opening the door, discovered, to his astonish ment, the sack with the 7871. was gone, but how abstracted from the cab, or by whom, wad to them a mystery. The police on duty in the vicinity wt-re at once made acquainted with the robbery, but all the inquiries made led to little good in recover ing the money. That the cab was watched by one or more persons who were cognisant of the pur poses for which it was employed, and the practice of the clerk and driver, there can be no doubt. A horse and cart containing two men were seen com ing from the direction of the public house about the time, driving fast, and as some vehicle must have been employed to carry off the booty, there is every reason to suspect that the robbery was com mitted by those parties ; but how they succeeded in abstracting the money from the cab, considering its weight (2 cwt.), and getting it into the cart unob served, seems somewhat remarkable. Th;s is the sec,nd robbery of a large amount of silver coin that has taken place within the last few weeks, through carelessness ; the other it will be remembered, took place at the Blackwall Railway station in Fenchurch-street, where a clerk in the service of the West India Dock Company lost 2001. of the company's money, by leaving it in au inner office while he got his railway ticket, a course, it seems, he was in the habit of doing daily. Up to a late hour last evening, notwithstanding a large reward bad been offered for the apprehension of the guilty parties, no clue had been obtained. EADVE EXISEMENT. I— SIGIIT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES-- POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle ablllerila and w.x in - e Albemarle street, h reet e , r Piccadilly. Patent Observe—opposite majesv. Letterss Royal traordivary improvements the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes posses. such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenacce three-and-a -half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal E x hibiti on, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket which a person ca n b e seen an d mile b edi y stant. They answer every pur kGnlaossw,n h onoe si ze a f t and o - a h a walnut,l f pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre. served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a mach less magnifying power—and they do •not require the frequent changes to the dan. prone effects of further powerful assistance. Persons clan be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out at their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prof ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinct lyai church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-34, tr.arle-street, Pieoaddly—Opposite the York Hotel, W, TDB NEWLY-ELECTED VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS. Yesterday the first sitting of the Representative Vtstry of St. Pancras since the late severely con tested ward elections, was held in the Vestry hall, Camden-town. Nearly a hundred of the representative body attended, and the gallery was so crowded by ratepayers that a large number were accommodated with Feats behind the bar in the body of the hall. Several of thenewly elected and popular members, on entering to take their seats were received with applause. As the clock struck ,two, the hour of meeting, Mr. DOUGLAS moved, and Mr. DYKE seconded the nomination of Mr. R. Brettingham as chair man. Mr. AUSTIN moved, and Mr. Howge seconded, as an amendment, that Mr. Church warden Cameron take the chair. The amendment was negatived and the motion carried by a majority of more than two to one. Mr. BRETTINGHANI then, amidst applause in the vestry and gallery, took the chair. He could not refrain, on that occasion, from referring to the gieat triumph which the Liberal party had just achieved in that parish. (Hear.) He would not have done so, but for the precedent set two years ago by a certain reverend gentleman, who then assumed the chair as a matter of right, and who boasted of the " new era" which had then dawned for the parish of St. Pancras. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) They all knew too painfully what that " new era" had produced. (Hear.) It is now a matter of history. They had to submit to the dictum of a tyrannical majority. (Hear.) He hoped, however, that the present majority would profit by the errors and avoid the rocks and quicksands upon which their opponents had been dashed to pieces. (Hear.) There was a retributive justice iu all things, and that day was a powerful evidence that such was the case in that parish. (Cheers.) The minutes having been read, after some dis cussion as to the suspension of the bye-laws, which was abandoned, _ _ Mr. HUDSON moved the re-election of Mr. Thos. Ross and Mr. Mortimer Timpson ' and Mr. R. Fur niss, as members of the Burial Board for the en suing three years ; and it was also notified that it was the intention of the majority to nominate Mr. William Dyke for the vacancy in the same Board created by the resignation of Major Cobbe. (Ap plause ) Mr. HOWES seconded the nomination of Messrs. Ross, Timpson, and Furniss, and it was carried unanimously ; and the election in the room of Major Cobbe was appointed to take place that dal fortnight. A ballot took place for the election of five auditors, the Liberal party carrying the whole of their candidates, viz. , Mr. W. Stevens, 65 votes; ' Mr. E. Billing, 62 • Mr. T. Dixon, 62 • Mr. J. Chant, 59 ; Mr. G.labbis, 54 • Mr. W. Alexander , 18 ;Mr. P. Boddy, 12 ; and dr. J. W. Hudson, 4. The annual accounts of the vestry were pre' sented by the auditors, and created great astonish ment. They found the parish in debt 189,73 8 ; 11s., viz., 135,3001. lls. contracted by the Diu paving boards, 30,2001., owing by the burial board, 6,000/. for paving the New-road, 1,738/. for paving in Agar Town, 3,0001. on buildings, at workhouse, and 13,500/. recently borrowed by the vestry. (Loud cries of "Hear ' hear.") The alr nual interest to be paid was 8,7521. 17s. The auditors condemned the borrowing money on loan, and urged some steps to be devised to reduce tbie interest. On a motion that these accounts be printed, it was remarked that the debt had been denied. The motion was carried, and a return ordered as to the finances of the parish. The meeting was adjourned till next Wednesdals Country Markets. MANCHESTER--JUNE 3. At our corn market to-day there was a poor attencti ance of the trade, and a slow business done. The doe, ° wheat made fully last week's rates, but only a limited ac mand ; other sorts rather lower. Flour difficult to at 64 cheaper. Oats ld per 451bs. and oatmeal 6d per cheaper. Beans and Indian corn stood at late rates. . - LOUTS—JUNE 2. 0 , A thin attendance, and transactions limited. The f e ,,t o sales made of wheat were is to 2s per b e l ow l as t , wee' rates. Oats firm. Barley and beans rather lower: , Wheat, red, 39s to 42s ; mixed, 45s ; white, 4es; bolo 33s to 36a; oats 22s to 26s ; beans, 40s to 443. BOSTON—Jugs 2. We had a large attendance of buyers to-day, and a 0;1 supply of grain of all sorts. 'Wheat met a heavy lial e, er , Is under last week's rates. Spring corn the turn dear Prices :—Wheat, red, 37a Od to 43s Od; new, tO ; white, 41s Od to 45s Od; extra, 475. Barley, 28s Od to 4 ) , 01. Oats 20s to 30s: Peas, 40 to 45s Od. Beaus , 5 Oct to 44s Od per qr. NEWARK—JUNE 2. The supply of rain was limited• to-day, and we o ff a good attendance of farmers. Wheat w as t a ken slowly, at late prices. Other articles as befote. tr, Wheat, white 46s to 48s, red 40s to 41s; barley, msiy, 40s to 445, grinding 33s to 365; oats, 12st. 32s to 84e, I h 4oo 26s to 28s ; beans, 43s to 45s ; malt, 64s to 72s ; Pe"' to 42s ; tares, —s to —s per qr. HULL— JUNE I. Here, to-day, we had moderato supplies of all ki_i,llll4 of grain. Sales slow. Wheat much about last • We ''' prices. Spring corn neglected. oa th Wheat, English red, 42s to 45s ; white 43s to 465; • se a 26s to 308; barley, 32s to 36s ; Indian corn, 375; 1 1 , n t „to cakes, Hull, 91 be to 9/ Is 6d ; ditto, foreign, IN' "'"/ • 9/ Is 6d ; rape cakes, 6/10s to 612 s 6d ; guano, •—•/ to bones, 6i 17s. 6d.; flour, —s to —s; tares, —s to --0* GLASGOW—Jim 2. eiks To-day wheat did not sell so readily as during the of and prices receded 6d per b o ll. Fl our me t a slow "'r o ot late rates. Barley at a red uc ti on o f 6d per q r, ac e much pressed. Oats, beans, and peas were also airy cheaper, EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Jim 2. for An average supply of grain to-day. Sales hes v i b olrt all sorts. Wheat same as last week. Barley but oats were better. ert.4l Wheat, on the top, is Od down, and on the go Os ld up. Barley, Os 6,1 down on the top, ' and 11 a n down on the average. Oats on the top were Os L i , 0 1 and on the average 03 6d up. B e ans on the (hi down, and on the average Os 10d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. , Wheat 'X2 1, 1 11-12tu• Do. new Barley 1 9 6 4.l2thse Oats 1 8 1 7-12ths• Beans -12tho• Total Supply and Sales. • Wheat 999 qrs sold 920 4 14 Barley 5ll qrs sold 267 4' l Oats 1228 qrs sold 8214 Beans 66 qrs sold 6 5 qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—JuaE 1 .9 .1 OUr market well supplied with fat beasts to-a i l% or the demand was flat, and a considerable number 1,00 sold. The number of sheep was large , of good,q",. e stif but prices unaltered. Several lots of lambs, tbe_g' part of thbru disposed of. A large show of fat pig s ' and store calves plentiful. s 60 1 ' The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6id pet mutton, 6d to 6 h d ; lamb, —d to 8d ; veal, 6d tc °Ow oi, lb. ; pork, sjd to Nd. per lb ; rough fat, 5 3 0 1 O IP per 141 b.; hides, 2id to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 4d per lb. LOCAL &SAAB MARKET& - . " LIVERPOOL—JUNE 3. Ob ; " STOOK E.XOHANGE—The market to-day has i and became rather lower a t th e c l ose. G rea t w 2,1 4 536 to 54—Eirkenheads, 714 i—Leeds Northern, oi —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 384 4- I, ° ° B ° 9l 90/ North Western, 91 2—L ancas hi re an d Yorkshire , :"0,0 0 1 --Midlands, 91i 2—Eastern Counties, 12 A—Calenorr. 401 i—Blackburn, 9& 10 —South Eastern, 20 '7 -6- s i es to:. British, 12A I—Dutch Rhenish, 5,# to A d.—Great 3 5i of Canada, 18a 18t—York and North Midland , to Chester and Holyhead, 174 to 171—Berwicks, 2 S o dos —East Lancashire, 89 to 93—Grand Trunk of 11a to .MANCHESTER, JUNE 3. pig STOOK .—The market oe q- - 01, an inanimate EXCHANGE business, and prices w e re d rather,lo )1111 East Lancashire, 89.1 Leeds, 904—Dovers, 20 lands, 92 11-I.4ondons, 9 2 4—Berwicks, 92/• ....e? BIRTHS. 74. BELLAIRS —On the 2d inst., a t 13, O a kl e y-square , the wife of Major Bellaire, of a daughter. ,„,tecf , GRIMSTON—On the Ist inst. , at Wakes-Colne P:e; Essex, the Hon. Mrs: Francis Grimaton, of PORTMAN—On the 2d • inst., the Hon. Mrs. PorLta a son. c r olor igic WATTS —On the 3d inst., at Hampstead, Mra. Watts, of a daughter, MARRIAGES. Ch urch ill BLUM —MOULIRIE—On the 2d Tina,. at Frensbani s eg t o Major G. W. Bligh, 60th Royal Rifles, Young e la the late Admiral Bligh, C.B to Jane, second i• of G. A. Moultrie, Esq., Of Aston Hall, Si u. "` and Sandrock, Farnham, Surrey. Cl l `l 01; EGERTON—SMITH—On the 2d inst., at St. rebe l ' -- gv eri - ,,( Pimlico, Lient.-Colonel the Hon. Arthur F• 1;„ ter " Grenadier Guards, to Helen, the youngest d o " Martin Tucker Smith, Esq., M.P. DEATHS. ABRAM —On the Ist inst., at Brookfield, Isle 0- f• w4h , ' John C. Abrams, Esq., aged 63. 1 1 " - 111, ATTREE —On the 30th ult., at Bognor, the Bov•kojor Tuwn Attree, incumbent of Middleton-by -V6r " , 1 64 Derbyshire, aged 44. HAILES—On the 31st ult., at his brother's regiter."o Pittville Lawn, Cheltenham, Augustus e formerly of theßoyal Marines. t l i fle KEATS— On the 30th ult., at the Rectory , 14.°r Kent, the Rtv. Richard Keats. bit e/ PEEL—On the Ist inst., at Baginton Hall, Wa ry/ the Right Hon. Wm. Yates Peel, aged 68. 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