The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

- PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of " Gibson v. Shaw," the creditors of William Gibson, late of Baker's Coffeehouse, Lombard -street, in the City of London, Tavern Keeper, who died on or abottt the month of December, 1849, are by their Solicitors, on or before the 12th day of July, 1860, to corm) in and prove their debts at the Chambers of the Mast:3' of the Rolls, in the R0115. % -yard, Chancery-lane, MidTieSex ; or, in default thereof; thoy will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the slid. Decree. Monday, the, 'l6th day of July, isrko, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the. }said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adj icatiwor v,pon the claims. Dated Vaty, 14th day of June, 1860. GEO. WHITING, Chief Clerk. PHILIPS and ANDREW, 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Plaintlirs Solicitors. LEASEHOLD, LAMBE ril. "0 - '4O BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of' the A- High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Starch v. FAvain," with th e approbation of the Vice-Chancellor Sir 'Richard Torin Kindersley, by Messrs. P. and J. Belton, at Garraway's Coffee House, Change-alley, Cornhill, E.C., on MONDAY, the 2d day of July, 1860, at 12 o'clock, in Two Lots, a compact LEASEII( , LD ESTATE, comprising Twenty-five Leasehold Houses, producing nearly .£5OO per annum. Lot I comprises Five substantial Dwelling-houses with Shops, aitus,te and being formerly No. 2,3, 4,5, and 6, Princes-terrace, now No. 35, 36 , 37 , 28, and 39, York-road, Lambeth, let to respectable tenants at rents amounting to about £176 12ter annum. Lot 2 comprises an extremely well arranged end desirable Property, consisting of Twenty Houses, c'entaining each four rooms, forming an entire set of Buildings known as P rinces-buildings York road Lambeth, and. let to respectable tenants at rents averaging per annum aIY out X 317. The whole of the above property is held with other pro perty for the residue of a term of 99 years, from the 25th ram:), 1829, at a ground-rent of £l2O p er annum , un d er a lease dated the 9th December, 1829. Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be had of Mr. R. C. Barton, solicitor, 'Woleingham-place, Lambeth, S. ; Mr. Richard Hodgson, solicitor, Salisbury-street, Strand, W.C. ; Messrs. Beckitt and Livett, solicitors, 39, Moorgate-street, ; Messrs. Keixhley and Gething, solicitors, 7, Ironmon ger-lane, Cheapside, E.C. ;at Garraway's; and at the Auc tioneers, No. 46, Hatton-garden, E.C. Dated this 15th day of Jung, 1860. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. C. BARTON, IVolaingham-place, Lambeth, Plaintiff's Solicitor, LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION, 81, King William-st ree t. The Directors of this Association h ere by i n f orm th e mem bers that the PREMIUMS falling due in the year commenc ing on the Ist July next, from those members who have been assured for seven or more entire years, will be REDUCED at the rate of 821 per cent., leavi ng 17i per cent. only to be Paid. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. '1 HE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, Loinon. Empowered by Act of Parliament for LIFE ASSURANCE SU RVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORA. E DMOND SIIEPPARD SYIIES, M.D., Chairman. Joh .R. n Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Moss, Esq. P.R.S. John Symes, Esq. Fleury J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. Aunrns. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., ro and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elilotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. R. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &C. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. HANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills and , Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Ilessrs..Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford row. "Tr he next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared Ell May, 1860. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : in Policy Sum Bonus Bonus in eerdmumn out in to Sum e o nt taken Age . A ssured. addition Cash ' R of Annual Assured. Premiums. ----- - s.. X d. X d. 18:18 55 3,000 867 17 d 7 428 s. 1 4 56 3 8 18 4 1 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 18E5 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1148 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 • The following. a re amongst the advantages offered by the t he Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amonst the assured 4every five years. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. 142, Strand, L on d on, W.C. ED3IO.ND 3, STILES, Chairman. T 0-NI GHT. - WASHINGTON FRIEND'S Grand Musical tind Pictorial Entertainment, entitled TWO HOURS in, CANADA and the UNITED STATES.— Z,OOO MILES of beautful Scenery..—The Falls of Niagara, River St. Lawrence, VICTORIA TUBULAR BRIDGE, Illus tr ations of Ameri can, I ndian, Emigrant, and Negro Life, 44 . , , te.. with his Songs, Anecdotes, and 31elodies, Daily, at 3 and 8 o'cleek.—Stalls, 3s • Area- 21 • Gallery, le.— St. •,. • , James Hall, Piccadilly. —___ LAST FEW WEEKS. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William -street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon - - ion, previous to the retirement of Mr. J. W. Raynor on the 2d of August.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Korning at 3o'clock. Ti c k e t s and places may be secured at the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Picea dllly.—Open every Evening, with the celebrated Band conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em perm Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad mission, is. Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament. ROYAL OREM ORNE GARDENS.- GRAND FRENC,II FETES, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURD AY. — Faigagement of the celebrated GUIDES BAND, and appearp.nee of the talented ORPHEONISTS.— lir. Simpson has much pleasure in announcin; that he has made arrangements for Three Grand Fetes, to take place on Thursday, Fridp .y, and Saturday, in honour of the French nation, on whi6h occasion every effort will be made to render them well veorthy of a general support—The procession of the Orpheuists to the Gardens on Thursday will commence at the Pl,rnlico Station, and the performances of the Guides will be ',wen on Friday.—Ad m i ss i on, ls. Juve.alle Fete, Balloon Ascent, and Races also on Thursday. RIFLE VOLUNTEERS! THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS JL (formerly Casino de Venetie), High /1 olborn. The most beautifui and costly decorated Ball-Roo a, and Best Band in London. Open Every Evening. This Evening, and during the week, the programme will include the Orpheonasts' and Vive Paris Quadrilles, and Victoria Waltz, the Anglo-French Alliance Polka, Eugenie L'Emperor Galop, &c. Doors open at halt-past eight.. Overture at nine, and close punctoally at 12 o'clock. Admis sion; la. N.B.—The attention of visitors to London is par ticnlarly invited to this establishment, it being about to close for the season. A:Ri.)ON TO NERVOUSISUFFERERI. _T J UST PUBLISHED FOR GRATUITOUS CIRCULATION, a new edition of 20,000 copies of THE WARNING VOICE. By HENRY SMITH, Doctor of Medi cine of the Royal University of Jena. &a. A Medical Work on Ihe Causes, Symptoms, and Cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Blush ing, Dielike of Society, Thoughts of Self-destruction, F ears of - Innanity, and all other Mental or Nervous Disorders, which, if neglected, or improperly treated, result in consump tion arid premature death. Post free to any address, se-ure from, observation on receipt of a stamped directed envelope. Sent, direct from the Author's residence, 8, Burton-crescent, Ta v iistock-square, London, W.C. PRESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN T IFIC. — ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, anADining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment vASES, Ftgures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marbl:, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and m anufae4ured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, SIENERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and q-EOLOGY, at 2, 5, 10, 20, 60, t o 100 gu i neas eac h. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANA at 149, Strand, W.C. 11..? OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. —The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. It has now 103 lifeboats, some of which saved last year 22 7ersons from shipwreck. THOMAS BARI NG, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C., June, 1860. Bankers—Messrs . Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-Inn-road. This Hospital is entirely devoted to destitution in its most pitiable form, viz., that which is accompanied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with ade quate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting Into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis ; moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 2,000 out- Patients a week. Contributions received by the Treasurer, Edwd. Masterman, lane; also by Mess's . Coutts and Co. ; Drum- Mond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones, Lloyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nis bet and Co., Berner's-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, See. R. GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W. , NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR: CULVERWELL, Member of the and Royal hpo. -x., College of Surgeons , thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily ' a (o a nly) as Licentiate of Midwiery above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, ents Less of Me mory, Stety, and all Functional Derangem .. of both Sexes i ye indu , emanating from early and excess . I genoes, Has just published , Price 1s • post , 1t stamps, • , by 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire ne w and oridnal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Ph YstelegV and Anatomy of our Generation r—ne Origin of Disease —Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. n e modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia (Gonorrhora), Spermatorrhma, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, Are. EMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—Tbe Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and th e securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2.' LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love and otiwr Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off 15Pring secured.: THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERHATORRWEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure ations by Cauteris, Galvanism To be had Of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advise to the Working Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea: CURTIS ON MANHOOD -NEW EDITION: MEDICAL ESSAY ON D ISE NERV ASES.OUS AND GENERA. TIVE Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelop e, p rice is., Sold b y all B ooksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE LTA. MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. ByJ. L. Cuwrxs, 15, Albermarle-street, CONTENTS Piccadilly, London. : - INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHA PTER ll.—Causes of Supermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage; whether resulting. from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infectmenttion. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Trea, Medical and moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's rec ei p t of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis be in rtison th Manhood.—This and is o a tkulx_v!,lsuanabldea work, oTteasn,l should ?3d March, 1856. " The author h a s c on f erre d a grea t b o on by p ublishing this little work, in which is described the source o those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. At home for consultation, :daily, from 10.= 8 and 6 to 1. aundaye, to to N°. 21,192. PUBLICATIONS. Now Ready at, all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MAINSTONE'S HOUSEKEEPER. By " SILVERPEN." " A very capital novel. The sobriquet of Silverpen,' Oven by the late Douglas Jerrold to•the authoress, is felicitously asserted in every line of this excellent story.—Chronicle. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Mar:borsugt-street. Just Re dy, One Vol., price 10s. 6d., THE • LONG RUN: a Novel By HENRY 01VGA N, LL.D. Author of " Out of the World," &c., &e. L. Booth, 307, Regent•street, E RASER'S MAGAZINE FOR JULY, 2s. 6d., CONTAINS Fronde's History of the Reigns of Edward VI. and Mary. Wheat and Tares. A Tale. Part VII. The Volunteer Course at Hythe School of Musketry. By Viscount Bury, Lieutenant-Colonel, Civil Service Regi ment. Gryll Grange. By the Author of " Headlong Hall." Chaps. XV. to XVIII. On the Importance of Energy in Life, Physical Theories of the Phenomena of Life. By William Hopkins, F.R.S. Part 11. An Old Rod for New Poets. The Literary Suburb of the Eighteenth Century.. Conclusion. A Plea for Truth in Advertisement. Social and Political Life Five-and-Thirty Years Ago. By a Man on the Shady Side of Fifty. Saint Brandon. By Matthew Arnold. Chronicle of Current History. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, W.C. THE CO RNHILL MAGAZINE, No. 7, for July, 1860, Will be published on THURSDAY next, the 29th inst. Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations. CONTENTS. The Four Georges : Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court, and Town Life. (With an Ill ustrat i on.) 1. George the First. Physiological Riddles. 1.. how we Act? Men of Genius. By Matthew Arnold. Framley Paraonagv. Chapter X EX.—Money Dealings. , XX.—Harold Smith in the Cabinet. XXl.—Why Puck the Pony was beaten. Vanitas Vanitatum, By W. M. Thackaray. Electricity and the Electric Telegraph. The Portents—lll. The Omen Fulfilled. A Musical Instrument. By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (With an Illustration). Adulteration, and its Remedy. William Hogarth, Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher. Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time. VI. The Rake's Progress : A Drama in Eight Acts. The House that John Built. Roundabout Papers.—No. 5. Thorns in the Cushion. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Just published, 1 vol., Bvo., price 165., DR. FORBES WINSLOW'S NEW WORK, ON OBSCURE DISEASES of the BRAIN and MIND; their Incipient Symptoms, Treatment, "This will be the future British Text-book on mental and cerebral pathology. It is the most important work that has appeared in this country for many years in relation to subtle affections of the mind and obscure and insidious diseases of the brain. It should be carefully read and closely studied."— The Lancet. J. Churchill, New Burlington-street. ( -4 _OVERNINIENT upon FIRST PRINCIPLES. A Illustrated Analogically, Statistically, and Morally. By JOHN GROSSM [TH. This work embodies a wide field for information, not only upon Social and Moral subjects, but upon a great variety of questions which are essentially incorporated with the politi cal discussions of the day, in connection with the Commerce, Trade, and Taxation of the country. Statesmen and lovers of intelligent progress will find in it a compilation of facts well worthy their attention. London : Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. MAP OF EUROPE, size 3 feet 6 inches by 3 feet. With the ILLUSTRATED TIMES of July 7 will be issued a Large and most Beautifully-engraved MAP of EUR' 'PE, uniform with the Maps of LONDON and ENG LAND and WALES already published in connection with this Journal. This Map, in the preparation of which no ex pense has been spared, has been engraved from the very best authorities, and will be printed on a stout sheet of paper far superior in quality to that used for the Maps above-men tioned. The price of it, including the Number of the IL LUSTRATED TIMES, will be 641. ; stamped, to go free by post, Bd.—Orders should be given to the Agents at least a week before the day of publication. —2, Catherine-street Strand. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 50. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERIVIATORRIICEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. fickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers,• who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrlicea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : 11. Baithere, 219, Regent-street. A New Edition of THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE. By JOSEPH KAHN, Graduate in Medicine, Surgery. and Midwifery in the Royal and Imperial University of Vienna, Erlangen, &c. This popular work (which has been translated into four dif ferent languages) has now gone through 41 Editions of 10,000 each, and is designed to impart accurate knowledge on sub jects which involve the means of securing moral and physical happiness. Price Is., free by book-post for 12 stamps, or enclosed in a sealed envelope for 16 stamps, direct from the Author, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, London, W. WEDDING STATIONERY, including every requisite.—Beautiful and elegant designs by DE LA RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No charge for carriage on orders over 20s. The London Depot for De La Rue and Co.'s manufactures—HENßY GOOD'S, GO, Moorgate-street, E.C. Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style, and note papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or if plain, stamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be forwarded free on application. I{EATING'S COD LIVER OlL.—The Pale Newfoundland, pure and tasteless, the Light Brown, cheaper and *of good quality. The demand for these oils, most highly recommended for their medicinal properties, has so greatly increased that Mr. Keating, being anxious to bring t lem within the reach of all classes now imports, direct, the Pale, from Newfoundland, and the Brown from the Norwe gian Islands.—The Pale may be had in half-pints, is 6d; pints, 28 6d ; quarts, 4s 6d. The Light Brown, in pints, Is 8d; quarts, 3s. No higher price need be paid. At 79, St. Paul's-churchyard. DAVIESON'S EVERLASTING TEETH.- Of such EXQUISITE BEAUTY and such ADMIRA BLE FIT that nature appears to have made good the ravages of TIME, DISEASE, or ACCIDENT, at TEN SHILLINGS PER TOOTH, which price can only be exceeded by expen sive mountings. DAVIESON'S LIQUID ENAMEL, for Stopping Decayed Teeth without pain, is ENAMEL WHITE, and lasts for ever. Attendance from Ten till Six. Consultation free. 448, West Strand, London, over the Electric Telegraph Ornoe. Descriptive Pamphlets free by post, two stamps. YOUTH and BEAUTY. The FLEUR DE L' AGE, or Bloom of Youth, a vegetable preparation, so innocent that it may be applied to a n infant, i,ut yet imparts the most dazzling brilliancy to any complexion, and re n de r s the skin beautifully soft ; prevents and cures all eruptions Sold in cases at 118.—To be had only of ED. DAVIESON, 448, West Strand. London, over the Electric Telegraph Office. Descriptive pamphlets free for two stamps; remittances by postage stamps. RUPTURES.—By ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 'Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effeets, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Mee-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and maybe worn during sleep. A d escr i p ti ve c i rcu l ar may b e had , ' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 20s. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ofiiee, Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS , & c., f or Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Ace. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. p r i ce 3s. 6d., 7e. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,:Piccadilly. 171 .. "" -- 7 A 2 - ,r— , ;41V _ - • .7 • TM • •c 11 / 0 • Q 3 t4z• n . , to ./ 7# 4004, , 4' , rn , - ~ # 34 t , 4h, o is 1.4 • 4 ' I) - ' • ROTT • C 6 46 .2 \ ll t Nz - --„sci /1 z ; ( • _ OO .. : 0 "/ ,e PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD. fluence those who selected officers. They wanted in the officers of a militia regiment good county connection on the one hand, and on the other military knowledge and effi ciency. If' they could combine both there was no doubt or difficulty in the matter; but they had very often a man of great county influence, who would attract recruits to the ranks, and who on that account it would be most desirable to appoint, but who as an officer would be inefficient be cause of his want of military knowledge. Again, they might have a man with great efficiency and military knowledge, but who would have no influence in strengthening the numbers of the regiment. In such cases ho had always felt that every consideration should be given to the lord lieutenant in making the selections ; but he - plr. S. ller bort) had always insisted, when the lord-lieutenant made his selection, that he should state the reasons which influ enced him, and when he had done so he felt it his duty to support him. (Hear, hear.) Then it was re commended that officers, previous to promotion, shouldpass some kind of examination. That was a good principle no doubt, and if always insisted upon would induce officers to learn their drill, and fit themselves for their duties ; but the application of it was not easy. Well, officers on the perma nent staff—adjutants, and so on—had also been allowed to send their sons to Sandhurst, receiving in this way all the advantages which attached to officers of their rank. He would pass over minor details as to the facilities for appre hending and punishing deserters, merely observing that militia men frequently had it in their heads that desertion from the militia was no crime, and that to desert and to en list in the line was, on the contrary, rather a praiseworthy act—for they argued to their own minds that, although they took the two bounties, they entered far a new and a longer period of service. This it was necessary to check, and this was the object of some of the minor changes. There was another alteration which was not exactly in accordance with the recommendations of the commission. The commission recommended that good conduct pay should be allowed after. five years; but there was this difficulty : good ecutute,i,.; *as -cue penny a day,while thrmen veer under training, penny n al A.. DO kl.....vear WAS scarceiy - wertli their having ; and the Government coma nor& su ra. en cw . give a penny a day during the whole year, the greater por tion of which the men would be at their homes. Therefore, he (Mr Herbert) thought it better to give every man who re-enrolled at the end of the five years 10s. in addition to the bounty; and he was given to understand that this arrangement was working well. Besides this, they gave to every man who re-enrolled a free kit, or if their old kit was tolerably perfect they were allowed to have the value of the new one in money. Their school fees were abolished and schoolmasters were allowed free. All these changes tended to the advantage of the men, and to the improvement of their position. There were certain things proposed to be done by this bill. First, they desired to have the power of uniting in maritime counties portions of the counties for the purpose of forming artillery corps, as was. done now in the North Riding of Yorkshire, so that if they had not enough for two battalions, and too much for one, the surplus might be joined to the force of another county to make xp an efficient artillery corps in that county. For that purpose no machinery was required beyond what they had for the amalgamation of counties for militia ob jects generally. The difficulty was as to the union of coun ties for the purposes of stores. That he had attempted to get over by adopting the same principle which existed under the act for establishing county lunatic asylums, viz., leaving it to be decided, by a joint committee of the magis trates of the united counties, where the stores should be placed, and upon what terms. There was a further power with regard to the counties recommended by the militia commission, which ho was sorry did not' receive the sanc tion of his right hon. friend opposite, but which he thought upon tho whole would be advantageous to the militia, the counties, and the Government. That power was that the county authorities should build accommodation for the per manent staff, and the Government on their side should pay a fair interest on the outlay. This was not to be compulsory, but he could see no objection to it, and he thought in many cases the counties would be able to make a good bargain by build ing the necessary accommodation themselves, while the Go vernment on the other hand would not pay more than they would do if that accommodation were provided in other ways. Of course the power of training was limited to 6 days, but if the men were brought up beforehand for 10 or 14 days, there was no doubt the time would be much better spent afterwards, and a more efficient drill would be ob tained. It had been proposed that the men should be trained immediately after enrolment. He doubted the policy of that proceeding. It would add much to the ex pense, and would not operate as a check on fraudulent enlistment. Power was taken in the bill to increase the Scotch and Irish militia, in the same proportion as they had power to increase the militia in England, in case of danger of invasion. In England the 80,000 might be brought up to 120,000. Ile proposed to take power to increase the Scotch militia from 5,000 to 10,000, and the Irish from 15,000 to 30,000 ; im.king the total force 120,000 in peace, and 180,000 in war. The commission had recommended that the permanent staff should E e put permanently on embodied pay. Since that recommendation was made, the movement in favour of volunteers had greatly modified the necessity for keeping sergeants of militia. The year was a palmy year for non-commissioned officers. They might command any sums for giving instructions in drill ; and those whom they taught had certainly profited by their in structions. (Hear.) Certainly no one who was in H 3 de park on Saturday last would say that they lamented the existing demand for non-commissioned officers ; for it had supplied one of the most striking spectacles that had been seen for years. (Hear.) He proposed in the Militia Pay Bill, to put the permanent staff upon embodied militia pay. (Hear.) He only proposed one other change, and that would be effected by regulation, not by the bill. They ob tained field officers and captains !and lieutenants without any difficulty ; but there was the greatest difficulty in get ting ensigns. The result was that they had gone rather below the proper class for ensigns. It would be easy enough to get them in time of war, if the regiments were embodied, however difficult it might be in time of peace. If they got a parcel of raw lads as ensigns during the twenty-eight :days' training, they were more trouble than they were worth. He proposed, in disembodied regi ments, to allow the existing ensigns to remain, but not to fill up the vacancies. At present there were 66 deficient in the embodied, ana 601 in the disembodied regiments. In lieu of them he proposed that there should be two extra lieutenants to carry the colours in each regiment. Their duty was to keep to the tradition of the militia as it was, and see whether it could not be got into a much more effi cient state. (Hear, hear.) He believed that it had been dis• turbed and injured by constant interference with what was the old militia law. If circumstances at home and abroad would allow them to revert to the old practice, and keep the militia as a reserve at home, it would much increase its effi ciency, by increasing the confidence of the men that they would be allowed to remain disembodied. Colonel PATTEN had heard the speech of the right hon. gentleman with great pleasure. There was no doubt the de ficiency in the disembodied militia was owing to the uncer tainty in which they were kept as to being embodied. In Lancashire, where wages were high, this was peculiarly felt. In 1852, the ranks were filled, and continued so during the Russian war; but when the system of disembodiment and re-embodiment commenced the :numbers naturally fell off. Ho would venture to suggest that the great essential for making a disembodied militia perfect was the perfection •f the staff. Ni officer ought to be on the staff who was not competent to instruct the men in the new rifle exercise. (Hear, hear.) Without a competent staff the men could not be sufficiently instructed in 28 days. He was glad to hoar that greater accommodation was to be given in the building fer the staff, and that this would be effected with out increasing the county rates. lie would not express any opinion upon the bill itself until he saw it ; but he be lieved it to be worthy of support. Every regiment ought to be kept as much a county regiment as possible. In his regiment he effected this object by introducing county gen tlemen at every third vacancy in preference to the regular system of promotion. Lord ENFIELD thought it would be a great improve ment to have the time of training determined a year before hand. It would produce a much better attendance. He rejoiced to hear that there was t• be a definite scheme as to the disembodiment or embodiment:of the militia, and that the militia was not to be looked upon in future as a mere nursery for the line. lle hoped that such arrangements would be made that every regiment would be embodied in its turn. The right hon. gentleman said ho could not Sc. the advantages of a local militia. Well, sonic seven or eight years ago the existence of the Government was made to depend upon the question as to whether the militia should be local or general. Most of the regiments were distinguished by some designation connected with the county, which ho thought was of great uso. He thanked the right hon. gen tleman for bringing in the bill. Col. GILPIN also tendered his thanks to the right hon. gentleman 14 bringing in the bill. As he had been pointedly alluded to, he might say that he remained of the same opinion as he had formerly expressed with regard to the buildings for stores. Gen. UPTON concurred in the opinion that there should be no uncertainty as to whether a regiment should be em bodied or not, and that every militia regiment should have an opportunity to acquire a proper discipline. Leave was then given to bring in the bill.! LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENT. On the motion of Mr. CLIVE, leave was given to bring in a bill to amend the Local Government Act. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. Mr. LOWE moved that the following members be nomi uatod the select committee on South Kensington Museum : Mr. Hutt, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. J. Locke, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Kinnaird, Lord W. Graham, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Joseph Locke, Mr. J. Cole, Mr. Hankoy, Mr, Adderley, Mr, Beami6h, Mr, G, Cayencli.sl3. Bentinck, and THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN&DAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1860. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY•) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Earl of Longford's Estate, the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, the Waterford and Limerick Railway (No. 2), and the Highbridge Markets and Gas Bills were read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : The North and South Lanarkshire Roads, the Central Wales Railway, and the Oswestry and Newtown (branch railways) Bills. sitting. of the security of the lease, and such preliminary sanction provided for by the bill. (Hear, hear.) He agreed with the noble lord (Lord Fermey) in regretting the course taken by the committee on the last day of discussion, in trans ferring jurisdiction with reference to: title, from the chairman of quarter session to the superior courts, and was happy to find that a similar course was not proposed by Government in respect to 'cuing. A local tribunal, besides being less costly, was bettor calculcated to arrive at a correct conclusion in cases where any fraud was contemplated. Mr. CARDWELL admitted that the amendment was suggested in good spirit, but he considered a preliminary investigation necessary, and therefore ho supported the clause as it stood. Mr. M'MAHON supported the amendment. .111 r. BUTT thought that they ought not to leave the matter between the landlord and tenant, but that they should interpose a tribupal that would confer legal sanction on any arrangements they might make between themselves. Mr. SCULLY considered that the preliminary sanction was desirable not only for the security of the tenant, but for the sake of those persons who would be bound by the lease. After some further discussion, the committee divided. When the members returned, Mr. BRAND stated that the tellers could not agree as to the numbers, which created great laughter, and the committee again divided For the motion B2 Against Majority against the amendment —3 Tho amendment was accordingly negatived. Some discussion ensued relative to rendering the terms of the bill more precise in regard to the granting of leases for building purposes. Mr. M'MAHON proposed in paragraph four to leave out " 20" and insert " 40" in order to extend the period if leases to bo granted. Lord FERMOY said with regard to his property in the county o f Cork, he fancied that leases of 31 years were sufficient for all practical purposes. Ilemould suggest that the court should have the power to grant leases of suoh terms as they considered suitable to different parts of the country. Mr. CARDWELL explained that this measure proposed to give the court power to grant leases for 11 years, but it empowered ecclesiastical and corporate bodies to grant leases merely for 21 years without any preliminary sanction being required. Mr. M‘MAIION agreed to withdraw his amendment and adopt the term of 31 years. The committee then divided on the amendment as altered, and the numbers were— For the original clause ll7 Against Majority The clause was accordingly agreed to, as well as clause 26. It being 10 minutes to 4 o'clock, the house suspended its The house resumed at 6 o'clock. REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in the Refreshment Houses and Wine Licenses (Scotland) Bill, which was read a first time. TAKING VOTES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. WYLD gavo notice that on Tuesday, July 10, ho should move for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law and practice relative to the taking of votes at elec tions. see the cause of this. The constant changes which were going on with 'regard to the embodiment and disembodi ment of the militia was the cause which injuriously affected their substantial and permanent form. He would read to the house a statement of the successive embodiments and disembodiments which had taken place since 1851. In 1851, 18 regiments were embodied in May, June, and July; 119 regiments were subsequently embodied in December. In the January, February, and March of 1855, a large por tion of 119 regiments were embodied. In May, Juno, and July, 1856, 113 regiments were disembodied. In August and September of the same year 30 regiments were em bodied, and in September, 1857, 25 were again embodied. In 1858 and 1859 several regiments were embodied and dis embodied, and in the present year several had been em bodied. He was ready to admit that the embodiment of these regiments did great service to the state, and ho cast no blame on any one who embodied them. Indeed, if any one was to blame more than another it was the than who set the example of embodiment, and that person was him self, for in 1858 a great embodiment had taken place for the purpose of providing men for the war in the Crimea. It was notorious that many men who entered the militia im bibed a taste for the profession of arms, which afterwards induced them to join the line. It was, therefore, a matter of policy during the Crimean war, and also during the Indian mutiny, to embody the militia, with a view to tempt ing them to join the line subsequently. But this was done at the expense of the permanent success of the militia. He did not know whether it was wise to say that he hoped they had seen the last of those distant wars, which induced them to embody the militia in the expectation of getting thereby a more rapid augmentation of the line, but at pre sent it appeared that every effort should be made not only to strengthen the line, but to take care that it should not bo strengthened at the expense of the militia, which must be regarded as a great element in the defence of the country. One effect of the constant embodiment and disembodiment of the militia was to drive away the county gentlemen. A. friend of his who had geisat experience in the aniliti.. wrote to hterie there.terme--.. tain the services of the county gentlemen, you will have instead of them a mixture of half-pay officess, used-up In dians, and adventurers." That was strong language, but there was truth in it. A great many of these county gentle men were in a position to choose their own profession, and if they desired to enter the army they would have done so, and if they were to enter the militia without the prospect of rank or position, it would tend to sever their connexion with that body when embodied. He gave all credit to those who stood to their regiments under embodiment, who served in garrison, and even in colonial garrisons. But if the county gentlemen had an assurance that they would not be called upon to serve at a distance from their own homes, that they should not have to spend their time at Aldershott or Ports mouth, they would look upon the militia with different eyes. And that was still more true with regard to the men. Then again, he must say that the system by which these regi ments necessarily were deprived of their best men by volun teering into the line greatly diminished their efficiency. Men were cajoled and harassed, and attacked by every means to induce them to enter the line, and to such an extent was this system carried on that the regiments were demoralised, their discipline was shaken, and they became a kind of Pan demonium for a certain time. (Hear.) The labouring class must in future distinctly understand that the militia was to be a reserve force, and that they were not to serve except in case of war. A great cry had been raised of late for a local militia, but the difference between a local militia and a gene ral militia he could not well understand. He believed that nothing could be more unwise than 'to introduce a local militia instead of a general one, and it was only in consequence of the interference of the legislature that the militia was diverted- from its original object. The only thing which the militia wanted was to be left alone, and it was only from the pressure of emergencies that their original constitution, which was a sound and wise one, was interfered with. He would now state the changes which had been made in the administration of the militia force within the last few months. The militia commission made their report last year. Shortly after their report had bee* made, it was his duty to introduce a bill for the purpose of carrying such of their recommendations into effect as it was not in his power to give effect to by means of regulations. Since that time the following changes had been made in consequence of the report of the commission. In the first Place the restriction by which the militia were not liable to serve in Ireland—a restriction which was made when ser vice in Ireland was not so good as it was now—was removed. They were empowered to serve in the Channel Islands, and power was given to unite the militia of two counties where the force in a single county was too small. That practice had been followed in Scotland with great advantage, and it might also be adopted in the Welsh counties. By the union of two counties the battalions would be stronger and the expense would be less. He was quite aware that local jealousies and feeling stood in the way sometimes of such an amalgamation, but he believed that might bo got over. Her Majesty also authorised that the time and place of training and exercise for the militia regiments should be fixed by the Secretary of State for War, after consult ing the lord lieutenant of the county upon it. Then cer tain fluctuating allowances, as lodging money and other similar things, were discontinued. Fore erly the adjutants were paid according to the number of men enrolled. This had a most prejudicial effect, for it naturally induced them to enrol men of whose character and antecedents they had no knowledge, in order to swell the numerical strength of their corps. This had also been discontinued, and since the change had been made, and the argent wishes of the Government had been expressed to the lords-lieutenant and commanding officers that none but men whose ante cedents were known should be accepted, there had been a marked improvement in the character of the militia regi ments generally. Formerly magistrates had told hint that men had been brought before them for attestation whose accents were not at all that of the counties to which they were said to belong; that tramps were frequently enlisted, received the bounty, were attested, and after a short time deserted. Now, these same magistrates informed him that a great difference had taken place, that the mon who came before them were persons belonging to the county whose residence could be ascertained, and whose characters were known. He found by a return moved for last year by the hon. member for Middlesex that we had then in training 44,340 men of the militia, while the number returned as absent was 30,557. Now, this accumulation of absentees would remain on the books, the authorities not allowing them to be struck off, as it was thought if they did they would be followed by others who would, as they had done, come forward and take the bounty and not appear again. This also was changed now ; those who did not appear at the training were struck off, and he was happy to say the result had been most satisfactory. The Government had received returns from 24 regiments, in training during the present year, their conjoint quota being 48,569. But he had endeavoured to impress upon all military authorities that the object was not to have a large force upon paper only, but that the question was how many men each regiment could produce, and therefore that it was better to refuse men than to take such as were doubtful, and to have a smaller number in training than a larger number of absen tees. Well, the effect of this alteration was that the number of absentees in the regiments, of which they had returns this year,and which in the last year was 4,707,was this year 2,060 —while the effectives in the same regiments, which in 1859 were 19,546, were in 1860 22,223. (Hear, hear.) This would give upon the whole 54 regiments, 52,889 for the present year against 44,340 last year. (Hear, hear.) Con sequently there was a marked improvement in the numbers in training this year as compared with the previous one. But they must not expect that the whole improvement would be liumealate, tor there was no class so slow to re ceive the impression as the labouring class, from whom for the most part the recruits were drawn. It would take more time to convince them that there was no intention of taking them away from their own counties, to remove the fear that the regiments might not be suddenly embodied and sent to distant parts of the country, perhaps for two or three years, instead of being merely called out for one month in the year for training. Ho Reed not go through all the vari ous changes which had been made to produce a greater effi ciency in the force, and greater contentment amongst the men. The following addition had been made to the perma nent staff of each regiment in consequence of the report of the commission. A quartermaster, additional sergeant, hos pital sergeant, drum or bugle major, and two sergeants as instructor of musketry. At present the whole of the militia, disembodied as well as embodied, were armed with Enfield rifles ; last year they were not. It had been suggested that as it was necessary to instruct the men in the use of the En field rifle, and adjutants should be the instructors, several of the adjutants had gone down to Hythe, and there ac quired great proficiency in the use of th It arm. But it was thought that the adj dant' s duties in disembodied militia re giments, where he acted as paymaster as well as adjutant, were far too onerous for him to undertake instructions in nmsketry in addition. Accordingly two sergeants had been sent down to qualify as instructors from every regiment, and there were now at Hythe under instruction 14 adjutants and 260 sergeants—the number remaining to be instructed being 40 sergeants only, there • fore they were very near the whole number, and he was glad to be able to state from the authori t y of General Ha y that they had profited by the instruction afforded to them. General Hay likewise bore testimony to their soldierly ap pearance and excellent conduct, and expressed his confidence that the musketry of the force would be through them much improved, it being now greatly inefficient. The commis sion recommended that as a general rule the promotion of the officers should go by seniority, and that if the lord lieutenant departed from that rule he should assign reasons for so doing. That rule he (Mr. S. Herbert) had adopted he confessed with some hesitation, and r o doubt it had given some dissatisfaction. But it was difficult for the lord lieutenant to say who ought in all cases to be promoted : there were many motives which should weigh with and in- FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from North Staffordshire against the clauses in the Friendly Societies' Act relating to the winding up of such societies. EDUCATION IN INDIA. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented petitions from Northamptonshire praying that the bible might not be excluded in any scheme for the . education of the natives of India. THE MILITIA. Earl DE GREY and RIPON laid on the table certain returns relative to the militia. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. The Archbishop of YORK moved the second reading of this bill, the object of the measure being in tended to amend the act of 1844, which re quired the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to pay pro per attention to distribution of tithes. The present bill directed the commissioners to pay proper regard to the local claims of property also. The most reverend prelate said he did not anticipate much opposition to the passing of the bill, as it was merely a supplemental measure to await the issue of the bill now before the Commons. If that bill passed that branch of the Legislature, then it would not be proceeded with further, but in the event of such not being the case, then the bill at present before them could be sent down to the Commons. The diocese of Durham, which he had formerly under his control, looked wi,h very great interest on the measure, as certain funds had been taken from that see, and expended by the Commissioners out of the locality. The Earl of CHICHESTER. said he could not assent to the bill passing in its present form. Parliament had deliberately s decided that the funds of the Church which came into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners should be expended gener ally all over the country, without any preference being given to the places from whence the money came, and the only thing that gave priority to any particular district was the want of spiritual assistance. The noble earl then referred to the circumstances connected with the see of Durham, and said although a part of the funds of the Commissioners was derived from mines, the greater portion of the money was certainly not derived from that source. If the present bill was to receive the sanction of Parliament it would greatly interfere with the fair distribution of the funds under the control of the ecclesiastical commissioners. Earl GRANVILLE was understood to ask the most rev, prelate to postpone the bill for the present. Earl GREY said for three years the see of Durham had been greatly interfered with in consequence of many charitable contributions being withheld. He trusted the most rev. prelate would not postpone his bill without the Government gave a promise to proceed with the bill, in the °Tent of the measure now before the Commons being re jected. Lord PORTMAN opposed the bill. Lord RAVENSWORTH said as the noble lord the Pre sident of the Council had given no sign of acquiescence in the suggestion of the noble earl (Grey), he was not dis posed to adopt that course. The bill was then read a second time. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS AND REGIS TRIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the question that the bill be read a third time, The Earl of CARNARVON urged that the bill should bo postponed for a few days, and wished to be informed if the measure had the support of her Majesty's Govern ment. Earl GRANVILLE said that the bill was similar to that which had received the support of the Government, of which the noble lord was a member. The noble lord was quite out of court in asking such a question. One or two important amendments suggested by Earl Powis and the Bishop of London were adopted by the Government. The Bishop of OXFORD objected to the clauses of the bill, which entirely altered the constitution of the ultimate court of appeal, with regard to the doctrines of the United Church. The Bishop of LONDON said that his right reverend brpther (the Bishop of Oxford) never meant to draw any distinction between the two ChurcLes of England and Ire land. Lord CRAN WORTH defended the bill, and said there was nothing in it to create alarm to the right rev. bench. It would not give to the archbishops and bishops of the Church of Ireland any power or jurisdiction in this coun t; y. The Earl of BANDON could not understand this dis play of hostility by the right rev. bench to a measure which produced uniformity in the practices of the Church of Ireland and the Church of England. The clause was agreed to, and the bill passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past 12 o'clock PRIVATE BUSINESS. The North British, Peebles, and Jedburgh Railway Com pany's Bill was considered and agreed to, and ordered for third reading. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Highways Bill and the Sunday Trading Bill, and praying the house to vindicate their privileges in reference to the recent alleged aggression of the House of Lords, &c. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, resuming at clause 21, which was agreed to. . On clause 22, Mr. BUTT drew attention to some ambiguity in the bill with reference to encumbrances. Mr. DEASY, in reply to Mr. BUTT and Mr. LONG• FIELD, said, it was not intended by the bill to give any charges precedence over incumbrances, as it was consi dered such a course would alarm incumbrances and operate injuriously, _ Mr. GEORGE moved the following amendment :—" At the end insert 4 the owner of land charged with such an nuity shall (unless there be an express agreement between him and the party advancing the monies on the security to the contrary), be at liberty, at any time before the oxpira 'tion of 25 years after the commencement thereof, to redeem such annuity on payment of the arrears (if any) thereof, and of such sum as shall be equal to the aggregate amount of the half-yearly payments not then accrued due, after deducting or allowing discount after the rate of 5 per cent. in respect of such several future payments; and the judges of the Landed Estates Court (Ireland) or one of them shall cause tables to be framed showing the rate at which the annuity is to be redeemed in the several years during which the said annuity is made redeemable, and the owner of land so re deeming said annuity may charge the land on which said annuity was'charged with the said sum so paid by him for redemption of said annuity, with lawful interest thereon, but so nevertheless that the charge upon such lands shall be lessened in every successive year, to be computed from the date of the order charging said annuity, by the amount of one twenty-fifth part of the whole value of the said an nuity, and the interest in respect thereof.' " Mr. DEASY suggested that the amendment should be moved as an additional clause. Mr. GEORGE assented to the suggestion, and withdrew the amendment for the present. Clauses 23 and 24 were agreed to. On clause 25, Mr. GEORGE moved an amendment, the object of which was to afford limited owners increased facilities in the leasing and improving of their land, subject to certain restrictions. Mr. DEASY opposed the amendment, as being too complicated to be practicable, and conferring a power on the limited owner which might be exorcised to the prejudice of the future owner. Mr. LONGFIELD considered that the amendment, though it contained some good points, would not work satisfactorily ; and did not impose sufficient restriction on the limited owner. Lord FERMOY opposed the amendment and availed himself of the opportunity of expressing his disapprobation of the course adopted by the committee on the last day the bill was discussed, namely, transferring the power of de ciding on the title to land by the chairman of quarter sessions to the more dilatory and expensive tribunal of a law court. He concluded a chief cause of the want of fertility of the land and the discontent of the peasantry was the practice of landlords in Ireland refusing to grant leases to their tenants. Lord NAAS considered the proposition of the hon. mem ber (Mr. George) calculated to work beneficially. By the bill as it stood at present a preliminary investigation was required before the chairman of the quarter session, to enable a limited owner to grant a lease, the effect of which would be to increase litigation without any corresponding advantage. Colonel FRENCH contended that the preliminary in. vestigation in question was necessary. Mr. MAGUIRE approved of the preliminary investiga tion, It was better to give a tenant the strongest guarantee PATENT OFFICE RECORDS. Mr. TITE asked the First Commissioner of Works, whether any, and if so, what progress had been made in erecting offices for the accommodation of the Commissioners of Patents, and of the collection of books and models rela ting to inventions in their custody. Mr. COWPER said that tho arrangements at present existing were certainly very inconvenient, the office being in Southampton-buildings and the museum at South Ken sington. Inquiries had been instituted as to the best site adapted for the purpose, but no site had yet been found sufficiently suitable to justify its being adopted. He hoped, however, that before long some arrangement would be made for obtaining a more convenient site. RETIREMENT AND PROMOTION OF NAVAL OFFICERS. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty when he intended again to bring forward the plan of the present Board of Admiralty for the retirement and pro motion of naval officers. Lord C. PAGET said he proposed to do so on Friday night, immediately after the army estimates had been dis posed of. SOLDIERS' KNAPSACKS. Colonel LINDSAY asked tho Secretary of State for War if be had received any report respecting the efficiency of the knapsack invented by Mr. Berington and Colonel Spiller ; and also if the report was true that it was intended to pro • vide the Volunteer Force with knapsacks, or to grant them a certain sum in lieu. Mr. S. HERBERT said that the question concerning the knapsacks had been referred, not to a committee of offi cers, but to the n.en themselves, whose report was favourable to that of Colonel Spiller, and not to that of Mr. Berington. However, a further report was to be made upon the subject. `With regard to the other part of the question, in case of in vasion, knapsacks would be furnished to every volunteer, or a sum of two guineas in lieu of it. IRISH APPOINTMENTS. Mr. CONOLLY moved a vote of censure on the Govern ment for its exercise of the Royarprerogative in Crown ap pointments in Ireland. The hon. gentleman's motion was founded chiefly on the Earl of Carlisle's appointment of Mr. Lyle as Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry, which he de scribed as an insult to the magistracy of that county, and a sufficient ground for the recal of the noble earl. Mr. GREGORY defended the course of conduct pursued by the Lord Lieutenant in the appointments made by him. Mr. CARDWELL explained the circumstances con nected with Mr. Lyle's appointment, and eulogised the cha racter of the Lord Lieutenant. Colonel FRENCH thought the appointment improper, and entered into some details connected with Mr. Lyle's history. After some further discussion, Lord PALMERSTON and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland emphatically repudiated the charges made by Mr. Conolly, and after a few words in reply from whom, The question was negatived without a division. DISTRESS IN ERRIS. Mr. HENNESSY moved an address to the Crown, with a view to mitigate the distress prevailing in Erris, and other districts of Ireland. The hon. gentleman urged the neces sity of meeting it by granting out-door relief. The O'DONOGIIITE having seconded the motion, Mr. CA RD WELL stated that the law had not been put in force with full strictness. There was a bill before Parlia ment to amend the Irish poor law, and that measure should not be prejudiced by the peculiar case of Erris. Mr. M'Evoy, Lord Pertnoy, Mr. Brady, Mr. Maguire, and Lord C. Hamilton severally supported the proposition. Mr. CLIVE said the landlords were the parties who should meet the difficulty. Mr. LONOFIELD and Colonel DUNNE supported the mo tion. Mr. ESTCOURT said that before he assented to this resolution the house should have more accurate informa tion before them. The first course should be a motion for facts, and if, upon the return of these facts, it appeared that the ordinary administration was inadequate, then they must consider what extraordinary remedies were ne cessary to meet the case. If local aid were not sufficient, then, in an emergency, an application must bo mad. to the Imperial Government. The first step should be a select committee of inquiry into facts, and then, if a case were established, no doubt the report of the committee would conclude with some proper recommendations. The house - then divided, when there appeared— For the motion .... 49 Against it ............................ 84 Majority ........................ —35 The motion was consequently lost. COLEWORT BARRACKS (PORTSMOUTH.) Mi. S. HERBERT obtained leave to bring in a bill for extinguishing certain rights of way through Colewort Bar racks, in the borough of Portsmouth. THE MILITIA. Mr. S. HERBERT, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to th e m ili t i a, sa i d that though not of much force or scope, it was yet of great inte rest to the country. The house was aware that for some years past, owing to the various changes which had been made in the militia law from time to time, fhe militia itself was in an unsatisfactory state. He did not mean that it was inefficient; on the contrary, no force, not being a regu ar force, had probably ever attained so great a proficiency as the militia had, under the officers who had the honour to command it. But the numbers of the disembodied militia had fallen signally short of the quota authorised by law ; and what made the matter more difficult was, that upon paper there appeared a force a considerable number of which were never accounted for, and never came to training. The probability was that a great number of these enlisted in the line. It w as cheaper for men to d eser t and enlist in the line than to do so in a legal manner, and as men frequently enlisted two or three times they got several bounties ; but if there was a diminution of men it did not arise from any want of material out of which the militia ought to be crea ted. He had a statement of the male adult s b e t ween th e ages of 18 and 45 , the extreme limit within which men were taken for the army. He found that the num b er of adults between the 'ages of 18 and 45 in 1800, was 1,900,000 ; in 1815, 2,329,000; in 1851, 4,167,000 ; and it was computed by the Registrar-General that the number at the next cen sus would be 4,622,000. Therefore, the small number of 120,000 was as nothing compared to the n um b er o f a d u lt s i n this country of the sold ier age, And it was hot difficult to " - v• ."\ • 4 - -; : „t 4; " _5 ~---- ,e ., .."- 1/4 : , -, r% „kk , e , ~...., ..4-fin'..` , t ~,,-.‘ Mr. Lowe. Power to send for perso , :p4 - 10 , 1 five to be tl , quorum. "S - ---- ' ......-• - .)1 observed that eigh )mmittees, ana l,b -,ed in the sugges -eferred to the "useum. irEc she on. efe proposed were on some have been much better to have aL tion he made, that the matter should be committee sitting in reference to the British, The motion was then agreed to. CORRUPT PRACTICES AMENDMENT ACT. Sir G. C. LEWIS said it would be in the recollection of the house that a committee was appointed to inquire into the operation of the Corrupt Practices Act. That commit..- tee examined a number of witnesses, and agreed to some recommendations, many of which went to suggest consi derable alterations in the provisions of the Corrupt Prac tices Act. It seemed to be the wish of members of the. house that Government should introduce a bill in the pre sent session founded upon that report, and he had accord ingly examined with care the recommendations of the re.. ports, at d prepared a bill, which he would now, with the permission of the house, lay on the table. It was framed upon the plan of the Corrupt Practices Act, amending it in the manner which the committee deemed desirable. There was another recommendation of the committee, which re ferred to Commissions of Inquiry into Corrupt Practices, which he had not thought it desirable to introduce into this bill, but that would be made the subject of another bill. Whether it was possible to pass this bill during the present session seemed doubtful, laut if it did not pass it would be necessary to bring in a bill to continue the Corrupt Prac tices Act. Leave given to bring in the bill. LOCOMOTIVE BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. D. GRIFFITH complained that the bill had been reconstructed, and two clauses had been entirely omitted. The house then went into committee. On clause 4, Mr. BOUVERIE said this clause proposed to enforce upon the Home-office the duty of issuing badges for locomo tive carriages, and registering their weight. He asked why the duty should be thrown upon the Home-office ? He should move for the rejection of the clause unless the right hon. gentleman agreed to accept the duty. Sir G. C. LE WIS said it certainly was an innovation that the Home-office should undertake duties usually performed by the Commissioners of police—(hear, hear)—by issuing badges and keeping a register of locomotive engines. If he * -44 Anticipate the next clause, however, he thought it that some power of regulating the use of locomotive engines ~of a parOurlar size and form should be vested in of Wei INVernment. Thrstould, however, support the motion for tae omuisivii of the 4th . clause. Colonel PENNANT supported the view that the Home office should have some power of veto upon locomotive en gines, which might do damage to public roads. Mr. AYRTON pointed out the difficulties under which the Home-office would labour if it attempted to exercise the powers proposed to be conferred upon it by this bill. He thought they should simply enact that locomotive engines of an injurious character should not be used upon roads; and give pewers of inspection and control over these engines to the local magistrates. Mr. GARNETT said there could be no difficulty about relieving the Home-office from a duty which they were un willing to undertake. He thought, however, there could be no objection to placing outside every locomotive engine a statement of its weight, whether that statement was to be verified by a Government certificate or not. Mr. STEUART suggested that the discussion could be postponed. He himself had proposed an amendment, which he had been only able to hand in a few hours pre viously. He thought a very dangerous principle would be introduced into the bill if the authority of the Home-office were not to be applied to the working of the measure. After some further discussion the clause was omitted. On clause 5, Sir G. LEWIS, in answer to Mr. Steuart, said he saw no objection to the Secretary of State exercising the powers which it was proposed to confer upon him. Mr. BOUVERIE observed that they did not attempt to put down larceny by giving the Secretary of State power to prohibit it; but they punished those who were guilty of the offence. In like manner, what they wanted was to make the employment of dangerous locomotives, or of loco motives causing excessive wear and tear to the roads, penal. With a view to -carry out this suggestion, be would move to omit the words—" It appears to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State." Col. W. PATTEN thought the clause was necessary to the carrying out the provisions of the bill. After a few words from Sir G. C. Lewis, the amendment was negatived. Mr. DILLWYN moved that the clause be omitted. Mr. J. LOCKE supported the clause. After some discussion, Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the Chairman do leave the chair. The house divided, when the numbers were— For the adjournment Against it The clause was then agreed to, and the Chairman re ported progress. SALE OF GAS ACT AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. Mr. S. ESTCOURT moved the second reading of this bill Under the present state of the law the greatest uncertainty prevailed, to the great injury of the manufacturers of gas meters, and it was to remedy that uncertainty he intro duced the present bill. He admitted that the bill in its pre sent shape was imperfect, because he brought it in in great haste, under the pressure of shortness of time, but he trusted that in the course of a few days it would be made more perfect. The bill was then read a second time, and rd erred to a se ect committee. EXCISE AND ASSESSED TAXES BILL: The report on this bill was brought up and received. ANSTRUTHER UNION HARBOUR BILL. This bill was read a third time. ISLE OF MAN HARBOURS BILL. This bill passed through committee. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 1. ••••' BEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the .Registretr-General's Report.) The deaths in London which were 969 in the first week of the current month, and_in the second 1064, again fell in the week that ended last Satur day to 965. For the weeks corresponding with last week in the ten years 1850-9 the average num ber of deaths is found after correction for increase of population to be 1098. The present return is therefore of a favourable character; for the number cf deaths was less by 133 than that which would have been returned if the average rate of mortality for the third week of June had prevailed. The deaths from zymotic diseases in the week were 221, whilst the corrected average for corre sponding weeks is 272. Small-pox was fatal in 15 cases ; measles in 47. The latter disease prevails chiefly in the Eastern districts, and in those that lie on the south of the • Thames. There were 3 deaths from it in Chelsea North-west sub-district, 3 in Islington East, 3 in St. James Bermondsey. Scarlatina from which there were 3 deaths in Lime house, and 3 in Poplar, was fatal altogether in 35 cases ; diphtheria in 10 ; whooping-cough in 20 ; typhus in 29 ; diarrhoea in 22. A widow died at the age of 95 years. Four infants were suffocated in bed. A labourer aged 65 died by choking. The wife of a shoemaker died by falling into the fire when in a fit. A woman aged 55 years was burnt when intoxicated. An infant was fatally scalded by upsetting a tea-pot. A girl aged 7 years died from her clothes taking fire at a bonfire. A pho tographer and a 'young woman killed themselves with cyanide of potassium. Last week the births of 83i boys and 851 girls, in all 1688 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1606. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.647 in. The barometrical readings rose from 29.29 in. on Sunday to 2946 in. on Friday. The mean tempe rature of the air in the week was 56.6 deg, which is 6.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) On Sunday the mean temperature was 8.6 deg. below the average. The thermometer in the shade fell to 46.6 deg. on Tuesday; and it rose to 71 on Fri day. The range in the week was therefore 24 . 4 deg. The mean daily range was 16.9 deg. o u Sunday the range was only 6.8 deg. The thermo meter in the sun rose to 119 deg. on Friday. Th e humiditye: P Lge of in r t e te nlPer ature and air temperature showingdrynessf the difference between . 2 the mean l,h d et e i w complete saturation being on Sunday, when b of the air was oh B e 7 a , i r vasl 4 represented by 100, which point was att a i n there was no differen ce dew point temperature and airetwe.l between the mean greatest difference hetween i t e h i e e p d e e ra w t - u p r n e i n ; t andt he tempe rature and air temperature was only 1 . 2 deg. On the next day that greatest difference was 20 . 3 deg. ; on Saturday it was 13.1 deg. At the beginning of the week the wind was chiefly in the north-west ; on the last four days in the south-west. The amount of rain in the week was 1.54. in. The trustees of Owen's College, Manchester, iu connexion with the University of London, have resolved to found a chair of natural philosophy, in which science is to b . e taught mathematically and experimentally. The salary is £2OO a year with a proportion of the fees. Candidates must apply to the trustees, not to any individual trustee. The Mysterious Power of the Magiet is:most beautifully developed by Mr. F. M. HERRING, of 32, Basinghall-street. in his Patent Magnetic Brushes and Combs, which are the remedy for grey hair, weak or falling hair, neuralgia , n ervous headache, rheumatism, stiff joints, &c. His Teazle Brushes for cloth, velvet, &c., are admirable ; they not only cleanse but preserve the fabric in a remarkable manner. The public are cautioned against cyttuttrfeits.—LA-Dvl.3 NEWSPAPER Ito sat tho tho LL. reed ;ht 8 yore the ;by the . to ited mlt 12,