The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-14 00:00:00

fbir73 VZbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. HARPENDEN RACES.—(This Day.) (111' ELECTRIC TEHEGRAPH.) ROTHAMSTEA.D STAKES. Nograsn Smith Lass of Richmond Hill Five ran. HARPENDEN HANDICAP. Somerset Stipple Jack I 2 . Thornhill Fourteen ran. LADIES' PIIR SE. Kinneriley . Yinfiy Barep ......... Eight ran. TWO-YEAR OLD STAKES. Slater to Polydore ........... Colt by Daniel O'Rourke .................... Cletuauthe ...................................... . Thirteen ran. TALLY-SO STARES. Impatience ..... 1 1 ......... Lo,t_. .................... F .. .. . our ran. 50Z. BANDICAB PLATE, Wanderer................•.•.. Ri0...................... Photo'ca....-. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. There was a very full attendance this evening. The apace in front of the throne and bar was immensely crowded, and the galleries around the house were filled with ladies. The Earl of Ellenborough did not occupy a seat on the Government bench. His lordship oat on the front bench below the gangway, in the seat usually occupied by Lord Aberdeen during the late administration. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Manches ter Improvement, Manchester Assize Court House, and Tay Fisheries Bills were read a second time. The Ely Valley Railway and the Selkirk and Gala shiels Railway Bills were read a third time and passed. 04 THE STAMP DUTIES ON DRIFTS. This bill was read a first time. OATHS BILL. Their lordships appointed Tuesday next, at half-pa.t four, for the conferences with the Commons in reference to this bill. THE VOTE OF CENSURE. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose to move the following resolutions . " 1. That it appears from papers laid upon the table of this house that a despatch has been addressed by the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors to the Go• vernor-General of India, disapproving a proclamation which the Governor-General bad informed the Court he intended to issue after the fall of Lucknow. "2. That it is known only from intelligence that has reached this country by correspondence published in newspapers that the intended proclamation has been leaned, and with an important modification, no official account of this proceeding having yet been received ; that this house is therefore still without full information as to the grounds upon which Lord Canning has acted, and his answer to the objections made to his intended proclamation in the despatch of the Secret Committee cannot be received for several weeks. "3. That under these circumstances this house is unable to form a judgment on the proclamation issued by Lord Canning, but thinks it right to express its disap probation of the premature publication by her Majesty's Ministers of the despatch addressed to the Governor- General, since this public condemnation of his conduct is calculated to weaken the authority of the Governor- General in India, and to encourage those uow in arms against this country." The noble earl said it had almost always been his in variable rule never to interfere in any political question, and he had departed from this rule with great reluctance, because it obviously more suited his comfort and capa city, and because his sympathies were with the great body of those who formed the Government of the noble earl. But the gravity of the question had rendered it imperatively necessary that something be done, and he called God to witness that this had been his only motive in coming forward at the present moment. He had not been in his present course actuated by any political feeling or feelings of personal ant rnosity to the noble earl (Derby). He could not con sider the noble lord (Ellenborougb) alone culpable f what he had written—for what he had written the Government had written —• (hear, hear)— what be had published they have published—(hear, hear) — and he did not think that any separate respon-i -bility existed, but that it extended to the whole of the Administration. The step taken by the noble earl (Elleeborougb) in retiring from office rendered it absolutely necessary that something should now be done, because it was considered by some persons that by that retirement no furtber responsibility was attached to the Government for the publication of the despatch. He con sidered that the question under discussion, which at one time had been only politically important bad now become both politically and constitutionally important, and the retirement of the noble earl from office had not altered the case in the slightest, as both morally and logically it remained entirely the same, and he could not consent to throw on the noble earl the sepa rate and entire responsibility of publishing a certain docu ment which had led to this question being brought forward. LEFT SPEAKING. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at bur o'clock. TEE ATTENDANCE OF HON. MEMBERS. The anticipated debate on Mr. Cardwell's motion, in volving a vote of censure on her Majesty's Government, drew an early and numerous attendance of hon. mem bers, and long before the hour for prayers the house was three parts full—a most unusual circumstance. After prayers Mr. Owen Stanley raised the question relative to the right of hon, members to certain seats, in reply to which the Speaker read the standing order of the house, which was to the effect that no hou. member could take his seat before prayers, and it was the duty of the Speaker to give such instructions to the door-keeper. Ho had failed to do so, and if any misunderstanding I.al arisen on the subject, he was to blame for not having given the requisite orders to the door-keepers. (No, Lo.) Mr. Owen Stanley said that in accordance With the standing order referred to he had removed the card of an honcnrable member from the beet planed there some time previous to prayers, and the hon: member had complained of his want of courtesy in removing it. Mr. J. E wart, the hon. member re ferred to, said that he had certainly placed his card there before prayers—an usual practice, and he had called upon the right hon. gentleman not to remove it, and dis turb the usual and recognised practice adopted by hon. members. He had no d es i re t o run counter to the standing order of the house. The subject then dropped. Lord J. .Russell and Mr. M. Gib son l e f t t h eir seats on the opposition side of the hous e , an d went over to Sir. J. Graham, on the ministerial side, just he'ow the gang. way, sad had a lengthened conversation with the right hon. baronet previous to the commencement of the busi ness on the paper. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Vane Tempest also had an earnest conversa tion on the Treasury Bench. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Norwich Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills were farther considered, and or dered to be read a third time :—Chiswick Improvement; Edinburgh and Glasgow and Stirling and Dunfermline Railways ; North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway ; Salisbury and Yeovil Railway; Staines, Wokiogham, and Woking Railway. ARCHDEACONRY OF MIDDLESEX. Mr. BOUVERIE moved an address for copy of the form of citation issued by the Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex to the churchwardens of the several parishes and district parishes therein ; and of the letter and articles of inquiry accompanying the same :—Statements of the number of the said forms and letters and articles of inquiry issued at Easter 1858 ; and of the fees demanded in each case, showing by what authority such demands are made, and who is entitled to receive them.—Agreed to. METROPOLITAN POLICE, Sir J. SHELLEY moved an address for return of the number of officers of the Metropolitan Police Force, distinguishing the number, rank, and pay in each anise employed on special duty, and not in the ordinary duties of the police ; the number of such police officers .to whom the issue of the usual police uniform has been .. n continued, and who are allowed a sum of money in sergeants inspectors, also, of the number of police constables, r_ e sever al Lg , inspectors, and superintendents employed at docks, do ckyards, public buildings, museums, ins titutions, and th eatr es, and what portion if the pay e of the several opai ra n so employed is defrayed by ti e aom several public es and institutions f—Agreed to. ES. I General CODRINGt7OI -11A7 callave m th rn e en a t tt p e r t o a t p i v o er n t - e notice that he shout] at an early day of th e h ouse t o t ne ne w rating of G overnment THE ORDERS OF Ti y iE to the poor-rat es . of the Ou the motion of the ClLusTa A j n . the orders of the day ;;;--" _EXCHEQUER , till after the motion on the Governor-Generale postponed THE WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. India. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ga ve n otice that on Friday next, the 21st, be should move th • a djournment of the ho use till Friday the 28th, for the Whitson holidays. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES. • Oa the motion of the adjournment of the house t,ll • Monday. 11ANBIIRY asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether any change had taken place in our position relative to France or the United States, by treaty or otherwise, with regard to the Newfoundland Fisheries ; and whether the British squadron bad been increased on that station ? Lord STANLEY said no change had taken place be tween the above Governments relative to the Newfound land Fisheries. The noble lord's answer to the latter part of the question was inaudibl e in the gallery. GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—VOTE OF CENSURE. Mr. CA.RDSVELL then moved the following reeolu tion : " That this house, whilst in its present state of infor mation it abstains from ex p ressing an opinion on the policy -of any proclamation which may hays, b ee n issued by the G overnor-General of India in relation to Oude, has seen with regret and serious apprehension that her Alajesty's Government have ad dressed to the Governor-General, through the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, and have published, a despatch condemning in strong terms the conduct of the Governor-General ; and is of opinion that such a course on the part of the Govern ment must tend, in the present circumstances of India, to produce the most prejulicial effect, by weakenin g the a uthority of the Governor-General, and encouraging the f ur ther resistance of those who are in arms against us." He said, he rose to bring before the notice of the house what he believed to be one of the most remarkable occurrences that had been wit nessed in the history of the British Administration. He did not intend to occupy the attention of the house for any lengthened time, because he did not mean to say anything that did not rest entirely on facts patent and indisputable, or upon the statements of those whose conduct it was his painful duty to impugn. (Loud laughter from the Ministerial benches, and loud cheers from the Opposition.) It appeared that on the 12th of last month there was received in this country a letter from the Secretary of the Government of India to the Commissioner in Oude, concerning the draft of an intended proclamation, which it was announced was in tended to be proclaimed in Oude as soon as the fall of Lucknow had occurred. That important document was immediately taken into the consideration of her Majesty's Government, and in order not to mistake it he would state it in the language of the advisers themselves. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer said—" I think it right to take this opportunity of stating that when we received notice of this intended proclamation we took the subject of it into our considera tion. (Hear, hear.) There was full time for reflection, The document was receive 1 on the 12th April, and the despatch in answer to it was indicted on the 18th, bat the answer was not despatched till the 26th from this country. The Earl of Ellenborough, however, said, "reflection only the more strongly induces me to think it was absolutely necessary to send the letter as originally written, and then when I read that proclama tion I felt it was my duty to expreeseny own sentiments on the subject, which were adopted by my noble friend. So that be apprehended there was no doubt with regard at least to the writing, approving and transmitting of the despatch, it was the deliberate act of her Majesty's Government collec tively. (Opposition cheers.) It was known to the house the manner in which the Government of India was conducted, that of sending to the secret committee despatches concerning the treatment of the native princes and states, which, in their judgment, required secrecy. That course was pursued on this occasion, and that despatch collectively adopted by her Majesty's Government was sent to India on 26th April through the secret commit tee of the Court of are,tors of the East India Com pany. With regard, then, first, to the document itself, it was clear that it was the collective act of her Ma jesty's Government—(loud cheers from the Opposition) —and that it was sent to India through the particular channel of the secret committee of the Court of Direct ors. What were the terms of that despatch he shoul I here after describe, not however in his language, but exclu sively in the language of those who indited, or were responsible for the despatch. From the 26th of April to the 6th of May the important irforma'ion came within his knowledge—(bear, hear, and cheers)—but on the 6th of May it having became known through the channels of the press that a proclamation bad been proclaimed in Oude, which was not the identical draft of the proclamation to which he had before referred, but a proclamation, in the language of Lord Derby, mode rately modified from the draft of that proclama• tion. That being the position of things, the hon. member for Birmingham put a question to the hon. member for Inverness. The right hon. gentleman then read the question and answer, and also that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who stated that the Government disap proved of Lord Canning's policy in every sense—(hear, and cheers)—and referred to the publication of the despatch which had had the effect of raising in the public mind an apprehension that Lord Canning would be recalled, and in consequence of there being no valid reasons given for such conduct he Lad put the present motion on the paper. After referring to the manly course of Lord Ellenborough in taking upon him self the responsibility in this matter, and resigned in con sequence, the right hoc. gentleman said that it was clear the writing and sending of the despatch was the collective act of her Majesty's Government, and not the separate act of any one member cf the Government. (Cheers from the Opposition.) It was not his intention to ask the judgment of the house on the despatch in re ference to the policy of Lord Canning—(cheers from the Opposition)—but to condemn its publication. Be ob jected to such a document going forth to the world in reference to a responsible Minister of the Crown, as being likely to weaken his authority, especially in a foreign land. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman defended the clemency of Lord Canning's govern ment, which had gained for him the name of "Clemency Canning," and said that it was the duty of the home Government towards its Governor General of India, if they were dissatisfied with him, to recall him ; but if they were satisfied with him, it was their duty, in difficult circumstances, to sustain and cordially encourage him. (Hear, hear.) Such conduct as the Government had pursued, in publishing this despatch, was likely to spread dismay amongst the Europeans in India, and encourage our enemies to every kind of re sistance, (Hear hear,) The resignation of Lord Ellenborough did not affect the question in the manner in which he ( Mr. Cardwell) had laid it before the house. Tue language of the head of the Government hid relieved him of the necessity of arguing in favour of impugning the conduct of the Go vernment in this respect, he having stated it was not capable of a perfect defence. The question was of gnat importance to the country and the colonies. They first passed a resolution to entrust the Government of India to a responsible Minister, but bearing this matter in view, he asked if for the future there was to be " limited liability" in the Cabinet—(cheers)—and was there to be no solidarity in the Government to whom the greatest interests of the world were to he entrusted. The right hon. gentleman, in conclusion, said the East India Company bad set the Government an example in reference to this matter, and he celled upon the house to relieve Lord Canning's con duct from the censure under which it laboured from the publication of the despatch in ques tion, and the statements that Lad been made by her Ma jesty's Government in respect to his policy. Mr. DEASY seconded the motion. LEFT SPFAKING. LONDON GAZETI . E.—(This Evening.) DOWNING-STLEET, MAY 10. The Queen has been pl•'34E d to appoint Dl.vid Erskine, Esq., commonly called the Hon. David Erskine, late a Major in the Army, to ba Colonial Secretary for the colony of Natal. x r THE FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Lirackenbury, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Madrid. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to [appoint James Annesley, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Riga, to be hpr Majesty's Consul at Amsterdam. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Godechall Johnson, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Amsterdam, to be her Majesty's Consul at Riga. The Qneen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Walhouse Mark, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Baltimore, to be her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Wyndham Moreton Dyer, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Mobile, to be her Majesty's Consul at Baltimore. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Tulin, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Oran, to be Her Majesty's Consul at Mobile. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Koch, Esq., now British Vice-Consul, to be Her Majesty's Consul in the Free City of Frankfort. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to anprove of M. Simon Emanuel Pietersz as Consul in the - Island of Jamaica for his Majeety the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Manuel Leiva y Daroca as Vice-Consul at Accra for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 14. GENERAL ORDER.— No. 705. Dated Horse Guards, S.W., May 14. In consideration of the eminent services performed by Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., Commander in-(Thief in the East Indies, in the recent operations in that .country, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to comma of nd that that distinguished Officer be prom o t e d t o the in Army. fly r Highness the Gener a l Com man , G. A. WETHEIEtALL. i l o le r General in li t o h y e a A l (Signed) Aljut ant-General. BREVET. Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., to bo General in the Army. WAR-OFFICE, PALE-MALL, MAY 14. Royal Horse Guards—Thomas Charles Douglas R. Whit mom •e, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hay tivae promoted. sth Dragoon Guards—Thomas Fate Banyon, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. 4th. Light Dragoons—John Kennedy, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase: sth Light Dragoons—Lieut. William Eigeworth, from the Bth Foot, to be Lieutenant; Alexander Malcolmson, Ge:nt., to be Cornet, without purchase; Sergeant Ed wsa d Greatorex, from 3d Light Dragoons, to be Itidibg- Master. B tialight Dragoons—Cornet John Mathew Biddle to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Helme, deceased ; Augustus Tonnochy, Gent., to be Cornet, without pur; chars, vice loge, promoted in 18th Light Dragoons - Tbi oLoigghe to Dragoons. —S e g c o o o ro n s. o Cornet E. P u ll eyne, f rom t h e s t h Li g h t D ragoons, to b e r Ce.rnet. 9th r t h g e e auntt p - l t r a c j h o a r se ß . Richard Freer ICotla ,Light D r a goons , —Lieutenant William Mayne to be • purc hase, vice Gill , wh o retiree • Owen R. Captain, by ,'to be Cornet, withou t purchase, vice Slacke, Geht.. appointment has been ca ncelled. Hartwell, whoa. —Cornet A. A. Erin Lethbridge to 13th Light Dragoons.' nrcbase, vice Munn , p romoted. b e Lieutenant, by p. non. Frederick Amherst to be 14th Light Dragoons- - n Cornet, without puro.hu. v ice Phillips, promoted in the 18th Light Dragoons. , 18th Light Dragoons—Thk, Chri, tutu name . of Lieutenant previously stated. Hardy is Harmer, not 11.1.rman as` Military Train—Lieutenant David ' to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ahoy, appoin, 'ed to the sth Light Dragoons ; Captain Hugh Brabazon, f . ir half pay unattached, to be Captain, vice C. E. pointed to 49th Foot ; Lieutenant Edward M. I - . to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brabazon, who retire: Ensign Robert Cope FLarcy to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Palliser. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Charles James Tyler to be Second Captain, vice Luard, deceased. Royal Engineers—Second Captain Walter Samuel Stace to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Ord, seconded; Lieut. Donald Alex. Frazer to be Second Captain, vice A. J. Clerke, died from the effects of a gunpowder explosion ; Lieut. Ddmund Frederick Du Cane to be Second Cap tain, vice Stace. The 'promotion of Second Captain Durnford has been antedated to March 18, 1858. 2d Foot—Lieutenant William Wiltshire Lynch, from the 70th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice David son, appointed to the 17th Foot. sth Foot—Captain Duncan D. Grabame, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice St. George, who exchanges. 6th Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Francis Colborne, C. 8., from baif — pay , Unattached, to be Ma jor, vice - illis, who exchanges. Bth Foot—To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenants J. V. W. B. Webb, A. R. Bayly, and W. R. Ximenes. 9th Foot —Harry Elmhirst , Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 11th Foot—Ensign James Leslie Day to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 12th Foot—Cornet Wm. Ross, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster, vice Nes bitt, dececased. 13th Foot—Lieutenant John A. Rowley to be Captain without purchase, vice Moorsom, killed in action ' • En sign Chas. E. Palmer to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Rowley ; Ensign E. L. En g land to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Palmer, whose promo tion on the 30th April, 1858, has been cancelled. 15th Foot—Assistant -surgeon James Hinton, from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon. 18th Fot—Lieut. J. A. Chippindall, from the 62d Foot, to be o Ll eu tenant, vice M. Hall, w ho exchanges. The appointment of Lieut. R. C. Healy as Adjutant, to bear date 9th, instead of 26th March. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on Wednesday, the 12th day of May, 1858. ISSUE DEPARTMEIST. £ £ Notes issued Other securities .... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,018,105 Silver bullion • • • .., £31,493,105 \ £31,493,10 5 M. MAIISIIALL, Chief Caahien Dated the 13th day of May, 1858. EANICING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest • • .. • • . 3,207,191 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,749,169 Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills .... • • •• . . 877,842 £36,631,034 Dated the 13th day of May, 18 Government securities (includg.llead Weight Annuity) .. • • Other Securities. Notes ..... • • Gold acid Silver Coln 779,602 £36,631,03S ;, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending May 11, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : a. d. From the British Possessions in America 27 44 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 2O 44 Muscovado, tho produce of the East Indies l5 Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Teas DAY. 11 143 Gibraltar...... •• ••• • • • Ditto, three months .. 11 174 Leghorn .. • • ... 29 65 rOtterdam ............ 11 174 Genoa Antwerp .............. 25 32x, Milan ...... • • ...... •• Brussels .... • 25 32 Venice........ •• • 41 aamburgh ............ 13 6% ?Tapia', -• ...... ••• Altos ..•• ............ • • Palermo ...... 125 l 4 Paris• • ...... .. • • .... 25 12% Messina Do. three months 25 32 Lisbon .......... ..•• 51% Marseilles ............2 5 321 A Oporto ........ ••• • •• 51 %s Bou.rdeaux Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 118% , Buenos Ayres...• • • .... Berlin •• New York ,60 days' sight Vienna • • .... 10 33 Philadelphia .• Trieste.• •• •• .• •• •• ~• 10 34 PRICES OF BULLION Pea oz: Petersburg ............ 35 , 4 Foreign Gold In Bars L 3 17 9 Madrid .... 49 ' Portugal Gold Coin • 00 0 Cadiz ......... • • 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% BAreelona New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville .. Silver in bars ...... 00 0 NA VAL AND HILITARY INTELLIGENCE Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, late of the 30th Regi ment, arrived in Clonmel on Tuesday morning, and is now second in command of the 21 battalion, 20th Regi ment, in that town. This battalion is rapidly augment ing its numbers. Yesterday the troops belonging to the Royal En gineers were again engaged in some experiments for the purpose of still further testing the strength of the port cullis chain harrier which has been recently invented by Captain S. Westmacott, R.E. The experiments, whicb were under the direction of Colonel 11. Sandbam, com manding the Royal Engineers, come off at Fort Am herst, near the Belvidere Battery, where one of the portcullis barriers had been again erected. Since the last experiments were undertaken some improvements have been effected by Captain Westmacott in the in vention, with the view of givicg increased strength to the chain barrier, as it was found on the occasion of the former experiments that the portcullis was destroyed in a part where it was considered the strain would be least felt. This defect in the invention having been remedied it W2ll yesterday proposed to try what effect a shell would have in destroying the barrier. With this view an ordinary 8-inch shele filled with about 31b. weight of gunpowder, was suspended from one of the rings of the portcullis let down from a groove in the brickwerk of the archway at Fort Amherst. In order to give in creased explosive force to the shell, and also to preve n t a any mischief arising from th e p ieces flying abort,u the portcullis was securely cove red by uof planks. On the shell being exp loded its effect on the chain barrier was most compl ete, a portion of th e bar rier, about five feet square, being torn away, and the supports of the portcullis much damaged. It thus ap pears that although Captain W es tmaeott's invention is a moot valuable one, and of sufficient yielding force to defy 4struction by means of the ordinary charges of gunpowder, yet when a cotnparatively smell quantity is exploded in a shell the portcullis may be easily de stroyed. The experiments were witnessed with much interest by Colonel F. A. Yorke, the AssiAing-Adju tant-General of the Royal Engineers and a l arge number of Engineer officers. A report of the experi mente, together with a drawing of the chain barrier after its destruction, taken by Lieut. G. Phillips, R.E., w ill be forwarded to the authorities at the War-effice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S - TIIU RSDAY. Layers were more numerous than backers, and the adage about letting "I dare not " wait upon "I would," which is generally aalhered to by speculators jest before the Derby, seemed to have influenced the subscribers during the early part of the afternoon. Offers to lay w ere plentiful enough, and it was n ot until late that the sup porters of certain animals. gathered confidence and de voted themselves to business. After 825 to 200 had been hooked about Fits Roland, 5 to 1 was currently offered, a movement which was explained by the advance of his stable companion Beadsman from 25 to 1 to 15 to 1. 500 even was laid once between F,tz Roland and Toxi pholite, but the former had a decided call at the cl),,e, when lie was backed at 5 to 1, whilst half a point higher odds might have been obtained about " Ttx. ," Long range was not in much request, and Ancient Briton, who had been freely supported in the City during the morning, was backed at 14 to 1, the taker offer ing to go on at the price ; 100 even was b.tted once between Longrange and Ancient Briton ; 100 to 6 was offered against Happy Land ; 10 to 1 was wanted about Mr. Howard's lot, whilst Ssdbury and Eclipse wer e backed outright at the quoted prices. Several invest ments were made on Ditto at 20 to 1, and at last 18 to 1 was booked ; 1,000 to 30, and finally 40 to 1, were offered against Physician. Ethiopian superseded his stable companion Deceiver, and was advanced from 40 to 1 to 25 to 1 taken and offered ; 20 to 1, and at last 1,000 to 60, were taken about the two coupled. The transactions on the Oaks were unimp)rtant. LATEST BE TTING. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Fitz-Roland (taken) sto 1 aget Toxopholite 12 to 1 agst Llngrange (taken) 14 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (taken) 15 to 1 agst Beadstnan (taken) 100 to 6 agst Eclipse (t and off) 100 to 6 agst Happy Land (offered) 100 to 6 agst The Hadji (offered) 13 to 1 agst Ditto (taken) 20 to 1 aget Sedbury (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ethiopian (t and off) 1000 to 30 agst Kelpie (taken) 40 to 1 apt Physician (offered) 43 to 1 apt Decetver.(uffered) 50 to 1 agst East Langton (,offered) 1000 to 10 agst J )rdan (taken) 1000 to 60 aget Ethiopian and Deceiver coupled SALE OF UTE WYNNSTAYSTUD —The magnificent stud of hunters and other horses belonging to Sir yli,ainons Wynn took under the direction of o V f Wa ‘ t y k y in an % B V ta il place in the stable-yarn .11r. Richard Tattersall. , local l tendance of the aristo cracy, leading horse-dealers gentry, &c. was very treat. All the animals fetched good prices. Cassio (by Murp h y) , b y many consiJered lit e best The best'r in England," was p ut u p at 200 g uineas. The principal"s bidders were: Messrs. Anderson, Percival, and Darby. In a fear minutes he was kn o c k t d down to M r. Ander-B.n for 620 guineas, amid the cheers of the company. Ki f g Dan (a splendid horse, six years old), was also sold to Mr. Anderson for 460 guineas. Croomaboo, a noble horse, was knocked down to Mr. Darby at 300 guineas sITN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENINGO. IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANY BILL. Mr. lIEADLAM moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. BLACK moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He did not object to the principle of limited liability generally. Commercial companies on the principle of limited liability, traded upon their own capital; but a bank, if it were allowed to be conducted upon limited liability, would trade upon the capital of other people. If the banks of Seetl,4lnd had been upon the limited liability principle, they would all have been swamped during the late panic. Unlimited liability was their sheet anchor, and 'bat enabled them to weather the storm. .11:2 moved that -- (NILAT seconded the motion, and contended th at 1 ,- 'sill be read a sec ond time t hat day six m o u th. "sty, as applied to banks, would be a most t l n im eM i 'r ted l tiabh. considered i,i, that there were extradrs dangerous prim'', o. a and that it was a false priu er rate of interest could be ciple to lay down that a high, obtained with ample security. R. W. CARDEN thought the ;_:.! Sir 11 would inflict a injustice upon all persons who advancess d n M a r r . D deceptions UA N i e great their money in banking operati ons. Under this bill the old banks have jest five times the advanta g e ov er those establiehast under Sir Robert Peel's Act. At the same time, he thought the capital of the b anks should be as far as possible equalised. Sir W. DUNBAR consi d e red that limited liabilit y hay ing been affirmed as a principle by that house, banking should form no exception. The object of the member for Newcastle in this motion was to remove the impediments that now existed to the establishment of co-partnerships to at present formed the only exception, It hwandiebheebannskaiicnig that limited responsibility would check wild speculation and fraud, but every member of that house would bear painful testimony to the fact that unlimited liability counted its victims by thousands, many of them females, while a system of limited liability, he believed, would be productive of great advantage. In banking ope rations he believed this would strictly apply, as an ordi nary- failure would be pi:eductive of comparatively little disadvantage, because there would be a regular audit of accoun ts, and altogether a better system of management. -Unlimited liability, he held, divert e d ca pital from its legi timateis-duced speculative persons to invest it enterprises. (Hear, hear.) He a i hnaugu: doubt fulthe°u e whole:117 and ddi dangerou s ffiu t y ay issne out of this question might be met by compelling banks to lodge securities f or the issue of notes, and to hold gold for the balances. In the Isle of Man the issues were protected by mortgages on land, and he saw no reason why that principle might not be applied to England, He did not think there was any necessity for this special legislation, and ho did not think that the house should be called upon to give experience to the rash, wisdom to the innocent, or honesty to the un principled. (Hear, hear,) Mr. BOVILL considered that the bill was nothing more nor less than an attempt to protect directors and managers of banks at the expense of the public interests. (Hear.) It would, he believed, lead to the utmost recklessness of expenditure. If there was one thing more than another to be looked for in joint-stock banks, it was that there should be security to customers, but hat would be de stroyed by this bill. A great object in banks was to secure good management, and it would be for the house to con sider whether that enlist best be obtained by leaving per sons at their head who were eutirely responsible, or per sons who had little or no interest in the success or failure of the concern. The general tendency of the house had been against extending the principle of limited liability, and it was well known that whenever concerns failed under this act the creditors hall been more than usually sufferers. If the objection to the present banks was that they accu mulated too much capital let there be a restriction imposed upon their power of borrowing money. The principle of limited liability would, he contended, in no way check reckless trading, and he quoted from financial authorities to show that no commercial security would bo derived from limited responsibility. The case of banks was widely different from that of ordinary private commercial specula tions, for wholesale ruin followed upon the failure of a bank; but the loss in the latter speculation was confined to the persons directly managing them. He believed this bill originated in the misfortunes of those who had been direc tors and shareholders in unsuccessful banks. Now, he insisted that the loss accruing from such speculations ought to fall upon the directors and shareholders, not upon the depositors and the public ; for the directors and share holders had the full benefit of the profits of all such con cerns. Nor had the depositors the slightest voice in teem ing the direction of these concerns. The accounts of banks were kept from the view of the public, and it wao impos sible for them to be cognisant of their affairs. No case of necessity had been male out for such a measure. The only hypothesis on which the bill, as at present explained, could be urged was that it was desired to relieve directors and shareholders of that responsibility which would attach to them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GURNEY admitted that the principle of limited liability must ultimately be extended to banks if it were preserved for commercial speculations generally ; but ho opposed the bill on the ground that the experiment of limited liability was yet on its trial, and its success not yet proved. Should a favourable result follow the experi ment he should be ready, at some future period, to sup port the extension of the principle to banks. (Hear.) Slr C. LEWIS said that the Legislature had already affirmed that trading associations might limit the amount of their liability ; an 1 the question now was, whether a case could he made out for excepting banks. (Hear.) There was a difference between a more bank of deposit and a bank for general purposes, where deposits bore interact, and the question arose whether there was any reason why banks of deposit merely should be made an exception from the rule. But, practically, most joint-stock banks allowed interest or the mousy deposited, and there was no difference between banks of depoit and other trading associations, so far as regarded the principle of limited liability. Ho should therefore vote for the second reading of the bill, the opera tion of which was to be permissive. The right hon. gen tleman entered into a defence of the principle of limited liability, as giving the shareholders in joint-stock banks a greats , control over their affairs; but he admitted that depositors who imposed implicit confidence in the directors entered into a voluntary contract, and ought to bear, with out repining, their own proportion of any Joss which might occur. (Hear.) Mr. MALINS contended that as free trade had been made to apply to trading associations generally, joint-stock banks ought not to bo made an exception. He cordially supported the second reading of the bill. Mr. BAXTER was altogether opposed to legislative in terference as to the manner in which capital should be in vested. (Hear, hear.) The present bill was permissive in its character, and he should therefore give it his support. Mr. SHERIDAN g ave his most cordial assent to the second reading of the bill. Mr. SPOONED, intended to vote for the second reading of the bill. (Hear, hear.) He had, undoubtedly, continu ously opposed the adoption of the principle of limited lia bility, but as the principle had now been recognised in practice, he could not see why one particular set of trad ing companies should be exempted from its application. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER also declared his intention of supporting the bill, as it appeared to him to be calculated to terminate a restriction. (Hear, hear.) He would not enter into the question of the merits of the principle of limited liability, as that question was not be fore thorn ; the only point which they had now to consider was whether the operation of the present law restricted the business of banking. It was indeed matter for grave doubt whether the extension of the principle of limited liability to honking would be very much availed of. For himself he could not help thinking that banks conducted upon such a principle, when they came to be placed in competition with those acting upon the principle of nn limited liability, would not be able to hold their ground. He thought the end must be that the public would show a preference for banks founded linen the principle of un limited liability. But that if were so it vs as quite certain no great danger would result to the public from the re moval of the present restriction. On the other hand, per haps, with the recent flagrant abuses of the present system staling them in the face, the public might be induced, should this bill pass, to exercise a greater caution than they had hitherto done. In either alternative, therefore, the passing the bill would be of advantage. There was, how ever, an objection to the bill—namely, that it was to have a retrospective effect. Now he did not think that banks founded upon the principle of unlimited liability should be allowed all of a sudden the power of lessening the security which they had offered to their creditors. It might be said there were some who would prefer the security of a bank conducted upon the principle of limited liability ; that might be so ; however, he did not think there was much chance of such a preference being shown. He was strongly disposed to think, therefore, the change contemplated by the bill would operate unjustly towards the creditors of banks founded upon the unlimited lia bility principle. At the same time that objection, if valid, was one which could be best removed in committee. (Hear, hear.) It might be perfectly true that they had not sufficient data before them to guide to the formation of recent conclusions with reference to the working of the principle of limited liability, perhaps, even, they might ultimately have to retrace their steps. But, granting all that, that really was uo objection why they should not I apply the principle at present in operation to banking. a therefore intended to support the motion for th e second reading of the bill. (Hear, hoar.) Mr. HEADLA.M: having made a few observa tions in re ply, in which he contrasted his position on that occasion, when every one seemed ready to support his proposal, with the small countenance offered to him in previous sessions when a d voca ti ng a s i m il ar p o licy. The bill was or d ere d to b o rea d a se cond time, amidst cheers. The house h CHURCH RATES. bill, having resolved itself into comm ittee on this On clause 1 being proposed, Sir J. T.R.ELAWNY said that before proceeding fur met. In the first ther he desired to answer some objections on the p art of opponents of the bill, which he thought had been imper fectlyhouse that church rates were established upo n the p rinci p le that every inhabitant of a parish used th e p arish church, place he begge d to remind the and therefore every one had an interest in the maintenance of the fabric of the churches. Now it was a fact that at least five millions of the population never entered their churches at all ; therefore the principle upon which church fates originally rested was upset. Again, it was argued that as men bought their properties subject to church rates, no injustice was done in comp:Ting all persons to pay them. What, however, did the law ? Why, in the Braintree case it was established as the law of the land that a church-rate could not be levied unless a majority of the vestry voted for it. Well, if that were so, what be came of the argument that all men must pay church-rates, because all mon bought their properties subject to them ? He desired to see the church-rates abolished, because he wanted to see the Church of England made areally national church. He was not sure either that clergymen of the Church of England came before them with clean hands He was inclined to think that clergymen ought properly to give daily services, and until they did so the y should a t least be denied the right of demanding rates to keep their churches in repair. Mr. D. CeItEFFITH would be disposed to regard the bill more favourably if he saw how the churches in remote country parishes were to be supported. Probably the working of the voluntary system would suffice for the pur pose in the case of large towns, but in the case of remote country districts the working of such a principle wonld be fruitless. For himself, he confessed to seeing no difference between tithes and church-rates ; if they abolished the one, why tot the other ? Indeed, of the two, he thought Dissenters were more opposed to the payment of tithes, inasmuch as they went to support the preaching of doc trines to which they were opposed—whereas church-rates merely went to support the fabric of churches. Tho bill was of so uncompromising a character that he could not give it his support. (Cries of " Divide.") He hoped the house would agree to a compromise of the suggestions that hat been made, and not give its assent to an extreme mea sure that would never be passed by the other house of Parliament. (Cries of "Divide.") Mr, AIELLOR said he was not one of those who enter- MAY l4, 185. tained extreme views on this measure. His experience in church-rate cases led him to believe it was impossible to settle this question properly without an abolition of church-rates, and he was ready to give the Church assist ance in the collecting pew rents, &c., for providi ng f or th e fabric of the church. He wished to see the tax collector secured from the Church, and the " ticketing" of Dissen ters, as it had been termed, men who had only differed from the Church in its observances. He had no wish to interfere with the parochial system, and as Dissenters were not called upon to pay towards the ministration of the Church, they ought not to be called upon to support its fabric. It showed a want of faith in their religion on the part of Churchmen to wish the perpetuation of the rate. All our churches were built by voluntary contributions, and he for one felt satisfied that if church-rates were abolished the fabrics would be supported as well as they now were. Fe was surprised to hear the opposers of the bill aasert that chinela-rates rested on the same basis as liroperty and poor-rates, because the former Tested entirely on the will of the parishiznep. He urged the house to legislate on this measure in a liberal spirit, and put an end to the ill feeling and Ptrife which existed in the parishes of England. m r . J. ii. ROPE addressed the house amidst cries of "divide." He felt the necessity of a chailge o,s much as any ens, but he differed from the means that had bm suggested for making it. Whether the Church of England was the church of the majority or the minority, it mattered not in this matter ; but' whether before an ancient pro vigion was swept away another should not be provided in its place. He, however, objected to its coming from an illegitimate or undesirable source. He objected to the adoption of pew rents, because it would have the effect of driving the poor from the parish church. He quite agreed that if it was unfair to exact church-rates from th dia. center for the ministrations of the plquoh it was equally so to exact them from hjm for the support of the fabric. When church-rates were first imposed there was but one Church, and he thought 'only the members of the Church should be now called upon to support the fabric Sys well as to provide the neces aries for its ministrations, but instead of depending on valtuatary tioniributions it should be by a rate levied on churchmen, but in which dissenters should take no nart t Mr. GILPIN said disienters did not admit this was a question of Compromise, but a question of conscience. It was stated hi a former debate that a member of the Society of Friends in Bristol cheerfully contributed towards church rates in that city, but it was not so in London, for every year there were taken from the Friends' Meeting-house, in Houndsditch, twenty-six chairs and one table, for the liberty they enjoyed of worshipping God according to their own consonance. The honourable gentleman denied that the agitation of the question had 'sled out. With regard to the" ticketing" dissenters, as it had been stated, he paid no attention to it. He had ticketed him self; and as soon as a man was ashamed of his profession, the ei3ner he lefid t the better. He contended that it was as unjust to compel an unwilling churchman to pay church rates, as it was a dissenter. He found the recorded opinions of many of the members of the present Govern ment in favour of the abolition of the rate which he adopted as his own. He called upon the house to settle this question, and the only effectual way of doing so was by their abolition. He denied that there was a movement against the Church of England, but it was a movement against church-rates and a compulsory system of reli s ion, whatever Church adopted it. He was convinced that so far from the abolition of church-rates being detrimental to the Church of England, it would prove the contrary by drawing out the zeal and affection of its members for the faith which they professed. Mr. BRUCE, as a Presbyterian, supported the conti nuance of church-rates, from a conviction that it was a charge on the land which all wore bound to pay. Mr. GARNETT said it had become established in the country that church-rates were doomed, and he believe that their loss would not affect the Church of England. He would propose that a clause should be added to the bill enabling churchwardens to name a certain amount of vo luntary payments, to be called church offerings. The names of the parishioners should be entered in a book, and the churchwardens should carry round the book, and the amount should be entered that each parishioner chose to pay, and any dissenter objecting to pay should not have a voice in the vestry upon any question upon church pur poses. All the supporters of the Church in this matter required was a little more faith, a little more hope, and a little more charity, and they would to sure to surmount what appeared to be the difficulties which surrounded the question. Mr. FOX said the object of the bill was to abolish the compulsory rate ; but the supporters of the bill did not desire to abolish church rates if the supporters of the Church desired to pay them. Let those who worshipped in the Church be taxed for the support of that Church. Lord R. CECIL said by this bill, if passed in its present form, the Church wou d bo prevented from raising a rate for itself. The Church was prevented raising rates, snd yet he was told to pay the church-rates among her own people. He thought the majority in favour of this bill was intoxicated by success, and therefore would listen to no compromise. Sir A. ELTON suggested that they should decide at onee on the clause and consider- the amendments, which were on the paper. Mr. COLLINS considered this was a better bill than any which bad proceeded from a kindred source. Mr. ALCOCK said the country bad demanded a settle ment of this question, and it must now be settled finally. Mr. BIGGS said that it would be impossible for the civil magistrates to exercise their functiocis if this law were continued. In his town the battle of church-rates had been effectually fought. In 1841 there wore thousands of people assembled to resist seizures for church-rates, and such was the state of things that in that year, when he was chief magistrate of Leicester, in order to avert the danger which threatened the town, he signed a blank cheque to pay the disputed rates. That was a state of things inconsistent with good government. Tho churchwardens in his town became ashamed of issuing warrants for church-rates. They announced that a voluntary rate would be made, and then those who had violently opposed the compulsory rate came with liberal contributions to support the fabric of the Church to which they were all attached, but which they would not allow to be made an instrument of extortion. The committee then divided — For the clause Against it 153 Majority in favour cf the clause -74 The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 2. On clause 3, which limits the operation of the bill to England, Lord R. CECIL moved the insertion of certain words which would extend the bill to Scotland. Mr. CUMMING BRUCE opposed the motion. Mr. BLACK strongly supported the motion. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY said the case of Scotland was different to that of England, and it would be better to bring in a separate bill. Mr. BOUVERIE said the clause was useless, as the preamble of the bill said the bill was to apply to England and Wales. Mr. BRIGHT thought the clause useless. Lord IL CECIL withdrew his amendment. Mr. PALK hoped the bill would be rejected in another place. The clause was negatived. Sir ARTHUR ELTON moved the following clause : That any church-rate made before the passing of this act, and since the Ist day of January, 1853, may be collected and recovered in the same way as if this act had not been passed. The churchwardens of every parish in England and Wales shall, some day in the month of in each year, give au account to the parishioners at a vestry meeting of all money they have received, and also of &I they have expended in repairs and otherwise, for the use of the church during the past year ' • and, the said account having been allowed by the parishioners, the churchwar dens shall lay before them an estimate of the cost of re pairing the church and churchyard and conducting public worship for the ensuing year; and it shall be lawful for the said churchwardens and parishioners to make a volun tary rate upon the occupiers of all property now liable to church-rates in such parish, for the purpose of defraying the amount of the said estimate. Provided always, that no occupier of such property who shall have refused or neg lected the said voluntary rate, after the same has been duly demanded of him, shall be entitled to vote at any vestry summoned for the transaction of church business for the space of 18 months. Sir JOHN TrIELAWNY said he would accept the first part of the clause. Mr. GLADSTONE proposed to omit the words, " and since the Ist of July, 1858." This was agreed to. Sir J. TRELAWNY objected to the second part of the clause, as tending to brine the law into confusion. Sir W. HEA.THCOTOthought it would be better to bring up these clauses in the report, when power might be taken for the Church to levy a rate which should be compulsory on churchmen only. Sir A. ELTON said that Sir W. Clay, in his bill in 1854, did not think it was complete without a clause similar to the one now proposed. The bill as it stood would take the power from the churchwardens of maintaining the fabric of the church. What he proposed was, that they should have the power of making voluntary rates. No one need pay these rates who objected to them. Ho would exclude dissenters from vestries called for Church purposes, but if any dissenter desired to take part in the vestries he might do so by paying the rates. Mr. LABOUCCIERE thought it would be better to postpone the clause to the report. He believed that the fabric of the church would be more readily supported with out any compulsory rats whatever. Mr. HENLEY said the clause as drawn would make confusion worse confounded. Mr. CROSSLEY said it was perfectly useless to go to that house for powers to be a volunteer act. He strongly recommended that the clause should be withdrawn. Mr. MELLOR said this clause cnly gave the church wardens the power to do what they could do by law now. Mr. COLLINS did not believe there was the difficulty of working the clause which had been supposed. Mr. CROSSE supported the clause. The clause was negatived without a division. The house then resumed. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was reported. NON-PAROCHIAL REGISTER BILL. This bill passed through committee. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION BILL. Mr. L. KING moved that the house do go into commit tee on the bill. Mr. BENTINCK thought that the late hour (past 12) ought to be a reason why it should be further postponed. He 'Loved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. KNIGHTLEY and other gentlemen urged adjourn ment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that the late hour at which the bill was read a second time on a previous evening was a reason why further time should be given for the discussion of the measure. The house divided on the motion for adjournment of the debate when the numbers were - For the motion a.— Against ie. Majority The motion was lost. Mr. F. HUME moved the adjournment of the house. (Cheers, awl cries of " Oli, oh."). Sir IL WI LLOUGHBY, believing that discussion was muss .ry, advised the withdrawal of the motion. Mr. MALINS agreed with this view. After some remarks from Mr. BOUVERIE, The debete was edjourned till Tuesday. CONSOLIDATED FUND (11,000,00 J.) BILL. This bill was read a second time. STAMP DUTY ON PASSPORTS BILL. This bill was read a second time. COMMON-LAW PROCEDURE ACT. Mr. ATHERTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Common-law Procedure Act of 1,54, with re ference to the exercise of equitable jurisdiction. Mr. COLLIER seconded the motion. Sir F. KELLY said it was not his intention to offer op. position to the introduction of the bill, which he thought would be prods ctive of LIMERICK. REPRESENTATION OF groat advantage. On the motion of Mr. BLAND, a new writ was ordered for Limerick, in the room of Major Gavin. The house adjourned at 211 minutes to one, 156 -75 PARLrAAIENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAT 13. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. :n committee. Question put, " That clause one stand part of the Bill. The Committee divided—Ayes, 227 ; Noes, 153. AYES-227. Adair, H. Ewart, W. Ogilvy, Sir J. Adeane, H. Ewart, J. Osborne, R. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. G. Ewing, Crum Paget, C. Agnew, Sir A. Fagan, W. Paget, Lord C. Alcock, T. Fenw,ck, 11. Paxton, Sir J Anderson, Sir J. Finlay, A. Pease, Henry - Atherton, W. Fitzgerald, J. Pechell, Sir G. Ayrton, A. Foley, J. H. Perry, Sir E. Bagshaw, Robert Forster, Charles Philips, It. Bailey, C. Foster, W. 0. Pigott, F. Baines, Rt. Hon, M. Fortescue, Hon. F. Plikington, J. Ball, E Fortescue, C. S. Power, N. Baring, T. Fox, W. J. Price, W. Barnard, Thomas Freestun, Colonel Pryse, E. Bass, M. Garnett, William Pugh, D. Baxter, W. Gifford, Earl of Ramsden, Sir J. Beale, S. Glyn, G. Rawlinson, Sir H. Beaumont; W. Glyn, G. Raynham, Viscount Berkeley, F. Goderich, Viscount Rebow, J. Bettie% Sir R. Greene, John Ricardo, 0. Biddulph, Col. R. M. Greer, Samuel Ridley, George Biggs, John Grenfell, C. P. Roupell, W. Black, Adam Grenfell, Charles W. Russell, H. B ake, J. Greville, Colonel F. Rassell, A. Bland, L. H. Gurney, Samuel Salisbu r y, E noc h J Bonham-Carter, J. Hadfield, George Schneider, Henry Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hall, Sir Benjamin Scholefield, W. Bouverie, lion. P. Hamilton, Capt. Scrope, G. Brand, Hon. H. Hanbury, Robert Sheridan, R. Bright, John Hamner, Sir John Sheridan, H. B. Briscoe, John Hardeastle, Joseph Blaney, R. Brocklehurst, J. Harris, J. D. Smith, J. A. Bruce, H. A. Hatchell, John Smith, J. B. Bury, Viscount H ea dl am, T . Smith, M Butler, C. S. Hen eage , G eo. F . Smith, A. Buxton, C. Hodgson, R. Smith, Sir P. Byng, G. H. C. Horsrnan, E. Somerville, Sir W. Caird, J. Hudson, G. Stanley, Lord Calcott, M. Hutt, W. Stanley, W. Campbell, R. Ingham, R. Stapleton, John Cevendish, W. Ingram, H. Stephenson, Robert Cheetham, John Jackson, W. Stuart, Lord .7, Clay, James Jervoise, Sir J. Stuart, Colonel Clifford, C. C. Kershaw, J. Sullivan, Michael Clifford, Lt.-Col. H.M. King, Locke Talbot, C. Clive, George Kinglake, A. Tancred, H, Codrington, Gen. Kinglake, J. Taylor, S. Collier, R. I'. Kinnaird, A. Thompson, General Coningham, W. Kirk, W. Thornely, T. Cowper, W. F. Knatchbull-Huguessen The. W. Cowan, C. Labouchere,Rt.Hon.ll Tollemacho, F. Cox, W. Langton, U. G. Tomline, G. Craufurd, E. H. J. Laslett, W. Truman, C. Crossley, F. Lindsay, W. Turner, J. A. Cubitt. W, I ticks. John Tynte, Col. K. Dalglish, R. Locke, J. Villiers, C. Dashwood, Sir G. Luce,-T. Vivian, H. IL Davey, It. Macarthy, Alex. Vivian, J. C. Davie, Sir H. R. F. M`Cann, J. Western, S. Dent, John Mackinnon, W. Westhead, Joshua De Yore, S. E. Mackkueon, W. Whatman, J. Devereux, J. Mangles, C. Whitbread, S. Dill wyn, L. L. Marsh, M. White, James Divett, E. Marshall, William Williams, W. Duke, Sir J. Martin, C. Willyams, E. Dunbar, Sir W. Martin, P. Wilson, J. Duncan, Viscount Martin, J. Wingfield, R. Dundas, F. Massey, W. Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. Mellor, John Wood, Sir C. Dutton, Hon. R. 11, Mills, T. Wood, W. Egerton, Edw. C Moffat, G. Woods, Henry Ellice, E. Morris, D. Wyld, James Ellice, E. Napier, Sir C. Young, A. Elton, Sir A. H. Nicoll, D. Ennis, John Norris, J. T. TELLERS. Esmonde, J. North, F. Trelawny, Sir J. Evans, T. W. O'Douoghoe, The Gilpin, C. NOES-153, Adams, W. H. Forester, Col. Miller, Stearne Adderley, C. B. Forster, Sir Geo. Montgomery, Sir G. Akroyd, E. Gallwey, Sir W . Mowbray, J. R. Archdall, Capt. M. Gard, R. Naas, Lord Baring, H. Gladstone, W. Neeld, John Bernard, T. Goddard, A. NeNvdegate, C. Bernard, W. Greenwood, John Newport, Viscount Barrow, W. Gray, Captain Nisbet, It. P. Bathurst, A. A. Grogan, Edward Noel, G. Beach, W. Gurney, J. 11. North, Col. J. Bennet, Capt. P. Hamilton, Lord Claud Ossulston, Lord Bentinck, G. Hamilton, G. A. Parke, C. Blackburn, Peter Ilarcourt, G. G. Palmer, R. Bolder°, Col. H. G. Hardy, G. Peel, Gen. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hayes, Sir E. Pennant, Col. E. Botlield, IL Heathcoate, Sir W. revensey, Viscount Bovill, W. Henley, J. Philipps, J. /I ramley- Moore, J. Herbert, S Proby, G. Bramston, T. W Hodgson, William Puller, Christopher Bridges, Sir B. Hors by, W. Richardson, J. Browne, Lord John Horefall, T. Robertson, P. Bruce, Major Hotham, Lord Rushout, Capt. G. Bruen, 11. Horne, W. Russell, Lord J. Buller, t•ir J. Hunt, G. W. Sclater, George Buller, J. W. Inglis, John Seymer, ii. Cairns. 11. Johnstone, Sir J. Shirley, E. Cartwright, 11. Jollitle, Sir W. Smollett, A. Cavendish, G. C. Kell', Sir F. Somerset, Colonel Cecil, Lord .R. Kendall, N. Spooner, It. Charlesworth, J. C . D King, J. Stanhope, J. Child, Smith Knatchbull, W. Taylor, Colonel Clack, J. Knight, F. Tempest, Lord A. V. Clive, R. Knightley, R. Totlemache J. Close, H. Langton, W. G. Trefusis, C. Codrington, Sir W.C. Lefroy, Anthony Vansittart, G. Cole, 11. A. Lennox, Lord 11. G. Vansittart, W. Collins, T. Lewis, Sir G. C. Waddington, 11. Cross, R. A. Liddell, H. G. Walcott, Admiral. Deedes, William Lisburne, Earl Walpole, S. Disraeli, B. Lockhart, A. E. Warren, S. Du Cane, C. Lopes, Sir AL Welby, W. Buncombe, A. Lovaine, Lord Whiteside, J. Du Pre, C. Lowther, Col. H. C. Whitmore, 11. Egerton, Sir P. Lowther, Capt. Williams, Colonel Egerton, W. - Macartney, George Willson, A. Etmley, Viscount Macaulay, Kenneth Woodd, B. Emlyn, Viscount Mackie, J. Wyndham, General Es tconrt, T. Mainwaring, T. Wynne, J. A. Farquhar, Sir M. Malins, Richard Wynne, W. Fellowes, E. Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir Robert Niles, W. Hope, Alexander horde, Colonel Miler, Taverner Lygon, Hon. F. THE NEW OPERA-HOUSE. This truly magnificent theatre is announced to open, completed, to-morrow evening, and artists, architects, builders, and performers unite in repeating the wondrous tale, and showing how it can be done, how it is intended to be done, and how it certainly will be done. It is in vain that the uninitiated spectator appeals to the evi dence of his senses or talks of moral impossibilities. In vain he points to armies of workmen and forests of scaffold-poles, to colour untouched, to this part un papered and that part unpainted, to raw walls here and wood work wanting there, and symptoms of opening on Satur day wanting everywhere. He is quietly told to judge of the future by the past, to look on the time in which all the real work has been done, and compare it with the ample space allowed for what yet remains to be done. When we last noticed this fine bnilding it was a mere shell of brickwork, and we could only judge of its pro portions and magnificence by the plans which were in tended to be carried out. Now, in spite of the thousand apparent evidences to the contrary, it is finished ; for, though beyond a doubt some of the workmen will be actively engaged preparing the stage properties up to within half an hour of the time of opening to the public, the theatre in all its important parts is nevertheless com plete, and as far as regards the audience portion of the building it could, if necessary, have been opened even yesterday evening. Our readers will be able to judge how nearly it is completed when we inform them that very little can bo said about the interior, for the exqui site decorations in white and gold are quite finished, and the boxes are enveloped in a penitential sheet of brown holland from floor to ceiling. Any of our readers who have lately passed outside the budding will be sur prised at our assertion that it is nearly finished. We e In assure them, however, that the evidences of incom pleteness outside are nothing, when compared with the interior, for if we were to judge by the laws which ordi narily govern things, and which assert that a certain amount of work requires a certain amount of time, we should undoubtedly arrive at the conviction that it would require a week at least to get the chips and shavings out of the building, to say nothing of any other labour. It has often been said that behind the scenes of a theatre is a little world in itself. At Covent-garden, however, it is rather a large world, and, what is worse, a world turned upside down—a chaotic and unfinished world, in which nothing but confusion is at first appa rent. Entering from Hart-street, the visitor passes through 'a short, dimly-lighted passage, and up a few stone stairs, and emerges at once upon a sloping floor, which at a glance at the lights, ropes, pulleys, sky pieces, and huge gas-fittings, and ponderous machinery above and around him tells him at once is the stage. Than the aspect which this and the whole house seen from it present, it would be difficult to imagine aeything more strange, rich, and confused. The scene docks are crammed with flies, drops, and flats, some turned outward, showing the gaudy colours and heavy streaks of paint which at night will light up into a solemn cathedral scene, while others, leaning neglected with their faces to the wall, dimly shadow forth their purpose, and only show by their wood-work where turrets and pinnacles arise, or where a practicable door opens to give narrow escapes to oppressed cantatrices and desperate heroines. In one corner the men are building up, with all its intricacies of diapasons and fugues, a large organ, big enough for a church, and much bigger than very many have got ; while nearer to the footlights a group of skilful carpels , : ters are busy cutting out in thin wood the " massive Gothic railings which divide the orthodox and heterodox chorus in the last scene o f t he " Hugenots " In the centre of the stage is a huge flight of moveable stairs leading down nowhere, and giving stcc.sefor to nothing, and he othing and which the visi tor is puzzled to account balustrades, app arentl y as solid as those o f sees atone being painted fur it, when, lo ! a light breaks in upon big, arid he recollects the " practicable a 0.P.," whic h also fi g ure in Me y erbe er ' s great steps oii'.," which also figure in Meyer'oeer's great lyric d ra ma. In the background is a raw brick wall, over which, amid mysterious shouting, a drop-scene is lowered half-way, leaving, as Mr. Obins would say, "a princely domain, with ancient feudal castle and ex tensive lake," suspended in mid air. Men rush out of unseen places, dragging colossal scenes of towns and miusters after them, and which they preceed to join and fit together; while others nail up bright skies and steady buttresses of towers, or modulate the glare and flare of gas to suit the tone required for a setting sun. Same are employed in setting chambers up, while others haul in great scenes from Hart-street or long rollers swathed with countless yards of rough canvass, which when the proper moment art ives will unfurl before a delighted audience rich with the blaze of bowers and feudal halls. Many are busy above wandering around a labyrinth of ropes and pulleys, while from the traps and slips which seam the stage in all directions, and from which the strangest of noises aro constantly ascend ing, the visitor knows that even a busier scene is going on beneath him, and that the very planks on which he walks are, so to speak, mined and sapped, and that at any moment a reckless carpenter below may make him principal in such a scene of mysterious disappearance as an Adelphi audience never thrilled to. The thoughts of an involuntary coup de theatre of this kind make the careful seek another and a safer spit, where no growling cenversation, tarried on apparently with his heel, earns him that he is in a dangerous neighbourhood, an4from which rise sudden it pheaving of a " valley by moonlight" might at any moment transport him to the flies above. At the footlights he runs neither of the dangers we have hinted at, as from here, of course, the heat view of the " house" is to be gained, it is a point of view much affected by visitors. Even here, however, the scene is almost one ofequal confusion and variety, and painting papering, and gilding are going on at once, while of those parts which are finished it is difficult to judge, for their delicate enrichments are covered with drapery, and the visitor can only see them by glimpses and small pieces here and there. However, even forming an opinion from what is done and thus shown, it is easy to see that, as in solidity and architectural proportions, so in design and internal embellishments, the new Covent garden Opera-house will have no theatre in the world to equal it. pi tr oi S ss e c e de n ni ffii o ue n mu l t btyol Its s a e yavil proportions s g oe h p o t t , and rhteionsportrayedisrnaprlee magnificence loftymn i e fi r c e ae l words, nn y ed i e n storfikti otge that an amount of massive gilding and ornament which would overload an ordinary theatre is borne upon its crown and side columns with a lightness that becomes it well. This portion of the work is superintended by Monti. The sides are formed of richly carved and twisted columns of gilt scrollwork. Over the centre is a raised medallion portrait of her Majesty, with allegori cal figures of the Arts and Music, supporting a crown above all. On either side, extending the whole length of the proscenium, are two fine leas reliefs—one of Orpheus and the Greeks representing the Triumph of Music, and the other elevating ()ashen into a living per sonage, and depleting his poetic sway among the ancient Britons. The ceiling is quite finished. It is circular, and slightly dome-shaped or concave ; the whole has a diameter of 65 feet at its springing, and is decorated after a design by Messrs. Jackson and Son. The ground is of a pale azure. It is formed into 12 compartments by-broad ornamental bands of gold, which radiate from a centre 12 feet in diameter, forming the circular venti lator. These radiating bands pass to a broad circular belt of trellised work in gold. Beyond this belt or "cove" there is a cornice of enriched gold mould ing, and in the space between it and the cove en riched hoses are placed at equal distances. The compartments of the ceiling are divided by moulding's having the appearance of golden cords, which are looped up from the trellised belts. Golden bosses mark the point at which the cords are looped, and from each of them will be suspended by golden cords smaller chande liers, which will bang around the large central one. There is no attempt at allegorical compositions in paint ing on the ceiling, the whole effect being sought to be produced by a simple and almost geometric arrangement of gold upon an azure surface. The quiet simplicity and pleasant effect of this ceiling will contrast most favour ably with the daubing of colour or rococo ornament which in too many cases disfigures the ceiling of our English theatres. It i s just what a ce ili ng s h ou ld b e , light, simple, and elegant, and not crushing and over loaded with bright-coloured and glowing decorations. The dome part is supported by four elliptical arches, which are ornamented with deep guilloche bands en twined with wreathe of ivy. In the centre of this ceil ing will hang the great chandelier, in itself a structure of lustres and cut- g l ass qu it e in keeping with the de sign and richness of the house it adorns. It is perhaps the largest and most elaborate chandelier of the kind ever constructed. Its manufacture— that is, the stringing together of the rows of drops and lustres-- -- occupied 50 men day and night for three weeks. It is 18 feet high, 14 feet in diameter, and con tains three tons of the purest cut-glass. The upper portion is formed of double festoons of drops in the shape of a large tent. Level with the bottom of this is a ring of 120 burners behind feathers of cut crystal glass. These, however, are mere auxiliaries to the primatio lanterns which form the lower band, each of which is composed of double prisms and spires of glass, and all lit by 460 burners. The bottom if; made of a heavy drapery, so to speak, of cut crystal drops, behind which are 200 burners more, so that this superb little palace of crystal contains upwards of 120,000 cut prisms, spires, and drop s , and is Ft by no less than 700 gas burners. It i s ma d e b y D e f r i es a nd Sons, of Hounsditcb, the manufacturers of the prismatic mirr, re for the Sultan's new palace on the Bosphoraes and both the design and execution reflect the very highest credit on their manufacturing skill. The Bur parts for carrying this brilliant mass of glass were tested the other day to double the weight of the chandelier , and, in addition to this, upwards of 20 men hung on to, the ropes to place the matter bey on d a ll p oss ibility 0' doubt. The' decoratiens cf the tiers of boxes are com plete, and the effect, at least from the parts, shown, je rich beyond description. They are, of course, white_ and gold with the rest of the theatre. The lower tier is adorned with a rich lattice-work of gold with figures as supports. The grand tier is embossed, as it were , with carved gilt work in high relief of the rose, thistle. and shamrock. At a distance of 12 feet beautifully modelled winged figures with foliated terminals su pper this, and a border of gold of the graceful lonic ovule design whch runs round the upper space between the bexes. The second tier has a similar enrichment, b 0 ,2 the border is formed of the Mlles of the valley, "7 the winged figures are cup id s; w hil e t h e upper t i e r 0 all is bordered with an ivy wreath. The division between each box is formed by a Blight colon of gilt scrollwork of very beautiful design, wilt carry the line from base to summit, and vA l h ii i adding much to the richness of the genera effect, they also materially contribute to the liguw e noes and elegance of the whole. The boxes are li;e ic o , with crimson and draped with curtains of rose P . which imparts a look of fulness and warmth that relie!e__ the general whiteness of the rest of the house. All oth er parts of the interior, even to the most distant of t he upper gallery, are adorned in the same style, with eq taste and almost with equal richness. What, howev er, is of more importance i s t h a t th ey are so construc ted w" tha all the audience can see every movement that p 5956 upon the stage. The only difference which the differen t degrees of places make is one of distance from the PI: scensium—as far as seeing is concerned a ll are equ a , Great care has been taken to provide for efficient se°! l., lation, and both in the boxes and galleries, as well as n the ceiling, the apertures made for the escape of hot s' are excellently contrived. The crush-room is finished as far as regards its inter: nal decorations. Its style is Italian, and its effect exoellent. The Queen's box and Queen's private roc'!: adjoining the entrance from Hart-street are nearly rea d y —the latter, we may say, quite so. This room is a Pe r, feet gem—deco r ated i n white and g o ld w ith the n O 7 , exquisite taste and richness, and with an effect that 1 0 really most brilliant. In the c en t re o f this bavi_g another beautiful c h an d e li er o f D e f r i es ' s manu f a cture ., , of course small e r i n s i ze b u t equa l i n s h ape and deigo with the great chand e li er f or t h e ce ili ng. T he rto ive 0 entrance for the Duke of B2dford is also finished, sad s l a the public approaches and passages are fit for use. e seine places, however, there is a goo d d ea l of paintll7, going on—rather more, as a rule, th an an i ncaut i o us% sitor likes. The grand staircase, too, has much to be d°4 4 to it in the way of gilding a n d p a i n ti ng , b u t a b ou t Sti r being complete all are c. nfident. So much for the l a. side. Outside,, all that will b e d one b e y on d tido e away the scaffolding has been done. The apex of I j o portico will not be completed till after the theatr t4 opened, but it has been glazed in, pro tern., with a Wed and furrow of glass and iron. The famous figures o Thalia and Melpomene, by Flaxman, are in their nic k , c on each side of the portico, and the metopes and o s , bas-reliefs from the same master hand are in front of hoose, with back grounds of light blue. The rehearg; are taking place at the Lyceum, and perhaps n° t be hour before the audience enter will th e l as t t ra ces of . a 0 workmen disappear from the new buildi n g. fir st however, it will to-morrow, w h en we t rus t th a t the ~0 season will be inaugurated with a success that is due 90. less to the skill than the unti r ing energy and pens ranee of Mr. Gye. ---- [AnvnavisEsiszird—The indefatigable researches of P f i t. Livingstone have suddenly made us acquainted with on c e the happiest people in the world, of whose very oxi s ' e- la little was hitherto known is civilised Europe generally. ol d their ailments they never have recourse to cod liver oil , fo r they are equally independent of physic and the physician, Dr. Livingston found their staff of life to be the Revalf, Arabica Food, which keeps them perfectly free from dis7if " consumption, scrofula, cancer, &c., having been soar c wo heard of, and the smallpox and measles have not been I+no °• for 20 years." In England also the Revalenta Arabica P n i duced a wonderful improvement in the health of the Pe°?'„:, removing cough, consumption, asth ma, d e bilit y , indigent 05; (dyspepsia) constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver c 0 tie plaints, and restoring the faculty of digestion, and ser• c. ° ti• muscular energy to the most enfeebled, as proved by I r. mouials from the celebrated Prnfessor of Chemistry ,„u; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingrain ; Andrew ITre ; Dr. Shorlaml ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. CamP u ' 0 Decies ; the Dowager Countess of eastlestuart, and 50, r 0v, other well known individuals, whose health has been rests by this useful and economical diet, after all other moans _ o f cure had been tried in vain for many years, and all hope . , !, recovery abandoned. Its effect ou the progress of popitlatPL, is most favourable as exhibited by the Registrar-General,sh o t w o lug for London au average of 1,780 weekly births agains d mortality of 1,200, leavingahappy gain of 580, or near so r i jl Lord Stuart , 1:1 4 cent. in favour of progress ; a result most cheering to r o classes, as it opens a fair prospect that by the more goP e vr ol n y e enss i oA i iolu s i.fbod e ; f a. 21 e; D 2risssjaß a. u t.osi oe ß rnelli a ltty r hh;i i: aseD y 116 : su s ci3s20 Rall Barryt: Co.,. a e . ne ad freedomcci alina.lnisntaBiaos2l, canisters, A ecif i: isoa. Oxford-streeteibfe Piccadilly;rli c ol 7 a bmo;n Food dßrsi B.ceecgA9a t ee h asbi;nep e . bti E j. 3:23 u r at, 010:fb. e o 6. O p p,otatho e ,a4; a sesatu c. 5 • : 6:07:: _ : 00 0 t t .: Strand, London, BIRTHS. DUFF--on--onthe 9th inst., at Hatton Castle, Aberdeen9"hire, Mn. as Du, of a son. ;If P r ITOSTE- J O me n the 11th inst., at Sandgate, the wife 0.. - 11 lloste, C. 8., R.A., of a daughter. „et, MANT—On the 13th ' inst., at 5, Great Jatnew s " o f 0 Bedford-row, the wife of George F. blunt, Es 4" daughter. MARRIAGES. S i t CARMICITAEL—ANDERSON---On the 12th inst. 4 , a o3 John's Chapel, Edinburgh, the Rev. Sir Ari,"l o o o fr Gibson Carmichael, Bart ., of Stirling, to o f St' Anne, eldest daughter of David Anderson, N 9 q" Germains. Zo tg WHITE —SIIITII—On the 12th inst.,' at St. Peter's' .000 square, Colonel Henry Balrymple White, C• l3 "ibik e ,: son of the latdVice-Admir 11 Sir John Chatnbor s s A rtl" K.C.B. ' w Louisa Mary, the second daughter o f Tucker Smith, Esq., M.P. DEATHS. es t e r ' ISARNETT—On the 7th inst., at his residence, 2 5, b 91:1 4 terrace, Regent's park, Richard Clemson Baroe w, aged 81. BELL—On the 9th inst., at Shorncliffe Camp, ° f ~P - James Bell, Esq., younger of Euterkino, AYrs"'-e", tain 4th Btta:ion Rifle Brigade. 91 00 c DALRYMPLE a —On the 10th inst., at Park-street, Orri,,oer° square, Ann, Lady Dalrymple, wife of Lient':vbtet Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Bart., and only dtil of the late Sir James Grihain, Bart., of Birk g a ll; GREGORY —On the 11th iust. at Wax Charialer4 ajar° Mark Henry Gregory, Esq., clerk to the Wel Gb3u Company, aged 63. 0 p., 0 LONDON • Printed and Published by MURDO ll. of No. 112, Strand, P r i n ter, at The Sun Of ce ' n ot/ 112, Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f the Savoy, in 00 4.0 of Middlesex, Friday, Nay 14, 1818. 1