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_ an d hi thought Government would have been ustified in sap porting the Sardinian Government in the position ich they had taken in respect to the seizure of the C agliari. Ile must protest against the monstrous doc trine laid down by a certain school of lawyers, that how ever wrong was the condemnat ion of the vessel, or how ever corrupt the administration of justice, natives of Sardinia had no right to call for the intervention of their own Goverament on their behalf. Some years ago the other lames°, after a four nights' debate, had determined to int erfere on behalf of a British subject injured by the Government of Greece, and the noble lord the then Foreign Secretary (Lord Palmerston) was eulogised for the course which lee had pursued on that occasion. The noli#e lord then referred to several documents, and con ton ded that it was the duty of the Government of this iecsuntry t r support the Government of Sardinia in re spect to the course which it had pursued in regard to the seizure of the Cagliari. On the 16th of the present month.. the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a very important statement on this subject, very similar to that made by the noble earl the Foreign Secretary, with this exception, viz., that the international question was quite distinct from any other question raised by the capture, and interested England no more than any other maritime nation. He (the Earl of Airlie) pro tested against the distinction thus attempted to be made by the right hon. gentleman. Having further referred to the fade of the case, the noble earl stated that an intimation had been given by the Foreign-office to Count Cavour, that England would assist Sardinia in any claim which she might make upon Naples with re spect to the Cagliari ; and he contended that England was bound to act in conformity with that intimation. Sardinia, by her brave conduct in the Russian war, had earned a title to our gratitude, and this case of the Cagliari afforded us an opportunity of making her some returd for her co-operation on that occasion. The noble earl concluded by asking the questions which we have given above. The Earl of MA.LMESBURY said he was not quite elear as to the information the noble earl wished to ob tain. He had occupied their lordships' attention five and-twenty minutes, touching on various matters very much mixed up together. He should not, therefore, attempt to follow the noble earl, but should simply answer his question, and beg his pardon for not under standing him better. With regard to whether an answer bad been returned by her Majesty's Government to a note addressed by the Marquis d'Azeglio to the Earl of Yialmesbury, dated 22d March, 1858, and enclosing a communication from Count Cavour to Count Gropello, dated 11th March, 1858, he had answered that note, and if they wished to know how it was answered he must state a few facts. He had that morning received a despatch from Mr. Lyons, enclosing a note from the Sardinian Government, which he much regretted, as it expre-sed a strong feeling at what it termed the aban donment of the Sardinian by the English Government, in the affair of the Cagliari ; but he had looked through the nine months' correspondence affecting this question, and could find no promise, and nothing like a promise to co-operate with the Sardinian Government in any action they might take on this subject. The only thing tending that way arose from an error of Mr. Erskine, contrary to his instructions, and the English Go vernment could not be boned by an error of their own representative, because if they did, under similar circum stances, they might be compelled to conclude a shameful peace, or enter upon a disgraceful war. The English Government was only accidentally mixed up with this ca a of the Cagliari in con , equenes of the presence of the two English engineers on board that vessel. 'When he entered upon his present office, his first duty was to obtain their liberation. That had happily now been effected, and the next object was to obtain satisfaction for the injuries inflicted upon them, now that the law officers of the Crown had declared they were entitled to it. With respect to the action and feeling of the Sardinian Government, it was inclined to go to war with the King of Naples. That course her Majesty's Govern ment earnestly deprecated, because it would, in all probability, lead to a European war. He thought that hostile measures by Sardinia would lead to great dis asters, to avoid which they had further pressed upon the Government of the King of Naples, the propriety of abandoning the conefication of the Cagliari. They had urged that the mediation of a friendly power should be resorted to before appealing to arms. The Earl of Clarendon bad urged that course, and he also advised the Sardinian Government to have recourse to a friendly power, and be believed that also was the course urged by the other great powers of Europe. He had done all in his power to preserve the maintenance of that peace which was eo valuable to Europe. The Earl of CLARENDON thought it very im portant for a maritime power like England not to allow any illegality on the open seas, but he thought it still more important that they should not put f )r -ward any claim or make any suggestion that they could not legally enforce. (Hear, hear.) The only question was, whether the Cagliari was legally seized, and upon that point high authorities differed. It was perfectly absurd to say th it she had surrendered, for the facts proved that she was forcibly sized. The Go vernment, of which he was a member, At this question as to the legality of the seizure of' the Cagliari or not. In conformity with international law, a ship of war had no right to interfere with a foreign merchantman on the high seas, unless some act of violence had been committed, beyond inspecting her papers for the purpose of ascer taining her nationality. The law officers of the Crown were of opinion that there were peculiar circumstances in this case which justified the capture ; but from all the facts of the case, he did not think any court of admiralty would condemn the vessel as a lawful prize. There was evidence to show that her cargo was lawful ; that her papers were in order ; that the crew had been over powered by a superior force ; and that at the time of the capture the vessel was actually proceeding to inform the Neapolitan Government of what had taken place. The legality of the voyage and of the cargo bad been distinctly proved. The owner of the vessel had suffered enormous loss, and he (Lord Clarendon) must say that the Neapoli tan Court had violated the commonest principles of jue tice and international law in detaining the Cagliari ae a lawful prize. (Hear, hear.) The charges made against the engineers were wholly without foundation, and they were clearly entitled to indemnity for their loss of time, imprisonment, and sufferings. He entirely approved of the course taken by his noble friend (the Earl of Maltnes bury.) (Hear, hear.) Lord WENSLEYDALE said the question was very important, and chiefly of a legal nature. At present the seurcee of information were not satisfactory, and it was also an unsatisfactory circumstances that the present and late law officers -of the Crown dif fered in opinion with respect to the law. He could not help saying that he thought the opinion of the two law officers of the Crown, to which he had re ferred, was a very proper one. He thought that upon so important a question as this was it would be right to refer the question to the highest legal authority, namely, the Judicial Committee o f th e P r i vy C ouncil. The noble lord then cited precedents to show that in such like important cases a similar course had been pursued. Lord CAMPBELL did not concur in the suggestion that this case should be sent for consideration to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. That tribunal was certainly competent to deal with the question, but Parliament would be placed in a position of considerable difficulty of theYedicial Committee happened to dis agree. The Neapolitan Government would, under such circumstances, be in a better position than it was now. He rejoiced to hear that compensation was to be sought for Watt and Park, against whom not a sbadovv of cri minatory evidence bad been adduced. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE expressed a hope that the answer of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the despatch of the Marquis d'Azeglio would be produced. It was'clear from the papers already pro duced, that the Sardinian Government expected support from that of Great Britain—not merely moral, but sub stantial support. He took exception to the remark of the noble earl, that Naples and Sardinia represented two extreme opinions. Sardinia represented sound con stitutional opinion, and throughout this affair had acted with great moderation. (Hear.) The question was whether Naples was to be allowed not only by Sardinia but by us to do wrong. The answ er t o the above des patch would throw some light upon the su bj ect of our relations with Sardinia, and he hoped it wou ld b e pro _ ueed. Lord CRANWORTH expressed a decided opinion against the proposal to remit the question to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Earl of DERBY said he had no desire to recom mend the remission of this question to the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council ; for, as had been observed, it might be very inconvenient, in the event of any variety of opinion existing in that tribunal. Nor could the deci sion of the Judicial Committee be binding to the country. With respect to the question of the noble marquis oppo site (the Marquis of Clanricarde) as to what had fallen from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, he believed that his noble friend had not said Sardinia was a country of extreme opinions, for he (the Earl of Derby) considered that Sardinia, under extraordinary circumstances, had maintained sound constitutional opinions ; but that Sar dinia and Naples, with respect to their Government, represented two extremes, and that Sardinia was sup posed to represent the most extreme opinions in Italy, while Naples represented the other end of tho extreme opinions in that c iuntry. It was not his intention to enter upon the points of law, or comment upon the elver, but he could not withhold the expression of his li4tisfaction that his noble friend (the Earl of Clarendon) had stated his valuable concurrence in the course which ber Majesty's Government had taken on this subj •ct. That Concurrence of opinion on both sides of the heuse would materially strengthen the Government in carrying el the negotiations now in progre s s. The Government Were not prepared to ley on the table the answer sent Y.S._ ln the Government to the despatch of the Neapolitan M later, as it would be hap nesible to do so during the progress of the negot i at i ons. H e had only to add, that m what the Government were now doing they were not ing with theentir coccurrenc3 of the French Government. Tue French Gov e r n ment though; with the Erglish Go vernment that the capture of the C ag li ar i was ill ega l, but as to th e question t ondeTanding compensation they bad not yet expressed any theybad nplnion. The . question of pecu niary indemnity questic, thought it expedient to keep wholly apart from the the legality of th , seizure and the confiscation, ,Z. s a , s ;i t fi c ! . n tamed different views on these points, e ti t ; had sensors cute, - d thought His noble it expedient to keep them entirely dietilt, n friend the Earl of Malmesbury h a d already stattl they had promised to s upport Sardinia in seeking t.b resti tution of the vessel ; but that would be purely a moral They would use their good offices to b • support. ring about an amicable ar ran g ement between the Sardinian and Neapolitan Governments ; and in that course he was happy to say they were acting in concert with France; and the Government of the Einpercr, in con junction with their own Government, had recommended the Government of Sardinia not to have recourse to arms, but to call for the mediation of a friendly Power. He was satisfied to find that the course they had pur- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 80, 1868. ! the circumstance of his having no one to support him in the views that he might have. Practically, under the present system, which was one of election, there was in 1 the court some merchant, some gentleman, who had not an Indian life before him, and whcoe opinions were not altogether formed in India. He considered ,it was of very great advantage to preserve that element in the council, and it was of much mere importance to do so now than it was five years ago. There had been a great increase in our commercial intercourse with the East ; there had been invested in railways and public works in India not less than 30,000,0001. in the course of the last four or five years. Capitalists were beginning to address themselvei to India, and ho thought it advisable that they should have in the council for India some persons with whom the president of the council might advise on subjects connected with commerce. In the bill of the present Government care was taken to effect that object. Tile noble duke had said much on the principle of elec tion. On every occasion on which he (the Earl of Ellen borough) had spoken on the future government of India, he bad always insisted on the council being elected. He should desire to find in that council not only men eminent in the different services of India, but the best commercial men who could be discovered. He knew that, in point of fact, the Government could not find these men. The only means of obtaining them was by election. He saw day by day questions put about India, exhibiting the grossest ignorance of the real state of that country, which filled him with alarm ) and what he desired was to give to the minister who might have the charge of India devolving upon him, a council so in dependent, so influential, that he might derive great strength from their support in resisting attacks upon it. He did not know how they were to obtain such a body except by election. The system of nomination, however well exercised, would not create a body which had the same weight and influence as a body which was elected. That was his reason for desiring to have the principle of election carried out in this council. It was no new opinion of his. He had always looked with a degree of jealousy, almost morbid, on a newly nominated coun cil. He believed that such a council would lead to a system of jobbing. He would not have jobbed, but he did not know what others would do who followed him. The object of having an elected council was to render it impossible to make that a bad Government which they wished to be a good Government. His object was to lay the foundation of a government which would make India happy, strong, and powerful, and make it so in connection with this country. He thought that by con necting the council of India with some of the great cities of England he was giving a stability and an influence to the council which would enable the president of the council, when he was right, to support his opinions in Parliament. That might be wrong, but that had been his object, and he trusted that the friends of the noble duke, acting in the spirit in which he had spoken to night, would feel the absolute neces-ity to legislate on this subject this year. Depend upon it they must not trifle with the security of India. Earl GREY said he was particularly anerious to follow the noble earl, because, although there was much in his speech in which he concurred, there was one point on which he differed both from the noble earl and from the noble duke—he meant as to the necessity of settling this question of the borne government of India in the present year. The House of Commons had considerably increased the difficulty, but the danger of delay was nothing compared to the danger of taking a false step. (Hear.) If they now re-organised the home government of India upon a wrong principle, in a manner not cal culated to work according to their intentions—if they took a wrong step, it would probably be irreparable. If he had that conviction before, he must say it had been strengthene l by the speech of his noble friend below him. He did not think that the subject had as yet been so well investigated that any man, be he who he might, could deal with it with the wisdom which it required. Let him also say that he thought the danger of delay in re organising the home government of India was greatly exaggerated, becape, after all, it was a mere question as to the manner in which the authority ef the home Government was to be exercised over the govern ment of India. At this moment the Queen's Govern ment was supreme. The President of the Board of Control exercised a power so large and so cemplete that his policy must be adopted. The noble earl told them that ho had acted mast harmoniously with the directors, that he had no difficulty with them. Now the only alteration effected by any bill he might introduce would be some modification of the manner in which the Cabinet of the day would act on the Indian Govern ment. They would not touch materially the constitu tion of the Government in India. The people in India looked exclusively to the Governor-General, and knew nothing whatever of the authority which was exercised over him. They were utterly ignorant of the machinery by which the Court of Directors and the President of the Board of Control impressed their views on the Go vernor-General. All they looked to was the Governor- General, who, whether a bill was passed or not, would continue in their eyes to be the ruler of India. There fore, he did not apprehend any serious difficulty in India 1 from delay. He did not deny that there would be some. He did not deny that the introduction of the measures made it more difficult to pause than if those measures had not been brought forward, but still he thought the difficulty was greatly exaggerated, and that it was nothing at all to the danger arising from precipitation. Then, he ventured to say that the principle on which the home government of India should beeconstituted had hitherto been very little considered, either by the public or by Parliament. A. few months ago there ran through the country a sortof general ory,to substitute the power of the Crown for the power of the East India Company. That cry rose more from passion than from sober con sideration. What people really meant at that time was to transfer the government of India to the Cabinet of the day. By the constitution of this country it was abso lutely necessary that the head of the Indian department should hold his office by the uncertain tenure cf a Par liamentary majority. It was therefore quite impossible that the man who held that situation should be trained to it by long Indian experience ; and to expect a person of that sort to govern India without assistance, or even to exercise that control over local administration which was necessary, seemed to he absurd. He himself had the honour for five years and a half of holding the offics of Secretary of State for the Colonies. Many of the colonies bad representative assemblies, which prevented the necessity as to them of superintendence as to local ' affairs; but even with that assistance it was impossible for him to attend to the many and complicated affairs of all the colonies. India, however, was very much more extensive than all the colonies combined, and the Secre tary of State for India must be as-isted by competent advisers to exercise effectual control. He quite admitted that the Imperial Government mu-4 !n the end be su. preme, but there was a moral control which could only be exercised by a powerful and thoroughly independent body, (Hear.) Hitherto the Court of Directors had been such a b )dy. When he presented the petition be called their lordship' attention to the fact that in many cases the East India directors had, when they had found justice on their side, successfully resisted the wishes of the Minister of the Crown. He thought it abso lutely necessary that the body which was about to be associated with the minister for India should have that power. The twit things, responsibility and power, went together. Even Parliament itself wanted to have some moral control over the Govern ment. The interests of England and India were not always the rams. There was a well-known case, the war with Persia—net the recent war, but that of 1849 Their lordships might think that the cost of the war should he a burden on India, and not on the people of England. It was essential, therefore, that there should be some body which was able to exercise au independent authority, which would be able to state the case of India in a manner that would demand attention, and to insist upon justice being done. But how was that to be accom plished by the bill of the late government. They were to have a council of eight persons named by the crown, Only for eight years, two of them going out annually, so there would always be in the council two persons going out, and anxious to be re-appointed, and two who had just come in, and therefore there would be no check on the minister. He could not c nacur with the noble sail, however, in what he said as to the principle of election. An election was an excellent means of obtaining the opinion of the electors on matters in which they were concerned, but he was quite at a loss to know how the electors of the City of London, for instance, could be expected to Make a wise choice of a parson to administer the affairs of India. If they had a numerous constituency of that sort an election could not be won except by management out of doors, and which would be liable to abuse. The great fault of the existing arrangement was the mode of electing the directors. He thought it worth considering whether the best course would notibe to adopt avowedly, and with toms precautions, some system of self-electon, but subject to the check that the nomination should not take effect without the approbation of the crown and the names being laid before both Houses of Parliament. There were various considerations connected wit's this subject, which was not yet ripe for legi-lation. It should be farther discussed not only in Parliament but out of doors, and hereafter, he believed, it might be dealt with much more satisfactorily than it could be at present. Therefore he for One rejoiced at the great change of opinion which had taken place on this subject. A little while ago the public seemed to be in favour of a sudden change in the form of government. That bad passed away, and it was a very remarkable circernwance that both the late Government and the present Govern moot, in introducing their respective hills for the aboli tion of the Eeet, India Company, had tried which could go furthest in praising that body. And what was the prospect of legislating this session t Tnoy were now at the end of April, and the resolutions on which they were to found a bill were still to be discussed in the House of Comm 11% and to be discussed in this state of things, that they bail the present Government proposing one bill, the head of the present Government proposing another a b etlno i a l t l io t i7trh e l e n ea a d tr Gi noge one nr l h e nea at, o lhe rd whoa binne „, proposing of of on (4pd was ni f ng o ne another ~ ne r m l in y b Manchester at ao p t nf l h cca e hnoe.ms head t meTr eur re( me e in Liverpool recoinuaAding something quits different. This wee quite a chaos of opinion on the subject. Could they suppose that, in such a stzite of things, they could legisl a t e on this subject, with that deliberation which WAS desirable ? He thought that the sooner Go vernment abandoned all i jectE atrhlisGseßsAsioNn,vtihLetibtettdeirdEeai;Gtlegislating on this sub d ieinndits viewsunderstand why the eorvvear y it,i )a asa: d ,dti, b bl e le a tie n ilw cheered s u p y ee th ch e o o t f h l e d r s s n id o e bl , e f f o r r t lo e u rl y v y enture ed t 0 0 0 a t d h t e t scheme very f o e f w th i t : : b ? noble earl said that the present state of thi ngs with there gard to the futive of India was the fault of the late G overnment, be must be pertnitLed to say that his noble friend was greatly mistaken. (Hear.) The noble earl seemed to think that the late G werninent had hastily framed their bill on this subject, Now, he had not had the great experience of some noble lords, but so far as hia ex perience went, he roust say that he never knew a bill so fully considered as the bill of the late Government on India, The noble lord (Ellenborough) said that he was always in favour of an elective council. But in a speech which he made in that house some time sic he had himself stated that he should prefer the nominee system. (Ilear.) This was not an old but a late opinion of the noble earl. In this very year he bad said that the members of the Bard of Directors which were nominated by the Government were worth all the rest. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—That was a bad constituency ; I provide a good one. Earl GRANVILLE—WeII, then, it was very strange thati the noble earl's colleagues should have so soon abandoned that constituency. Lord ELLENBOROUG - 11---We have not abandoned the constituenciPs to which I refer. Earl GRANVILLE—ReaIIy it was very difficult to follow the noble earl, because in this bill there were so many constitueuciet all in ex stence at one time. The noble earl had to-night spoken very highly in favour of his commercial constituency, and bad stated that great results would come of availing oneself of their knowledge. But he (L , rd Granville) remembered that some time since the noble earl had expressly stated that a council for India should be well versed in Indian matters, and he had then asked triumphantly, "Would a man go to his bankers for information on India ?" (Rear, hear.) it seemed that the noble earl had forgotten to night the statements which he had made on former oc casions. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the question of going on, he certainly agreed with the noble earl on that point, for much had now been done towardsthe assump tion of the government of India by the Crown, and to let it go out to that country that the intentions of t>e• Government had been thwarted at home would be fraught with great danger to our Indian empire. (Hear, hear.) There were many other points upon which he could have addressed their lordships, but at that late hour be would not venture to weary them. (Hear, hear.) Ile would only say that he quite believed in the honour and public spirit of the noble earl opposite--(hear, hear) —but he must add, that a more dangerous bill than th• one he had submitted to the house it was impossible to conceive. (Seer.) Lord MCaNTEAGLE pointed out to the house that it was highly inconvenient that their lordships should pro ceed with a discussion like the present, when no measure was before them. He deprecated the discussion of this question with the meagre information now before the house. When on former occasions less changes than the presint were contemplated, greater care bad been taken to ob'ain conclusive and reliable information. This was the most difficult solution of the Indian question that was ever presented to them. Ile believed that the Go vernment would come at last to the postponement of the question, and would not be sorry to arrive at that con clusion. He did not believe there was any feeling in the country in favour t.f legislation. Bill after bill might be introduced, but he was convinced the result would show the impracticability Of legislation. The Marquis of CLANRICA.RDE said hie boble friend appeared to forget that the pending legislation was but a preliminary step. What was required was the en tire reorganisation of the government of India, and the filet step towards that was to get rid, of tie Court of D.rectors, who had hitherto prevented measures of im provement from being carried out in India. The cry of Indian reform had been called a senseless cry ; it was not a senseless cry ; it arose from the fact that the Bri tish felt that they had not derived such advantages from their magnificent possessions in India as they ought to have done, and could not do so while the present system of government continued. The almost unanimous opi nion of the public in favour of a change was founded en a conviction that India hat& been greatly neglected, that its resources had not been developed, and that the coun tee, bad been kept in a disgraceful condition. The com mercial-interests would not stand any longer the non development of the products of Indie and the want of efforts to bring them to the aid of onr manufacturers. There must be changes in the administration of the laws, fiscal changes, changes in the military organisation; and were these, he asked, changes to be entru s t e d t o th e hands of those who had brought about the present state of things? It was now 12 months ago since he proposed an alteration of the system, and he hoped, after what had recently occurred, there would be no further delay. The metton was then agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at half-past 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) TUE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. LORD VIVIAN AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. Mr. A. SHIM moved fur papers relating to an award in the cause of " The Attorney-General v. Lord Vivian and the Prince of Wales." The motion,afterSO;e remarks from Mr. G. HAMIL. TON, was ❑egatived. NON-PAROCHIAL REGISTERS. On the motion of Mr. HAMILTON, leave was given to bring in a bill for amending the act concerning non parochial registers. volt r zy tobritto SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. SALISBURY R?iCES.—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] 601. HANDICAP PLATE. Flying Englishman Pinsticker Madame Rachel Six ran. LONGFORD CASTLE STAKES. Bouquet Snap Portia LONGLEA.T STAKES, Stapleton Schiedam Cymba colt Eight ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Schiedam Kelpie Supple Jack Five ran. WILTON PARK STAKES. Joyeuse Conjuror Truth colt ..... Six ran. RAILWAY PLATE, Rip Van Winkle Odd Fellow Joskins '3 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were read a ,ecantl time: —The Westminster Palace Hotel Company, and Parley's Estate. INDIA.. In reply to the Earl GRANVILLE, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the papers referred to were six in number, and there was not the least objection to their production. The Govern ment had determined to send out commissioners—one from the Treasury, one from the Board of Trade, and one from the Customs—who were to repair to the seve ral Presidencies, and each was to ,be 'accom panied by a secretary, who should be a clerk of the Indian Revenue Department. The object of thecommi-sioners wou d be to look into the whole system of accounts and revenue in India, and then to make a report to Government at home, which would then take what steps they thought fit. There was no intention whatever of interfering with the powers of the Governor-General, but by the aid of the commissioners it was sought to obtain information which could not otherwise be obtained. The noble earl could have no conception of the infantile state of the natives of India with respect to keeping accounts. OATHS BILL. On the motion of Lord LYNDHURST, this bill was read a third time and pissed. TRANSFER OF LANDS BILL. This bill passed through committee. LAW Oil' PROPERTY AMENDMENT ACT. The order of the day for the commital of this bill was read and discharged, and the bill was ordered to be referred to a select committee. TRANSFER OF ESTATES SIMPLIFICATION BILL. The order of the day for the third reading of this bill was read and discharged, and this bill was also ordered to be referred to a select committee. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. This bill was reported, with amendments. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Acton's Naturalisation Act Amendment all was read a third time and passed. The following bills were further considered and or dered to be read a third time :—E est Suffolk. Railway ; and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Capi tal, &c.) TEES CONSERVANCY. Mr. HUDSON moved that the return ordered on the 11th day of February last, relative to the Tees Causer vancy, be made forthwith. After some remarks from Mr. Cayley, Mr. Setheron. Estcourt, and Mr. Fitzroy, the motion was agreed to. CADETSHIPS. Col. FORRESTER, the Controller of the Household, appeared at the bar with her Maj es ty' s answ e r to an ad dress voted to her Majesty o n th e su bj ec t o f cadet ships i n the Royal Engmeers and Royal Artillery, which he real to the heu e e. H er M a j es t y ' s rep l y was as follows—"I have received your dutiful address praying that no alterations he made in the principle of the existing arrangements regulating the admission of cadets into the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, and I have given directions that the subject shall be carefully considered."• (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) INDIA.. Sir E. COPELAND gave notice that he should, on the house being in committee on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's resolutions relative to India, move that the three first resolutions be postponed until the house had decided on the form of the councel to be named, the nature of its powers. and also, that he should move that the council should have powers of separate action, the appointment of their own chairman, and the in dicting of despatches. THE CADETSHIPS, &c. Mr. VIVIAN gave notice that ho should on Monday ask the uoble lord the member for Tiver ton if the minute sanctioning the recent alteration at Sandhurst and Woolwich was submitted to the late Government, and received their approval. CONSPIRING TO MURDER. Mr. H. BLAND gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill for amending the law relating to eenspiracies and solicitations to murder in Ireland. (Hear, bear.) INCOME-TAX. Mr. Alterman COPELAND moved for a return stating the names of the parishes or places in which a re assessment has been made under the Income Tax A c t since the impositi on of the tax in 1842, by reason of th e default of collector s, and showing the_amount of such re assessment in each case, and the year in which it was made.—Agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. DEE DES moved for copies of a report, dated the 21st day of January 1858, made by the Estates Com mittee of the Ecclesiastical Commission on the subject of local claims upon property vested in the commission • and of the minute of the re solution of the Board, of the 11th day of February, 1858, having reference thereto. —Agreed to. THE MILITIA. In answer to a question from Mr. LABOUCIIRRE, Mr. WALPOLE said it was not intended to call the militia out for training before the 30th June, the usual time for so doine. MR. JAMES, Q.C., AND DR. BERNARD. Mr. HUNT asked the S,cretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention had been called to the report in the papers of yesterday of a meeting held on the 28th inst. at St. Martin's-hall, in aid of the "Press Prosecution Defence Fund, in which one of her Majesty's counsel was present, and to have taken part in the pro ceedings, and also, whether it was competent for Queen's Counsel to refuse to hold a brief fur the Crown in a State prosecution. Mr. WALPOLE said my attention had not been called to the report in question b fore the hon. member gave notice of his question. I then, undoubtedly, sent for the newspapers to see whatwas reported to have taken place at that meeting, and I need Lot say that I read it with the utmost astonishment. (Hear, hear.) Since that time I have been informed by a gentleman of the house, and a friend of Mr. James, twat, Mr. James did not attend the meeting in compenv with Dr. Bernard, but only as an auditor, and was called on to the ptatf,rm without previous notice, and, I am glad to add, that he states the report referred to is incorrect. With refer ence to that part of the question whether a brief was offered to Mr. James from the Crown, and whether it is competent for her Majesty's counsel to refuse to hold a brief fur the Crown in a State prosecution, I have only this plain statement of facts to make. First, I have to state that a Queen's Couns,-1 cannot act in a Crown pro secution without licence from the Crown given for that purpose ; and, sec ,ndly, the Attorney-General wishing the a,is'ktanca of such criminal lawyers as he thought advisable in conducting the prosecution of the Crown iu the late State prosecutions, applied to Mr. James, through the solicitor to the Treasury, for his assistance, to which that gentleman replied try letter, which . I now hold in my hand. He states in his letter---" I have been retained by the defendant, and I have had consulta tions in the case with the counsel and attornies engaged, and I presume, under these circumstances, the Attorney- General will not insist on my services." (Cheers.) Now, I think it right to brine itclearly under the notice ef the house, as staternints have gone forth to the public totally contrary to that impression, and which ought not to be left on the min II:of the public wish reference to these proceediugs—stateinonts which I hope are incorrect—that Mr. James stated that he had rejected a retainer from the Crown in the late State prosecutione becael4e he believed an obselete act • of Parliament was sought to be put in f irce to please a • foreign despot —to bring under the notice of the house the correspondence that passed between Mr. James and the solicit )r tothe Treasury, in reference to his defending Dr. Bernard in the late State prosecution, and I will read the answer of the Solicitor to the Treasury, given with my complete sanction, knowledge, and concurrence, to Mr. James's letter, which I think will show the house that every possibe opportunity .vas intended at that time to be offered by the Crown to Dr. Bernard to have such counsel as he chose to defend him on his trial. (Hear.) our. Greenwood, the Solicitor to the Treasury, replied to Mr. James's letter as- follows :--" I have shown 3 co] r letters to the Attorney-General, and be desires me to say that he was not aware you had been retained for Dr. Bernard's trial, still lees that you had conferred with his counsel and solicitors. He thinks must be of great disadvantage to the prisoner now to be deprived of your assistance, acid would give him just cause of complaint, and there fore you ought to be at liberty to go on in his behalf." (Hear.) I will now read to the house Mr. James's answer to this letter which I think will satisfy the house that there must be some strange error or inaccuracy in the report referred to. Mr. James says, in reply, " I thank you for your note and I feel the com pliment paid to me by the Attorney-General." (Hear, hear.) I wi'l only add the licence for Mr. James to defend Dr. Bernard was immediately given, aed I hope when this plai❑ statement goes forth to the country the people will see that the Crown on no occasion in this kingdom deprives a prisoner of the assistance of any learned counsel he may desire to have to defend him on his trial (Hear, hear.) CO M MUN IC ATION BETWEEN BAYSWATER AND SOUTH KENSINGTON. Mr. MACKINNON asked whether there was any intention to accommodate the public by opening a com munication between Bayswater and South Kensington ; and if so, in what mannet? Lord J. MANNERS said the cost of such a commu nication would be about 60,0001., and he was not pre pared to ask Parliament to grant such an outlay for that purpose. EXECUTION IN CHINA. Mr. ROBERTSON said that in the overland Friend of China of the 12th of March, 1858, there was an account of the execution of a woman at Canton, with many horrid details. He asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs if such executions took place under the sentence of any tribunal under our official superintend ence, and if they were carried into effect with or without foreign official sanction ? Mr. S. FITZGERALD said her Majesty's Govern ment had received ❑o information from Lord Elgin of the character referred to. Of course if such information came to their knowledge it would be their duty to use their best ende6.vours to prevent i-s recurrence. sued had the approbation of the noble lord opposite (the Earl of Clarendon) ; and that being so, he trusted, in the hope of bringing about an amicable settlement of this question, that this would close, at least for the present, the discussions in their lordships' house o❑ this difficult and delicate subject. Hear.) The conversation then terminated. INDIA. The Duke of ARGYLL moved that there be laid be fore their lordships' house, the report to the general court of the East India Company from the Court of Di rectors upon the two bills now before Parliament relat ing to the government of India. The noble duke thought no blame attached to the noble earl opposite for the change he had made in the course which he had in tended to pursue when in opposition. It was undoubt edly true that the vote in the other house of Parliament (which was carried, he believed, by a majority of 200) had so essentially altered the position of her Majesty's present Government that they were fully entitled to say that, whatever might have been their opinions in opposi tion, they had no alternative but to proceed to legisla tion with regard to the government of India; and be (the noble duke) could only express his earnest hope that they would not allow the present session to come to a conclusion without the question Wing settled one way or the other. (Hear.) He quite agreed that so long as the Court of Directors was the de facto government of India it ought to be respected ; but no one could deny that its authority had been most materially diminished by the vote in the other house, especially when the character of the noble earl the President of the Board of Control was borne in mind. It was notorious that at no time had the noble earl been disposed to pay much respect to the Court of Directors, and he could not conceive that what had taken place was at all calculated to increase the noble earl's deference to the Court. (Hear, hear.) He entirely concurred in the policy which the noble earl had indicated in a despatch published that morning, with re ference to the treatment of oar revolted subjects in India; but it was a most remarkable circumstance that that despatch should have been sent through the secret committee. That circumstance proved that the Presi dent of the Board of Control, even under present cir Cum stances, had an absolute authority over the whole go vernment of India. (Hear, hear.) While he (the noble duke) approved of the determination of the present Government to proceed to legislation, he could not help thinking that the steps it had subsequently taken had only increased the difficulty of the problem they had to solve. It would be remembered thatthe noble earl had last year expressed hie aversion to any material change; for he said that constitutions grew up and soul act be made. From that he should have expected that the noble earl would have made as little alteration as possible when he came into office ; and yet his plan in volved an entirely new constitution fir India. There were in it far more elements of change ; it was much more complicated, and it was more open to the objection that it created a new constitution than the bill of the late Go vernment. It had been withdrawn, but Parliament would still have to deal with its main features concentrated into a series of abstract resolutions. A more inconvenient mode of proceeding could not be devised ; because in a case like this the merits or demerits of a measure must depend entirely upon its details. A great deal had been said with regard to the principle of election. But there was no principle whatever involved in the abstract idea of election apart from the definition of those who were to be the electors, and the functions cf those who were to be elected. It was a prevalent opinion that the chief difficulty in transferring the government of India from the name of the company to the name of the green was that which would be experienced in limiting the power of the Crown. lathe document for which he was moving their lordships would see that the directors (who were thoroughly conversant with the existing practice) also insisted upon the same notion—not, indeed, very con sistently, for one part of the paper was contradicted by another—not from any want of ability on the part of those by whom it bad been drawn up, but in consequence of the false position in which the directors found them selves. This idea had come down to us from the great con test of 1788. The objection to Mr. Fox's bill was that it would dangerously increase the power of the Crown if the government of India were transferred to it; but the mean ing of that objection was that the transference would give the Crown power to interfere with the commerce of In dia. Bat all that had passed away. There was now ne commerce to be dealt with, and thus there was now no danger to be apprehended. (Hear.) In 1788 it was argued that there would be nothing to prevent a Minister Iron appointing to the great pro-consular commands any per son he pleased, whatever might have been his previous qualifications or services. The danger that was then apprehended was that of the nabobs, as they were then called, would come back from India and employ their ill-gotten wealth in obtaining parliamentary influence ; but all that was now completely changed, and they would now be only too glad to secure the services of persons who had had experience in India for their new council. (Hear.) Again, it was contended that the pro posed council should be absolutely independent. This doctrine was laid down in one part of the document for which he was moving, but in another part of it they were told that the council must be one not to control but to advise the Indian Minister. (Hear.) And here he must express the astonishment with which he had read a state• ment of a right hon. friend of his in another place, for whom he felt the greatest respect and admiration—viz., that the power of the President of the Board of Control had of late been increasing, and that that increase had not received the formal sanction of Parliament. The tact was, the machinery of the secret committee, through which the power of the Board of Control was exercised, had received the sanction of Parliament over and over again. There could be no doubt that Parliament never intended that the power of the executive should not be the same with regard to Indian wars and with regard to wars in Europe. It was true, it might be said, that Par liament had an indirect check over the executive with regard to wars in Europe because it had to provide the means for carrying them on. At the same time there could be no doubt that as regarded the authority of the executive with respect to war it was just the same in India as in Europe. (Hear.) It would be well, however, if the principle were more generally recognised that the chief dangers of our Eastern empire were internal, and that so long as it made progress in the cause of improve ment they might disregard ail the attempts of Russia or any other foreign power. (Hear, hear.) Bat to return to the proposed council. The plan for representing special interests was the very worst that could be conceived ; and on this point he would quote the words of the noble earl (Lord Ellenborough) is 1853. [The noble duke here read an extract, in which Lord Ellenberour h depreea'ed the giving to the mercantile community any direct share in the government of India, on the ground that they might make an improper use of information they re ceived.] The noble earl, again, was generally supposed to he the chief authority for the introduction of the elective principle ; but he had looked over his evidence in 1853, and he found that the noble earl only advocated elect io as an alternative if nomination was not adop'ed ; bat there could be no doubt that in 1853 the noble earl gave a preferenoe to the latter as being the mode by which men of the greatest ability could be procured. At present the best men would not face the trouble of a can vass, and when the constituency was enlarged the objet. tions would be proportionably increased. Indeed, when he recollected the noble earl's speeches, he must say he had been much canceled to account for his bill. The task which lay before them was a most difficult one. They had to rule a distant empire with an absolute government on the spot and a parliamentary government at home. They had to bring to bear upon it their own purer faith, their greater knowledge, and their more perfect civilisa tion ; and they had at the same time to guard it from being made the sport of political parties or the sacrifice of European selfi-hness. (Cheers.) He thought the noble earl himself must have had a higher opinion of the good sense of the English people when he found that itref used one of the main features of his own bill, that portion of it by which he proposed to give certain great cities the right to elect a portion of his council. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that whatever might be the present or future difficulties of the Govern meet of India, the present Government was not reepsea sible for them ; because at the end of last year he had de precated any change beyond the introduction of the Queen's name, which would have required very few altera tions to effect. Her Majesty's late Government had appa rently not made up their minds on the subject till after Christmas. They seemed to have considered it in the recess, and they intreduced their bill at the commence ment of the present session. He rejoiced to find that the noble duke was of opinion (and he hoped that the colleagues of the noble duke agreed with him) that as the question bad been stirred, the present Government were bound to go on with the proposed legislation ; for certainly after they had passed sentence upon the Court of Directors it would be most improper to leave the government of the Indian empire in the hands of a body they had thus stigmatised. (Hear, hear.) Tne news of the overthrow of Lord Palrnerston'a Government, and opp naa of h enr eyl Parliament mwt They n e intended etlwould ncrn create overthrow ganhtdete intended t great odconfusiono , lt of h th em e i n proceed rn a o s da t ieae l d; n d t i o a C and dwo o h r aa r.- tt depend upon it that the state of the country was not such as to make it ad visible and desir ' able to add to the difficulty in which the government in India was involved. It was with the greatest g ratifica tion, therefore, that he h a d h eard the noble duke expres his opinion that they ou g ht to legislate on the subjects this year. With regard to hi mse lf and the East India Company, it was impossible for the Natalie business to be conducted more amicably than it was conducted between himself and the East India Company. He was now for the fourth time at the Board of Control, and he never had a dispute with the East India Company, or with any individual member of the Board o f Directors. He did not believe that the Court of Directors had thrown any obstructions in the way of her Majesty's Government ; if they would have done so at any time, they woad have done ro last year, but they had not done so, and that was not any reason fur 1-gislating on the subject now The great evil of the present system was the evil f nece sary deleY. He had explained the circumstances s under which it was not only allowable but right to p a , this letter through the secret department ; if he had passed it through the public department it would not have been brought to I.ght by this lime. The directors could times easy extremelyoi avoid the t w o e a re c s is o c m u e „ - sion on the resolutions or the it would be irreguia• in him to do so. The late government proposed a eelleei l of eight persons nominated by the crown, and these ei.:ht persons must t f necessity either have resided fifteen year in India or have served ten years in India. Every efficer of her Majesty's army would of necessity be excluded, and more than that, every person who viewed Indiar, affairs with Now n win India without ithanEn o glish mind would be prat icalie person experiencingcoul d thhaev great r esaatt difficulty i n for u there was from not having telr on it a perso n w ith a f res h English mind. Alllndian,;,encivyiepwesrswoenrewhohad E and ng s l o is i h t would be h ere. The be would beuld Secretary of State hims e lf, w h o , El seriously embarrassed from MALT. Mr. J. LOCKE moved for an account of the total number of quarters of malt made in the United King dom, from the let day of October, 1856, to the Ist day of October, 1857, distinguishing the quantity made and the quantity used by brewers and victuallers, and by retail brewers, in each country in continuation of Par liamentary paper, No. 20, of session 2, 1857). The motion was agreed to. BEER. Mr. J. LOCKE moved f an account of the number of barrels of beer exported from the United Kingdom, and the declared valne thereof, and where exported to, from the let day of October, 1856, to the let day of Oc tober, 1857, distinguis'aing from England, Scotland, and Ireland. The motion was agreed to. BRE WERS. Mr. J. LOCKE moved for an account of the number of per-one in each of the several collections of the United Kingdom licensed as brewers, victuallers, to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, stating the number of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt con sumed by them, particularising each class in each collec tion, from the 10th day of October, 1855, to the 10th day of October, 1855, and from the 10 , ,h day of October, 1855, to the 10th day of October, 1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 155, of session 1856). The miee ion was agreed to. SEATS OF MEMBERS. Mr. FITZROY m oved that the resolution of March 29, "That any member having secured a seat at prayers Shall be entitled to retain the same until the rising of the house," he made a standing order. Mr. WARREN s ung sted that the words " not. withstanding a division" should be added. This, however, w a s withdrawn. Sir D. NORoe,Eys thought a co mm i ttee m i ght be applieted t o d raw no a rule on the su li set. Mr. BENTINCK reminded the house that three years ago Mr. Muntz meeed the same resol u ti en, which was affirmed. S'r J. SHELL EY t h oug ht th at those who attended should ke e p th e i r places. Sir E. COLE BROO K E thought the matter might safely be left to the courtesy of members themselves. Toe motion was a greed to. RIVER THAMES. Mr. KENDALL nominated the following as the select committee on the River Thames :--Mr. Kendall, 'Viscount P a l merston, Lord John Russell, Lord John Manners, Vi eceunt Goderich, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Percy, Sir Benj am i n Hall Sir John Yarde B u ll er, M r. Stephen son, Mr. John Locke, Mr. Tite, Mr. Cayley, Mr. Akroyd, and Mr. Roupell. POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Mr. ESTCOURT said there had been considerable misapprehension about this bill. All it sought to accom plish was to correct some anomalies which at present existed in municipal elections. The two acts in existence varied in many respects, but the bill would put owners and occupier s on the same footing. Mr. "°°NER inquired whether the bill would over ride private act, I Mr. EiTCOURT said it would not. After some further discussion the clauses were agreed to, and the h mile resumed. REGISTRATION' OF COUNTY VOTERS (SCOT- Sir E COLE LAND) BILL. BROOKE moved the second reading of this bill. The questeen was not a new one, for it had been for years before Parliament. Until two years ago, in Scotland as regarded boroughs, and up to the present time with regard to ooutitie;, the registration was the same as in England ; but when a n e w valuation was madea different syst em of registration for counties an d boroughs was adopt ed. The borough act bad been two years in oper a ti on, and it bad worked efficiently. The object of this hill wail to assimilate the county registra tion to it. If the bill were r,al a second time, be would name a distant date for the committee. Mr. G. DUND AS moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. The bill entailed gr e at expaese, and ought not to be agreed to till the count ° meetings in Scotland were hell. Mr. C. BRUCE seconded the amendment. He like wise oepo eek l the bill Mr. COWAN" denied th a t th e bill w o uld involve much cadense. on account of the expense. Lo d ELORO s a id th a t th ey oug ht fi rs t to ascertain how the bill worked in the boroughs. Mr. CRA.UFURD supported the bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said that till they were in a better conditi on t o d ea l w i t h th e question, and knew what t "" a a similar measure in the boroughs had caused, they s h ould /IA pasl such cces a sfi. measure, but be wuuid n' o ppose the second reading. M A suur. MONCRItFF said that the experiment in the boroughs bad b een completely Mr. G. D UNDAS withdrew his amendment, and the bill was real a secoml time. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. S. Fl i"blEß..kLD moved the second reading of this bill, the object ( - ,f which was to c risdidate and amend the law in accordance with the stizestions of the emuriliUee who sat on this subject in 1852. The hon. operationmenibe r wo7 the exi s ti ng proc'eeding to make some comments on the system, when, Timers b'ieg ht 28 Members present, the house was counted out at 28 mitines before eight o'clock. special meeting of the London and South-Western Railway C impany 1.3 called for the 13th May, to con sidtr a nuinbrr of important bills affecting the corn p.my'o interests. Etc Finer VOYAGE.—The other day, a greenhorn, starting from Peterhead port, on his first voyage in a s•nall during a swell in the sea, ran, as soon as the vessel began to roll on leaving the harbour, and &leg tenaci .0 ply to the mast looked eagerly towards the master at the helm and cried out, "Fat are ye deein' kitlin, kitlin at her hine back there, an' ye dinna come forrit as fat. 's ye can an' help me to baud her up, I'll he fore't to lat her fa' ower i' the water.—Aberdeen Prep. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN INDIA. Mr. MILNER GIBSON asked the Secretary of the Board of Control whether ti e Government had taken, or proposed to take, any steps in reference to the Act IV. of 1857 of the Legislative Council of India for re straining the liberty of the prase. Mr. 11. BAILLIE said no steps had been taken by her Majesty's Government with reference to the altera tion referred to. It rested with the Governor General of India and on his communicating with the Home Government, her Majesty's Government would take the matter into consideration and decide upon it. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion fur the adjournment of the house, the important notices on the paper were postponed, to enable the resolutions to be brought early before the house. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.. On the motion for going into committee to consider the proposed resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Lord HARRY VANE moved "That the change of circumitances since the first proposal by her Majesty's late advisers to transfer the government of India from the East India Cemoany to the Crown renders it inex pedient to proceed further with legislation on the sub jeer during the present session." Mr. GREGORY secoridA the amendment. Mr. A. MILL considered delay in legislating on this que.tion would imperil our Indian empire. Sir F. BARING rose, and was (LETT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the Honour of Knighthood upon Adam Bittleston, Esq., Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL :30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, The Right Honourable Earl Grey, The Right Honourable Lord Patimure, K.T., G.C.B. Major-General the Lord Rokeby, K.C.8., The Right Honourable Sidney Herbert, The Right Honourable Edward Ellice, Major-General Sir William Fonwick Williams, Bart., K.C.8., Major-General the Honourable Sir James Yorke Scar lett, K.C.8., Major-General Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, K.H., Colonel Sir Henry Knight Storks, K.C.8., and Colonel Henry Eyre, to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into the working of the system recommended in the Report of the former Royal Commission of inquiry into the several modes of promotion and retirement in the Army, and also into the question of promotion and retirement in the higher ia,nks of the Army, commencing with the rank of Major. WHITEHALL, APRIL 28. The Queen has been ple ,sed to appoint the Right Hon. Charles Bowyer Adderley to be the Fourth Charity Com• missioner for England and Wales, in the room of the Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines, resigned. WHITEHALL, APRIL 28. The Queen has been plessed to present the Rev. Alex. Maclean to the church of Croick, in the Presbytery of Tain, and shire of Ross, ♦acant by the transportation of the Rev. John Macdonald to the church and parish of Rogart. WHITEHALL-PLACE, APRIL 30. The Archbishop of Canterbury has, under the authority of the Act of the 13th and l Ith years of her Majesty's reign, chapter 91, appointed William Deedes, Esq., M.P., to be a Church Estates Commissioner, in the place of the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, resigned. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 30. Ist Dragoon Guards—Capt. George Punter to be Major, by purchase, vice Thomson, who retires ; Lieut. Evelyn Harpur Crewe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paynter ; Cornet C. R. K. Hubback, to be Lieutenant by purchase. 4th Dragoon Guards— Cornet R. D. B. Cunningbame to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Baumgarten, ap pointed to the 10th Light Dragoons. sth Dragoon Guards—William George Proctor, Esq. formerly Paymaster in the Turkish Contingent, to be Paymaster vice E. 0. Pearce, who reverts to half-pay Royal Marines. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Edward P. Baumgarten, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to ba Lieutenant, vice Cass, promoted ; Thomas Shirley Ball, Gent., to be Cor net, without purchase, vice Hudson, promoted. Military Train—William Townley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purcase, vice R. B. Foster, who resigns. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hnme,,C.B , from the t- , sth Fout, to ba C a pt a i n anl Lieutenant- Colonel,. vice the Hon. F. A. Thesiger, who exchanges. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain George Grant Gordon to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major Robt. James Lindsay, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 4th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Bridson, ap pointed, without p urc h ase, on t h e 30th March 1858, it, g' William." , sth Foot—Captain John Jermyn Symonds, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Thelwall, appointed to the 24th Foot ; Lieut. Edward Wildman B. Villiers, to be Instructor of Musketry. 10th Foot —To be Ensigns, without purchase—Richard Johnson, Gent. ; John Lovel Kelly, Gent. 11th Foot —To be Ensigns, without purchase—William Magill, Gent. ; Owen Campobello Robinson, Gent. 13th Foot—Ensign Charles Edwards Palmer to be Lieu tenant, without purchase; Robert Henry Burrell Airey, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pritchard, who resigns. 15th Foot—Lieut. R. Clancy, from 98th Foot, to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Young, appointed Adju tant of a Depot Battalion ; Edward J. Boultbee, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 18th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Charles Goring Minnitt, Gent. ; St. George Alexander Smith, Gent • Thomas Boyle . Meredith, Gent. The second Christian name of Ensign Marelnd, appointed without purchase in the Gazette of 2 id April, 1853, is spelt Ash hurst, and not Ashuret, as then stated. 19th Foot—Lieut. John Henry Kirke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Amiel, who retires • Brumhead Roger s , Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 20th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Robert Fraser, Gent. ; George Edward Bolger, Gent.; Charles Henry Webster, Gent.; Charles Engs, Gent. 22d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Michael Fenton, Gent. ; Percy Sandford Nevile, Gent. ; Lieut. George Turner to be Instructor of Musketry ; George Montgomerie Davidson, Esq., formerly a Paymaster in the Turkish Continge ,- t, to be Paymaster. 23d Foot— John Henry Tulloch, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 24th Foot— Eiward Henry Bridgman Sawbridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase ; William Richardson Bigsby Chainberliu, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 30th Foot—Lieutenant J. P. Campbell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ar chibald Campbell, promoted in 20th Foot ; Ensign Charles Tyner tole() Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Campbell. 39th Foot—Anthony Lucas Calcraft, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. in succession to Lieutenant Thaek well, promoted. 54th Foot—Ensign Joshua G. Jebb to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Herrick, deceased. 55th Foot—Brevet-Major Robert Hume to be Major, without purchase, vice Frond, deceased ; Lieut. John William Trevor to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hume ; Ensign Mark M. Gillies to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Trevor; Charles F. Faber, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Landon, promoted in the 21th Fo )t 59th Foot—John Trohear Rudd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leighton, who retires. 60;h Foot—Capt. S. W. Bhgh to be Major, without pur chase, vice Douglas, deceased ;: - Lieut. F. D. Farquhar son to be Captain, without purchaSe, vice Bligh ; E ns i gn H. S. Hodges to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Farquharson. 62d Foot—Chas. W. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice C. J. Miles, promoted in the sth Foot. 67th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Chap lin, appointed, without purchase, on the 13th April, 1858, is Worthy, and not Wortlol as then stated. 69th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Alexander Skues, fr om the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Da la I'oer Beresford, who exchanges. 72d Foot—Brevet-Major Richard Rocko to be Major, without purchase, vice Mackenzie, deceased ; Lieute nant John Campbell Stewart, to be Captain, wi bout p urc h a se, vice Rocke ; Ensign John Pennefather to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stewat t ; Ensign James Robert Kildahl to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Pennefathor, whoso promotion, on the 23d March, 1858, is to 133 cancelled. 76th Foot—The second Christian name of Major Brewster is Craigie. 77th Foot—Lieutenant G. E. Leggett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mac Henry, who retires ; Ensign John Jordan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leggett. 78th Foot Ensign Thomas Mackenzie to be Liiutenant, -without purchase; James Thomas Stewart Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Mackenzie ; Lieutenant Andrew Cathcart Bogle to be Adjutant, vice Macpherson, promoted. 85th Foot—Lieutenant D. H. Mytton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bruce, who retires ; Ensign F. A. Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mytton ; L. L. Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vie. Thomas. 95th Foot—Captain and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. F. A. Thesiger, from the Grenadier Guards, to be Lieut.- Co!mu 1, vice Hume, who exchanges. 96th Foot—Lieut. Rouse Douglas Douglas to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pierce, who retires ; Ensign Edmund John Scovell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas Douglas. 100th Foot—Captain and Brevet -Colonel George de Rot. ten burg, from ha f-pay Unattached, to be Captain; Cap tain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel James Henry Craig Robertson, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain ; George Grant, Gent., from Assistant Storekeeper in the Commissariat Department, to be Quartermaster. Rifle Brigade--To be Captains, without purchase—Lieu tenant J. P. Carr Glyn, vice W. F. Thynne, died of wounds; Lieutenant James Singer; Lieutenant Jobn Simpson Knox. To be Lieutenants, without purchase —Ensign Frederick Ames, vice Carr Glyn ; Ensign Edward Palmer, vice Ames, whose promotion on the 26th of March, 1858, has been cancelled ; Ensign E. H. Buller, vice Singer; Ensign P. L. C. Phillips, vice Knox. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Richard Brew to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn, appointed to the 24th Foot. 3rd West India Regiment—Lieut. H. C. De la Poer Beresford, from 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Skues, who exchanges; Hugh Deane Massy,Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Manners, resigned; for William Glair, Gent. , to be Ensign, with ou t purc h ase, as s t a t e d in the Gazette of 18th December, 185/, read Deputy Assistant-Commissary William Gair, from half-pay of the Field Train Department, to be Ensign, &c. Cape Mounted Rifles— The second Christian name of En sign Cumberlege, is Altham, not Allham, as stated in the Gazette of March 23, 1858. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Thomas Harman Bond, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—ensign Francis John Bolton to be Adjutant, vice Taylor, promoted. Depot Battalion— Captain and Adjutant George King to be Major without purchase, vice Sir J. E. Alexander, promoted in the 23d Foot ; Captain R. Young, from the 15th Foot, to- be Adjutant, vice King, promoted ; Pay master Monkhouse Graham Taylor, from half-pay of a Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster, vice Charles Scarlin Naylor, transferred to the Invalid Depot at Yarmouth. MEMORANDUM.—For Major and Brevet -Col. Wm. C. E. Napier, upon half-pay Unattached, to be Superintendent of Studies at the Royal Milit ary C o ll ege, Sandhurst, vice M`Dougall, which appeared in the Gazette of Feb. 5, 1838, read,—Royal Military College--Major and Brevet-Colonel Win. C. E. Napier, upon half-pay Unattached, to be Major and Superintendent of Studies, vice lilL`Dougall. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, William Sall, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, upon full-pay, and attached to the 20th Foot. Francis Henry Preston, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Franklyn, appointed to the Royal Artillery. TO BE ACTING ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. Henry James Shirley, Gent. James William Crow, Gent. Altrrick Lloyd Burrows, Gent. John Augustine Young, Gent. Fitzgerald Edward Scanlan, Gent. BREVET. The undermentioned Officers, having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieutenant• Colonel, to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1354 : Brevet - Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Bissett, Cape Mounted Rifles. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry D. O'Halloran, Ist West India Regiment. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Salop—South Salopian Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry—Arthur Philip Lloyd, Gent., to be Cor net, vice Hunt, resigned. County of Huntingdon—Huntingdonshire The Hon. Henry Stevenson Blackwood, to be Ensign. Isle of Wight Militia Artillery - -Benjamin Whitmore Puckle, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Manners, re signed. Hampshire Regiment of Militia—Charles James Brett, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Arlitia—Richard Henry Salkeld, Gent., to be Ensign, vice W. A. Fetherstonhaugh, promoted. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Lieutenant Crawfurd to be Captain, vice Mather ' appointed to the sth Lancers; Ensign William Selby Fraser Taunton to be Lieutenant, vice Bridson, appointed to the 4th Foot; Ensign Hallowes Henry Bolton to be Lieutenant, vice Crawford, promoted • Ensign Robert Edw a rd H owar th to be Lioutenisot, vice iodd, resigned ; Henry Vawell, Gent., to be E'.sign ° vice Jefferson, appointed to the 16th F o ot. East Kent Regiment of ilitia—Ensign Duncan Tylden Chisholm to be Lieutenant, vice Wilford, resigned; Alfred David Barry, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Holdsworth, pro moted. Northamptonshire Militia—Ensign George Alfred Law rence to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Wollaston Hutton, resigned. The portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived wheaove went to press. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 28th day of April, 1858. 128tTE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £32,334,040 . Government debt •. • • 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,859,040 Silver bullion • ....... £32.334.040 d. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 8. ;YARTMENT. Dated the 24 day of April, 18'J BANKING D] Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding E t chequer, Commlssio era of N ational Debt, Say ings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 3,830,190 Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills .... • • .... •• .. 864,347 Government securities (includg.DeadWeight Annuity) .. Other Securities.... •• 15,455,430 Notes ..... Gold and Silver Coin 81b,710 438,077,056 I X 38,077,036 A, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 158. Dated the 29th day of April, lg; AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending April 27, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs pain or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : 8. d. From the British Possessions in America 26 Muscovado, the produce of the 'Mauritius Muscovado, tho produce of the East Indies 26 4 Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tna DAY. Amsterdam .. .. ~...... 11 15 Gibraltar .• ...• •• ...• • • Ditto, three months .. 11 1754 Leghorn .. .. ... 29 70 lOtterdam ............ 11 17)4 Genoa ... 25 57)4 Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• ... 25 35 Milan •• •• •• —•••••• •• Brussels •• •• •. •• •• •• •• 25 35 Venice •• •• •• •••• •• •• • aambnrgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 6% Maple!. -• •• •• •• Altona •• •• a•••••• • • • • • • • Palermo •• • • Paris•• ...... —..•..... 25 7)4 Messina ... Do. three months .. 25 35 Lisbon .. .... 51)4 st4rseilles ............ 25 35 Oporto —.....• .• Bourdeaux ............ .. ;Rio Janeiro ..... .—.. .. .... Frankfort-on-Maine •... 118% I Buenos Ayres..• •—.. .. Berlin •• •• .0 •• • • • • • • •• .... •.!.. I Iste 7 York,6o days' sight Vienna .• •••• • • •••• .• •• 10 35 'Philadelphia •• •• 000000 MIND Trieste— •• •• •• .• «. 10 35 PRICEB OF BULLION, PEI OZ: Petersburg ... .. 35 , 4 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 48% Portugal Gold Coin.. 0 0 0 Cadiz ••••••••• • • •• • . 49% Mexican Dollars .• •• 0 0 Barcelona .• New Dollars 0 0 0 •• •..• •• LOCAL SHARB MARKET& LIVERPOOL-A PRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market has been good to-day, but closed rather weak. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin. coin, 39—London and North Western, 95 51 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91 fi 91i —Midlands, 95 951—Eastern Counties, 12 s—C a l e d on i ans , 43 42i —S ou th Eastern, 21 211 f—Blackburn, 9 5.16. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was active to-day, aid prices advanced. London and North Westerns were done at 95 4- South Staffurds, 104—Midlands closed at 95 -Shropshire Unions, 4t, MANCHESTER, APRIL 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened with a firmer business, but prices were not fully maintained, and closed rather weaker. Grand Trunk of Canada. 12 946—East Lancashire, 84—Sheffields, 38 —Midlands, 95i—Leeds. 91 Eastern Counties, 11 7-16.—Londens, 9.s—DoYers, 21 i—Ber wicks, 94 - Caledoni arts, 86. BIRTHS. BOND —On the 29th inst., at Ipswich, Mrs. Henry Cooper Bond, of a son. ELIBANK —On the 23th inst., at Paris, the Right HON* Lady Elibank, of a daughter. JONES—On the 28th inst., at Poet's-corner, Westminster, the wife of John Hodgson Jones, C.E., of a son. ROBERTS— On the 28th inst., at 43, King's-road, Brigh• ton, the wife of E. W. Roberts, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BARKER --GARDNER —Oa the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, John Balker, Esq. of Manor-road, Stamford-hill, and Mi nc i ng -lane, to dozy Jane, eldest daughter of Frank Gardner, Esq., late of Reigate, Sussex. CARNEGIE — GIBBONS--On the 27th inst., at Brompton, Henry Carnegie, Esq., second son of the late Captain David Carnegie, H.M.S. to Elizabeth Ann Louise, e ld est daughter of the late 'William Gibbons, Esq., M.D., of Richmond, Surrey. SYKES — THORNTON—On the 29th inst., at St. Mary's, Battersea, by the Right Rev. Bishop Carr, Major Cam Sykes, late 48th Regiment, to Emily, second daughter of Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq., of Battersea-rise. DEATHS, ADAMS- On the 23th inst., after a few days' illness, Alfred Adams, of 25, Abingdon-street, Westminster, solicitor, aged 36. BRIDGE—OZthe 26th inst., at Dorchester, Wm. Bridge, Esq., aged 63. DOI›..ON —On the 27th inst., at Seamore-place, the Right Hon. Sir John Dodson, aged 7e. FENIVICK—On the 28th inst , after a few days' illness, at Lower Norwood, the Rev. Gustavus Richard Fen wick, the fifth son of the Rev. C. F. Fenwick, rector Of Brook, 1.W., aged 33. PATTERSON—On the 28th inst., at 21, Delamere-crescont, William Paterson, Esq., late of 68, Old Broad-street, city, aged 72. ROOKE —On the 27th inst., at Weybridge, Henry Roolo s Esq,, aged 72. 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