The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Domvile's Estate, Earl of Longford's Estate, and Beanchamp's :Almshouses Estate Bills were read a third time and passed. THE CASE OF DR. HINDS. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday, the 3d of August, he should call the attention of their lordships to the case of Dr. Hinds, late Bishop of Norwich, and he should ask whether it was the intention of the Government, in the next session of Par liament, to bring in a bill to make provision for bishops who, from age or ill health, should resign their sees. CENSUS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in the absence of his noble aid learned friend (Lord Lyndhurst); presented a petition from the Glasgow Faculty of Medicine, complaining that under the new Census Bill for Scotland they were particulars of all patients under called upon to state the their care. The petitionerscomplained they were called upon to fill up certain schedules of a very complicated nature without remuneration. The petitioners prayed their lordships not to pass the bill without striking out the clause they objected to. MINES REGULATION AND INSPECTION BILL, Lord KINNAIRD asked the noble duke (Somerset) who had charge of this bill to postpone proceeding farther with it till Tuesday next. The Duk9 of SOMERSET was very unwilling to atop the progress of the bill at that late period of the session. The report of the amendments could be received that even ing, and on the third reading the noble lord could state whatever objection he had to the bill. HIGHWAYS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. This bill was read a second time. PRISONS (SCOTLANDSILL. This bill, on the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, was read a second time. lIINES REGULATION AND INSPECTION BILL The report of amendments on this bill was received, and after a few observations from Lord Chelmsford, the Duke of Buccleuch, and several other noble peers, the bill was ordered to be L. F r4nted. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was also received. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENTS OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. _ _ Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to enable tenants to effect im provement's on their estates, such works to become a charge on the estate, and to bo discharged by way of annuities for a certain number of years. Viscount DONOUGH MORE thought the bill would not realise the anticipations of its promoters. Viscount DUNGANNON said he must enter his protest against the bill altogether. He thought it would do harm rather than good, and although he entertained such a strong opinion he should not, owing to the lateness of the session, object to its going into committee. He thought the right course to adopt was to refer the bill to a select committee, as it was fraught with injustice to the whole of the landlords of Ireland. The bill was then read a second time. TITLES TO LAND (SCOTLAND) ACT (1858) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported, with amendments to the house. CONJUGAL RIGHTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. THE MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL CHURCH BILL. This bill was read a second time. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. The amendments to this bill were reported to the house. The Lauds ,Clauses Consolidation Bill passed through committee. The Census (Ireland) Bill and the Census (England) Bill were severally read a third time and. passed. The Tithe Commutation Bill was read a third time and passed. OFFENCES WITHIN HER MAJESTY'S POSSES- SIONS ABROAD BILL. This bill passed throne] committee. HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. NUISANCES REMOVAL AND DISEASES PREVENTION BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. FELONY AND MISDEMEANOUR BILL. This bill went through committee. POSTAGE (ARMY AND NAVY) BILL. This bill was read a second time. PARTY EMBLEMS (IRELAND) DILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill, which was to prevent the exhibition of banners and party emblems in Ireland, the doing of which might lead to breaches of the peace. Lord CHELMSFORD said he thought the bill was not carefully drawn up. He did not, however, mean to pro pose any amendment, but he had drawn up a clause which he would submit to the noble earl's consideration. Earl GRANVILLE said he would consider the pro priety of introducing it in another stage. The bill was then read a second time. The following bills wero also read a second time :—Me dical Act (1858) Amendment Bill, and Highway Rates Act Continuance Bill. RIFLE VOLUNTEER ADJUTANTS' PAY AND PERMANENT SERGEANTS. Earl FORTESCUE begged to call the attention of the Under Secretary for War to a question of which he had given notice, relating to the pay and allowances to adju tants of administrative battalions of rifle volunteers in rural districts ; but before doing so he would avail himself of that opportunity of paying a well-merited tribute of acknow ledgment to the great value of the volunteers as a body, and a well-deserved compliment to them upon their high state of organisation. He also felt that it was due to the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for War and to the noble earl that to the manner and spirit in which they en couraged the movement, much of the degree of efficieney of volunteers was due. Their lordships were aware that since the formation of these corps they were organised into ad ministrative battalions, not for the purpose of destroying their distinctiveness as separate car" but for that of accus toming them by drilling to act in combination. From that arrangement he understood it had been determined to attach an adjutant to each corps, with the pay and allowance of 10s. a clay. He thought a fair allowance for adjutants in town, whose duties wereinot so extended as those adjutants in the rural districts, where corps were scattered much apart, and separated by tracts of country ; and in relation to adju tants of the latter class, he was of opinion that it was ne cessary that an extra allowance should be made to them for the maintenance of a horse. (Hear, hear.) His question then to the Under-Secretary for War, in refer ence to that class was, as to the " pay and allowances to adjutants of administrative battalions in rural districts," and whether her Majesty's Government were prepared to take any step for the purpose of giving further allowance to them than they received at present. There was another question of which he had also given notice, and that was the desirableness, as it appeared to him, of appointing per manent sergeants to each company of volunteers. He thought such an arrangement necessary to the greater effi ciency and drill of the corps, and it struck him that it would be fair and right that they should have daily pay. He also thought it desirable, nay necessary, that armourers should be attached to each corps, for the purpose of keep ing the arms in a proper state of repair and efficiency, and that for such service allowance ought also to be made. But with regard to the appointment of a permanent sergeant to each company, great efficiency must arise from such an ar rangement. He was aware that objection might be taken to it upon the ground of expense; but he did not think that the whole cost would amount to more than £130,000 a-year, or about a pound to each man, which, in relation to the value of such an arrangement, would not, in his opi nion, be complained of as a high amount. The question which he desired to put to the noble earl, therefore, was whether there would be a grant cf a permanent sergeant, to be paid by the Government, for each company of volunteers. Earl DE GREY and RIPON felt very happy in hearing the noble earl express his high consideration of the value of the volunteers, and ho begged to assure the noble earl that her Majesty's Government were also deeply sensible of their great value and of the ready manner in which they had stepped forward to serve their country. (Hear.) He also felt sensible of the very handsome manner in which the noble earl referred to himself in reference to the en couragement given in the department which he had the honour to represent in their lordships' house to the rifle volunteer movement. With respect to the first point to which his noble friend called attention, namely, the present position of the adjutants of. what was called "the adminis trative battalions in the rural districts," he admitted that "'oaf , battalions were scattered far apart over those districts, and the nobl e ear l ver y p ro p er ly p o i n t e d ou t t h a t th e adju tants those battalions were involved in much greater ex pans th D. the adjutants of corps in tbwns. Of the correct ness of that Statement there was no doubt ; and he begged to inform the noble earl that the question had been brought under the consideration of the Secretary of War, whether it would not be fairt positions to make some additional allowance to ad jutants in those ) Their ease wtoa cover d their extra expenses. (Hear, hear. eserving of due considera tion, and he trusted, if the increased granted, that there lordships wonldu allowance should be o ar v o e ve th of it. (Hear, hear.) But ho was afraid he could e noble earl so satisfactory an answer to the second question eoni which a he put, 00 0, which because the sum of £l3O, involve an addition to the estimates, and would i' b n c7 ° would ;:u consi derable cre ase on the cost to the country. Re fared therefore, that he could not give the noble earl any h ope on that point. It would be borne in mind that adjutants had been only very recently appointed to volunteer corps, an d until they saiw the working of that part of the system, h e did not think' it advisable to incur any additional expense in connexion with the movement. The noble earl would also bear in mind that the Government had already ap pointed sergea ats of the Guards and other corps to drill the volunteers an L A if they were to employ sergeants who were discharged soldiers, there was no longer power under mar tial law to detain them is the service of the volunteers if they chose at any moment to leave it. There was, however, one class of volunteers in whose favour an exception might be fairly made, namely the artillery voluntefTs and a small number of mounted volunteers, and he understood that it was intended to allow those branches one sergeant to each mounted company of volunteers. (Hear.) But it would be remembered with regard to armourers and store houses, that it was one condition made with the volun teers by the Government, that the arms should be deposited in storehouses, and under the care of arms' keepers, to be paid for by the Government; and it should also be borne in mind that the Government had appointed inspectors as well as adjutants to volunteers. He felt that the volunteers themselves would admit that they were now far better off than they were when the Government accepted their ser vices, and it was essential, in order to make them a perma nent force, that they should not in the estimates become a costly one. Lord VIVIAN thought the time had come when the volunteers, in reference to their organisation and amaz ingly increased efficiency, should meet with increased en couragement from her Majesty's Government and the country. (Hear.) The question was one of great import ance, and, as he said before, unless greater encouragement were given to them by the Gove nment, in a very short time the country would lose more than one-half of them. In his own county they were all willing to a man to serve ; but he must say that some allowance ought to be made to them, at least in the articles of ammunition and clothing, and he deemed it right to add, that the time had now ar rived when the Government ought to do something more for the volunteers than they had hitherto done. (Hear.) He also thought it would be well to have two classes of volunteers—namely, one who would undertake to serve one or two years, and the other to be at liberty to serve just as long as they liked, and to leave or serve at their own option. He merely wished to throw out those suggestions for the consideration of the Government, and he hoped that, in some shape, they would receive practical attention. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he could not help sharing the apprehensions of the noble baron who had just spoken, that the means of supporting the companies of volunteers, and of the further force for which occasion might hereafter arise, would fail. That opinion was borne out by the observations of_ the Commissioners of the Defences in their report ; but he neves theless felt that there was a diffi culty in going to the Government directly on the subject. What had occurred to him, however, was that power should be given to the magistrates at quarter sessions to impose a rate for meeting the expenses of the adjutants, and as that would be a very small one, he could not anticipate that it would meet with much opposition. Lord HARDINGE said he could not help thinking also that, should the present excitement subside, the means of supporting the companies might fall off, and he therefore hoped the subject would receive attention. Lord MELVILLE said he hoped the suggestion would not be adopted, as there were at present no more non-com missioned officers belonging to the several regiments of the line than were necessary for drilling the men. Earl GRANVILLE expressed his hope that the spirit which had been manifested throughout the country in the development of the volunteer movement would be main tained with unabated resolution, in which case there would be no falling off in the subscriptions. In his opinion, how ever, nothing could more strongly tend to unpopularise the movement than the imposition of rates. He therefore hoped the house would see the propriety of adhering to the course shadowed out by his right hon. friend the Secretary for , War. After a fewwords in reply from Earl FORTESCUE, the subject dropped. MILITARY STORES FOR INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked by whose direc tion, and under whose inspection certain articles of the value of between £30,000 and £40,000 of a perishable nature and inferior quality, equal to fifteen years' supply, were sent out to India for the use of the Royal Artillery at Bom bay, as mentioned in a letter from the Governor of Bombay, dated 12th March, 1860, and referred to in Mr. Wil loughby's letter. Earl DE GREY and RIPON said the only answer he could give to his assertion respecting the character and quality of the stores, was the statement of the storekeeper at Woolwich, that they were of the best description, and the harness perfectly new. It would, however, be the duty of the Government to obtain exact information on the subject. Their lordsbips then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAY.). The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 12 o'clock PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Bedford and Cambridge Railway, Lincoln's Inn, and London and South Western Railway (Kingston Railway Extension, &c.) Bills were considered and agreed to. The Forest of Dean Central Railway (No. 2) and Gal way Harbour (No. 2) Bills were amended and agreed to. THE LORDS AND THE PAPER TAX Mr. TITUS SALT presented a petition from a public meeting held at Bedford, praying the house to maintain its privilege in respect to taxation. MILITIA BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. GAS (METROPOLIS) BILL. This bill, with some amendments, went through com mittee. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION, &c., BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed. On clause 22, Mr. A YitTOl•T considered this clause unnecessary, and that it should be struck out. It recognised a principle, the practical effect of which was, that if a pet son was rich and gave money, he was entitled to receive a contribution out of the public fund. Sir G. LEWIS said that the clause was merely permis sive, and he could not understand what injustice it could inflict. The clause was then agreed to, v.s were clauses 23 to 28 inclusive. On clause 29, Mr. PULLER moved the following resolution, which was agreed to :—" Every such lease for 21 years shall, on the application of the lessee, and on payment of a propor tion of the accustomed fine, be extendible to the said 11th day of October, 1884, and a like extension, at the accus tomed rate of fine, shall, either for or irrespectively of the purposes of sale, purchase, or exchange, be allowed in the case of any lease for lives, the extent and value of which shall be computed by arbitrators, in default of an agree ment between the parties to be less than the extent and value of a term ending on the said 11th day of October, 1884." The clause as amended and clause 3 were adopted. On clause 2, Mr. INGRAM moved the - following additional provision, which was agreed to :—" That whenever any Ecclesiasti cal Corporation or the Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall decline to enter into a treaty with a lessee for either the sale of the reversion or the purchase of the term of or in lands held by such lessee, it shall nevertheless be lawful for such lessee, at any time before the expiration of the said lease, to require that his estate and interest therein shall be purchased by the Ecclesiastical Corporation or the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as the case may be, so de clining to treat as aforesaid, and that the value of such estate and interest shall be ascertained by such methods and with such extension of the unexpired term on his said lease as are by this Act provided in respect cf other leaseholds." Mr. B. CARTER then moved the following amend ment :—" At end of clause 32, add, ' and where such lease shall relate to building ground, it shall be lawful for the arbitrator or arbitrators or umpire, as the case may be, simply to find the gross sum to be paid for such sale or en- - franchisement, in such manner as he or they may deem just ; provided also, that regard shall be had to any con sideration given to the lessee by this account of the long continued practice of renewal." Sir J. Gii.AHA.3I considered this question was go im portant that it should be postponed until the report had been brought up, and he deprecated anything like party legislation in reference to the subject. Sir G. LEWIS said that before adopting the principle of arbitration in reference to church property, they should provide for the selection of an arbitrator, so as not to leave the question to chance. He thought that that appoint-. ment might be vested in the Home Secretary or some other responsible officer of the Crown. Some•discussion followed. Sir G. LE WIS said he was prepared to accept the amendment, but when the report was brought up he would insert a clause limiting the arbitration to house property. The amendment was adopted, and the clause with the amendments was agreed to. Clauses 33 to 43 inclusive were agreed to, and clauses 44, 45, and 46 were omitted. The remaining clauses were agreed to. Mr. HOWARD moved the addition of a clause provid ing for the augmentation of benefices up to £lOO .a year. He might instance the diocese of Carlisle. The bishop lived in a very beautiful part of the country, in a very beautiful palace which was provided for h:m, but it was too far away from the cathedral city to enable the poor clergy to go there. The Dean and Chapter of Carlisle had £7,000 a year provided for them, and when the leases fell in they would have an yearly income 0f,X21,000. In the city of Carlisle there were four parishes with a populati , n of 30,000, and the most that either of the incum bents , received was £l5O a year. The incumbent of one of the parishes received £B5 a year. The consequence was that the incumbents were unable to en gage curates, and the people were growing entirely beyond the control of the Church. But bad as this state of things was it was worse in the county (Cumberland). In that county there were 259 livings, 108 of which were less than £lOO a year, 69 were under £BO, and many were less than £5O. Ho thought the commissioners were greatly to blame, for instead of augmenting these small livings they had expended large sums of money on bishops' palaces, and had lately doubled the salary of the Dean boefe: an objecterk,who of pecuniary o t though an consideration.nrexcellentman , ought not to th is' a l t r ih T e li c ° oram liP ir s i N one s r u s p d p i o d rt n ed ot tl e 'expcelnadusthe their the rinngeyroprod. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUL perly, and that they did not aid the most needy and the most urgent cases. Sir G. LEWIS opposed the clause, on the ground that it would make no difference in the present state of things. Mr. DEEDES defended the commissioners, who, he said, had done all they could to augment small livings throughout the country. With regard to the increase of the stipend of the Dean of York, he might say that per sonally he was of opinion that Parliament ought to have been consulted in the matter, but a majority of the com missioners thought otherwise. Mr. SPOONER thought the grant to the Dean of York was not justifiable, while incumbents with families were starving upon £BO a year. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said;that there had been a considerable augmentation of livings in the diocese of Carlisle, in conse quence of the e • ertions of Dr. Villiers, the late bishop. He altogether disapproved of the augmentation of the income of the Dean of York under the circumstances, and was of opinion that it ought to have been brought before Parlia- ment. Mr. HENLEY thought that the augmentation of the salary of the Dean of York would shake public confidence in the commission. (Hear, hear.) After some remarks from Mr. WESTREJD and Mr. GRIFFITH, the committee divided— Fer the clause Against it Majority The clause was lost. One or two clauses having been added, the bill passe. through committee, and was ordered to be reported to the house. The sitting was suspended at a quarter to four. The house resumed at six o'clock. HINDOO GRIEVANCES Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Native As sociation of Calcutta, complaining of the Indian Legislative Council, which they said did not represent the views, the wishes, or the wants of the people; was numerically too small to get through its work, and was composed exclusively of officials. They prayed that no court where English law was administered might remain without a professionally educated judge or assessor. They pointed out that notwith standing the royal proclamation they could find no entrance into the civil service, if they were required to come to Eng land to be educated and pass their examination. They com plained of the land tenure ; and while approving of Lord restoration of the talookdaree system in Oude, they expressed their belief that much good would be done by the extension of a permanent tenure. They concluded by praying that their earnest petition might not be laid aside as needless or unworthy of attention. DOCKYARD LABOURERS. Sir F. BARING gave notice that on the motion for the adjournment to-morrow he would call attention to the case of the established dockyard labourers, and ask the Secre tary of the Admiralty a question as to the course which the Government intended to pursue with regard to the super annuation of these persons. THE INDIA-OFFICE AND THE WAR-OFFICE. In reference to a question by Sir DE L. Everts, Sir C. WOOD said the hon. and gallant general had made an inquiry with regard to some military stores which had been sent out without the sanction of the India-office. A letter was written on the subject to the War-office on the 12th of May, to which the India-office had as yet re- ceived no reply. (A laugh.) His right hon. friend (Mr. S. Herbert) had stated the other night that he had addressed a letter to the India-office in November last to which he had received no answer—(laughter)—and the hon. member for Birmingham took notice of the fact, remarking that it was in the usual fashion of the India-house. (Mr. Bright, "Hear, hear.") Taken literally, the statement of hie right hon. friend was quite correct. No answer was sent, and the reason was a committee had been appointed to inquire into the mode of supplying stores to India. The letter was laid before the commissioners ; the whole subject was fully investigated, and a report was made to the effect that colonels of regiments ought to make their requisitions to the local authorities instead of home. (Hear, hear.) The subject having been considered and put upon a proper footing there was no need to reply to the card munication of his right hon. friend ; and the inference which had been drawn from the right hon. gentleman's statement, namely; that there had been some neglect at the India-office, was quite unfounded. THE FORTIFICATION VOTE. Mr. BRIGHT—I beg to give notice that on Monday next, when the house goes into committee on the resolu tion which has been proposed by the noble lord on the sub ject of fortifications, I shall move as an amendment the fol lowing resolution :—" That the estimates for military and naval services which have been laid before this house during the present session amount to the sum of £29,700,000, which sum the house has voted, or is prepared substantially to vote, and a further sum of £3,800,000 has been voted on account of military and naval expenditure of China. That having regard to these large sums, this house resolves to postpone the consideration of the report of the Defence Commissioners till a future period." THE PAPER DUTY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I beg to give notice with respect to the customs duty on paper, that her Majesty's Government will 'make the proposal which they have placed upon the books on Monday NI eek. (Loud cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. BRIGHT—May I ask a question of the right hon. gentleman a :th regard to the proposed duty on spirits ? Is it bis intention to ask the house to enact that duty perma nently, or only for a year ? Having reference to recent transactions, that is an important consideration. (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The pro posal of the Government was for saermanent addition to the spirit duty. Of course it quite competent to any hon. gentleman who may think fit, to move in commit tee that it be only for a year. Mr. BRIGHT—The right hon. gentleman does not un derstand my question. I do not mean that the addition shall not be a permanent one, that is so long as spirit duties exist ; but what I want to know is whether in the bill the tax will be made an annual one so as to come under the re view of the house next session ? (Hear.) I presume that that is the course which the house will take in future with regard to new taxes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The question is mere extensive than I thought. The bill is without any limit, and would have the effect of imposing the tax permanently. (Opposition cheers.) TERMINABLE ANNUITIES. Sir F. KELLY asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in the event of a loan being effected upon Termi nable Annuities, it was the intention of the Government to introduce a provision in the bill to modify the scale of charge in respect of the income tax upon any annuities so granted. Lord PALMERSTON did not quite understand the point on which the hon. gentleman required information, He apprehended that they could only take into consideration the market value of the securities at the time. Mr. HUBBARD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the rates at which he esti mated the interest attaching severally to the Three per Cont. Consolidated Annuities and to the Thirty Years Annuities, given in consideration for the loan of 16 millions which he made as Chancellor of the Exchequer in April, 1855. Sir G. C. LEWIS was not prepared to give the hon. gen tleman a perfectly direct answer to his question, on account of the manner in which the loan was contracted, but he would give him the best in his power. He assumed that the loan of £16,000,000 made in April, 1855, might have been raised at £88; and as the price of Console was £9O, that only allowed £2 for risk, which was a very moderate allowance in time of war. The interest payable on the money so raised would thus have been about £3 Bs. per £lOO sterling. The remaining £l2 (the difference between £BB and £100) would represent an annuity of lie. 6d. for thirty years, or of 9s. in perpetuity. The interest payable on that portion of the loan which was contracted in annuities might therefore be taken at about £3 15s. per cent. ; and therefore the difference of interest between the two proportions of the loan was the difference between £3 Bs. and £3 15s. All this, however, in consequence of the manner in which the bid dings were received, was a matter of calculation, and not of statement; but the present prices of the two descriptions of security was a matter of fact. The present price of the an nuity was £l6i. There wore 25 years unexpired, and this gave an interest on the annuity of a 18s. 6d., which in cluded £2 10s. of sinking fund ; in other words, the net in terest was £3 Bs. 6d. per £lOO sterling. That was a fact which the hon. gentleman could not dispute. The present interest on Consols was £3 es., and thus the difference was not more than 2s. 6d. Mr. HUBBARD gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day) again call attention to the subject. SICILY. Mr. GRI FFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether any proposition had been made to her Ma jesty's Government by the Special Envoy of the Neapolitan Government lately arrived here, that the English Govern ment should join with the other powers in imposing and en- Dyeing, by the means at thei: command, an armistice for six months between the Neapolitan Government and the Sicilian Government under General Garibaldi, and whether her Majesty's Government had any intention of entertain ing- any such proposition. Lord J. RUSSELL—Before I answer this question I must complete an answer which I gave the hon. gentleman the other clay. The hon. gentleman asked me whether an envoy had been sent by the King of Sardinia to Garibaldi ; and what was the purport of the message which he carried ? I said that an aide-de-camp had been sent, but I could not then tell the hon. gentleman what was the nature of his message. I have since been informed from Turin that the message which was sent was from the king of Sar dinia to Garibaldi, proposing to him to make a truce with the Neapolitan forces, and that he should engage not to make my expedition against the territory of the King of the T Sicilies on the mainland. That message is en tirely in conformity with the opinion which ber Majesty's Government has expressed before. With regard to the present question of the hon. member, I have to state that it is true a special envoy has arrived from the Neapolitan Government; and they have proposed to her Majesty's Government that her Majesty's Government mediate be. tween the King of the Two Sicilies and Garibaldi; and that if that mediation for the purpose of an armistice, and for preventing a further attack upon the territories of the King of Naples should not be received by Garibaldi, a force should be sent from Great Britain and France with a view to impose the armistice upon Garibaldi. To that proposition her Majesty's Government have declined to consent. (Loud cheers.) THE CONSOLIDATION BILLS. In answer to ➢Zr. HADFIELD, Lord PALMERSTON said there were two courses which might be adopted with reference to the bills that had come down from the Lords for the consolidation of the criminal law. They might on the one hand consider them clause by clause; in which case it would be hopeless ever to arrive at any consolidation at all. On the other hand, the house might be disposed to take upon trust the accuracy of the consolidation, and pass the bills in confidence. If it should afterwards be found on examination that they required amendment they might take them up separately in a future session. Probably in the course of a week he should ask the house which course they intended to pursue. SPIRIT DUTIES BILL. Lord FERMOY said he observed that the order for the committee on the Spirit Duties Bill was on the paper for that evening ; he hoped it would not be taken at a late hour. Lord PALMERSTON said he could so far satisfy his noble friend that there was no chance of the bill coming on that night. THE POST-OFFICE REPORT. Sir G. BOWYER said he had been informed that the report on the Post-office had been in the hands of the Go vernment at least a week. He begged to ask the Secretary to the Treasury when it would be laid on the table ? Mr. LAING said that the report was placed in the hands of the Postmaster-General some two or three days ago. It involved matters requiring the greatest consideration; and he was not able to give the house any assurance as to the course that would be taken with regard to it, or the time when it would be produced. THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, I rise to make the motion of which I gave notice the other day, with a view of facilitat ing the progress of the business of the session, which is now far advanced. (A laugh.) I should hope, now that the period has arrived after which no bills, except money bills, or those involving matters of urgent importance, can be sent up to the other house—at any rate the bills of private members have no chance of passing through the other house of Parliament—l hope, therefore, that the house will not object to the proposal that on Tuesday orders of the day shall have precedence of notices of motions, Government orders having the priority. I had fixed Tuesday next as the first Tuesday on which this arrangement should commence. But I find there are hon. members who have motions for that day whom I should be sorry to disappoint, and three fore I propose that it shall commence on and after Tuesday, the 7th August. The motion was then put from the chair amidst some laughter. Mr. DISRAELI—The house has shown no indisposition to assist the Government so far as the arrangements with respect to public business are concerned. Thus, at Whit suntide, we gave up, without a murmur, Thursday. The noble lord then proposed another mode through which our time was much curtailed. It seemed only a very slight proposition at the time that notices of motion should be taken at a quarter past four instead of half-past four; but I may venture to say that it has occasioned very great inconvenience to private members,—(hear, hear)—whilst there is not any evidence of its having at all advanced the public business. (Hear, hear.) The noble viscount now asks private members to give up the only day which is left to them. lam not disposed to throw any difficulties in the way of this proposition; but I think that hon. members should be met by an equally frank and accommodating spirit on the part of the Government. (Cheers from the Op position.) There is one subject at least on which they have not experienced that spirit from the Government, that, namely, which relates to the changes which are contemplated by the Government with respect to the paper duties. (Hear, hear.) Now, hon. gentlemen are agreed that this is a matter of great importance, and that it ought to be introduced at a time when it can meet with full discussion in as large an assembly of the house as at this period of the session can be expected. But although more frequent inquiries have been made from both sides of the house with regard to this in tended measure than I can well recollect on any subject, and , although I have myself been compelled to deal with it in a somewhat intrusive manner, still we have not been favoured until to-night with any notifieetion from the Government as to their intentions upon that measure ; and then a day is proposed which certainly appears to me to involve an unrea sonable and unexpected delay. (Hear, hear, from the Op position.) I should be sorry to oppose the motion of the noble lord, but if the house agrees to this motion, I think the noble lord ought to fix an earlier day than next Monday week for the introduction of the important measure to which I have referred. At any rate, I think the noble lord ought to fix the earliest day after Monday next, which cer tainly is engaged. Ido not see why the Government should not some days ago have allowed that business to be introduced on Friday night (this day). They have nothing on the paper for Friday night but supply. But lam quite willing to support the Government on this motion, pro vided we have an assurance that it will come on on the ear liest day after Monday next, namely, on Thursday. If the noble lord had proposed to postpone the notices of motions on Tuesday next, and allowed the paper duties to come on on that day, which would have been a not unreasonable proposition, I would have supported him, provided that hon. gentlemen would have consented to give up their mo tions for that day ; and I think if the noble lord had given expression to a strong opinion, they would have done so. If, however, that arrangement cannot be made, I shall be happy to support the modified proposal of the noble lord, that the• paper duties be brought on on the earliest day at the command of the Government after Monday next. Mr. HADFIELD said that he for one was willing to sit for any * time her Majesty's Government might choose to fix, even if they kept him there for two months. (Much laugh ter.) He thought a question as to the constitutional mode of expressing the opinions of the house was a matter of the highest importance. Sir G. BOWYER said he thought the proposal which had been made by the noble lord by no means unreasonable. But with regard to the introduction of Government bills he wished to call the attention of the Government to a bill of great importance which was in his charge (the Roman Catholic Charities Bill). It had met with very serious and unexpected difficulties, arising from the opposition of hon. gentlemen on his (Sir G. Bowyer's) side of the house, and unles the Government would allow a day for its full and free discussion, the bill would be lost, and the Roman ca tholic charities would be left to the administration of the Charity Commissioners without the protecting clauses which had been promised in the first instance. Mr. MONSELL said that if every hon. member had not the patriotism of the hon e and learned member for Sheffield, all were agreed that the question of the paper duties ought to be settled as speedily as possible. (Hear, hear.) He therefore wished to press upon her Majesty's Government the importance of discussing the question on the earliest Possible day. It could not satisfactorily be dealt with ex cept in a full house, and he did not think that on so late a day a large assemblage of members could be expected. Sir M. FARQUIIAR said that when the question re specting the paper duties was put on Monday last by his right hon. friend, the noble viscount said that lie would give an answer next day. It was very remarkable that on Monday, when the noble viscount made his important state ment respecting the fortifications, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not present. But on the following day, when the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire asked the question of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was present, the noble viscount was not there, and the right hon. gentleman got no reply. The question was put to the noble lord the Foreign Secretary, but the noble lord could not assist his right hon. friend. It was surmised from this that one of three things had occurred—either that there was was great dissensi,m in the Cabinet, or that some negotia tions were pending in France which were incomplete ; the Emperor of the French having desired the removal of the prohibition,.the Legislative Council had objected to that, and therefore the prohibition had not been withdrawn, but the admission of foreign paper was still permitted; or thirdly, that, as a late Chancellor had observed, when he was Attorney-General, and some one remarked upon the wonderful amount of business which was despatched at the end of a session—" the end of a session was the best time in the world for getting through business without obstruc tion." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Whether the latter was the true reason or not he did not know; but the subject had been discussed considerably not only inside the house but out of it; and it was considered most extraordinary that this question should be delayed day after day. Lord PALMERSTON said the proposals which had been made were so many and various, and it was so difficult to agree to Tuesday next, that he must beg to adhere to his original proposition, that Government notices of motion should have precedence on Tuesday se'nnight. With re gard to the observations of hon. members as to the time when any particular measure would come on, if hon. gentle men knew how difficult it was to settle the days upon which business could be brought on, and then observed the way in which business was continually postponed, they would see that it was not only difficult but impossible to fix with certainty any day on which a particular measure should be brought forward, Mr. JAMES said he wished the noble lord would inform the house what measures he really meant the house to pro ceed with this session. (Hear.) This he thought was a very good opportunity to discuss this question. He for one was very much surprised at the statement of the noble lord, that several bills for the consolidation of the statutes which had been recommended from the throne, were to be passed without any examination ; that the house should be asked to take upon trust the measures of an assembly which had .refused to take upon trust the financial measures of that house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. 13ENTINCK said he regretted that the noble lord lied not given a more definite answer to his hon. friend the member for Hertford as to what was the intention of the Government with regard to the paper duties. He could not believe that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was serious when he said it was intended to postpone this important question till the 6th Of August. He thought, without im puting any motives to the right hon. gentleman, that would seem like tt•iiiin g with the business of the pountry. The right hon. gentleman must be impressed as much as any man in the house with the importance of the question, and he must know that on the 6th of August it would be per, featly impossible to get a fall and fair attendance of alp house. The hon. gentleman the member for Birmingham (74.727, 1860, might smile and shake his head, but even he would agree .1 that such was the case. If the Government postponed the discus Hon for a moment longer than was necessary it would • look very much as if they preferred passing the measure through an empty house rather than a full one.._ Mr. MALINS also hoped the Government would dis tinctly state what bills they intended to pass this session. Sir G. • GREY said that the question as to what bills should be passed this session had been practically answered by the discharge of several orders last week, namely, the Bankruptcy Bill, the London Corporation Reform Bill, the Highway Bill, the Scotch Wine Licenses Bill. (Here a MS. list of bills was handed to the right hon. gentleman, who commenced reading,—Saving Banks Bill, Corruption Practices Act Amendment Bill, Irish Poor-law Continu ance Bill; but the mention of the last named was received with much laughter, and convinced the right hon. gentle man that there was some mistake.) B owever, continued the right hon. baronet, the reason why the Companies Bill was deferred was, that this was the last day on which bills, except money bills, and others of urgent importance, could be sent up to the Lords, and this measure had come down from the Lords. With regard to the measure of the hon. member for Dundalk, he would suggest that private mem bers generally looked to Wednesday's paper, and on Wed nesday next he found there was nothing on the paper but the Attorneys Bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the house had reason to com plain of the conduct of the Government in reference to the business on the paper. The noble lord had promised to come down and state what bills would be proceeded with, and what would not. It was extremely inconvenient to have a long list of orders before them every night, and not know which would be proceeded with. But be still more com plained of the conduct of the noble lard in reference to the discussion on the paper duty. Repeated promises had been made by the noble lord, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer) and by Lord J. Russell, that a day should be named fo this discussion; but this had not been done until now. He suspected there was some truth in the allegation that the Government were desirous to postpone the discussion until the house was as thin as possible. (Cheers from the Oppo sition.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Savings Bank Bill was virtually disposed of, except with regard to one point. It was said that it was impossible to have a good attendance on the 6th of August. This was not' so; he had Aeen an excellent attendance on the 3d of Sep tember. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was not respon sible for the delay of the paper duty question ; every mem ber of a Government was anxious to bring on his own mea sures first. This was a question which had attracted so much public attention that it could not be disposed of in an hour or two; it would require an entire evening; and the Go veinment had selected the earliest unbroken evening they could reckon on. There was no earlier day at liberty. On Monday the subject of fortifications came on; the discussion might extend to Thursday ; and Friday, with the experience they had recently had—(a laugh)—could not be considered an unbroken evening. Believing that the house would be anxious to come to a decision on the fortification question next week, the Government proposed to keep open Monday and Thursday for that purpose. Tuesday was not at their disposal ; and therefore Tuesday week was the earliest day which could with certainty be fixed for the discussion of the paper duty. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. CAIRNS thought it desirable that the fortifica tion debate, if not concluded on Monday, should be re sumed on Tuesday. He believed that those members who had notices on the paper for_ Tuesday would give way. To prove their sincerity let the Government put down the paper duty conditionally for Thursday. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT believed there was much difficulty in arranging these matters at the end of a session ; he had always found it to be the case. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not postpone the paper duty question beyond the 6th of August. It was a question between three-quarters and seven-eighths of a penny : and it was most important that the question should be settled, because at this moment paper .hangings were coming in, under the treaty, at the low rate of duty, and competing with our own heavily taxed paper. (Hear, hear.) It was most essential that the house should carry out the terms of tLe treaty to which they had already agreed, and addressed the Queen in its favour. (Hear, hear.) Sir L. PALK considered that the Government had treated the house very unfairly. (Oh, oh.) The house was willing to concede all the noble lord required ; they only asked that the earliest possible day should be fixed for the discussion of the paper duty. The session had begun much earlier than usual, and it was likely to be more barren of result than any former session. Mr. HORSMAN thought the Government ought to have adhered to their original proposition—of making next Tues day a Government day. He would suggest the adjournment of this debate till next day. What surprised him was that the question of the paper duty should be treated so dif ferently at the beginning and at the end of the session. The Government were first in favour of a free .trade in paper ; now their views were different. This was a question in which one and a half million of revenue were concerned ; it ought not to be delayed until the 6th of August without very sufficient reason. (Hear, hear.) They had now arrived at the 26th of July. They had seen one important measure after another defeated, and the Government sub mitting to those defeats with an insensibility which was most extraordinary. (Cheers from the Opposition.) The only question was, how long the House of Commons would suffer these irregularities to continue, which were most de grading to all parties, and damaging to the house. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the charge brought by the hon. member was a most singular one. He would call the attention of the house to a few facts. The hon. member for Buckingham had given notice of a question with respect to the loan of 1855, when he (Sir George) was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Had he declined to answer that question, he presumed either that his refusal would have been consi dered discourteous or churlish, or it would have been said that he was ignorant of the matter to which it related. (Hear.) He had, therefore, thought it his duty—the ques tion relating to a matter of fact of which he had sufficient cognisance —to answer that question. What there was ir regular, improper, or unconstitutional in that he could not see. (Hear.) If he had not answered the question he though he might then be exposed to the censure of the house. Mr. B. JOHNSTONE thought that long speeches were the cause of the backwardness of public business. (Hear.) Any private member might state what he had to say in 20 minutes, and if he went beyond that he ought not to have the ear of the house. (Hear 4 Ministers and ex-ministers might be unlimited in the time they occupied., (Laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. TIORSMiiN said he intended to move the adjourn ment of the debate. (Cries of " Too late.") Lord. J. RUSSELL said he understood that what the members of that house particularly wished with regard to the paper•duty question, to which they attached extreme importance, was that there should be certainty as to the time at which it would be brought on. (Hear, hear.) His noble friend naturally considered how that certainty could be obtained, and he was certain that on Monday, the 6th of August, this question could be brought on. The hon. and learned member for Belfast proposed a mode which was full of uncertainties and contingencies, namely, the adjourn ment of the question from day to ,day. Suppose the debate on the fortifications took up more than Monday night they could not calculate upon those members who had motions for Tuesday giving way to the Government so as to con tinue the debate. The 'hon. and learned member thought that they would not persist, but those members might attach great importance to those motions and might persist in bringing them on. If then there was uncertainty on Mon.. day night and uncertainty about Tuesday night, to fix the question of the paper duties for Thursday on the chance that they might come on on that day, would, in his opinion, be putting the members of the house to greater inconveni ence than if they fixed a day when that subject could be brought on with certainty. (Hear, hear.) Some weeks ago it had been said that the postponement of tha civil service estimates was unprecedented, but now there seemed to be no care about votes in committee of supply, or about the civil service estimates ; and all their attention ought to be given to the paper duties. Last year the right hon. gentle.- man the member for Stroud was quite impatient on the sub ject of fortifications, but he now seemed indifferent on the matter, and blamed the Government because they did not make the expenditure one of the usual votes in supply. (No, no.) But his noble friend having adopted the prin ciple of the scheme for which the right hon. gentleman was so anxious last year, he now gave up all care about that subject; his whole attention was given to the paper duties, and to lecturing the Ministry for the Fay in which they conducted the public business. (Hear, hear.) It might be that the official career of the right hon. gentleman was so brilliant—(laugh'er)—that he was entitled to look down upon all others from a great distance, but other wise no member of the house could give lectures to the Mi nisters. (Hear.) If hon. gentlemen gave up the motions they had for Tuesday night the Government had no objec tion to fix the paper duty question for that day. Sir W. MILES was astonished the Primo Minister had not fixed the earliest possible day for the discussion of the paper duty question. If an appeal was made to those mem bers who had motions for Tuesday he felt confident they would give way. Sir G. GREY—WIy not say so ? (Hear.) Sir W. MlLES—Because they had not been .asked. (Hear.) lie believed that there was plenty of time between this and Tuesday to come to an arrangement with those members, and therefore begged leave to move that the de bate be adjourned. Mr. MILNES said that an hon. friend of his had an im portant motion for Tuesday, and he did not think he was at all likely to give way, especially as Tuesday was the last night on which private members could make motions. After a few words from Sir H. Cairns and Mr. Horsman in explanation, and also from Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr. DISRAELI said he did not think it would be expe dient to adjourn the debate, and ho therefore would recom mend his hon. friend not to press his motion, although he believed Thursday would be a more convenient day for the disonssien of the paper duties than Monday. Sir W. MILES having withdrawn his amendment, the motion was agreed to. EUROPEAN FORCES (INDIA) BILL. On tUe motion for going into committee on the European Forces (India) Bill, Mr, HENNESSY moved that it be an inetvaction to the committee that the half of all vacancies to be filled up in the ranks of the European commissioned officers of her Ma jesty's' line or local troops serving in India be allotted to the sons or orphans of officers, line or local, or the sons or orphans of her Majesty's civil service in India, who have served in India, and who shall have passed the prescribed examination, and that the remaining vacancies be filled up by open competition, the successful competitors to pass through one of the royal military colleges. Mr. S. HERBERT, in reply, urged that the proposal would extend the system of giving commissions in a man ner out of all proportion to the advantages to the service which would be derived from it. He showed that since the last war the allotment of commissions without purchase had increased to a very large amount. After some remarks from Colonel SYKES, Mr. M. MILNES called attention to the protest gi Mr. Willoughby, one of the members of the Indian Council, against the proposed plan of the Government. Sir DE L. EVANS supported the motion, and pointed out that the Secretary for War had for the first time intro duced the word "purchase" in connexion with the Indian army. Sir E. COLEBROOKE thought the plan of the hon. gentleman would interfere with the existing claims of officers in the Indian army, and would deprive them of the provision made for them in the act of 1858. Still, though there were objections to it, yet on the whole if the rights of these Officers were not interfered with he should support the motion. • Sir C. WOOD assured his hon. friend who had just sat down that no intention whatever existed of depriving the cfficers to whom he alluded of any rights they possessed under the bill of 1858. Those claims were not only just, ' but secured to them by Act of Parliament. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority —sB Sir. J. ELPHINSTONE moved that it be an instruction to the committee that they have power to make provision for the future regulation, discipline, and patronage of the European forces serving in India. He argued in favour of the maintenance of a local European force in India, quot ing statistics to show the advantages of an acclimatised force, locally officered, and adducing the opinions of a num ber of officers and gentlemen of great experience of Indian affairs. He pointed out that the existing local army, of which 26,000 still remained, were re •enlisted since the mutiny, on the terms that they were to be a purely local force, and not liable to serve anywhere but in India; and the proposed amalgamation would violate that engagement, and probably have the same • effect on the men as the at tempt at transferring them from the Company's to the Queen's service had produced amongst them. Sir DE L. EVANS and Sir M. FANQUHAR having ad dressed the house at great length, Mr. ROEBUCK moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord PALMERSTON, referring to the length at which the discussion had been carried on, expressed his readiness to sit till Christmas in order to pass this bill. Mr. HORSMAN assured the noble lord that he would not be able to joke away the opposition to the bill. He wished to know what interest was involved in this measure, when all other measures of importance had been thrown over by a Government which, contrary to all precedent, had retained their places. He did not doubt that the Govern ment would find that they could not now over-ride opposi tion as they had done in February last, and he had no doubt that this measure would eventually be abandoned. Mr. M. MILNES expressed his regret at being obliged to oppose the Government, but he felt bound to resist this dangerous and unsatisfactory measure. Mr. J. B. SMITH said that he had come to the consi deration of this question with a prejudice against anything which had been connected the East India Company, but the arguments he had heard had changed his opinion, and he believed that if the gentlemen who had formed the Govern. ment majority on previous stages of the bill would read the papers that majority would fall away. He suggested the postponement of the measure till next year. After a few words from Col. SYKES and Mr. NEWDEGATE, The debate was then adjourned to this day. EAST INDIA STOCK TRANSFER BILL. Sir C. WOOD moved the second reading of this bill, re serving the consideration of its details until the house went into committee. Mr. VANSITTART said that unless the 20th clause, with reference to a large portion of the stock of the com pany, was omitted, he should oppose the second reading. Sir C. WOOD said the 20th clause would be omitted. After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, the bill was read a second time. SENIOR MEMBER OF COUNCIL (INDIA) BILL. Sir. C. WOOD, in moving the second reading of this bill, said the object of it was to empower the senior member of Council to preside in the absence of the Governor-Gene ral, in regular order of precedence. The bill was then read a second time. SUPERANNUATION ACT (1859) BILL. This bill was read a second time. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION BILL. This bill was also read a second time. THEATRES AND PUBLIC-HOUSES BILL. On the motion of Sir G. C. LEWIS, the order for the house to resolve itself into committee on this bill was dis charged. The Spirits Bill and Spirits Duties Bill were postponed to Monday. EXCISE DUTIES BILL. The house went into committee pro forma on this bil CLEARANCES INWARD AND LIEN FOR FREIGHT BILL. On the motion that this bill as amended be considered, Mr. J. LOCKE said strong objection was entertained to the clause in the bill transferring the power to ;the dock companies to warehouse all goods cleared inward. He moved that the clause be struck out. Mr. CAVE defended the clause, and saicYthat the mer chants of London had supported the bill. g After some discussion the amendment was negatived. Mr. AYRTON opposed another clause, with the view of preventing the twenty-four hours' running against the consignee before the ship had reached her moorings. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority The bill was then ordered to be read a third time this day, POOR-LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL (No. 2, BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CENSUS (SCOTLAND) BILL.' The house considered this bill, as amended, and it was ordered to be read a third time this day. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT (1851) CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill passed through committee. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON BILL. This bill passed through committee. lONIAN ISLANDS MARRIAGES BILL. This bill passed through committee. HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The bouse went into committee on this bill. Mr. AYRTON moved that the Chairman leave the chair. The house divided, and there appeared— For the motion 36 Against it Majority The bill was therefore lost. RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS. The house went into committee on this bill, the several clauses of which were agreed to, and the house resumed. SALE OF GAS ACT AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. This bill passed through committee. The house adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock. RETURN OF THE REV. MR. SPURGEON.—In con sequence of the impaired state of the rev. gentleman's health from the severe exertions to which he had been subjected by his clerical duties, Mr. Spurgeon, it will be remembered, determined some time ago upon making a continental tour. During his travels he passed through France, Belgium, th 9 minor States of Germany, and the principal places on the Rkine, afterwards visiting Switzerland. At Geneva he preached twice to large congregations, and such was the interest created by his sermons they were translated into German and French, and the congregational authorities immediately voted him a medal of Calvin, in commemoration of his visit to that city. After a visit to Mont Blanc, and the Mer de Glace, the rev. gentleman proceeded to Mar tig,ny and the Simplon Pass, which enabled him to visit Milan, and thence on to Mantua, Verona, &c., to Venice, where ho stopped five days, returning home by the Splugen Pass. We are happy to state that the rev. gentleman Vas arrived in England in excellent health and good spirits, and will resume his duties at Exeter Hall on Sunday morning next at the usual time. QUITE RESIGNED.—" My dear Julia," said one pretty girl to another, "can you make up your mind to marry that odious Mr. Snuff ?' —" Why, my dear Mary," replied Julia, "I believe I could take him at a pinch!" GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—A certificate proving the virtues of this snuff, from Dr. Ure, M.D., F.R.S., 25, Keppel ' street, Russell-square : " I hereby certify that the eye-snuff invented and manufactured by Mr. Wm. Grimstone, of the Herbary, Highgate, is quite free from tobacco and composed of herbs, capable of exciting mildly the pituitary glands, without exercising any subsequent narcotic action on the op tical organs. This snuff is therefore adapted to relieve co d . gestions affecting the brain and the vision. —Andrew tire, F.R.S., professor of chemistry and analytical chemist." 1" The above is the result of an analysis of Grimstone's eye snuff, requiled by the Spanish Consul - General (Marquis Bayamo, &c.), to free this snuff from tobacco (pity in the none are,medicines ereh are more efficient Spanish dominions. [A DVE RTISEMENT.] — Holloway's Pills an d Ointment— efficient or more safe under any circumstan ces t h an Hol loway's Househoplrdepßaeramtioodnsiesi. —No and on l s o o w w a e c l s a w da el p l known adapted dforfamily use. alley p ossess the active and essential therapeutical powers :presented by the vegetable kingdom for expelling the causes of disease from the human system. Both Holloway's pills and ointment are alike de void of all mineral and vegetable loisons They may be used with equal safety to the infant as to the adult, being simple but efficacious in their operation. No household should be without a supply of Holloway's pills and ointment, as they will be found always useful in restoring from accidental in juries, constitutional complaints, or obstructed functions. 80 — ., 5 410 OF TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the month of June were issued yesterday. We subjoin a state ment of the total declared value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures during the month. and six months of the last three years : For the month. For six months. 1858 £10,241,433 .... £53,467,804 1859 10,665,891 .... 63,003,159 1860 9,236,454 .... 62,019,989 ___ The aggregate shipments in June were less by £1,429,437, or 13 per cent., than in June 1859, and less by £1,004,979, than in June, 1868. The exports for the six months of the present year were less by £983,170 than in 1859, and larger by £8,552,185, or about 16 per cent., than in 1858. The decrease, however, appears to be partly a matter of account, as indicated in the following official note, which is attached to the returns:— " Note.—The comparative decrease in the regis tered exports of British merchandise for the month. of June, 1860, is in part attributable to the opera tion of a clause in a recent act of Parliament (23 Vict., c. 22, s. 22), which allows to exporters a delay of six days after the sailing of the vessel for the correction of their entries." Examining the chief items of these exports, we arrive at the subjoined general figures for the month, viz. : Month of June. 1858. • 1859. Apparel and slops £177,602 £228,873 Beer and ale Books 26,000 41,690 Butter Coals and culm 328,435 351,768 Cottons Cotton yarn Counterpanes and small 1860. £176,261 143,648 31,686 44 9 005 __ 316,484 2,434,963 561,153 27,012 wares Earthenware and porce lain 97,318 Furniture ' . 16,765 Glass, common bottles.. 22,556 Haberdashery and mil linery Hard wares and cutlery 281,614 Leather, unwrought Ditto, wrought. 114,609 Saddlery and harness 44,404 Linens (cloths of all kinds and cambrics) Linen yarn Machinery, steam en gines Ditto, other sorts 229,463 Iron, pig . Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod 189,114 Ditto, railway of all kinds Ditto, cast 69,863 Ditto, wrought 259,242 Copper, unwrought Ditto, sheets and nails 154,424 Lead Tin, unyrought Tin-plates Silk manufactures (silk only) Other articles (of silk only) Silk, thrown 45,531 Ditto, twist and yarn Spirits (British) Wool Woollens (cloths, &c.).. 273,959 Ditto (mixed stuffs, flannels, &c.) Worsted stuffs 245,303 Woollen and worsted 42,755 29,182 105,923 17,082 24,000 94,343 18,117 29,180 397,130 328,973 18,339 128,549 23,637 274,571 240,142 36,74 . 3 125,393 22,216 358,379 81,828 250,787 113,441 95,011 166,312 55,233 205,309 110,882 178,257 78,479 157,546 460,141 75,228 256,229 30,777 99,183 47,460 17,132 122,450 305,592 93,621 254,043 13,179 151,003 52,421 39,371 93,806 56,362 64,377 40,325 28,048 35,664 16,055 20,355 130,614 191,908 17,382 45,662 28,435 25,963 128,449 175,522 423,603 329,693 249,216 252,112 yarns 270,614 139,023 331,408 Compared with last year, the principal deorease • is in cotton goods and yarn, linens, haberdashery, and millinery, woollen and worsted goods, and rail way iron. There is, however, a remarkable in crease in woollen and worsted yarns. The annexed shows the quantities - of the chief articles of food taken for consumption during the month of June : 1858. 1859. 1860. Cocoa . lbs. 157,747 230,177 265,465 Coffee Ms 2,543,930 2,725,664 2,514,900 Wheat qrs. 573,636 645,823 413,497 Flour cwts. 405,549 663,036 375,586 Butter cwts. 28,974 37,159 Free Rice cwts. 131,426 82,220 Free Cheese cwts. 21,190 31,261 Free Eggs No. 16,560,600 17,416,000 Free Pepper lbs. 246,580 235,468 233,727 Rum gals. 196,523 212,023 259,943 Brandy gals. 75,364 90,100 119,471 Sugar, unrefined,cwts. 783,543 1,376,672 861,195 Tea ...... lbs. 5,995,997 6,643 , 445 6 , 354 , 462 •,....,T,, Wines gals. M 9,673 578,792 701,626 The falling off in the quantity duty , paid of sugar, wheat, and flour, and the increase in wine* are the principal changes. Cocoa and coffee pre sent larger figures, whilst the quantity of tea taken for consumption in the month was less. Occasional monthly variations are of course to be looked for. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM-JuLT 26. - - - -- A better supply of Engli s h w h ea t to-day, • which nabs' ea an advance of is to 2s per qr on late prices ; foreign ust: altered in value. Barley cheaper. Oats sold slowly, at former rates. Beans and peas rather dull. MANCHESTER-JULY 26. A moderate business was done in wheat, at an advance of is to 2s upon fresh English and 2d per 701bs on foreign• Flour sold to a fair extent, at fully is over previous rates• Indian corn and Egyptian beans rather dearer. Oats and oatmeal as before. PLYMOUTH—JULY 24. Higher prices for wheat. A slow business, with a small attendance at market. The quotations are—English whits wheat, 61s to 62s ; red, Ms to 59s per qr ; French do., 56 1 , to 67s • grinding barley, 30s to 345 ; oa t s , 24 s t o 26 5; an d flour, fine, 42s to 43s Od ; seconds, 40s to 41s. MELTON MOWBRAY-JrLy 24. There was a middling show of wheat to-day, with a fair sale, at the following prices :—White wheat, new, 5 51 Od to 59s Od ; red, 508 Od to 54s per 36 stone ; barley is small supply, at 38s to 43s for malting, and 32s to 36s per qr. for grinding; oats, 30s to 36s Od per 24 stone; bean* 48s to 54s for old ; new, 49s per 38 at. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 25. Wheat on the top is 3d up.. ..... average Os 9d up. Barley on the top is Od down ..average Os 5d Oats on the top Is 9d up Beans on the top is 6d down average Os 9d doval. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 17 6 10-12ths Oats 1 11 8 8-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1187 qrs Sold 1119 qrs 8ar1ey........ 41 qrs Sold 28 qrs Oats 978 qrs Sold 452 qrs Beans ll qrs Sold 5 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—JULY 24. i There was an average supply of f a t b easts to-day, w-t it no alteration in prices. The supply of sheep less to-dalt but lambs in large numbers. Fat and store calves a poor show. Pigs were plentiful. Beef Mutton ... 7ld to 81d Pork '' 5a t: Lamb 9d to — d Rough fat, 68 Od d per o 0 Hides, 31d to old; calf skins, 6d to s. 6e. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Aug. 1 0 . Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Aug. 2. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. .. July 25. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Aug. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) July 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) July 19. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Ang. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) July 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. July 28. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug. 4. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &C. • .. .. Aug. 1. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • - • .. Aug. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. July 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. July 27. United States, California, &c. (A is Cork) .. A ug . 2. Western Coast of Africa , Madeira, Teneriffe Aug. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &a. Aug. 14. BIRTHS. DENISON.—On the 25th inst., at Burley, near Leeds, the Hon. Mrs. SV. Beckett Denison, of a daughter. MEARIMAN.—On the 25th inst., at 1, Waverler-place, S t ; John's-wood, the wife of th e R ev . Ed war d M erriman , °' a son. O'FLAHERTY.—On the 24th inst., at 2, • Baker-street, man-square, the wife of Dr. O'Flaherty of a daughter. MARRIAGES. FEBTING—TODD.—On the 24th inst., at St. Mark's, Albel 4 roft.d, Henry Blathwayt Festing, Esq., elder t son of Car tam Festing, K.H., R.N., of F ern Cottagey Exeter, tf, Mary Eliza, eldest daughter of R. J. S. Tc dd, Esq Gloucester -road, Regent's-nark. H ODGES—CREA.TON.—On the 26th inst., at S t. Michael' at William, youngest son of M r . G.. H o d g es, Finch-lane, to Miss Creaton, of Buckhurst- Essex. DEATHS. BARTON.—On the 21st inst., James Barton, of the Tres: sury, Bank of England, and Greenwich, and late of Hackney, aged 68. BRUTTON.—On the 24th inst., at South Hackney, itcb erC Bretton, Esq., aged 81. HORTON.—On the 24th inst., Lieut.-Colonel Horton, „ a Leamington, and of Moseley H a ll, Staffordshire, an. ° ` Peninsular officer, aged 78. LAPIDGE.—On the 17th inst., at his residence, Audertout near Davenport, Rear-Admi ra l Willi am F r ederick 14- pidge, aged 67. LAWSON.—On the 23d inst., :John Mair Lawson, EQ., 10 ' Austinfriars, solicitor, aged 36. SRARPE.—On the 25th inst., at the Vicarage, Dolc as It the Rev. John Sharpe, D.D., f or 34 years war °I , — place, and canon of York, aged 69. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD(' Y° U 1 2; of No. 112, Strand, Print er , a t Th e B un Offi t f Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avo y, in tlif o ° 4ll ' l Middlesoz, Friday, July 27, 1860. A