The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-06 00:00:00

A. regimental order was yesterday evening issued in the Artillery Garrison, Woolwicb, by direction of Gener4l Sir W. F. Williams, commandant, for the assembling of the troops of the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries on Woolwich common, to be reviewed to-day, and to form a line at '2 30 p.m. The troops will Le supplied with blank ammunition. General Williams has signi fied his intention to be present. The entire battalion of Royal Marines at Wool wich were yesterday drawn out on Woolwich-com man, in command of Lieut.-Colonel Fleming, and were put through a variety of infantry movements. The battalion is considerably reduced in numbers through sickness, leave of absence, and other causes, and at the present moment scarcely exceeds 600 men. The freight-ship Balaklava yesterday shipped a cargo of military clothing for her Majesty's troops in Cape Town. The galvanic battery usually employed at the proof butt in Woolwich Arsenal having been read justed and repaired, is again rendered available for the purpose of proving guns. A large number of 8 and 10 inch and 68 pounders received from the Lowmoor and other contractors are ordered to be fired at the rate of 15 per day. The first batch of 15 were fired yesterday, and stood the test well. Mr. Eastman's American breech-loading cannon, six in number, and which were purchased by Go vernment upwards of 12 months ago, are still lying on the Arsenal-wharf untouched. Mr. Mallet's mammoth mortars, although purchased at an enor mous cost, are, it appears, also considered to be equally valueless, as the second and smaller one remains in the spot on the Arsenal wharf where it was first landed, and the first, repeatedly damaged and repaired, will rot, it is said, be subjected to any further evidence of the inefficiency of the invention. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lords of the Admiralty have forwarded directions to the Superintendent of Chatham Dock yard for an additional numbsr of apprentices to be entered at that establishment. The Fairy Royal yacht, Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, embarked the younger members of the Royal family at the Clarence-yard, Gosport, last evening, about 6 o'clock, on their arrival from Lon don, with their attendants, and left with them for Osborne, where they will be joined by their illus trious parents to-morrow (Wednesday). Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. 8., Mr. Noddall, Master Attendant, Mr. Jamieson, RN., Store keeper, and other officers, were in attendance. The 2d battalion of the 12th Foot, under the command of Col. Hamilton, will move from Park burst, Isle of Wight, to Portsmouth this day, on the way to Chester. The Royal yacht has hauled alongside the shears jetty at the Portsmouth Dockyard to get out her damaged piston, and to repair defects to other por t ons of her machinery. The Curagoa, 31, screw, Capt. T. H. Mason, will be ret, 1y for sea on Thursday next, the Bth inst. It is he utmost pleasure we are enabled to state that on leave having been given to 230 of her crew on Saturday last, the whole of the men returned to their duty yesterday morning before 12 o'clock, without a single case of inebriety. The Penelope, 16, paddle, Captain Sir W. S. Wiseman, has returned all running gear to the dockyard at Portsmouth and to-day will haul under the shears to get out her lower masts. She pays off on Thursday next alongside the jetty. Her en gines are perfect—the hull is rotten. The Excellent, gunnery ship, Captain Hewlett, C.B.—Mr. Terry's brae th loading rifle. a was officially put to theproof, yesterday, by the marines and blue jackets, and, at 300 yards' range, put seve ral shots into an upright post, the carbine not hav ing been cleaned afTr 1,000 rounds had been dis charged._ TiTo Oberon, Lieut. Commander Paget, and Archer, Captain Sanderson, at Woolwich, are now under the hands of the painters, &c., who are or dated to work overtime. The crews are nearly complete, and orders from the Aclmiraltylare drily expected. By letters received from her Majesty's ship Cum berland, 70, Vice-Admiral Wallis, we find that unforeseen circumstances have detained her at Rio, and that she did not sail in May as was in tended, but she was expected to leave about the 10th of June. By the death of Mr. Niblett, the paymaster of the Cumberland, Admiral Wallis has promoted Assistant-Paymaster F. E. Eversfizld (brother of the late paymaster of the Madagascar), of the Spey, and appointed him to the 16-gun sloop Siren, vice Miall, removed to the Cumberland. The British Minister Plenipotentiary at the Brazils, the Hon. Mr. Searlett, Lrother of the Lieutenant= Governor of Portsmou►h, takes passage home with Admiral Wallis in the Cumberland. STEEL SHIPS. Considerable interest was excited on the Mersey on Saturday by the appearance on its waters of a smatt rakish-looking screw steamer, of about 170 tons burden. She sailed smoothly and rapidly to wards the channel, her steam pipe emitting the energetic snort peculiar to a railway locomotive, proving that she was fitted with a high pressure engine. The interest created by the appearance of the steamer was increased when it became known that she was a new exploration steamer, in con nexion with the Niger expedition, and that she had been constructed of the new puddled-steel plates, manufactured at the Mersey Works under the direction of Mr. Win. Clay. She was about to make her official trial trip, the r:sults of which had been anxiously looked for, inasmuch as she was tbe first vessel of any size to which this principle of steel plates had been applied. The steamer, which has been named the 'Rainbow, was latinched from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. John Laird, at Bir kenhead, having been constructed for Mr. Mac gregor Laird for the exploration of tbe river Niger, under his contract with her Majesty's Government, and she is t o sa il f or Afr i ca early this week. Her dimensions are :—Length, 130 ; beam, 16 feet. The bull is subdi v id e d , b y athwartihip and longi tudinal bulkheads, into 10 or 12 watertight com partments, for the purpose of giving greater strengt and rendering h er more secure against accidents. .The high-p ressure engine is of 60-horse power, working up to 200- horse power, indicated ; and the boilers, which have also been made of Mr. Clay's puddled steel plates, ha ve b een proved up to 200 h b. on the square inch, though they will only require to be worked at 50 to 6U lb. The engine and boiler,' as well as the hull, have been con etruc'ed by Mr. Laird. The advantage of employ.. ing this material over the ordinary iron plates i s that, with about half the thickness, they give equal strength with the best iron boiler plates, so tbat . vessels of considerably lighter draught of water are able to be constructed than formerly,. aresult which is likely t o b e o f i nca l cu l a bl e benefit in the navigation of the shallow rivers of Africa and India. It will be remembered that Dr. Livingstone took out a small steam yacht, the plates of whicl were formed of the patent homogeneous metal, manufactured by Messrs. Shortridge, Howell and Jessop, of Sheffield. The advantage claimed for the puddled steel .is that, while possessitig equal strength and adaptability for the purposes of shipbuilding, it can be more economically produced. Indeed, it is said of the puddled steel that the pro cess of manufacture is so simple and the cost so little in excess of that of ordinary iron that, by the saving of weight in the material, as compared with iron of equal strength, it will become absolutely cheaper. .Apropos of the etrength of this puddled steel, we may state that recent experiments made by Mr. Clay in testing, at the Liverpool Corpora tion chain-proving machine, some samples of pud dled steel bars manufactured at the Mersey Works, showed that their average tensile strength was 160,832 per square inch, while the strength of Rus sian iron is only 62,644 ; of English rolled iron, 56,532 ; Lowmoor, 56,103 ; American hammered, 53,913 ;of tempered cast steel, 150,000, dec. We should perhaps state that the patent for this pro cess of making puddled steel was taken out by Mr. Ewald Riepe in 1850, but since that time it has been allowed to remain almost entirely unknown in this country, until brought prominently into notice by the successful experiments of Mr. Clay. The trial trip proved highly successful, the average speed attained being 12 to 13 miles per hour, while there was alai , : s: entire a',sence of vibration, which is especially noteworthy of a vo2sel constructed of steel plates of only 1-Bth of an inch thick. She had all the stiffness and rigidity of a strong ship, and her . performance was d: Glared to be exceed-. ingly satisfactory. Messrs. H ug h es and Lake, Ad miralty survej ore, were on board during the trip. PACIFIC COAST OF AMERTCA.—Ten years ago there were only three small steamers plyin g a l ong the western coast of Amer;ca ; now there are 40 steamers, some of them of 3,000 tons burden each. A new line of steamers has just been projected to run on, the South Va e ie e corset, towards the establishment of which the drreeors of th e P anama R a il way C one oen y have subs cr ib e d . T ire discovery of geld in the neighbor:2'lloo4 of "S r anaouvees Idand will, it is expected, canes more reamers to Ls put on the North Pacific coast. The Paci6c Mail Steamship Company, which runs st:amers between Panama and Calif emia, is one of the richest in the world.. IndeP , 114 dently of the enormous passenger and specie traffic on the west coast steam-lines, vast quantities ef coffee, in digo, cochineal, bark, cocoa, copper ore, and peafl shells are brought from Central and South America in the steamers to Patatroa to be tent to Europe via tha rhasuff, :AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CLiNOELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord ST. LEONARDS said, seeing the noble lord the Postmaster-general in his place, he begged to ask him a question relative to directions given to postmasters with respect to the delivery of letters. It appedred that a person had endeavoured to obtain a situation by means of a false character, in order to do which he had applied at the post-office; at Aylesford for a letter directed to a person residing in the neighbourhood, which had been given him without proper inquiry being made whether he was authorised to receive it or not. Lord COLCHESTER explained that the post•oflice mentioned by the noble and learned lord was of itself a small village, although letters for a large district were received there, consequently persons applying for their letters at the window received them. But had it been a large town such a proceeding would not be sanctioned, the directions given to the post-masters being that no persons but letter-carriers should receive letters for delivery. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition signed by 600 holders of shares in railways, representing 3,000,0001., who complained that although a suns of stoney amounting to 300,000,0001. had been invested in railway undertakings in Great Britain, the Government had never laid down a national system of constructing railways, and the consequence had been that the deci sions of the railway committees had been conflicting and uncertain, and consequently a large and useless expendi ture of money, and an encouragement of acts of aggres sion on the part of one railway towards another. The petition prayed their lordships to make some general declaration of principle, by the application of which uniformity of decision would hereafter be obtained. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a second time :—The Chester and Holy head Railway ; Cleveland Railway 7 • Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail way ; and St. Leonardo, Shore ditch, Parish Bills. The following bills were read a third time and passed :—Staine's • Charities Estates ; Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway; Corris, MacLynlletth, and River Dovey Tramroad ; Blackburn Railway ; Formertine and Buchan Railway; North British Railway (Conso- lidation, &c.) ; and East Kent Railway (Western Hatension.) • FOREIGN LOANS. The Earl of HARRINGTON presented a petition, prayingthat members of Parliament who had negotiated foreign loans should not vote till they had been re-elected. THE JEW BILL. The Earl of HARRINGTON gave notice, that on the third reading of the bill he should move the insertion of a clause which would prohibit Jews voting on questions affecting the Christian religion. THE BERKELEY BARONY. __ The petition from the Right Hon. Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, K.C.8., for leave to lodge his present printed case was then considered, and the standing order, re quiring that all printed cases in claims for peerages should be lodged six weeks after the petition shall have been presented, was, after a short discussion, suspended, in order that the case might be lodged. THE MEDALS FOR THE INDIAN ARMY. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he wished to ask a question of the noble earl at the head of the Goverment in reference to the honours to be conferred on the gal lant army now serving in India. He would not have ventured to interfere in a matter so entirely in the dis cretion of the Crown, but it had already been announced in the other house that a medal was to be conferred, and his question only referred to the lapse of time. It had been stated that it was intended to confer a medal for the campaign in India, with clasps for Delhi and Luck now. It was understood the design had been approved of, and be wished to know when it was likely the medal! and clasps would be ready for distribution—many et those entitled to them were losing their lives every day. He also wished to know whether a clasp would be given for the relief of Luck now. The Earl of DERBY admitted that the value of the decoration was increased by its being promptly con ferred. Instructions had been forwarded to Sir Colin Campbell to send home a nominal list of those entitled to the decoration, and he believed that by the time the list was received the medals and clasps would be ready for distribution. The medal would be for the campaign, j and there would be clasps for the siege of Delhi, and for the defence and the two reliefs of Luchnow. Lord CAMPBELL said that it would perhaps be: atis factory to the Government to have an opportunity of ex plaining why nothing had been done as yet to carry out what he believed to be the expression of the national will, by conferring some signal mark of the royal favour on the distinguished commander of the Indian army. The Earl of DERBY said the noble lord seemed to be unaware that it had been announced that a peerage had been conferred on Sir Colin Campbell, and the reason why it had not been cotified in the Gazette was that it was necessary to communicate with Sir Colin Campbell for the purpose of ascertaining by what title he wished to be balled. It was the more necessary to do this as there was *me Lord Campbell already in the house. (Laughter.) Lcrd CAMPBELL said that the commander of the forces in India might be called Lord Campbell of Luck now or Bengal. Lord MELVILLE made some observations which were inaudible in the gallery, the purport of which, how ever may be gathered from the reply of The Earl of DERBY, who said that whilst be con curred in what bad been said of the services of Sir John Inglis, and the gallantry displayed by him in the ever memorable siege of Lucknow, he would suggest that nothing could be more prjadicial than the discussion of the comparative merits of generals, or the comparative amount of honour which the Crown thought proper to confer on them, and he hoped that neither that nor the other House of Parliament would encourage any such di:cuseious. (Hear.) SALE OF POISONS, &c., BILL. The report of this bill, with amendments, wall receivec, the Feerl of RUBY intimating that he would take into consideration the amendments of Lord Talbot de Ma!abide, with respect to the selection of examiners. TENANT RIGHT. The Marquis of CLANRICAR DE wished to ask whe ther her Majesty's Government had announced or formed an intention to introduce into Parliament a bill to render compulsory by law the custom which prevails in parts of Ireland commonly called tenant right. He put this question to the noble earl in consequence of a statement which he bad seen in an Irish newspaper to the effect that the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in reply to a de putation which waited upon him on this snbject, that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to in troduce a bill in the next session of Parliament. He did not want to put any construction on the words used by a member of the Government, but after what had al ready taken place, and after the language used by the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign affairs in 1853, be was not afraid that any measure embodying the prin ciple of what was called tenant right, or the principle of conveying one man's property to another, would be introduced by ber Majesty's Government. Ho was not opposed to any measure for remedying practical grievances. The agricultural population of Ireland was now in a more sound, prosperous, and contented state than any of their lordships had ever known them to be, and it was to be regretted if any language was held which would have the effect of disturbing men's minds and encouraging hopes which were not likely to be realised. The Earl of DERBY said, in answer to the question of the noble marquis, which was founded on the report of an Irish newspaper of what took place at a deputation, that the noble marquis would have done better if he re , ferred—not to a report of what had been said and done at that deputation, and, of which he (the Earl of Derby) knew nothing--but to what had been said and done in the House of Commons, with regard to which there could be no mistake. The bill which bad been introduced by the hon. member for - Dungarvan for carrying out tenant right had been rejected by a large majority, and the noble marquis must b e aware on what principle It had been rejected. The deputation stated that they would be satisfied with a moderate measure. The Chancellor of the Exchequer never pledged himself or the Government "to introduce into Parliament a bill to render compul sory by law the custom which prevails in parts of Ire land, commonly; called tenant-right." All he did say and all he pledged the,Gevernment to was thi s , th at the Go vernment, during the recess, would,take into considera tion the existing state of the law ; and if they found it practicable, would introduce some measure for the per • pose of correcting the acknowledged anonea!ies and in conveniences which at present existed, and which the noble Marquis himself acknowledged to exist. He be lieved that the feeling which existed in 1852 had much diminished on both sides. This being the case, he was not without h ope t h at i t was perfectly possible to intro troduce a measure which would have the effect of re mciviag the defects and blemisheein the present state of the law in Ireland --a result which might be the more easily attainedif the noble marquis gave the Govern ment the benefit of his advice and recommendations. LEASES AND SALES OF. SETTLED ESTATES ACT AMENDMENT BILL- This bill was referred to a select committee. INDEPENDENCE OF PARLIAMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM said the abject of this bill was to apply the act of 52 George 111, respecting bankrupt members, to all members whether traders or son traders, It was the duty of that house to apply itself to legigletiee measures which affected the other house mr,re than themselves. Dale had been done in one remarkable instance; the two most important provieione of the Bribery at Elections Act had been introduced in that house, not in the House of Commons. An objection was made that the bill solely related to the other house, and that their lordships ought not to interfere ; • but the an swer was that purity of election wee as dear t, their lorilahipe as to the-other house. (Hear.) The measure he now proposed was rendered more necessary in con sequence cf a bill having been read a second time in the oth e r house, supported by a large majority, which abro gated all privilege of Parliament as regarded arrest from debt. The effect of that would be that any member, of either hou s e, a . . - , , ainst whom a j u d gmen t h a d been eb teined most easy matter now-a-days), might be ar rested on his way to the house. He considered that the nrovis;ons of his bill would be preferable to the one re ferred to; but would not press • the second reading at this peri o d o f t h e cession. The order was postponed. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES ACTS AMEND- The ENT Earl of DONOUGLIMORE moved, the -second reading of this bill. • • e _ The was read a second time. IMPERIAL PARLI. ON MARRIAGES (MOSCOW, TAHITI, AND NINGPO). This bill was read a second time. JEWS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, The Earl of CLANCARTY said it appeared that Lord Derby attached great importance to effecting a reconcilia• tion with the other house. He (Lord Clancarty) did not think that any light matter ought to stand in the way of such an arrangement ; but they should not lose sight of the fact _that there were three estates of the realm, and theioought not to presume on the acquiescence of the sovereign in a measure of this kind. The noble earl referred to some cases in which George 111. had with held his assent from measures passed by both houses. The Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill had only been introduced by the Government on a recommendation contained in the speech from the throne. Where a boon was to be conferred on a class of her subjects, it was respectfully due to the sovereign that she ought to have bad an opportunity of recommending the measure in a message to Parliament, if she really approved of it. The Queen, by her position, was head of the Church and de fender of the faith ; and he could not suppose that she would wish to associate in her councils Jews and unbe lievers. He wished to know, if her Majesty's approval ksd not been gives, what course she would be advised to adopt ? If this bill passed, what would be the position of the Roman Catholic body, hound as they still were by an oath not to use any influence they possessed to weaken the Protestant religion as by law established. This could not be a final settlement of the question, if it led to an agitation by Roman Catholics—which had al ready begun—against the oath they were now obliged to take. Was the noble earl prepared to stand by the Act of 1829, and resist any alteration of the oath ? The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that uuder this bill there was nothing to prevent a Jew from occupying the position of Prime Minister ; but a Roman Catholic could not do so. At any rate,_ words 'ought t o b e intro duced similar to those in the Roman Catholic oath, bind ing Jews not to use their influence against the Church as by law established. He deprecated the measure being passed in such baste. Lord REDESDALE said it was unconstitutional and extremely objectionable to allow the houses to act by resolutions as this bill proposed. They would have cause to regret deeply, either now or at some future time, if they allowed so unconstitutional a measure to pass. He implored their lordships not to be induced, by temporary convenience, to establish so dangerous a precedent. It had been recently held in the other house that a Jew member might act on committees without taking the oaths. Thus one concession followed another, and it was impossible to say what they might come to. He was anxious to see a distinction made in the bill in favour of their lordships' house. (Hear.) It was desirable that the provision as it was should only be made applicable to the other house. The Jew had a nationality distinct from that of the country where he was born and lived ; and this was such as to incapacitate him for legislative functions. This matter was one which he felt deeply; he was not opposod to what was done, but the manner of doing it. After a few words from Viscount l'ilErnmoe, Lord BROUGHAM said it was quite common for re solutions, not of a house of parliament, but of a court of justice, to have the force of law. Scarcely an alteration was made in the legal procedure but power was given to the judges to issue orders for carrying it out; and these orders virtually became a portion of the statute. He (the noble lord) did not think the present was the best course that might have been adopted, but still it was a course to which he bad no solid objection. He found that he had somewhat misstated the object of a bill on another subject, which might be expected from the other house. At present it applied only to members of the House of Commons, but he had no doubt that the first thing their lordships would do, when it came before them, would be to make it include themselves. The Earl of DERBY said that his noble and learned 1 friend put him in a somewhat unhappy predicament. A number of noble lords had risen one after the other and put questions to him, which he had had no opportunity elle wed him to ans tier. Now, his noble and learned friend entered into the discussion of another bill which had been disposed of, and respecting which the noble lord had delivered aepeech. He supposed his noble frietid thought the subject was one upon which he must have a few more last words ; and a little divergence from the ordinary course might perhaps be allowed his noble friend. (A laugh.) The noble earl (Lord Clancarty) had suggested two different objections to the course their lordships were about to pursue. In the first place, he stated his opinion that in seeking to reconcile the views of both houses of Parliament, their lordship were in danger of coming in collision with the Crown. In a quei tion of this kind he was sure the last thing his noble friend would be desirous of would be to bring into discus eion the perecnal opinions of the sovereign of the realm. But he (Lord Derby) had not therlightest reason to sup pose that her Majesty would interpose her prerogative, and he had no apprehensions of any rush collision as that to which his noble friend had referred. Again; his noble friend said that if it was determined to alter the law, the proper course would be to send down a message from the Crown. But the noble lord forgot that none of the bills had been introduced on the part of the Government. Ss far from the Government having assented to them, they bad recommended their lordships to strike out that part of the Commons' bill by which the proposed privilege was conferred upon the Jews. But then the noble earl (Lord Lucan) came forward with the bill now before their lord ships ; and by that men , ure each house was allowed to take its own course, a plan which he (Lord Derby) thought was the best they could pursue. The bill was next objected to on the ground that it would place the Roman Catholics in a position of inferiority as ennpared with the Jews. But he (the noble earl) could not sea how the bill ',placed Roman Catholics in a position of inferiority. A provision had been introduced into ' the act of 1820 for toe purpose of meeting an objection which was generally entertained by Pro testants. They were apprehensive that the Roman Ca tholics, being a rival body within the Christian Church, were likely to avail themselves of their new position in Parliament for the purpose of injuring the temp ralities f the Establi bed Cturch. In Olds state of tin ago an oath was introduced, and unhesitatingly accepted by the Rerran Catholic body, by which they bound them-elves not to make use of any of the privileges that might be conferred upon theta for the purpose of injuring the church establishment, an object which they emphatically disclaimed. He (the noble earl) -id not believe that there prevailed to any great extent any dissatisfaction with re gard to that oath, neither did he see how the admission of the Jews could affect the question. Although they no doubt thought the Christian religion an erroneous one, he had never beard that they had any designs against the temporalities of the Church of England. There was, therefore, no reason why securities should be taken of them, as had been done of the Rowan Catholics. (Hear.) The noble duke (the duke of Marlborough) complained that the bill did not impose the same limitations with re gard to presentations to benefices which were imposed upon the Roman Cantonese Now, so far as referred to presentations made by persons of the Jewish persuasien in their private capacity, the bill introduced no alteration whatever. The noble earl had consented to insert in the bill the clause which had been omitted from the former measure, placing the Jews, in respect to the retuation e they might hold, on exactly the same footing as the Ro man Catholics. (Hear.) It would also be necessary to introduce an amendment with regard to the oath of ab juration. His noble friend (Lord Rodeedale) had taken an objection to the mode of proceeding by resolution; but he (Lord Derby) could not see with the noble lord any danger or possibility of stretching the 1311 beyond the point that was intended'. It must be remembered that the measure did not give the House of Commons the power of passing resolutions generally, but only the power of passing one specific rasolu ion for one epe chic purpose. Se, far, too, from the coarse they were, following involving the creation cf Je wish . peers, it would really. place an ob s t a cl e u p on th e exercise of the royal prerogative in that matter, because it was an ex pression cf their lordships' opinion that no Jew peer ought to sit in that house. Their lordships were not abandoning their judement that it was not desirable for Jaws to sit and vote in either House of Parliament, but on the contrary their lordships maintained their pre viously expressed opinions, cud • had sent down to the other stones reasons for doing so. All that their lord ships did was to say that on; of deference to the fre quently expressed opinions of the Commons—expressed by constantly increasing majorities during the last ten years, although he would admit that the question had never been put to the constituencies—(near, hear) their lordship said that, out of respect to teat frequently expressed opinion of the Commons, they fit it right to authorise a suspension of the law. (Hear, hear.) There was no doubt as to there being prece lents for this coarse. Thera was, for Instance, no law wk ch forbade peers from voting for members of Parliament. On the contrary, the law said that any person who possessed a certain lialification should have a right to vote; and what, then, prevented their lordships from exercising tint right t Merely a resolution of the other house. ) It lo ß l r Y d Loire CAMPBELL—You have no right to vote by the common law of England. aunedLaorl,erchtirepeaerEd. T v l ith he: r r ,a t ent (L o o f ud th c o ri n e o s h o le f t ba eL s p t i a is t e em . was always of opinion that there was no law whic% prevented our voting, but that our po wer was taken away by a resolution of the Home of Commons. Lord CAMPBELL —That resolution only declared the law. Lord LYNDHURST and other noble lords—No, res. Ie lel DERBY should have felt bound to submit to the autherity of the noble and learned lord if it had not been for the emphatic denial of his noble and learned friend near bin. (Flea*, hear.) However, there Yll3 this advantage of Proceeding in the m anner now sugge Aed. If they passed an act of Parliament they would give the Jew art absolute right t) sit in Parliament. But if they ma rely aat'eori4ed a reeelution of the other house, that resolution would remain in force only ea font. as it wh, not rescinded, er ue Li! the end of the particular Parlia insnt by which is was passel. If there should le in the country a etroeg feeling against the admission of Jests, that feeli ng wou ld no doubt be expressed at the nix• electio n , an d the resolution woe "! not be renewed ; tee J ews, i t could only b e rescinded by anoth er act tf. wher eas , if t h ey Passed an act cf 'Parliament a d mittine Perliatrent. (Hear, hear.) For thitwe reagens, he thought t isy wau'd b e acting more cons i stent l y with the view they had previou s l e expresse d if they supported th e bill of Lis noble anti gallant friend ; and be trusted that by sending the two billy down together as ono inseparabl; act they would at length set this lerg vexed question at rest. (Cheers.) Lerd CAMPBELL rej , iced at the prospect there was of settling the question. The law of the land Could not be altered by resolutions of either house. In West winstzr-hall a resolution of the House of Commons, or even of their lordships, would he treated as mere waste paper, and with great deference to the noble earl, ancl to the noble and learned lord, it was not by a TesOlution of the House of Commons that peers were previ;Pted from voting fur representatives of the people, It , was by the ancient immemorial law of England that peers had no right whatever to interfere with elections, and they never bad voted at thew. (Oh !) Noble lords had several times tendered their names, but they had never been accepted by the revising barristers. The resolution of the House of I Commons was, therefore, only a declaration of the law. • With regard to the proposal, therefore, to proceed on the' resolution of the House of Commons, it had always met with his most violent opposition ; and about this time last year he had left his circuit to come to town and protest against it. If such a course had been followed, he should have had no hesitation in directing juries from his judgment -seat to disregard the Commons' resolution. But if the bill were passed the same authority would he given to the resolution as if it were a portion of the sta. tute itself. (Hear.) He should recommend their lordships to content themselves with the present measure, to let the other bill drop, and next year to repeal the oath of abjuration. That oath was never thought of till the time of William 111., and it was only intended for the security of the new dynasty. At the present time, how ever, there was no one that did not regard with loyalty and veneration the dynasty upon the throne, and he saw no reason why they should continue the oath. (Hear.) Lord LYNDHURST said that so far as he understood the amendments promised by his noble friend, the bill would be in substance precisely the same as that which he had himself introduced. With regard to the present bill, certain alterations in it would be absolutely neces sary. He could not conceive that the noble and gallant earl was the author of the measure. It must have pro ceeded from some other source. His noble and gallant friend would have gone right to the mark, instead of adopting the circui:oas and involved language of this bill. He presumed his noble friend had consulted some professiona' a'tsser —some gentleman who had been in the habit of being paid by the number of words be em ployed. (A laugh.) This learned gentleman had abso lutely drawn the billlwithout taking the trouble of looking at the oath of abjuration. The clause proposed to omit the words, " acd I make this declaration on the true faith of a Christian," words which did not exist in the oa'h of abjuration, but which this l e ar ne d p erson h a d copied from the bill that had come up to them from the House of Comm.,ns. (Hear.) He (Lord Lyndhurst) had drawn his pan through all the words in the clause that were superfiLous, and the result was as follows : " Either House of Parliament may resolve that any per son who professes the Jewish religion, in taking such oath may omit the words ' on the true faith of a Chris tian,'.and that the taking and subscribing such oath shall have the same eff.ct as the taking and subscribing the oath of abjuration in the form now required by law.' (Hear.) in reducing the clause to this form he had struck out four lines of rubbish at the beginning ; then , two lines more; then four lines more; then two lines more ; and then two lines more—all of which answered no end whatever, except to extend the clause. (Hear.) After a few words from the Earl of DUGAN, who was understood to agree to the bill now going through committee pro forma in order that the amendments pro posed by the noble and learned lord might be printed, The bill passed through committee, and was ordered to be recommitted on Tnursday. In answer to a question from a NOBLE LORD, Lord LYNDHURST said he had postp one d his own bill sine die. The County Courts District Bill passed through com mittee. The Chinese Passengers Act (1855) Amendment Bill also passed through committee. Ths report of amendments to the Hainault Forest (Allotment of Commons) Bill was brought up and agreed to. The report of amendments to the Durham County Palatine Jurisdiction Bid was likewise brought up and agreed O. The County Management Bill was read a third time and passed. _ Their lordships then adjoupued. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YEgTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. COKE took the oaths and his seat for East Nor folk. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bids were read a third time and passed : —Clyde Navigation, Limerick and Castle Connell Rail way, Manchester South Junction and Altrincbam Rail. way (No. 2), Tees Conservancy, and Warrington and Stockport Rail way. QUEEN'S COLLEGES (IRELAND). Mr. FAGAN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the slate and condition of the Queen's Colleges would be laid on the table of the house during the present session Lord NAAS said it would ; but he feared, from what he had heard, it would not be till almost its dos.. INDIA. BILL—SELECT co.umirrEE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice tbat on the bringing up of the report on the India 13'11 he should move the omission of clauses 27 and 23, relating to the secret committee. (Hear, hear.) TRAFFIC THROUGH ST. JAMES'S PARE:. M.tjor SIBTRORP asked the First Commissioner of Works whether (in the event of there being no va id ob jeation) he would take early steps for promoting the convenience of the public, by permitting private car riages and public cabs, under the same restrictions as are now in force between the Marlborough and Buckingham Palace Gates, to go through St. James's-park, and out at the south•eartern gate, near Storey's -gate, into the Birdcag•-walk ? Lord J. MANNERS said he had no power in the matter. After the deckled opinion expressed by the cutunii , ,tee who sat two years since on the subj..,et, he thought it would ba inexpedient for him to recommend further facilities for traffic through the Park. SUPPLY OF GUANO. Mr. SCOTT asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whetl:er any recent communication bad been received by 11er Majesty's Government on the Nilbiftt of guano on the Kooria Mooria Islands : and whetber there was any•oljection !ay on the table of the house the papers relating thereto, in continuation of those pre sented in Anglia'. last. Sir E. B. Lyrroig said recent communications Lad been received in refereuce to this &;tibject, which he would lay on the table of the hence. THE WL'LLINGTON MONUMENT. Mr. S. WORTLEY gave notice that on the first cup, ply night he should call attention to the proposed arrange ments for the erection of a monument to the memory cf the late Doke of Wellington. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (No. 3) BILL. Oe clause C 3, a postponed clause, Mr. MONSELL called attention to the omission of the continuants of Addiseemb e College as a place for training cadets. Lord STANLEY said the words had been purposely omitted from the bill, because it was thought better to lay down the principle of the hill, mei leave the details to be decided on hereafter more at leisure. He ex pressed the opinion of the Government that it was de sirable. those who went out as cadets should have served some time in a military college, and he believed Addis. combs had admirably answered the purposes for which it was establithcd. After some remarks from an Hole. MEeepen, The clause, after some amendment, was agreed to. Ciauee 35, a new clause, provid,e that one-tenth of the whole number cf peraots to be recommended in one year shall be given to the sous of persons who have served in India. After sonic remarks from LIE. BLACILBURN and Mr. MiLeze, Col. SYKES said the principle involved in the clause hed bee n often • attemp t e d b y the East India Directors, but the difficulty was of aseertaini n e, who had th e b est at el it had is consequence broken down, and been abancloeed by them. There was no necessity for the clause.- The patro:rage saight be lift to the council unbiassed and unteearraelled in any manner how they should dispense it. 11r. V. Slab' said this clause would establish Lre ditary offices, it carried out universally It would be a good p r i nc i ple to carry out in case.] where men had dis airolishee theremees, and he suggested an alteration in the clause to that effect. Sir E. C e l e brooke, Sir F. S m ith , Si r H . Rawlinson, and Cal, Sykes having addressed the committee on the clause, Lord STANLEY defended its retention in the bill. He apprehended there would be no difficulty in carrying • the clause into effect other than ti.at the number of deserving claimants - might be greater than the vancaveies to be filed up. That was the case in almost every case where patronage had to be dispeneed. The way to get over the difficulty lie had referred to was by adopting a limited competi tion in eueir cases. Since he heel been connect©d with Indian affairs he had seen sufficient to be convinced there were a class of Indian officers who would look upon this, clause as the most vaerable reward they could look forward to for their oh Wren. Sir E. COLEBROOKE euegested the words after served in India " with d.stinction" should be added. Tao CEIA.NCELT cf the EXCHEQUER. said i was objectionable to limit it,in the manner propossd ; i would be better to leave it to the discretion of the corn raiftee. The clause was then added to the bill. Oa 24 - 4, a new clause, providing that all pf:xsons to be rPcornuieed.,d for military cadet"hiPs shall be no minated by the Secretary of State and members of the Council, so that out of 17 rominations the Secretary of State shall have two, and each member shall have one, but no person so nominated shall be recommended un , less the nomina t ion be approved of by the Secretary of State in Council, Sir L. PER A' opposed clau.;e. Lord S CANLEY:idefended the clatuo. • Sir 11. li,AwLiNsazi and Mr. Lowe opposed t 1.3 clause. Aftir some remar;s fro.n Col. Syg.E.s, the committee divided. The nunabers were— For Against it. IGS ,riti . 74 Tho clause was added to tl.e bill. The minainino: (separate) clauses were then ngreed Mr. ELL.IOI. I proposed to bring up a chime. He feared clz,,t as the bill was now. framed it would be ;in possible to keep up the proper relative proportion in the council, and therefore he proposed that a clause be in serted, remedying the ditbculty. .Lord STANLEY opposed .the &awe. There was Pait as veat a chance of the elected members obtaining kho majority as the crown nominees. He did not wish to fice•riny distinction kept up between the two classe d of membpre from the moment of, their election. Mr.V. SMITH said that the intention of Parliament Pra4 than there should be eight nominated and se:ven elected rnepalprs, and to preserve that proportion was rtheui4j;'et bom'friend'i els:use: --At present there were nominated and elected members in tht Curt of Directors, and he had never heard of there being any invidious distinction kept u 0 between them. Mr. ELLIOT said that the first elected member that died would cause the numbers to become - nine and six, which would be contrary 'to the intentions of Parlia ment. • Sir F. SMITH said that the second election would neutralise the inequality pointed out by the honourable member. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the clause, and recom mended the noble lord to consent to its adoption. The clause was pat, and negatived without a division. Mr. CAMPBELL moved the insertion of the follow. ing clause :—" That with a view to enabling the Secre tary of State for War and the Commander-in-Chief of the army for the time, being to have proper cognisance of the constitution and organisation of our army in India, they are hereby appointed ex-officio members of the council for India." Lord STANLEY opposed the clause as premature. The whole subject would be referred to a commission of inquiry during the recess, and the result of their labours would be placed before the house at the commencement of the next session. Mr. V. SMITH asked whether there would be any objection to laying a copy of the commission on the Lord STANLEY would take some opportunity of explaining the nature of the commission. The clans' was withdrawn. Mr. FAGAN begged to call the attention of the com mittee to the claims of Colonel Frith, of the Bengal army, to compensation for pecuniary losses sustained by him in connection with a regulation relating to the native army of Oude. He had a clause on the paper which would explain to the committee what the nature of Col. Friths claim was. By a treaty passed in 1781 the East India Company agreed to withdraw their troops, and to allow the native prince to subititnte his own troops, pro vided they were commanded by a British officer. Colonel Frith received the appointment, acd there was a consider able sum of money due to him in relation to it. He was in duced to raise a sum of money in order to liquidate arrears of pay that were due to the troops, and the object of the clause which he (Mr. Fagan) begged to submit to the con sideration of the committee was, to obtain for him that compensation to which he was justly entitled. The sum due to Col. Frith for the money he had raised was about 30,000/ , and that sum was admitted to be due to him. He had shown that the debt was fairly and honestly due, and he contended that. the time had come for the just e3nsideration of the claim. The case should be disposed of one way or the other, and the best mode of doing so was by the introduction of the clause he now proposed. Lord STANLEY declined going into the details of the case brought forward by the bon, member, inasmuch as it would be impossible to•do justice to it in a discus sion on the bill. He admitted that there might be some valid claims against the former Government of Onde, and that the transference of that government to the East India Company did carry with it a certain degree of re sponsibility ; but he submitted that the settlement of those claims, and the tribunals by which such settlement should take place, could not properly belong to a mea sure of this kind—to provide for the future government of India. Nor did he believe that the proposal of the hon. member was the best for carrying out the object he had in view. This class of claims, he believed, would be ,best inquired into by a commission upon the spot, and he understood, that there was an idea to appoint such a commission: •In that-case it would be obviously incon venient to have another tribunal here to take up any in dividisa! case, or any number of cases, (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT remarked that though it 'had often been admitted that some tribunal should boi established to deal with these cases, no attempt had been made to create such a tribunal—and the noble lord, though he admitted the want, gave no distinct pledge that it would; be supplied. He (11r. L'righi) did not think a corn mission would be the most suitable tribunal, which be though ought rather to be formed of a certain number of judges of the land acting under the responsibility of tueir high office. But as it appeared to him, the, government of India had always been afraid of any such tribunal being constituted, because they knew that there were many oases in which inju dice bad been done, and that they might have to refund large sums of money, which was just what they were most anxious to avoid. Mr. GLADSTONE, so far from blaming the East India Company for resisting the claim referred to by the , hon. member, considered that they were entitled to great credit for having, regardless of personal consequences, resisted that and other similar claims in the interest of the people of India. After a few words from Mr. Y. SMITH and Colonel SYKES, _ _ Mr. FAGAN consented to withd raw the clause, and withdrawn it was accordingly. Mr. Gl...limos): and Mr. D. SErmourß postponed the clauses of which they had given notice until the bring ing up of the report. The preamble was then agreed to, and the house re sumed. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to Lord J. Russell, stated that the report would be taken to-morrow (this) afternoon, and that the bill would be reprinted in the evening. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the question that this bill, as amended, be con sidered, Col. SYKES moved that the magistrates and council of the city of Aberdeen be heartily themselves or by counsel against the bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said, when he (the Lord Advocate) had the honour of being made Lord Rooter of the University of Aberdeen, he was asks +, as any person occupying that position would have been asked, what were his opinions with regard to the union. To that question he replied by saying that he had only turned his attention to it in a very general way ; but, from what he understood of it, he was inclined to the opinion that the uniVer.ities should be united, and the colleg s separated. He had occasion to study the mat ter subsequently, however, with the view of being ex amined before a committee, and he then came to an opposite conclusion, though that which he had mentioned to the 'house was rosily that which he formed at the time to his appointment as rector, with the best information which ho then po sessed. He would, then, leave it to the•housse to ray whether he had not acted more honestly in acting upon the opinion which, upon mature reflec tion, he had been led to form, than in continuing to pro fess that which he no longer thought. (Hear, hoar.) The motion was negatived without a division. Mr. GLADSTONE moved to insert before clause 15 the following words :—" It her Majesty shall be pleasee, at any. time within the duration of the commission,' to grant a charter for the foundation of a National Uni• versity for Scotland, the Scottish Universities named in this ac: or any of them, may, if they shell think fit, sur render to the Commissionere the power of examining for and of granting degrees, with or without the excep tion of degrees in theology, and to become colleges, one or more, as the case may be, of the said National University." Tee motion was agreed to. Mr. DUNLOP moved a clause for relieving the prin cipals and certain profiseors'from their exemption from the operation of the act of 1853. The LORD ADVOCATE objected to the clause as it now stood, but would not have done so had the hon. gentleman proposed that the question, as regarded Aberdeen, should be left to the commissioners. (Hear.) He did not think his hon. and learned friend the mem ber for Greenock would come forward to, disturb the arrangement that had been made'under the act, unless he hart strong reasons for doing so. After a few words from Mr. DUNLOP and Lord DUNCAN, Lord ELCHO said a compromise was made on the former cccasirm when the subject of tests was before the house, which, he thought, should not now be dis turbed ; and he woud therefore support the views of the learned lord. Mr. BLACKBURN entertained a similar opinion. After a fete words from the LORD AlavocAmc in ex planation, the house divided, when the numbers were-- For the clause . Against it 53 Majorityfor the clause —24 The clause was then agreed to, and was ordered to be added to the bill. Mr. DUNLOP then moved the insertion of another clause to the effect that no distinction should hencefor ward be recognised among the professors of Glasgow University. Mr. BLACKBURN hoped the house would not agree to this &setae. Mr. BUCHANAN said the change recommended by his hon, and learned friend (Mr. Dunlop) was one quite in accordance with the feelings of the citizens of Glas gow, who were deeply interested in the prosperity of the University. The LORD ADVOCATE supported the clause be cause it went on the principle of putting, in future, all the professors of colleges on the same footing, and that would have a great effect of removing hearthurnings and jealousies. The clause was then agreed to, and added to the bill. On the clause being • proposed, appointing the number of the commission, Mr. CAIRD moved that the name of Mr. Dunlop, the member for Greenarck, be added to the list. After some discussion the name was inserted. Col. SYKES, in page 8, clause 16, moved to insert " that a faculty of arts being such as shall afford a course of education sufficient to qualify etudents to be examined for degrees in arts, shall he maintained, in each of the said King's College and Marischat College." After a fee , observations from Lord HADDO, The LORD ADVOCATE sa id t h at the difference between the clauses as they steed and this amendment was very small indeed: The clauses provided that the commissioners should determine the number of pro fusions, with a discretion as to what was necessary in other casee, of which this was one. He thought it was better to leave this to the discretion of the commissioners. He must, therefore, oppose the motion. The house then divided-- Fur the amendment 47 • Against it Majority Mr. BAXTER . moved the followi ng p rov i so t o the clause :—" PrOvided also, that it shall not be lawful for the Cerninissieuers to apply any portion of such money for the salaries of principals or professors required tr subscribe a religious test, and not included in the pro visions of the 16th-and 17th 'Victoria, chap. 89." Mr. ELLICE, jue.,•defied the ingenuity of any mar) to say there:was anything ,unfair in the bill new before the house,. 'lt was, in hiseepinion, a bill entirely free from all z -ectatian character, and was free, also, frorn anything whatever of preindic?. (Hear, hear.) II should, therefore, meet the proviso of his hon. friend with his most decided opposition. He certainly Saw a growing opposition to votes for theological chairs in this house, a3Tin the case of Ireland, and having voted against them, to be consistent, he felt that he could /lot support any distinct vote for them in this case ; but he, never- theless, felt that the theological chairs i n their universi ties ought, in or d er to make them efficient, to be main tained respectably ; and he therefore hoped the com missioners would, out of the existing _finds at their disposal for such purposes, allocate a sufficient sum to support the theological chairs in the Scotch universities, in a manner to enable the principals and professors to discharge their duties with the dignity and efficiency which should appertain to them. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the proviso Against it Majority against it —l6 The bill was then ordered to be read a third time to morrow (Tuesday), SALE AND TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, when Mr. - DOBBS moved an amendment on clause 87, making the duty uniform in all cases, and fixing it at 11. per cent, on all property instead of 10s. per cent. on property under 10,000/. The amendment was withdrawn owing to some infor mality, and Mr. VANCE moved an amendment to reduce the rate to an uniform duty of 108, per cent. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON opposed the amendment, as it would prevent the court being self-supporting, as it was intended to be. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD thought there should be a maximum duty of 1/, per cent. to be graduated accord ing to the rule of Court. Tie thought it was proceeding upon a wrong ground to attempt to make the court self supporting. Mr. WHITESIDE contended that the plan proposed by him was just and equitable. The bulk of the pur chasers were in truth under 10,000/. At the per tentage fixed, 15,0001. a year would be the result, exclusive of 5,0001., which they expect e d t o out of the Bank; and 20 Num, 000/..would be amply sufficient, 'they calculated, to defray ail the expenses of the court. So long as the poor paid Ea ainps and fees, so should the rich. After a few words from several Hon. Membere, l Mr. WILSON said the proposition of the Attorney- General for Ireland was contrary to recent legislation, to all commercial practice, and all sound principles of social science, and be' hoped the house would not agree to it. Mr. WALPOLE said the principle on' which the bill was framed was an exceedingly simple one. The object of his right hon. friend was to achieve an, object of great importance to individuals, and at the sarn.e time to make the court self supporting. (Hear, hear.) The whole matter amounted to this, that if parties having a large estate to dispose of thought that one par cent. was too 'high a price to pay for the advantage, they would not come into the court at all. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ORMSBY GORE would vote that the court should be , self-supporting. Mr. VANCE said his only object was to have a uni to roe rate, and not to prevent the court from being self arepporting. The-committee then divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment • 104 Against it Majority for the clause —l3 Mr. WHITESIDE moved to a dd, at t h e end of the clause, a provision to enable the Lords of the Treasury to lower or raise the rate of duty from time to time within the limit of the maximum, according as the rate obeli seem sufficient to provide a fund for the support of t'ee Court. , The motion was agreed to. Colonel GREVILLE next moved to add a proviso at the end of the clause, that no such dutee be payable in respect of property sold in pursuance of an order of the Commissioners of the Encumbered Estates Court, made before the passing of this act. The Government could not consistently advocate a retrospective action in this clause, and his motion should be acceded to as a measure that was only reasonable and fair. Mr. WHITESIDE consented to the motion, which wrs then. agreed to; and the clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause Bs, Mr. ENNIS moved to leave out the words, " public securities," and insert " public funds ;" and to add, " or in the stock of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland respectively." He thought it was highly im politic to exclude the public money from these invest meets, and he felt sure the concession would work ad vantageously. Mr. J. G. HAMILTON consented to the first part of the amendment, but objected to the latter. The first amendment was then agreed to, and the last negatived. After a desultory discussion, in which several mem bers took part, the clause was agreed to, as were also clauses 80 and 90. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland movedi the insertion of a clause to follow clause 51. The effect of this clause would be to cause due. publicity to any application to the court for a declaration of title, such declaration not to be signed by the judge until the ex piration of three calendar months after the publication of the rule. - Agreed to. The preamble was then agreed to, and the house re sumed. CLERK OF PETTY SESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The house went through committee on this bill. CIVIL BILLS, &c., (IRELAND) ACV AMEND MENT BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland moved the second reeding of this bill. Mr. COGAN objected to proceeding with the bill at PO late an hour (a quarter to one o'clock). He 'moved that the debate be now adjourned. The motion was agreed to. THE FOUR COURTS (DUBLIN) EXTENSION _BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Legitimacy . D.claration Bill passed through com mittee pro flans. The Wilk of British Subjects Abroad Bill passed throeeli committee. JUDGMENTS (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL for IRELAND moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. Serjeant DEASY said time should be allowed for its discussion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said the bill was of so much importance that no time could be lost. Tie was determined to press it forward with out delay. There was no amendment given notice of, and any objections to it might be dismissed in committee. The house then divided, when there appeared -. For the second reading B9 Against it • 34 Majority —55 The•bill was then read a second time. The'Police (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill, and the Lunatics (Scotland) Amendment Bill were read a second time. Mr. BRADY moved that Lord Goderich be dis- charged from attendance on Mr. Barber's Committee,' and that Mr. Csird be appointed in his place: Mr. HARDY opposed the motion as unusual and un precedented. After some discussion, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the debate be adjourned. The houge divided, when the numbers were— For the adjournment Against it -10 Majority The debate was then adjourned. The house adjourned at half-past one &cluck. T_HE LATE PETER THELLUSSON. Ye who listen with' credulity to the whispers of vanity, and pursue with eagerness the phantom of a name, attend to the history of one richer tban. Rasselas,—even to the history of one Peter Thel lusson, late of the City of London, merchant. It is now siity-twO years since Peter Thellusson took stock of his worldly possessions, and found that he had 600,0001. in money, and land of the annual value of 4,500/. Peter Thellusson had satis ged the ordinary ambition of an English bourgeois —be had founded a family. Peter Isaac, the son of his youth and the prop of his house, was heir to 35,0001. a-year in money and land, and might claim to be a born gentleman. Peers and Peer esses might hereafter spring in intermediate suc cession from the loins of that denizen of a dingy little back parlour behind the Bank. The best man upon 'Change envied the rich and prosperous Peter Thellusson, who had no object of ambition unsatisfied. Peter was of a different mind ; he bad not nearly money enough. Let other men be satisfied to found one family : Peter was lucky enough to have three sons, and he would found three familiee. It was not that he loved his sons, or his sons' sons ; but it was the hope and desire of this- magnificently posthumous miser to associate his name in future generations with three colossal fortunes. If he did not love his sons, he did not hate them ; ho was simply indifferent to everything except to his one cherished object. Pete: Thellusson took the very best legal advice, and made a wily. He left a few trifling legacies, probably to show that no unnatural antipathy to his children tainted that will with mania. But his great fortune was all conveyed to trustees. It was to accumulate until every man, woman, and child of the offspring o f P e t er, an d alive or begotten at the moineret of Peter's death, should also be de ferret. No one of the children or grandchildren who had ever looked Peter in the face, or trembled in his presence, or squalled at the sound of his harsh, hard : voice, should ever be the richer for Peter's 'wealth. "And the rich man also died.'' Twelve months after making his will, and sixty one years from the prsent time, Peter wits gathered to his unknown fathers. The will was opened, and crewed sensations which vibrated through the land in widening circles; Our law books picture to ua the blenk disappointment of the then living relatives, the gentle cachinations of a past gen e ration of lawyers ' ..end the gaping won d er of the general public. There, were three s ons an d six grandsons of this malignant old merchant then alive—all destined - to live thelife of Tantalus ;to see this . great pagoda-tree growing up before them, yet never to pluck one unit of its fruit. The t arms of the' will enjoined, that when the last survivor of all the nine children and grandchildren should yield up, his breath; then the chaini was to end ; the' great MOuntain of accumulated weal.h was to be divided..into three portions, and 0110- third was to be giveli to each of' the "elddt UESIDAY EV'/EINING, JULY 6, 1 s s s ' male lineal descendants" of his three eons. Having thus done what he liked with his own, and excluded all his living progeny from all benefit, he ends with a whine to the Legislature worthy of Shylock appealing against mercy—he had earned his money with honesty and industry, and he hoped the Legislature would not alter his will. Of course, the first thing that followed was a Chancery suit of the fattest bulk. The common-sense view •of the case would have been to set aside the will, as the product of a diseased mind—a mind rendered morbid as to its disposing powers by dwelling upon an irrational object. But Lords Loughborough and Alvanley and Eldon, and judges of kindred sympathies, seem to have been. led by their love of art to admire the skill with which the technicalities of our blessed real property law had been adapted to the object of this old trader. Perhaps, also, they saw something eminently sane and matter-of-fact in this good old sordid vice of accumulation, or were excited to admiration by seeing the meanest vice of man expanded into something like sublimity in its gigantesque proportions. The litigation went up to the House of Lords, and the will was con firmed. This affair naturally made a great noise. The Legislature took it up, and although they would not set aside the will by an ex post facto law, they branded Peter Thelluson's memory with the imputation of "vanity, illiberality and folly ;" and enacted by statute, 39th and 40th of George 111., cap. 98, that the power of devising property for the purpose of accumulation shall be restrained in general to 21 years after the death of the testa tor. Persons of an arithmetical and statistical turn of mind also occupied themselves with the matter, and, with the aid . of life insurance tables and Cocker, they calculated that this fund, accumulat ing at compound interest, could not amount to less than nineteen millions at the moment of distribu tiOn, and would very probibly reach the tremen dous figure of Chirly-taro millions. But " nothing is so false as facts, except figures." The calculators had forgotten to take account of that unknown quantity which must, in practical matters, be repre sented, not by the letter " x," but by the word " litigation." Contemporaneously with the Chan cery suit to set aside the will there was a cross•suit to have the trusts of the will performed under the direction of the Court of Chancery. That suit is now sixty years old, and, although children and grandchildren are dead, the -suit eis as hale and lively as it was in their earliest youth. That suit was the true heir to Peter Thellusson, and it is still spending his money like a frolicksome young cor net. Necessarily, there were ether suits. There were suits about post-testament acquisitions of real property, there were suits about. advowsons, there were suits about other matters, so numerous that even equity lawyers, not stingy of their words, are fain to describe them as " various." The care ful and improving • management of the Court of Chancery has also exercised its influence upon this estate. The Yorkshire estates have participated in that excellent- system, which has been so uniform in its action, that when we see a house all window less and unpainted, tottering and decaying, we can predicate with a tone of undoubting conviction, " That property is in Chancery." The last survivor of the nice lives died in February, 1856, and four new bills were immedi ately filed. The property is now to be divided, not into thirds, but into moieties. There is, however, a question raised as to who is entitled. Who were the eldest male lire* descendaaits of old Peter Thellusson in February, 18561 There are two who are eldest in point of lineage, and two who are eldest in point of personal age. This point is still sub judice. •It would not be very difficult to guess : bow it will be decided ; but that is no matter of ours, nor would it have been a matter of the least interest to old Peter Thellussori. His object was to make the heap very large ; he evidently cared not one lock of wool as to which of hiselescendants might be the possessors. The pub!ic 'interest in this long line of litigation is confined to its general aspect. Peter Thellussou's clever scheme has turned out a foolish failure. No single Thel lusson will stalk over the land, overshadowing our dukes and cruihiug our barons by the magnitude of his territorial possessions. No thirty-two mil lions of money are expanded into broad acres, where men may travel and say—" Behold the con quests of the great Peter Thellusson." Whether Lord Rendlesham and Charles Sabine Augustus Thelluvon divide the estate as the eldest in lineage, or whether Thomas and Arthur take as eldest in years, we should equally desire to be able to call up old Peter Thellusson to see the division of his anti cipated accumulations. The Court of Chancery has so clipped and pollarded his oak, that it is net much larger than when he left it. It would be fit punishment for that purse -proud, vain, cruel old man, to see that he disinherited his own children only to fatten a generation of lawyers ; that he was the dupe of his own subtlety, and that his name, instead of being associated with the foundation of a house of fabulous wealth, is only known in con nexion with an abertive scheme of vulgar vanity. • —Times. LOCAL SHARI? MARKAZIL • LIVERPOOL —JULY 5. 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