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or ....1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD C itiANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack At five o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Swan Sea Local Board of Health ; Bradford, Wake field, and L' jeds Railway; Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car lisle Rail ,- say, and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway, and Silloth 'slay Railway and Dock Companies; and Denbigh, Ruth' Jni and Corwen Railway Bills were read a second tirce. 'The following bills were read a third time and passed : ',Wexford Free Bridge, Blyth Harbour and Dock, Sovereign Life Assurance, Abergavenny Improvement, North Bri tish, and Peebles and Jedburgh Railway Companies. NEW PEER. Baron FORTESCUE (late Lord Ebrington) took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the United Kingdom. The noble baron was introduced by the Earl of Gosford and Lord 'Broughton. _ _ CHURCH RATES. A number of petitions against the abolition of Church rates were presented. SECOND READINGS. Lord REDESDALE moved the following resolution, viz. :—That this house will not read any bill a second time after Tuesday the 17th of July, except bills of aid and sup ply, or any bill in relation to which the house shall have resolved, before the second reading is moved, that the cir cumstances which render legislation on the sub ject of the same expedient are either of such _recent occurrence or real urgency as to render the immediate consideration of the same necessary. The noble lord thought it would be of great convenience if the resolution was agreed to, and he should be very glad to hear from the noble earl opposite that the 17th July would be convenient to Government. Earl GRANVILLE said he should offer no objection to the resolution of the noble lord. His lordship made some further observations, but in a tone of voice quite inaudible in the gallery. The resolution was agreed to. Lord BROUGHAM said be wished to put a question to the Lord President (Earl Granville), but was met with loud cries of " Order of the day." Lord REDESDALE rose to order; it was of the greatest importance that their lordships should adhere strictly to the rules of the house. The noble and learned lord was clearly out of order in putting the question. Earl GRANVILLE said the noble lord had given him notice of his intention to put the question, and he was ready to give him the answer. The noble lord, however, would have ample opportunity of putting the question pre sently. Lord BROUGHAM said it was in the power of any peer at any time to put a question to the Government by moving the adjournment of the house. Tint was the rule, and he could insist on putting his questionby making that motion. _However he would put his question presently. CONDITION OF CATHEDRALS. Lord LYTTLETON asked her Majesty's Government if they intended to bring in anymeasurefounded on the re port of the commission for inquiry into the condition of cathedral and collegiate churches (1852), or the report of the se!ect committee of the House of Lords for inquiry into the deficiency of means of spiritual instruction and of places :of divine worship in the metropolis and populous places. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the recommendations of the commission would nearly necessitate a new eccle siastical code. He did not think, that being the case, that the noble lord could expect him at the present time, the 18th of June, they would legislate upon the question. The noble lord wished to know whether there was any hope of anything beiag done next session ; he could not, how ever, give him any promise that any steps would be taken then. With respect to the latter part of the question, the recommendations of the commissioners had been introduced into a measure at present before the other house, and a short bill bearing on the subject had also been introduced by the Home Secretary. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee. HIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the committal of this bill, but Lord REDESDALE moved, as an amendment, that their lordships would resolve themselves into a committee upon it that day three months; and after some conversation, The debate was adjourned. INFANTS MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT. This bill was read a second time. THE INDIAN ARMY. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a return of the number of local European regiments in each of the Presidencies of British India, and the total amount of that force on the Ist Jan., 1855,1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860, and also a return of the number of regiments and the total amount of force of the Queen's army in the same Presi dencies at the same periods. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought it right to draw the attention of the noble earl (Lord Granville) to a subject of very great importance, which, from the silence that had been maintained about it, he was afraid had escaped the attention of the Government. One of the'reu sons assigned for the proposed amalgamation of her Ma jesty's army and the local one was, that it would be most desirable if all the regiments in India were from time to time sent to this country. Now that was a proposal which it would be impossible to carry into effect; because Par liament was bound by its own solemn pledge, given within the last two years in the Indian Government Act, that it would never impose compulsory service upon any body of men in the service whatever. The company's army was transferred to the Crown subject to the same cenditions as those under which it had been held by the company. The - men were to be transferred from the local to the Queen's service within the same territorial limits only as if they had continued in the service of the company. If, therefore, Parliament were to give its sanction to their being sent to England, it could only be done by their being discharged and by their choosing to be reattested ; and it would be about as dangerous to allow them the option as it would be to let the b;rd loose in the hope that it would fly in again at the window. The country had lost the services of 10,000 men last year ; and if the same process were gone through again, it was quite possible that they might lose 16,000 more. The proposed amalgamation could not in fact b 8 carried out until after the expiration of the existing term of service, which in the case of the men would last ten years, and in the case of the officers for the whole of their lives. (Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that the sub ject had not escaped the attention of the Government; but another opportunity would be offered for discussing the whole subject. Viscount HARDINGE wished to 11'101V whether when an officer had been placed upon the staff corps he would remain on it for the rest of his life, or whether he might be remanded to his regiment? Earl GRANVILLE suggested that the question of the staff corps might. also be discussed on another occasion. The returns were then ordered. THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES. Lord BROUGIIAM said the experience of that evening had taught him that in order to put questions to the Go vernment on any subject, however urgent or important, it would be necessary on every occasion to give notice of them and have them printed amongst the orders of the day. (Hear, hear) Such a course would be very inconvenient, and would often give rise to long and unnecessary discus sions ; for he had observed that when questions were asked without notice, they were at once answered, and there was an end to them ; but that when notice was given they almost invariably led to debates. (No, no.) The question he wished now to put arose from an impression which had prevailed both at Paris and in London, and which had crested considerable apprehension —namely, that the French Government had either sent or were preparing to send a very considerable force—that was to say, a military force, for like ourselves they had ships there already—to the south of Italy. That statement had naturally excited considerable anxiety and alarm, in which, he confessed he did not him self share. He did not for one moment believe that it was true ; but if it were true, he felt perfectly confident that the force could not be sent for the purpose of interposing between the people and the King of Naples—as he might now happily be called, and not the King of the Two Sicilies. (Cheers.) It was utterly impossible that it could be for the purpose of protecting the King against his sub jects in Sicily, and he would fain hope against his subjects on'the mainland. He felt sure that the force could not be intended for any interference in the dispute, as he might call it, between the King and his subjects in Naples, or for the restoration of his tyranny in the island of Sicily. Of course if such a scheme were in contemplation her Majesty's Government must have received notice of it ; and he re joiced therefore to think that he was about to hear from his noble friend a statement to the effect that the rumour was Fl) , lndless. He rejoiced, however, not because he should had any fears for the liberties of Sicily even if such an assu hat if could n o t h ave b een g i ven; b ut b ecause he felt there had been any interference by France with Sar dinia or with the Pope, t Pope, or with the Sicilians, th ere m i g ht have b een dea ge vu ? l tlie peace of Europe. lord had Earl GRAIa regretted that the noble and lea rne d been p u t to any ment of his queation, inconvenience by the postpone- At the same time he would see that there was a little difference between g i v i ng no not i ce at al l and giving a printed sh notice. ed t It was m os t d es i ra bl e t h at the noble lord, when h e or a qu es ti on, s h ould write him a note the day before, at c least in the course of the morning, and that not for the convenience of members of the Cabinet merely, but for the ocon n ve v ni enr he e!ic . e of the public. ceadnionllord's question If, for example, he had answered the when he had first risen to put only havesaid thal t h h a e ve stated his own opinion—he could onl nient had received no such informati on , and that the_ state ment referred to was inconsistent with the declarations of th e Emperor of the French, who had always stated hi s pp_ Hey to be the same as our own, that of non-interference. He (the noble earl) had since, however, had an opportunity of communicating with his noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affeirs ; and he was now enabled to say that there was no foundation in the statement that a military force had been sent to Italy by the French. They had ships of war there, no doubt, and we also had ships of war there, their object being for the protection of the French and Eng lish interests ; but there was no foundation what ever in the statement that a military force had been sen ; and he be lieved that there was no truth in the report that it was in tended to send one. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH rem rled that he be lieved there was as little truth in the rumour of the French Government being about to send troops to the south of Italy as there was in the rumour that the British Government were going to send troops to Castellamare. Earl GRANVILLE said he believed that no interference whatever with the Sicilians was contemplated. Lord BROUGHAM said he hoped there would be not only no interference but no disturbance of the tranquillity which now prevailed in all parts of Italy except the south and east. Sicily was already free, and the ether parts of Italy nearly so, from the tyranny under which they had so long suffered. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Croydon to Balham Hill) Bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered for third reading. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, Galway Harbour, Hun gerford-market and Charing-cross-bridge Companies, Lin coln's-inn ; London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Capi tal) ; and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Metro politan Extensions). The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :--Egham and Woking Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, London Railway Depot and Store houses, Morayshire Railway, North British Railway (Sta tions, &c.), and Caithness Roads. BERWICK-ON-TWEED ELECTION• Lord CASTLEROSSE brought up her Majesty's most gracious reply to the address from both Houses of Parlia ment, praying for the appointment of a commission to in quire into the alleged cerrupt practices at the last election for the borough of Berwick-on• Tweed, which stated that her Majesty had directed the appointment of the said com mission. EAST INDIA (PRIZE PROPERTY). On the motion of Sir M. FARQUHAR a number of re turns connected with East India (Prize Property) were ordered. . DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. P. HENNESSY gave notice that he would draw the attention of the house to the distress prevailing in Erris and other parts of Ireland. THE GARIBALDI FUND. Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether any notice had been taken of a statement made in Saunders's Newsletter of the sth of June, to the following effect :—" We understand that our excellent Viceroy has subscribed to the Garibaldi fund now being raised in this country. The lists are kept secret," &c. &c. ; and whether the statement was true that the representative of the Bri tish Crown in Ireland had personally contributed, either secretly or publicly, towards such fund Mr. CARDWELL said that the statement was entirely unfounded, and according to his belief it had not appeared in Saunders's Newsletter, or in any other paper. (A laugh.) A portion of the paragraph alluded to by the hon. member was published, but it had reference to a former viceroy of Ireland, and not to his noble friend the present Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland. NAVAL FORCES ENGAGED IN THE CHINESE WAR. Mr. COCHRANE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he would lay on the table a despatch from Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, dated Dec. 14, 1858, in which the admiral urged the propriety of giving additional pay and allowances to the naval forces employed in the Chinese war, in conformity with the precedents of the war of 1842 and of the Burmese war? Mr. J. RUSSELL not being in his place, no answer was returned to the question. BILLS RELATING TO THE IMPOSITION OR REPEAL OF TAXES. Mr. BEAMISH asked the right hon. member for the University of Cambridge when the report of the com mittee, appointed on the 25th of May, to inquire into the practice of each House of Parliament with regard to the several descriptions of bills imposing or repealing taxes, might be expected to be laid upon the table of the house ? Mr, %VALPOLE said the committee had been unceas ingly employed ii the discharge of the duty entrusted to them and had completed their labours, the result of A hich would be shortly laid before the house. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. HUNT asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he was now prepared to state the intentions of her Majesty's Government as to the introduction of a measure for the prevention of corrupt practices at elee- tion s ? _ _ Sir G. C. LEWIS said that a bill on this subject world be introduced in about a fortnight, but if it was not likely to be passed this session, he would merely bring in a Continu ance Bill, which was necessary, as the present act would expire this session. ANCHORS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY. Viscount RAYNHAM asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty why the description of anchor reported by the Anchor Committee of 1852 as the most approved, and now used on board her Majesty's yacht the Victoria and Albert, had not been generally adopted in the Royal Navy ? Mr. S. HERBERT said that, with very few exceptions, the captains in the navy were opposed to the use of the de scription of anchor in question. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord PALMERSTON moved that upon Friday next, and upon every succeeding Friday dwing the remainder of the session, orders of the day should have precedence of motions, and that the Government orders should have pre- cedence of any other business on the paper on those days. The noble lord said that, considering the advanced stage of the session, and the amount of important business to be transacted, this course should be adopted in accordance with the practice of the house. OFFICERS PROMOTED FROM THE RANKS. On the motion for going into committee of supply on the Army estimates, Mr. M'EVOY moved that an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that she may be graciously pleased to order that those officers in the army who have been promoted from the ranks may be allowed to reckon their previous services in the ranks, in the same manner as is now permitted to paymasters and quartermasters, so as to enable them to avail themselves of the 30th section of the Royal Warrant of the 14th October 1858, which regulates the retirement of competent officers in the Army and Ord nance corps. Col. DUNNE seconded the motion. Mr. S. HERBERT said he did not think the hon. mem ber (Mr. M'Evoy) had drawn a proper distinction be tween the officers who had been raised from the ranks in order to fill situations as pay.naster or quartermaster, and those who were promoted without any such object. Im poriant qualifications were required for the offices in ques tion, which very few privates in the army pessessed. Officers promoted from the ranks were not compelled to undergo an examination which was required of civilians desirous of en tering the army. The right hon. gentleman then entered into details to show that officers raised from the ranks had different other advantages. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. D. SEYMOUR drew the attention of the house to th<3 position and the pay of the civil assistants employed upon the Ordnance Survey. The hon. and learned member entered into a statement to show that the body to which he referred were not treated properly. Mr. S. HERBERT denied that the class in question had any just ground for complaint, and explained at some length the position which the civil assistants in the Ord nance Survey occupied ; after which the subject dropped. ENLISTMENT FOR. THE POPE'S SERVICE. Mr. E. JAMES called the attention of the house to the fact of the enlistment now going on in Ire land to furnish the Pope with troops in Italy, and to ask the Government what measures they have adopted or intended to adopt, and what official communication they had received upon the subject. The hon. and learned member said the matter to which he alluded was exciting great attention in the public mind, not only in this country and Ireland, but in Europe generally. He contended that this enlistment was a flagrant violation of an act of Parlia ment, and while disclaiming an intention to deride the re ligious enthusiasm of any class, he thought it was impera tive on the part of the Government to furnish satisfactory information in regard to this subject. Mr. CARDWELL, having referred to the proclamation issued in Ireland on the discovery that on the pretence of being hired for employment on a railway in Ancona per sons were engaged for the service of the Pope, said in quiries were made, but in no single instance had Govern ment received such information as would justify thorn in instituting a prosecution. Having said thus much in re spect to Ireland, he might add that the Secretary of State for the Home Department was in precisely the same posi tion with regard to England, not being in possession of any evidence that would justify prosecuting any persons on the charge of being agents for the purpose of obtaining recruits for the Pontifical Government. They had given fair notice as to what the law prohibited, and the penalties to which those who were guilty of its infringement rendered them selyes liable. But having no evidence before them on which to base prosecutions, they certainly had not taken the course of bringing cases into court on mere rumour, and the re sults of which would be to weaken the hands of the Go vernment by a series of ridiculous failures which would only tend to bring the law into .entempt. (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SCULLY said it was a most unfortunate thing, if such numbers of persons were notoriously going out from Ireland to enlist in a foreign service, by which they, and those who procured their enlistment, became guilty of a misdemeanour. He was not prepared to deny the state ment of the hon. and learned member for Marylobone, that numbers of persons, who would have been excellent sub jects of her Majesty if they had been kept at home, were going out to supp or t t h e temporal dom i n i on o f th e P ope . (4144 in a Dublin paper the Celtic Catholic Telegraph, a letter from one of the Irishmen at Macerate, who said they had been "treated like gentlemen" up to that time; that they had travelled as first class passengers by sea, and by railway second class; that everything money could pro cure was supplied to them ; and that even when some of them, in the course of their journey through Austria, were imprisoned on account of an irregularity in their passports, their "prison diet was roast fowl, green peas, and asparagus, and a pint of wine." (Laughter.) He also found in the Clonmel Chronicle an account of these volunteers for the Papal service starting by the railway ; when, it was re marked, "none had any luggage, except one small band box." There were, in the same paper, reports from various places of different parties of Irishmen setting off for the same destination—to the number of 335 in all. It was very much to be regretted, if true, that all these men should be leaving the country, when they were so much wanted at home, and it would be easy for the government to keep them at home by setting about it the right way. He would not, however, omit to mention that the franderer, of Vienna, published a letter from Ancona, dated the 6th inst., saying, " The Irish yesterday had a fight amongst themselves, and wounded a gendarme who attempted to interfere between them. Every soldier insists on having a separate bedroom and table, and I should not wonder if the Pontifical go vernment were at last obliged to request them to go home again." (Laughter,) But, he would ask, why did thef go out ? It was because the government here had insulted the feelings of the oatholics of Ireland by using incendiary and firebrand language ag tinst the government of his Holiness the Pope. This was not fairly observing the principle of non-intervention. For his own part, he (Mr. V. Scully) had refused to subscribe to the Garibaldi fund, and he had re • fused to subscribe to the other side. He would not give a shilling for the success of either, but he would give a good deal to prevent them from cutting each others' throats ; for he believed nobody could understand on which side was the justice or right of the case, any more than they could tell in Ireland, if the Ribbonmen and Orangemen were fighting with each other, which side was in the right. But there were gentlemen in that house who were so carried away by their enthusiasm, and whose protestant feelings were so excited on this occasion, as to be perpetually meddling in matters which did not .concern them. The Roman Catholics, who wished to live at peace with their fellow-subjects in this country, only asked for perfect justice, and that the British Government should not throw its influence into the scale against the Pope. It was the feeling that the Pope did not get fair play which drove so many Irishmen now to Italy. He (Mr. V. Scully), being in Tipperary the other day, was called upon by an intelligent peasant to answer for the lan guage that Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell had uttered in that house, with regard to the Governments of Italy. Lord Palmerston, a few days ago, even declared that those Governments were themselves the real authors and insti gators of rebellion, and that if they would put an end to the disorders which continually occurred in Italy, their first measure must be their own removal. The effect in Ireland of such language as that used by the noble lord at the head of the Government was such as to paralyse the action of moderate men like himself (Mr. V. Scully), for he believed he was the only Roman Catholic member of that house, out of the Government, who would yield to no pressure, how ever great, exerted upon him by the Roman Catholics of his country ; and although nobody had been more exposed to that pressure than himself, he had not, up to this mo ment, given any opinion as to the maintenance of the tem poral dominion of the Pope being necessary for his spiritual jurisdiction. But he respected the feelings, or it might be the prejudices, of his Catholic countrymen, as he would those of his Protestant countrymen. He, asked, why was there no interference to put down the bigotry of a Protestant power like Sweden, or to prevent the persecution of the Catholics in Russia? When prejudices were so much in dulged on one side, the effect was to excite the same feelings on the other. It was time to put an end to this interference and to this language; and then, if a good Land Bill were passed, not a sham, the Irish would stay at home and culti vate their own country, for they would be proud and fond of it. Mr. M'MAHON would press on the attention of the Government that it was expedient to act with impartiality in this matter. They had expressed their readiness to prosecute for the recruiting in Ireland, but not for that offen,:e equally well known to the law, conspiracy in this country to assist Garibaldi and his friends, who were in open rebellion against a sovereign in alliance with England. No lawyer would say that this subscription was not an ;in dictable offence, yet the Government had refused to prose - cute. By the common law of Scotland it was even more clearly an offence, yet on the sth of this month a meeting was held at Edinburgh for that purpose, the Dean of Guild in the chair, and amongst the names subscribed there were four officers in the service of the Crown. He was rather surprised that the Government should treat the Court of Rome as it did. There was no one on the Treasti7 bench who would not say there was not a single ally of this coun try to whom it was more indebted for long and faithful ser vices than it was to the Court of Rome. In 1848 her Majesty's Government entered into diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome, and the debate in that house on the occasion of the Government taking that step would show that there was no power in Europe to which this country was more deeply indebted than to that court. He, there fore, hoped that the Government would act with a little more impartiality, and treat that court as it did others. THE WEEDON COMMISSION. Colonel DUNNE then rose, pn-want to nOth,e, to eat the attention of the house to the proceedings or this com mission and to the expenses incurred by it. He said that during the Crimean war it was the fashion to change every thing connected with the military establishments. Among other changes was that of forming a large depot at Weedon, and Mr. Elliot, who had had large experience, was ap pointed to preside over it. After the war was over a com mittee of the house was appointed to consider the system of contracting for the army ; and after that committee had carried its inquiries to a certain length, a special com mission was appointed to inquire into the case of Weedon, and this, he was sorry to say, stopped the inquiry of the contracts committee. Instead, however, of appointing military men to conduct the inquiry at Weedon, they ap pointed a police magistrate, a manufacturer who was a member of that house—both of them men of high cha racter, but knowing nothing of military affairs—and an old officer of considerable experience. They proceeded to exa mine into this establishment, and they found that no books had been kept, and that everything was in confusion, and they made a report which he might say was not satisfac tory. However, he did not intend to go into the report, as he was certain that the commissioners acted to the best of their judgment. Mr. Commissary Adams, with a staff of clerks, was investigating the accounts, but the commission ers appointed Mr. Jay, an accountant, to investigate them, and a question had arisen between the Treasury and the commissioners as to their right to appoint Mr. Jay. Mr. Jay's bill, he might say, amounted to £B,OOO, and the Trea . sury disputed their liability ; and the question was, whe ther the country was to pay this enormous bill. The ex penses of the commission in addition amounted to some £lO,OOO. The expenses of our m;litary and civil establish ments had become so enormous that the country, with all its wealth, must pay some attention to them. We could no go on unless more attention was paid to the details of our military expenditure, A great deal was lost by the want of a good military organisation. They would find on exa mination that the greitest order and economy prevailed in the military establishments of France, which were much better organised than ours. (Hear.) Mr. J. A. TURNER assured the house that it was with very great reluctance that he intruded himself upon their attention for a few minutes, because he was not one of those who was in the habit by needless talk of hindering the progress of public business. But having been engaged during four months of a recess after a hard session in the investigation to which the gallant colonel had alluded, and having given his best attention to the subject, without any prejudice, but with a sincere desire to bend his mind to a difficult subject, he did not expect that he should be spoken of by the gallant officer as having involved the country in needless expense. He received a request from the then Secretary for War that he would allow himself to be nomi nated as the mercantile member of the commission, and he told him that there would be associated with him one of the police magistrates and an officer of nearly 50 years' standing. He consented very reluctantly, but not until he had consulted Sir Benjamin Hawes, one of the Under-Se cretaries for War, who said he thought the inquiry might be over in a fortnight. He informed Sir Benjamin Hawes that if he supposed he should go through with an inquiry of that sort in a fortnight he had mistaken his man, that he was determined to go into it unprejudiced, that he would have no prejudice towards the old colonels, who were de sirous, he believed, of going back to the old system of clothing the army—he did not allude to the gallant colonel who had brought forward this question. He added that he had no prejudice either against the army contractors, but he was determined to have a thorough investigation, and he accepted the office. At one of the first meetings of the commission he informed the authorities at the War-office that they should not be at all satisfied with any examina tion of the accounts by the officials of the War-office, and that it was their intention to have an independent ac w countant. o m m isghs theat mh r y as et alfet Adams ohpeuuynt wtt accounts, i vas t Inhdqduahhbeaosevtuie( question ‘naiturw. to Th e comm i ssioners were informed that Mr. i e n T u dm u t e y r pr n .e c e n l r i ted)reaknsmsat inves tigatingiswadac,eycrn,ocouatnsyht a i t g h ht a sta nd nd h i e n official in the War-office :—" I suppose it will be satis factory to the authorities at the War. office as it will be to us that there should be a thorough investigation of the account keeping at Weedmi by an independent man, who has ne conne6;on with the War- office?" and the answer was " Quite so." As the evidence was daily reported to the War office, and not a word was ever said to stop them from having an independent inquiry, he said that from the outset of the inquiry they had the sanction of the War-office for such an investigation. When they went down to Wecdon they found things much in the state they were likely to be. There was Mr. Commissary Adams there with 20 clerks investigating the accounts, and at the close of a statement in writing which he gave them prior to giving his evidence, he said— " It must be observed that even the accounts thus prepared" —he was referring to the accounts he was engaged upon— "cannot be deemed satisfactory public accounts until it has been thoroughly ascertained in the course of the examina tion at the War-office that all purchases and all transac tions with contractors and the army packers in Mark-lane have been properly accounted for. It must also be observed that the present accounts are drawn up from a mass of docu ments, a very large number of which are defective, one-half of them without any examination whatever, and there is no guarantee that they represent all the transactions at the de pot." Now, how could such an account be deemed satisfac tory? When they came to examine him he was asked this question—" You have considerable experience no doubt in accounts. Did you ever in the course of your experience find anything so disgraceful in the mode of keeping accounts in any stores 7" And the answer was, " There has been no keeping of accounts at all." "Do you not think that if any private establishment acted upon the system of non-book keeping it would in a short time be in the Court of Bank ruptcy ?" And his answer was, " I think it is very likely they would." Again he was asked, " Are the vouchers to which you have alluded not valid vouchers ?" And the an swer was, "To some of them there areno signatures. There are 700 or 800 objectionable vouchers altogether." When the commissioners returned to London they made a representa tion to the War-office that they should not be satisfied with accounts made up of such unsatisfactory materials, and that it would be better that the accountant who had been engaged up to that time on the system of keeping accounts should go into the matter in a mercantile manner, andthere was no question about it that they had the consent of the then Secretary for War to have that investigation. Com missary-General Adams and all his staff were dismissed, and the books were placed in the hands of the first accountants in London, Quilter, Ball, and Jay, and they went through the accounts to the time that Captain Gordon took charge of the depot at Weedon. They had made a very heavy charge—too heavy he thought—but they had at all events accomplished this matter; they had shown that after all here was no very great defalcation of stores at Weedon, and that the articles for which the Treasury paid were delivered. The accounts, after all the labour bestowed upon them, were not quite satisfactory, inasmuch as there were some little discrepancies in the balances ; but on the whole he was satisfied there had been a valid accounting for the articles at Weedon. He was one of the commissioners, and ' to him the inquiry was satisfactory. No doubt they had been blamed by many parties, but it should be remembered that the commissioners were not appointed to support any system or party in office, but were appointed for the purpose of examining the accounts and books, and in doing so they had sacrificed their time, and two of them at least had suf fered in their health. He thought it was now very unfair that the commissioners should be blamed, and strange that they were not better supported by the authorities. The commission was issued during a Conservative Government, and possibly there might have been some disposition to look into the bad system of keeping the accounts by their pre decessors. But since the present Government had been in power they had not looked upon the report of the commissioners very favourably, and recently the hon. gentleman the Secretary to the Treasury had referred to " that unfortunate Weedon commission." No doubt it had been unfortunate to many—to colonels, contractors, and the Government officials ; it had also been un fortunate to the commissioners, who, after having devoted a long time to a laborious and troublesome investigation, had not, at least so far as he was concerned, received the slightest thanks for what they had done. He would, how ever, appeal to the house, if he did not to the Government, to say that they had performed their duty faithfully, ho nestly, and well. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MONSELL said he believed the commissioners did pay very great attention to the matter they had in hand, and they certainly deserved the thanks of the house for the trouble which they took in investigating the accounts. (Hear, hear.) He rose for the purpose of calling attention to a paper of some importance just placed in the hands of members. It stated that £105,000 would be required this year for cavalry horses. Now, there was to be no augmen tation of cavalry this year—no new regiments would be formed. It appeared by the papers received this morning that in 1858-59 £Bl,OOO was required for horses, and in that year there were two new regiments. In 1859-60--an ordi • nary year—there was no augmentation, and only £55,000 was asked. He therefore wished to ask how it was that £105,000 was required this year ? M. S. HERBERT said, with respect to the observations which had been made by his hon. friend behind him (Mr. Turner) in reference to the Weedon Commission, though he (Mr. Herbert) was net in office at the time, and conse quently spoke without any authority upon the subject, yet he must say his hon. friend was wrong in thinking that the Government did not entertain a very high sense of the services which were rendered, and gratuitously, by his hon. friend, in elucidating the very complicated system of account-keeping at Weedon. He believed that many of the errors arose at the time of the consolidation of the offices. The hon. and gallant officer who preceded him in office ap• pointed the commissioners, and he made a very good selec tion. They undertook the inquiry, and everything was left in their hands, and they discovered that there had been very great neglect and confusion in keeping the accounts, and those and other things had since been rectified. With respect to the question about the purchase of cavalry horses he thought he could show h;s hon. fr:end (Mr. Mon sell) some documents which would prove that the sum in the estimate was required, and it must be remembered that there would be two regiments from India which would re quire to be re-horsed. Col. GILPIN said it was entirely a mistake to suppose that the colonels were anxious to retarn to the old system, but, on the contrary, they desired to get rid of it, and the wntet attached to it. But it should be remembered that under the old system in clothing the regiments the Government had the responsibility of the colonel end the contractor that the articles would be good, and if they were not so, and were sent to the regiments and did not suit the men, the loss fe'l upon the colonels and the contractor, but now the loss fell upon the public, and he understood that serious losses had ensued. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he wished to call attention to the apparently unsatisfactory way in which the army estimates had been prepared, and it came to this, that it was a perfect waste of time to the house to discuss the ques tion of the estimates, for there was no certainty that the expenditu-e would be equal with the votes. If the house compared the expenditure with the estimates of the last year, they would find some great discrepancies. He found in one year the sum voted was a little over £12,000,000, and the amount expended was £12,516,000, or £516,000 more than voted by Parliament. That was an important fact to bear in mind. The difficulty was a formidable one to grapple with, and it was clear that if the house once granted a sum of money which far exceeded the wants of the country under one head, they enabled the Government to do what they pleased with it under any other head of expenditure, and upon the whole £1,281,000 had in one year been so spent upon various items without the autho rity of the house. The house then went into committee of supply, Mr. MASSEY in the chair. On the estimate that £196,224 be granted for the depart ments of the Secretary of State for Warand of the General Commanding-in- C hief, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said his hon. and gallant friend (Sir F. Smith) had misunderstood the objections which he had taken to these estimates. He thought they were pay ing money, and not receiving their full value for it. (Hear.) If his hon. and gallant friend had carefully examined the accounts presented relating to 1858-9, he would find that the estimates presented to the house were not so accurate and so truthful as they ought to be. There had beon many promises to amend these things, but those promises were not performed as they should be. (Hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS remarked upon the increase in the ex penses of the Secretary for War's department, as also in that of the office of the Commander-in-Chief—nearly £ll,OOO in the two departments. The Secretary for War had stated that he was responsible for all the acts of the Commander• in-Chief, and perhaps the right hon. gentleman was the fittest person to have such a responsibility ; but he ought to be really responsible —a thing which was impos sible from the high position of the head of the Horse Guards. Sir F. SMITH said that the cause of the increase this year was that the estimates of last year had been found in sufficiezt in the staff department. There would probably be no more increase next year. Ho must take that oppor tunity of noticing the case of the extra clerks in the War office, 125 in number. One gentleman, 58 years of age, had been 18 years in the service, and others had seen long periods of service. He thought that the appointments of these gentlemen should be made permanent. Colonel GILPIN complained of the number of messen gers, and the amount paid for that department. Colonel DICKSON complained of the number of tempo rary messengers. Colonel SYKES pointed out an anomaly in the salaries of the secretaries. The first secretary got £l,OOO a-year, the next got £BOO, and the junior got £975. He wished for an explanation. Mr. HERBERT—With regard to the payment of the deficiency of one year from the surplus of the other, it could not be done without the sanction of the Treasury, or of Par liament. But it was occasionally of great importance that the power to some extent should exist. The House of Com mons was not always sitting. Last recess a sum of money was wanted to make rifled guns for the navy, and if ho had waited for Parliament four or h..° months would have been lost in a very urgent case. As a general rule the Treasury exercised an earnest vigilance, but in an estimate of fifteen millions it was impossible to be exact to a fraction. As to the increase in the office expenses, there was a great pres sure on the offices last year, and a considerable reduction of clerks might be expected in the present. He did not like to make promises, but it did appear to him that it was possible tc diminish the amount , of writing in the War-office. With regard to the tempo- rary clerks, ho was quite of opini)n that it would be bettor to reduce the system considerably and to enlarge the per- manent establishment. But there was this advantage, that they could select from the temporary clerks the men who were to compote for the permanent appointments, and these would be the best, having derived so much practical expe rience. Such extra clerks as had passed the age of 25 would not be permitted to compete. He could not answer the question of the hon, member for 'Aberdeen respecting the salaries of the three secretaries. The increase in the num ber of messengers arose from the enormous increase of busi . ness in the War-office as Wellaain all the public depart ments. It seemed as if of late years the whole population of the country had taken to writing to the different depart ments of the Government. After sonic further conversation, the vote was agreed to. 160, £249,000 to complete the charge for the manufacturing departments, after some discussion was agreed to. On the vote of £550,231 for wages for artificers, labourers, Scc., Sir J. PAXTON hoped that if the present increase in the number of labourers were only temporary, the right hon. gentleman would at least take care the men were not thrown out of employment in a large mass, as they had been after the Russian war. Mr. F. PEEL was afraid that the columns which pro fessed to give the number of persons employed in the manu facturing departments did not give accurate information. He wished also to put a question with regard to the carriage department. There was a difference, as he understood, be tween the revised and the original estimates; an increase of 2,000 men, representing a sum of £240,000, was met by a reduction of £BO,OOO. He would hire to know what was the work it was proposed to execute by means of the £BO,OOO, which it was now found convenient to dispense with. Mr. S. HERBERT said that at first sight it seemed strange, no doubt, that with an increased number of hands there should be a diminution in the vote; but this was ac counted for by boys and girls being employed in making up small arms ammunition. With regard to the carriage de partment, it was found that they could make carriages faster than they could make guns which required carriages ; but instead of dismissing any men they diminished the over time, which in the long run was found to be very expen sive. The vote was then agreed to. Upen the vote of £220,000 for clothing and necessaries, Colonel DUNNE complained of the manner in which the contracts for clothing were carried out, and said he under stood that the clothing that was due in April last had not yet been delivered. After a few words from Sir F. S3trTle the vote was agreed to. The next vote was £851,377, for provisions, forage, fuel, light, &c. Sir F. SMITH urged greater economy in regard to the item for barrack furniture. Colonel DICKSON expressed a hope that the Secretary for War would take into consideration the giving to cavalry officers their forage free. Some steps should also be taken to save soldiers from the awful amount of fleecing which they underwent for barrack damage. Colonel NORTH supported the appeal of the hon. and gallant gentleman. After a brief discussion the vote was agreed to. On the vote for £1,365,088 for warlike stores for the land and naval service, Mr. MONSELL complained of the great increase in the vote as compared with last year. Sir F. SMITH objected to some items under the head of miscellaneous stores. Sir S. NORTHCOTE also referred to the large increase in the miscellaneous estimates, particularly those for India. He also wished to know when the returns ordered of the account between the Indian Government and English War office would be laid upon the table. Mr. S. HERBERT said, with regard to the increase in this vote, it included nearly 17,000 items, and therefore it was almost impossible to give an answer off hand upon any particular item. With regard to small arms he was able to state that the Government would have a much larger delivery of those arms this year than they had last; and, according to the arrangements they had made, they would have a much more rapid issue of Government stores gene rally. In respect of the arms issued to volunteers, the volunteers themselves were bound to replace any injury done to those arms. With regerd to timber, he should be very sorry to see a reduction of the amount of timber now in store. (Hear, hear.). Sir J. PAXTON observed that he had been told the Armstrong gun had cost the country, directly and indirectly, £1,000,000 of money. He had no objection to that if it would perform the services which it was stated it would do ; but he should like to know if the right hon. gentleman had turned his attention to the Whitworth gun and the Whit worth rifle. The Whitworth rifle was he believed the best rifle ever made, and it hal stood the test of all competition. No doubt Sir W. Armstrong had spent a large sum of money on the perfecting of his gun, and he believed Mr. Whitworth had spent between £30,000 and £40,000 on his. He believed, moreover, that if we did not engage Mr. Whitworth in making guns for us ho would make guns for somebody else. Mr. MONSELL thought it would be an unfortunate thing if, in case the Whitworth gun should be adopted, Sir W. Armstrong should be the person who would have to test it and report upon it at Woolwich. Sir F. SMITH asked, was there to be a trial between the two guns, either as to range or accuracy, or both ? Mr. S. HE RBERT said - that Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth could each turn out the best guns which could be made. As to the Whitworth rifle, there was no doubt that it was one of the best rifles made ; but it cost £lO, whereas the Enfield rifle cost only £2 18s. The ordinary life of a rifle was ten years, and therefore it would cost some thing like £10,000,000 to replace the Enfield rifle by the Whitworth. With regard to the Armstrong guns they were very expensive, but he thought he might say they cost less than at first. Sir F. SMITH considered that both in the interest of the soldier and the country the "Whitworth rifle ought to be placed in the hands of all our soldiers. Lord FERMO Y thought it was rather an unbusiness like proceeding that the Government should first buy the Whitworth gun and try it afterwards. Supposing the Whit worth gun should turn out better than the Armstrong gun, surely that would have an effect upon the price. Colonel SYKES said he was assured that the Enfield rifle when fired rapidly also fouled rapidly. Captain JERVIS said he doubted whether the Whit worth rifle might not foul even more quickly than the En field, since the diameter of its bore was smaller. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote for works, buildings, and repairs of fortifications, was postponed. The next vote was £206,500, for works, buildings, and repairs of " civil buildings" at home and abroad, Sir F. SMITH asked for explanations as to several of the items in this vote, and amongst them a charge of £50,000 for the school of gunnery at Shoeburyness. Mr. S. HE ÜBE RT replied with regard to Shoeburyness, that the school of gunnery there was an establishment which he desired to bring to completion as speedily as pos sible, and make it a counterpart to the school of musketry which had been established at Hythe. The erection of a barrack there, which was the object of this vote, would save the :lodging. money at present paid to the men, who were obliged to find lodgings three or four miles off, and he be lieved this saving would go far to repay the expenditure. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote was £707,607 for barracks at home and abroad. Col. NORTH urged that special accommodation ought to be provided for lunatic soldiers in the hospital at Netley or elsewhere. Mr. MONSELL asked for an explanation of the large vote of £120,000 for building a new hospital at Woolwich. Mr. S. NORTHCOTE remarked that the estimates for these works were always greatly exceeded by the actual expenditure. In the case of the new Staff College at Sand hurst, they had already voted a considerable sum, and before it could be completed it would have cost £95,000, although the estimate for it was but £70,000. For the new barracks at Chelsea the original estimate was £140,600, but they had already voted £120,000, and it would r4quire £140,000 more. For the new hospital at Manchester, the estimate for which was £292,000, they had actually voted £285,000, and £lBO,OOO was how asked for. These building operations would be much better carried on by the Board of Works. Sir J. PAXTON called attention to the charge for gas works and mains at Aldershott, amounting to £21,000, which would be enough to provide gas for a whole town, and ho did not see why gas should be provided for a camp. Sir M. PETO suggested that it would be a great im• provement to remove Kensington barracks altogether. Mr. S. HE RBERT said, with regard to the lunatic asy lum, it was quite true that the committee reported in favour of it, and it was brought before the sanitary commi sion, but the commission thought it best, on the whole, net to recommend a new asylum to be built to be n - anaged by Government authority. He had no faith in houses of that description under government management. A discussion had been raised upon Netley Hospital, and a hon. gentle man behind him had spoken in very severe terms of the building. He did not think he spoke in terms a bit too severe. Three years ago, when the plan was proposed, he (Mr. S. Herbert) protested against it, and a commission, of which he was then a member, reported against it, and he brought the matter before the house. A great deal had been said about the inaptitude of military hospitals to the purpose for which they were intended, and that was quite true. But in civil hospitals, and especially in the hospitals in London, there was great inaptitude. They were now building bar racks, which would be incomparably better hospitals, gene rally speaking, than the present hospitals, or than the hos pital at Netley. The hospital at Netley was a very expen sive construction, and the long corridors which had been described, with rooms at the end, turning to the north-east, with no side ventilation, of course were not good for the treatment of the sick. Now-a-days peoplehad come to com mon-sense ideas about the treatment of the sick, and knew that ash air was one of the best means of their recovery. An hon. member had asked why they did not go to the Board of Works to get them to build the barracks, or to civil architects ? Now, the Engineers built the best barracks, because they were the best acquainted with the wants of the soldier. The Raglan Barracks at Devonport were built for £7O a man, which was not a very heavy sum ; Preston, for £80; Gosport, £9l; Aldershott, £7l; and the tenders of the civil architects were £146, £2OO, and £212 per man. For cavalry the cost was £lB6, £195, and £2OO a man, and the tenders were £330, £370, and £340. If they required large works building, engineers would do them cheaper and bet ter, but for small works their estimates were preposterous. The Staff College had accommodation for 40 officers, 41 ser vants, stabling for 48 horses, halls for study, lecture rooms, laboratory, &c. The total estimate for the Chelsea barracks was put down at £140,000. A very large sum—£l2o,ooo —was taken last year, but that was taken for the site alone. He was happy to say that they had got the site for a great deal less than the estimate —almost the only instance in which this had occurred. In the case of Gravesend there was an error in the printed es timates; the £17,000 spent last year was spent in the pur chase of land, and not for the erection of buildings. The Euston Hotel at Fleetwood had not been taken for barrack accommodation, but for a duplication of the establishment at Ilythe, which was entirely overdone. At York and Nottingham, both cavalry barracks, a small sum was taken for buildings at each. The Government thou_ ht it better not to scatter the cavalry regiments about the country, but to build regiments sufficient for whole regiments. The bar racks at Leeds were certainly in a very bad state, and it be came a question whether they should spend money upon them or sell them. He thought it would be better to sell them ; the situation was very unsuitable for barracks. At Edinburgh a very picturesque design had been recom mended for new barracks, but the inhabitants themselves had offered no contributions. It would be better to get a site out of town instead of taking place which they s h ou ld probably disfigure, The case was the Sµ me at Glasgow; it would be wise not to attempt t o b u ild w ithi n the town, where the ground was valuable, but to find some site out side, where they could build at less expense. At Woolwic:: it was necessary to build either new barracks or a new hos pital. The hospital was a very bad hospital, but it would make very good barracks. He was extremely anxious to have a good hospital built, at a place where the air was pure. Reference had been made to the improvements in barracks ; it was impossible to have executed them all in the first year, but a great deal had been done; 2,327 barrack rooms and 349 hospital wards had been ventilated, in round numbers, two-fifths of the barrack-rooms, and one-half of the hospital wards. It would be seen that at any rate the authorities had not been idle in carrying into effect the re commendations of the Commissioners. There was an im mense pressure upon them ; and could the house have seen the estimates that had been sent in by the different depart ments they would have been astonished. Mr. HEN LEY regretted the decision to which the go vernment had arrived with regard to lunatic soldiers. The arrangements of the asylum at Chatham were perhaps as unsatisfactory as those of any public institution in the country. He understood that the government intended to distribute these sufferers throughout the country in private asylums, whilst the legislature had determ ned years ago to withdraw pauper lunatics from private asylums, and to place them in county asylums. Mr. HERBERT explained that the lunatic soldiers who had friends were to be sent to the county asylums where they resided ; it was only the remainder who were to be sent to ,a private asylum. They were not to be dispersed throughout the country, but to be placed in a single asylum. Mr. B. OSBORNE called attention to the sum of £5,000 for gymnasiums. He thought they were places where more ace dents, such as ruptures and the like, were likely to occur than elsewhere. He hoped the right hon. gentle man would give some explanation of this vote. Mr. S. HERBERT said that the government had sent an officer to Paris and Berlin to inquire into the gymnasi ums and systems of gymnastics for the army at both of those capitals. It was found that the French had paid particular attention to gynasiums for the sake of developing the strength and dexterity of the men. The results of the system were most extraordinary, showing it to be extremely useful in giving wonderful muscular power to men who were certainly not naturally athletic. It had been deter mined to adopt them here in a modified way. But it was not intended, as the•hon. gentleman supposed, that the men should use them at all times, and without any control, a course which would very likely lead to accidents. The men would not bo allowed to enter them except at specified hours, and then always under the superintendence of a properly qualified officer, under circumstances in which risks of danger would be almost entirely removed. Colonel LINDSAY said that gymnastics had been in troduced into one of the battalions of the Guards under Colonel Hooke with the happiest results. He was not able to say positively that no accident had ever occurred ; but there had certainly not been more than one. Mr. B. 0 SB 0 RNE still persisted that the expenditure was unnecessary. It would be far better to encourage the men to play at cricket and other manly games than to introduce athletic exercises by way of drill. If any one would support him he would divide the committee against the vote. Col. P. HERBERT was glad to perceive that the Secre tary for War was disposed to stick to this item, and he could not help expressing the surprise he felt at seeing a hon. gentleman who, he believed, had served in the army, opposing it. Mr. B. OSBORNE—The hon. gentleman has convinced me. I will divide against this vote. Col. NORTH made some remarks about the Guards' barracks ; and in reference to a cry of " Divide," declared with some warmth that he would not be put down by the mercantile gentleman who was calling for a division oppo site. (Laughter.) In answer to Major PARKER, Mr. S. HERBERT said that the item of £lO,OOO for rifle ranges was not for the volunteer corps, but for ranges in the neighbourhood of certain military stations. Col. DICKSON should support the amendment, if only to show that it was possible to reject a vote. He had no objection to gymnasiums, bat he thought there were things that were wanted much more. The committee then divided— For reducing the vote by the sum of £5,000 Against it The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of £277,547 for the several educational and scientific establishments, &c., Mr. CHILDERS asked the house to pause before it com mitted itself to granting such a large sum as required for the Ordnance survey included in this vote. He would move the reduction of the vote by £lO,OOO. Mr. CARDWELL supported the vote, and stated that a commission which had been appointed had recommended the larger scale of survey, which would in the end be the most economical, though a larger sum was asked for at the present time. Colonel DUNNE expressed a strong preference for the six inch scale, and should like to know what would be the expense of surveying the whole kingdom on one uniform six inch scale. Mr. A. SMITH confirmed the condemnation of the twenty.five inch scale. He should have preferred a mul tiple of the six inch scale. Mr. MONSELL thought that the only question which the house had to consider was whether they should not have a large map in addition to the one inch map. If they had a largo map ho should prefer a twenty-five inch map. If they had a large map it would require millions of money, and therefore he suggested that, as the matter required serious consideration, the best thing they could do now would be to report progress. (Hear.) Mr. JOSEPH LOCKE agreed with what had fallen from the hon. gentleman who spoke last. He believed the de cision of the house was that certain parts of Scotland only should be surveyed on the twenty-five inch scale ; but he understood that that large scale had been extended to other parts of Scotland in opposition to the authority of the house. Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., complained that the survey of Scotland was not in so forward a state as it ought to be. A general survey, however, on a twenty-five inch scale would involve the continuance of a costly department to revise the map from time to time, without any corresponding advan tage. Mr. S. HERBERT thought that in the present state of the house it would be better to postpone this vote. The vote was consequently withdrawn. The CriArnmAN was then ordered to report progress, and the house resumed. SPIRITS BILL. This bill was committed pro forma. PHCENIX PARK BILL. This bill passed through committee. ANSTRUTHER UNION HARBOUR BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, but imme diately resumed. The committee on the Customs Acts was postponed. TENISON'S CHARITY BILL. This bill was read a second time. CRIMINAL LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL. This bill was read a second time. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL. The debate on this bill was adjourned. INLAND BONDING. The house having gone into committee of the whole house, leave was given to bring in a bill to authorise inland bonding under certain circumstances. RAILWAY CHEAP TRAINS. On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON leave was given to make perpetual an act of the 21st and 22d years of her pre sent Majesty to amend the law relating to cheap trains, aad to restrain the exercise of certain powers by canal companies being also railway companies. PAROCHIAL VALUATIONS. On the motion of Sir G. LEWIS, leave was given to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to parochial valuations in England. The bill was read a first time. The house adjourned at half-past 1 o'clock, The following aro the members who voted with Mr. Osborne on his amendment to reduce by £5,000 the sum of £707,607 to defray the charge of barracks at home and abroad : Bowyer, W. Lawson, W. Smith, Augustus Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Mildmay, H. Sykes, Col. W._H. Butt, Isaac Pigott, Francis Williams, W. Davey, It. Robartes, T. J. A. Wyld, James Dillwyn, Lewis L. Sclater-Booth, G. TELLERS. Greene, Capt. J. Seymour, Dig - by Dickson, Col. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Shelley, Sir J. V. Osborne, Bernal FREE EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HorE.—The ship Royal Charlie, of 480 tons, Capt. James Garrick, sailed from Southampton on Friday evening, for Table Bay, with emigrants selected from the agricultural and artisan classes by the Hon. William Field. They are under the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent J. E. Dyer, and comprise 32 married couples, 56 single men, 61 single women, 38 children, and 7 infants; total, 226 souls, equal to 200 statute adults. The emigration to the Cape at the Colonial expense, under the local Act of 1857, amounts to 7,279 souls. [ADVERTISEMBNT.)—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Premature Decay.—When from free living, exc ess i ve in dulgence, or the enervating effects of hot climates, the ner vous system becomes shaken and the bodily powers debili tated, Holloway's remedies may be used with the cer• tainty of their producing relief. For dyspepsia, liver complaints, sick-headache, and loss of arpetite, the oint ment should be very well rubbed twice a day over the pit of the stomach and right side i whilst Holloway's PiEs are being taken in such doses as can conveniently be borne. Thi s treatment will always restore strength and energy. Nervousness, flushes, and fainting fits may all be prevented by a timely recourse to, and diligent use of, these remedi es . w hich cannot do harm to the most delic a t e or debilitated, POLICE IN TET,LIGENCE—June 18. THAMES.—Tin 7 UNITED KINGDOM BENEI 0- LENT ANNUITY F U ND.--A poor a n d age d man, named Harvey, sta te , d that his wife h a d b een e l ected an annuitant of .£1 0, . n the year 1858, by the donors and subscribers to the United Kingdom Benevolent Annuity Fund, a ,nd that two years' pay was in arrear; He was in great pecuniary distress, and he most humbly I tt quested Mr. Selfe, who had been endeavouring to ch')tain justice for the annuitants, and had taken s , a much trouble in the matter, to intercede for him n, Selle—You have no occasion to make any apology for comic fg to me, I win serve you if I can. What is l'he nam. e of your wife ? Applican t—An. n Millicent H arvey, s i r. The on, of Sp r i ng - gar d ens, Charing- Rev. Mr. Roberts. ,:oss, kindly yaa d £3O to th e annu i ty fund to secu,"e my wife's - election. It was a ll paid in ione sum. Others also . contribut e d t o secure the electionof my vv :ife to an annuity of £lO. There was a great deal 'none, V Paid, your worship, to get her in. Mr. Selfe sail a ver v excellent report relating t o the United Kin k 'doni . -Benevolent Annuity Fund and the United Ki. Igdom Mutual Benefit Annuity Society, and the procee di.ngs respecting the two societies in that court ;, haci ap,neared in the news papers, and he believe it wozilc: be productive of much good. The rep , ort was unde.r-stated and not exaggerated. He as ked the applit,:ant what was the age of his wife. Harvey replied that she was 66, anti that the non-payment of the arrears was a heavy blow to them. He had been referred to the magistraio by Messrs. Nisbet, of No. 30, Lincoln's Inn fields, and those gentlemen had, in answer to an applicatioa made by them to the solicitors of the two societies', received the folic:wring rep 4y : " 28, St. Swithin's-lane , 31st August, 1859. Messrs. Nisbet, 35, I..incoln's Inn-fields.—Gentle men,—Re United King. •lon.i Benevolent Fund, — Yours of the 4th instant has been, with many other similar applications, handed to us by the Rev. Frederick Pearce Pocock, of Ch urch HOll3O, Bow. In reply thereto, we have to reqi.'est ne proceed ings will be taken until the result of . the suit pend ing has been ascertained, which will, we have no doubt, be in favour of the above society . ; and, if so, there will be plenty to discharge all claims upon. the fund.—TUCK ER, GREVI.LLE, and TUCKER." Mr. Selfe said the statement in the solicitor's let— ter was not quite correct. An that the Anglo-Aus— tralian Company had received of the United King dom Benevolent Annuity Fund was £l,lOO, of which. £5OO was paid back, leaving a balance of £6OO due to the United Kingdom. A sum. of £3,000 at least was required to pay the annuita.nts, and if the United Kingdom was successful in the Chancery suit, there would still be a deficiency of £2,400 or more. It was not true to say there would be plenty to discharge all claims if the suit was successful. fie believed Mrs. Harvey was one of the last annuitants elected. The applicant—Yes, sir ; I think the last but one or two. Mr. Selfe--It is rather singular that the last per son elected an annuitant died the day after the elec tion. All I can say to you is, - that it is just possible you may obtain the arrears by applying again to Mr. Tucker. Several of the annuitants have been paid their arrears since I interfered in the matter, and if all are not paid it will be a most abominable thing, and very discreditable to the parties who got up this scheme to obtain funds from the benevolent. Go to Messrs. Tucker, Greville, and Tucker to-nnor row morning, and ask them if there are any funds forthcoming. If not, do not come here again, but write to me. The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired. The name of Willis was inadvertently mentioned instead of Phipps. The friends of Mrs. Phipps, an aged woman, subscribed £llO for the purpose: of securing her election to an anouity of £lO, .and when she applied to Mr. Selfe last week two years' arrears were due to her. Lady C. ProV paid £l5O for an annuity of £lO to Mrs. Johnstone, which annuity might have been purchased elsewhere for £9O. The United Kingdom was two years in arrear with Mrs. Johnstone. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER_JUNE 16. A fair supply of wheat ; the weather being warmer av 72 summer-like, caused the trade to rule slow, at about that currency of last week. Very little spring corn at market,. and no change in value. Wheat, white 60s to 66s Beans, Mazagan..37s to 40s red 56s to 60s Middle & small 40s to 44a Barley 368 to 50s White peas 3Bs to 40s Oats .. ..20s to 28s Grey.. 38. to 400 ,D-JUNE 15. A, but millers and merchants ices higher than is above last eats; inferior as before. A Lte rates. Peas,Yartridge 42s to 43s White 42s to 45i Boiling 42s to 46s Dun 378 to 40s Beans, Tick .. . 4ls to 46s Harrow Ticks 39s to 49s Mazagan ' 37s to 42, CHELMSFO A moderate supply of whet not inclined to purchase at pt week's quotations on best will firm trade in spring corn at la Wheat, white 45s to 62s red 45s to 59s Barley 38s to 48s Chevalier 42s to Grinding 32s to 37s Malt _ 61s to 67s Chevalier 64s to 69s Oats 32s to 41s KIRKALDY-JUNE 16. A rather short supply of grain to-day, small of oats, and only one parcel of barley. Wheat sold at is per quarter advance ; oats 6d cheaper. What Barley Oats First .. . . 51s Od 33s 6d 27s Od Second .. 57s Od --s Od 30s Od Third 59s Od —s Od 31s Od . COAL MARK (rem of Coal per Ton at ET—JUNE 18. the dose of the market.) Walls End. d. Straker'sWest Hartlcyl6 3 Bowers West Hartley.l6 6 Davison's West Hart- s. d. South Hetton 19 6 Braddyll's Hetton 18 6 Haswell l9 6 Cassop l9 0 Trimdon Thornley 16 8 South Hartlepool. 18 3 Tunstall Hetton . l9 6 Wharncliffe 18 Whitworth ....15 9 South Whitworth 15 9 Kelloe ..19 0 Thornley Riddell 18 0 Keiper Grange 18 6 Russell's Hetton 18 6 Eden Main 17 9 [ - Luton ....... lB 0 Belmont l7 9 Hartlepool.... ley ....16 6 Wylam l6 3 West Hartley 16 6 Holywell l6 3 Walker Primrose 13 6 Howard's West Hart- ley ..16 6 Tanfield Moor Butes .. 13 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley...l6 0 Ward's West Hartley. 15 6 117—Sold, 103. Walls End. Elvet Stewart's 19 6 Heugh Hall 18 6 Shineliffe 18 0 North Hartlepool 16 0 South Kelloe lB 6 1 Ships at market, THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • . July 10. Do. (via Marseilles) July 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. July 4. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. .. June 20. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. July 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) July 2. Do. (via Marseilles) June 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • . .. June 26. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) July 2. Do. (via Marseilles) June 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. June 26. Do. (via Marseilles) June 20. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. .. July 5. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto June 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Juno 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 20. United States, California, &c. (pia Cork) .. June 21. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. July 10 West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. June 29. A SHEET OF PAPER FOUR. MILES LONG.--A sheet of tissue paper has been exhibiting at Colyton, De vonshire. It measures in length four miles, and it s b rea d t h 6 feet 3 inches. The weight of it is but 196 lbs. It was manufactured in 12 hours. BIRTHS. Aberdare, the wife Bn of u g. .— A. o E n ni th c o e, l7 E t s h q i o n , s o t fa a d t a D ug u h ffryn ter. MANNERS.—On the 17th inst., at 3, Hamilton-place, the Lady Adeliza Manners, of a son. TIGRE.—On the 17th inst., at Portugal-street, Grosvenor square, Lady Kathleen Tighe, of a son. CAnE of a r son and . —On their he 15th inst., at D u bli n, the Lady Carew, MARRIAGES. BARRETT-HASBY. - -0111 the 14th inst., at St. George's, Stonehouse, Devon, Richard Barrett, Esq., of the Admi ral hn ty, Somerset - house, to Eli za b et h , eldest daughter of Jo Hasby, Esq., of Stonehouse, Devon. PHILLIPS—Cmincn.—On the 16th inst., at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, Mr. James Gastrell Phillips, of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, to L ou i sa, younger daughter of Edward Church, Esq., of Spital-square. DEATH S. Ant.— the 1 7th inst., at his r es id ence , St . John's hill, Battersea-rise John Adam, Esq., of 11, Pudding lane, aged 70. BEALE.—On the 16th inst., at 12, Upper Ranelagh-street, Mr. Henry B ea l e , o f h er Ma j esty ' s Household, aged 40. COOKE.—On the 15th inst., at Ilfracombe,theßev. Francis Cooke, M.A., incumbent of Bothenhampton, Bridport, aged 47. PA RTRIDGE.--Suddenly, at Islington, Thomas William Partridge, Esq., of Lupulus Lodge, St. Thomas's-hill, near Canterbury, aged 591. SMITH.—On the 18th inst., at 33, Eaton-square, Seth Smith, Esq., aged 69. STEVENSON.—On the 17th inst., at Dartmouth-place, Blackheath, George Stevenson, Esq., aged 71. 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