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Day, second master commanding, which conveyed them, with men left behind by the Channel squadron, to Ports moue CONT'AACT FOR COALS TOR BATLIVRST, RIVER • GAMBIA. , . _ pri- Department of the Storekeeper General of the Nary, " Somerset-place. 14th May, 1860.' THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING th e Cof LORD HIGH ADMIRA L of the T E KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY. GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 22d Inst.., at Two o'clock, th e y w ill be rea d y t o treat with s uch Persons as - may be willing- to CONTRACT for supply ing and delivering- into store at Bathurst, River Gambia, 400 TONS OF SOUTH WALES COALS, Fit foe. the service of her Majesty's Steam Vessels. A form or the tender may be seen at the said office. - 00 t'Jnder will be received a ft er t wo o ' clock on the day of treat ,f, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the. words" Ten sler for Coals," and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, en gaging- to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £2OO, for the due performance of the Contract. pect -Wal- ting, oath, a the ith a a the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1860. N". 21,156. PE.ICE 4 1) . STAMPED, SD• 1g on acted PUBLICATIONS. lOUNTaY APARTMENI S.—To be LAT, kJ Furnished, THREE BED ROOMS, a Sitting Room, and use of a Kitchen, near a healthy village twelve miles from London. The house stands in a very extensive garden and is elokie to Bushy Park, at an easy distAnce from two stations. Omnibuses pass within a few minutes' walk to and from London; and the stations several times during the day. To those seeking rural, retirement and quiet comfort this ad vertisement ofll2n, unusual advantages. Address, M. E., Hampton Wick, Middlesex. - Z 5; the course in both being from Erith to the Coal House Point and back to East Greenwich.. Mr. A. Arcedeckne, the commodore, was at his post early, and assisted by the other officers of the club, every opportunity was afforded the visitors of witnessing the match. _The start of the first match took place at ton minutes to , the Just ready, in three vols., with Portraits, 31s. 6d. bound, DOMESTIC MEMOIRS OF TILE ROYAL FAMILY AND OF TIIE COURT OF ENGLAND. By FOLKESTONE WILLIAMS, F.G.S., F.P.G.S„ Hurst and Blackett, PublisherS, 13, Great. ➢larlborough street. Orders received by all Booksellers. The gunboat Sheldrake was orderei to be taken. into No. 3 dock at Keyham steamyard yesterday. The screw ste; , rn. , l.ip R9yrd Albert, 121. Capt. If. _ Lacon, was appointed to be put out of Keyharn basin yesterday, and placed at her moorings in liamoaze. She will undergo a trial of machinery at sea as soon as she can ha got ready; her crew were paid wages yestcrdcy, and granted leave of absence. 12, and all were round very prettily, the wind at the time ' being due easterly. The Bltio Bell took the lead very smartly, and in beating down showed that she was admir ably handled by her owner. The Spray was the second boat, and these two positions were retained in each suc ceeding mile. At 12 o'clock the larger, or those denomi nated the third class, were also well started, the Violet having, however, to encounter a mischance in setting her topsail; which threw her much in tho rear. Di rectly they were fairly under way the _Haidee took the lead, and rota ned it throughout the whole race. The other yachts were at Gravesend, more astern of her, however, than at Coal House Point, where, owing to the wind veeringvery considerably, they became closer, and rounded in the fol lowing time and order:-- fitted; lelrre aREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- kA WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—RETURN TICKETS issued on SATURDAY, the 26th of May, and intermediate days, will be available for return up to and including Satur day, the 2(1 of June. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—EXCURSIONS to .the NORTH at LOW FARES:—Trains will leave the Paddington Station at 10.20 a.m. for OXFORD (fares 6s Gd and 4s), Banbury (8s and :is), Leamington and Warwick (108. 6d and 68), Birmingham (12s and 7s), Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (12s Gd and 7s Gd), Wolverhampton (13s and 8s), Wellington and Shrewsbury (17s and 10s), Oswestry (188 6d and its), Welshpool (20s and Us), Llangollen Road, Wrexham, and Chester (188. Gd. and 11s), - Birkenhead and Liverpool (2ls and 12s 6d); on Saturday, May 26, returning on Wednesday, May 30 ; on Monday, May 28, returning: on Thursday, May 31 ; and on Wednesday,. May 30, returning on Saturday, 2d of June. The train will return from Liverpool (Landing Stage) at 10.30 , a.. n the Now ready, in 2 vols, with Illustrations, 21s. bound, T : AMC CHARLOTTE PEPYS' JOURNEY L ON A PLANK FROM KIEV TO EAUX-BONNES. " A very touching and beAutiful work."—Chronicle. "A most readable book."—Literary Gazette. " Unaffected, pleasant volumes."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborougli-s trod. trick being 3rs to The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander A. 11. Hoskins, to the Hecate ; Commander H. IL Beamish, to the Wrangler, vice Hoskins; Commander A. M. L. Lyons, to the liacer, vice Pakenham, superseded at his own request; Lieut. Francis Hewson, to the Monarch ; and Lieut. W. It. Kennedy, to the Wasp. perty, perty. y the Lseum, t him a gold value after as not DEDICATED 1 1`,..) THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE CURATES OF .RIVERSDALE -11- RECOLLECTIONS in the LIFE of a CLERGYMAN. WRITTEN by HIMSELF. Hurst S, Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Chatham to Gilling-' ham, inclusive Cowes Dartmouth Deal, and in the Dowr s Dover Falmouth Gravesend Greenhithe Grimsby Harwich Holyhead 'Portsmouth (Oxen) Pnrfleet Ramsgate heerness,from be low Gillingham to the Great Nore inclusive s , .utharnpton Torbay Weymouth Yarmouth NEW WORK BY HAS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. Just ready, in One Vol., 7s. 6d., GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 'WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—EXCURSION to the SEASIDE.—On SA TURDAY, May 26, a Train will leave Paddington at 3.30 p.m., for Chippenham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and From° (fares, iOs and (is), Yeovil (11s and 7s), Dorchester and Wey mouth (12e and 88), returning from Weymouth at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, May 30. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—On Saturday, May 26, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington, at 6.40 p.m., for Bath and Bristol, re turning on Tuesday, May 29, from Bristol at 8.15' a.m., and Bath at 8.45 a.m. Fares—Bath, 12s. and 6s ; Bristol, 14s and H. Hours. Min. Scc. Haidee 2 3 •• • • 30 Violet Blue Bell SPraY. Surprise Mayfly 2 16 30 Clara They now proceeded up against the ebb, which was very strong, and the attention of the spectators was mainly di rected to the Bell and Spray, wbich for a length of tine made a beautiful race, much science being exhibited on both sides. The Clara, then, becoming advantaged by the wind; began to show her power, and certainly materially mended her position; the Bell improving, but the Spray falling off. The race finished in the following manner : Hours. Min. Sec. Haidee ... 4 e — 6 5 Violet .. .. 23 10 Surprise Blue Dell Clara Spray ...... Mayfly 7 .... 21 THE ARMY STORIES FROM. THE SANDHILLS By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Author of "The Improyisatore." Loudon : Richard. Bentley, New Burlington-street. there ere he tented Lantity 96'. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by poft tree, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERM.ATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. street, st last, he pri etaken ity de red. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader.' We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect ally other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. I. servi- ~ .~~~ by the tern of erally, its ad n, was nstitur The worthy Commodore then presented the first, second, and third prizes of the third class to Mr. Bartlett, Lord de Ros, and Mr. Carr, and the first prize of the extra match to Mr. Ridgway, the second being held in abeyance, owing to the Spray forling, as it was alleged, the buoy. CONTRACTS FOR FRESH OX BEEF. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 12th May, 1860. I rilE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING th e -I- OFFICE of LORD IR of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT H BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 31st inst, at half -past One o'Clock,•they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplyinz 'filmier separate Contracts), all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to the 31st December, 1860, both days included,' viz. : ENGLAND, &c. Hull Jersey and Guernsey Littlehampton Liverpool • 1 London Bridge b:i Woolwich, inclu sive , Lymington North Shields ' Penzance Plymouth (Oxen) , Portland and Port land Roads SCOTLAND. Cranton - ' Leith - I Stornoway I Greenock Queensferry IRELAND. Kingstown and Mill Cove) Bere- I Queenstown and Dublin haven) I Kinsale Rathmullen N.B.—The Contractors are to supply Good, Fat, Well-Fed Ox Beef, as NO HEIFER MEAT will be admitted. Separate tenders must be made for each port, and no at tention will be paid to any offer not so made. None of the contracts to be sub-let, and the contracts for Chatham and Sheerness'to be taken by persons residing on the spot, and ,the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be on the spot. Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at this 'Office. or by applying to the superintendents of 'the Victual ling 'Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of Her Majesty's Dock-yards at Wool wich, Chatham, and Sheerness ; the Clerk in charge of Her Majesty's Yard at Deal; the Agent for the Victualling at HaulbOwline ; the Agent for Transports at Leith ; the Offi cers conducting: the Packet Service at Dover, Liv e rp oo l , an d Southampton ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-General Dublin;, to the Collectors of Her Majesty' Customs at Cowes Hell Ramsgate Dartmouth Jersey and Guern- Weymouth Falmouth sey Greenock Grimsby • Yarmouth Stornoway Her wich ' Penzance. • Shields And to the Postniaster at Torquay (for 'iorbay) and each of , e other Places. • Forms of Tender - May also be obtained, on application to the proper Officer at either-of the above Places. No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose; but it will not be necessary that the party, tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this Office, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be 'delivered at the above Office, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £390 for the due performance of each of the Contracts for Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and 9ueenstown and Kin sale; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other Contracts T II E INTERNA:TIONAL LIFE ' ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Empowered hy Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMONO SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. John Elliotson,M.D.,Cantab, John Moss, Esq. F.R.S. John Symes, Esq. Henry J.AcOgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, E3q. •s , :IinICRETABYTO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Eaq. • CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. ProfeSsor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. 'Young. • . MEDICAL REFEREE GENEAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, R Conduit-street. . ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Mcg s r s• Gre g ory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. Th tQi ir, and nbury, 3 ; the 3 Rev. )v. Mr. Payne, utvoye, oode. 31aney, tat the the old and t? 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WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—On WHIT - SUNDAY, May 27, an Excursion Train will reaVe Paddington at 9.30 a.m., for Taplow (fares, Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d.), Twyford, Henley, Reading, Theale, Aldermaston. Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, liintbury, and Hungerford Is. 6d., 45., and 35.); returning the same day from Hungerford at 7 p.m. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—On WHIT MONDAY, May 28, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 10.45 a.m. for Taplow, Twy ford, Henley, Reading, Theale, Aldermaston, Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, (intbury, and Hungerford, returning the same day from Hung - eribrd at 7.0. Fares to Taplow, 55., 3s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. ; to the other stations ss. 6d., Is., and 3s. N.B.—For further particulars of the above Excursions, time of return from intermediate stations, &a., see handbills. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. Business was to-day almost confined to the events now decided at Bath. The Wizard for the Derby was in bettor odour than yesterday, 100 to 30 being taken a time or two about him. Umpire and Thormanby were each in request at their quotations. 21 to 1 was currently offered against St. Albans, whoin it is said pulled up lame on Saturday last while at exercise. Loiterer was in some demand at 60 to 1, and those odds were taken to .win a few hundreds about The Rap and Cramond, and 1,000 to 15 once about Traducer. THE DERBY. 100 to 30 agst The Wizard (taken) 11 to 2 agst Umpire (taken) 6to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 20 to 1 agst St. Albans (offered) 20 to 1 agst High Treason (offered) 25 to 1 agst Horror (take 200 . t0 7) 50 to 1 agst Loiterer (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Cramond (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst The Rap (taken) 50 to 4 agst Sutton (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Traducer (taken) BATH AND SOMERSET RACES.-TUESDAY. Lansdowne Trial Stakes (Handicap) of 6 Boys each, with 40 added ; winners extra. One mile. 17 subs. Mr. King's Fitz, Avon, by Hrikol, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (inc. Sib extra) (H. Grimshaw) 1 111 r. S. Jacob's Amsterdam, 5 yrs, 9st (inc. 71b extra) (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Saxon's Lady Peel, 4 yrs, 7st ...... ...(Comery) 3 The following also ran :--Felicitas, Theory, Rara Avis, Mushroom, Predictor, Catherine, and Sparta. Betting-9 to 4 agst Amsterdam, sto 2 agst Fitz Avon, 6 to 1 agst Cathorino, 7 to 1 agst Folic!tab. ' Fitz Avon made play throughout ; at the bend Predictor, who was lying second, was driven over a post, and Am sterdam went on in attendance on. Fitz Avon, but never quite got up, and was beaten by a neck; a bad third ; Pre dictor trotted The Biennial Stakes, of 10 toys each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldi ngs , B s t . _ 71b ; certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. Hale a mile. 50 subs. Mr. Saxon's Big Ben, Bat 71b (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Parkes's Matilda colt, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 2 Lord Strathmore's Shillelagh, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 3 _ _ The following also ran :—Bohemienne colt,. Camerino, Overton, and Bandit. Betting-7 to 4 <nt. Big Ben, 6to 1 each Camorino and Overton, 7 to 1 each agst the Matilda oolt and Shillelagh. Custance weighed for Mr. J. Shelley's Vapour, Bst 4lb, but the horse did not arrive at the post in time to start. The three placed were in front throughout, Shillelagh leading until nearing the distance, where Big Ben took up the, running, and won a fine race by a head ; a bad third ; Camerino, Overton, and Bandit were next. The County Members' Plate (Handicap), of 50 sous. One mile. Mr. Saxon's Informer, 3 yrs, Est (M id gley) 1 Mr. Grimshaw's Harlequin, 3 yrs, sst 101 b.. (J. Adams) 2 Mr. Stinton's Grillade, aged, 7st 71b (Gray) 3 The following also ran :—Pomona, Contract, St. Cla rence, Arcanum, Codicil, Volunteer, Table Bay, Albert Smith, Robin Hood, and Water2ord. Betting-5 to 2 agst Pomona, 7to 2 agst Informer, 7to 1 agst Harlequin. Won by three lengths; a head between the second and third ; Pomona close up. The Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 57 subs. Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Merry's Brother to Rainbow, Bst 101 b (Custauce) 2 Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, Bst 101 b (A. Day) 3 The following also ran:—Dartmouth, Lupullus, South Australian, and Loiterer. Brother to Rainbow seemed to have the race within his grasp at the half distance, but Cape Flyaway collared him at the'Stand, and won by three. quarters of a length; wide intervals between the others. The Holston Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added; weight for age. Certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 24 subs. Mr. G. Fitzwilliam's colt by the Flying Dutchman out , of Bohemienne, 2 yrs, Est 71b (J. Adams) 1 Mr. J. Sergeant's Crater, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. F. Robinson's Ariadne, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (A. Day) 3 The following also ran :—Highwayman, Star of the West, Sycophant, The Pope, Reverie, and the Rover. Betting-6 to 4 agst Ariadne, 9to 4 agst Rover, 7to 1 agst Bohemienne colt. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third ; Sycophant, Highwayman, and The Rover were next close together. The Bath Handicap of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added. Winners extra.' Once round, about one mile and,a half. 21 subs., eight of whom.paid 5 save each. Mrs. Osbaldestone'a Maid of Orleans, by Autocrat, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Lambourne) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Dreadnought, 3 yrs, 7st..(Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs, 3 yrs, Est 121b..(Comery) 3 The following also ran :—Stapleton, Philomel, Theory, and Pomona. Betting-6 to 4on Philomel, 6to 1 agst Dreadnought. Won by a length ; two lengths between the second and lird. LATEST DERBY BETTING ON THE COURSE. 100 to 30 agst The Wizard 9to 2 agst Umpire (taken) 13 to 2 agst Thormanby (taken) 13 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 20 to 1 agst Buccaneer (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Mainatone 40 to 1 agst Sutton (taken) St. Albans not mentioned. AQUATICS. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The first regatta of the season amongst the yachts of this very popular club took place yesterday, and notwithstand ing the uncertain state of the weather, preceded as it had been by days of heavy rain, there was a very large and fashionable attendance on board the Prince of Wales steamer, which had been chartered for the occasion by the club, where every att en tio n , i n th e c h o i ce v i an d s and other wise,•were paid to the comforts of the guests. The following were the competing craft : Third Class. Station. Yacht. Tons. Owners. 1 Violet 9 Lord de Ros. 2 Haidee 8 Thos. Bartlett, Esq. 3 Surprise 8 Thos. Carr, Esq. 4 Clara Extra Match. 1 Mayfly 4 Wm. Roe, Esq. 2 Eugenie 6 .... D. T. White, Esq. 3 Spray . 5 .... George Haines, Esq. 4 Blue 8e11.... 6. , J. W. Ridgway, Esq. For the first of these were prizes of £2O, £lO, and £5, the filet in plate; Or the extra patch the prizes were £1 azi REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY. Last night a public meeting was held in St. Martin's-ball, "to protest against the usurpation proposed by Lord Derby to the House of Lords, in the retention of the tax on paper, independent of the House of Commons and the Crown.' -4 ln order to attract the attention of passers-by a number of men were employed to walk about in front of the hall and: in the adjoining streets, b ear i ng pl acar d s , on which were inscribed such questions as " Is the House of Lords to govern the finances of the people and the country ?" "Is the House of Lords to de prive the Commons of its privileges ?" By the hour fixed for the opening of the meeting a nume rous audience was collected. Mr. Sergeant Parry VMS called to the chair. Among those on the plat form were Mr. Bright, M.P. ; Mr. Hadfield, M.P.; Mr. Lawson, M.P. ; Mr. Ingram, M.P. ; Mr. Lea tham, ; Mr. Coningham, M.P.; Mr. Craufurd, M.P. • Mr. Padmore, M.P. ; M r . P ease , M.P. ; M r . Routledge (Eynsham-mills) • Mr. IL C. Rawlins (Hope-mills) ; Mr. Duncan NPLaren, &c. The CHAIRMAN said that a meeting had seldom been called for the purpose of considering a more interesting or important question than that which was to engage their attention on that occasion. One of the most valuable privileges of the people had been assailed by the rash and insolent menace of a few irresponsible men. (Hear, hear.) The re peal of the paper duty bad been settled long ago, not only by the decided. expression of the public mind, but by the consent of the leading - men of both the great political parties, and by the distinct vote of the House of Commons. They did not now require to discuss that question. What they had to consider was whether, after the representatives of the people and the Crown had agreed on a finan cial scheme, such as the repeal of the paper duty, any other body in the country had a right to in terfere. (Hear, hear.) A threat had been made by Lords Monteagle and Derby that an attempt would be made in the House of Peers to reject the Paper•tax Bill on the second reading. Using the mildest and most temperate lan guage, he could only express his conviction that if the House of Lords, which was an obvious anomaly—(bisses and cheers)—among the institu tions of a tree country, ventured to usurp any of the privileges of the House of Commons or of the people, the days of hereditary legislation were numbered. (Hisses and cheers.) Mr. BEAL moved the first resolution, which was as follows: "That the Excise tax on paper —an obstruction .to lite- rature and education, an impediment to commerce and in dustry, and a means of, diminishing rather tharriucteasing the revenue—has been repudiated by the House „of Coln mon s, at the suggestion of the Crown. That for the House of Lords to reject the bill for its repeal would be equivalent to the imposition, by its sole authority, of, a tax neither demanded by the Crown nor granted by the Commons, whose undoubted. right it has always been to be taxed only by themselves. That such a proceeding, being an act of usurpation, would be derogatory to the dignity of the Crown, subversive of the privileges of the House of Com mons and of the rights of the people, and would tend to impair the authority of the House of Lords." Mr. R. C. RAWLINS (Hop e-mills) motion.seconded the Mr. BRIGIIT, in supporting the resolution, said it was several years since he addressed a public meeting in London ; but he recollected that the last time he did so they were assembled for the very same purpose, as far as ta xa ti o n was concerned, as that which had now called them together. Looking back to that time, and reflecting how slowly every thing good travelled in this country, they might, perhaps, congratulate themselves on the progress which they had made, for at that time so unjust were our laws with regard to the press that every labourer, however humble, who advertised for work, was obliged to pay a tax of ls. 6d. before his ad vertisement could appear in a newspaper, while not a farthing more was levied on an advertisement of a column in length and concerning the sale of an estate worth £lO,OOO a year. That tax had been abolished, and the practice of advertising had greatly increased. After that the newspaper stamp was surrendered, and the result had been that in Lon don there were now three principal penny journals, together with smaller and less important newspapers in almost every parish, and that throughout the country a complete revolution had taken place with regard to periodical literature. There remained, however, an important branch of the taxes on knowledge, which still remained unsettled. The raw material of all our books and newspapers, that which was, as it were, the basis of our educational system, still remained taxed with a duty which one would suppose could only be proposed and main• tained in a period, of utter barbarism. That tax yielded a net annual revenue probably under £1,200,000. That tax had been condemned by a Royal commission, by the express decision of the House of Commons, passed unanimously un d er th e D weren i s t r a i o e• and by the G overnmen t offi c i a e l r driven to ackn ow l e d ge t h at i t was from day to day becoming more untenable , and that it ought to be repealed. (H ear , h ear. ) It had been condemned by a united Cabi ne t th rough the mouth of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a bill h a d s b , b e en passed by the House of C ommons d ec l ar i ng y w A ho deii that it should cease on an early day. (Hear, hear.) Now, there was a party in the House of Comnions which was in intimate connexion with a party in the House of Lords, and though th e party i n the , C om mons was in a minority, it was alleged, he knew not with what truth, that their confederates were in a majority in the other house. When Mr. Gladstone brought in his budget it was received with such enthusiastic favour throughout the coun try that a far larger majority of the House of Com mons than was at first anticipated voted in support of it. Not long after the introduction of the budget an amendment was moved by Mr. Du Cane, one of the members for Essex, the gist of which, though it was rather roundabout in its terms, was that it would be improper to remove or reduce the duties on wines, silk, paper, and so on, and to make up for the deficiency thus created by an increase in the direct taxation on property. On the 24th of Feb ruary the House of Commons, by 339 against 223, decided in favour of the reduction or repeal of these duties, and against the lowering o f th e income tax. On the second reading of the Paper -tax Repeal Bill, on the 12th of March, an amend ment was moved by Sir W. Miles, to the effect that the •repeal of the paper duty was inexpedient at the prelent tiem, as it, would entail the addition of 10d. in the £1 to the income and property tax. The whole of that debate turned upon the question whether the income tax should be 9d. with the paper duty continued, or 10d. with the paper duty re pealed ; " I rby 245 against 192 the House of Com mons declared in favour of a 10d. tax on the owners of property, and the total abolition of the most odious of all forms of tyranny and taxation upon a great and important branch of industry. (Hear.) Afterwards, on the third reading of the bill—when most persons believed there would be no strenuous opposition to it, for none had been made in com mittee, and it was rare, after a decisive division on the second reading of a measure, that any great effort was made to contest its further progress—the third reading, he admitted,was carried by a majority of only ten. (A Voice—Nine.) No, ten in reality. (Much laughter, in which Mr. Ingram joined.) Well, Whether a , nhjoiity of nine or ten, seeing that a majority of 13 sufficed last session to overthrow the Government, he hoped it. would be sufficient to overthrow this most hateful and injurious tax. (Hear.) It was important to recollect that not only had the House of Commons condemned the tax, bat it had provided a substitute. (Hear.) Both bills had gone up to the House of Lords, and everybody believed that this question was settled. Were the papermakers criminals who had broken our laws, who had forfeited our sympathy ? Were they to be made the objects of the experiments of a House of Parliament which for 200 years had had no ex perience in questions of trade or taxation ? (Hear.) When a resolution passed the House of Commons for the imposition or repeal of a tax, the usual course was that the new system came into immediate operation. Why, then, was it that in this case, after the question had been settled by public opinion and the House of Commons, this great trade was again to be put on the rack and submitted to Go vernmental torture ? He knew a papermaker, who, relying on the repeal, had undertaken the building of a large mill. Another had bound himself to provide paper at a decline of £l4 a ton the day after the bill became law. Mills which had been abandoned for years past and allowed to fall into ruin were now beginning to assume a lively air and tol'exhibit signs of renewed activity. The repeal gave promise of more employment and better wages for the people, of the development of civilization, morality, religion, and everything a people ought to cherish. All those-who worked to supply the literary appetite of. England were enlarging . their. journals and magazines and bringing out new works at an unheard of cheapness in price, and all this was being done under the belief that 200 years of practice had settled the question. When the Crown and Commons were agreed upon the repeal of a tax, why should the House of Peers, which during the whole of that period had never meddled with such questions, step forward and dash the cup from the lips of the people who were eager to satiate their thirst ? (Cheers.) In comparison with this question, a million of revenue or the existence of a particular tax was of no consideration whatever. He had been very much abused and occasionally ridiculed—(a laugh)—for having said that the con stitution of England was something which one could not very well know where to find or how to lay hold of—that it was not written down in any book like the constitutions of some other more or less favoured nations. - But they did know some certain things which all Englishmen had agreed to acknow ledge as principles of the English constitution. For example, by the constitution, the people were not to be taxed except by and through our representa tives in Parliament, (Hear, hear.) By the consti tution all supplies to the Crown for the service of the year were gifts of the Commons. (Hear, hear.) All bills with reference to taxation which were brought into Parliament must make their first ap pearance in the House of Commons. That portion of the Queen's Speech at the commencement of the session which related to taxation was addressed, not to the Lords, but directly and exclusively to the Commons. The Chancellor of the Exche quer was always a member of the House of Com mons. He never heard of one sitting in the House of Lords—if he did, he was afraid their lord ships would not always be able to rise in time for dinner. (Hisses and cheers.) The estimates were prepared for the information .of the Commons ; the Lords had no official knowledge of them whatever, or of the votes which were passed by the Commons, till the grants were embodied in bills and sent up to them in order that they might take the form of law. In the present instance the House of Com mons had sent up to the other House of Parliament two bills. The first of these was that which added ld. to the income tax; and the Lords having made no objection to it, it had received the Royal assent. The second was the Paper Duty Repeal Bill, which their Lordships now threatened to reject, although they had already passed the substitute for that tax. (Hear, hear.) He must say he thought such con duct very like what was called a " take in." (A laugh, and hear.) It WS very like a fraud on the people, and sharp practice to the House of Com mons. (Hear, hear.) Even supposing that --the privilege of the Lords to repeal or impose a tax had never been disputed, and that they had an un doubted right to do what they now proposed, it would be, under the circumstances, a most unjust, if not imprudent and insolent prop , sition, for them to refuse to repeal a tax after having passed the substitute for it. (Hear.) If the House of Lords insisted en assuming entirely new functions, how could the Commons conduct their business ? How would the House of Commons know, when they passed any of the votes in supply, that the Lords would not reject it ? Such behaviour on the part of the Lords would throw the functions of Parlia ment into inextricable confusion, and introduce un certainty of the most perilous kind into everything connected with the taxation and expenditure of the country. (Hear, hear.) The House of Commons had provided £70,000,000 for the service of the country. The Crown, through its responsible advisers, had expressed perfect satisfaction with the amount, and declared that more was un necessary, and yet the Lords, who had never had the estimates before them, who could not possess so much knowledge of the subject as the Commons, stepped in and insisted that the sum was insufficient by £1,200,000, the precise amount of the paper duty. Seven years ago, when Mr. Gladstone was formerly Chancellor of the Ex chequer, he carried through the House of Com mons a Succession Duty Bill, which was intended to abolish an exemption, which the owners of free hold property had enjoyed for nearly 70 years, from paying the tax on the passage of property on demise. The bill went up to the House of Lords, and Lord Derby denouncing it in all the power of language, threatened its rejection ; but still it passed. On the 25th July, 1853, on the second reading of the bill, Lord Derby said," he was quite ready to admit that the House of Commons was quite right in vindicating its technical privileges, as well as guarding its bone fide control over the money of the country." He would like to know what would become of their bone fide control over the money of the country, if, after the House of Commons had decided there was no necessity for the paper duty, the House of Lords should con sider itself competent to maintain that iuty, and justified in doing so ? The bone fide control of the House of Commons would then have vanished en tirely, and the country would be handed over for future taxation to the House of Peers, which was not elective, and had heretofore never shown any desire to accommodate the expenditure of the State. (Cheers.) That no one might accuse him of con cealing the rest of Lord Derby's observation, he would read the whole of it. His lordship con tinued—" But, at the same time, he would say this, that if measures were to be introduced into the House of Commons altering the whole financial arrangements of the empire"—it could not.be said, at all events, that the abolition of a single Excise duty would have that effect—" measures imposing new and unheard of taxes on new and extraordi nary principles of taxation—and it was asserted that their lordships would have no power of alter ing a single word, of correcting even a mistake, or of rectifying errors into which the House of I Commons might have fallen—that was in effect to say their lordships' house was a useless por tion of the Legislature"—(laughter and cheers)— " and that as far as financial measures were concerned, they had only to record the bills framed by the other House of Parliament." Leaving the particular grievances of the papermakers, he asked them to consider whatwould be the consequence if the principle established by the sacrifice of many English lives 200 years ago— (cheers)—were now tamely surrendered to the House of Lords, which for the first time in our modern history had affected to deal with the taxation of the kingdom. It was bad enough in all conscience to find that the House of Commons, though, of course, sympathising to some extent with public opinion, yet in many respects most inadequately represented it, especially on the question of taxatiou ; but, at, least the mien returned by the people, if their votes had not the influence which they ought to possess, could protest in the name of their constituents against any injustice which the Government, or a majority of the House, might attempt to inflict on them. But where were the representativos of the people in the House of Lords ? There was no man in that assembly with any sense of that responsi bility which he necessarily felt to the constituency who honoured him with their confidence in the House of Commons. We boasted of our love of freedom, our newspapers filled their columns every day with details of what men were doing in other parts of the world, some in overthrowing, some in building up noble fabrics of human liberty. The people read these accounts with interest; some times he almost feared they allowed their feelings to be excited even beyond what was good and rea sonable, but he besought them never for a single moment to forget what was being done, and what it was their Puty to do, at home. If liberty were ex tinguished in England, how much would liberty have to mourn throughout the whole wide world ! But what would become of the liberty of England if any irresponsible, unelected, hereditary House of Parliament was to be permitted, without check, to rifle the pockets and tills of the industrious popula tions of this country ? (Cheers.) If each branch of the Legislature, with due moderation, with due regard to the rights and interests of the other, per formed its just functions, then real and permanent freedom would be secured to England, and it would be said for generations to come that we, of all countries of the world, have been longest without turbulent and violent revolutions. It was not more necessary for the House of Commons than for the House of Lords or the Crown to observe its true functions. But what was it that a party in the House of Commons asked the House of Lords to do this session ? They were expected to reject a bill for the abolition of church-rates, a bill for the repeal of the paper duty, and a bill for providing a very moderate extension of the franchise to the people of the United Kingdom. (Laughter and cheers.) Though he had criticised with, he be lieved, no unjust severity, the conduct of the aris tocratic class, he never laid upon them burdens so onerous, he might say labours so perilous, and even fatal as those which they were now desired to per form at the bidding of an exasperated and baffled minority in the House of Commons. Mr. Bright then proceeded to express his conviction that at this moment the educational institutions towards the support of which many hundred thousand pounds were voted by Parliament were not to be compared, in point of the information and instruction commu nicated, to the results achieved by the abolition of the newspaper stamp—results which 11/01114 Anensely increased when the papv.4ol3. finally abolished. There was - tOo nine House of Lords an unreasoning and ignorant alarm at the spread of the newspaper press in so cheap a form . and with so extensive a circulation as to per meate even the very l owes t c l ass o f soc i ety i n t hi s kingdom. Ho hoped that the kill would not be re jected through the rash menace of Lord Derby; but, if it were, it mus t no t b e f orgotten that it was introduced on the responsibility of the Cabinet. This must be treated, therefore, as a Cabinet ques tion. If the Government submitted to surrender their own dignity and the rights of the House of Commons to Lord Derby and his friends, then the Government would be degraded, the exalted office which Mr. Gladstone filled would be debased, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be no more than a mere clerk conjointly of the two houses, in no degree independent, and unable to do those things which in his conscience he believed to be essential to the welfare of his country. The House of Commons also would be humiliated to the last degree. What would be said by all the great men who had adorned the pages of our history from the days of the Revolution to the present time if they could come back to behold the English House of Commons in its most triumphant position and in the height of its honour surrender one of its privileges for which they shed their blood and spared no sacrifice ? He did not, however, believe that the Government would trifle with this ques tion, or tamely surrender the great interests com mitted to its care. (Cheers.) But, if they did so, then the Government was irretrievably lost—not by the ordinary fiat of a majority before which the Government can retire with a hope of some time rettrning to power, but with an amount of odium —he might almost say of execration, or at least of contempt and pity, which would render it impos sible for those statesmen ever again to poisess the confidence of the people. What would happen then ? The old thing over again, he supposed. (A laugh.) Lord Derby in one house, and Mr. Disraeli in the other . ; men in power who had no principle. (Hisses and cheers.) Wherever they seemed to be travelling, if they studied with minutest investigation the pages of their political Bradshaw, they would find that every line con verged to one paint, and that was Downing-street. (Cheers and hisses.) With such men in orrice, Par liamentary Reform would inevitably be postponed, and our foreign relations would, he feared, run great risk of embroilment. There could be no doubt that over Europe, if Lord Derby were to come into office now, there would pass a shudder of appre hension, and, instead of the growing tranquillity for which they all hoped, and he trusted at times all prayed, there would be an increase of excitement gathering to terror, and he did not believe the peace of Europe would be worth twelve months' pur chase. Ho hoped, however, that all this threat of rejecting the repeal of the paper duty would come to nothing, and that wi:er heads than Lord Derby's in the House. of Lords would temper his passion and advise him to moderate courses. They would then have the satisfaction of seeing that harmony was preserved between the two houses—that re spect for our institutions was not diminished— that the great industry of papermaking was set free —that the press was no longer to be bound down by taxation ; and everybody in the United King dom would feel that in regard to great fiscal ques tions the present session was one of the best and noblest the Parliament of England had ever seen. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman concluded by ex horting his countrymen to uphold the privileges of the House of Commons which their fathers had contended for, and which they would be recreant and unworthy children now to surrender. Mr. W. WILKs moved that a petition should be seat to the House of Lords, setting forth the objec tionable character of the paper duty, and that for their lordships to refuse their consent to the repeal, after the House of Commons and the Crown had sanctioned it, would be an usurpation of the privi leges of the House of Comnyens and of the rights of the people, and praying that their lordships would therefore consent to the bill. The motion was seconded by Mr. W. C. BEN NETT, and carried by the meeting, as was also a third resolution appointing a deputation to present an address to Lord Derby entreating him to re consider the proposal he had made to the House of Lords. The meeting then broke up. THE CHAMPIONSHIP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-1n answer to Mr. Heenan's letter which appeared in the Times of this day, I beg, first, to observe that I have not been hiding myself as he would insinuate. 1 called, with my backer, at the office of Bell's Life in London on Tuesday, the Bth of May. I told him that my backer and I were going out of town until Saturday. I visited Tun bridge on Wednesday, Maidstone on Thursday, Tunbridge and Hastings on Friday, and Brighton on Saturday. My movements were well known, and a letter or telegram addressed to " Tom Sayers," or " The Champion of England," would have found me at either of those places, but none came to hand. The ridiculous suggestion, put forward by Mr. Heenan, of mutilating the belt, I laugh to scorn, and could afford to treat it with the contempt it merits, but that some good friends of mine—of the Peace Society—have, innocently enough, patronised the notion. The belt, sir, I have fought hard to obtain — striving for that prize I have within the last three years defeated sonic of the best men of my country —and, without intending to cast the slightest slur on my gallant opponent, I say that no American citizen, nor foreigner from any other land, however flowery and sunny, shall bear it, or the buckle of it, from Old England while my arm and heart are ca pable of defending it. lam as ready as Mr. Heenan to fight again, and repudiate with indignation the insinuation that lam not. In a very short time the Champion's belt will be mine by indefeasible right ; and even if Mr. Heenan had defeated me it would not be his. He would have to do as I have done— meet every aspirant to the honour o f wearing it for three years before he would become the lawful pos sessor of the trophy. What, then, becomes of the assertion made in Mr. Heenan's letter, that the belt is equally owned by both of us ? There is no such equality ; but I will do him the justice he appea rs desirous of denying me , by , admi ttin g his e q ual i t y in valour. To t un, swim, or wrestle for the belt of the prize ring is a challenge so eminently absurd that one can hardly imagine it emanates from a sane man, and the evidence of aberration of mind is greatly strengthened by the proposal to jump off' a house-top. The same proposition was once made by a lunatic, who met his medical attendant alone on the roof of the asylum. "Let us," said the mad patient, seizi ng the doctor with a firm grasp, "j ump down ;" but the medical man, with greati)r(en ' presence of mind, replied, " Nay, anybody could jum p let us go into the street and jump up: , Like Teddy the Tiler, I know something of the roofs of houses, and their foundations also , and while I unquestion ably admit that Heenan is a " brick," I h ope al ways tobe able to say with truth, as I do now, that lam a bricklayer. Ihe offer to fight four men, at intervals of 30 days, savours of bounce, and is un worthy of John Heenan. He sh ou ld remem b er th a t it might take him the first month to vanquish Tom S AYERS. Gordon Hotel, Coventtarden, May 15. The East India depots attached to the Ist and 3d battalions at Chatham, selected to occupy the tents pitched at the Spur battery and Prince Edward's bastion, did not leave their barracks yesterday, as had been directed, the order for their taking pos session of the tents on that day having been coun termanded by General Eyre in consequence of the representations made by the principal medical officer that it would be unnecessarily exposing the health of the troops to allow tVem to go under canvas until the weather had become warmer and • , inure - •••:.• ,•,•; ; ..,„.,. ,z 4 4.,..! wered f ro 1 e eteidif(k 4 - •sa,.Y - g :- ni whs-haitia `,:; , : .„.. The tents are nearly all - waterproof and theiihe rior of each is fitted up with every convenience for the health and comfort of the men. A portion of the encampment is set apart for the use of the troops, where they will be allowed to amuse them selves with athletic games and sports, which are much encouraged by General Eyre. The 2d battalion of the 20th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. William P. Radcliffe, arrived at the Curragh Camp on Saturday last from Dublin, there to be quartered during the summer. A detachment of the 3d battalion of the Grena dier Guards, consisting of two officers and 63 men ; another of the 26th Regiment, of two officers and 80 men ; and another of the 76th Regiment, of two officers and 75 men, arrived at the Curragh Camp on Wednesday last for rifle practice. TEE GUNBOATS. The Messrs. Green, of Blackwall, in a letter to a contemporary, says : The statements made in the House of Commons on Friday last respecting the defective state of the gunboats, together with short bolts having been driven, being calculated to lead the public to be lieve that these short bolts would endanger the lives of the officers and crews of those vessels, we feel compelled to observe that during the Russian war we built 25 of those vessels in a short period. About three weeks back we received a:letter from the Admiralty, stating that upon removing the whole of the outside planking of one of those vessels built by us, the frame was found to be defective, and that 100 bolts out of 2,302 were five inches short, thereby showing they were only driven through the outside plank and timbers. As to the vessels being defective, we are rot sur prised, as many of them were built of unseasoned timber, although the best that could be got at the time, and the air excluded when they were hove up out of the water at Haslar, instead of having a plank taken out fore and aft for ventilation, which ought to have been done. With regard to the short bolts, we beg to state that during the progress of the work we were pushed very hard by the Admiralty to complete our contract, and even threatened with legal pro ceedings if behind time, which compelled us to em ploy a large number of strange shipwrights, who worked -very often night and day, and it would therefore be impossible for us or the Government inspector to be answerable that every bolt was pro perly* driven. - It is admitted by the Admiralty, in their report, that 2 202 bolts were properly driven through, and we maintain, as shipbuilders, that planks fas tened with one through bolt in every other timber, with a short one between, are quite sufficient to secure the safety of any vessel of war. Lloyds require one through bolt and one short bolt itt every butt, and not less than half of the treenails to be driven through in building their highest class ships, calculated to carry heavy cargoes; and, should the ship be copper-fastened, they require only one half of the bolts to be through bolts, and all the rest short bolts. We complain of the Admiralty for not giving the contractors longer time to build these vessels, and for not having a larger staff of inspectors to super intend the work, and also for not taking proper care of them after they were duly delivered up into the charge of their authorities, according to contract, with the necessary certificates. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. The thirty-second anniversary of this institution was celebrated yesterday at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, James Watney, jun., Esq., in the chair. About 1,400 gentleman sat down to the dinner, which was amply provided by Mr. Strange. The grace having been sung, the CHAIRMAN, on rising to propose the usual loyal toasts, was received with vehement cheering. He took occasion to ad vert to the fact that the Prince Consort had always shown himself to be the patron of the arts, and that to him they were indebted for meeting under the roof of the Crystal Palace. Moreover, his Royal Highness had laid the foundation stone of the Albert and Ladies' wing of the almshouses. The toast of " The Army and Navy" followed. The Rev. Mr. MARTIN then read the report of the committee, which was of a most satisfactory character, and alluded to the generous subscriptions of the firms of Messrs. Watney and Elliott. It ap peared that the sum of £20,000 was required to effect the especial endowment of the asylum. There were many in the trade who were in a position to subscribe who had never contributed one farthing to this fund, and as the prosperity of the society depended in a great measure upon the annual fes tival the committee urged the necessity of liberal contributions. _ _ _ Mr. 'mum read the first list of subscriptions, which was headed by that of the chairman and his friends, amounting to £594 145., the chairman hav ing contributed 100 guineas. The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the even ing. The asylum was founded in 1826, and in 1827 the committee were enabled to purchase a plot of ground. The foundation-stone was laid by the Duke of Sussex in 1828, and he remained the patron to the time of his death in 1843. The building was completed, and 103 dwellings were raised. The Prixice Consort consented to honour the institution by becoming its patron, and the board were enabled to increase the residences froip. 103 to 147, and now they contained 177 inhabi tants ; but though much had been done m uch re mained to be done. They had £17,000 i nvested, the interest upon which was only half what they required. He had himself visited the asylum, and had been pleased with the cleanliness of the resi dences and of the inmates. Mr. TTIOMAS WHALEY, the chairman of the board of management, proposed " The Health of the Chairman," who responded in most courteous terms. subscriptions and donations amounted to nearly £4,000, among which was a list presented unsolicited by Mr. Strange, of the Crystal Palace, amounting to 105 guineas. (Loud applause.) The remaining toasts, which were very nume• rous, were of a complimentary character. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. George (Menge, assisted by Miss Medora Col lins, Miss Elle n Ly on , M r . J. 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