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ART UNION of LONDON.—SUBSCRIPTION ONE GUINEA. --Prizeholders select from the Public Exhibitions. Every subscriber has a chance of a valuable prize, and an impression of a large and important engraving by C. W. Sharpe, from the celebrated picture by W. P. Frith, R.A., the property of her Majesty, LIFE at the SEASIDE. Now ready for delivery. Subscription closes 31st inst. GEORGE GODWIN, Honorary f 444, West Strand. LEWIS POCOCK, 1 Secretaries, JAMES'S HALL.--GRAND BALL in AID of the NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—A GRAND FULL DRESS BALL, under distineruished Lady Patronesses, will take place in the St. James's Great Hall, Regent-street and Piccadilly, On WEDNESDAY, 13th April next. Further particulars as to vouchers, &c., will appear in future Advertisements. Committee-rooms, 69, Regent-street, March 21, 18.59. MR. T. MASON ;TONES'S LAST ORATION of the present Series, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, TILES EVENING (TuEsDAY), March 22 GRATTAN, and the WITS and ORATORS of the IRISH PARLIAMENT. Commence at half-past 8, and terminate at 10 o'clock. Stalls, 58. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; back seats, Is. —At the music warehouses and libraries, and of Robert W. 011ivier, 19, Old Bond-street, Piccadilly, W. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and Matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the per fection of its management, is OPEN every EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at ; closing at. 12 punctually. Admission ls. N.B.—Mr. W lq". Packer's grand Annual Benefit Bal Masque is fixed for Thursday, 17th March. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms arc open every evening,with H. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightlyy, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manazer, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade. N.B.—AIII applications for the above band for Concerts and Ralls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. IiOWES AND - CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, ALHAMBRA PALACE.—RE-ENGAGEMENT of THE CALIFORNIAN PERFORMERS.—POSITIVELY the LAST TWO WEEKS of the COMPANY in LONDON, previous to their departure for the PROVINCES, and the only opportunity the Public will have of Witnessing the extraordinary performances of the ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERS. The sensation pro duced by these artistes has been of the most extraordinary nature ; the entire 'Ptess;:the public, and the•profession have awarded the strongest praise in favour of the Californian Troupe.—Will be produced next week, the greatest novelty of the Season, a SPANISH BULL-FIGHT, which has been in preparation for the laSt five months, and in which the Californian performers will take the leading parts ; killing the bull, and other wonderful exploits, as performed by them in Peru. During the present week the celebrated Delavanti Family, the Horse Cruiser, the Sprites of the Silver Shower, the Comic Mules, and the Californian Troupe, will all appear at each performance, giving such an entertainment as has never before been witnessed in the annals of equestrianism, the proprietors being determined to leave the same favour able impression on the minds of the public which they created in the metropolis on their first appearance one year ago. Pit, is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, £2 28. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight P.m. - THE WHITTINGTON FREEHOLD ESTATE AND COLLIERY COMPANY (Limited.) Registered pursuant to the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1856-7, by which the liability of Shareholders is limited to their subscriptions. Capital £60,000, in 12,000 shares of £5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £1 on allotment, but no further call will be made until after 12 months, when the remainder will be called at intervals of not less than six months, as and when required. DIRECTORS, John Brown, Esq:, Rose Hill, Chesterfield, Director of the Union Bank, Sheffield. Henry Rangeley. Esq., Unston Ironworks, Sheffield. William Tuxford, Esq., 106, Upper Thames-street, London. P. R. Pierce, Esq., Whittington, Chesterfield. Robert Simpson, Esq., 4, Charlotte-row, London, Blaina Ironworks, Monmouthshire. John Stanton, Esq., M.D., Upper George-street, Bryanstone square. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, London. Messrs. Crompton, Newton and Co., Chesterfield. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Tucker, Greville and Tucker, 28, St. Swithins's-lane, 'William Clayton, Esq., Solicitor, Chesterfield. AUDITORS. litessrs. Harding, Accountants, Loth bury, London. itenry Osborne, Chesterfield Bank. BROKERS. London—Messrs. Scrutton and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. Sheffield—Messrs. P. E. and S. Smith, George-street. Leeds -T. E. Flint, Park-row. Liverpool --Messrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves, India buildings ; and J. W. S. May, Dale-street. Manchester—Messrs. Johnson and Son, Stock Exchange. Bristol—Mr. John Kempson Thomas. SECRETARY-Mr. 11. R. Downman. Offices— 27A, Bucklersbury This Company has bmr e eesora f n fohthe purcd of the Preehold Landed Estate of 152 acres, together with the Ma chinery, Plant, and the Coal, Ironstone, and Minerals, there under, as also under 119 acres of land adjoining, embracing five scams of first-rate coal, together nearly 900 acres, adapted for house, gas, coke, and manufacturing purposes. The property is situated in the parish of Whittington, near Chesterfield, on a branch of the Midland Railway, and near the Chesterfield Canal. The colliery is raising above 750 tons per week, which is con tracted for by highly respect ible firms, whilst the machinery is capable of raising 1,000 tons per week, and as soon as the lower seams are reached, the outlay for which is provided for in the capital of £60,000, at least 2,000 tons per week, inde pendently of the ironstone, will be raised. The present returns from the Land, Colliery, and Iron stone, after all deductions, will give a net profit of 16 per cent. to the Shareholders; and when the workings are ex tended (within two years) nearly double that profit may be relied on. By the arrangements for the purchase, £20,000 remain on Mortgage over a period of years, and not more than £2 will be called up for the first twelve months, and £2 during the second year, beyond which it is not expected further calls Will be made. _ _ _ Full particulars, together with the valuations and estimates of Messrs. Jefficock and Walker, Haslehurst, and others, and the calculations of an experienced Mineral Agent, will appear In the prospectus, which, with Forms of Application, may be had at the Offices of the Company, and the respective Solici tors and Brokers, to whom applications for Shares are to be addressed. WHITTINGTON FREEHOLD ESTATE AND COLLIERY COMPANY (Limited) Notice is Hereby Given, That NO APPLICATION FOR SHARES in this Company will be received after MONDAY next, the 28th instant. H. R. DOWNMAN, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 27A, Bucklersbury, March 22, 1859. 1 PPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London. ECONOMY. -A TEN GALLON CASK (equal to Five Dozens) of the finest SOUTH AFRICAN SHERRY, for Four Guineas, or 20s. per Dozen ; best PORT, 248. per Dozen. Cask or Bottles and Case included. Three Dozens Carriage Free. HENEKEYS'. ABBOTT, and Co., Importers, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C. Esta bli shed 1831. IJENEKEYS' COGNAC, a p ure FRENCH BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 20s. per Gallon ; 425. per Dozen. 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BY SAMUEL LA 'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Rezistered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society. &c. An erroneous impression exists that public announcements on these disorders emanate only from unqualified persons, but as the new Medical Act provides that none but reAstered practitioners shall assume any medical title, those that are legally qualified can readily be distinguished—a point of e'reat Importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill arc equally requisite. In the new edition of ' Self-Preservation,' facts of para Mount utility are brought together—facts appealing to the prudence of all who are suffering from affections which in volve the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers Without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. 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Amsterdam gi Short. 11 141 11 15} Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16} 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 22+ 25 30 Ilamburgh -13 4t 13 5 Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 30 2.5 35 Frankfort on Ma in e Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz —49 i Leghorn — 29 80 29 90 Genoa -- 2.5 45 25 5.5 Naples Palermo — 120+ 121 Messina —120 t Lisbon. Oporto Rio Janeiro New York • • E.I. Co's bis. Route bin. 6W " Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24 East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 26th ult. the 17th inst. BeTval £2l6 13 4 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay; £1,031 6 8 Foreirm Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. 13 17 Mexican Dollars ilver in Bars (Standard) lf 0 5 21 11 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—CAMBRIDGE, March 21. CROWN COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) Henry Ward, engine driver, was charged with feloniously killing Charles Titchmarsh at Little Wilbraham, on the 9th of October. Mr. Couch and Mr. Douglas Brown conducted the pro secution; Mr. Power, Q.C., and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. This prosecution was the result of a collision which hap pened on the ntght of the 9th of October last at the Six mileßottom station of the Cambridge and Newmarket Rail way, and which caused the death of Charles Titehmash, a guard then in the service of the company. From the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution, which occupied a considerable time, it appeared that an extra train, consisting of 21 empty horse-boxes, left Newmarket at 10.50 p.m. on that night. This Win was 170 yards long, and on arriving at Six-mile Bottom it is neces sary to telegraph to Cambridge before the train is allowed to proceed, the line from Newmarket to Six-mile Bottom being a double, and from there to Cambridge a single line. In consequence of no answer being received from Canilnidge, this train stopped 18 minutes at the sta tion, and was there run into by the train of which the pri soner was the driver. The deceased and another man in the employment of the company were in the break at the end of the horse-box train, where, according to the evidence of the station-master at Six-mile Bottom, they had no busi ness to be. It appeared also that on this day, which was described by one of the witnesses for the prosecution as one of the "busiest in the year," being the first Newmarket October Meeting, the signalman of the company at that station thought fit to absent himself, and another man, who only occasionally attended to the signals, was put to.do his duty. It was not clearly made out on the part of the pro secution that the auxiliary signal at Six-mile Bottom showed the proper light; and it also appeared that the pri soner stuck to his engine, blew his whistle, and reversed the break as soon a s h o saw by th e t a il light to the horse box train that there was something in the way. At the close of the case for the prosecution, The Lord Chief Baron observed that it appeared the least culpable of all the persons concerned in the transac tion had been indicted ; that it was in evidence that the un fortunate deceased ought not to have been in the break, and that with so long a train stopping at the station, and stop ping there beyond the ordinary time, and being an extra train, nut down in the bills, it might have been expected that some one should have been sent towards Newmarket to give notice to the train of which the prisoner was driver; and that the prisoner on the evidence for the prosecution appeared on every occasion to have done his duty. the jury, without calling on Mr. Power, returned a ver dict of not guilty. OXFORD CIRCUIT—SHICEVSBURY March 21. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) • Joseph Wright, 42, farmer, was charged with the Mir... slaughter of Thomas Furber, on the 26th of July, 1858, at Whitchurch. Mr. Corbett appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. W. J. Neale defended the prisoner. Mr. Corbett stated that, in his opinion, there was no evidence against the prisoner, and therefore, with his lord ship's sanction, he would t a k e a ver di c t of " not guilty," both on the indictment and on the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Justice Crompton said his opinion was that there was not a tittle of evidence against the prisoner. All that was said in the depositions was, that somebody had heard somebody say something against the prisoner. It was a matter of regret that the prisoner had been committed by the coroner, which had rendered it necessary, at consider able expense, to make an application to one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench to admit the prisoner to bail. His lordship then directed the jury to acquit the prisoner, which they did accordingly. Mr. Corbett said he was informed by the prisoner's coun sel (Mr. Neale) that the prisoner hail volunteered to give the mother of the decoa.sed man £lO as a token of his syni path), for her loss. _ Mi. Justice Crompton said he was not in a position to form any opinion as to whether or not the prisoner had caused the death of the deceased; but, if he had done so, either by accident or passion, ho was glad to find that he took this means of showing his regret for what had oc curred. Michael Johnson, 55, linman, was charged with stealing a donkey, the property of Samuel Merrick, at Middleton, on the 20th December, 1858. Mr. Benson appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended by counsel. There were two charges against the prisoner for stealing donkeys, but in the first case there was a defect in the CTi deuce as to the proof of identity, and the prisoner was acquitted. He was then tried upon a second charge, and it appeared that on the 19th December last the prosecutor, who was a blacksmith at Middleton, saw his donkey safe in a field near the roadside, and missed it on the day following. On the 22d December the prisoner was at Wolverhampton with three donkeys, and sold one of them in the fair in that town to a man named James Hodgkiss. On the sth Jan. the prisoner was taken into custody, and the prosecutor identified his ass in the possession of Hodgkiss, who now swore he had purdhased it of the prisoner. The prisoner made no defence, and The jury found him guilty. Mr. Justice Crompton said there was reason to believe that the prisoner had stolen all three donkeys, and sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment with hard labour. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—DERBY, March 21. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) Clara Knight, described:in the calendar as a needlowomar, was placed at the bar charged with stabbing, cutting, an., wounding Elizabeth Cawood, with intent to kill and mur der her. Mr. Jesse' conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Bell watched the case for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and pro secutnx lodged in a disreputable house kept by one Emma Bates. Bates's sister Eliza and the prisoner were together walking in the streets on the night of the 26th of November, ha d out taken ak h e e n r when th e prisoner, angry at something which she had heard had b een sa id o f h er by the prosecutrix, Cawood, sa id "I should no more m i n dgo t in o g be h d o . nae B an ot d h girls letting entrails than I shoud going some drink early in the night, and about 11 o'clock each had two glasses of whisky and water. They returned to Bates's between 12 and 1. Elizabeth Cawood was there in bed. About two o'clock she was awakened by feeling a ' stab in the lower part of the face, which she found the pri soner inflicting with a common dinner knife, saying, as she dealt it, "I'll give it you, you _.” Cawood screamed loudly, and a Mr. Montague, who was in bed above, ran downstairs, seized the prisoner, and took the knife from her, not, however, before she had given the pro secutrix two other wounds, one upon her cheek, the other on her breast. She contrived afterwards to recover the knife, but it was again taken from her by Montague, who threw it out of her reach. A police constable was called in who found her highly excited, saying several times " The knife, the knife, it has not done its work." At ono time she rushed at the window and broke it. At another she cried out, " What did she say it for F" Mr. Bell addressed the jury for the prisoner, and, the learned Judge having summed up, they returned a verdict of guilty of unlawful wounding, which may subject the prisoner to three years' imprisonment, with hard labour. Sentence was deferred. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET —MA - hex 21. the close ot the market.) s. d. Bates' West Hartley. • 14 Davison's West Hart- Walls End. 8. (I. Riddell l3 3 Harton Braddyll's Hetton l5 3 Russell's Hetton 15 0 Hetton.... l7 0 South Hetton 16 9 Eden Main .14 6 Tees . 17 0 Kepier Grange . . . 15 9 Keiloe l5 9 South Kelloe l4 6 Nixon's Merthyr-- 21 0 Powell'sDuffryn Steam 21 0 ley 15 6 Grey's West Hartley 15 0 Ltunbert's West Hart ley. l5 3 North Percy Hartley 14 0 Wylara.. l4 0 Tanfield Moor 11 3 Tantield Moor Butes 11 3 Walls End. Byron .64 6 Hartlepool. l6 9 South Hartlepool. 15 0 Ships at market, 116:—Sold, 83. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1859. 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Ansel], of the Atlas. 93, Cheapside, E.C. PHILIP CURTIS, Secretary. ME OUTRAGE AT DJEDDAH. We learn 17 private intelligence from Djeddah by the last mail, that the criminal portion of the inquiry into the outrage of the 15th of June has resulted in the decapitation of two of the.crirninals, the deportation of nine others to Constantinople, and the imprisonment at Djeddah of one who was too sick to go to Stamboul. It has been incontestibly proved before the commission that the principal parties in the outbreak were the Turkish functionaries of the town ; to wit, the Governor, deported ; his first assist. ant, ditto•, the comptroller of markets and director of police, beheaded ; Chief of Hadharim merchants, officer commanding the troops in the town, de ported ; chief judge, ditto ; head of guild of mer chants, ditto; and five others of the chief inhabi tants, ditto. There is no mistake about the guilt of these people, or its indicating what the Turks would do if they could. The Pachas of the Hejaz and Yemen and Red Sea ports have been accustomed to disregard treaties and establish a sort of local absolutism, which it is time to put an end to ; and what, says the writer, we must do, is to keep three or four small cruisers in the Red Sea. Three-fourths of the commerce of the sea is British. In the year 1857, the exports from Dj e dd a h were' about £BOO,OOO, and the imports £400,000 ; exports, coffee, gum, ivory, &c. ; imports, Manchester cloths and twists. The settlement of the claims for indemnities for losses and damages caused by the outbreak has been tedious and laborious, as all had 'to be done in writing, and no assistance was obtainable for love or money. The Government, instead of insisting upon proper powers being conferred upon each of the three commissioners, who in all conscience were settlingenough for such matters as were involved there, had left each commissioner to his own in structions, and directed that the British commis sioner should send the proceedings in a written form for the ultimate approval of hs Government. The consequence is, that all papers must be made out in duplicate, and all evidenc9 put in on affidavit, of which the matter has to be got at through the medium of Arabic and Greek. The instructions of all the commissioners have been found to differ —a fact of which the Turkish functionary has taken advantage to delay the ' settle ment of claims as far as he could. The largest claim, that of the firm of Myrialuki, A d'Antonio, and Co., has been proved to an amount ex ceeding £70,000. It has been shown that the people of Djeddah, on the night of the 15th June, plundered about £60,000 of property in cash and goods from the premises of this house, and that the business of the house will be interrupted by the catastrophe. The settlement of the claims was ex pected to occupy fifteen or twenty days (from the 22d ult.) ; the business being nearly finished, with the exception of the indemnity to be levied from the town. About this there will probably be diffi culty, inasmuch as the French commissioner went away more than a month ago, after terminating the criminal portion of the inquiry.—Dally News. SPORTIEG INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'-MONDAY. The room was fully attended, but the early part of the afternoon was entirely occupied with settling the ac counts of the past week. Gladiolus was firm for the Northamptonshire Stakes, and Newcastle has advanced to the position of second favourite ; the latter was also backed at a long shot to some money for the Derby. 9to 1 was offered on the field for the Chester Cup, and 20 to 1 was taken freely about Royal Sovereign. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 15 agst Gladiolus (taken) 10 to 1 agst Newcastle (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Shafto (offered) 100 to 8 agst Mutineer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rio (taken) 20 to 1 agst Yellow Roae (taken) 25 to 1 agst Baldfaced Stag 28 to 1 agst Stapleton (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. sto 1 agst King-at-Arms (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Drogheda (taken) 20 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Jordan (taken) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Gamester (taken ) 30 to 1 agst Cavendish (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ticket of Leave (taken) 50 to 1 agst Schuloff (taken) - 80 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Newcastle (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Far West (taken) DOUBIA EVENT BETS. 60 to 1 agst The Promised Land winning the Two Thousand and Gamester the Derby (t) 60 to 1 agst The Promised Land winning the Two Thousand and Volcano the Derby (t) 66 to 1 agst The Promised Land without the Two Thousand and Musjid the Derby (t) New Brighton is struck out of all his engagements. Tease is struck out of his Birmingham and Shrewsbury engagements. Jealous) , is struck out of her engagements at Coventry, Birmingham, and Shrewsbury. 'MIR") EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from Sheffield in favour of legalizing the marriage with a deceased wife's sister, ; and also a petition from 'Westminster in favour of Parliamentary Reform. The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions from Barnsley, Leeds, Liverpool, and other places, praying that Protestant dissenters might be allowed to administer trusts of grammar schools. Earl GRANVILLE presented a petition in favour of legalising th e marr i age w i t h a d ecease d w if e ' s s i s t er . Lord COLVILL, of Culross, presented a petition from Taunton against such a proposition. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented similar petitions from Ipswich, signed by the mayor, the ex-mayor, alder men, town councillors, bankers, and other influential per sons. Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from Leeds and other places against the Marriage Law Amendment Bill. Lord IVINFORD presented a petition against the bill. THIRD READING. The Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway bill was read a third time and passed. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord WODEHOUSE, after presenting a great number of petitions in favour of legalising the marriage with a . de ceased wife's sister, proposed, the second reading of this bill, He said their lordships were, no doubt, aware that the object of the bill was to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The subject had been joie d onbffe i ridfloidet: object ti n :na o fg t tobhrbusaoi intend h,iheTp:ahal :nes passed n o so frequently brought before the house that he t ll t noble e ia l k o e rd a h n a y vin l g en a g u t u h d en ed ed to observations in e t a yo d o teyuhetior years, pass hwot hue a esnei tr bill oblnoy m rt od i a t s with the ypa srtg. h large lastno. hva e l t je tdh e t r w n otw q i y objections to the bill might be divided into two classes, religious and social, and when themovement was first com menced, opposition was justified on theological grounds; but that had in a great measure been aban d oned. The well-known chapter in Leviticus, which was origi nally considered to be a conclusive argument against the bill, was now looked upon as conveying an approval of the principles of the bill. The chief Rabbi of the Jews, Dr. Adler, had construed the chapter in Leviticus favourable to this bill, but notwithstanding this circum stance it might be said they ought to be governed more by the opinion of the heads of our own Church than by that of the Jewish. The Bishop of London, who, he regretted, he did not see in his place,was in favourof the bill. The Archbishop of Dublin had expressed himself that the marriage in ques tion was in opposition to the Word of God, and tho Bishop of Manchester had distinctly and . explicitly expressed a similar opinion. It was quite true that many members of the episcopal bench had expressed a oon trary opinion, but he could not believe they could now look upon the marriage with a deceased wife's sister as incestuous if they had formerly thought it was not inconsistent with the Word of God. Last year only seven of the right_ rev. prelates had voted against the bill, so he thought the objec tion from the episcopal bench could not now be very strong. The noble lord then quoted the opinions of several eminent clergymen of the English Church, all of which were strongly in favour of the marriage with a deceased wife's sister. In nearly all other countries these marriages, as their lordships knew, were permitted. In Roman Catholic countries they were permitted by dispensations. He had no doubt In th e course o f th e di scuss i on many po i n t s wou ld arise to which he should have an opportunity of reply, but he thought the divided opinion that prevailed amongst parties ought to induce their lordships to think whether the time had now arrived when they coull safely read this bill a second time. (Hear.) It wos an admitted fact that an immense number of those marriages now took place, and that in many cases, though the law prevented a marriage, it fort ed parties to live together illegally. He would not detain their lordships with hearing arguments that had so frequently been urged ; but he trusted that the bill would on this occasion share a better fate than its predecessors. He concluded by moving that the bill be now read a second time. Viscount DUNGANN ON moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. It was his %cliberate opinion that marriage with a deceased wife's sister were decidedly opposed t ) Scripture. The noble lord denied that there was a feeling pi evalent amongst the middle and lower classes in favour of those marriages; in deed, he was of opinion that precis ly the op; osite was the fact. The effect of this me Isere, if agreed to, would be to render de-viate many of the homes of England. He believed that in the higher and educated classes not one woman in fifty was in favour of the provisions of the bill. He did not think that because the House of Commons had frequently approved the proposals of the bill that that was any reason for agree ing to this measure. [LEST SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tars EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. MUNICIPAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS. Colonel FORESTER brought up the reply of the Crown to the address on the subject of the municipal laws and cus toms, to the effect that her Majesty had ordered an in quiry to be instituted in accordance with the recommenda tions of the commissioners. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Great Northern Railway; Sunderland and South Shields Water; Vale of Llangollen Railway; and Wirral Water. • The following bills wore considered, and ordered for third reading :—Tavistock Markets, Streets, and Improvement ; Warrington and Stockport Railway ; and Whitchaven Harbour and Town. The Commercial Docks Acts Amendment Bill and the Victoria (London) Docks Bill were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying for the rejection of the Government Reform Bill, as an insult to common sense, and at variance with the "wants and wishes" of the communitiy ; against the disfranchising clauses of the bill; in favour of the adoption of a compre hensive measure of reform ; from various bodies of Dissenters in favour of being admitted to the same footing as members of the Church of England, in reference to endowed charities ; and in favour of Lord J. Russell's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill. DESPATCHES TO LORD CANNING. Mr. SALISBURY asked the Secretary of State for India if the desriatch No. 5, 1858, dated Dec. 9, had been submit ted to the Indian Council for consideration before its transmission to Lord Canning, and had met with the sanc tion and approval of that body, or otherwise. Lord STANLEY said he stated yesterday that the de• spatch in question was in the Secret Department, and was sent on the authority of the Secretary of State alone. No opinion was offered on the despatch in the council. Sir GEORGE LEWIS asked the Secretary of State for India if his despatch to the Governor-General of India, dated the 9th day of December, 1858 (which has lately been presented to the house), was sent under the twenty - seventh section of the Act for the better Government of India (21 and 22 Vict. c. 106), by which the power of the Secret Committee is continued ? Lord STANLEY said the despatch alluded to was sent out from the secret department. INLAND BOOK POST. Mr. KINAIRD asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether any alteration had been made in the charges or other arrangements of the Inland Book Post ; and when the alteration would take place by which an additional penny would be charged for the transit through Egypt of newspapers sent via Southampton or India or Australia. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that there had not been any alteration such as that alluded to. Withregard to the second part of the question, the change to which it referred would be carried out. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY. The following horses have arrived :—Gibraltar, Ballina sloe, Phoenix, May Day, Gipsy King, Harry of Hereford, Humming Bird, Goldsmith, Young Magnet, Theodine, Orkousta, Clear the Way, and Horniblow. BIRMINGHAM S' THE ERDINGTON PLATE, Age st lb Sting Odiham ti 10 12 Orkousta Theodine Mahratta Sportsman a 10 2 Nigger Lass Heads or Tails Chelmerton 'EEPLECHASES. Two miles and a half. Age st lb Boadicea May Day Firefly Young Bagman Topsy 5 9 5 Antic Maria Agnes a 9 2 The Doctor Physician, by Game boy 4 9 0 Johnny 4 8 10 March 21, at 9 a.m Harry of Hereford a 9 10 Adiantum Weights published AQUATICS. FOUR-OARED CUTTER RACE. An exciting four-oared cutter raoe came off yesterday afternoon from Kew-bridge to the Queen's Head at Mort lake. The following were the crews : MR. NOON'S CREW. Mr. Wm. Day. Mr. Henry Goddale. Mr. E. Stoor. John Bewley, stroke. H. Noon, coxswain. MR. GODFREY'S CREW. Mr. W. Stoor. Mr. G. F. Eydmun. Mr. A. Squire. W. Goadale, stroke. F. Godfrey, coxswain. Mr. Day belongs to the Old George, High-street, Mort lake, and Mr. Godfrey to the Queen's Head, Mortlake, and it was a match between the houses, Mr. Noon's crew win ning the choice of station. They both got away excellently together, and kept so at a clipping pace to the Maria Ward, where Godfrey's crew took the lead, and kept it, winning by two lengths. It was a very close affair all the way. INSTABLITIY OF THE FOREIGN-OFFICE.—The fol lowing is a copy of the report of Mr. John Phipps, on the state of the buildings now occupied as the Foreign-office, dated the 12th of January :—" I have carefully surveyed the whole of the buildings now occupied by the Foreign office in Downing-street and Fludyer-street, with a view to ascertain their present condition, and of forming an esti mate as to the length of time for which they may still be occupied with safety. I have to report that, from the repairs and reinstatements which have from time to time been effected, and indeed are at this moment being carried out, and also from the care and attention. which are co ns t an tly devoted to the inspection of the various parts, I am not pre pared to say that the Foreign-office (as it at present stands) might not with safety be used for the public service for many years, provided no material alterations are made in the interior parts of the building which would involve an interference with main walls and timbers. At the same ---- time I fee it my duty to state that, from th e - lin perfect construction of parts of the building, the age of other parts, and the bad foundation incident to the whole structure, the cost of maintaining it for any length of time must be necessarily large. As one proof of the character or the soil upon which these buildings have been erected, it may be remarked that on a recent occasion, when the houses in the South-parade were pulled down, the fall of the walls, though done with great care, shook in a sensible degree the whole of the surrounding buildings,. and was distinctly felt in the vaults now used by the printing establishment. But, while expressing the opinion I have ventured to offer as to the possibility of upholding and maintaining the present buildings for some time to come, it is proper I should state that I could not be answerable for the safety of them if new public offices be erected on the surrounding land, which would necessarily involve greet depth of excavation for the reception of concrete, and a considerable amount of pump ing during that operation. I believe this would so interfere with the stability of the buildings as to make it necessary to support them in all directions with timber shores and struts, even if it did not render them absolutely unsafe." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Art - imitation abolished.—Surgery is sometimes too ready with the knife ; which can never be necessary except in severe ac cidents. For all constitutional diseases affecting any portion of the human body, Holloway's Ointment and Pills are in fallible specifics, which supersede the use of the knife. In many desperate cases these inestimable preparations have worked wonders, both in hospitals and private uractice, In all tumours, cancers, diseases of the bones, ulcers and bad legs, a fair trial will prove their merits, which patients have acf(nowlcdged with unfeigned gratitude. The pills purify the blood and expedite the cure, working well with this healing ointment, which secures ease, and establishes healthy action from the first moment of its application. AFFAIRS OF ITALY. Mr. BOWYER'asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was true that a Congress was about to be held to deliberate on the affairs of Italy with refer ence to the preservation of the peace of Europe, and whether he was able to state to the house what Powers would be the parties to the Congress ; and especially whether Sardinia would join in it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had come to a decision on the subject. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. . Mr. J. LOCKE moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act of the fifth and sixth years of King William the Fourth, relating to weights and measures.—Agreed to. CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION BILL. At the request of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Sir J. TRELAWNY consented to postpone the second read ing of this bill. REPRESENTATION Off' THE PEOPLE BILL.- ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. WILSON resumed the debate. He considered the measure of the Govermlient so objectionable in principle, that he could not possibly vote for the second reading, and it was a measure which, in his opinion, was so radically bad, that it could not be so altered in committee as to meet the views of the people. The clauses relating to disfranchisement were so entirely op posed to the feelings of the people,,that it could not be ex pected to receive the sanction of that house. The require ment of the commuity was that the franchise should be expanded, but the tendency of the measure was to contract. (Hear, hear.) The bill retained not only what was objectionable in the present system, but in troduced much that in itself was most reprehensible. He denied that the form in which the £lO franchise was presented was a concession, and its real effect would be to increase the territorial influence, and to diminish the borough influence. The bill proposed to disfranchise no less than 100,030 freeholders in boroughs from the county franchise. If they went re fully through the bill they would find that the provisions disfranchised as many as it enfranchised. Besidesit pro posed to disfranchise in the counties exactly that dcscrip tion of voters who were the most independent, and sub stituted for them a class the very revoi se. (Hear, hear.) The provisions of the bill would also have the effect of manufacturing factitious votes in small towns. The systm proposed would be attended also with difficulty at elections. He contended that property would always exer cise an influence in a country like this greater than what the more numerical majority would, possess. Theeffect of the Government scheme would be to abolish the present system by which different classes were represented, and make the representation of the country worse than even that of ono class. He was not opposed to the existence of small boroughs, which he believed had a function to per form, but it would not be satisfactory to the people of this country to have any system introduced that would in any degree diminish class legislation and extend that of individuals. Ho was opposed to the disfranchisement of small boroughs, but he was equally opposed to the PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, 5D adoption of such a system as would conve them into mere nomination boroughs. He con sidered that the whole, tendency of the bill was to give influence to the landed interest and to take it away from the trading and commercial interests of the country. Ha thought that the Government should have adopted the resolution of the noble lord the member for the City of London, and modified their bill in committee, instead of which the noble lord (Lord Stanley) said they must accept the bill as it was at present constituted—(hear)-- and pries of "No, no.") Ho thought, therefore, that that course effectually closed the door against those who agreed with him (Mr. Wilson) consenting to the second reading of the bill. There was no guarantee that, if they went into committee, they could alter the bill so as to make it acceptable to the country or the house. He regarded the question before the house as one of the most important that could be brought under their consideration, and that the present crisis was one of the gravest that could be selected for bringing such a question forward ; and he would be most happy, therefore, if the Government could settle the matter. He was therefore actuated by no further motive in offering the present bill his strenuous oppositi on , and supporting the resolution of the noble lord the memb e r for the City of London. He thought that, under the present circumstances, the Government were bound, at the earliest period possible, to bring this question to a satisfactorry con clusion. (Cheers.) Sir E. BULWER LYTTON supported the second reading of the bill. There was no doubt that if they did not agree to the second reading that the question must pass out of the hands of Government. But into whose hands would it pass, or what chance of their obtaining a bill on the sub • ject of Reform at all ? The hon. member for Sandwich and the hon. member for Bfrmingham had said that they would consent to the postponement of a bill on the subject until a proper bill could be introduced with refer ence to reform. It conid not be expected that a Conserva tive Government would introduce the same description of bill on a matter of organic alteration of the constitution of the country that would be brought forward by gentl emen on the Opposition side of the house. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZEIFE--(THIS EVENING) DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to direct that letters patent be passed under the Great Seal, granting and declaring that the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of Laws, Bachelor of Music, and Doctor of Music, already granted or conferred, or hereafter to be granted or conferred by the University of Melbourne, in the colony of Victoria, shall be recognised as Academic Distinctions and Rewards of Merit, and be entitled to rank, precedence, and considera tion, in the United Kingdom, and in the colonies and pos sessions of the Crown throughout the world, as fully as if the said degrees had been granted by any University of the United Kingdom. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Hunter Cary, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the colony of British Columbia. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Jules Barthelemy Lombard as Consul at Calcutta ; M. Pierre Victor Mauboussin as Consul at Liverpool ; M. Edouard Adolphe Josep Cassimir Tippel as Consul at Edinburgh; and of M. Henri Patri •.e Hippolyte Vermot as Consul at Glasgow; for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Hipolito de Uriarte as Consul at St. John's, Newfoundland, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Dowling as Consul at Cork for the United States of America. WAR-OFFICE, Duren 22, The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General John Michel, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to make and ordain a Special Statute of tne said Most Honourable Order, authorising the following appointments to the said Order : TO be an Extra Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Comm an d ers ; v i z. : Colonel Charles Shepherd Stuart, C. 8., of the Bombay Infantry. To be Extra Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions; viz.: Colonel Michael William Smith, 3d Dragoon Guards. Colonel Julius Augustus Robert R a i nes , 05th Regiment. Colonel Archibald Inglis Lockhart, 92d Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Price, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel William Parke, 72d Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Errington Longden, 10th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Dennistonn Campbell, 71st Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel William Hope, 71st Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Herbert Gall, 14th Light Dragoons. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Steele, 83d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Scudamore, 14th Light Dragoons. Major James Robert Gibbon, Royal Artillery. Colonel John Kennedy WCausland, 66th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. Colonel George Le Grand Jacob, 31st Regiment of Bom bay Native Infantry. Colonel John Liddell, Bombay Infantry. Colonel Thomas William Hicks, late of the Bombay Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel George Malcolm, Ist Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Conrad John Owen, 3d Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Samuel Blake, Bombay Artillery: Lieutenant-Colonel George Henry Robertson, 25th Regi ment of Bombay Native Light Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Wigram Adam Orr, Madras Artil lery. -- Major Thomas Fourness Wilson, 13th Regiment of Ben gal Native Infantry. Major John Dobree Woolleombe, Bombay Artillery. Major Henry Dyett Abbott, 31st Regiment of Madras Native Light Infantry. Major George Hare, 20th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry. Major John Granville Lightfoot, Bombay Artillery. Francis Short Arnott, Esq., M.D., Surgeon on the Bombay Establishment of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces. William Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Surgeon on the Madras Establishment of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Henry Francis Cust (late Captain Bth Hussars), to be Captain, vice William H. Poole, deceased ; John Henshaw Nichson Walford, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Atcherley, re signed 3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Lieu tenant Charles John Webb to be Captain, vice Priaulx, re signed ; Ensign Thomas Donaldson to be Lieutenant, vice Webb, promoted. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Compton Legge, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, retired. Northumberland Artillery Regiment of Militia—Henry St. George Priaulx, Gent., to be Captain. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery— Captain Colin Campbell to be Major, vice L' Amy, re signed. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the " Gazette" of the Bth March instant.] Royal Anglesey Regiment of Militia—Ensign William M'Kee to be Lieutenant. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared'in n the " Gazette" of March 18, 1859.] Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—John Maurice Bernabo, Gent., to be Ensign. Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Volunteer Cavalry— Her Majesty has been pleased to accept of the resignation, by Lieut. Richard Gough, of the Commission which he 'holds in the above Regiment. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Cockshaw, printer, Horse Shoe-couit, Ludgate hill, to surrender, March 31, at eleven, and April 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Jones, coal merchant, Isleworth, Middlesex, April 1, at twelve, and April 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Chadwick, dyer, Leeds, April 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. John Chilton, tailor, Sheffield, April 2 and May 7, at ten, the Council-hall, Sheffield. John Shirtcliff, shoemaker, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, April 2, and May 7, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Thomas Pool Brettell, grocer, Walsall, April 8, and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Helliwell, innkeeper, Hipperholme, near Hali fax, April 5, at half-past eleven, and May 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. James Pettit, carrier, Woolwich, April 4, at half•past one, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Aaron Jennens and John Bettridge, japanners, Birming ham, April 13, and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Franks Chittendon, surgeon, Upper Holloway, April 1, at half-past twelve, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Hunt, chemist, Islington, April 5, at one, and May 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, John Mackay:, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow Alexander Baird, baker, Springburn, Lanarkshire Andrew Shiells, flesher, Portobello. Jane Shaw, merchant, Burghead, A communication from Vienna in the Nnreniberg Correspondent, -slates that an envoy is to be shortly sent by the Austrian Government to London, and that Field Mar shal the Prince de Windischgratz is to be selected to carry an autograph letter from the Emperor Francis Joseph to Queen Victoria. THE T MANCHESTER PETITION FOR REFORM.— The Manchester petition against the Government Reform Bill, and i n f avour o f Mr. Bright's, has received upwards of 53,000 signatures in four days. It consists of 45 8 sheets of paper, an is nearly 300 yards in length. It is to be pre sented to the House of Commons by Mr. Bazley, M.P. MALT.—The gross total quantity of malt made in the United Kingdom in the year, ended Sept 30, 1858, amounted to 5,742,820 qrs., whereof 5,113,722 qrs. were charged with duty. 4,548,509 qrs. of malt were used by brewers and victuallers and retail brewers,—viz., 3,261,343 qrs. by brewers, 900,569 qrs. by victuallers, and 386,597 qrs. by retail brewers. These statistics are gathered from a return moved for by Mr. J. Locke, M.P. At Constantinople the Presse d'Orient has re ceived a warning for copying the article from the Levant Herald against Moussa Safeti Pacha, ex-Minister of Finance. According to a now regulation, the journals at Constantinople aro henceforth.to be subjected to the same regime as those in Franco--namely, that if they receive three warnings, the last will entail a suspension for a cor- ! taro period. The Sutlej, 50, sailing frigate, was yesterday towed down Portsmouth Harbour and placed in No. 9 dock, for lengthening and conversion to a screw THE GOVERNMENT _REFORM BILL. (From the Times.) It is not very surprising that, after battling and shifting upon the question of reform now for seven years the House of Commons should exhibit at this moment on all sides a common hypocrisy. With a general election hanging over its head, every party is afraid to declare itself fop that ex tensive redistribution of seats which it knows to be neces sary to a Reform Bill. The question is, who shall present himself to the public in the most generous and exclusively beneficent capacity ? Government have found it is their interest not to abolish one single constituency; it is their boast that they do not disfranchise one elector; and they have even premised back to the borough freeholder the county vote which they had previously ventured to take from him. Politicians, with a dissolution at hand, might be expected to show mercy to those at whose feet they might soon lie. Lord John Russell, however, copies their tactics, takes up their weapons, and assumes their disguise. Seeing that they have not brought the small boroughs into ques tion, he is too glad to be silent himself on that delicate sub ject. As Government has taken its stand on enfranchise ment, he closes with them on that very point. They have half disqualified the future borough freeholders, and they have not shown the desired amount of liberality to the borough householders. Lord John carefully guards himself from stating the limits of his own liberality. His business is to assert, as far as the boroughs are concerned, the niggardly character of the Ministe rial measure. The question, then, before the House is which side shall exhibit most of a rude and barbaric sort of generosity. In some countries and ages this is the great social rivalry. Who relieves most mendicants ? Who gives most doles ? Who scatters most halfpence ? Who pardons most criminals ? Who opens most gaols ? In such competitions the acts of oppression by which such generosity can alone be supported are for the time for gotten.' So last night nobody would say a word about the small-boroughs. It was all about the ancient race of 40s. freeholders deprived of their county votes, and the L 5 householders not yet trusted with the franchise. As Go vernment had assumed to be the Lady Bountiful of the great British parish, the other side would not be outdone in charities. If the one offered meat, the other offers pudding ; and if the one gave coals, the other adds blankets. Meanwhile neither will jeopardise the fruit of this bribery by measures of sound discipline. Painful as it may seem, we possess at this moment a Government which fears to tell an unpalateable truth, and an Opposition which Con siders itself at liberty to practise equal reserve. The hypocrisy, as we have said, is on both sides. Lord John Russell has the excuse that he is joining issue with Government on their own foremost claim of librality, and, as the object on both sides is to secure an election cry, he may plead a necessity for assuming the credit of a political benefactor. Lord Derby's excuse is, that as he may be driven to the country, he must put his house in order, and go to the country with a respectable appearance. Neither chooses to appear with the executioner's cord and knife, and fifty constituencies trembling f o r thei r d oom . Read over all the speeches last night, and the reader will hardly find a word about the victims. On which side is this reserve the most culpable ? Certainly it devolves on the Government that undertakes Parliamentary Reform to make it a complete measure, and not leave its harsher fea tures to be suppli e d by the house. On the other hand, when we have read Lord John Russell's unusually genial and' affectionate eloquence about the freeholder—as old as William the Conqueror—and the independent Borough of Liskeard, which once returned that very good gentleman, Mr. Charles Buller, we must add to his speech the little appendix that twenty-eight years ago Lord John proposed and carried the entire or partial disfranchisement of near a hundred boroughs, and more recently avowed himself ready and willing to disfranchise sixty-two more. Some less prominent members of the house, on both sides, touched on the distribution of the franchise; but, it Lord John alluded to the subject, it was to express his horror at equal electoral districts, at uniform franchise, or at any attempt at equality between one elector and another. This was hardly civil to the very large constituencies who possess under the present system a merely nominal representation. Can we do Lord John the injustice to suppose him wanting in kindness to those meritorious but ill-requited communities? No. We all know his real feelings towards them. They will pardon the wise reserve which has prompted him for an hour to forget their just claims. On the eve of a general election it is necessary to be courteous and considerate to the little constituencies of 300 or 400 who send up a mem ber or two. The appeal is necessarily made to the existing constituencies. If they will be so good as to respond to it for this once, and place Lord John Russell in power, then they will see what they shall see when it becomes his lord ship's turn to deal with this almost impossible question. If they see anything at all, they will see Lord John Russell standing up at the Treasury Bench and enumerating some 50 or 60 boroughs, which, in accordance with the sad ne cessity of the case and his own previous bills, he will find it necessary to disfranchise wholly or partly. Cleared of party tactics and sentimental grievances, of disinterested Liskeards and primaeval freeholders, the case is just as Mr. Horsman put A government bribed into reform by the possession of power, and doing for itself what it would never do for anybody else, brings in a bill which contains, on the admission of all sides, some very good principles. It affords the basiS of a good measure ; and, so far from the needful amendnients being of that complicated and impracticable charaeter which Lord John roissell de• scribes, we belieVe they have already occurred to most people, and as Mr. Horsman observes, are not more difficult than those to be made in most bills. ' Do the Whigs and Liberals, then want reform ? If they want it, they can now have it, for they can force upon a yielding, or passive Government, almost any clause they choose. If they choose to propose a Schedule A, and a larger Schedule B, they can. Why, indeed, should they complain ? It is they who have forced the subject upon Parliament; it is they who have invoked the agitation and set the ball going. If they decline to amend the bill, and proceed to pass a resolution which they interpret to mean a want of Confidence, the only conclusion is, that for the sake of power they commit Reform to•the chances of an inscrutable future. Ono thing only is cer tain as to the next Reform Act, whenever it passes. Its character has been long ago foreshadowed in the earliest and the strongest declarations of the agitators by whose favour alone it can ever pass. It will disfranchise many small constituencies, and divide all the larger ones. Whether Lord John Russell or Lord Palmerston have the titular honours of the bill, this will be its character. Without this redistribution, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cobden, and a host of seri ous reformers have declared that all reduction of the fran chise will be nugatory. This is the point which they have declared to be most important in their eyes, and this they will make the chief condition of their support. Let the ex isting constituencies, then, know that, tenderly as they may now be treated, any appeal to them is for a much larger measure of Reform, involving the entire or partial disfran chisement of all the less populous boroughs. Any bill that passes the house this session will be by the concurrence of Whigs and Conservatives, and in the face of opposition from the more violent class of Reformers. Any bill that may pass next year, under the victorious auspices of Lord John Russell, and in the faceof the discomfited and enraged Con servatives, can only be such an one as enjoys the approba tion of Mr. Bright and his friends THE NAVY. The Algiers, 91, screw steamship, Captain George W. D. O'Callaghan, at Spithead, was yesterday inspected, and her crew paid advance of wages. The Neptune, 91, screw steamship, has been removed from the fitting basin in Portsmouth Dockyard, and placed alongside the east quay, in the same basin, to re ceive her machinery. The Mersey, 40, screw steam-frigate, Capt. H. Cald well, C. 8., was yesterday, at 11 a.m., taken out of Ports mouth harbour to test her speed at the measured mile in Stokes-bay. Soon after the Mersey left the harbour the wind freshened considerably from the north-west, when it was decided by the authorities on board to defer the trial, it being a standing rule that no ship shall make an official trial of her speed with the wind at a greater force than 3.0. The Mersey will go out on her trial again this morning if the weather be suitable. The Trafalgar, 91 (late 120-gun sailing ship), having been converted into a screw line-of-battle at Chatham, was yesterday afternoon floated out of No. 2 dock for the pnrpose of being towed to sheerness to be fitted with her steam machinery. Several hundred convicts are now employed at Chatham in walling in the marshes at St. Mary's Island, adjoining Chatham Dockyard, the site of the proposed new steam basins which are about to be constructed by the Govern ment at Chatham. In addition to these works, which will involve a considerable outlay, several important improve ments are in progress at the dockyard. Nearly half a mil lion sterling has already been expended during the past few years at Chatham in extending and improving the docks, building additional docks, creating new establishments, and improving the dockyard by means of convict labour. lur ing tho present year the estimated snm required for the further extension and improvement of the dockyard, by means of convict labour, is £160,000, of which sum £23,000 has already been voted by Parliament. It is also proposed to repair No. 1 dock, and to clear the river wall at the entrance at an estimated outlay of £2,000. Several addi tional buildings are also to be erected, amen.; which erg buildings.for new steam machinery, cranes, sheers, &c., at a cost of £3,500. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—Alfred A. S. Watts, Lord Walter F. Kerr, Alfred P. Still, Richard T. W. Pommy, and Frederick Philips, midshipmen to the Hero ; Frederick C. Law, Chas. J. Wire, Edward Pilkington, and Arthur C. W. Lennox, midshipmen to the Doris; Alfred J. Van Straubenzie, Vin cent C. Scholefield, Oliver T. Long, and Henry F. Yeat man, midshipmen to the James Watt ; Arthur G. R. Riall, Edward H. Seymour, John Kirkland, and the Hon. H. G. P. Maude, midshipmen to the Mersey; William Parsons, Francis W. Lowther, and George N. Smallpiece, midship men to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Rodney M. Lloyd, midship man to the Terrible ; Robert H. W. Cornwall and Robert Galloway, midshipmen to the Algiers; Alfred Jephson and Charles C. Pearse, midshipmen to' the Ter magant ; and Henry J. Stanley, master's assistant to the Saracen. on. zhs on ties I it late m ay) rig [ii -19 ad