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TII.EI SUIV, LONDON, FRIDAV EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, ENg. of France were unreasonable enough to expect such a sacrifice of constitutional feeling and principle on the part of this country, they were lamentably deluded ; and, h owever much he might regret the fe elin g s which would be en endered, he mast say that ail feelings must be g risked for the preservation of vital principles, (Cheers.) Bat, while no person ought to be punished without evi dence, or without a violation of the laws of this country, it was a question well worthy of the consideration of the Government of this country what were the laws and how far they affected this description of crime. He would not presume to express any opinion as to the specific measure which might be introduced—a measure which might cause greateralarm to persons contemplating such offences, or give greater proof of our good-will to the sensitive people of France ; but be did think the subject was one deserving grave and attentive consideration, and he was sure that if the Government could see their way to the making the law more effectual for the prevention of attempts at assassination without infringing the great principles involved in the right of asylum, a proposal framed on that basis would he readily and c heerfully ac quiesced in by Parliament. He had deemed it expedient and desirable being wholly unconnected With . Governm!nt, who had not thought fit to utteranyexpression of opeal . on, that he should take the first opportunity afforded to huh, after the late most disastrous event,. to state . inParlia ment the views which he entertained on this subject ; to express the deep interest which be felt m the continued life and health of the Emperor of the French ; the vital importance which he attac hed to the keeping np a good understanding, not merely between the governments, but also between the people of England and France ; the deep sense which he had of the paramount importance of the maintenance of the present Government— a Govern ment of which he would say nothing except that he be lieved that at the present moment it was the Government which was best adapted to promote the happiness and interest of the people of France. (Hear, bear.) Ile had thought it expedient and desirable that he should do what in him lay to remove misconception from the minds of those who had been deluded in reference to the feelings of the people of England and the state of the law ; and also that he should ask her Majesty's Government not to state the nature of any particular measure which they might contemplate, but to explain how far they concurred in the general principles which be had laid down, and whether it was their wise,notwithstan din g the imprudence, notwithstanding the fully, notwithstanding the irritat ing languaee of those to whom he had referred—instead of retaliating in any way fur such displays, to give every possible security to the lives of foreign sovereigns against the atrecious and abominable crime of assassination, and even to see whether there was any defect in the law ; and if so, whether that defect might net be removed ; without reference, of course, to any political considers tions, and solely with a view to the prevention of crime which was abhorrent to the feelings of the people of England ? (Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE said he could not imagine any thing that would more surprise their lordships than a general essay from himself, alter an adjournment of two months, on almost all political matters ; and he should, therefore, only touch very briefly on some of the points on which the noble earl appeared to think the Government ought to have given explanations. First, with regard to the monetary state of this country. It really appeared to him that he would have been guilty of a most extraordinary intrusion, considering that a great improvement had taken place when Parliament separated, and that that improvement had continued up to that moment, if he had started up the moment parlia ment re-assembled and given any impressions of his own with respect to banking, and stated facts which must have been perfectly w,ll known to every one in that house. Tee noble earl had expressed surprise at his not having alluded to the achievements of our soldiers in India. His noble friend (Lord Panmure) had just given notice that he would, on Monday next, move a vote of thanks to that army, whose trilliant teats entitled it to the gratitude of the country. On that occasion the noble earl and other noble lords welsh' have an opportunity of expressing their feelings on that subject ; and he thought that, under thecircumstances, it would have been childish and improper in him to anticipate the task which his noble friend had undertaken to perform within so short a period. (Hear.) His noble friend thought he ought also to have anticipated the attacks which were to be made upon the government on account of the manner in which affairs had been managed in India. When the proper time arrived his noble friend would be able to enter into the details of that question, and it would, he be lieved, then be found that the government were not remiss in sending out troops, that they were not remiss in sending out reinforcements and horses, and that the greatest exertions were made by the authorities at home to do all that was required. The noble earl had spoken of their being at war with tso countries, when, as he said, they were totally unprepared for war with either. As regarded India, to accuse the government of not having been prepared for war there, appeared be him most unreasonable. Was anybody prepared for what had taken place ? (Hear.) With respect to China, he utterly denied that they had not been prepared. Experi ence had shown that the preparations were more than sufficient for the purpose ; but the force prepared was deviated to India. At the present moment, without imbitracting inconveniently from the army in India, the force in China was quite sufficient to carry out the objects in view. The noble earl said the policy of the Chinese war was .wrong. It might be wrong. The subject had, however, been debated in that house and in another place, and it was afterward,' referred to the country at large, which gave a most triumphant verdict in favour of the policy of her Maj , ";ty's government. (Ministerial cheers.) Woul•l the noble earl contend that after such a verdict had been given, the government who inaugurated the policy in question would have been jus tified in departing from it, leaving everything in staeu quo, and seeking no redress or compensation for the injuries which had been committed. (Lieu.) The noble earl went cn to express surprise that he had not taken that opportunity to allude to an event of great importance, namPly, the attempt which had lately been made on the life of the Emperor of the French. Now it certainly would ha►e been a most agreeable task, either for him• sell or any one sitting on that bench, to have taken the very earliest opportunity to express their abhorrence, nut only as members of her Majesty's government, not only as members of that house, but as Englishmen, at an at tempt to obtain politicalobJects by that most dastardly of all crime 4, assassination; and it would have been equally agreeable to them takave expressedtheiroordialsatisfactios thatalthough, unfortunately, many individuals were either killed or hurt through this moat nefarious attempt, the lives of the Emperor and Empress of the French were saved, as the noble earl remarked, by an almost miraculous interposition. He believed, however, that he would have pursued a course which was ent - rely un precedented had he started up and made such a declara tion without there being any question before their lordship's house. The noble earl thought that her Majesty's government ought to have expressed some opinion with regard to what had passed in France. No one certainly could regret more than they did those in temperate addresses which were founded on a total 7 misapprehension of the feelings of the people o f this country, and which were issued by officers under the excitement created by the attempt made on the lives of the Emperor and Empress. He felt great regret that any publicity should have been given to such addressee (hear, hear)—but at the same time he felt, as he was sure every one would do who reflected calmly on t' t' ' -`an r V resees else 04., j ,L., r e a emanated from any parties in another state, it would be perfectly unworthy of a great nation like this not to take the course which it thought right abstractedly, apart from all other considerations. Ile was glad to hear from the noble earl a clear statement of his views as to the impossibility of this country ever giving up the right, which was its boast and pride, of affording refuge and hospitality to natives of all countries, whatever might be their political or personal opinions. It would be crimi nal for any government to propose any measure tending to abridge the personal liberty either of Englishmen or of foreigners who happened to live in this country. If, indeed, there were any defect in the existing law it was the duty of this government to endeavour to remedy it as soon as possible, and he understood that notice had been given in the other house of parliament that evening of a measure which it was hoped would have the desired effect. He was glad that the noble earl had had an op portunity of explairiog the principles of the law in re'er erne to this subjtet ; and he would only add, flat while the government were determined not to give up the right of asylum, they would use all effectual means in their power to prevent the dastardly crime of conspiring either to assassinate or to murder. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of MALMESBURY was surprised at the evident intention of the noble earl who had just spoken to, (litanies that house without any intimation as to the course which the Government meant to pursue during a session -which must prove a very important one. The noble earl said the country had given a verdict in favour him of the Chi nese war. He challenged to state on what any Op day and i n w hi ch house• ion had been given since the new Parliament aerrenatle l d ' which would justify hear.) that assertion. (H ear, He vilvi sure that the want of troops in I n di a must have r 4 mad e both Parliament and the country regret that they had ever engaged in the Chinas° quarrel. There was one important subject to 'which hie noble friend (the Earl of I),rt,y) f orgot to allude. He should li ke to hear which was rife i n townther or n o t t h ere viic was any truth i n t h e rumour t to the effect that her Majesty' a Govern .propose the aboliti on o f the douhemen intend e d t o India. If such was their intention, ho shigonvldtrd7peereteatoef its fulfilment in the strongest manner. (Hear.) 1 conceive nothing so dangerous in the present crirld the introduction of a measure to change the system 8 of government in India. He woull express no opinio n as to the merits of the doable government ; but he must say that, in hie julguient, it would he most fatal and foolish, for the guverement to embark in a new schem e of legislation when the country was on fire from one end to the other. It was as if one of their lordships, having his hou se on fi re, sent ha. an architect to rebeill it Le fore the fire had been put out. (Bear) Having seen a statement in the newspapers to the effect that the'. had been no mutilations of women rand children i n India during the lat e di stur b ances, he wished to eeptees his belief that that statement was incorrect. (dear,) V er y little knowledge of the Lneale mind an d o f human nature was required to convince any one t h at the persons said to have been injured would be the list persons to offer any proof of the fact ; but he was in a position to give references in private which would eat'sfy ariy person,, that mutilations had taken place. It Was the knowledge to which English women and children had been subjected which gave Havelock and his men the superhuman energy and strength they displayed in the conflict with the enemy. (lit ter.) Earl GRANVILLE begged to say that it was the intention of her Majesty's government speedily to bring in a bill for the improvement of the government of India. Lord PAN - MIME said the noble earl (the Earl of Derby) had made some statements with regard to the t sending of reinforc e ments to India which he could I suffer to go forth to the public without comment, In the first place, the noble earl said the first detachment of artillery was sent out without guns, without horses, and without equipments. The explanation of that was , that th n t tnhne the Court arrival o f i , n i nre Calcutta,ply to inquiries, i hn r i n e mi s y , horses, but everything else, would be phnare 33 l for L e , so that they might go at once to the field. hadthe i next ou n adetachmentthat sentin India i the a .a e C r Court nnr not to ifnythe Directors state t they had supposed. Accordingly the men were sent oat w with gunsand equipments, and adouble setof ha. might nhessas sent with every gun, in order that any guns whim c , Le found serviceable in India, but for which there was no harness there, might be supplied with harness from this country. Yet the noble earl had stated publicly, with out having taken pains to ascertain the truth, that the artillery were sent out without their guns and equip mente. In the case of the artillery, not a man was sent out who was not a trained soldier ; in the case of the line, no one was sent who had not at all events gone through a course of practice with the Minis musket ; and he would tell the noble earl that the troops recently despatched to India were very superior to those sent to reinforce the army of the Duke of Wellington during the great Peninsular war. As regarded horses, any one who reflected on the matter must feel that the sending of horses to Chlcutta, either by way of the Cape or by way of Alexandria, was a work of great difficulty ; but the Government had not been inattentive to the require ments of India as regarded horse', and he must do the Court of Directors the justice to say that they, as well as the Government, had exerted themselves to procure horses, and that horses had been obtained to a consider able extent from the Cape, from Australia, and from the provinces adjeining India, from which places they would probebly be enabled to obtain an adequate supply. No demand had been made upon the Govern ment for reinforcements which they had not met. At the present time there was a constant stream of 1,000 troops per month flowing into India, and he was not without hopes that they would coon be enabled to increase that nuatb...r. A regiment was now being raised in Canada, which was to be called "The 100:h Regiment," and was to be attached to the line ; and instructions had been sent out to other colonies with the view of obtaining reinforcements there. The Earl of DERBY would like to know whether these new troops were not merely to be raised, but officered, in the colonies, considering the latter pint a very important one as regarded the connection between the colonies and the mother-country. (Hear.) Lord PANNIURE said it was intended that the regiments should to a great extent be officered by persons living in the colonies. Earl GREY was exceedingly glad that her Majesty's Government appeared to be alive to the importance of meeting the increased demand for men. He differed from the noble earl opposite (the Earl of Derby) with regard to the embodying of the militia, believing that that made the militia a direct competitor with the line. He thought that if the matter were investigated it would be found that during the war with Russia the embodi ment of the militia was themost expensive andineffectual mode of raising men that could possibly have been adopted. His noble friend (Lord Panmure) was right in anticipating continued demandetrom India. The con test was not yet over, and a considerable time, he believed, must elapse before we should be free from demands fur reinforcements. He entirely concurred with the noble earl, that in such a state of affairs nothing could be more impolitic, nothing so morally wrong, as to enter into a new war with China, and at such a moment begin a contest of which nobody could foresee the end. Assuming that they took Canton, where would they be then r Their difficulties would only begin. Would they hold it ? He knew no station in the whole world in which British troops suffered so i d n n C r i h n i g n a. the H p e e l, i le n n d e w w he t n h a t t h e d y u r n i e n e g n p t. h e e d f o ti r m n n e g r much war, and a Kong, it was found that no climate in the world, not even that of the West Indies, taking the whole year round, caused a greater consumption of men. If they took Canton, they should hold it ; and when once they entered on a wrong course every step woull lead them into new difficulties. It was said they were bound to take it, because, indeed, the conduct of Sir J. Bowring had plunged them into a quarrel, in which they had gone on without having either right or reason on their side, and they were now about to inflict the horrors of a. bombardment on the innocent people of Canton. If the Chinese were content with allowing them to hold it,and refused to make terms, what were they to dog How were they to go on when every new step would only make it more difficult to stop or to go on ! That was not a time to debate the Chinese question, but he must say it was an event unexampled in their Parliamentary bietory that they should now be actually engaged in war with China, although no authentic declaration had been made to Parliament and to the world what the objects of that war were. (Hear, hear.) All they knew was, that when the subject was discussed some time since, their lord ships had refused by a small mejority to condemn the conduct of the government, but the other house had condemned them. Since then Parliament had not been informed for what they were now going to fight, nor what were the objects for which hostilities were being carried on. They learned, indeed, from the newspapers, but from the newspapers only, that one of their objects was to compel the Chinese to pay for the damage done to the property of the English merchants resident in that country. That demand was as unprincipled as any ever made by a great country on a helpless power. If it had been made by Russia on Turkey, or any other small state, it would have been condemned from one end of this country to the other. If that was really to be one of the demands it was impossible to stigmatiae it too strongly : it was as impolitic as it was wrong. There was much force in the observation made by a noble earl opposite, that a great deal of evil had arisen from having demanded compensation for merchants in the last war. They had already been compensated by the increased value given to their commodities by the war; and by the demand for compentetion that unhappy war, which no one could look back on without blushing, was turned into a source of profit for them. Nothing could be more impolitic nor more dangerous than to give persons of that kind an interest in engaging this country in war. Lord BROUGHAM wished to direct attention to two points. He regretted to be obliged to agree with his noble friends that, although the worst of the crisis in India had passed over, yet they must be prepared to Lave on their hands some five or six months of war. In addition to the operations in China, they could not expect those iu Central India and Oude to finish before that time. He could not but express his surprise that such a moment should be chosen for bringing forward a large and most important measure—neither more nor less than the final settlement (as it was hoped) of the In dian government—of the relations between the Indian and Imperial councils, and between the Indian and Im perial governments and the proprietary body. It was a subject of great difficulty and immense complexity involving the largest interests, and he would venture to say that it would be better to consider that final settle ment at a time when all the operations of war were at an end, and when they would be able calmly, deliberately and with full and entire circumspection to examine the whole case, The other matter to which he would refer was the recent event—most unhappy in one respect, but in another aspect most fortunate and providential—the escape of the Emperor, of his capital, of France, of this country, and of all Europe, from the most execrable attempt, at the risk of murdering hundreds and with the ._:J. L........y cf ;.L...1 Ali: g a larg, I, au:t.)...r, to put an end to that life so invaluable for the peace of France, for the peace of Europe, and of the whole would. A great degree of irritation had been produced by the fear into which people had been thrown by the attempt. Fear wasalwaye a bad counsellor, and in this case the exasperation pro duce], ( °vied with ignorance of the bearings of the matter on this country, had led to requisition for things some of which were impossible under the laws of this country, and others which evon the present state of the law rendered superfluous. When it was found that publications were issued which not only extenuated but even justified these acts, and even went so far as t i lament over the failure of this plot, a claim was made that alaw should be passed to repress and prevent such publications. His answer to this was that the law was sufficient as it now stcod. If any man was insane enough to publish an exhortation to murder or to defend a murder, he apprehended that he was guilty of a misdemeanour, for which he could be most severely dealt with ; again, if a man, inst.ad of a general paregy ric on ti e a acts, were to point oat or indicate a par.i cular individual as an object, whether a foreign prince or not, he had not t le least doubt he could be severely punished. He remembered when a man was prosecuted for a libel on the first Napoleon, when first consul, and convicted. The was, however, broke out, and the man most improperly was not brou g ht up for judgment. He had always believed Ult.; LordSidmouth had ac' ed very wrongly in not having that man brought up for sentence. There were, indeed, circumstances of mitigation in his case wni,li would no doubt have been urged by his counsel in his favour ; but, nevertheless, it was even more requisite to bring him up for sentence after the war broke out than befere. (Hear.) He recollected another case before Lord Ellenborough in the Queen's Bench, in 1812. It was the case of a wager between two gentle men. One paid the other 1001., on condition that he should receive a guinea a day as long as B )naparte lived; the money not being paid, he brought his action. The ease subsequently came before the full court oa a rule fur a new trial, and all the points were raised and fully argued ; the court decided that it was au immoral, aed therefore an illegal act, as it might lead to the encou ragement of the crime of assassinating the Emperor. It was urged he was an enemy. True," said Lord Elleneereueb, " he is an enemy, but he should be put to deathillegal. tendency , I : , n a cI l y : g w a ta l as way, c inou encourage e n war, , by force , of arias, and by assaasination." Any wager or ary contract having as-a•sination was clearly liras said that some refugees went further an mere pubiicatio the re u .„ LI and encouraged those plot- ; ii cement sheul I be rnadee!eb enough to puni:,li them. If i , l g aw law was wa s s tro n n o g t . sufficient toap'e•Yeveenvitdteehntac-e of that, doubt that any e tu rs u o r n u s ' cou e l t d h b e e wasieiutni thoughte hed ti t w t sh ; e o irae published wasaru enndo efeesupueecioafllythewe:eanctsthbeyutwheerled not t c ‘ n u r u i o fi u n r e a d gb to rn such ductrineep aelf:etoeraanl defence t on the life Of any prince. It had been said that, l by the law of England ferige it was high treason to compakasesiatosar .imagineetnthe%dpeaatshs or the sovereign, why not m (li l e ab be supported were s eise _ imagine the death of a foreign sove t r r e i g ; e t. ; was, that such an indictment co,ulied:: time without an overt act. When the r iet:xecution of Charlescotes I t the they reign the statute of were indicts] Charles e ct l 4 under Edward 111., in compassing and imagining the late King Charles 1., of blessed - mem g orY e , d ard th ee o e f overt act laid was cutting off his head ; but they were not indicted for that act. He wou ld very much regret to see any change in the law which would lead to a revival of the old Alien Act; he entertained the strongest objection to some of its provisions, and would not con dent to re-enact them except in a most modified form. Under the old a 6 person was sent back to the country from which he he'd escaped. It was often put in motion against debtors—e a creditor went to the Alien-office and denounced h is debtor, and the man was at once shipped of I. If such a power was to be given again, they ought to allow tl e per son a choice as ,to the country to which he would be sent. He was quit e sure the law of this country was sufficient severely to punish such acts as those most com plained of, and he .L rusted her Majesty's Government would see the neceeti ty of potting it in force as soon as they had proof to amp port an indictment. Lord CAMPBELX s said be had the honour to be the head of the criminal j indiction in this country, and he should most sincerely d eprecate any change which would extend the power of the Government over aliens. The law as it stood gave the Government as much power as it ought to have. If thee - e men committed a crime, let them be punished ; but a ntil they did, let them enjoy the hospitality of this coo ntry. There was no doubt that as the law now stood a conspiracy in this country, be tween British subjects or aliens, to assassinate a foreign sovere'gn, to commit inure ler abroad, or disturb the peace existing between this cum itry and any other in amity with the Queen, was a n iisdemeanour liable to very severe punishment, and :not merely a conspiracy, but even the act of individuals. There was no doubt that exhorting by word of mouth to commit a crime would be a misdemeanour ; to exhort 'by words to commit murder or to raise a riot, was certainly an offence ; and any speaker doing so might at once be apprehended and prosecuted. It was an diet ce to recommend a crime, and on that ground the law of libel rested. He had the honour to be a law officer of the Crown for nine years, and the only information he filed ex officio was against Fer gus O'Connor for having, by his publication in the Norther): Star, exhorted the people to plunder their superiors, stating that the land was the property of the nation, and ought to be divided ; he was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment ; no doubt to do the same by aid of another would be an offence. There was no reason for a change in the law unless it was intended to give increased power to the Government; if it was desired to em power the G ,vernmeet, on the requisition of any foreign state, immediately, without any proof of complicity, to expel an alien, then the law must be changed, but God forbid it should. In this country, aliens and native born subject are all considered subjects of her Majesty ; while they remain here and obey the law, no distinction is made between them. This country hod always been an asylum for the oppressed, and he hoped it would never lose that character. If there were some anomalies in the law, or some diversity in the laws of different parts of the United Kingdom, be would not resist a change in those respects ; but if any proposal was made to take away from aliens the rights they now enjoyed, he would most strenuously resist it. The Earl of HARD WICKE said that if the Secretary for War was in his place he would have made some inquiries as to the state of the defence of the country. They had lost an army in India, and had been obliged to replace it by the army which was required for the de fence of this country. He believed the army in India was hardly sufficient for the work before them, but to supply it the country had been entirely denuded of troops. The Government ought to call out the whole of the militia, as St was required tor the defence of the country, and it would also be necessary to form anew army is England to provide fur the exigencies of the service. The state cf the navy, which, with the militia, was the natural defence of the country, was contemptible, but lust ad of keeping even this small force at home, they were occupying it in a contemptible war, a war the most contemptible and disgraceful the country had ever been engaged in. The war commenced with a sham, and after the spirited minister had succeeded in his object and got his Parliament, be did nothing for a year : but now it appeared, probably to please that Parliament, that they were about to bombard Canton—that' bombardment would be the most criminal and disgraceful act ever re corded in the history of this country. They proposed I then to hobithat place with 1,000 ma r i ne s an d 600 t r o .pa ' against the Chinese. Of all the contemptible proceedings ever attempted, none was more so than the attempt to hold the place with such a force against a great though an un warlike nation. They could not expect to gain any thing by such a step except to rob this country of a portion of its trade, and the defence of a portion of its navy. He regretted that the noble lord (Pannaure) was not in his place, as he meant to ask what he intended to do with regard to the defences of the country, because those defences were not in a condition they ought to be in even under the most ordinary circumstances. He feared that none of the noble lords opposite could much enlighten him as to the state of the army and navy, and should therefore wait for a future opportunity to put a question on be subject of the national defences. Tne subject then dropped. BISHOPS' TRUSTS SUBSTITUTION BILL, On the motion of the Bishop of OXFORD, the Bishops' Trusts' Substitution Bill was read a first time. THE VOTE OF THANKS TO THE INDIAN ARMY. In reply to the Earl of ELLENZOBOUGH, Earl GRA.NVILLE sail that he would lay on the table the terms of the vote of thanks to the Indian army. The house adj )urned at a quarter past 7. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTiitDAY.) ►Parliament re-assembled yesterday afternoon for the despatch of general business. The members commenced assembling at an early hour, and before half•past thrt• more members had taken their placesttme were sufficient to make a house. By four the benches were nearly half filled, the majlrity being on the Ministerial side. Lord Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, and Mr. Labouchere, members of the Cabinet, arrived about half-past 4 o'clock. The SPEAKER took the chair At a few minutes before 4 o'clock. his intention to bring in a bill to facilitate the transfer of land. (Hear, bear.) EAST INDIA REINFORCEMENTS OF TROOPS. Sir DE LACY EVANS rose to move, pursuant to notice, for a select committee to inquire concerning the measures resorted to, or which were available, and as to the lines of communication adopted for reinforcing our army, during the pending revolt in India, and to report thereon to this house ; with a view to ascertaining the arrangements which should be made, towards meeting any future important emergencies involving the security of our Eastern dominions. He moved the resolution, omitting the last sentence, viz., " with a view of," &c. Sir C. NAPIER seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government had no objection to the motion. They were desirous of giving the house the fullest information on the subjee. Mr. DISRAELI took an objection to the omis sion of the last senterce of the motion. He ob jected to a chan4e in the terms of a motion, after due notice had been given of it, and entered on the paper for the consideration of the house. A discussion ensued on a point of order, whether the omission could be made in the resolution, in which Mr. Disraeli, Sir J. Pakingten. Lord J. Rushll, Mr. Roe buck, Air. Horefall, Sir Da Lacy Evans, and others took part. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government had no objection to the form of words on the votes as being comprehensive for the purpose required. He advised the gallant General to withdraw his resolution and mote it as it stood on the votes. The Government were willing the inquiry should be made in the terms of the resolution. After some discussion, Sir DE L. EVANS withdrew his motion, and Mr. ROEBUCK moved it as it stood on the paper. Mr. DISRAELI said the country had a right to know why the change had been made in the tenni of the resolution. It looked like an arrangement to prevent discussion on the subject. Sir DE L. EVANS denied that he had been actuated by the motives ascr,be to him. He had not had any communication with the Government on the matter. Ultimately the resolution, in its entirety, was put to the house. After some remarks from Col, FRENeff, Lord J. RUSSELL moved the omission of the words in the resolution, after the word " house." No benefit would result from the committee's complying with the requirements of the last part of the resolution as it stood on the paper. . . Mr. tofSILAELI complained of the course now pro posed. The Solicitor-General, by putting this notice on the paper, had prevented any other hon. membe r doing so. It was right the subject involved should be discussed and inquired into, but he did not think the house would agree to the resolution as it now stood. He suggested that the motion should be withdrawn and proposed on a future day, when the subject might be properly dis• cussed first,'lnd a committee be after wards appointed. Lord rALMERSTON said the Government were satisfied the inquiry Should take place, and they believed it would be better attained by the labour of a com mittee up stairs rather than by a debate in that house. The ri g ht hon. gentleman was a nx i ous f or the sake of the Government that the committee should not be appointed, and he (Lord Palmerston) thanked the right hon. gen tleman for the interest he took in the Government, but he was of opinion that inquiry would be more satisfac tory than a desultory debate in that house. This was precisely the subject that was fittest for an inquiry by a committee. The right hon. gentleman had adverted to the di +astrous effect of the monsoon in the desert of Egypt, perhaps next be wou l d speak of the dangers of a sand storm in the Indian Ocean. (Laughter.) He (Lor , l Palmerston) had given his reasons for the course which had been adopted, and no doubt those reasons were not satisfactory to the right honourable gentle man, but that was a misfortune which those on the Treasury bench must expect to encounter. What he (Lord Palmerstm) bad stated was that to send a large body of troops by way of the Red Sea a large number of ships would be required, and as those ships must have been sent round the Cape to the Red Sea, it was better to send the troops in them at once. He would not go into the deals, they were for the committee to inquire into. The right hoe. gentleman complained of being taken by surprise, that he had not had notice enough to prepare a speech. Why, if he had not bad sufficient notice in the six weeks which had inVervened since the adjournment, what would four or five days be now 7 Probably the right hon. gentleman had discovered in that interval that the result of the inquiry of the committee would not be such as to meet tae views of the right hon. gentle. man. Mr. NAPIER thought the Government had exhibited gi •►t courage in going into this committee, for ho could tall them that things would coma out w hich they little expected. Sir DE LACY EVANS, in reply, said that the variety of paternity attributed to the motion by the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire, arose from his repeated objections to everything that had been proposed by hon. gentlemen on that side of the house in reference to the motion before them. The right hon. gentleman was in error when he said that he (Sir De Lacy Evans) had not introduced the subject in the manner it deserved. His opinions on it were well known, having repeatedly and freely exeressed them on former occasions; but he presumed the cause of the right hon. gentleman's anger arose from his having come down to the house primed with a speech, which the course of events hardly gave him a chance of de livering. (Laughter.) He denied that be was an habitual supporter of the Government, as the right honourable gentleman had charged him, or the supporter of any party in that house. He owed allegiance to no party, and claimed to be an independent representative of - one of the largest constituencies in the kingdom; and, as far as he could judge, they con sidered him such. He also distinctly denied the charge that it had been arranged between him and the Gevernment the course he should adopt, and said that the only intimation he had of the intention of the Government to grant this committee, was a statement made in the House of Lords by Lard Granville to that effect, before the Christmas recess—a piece of infor mation that was accessible to the right hon. gentleman, and which was confirmed in that house by a similar statement from the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Control, He indignantly denied the imputation of collusion, and said that in the former discussions on the transport of troops to India he had agreed with the right hon. gentleman, and quoted from his speeches. Mr. BENTINCK protested against the position in which hon. members were placed by the course that had been adopted. He could not vote for referring this matter to a select committee, because his experience taught him that to refer questions involving charges against the Government to a Select committe e was the surest way of getting rid o f them, and the nobl e l or d bad exercised sound discret io n in accepting the mot i on. If the house went to a division on the notion, he and those who agreed with him would be placed hi a v er y difficult position by ha vin g to record thei r op i n i on against a portion of the motion, without having, an opprtunity afforded them of recording their votes against the original motion. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE raid that he, in common with large numbers in the country, held strong opinions on the transport of the troops to India. He considered that 'a-see bodies of troops at the early part of the rebel. lion Leigh; have been trau.spor.ed ti India, across the Isthmus of Suez without endangering the health of the men, having himself ascertained from experience that no physical impossibility prevented them crossing that part of the desert. He knew that steamers were for some time kept ready coaled at Bombay, waiting to be sent to Suez the moment it was known that troops had arrived there to be conveyed to India. Thera were good barracks for the men at Cairo, a railway to convey the troops some distance, and the remaining distance might have been marched over by ni g ht , so as to have hid between 40) and 500 men to send diwn the Red Sea at a time by the regular month'ysteamers. Calm weather would haue assisted their transit, and the heat in the Red Sea would not have been found half so hot by the men as it was felt by their brother soldiers before Delhi. Having gained the Straits of Babelmandel a south -',vest wind would have carried them to Bombay, and from thence they would have been carried by rail way in a few hours to one of the most delightful climates in the world. He thought the Government ought to have availed them selves ee the opportunity of sending troops across the Isthmus of Suez at an earlier period. With reference to sailing vessels and steamers ,the right hon. baronet said that from February to April large fast sailing vessels, such as the James Raines and Sovereign of the Seas, would make a good passage in revensy or seventy-five days • but in calm summer time steamers greatly slur pacee'd them in speed. It wi.s a great oversight of the Gueernment.not having employed steam at the early stage of the mutiny. lie thou ght it a disastrous thing that the Government should have disbanded so speedily the transport board that was called into existence by the Russian war, and had been brought to a high state of perfection as a valuable department. Had that board been in existence at the time of the break• ing out of the mutiny, it would have been able to have given the Guveimnent valuable information relative to the force and power of every merchant steam-vessel :a the country, the expense of conveying men and goods, and where to procure ships, by which means the troops would have been forwarded in a much shorter period than they were. Mr. VINSITTART considered the inquiry should be a comprehensive one, bat he feared it would lose its value if it were a private one. It was a matter of deep regret that the Government bad not at a rutmb earlier period availed themselves of the overland route to despatch troops to India. Th e 94 th Regiment was sent out over land a few weeks since, and in 45 hours after they left Alexandria they emb arked at Suez, with the whole of the bagga ge a n d supplw, and th e artillery in 26 hours. , The journey down the Red Sea was rapid by steamers, and as to the hew,, a.tion compared to what ssldiers were gener , Ly exposed to. Ile hoped, if au i nquiry took place, it would be full and comprehe ns i ve. Mr. MARS II h a d twice made the passage of the Red Sea, it was a b sur d to g i ve that a consider- Sea, and he neve r experienced so much misery from heat in passing down th e R ed Sea as he had in Australia. Lord V. TEM PEST remind e d the house that be had repeatedly urged on the Government the necessity of promptly sending reinforcements to India and that it ,vas preferable t oeend troop] by steamers , than sailing vessels. He obj, c t e d to a secret inquiry; 33 propose d b y this measure ; but th at the import ao c e ot the crisis should be pressed on the G overnment in that house, i n t h e f ace ..1 the country. Hithert o no satisfactory i n f o rmation had been obtained from Ginernment, and he was convinced that an invest i gation up-stairs wou ld fail to show tbesbort ,soraing of the Government. He had ventured to hope that the Government would have given the house and the country some information as to the measures they intended to take for the future. , By the last accounts from India that gallant and great man, Sir C. Campbell, had been prevented from realising any great results from his mill. tary genius from the want of men. Unfortunately the motto " too late" characterised otir doings in India, the same as in the Crimea. 111 called on hon. members to force on the Government the necessity of adopting means for reinforcing our army in India. The house divided, when the numbers were— For the motion as on the paper Against it Majority —69 Lord J. Russell's amendment was therefore lost. CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION REFORNI. Sir G. GREY, in moving for leave to introduce a bill for the better regulation of the Corporation of London, said it would he unnecessary for him to occupy the h .use with any lengthened observations. The main features of the bill were the same as that ha laid on the table on a former occasion, and which he then fully explained. • It had been, however, subjected to some modifications, to which he would briefly call the attention of the house. The bill he before introduced was based on the recom mendations of the committee of inquiry into the corpo ration of London, and it embodied many of the recom mendatiens of the commissioners. The commissioners recommended that the wards should be reduced from 26 or 23 wards to 16, the present inequality in area, &c , being got rid of. They a:3o proposed that the govern ing body, like all other municipal bodies, should consist of a Lord Mayor, aldermen, and common council. Tee present body consists of 232 members, and it was pro plead by the former bill, in accordance with the recom mendation of the commissioners, that each of the 16 wards should return one alderman and five common councilmen ; lent in consequence of the communications that had passed between the Government and the representatives of the corporation, it was now pro posed that each ward should elect six instead of five councilmen, which would make the number 112, instead of 232, the present number. The constituency would be altered, and be a little extended between that recommended by the commissioners and that by the coreoration of Loielon, in the billie•ormer:y laid by them on the table of the house. Tee present bill proposed a fated occupation of a house or premises to the annual value of 101,, doing away with the restriction at present existing of every elector being a liveryman or on the parliamentary registry. The Common Council were to be elected annually, but with respect to the aldermen, it was proposed to depart from the recommen dation of the onemnissioners, and at thesame time it was not thought right that the same rule that appred to the aldermen of boroughs should be applied to the city of London, for they occupied a different position to that of aldermen of boroughs, having important magisterial duties to perform. He did not think it desirable that persons exercising magisterial functions should be sub ject to election or re-election, except in the case of a mayor, and departing from the recommendation of the commissioners relative to the election of aldermen nod the discharge of magisterial duties, he proposed by this bill that the aldermen of London should be elected for life, and regain their magisterial functions, power being vested in the Common Council, is cases where it was shown that after election a majority of the constituents had grounds of complaint against an alderman, to de prive him of his gown, or deprive him of such office, and it was not likely, in such a case, that he would be re oleete4 by the ward. The Lord Mayor would be elected from amongst such aldermen as bad filled the office of sheriff, or any person in the body qualified to serve, and chosen by the aldermen and Common Council. The quali fication for Lord Mayer, sheriffs, and Common Council would be alike. The office.olllecorder under the Municipal Act was vested in the Crown. The Crown did not intend to interfere with the election of Recorder for London, but leave the appointment to aldermen, who had hitherto exercised sound discretion in electing that officer. The Court of Aldermen would be abolished, and they would no longer be members of the Central Criminal Court, or take part in the juries there. The corporation would rstain its rights as to property; but it was proposed to abolish the exclusive right of trading, street tolls, wilt sive rights of fellowship porters,and several things of that .kind. The coal-tax was of three kinds—one was a tax of 31. a ton, which the City claimed as a part of its estate, and which was subject to a charge of 600,0001. ; a second was a toll of id., subjected is a charge of 12,0001., which expired in 1862 ; and the third was a toll of ld., which found its way to the Consol dated Fund, would expire in 1862, and therefore it was not proposed to deal with either of them by the present bill. He believed that no objection would be made by the corporation to the introduction of the measure, or to its principle, though probably there might be to some of its details. Ample opportunity would be afforded for a fair and deliberate discussion of its merits. Application had been made to him on the part of the city of London to permit them to introduce as a private bill one similar to this in many of its leading provisions, but he had thought it undesirable, believing it could be better dealt with as a public bill. The right hon. baronet then moved for leave to introduce the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER seconded the motion. Mr. Alderman CUBITT said he thought the citizens of London would never consent to the election of Lord Mayor being taken out of the hands of 14,000 livery. men and ratepayers, and placed in those of the common council. It Wag important to the due administration of the criminal law that the aldermen of London should have an opportunity of seeing and studying its adminis tration. Hitherto they had derived great advantage from sitting in the Central Criminal Court side by side with the judges of the land, and he thought it desirable that privilege should be cautioned to them. He way at a loss to see what objuotion there could be to its continuance. He also objected to any member of the common council being eligible to the office of Lord Mayor. It was very desirable the choice should be from amongst those who had had considerable experience iu civic matters. An alderman looked forward to fill the civic chair after filing the office ten years, and he hoped he would not be deprived of his rigbts. He had other oljections to the bill, but he would not state them then. To-morrow he should ask leave to introduce a bill on the part of the corpora tion of London, when the house would have an opp.rtu nity of judging between the two measures, Mr. W. WILLIAMS expressed his disapprobation that the coal-tax was to be retained, and ?aid he was prepared to show the corporation had no claim to it. The tax was originally levied for tho payment of a debt that had long since been liquidated. He- thought the operations of the bill should have been extended, and not confined to the present City boundary. Mr. M‘MAIION expressed regret that Government had not dealt with the question of the appropriatiox of the property of the Irish Society, and that legislation was postponed. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had heard the statement of the right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) with gnat pleasure, and was glad to find that he was in nearer agreement with the corporation than when the subject was last before the house. He certainly thought it ex pedient that aldermen should sit for life instead of for six years ; and as the question of the coal duties was not necessarily mixed up with this measure, he was glad that it had not been dealt with by it. (Bear.) He con fessed ho could havo wished that the old form of electing the Lord Mayor and aldermen had been preserved ; but he thought the bill a very considerable improvement upon tho previous one. Parliament ought al ways to recollect that the city of London and its corporation hail during most critical periods of our history shownattach• mont to the liberties of the country, and that therefore change p+l 4 ht not to be carried further than was neces sary. (Hear.) Sir J. SHELLEY asked whether the police of the whole metropolis were to be placed under one head by this bill ? There was a strong feeling in the public mind in favour of amalgamation. Sir DE LACY EVANS also urged the policy of consolidating - the force. Sir G. GREY . said the bill did not contain any provi sion on this subject. Leave was th - en given to Iping in the bill, which was subsequently read a first time. HEIRS (SCOrLA.ND) BILL. , --- Mr. DUNLOP ohtaine I leave to bring in a bill to abolish the privil"ges of heirs in Scotland in regard to the Pippins Drbberandi. VALUATION OF LANDS (SCOTLAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. DUNLOP obtained leave to bring in a bill to do away with the exemption from valuation under the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Act (1854) of certain de scriptions of lands and heritages. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT:(IB43) AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. COWPER, the second reading of this bill was postponed until Monday next, after a few remarks from Sir G. B. PEOHELL and Sir H. WIL LOUGHBY. NEW MEMBERS. The following gentlemen elected dur ing the recess took the oaths and their seats : —Mr. Miner Gibson, (Ashton-under-Lyne), Mr. Cavendish (Buck-), Sir A. Agnew (Wigtonshire), Mr. Dent, Mr. Lyall, and Mr. Duff (Elgin). Mr. M. GIBSON was received with loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the house. As soon as he had taken the oaths, subscribed the roll, and been presented to the Speaker, he received the congratula tions of his Immediate friends and supporters. He took his usual seat on the second bench below the gangway. NEW WRIT. ..._.. —--- The SPEAKER an nounce d - to the house that during the recess he had issued his writ for the election of a member for Reigate, in the room of Mr. Hackblock, deceased. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. General P. THOMPSON presented a petition in favour of Parliamentary reform. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Aylesbury in favour of an alteration in the present Government for India. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ wag or dered for the city of Limerick, in the room of Mr. Ser geant O'Brien lately app o i n t e d one o f th e J ust i ces of the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland. THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that he should to morrow move an addresi of c t) her Ma jesty on the marriage of the Princess Royal. (Cheers.) VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that he should, on Monday, propose a vote of thanks to the army and navy for the services they had rendered in India. (Cheers.) CONSPIRACY TO MURDER. Lord P..kLMERSTON gave notica that he should, on Monday, ask for leave to bring in a bill for the purpose of amending the laws relative to conspiracies to commit murder, (Hear, hear.) LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on this day fortnight he should move a resolution that it was the opinion of this bouse that the office of Llrd Lieutenant of Ireland ought to be aboli-hed. (Cheers.) ROYAL BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS C 1. STEWART gave notice that be shou'd: row, 114 the Attorney-General if it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the prosecution against the Royal British Bank directors, (Hear, hear.) THE ANNEXATION OF OUDE. Mr. H. BAILLIE gave notice that he should, on Tuesday, the•l&h, call the attention of the house to the causes that led to the rebellion in the East, and for the production of certain da=patchee and paNrs in reference to the annexation of Oude. PARISH RATING. • Mr. SLA.NEY gave notice that on Thursday be shoul•1 move to introduce a bill to enable paii3hes or divisions of parishes to rate themselves for the purpose of general improvement. SERGEANT KAVENER. Colonel FRENCH gave notice that to-morrow he should a4k if it wa3 the into:A.4m of Government to confer some mark of distinction o❑ Sergeant KAveuer INDIAN PATRONAGE. Colonel SYKES gave notice that tc-morrowhe should move for a return of the cadetships issued by the Esst India Company and by the President of the Baud of Control, from 1840 to 1857, inclusive. EQUALISATION OF THE POOR RATES. Mr. AYRTON gave notice that on Thursday, the 18th, be h hould move to bring in a bill for the equalisa tion of poor rates in the metropolis. LOAN TO THE EAST INDIA. COMPANY. Mr. V. SAYER gave notice that on au early day he should bring in a bill to enable the East India Company to raise mo❑iy in the United Kingdom, for the purposes of the Indian Government. (Lrear ) INDIAN POLICE. CA SY KES notice that to-morro x he should move for eDpies of certain clocurnent3 relative to the Indian Ponca. THE LATE GENERAL HAVELOCK. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER :aid he - should that night move to diseba.ge the ()Mir for the second reading of the late General Havelock's Annuity Bid, and to-morrow propose a resolution for granting an annuity to Lady LiavelJek and the present Sir U. M. Havelock, (Cheers.) THE ALIEN BILL, panolkity a r e . oci ll trtv o e: E ptio ß onn U d et C on li j g ot a hr v da e tp n ina o al t ra i y c eh e ra3 t v ia t °c a n t p t ua c -psmsoenodrtrhboeewtswhueobesinh, coituhlo:if Government of France and this country on the subject of the Alien 811.1. (Cheers.) THE TRANSFER OF LAND. 41r F. KELLY gave notice that to-morrow he Ahlulcl put a quesltion to the A.tt oraey-General, whether it was ANNUITY TO LADY HAVELOCK. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUR gave notice that to-morrow (this day) he should move that the house resolve itself into committee to consider the gum.' tion of an annuity to Lady Havelock. The house then adjourned at 20 minutespast 7 o'clock THE LATE ATTEMPT UPON THE LIRE OP THE EMPEROR OR THE FRENCH. REFUSAL TO VOTE A CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS. At a meeting of the Town Council of Cambridge yesterday, after congratulatory addresses to her Majesty and the Prince Consort on flu, marriage of the Pi incess Royal had been unanimously agreed to, Mr. Balls proposed the following address to the Emperor of the French : " We, the Mayor, alderman, and burgesses of the borough of CAnsblidg 7 e, beg to express our horror and indignation at the late attempt upon the lives of their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French, and take the earliest opportunity of tendering to their Imperial Majesties the sincere congratulations of thiscorporation on their providential escape from the atrocious islet laid for their destruction, and earnestly hope that Providence may still preserve their Imperial Majesties to rule over a great and prosperous people." Mr. Beales opposed the prop sition, referring to the recent speech of Count de Morny, that of M. do Persigny to the Corpora'ion of London; and to the addresses of certain French officers to the Em peror. Mr. Beaks moved as an amendment : "That while the council desires to express their deep abhorrence of the recent attempt upon the lives of the Emperor and the Empress of the French, they consider it inexpedient to present an address at the present time." The opposition to the address to the Emperor led to considerable discussion. On a division the voting was equal for and against the proposlion. The Mayor (Ur. llurrell) gave his sassing vote in favour of the amendment, and thus the proposal for an address to - the Emperor of the French was rejected. BANK RE itURNI An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 82, of the Average Anioant of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issuo in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, Vie 231 day of Jan., 1358 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amon nt. Andover Batik ' Andover--Heath and Co 9,435 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jensmitt Poinfret,and Co. Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 19,623 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 25,626 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 7,697 Basingstoke and Odiha,m Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co. ... 32,923 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co , 9,602 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-U. M. and G. Tubb 13,409 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 18,836 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,558 Boston Bank, Boston-Clavpons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-T. Gee and Co. 15,217 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 31,473 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham- Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowinarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury J. C. and A Gillett Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 24,273 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. ,.. 29,799 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds & Co. 22,642 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-IL A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 30,147 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. l Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 10,364 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlledge and Co 2,500 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortloek &Co 13,531 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 42,591 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 81,375 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris . and Sons 17,659 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coate and Son 2,311 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Iladleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodoook City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 83,363 39,891 6,441 17,567 48,435 Co.. Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon- mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Breco.n Bank, and Ross an! Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Darby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 21,1 Devizes and Wiitehir• Bank, Devizes—Looks 6,245 10,325 29,550 and Co Disc Bank, Disc—Finchain, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster f,BBl 0,965 4 553 —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Heyonport Bank. Deyonport— Hodge and Co Dorchedter Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—lt. and H. Williams 43, 73 East ,Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos• 80,048 7,493 ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co._ Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Par 79,757 61,471 Q 8,430 27,108 ringaon-Barnes, Medley, and Co v 5,970 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight ... 10,223 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 5,957 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messre. Hay(lon.. 11,835 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 24,686 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-- Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and Co. Her ffich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,380 Hertfordshire, Hitehin Bank, Hitchin - Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, And Ross and Archenfield Bank, Rods - Morgan and Co 15,561 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Baoon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Radicle' Bank, Manningtrea and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Meroer, Randall, and Co. 10,250 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and C o . Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaxemborough-Harrison and Co 18,736 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. 12,632 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-O Harvey and Son 5,283 Loods Bank, Locds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds -W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester -T. &T. T. P age t 25,056 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes--Whittleld and Co 20,278 Lincoln Eank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co 77,908 Llandovory Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Lian dilo Bank, Llaudovery-D. Jones and Co 12,288 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough -Middle ton and Cradock 5,901 Lymington Bank, Lymington--a. and G. F St. Barbe Lynn Rogis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regia-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 0,487 Maoclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. blarlborougli Bank, 3.larlborougli and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, - and Hung vford Bank, Marlborough-Tan - ner and Co - Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williame and Son 5,516 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 12,082 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 25,932 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,680 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddgll 19,949 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford 7: llandley, Peaoock, and Co 48,378 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slooock 16,(0/ Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Co *mid' Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 50,313 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norvrioh—Gur nays and Birkbecks Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 7,606 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddook and Co 2,944 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. . 18,825 Now Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 10,651 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os vestry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Parsons and Co. ... 00,509 011 Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridg• ana Ton bridge Walla and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton-. bridge—T, 11. and S. Beaching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Sons 234 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank , and Boverl,3y Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 4 1 , 865 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co. 8 7664 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. .....9,782 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwaat_.4. and IV. Walters .......................................0 , 8 47 Reading Bank, Reading--Simonds and C 0... .:, 23433 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. ......... .................................... • 25,453 Richmond Bank, Richmond—R oper and CO. 5,020 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ~.. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood B an k, R oc h es- 2,488 ter—Day and Nicholson 6,323 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 12,966 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 8,886 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pornfrat, & Co 11,004 Rost Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross aillaway and Macalougal Saffron \Valdes\ and Nuith Essex Bank, Saf fron IValion—Gikrsons and Co. - 27,165 Salop Bank Shrewsbury--Burton, Lloyd, and Ca. 19,2,35 kicarhoaingh Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood all and Co 23,727 Shrowsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocks, By. tons, and Co.— •-• .......... ''••• ............... Sittingbourne sad Milton Bask, Satirgbourne —Vallanoe and Co. .............................. 2,334 Southampton Tone and County Bank, South amptaa—Maddison and I'tarce ............... 11,495 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 10,901. So athampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp tt —Atherley, Fall, and Co. Staffe,l Old Bank, Stafford--Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaton, Caylcy and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 24,895 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 8,307 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 7,876 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Trine - Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—tut cher and Son 12,704 Towcester told Bank; Towcester—Percival and Co 7,052 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole —G. W. Led gard and Sons 9,174 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 12,543 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 9,600 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, - Wells, and Co. 7,230 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 2,944 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Taw, - and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Airesford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester --Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—L+ liott and Pearce 14,716 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Ark wright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co 48,824 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock 6,739 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall— Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth dnd Suffolk Bank, and Ilalesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—G urneys , Birbeck, and Co 44,674 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co 12,605 York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co 40,449 37,622 14,032 17,11 S 32,843 6,464 49,171 7,583 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal 7,003 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 7,643 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 40,134 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Coventry and Warwick - shire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 19,981 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,240 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 123,770 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,868 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,738 Hull Banking Company, Hull 22,579 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 7,163 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax ........ 36,828 Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 11,542 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 20,183 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,005 Lancaster Banking, Company, Lancaster ...... 49,517 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,990 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 62,052 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 45,180 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 7,586 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 20,246 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 21,491 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 352,531 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 83,348 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 71,005 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 17,735 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 88,085 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 42,917 Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,777 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 110,601 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 42,679 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang p0rt......... . Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall.... 31,128 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Conk pany, Stourbrid ge 48,014 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 19,173 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 45,481 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. 43,082 Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 2,419 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake fie1d......................................... ....... 12,928 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 20,017 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 50,484 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 72,752 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Bl,lO Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 3,047 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 5,277 York Union Banking Company, York 83,445 York City and County Banking Company, 87,5511. Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 108,707 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank. Returns, Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan. 30. 8,156 24,875 12,173 48,t68 7,878 $2,211 22,860 10,060 PATRIOTIC FUND.—We are requested to state that a meeting of the It )yal Commissioners of the Patri otio Fun i will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday next, at the Palace at Westminster. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON. —At * monthly general Meeting, held yesterday, at the society's house, in Hanover-square —the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., vice-pre-ident, in the chair—Messrs J. A. Turner, A. W. T. Amherst, and W. F. Low, wore elected follows, and Dr. Pucheran, as a corresponding member of the society ; "and Messrs. P. Hardy, F.R.S., and H. A. Deane, were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The number of visitors to the gardens during► the month of January presented an increase of upwArds of 3,000, a 3 compared with the same period of last year. B IR BAXENDA 3d LE—On the iust. HS. -- , at Totteridge, H ur ts, Mrs. Lloyd, P axone l a l e, of a son. Cußns----On the 4th inst., at 68. Eceloston-squaro, the wife of Charles W. Curtis, Esq., of a daughter. PARBER- On the 21 inst., at Lnkesland, near Ivybridge, the wifo of Captain George Parker, R.N., of a daughter. READ—On the 3d lust., at Lee, Kent, the wife of Edmund Read, Esq., of twin daughters. MARRIAGES. BURNAM—PENTONY—On tho 3d inst., at St. Peter's, Walworth„klfred William Burnaby, of 1, Mitre-court, Milk-street, Cheapsile, awl 8, Cottage-plame,Walworth, to Mary, the daughter• of the late Matthew H. Pentonyi Esq., of Wal orth. GIBSON—LYNN-01i tho inst., at St. George's Church, Botolpb-lano, Mr. Henry Gibson, to Mrs. Elizabeth Lynn, of Lower Thames street. DEATHS. Bcwirt --On Clio 'nit ultimo, at Florence, Don Antonio Bogehi, the eminent professor of Italian in that city. CORBETT—O n the 3d inst., atDover-street, Edwin Corbett, Esq., of Tilstone Lodge, Cheshire, aged 79. CRAWCOUR —On the 2d inst., Moses Crawcour, Esq., late of Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, aged 79. DE: ST. CROIX—On the 2d init., at Staines, Mary, wife of tho late Win. de St. Croix, Esq., of Windsor. ITALVORD—Ou the 31 inst, at Aviary Cottage, Bath, Geo. fralford, Esq., aged 79. lILATIICOAT -On the 30th ult., at Hinckley, Leicester sllii e, Robert Heathcoat, Esq., aged 4;9. NEARGARY— Oa the 3d lust., at 3, Blandfora-place, IZe gont's-Park, J. J. L. Margary, Esq., aged 78. SHARPE—On the Ist inst., at. Hastings, Hercules Sharpe, Esq., of Oaklan is, Seddlosconab, Sussex. LONDON: Printed and Publighecl by LILTRDO YOUNG, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Orrice, Ne• 112., Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the counlY of biiddlesex,e" i3 T, February 5, 1858.