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MONT BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT. ('CRYSTAL sTEA P . vv A T A lle C L E ondon i‘l ' e F s l s ee r t s :st B re k t, suYppElyßtheaßned freshment D epartment: —]sinners in every variety, from Is &I to 55; and Light Refreshmetts of all kinds. See the daily bills of tare. CIHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall. TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THIRD ENT ERTAIN MENT.—Afany Patrons of the Christy's having been unable to gain admission owing to the limited numbers of Stalls, thay have now Introduced an extra r ow , w hi c h w i ll afford more comforts to their numerous patrons.—Evening at 8, and on Saturday Jlorning, commencing at 3. Prices—Boxes, 11. Is. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Area. 2s. ; Back ; Is. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Every Evening at S.—Wed nesday and Saturday Afternoons at 3—" TWO HOURS OF ILLU SIONS." —Private Boxes, two guineas, one guinea-and-a-half, and one guinea; St a ll s, 5 9.: Balcony Seats, 45.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—Flaces may 3 3, Old Bond -street. be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL MUSEUM, TIC HBORNE-STREET (Opposite the Haymarket). Open daily. Admission, ONE SHILLING. LECTURES by DR. KAHN, at Three and Eight. DR• KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON . THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post freo on receipt of twelve stamps. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, strand. —ARGYLL CASINO, with R. BIGNELL'S celebrated band ; form er l y conducted by the late EoftLE LAURENT, now con ducted by th 3 great artist, Mons. LAMOTTE, of the Grand Salle Valentino at Paris; principal cornet-a•oiston. ‘f. BOULCOURT, " the greatest artist in the world on that instrument;" Leader, Mr. CHARLES HALL. The above band plays selections from "La Traviata," "It Trovatore," and "Lucia Di Lammermoor," nightly, and Is to be engaged for Concerts and Balls. Apply to R. R. BIGNELL, at the "Original Argyll Booms," Great Windmill-street, Hay market. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, Is. G REAT UNITED STATES' CIRCUS. Messrs: HOWES and CUSHING, Proprietors.—The largest Equestrian Establishment in the World, numbering over Two Hundred Men and Horses, is NOW OPEN for a Short Season, at the ALHAMBRA. PALACE, Leicester-square, giving Two Perform ances each day. commencing at half-past Two, and a quarter to Eight o'Clock, p.m. In consequence of the immense attendance at the evening's performances, the proprietors beg to state .their intention of continuing the Grand Morning Entertainments daily until further notice. The Day Performance is fully equal to that of the Evening. Admission —Private Boxes from 2/. 2s to 31. 3s each ; Stalls, 5s ; Reserved Seats. 3s; Boxes, 2s; Pit. Is ; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes and Stalls can only be secured at the Alhambra Palace, and Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33. Old Bond-street. Box-Office open from 10 a.m.. unt I 5 p.m. No fee for booking places. No Programmes are correct but those purchased inside the building, and only One Penny each is allowed to be charged. Carriages must set down n ith horses' heads towards Charing Cross ; taking up to the North. G RANDES NOUVEAUTES IN PARIS.- ' Ll. COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE, No. 37, Boulevard des C tpueinos, Paris, llama just exposed for sale their NOVELTIES for the SEASON, COM SILE-STCFFS, LACE, Indian and French CACIIEMIRES, printed Mosta:vs and PIQUES, FANCY STUFFS of all kinds, WEDDLNG OUT FITS, MANTLES, BURNOUS, &C. The successive aggrandizements of the establishment of LA COM PAGNIE LYONN4ISE have rendered it one of the most extensive in Europe ; the ware-rooms st the present day comprise upwards of thirty saloons or galleries, having four separate entrances. Being their own manufacturers, their productions are not liable to the extra charges made on account of intermediate agents, and thus this company can afford to offer to the public on terms far more advan tageous than any other house. Every article, even the Cachemires is marked in plain figures. LA CO\IPAGNIE LYONNAISE have established houses at Lyons, Kashmere, Ale:ic. - n, and Chantily for the manufacture of Cachemires, and Lace, but they have no succursale for sale in any country whatever. METROPO LIT A.N COUNTIES LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- treet, Waterloo- Place, London, S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and loans on adTantageous terms. F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Manager. N.B. Policies in force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life Assured, provided the Fremiums be paid within the thirty days of grace. FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. N ORT II BRITIS II INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1499. Incorporated by Royal Charter. PRESIDENT —ilis Grace the Duke of ROXBURGIIE, K.T. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. So'icitor, ALEXANDER DOBIE, Esq., Lancaster-Place. Capital of Oue Mil:ion—accumulating Premium Fund 654,000/. Revenue from Life Premiums alone 116,030/., annually increasing . Nine -tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially , divided among the insurers on the participating scale of Premiums. All Profit Policies F ffected during the current year will 'share in the Profits of Seven Years, and will secure a larger BONUS at every future division of Profits. The Bonus accumulations at last investigation ranged from 25 to 70 Per cent. on the Premiums paid. ROBERT STRACILA.N, Secretary. 4. Bank Iluildin,gs, Lotlibury, London. E.C. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858 : estab lished 1 837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Orace,—lt always has been and still is the practice of this society to pay claims under policies of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc curring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. E MPowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORSIIIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. ----- EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Wln• Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq- Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D , Cantab., John Symes, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO TIIE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Profcasor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Confab , F.R S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &C. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. Messrs. SOLICITORS. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-row. May, next Qui nquenn i al Division of Profits will be declared i May, 18W. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Polley Bonus in Permanent taken Age. Sum addition Bonus in Ete,Metion o' out in Assured. to Sun Cash. Annual Pre- Assured. mium. ----- X As. d. £s. d. Xs. d. 1833 55 3,000 867 17 7 424 1 4 56 3 8 1811 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 S 10 15 2 IAI 55 2,800 120 17 0172 14 6 67 7 --- The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1834. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every aye Years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upward of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair Inan, 142, Strand. 142, Strand, London, W.C. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. AN ACT OF Glt kTITUDE.-5,000 Copies of a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.—GEOßGE THOMAS, having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of memory, a nd dimness of sight, resr.ltino from the early errors of youth, by fol lowing the instructions given ' in a Medical Work by a Physician, he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore send tree, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the medical work containing every information required. Address, G. Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES ( ea ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by 11 - 1 TI BARRY'S delicious R,EVALENT.A 5 ARABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, Inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and Muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to Yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,832. " FiTty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and_ sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Lofilg, ntwearvDielsasr,agNeortaik."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, vaasness, Indi gestio . hin Waltham Cross, Herta, a cure of extreme ner- Ire No. 4 8,314. Miss Elizabeth low spirits, and nervous fancies.— C zabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver pOOl : a cure or ten ye , ‘r. s d lity. Cure Andrew T YLP r e . Plla. and the horrors of nervous irrita ty. Cure No. 18,216. sia, ervons irritability , re of constipation, dyspep sia. debility. Curt No. 36,212. 0 Dr. Sherland of dropsy Cure No. 42,116 Major Edle of ennel. : C PR:e l :ro t n e. e N n A t o l ß o ia f e2 n t heo of liver elil c a p :d i e total f4ts prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418, Rev' Dr, D A r l . l n H s IT; e o y f cramps, spasms, and daily vornitln of diarrlicea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. *Dr. Wurtzer,of co 32,883. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of para mi. Imiveerrehdaenrt,..Fgreimmelnety, suniPti" ' Cure N * 1r Jam sp es Ro g ber lysis. Cure No. 413,270. N . Cure N o . 4 ~814. Mr..Sierr.irmne,l, Dowagerl axto ittin oPtl eed ri,L e e o tee im s t t e e ot thirty years diseased lungs,. Partial deathess. of two years' diarrhoea. Care No 52,612. , and di sv of Castleatuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile gestion, Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of t eo n _ ' gumption, after her medical adv isers years nervousnes s had abandoned a ll hope s of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twen t y suffered great con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from whichfiraye great rilaery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been .1„ effectually cured b) 4208. 'Du Barry's Food in a very short, ht years' dis .,,tinse. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London!' No. i Paiute., nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausca, for Which my servant had consulted the advice (of many, have been Food. I shall be e ffectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flaven „Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." No, 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, neck and left arm, With pains in my dered of 11888, my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon S kibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita tation s:— lThe Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an ityunc ion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for tnitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably paeked for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, lib 2s 9d ; 21b 45 6d ; 51b lls , le2lb 225. The 121 b car- Cage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and 0 .. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. pur veYsrs to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; Jamei Wells, 4a, Sloane Street ; also at GO, Oraeechurch.atreet ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4 Cheapalde ; 49, and 60, Bishepagato-Street ; 63, 150 and 198 Ox. Ord'atritet. - . TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary Vice- President of The Imperial African Institute of France, and Physician to the Bedford Dispen3ary, 27, Alfred-Place, Bedford-square, Lon don, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." "The true Guide to those who de3ira a speedy and private cure.' —University Magazine. " The 'NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' shows the absurdity of the English mode of treating such complaints,will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means presented."—Evening Star. For Qualification, vide Diplomas and " MeLlical Directory." over again as Mr. Dig ienee of the cl penny re the proposal a fair trial, length gat nsion of the y increasing Lmost imper xtent of the a consciona• ierefore, the at the most )unced prat' ch this viol( the prices of t to any par' tam limited character of ie the last to 3 , it is to be iciently keen iutegiity. • market this eat and flour; the latter 6(1 anced again 1° to prices. Bat' over the rri' , ; re request fo r. Black Soo ,nd yellow 34'; noderate 5130 ; of foreign oil otations abol: 11 demand, . 1 " vas a good 15 1 .es unchanged' IS, 46s 10d. -S r a moderafg from 13 to to 503; . os ts ji 375; boson .eign 8/ Co ), 2 / to — 4; —a. wheat, and ; lw last wee k Niairing 10 r••• 1. Noebset • mit ere d. OP" 11. e, and a g° 44 week. , stone ; per head, 1 . 1, _°. 6e 6d ; pro' ENDAY. -.. 29 ••••••• •.......... 25 57 ...". 4114 •• •• 1 95 , I•• •• 04 19 5 , I•••• •• 514 o•• •••• 51 ,•••• • s';iglii _.."— lON, PEN 01 ' are X 3 17 .. 0 0 v • 0 0 •.0 0 v • 00 ° pleasure 19 , 1 : ediein• bY e ' , acy, Coney e iugh, Astbll t few estrlo4, re No 47, 1 e, , raltham or ow stion, Sat, b , 48 31g' • , o )ol : a eo': t i, is initablll e , tnd,9tloi v e d, feels indit e at Du Barry her, e`a bile, gr,,Z i j rnding. ma y be e: d. 11y answer lebrated Dr. Harrel: )r. I110$ r t ' ; CaEltlestUll peetable Pi ° ;: ter all o _,,nr f u ll instr,' , ; 51b. 11 : 0 ! free 01 1 1 10 nd C 0. ,, nst the fe S eT, la ncellor 10th Id D f toting ill, the Oil° )ver-scia' l* er. de , cent, fl/f i Bart., ° Saul s o le ughter. the 00 of Cs° s so ol Miss ths ellonci fir ant of d, I ° l ' s °. „siogo °l n io vo' F' °f Or 0 3. Rich ni a ,te ishoPs, ViO P r ° ols , th tsi ir d . JC yoll lo' am , C° IN O . 20,539.) 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(in stamps), G 4 pages, FrITIE EASY SELF-CURE, without MEDI CINE,' INCONVENIENCE, or EXPENSE, of constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia), diarrhoea, phlegm, dysentery, nervousness, biliousness and liver complaints, flatulence, distension, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, hysteria, neuralgia, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, erysipelas, eruption of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea, and sickness, low spirits, pasms, cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of memory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, indeci sion, wretchedness, by a natural and pleasant means, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. Supported by many respect able persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed.—Mann, Nephews, 39, Cornhill, and through. all Booksellers in town and country. CONTRACTS for C ANYASS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 19th April, 1858. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice. that on TUESDAY, the II th May ti x.t, at Two o'clock, they will he ready to treat with such per sons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Devon port, with 22,770 BOLTA OF CANVA3S, (including 720 Bolts of 18 inches wide) to be delivered by the 31st of December next. Tenders may be made for any quantity not less than 1,000 Bolts, and no tender will be received unless made on the printed form, properly filled up, which, together with "Instructions or making the Canvass," may be obtained on application to this office. No tender will he received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Canvass," and must also be delivered at Somerset-pace, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 251. per Cent. on the value for the due periormance of the Contract. TO THE WEALTHY AND RESPECTABLE CLASSES. THE honour of an INSPECTION of the fbllowieg ARTICLES OF DRESS is requested by 11. J. and D. NICOLL : For GENTLEMEN, at 114, 111, 118, and 125, Regent street, and 22. Cornhill, Paletots of every description, some being of beautiful light fabrics for summer, and others of thicker materials, which, like those for trousers and waistcoats, are the best specimens of English manufactures. A large assortment may be found ready for imme diate use ; some are waterproofed, and the whole. are marked in plain figures, at most moderate prices. In the Establishment, 142 Regent-street, for LADIES' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, the same excellence prevails, particularly in Mantles and other Garments of silk and cloth. Messrs. Nicoll employ Cutters for each specially. /SEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole cidPharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. 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A '' ' ' ' 'I , ~ -.,.• ...., rkV,.. , . ) , 11 0 . . ,,,, t , ,'' -, , - ..- , ~..,.." _____-'-'" / N., ' N. , 1e..11111 dead of 5 per cent. for 25 years. It was also agreed that . 1 . . . , , ,r , : i ,,, • in order to prove the stabetantial character of the railway. v. . • a• .. , . , three months. Afieisome neiotiations , Mr. St ephansos -1,4 was again despatched to India, with a staff of dicers, to 'I bomuutgalchsetevtteobraehlinmveeesempsrsboaemrrysot were a ed rra t ngements, but then came the is commercial crisis in 1847; and ther e bsi nggrea t diffioulty . it in getti ng money, t h e un d ertak i ng fell to the ground..fle ~ a (Mr. Cr aw f or d) a t tr ib ute d t hi s unfortunate ciro unsetartoo I to the dil a t ory procee di ngs o f t h e B oard of Coatrol,,lo money was ch eap . An. Hon. MEMBER move d th a t the house be counted, he im u m nd ed er ia tali tsl i y ng b: l l:ug l h a t 4s in, w a lt. nd there being a few more than 40 members present, Mr. CRAWFORD proceeded to explain that it was ultimately arranged that the railway should be con. structed by private individual', and not by Government,. and that the railway companies should have the power of selecting officers and determinin g the mode of con struction. The Court of Directors declined. to pays divi. .1 dend on the capital, but they agreed to pay a aortal* 1 annual interest on the capital of the railway company, , r giving the shareholders the option of throwing the rail. .i way on the hands of the Government if that interest 3 were not paid. Another condition was, that the G o y im . necesga at tbe board companiesm en t ehou by should be n ex . represented offi cio d i a r t ee t t h o e r o workingn the partboardsof t h o o f a the o. vernment authorities. Sir J. Melvill was sent out for that r * than n po b s e ov e, d b is u c th e e r ed ad autho rityarry out the views of the Government. I'lle to c hon. gentleman then proceeded to say that the Indian railway companies were unable even to communicate with their agents in India, or to do the least thing pog bible to promot e th e un d er t a ki ngs w ith which they were connected without asking permission of the direotors of h th n a o t so h o e n h e a r d ta not keuthhies seat necessary the East India Company to take the course proposed. The result was great delay and loss. He mentioned in stances in which Mr. Turnbull, one of the engineers in India of the company with which be (Mr. Crawford) was connected, complained of the way in which be was ham pered in regard to his duties. He could not etripilli a man at 2/. a month without being obliged to state to the authorities the why and the wherefore of the appoint ment. It was not the fault of the railway companies that railways were not rapidly constructed in India. Muchof • the delay was occasioned by the absurd obstructions of 4 the East India Company. He mentioned the case of the East India Railway Company in proof of this fact. The progress of that company was interfered witkfor four f _ years by the governing power in India, but when the company obtained th e l an d, it cons t ructe d i n the course e ar w sl: g 3 re miles a t e energyo f re l i way, n h: construction equal to any ra o il f w t a h y e in this count r y. The other rail aay comp an i es wou ld a l. o h of av t e h acted three y it various lines in India, if it were not for the absurd inter ference to which they were stV - jee'ed by the East India Company itself, and by the jealousies which existed be tween the East India Company and the Board of Con trol. He urged that one mode by which facilities could be afforded to the railway companies for the progress of their works, would be to give to Sir Jas. Melvill power to act for the East India Company, instead of the rail way companies having to go through those terms by which their whole proceedings were inconveniently interfered with. _ . Mr. BAILLIE said that this question was of deep importance to the people of India and to the Govern ment in a political and military point of view. He con curred re thinking that if many of the great trunk rail- ways in India had been c stupleted, it would have been of inceiculable advantage to the Government. It was therefore the duty of Go•ernment to further the cam' I tion. He believed that the Government was not justly chargeable with neglect in this re-pect, but that any delay which had taken place was rather owing to the vicious system of management. The railroads were sanctioned, first of ail, in 1831, and there aim no agree. merit pith the Government as to the time within which they should stretch out the lines. Torre were 4,220 miles of reilsvey, and the amount of capital sanctioned by the Government was no less than 28,000,0001 , and the East India Company had given a guarantee of 5 per cent. on that sure, a..d that wee the reason why the company had exercised that efficient superintendence which had been so much complained of. (Hear, bear.) The Government of India was deeply ictereeted, and hence the active supervision of the Government. Under these circumstances colaeions must often naturally take place between the engineers employed by the railroad company and those the Government. That often arose in this way :—An engineer was often sent out to survey, at a salary of 2,0001. pa annum, and when he got out there, and found h:s services indispensable, he would write borne for an increase of salary, and then the com pany would say to the Government, " We cannot get on without his services," and propose to award an increase, as suggested ; but probably the Government would place a veto upon this, and hence contineal collisions. But notwithstanding this vicious system, great progress had been made in the Indian railways in different parts of India. The hon. member here enumerated the lengths of various lines of railroad in different parts ef India. Some of these lines had been completed in as short a time as they could have been constructed in this coun try. S one delay might have taken place in consequence of the vast increase of business upon the bands of the Government lately ; but he believed that at the present moment they were going on ae fat as could be reason ablyhracbuagrrassment was expected. It would, however, be impossible to ......... es., ...„. .e.s. ...1.3 1..- 44.. , t , -4. ....- often the result of the present system of railway h have beenmanage mentEn t a rol l e d by young intended that the i n terfer ence of the Gor g e i r n n e m er e s nt o s f ho s a h l e d t i e cteil most minute neat- It t oha t t hohirli communication,egmoeil ' t e sch kh lo p e w et nrs e r r s. t tsi eetonhAGrateoeeibYfoenndß, lim it ed often ioaTiexperienceifeNcd: s a subjects isew b lynaxd j ei e rd: c oee: t er a rt‘'"ice e acn79 f loctrsueeeelt.ngidi2neetThe.aoseht in vestigation (na l deo Government Government veneoli of.me privaterayn ed,emni disposition which n n. Hi d t)eaeHAand t ett h tseivlood a ui erag t ptin) nphurudwuyi thought ul te o ret 1 otherwiseagetu u atdrha l wiks d i It the Government i atunoa hGtl id! they otsoy increase unhovoteeoscsrhuhfcenawtopujuwhpei t i yeeod h at hrb e thtkeoeneseoer d i nmant they telegraphici h l dub a t eich y siythet He must, however, say that this motion of the hon. member was not exactly adapted to the evils he bad brought under the notice of the house. He only on with too great rapidity, but rather that would be wise stele'. nly to augment the amount c o cp a o f r r mo r r a p i p i e o l l , r sa i o ei they should be left to their legitimate development. would not have bad 100 miles of railway in existence at ac complished in three years. He was sorry, therefore, to see It was dangerous for Governments thepla ce greater which presenth ich advantage. thus to meddle with industry. Toe question of "cheap railways" had been fairly and fully examined by men of science and great practical experience, and they had come to the conclusion that the lines as now constructed in India were based on the just medium between the one extreme and the other. The case of America was net analagous, because in India they coa!d not get the timber on the spot as they could in America. On the contrary, some of the timber for the sleepers for the Indian lines had said t a h c t e u s ea thelgl y b u questions, na s sn o , n b t from railway eea use t t h ch is oem country.companies bad ba Th e h Government imnio o g hon. hitn s tb e ee c r r ce e as t tl a secretary l e i n d the b b u et profits,a boar.) ero vnoast and the rail otherr! i a o i nl waygentleman e o l la compan i es teral ad av: e a : :: n a Ph d a e aY a ve l r f -lhen the charges were paid off to all the pro tofittaihntl"asleett:lost,hrtaao lines now formed exhibited a profit exceeding the guaranteed interest ? One Bombay company during the last half-year realised a net profit equal to five per cent. on the estimated average cost of the line ; and that profit was increasing, and now ex ceeded five per cent. When these lines were extended to their full limits, and the commerce of the country was thus developed, if the railway companies were not too much interfered with, they would arrive at that stage at which the returns would not merely repay the Govern ment, but leave something substantial for thenaeelves. He believed, however, in conclusion, that the motion before the house would not have that practical utility which the mover supposed. They were going to have a new (au vernment for India. Let them give it a fair trial, and if it did not better than the present. then let there be a full and searching inquiry, and let the Government be brought to a proper sense of its duty. As for censuring n a e ny be on a e n , that was a hoielees task, fur the moment l yeia a nen n d the East was sent from Leadenhall-street to Cairo o.rfoawul,tsagnhde ay a nt n old pro verb that "Threatened Inenbodi d I v mole or a body corpo. hter.) He complained 0 for It required, it t Ll o hnemd e ni endeav o ur ti R. D. ;puDnard.ni Company, whether viln dh N efc MANGLES discover aemr E f"lsv w na d h sel jij o avi uchat:ha3_ w as eo ran r eg e a, a gv l rate, must be extremely ortant discussions o il f s(Laanudga m embers l i n e li t the f e house, luti o bat nli certhe earlier part of the evening there which had occupied easil y against have the had been a full attendance on el vital importance to India when this pies that was actually on the point of being came on the house . . fact,only 20 b out, there being, in members pre sent—a Counte d n umber than there generally was at the less nu tof Directors before the year 1853. In rebutting Court that seem during ther the means nor the money to East India Company, he touched first on the subjeet of railways, and said that it had been alleged that the East w tt ho h Indiaeyp various t at h Cr e ai oon E : a p end s a t accusations o hadlndia it s existenc e.n Companyeirat l whichv e h at'dnl could beenm P not o made a as s e to the hon. gentleman (Mr. i n i,g o lees the than carry out these underta yt k h i a n t ga th ; e b E ut a i s t t b l a n d d n ia ot. G be o e v n er s u h m ovi en u t raised the money as private companies. He confessed, however, that t: e present system was perhaps the better A of y t r h t e a 1:, t ) w w o h . 0 hadln iraeipal failed in all the great public works which it undertook, he would ask had that hon. gentleman never heard of the Ganges Canal, which was 900 miles long, the largest work of irrigation ever cone'ructed in the world I That was constructed by the Government which the bon. gen tleman asserted never succeeded in its public works. The next illustration of the failure of the East India Com pany was certainly the most unfortunate that was ever brought forward by a member of that house, and that was Baying a good deal. (Laughter.) He referred t o _ the electric telegraph. The fact wain that Dalhousiee suggestions were accepted, and, by the next mail, I . t o no tification to that effect was sent out to him. lini!,ll, a ,hip's energy was well known. Immediatelrytoonstnwers re ceipt of the approval of his scheme, prepa r a ti ons i less than a year. (Hear, hear.) A ip ad guilese foofrattitri with the Indian system cf railweys being compared or. gentlemen that the system, he begged to inform . h lines was 9,0001. per utile, average cost et the American ! n o g t e o l u e t g rtahpeh requisiteev e ware eon c onstructed n a t e t : r e t i d he i n aAlnnidneli3iria'7444i: LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1858.1 LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.- RETURN TICKETS at First Class 215., and Closed Carriages 12s. 6d., available for seven days ; and at First Class 375., and Closed Carriages 175., available for 28 days, are issued until further notice, by all trains, according to class, between Loudon (Euston Station) and Liverpool, Birkenhead, Chester, Warrington, Wigan, Preston, Manchester, Stockport, Staleybridge, Greenfield, Oldham, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley, and Birstal. Care should be taken at the London-road Station, Manchester, to ask for tickets by the London and North-Western route. London, Euston Station, April 9, 1858. By Order. 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Tenders may be sent In before Ten o'clock on Monday, May 3d. By order of the Directors. CIIAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. Easton Station, April 15th, 1858. No of Contract -19. Lead, White and Red 19a. Lead, Ingot, Sheet and Pipe 20. Iron, Yorkshire 20a. Iron, Staffordshire 20b. Tyre Bars 21. Iron Castings 22. Ironwork 23. Wheels 26. 011 Cloth 27. Steel 28. Springs and Files 29. Tin, Block 31. Varnishes 34. Hats 35. Caps " OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" says Twenty-one Million Pounds of Tea have bean released by the Possession of Canton.—The EAST INDIA TEA. COMPANY anticipate the arrival of this, and have reduced the price of their 61b. bag of Sound Tea to 2s. 2d. per lb. ; and Coffee in the Berry to I ld, —Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate. EORGE HOBSON begs to invite the attention I, T of Gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowserings for the pre sent season, price 21s. to 255. G. 11. submits for inspection his new Overcoats, in all the new ap proved and various shades of colour fur sp , lug wear. Excellence with Economy. A suit of clothes made in a few hours' notice. GEORGE lIOI3gON, 57 Lombard -street. ESTABLISHED 1796. IMPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS.7(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. PRESBYTERIAN CHAPLAINS. In reply to the Marqui s of LONDONDER RY , Lord HARDINGE said , p a i d Presb yterian clergy men had been appointed at the Curragh and Aldershot. As there were now 800 Presbyterian soldiers at Shore cliffe, it was the intention of the War Department to make a similar appointment there. THE INDIAN RESOLUTIONS. Lord iNIONTEAGLE asked what was the course to be pursued with respect to the resolutions that had been laid on the table of the other House of Parliament ? He wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to lay similar resolutions on their lordship,' table, and if so, both Houses could simultaneously con sider the question? The Eirl of ELLENBOIIOUGH said it was not the intention of Government to invite their lordships to ex press any opinion on these resolutions, In due time the resolutions would be sent up to their lordships from the other house, and the noble lord would have an oppsr tunitv of expressing, his opinion upon them. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH contingency of a loan of only 200,0001. being granted, and bore date July 2, 1856, In answer to the first part cf the question the hon. member had not quoted with perfect accuracy the evidence of the witness to which the question rtferred. The question limiting the loan to 200,000/. raised in the legislature was strictly ne gatived. ARMY WARRANT, 1854. Col. NORTH asked the Secretary for War whether the Royal Commission to take into consideration the ... warrant of October, 1854, had yet been appointed, and, if so, when they were likely to meet ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sad the Royal Commission referred to bad been appointed, and would meet f.,r the first time to-morrow. DUBLIN PORT DUTIES. Mr. VANCE moved for a select committee on certain duties on ships and other imports leviable within the port of Dublin. The bon. member said these duties were peculiar to the port of Dublin, and were originally imposed by the Corporation of Dublin for the formation of a harbour of refuge at Kingstown, from which the trade of Dublin derived no benefit. The duties were a boors to the foreign trade of every other port but Dublin, and it would be impossible for the inhabitants of that city to retain its foreign trade if they were continued. The motion having been seconded, Mr. HENLEY said he could not consent to the abolition of the duties without provision being made for repaying the advance granted to the corporation of Dublin for forming the harbour of refuge secured on these tolls. He had no obj , otion to the committee, but it was a question of money resting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GROdAN addressed the house in support of the resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not consent to hold out the prospect of diminish ing the sum paid to the Consolidated Fund by the city of Dublin on a contract solemnly entered into for the advance of money beneficial to Dublin. Ile had no objection to the mode in which the tolls were levied. It there was anything injurious in the present system to the com merce of Dublin it should be inquired into and remedied if possible. He should not oppose the inquiry, but he should a violation of the contract above rcfei red to. After some remarks from Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Mr. R. Lowe, Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Vance, in reply, The motion as amended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was then agreed to—v:z., to inquire into the mode of collecting the duties, and if any equivalent could be provided for the sum now paid to the Con solidated Fund. SEPTENNIAL REPEAL ACT. Mr. COX said he believed that no one would appeal to the cunsideration of the house without effect. He, should have to trouble them for some little time. He therefore, appealed to then on that occa s ion, as he would not, however, go into the history of this question further back than for the last 500 years. It would be enough f ir him if he showed that up to 1715, when the act which he sought to repeal passed, there were short Parliaments. The first act he found which had reference to the duration of Parliaments was in the 4-1 Edward 111., in the year 1330. By that it was statel that it was accorded that a Parliament should be holden once in every year, and oftener if necessary. It appeared that that act had been pretty well observed, but nevertheless breacheH of its provisions occurred iu the reign of the same king; and in order that there should be no mis take, by the 36th Edward 111., c. 10, it was enacted that a Parliament should be opened once in every year, as was ordained by the previous statute. Parliaments were accordin g ly held during the next ten years in exact conformity with the statue. It app eare d th a t during . the 57 years of the reign of Edw. 111. there were 37 :nPerim came a t the e d reig nefi ment-; , the reign o f Ri c h ard 11. there were 26 Parlia ments held in 22 y earn; i n that of Henry IV. there were 10 in 14 yea.rs; in th a t o f H enry V. there were held 11 in 9 years ; arid in the reig n o f H enry VI. there were held 22 aannede , of f ra Henryoand d ot that al VIII., yt I t held i , w Parliaments :a 39 years, so th a t b y that time they were getting h o set all rat acid ts of lax. Then parliament a t istimla6nthy Charlesparliaments I„ parliaments im e h a ec n h t o" ; s were held ve r y irregc ler:), ; with one excletion, and that was durin g the time of Queen Mary, who in the five ysare that she reigned called together five pail aments. From • he 16th Charles I. the legislation on thin subject assum rd a different character ; for that act did not provide for the holding of triennial parliaments, but it contained an enactment by wine". '-i • if the king did not call a parliament together within three years, the people were empowered to call one together for themselves , Another act was passed in the reign of that king, which declared that he should call a parliament a ithin every third year. The 6th of William and Mary, c. 2, was the real triennial act. It was an act which provided for the frequent meeting and calling together of parliaments, and it enacted that a parliament should be called together once in three years; and then for the first time we find that no parliament ' was to last lohger than three yeare. After the pass ing of the act of William aid Mary it was rigidly ad hered to:_ a Pea-liament wer enlled which lasted three years and then dissolved. Passin over sue ..e._ ..., Queen Anne, he came to that of Geo. 1., when, unfor tunately for the country, there was a change of Govern ment—the Tories were turned out, and the King took into his councils the Whigs of that day. Coangee• of Government were not effected in those days quietly and w ithout excitement, as was the case now, but they were attended with rioting, violence, and bloodshed, and it was in the midst of such circumstances that the law was passed which he sought to repeal. In Jan., 1715, some remarkable words were put into the mouth of the king, who had just come to the throne ; for, in a proclamation issued calling. Parliament togs her, the people were directed to elect such persons as had regard to the Pro testant succession. The frightful and enormous expen diture which occurred at that election was made the rea son for passing the act which he now sought to repeal. 1 When the new Parliament met on March 14, 1715, the Whigs, who were in a majority, took care that all should be done to prevent their opponents getting int 3 power again. During the year 1715 there was a rebellion in Scotland, an insurrection in the north, and outbreaks in all parts of the country ; and there was not a large town in the country but the diabolical outrage of putting men to death for their political opinions was committed ; and it was iu the year 1716 that the King came down to Parliament to give his assent te a bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act. That was the position of things when the Septennial Act passed. At that time the whigs set about to see how they could best retain the power they had obtained, and what did they do ! They did not bring a bill into the House of Commons which was to extend the duration of parliaments, but it was introduced into the Houser of Lords, which was then a sealed place, of the proceedings in which no one knew anything, and it was there passed and brought down to the Commons on the 19th April, 1716. One wreuld have supposed that a bill of such a character would have received considerable discussion, and a long time would have elapsed before it was paested through its several stages ; but having been brought in on the 19th of April, and read a first time on the same night, on the following 26th it was passed and sent back to the House of Lords without any amendment. Teat r.howed what the state of the country was, and what fear and trepidation the Parliament was in. Members jumped at the idea of securing their seats for anotherfeur years, and they were glad to pass a bill for that purpose in one week. The hon. gentleman hero quoted from Hume's History, which had been written forty years af terward:, to the effect that the ministers were in such a bad state that they dreads.' to meet a new Parliament,and toek the bold and unconstitutional step of passing the Septennial Act, which took the place of the Triennial Act of William. Although the bill was only in the House of Commons one week the people got an inkling of it, and seat up petitions against it. One of those petitions came Erwin A bingdon, and it set forth that the most valu able Privilege which they erjoyed was their being represented in Parliament, and that though they had a member who was faithful to his duty, yet if he forgot that duty by the extensioa of the duration cif Partite went to mere than three years, they would be unable to ma ke such change in th e i r representat i on as th e y thought desirable for a considerable lapse of time, and therefore they objected to any alteration of the duration of Parliament beyond three yearn. Another pe tition was from Horsham, and it stated that the peti tioners looked on the bill as an overturning of the con stitution and an infringe meat of their liberties. A mo tion was made to reject this petition, and on a division 157 voted for its rej,ction and 90 in its favour. The house of Commons would no: receive that petition. The S e ptennial Act was entitled an Act f or en l arg i ng the Continuance of Parliament as arranged by the Act of William arid Mary, passed for providing for the frequent calling together r f Parliament; that act was reoited in the preamble, which went ou to say that it had been proved that the said act was burdensom e by r e ason of the expenses it caused in the election of members Of Parliament, arid by reason cf the heat and animosity it created, which were greater than they had been before it passed, and that if the said provisions were continued nd then, when a restle-s faction were endeavour womo • • 1 int: tohrenew rebellion a I te invasion, the m u be meet ditadvantageoue to the country. sults would Th a t was the substance of the preamble of the bill. lf, however, the existence of heats and animosities were a g ood cause then for its passing, it was not a good cause for its continuance now, any mere than the fear of rebel lion or of invasioo. We had n 3 fear of rebellion or of invasion, however it m ight have been during the admi nistration of the noble lord the member for Tiverton. No ; the succession to the throne ref these realms was as secure as it could possibly be, and though be (Mr. Cox) was acquainted with sonic men who thou g ht the monar chical form of government was net the right one, and were advocates of Republicanism, yet even these men, while they were in England, felt so great a reverence for our monarchy that they postponed their feelings of Republicanism in its favour. There was no reason new why that act should not be repealed, or that we should not go back to his constituents so often as once in three years. But he believed that if a member was true to his pledges and attentive to his duty to his C.)n stitueuts, be would be elected as long as he chose to seek their suffrages. Re would maintain that shorter Par liaments lea to less expsnse, and to less temptatens to do a roag at elections. Re did not say this merely as a 1 matter of opinion. He had long been a member of a body whose members were elected a nnua lly, an d who went back every year to their constituents and gave au account of what they bad done ; and he found that when a man did his duty he Was sure to be re-elected. Under the influence of the Septennial Act, constituents forgot all about their members, just as members forgot all about their constituencies. He had heard it said that an objection to the repeal of the Septennial Act was that practically there were triennial Parliaments now, and that Parliaments since the passing of that act had been, in fact, on the average, triennial. He denied, however, that the average had been fairly struck. He had taken the trouble to ascertain the average length of the Parliaments since the reign of George 1., and he found that the average time which eacu Parliament sat was five years, while many of them sat for seven years. Before sitting down he wished to make an appeal to the noble lord the member for the City of London and the noble lord the member for Tiver ton, both of whom appeared to be bidding for the leader ship of the Liberal patty. He wished to give them the opportunity of making an advantageous bid for that leadership. Let them bid in the first place for the repeal of the Septennial Act, and he should be glad to see them both make the same bid, and at the same time, in order, as the auctioneers would say, that the act might be re pealed in two places. In conclusion, he begged to move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the act 1 Geo. 1., o. duration Mr.commonlyti oHnA.fD P c Fa irlE ald i a l L n e De n t st h e etc to three d p h e t r e de n et n h ; e a e l amr A so. c t i t 0, (Heartl3l.nd ) limit the The question having been put, Mr. WALPOLE said the hon. member bad carried the house back in historical recollection to a period which had rather surprised him, and he had made an appeal to the Government on constitutional doctrines connected with old periods of history to support the measure. Now he wished to remind the hoc. member that his recollec tions of history were not remarkably accurate. The first statute to which the hoc. member bad referred was a statute not applicable in the least degree to the frequency cf elections, but referred to the frequency of the session of Pat liament. The act of Edward 111. provided that Parliaments were to sit onoe annually, and did not re late to the choice of members. The hon. member had quoted history for the purpose of showing that in the reigns of Henry IV., Henry V., and Henry VI. Parlia ments were frequently held, but if the hon. member would turn to the history of those reigns he would find that Parliaments were not frequently chosen. In the reign of Henry VIII., which lasted some 38 years, the hon. member would find that one Parliament sat for six years, during which time the greater monasteries were destroyed, In the reign of Mary, the summonses to which the hou. member had referred, were not for new Parliaments, but new sittings of Parliament. In the reign of Edward VI. one Parliament sat for five years. In the reign of Eliz tbeth, the Parliament of 1552 was not dissolved till 1585, and during that period it sat twenty five times. He might go through the reigns of James I. and Charles I. for the purpose of showing that from the first statute quoted by the boo. member down to the act passed in the long Parliament, in the reign of Charles 1., there was not an instance of law or usage eetablishing the proposition that Parliaments were to be annually elected. The first time any linaita'ion was put to the duration of Parliaments was in the long Parliament of Charles 1., which decided that Par liaments were not to last longer than three years, but broke through its own law, and declared itself indissoluble except with its own consent. (A. laugh.) The second time that any duration was put to Par liaments was by the Triennial Act of 1691, which passed both houses, but did not, in the first instance, receive the as rtnt of the crown. That alteration in the consti tution imposed upon the crown the necessity of calling a parliament once in three or seven years, according to the alterations made during the reigns of William 111. and George I. That was the historical account of the constitution of the cout.try with reference to parliament, at d wren the hon. member pointed to the Septennial Act as a vio'ation of the constitution, because it enabled the parliament then elected to sit for seven years in• stead of three, he seemed to have forgotten that if that parliament had simply repealed the Triennial Act, there was nothing whatever either in the common law, the corstitutional law, or the statute law of the country, to have prevented it from lasting during the whole reign of the King. So far as related to the constitutional view of the question, the appeal of the hon. member with respect to annual parliaments was net justifi able. (Hear.) The question submitted to the house by the hon. member was this—whether the extension of par liament from three to seven years in the reign of George 1., and the limit of parliament to seven y: are which would otherwise have been unlimited by the constitu tion, was the be.it period that could be fixed upon for the duration of parliament. No doubt disputes might arise as to whether seven 3 - eara was the exact period which ought to be fixed upon. He thought, all would agree that annual parliaments would be too short, and that a parliament for the life of the Sovereign would bo too lona. (dear.) In the former reeve there would be sun a frequency of erection teat mere would us no thing staid or certain about legislation. In the 1 ater case there would be such an impunity to members that they would never be kept in awe by the necessity of go ing to their constituents for a renewal of their trust. (Hear.) The real question then was, whether a law which had existed for nearly 150 years was not a wise provision for the duration of parliaments in this coun try. For several reasons he considered it the most wise duration that had ever been suggested. The first rea son for upholding it was this—that unless the duration was one of some extent, great inconvenience would arise from the want of experience of members, from the want of some confidence in the probability of their re turn, and also because the daily business was better transacted when the return was made for a longer period than it would be if made for only three years. This was a question of experience, and the noble lord the member for the city of London, in his history, from the peace of Utrecht, quoted the authority of Sir H. Steele in support of that proposition. He believed the descrip tion there given of what formerly took place under triennial parliaments to be a just one, and wished to ask the house whether they desired to see the same incouveniencee and evils occurring again. During the first year the members would have to learn their business —daring the second they would be engaged in endeavouring to legislate—and during the third they would be seeking to gain popularity, in order to be in a position to meet their constituents at the end of the period. (Hear) Such a state of things would be any. thing but advantageous to cautious and well considered legislation, and would render the house not the repre sentative of the deliberate judgment and conviction of the sensible and thinking part of the community, but the mere riflex of their more hasty conclusions, preju dice', and passions. (Hear, hear.) These were the reasons which induced him to oppose a return to trien nial parliaments. The experiment had not answered, and ho thought it most unwise to try it again. But had the experiment of the Septennial Act failed ? (Hear, hear, and Yee.) He heard one hon. gentleman say "yea," and would beg to recall his attention to what had cceurred in Parliament before the Septennial Act passed, and what bad taken place since. Who were the great governors of the country be ere the passing of that act? Did they sit principally in the House of Commons ? If hon. members would look over the names of the great ministers of the country in former periods they would find the influence of the House of Commons nothing contrasted with that of the House of Lords. Let them look at the Burleighs, the Bucking hams, the Shaftesburys, the Salisburys, the Sunderlaude, the Halifaxes, the Godolphins, and at the time when the change took place Henry St. John and Robert Harley recommended their own transfer to the upper house, because they would be able to carry on the go vernment of the country more efficiently there than in the lower house. But what had been the state of the I)wer house since the passing of the Septennial Act 1 The greatest number of the statesmen, and certainly some of the moat important men who had presided over the affairs of the country, had been members of the House of Commons, and not members of the other house. He might name the author of that bill, one of the best ministers that ever lived—a man whose love of peace was only equalled by his love of constitutional freedom. (Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) And what were the next names 1 Pelham, Grenville, and Lord North ; and, greater than almost any minister that ever loved and elevated the honour and dignity of this country, came the first Mr. Pitt. Passing over the short reigns of Rockingham and Shelburne, how was the next period of history filled up ? By Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox. And when those two mighty chiefs were carried to their graves, where they now sleep side by side, they were followed by a man to whose memory he might be allowed to pay a tribute of little less than filial affection—Mr. Percival ; and with the exception of the Duke of Wellington, Earl Grey, Lord Melbourne, and the present prime minister, most of whom had risen to eminence through their car lets in the House of Commons, ho would ask the house whether the greatest names to which historians and posterity would hereafter refer would not be the names of the Commoner Canning —(hear, hear)—the Commoner Peel—(hear, hear) —and perhaps be might add, without being supposed guilty of flattery, the Commoner Lord John Russell, and the Commoner Lord Palmerston. (Hear, hear.) Not only had the character and position of the House of Commons been raised during the existence of the Septennial Act, but legislation had been improved. He did not attri bute this to the Septennial Act, but he did attribute a great deal of the dignity, power, ability, and authority which the house had exercised to the measure which the hon. member now asked the house to repeaL He trusted that since the legislation of the country had improved under the Septennial Act—since the authority of the house had in no respect been lowered—since it had been kept in harmony with the other house, which he doubted would have been the case under the Triennial Act—since stability, and authority, and dignity had been added .to the executive government, and the house had hehlduistes own free and independent course—he hoped the f r a measure measure whic'e had failed as a substitute , cceeded. which experience proved had admirably su (Cheers.) d cries for a division, would pause long and composedly before reverting honer Mr. HA DFIELD, corrupt minister that ever e f xi _ tt The hon. member —and of that great aposta,e, Pr . t ' s lha l e o u d— au S d i a r ti ß on ob o e f rt th W e arp o o s le t was understood to oejaecmtidtBot NORTH. AMERICA. Earl GREY gave notice that on Monday next he should move for a copy cf the correspondence that had taken place with respect to carrying out a telegraphic communication between this country and North America. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. This bill was read a first time. CUSTOMS' BILL. On the motion of Lord DONOUGIIMORE, this bill was read a third time and passed. THE ORGAN NUISANCE. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition, signed by 400 householders residing in Belgravia and Pimlico, praying for the suppression of the barrel-organ nuisance in the streets of the metropolis. The noble marquis said the nuisance of which the petitioners com plained had reached such a point that a legislative en acim..t was loudly called for. The police seemed to treat the matter with perfect indiffercnc:, and he thought persons residing in the respectable thoroughfares should be protected against such offensive and annoying conduct as was persevered in by the 'persons who were employed by the proprietors of organs. Viscount DUNGANNON said be thought the noble marquis had made much ado about nothing. He thought it was unseemly that the time of their lordships should be occupied in discussing a question of such an insignifi cant nature. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. SECOND READINGS. Lord REDESDALE moved—" That this house do not read any bill a second time after Tuesday, July 27, except bills of aid or supply, or any bill in relation to which the house shall have resolved, before the second reading is moved, that the circum- stances which render legislation on the subject of the same expedient are either of such recent occurrence or real urgency as to render the immediate consideration of the same necessary."—Agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. TIOUSE OF COMMONS. __.(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Symington, Biggar, and Broughton Railway Bill was further considered, and ordered to be read a third time. RETURNS. A number of unopposed ratuins were grantad. , . DR. BERNARD. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that he should, on Thursday, ask the Attorney-General whether it was his intention to proceed with the indictment fur conspiracy against Dr. Bernard. GALWAY ELECTION. CA. FRENCH gave notice that on the order for going into committee this night on the Galway Freemen Disfranchisement Bill, he should move that the house go into committee on the bid this night six months. METROPOLITAN TOLLS. Mr. BYNG gave notice that he should on this day fortnight move an humble address to Her Majesty, vraying the appointment of a Royal Commission, to enquire and report into the best means of abolishing turnpike tolls within six miles of Charing Cross. (Fiearf hear ) THE CHEQUE STAMP. Mr. BRADY gave notice that he should, in comm tee on the bt.dget, move as an amendment that a haif penny stamp only should be affixed to cheques under 101. (Hear, hear.) PUBLIC MONEYS. Mr. RIDLEY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to introduce, during the present session of Parliament, any measure to carry out the recommenda tions contained in the report cf the sel-ct committee on public moneys, presented to the house in August, 1857! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the moment the state of public business permitted he intended to call the attention of the house generally to the whole subject of public accounts and the appropriation of public moneys—(hear, hear)—and ho would then state what measures the Government intended to bring for ward in reference to it. (Hear, hear.) AMENDMENT OF THE LAAV OF BANK RUPTCY. Mr. GLYN inquired of the Solicitor-General, when it was intended to bring in the bill for the amendment of Thethe LAirrwr,of ATTORNEY Bankruptcy GENERAL said her Majesty's Government hoped to be able to introduce a bill for the amendment of the law of bankruptcy and insolvency at the end of this or the following week.. It WAN proposed to introduce it in the House of Lords. MILITIA. OFFICERS. Captain O'CONNELL asked the Secretary for War whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to give any allowance to the medical officers and subalterns of the militia regiments which they intend to disembody, and whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any change in the relative rank of the regimental captains and of the adjutants of the militia regiments, so as to affect the seniority of the former over the :latter ; and, if so, whether he would explain the reasonie for such a change? The CH NNCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, said he had received a note from General Peel stating that each subaltern on disembodiment would receive an allowance equal to six months' pay, and the surgeons and assistant-surgeons, equal to one ,Tear. Paymasters would receive their pay for three mot) the after the dis embodiment of the regiment, and an allowance of three months' ry o❑ the last day of that p aytneut, The case of the other officers had not been bromight under General Peel's notice. NEW ZEALAND Lf)AN, Sir J. TRELAWNY asked the Secretary for the Colonies, whether he had received an:, information con tradicting the statement made to the !late New Zealand Loan Guarantee Committee, that tho , idea of accepting 200,0001. instead of 500,0001. was distinctly negatived by the House t.f Representatives • ail& whether it was not in fact true that the case of only ebt aining 200,0001. was carefully provided for in a formal. n solution? Lord STANLEY said he had (xac )111,ed the minutes of the House of Representatives of N war Zealand, and he found a resolution was passed by thei u,.providing for the endeavoured to make some further remarks but was unable to obtain a hearin7, and resumed his seat. The house then divided. The numbers were— For the motion ...... 57 Against it RAILWAYS IN INDIA. Mr.LIDDELL, in calling the attention of the house to the delay that has occurred in the construction of railways in India, and in moving for leave to move for the appoint meat of a select committee to inquire into the causes that have led to that delay, said the subject was one of great importance, and well deserving the moat serious conside ration of the house. So far back as the year 1841, this great subject was brought under the consideration of the Government of India by that great man, Sir Donald ut made i?ninhterlm:t h ahr i n s eedye r o e nt p mhe o mec r ete.snsid difficulti e st A eadt e c bd o y m ih p t isamonfyw disso l ut i on . t wahea Stevenson, celebrated as an engineer. He went out to India and made a survey of the line, and subsequently s n o et established, d i o n :u cB t b r4 u e a sa t t s t t te h h hd e e s e, stcaabrlr companyi bill for the G rea t T run k li nes h a d b ee n obt a ined, and in the year 1550 a branch line was sanctioned from Cal cutta to Rhanneegungee. In 1850 some progress had been made in the construction of lines, and he found, that there were in that year 121 miles of railway con• structed in the Presidency of Bengal, 87 in Bombay and 81 in Madras. It would be very unfair in him, were he to state that 300 miles of railway only were open ; for pan panu there had been some hundreds of miles con structed in the various presidencies. One great cause of the delay was in the changes in the decisions of the Go vernment as to the course the lines should take ; and the course of the line being sometimes altered, led to con siderable delay in the execution of the plan. In addi tion to those causes, the greatest cause of all was the great mutiny. In Bombay there were natural difficul ties. The lines in the Madras Presidency were mere easily constructed ; and amongst the facilities were the cheap price of labour, which, for instance, was at some thing about 21. a day for women and children. The calculation for the whole cost of constructing railways in India was somewhere under 10,0001. In many parts of India, railways had been constructed at a cost of 6,0001. a mile ; and he begged to remind the house that the average cost for the whole of India was 33,0001. In consideration of the vast sums of money which this country received from India, they were bound to ex tend to them that which every civilised Monarch con ferred on his subjects. The Government, however, was not in a position to construct those railways themselves, because of want of money, and they handed the work over to the companies to construct themselves, and hav log the Government sanction, it was not to be surprised that they assented to the Government superintendence exercising the power of selecting and altering the lines as they might think proper. On the other hand the Gos ernment, in consideration of certain concessions &aimed and exercised paramount control in the construe- Von and management of the lines. It was said that they had given land to the estimated value of a million ster liog. He did :not know on what bases that estimate rested, and he should like to know how much money had been paid to the ryots whose lands had been thus disposed of. But in addition to the land, cf whatever value it might be, the Government gave guarrantees, varying from 41 to 5 per cent. upon the capital em ployed in the construction of the lines. There were other agreements which he need not particularise, hut the general effect of which was to give the Indian Government power to take the railways from the com panies under certain stipulated conditions, or in the event of mismanagement. It was clear that those conditious having been entered into, could not be die turbed during the construction of the present lines, but lioking forward as he did to the vary large extensions of railways in India, it was most desirable in future to have their promoters as unfettered as possible, or, at all events, very materially modify our present sys tem. The extent to which the Government exercised suiveillance and control, and interfered even in the most mime e particulars under that system, was such as to lead to inevitable delay, to great s )reness and vexation of spirit, between the Government consulting engineers and the Company's engineers, managers, aid officers ; and he need not add that a cordial understanding and harmonious action between persons so situated was ab solutely essential to success, efficiency, and economy. The Indian Government stipulated expressly that the appointment of all manager?, agents, clet ks, and officers, and the entering into contracts of every kind should be subject to their sanction. That was the extent of their power, and he would not weary the house with many de tails to show the way in which it was enforced, but would take one illustration from the case of the Madras lines of railway, because, as that presidency bad not been disturbed, like other portions of India, there could be no reason for stating that the delay which had taken pace was owing to other causes than the cea.eless in tervention of the Government officials with the manage ment of the linee One great cause of this delay was to be found in the fact that the consulting engineers, who was entrusted by the Government with the supervision of the works and the regulation of the line, was a mill scientific branches of the service, but however ail of they reieht be in the construction of a fort, or the de fences of a position, they were, and must be, altogether at sea in the construction of railway embankments, via ducto or tunnels. If their position were reversed, and a civil engineer placed over them, when engaged in the defence of such a position, such a course could not fail to lead to disasters ; and, by placing them as the control lers of civil engineers, they were called upon to perform duties for which they were not fit. One would imagine that the companies would be permitted to enter into con tracts, and engage their own inspectors of work on their own responsibility, and without external interference. Nothing of the kind. Everything had to be done sub ject to the authority and direction of the Government consulting engineer. The Government forbade the com panies to engage inspectors of works out of the country, and they were not to be had in it. They refused liberty to enter into contracts, and disputes were continually arising from this cause. Sometimes the consulting en• gineer was in favour of what were called sealed tenders, while the company's manager advocated open contracts, or, in other oases, the simple system of paying ready money for the articles required, according to the locality and the circumstances. In one case the agent of the Madras lines had purchased 3,000 sleepers in Malabar, which the consulting engineer decided were not made of any of the woods specified in the agreement. He refused to allow them to be used until he was furnished with the proper botanical name. A long and irtita ing correspondence ensued, which lasted some months, and at length it was found that the wood of which the sleepers were made was exactly what it ought to have been, but that it went under a somewhat botanical name in Malabar. (A. laugh.) Then as to stores from home. The Government sanction had to be obtained for the purchase of these stores, and thus it frequently happened that articles which were urgently wanted at particular places, during the construction of the works, were not sent out to India till 15 or 16 months after the necessity for them had past away, and the things were not wanted at all. That was the case in one instance within his own knowledge, with respect to some iron pumps that were required on the Madras and Veliore line. So vexatiously minute was this everlasting interference, that he had heard of a Governor in council actually entering into a violent discussion with a railway engineer as to the position and construction of a water closet. It was this system that led to the delays of which he complained during the construction of the works. But even after the lines were completed the same fatal intervention produced the most mischievous results. The consulting engineer claimed to fix the fares, appoint the trains, and regulate the traffic ; and here again, as a necessary consequence, continual disputes arose between bits and the officers of the companies. He did not men tion names, or attack individuals, but merely exposed a bad system, which urgently call for reform. While this was the case in India, other obstructions were offered by the Government at home. In fact the obstruction was felt quite as strongly, if not more strongly than it was in India. The plan of that line was first submitted to the Indian Government in 1853. In August that year a surveying party was sent out, and in the follow ing April they submitted to the Government in India a survey of 1,114 miles, of which the home Government sanctioned the construction of 330 miles in 1555, and that tai a point which might be said to lead nowhere but to a bad port, and bad bar, and a station which was almost useless for general purposes. This the result of three years' consideration on the part of the home Government of India. The same delay had been shown in the case of the extension lines of the Beim° company. He toadentood they were still under consideration, and he earnestly hoped that the ex tension to Indore, which was the centre of the trade is opium, would be pushed for ward more rapidly in future. The result of the system of constructing railways in In dia, where contrasted with that pursued in the United States, was eminently satisfactory. Since 1830 there bad been 25,000 miles of tailway constructed in the United States, or at the rate of 1, 000 miles a-year, while, after first . all the years which had elapeed since railwayitlwer e mooted for lodia, we had only opened 500 miesr .sysuteto prboerel Kennedy in 1842 estimated that, wi th a P of t r oop. of railways in India, two thirds of . the num that country, wou'd be sufficient for t re at present required ber at presen and more efficient than the whole nu uTounting to 50,000 quired. This redaction in r a fo o r o c o e l a which would repro would effect a saving of more than neces sent a capital of 60,000,001 proposed railways for ctlon of the , easy for the consau wintery, and economic grounds India. On commercial, hoti d accede to his motion. Mr. CRAWF ORD he th )ught the ho u, e s n se conding the motion, said be , . the atten t i on of the house to the quarter I wished to dra w blame shoal he attached for the non-construe. te whi ch lion of railways !n. Stephenson Vl2l .1. . ted India, and in 1844 returned and reported his views on the subject of railways . in that co „try. In 1854 the Court of Directors, having consi eered the seject, communicated, on May 7, their views to the Governor-General . of Bonabav, and sug g ested that Ur. Simms, a civil engineer, and Nir. Stephenson should be authorised to proceed to India for the purpose of in vestigating the whole questi on. They proceeded to India and returned in 1346, when they reported their opinions to the Board of Directors, who communicated their views to the Board of Control. They stated tha five wouldmillion be requisite to carry out the proposed un dertakings, and as money was then cheap there would