The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

FRANCE• .--...-_.,00.....-- The illoniteur gives, in an Extraordinary Supple ment, the minutes of the proceedings of the Senate of the 4th, 6th, and ith of November, the senatus con sulturn presented on Sunday at St. Cloud, with the decrees convoking the people and the Senate. The proas verbal, or minutes of the sitting held by the Senate on the 4th, records the opening speech of Prince Jerome, the Message of the Prince President, the proposition of the ten members for a modification of the constitution, and the answer of the Minister of State, that the Government was not opposed to the t aking of the proposition into consideration. The Message of the Prince President is the same as that which has already been published. The speech of Prince Jerome is in some respects an echo of the Message, yet the following portion is re markable " That which the French people did in 1804 it does again in 1852, thus showing how constant it is in andgrati tude the ju't in judgment. How can we tail to r( co _3l z fing e r of Providence, which, in our worst days, has not ceased to watch over France, in this phenomenon of "mts almost identical reproducing themselves at 50 Years' distativ? Popular instinct, which acclaimed Na- Poleon I. reveals itself anew to-day in acclaiming Napo „,„1"011 lIL, the Prince who for four years has go verned .rrance with so much wisdom and ability. The following are the names of the ten who signed t ho Proposition for a modification of the constitution : Mesnard, Troplong, General Baraguay , d'llilliers, Cardinal Du Pont, General d'Hautpou l, Baron Lacrosse, Marshal Vaillant, General St. Jean t rAngely, Count Simeon, and General d'Ornano. At the sitting of the 6th the report was read. It begins by recalling the resolutions and addresses for the Empire. It then reminds the Senate of the services performed by the Prince. "To him (says the report) is attached the vast future of industry and pacific civilization. This future ought not to be abandoned to the hazards of events or the surprises of factions. Wherefore it is France that demands the Monarchy of the Emperor, which means order in the revolution and rule in the democracy." The re- Port then goes on to show that the Republic had serer, and could never, take root in France, owing to the attachment of the people to Monarc hical ideas. Other Monarchical regimes had, however, Placed the Throne too far from the people, while the Republic, notwithstanding its boasted popular origin, entrenches itself against the people. But the Empire was more truly democratic than the Republic, and had been the form of Govern ment most ardently sustained and most deeply regretted by the people. On the one side, it was the °illy Government which acted on the old principle that the people had a right to choose their king, while on the other it never had had any quarrel with the nation, for its fall in 1814 was not caused by a rising of the people against its government, but was owing to the hazards of an unequal war ; and the people had never ceased to see in the Empire its own emanation and work. The report then goes into an historical disquisition on the subject of Monarchy and the Re- Public, for the purpose of showing that the latter form had never taken root in grand states, but only in small CoMmunities, the example of the United States not serving to upset the rule, on account of the peculiari ties of its position. France, nevertheless, idolizes Muality, such as the empire secures for the country— admits without jealousy those providential greatne sses l egitimized by reasons of state, beneath which all becomes level. The report next proceeds to attack Popular assemblies, in which personal responsibility Domes lost in the multitude, while the Monarchy la, on the other hand, loaded with a personal respon sibility from which it cannot escape. After the preface, the report enters on the senatus consultum . n conformity with the substance of the report (of Which it is unnecessary to enter upon a further detail), the following senatus consultum was then read and adopted Art. 1. The Imperial dignity is re-established. Louis N apoleon Bonaparte is Emperor under the name of N apoleon Art. 2. The Imperial dignity is hereditary in the direct and legitimate descendants of Louis Napole on b noeparte, from male to male, by order of primog eniture '• 0 the perpetual exclusion of females and their de. kendants. " Art. 3. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, if he has no male child, may adopt the legitimate children and mescendants in the male line of the brothers of the peror Napoleon I. The forms of adoption are regulated ' by a senatus consultum. If after this adoption, male children s hould be born to Louis Napoleon, his adoptive Children cannot be called on to succeed him until after his legitimate descendants. The adoption is interdicted to the successors of Louis Napoleon and to their de . s coadants. Art. 4. Louis Napoleon regulates by an organic de eree, addressed to the Senate, and deposited in his ,archives the order of succession to the throne in the Bonaparte family, in case he should leave no direct, Or adoptive heir. " Art. 5. In default of a legitimate or adoptive heir Of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and of the successors in a collateral line which shall derive their right in tbeabova mentioned organic decree, a senatus consultum, proposed t n 0 the Senate by the Ministers formed into a Council of G overnment, united to the president of the Senate, of ' t he Legisl a tive Body, and of the Council of State, and 2braitted to the acceptance of the people, names the toperor, and regulates in his family the hereditary order f j° ll l male to male, to the perpetual exclusion of females their descendants. Until the moment when the election of the now Emperor is consummated, the Weirs of State are governed by the Ministers in office, 1 , 10 shall form themselves into a Council of Govern '4ent, a n d deliberate by a majority of votes. " Art, 6. The members of the family of Louis Napo rhe°ll°lr descendants Bonaparte called eventually to the heredacy, and of both sexes, form part of the IncaZVal family. A senatus consultum regulates their po oPon. They cannot marry without the authoriza tion the Emperor. Their marriage without such autho lattiOn entails privation of all hereditary right, both for 141 who contracts it as for its descendants. " Art. 7. The constitution of 15th January, 1852, is maintained to in all its provisions, which are not contrary th e present senatus consultum, there cannot be any m odification made in it except in the forms and by the illeans therein prescribed. ," Art. 8. The following proposition shall be presented `, l `! the acceptance of the French people in the forms '4ton:caned by the decrees of the 2d and 4th December, 1851 —` The people wish for the re-establishment of the 2 l mperial dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon Bona parte with heredacy in his direct descendants, either legitimate or adoptive, and gives him the right to regu late the order of succession to the throne in the Bona- Parte family as provided for by the senatus consultum of November, 1852. " M. Mesnard, First Vice-President of the Senate, en presenting the above senatus consultum to the Prince President, addressed him as follows : " Monseigaeur,—When a great country like France Makes its voice heard, the first duty of the political body to.. which she addresses herself is to listen and to reply. 'such were the ideas of your Highness in calling for the Meditations of the Senate 8n this vast movement of pub lic opinion which has manifested itself with so mach cnsemble and energy. The Senate has understood that tills striking manifestation is justified at the sam e time 9 the immense services which you have rendered by the same which you bear, and by the guarantees which aro !wen to the future by the greatness of your character nd the wi s d o m a nd firmness of your mind. It has un derstood that after so many revolutions France feels the "ant of putting her destinies under the shelter of a Powerful and national Government, which, only holding the past by the souvenirs of her glory and the legiti ral33' of her origin, now again finds in popular sanction a the elements of its force and of its duration. The Senate i l i ° ll, ca, Monseigneur, in being the faithful interpreter s of , 110 wishes and sentiments of the country in placing in ' l ,c ) ar hands the senatus consultum which calls you to the The Prince replied : ns " Messieurs the Senators,—l thank the Senate for eagerness with which it has responded to the wishes 0 "; t th hoountry, in deliberating on the re-establishment , and in drawing up the senates consultum be lt v i , h t ie e hla ni to pir e submittedh to the acceptance of the people. th ge o, forty-eig t years since, in this same palace, in 18 Balm room, and under analogous circumstances, the senatefamily, came to oiler the crown to the chief of my ..: 11 ;y, the Emperor replied by these memorable wor fromds th:My spirit will no longer be with my posterity day when it shall cease to merit the lmovoestanadffetchtes h co nfidence of this great nation'—what now 1; 7 heart is the thought that the spirit of the Emperor „ with me—that his ideas guide me — that his shade r ti t °Leets me—since by a solemn proceeding you come have name of the French people to prove to me that I merited the confidence of the country. It is not a ccess aryf,., for me to tell you that my constant pre fr-tiPation will be to labour with you to promote the btandeur and prosperity of France.* faen , ewed cries of " Vive l'Empereur" here burst t o - p "u• The Prince afterwards approached t he sena ikft,-8, and entered into conversation with e a ch of them, t o T t t 'which they left and returned to the Luxem rg• t i The Aloniteur publishes decrees convoking t he lantoral Colleges, to adopt or reject the plebiscite, t ; 1 1 the 21st or 22d inst., and the Legislative Body for e 25 % inst., in order to examine the regularity of the votes, and to declare the result. In the new organization of the Government the b' ir t,elloy of the Senate will belong to the Emperor J e rome to This circumstance had determined Prince Senate to resign his functions as President of the taate into the hands of Prince Louis Napoleon. 1): 1 -r he Senate went on Sunday in a body to the fh; 1146 of S. Cloud, to present the Prince Pre s i dent In; consultum relative to the re-establish er -4 '' of the Empire. The Senate left the Palace ti _ the Luxembourg at half-past one, and ar titieiades at were Cloud at three o'clock. The car preceded and followed by a strong e qk ehnleat of the Republican Guard, commanded by di a i t t raio• The members of the Senate were imme k. de admitted to the presence of the Prince, when c _ oe Mesnard, the Vice President, read the senates winitum adopted by the Senate. The Prince Presi- several Havana wt. Be- f Britiell est Indite Is; there ids., 17 1, " at 471 t ° 18. 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A telegraphic dispatch has been received, dated St. Petersburgh, sth inst., announcing the death of the Prince de Leuchtenberg. PARIS BOURSE, Nov. B.—The market opened at an advance on the closing quotations of Saturday, which was maintained with but slight fluctuation to the end, when Threes for the account left off at 85f. 70c. ; and Fonr-and-a-Half per Cents., at 108 f. 30e. The' market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 851. ; for amount, 85f. 70c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., for cash, 106 f. 50e. ; for account, 1081. 30c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,9951.; Austrian Loan, 944 f.; Turkish Loan, 1,015 f.; Ditto, Home Debt, 46-if.; Neapolitan, not quoted. BUSINESS DONE 1N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 8, 1852- Charleroi and Erquelines, 15 —East Indian, 28%—Great Indian Peninsula, 7 1 4—Grand Junction of France, 74 4 — Luxembourg, 53,—Namur and Liege (with interest), B'Y -Northern of France, 37 1 A—ditto 20/. 3 per cent. Bonds (fmly. Bou. and Anis. shares), 14 5 / 8 —Paris and Lyon., 31— Paris and Rouen, 42—Paris and Strasbourg, 36 1 / _Paris, Caen. and Cherbourg, lOLA —Quebec and Richmond, 34( 4 — Rouen and Havre, 22 1 4 —Sambre and Manse, 10 1 / 4 —Upper Indian Scrip, rA p.—Western of France, 181/4. THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d and 31 have arrived. Malaga had been visited by a smart touch of earth quake. It was rumoured in political circles that the Minis ters had adjourned the meeting of the Cortes to the 20th of December, in order to follow the course of events in France until that period. The Minister of the Interior, it is said, is about to present a plan to the Council of State for the sale of the Royal salt-works. According to official returns published in the Madrid Gazette, the deposits lodged in the general deposit bank amount to 16,579,149 reals in cash, and 26,018,019 reals in securities. A letter from Cadiz announces that the frigate Perla is to replace the Colon in the squadron of evo lution. The four war steamers now building in Eng land are shortly expected at Cadiz, whence they are to proceed forthwith to Havannah to reinforce the garrison there. MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 3.—Three per Cents, 741 paper; Exchange on London, 50 40 paper. ITALY. A letter from Turin of the 4th inst. announces that the Count and Countess Agenor Gasparin had arrived there from Florence. The Earl and Countess Minto had 'left Turin for Genoa. The Cavour Ministry is definitively constituted. This result is regarded as a triumph for the Liberal party. Accounts from Florence of the let inst. state that an ex-municipal guard, named Pirro Binidi Monzu mano, had been arrested on suspicion of being the man who made the attempt to murder the Prime Minister Baldasseroni. A letter from Ancona of the 17th ult. states that nine political prisoners, who formed part of the secret tribunal established in that town in the year 1848, had been shot on the 25th. They died with great courage. The French garrison has been reinforced in Rome. General Gemeau was apprised by letters, dated Civita Vecchia, the 27th October, that some French frigates were in sight of that fort, with the 14th and 40th regiments on board to relieve the 13th, 32d, and 36th, who have been in Rome since the siege of the city. The 14th regiment landed at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, and marched forthwith to Polo, half way between Civita Vecchia and Rome, and arrived there at 2 in the morning. The stores forwarded in all haste from Rome for the men had not yet arrived ; the disappointment, however, is stated to have been borne with the ordinary good humour of French soldiers, and they continued their march to Rome, which they entered oia Friday night. The Pope, who was taking exercise in that direction, met General Gemeau; and when the advanced guard of the 14th Regiment arrived, the men halted and knelt, and the Pope gave them his benediction. The 13th Regiment quitted Rome on the 30th October ; the 32d was to follow on the 2d November, and the 36th on the 10th. GERMANY. The ceremony of the betrothal of the Princess Anne, daughter of Prince Karl of Prussia, with the Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel, took place at the Palace of Charlottenburg, on the 4th inst. All the members of the Royal family were present; the illus trious pair received after the ceremony the congratu lations of the Court, the Generals, the Ministers of State, and the Chargi d'Affaires of Hesse-Cassel. The following is the text of the speech of Count Bnol-Schauenstein, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on opening the Customs' Congress at Vienna : " Gentlemen,—Six months have elapsed since thecloso of our sittings in this hall. A grand and useful work— the preparation and guarantee of the Customs' Union and of the commerce of Germany and of Austria—then occupied our attention, and from the result of our delibe rations we were well founded in believing that we had laid the foundation stone of the vast new institution without any shock for the edifice of the German Zollverein. Diffi culties which we had no reason to foresee have since arisen. But even now we do not renounce the hope that they may be surmounted, but circumstances have im posed it as a duty on us to assemble again in order to enter into deliberations on the prissent state of things. The high governments hero represented have properly appreciated the motives of the invitation which his Ma j esty the Emperor, my august master, authorized me to address to them. Our present efforts are the result of the same spirit as the preceding. In casting a glance at the time which has passed between our two meetings, we find ourselves reassured by the fact that the drafts of treaties which we drew up, and which your Governments, gentlemen, presented for acceptance to the united States of the Zollverein have been generally admitted to be practical and useful. Our project of a treaty of customs and commerce especially is admitted in all parts as destined to serve for the basis of ulterior negotiations and our principle of the union of customs as the first object to attain by these negotia tions has again been generally recognised. By the concessions which we have made in the most concilia tory spirit, and, to faciltate general expectation, the task still to be fulfilled is reduced to details which certainly may be regulated by ulterior negotiations. Our Governments have declared on several occasions their disposition to take equitable propositions into con sideration in order to arrive at a complete accord en the general tenour of the customs and commercial treaty, the prompt conclusion of which is every day demanded by the most evident facts. We have aban doned the demand to see stipulated simultaneously, and in obligatory forms, the basis of the future Customs' Union. But the equitable condition of this renunciation, and its natural consequence is, that a free course shall be left to the treaty of commerce, in order that it may have full effect at the expira tion of the term agreed on. How, under such circum stances, can a dissension as to the period of the conclu sion of the treaty of commerce have the importance of principles? How can it have the effect of separating all Germany? To come to an understanding with Austria, the future extension of the Zollverein is not placed in question, and the time necessary for the negotiation is sufficient. It follows that we have every reason to main tain the hope of an early arrangement, although the realization of it is not within the sole power of the Go vernments represented here. There is only one case in which our hopes could be deceived—namely, if the Zollverein—the object of which, according to the ex press terms of the treaties in vigour, is in accordance with Article XIX. of the German Federal Compact—if the Zollvereign should have a tendency different from that with which it was founded, incompatible with the essence of treaties, by which the national union of the Germans has been preserved—the tendency to exclude Austria from any care of the popular common interests of Germany. Your high governments, gentlemen, have recognized with perspicacity the necessity of foreseeing the unfortunate case of the Zollvereinnot remaining faith ful to itself, of providing for present wants, and leaving open for the future the paths of reconciliation. We shall pursue that object with resolution. But in no case whatever may be the decisions of our confederates not re presented here, will Germany despair of her commercial future. If, in fact, the bonds of the Zollverein, in their present extent, should be dissolved, a new league of Cus toms would be formed, and would unite a population of 48,000,000 souls. It will be the subject of our negotiations to fix in detail, the means by which this new union may be formed without deranging the economy of the States which form part of it, without prejudice to the interests i s of their subj ects, and on bases which shall render the separation of parts of Ger man y , h i therto united, as r e little exists ne nsible, and a bove all of as short duration as possible. But I must her e solemnly repeat that nei ther Austria the dissolut ion of the Zollverein, nor the du r u a s t t i r o i n a i n e f twtheeendoishseenpsiaornt o i f n G c e o r m in m a e n r y c i a al nd poliey, another.desires Austria is too much penetrated w ith the want of the union and uto tne last mto co-operation of all th e members of the ,Germanic F ederal Body, Body, for her not to b e ready p desred understandin extend the hand to the so inuch f that the government g s . proo n as the honoured re: Your meeting this day is a of which I salute you, gentlemeh 'the eame sentimesiti presentatives, are animated wit it. Let us to which we aspire carries satisfaction with and the same principles. The great and salutary object unite our efforts to attain it by our con con ciliatory dispositione." constancy and EGYPT. A letter dated Alexandria, Oct. 23, says :—" A short time ago his Excellency Mukt er Be y arrived here, charged by the Sultan to obtain the assistance of his Highness Abbas Pacha in the financial diffi culty caused by the position of the Bank of Constan tinople, and by the rejection of the loan. So far as a t reacly promise to assist goes, he has been s u ccessful. Ihe Sultan asks his Highness Abbas Pacha to anti- P., Si LT N LOND ON. 'T 13 1-4' SD AY FVFNING NrOITEMBP q 186 - - 4 1... - . ---- 3 -1- • i. 4 ..Ik , ' 3 • --- - - -.- ciente the payment of the tribute - - )f 1853- 4. Thi4" SPORTING INTELT,TGENCE. 1 THE S E ~I R Gll POI? SI I? .1011 IV ERAS if 1,1 N. the Paella hes 1-.;'reed to, and promised to place the --- --e amount (ahont 300,000,:. sterling) at the Sultao's disposal in London in the course of the coming month of November. Not being sufficiently prepared to , meet such an engagement, his highness addressed himself to a banking house in Alexandria, for the purpose of obtaining the requisite advance, to be re funded in a year ; and having been met with a diffi culty—not from any distrust or unwillingness to assist his highness, but from utter impossibility to provide so large a sum at such short notice—his highness decided on dispatching his Excellency Ab dallah Bey to London, via France. Abdallah Bey is expected to meet his Excellency Nubar Bey at Paris, and they are directed to start together for London, for the purpose of addressing on the subject the Pen insular and Oriental Company (who, it appears, on some previous occasion, exhibited offers of aid to his highness), and requesting their assistance. Abdallah Bev left this port for Marseilles on the 21st inst., in the Egyptian steamer Nile. At the same time Muk tar Bey returned to Constantinople with the result of his mission ; end, towards evening of the same day, there arrived another Turkish steamer with an envoy from the Suiten, bringing from Constantinople valu ab`e or( s'ints for the Viceroy, as also the decoration t‘f the new order created by his imperial highness, of which order ho himself is the chef. The railway works are prosecuted with the same alacrity as from the commencement. Upwards of 20,000 men were lately at work on the embankments ; and that part which runs through the Lake Mareotis is so nearly completed, that it is expected to be so entirely before the rams set in, which may happen in a short time from now. After the rains have consolidated the ground, the rails will be laid down." Tut r , venin 14 the ()purling mooting ef the scosion of I 5.52 2 of the iioyHt Geo - Rraphieal Swirly took place in the theatte of the Royal lectitntion, Alhemarlc-street— Sir R. Murchison, the president, in the chair. The number of new members were elected, and the minutes of the last meeting confirmed, after which The PRESIDENT said—Gentlemen, in opening the first meeting of this session I must be allowed to con gratulate you on the prosperous condition of this society. We enter upon this session, gentlemen, with renewed hope of obtaining intelligence of the missing Arctic ex pedition, of our gallant countryman, Sir J. Franklin, and his associates. (Hear, hear.) As geographers, we never doubted what has recently transpired; for I only expressed your sentiments when I dwelt in my last ad dress on the belief we entertained that the resolute cha racter of Franklin must have induced him to sail boldly SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCOXLIKV. A very curioU3 specimen of stcople-chasing, as it dcoe exist at the present time, cause of yesterday at Edge ware. In the morning, in town it was generally under. sood that the race was " squared" for Voyager, and, from the quantity of money laid against the Screw, who was much fancied by the too-often gulled public, it was very evident this latter animal would not win the race. The race itself did not, however, come off in exact ac cordance with the neatly-contrived plans that had been formed during the two previous days, for Voyager, it is as clear as daylight, could not have won upon his merits, being disposed of before half the distance was travelled over. About what the Screw coup have done, I say nothing. Simple Peter, a good-looking horse of Mr. Higgins', won the race cleverly. This animal will do something worth recording in the time to come. The Scramble Steeple-chase was likewise a bungle, the certain winner being defeated very cleverly in the final heat. The Liverpool Autumn Handicap Steeple-chase run to-morrow, will, not improbably, be contested by three. fourths of its small acceptance. The merits of the com petitors are already well known to the public; therefore I need not enter into a di.quisition upon them, but at once jump to a conclusion by stating, that in VICTRESS and THE DRAG, I expect to see the first and accond; Carrig being a likely occupant of the thin! place. The Aintree Stakes (over the mile course) has a large entry, and the field, I expect, will be none of the smal lest. The horses that look most like business are Forester and Truth, at 7st. 131 b. each; View Halloo and the Little Fawn, at Get. 121 b. each; The Reaper, at Get. 101 b.; and Callot, at sst. 121 b. For the absolute winner, I can discover nothing that ought to be able to beat TRUTH and FORESTI.X. northwards through Wellington Channel, and that the energetic and skilful officer who was last sent in search of him would as certainly follow him in the track. Pro videntially, Channel hes this year been found open, and Sir Edw. Belcher has. I trust, succsagfully passed through it ; and if our bold navigators may be on the most hopeful of all the paths yet explored for the discovery of our missing frienth. (Hear.) May Admiral Sir John Frankiin still be met with, so that, rewriting to us, he may find that his Sovereign has con ferred on him a new title in his absence. (Ilear.) But passing from the aspirations of old friends and geogra phers, I now call your attention to the memoirs to be road this evening. The first of these is by that intrepid Arctic seaman, Kennedy—(Hear, hear)—who during the last two years has commanded the Prince Albert— II ship fitted out, to the honour of Lady Franklin, entirely at her own cost. Mr. Kennedy, who is present, will point out to you, on an enlarged map, prepared by Mr. Arrowsmith, the coasts he has traversed and the researches he accomplished under great difficulties, aided in no small degree by a noble young French offi cer, Lieut. Bellot, who won golden opinions from every one of his associates. Mr. Kennedy will further relate to you how, when he left Franklin's last known station, at Beechy Island, the squadron under Belcher was wending its way just where we prayed it might steer; and, when I tell you that we have with us this evening the courageous and experienced Arctic voyager Penny, whose name is justly connected with the most northern lands yet discovered in that longitude, you cannot doubt that we have in him a person thoroughly qualified to discuss the whole subject of Arctic endeavours, now that the power of steam and the use of the screw have elicited hopes which in olden times might have been considered visionary. In alluding to the efforts which have been made by individuals in this humane cause, I need scarcely remind you of the search after Franklin which was executed through the munificence of a single citizen of the United States, Mr. Grinnell, who, in consequence, was elected by your acclamation an honorary member of this society; nor of the able manner in which Cap tain De Haven, of the American navy, carried out the project and was amongst the foremost in discovering new land. On our own part we endeavoured to send out (though hero again Lady Franklin was the great contributor) the littlelsabel screw-steamer, and though circumstances, over which the geographers had no control, prevented this vessel from proceeding to Bebring's Straits, as we wished, the subscribers will be pleased to learn that Captain Ingefield, R.N., who so generously came forward in the hour of need, has pushed on for Smith's Sound, at the north end of Baffin's Bay, to endeavour to determine whether there may not there exist a passage into the Polar Ocean. Thirdly, you will have accounts from Captain Macguire, who went out, you will recollect, to assumci the command of the Plover store-ship, on the north-west coast of America; and you will learn from the letters of that officer how deeply he deplores (together with his predecessor, Cap tain Kellett, R.N., and all geographers) that no screw steamers should yet have been dispatched to Behring's Straits, and how he is persuaded that without the use of such a vessel even the Plover and her provisions will prove useless, because they are immovable. Lastly, Mr. Peterman will communicate some important data respecting former Arctic voyages of the Dutch and English, that led to those whale fisheries which for a long time have proved a source of great profit to this nation, and were the nurseries of the hardiest seamen. He is anxious to convince you and the public that if the plan of Arctic research, which he suggested last year, by passing through the Spitzbergen Sea, be adopted, our merchants may then have a vast new source of wealth laid open to them, by reaching waters in which the largest proportion of whales have of late years found themselves free from the assaults of men. But whatever may be the ultimate com mercial results of an endeavour to reach the Polar Seas REVIVAL OF CONVOCATION. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the rectors, vicars, and incumbents of the City and Archdeanonry of Lon don, all of whom are ex officio Fellows of Sion College was held in the large hall of that institution, in ac cordance with the following requisition : " To the Rev. the President of Zion College. " Rev. and dear Sir,—We, the undersigned Fellows of Zion College, believing that the revival of the active powers of Convocation is, under present circumstances, inexpedient, request that you will have the goodness to call a meeting of the Fellows, to consider the measures which ought to be adopted by them in reference to that subject." The Rev. R. RUDDOCI, M.A.. the president of Zion College, occupied the chair. A long and warm discussion having taken place re specting the legality of the meeting, which was impugned because some of the Fellows had not been summoned to attend. The Rev. Dr. M'CAUL, rector of St. Magnus the Martyr, and representative of the clergy of the arch deaconry of London in Convocation, addressed the meeting at groat length in deprecation of the revival. The rev. doctor concluded by moving the following re solution :—" That a report having been widely circulated that a majority of the clergy of the Church of England and Ireland aro desirous that the Convocation now as sembled should be allowed to proceed to business, the president and fellows of Sion College beg to be permitted to state that they do not participate in ihat feeling, nor believe that under present circumstances such a course would be expedient." The Rev. W. JOHNSON, 8.D., rector of St. Clement, Eastcheap, seconded the motion. The Rev. J. J. TooGooD, rector of St. Andrew's Hol born, moved as an amendment that the meeting should be adjourned sine die. The Rev. W. SCOTT, incumbent of Christ Church, Hoxton, seconded the a mendment. He believed there was an obscurity in the mild form of the requisition, which appeared merely to protest against the revival of convocation at the present time, but which went directly against synodal action under any circumstances —in fact, against that most sacred synod of all which was sum moned by the apostles at Jerusalem. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The Rev. W. GooDE, rector of Allhallows, Thames street, expressed his approbation of the motion proposed by Dr. M'Caul. The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON, incumbent of Trinity Church, Gray's-inn-road, and the Rev. THOS. DARLING, having spoken in favour of the revival of convocation, The CHAIRMAN put the amendment to the meeting, and it was lost. The resolution proposed by Dr. M`Caul was then agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. in steam vessels, directed throughithe only broad open channel leading to them (or that between Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla), we. as geographers, are bound to encourage such researches, and especially because in ad dition to their promotion of national uses, they must present us with a greater number of chances of ascer taining the fate of our missing countrymen. (Hear, hear.) And if it should please our rulers to employ the two little Arctic vessels, the Lady Franklin and the Sophia, now lying useless at home, and aiding them with steam power, should confide them to a captain of whaling vessels, like. Penny, who can appeal to a life of long and approved services in the northern seas— (Hear, hear)—then, indeed, we may reasonably hope for an issue which, if not successful in rescuing the expedition, will prove of great national value, and place us, purchance, on a level with our kinsmen of the United States, who, to their great credit, have won for themselves in the last few years a very lucrative trade amid the ices of the north, by penetrating into, and even through, Behring'e Straits. In short, we learn from the reports of their government, that in the re cent years alluded to, more American seamen were engaged in‘that small district of ocean than were employed in tho whole navy at any one time, and that the large amount of eight million dollars had been fished up by those hardy mariners oat of water-vessels to which but very few British merchants have ever ventured. (Hear.) Let it therefore be ascertained if this Polar basin can be reached rapidly by us through the Spitz bergs n sea, a project which is I know, warily approved by some of our members, including naval officers, who have long been connected with Arctic discovery. (Applause.) Dr. HODGKIN then read Captain Kennedy's paper, which described the progress of the expedition of 1851 by Prince Regent's Inlet and those parts south-west of Cape Walker which Sir John Franklin's instructions directed him to explore. The expedition proceeded from Cape Bud across Victoria Strait, westward, until it reached 200 degrees west longitude, and, rounding Cape Walker, examined the land for several miles, but without finding any traces of Sir John Franklin's party; the conclusion Captain Kennedy arrived at being, that the missing expedition could not have gone by Cape Walker, but must have taken the northern route. The important geographical results of this service was the discovery of a passage from Regent Inlet to Victoria Channel, thus proving the existence of a north-west passage. The paper added that in the neighbourhood of Victoria Straits there were animals found in great variety and abundance. Thanks having been accorded to Captain Kennedy for his paper, abstracts were read from letters received from Commander Inglefield, of the screw discovery ves sel, Isabel, dated July 9, 1852, lat. 59 deg. 11 N., long , 16 deg. 57 W., addressed to Admiral Beaufort. Mr. PETERMAN next read a Communication, in which he stated his opinion that the missing expedition, if found at all, would be met with on the Asiatic side of the polar regions, and dwelt upon the field these regions would open up to the whale fishery. Captain PENNY also expressed an opinion that Sir John Franklin's expedition must be approaching the Asiatic shores, and that any search to be made for it should proceed by Behring Strait and Nova Zombie. After passing the strait, the expedition would enter the Arctic) Ocean, where a large sea existed, and where, if commenced sufficiently early in the season, there would be four months for active operations. Within that pe riod, and with the assistance of steam power, the pole itself might almost be traversed. Looking at the open ing to British commerce these regions afforded, and the still higher incentives of humanity, it would be a dis grace to this country to neglect to prosecute the search, for which duty he should be happy to offer his services. He mentioned, as an important fact, calculated to strengthen the hope that Sir John Franklin's expedition had not perished, that a party of twelve American sea men had wintered in a little bay in the regions he pro posed to explore, and had during their stay there killed no less than thirteen whales, which would have been sufficient to have supported Sir John's party from the day they embarked till the present time. Captain BEECHY considered that any future expedi tion that might be sent out should go up to the westward of Spitzbergen, towards the Seven Islands, and that it should consist of screw steam-vessels. Dr. Nicholay, Dr. Trueman, Mr. Sanders, and other members, having offered a few remarks, The CHAIRMAN closed the awing, and in doing so read a letter from the French Minister of Marine to Lady Franklin, in which he amply recognized the merits of the young French officer, :Lieut. Bellot, who had been sent out as part of the late expedition, and altogether refuted an impression which he (the chairman) said bad circulated to some extent here, that that officer had not met with those marks of distinction in his own country, which kis conduct merited. THE LONDON FRIENDLY INSTITUTION. •••-• The twenty-eighth annual general meeting of members of the London Friendly Institution, was held last evening in the lecture theatre of the Literary and Scientific Institution, Al dersgate-street. The meeting, which was numerffusly attended, was presided over by Mr. lgasterman, M.P. Th e report stated that the year's receipts have amounted to 4,996/. 3s. 9d., and the expenditure to 4,315/. 13s. 3 1 2 d.. leaving a balance in favour of the institution of 6801. 10s. 51d. To afflicted members there has been paid 2,904/, Os. 11d. being 12G/. Os. 5.1,d. in excess of the contributions paid to the sickness fund. The sum of 387/. 103. has been paid (leaving 71. 10s. to pay) on 20 deaths out of 27 which have occurred during the year. An endowment benefit of 50/, has been paid ; five only now remain on the books. The management expenses (exclusive of the 100/. for actuary services and a bill for printing) has amounted to 3811. 63. 41d., NI/ hich in cludes extra expenses, occasioned by the special meeting of members, and other items arising from the proposed altera tion of rules. From the balance remaining, 200/. has been carried to the sickness fund. The nua,ter of members on the let October , 1851, was 2,595 ; there have since been ad mitted 245. Deaths 27, default ers 280,exclude1 2, endow mentbeing aidl ; l e aving a total on the 30th S eptem b er, 1852, of 2,530, a decrease of 65. There aro 1,162 members for sickness and death benefits united; 1,2'0 for sickness ; 93 for death ; and 5 for endowments. The report was v,dopted. TRADE COMBINATIONS.—At a recent meeting of the London Strong Boot and Shoe - manufacturers' Associa tion, it was agreed that non-society men should henceforth be admitted to employment on equal terms with society men. It was also determined that such abuses as forcing men to lodge in their employers' houses, supplying them with coffee or tea against their will, and making them pay oittiPg e ' s hould be abeli*bed THE ROY AL MILITARY COLLEGE. The usual half-yearly public examination of the officers and gentlemen cadets studying at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, took place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 4th, sth, and 6th inst., on which ozcasion the institution was honoured with the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The other members composing the Collegiate Board were Lieutenant-General Sir George Scovoll, K.C.8., the Governor; Major-General Thomas W. Taylor, C.B , the Lieutenant-Governor ; and Lieut.-Colonel George W. Prosser. the Major and Superintendent of Studies. At the close of the examinations the following officers were presented with the usual certificates of qualifica- tion : Captain W. Sankey, Ist West India Regiment. Captain W. Boyle, 89th Regiment. Captain J. H. Kirby, 86th Regiment. Captain 11. Townsend, 14th Regiment. Lieutenant J. Fraser, 60th Regiment. Lieutenant E. S. Powys, 61st Regiment. In consequence of the proficiency of Lieutenant Fraser, and the superior talents and acquirements displayed by Captain Sankey in the highest branches of mathematical science, special honorary additions were made to their certificates ; and the high qualifications of Captain Sankey in military surveying and French ; of Captain Boyle, Captain Townsend, and Lieutenant Powys in French ; of Captain Kirby in fortification and French ; and of Lieutenant Fraser in fortification, French, and German, were also particularly noticed on their respec tive certificates; and the following:gentleman cadets, who had completed their qualifications for commissions, were recommended to the General Commanding-in-Chief for appointment to ensigncies in the line without purchase:- 1. John G. Image 8. Reginald H. Graham 2. Arther J. P. Wadman 9. Shadwoll H. Clerke 3. Charles B. Phillipps 10. Arthur J. Fremantle 4. James C. tHobbs 11. William C. Justice 5. Charles Goddard 12. Audley Lempriere 6. Horatio P. Batcheler 13. Charles G. Harrison 7. Lewis B. Hole By the result of the examinations above 50 other young gentlemen were declared to have made various steps towards qualifying themselves for commissions in those branches of the mathematics which aro applicable to military purposes; in permanent and field fortifican tion, and the attack and defence of fortresses; in Latiand and general history, and in the moder n lan g uages; 22 had also during the half-year completed the course of professional education in military surveying, and 25 in the actual construction of intrenchments and saps in the field, pontooning, &c. - - - THE MINT AND TREASURY JOBBER'• TO THE EDITOR OF THE sus. SIR ' by your paper for the 6tppears a forcible letter by " Observer,' on the Mint, reformed and unre formed. Since the cry for coin arose, and the differenttt leers complaining of the inefficiencyjof the Mint have appeared I have had the curios it y to wade through the blue books, the results of the R o y al Commission, and am astonished to see the small measures, amounting to meanness, that have been taken in the reformation, — meanness in some instances, gross jobbery in others. In forming the new establishment first, the old off deputy a mas ter, Sir James Morriso n, had to be bought by retiring pension, larger than the salary he had enjoyed during the fulfilment of his duties. He got rid of, a nevi master was appointed in the person of the eminent as tronomer, Sir John Hershell ; a good name was wanted to give an air of respectability to a not very creditable concern. Then for deputy, the man who was to be the real broom, to do the dirty work, a Captain Harness, protege of Sir Charles Trevelyan, at the handsome salary of 1,000/. a year. After him, one of the old employes, the " clerk of the irons ," was weanpointed, wader a ne stsw name. This gentleman , o ne of our greatest chemi, and a most popular lecturer at the Royal Institution, had to be bribed to remain with an additional 1501. a year to the before not unhandsome salary of 700/. Tbis increase was given as compensation for the loss of private busi ness, and on condition that he would for the future attend to his public duties, for, hitherto, he had not been able to attend to these latter without terrible binder- ante to his private concerns. These aro reforms with a vengeance !—I am, Sir, yours obediently, Oct. 9th. X. Y. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUNT. SlR,—Your correspondent " Observer," has'very much underated the former power and efficiency of the mint ; for it appears by the evidence taken by a committee of the House of Commons, in 1837, that, in they ear 1817, 5 the value of the silver actually coined was 1,81,, and of gold, 4, 261 , 3201 . FACT. PLYMOUTH ELECTION.—It is very probable that a petition will he presented to Parliament against the re turn for this borough of Mr. Charles Mare, the eminent ship-builger, on the ground of corrupt practices, either by himself or his agent. GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL LINE OF STEAMERS. —We aro glad to understand that this old-established line will be fully and well supplied with first-rate steamers dur ing the ensuing year. RAILWAY RECEIPTS.—The gross receipts of Railway 6s. the traffic tor th e wee k en di ng O c t. 30, 1852, amount to per rate mile, ef 4 6145. against per 3 mile, 18,55 f 5 e / r . ot the 1 299,3561., which, on 6 , 915 m il es o f li n e, gives an average of 6,915 miles line, e 431., a tweek, ending Oct. 23, 1852. PORTSMOUTH SAILORS' Home.—ln consequence of the Earl of Northesk's liberal offer to give 100/. to the Portsmouth Sailors'. Home, for the purchase of the original building, if nine other persons would give the same sam to complete the 1,0001. required for that o bject, the Earl of St. Vincent h as offered 1001. on the same terms, and the Central Committee for Sailors' Homes in London have offered 1001. also, through Captain W. H. Hall, n.N. The Optional Selling Stakes and tho Scurry Handicap do not close and name until this evening. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDA.Y. SEFTON HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Doubt (t) 6 to 1 agst Retail (t) 6 to 1 agst Warwick 6 t) 1 agst Little Ftwn. TYRO HANDICAP. The Daughter of Toscar the favourite, but no price fixed. Charley was scratched at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, the Ist inst; and Ninnyhammer at 12.30 p.m. on Satur day last. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Nancy (t) DERBY. .3 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian 00 to 6 agst Baron Rothschild's Orestes 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Pharos (taken and afterwards offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Cinema (t) 50 to 1 agst Lord Londesborough's The Mayor of Hull (Shawn Buidhe colt) 600 to 50 agst Uncles and Umbriel (t) The room was well attended until five o'clock; but very little done beyond settling on th e even t s o f l a st week. The Liverpool quotations are nominal. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN, 1853. SECOND OCTOBER. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two year-olds. Gen. Anson's The Druid Gen. ARBOWB Rally Duke of Belford's Hesse Cassel Mr. Bowes's b c Blight Mr. E. R. Clarke's o by Plenipotentiary, dam by Hetman Platoff, out of Blackcock's darn Mr. E. R. Clarke's b or br f by Sir Tattoo Sykes, out of Lady Liverpool Lord Chesterfield's f byl Orlando, out of Boarding School Miss Lord Clifden's Alembic Lord Clifden's Astolfo Mr. Combo's Apropos Mr. W. Cookson's br a Mus covado, by S weetmeat, out of Surprise Lord Derby's Boiardo Lord Eglinton's b f Bianca Lord Eglinton's b f Holiday Lord Exeter's b c by PM° Mr. Greville's Quince Lord Exeter's br o by Laner cost, out of Arni m , ,Lord Exeter's bob L cost, out of Gra c e ' aner. Mr. Greville's Kaffir Mr. Heneage's c by Cowl, I out of Minerva Captain D. Lane's Selina sir. Mare's c by - Lanereost, out of Event Mr. Osbaldeston's Brother to Mountain Deer Lord Ribblesdale's Marble Hill Duke of Richmond's Brother to Harbinger Mr. R. R Ryder's br e Brother to Maid of Masham Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mira beau, by Melbourne, out of Myrrh° Mr. J. M. Stanley's ch o Lincoln's•lnn, by Sir Tat ton Sykes, out of Advice gon, out of Catherina Match-200, h it, D.M.—Mr. Greville's c by Alarm out of Alkali, Tat 41b, agst Lord Glasgow's Doublethong Est 131 b. _ _ HOUGHTON, 1853. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. eheb, h ft ; for two-year -olds. Duke of Bedford's Mercator, 'dr. Greville's Boma by Weatherbit, of New Mr. Greville's Kafir Year a Day Mr. Mare's br c by Laner Mr. Combe's Testy, Sister to coss, out of Lobelia Trouncer Sir. R. Ryder's br c Brother Mr. W. Cookson's br c Mus- to Maid of Mssham covado, by Sweetmeat, Mr. J. M. Stanley's ch out of Surprise Lincoln's-Inn, by Sir Tat- Lord Exeter's bc by Laner- ton Sykes, out of Advice cost, out of Graco Lord Exeter's c by Nutwith, Mr. G. Wentworth's Mo- out of Camera Obscura nimia DONCASTER, 1853. The Champagne Stakes of 50 aovs. each, h ft, for two year-olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; the second to save his stake, and the winner to give six dozen of c h am pagne to the fund. Red louse iu. 35 sabs. Mr. T. Adkins's Ruby Gen. Anson's b f Lovebird Gen. Anson's br f Moresca Mr. Bignell's br c The First Lord, by Lord Melbourne, out of Testatrix Mr. Bowes's b c Blight Sir R. W. Bulkeley's br c Humguffin Mr. E. R. Clark's o by Napier, out of Glenhawk's dam Mr. E R. Clark's c by Sir Tatton Sykes, out of Star light Bess Lord Clifden's Brigliadoro Mr. W. Cookson's br o covado, by . Sweetmeat, out of Surprise Mr. R. E. Cooper's The Novice Lord Derby's o by Orlando, out of Verbena Lord Eglinton's b f Bianca Lord Glasgow's oh c by Pyrrhus the First, out of Conspiracy Mr. Greville's Qui nce Mr. Inman's eh ti Horatio Lord Londesborough's b c Tadcaster, by Ithuriel, out of Miss Sarah's dam Mr. F. Peel's ch o Bonehill The Don Stakes of 50 sous. colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Sat 4 Mr. :Bowes's West Austra lian Mr. E. R. Clark 's Winter Lord Clifden's Peli on Lord Exeter's Filb ert Lord Londesborough's oh c The Mayor of .Hall, by gh Shawn Buidho—z al i ma The Municipal St a kes fc subs., the 200 sovs. stakes Stakes for 1855 with 119. 'Sir C. Monek's b c by St. Bennett, out of Castaway Sir C. Monck's br f by St. Bennett, out of Garland Mr. Morris's b c by Pyrrhus the First, out of Celeste Mr. Osbaldeston's Brother to the Mountain Deer Mr. J. Parker's br c by Cowl, out of Lady Gay Spanker Baron Rothschild's Middle• sex Mr. Russell's Ruminator Mr. R. Ryder's br c Brother to Maid of Masham Mr. C. Spence's oh c Canute, by The Emperor Mr* J. M. Stanley's b c by Orlando, out of Olive Oil Mr. W. Stebbing's b f Heed less Mr. Walpole's b c The Pre sident, by Cotherstone Mr. Wentworth's Monimia, by Melbourne, out of Azeth's dam Mr. J. Wilkinsou's ch f Crystal, by Red Heart Mr. Worthington's br f Juliet Mr. Worthigton's b f Phoebe Lord Zetland's b 0 Tros sash, h ft, form m i le. 1 1 - e ar- subs.o Id s ; Last Captain D. Lane's Ninny' hammer Sir C. Monck's Vindex Mr. Merry's Lambton Mr. J. Powney's b c Cineas Baron Rothsohild,s Orestes Mr. J. M. Stanley's North Pole ►r 1854 have closed with 7 with 8, and the Doncaster THE WAHvgic R MEETING.—Messrs. Howard and Clinton h ave a right good thing now for the W arwick i Handicap at 10 to 1, the pu bli c may re ly on ts being one of the best thi ngs we h ave h a d t hi s yea r, and it may possibly be the last this year ; the Warwick Meeting will be a most brilliant one for us—as it was last year. Fee, 10s. 61 R. and C. Post-office, Coventry-street, Soho. Subscription to Christmas, one guinea. To SU BCRIBgIIB.—We cannot stand only on the one horse recomme n d e d f or th e Liverpool Autumn S. C. ; Victress is dangerous, but it's 100 to 1 on the two. ADELPHI THEATRE. „,....-- The Fl owers o f t h e F— orest was revived last eveni ng The seriou s cast rema i ns i n a ll essentials the same as heretofore played by Mr. H. Bed , With the exception of Star li g ht Bess, who was formerly Played by Mrs. Fitzw illism, but who l oses none of h er f orce an d h u mour in the hands of Mrs. Keeley. C heap J o h n, t h e comic character, formerly sustained by Mr. Wright, was ford. The farce of A Wife for a Day. was reviv ed last night for the reappearance of Mr . Silsbee. The cha racter is that of an uncouth and even clownish Yankee, who, in spite of his rough exterior and his superabund ance of Transatlantic vulg ar i sms , performs most chival rous feats, taking upon himself th e odium of a marriage w ith a very suspicious lady , m erel y to conceal the fact that she is secretly married to his brother, and under going a host of disagreeables and peri ls out of p ure fra ternal affection. Mr. Silsbee, in the part of this gallant unwashed, is precisely the same as in . the Yankee Plovgh boy; but, if there is not vari et y ia his humour, there is at any rate plenty of unction, and his stories and his. chu c kl es e licited repeated roars. The little part of the Fre n ch danseuse, the lady about whom all the trouble arises, was sustained in a piquant manner by Mrs. Wigan STRAND THEATRE. Mr. Dumbolton, under wnese management this pretty little theatre has been doing a prosperous .bip,iness with an admirable " sable " company, took his benefit last evening, when a new original sketch, by Mr. J. Rogers, was successfully produced, entitled I aul, or the Fortunate Slave. Pall, Hooley, Price and Co. continue th e i r pe culiar feats with great applause nightly, and certainly few places of amusement in the metropolis are better worth visiting than the Strand Theatre as at present conducted. Mr. Dumbolton's managerial exertions were deservedly appreciated by a bumper house. Out of fifteen vessels from Liverpool, recorded in the Underwriters'•rooms, this week, as wrecked or putting into port with damage, only three are British.—Liver pool Albion. 'l'll E NEW HOUSE OF COAL-MONS. As the new Parliament will be formally inaugurated on Thursday, the I 1 th instant, by the delivery of the the Speech from the Throne, we consider it but right to present our readers with an accurate list of the recently elected representatives. This list, we may observe, has been carefully revised throughout, and perfected by the most painstaking emendations. It will be perceived that we have authenticated our own alphabetical list by the Official Returns as notified in the columns of the London Gazette. The various members will be found classified according to their known opinions, as supporters of the GOvernments or of the Opp°. sition. During the next few days, those who have not already presented themselves in the Commons, will be duly sworn in bofore the Speaker; and as the real busi ness of the Session will commence in earnest 'on Than ' day evening, we doubt not bat that the final republication of these parliamentary returns will be regarded by the great mass of our readers with satisfaction. (The names of new Members are given in Italics.) (Members marked 41 are since deceased.) Liberals. Mlnisterialists. ABERDEEN (1). George Thompson ABERDEENSHIRE (1). Hon. W. Gordon ... ABINGDON (1). *General Caulfield ANDOVER (2). Sir W. Cubitt H. B. Coles ... ANGLESEA (1). Sir R. W. Bulkeley ANTRIM COUNTY (2). G. Macartney ..„ , Captain Pakenham , ARGYLESHIRE (1). Sir Archibald Campbell ARMAGH BOROUGH (.1). R. S. Moore ARMAGH COUNTY (2). Sir W. Verner ... Hon. J. Caulfeild , ARUNDEL (1.). Lord E. Howard ASHBURTON (1). G. Moffatt ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE (1). C. Hindley ATHLONE (1). W. Keogh ••• AYLESBURY (2). Dr. Layard R. Bethell ••• AYR BURGHS (1). J. Craw Turd AYRSHIRE (1). Colonel Blatr . BANBURY (1). H. W. Tancred BANDON (1). Lord Bernard BANFFSHIRE (1). J. Duff •41 BARNSTAPLE (2). Sir W. Fraser .., R. Bremridge BATH (2). Captain Scobell T.. Phinn ••• BEAUMARIS (1). Lord G. Paget ... BEDFORD (2). S. Whitbread, jun. H. Stuart •.• BEDFORDSHIRE (2). Hastings Russell Colonel Gilpin ... BELFAST (2). R. Davison H. M'Calmot Cairns BERKSHIRE (3). G. H. Vansittart Robert Palmer Lord Barrington ... RERWICK (2). M. Forster ••• • J. Stapleton . ERWICKSHIRE (1). Hon. F. Scott .• BEVERLEY (2). The Hon. F. C. Lawley W. Wells BEWDLEY Sir T. Winnington! BIRMINGHAM (2). G. F. Muntz W. Scholefield BLACKBURN (2). W. •Eccles ••• J. Pilkington BODMIN (2). Dr. Mitchell ... C. Graves- Sawle BOLTON (2). T. Barnes ••• ••• J. Crook 0 ••• ~. • ••• 1 ••• 1 BOSTON (2). G. H. Reatlicote . 1 ••• ... B. B. Cabbell BRADFORD (2). R Milligan ... X. w Wickham ... BRECON (1). C. B. Morgan BRECKNOCKSHIRE (1). Sir Joseph Bailey BRIDPORT (2). T. A. Mitchell J. P. Murrough BRIDGENORTH (2). T. C. Whitmore Sir R. Pigot BRIDGEWATER (2). Colonel Tynte B. S. Follett •.• BRIGHTON (2). Sir G. Pechell Lord A. Hervey BRISTOL (2). Henry Berkeley Gore Langton BUCKINGHAM (2). Lord Chandos ... John Hall „ ~, ••• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (3) G. C. Du Pre ••• Right Hon. B. Disraeli ... •6' Hon. C. Cavendish ..: ." BURY (1). Frederick Peel BURY ST. EDMUND'S (2). Earl Jermyn ••• ••' John Stuart ... BUTESHIRE (1). Hon. J. Stuart Wortley .. CAITHNESS-SHIRE (1). G. Trail .. ..„ CALNE (1). The Earl of Shelburne CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (2). Right Hon. H. Goalbum Loftus Wigram CAMBRIDGE, BOROUGH (2). S. Macaulay J. H. Astell CAMBRIDGESHIRE (3). Hon. E. T. Yorke ... Lord George Manners ... E. Ball 0 ••• ~. 1 ••• 1 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 ••• 1 ••• e l ••• ••• 1 ••• 0 •S• ••• 1 ••• ••• ••• 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 1 ... 0 ~, 0 ~, 0 .., 0 CANTERBURY (2). H. P. Gipps Hon. B. Johnstone CARDIFF (1). Walter Coffin ... •IP. 0 1 es• 0 ... 0 •.• CARDIGAN DISTRICT (1). P. Loveden CARDIGANSHIRE (1). Colonel Powell CARLISLE (2). • • Sir J. Graham ... J. Ferguson ..„ CARLOW COUNTY (2). John Ball ... *Colonel Bruen ... CARLOW (1). John Sadleir CARNARVON BOROUGH (1). W. B. Hughes -• '" CARNARVONSHIRE (1). Hon. E. G. D. Pennant ... CARMARTHEN (1). D. Morris ... CARMARTHENSHIRE (2). D. A. Davies D. Jones ... ••• CARRICKFERGUS (1). Hon. W. S. Cotton CASHEL (1). Sir T. O'Brien ... CAVAN (2). Hon. T. B. Maxwell ... Sir John Young ... CHATHAM (1). Sir F. Smith ... CHELTENHAM (1). Craven Berkeley CHESTER (2). Earl Grosvenor —. ••• W. 0. Stanley CHICIIESTER (2). J. A. Smith ••• Lord H. Lennox •.• CHIPPENHAL (2). Air. Joseph Neeld ••• Captain Boldero ••• CHESHIRE, NORTH ( 2 ). G. C. Legh ••• ••• Tatton Egerton ..• ••• CHESHIRE, SOUTH (2). Sir P. Egerton ... •.. J. Tollem ache ... •• • CHRISTCHURCH (Q. ___ Captain Walcott, R.N. CIRENCESTER (2). Lion. A. G. .T. Ponsonky J. R. Mailings CLACKMANNANS stoneHIRE (1). James John CLARE COUNTY (2). Sir J. F. Fitzgerald Cornelius.o',Brfen ~. 0 ~. 1 .., 0 .10 1 .., 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... •••...- 0 ••• ••• 0 .00 0 ••• ••• ••• 0 ••• ••• ••• 0 ~. ... 1 ... • •• 0 ••• 1 ••• 0 ••• .1•• 1 •• 0 ... 0 ... elf gill 1 IMP CLITHEIZOE (1). M. Wilson CLOS AIEI. (1). Hon. C. Lawless CRICKLADE (2). J. Neeld A. L. Goddard COCKERMOUTH (2). General Wyndham H. Aglionby COLCHESTER (2). W. H. Hawkins Lord John Manners COLERAINE (1). Lord Naas CORNWALL, WEST (2). E. Pendarves Sir C. Lemon .. CORNWALL, EAST (2). Agar Robartea X Kendall CORK (2). SPrezeant Murphy ••• William Fagan ••• ••• CORK COUNTY (2). E. B. Roche •.• Vincent Scully ... COVENTRY (2). Right Hon. E. Ellice ... Mr. Charles Clench „.. CUMBERLAND, EAST (2). Hon. C. Howard W. Marshall LIUMBERLAND, WEST (2). Captain Lowther S. leo* ••• DARTMOUTH (1). .Tr Thomas Herbert ..• DENBIGH DISTRICT (1). F. R. West ... DENBIGHSHIRE (2). Sir W. W. Wynn Col. M. Bidclulph DERBY (2). M. T. 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Hanmer FORFARSHIRE (1). Colonel Hauls FROME (1). Hon. Colonel Boyle GATESHEAD (1). W. Hutt ... GALWAY (2). A. 0. Flaherty ... M. J. Blake GALWAY COUNTY (2). Sir J. T. Burke ..„ J. A. Bellew GLAMORGANSHIRE (2). C. M. R. Talbot ... Sir George Tyler •.. GLASGOW (2). . A. Hastie J. Macgregor ... GLOUCESTER, CITY (2). Admiral Berkeley . W. P. Price ... •I• es• se• •°' •• • ... ... GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST (2). Sir W. Codringtou ••• Marquis of Worcester ••• GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST ( 2 > Nigel Kingscote R. B. Hale GRANTHAM (2). G. E. Welbv Lord AT Pr. Graham ... GREAT GRIMSBY (1). NOCK GREEEarI of A 447ses).iei . DindoP "' GREENVirICH (2). p. p. Chambers, Bolt • • • • •• • GUILDFORD (2). R. D. ?dangles J. Bell HADDINGTONSHIRE (1). 'Hon. E. Charteria f ••• •• ••• HADDINGTON BURGHS (1). Sir H. Davie •.. ••• HALIFAX _(2). Sir C. Wood _ ••• ••• F. Crossley ... ... lIANTS, SOUTH (2). H. C. Compton ... ~. Lord V. Choltriondeky ... HANTS, NORTH (2). Rt. Hon. C. S. Lefevre ... Melville Portal ... ... 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