The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-15 00:00:00

away from their hews end their business, and compel hug theist to put en a ir,d coat tied submit to drill o hen they ought to be at their looms and in their working lackets.—(lliar, hear, end laughter.) Then, when vo ltriteer service as, prop....sed, they raised their ejection that the Government wrre not petformiug their duty fur not haviog-rec:mrse to the ballot. These contradictory objections came. from the party who they all knew wished the country to be conquered. The first -obj , ction to the measure wag, that they were dragging by force men in vast numbers into .a po•ition in which their morals would be contaminated, so that they would rot be fir, 'Whew they- rrturned, to keep company with their lesr vitiared euuntryuen. Bur no soon( r did the S , :cret , ry of Stlt.9.i ntimire that if a large proportion of the neut er of n on — " Toted of , though short of the whole number tarn, should be , raired b ' y volunteer etihst lnent--that Ras, bhnuld be rai.if 40 000 men ( .. sy) Government weak' be contented rot to have recourse to the ballot —immediately the Rig ht Hort, Gentleman tumid r elied end complained of : the SuillineSs of the number—(Cbecr.)—end stigmatised and ridiculea.the militia force, because it would not be large enoug h._(Ch re rs.) S i that. hit high or hit low H. n. Gentlemen complained of the it fliction—that in being neither more nor.l/es than a material step towards the defence of the country. Lie :(Lord Palm; r at n) had shown to the Howe on a farmer occasion what the opinions or or" arty, at least, were upon that Ti p s . tion. Some called him en anonymous idiot, others card he might be looked for in Colney Hatch or Hanwill. —(Laughter.) Ile (Lord Pelmerator) now asked 'the two Hon. Umbers tor Manchester whether they con curred in regardieg the writer of that pamphlet as an idiot, or fit to be an inmate of Hauwell or O. , lney Hatch. If they said so he acquitted them of any participation in the opinions of that pamphlet. But if there was any equivocation in the it answer--if they refusal to disavow all the stwements, ell the arguments. and all the asser tions of that pamphlet—(Laughter)—then he Ehould be compelled to think that the object ,of their opposition to the present measure was not the relieving of the country from any temporary pres sure, but the working out that "pious fraud " (Laughter)—by which it was herd that this country might be exposed both to the calamity of inva sion and coequeste G 3 an atonement for offences com mitted in those offensive wars by - which the independence of the country was mainteined and its liberty secured; which liberty now enabled the Hon. Gentlemen to make' their opposition to the present measure.—(Lattghter.) Mr. BRIGHT said, the Noble Lord came to the as sistance of the Government on all occasions, with speeches which, though not argumentative, 'were calcu lated to raise a laugh on the other aide of the House. He (Mr. Bright) desired, however, to see the question treated seriously, and not as an extravaganza. in which the Noble Lord performed nightly. He (Mr. Bright) started with the fact, that fifteen millions had already • been voted for the defence of the country. No one on the benches on which he sat had opposed that vote. The Noble Lord, however, thought fit to assume that they had voted against it. That was the fouedation of his argument for an addition a 350,0001. more to thri . estimates. In 1843 the Noble Lord and his ctlleagues Plapesed a militia of 150,000 men. This session they proposed one of 120,000 men. The Home Secretary 'now proposed 80,000, to bo raised by a compulsory process. Mr. WALPOLE—Nn. Mr. BRIGHT—The Right Hon. Gentleman said that if 30 000 or 40000—which meant 35 000—were raised, be should not apply the compulsory process for the de ficiency of 10,000. This was a very considerable teethe.- tioo. In feet, the entire force had been frittered away until it uctually locked quite ridiculous in the ee es of its support ers . The Noble Lord wanted Lim (Mr. Bright) to bind himself to the principles of the pamphlet he had quoted; this, however he (M.r. Bright) should decline to do.' Extreme opinions were likely to be held cn both sides; but be certainly did think that if there was to be any enthusiasm ar all on the subject it should be in favour of that which stimulated to peace and not to the atrocities of war. The I.nguage and conduct of the Noble Lord in respect to this Bill re flected very little credit upon him;_ but it was quite con sistent with the course of the Noble Lord on the sth of December to sand up and ridicule those who atom . cattd peace in welCrence to war. The question at issue was in this position; on the second trailing of the Bill it was opposed by the representatives of every large town in Great. Britain. The Noble. Lord sometimes met his constituents at Tiverton- he (Mr. Bright) should like to know how he would justify his conduct on this occa gee. The Bill was supparted, on the other hand, by the county Member: and he (Mr. Bright) had beard that the di s t r ib u ti o n o f the bounty among the egricul tural labourers was considered an object that might be important. He (Mr. Bright) believed that it the Bill passed it would not only be inoperative, but injurious like another Bill that bad pass-d last year by a majority of 490, and which was not only carried into execution, but which. threatened to dismember the empire. Mr. S. HERBERT wished to calm the apprehensions of the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire respecting the sack of Devizes which he had narrated to the House. He had left it only within the last few days, and it was a perfectly peaceful, orderly, and wsll-regu• lated town. The proposal was to rake .50,000 men this year, and 30,000 next. He thought that the Govern ment would have done much better not to fix in the clause the number of men to be taken in any 3ear, bat to leave it to her Mt+ sty is Cout,cil. The Govern ment, however, bad, in his opinion, exercised a wise dis• cretion in not having recourse to compulsory enlistment, if the number dsfleient did not exceied 10,000 men. Captain TOWNSEND was opposed to any Militia Bill, whether of the present or of the late Government, because he thought they would be in, fficient to meet the force that might be sent egain4 thtre. The measure would not be popular, and it would be useless. The "wooden walla" were the national defence of England. By employing a Itiffizent number of ships and having an adequate reserve all proSpect of danger %solid be aver ed. At the came time, to prevent the possibility of the slightest surprise, he ihould have no objection to a small increase of the army.—(Hear.) Her Majesty's Government asked forbearance and confidence; he eon sidered they had bed forbeerance enough, but they should not have his cenfi.feece. He had heard the budget of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he judged it to be a free-trade speech; but a night or two after the Right Ron, Gentleman denied he, had said anything of the kind. Therefore, he (Captain Townsend) could not give the Government his confidence when the Chancel lor of the Exchr quer came down to mystify and stultify the House, and set the part of a political Mawworm.— (Oh.) It was all very well when the Right Honourable Gentleman was at that side of the House, but it was unworthy his character and his high position. The Right Hon. Gentleman had hunted down his (Captain Townsend'e) late colleague, who would have the bles siege of sees yet unborn; therefore, he should not have his (Captain Townsend's) confidence. Mr. WAKLEY said the House was told the force to be established was a new force; but though the ground for its establishment had been asked, it had never been told Parliament. At this moment the rental of the four metropolitan countess was absorbed by the defences of the country. If a was not in a state of adrquat de fence, then the blame rested upon the managers of the state, and upon the NAle Lod the M-mber for Tiver ton among the rest. He (Mr. Wakeey) had hoped that the Noble Lord would he en econozelet—tay, he had hoped to see him at the head of a R Ldical eteministra urea; but that hope was now flea, and the Nadia Lord would, from his course on this 11.11, b c me one of the. most unpopular men in the country. Why did the Noble Lerd rem an a member of a Governintat which bad so coin; letely uegleettel the d&enees of the coun try ?- Be warned the Government that this measure would annoy, most of all, their friends the farmers, by making farm labourers scarce, and farm labour conee coeutly more costly. After thirty-8, yen years' peace he regarded the propo,al as one of the most wanton ever made to Parliereent, and he should give it every opposition in his power. The ground of fear of the Empire in France was gone; so were all the other grounds. Lord PALMERS . TON begged to say one word on the charge that he had only opened his ea V s to the necessity for this force, and to the danger of the country, within the last few weeks. The contrary was the cage. During the Administration of the late Sir Robert Peel, he had earnestly urged upon the Government to take into their most serious consideration the then defancele,s state of the country; and be believed that his representations had the effect of inducing that Government to act with greater promptitude in the matter. During the whole period in which he (Lord Palmerston) was a meacber of the late Government he bad strongly urged on his, col leagues the necessity for strengthening the defences of the country, and though the measure for that purpose was not proposed until he bad left office, other precau tions had been taken to that effect, end he was happy to say that the defeeces of the country were now in a dif ferent state from that in which they had been when he first called attention to the subject. Mr. HUME referred to a speech of the Noble Lord which stated that there had been a decrease in the army : , frot h 1839 to 1848. What was the Noble Lord and his ''''lllswgnes about to reduce the defences of the country? r e n 4 h tet_was the advocates of the measure . shifted , their thee--.._emrpe!ually. It appeared to him ( • reason : to He Hume) that weaa Jeering to vote this force without any adequa tion—th e 'T2 however, would keep to his original °Dice then the t o pt, and he would not vote a shilling more of the absolute necessity 0/. al rea d y voted unt i l b e was satisfied prevent the weetect.:filitY of the measure . He wished to of the Exchequer w the surplus which the. Chancellor the public relief efro tild b© enabled to appropriate to country was against th P4 e aes, The feeling of the maent would be , th e most Militia Bill, and that Govern- Effectually relieve th e . paecrs.. He considered that the present Governed; guilty parties with respect to t a we " new the only w _n u Militia Bill, for the todgebthaeolved blazes If from Noble Lord (Lot u d p .T. ih ß ,: us ß at : l l l l ) guilt by givit.g (Hear.) He could not think the present Governmeolt.- - doings of the last Government. Th ey w w cui l a i copy the was satisfied, ;we Ecclesiastical Ticb-8 I - m ( lT, 11 , ot, ho . become the laughing stook of the country f„ a t n ' then to carry out the provisions- -a (Elear ). He consid sta 15-ng the Militia Bill was pasted, it would never be C rell ,l l out; and he therefore implored the Government to lrri‘ before they went further with it. It they persever;pausedit would produce unpopularity; and tbe.Right Title. Gee ti the Chancellor of the Ezell= quer must lock to become an unpopular Minister. The House was cleared for a division, when there up. peered— Por the alteration ..• ... *:: 41 84 Against . y.T. Majority Sir A. VERNEY neat moved to omit the pr..vision i:r .moved ... —43 offering a bounty to recruits on enlisting. Flec""idtred' if there was any real dsnger of attach, that it was im portant the whole able-bcdied population should ,be put under training, for he Vas satisfied, if hostilities were actually threatiied, the p otp i e . vrQu id readily Ysiuutter without the bribe of a bounty. The whole value of the system of militia dep. eded upon good e fficers, end if the re:lit:a were without the sense of and tuberdinetz tion, no matter whether they were t.fficient or non e ffi. if nt, th; y would be a curse to the c‘ untry. If his will prevailed, he world not permit any man to enlist in the militia unless ho could read and write. He leas sa ti.tiPd it a bounty was given that Gem rnnent would not get tbe .proper sort of men, 118 men of rerpeotisbility would refuse to stand in the ranks nil men whose only. inducement to,,volunteer v. its the tevpto.ion of the bounty. There were 2,000,000 of militiamen in the Mitecl States enrolled.without bounty..- 7 (N0.) ,J.Je asserted that was so, but then J.e admitted enro;tnent was corn pulsmy— (flea*)—and eveiy man must servo in the mi titta in America. It they refused to serve they were fin- 0 .-- (Hear.) there was the fart that America had 2,000 000 cf volunteers wi , hout any bounty. 1 - 1;5 avgument was that a better class of men. would be oh tam md without Heap with a Vuroy. 110 la , gguls therel robe, to rn , ,ve the omission ol tell words from the clause which had rer renee"to boun,ies. The Al TORNEY-0 EN ER L said the amendment of the Nl.e...rnber Was ;o mit everything eerie cting 6uut.tieS in tbeßill. The II n. Gentleman articipated e t rie ht m . ; e vnido p o ers t er a s t w p o e u i l s d c;o la s e o so f eart:oempeerliyotratiesim,:surd , be w e oo o id t the s-ing. forward to enrol themeelies, and there fore tho Hon. Genii, man was desiretis altogether ot, emitting any inducement to serve, rmc.c-pt by voluntary. enlistment. The= allusion to Americl was us fortunate, fur there the enlistment, wes not vollintary, but compul sory, under the.,penalty of ane.'• *The !tary principle of vo un I f they might i,;, !i h a t t i re q e d n g t e lt of w t a h s o r w eci a t y ve i r t y h e a rdre h d e i e e n nt t t e o st e e d d ,p i t o , America: 'I be bounty proposed to he given in the' fires. nt. Bill was exactly the same in amount as the boUnty given In the 421 George 111., The., militia of tt:at period were obtsintd by the bounty of 61.; and what was then accomplished vsa's expected *to bo accomplished again. ,119, would tick the House to see bow inco nsi,tent would be the position of the. Committee if they adopted the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman. They had over and over again heard it stated that the ballot was a most un- , . popular measure. And why ? Because it would force men into the service; and because men disliked the ser vice. But the lion. Gentleman, by his amendment, said; You don't Want any bounty ;.the service is so attractive;,. Ipu will find more. than a sufficient number of men to supply all your wants." Btit Government were not of that opinion, and H. n. Gentlemen on the other side were net otthat opieion- e -they said. thu service was unpopular, and on that account they wished to,avoid the ballot, pro vided they could get men by voluntary enlistment; Go= vernment belieied the service would pot be popular without some attraction as a bounty; and as they desired to resort to - the ballet only as .a.latt resort, they said they would i:Sfer.a beenty to ieduce'persons to, volubteer, believing, by that, means, the quote would .be mode up., The o7;ly question therefore for the House to decide was, whether. they would agree wish the Hon. Gentleman (Sir H. Verney) in thinking the service was so Pleasant that men would volunteer readily,.or with the Hon. Members for the West Riding end Manchester, that, it was so unpopular that men would not be got with out the ballot. • , Mr. HUME believed that all young men, in ease of danger, if they had leistire, Would enrol theinielvee eerily withput a bounty.. That would be the best. way to inculcate,a martial spirit in the country, if such should be considered desirable. Ho wanted, however, to aveirt that. He wished the Government would ailove otieg men to enrol themselves as volunteers. He was certain a Sufficient number would present theuiselves. He 'be lieved that offers he(1.13( en made to the Government frtml• different parts of the country by le rsons anxious to fortes volunteer cerps, tend he wished to ,know why those effsrs had been d. . Mr. M °WATT thought there Was not much chance of obtaining the proposed militia force without a, bounty. It the bate Gov, rnreent, had.not tirouglit in a Militia Bill, but bed peretii ted velueteer corp, a formidable force would have been rais , d. mr. G11330.1i thought the Bill was rather roughly treated by its birode. The Hon. end Gallant Member for Bedford wished to get rid of the bounty, and the Hon. Nl , eiabsr I r Eist Lothinn ()Ejected to the ballot. He objected to expruclii , g 500,0004 for a force which they might not be able to asst 'bible. He wished to know how a men who took the bounty and ahsen , ed himself Irene drill would' be dealt with. PI hat'weuld be the first step of proceeding agaite , t seal a Mat'? The ATrOIVeIEY-GENERAL—Catching him. Mr. GIBBON— Wien regard to the mithia of the United States, ho . bad to re rebid ,the House that the standing army of the 'leiter' StateS did net exceed 9,000 Men. The militia of the United States ir'aS a mere mus ter roll of the able bodied inhabitants, and any man m ieht absent himself from drill by paying the mill fine of 75 cents. In point of fact, the decadence of the mi litia system in the United States, was notorious. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the dtuendinent ~• 55 Against it ... ••• ••• 95 Majority ••• ••• ••• —9O The clause was then agreed to. On clause 11, In answer to Mr. GIBSON, The ATTORNEY.GENER&L said that if any man took the bounty, and did not attend'drill when celled on' he might be taken Mire a magistrate, fined 101, and in default of payment committed for six months to the the House of Correction. In reply to Mr. RICH, Mr. WALPOLE said, that with reference to the pay ment of the b. unty, the clause gave a power to the Secretary at War of making such regulations as he, might think fit. There were certainly objections to pay ing the 61 all at once, and unless a discretionary power was given the Secretary at War to regulate the payment of the bounty, there would be some danger of losing the money. Government expected that a sufficient force would be raised by the offer of 3/. or 41. paid down, or of a plyment.of 2 u mouth. He believed that reefuits in the army were plid, 4/. on enlisting, but that 31.85. was deduced for •thuir lvt, so that only 121. went into the pocket of the soldier. In 1831 there were raised by bounty in Middlesex 770 men, and ta 700 of these the pa) went was made sebkequent to service. If that was done in 1831, he saw no reason why it might not be done in 1852. Mr: MO WATT wiihed to have sonic estimate of the probable experke of the militia in respect of equipment. He also wished a more explicit answer as to the mode in which a man would be dealt with who took the bounty and did not attend. Mr. WALPOLE thought that the answer of the At torney-General on that point was explicit enough. If the man did not appear when required, he would be lia ble to ha treated as a deserter. Mr. Rica nnved an amendment in the clause to the effect that the bounty given to men . in consideration e tleir enlisting in the militia should in no case exceed that which was given to her Alje4y's regiments in the line. Under the clause as it lewd, a bounty of . 61 might be given to persons entei log the miloia, or the bounty milt he bestowed at the rate of 23 Gl. a month; wbiuh at the elid of five years would emetrA to 71103.; end that sum if granted to each.person in a toree or 80,000 oaf"), weu'd lead to a total c witty of 600,000/ New, he thought thet that would be an ex'r.rsgsat sore to pay in the shape of a bounty to militia re c,ults It was true that the sum of 61, or 24. 6f, a month fur five Spars, was the maximum of 'the bounty; but he believed th'tt unedueate , i , persona always consi dered a max mum in such cases es the sum to which 'hey were fairly Fntltl. d. Be helieved that that arraege-' m tit would seriously interfere with the succeNs of the recruiting sergconts for her Majesty's service, whocould tiler a bourty of 104. only to each recruit. Mr, ,BERF.SFORD, said .it was not at all intended that the bounty should re cessarily, be so high as 6/., and that sum heel only been eel , ned as a maximum to which it miglit he possible to resort in some extreme case. The lion. Gentleman eomptsieed that the bounty to the militiaman was to be higher than that paid to the soldier in the line, Bat it should be remembered that the regular sol ier obtained for himeelf a permanent provkion, while a persen entering the militia was only temporarily engaged; aed it was customary in every branch of businces to k ive higher payments, in proper lion to the time of service, to perions who 'received tern= porary engngewcnte than to those who were permanently employed. „ Sir DE LACY EVANS said he thought it was but fur that persons tempera , ily employed should receive higher remuneration than those who got permanent en gagements. But that priciple ought to be confined to tb:o fixed pay, and ought not to be. extended to the bounty in the case then under their consideration. Mr. STANFORD thought, as it was generally ad roit.tcd that this was not the-most fficient , fotee that po t:l z .d _ e be formed, it oug h t t o b e ma d e as economical as • Ho could not und e r s tand on what principle a militiaman c ou ld rece i ve more than a man enlisting in the line. wi th • regard to the payment of the bounty. he was of opinion that a muc h b etter c l ass o f men wou ld be proc ure d •by Y Paying one-fourth of the bounty on en rolment,. a n d .the remainder on the completion of the Mr. RICH said that if service.. object was to prevent the militiaman occupying better°b.] soldier. :Mr. BRIGHT asked whether position than the regular the bounty would be thoroughly at the disposal of the i f ? arties, or whether any I t r h o a ra t a .militia recruit would deductions iu r. B ER w E o s u F l d o be Dm saidade rece i ve his bounty in money.—(Rear, hear.) lie would be provided with certain articles of clothing, not, as a matter of necessity , have to ex Pm • and would money for knapsacks, Sec. Colonel RAWDON regretted the present disposition of the Committee to exalt the militia cover the regular cover service. It was a serious matter when the m ili t i amen was to, put in his.pee:lreit the.whele amount of the bounty, wbi!st the private soldier, after thWittsual deduc tions for clothing, &0., found himself in possession of ah , ,ut 12?„ or so. seem to know what the bounty really meant. A sufficient Capteiti•BOLDEßO said that 1:16n. Gentlemen did not number of recruits for : the B.; itish,,army could be '• kit" was ipaid . for lected together without any boun t y at all. When hoops were raised without the bounty the by the men by means of deductioes fr o m their pay; but 63 . these deductione were complaimd of, a botinty Nv+li given to cover the:expenses. ,Four r n o l f on to itiducc. them to enter the army. Firstly, want t c ' l 'P l "Yment; secoedly, te!lewiree emls lo lthca t ( it* . pr , ntie,,B to es — ci ! thirdly, iltSOns operated with aeteltil to the , . - Ithe desire Of RP tied fourthly, the. fullof i e l e ra their waster; . • full Itoow) c dt, t " bou n t y- Mr. FIUME said he trcuthe, BD 6° that they were tly required for the tervie , .. perruunen But ell men enlis.ted in the volunteer. principl e wa not Mr WALPOLE w: more fully cerried out. still wished to know why the or in case of an invasion, was to give the Wiest infor manon. It victim- eers had no doubt that a force " ti required on an , emergency, Inge effitient Ulm the aid 0310 Do :71411 h ed raiLtI n i l itVO , 1 ; 1 )0 uAder discheeion, But THE SUN, the otj ct of the present Bill was not to raise a force . to meet an emergency. The object V/TT.SI to protium the nucleus of a force susceptible of being turned " into on army, not immediately, hut prospectively, When occasion should reqeire. Now, a volunteer force might refire from the seriice whenever they plea:ced e and would not, therefor., answer the desired urpose p Mr. MOWATT cershlered the bounty too high. Captain ,noLngito, the contrary, did not think that men mold be induced to lease their occupations Without a shfficieneinducernent in money. • Mr. RICH edhered to hia o f inion, that- the amount of bounty prcptised, plus shoes, stockinge, .&c.,ereas .ex cessive. After some further discussion, the Committee divided. Lee run , bers were--e . For the amendment ... 99 Against it 164 Majority agsintt the Emrndment... 65 The CHAIRMAN having put the question that the War k be faded up with 61. a's the maximum bounty to be given'to each man, Mr, BRIGHT cemplained of the heavy expenditure hieh this militia force would throW npen the country. He calculate tf thet the exeeesa of clothing, in addition to the pay anal bounty, would amount to 1,000 0001, so that Goveri went were, in r fTect, ceiling on the country t'er a vete et 1,000,000/. to deeray tho expenses of a force which wee not at all neceesery, and to which the country were d t oad..dly opposed. He calirc3 upon the Govern ment for sem° explanation on this head. Mr. WALPOLE said diet the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, when he brought forward the budget, stated ti tit the sum required for the militia force during the year might be put down at 350,0001, and credit was given for that sum. Now the Hon. Member for Man eheste r said that they. were going to spend 1,000,0001. ,on the force, implying that that statemeet of his Right tier.. Friend was not the fact. The /lon. Member must be aware that it was impossible the expenditure could ern unt to 1,000,0001 during the year. Mr. BRIGHT begged the Right Hon. Gentleman's pard n. ,He had never sail anything of the kind. He had multiplied the sum necessary for the year by the five years, and stated what he calculated-the gross amount would be for the five years. He merely said at ehe vote involved an expenditure of 1,000;0001. He never meant to say that 1,000,0001. would be required N. this year. Mr. WALPOLE said he did not mean to misrepresent ihe Hon. Gantleman.---(llear, hear.) He was about to say that the repreaentslon of the Hon. Gentleman was not founded upon accurate facts, inasmuch as he had Certainly understood him to say that the expenditure would be 1,000,000/ for the year. He would ask the Horn Member what was the meaning of hip statement? Did the Hon: Member mean to let it go to the country that the Government were really asking a vote of 1,000,000/ tar this militia force, or that it would cost that sum for the five years it was embod:ed?—(Hear.) Now, he would tell him the whole expense of the force for the five years, but it was right it should be known that such ex pense would be spree, i over the five years.— (Hear, hear.) Ho had stated when he first introduced the'Bill what he belietVed that expense would be. H. had the figures' on the former occasion before him, hut at the present time he had them not. Ho thought. however, he hed the figures in his recollection. He did not give the expense of the army, for he believed that they could distribute 50 000 guns to the Militia withote putting any expense upon the country. The equipments 2: x t o 7 on c: s i , , ors „ m id necee , ar i ly extend of the mere the pay of the officers, and the sundry, al. lowances which would come into the expenditure. of the first year, would amount, supposing the whole force of 50 . 000 men were rai4ed, to 210.0001, the first year. The f r s e t'e r s g e , c t o h n e d o e: t e h a n r m t t i h g e h t o uhtel'apyu for t down the fi a r l s s t o an a d ee u r over the whole pnri d, he might put down fer the third year 165,0001. (H. -re the Re e f)! We. Gentlenaan appeared to have made some mistake in he: celeulntions, as he hesitated for a e peneent or o O ro ci/ b e er t s ha t t ,n wV o-ooLtetkhee whole eat e o x r pe s n a s y n twee.) The expense would be 915,0001., ex -the first five • elusive , of the haunty-3/. a man—which would amoun , t tr o ho eu 2 lfl 4 ,lo o r , cr O o r of estimate, but he believedlleaetrws.oulldt b m e i a g s ht ne e a x r cee a d s p th o a s. i bible the amount. BARING--Will that include the counties? Mr. WALPOLE—No; and perh,ps I must add'some• thing for the arms in the „sFcood year.. if. it be not al-, lowed for already in the amount of 1,200 0001. Colette', SIBT-HORP made some strong observation , tin thq. low,insinua(iona of the Memt•er for Manobestei as to Enalislluaen deserting for the miserable sum of 31—(Loud cries of " Hear, beat," " Order.") The CHAIRMAN hoped the Gallant Gentleman would not use unparliamentary languag . e. Colonel SIBTHORP was, wry to be urapelled into the use of strong kr!guaze, but he could scarcely avoid it when he heard such,libels on.the character of the people of this couletry.--(Hear, hear.) Sir F. BARING asked .what expense the counties Would be putto? Mr. WALPOLE said ho could hardly answer that. But if the Government were driven to the. ballot the bounty would be saved. . Mr. CARDWELL contended that before the ballot, was resorted to the lull sum of 61. would be given for bounty, so that if half the number were not raised by a 31. bounty the expense of raising half by 61. bounty would amount to the expense of raising all at 31. Mr. MOWATT persisted that the expense would be nearly 2,000,000/. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it „, 186 Majority ...--10G The words " eix pounds" were there inserted in the clause. Mr. J. BELL movstl to report progress. Mr. WALPOLE objected. It was then only half-past c'even o'oleck, sod it • the Committee would consent to sit a little hmgcr, ho, on.the part of the Government, would agree not to procee&withany of the compulsory clauses that night. - Mr. MOWATT supported the motion for, reporting progress, on the ground that the House bad already been in Cummitt , e six hours at d a half. , - Mr. GIBSON said there was one important matter which it was very necessary the Committee sheuld con sider with the utmost care—he meant the list of examp tions. Before proceeding to enact that compulsory mili tary service should be resorted to, it was only right, be thought, that they should decide who were the persons lio.kole.to nerve, and clearly define the exemptions. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER—The eue,tion now before the Committee was whether they should stop their proceedings at this stage, it being only half past eleven o'clock. As to the statement of the Hon. Member (Mr. Mowatt) that they had been sitting on the :Bits six hours and a half, Zion. Ge ntlemen on both sides of the H OUSE; Must know that it was necessary to be pre parc:d.on important questions to undergo much greater fatigue than that._ 11:sides, the Committee had not shown any sywroms of fatigue, and as it was really an early hour, the ptoposiaon to arlj.nrn was, he thought, a oar-tin one --(Hear.) With regard to the information r( qoired by . Mr. Gibs in, that was a point which did not arise on the present clays , ' of the Bill. Mr. BELL, at the su,:gestion of Mr. Bright, con• tenting not to prtss motion to a division, The ekose, as emended, was ordered to stand put of the Bid. as were,elso clauses 12 and 13. The House then resumcd, and The CII AIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leNveoto vii sgrin. • • POOR-LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE BILL. Sir , J. TROLLOPE moved the order of the day for going into Ceeemitteo on this Bill. D STUART. objected to p r oceeding with the measure at that hour of the night The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER feared it was too early to adjourn business, as it was not yet twelve o'clock, -and, there wire .many orders en the (twelve (o'clock). paper.. However ho,would not press, the Bill, as it seerned , to be objected to. The Committee was.then postponed till Thursday next. The Stamp Duties (Ireland) Contionlnce Bill, the Property-tax Bill, the Registration of Deaths, Births and Marriages _Bill, the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill, and the Commons laclosure Acts Extension Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. On the motion of Sir J. PAKINGTON, the report on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill was brought up, and on the proposition that some amendments be added, Mr. CARDWELL was unwilling to interfere with the bUsiness'of the House, but ho objected to their taking another stage of the Bill, more especially when a variety of new matter was about to be introduced in the shape of •anundments, which the House had had, no opportunity of considering. Sir J. PAKINGTON bad no objection to have ti e amendments printed with the additional clause which be proposed to introduce. The Bill was - then committed pro forma, and the amendments ordered to be pinto& The Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill went through a Committee. • KENNINGTON•COMMON IMPROVEMENT, &c., BILL. . This Bill passed through Committee. BOROUGH OF WINDSOR. A new Writ was ordered to issue for this borough, in the room of Mtljor-General Reid, deceased. The remaining orders'were then disposed of, and the House adjourned et a Quarter past One o'clock. Sequence of many thousands . of persons in AtLhAe don . ), having been unable to obtain a copy of the Great DESTRUCTION OF THE CRYSTAL P C U lL n — i te l d n K c i o n n ; proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch, to their subscribers last ths of January and February, a Exhibition Chart, printed in colours, and presentedby a t n h d e the public, in the months reissue T t, Di iha i_ has been e, th ;. rh determinede Chart, upon, to - hastplaceakuend egone r a careful on Sunday revision; shows by 'simple diagrams the number . of persons that visited the Exhibition daily, the amount of money taken at the various entrances, the • quantity'of refreshments con sum- d; th e names of the 'loyal Gimmi9sioners; an account of the origin - of the Palace ' 'and its dimensions in feet. In' order that e v ery individual in the country may possess this statistical reflex of .curious and interesting results, to. Mark the demolition of the building, and to serve as a memento of its existence, the Chart will be delivered gratis to every subscriber and purchaser of the Dispatch on the day stated. The Dispatch is pubisbed at . four o'clock every Saturday morning; in time for the first railway trains leaving London, and ti , r the morning mails... Early orders should be given to • all newsvenders in town. or country; or to Mr. R. J. Wood, No. 189; Fleet-street. The news agents will have a copy of ry ALDBOROUG H the rAD chz - F. t .- w n.r i r ih s ge ;T D :i i_s„ , ,, ,, ,, h E of E M A a lt y L l6 43 t r h. .PILLS. —An astounding cure by this miraculot a je kN e D di ar w te A r T e 'a ye ev e ry means had failed. See extract from ha " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb 21, 184% Lordship's, letter,. _a I ay—'Sir Sir i beg to acquaint you that your pills have el' ?rats:ter Hone: medicine Y order balmy liver and stomach which all themost feeted &ctire of faculty, at home and all over the continent, had net eminent 01 th! cil ect; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma been able - to rienbad. tigne4l " ALDS011.01:1013." These wonderful pills wil of the liver, or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway' any 4 , " .1° Cure . oiptment). ill: —it„lorobOutim.t this gkillSO j_r9Ois or li li moyava.w_.— -- - -.. -.. --- -- P cssor Holloway'a Establishment, W. Strad,. u i LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MNY 15, 1852 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHADIPWN, GREAT WESTERN, AND L ONDON AND NORTII WESTERN ItAlLWAYS.— , Yesterday the Committee of the Howe of Cott:mons, consi . stiog of Hon. E. Layettes (chairman) , lion. H. Fi.zroy, Ri g ht H oo . J. Filzaatrick, Right Him. Es Strutt, and Mr. R. W. Grey, after sitting in cons:de ration for a fortnight on this important group of lines, follows: — Oxford, Worcester, and - Wolverhampton announced their dicisions as for extension of time for purchasing . lands and complet ing w.lkr, with deviations at Kingswitlford and . Dudley near peen triLle not proved. n O si i on for fr ei: p W rea ° na lv b er le c' n )t o Oxf ,rl, Worcester, and WolverhamploW Bill) extension 2 Bill) (No. 1 Bill), Oxford, with branch to join Buckinghamshire Railway Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 3 Bill), extension from - Wolvercot near 01(00, .to 'Brentford t t o p O ro x v f e o d rd, and m"w station at (which would have open(d'up anew route between Lon don and Oxford)—preamble not proved. London and North4Vestern and Biwkinghamshire Railways, for branchea to connect the.Bnekingharnsliire 1.1.,i1 way with the Oxford - , Worceiter; 'and Wolre'447T ton,Railway„ and f or wor ki ng ar rangenients .itli the latt(;r; for additional lands et—Kilburn, Linvtale, and W olverton, and creation' of preference shares for liquida tion of el , bt.L- - -nrearnble Proved. . • Wycombe Railway, tor extension of time , reduction and arrangement a s to capital; and power to salt or lease to Great Western Railway--.preamble provrd. Great Western (No. 2 Bill), for additional powers to Great Western R a il wa y' f or coristruelan of the Oxford , Woriester, and Wolverhampton Railway; for ex tension of powers to purcha se lands and construct the Birming ham and Oxford J - uribtieri, Birraiegham, Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley 110,way s; new lines and power to lay broad gauge on South Soiffords.ire between Wednes bury and Dudley. The C om mi ttee upon this particular Bill intimated • that they would &ter their decision on the preamble until Monday, to allow of alterations or amendments that might suggest themselves to the parties. , • . The Committee will now have disposed of all the mea sures before them with the exception of the Bill of the Wolverhampton Junction Railway, for incorporating a company to connect the Bi rm i ng h a m, Wolverhampton, and Dudley with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, the Oxford, Worcester, and WolVerhaniptori No. 4 Bill, for power to lease, or Sell to, or amalgamate with the Lon don and North-Weitern, Buckinghamshire, or -Midland Companiesi having been withdrawn. Immenie interest; that much resembled the Committee times 'of 1846, was manifested during the hour and a half , the Committee were in deliberation oh these measures, the corridors and lobbies . ' round about being at intervals quite iMpaistible.. ' ‘ - ; - .. FROME, YEOVIL, AND WEVaIoIITII (No.: I).—Mr. M. J. O'Connell reported--from the Committee that the Bill does not authorise the construction of any new works, Out only authorises the coMpletion by the company to be incorporated of a line of railway, authorised by "the. Wilts. Somerset, and , Weymouth Acts of 1845 and 1847," between Frome and Weymouth. Mr. :J. A. Green was the engineer examined in support of the Bill.. A clause was inserted . to protect the inters sta of the. South-Western. Railway in respect to a narrow eeuge line being laid down between Dorchester and Weymouth. The Committee amended the preamble of ,he 13111 by inserting a recital as. to the ieconvenience 9ccasioned by the railway being left in its present in complete state; and also a recital of certain agreements .ntered into with reference to the co m pl e ti on , mainte nance, and use of the railway; and they found-the pre amble as amended to be true..- COURT CIRCULAR. The Right Hon. George Bankes, Judge-Advocate- Gereral, had an audience of the Queen yesterday, at Blekingham Palace, end submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts-martial His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meetin g of the Commi ss i on f or P romot i ng and'Encouraging the Fine Arts in Rebuilding the Palace of Westmins7er. His Royal Highness arrived at three o'clock at the Palace of Westminster, attended by Lieut.- Colonel Hoo. A. Gordon. The Commissioners present were the Dc.ke of New castle; the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. the Speaker, Lord Ma hon, S r belt U. Inglis, Bart., and Mr. Hallam. Sir Coarle. L. Eistlake, the secretary. attended. The tneetioff broke up at five ()clock. The Royal Family took their usual exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His klyal Highness I. 3 ricco Albert rode out on lime. back yesterday, attendcd by Lieut.-Cul. the Hon. 4. Gordon. The Q'iecn and Prince Albert, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Lord Polworth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the performance of the French Plays ls-t evening with their presence. The cloth of gold which formed the Queen's train at the Birthday Drawing-room was from one of the fabrics distinguished by its beauty and excellence, at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Thursday evening, included her Royal H:ghness the Duchess of Kent, the Ductless of Gordon, Lady. Fanny flowtrtt, Baronci.s da Spetb, th© Esrl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, General Hon. A. Upton ' Major-General Sir George Bowleg, and Rear-Admiral Meynell. Their Royal Hiuhnes,:es the Duchess of Cambridge and the Pril.cess Mary 'visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence) • House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, honoured the performance of the French Plays with her presence last evening. A deputation, on the subject of the stagnant and dan gerous condition of the Serpentine, in Hyde Pork, had an interview with - Lord John Manners yesterday, at the Office of Public. Works and Buildings, in Whitehall place. The deputation consisted of Dr. W. V. Petti grew, Mr. John Lilwall (Honourary Secretary of the Committee for.the Improvement of ,the Serpentine) Dr. Woolley, Mr. Frank Baker (Honourary Secretary of the Serpentine Bathing Club), and Dr. J. A. Wilson. A deputation from the Local Beard of Health of Swansea had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall, in relation to the Swansea Local Board of Health Bill now before Parliament. The deputation consisted of Mr. T. Edward Thomas (Mayor), Mr. C. L. Dillwyn, and Mr. E. W. Richards (from the Local Board); and Mr. W. H. Smith (on behalf of the Water-works Company), of Mr. E. Strich (Clerk to the Local Beard), and of Mr. Michael Scott, their engineer. • Colonel Sibthterp had an interview with .Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home office. Mr. Nowdegate had also an interview with the Right. Eton. Secretary. A deputation from the General Shipowner's Society had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester, yesterday. at the Board of Trade. The depatation consisted of Mr. Tindall (Chairman), M e . Dunbar (Deputy Chairman), Mr. Ridley, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Drew. Mr. Marshall, and Mr. W. Boner (Secretary). Mr. T. H. Brookesby had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr., W. Cayley had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. A deputation on the subject of Extra Mural Parochial Burial Grounds, had an interview with Lord John Man- , oi the Build ings,ners vv yesterdayhi Whitehall - place . h a at p i t aheeeoffice The of deputationPablic W orksand consistedJ. T. Toogood, the Rev. J. W . Worthin g ton, D.D., the Rev. George Mansfleld, the Rev. James Jackson , the Rev. Charles Marshall, Mr. F. Talbot (the Church warden of Trinity District, St. Andrew, Holborn), and Mr. C. F. Cheffins (Churchwarden, St. Andrew, Holborn). . Dispatches were'sent yesterday to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from the Colonial-office. Dis patches were received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. THE 'DUKE OF .WELLINGTON'S GRAND FETE AT APSLEY-HOUSE. The Duke of Wellington gave a magnificent ball last night at Ap4ey-house, in compliment to her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge ' on that Princess making her debut in society. With the exception of the D6ke's memorable 13411 at her Plajesty's coronailem, the fête' oT - last night is the most splendid reunion his Grace has given since he became the occupant of Apaley howe. .The carriages commenc?d setting down company as early es half-past nine o'clock, and'for nearly four hours there was a continuous succession of arrivals., The Park. gates having been ordered to remain open, and the judicious arrangements of the police force, under Super intendent Otway's personal direction, were the means of preventing any contusion or 'lncident. The whole of the superb saloons were ready for the reception of the visitors by nine o'clock, all being'bril- Handy illuminated and adorned by a Tut profusion of choice timers. _ _ _ The Noble and Gallant Duke, who was assisted in the honours of the reception by the Marquis and Marchioness of Duuro and Lord and Lady Charles Virdinlay, wel comed his guests in the saloon adorned by the portraits of the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Kill, Lord Beresford, and other gallant companions in arms of his Grace, and a splendid painting of his last and crowning victory at Waterloo. Next in order, leading to the Waterloo gallery, was the small drawing -roots, in which there was an addition to his Grace's collection—the portrait of PriLcc Arthur, by Winterhalter, a present to the Duke on his lc :t birthd,iy by her rkalesty the Queen. The gallery was never viewed to greater advantage from thelustre the myriads of waxligtrts cut on the treasures of art with which the walls aro hung. At the south end a spacious orchestra was erected for the band, hung with amber draperies, to accord wilt the rich gilt decoraticns which Predominate over all other embellish ment. The south drawing-room communicated with the re fret-hment-rdoir, where ices and the delicacies of the confectionery art were supplied to the company by Mr. Bridgman, of Wigreore-street. The dining-room was used for the supper, which it is almost unnecessary to ray was of the most recherche de. scription. This vpartment Is burg with the portraits (full-length) of the continent )1 Sove , reigns, allies of this country during the wars in which his Grace took so con spicuous a parr. On the buffet was the great - shield of Flaxman, and a costly assemblage of gold plate. The table was laid for 50 persons, to be replaced by others duricg the night. Ia addition to the gold candelabra presented to the Duke by the citiams of London, the centre of the board exhibited the equestrian statuettes of Napoleon and . the Duke modelled by Count D'Orsay, one of the Queen on horseback, and several enormous vases, of Put:dam 'china, a gift from the late King of Pra isis. Their Royal Highnesses the Dnehess of Cambridge and the Princess Aliry, attended by Major, Baron Knesebeck and Lady Sufli-ld, arrived.at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock, and on alighting from their carriage wire received at the portico by the Duke and Lord Charles Wellceley, by whom the royal guests were conducted to the hall-room. Soon alter dancing commenced, and after thePrii:cesea quadrille was over, dancing became general. At one o'clock supper was anneal:cod, when the Duke conducted the Duchess of Cambridge to the banquetting-room, and they Were there soon joined by a brilliant circle, speeirilly invited. The general company comprised about 1.200 members of the aristocracy. t ROYAL. rd B.y,et tYACHThe Thatched House SQU A DRON Tavern, c o e f n 6 N , t. G . L a A m ENG LAND. se D , -- Ea members rlof w sir T ee h t e . anTubuealCmcmeemtiondgoroer, the e e There wero also present the Marquis of Orm n o'n tookton, pl ace 'el 'd . p de res K t T t Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., the Duke of Be'auf e o the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Cardigan, IL.' Algernon Groville, Admiral Sir George Hammond. Bart., Mr. G. H. A, keys, Viscount Exmouth, Sir Hyde Parker, airt., Sir John Rivett Garotte. Bart., Mr. T. P. Wil liams, M.P.. Mr. C. P. Leslie, M.P., Sir J. Copley. Bart , Lord Godolphin, Mr. Spencer do Horsey, Captain J. B. Mackinnon, Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart., .M.P., the Marquis of Conynghsm, Mr. Henry Thorold, Sir George Brooke Pechell, Bart., M.P., Mr. George Ark wright, M.P., Mr. J. L. Symonds, &o. After some preliminary business the meeting pro ceeded to ballot for new members, when the under signed were elected:— Sir Alexander Bannerman, But., U ran i a schooner, 140 tons. Lieut.-Colonel R. W. Huey, Osprey cutte2r, 45 tons. i n hard Hoare, Esq., Gossame r cutter, 4 tons. James Brown, Esq., Myrtle schooner, ISO tone. - The Earl of Selkirk, Corsi Queen schooner, 120 tons. kfijor_A. C. Sterling, Triumvir cutters:94 tons. Sir Henry H. Edwardes, Bart., Maritime cutier, 45 tons. liohorary Members:—Commander J. B. Dickson, R.N., and Commander R. A. Powell, R.N. The following report of futu arrangements was adopted :—Her Majesty's Cup, to b e sailed for, August 17, by third class cutters of the squadron (75 tons and under 105 - tons). Prince Albert's Cup on Thursday, August 19, and fireworks. The Royal Yacht Squadron Cup. of 1001., open to all yachts of tho squadron round the island, Saturday, August 21st, Wednesday, August 18, race with pilot boats, and the annual dinner. Friday, August 20, the ball. resented Mr. .11 Bates, the , Th e members have p sec retary, with .a piec e of plate, valua 254 and the sum of 100 guineas , for his long and faithful service., The club funds wer e stated to be very prosperous, there being abalAc:. band of 1,5601., and the sum of 1,6001. in the f NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. lltr Majesty's steam-sloop DaTerate, Lieut-Corn mender Stevens, arrived at flolyhead.on Thursday, with dispatches and letters from the 'Arcitic expedition - , ander Sir Edward Belcher. The dispatches reached the Admiralty yesterday. ' The expedition was towed by the Desperate and Basilisk ns far as lat. 60 deg. 11 min. N.; long. 24 deg. 4 mm. W. The weather at this time was exceedingly boisterous, and for several days the whole of the ships were knocking about without being able to have any communication with each other; but on the Bth inst. the dale moderated, and the two steamers then partrd com pany, after receiving the final directions of Sir Edward. The Arctic ships were Last teen strerhg for Cape Farewell with a fine breeze. Oa the sth inst. the expedition experienced a very severe gale, in which the North Star hist ono of her cutters and smashed another. The two little screw /melt, the Intrepid and Pioneer, behaved admirably. We , undorstand that the Desperate naa given great satisfaction daring the cruise to all on board,' and Sir Edward Belcher selected her in prefer ence . to the Basilisk for the purpose of bringing home his dispatches to the Admiralty. PORTSMOUTH FaroAr.. -- The W inchester , 50, Capt . , ------7 G. G. Lo c h, was taken out of Portsmouth, Harbour this morni ng , at e i g ht o'clock, by Mr. Davy, second master attendant. It was blowing in heavy squ alls t "m N.N.W.; the Echo gave her a tug to windward, and the wind favouririg her a point, she set double-reef tepsail.., jib, and spanker,, and sailed out in good style. When off the Spit Buoy , she had to make a tack to reach tha anchorage. She slued the Commander-in- Chief when going out with 17 puns. The Simpson steam-friguto, Captain Jones, vanse into hat hour yesterday. Sh e i s rece i v ing tables, stools, and an extra galley for the use of tha troops she is to take to the Channel Islands, and also to Cork. Tho Pinions steamer is under the sheers in the basin; reeeirieg her mast s . S he and the Sid on are laid to be commissioned soon. T wo steamers , i t is said, .are to be commissioned at D evonport. We are sorry t o h ear that Comman d er Joseph . West died in the hospit a l laq week. The Porcupi n e it fittingain cott a having fitted ,her a l or wsido the yard jetty. Tho Neptune, 120, Captain proper topmas ts , got S them down and returned them into store i n ,the . dock yard, where thty will be re a dy to take on board a t a topgallatitma , ta, rigging, 841. e 1 1 38 moment's notic e if required. She has got UP i n licu her former jury spars and yard Q . Mi.josty's eteac, yacht w e iry, and her tender the Elfin, have been undocked to-day, after their refit and re-embellishment. They will be in readiness to embark the Queen and retinue on the 22d. Commander Sir Willi am Wiseman, of the Excellent, we regret to announce is ill -in Hasler Hospital with smallpox.: ' _ .. Ships in Har bour--TheVictory,'NfTtucei Excellent, At Spithencl—The porcupine, Fairy , filpnheinst Sampson,, _ Conflict 11 , 1 1 a, Elfin, Fanny, and Echo, ' Winchester, Arethusa, Arr t ogan s and Diligence trans port. In the 133sin—The St. Vincent, Encounter, Furious, and Eur 3 dice. - • Prince Regent, Superb, Hogue, In the Steam Basin - hoti, G argon, Medea, heel Bd 1 Ili ,g V esu vius, and . Fire Queen,, The Edinburgh, Sid on, Strom- DEVONPORT, MAY 13. Retribution, Captain Warden, sail, d yesterday for Libbon. steamer, Cap ta i n H. J. Matson, which has been crtrweg off this port for two or three days, put nto the Soutvi this afterno o n, an d saluted the flag .o f 'Admiral'Admiral Sir T —." u• A. Oninashh o l' which was answered by ,he Impregnable. The Dauntless has returned her South American seahiairdtt3 iai;drodrrairwenistnhio.se for the Channtl , and ex p ects to Iu th;" Sound—R o d neY _ , D tentless, and Highflyer. In Harb,nr T .topregn,,b' e , Sr. George, L eander, Sylph, Mlgiei'nnP s B UZZ .rd, CoLfi ince, and t he Ro chester, Gime!, and L 'eV o l:l SHEERNESS, M AY , g hters. addlewt - eel I stestn-vessA Wildfire,. M r. Brock ma n, Second Maser commanding, en -- nYeYed t o Ch at h am yesterday morning Vice-Admiral the Hon. Jone t .li tio Percy, Commander -14. tier Majesty's p in Chief at the Nora', oh o : the North Kent Rail way, to a ttend her Majesty's Draw ing-roots. The fly, of the gallant Admire! was struck at sunset on board the Waterloo, 120. The duties o f the post devolving on the itig- captain, the Hon. Montagu oceede d thence t 4 to w n b y Stopfotd, as pext in seniority, his broad pendant was im mediately hoisted. The Wildfire returned to port in the afternoon. tai l l : i le t r ho M H aj o e n s . ty s 's . Tsc.reesvarEnt:gairne: • her return from her trial cruise having- c - 1 ft PI mouth , e y Sound on the 11th inst.; f i r us ig yd a ri t t e i li ey, Horatio , mx pre.cwte d. 22, 5 h. e Br C eo a ue p ra i chier, Master Commanding, was — es ei ay Her Majesty's steati-vessel g her hither. y t d the discharging basin. Her Majesty's ship Hercules is to proem. to Chatham, after having landed her stores, to undergo a thorough re fit. Steamers from this part aro to proceed to Green- H E R _ MAJESTYS BlRTHDA.Y.—Yesterday being ap pointed for the celebration of her Mlesty'a birthday. observed as a holidayat the Public departments of was bithe for the purpose of towin this port. The Royal standard Was hoisted at the dock yard and at the garrison sluff at an early hour. Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, with the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy at the fore _and the royal standard at the main, together with the London, 90, Captain G► he Mundy, and Monarch, 84, Captain c. Rope, were dressed in the usual manner, and at 12 o'clock precisely fired each a salute of 21 . guns, which was followed by the artillery at the garril_on battery on shore. This concluded, the bands cf the Waterloo and Monarch i d the National Anthem. In the evening. the Cap- P•qe,., d t entertained at tele-buperinten en fri rs o f the dinner, at .his resi dence, the principal e . ce e doczyard and a select in commemoration of the day. .. i taken .into party, ...-e Ic-oeysltterordlatyhea Tr it KITCHEN AND R F PREsIIMEN H T ou n sci OOI,iSO n report of th e_ ---- --- arrangements f CANDLE Co , i T HE J,ETTL4II SPERMMPANY.--OH the mons was printed. The report states that havin h of Cem - Bth instant, a meeting of merchants and men of capital took STielEectliC°ormsniE i't consideration the petition of Charles Ritchie g a dado under„R place at the George and Vulture Tavern, in the City,. wh en licensed victuallers, complaining of the arran geme n nt t-- " , it was resolved by the persons present that a company o te ir e a C r o p 2 o ,r i szs t . the kitchen and refreshment rooms , f the which refreshments, are supplied in the Ivestibuletsi of underthe should be formed Tor the manufacture of sperm candles of a House, and have reason to believe that such arrang ement is beautiful description under French patents. The'export trade every way essential to the comfort of Memberß, an d to the at present from France of _tins candle is very large, but its convenience of strangers attending th e /I ---041e, and they manufacture can be undertake? in England cheaper, and its therefore cannot recommend any alteration. As ap rotection consumption in the East Indies and the colonies will be to other parties the Committee have been careful to ive trict large r, as they will not come under the " Foreign" mann directions that no refreshment whatever should be s g old in the facture duty. The nerves of the committee are before the hails of the Howe upon those days when the House and its pub lic ' Committees are not sitting, . . 1 VISIT OF P RINCE ALBER T To THE HOUBE OF istoias.—Yesterdy, o th ers s the THE GUILD or LITERATURE Ar.D ART.___Bra. Co 3 stream of counsel, Parlia d in ntary agents, an wa XING H AM, FRIDAY. -- Mr. Charles - Dickens and his col- - -e • to St. Stephen's-ball s descending the central leagues performed Sir Edward Lytton's new play in the sta ircase d sc to view various t °rt. , Prince Albert. unattended, - Music-hall here on Vieclne,day, and again lee evening. On .aatrlrcivCommons, and the freseos, l°llB of the new Houses of Lords the first occasion the hall was filled in every part ;on the se- the now on the easel of Mr. Herbert. the artist to cond there was a very numerous and most respectable audi- ognised with general House. His Royal Highness was once. On b ot h occaaione the P eri Q n l ianc es Me th e highest tee— five ' clock from gratulation, and drove before 0 afftidactiox '' ' ' inghttna rAlgo. departure porch f B Cr uck , _ . ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. , I The grand challenge cup race, the very /rep/use/tea of I yachting conte.te, trok piece yesterds.y, but although affording con -el table gratification, was divested of the very powerfte interest it would othArwise have created by an accident happening to one of the favourites at the moment the most exciting part of the race was about to c mmence, end when the finest opportunity presented - itself for the development of nautical skill and supe riority of craft. The Ruby steamer had been chartered by the club, for the accommodation of mtmbers and anir friends, but the assemblage en board was neither so numerous nor so aristocratic as we have witnessed; but the very early period of the season, aed the uninviting character of the weather of ihe last few days, coupled with the heavy hail storm of the morning, bad necessarily a tendency to materially lessen the number of visitors, and mainly those of the higher classes, who ordinarily take considerable interest in the matches of this distinguished chill,. All things taken into con sideration, the attendance was much greater than could have been anticipated, and amongst the company we observe d Lord Londesborough, his son, Captain Freestcn, Captain Harwell, R.N., and several other distinguished achtmen. Besides the Roby, the Dryad, and Waterman 3, accompanied the race with very respectable parties on board. seal there were several schooner • e and cutters of R lel Clubs under way for the Same purpose. Thu priz as we before stated, was for the Grand Challenge C u p or p i ece of plate, given for competition amongst all royal clubs, and the course ( xtended from Erith to the Nore Light and back: - The folio is„e (=ere found at their stations:— Stn. Name. Tons. Fort. 1 Mouse .... cent Distingulshin^ London ..Bed, with mouse in . re. 2 Volante 43 Ditto ....White flag. 3 PauLne .• 35 Ipswich—Blue square . flag 4 Cygnet ....35 Southton. B:ue ground, ram's head yellow. 5 Musonito..so London ..1.31 pierced white, red 31al'tese'cross. 6 War Hawk 65 Teiltunth.ittlue flag, gold hawk. Hall-minu , e time per ton fur difference of tonnage. Of the above all were fine craft, but the Volante and the Musquito were ibe favouritee. The former was the holder ot the cup, and the winner of it last year; but as the Mosquito and Cygnet had also been victorious com petitors for it since it was first presented for competition in. 18.19, either would be entitled to its permanent pos session, in the event of again winning, as it wasnokne ecssary, according to the stipulations, that success should smile on the same yacht two successive years. From the day she was launched, the Volante, built by Harvey, „ef Ipswich, had fully realised the expectations of her friends, and the power she displayed in her beautiful race and long-continued struggle wiq2 the America, had increased her reputation in no small degree. Of the second—and first favourite with some—the Mosquito:- 11( r merits have bean so often tested, and eh& had so fully established her repute as one of the most beautiful and powerful boats that ever was launched, that it would be a waste of time and space to dilate upon her qualifications; it is sufficient to say that she was built by the celebrated Meyer, of Hlsck wall. The Cygnet, although a new boat, was hardly considered to have " legs" enough for, either of the other two, and the same notion applied with perhaps more force to the Mouse; but there were two straagers, new boats built for this occasion, the War Hawk and the Pauline, the former by Pope, of Plymouth, and the latter by Harvey, before named. Report spoke well of both; but what they could do remained to be shown, and as well-tried boats are better than "dark" ones, it would create no surprise that they found but few backers. Mr. Green, the eminent ship-builder, and owner, yes terday ( fficiated, in lieu of the gallant commodore, Lord Alfred Paget, who is in Paris; and under his direction all preliminaries having been duly adjusted, the star; was made at 11 h. 50 min. 30 sees. There was a stiff reefing breezi from and owing to the circum stance of its being very squally at the moment, the boats canted, and these having rather close berths, the start was not so good as might have been wished, two of the boats having blown upon each other and becoming foul for a moment, the Cygnet'a bowsprit fouling the Mos quito's topping lift. This threw tho Pauline and Volante eut of their course, and materially relayed the latter. The Mouse was first in view, but the War Hawk, with its capital position, went in advance a minute after the start, followed by the Mouse, who, overpowered by her rival, soon dropped in the rear. With a fair wind and plenty of Pe they spanked on with a reef on and a jib headed topsail, at an tweezing pace. It, was declared by good judges that this was just the Musquito'a day, and the must sanguine expectations were indulged in by her friends. In the lower part of Long-reach, the War Hawk led by a quarter of a mile, the Mosquito had acquired the second place, the Volante, from last in the start, bad run by her opponents into the third place, the Cygnet ;vas fourth, and the 1 3 4ulinc fifth. AtGreenbithe, the War Hawk and Moiquito clewed up their topsails, and it was thought were about to shift, but it was merely to set them again to tights, their having become foul. In this course they continued down to the Chapman Head, however, where the War Hawk, taking time by the forelock, shifted her jib, and got ready to go to wind ward, but from that moment the Musquito, which was at that time half a mile astern, gained considerably upon the leadieg boat, the Valente having been third from the end of Long Reach, where she had overhauled the Cy gnet. They rounded the Nore Light in the following order:— The War Hawk y 2h. 8 min. 373 see. Mullah° Vulante 2 b. 9 min. 37 sec. Pauline Cygnet Now should have come the great trrat of the day. The coming down bad done nothing more than to show that the boats could ran or react, the beating up, with the :Lie wanting something like an hour or more to fnoe, was the thing to test heir capabilities. Everybody were anxious to see what they could do to windward, aid whiie the greatest anxiety on this ecore prevailed. the accident, -to wbich we have before ahatled, and which threw a consideral , lo damper upon the pleasure of the day, occurred. U'ho War Reek area in the act of rounding, t and while doing so the Musquito came inside to windward of fox, and evidently with the intention of going about between her rival and the light . boat, which they rounder?, but finding it impossible, from the s'rong set of the lee tide, to clear the latter, attempted to bear up under the stern of the War Hawk, and in doing so carried away her own basesprit. which broke short off at the stem, by fouling the War Hawk's main sheet. Thus were the h o p es of •the Musquito party entirely de stroyed, while the beautiful craft herself, driven by the tide and wind, floated a mile below the light ship, while her crew were ergrged in rigging another bowsprit, and an interval of twenty-three minutes elapsed before she could make any endeavourto retrieve her position, with a mile of leeway, and -the time we bare mentioned to make up. immediately after the turn the Volante held a much better wind than the War Hawk, and not only fore-reach'd her, but after going about, came out a quarter of a mile a-bead, and well to windward—a po sition she maintained and improved to the end. In Sea-reach the pretty Cygnet weathered the War Hawk, and bream° second, in which way the race finished, with the following time, the Pauline having unfortu nately gone aground at Cbapme,n Head ....... 6 h. 47 mid. 21 sec. Cygnitt ....... 7h. 9 min. 30 sec. War Hawk The priza was thee presented by M r . G reen, in the usual manner. LITERATURE. PAUPER'S:II AND POOR -LAWS. By 110. belt Pashley. LongmonB This work i s we ll wo rt hy the per t sa l of those who have devoted their attention to the all _he uns atisfactory author T discussion of our ill-r e gul a t e d p oor -l awe. commences with the origin of pauperism, showing the impossibility of its existence until later times , not because the poor were better off of Old than they are at present—far from it; but serfdoirt required no parochial relief. It is also shown' how, when the serfs gradually obtained their freedom, every en deavour was used to obstruct them : thus an Act passed during the reign ,of Edward _ the Sixth, the barbarity of which can hardly be credited, and which (although it was but little put in force and repealed in a subsequent Parliament) shows, nevertheless, the desire that existed in the Governixtent to sub ject the people, went so far as to brand and enslave for " a priod of two years all who came under the denomination of beggars ; and the mildest statutes for the prevention of - begging were severe and cruel. The description of the state of the poor throughout the whole volume, together with the ex , raordinary enactments passed and repealed, is highly valuable, and the whole history 'of our pre sent poor•laws and their predecessoreoahich gives full and detailed accounts of their general misma nagement, and the principal evidence produced at their several revisions, added to the various statistical tables showing the principal cause of patrperisrn and th e means for is amelioration, and 13o* much the want of education is felt, and that many of the over seers of parishes cannot write, which is attested by •numbers cf their reports being signed_ with an X ; how want of education leads to drunkenness and other vices, shown in tables collected from police and other reports, must prove both instructive and inter esting to the reader, and shows that Mr. Pashley has spared no pains in the composition of his . work. POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE ANCIENTS 1N ITS BEARING ON MODERN TIMES. By A. S. Tremenheere. Murray. This book consists of translations of passages from Aristotle, Polybius, Cicero, and other classic writers, which the author considers applicable to the 'politics of the present time. ROUSEHOLD CHEMISTRY. BY Albert J. iJernays. Sampson Low. In this littl e vo l ume the housewife may find many amusing, instructive, and startling revelations. The perusal of the first chapter, " Chemistry of the Break fast-table," wherein the astonished gourmand will discover the variety of gases, Sze., of which he has partaken, will give a fair sample of the whole. THE GOLD VALIT,EIL_ 1;:. IL Watherston Smith and Elder. The object of this little work is to enable the miners end others now employed in the search of gold in Australia and California, as well as the public generally, to arrive at its true value; tables are given of the weights and value of gold and alloy, wi t h rules ff,r assaying gold and silver. TILE TEMPLAR'S LETTERS; or, Advice to Young Mn going to the Bar. Bateman and liarittricke. This it a series of letters adressed to a young men u a comparative stranger to the world, by a monitor and guide during his professional career as a student at the bar ; and the author conceiving that these may be of use to gentlemen similarly circumstanced, has pub lished them for their benefit. LIFE ASSURANCE MANUAL. A. Eagle. Paternan. The author explains in the preface that his object in publishing this work is to popularise the principles of life assurance, by developing the system in its varied, yet simplest and most practicable form. Al though it may be supposed that such a development is hardly required, owing to the number of treatises on assurance that have been published, nevertheless', the greater part of them baying been compiled by statists and mathematicians, the sulject being treated only scientifically, are too abstruse for the gene ral reader. The various tables of the different modes of assurance, together with the value of policies, Ice., of the different -offices, contained in this volume, constitute it a book of reference. By Philip A TREA7 ISE ON WAGES. .111‘eulloch. Longman!, We find in this little work a statement of the cir cumstances which have determined the rate of wages and the condition of our labouring classes, from the " good old times" to the present day together with comments on the advantages and disadvantages of the various modes of paying labour and the treatment of the labourers. The chapter on the laws for repres sing combinations among workmen must prove inte resting at a timr, like the present, when so many combinations of workmen are daily taking place. By T. R. SUGGESTIONS AS TO REFORM IN SOME BRANCHES OF THE LAW. By James Stuart. Second Edition. Stevens and Norton. These SJgg..7stions consist of five chapters, ex pdaing the irrperfections existing in certain branches of law relative to the alteration of the present mode of profeesiontl rernunerition, fdcilitttleg the leasing out of zeal property. THE COURT OF CHANCERY AND OTHER COURTS. This is the re-publication of a work which ap peared some time back, and the author, in bis preface to the second edition, comments upon the alteration and amendments which have taken place since its first edition. It contains useful and inte resting information. THE GEORGICS O,F VIRGI4. By R ev . E. C o bbold,'llf.A. Lumtfy. We here have tt:c four Geor g ics of Vir g il, together ablthe adoptio n , as ricultural term s , i a with an almost linea l translation of heroic couplet s and explanatory note‘. The translatio n , although a fmreuechonet,s ipso:seibryle,coofrrEennt,giaisniad ren dered more agreeable and intellige,hie to the rea d e r; the style of the retry is by no means indiffe rent, and combines a good translation with p l • 8115111 g verse. Chapter e article THE LAW RE VIER' A-76---. A r • Q oia r7 Lord AITE R Derby's L l t the first of " The policy as o t f o j l u a r w iir r;f l ;_ j d :r e ; UNAL • Commences with a t tvoura bi rents of the political and apprentice,hip, if it 1,, Lbtotle, the . judicialviews and practic istory sketch of the lif e ~,,f ancients, with a At's " of the length of whose to '-' lllll 3'. Aristotle v . , .° devotion exemplo of th e owim 3 l e so called,' to Plato, is an Thracian of the philosopher Chersmwse f il 's born at Stagira, a city of the year he repaired to B.C. 384. In his seventeenth whirl; righq I the school of Plato at Athens, -I,' has b sity o f the wori& been termed the then great univer and hi s iibo 7 i Trir:re he remained twenty years, b y Plato, °ll3 devotion to ecience was appreciated At the whodeath termed him the intellect of the school. fellow pupil ~, o c f P ] ato, Aristotle accompallieed .his , ;nocrates to the Court of li muss, tyrant of A tbTOW o f 'Er rtneus and /aria. Th -, epee on the over ertnias by the Persian King, he went to Mitylene. His great rep utation was, vow shown by his "' oPpointment as tutor to the son of Philip of Ma- cedon, Alexander the Great, then fourteen years of age. He continued with Alexander until be set out on his Asiatic campaign B.C. 334 ; and although a personal coolness had arisen between them, still Alexander placed some thousands of per sons under Aristotle'ts diugho utrections, Asia to make and in G q reece. uiries on natural history hro The result w1,,,s the " History of Animals." Re turned to Athens. taught in the Lyceum ; Xeno crates and Theophrastus then bad the Academy, and the Cynics the Cynosuges. Whilst be delivered his dis courses he was in the habit of walkin g u p and down, , a trait o f character which forcibly, illustrates the restless activity of his mind, and his : school has bence obtained the name of Peripatetics. - 'He lectured at the Lyceum for twelve years,. Exposed at length to the same intolerant spirit which had put Socrates to death, be fled to Cale's, saying " that he was unwill ing to involve the Athenians in another crime against philosophy." There he died, B.C. 321, in his sixty sixth year. The " Trial of Lord Grey for Conspi racy and Abduction," is the first of a series of re -mailable trials to be contintied. The contending me rits of the " Bar and the Attorney " are discussed at length, and the probable consequ ence if a union should take place. The " Recent Judicial History of France," the " Fusion of Law and Equity," with an article on " Lunacy and the Commissioners there f," complete this number. _____---- g etting 11P GETTING UP BEHIND.. There is a great deal of this. "f well as on a small l*hind" practised in the wall!, on a large as scale. Let a great cause arise, and a d ri " immediately w i t t 3 , , ( , l .l. a Yon of small, oijects leap p see how ready people u tire an to d doors do you ate the many y t up behind Royalty in this country. Over he) What hosts of purveyors to the n r°sll arras . InGuntedl •• i dentists, umbrella-makerp; s. or; cht Ml.t , ell means , i , getting up ~,6 :=2c u—fri , d so on! It aausaae maker:, an, Yankees call it, " tailing on." Sy me n ew pi( ject isannounced, behind;" or, as the an d i s t a iled. as absurd. It ca n never work • Microns —impructicable—stupid insane. But it is , it is 14 tried, and is found to work;—it . ntly all the deprecators make a even works well. in" project which they had been abas h at the identical rns b h . 91" b it up elr , e railways, abus ing, and now try to " get t 'ships, or Cleo-rlC telegraphs.. If balloons war© or screw succeed, there would . soon be nothing but balloons; to every balloon would have its parachute, or parasite, "getting up behind"—" tailing on." Th us a l so are all m anner of successful commercial speculations imitated. Let any individual achieve notoriety, it matters not bow—Jenny Lind, Tom Thumb, Kossuth, Cobden, or Paxton,—and forthwith you have handkerohiefs, hats, so ngs, umbrellas, pipes, &c.,called by their names, _books dedicated to them,—portraits of them engraved and sold as long as they will sell,—and their names con verted to trading purposes by that enterprising portion of the community which is ever so ready at " getting up behind." The same class starts " organs of public opinion," to advocate whatever opinion is uppermost; and you witness the sudden advent of British Blazers, British Protectors, British Lions, and all sorts of short-lived heroes and defenders of what will sell and go down with the wind. " The People" is a phrase which is now co piously worked up by those who have things to dispose of. You have the "People's" this, that, aid the other; for the said " P eop l e " are in the ascendant. We see one enterprising clotheir is. now using it to get rid a3f trowsers, coats, and gaiters; and is puffing bimself as the "P eo pl e ' s " c l oth i er. He wants to " get up be'"„t hind;" and thousands are like him. How many meat and up behind" the .Great Exhibition! It was mearniag drink to them. What ingenuity was exercised in thetu next the penny by that grand event! But wait t ilt he little novel and striking vehicle drives along, and 10 1 , , e. And sweep will be jumping on to the gallant equ,l6,„ t heir not only he, but thousands more will be n i . ( 2 a "c oo k's opportunity of " getting up behind!"- - -"" Journal. SERUMS SERI(; CASE OF STABBING. were on Monday evening a party of seamen, --GrAsaov7.--Late „ no g whom were three individuals belonging to Prussian hiieves'elsae a ne P ar the lying in the harbour met in a Pu — i, h°u Prussians Broomielaw. Some Wordspassed „ wee „ the u.- .and the crew ; of an English vessel, vhic b ." la.. p knives and ill-feeling that the foreigners drew tin essioned so much tit ' e '' other sailors. commenced an indiscriminate attack our been very inflicted seriously one of wh i n , na me d F r auvookes, s tabbed having four inches in leng th. hurt, the k n if e with which he was u a deep gash or, his right thigh as"tity of blood, and is not The poor fellow lost a great considered out of danger. Another seaman, named Bab- , bage was also cut in the hand, , ere not apprehended The assailants 1% tent as Frauvonkes. w h e n the police were first ap till the following moiniVi,', Prussian seamen, respectively prised of the outrage- r i i ' m h ave been taken into custody, named Overan sil t but he has as yet escaped deter and a third is inaipnlitc ties.—North Brit ish Al who 2 0 kcruelly used the emigrants on The sailors u h an noc ,at Liverpool, Eave been discharged board the R pp istrates, the injured partiesuothaying by the Birkena heead_mag 1 appeared tv PrQ l4c _ l4 ". _ _ .. ... AMENDMENT OF THE ll E A L C r T i w F s 0 --- w f I I TV/ I E RESPECT TO WILLS . By T. Parker Deane. Wilde and Sons. In these p3ges are collected the Principal deci s i ons which have been given upon the Wills' Act. In the intrcducticn is to be fcund a short retrospect of the l aws respecting wills in the tla ie of our Danish an. cestors. This must prove a cmcise book o f reference es regards recent decisions. A MOTLEY CR EW. — Clptain Keay; of the, fine new ship .Mii zapore, whichis now in Li ve rp o ol, but was built at Jei.uy, friaad sai:o , s :-.0 ,cares in that island, that he had to make up a cre; , ; frcrn retired niarinerz,' Who now follow other occupations. Clerks sill brokers, and even a Boni . face were enrolled.. Th , 3 iiirEapore is to sail from Liverpooll to Australia, under the auspices o f Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. , FUNERAL OF SIR CHARLES ROWAN , THE LATE COM.. MISSION" OF POLICE.—The remains o f the late Colonel Sir Charles Ro wan K.C.8., were conveye d y esterda y from his residence, 26 N or f o lk street, Park - lane , to their final re s t . lug-place, in , a private vault at lieusal-green Cemetery. The Itulerg dap etuctlY PciTate• +-