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- burti) 14.5Vttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. HAMPTON COURT. BY EXPRESS-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) Railway Plate. Hampton .. Merlin ... .. Bleeping Partner Won by a neck. The Corinthian Stake. Longinus Vestts ... Baeohanakan Won by two lengths. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 2 ... 3 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Adams' Estate Bill was considered and agreed to. Elwes' Estate Bill, and Spalding's Estate Bill, were read a second time. and ordered to be committed. Mr. W. PATTEN moved the Select Committee for the Revision of the Sessional and Standing Orders of the House, relating to both public and private busi ness:—Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. H enley, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Gre ene, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Wrightson, M r . Sotheron, Mr. Thornely, Captain Jones, Mr. Aglionby Mr. Home Drummond, and Mr. Baines.—Agreul to. - P ETITIONS. - praying Sir E. FILMER presented a petiti on , p g that literary societies may be supplied with Pa r li amentary Papers free of expense. Mr. HARDCASTLE presented a petition to the same effect; also a petition from Camberwell, praying for the inspection of nunneries. THE " C OUN T OUT." Mr. ANSTBY said he wished to draw the attention of the Speaker to one or two points of order. It would be remembered that a short time ago an:Honourable Friend of his, who was speaking on the Maynooth question, was stopped in the middle of his speech by the Speaker leaving the chair, four o'clock having arrived; and yet yesterday, because the Chancellor of the Exchequer eves speaking at four o'clock, the House was allowed to go on sitting up to five o'clock. Nov, he wanted to know why a distinction hall been drawn etween the two cases. Again, it would be remembered theta few days ago, while they were dividing in Committee of Supply, three Hon. Members were found in the loleby, and forced to °owe into the hones upon a question which they had not heard debated or put from the chair; and yet yesterday evening, when a count out veal moved by a Supporter of the Ge)vernment, three Members who were standing hebied the lobby, and who would hero made up the H eJe had they been counted, were allowed to retreat into the lobby. - Now, he wished to know if the rule which applied to one case of foreleg the Members to attend in their place was not equally applicable to the other. - The SPEAKER said, in answer to the first question, he must remind the Heim that by a new • rule which bed recently been made when the house met at tw e l ve o'clock on any oilier day but Wednesday, and sat till three o'clock, the House met again at five o'clock, but if the House continued sitting up till four o'clock the chair rr.es obliged to be vacated, and the House did not meet again until Cy:. Yesterday, however, the House did not meet at twelve but at one o'clock, and the rule therefore did not apply to that instance.—(A laugh.) With re gard to the next question, he had no hesitation in stating that a Member could not be re quired to vote who had not heard. the question put, and if in that ease an Honourable Member was found in the lobby while the division was going on he would be directed to withdraw; but with regard to the last ques tion, the Chair could count the Members who were actually in the House, and although there might be a hundred Members behind the chair or in the lobbies, ye: if there were not forty Members in the House the business could not .be proceeded with, nor could any Member be permitted to address 'the Chair. .Mr. BERNAL thought it was important that a rule should be defined whether Members not actaally within the four walls of the House should be called on to vote. Formerly Members in the lobbies voted, but he should now be guided by what the Speaker had stated—that only those Members could vote who were present and heard the question put. Mr. HUME admitted he MIS a little irregular in in terrupting the Speaker last night, but when he stopped at thirty-eight, and he (Mr. Hume) saw several Members behind the chair, he naturally called at tention to the Let. Ho also saw twenty more Members outside the door. Thirty years ego, when he was a teller in a division, Mr. Wilberforce retired behind Solomon's porch (the Speaker's chair) and was not counted; he was, however, noticed, and on his (Mr. Home's) motion, he was called to the table, and asked whether he had heard the question put, and on answer ing in the negative, it was read to him, when he stated on which tide he should vote, and be was accordingly included in the division. He certainly thought there was great ground for complaint in respect to the " count out" last night. The question brought on by the Hon. Member was of great public importance, and it should not have been met in the way it had been by the Go vernmeat. He hoped a Committee would be appointed in the next Parliament to lay down some definite rules for the guidance of the House on divisions. The SPEAKER observed, that the mode of conduct ing divisions in the old House was somewhat different to that now adopted. _ _ _ Mr. ANSTEY give notice that to-morrow he should move, that when the House is counted the Sergeant-at- Arrng be directed to lock the doors, and that all Mem bers both in the body of the House and in tho lobbies be counted. The conversation then dropped. Mr. L. HEYWORTIL presented three petitions for inquiry into the causes, practices, and consequences of intemperance. SUPPOSED WRECK OF THE PRESIDENT. In reply to Mr. IL BERKELEY, Mr. STAFFORD said it was perfectly true that the wreck of a large steamer had been driven on shore in the county of Banff, and that considerable excite meet prevailed on the subject, in consequence of its being supposed to be the wreck of the President. The Admiralty had directed an able and intelligent officer to institute an inquiry into the matter; and he had carefully examined the "scantlings" of all the timbers, and communicated the particulars to all ship-builders: who had constructed large s teamers. The inquiry was, however, of a very pro tracted__, nature. Some of those builders had communi cated answers. bat others bed not clone so. It had not yete been fo un d t h at the timbers ' were those of the Presi dent, but the i nve2eigation was still being prosecuted. When th e thought, it, statem en t s on the subject were complete he ..., would he sati.faetory to make them public. ROYAL -14 _ 110 cLAmATioN AGAINST ROMAN C& OLIO PROCESSIONS. M r. 1-E()GI I said seen a Royal preeiva Ilenoureble Members must have wi ation which is addressed to certain clauses in the Cet Relief Act, and which was intro duced into that Aet e lie Boman other very old Act. directed agai n " : They are Catholic ecclesiastics . wearteg the dresses of their order in public. Those clauses of that Act, all must .be aware, have remained dormant .siece the passing o f the Relief . Go vernment of the Duke o w f —, Bill. The dis a did Geyer them; nether did the .„. tan i --an ts of Ea r l G not enforce of Lord Melbourne, nor of Sir Robert peel, This oy . , nor fires occasion on which any intention has been is the t of tie lio n as expressed of putting that par cede Rel i ef i Act in force, against the Roman Catholic d with s-11lie11 - A morning journal, which is conducted eery e acts of the great ability, and is generally devoted to the acts present Adminis tration, • ' be its organ —I le minis tration, and suppose d to tby —all ° the Morn ing Herald—says, " This is an ac which the Gave ment, in the immediate parcect of an electi on , A.-- ril f religionists. We need not to offend a large class o whole life, never °t saY that Sir Robert Peel, in his O / 1„. , And What ''' wait guilty of such a piece of manhood.t earn _ , care that tho ' s ‘ Protestants ought to do is, to take a 6 who mean honestly to carry out in the laws do not tuff er for their manlin e ss and sincerity n so tha ne. . Raring reference to the immediate dissolution of 11 1 ,.. liament, and to the observations made in the Govern ment organ, I wish to ask the Government whether it is their intention to publish that proclamation in the Dublin Gazette, with the view of giving it the same effect in Ireland as in England? The Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) says a proclamation has no absolute legal effect. lam sure of that, though there are some cases in which it is not so—for ihstance, in re gard to the proclamations under the Crime and Outrage Act—but then it may be said this proclamation is pub lished in order to prevent the public at large being taken by surprise by a dormant Act being put into operation. I have also to ask whether it is the intention of the Government, with that manliness and sincerity for which they have got credit in the newsvaper I have mentioned, to direct the Attorney-General for Ir , land to prosecute Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in that country for doing that which they have been permitted to do without ob servation or punishment since the year 1829 by every Government, or whether it is merely a set-off to the dropping of the Maynooth debate? Mr. WALPOLE.—Boforo I answer the two ques tions Which the Honourable Member has pat to The, I think it r i g ht t o s t a t e , on : t h e part of the tfrovernment, that I am not responsible, n or i s th e Government responsible for any particular observa tions contained in I think it al s • an y particular newspapers.—(H ear .) o right to state that the Hon. Gentleman has not correctly, because not fully, stated the law with reference to this s e n iect. The statute of George the 4th applies to two ecclesiastics vv. ...,_ purposes—Roman Catholi c `"tug the habits of their order, and exercising the rights and ceremonies of that religion in other places than those of private worship— not in public placed. Islow, having explained this matter to the House, I will now state th Government think ittstita' them e in n easons f which the provisions of the Act in question. Fiernstorocfluall, the lion. Member says—Are you Roing to publish a answer to ie the Lublin Gazette? M ar y answer to that is, that two months i Liao the Govern ment heard of preceseicns n which a R oman gittholic bishop tooktooka part, and the rao meDi We heard of these proensions, 4 hich, I bA ieve i , are en lirely new—(R e a r , hear)—we sent an mei inti mation / ~!~ l< µ y , . ..__ - i~~^. •• 1 ~I "~ .7 THE SUN, LONDON,: —I may say a friendly intimation—to the bishoP• pointing out to him the provisions of the statute of George IV., and expressing a hope that he had taken a part in the processions in his ecclesiastical dress inadvertently, and without any intention of violating the law; that under those circumstances we should take no further notice of those proceedings, but we hoped the laws would not be violated i n future, because we should feel it our duty to enforc e them.2(Cheers.) Since that time we have not heard of a repetition of the ,offence against the laws in Ireland, and no t having heard of such repetition, we d o not wish to give a more s p ecial warning than is contained in this proclamation, which applies to all her Majesty's subjects, unless occasion arise to issue a similar proclamation after a private warning has been signified to the Roman Catholic ecclesiastic to whom I have alluded. With regard to the second question he asked, whether we are going to enforce a law which he says has been dormant, I must beg leave to state to the House that the law has not been dormant.—(Hear.) The facts which came to the knowledge of the Government were facts of a very peculiar nature, viz, t that Roman Catholics wer e going to renew those processions along the public highways which had been done away with for 300 year. These are the very words, which were taken down in evidence ; that they were going to do this, and to march from village to vil lage with banners and emblems of their faith, in honour and, in celebration of the Virgin Mary. The proeession to which the proclamation more particu larly adverts, moved for four miles along a high road. It consisted of 150 p eop l e, carry i ng b anners an d em bl ems o f their carrying faith—c arry i ng cruc ifi xes, w i t h our S av i our on th em , and images of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, and I ha ve no h es it a ti on in saying it did give so mulch anneye nce t o o th ers o f h er M a j es ty's subjects— (Hear, bear)—that we did and do think it right to pre vent a violation of the law in such a manner.—(Lond cheers.) Further, I imust go on to state that there was actually in the instance to which I refer dan ger of a breach of the , peace, and lam sure both the House and the country will think, in the words of the proclamation, that whilst 'we are re solved to maintain for every member of the Roman Catholic religion the undisturbed enjoyment of his legal rights, and the fall and free exercise of his re ligious proceedings, we are determined to see, at the same time, that the law is observed, and if it be not observed, then that circumstance will necessarily draw down pu nishment on those who after this warning shall wilfully neglect it, and must obviously, instead of allaying reli gious differences, increase them materially, and in the result terminate in breaches of the peace.—(Cheers.) asylum of Dr.Tuke, at Chiswick, cud that she had signed the requisite order for that purpose. Misal O'Connor and Dr. Tuke had given an undertak ing that Mr. Feargus O'Connor should not be removed from that asylum without tho consent of the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the Hon. Member for Nottinght an be dis charged from the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, with a view of being removed to the asylum of Dr. Tuke. Mr. HUME hoped that no time would be lost in enabling the Hon. Member being transferred, to tho cus tody of Dr. Tulle. _ _ _ Mr. WALPOLE said that arrangements had already been made for this purpose. Mr. GOULBURN inquired whether the undertaking which had been given was to extend beyond the present session? Mr. WALPOLE said that the undertaking did not, of course, extend beyond the present Parliament. The Parish Constables Bill was withdrawn. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS (No, 2 BILL. Mr. ANSTEY moved that the House go into Com mittee on the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the Rouse go into Committee on the Bill this day three months. The Bill was a most extraordinary Bill in its provisions, and never would have attained its present sage except by inadvertence on tho part of the Govern ment. After a few words from Mr. ANSTEY, The House divided, when there appeared-- For going into Committee... ... 16 Against it ... ... 65 Majority —49 The Bill was consequently lost. The House then adjourned at Six o'clock.: THE WAR IN BURIVIAJcI. (From the London Gazette of Juno IA) India House, June :14, 1852. The following dispatches have been this day received at the East India House:— TUE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL TO THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. (Extract.) Fort William, May 3,1852. We have the honour to transmit to you a copy of the further papers regarding Rangoon affairs. In these documents our sentiments ere expressed in warm, but not exaggerated, terms; for, in truth, no language could be employed too strong to einivey the praise which is justly due to tho gallantry, the fortitude, the patience, temper and discipline which have been ex hibited, during the several operations en the coast, by all branches :of the combined force, and by those who have led them so well. We beg most respectfully and most earaestkv to com mend the services of these bravo men, according to their several ranks and recorded merit, to the gracgous con sideration of her Majesty the Queen, and to the appro bation and favour of the Court of Directors. We have, &c., DALHOUSIE, F. CU RRIE, J. LO NOTIFICATION. Fort William, April 23, 1852. Tot Governor-General of India in Council having failed to obtain redress from the Court of Ava for injuries which had been inflicted on British subject: , ' in gress violation of existing treaties, was cenrpelled to declare that reparation should be exacted by force of arms. To that end an expedition was immediately prepared and dispatched to the coast, in the hopn that a blow promptly struck against the Burmese Power might possibly lead to a concession of the just aLd moderate demands advanced by the Government of India, and might thus avert the necessity for engaging is extended and costly war. The Governor. General in Council has had tho satis faction of publishing, for general information, dispatches which announce the success of the expedition, in the capture of Martaban„in the destruction of the formidable defences constructed along the river, and in the assault and occupation of the fortifications of Rangoon. The Governor-General in Council cannot employ terms too strong in expressing his unqualified approbation of the brilliant service which has thus been performed, and his gratitude to those by Whose joint exertions it has been achieved. His admiration is due equally to the perfect cordiality and concert with which Lau and army have acted together; to the gallantry which has been conspicuous in the field; and to the fortitude and patience with which all have endured, without a murmur, a fierceness of climate whose deadly-influence is unhappily too well attested by the number of those who have fallen victims to its effects. The Governor- General in Council especially desires to offer to the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Naval Forces in these seas his warm acknowledgments of the ready co-operation and of the very effective aid which his Excellency has afforded to the Government of India by the powerful squadron under his command, whose operations he has so ably directed, and iu whose services he has borne so distinguished a part. To Lieutenant-General Godwin, commanding the forces in Ava, tho Governor-General in Council begs to tender his most full and cordial thanks for the manner is which, by his intrepidity, his energy, and ability, he has brought the military operations of the force to their present successful issue; and to congratulate him upon having thus won fresh and higher honours upon the same scene on which he formerly gained so much distinction. The Governor-General in Council has great satisfac tion in publicly rendering to Commodore Lambert his sincere acknowledgments of the promptitude with which he gave his assistance to the Government of India, of his constant exertion on its behalf during a trying ser vice, and especially of the prominent share he has now ham in the destruction of the river defences ; thus materially facilitating the movements of the squadron and the ultimate success of the attack. The best thanks of the Governor-General in Council are due to Brigadier Elliot, commanding the Madras Brigade, and to Lieutenant-Colonel Reignolds, who, after having taken a part in every operation of the troops, has as sumed the command of the Bengal Brigade, from which illness, which the Governor-General in Council regrets, has removed Brigadier Warren. The Governor-General in Council is happy to record his appreciation of the essential service rendered by Captain Lynch, the senior officer of the Indian Navy, to whose ability, judgment, and discretion his Excellenay the Rear-Admiral has borne his testimony on this occasion. And his Lordship in Council, at the same time, is de sirous to mark his sense of the services of Commander Mellersh, of Commander Fishbourne, by whose aid the Government has largely profited, of Commander Tarlo ton, Commander Luard, Lieutenant Rice, R.N., Captain Neblett, of the Hon. Company's steamer Phlegethon, and of Surgeon Minter, whose personal exertions have been severally commended by his Excellency. The Governer-General in Council has to add his marked acknowledgments of the valuable assistance af forded during the attack on the land defences of Ran goon by. Lieutenant Dorville, R.N., and the naval bri gade under his orders. The Governor-General in Council has further re marked with gratification the distinguished conduct of Captain Brooking, of H. C. steamer Proserpice. His Lordship in Council wishes to express his warm appro bation of conduct which has elicited the applause both of the Admiral and of the General who witnessed it. The conspicuous gall an t r y o f M a j or F raser, command and his indefatigabl e exert i ons s i nce highestresolved upon, more .especially in the it fi nh e ge l dte, command the Q m Ed m ni gt no n I i d e ewt r h as praise, and the best Janke of the Supreme Government. To Lieutenant-Colonel Foord, commanding the Ar tillery; to Major Turton and Major Reid, of the Bengal Artillery; to Major Montgomery, of the Madras Artil lery ; to Lieutenant-Colonel Coote, of her Majesty's 18th, who has been severely wounded; to Lieute nant-Colonel Thomson, of the 40th Native Infan try; to Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, of 26th Madras Native Infantry; and to Major Lockhart, of her Ma jesty's 80th Regiment; to Captain Mayhew, Deputy Adjutant-General, whose value is specially remarked; to Captain Allan, Deputy Quartermaster-Ge neral; to Captain Call and Captain Smith, Brigade Majors; to Lieutenant Robinson, Deputy Com missary of Ordnance; to Captain Gillespie, who led the assault at Martaban; and Captain Campbell, of her Majesty's 18th; to Captain Randall, commanding Madras Sappers and Miners; to Captain Chads and Lieutenant Lambert, Aides-de -Camp to the Lieutenant-General ; the services of all whom have been noticed with approbation by General Godwin, the Governor-General in Council begs to offer his earnest thanks. The Governor-General in Council has to offer his thanks to Lieutenant -Colonel Bogle, Commissioner of the Tenasserim Provinces, for the valauble aid be ren dered to General Godwin in connexion with the attack upon Martaban; and his Lordship in Council particu larly desires to record his approbation of the energetic and successful exertions of the Commissioner in giving effect to the preparations of the Government for ensuring, as far he possible, the health and comfort of the troops to be employed upon the expedition. Captain Latter, who has discharged his functions hitherto to the entire satisfaction of the Government, has added to his claims by the duty which he well performed in the assault on the Pagoda at Rangoon. Not only to the officers he has thus specially named, but to all the officers, to the non-commissioned officers of whatever designation, and to the soldiers and sailors of the force, the Governor-General in Council desires to convey his true and hearty thanks for the alacrity, the endurance, the bravery, and good conduct they hav e displayed during the several operations in which they have been engaged. The Governor-General in Council deeply laments to know that our success has not been achieved without the sacrifice of valued lives. He deplores the loss of Major Oakes and of Brevet- Major Griffith, of the Madras army; of Lieutenant Arm strong, of her Majesty's 51st Regiment; of Lieutenant Donaldson, of Bengal Engineers; of Lieutenant Doran, of her Majesty's 18th, who nobly perished in the front of the assault; and of the Rev. Mr. Baker, chaplain of her Majesty's ship Fox, and of other bravo men, who died in the performance of their several duties in the service of their country. It shall be the first care of the Most Noble the Go vernor. General in Council to bring the conduct and ser vices of the naval and military forces on the coast of Burmah under the most favourable n o ti ce of her Majesty's Government and of the Honourable East India Company. By order of the Most Noblo the Governor-General in Council, C. ALLEN, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India.. I COUNTY RATES 'BILL. The House then went into Ccmmittee on this Bill. lifter tome discussion on a few of the clansps, they were all agreed to, and the House having resumed, The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the Bill was ordered to ba read a third time to-morrow. BISHOPRIC OF CHRISTCHURCH BILL. Mr. ADDERLEY moved the second reading of this Bill. Tho Bill had been obstructed both by exaggera tion and misrepresentation. He would state in a few words the object of this Bill. Bishop Selwyn, finding the increase cf his population too great for his unaided labours, stated that a division of his diocese was essentially necessary. The colony too asked for this divi sion, and her Majesty was in favour of this division. The sole difficulty in the case was, that there was a technical informality in the deed by which the Bishop had resigned half his patent, and it was this circumstance which rendered the present Bill necessary. He found that there were, some words in one of the clauses cf this Bill which might be implied as _giving the power of the constitution cf Bishops LJ Eirliameut. Those words he was Willing to strike out. BO had been willing to adopt the title of the bishopric, which had been proposed to him by the Hon. Member for Youghal, but this the Attornep•Gencral was unwilling to secede to. He trusted that the Bill would not meet with any otztruction. _ _ Mr. W. WILLiAIIS should not offer any opposition to the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that this was not a Government Bill, but as a Minister of the Crown he could not consent to entertain changes which bad been proposed in the preamble of the Bill. In the year 1841, the bishopric of New. Zealand was founded by letters patent, and bestowed upon Bihop Selwyn. It hicame necessary from the increase of population to create a new bishopric. Before it was possible for her Majesty . to create a new bishopric it was necessary th at no right should exist. Now Bishop Selwyn objected to surrender his diocese according to the terms of his letters-patent. The deed of resignation executed by him had been con sidered by the law Officers of so uncertain a character that they bed recommended that the object should be accomplished by means of an Act of Parliament. This Bill only proposed to make this resignation valid in order to enable her Zdsjesty to erect a new bishopric in Now Zsaland. Ho did not think that any one considering these circumstances could offer any serious opposition to this Bill; Mr. HEY WORTH objected to the Bill on the ground that it would involve the levying of rates in this country for tho payment of the salaries of bishops in New Zea land. He should move the adjournment of the debate. Mr. ANSTEY would second the adjournment of the debate." The point at issue was the ecclesiastical supre macy of the Queen in her colonial possessions, lie entirely denied this supremacy, and had therefore proposed the al ration in the preamble of the Bill. The measure gale the Queen power to introduce into Canterbury evel ecclesiastical abate which existed in this country. He deprecated any such attempt to sub ject the Reme l t Catholics and the adherents of the Free Church, and the members of other denomina tions in New Zealand, to the law ecclesiastical and courts ecclesiastical, which had always bid defiance to reform, and of which they had little chance of getting rid. The curse Of ecclesiastical law existed in Hong- Kong and Victoria, and he wished to keep it out of New Zealand. If the Hon. Member (Mr. Adderley) had adopted the wise and guarded act introduced by the Right Hon. Member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone) he would not have opposed him in Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he understood the Hon. Member commenced his speech by thanking the Hon. Gentleman who moved tho adjourn ment of the debate for the opportunity which he had given him to make a second speech on the Bill, He ap pealed to the Speaker whether that was not an evasion of the orders of the House. The SPEAKER said it was an evasion of the strict .letter of the orders of the House, because when a mo tion for adjournment was made the Member who se conded it could only strictly speak on the adjournment. whereas the Hon. Member had made a speech on the Bill.—(Hear.) The inconvenience of the practice had frequently induced him to call the attention of the House to the orders, because if it were allowed, any Honourable Member, by getting a friend to move either an adjournment of the House or of the debate, might make as many speeches as he liked. He hoped the rules would be considered, with the view of obviating the inconvenience. Mr. ANSTEY said the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad misrepresented him.—(Cries of " Order.") Hon. Members might hear or not, but until they did they wou:d not be relieved from their ember rassment.—(A laugh.) He was obliged to deliver his former speech in a thin House—(A.- laugh)—aad wished now to give the real history of the case, which had not been properly stated. Aa to his being out speeches of order, no man bad taken greater liberties with be forms, of the House, for the purpose of making over again, than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, both now and when he was in opposition. Had he not a great respect for the dignity of toe House, the manner in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad inter rupted him would have induced him to follow a very different course. Sir J. PAKINGTON said, though this was not a Government Bill, the Government thought it was ex tremely desirable to pass it. Mr. HUME considered the amendment of the Hon. Member was a very appropriate one, as the days of Par liament were numbered, and this was not one of those questions which required immediate consideration. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment of the debate ... 31 Against it Majority against the adjournment ... —79 The House then divided on the main question, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it .. 34 Majority for the second reading ... —77 The Bill was accordingly read a second time. VESTRIES BILL. ]ll Sir DE LACY EVANS moved the second reading of this Bill, which he explained was to pat the parishes of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields and St. George's, and St. ,Margaret's and St. John's, under the operation of Hob "use's Act, from which they had originally been ex cepted. , -111 e ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he could not Pee to this Bill, because, in the first place, being in thereforelt public Bill, it was confined to the parishes Ho felt ith c l t o r ci u,ced_a . s a aret's, Westminster, and St. John's, and ought of sri ta Giles's•in-the-Fields, and St. George's, and Mr. T. time this have been brought in as a private Bill. d : duty to move that the Bill be read a second ikaiNt nl O o M n ß th E s. defended the Bill as bein in consonance with op thought that the bject of the Bill is general spirit of legislation. g Mr. HENL EY would be bette r a an flu e mplished by a private and local Bill. g been one of those who had originalcon atihneera Bill and he t affectingthought n m t e t t h r e e; curred in introde e i e mistake, that the omission of these 0 1 M ita n n ii :es M tr l i l es h4cl e v , p g i re:: t w h hich they Bought by this entitled to the a few wor ds from Sir DE L A C Y Bi lf ll. r. WALPOLE wpPaorrieshes bad been differences, better for the two 11. nece ssar y t . o a te as t t ho th u e tt ow i tuwa :__Biy was quite un necessary . . . and .E...v bring A 8 ii 6s , in a parisheslocal Act. ecidedly of opi nion that the objects desired h After -Y this Mr. BUOTHERTON said he eite Bill ought to be ob tained Th e House then divided, when ther e 8 by means of a private Bill. For the second reading ......... a ppeared ........ 26 Against it . Msjority ••• ........... .... -—6 O The Bill was, accordicgly lost; MR. F EARGUS 0 CONNOR up th. e Mr. Secret a ry WALPOL E brou g ht report of the Select Committee appoin ted to enquire i nto the e tition presented by Miss O'C onnor, prayin g for the 6 re lease 01 her brother, Mr. Feargus O'Connor. The Committee had reported that the facts contai ned in that petition were all true, a nd that Mr. '-0 - cmuor had been examined by two medical men, who certified him to be of unsound mind, and a proper person to be confined. The petitioner stated that she had made ar. rangemente for the reception of her brother at the private WEDN I,l,SnAy Lieutenant General H. Gods in, C. 13., Commanding the Forces in Ava, Arracan. a nd Tenasserim Provinces, to C. Allan, Esq., ccztts ,ry to the Governmsnt of Indi:. :Rangoon, April 22, 1852. Sir,—l have the honour to advice you, for the infor mation of the Governor-Ge neral of India in Council, that everything remains qui et in this neighbourhood. There are various acconnts of the defeated Burmese army, under the late Governor of Rangoon, and they tend to the conclusion that h e may be retreating up the country with a very small force. The inhabitants of the villages around visit Rangoon, and bring in various articles for sale. The old inha bitants are partially settliz tg themselves in the vicinity of the Old Town, and great numbers of Burmese are in our employ as coolies. It has been reported to :me that a detachment of the 26th Madras Native Infantry, in garrison at Martaboi, had marched against a post occupied by the enemy, which it most spiritedly roosted on the llth inst., without loss; and that on the 14th the pickets at Martaban were enybeaten off with great spirit by commanded by Ceptain Welch, at a tavhteterayeskatermdifiianengtidrloPtshs'e em . All this will, I have no doubt, subside on the fall of Rangoon bricorning known. I sincerely regret having omitted to bring to the no tice of the Governor-General in Council, in my dispatch for his able assist ance i n conducting the army of the 18th inst , how much I am ind e bt e d t o M r . C r i s p, jun, through very difficult gr oun d, on i ts progress to the Great Pagoda, which ho p 3rformed, un d er the fire of the greatly to say the wounded are doing very we ll. The skill, the lab our , t h e attent i on, an d the hu manity of Superintending Surgeon Montgomerie, and en l em reyj with great cool neall and courage. oice ent generally of the medical department under him, call for the warmest approbation of the Government. ll igd ls Fraser, Comma Affig Engineer, has been inde fatigable in his own department, and in this place into some order and cleanliness. dfaeteaejbvoleer everywhere, inwhhtsre,toget H e has requested me to bring to the notice of the in Council the gallant conduct of S. Trevor, A.,si-taut Field ' first on the ladder, an d th ere t liite House stockade, on tho 12th, a (Madras) EW : et e gnot tih cun e etuelarn was ra n v h° t ants Crester (Bengal) an d M a y ne EsGsenocgvaooi wounded, also oneeorr::n Lieutenants ceo s, who were very forward on the same occasion. in CO eXCePtiOnitb!e.—l have, Ste., Lordship c pleasure , athe a however , ra b 1 admirable is conductto bring an b d ef te r m e p h e i r s of M tlh Y is g fo re r a :e e — st its diseiplire and regularity of demeanour ja.: Gowns, Lieutenant - General Commanding the Forces in Ara, Arracan, and Tenasserim Provinces. are un NOTIFICATION. The Meat No Fort William, May 1,1852. ble the Governor-General in Council directs that the fGllowing extract of 8 further dispatch received from Lieutenant General Godwin, C. 8., com manding the forces in Ave, Arracan, and Tena6serim Province?, dated the 221 ult., be published for. generel information:— eanrmeomy?;:wi:liut:le Neatly patch o . f. the 18th inst., "1 sincerely regret having omitted to bring to the notice of the Governor-General in Council, in my dis- Crisp, Jan., for his able assistance in conducting the how much I um indebted to Mr. Great Pagoda, which he performed, under the fire of the very difficult ground on its progress to the h great coolness and courage. well. The skill, the labour, the attention, and the tho wounded are doing very hu manity .of Superintending-S u r geon Montgometie, aed of department ge ne ra lly under him, call for the robation of the Government. tvvilae`l"mmli;cosci.iticoifl approbation Commanding Engineer, has been in defatigable in his exertions in his own department, and indeed every w h ere, to get this cleanliness, place into some order sad " fl e hu requested ma to bring to the notice of the Governor in Council the gallant conduct of Second Lie utenant W. S. Trevor, Assistant Field En gineer, who was the first on the ladder, and there wounded, a t the hiie House Stockade on the 12th, as also of Lieutenants Crnster (Bengal) and Ma, ne (Ma dras) occasion. Eukine ers , w h o were very f orwar d on the same "MY greatest pleasure, however, is to bring before his Lordship in Council the admirable conduct and temper of this force—its discipline and regularity of de ,..nour are unexceptionable. The Governor-General iu Council has great satisfac tion in acknowledging the skill and attention exhibited by Superintending -Surgeon Montgomerie ; and he re joices to learn that by the exertions of the medical de partment the wounded are doing well. The Governor-General in Council begs to offer bis thanks to the officers now brought under his notice—to Lieutenant Trevor and to Lieutenant Craster, Bengal Engineers; to Lieutenant Mayne, Madras Engineer; as well as to Mr. Crisp, jun. whose service ha s b een no ticedby Li eutenan t-General. By order o f t h e G overn or-General of I n di a i n C ounc i l, C. ALLEN, Officiating the Secretary to the Government of India. CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM FOR SOLDIERS' WIDO WS. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the asylum for the deserving widows of soldiers, which is to be erected in mem ory of his R o y a l Hi g hness the late Duke of Cambridge, was performed yesterday by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in the presence of a highly distinguished compel', including a great proportion of number present we noticed the General the Earl of Strafford, the ladies. is A of morigst the Abercorn, Bishop o f Wi nc h es ter, L ord Frederick Fi ta d arence , L C o lonel Bentinek, Colo ne l T reve l yan, H on . Colonel Liddell, de Fred ILHoenri.eck aPpatauilnett, General Sir Howard Douglas, Fielding, Colonel Rowland, R.A., Mr, Twining , Mr. Pownall, Mr. C. Chatlier, Mr. Hals well, Mr. Ferrer, &c. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by t h e marquis of Abercorn, and attended by the Hon. Colonel Bouverie and C olonel Grey, arrived a b out half past three o'clock, and on a li g h t i ng at th e ga te was re ceived by the Mayor and Corporation of Kingston, the Bishop of Winchester, the c h a i rman (Sir H. Douglas), the deputy chairman (Colonel Liddell), and the "-.com mittee and officers, e 0 preceded his Royal Highness to the place where the stone was to be laid. Immediately on the entrance of the precession the Royal Standard was hoisted , and the band of the Coldstream Guards, under the leadership of Mr. Godfrey, commenced the National Anthem. His Royal Highness was received with great cheering, which he several times graciously acknowledged. - The company having arranged themselves in their places, the children of the Kingston schools chanted a psalm, arranged for the occasion; after which the Bishop of Winchester advanced, and offered the prayers appointed for the ceremony. . Sir HowenD DOUGLAS then addressed his Royal Highness, requesting hill , to lay tha stone. In the course o f an able address the 'Gallant General congratu lated the friends of the institution on the high auspices under which it vvas being commenced. After reviewin t h e r i s e of the institution, and describing the charitableg object to which it would be devoted, he paid an eloquent tribute to the memory of the late Duke of Cambridge. Ia allusion to the , ground having been given by the present Duke, he sam that on this appropriate site, the offering of the filial piety of a son worthy in every way of his illustrious father the Cambridge Asylum would be erected — on the el ,_, m sdatabridge estate, and under circum stances which u honour to the living as well as the departed. In , conclusion, he bad the honour to an nounce that tne .n , —lichees of Cambridge and her illus trious daughter usd forwarded the munificent donation of 100 guineas each for the asylum.—(Applause.) The architect, Mr. T. Allom, then handed to the c h a i ma n a glass vase, which he presented to his Royal Highness, who Placed it on the atone. Mr. E. F. Leeks, the bon. secretary, also presented the scroll to the de puty-che ;ruin ' an d, together with the coins, it wa s de posited in the v ase, which was closed and placed in the ap ert ure of the stone by his Royal Highness. The builders, Mess rs. Locke and Neasham, having made the necessary P re parations, the stone was laid with the usual ceremonies. The Prince having examined the level, struck the stoile four blows with the mallet, and pro nounced it "to be completely and properly laid." Mr. H. 13 "ilvALL, On behalf of the committee, ac knowledging th e great benefit conferred by his Royal Highness, and, In conclusion, presented him with the silver trowel, Which the Frinee was graciously pleased to accept. The "I°l°l 4 is the inscription on the trowel:— " Presented to illation consisting 11.R.H. Prince, Albert, KG., on the oc casion of laying the first stone of the Cambridge Asylums for s o ld. June, 1852," lers The B' I, the Princ e ' wi dows, Kingston, Surrey, 15th --Is unp then pronounced the blessing. town of the town cf Kingston, then presented an address to of the Mayor and Corporation fording " hir • Mayor and Gentlemen—l thank you very sin cerely for the hearty and flattering welcome which I have received from you. It has given me great ploasure to accept the invitation on the present occasion, as af the the best means of testifying my sympathy with .object sought to be attained by the institution of the asylum, and my respect and affection for the memory of him whose name it is to bear, and my cor dial c oncurrence and hope that the result may be such as would b e most pleasing to the genuine k i ndness an d benevolence of his disposition." Ro "e National Anthem" was again sung, and his y al on his Highness retired, attended hi the same order 98 arrival. CC011191::/111.: of Traffic for the week ending June 12, 1852 • • Pas.£l7s 10 4 ..ngers, parcels, &c. 31 17 4 _ANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—Return l erchandise, cattle ,&c..” Total £207 7 8 ••• • g week in 1851 (10 miles open) :- 30 17 1 rassengers, parcels, &c. •'• Blerchandise, cattle, .•. 1 3 30 18 3 Total •• only t hree -fourths was create -vaillcaanYcipees We Iwt informed that the mode adopted by th e Present Government for making places, or rather vacancies for their friends, in various public offic.es, has been this : They h have raised the superannuation allowance—giving the whole ' ne cale, after a certain number of years, where before Pub l ic Paying the g i ve n —with a view of at once in ducing all who can claim superannuation to retire. This pro.. ceedinff done to pipe r.-..h a ii, N ew , rhfoarpspahrtaylepguarlp, os b e u s t_i t t he is obviously TRANSATLANTIC TRANSCENDENTALISM ! .... &i n Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) left New York for Li • 1 ' Liverpoo l on the 29th % ult. Previous to her departure she gave thr ee con certs, at which, says an enraptured editor, " bouqu ets rained on the st age i n f ragran t showers! And in their fragrance died the voice of a flesh and blood angel:" EVENING, JUICE 16, 185.2 THE COUNTRY MARKET'S. IPSWICH, JUNE 15. The market was very thinly attended by farmers, and con. sequently the show of wheat was very small indeed. Holders were fair in their prices, and the sales were at figures ;showing a steady upward tendency. We continue to be so inundated with wet',' that at this period of the season it begins to be a critical time for the growing crops. 19t1t, QUARTZR. - PEA QUA RTEH. Wheat, red Ditto, white 46s to 49s Oats oos to 00s Barley, malting ... 00s to 00s Rye oos to 00s Ditto, grinding ~. 00s to 00s Malt oos to 00s Beans • --- - - -- --- --- - - AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1852. Wheat Barley Beans, 5 „ 30s Od Peas Oats ......... —. 12 „ 23s 6d HULL, JUTE 15. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—There has been a considerable fall of rain during the past week, quite sufficient for the present; the weather is cold and ungenial. Arrivals of foreign wheat continue trifling, but as our millers continue sufficiently supplied from the farmers, it is of little consequence; the quantity of foreign used is small, and makes little impression on granaried stocks. To-day we had a fair supply of English wheat, which met very ready sale at fully the rates of last week, 39s to 40s being the current rates to the farmer. Very little doing in foreign, English weight for weight being still comparatively cheaper. Barley for feeding meets a moderate consumptive demand, which must soon in crease. The stock of yeas is very trifling, and good quality command our quotations. In oats there is not much business passing, and good fresh corn would meet a market. There is a moderate business doing in linseed, fine qualities of which are rather scarce. Linseed cakes are dull, but a little business has taken place in Hull•made on contract, and also in fine foreign, of which the market is nearly cleared. No rapeseed one ale, but cakes continue in demand, as do also bones, which fetch our quotations as they arrive. The following are the present prices of grain : Wheat, English, red 38 to 41 Peas, white and yel. 32 35 Do. white 42 44 Do. grey 2B 30 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 44 46 nigsberg 4O 45 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 45 Pomeranian and Do.Riga&Archngl. 38 —42 Hamburgh . 3B 40 Do. Konigsberg .... 38 40 Danish, B.olstein, & Per ton. Friesland 36 38 Lins. c., Hull 7i lOs Od to 0/0s Russian and Odessa 34 38 Do. fine for. —7l 2a 6d to 0/0s Oats, English lB 20 Do. inf. foreign... 0/ to 61 Os Do. Danish 16 18 Rapeseed 23110 s to 00/ Do.Friesland lB 20 Rape cakes...92s 6d to 95s Od Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 18 Tares, English 34s —00 s Barley,malting 25 30 Do. foreign °Bs —32 s Do. grinding 26 27 Guano 4/ 7l to 91 Vs Beans 29 32 Bones, do 97s 6d to 100 s Do., foreign 27 30 Rye Meal 71 Os LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15.—At this morning's market there vas a good attendance of town and country dealers. Wheat met a fair sale, at the full prices of last Tuesday, and fine qualities of sack and barrel flour were in improved request, at rather better prices. Oats and oatmeal were in limited demand, at a decline of 'Ad to Id per 451bs, and 3d to 6d per load. Barley, beans, and peas supported late rates. Indian corn met a slow sale, buyers holding off in anticipation of lower prices. Galata brought 31s; American yellow, 30s 64; and NN hite, 29s 6d to 30s per 480Ibs. issue would be indifferent to him, it would redound only to the discredit of her Majesty's Ministers. Messrs. Smith and Wingate were two ministers in the Scotch church at Pesth, where they had settled in 1848. Mr. Edwards was in Lemberg in 1848; but all three gentle men had settled i n t h e A ustr i an dominions with lull permission of the Austrian Government to undertake their spiritual functions. The first two having resi,ted more than ten years in Pesth, bud, by the law of Hungary, become naturalizsd; all of them had ac quired property, both real and personal, in the country, and they, no doubt, intended to pass there the rest of their days. On the 10th of De cember, 1851, Count Buol wrote to the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton (Lord Palmerston), then at the head of the Foreign-office, and informed him that by way of retaliation u p on E ngland for protecting Kossuth and his companions the Austrian Government intended to subject English travellers, however innocent of acts to the prejudice o . f the Au s t r i an Government, to what he called exceptional measures of precaution, About Christmas-day Mr. Edwards received a peremptory no tice to leave Lemberg. His wife at the time was within four weeks of her confinement; there were other children in the family; and in a most incleme n t season of the year they were told that within six days they must travel 500 miles, and that if they did not set out force would he used. Mr. Edwards proceeded to Vienna end saw our ambassador, the Eerl of Westmorla n d ( w h o re ceived a princely income for doing nothing), but he re. fused to interfere. It was not without great difficulty that this unfortunate gentleman was able to get beck to Lemberg at all, to escor t hi s s ick family an d his wife to the frontiers of Prussia; and they had no sooner crossed the frontiers, aft e r a j ourne y o f n o ordinary length and severity, than Mrs. Ed war d s gave birth to . a dead child. That was th© case of M r . Ed war d s , an d t o this . day no ex planation had b een g i ven of the sentence against him — au illegal sentence, because it was the effect of a single mandate issued by the command of Prince . Schwarzan berg, who w as now answera bl e elsewhere for the deeds done in the flesh. Messrs. Smith and Wingate, on the sth of January following, received a notice to quit the Austrian dominions within five days. They too, appealed but in vain, to the English Legation, and to the tender mercies of the Austrians. The common precautions which humanity might have suggested to mitigate their lot was denied them. When Mr. Wingate (whose youngest child was in danger of death) asked permission of the military Governor of Hungary that the child's nurse should be allowed to accompany them, he was fleely refused. The order went forth that no one should be permitted to attend them, and it was only at half past twelve at night, at a ball where the military Gover nor of Pesth was present, that Mr. Wingate was able to obtain permission for a journey which was to begin at the dawn of day. In all these cases no reasons for the expulsion had been so much as hinted at, end opportunities of explanation were denied them. Neither the Earl of Westmorland nor his em bassy did what was their duty; but at the time they wore in Vienna the American Arebessedor, when the Earl of Westmorland would do nothing for them, gene rously placed hie purse and his House et tho disposal of these distressed men. Those gentlemen had property which, ss ith the exception of one trifling article, they were obliged to abandon to the mob or to the dishonest end spoliating Government of the country. The Go• vernment of Great Britain, unless it was a coward and a bully, should act en the principle it had adopted in the case of Mr. Finlay. Vats], Grotias, and others laid it down, that due notice should tile ays be given to one na tion of the abolition of any mum in another. But here notice Was given, and theta was a forced sale of their goods; and y e t L or d Malmesbury said they had no right to expect any redress. The final letter of his Lord ship stated, that the reply of the Austrian Government was— An iToN. ME3IBER here moved that the Houle be counted; and, it being found that o%ly thirty-woven Mem bers were present. the House stood adjourned, at a Quarter to Eight, to Twelve o'clock this day. LIOUSE OF LORDS, June 15. THE MILITIA BILL. The Earl of DERBY . said he rose for the purpose of mov ing the second reading of this Bill, the importance of which would not be denied by their Lordships. It had already re ceived the assent of the other House of Parliament, after /oeig and persevering discussions,- by overwhelming majo rieies, both with regard to the principle and all the details, It was a Bill for re-organizing and placing in a state of com parative efficiency the ancient constitutional militia force of th e country, and he hardly entertained a doubt that the pr inciple of the Bill, at all events, would meet with the unanimous concurrence of their Lordships.— (Hear, hear.) In the first place there was an universal consent on all sides, th at for the more efficient defence of the country an increase of the disposable force of the kingdom was necessary, and accordingly her Majesty's Government received the assent of th. ether House of Parliament to a resolution allowing them to bring in a Bill to re-organize the militia. If he were asked whether he grounded his reasons for bringing in this Bill on any immediate apprehensions of attack from foreign powers, he should distinctly answer that he did not. Neither did he rest it upon any apprehension of any personal hostile feelings of the Prince President of France, but he could not shut his eyes to the numerous changes of Government which had taken place in France, to the large class of persons in that country adverse to the cause of order and tranquillity, and actuated by a feeling of consi derable hostility to this country, and he felt that it would he the height of folly and madness to wait for a contingency, however remote, of this country being exposed for the first ti me for centuries to the danger of a hostile invasion. The Noble Lord then continued—My Lords, when the pvoposition of the late Government was brought before the House of Commons, although there was a great ac quiesence in the necessity for increasing our military force, and for the establishment of a militia force, a dif ference prevailed in that House to which I will not fur ther allude,—(Hear.) I do not wish to advert to cir cumstances which might be painful to the feelings of any Noble Lord.—(Hear.) But a difference of opinion prevailed in that House which negatived tho specific plan of her Majesty's late Government for providing a local militia force,' and which passed a resolution de claring that it was necessary to introduce a measure for a general militia, or rather for amending and consoli dating the law which regulated the regular militia of this country. Thus we arrive step by sten, first, that all parties have agreed that our existing means of de fence are insufficient. Next, they have agreed that a militia force was absolutely necessary, and ought to be raised. Thirdly, that they entertain an opinion that a militia force should not to he local but general in its cha racter, in accordance with former laws upon this subject. That was the position in which affairs stood when we were called to take a part in her Majesty's Government. We took that part in a period of some difficulty. We were much pressed with regard to the measures which we would think it necessary for the service of the country to pass previous to the period anticipated by all, namely, the dissolution of Parliament, and desired by none more than those who were charged with the administration of her Majesty's Government. We were quite convinced of the necessity for a dissolution of Par liament at as early a period as was consistent with the public interest and with the safety of the country. It is undoubtedly true that we might, had we been so dis posed, have declared that we were not bound by any obligations incurred by our predecessors, or by Bills which our predecessors had introduced. We might have said that we were not responsible for the position in which we found the country, nor for the judgment which pronounced that a militia force was necessary. By taking that course we might have saved ourselves a considerable amount of difficulty and obloquy, We might have pre vented risking the popularity of the Administration in the country at large. Because we were told that this Mi litia Bill, and, indeed, any Militia Bill, was objected to on various grounds by a very large proportion of the population. Objections were taken to it on various and very different grounds, and there was an appearance, at least, of a very considerable resistance to any such burden being inflicted upon the country as would be imposed by this Bill. But, my Lords, we felt that we were not at liberty to enter upon any such personal consi derations.—(Hear, hear.) We did believe that our pre decessors were right in their judgment, that the estab lishment of such a militia force was indispensable for the security of this country against aggression, and im pressed with that opinion I took the liberty of pro nouncing that whatever other measure might be thrown overboard, this was one of those measures to which we thought it indispensable to obtain the sanction of Par liament previous to a general appeal to the country con sequent upon a dissolution of Parliament. I will add further, that I thought it a matter of considerable im portance that no delay should take place in pushing this measure through its various stages, so that a militia force might at once be organised. This has been a subject of anxious deliberation on the part of those charged with the Government of this country. Periods have recurred—it so happened in 1845 and again in 1848—in which some immediate anticipated difficulty suddenly called the attention of this country to our want of means to meet the exigencies of the occesion. Hasty propositions were made; but from whatever motive, whether to avoid Parliamentary die' cussion, as soon as the immediate danger was passed over the matter was forgotten, and no steps were taken to avoid the recurrence of similar dangers. In that state of things I saw, and expressed that I foresayse se rious dangers and inconvenience likely to arise. I ven tured to call your attention to the fact that the the tesneorree peaceful your relations with foreign state were, o _ en __ to incumbent it was, without giving ceicasionwoofulippecren3ad.. foreign powers, to take such means as aasfooting as wool. neatly place your resources upon such imperfec t prop 9 w ere save you, at some future . p ly eri s o d d e , pt e e o d ne , sitions, which, being hastily imperfect, and only tended to i (Heart hear.) Militia they were intended to obvia consolidation o the law, was itself a little remarkable thatthe existing the basis of the Neei ee n two wars. It alarm which increase the )neeietsissarniolyt Bill, which is _ 0 , peace betw . ace which followed was at that time that proposed in au intent"' t Lord . Sldmouth, Lind it thei t s proposed re e oa a pt os areoe fd w aAn a n3d s ce i o an ni o r e end - introduced cs , e n ° d y 2 M b byy r Pitt and Mr. Fox. Phis then i t a measure for protection of peace.—(Hear, hear.) Her totwh was sn le s o iusPa tS r e et enudt:harGovernmentthat felt, a ri tl:d tl e h r c these circu ca st anccs, MejestY's t heir duty to proceed at a ll r id es, and carry h „. ea me asure for the organizati on o f a m ili t i a which ttbraot l thought t w mo st effective fo r th e purposes proposed to w accom plished, and least liabl e to the plausible and li a r arjeCtions which might be raised against any de fensive force proposed t o h o raised. My Lords, I have s aid that her Majesty's Government were bound not to look to the question whether the measure was popular with the country. Bu lam bound to say if it is un popular—of which I have great doubts, that the greatest credit-is due to the House of Commons at large, and to the Oat majority of that-House, that they--in• the face of au impending dis so l u ti on o f Parliament -- have had the courage and patriotism to consult the interests and the exigencies of the State rather than nay personal consi deration of unpopularity with their constituents. ger n.tietnY'ri Government had then to consider by what means they could hest raise an efficient force least open to the various objections to which every Militia Bit' would be liable. I believe that there are none of your Lordships who entertain . a doubt that some increase of the military force of the colliery is c esirable.—( ll "'" ) Whether wider ordinary eircuinstances the British army, small ai it is, with the onerous duties it has to perform, be adequate to the due discharge of those du ties, or whether for ordinary purposes, looking to the great amount of those duties, and the constantly increas ing calls which new acquisitions and new exigencies render imperative—whether under all these circum stances the British army, efficiently disciplined and per feet, in its organization as it is, be sufficient to meet , with a due regard to the comfort of the soldier, the various demands made upon it, is a question Ido not think it necessary to enter upon. But if it is insufficient to meet the requirements of a peace establishment, it is certainly insufficient to meet any extraordinary exigen cies which may arise. Still lets is it able to meet a euddsu invasion of a large and well-disciplined body thrown is a few hours upon our coasts. !tut then it has been salve if' this he the case, why do you propose a m iliti a force? Why do you not propose an increase of from ten to, twenty thoesand men in your army? Ten thousa nd British troop s a r e more e ff ect i ve and more economical than fifty thousand militiamen. I must take the li berty of adopting that declaration under sonic qualifies doe:, I speak with great deference in presence of the highest authority upon such subjects; bat in the first place ' as regards expenditure, I thi n k i t wou ld be east" to show that 10000 reguler troops would be less effi' dent for the purposes for which this force is to be raised , and more expensive, than 50,000 militiamen. I thin k it very probebie that my Noble Friend the Gallant duke, if entering upon a protracted campaign, or about to fight a pitched battle on which the fate of an empire might depend, and which was to be tested by discipline, severe pressure, coo l ness under fire, firmness and sal' diet uie - r like , would prefer a body of 10,000 0 r e ' g ci ti e sbody troops ue ltioa of 50 000 half-disciplined militia men.—(Hear, h ear .) B ut i n the case of a sudden rot a" sion of this country, and not for the purpose of keeping on a permanent f orce , w h at would be required would , be so much or gan i zat i on an d discipline as that in the regular army would undoubtedly he deficient, ViS4 numbers and masses.—(Bear.) I believe it has been stated, over and over aga i n, that the utmost amount of the regular army which at this moment could be drawn together for the defe nce o f t h e country—setting aside the troops in Ireland— wou ld not exceed about 2 4,000 men; which, if the 8,000 enrolled pensioners wer e added, would give a total force of about 32,000 men la all for the defence of the ceuntry against such an arg i l as I have alluded to. This calculation, it mast be ob served, proceeds upon the assumption that you wit h ' draw every man from every garrison and fortified P ls ° in the country. All these places, together with the shir; ping stores, would be th ere f ore a b so l ute l y left withe,e men to defend them, an d u p on th e most moderate scale, the whole of that 32,000, i nc l u di ng t h e 8,000 en rolled pensioners, would not be more than sufficient to settle d, A and protect these fortified places.—(hear, hear.) therefore, 10000 men to the regular force of the eeti e - 0 " try, and, in the case which I am supposing, the 3 0 : 0 u er men being required for the defence of the garrisoo, ye ns whole available army would then not exceed 10,0tif men, with about 4.000 cavalry. Instead, therefore, v ' ef bovine only 10,000 men available for an emergenoY,t' n this ad, we propose under this Bill to have 80, 0 _u t v a militia men; 25,000 of these militia men will be abl e ' , perform the garrison duty, assisted by a comparatic7l small portion of the regular army. It is not toe m e _ et to suppose that 30,000 m ili t i a men w ill b e able to fres from the general service of the country from 20,0tt.! to 25,000 out of 30,000 regular troops, stitutes the whole of your defending force, and beyond that you will still retain from 40,000 to 50,000 of the which DOW militia to co-operate with the 20,000 or 25,000 regular troops whom you have thus relieved from garrison duty By this arrangement, instead of an army of I °.' regular troops free to act in. the field, which you w eek ! possess by addin g th a t num b er of men to t h e presen_..s force, you will h ave from 20.000 to 25,000 red. gular troops assist e d and supported—and their set' vices in that respect would be invaluable —by . t ha t ets force coroperatieg with the 40,000 or 50,000 Ow l ai men, the defence of the garrisons and arsenals being the same time folly provided for.—(Hear.) I have De stated the grou n d s upon w hi c h her M a j est y' s Govern' -lidsmeat —not und erva l u i ng t h e great a d vantage s of -lids [dice, nor pr e t en di ng to compare t h e i n di v id u al to man with the individual soldier—still prefer, for the e defence of the country alone, a large increase in the militia, to a comparatively small augmentation of r_ a v army. Various other reasons might be adduced we' e ' it would lead to the same conclusion. For instance, u_ e augmentation of the regular army, undertaken:: a time of immediate pressure, would lead to a corittd_n: re-opening of a vexed question in the House Of Co mons, for the purpose or reducing the force so emergency soon the immediate might appear to have pss 4 7 t away. In addition to this, although—undoubtedly, no t a point which ought to stop you in the consideration Of d _Ot the question if the circumstances required it—by the establishment of 'a militia force you indicate to all foreign powers that your motives are purely, strictly,, and exclusively defensive, an augmentation of the nava l forces or of the regular army, they being instruments of offensive as well as of defensive warfare, mel naturally suggest to foreign nations the propriety of in creasing their own forces is a corresponding degree. But when you make an augmentation of these troop s whose services are not fitt e for foreign warfare, sa d which must be strictly limited to the defence of our oraz e shores, you state in language unnaiitakeable to forel.t countries, that your intentions are pacific, and that y 6 policy is a perfectly defensive one.—(Elear, hear.) se now come to the particular mode i n w hi c h we propo se . to carry into e ff ec t, w ith var i ous amen d men t s , the etd.ar a. lished law of thi s countr y w i t h respect to the as Let me remi n d y our L or d s hi ps , b efore I go f u rther, t i v et ,, , that law is absol u t e ly and strictly the law of the cotta i tt i f. , and that without a n Act passel in each successive ye' Y e e e e the Crown has th e p ower , a l t h oug h i t ma y have to sire of dispensing w ith it s exerc i se, o f calling O ut a of militia force under th e b a ll o t, as i t ex i s t e d in the ct 1802. I do not wish to enter into any invidioto _v parisous of the 'measur e w hi c h we propose with that pro' posed by the late Gov e r nmen t, and I have still less the clination to do so, because the Noble Lord Isle a t an. head of the Administration made no difficulty ?n o vT iti ii the rnunicating to me privately and personally which he stated it had . been his intention to ,(.) f e el the consideration of Parliament, and I therefor e doubly unwilling to enter into any possible et ea' meats upon the points of difference in the t we ,,,itted sure& At the same time I may be Pert by to steto that although the BM introduceve,.. thu late Governme n t was nom i na ll y one f or establisT e ' a r: u local militia, y e t th a t i n two most i mpor tant par e " ria lars it so far deviat e d f rom t h at character which i i. usually affix to the t erm o f a l oca l m ili t i a , as to co ai the tutu a considerable difference between that 1 3111° 1 ,01 one which I now su b m it. B ecause w hil e t he term militia conveys the id e a o f a f or ce not only ice, in trained, but qualified wed called upon to act et ! ie . its own immediate locality, yet the Noble Lord tir_uv as a troduced the previous measure stated that it Id b e matter of the utmost importance that a farce 5 111 % . ,.0 provided which should be applicable to service __7 oe l e part of the United Kingdom in which its serv i t at i i might be required; and whereas a local militia !a r se e n excluded the admission of substitutes, and rQ q ..,t.„ o persons believed for to serve in person, the Nobl e Id ee and his colleagues felt so strongly the inconventenie and hardship of such a provision that he announc e d intention of departing from that principle of th e owe militia, and placing it in this respect upon the the footing as the general militia. With respect t 0 no numbers proposed to be raised, there ' sl e e , ve - difference between the t wo measures . There ireOt ever, one difference to which it is necessary to oc , attention—the Act of 1802 (42d George III.) renorr:„,,''' liable to the ballot, and consequently to service .in lt es u ' e milititeall persons not entitled to claim exemptto t f e:i t tween the ages of 18 and 45. The late Government the inconvenience of the liability to the ballot exte _ a over so great a range; but I confess that, for t _n l i 3 Y_°:" o , part, I cannot but think they fell rather into the 6 °. P_F_ L i site extreme when they announced that the ballo t _ be drawn from men between the ages of 20 and 23 for for men of t' the present year, and in subsequent for by eau upon the population. The numbers provideddent of one or tvt o single year alone. Observe how the Act would pros e Act of 1802 was about 40,000, independent and othere. other local corps, such as t h a t a pressure of than doubled; you will see, there lation would not be 80,000 men upon the whole poP 4o u ooo would have been Since that period the popultahtieoCniotifotthee, coulitrY has more greater now than a pressur e of re ° se d to subject to the l) in 1802. But the Bill o f 1802 P es of 18 and 45. The Bill e o ballot all persons between too do ubt with a desire to ob of the late Government, .n , and no doubt also with a s p o ssible interference with family desire to avoid as fa t r e a 80,000 men should be raised, not ties, proposed that between 18 and 45, but from one Of from a population between and 23. It propos e d, therefore, the ages between rain more effective recruits, upon a population extending three years instead of twenty-seven over only Act of 1802. Th „ in the e consequence years, id have been that the pressure cf the ballot t hi s won. boon felt with far in the wo uld havegreater force than to raise The N bl previous case. o e Lord (Lord J. Russell) e owe d, I believe, that about one-fifth of the entire row' the force po pulation between the age s o f twenty an d twenty three would have been liable to the ballot. We have taken course intermediate between the proposal of the l ate Government and th e existing law, but approschipt somewhat more nearl to that of the late Governm en We propose to exten the period from eighteen to thirty' te e five years, a period at which recruits drawn for to militia will be in full vigour, and be perfectly able_ d discharge the duties required of them for five years; en a very large portion of them will no doubt at the e ri t `t t , that period of service make good volunteers into regular troops. The numbers we propose to take ts_ a taken therefore upon broader limits than these t a b s in igne__ by the late Government; and I can t lic a t ,. a help ca r e Nt t that the strong opinion felt by them that 1 n great between rb ° oppreesoa would fall upon the from the principle of a . e . t.a ins them to depart fro of providitg 5 11135 11 and introduce the permissive power ages prescribed by the Bill, wa l) . groundl local militia' iftsitt e : tune; upon the ever, 0 1 Hug substiores does not, bow That plea of piievet whichfall upon th at . any means dinsmish the aril night part of the men who might be balloted' portion of the populationlittle which would be subject t° t he ) It may ho a matter of very --re 3 tray be within individusls the prescribed ages—and Lordships sorce few happy . ot e tt enin your who ar there are among to be bal ibtraiplO3rLt—an(ciejetntlizeTitno-f year Lordships a pre tie. Their) would be no inco scribed cit,'"`A lac en harp nvenienee loted for the loth itibatitutos, in a pecuniary point of view, in obtainirr,l bt a sad but that which fell but lightly on your la"' CORK, JUNE 14. Barrels. Currency. O White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od—•2o sten, O Red wheat oos Od to 00s Cd 0 Ditto ooa Od to OCs Od 003 Od-20 do O Ditto oos 00 to 00, 0d O Barley 00s Od to 00s Od O Ditto OO3 Od to 00s 001 00s Od.-00 do O Ditto OO3 Od to Ms Od 0 Bete. 00s Od to 00s 00 Os Od 67 Oa ts lOs 6d to 11s 8d 0 Ditto ... OO3 Od to 00s Od lls 0(1-.9 do 0 Ditto ... oos Od to 003 00 O Pigs 00s Od to ON Od 000 00 per est* PRICES OF BUTTER: CANT. CUB,IaNCT. First quality ......... ...... 69s First quality Second quality Third quality .. . 63s Third quality 541 Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending June 5. Pigs, 234. Sheep, 271. Cows, 29. • RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15. SroCx EXCHANGE.—There was an improved feeling ex hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business has been done at firm prices. The transactions were as fol low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 18 1 ; 4 —Cale donian, 19 11-16—Eastern Counties, 9 1 /, —East Lancashire, 181/—Great Western, 92%—Lancashir e - an d Yorkshire, 75 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 20 1 / 2 —London and North- Western, 1243' 8 Ditto, Fifths, 4 p,—Midland, 68 7 /e Shrewsbury and Chester, New, 9 5 4—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 is—York and N ort h Mi dland, 2414—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11 3 / 4 di .? . DLINCRESTER, JUNK 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The share market was not quite so good to-day, but prices remain without material alteration. The transactions were as follow.—Blackburn (No. 1), 6 Caledonian, 19-14—East Lancashire, Quarters, 17 Ya—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 743 4—London and North-Western, N 919 Quarters, 5 7- 16 p—Midland, 68M—Sh rews bury and. Bir mingham (A), 83 /4 — Shropshire Union, 3 dis.—Dublin and Drogheda, Third Shares, 15A—Dundalk and Enniskillen,l3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 15. The sitting was resumed at Seven o'clock. Petitions were presented by Mr. LACY from the Pro testant women of Camberwell, praying for an inspection of nunneries; by Lord LEWISHAM, from Wolverhamp ;;on, for repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty. Mr. HUME moved for returns giving an account of the manner in which the sum of 3531. 17s. ld., charged in the civil contingencies for 1850, and the sum of 8191. 35., charged in the civil contingencies of 1851, were ex pended, under the several heads, for the funeral of th e the late Duke of Cambridge; returns showing the nature of losses sustained by Sir It. Sandford, at the Cape of Good Hope, for which 5,0001. was paid from the civil contingencies of 1851; returns or accounts of the parti culars of the sum of 3,612/. 7s. 9d., paid as costa and expenses on account of the Smithfield-market Removal Bill, charged in the civil contingencies of 1851; of th.• particulars of 7,0001., charged on account of bills of costs as solicitor to the Attorney-General in lists re lating to charities in the civil contingencies of 1851; and of the particulars of the manner in which 2,000/. was expended in Ireland in obtaining statistical information relative to the agricultural produce of Irel an d ; an d copy of the order under which the inquiry was con ducted, and an abstract of the information collected. Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. HUME copies or extracts of the correspondence were ordered relative to a treaty ne gotiated with the Sultan of Sooloo; also copy of the said treaty, and of any papers explaining why the ratifica tions of the same were not duly exchanged; an d o f a ll papers relative to the lat e ca p ture of the Is lands of Soo loo by the Spanish forces, and of the ann exat i on o f t h at territory to the Spanish Crown. DR. REID AND THE VENTILATION OF THE HOU6E. Mr. lIINDLEY asked the Chief Commissioner of Works whet course the Government intended to pursue in reference to the report and recommendation of the Committee on the Ventilation and Li g hti ng o f th e H o u s e; and whether D r. Reid was to be restored to the position he occupied before 1846, and t o h ave t h e c h arge of ventilating and lighting the House and its appurte nances, under the supervision of the Chief Com m i ss i oner o f W or k s , assisted by a Committee of observation, to be appointed annually by the House, in order t o re p ort their opinion as to the way in which the management is conducted? Lord J. MANNERS said that, in the opinion of the Government, the recommendation of the S e l ec t Com mittee was a very wise and prudent one , an d t h ere was eve ry disposition on the part of the Government to carry it into effect. In answer to the second question, which referred to the competent person alluded to in the recommendation of the Select Committee, at present he was not in a position to say who that competent person, in the opinion of the Government, was likely to be. At the same time he could not sit down without ex. pressing his individual opinion, that the system of venti lation suggested by Dr. Reid had not received that amount of fair play which would enable it to be properly judged of.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish it to be understood that he was now expressing more than an individual opinion; but it would be unjust to Dr. Reid if he sat down without expressing that opinion on his behalf. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A messenger from the Lords brought up the follow ing Bills, to which their Lordships bud agreed:— Beaconsfield and Redhilt Road. Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway. Kettering and Northampton Road. Railway Passengers' Assurance Company. Greenfield and Shepley Lane Head Road. Leeds Waterworks (No. 2). Tramore Embankment. Limerick Improvement and Market. Ipswich Dock, without amendment. Differential Dues. Belfast Harbour, with an amendment. Blyth and Tyne Railway. Kingston and Sheetbridge Roads, with amendments. EXPULSION OF BRITISII SUBJECTS FROM THE AUSTRIAN DOMINIONS. Mr. C. ANSTEY rose to move the following resolu tion, of which he had given novice :—" That this House recognising the undoubted right of the Queen's subjects resident in foreign countries to the continual protection of her Majesty, in respect of their liberty, property other personal rights, and, consideringthat,dvtivatrldle:t and cas ease of the Rev. Messrs. Viugate, Smith, end E ar bitrarily expelled from the Austrian dominions in the month of January last, with their wives a n d c hil dren, under circumstances involving m uc h sacrifice of property and other hardships to the sufferers, those rights were violated, and that no redress has been hitherto ob tained for the violation, is of opinion that the case is ono calling for prompt and earnest measures on the part of her Majesty's Government." lie understood it we.s.the int en ti on of the Government rnejat: to take measures for putting a summary stop to discussions upon the case, but if they did resort to a count out, he was sure they would feel the consequences at no distant period. Not tveo y ears ago the House had been calledupon to record g their vot es aga i nst n most un-En lish resolution a opted in anoth er p i ece on t h e oceasionof the Greek d claims,k the mover of that resolution being the Noble Lord now at the h ea d o f t h e G overnment , an d on the 15th of March last, soon after Lord Malmesbury, to the misfor tune of this country, was installed in office, his Lordsh i p informed Count Boot that h© highly valued the frien dl y feeling expressed by Prince Schvvarzenberg on the Put, of Austria towards this e3untry. A t that tirno Malmesbury was fully aware of the facts which b Anstey) was about to bring before the Houle. e (T . to - G overn ment were makin g a, premattge and indecent ah tempt in order to prevent his doing OOP but, while the