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THE SUN, LONDON, qATUItDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22 1 1846. MAJORITY-NOES, 35. Arundel, Earl of Dundas, Admiral Newdegate, C. N. Baine, Walter Ebrington, Viscount Pechell, Captain Bentinck, Lord G. Eicott, Bickham Plumridge, Captain Berkeley, H. F. Forman, T. S. Round, J. Bodkin, W. H. Gibson, Thomas M. Shell, IL L. Borthwick, Peter Gore, Montague Tunicll. H. ... . _ ..-. . Brotherton, Joseph Greene, Thothas Turner, Edmund Brown, W. Hume, Jostph Williams, W. Christie, W. D. Kemble, Henry Wrightson, W. B. Dickinson, F. F. Laytud, Captain ___ Disraeli, 13. Maule, Fox TELLERS. Duncan, George Morris, David Howard, F. H. Duneannon, Lord Muntz, G. F. Forster, Mathew SMALL DEBTS BILL.-(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Ninth Clause (apt ointment', of: judge) :—Amendment proposed, hi page 4, line 39, after the word " pleader" to insert the words " or as au att.r,:ey-at-law :"—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 16. - Dentinelt, Lord G. Evans, Sir De Lacy Waddington, H. S. Dortliwick, Peter Gore, Montague Williams, W. It rocklenurst, J. Henley, J. W. Brown, W. Hume, Joseph : TELLERS. Collett, John Atuntz, G F. Sibthorp, Colonel Dickinson, 1. 11. liewdcgate, N. Wakley, Thomas Escott, Bickhain recital, Captain MAJORITY—NOES, 53. Arundel, Earl of Grey, Sir G. Pigot, David Berkeley, Captain Hawes, Benj. Plumridge,Captain Bernal, Ralph Hindley, Charles Rich, Henry Bodkin, W. d. Hobhouse, Sir J. Romilly, John Bridgeman, H. Horsman, Edward Russell, Lord J. Bretherton, J. Howard, P. 11. Seymour, Lord Buller, Charles Jervis, Sir John Shell, B. L. Byng, G. S. Labpuehere, henry Somers, J. P. Cabbell, B. B. Layard, Captain Somerville, Sir W. Craig, W. G. Macaulay, T. B. Stewart, P. M. Dundas, Admiral M`Donnell, J. M. Turner, Edmund Dundas, David Manic, Fox Warburton, Hen:7 Ebrington, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Charles Estcourt, T. G. O'Connell, M. J. Wood, Colonel T. Etwall, Ralph O'Conor, Don Wortley, J. S. Ferguson, Sir R. Oswald, J. Wyse, Thomas Fleetwood, Sir P. Owen, Sir John TELLERS. Fox, C. R. Palmerston, Viscount Hill, Lord M. Gibson, T. M. Parker, John Tuttle% H. Another amendment proposed, in page 5, line 7, after the words " Provided always;' to Insert the words " That every barrister who shall be appoloted a judge of the County Court under this Act, shall cease to practise as a barrister, conveyancer, or special pleader, or vacate the said office of judge :"—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 12. Bernal, Ralph llorsinan, E. Wakley, Thomas itriageinan, Hewitt flume, Joseph Williams, W. Cabbell, It. B. Oswald, J. TELLERS. Collett, J obit Romilly, John Wood, Colonel T. Esteourt, T. G. Waddington, H. S. Warburton H. MAJORITY—NOES, 57. Gibson, T. M. Parker, John Gore, Montague Pechell. Captain Grey, Sir G. Pigot, David Hawes, B. Plururido, Captain Healey, J. W. Pryse, Pryse Arundel, Earl of Rounick, Lord G. Berkeley, CAptaiii Bodkin, William 11. llorthwick, P. . , . e L' RI , ' Sir John Russell. Lord Johßich,Henry 1 /1 3r r , o ,, t , h i e ,, rt I o v i . i, Joseph l i l o n t i , t h ll , e ill y s , n Buller, Charles Ilow.mi, P. 11. Seymour, Lord Itviig, G. S. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. Craig, W. G. Laboueliere, Henry Sibthorp, Colonel Diekimon, F. H. Layard, Captain Somers, J, P. ilt ...... Admiral Macaulay, T. B. Stewart, P. Si. Pandas, David M`Donuell, J. M. Turner, E. Ebringtoti, Lord Maule, Fox Wood, Charles E,eott, Bickham Morpeth, Viscount Wortley, J. 8. Etwall, Ralph IMunta, G. F. Wrightson, W. B. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J. Wyse, Thomas 1',..0•-on, ~ i r It. O'Co ;or, Don TELLERS. nt.ol .coal, sir i.. Owe . sir J. Hill, Lord Marcus F ~ C. R. Pahnerst,n, Via. • Tufnell, Henry Viprznn Railway Company has had the whole of the line delivered up to it by M. Floncurre, the kead engineer. The hue, it is tiioufillt, Euly tns optuud Wytartlii the wad cif Qctgtv.- 9014r4fire4 MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE. - - THE TURNER. FA3HLY.-1 private performance took place on Wednesday at St. James's Theaf:, in presence of the Duchess of Somerset, the Duchess of Leinster, the Mar chioness of Clapricarde, the Countess of Lincoln, the Earl and Countess of Charlemont, Lady Palmerston, Lady Wham cliffe, Lady Lawl e y, th e Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, General Upton, Lady Stewart, and other fashion a.,. e persons, of the Turner family, recently arrived in London from S omerse t s hi re. These are three gifted Lilli putian instrumentalists, of the respective ages of four, six, and eight years, all girls. Mis 3 Caroline is the eldest, and she plays on the harp, as also Miss Rosirta, who is second. Miss Sophia is the star of the little troupe, and she is a vio linist, handling her instrument, which is as big nearly as herself, with the s• - lf-possession of a Paganini, and casting most patronising looks at her auditory. It is curious to ste Miss Caroline and Rosins playing on one harp, the one sitting and the other standing over, whilst little Sophia fiddles away glori9usly. A very clever musical family is that of the Turners, pith natural abilities that may be turned to good account, but we lu lie the poor things will not be taxed too heavily in their studies and labours. Much kind encourage ment was bestowed on their exertions. CHINA. HONG-KONG. JuNs 24, 1846.—The following is the noti fication regarding the opium : " GOVERNMENT NOTIFCATION. " Notice !s hereby given, that the term for which the license has veer, granted to the present holder of the opium farm will expire on the 31st July, and the farm for the exclusive sale of opium within the colony under the amount of one chest, for one Sear (from the Ist of August next kiclusive), will be ' sold by auction, at the, office of the chief mrgistrate of police, at one o'clock, P.M., on Tuesday, the 30th instant. " By order, " W. CAINE, " For the Colonial Secretary. "Colonial Office, Vicoria, Hong-Kong, June 6, 1846." It will be observed that the notification is signed by Major Caine, our effici-nt chief magistrate, who bas since been gazette,' as Acting Colonial Secretary, during the sixteen months' leave of absence of the Hon. Frederick Bruce, whose health compels him to go home, and who, his friends think, ought to have taken the step long ago. He leaves the colony with the universal esteem of every one in it. A case of piracy has just occurred on the river, and created an unusual sensation here, both on account of the value of the capture, and the circumstances attending it. The fol lowing is the fullest account, and it is borne out in all essen tial points by three of the sufferers, who have since been ex amined before the marine magistrate. I do not remember anything more graphic in th e history of buccaneering than the depwitions contain. PIRACY. On Thursday last the schooner Privateer was dispatched for Cumsirgmoon with upwards of 300 chests of opium. About three o'clock p m. the cutter Grace Darling brought intelligeece to that anchorage that she had seen the schooner in possession of pirates off Lintin. The Grace Darling, being merely a pleasure boat, was unable to c op e with the pirates, but made all speed to Cnmsingmoon, where she and the Theresa were manned, chiefly by the captains of the receiving vessels, and took the southern passage. Another cutter, the Echo, in which were one captain, six mates, and ten Manillamen took the opposite and less accustomed route. From the heavy squalls to the southward it was concluded that the piratical vessels and their prize would probably be driven up the river, and the Echo therefore steered northward , and had the good fortune . . . to sight the Privateer about live o'clock the satire evening, having two China vessels near her. The pirates probably took flight on finding they were discovered, for when the Echo made up to the place and boarded the schooner they had disappeared. It was found, however, that the guns had all been removed and the rigging cut adrift, and a portion of the opium (since ascertained to be 72 chests) taken away. At this time it was too dark to give chase, and the captors therefore bore up fur Cumsingmoon, where they arrived next morning about ten o'clock. The crew of the Privateer had originally ccnsisted of thir teen, chiefly Manillamen, besides the captain and a European passenger, an officer of a merchant vessel. The Echo found only four persons on board, one of whom was a passem.,er. He states that the Privateer, white proceeding from Hong Kong to Cumsingmoon, came up to what appeared to be two large fishing-boats, and that Captain Martell, being un willing to injure their nets, passed to the leeward, when one of the boats, seizing the opportunity, put up her helm, and, dropping alongside, boarded the schooner with an over powering number of armed men. Captain Martell, who had been writing on deck. fired his rifle at them, and run below to procure more fire-arms. While attempting to force his way on deck again, and after a severe struggle on his part, he was stabbed in the side and thrown overboard. We have since received some further particulars by the schooner Theresa, which arrived here last night, bringing with her the gunner and a seaman, who had been miracu lously saved. It seems that when the vessel was boarded. the chief mate, the gunner, and three Manillamen leaped into the boat astern, which was immediately pursued and seized by the pirates, who brought their prisoners on board, and threw them into the hold of one of their junks. In the course of the night they were one by one brought on deck, where their arms were pinioned, and hiving been chin-chinned with lighted joss paper, they were told to drink as much •salt water as they pleased, and then tossed overboard. Of these victims two were so fortunate as to extricate their hands in the water, and being expert swimmers contrived to make their way to the neighbourhood of Macao. The other tour were confined below in the privateer and strictly guarded. Altogether six of the crew have been saved—two Europeans and four Manillamen. We understand that some difference of opinion has arisen about the Echo's exclusive claim to salvage, and that the matter is to be referred to the arbitration of two Englishmen and two Americans. The value of the property recovered amounts to a large sum. Since the above was in type we have been favoured with the evidence on the subject of the piracy, taken before the marine magistrate. It is subjoined : PIRACY.-CASE OF THE PRIVATEER. Minutes of Investigation taken before me at Victoria, this 21st day of June, 1846. Hector Munro Todd is sworn—l am a seaman on board the Privateer ; I joined her last Sunday. Wednesday, the 17th instant, at daylight, got under weigh for Cumsingmoon, with 202% chests of opium. On leaving Hong-Kong we had on board fifteen souls—viz. captain, 1 mate, 1 European passenger, myself, 7 Manilla men, Chinese steward, cook, boy, and a woman belonging to the captain. At three r.m., in passing to the northward of Lintin some four or five miles, we saw apparently a fishing boat standing the same way as ourselves, with lines over on his weather side. I saw but one man in the boat; he waved his hand for us to go to leeward of him, edging his boat gradually down upon us the whole time. We were going about three knots. On passing to leeward of the boat, the captain, seeing the sails were becalmed and the boat still dropping down on the schooner, hailed her to keep off. A waive of the hand for us to keep off was made by the man on board the boat. Our helm was hard up, but b e ing to leeward of the China boat, the schooner h a d no steerage way. S ee i ng th e b oat every momeut comi ng c l oser, the captain too k up hi s r ifl e and fired ; a shower o f spears, at l eas t fift y , were i ns t an tl y hove into us. The captain called out for muskets. I went below with two others to hand them up ; passed up one, which the captain fired; Before I could get up any more, stink pots were thrown into the cabin, filling it with smoke. I was nearly suff ocate d , and rushed to the hatchway. The Chinese cook was before me. Saw a Chinaman make a cut at the cook's head with a cutlass. Observed the ves sel was in the hands of pirates. I crawled into one of the berths of the cabin. There were four of us in the berth the Chinese cook, the European passenger, one Manillaman, and myself. As we were in the berth, the pi-aces pricked us with long bamboos from the deck. The cook went on deck. The pirates afterwards came down in force ; they threatened to one spoke ver y goo d E ng li s h. I wen t on d ec k to workrder i locker on the sta r b oar d side was covered with blood. Our mutishe; schooner. Th e capta i n was m i ss i ng; th e a f ter Chinese steward and captain's cock-eyed boy were laughing and talking to the pirates—both were dressed in the cap tain's clothes. The boat of the schooner was gone. The Chinese cook of the schooner and the captain's woman appeared frightened. The pirate boat had left us ; she was standing towards Lintin. The schooner was in charge of 40 men. An English boat hove in sight. I was shoved below. I heard the boat hail the schooner. The reply was—" Captain down below a-sleep." Whilst I was below the second time, the Chinaman who spoke English said to me "if you pro mise not to take the schooner to Hong-Kong till the morning, I will spare your lives." We promised. A few minutes after this conversation I heard a heavy crash, then another. Two boats had come alongside. I think the hour was between live and six. During this time we were guarded by one man with a cutlass. Suddenly he dropped the point, and jumped on deck. The noise then ceased. . • We looked through the skylight and found the pirates bad shoved off, taking with them the Chinese steward, cockeyed boy, cook, and captain's woman. The guns, too, were gone, two four-pounders, one six-pounder, and one one-pound swivel. The rigging was much cut; we contrived to get the stay foresail on her, and steer to Cumsingmoon. About nine p.m., a schooner from Cumsingmoon hove in sight, and she took us into Cumsingmoon, Francisco Antonino states as follows :—I am a native of Manilla, and a seaman on board the Priv a t eer . Aft er break fast in the morning we left Hong-Kong. I was ordered to draw and clean the guns, three large and two small. I did so, and oiled them. Th e y were not re l oa d e d. [T he evi d ence of witness corroborates-the statement of the deponent Todd, with the exception that he saw two boats instead of one at the time of their capture near Lintin. ] Investigation resumed on this date:— 22d of June, 1846. Rynaldo Gonsalves sworn—l am a native of Manilla, and gunner of the schooner Privateer. Was on board when at tacked by pirates on the 17th instant. Between two and three o'clock on the afternoon of that day I saw two boats astern of us. They were standing the same course as ourselves, and overhauling us fast. I told the captain they were bad. " No, Jo," he said, .1 only fishing boats." The Chinese steward belonging to the Pri vateer also said, " Never fear ; only fishing-boat." One boat was far ahead of the other, she came within fifteen fathoms of our larbour quarter. We kept the schooner away, the boat did the same, outsailing us. On getting abreast of us the captain sung out " Wylo, wvlo "—then came the spear, then came the fire (from stmlj pots), then came the stones on our deck. The boarding immediately followed on the fore part of our deck. The captain was aft, he fired his own musket into the boat, and I saw bins opposing the entrance of the Chinese into the after part of the schooner. He had a cutlass. A spear was thrust at him from the boat, it entered his side, and he fell. The pirates then boarded in force. Ido not know what be came of the captain after he fell. I was wounded with a stink pot in the face and fell down. I saw the pirate throw the mate overboard. They afterwards th rew me over b oard. I was picked up by our own boat which we had towing astern. In the boat I found the mate and three Mandl/s -mell. The painter was cut, we pulled away in the boat; ad proceeded of a mil e on l y , w h en t h e quar ter were put in sep ara t e pl aces below in the hold of the pirate, t wo i n one place, two in overtook about a hands a nother place, the mate below th e p oop —fi ve i n number. It was between three a nd four o'clock i n th e a f ternoon. I do not know wh at took place after thi s , unt il some t i me i n the night — it m i g ht b e twelve o'clock. Th e M an ill aman pirate ns. with whom I was confined was ordered on deck by the pirates; shortly after I heard a splash in the water. Ten minutes after I was called on seek my arms, above the elbows, were lashed b e hi n d my back. I was also d at th e wrists. Thi s completed, I was told to s it down on the rail ; I did s o . I n b roken Eng lish anal P o rtuguese th ey said " now you call drink so much wa ter as you like," and l aunc h e d me over bl fl oate d nearly u pr i g h t. I succeeded in releasing t over board. a n rd one of my hands , opened my knife with my t eet h , an d cut Chineseti ahne ied lashingath a spot outside Macao, and w as t a k en thither in a off my arms. At six o' c l oc k i n the morning I ea t. At Macao I met John Nacito, Manillaman, ~ n e of those retaken with me lathe schooner's boat, but mi ll:fed in another place on board the pirate boat from which I was thrown oel board. The Governor of Macao put John Nacito and myself into prison ; we were released at the inter cession of Heerjeebhoy. There were 100 men on board the pirate. a seaman on John from Hong. Kong were attacked by pirates near Cumsingnoon. To avoid" the spears and save my life I jumped overboard, and gained our boat towing astern. The,. were five of us in the boat—mate, gunner, two Manidamen, and self. We cut the painter, and pulled away from the schooner; were pursued. taken, and put below in the hold of the pirate boat. My companion in confinement was a Manillaman, named Sadie. I do net know what became of him. He was taken on deck before I war. About midnight I was called up, and asked if I would have some water. On replying in the affirmative, I was told in Portuguese that I should have plenty soon. Then they . bound my hands behind my back, bid me sit on the rail, and lautched me overboad. I managed to free myself from the lashings, and made for the shore, which was plain to be seen. I was in the water two hours. Hector Munro Todd examined, on his former oath, says, that the schooner was - taken by surprise. There was another Chinese boat in sight, but as we passed to windward of her, cannot say whether she had any band in the business. LOST OR I‘IISSING, OR SAVED. Missing—Captain, I ; mate, 1; Manillamen, 3. Saved—Manillamen, 4 ; European, 2. Taken away by pirates— Chinese steward, 1; boy, 1; cook, 1 ; woman, I. Total, 15. The Privateer is a small schooner engaged in river traffic, and has hitherto been considered as safe from piratical attacks, which have rarely been made unless upon native boats, and never before, I think, on an English vessel. But success in the present instance may encourage to greater boldness in future, unless something effectual be done to pnt down the pirates. Government lately built one gunboat, of ridiculously small dimensions, to guard a hundred miles of a great river, with innumerable islands and creeks, haunted by lawless gangs, who have no respect for their own autho rities, and are losing all dread of ours. It would have been better had the thing been left alone than attempted with such inadequate means. The little gun-boat will soon be known to all the pirates on the coast, but without striking terror into them. On the present occasion, she passed the place where the privateer was taken not an hour before, and was allowed to be out of sight before the attack was made— the pirates being thus as safe as a housebreaker in former times, after a Charley had cried the hour, and givennotice of his whereabouts, and that the coast was clear for a time certain. Another case of piracy is given on Chinese authority : A case of piracy is reported by the Chinese as having hap pened on the 4th of June. Eight small junks, having pas sengers and earthenware on board from Canton, bound to Amoy, had left the Bogue, and were going along at a very rapid rate, when the foremost was attacked by a fishing smack full of men. The others, either frightened, or being ignorant of what had happened, ran too fast to leeward to render any assistance. The sailors, however, defended themselves manfully, and did not yield the deck until six of them were wounded. Then the pirates jumped on board, took away every valuable article, and extorted a heavy sum for their release. Two of the junk men are very dangerously wounded. It is to be hoped, as both English and Chinese suffer, that measures will be adopted for their mutual protection. Something of the sort was talked of last year; but I believe our authorities were not satisfied, and demanded better secu rity that the Chinese employed would not league themselves with the pirates. The Chinese are very active in denouncing piratical prac tices, but they are still more supine than ourselves ha adopt ing active measures for their suppression. Several edicts on the subject will be found in the China Mail, communi cated by the native correspondent of that paper. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER PACTOLUS. A Belgian paper gives the following strange tale, the truth df which it vouches for, and states that more ex tensive details are in its possession, and could be given, only that they might be prejudicial to the realisation of the enterprise :—" A distinguished French engineer, who was sent some years ago to Panama, to make geo logical researches, and study the question of piercing the isthmus, has brought back some specimens of gold which Baron Thenard, after chemical assay, has pro nounced to be of the greatest richness. The engineer states that he had gathered this gold in the sands of a river of the isthmus. Such are the riches of the grains if gold which this river rolls along that the natives, who are occupied in gathering them, gain fifty francs per day, and that the sands they wash contain still, after the operation, more than double the quantity of gold which they had obtained from them. The engineer had examined with care the course of the river to its source, and remarked that it traversed an enormons group of rocks, in the midst of which it must have been depositing for ages a vast mass of grains of gold. Ac cording to his estimates there must be far more than ,ight milliards of francs of gold mineral buried under these rocks. (One milliard of francs, it may be ob ,erved here, is equal to forty millions sterling.) When the engineer made known the result of his researches and conjectures at home, he met only with incredulous hearers, and was treated as a visionary. Notwithstand ing he has given details so precise, he appears so cer tain of the success of a future exploration that several capitalists have resolved to confide to him the funds necessary for exploring on a great scale the sands of the river. For this purpose it was resolved not to form a company by shares, but to confine the enterprise to a certain number of capitalists willing to run the risks of the affair. The capital embarked in this undertaking will be either entirely lost, or will produce more than a million per cent. to those who subscribe the funds. The engineer himself engages not to require any share of the profits until the enterprise shall have realised three milliards of francs (one hundred and twenty millions sterling ! ! !). Here are, as may be seen, all the riches of Potosi, all' the gold of Pactolus, which it is expected will be found united between the two parts of America. The preparations for the undertaking are already in an advanced state. The dredging machine boat for the operations is in course of construetipn, and the depar ture of the engineers and workmen will take place in two or three months. If this affair, which has been in hand for several years, has remained unknown to the public, the reason is that the parties engaged in it look upon their capital advanced as being exposed to an ex traordinary risk, and therefore are anxious to avoid being held up to ridicule by appearing to have too much confidence in the result of those researches." Such is the marvellous story. It is evident, from the length of years spoken of since the enterprise was first proposed, that the French engineer was one of those sent out in the famous bubble year of 1825 to make surveys in Panama for one of the projects of a canal, for which several companies were formed in that year, in this country and elsewhere. NAVAL AND MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. There has just been issued in a printed form, by order of the House of Commons, an extract from the sixth report of the Committee of Inquiry into the system of account and audit in the Ordnance Department, dated the 6th of December, 1845, relative to the preparation, audit, and presentation to Parliament of annual accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the naval and military departments, together with Treasury minute thereon. The following is the more material portion of the said Treasury minute, dated 13th of January, 1846: " Under these circumstances, their Lordships are of opinion that the time has arrived for applying to the naval and military departments, in a uniform and consistent manner, those principles of account which have been recommended by the highest authorities on the subject, and have stood the test of a practical trial, and for giving them the force of positive rule, and my Lords will proceed to state, as briefly as possible, what those principles are, and in what manner they should be applied. " 1. According to the immemorial practice of this Go vernment, as explained and enforced by the Treasury minute of 13th of March, ISIS, only such services are to be included in the estimates to be laid before Parliament by the executive departments as have been approved by the Treasury or financial department, either as the re sult of previous correspondence, or on a consideration of the estimates themselves, which are laid before the Chancellor of the Exchequer previously to their being submitted to Parliament. "2. No executive department is authorised to exceed the sum appropriated by Parliament under each general head or vote in their respective estimates, or to apply any surplus which may exist under one vote, to supply the deficiency on others, without the express previous sanction of the Treasury, to be given on a written re presentation of the circumstances which render the adoption of such a course indispensable fur the public service. " 3. All the votes, including that for works and re pairs, are in future to be taken for sums to be expended during the last year ; and on the last day of the financial year the annual account is to be closed, and the balance is to be struck at all the stations at home and abroad ; and any unappropriated balance that may appear when the accounts shall have been made up to that day, to have remained on the aggregate of the votes of any de partment, shall revert to the Exchequer, to be reported to Parliament for the purpose of being applied as ways and means. " 4. Provided the expenditure for each work included in the Admiralty and Ordnance estimates, is confined within the amount of the total estimate for its comple tion, submitted to Parliament in the first column of the form applicable to this vote, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, will, after the new form of estimate for works and repairs shall have been fully adopted, be at liberty to apply the aggregate of their respective votes for works, in such proportions for each work as the exigen cies of the public service may require. "5. The annual account having been closed as above described, on the last day of the financial year, eight months are allowed, according to the existing naval sys tem, for the arrival from the different stations abroad of the accounts of the preceding financial year, and for making them up previously to the general account being delivered to the commissioners audit. Whatever period may be necessary for receiving and consolidating the subordinate accounts, must in like manner be allowed to the War-office and Ordnance Departments, but it is very desirable that the period fix‘d should not be longer than is indispensably required for the object in view. The cause of the great delay which has hitherto taken place in closing the Ordinance accounts, which renders the accounts, when furnished, of little avail for any practical purpose, and the proper means of remedying it have been already pointed out in their Lordships' minute, dated 3d of December, 1841, as one of the most important points for the consideration of the Com missioners of Inquiry. " 6. The appropriations credited on the estimates in aid of ti - .e vets are to he the sum- actually realised, and. brought to account during the year preceding the esti mate, instead of the prospective rict ipts expected to be realised in the year fur which the estimate is voted. " The •Credits in Aid' have already been placed on this footing in the Navy, Ordnance, and Commissariat estimates, and when a similar change shall have been made in the War-office estimates, there will be nothing left to be desired on this point. -' 7. That detailed audit, the object of which is to allow or disallow the different items of expenditure, according as they are or are not conformable with departmental-rules, or are or are not supported by proper authorities and youchen, will continue to be eiguiltxted by and on the responsibility of each department ; but that higher and more general description of audit, the object of which is to ascertain and report whether the grants of Parliament have been duly applied to the pur poes to which they have b, en appropriated by the An nual Appropriation Act, as explained by the annual es timate upon a hich that Act is founded, will be conducted in future by the Commissioners of Audit under the superintendence of the Trea-ury. "8. A detailed account will be annually prepared by each department for the information of the Treasury, according to the form in which the annual army account is now prepared, including, in addition to a comparison of the expenditure with the grants under each of the general heads stated in the Appropriation Act, a statement of the result of the actual expenditure, as compared with the estimates, under the subordinate heads into which the votes are divided into the depart mental ledger. ; and also an explanation, similar to that given in the War Office ace unt, showing what the La'ances a nsist of. This account will be transmitted by each department to the Commissioners of Audit on or before a date hereafter to be fixed. " In making their report on this account, the Com missioners of Audit will call the attention of the Trea sury to every considerable deviation between the esti mated amount and the actual expenditure under the several subordinate heads into which the votes are divided in the estimates; submitting at the same time, any explanations that may have been furnished to them of the circumstances: which rendered such deviations necessary. _ " 9. An abstract account will be annually prepared by each department fur the information of Parliament, according to the form in which the annual navy account is now prepared, showing the results und( r the general votes or heads into which the expenditure is divided in the Appropriation Act, which account will be transmitted by each department to the Commissioners of Audit at I the same time with the more detailed account adverted to in the two preceding paragraphs. " 10. The Commissioners of Audit will refer to the Treasury any question that may arise in the course of the examination of the accounts which may appear to require their Lordships' authority or decision. Their Lordships concur in the opinion expressed by the members of the Committee of Inquiry and by the Commissioners of Audit, that the audit check of the accounts of the four departments of the army, navy, and ordnance and commissariat, the object of which is to secure the legal appropriation of the Parliamentary grants for those services, ought to be established under the authority of an Act of Parliament ; and as the An nual Appropriation Act app, ars to be the proper place in which to make the necessary provision for this duty, it is requested that the Committee of Inquiry will prepare and submit to this Board a draft of such clauses as they may consider best calculated to accomplish the object in view, in order that they may be submitted to Parliament as part of the next Appropriation Act." LITERATURE. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. X. So many critical periodicals are now published that one is almost a repetition of the other. Nevertheless, even with this drawback, the _North British Review is peculiarly entertaining. A most elaborate essay upon the character and writings of the celebrated John Foster opens die number, and is not unworthy of a noble sub - j. et. Foster was one of those few men who wrote so well that we wish he had written more. The scanty frag ments which he permitted to appear, after a thousand emendations, and the most scrutinising supervision, are evidences of the possession of qualities seldom granted to one individual. From a most unfortunate fastidious • ness as to the merits of his own most superb composi tions the literary greatness of Foster was stunted. Still, from what little he has left, we can discern the vastness of his intellectual proportions. Ex pede Herculem. 'Would that others would take example from the diffidence in 'publishing - peculiar to that eminent author ! A rather - dry, though instructive, paper on " The Jacobites ;" another of those interminable disquisitions upon ( a most uninviting topic !) " Russia under Nicholas ;" about the nine hundred and ninety ninth review of " Newman on Development ;" an earnest and deserved eulogium upon Sir James Mackin tosh, with articles upon the New Timon, and Baron Humboldt, make a pleasant number of a pleasant publi , cation.. Our opinfols - 'holve3rer,;„upt.T its merits judged bttle number bef rathettme of negative e'en mOilation. T hiterc:lusNicklehy" will re member that wire ; Lillyvick asks whether his nepheW's'infant "is a nice baby," Newman Noggs replies ' " Well, it ain't a nasty one !" Just such an ()Pinion do we feel compelled to give of the !forth British Review. THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. (From La Presse.) At the moment when the principal Chambers of Com merce of the kingdom are forming an association which proposes to itself " the extension of navigation by the development of the maritime relations of the ports," it is not uninteresting to sum up, in a few words, the situa tion of our merchant navy in comparison with that of Great Britain. We shall borrow the statistics which establish on ono side the superiority of the English navy, and on the other the inferiority of the French, from the official comments published by the Governments of the two countries, and recently republished in a pam phlet entitled Progress of the Commercial Navigation of England. It follows from these documents, that in the year 1820, the effective of the English merchant navy amounted to 25,374 vessels, measuring 2,648,593 tons, and in 1844 to 31,320 vessels, measuring 3,637,231 tons. Has there been an analogous progress in France? Very far from it ! Instead of an increase, as in England, there is a deplorable decrease, at least the following figures prove as much. Thus, in 1827, the effective of our merchant navy was 14,322 vessels, measuring 692,125 tons, and in 1844, 13,679 vessels, measuring 604,637 tons. We ought to add, that out of this num ber, of 13,679 vessels, 8,900 measured less than 30 tons(!) 2,852 measured from 99 to 300 tons, and 219 from 300 to 600 tons. There are, definitively, only 652 vessels ca pable of navigation on a largo scale, and amongst all these ships there is not one measuring 700 tons, whilst England every day dispatches vessels of 1,200 tons bur den and upwards. This superiority of the British navy is no less evidently disclosed in the coasting navigation. Thus, in 1841, the French coasting trade conveyed. ex clusive of the coasting fishery, 2,424.246 tons of merchan dise, a traffic which employed 79,483 loaded vessels; or, to speak more exactly, which oecasic.nt d an c qual number of passages from one port of the kingdom to an other. If to this number we add that of passages on the east, which amounted to 31,768 vessels, representing a tonnage of nearly 705,000, there is found, as the entire movement in the coasting trade in 1841, a general total of 111,251 vessels and 3,128,802 tons, worked by a naval personnel which always, taking account of the passages repeated by the same vessels, represents the service of crews amounting 'in number to 434,896 men. At this same period—that is to say, in 1841—the coating trade of Great Britain was nearly fit e times more c , nsider able than ours; it amounted for one of the two move. ments alone—coming and going—to 11,318,000 tons, and the passages, which had been 215,000, had employed more than 800,000 men as crews; and ut least an equal number are employed either in loading, or in the pre servation of the merchandise. This state of things has not changed since 1841, at all events, not to our advantage. The French coasting trade has remained nearly stationary, while that of Great Britain has increased. It is true that the ma jority of the transports effected by our coasters, present, from one year to another, very few variations. We allude to woods, materials, salt, wines and brandies, grain and meal, coal, iron and manure, which form in weight three-fourths of the cargoes of our coasting vessels. As to the steam navy, the ensemble of the movement of our navigation (entrances and departures together) amounts, on the average, to 6,545 boats (or voyages), with cargoes, giving a total of 750,000 tons, whilst in England the effective of the steamers employed in the transport of merchandise is thirteen or fourteen times higher than in France. The coasting fishery shows, on its side, the same in feriority with regard to England. The official tables give, on an average, 6,431 boats, navigated by 27,286 men, but, on deducting the unable ones, only 22,000 men can be reckoned, whilst on the English coasts the popu lation engaged in the small fisheries amounts to more than 150,000 individuals. It is true that the English coasts are more extensive than our own; but in an equal space, they do not the less offer double the number of fishermen. It is true that our great fisheries offer more resources, but that branch of navigation is very far from being ameliorated; and, for the last seven years, it presents a reduction of about one-fourth. These various statistical facts afford a material proof of the inferiority of our merchant navy. The inferiority of our " military" (war) navy is an indisput able fact .Thus, therefore, in every respect, our na vigation is incapable of entering into competition with the English. It appertains to the Chambers of Commerce to seek out the most proper means of raising the state of our navy. 'We do not doubt the success of their efforts, convinced, as we are, not only of the goodness of their cause, but of that want of reform which makes itself felt on all sides, and which will, we hope, lend a fresh impulse to the Conservative policy. ADVANCE IN WAGES. —A HINT TO MASTERS AND WonxikfEw.—There is now some evidence of a much better state of feeling than when strikes among workmen were the order of the day. The operative carpet-weavers of England petitioned their employers for an advance of wages, which was granted for six months, on condition that the Scotch manufacturers would give a similar rise. This was acceded to with great good will. The English operatives, by letter, then requested their Scottish brethen to use their influence with their employers to give a corresponding advance on wages, and to use every moral means in their power to be successful, as in the event of want of success the English weaver would, at the end of six months, lose the advance, which is a valuable one, being fully eleven per cent. Accordingly, the Scottish weavers have petitioned their employers, and already five firms have given the advance, in a very handsome manner, two firms in Ban nockburn, and three in Glasgow. The firm of Messrs. John Geddes and Sons have deserved great praise in this affair, in at once giving the advance, and allowing it to come into im mediate operation. It is expected that this rise of wages will become general. It is hoped that the carpet manufac turers of Kilmarnock and Aberdeen will likewise give the advance, which now appears likely to be general, in the handsome manner that the other manufacturers have done.— Scotch Reformer's Gazette. ORIGIN OF TUE UPAS TREE STORY.—A real valley of death exists in Java ; it is termed the Valley of Poison, and is filled to a considerable height with carbonic acid gas, which is exhaled from crevices in the ground. If a man or any animal enter it, he cannot return ; and he is not sensible of his danger until he feels himself sinking under the poisonous Influence of the atmosphere which surrounds him, the carbonic acid of which it chiefly consists rising to the height of eighteen feet aom the bottom of the valley. Birds - which fly into this atmosphere drop down dead ; and a living foWt thrown into it dies before it reaches the bottom, which is strewed with the carcases of various animals that have Vac dele te/WIZ tionTeml 44 . 4 Artr Mtftgrz s .`7/ f1Y11,44,r GRAND DINNER TO M IN PARIS. (For the Journal des Dibats of IN%, w .- This day the banquet off ere d t o Mr. Cobilm i rtil 6t3, ii a y‘ :4 - K t ciete des Economistes took pl ace . B es id es flfe bmber the society several members of the two Chambers, merchants, and other notabilities attended. The Duke d'Harcourt, Peer of France, who is President of the Societe des Libres ?changes, presided at the dinner. Opposite to the President sat M. Horace Say, one of the vice-presidents of the Societe des Economistes. Mr. Cobden was (,:3 the right of the President. Among those present on the occasion we observed 31. Anisson-Duperron, Peer of France, M. Renouard, Peer of France, M. Blanqui, Deputy, bL Gustave de Beaumont, Deputy, M. Chegaray, Deputy, M. d'Eicthal, Deputy, M. Leon Faucher, Deputy, M. de la Grange, Deputy, M. de las Cazes, Deputy, 31. Paulmier, Deputy, M. Louis Reybaud, Deputy, M. Sallandrouze, Deputy, M. Vernez, Deputy-Governor of the Bank of France, the Baron Billing, Minister of France in Denmark, M. Micheal Chevallier, professor of political economy in the College de France, M. Joseph Gamier, professor of political economy at the Athenie, M. Frederic Bastial, author of "Cobden and the League," M. Perrot, engineer, Messrs. Thayer and Perrier, Members of the Municipal Council of Paris, M. Amadie Pichot, M. Dussard, M. Jules Burat, M. Charles Reybaud, M. Molinari, and several other writers who have directed their attention particularly to political economical subjects, M. Cassimir Chevreux, M. Potonie, M. Riglet, Messrs. Germain and Dumas, and several others representing the trade and commerce of Paris. The president and most of the vice-presidents of the Societe des Economistes were not N aa‘ ' ;2. U) - N '_ present, several of them being absent from Paris, and others being unwell. M. Rossi is at Rome. M. Charles Dunoyer, in the Department of the Lot, M. Hippolyte Passy is confined to his house by illness. This banquet is not alone an act of simple politeness to a man of rare talent, who has shown himself an indefatigable wrestler during the seven years that the labours of the English League against the corn-laws has lasted, and who, more than any one else, has contributed in effecting that revolution in public opinion in England in consequence of which we have seen Sir Robert Peel himself solemnly de claring in Parliament that in the matter of customs du ties he has been hitherto fostering an error, and that the truth was in the doctrines taught by Adam Smith, the prince of economists. The Societe des Economistes deter mined on feting the man whose sustained labours, in con cert with those of his eloquent friends, had achieved that striking homage to economical science. But the object of this numerous meeting, among whom were to be found so many enlightened men, was not alone to show the satis faction felt at the triumph of the scence; it was more especially directed to the object of recommending to the country the ideas which, in consequence of the prodigious labours of the English League, have all of a sudden been so fortunate in England as to upset the whole edifice of prohi bition, and to triumph even over the interests of the landed aristocracy, which appeared to have the perpetual right of laying down the law in everything in England. This manifestation in favour of commercial liberty assumes a real importance from the fact of its havi g been made after several local manifestations and several isolated professions of faith. These opinions gain ground. Are we to regret or are we to applaud this? Is this not liberalism of a good stamp? Is the liberty of commen_e, applied gradually and at every moment to a proper extent, riot advantageous to the public prosperity? Does it not accord perfectly with our other liberties, and is it not the veritable consequence of them? Ought it not to contribute to order, and is it not eminently favourable to the holy and noble cause of the peace of the world ? When the founders of the English League commenced the great enterprise they found themselves surrounded with inveterate prejudices. Protection, which each person trans lated into prohibition of the article which he himself manu factured, appeared to be the primary condition of prosperity and industry. It had become an axiom on the other side of the Straits as it, is among ourselves, that it was necessay to be protected against the invasion of foreign products, that it was a calamity to buy in foreign countries what could be produced at home, no matter at what price, and that national labour oughtabsolutely to be guaranteed against the attacks of other nations. Consequently these persons wished to have duties which would exclude all foreign produce; and at the same time they had the pretension and desire to sell a great deal in foreign markets. The League has finished by making it clear that these opposite pretensions destroy each other; that if the people wish to sell a great deal to foreigners it is necessary to buy as much, for productions are only paid for by productions, and whether payment be made directly, or through an intermedium, is of little importance. In the natural state of things—in the absence of all pro tecting duties—each country would give to the general market those articles in the productions of which it excelled, and would draw from abroad those which foreign labour could give at a lower price. The more different nations de part from liberty of commerce, and the more each of them sees closed the openings which it hopes to give to the pro ductions in which it succeeds best, the more also is it em barrassed by those hot-house industries which produce at a great expense what a free international interchange would have procured on excellent terms. With liberty of com merce every nation provides itself easily and from wherever it pleases with such matters as it may require; pro duces whatever best suits it; produces as cheaply as pos sible, and sells wherever it can do so to most advan tage. With prohibition everything becomes complicated and false, everything becomes difficult, and everything be comes dear. People imagine themselves protected because they are sheltered from foreign competition, which, if looked at narrowly, would appear in most cases not very formidable, and they do not see the price at which the pre tended protection is bought. They do not calculate how heavily they are taxed by the protection accorded to other industries. In short the protective system rests upon deception and delusion. It is profitable only to a very small number of branches of human labour, which are directed by men more able or more powerful than the rest. In Eng land it was corn and other articles of food. In Franca agriculture, in place of exercising a monopoly, is of all branches of industry that upon which liberty weighs heaviest. It is other branches of industry, to which every one may point, that absorb entirely the whole profits of the system, of which, however, every one who has a field or a manufactory imagines in his simplicity he is getting a good part. And besides, what an evil results, in a moral point of view, from a system which engenders a popula lation living by contraband, that is to say, by the viola ' lation of the laws, and which requires as a means of pre vention those examinations of the person to which the wife or daughter of any of us is exposed at the frontier—a mon strosity in which none of us would believe if he read it in an account of travels among a semi-civilized people. All the Governments of Europe are rivalling each other in zeal for the maintenance of peace. Is the peace real when the commerce which is destined to cement it is subjected to vex ations and fetters without number? All countries impose enormous sacrifices on themselves to improve their commu nications, and to cover Europe with a net of railways. Does any one believe that this is done for the mere pleasure of the idle travellers who carry their ennui from capital to capital? Certainly not. For such a purpose the undertaking of European railways would be an immense folly. The object of the railways is to favour intercourse, transactions, and exchange—to permit each to make the most he can of his soil, of his force, and of his intelligence, and to partici pate in the advantages enjoyed by his neighbours. Thus the force of things drives us towards a system of com mercial liberty more and more extended, and towards the more and more complete overthrow of the prohibitive system. Up to this day the foundation of all the codes of custom-house laws among European nations was prohibition. It was the effect of the prejudices and illusions of sonic, and of the violent or crafty domination of others. Henceforth liberty must be the avowed end of all commercial systems. The prejudices which are opposed to this shall be corrected among us and everywhere else, as they have been in Eng land. Neither cunning nor audacity can prevent this long. The tariff of England has undergone a complete revision with a view to liberty, and the consequence has been that at one blow six hundred articles have been ex empted from duty. Ours must submit to a similar ope ration. To attain this end we conceive that time will be required, and we shall nut oppose that; but it is necessary to begin in spite of vain clamours. It is necessary, in the first place, to enlighten the public mind, and to make those pc ells think and calculate who are able to do so, and then the public voice will demand the revision of the tariff in a manner not to be refused. It is thus that they proceeded in England, and it is thus only that we will succeed; and we draw attention to the banquet given to Mr. Cobden, because the language used by all the speakers appeared to us to be calculated to make some impression on all moderate minds, and on all practical men. The toasts proposed were in gene ral warmly applauded. The speech'of Mr. Cobden, which was very well spoken in French, was particularly inter rupted by numerous and animated marks of aperobat ion. All that he said about France was in very good taste. The summary refutation of the principal arguments used against the English League, and which are the same as are now re produced in France, was also very successful. It was consi dered as showing rare good sense, and in a very original form. We give the speech at length. The first toast. was the King, proposed by the CHAIRMAN, accompanied with the following sentiment:—" May the establishment of freedom of commerce add a new éclat to a reign which has been already signalised by so many ser vices rendered to the prosperity of industry and the peace of the world." M. lionacE iAY, the vice-president, then proposed the health of " Richard Cobden," and said—Was there occasion to add one word to the toast? That name was in every mouth. It gave rise everywhere to the same sentiments, the same sympathies, the same ideas. It was to them the picture of feudality crushed in England under the redoubt able blows of good sense. It is the emancipation of la bourers, who found in the liberty of exchange the com pletion of the right of property over the fruit of their labours. It is the peace of the world by the tie which the liberty of commerce will establish between all nations. In Mr. Cobden we find personated that League which, after seven years of perseverance, talent, and courage, has concluded one of the greatest revolutions of modern times. The result has been obtained not only by the abolition of the iniquitous corn laws, but besides them, and it is of importance to the whole world, by the inauguration of the great principle of the liberty of exchange. The means employed was open discussion throughout the country—discussion which has enlightened public opinion, destroyed prejudices, and done justice to the sophisms continually reproduced in favour of monopoly—dis cussions in which the Villierses, Wilsons, Brights, and Foxes have shown that the highest eloquence is that which sup ports truth, and pleads for the sacred cause of humanit y. Let us rejoice to see amongst us the man who was the real soul of the League, by his noble cheracter, his powerful language, his irresilible logic, which more than all others have contributed to success. To the health of Richard Cobden !—(Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN replied in French, but the following is a translation of his speech :—"Gentlemen—lt is to me a source of great regret that there should be in this company more than one language, where I am sure there is but one heart. Under the most favourable circumstances it would be difficult to give utterance to my present emotions; how impossible, then, must it be to express my feelings in a language that is, unfortunately, not familiar to me. Gentlemen, I beg you to believe thatrl am heartily grateful for the cordial manner in which you have responded to the much too flattering terms in which our excellent President has been pleased to intro duce my name to your notice. I will, with your permission, am sion, claim for others a large share of his commenda t i n but one humble individuul amongst many of far higher merit, who have laboured long for the triumph of a great and bene ficent principle. On behalf of my absent colleagues, let me thank you for your sympathy. But having disavowed for my self any exclusive merit. in the work which has been accom plished, I may be allowed without egotism to agree with this meeting in the views it entertains of the importance of our victory. Free trade is another clause added to the charter of human freedom. It is a new land mark erected in the pathway of nations to illustrate the progress of civilization in the nineteenth century. We had already achieved the rights of conscience, the liberty of speech, and the invio lability of the press, and now we possess the freedom of s in dustry. And I must avow that I could not consider_ myself e_ l s . the citizen of a perfectly free nation so long ae. es tb that badge of slavery remained in the form of monopolies wh i ch derived my countrymen of the right e to nc e e nioy , full re ward of their labour and ingenuity. En G Lis L i nten n. 'l4 speak as an Englishman,. and of the rights ofthergcapacity. Ido Rot ao title to appear before you ati oti o will 0 us the justice to stand here as a propagandis t- a 4 0= 0 114 etrictly withittetly ackuowledigq thg contuae • LL. to ots t ut& We i oaf Thi° tb!l P er ' tbs l pi 041 c 00- sistent in his argument ; for if there was a competition , it ' effect, that instead of the words " and two other commis. Barely was rather likely to rare the prise than to reduce it. sinners," to substitute the words ` c vice-president and secre -114 concern e d t h e prof ssors, he found that the several autho- tary." titles of the college were nearly equally divided on the subject The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it °f the removal, arid this was not a question of mere pounds, better to leave the clause as it stoic', so as to have two per- S hillings, and pen ce , b u t was one o f public education, which i manent, werking commissioners. in Scotland is a matter of nat'onal importance. If they sane- Mr. ESCOTT thought so many Commissioners as five tiooed this removal they would take the college two miles and quite uncalled for. tie did not think the railway business of 4 half from the hospitel, and that would go a long the cowry would be so much as to require the services of so way to destroy Abe value of the institution altogether. many persons. The Gallant Officer was not aware of what was a fact, tear in ' Colonel OIRTHORP took a similar view of the question. Glasgow the people were much disinclined to entering the In- Mr. BORT HWICK then withdrew Isis amendment. fir mary, and the town was divided into eighteen districts, each After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, which did not Jo which was so managed as to give the poor the best benefit reach the gallery, the clause was agreed to. t!my could obtain f rom this hospital, and if it were removed On clause 6 being proposed, that arrangement would be made completely futile. It was a The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that mistake to suppose that the present site was unhealthy. The , the salary of the president of the board would be room, ~ it is true, are iow • the structure is on one side close to ' 2,0001. per annum , and the salaries of the two paid Corn tne S treet, but nn the other, to the eastward, it was quite . missioners Armlet he 1,500/. pt r }ear. °Pen, and had 25 acres ot ground attached to it. By an Act After some observations trim Colonel SIBTHORP, ! tr ea'ia - passed it was required that no alteration should be made Mr. B. Es , CO VT moved that the salary of the president be In publ c in.titutions without the inspection rot a Government reduced to 1,000/. °ln ' t " , Now• no officer whatever ha.• been sent (10,n to in- Lewd G. BENTINCK thought that the salary was not too Tect the building, and no pate ground lad been me de oat high, for it would require a man of very considerable talent , for the removal. The G•,veroment, he contended, were: no t I an d wou ld e n t a il considerable responsibility on him, and I I P , -ssession of I/allele:it information, and he should then fore ' there would be no officer in tleit House who would be so Ire move: the adjournment of the debate until :Monday, in order euently called upon to explain the conduct of his boareLi at they might be put into better possession of the facts of the Mr. BORTH WICK agreed with the Noble Lord that the ease. salary of 2,000". would not be too much, but he objected to the After a few words in explanation from Colonel REID, principle of estimating a man's talents and usefulness by the , ir Mc. HORTHWICK said that he hoped the Government pounds, shillings, and pence which he received. "Id consider the objections of the Hon. Member for Mont- The amendment was then put and negatived. r 0 Se any before givingdec i s i on upon this important question. Mr. WILLIA NIS moved, as an amendment, that the words Lord J. RUSSELL said that the late Government, and "one thousand five hundred" be struck out fr,.m the clause. .-Iso the p resent one, had taken every pains to obtain proper in- After a snort discussion the amendment was withdrawn. formation upon .this question. Th. y had taken the opinion Clause 6 was then agreed to. of tho se person who were best qualified to judge on this subject, Considerab'e discussion took place on the next three c lanser, and their decision was that the change of site proposed wouid which west. ultimately agreed to. rather be beneficial than otherwise. Under these circutn- On clause 10 being proposed, !Latices he did not think that any postponement was necessary. Mr. Al uNTz proposed an amendment to give greater With regard t o t he cause proposed by the Hon. Member fair effect to the local examinations to be ins tituted b y the Com "trisect, he had no objection t o it s i n t ro d uc ti on if the Hon. missioners as to any projected railway . Member thought it would at all secure the objects which the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no rb 13ill was intend e d to carry out. jection to the amendment. Mr. BROTH ERTON sal Ihe had been a member of the Atter a few words from Mr. ESCOTT and Mr. P. M. STEW- Committee appointed to consider this subject, and in his opinion ART, the amendment was agreed to. the evidence entirely preponderated in favour of the removal The clause was then adopted. of the college. With every feeling against the removal of the The remaining clauses wiee agreed te, and the House re en:lege. the Committee were unanimous in passii g the p ream bl e sumed, Report to iw brought up to morrow. of the Bill. as in their opinion it would be most beneficial in its POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL. effects. The value of the old college and grounds w as On the order of the day for the receiving of the report en 80 ,000/.. and the value of the new college and lands was to be this Bill twine read. 145,500/., so that no loss could possibly be sustained by the Sir D. NORREYS said that he had an amendment to move t university itself, or by those conn , rcted with it. in reference to this Bill, and he wished to know from the Mr. HUME said that he wished time until Monday, when Noble Lord at the head of the Government what course be he could produce the opinions of Lords Cockburn and Mon- should take ? erieff against the removal of the cellege. Lord J. RUSSELL suggested that the Bill should be re ' 'Sir G. GREY thought the proposition of his Noble Friend committed, and (Lord J. Russell) a fair one. L was that the Bill be now read The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee on a o third time, and that the la-t stage be left till Mo n d a y, i n thi s Bill. MPr that any amendment might be considered and suggested Sir D. NORREYS said he would postpone his amend an the meantime. , menu till the third reading. in!.._hr,d G. SOMERSET strongly objected to the postpone- The report was then gene through, and ordered to he read oe r as he did not think it would lead to any alteration of a third time to-morrow. Pintos es to the passing of the Bill. P.eTENT COMMISSIONS BILL. • The Bill . was then read a third time. This Bin was read a second time. Lit' in motion that the Bill do pass was postponed till Monday RECTORY OF NOCTON—EXPLANATION OF , , in 0 LORD GEORGE BEel FINCK. brews that rder to allow time for the consideration of any amend- Lord G. BENTINCK rose and said; that after the accuse- might be proposed. Sir , NIEDICAL PRACTITIONERS BILL. ' tion that had been made on his conduct in this transaction else- , e l m s ' "EORGE GREY presented several petitions from the where, he was sure the House would grant him its indulgence , • ?iodic practitioners of Norwich, Stonehouse, and other places, while endeavouring to justify his own conduct, and to defend I° faro file, Or of this Rig. his character. He would not stop to excuse himself . 'on WAKLEY presented a number of petitions to the for having hastily made on last Wednesday a retractati ase s eli e e nt a s from members of . , . . the Royal College of Surgeons, of some expressions he had uttered. It had been stated that he of "K re l London , and from the medical practitioners could make that retractation as unfoundedly as he could make , It ~,'",lny of the principal towns of England. The the charge, without investigation. Now if he had made any , thTseable • Member also presented . a petition from unfounded charge hp would be as ready as any one en P e against lagging in the army. and a petition from to admit his error. Now it should be remembered Pawnbrokers of London in favour of the Pawnbrokers' Bill. that he made this retractation on an investigation fir. D FACTORY BILL. of the Clergy List. But he took leave here to say that the y or ,.._ .. ISRAELI resented a petition from Bradford, in nobleman woo had made the charge should have been the last . eshire, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill. to do so. The Clergy List was a coy of the e cclesiastical ~..;,,,e,, CONSTABULARY. (IRELAND) BILL, report. That ecclesiastical report was p made by a Government ,essee report of this Bill was brought up and received. . of which Sir R. Peel was the head, and the nobleman to whom ..41,-t..he.rnotion that the report be agreed to, ' he alluded was the Lord Chancellor. The recommendation t' : ' ;AU S:I.Hn/ME objected to the Bill .as a very impolitic one, as _was signed, amongst others, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, ' % e el+ to admit of the appoietmenc of au unlimited num- the Archb shop of York, by the Bishop of London, and by the .-. ri s s d 'el i ni. ice. If also the COnao - lidated• Fund was to be Bishop- of Lincoln, in whose diocese the living was situated ; ..... •'. iiteie s , e vri!h the expense of these police, he thought its provi - and by Mr. Brewer, and a great many others ; and would have l aft -+ to Eng*, as it, regarded the pay- been signed in the ordinary course of things by Lord Lynd - '' ofehil -- - • • t*s , eeee s ee, -,- nolice•force. here, -'.. _ _, - :- •• : burst. He thought, therefore, it was not on light grounds st:liihe e e'!:',- 4 21 . 11 CSUCaltRE.Ciplaitred that e theesapense arising - thenhe made the charge; and when a conviction seized him ;-:'-' 1 146:","").* ..X.-tra_4rolic.e . te _ disturbed 'districts Would , . that he Mighthave been in error, he came immediately to the --.„,- ~'''' ro o .et7hY , tbeitut s _edestriitiee iishieji- . iambi, . be. the Mutate and 'withdrew. what he had stated. He said before that r •- „,r„ao slot. the_ proprietors' te..Makes'mry , exertierero- . it'eva.s A Metter of giver , suipieion. .- He'did !vie . ..pretend to say s• ' .',.-... , -', 'S - "rer,thesireereepedtive localiti4esioTai. to 1 che without thee. irea, matter '• ' slates . - e,__, .*eiiii:: . , with: reo, - -.to vie .I . tiaimited, • pc!! , o:',,.et..ween .t.,,v. Cabinet ]Banisters - between ewo .eelleugtees—he - 1 NW's -'s eutie e IstittilieUet e ..alteted,lieeLier4-Jeieuteefeeit's made. Me e oy•• letters or any e eeintracts that Then Itms reaped finaik : iiitireleit ''''• '- .' - ' wa•i eHe boll ht that the House and the country, not re l thi rd "ore was then adopted, and the Bill ordered to be read withstanding the explanations that had been given elsewhere,. ip,...._ time to morrow • would still be of opinion that great suspicion attached to this ',gIILIC WORKS (IRELAND —No. 4 and 5) BILLS. distribution of patronage, and. to say no more, that it was a lo ; 0e reports of these Bills were brought up and adopted, friendly exchange. It woul be in the recollection of the House 06,,tn.e third re a di ng fixed for to-morrow. that it was sta t ed by h i s Hi g ht Hon. Friend the Pr es i d e nt of ttr' . : 4o l..lD A TED FUND ( APPROPRIATION) BILL. t h e Board of Control , tha t Sir H. Ro p er received, not an invi tee report of this Bill was b, ought up and adopted. tat ion, but an offer en the 22d of November, and that his reply 0,, ~ RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL. (as he understood) was on the 14 th of February , and received ou th •Lne Motion that the House resolve itself into Committee on the 2 7th of March. Now , by the admissions elsewhere , is Motion they had learned that the first appointmtnt was offered, and not tail olonel ' SIBTHORP objected te it. It would en- given—offered to a gentleman of eminence at the bar at the au in g r eat exp ense on the country, besides giving time, and that it took place without any consultation with Lord have - T e e ued patron age to the Government ; and it would also Lyndhurst. That offer was declined. This probably took lik e t he effect of establishing another Board of Commissioners place some time between the 27th of March and the Oth of Mach e t ," New Poor-law Board, of which they hail heard so May ; and, if a Committee of Inquiry were appointed on the duty, yate in regard to the way in which they had done their subject, they would find that in answer to the applications made, be earnm .he H on . M em b er conc l u d e d b y mov i n g that the Bill a grea t p ar t o f t h em were ma d e to L or d Ly n dhurst, who in- At na Itted that day six months. variably replied that the o ffi ce of Chief Just i ce of Bombay was Ma u d . Hon , Member seconded the amendment it fell to the not in his gift, but in the gift of the President of the Board of Mr. tr Control. On the Bth of May, the Dean of Windsor. lucent trans, "lENLEY would not object to the Bill, if it merely bent of Nocton, died suddenly. As admitted in the correse Partiri e ee re d the powers of the Board of Trade to the new de- pondence read elsewhere, and which had been published in the Pavr ers s - ts but the latter part of the Bill gave additional papers, it appeared that Lord Brownlow appli, d for the thich ' t ° which he obi t d and the due consideration of presentation to that living—a living worth, as he e 'vhase e l,,lrl not . take ill e c c e e in , the present thin state of the (Lord George Bentinek) was assured, SOO/. a-year. and limi t ,T,_ the Noble Lord would consent to his suggestion, What happened afterwards? They were told that the Lord sold n "te provisions of the Bill in the way he stated. he Chancellor sent down the names of six or seven gentlemen of cla use nt object to it, but, otherwise, he wouid oppose those reputation to the President of the Board of Control.—( Hear, it tea they came under consideration. hear.) They did not hear who those gentlemen were, or what °f the kind HUME defended the Bill, arid considered that a body degree of recommendation was given to each; and if he of railway proposed to be appointed was, in the present state I had a Committee of Inquiry he thought he should be in a ?tan who absolutely necessary. If the Hon. Gentle- condition to show that the patronage was forced upon Mr. , had objected t o th e pow ers co n f erre d by th e Hill had Pollock in order to make way for Lord Lyndhurst's secretary. been, like him, on the Committee which suggested the ap- Now the advice of Lord Lyndhurst upon the subject was not POintment of the board, and h a d h ear d t h e ev id ence of the asked until the Dean of Windsor was dead, and then it was that engineers and others who were examined, he would not con- virtually there was an exchange of the patronage of the church alder the powers too extensive, or more than were required for the par , page of the law.—( Hear.) They were told that tinder the circumstances. Lord Lyndhurst had nothing to do with the law appointments, After a few words from Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, but upon an investigation he should be able to show that the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it Noble Lord had a good deal to do with it.—( Hear, hear. ) :would be time enough when the House went into Committee But the appointment of Chief Commissio .er was nut an ap -7.4 Consider th e o bj ec ti ona bl e c lauses He was fully aware of the I p o i ntmen t remova bl e at p l easure, b ut was one ma i nta i ne d b y llt e arivenience of bringing forward the question at this late period 1 good b e h a vi our , an d on l y remova bl e b y t h e C rown, on t h e j o i n t io ti.s lu e Session. but if they did not appoint a railway board now, ! addresses of both Houses of Parliament. And in this in ire.% would be in the same position next s ess ion as they were 1 stance they might observe the second case, where the occupant sta o, , beginning of thi s sess i on , a n d, under these circum- 1 of the office, without his resignation, was superseded. The t in :" he thoaght it m uc h b e t ter if th e y pas s ed the present I appointment of the Commissioner of Bankruptcy was the second infringement of the constitution, and a direct violation te: e i h r. th E STCOURT made some observations which did not of the Act of Parliament. He did not wish to impugn the ee e gallery. merits of Mr. Perry. They might be equal to those of Lord esouleaird..llo,..RSMAN thought at present the functions of the Lyndhurst or any other great man, but he had a right, in the d efie _or a Trade and the Railway Committees were very un- name of the public, to charge those who bad the disposal of p oi :t e en ,. !. nd left every member of a Committee in doubt as to the such a position—involving, as it did, the commercial th at th t e n: Committee could exercise. He therefore thought affairs of the empire to a great extent—with Present Bill of such a board as that proposed by the a gross neglect if it was not filled up properly. Alte p Was eery necessary. The public had a right to expect that this office should be filled they shouI,HOWARD thought that the Commissioners, when up in an efficient manner, and that the person appointed should to t h e übe appointed, should have their attention directed be a barrister eminent in his, profession, and who enjoyed the Of inuArrt speed now applied on railways, as it was a matter confidence of the commercial world. He dared to say that if k r ' „ reportance to the safety of the public at large. they appealed to the bar, they would find that the profession ' °‘• treat ee , ESCOTT thought that the speed on railways was a were not satisfied with the appointment of Mr. Perry as Corn 1400i:tile convenience, and should not be reduced. He missioner at Liverpool. He asked the House, did they think tgro ot r o vi . eeer, in consequence of of her circumstances, join in the bar would be . satisfied with a gentleman who was stated ''` e defe res c e mat . the consideration of the present question should not to have been in practice for ten years? nay, he was in . Le e ti . o until the ensuing session. formed that very day that it was nineteen years, and not ten, I I: the intriIIISSELL said that he had not the smallest wish , since he had been in practice. Did they think such a gentle t - opi n e ) ° dtletion of this Bill, but he understood that it was man could command the confidence of a great commercial Perso ns e ° generally of Committees ot that House, and of all community . ? He now came to the original charge—the ap should b e with them, that it was desirable such a Bill pointment of Mr. David Pollock as Chief Justice of of th e ~e i ntroduced. He thought, however, as the opinion Bombay. It had been endeavoured, in defending that transaction, t h e ' 'muse in this Bill, that it t 0 be Was so strongly favour of ought to show that the proceeding complained of was only an error th e c o __ eded with. It w ould, however, be impossible to invest or oversight. But he wanted to know whether the Govern elereisZtnissioners under this Bill with a.l the powers at present ment could show any single instance in which a chief justice to ile fte te rtn Mr. B. bl i ,Railway Committees. had been suspended, and another appointed, on a conditional sr ORTLEY thought that the Bill ought only to be resignation ? He ale old like to see all the letters that had Porary—to continue until the end of next session, tressed relating to the resignation and appointment of chief bit e a few words from Mr. WARBURTON, justices, and he would venture to say there would not any of him to VIJNTZ said that the object of the Bill appeared to theta be found like to the one in question. Sir Henry Roper "ender: to save the railway companies the enorinsus expense did not offer to res4n ; but offered to resign on the 2d of No to . upon their being compelled to bring up witnesses to w il- The vember, when he would tri fully entitled to his retiring pen invest; e Commissioners would have powers to make local sion ; but, in the face of this, her Majesty's Government took of gallons, which powers were not possessed by the Board upon them-elves to remove him before that time, thus depriv- Mr. lei ing him of the retiring pension of 3001. a year, to which he we , e , AKLEY said, that considering the gigantic evils would have been entitled. He thought, though the Crown l e, were said to exist, both in and out of that te un with reference to the railway system any- had that right, yet, as such a proceeding was contrary to jus tice—contrary to the spirit of the constitution—this proceed • `rung more incompetent to remedy then ' Present measure he could not conceive , couldTle n‘n tna r n ills- ing, if it had stopped there, would not have obtained the ap cover that the five Commissioners to bL a aPpointed could render probation or sanction of Parliament. But it did not rest there. any effectual service. He should be most willing to support Tney were told that that was the first time that the blot had any vote of the public money for the establishmeot of any been bit, but Ise took leave to remind the House, and to re office which could really be of s,tvice, but he certainly should mind t the friends of Lord Lyndhurst, that he (Lord G. Ben dissent from any vote for so inefficient a triounal as the one w it a i s ck_) s w t was not the person who had hit the blot. The blot Colonies. hit_ by Mr. dt S die t n e ng p t h th en a , the Under-Secretary for the • proposed, and he thought that the further consideration of the warned that Th h a e w P a r s e oft whichthe n o w . r a d s c o o t' ,was that was dishonoured • present subject should be postponed. Mr. WILLIAMS hoped that her Majesty's Government The first patent contrary to law. was n t o e u t r b e e d C b ;lo th n e ia co l-o l fle i e a , l on the would not consent to any postponement of the measure, as he 16th of June considered that the Bill, as a temeorary measure, would bean d the President of the Board of Control—thoughthey - heard amply efficient for all the objects intended. from Lore Lynithusst that he was no lawyer —th e President of ' Atter some further eousideretien the gallery was clean d for the Board of Control for this purpose was made a lawyer— a division, when there appeared— for he was told that that patent was contrary to law which For the amendment Against it Majority —64 was the matter abandoned? No such thing. The The House then went into Commilee on the Bill, wiled letter from the Colonial-office, he believed, was withdrawn • Colonel SIBTHORP upbraided the conduct of those The first proposition was withdrawn. But then, with refer gentlemen who, after having spoken against the Bill, ence to Lord Ripon, no appointment could be made unless the pet voted for it when the House came to divide. absolute resignation o' the Chief Justice of Bombay had taken e T , sank God ! he b a d never b een gu il t y o f suc h place. He (Lord G . Bentitick) would not use any harsh .epicable conduct; his course had always Fern con- language—(h ) hwould content himse fby saying "'tent Hear, ear e cr and independent. The introduction of such an ire- that they adopted a legal fiction in reference to this appoint lsoetant Bill as thi s a t so l a t e a p er i o d o t th e sess i on was not h ing ment. And this was no form, for without i t i t was not pos . l e e e s: t than a gross trick played up o n un s uspecting and Bible to create a vacancy which should b e at t h e di sposa l o f r_ ye nt Membe rs . H a d h e chosen last night he could L or d L ynd h urst—t h e o ffi ce o f C ommiss i oner o f B an k rup t c y a t ' stopped th e f ur th er progress o f t h e Bill t hi s sess i on , be- Liverpool—worth 1 , 80(11. a year. Well, then, Lord Ripon, as c aul there wer e no t f or ty M em bers present at the time that it t h ey were told b y h is R i ght Hon. Friend the P res id ent o f t h e .79 read a secon d t i me, b ut h e scorne d ta ki ng a d van t age o f any Board of Control, wrote a letter to the Coloni al-office, in un derhand work. A le. 1 8 . 0 ., . WILLIAMSLIAMS, in reply to some remarks that had fallen which he stated that the Chief Justice of Bombay had actually resigned ; and the patent was drawn up and signed by Mr. Se tie;' the Hon. and Gallant Member, said that he did not an- cretary Gladstone, affirming—deliberately affirming—( Hear, .._ 10te being appointed, nor would he consent to receive any hear)—not through any oversight— (Hear. hear)—but of ma eppointraent under this Bill. lice prepense—affirming that which he knew not to be true.— Folonel SIBTHORP —" Hear, hear." I. he •G. SOMERSET made a few observations on the Bill ( Hear. ) The patent recited that Sir H. Roper had resigned. d G , He must call th e a tt e ntion of the H ouse t o t h ese f ac t s . Th e ~Fc were inaudible in the reporters' gallery. L or d Ch ance ll or appo i nte d a f r i en d o f L ord Ri pon ' s to t h e 1 the e. CHANCELLOit of the EXCHEQUER said that much desired living of Nocton; bird Ripon appointed to the ' as evernmentof o inion that the President of the office of Chief Justice friend - Ines, commission he -b., appended under this Bill should vacancy which Sir James Graham filled up by appending Mr. a a , e _ u Memb er of either that or the other House of Par- Philips to the office of one of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy nf "' or c ta so that he might be prepared to furnish any I in Liverpool. That last appointment was made ta o days before -bets n"tati" connected with the Commission to such Alem- ! the o ffi ce became vacant. He thought, now, that having tits hapee f the House as might desire it. He was posed of these accounts, he might perhaps be permitted to say bea4is hold fied that the jealousy of members .of such a word with regard to himself.—(Hear,h ar.) He had been Th _ ,ing seats in Parliament was rapidly dying away- compared to Napoleon, and it had been stated that there was a _ ' ° ject of the Government in introducing this Hill was to . nothing too great for his ambition, or too small for his rapacity. .yrooint men in the place of the former Cemmissioners I It had been said, also, that a charge proceeding from such a 1 4 .0 1 11.1 would command the confidence of the public, which, calu mn i ator as himself (Lord G. BPrittnek) was not to he tots.,• some reason sir other the late Cemmiesioners did not, i attended to.—( Hear, hear.) He wee. not asteimed of ae h _ e . l tcislanding their great talents and fi'ne's for their office. .i hi s aseeriations or habits. He had not abandoned those . polii 'IY new burdens which this Bill would impost upon the associations, and it was still his pride to say that h•• was the • c Would be the payment of the services of the President . steward of the Jockey Club.—( Laughter_) T and -Ihere. were gen . twe COri'mi • Mr. H. swars. 1 tlemen on the turf as honourable, as high-minded, as any other c b , in „,_ . ESCOTT ,h oug ht that the arrangement for ap- , class in the kingdom. Respect for the high station of the • char the head of the proposed . hoard bore very much the •I Noble Lord who had made this attack on him, respect for his fora der o f , and L ~ - job , he annum oppose the Bill by all the 1 great abilities, respect for the position which enable • him to . ;_of the House. ' I make that attack, would not prevent him (Lord G. Bentinck ) the cte 4o' i . , e newled ' , CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEOt ..R tlen•ol ;any from :eying what he thought of that charge, Now it was im '' ' A;,,4;:'-!-! f aOY e ieb, either existing or intend:et ' " ' p, • ea to him ilia' there we- nothing; too small for hi s reinw e y, . . , Mi.V , 's°Tne - further discussion, in which M 11 t 'l - ....0rt,1vt,i , .., and t Ira; lie eta governed by selti , l) and s , r , 'i I motives. Nnw . ~ e , h i Fria. Mr., Eaeott Mr. Turner, the Cnaneellnr of the t h e o b o e, corse of his political liiie in which l' 'l°4. and' - ' ' • he chit hope the f i h f C . Mr. en.ey took part, the clause was agreed to. h e s a d cia ~,, ; II I . heen honoured with rient s iii e Mr. arming and .e 5 ... ° ,..-,, , 3. and 4 were thee agreed to without . e. .-divieione . Lent Sterailee, eves seffleient to repel that eharg,..t.—( Hear.) ~ .. I Llsnie 5 being erud ! Eighteen yeas he had been in Pariittownt, and eight years • - 4 % 4 P. Esoltwa , , WI. awed is anitatialoat to tin bufgeo ho bed Wu i s the servio6 of tho coaatry: Int • - . . from that time to the present he had never been guilty of being actuated by se'fish, sordid, or base motives.—( Hear, hear.) He defied any one to say that his past conduct would not fear the strictest investigation, but he admitted with Lord Lyndhurst that his own mode of address was not so refined as his (Lord Lyndhurst's). But when the Noble Lord charged him with being sordid, selfish, and actuated by base motives, he could have wished that the Noble Lord had carried his mind back to the 10,h of June last, when he sent a mes. senger, to himself a merchant of the City of London, respected not in the City of London alone. but in every quarter of the globe, to propose to him, in anticipation of the coming debate upon the sugar duties, to join with him and others, who were the minority of a divided Cabinet upon that question, in a com bination to throw out the majority, and form a newprotcctionist Administration.—( Cheers.) And it was to him, whom the Noble Lnrd could the other evening denounce as being a person who had always been actuated by sordid selfish and base motives —( Hear)—the Noble Lord could send such a message. The House might easily imagine his answer to such an application. coming as it did from a Noble Lord, who had just asst ,fed in passing the memorable Corn Bill.—( Cheers.) He referred the niesseneer to Lord Stanley fir an answer, but at the same time intimated that. for hitnself he should ever de , pise being a party to any dishonourable combination.—(Cheers.) Noi4, he trusted, he had justified himself in the eyes of the House, and of the coun4ry, and that he bad shown that, at least, if he was not actuated on the 10th of June by base, sordid, or selfish motives in the estimati.in of Lord Lyndhurst, at all events his conduct since that time could not have produced so wonderful a change in his motives.—( Cheers.) Mr. STUART WORTLEY would not presume to under take the def nee of the. Noble Personages alluded to by the Noble Lord, but the Noble Lord had alluded to an humbler person, he meant Mr. Perry, and he could not sit there with out making some defence of that gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) Lord GEORGE BENTINC K was understo , d to retract what he had said regarding Mr. Perry, and to express his re gret that he had unintentionaly misstated some circumstarre connected with that gentleman's appointment to the Commis sionership of L'vcr,i' After a few %%oafs from Mr. STUART WORTLEY, who expressed himself sAtisfied with the explanation. Co'onel T. WOOD_wished to know whether the messenger who waited upon the Noble Lord upon the occasion mentioned by himself did go with the authority of other members of the then Government, who formed the minority of the Cabinet as well as Lord Lyndhurst. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK replied that the messenger distinctly stated that he had been sent by Lord Lyndhurst. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. The report on thii Bill was brought up and received, and tho Bill Nva ordered to t.e engrossed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and pa s sed. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' BILL. Sir GEORGE GREY stated that ibis Bill had been post poned for some time, in order to allow an opportunity for the medical profession to make an examination into the details of the Bill. Many of the profession had forwarded representa tions strongly in its favour, while he was bound to :ay many objections were offered to it in its present state. As it did not seem, therefore, that the Bill would receive that justice and consideration which it deserved at this late period of the session, he hoped the Bill would be postponed t:11 next session, when he would give the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) every assistance in his power, in order to secure the enactment of an efficient measure. Mr. WAK LEY said, after the handsome offer of the Right Hon. Gentleman's assi,tance next session, and in the present state of the House, he had no other course before him but to assent to the withdrawal of the Bill ; pledging himself, how ever. to introduce this Bill, or a similar one, early next session of Parliament. The Bill was then, with consent, withdrawn. WASTE LANDS (AUSTRALIA) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted to-morrow. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. The report of this BM was brought up and adopted, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. PAWNBROKERS' BILL. This Bill, after the presentation of petitions by Mr. Wak. ley and Mr. Hawes, in it' favour, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Small Debts Bill. Clauses 15 and 16 were agreed to without discussion. On clause 18 being proposed, Mr. S. WORTLEY objected to the powers given in this clause to Judges, under the Bill, having power to examine into and report on suits pending in Chancery. It was intro ducing a new principle into the Bill, after it had passed through the House of Lords, and would, in fact, be giving the Judges the powers of Masters in Chanc. ry. • The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said the powers referred to were only to be exercised under the surveillance of the Lord Chancellor, and it was not likely that he would admit them to be exercised unless they were absolutely required. Sir G. GREY said there was some ambiguity in the clause, but he should take care that the powers should be exactly de fined r.nthe bringing tip of the report. . . Ca; tain PECAELL . liked the clause, because the lawyers seemed to be against it, as it would take business out of London, and cause inquiry to be instituted in the country. The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 19 and 20. _ Claus:s 31 to 35 were, after some verbal amendments, agreed to. Clause 36 was agreed to. Mr. Wakley's amendment as to the travelling expenses was negatived. Mr. HENLEY wished to know what were included in these expenses? Sir GEORGE GREY said only the locomotive expenses were meant. The clause was then agreed to. . Clauses 38 to 54 inclusive were agreed to without amend mnnt. On clause 55 being proposed, Mr. S. WORTLEY said the effect of that clause would be to admit actions for a different purpose than that contemplated by the Bill, which was merely the recovery of small debts. 1 his ought not to be the case. He threw out the suggestion, but he would not divide the House on it. The clause was agreed to without amendment, as were clauses 56 to 59 inclusive. A variety of verbal amendments were introduced into the Bill, which were agreed to, and the Bill passed through Com mittee. The House then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedin,s of Me House of Commons.) THURSDAY, AUG. 20. Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, to which their Lordships had agreed : Deodands Abolition (No. 2) Bill —Adverse Claims (Ireland) Bill— Copyhold Commission Bill—Stock in Trade Bill—Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill —Loan Societies Bill—Highways Rates Bill—Cale donian, Polloc and Govan, and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amal gamation Bill —Amendments to Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement Bill—Commons Inclesure (No. 2) Bill, without amendment--Joint Stock Banks (Scotland and Ireland) Bill —Legal Quays (London) Bill, with :amendments. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Common..) THU RSDAY, AUG. 20. NEWCASTLE•UPON-TINE AND CARLISLE BRANCH RAILWAY BILL. Order for consideration of Lords' amendments read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the said amendments be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day month :" Question proposed, " That, the word now' stand part of the Question :" Amendment, by leave, withdrawn :—Main Ques tion put, and agreed to :—Amendments, as far as Clause A, read a second time,_and agreed to :—Clause A, the next amendment, read a s-,cond time :—Motion ma-'e, and Question proposed, " That this llouse doth disagree with the Lords in the same amendment:" — Debate arising ; Motion made, and Question put, " That the debate be now adjourned." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 17. Aglionby, H. A. Henley, J. W. Waddington, H. S. A.ntrobus, Edmund Hurst, R. H. Warburton, H. Cabbell, B. B. Oswald, James Wood, Colonel T. Collins, William Itornilly, John D'Eyncourt, C. T. Smith, J. A. TELLERS. Estcourt, T. G. Somerset. Lord 0, Wakley, T. ifielden, John Sutton, Henry Duncombe, T. i ._ ~.; ir; >,~ ~=z t ~~