The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-02 00:00:00

__ LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM tor Gentl emen. R emember, we wait for you at EV trA NS' aft er t h e Covent-garden Pantomime and the Theatres KlNAtilti;4 S LL WHISKY. - DUBTJN EXHIBITION, 1885. T his ee'ebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It 1. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious. and very Wholesome. Sold in Bott les, Ss. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by L . 4 e Agents In the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8 . GREAT WINDMILL-STRERT, LONDON, W. ObservP the Red Eaal, Pink Label, and Cork branded l'"n aharl's LL Whisky." VIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION Eno irpor ited by Act of Parliament, 18 5 0). 14 , Ituisry L-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. rrk,IVANTCHS NIONEY on P ersona l S ecur i ty, Rills of Sale, rep, or , , ehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry three any deduction whati•ver, for pen ids of one, two, _:Yea -a, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. I.lills ti!.counted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also .de t owards th • Purchase of a !louse, repay rble in 5,10, or ' 4 Years — Forms free on application, or receipt of a stan.ped ezvelokie. EDWARD HARPER, Secrrztarv. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and br, GENERAL LIVE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta 'sued A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo- Place, Londtm, ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. ALBERT INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited). FIRE AND MARINE. Capital, . , A al a gents for Fir e Department One required Million where the Company ot represented. 8. Fla.:II-Iane E.C. MORETiIEORALD, , M anager, Fire Department. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE AhSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. Establblied 1824. Preald,nt—The ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Ch airman—Right Hon. John Hobert Mowbray, Deputy-Cliairmen William Bowman, Esq.. F.R S. iSir Charles Locock, Bart., F.R.S. Financial results ot Siety's operations. A nnual Irrome, steadily the Increasing, exceeds.... £ 2r 7,000 The Aesu,atice Fund, eatery invested, im over .£1,491,100 N,e‘v Policies in !he last year were49B. assuring £337, 73 T h Y I \ l 'w Annual Premiums were Th e Total Claims by Death paid amount t 0... .£2,026,14i 8„:1i1ey f ollowing are among the disti nc ti ve f ea t ures of he steiet wi?EtEDIT SYSTEM - On any Policy for the whole of Life, I, r _ re the age does nc.t ex , 60, one-h4lf or the Annual oddnintris during the first five rare may remain on credit. .. t nit " Y either co n t inuo as a d e b t on toe P o li cy, or b e paid Lo any ezt,iY parßtidA ation of t. REMIU for YOUNG LIVES, with p iPProfits.M Pi o I if, D TVMENT AS 4 URANCES may be effeated. withou attain n by which the Sum A ssure d b eco . oes p ! y a bl e on t h e ° b all fi r h an' nt ot a specified age, or at deatb, whiche er even- IN \TA " appen. to the incre LID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned ased risk. dirtlt PT SETTLEMENT OF CL AIM S .— C la i ms paid Y days after proof of death. , part BONUS YEAR--SPECIAL NOTICE. With -Profit Policies in existence on June 3 1 , 1816, will thatilpate in the Bonus to b • declared in January, 1867, so 1 866 Pe.r"nns who compl e t e suc h Assurances before.= June 30. 11,1, e share pinaid. that Division, although one nme. on'y 4 1 !!av been i l i " , el 4 oles of Rates. Forms of Proposal, and the It.por, , can be obtained ot any ot the Society's Agents, or of t GEORG r. CIIT('LIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. St. James s-square, London, S.W. lIYAM and CO.'s OVERCOATS and SUITS. 1 , 4 Morning and Lounging Coats, Half Dress, Undress, Pull le shies Di and seasonable ess Suits, Trousers materials®' .to., in all the fashion- UTAH and CO., 66 and 67, OX 4'o RD-STREET. W. 14 YAM and CO.'S PRICES and GARMENTS. 1, - ; - Ji overcoats and Capes,rds. to u4s. ; Jacket, s to4ls. ; i f ;l_rlc . e of Waits oats. 394. to 6:18. Trousers ready made and p:-.B4sure, 145.6 d. to 255. ; Vests, 63. 6 to 21s. ; Suits, 425. lIYAn and CO., 66 and 67, OXFORD-S ritENT, W. II YAM and CO.'S BOYS' SUITS and CAPES. kton, Barrow, ond Capns, i;. 6d. to /t •s. ; Knlckeroocker, arrow, and Osb orne S u i ts, 15s. 6cl. to 455. ; Jackets, 76 . ss. 2 a ; Trouse-s, 8 3 . 61. t o 15 4. 6d . ; V ests, 43. 6d. to it4„.'ack" , .nd Vests alike, 15 s . 6d . t o 27 s 6d . and CO., 61 and 67, OX FORD-SI'REET, W. I s t r A l ll and CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. Dep ar ,No. 1. Clo bang tor im diate wear. No 2. Ord red ll:tent,prd No. 3. Boys and Youths. Distinct Depart , /. 1 , 1 " 1 0. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Depa tment tra t i;;4•Al and co,, 66 and 67. OXFORD- rItHET, W. ' l-Its tablishments—Birmingtiam, Leeds, an.l Dewsbury JOHN GOEWELL and CO.'S CHERRY bowde")ol'R PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth i tlon le p, gives the tee.h a pearl whiteness, protects the V h e ar bre a ' t r i n decay, and irramrts a pleasant fragran^e to PrPe 18. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, e 3, Upper _lei-street, London. WI - IAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY 1 2 1 113 01 ,, NOW? - That the PII,RY cnoB4 has arrived, ,a l 4- 0 1,,.'g some maznificent KRIS , 'NV CONGOUs of delicious 81e I . ' , and which may ow be had, at a mere commisvon on O. ,:alport Great pric H e, ot the INDIA TEA CO ,PA St. elen's Churchyard, LIM e-street. N Y, SIT FLY is the acting ingredient in Prod u EX. ROSS'S CAN MARI DES OIL. which speedily 48 Whiskers and thickens h a ir. 3 s . 6d, s s . 6d.. an d 'O s. tikh tree for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALbL ROSS. 2 48, \:21 . 3 0rn. London. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Piia r , r _in one dly by using ALEX. ROS,'S CHIROPO. eir,o;fParation gradually diggolves the corn in a few hours, `2lB the very root. Price 4e ,sent by post for 60 stamps -.....Z1gh Holborn, London. . &IR- CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, ~ler_. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourl .Las. lie . : * .entlemen's hair immediately it is app led. Sold 1)8. 8* 6 ~oasfl., and Ms. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 vollet Magazine , is. 6d.. or 20 stamps. filritAtir HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— (an% RO SS 'S • HAIR DYF produces a perfect colour b,. 1 .; _, Yit is used. It is perman e nt, an d perfe , tly na '"t 5 4 ,t4,t.an d ? 144 stampee,d s. ss. 6 ... and ;Os. od. ; sen t 1.)3, IRt DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, I tr t how. o ndon.—ALEX. RO6S'S DEPILA roRY removes, 4clf, ffect to the skin, superfluous hair from the tae., D. Lid arms. as. Rd., ss. od., and 10s. 6d. ; sent the same s. ordered by post tor ss. 81, and 144 stamps. at, N Published, Id., sPnt free by i,ost f o r t wo Kt .mps, ." ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : It s Ito ti e l°se Analo z y to Vegetation , and its ileproda.:tion 1 7 s s s pulata Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALE A. - ----______L' 448 High Holborn, London. I , .1 1 4 . 111 -X REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin AL pl.tt. 9d.—alliqo PIL L . They i t l3l,D4 rc .n7roved by one dose of o A ve LE r X ecio ß es o B 6: 8 S ea I I o V w E ne 4 sl - , ' o r r li ) y y o re , : ROSi, 24.8. • F1ig . 1i Holborn, L f o o o r n 4 o o o. and 100 at /ups.— , blt.„,' SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS t e c ...lL Ls. —A N EVER FAILING REM e.DY.--rer ,A ~,- " thont any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe o D 0 . Zltre t "". 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CureN0_._41,_8 . 3 ... 2 : aa, years in describable agony from dyspepsia, ne' ' `7.... u ;gestic t e (: ° , ', Ztrihnlv_a, ctugh, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick - 14 , . tl, i t ssE .liza l t a e ri th a J j a e c i 4 of off LY x n tr i eZ e n r e i r e v lk ou • diL4l4 ll ‘i c ei l . 56, g4i!erkin lown:1 IT r tt : Leicester, of two years' and e nervous fancies. snCeus:qe, 14. ed.• The food is s a oid . in ax canisters, 11b. 2s 9d ; 21b., 6 8.. 2,; 121 b., 218 • 241 b 40s. Super-refined quality, 11b., 13 1 , 41111 1 iiE t b o ' is i t 2 e s r • ; 5113., 225.”; 11b., 335. - The 101 b., 121 b. and -ti ll -1- ) 8, carriage free on receipt of Post-office &der, L l 4 , --11 Barry d c - 7 Re ent-street, London ; pt'l4 ~1 1 ); Tel - I) an al s ' : ). 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SAN 2 ~ Q1 ~ - -6Rorr,#' 4 'aii position compositi At the period of the Reform Act, the effect of the important alterations of a constitutional character which were made was immensely softened by the continuing presence on the benches of this house of numbers of men who had gained distinction and acquired authority under the old Parlia mentary system. From year to year, from Parliament to Parliament, one by one they have passed away. So lately as on the last occasion when you were chosen to fill that chair,there were remaining threepersons who had attained to great Parliamentary distinction and had filled high offi ces before the passing of the Reform Bill. The first was my noble friend Earl Russell, who has been removed, in acknowledgment of his public services, to the other house of the legislature. Secondly, there was my right hon. friend, the late Sir James Graham, than whom few mem bers had ever made more valuable contributions to the con duct of the business of this house. The last and the most eminent of them all, from the place he occupied on these benches and from the favour and attachment of the house, was Lord Palmerston. (Hear, hear.) It is not necessary, and it would hardly be seemly for me, after what has been said by my right hon. friend and also by yourself, to dilate on the character of that great man, the more especially as it may be my duty very shortly to make a proposal to the house which will naturally introduce the subject. But ono thing I will venture to say. You have glanced at the loss experienced by yourself by the lamented death of Lord Palmerston ; but there is one other person at least in this house who may venture to compete even with you, sir, in the sense of that loss, and that is the humble person who has now the honour to address you, considering the re sponsibilities which have devolved upon him. (Cheers.) We have, as was to be expected after the lapse of so many years since the last Parliament was elected, had an unusual number of gentlemen chosen for the first time to the high duty of representing the interests of their fellow countrymen within these walls. But there is amazing strength in the traditions of this house, and I am happy to say there is equal aptitude in English gentle men for conforming to the spirit of those traditions. It was remarkable to observe, from Parliament toParliament, how little those who watch the proceedings of this house from without, or those who take part in its proceedings within these walls, are able to mark any difference in the firmness, regularity, and discipline of this house, in con sequence of the large infusion of new members, which na turally follows a dissolution of Parliament. Though, how ever, we lament the heavy losses we have sustained, we may still reflect with pleasure that there are on both sides of the house men whose ability, whose experience, whose character, and whose great authority will enable them to afford you efficient aid in the discharge of those arduous duties which will devolve upon you, sir. Well, we may I am sure sure look forward with confidence to a continuance of that vigilant jealousy for liberty and that immovable re gard for order which are the two main pillars of the dig nity and efficiency of this house. (Hear, hear.) You, sir, will contribute your full share, from the elevated position you occupy, to the accomplishment of that task, while each of us in several spheres will be ready to back and second you to the best of our ability ; and, in conclusion, I will only echo the words expressed by my noble friend behind me, that health ani strength may be spared to you for many years to discharge the high functions which you have been called upon to perform in a manner the most pleasing toyour own mind and most calculated to elevate your character in the eyes of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI—I hope, sir, 1 may be permitted on be half of gentlemen on this side of the house to offer their congratulations to you on an event so gratifying to the house as that which has occurred, and the more so as, from the mode in which the business of the morning has been conducted, if I were silent you might suppose that your re-election to the chair had been matter of indifference to us. However, I believe I am expressing a very general feeling on this side of the house—a general feeling of regret that your nomination was not seconded from this side of the house. (Cheers.) On previous occa sions that method was followed. There are, I believe, precedents for such a course under such circumstances, and even supposing the precedents did not exist, I think that under the particular circumstances we might have estab lished a precedent, because it is an occasion when the gene ral and cordial feeling of the house cannot be testified in too striking and significant a manner. Sir, you have to-day been re-elected to that chair for the third time. 1 have myself always been of opinion that re-election to that chair is in fact a greater distinction than the original choice. Political manoeuvres and parliamentary passions may con trive to raise an individual to the eminent post which you now occupy, but they cannot keep him there. For that the possession of great and personal qualities are requisite—a natural courtesy, adequate learning, firmness, and impar tiality; and above all, that inspiring sense of honour which is our surest guide in the perplexities of public life, and which has ever been, and I trust will ever be, characteristic of English gentlemen. (Hear, hear.) It is, sir, because the house has experience that you possess those qualities that you have been re-elected to-day for the second time to the chair. (Cheers.) It is because we feel on this side of the house that you possess those qualities that 1 ani authorised on behalf of gentlemen here to offer to you the tribute of their respect and congratulation. (Cheers.) I would now be silent but for an unexpected allusion to another subject. The right hon. gentleman has referred to the increased re sponsibility which has fallen upon him; but I can assure the right hon. gentleman of what indeed he need net be re minded, because, though ho appears now for the first time as theleader of this house, he has sat in it manyyears as one of the most eminent and distinguished of its members, and his experience must have told him that on all occasions when ever the order and honour of tho house are concerned, the leader of the house mayappeal to the support of those who sit opposite him with the same confidence as he would appeal to that of his friends who sit on the same benches with himself. I appeal to the right hon. gentleman whether there is not one cause why on this occasion in the responsible office which he now occupies he may feel some distrust. Sir, I do not think that it is possible for us to reassemble under this roof—many of us who have sat in all the Parlia ments of the Queen, and some of us who have been members of this house during three reigns —and not feel emotion when we mark that that familiar form which you, sir, have referred to, can no longer be observed amongst us—a form connected so intimately with the history of this country, and the most important trans actions of this house of Parliament. It is impossible to deny that the disappearance of such a character from the scene, of so much sagacity and so much experience, and, I will say, of so much fame, must in some degree and for some time derogate from the authority even of the House of Commons. But, sir, it is not on this occasion that I wish to refer to the character of a great statesman, but rather to the happy disposition of the man, which lent indeed a charm to the struggles and toils of public life. By his good temper and his good sense he facilitated the course of public business beyond what perhaps it is easy to imagine or ascertain, and I am sure that it must be a general sentiment among us when we express our hop e that the influence over our debates may not soon cease o f his genial spirit, and his mature and moderating wisdom. present Parliament, in intellig ence and public But, sir, notwithstanding his loss, I shall express my h ope that the present i t„ the happy will not be inferior to the precedi ng P arl i aments of reign. (Ch eers .) ts hp The house then adjourned. PRICE. 4d. STAMPED sd . same subject on a former occasion. I wish to bring under the notice of the house for one moment a subject which I may state I have not mentioned to any member, and there fore for which I am myself alone responsible, and that is the practice which has prevailed for generations 1 suppose, and obtains even to this time, of requiring members of this house who accept invitation s to the official dinners and evening parties of the Speaker to appearonly in court livery Many Members of the house may think that this is a very trifling :natter, and I do not intent! in the least to contest the point with them ; but even if it be thought to be trifling, I hope I shall find them willing to concede that the subject is one deserving of consideration. My- own im pression is that this custom is a little out of date, especially among the members of a popular assembly. (flear, hear.) There are, I think, 160 or 170 . gentlemen coming into this Parliament who were not here in the last or any preceding Parliament. Well, they may not yet have been initiated in these matters, but the fact of there being so many new members makes it proper that I should mention this sub ject on the present occasion. The Speaker is only superior to any other member of the house by reason of our choice, and I cannot see, and I do not think any man living can see, except on account of the old practice, that there is any necessity or advantage in the Speaker being compelled to require that all his friends in the house who accept his invitations should appear in court or military dress. Now, I would not urge this matter on the ground of economy in this house, where all men are supposed tobe rich—(laughter) - although I recollect hearing a member of this house,. whO held the rank of a colonel in the army, complain, with a certain seriousness of manner, that it would take him 50 guineas to put himself inside a suitable dress to appear at the Speaker's table. (Laughter.) No doubt that may be thought by maiiy a very small matter, and probably it is, but if the Speaker be the first among equals, and be made what he is in honour and dignity by the choice of the house, I see no reason, if such things be necessary in the circle of courts, why they should continue among the members of a popular assembly. (Hear, hear.) Now, I will state a case in point. Last year the house lost and I lost mere thanany other member of the house, one of its members, a dear and lamented friend of mine, whose ab sence I greatly deplore, and without whose presence I feel almost alone. (Hear.) For 24 years he was a member of this house—from 1841 to 1865—and during the whole of that time ho felt himself restrained from accepting official invitations, either from Lord Eversley, when he was Speaker, or the right hon. gentleman who subsequenly oc cupied the chair. Now, Mr. Cobden was not a man of striking eccentricities. He was a man to whose merit the whole world has borne testimony. (Hear.) Posterity will say that he was one of the most eminent men that ever adorned the Parliament of this country. (Hear.) But for 24 years, so stronglydid hefeel on this subject, that he was restrained from dining with the Speaker, or attending his official evening parties or levees. There are othermembers of the house —there have been several to my certain know ledge—less eminent, perhaps, but whose opinions still de serve to be regarded in a matter of this kind, who have entertained similar feelings on the subject. I cannot see, therefore, why members should consider the matter abso lutely trifling, or if they do, why they should force others, even though they may be in a small minority, to concur with the majority on the subject. If there be any country gentleman who likes to appear in decorated apparel, or if there be any homely manufacturer from the north who is gratified by coming forth in the blazing gar ments of a deputy-lieutenant, for example —(laughter)—l don't object to it in the least. I would like every man to please himself in the matter; but I think some of us—l, for instance, and many others I believe —would like to make our appearance in a rather quieter costume—in one that has less that is gorgeous and astounding about it. (Laughter.) And I do not see any reason why we should not be gratified also. This is not a question I ask the house to debate. I throw this out merely by way of suggestion, in the hope that it is a subject which hon. members will a little consider, and which the right hon. gentleman who has just been elected to the chair will take up in such a way that he will be enabled to abolish the Act of Uni formity and to establish the act of toleration—(laughter)— so that it may be provided that a member may appear at the entertainments of the Speaker as he would do at the house of any friend. If that could be done I believe some small burden would be taken from the minds of some hon. members, while I am sure the dignity of the Speaker would be in no degree impaired. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —I rise in consequence of the suggestion of my hon. friend to add a single word to what has been said Ly him in calling the attention of the house to this subject, which is undoubt edly connected with the convenience—it may be with the opinions or feelings--of many members. 1 think my hon. friend will agree with nie—l almost think the house in general will feel—that my right hon. friend, with respect to whom this proposal is made, cannot be expected at once to deliver a binding judgment on a matter of such grave importance. (Laughter.) I think the right hon. gentleman ought not to be compelled to commit himself without a full opportunity of considering the question. (Hear.) lam sure that any communication which any of us may make to my , right hon. friend, either now or at any future time, touch ing either the dignity or comfort of any member, will be considered by him, ifthe be chosen for the chair, with his accustomed patienco and courtesy. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DENISON, who spoke from the front bench below the gangway on the ministerial side of the house, said—l offer my most grateful thanks to the house for the honour it has proposed to confer upon me. I am much beholden to my right hon. friend and to my noble friend for the manner in which they have proposed and seconded my nomination. I can hardly venture to assume to myself much of the commendation they have been pleased to pass upon me. Such words, the favour of the house, and the gracious way in which that favour has been conferred by the unanimous choice, for the third time, of the house, may unduly elevate me in my own estimation ; but I have a strong and abiding sense of many imperfections and shortcomings, and I attri bute the favour of the house to an indulgent appreciation of imperfect services. That I have endeavoured to do my duty as a zealous and faithful servant of the house I can truly say. (Cheers.) What I have been enabled to do you all know, but it would not become me to enlarge upon the subject., nor would you desire that I should make professions for the future. I will not occupy the house with one unne cessary word ; and I will only say further, that I submit myself to the house with all possible respect. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman was then led up the house by the mover and seconder to the chair, Mr. Monsell taking him by the right hand and Earl Grosvenor by the left. Having taken his seat amidst cordial cheers, the right hon. gentleman immediately rose and addressed the house in the character of SPEAKER as follows:—. ....~: I offer my thanks once more to the house from this chair for the great honour conferred upon me by being called to it. In looking around the house 1 miss, and we all miss one familiar face. The house has sustained a great loss. We have lost him who was the foremost man amongst us— the leader of this house—one who by his great abilities, by his long experience, and by a rare combination of qualities had obtained for himself the confidence of this house. You remember, often, after long sittings, when the patience of the horse was nearly exhausted, how his good temper and his genial spirit composed the ruffled surface, and sent us home at peace with each other and with him. I do not pro pose to pass an eulogium upon Lord Palmerston, but I feel bound to utter these few words of regret, esteem , and grate ful recollection. (Cheers.) From the great body of this house —those who were my colleagues in the past rarliam nt—l o a n s k formerf o r a r occa s a i l o o n f s t a h c a c t o g r e d n e e d r generous support to me, me l h w e hh re ic ar t e he h ay large i t g a n k o e b t l h e e r n h s e e a r s t a h n e c r e e . for numberth firstf memberstime. They succeedinthishou to sewnhoo the conduct of the debates and in the transaction of busi ness depends on the rules and order s which it has fra med I will say t o th em th a t muc h of the fame of this hous e i n for its own government. A knowl ed g e of these rules will be useful to every member, and the better they are known the more sure I shall feel of general co-operation in my endeavours to uphold them. (Hear, hear.) If any diffl_ culty connected with the conduct of business sho uld occur to any member of the house, I trust he will com municate with me, and it will give me pleasur e at all ti mes to receive him, and confer with him in a spirit of frank and friendly counsel. (Hear, hear.) I offer my respectful th anks to the house. (The right ho n. gentleman was here again greeted with general cheering.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER _ I presume sir, in my own name, and I am sure I may add in the name of other members of this house, to tender to you the most cordial congratulations on your having been for the third time, by the unanimous voice of the house, placed at the head of the Commons of England. (Cheers.) Sir, you suc ceed to a chair encompassed by growing duties and growing responsibilities. The wants of modern soci e t y make them selves felt within these walls, in the increasing amountboth of public business and what is termed private business. Your duties in the latter respect are in a great degree with drawn from the observation of the world, and they are par tially withdrawn even from the observation of members of the house ; but the long experience of those who are con versant with that important branch of our occupations has convinced them that the whole of that department never was more carefully, never was more efficiently attended to than during the period you, sir, have occupied that chair. (Cheers.) As regards the public business of the house, all those who hear me, and, I may add, the public out of doors, are competent judges of the manner in which you have performed your arduous functions, as is indicated by the silent but unanimous vote which has just been passed by the house. But it is true that in some respects you have difficulties to confront even beyond those that arise from the constantly increasing calls upon the time, diligence, and wisdom of the house. We have seen within a generation a great change in the com- The Cattle Plague Commissioners met yester day, at the House of Commons, principal floor, Room 11. Present—Earl Spencer, Lord Cranborne, Mr. Lowe, Dr. A whose AND HIS behalfßß I D E it ELECT. certainly Bence Jones, Dr. Q ua i n, Dr. Parkes, Mr. 31‘Clean, Pro fessor Spooner, and th e secretary. lle was appeareda litt L le " man, a on7G on R that the peerage must have told a falsehood ; it seemed so at least to those who judged of his years from his appear ance. The peerage said that he was thirty-six, and that, no doubt, was in truth his age, but any one would have declared him to be ten years older. This look was pro duced chiefly by the effect of an elaborately dressed jet black wig which he wore. What misfortune had made him bald so early—if to be bald early in life be a misfor tune—l cannot say ; but he had lost the hair from the crown of his head, and had preferred wiggery to baldness. No doubt an effort was made to hide the wiggishness of his wigs, but what effect in that direction was ever made success fully ? He was, moreover, weak, thin, and physically poor, and had, no doubt, increased this weakness and poorness by hard living. Though others thought him old, time had gone swiftly with him, and he still thought himself a young man. He hunted, though he could not ride. He shot, though he could not walk. And, unfortunately, he drank though he had no capacity for drinking ! His friends at last had taught him to believe that his only chance of saving him self lay in marriage, and therefore he had engaged himself to Julia Brabazon, purchasing her at the price of a brilliant settlement. If Lord Ongar should die before her, Ongar Park was to be hers for life, with thousands a year to maintain it. Courton Castle, the great family seat, would of course go to the heir ; but Ongar Park was supposed to be the most delightful small country-seat anywhere within thirty miles of London. It lay among the Surrey hills, and all the world has heard of the charms of Ongar Park. If Julia were to survive her lord, Ongar Park was to be hers; and they who saw them both together had but little doubt that she would come to the enjoyment of this clause in her settlement. Lady °layering had been clever in arranging the match ; and Sir Hugh, though he might have been unwilling to gnre his sister-in-law money out of his own pocket, ha r d_ uure per formed his duty as a brother-in-law in looking to her future welfare. Julia Brabazon had no doubt that shedoing well. was the days well. Poor Harry Clavering ! 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Paid-up Capital £750,000. Reserve Fund £200,000. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. Thos. Tyringliam Bernard, Ed ward John Hutchi ns , E sq . Esq. William Champion Jones, Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Esq. John Dm. Burinester, Esq. William Lee, Esq., M.P. Coles Child, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. John Fleming, Esq., M.P. • GENERAL MANAGER. • " William M'Kewau, Esq. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. • William Howard, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. • James Gray, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. HEAD OFFICE. 21, Lombard-street. Mr. MONSELL rose and said—lt is now our duty to proceed, in obedience to the commands of her Majesty's commissioners, to the exercise of our undoubted right and privilege of electing a Speaker. This duty is no trifling or merely formal one, for the dignity of the office is commen surate with the influence and widely extended power of the .assembly over which he is to preside. (Hear, hear.) Our ancestors through many generations have shown their sense of the importance of this office by the eminent men they have successively placed in that chair. (Hear, hear.) Yet, high and important as were the responsibilities and duties of many—for instance, in the last century, such as Mr. Onslow and Lord Grenville— still the duties and responsi bilities of a Speaker in the present day are far greater even than those of those illustrious men. (Rear, hear.) One peculiarity of their duties is, of course, precisely the same, the first and most sacred duty in both times being to pre serve inviolate the privileges of this house, on which the ltberties of the people of this country depend ; and I think that anybody who has observed the history of the few past years must feel that that duty is one which requires as much watchfulness and care, and as much firmness, in a Speaker of the present day as in the day to which I have alluded. But if, for instance, we come to the question' of private business—if we look back merely to the commence ment of the present century, we find Mr. Wilberforce insisting more than once on the necessity of electing a Speaker of the highest qualifications, on account of the enormous importance of the private business, and the large amount of money involved in the proper discharge of it. But the private business of this house was, I need not re mark, very different in those days to what it is now. I believe that the principal private business was then con nected with canal bills, which fifty years ago represented eleven millions of money ; whilst, during the last session, the private bills presented to this house involved a capital of one hundred and twenty-eight millions. To the proper discharga of that most important duty of the house the as sistance of two eminent committees was called during the last Parliament. But it must be obvious to every gentle man that it is on the directing mind of the Speaker—on his determination in every way he can to arrange that the bnsiness shall be carried on in a cheap and satisfactory way, without sacrificing in the slightest degree the influ ence or the power of the house—it is to him, I say, that the proper discharge of that duty and the proper arrangement of it mainly depend. Or take another instance. At the time I have alluded to the debates did not penetrate to any portion of the country. Indeed the debates were hardly reported at all. I believe it is well known that Mr. Pitt expressed the desire he had to see some one oration of Bolingbroke, and that no such oration was to be found; and that, in the case of Lord Chatham, to the accidental circumstance of a gentleman of most powerful memory being present during the two of his greatest orations we owe their preservation. But now the debates of this house, by means of cheap and accurate papers, are circulated through every part of the three kingdoms, and indeed much beyond their boundaries. These debates are the chief means of forming the public opinion of the country, and the means, I am happy to say, of forming the public political education of the people. I need hardly remark that it is upon the manner in which the Speaker discharges his duty, and on his fitness and impartiality, that the completeness of these debates depends, as it is by enforcing those rules which even can prevent majorities tyrannising over minorities, and cause every shade of public opinion to be heard in the debates, that the completeness of that political education depends. (Hear, hear.) Of course there is another most important duty of a Speaker—that of preserving that high standard of order and regularity in the conduct of our debates which distinguish this as sembly, I believe, from every other popular assembly in the world—(hear, hear)—and when I refer to the conduct of our debates I think I only anticipate the feeling of every gentleman in this house when I speak of the loss we have lately sustained. (Hear, hear.) Our difficulties, and the difficulties of the Speaker, are of course increased by the loss of one whose large and generous nature—loyal in friendship, tolerant to opposition—was mellowed by age, and by a Parliamentary experience greater perhaps than that which ever belonged to any former statesman. (Cheers.) We all of us, to whatever political party we belong, who had the honour of sitting in this house with Lord Palmerston, recognised in him that unerring instinct which enabled him to stay the waves of rising controversy, and we felt the mild and softening influence in our debates of his generous and kindly sympathetic nature and good humour, which under the most difficult circumstances never failed. (Renewed cheers.) Under these circum stances I feel fortunate in being able to submit to you as a Speaker no new or untried man, but one who has always done those duties with honour to himself, and who has earned the respect of every ono in the house. (Hear, hear.) As to those who sat in the last Parliament, I need only appeal to their memories. They all know how care ful he was in watching over our privileges, how attentive he was to the private business of this house, and how under his direction it has been improved. Those who have bad any matter of difficulty to consult him about can bear witness to the kindliness with which he often re ceived them, thinking nothing of the trouble of giving them the general benefit of his most sagacious advice. (Hear, hear.) As to those who are new members of the house not sitting in the last Parliament, if they require anything to verify the truth of the assertion I make—with the concur reuse I believe of every member of the late Parliament— (cheers) —they have only to look into that most valuable addition lately made to "Hansard," and they will see there collected together all the decisions made by the Speaker during the late Parliament, and find there, I think, a clearness, decision, and wisdom, which entitle the gentleman who made them to the confidence of the house. (Hear, hear.) If I may be permitted I will refer to what At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the Ist F e b ruary, 1866, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the following Report for the Year ending the 31st December, 1865, was read by the Secretary. Gmsultation tree. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gA. warranted. Daily httendarter! at In, Tkrners-street, Oxford-street, an( 448, Strand, Loud ,n; 15, Whdartar:zate, Hull; 1 9 oeurtidk. strjpt, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and l t, SL Nichol,s• street, lIOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY. ELECTION OF SPEAKER. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., in the Chair. REPORT. The Directors have the satisfaction to submit to the Proprietors the Balance-sheet of the Bank for the Half year ending 31st December last. They ha'V'e to report that, after the payment of all charges, interest to customers, and m a ki ng amp l e prov i s i on f or b a d and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £99,419 135., which, added to £13,660 75., brought forward from the last account, produces a total of £113,080. From this sum a special bonus, amounting to £1,814 17s. 11d., has been presented to officers whose salaries are under £3OO per annum, leaving £108,265 2s. ld. for appropriation. The directors recommend the payment of the usual divi dend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 61- per cent., making together 121 per cent. for the half-year, which will amount to £93,737 3s. 3d —this, added to the ugust dividend, will be 271 per cent. for the year, and leave £14,527 18s. 10d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. They have to announce the retirement in December of John Wright, Esq., for many years an auditor. The directors retiring by rotation are— Coles Child, Esq., and Frederick Harrison, Esq., who, being eligible for re-election, off er th emse l ves ac cordingly. The dividend and bonus (together £2 lOs per share), free of income-tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 12th instant. BALANCE SHEET Of the London and County Banking Company, 31st December, 1865. _ ffouin. cus tomers' t due by . To capital paid up To oo t h ra e ems b eop a r : n un : . balances, &c. .. £11,842,748 5 10 To liabilities on ac eeptances 1,009,0 60 14 5 £750,000 0 0 250,000 0 0 ---- 12,851,815 0 3 To profit and loss balance brought from last account 13,660 7 0 To gross profit for the half-year, after making pro vision forbad and doubtful debts,- 321,293 1 6 CR. By cash on hand at Head Office and Branches By cash placed at call and at notice 1,397,564 12 4 £1,510,427 12 4 334,959 8 6 £14,186,774 8 9 £2,907,992 4 8 Investments, viz.:— By Government and Guaranteed Stocks... 1,033,170 8 8 By other Stocks and Securities . 108,310 17 8 1,141,481 6 4 By discounted bills, and advances to Cus tomers in town and country By freehold premises in Lombard-street • and Nicholas lane, freehold and lease hold property at the Brandies, with fixture and fittings - By interest paid to Customers By Salaries and all other expenses at Head Office and Branches, includieg income tax on profits and salaries 90,562 7 5 By special bonus on salaries under £3OO per Annum 4,814 17 11 £14,186,774 8 9 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To interest paid to customers To expenses as above To special bonus on salaries under £3OO per annum To rebate on bills not due, carried to new account .............................. To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half rear TO bonus of 6} per cent To balance carried forward 4,814 17 11 44,993 16 9 48,743 6 6 14,527 18 10 £334,959 8 6 By balance brought forward from last account £13,660 7 0 By gross profit for the half -year, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts 321,299 1 6 £334,959 8 6 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing (Signed) WILLIAM Balance-sheet, and hav e f ound the same to be correct. 14. a SWAINE, Auditors. London and County Bank, The foregoing Report h aving been read by the Secre tary, the following Resoluti ons were proposed, and unani moslv adopted : Jan. 25, 1866. 1. - That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 2. That a . dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 6 per cent., free of i ncome-tax, be declared for the Half year ending the 31st December, 1865, payable on and after Monday, the 12th instant, and that the balance of £14,527 18s. 10d. be carried forward to. profit and loss new ac count. 3. That Coles Child, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company; that Frederick Harrison, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 4. That William Norman and Richard Hinds Swaine, Esquires, be elected Audit ors for the current year. 5. That Robert Escombo, Esq be elected an Auditor for the current year. I consider to be an accurate description of the Right Hon. John Evelyn Denison—a description given somewhat more than one hundred years ago of his illustrious prede- t cessor, Mr. Onslow :—" A thorough knowledge of the orders and rules of Parliament ; clearness and readiness i n comparing opinions on matters of the greatest intri cacy, and impartiality in judging on all occasions." (Cheers.) Those were the qualifications of Mr. Speaker Onslow; those are the qualifications, proved during the last two Parliaments, possessed by the right hon. gentle man whom I have the honour to propose to you. (Hear, hear.) It would be improper in me, and I am sure painful to him if, in his presence, I wore to say anything more of those merits and qualifications which we all recognise, and therefore I will conclude by proposing that the Right Hon. John Evelyn Denison do take the chair of this house as Speaker. (Cheers.) Earl GROSVENOR—I feel that the task of seconding this motion has fallen into unworthy hands, but there is to be no opposition, I believe, to the re-election as Speaker of the right hon. gentleman, who has already filled that office with, I think, credit to the State and satisfaction to the house. (Hear, hear.) I may, perhaps, be allowed to say with confidence that if the right hon. gentleman be re elected he will not fail in that great ability with which he has hitherto discharged the duties of his office, or show any diminution in that vigilance for the public interest which has hitherto characterised him, particularly in the strict impartiality with which he has presided over our de bates. (Hear, hear.) The office of Speaker is one which requires the possession of peculiar qualifications and a con siderable amount of personal sacrifice, while at the same time the office is one of great dignity. I feel that the right hon. gentleman possesses all the qualifications referred to by the right hon. member for Limerick ; and I am sure the house will agree with me that whether the future of this Parliament be long or short, the right hon. gentleman, if he be spared health and strength, will continue to dis charge his duties, not only with satisfaction to himself, but to the satisfaction of every single member of the present House of Commons. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I beg to se cond the motion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT—I am well assured the house will not suppose that I rise to offer any opposition to the right hon. gentleman's re-election. If I did say anything on that subject, I should say a good deal in his favour. I was not here when the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Denison) below me was speaker on the first occasion. I wa s awa y from England at that time, but I heard of his election with great pleasure, and thought it about the very best choice which the house could have made. (Hear, hear.) After eight or nine years' experience, I agree with the right hon. member for Limerick that the course of the right hon. gentleman has been marked by impartiality, dignity, and success, and, in fact, without impartiality there could be no dignity, and without dignity no success. There fore I give my support heartily to the proposition now made. But I rise for the purpose of making a suggestion with regard to a subject which I believe I am permitted to speak on on this occasion, If any one doubts it, I must refer to the authority of a late very eminent and very use- I ful member of this house—Hr. Hume—who introduced the 6. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have con ducted the affairs of the Company. 7. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Auditors of this Company for their services during the past year, 8. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to William MiCewan, Esq., and to the Principal and other Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and ability with which they have discharged their respective duties. (Signed) W. NICOL, Chairman. The chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously,- 1). That the cordial thanks of the Meeting be presented to William Nicol, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy -Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. cLAPrisoN, Secretary. LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND 31st December, 1865, p on er t c he en C t a . with a BONUS of Six and a Half per Cent., w ill b e PAID Capital l theSt k Half-yearo the Company,ending to the Proprietors, either at the Head office, 21, Lombard street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 12th instant. By order of the Board, W. 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