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ft E important. information, which were now paid out of it. I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed With the exception of last year, there had not been since that the Government had no interest iu pressing the 1822 30 small a sum voted for secret service. The Hon. vote; but it had been cust , mrtry to allow precedence to Baronet must bear in mind the great increase of t h e re - : th e est i mate f or th e British Mus eum . Th ey could have nations o f t h at country with all parts of the world, and put it first on the paper; but then they ewuld have de the multiplication of all those causes which required in- stroyed the privilege which it was the pride of the Hon. f ormation to be obtained. That being the case, the Gentleman to avail himself of. The late Sir R. Peel country had no right to look with suspicion on the vote an d t h e N o bl e Lord (Lord J. Ressell), and greeter au for secret service. In a country of the great power and L 11 061,14,3 than he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had always accorded this privilege to the. Hon. importance of England much less was expended for was, Secret service than in many of the large states efEurope Member for the Uuiversity (Sic R. H. Inglis) or America, as trustee and that, he thought, was rather a cause for of the Museum. self- congratulation as indicating the stability of their i n . After e , f ew more s from Mr. L teBOUCHER,E, stitntions. In addition to what he had stated, it must he Mr. STANFORD complained of the new arrangement mentioned that not a single shilling could b e ex p en d e d by which the three classes of the atteudants of the Mu ptexseam had been amalgamated with ce under the warrant of a Secretary of State. Every reference to salary, Secretary was personally responsible for the money ex- and thus an etteudant commencing now under the new Fended i n hi s department; and, looking at the timeliness arriangoerient at a minimum salary of 501. would not at- Of ,9103 sum, th e imparter= of the service, the manner in bin the maxentim salary of 1501 . f or a cons id era bl y Which it read expended, and the vouchers offored. at the longer eriod of yes r. n under th old sstem. Audit•offic e , w i t h the securities for good administration Mr. GOULBUIIN e&d that there e y was no ground for thereby insured, he could not think the vote could be dissatisfaction to the atiandaets under the new arrange ' looked Up on with suspicion.—(flear, hear.) went, which had b een a d opted by the trustees i n confer , Colonel SIBTHORP said it was the nature of a mity w ith t h e recommendations of the report of the C hancellor of the Exchequer to expend monoy, end his Committee of that ileum. That at - rang-meat was that objectio ns w ere not removed by what the Right lion, the etteedants sh ou ld b e pa id b y sa l ary instead of by Gentleman had stated. leas, and that, in accordance with the principle adopted The CHANCE nor: of the EXCHEQUER said, on in most of the public offices, persons appointed to offices, the contrary, the duty of a Chancellor of the Exchequer as attendants, should enter iu the lowest clads, from Was to oppose the expenditure of money as far as he which they could rise by intelligence and ability to the could.—(A la ugh.) highest class. But the trustees, in making that arrange as Mr. SCULLY did not think any account was required, went, stat e d th a t i t wou ld no t a pply to those .who had they all k new h ow th e m o ne y was ex p en d ed. He been appeinted under tee old syotere. Would ask seriously whether it was the Practice of the Mr. ANSTEY objected to the vote being taken out of present Government to expend money in the payment its lace. It w a s No. 12 on the votes, and i was on this of edit ors of newpspaper in Ireland? The publi c an d the occasion taken as No. 2. t Irish Members certainly had a right to expect that that Sir R. H INGLIS said time answer of hießleht Hon. 'should not be done again, although it was said to have Friend the Member fur the University of Cate bridge was .4 een expended in the cause of " lew and order." a The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no p se e l r f t:e t c b t e ly re s fo a r ti e sra o c u to t r h y e . i n H d e u i ( g S e i n r c R e . O H f t.hlengHlios)usteh;rew n dhimhe "limitation in assuring the Hon. Member that her Ma- honed the Hon. and Learned Member would not think it iesty's present Government had no intention of making necessary to interrupt the discussion. `ally investm ent o f t h at sort i n t h e cause of " law and Viscount DUNCAN, for one, had not anticipated that order."--(A laugh.) He appreciated probably as much vote No. 12 would be taken before vote No. 10. as anybody i n th at H ome could the influence of the After a few words from Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Star.- ' liress, but he had always observed this, that no newspa- ford, and Mr. Scully, ,Per whose support was worth having could be obtained Mr. ANSTEY moved that the Chairman should re by the employment of corrupt means. Could hear.) port progress. Mr. MACGREGOR understood that those payments The motion was, however, withdrawn. - to the Irish newspapers were made, not out of the pub- 164,577/. for education in Ireland. lie money, but out of the Lord- Lieutenant's private In rally to Mr. FOX, Purse--(No, rw.) Mr. NV ALPOLE said the system of education in Ire- Sir DE LACY EVANS said, out of whatever fend land was intended to be a combined system. In Ire it was was expended, there could be no doubt that it was ex- vouring to carry it out certain membersof the Established endedß for the geed of ' Ireland.—(Oh, and cries of Church complained that they were not partakers in that ) That he believed was the general opinion. grant. Another obj-ctinn was that every minister The vote was then agreed to. of the Established Church who objected to tho Oa the vote o f 216,5091. for stationery, printing, and grant was prec l u d e d f rom any chance of participation in binding for the various public offices- Sir it. Ther e were ser i ous o bj rct i ons to t h e system, and G. PECHELL objected to the large amount of the the answer of the Government was, that certainly, for vo te. In the dockyards ships were pulled to pieces for the purpose of encouraging education, they intended to he sake of rebuilding them, and in the poor-Jaw office encourage applications from clergymen of the &ta uter:: tees far too much scribbling is constant corres- blished Church, as well as others, in respect to partici- Pondenee, pating in this grout, without at all excluding others, Mr. G. HAMILTON said there had been careful Sir J. GRAHAM said it had been his misfortune to econ omy in the stationery department; the vote had been (liar froni. the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for din s ‘ -• dins every year.—Vote agreed to. Dublin University (Mr. G. A. Hamilton) on former e lle next vote was 21,0001. for law charges, salaries, occasions with reference to this vote, but when he so A • in the office of Solicitor of the Treasury : — differed from him he had to defend a measure of a !....gr . eeu to. former colleague of his, the present head of The next vote was 17,7001. for sheriff's expenses, the the Government; and the injustice, if there 4t e tru--ole nc Agreedies of to. fees, and office of Queeit's Remembrancer, were i n j ust i ce i n th e ma tt er , as alleged by the parties n adverse to the grant, was an inju s ti ce w hi ch was well l t D u• next vote was 8,5301. for ex p enses o f I nso l vent weighed from time to time. When th e E arl of Derby enters Courts. was his (Sir. J. Graham's) colleague, he was not only ce...4r2- WILLIAMS suggested that the duties of these the author, but the steady defender and supporter of uLert wrotehould be discharged by the caunty court judgee. this measure; and he never admitted that there was any agreed to. injustice in the mixed grant.—(" Hear, hoar," from the i ncci n . e next vote was 121,163/. for law expenses in Scot- Irish Members.) Mr. WALPOLE had not stated there was injustice in 6eetlzd. COWAN observed upon the item for procurators the mixed grant. What ho said was, that it was an in .thou '. that it had i ncrease d i nstea d o f d i m i n i shed, justice that those who objected on couscientious motives wati fib they were now paid by fixed salary, which it to the mode in which the grant was distributed, were p enre t uonght would have the effect of decreasing the ex- precluded from the chances of preferment merely be cause they did not give the system their support. l . r. G. A. HAMILTON said the salaries had been Sir J. GRAHAM had understood the Right Hon. et; on an average of five years' fees, and the Gentleman to take two objections—the last of which was the office only took effect lifter the present holders of not with reference to the grant, but to the distribution of tt etnee vacated; it was entirely prospective. patronage. The other allegation was, that there was in eeotri.) WILLIAMS remarked on an item of 1,000/. for justice in the mixed system of education itself, in which ...".r. _ Bills, of which only five had been brought into 1,700 of the clergy of the Established Church could not r litrnent lest year. This was a small item, but the participate. Now, he (Sir J. Graham) confidently eon- Zg eeate of such items caused an increase of 40,0001. on tenth d, as the Earl of Derby had hitherto confidently con. . etatt a dyhol e vote over l ast year's estimate. Th ere was a tended, that if they d eparted from this system of educe iryt disperity t oo b e t ween t hi s arid the corresponding tion, based on its present principle—it they attempted to we tor Ireland. rectify that injustice, which, according to the Secretary I , ‘ „L a lr• G. A. HAMILTON said the supposed increase of State, was inherent in a system of mixed education— . e r th enly apparent,. A s to the item of 1,000/, the result they must come at once to separate grants in proportion e arrangement . th e gement had been a payment of 17,000/. to to the population of Ireland, in which case he was very et. Consolidated Fund. much mistaken if, the Established Church of Ireland par',W.ILLIAI4B said this only showed that less vvas would gain materially by the change. This was b. !ins year for doing nothing. not, however, the moment for discussing this question T he agreed to. further.—(Hear, hear.) As to the other point— distri- . p ro d s i e le next vote was 57,710/. for expenses for criminal button of patronage—the observation of the Right A /r el ations and other law charges in Ireland. lion. Gentleman did not certainly apply to the Govern twee.: WILLIAMS again observed on the disparity be- meet of the late Sir Robert Peel, inasmuch as that Go "WA 1 . 4 this vote and the last, although more crime was vernment felt it to be its duty to recommend for promo iriotd eaist in Ireland. Lion to the episcopal bench in Ireland three bishops who, to agreed, I v . to. if he mistook not, were unfortunately as he thought, op itilituliu,ext vote WaS 36,5001, for the metropolitan police posed to the system of mixed education, and who, al kr. V i l , ' . though they were elevated to the episcopal bench by the th e p r ILL I A 141 S animadverted upon this vote, and advice of Sir Robert Peel, nevertheless thought proper Paid a ° Puftion of the expenses of the force which was to use their episcopal patronage against that system. k r. ( ! T iot the local rater. Lord EBRINGTON—When the Right Hon. Gentle agreed to RAMILTON explained, and the vote was man (Mr. Wi;Ipole) spoke of the exclusion of the clergy The o _• of the Established Church from all hope of preferment, tue,i„ Paid eXt vote vim 240,000/. for certain charges for- he seemed to forget the enormous amount of patronage It out of the county rates.— Agreed to. in the hands of the bishops of the Established Church of e r i a tz . t rote was 16,1961. fur expensos of inspectors in Ireland, and a great part of which had, in past times, been sedulously employed by them for the encourage -oakr' WILLIAMS observed that th e estimate was not reent of resistance to that combined system of education atindi ern , at it ought to be. He also observed on the which successive Governments, down to the present time, ate lie ed .""utio (if to labours of the prisoners. For in- had thouttht it their duty to defend. onl i n Mille, yl/ eoll the net amount of profits was Mr. LABOUCHERE admitted that it was not'con th ' Per labour' e pw see ,ereas in America the produce of venient to discuss the question at that moment; but b a l anc. era paid all the expanses and left a having the deepest sense of the importance to Ireland of bit Mr. SL „ the mixed system of education, he could not refrain natr '''''EY remarked that free labour was worth fr om stating that he had heard with alarm the languages 111% ' e o America. ' hadh 'd by t h e S ecretary of whichbeen ei State that Zat.. se -4 4 14 1s k l iMS 7 --No, it is not. night; and he entreated the Government to take care t he Pris e es wid said the difficulty was in preventing bow they tampered with a system of education on the free lie 4e r 3 ' labour from coming into competition with maintenance 04 which the future prospects of Ireland Si -our _to el I iet i n n 'al . .) essentially depended. . pads h__ v zdRNEY thought that in the prisons, the Mr. WALPOLE was in the recollection of the Com- te at _ a uleat of prisoners was not sufficiently severe, so mittee, but he did not think one word had escaped from t ee_ . P roes o f ten rather desired to be sent there. The him from which it could beinferred that the combined e y st ol totr c t g prisons was to deter from crineo, b u t ho w would tem of education was intended to be superseded —(Hear.) (if p,.• J - et be attained if persons were, not at all afraid On the contrary, he said, in answer to the Noble Lord the •w eei? kr. Member for London, on a previous evening, tome weeks th e SCULLY said, on the contrary, he considered ago, that there was no intention on the part ' of Govern great ob teterna . Ject of prisons was not punishment, but went to interfere with the combined system of national telly mo ttoll ; and this object was ( tarried out wonder- education in Ireland. He said then, as he said to-night, reformed he Continent, so that pre o. tiers left the prisons th a t h e thought, when a grant of public money was made e,,_ and improved, and seldom visited them. It for purposes of education, that it was bat reasonable te ga on this ground desirable to encourage the useful o zl) B l . o . y ment of the prisoners, espe &Ally every portion of the community should receive a share the younger of that grant—(Cheers)—and that it was worthy of kir. ANSTEY said he found. that the expense of consideration whether those who, by conscientious mo hole were alarmingly on the more:test Some time ago tives, were excluded from a share of that grant at this e e . h ..... °Patntee had been appointed, the report of which moment, should not be included in it in future?— eal, however, produced no practical result, but which (Cheers.) He also went on to say—on the ground of er0 e .,.3 l a '''' ,l why the expense of prisons increased. The fault injusde th the did think it was an injustice, when the '. members °a of the Church of Ireland from conscientious o n Principally with the magistrate s„ who too easily motives objected to that grant, but were found agreeing h e ti," of " moral improvement," dispensed with thye, sugunldalbleothfer questites of eneral olic, that the la w — fl u d u th nnls imposed. Some limit should be placed b n u o - t e d g patronage they woul r d e moral iin—is POw" of the magistrau. Wherever the a merely on t the t ground s sy s te In that of prejudicePorr °Meat system had bele n followed to the mixed edueation. That he believed was all he said— increased. Prtion . discipline, expo.inses of gaols had that was all he meant to say —and he did not think one Mr • leemo n word fell from him to the effect that the Government lbatory prince said that in his owns country the refer- intended to supersede in any way the system of eduea tbat with.lticiee V had been successfully carried out, and tion in Ireland.—(Lear, hear.) % a , rrcit t e n the last six or eight yea:e t cr i m inal s , having Sir J. GRAHAM—The Right Hon. Gentleman had tine. 4 p U their appearance, rarely :made their appear- told the Committee what the Government did not in etr e s e cond tim e . tend to do, and he now asked him, as a matter which kid '").`4IINEY deprecated the employment of prism work h to the people of Ireland was next in importance only to dism som use labour at rates of remuneration which the question (Maynooth) recently brought before the i. _ ~.. independent labour. House by the lion. Member for North Warwickshire Set. r W• JOLLIFFE remarked that the increase ob _eats, . (Mr. , what was the intention of the Govern eteastfte In the estimate was to be ascribed to the in- • 1 6 43 1 difficulty experienced in disposing of our con meat with a view to remedy the injustice of which the Ut there was every reason to anticipate the - Right Hon. Gentleman stated complaint was made. He test? 4B4f ,. l Workin g of the new system. sac- wanted to knew wherein was the injustice in the present of pa hh BURRELL defended the patting prisoners mode of distributing the vote? He understood the Right e.inrittterative employment. Hon. Gentleman to state that, in his opinion, as now dis tributed under the mixed system, there was an injustice, kat e c tn dt SCOSELL was of opinion that if the refer- and that that injustice ought to be remedied. It was not ses ao Y sYstem was to be made effective it would be ne-At unreasonable, therefore, to ask the Right Hon. Gentle- Pre s e' e Y to make the prison diet less attractive. alup et ,rt the food supplied in some of our prisons was man, since he was of opinion there was a practical in justice i n th e present mode of distribution, and intended, 0 111 to that enjoyed by the independent labourer, on the h •part of the Govern men t, to adhere to a common %t o ' u• BELL took the same view; and after a brief ersati ou sc erne of education, and to one general mode, how he intended the members of the Established Church should etit e a STANFORD, deprecated tho leniency shown to . Mr. o b still retainod. participate in this ' grant, and the mixed sys ' tem of edu- d efe,"2 4B in the Reading and other model prisons, but lh at 3e,d their employment at their trades on the ground WALPOLE could not do better than repeat the - .eh : , tesaened the local rates. observation he made in reply to the question of the Noble 'Lord the Member for . the City . of London on a 0 4 ~"te was then agreed to. • • former night. der rote of 261,522/. to defray the charges of Go- of considerationoWhtehtahteorceasion he said it was worthy ose et k tr. prisons and convict establishments at home . , might not be applied to thes s e em m e em pe b r e t r i s eh of the rite ANSTEY expressed his belief that the punish- England and others in. irelaud—for there we e re Cth o he t u h r e gc r hr s a ° i n n ; eaptieet,of t ransportati on had proved a failure, the more , Ireland who equatiy objected to the mode of distribu &eld 'ally since the discovery of the Australian gold gen—whether some pot . tion of the grant might not be el. applied to those who .sl,r.om conscientious motives ob- Ir 'ST.A wt. ~,,, • -,.............„,y said that jetted to the noble in which it was at present distributed .._-uhaider carefully the the Government ought to . taenweinetea„ ofi causes which had led to the im u ernher of persons criminal in this country. In 1805, the part of the Government as to the mode in which that the deserved but he never intiutentd'that there was an • plan ' wince " t l :itl or admitted te m btnezdaand Wales committed to was to be done. He meant thate the quesitionvy o.oo_ it in 1821, it was 16,500 had ;,was ~ , 40, and in ; in 4,600; in 1815, it was consideration.—(Flear, hear.) The term of e - 'el he t intended to apply to the refusal of preferment 1 848, it was 30,300. Crime h tt i o 2 a . es increased three theses as fast as their PoPu° paronage to porsoas merely on the ground thaetnttllaneyd t erit is .of The Government ought to look to the improve- would not give their adhesion to the mixed system of elutes the minds o t t . yli o n n th o , also of those o f th e working education in Ireland. That was an injustice of 'which ~,,_ , and the pro ect _f t heir health in great towns. .. 4 •ne vote was then agreed to. he thought they had a right to complain, and in answer &se , att.. Ono/. was granted for defraying tbe exnnn to the question of the Right Hon, Barmiet he might say - detn ses that the remedyfor that injustice the was to distribute it " id ing the maintenance of prisoners in c ounty gaols, ' Phil% the nthropie instituions, and in lunatic asylums and patronage fairly . favour of, the combined sys amongst those who dissented from, as expenseslo attending , the removal of convicts. 1,041/ ' well as those who were in believed and he that the With , • was granted to defray the expenses connected distributed since her Majesty's 253'LLe transportation of convicts. patronage had been so__ , _ tem of national education, Convict- Was then proposed to defray the expenses of present Government had come into , P. 0 wer.—(Lleer.) 'he establishments in the colonies. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON w.is quite prepared to pro '''. AN Sl lnOr e EY complained of this vote being 70,0004 pose the vote, under the . eof what full understandi in the House, in consequence Sir than it was last year.on that there was a that it v fell from h . Rig ht time ago, Iva, . JOLIFFE said that the increase in the vote 0 . . 18 Hon. Friend impress s i ome be en ca uscd b • testablishments which had -55 f or . li the new convict rani tention of Government to take the vote into considon, and Za r. v ", l ed Western Australis. whether the . to adopt so had ta ten vi tts t ILLIAMS comlained that the cost for con- upon h' , 'resell I.3;stesu which Sir J. Graham , in th' iu We stern Australia t times what it was 0 - to assert, was a un it e d sys,em IS county to enter into r not, for that w me means of ascertain k ing Su. a. „y. renee of opinion prevatstileadPinoinltrilepnodri.—w(hlliceharrteievated)iftH.'; !C l st k „. 4-- AIC-INGTON explained that the increised was unwilling - lathli te tt f ' b y the present being the first year of the es -I.lPvat i —(An ironical cheer from th t lar et „. -- in \An stern Australia which was built fore Irish elernbers)—bocilt'su. a ht..eu men should be proceeded with . on a Tics' be thotr ht that all tbi , 4 discussion , upon the subj , et eat trid,t, n umber of convicts than ' t occupied it; hie that 6 1. - h • ,ugsconsidered, it was not clesira tete, " exPeuse would t a present • •.-,• hd in sec- Yeti's. 0 course be diumtela e tion of this nature at thet particularreement —(ntear, ettefitcti v ote was then agreed t hear.) Ile repeated, ho was quite will in - -mg to propose the vote upon the understanding, which b - • ° nth" L ' allen * to, us also was 160,0004 tor e believed the House had corns to, that the Governme t • • • n ' nal signified and furo . ar °I. `' "" of 52 ' 3431 ' for the fmlarleS tolti !'N-Pen'es ,oe nieeitite i et' teldoe rite, ele poem-win o n e et e _ . te attend: Tau:mate sue we, out of itsaLIiTAXIS complained that the vote was taken system was a coattaiued system. or note te.. r ,:3s orders lof considering whether some mode might not . be- de -1 vised by which to remove the conscientious objec tions entertained be a considerable portion of the in&q. bers of the Established Church in Ireland. With re g tad to the course which ho himself bed taken upon the question, he rem aatetred stating in that House, on one occasion, that thesystem of education in Ireland was one of the institutions of the country, and that, consi dering the uumber of - schools in connexion with it, it would not be consistent with what was right and just to divide the House against it, but that he thought such modification might be introduced into it as, without sub verting tae system, would remedy the injustice of which a large proportion of the Protestant population of Ire land complained. Mr. KEOGH said that tho two Right Hon. Members for Dublin Ideivexeity (Mr. Napier and Mr. G. A. Ha milton) had been most consistent, determined, and un changeable opponents of the system of national educa tion andohat if the first-named Hon. Gen tlealati present, he would not okay his (Mr. Keoghde) assertion that he had been also one of the most bitter o:its opponents. The Hon. Member who had just addressed the Committee stated that ho was in favour of a " modification" of the system, but that was exactly. the same expression which was applied to every other subje c t— re li g i ous , soc i a l , commercial, or political, upon which Honourable Gentlemen ( )1 : 1 the Treasury benches had to touch.—(Hear, hear.) Ho as. serted that two-thirds of the Derbyite candidates in Ire land had dettinetly pledged themselves not to support national education as it existed—not to support May noeth—but to repeal the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill of last session.—( Hear.) This, he wetted admit, was per haps only a modification. But what was the modifica tion that was:wanted ? He knew that Government dealt in negatives, end that they could enumerate a long catalogue of thiege they did not mean to do, but he wanted to know what they meant to do? He had heard that it was easential to have consistency in public men. It had been generally admitted that the Noble Lord at the head of the Goveroment bad formed and marked out the present system .of national education in Ireland. But when the H.enourable Gentleman the Member for the Universil brought the same question forward some time back, the Noble Lord (Lord George Ben tinck) was the principal speaker aeainst the motion, and that system of which Lord Derby was the reputed author. He wanted to know whether that was to be considered in the light of a modification? If every thing was to be subject .to modification—Maynooth—our commercial system—and- the present question, the most important questio n p oss ibl e to t h e people f Ireland, then he was bound to say there was no confidence to be placed in public men, and the sooner the present gentle. men who held caps vacated their posts the better it wou:d be for their consistency and the country. Mr. WEIITESIDE vindicated the consistency of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He considered, however, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Keogh) ought to have avoided thb argument:are ad kominem, as, if he did not mistake, the Hon. and Learned Ge n tl eman entered puolic life as- a member of a Conservative body, and as a Conservative.—(Hear.) A change had " come o'er the spirit of his dream" and the Hon. a n d Learned Gentleman who had joined a totally opposite party, now, advocated totally opposite principl es w i t h as much talent and as much honesty as he had for merly advocated Conservative principles.—(Hear, hear.) The Hight Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ripon, and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in their remarks had used the term the people of Ireland. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman meant to assert that he represented the entire population of Ireland, ho must beg to dissent, and though he was desirous of paying due respect to the Roman Catholic people of Ireland, yet he must, at the same time, declare that the Protestant and Presbyterian part of Ireland were entitled to the attention of that House, for they represented a large proportion of the wealth, intelligence, and commerce of that part of the empire. What had been stated respecting the act of Sir R. Peel, in promoting eminent men to the episcopate in Ireland from England, formed a strong circumstance in favour of the argument of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department that this question ought to be reconsidered, and that something ought to be done whereby 1,700 members of the Established Church in Ireland might be able in their parish schools to reed the Scriptures. Had the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. Graham) read the debate on the question, he would have seen that one of the most 'learned of those prelates (the Bishop of Ossory) had not asked for a re versal of the syatem, but had recommended a reconsider ation of it, so as to allow clergymen of the Established Church in Irelaad tai do as clergymen of the Established Church did in England. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of the Home Department, had not dis entitled himself to the respect of the Roman Catholic people of Ireland for what he desired to do. The Right Hon. Gentleman did not desire to withdraw a sixpence of the grant from the Roman Catholics; but he wished to devise some change which in his (Mr. Whiteside's) belief, if carried out,. would improve the system both in Ireland and Scotland. He begged to remind Hon. Gentlemen that out of the number of pupils in the na tional schools there were between 36,000 sired 40,000 pupils members of the Church of Rome. Mr. KEOGH begged leave to answer the statement made so openly by the Honourable and Learned Gentle. man, that die eMr. Keogh) had entered that House as a supporter of the Conservative party. Now he had very frequently heard that same statement - made, but not at such a time and in ruch a manner as to permit him to give an explanation and contradiction. It ought to be known to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, as it was certainly known to many Hon. and Right Hon. Gentlemen whom he was addressing, that such a statement was wholly and entirely unfounded. The Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin knew that the-statement was untrue; he had the most entire and perfect reliance on that Hon. and Learned Gentleman's honour, believing that no consideration a lin: er w . pic i h ie c e o n: n s w o o te a u ld ue in d d ic u t e n e te h d im an te d tr t a r v u e t l h o e n ui t tered that House at a peculiar time — he entered it when c o d f ned th .— at ( to be a supporter of the Right Hon. Baronet the late Member for Tamworth was to place himself in a position of great unpopularity in Ireland. He believed he was the only Mari in the country who ventured to put him self in that .position. He would, however, claim no cow's° he should pursue, and be followed that course. merit on that ground. Conscience dictated to him the Replaced prominently in his addresses, which appeared in every newspaper in Dublin, the fact that he avowed himself to be a distinct, direct, nnequivo eating supporter of the commercial and political policy recommended by the Right Hon. Baronet, and that Right Hon. Baronet having been driven from power by those Hon. Gentlemen whom he saw opposite by s combination which it was unnecessary to de s c ribe, was perfectly p repare d to su pp or t the policy that Right Hon. Baronet a d vocate d . H e m ight say the records of that House and t h e recol l ect i ons o f Hon. Members would prove that to that commercial policy ever since he had en tered that H ouse h e had fi rm l y an d continuously ad hered ; and furth er , t h at h e h a d ne ver given a vote in contravention to th a t policy.—(Hear.) He should be sorry to recriminate with Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, but, as far as his policy and consistency were concerned, he would say for himself that he never was the person to go into privat e quarters and private circles an d hold himself out as th e supporter of a policy he afterwards op posed. He did not profess in early life to be an advocate of a reform in the representation of the people. Ho never held out to the people that be preferred republican to monarchial principles. He did not go down amongst a portion of the p eop l e of Ireland, with whom republican principles wore a matter of history, and hold himself out as a person prepared to carry those principlei to their uttermpat limit.—(Hear.) Ile took his principles from a more moderate level. He saw the Right Hon. Baronet tho Member for Tamworth was prepared to do justibe to the people of Ireland, and he gave him his eupport. He now declared his honest conviction to be that the Right Hon. Baronet was worthy of support. He had sat in that House for five years, and the records of the House would bear out the assertion he now made. The Noble Lord, once the leader of the party opposite, had admitted to him that he had not entered the House as a Protectionist and turned . Free-trader. He had de clared he was a Free-trader. He adhered to that opinion, and if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had reflected ho would not have dwelt e on such topics, the more especially if he looked to the Hon. Gentlemen who sat on his left. ported, and whether they thought it should be permanent, or Whether they were in favour of modifying it, they were all prepared at present to support it as it existed. It could not be --supported without the passing of this vote, and he therefore hoped the Committee would agree to it. After a few words-from Af t w. WILLIAMS, the vote was aereed to. The CHAIRMA.N then reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit - again this day. THE CO ANION LAW PROCEDURE BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having moved the second reading of this Bill, Sir A. 'COCKBURN expressed his regret that one of the most important features in the measure, us recom mended in the report of the Commissioners, had been opt in th e H ouse o f L or d s, b ut b y certa i n authorities out of th a t H ouse. The feature to which be struck out of it, alluded was the provision for getting rid of what was technically known as forms of actions which were, he believed, too of ten a stumbling blocit, in the way of justice. But, at thO same time, ho felt: persuaded that the Bill, even as it stoo d , would' be found one of the most important measures of legal reform which had been le trodaced during the last -half century. He should, how ever, add that that was, in his opi n i on , o nly a first in stalment of what ought' to be accomplished in that direction. They had yet a good deal to do before they could remove all the technical difficulties which formed such serious obstacles to the due admi nistration of justice. Ho believed that they should go further than they had, ever yet attempted to go, and that they ought to appoint a farther Commission--a mixed Commission of the common law. and equity member s o f t h e profession—for the purpose of inquiring into th e p ropr i ety of amalgathating the two systems, and effecting a gen era l codification of our laws. He had no hesitation in seeing that those laws were at present in a state which was disgraceful to a civilised country.—(llear, hear.) They were a sealed book to the subject and it would requ i re t h e whole life o self ac qua i nted with them.—(Hear,r, a man of tomake realm, himself . the hear.) It was not enough that they should improve their procedure; they ought to codify their laws, and to make them intelligible to the people.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill was then read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Monday next. THE MASTER IN CHANCERY ABOLITION Mr. WHITESIDE said, that if the Hon. and Learned Member asserted that he had expressed anti-monarchi cal opinions at any time of his life, he could only tell him it was a fiction. During the twenty years he had been at the bar, he had always supported what he be lieved to ba sound Conservative principles. The Hon. and Lesrned Member had only done what some of his countrymen had done before him, and had drawn on his imagination for his facts.—(A laugh.) Sir J. TYRELL regretted that the discussion had de generated into a personal debate. He did not think the Hon. and Learned Member for Athlone was in a condition to lecture Protestant gentlemen on that side of the House, or the Government, on consistency or mo difications of opinion, unless he could show that he him self had been consistent in his personal conduct as a Member of that House. He had a strong recollection that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman entered that House taking on himself the " moderate level" of the Carbon Club. How came it, then, that the Hon. and L e ar ne d Member was now on the other side? The fact was, that the Hon. and Learned Member looked up to a superior power—to the Synod of Thurles and to his Holiness the Pope, both of whom had denounced the mixed sys tem of education as taught in the colleges recently es• tebliahed in Ireland. If injustice were done to a largo portion of the Protestant people of Ireland by the mixed system of education in question, it was not surely im proper in the Government to consider a remedy for that inj us tie°. —(l3 win ) Mr. ANSTEY said the question before them was not the consistency of Hon. Members but what the Minister meant by modification. Modification was understood by the Duk© of Richmondethers of th e p ar ty oppos i te to mean this restoration o on andf protection, and he wished to know what modification meant as applied to th e nat i ona l Ireland, system of ed ucat i on in He wished t o k now if a sum necessary t o support the 1,700 sectarian Church schools were subtracted from the grant whether a cor responding sum w ou ld b e given , to the sectarian schools of the Church of Rome. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER b wished to remind the Committee o f Sh e questionthem. That question was the vote f ar t h e combined education in Ireland, and as th a t vo t e h ad been re"ep°2eed 0 of by the Government, an i as far as he cou ld collect P Hon Gentle,non opposite were prepared to m a i n t a i n that sp... t e m, the best tntog they could do in the present state of Parliament would be to support the vote.—(Hear, hear.) A groat deal had been said es to the intentions of the Government on Ibis subject. He might be permitted to inform those lion. Members who had addressed the Co r raniltee, that when the Governm en t h a d t o p ro p ose m pg , in a sulject of so much importance as that any e le . teie o Tee (to ,o in a U ,, MMIL:'a of '1:11.4 were all anx i ous th a t th e combined' system el` education should be properly sup- FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, reasons had altered their opinion. The existing tele graph had not occasionally done its work so well as could hs wished, but representations were instantly and properly attended to. C. W. SIEMENS, C.E., spoke to the system of sub-humous telegraphs in Prussia. The first cost of the under-ground system, of which there were 30 miles in Berlin, would be de rer than the suspensory system, but quite as efficient. Mr. W. IL 6miTH, news agent, Strand, had had large experience in connexion with the working of the elec tric telegraph, and considered it was now done as effec tively as it could be by a large system with regard to correctness and dispatch. The Electric Telegraph Com pany supplied the provincial papers with the earliest and most important intelligence at far less than any reporter a p d r veagatAtnatgocuouusldararffaontgdontoendto withit. Hibies company. The ad y a mutually The committee hero adjourned. BUSINESS. OF THE SESSION, It has been fondly believed for some time that some where about the third week in this month our distracted and worn-out Legislature would be released from its un profitable toils. Government having pledged itself to appeal to the people at the earliest possible opportunity, that pledge was interpreted to mean that by the end of June, at the very latest ' we should be saying "yes" or "nu" to the question o f Free Trade, by the choice of our representatives. Lord Derby, in popular estimation the very pink of chivalry, was party to this arrangement, aud, if the terms were not very precise, it was presumed that ho would be all the more anxious that there should he no disappointment. It is scarcely necessary to ssy how widely this polineal understanding entered into all public and private affairs; how many eager consitucn cies were preparing to fight it out in July, and how many, both caedidates and electors, were ceicaleting on a holyday in August. They who cherished these delusions will find by the proceedings in the Commons last night how little trust is to be re posed in that proverbially rotten foundation—a Ministe rial promise. Instead of three weeks, which were to suffice for the few odds and ends that remained after the settlement of the Militia Bill, there is at least work for three months, even if the whole of that time is to be rescued from idle debates, and realized for the business of the nation. The melancholy fact has been gradually dawning on the minds of those who ventured to count the notices on the list, and the measures on their way from the Upper House, but there is a general feeling that to announce a danger is to precipitate it; and even now, when we talk of business to be done by the Com mons, we shall be thought to assume rather unnecessa rily that it will be done, and that the House is under an obligation to do it. Hence the small amount of confessed alarm and suspicion awakened by the growing tail of Parliamentary arrears, and hence the very great alarm and the more than suspicion which the portentous sum total will now certainly inspire. It required no ordinary mind to grasp the enumera tion of the Herculean catalogue, and pat it before the public in a tangible form. Few, if any, bat Sir James Graham, could so much as tell the House of Commons what it has to do during the next three weeks. The occasion was given him by a speech on the conduct of public business by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which that ingenious gentleman managed to construct in the form of an urgent appeal to all sides of the House not to make unnecessary motions, nor to introduce irre levant topics, but to assist Ministers in their laudable desire to get through the necessary work of the session with the utmost possible dispatch. Sir James Graham, with his usual suavity of manner and strength of par• expedite public business, but retaliated their pose, did not dispute the anxiety of Ministers to plea for forbearance by asking a like regard for human capabilities in the selection of the measures to be pressed as of urgent necessity. The list of measures so pressed is absolutely overwhelming, and we almost recoil from the sight. We can only venture to point out the heads of this gigantic review;—" There are no less than 27 orders of the day,' " says Sir James, " upon the paper of to.day." There are four notices of motion to be made before going into a Committee of Supply, with little prospect of such motions diminishing, now that independent Members are allowed fewer opportunities of making their own suggestions, There is the Common Law Procedure Bill, with 230 clauses, and requiring the tiniest discussion both on its principles and on its details. There are two Bills, the results of a commission, in which Sir James had a place, for the aboli tion of the Masters' offices and the improvement of the mode of administering justice in equity. There is a Bill relating to suitors in Chancery, and another for the alteration of the law respecting wills. The New Zea -1 land Bill it had been proposed to take this morning, but as this morning there is to be a Committee upstairs on the renewal of the East India Company's Charter, and another on the repression of crime and outrage in Ire. land, the New Zealand Bill could not possibly have justice done to it at an hour already so preoccupied. There is a Bill which happens to be just now of great importance, on the " hereditary casual revenues." Then there is a Colonial Bishops Bill, a Bishopric of Quebec Bill, "and a New Zealand Bishopric Bill, severally involving the most interesting and delicate questions, such as " clergy reserves" and episoopal jurisdiction. There are the renewals of the Eng lish and Irish Poor-law Board, and various other important renewals that must be made, and cannot be made without conside ra bl e di scuss i on . Then the Ad miralty has introduced a Bill to alter the entire mode of paying her Majesty's fleet. There is the Metropolis Buildings Bill, with 79 clauses; an Extramural Inter ment Bill repealing the last, and professing to be a sub stitute for it; a Water Supply Bill, and a Sewers Bill; and there are 200 votes still to be taken in Committee of Supply. Meanwhile, with all this mountaih of work to be dispatched in some fifteen or twenty working days, Ministers themselves have. created a pest that devours days by wholesale, that takes a morning at a meal, and q uestion, at th e rate hi t h erto a ll owe d to i t, attacks the next day with unabated app e tite. Th e Maynooth would itself suffice tor the whole session, and while it is in hand it is useless to reckon on any part of this mass of real business being properly discharged. With Sir James Graham we cannot but admit that man y, nay most, of these measures are necessary; and we also remember that almost invariably at the end o f there is such an accumu lations s ja it fle n a o n I B ills lo abt another.etfho e r Parliament,e ß be u g t ia t hneinpresent s e tha t a case tthe has y ts painful this unavoidably peculiarity, that Ministers stand pledged to wind up the session as quickly as they could, but have, notwith standing, caught at every opportunity and pretence of delay. Entirely through them Maynooth has become the constant, or, at least, the intermittent plague of the House, for without their encouragement Mr. Spooner would long since have collapsed to his.usual dimensions. It is quite transparent, and all but admitted, that they think it their game to keep Parliament sitting, doing something or nothing, as long as possible. There aro certain things that must be done, and that must be done in a hurry; so, if Ministers contrive to leave them out of sight just now, and amuse the House meanwhile, they will appear to be relieved of the odium of delay. The whole House of Commons will be compromised in the last push, and few will consider whose fault it is that matters have come to that extremity. A® to the mea sures of legal reform, certainly we should have wished to see them made laws as early as possible, but all con .. siderations must give way to the paramount impo r t ance of our constitutional rule,—Government by a majority, and, we may add, to the not less important rule of poli tical honour and veracity." If these measurts cannot be canvassed and sifted as they deserve in .the course o 1 this month, they had better be postponed to the long session which is to begin in the autumn, and to be con tinued, with a simple adjournment over the Christmas holydays. To-night, or at all events on Monday, we are to have from our Chancellor of the Exchequer an account of the wonderful method in which all this busi ness is to be safely and thoroughly dispatched. We shall then see whether Ministers really contemplate ex tending this do-nothing session to its usual length. If we are rightly informed, however, they have long since given up that idea, and we may still expect a dissolu tion in the present month.— Tim'es. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOI7TH, THIIRSDAY.—The Sprightly port steam tender, Master-Commander G. Allen, sails to-morrow morning for Plymouth, with supernumeraries to join the Imam and ships on the West India station, who go by the Buzzard steam sloop. The Basilisk steam-sloop, Commander Egerton, has been undocked to-day. The Edinburgh, 58, steam-gunnery-ship, Captain Hewlett, has completed coals, and hauled alongside her hulk to receive her crow. The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, has removed her powder and shells, and waits orders at Spit head, with the Gladiator. The Porcupine steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Jack son, sailed from Spithead to-day for the Isle of Man. The Encounter, 14. screw-steam-corvette, Captain Gordon, hauled out of dock to the fitting basin this afternoon. Wind, 8• W.• fresh breezes and cloudy, with ra in. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JUNE 3.—Captain Sidney C. Dares (1340), commanding the Leander, 50, at Devonport, is appointed to command the Sans Pareil, 81, screw steam ship of 350-horse power, commissioned this day at Devonport. Captainthe Leander, e n t r V es i . neent King (1841) to command Commander Louis S. Tindal to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, (lB4 vice Seymour, eand e G r evoirege passed. Seeond-Alaster John P. Dillon 0848), from the Are at th us% 50, at Portsmouth, to the Fisgurd, flag -ship Woolwich. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich this forenoon, from Ports mouth. The Avon steam-vessel is to be taken out of the west or King William IV.'s Dock to-morrow, and the Driver steam -sloop will be taken into the dock during the same tide. The Triton steam , vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd, is on the river side of the wharf wall of the basin under the shears, having her rigging put up, being under proceedthat t s o ta t ti n o e n. Mediterranean, mail-packetorders t on [AnvEnTrsEmENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills have cured a Desperate 'Wound in the Leg.--Patrick Leinster, residi n g near Carrick-on-Shannon, injured hi s l eg about two years ago with a plough, which c ause d a most for midable wound, which spread over the leg to a most alarming extent, so that he could not put his foot to the ground, and, in despite of all his efforts and the various remedies he used, it would not heal. In this very bad state he applied some of Holloway's Ointment to it, and regularly took the Pills; this treatment had such an effect on the wound that in little more than a month ais leg was perfectly cured. Sold by all drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244 0 Strand, London. SUN, LONDON, BILL. Mr. WALPOLE having moved the second reading of this Bill, Sir A. COCICBURN said he bc3lieVed that the Bill as it had been recommended by the Commissioners bad been utterly spoilt by the Lord Chancellor, and that it was altogether different from the measure which had been recommended by the Commissioners of Chancery Re form. He hoped that they would not then be called upon to assent to the second reading of the Bill. Mr. WALPOLE said that that was a mo©t important measure, and taken in conj unct i on with the next mea sure.expthe Ju on ri t s li d e ic n ti o o t n o ice f paper — namely, the I mprovement o f Equity Bill—it would t en d more to the improvement of the p rac ti ce of equity , in this country than anything which h a d b een done since the effect three,impor preventrt wouldense and delay in bringing cases to a hearing, it wou l d prevent them in would days tan t reforms—it of Lord Nottingham. the consideration of cases, and it would prevent them in the inquiries which followed the hearing of cases. In some particulars the Bill as it then stood differed from that which had been recommended by th e Commission ers; but those particulars had been moat carefully con sidered by the most competent authorities, and they might hereafter be dealt with by th 4 House in Com mittee. - Sir A. COCKBURN said, that although he thought it very inconvenient that they should have to consider so important a Bill at that late hour, he did not wish to oppose the motion for its second reading, Sir J. GRAHAM said he hoped that, under all the circumstances of the case, the House would assent to the second reading of that Bill, and of the Bill which fol lowed. Hehad had the honour of havingeat on the Com mission from which those - two Bills had proceeded,, and he was glad to be able to add that the report of the Com missioners had been unanimously adopted. 11 , 3 was also bound to say, that in the main those two Bills carried out fully and fairly, in his humble judgment, the re commendatiaes of the Commissioners.—(Hear hear.) There might be deviations, which many p ees „, , would regret, from those recommendations; but h e entertained Bills sanguineills would expectation thatsatisfactorily all the detail s of the two adjusted in Co mm i ttee. Mr. J. STUART said he hoped that the House would have no hesitation iu agreeing to the second reading of the Bill after the statement of. the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon, that it substantially carried out the recommendations of the Commissioner", • The Bill was then reads second time, and was ordered to be committed on Monday. next. IMPROVEMENT OF THE JURISDICTION OF EQUITY BILL. On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, this Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Monday next. The General Board of Health 8111 was read a third time and passed. The Law of Wills AreendMent Bill was read a third time and passed. The order of the day for the third reading. of the Industrial and Provident Partnerships Bill having been read, Mr. CARTER moved the insertion of a clause to the effect that ne member should ba liable for the debts or engagements of .a society beyond the extent of the shares which he held. After a short discussion the clause was negatived without a division, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. BILL. BISHOPRIC OF CIIRISTCRURCH (NEW ZEA LAND)The order of the day for resumi ng th e a dj ourne d de bate on the Bishopric of pChristchurch (New Inland) Bill having been read, Mr. ADDERLEY said he wished to inform the Hon. word s that h e w w h i o e u h l d e e b e e l d pre e to the Crow supposed to give u e t a o r s n t e r d ik Al e out of t f h o e r 31- 13 ° Il u l g e h n a y t a power in the colonies which it was not known legally to possess. He trusted that after that declaration there mould be no objection pared d e L d on the part of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to the second reading of the measure. Mr. ANSTEY repeated his objections to the Bill as it then stood. - Mr. SADLIER moved the adjournment of the debate. The House then divided, F the adjournment when ther e appeare d-- Against Against it ••• ••• 8 54 Majority -•• „.. —46 House. Mr. KEOGH then moved the • adjournment of the Mr. ADDERLEY said he would be ready to •adopt such amendments of the Bill in Committee, as would completely meet the obje c ti ons of the Honourable arid Learned Member for Youghte; and the trusted that the second reading would not after that statement be further opposed. Mr. ANSTEY said he wished to ha v e such amend ments introduced into the measur e e s would amount to an acknowledgment that the C, rown. Possessed no ecclesi astical supremacy in its colonies, The ATTORNEY-GENER AL 'refused to give his sanction to any such principl e . After a short discussion the motion for the adjourn ment of the House was withdrawn, and the debate was' again adjourned to this -day. On the motion of Mr. BROTtets - --e , RTON, the Protes t to be committed onant Dissenters Bill Monday next Mr. G. A, HAMILTON obtai ned leave to bring in a Bill to continue an Act of the 12th year of her pre sent Majesty, for amending the i te ‘, B relating to- savings banks in Ireland; and the We* afterwards read a first time. Mr. CARTER moved an addr 83- .ar a return of all the prisoners sentenced tobe wh ipp ed daring thelast three years in this kingdom at the various courts of quarter over and terminer, and ga o l session, • n the date of by tvery, an summary jurisdict io n, _ _ the amnesic°, and the for which awarded, with the offence age of each prisoner Agreed to. so punished.— . The House adjourned at Two , clock. ELECTRIC TELEGRAiiii n • On resuming their inquiry, yesterd called Mr. Statham, engineer of th e i n Y t , ° . t 3f h p e o P C: c o l h m 2r a m l C E i o tt ua S e!: pany, who bore testimony to the efficien c y com pany's patented substance for .protecting, that 2tic ia d insulating telegraph wires; both norfo ..g "d perfectly submarine telegraphs. Knew of b a „.'' eni :d Y e ( r )f g r terial than a casing of gutta perch,, better isulating ma- Mr. James Ross, corresponding age n t f „ and American newspapers at Liverp oo l: t i t.' the London tensively since 1846 with the Electric T e r ad dealt ex pany, who had improved their sYsternegraPh Com month, and considered the present month by vvorki system to . be, generally speaking, eati afac „ng of the charges for long distances were cheape r " _ it ory. T he America, where the delays and inaccura c i es ul _ those in than they were Imre. The cypher messag e greater Willener and Smith, to which the attentio n f ° ! u llessre• mittee on a previous day was drawn was, to wi t ,' Com knowledge, having been engaged to n do it. i ntee ,_e_, BB 'a own vent the transmission of the President addx .' e ' a u to pre vent mauling peper3, so that Messrs. Williner anadto care A t eecure it first for the newspapers Ih©y a Smith A second telenaph * in witness's opinion lied. s'n 9 —, wou u" tended with disadvantages. It was questionable Whether whether the reduction of rates conseque nt en 0 "e, and tion would not make it a losing concern. It°n2Peti however, be an advantage, in the event of amiden lfould, stoppage of communication by one telegraph, "to Or another. to have Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E., held two shares in the Elec tric Telegraph Company. Wes of opinion that railways could not spare the amount of space, Biz f the that would be required for a second telegraph, _ eet, particularly as, from tho constant developm ent o n f °ge traffic, they now found their present space inadequate° Believed that to confer the compulsory Rowers h i for would be to strike at the root of railway safe ty, agnd he would not be responsible for the security of a railway under the circumstances. Looked on the proposed powers as an invasion of the rights of railw ays. Captain Huts'', general manager of the London and North Western Railway, thought that while no benefit would accrue to the public from a second line of tele graph, very serious injury would be inflicted on the rail. Ways. Although co-operating with the Electric Tele graph : C ompany, the London and North-Western had ex . Perleneed great di ffi culty in connection with the op t :" Mons of that company, and these would only ii e er-- doubled h re had be -Y the introduction of a duplex system. There es two or three accidents, several narrow ea , and conf us i on (led the introd • -21 P e3, , and ho drea . uction of a rival company on the same ground. No controlli ng power exercised ing bf Trade could the danger by the - Board . . rem edy n P Pre her)d , d. The insjority of the directors of the London and NOr VeStern • with th e idea of ' th-1 Aare at first taken ea a second line of telegraph, but for these 1852, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.] Acland, Sir T. Balllie, IL J. -,:Zi Hamilton, G. A. MAJORITY-AYES, 45. Raiford, Sir H. Pugh, David Richards, Richard Beresford, William Hamilton, Lord C. Spooner, Richard Berkeley 'G. F. Brother ton, J. Bruce,•C. L. Henley, J. W. Hotham, Lord Inglis, Sir it. Stafford, Augustus Best, John Stanley, Lord Bridges, Sir B. Thesiger, Sir F. Johnstone, James Trollope, Sir J. Jennie, Sir W. G. Tyler, Sir G. Chandos, Marquis Langton, W. H. Vivian, J. E. Cobbow, J. C. Lennox, Lord 11. G. Walpole, Spencer Cada, William Lockhart, W. Whiteside, James Deedes, %V. Lowther, Colonel Williams, T. P. Disraeli, B. Ferguson, Sir R. Manners, Lord J. Yorke, E. T. Nail's, Lord TELLEBS. Forester, Col one l P Newport Viscount Dunne, Colonel Graham, Sir James ' akington, Sir J. Tennent, Sir J. MINORITY —NOES, 2Z. Bell, Jacob llastie, Archibald Stanford, J. F. Bright, John Hindley, C. Thompson, Colonel Caner, Samuel King P. J. .. Thompson, George Cobden, Richard M`Taggart, Sir J. Verney,.Sir H, Cogan, W. 11. Milner, W. 3L Wairnaley, Sir J. Duncan, George Mowatt, Francis Williams, Johu Ellis, John . Salwey, Colonel Evans, Sir Do Lacy Scholefield, W. Fox, W. J. iscobell, TELLERS. Captain Hall, Sir 13. Greene, John Sh alt% R. D. Williains, W. .: Harris, Richard Sibth orp, Colonel BISHOPRIC OF CHRISTCHURCH (NEW ZEALAND) BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to Question (28th May), " Tbat the Bill be now read a second time," Lnd which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words" upon this day three months Question again proposed, "That the word 'now' stand part of the Question :"—Debate —Debate resumed;—Motion made and Question put," That the Debate be now adjourned." The House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 8. Carter, Samuel Pechell, Sir (L TELLERS. Greene. John Scully, Francis Ansley, Thomas Hall, Sir B. Stuart, Lord D. Sadleir, John Keogh, William Thompson, George • MAJORITY-NOES, 54. Archdall, Captain Galway, Viscount Pakington, Sir J. Bankes, G. Leach, Charles Renton, John C. ten, Jawb Graham, Sir James Smollett, A. Beresford, VT!Minn Grogan, Edward Spooner, R. Blair, Stephen Hamilton, Geo. A. Stafford, AngnStuS Bridges, Sir K. Hamilton, Lord C. Stanford, J. F. Brotherton, J. • Heneage, G. H. • Stanley, Lord Bruce, C. PC. Henley, J. W. Tennent, Sir J. Butt, Isaac Hope, Sir J. Thesiger, Sir F. Chaudos, Marquis of Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Thompson, Colonel Cobbold, J. C. Jones, Captain Trollope, Sir J. Cocks, T. S. Knox, W. S. Tyler, Sir G. Davies, D. A. S. Langton, W. H. P. Walpole, S. H. Disraeli, B. Lennox, Lord H. G. Whiteside, James Duncan, George Lockhart, W. Wood, Sir W. P. Dunne, Colonel Mandeville, Via. Yorke, E. T. Edwards, Henry Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. Forester, Colonel Mundy, William.• Adderley, C. B. Freshfleld, J. W. Naas, Lord Deedcs, W. HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOIE The Queen held a Drawing-room yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was pre sent, attended by Lord William Paulet. His Highness Prince Vere Rajunder attended the Drawing-room. Major Drummond and three of the Prince's suite were in attendance on his Highness. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms was on duty ria the State rooms, under the com mand of Major Harmer, the Standard-bearer of the corps. The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the Palace, under the command of Capt. Phibbs, the Egon in Waiting. A Guard of Honour of the Ist Life Guards, with the band of the regiment, was on duty in the large court of the Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Marchioness of Ely (in waiting), the Cpuntess of Gaineborough, the Viscoun tess Canning, the Marchioness of Douro, and the Countess of Desert, the Ladies of the Bedchamber; the Hon. Amelia Murray (in waiting), thellon. Lucy Kerr (in waiting), the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, th e Hon. Ma tilda Paget, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and the Hon. Mary Seymour, Maids of Honour; Lady Charlotte Cop ley, the Hon. rs. Geo. Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, and the Hon. Mrs. Trevor, Women of the Bed chamber; the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Vice Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Viscount Galway, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Private Secretury to his Royal Highness; Major- General Berkeley Drum mond, Groom in Writing ; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Major-General Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel Be uverie, Equerry to his Royal Highness; Mr. Henry Farqu harson and Mr. George Gordon Macpherson, Pszges of Honour in Waiting. The Queen wore a train of blue silk, brocaded in sil ver, of English manufiicture, trimmed with silver blonde and white tulle. The petticoat was of white satin, covered with white tulle, and trimmed with bows of white satin ribbon, and blue and silver ribbons. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of diamonds and feathers. The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the fol lowing presentations to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic circle _ _ _ By her Excellency Madame Walewski—Madame l a Duchesse de V a lmy et sa fide, Madame do Caux. By his Excellency the Ambassador of France—M. le Comte do Lauriston, Attacb6 I l'Ambassad. By the Prussian Minister7Prince Rodolph de Croy, eldest son of his Highness Prince Croy of Westphalia; Baron de Wartenberg, name do Schweinitz. By the Brazilian Minister—The Chevalier da Silva Maya, Attache a is Legation Imperiale. By the Sicilian Minister—Cavaliere Nicola Cimino de Valengano, Conto di Caltanissetta. The diplomatic circle was numerously attended. In the general circle the following ladies had the honour of being presented to her Majesty:— Miss Sophia Abcrcromby, by her mother, Lady Aber crom by. Lady Anderson, by Lady Charlotte Copley. Miss Anderson, by her mother, Lady Anderson. _ Mrs. Barkly, on her return from British Guiana, by Lady Pakingtou. Mrs. Middleton Berry, on her marriage, by Lady Levin ;e. Mrs. John Bisset, by Lady Radatock. Lady Blackett, by the Duchess of Northumberland. Mrs. Blakiston ' by Lady Wade. Miss Anne Blakiston, by her mother, Mrs. Blakiston. Mrs. Edward Bode, by the Marchioness of Salisbury. Mrs. Bold, on her marriage, by Lady Morgan (of Tredegar). Lady Bonham, by Viscountess Jocelyn. Miss Bouchier, by the Duchess of Richmond. Mrs. Brise Ruggles Brise, by her mother, the Dowager Lady Bowyer Smith. Mrs. Arthur Brooke, on her marriage, by the Countess of Meath. Mrs. Bruce, by the Countess of Fortescue. Miss. Bulwer,C eciliaßbuy the lkcl iley,obn. Lady yherm ßu oth i e w r, er M . rs. Bulkelcy. Mrs Miss Bulwer, by her mother, Mrs. Bulwer. Miss Alicia Banbury, by her mother, Mrs. Hugh Mill Bunbury. 'the D uc hess of Northumberland. p ss or o t f . St. Alban's. MMiress. Burdon, Burdon byby the Duchess of Northumberland. M. Christy, C C b h r a i m st b y e , r b la y y V ne i'sc b o y n t n h t e es p s N uc e h w e Mrs. J. Walrond Clarke, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Clay. Miss Isabella Baker Cresswell, by Mrs. Cadogan. M s is h s a C we ro . xton, by her sister, Mrs. George Paris Brad- Miss Gertrude Cuuliffe, by her sister, Mrs, Wm. Foster. Miss Drax, by the Marchioness of Westminster. Miss Sarah Drax, by the Marchioness of Westminster. Miss Drew, by her mother, Mrs. Drew. Miss Emily Patton, by her aunt, the Hon. Mrs. Ralph Dutton. _e Miss Rosa Elers, by her mother, M rs . G eorge Elers. Mrs. Evans, by the Marchioness of El y . Mi s s Marianne Evans, by th e D uc h ess of Norfolk. M. Fay, of the United States, by Mrs. Abbott Lawrence. Miss Fay, of the United St a t es , b y M rs. Abbott Law zi n . c ?' Mrs. William Foster, on h er marr i age, by the Countess of Meath. Lady Fox, by Mrs. Strott. Lady Katherine Evans Freko, on her marriage, by th e Countess of Longford. LLaaddvy Gclaodossttoanneo,obyGhreorsvmenoothr,er,bllylrtsi;omFelloawreh es iones3 of Westminster. Miss Hall, by Lady Thesiger. Lady Head, by Lady Pakington. Mrs. Howell, by the Countess of EgmOnt, Miss Julia Jolliffe, by Lady Jolliffe. Mrs. Kerr, by Mrs. Milner Gibson. Miss Leighton and Miss Isabella ur m s. o u th e e o r, ry L e ad o 3 o , sLte.ebiglehtMona.xwell, b_y viable Galway. Leighton, by their Miss Middleton, by Mrs. Her a . Miss Frances Middleton, by y Uonstahle Maxwell. _ Maxwell. Miss Milbank, by her mother,. Mrs. Henry Constable Mrs. Patrick Mote,* ,bonierie, by the Hon. Mrs. kiwi Baillie. Lady Augusta IXlil_bank._ Mis Fanny Morgan, by her mother Lady Morgan• Mrs. Richard Oliver, on her marriage,by Randolph. Miss Charlotte Pare, by her mother, the HOD' Mrs• Pere. Hon . Mrs. Joseeline Percy, bythe Duch ess '- thumberland. marriage, lrlrs• Charles Miss AnnetteP l ow d Plowden. ...en ' by her mother , s irs. Chicheley Miss Chandos Pole her mother, Mrs. Chandos Pole. , b y Miss Elean or °hand° Pole, by idrs. Char.dos Pole. Allis A retyman, by her s uer , rabella p 3 - Mrs. Hamilton Yataaan. Mrs. Legh 'Richmond, by Lady Anguat s Milbank. Mr s . Richards Mrs. Gerald Blenner hassett. °l3' b y her c ousin' Lady Itpw Ivy, The Lion. Ernestine Willington S idne y , b y her aunt , by the, lion. Mrs. C harles Rowle y . Lady August.). Gordon. Zara. Arthur Smith, by 47 ' 41 i 111 " QibsQlle (From the Votes anl Procee.lings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, JUNE 3. SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made and Question put, " That a sum not exceed ing 3,2731. be granted to her Majesty to defray a portion of the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng land, to the 31st day of March, 1853." The Committee divided : LADIES' DiIESbES. HEI MAJESTY. Train of blue bilk, brocoded in silver, of English manufacture,, trimmed with silver blonde and white tulle; pet , iecat of unite satin, covered with white tulle, and trimmed v, ith bows of white satin ribbon, and blue and silver ribbons. Held-dress, diamonds and feathers. DUCHESS OF NCRTHUItHriRLAND.--TrOin of rich white damask, trimmed with !Linton lace aed bouquets , o f appl e blossom; petticoat, tulle over white glace silk trimmed with a wreath of apple blossom. Head-dress, feathers, Honiton lace lappets, tiara of diamonds; orna ments, diamonds cad emeralds. DUCHESS OF NORFOLK.—Esneraid green Gothic moire train, lined with peach glace, and trimmed with guipure lace; peach Gothic moire petticoat flounced with Irish guipure lace. Head-dress, feathers and lace lappets; ornaments, emeralds and diamonds. I JADY JOLLIFE.—Whit e Gothic moire train, lined whitewi glace and tri mme d w ith p o int lace and black and r ibbon; white crap e petticoat over glace, with flounce of unce of laoe , and tr imm ed with black and white ribbon. monds. teas, f e a thers and lace lappets; ornaments, dia- LADY GLADST O NE' •T l Black Gothic moire, lined with glace and tri mmed tulle lappets, jet ornaments * bt tebu tu es. l e le .; black tulle petticoats over glace, trimmed with i ribbon..' Head-dress, feathers and , ornamented ith of rich LADY CAMOYS.--Trai pettriLche and ribbon; corsage trimmed with blonde ; pink and white damask tique. ornamented with ribbaot of rich white moire an lappets and feathers; ornaments°4t Ilotsr. MRS. JOCELINE PERCY' n diem ridbbeorne.ere with blonde; maize train, lined with - glace and trimmed Gothic moire petticoat, trimmed with blonde and satin ornaments. Head dress, feathers and blond © lappets; HoN. MRS. HENRY BAILLIE. GraleonG train, lined with white glace and trimymedothwich moire lace; grey crape petticoat, over glace trimmedt point gauze ribbon and cerise and pink roses. Head-dress, feathers and lace lappets; ornament s , di amonds. HON. Mrs. NORTON.—Fawn silk train brocaded in colours, lined and turned hack, with dark blue glace, and trimmed with tulle and plaitings of satin ribbon; blue tulle petticoat over glace, with fall trimming of tulle, and tunic trimmed with plaitings of satin ribbon. Head-dress, feathers and lace lappets; sapphire orna,- meats. MRS. JOHN ABEL Smrrix.—Corn-flower blue reps with train, lined with glace, and trimmed with guipure lace of grey Gothic moire; petticoat trimmed with gui pure lace, and bouquets of corn flowers and paquerettes. Etead-dress, feathers and lace lappets; ornaments, dia monds. HON. FLORA MA.CDONALD.—Mantean of rich black gros d'Affrique; berthe of jet and lacc; petticoat of black glace, with three tulle skirts, trimmed with lace and ruches of satin ribbon; the tunic elegantly looped with bows of satin ribbon, and jet ornaments. Ulm BURDETT COUTTS.—Costume de tour, composed of a train of white and gold brocade, trimmed with gold and white ribbons and bouquets a variegated leaves and gold flowers • corsage to correspond, w i t h r i c h go ld l ace and stomacher of diamonds; skirts of green crape over green satin, trimmed with flounces and trimmings of gold, chatelaine and bouquet of variegated leaves and gold cowers, with agraffe of diamonds. Coiffure of os trich feathers, gold blonde lappets, and diamonds. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. A special meeting of this company was held at Shrews bury yesterday to sanction or otherwise a Bill for the amalgamation and consolidation of the Shrewsbury and . Birmingham and Chester and Shrewsbury and Great Western Railways, and on other matters; the Hon. R. 11. Clive in the chair. Mr. ROY read the heads of the Bill for the amalgama tion of the Shrewsbury with the Great Western and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the Bill be approved. Mr. Iliei, seconded the motion. Mr. NORRIS suggested that the directors be em powered to agree to any alterations which might be pro posed during the progress of the Bill through the House of Lords; and he moved an amendment to that effect. Mr. liziox seconded the amendment. Mr. GEACH, M.P., said the shareholders never had had fair play at the hands of the directors, who used the machinery under their control to serve their own ends. Nothing had over been done more calculated to &Image railway property than their conduct. He de nounced the competition with the London and North- Western Company as the most injurious course which the Shrewsbury Company could take. Is was not an unnatural apprehension for the proprietors to entertain, that when a settlement of the disputes between the great companies should take place the Shrewsbury Company migat be left unprotected; but he had made it his business to inquire into the matter, and was at liberty to state, that when such a settlement should take place the basis would be on the part of the London and North- Western to give the Shrewsbury proprietors the option of a 4 per cent. guarantee. Railway shareholders were unquestionably greatly indebted to Lord Wharncliffe for throwing a shield of protection over their pro perty; and be (Mr. Gen's) contended that the very best thing they could do that day would be to do nothing at all. Mr. Seen' then proceeded to condemn an amalgama. tion with the Great Western Company, and said there was no necessity for it at this time. He would not con sent to an amalgamation with any company which Would not give him four per cent. for his money. A long discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Knox, Boyle, and Cheshire took part, as to the merits and the demerits of the agreement with the North-Western Cote. pang; and ultimately a vote was taken upon the amend meat by a show of hands. The amendment wag carried by a great majority. • ansdcrUutrin. Reeor-ys, on Mr. HODosoN then demanded a poll. were shareholders , appointed An angry discussion followed, and ultimately Me the part o t n of th ; e p d a i r r t e o C f tO t r h s e , The state of the poll at its conclusion last • for tha amendment or amalgamation of .b night was, with the Great Western and Shrews') th is company Companies:—Persona Ipresent, 141. Shrews' and Chester proxies, 1,230; votes, 10,855; total I 'Cites, 1,33 k; amend ment, 12,194. Against the am votes for the votes, 747; proxies, 631; votes, persons, 36; against the amendment, 7,019. es, 6,272 ; total votes the amendment, 5,175. The , majority in favour of that 571 votes had been scrutineers also found above in favour of the received in addition. to the belonging to the companyamendment in respect of shares directors as trustees standing in the names of three little more than throe-fifths fo r the company. There was thus tion Bill; the amendmen t in favour of the Amalgama tion fear -fifth s not was therefore considered lost, i ng being obt a i ned. The other Bills requir compliance with same fate. N-- the Wh lieforder shared the arnc e STOCK : RA I r ____________________ —l4 vy AY SHARE MARKETS. ---v-cELANGE. LIVERPOOL, JUICE 3, The share market opened better thin 1 2 ) I n ling, but afterwards declined. and closed heavily. The uanui,t,ransuctions reported were—Blackburn (late 8., , C., " y• ), Preference 6 per cent., 21—Caledonian, Londonl9ll3 and North-Western, 122N3—st, Helen's (Railway and Cana.), Preference, guaranteed 5 per cent. and div., 171. MANCHESTER, JuNz S. Sroc K E mi. business to-day WAS very limit e d . T xcaaavaE.--....e he only transactions reported were—Eastern Counties, 9 1-16— Manchester Sheffield, aux! Lincolnshire, Preference, 131,4—Midland, 6a—South -Eastern and Dover, 20%—North Staffordshire, 6di s ,--West Riding, 4 % dis. e" occurred at the situated ANOTHER FATAL CO L ACCIDENT.—BR ISTOL ,—BR ISTOL , results, at Kings- JUNE 3.—Yesterday ano ther collier y acci dent, which we regret eolli e r y t oksnaoywnis t te h n e d s e d t a with ry ai f i at p al it, wood, about six miles distant from this city. This is the same pit where, it will be remembered, a dreadful accident, attended with a large sacrifice of human life, happened somewhere about nine months ago. From the inquiries we have made it appears that the present unhappy accident took place while one of " the carts," or buckets, in which the miners • are in the habit of being lowered down to and ascending from their work, was being " lifted." A man named Bryant was being raised up the shaft, when from so me neglect ow in g to th e' bonnet' or shield not having been fixed, as.is the rule when men are coming up or going down, after he had ascended only a few feet from the bottom of the shaft a large piece of stone fell from above, and in its descent struck him with great force, killing him on the spot. The" bonnet" is a circular umbrella-shaped shield made of iron, and, being placed over the heads of the men, is expressly designed to protect them from such casualties as this. Stones, earth, &c., are continually falling from the sides and framework of the pit, and the precaution of usin g the " bonnet" ought never to be neglected. The deceased was 54 years of age, and has left behind him a numerous f am ily; most of them, however, are grown up. Informa tion vi has been forwarded to the coroner of the low er di of the county of Gloucester, in whose district the pit division situ ated, and no doubt ho will institute a rigid inquiry into the matter. ACCIDENT TO COLONEL WOOD. ---O n M on d ay, at the inspection of Household Cavalry. which took place at Wormwood-scrubs, in presence .of Prince Albert and the Dukes cf Wellington and Cambridge, the horse of Colonel Thomas Wood, son of the ex-Member for Middlesex, reared and threw its rider, afterwards f a lli ng upon him. Colonel Wood was taken up insensible. When the accident became known to the distlng,uished personages on the field, the Duke immediately terminated th e inspection, and ordered the regi ments home. Prince Albert having more particularly in formed himself of the state of the sufferer, gave orders that his carriage might be placed at the disposal of the surgeon in attendants for the conveyance of the patient to his home, and himself r e t urned to town on horseback. Upon being placed in the ca rr i age, Colonel Wood recoarered his conscious nesz, arid complained of pains in his head. He is still sutler ing severely from the injury id not Bail received, but it is hoped his life Mrs. William Speke, on her marriage, by the Mar chioness of Ely. Miss Stapleton, by the Countess of Rodeo. Tho Hon. Miss Agnes Stonor, by her mother,-Lady Camoys. Miss Louisa Style, by Lady Morgan. Mrs. Edward Theckwell, on her marriage, by the Dow !Ter Lady Talbot de Malahide. Mrs. Thistlethweyte, by her mother, the Hon. Lady Pakenham. Miss Fraser Tytler, by the Duchess of - Atholl., Mrs. Patriek Fraser Tytler, by the Duchess of Atholl. Hen. Mrs. Vereker, by her mother, Viscountess Gage. Mrs. Charles Whatman née Baroness Harriet de Raigers fold, by Mrs. Whatman Lady William Wynne, on her marriage, by the Countess of Powis. Mrs. Hamilton Yemen, on her marriage, by Lady Sophia Towers. Miss Haworth, by Mrs. William Chicheley Plowden. Miss Emily O'Conor, by Mrs. Balkeley. The Field Officer in Waiting had an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to Bucking ham Palace after the Drawing-room.