The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

Admiral BERKELEY said he hoped the GlRant ufater would nut deity a statement , he made on his re- I Pensibility as an officer. He pledged character and tseutation to this—that when he was in office , w ithin 24 hours after they had been asked for, a fleet of steamers c ould have been manned and armed and made ready for tea; and would have been at sea, covering the Chan 110.81' He repeated that st atement, and asserted also that the present Admiralty had it likewise in their power, and could do it if they pleased. Nor did he take any !edit for the system. It had commenced under Sir R. Peel. Admiral BOWLES said he would not dispute the' " T ationt - Admiral's assertion; and as he tatted it, he Would take it to be se. Mr. WILLIAMS could not see whore the steamers W ere to be found. He saw only a small number in com mission. Sir F. BARING said this o nl y showed that the Hon. fa entleman was speaking upon a subject of which he e :ew nothing.—(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The ra. Member merely looked at the last edition of the "Y List i and not finding the s teamers in commission, Insceived t impo ss ible that tbey should be read y tit au : t tr'il notice. Bur. the statement of hi s Gallant Friend l es not that they were in commisioa, bat that in 24 'lours the vessels could be manned, armed, and matte ready for sea. In short, they were advanced" vessels. tr• WILLI .AS—Teat is an explanation. Sir F. BARING (tartly)—Weil, that is what you Want, isn't it?—(A Mr. WILLIAMS—Yes;, but the Gallant Admiral did tot give it. Sir F. BARING—WeII, if you want it, you've get it. aseughter.) The Hon. Member had got all h is in fcemation from the Navy List, and did not nethr- S tand how ships could be " advanced" and ready for sea Without being in actual commission.—(Hear.) With r egard to Keyham Dock, the delay in the c:tm p letion of the works had partly arisen tram the report of the Coal tittee of 1848. He wished to advert to a prevaleut laving that the security o f the country c onsisted in 'laving the fleet :Always in the Channel. There was bottling in the northern ports to crew` alarm; snit the probable rt suit of calling home till our large ships w.iuld , be, tbat France would follow fur example. We sheuld not add one jot to our security ey inoucieg Fiance to bring a large fleet of steamers epposite our sbor a. The present Government could feel no uneasiness with respect to the northern ports. With r. ttpt ct to the at tacks made on the late B 'aril of Admiralty out of doors, the time had gone by tor dealing with them; out of his rheesstes in the Admtralty. he would say that he eved them to be animated by the same earnestness : 1 , 1 . 1 3d a 'al f o r th e service to which they belonged me tee he ' ( lmer beard. During the time he had been in ffi .•e bed 4 ticeeed.d in reducing the e-tinves by one million 2 4 4* Illilf; but hewevt r much 'he . pr, bent hoard might to emulate his •coootey, i e he was not i "Y sanguine as t•I the crisecee of their t ff wing so large I reduction.,„esptain SCORELL, while he rej , ice d to find a naval 'peer at the head of the present Board of 1 "uld be still more gr,ttft. dto hod him unconn , d With ui Parliscnt and with p fares, ter, ad. , p tug a see tentewhich he iu xlst ace. he would inq len it b to distribute honours and prom , tie'. when- then , RI most interest rather than most metit.—(Hear.) te (la badhow the lisps of tnuers ceuld b . esteanarisen 'lnede *most efficient? New in 1795 we had 91 ad t'rals" 420 .captains, 197 commander., and 1,395 hete t:nut rand we bad 101 line - of - b et. le ships in come w ar At that date the list of officers, though small, composed of active and experienced men. C ould n Same thing be said of the present list of admirals? zany of them, from age and infirmity, would be unable 11 his decided to go afloat opinio, and n in that the order to list ensure shoo d' be sency, ti 4 it far ther reduced. It was proposed to ha ve 100 admirals rl the list. Fifty, he thought, w ould have been amply . .."▪ Ifficient, the more especially as wily twelve were at the pent moment, employed. Taking - the post - capt ains at , it would take 16 years to give each of them three , 4 2 14 at sea; while the lieutenants would be afloat three . ` 4lll out of nine. Of the 800 or 900 mates, r tidshipmen, aed cadets now in the na v y , be teu 300 and 400 were mates, and last y ear 1b001,,, 30 lieutenants were promoted , and 84 cadets rhitted to burden the list. But he was afraid 174 system of naval promotion would p revail until the , tit Y was emancipated from politica l shackles, and until p hief watched over its interests no t removable at l er); change of Government. Another q uestion affect e; the efficiency of the navy was the payment off of t r!Ps. At present they were gen er a ll y p aid off ever y , e ree or . four years, which was muc h ton fre q uent.— Wear.) He would also assimilate the term of enlist elkentin the navy to that of the a rm y , not taking a man R ho would not serve over' five years., and giving a bonus e ▪ s u those who enlisted for seven, ten, or fourteen years. ~.._"(Mar, hear.) Under the present sy s t em the first and road years were taken up in teaching th e men their B i o iti l / 4 and the third in making men of war of them. see that as soul as a ship became capable of a ction, " port admiral came on board, complimente d every th°!lY on his efficiency, and forthwith dismautled the , t l).—(Rear.) With regard to the nava l r eserve, be e not think it 'was sufficiently large. T here should It least 10,000 seamen (2,000 petty officers. and 8,000 04 e -bodied seamen), so that 7,000 or 8 , 000 effec t i v e men Could be bad when wanted. A good navy, in good n oticing order, was the best security against invasion; . 4:4 he ventured to say that if 24 steamers of various tnoutitieg 528 guns, and manned by 8,000 marines !d officers, were to sail about the Channel tor practice, FL: , :ellso as, cheek upon attack , there need be no 0 60 Of invasion an long as the naval forces of T nations remained at their present sands.rd. e Pc e enany of our vessels were no , / at foreign s a tions. 44 s e nid not speak of the Ilediterranean, but of North Cad South America an A d the West 'Ales; and he theught might be recalled from each if those atatioes with tJaneir o itig-. He had read in a nee/I),p r the other day of se Eaglish vessels hi ing at Itto Janeiro at one 14time • If we made our navy our bulwaik would be , a , `tctly impossible for an enemy to land on to our shot' , s; but eve re thing dep nded upon the auffi •iency of the Prim He was him•••I present a'. the lateen, of Str Moore'e troops, but that general was compelled to le ave his cannon behied him. He rem. tneeee e the tk it i reatened invasion of Eeglaod by t he fir s t N a p oleon. • iho we were to have an invader' by Napols on second, it would be found a mun't mor., dl meult matter for the E -gland mitt ti b 9 ,Ullterab'e to attack now .as formsrly W e e new l. e russessed a steam navy, and whereas formerly tte men '''igitt have been, lauded on our shores in a calm , it „, °it'd now be ncces-ary to land them in boats; slid he te ntured to say they would all be as sick as dogs before te ZwY effected their purpose . — ( Laugh t er .) le. this .uu -y possessed a sufficient teree tine enemy eiust be cur, to i n 'ces either in wining across or in landing. Whid, mainly wanted was a larger amount of able•bodied s eamen on ships afloat. Coosiderit,g, also, the rapidity `'with which intellegeoce was conveyed, and the a i d a t e eke by the electric telegraph, it was advisabl e to England the head-quarters of her navy Revert inge_ to the question of inva-ion. he could not f o r get th a t neat alarm had been expressed by soldiers. From the . il lustrious Duke, the commaedereit chief, downward, to S ir Francis Head and the Swiss colonel, it should be re _lnerobered that fears of invasion had emanated from the professioe; and for this reason, that, keep Marine officers on board as long as you please, and they - cheered never learn to steer a boat. Our colonies were tehdered secure from attack, but our own coasts were neglected in this respect. ee , ll - 4 - CORRY said, when t h e R i g ht Hon. Baronet vale F. Baring) claimed, credit for having effected a red uct i on o f a million and a half in the e stimates durin g :tenure of office, he should have remembered that Government of Sir B. Peel, b etween 1841 and 1846. he e d e. 4"4 to be built no fewer than 72 steamers, of ebbstemeteeese power and 74,000 tons; and, before their t r a e n ti t te w m o e r n k t ei r n°Zaufficice, had entered upon some impor tant Sir R. g ment of h oeleyeres. He thought the Govern r efficient ite .:44e i e y n better employed in pro than in making experi- Merits. We now possessed a steam navy more powerful • t4an that of France; h h 'Mailer steam navy of thmt eogntr e admitted that the mor e available for an attack th our larger ^ e uy was t for defence ow ing to the Partial absorption of the lat t e r by o ar colonies. But i t 'gas of the first importance-that w e eh,di "neSta' m France jto an our reserve force . pr a_ t b e in rea e bad the advan • ta gs d es i n t his respect, in conseq uenee or the system adder which enlistment for the Davy Was `shied oie rn th at elpuat every Man 'took - Elsq; . but 'on an his a tur ' i t° seven:and ' served a ceitsin Reriod, be le e ft a . i t i e t e d cut, std Ll34ergaJacy Wee men mighthe be .l"ved than; ie the maritime districts of France there were At least 23,000 seamen avai lable for such a cri,is. Of ! h ° 5,300 marines propos ed .in the estimates he under_ 'iced on inquiry t hat only 3 000 would be available for e rcibatkation, and be suggested, therelore. that ibis nune. should be increased b',. 3,000 men. This augmented forme would cost 100,0001. a year. He also recom mended to the adoption of the Government the scheme .°f 81 r Thomas Ha.ttags fur organizing a o• , "` • Captain.tu BOLDER° regrew d rtbac the resehiti . en o f e - ms . qualm' Of Cointnene,sdeclarine that bet' er earen au t - , (4 othodation should be aff ceded to assistenvs.urgeolea on : !:lard ship had not been more faitisfulty acted on. Ade anitting that'tha position of those gentlemen was im- Priived in fhiarespect, he still must coutend med ic be present regulations were an insult to the d Profeesion. Nei - young man, whatever might be his •' h " was entitled to cabin accommodation unt i l teed undergone a probationary service of tenee t' •"'ts. ancVidurii , g. `this period ,he bail to associate With young boys in the citk•pit. He knew that in e ttl , e acy instances the cap t ion s of shi p s beet refused aurgents the accommodation which they might i t "%ally have afforded them. He trusted that that subject w ould undi4go the favourable con sideration of the new •„ - 4 1.9ard of Admiralty. It shetild be remembered that the Bargoons of the navy often rendered the must valuable '. l kPrvices. At; the rce nt desperate action at Lagos, it IPPeared,from the report of the commanding officer tht t ,:_batbinre could exceed the devotten of toe officers ef i "la medical staff--than whenever a Beeman was struck, ua medical man was immediately at his side—and that •'; 111 . a medical Offl , Trs set their own lives at nou g ht when lecehopered with the safety of their brave companions in 1 , 1 " 'lt, this country was threatened with a n invasion , 1 : 1228 . "re could be i.o &tint that we thoulti mainly rely for ,• f,ty on our , naval force; and the more effisient we 'ts 'TA that force, the more certainly should we promote ° he own highest national interests. We enjoyed the , 4vainta t ee of possessing a vast steam mercantile marine e:;;;ehlie far greater than that of France, because where t • oe could send out one ship we caul : ] send out ten. He believed that if a war broke out, and if letters of marque /P ere given to some of our fine mercantile steamers, any entry with which we might be engaged in hostilities 'old not have a trading vessel on the ocean. Captain HARRIS said he wished to address a few b w ords to the Committee on the subject of manning the sal Navy. He was glad to find that the country and •= 0 and the Board of Admiralty seemed at length Me' the VW ktmextactee Omit litteetiVh. SUN, 6 petition between -the - Atnexican and the'. Aterdeen build rs, in the huildin4 - of quick sailers, and the Aber deen versols 114.(1 beaten the American in the v , .y :gcs from Chilia a ndl4;.;v: -, S 7 .)iith. Wales. Tne G-gAllßY..observ.:fd that . Hon. Gen tlemen opposite tniget, learn from What had been stated, that we must not unde rrate the genius a foroign nations, and ifwe ware to compete with them, our builders and owners • nitist not be overweighted, in the race we bad .to /up. Ciptqin HARRIS complained of undue retrenchment under the head of gto - tos.' Sir F. T. 13.A.11IlicT. said, before the estimates had been laid on the table they were carefully gone through by him, and at their eloie he had been assured by Mr. ; Pandas. the Storelseepev-General,.that the stores were in a most efAbient state.. Tree vots was then agreed to, as were also the fol lowing : • " 265 1401. for new work', improvements, and repairs in &c. 23 000/., medicines and medical stores. 50;8502,, tni3cellantariq serviesi. 707,5201., halt ;pay officers of the, navy and marines. Oa the vote 490 533/. 'military pensions and allowances, Captain SCOBELL: complained of the inthiense num ber of halt-pay '4.,fficcr3 on the retired list, which, not wit.hcanding the redtietioas made by the late Govern ment, wrn‘ nearly as crowded as alter the war in 1815. He thought tho vote should not piss without some reference to Om late action at Laps, one. of the most gallsot and blopdy eetions evf-r taught by.boats.and weamers, end in which, out of 400 officers and al= en gaged, 100 were, lithe and wounded. This vote was agreed 0, as also were:- 156 5621, civil pensions sud allowances. 127,6001., conveyance of troops. ,c)o use vote of 870,1584, for the Post-offie© packet set'vlee. Mr. H. HERBERT complained of the decreased speed of the rackets natwean 1141yhead and liim4stoein. They lust half an hour ,on the speed attain , d by the Holyhead aod Cnestei. Icailway boats. Tne sum allbwed for tha service was totally inadequate, and it othc lit to be put up to eampetition. Mr. ti. COCHRANE Ca ! mplained that though there was a large sum fdi the packet cummunicatton with Nvw Ywk, time was nothing allowed for steam ooMmunicaiion between Canada and Newfound - - l a nd. noseng, re were carried within sixty miles of St.• John's,. and were then brought on 600 mils further' to El.lifax, whence they must make their way beck to St. ,JAn's as they best could. It a giant ut 5.0001 a year were made by the home Govern mai - , the test 'you'd bc m ide up by the colonial legis I.turo, so as LO,have a direct communication with St. Joh Mr. STAFFORD said that, the Admiralty was sub oidinufe to th- Tuft (:,ifitua its the matter, and it was %lib the latter thiit the'sr4tter rested. Mr. ANDERSON .o.,rnplaineti of the inefficient arravgrototwith•the Orkoe)s Eye hoped vet hment would d t si)dr,tning of an tfficient character, as hre had been, pressing shorsubket un them fur some tltne. . Mr CLEMENTS ()rev/ the a tendon of the Govern rnetti-ti. toe in , tfieient, character of the service between LI ,I ) head and K tigatosvn. Alderman THON11 ) : , ON considered that Government had m-t the obj-e,ions very fairly: Toe reason why the contract I liad not been, properly carried out was in a gredt measure the fault of ihe Admiralty, who ought to ento`reti the duo, observance of the conditions of the .ntracr. • , . Mr. STAFFORD said, Government would look into the situation ut atr-trs; in order to remedy what might be dwectlve, Mr. H. HERBERT said the fault partly rested with the Hol)head Company; for they were accustomed to c msider that they fultilled 'their contract to go at a slued of twelve knots an hour, if one vessa went ten kuots and suu,her fourteen knots en hour.—(Laughter.) ['he real fault, however, lay with the Post Odic°, which was too niggardly in the terms it entered into with companies Mr.'COWPER said ' that when the contract was in the bends of officers in her Majesty's service the mails were carried at a greater spa. d. -If; the Admiralty wenle insist on .the beats,going• at an average speed of 12 knots per hour each the great complaint at present against the service would be, remedied, without the ne cessity of spetedieg any large sum of public money. Mr. HAMILTON. assured Hon. Members • that the question should he looked into. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL complained of the irregula rity of the night mail to Duhliu. He hopei thle grie vance would be looked to when the contract expired. Mr. SCULLY Loped small vessels would not be re quired to put on too march steam, as some of the vessels were too slight to bear lunch pressure. After a few words from Mr. GRANVILLE BER KELEY, • ' • • Mr. PETO said, as chairman of the Chester and Ho lyhead Railway, he must be permiited to say--a few words. If Government would meet the question fairly, there was no reason why .letters should not be delivered at eleven o'clock. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress and ob tain• d leave to sit again. Tne Indemnity Bill then pressed through Committee. SUITORS IN CHANCERY. Oa the won; for goiug into Committee on this Bill, Sir P. WOOD presented a petition from London rela tive to reforms in the Court of Chancery and the abslition of fees. He should be glad to be indulged with a few minutes whilehe corrected some singular misstatements ereets had losen made site. reference :o the intentions of the bee Gsvernment with reap; ct to this subjeca The Lord Chancellor said that he would not 'eke credit fer aey me.sure fund,-d on the recornmenderiOn of the Coesteissiolers, aid ih the course of his stweinent he furrhes said, that he' had not found the Bill so advanced as be expected, and had only found ea:Wu - clauses pro P •-- eed wi , h refetet.ce to the abolition of the (ousters' , fie e s, So Aar he -had no reason to cern plain of the But et statement had been made in that 'louse which wi tit beytnoi the statetn, id of the Noble L ,ref. It had b..eri said that when the present Govern ...et came intaeffise 'no trace of a Bill had been found for io'Prn y i h i; the Court of Chancery. That was not a correct s toteafelit of the 'facts. The xsct stsMment was ads. He had eh eady neide•the'attitt mew, and he would repeat it. Tee repert, of she - Chancery Comustastoners was not la;d heforts the G v.-recover sill the ' 27th January. leo arieeit met nu the 2d of February, :so that only a period of b .` u i five A ihier vent d. But auxious that curried into etT , et this ea s i„e, tie h a d received a copy the reena""ll(ilt'" d 6 aj o- a f e C t ° h ffi e ra fi i r s :t i. mentioneder ot the - repots seven s should be Havitee been, thereto: 4 e in 'Possession of the substanc- of the report twelves . days hefere the meeting of Paella date. merit, tbp late Lord 1 / 4 Chateellor gave ;dructiens to the ectet!rity of the Corninission to prepare ia' Bill to carry the reconsmendattous into effect. That directions having been given, the Speech, from. the Throne an nounced that a Bill - had been directed to be prepared. He was ans.tousete mete. this, ,;as most strange rumours had gone abroad, to the effect that the Speech from the Threne had stated that e Bill had been directed to be prepared, when not a trace of it could be found. L was not ceerecto erey thet•nq trace of it . was to be found. The secretary had beim instructed to prepare a Bill. While it was in 'the course of preparation it occurred to the Lord Chancellor that it might be made better if the Commissioners themselves were to prepare it. He 'M oot. present at the Cornniistion when the question was considered; but;aheeecarne to a resolution that it was not their dutyto prepare a Bill. In consecerenee of that and of the 'answers given by the Mastet'of the Rolls and the Vice-CheneAlor that they would ivilliugly give their advieo in preparing a Bill, the Lord Chancellor renewed hi directions to-the secretary (Mr. Barber) to proceed with it. It was proteeded with, and the most material clauses were 540:Cited., The keystone of the Bill was the abelitiori of ithe master's c fEces, and the secretary prepared the heads 'ofclauses for ; that purpose. It was not, therefore, cor‘m& to say that no trace of the Bill was left when the ' late Government resigned office. He cared little who carried the Bill; bat it ought to be reesill.4eted diet the Cineais , ion was appOinted by - the late Govern meet, and that-she intention of 'reforming the Court of Chancery originated with the Iwo Government. The Hon. and Learned Member for Newark had proposed to add two oibeegentlemen to the Commission; ,whom he desigeated as " men of bOsiness." ~ A s soon as 'he une ders;ood what was meant'he agr-ed to the appointment 4f the PreSident,of the Board of; Trade and the Right Hon. Bardnet the Menihrir for Ripen to be members of the Commisaion. The report made keteived the;'aperoba• tim of the profes§ion wed of the three Noble Lords who' had filled the office of Lord Chancellor, and he, had never any doubt of the Bill beteg carried into effect.. All he . wished the llouseloundersteriti was that - the late Lord Chenceltor bad given iinstrucions to prepare. the Bill. He felt that he-bad - some reason to complain of the almost peisonal imputations made when it was stated that no trace was to he found of the Bill mentioned in her Majesty's ,Speech: If the -Government had re- msioud in office the Bill weal f he -ant the table;(but, anxious as he was fear Chancery reform, he-did not think the q *esker of icapertacce enough to delay 'e dis. soestion. de boned.' it would be laid on the table, so chat the MIL -!arliemetit might be able t_!_olis i cki i se it. tr rb, re was only.tin e ther part - ot the L d t 'es i :e d s i be wished to notice. The Noble an sere. It might be CoreV 'L)l::rru7d"L"4:rd e tied rug:44. :ti te e d u t t h f a o t r athbelliViicteg-Cweistientleloerse nee' performed by the their clot kw could do the delve to have' rooms in which' some alevree eves on; e er'-`he' wriuVl 'fere . .! aidasith.;:bliat:is of this Rens . tended to delay. the stv . utly:re.potttd; be pared. If, Noble Lord was bP d iresble•for the had besiii made to state.that it wee ei . ot es change nutil a istuldergwas pre , shout ern ! . reerchate s : r,r "engineers—hut that they be, either. selves de the work. The efft; ot of that would gas - to hitve the power of reference to accoundianhts— " d vrnid i f er aril increased steff of 'edges, 1 slin g them with business. He trchted it would fall to aim lot of the present tiOvernMent to have the subject, o the t dr ; h i l n Y•tur i : n fir.i. t at ti F , l e Li'lin m Bl47 a : t : t At e ribt r ßi s :rdn o trf the of n h l:i e ke h °xl d 'Yo c d 4: 4 rn'l6idii ml 4 tailed.doubt tn l ° l et e dt3h t G h ne r eo r e u nvc g ete h lrue t i : h,wevor . , - t!h tt i t was .apti-rel'it, even from the I iplsies tlai.rren o p, given,; In t h e a ti t t it i h e a e d -e nboetcll refer enceprbe,apnarn.ednisiasyiakßeiheowdi,hrhatthe 'their .suticeisors could scarcely wh i. h t a im an e tut to ry p a r , e iti par teh : 2 g i re v at r tati take up.t Chanceryir was s f orm measure between; the 27 1 -th February, aid, accordingly, no measure was prepared. Before the report had been made,. according to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman; a sketch bad been - framed by the Secretary 'to the Commisei• n; but those w h o we 4 to look •fer'the grlest measure of the Governnient wr old find only this sketch, which lay in Mr. Barber's chaos: hers, or those of the • Solicitor-General. His (Me. Stuater) Hen. and Learned Friend had eat the quesiien; therefor:', at rest, that the Government had no measure prepared, but merely , one shadowed cut to slier the whole practice of the Court of Chancery. He (Mr, Stuart) tell', callitl.du, tiled to correct I Uggappr,benliql (in his lion. and Learned Friend's history of the Chancery eßeforte ,Crcaraiesion. Ho had said that the Master of the Rolla ,propeied ehat.Commission, in . cehaequenceef I the successof his Measure for the reform of the4rish Court - of Chancery; but the • feet, was, that `fully pipe menthe. previously, • he (de. Stuart) had. on flietelsth:'el April, 1 . 850, "given notice of a motion for a sieelheiCtialmiselote; which belled only not pregteettbe cause he Was-entreated not. to do so by Lord Chan cellor Cottenhena and the Master of the Rellse-fh 6 foniler stating to him that he had orders which would have the rffect intended to be produced by his (Mr. Stuart'a) motion; These orders .were-issued,- and the proof of their failure was the issue of a Cemenission of inquiry at the end of 1,850. It was a, part of his,,(Mr. Stueres) original motion to place two laymen on that commission —such 'as Sir J. Graham and Mr. Henley -f-in whom the public WoUld'hive - confidente. • Mr. F. MAULE' Could not congratellatee the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen tin the fairness of bis• reply to his lien. and Learned Friend. The obj,et. of his Hoe. and Learned Friend was to explain away the statement made,. doubt, in error, Chet t h e l ate GovernMent had left no traces'of a Bill for reform in Chancery. • The worde in the Qtevh'S Speech were, not that Bills should be lei , ten • the hle ur the' House; but that*Bdls should' h. teeptepared, and he (gr. F. Mettle) put it toany,oenclid ,whether .incesure which h ee l b een go e over by the Solicitor-General, revised by the then Lord Chan eed htirded over to the new Lord Chancellorita, that sitiare , ? wee not a Bill in state Of - preparation Y claimed only for' die Governinent that word.; had not been inserted in the Speech from . the Throne to which uu aleetine hied been paid in the course of the session. Mr. HENLEY would not have talten part in the dis-, cuss.ote if .he lion, and Learned Gentleinaa had confined himielf to exp!aining the misehretteesion which he' gated to exist; but he had not confined himself to that.• de had, on the c mtrary, taken—indeett made—en op-. portunity t.o cast doubts up •n what was intended to be done by rho. present Lord Chanceller. Such a course •., was ahogether foreign to the q uest io n o f e xplanation. No one distrusted or doubted thd sinaeFi'ty of the late Government to - eitirar asst their - measure; indeed, there was-no, reasonetney should not do so, as it ,wasAbeir ewoeommissioe. • But the, lionse. would ,recollect the ;l remarkable words on' the subj.mt ia,the Speech ,from the ,Teroriee Those, moreover, were immediately fete lowed:l4.l)y a notice given by the Prime. Minister to letrednce a haeitsere within ten cheyefrdm - the opening of theitteion—a, notice which stirprised every' one, and no . person more, periips, than the dots. and Learned Gen bimeelf. Tee Hon. end Learned Gentlemata, no ..lohht,steted correctly the iestructions given by, the - .late Lord Chancellor., and also whet bad been the comeitinica nen ins& to the ClieuceriCommissioe; but le could as-certitinly say, that up to the, period ef that coria fieuetestietteicithleg had been done towards the prepare thee of -a measure by the commission. Ilia Honourable end Lparned,Frien&h4d correctly stated what had oc ourred in ibe commission; but here a mystification agate took place. in the Souse of Lords lend Truro, in an isWer to questions r put to him on the' mdas,importaut p. , iote-of she meastiee,.taid he 'should consider thew--= implying that he. hed not made up, his mind on these points. So stood the CA,P; Si far as the public were aware, until the change in the . tirovfTemen.t. Hew far the pre p-rations for the measure might have been carried, be (Mr. Henley) of course knee , not; bat the Lord Chan cellor had slid that he found the heads, acid be (Mr. Ileteley):did not thiek. the pa:Ocular expressions alluded co were word] the discussion. He had: never, ps be said, distrusted theinteiatiens-of the late Government on the subyee l , f this 'meieeireebut he greatly regretted the course the 'lleiiaohriable: lied LA.arried Gentleman had crakes to retrieve thenaisapprehenSibti - of !itch he com plained. • The House:them want into Committee. Mr. ; W ALPOLE begged to .inform the Honourable and Learned Geotletnan opposite (Sir W. P. .Wood) t h a t the atenedreentanterred to by him might be inserted in the Bill pro forma, and discussed on Friday next. • - Sir W. P. WOOD said .he was aware cdthenature of the amendments, and Weieready to lie' ihto Committee; but as other Hon:-Gentlemen might Wish*to see them, he would accept the suggestion of the Right Hon. the Home •SecreMery. - x ' . . put the . question, that • the a‘lll T e rte tithu C e t i i n ti s l l l 3 - t 6 M ,. d to. Thellouse then testimelle • COPYRIGHT ANIENDUENT BILL. On . the motion that the House resolve itself into Corm inititteonehts Bill, • i n it s te t d h , e was agree whe,Wetild pursue the ne gotiations :the ,Bill would be pa L ss e e r d d iu lll to A a fi l O aw N_ t h h o o pe G d ov t set 01;foot by the l ite Goveretheteeepertiett ehrintraent larlyeas regarded Belgium and the United States. He wished to knovi if her .tet*jeaty's Mluteter a woiild'puraue those negotietiOnST • Mr. HENLEY ,Wasiot able at present pitiform the Noble Lord on -• • The Housee then went into Committee. Mr. BELL hoped the negotiations vv ou ld also be ex tended to Germanyees ma ny ,wor4of that country were at present pirated.--(Baer.) ,The Bidl then passed through„Committee, and the House resumed. .• S 1 21 .-A - 1., BAN'S ,DISFRA NCHISE &I ENT BILL. On'the citoirion"theethe Speaker do leave the chair, STUART .hoped the' Government would take some immcdtiv.e'steps - to fill up the four seats vacated by Fro diSfreachisenieet.of Sudbury, as else, he might say, of Si., Alban's.... Mr. WA Le oLE said the Bill - to be brought in was simplysimply•onef.r Lite .aisfraechiseinent of St. Albered- Pro-' visions fur.fikiiug. up the lour seats referred to by the •Hore sad Learne , d Gentleman would be contained in another Bill speciaily referring to the subject. .Her Mej-:sta's Government would bo prepared to fill the eisieeucies , immedietely, ihorder that the next Pat-fitment ietiterheet - wida the tut( complement of Members. Mr. BELL hoped the House would in -justice Safford him an'ofportunity, of explaining some matters in con nexien Wath that btirough. However, as the hour was nee aidvaecel (half-pla . A twelve o'clock), he hoped' her Tehtsty's'2llltuteeea - weeed c e m e nt . , t h - eies:pone • the question at. 1.4',0a net :he be'447, , ;d to in;)ve 'ilist` tt ur P. , d , PoaiOe Eioliit was hisYcliteruatuatioiete divide the House on the.questiou.. „ The House then Arent into flmm" ittee upon this Bill. oft te'au. berolugh' of iSt. Aloen's •who Oa the liteind ouly.ceause being proposed,. •Mte . BELL presented a 'petiti on W o w s everal , eleolers 'tuid tikhesflght cPgre pa r• e thdcorruptien e par -wale 1 ? • `4istate,teiagtethist' theee, hereeeh, ' t ;ee eeie e ssPd a that tyy`e..ireleg PEirties WoOld:bupijuhfle;!.• They pray ea to by beard hy.e~t~t el at .tie b a r et the Retain ag e m i nst i thise Bill. Ttie Hon. 6,.ra1; aul4 111,4 t his denied thet 'they intended to .pueish the uff,nce of bribery- and corruption throughout :the Country: 'heWouldto steed, ohe--.-,(Latighter.) W e i ii e e t itiotedeetie . that the Biaggi aiid,Ectwardael Tl'reettuni throuelieittbe king- dame. weilubt be mole briber cle.une. -and did .netee.onfinietheir.exertione ti4te Albans? " ...I.(Llear,. hear.) Ha bhlieved eihat tit , nett..etee7 tiscol theeitad aver been •itivi‘ e,l-before, The Noble Lord 'the .lieed of -ti e 'tkovereinent .wag •the drat wfus etiticked qeborotigh of A!ben's,.'itiod vitae 'Sohn fellewed . by by : Se;eerati3Olta'e, great el id e the' late Gehireinerit etrePoir e eted by' 4,,,;4,!,": 6 46 g i"P0". 31 ti 6 n —(Gaugl ter —ineylf4t 'a vfoO t ii l a te lie filled pp by the Rivt goo. clpietlenneu.opp os i t o p, was there and corruption -prate. • fore hunted down by.. the i present \Government eatne in for the Brash.--(Loud laughter.) kind was first. to be . got rid of, and heii every of corrupt practice would be resorted to at. the-coming election before Atlystuemuie. was enacted hieuted under a • great 'disadvantage ie.brioglng to; abolish an offence t hat.was spreed 4 over the country. -401nr. Geverement; !but the 'On,theeeve of approaching • e l ec tion he ; Loewe he la his eetteritimeeit; teem the apprehension which Hon. Meteb4,s'loght labepr tieder as to being charged with ~tteOrigingbliber)7.ned dorruptiOn it ,t,bey forward were found sippertil% OD, fe-t tie Was made tout of ,by the fermer_ tieeernue nt NEII aas th e present; . but he o 'be made f ttiol O by. stay, one.--a au ghter.) wn spilt% the . kionsc h 1"% ho h a d ev..ry otjection to R. amend ment wseyeimply to add the nemee ot other boroughs to the :clause' • . • ;Mr, . 1 2trALPOLEIsaid that in c h . an iiiiiendrsent -would I bif antof eiNr;• . iiitteciattch as it. `tltle`'of the Bi s , itEBELLsUId vv.s..ceettety' the lL • e . o6itie'he amid take was tar move that the Bill be - read ;that day vi*hi, with a view of having it .ran o delidd ittehe way herstagite 'I • . . Mr. BEitN4 te , laid that f ,. 'intO•a da amendment was re e gtll " • • • i , LlF, l l3 . E;,,,Lpontletted i to urge th e ii3justice . f making the ; huriehgte 6 . t e11-lbaa'o pupieihablefor an ' art it known to !lave - e'ol •, "coininitted in' many ; e hnr..-PorfAiglas tkiraughei; , ,He would•oppote the Bill in every:Stag " MI.. He HERI3Ear, suggested:ll4tLii, w.as Dot quite fair tOl proceed with this roeisure at:such au:advanced ' bo r er of, the efeninge: in the 0 - 4011 , 06 '•fillan , Hon. - . and Learned :Nleinber' - who bad,given boticeof an important 'Monad on the Mr. W A Lro LE sa'd that the notice given wiilif"the flop. and Learned Member foriSheffitild, who:-said that . oa thelseriond reading of the Bat het. would. move that Ceppecle'be . oilled to the'har of the House laud.= ex- Member; noti having ifinined. • line Hefei and' Learned l ite it r ee dea.ee, lee iriteteitni upon - that, tt Wag tu athge - ot' the dee- `414. not. OilkliOhat-iti(i' pov e hlinein ep unit at Elora. and rePartl'ed Cientlern an ns'presunt. tOdelay the .further, stages of the mei -474 Airie BaClClirelaO4 SAid;lte beTisiee4 ee e prao• tit tittr LAlrtiole cheat a- -Party be .exgriined at the bar of Hotteeentatil ~ t ifter the B mnd:inning, .„ . The Rill' was:then passed through Committee . , .and the House reisteneth •: • , • • . Mee'DEEPES obtained leave Veining in - a iolicite and eplarenlarge'the Acti relating to ti - ie ßi! a ! p t p o o co ia n t.. - 6.; n i 6 1 4 pay of parish cenetSbkc3. • lattA i tyi,il , l7 'The ca,ilsicgApit pf,the 4- I ;CHECIIJER ',hen to e ietroduee to e, Acts re, Isting' to 3 "a" a measure whieh it preparedw as the'repttyment •offsidvrinces mtidete,distrieta in 'rolled; - I The.:B4l , was a short one, and wa i l neeesattry ps,e was aware that magi Hon. Item Ireland were anxious to die by late Gover tv e i to th t. im i t t delay,„ conue“d pi it`' was with Irish l iCuUities; but he eluld assure them ,that hawetild § e iee'ileto..4tford theaa ciassigniipol the r g; uat.,tr l , ; wati 'highly ire portent f e the public service thetehe reeelerre on 04)), 17"dcd with, as there were upwards of 75000/J:eked up f r' r e ale - ' - p liberate. Ele feel, obliged b would 3r. Bill. ILailoareel t;er Of Ireland which; the. Bill pr , e , s o loviva hien et „ nee t o introoucethe .Sir le O'BRIEN maid that, the measure was onenithe as affecting his consiitu en t s . . BLL was quite aware of the importance for its discusSior. d e e f eM t r lE ' ni Mieu'AaPY.Uig6nee n9rre',4 and hoped an early day - would 'be fixed Sir W, BARRON said, the distresses 'of the people had been :., erieesfyagge aSeiterl b y the ,Oo n tle c t of that liontiei;*d thai tiotea quintupled--a4ricult3iiel :140446 Waiiidtieed et !®fist line-,third of its vsli t v slice . TILE _ believed that we could no longer rely - for the manning of our navy on the systera of iinpeeelm nt. Any attempt to enforce that system !would most prelatie ly lead to a conflet with the civil power, and in the present state of puelic opinion, such a corifiict could not be carried on successfully by those who might have recourse to iutpressm-ne lie trusted that bernre the year should have expired, or even before the clo'e of the session, some plan would be introcineed by the 'Beard of Admiralty, or their representatives, for manning the navy in the event of a war, and even for effectually mantling it to tone of pre:et', for tHey Should lekin with nw, tilPflillre for that lettee purpose. • There was great diffiealty e't. Present in in Inning our ships, and in conse quence of that difficulty, there were ship, in etemuni<eion which were to cineirine for 'two months unable to. leave our shores. Tat French had greet facilities for Enaunieg theuevesselsebecause they had all their men in' hand, tied they wont(' by that means have a gretteadvan tap:o tit the outbreak ttiz war. It appeared to him tbat any plait irnprtiving Our o wn mode of proceed i ng in, that respeceeueht t odginatc wi:h the - B )..,rd of Ad ratraPy. Bu he should express his belief that in time of peac:-i the plan to which one ought to resort was that of continuous service such as that which prevailed in the army. He did hot thinlx, !weever. that that plan need at once he made flpplicable to the whole of our naval force. flo would tulgest that there should be three periods °r bersk:e far Bt-vela years, one for eleven Years, Ttict one for fifteen Yrars. He would, as a general rune allow th men to retire after a certain amount of service; but be would not give them an absolute right to a discharge; so• that they' might be coin eellycl to con tinue in their ships for any ta , ?riod which the s afety of the country mieht ri quire. In title of war he thought that we ought to sewed ate a bullet for the system of impressment. If the ballot were ed. pied fir the militia, he did not bee why it should not also be altpted fir the navy in time of war, when Every'man eti,bt to be con side; ed bound to (foetid his c-utirry. lie belies. d that the system of shipping offices would eff ,rd great f•toilie ries ter the eppliexioh of the ballot in the manning of the Royal navy. He feared that tf a war were to break on', and it an attempt wr re ,eade to enrolee the system of imptessereeit, Lastly of our seem-ri in the teetestitil“ service would teat , . this .0 :try and pawl te America. Sir F 13.1 RING said he wished to say a few words on the rwitelieg o' the Rtey t,l Navy. which was one of the in it ditfiLiult and important :eel cts teey could have te consider in • niteaveurieg to provide for the efficiency of our naval fore.. They might have ships in abutei• anon; mid yet it they wait ed man the country would Or be -.le. The lee B aid of Admiralty had, after much deliberation, devised a plan which they thought would. to a certain t xtent, meet the ditti,:ulty, and which would at any rate roe as an rxperiment. He could tea hinciselt feel very saugoine as I. t the t fficiency I f that plan until it, sh,uld haye• t;e,ll fairly tested. H. had hard i stated 'tat it was d‘fli,ult to unders'aud the wearer.; hut. hi , 0..1M pay th.t the pr. bt Bard of Aduait au) ought either to coke i up fairly or to anoidou it alroioe hr . 'friere w..s ci.ncetvattes sett. we wo h respect to which differences it (Tinto. , .would not to evail am ,n; naval t fficers; and. any scheme. wbich was not kri eye to have tee hu,,port tit la Ii I. n cal pe lees at th.< Adtnita ty could not succeed I, was tnohtittip,trtant that the first step in any plan should be taken aflici ently if it were to be oaken at all; and he rivers ed that he hoped the new Board of Anmeal y would either abenden tee scheme of the naval reserve, or would seri ou,ly endeavour to carry it into successful operation ? There was another point upon which he wished to offer a few words of explanation. Formerly if, at the out break of a war, a b way had b. en given for the entry of any one seaman, a winder hounty should be given to every man in the service; aed that had been toned to be a very onerous mid inconvenient arrangement. It was at present proposed, therefore, that, without affecting the rights of existing seamen, those who might enter the service for the future should not have the power of claiming the bounty in question. With resp ct to the system of impressmont• he should state that they ought to make that system the exception, and not the rule ; and in that case he believed that the best plan to which they could resort would be the adoption of the ballot. He thought they would have to c ma to that. He was aware, however, that that subject was one ot great daculty; and if he had remained in office, he had iatendei to have given his best consideration to the matter. Mr. A. S rAFFORD said he could undertake to say that the new Board of Admiralty would give to the sug gestions of the Right Han. Baronet (Sir F. Baring) the attention which they deserved from their importance and from the kind manner in which they bad been offered. With respect to the naval reserve, be had to state that the present Board of Admiralty accepted the principles o fthat i) i t a o n carrya as i a really fairly yv y elueble one, and that the y were disposed into operation. But they did not regard the scheme as one peculiarly adapted, to a sudden crisis, if such s crisis should arise. He believed that the 'gooe lffocis of it would not he perceptible all at once. It was supposed that it would ensure for her Ma jest's; service a better character among merchant sea men than that which that service had hitherto enjoyed. At present the greater portion of those who le3 the royal navy for the merchant service were persons of bad character, who represented her Majestj'a service in worse colours than it deserved; snd it was hoped that under the system of the naval reserve, men of good character would leave the R yal navy and Rpeak fa vourably of it to the companions among whom they would afterwards mix. We had at present in the mer chant seam , n's service about. 230 000 men, lesides about 50 000 wan who disappeared in (invent parts of the wort,', and were not ..een again until after the lapse of , hree or four years —(+lear, hear.) If the plan hhould succe-d, it must still be obvious that so small a body stnong so large a mass thui• %yolk but slowly. Tne cri a. limn with re gard to naval surge ens was at this momen t t re copying the attention of the A,tuliralty. who were no unmindful ( Attie necessity wipe!: existed for carrying out theeirder of the teals,. upon the euhjeci. They hit that that order , ughe to b • curried nut; but at the home time ow. ..Gran (itsw ettoo shoild be left to the office iii Coal maw+, au t allowance ins 'a tor the r,m acct of eccezetnu ou beard snip. I+, was impossible to aeply slim eb-tract rule iii this ea-e, " All h. could say wa-, there fire, ti , at the animus of the board was to treat' the sur en- of the has) as g , met), and to give them ev y tecility tor pros , :culing th , •ir studies on board that ter irraegento ros ot the ship would adeeit ee—(etee.e) 1 5 ECE1ELL hoped rho Admiralty woult also tab,. the case ot the junelr class of surgeene. who act , d 'PI cleik3 ti. 0/0014, lot t t eensiderisiiere with ye -,e to petting lb• in en a dill's'' , ne and an improvect t ;„,,i ti g; au] recAntn , ,nded that effieers in the coast guard a rvtce ah led be rewarded 'by prometion, the rewards they at present recetie d at the End oh tee year not being, in his opinion; adequate to the great wet valuable services they per tortued in saving lite and pro perry and protective the revenue. The vote was agreed to. The next vote proposed was the sum of 50,3 531 . r 6 r the salaries of officers 'and expenses of the scieuttic branch of ihe navy. Mr.: VC YLD took Pxcption to the inefficient mode in which the charts of t he Admiralt y were published, es com p a red with the great expense of t his p irtion o t the este oli-Vms•r. Any Hon Member w ho ke p t a yacht n knew no charts were m, re voluminous and more incom plete than those of the British Admiralty. As a con trast to our works of glis kind he drew attention to the charts of the United States Governmet, which were all on a uniform scale and plan, and gave much better results, mai kieg, among oilier things, the course of the winds, wniuti the British charia omitted to do, though it was as necessary to know them as the deph of the ses. Th,y same superiority wits visible in the client; of the French marine. He hoped some amendment would be made in this branch of the Service, which cest 60,0001. es-year, and gave very little return. Mr. STAFFORD—It was with this as with most of the other allege:en:ins which hid emenated from the opposite side of the House to.night —the principal difficulty which stood in the way was that of the expeuse. The Hon. Member' was of opinion that the expense might be re imbursed 'by the sale; but that appeared -to him (Mr. Stafford) to bra very problematical. As far as it had gone, he believed the service had been very eati , factorily conducted,lthough he was ready td • admit that he should be glad if there were'a more speedy 'publican]. Sir G. PECHELL said, the fact 'yetis the whole thing was condacted unsatisfactorily. There t sofa 6i:tit itenommodatted for carry inchn the business. The First Lord.% home ought to be Oen up for the hydro graplic department. The vote was agreed to; as were also 132 . 6471. for the salaries of (Beer: end the contingent exeeeses of her Majesty's naval establishments at home; 23,2631. for the salaries of officers and contingent expenses et ber Mti jesty's naval establishments abroad 666,§291 . for the wages of artificers, la J ourers, and others emp lo y ed in e e'r M..jesty'a naval eetabliShuierits at 'home; and 35 331 1. fur the wages of artificers, labourers, and others "'Pined in he Mej, , ity 7 s naval estabifshmentii" almond. °n th e Text vote being prOposed, namely, 782;4951 for navel' storey, &c. stores, tec., for thif building and repair of thel:e"tduis"el'PssEitiEnt:so.le:u.trhP,r,isne:lvyth,,abtt.iitne'sitle).", course of all had oeen said u c e t ntd that. not a word last yo.i,r, Crime tai this tet , ),leCt of a . f.r. , ige vessel having, her Maesty t e e gieel lu d e .. u f etp , . and in the presence of 'every vestel which cen tt nded for the prize., el had at the. gtittii. Now, if it had h.i t p ' 'Yal Yacht Sl:Petits:in Re e ad been sent here, ai a foreign horse he Volitved there was not a bli , e 9 a l eV' off the Ascot Cup tu at t e r t i'• Pt'e t l) won d not have incurred the"cu'uoir) wh:,, art y 6, rnaun in ti t' v cco i li i i . n4o will the view of re civering the laurels, h d d a lways eorertained the impressi.4l called their ox - ruled the *ems; but he should like - to keew what breollo Of her figure-head nuw 7, Th ey eife_. owl 'h e 'd r onata,aili ex erci,jr g the vessels of what they mental ;quadron; hut th,t was or d ) T "%‘11613: their Poewrii: vesiel.> ogaitt-t their own vessel-. i.tapparedto,hica th:t th , -y should threw ibe matter open to tforopecitiiiii. and eff.e• lerge priz 's for the beat sailing vesels. - If they thus afforded ‘ heir own shipbuilders an opportunity 6, seeing what was to be done, he had no doubt that in the course of a year or tWo they wou'd 4 ff.ct *very im provement that could be desired in the ships of this country. Ataerman THOMPSON said that the much-vaunted American clipper•sbip °Newel, whose qUick veyag , 's from China had been so highly spoken of, had been beaten by British ships in the voyage out al.,d home froth hina, and he could assure the Rouse that 90 . ._f ar we-e we now from being behind other countries in Sli . , p , •bui:d ., leg improvements, that there never was any period at which more zeal and arxiety had been manitested than at present, beth by build, rs tiud owners, to improve aisle chant ships to the utmost; and up to the present time we had not been excelled by the Americans ur any other nation.in the world. Sl not succeeded in building ship, G. PECH I..LL said the American Government had and with regard to Frouch vessels Joie villa's report would inform them ' I had' better than wt . ; tt t i t t l ) a yr t ir idie single three-decker under his command could be made to wear 0: tack. Mr. FOX IiAtTLE said VI si th freNrific sows- got., LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, a MARCH 23, 1852. 1816, and the populatiort west, - being driven to despair and to txpatriation. Was it fair or • reasonable, under such circumstsnces, to impose on that wretched and im paverished 'psopli a new tax? He thought ttrGotern ment ought to declare wliat their float determination was before they introduced a measure„like the present. He did not think these advances were ever rind() by way of loan, or that they could be"considered as such. The money was given at, a time of great distress, and the people had no control over its expenditure; and he hopel the Government would pause before it attempted to pro ceed with such a treasure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Bill was one for remitting, not imposing taxatioo. In 1844 we had to borrow 8,000,000/. for the relief of Ire land, of which 4,500,000/. had been absolutely granted, and only 3,500,000/. were to be repaid at periodasitread ing over 40 years. 'hie' present Bill -was for remitting certain instalments of repayment for which the people et Ireland were liablo. Sue : a was tho : melspre which was represented es a hardship upon, Irftincl.—(llear.) Lord CLENIENTS'ssitcI a word or two. The motion was then agreed to, and the Bill brought in. Mr. ;1101sISELL askew when t 129 Bill would bebrouglat on for cii, , cussioo? The CUANCELLO T of the EXCHEQUER said On Friday. •PiARMACY BILL Mc. J. BELL uondoated the Select Committee on the Pharrceicy Bill:—Mr. Jacob 8011, Mr. ENart, Mr. am veria, Sir William Gib3ou Craig., Mr. Catiiivvell, Sir U. Wiilaughby, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Deedes, Alr. llindloy, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Farrer, Mr. IVyIJ, and Mr. Brams ton.--Altreed to. VENTILATION 'OF TtIItII.OIISE. Lord R: GROSVENOR norninatvd the Select Com. mi,tte on tbe Ventilation and Lighting of the Uouse:— Lord J. Manners, Mr. T. Greene, Sir Do Lacy Evans, •Mr. B. Wtttl, Viscount EOrington. 'Mr. L. Ridardo, Sir Norre'yi, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. 13. Cochrane,. Mr. Deedes, Sir. H. Hope; Viscount Palmerston Mr. Bink , s, Mr. E. Denison, and Nr. , 11; Diummond.—Agreed to. COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. AGLION3Y moved for a " Return of the total sum due or paid for fsalaries and office expenses under the Act.sth and 6th Vict., c. 103, since the passing-of the Act; and also of the total sum paid forconmiiinsa tion for loss of offices and profits to officiate, under the some, Act,,since the passing thereof, up to the 25th day of Xoietnber, 1851: Like return of the total sum paid to each of the late sworn Clerks • appointed taxing masters, for salary and compensation, collectively and together, under the same Aet, since . the passing thereof: And, retain of the annual amount' of compen sation awarded to each of the said taxing masters under the said Act, in the event of their ceasing to hold the said office, and of the annual sums to be paid to the per sonal representatives of each of them as compensation after their deaths, and for what number of years after their deaths Filch payments to their personal represents lives- are to continue, and out of what funds, and by whom, -finch payments for salary and compensations are now made and to be made.—Agreed to. MUTINY BILL. Mr. BERESFORD brought in the Mutiny Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a Eecoud time on Friday. B th th is t r. MARINE MUTINY BILL. Mr. STAFFORTDuEbroBugEhEtRin Mr. DEEDES said he felt something effective was requisite to remedy the evils now existiog in the system of beer• houses; but, considering the little chance there was now of the Bill being proceeded with, he thought it best to withdraw it. It, however, be had a seat in the House next session, be should introduce a measure on the subject. The order was then read and discharged. The House then adjourned at Half-past One. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commander James H. Bridges (1850) has been ap pointed from the Naval College, Portsmouth, to be Ad miralty agent in charge of the Cape of Good Hope mails, vice Wainwright, appointed to the Winchester, 50. Commander Barnard and the officers and men of the Vesuvius, stem sloop, Devonport, are ordered to be turned over to the Vixen, 6, steam-sloop, Portsmouth. Another unfounded statement appears in so m e of our contemporaries, dated "Sheerness, ' with respect to the London, 92, at Sheerness. She was never ordered to the Downs, as asserted some weeks since, and therefore the order is not countermanded, as stated yesterday. Both order and countermand have no existence. We are informed that orders have been received at Devonport to the effect that the Phoebe, 50, building, is ordered to be completed with all possible dispatch, to be launched this summer, when a newjfrigate, to be called the Liffey, is to be laid down in the same s lip. We trust that this order for launching the Phoebe will be rescinded. It is a useless waste of money to launch 50-gun sailing vessels when we are converting our three-deckers into screw-ships. This Phoahe ought never to have been laid down. Her designer was the great bolsterer-up of the " intuitive system of ship-building" which has half ruined our navy, and helped to bring upon us the odious income-tax. 'By some Navy-office manoeuvre he con trived to get an order to lay down this Phoebe before her sister:ship, the Indefatigable, was tested, and since the latter has been tried she has tamed out to be inferior, instead of superior, to one or two of the other 50-gun frigates. It was this system of building iron ships upon the lines of those that bad Lever been tried that has filled our ports with a useless btock of men-of-war.— fierald. Commander- George Martin Hunter (1844), on the reserved half-pay list, died at Southsea. He was son of the late General Sir M. Hunter. Conflict, 8, screw-sloop, Commander Skipwith, received on board ut Buenos Ayres, the late Governor, General Roses. The Rev. Godfrey Kingsford, chaplain to the convict establishment at G•braltar, committed suicide, on Friday, the 12th inst., by Cutting his throat with a knife. The jury composing the inquest gave a verdict of temporary insanity, and he was buried the next evening. Re wee a zealous preacher, and much esteemed by ail classes in G , hraltar. _ DOCKYARDS. — The following superannuation% have taken place in Devonport Dockyard :---George P. War ren, shipwright, 221.; Robert 'fresidor, a joiner, 241.; and John Riggings, 151 per annum each. W. A rs E ftsi M r r a N n i d a t w ft r o s t e E r g a e a N n id t sTir the i t y) l m N E u S u .;Ca jv P is t o i O n C o f . Royal Marines, I..ft head quarters on Saturday for Woolwich, in accordance with au order from the De puty•Aijutant General, to receive instructions in the use of the new rifle musket, under the directiOn and superin tendence of Major Brownrigg, of the Gre na di er Guards. Captain and Barrack Master Toby, of the same division, having served .ten years in that - capacity, becomes en titled to' an incrase ss, per diem pay, with the rank of Major. PATIENTS SENT TO Sic& QUARTERS ON S HO UR.- The following admiralty regulations have recently come into operation;:—" My Lards Commissioners of the Ad miralty are pleased to direct that previously to sending any patients, whether *offiCers or men, from her Ma jety 's 'sbips to sick quarters on shorts (excepting to naval hospitals, or to est•iblished surgeons and agents), a statement is in each ease to be required from the me dii al of the ship, signed and approved by the cap tain, or. Commanding officer, of the particular nature and effect of - the disease, and of. the reason why the patient could, riot be 'safely treated on board ; and when there is no - medical officer on hoard, the same information is to'be required from the professional person to whom the patient is sent. The rates charged for the subsistence and medical attendance of the patients are to be also statA ; rates are to be as reasonable us possible consistently with providing proper accommodation." The above statement is to. be transmitted in every such case to tie Director-General of .the Medical Department of . . the Navy. . , : 'i - 1 ', • PoRTsMOTITII, McifiDAY.—The Superb; 80, Captain Purcell, a rriverl-ai - rfpilheiFtlis 7- Morning, from the Me diterranean station. She lift Malta on the 21st ult., and Lisbon on the 15th inst. She encountered a cony nuenue,otviolent adverse :gales from then ante she left Malta until she made Gibraltar, after which she made a smooth paSsage to Lisbon. The Dragon stelini,,fiigate was the only English man. of-war left at Lisbon, and she Owed 4he Superb over the bar. Commander Dirom, late First Lieutenant of tle. Albion; Lieutenant Kilk, 7th,l4oyel Fusiliers; and • Mr. Rundle, Chief Engineer, R N., of the Terrible steitin•frigate, have come home pkiengets in the SUPerb, which alto brought all the in valids from the hospital ashore at Lisbon left behind when Commodore Martin left the Tagus, with the e2C• ceptien, of three or four, who were not in a fit state to be reinoved..She hai'brouglit home-condemned upwards of .4,06 canisters of Goldnsr's " preserved meats" (ittatit" 34,00tf1b5.!) to return to the Royal ,Clarence Victualling-yard. The 8 aperb iik, ,4n good, re pair, 'although she may. be said - to have - had a six years' commission; ibiltead ) of three, as she was paid•offalll standing a nilliziniediately re-commissioned, Her crew have been got into fine svirviceible order by Captain Purdelt ' , although , he had the refugees of the Irish coast to make seamen of. These will now be dis banded-750 good servicesbitrAien4-according to the existing mode:of manning the navy, as the Superb is ordered to be. . paid, 0ff,..0n the 31st inst.. During the violence of .the gale , iii . the Mediterranean, en. her passage home, of!‘e lost a seaman oft her foretopsailyard, who was drowned. . The Vixen steam-sloop went out to Stokes Bay to day to try her speed and` exer cise her machinery. She litotight 'o' off- the doelciard stairs on' her return to harbour, where her c ompasses will be ridlusted - i: The , Bulldog steam-sloop - was taken into the steam basin to-day to receive new boilers. ' The Victory and Rodney sent up their service lower yards and topmasts to-day for the summer. ATTAINMENT& : WOOLWICH, MARCH 22.—Assistant -Surgeon--Julian W. Bradshaw (1847) to. Hasler Hospital, vice Henry Slade, to the Wruchester,..so, at Portsmouth. Chief-.Engincer—T. .T. Murray to the M e d ea , 6, paddle — w heel steam - sloop , of 350-horse power, at Purl s• m out IL . . . . Assistant -Engineer--Joshes Robinson to the Tartarus the N 'steam-vessel, proLeoting the fieheriei - on the north coact 'Of tidotland. flag -ship of Lie ut enant. North .-, Maaters..- Thomas C. Pullen ( 0844) to the North Star, taking ()n board stores at Deptford for the Ar , expedition; Francis H. May (1844) u z , the "c Winchester, 50, at Portsmouth. WestCtl.TDihbeelrAnidgsinsaidslita, 7a n to ci n , Captain I . PROMOTION. Mate—Alexrinder.C. Ballingall (1850 ), • A e r e r' r g ic i a la and for the. Arctic expedition, were taken any l Edward ll.elcher, C. 8., the Resolute, Captain Kellett, out of dock on Fri - day last, and are both alongside the wharf visit at the C. 8., vessels fittin g west-end of 'the yard, taking on board the necessa r y stores for their voyage h e Arctic regions. to I •? SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS: FROM THE BIORNDIG PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ~TJMES.—Lrd John Bmsseil has made_ the timely Cits'eleVerY'ihat n,pt,carry along with him either he ~rorisiof3'ri sport I'n the }lowa or the Peepla out of doors-in - aby attenipt.to stoplinblic bti;iriess. He now advisesluo 40tt.,51 to,du . what it is happily disposed to do of its own accord,syiz., to proceed at once to tho Army and Navy Eitituates, and pass them wiih ou t di kr (s;boile undertake s fe offer no ler:heti opposition. Both these gentlemen .otense the cons fessodly obstructive course theytpqk en griday night b alleging the ambiguity of the Chancellor of the Fixchel quer's explanations on Monday and Friday night. Ad generally happens with reluctant capnlogists, they h%v a little - overstated. their • alleged provocation. " WEI were told also," says Lord John, ref€rring to th Miniiterial explan4ions of Monday, 'the Ott], " the they:" -did. intend ,49rW: forward measures considerable irnportance, which would , lead to sesi:ioa of at .least th 9 utiuo, .e , have taken Elie tt6ti'4le to tat/. 'to Mr. Diireell'a speec on that evening, and w'e cannot find a tangle "ea pression that lypars -, out this statemeitt; inriiifteltn4 the measures which he hell to be of such importimcct a to demand the attention of the House, Viqi in its- pre sent sNto of SUSPellit!, he distinctly solicited the co operation of parties, in order to bring that suspense tt . . . , . . the earliest possible conclusion. " There are, as all geutlemsn must know, measures of an ex'gency whit cannot lis.. neglected ;' and iii any ()Orden there are sum meistAat not of so formal a character, bat not of a hal important natufe, tliat', I think ought' to be passed. But, if gentlemen opposite suppose that, so far :as.. Wease9 personally concerned, ssof ,haye any wish huhee o43l * to prolong the preseiSt state of affaira, they indelge a very great mistake. I .ehP, -hawever, msntion sumo measures tbat I think should be introduced without des lay s , a . . . three measures with regard to which on the part of the, Govaroment, the greatest efforts will be exerted • CO' secure their • speedy pass / log." Tnese three measured he ?'explained to be the diitrancisisement of St, Albans and the appropriation of the four %recant, seats, the Chancery Reform Bill, and the inleinal defeeces; and in each case he pointed out that there was necessity of action, and no need of delay. To salve time he suggested that the - Chaneery measure might be introduced in the Lords. Now, havf log taken our stand on fair play, we beg to inquire what ther' this justifies Lord John Russell's statement that htr. Disraeli had announced measures that would lead to a session of at least the usual length, and his charge of " ambiguity" founded on that statement. We eosin- dently assert'that nothing but an overweening sense of his aristocratic position can account for the wantonness which has led Lord John to fling about this 'and othei charges since he found himself on the Opposition bench. The real ambiguity which has haunted Lord John Russell and his friends for the whole of last week, and has betrayed them into so many blun- . dera and incivilities, has been the very natural difficulty they felt in understanding their own sin gular case; as a majority in opposition. The gen tleman; in a well•known work of fiction, who faucied bin head. had twisted. round on his shoulders, of course quarrelled with all the existing arrangements of his dress or his furniture. Lord John is just now suf fering a similar visitation, though of a real, not a fanciful character. He is always forgettiog one of his conditions. either that he is no longer Minister, or that he may really do what he pleases in the House. We have pointed out on several occasions that he really need ask no questions; he may stop say vote or any measure that he pleases, and it is for him to consider whether it will be for his,credit or advantage to do so. At last, after exactly a month's reflection, Lord John has dis covered that it is for him to lay down the business of the session, and that he may enforce an appeal to the people whenever it is his pleasure to do so. At least, be can on his own supposition that he still commands a majority in the House. If he wishes to reserve for his own Government the honours of such a Chancery Reform as Lord Truro will permit, ho can stifle Lord St. Leonard's measure the very hour it comes within the grasp of the Commons. His Lords b uip has at last discovered the potentiality of mischief inhe rent in his position, and has accordingly dictated the programme to be observed for the rest of the session. The estimates are now to be forwarded with the utmost dispatch, and his Lordship generously throws to the Chancellor of the Exchequer every Thursday, in addition to the days now reserved for Government or ders. This liberal and not less politic concession was made in a speech of judicious brevity, and we really ' seem to be already in the rapids of an approaching dis solution. In order to hasten the decision, Lord Brougham, in the other House, has moved, with Lord Derby's acquiescence, a Bill for shortening the interval now required between a general election and the assem bling of a new Parliament. Fifty days might have been a reasonable time a century since, when it was almost a month's work for a man to arrange his affairs in the north of the island, and settle himself in the metropo- lis; but, as space may be said to be destroyed in these days, there is no occasion why Parliament should not save time accordingly. The magnacimity which Lord John Russell has at last thought fit to display extends,in the first intance, to the passing t'se Mutiny Bill and voting the supplies, and then to a permission, which it would Dot have been espy to refuse, to bring in the Militia Bill,',and possibly—for that is not distinctly expressed— the proposed measure for St. Albans. Bur, even if we throw in the Chancery Bill, the permission does not amount to very much, for Lord John and his friends evidently will have a geed deal to say to all these mea sures as soon as they come before the House. We shall be very touch surprised done of theca leuves the House of Cumulous in such a shape that its authors would re cognise is for their own. The permission so generously accorded to Government is merely a permission to be beaten at every stage of their measure, for the better the msasure the greater will be the reason for not letting Government pass it in the original form. Locd John has suffered too much in the mutilation and change of his own legislative progeny, not to retaliate at the first opportunity, and that opportunity will now be afforded. Mr. Walpole has aneouircsd his Militia Bill for ut-xt Monday. On that day, thereto's ) , will begin the singular coefliot, and, though the Bill is said to be now in the very best hands in the country, and those neutral handa, we may expect to see it entirely changed by its Whig nurses, or turn to pieces in the struggle. With the certainty of a scene so harrowing to the feelings of Governeient, and-so little conducive to the reputation of the country, one could almost advise her Majesty's Mi nisters to put our southern ports iu order, to keep it powerful setradron always inate Chancel, uud to leave the Militia Bill to a Government really able tonsrry one ot their Own. If that suggestion be thought premature, it may at least be borne in mind, and acted on 'as soon as the Opposition allows itself Obstinately resolved MA to accept any measure from the eiietiog Government. ADVERTISER.—" The Morning Advertiser is doing in4nite damage to, the Liberal cause." So writes a Member of Parliament--a'reciplehi of ant of future, Whig faveut's. - pa;t,' and expect The language of the Hon. Gentleman, translated into plain English, is, that the Morning 4dvertiser is doing infinite -damage to the Whigs-4bat class olPolitictins being, in his vooabularA synonimous with the cause of Liberalism; We have no objection to own the soft impeachnieut of having done no inconsiderable amount of damage to the Whigs. But • if our Hon. Correspondent will only lend us his ear for a few seconds we will whisper into it a great fact, Whiclt probably has riot before oeebrred to bine. The greatest, enemy, of alas Whigs is neither the Morning Advertiser. nor the Times, nor any other opponent in :tile press. Their. greatest enemies are themselves. They have damaged themselvei bee and the hope of recovery They have played the part of suicides. The ex. Premier and his quondam colleagues in the Cabinet have done it ell. So far from this journal haviog precipitated the downfall of the Whigs, we warned them, times without number, of the perilous course which they were pursuing. Had they listened to our warning voice, and adopted the line of conduct which we counselled the.ni to pursue, they would not only hare still been in office, but been a 'populerand powirful Gra ! vernment. But they rejected oar advice. r The ex-Pre 7 mier spurned our counsels when w e e .:told ,hisn to make concessions to popular feeling, and, as an earnest of his good faith, to break up the family" compact, and base his'Goverilmene 'on a brOader foundation. Ile 'would not listen.totourndtica ".He fancied the was:in a positibti te,Oisregard and defy: public" opinion. And as if the illiberal, narrow line of policy which be pursue.;, and his habit of systematically subbing all the iudepent]er.t . Liberal Menibers who brought forward motions, or made suggestions in favour of popular progress, had not been snfficient to draw down odium epough, on his Go-' vernment, he must needs, in the arrogance Su fancied sfategarinship his own ' mind ignominiously expel front the•ocitincils of his 15 - le= reign, a . man who gave greater, ;weight- and strengihl to his ! Cabinet than its oth4 members put together. In 'sober truth, had' the ex-Whig his ingenuity for several Miffs to devirimier applied, the :most eff Government, !° kW way of -destroying his extinguishing; the little that remained of the prestige of his nl4 e and 'bringing the Whigs, as a party, i n t o disreput 1114e' not have been mbre successful. Never did , e work more completely. H e has not . Only, man do his' man would say, turned hi mse lf ofl3 as an Irish. out , but be has so effectually shut the door bel;ndinbgim-starseetto,; 'leave no hope of his refer , Lord Jeisa, ejection is his own act and deed, and so • will bo his' perpetual ex clusion. "Alone I did it" was the exultant ot Coriolenu.s. " Alonel O' c l as i t , and self-reproachful accentsi will be the deeponradtert, exclamation . of the ex-Whig Lord John Russell, we ad hig b r eh r a e vio ur in future, should he ever be promises betterr At the Cheshain-place gathering h e restored specifictop wperomises of amendment. n pledged himself gsaelf ve to base his next Go vernment All men ere peni tent, or at least aear to be, when their p ast misconduct themhas brought into trouble. But who will believe the asseveratio ns an d rotestations f the ex-lVtiite Premier? We, at any rar e, beg to be exe bevel-eosed from had Loo p o sing any faith in his statements. W - many proofs in o u r time of the truth of the well known lines— "Vows made in pain, Ease will recant as violent end void," to attach any credit to the promises of the Noble Lord, made in moments of e mergency, that be will demean himself better for the time to come. The ex-Premier deprecated any recur rence to the F ast agate of mutters on t h e ground, implied,if not explicitly expressed,— that .Wiren he termed b i s Mi n is t ry in 1846, he wa s tot a free age nt. No doubt it must be very unpleasant to his Lordship to be twitted with the miserable Ministry with which he contrived to jog on for five or six years ; draw ing bit salary all the while with as little Compunction as if he and his colleagues had constituted the most efficient iCabinet which ever eat in Downing-Street. Some of our rea ders may remember the story of the cred i t or in the 'play, who, when the party to whom be was riadebted, reminded - him in .the most delicate Idwissner possible, that he . would have no ob- Ogntion do . Fectiviog .; b ac k mi l gooey, fumed an -1 injured air, and said—"l know I own you the money; it is quite unnecessary to remind me of it. Dont-do it again. It Is very painful, to my-feelings to have: a ny refaenco rondo: to' it."' . Nciiii the'Cir,th t 4. th r .n i f..a-Mi- Lister dissiinilar tr:). 04. of the, . Irishman, wha t ; on,heing tried .and convicted at the bar..of .L criminal cent s ,t was ktsittid What tie- hild to soy why sereeneioW4nitbiliiinid 494e2Pi1tiAZ4.1610 1 i t a?: ,,, .r-aft.b. 4'atitOrioar :I,rVish ,thasubyeatstropped entirely. - . I, thilik.ha „great tis h i-tna , much has been said upon it already.", o* tii6::iiiiii e piidiiifi, Lord JOhu's dislike , to,.#ly-':rAtkroianoi;tk e icomnoSilion of his Ministry, and the course Of.hiripo lioy, is: novonly naturabetrougli•but imfp . cistrulyr-int c i. ligible. Oat •ovviresiumint ::it- - to: - Ion: 47tlib:Niihre ,L4rit . .ic 0. eiita4lo„ 4hat'lie , - yip .plai*Cinp4r:, A uirmini. ataxic:es • .ssliiko-Leiotild not ,;ataltroi,:rwilatl,Litt 1846 i .h e formed his Cabinet, how we sbould4i3relttAirtivTOVlll . ~,. ~ 'that aorrount ' for,„Orjciatity, 0004 V tklck ho,P4ilb ued from that. tint% 40w6 .to the day. of.. hie • resignation? That policy was not sorely the .policy`-of"'his eolleagni, a - j ut. nnti,siitl' o9 to his or 4 .11fm'S.,..Solong as he thoogh;:'fits Azoils,trY.,WonkiirOt; ha -iever """ may iiint of that kimi. Oil the contrary, he was in the hacit or giori4 iog poetic) , and oc:tentatiouily iu the parentage of all hisletiAing measures: Beside!, he will not, tve Ptct:44q?..Pyctegcl to. say tna,t . it wits the tunit• of his colleagues that he was in.the habit of Areating-all , the in dep,,,,dent Libercla - With e'inarked eutieretlivasness of manner, _whemevhi the.y sinight to spur him onto' a morn liberal course Of policy. But thns is not all. Had the Noble 1,. , rd been, as h,t wishes the country to believe, the victim et circamstitunes.,when forming his Ministry in 184 G—thoug- what those circumstances were he does 8 , ...t conilfzcind , to i x , forini., us _ l2B will rot. we takO it ter grunt( ii, pretend that he was :also and --- rtrid - i - ly -- the - viefici of eireurnetane es twelve months ego. Le v. as then out of office twicp in the brief space i of a ortngl , t. And why? Becluay of the anti-national charaCtcr - of his Gibinet.• Had he been what he mow professes to be . , a frieed - of,popular Prrgre.. . he Would have then &I4Y faakt iataf utlf i dOaAled . bitutell Of Ito f avou i. A ble an:opperionuy of _ridding -Ili ntim i f o f i the 44 fi tt , - iii7,o#ty;.and redonstrnetibg---b4 cab io; . .. a c o mprehensive..laSis. -Ilatza 'uf -thati-finding l,zi that Lord Stanley could not then form a Ministry, he fan cied he might return with impunity to Downing -street with his former colleagues in a body. He and they did so return, and the Noble Lord, not apprehending any danger to his Government trom - the Protectioni sts, not only became more illiberal in his policy than e ver , but actually, expelled the only °Liberal man in his Ministry, to make way for Lord Granville, another member of the " family" coterie . of incapable*. And yet, in the face of all these plain, palpable, crushing facts, the ex-Whig_ Prenrier_has the_ cool effrontery to tell thii — Couitry,.thit in forming his late Cabinet, and continuing to govern by it, he was the victim of cireunistruices., ,The country *now* better. Li bas an opinion of its own, grounded on facts which are patent to all . It is only beciuse be now sees that the game is up with him, that he has recourse to the disingenuous-device of throwing the blame on circum stances which he could not control. So tar from Lord John Russell fading any disposition,, if lett tollistielf, of getting rid of his colleagues, we have no hesitation in saying, that had Lord Derby failed, as the en-Premier imagined he would, to form a Government, Lord John would have again returned to Downing-street with ths same " family" Cabinet as before. But he has fairly over4eached himself this time, and the country is heartily glad of it. ELECTION INTE 6LIGENCE. TEWKESBURY.—AII three of the candidates for the representation of this old fashioned borough have com veted their canvass, and taken their present farewell of the electors. The present sitting members, Mr. Martin and Mr. Humphrey Brown, offer themselves again, and the third candidate being Mr. E. W. Cox, a barrister of the Western Circuit. The contest, it is expected, ,will be between Mr. Brown and Mr. Cox, the now corner. The friends of both parties are very sanguine of success. Wiamow.—Sir Ralph Howard has formally taken leave of his Wicklow constituents. WIGTOWN.—Mr. Caird commenced his canvass for the Wigtowu Burghe at Stranraer on Monday. There is a rumour that Captain Dalrymple will be opposed in the county. Captain Hay, R.N., or Mr. Stewart, younger, of Giasserton, has been spoken of as likely to come forward. WORCEiTER, (Crrv),ln anticipation of a dissolution, Mr. - W. Laslett, of Abberton-haP, in this county, and for many years an attorney practising in Worcester, has just Lisped an address offering his services to the electors in the Radical interest. Tne address is of enormous length. Mr. Ricardo, the Liberal sitting Member, has intimated his intention of again coming forward, and two Conservative candidates are spoken of, but as yet have not declared themselves. YARMOUTH.—At a meeting of the Liberal electors of this borough, held on the 1611 inst., Admiral Sir C. Napier and W. T. M'Cullagh, M.P. for Dundalk, were invited to stand for the representatioa of the borough at the ensuing election. I?olsETsitinx —The announcement of Mr. H. C. Strut as a candidate in the free.trade interest for this county has given great satisfactior, and his success is consi dered certain. It is expected that he will be returned by the defeat of the Right Hon. the Judge Advocate, Mr. Bankes, and that Air. Pier Seymer and Mr. Floyer will retain their seats. FORFARSHIRE.—We hear that 'a. requisition is being signed, inviting the Right Hon. Fox Maule to ataLd for the county, and should the requisition be complied with his return would be certain. 'kite ex-President of the Board of Control is deservedly popular in his native county. Ile has acquired in Parliament the character of a good woriiiil4 MintAt•r, and cf those who formed part of the late Ministry whom the country would object to see reinstated in office, he certainly is not one. We shall in all probability know more of Mr. Mettle's inten tions very shurily.—Caledoniaa Alcrewy. llARwicff.—The letter from Mr. Waddington, for Maicon, accepting the invitation of the Protectionist party at, Harwich to come forward for that hot:ugh, has teen pub:i,bed in the shape of u ptcliminary'address. Hun. Gentleman vale— • Ad the requisition is of so influential a character. I have no hesitation in acceding to the request, provided it be understood that I canvass the borough independent of any other candidate; that freedom and purity of elec tion be recognised as my motto. Should this be in ac cordanceno with the views entertained by yourself and tio rsquididonists I beg to assure you that, if elected, ex di timid shall be wanticg on my part in the efforts to resusc itate the trade of the port, and to place it in that stat e of prosperity which the natural adv , lntages of Har wich Harbour ought long ego to hays secured." The probability of Mr. Waddington being able to pro mote the spiking of the long-talked of Harwich Railway win;it, is believed, give him a good chance of success. Einu..--11,1r. J. Brumley Moore, of Liverpool, has been invited to 4tind on the Consirvative interest for this place in conjunction with Mr. Clay, and his return, if be consents, is con,idered COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert o with the Princess Royal, took a drive in an open carriag e and four yesterday. The Equerries in Waiting, Major- General Buckley and Colonel Botiverie, attended 'on horseback. . . His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Kent, attended the Lion. C. 13. Phipps, presided at the Council for t he management of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duch y. t 6 o ffi li ce u , r S ßo om y e a r l s H et i li gh o n u e s s e s , y th e e ste D rid u a c y lx m lis or o n t in K g. e Queen at B — u-ocr by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, arriezd in tow her Ma past twelve o'clock yesterday from her epilide 11 at•pilria more. Her Royal Iligheess visited the i ng n a rn-palace, and partook of luncheon wi th Duchess left her S'.. James's, at tour o'clock jesty aL:.4 Prince Albert. The Royal residency, Clarence Houi,e, in the afternoon on her return to F r ° . gmore. Julge-A dv vat.- General, had an audience o f t h e The Right Hon. G eorge B anker Q,ae:in yesterd Tilt 13ueltioub4re Pulae, , , end buhnattr.ed to herMajesty,* proceedings of sour: Coutts•martial. The Princeas Royal and the Pi airing yesterda carriage incess Alicelook 'a y triAnicg. The Prince ,o: Wal „ *E• Ptinee Alfred, and the yonnor yeserday in thegarden ME 1:11:ferS of the loyal F t ,. attended by s tn ) e and Her M-je r' -. of Buckingham Palace. mi , Y, took their usual exereirie UnrEdgcumbe, %the Hos. Elora lit d ,Countess of Mo • a ' foraiande a the ( 1, c "E", the Earl a Morton, moJoi , CP,' hi s Rrlyel ll!'p,'lme . ' is Prince Albeft, 1.11-33 u, .. - - --ly arld C o l one l 13 0n i er ie,. beep ured the p . ( , F.. evening, D9rhy gaol French Playi with heir presence last A deputation on.heliairtif Allthorly Tamer, no w , i n *til l Mr. Secretary Walpelt! yesterday at the 'lletne under sentence. of destb,, had an interview 'ffice• Tly... deptitation cothi4ted of Mr... L. Fie worth M.P., Mr. Bright, of Derby, Mr. J. B. Talbot, B.IICI Mr. A. H. Pyalood, of M.P., Dr. Perry, Mr. F. I,oogdai. London. . bad an re . en, with the tart of ' eervi W • . Mayor his official residence iit Downing h d m r. BodgiOn a al so an interview .with the street. ' DerbyT Lybcartdertl, Noble Earl.- i , __ ..... Mr. Bl a ckstone, ALP., had tin interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday, at' the Board 'Of •6• • I TAdeputation, , A d e putation, beaded by Mr. Curteis, M.P. on the au bje,ct of the hop duty, had an interview with the. Earl of Derby yesterday, at his cffibial residence in Domini. street. - The Marquis of Exeter .had an interview. with Mt. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation from Kidderminster, cc S lating of Gene ral Lygon, M.P.; Mr. Knight , M.P.:- Mr; - Best, M.P... Mr.iJohn Watson, Mr. Joseph Kitely, Mr. H. Saunders, and Mr. H. Brinton, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday, at the Board of Trade. M Mr. G. H. Cripps had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday. That Oxford *University• Commission had a meetin g Trclvitm ... , i n D o wning.etreet. Present the Blab Ike Yerday at the,;official ,reside n ce of the First Lo r d o f the of Norwich: the 1) ad Of CAt‘lisie, the Maste r of Pa m e broke, the ft , v. FL G. Liddell , J. L. Dampier, 'll i . ki Her. 'Proftioor Powell, the Rev. (...i. a 6. j % . • ( I 1 i 4 "ns WA the Rev. A. P. Stanle y (Secretar y .) dpsi D yv, i ta s r p toc a mh t c e ha the ee w r eeor Governors received geornor resc e of received e t the du ,:itiar e g a i l nottu i l ie l , . °tile,: iirelfc. . Western Australia. TliF Pf.RTLS OF FASUION.— it must often Etre s uggested itself to readers of woks of imagination,•that the adventures of a diplomatist would afford admirable scope ter a novelist of talent; but hitherto no one has Appeared with the necessary qualifications for such a task. A work,lioii ever, has just been published, called "The Perils of Fashion," which realises every expectation which the subjec t auggeste . It is t . :e story of a youn g E ng li s h a tt ac he who involves hi±/.. self in extraordinary em b arrassments i n consequence offs tender intimacy carried on under very romantic circum stances. Tile book bears internal evidence of having piii• ceeded from some one behind the scenes, with high fashionable connexions, and has consequently excited an unusual degree. LO4 atrwatiou iu the u9w ga duove clubs and colifro•