The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-14 00:00:00

Tag ADMINIST lATION RATIVE REFORM ASSOC. The first meeting of this association was held last night , in Drnry-lane Theatre. The admission was by tickets only, and shortly after the doors were opened the house was crowded in every part. Among the gentlemen on the stage wore the following :—The Earl of Milltown, the Lion. F. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. James Bell, M.P., Mr. It p. Collier, M.P., the Hon. H. B. Brand, M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. W. Michell, M.P., Mr. E. Miall,M.P., Mr. F. French, M.P., Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. R. Swift, M.P., Mr. G. Bowyer, M.P., Mr. D. Jones, M.P., Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P., S-. Goodman, 3.1. P., Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., Major Reed, M.P., Mr. B. J. Follett, M.P., Mr. R. Currie, M.P., Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., Mr. W. J. Lind say, M.P., Mr. W. Tite, M.P., Mr. 0. J. Otway, M.P., Mr. F. C. H. Russell, M.P., Captain R. Kingacote, M.P., Sir C. Shakerley, Sir C. Napier, Sir E. H. K.Lacon,M.P., Mr. T. Alcock, L5.P., Mr. G. Dundas, M.P., Colonel Watkins, M.P., Capt. Eastwick, the Rev. J. B. Grey, Mr. A. S. Ayrton, Mr. M. J. Higgins, Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. J. P. Gassiott, Mr. G. Bishop, Jun., Mr. F. Bennoch, Mr. J. Harvey, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. J. E. J. Greene, M.P., Mr. Roche, M.P., Mr. C. S. Butler, M.P., Mr. J. Gladstone, the Earl of Lindsay, Major Rudd, Mr. G. Gladstone, Dr. Brown, Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. J. A. Nicholay, Mr. M. Travers, Mr. Herbert Ingram, Dr. Hahnemann, Mr. W. L. Ogilby, Mr. H. Bateman, Mr. R. Henderson, Mr. Norman Wil kinson, Mr. J. Lupton Mr. H. Hooton , M r. W. A. L y o n , Capt. Dawson, Mr. G. 'Moore, Mr. W. M. Thackeray, Mr. W. Pritchard, Col. Freestun, M.P., the Hon. C. W. G. Howard, Mr. Edwin James. Q.C., Mr. J. B. Bontems, Mr. Jaffray, Mr. W. Edgar, jun., Dr. Sibson, F.R.S., Mr. J. 31`Cann, Mr. G. Stagg. Mr. P. Graham, Mr. W. Lawson (Willenhall), Mr. )t Marshall, Mr. C. George, Mr. W. Jackson (Hartlepool), Mr. E. Swaine, Mr. Rainy, Mr. J. Laurie, Mr. J. B. Allan, Mr. M. Hullah, Mr. W. Kirk, Dr. Hunter, Dr. B. Jones, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. J. Fairio, ' &c. &c. The CHAIBMAII (Mr. MOBLEY), in opening the proceed ings said that this meeting was held at the invitation of the Administrative Reform Association, and it was desired that all who responded to that invitation should listen to the addresses which would be delivered by those gentle men whose names had been announced ; that, as no resolu tions would be - pub, therefore no amendments could be moved, nor could there be any other speakers in addition to those whose names had been mentioned, as they had de termined that the meeting should close at 10 o'clock. The hon. gentleman, after alluding to the meeting at the Lon don Tavern and the committee formed on that occasion, said that the best answer he could give to those who had shownsome impatience that the association had not proceeded rapidly enough was, that they had at present a pamphlet prepared, entitled the " Devising Heads and Executive Hands of the English Government, which, on the evi dence of men living and mixing among the abominations complained of, from Lord J. Russell and Lord Lansdowne down to some of the working men in the public depart ments, would show what this association was now demand. ing, and which could not be read by thoughtful men with out leading to the determination that this reform ought to be carried into effect. The association, it would be seen, knew what was wanted, and in this pamphlet would be found a cut and dried plan which would remedy the evils complained of. The more they had thought on this ques tion the more they had become convinced that the real evil lay with the people themselves. (Cheers.) This ago- I ciety was prepared to say that the present system was as good as the people had willed it_ to be, and that it was be cause there was . a total abeence of the recognition of indi vidual responsibility on the part of the people of England that we were brought as a nation into the state in which we now found ourselves. A variety of charges had been brought against this association • but, speaking for himself,—and in so doing he believed he uttered the sentiments of all connected with the society—(hear, hear)—he was utterly unconscious of any motive which he did not enjoy in common with millions of his fellow-countrymen. They wanted a good, honest, and effi cient Government, and it was because they had not got this that this society now called, with all solemnity and earnestness, upon the people to determine that the present state of things should no longer continue. (Cheers.) They had been charged with attacking the aristocracy, but he was unconscious of any such idea or intention. A member of one of the noble families had said to a friend of his (the chairman's), " If this movement goes on, what' will be come of us younger sons?" (Laughter and cheers.) lie believed this was a question iu the right solution of which the people were deeply interested ; but there was another question he should like to ask the meeting—lf the state of things of which they complained was not altered, what would become of their. younger sons? (Loud cheers.) He had no desire to excite personal attacks or re marks • but they had the power in their hands to re medy these evils, and it was a ditty they owed to their children to do so. The noblest thing that the younger eons of the aristocracy could do wood be to render themselves efficient for the public service. Then there would be no objection to their taking even the lion's share of it. It was not the intention of this society to enter upon any elabo rate system of agitation. They intended to do their best to expose abuses; they intended to lay open to the pub lic gaze every department of the State—to be the depository of all information respecting them ; and, having pointed out the evil, if the people did not come to the determina tion that it should be done away with, then the members of this society would retire into that privacy which was more congenial to them with the feeling that they had done their duty in making the present attempt. He appeared before the meeting on this occasion, because he felt, adopt ing the language of the Times newspaper, that "the public business of England was the private business of every in dividual," and because he believed the House of Commons had been unfaithful to the people in this matter. (Cheers.) England oecup'el a lower position in the public opinion of Europe than it had done five years ago. What was the reason for this ? This country had in it all the essen tial elements of strength and progress—a population at tached to order, wealth, industry, enterprise, and a healthy morality equal to that of any other nation. But therhad been deceived by those to whose they had in trusted gre,-t responsibility, and it was right that they should now seek out the causes of their disasters, and de termine, by God's help, that they should be pat a stop to. (Cheers.) This was uo mere war movement; the neces sity for this reform was felt before the war began, and it would be as urgent after the war was over. The only true theory of reform was this—they ought to seek to have less rather than more governuient, and in dealing with departmental reform they (night to see how the dep La mente could he lessened instead of increased. The hon. gentlemen then referred to the various ofdees which had been held by Lend John ltnssell, Sir G. Grey, Sir Charles Wood, and Earl Granville, and said that, whatever might be their talents, it was utterly impossible that they could have been fitted to discharge the various offices to which they had been appointed. He desired that the olfieee of the State should be thrown open to public competition, for he believed that every man possessed of t.lent was sent into the word to employ that talent for the benefit of his fellow-men; and that any barrier which WAS put in the way of h's so doing either by the Legisla tive or custom was unnatural and impious. He believed that the present House of Commons had shown itself more subservient to party than any that had precedco it. The great contention between the two parties composing the house seemed to be how the one could best get out and the other best keep in the Ministry. He should have had no hope at all if he had not seen the formation of a party, small though it might be at present, which was disposed to take an iedependent course. (Cheers) If 10a men could be induced to take a similar stand in the House of Commons the work would be done, and it was with a view of obtain- Lae these men that the society now appealed to the coin.- .try. Ho believed that it was the business of the House of Commons to check and control the Government, though any person who had been in the habit of attending theHonse could not have failed to perceive that millions of money were voted away and most important matters discussed -with almost empty benches. Attendance . at the house • seemed to be regarded in the same category as a lounge in Botrt-street or an attendance at some evening assembly. • (Cheers.) ,If, however, Mr. Leyard was about to be baited .—(loud cheors)—er some other exciting scene was to be . the "galleries would b e f u ll o f h on , members anxious to,enoy the fon. (Cheers.) It was a mere sham to call the House of Commons the house of the people; neither the independence, the wealth, nor the intelligence of the country was' represented, an i it, eves the duty of ()Very man to lend his assistance to the society in effecting a change. - (Cheers.) The Chairman then read the follow ing letters of apology " TaviStock House, Monday, June 11, 1355. " Dear Sir,—l regret that I cannot attend the meeting at Drury-lane Theatre on Wednesday night, having a duty to discharge elsewhere, to which I have been pledged for months. " I have enrolled myself a member of tee Administrative Reform Association, because I believe it to bo impossible for Euglanl long to hold her pLeee in the world, or long to be at rest within herself, unless the present system of mismanaging the public affairs and mis-spending the public money be al together changed ; because I daily see stronger and stronger reason to entertain the conviction that it never will be really amended, in any essential respects, until a general determina tion that it must be is so expanded throughout the country that it shall make itself plainly heard, even within the vary thick party walls of tho House of Commons; because the steady union. of great numbers of earnest men is essential to this result ; and because I hope the association will effect such union by honestly instructing the people as to their real wrongs, and their peaceful means of righting them for the common good. " You know that literature is my profession. It is at once my business and my pleasure, and I shall nelier pass beyond it. The association can render me no service but as one of the community, and I join in no other character, and with no other purposo.—Dear sir, faithfully yours, " S. Morley, Esq." " CHARLES DICHENs. " Eaton-place, June 11, 1855. Sir,—l regret very much that a previous engagement on Wednesday evening next will prevent me from having the pleasure of attending the meeting of the Administrative Reform Association, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, on that day. The members of the association will be glad to see, by an advertisement in the Times on Friday last, June 8, that the Minister of War, Lord Panmure, offers the appointment to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, in the senior or practical class, in the Academy at Woolwich, in July next, to open competition among natural-born sub jects of her Majesty who, on or before the 25th Jane, msy send in certain certificates there mentioned, of age, educa tion, h e, u"sWoolwieh Academy and the Artillery and Engineers are l ar n ,e l laen a ed. to the best candidates whom the kingdom can a corag. „ sad the merits of the candidates are to be tested by quallatat,_ for thisexamination, which is the fair way to try their ' US ietabrnch of the public service. " To Samuel Browa am, sir, your obedient servant, , Esq.'. "JAMES HETWOOD. " Sir, —With eves go for tho establislf2, od wish or the success of the move " Blandford, June 7. ment which seeks taking mt .. ° eel I myself should be ' the right men in the right piacesutTnti of the principle of quite in the wrong place in the 13th instant to which you 80 kindly invite meeting on " My opinions can have littl e public weight, me. mode of expressing them would hardly be co position of a country rector. tent with the " The root of the evil iis Patronage. s o loii . _ elec tions, borough or county, can only be successful; 6CI _ all e . lec on . by retaining the solicitors of local influence this roo t untouched. A lawyer, t o have influence, must bell, n 8 between of the constituent and member. Men sell their votes to push their own or the fortunes of their relatives, thro ug h Government influence. The solicitor makes the purchase ' • be is retained to do it. The member must p ester the `Ha y ter. of the day for the patronage he !wants ; the ' Hayter' must give it, or chance to the Ministry the loss of a vote. thick ." If members would not ask for places, o r constituents mX they h ave would b e half do this sort of lien on their member , y our work a ` a ;l at t i r a no to t thzi :. ' il l.' that Government which is to blam e, but other aro p Which three parts of society, in one shape or e to we ow " That th is re s y st em the evils that have nearl crashed our gem Im y ___ r m A n 41914 I have no doubt. Netlillg can check it but the highest pressure of public opinion, en forcing more real honesty alike in the constituency and in those it returns to represent it. " Did we once live to see an honest House of Commons re. turned by a really pure constituency there would be no fear but the right men would be found for the right places. It won't be a political millennium, however, of which I can dis cern no warning sign. " Yours truly, " S. G. OSBORNE." No. 7, Hertford-street, May-fair, 9th Ju e, 1855. " Sir—l regret that it will not be in my p mer to avail m yself of the invitation with . which you honour me—to attend th e meeting of the Administrative Reform Association,' at Drury-lane, on Wednesday nest; but, as I feel\juite satisfied that the association, with the guidance under which it fortu nately commences its labours, can only be productive of pub lic good, I have much pleasure in sending the enclosed cheque for ten guineas, which will, as I perceive, constitute me a member. " I am, sir, yours obediently, " W. CLAY." In calling upon Mr. Layard, M.P., to address the meeting, he (the chairman) felt constrained to say that the association as au association had no representative in the House of Com mons; but he could assure Mr. Layard that if he pursued with straightforwardness and earnestness the course of co operation he seemed to have cut out for himself in the house, he might rest assured he would have the weight, the influ ence, and the thought of England at his back. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LAYARD, M.P., then presented himself to the meeting, and was received with loud and repeated bursts of cheering. He said, there was a very general and deep•seated conviction abroad that the country was most grievously misgoverned. That conviction was not limited to a few, nor had it been hastily arrived at ; but on the contrary it was very deep-seated, and the movement which was the consequence of it, like most movements which had taken place in the country, was essentially a movement organised and carried on by those who, above all others, represented the intelligence, wealth, and enterprise of England. If he were calld upon to divide England into two parties as connected with this movementhe should say that on one side were all the men of common sense, of respecta bility, and wealth, who by their perseveranceand industry hoped to raise a name for themselves and to do good to the public service ; while on the other there was a small party who claimed to themselves the monopoly of Government, and who lived, grew fat, and vegetated upon those corrup tions and evils which the association were determined, if possible, to remove. Now, why wasthat meeting assembled there that evening ? Most of the gentlemen present were es sentially men of business, and they had only been induced to leave their desks and studies by the convietionthatthere were times when even their own comfort and personal ad vantage must give way to public considerations. However dangerous agitation might be in general, there was a time when agitation was necessary in order to correct a greater evil than agitation itself could produce, and that time had now arrived. (Hear.) - The association felt that while in this great country, during a long period of com paratively entire peace, all that concerned the private re lations and enterprises of the country had made a progress unexampled in its history ; that, whilenational monuments such as had never been equalled in the greatest empires of the world had arisen around us, and while everything was moving and doing, the Government of the country alone stood still. (Loud cheers.) They had, therefore, thought it better to come forward now and give an impetus and movement to this feeling, rather than remain any longer listless and regardless of it. He was not surprised that many of the leading men of the city had not yet joined the movement. There were many who did not like to join a movement when there might be some doubt as to its ulti mate success, but they would doubtless join it as soon as it had obtained a fair prospectof success. He trusted, however, that when the day of triumph arrived it would be enjoyed by those who had legitimately won it. (Cheers.) Now, he believed that this country having been long at comparative peace, opinions had been advocated and circulated by a small party composed of men of great and distinguished talent, called the "Peace-at-any-price party," which were both un-English and dangerous. If all nations had slum bered like Us the arts of peace might have been alone cultivated; but, unfortunately, ambition never slumbered, but was ready to take advantage of any circumstance favourable to the realisation of any object it had in view. The country, however, had been rudely awakened from its dream. He believed that Providence never inflicted so great a misery upon mankind as war, without leaving some good object to be gained by it; and he could not but think that the present war, putting aside all political objects, would lead to many beneficial results, one of which was undoubtedly the establishment of the Administrative, Reform Association. If the war had w not taken place e should have slumbered too long. (Hear.) But, putting aside all political considerations as to the justice and necessity of the war, he thought all persons would be agreed that, as we were engaged in war, that war ought to be carried on in a manner consistent with the honour and dignity of the country. (Cheers.) Now, what had been the manner in which the war hitherto had been conducted? Generally the blame was thrown upon the system, and an endeavour was made to exculpate persons. In the evidence given before the Sebastopol Committee no single fault had been pointed out which was not either thrown upon the system or upon Mr. Ward, who died several months ago. (Laughter.) If anything was found wanting which ought to have been supplied for the com fort of the troops, it was always said to have gone down in the Prince. (Laughter.) Now, he believed that all the misfortunes that had arisen were to he attributed to that system of misgovernment of which the society complained, and which the public had for many years permitted to exist. But the indignation of the people was at length aroused, and the Government were compelled to endeavour to ascertain where the blame rested in order to apply a remedy. The Sebastopol committee was consequently ap pointed, and the result of their labours was to be found in the three blue-books which they had issued. He believed that the Crimean campaign would form an epoch in the history of the country, and, if the worst enemies of Eng land were to seek the means of calumniating her and, of showing how hollow her institutions were, they could not devise a better mode of doing so than by producing these blue-books, for they were the records of the ignorance, in difference, and obstinacy of a Government such as he would defy the whole history of the world to produce. (Cheers.) They cast the greatest shame upon the people and npou the system, thougli fortunately there was one redeeming point, inasmuch as they showed instances of heroic suffering, of patient endurance, and of vir tue that had never been equalled. (Loud cheers.) Who could read without emotion, the evidence of such witnesses as Mr. Stafford, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Macdonald ? Their testimony proved the utter ignorance and incompetence of the Government officials, and showed that the most intense sufferings had been borne by the troops with patient endurance and with but one gleam of hope. And whence did that ray of hope come? It came from the midnight lamp of that heroic woman—(cheers) — who, as had been welt described, was nightly to be seen passing alone along miles of neap and suffering. (Chest's.) Whence also had come the small comforts which had been supplied to relieve the condition of the troops ? They came from funds supplied by private benevolence and adminis tered by a great organ of public opinion. (Cheers.) A woman self-devoted, and a man who had never seen war or gone into sickness, and who was selected only for his in telligence, these were the people who scattered hope and comfort, which all the great appliances of the country, which had c , st millions of taxation, were totally unable to effect. (Cheers.) What lesson were they taught by this? Why,that almost everyinaprovement which had taken place had come from private suggestion, and that almost every substantial alleviation of suffering had originated in pub lic charity. (Cheers.) But need they feel surprised at this when they knew from the testimony of Lora Aberdeen-- (murmurs of disapprobation)—and Sidney Herbert--(tnur mnrs)—tliat daring two mouths, while the gr ea t es t even t s were in progress, a nd while the dignity awl. honour of this country were pledged as they had never before been pledged —there was no Cabinet Council held ? (Cries of shame 1) All the Cabinet, with three exceptions—and they were Peelites —were away amusing themselves. They found at the com mencement of the Crimean expedition, on the testimony of Lord Aberdeen, all the information which the Government I received was almost entirely derived from the reports in the public papers. (Hoar, hear.) On the evidence of their generals, they knew that the army, when sent to the Crimea, was, as regarded appliances and comforts, in the same state in ;which the army was 'when sent to the Peninsula. The soldiers wore sent to the Crimea with old tents, old clothes, old arms, and old habits and manners. What was the result of this? Why, that thou sands of valuable—nay, of invaluable—lives had been sac aritfietande—siagenrionaficilsour i a n t o t o h r e i o b u l s oo s d h y r s i n h o r i ne o f o f w i n a c r o , m b p i e i tones', obstinacy, and neglect. In the face of all this, need he ask was an Administrative Reform Association neces sary? Was it not necessary that the deeply seated indig nant mutterings of the people should find an utterance ? And this society was formed for that object. He had been told that the successes which had been lately made known had done away with th e o bj ec t s o f t hi s society. (No, no.) But had he, when he g ave i n hi s a dh es i on to this society, been so unpatriotic as to b e li eve th a t th ey should never be successful? No, he always believed that they should bo successful; that they would carry administrative reform —they would take Sebastopol, and obtain many other things before long. (Cheers.) But were not these late suc cesses an argument in favour of this society ? What had happened, after a long period of torpor and God knew what, when a new and vigorous man was appointed to the command of the French army? (Loud cheers.) Scarcely was his name mentioned in the united camps than success followed • the fact of the right man b e i ng a pp o i n t e d en couraged men ; they 'met danger with a good heart, and success followed; and success would attend this meet ing if they acted on a similar principle. (Cheers.) Another reason which rendered it necessary that this association should be kept up was this—to whom did they owe these successes ? Was it to the commander and his staff? No ; it was to those long-suffering and heroic men who through a winter of unparalleled hardships had maintained their courage and spirits, and were now ready to undertake whatever might be demanded of them. As yet honours had been showered, as the Times' correspondent had said, on the cocked hats of the staff. It was now for the asso ciation and the people of England to show that they were prepared to shower their honours on the heads of those who deserved them. (Cheers.) Let it go forth to their soldiers that this association and the people of Eng land were now struggling on behalf of the regimental offi cers and soldiers, and sought to distribute honours to those who merited them ; and by doing this they would only be discharging their duty to their soldiers and the country. He had been told that this association had no definite ob jects. He did not agree with this, as he thought the some what voluminous address which had been issued contained many clear and definite ideas, and he was prepared to-night to lay down grounds on which the association might pro ceed, and would lay down others on Friday next, when he brought forward the motion of which he had given notice. (Cheers.) He had never quailed from bringing forward that motion, but he only postponed it because he thought that it was necessary they should discuss the question of the war before the 'Whitsuntide recess. He took it that the first object of the society wasto gain information ; that was a most important object; it comprised a multiplicity of subjects, but could not be said to be indefinite. Hitherto all connected with the Government of this country had been guarded by a veil of mystery, which it was the object of that society to break through. The Corn Law League was established for a specific object, to enable it to obtain which a quarter of a million was collected. But, to his mind, the abolition of the corn laws was infinitely second ary to the objects of that association—(cheers)—for, if they put r t t ,t h ot e . right men in the Government, the abolition of the corn law to s hb a et n i d of every other noxious law would follow as something more tangible, a well 1 matter of course, and therefore he said to all who wished c i a n u i s n e---e form na a b ti l o eith n. (echseoecrise.tpTbhyeypetchuenniacryamseutpo that the arm three great the shape of the reform of the branch es of the public service—the army and navy—the dipl omatic —he had already a Y was r: delicate subject with him—(laughter) an the civil services. They knew made a kind of Balaklava charge upon it, received some rude blows himself. and, though he enemy some mischief, he had himself right He hoped, however, on Friday next to put subject to art extent that right with the public on this might not be expected, and. , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE 14 1855 though he had made some slight errors, and it was very difficult, when there were thousands of rules, some of which I were not known to the profession themselves, to get at the troth, still it was at the bottom, and, though some mistakes might be made, it would be reached at last. He did not think that the ebullition of temper on the part of the house to which he alluded was owing to the mistake which he had made ; his experience of the House of Commons had taught him this, that a man may make as many wilful in accuracies —to use no harsher term—as he liked, if he wore with a party, but he Inuit beware of a mistake if he stood alone, for if he made one, as in his (Mr. Layard's) case, up jumped a number of indignant colonels, one of whom was so carried away by his feelings that he wondered at his (Mr. Layard's) impudence —(laughter)—in touching the question of the army. Even Earl Derby, forgetting his youthful days and indiscretion, which had earned for him the title of the " Rupert of debate," had done him the honour . . of the finest ships in the world, capable of carrying out 2,200 horses, at the low rate of 16s. or 17s. per ton regis tered tonnage. The answer received was the usual one—that the offer would be considered. (Hear.) Some time after wards another offer was made to the Government to find a fleet capable of taking out 2,660 horses, and yet he (Mr. Lindsay) understood that to this day the larger portion of the horses referred to by Sir De Lacy Evans had not gone out. (" Hear, hear," and cries of Shame !") The Government in this way were making efforts to obtain ships and he would state what these were. There were some short time since two magnificent steamers lying in the Clyde which the Government were anxious to obtain; the owner, who was a Manchester man, wrote to a friend in town, desiring him to tender to the Government one of those steamers. In four or five days an answer was sent impos ing such conditions as it was impossible the owner could. agree to, and he wrote to his friend and asked him to try and fix the ship for the French Government, and this he succeeded in doing. On Thursday last the other steamer was offered to the Government, and on Saturday they agreed to accept it on the condition .that the steamer should come from the Clyde to Liverpool to be examined there by their officer. (Laughter.) So that a ship of the value of 100,0001. was to be brought to Liverpool for the convenience of the Government surveyor, when he could have gone to the ship for 21. The owner wrote to his agent to say that he never heard anything so grossly unreasonable as this demand of the Government, and told him to apply to the French Government, who en gaged the vessel, which was thus lost to the service of this country. He would mention another case. The Govern ment had engaged a steamer, of the value of 50,0001., lying at Deptford, and, having 12 tons of goods at Newcastle to be convoyed to the Crimea, the owner received orders to go to Portsmouth to trice on board troops for the Crimea, and on his way to call as Newcastle. (Laughter.) The owner wrote to the Secretary of the Admiralty, stating that the goods could be brought from Newcastle for 61 ., but that it would cost 2,0001. to send the steamer for them. An angry letter was sent from the Admiralty, ordering the owner to go to Newcastle; he remonstrated, and then a letter was sent from the secretary of Sir James Graham, still order ing the owner to proceed to Newcastle to take on board the 12 tons of combustibler for the Crimea. The owner said he could not see 2,0001. cf his country's money wasted, and refused to go be the ceraequences what they might. (Cheers, and cries of " Name r) He would give the name to any one who might in confidence desire it. After his last re monstrance, the Admiralty not liking themselves to send contradictory orders, did so through another department, and the owner was tell not to proceed to Newcastle, as the goods would be brought to Woolwich. He would cite one more case. There was a steamer lying at Deptford of the value of bO,OOO/.,end before it could be finally engaged it was necessary it shculd be examined by the Government engineer, who resided at Woolwich. The Government ordered the owner of this steamer to proceed from Dept ford to Woolwich, so that the engineer might walk on board. (Laughter.) The owner answered to the effect that it would be easier for the engineer to come to the ship, and that he might do it for 4d., but it would cost 2001. to take the ship to him. The owner was again ordered to proceed to Deptford, but he refused, and said he would rather take away his ship from the Government than do so. (Cheers.) He had moved for returns to be made with respect to the transport service ; and, although the Government had taken five months to make them, yet there were so many errors in them—even wilful errors he was afraid—that if a clerk of his had made 1-10th part of them he would have dismissed him, and he would not rest until the men who had made the errors in these returns were dismissed. He might raiee'up personal ernity by tak ing the course he had adopted with reference to this move ment, but no 'threat should prevent him from performing the duties and carrying out the sacred trust of a represen tative of the people. (Loud cl eers.) Mr. TITS, M.P., said that it was unnecessary for him to attempt to enlist the sympathies of those present on be half of the association, after the manner in which they had responded to the preceding speakers; but he would state to them that this question of reform was now being re echoed throughout the country. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to refer to the mismanagement of the war, and quoted the opinion of Sir W. Napier to show that throughout the Peninsular War the Duke of Wellington had had to contend against the same misgovernment. Ho believed, however, that the Administrative Reform Asso ciation would be e means of effecting a vast amount of good, and he thanked the press for the earnestness with which it had advocated the cause which the association had at heart. He concluded by expressing an opinion that it would be a great step towards obtaining an improved system of government, if in future electors would refrain from calling upon their representatives to ask the Govern ment for situations, and would leave them free and un fettered, and entirely independent of the Government. Mr. OTWAY next addressed the meeting, and said, it was most gratifying to see that one of the results of the forma tion of the association had already been that all parties were engaged in a struggle as to who should be the best adminis trative reformer. He knew of no question so important as that which had for its object the reform of the present sys tem of misgovernment, and he was of opinion that one of the • first steps in order to obtain reform would be to open the civil service of the country to those who possessed the qualifications that were requisite for admission into the service. With regard to the army he had long felt that, in a time of war especially, all promotions ought to be made strictly in accordance with the merit of the individuals promoted. A most important branch of the service was the Staff, and, while in all foreign countries the officers upon the staff were well educated and organised in the duties of their profession, the education of those employed by this country were comparatively neglected. In all the appoint ments that were made merit was entirely overlooked, and the highest posts of honour were given to those who had the most influential connexion. It was hardly credible—but yet it was the fact, according to a return which lee had re cently obtained—that out of 136 officers employed upon the staff in the Crimea, only nine had obtained certificates of merit. The moment the french army arrived at .IC amiesch the staff set to work to construct roads and provide means of communication, in order that the army might be properly supplied with food and necessaries ; but our staff did no such thing, aad ho doubted whether they would not have been utterly incompetent to perform such a duty. Some allusion had been made by Mr. Layard to the diplo matic branch of the service. He (Mr. Otway) could con ceive no profession more important, and he was most strongly of opinion that it ought to be open to any per son of sufficient merit and capacity to enter it. (Cheers.) At present we had 2 Ambassadors, and both of them were peers. We had also e 2 Ministers, sof whom were peers, 6 eons of peers, 2 baronets, and 3, paternally, nephews of peers. Of 3 Secretaries of Embassies, 1 was a peer, and 1 the son of a peer ; and, of 22 Secretaries of Legation, 10 were peers, and 5 others were nearly connected with the peerage. Out of 124 persons employed in the diplomatil service of the country C 4 were either peers or closely con nected with the peerage. (Rear, hear.) Such a state of things was, be thought, hi e chly disadvantageous to the country, and it was quite time to put a stop to it. To use the words of Mr. Layard r it was only by putting the right men in the right place and by entirely changing the pre sent system that the sufferings and misfortunes which had recently occurred could he prevented in future. (Cheers.) Ten o'clock having arrived, the Chairman announced that the proceedings would then close, but loud calls were made for Sir C. Napier. Sir C. NAPIER, who was received with great cheering, briefly thanked the meeting for the reception which had been given to him, observing that it was a reception which one who had been careered by the Government and dis missed from his command bad no right to expect. (Cheers.) He was quite unprepared to address the meeting, and he would, therefore, merely give in his adhesion to the asso ciation, believing that, after the disasters which had oc curred in the Crimea, it was only b 3 placing, the right men in the right place that the safety of the country could be secured. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. of saying that he had no connection with him. (Laughter.) Sir J. Pakington had given him a quarter-session lecture, and Lord Palmerston—in no very English spirit—seeing him down, had trampled him under his feet. In the midst _ . of all this he had derived some consolation from the anecdote told of the eminent statesman Tierney, who, see ing one man knock another down and commence kicking him violently, went up and remonstrated. " Ala, sir," said the man, "if you had had so much trouble to get him down— (loud cheers)—as I have, you would not let him off without a few kicks. He trusted that he was now up again, and when he said that he stood alone he had made a mis take, for what he had witnessed that evening convinced him that he did not stand alone—(loud and prolonged cheering)—and he would endeavour to be more accurate for the future. Next to the landed interest, it was said that the army interest was the strongest in the House of Commons, but that was not the case. The Guards' interest 'night be so ; bat that was not the interest of the regimental officers and soldiers. He couldahow them the way at once to put down the greater part of the evils in this case. One of the greatest evils of the army wastho purchase system. All the greatest military authorities, in cluding Sir De Lacy Evans, had said that the purchase system was a disgrace to the nation, and it was one which no foreign country could understand. Many attempts had been made to put an end to it, and Lord Palmerston, and those who defended it, said, " It is true the system is bad,' but there are vested interests connected with it which you must not touch. If a man buys his commission, he has a right afterwards to sell it. You cannot get rid of this at one fell swoop, nor will the country pay the large sum required to do so." But he could show Lord Palmerston, if he were sincere in his desire to abolish this system, how he might cut off half of it without any expense to any individual or the country. From the Army List it would be found that, owing to this war and other consequences, more than half of the commissions granted had been so without purchase, and therefore they ought to declare that every commission which had been given with out purchase should hereafter go without purchase. (Cheers.) The Government had declared it would make improvements in the army, but they had only united the Ordnance with the army department ; and Lord Panmnre had said that when the appointments were made they would find the right men were placed in the right places. On looking at these appointments, he found one was given to Lord Panmure's nephew, who he was told was an ex cellent man, and had been private secretary to the pre. viotts Minister. Captain Ramsay now occupied his place of private secretary, on the strength of which he would obtain something good ; then there was Mr. Howell, the partner of Mr. Hayter's brother, who, it was said, had not received his appointment on the ground of Par liamentary considerations. He (Mr. Layard) was willing to accept this statement ; but then the question still remained, would Mr. Howell have received it if he had not boon the partner of Mr. Hayter's brother ? With regard to diplomacy, if there was any branch of the public service which required a fundamental reform, it was this, and he should make some suggestions on it on Friday next. He warned the meeting against secret diplomacy. It must to a certain extent be so, but it need not be mystified to the extent it was at present. If inquiry was more important on any one subject than ano ther, it was with reference to the civil service. They had just had a most excellent report published which gam) them valuable information on thiabranch of the service, of which they ought to avail themselves. One of the first objects of the society ought to assist in getting effective men placed in every branch of the civil service. At present hebelieved that the number of civil servants employed was too large, and many of them were underpaid. They ought to be paid liberally, and he believed that it was a great mistake to press too much for a reduction of salaries, because gene rally the enormous salaries of the great men were left un touched, while the smaller salaries of the really hard working and deserving men were cut down. (Hear.) At present there were about 60,000 r arsons connected with the civil service, and the appointments of these men were influenced more or less by political motives. A sort of current of electricity ran between Mr. Hayter and the re presentatives of various constituencies. The Secret sly to the Treasury had only to touch the electric wire, audit ran through the whole of the country. That, however, was a system which must be put a stop to; and in considering what means ought to be adopted to put a stop to it, he came to what he conceived to be one of the chief objects of the meeting. He had been told that he had made a great mistake in the terms of the motion which he was about to bring before the House of Commons, and that instead of having said, "The house views with deep concern tho state of the nation," he ought to have said, " The nation views with deep concern the state of the house." (Laughter and cheers.) Upon the whole, he believed that such a motion would have better expressed the feeling of the country, for the people of the country were beginning to lose faith in the House of Commons. They saw in it a mere struggle of parties, and no real earnestness. (Cheers.) In obtaining such reforms as might be found necessary perhaps the association might have to go further than they anticipated. Ho understood from the chairman that committees were already organised in almost every principal town throughout the country, and he would cell upon those committees when the election came—and it must come before lout—to take care and elect men who would adopt the recommendation of hie noble friend Lord Goderich, and not darken the doors of Mr. Hayter. (Cheers.) There were, however, other duties which the association would have to discharge. It was an argument of the old Tories against the Reform Bill that, if the bill passed and the rotten boroughs were disfranchised, men of genius and talent would not be brought forward in Parliament. If that were true, it was a great reflection upon the country, inasmuch as it showed that by throwing open the constituencies they had been enabled to place better men in Parliament than were sent there before the passing of the Reform Bill. It would be tho duty of the society to obtain a pledge from every candidate that he would support administrative reform, end already a happy commencement had been made in the return of Mr. Tite for Bath. What he (Ur. Layard) wished to see was a new party in the House of Commons, not re presenting a class, but representing the feelings and opi nion of the people of the country, and relying for support not upon family connexions, but upon the people. (Cheers.) Hitherto a great struggle had been carried on in the House of Commons without any attention having been paid to the people. The public voice as yet had not penetrated the walls of Parliament, but, like gamblers, the two par ties now composing the House of Commons had staked everything upon a throw. Regardless of the sufferings of the people out of doors, their great struggle was upon the question who should remain in office. The police, how ever, were already at the door, and prepared to burst it open, when players, and cards, and lights, and dice, and tables would be seized and overturned together. (Load cheers.) At present the Whigs hail won the game. They had staked very heavily on the Liberal card and had won, but, having pocketed the stakes, they had left the card to its fate. • (Cheers.) Instead of a Go vernment which Was to have been liberal and pure, the cluntry found themselves ruled by the old family clique. With four or five exceptions ' such as Mr. Horsman, Mr. Ball, and one or two othe rs , there was not a man in the Cabinet or connected with the Government in a more subor dinate position who was not a lord or an honourable. Even such a place as the Chairman of Ways and Means was no exception. ' The public were told that a brilliant career was open to any man of talent in the House of Com mons, and to a certain extent that was true • but when a man of genius and talent, who might be foundinconvenient or troublesome to the Government, accepted office, it was only upon the condition that ho should sacrifice his liberal opinions and become a Whig. They all knew that there was as great a difference between Liberalism and Whig-. gism Rs between the North and South Poles. (Laughter and cheers.) If this were not the case, would any man pretend to say that Sir William Molesworth would not have been upon the platform that night. (Hear,hear.) He believed Sir W. Molesworth to be a sincere man, but he was unable to carry out the principles he had always ad vocated in consequence of his connection with the Govern ment. The Government themselves were ever ready to a %mifice their subordinate*, but not to give way themselves —which reminded him of the anecdote of the Irish land lord who so greatly oppressed his tenantry that his steward wrote to him at length to say he had been threatened to be shot, upon which the landlord wrote back—" Tell those scoundrels, that if by shooting you they think to intimi• date me, they are very much mistaken. (Laughter and cheers.) So it was with the Government. When a sub ordinate was in the way they said, " You must be thrown over, for wo must rot be intimidated by your being knocked on the head." If any man ever possessed the power of effecting a change in the system of govern ment it was Lord Palmerston. That noble lord was carried into power by the united voice of the people of this country, and though he (Mr. Layard) had heard of the country having been disgraced and brought to the verge of ruin by the conduct of statesmen, yet this was the only time he had seen a man jesting upon the suffer ings of the people, and making light of their unfortunate condition. (Cheers.) And this, too, was done at a mo znent when all Europe was looking to the British Parlia ment for an example of wisdom, order, and liberal go vernment. Indeed, he must acknowledge that he had never seen Lord Palmerston in earnest except when vilifying the people of this country. (Hear.) It was said that the asso ciation was an attack upon the aristocracy, bat its only object was t o o bt a i n a proper system of administrative re form. Their motto was "fitness," not "favour." In the words of Shakspeare : " Who shall go about " To cozen fortune, and be honourable, " Without the stamp of merit? Let none presume " To wear an undeserved dignity. " 0 ! that estates, degrees, and offices " Were not deriv'd corruptly; and that clear honour " Were purchas'd by the merit of the wearer 1 " How many then should cover that stand bare ; " How many be commanded that command." (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. LINDSAY, M.P., was the next speaker. He said that the association was not desirous of making war against any particular Government; but it was anxious to obtain that system of government that would be most in accordance with the sentiments of the people. The gentle men who had originated this movement were far from de• siring to wage war against the aristocracy, as the aristo cracy ; but they did assert that it was wrong in principle to intrust the government of the country to men simply be cause they happened to be lords and honourables, and that some other claim to govern ought to be required. (Cheers.) Bat in spite of the statements which had been made from time to time by the Times' correspondent, it was still de nied that there had been any mismanagement in the conduct of the war ; and he was therefore desirous of occupying the time of the meeting for a few moments, while he endea voured to-lay before them some plain facts with which he had been lately made acquainted. About six weeks ago he was asked by Sir De Lacy Evans if the scarcity of shipping was still as great as it had been ? His reply was, that ship ping might be found to any amount ; when Sir Ds Lacy Evans said his statement was very stran ges tecause for more than a month he had been desirous bi sen ding out 3,000 horses to his division in the Crimea, and he had been told that it was impossible to find ships t - ..) carry them out. He (Mr. Lindsay) made inquiries into 4 - ale matter, and sub sequently addressed a letter to Sil - De Lacy Evans, stating that some time ago a friend of ' 43. 211 hours a magnificent . , Awe . o a r i ng w su pply. ! .. nis had written to Lord P a r ei E I'APE RI A L PA RLIAIIE IN T. statistics with regard to the nu mb er of carria g es and horses passing through Hyde-park on Saturday ee and Sunday last. On t he former da y he found .............. Syren ... . ....................... . . HOUSE OF COMIVIONS--(YESTERDAY.) there were 1,936 one-horse carriages, 2,199 two and Ten.= . Won easily. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. more borse,carriages, and 1,740 saddle horses. On the The Severn Valley Railway Bill, and the Somerset ' following day there were 1 , 698 one-horse carria g es, but Central Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. 1 those above one had dwindled to 854, and the saddle-horse to 413, whilst on the Sunday there w ere 1,228' Omni- PETITIONS. PETITIONS. buses and 2 047 cabs passing under the Wellin g ton-arch Petitions were presented (4) by Sir J. Walmsley from 1 at Hyde-park ' He therefore thought the re was nothin g the metropolis generally, and from Woolwich, against I to complain Of in the example set by the cla ss to which the Sunday Beer Bill ; also a petition from Leicester , I he had the honour to belong. - praying for amendment of the 'Poor-law Bill, so as to 1 After a few words from J. HEYWORTH and Mr. BAR give local control ; by Lord Stanley, from Colchester, I ROW, praying that steps may be taken for the restoration of The house divided on the question that the Speaker peace ; by Mr. Palmer, from Berkshire, against the now leave the chair, when the numbers were — Sunday Trading Bill, and one against the endowment Ayes of Maynooth ; by Mr. Pellatt, 12 petitions from Dis- Noes 5l senting congregations in favour of the Marriages Bill. Majority ' —lo7 SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL. The Speaker accordingly left the chair, and the house On the order of the day for the house going into cog- resolved itself into a committee upon the bill. mittee on this bill, Mr. W. J. FOX proposed to add to the bill a proviso Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a large number of that all persons of the Jewish persuasion should be exempt petitions from various parts of the metropolis against from all the restrictions imposed by the bill. He affirmed the bill, complaining that the bill is a gross attack on the that the bill if enforced upon them would be a penalty liberty of the working classes. upon them not only for their race, but also for their re ' ' Mr. WILKINSON also presented a number of peti- ligion ; and he trusted the house would excuse his tions from Lambeth with the same prayer, and one in speaking in their behalf, when it was borne in mind that . they could not speak for themselve s . ( Hear, hear. ) favour of it. Lord R. GROSVENOR then present ed s ever a l peti- After a few words from Mr. LLo YD DAVIS , tions from the Tower Hamlets, Finsbu r y , and West- The proviso was negatived without a division. short die mineter, in favour of the bill. Clauses 1 to 3 were then agreed to after a Lord R tGROSVENOR then appealed t o the hon. cussion upon each. member for Newport (Mr. Massey) to postpone his On clause 4, amendment (that the house go into committee on the Mr. CHAMBERS moved that the words "in cases bill that day three months), as he should have proposed of emergency or charity" be inserted, urging that there that amendment on the second reading. were cases in which it might be necessary to take excep- Mr. MASSEY regretted that he had omitted to pro- tion to the provisions of the act. pose his amendment at the second reading of the bill, Mr. DUNCOMBE described the act as a bungling for he believed it to be a bill unjust, iniquitous, and mis- piece of legislation altogether, and was by no means the chievous in principle, and ,one which he felt bound to proper course to take to subvert the act of Charles 11. oppose in every stage of its progress. He contended The clause was afterwards agreed to, amended as pro that the bill, besides being bad in principle, was posed. partial in application, for it would affect only the Upon clause 4 being proposed, a short discussion took Place. The object of the clause was, that no trading metropolis, leaving entirely untouched the great should take place before nine in the morning of Sunday, hives of manufacturing industry in the large town s, afterne of the same day. where the habits and manners of the people were pretty oro similar to those of the working classes of the metropolis. Several divisions took place upon amendments that were proposed to this clause, all of which en ded in the (Hear.) Besides, he contended there was not any trading on Sunday in the metropolis calling for such a measure. defeat of the amendments and the adoptio n of the orl on man might walk through the heart of London—from &Leal clause. clause 5, which provided that there should be no the Bank of England along Cheapside, Fleet - street, the In hawking or crying of newspapers oi Strand, and go on to Hyde Park Corner without seeing oil any sale of them me after 19 o'clock on the Sabbath some discussio n t oo k any shops open or any trading. (Hear.) The s a r emark would apply to the other great line of thorough- place. fare—Oxford-street. (Hear.) He had himself gone through Mr. R. SPOONER thought that no ne ws p a p er should be allowed to be sold after a cert ain hour on Sunda y , many of the more humble streets on a Sunday to ob - serve what sort of trading was going on there, and it was and moved as an amendment that the words nine be in true he found some shops open. But what were they? serted in the clause instead of ten. They were small milk shops, bakers, lollipop shops, and Mr. T. DUNCOMBE considered that all restric such as contributed to the necessities or comforts of the ticn should be taken off the sale of newspapers on working classes—(hear)—and to call that a desecration Sunday. Their sale was in his opinion essential for of the Sabbath was the grossest exaggeration. (Hear, the benefit of society as it at prese nt existed. hear.) He thought such legislation as this bill belonged Upon a division taking place on Mr. , Spooner's to an age gone by ; he thought those matters ought to amendment, the original motion was carried by a majo be left entirely to the judgment of individuals them- rity of 116: selyes. (Hear.) If the bill were passed the observ- Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE then moved, as a further ante of the Sabbath would not be advanced , an inch, nor, amendment, that instead of ten o'clock in the morning indeed, did the promoters of the bill themselves put it the provisions of the clause should be ten o'clock in the 'on that footing. There were thousands of poor coster- evening, thereby giving liberty to all parties to sell mongers, and others of that class, who rose on the Sun- newspapers the whole of Sunday. day morning without perhaps a meal in their The committee divided on the amendment, which was wretched dwellings, and were they to starve ? lost by a majority of 93. It was said, too, that why should not Mr. CRA UFURD p ropos e d to insert after the word the working classes purchase their provisions on the " morning" the words "or two o'clock in the afternoon," Saturday ; but it .was well known that thousands of so as to restrict the sale of newspapers only during honest working men, who did not frequent public-houses, divine service in the morning. who occupied but one or two rooms, and were the y to After a few words from Lord R. GROSVENOR and Sir GREY, the committee once more divided, when there be compelled to keep their food for four - and - twe nt y hours G. in a close, and often unhealthy atmosphere ? If they appeared — were, he considered teat would not be the For the i t amendment way to promote either the self - resp ect or the Against health or habits of those industrious c l a sses. (Hear.) Majority 7B He contended that, even in those localities where Sunday - The CHAIRMAN was then directed to report pro traffic most prevailed, the traffic was over at a compare- gress, and the house resumed ; the committee to sit tively early hour—say by 11 o'clock in the morning. again on the 4th July. The hon. member for Westminster (Sir J. Shelley) The Justices of Peace Qualification Bill was read a expressed dissent, but be (Mr. Massey) knew that in second time, and ordered to be committed. those districts the trading was so sensibly dimi- The Dwelling-houses (Scotland) Bill was passed niched by one o'clock that there was no re- through committee. munera tive reason to induce the tradesmen to keep The report of the Committee of Ways and Means was b their shops open after that hour. (Hea r .) Was an y gen- r The ought Validit and y Proceedings (House of Commons) Bill assed through committee. The bill was afterwards time on which a master should pay his servants ? He was p believed the day for such legislation as that ha d lon g since reported without amendment, and, the standing orders passed away; yet it was well known the workmen did not being suspended, it was read a third time and passed. OFFICE OF SPEAKER. receive their wades till late on Saturday nights, and such a bill as this would probably compel the labouring Mr. WALPOLE moved that a select committee b e classes to resort to a " tick" system or a " truck" sys- appointed to consider and report to the house whether tem, which would be most injurious. The hon. member any and what improvement may be made in the provid . then referred to the evidence given by Sir Richard ing for the execution of the office of Speaker, in the Mayne before the Lords' Committee on Sunday trading, event illness of thef other Speaker' causes unavoidable absence by reason of or o. who stated that though the trading was on the increase, . Agreed to. the observance of the Sabbath was at the same time Mr. INGHAM obtained leave to bring in . a bill to more and more kept up, and he also sta ted that the empower the Dean and Chapter of Durham to make enforcement of the prevention of Sunday trading was a better provision for certain parochial districtS in the bo matter of the greatest difficulty. Such legislation as rough of South Shields. this was calculated ,to drive the working cl asses to the The other orders of the day were then disposed of, low gin shops, on the windows of one of which he lately and the house adjourned at six o'clock. saw an invitation to the people to come in and "get drunk for a penny ; dead drunk for twopence ; and clean straw to get sober upon for nothing." He would not trespass farther on the house. but would conclude by Paying the bill was unjust in principle and partial in cha racter—that it was uncalled for, and that it would be much bettor to leave such subjects to the self-respect of i the vrorkirg classet!, which, he thanked God, was daily i increasing, as was also their knowledge and intelligence, z and therefore he thought it much better to desist from 5 N any legislation on this subject. He therefore moved an N a mendment that the house should go int o committee on m the bill on that day three months. nti 1 I Lord STANLEY said he felt bo und to g ive his su p - Na port to the bill. The honourable member who had just Ne ~, a t down drew a very pathetic picture of a poor ea man . being obliged to keep his food for 24 hours Pa; in his room; bur had the honou rable gentledian Pei 'er read the bill ? Why the third c lause p rovided that 'or any article of food, meat, poultry , & e., may be sold on ict Sundays up to the hour'of nine o'clock. (Hear.) Aa ea to the objection of the hon. member that this bill en would affect only the metropolis , the re was mothin g At eat unusual in that; 'it was quite customary to legis late for the metropolis 'on a separate scale from t he country, and, in fact, there was a t this moment vh a bill before the house for the loc al manage- tel tie ment of the metropolis, which would not at all affect the °et country. (Hear.) He, therefore, considered the'hon. member had not made out any ease against the bill. Mr. W. J. FOX said he knew the metropolis now for a period of nearly fifty years, and he believed that . the inhabitants of the working order had increased in knowledge, self-respect, and civilising influences in that time to a most extraordinary extent, and he be- t i lieved such legislation as this bill pr o p osed was utterly -L uncalled for. As to the absence o f necessit y for making ,Bt i f purchases on Sunday, why, if wor kmen received their wages at an earlier hour on Saturday than now their work would be stopped at an earlier hour; so that, in feet, such a step would in reality be to infl ict a p enalt y on the OR workmen. (Hear.) By our Sabbath , from 12 o'clock vi on Saturday night till 12 o'clock on Sundae- night, we Is, restricted a great many useful things. That was not t 9. the original Sabbath, which commenced at sunset of one day, and ended at sunset of the next day, and there fore he considered we did much mischief by t 1 our modern- reading of the Sabbath. This bill 'ii fixed upon trading exclusively, leaving out amusements du and work entirely, and that was a point which the Sal). all batarian legislators shrunk from touching. To interfere with work would affect our great clubs and coteries ; it would interfere with the cooks, and footmen, and but - E lers, and carriages of the aristocracy ; and he thought b that to stop short of the legislation that would affect -Is 1 Ithose was a pitiful and sordid hypocrisy. (Hear.) ?8, 3 Mr. KER SEYMER wished the house would go into committee on this bill. He was not a Sabbatarian, 3 t but he was not prepared to give up the Lord's - day as a , I day of rest. Although Sunday was a day of rest it .. rt should be also the Lord's-day. The hon. gentleman (Mr. w Massey) said there was little trading on Sundays in Mary lebone ; he (Mr. Seymer).wished the hon. member had - - 7 - accompanied him last Sunday to Houndsditch. He went purposely to see that district, and the amount of Sunday trading there was very extensive ; and not only trading, a but a public meeting was placarded to petition against this bill. He did not see many people' sign the petition, e . h for he believed it would be highly inconvenient for t, most of the people he saw there to state their names and a residences. (Laughter.) He thought that all that had taken place on the discussion of this bill showed in the in strongest way the necessity for the adoption of the pre- ; sent bill. L .Sir J. SHELLEY supported the bill, because he be-1 lieved that its provisions were likely to produce the best results, and the health of the working classes would be in insured. Mr. T. DUNCOIVIBE deprecated the course that ha d 'is 01 bath pursued with respect to this bill , and he obj e c t e d to it on the ground that it ought to be intro duced b y Est the Governments He looked at the measure as a at cowardly_ attempt on the part of the promoters of the bill to effect that of which they would be ashamed if st, personally appealed to. 1 Mr. WILKINSON concurred with the hon. member is for Finsbury that this measure ought to be taken up by .s ttid dosernment, and hOped that that would not be lost b., sight of in the hill, 1 is *sir G. GREY said that the bill, in fact, ought to be la e adopted by the house ; he would, therefor e, su pp ort the bill and °peat) the amendment. Y Mr. MAGUIRE supported the a mendment, pre ferring, as he did, the testimony of Sir R. Mayne to that ie . of the policeman, whom the hon. gentleman opposite en- countered in the course of his tour and whose experience he had so graphically described. lie was as anxious as any member of the house that the L o rd's -day should be kept holy—(hear, hear)—and no persons were; more so at than the Roman Clatholicr members of the house that T 3 such should be the case, but there was an overpowering ! '0 necessity on the part of the poorer classes of society, 01 and it was consequently unfair that coercion should be it I brought to bear upon them. H e a g reed with Sir R. I E Mayne in thinking that the qu estion was one which must be left to the decision of public 1 opinion, which would adjust it much better than by 3( legislation. On that account he should support the J amendment. u Sir J. WALMSLEY said he objected to the bi ll on- r principle. He thought tha t the u pp er cl asses of societ y ought to set those below them a better example in keep- r. ing the Sabbath. _ Lord R. GROSVENOR, in reply to the right hon. member for Leicester, said that he had not undertaken the billZat the desire of the upper classes at all, but that he had taken it up at the solicitation of the inhabitants of the metropolis ge , ierally, .consiHag chiefly of the lower classes, upon the prayer of a nu merously signed petition. With regard to the upper classes setting a better example, he had obtained some Plate. Makerfield - killer Ammonia Seducer 4 7 5 Cock Pheasant The weights a: HEABO.ILNE MAIL, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Stand Plate of 60 sovs (Handicap). Once round and a distance. Mr. Death's Cranbourne, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(W. Abdale) 1 Mr. Mayo's Banstead, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Downes's Mary Anne, 3 yrs, sst 71b ...(Snowden) 3 The following also ran—lda, Stamford, Black Bess, and Pantheon. Betting-2 to 1 agst Ida, 4to 1 each agst Cranbourne and Pantheon, and 6 to 1 each agst Black Bess and Mary Anne. Won easily by two lengths ; a length be tween the second and third ; bad fourth. Pantheon and Black Bess went on the wrong side of the post. _ The Claremont Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colt Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners extra. Half a mile. 15 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sugarcane, by Ratan, Bst 61b (in. 3lb extra) . Lord Chesterfield's Thames Ditton, Bst 101 b (in. 31b extra) (Flatman) 2 Mr. F. Fisher's Bulbul, Bst 31b • (W. May) 3 Betting-6 to, 4on Sugarcane, who made all the running, and won in a canter by five lengths. The Hurst Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yrdolds and upwards ; optional sel• ling weights. One mile. 6 subs. 'Mr. Payne's Spinaway, by Orlando, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (carried 7st 111 b), 30/. (Flatman) 1 Mr. Samwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, Gat 101 b, 30/...(Ashmall) 2 Mr. W. Evans's Miss :Hatch, 3 yrs, 6st 71b, 301. (Snowden) 3 The following also ran—Oleaster, Beau Morris, Cap tain Keble. Betting-6 to 4 agst Usurer, and sto 2 agst Spin away. , Won very easily by a length ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 105 guineas. The surrey and Middlesex Stakes (Handicap) of 20 SOTS each, 10 ft, and 5, only if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. Two miles. 25 subs, 15 of whom declared. Mr. Payne's Cock Pheasant, by Touchstone, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flattnan) 1 Lord Clifden's Rodo-meli, 4yrs, 6st 121 b (Crouch) 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Warwick, aged, 7st 101 b (Kendall) 3 The following also ran—Winkfield, Georgina Sidus, and Vulcan. Betting-5 to 2 apt Cock Pheasant, 3to 1 agst Rodo li, 7 to 2 agst Georgium Sidus, 5 to 1 vgst Winkfield, and 7to 1 agst Warwick. A fine race in with Cock Pheasant and Rodo-meli resulted in a dead heat. War wick finished about three lengths behind the first two. Bad fourth. Vulcan ran against a post, and was pulled up. Deciding Heat-5 to 4on Cock Pheasant. Won by a neck. The Innkeepei,s' Plate of 30 soya, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 soya eb:ch ; optional selling weights, &c. Heats, three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Won in two heats by Mr. Bailey's NE, w Brighton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, 501. (Ashman), beating PunClibox, Jenny Wren, and Allington. The winner was sold for 85 guineas. BETTING ON THE, COVASE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE; 9to 1 agst Viudex 10 to 1 agst Courtenay 11 to 1 agat Rotherham 12 to 1 aget Rylstone GoODWOOD STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Homily 20 to 1 agst Calamps 20 to 1 agst Quince Brisied, DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night 20 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins 20 to 1 aget Fazzoletto 25 to 1 agst Bird in Hand 30 to 1 aget cby Flying Thitchman—Eilerda:e 1000 to 30 agst Voivode 1000 to 30 ag,t The Wild Irishman 1000 to 20 agst British Lion The weather was warm and cloudy. Latein the after noon rain fell in sharp showers, but it was not of suffi ciently long duration to mar the enjoyment of the sport. The attendance was equal to a first day's average. The racing was interesting, the principal event—the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes —occasioning a dead heat. Barnard's and Langland's large and commodious Stands were, as usual, placed in capital "seeing" posi tions, and were opened at a moderate charge. r. Weights for the Scurry Stakes. One In!le- 6 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Cock Pheasant 513 .0 Minos Florist .. 5 12 4 Black Bess Kennyside Hero.. 412 2 Phaedra 3lO 11 NEWT ON RACES --WEDNESDAY (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Trial Handicap Stakes., Virtu0u5........................................... Billy Richardson ................................ Eight ran.. Won cleverly. Golborne Park Stakes. Tilly... .................................................... Fi5herman........................................... Seven ran. Won by half a length. The Gold Cup. Lurley•••• Saucebos Five ran. Won by a head Sealing Plate. . • C)clisiSur ........................ Young Hack Five ran. Won in a oanter. - - ................ ......... --- 9 THE LIVERPOOL CUP. Run July 12. Distance —Two miles. The followin g are all that are left in up to pot time, Wednesday Evening : Age at lb Domino ... 4 8 7 Aribbas Goorkah Joe Miller 6 .7 11 lanthe Jack the Giant . Age st lb Brown Brandy ... 4 7 0 1 Bianca ............ 4 7 Cosset' ..........• . 3 6 12 Amy ............ : . 3 6 12 Cock of the North 3 6 Sh o reham ......•..3 6 3 .. 3 6 2 Lady Alicia ... Sir Ge0rge.......... 3 5 1 0 El ast ic ............ 3 5 5 me raised. 121 b. CO (jiff .R 7 11A !SATS. EDINBURGH •MEAL MARSET--JU" 12. There were in the market to-day 20 sacks ostmesio weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 4Ts. EDINBURGH HAY AND 'STRAW 10-11551.-- JUNE 11. the market. The prices to-day were as follow , s tone, 'There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions ill Oat straw, from 8s Od to 103 6d per keraple °' -"" 8,63. trot] ; wheat do., 7s 6d to 980 d ; barley do., Hay from 14d to 16d ; Aew ditto, Od to Od per stone • 78 6d to Oatmeal, per LpeKrEslaTekH of3l E2BOALthsMAFRirsKBJ----1 s j e t r eo l d ll l . ' l3l r o a 1 imperial 4 6 3 Oa Barleymeal, per ditto . 30s fia ) "---5 OCI ...3 01 Peasemeal, per ditto '''''''' --a Od 8 ° ,, d i - .---S ° a , Flour, per ditto --a Od --s nti ''''' _; Oa Pot-barley, per ditto --- - DUBLIN—JUNE 12. rted t ell e ° be We had a very slow market to -day Whe a Fr iday ' dull quoted fully is lower. Oats scar cel y suPP° n /n et A currencies. Barley unsaleable. . Indian cor n demand, without any alteration in price. Os to 434 °' 11 ; White wheat, 42s Od to 45s Od ; red ditto, t a . rapes ee r j barley, 16s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 146 6d to 16 : 79 ed ; payer; `,24s Od 0 273 Oct per cwt ; 00s Od to —s Od per Uri ; oatmeal, 15s Od to '„, Od to 54° per flour, 4Bolbs. ........." e1e Luau) corD, 0,- Hartley y L MARKET.—JUNE 13 . f „e • Bate 's West Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the 0 . -1 0 . d. g. d.l Wallsencl, t ze. .18 Btuldle W. Hartley lB 6 Framwellgttt° ************** o° Davison's West Hartley 18 6 a ************ 20 •• Holywell etton ................ 9 _ 18 0 Haswell ................ 1 Norm Pe • icy Hartley l7 6 Kepler Grange ......... 19 °_ Ravensworth Hartley lB 0 North Hetton ............ is 6 T field Moor Butes 15 6 B d ........ .. 19 6 Whitwell ichnnin ..... _ ......... 6 17 6 RUSSOWS flettou ... .19 6 Wylam ...... IS 16 6 Hartlepool . .............. fiengh Hall. ............ , s 6 0 Wallsend, &c. South 'Cellos ........... "-„ ..... 9 `' d Acorn Close lB 9 Tees ................ . ...... . 1 Hilda . 17 6 17 9 Tritada ......... ••• • ..... 6 B•edley l7 6 Whitworth .......... .. . 1 7 Riddell .19 3 17 6 Evenwoo ... . ... 16 Wharnciiffe l7 OiCowpen ......... ::;I:tyci. $ Eden Main 19 O'Derweatwater .1:11.' Braddyll 19 3 Ships at market... 200 I Sold ...- ,13 1 Ose tlid r_ 06 0 P (N signifies that the malls are sent fr om thch ) by the night—and Mby the morning --do at. a the 3,1 byllm orning— de spa.,....,________ e m5 id7 ....... ... d ab W 1.1.0 ------.--------"-- I Wie k at pe A Day wtivn rim , . ~1' Fru,- ' Er . ~u , COUNTRIES. :ri ra c i P. ia (by (v ll ia nited Sts. teenikiit)) (by . .. ii. ..... 6. 0. States,, u. t. T.. otner„ London.. D o , . ---,„ ..,,,_. nica(byßrit.pack)2+.l Eve.ry Fri ------ cla .... - LorPo °-- ' i'''' : /0 in General Post- .._. ~. .......„ 11 1 . 0 npton) ..,..;,.... L isp,°° • souttralr'• 0 JO' ' ittvoor ? " .' ~.....,..... ~r a .• 0;1 t... i ........ .. Dove • i rinc esii i • -_,,, 6 America(byßrit.pack)N Americp. (by United Sts. packet) ..........N America (by U. Statesi, packet) ...........N Australia (via •South ampton) .. ~....... _ ..,„ .• i 45 15 Ditto (via Marseilles) N. tritce 6 Ditto (via Cape of Good , .1 111 Y. Hope) .....• .......141 ••••• '' • • -1••••• , oti lL Africa (West Coast) ..N ' l l 3d of the rnonth;. r .r ce .. .... , i N18;9 '24, &30of P ' PtllP ('' :, I ... M Bahamas andl a . : : : : : : : : : : 14 14 th ' Sc 20th of inon•lDu - , Dfi vo•PO'';pil l ii6 B Br e az lgi ir. :: :: :: :: :: ::M N BuenolLAyres........M 9th of the month ..1 , _: 0 " 1 , port , Cape of Good Hope ..N P n Cape of Good Hope ..N tor 9 1 1) 7 tha th ilor,f o t f .h tb .e. ra. e . n o I.i.iot.ti.i t .. l .. )t irt S; o : v.t , thriti:,ro . ,toc: ; , .cir i onoce o ei .5. _ i 1 hO P Cape de Verds .......N 9th of tbo month Sout T 11)4SI Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .....• • .......N , !co"' 4•; 40 0 t balli) i'' ' 1 2° Channel Isles :....... lc 1 itfon.,Wed.•&• •• i- , t ooti , ' ip l Chili- ......• .... , ...mi2dgr.l7th of niolith Soa China .... . ;Once a month •• • r „er .. • :, 0 01 Constantinople .... .. IN 8,13,18,23,a28 or ill . ~..0 0 p , fi g Constantinople ......., 4th Ls 20th of mon.,boufer, .... • • az ,iii Cont. of Europe I& & N Twice daily .. •• • • Ill ov 1.10 -- Egypt (see India) Dover • '; • ,,el France ........ MSi N 'Twice daily .• •• •• ~ ~oppli * I 1 Gibraltar .. ........ M,4, 7,1/, 20, 27 of rt . ''''''' ~, .I OP6 Greece (see India) 1 . - 4 110 3 ° P -11 1 A 1 Greytown .. ..... ...IYl,2nd & 17th of mon... 0 dor , .';10 0 7 flamburgh - .........N,Tuesday Si irldsy 1401_,.000 lo il i Plavannah .. ........ al 2nd of the month Soal" r ...fitp3o io Golland ............M Daily- .... ...... nov! _ o oo l ' ~,p0 Honduras .. ~. .......M 17th of the month. Sorttoi've, • India (viaSentliampt.)M 4th Si 20th of moo. PlYi ll . ' ... I • deli India (via Mardeilies)3l,9th& 25th of month Dove' ' .••• li•orte` i 6 lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of moo D0v e „% . 14 •",10. 0° Ireland .• •, ....M & NlTwice daily .... ~,, floVi'":„. i pto n Lisbon.. .... .. .. ....M 7,9, 17, Etc 27 of in. sooti'ai-rio,, Madeira ............?4 9th of the mouth FlooiL 14 0 01." Madeira ............ N ,23t1 of mOr•th .... Lively .Malta (see /mile) 1 p oet .. •• • ' .- • •:., 8. 1 8 . &28 o f mo n. Mauritius (see India) Ilauritius ..........N 14th of the month i ~ ,,j o tel Mexico .... „ ......24,2nd of the month. 60 9 :: 0 '. ~.• • • Naples • • ...... N i bthlsth2sthofra on,`, h ,o 7 New .iranada ...... M '2d & 17th of mo:ltt7lo...ajeo,p:r New Zellan 1......- By private ship • • !.., , ,,,,, G r .. •: 0 , Papal States ~ .. -...N sttilhtl32sthofmoo•;'outoolP;,,,, Peninsula ........ - NI t7thi7th27thofmon. •.. „dia ler , , Peru .... ~...... „m 2d °i" 27th of moo:•V e ."1 0 0 Pc:, Port Natal .... ~.. - N ißy private sbiP• • I.b o ver •• '• 1 I Sicily • • •.. ....... .. .. N!fithl 6 th2fithot znon,,,,,,yer ... • ,•.: jalle Tuscany • - ........Nlsthlso26thonnon.!!!:licaropyw, Venezuela ..... ....m 2d& L7th ofnoontki6. Van Diemen's Land (sal Australia) .. West Indies .- I;00 16 0 1113e.01 ' tineoo pi tto toiliti°ll. I Southampton) th o • =QM' !Sou Jo' When any daY thenl in° tjsi a of these dates fall on a 401 , It II ...n. Il tc : e i'- : I'4 patched on tho following itla the e%ceP:-„ be dcw preceding day. ...._ ...„1.......... ... „ 'and the Marhowth of which vip. legO rs` SSA RE 3 14 '-- . :—"e 1E 13 ' 10 4 LIVERPOOL, J-13.' bwoess, c bir o, dull I yor lo , 1 .... STOCK EXCHANGE.—There Was n. h • r ., s ou, d Ps a about the same as yst rda7. Lane° 1,131-id'93l 't W e-- 824—London and Noreth:Western, lfl2 5.16.—.0rea S. Eastern, 18i—Eastern Counties, 1 tern of Canada, 23h. dull; witohut muchlaAN flCu7tris°:;:itard, • ......- _ ..0 13 STOOK EXCHANGE.---T° .:3r:ketrilchel. two lti P 21 --r)5 1° —Leeds, shire ' 19A—Midland, '7s—CrY° Pm. 'Trar----11i- Jong 13. ot, 81RM.1;,-- jt , „' f the et scOotiot, STOOK ExcHA —2o° v°"" °end of the 3ssti. and, owing t NGE. . SO near th e er3119 g l° 3. little b • o its being p r ices g,eu ijace, business was transacted ~ _crystal r• South Staffordshire, 2/. 110. 3 d• " 1— _,---- i _. 0 0 morning, shire an d but Y s' n.- 14EVPS' Jlll4 t 15 Go n e. se o°lol r° l '2li i n e e i r f tu le c ° 3s s : w a e l , c ro:: STOCK ExesAinv, __Te mar was _ gii i, 0.- 75 i 946 -- fair s•-lice 3/315nCheSterf ''''.., 16 .... Lincoln,- —North-Virestern, 6 4 ......, n d 26 u•'• 281—York and iN-orth 00 ,1 '" ' I' o°l oiks iT13',.........."'""..!-- OP ' 0 d 0 ° tt b m On d e the i) a Bth Roman th the G Ca t ra 2 :a o u n: : l i c a t lf f o, i b l e a ut '3 , i t o rne l t ige b sc t e l e ; b e ce: et :0 01 expulsion from MeTk i3 len: rr u it rg ATs of ; sll. abuse of power. IA 4I raOynnethGealliwllehyi.nai at B afferton frshir°' 0.. 4. J:011:0t0f " le °1 wi On the 12th inst., a4B Russell-siPsi"-a' {fie ' ' l ' l3' Lloyd Birkett, M.D. ' . A V 6 On the 11th inst., at Bedale gall, 1.--°rPl w ife of Peirce. the On the 7th inst., at Donaghadee, co. or , 1)0 0 ' ,P IA b :niel Dela Cherois, Esq 0 o f o n !he 10th inst., at Dalston, the oi l co'i r -0, OF A DAIICISTIOC. of J3illifigi° 4003, 01° On the 12th inst., Z.2 l e wife of 111. ' bill lIPP er ) Ell cer or man-street, city. On the 12th inst., at Westow-A.--61„ SS, v.° wife of Wm. Nicholas De Matto', Pv,„%nricitteol On the 12th inst., Mrs. Jacob Q- " ter-place, Portman-square. Old 0 ti o MARK WardOa the Dowding,l2th in t 2l , .1 . P: v e i s c h a u r t e 0 , f 3 i r i ~..t e g g ' bi 1 ate' ; 0 0 1 :./ 1 : 4 : 1, TFBuroarmnnbceerasy;.ofelHde.sEt.id.san. gßhotmerbsoyf Lieu"l: SOOOS Engirwer • opal,„r,;c or On the 12th inst., at Thorpe, Chertsslr_" of L ', 0 1. 105 of youngest son of Richard Woodhouse, rl: the IP 4 '' , place,daugh tPerorotfmtahna-slaqtuearil,entroy 11Zerriesottue.,,,veloot"-abonse' ,4,.: 0: i Cost et 'gles l ' De O vo n n t s h h e ir l e 2th od in ge st ; y , Gornki.rtenr tFo..fasiidiZreveysdolfri° Henry Emanuel, Esq., of Wilton Lodge, w place, Regent's-park. ' 1 0 114 D I B D. On the 12th inst., Mr. Daniel Heyvioed, o f ..1 IP° gate, aged 77. ' et roeU4ree ,ar, On the 9th inst. at Hanover Villa , 13 . itor. J 1 3 °100 amnedr: a i t r h b : u .T r o h o n f Blit:einakr laßvaoby, Esq. On the 4'h inst., of cholera, at •Balakle_Ttna'aojieg t 1) ,,r , C. 8., Rear:Admiral of the White, cow , gecrgt.' olio visor 1301 TAO t P On the sth inst ,at Ballinclalloch Castle, oro n i t, son Grant, widow. of Sir John Maepherg°ll 44,0 of Ballindalloch. ;ogtoll—fy v _______/ On the 9th inst., at Albert-street, 1,1°.'11, "03,0° 0, Regent's-park, Major-General Baron I 'v i". 1 .., T. de Bode, aged 77. the "9' JP ° ' On the 10th inst., at Thorneloe Etousf3!..e ogecle‘o, Newport, of Hanley Court, WoreesterTsr, pay; ,00, On the 11th inst., at Norwood Hair, au , D joe Wheat, Esq. age d oi6, o f ll° On the 11th inst., gr. Richard Boffel, Surrey, aged 81. __—_ 4 11 0 ;: ) 1 6'1 VOLD° '/.1 %l LONDON : Printed and Publisbe Iby .--- „gob A ° a of No. 112, i,r...nd, Printer, a t 1' ize x•"ii 4 ,'-' to ge Strand, in the rreeiect a the Savoy, la Midsilesex, Thursday, June 14,1 ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. The following is 111 r. Layard's motion to be discussed on Friday, with the amendments to be proposed by Sir E. B. Lytton and Alr. V. Scully Mr. Layard—Administrative Reform —That this house views with deep and increasinc , concern the state of the nation, and is of opinion that the manner in which merit and efficiency have been sacrificed in public appointments to party end family influences, and to a blind adherence to routine, has given rise to great misfortunes, and threatens to bring discredit upon the national character, and to in• volve the country in grave disasters. "Sir E. B. Lytton—As an amendment to Mr. Layard's motion on Administrative Reform, to move -That this house recommends to the earliest attention of her Majesty's Ministers the necessity of a careful revision of our various official establishments, with a view to simplify and facili tate the transaction of public business, and, by instituting judicious tests of merit, as well as by removing obstruc tions to its fair promotion and legitimate rewards, to se cure to the service of the State the largest available pro portion of the energy and intelligence for which the people of this country are distinguished. " Mr. Vincent Scully—Administrative Reform—That an humble address he presented to het Majesty, thanking her Majesty for her most gracious order in Council of the 21st day of May last, by which certain persons were di rected to examine into and certify the qualifications of all young men proposed to be appointed to junior situations in any department of the civil service • and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to modify such order, by directing the ex imination to be an open one, and held in public, and that the examiners do have regard to superior qualifications and merit; and praying also that a similar order, or orders, in Council be issued as to the military, naval, diplomatic, and consular services, with the view to secure greater efficiency in all departments of' the public service." tAnttittismintit.l---HdLiowAt'n• PILLS FOR THE EF FECTUAL CURE OF DROPSY.—The singtiltir Offidady Of Holloway's pills in the numerous cures effected by their use, in some of the most obstinate cases of dropsy, is moat eitraordiparyi These astonishing pills act with stloll pedilliat effect upon the system, that the fluids arising from this direful disease are imperceptibly car ried oft and entirely prevented fronl any further accumu lation. 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