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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. _ __ The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from a body of persons who had been employed for some years in inspecting schools in the diocese of Oxford, stat'ng that they had heard with regret of the probability of a measure for the education of the poor being passed, which proposed to support such a system of education by means of a rate. The petitioners considered such a provision most objectionable, as tending to deprive the great mass of the population of religious instruction, and prayed that it might not pass into a law. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Glasgow praying for the repeal of the Maynooth grant. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time :—A.ber deen Railway ; Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway ; E %st Kent Railway ; Newton in Mackerfield Improvement ; St. Helen's Improvement ; Waterford and Limerick Railway ; Weston Saner Mare Gas ; Limerick and Cas tleconnel Railway ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gas ; Alford and Boston Road Bill. THIRD READINGS. The Leominster and Ledbary Road and the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bills were severally read a third time and passed. LONDON NECROPOLIS_NATIONAL MAIISO- i:EUM BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Lord BERNERS rose to oppose the further progress of the bill. The noble lord, in the course of his obser vations, took occasion to refer to a petition that he was intrusted with to present against the bill. That petition set forth a series of objections to the measure. That it was at variance with the original contract entered into by the Company when they obtained possession of the ground ; that it interfered with the prerogative of the High Court of Chancery; that in contravention of the original act, the company expended a large sum of money in an improper manner, and that the bill itself did not contain any p;o -♦ision for the compensation of the incumbents of the metropolis who would be deprived of their usual bu:ial fees by the establishment of this new cemetery. Lord REDESDALE supported the bill, and con tended that it was framed in accordance with the origi nal act. After a short discussion, in which the Earl of STR A.D.. BROKE and Lord ST. LEONARDS took part, The bill was read a second time. THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. The Earl of EGLINTON begged to ask her Majesty's Government the question of which he had given notice, viz., what decision had been come to with respect to the scale on which the Ordnance survey of Scotland was to be concluded. He thought it was most desirable that there should be one uniform system of a 6-inch scale carried out. He heard it was proposed to carry this survey on in 25-inch scale, which he thought was highly objectionable. The Duke of ARGYLL contended that the 25-inch plan was not only generally useful, but indispensable, in Scotland. It was, however, obvious, that while the 25- inch scale was the most useful in the commercial and highly-cultivated districts, it was utterly useless in re gard to the mountainous districts. ord MONTEAGLE thought good would result from a smaller map, on a scale of one inch to the mile, accom panying the larger one. The Earl of HARDWICKE thought it was a matter of the greatest advantage for the landed proprietors of Scotland to have a 25 inch scale adopted, as they would be enabled to see their properties minutely described at the public expense. (Laughter.) If he was a Scotch man he should very much like to forward his own pri vate views in this respect at the public expense. (Laugh ter.) After a short conversation, the subject dropped. THE IRISH PEERAGE. The Earl of DERBY rose to call the attention of the house to the circumstances attending the creation of the barony of Fermoy. The noble earl said that the peerage bad been created to serve political purposes, and de scribed the exercise of the prerogative as a contravention of the Act of Union. It was very singular that the first of the three vacancies which gave rise to the new crea tion should have fallen vacant so far back as 1802, and that in all the successive creations which had taken place since that time, amounting to fifteen or sixteen, no one had ever dreamed of the earldom of Mountrath being vacant, so as to give the Crown a right to create a new peer. It was somewhat curious, remembering that the right of creating a peer accrued to the Crown at the ex piration of one year from the death of the last of the three peers, that the two last peerages which perfected the title of the Crown to create a new peer became vacant on the 26th and 29th of January, ' 1. consequently that the right of the Crown accrued ) January, 1854, and yet that it was not until the elid of March, 1855, that the Government exercised the right which clearly belonged to them, according to their own interpretation of the Act of Union in the beginning of 1854. The noble earl concluded by moving that the circumstances of the creation of the barony of Fermony be referred to a com mittee of privileges. Earl GRANVILLE agreed with the noble earl that the question was one of great impoLtance to the house, as affecting its privileges, and also as involving the pre rogative of the Crown. He wan-quite willing to as sent to the motion to refer it to the committee of privi leges. Lord ST. LEONARDS thought the Government were seriously to blame for the course they had pursued on this occasion, even if they had deemed themselves in the right. Lord BROUGHAM said the motion had been adopted by the house without any difference of opinion, and he asked their lordships to consider the position in which they would be placed if the discussion was to be con tinued. The LORD CHANCELLOR—His noble and learned friend was altogether wrong if he supposed that in the few observations which he (the Lord Chancellor) was about to address their lordships he meant in the slightest degree to diverge from the very wholesome rule his noble and learned friend had laid down, and which his other noble and learned friend (Lord St. Leonard's) com menced by stating that he should follow, though the whole tone of his speech was eminently, in point of prac tice, at variance with the principle on which he set out. He by no means wished to say that his noble and learned friend had not taken a right view of the law ; but upon that point he must reserve to himself the exer cise of the most unbiassed and unfettered judgment when the case came judicially before him. He trusted that their lordships, and especially the law lords, would, when they came to hear the arguments upon the ques tion, decide calmly and dispassionately, looking at a ll the clauses of the Act of Union, and that nothingwhich had passed to-night would tend to prejudice the right of any party. Lord ST. LEONARD'S.—According to this method' poor Lord Fermoy would have to battle the case in order to try the rights of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) Lord CAMPBELL said the Earl of Derby was junti fipd in proposing his motion, as years might perhaps elapse before Lord Fermoy came forward and made his The motion was then agreed to. LEASES AND SALE OF SETTLED ESTATES BILL. The house having gone into committee on this bill, Clauses up to 10 - vi - ere agreed to, Oa clause 11, The Earl of DERBY moved to omit the words " , h e whole or," his object being to deprive the Court of Chancery of the power of ordering the sale of the wh ale estate—which he thought would be a most danger ,us power to give the court. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the noble earl;took a very extreme view of the matter. The intention was to enable the Court of Chancery to sell such portions of the estate as it might deem necessary, with the view of improving the property generally. The Earl of WICKLOW reminded their lordships that the great object of the measure was to provide against the necessity of an application to Parliament for a bill to empower the sale of every estate, as was heretofore necessary. He thought that the omission of the words referred to would probably mar the object which they had in view. The committee having divided, there appeared for the amendment — Contents Non-contents . lO Majority against the amendment —4 The clause was then agreed to, as were the remaining clauses, and the bill passed through committee. BRIGHTON INCORPORATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. INFANTS' MARRIAGE BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill passed through committee pro forma, in order to its being reprinted with amendments. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Lord STANLEY of ALDERL EY then moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the best mode of obtaining agricultural statistics from all parts of the United Kingdom, which was agreed to, and Their lordships adjourned et ten minutes past nine. ROUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) haThvineg Co vered fro m hi s l a te indisposition, took the OATHS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS. The SPEARER thanked the ho use fo r th e i r ki n d nes s during his recent i llness, ti r a d remarked he had the satis faction of knowing public business had no:: t b een impeded by his absence. atten tion of the hous e to the He had to ca ll th e e oath s and thei r sea t s circumstance of two members having taken the during his ab sence. That. wa a ct to be done within certain hours requi re d b y t h e in the chair, and doubts had beenwith the Speaker Speaker s h ou ld a r whether it was a bsolutel y necessar y the expressed be in the chair at the time or any other so for him. No d oubt the Legislature intended the acting oaths and the seats shoul d be taken in the most public solemn manner possi ble when the house was not in nand =Mee. Doubts having been su g gested res p ectin g ci t n il l e . taking the oaths and seats by the two hon. memb ers alluded to, it would be well for the house Eto consider the matter, because although these gentlemen had taken . the oaths and done all that w as necessar y o n their parts they were placed in an inconvenient position, 'nt was passed to prevent against them for sitting it haVing properly taken hear.) ising his regret for Mr. ixpressed the gratification mg able to resume his seat of those duties he had so 1:I a ciVciS Aka I,Z ably discharged with so much satisfaction to the house, and advantage to the public interest. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the question alluded to by the Speaker, he (Sir G. Grey) having had his attention pri vately called to the matter, he had conferred with se veral gentlemen learned in the law and others compe tent from their experience in the house to form an opinion thereon, and they unanimously concurred in the doubt expressed by the Speaker, and tist that doubt ought not to remain, but proceedings tak to prevent it. The gentlemen alluded to were desired to t (Ade to the table of the house, and were swern with the sanction of the house with that publicity which no doubt the act intended, and had thereby been completely obtained. He had thought it better to prepare a bill which he hoped would meet with the concurrence of all hon. members, and would remove all doubts and make valid what had been done in that house during the Speaker's tempora r y illness. (Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE, and other hon. members having expressed their gratification at the recovery of the Speaker, and their assent to the proposal of the Home Secretary, leave was given to introduce the bill. STANDING ORDERS.-WESTMINSTER (PRIVATE) LAND BILL Mr. FITZROY called 'the attention of the house to the standing order with reference to this bill. The bill had been opposed in committee, and sent back to him as chairman of Ways and Means ; and considering it to be analogous to one now before another committee, he moved that the Westminster (Private) Land Bill be re ferred to the committee of Group P, for them to proceed with it as they thought proper. The following bills were read a third time :—Hyde Gas (No. 3), Bristol and Exeter Railway, Liverpool Cbrporation Water, East of Fife Railway, Fife and Kir ross Railway, Hartlepool Pier and Port, Leek Improve ment, Mid Kent and North Kent Railway, North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway, Scinde Railway, and Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway. Petitions were presented from Edinburgh against the bill for regulating the Court of Session, and one for the re-establishment of the office of Secretary of State for Scotland ; from Dublin, for the better observance of the Sabbath. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, com mencing at clause 48, at which point the further discus sion of the bill had been adjourned on the 22d of May. Clauses up to 58 were agreed to after some verbal alterations. Clause 59 was agreed to, after a short discussion. On clause 60 being put, which gave power to the dis trict surveyor to have the supervision of privies and cesspools, Air. WILKINSON said that such an arbitrary power was greatly to be deprecated. Sir B. HALL defended the clause, and contended that its provisions were essentially necessary to the healthy drainage of the metropolis. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 61, imposing a penalty on persons making or improperly altering drains, was agreed to. Clauses 62, 63, 64, and 65, were agreed to after a short discussion. On clause 66 being put, which removes the power from local boards to the general board, Sir B. HALL said that the greatest pains and trouble had been taken in draping up the bill. In doing so no less than from 250 to 300 local acts had to be con sidered. Mr. HENLEY said that this was one of the most important clauses in the bill, but he doubted whether it would effect the object it purported to carry out. Sir B. HALL observed that he would take care that that object should be effected. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that the clause ought to be postponed until the other clauses that were to be proposed had been putbefore the house. Sir B. HALL hoped the house would allow the clause to pass upon the promise that he had given, that he would ascertain which would be the better course to adopt, to repeal all the local acts, or to adopt the sug gestions that had been put forward. Lord EBRINGTON thought that the clause ought to be postponed. Mr. WILLIAMS deprecated the adoption of any such course. He thought that the objections of the noble lord had been met and answered by the right hon. baronet. The clause as verbally amended was agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses 67, 68;and 69 were agreed to, after some slight verbal alterations. Lord R. GROSVENOR asked the right hon. baronet if it was his intention by this bill to interfere with the powers at present exercised by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Roads. Turnpike gates in populous neighbourhoods were a great nuisance. Sir B. HALL replied it was not his intention to inter fere with that body by this bill, and it was a question that had better not then be entered into. The further consideration of the bill was adjourned till to-morrow. The house adjourned at 4 o'clock. The SPEAXER took the chair at six o'clock. He was greeted by almost every member in the house upon his recovery from his late accident. A. great number of petitions were presented from various places against the Beer Bill, and against the College of Maynooth. RETIREMENT OF EAST INDIA. OFFICERS. Mr. CRATTFURD asked the President of the Board of Control whether his attention had been called to the recent case of "Graseme v. Wroughton," in which the Court of Exchequer had decided that the practice of sub scribing a sum of money to induce officers in the East India Company's army to retire is illegal, and a misde menour ; and, if so, whether he intended to take any steps to remedy the effects of such a decision ? Mr. V. SMITH said that his attention had not been officially called to the case to which the hon. and learned gentleman referred ; but he had read the accounts of it in the newspapers. He should add, that he did not quite understand on what grounds the decision upon the point proceeded. The practice which was found to be illegal had no doubt existed to a certain extent, and had not been discountenanced by the Government ; neither did he think that within sertain limitations it was prejudicial to the public service. He should consult with the Court of Directors as to the expediency of taking some step for the purpose of placing the law upon the subject on a more satisfactory footing. INDIAN SALT COMMISSION—THE INDIAN unless some ler4islative enaetmel al4,olTron't tireine , brought A ing ig.t.t - le re e without in... ~hlif‘ oaths and seats. Hear, E ~„: ir j9 - C rltE 7 , al exp res: -- Sistr's temporary'; al? nee, ea 4 0 , 1 / 4 - the house f e l t it ' is bein - ,find proceed with the diMartrg e i `..: -.. ,-1 -- • \:::•—,-/ BUDGET. Mr. BRIGHT asked the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Control, whether the report of the Indian Salt Commission had been received in this country, and, if so, when it would be laid before the house He also wished to know when the right hon. gentleman proposed to bring forward what was called the Indian budget ? Mr. V. SMITH said that the report in question had not yet arrived in this country ; but as soon as it should be received it would be laid before the house. With re gard to the production of what was called the Indian budget, he begged leave to observe that there were at that moment 32 orders of the day on the paper of the house ; and under such circumstances he could not at present hope for an opportunity of bringing forward any other business. He bad also to state that the Indian ac• counts, in their new and more complete and simple form, had not yet been 'made up ; but as soon as they should be ready he would take care to bring forward the Indian financial statement on the earliest possible day. Mr. BRIGHT said that the Indian budget had not been submitted to the house last year until the very last week of the session ; he should, therefore, feel it his duty to take an early ,opportunity of ask'ig the right hon. gentleman to fix a more fitting period for the con sideration of the same subject in the present year. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. Lord NAAS asked the hon. gentleman the Secretary to the Treasury what steps had been taken to restore to the inhabitants of the Australian colonies the advan tages of steam postal communication. - IVIr. WILSON said the house was aware that both the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and the General Screw Steam Shipping Company had become unable, since the commencement of the war, to fulfil their seve ral contracts for the conveyance of the bi-monthly mails to Australia. The Postmaster-General, with the consent of the Treasury, had a few months ago asked the Penin sular and Oriental Company to enter into an arrange ment for the conveyance of a monthly mail to Australia via Singapore, but had at the same time refused to can cel the contract with that company for the conveyance of a bi-monthly mail. The company had'a4ced for time to communicate with the Australian colonies before they gave auy answer with respect to the proposed new ar rangement for a monthly mail ; and so that matte,- rested for the present. A monthly mail had for some time been conveyed to these colonies by clipper ships, which had performed the journey with as much rapidity and regularity as it had before been performed by steam vessels. ARMY CADETSHIPS. Captain L. VERNON, referring to the present ar rangement to obtain officers for the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers from civil colleges and public seminaries, asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether it was the intention of Government to take such cadets from the military colleges of Sandhurst and Addiscombe (the latter with the permission of the hon. East India Company) as may on examination be found to be com petent, !seeing that such cadets are already militarily educated ; that formerly it was considered essential that Woolwich cadets should first enter at Marlow ; and that by giving commissions to officers volunteering from the militia the line would be more than compensated for the loss of any cadets taken from Sandhurst to enter into the two scientific corps. _ _ Mr. MONSELL said that the cadetships in question would be thrown open to the competition, by public exa mination, of all the subjects of her Majesty, and the stu dents of Sandhurst and Addiscornbe could enter like any other person into that competition. PIRACY ON THE COAST OF MOROCCO. h e b n a i r n o r n e e n t li t ! d e First Lord Mr. of L h p e D A E L Admiralty d whether right er a t n h y " na . taken by the British Government alone, or in conjunc tion with that of France, to protect trading vessels em ployed on the coast of Morocco from piracy ? Sir C. WOOD was understood to say that be could not tell what were the intentions of the French govern ment upon that point. The Governor of Gibraltar was empowered to take any measures he might think neces sary for the suppression of that piracy, and instructions had recently been sent out to him by the Government upon the subject. SICK AND WOUNDED OFFICERS AT MALTA. Mr. WISE asked the nder Secretary for whether any instructions had -U been sent out to Malta to provide hospital ac commodation for those , sick and wounded officers who are unable to return home ? Mr. F. PEEL said, that no instructions for that particular purpose had been sent out. But it was quite THE SUN', LONDoN TUESDAY' EVENIG, JUNE 12 1855 1 competent for the military authorities at Malta to place those sick officers in the hospital established in that island. referred. It must be decided on the state of facts in this country, by an appeal to evidence, by the truth. On a fernier occasion he (Sir J. Pakington) drew a comparison between the state of crime in England and in Austria as compared with the population, stating, however, that be would only have it for what it was worth. His right hon. friend applied his misCroseopic eye to Mr. Kaye s tables, and disdovered that the tables did not include what he called summary convictions. Now, his right hon. friend was quite right in the view he then took on the subject ; but he had omitted to notice one error into which he (Sir J. Pakingt re) had fallen. On that oocasion he stated the number of seminary convictions in England to have been 35,000 in the year tti which he teferred, but on look ing at the reports of the inspectors of prisons he found the number to be 60,000. On referring to the statutes of crime in Denmark and Hollered, he found that in Den mark the amount of convicted crime *its vet,- Enna less then in England, and iii Holland it was less than in Eng land, but not in so large a ratios His right hon. friend had not only accused him of, error with regard to the tables cf crime, but had also statedthat the proportion ofpeisons at school in Austria was not so great as in England. 'stow, he (Sir J. Pakington) held in his hand official papers on this subject, which showed that in the Austrian e.npire—in eluding Hungary, Lombardy, and some other provinces— taking a population of 18,000,000 as against the same population in England, the number of persons attend ing schools was in the proportion of 1 in 8 of the 'popu lation. Now, his right hon. friend made his comparison in a most unfair manner, for he took the state of educa tion in Austria in 1846, whilst with respect to England he availed himself of the census-of 1851. (Hear.) He had shown that in England, deducting children of very tender age, the number of children not attending school was nearly 1,000,000, being a third less than in Austria. What he had contended was, that in this great matter of education England was lagging behind the rest of the civilised world. The only countries behind her being Italy, Spain, and the slave states of America. He had not referred to Austria alone, but to Denmark, Holland, Wurtemberg, Pru-sia, Bavaria, and above all Switzer• land and the free states of America. All these nations were ahead of us, and the state of education in Eng land was less satisfactory than in any of them. But after all the main question related to the state of edu cation at home. He had been accused of exaggeration in his former statement, but he altogether denied the justice of this charge. The first of the statement he had made alluded to the condition of eight metropolitan parishes, four north and four south of the Thames. Iu those eight parishes there were about 110,000 children, of whom 47,000 were not at school at all. His next statement referred to five counties in the west of Eng land, and he male it on the authority of Mr. Ruddock, the inspector. His statement was, that the workhouse children between 10 and 15 could neither read nor write, were completely ignorant of religion, and scarcely knew that there was a God in Heaven. His right hon. friend (Mr. Henley) supposed that this statement referred to only about 6,750 children, but he forgot that this was a constantly fluctuating b i pcly, and that these children came from every part of the unions to which they belonged. From a letter written by Mr. Ruddock, in reference to the construction placed upon his testimony in his right hon. friend's speech, it appeared that this state of things was not confined to five counties, but extended over as many more. His next statement referred to the condition of ignorance in which the militia of the eastern counties were found to be. This statement was founded on the report of the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, the in spector, which stated that in five regiments, including about 6,000 men, two-thirds were unable to sign their own names. His right hon. friend objected that these were men of only 20 years of age, and that the fact could only illustrate the state of education five or six years ago. On applying to Mr. Mitchell he found that his opinion was that the progress of education was so slow as to be almost imperceptible, and that the state of the existing agricultural schools was such as to hold out little hope that any amendment would take place during the next 8 or 10 years—that many of the school-houses were in a condition almost ruinous, and that the schoolmas ters were often men of low moral tone and rude manners. In reference to the use he had made of the reports of Mr. Clay, chaplain of Preston gaol, his right hon. friend had sneered at his predilection for stereotyped re , ports, He had taken the year 1849, when Mr. Clay stated that out of every 100 children of the criminal population filling the gaol and house - of correction, 41 per cent, did not know the name of the Saviour, 67 per cent. did not know the name of the months of the year, 61 per cent. did not know the Queen's name, and 62 per cent, were quite ignorant of the distinction between virtue and vice. The question was, were these things true ; and if so, what could be said of the state of educa tion prevailing in England. He had received extracts from Mr. Clay's report, yet unpublished, for 1854, from which it appeared that the same state of things con tinued unchanged. He had obtained similar state ments from Mr. Gregory, relative to the county gaol of Lancaster ; Captain Willis, relative to that of Man chester ; and also relative to the gaols of Durham and Sussex. He contended that the gaol class, as it was called, was a fair sample of the labouring class generally, and there could be no doubt that amongst the working classes of the agricultural community the same dense ignorance prevailed. He had been sorry to hear the appeal made by his right honourable friend against levy ing a tax or rate on real property for the purposes of edu cation. His proposition was to levy a rate of 6d. in the pound, and that an equal amount should be contri buted for the maintenance of the schools out of the con solidated fund. He would ro3a.rd a Minister who would hesitate to propose grants for education in the same light as a landowner who refined to advance for drainage. It was far better to expend money on schools than on gaols and workhouses, and the funds so invested would yield a return to the State in rearing up an active and useful population. He was happy to be able to quote the authority of Sir James Kay Shuttleworth in favour of his proposal of a local rate to be applied for public ob jects. In the volume of Minutes of Inspectors, lately published, he found additional testimony in support of his views. Amongst others, Mr. Kennedy strongly en forced the necessity of additional fends to support our education establishments. He need not refer to the numberless testimonies to the same effect from all ranks of the clergy, but‘he could not resist mentioning as a strong example of the necessity of measures being taken to remedy the present deficiencies, that he had received a letter from the Rev. Mr. Ellis, of Burslem, in Staffordshire, informing him that in his pa"isb, containing 7,000 inhabitinti, three school-rooms had been closed for %mit of funds during . s years past. He had applied to the committee of council to obtain some particulars of the applications made by the clergy in support of their ptroohial schools. He found that there were 32 applications, in which the incumbents had been obliged to support their schools by yearly contri butions vary ing from 41. to 741., and - averaging 261. each. Oct of 118 applications for the first three months of the present year, there were 34 in which this defi ciency appeared to have been made up the incumbent, in addition to his ordinary subscription. He was in formed also that 100 letters had been sent in to the Church of England Society by clergymen who urged their inability to support their parochial schools. No one who looked at such facts could fail to be con vinced that some extraneous aid was necessary, and from what source could it be obtained, except from such a rate as he had suggested. His right hon. friend said that his proposal would have the effect of pauper ising English education, but he should like to ask if simi lar measures had been attended by this result in Massa chusetts and other American States, in 'Holland, in Switzerland, and in Scotland? It had been complained that his bill contained no compulsory provision for secur- i ing attendance, but he considered that it would be pre mature to attempt any enactments of the sort until there were more schools for the children to go to, and until they were in a working condition. But he denied that his bill would not have a tendency to meet this evil. Its first result would be to improve our schools, and we might reasonably hope that the attendance would in crease. That this result would occur appeared from the case of Lochabers, in Scotland, where the school was in excellent condition, and the inspector, Mr. Gordon, stated that it was attended by 1 in 4 duringabe winter months, and 1 in 5 during the summer. Similar. statements were made by Mr. Keienedy relative to the school in Rochdale. In the parish of King's Sombre, an entirely agricultural parish, with a population of 1,100, in consequence of the clergyman having succeeded in establishing a thoroughly good national school, the attendance embraced 21 chil dren from that parish and 53 from adjoining ones. Thus more than one-sixth of the population were at school. The poor manifested an earnest desire to obtain the benefits of education. In this school there was an in stance of the mixing of the children of farmers and la bourers. 152 of the pupils were children of labourers, and 70 of farmers and tradesmen. At present ho be lieved that no class of the community stood more in need of improved means of education than did the middle class—farmers and tradesmen, who paid very high prices for a very bad article. and one effect which heanticipated from a system of free schools supported by rates was that the children of farmers and labourers would receive their elementary education together. An hon. friend of his on the other side of the house had succeeded in bring ing these classes together in a school in his neighbour. hood. His right hon. friend (Mr. Hen'ey) had said that this bill ignored the existence of the clergy ; such would not he its effect, because itrecognised all existing schools and in these the action of the clergy would continue to he precisely such as it was at present. His right hon. friend had also objected to the substitution of parishes for districts, but that arrangement was necessitated by the various sizes of parishes, owing to which, while in some cases you could require but one school for five or six parishes, in others you would require five or six schools for one parish. His right hon. friend had compared this plan to that adopted in the United States, and had said that it must end in the secular system. The plan in the United States, however, was, that there should be no re ligious teaching in any school, while his plan was that each school should have a Cistinciivereligious character, therefore it was very illogical for his right hon. friend to say that it must end in the secular system. It was the system which was adopted in Scotland, where Roman Catholic children were admitted to Protestant schools, and as no evil consequences had resulted from it in that country, there was no reason to apprehend that any such would flow from its adoption in England, where, in fact, it was already adopted at the school at Birming ham, at a school at Wallingford, and in other instances. The only danger ;that the secular system should be adopted would arise from the pressure of extreme views •on the part of the Church. There was danger; that if a moderate system of this kind was not adopted by Par liament, and was rejected by the Church party, the public feeling would demand some improvement of edu cation, and those who were sensible of its defects would be driven to adopt the secular system. His right hon. friend asked where the children of Jews and Roman Catholics were to be taught religion. That responsi bility would rest with their parents ; and he thought we might presume that if the religious scruples of a parent lel him to make an objection in writing to his child being taught religion at the school ,his conscience would AORICiILTtrRA.L STATISTICS Lord Vir.GRAHAM asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether Government intended to continue the collection of agricultural statisti33 in Eng land, and, if so, whether it Ras intended to appoint the clerks of unidro as iiermahent collectors at a stated and litVeral salary ; and whether it was intended to intro duce any compulsory measure for making a certain class of returns imperative ? Mr. BOUVERIE said that the recent attempt to ob. tain agricultural statistics in England had failed j for iti ten out of eleven counties the returns were incomplete to the extent of 16 per cent. In the West Riding of Yorkshire alone the returns had been satisfactorily filled up, for there the deficiency amounted to only seven tenths of 1 per cent, of the whole Amount of the infor mation demanded. Under these circumstances hiq noble friend the President of the Board of Trade had given notice, in the House of Lords, the other day, that he would move for a select committee to inquire into the best mode of collecting agricultural statistics in Eng land ; so that the subject, as far as regarded this coun try, was about to be re-opened. In Scotland, however, the recent attempt to obtain agricultural statistics by means of the agricultural societies had been eminently successful, as the failures in the returns amounted to only one-fifth of 1 per cent. The Government, therefore, proposed to continue the system in Scotland, and to lay before the house a vote for meeting the expenditure which that system would necessitate. be sufficiently strong to induce him to make some other 1 prayer of her faithful Commons, on tlie to .ton of the late provision for its obtaining such instruction. The Dean Joseph Hume, Esq.. ;in the ye0. , r1849 ;of instrue of Salisbury had in a recen t pamp hl e t stated that in tions Oven to the Attorney-Go e• a c , 0,, , .qn-,nt up ,n the some schools in Wales, where there were children of report of the said c omitti,:sion•2rs, t proceed against Dissenters, they learned th e Church Catechism and , Francis Earl of Guildford ;of any ietteror letters a:tdre ,sed Church doctrine, but were t o ld by th e ir parents not to by the Bishop of Winchester to SirJ. Jervis, the then At believe it. Which was better, that they should do that, torney-General, or to his solicii. ,, r Mr.- Fearon, having re or that the children of p aren t s w h o o bj ec t e d to the reli- ference, directly or indirectly, to this suit or charity, by gious teaching should not receive it. The only remain- I way of compromise or otherwise ;of all propositions made ing part of the bill to w hi c h h e h a d t o a d ver t was that in any letter or letters containing propositions for a coin which had reference to the appointment of local boards. promise, from the Attorney General or his solicitor, to lie had reason to hope that th e ac ti on o f th ose boards Francis E.trl of Guilford or his solicitor, or from Francis would tend in a great degree to remove the indif- Earl of Guildford or his solicitor to the Attorney-Gene ference of parents to send their children to the schools. ral or his solicitor return showing the state the suit He hoped that by the exertion of those local, boards was in in 1851. and 1852 ; copies of the costs incurred they would secure a better attendance of children at i from the timejof filing the information to the present the schools, and such local boards would be under d a t e ; -of all memorials presented to her Majesty's !ate the control of a central department i n London. This and present Attorney-General with reference to this was not only a question of religion and of belle- charity ; of , the valuation made by Mr. Glutton of the; violence, but a political question also, because he be- property of St. Cross Hospital, and return of the sum of lieved no danger was greater than democratic in- money he charged for the same ; of the report of Mr. stitutions with an ignorant and unenlightened people, Tite, as the valuer employed by the Attorney-General They had heard of the extension of the suffrage and of to value the property of St. Cross Hospital, and of his rpular rights, but nothing could be more dangerous charges ; returns of property belonging to *he hospital, than to make extensive changes of this kind before the under leaseon fines or other ise, the names of the lessees, education .?f the people renderad them fit for their en- the fines that have been paid, and the amount received in joyment. lie jot bring forward this bill in rivalry respect of them by Francis Earl of Guilford from the ye ar to the noble lord opposite, who had shed lustre on his 1808 to the present time ;of property belonging or said name by his exertions on the s,...!hjeot, but their duty to to b e l ong, to t he c h ar ity, s p ec ifying what portionis in the their country and to their God requir,;'d them to remove possession of the hospital and what is nut ; copies of from England the curse of ignorance. Let them bear in the late Sir W. Wynne's oo'ninn on - the private act of mind the first words of the first lesson which the Church Parliament passed in the 18th year of; Elizabeth, probi prescribed for that day, ." A wise judge will instruct his biting the hospital from leasing any of their property ; people." (Hear, hear.) of the late Sir W. Wynne's letlers to the late Dr. Lock- Mr, HADFIELD pro posed th a t the debate should man, master of St. Cross Hospital, relative to the said be adjourned for four weeks. hospital ; of the original information filed against the Lord J. RTISStLL proposed that the debate should Earl of Guilford, and date, and of the prayer thereof ;of be adjourned to Monday next. a letter from Sir F. Thesiger, in reply to the memorial Alter some discussion, the debate, in acc ordance with of Mr. R. An dr e w s and the Rev. H. Holloway ; and of the proposition of the noble lord, was adjourned to the proposed scheme for the future, management of the Monday. 1 charity. I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that no commis sioners had been appointed, as stated in the motion ; all that had been done was, the then Attorney-General was instructed to inquire and report. He said that legal proceedings were going on elsewhere respecting this charity, and pending such litigation it would be highly unjust to produce the papers asked for by the hon. mem ber. For 200 years the revenues of St. Cross had been grossly perverted, and the Earl of Guilford followed the practice of his predecessors, but proceedings were insti tuted against him ; but, looking to the principles that guided the Court of Chancery, they never expected to do more than produce a better state of things for the future. The papers sought for were all before the Court of Chancery, and it would be a most unfair proceeding to brine them bef,re the house. Mr. MURROUGH persisted in his motion, and the house divided— FOr the motion Against 24 Majority against —l7 The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. THE PUBLIC 'BUSINESS. Mr. DISRAELI suggested that it would be conve nient to the house if some understanding were come to with respect to the mode in which the public business would be carried on. On every day during that week there were to be morning sittings, but the arrangement had not been made in a formal manner. He begged hon. gentlemen would consider what would be the con sequences of having morning sittings every day. He felt he would not be able to bear a morning and even ing sitting every day, and no one, he thought, could bear the consequences of an arrangement of that kind. Last year it was a later period before they had recourse to morning sittings to enable them to carry on the business, and they only took place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But on every day during this week im portant business was fixed for morning sittings, while business of equal interest would occupy their attention in the evenings. (Hear, hear.) On the next day the Metropolitan Improvement Bill would be taken, and in the evening there would be a motion brought forward with respect to decimal coinage. The Capitular Estate Bill was fixed for a morning sitting on Thursday, and in the evening there would be a discussion on the colonial measure of the noble lord. On Friday there would he also a morning sitting for the discussion of the Tenants' Compensation Bill, and in the evening there would be tha adjourned debate on the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. He thought that, as a general rule, the rule of last session should not be exceeded, and that the morning sittings•should take place only on Tuesdays and Thurs days. Viscount PALMERSTON said the measures that had been put down for the morning sittings during the week were measures of great importance, which could not be brought on in the evenings ; but in future he thought it would be better to adhere to the rule of last year, and to fix Tuesdays and Thursdays for morning sittings. It should be recollected that the other house had a fixed time beyond which bills could not be pro ceeded with, and it was important that measures should be carried through that house in sufficient time to be sent to the House of Lords. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—June it Louisa Harrison, a well-dressed, good-looking young woman with an infant in her arms, surrendered to take 'her trial upon a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury. Counsel stated the case, which has been already pub lished in our police reports. The pri4oner, some time ago, swore, on the trial of a man named Mallett, that he had entered her house, tied her hands, and robbed her, " with violence." Mallet was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to transportation. Soon afterwards the prisoner brAight a similar charge against another person, and suspicion was created. Malletts re ceived a pardon, and the present prosecution was brougt't. Formal proof of the trial and conviction of the man Mallett was put in evidence, and Mr. Buckler, one of the short-hand writers of the court, produced the notes of the evidence given by the defendant upon the occasion. Her statement was to the effect that sbe was sitting in her room about half-past six o'clock on the evening of the 11th of December with her two children, the eldest of whom was four years of age, when a man who was c irrying a bundle knocked at the door, and told her he had brought her some dressmaking work from his sister, She said that she asked him into her room, and that he immediately blew out the candle, and said he must have her money, and forced her pocket from her gown, and took from it 20s. in silver. The man then produced two pistols, and threatened to shoot her children if she made any noise, anil then beat her with a stick, and afterwards tied her hands together with a rope, and forced her down between two chairs, in the position in which she was found by the neighbours. She said that she described tie appear ance of the man to a constable named Finnic, and in consequence of what he told her she went on the follow ing night, the 12th Dec., to a penny theatre in White chapel, where she saw the prisoner Mallett, and imme diately recognised him as the man who had robbed her, and she swore positively to his identity. John Harvey, a potman at the Bull tap, said that upon hearing the alarm on the evening of the 11th of Decem ber, he went into the defendant's house, and found her sitting on the knee of a man named Koster. Her hands were tied together, and she was bleeding from the temple, and seemed almost insensible. Cross-examined—The defendant's hands were tied tightly with two knots, and he was obliged to use his teeth to untie them. There was not the slightest ap pearance of "shamming" in the conduct of the defend ant. The oldest child of the defendant first ran into the tap and gave the alarm, by saying that a man had killed her mother. The child appeared to be very much frightened. Thomas Koster, a person employed at the Bull-inn yard, said that upon hearing the alarm given by the de fendant's child he went to her house, and found her jammed in between two chairs, with blood flowing from several wounds in her head. Her hands were tied toge ther, and the last witness had soma difficulty in loosening the cord. Cross-examined—The defendant's child was present, and -she appeared very much frightened. From the manner the cord was tied round the wrists he did not think it possible for the defendant to have tied it herself —at all events, he (witness) could not have tied it round his own wrists in the same manner. The defendant did not appear to know him when he picked her up, and she appeared almost insensible and unconscious of what was going on. Emma Ferguson, the conk at the Bull tap, said that she saw the defendant very soon after the alarm had been given, and assisted in bringing her to herself. Her husband was sent for, and a policeman came with him, and the defendant then made a statement of her having been robbed and assaulted by a man. In answer to a question put by Mr. Ryland, the wit ness said that she did not think any one could have put on such an appearance as that exhibited by the de fendant. Mr. J. H. Cook, a surgeon, residing in the Minories, deposed that he was called in to see the defendant on the evening in question, and found her sitting on the knee ofthe itness Koster, insensible and unable to speak. She was bleeding from the nose, and upon ex amining her, be discovered two abrasions on the right temple, and also a contused wound on the back of the head. He was now of opinion that all these injuries might have been caused by the defendant herself. Cross-examined. ---Upon the trial of the man Mallett, witness was examined as a witness for the prosecution. He did not then say that the injuries might have been caused by the prosecutrix because he was not asked the question. He considered that the wound at the back of the head might have been occasioned by the defendant knocking it against some- hard substance, such as the corner of a mantel-shelf. He had never in his experience met with a case where a person had wilfully caused her• self such an injury. In big evidence at the former trial he stated that the injuries were in all probability in flicted by a stick that was 'found in the house, and such an instrument would certainly have occasioned them. There was blood on the stick when he saw it. If the defendant had inflicted the injuries herself by that means she must have tied her own hands afterwards. On the 11th of December he considered the defendant was three months advanced in the family way, and she had since been delivered of the child that was now in her arms. During the evening the defendant had a convulsive fit. It was undoubtedly a real one. Charles Mallett was then examined. He declared most positively that he was quite innocent of the rob bery, and said that he did not even know' where the Bull Inn-yard was. Some other witnesses were then examined, who to a certain extent confirmed the statement of Mallett as to the manner in which he had 'passed the evening of the robbery : and this closed the case for the prosecution. The Recorder, upon the whole of the evidence that had been adduced, said it appeared to him to be insuffi cient to support the charge ; they might, in charity, come 'to the conclusion that the man Mallett was inno cent, and that the defendant had made a mistake as to his identity ; but he really could not see how the jury upon the facts before them could come to the conclusion that no robbery had, in point of fact;- been committed, which they must do before, they could convict the .de. fendant. vv Mr. DISRAELI reminded the noble lord at the head of the Government that the morning sittings last session did not commence until the 16th of June. _ Mr. WALPOLE complained that the Capitular Es tate Bill, a most important measure, and on which the Government had as yet expressed no opinion, had been fixed for the morning sitting on Friday. Mr. CARDWELL expressed a wish that the bill re lating to limited liability in partnership would be fixed for an early day. Mr. S. FITZG,ERALD was afraid that the state of affairs on Friday next would be the reverse of what had been supposed by the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Dis raeli), and that the house, instead of being exhausted by the Tenants' Compensation Bill, would pay little atten tion to that measure, and reserve itself for the evening. Lord PALMERSTON understood that the bill had been fixed for Friday, as a matter of convenience to those interested. (Hear, hear, and "No.") Some arrange ment would now be made. Mr. WILSON said that in reference to the bill of the noble lord the member for Woodstock, the arrangement was, that it should be taken only in the event of the de bate on the Scotch Education Bill, which stood first for Thursday morning, being concluded at an early hour. Mr. HENLEY objected to proceeding with so impor tant a measure as the Scotch Education Bill at a morn ing sitting, when no member of the Government could be present. Mr. BOUVERIE wished to state that the Govern ment were fully determined to proceed with the Part nership Bills. Mr. DISRAELI said there were great objections to taking the Scotch Education Bill at a morning sitting, when no members of the Government could be present. He wished to know whether he rightly understood the noble lord to say that the Tenants' Compensation Bill would not be taken at a morning sitting. The noble lord had said that supply would be taken on Friday, to give an opportunity to the hon. member for Aylesbury to bring forward his motion ; that was not consistent with the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that supply would not be taken till late on Friday ; if the supply was to be moved. only to give the member for Aylesbury an opportunity of making his motion, he thought it would be more convenient for the house if the hon. member was allowed to make it as a substantive motion. Lord PALMERSTON said the hpn. member had given notice of his motion as an amendment in going into supply, and they took it-as he gave it. He. could not, in the absence of the Secretary for Ireland, say when the Tenants' Compensation Bill would be taken. Mr. V. SCULLY expressed a hope that when a day was fixed no further change would be made. The order of the day was then postponed. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Cinque Ports Bill passed through committee. SPIRIT OF WINE BILL. In answer to Lord W. GRAHAM, .4. Mr. WILSON said that the object of the bill was to relieve a large number of manufacturers from the burden imposed on them by the present spirit laws. A mode had lately been discovered of mixing spirit of wine with naphtha so as to render it unfit for anything but 'manu facturing purposes ; the object of this bill was to relieve this mixture from duty. The loss of revenue would be seventy or eighty thousand pounds. The bill was then read a second time. STAMP DUTIES' REPEAL ON MATRICULA- A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly taken. There was a second charge of the same kind again t the defendant, but it was arranged that it should not be 'taken until Friday morning. HEMSWORTH HOSPITAL. Viscount GALWAY asked the Attorney-Genera? whether he had decided on the steps he intended to take with respect to the better regulation of Hemsworth Hos pital ; and, if he had, when the scheme was likely to be brought forward ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that a scheme had already been brought before the Court of Chancery by which, after providing for the management of the hospi tal, 10001. per annum would be appropriated to the Hems worth School, 2001. to the neighbouring village school, and the residue of the funds to other schools. THE DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH. Mr. G. VERNON asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether the appointment of the Dean of Christ Church bad been made subject to any conditions or alte rations as to emoluments or otherwise, which may be re commended by the Oxford University commissioners ? Lord PALMERSTON said he was not aware that the commissioners proposed to make any recommendation for altering the emoluments of the dean of Christ Church, but they might undoubtedly recommend such an altera tion if they should think proper. For his own part he ha,.: only to observe, that having recommended to the Cr own a person who, from all he had heard of him, he thought eminently fitted for that situation—(hear)—and who, he had reason to believe, was imbued with the right principles of improvement, be should not have consi dered it fitting to have exacted from him any conditions as to the course he might pursue. He was quite satisfied that that gentleman would be most anxious to insure the success of any measure which would be likely to promote the improvement of the University of Oxford. (Hear.) Mr. OTWAY postponed until Friday next his ques tion with respect to the conditions which, on the forma tion of the Government, certain members of it stipulated should not be asked of Russia. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BILLS. In reply to a question from Sir J. PAKINGTON, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was his intention to proceed on Thursday next with the Victoria Government Bill and the New South Wales Government Bill, taking them in the order in which he was then stating their titles. DESPATCHES OF THE LATE BOARD OF AD MIRALTY AND OF ADMIRAL DIINDAS. Mr. E. ELLICE wished to ask his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he would have any objection to lay before the house the despatches from the late Board of Admiralty quoted the other evening by the right hon. gentleman the member for Wiltshire, as well as as any communication in reference to those des patches which might have been received from. Admiral Dundas Sir C. WOOD said he was at that moment prepared to lay on the table of the house the despatches in ques tion, as\ well as those portions of the letters of Admiral Dundas which related to them. The right hon. gentleman accordingly laid on the table the despatches, as well as those portions of the letters of Admiral Dundas which had reference to them. THE SWEARINC-I- IN OF NEW MEMBERS. Sir G. GREY said that in compliance with what seemed to be the general wish of the house, he had to ask leave to introduce. bill for the purpose of ing the doubts which had been raised as to the right of those new members sworn in in the absence of the Speaker during the last week to sit and vote. Mr. E. ELLICE expressed a hope that a bill would be introduced at the earliest possible opportunity, for the purpose of preventing the recurrence of those incon veniences which must arise from the absence of the Speaker under the existing state of the law. Leave was then given to bring in the bill, and it was immediately read a first time. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL. The order of day for resuming the debate on this bill, which had been adjourned on the 2d of May, having been read, Mr. ADDERLEY resumed the adjourned debate. He replied to thehrgnments Mr. Henley had used against the bill, and condemned the assumption of the right hon. gentleman that schools established on the system of this bill must necessarily be irreligious in their character. He did not attach much importance to the statistical dispute whether the number of children educated was one in eight or one in nine, but he thought no one could be acquainted with the condition of the poorer classes without knowing that there was a lamentable want of education. He admitted that the Continental system of education had failed in acting upon the morals of the people, but he traced the reason of this to the system of State patronage on which the Continental schools were founded, and argued that, no conclusion could be drawn from this against a system of local rating by which the people would pay for their own education. He was for re jecting Mr. M. Gibson's bill, but he believed that the - bills of Sir J. Pakington and Lord J. Russell were iden tical in principle; but, upon the whole, he preferred the religious clauses of the right honourable baronet to those of the noble lord. He believed, however, that if both bills were sent to a select committee, a valuable measure might be compounded out of them. In conclu sion, he urged upon the extreme parties on all sides to accept the practical and practicable compromise which was now offered them. Mr. E. DENISON objected to the plan of rending these bills to a select committee, as one unworthy of Parliament. On the general question he called the at tention of the house to the present phase of the educa tion question, as showing the difficulties encountered in the progress of the work. It appeared that the pupil teachers, trained at great expense by the State, were found in great numbers to desert the work of education for commercial pursuits, while, on the other hand, the children were sent to school at an earlier age than for merly, and were sooner taken away for work, so that the necessity began to be pressed upon the school in spectors of having a compulsory system of educa tion. His own opinion inclined in that direction, for he could not understand why a country gentle. man should be allowed to employ uneducated children while a manufacturer was forbidden to do so. Another argument in favour of this plan was, that when industry and education were carried on together, the tendency was to improve both, as any bon. gentleman might see by a visit to that most interesting institution, Price's Candle Factory? Lord J. MANNERS rose very reluctantly to oppose the bill, which he said would not meet the great difficulty of educating poor and populous districts. The difficulty at present was to raise subscriptions in these districts ; and how would that he met by laming it to the option of these parties, as the bill proposed, whether they would rate themselves or not. Neither would it have any effect in compelling the attendance of children at school, though it was reported on the authority of Mr. Moseley that of every 100 children in England fifty-seven absented themselves from school for no assignable reason but the indifference of their pa rents. He objected further to the bill that even if it were passed it would not be found to work. English society was at present convulsed from one end to the other on the subject of church rates, which had a pre scription in their favour of more than a thousand years and he could not believe that the people would pa.iently submit to this new education rate. He ob jected also to the machinery provided for in this bill, which seemed calculated to introduce endless confusion and religious bickering into all the parishes of England ; in this respect he said he preferred the Manchester bill to both the other two, as the simplest and most straight. forward of the three ; but he hoped the house would deal one vigorous blow, and reject them all. Mr. W. J. FOX argued that the effect of this bill would exercise a beneficial effect upon the indifference of the people towards education ; for when people were rated for an object of which they were to have the con trol, they were sure to take a deeper interest in the ques tion than they bad done before. He supported the send ing of all these bills to a select committee, on the ground of the many features which they had in common, and regretted that Mr. Adderley was in favour of excluding the Manchester scheme. He thought the time had no .v come when all the parties in the country felt they must give up their extreme views on the question, to agree to some compromise, and to put an end to the present transitional condition of the question. Sir J. PA KINGTON rose to address the house under very great disadvantages. He did not not impute any blame to the Government. On the contrary he had re ceived from them every possible courtesy and kindness: But he thought there must be something wrong in a mode of proceeding in 'which an assembly could adjourn a mat ter of such vital importance, and six weeks should elapse before the debate could be resumed. He wished now to take the first opportunity of answering the able and remarkable speech delivered by his right hon. friend (Mr. Henley) six weeks ago. His right hon. friend avowed that he was replying to his (Sir J. Pakington's) speech. pointss— thoan which he (Sir 3. Pakington )replied in introducing this t n i f h r e i e s n t d r n w g a e s s t t hi hNeo either t his her a o n m sw itt e e r d to or hi e s v r a ig cl h e t bill. The noble lord near him (Jord J. Mannsrs) had followed the course taken by his right hon. friend. They did not object to one bill or another bill, but contended that no change was required. His right hon. friend said, "Beware how you adopt a system which is produc ing such good effects ; it has not failed, is not failing, and will not fail." Now, that was the proposition with which he (Sir J. Pakington) bad to grapple, and which he in tended to contravene ; and he contended that if Parlia ment consented to allow matters to remain in their pre sent state, they would abandon the first duty of legisla tors. The question at issue was not to be decided by sta tistics of Austrian crime to which him right bon friend had TION AND DEGREES (OXFORD) BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Colonel DUNNE asked the Chancellor of the Exche queer if ho was prepared to state whether he would ex tend the same privileges to the University of Dublin ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the bill was a mere adjustment of equiialent. The University of Oxford gave up a grant of public money, on condition of being relieved from these duties ; the same arrangement would be made with any other -Ifni versity. He found the University of Dublin did receive some public money, and he would look into the matter. • The bill then pAssed through committee. The Woolmer Forest Bill passed through committee. The Dwellings for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Youthful Offenders Bill was read a second time. PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BILL. On the report of the committee being brought up, Mr. THORNELY proposed to add the following words to the 13th clause : "And no civil right or lia bility of any person or persons whatever shall be in any manner affected by the neglect, past or future, to certify, record, or register any place of religious worship accord ing to the provisions of this or of any other act." Sir G. GREY had no objection to the words so far as they related to the celebration of religious worship, but they appeared to him to dispense with registration in the case of marriages. Mr. HENLEY thought the words would be prejudi cial ; and Mr. THORNELY postponed thesubject till the third reading. The bill was then reported. The Railways (Ireland) Bill passed through committee pro forma. COMMITTEE .OF WAYS AND MEANS. The house having gone into committee of supply, Mr. WILSON movcd that the sum of 10,000,0001. be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty. Aireed to. ABSCONDING DEBTORS (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, Mr. BRADY said that he had been taken by sur prise, as he intended to have moved on the motion for going into committee on the bill that it be committed that day six months. He believed that the bill would be productive of great opgression in Ireland. As he could not now move that the bill be read that day six months, he begged to move that the chairman report progress. Mr. DEASY said that the bill might be used in an oppressive manner in Ireland. It went much beyond the English bill i❑ the powers it conferred. (Hear.) He therefore hoped the hon. member for Belfast would not press the bill in the absence of the right hon. and learned Attorney-General and Solicitor-General for Ireland. Mr. S. FITZGERALD supported the bill, and re plied to the objections of Mr. Brady. After a conversation the motion for reporting pro gress was agreed to, and the house resumed. The Gold Finger Rings Bill was read a third time and passed. ST. CROSS HOSPITAL. Mr. MURROUGH moved for the following returns : —Copies of the report of the commissioners appointed by her ➢Majesty to inquire into the conduct of Francis Earl of Guilford, master of St. Cross Hospital, with reference to the application of the funds of that oharitis at the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ki ----- '" -- 14.ANSION-1101JSE.-71tomas Smart, a determined loong fellow, about 30 years of age, was charged before Alderman Kenrfedy with an impudent highway robbery on Mr. W. Young, a plumber, residing at 23, Welling ton-street, Victoria-park. by robbing- hire of his watch and chain. After Mr. Young's evidence, Smart said i defence that he bad been out to fetch a bottle of medi cine, and was standii;g behind the prosecutor when a young man in front perpetrated the robbery.--Alde r _ man Kennedy committed the prisoner for trial. • LAMBETH. —Yesterday Robert llPLareen was again brought up before Mr. Elliott, charged with obtaining 1001. by false pretences. Particulars of thi 3 case have already appeared in The Sun. Mr. Solomon, who attended tor the prosecution, informed the . magistrate that, since the previous examination of the prisoner, he (th e prisoner) had e xpressed his willingness to compromise 'the affair by making the prosecutrix, Miss Hill, his wife ; and that the respective families of the parties concerned were de sirous, provided worship assented, to retire from the case. - Mr. Elliott inquired if the money had been returned Mr. Solomon could not say, for his instructions were simply to he allowed to withdraw from the prosecution. Mr. Elliott remarked that the depositions bad been taken, and the prosecutrix should have been there to be bound over in the usual way. The prisoner, was about to be remanded, when Miss IEI made her appearance in the court, and, on Sing placcd in the tness•box, stitnl, after a slight hesita tAtio!, th.i,t to ha , l got balk 50/. of her inoney, wit!' Lien, s! it ad she was satisfied Mr. Eiiiott aid he had understood at the previous examination If the prismer that the conoable kn • where the ram bEThad been deposited, and that it et ull t • ....._._ __ restored to au 1 proa,c7rtrix. The Consta Ae alivided to (42 L) s aid he had n ot been able to ascerta dn. M. remarked that, un d e r the cir cus ' stanc r es, Elli taaeott th en t :as . 0 'oust m go ar to the 6e ssions ; bu,, on au er ap plicatium from 1 '/tr. Binus,• h e remanded the prison for a week. A s ort time at ter Miss Hill presented herd note fee befo re Mr. EVott, and, f 'resenting a Ba nk of Englan .100/, to h m,i said ; she had ju s t received it , and ~,,1 0 per fectly sat .-fied. S, 'le also begged the pri soner might be discharged. M. Ell 'iirtt, havi, ng been made acquainted with t he i fa +t that I . le note wa,, ' the property of her mother, son', formed n'o part of We money obtained from her, a. '''_ that, in point of fact, the prisoner had not returned a shilling, s aid the reman4 should stand al before. . ner -w . as . Ou asu b - equ t d 0 so sureties in. 200/. _ ad : i trit-edaptppcba:iii:ninimys e t ;f ii i r s i o l l i o c o i t i o . rat: e tpri COUNTRY If - CHELMSFORD-3IINB 8. anal th e The wheat trade to-day was exceedingly dull, tir , o a sales offectmd were generally at a reduct)ol l of is per a , slacl , last week's prices. For spring co rn the dema nd 1. 1 but pricei , were the same as lass week. s. s• Wheat, white, old, per s. s. .2 9 33 qr.6l 81 Oats, per qr ........... :9 43 new•••• 61 84 Peas, Partridge •••''' . ' 3 '9 43 . . red, old 57 77 White.•• ,•• • ... . 4 2 43 new 57 77 Boiling. •••••• " 3 7 40 29 36 Du n ~, ,.. ..•• ..,,, 44 .29 37 Beans, Tick ..... .:••1•,;`)44 46 flarrow ti c / 8 41 25 :12 ,68 7:2 .70 74 DMi3tztsog,sllll;;W-:::':39 41 Barley Chevalier Grinding Malt Chevalier COLCHESTER,— JUNE 9 , o ble 'ket The supply of wheat was good ; the won d our w ar e _ the weather has its influence on the trade , other g rain v closed dull at is to 2s per qr. decline. In ° lit quote little offering, and prices remain nearly tkte wb :l Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wher.t, ‘46,5it0;34 red, 72s to 788 ; barley, 32s to 34s ; e! , 1 8, ` 4 . 4 ; to 48 ,5 ; pens, Mazagau, 40s to 428 ; middle and gra' 44l ' - white, 46s to 48s ; grey, 42s to 449. r ece Official Statement of the Quantities of CO' no r t', in the port of London from the followill the 4th to the 9th June, both inclusive' oi 4 • A Si +.; g 01 SI ,A 4 200( 1501 'd ' Colchester , Harwicl: .... Leigh . Mallon 171:, KIRKCALDY —JUNE 9 : 7 v. wh ich 1, 0 1 There was a small supply of barley. today of of / 7- f' l ,, qiiickly fully at last week's rates. Fall' OPP 1 reaUCtlo oanodthoeatpsr,ibeeosthofothwishdicahyssoel:lnislligowhlty. ast ls Per f i r ' pats. Wheat. 1 Barley. • I 3 5 s d First ; Bos Od I 39s 01 0 I Second Third.... I COAL MAR. Wald Os o d Os o d 00 Wallsenclo &c' 21 0 0 fletton ........................ ,21 6 Haswell ....... ''''' . 90 , p l. lautorabi n t o e n) ... ..' ....... . ................ .... ......... 6 Richmond .. .... ...: .. 90 0 Russell's Hetton ... 19 9 Eden Main shi .. '' 1 9 9 Cassop ............ _•,...... _ Trinadon Ilar!'leP°°' .. 1 9 °; Heugh tun. ................ 00 6 Gibson ... i 9 ISelloe. ............ ! ...... ... . Heaton Wharncliffe Ships at market ... . h7 Bell g Tees ........................................ fli 60 , 20 0 Whitwortli ............. .0 . Belmont 19 ,6,Stewart's . ........ •• ... 18 ; Braddyll l9 o,.Holywell • ••• .. __;',,,. 9 Framwellgate 20 3 Skiborvreu lifer wv 19 6! 100 I Sold ............ ... 71 Prices o.f Coal per ton at t' :11.—JurrE lie close of the nierli.et. 8. a. - - 8. d. Bate's West Illirtley 17 7 Buddle W. Hartley lB C [lasting's Hartl lB 6 Howard's West Atiartley Netherton Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 6 North Percy Hartley l7 6 Tanfield Moor Wylam .16 61 Wallsend, &e. SEABORNE ALA /LS. 6 0 al enCi er" 14P-- (N tegnilles. l that the majP, a re sent frornteh.) the by the night—sand Mby the morliing---elepa Irrovl vitt - for t .......•••"°. l,lTer poo l • Lic CrP °°l Sout ll°Pto! „AVIV SOU t"'' DOT Oay when made in , ' in General Post - Mice, London.* COUNTRIES • America(byßrit.pack)l4l&very Friday .. AmericP. tby United Ste. packet) ...• ......N America (by U. States packet) ..........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good /lope) Africa (West Coast) ..N Alexandria.......... N Alexandria Bahamas ......... •••••••• 13d of the mon `l , •• 4,9, 24, & 30 of,m• tth & 20th of mot. • 17th of the molifih Daiiy...• •• • • •• • • 9th of the month• • 19th o: the month,. • • plyra ~•• Dover :4tor . soutb 3 l ,„toe gputh ••i sover a ;;ptol' , tti , voto n s o utL g po rt' N rAti °ll 3 01; to n 001.1 t Belgium ............N Brazil .• •••• •• .••...M Buenos Ayre5........ 31 Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.... • • •.......N Channel Isles ........N Chill...—. • • M 9th of tin month 8 OU• ll pt,( 7 1/59Ut"W lon.,Wed.,&FrO" 2(1 fic 17th of moat: Once a month.. 8,13,18,23A2S 01 nu 4th tit 20th of Twice daily • • •• • China .. • • Constantinople Constantinople Cont. of Europe M N Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Gibraltar .. • ... ....M Greece (see India) I Greytown ..........M ilamburgh ..........N Hava.nnah .......... Holland ............M Honduras .......... M India (viaSouthampt.)M India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) Ireland & N Li5b0n..............M Madeira ...... M Madeira N Malta (see India) Malta .. N Mauritius (see India) Mauritius N Messlco gov Granada New Aland Papal Sta:eB a, .... —l4 Peninsula Peru • • M Port Natal .... ~..N Sicily .... ..........N Tuscany ~ ~........N Venezuela ..........M Van Diemen's Land (sc. , ' Australia) .. , ?lost Indies tgo,:;;;P,. 'Twice daily .• • • • • 4, 7,17, 20.97 °fro Vet oo,ha~ pto" so utlis7 . ... I P° Yer putl a tb "1 riyin„; D o& ~• pove r ;v; • • ~ 0015 p tot , soot 114 ;".; - ,roll Souttift uperPuv 2nd & 17th o wrid f g l°n. aY. Tuesday ot. / 1 2nd of the rao nt Daily.... • • • • • •,:: 17th of the MO , '" Twice 97 79 l : hthi7B o 2 f7 k2s : t t a ht h 2 f h7l :3 7 2 7 : 0 i tnt : f • O n I : ° • fi l ri 11 ! 23d of month "•• ( Do ver 18, 18, & 28 Of EB°ll., -- Iri „ a00:4. ! lOl4 54 tili 1:1 11c " o 6 i lpoil9 l6 16Juu tjun , ri ,l I tli'" 4 roce" . , 6 0 1 I w i 'ary los ). I f a n' 4 i , 0 0 l ir „icei 6 plJune ; ; t o 16 ! on • I I 0,10 00" 2nd of the Month. 900'4° 14th of the r oonfh ten , sth 15th25thotraor..iDove .• ' ton 2clBc 17th of month Southa9P ;t, BY private ship • • Various Po , ~ 1 sthlsth2sthofinon.,PoYer ;;31;i001 lthi7th27thotlnorl•l6°il3 tfl! 41 gr 27th of trion.iSootharg rts. By private ship•..larioUs P ° . .1 sthisth2sthofraon,'Dover •• • ' . sth i sth 25 th otino n.' Dover '' .ior.' 2d a 17t h of month iSoutheJ3, - i mv toll Jane 1 • 2r.1 k,:, 17 th o ! month :Bouth,—, 08 1° Voc' 1 .,00 0 . 0 . , 4 Ifild fli OIL, Po preceding Vn'enan dYao; these dates fall 0 . 1 a 6ttntlaY, n ii oo l ot i' . o oo Southampton), t c h h h e m d p o t 0 i n tp e following day-, w:tla the %, c _ e s ,iii De d e° ' and the Malta, both of Wlatct, ....----------- I BIETLIS. t he . • wife of Capt. Hansard. .014 o to OF A SON• i a firierr air On the 11th inst., at 19, Sussex-garuea ' lOcer DO' park, Camden-town, Mrs. C. Banning. st, ri b ,A. On the 10th inst , at 6, Grafton-terrsce, „0, the On the 10th inst., at 3, Argyle-street, wi f e el wife of Captain R. C. Jones, 83d. 0 the 4 s, On the 10th inst., at Purley Park , p si ' ' , gr. P H. Popham, Esq. - 0 ca On the 10th inst., at Highgate, the ltl f of Lloyd. 1 0 OF A DAV:MITER. , k sx.- ,_, On the 9th inst., at 17, Westbotrne'Par ' 4' the Lieut.-Col. W. Yolland, R.E. `'.- dwie•Priipo...A On the 10th inst., at 57, Oxford-terraoelpVAP" wife of C. F. D. Caillard, Esq., barristrat, gre' Os On the 11th inst., at 37, Leadenhall- try th e Constance. _ str eet , On the 9th inst., at 55, Upper BerlceleY of the Rev. James R. Whyte. to , solo t o MARRIBM i/ichsru,,ii,o!,d. On the 9th inst., at Streatham Church,4oootneo,llol - of Clapham-rise, and LaWrenc%te OOP to Mary Ann, second daughter of C. Oa ° ' C o o hill, Surrey. f., De,ost r Vont' posti'Ote On the 9th inst., at St. Pancr f s ci., t a,' . 0 01 Jones, son of the late Samuel Jones, 00 geB pit sGeenntearnacle:foCfal,e2u:ta, to Margarettienry, 9_ o f the if. of the late Captain Cumming, G oereo l ,e 1 ), ,„ Knights of Windsor. c o b , o hr'cb e oil3, On the 9th inst. at St. Gilds Chtlf ° a rroiv of o f tan vg o f • Great Tower-stre!,3 t, c an _fogb ,1)t, Surrey, second son of Valentine .-'ell'eldest d oo I`. larlborough-place, to Annie SPVca'ffouse• t o' John Craven, Esq., of Alexandrian 1 , f ° to road. Kt. , 110 1 , .10 1313 f 0 r of t On the 7th inst., at Enfield, 3friA doote hello, Edinburgh, to Elizabeth, third Mr. E. Edridge, Enfield, Middlesex. 1300 1' ter DIE D• Eller- 00 On the 9th inst., at Ewell, ',:...urrell jobil ._., 0 0sAr) . colt, Esq., aged 70. Flilitsbiry 'fi ct On the 7th inst., at Soughton-house, 0 ~,off " Lloyd, aged 00. j ot , abrrW., Ph On the Bth inst., at Sudbury, ga ra g ed 7 0 . WO 99, Mount street, Grosvenor-squtiare, .001.orroce, $04., On the 10th inst., at 10, 13r no" On the 9th inst.,_ at Clap, na ow* ~,0 Esther, wife of the Rev. J. hamsMililie:;o N volc , 0: :fop' o°7 of White Webbs House, Enfie' , a 4 ,00 1, C l i, 'Surrey, aged 70. WIN' Officer I' 1 C °T oni C . O T n . . tiih ienZ,3ll2dnlßt.,egotf.,cboorl,era.. , the lete C° lane f r/ 3 ,4' Raglan, and e ldest son of ~uo_pa 0 00- th LaDCOTO, P • tit'e ti• X.H., formerly of the 16 ) _ff,o 4,0 on the Staff in Ireland. 010 r e st child u e sro. On the 7th inst., Visa, Yr Atif;rloo.squi.tr ' to , lif:jote Colonel George Warren, of 1, J s , _ a t, 101 9 1, to t''' On the slat ult„ at Halliford;atrte befcre Seoseri.litbeao;yoffijog, Boyle, Esq., for 35 years o r.; ,5. secrets" Duke of Nor.humberlancl, ii,ea u __,-- ,2,;t30 --.„„.,-r;DO Y ., s t)u J i ( LONDONO.c.. c i. i. printed Strand, in the Precinct of the 2 _S Y Ili:141400x, Tuesday, june 1 A V" stranadn,dirriuubteli:,haeat tbl 07_,4:11170vt;t1g f) 414 ti; ■