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t u b- v yi ng a plea of testamentary jurisdiction which had - already endured for six centuries, and which, daring that • g reat space of time, had wcrked well for the community, and had adapted itself 4o the various emergencies and contingencies of the age. It was a matter of great advan tage to legal practitioners that their chambers should be situate within a convenient distance of the courts in which they practised ; and in this respect the present system pre vailing in Doctors' Commons h a d muc h t o recommen d it. The'Court of Probate was in the centre of Doctors' Corn -mons and the judge; th e a d voca t es , an d t h e proc t ors wer e placed within five minutes of one another, and thus the public business was despatched with extraordinary expe dition. But this advantage would be destroyed if the present bill were adopted, for it would be found impossible to transfer the wills, and all tke machinery of testamentary businet*, to the immediate vicinity of the Court of C b a a n n cery. It might be possible in theory, but it wouldbe d wholly unmanageable in practice, and thus great del ay and inconvenience would be occasioned to the public. i .With regard tocompensation, he denied that the prac i; - tioners of Doctors' Commons would be fairly treat edn old 'being , pensioned off on half their present income. a A practitioner, who was in the enjoymen of very m la . T r ge Income, and who naturally wished fo r . repose, lou yiew such a proposal with favour, but it would be mos t unfair to deprive of their profession, and to award only half their customary revenues to men who were not as yet in very large practice, and whose whole in come was not larger than was required for their t ro% o vnsu p port and that of their families. He was pa main tain that the system , as it now existed in Doctors' Com mons, th oug h sus ceptible of certain amendments, was, on , *the whole, a good and effective one ; but it was an old say ing that you might as well kill a dog as give him a bad time. People turn ed u p their e ye s with horror when they 'heard of Doctors Commons, and exclaimed, "Oh, what a sink of iniquity !" but if Doctors' Commons were to be doomed to destruction on account of such unfavourable pre judices, what, he should like to know, was to become of the Court of Chancery? The fact was that the system at present prevailing in Doctors' Commons was, in the main, a sound and excel' ent one, aed it was greatly to be wished 'that the Government, instead of abolishing and destroying it, had taken measures to strengthen it in its weak points, and to amend its defects. The commissioners recommended . that probate granted from one court should henceforth be , good for the whole ki ng d om, and in that proposition all the profession concurred. It was the circum stance of such an arrangement not being in force row, Mr. Moore's pension, and some other grievances, that bad brought so much discredit upon the ecclesiastical sourts, but he believed the more the courts were themselves examined into, the more the public would be convinced their efficiency and usefulness. The object which he (Mr. Melina) had in view *as to induce his hon. and learned friend to withdraw that portion of the bill which proposed, to refer th e testamentary jurisdiction to the Court of Chau . cery. He knew it to be the universal feeling of the judges of the land, the commissioners themselves, and the whole legal profession, that the business of these courts could not scarcely be better conducted than it was at present. If neither the public nor the profession desired the 'change, and if there was a general conviction that the change could not be made without serious detriment to the public, be wanted to know what justification his hon. and learned friend had for pevisting in a bill which was so diametri cally opposed to the report of the commission, of which he was a member? Had the noble lord at the head of the Government examined into the matter ? for upon. him rested a very heavy responsibility with regard to the measure. Was it a measure simply of the Lord Chancellor and the Solicitor-General, or had it been thoroughly examined into and sanctioned by the Cabinet? Is: the absence of any grounds for passing the bill, except the gratification of a morbid appetite for change or aboli tion, he appealed to the justice and sense of the hon. and learned member not to press the second reading of the bill, but to accede to the moderate request which he had made. Let these courts be turned into a temporal instead of an ecclesiastical tribunal—let the appointment of the judge rest with the Crown, and let them preserve that distin guished body of practitioners, whom, ho believed, could not be g ot rid of without exposing th e public to fraud and evils of no ordinary magnitude. The hon. and learned member concluded by moving that the bill be read a se cond time that day six months. Mr- COLLIER thought that the measure would effect a great improvement in the existing state of things. He sup norte I it, not because it reformed, but because it abolished the ecclesiastical courts. Those courts had been condemned from time immemorial. They had received their death blow every session, as long as the recollection of members in that house extended back - . Commissions and commit tees had repeatedly sat upon them and decided against them, and bill after bill Lad .been introduced, provieiog for their decent interment; but still they remained the Gattons and Old Serums of our jurisprudence, muck ing the civilisation of the age, and presenting a standing reproach to the administration of justice. He trusted, however, the time had at length come when they were about to be altogether extinguished. He considered that the jurisdiction of these courts might be satisfactorily per , formed by the ordinary existing tribunals of the country, without any additional judge, expense, or inconvenience. There was nothing in a will which rendered it necessary to be deals with by a separate tribunal. Why not give all the common form of jurisdiction to the county courts? It seemed to him desirable, as far as small matters were con cerned, that the county courts should have full and,com plete jurisdiction, because, under the present system, jus tice was strictly denied to the poor. Then what was to he done with the jurisdiction when the property in dispute was large? Let all disputes relating to wills be settled by courts of common law. (Hear, hear.) These courts at present decided whether a man was sane or insane at the disposition of his real property. These were the views he entertained. If it were said that the court which granted probate should decide questions of admiui atration, he agreed with that proposition. It was most desirable that lay members of the house should deal with this subject as well as lawyers. By giving the courts of common law the power to grant administration of per sonal property, and to leave the powers of administration to the Court of Chancery, as well as directions to trustees, they would do all that the country desired. Ho was pre pared to support the construction of the court suggested by the hon. and learned gentleman (the Solicitor-General), which he thought was as good a one as could be devised. He would propose in committee clauses engrafting the jurisdiction of the county courts on the clauses of the bill where the estate was small, also that there should be trial by jury, and he would take the sense of the house on the question of compensations which were proposed to the ex tent of 140,0001. a year, though the vast majority of A cme; took their posts subject to their abolition. In simpli fying conveyances they deprived the conveyancers of large profits, and there was no good r eason w hy one se t o f men should not be remunerated as well as the other. He would give a general support to the measure, and vote for its second reading. Sir F. THESIGER said the principle they were dis puting was whether they would abolish the testamentary jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, and transfer them to the Court of Chanceay.. The speech of the honour able and learned gentleman the member for Plymouth was most inconsistent, for whilst he was opposed to almost every provision of the bill, he yet would give its second reading his support. The clamour raised against theecele siastical courts was, in his (Sir F. Thesiger's) opinion quite unfounded, though of long standing. Upon the question of testamentary jurisdiction in the ecclesiastical courts norea sonable and well-founded objection had ever been raised. They had entrusted the consideration of this question to commissioners, who had attentively considered the whole case, and who, with one solitary exception, were in favour of the continuance of the jurisdiction of the eccl es i as ti ca l courts. These reports of the commissioners were from 1832 down to the present time, and their tendency was to the effect he had stated. There was no ground what ever for the statement of the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Plymouth that those courts were " uni versally condemned." He therefore contended that that statement was entirely inaccurate. Besides, it should be recollected that that the commissioners who Lad been appointed were most able men, , who had sought the beat evid e n ce , an d examined and weighed it with the greatest care and deliberation. The Solicitor- General was a member of one of those commissions ; he was not often present at their sittings, but he yet must know that the body of which be was a mem ber recommended the continuance of those courts. 'ire objected to the transfer of the jurisdiction of those courts to the Court of Chancery, especially as regarded testamen tary jurisdiction. Now, he asked the house what was the use of appointing commissioners if, without any reason they w ere at liberty to depart from their calmly and well: considered • judgment, and take a course exactly opposite to their r ecommendation ? This bill wt was contrary, not only to the spirit, b u t even to the veryle ter of the r e p or t o f the commissi oners. The hon and learned gentleman the Member for Plymouth said t h ose courts ha d been generally disliked. Well, if they were, t h e y have a very Strong I principle of vitality in them, fortlTey us had long stood their ground against such undeserving and unretasee last clamo ur . In 1641 the humorists of th e d ay made h testament of Doctors' Commons. Th e hon.aestndwp and gentleman then read a humorou s account of the w ill, which the Ecclesiastical Court, finding its days drawin g t o a close, and being much shaken by a tit o f " Westmi nster ague," in order to avoid all further controversy, 4 1: 9.11(..0 e.e peacefully, bequeathed its judges t o P ar li ament, there to be Cherished according to their merits ; its decrees to the Court o f Ch an cery, and all its manuscripts to the butchers, bak - ere, and grocers of the metropolis. The hon. and learned gen tleman then went on to contend that the jurisdiction wbieli the Ecclesiastical Court enjoyed was, and had been, t is creetly exercised; that it could not be tran4erred, as tiro hon. and learned gentleman the Solicitor-General proposed to transfer it, without great and manifest danger and in convenience to the public. He begged the house to re member that there were 18,000 wills annually proved in the preeeut courts, which related to no less than 50,000,000/. d of property. The stamp duty was paid without efalcatien by the proctors. He also begged the house to remem ber that there might be great - peril in transferring the business of proctors to attorneys, for then the same man who made the will might be admitted to prove it. Proc . w..., ' _re were n ow w h a t a tt orne y s co uld not bo under the new - "'""n — efficers of the court who had a special duty to '" - al, and who _would take care to point out imper peelitnesre any difficulty or suspicion arose before and granted. He considered this a most rasa li►ever bermeo experinient. What complaint bad they se ep te a - the judges of the Ecclesiastical Courts a body of ~,!ter brought before them ? They bed deeply ssariZltctising before them most learned ami greatest i mportan ee Z t profession- a circumstance of the were so connected with his moment, because the Admiral tv were frequently called the eccle siastical-courts that they greatest national inep est n a ra to decide qrtestions of ill reason could induce the Sikrelii:e.att, _re wanted to kno h General to corn 70 w v " 1 ttis.dvantage could be de r r ' lt ' :..til with such a measure? public—what were the from it—was it called for l a grounds that induced him to d 'e of all these qualified to judge e e e i l Z t !r v era the esperierce Thesiger) knew what was the safe co -n " je l! ne c essary, to build upon the old f l o r a "- Was, if it was They had a court long established, lon n e d t a r t i i° " . (hear recommended itself to the country. Th e a i l ' a lv ,, l ti,eh L i member for Wallingford (Mr. Melina) had told -- h — ,: ea e rm t that there was no desire to continue the local je t e „. - „ - , e 'llt They were all agreed to that, and also that th e - ecc maw eal courts—at least in name--ehonld not be continue said that the Prerogative Court and the Arche rs e as q should be blended in one court, to be called the Quee:es Court of Probate. They , were there to decide upon tlr principle of the bill. Would the house abandon what brit been so long established ? Would they sweep away t : •ocleeiastical courts which, as regarded their testamente Jurisdiction, were freo from reproach ? Would the how e introduce, for th ejurisdiction sake of experiment and trial, a v emu° v b ond s all who has h ad jurisdiction which had een c disregard the ad experience in the court? Would they o f whrse.tPo th rt of the royal commissioners, and, ! a sent measure? Th ey bad werned them, plioit manner, trqd e . c j i support the pr mmissioners had, in the moat ee - - stituted, h a d d one i rem that the court, as at present con trary to their report s hon. and learned friend b o y ' Then would the house, cup ot the principle in the bill of his One ef the Minority, and ut: Solicitor-General, who was erlyabolish these courts which had been so long established, and resort to new experi ments, of which they knew nothing ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER believed that the praises bestowed upon those gentlemen who practised in Doctors' Commons, as to the manner in which they had discharged. their duties, were well deserved ; but it did not at all follow that the system of practice in which they were en gaged was a good one, and that a better system could not be devised in its stead. The question was, whether this was a proper subject of law reform, and if it were, then whether the reform proposed proceeded upon a principle deserving the support of the house. He believed there existed, and had long existed, in the country a feeling that this subject was a proper one for reform, and he also believed that very good reasons could be shown for the opinion that the present testamentary jurisdiction was al together a mistake, unworthy of the present state of the country, and that it required to be very generally revised and remodelled. (Hear, h ear. ) Everybody agreed that they must get rid of and abolish country jarisdiAions, but in doing so they had to encounter a large mass of difficul ties, for very many respectable persons - not less th those .in London—who administered the system in the country, would be found with many reasons why they should not consolidate the system. But the house had to recast the whole system, and the question was how that was to be done ? No one acquainted with the present practice could say that enormous inconveniences did not arise from the present spit em. Believing that an altera tion was necessary, he should vote for the second reading, as he thought all their efforts should tend to a union or consolidation of all these separate jurisdictions. It seemed this bill did all that the commissioners recommended ; it separated the courts, and transacted all the business in one court, in order that the new system might be worked to the best advantage. So far from the bill being revolution ary in its character, it was quite possible to import the whole of Doctors' Commons into it. It seemed to him that the bill would preserve all that was useful in Doctors' Commons, without perpetuating that which experience and common sense had condemned. It was objected against this measure that it would bring business to the Court of Chancery ; but it should be remembered that a very I.,rge proportion of the existing business in the Court of eery had reference to the construction of wills, and to testamentary jurisdiction. Now, with respect the proctors, if it was meant to say that frauds would be more prevalent under the new than the old system, it would be necessary to show that forgeries were concocted after the proctor had to deal with the matter. In point of fact, the great portion of the proctors' work was done by the attor neys, more especially in the country. But if the expe rience and caution of proctors was necessary to be retained this bill would secure them, because it proposed to divide the business among a body of the most skilful and eminent officers of the court / including the proctors themselves. Then, with regard to the advocates it would be a source of regret if the learned persons to whom the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Stamford had referred were to cease; but he believed that the capacity of acquir ing knowledge upon the important subjects known to these persons was not confined to any limited class, but that it could and would be acquired by a much more extended body. For these reasons he would give his support to the second reading of the bill. Mr. WHITESIDE said that the object of sound legisla tion was to keep the public out of Chancery. He confee , ed that he had been prejudiced against the ecclesiastical courts until he had experience of their practice in proving a will, and then he arrived at the conclusion that in sin other court in the kingdom was justice administered with so much rapidity and so much economy. He did not, however, mean to contend that abuses had not crept into the system ; but the question now wee, what was the Lest way of remedying them. Here was the report of the Chancery Commissioners—an important document. On that commission were two lay members (Sir J. Graham and Mr. Henley), and without their able assistance the re form of the Court of Chancery would never have been ac complished, although it had been attempted for more than forty years. The system recommended by the com missioners of a central court of probate was infinitely , better than that now proposed by the Solicitor-Gene ral. The reason why the business was so well transacted in the ecclesiastical courts was because the proctors were known to the judge—they acted under a sense of responsibility, and, consequently, no forged wills were ever known to receive probate. Who were the supporters of the bill? Only the Chancery lawyers. (Hear, hear.) Then the bill was to pay off a staff of men who ought to be made to work with improved machinery for the benefit of the public. They were well-trained—they were exoert —there was no dee bt of that. They transacted a vast amonnt of business cheaply and expeditiously. The aloes in the present mode of deciding contested cases was the manner of taking evidence. It ought to be taken voce. But it was proposed to pay off the present judge, who might go and live in Italy, in order that an additional vice-chancellor might bo appointed. The judges of the ecclesiastical courts had been most learned and enlightened men, and the court in which they had presided was now to be abolished, that some stray vice-chancellor might be picked up whose judgment might bear no comparison with those of the great Lord Stowell. He objected, therefore, to the bill, as neither a measure of reform, nor at all called for by the public, and as one which was only supported by the clamour of some very few persons. (Hear.) The re form of the court as it existed was, he was persuaded, the only safe and prudent course which the house could adopt. Mr. HEAD LAM said it was now upwards of 30 years that attempts had been made to reform or abolish these courts. During that period they had reformed the courts of law, the Court of Chancery . , and the House of Commons itself, but all attempts to reform these courts had signally failed. Parliament had always adopted a wrong course in reference to the ecclesiastical courts. It had given them an opprobrious name, and yet it had inconsistently per mitted them to vote for the second reading of the bill, not withstanding that it was open to many objections. He cer tainly could not see what valid objections the bankers of the City of London could have to the measure. He must com plain of the manner in which the interests of the poor peo ple in the country weredisregarded. Men might avoid tion—they were not compelled to go into the courts of com mon law or into the Court of Chancery—but all men must, some time or other, prove wills. Without referring to the Court of Chancery, he thought that the Lill would throw additional trouble and expense on the poor man in proving A will. At prespnt the farmer went to the next county town, and prove] a will for about 31. The registrar mana ged the whole matter. But, if the plan of the. Govern ment were adopted, he would have to go to the county solicitor, before whom the oath would have to be taken, and the county solicitor would have to communicate with his London agent, and thus there would be great addi tional expense incurred. He believed that one of the effects of this bill would be to make the probate of a will more expensive than under the present system. He did not think that the course which the Solicitor-General had taken was the right one. Instead of proposing a new court, he thought that the Solicitor-General ought to have proposed to remedy the defects of the present court. Dis trict courts of probate ought to be established throughout the country. This bill would entail an expenditure of about 750,000/. upon the country for the purpose of com pensating the practitioners of the existing court, and liti gation would be increased instead of being diminished by it. On the motion of Mr. R. PHILLIMORE, the debate was adjourned. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. On the motion of Mr. HENLEY, the following gentle men were constituted a select committee on this bill, viz. :—Mr. Henley, Sir G. Grey, Sir W. Heathcote, the Attorney-General. the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Mullins, Mr. Miles, Mr. Baines, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. H. Herbert. PARISH CONSTABLES. Mr. DEEDES obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the appointment and pay of parish constables. PERSONAL ESTATES OF INTESTATES. Mr. L. KING moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better settling of the person 11 estates of intestates. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Mr. MALINS concurred in the general objects of the measure, but reserved to himself the right of objecting at a future stage to its details. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. PUBLIC OFFICES BUILDINGS, Sir W. MOLESWORTH moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works to provide additional offices for the public service, near Downing-street. Mr. lIADFIELD asked what had become of Montague House ? (Laughter.) Had the lease been renewed ? Mr. WILSON said the hon. gentleman must have en tirely forgotten what had been stated last session on the subject. The lease had been renewed, in accordance with an agreement between the Government of Lord Derby and the Duke of Encelench, the lessee of M•. ntague House. Leave was then given to thing in the bill, DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE ACT. Mr. CHEETdAM moved for leave to bring in a bill t amend the provisions of the Marriage Act relating to Dissenters. Leave was given. On the motion of Mr. KEOGH, Mr. Horsmar obtained leave to facilitate grants of lands and tenements for the purpose of religious worship, and other purposes connected therewith. The house adjourned at half-past 12. T: fin CAiIP AT ALDEisnoTT:--Major-General S i r Frederick S m ith, C ommanding Royal Engineera in the south-west district, and Major-General Knolly Corn mandant of the Camp, were at Alder,hott all '' 'd y Wednesday, making arrangements for its speeadny:O:: nation. They settled the sites for the hospital, the Zia rnissariat, the caateens, the post-office, &,,, expected that 1000 men will be berthed in the camp by the I , A of May, all th e arrangements being in ac - tic: preparation to that end. rADVERTI3EMENT.I—Many thousand cures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Deliciou s Reva len ta Arabica Food, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation nervous, bilians, and liver complaints, paralysis, &c. We quote a few :—Cnre No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowac , ,ei Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrevor, County of &Mr, Ireland. 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of sufferino• b hu manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent R eva lentaAra- Hca Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all suff , rerS, and may bo considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Cure No. 7!.-- Of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies.—" I have derived considerable benefit from Da Barry's Revalenta Arabic:). Food, and consider it due to Yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Denies." Cure No. 32,836.—Fr0ni the 'Venerable Archdeacon of Micas.- "Three ye irs exces sive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and ge neral debility, which rendered nay life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Cure Nc'. I . I . I 1i f : 00 . ,, ` . na E t. t years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with c ramps, spasms and nausea, have been etTec t 'iallY removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very '.ihert time. —Rev. John W. Flavell, Ricnin,gton Rectory, Cure No 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribah;c g 7 froze' dyspepsia , nervousness, asthma, cough, consti• i 31 .__F i : t o i :0 ..1 .rg_isa ~ jjh acai mil _ :::, e Cy, spasms, oeroll.orv, e: ldml sickness ooblvyimedpatt ibeysua Barry's r y t u h d e , s stomachexcellent i and Fend.v . No. 3,90 G. ___Yiltortharn, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Care d ml. debility b„ t een Years' cough, indigestion, anti gene . ten, su is it i a b hi , y 2spa. sld.ke ; Athol-street, Perth;"—ln c c e; a : l n e i n . t . super-refined,ti°n— 111) The 101 b. and 111b628.1,:u ; et.' 2 lt'"a it rr l:f 's ll 7 rt.r b i...,..,:ii..:r;54351:31nb.,.?.w,1238..; ;1 11 2110bi r b, n . 5 ,2 . 23 7 3. : . - ; ) ;n o receipt of post office order. Ba . street, London; i' f orti tro ll t r Y wad her Majesty, 182! Pincadra6") and e° 77, Regent- Gracechurch-street ; 330 and ; als o ~,t . •7 purveyors 0 ! ug.cr ti l Bi..tzi: ;063Ornanhildl ; 1 G 5 ' 0 ). , Oxford-street ; 55, Chan' , 54, Upperßaker-street. 'alaside 25 ana i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ETENING, APRIL 27, 1858. ~~r - ~ `I 1 -- , SUN OF.ZICE, Seven o'clock. I NIPERIAL PARLI A ILNT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition' from Wandsworth in favour of the total abolition of Church rates. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose to call the atten tion of the Commander-in-Chief to the two cases that had recently appeared in the newspapers of wkat was celled " practical joking," and having read the state ment that bad appeared with respect to the conduct of the officers of the 30th Regiment, asked the noble lord whether he intended to put a stop to such mischievous and discreditable conduct in the army ? It Was his belief that the parties principally at fault were the commanding officers of the regiment. He wis'ned to know whether the noble lord had instituted any inquiry into the transaction ; and if so, whether he would make known to the public what was the determination of the mat ter ? Lord HARDINGE expressed his regret at being obliged to admit that the facts reported of the case re ferred to were not exaggerated. He had admonished the offending parties in the strongest language, and he had only to say that it these remonstrances proved ineffec tual he would feel it his duty to advise her Ala jei..ty to exercise her prerogative by adopting a summary mode of putting a stop to such practices. The Earl of HARD WICKE said that if he was Com mander in-Chief he would certainly deem it his duty to hold the colonel of each regiment responsible for those offences, and he would deal with him in the most sum mary manner. Lord VIVfAN said it so happened that the colonel of one of the regiments alluded to was at present in the Crimea. The subject then dropped. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE Haffe's Estate Bill was read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The Folkestone Harbour, the Brighton Improvement Bill, and Prices Patent Candle C.n Bill were read a third time. CHURCH RATES. The Bishop of EXETER, in presenting two petition; from Exeter and another place in Devonshire, on the sub ject of Church rates, took the opportunity of calling the attention of the house to the actual state of the law on the subject. A. few evenings ago, when this question was brought under their notice, the Lord Chancellor gave his authority to the motion that the law respecting Church rates was absolutely effete, and that there was no power to set it in action—that it was, in fact, a bye law, which it would be vain to revive. He (the Bishop of Exeter) wished to revive nothing on the subject, but he would state what was the fact as regarded the LIU/ upon the subject up to within a few years ago. The right reverend prelate then proceeded at great length to cite the different statutes of the law with respect to church rates. The reverend prelate contended that the spiritual courts are still empowered to compel payment of Church-rates, under penalty of im prisonment of the person or sequestration of the estate, of the parties in default. In fact the law as regarded church rates was more stringent than that applicable to the payment of tithes, for it gave a remedy in the former case which did not exist with respect to the latter. The rev, prelate then quoted the opinion of Dr. Lushington, who considered church-rates a poll-tax, and expressed his astonishment at such an opinion. (LEFT SPEAKiNG.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The Inverury and Old Meldrum Railway Bill was ordered to he considered. On the motion that the England and Ireland Improved Communication Bill be read a second time, Mr. CAIRNS moved as an amendment that the bill 'be read a second time that day month. Mr. FRENCH opposed the amendment, and, after a short discussion, in which Mr. Kirk, Mr. Vance, Mr. Lindsay, Lord Naas, Mr. H. Herbert, and other hon. members took part, Mr. BOUVERIE expressed an opinion that putting off the bill for a month would be putting it off fur the ses sion, and he should give his vote for taking the second reading at once. Mr. CAIRNS said he should not trouble the house to divide; and. The bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Sir W. Vernon from Armagh against the Maynooth grant ; by Mr. Horslall, from Liverpool, with a similar prayer ; by Mr. 0. Gore, from' a place in Shropshire, praying that the public houses might be closed the whole of Sunday ; by Mr. Dundas, from a place in Scotland, against the proposed Scotch spirit duty. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. LAYARO gave notice that on an early day he should move a series of resolutions to the effect that the house viewed with deep and increasing concern the actual state of the nation. Whilst atall times the administration of public affairs should be'entrusted to those beat qualified it was the more necessary that there should be so at a moment of great national emergency. That the manner in which the interests of party favouring influence had been consulted in preference to merit in appointments to the highest offices of State diplomacy, the army, and other branches of the public service, was opposed to the best interests of the State, and had already given rise to many great misfortunes, and were calculated to bring discredit on the national character, and involve the country in 'much distress. That the house would give its support to any Ministry which in the present emergency should propose to place the different departments on a proper and efficient basis in those respects. SIR JAMES BROOKE. Mr. SCOTT asked her Majesty's Government whe ther the reports of the commissioners appointed to in• quire into the position and proceedings of Sir James Brooke would be laid before Parliament prior to the Whitsuntide recess ? FLOATING BATTERIES. Mr. HUTCHINS asked the First Lord of the Ad miralty whether the screw propellers made for the new floating batteries had not been found insufficient, and whether the batteries had not been again placed in dock to have another screw to each added ? Sir C. WOOD replied that he had not heard of any thing being the matter with them ; at all events it was quite certain they had not been placed in dock. (Hear.) OFFICERS' WIDOWS. General WYNDHAM asked the Under Secretary for War whether any and what arrangements had been made for granting pension to the widows of the general and other officers who had been killed iu the Crimea ? Mr. F. PEEL said he was not aware of any new ar rangement having been made with this view, but pen sions were usually granted to the widows of officers who fell in action, or in the servicA of the country. (Hear.) NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. MILES asked the right hon. member for Droit wich whether it was his intention to make an alteration in Committee in his Bill for the better Encouragemeat of Education in England and Wales, in the words by which he proposed to raise money for educational pur poses, by substituting parochial for union charges. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was his intention to pro.: pose the alteration indicated by the hon. member when the bill was in committee. ARMY MEDICAL OFFICERS. Col. DUNNE asked the Under Secretary for War whether it was the intention of the Government to asso ciate a civil practitioner with the military medical offi cers who direct tLat department of the army ; to state who had been selected, and whatatnount of pay he was to receive ; also, whether he was to become subject to the articles of war ? Mr. F. PEEL replied that it was the intention of the Government to send out a civil practitioner with the military medical officers alluded to ; but he was not pre pared at that moment to furnish the further particulari sought by the hon. and gallant member. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary of State for the-Home Department, whether it is his intention to in teiduce a short bill to supply the detect in the Youthful Offenders Act of efficient provisions for recovering, in tic cases, from parents, a portion of the cost of their maintenance at Reformatories ? Sir G. GREY said there bad been found to be some practical objections to the matter referred to by the hon. member, but as a bill would be shortly introduced by nn hoe. member on the subject, it could be further Con sidered. MORTAR AMMUNITION AND SHELLS. Colonel WYNN asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether there was any truth in the report that many of the fusee. 4 fitted to the shells fired from the mortars in the batteries before Sebastopol were made so long ago as 1798, 1801, 180 4 and 1812 ; whether it was true that the powder employed to fill many of the shells was da maged powder restovod, instead of being fresh and good powder ; and whether the new pattern fusees made in 1852 and subsequently had not frequently been found to be inefficient? Mr. MONSELL said that all the 12-inch fusees sent front Woolwich were made in the years 1853 and 1854. The 13-inch faeces sent from Malta might have been of older date. With .regard to the second part of the question, be might say that re-stoved powder was gene rally used for such purposes. As to the last part, the fuses bad not been found inefficient, as they were on an improved principle. (Hear, hear.) OFFICERS' HORSES IN THE CRIMEA. Colonel WYNN asked the Under Secretary for -War whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to give any compensation to those officers whose horses (provided at their own expense) have been de. stroyed by the labour they have been subjected to in bringing up from Balaklava to the camp clothing, medi cal comforts, and provisions for the-soldiers : whether at Varna b eg iveanrntao whent ose theofficers army whose em bark;onrys compensation ed fr e Mr. F. PEEL said that compensation was country'salwa hae o r m e t e h ft e c e wii to the Crimea? behind i made to officers who lost their horses in the service, but he could not say whether the regulation would apply to the instance pointed out by the gallant member, as it would depend upon the circumstances of the case. No application had, however, been made to him at present. THE CASE OF LUIGI BURANELLI. Mr. BRIG.IIT moved, that the house at its rising do adjourn nrtd Alonelay, in oiler to have en onpertenit; ca ; il;j4 l e, eve-e 1 rier. of tee Hee—, Seeeetare tc the case of this unf Jrtunate man now moles sentence of death. He understood that maey medical gentlemen were of opinion that the man was insane when he committed the crime with which he was accused, and he had heard that Mr. Shaw, a medical practitioner, and a person most competent to judge as to the prisoner's state of mind, bad been subpoenaed by the Crown, but had not been called and examined, it having been asctrta;ned that his evidence would be favour able to the prisoner. Sir G. GREY said he had made inquiries into this subject, and had consulted the learned judge who !,ael tried the case (Mr. Justice Erle), and was ft - illy satisfied of the prisoner's criminality. With regard to what took place at the trial he was not aware of the fact alluded to by the hon. meniher, and was not therefore in a position to pass an opinion upon it. MR. LAYARD'S SPEECH AT LIVERPOOL. Mr. EWART wished to ask the Under Secreare for War a quei-tion, which he did with some reluctance, but, nevertheless, as an act of ju,tice to himself and a relative of his, who was now serving his coun try in the Crimea, and the subject of the question arose out of a speech merle the other evening by the honourable member for Aylesbury at Liverpool. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman then stated that of the officers promoted to the staff in the Crimea, only one, a relative of bis (Mr. Ewart's), in the 93d Highlanders, had obtained a first-class certifi cate at Sandhurst ; and that officer was the only one promoted, whether from Parliamentary influence or not the hen. gentleman said he could not say. (LI ee.r.) With regard to the first part of this statement, he (Mr. Evart) felt it an imperative duty to state that it was an incorrect representation, other officers on the staff having also obtained similar certificates ; and upon the latter point, he was desirous of asking the Under Secretary for War whether any influence, Par liamentary or otherwise, was used to secure the promo tion of his relative ? He most sincerely hoped not. Mr. F. PEEL said as there was another question on the paper of a similar kind he would reserve his answer till that one bad been put. Mr. H. BARING thereupon asked the Under Sec retary for War whether certain statements in a public print, signed A. H. Layard, a member of this house, of the services of officers of tire Coldstream Guards be cor rectly represented from official sources ? General PEEL said he deeply regretted to be also obliged to find fault with some of the statements of the hon. member. He commented at some length upon the statements made by the hon. member fur Aylesbury, to the effect that certain officers whose names he men• tioned had received appointments through private in fluence. (Hear, hear.) He denied that Colonel Wilson bad been obliged to pay 3,0001. for a com mission, in order that the son of Lord Hardirge might have one without cost. [LEFT SPEAKING.] ARMY BEFORE SepASTOPOL COM- MITTEE-(THLS DAY.) (Continued from our first editiOn. ) Captain Milne afterwards proceeded to state that in -all cases the embarkation of troops was superintended by Admiralty agents. A great difficulty was experienced in getting vessels for the conveyance of horses. The first difficulty experienced was in the case of the artil lery. He did not deem it advisable to separate the horses from the guns and the men by sending them in different vessels ; so he devised a plan by which every vewel that went out with artillery, was complete in it self, and contained a united effective force of men, horses, and gnus. The horses were all shipped under proper superintendence ; and the vessels were fitted out pre viously for their reception, on the Government plan. With regard to the Hull plan of shipping horse; he thesislit it might do very wed for short voyages, but it would net answer for a long and rather rough voyage like that to Constantinople. ‘Vith resp, et to the casual ties that had occurred in the conveyance of horses, con sidering the number of horses sent out from time to time, the accidents were exceedingly few—indeed they were less than had beenthelease in any corresponding number of horses ever sent out previously. With reuard to the shipping of Ordnance stores, when the Ordnance in formed hint that a certain quantity of stores were rea.ly to be sent on board, they were itiformed by him to what ship they had bsen apportioned, and the stores were then loaded under the superintendence of the Ordeance shi p per, So far as he was concerned he knew of no pressing request having been forwarded to expedite the sending out of medical stores, and they were unless marked " urgent" sent out in sailing vessels in the el-dinar/ way. If 39 marked they were sent by steam. Admiral Boxer had the management of the transport service at Constatiti nople, and he had heard no complaints respecting the manner in which he peuformed his duties. He believed, however, that Admiral Boxer was removed to Balak lava on the ground that his conduct had nut been very satis factory. By the Chairman—Complaints respecting Admiral Boxer could not have been made to the Aemilalty without his knowledge, but they might have been made privately to the First Lord of the Admiralty. By Mr. Layard—He had never received any corn plaints respecting Captain Christie. Admiral Boxer had never written home stating that he had not sufficient transport vessels at his command to meet the wants of the commissariat. If a requisition had been made by Commissary-General Filder to Lord Harninge, to the effect that he required a certain number of transports f,:r the conveyance of baggage animals, the Commander in-Chief would have applied to the Admiralty, and any number of vessels might have been placed at the disposal of Admiral Boxer. He was never informed that a supply of coal was wanting at Constantinople. The supply was kept up there from Malta. He did not think it right that a vessel like the Sanspareil should have been in want of coal, but he thought about that time great demands were made upon the coal depot at Con stantinople by the large ',umber of steam transports employed. It was not conside7ed so necessary to ,send out steam-tugs, because there was so large a number of steam transports continually passing from Malta to Constantinople, all of which had orders to tow sailing vessels whenever required. No ships were fitted up at home for the reception of the sick and wounded until lately. He thought the consolidation of the two de partments of Somerset-house and Whitehall ought to have taken place long ago, for much inconvenience arose under the old system in consequence of Admiralty busi ness being carried on at the two places separately. He was net prepared to admit ttat the transport depart. ment was the only one which had failed ; since every demand made upon it by the Government had been strictly and promptly complied with. The requisition made upon him for the sending out of winter clothing and huts was so sudden that some time was lost, owing to the difficulty iu obtaining transport vessels. With regard to the forms used in the Admiralty he did not think there was any superabundance ; at all events not too many to check the efficient discharge of the duties of th , service. He did not think that the old transport regulations were now issued ; and, if it had beet, stated to the comin'ttee that the captain of a transport ship had been ordered to act under regulations which were drawn up at the period of the old war, it wai cor rect... He had every confidence in Captain Goodall. the unfortunate commander of the Prince. Had that officer survived, en inquiry would have been instituted into the circumstances attending the loss of the Prince, not ne cessarily as ininlying blame upon him, but for the satis faction of the Qr o v ern m ent. By Lord Sevt.tour—The defects in coaling at Con stantinople were never rep,rted to him by Admiral Rixer—turther than that the labnurere were rot active enough, or adapted for the work they were called on to perform. The committee aljourned shortly before 4 o'clock until Monday. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 25. ➢IEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARMA. DIENT County Cork.—Rickard Deasy, of the city of Dublin, Esq , one of her Majesty's Conn4el, in the room of Eilniund Burke Roche, Esq., who has accepted the office cf Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. BRITISH JURORS FOR THE FRENCH EXHI- BITION. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations having been requested by the Im perial Commission for the French International Exhibition to appoint forty ordinary Jurors, and ten supplementary Jurors, to take part in the deliberations of the General Juries of the industrial part of the Exhibition, have nomi nated the following parsons : Supplementny Juror—Dr. Tyndal, Flt Prof so' of Physics is the Royal institution of CLASS LX.—EtEAT, LIGHT, AND ELECTRICITY. Jurors—C. Wheatstone, F.R.S., Professor of E rperi mental Philosophy, King's College, Corresponding Member of the French Institute; Dr. Neil Arnott, F.R.S. CLASS X.—CHEMICAL MANUFACTURES, INCLUDING PAPER. Jurors—Thos. Graham, F. R. S., Master of the Min_, Corresponding Mew ber of the French Institute, and Deputy Chairman and Reporter of the Chemical Jury in 1851 : Warren de la Rue, F.R.S., Reporter and Juror in Exhi bition of 1851. Supplementary Juror—Dr. Hofmann, F.R.S., Profess°, of Chemistry to the Government School , if Mines, anc Juror and Reporter is the Exhibition of 1851. Crass Xl. ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES. Juror—R. Oven, F.R.S., Corresponding. Member 01 the French Institute, ant Chairman of the Jury on Ali• mentary Substances in the Exhibition (•f 1851. CLASS XII.--11YGIENE, PHARMACY, SURGERY, AND MEDICINE. Jurors—Sir Joseph 011iffe, Physician to the British Embassy in Paris ; Dr. Royle, F R.S., Professor of Materia Ile4ica in King's College, Scientific Referee to the H.E.I.C. on the Vegetable Substances of India, and Juror in 1851. Supplementary Juror—Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., late member of the General Board of Health. CLASS XIII.—NAVAL AND MILITARY ARTS. Jurors —Lieutenant-Geueral Sir John B urgoyne,G. C. 8,, Inspector-General of Fortifications, and Juror in 1851; J. Scott Russell, F.R.S., Ship Builder, late Secretary to Lilo Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. CLASS I. -.MINING AND METALLURGY. Jurors.—W. J. Hamilton, President of the Geological Society. Warington Smyth, F.G.S., Professor of Mining and Mineralogy in the Government School of Mines, and Inspector of Mines to the Duchy of Cornwall. CLASS 11.--FORESTRY, &C. Juror—Sir W. Hooker, F.R.S., Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. CLASS lII.—AGRICULTURE. Juror—Evelyn Denison, M.P., Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Supplementary Jurors—John Wilson, F.R.S.E., Pro fessor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh ; C. W. Amos, Consulting Engineer to the Royal Agricultural Society of England. CLASS IV—MACHINERY IN GENERAL AS APPLIED to INDUSTRY. Jurors—George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S. ; Rev. Canon Moseley, M.A., F.R.S., Corresponding Member of the French Institute, and Chairman of Jury on Machinery in 1851. CLASS V. RAILWAY MACHINERY, COACHES, AND HARNESS. Jurors —T. R. Crampton, C.E., Engineer to the Sub marine Telegraph between France and Engl and —for R ail- way Machinery ; Right Hon. Lord Shelburne, M.P.—for Coaches and Harness. CLASS VI. — MACHINERY FOR WORKSHOPS. Juror— W. Fairbairn, C.E., F.R.S., Corresponding Member of the French Institute, and Juror in 1851. CLASS V II. — MACHINERY FOR WOVEN FABRICS. Juror- Rev. R. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., Professor o Natural Philosophy, Cambridge, and of Mechanics, in the Government School of Mines, and Juror in 1851, aided by the Jurors for Woven Fabrics. CLASS VIII. RELATING TO THE EXACT SCIENCES AND TO INSTRUCTION. Jurors—Sir David Brewster, P.R.:3., Member of the French Institute, and Deputy Chairman and Reporter of the Jnry of Philosophical Instruments in 1851; J. Carter, Alderman of the city of st. Chairman of the Metropolitan Committee of - Watiri cu c k maim. CLASS XIV.-CIVIL ENGINEERING. Juror—l. K. Brunel, C.E., F.R.S., Engineer to the Great Western Railway Company, and Chairman of the Jury on Civil Engineering in 1851. Supplesnentray Juror—Charles Manby, C.E., Secretary to the Institution of Civil Engineers. CLASS XV.—STREL AND ITS PRODUCTS. Juror—T. Moulson, the Master Cutler of SheEheld. Supplementary Juror—J. J. Mechi, F.S.A., Juror in Exhibition of 1851. CLASS XVI.—G'ENRRAL METAL WORK. Juror—W. Bird, Deputy-Chairman of Jury on Iron, in Exhibition of 1851 • R. W. Winfield, Manufacturer in Birmingham, and h,lder of a Council Medal of 1851. CLASS XVII. GOLDSMITHS' WORK, JEWELLERY, AND BRONZES. Juror—The Most Noble the Marquis of Hertford, K.G. CLASS XVIII.-GLASS AND POTTERY. Juror—J. Hartley, Esq., Manufacturer of Glass in Sun• derlaad, and Medallist in 1851. Note:— The Juror for Pottery is not yet appointed. CLASS XIX.—COTTON PRINTING AND. DYEING. Jurors—T. Bazley, President of the Chamber of Com merce, Manchest,r, one of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851; Walter Crum, F.R.S., calico pi inter and bleacher, in Glasgow. CLASS XX.—WOOLLEN AND WORSTED MANUFACTURES. Jurors—S. Addington, Esq., woollen merchant, Stroud, and reporter of the jury on woollen cloths in th e Exhibi tion of 1851; Samuel Smith, dyer, President of Chamber of Commerce, Bradford. CLASS XXL—SILK. Juror—T. F. Gibson, one of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. Supplementary Juror.—T. Winkworth, Reporter to the Silk Jury in the Exhibition of 1851. CLASS XXII.—FLAX AND HEMP. Juror--Erakine Beveridge, Linen Manufacturer, Dun fermline. Supplementary Juror.—James Mac Adam, jun., Secre• tary of the Royal Society for the Promotion and Improve ment of the growth of Flax in Ireland, and Honorary Sec• retary to the Belfast Committee for the French Exhibi tion. CLASS XXIII.-HOSIERY, CARPETS, &C. Jurors.—W. Felk,in, Chairman of Jury on Clothing in 1851; Peter Graham, Upholsterer, and Juror in 1851. CLASS.--XXIV.-FURNITURE AND DECORATION. Jurors,—His Grace the Duk3 of Hamilton ; Digk Wyatt, Architect, Secretary to the Executive Committe , of the Exhibition of 1851. CL ASS XXV.—MISCELL ANEOUS AND ORNAMENTA 1 OBJECTS Juror— Right Hon. Aqhburton. F.R.S., Deputy- Chairman of Jury on Furniture in 1851. CtASS XXVI.-PRINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, &C Juror—Charles Knight, Publisher. Supplementary Jurol— . Thonias Do la Rue, Chairman o: the Metropolitan Committee of Pawn. Makers and Sta tioners for the Paris Exhibition, and Juror in 1851. CLASS XX VIT.- MUSIC. - Juror Right Hon. Sir George Cleik, Bart., F.R S President of the Royal Aca•lemv of Music. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 26. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant Frederic Miller to be Second Captain, vice Stewart, retired upo half-pay, April 13, ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Briscoe, MD., to be Surgeot April 13. Assistant-Surgeon James Macmillan Scott Fogo to b , Surgeon, April 13. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 23. - CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. Gentleman Cadet Henry Woodruff to be Second Lieu tenant. Gentleman Cadet Thomas Brewer to be Second Lieu tenant. Gentleman Cadet Robert Lennox Bourchier to be Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Archibald Macintosh to be Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Henry Thomas Stanes Davis to b. Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Clement Winstanley Car]yon to be Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet William Stirling to be Second Lieu tenant. Gentleman Cadet William Winkworth Allnutt to be S'2cond Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Henry Towry Miles Cooper to bo Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Frederick Edward Molyneux St. John to be Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Andrew William Douglas Smith to be Second Lieutenant. , COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—Eosign James Davern to be Quartermaster. Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia Rifles—William Weir, Gent., to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Cotinty of York—Thomas Bosvile Bosvile, Es 1., and the Hon. Edward Montague Granville Stuart Wortley, to be Deputy Lieutenants, April 8. Hampshire Militia Artillery—Ja - oses James, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, April 23. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lewis Trelawney Clark, Gent., late of the 21st Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Byron, appointed to the 63d Regiment of the Line, April 23. Cam britlgeshire Militia—William Philip Newton, Gent., to be Ensign, April 13. Sherwood Rangers—William Frederick Baring, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Gordon, resigned. Ist Durham Regiment of Militia—Captain Thomas Robinson Grey to be Major, vice Sir William Eden, Bart., resigned ; Lieutenant William Ord to be Captain, vice Grey, promoted ; Ensign Edward Egremont to be Lieu tenant, vice Stobart, resigned ; Ensign William Winn to be Lieutenant, vice Ord, promoted; Robert Surtees Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Crawshay, resigned ; Robert William Stone, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Atcheson, pro tooted. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieu tenant James Little t'a be Captain, vice Weatherly, who retires ; Lieutenant William Ghrimes Kell to be Captain, vice Thomas Clindy, who retires; Ensign and Acting- Quartermaster Wellington White to be Lieutenant, vice Little ; Peter Wells, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Regiment Royal Cornwall Rangers—Edwin Charles Scobell, Gent., to be Ensign, April 21. Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia—William Montagu Leeds, Esq. (late Lieutenant in her Majesty's 50th Foot), to be Captain, April 20 ; John Crymes, Eso. (late Lieute nant iu her Majesty's 161 h Foot), to be Captain, April 23. Roynl Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—John Wil liam Thomas Locke, Esq (late Lieutenant in her Majesty's 67th Foot), to be Captain, April2o. Artillery Cotps, Royal Lancashire Militia—First Lieu tenant James Middleton to be Captain, vice Crigan, re signed ; Second Lieutenant Fraderick Augustine Lynam to be First Lisntenatit. vice Middleton. promoted, April 23. Royal Wi!tshire,Militia —Ensign Edward Paton to be Lieutenant, vice Sloper, promoted, March 20. West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. Ralph Neville to be Captain, vice Fisher, resigned, April 23. 2.1 Regiment of Royal Cheshire Main. —Robert Holey ne Howard, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 20; William Al bany Fetherstonhaugh, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Taylor, promoted, April 25. lot Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign Henry Peters to be Lieutenant, April 23. 2.1 Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—GilbertWal ter Coventry, Gent., to be Ensign, April 23. [The following Atrpointnaent is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 30th Jan.] 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Seton Ralph Forster, Gent., to be Ensign, J:Ln. 27. BANE. OF ENGLAND, All Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 21st day of April, 1855. isSVE DEPARTMENT. 4 Notes issued ........ 28,372,290 £28,372,290 Dated the 26th day of April, 114. Government debt.... 11,0(5000 Other securities...... 2,9a4,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,372,, 90 Silver bu11i0n........ £2 4 ,372,290 MAIISIIALL. Chief Cashier. 55. .rearsasir. Government securities (In eludg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... • .... 14,274,373 Other securities...... 13.032,4.12 Notes .. 8,1 , 89,425 Gold and sliver coin .. , 683,210 436,079,450 '. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,127,862 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,450,664 Other deposits ...... 13,019,567 Seven Day and other Bills .... 928,357 £36,079,450 bated the 2Gth day of April, 18. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com puted from the returns made in the week ending the 24th April, 1855, is 21s 9,id per hundredweight exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the in on thereof into Greatßritain. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Isidore Bloomenthal, engraver, Rodney-buildings, Netv Kent-road. • BANKRUPTS. Abraham Pierpoint Shaw, printer, Devonshire street, Bishopsgate-street, to surrender, May 4 at half past twelve, and June 5 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colman-street-bnildings ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old ewry-charnhers, Thomas Brown, brass founder. Great Guildford-street, Southwark, May 8, at half-p-st twelve, and June 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assivlee, Basinghall-street ; Nickoll, Essex-street, Strand.. William Perfect Lockwood, chemist Wakefield, Maylo at twelve, and June 8 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy tinore, ofil zil.l 11 , 7 - trer4r„ ( a.risi tiro, 1:ki.lill;.112)1-:41 cel, Stir Walker, builder, Buutlary-road, St Joha's-wood, -day 8, at half-past one, and June 5, at. half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings ; Nettleship, Red Lion-square. Henry Oborne Box, woollen draper and tailor, Darsley, Gtloucester, May 8, and June 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Be van and Girling, Bristol. Josiah Allen, builder, Birmingham, May 9 and June 4, rt half-past ten at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Daniel Cutter and Thomas James Hunter, tailors, Re 4ent-street, May 4, at twelve, and June 1, at half-Tait Hleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as signee, Aldermanbury; Ford and Lloyd, Bloomsbury quare, William Longman, grocer, Glamorganshire, May 11 and June 5. at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, , fficial assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Jolly' Hawker, builder, Weston-super-Mare, May 11 and June 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hut ton, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. James Gartrell Fitzo, bookseller and stationer, &C., Exeter, May 10 and 31, at one, at the Exeter District Court. .flirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Geare, Mount ford, and Geare, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. Levi Booth, stuff manufacturer, Laister Dyke, Bradford, May 22, at half-past twelve, and June 23, at eleven. at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Hargreaves, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Margaret Bolton, power loom cloth manufacturer, Eteedyford Mill, Mars en, Lancaster, May 9, and June 6, ,t twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Backhouse, Blackburn; Wheeler snd Cobbett, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS!. A. and J. M'Lellan, wood merchants, Poit of Rossdhu Dumbartonshire. John Hart, grocer, Sprinburn, Lanarkshire. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY. &msterdam ..... • .... I 1 18% Gibraitar .. •••• • • •• Ditto, three months .. 12 0% Lgt orn .. •• • • .... .•• 30 25 itotterdam ............ 12 e% Genoa ........ • • ...... 25 60 k.ntwerp 25 47% ). , 11an ...... • • • • imams 25 474 Venice ••••• •• lamburgh .......... 13 8% •Naples ........ ...... 43% Utona ................ Palermo .•• • • ... 131% Pari5........ .. • • .... 25 22% Messina .. Ditte, three months .. 25 50 Lisbon ...... ..•• 53% Aarseilles ............. 25 50 Oporto • • 53% Bourdeaux • ........ Rio Janeiro ..... .•• = Fi anktort-on mine •• .. 119% Buenos Ayres.... • ................ New York,6o days' sight Vienna.......... • • 12 50 Philadelphia .. Prie5te.......... •• .... 12 52 PRICES OF BULIICW, PER OR. Petersburg ............ • 33% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 . 9 51adrid 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 .........•adlz Barcelona New Dollars ...... 0 0 Seville .. ......... Silver in bars . , 0 5 0% OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROST FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (From a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, Aram 26. Lord Panmnre has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sibastopol, April 14, 18.55. My Lord,—Since I wrote to your lordship on the 10th instant, a steady and heavy fire upon the works of the enemy has been maintained from all the batteries of the Allies. The fire of the British artillery, chiefly directed against the garden Batteries, the Barrack Battery, the Radom, the Malakhoff Tower, and the Mamelon, has been most effec tive, and the enemy's works have suffered very considerably, although they have, as usual, made a good use of the night to repair damages, notwithstanding that the vertical tiro has been continued throughout the twenty-four hours. The practice both of the Naval Brigade and the Artillery has been excellent. The casualties have not been very numerous, but the oss has fallen heavily upon the sailors, as your lordship will see by the accompanying returns, and the Royal Navy has to deplore the death of Lieutenant Douglas, who had 4erved with great ability and zeal from the commencement of the siege. _ _ Lieutenants Urmston and D'Aeth. Royal Navy, and 3 eele, Royal Marine Artillery, all valuable officers, hays been wounded. , The Royal Artillery has aleo to lament the death of Lieutenant Luce, who was an officer of much prozuise ; ,nd Lieutenants Sinclair and L'Estrange are among the wounded. The former has sustained several severe in .uries, but I am happy to add that there is every hope of As recovery. They are both highly meritorious officers. Captain Crofton, of the Royal Engineers, who had in ;:he course of the protracted operations before Sebastopol 'endered most essential service, h.,s also received a wound, , which will, I fear, detain him from duty for a very con -siderable time. Our batteries and parapsts continue to stand remarkably well, notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather. The enemy's fire has been comparatively slack, but the •oractice good, and owing to their having ascertained the range of our batteries with great nicety, several guns have been disabled in both the right and left attacks. Towards the Tchernaya nothing important has been ob served, but small bodies of men, from 150 to 600, ha e been seen, with a heavy gun and some ordnance carriages, moving along the Inkertnan heights towards Mackenzie's Farm-road, near which it has been placed in position. Although the duties have been unusually severe and arduous both by day and night duringthe week, they have been carried out with the utmost cheerfulness and zeal, reflecting much credit both on officers and men. The submarine telegraph has been safely brought to the Monastery from Cape Kelegra, and as soon as it is estab. !idled at the former place, the engineers will proceed to convey it from the latter to the immediate neighbourhood of Varna, where I hope it may be in a state to act in a week or ten days from this time. The first division of the 10th Hussars arrived this day at Balaklava.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &o. Ste. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 9TH TO THE 12TH APRIL, 1855, INCLUSIVE. 18th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 19th Foot-1 rank and file, killed; 2 rank and file, wounded. 28th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 30th Foot--1 rank and file, killed ; 2 rank and file, wounded. 33d Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 39th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded*. 41st Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 49th Foot-1 rank and 61e, killed ; 2 rank and file, wounded. 55th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 57th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 62d Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 89th Foot•-1 rank and file, wounded. 90th Foot-1 rank and file, killed; 3 rank and file, wounded. 97th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. let Battalion Rifles Prigade-1 sergeant, 4 rank an d fil e, killed ; 3 rank and file, wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brig ade rank and file, w oun d e d. Royal Artillery-1 of fi cer, 1 serjeant, 7 rank and file, killed; 1 serjeant, li rank and file, wounded. Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners-1 rank and file, killed; 2 officers, 5 rank and file, wounded. Total-1 officer, 2 serjeants. 18 rank and file, killed ; ; 2 officers, 1 serjeant, 39 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL- ESTCOURT, Aclj utant-General. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM OTU TO THE 12Tki APRIL, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. APRIL H. Royal Artillery. Lieutenant E. Luce. J. B. 3T.TiI!KNA LL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FRONT THE 9TH TO:THE I•'TH APRIL, 1855, INCLUSIVE. - WOUNDED. APRIL 10. Royal Engineers. Lieutenant T. M. Graves, slightly APRIL 12. Captain G. Groftoli, severely J. B. BUUKNALL ESTCOURT, Atii.,tant-General. Enclosure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF NO \ r -COMMMSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM 9TH TO 12TH APRIL, 1855. INCLUSIVE. KILLED. APRIL 9. Royal Artillery. Gunner and Driver Archibald Garrow Gunner and Driver William Hazzard Gunner and Driver John Wren • APRIL 10. 19th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Donoughoe 90th R giment of Foot. Private William Goldie 97th Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Pepper Royal Artillery. Colour-Serjeant George Faust Gunner and Driver Henry Kendall Royal Sappers and Miners. Corporal A. Ramsay APRIL 11. 28th Regiment of Foot. Private Michael Cryon 30th Regiment of Foot" Private Daniel Carey 49th Regiment of Foot. Private Michael McGrury Royal Artillery. Gunner and Driver James Mclntyre Bombardier Marshall Brown • Gunner and Driver Michael Callaghan APRIL 12. Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade. Serjeant Michael Devitt Private George Brown Private John Eagle Private William Evans Private James Bryans J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Ittjutant-General. Enclosure 5. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON• COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 9TH TO 12TH APRIL, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. APRIL 9. 30th Regiment of Foot. Private Joseph Burnford, slightly 41st Regiment, of Foot. Private James Ciougham, severely 89th Regiment of F.ot. Private Samuel Atkinson, severely 90th Regiment of Foot. Private William Hodge, severely Royal Artillery. Serjeant Themes Cornish, severely -1`1'01! ILU.II ADAILtiAL ( Front a Supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.) ADMIRALTY, A', 6. bis b een m A despatch, of which the following is a cog , j3 A rt., received from Rear-Admiral: Sir Edmund Lyon , Pe sod G.O 8., Commander-in Chief of h er Majesty's sili vessels in the Mediteiranean and Black 6es. PROCEEDINGS OF NAVAL BRIGADX,,,s. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, #1111:00. SIB,—My letter of the 10i,h inst. No. 284, will b `,, the siege batteries before Sebastopol re-opened formed the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty t e • 9th instant. , • grieve to say that the casualties have been li e c i r e d, though not, perhaps, more than might have been sap b y c insidering the number of guns which ore In3nn o olo l seamep. Lists-of the casualties on each day, e i b oo for the information of their lordships ; and to lament the fall of two gallaut andaPrdi of lug young officers, Lieutenant Samuel T, 97 ." ° 0 f the, the London, and Lieutenant W. I 1 Dougla s, 0, 0 0, Queen. Captain Lord John Hay and Lieut. urel,,, • , their& the the Queen, have been wounded, though not severe Ns The services of the officers an d seamen of the Brigade have been invaluable. I have, Stc., ED. LYO NS,- Rear-Admiral and Commander -Pe To the Secretary of the Admiralty, Loudon. rd *** For List of Killed and Wounded, see Despatch - Despatch above. COUNTRY R.ETS• ----4.-- -- DERBY SMITHFIELD:A."II 24- , ag ell The supply of fat beasts to-day was net so Ir s .; e j for r some preceding markets, and higher prices we re ° n utsb e e them, yet a clearance was made. A full aver34,..,(101, of sheep, the greater part being out of their wG011703 bp, ' better sold. A large number of fat and store C 5,,,, 9; inferior ones a heavy sale. Pigs, numerous f°l . t ' w e,l; and quite as dear. r 6 ,1 to i 'a The f.Alowing were the quotations :—B i e e A l ' d t o 61°, 0 1 00 mutton, 6id ix) 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; ot'irt - 41 6 '',, - 0 plber;l4plibg.s; 9s 3d 8 , t o 3 9s 9d t 9 o d 4 p i e d r a p c e o r r e l b ; ; ro c l i gu . ..,_',:n."' , e v ' per lb. , EDINBURGH GRAIN.—ArIIII, 25 ° id acor il l ' Wheat on the top Is d o wn, and average. ile/11 O . .1 °- 1* p Barley on the top is down, and average as More ' the top Os 2d up, and the average was as on the top is Od, and the average lid, V. Total Supply and 13alee. 7-/ ; 4 0 Wheat 755 clrs ............. . . so ld' . ovi Barley 591 Vs ............. ..0 014 906 1d cirg 1:48 Oats Beaus t 262 ve ....... :. ...... sold ' 4 '' oi Top of Wheat 66 lb a , 0 3 Barley_ ............. .."... 581 lb r 6 i ......... . ......... . 1 03 ...... 1 A .3. n i Oats . • ...._ Beans . ............................. 0 ,, lb 4 9 1 v tiro .............. "old n,9 - - ..... ui x 0 4 T—A rili co " 54 , _ EDINBURGH MEAL MARICE tit , k, 6 at n 2 e / r . e 2 w s weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold 01 10 : A f A . 0 11' EDINBURGH FT A y AND sTRAW ,-- S 'o ti o 4 1 eorde,inandthoeamtarolkeotst.o-day, 14 sacks! oa s at , APRIL 24. d s criP -1 There was a large supply of straw 0 ~ 1 , :.-- 6 ' f 0 11 e the market. The prices to-day were its f °11 ; of l o 8 0' trop Oat swthraewat,dfreo.7BaBso,oldtetoiolsOods Oci ; i l r r ia k y e d ro oAA P ., i n s e 6 r cl o r oo e, Boara H tim a ey y eam f l r : o ap m ie:p l2d to 13d ; new ditto, 01 t° ''' r --- „ ft , 23., r hi , ' DALKEITH MEAL MARICET--Ar'—‘l '" 0. 1 Peasemeal, p er imperial esracl dittolt ditto —s 416 6d ' 699 ! ()°' 1 276 6 —5 0 - 0 —8 —o o d --' c , 2801bs First. I t s e e°3 o, o"ii i . j 5.' : t u A ! Flour, per ditto —s o d --a od ..... 4 Pot-barley, per ditto I—sOd e BOSTON—Aran 25. in. 1 „. 0 the d :1 A moderate supply of all kinds of grA r o_w o i l trade there was much firmness, an d . a fa.r gO Ol was done at an advance of 2s per qr, 511113- 061 1. dearer, , • taiqi 74s Od extra.. 76s Od. Barley', Prices :—Wheat, red, 65s Od to 70 9 Ou; " . ;,2s Od" to 298 od to 390 oil 238 to 295. Beaus, 4 9 s Od to 46s gds F esl ' Pei' qr. NEWARK—ArnIL 74' .gyp`. A good supply of grain of all descriptions' Iti 4 vanced 2s per qr., and barley Was is ( level - L :lT yp '' 3 %; l ) ; to 05 ' to W 42s ti-ea t t a ' re wh s, 30s •to 31s, grinding 28s to '3OB. oats, '24st. i; po 24s to 28a ; beans, 43s to 45s Pmalt, 686 t° i s t 6 e s 7 t 4 , s tris7pBsericivird. 70s to 735; sos 0 ; : eak ts ; aetior - / st j PL , itCD Apr il Ove r9°°l sou tplo w 11 0 uos tetA! ifffly er 11_ 4 101 1 AP" lAng"f:i,..,; ... . Do" De lv ii . Dover "'1 ~0 vs/.. / 0 / . soutb;,r ilia.' . gouth' il" „,ro Vari °°j r- , solo siotln 0 r 4 i Ilt. SOll.. ~ ,8: 001/, pN'i Affil i F Utb i r 1 DOV et ... 0 1 ' Tie' 1 800 Dove r .• , --. 0 0 1 . • • Dover •• 't on oo .t?' , 1 i Boutlian, A IP' soutbamP " : i ' ' j oi 1 Loild° ll *P‘top j) - ii'l lb Southara . ~ 9 Dover ..• •,..41,r!., ,_„.,toi, BP S souto. , - - t i, ..,-- riyro"u ~1 j i Dover .• '„ wicr i i Dover.* 7 „ • • '„rli ' flolytietw Ai, , to!: ii i s o utha—P pt o _id Southani , . ~, ) ',iv erP o9 ' 0 0J, SEABORNE M 4IL!~• (N signifies that the mans are sent fror the night—and 31 by the morning—"Bl COUv ! an GOnerui Prof'" Office, Loacor , :' , very Friday . vmerica(bytirtt.pack)l, kmerien. ,by United sta.' pax kat) krnorica (by U States packet) N nstralia (via South ampton) M ditto (via %larseilles) N Ditto (via rape of .coed Hope) • • • • • • tfrica ( West Coast) N j N Alexandria M Bahamas hl Belgium N Buenos Ayres ...... M Cape ut Goott Hope N Cape of Good Hope N Cape de Verds N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon N , Channel Isles N China .... . Constantinople Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) Franco ........ & N Gibraltar Gttece (see India) Greytown .......... Ai Hamburgh ..........N Havannah ........., Hollgnd . Honduras . India (viaSouthampt.)M India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) Ireland M & N Lisbon ... • Madeira ! Madeira N I Malta (see India) Malta N. 1 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the mono Mexico . „lt 2nd of the month. Naples .... ........ N 1 5th Ihth2sthofraon. New Granada 2d & 17th of month New By private ship • • Papal States ith I Ath2sthonnon Peninsal r 7thl7 th 27 thohnon. Pent ..............h1 27th of mom! Port Nati! N Bj. private ship...l Sicily N hth hth2stbotreon,' Tu5cany...,.,,,,,. sthlsthlsthotlnon. Venezuela hi 2d 4 17th ofmonth Van Diemen's Land (sec Australia) „ West Indies .. ...... .t3d of the tnontb 9 .U4.&300tu. 4th & 20th of mo'. 17th of the moat' .......... . 9th of the month • • 9th of the month.. 9th of the month hion.,Tired.,ScFrid. 24 & 170-• mord. Once a month .. • • ,8,23,a28 oi 4th St 20th of mei,. Twice daily ...• • • Twice daily ... • • • 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of ni 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Daily.... • • .• • • • • 17th of the month. 4th & 20th of mon. 9th& 25th of month 7, 17, & 27 of mon Twice da , ly ... • • 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. 9th of the =rah 23d of mot •• • • Dora •'''' I , sof 11 hyouaw „, p toi tre prt iVarion s paver „„" pll; 1 410 SOU °la.oooe. !fioutb at " p ort 3 v a rious IDaver o "p . coll Soutli ! po i; 0 0 0/ le toutb oP When any of these datett fall a a S',lncla.Y, th:;lC:;.til.filt° spatchei on the following' flay, with the exceP% dely Ronthampton). anti the Malta. both of which will 9 precedinc 18,18, 8;28 o; m.L v C 17th ol tnonth • BIRTHS. f ' C , A' A 133 N. 1,10 4 w On the 25th i ns t., at Weering, the rte On the 25th i ns t., a t Fishniougers'-h 4. "' t __ . „ 0 01" Beckwith T owse , E sq . ' ll . On the 25th i ns t , th e w if e o f Edward jl 1.- poe k# 15, Artillery-place, Finsbury-square. eo• On the '3l inst., at Tetnplecrone 8 6c1.°- the wife of, the Rev. F. Corfiell D 4 I,II JII OII 05 A AiTIMTETi• t On the 26th i ns t., at 18, Manchester st re tiord n 'tv - : p square ' London, th e w if e o f th e R ev . R. On the 24th inst., 'Pulse-hill ' the wife f the ./ M D. o tos, On the 24th i ns t., a t th e P r i ory, Woodeu e OO P ' of Henry Cholnieley, Esq. o1,:e the / On the 2t:th i ns t , Hatcham, Del:" lLi °T ^o' Rev. A. K. B. Granville, M.A., the iuculD AI 71/ ARR/ E D- r idg e 'e li d P I On the 26th i ns t., a t S t. Paul's, Knig- ti ts A b AVA t PE ' Charles Spring Rice, second son of L.,,,°r,11i50l a . ft Elizabeth Margaret, eldest daughter of I v ' . sr' j Esq., M.P. 0 ' f l o te / °I On the 25th inst., at St. George's, 11 01° O le to , e James Burrows, of Chester-wharf. P inl i- be n ah . "' rt'° p l y ' becca, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph - 1 ) A--- e° shi ° Belgrave•place. to ~...,,A l l On the 25th inst, at Quinton, N.rthiol,,Pi-or,„r r eldest son of Mr. WA. Jack of L de""" J° 9- 4 don, to Frances Elizabeth,. east daugh -e " t r of br Esq., of Quinton.-p 841 11 1 tin the 25th i ns t ., at Abingdwa, Mr. I• w l . tar °' 1 1 f' seller, Wi n d sor, to Emma, yora n gest dib u s - 1 0 Copeland, E sq ., o f Abingdon - s / On the 26th i ns t. , at St,. John's 11 0° O , bn's Church , ,i s th A tll' Rev. D r . Hi ggs, rector of Hanborough, trot` -'01- daughter of Charles Po." E sq . , of l'lni° l4 d e / DIED. , 1 sir *'"o 4 On the 25th itst in L a I,' nt•" l°' V ., on.on, ae_ . l, 4 C. 8., late of the Portuguese 8 Trice. ; w t ."d ° ,i v On the 21st inst., at - South a u tnptont Lieu ' lr' w.Wr 0 Henderson, late of R.E. agv d 71. we to 9.-.. f) 01 0 ) On the 11th ult., at se • his Pa 5 6 , 5 - w ,_,, ° 1 ; Venerable Archdeacon, K a : ° T n s of 13 ° 1n .,,, t " - ;:k t° ,•,1 111 " "On the 23d inst., at ',he ' ' '.. Grange, •L' - ' -°- 10-' ) ..a lpfe io the Ven. Charles Lind, ,ay, Archdeaco n ger i O. f re- 051 On the 9th inst., kir led in the trenches be :4 -° s e ° O f S ,vi .uel T wyford, Li e n t . H . M . S . London ford, rector , ttoo, tiO /0 late Rev. Ch ar l es E . Tw of Tr ° horst, S ussex, aged 26. Y pitli;poi f On the sth inst.,, Richard Thomas sbeil,. z .ll eil, son of the l a t e R' Le l iard Shell, Esq, of Car) l ' eje Al ' 1 On the 21 s t iu.st., at Brussels, Robert s- -- , - oo' r aged 91. , 8 4 , , p / On the 24th inst., Thomas Penn'', 11(1. ' - 811 11° place, Pa(!diugton, aged 35. ..g.ttlef On the 211 at Ch e lt en ham ► r ed' formerly Agent Victualler s/c. Gibraltor , $l. - ...era po 1404 LONDON Printed and Piriblished by 5 P1 7:),.... tac ° ' / of No. 112, tral.tid, Pr inter, at 27i Strotkil, in the Preeinf ,t of the fths ßfidr '- leccz , Friday,, TIVI Xp l ii 27, 1856.