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spondence, and I reserve to m yself the right of doing so s hould I consider it neces sary I have the honour to be, my lord, your obedien t servant A. ant The ho nourable ge ntleman then continued—lt had been sa id hi s o hon. gen tleman spposite that there was a mix . c h an ces and fortune in army promotions. It was true chances, but he generally found that those chances theretur w ere ere fell to the lot of those officers who had least need of them— personswho had either high connections or party influence their favour. That question he should shortly bring before the house in its most extended form. He believed the country was prepared for the discussion of that question. The time was past when the feelings of the public could be tampered with upon that subject. The system he reprobated extended to every branch of th e 9. public serviee, and he should show in a few days--w!l:t he believed to be the public feeling on the subjec t—tde the public interests were sacrified in every department of the public service to private and party influences. He had been told that the rules which regulated army promotions were inviolable. Well, take the case of a g h o use. He named Heneage, who had two relatives t hat n . tleman entered the army in Dec., 1853, and joine d hglaereargireilveeedt in Feb.. 1854, about two months afterwa r ds. in the Crimea in the autumn. He was n ot p resen t either at the Alma or Inkerman, and yet he go t a cap taincy with oat purchase ten months after be enteredtharlmayw. teNtohwe there was what had been terme d an inviolable effect that no man could be (pHreoamrotehdear.to) slfcacpatapitneciye ender two years' service. Heneage had distinguis h ed the rule in ques tion might properly have If , been departed from in his case; but when it was violated in favour of an officer who had never seen servic e nor anything else , then it might fairly be concludedthat the laws of the Horse Guards were not as irrevocably a s the laws of the Modes and Persians. (Hear, hear.) So with the case of Lord Enstace Cecil. H in December, 1851, and havi ng seen no e entere d the armye rv ice in the interval , w as selected in December, 1854, fora lieutenancy and captaincy in the Guards. (Cries of • )On the other hand Lieutenant Blackett, of e 93 d R e giment, who had been present at th e ac ti ons i n t e C r imea, who was recommended for good service to the G ove rnment, was indeed transferred to the Guards, but although he had seen ten years' service, he was placed be neath Captain Heneage and Lord Enstace Cecil, one of whom had been in the army only some ten or eleven months and the other between two and three years. Here they had the laws of the Horse Guards constantly vio lated. He held himself responsible for these accusa tions. He had already told Colonel Harding° that he was not prepared to retract them. Nor was he. He only wished that they could go into a full dis cussion of the question—that they could examine some offi cers whom be could name. For example, he wished Col. Crombie could tell them how he had been compelled to re sign, in order to make room for those beneath him—Lord Buighersh and Lord Hardinge's son. It was a fact that Col. Cronsbie did not know he was on half-pay until he saw his name in the Gazette. S. much for individual cases. He would not detain the house much longer. A man in his position might be mistaken. If he had done wrong to any individual, he would be glad to rise in his place and ac knowledge it ; bathe firmly believed that there was scarcely an appointment which the public did not find, on inquiry, to be connected in some way or other with private or party influences. What had happened three days ago ? He a &se in the Gazette a colonel on the staff named a general officer in the Turkish contingent, with local rank. He turned to the Army List and other sources of information, and there he found that Col. Cunningham, of the staff, was married to a daughter of Lord Hardinge. (Cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter). The house might laugh, but when these things were of daily occurrence they justified the gravest suspi cions on the part of the public. (Hear.) He said moreover, that at such a moment as the present, when our army was in a critical position, when a disgrace had fallen upon the country, the people would no longer tolerate even an ap proximation to what he must call gross jobs. Such was his statement to the house. He would not retract what he had said, because he believed it to be true, and because he was convinced his opinion was shared by many who dared not stand up in that house and testify to the accuracy of his assertion. It was an almost universal impression, in deed, that party orfamily influences were the mainsprings of army promotions. He had only to add in conclu.ion that Col. Wilson was in no way to blame for what had occurred. Mr. HARDINGE did not intend to add one word to the unanswerable statement of the hon. and gallant member for Huntingdon, or to that which had fallen from his hon ourable friend the Under Secretary for the War Depart ment. His only object in rising was to make one remark with respect to a near relative of his, the gallant officer to whom the hon. member for Aylesbury had just alluded. The hon. member seemed to insinuate that the appointment of Col. Cunningham to the Turkish contingent with the local rank of brigadier-general was more or leas slob. Now, all he had to say iu reply to the hon. member was that Col. Cunningham had served in China under Lord Gough, had been in every action in the Crimea, and if they appealed to Lord Raglan or the Duke of Cambridge, they would find that there was not a better or more meritorious officer in the army than his gallant relative. (Hear.) Yet the hon. member for Aylesbury had not scrupled to cast in his teeth an appointment so justly and deservedly made. He had done with the hon. member. (Hear.) His inaccuracies were certainly of no common orde. (A laugh ) With re gard to Major Ewart, he was a most excellent officer, and owed his promotion solely to - his own merits, not to any in terest whatever ; but it was not tree, as stated by the hon. member for Aylesbury, that Major Ewart took a first class. He obtained a third class for military drawing, while of the members of the staff there were several who held first class certificates. Hewould now leave the casein the hands of the house, satisfied that they would do justice between the hon. member for Aylesbury and those whom he so rashly accused, and decide who was " scandalous," and who was not. (Hear.) Mr. BYNG reminded the house that the responsibility for promotions in the three regiments of the Guards did not rest with the Commander-in-Chief, but with the colonels of the regiments. Hewas authorised by Lord Strafford, the colonel of the Coldatreams, to state that he alone was re sponsible for the promotions that had taken place in that regiment, and that he was perfectly prepared, at all times and seasons, to justify them according to the existing mili tary regulations, as well as to all the precedents applicable to Inch matters. (Hear.) Colonel LINDSAY remarked that the hon. member for Aylesbury had carefully avoided addressing himself to the case in dispuse, and had simply dealt in vague generalities. To the demand which had been made of him, either to re tract what he had stated against Lord Hardinge or to ex plain in what manner, in the specific case of Col. Wilson, his lordship had been guilty of maladministration the hon. member replied that he would no t re t rac t, b u t he did not show in any one particular how Lord Hardinge exercised the slightest influence on his son's promotion. (Hear.) The hon. member had referred to Captain Heneage. Now, it was true that Captain ,Theneage was not at Inkerrnan. Bat why ? Because he was serving his country in the trenches or on picket, and since that time he had been con stantly under the fire of the enemy. (Hear.) Here was the way in which he came to be promoted. At the com mencement of the war he was the junior ensign. By mor tality, brevet, and other causes, the whole of the ensi';ns were swept away, and Captain Heneage was left at the top of the list with one year's service. As he- had been under the fire of the enemy, Lord Strafford obtained the neces sary sanction for his promotion, and he was promoted ac cording to the rules of the service. With regard to Lord Eustace Cecil, a gentleman called upon Lord Strafford and informed him that Lord Eustace was anxious to see service. He told him that when the 4:3d was engaged at the Cape of Good Hope Lord Enstace Cecil entered that regiment for the purpose of seeing service, but that, unfortunately for him, the war ended about the time he got there. The 431 was then sent to India, and when there the war broke out. Lord Eustace Cecil, still anxious to see service; immedi ately exchanged into the 88th, which had been ordered to proceed to the seat of war. All these things were consid ered by Lord Strafford ; he thought them very meritorious in a young officer, and accordingly gave Lord Enstace Cecil a commission in his regiment of Guards. (Hear.) He had it from Lord Strafford to say that while ho was certainly acquainted with Lord Eustace Cecil'sfather, the Marquis of Salisbury, having met him in the House of Lords, he was politically opposed to him, had nothing to do with him in regard to his son's commission, and gave that commission simply because he found Lord Eustace to be an officer anxi ous to see service, andto distinguish himself. (Hear.) In con clusion, he must say that he thought it somewhat unfair— to use the mildest term—that an hon. gentleman should go down to the country and excite public indignation against the servants of the Crown by unfounded assertions and accusations. (Hear, hear.) Colonel NORTH regretted that the name of Lord Burg harsh had been introduced into the discussion. That offi cer was present at Chillianwallah and Goojerat. and had rendered good service to his country. Major Alison owed his position on the staff to his own talents, and not to his political services or family influence. Th e hon. member for Aylesbu r y s h ou l d really be more cautions p in his state ments, and if h e w i s h ed to retain the ' countrymen, should evince'their 'e characteristic eeie lo ie v n e of ef fair s play. (Hear.) Colonel K.NOX. was sorry to say that the Aylesburyprient was not the first time that th e h on. member for unfair attacks up on h on , and gallant officers. 11p hado Upon a former occasion he thought proper to traduce the cha- - ratter of a gallant admi ra l , an d h is object now the same towards the Commander-in -Chief. (Hear , wae to trio) These systematic attacks wer e no t w i t h out a purpose, and yet nothing could be more derogatoryto the respectability of the house than for an hon. member to pursue such a course of conduct. He begged to tell the hon. member for Aylesbury that Colonel Cunningham was a personal friend of his, and that there was not a word of truth in his state ment with regard to that gallant officer. Yet the hon. member had the temerity and the impudence to rise in his place — Mr. HADFIELD—I rise to order. Surely that is lan guage not suitable to this house. The SPEAKER—The hon. and gallant member must withdraw the word "impudence." Colonel KNOX—I would be sorry to use any Parlia mentary expression—(great laughter)—l mean any I yexpres sion which may be deemed unparliamenta ry ; b ut ca nno t find language su ffi ciently strong to repr ob ate the conduct of the hon. member for Aylesbury. (Laug hter.) Still, sir, lam ready to withdraw any expression which y ou may consider to b e i m p ro per ; but I really do think that the b°n • member should not, without acquaint in g himself with ~ 1 1 ° circumstan ces —t o put it in the mildest wap —venture to "Perm the character and conduct of gallant office rs both . armj and navy. (Hear, hear.) 4,0r4 p -Liao. th e deep ERSTON—I cannot refrain from expressing taken b y r r t which I feel, and which I am sure is par which the h o neat majerityof the house, at the position in (Hear, l a „ r .„;„tnember for Aylesbury has placed himself. his duty w h'C'arY member is at full liberty, and he does aga i mit public rne exerciaes that liberty, to bring forward founded, and wt charge?linkwhich he believes to be well- The hon. hickmemorhe. he can substantiate by proof. justified, if his inanressConeasbweerYre wthaast chtingbete,dpgerrefeecntcliye for his charges , in making t 1 we t a te r head o e accusations which li my ha vanced against the noble lor I think that, after the nt s of h e the ar. But demonstration that there it not (cheers)—after the an y of these charges ; after ever; of foundation for convinced that these charg es were7fascaable man must be (Great cheering)—l think it would ha v e, caluminons— bee_ sistente More con- Mr. OTWAY—I rise to order. Althouzil member it, does seem to me that the noble - • a Y o nne made use of language which is not justified bvy it,l t isco e u u nt has of this house. (Cri es of " No, no " ). He has sa ha ,, m: bon. member for Aylesbury made i " false and calensseo n ,,s charges. I think, sir , you -wll rigree with me t h at the noble viscount ought to retrac tthose words. (Rene w ed miles of " No, no.") If I reco llect f right, similar I have heard an nu. member withdrawing w ords o import, and. I b the noble oPe' ata ale•(ilaugh.) oho he SPEAKER—The noble viscoun t sa i d that th© geamadB by the hon. membe r fur Aylesbury were al.) and. ca: lui ,„ furry of e:-presaion whi c h it was not o at of order (cheers 14rd I'AT.4I ' 4II STON }lre p ea t what I was about to &3.y. t bat l 1444 40, enotadthat when it hsci been proved THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28 1855 that the charges which had been made through the I honourable member for Aylesbury--if he wishes it to be put in that way—and which were false and calumnious— I should have expected that a due respect to himself would have led him to acknowledge that he had been misled, and to Lord Hardinge. (Cheers.) Sir, the to o o n o ff. membere r a n apology hasbrought charges against men and classes. He has brought charges against my noble friend at the head of the army which are unfounded and calumnious. (Cheers.) He has been made, no doubt, the mouthpiece of others, who wish to undermine and destroy the character of that distinguished man. Sir, my Lord Hardinge is not a man who has risen by favour or accident to the situation which he holds. Lord Hardinge is essentially a soldier. He has won his way to the honourable position he holds th ro ugh many a long campaign, and many a hard-f oug ht battle. He has shed his blood in the field of action, and there is no man who, by his long experience and his distinguished services, is more prominently pointed out than he for the proud and honourable position in which he has been placed. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I can say so, because he was placed there by others, not by us, but the Government which conferred upon him the office of Commanding-in-Chief did themselves honour by their selection. (Hear.) Why, is it likely that a man who owes his position, as Lord Hardinge does, to merit and long service—who has passed his life with soldiers —who has seen them in every climate of the globe, and in every position, whether of camp, of fatigue, of battle, of march, or of danger from foe or disease—is it likely that such a man should have his feelings so perverted by the power he possesses, as to be induced, for some trumpery motives of personal affection or political influence, to undermine the efficiency of that army upon the glory of which his fame has been resting, and upon the efficiency of which his honour is to be maintained ? I say, again, that the charges against Lord Hardinge are as unfounded as they are de void of any reasonable presumption in their favour. Then the honourable member brings a charge against classes. He says the army is filled with the sons and relatives of the aristocracy, and that it is a shame it should be so. I say to the contrary. I say it is au honour to the aristocracy of this country that they flock to the ranks of the army, and enrol themselves in the navy; that when the danger is to be encountered and honour won, they are ever to be found foremost in defend. ing our interests and maintaining our dignity. (Hear.) Depend upon it when the day comes, if ever it should come, when the aristocracy of a great country shall ab stain from entering the ranks of its army and navy—when they shall seek the pleasures of private life and pass their days in luxury and idleness, instead of encountering the danger of battle, and submitting to the fatigues of cam paigns—l say, whenever you see a nation come to that state, then indeed you may predict its fall, then you may raise your voices in reproach against classes that would be so destitute of true patriotism; then you may say that abuses exist, and may raise popular odium against a degenerate aristocracy. I am proud to say that that reproach cannot be cast upon the upper classes of England, and instead of those acts to which the honourable member refers being acts which imply any censure upon the aristocracy, I accept them as so many testimonies in favour of the public spirit and manlylfeeling which characterise the gentry of England. (Cheers.) THE INDIAN ARMY. In reply to a question from Sir E.. Lord PALMERSTON ssid he would consult with the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to when the discussion could be taken on the motion of the hon. gentleman, with respect to the constitution of the Indian army. NEWS FROM THE CRIMEA. Mr. WARNER wished to know whether by means of the telegraph there had been received any news from the Crimea in the course of that day or the day before. If there were no news at that moment, he should feel inclined to move that the house meet at 12 to-morrow (this day), in order that such news might be communicated. Sir C. WOOD said that the Government were not in possession of any news. LOAN BILL. The house then resolved itself into committee on the Loan Bill. income tax upon the poorer classes, and as one which bore with tenfold force upon those who had large families. Mr. MACGREGOR said that, finding that were so few members present, and such apathy on their part to pre vent a press of taxation, he should under the circumstances withdraw his motion. The house then went into committee on the bill. On clause 1, Dr. MICHELL said he thought the budget was as good a one as could have been produced under the circum stances, had it not been for the tax upon chicory. He com plained that the tax was proposed and explained, not by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but by the Secretary for the Treasury. He asserted that the tax was one of protec tion, but he did not see how it was to be collected. He thought some explanation ought to have been given before the tax was imposed. He complained that the tax was not alluded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his finan cial statement, but that it had been placed on the resolu tions by the Secretary for the Treasury. He was not aware that this was the custom of the house, and he hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would withdraw it. Mr. WILSON said if the hon. member had paid atten tion to the question he would have found there was no duty upon raw chicory, and the duty placed upon ground chicory was merely to prevent coffee being imported from abroad under the guise of chicory. Dr. MICHELL said that the chicory must be ground before it could be used, and that there was then a duty upon it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no Customs duty upon raw chicory imported from abroad, still less any Excise duty upon that grown in the country. An objection to the present state of the law, which had been forcibly urged upon him by a most influ ential deputation, was, that there was not sufficient pro tection for those interested in coffee against the competi tion of chicory. Dr. MICHELL would be satisfied if the words "or ground" were left out. After a few words from Mr. MACGREGOR, several al terations in the clause were agreed to. On *he motion that the clause as amended do stand part of the bill, Mr. GREGSON proposed to add to the clause the fol lowing worts :—" That the duties Le made payable on coffee, sugar, &c.. until the sth day of April inclusive which shall first happen after the end of twelve months from the date of a definite treaty of peace with Russia ; from which last-mentioned date the same duties shall be paid as were payable previous to the passing of this act." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it seemed to him that the words proposed by the lon. mem ber would not have the effect which he had intended. If it were the wish of the committee that the additional sugar duty should be a war duty, it should be done by special enactment. It was better not to press the amend ment then, but to bring it up on the third reading. Mr. HANKEY trusted that his honourable friend, after the observation of the right honourable gentleman, would withdraw his amendment. He considered that the colonial interest should have some hope held out to it that after the war it would be put on the same footing as before the war. Mr. HILDYARD thought they should not be antici pating these questions ; but if they did, they should take as much care of the interests of the colonists as they did of foreigners. Mr. BLACKBURN suggested that the Government should undertake to introduce a clause on the subject to which the hon. member hid referred. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER undertook, WI it was the wish of the house, to introduce a clause for the purpose suggested by the hon. member. Captain LAFFAN called attention to the fact that whit© uniform duties were levied upon tea and coffee, without any distinction of the different prices paid for those articles per pound, discriminating duties were levied upon sugars, which had caused great dissatisfaction. The colonists complained that the discriminating duty was kept up for the benefit of the London refiners. It prevented the manufacture o a superior class of sugars in the West Indies, because the duty on such sugars under the discri- On clause 1, Mr. JOIN MACGREGOR said he considered the right hon. gentleman had fallen into a great error in proposing a loan according to the terms of the bill. The right bon. gentleman might have raised a loan of twenty millions at par, for an annual rate of interest not greatly exceeding that now proposed to be given. He would propose now to substitute in the bill the words "twenty mations," in- stead of " sixteen millions." minating system would amount to a prohibitive duty. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 2, which has reference to the Customs duties on spirits, was also agreed to. Clause :3 and 6 were likewise agreed to, the chairman was ordered to report the bill with amendments, and the house resumed. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion being made for the second reading of this The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES (Mr. Fitzroy) ruled that no motion could be made in that way. Mr. MACGREGOR would move in that case that the chairman report progress and ask leave to sit again. Mr. FITZROY said the hon. member was not in order in making that motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted that the hon. gentleman could not, consistently with the forms of the house, make the motion he wished to make, and carry it with the consent of -the house. The only practical difficulty which occurred to him in the we) of giving effect to such a resolution was, that it was not improbable that the contractors for the loan would make some objection to paying the Government 20,000,0001. when they had only contracted to give interest for 16,000,0001. (A laugh.) He hoped the hon. member, having recorded his protest, would not further oppose the motion. Mr. MACGREGOR withdrew his motion. Mr. WILKINSON remarked that a Chancellor of the Exchequer very often could only do what it was in his power to do, and not what it would be most advisable to do. Mr. GLADSTONE said that undoubtedly the main ob jects of free trade had been accomplished, and tho duties most adverse to free trade got rid of. He entirely agreed with what had often been said, that it was not unreasonable that all high duties upon articles of import into the country should be likewise got r id of. But, besides the matter of pro tective duties, there were various other subjects of great importance to which the principle of free trade would un doubtedly apply—for instance, to a gradual reduction of the taxes laid upon articles produced at home by way of Excise. Another description of legislation to which they had also lately taken with great advantage was the total abolition of low nominal duties, which were unproductive in point of fact. Duties had in that way lately been taken off from 1,000 to 1,300 articles. But he could not altoge ther dismiss from his mind the apprehensipn that should the burden of the war continue and the existing inconve nience be increased (and he had no doubt, for his own part, that it would be increased); Parliament would find itself —he would not say under the necessity, for he could not undertake to say what constituted a political necessity— but Parliament would, whether reasonably or unreasona bly, return to the free imposition of protective duties. He hoped that the day would not soon arrive ; it would not be a happy day for the country; but the possibility of its arrival was a contingency he could not altogether dismiss from his mind. Mr. HEY WORTH thought it quite likely the country would be obliged to return to the imposition of protective duties. bill, several petition; were presented in favour of and against the measure. Mr. BLACK riTJB.N moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The people of Scotland were fortunate in already possessing a sys tem of education that was supposed to work well, and they should be cautious how they attempted to disturb it. The system was first proposed by John Knox 300 years ago, and by those men who were called the fathers of the Church of Scotland. They did not at once procure its adoption by the State, but in the year 1600 a number of parochial schools were established by the Church itself, and in 1616 the schools were recognised by the Privy Council. In the year 1613 an act was passed by the Parlia ment of Scotland in reference to them, and although that act was repealed at the Restoration, it was renewed in 1696, and the measure passed in that year was the funda mental charter of the schools of Scotland. The • 'um- Con to be given in the schools was to be a religious educa tion under the charge of the Church of Scotland, but the principle on which they were established was proposed to be entirely overthrown by the bill now submitted for the consideration of the house. The schools had worked re markably well, and had done a great deal to raise the cha racter of the Scotch people. (Hear, hear.) In support of his assertion respecting the utility of the system he would quote the opinions of two persons to whose views the hon. gentleman opposite would be inclined, he thought, to at tach importance. The first was the right hon. gentleman the member for the city of Edinburgh, who stated that, owing to the operation of the system, improvements such as the world had never seen had taken place in the moral and intellectual character of the people. The second per son to whose opi n i on h e would refer was the Marqui s of Lansdowne, who stated in the House of Lords that he would very much regret to see any system of education adopted in Scotian t the basis of which would not be founded upon the principle of the parochial schools. (Hear, bear.) He (M r . 'Bl ac kb urn ) did no t d eny t h at those schools had their faults, but a bill bad been brought iu by the hon. member for Perthshire to correct those faults; but nothing could be so distinct as Lord Lansdowne's testi mony in favour of the principle of the schools, which was founded upon their connection with the Church. (Hear.) He had another witness to name in support of the system, and that was the learned gentleman who introduced the bill, and who told them that the present schools were more efficient than they had ever been before. (Hear, hear.) It was admitted by the preamble of the bi 1 itself that for 200 years the schools had given instruction in religious matters to the great body of the people, and had given s ecu l ar instruction to th ose who dissented from that rel. Ageing On clause 7, teaching. (Hear, hear.) The bill did not, it must be ad- Mr. MACGREGOR wished to know why the dividends witted, continue the present principle, because it would were made payable on the Ist day of January, instead of sever the existing connection between the Church of Scot at a term calculated from the day on which payments land and the schools. Therefore it would destroy the were made to the Government? principle that had produced su many good results up to The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the present time, and would substitute another principle customary to pay the dividends on Consols in January and for it. (Hear, hear.) Why had such a bill been brought July, and as the loan was contracted for in Consols it had in, when it was admitted that the schools were working so not been thought advisable to depart from that custom, well? He should not like to give an answer himself to On clause 22, relative to the sinking fund, that question, but he would quote the reason given for it Sir F. KELLY said it was a very important principle of by a distinguished Scotchman in the House of Lords. Th a t the financial administration of the country th at th e h ouse individual said h e nee d hardly say that the agitation that or the committee should have an opportunity of determin- had been raised to overthrow the parochial system was ing the question whether—he would not say in the present caused by the feeling which all Dissenters bore to all esta loan, but whether in any future loans that might be ef- blished churches, and especially to those they had lately fected for the prosecution of the war the - system was to be left. The individual who gave that opinion was no less a adopted of charging posterity for a limited period with the Person than a member of the present Cabinet, his Grace annual payment of a very large sum. He wished to give the Duke of Argyll, who, on the 224 of March, 1850, as notice that upon the bringing up of the report, or upon the signed that as the reason for the agitation on which the third reading, he ghoul t move the rejection of the clause. measure now before the house was founded. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it He thought the present proposal of those who had gone was the intention of the Government to introduce words out of the Established Church was against their own prin into the clause which would bring it more in unison with ciples. It had always been an admitted principle that the hon. and learnedgentleman's ideas. Those words would schools should be attached to the Established Church. be found in the copy of the bill in the hands of the chair , Yet now it was proposed to 'take them all away, because man. With respect to the general policy of the clause, he they no longer regarded that Church with approbation. would g o into ; fiat question on the occasion of the motion The whole principle of the bill was to transfer the manage of which the hon gentleman had given notice. meat of all the schools in Scotland to a board. The first The bill then pessed through committee. point to be looked to was, if the board was a proper au- CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. thority for such a purpose. He much doubted that, and would prefer see i ng th e i nspector of schools report to a mi nister ot to education in Lo n d on , or to some function ar y more On the motion that the house should go int o comm itt ee on this bill, Mr. MACGREGOR said be th o ught h e s h ou ld f a il i n hi s particularly c o n versan t w ith S cottish business. The con duty if he did notoppose the intend e d i ncrease o f th e d ut i es hestitiliatid ever on seen, consisting of seve n t een mem b ers, eight of whom were nominee s f Government, fo ur phil osop h ers, of the proposed b oar d was th e most e xtraordinary upon tea, coffee, and sugar. Consideri ng th e hi g h duties to , , which those articles were alre a dy su bj ec t e d, h e l oo k e d with representing the four universities o f S co tl an d , and four alarm on the conse quences o f th e measure proposed. Had provosts from the es of urgh, Glasgow, the right hon. gentleman ra i se d 20 m illi ons on term i nable Perth, and Aberdeenmunicipaliti . To set such Edinb a board over the annuities and three millions on Exchequer-bills, there whole educational institutions of the country appeared to would have been no necessity for increasing the duties upon him ;one of the most monstrous proposals he bad ever articles of daily and universal consumption. Had 14s. lierard. The people of Scotland, members of the Free been put upon Muscovado sugar, the desired object would Church and others, who were petitioning in favour of this have been attained ; but as they had made the maximum bill, had not th e l eas t id ea o f w h at t h ey were asking for, duty 10s., and now altered th a t amoun t , everyth i ng was and thought it sufficient in order to stigmatise anythi ng as disarranged, to the gre a t i nconven i ence o f commerce and abominable to call it Erastian. The board was i nves t e d of the public generally. Th en as t o co ff ee, th ere was no trade that had been in a more su ff er i ng con di t i on. He with arbitr ar y powers o f d i sm i ssing schoolmasters, which concluded by moving th a t th e h ouse reso l ve it se l f into would redu ce th em t o a serv i le cond i t i on. He maintained committee on.that bill this day six months. that the new measure would act very ill indeed, and thought Mr. DAVIES thought that the Chancellor of the Each°. he had at all events shown reasons for the house to pause before assenti ng t o it. It was not as an exclusive test, but quer had exercised a w i se di scre ti on i n so equally dividing the burdens of taxation. Although he felt the greatest as a test of qualification, that the advocates of the present sympathy for the l ower c l asses, st i ll he thought it was not system wished the reli g i ous t es t t o b e ma i nta i ned. Again, fair to exempt one class from direct taxation and throw all it was said that the defenders of the present schools wished the burden of that taxation up:in another. Sir H. WLLLOUGHBY wished to k the hon. member to maintain a monopoly, but they were perfectly ready, I p e r a o rn vi e d d ed L t o h rd eir A o d w roe n a s t c e ho i o n ls es w ta e h re lish le i t ng alo th n e e, m to os j t o p in erf t e h e e t for Glasgow, who, as he understood as proposed to raise system of education that could be devised, and to support twenty millionn by terminable annuities, how he proposed to pay the interest upon them. Any gentleman who could waneyreoathlseorfsecahrosotlhs the might schools be mightdeemed h e requisite. sectarian; solve that problem would be justly considered nancial the fact was that the parochial schools of Scotland had a t t hat minister. Ile found that the objections in the a any sort of taxation were so inconsistent that housethe to never been sectarian, and he had the testimony of a late swered one another ; but if they were acted up to, there (Mr. Hume), to the fact of their exemption from sectarian Chancellor of the Exchequer for some information the character, and of the utter absence of class distinctions or respect to the increase which was made in the malt tax prejudices. By the Act of Union the schools were to be last year. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer estimated secured in the management of the presbyteries, and he that by a certain increase of the malt duty there would be thought it would be admitted, that, as in the case of the an addition to the revenue of 1 ,600,000/. He wi s h e d to Act of Uniformity i n E ng l an d , t h e greatest cant i on s h ould know if that estimate had been realised. He did not like be used in altering such a statute. He denied that the duties on articles of general consumption, but he could the of sound public opinion in Scotland was in favour of not conceive how Government could propose a tax of • measure. He found that 117 petitions with 5,870 150,000/. on coffee whilst at the same time they were signatures had been presented against the bill, and six taking off 150,000/. on newspapers. , He did not see the Petitions y with but six signatures in its favour. The necessity for taking off this amount. Nobody complained bi r d to clause was left out, and the learned of the impost ; and, for his part, ha confessed he liked Opidnitoonsk of the for having done so in deference to the the luxury of a good newspaper, and he thought this to the 45th l a Scottish members ; but if they turned was a direct violation of the principles which had pre- in an th c ause, they would find the same principle o er form. Under this the Committee of Council veiled of late. He wished to ask the Chancellor of the might continue also if he was aware that large quantities of and was the their grants to denominational schools - qExcheuer e only body that was t b o e excluded from tea had been recently taken out o f bond posee could not the benefits of publicgrants h t a tax levied for general purp should I be bushed Church of Scotland? ereafter to be the Esta agree tha He called on English mern of public corn- bers t turned to private advantage, to the injuryo lend their aid to the representatives of Scotland in He did not know whether this was tree, t but it ' petition. but I resisting the attempt new made to upset a syste that had been recently reported. He, however, trusted that e universally acknowledged to have worked well and was and con right hon. baronet would be able to contradict it. ferred benefits of the highest kind upon the count The ry in that ;order to it CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said treplaceby a new and quite untried plan. It was a fact well worthy the , notice of the house, that alretdy the right hon. gentleman the member for Oxford had last . the additional duties upon sugar, malt, and —in towns of Glasgow and Edinburgh -82 per cent. session proposed there had been of the children between the aces of 5 and 12 were at school, spirits. With respect to sugar and spirits, additional and he • h 1 dthat it * eppre ent e an increased consumption notwithstanding the impost; but with respect to malt, the result at present 1 a larger attendance than this, and that the expectation of had been, as far as he was able to _state, less favourable. having 100 per cent. at school under the new s c h eme was The accounts at present were in that state that it'eras im- abeolutely chimerical. He moved as an amendment that Possibl e t o ascertain the result with accuracy, b ut it col.- ; the bill be read a second time that day six months. walappeared that it was less favourable than the esti. , Mr. DUNLOP denied that the public opinion of Scot .. 0 _ ' h price I land was against the bill. The number of petitions pro of burl.) One cause of that undoubtedly was the hi in , e the principle of the measure was 872, the e t y since the last harvest. However that might be, seated support I whilst to the petitions against the taxati 4 oo lta t t f of his right honourable friend of the year's ) with 85,689 signatures, 42 381 signatures. The million se eo r i been exceeded by the produce by about a I bill there were appended only , _ Mr. lieloy l a l -, D ' constituencies whose representatives had supported the formed on th e '''‘ lF l said, if the people had been well in- bill of last year consisted of a population of 66,651 would have pu rbiect of these changes, he was sure they whilst those by whose representatives it was opposed gave He protested erred tk m , I ._. . ag ai „, d. a. ricome tax to indirect taxation, a population of only 23,878. The principle . . of the measure deprived the poor er o l eo _ a laT•eireof taxation which not only I was that the y should no longer lb ' have a denominational u., a 12 ,..i5h, ettho ecuirc f r ---- "'‘ of th • • • ' national - ea o , e ,_ o . ear earnings, but dimi- system of education, =lie. Eie objeot,ea t o ""Ave.eir e leb e made 'control .1 of the educe d, . . .ur was pro- . apteinpt at the exclusive or monopo y_ ... bey to lzklUstic, of this tax Ulla Sion of 0 % nary me t b e abaudosed • we r e t A ; forego the hope of such a measure, under which dl creeds , might meet on common ground, free from every particle of religious dissension, in order that the exclusive niank4e ment of the schools might rest with the Establish d Church of Scotland, which numbered less than one-third of the inhabitants ? It was, in fact, proposed by this bill that nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants of many of the counties of : Scotland. should be placed under the instruc tion of persons from whom they differed in religious opinions, and who represented merely the opinions of a very small fraction of the people. The proposal was not only inconsistent with justice, but inircicai to the success of the measure which was now proposed. (Hear, hear.) They had really some claims on the attention and consideration of the English members on this subject. He appealed to their generosity and just feelings, for it was not owin ,, to any difference of re li g i ous op i n i ons among the people that Scotland was split up into so many sec tions ; the secessions which had taken place were, in reality, traceable to the conduct of the Parliament of this country, both at the time of the Union and subsequent to that event. He trusted that the House )f Commons would not now, by its conduct, tend to perpetuate those divisions among the youth of Scotland, but would grant to the Scotch people at least the benefit of common schools. (Hear.) Mr. BAILLIE opposed the bill, on the ground that its clauses were not in accordance with the principle con tained in the preamble of the bill, which was that the people of Scotland should be provided with the means' of religious education. The effect of the clauses would be to place the school under the management of the chairman of the board, but there was no guarantee in the bill as to the religious character or opinions of the chairman, and the system of education might therefore be an entirely secular one. The Free Church of Scotland opposed the bill on the ground that the schoolmasters to be appointed were required to be of the Established Church of Scotland ; they also opposed it on the ground that the appointment of those schoolmasters rested with the heritors and clerks of sessions ; and a third ground of objection was the pro posed supervision of the Presbyters. He thought that a bill might be introduced which would remove a groat many of the objections which ho entertained against the bill, and would also obtain for it the support of the Free Church. The Synod of the Free Church of Glasgow had recently agreed to resolutions disapproving of the pro posed bill, and he felt it his duty to oppose the measure on the grounds stated in those resolutions, and which had already been referred to by hon. members in the course of the debate. The Government might, perhaps, be able to carry the bill through the House of Commons; but if they succeeded in doing so, he warned them not to ascribe their success to any change of public Opinion on the subject, and expressed his strong opiaion that, even if passed through that house it would not pass through the ordeal of the other house.__(Hear)._ Mr. BAXTER , saidthat the hon. member who had just resumed his seat had said that this was a Free-Church measure. Now that was not a correct statement, for he believed that it was much more ardently desired by the Dissenter• than the Free Church-- Mr. BAILLIE said, that on the contrary, he had said that he did nut think the Free Church desired this bill. Mr. BAXTER was sorry that he should have uninten tionally mistaken the purport of the hon. gentleman's re marks. The hon. gentleman had dwelt, u p o n the fact that the Free Church Synod of Glasgow and Ayr had pronounced against this bill. But he did not tell the house that on the occasion when these resolutions were passed not more than 23 out of 300 members of the synod attended the meeting. Great stress had been laid (luring the debate upon the be nefit conferred upon Scotland by these schools. He was not about to deny this, but it did not follow that because these schools, under the direction of the Church, had been of great advantage to the country, when that Church em braced the great mass of the people in its fold, they should be attended with equal advantages at a tithe when the Established Church did not comprise more than one-third of the people. It was admitted that the Church of Eng land could not substantiate a claim to the superintendence of the education of the people, and be could not under stand why they should give to the Church of Scotland powers which they refused to that of England. He be lieved that this was regarded by moderate men as a fair arrangement, and as one which would be likely to place this question on a satisfactory basis. Nor was this merely the opinion of the Free Church and the Dissenters, for he believed that a large body of the lay adherents of the Church of Scotland were highly favourable to the bill of his right hon. friend the Lord Advocate. He believed that if the house rejected this bill hon. gentlemen opposite would be the first to discover that they had made a serious mistake in taking that course. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHNSTONE objected to this bill, because, while it took away the existing securities for religious teaching in the schools, it substituted no.ie in their place. It was proposed to remove both from the schoolmaster and the in spector all those religious tests which had operated so bene ficially since the schools had been in operation, but it did not contain a single provision supplying their place with any other arrangement calculated to secure the same end. Lord DUNCAN said that this bill was intended to be one for the general and not the partial education of the people of Scotland. Now, while one gentleman had opposed it on the ground that it was a Free-Church bill, another had opposed it, as he said. on the very grounds on which the Free Church were hostile to it. The objections which had been raised to the bill were, as these rival objections might show, rather on matters of detail than of principle. Well, then, looking to the difficulty of legislating on such a sub ject, he must appeal to the house to pass the second read ing, and allow the bill to go into committee, where such objections could be considered much better than in that stage. It was no doubt true that Scotland had long been favourably distinguished for the education of its peope; bat the report of t ie commission for inquiry into the sani tary condition of the labouring classes of Scotland, shoved conclusively that there were serious educational deficien cies both in the agricultural districts and in the towns. Were they then justified in withholding from that country a measure of general education so obviously necessary ? It was sought by hon. gentlemen on the opposite side of the house to give the Established Church the entire control of the education of the people. But with what justice could that be done when her members did not include more than one third of the population? The principles of the bill were so well known that he would not detain the house by en larging upon them. All parties were united in the deter mination to secure a truly national and comprehensive system of education ; such a system would ho secured by the present bill, and he hoped therefore the second reading would be passed by a large majority. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGT')N slid, that after giving the best at tention he could to the measure before the house, he failed to see in it anything which could justify its supporters in appealing to him to give it support. It varied in I ilany re spects from the measure he had proposed for England. One leading feature of his scheme was to maintain and en courage every existing means of education. The bill of the Lord Advocate, on the other hand, was intended to destroy a system of schools. He proposed to g ive every school in England a religious character. The Lord Advo cate provided no guarantee in his hill for the continuance of religious teaching in the national schools. Nor did he give any security for the religious faith of the teacher. The present system of education in Scotland, as was proved by the late census, was supported by the great bulk of the people. There were more schools connected with the Established Church than with any other religious deno mination. Moreover, the parochial schools were conducted on the broadest principles of toleration. They were open to Roman Catholics as well as Protestants. Iu fact, S,ot. land enjoyed a system of education as near that which he wished to establish in England as could possibly Else ima gined. For what reason, therefore, was he asked to de stroy the existing system in Scotland ? They were told that the present bill was supported by the Free Church. That was not a recommendation in its favour. The bill, if adopted, would have the effect of widening the breach between the Established and Free Churches, would in crease the religious animosities which prevailed in Scot land, and at the same time would not improve in any re spect whatever the existing system of education. Never theless, ho was indisposed to oppose the bill as a whole. He admitted that increased means of education were re quired in the larger towns and cities of Scotland, and if the Lord Advocate would introduce a measure for that purpose he should give it his cordial support. Further, if the hon. and learned lord could show that even is the rural districts of the country the moans of education were deficient, he would be glad to support hill in any measure which he might introduce for the supplemental schools, such as those which he had proposed with reference to England. (Hear.) The LORD ADVOCATE said ho would ask the.house to consider the questions of what was proposed to be done by the bill, how that was to be done, and what were the grounds on which it was proposed to throw out the bill on the second reading. The bill proposed to reform the parish schools, to ascertain the educational wants of the people, and to supply those wants as they arose. IL was a great sub ject of congratulation and encouragement that on the last two of those objects, which were by tar the most important, the Scotch members of every caste were agreed. He had heard no proposal from the other side to supply those wants. He had heard expressions of strong conviction that something must be done, and he had been told in plain terms that if he would only allow the parish schools to remain as they were, hen. members on that side would be willing to accept the measure. (Hoar, hear.) Now, Government had eevised a measure for the supply of the wants of the great towns and populous districts, in which the Scotch representatives on one side of the house an quiesced, and to which those on the other agreed. Why, then, was it not to pass? (Hear, hear.) He knew hon. members opposite would tell him Oast that was his own fault, asking him why he did not leave the parish schools as they were, and deal solely with the large towns, as to the remedy for which they were all agreed. He was asked why he did not apply the same reform to the parish schools as he did to the town schools, and why he did not intro duce the popular element there. But the popular element was introduced there. Were there no parties interested in a parish schoolmaster being a proper person but the landholders, who did not send their children to his school? He was told that he was pulling down the parish schools. Nothing could be further from his wishes or intentions. (Cheero.) On the contrary, it was perfectly clear that the Government had done all that the right hon. member for Midhurat and others had propo-ed should be done ; they had dealt separately withthegroat towns and the parochial schools. If those impediments were always to arise in the way of education; if they found that no conoession- would produce conciliatory results ; if the landholders were to be for ever deaf to the voice of public opinion and experience and blind to the course of events, the time might come when it might be the duty of those who had in their hands measures of educational reform entirely and utterly to remodel the system which seemed now to be the only obstacle in the way of its own reform. (Cheers.) He would now state the three reasons why it seemed to him quite impossible to allow things to remain on their present footing. In the first place, he quite agreed with the right hon. gentleman that no partial or temporary cure need be tried. Reforni must be applied upon a system or not at all. The right hon. gentleman said the voluntary system had failed, and so it had. He also said that the denominational system had placed schools in the rich districts, and left the poor unprovided, and so it. had. Unless things were done on a system, they need not be attempted at all. Now, it was impossible to leave the schools on their present footing and do anything on a practical system. They could not afford the expense, and ips would be destroyed. eatnep ofp footing oeniatgnirnaeutgd ott ntho wae Bblyo dnuttefsohurt o a r b an a r r e they could not adopt the machinery. The intention of the bill was that they should know from year to year where schools were required, and that by a uniform machinery those schools should come into existence. If the parish. schools were to be taken out of that system the whole thing er t tr lacee recir eiving nert present e saed: k ne resu 9 l n t between 700 and 800 Free Church Schools in Scotland, all e. Ewdausoathtiaotn; whereand o if ne t s h e e ho s o c l h w oo o l u s l w d e b r e e ci t u o ite re s m uffi si e n ie o n n t such e t hx e T e ap h i c o d e n f r . s e C e Tau° and billsandering the public money. His object in the present was to supersede the denominational by a more com prehensive system; but it was his belief that if the house were not prepared toadopt a rational system on that basis, then the denominational was the only hystem which could be taken inland • Thuid • co/ co not have both the aygtepos lrict incurring aeac Committee uovoasmeui sv bms e ue second practical and, therefore, to the present scheme operative f.r the towns, and not for the parishes, was impossible. Bat there was a third reason, and a convincing one Shu they settle the question by bringinc , in a bill solely for the great towns ? Should they settle the question by leaving the parish schools in their present state?. Did any Scotch member believe that the constittition of the parish schools could remain as it was? A fresh agitation would be got up in favour of the parish schools, for their constitution Was utterly dissonant to common sense. Let them look at the northern districts, where the census showed that of the people nine teen-twentieths were Free Church, and but one-twentieth Churchmen. Was there any reason for saying that the parish schoolmaster must be a member of the Established Church when nineteen-twentieths of the children would not go to his school ? Now, if the present measure were rejected it was not because they refused to deal separately with a part of the subject ; it was because hon. gentlemen would not accept a measure which they admitted to be beneficial, for in two par ticulars only was it that the bill did not square exactly with the objects they had in view. With reference to tie.. right hon. gentleman and the educational measure he proposed, ho (the Lord Advocate) wood say this much, that the right hon. gentleman frankly admitted the main point. If they were legislating for England, he (the Lord Advocate) would admit that there was a great deal in what the right hon. gentleman said. But the right hon. gentleman forgot they were legis lating for Scotland—a country which would accept of nothing but a religious education. (Hear.) Accordingly the Govern ment had it in their power to do in Scotland what could not be done elsewhere— they could rely to a very great extent upon the religious feeling of the community. Had he not known that the result of the passing of the bill he proposed would be that the Bible and Catechism would be taught in the schools just as before, he should not have brought for ward the measure. (Hear.) But the opposition of certain Scotch members rested ntirely on the ground that the paro chial schools should be left entirely in the hands of teachers belonging to the Established Church. T.tat was not at all in consonance with the opinions of the right hon. gentleman, who had said that he would respect the feelings of the majo rity of the people in a district, and 'support education in ac cordance with those feelings. Then, if it could be shown that in the parishes of Scotland the religion of a denomination was one way and the religion of the masses another, the right ben. gentleman could not refuse to give his assent to the measure. On •no ground could honourable gentlemen opposite vote against the second reading of this bill except because the parochial schools were to be thrown open to persons of all denominations. They saw that these schools were part of an ecclesiastical establishment. What right had hon. gentlemen opposite to claim to represent the whole of the Church of Scotland, as though the two dissenting branches did not hold the doctrines of Knox and the other reormers ? The Presby terian citadel was strangely garrisoned with foreign troops, when Episcopalians were using their best to keep opt the very men for whose protection it was designed. What did this bill intend to do? The parish schools had done much for Scotland, not because they were administered in the best way, or the discipline was the purest, or the provision for the masters most lucrative, or the qualifications of the masters the highest. . They had done what they had in spite of defi ciencies in these respects. What was proved was how much might be done by not trusting schools to optional voluntary efforts, but by the State discharging its duty and establishing schools where they were required. (Hear.) In spite of a groat deal of mismanagement, of a pittance to the schoolmasters absolutely contemptible, of supervision at many times most superficial, of discipline at many times most lax, these schools had done much for Scotland, and he now asked the house to proceed on that principle, and to extend its bounds, to have a national system for the towns as well as for the country, to reform the parish schools, and to create new ones where they were required. (Cheers). The first things proposed to be done in regard to the parochial schools were to increase the salaries of the masters and to provide a ready mode of removing. an improper master. To these honourable gentlemen opposite assented. Next it was proposed that they should be under in spection. That was a reform which had been recommended by the General Assembly, and the value of which was evi denced by the flourishing state of the schools in Banff and Murray, to which the hon. member so frequently alluded. In one of the reports of the inspectors of these schools he found that when they first examined the 'masters of these schools only twenty-four out of eighty passed the examination. In the following year thirty more passed, but the largo propor tion were unable to pass the examination. From the course of the debate it might be sipposed that it was proposed to alter the mode of electing the schoolmasters, and to take the ma nagement of the schools out of the hands in which it was now vested. All that was proposed, however, was that the minister and the heritors, who had been described as the props of the Established Church, should be allowed to elect the best man whom they could find, whether or not he be longed to the Church. - They would be allowed to elect a schoolmaster from the Free Church, and was it not desirable that, where the majority of the inhabitants of a district held opinions which prevented their sending their children to an Established Church school, they should have a master whose opinions were consonant with their own. The Established Church, though still influential, did not include more than one-third of the population, and nothing could be more dan gerous to it than to endeavour to assume the attributes of a power without reality, and to maintain a supremacy which had long been destroyed. He believed that the best thing for the interest of the Established Church of Scotland would be that this bill should pass, because it was impossible to say what heart-burnings would arise if it was longer delayed. With regard to the denominational clauses, the effect of passing the bill would be to do away with denomin ttional grants to Presbyterian congregations. In large towns where there were such large masses o the Catholic population living in ignorance, it would be a fair matter for the consideration of the Privy Council whether in such localities it might not be right to continue these grants for their education, but that was left for the decision of the Privy Council. What would be the result of the division ho coul. i not foresee, but he hoped the house would assent to the second reading of the bill. If it did, it would be a victory, not over any denomination, or in favour of one party and against another—it would be a victory over a common enemy, the worst enemy a State could have—a victory purchased with no blood and watered with no tears, carrying desolation to no happy home, but one which would make tho heart of the widow and the fatherless re joice. They would build up for their country what might be truly called " the cheap defence of nations"—a barrier which would hold buck the tide of ignorance and crime for years to come. (Cheers.) Mr. WALPOLE rose to oppose this measure, not because he was opposed to all reform, but because in this case the re form went too far. The system of education in Scotland had, according to the acts of Council, advanced the country " in godliness, and civility, learning, and knowledge ;" by it the people had been enabled to go from the ru al districts to the colleges, and many of them had afterwards risen to the highest eminence and renown ; and by it the people generally had been trained morally, intellectually, and religiously to the dis charge of the great duties of life. The Lord-Advocate s tid that the people were tired of, or _at least desired to change, this system. The returns of education' showed that one in 74 of the population obtained education by means of this system ; 1,8 1 10 heritors had signed a petition praying that this system might be extended, but not subverted ; and of the 33 counties into which Scotland was divided 19 or 20 had, at their annual meetings, declared their opposition to this bill, and only four had given in their adhesion to it. These facts were reasons why the existing system ought not to be subl;erted, although he was of opinion that it might be improved. What ought to be done, was not to subvert the existing system, but to extend and enlarge, to amend and improve it. The board was to consist of secular, official, and political people, and this was the sort of persons who were to be introduced to the people ' of Scotland, contrary to. their wishes, and to the desires of, the heritors. The Lord-Advocate had said that the real secret of the opposition was, the endeavour to maintain a use less test, and to secure the superintendence of the presbytery. It was asked why should not they do away with tests? Be cause they' gave the only guarantee that could be had in Scot land that the masters would maintain the religious creed and doctrine consonant with those held by the people of that country. The arguments with respect to tests did not apply to Scotland in the same way as they applied to England. The Lord-Advocate knew that he only two years ago had to consider the question of tests in reference to the professors in the Scotch universities, and in that case the Lord-Advo cate's test was applied in a similar manner to that which applies to the schoolmasters. Then came the other argument, of doing away with the superintendence of the presbytery; and on that he might remind the Lord-Advocate that last year he told the house that of late years, owing to the conflict that had been going on, increased vigilance had taken place in the management of , schools, and he said that the people might get back to their old lethargy, and that they should be roused. (Hear.) But the Lord-Advocate would have the house reform not only what was bad, but what was good- - reform not only institutions which had failed, but institutions which had worked well. This was what the Lord-Advocate was attempting to do by this bill. (Hear, hear.' He (Mr. Walpole) agreed with the Lord-Advocate that it was wise to increase the salaries of schoolmasters. He also agreed with him that it was just to provide for their retired allowances. He agreed likewise that it was well to extend the system to those places where a deficiency existed. He especially agreed with him on the necessity of establishing reformatory schools in Scotland and elsewhere, though he thought that in doing this the charge should'be made national and not local. (Hear.) Agreeing thus in many of the objects of the bill, he entreated the Lord ;Advocate to divide the bill into parts, the one con taining the provisions to which so many agreed, and the other the provisions upon which so many diffe:ed. He could toll the LorteAdvocate that he would never succeed in reconciling ho house to this objectionable parts of the measure, and that he wo dd only aggravate dissensions by persisting in it. If he felt confident that the object of the bill was simply to sup ply the deficiency of education, and not to subvert the system now in existence, he would give it his support ; but he be lieved that it was intended to effect the total subversion of a system that had done more for the religious and moral instruc tion of the people of that country than any other system ever established in any other country ever effected, and therefore he was compelled to vote against it. (Cheers.) Mr. HADFIELD said that no provision having been made in the bill for the Catholics, who were one-fifth of •the popu lation of Scotland, they were virtually excluded, and that exclusion, he contended, was fatal to the measure. It was an unnecessary bill on every side, and by adopting it they would be doing injury to the cause of education in• Scotland. He advised the housetto allow the people of Scotland to educate themselves, and they would do it cheaper and better than it would be done under this bill. The house then divided. The numbers were— For the second reading Against it l7l. Majority for the second reading 39 The bill was then ordered to be committed. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. This bill was recommitted, and several verbal . amendments were agreed to. On clause 39, Mr. SCHOLEFIELD proposed to leave out the proviso at the end of the clause. Mr. WILSON objected to the proposition, on' the ground that building and other societies had so extended their ope rations that they were no longer legitimate exceptions, and that under their operations the revenue suffered consider ably. s The committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the proviso 37 Against- Majority —ll The clause was then agreed to. Lord EBRINGTON moved the addition of a clause tp exempt militiamen, in certain cases, from forfeiture of their interest in a benefit society. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the clause. _ _ _ . . . VAN • After some discussion, in which Mr. Atherton, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Sotheron, and Sir G. Grey took part. Lord PALMERSTON observed that the object of the claule was to protect friendly societies at the expense of the militia men. It was a mistake to suppose that when a man entered the militia he bound himself to go and serve in such cam paigns as the Crimean. All that a militiaman could be called upon to do was to serve, at his own option, at such places as Gibraltar, Corfu, and garrisons in the Mediterranean, where the prospects of health were just as good as at home. Mr. HENLEY doubted , whether the chances of health were as good in the places named by the noble lord as at home, and he therefore hoped some time would be given for considering the proposal contained in this clause. Mr. MOWBRAY cited the case of an assurance office, which would not insure the life of a militiaman who was liabl e to be called upo to ie rve th tr9l7 • . 4 the Oat war, - - - - 40 without his paying :al additional premium. Why, then, should the same power be refused to a friendly society, which, if properly- munag,d, should, be regulated upon the same principles as an assurance office 7 After some further discussion, Lord EBRINGTON con sented to withdraw the clause, upon the understanding that he should have an opportunity of renewing it on bringing up the report. The clause was then withdrawn, and . the bill passed through committee. The, house resumed, and the bill as amended was ordered to be reprinted. - The other orders were then disposed of, and the house ad journed shortly beforo two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY •DI HOUSE OF OOVI AONS.—Arecii, 27, EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made, end question proposed, " That the bill be now read a s,!coucl time:" Amen , imeut proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the question.!' The house divided—Ayev, 210 ; Noes, 171. AYES-210. • Acton, J If itzwilliam, G. Houck, Viscount 1. lair, R. - F,‘ley, J. Aim crei ff, J. Alco:n., T. Forster. C. Al o , , sell, W. nderson, Sir J. Fors er, J. • Morris, 1). Antrobus, E. • Fo. tescue, C. Mo tyn, T. Atherton, W. Fox, W. •turroug,h, J. ita•nes. rut. Hon. M. Freestun, Col. Norreys, Sir D. Baird, J. • Gartner, R. iN or h, F. B 11, J. Gaskeli J. 0 borne, R. Bass, T. Gib.on, T Ot way, A. Baxter, W. Glalsone, W. Paget, Lord A. Beamisli, F. Goderich, Vis. Palmerston, Visit. Beaumont,' W. Goo Imam Sir G. Patten, J. Berkeley, C. Gordon, A. Paxton, Sir J. Biggs, W. Grace, 0. Pechell, sir G. Bonham-Carter, J Greene, John Peel, Sit R. tiouverie, lion. E. P. Gregson. S. Peel, F. Brand, H. B. W. ,:rey, Sir G. Perry, Sir T. Bright, J. ' - Grey, R. Phillimore, J. G. Brocklehurst, Z. Gitrnev, J. Phinn, Y. Brockman, E:D. Hal. Sir B. Pollard-Urquhart, W. iirotherton, J. Hankey, T. Portman, W. Brown, W. Hamner, Sir J. Price, W. i truce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. Ramaden, Sir J. Buckley, Gen. II astie, Alex. Reed, J. , 3alkeley, Sir R. Plastic, Archd. Ricardo, 0. Byng, G. Headlarn, T. Rice, E. Cardwell, E. Heard, J. R clisrdson, J. Castlerosse, Viscount Herbert, S. Roebuct, J. Caulfield, Ccl. J. Hervey, Lord A. Rushout, Col. G. Cavendish, C. Heywood, J. Russell, F. W. Cheettiam, John Higgins, G. 0. Sawle, C. Clifford, Col. H. M. Hindley, C. Scholefleld, W. Cobden, R. — Howard, C. Scohell, Capt. G. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Howard, Lord Scrope, G. Cogan, W. H. F. • Hughes, W. Stritly, F. Jollier, R. P. Hutchins, E. Seymour, Lord I Colville, C. R. Hutt, W. Seymour, H. Cowan, C. liigham, R. heymour, W. D. Cowper, W. F. Jackson, W. Shafto, R. Cranford, E. H. J. Jermyn, Earl Shee, Seilt. W. Dalrymple, Viscount Keating, H. S. Shelley, Sir J. Dashwood, SrG. H. Keogh, W. Smith, J. A. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Denison, J. E. King, P. Smith, H. Dent, J Kiunaird, A. Smith, R: Da Vere, S. Kirk, W. Somerville, Sir W. Difivryn, L. Laboachere,ltt.Hou•H Steel, J. Drumi inrig, Vis. Laing, S. Sturt, H. Duff, G. Lang ton, H. 'M. Talbot, C. Dufi, J. Layard, A. H. Thompson, G. Duncan, Viscount , Lee, W. ' Thortiely, T. Duncan, G. Lewis, Sir G. C. Thornhill, W'. Dundas, F. Lindsay, W. Tr ill, G. Dungai van, Viscount Locke, J. 'Tillers, C. , Dunlop, A. Lowe, R. Vivian, H. H. Ebrington, Viscount Lugfin‘ton, C. Walmsley, Sir J. Elcho, I,rd Macaulay, T. B. . Walter, J. Ellice, E. M‘•.tann, J. Warner, E. ballot, J. Macgregor, John Wells, W. Euston, Earl McTaggart, Sir J. Whatman, J. Ewart, W. Mangles, It. D. Whitbread, S. Lwact, J. Marjoribanks, D. Wilkinson, W. Fagan, W. Martin, J. Wilson, J. Feilden, M. Matheson, A. Winnington, Sir T. Fenwick, H. Matheson, Sir 3. Wood, Sir C. Fergus, J. Milnes, R. Wortley, J. S. ferguson, Sir R. Milton, Viscount Wyvill, M. Ferguson, J. Michell, W. TELLERS Fitz Gerald, J. Moffatt, G. Hayter, W. iftzwllnam, C. ,Afolesworth, Sir W. Mulgrave, Earl of - - NOES-171. ' Annesley, Earl Of Fuller, A. Mullings, J. Archdall, M. Galway, Viscount. Naas, Lord Ball, E. George, 3. Newark, Viscount Baldock, E. Gilpin, Col. H. Newport, Viscount. Barnes, 3 . Goddard, A. North, Col. J. Barrow, W. Graham, Lord W. Northcote; Sir S. Bateson, Capt T. ' Greenall, G. Oakes, J. Bentinck, Lord H. Greene, Thomas Ossul ston, Lard Bentinck, G. ' Grogan, Edward Pakenham, T. H. Bernard, Vis. Gwyn, H. Pakington, Sir J. Bolder°, Col. H. G. Hadfield,G. • Palk, L. Bowyer, G. Hate, R. Parker, R. Bramley-Nloore, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Pellatt, A. BralllBloll, I'. W. Hamilton, G. A. ' Pennant, Col. E. Brace, C. L. C. Hamilton, J. H. Percy, J. Burroughes, 'H. fl anbury,tlapt. Hon. C Pilkington, J. BUrroWeS, R. Hayes, Sir E. Portal, M. Butt, td. Heathcote, Sir VT. Repton, G. Campbell, Sir A. Henley, J. Robertson, P. Comae, Sir J. Hiilyard, R. C. Bolt, P. Cayisy, B. Hiii, Lord t. E. Scott, F. Cecil, Lord R. Hotham, Lord Seymer, H. Child, Smith I:liaison, G. Sibthorp, Col, Cholmondeley, Lord H ume , W. Sibijth, Sir W. Christopher, Robt. A. Irtou. S. Smith, W. Christie, Samuel Johnstone, J. Smollett; A. Clinton, Lord C. P. P. Jolliffe, Sir W. Sotheron, T. Clive, R. Jones, Capt. T. Spooner, R. Coboold, J. C. Jones, D. Stafford, A. Cocks, r. S. Kelly. Sir F. Stanhope, J. Codrington, Sir C. W Kendall. N. Stirling, W. &.ole, .1 A Kerr'son, Sir E. Stuart, W. Corry, H. T. L. Kin -, J. Taylor, Col. Crossley, F. ' Knatchball, W. Thesiger, Sir F. Culdtt, W. Knight, F. Tollemaehe, J. Da keith, Earl Kuightley, R. Tomline, G. Davies, J. L. Knox, Col. B. W. Tyler, Sir G. Deeden, W. Knox, W. S. Vance, J. Disraeli. B. Lacon. Sir E. Vansittart, G. uod, .1. W. Langton, W. Verner, Sir W. Divic wor h, Sir J. T. Laslett, W. Venion, G. Duncombe, Hon. A. Lidcl,ll, H. G. Vernon, L. Dunconibe, 0. Lindsay, Col. J. Vivian, J. E. Donne. Col. • Lisburne, Earl , Vyse, Col. East, Sir J. Lockhart, A, E. Waddington, H. Egerton,sir E. Lockhart, W. Walcott, Admiral Egerton, W. Lovaine, Lord Walpole, S: Egerto i E. C, Macartney,.o. Walsh, Sir J. Elmley, Via. Hackie, J. Whiteside. J. Emlyn, Vis. s Macgregor, Jas. Whitmore, FL Evelyn, NV. Mandeville, Vis. IVigram, Loftus T. Farnham, E. March. Earl of Wyndham, H. Farrer, J. Masterman, J. Wynn, Lieut.-Col. Feilowes, E. Maxwell, J. Yorke, E. Fitzgerald, W. liieux, Sir H. Floyer, J. Miles, W. TELLERS Follett, B. Montgomery, SR G. Baillle, H. Blackburo, P. Forster, Sir G. • Mowbray, J. PAIRS ON THE SCOTCH` EDUCATION BILL. FOR GOVERNMENT. AGAINST GOVERNMENT. Sir William Clay General Wyndham Sir Francis Baring • • Mr. Buck Mr. H. Adair Mr. Long Mr. Dick Mr. Packe . - Mr. G. Cavendish Mr. Mundy Lord Waterpark Mr. Miall Mr. Raikes Currie Lord Bective Mr. Wickham Mr. Moody Mr. Ricardo Sir H. Willoughby Mr. Horsman Mr. Greaves Sir J. Duke Mr. Cabbell Mr; Watson Mr. Malins Mr. Heyworth Mr. T. Baring Mr. Bagshaw Mr. H. Baring Mr. Muntz • • Lord Chelsea Mr. Sheridan Mr. Robert Palmer Mr. O'Flaherty Lord Blandford Mr. H. Berkeley Mr. Beresford Sir R. Price Sir J. Bailey .Mr. Glyn Sir C. Burrell Mr. T. Duncombe Sir J. Berkeley Mr. Esmtnde Lord Granby Lord Shelburn Lord A. Lennox Mr. T. Chambers Mr. Woodd Mr. Divett Sir R. Vyvyan ' Mr. G. Heneage Colonel Forester Mr. M. Williams Mr. D. Waddington Captain Townshend General Hall ' Colonel Tynte Captain Gladstone Lord R. Grosvenor General Arbuthnott Sir De Lacy' Evans Sir J. TroUope Lord Robert Clinton Mr. Dupre Mr. Marshall Mr. Bennet Colonel Ferguson Sir R. Gore Booth Mr. Heathcoat Mr. Sturt Colonel Biddulph , Mr. Alexander MR, SHEIL'S MEMOIRS AND SKETCHES are attracting no less attention in the literary and leg il than in the political , world. Among other distinguished peisons who figure in them will be found :—The Dukes of Bed ford, Leinster, Norfolk, Rutland, Sussex, Wellington— The Marquises of Anglesey, Cornwallis, Thornond— Lords Brougham, Carleton, Castlereagh, Chesterfield, Clare, Clarendon. Clonrnell, Coke, Cernherinere, Darn ley, Downes, Eldon, Erskine, Essex, Fingal!, French. Gorman-ton, Francis Leveson Gower, Grey, Hardwieke, Rine°. ' Kineston, Manners, Norbury, Plunket, Roden, Ross, John Russell, Shrewbury, Sidnioutb, Teynham, Teurlow, Valentia, Wellesley, Winchelsea Judges Daly,'Fletcher, Johnson, Mayne, Moore—Sirs Francis Burdett, Theobald Butler, John Doyle, Thos. Estnonde, Frederick Flood, Henry Harding°, Robert Inglis, James Mackintosh, John Newport, Boyle Roche—Drs. Doyle, Magee, Milner—Messieurs Bellew, Burrowes, Bushe, Charles Butler, Canning, Coke, John Wilson Croker, Curran, Dawson. Duigenan, Leslie Foster, Fox, Full ler, Goulbum, Gould, Grattan, Joseph Hume, Joy, John Ketnble, Macaulay, O'Connell, M'Loghlen, Phil lips, Pitt, Ponsonby, Saurin, Scarlett, Sheridan, Stan ley, &c. (ADVERTISEMENT.]—Many thousand cures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Reva lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, Paralysis, &c. We quote a few:—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Cashlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hu manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Am bles 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 sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Cure No. 7 Of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lora Stuart de Decies.—" I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to athorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 32,836.—Fr0m the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross.- " Three years exces sive nervousness, with painsin my neck and left arm, and ge neral debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility-, with cramps, spasms and nausea. have been efleco tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlingto'n Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent FeLd. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diu, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth."—ln canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b. , 43. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., lls. ; 511 225. , • 101 b 335. • J , The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Barry d u B arry and 7, Regent street, London ; Fo r t num, Mason, and C0.,C0., purveyors o her Majesty, 182, Pi ccad i lly ; also at 68, Cornhill ; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 1 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Ch ar i ng -crows ;4, ClimaPside ;25 am ! sk a llpperßakevrtrooto - vgr-83. 11.2 , 11 The • le was only a slender attendance of 1 31 ,,, he to o LIVERPOOL ---APRIL 27• dealers, and business was by no means active• , price s: actions were at the following advance On Taboo] I,per —2d to 3d per bushel on English and foreign. I, to 2 0 barrel on American ; is per sack bushelnglish ; all f , to 11 per sack on Spanish flour; Id per on oata;voptioa 6d per load on oatmeal ; and ls to 2s per qr all tlall beaus. Indian corn 3a to 33 6d per qr WOO: on day se'nnight. illerg nd. WAKEFIELD —APRIL Wheat, ~1 0 _d MID , , I :7 l l a re y e wbeuyhe3rvsettunoatavuangrolfB4hr perof;:P°aluul, :151'11 ii 4-, ,, ' Prices bas been realised. Barley in better dello :_ e, B pd per qr. dearer. Beans is per qr., oats id per ow shelling fully Is per load hiher. ........--- EXETER—AFRM 26. , roil] si eti CORN.—III our market wheat may be q uotel . 1 , ~, io ,, to 93 3(1. ..galtino• barley, 43 Oa to 4s 6d ; grin f! .. 13 . c 0 a t o Od to Os °L.. OtZts, 3s tid to 3s Bd. Beaus( u" Od. Peas, Otis lid to 60 01 Da t 465' FLouR. - F . 54s e 1 . gre 51° —me Od to 543 Od ; see" ' i Od per sack. ' I csi le an 0 4 CATTLE.—Prime beef, 1030 d per sco colvsib., rot, calves to 141. ; butchers' calves, 541 to repor t b 1, 4 o,t pe per OOs lb . t o s O t O o s- r e e n h e , h )g . 8, lahregeop,sisziet,l tf ,s o l. o b , 1 10, to 5 5 S e 3 14 per 25s to 30s ; small, 003 to i;Os. itonS b f° '' Pork carcases from 8s Od to 85 9.1 per score. INVERNESS..--......_,Ar CORN. —Wheat, 01;e0r41q;r16:4:0'1:°,2(104r10,6°11.9°,;13tsrt;to ley, chevalier, 29s O w d h t i o te :3 28s Od. Oats, 27s Od to 28s o , i• 23i0; (",i MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imP. boll 22s 6d to sa to ost 9 " j; second, OOs Od to Os Od ; barleyrneal, 1 - 6 s o s 6 , a t4 0 ,1W peasemeal, 17s 6d to Os Od; bran, per stone.,, O a . ?„ Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od to 56s Od; 2d (.I?l''erisP" si ()Os Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 1 4113 ,,1 0 1 ;iu ss1P 0A , to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; "` - lic _ Ws' . to OOs Od ; peasemeal, 1s 10d to Os 0.1 • Ist k t ; 3s 6d credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9 , 1 cr e '" ---.- Tr, a.storlr BRISTOL SUGAR -014 effectof 1100 The alteration in the duties has had sales sv e,t ow ing our market to some extent. The of pew I f tbe have only amounted to about 200 hogsheedl.sed peg . 0 10 does, upon which the importers have real' bo o ~ 0 whole of the advance. In foreign there leo, stevi of importance. Refined goods still experle%wt. mend, and have advanced from 2s to 3s ___P er --------, • COAL MARKETL—Ars.th 2 I• 001(0 Prices of Coal per ton at the close of Ole fr , BTGNitaaroaura..Numiledvis.ytfitdeehi,tenlstiheles:Wywpe7rsemotr.roHoctnHyoialiatil-telyey l B B. d i 1 viallsO d ' ' 18 Davison's West Hartley 18 6 18 6 H01ywe'11....... ..... l7 0 Howard's West Hartley Hartlepool West Hartley 18 (? Hartley Hartley l l l 7 BB (5 1 6 3 Walker Primrosestr Butes 15 6 Hartley .: . . •.111187- ' 3 ( West Pelton l5 ( 1 Wylam 17 0 Belmont .............. Braddill . ............. Frainwellgate . 19 ••• ,flaswe ..... • North llietton_ Betton LYOo ..... ...0 Plllll 2 ,ln er ..... tiss6ll's fle ....... South liettoo.. ....19 Stewart's Cassop .......... , ..... Barty ...... •••• .... liartlepool ...... Hough 11311. ..... Kelloe . ........... Soutl6 h Teesini . ..... h....... T r dov•••••'' Whitwort . • .. Dertveut wtter West Neßoe ....... el Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close lB C Gibson l6 6 Gosforth l7 0 Heaton ._ .... . ....... 16 6 Riddell l7 0 Eden Main 18 6j Lambton Primrose . lB 61 ,i " ... ' Ships at market 0 1. / vo 0 1 COURSE OF . EXCIIANGE• .....'„ fp A msterdam .... .. ...... II 18 Gibraltar "::.....,.. / Ditto, three months .. 12 IA Leg li°r° '. • • " .... S Rotterdam ............ 12 oN Genoa •"'...„•':::., il Antwerp .......... ——2 s 47 Milan •"" .....• • .„.• ill, Brussels .............. 25 47 Y 4 Venice •• •• .........„. ' ilia flamburgh ......... _ , 13 8)4 Sepia , ... .....'.., Oi 25 224 MegseTlD iaa •: ~,.. ~.. / -.. Ditto, three months .. 25• 50 Lisbon ••' :, ~..::,,,. / Marseilles ........... —25 50 Oporto • ;.•:.........,,., / Bourdeaux ___,,, ~ Rio Jane 11:,,,,,••, ,i / a coos P - i d oll ~1 6, F • ankfort•on -N1 aine • ... 119• i ~ u- v • 46' • '9 - 1 Berlin _ „ .......„ .... _ 'New .:),' ti li • •_./ li I 12 50 Plurindeli 01 001 10 Trie ' ste •••••• • . •• •• .. 12 3 5 , _ !",,, 0 ot , !tip.% 0• f , Petersburg __ _ „„ r o re '' i oold '' •• , 8 ' P Madrid ........... '. 49N 1 P °l.ta`z.3 [WWI ':.• 0 i n Cadiz —•• ...... .. " 49h ; l' iel ' ca l)0 1130 Barcelona • ' No v ........., S I . 0 . , bar _ _.........! Seville, .. ......... ---- - - - - - 7 - ---------- -------------, . Jo BE.AB °KATE the 0.00 , ;or (N signifies that the mails are sent fro ste .) ~,,, " IP ,')5, the night—and Mby the morrong---le'P t a , ''''‘ , Ir I fr°,, o ri ~,, . A Insi0"1- 1;r .-----:.0.--1 0 bore,r- ov I ,iverP °l a t 4s9'' ''' ' 14 00 sou do al P: ' JO ger. ' - to,cli - AP- i Every : 1 0 3 : '( fl - n r C e : n' ;: e r Lit i j ,c1:111. COLIN TICIEi • merica(byllrit.pack)N .picric?. by United Sts. packet) ..........N D: i n m t s t e t o r ri a lal (via a oiSo„u4otadh packet) ..........N s:vl Alexandria.......... a aamn ( da s 'i l i v a e . s : . t . .. C : o : a : 5 .. t. .) .: ... rt N t ampton) ..........m ")itto (via Marseilles) NI 1 ;1 .7 3 t I th a t Dr o e f 2 f t o .h t t .e h h e r :f m a ; °' n ' t .' ;. l : n o ; : s . : ; :tin . , : . . l ; ' ,., ' 1 1 ,,,: P ..... , \ ~ill Hope) _ _ ......, „N , ...''. ,}, .;el, ll ', • „, Vexandria........ .. N 1 4, •,_ 24, & au & '' 1401 1, 2 - -t u PPli, Aelgium - _ _ .. _ .. N I mit} , .. _ _ _ , • • Zutl l4 '','•,' , v 3razil ............ • .3119th of the month" ~' st o.°L- 01 10 3110n08A3Te5........M 9th at the tis.• ''''' , ,,e s P moil yi. , :ape of Good Hope ~N 0 0°6 d Cape of Good Hope ..N ..! Sol ° it • !ape de Verde .....N 9th of the nsol l - 1 o.' a Ceylon (see India) _ • Ceylon.... .. • ........N • 01011.P4i r ~, Both _„ t to. •, Channel Isles .... ~ -11- Mon ..Vired.,ScFr• a- Chili. -_____ si 2d & 170 of mo t ' China ... . Constantinople • 6, 13 , 111,9$,& 1 " °,' ~," ' goutllo.' 0,1/ Constantinople __ _ _ kith Dc 20th of 10 , . - : Do ver '' AO Cont. of Europe M ,lft, N Twice daily -" ' - ,••• r Egypt (see India) • •' to!' De e PP I France . . ...... Df t: N Twice daily • • • • " t ioelD' n Gibraltar .• • • ... ... DI 4,7, 17, 20, 97 a 3 '• o pto l :,, A l Greece (see India) So ° ' ' t 'p, Greytown .......... ;Si 2nd & 17th of M 0 0: D odo 1 0F L- A, fiamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Fricl a .; well ° •,'', 07 Havannah .... ~.. _5l 2nd of the ril o P'" . • voter ;',,e': )r Holland ...... _ „...si Daily, ••••• • • " ' 60 111t4 00 1 .l Honduras .... _ _ _Si 17th of tlic month. 0 , 0 ~,.• e , India India (vlaSouthampt.)si 4th S., 20th of 1T 1 ',./; Doe r ,. ''.•'' f; f ill F ::(,..yypieelli. States (via Marseilles)lsl 9tti& 25th of co°°,,'„ Deve,;' ' lonian Isles (see Ind i a) 7. 17, .21 0 1 In.- - 110,5'.4iit," ~,1 Ireland ~ ......M. SD y,Twie..• daily •-• " smilbP i er fl Lisbon ...... _ _ _ _xi 7,9, 17, SG 17 onf r l:,'Soll' l4 oo l '' ' ,1, 1 Madeira ...... _ ~.., „A tun .:f thc W t IDive rf ,P ' ' 23d o , month • • •• , . , :dalta (see India) I ~,,e • ' 1 Malta ....... N 8, IR • It2B I P"' 0 , __, lo. lch , •P !dauritius (see 'lndia • Motu', ,0,.. ~ Mauritius ....., „ N 14th of the !paw , • ~,, Mexico - „s 4 2nd of the month. over :40 Ne p l " - - ..• ....,...N ,sthlso2sthotraon:Lol7„,•,r,, New Granada ..•.... '2d & I7th of moat!' I*-3001 ::,,,,. / New Zeiland ~ ~ ,„ . „ By private shiP • • 1;-„,,,.,,,pt, Papal states .„......isi bth 1 b th2b thbfllion : ;,„ut:',,,,t e Port Peninsula Natal -. . ''• . '., . ... . ... . I : Peru • • •••....... „ m zd E., `7th of fn° ° vario lP ,. Ij l Sicily ..... 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OF A DAUGII °IS /A cli ll ol le : 1;11'r i On the 24th inst., at Chelteoh°433,',.eet,°f ~,1 On the 22d inst., at 87a, ilarley-8" Oa if the wife of Dr. Henry Monro• 0 , o ar l4 ' On the 26th inst., at BlackhO''.` ,41, Currey, Esq., barrister-at-law. 40(1r° On the 26th inst., at 32, Gr0v.,, 0 ~, i wood, the lady of Joseph Angell, r) ° '' jlo r _---------- A t" , Di ARRIS-1). vi oP i s , goll ° ijoif" 4 10 .7 On the 26th inst., at St. Joho'° , o°' iill Soulby, Esq., widow of the late James Patterson, cipr0p',4.,,,01 ‘twe r O mo n f. the vjdo tht2ne6r , Talbott; h e o l i f d n e s s t t . t , Tyler, sona t o h S f :t l ' . s s qa oi I I r n. , ;: 1 i s i i;;;; el. o . ' l3 ' :; /( borough Park, Brixton, to gepbo'floviiii° el l rpelycle.was. the E 110 14 0 , COT;viellpili j? Esq., inst., at St. Gild- , D o, 01 ,- o D n u ly nc d a a n u , g :d e e r st o o f f ß th r e oc pion-hill, Surrey. e ' s, On the 26th inst., at St. Geor',osh , 4 0 Thomas, Esq., ofßayshill, an( 1 6 . ' 6 P ~ ,A Northampton. - • ~ ____ - 9 ----- . 0 00 i DIED-) VISI I I 0 r On the 24th inst., at Blendon "-- per 0 / Cadogan, Esq. in, 1 0. On th 25th inst., W kiDgillb 61" ti , at 0 o b A o,, i , Somme, Esq., aged 44 , , of ?be OK A On the 4th inst., bitbe burst°,,,,'" bilP,,pr • daughterklawt eeol.liT.tl:rae:tuChil'euvvi 13f;°$: 4 the Russian works at Sebastopol, t. 5 0+ 6? the construction of a battery', r l o t.- 61.61) ~,(01 41' ,4 / ' of the Royal Engineers, son of 1-. 6- Aer r C. 8., aged tr eet, '-_,, P' On the 21st inst., at St. Owea -9- }Y . 4. 'i Terry, Esq., aged 88. P I) " Pt, On the 24th inst., at Foot's-crol, ,fooliii if aged 57. . 4 . o fj " On the 25th inst., at Woo n : - er s a t do r 44 e 4 t s e : 1 1 11 :0t d ,,,,,7 1, 1 Ratcliffe, Esq., Assistant Pay' Tiros.Ratcliffe, b E o t s t q •' On the 26th Green, .at Felinersboo ic 0 t ,!,0 On the 26th inst at darnaronorl6 0J it ; io BN,Easg: 27. 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