The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-03 00:00:00

Lte, the ner le3V6 Lister of \Y . , it i Yaps pro Poler mope 1113 fie pursui t Ev 25156. lf stesoler3! cvloff° ()/e : broging 11 p leterba". he 2 1 t 111 . later dig s 1 mattellill as i na ctil °l so dec lirlej: ny f ns e i„ 10. DAY.) rec el° h l t, was t e, Altb ° 'g e ' tb was - m a 11, ric', [OLICIOYS are cal yda D(1.14e ibr t IA" ,I lus jolVo',l 13 OS aced but P I't Ade h a s "t m rreficl' e• o h .t4 , 370 " 59 ;0 3,0 1 ° 17,610 JCBT • t O t t waSt o, , bll oo 9 ., bree jg de ay beef ola 0 ,.1 go r os il D W ,3 bY 13° e '9 18 . er ... at b srelY tr iLle lthe ves l slio l c alves tee. 0/ b, r o 2. s. F , wn 4 iv 4 yes 4 B 5:1 3 " "• 4 0 $ 07? ..„ „ , 0 , • 01. 4913 riot i p 4 I 1 . ) .0 6 4 , ..... 4 0 s Xll o°l for A ce fl J. Oar p et s aria 5° of Og. tol, or 1 t rr i l' -.1 4P" 171 ' , • 1 7 - 4 , Wit - 17 - 17 rszi 1:* ;3 CI: • ELLIG CE. The CITY, Two o'CLocK. i _ cotton market at Liv er p oo l yes t er d a y c l ose d 8:44i1Y) without alteration in prices. The sales httiounted-to 6,000 bales, 1,000 on speculation. The 4411waY Share Market was firm: ,orhere has been a moderate demand this week Lpr. colonial produce, but without alteration in fair Sugar, at full rates, has been taken to a i? el tellt, but coffee has been somewhat heavy. been haa ruled dull, and in spices very little has for clo ne. There has been a speculative demand ._! saltpetre; at full quotations. Tea at public 14 le has gone off heavily, rum has met with a good Inquiry, and cocoa has been at high figures. Tal 'll4 without much variation. elil ,„ ts• D. Bell, S on, and Co. report that there ig A" Particular c h ange to notice in the market for i e illeri eatt Securiti es . D uring the past week the h lll aad has b een limited, and prices generally in °°ll r of buyers. tiiin4-.1 Statestate p 6 er Cent. Bonds Redeemable. Per Cent. 1868...106 108 per Cent. Inscribed 44tt ................................. 1867-1868...105 106 ~l'4oelerk State 5 per Cent. Inscribed „,., 92 en ta , i ••• • - ......................... 1858-1860... uu teans:i v llin 5 per Cent. Inscribed Stock ... 78 80 }44•fania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 83 84 11,1,1!Quaetts ° per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...103 12 1 liti r i i ` ). .tl*s per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 911 'B5 Virginian 4 Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —1888... 81 Cana da 6 Per Cent. 80891 9 / 3 / ' 44 6 per Cent. (Ste u rlin a g Bonds) 1876...114 1141 dew ~ , LOINS OF CTIES. kiv. ' ea ' 6 P Ster. on • Cent. 8d5.. .1 1857-1865... 83 85 Orl eans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 t 32 1 11 i ,• Ilen -11 Ce ntral 7 pe n rte II iT A IL B L NDS. 1875... 79 80 141, Central 7 per Cent. Freeland tio' l , Bl ... ..... P an m 4BB Cer;iral . ...... ilea - n - Ond . ... 971 981 ln i a ; B7 Per Cent.,let Mortouve Panama(Ster nnda) . b ' 1859... 95 9 7 7 Per Ceni; .......... .......... 1864... 95 91- *mew 1 i 7 , 0 ' , _a Ilia Central 6p. Cent. Bonds 1880.- 901 2 !I g a , g , '4 a nd Erie 7 per Cent. Ist M e t , . 1 ,. , ... .............................. .186n869...101 102 kga, i lz a•ad Erie 7p. Cent., 2d Mort ,,,,e, Co a• 1859... 90 92 . " lc and E_ri!Cent. 3d Mort ),ige, c onvertibie e 7 per 1883... 871 88 1 l '„lr ° o l. l !l c B4l, lFri e 7p. Cent. Convertiblo 1862... 80 81 •ttn i d . and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking The " ................. 1875... 811 821 allow 4t es of dis coun t are rather higher, and the 21 per an ee for m oney on " call" has been raised to The c ent• by th e b ankers. N ot , ace Guilts from the Baltic state that colonial owill Cher necessa r i es are gu tti ng scarcer an d dearer, Ti! t , e the rigid blockade. kit ' rglish Stock Market has been more buoy 'halle,,, tile explanation by the Chancellor of the d e a ' - , e ,1 . as to his intention to raise in Bills . an . 1 4 04 , - the extra seven millions he requires . is in e,eive of, the funded debt, in so far as it will re -44; ` 4° addition, althOugh Exchequer Bonds Scrt 4nZ 4 Per cent. interest will obviously h utos9fveaPital from other securities. Conso l ls for a a v c e . k ant,l te 9 11 for transfer, and 91 . to I ts* " speculators now preparing , f i or . next to 24' Bettle Mellt. The floating debt at .4 is 20s. Po B ; e llre eliuni. Bank Stock is steady at 214. t. ke xi T"' Securities are generally in fair reques .s. ',1 ) Dr: 4 16 , -- a'e 21 i, not suffering much by the-mi l en 4 :tie% of the Customs ddes. Equadorhave d '` - ern I ,.. cL h e at q. Grenada are 20k to 20i, an 'th e ' 4 . Turkish Bonds are 911 I. 0, 043. fL 4 Cul are the nominal prices of foreign . ca t; 217 -r ellada Deferred Bonds, 7 to 7i; Men !te: Oeo l t t s °2 s li ; Peruvian, 801 to 811 ; ditto Three di tO 4-,' u9 i to 601; Portuguese Four per Cents., Rl tte 0 „ Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; ~'4 l l' h P ,"t-arid-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Ce nts, 4'New Deferred, 181 to 191; ditto 3 4 per . ditty to 37 1 .; ditto Certificates, 41 to 1 ) Rail: ai Ve, 4 to 4/. I ll, v Y Shares have an upward tendency. 44 0 1t11 :,," eater are Os. to 10s. better, and Midland 4 ' 4 e a ; v anced il The Antwerp and Rotterdam have k Pts i ' e ct to wingd 10. All the French s are d 44 ii i,,! ler, to the rise at Paris. Zealand 1 , 4 11 ,-- , 0 1 9. - 1 1/ tilk ° ‘( l Mines have been dull. Australasia I lsy kh a : i - to 1 higher, and the other Banks are !t lt , -4 Peninsul a St e am are in demand. AT iab 44 FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES 3: 41 . ' (Prone the OfAcial List.) tto • Business dons 1" t e A :••_. ' ..... ! i t,i? % 4 - .' t • tseth a ced - Annuities I, lll `t 3 p er ' o c iansol s Annuities 9Ol 11 1 1 lert i An su .nt, Annuities 4 t 1 1.3 4ti l :'es, Expire sth Jan., 1860 *** 31 4 t p1a . ?„,,°2 4 1000 tt ko ek zte 2 oont, Bth August 9l i p„, ,-) fo .......... ~ " T , t the Account 234 . f•teC t • ic;' 4 ; ,, r tili; ............ 24d. kloo ............. ......"' '' 4,141:liti111 ...................................... . _ . 2 2 0 4 24 2_l 22 19 22 bi te 4; 4; 1 858, •31 per Cent 2l A - /40,,,, 1859, ~ . "tb ll4le r i - ° P FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. q l .„ - m% ) I ,' l ds - %,' 1 a p 114 s) 11 per Cent. i -e '' to ' ° ,' l4 s, Deferred ' 11(.2 .. -. p bitty f 3 Der Cent ....... .......... 211 ( 4 4 " b tile a co n t 2ll tit - Pa f " L n( 1 8 41 n per Cent ... .... 4 11; 4 !lias ( 'I l t o 'un Account 1,!" t o - - t4lB, 5 pe r C en t. 87 bn 4 8 . 3 Per Cent 371 is.,nti,.t),l,a7sivbeferred, 3 per Cent. bii,' e ............................. s V.,-,0 i ,o r b ` , , 6 per cent 9Ol -I\i'itt'ltl.j th e account .............. pry -it ta bet i lt:',' 41 per Ceut........ ..... • D°t , :h . p ,,.: n,.. ci ! o, h , t r , r a Cent p h flyable in TA - mon ~f iy,t E t '? l les CI per Cent 91f. 50c. ex 2..) . 5c t ' t n 4 P 4 B e 4 per Cent. 12 Gun .. All Celt Certilleates .. .... - q 4 :14 THREE, O'CLOCK. 91 1 a ' ca. ti;izc;ii .. ... ... ................. 911 I - 44 " S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) A 0 7. 11 t 2.—Wi n d thi s d a y a t noon,W. to S.W. ; Po tk ezs and fine. —RBTONE, Aug, 2.—Diana, for the coast of Al l , 4 t , Cti 1'0, °414 41 . READ.—Camelion, from Banjoewangie for ,N1011%11,,, liercules. R i o Janeiro for Hamburg. rt 1.' 4, 1R % ; dl rts Anc, •2 • Wind, W. to S.S.W.—Arrived s)' ^ rtf„: 3 tth (8 No. l 189), from Balaklava, and 0 4"1 : ea l "w ar'l. t p t. P Sailod—MarleY Hill (s.s. tpt. No. Ettr D s tpt. No. 55), Liverpool. Ti l e, I • tcnT a Wind, S.W., fresh. —Airived— Il t Calla o ; Charles Chalioner, Qu . ebee. for f• 4 3'e ren e Clausen, Rio Janeiro ; Frederick VII., s'xiled for Antwerp; Anglesea Lass, Lo n At ° -.101, 1, . 1 3,10 r e. 1 ' 4 1 . ? 4°, 11 1 4 1 1, ' Aug. 2. Wind S.—Arrived—H.M.Str. • - '4O coast of Africa; Zoar, Hartlepool, to stop AN 14 1,1 1 q r :1 1 ' f k 0 ', 40 ?.. 2. Wind, W.S.W.—Arrived—pascoe . Tr' ( htio(l ' Cuba. Sailed—lsabella, for Coquimbo , 21°11 Itar t ,, a rt, Cape de Verde. July 28.—The Spanish barque Polimnia, fvit'. Barcelona, was destroyed by fire on the . 14 bAt.ti, casks of brandy 'saved. . g4 1) ,41 ° 2. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Circassian, —eir c ) ; North Star, New York, and left for A 4,1 11 , 1 WEEt RLEOTRIC TELE T CI o rTi ay ri Morning. . 4 N401..., :vraid f SOUTHAt aa r I , ,Nilsq ; ' fie for ° Je M rse s y tY • n i3 f r r unswick ' ( ),Plymouth n . don . Newport e. ; Wear, Sun Ptsit qiatilda, for Sunderland ; Sylph (B.4'Brunswici vort4;l, rfav re ; J ason (s.), Bals.klava , 40 11th. l'r kt ri ( v' S 'R.W. tti'll,heit-0, ~bserve ,r from Lagos; 14,:ielatri - ' 'arab. Neuman , Bideford : Clymene, o.vrsh . Fradrenes Fly, Pug ! Min Callao; li(' 14 'at i k l i. t alt { 9 1 : 1 . efi t , ell. John's, N . .8. i. • oNreieetta_ux.y,, Dunkirk , N I ' wh v h , reast, Cadiz , ett....F 301 , ao ; Yeoman, Quebec. IV' uramr, for Africa. A 14(1 . hindveri -,-, n saffi ; Wave Queen, , k l: --utia lluis, from Callao • ki(Nte, .Ifazadli,Walker,' Elizabeth 411,1.411 am a in' ljra and Zestas, Callao , . S ffi Wave, Rio Gran . d Prince ' I/ Gi Ann Rio Grande ; oretta, Alexandria ; A derida, Mazag • ii, 1, ..........................121 Mexico. a a , n Rea, 4 OP 7,------------------- 2. —l n the t ie 1.4 .1 try(' ROE.— Manchester, Aug. t ay L e there has been little or no Alia ' 'Jut the l'ltell tlls.iii re has been rather more a change since tha t l enc e „„ ceosequenceof the conrm market notice, r tiov qr g , c ''' mentioned in our last inquiry on of for e vr ed off loantities of Manchester fabrics ' '4t 1 ao fro notwithstanding the 11 1 , f 4 ut which M a hope that, . markets, 'l , l , eis a bag so long depressed the India had been of" new prospect of a better trade to that quarter. aild!ooq hal:Toes.the continent and from the United States cl,-. ter , e,L r ,!1 till also producing a favourable effect, ec .n t,.. tt"electig)(37,e'atith the limitation of production, is f tkt allpea.,,i, axed more day. y arti e 4t 1) 0 1 0 look for steadier and moreprofitable N ar e e cl Mor e di, and Tuesday's Holders of both cloth an hell' e ate a i i ,_ . • posed to firmness, Of stit,,..Y maintaned. lte e eßt."4‘jlt ESTlMAT ES.—Yesterday a continuation o to 3 • 'elates was igaued. It contains on tw ;Ml s ,' lz. :--aont 10. ''tece awa r d ed for the payment of tha compensation ei t i t 4 t his appoint to Dr. Southwood Smith, for rthe tqihiNtli, t l it r 'lto -rent as a member of the late Board .a ke 1.4 °lc ' 00 !. for the purpose of erecting I,...iesiNto errogated iron as a museum in the land at -44ilhti la-gore, on of 180 . 1 0 4 . quired by the Commissioners for the LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 1. THE CAMP OF TITF FoRPION LE'UONy , • - ..z - AUGUST 2.—TraveFiere aastward from Feike-tone, a walk of less than half an hour brought Inc to the little town of Sandgate. There are two roads leading there, one a carriage road close to the beach, and another, a footpath, high above, that follows the windings of the cliffs. I preferred the latter. It was still very early when I left Folkestone. The tide was out, and the air quiet and heavy ; but as I walked on, the tide turned, nod a smart sea-breeze sprang up that brought with it a dense mist from the surface of the Channel. So thick was the fog that I could see it rising up around the cliffs, like smoke curling up from a cot tage chimney. The subdued roar of the waves began to make itself heard in the distance ; it seemed as though the sea were sending its "good morrow" to the shore. None seemed abroad at that early hour be sides myself and a lady, who was eagerly gathering sprigs of the wild coneolvulus that abounds among the clie. I sat down upon a stile made out of the aide tree of 'an old cart, to await the clearing, for I could hardly see where my path lay. The mist soon passed' overhead to settle down upon the hills beyond, and the atmosphere became so transparent that I could dis tinctly see the shores of France. Before descending int) the town of Sandgate, I passed one of the numer ous Martello towers that grew up in 1803 under our fear of the French invasion, but the walls of which the entente cordiale has allowed to crack and burst with impunity, while the fosse is turned into a kitchen garden for the benefit of some pensioner who holds the sinecure of watching the building. , Sand gate itself seems chiefly remarkable, as far as I was enabled to judge, for its number of desolate-looking empty houses, from whose dirty windows large weird placards are constantly, but unsuccessfully, enticing the unwary passer-by to "apply over the way for further particulars." The town was last year rather severely visited by cholera, which circumstance, together with the proximity of the camp, has made it lose caste in the eyes of the sea-shore visitors. Another characteristic — not of the nature of the place, but of the times—is pre sented by the toy, stationery, sweetmeat, and millinery shop and post-office, where sundry English grammars for Germans, and German and English dictionaries, are awaiting purchasers, while an advertisement in a large, firm Saxon hand, states that within English is taught upon the newest and most approved principles, and terms of the utmost moderation. Leaving the beach at Sandgate, a shady lane between parks and fields, leads up to the extensive grassy plateau upon the cliffs, where the Foreign Legion-is encamped in rows of wooden and iron huts, forming three sides of a parallelogram, the fourth unoccupied side being the westward one. The huts are not visitle from be low, so that the first sign of the vicinity of the camp is given by the dark outline of a sentry standing out boldly against the blue sky above, as 1 , 13 paces back ward and forward ou the ridge of he bill. It was a rifleman, in his plain dark dress and Albert hat, with a true open German face, eon burnt and beard , d. The whole place is now surrounded by a cor don of sentries, to guard against desertion, which was not the case when I was here last ; but the fact that no case caul I be made out at the Maidstone Assizes against the man Hills, although it is notorious that he induced several men to desert, coupled with the other fact that there is still skulking about the camp another fellow, suspected of similar practices, and understood to be an agent of Hills, but against whom they cannot as yet prove anything, has put the authorities on their guard. Strict discipline is kept, and no man is allowed to leave the camp. Measures of such doubtful policy naturally excite a good deal of murmuring, but they are only the natural consequence of the manner in which some of these men have been enlisted. , As your correspondent justly re marks, if we give a premium for desertion we cannot expect that the deserter will be true to us. The inno cent suffer with the culprits. The Rifles will tell you with pride that they have lost no one by desertion, ex cept a half crasy student of theology, who has already returned voluntarily. But they have a great advantage over other regiments. They are almost all from the same part of Germany, Hanover, and North Prussia. Most of them are tried soldiers, who have seen war under the same officers who command them now ; sub mission to camp discipline falls, therefore, less heavily upon them. The north side of the camp is occupied, going from east to west, by the Artillery, the cavalry, and the Mee. The artillery corps left yesterday morning it is said for London, and it is not known whether they will return. The cavalry consists at present, lam told, of about three hundred men, only one hundred of whom are in uniform, in consequence, I am informed, of 100 of the suits sent down having been found too small. The others exercise in blouses, dress-coats, and smock-frocks, and every description of hat, from a Gibus down to a wide-awake. The men naturally wonder how it is that in this country, of whose enormous riches, and of whose skilful manufacturers they have heard so much, it takes snoh an enormous time to make 300 suits of clothes, and that in the end they turn out too small. But the most ;musing—or perhaps I should say the most scandalous—part of their story is, that their sabres are not yet provided with the necessary straps and buckles, so that the men go through their exercise with their sabre in one hand and the sheath in the other. The reason for this extraordinary delay I have not been able to discover—perhaps there is no reason. The whole of the Legion stationed here were on parade when I arrived, they amount at present to somewhat over 2,000, and are certainly a fine-looking body of men. The drill was hardly over, and the men might have been half an hour in their huts, whensuddenly the call sounded "to arms in march big order." After a good deal of hurry and bustle, and scolding and swearing, the men were at last ready, the order to march was given, and the whole Legion set out towards a high steep hill about two miles from the shore, half-way between Folkestone and Sandgate, known as Career's Camp. Part of the Legion were to defend this -bill, the rent to attack and take it. It was all very fine and rather nonsensical ; to take men who had only received their arms a week ago away from the drilling they so much require to attack and defend a position made almost unassailable by nature alone, seemed ra ther misplaced activity ; and the disorder that pre vailed throughout, in spite of the efforts of the aides-de-camp, who carried messages indiscriminately to friend and foe, did not tend to increase the thebenefit the soldiers were intended to derive from this manoeuvre. Unfortunately, the display was attended by an accident of a serious nature. Major Rodowitz, a highly-esteemed officer, fell with his horse on the uneven ground, broke his foot, and received beskka a bad wound in the head. A good deal of powder was blazed away, and the men returned to camp at a late hour of the evening. Owing to the circumstance of the field-day, I had not, of course,:; much opportunity of seeing the internal managemeiet of the Legion, but in my next I hope to be able to give you some interesting informatj.on. THE CREDIT OF TURKEY. With reference to the credit of Turkey in connexion with the approaching loan for that country, a corres pondent calls attention to some facts of her modern his tory showing the good faith she has exercised under im portant financial sacrifices. Ever since the commence ment of the present struggle there have been parties who have endeavoured to damage her character by any means; and if their object is to cause her to imitate the defaults of the majority of other foreign nations to whom Eng land has lent money, they could adopt no surer way than by teaching her that past honesty is to count for noshing : "In the recent discussions in Parliament on the ques tion of the proposed guarantee of a loan of 5,000,003. ster ling to be raised for warlike purposes on account of the Turkish Government, doubts were expressed by some of the members as to how far its integrity and good faith were to be relied on. " It may, therefore, not be ont of place to state facts which ' tend to remove those doubts, which you will be pleased to make use of in such way as in your better judgment may bo thought necessary to that end. "After the war between Russia and Turkey, which was followed by the treaty of Adrianople, the latter Power had to pay to the former as indemnity for the • expenses of the war a sum amounting to about 2,003,000 1 . sterling, and further, 1,500,000 of Austrian ducats in compensation for Russian commercial losses, in guarantee for which Russia held possession of the fortresses of Silistria, Ibrahim, &c. "In the course of five years these sums were paid by Turkey without having had recourse to loans. '-Again, in 1840, during the war with Egypt, the British Government aided Turkey by supplying her with warlike stores to a large amount, which were, in like man ner, duly paid by that Power. "The good faith of the Turks in their engagements with foreign Powers is proverbial, and nothing has ever occurred in their transactions of that nature tending to produce a contrary impression. "The resources of Turkey are known to be immense, and only require a good administration to make them ) available. This, it is hoped, may be brought about under the advice and council of the Allies." DECLARATION EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH' GOVERNMENTS RELATIVE TO THE TURKISH LOAN. The following official document was issued yesterday : " Whereas by the convention signed at London on the 27th of June, 1855, between Great Britain, Franco, and Turkey, for the guarantee of a loan of 5,000,0001. sterling, to be raised by his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, his Im perial Majesty engaged that he will cause to.be remitted to the Bank of England, on or before the 25th of June and 6 45th of December in each year, the full amount of one half year's interest and sinking fund on the whole amount of the said loan, or on so much thereof as may be raised, until the whole capital borrowed shall be repaid; . " And whereas, in consequence of the guarantee con tained in the said convention, the Governments of Great Britain and France are conjointly answerable forth° pay ment of the interest on the said loan ; " It is agreed between the governments of Great Britain and France, " That in the event of the Turkish Government failing, in whole or in part, so to remit the amount of the half year's interest, the British Government shall advance the a mount which may be necessary to enable the Bank of England to pay the said interest at the appointed time ; that the British Government shall then transmit to the French Government an account of the amount so advanced; and that the French Government, on its part, shall imme diately remit to the British Government the half of such amount; it being understood that any sums so advanced by the British and French Governments shall be proper tionrlly repaid to them out of any funds which may be remitted by the Turkish Government to the British Go.; vernment. " In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly au thorised by their respective Governments, have signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. "Done at London, the 27th day of July, 1855. (L.S.) " CLASENDON. (L.S.) " F DEXEBBIGNY." THE Jt , l 9 LONDO, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3 18550 Naval and Military Intelligence. The Marlborough, 131. v.via taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth yestericy, ready for docking. It is not apparent that she has sustained any irjury. The Killing worth, ecreve steam transport, No. 181, arrived at Spit head from Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltaayesterda.y, in ballast. She left Malta J myl3, and Gibraltar July 24. The Timandra sailing transport, No. 51, went into Ports mouth harbour yesterday, from Spithead, to land her in valids, women, and children, whom she brought home from Corfu. The uropa, steam-transport, sailed from Ports mouth yesterday morning for Liverpool, requiring to be clocked before agaia proceeding to the East. Thu Marley Hill and . Killingworth, screw steam-transports, left Ports mouth yesterday .afternoon for the eastward. The Doe, naval steam-transport, hauled into the steam bas 3 u at Portsmouth yesterday to land boilers for the Marlborough. The paddlewheel steam-vessel Pluto P 4, arrived at Ply mouth yesterday from the Coast of Africa. Her dates fro:a irerra Leone, June 1, and Gorse, Juno 26, are anti cipated by the mail-packet Retriever. The Britotnart, 8, Commander Albert Heseltine, on a cruise, %as appointed to call at Sierra Leone on the 16th of July, when she would probably receive orders to return home. The screw steam gun-vessel Teazer, 3, is gone to Ascen sion to be repaired. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrmidon, 3, Lieutenant Commander E award Meunsell, arrived at Madeira on the 20th of July, bound for Sierra Leone. The detachment of the 31st Regiment left in Plymouth Citadel, 73' rank and file, and three officers, under com mand of Lieutenant Pearson, is appointed to leave on Monday for Liverpool, where it will embark for the Crimea. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Jason, trans port No. 84, having embarked the whole of her troops and horses, hauled out of the Southampton docks into the river yesterday afternoon. It was not expected that she would sail for the Crimea until to-day. The amount of steam-shipping at Southampton continues very great. During the past month the graving docks have been busily engaged in providing accommodation for steam vessels of the heaviest burden. As a proof of this the following ships have been docked at that port during July :—Atrato, paddle, 3,463 tons burden ; Derwent,,paddle, 794 ; Madrid, paddle, 479 ; Tamar, pad dle, 1,964; Magdalena, paddle, 2,911; Himalaya, screw, 3,438 ; Victoria, screw, 1,878 ; Jason, screw, 2,668 ; Al hambra, screw, 720 ; Australian, screw, 1,392. The Atrato was undocked and the Himalaya docked in one tide ; the latter vessel, which had just arrived from Spithead as the Atrato was floating out, steaming direct into the large graving clock. In three hours from her entering_ she was perfectly dry. This is the largest amount of tonnage in and out of a graving dock in one tido which is known -6,901 tons. After the Himalaya had completed her re pairs, three ships wore docked in 24 hours, the united burden of which amounted to 5,426 tons. The graving docks are still occupied, and there are seven large vessels waiting for their turn. Among them is the fine East In dian sailing ship Herefordshire, of 1,800 tons burden, which is lying at Southampton for the purpose of being newly copperecl and caulked. The Glattoe, 14 guns, screw 'steam floating battery, Captain Arthur Cumming, and the Meteor, 14 guns, screw steam floating battery, Captain F. B. B. Seymour, left Sheerness yesterday for the Black Sea, and are to call at Portsmouth for Admiralty orders. The Rhadarnanthus will follow them with their guns. Both floating batteries are ordered to anchor in the Downs for a tide or two in a part of the roadstead where they will get the cross tide and run of the sea, to prove their sea-going 'qualities previously to their departure. The entrance to the Gull Stream is named for an anchorage. Both these ships are fully manned. The Trafalgar, 120 guns, has been put out of the fitting basin at Sheerness, and the Phaeton, 50 guns, arrived yes terday from the Saltpan Reach, was taken into the fitting basin to be brought forward as a screw steam-frigate for immediate commesion. The Horatio, S guns, screw steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., left Sheerness at 7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, anchored at the Nore, and at 5.30 a.m. yes terday left for Heligoland. She takes with her Sappers and Miners for duty there. She proceeds from Heligoland to Portsmouth, there to receive Admiralty orders on par ticular service. _ _ The Caradoc, 2, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel of 350- horse power, Commander S. H. Derrirnan, borne on the books of the Royal Albert, made her number on demand, passing up Sea Reach yesterday at 8.45 p.m., from the Mediterranean, with despatches for the Admiralty from the Crimea. Commander Charles G. Phillips has taken up his com mission and joined the Urgent, screw steam-transport, which vessel is to be at Sheerness on the 10th instant, for particular service. The Alban, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.- Commander W. E. Fisher, left Sheerness yesterday for Heligoland. Capt. Wicklund and his chief mate, late of the Russian barque Odessa. taken at Hull, have been released from the Devonshire, at Sheerness. An order has arrived there that any Russian merchant seamen, now prisoners on board the Devonshire, can receive their liberty if they volunteer and aro accepted to serve on board of any vessels except Rus sian property. No. 63 screw transport Sovereign arrived off Woolwicb Arsenal yesterday, and is embarking about 200 tons of shot and shell for the Black Sea. She is to complete her cargo with light stores. The Union, sailing transport, has taken in 1,800 barrels of powder at Woolwich, and a quantity of shot and shells, and is only waiting Admiralty orders to sail for the same destination. The Medina, sailing transport, is also nearly ready for sea with a similar freight. Captain Riddell's field battery, and a working party of about 80 men, with 150 horses, went down to Greenhithe yesterday morning from Woolwich, under the superintend , enee of Colonel Anderson. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Capt. T. Harvey, to the Havannah; Commander Julian F. Slight, to the Sanspareil ; Commander IL J. Otwa,y, to the Siren; Commander IL Phillips, to the Alecto; J. B. Jackson, paymaster, to the Waterloo; J. W. Colverd, as sistant paymaster, to the Saturn ; J. H. F. Alston, assist ant clerk, to the Conway. THE EART 11 QUAKE IN S I 7 ERL AND. ( From the Journal de Geneve) SION, VALAIS, .JULY 27. I send you some fresh details which I have just col lected with respect to the catastrophe of St. Nicolas and Viege. The 26th has been a yet more terrible day than the 25th—not that the shocks of earthquake have been strongei, but that all the houses, being cracked and ready to fall, were unable to resist any new shocks. At 10 o'clock I was at Grachen, sitting on a rock, and talking with two peasants, when, all at once, our scat was violently agitated ; ,we were thrown to the earth, and at the same moment 13 barns fell in, the spire of thkk church was completely demolished, and an enor mous rock —known in the district by the name of " lialcheuzug”—bounding from the top of the moun tain, precipitated itself with a horrible crash into Vibge, surrounded by a cloud of pebbly dust, which rolled onwards with the impetuosity of an avalanche. From Grachen I went to St. Nicolas by the wobden bridge. Notwithstanding the reiterated warnings of the inhabitants, I determined to penetrate into the village, in order that I might be able myself to judge of the extent of the disaster. All the houses had fallen one upon the other, and at the very moment that I-quitted the village (.% quarter past one p.m.) a fresh shock occurred, which completely levelled the little inn called " La Croix Fdddrale. The only houses which now stand at St. Nicolas are the priest's house and the'house of the notary, M.Binner. All the rest is one heap of ruins, and the wretched in habitants of this village, collected together in a large field near the river, are encamped in the open air. It is heartbreaking to witness the despairing sadness of the peen, who have just seen the destruction of the houses which sheltered them yesterday, and of the wonien, sur rounded by their children, who can do nothing but weep over this overwhelming calamity. Between a quarter past 1 o'clock and 5 I have felt six shocks of earthquake at St. Nicolas—viz., at a quarter past 1, at 10 minutes past 2, at 14 minutes past 2, at half-past 2, at 40 minutes past 3, and at 40 minutes past 4. At 5 o'clock I resumed the road to Vibge by the right bank of the river, in order to avoid the storm of stones which never stopped falling. On the. road the shocks continued, but I must admit that I did not care to note them very accurately, being in a hUrry to arrive at Stalden. On the read I met the curd of St. Nicolas, without a hat, and in great pain. A stone had struck him on the head and another on the knees. He was creeping along with difficulty, but we were obliged to pursue our journey separately, for it was impo-sible to stop. Tile road was entirely covered with crevices, crumbled walk, enormous blocks of stone, and at every instant the noise of something cracking was renewed. I have at last arrived at Stalden. Nobody i 3 in the village ; everybody has fled. Almost all the stone houses have been shaken down. The wooden structures have resisted better. At half-past six I set out for Viege, but at 200 yards from Stalden the road was impassable. I was obliged to go, as best I could, by the side of the bill. With respect to Viege you know what has taken place. Yesterday, at 10 o'clock in the evening, there was a fresh shock as strong as those which preceeed it. As at Stalden and St. Nicolas, there are no inhabitants in this little town. They are encamped in the open air. At three o'clock in the morning I had fortunately re turned to Sion from my perilous excursion. At Zermatt, Tesch, and Randa there has been no mis chief. At Tiirbel the roof of the church is driven in, as in the two churches of Viege ; the same thing has hap pened at Ilurbticken. No news from any other quarter. The wounded guide * has been brought back to Viege. It is believed that his leg is not broken. I saw at St. Nicolas a woman who was suffering agonies—a beam in falling bad broken her arm, and they were on the point of amputating it, but without any hope of saving her. Such was the situation yesterday. You see bow dis astrous it is, and what a depth of compassion must be felt forso pin y honest people, struck down by a cabs mityhit herto unheard of in these districts. * This evidently refers to something mentioned in a previous letter. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ROYAL ASSENT TO RAILWAY BILLS. The following railway bills received the Royal assent a few days ago,--narnely, the Dearness Valley ; East Bent (Extension to Dover) ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Improvements and Branches) ; Severn Valley; and Somerset Central—making th e t o tal num ber of railway acts passed this session 71, including 20 for the incorporation of new railway companies. ROSCREA AND NENAGH. • It appears that the baronies through which this line is proposed to be constructed have aweed to guarantee a certain rate of interest on its cost. The line is to form a junction with the Great Southern and Western Rail way, and to be worked by that company when com pleted. The rate on the baronies for the purpose of the guarantee is not to exceed 2d, in the pound. _ I I ;nENIAL 3 TLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTER:DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sa"k Lt five o'clock. The Earl of HARRINGTON - presented a great many petitions in favour of a better observance of the Lord's Day. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Lord Cler mont's Estate Bill was read a third time and-passed. CHINESE PASSENGER SHIP BILL. This bill•was reported with amendments. HUDDERSFIELD BURIAL GROUND BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord REDESDALE, was read a third time and passed. DISSENTERS MARRIAGES BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. LUNATIC ASYLUMS REGULATION BILL. 01, the motion of the Earl of HA.RROWBY, this bill was also reported with amendments. ' THE SUNDAY BEER BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord REDESDALE, was read a first tine. PUBLIC OFFICES EXTENSION BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill. Lord REDESDALE regretted that the Government had not secured the ground in the neighbourhood of the site for the new Government offices, now occupied by a lot of buildings of the poorest description, by giving the usual notices. He felt confident that at some future time the ground would be required, and he there fore trusted the Government would think it de sirable to secure the ground before it greatly increased in value, as it would when the new offices were erected. The noble lord then drew their lordships' attention to an offer that had been made some time ago to erect the public offices. The offer he referred to was that the parties should take the ground, clear it, and erect the offices, and that they should re, eive a yearly sum to be agreed upon by Parliament. He thOught the subject not undeserving the attention of her Majesty's Government. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the house was greatly indebted to the noble lord fur the trouble he had taken on this subjent. He E aped the members of the House of Commons would. during the recess, take into their consideration the effects of an ill judged expenditure. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE and the Earl of HARDWICK; The bill was read a second time. EXCISE DUTIES BILL. This bill was read, a second time. COURT OF JUDICATURE BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. OFFICE OF SPEAKER BILL. This bill passed through committee. BILLS OF LADING (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. SALE OF SPIRITS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. The Earl of HARRINGTON withdrew his question relative to the salaries of the county court judges. MILITIA. BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL. This bill was read a first time. TURKISH LOAN BILL. " This bill was read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OE COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' Amendments to the Dundalk Harbour and Port Bill, and the Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh Railway Bill, were considered aad agreed SUPPLY. On the order of the'day for the house going into com mittee of supply, Major• REED gave notice that he should bring for ward the motion waiich stood in his mine, 'relative to calling Parliament together previous to ratifying any terms of peace, at the evening sitting. THE WOUNDED IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. STAFFORD called attention to a letter which had appeared in the Times newspaper denying the state ments made by him as to the wretched condition of the wounded after the effacr of the 18th of June before Se bastopol, He did not ask for any answer onibe part of the Government, but be trusted their attention would he bestowed on the subject of the sufferings of our wounded, which he described as very paintul. GOOD SERVICE PENSION TO LORD GEORGE both with respect to the provisioning of the army and its cattle, and he could notbut raise his voice as an English man against the course that had been adopted. All that he had seen only convinced him of the unfortunate man ner in which the GoVernment had prr.ce.eded in the war, and he felt bound to confess that it gave little credit to their foresight. (Hear.) He could not see why tie estimate should not have 'been brought forward in Fe bruary, and he blamed the Government for not alopt ing that course. • Mr. W. WILLIAMS was anxious to provide for the comfort of the army, but he was afraid that the adoption of this vote would rant carry so laudable an object into effect. He thought that some explanation ought to be given of the fact that the pay of the soldier bad been raised 50 per cent. • After some observations from Sir F. BARING and. COI. No RTH, Mr. F. PEEL affirmed that no green coffee was now issued to the troops. Mr. WILSON said that whilst the destination of the army was unknown 'the coffee -was sent out in a green state, but immediately it was understood its destination was the Critnea, it was exported in a roasted state. • Colonel DUNNE said that the house ought to be assured that the army was in an of condition to endure another winter campaign. He thought the laud transport corps was not adequate to the wants of such a number of troops. As to the provisioning of the army it had been remarked that this was rather a late period of the year to form depots for provisions. He contended that such was not the case. He also observed that the Governmerit were making the Turkish Contingent and the Foreign Legions as perfect as was . possible ; al though, atthe same time, they overlooked the defects which existed in connection with the cavalry and other regiments of the line. He wished to know whether the injuries occasioned by the recent flood in the CriMea to the Balaklava Railway had been repaired or not ? After some further conversation, Mr. STAFFORD said there were many questions in connection with the commissariat department of which the house ought to have some explanation, not the least of which-was the question ae to who was the real "lead of that department. He would not, however, detain the committee at that late period of the day. The vote was then agreed to, and, it being 10 minutes to four o'clock, the committee was adjourned. MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL. This bill was read a third time and pasted. SALE OF BEER BILL. - This bill was also read a third time, and, after a pro test from Mr. Hadfield, to the effect that the evidence taken before the committee was ex parte, was passed. The house then adjourned until els o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. ADULTERATION OF FOOD. Mr. PELLATT asked the member for Birmingham whether an opportunity would be given before the pro rogation of Parliament. for scienti tic witnesses to be heard by the Adulteration of Food ; &c. Committee, so that both sides of the question might be before the public prior to the close of the session. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said that if the committee was appointed next session, and he was at the head of it, every opportunity would be given to elicit the trutb, as had been given by the present commitee. On the motion of Mr. HORSFALL, the following re turns ware ordered :—Contract mail service (west coast of Africa), returns for each month in the year 1854—0 f the dates (in accordance with the published "Post-office Packet List ") on which the monthly mails should be made up in London. Of the dates upon which such mails were made up in London. Of the dates on which such mails should have been despatched from Plymouth. Of the dates upon which such mails were despatched from Plymouth. Of the date upon which the arrival of each mail from the west coast of Africa was considered to be due at Plymouth. Of the date when each mail arrived at Plymouth. And the names, tonnage, and power of engines of each vessel in each month employed in this service for the same period. • ORDNANCE EXPERIMENTS. Mr. ROEBUCK begged to ask the Clerk of the Ordnance if it was true that some experiments were tried at Shoe buryness last week, under the superintendence of the colo nel in command of the Royal Artillery, with the following important results :—That with only about half charges of powder, and from a common gun, with atrifling alteration, the experimental shells acquired, at similar o'evations, up wards of 1,000 yards more effective range than the solid shot of the service with a full charge, and that the average deflection of the experiniental shell fired was only four teen yardsin this increased. distance, while that of the ser vice shot, at the smaller range, was fortrseven yards. Ferthereis it true that this invention has been nine months before the Government; that at first it was reported to be of no importance ; that, ou its being pressM owthe notice of the Duke of Newcastle, it was referred to the select committee at Woolwich in January laSt, and experireen tally proved successful in March ; and that no 'assistance) has been afforded to the inventor of maturing his inven tion beyond merely authorising a few experiments to be made at his expense. Further, is - there any obstacle to the adoption and , use of this great improvement in the effectiveness of our artillery ?. Mr. FRENCH begged also to • ask whether any report had yet been received from the commission appointed by the late Lord Raglan to inquire as to Captain Disney's projectile? Mr. MONSELL could inform the hon. and loathed member for Sheffield, that the experimehtS made last week at Shoeburyness were in all respects conformable to the statement contained in his question, except with re gard tie the shells having—beets bred from a,,corenion gun, slightly altered. The fact was, that they were. fireATteitii a rifled gun., and the service ammunition from a smooth bored gun. It was true that this invention had been nine months before the Government, having been submitted in the first instance to General Slater, who, from the constant failure of shells made of Mixed metal , did 'not think it worth while at that time to place it before the select com mittee. In January last it had been brought before the committee by order of the Duke of Newcastle, and experi ments were made irl March, in which there . was, an infe riority of Mr. Britten's projectile to the servide ammuni tion. Further experiments were made in May, with a similar result. He believed the pattern now submitted by Mr. Britten was in some degree different from the former, and was considered to have been improved: . He was happy to say that the attention of the Pirector-,Q.eperal of Artillery was now turned to this important"' iriVention, and if, on further consideration, it should be deemed satis factory, he would recommend it for adoption to the gene ral-Commandingin-chief. With regard to the question put to him by the hon. member for Roscommon, no report had yet been received in this' country from the camp before Sebastopol relative to Captain Disney's projectile, but on the li;th July experiments were suede with it. - - COMMANDERS IN THE NAVY-LAUNCII OF THE MARLBOROUGH. Admiral WALCOTT asked the First Lord of the Ad miralty whether any, and if any what, decision had been come to in reference to the contents of a memorial pre sented to the Board of Admiralty in or about the month of May last by the commanders of the royal navy, praying that advantages in regard to retirement, with •increased rank and pay, might be granted to them ? He hoped, also, that the right hon. baronet would be able to give the as surance that the magnificent first-rate ship the Marl borough had not been in any way strained or injured by the accident that had happened to it at the launch. Sir C. "WOOD had to say, in reference to the gallant admiral's first question, that no decision had yet been come to upon the memorial presented from the commanders of the royal navy. Th,t memorial must be considered in connection with others that had been presented from officers of different grades, and it was impossible to give them due consideration during the session of Parlisenent, the sub ject being of a•very complex nature. With regard to the second question, he was happy to say, that, at high water, on the night before last, at two a.m., the Marlborough floated withc.ut having received the slightest injury what ever. ENLISTMENT OF THE FOREIGN LEGION. Mr. M. GIBSON put a question to the Government re specting the mode of raising the foreign legion. It was stated that vessels of war were placed in the Elbe and the Weser to receive recruits, which gave great offence to the Haase Towns. He thought it was important that iu rais ing recruits we should not violate the municipal laws of foreign states. Lord PALMERSTON denied that the Government vio lated any law of foreign states in their mode of foreign enlistment. A depot was established at Heligoland, where foreigners were free to enlist. A similar course was pur sued w•ithregard to the United States, where a depot was opened at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, for the purpose of re ceiving persons who wished to mina ; but as that appeared likely to give offence to the authorities iu the United States, it was given up. Mr. M. GIBSON said the noble lord had taken no notice of the men•of-war in the Elbe and the Weser. Lord PALMERSTON said that was no violation of the law of foreign states. The ships lay there, and , were ready to give a passage to any one who wished to proceed, for whatever purpose, to Heligoland. SUPPLY—MILITARY ADMINISTRATION. PAGET. Mr. DILLWYN called attention to a report that Lord George Paget has received a good service pension of 1001. a year, with the view of inquiring into the truth of such report, and of ascertaining, if true, what the special services have been for which such pension has been awarded. (Hear, hear.) He did not doubt the gallantry and merit of Lord George Paget, but he believed he had not seen much active service. It was true he was engaged in the brilliant affair of Balaklasa, and no doubt had well and gallantly•discharged his duty there ; but he (Mr. Dillwye) believed he, had not seen active service since ; that be spent last winter in this country, and was now, as be understood; at Con stantinople. He knew nothing personal of lord George Paget, and therefore wished to say nothing of him, but he thought it was due to the house and to the army, that the house should know that pensions of this de scription were not awarded on account of birth or patronage, but really on account of good service in ac tion. Mr. PEEL said it was quite correct that Lord Geo. Paget had been made the recipient of a good service pension by Lerd Hardinge, who was alone responsible for such pensions. Ho was a good deal surprised at the animadversions which this pension had given rise to, for the hon. gentleman ought to be aware the house could not properly distinguish the merits, of individual officers. The reason why Lord George Paget got this pension was, that at the battle of Balaklava, where there were ten cavalry regiments engaged, Lord George Paget was the senior regimental colonel present, and led his regiment and rallied them with the utmost gallantry and therefore he teas judged a fit and proper recipient for a good service pension. Colonel LINDSAY said no man could deny that those gallant officers who had done their duty in the Crimea deserved every reward that a grateful country could bestow. At the same time, he thought the coun try had not been sufficiently grateful in rewarding the distinguished services of those officers who had served in the Peninsular war, and he hoped the attention of the military authorities would he directed to the subject. After a few words from Sir W. GALWAY, Lord PALMERSTON put to the house whether this was a time to discuss such a question as this. These rewards were intrusted to the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief by virtue of his office ; and he asked was it possible that the members of this house could detetmine whether any particular officer was or was not deserving of those rewards, and he believed such discussions would have a most prejudicial effect on the public service. (Hear, hear.) Captain SCOBELL said as this matter had been alluded to and commented on in the public papers, it was better that the explanation now given should have been given is this house. Major REED believed the hon. gentleman the Under Secretary at War (Mr. Peel) was incorrect in saying that Lord George Paget was the senior colonel eresent at Balaklava. I n r e . I. PEED said he bad said the se nior re g imental pensions ought to he given to the o ldest officers. (Hear.) coll\soir P. BARING expressed his o p inion that those Mr. WILLIAMS protested against the doctrine laid down by the noble lord at the head of the Government, that the House of Commons had no right to canvass those questions. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said he had not stated that— he had only said it was not a . fit question for discussion. Mr. A. PELLATT thought the present was a case of great hardship, and if it was consistent with the rules of the house he would move an address to her Majesty, that men who had so much .right to receive a reward from their country bad been overlooked, and entreating her Majesty to take their case into her serious consi deration. He thought that the course pursued by the Government in the present instance was without a pa rallel. Colonel DUNNE thought that the present system of promotion in the army was very defective, and ought to be amended. As it at present existed men that were made corporals would receive less than the common A sum of 109,2001. was voted for the expense of the dis embodied militia to the 31st of March, 1856. A sum. of 70,716/. was proposed for the expense of the establishment of the Ordnance-office. Mr. MONSELL rose to propose the vote for the Ord nance establishment, end to explain the changes that bad taken place in the Ordnance-office. After dwelling upon the evils of separate and divided control, under which he said it was impossible to know who was responsible for anything, he proceeded to state the changes ; the first of which was that the discipline of the Artillery was placed under the direct control of the Commander-in-Chief. The effect of that was, that the road to the highest military offices was opened to the Artillery, which had hitherto THE WAR. been closed t) them in this country, but which the bril liant career of many French Artillery offiJers, from Na On the vote of 3,000,000/. for the additional expense poleon to General Bosquet, showed they were so well qua of the war with Russia being put, lifted to fill. With regard to the offices placed under the director t il . e . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Secretary of State, he explained that in every subordinate that this sum had been allowed for in the additional department which was conceined 'with military matters a estimates that had been brought forward, a n d it only wintery man was placed at the head of it, and civilians required that the sanction of the house should be given were only placed at the head of the civil departments. To the inspector of fortifications had been added the duties of in order to enable the Treasury to meet the demands ec a tor di that might be made upon it. It did not follow, in b e a n rr e a r c a tr s A t s e t r il te rv ner f a o l r . th T e h a e r r m e ywearendtao director granting the vote, that the amount would be required, tavye-both would - be placed 'ripen the scientific committee, After some short discussion, and would have a voice in all changes in the arms of both The vote was agreed to. sex vices. Then there was a director-general of contracts, Mr. PEEL then rose, pursuant to notice, to move a and another of stores. Each of these heads of departments supplementary commissariat estimate for the service in would report from day to day to the Secretary of State. the Crimea. The house bad alread y granted to the The manufacturing department had undergone little or Government for this depa rtment a sum of 1,4 40 , 000 /., no chan g e, The great principle in all these changes was and a further sum of 2,260,000/, was required to to combine central control with individual responsi it • chne had been to carry it out effectua ll y . The ri ght hon. gentle ad bil van y. tag The es ;but a he g co too recent show its had great its nfidence in the benefical man at some lengt h entered into the detai l s c haracter of effects. He concluded by propobin the of the course that had been adopted by the Government in buying cattle and providing for th e p rov i s i on i ng of vote. M r . STAFFORD complained of the long delay that had the army, in the course of which h e stated that lai take n place in giving these explanations. It had been depots had been, formed in the Crimea, by which the till period postponeda of the session when it was impos greatest comforts had been afforded t o our arm y there, Bible for this house to examine the plan or to pronounce and by which they were insured for four days a week an y o pini o n on its merits. Under these circumstances, upon he fresh meat. Equal atte ntion had bee n paid to the horses , must thro w the whole res p onsibilit y of the changes and a full amount of food had been secured to them. the Executive, and he could assure .mesahis.hon friend tohattnoe t g r e o n o t p l e s mi is e a a f r t t e refpcaoyoiknigit is the cam p, The in right upon M. Soyer for the effective service he had rendered new plan. an eulogium one was more anxious than he was for the .s f h t use was not schoolingiwtlenes existing concluded by moving the vote. made of the scientific resources of this country a Mr. ENVART complained that sufficion Mr. HENLEY deprecated the course that had been in various private establishments. the director of the pursued by the Government, and expressed his surprise stron.l urged that .. the pursued G. TYLER es' . higher position than naval armament should be placed in a that at the last moment the Government should come as •di ated in the new sch eme. d o wn and talk about depots being made that ought t 4) w Captain L. "V ERNON commented with some severity have been erected months ago. He thought the greatc_ t upon the now appointments made in the subordinate de neglect had taken place on, the part of the Government, partmenta of the Ordnance-dace, which he contended sokller. The subject then dropp ed , and the house resolved itself into a committee SUPPLY. On the question that a sum cf 3,7111. shou'd be granted for the Statute Law Commission, some short discussion took place, and the vote was ultimately agreed to. were no improvement on the men whom they had super seded. Colonel DIJNNE also criticised unfavourably the new arrangements, especially the thrusting of civilians into so many departments. Mr. WILLIAMS lamented that the new changes had not resulted in greater economy. Mr. LIONSELL replied, defending the new system and tilt , appointments made under it. After some further conversation the vote was agreed to, as were the supplementary estimate•. On the vote of 15,0U01. for a building to exhibit scientific models, &c., at Kensington Gore, Mr. SPOONER opposed the vote, as he was quite cer tain that this was but the beginning of an expenditure which no one at present contemplated. Mr. GLA.DSTONE defended the vote on the ground that there were various collecti ons o f sc i en tifi c mo d e l s _ _ and objects of art which there were no meansofailaiting to advantage. The land belonged to the Government; the building, when erected, would be complete in itself, and would require no further additions • for it must not be forgotten that this was no part of die plan of permanent. buildings with which it was proposed some time ago to cover Kensington Gore. Mr. DISRAELI also supported the vote, and said that various interesting collections had been withheld from the country simply on the ground that there was no place ade quately to exhibit them. Mr. BRIGHT opposed the vote, which he was sure would only prove to be the forerunner of a similar vote . _ for the next fifty years. Mr. FOX could only hope that Mr. Bright's prediction would prove true, and that the increase of collectiobs would necessitate the annual expenditure of a sum like this. At the same time he was satisfied that this vote would not involve us in'additional expenditure. After some further conversation the committee divided, when the vote was agreed to by a majority of 85 to 33. The house then resumed. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he trusted the house v:clid allowthis bill to be read a second time, and consent to take the debate on its principle on the motion for going into committee. Mr. KNIGHT objected to many parts of the bill, which at the present period of the session could not be fairly dis cussed. The better course would be to refer it to a seleot committee. Sir G. GREY said that every portion of the bill might be folly discussed on the next stage. Mr. DISRAELI did not think that a bill of so much im portance ought to pass its second and most important stage without discussion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the bill was nothing snore than a supplemental bill to one the working of which had been most beneficial. Mr. MALINS concurred in the objection of the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, but recommended the house to read the bill a second time. Mr. MASTERMAN trusted the bill would not be pressed further during the present session. Lord PALMERSTON expressed a hope that the house would consent to the second reading of the bill, reserving the discussion on its merits to the next stage, when there would be ample time for its full and mature consideration. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said, if the house legislated at all, it ought to legislate satisfactorily, but it was impossiqe to do so at this late period of tho session. He thought it would be much better to postpone the further considera tion of the measure until next session. The bill was then read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Monday, at six o'clock. WAYS AND MEANS.- The order of the day was then read for the house going into committee of ways and means. On the question that the Speaker leave the chair, Major REED moved a resolution that no treaty or con dition of peace which might be concluded during the re cess ought to be concluded without having Parliament pre vionsly called together. Lord PALMERSTON reminded the hon. member that the power of concluding treaties of peace or war was a prerogative of the Crown. He quite concurred in the principle involved in the resolution, that no peace ought to be concluded which was injurious to the interests or honoUr of the country. He could not be fettered in his discretion as a Minister, but if he felt it his duty at any time to advise her Majesty to cull Parliament together, it would be not only his duty but his supreme pleasure to do so: After some humorous remarks from Mr. DISRAELI, Major REED withdrew his motion. WAYS AND MEANS—SUPPLEMENTARY ' BUDGET. The house having resolved itself into a -committee of ways and means, Mr. Fitzroy in the chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose ;to move a resolution authorising the issuing of Exchequer bills to the amount of 7,1.00,000/. In his financial state ment, made in April last, he estimated the whole income of the year, including the receipts from taxes, a loan of 16,000,0001., and 3,000,000/. of Exchequer-bills, at 86,33,a009/. He had since abandoned the additional duty on bankers' cheques, which he estimated would produce 200,0001., and that would reduce the amount of revenue to 86,119 0001. The expense was at the same time estimated at 81.999,000/., which left a margin iu excess of income over expenditure of 4,220,000/. These estimates were founded upon the sums which had been voted for the mili tary service, and upon his estimate of what would be re qnieed for the civil service. The latter item he estimated at 6,500,0001, The sum since voted bad been 6,506,000/. Recently there had been submitted to the house additional estimates for the naval and military service. He would state to the house what were the original and supplemen tary estimates, and what had actually been expended dur ing the four months of the financial year which had elapsed since he made his statement in April, May, June, and July. The amount of the original estimates for the army, commissariat, and militia was 16,221,000/. ; the supple mental estimate was 2,563,000/. ; total, 18,789,0031. The actual expanse during the four months named had been 4,850,001. If that sum was multiplied by three it gave an amount of 14;550,0001., which was several millions lees than the sum estimated for these three services. (Hear.) The origin d estimate for the navyAransports and packet service was 16,6Z3,000/. The supplemental estimate was 2,725,0004 ; total, 19,379,0001. The actual expense for the four months had been 7,649.0001. Multiplying that by three it gave an amount of nearly 23,000,0001., which was greater than the sum voted. It was hoped that the expense during the remaining eight months of the year would not continue at the rate ef these four months. For the Ordnance the ginal estimate was 7,803,0001; the supplementary esti mate 541,0001. ; total, 8,614,000/. The actual expense for the four months had been 2,812,0001. That, multiplied by three, produced 8,435,000/., which nearly agreed with the total sum voted. Under the head of vote of credit, the estimate wee 1,200,003 t, and a vote had been taken for 2.000,0001. The total result was :—Original estimates, 43,677,000/. ; eupplementary estimates, 6,135,000/. ; total, 49,812,0001. The total expense for military purposes during the last four months had been 6,512,0001. ; that sum, multiplied by three, gave 49,537,0001., which nearly agreed with the sum voted — viz., 49,812,0001. It new became his duty to state to the committee how he pia • posed to raise the means for the additional expense which had been incurred since he made his statement in April. He then stated that ho proposed to take a power to issue Exchequer-bills to the amount of 3,000,0001. He now proposed to increase that amount to 7,000,0001., at the same time taking the option of issuing, if it should be deemed advisable, Exchequer-bonds instead of bills. Ac cording to his original estimate, and including 3,003,0001. of Exchequer-bills, there was an excess of income over ex penditure of 4.210,000/. By the addition of 4,030,0001. of Exchequer-hills, which he now proposed, the excess would be increased to 8,260,000/. ; while the additional estimates to he provided for amounted to only 6,135,000/., thus leaving an unappropriated margin of 2,105,000/. It was always necessary that some margin should be left to meet unexpected expenses, but in the present instance the house would be justified in not requiring the Government to provide any .unreasonable amount for that purpose. (Hear, hear.) We had to guide us the experience of four months of the year, which included the period of the most active and expensive warlike operations. At the same time , he ought to state to the committee that at the commencement of the year, before the first instalment of the loan was received, it was found necessary to issue w tys and means bills to the amount of 1,700,000/., which must be provided for out of the revenue of the year. Therefore, although according to the calculations he had submitted to the committee there was an apparent surplus of 2,000,0001., nearly the whole of that might be considered as already practically absorbed. If his proposition wore agreed to, there would therefore be nearly an exact balance of income and expenditure. Another reason for not pro viding a largo excess to meet contingencies was, that he could state that the receipt of revenue daring the first four months had been, on the whole,satisfactory--(hear, hear) —and se far as jUdgnient could be formed, it might rea sonably be expected that the amount received would equal the estimate which be had submitted to the committee in April last. He would now state to the house the amount of Exchequer-bills and bonds in circulation. On the 31st July there were outstanding Exchequer-bills to the amount of 17,099,400/. There were also Exchectuer-bonds to the amount of 6,000,000/. These bonds bore interest at 3i per cent.; and were payable, 2,000,0001. in 1357, 2,000,0001. in 1858, and 2,000,000/. in 1859. Although the amount of the unfunded debt might seem considerable, yet, compared with what it was' at the end of the last war, and during many years after the conclusion of peace, it was not large. In 1812 the amount of Exchequer-bills in circulation was 41,000,000/. ; in 1813, 43,000,0001. ; in 1814, 45,000,5001. ; in 1815, the last year of the war, it had risen to 57,000,000/. Even in 1818 the amount of Exchequer-bills in circulation was 50,000,0001. ; in 1819 it was 43,000,030/. ; and in 1539 it was 21,000,000/. Therefore, even if it should be neces sary to increase the unfunded debt by the whole ambunt of seven millions, which he asked the house to empower him to raise, the amount of Exchequer-bills would not reach that which had been in circulation for many years since the termination of the last war means could be found of placing Exchequer-bills to a considerable amount, without affecting the general market, and without in fluencing the rate of interest. Exchequer-bills were now at a considerable premium. Even the June bills, the in terest upon which had been lowered at the commencement of the present quarter, were at a considerable premium, and the premium had increased since the interest was lowered. Under these circumstances, he hoped that, seeing at this late period of the session the Government had hardly any option as to the means of raising the fundsne cessary for the public service, the resolution w hich be bad framed would meet with the approbation of theceoinr_nelt• tee, and that the power of increasing the unfun e d d d to d i b t t . by the addition of seven millions woul d be The right hon. gentleman concluded by m oving the resolu tiondid not see that they hd It a any lag which he had placed in the hands of the chairman. Mr. GLADSTONE the Chancellor of the to complain of the calculations of Exchequer. Then as to the means _ y ec t t he tothem. Tro. of meeting t e expendi. , howeverg, ture, he did not see theyo inßedoubtedly the house might our loans rapid inerea b u si gh st t ar t' t p led ob b j stood at. 4 the millions,nf u nadnecdi whichd h debt, which was no only w t o b t w e o raus ye e a d rs to a 3 g o o I But he did not see that a moreadvisable mode of p revi Z could beadoted wished hi the to point out this fact, that tendencyw tendency v for the exigency of our taxa wards. He hoped that the right hon. gentleman Was uP tion was downwards, the of this inequality in the next bud 4. would redress gee by adding P°rtionally to the taxation of the countr pro- Y. He hoped Governmentvould next year ar t.,the to corporations. Lie succession duties The CHANCELLQII, o f th e Run the application of the succession dutie s EQUER stated that a ttention, though he ,did not had not escaped his ther had the proporti on o f t expect much from it. Nei of by him. axation to loans been lost sight In answer to Iktr. pima z a The CHAIICat i oR hoped it would f the EXCHEQUER said he con- Meetl y these Exchequor.Vu not be accessary to issue many of before Pe there could be th nd of the year, so that no possible breach with faith f o the con tractors of the former loan, which, besides, related to an increase of the funded and not of the unfunded debt. Dir. GLYN approved generally of the course pursued-by be Chancellor of the Exchequer, but wished he had at first made his loan 20 millions, instead of 16 millions. After some further conversation, the resolutions were agreed to, and the house re3umed. LIMITED LIABILITY. On the motion for the third reading of the Limited Lia• bility Bill, Mr. Alt a RIBALD HASTIE expressed his opinion that this was the worst bill which had been introduced into the house for the last half century. He admitted the sound ness of the principle of limited liability as applicable to canals, docks, railways, &c., but not to ordinary mercan tile associations. Under this bill the capitalists would monopolise all the trade in the country by starting in every town bakers' - and butchers' shops, and underselling the ordinary tradesmen. He must enter his protest against the bill. Mr. HANKEY congratulated Mr. Bouverie on having successfully carried this important bill through the house, and not the less for the improvements made in it during its progress. After a few words from Dr. MrcrrELL, Mr. CARDWELL hoped - Mr. Hestia would not divide the house. He wished he could believe that this bill was a valuable contribution to the commercial law of this country. His opinion was very much the reverse, and that it would facilitate corporate companies that had no assets and no legal liabilities, and of which the best that could be said of them was, that it was desirable they should obtain no credit. The bill ought to have been accompanied by a general revision of the law of joint-stock companies. He regretted the late period of the session at which it was introduced, which afforded no opportunity for discussion, and he feared the measure would become the mere vehicle and instrument of fraud. Mr. C. GLYN also •expressed his disapprobation of the bill, and of the changes that had been made in it. Mr. MASTERMAN opposed the bill. He hoped, if it were to pass into a law et all, it would receive important amendments in the House of Lords. Mr. DOITVERIE expressed his astonishment at the course taken by Mr. Cardwell, who he had always under stood to be favourable to the principle. He denied that there was no security against fraud in the bill. He thanked the house for the generous support he had received from all sides of the house, and with their aid he hoped it would be sent to the other house in such a manner as would insure its passing into law. Mr. MALINS condemned the inconsistency of Mr. Card well, who had himself prepared a bill for limited liability, and now cause forward to oppose the principle of that measure. This was of a piece with his conduct in support ing the war while in office, and becoming an advocate of peace so soon as he left office. The bill was then read a third time and passed. On the motion for the second reading of the Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Continuance Bill, Mr. KENNEDY opposed it, and moved that it be read a second time that day three months. After some discussion, the house divided, when the bill was read a second time by a majority of 42 to 19. The Ordnance Board Bill was read a second time. The Dwellings for Labouring Classes Bill went through committee. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and th• house adjourned. THE PARIS EXHIBITION AND THE BAILIV AY S. The following correspondence has taken place between Captain Galton, on the part of the Committee of PAT) , Council for Trade and the Railway Companies in connec tion with France, relative to the conveyance of passengers to the French Exhibition at reduced fares : Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, August 1, 1855. Sir,—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have directed me call to your attention to the enclosed . extract from the Gazette of the 25th of May, from which it appears that workmen in England desirous of visiting the French Exhibition may obtain passports upon an applica tion being made in the manner therein pointed out, and to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter from the South-Eastern Railway Company, stating, that that com pany, and the Northern Railway Company of France, have made arrangements for conveying persons furnished with these passports, between London and Paris, at one-half of the ordinary fare. My lords are desirous of bringing these arrangements to the notice of the directors of the railway company, in order that they may have an opportu nity of consi,lering how far it will be consistent with their views to adopt a similar course. lam at the same to enclose coyies of communications which their lordships have received from the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and London and South-Wes tern Railway Companies, upon this subject, stating the fare at which passengers are conveyed by those routes.--I am, sir, your obedient servant, DOUGLAS GALTON, Captain, Royal Engineers. Railway Company. The Secretary of the . . Extract from the London Gazette of May 25, 1855. " Foreign-office, May 25, 8 i 5. " It is hereby notified that the Earl of Clarendon has re ceived; through her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, an assurance from the French Government that all British workmen desirous of visiting the r aris Industrial Exhibi tion, who shall be furnished with - Foreign-office passports, in a form agreed upon, shall be allowed to land in France and proceed on their journey to Paris without any hind rance whatever. In order to carry into effect this arrange ment, her Majesty's Government have decided upon grant ing passports to all such, persons, without payment of the usual stamp duty and fee, according to the following regu lations : " The mayors of towns, and other municipal and local authorities (including the superintendent registrar), will, under instructions from the Homo Department, send to the Foreign-office lists of workmen residing in their neigh bourhood who may wish to visit the Exhibition ; and passports will then be prepared and transmitted to the respective local authorities for distribution. Within the Metropolitan Police District, applications for passports referred to in this notice are to be delivered at the nearest Metropolitan Police Station, arrangements having been mado for such application being forwarded through the Chief Commissioner to the Foreign-office, and the passports will thereafter be delivered to the applicants at the station whoro the application was made. "The several local authorities will forward applications for those passports to the Foreign-office, with a list accord. ing to the annexed form : Local authority applying. Date of rame of workman to be in application. sorted in the passport. (Copy.) SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. London Terminus, 20th July, 1855. Sir,— Referring to your favour of date the 4th of June last, in reference to the conveyance at reduced rates of workmen, who may desirous of visiting the Paris Exhi bition, I be , to inform you that having been advised that Mr. Cole, the British Commissioner, hls succeeded in ob taining from the Northern of France Railway the conces sion of tickets, at half fares, to British workmen travelling to and from the Exhibition at Paris, on producing their special passports, the directors of this company have deter mined to adopt the same course. Accordingly, they have arranged to issue tickets to wolk,uen holding such special passports, at half fares, on the following conditions 1. The special passports to be shown to our clerk. , by the workmen at the time they apply for tickets at the reduced rates.* 2. The rcducc3 ticbets to be available only by way of Calais, and by the trains, leaving this terminus at 8.10 a.m. and 9 30 a.m. - We shall be prepared to commence this service on and after the Ist August next, provided the Northern of France (with whom we will communicate on the subject) consent to such arrangement.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, S. SMILES, Secretary. (*Memorandum of arrangement received on the 31st of July). _ _ The following are the trains by which, and the fares at which persons holding workmen's passports, will be con voyed to and from Paris via the South-Eastern Railway : Trains from London, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,. 5.30 p.m., and night tidal train. Trains to London. from Dover an,l Folkestone, 6.35 a.m-, 5.15 p.m., and night tidal train. 21 class passeugers are also conveyed by any ordinary 2d class train. FARES : Via"Cala,s. Via Boulogne. 2d Class. 3d Class. 2d Class. 31 Class. On the South-Eastern Railway between LOII- 20s. NI. 153. 0,1. 20s. Od. 15 s. O d . doll-bridge and Calas and Boulogne. On the Northern Hail- 23i 2d. 17s. 3d. 17s. Od. 12 s. CA. way of France 372. N. 278. ca. Total... 433. 2d. 325, 3d: --- (Copy.) LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Secretary's Office, London, Bth June, 1855. Sir, —lf am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, with reference to the conveyance of workmen who may be desirous of visiting the Paris Exhibition. I am to state that the fare from London to Paris by this co mpany's route is Vs. by second-class carria ges • and, there being no return tickets, the fare there and back will be 40s. T hese arrang eme nts and fares d epend upon certain in companies, power) whose agre ements existing between the forei gn lines lead from Paris to the coast. It is not of this comp an y to make an y modification and the W estern Railwa y s Company of F rance i s opposed or reduction, to any such course being adopted, which is, moreover, pro hibited by the agreements above referred to. Tho directors of this company would, however, desire to meet the wishes of th • eir lordships if possible, and I have Loan directed to transmit to the 'Western Railways Com pany a copy of your letter, sirability of giving it their and to urge upon them the de sir, your obediene servant, serious consideration.—l am, Capt. Galton, FRED. SLIGHT, Secretary. R.E., Railway Department Board of Trade, Whitehall. (Copy-) LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. _ _ Traffic Manager's Office, Waterloo Station, London, 11th June, 1855. Sir,—Your communication of the 4th instant, addressed to the secretary, was laid before the last meeting of di rectors, and I was instrnctod to inform you that, with every desire to comply with the wishes of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, with respect to the conveyance of workmen who may be desirous of visiting the Paris Exhibition, it will not be possible for this com pany to convey those workmen at rates lower than those now charged. The rates at present charged from London to Paris, via Southampton and Havre, are exceedingly low—viz., 28s. for first-class and cabin, and 20s. for second-class and steer age. The second-class passengers are, therefore, conveyed throughout at less than a penny per mile ; and such large numbers are attracted to the route by these low fares, that it is just possible for this company to provide the necessary' steam-boat accommodation ; but the small extent of the fleet at its command would prevent the company from ac commodating large bodies of workmen who mig ht desire to be conveyed at b a still lower fare.—l hare the honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant, U, SCOTT. Captain Calton, ME., &c., Pail way Department, Board of Trail _ ... ■r