The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-01 00:00:00

•• , HE TriE.• ) 3 . 11 in the pr; hich enciA g we eks .I .f 1,037, by the choler: n normal bat av eragef: )opulation, b healt h t o the I its intil b ee . iortality. their first yea' . and 217 resPec, •pciPaL the Pr' ces rred, diarrb debility are to eateries 12; " s u , breast milk Y. last d e hoes delatrit: .d by ch° e le m c h ° k i l o a cbilar - &Ho 9.0 long a re. two ar tsab iy w ere P" ) : t he A nd, e• t hat he Wet t he tation. fro 83 death s The 7ere 133 ' Al .tri• are thus he noitb, 171" sout h diairi e ctf t: ; es in t he al, in 2 in 111 1 • 6 77 glt ls I e ° o n. In th -54 the ils'eP ee ich, th e , 29,73 1 ' l)e bicb 1.3 deg , "k 0 0 same v i— f tbe Lperature 0 ,13 , Sunds3 7 ;d:i, on Th er° d 1 deg., e .„` l t ors air tempe ra is hern3oo3f the perature 0t d blew In felt 1.99 inc 5 inches fe lt la alS f r JULY 28 . 86 ........... 48 2 0 ............... . ........... •• lgl ........... 01 . Organs 84 ........... •• ler OrP lis 7 1 ........ .... .. is ....... ............. . 10 [es .... •••• i ..... . ' S ~ I ~~ .......... ............ " 5 5 ance ...... •• $ . •• ........... 11# ........... poi corre- e week 1 0 8 ...... 8 ...... ;5 1 14 ...... 0 '5 ...... 14 ..... • 1, 1356 .9 57 6 460 .. 1,403 rwl• if# l . l ,uld be res ll o CO nuniq l „fit4 - IERICK r P 'aloe of 1 -' o °l o each Imissio!i. ;6t174 3,225 1;190 A 840 £0 ~6 _.... ;4,800 2,050 1,200 1 , 011 4,000 3,200 1;800 700 450 9 ..x3 lO ** e I ** Chi I g - i - of. 7 q —eCre bod e all th_ i ll S 0 10 1 Field -111° e e. dto 1 0 IP 'aymen t 0 0 11 1855.56, riat £l,OOO and fter 0 3 ' 1 0 A lieu 7 86, 00 0 St/v 18'009 - • • - ....2 0 , 2 7 •••• for 58 6, 3 0 ....X2, 0 0. ERICIC A DAV O f I were reonot, P,Y plea , land rill „I f 0 :1, BOP; 'Ora te hi' Barle " priCege ter- h e ivhsit re° Bean* I. o 1 ,1 6 60 )ats. 330 3 ,970 3,030 0 0 i St °1 bOt / 3ops, A I,oool' o viiog Proll',l t i 30 loa; 40' ga 4 dr o hful e - Vales. $0: nd 144 ;0 % ptelfor leo Ditlet.- heit >ere,' f 4 se ° or on cl° %q it to Difi rl4e .o l %l 3 ° ° he Cl° °°- ien ; fore—,„,,eo 9 ; 0 0. 4 ian, ' - )guolt o ger coi 0 1 t ira:i°ll b ° ,oriclel e P 1 03 i r Dud l i ar i. Bk w ow f o r Cerb° Ot t ' rt i; z ` l2° os s ' 9 ,00)010 0 tot LI ie; recl ar ;pt. "Ito E y MA KE C0A1211138, CIA AND L I.NTE'LLIG.ENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. 11111 5 Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed 14111IY, and a f air amount of buiuess was trans ' The sa l es amounted to 7,000 bales, 2,000 c'ihwhiell Were taken on specu l at i on and for export. E) R ailway Sh are market closed flatly. I na circul ar from Messrs. Al`Nair, Greenhow, sad Irv ing, of Manchester, we have the following retarks upon the state of trade i44eTohtnenraleft:neethmecolizesbettertban it commenced. From and continuing fur about fourteen 441137:,e_the. action of the market became day by day inure io,„"ed, accompanied with a very gr , at . irreglarity t o r" n eß, and an insufficiency of transactions whereon w,rst fairly the values of both goods and yarns. Such_ pe"riodthe state of things up to the last nam named oo tl . l When . promoted by a determination p rot 7 Part of spinners and manufac , urers in a iarge a f p r ~e ln g district in this county, to reduce labour to 1)P 5i4 1 4 n3 7 44 . a week, and the receipt of more favourable tma 1t,,A.78 intelligence from Calcutta as well as from et InTraat firruer attitude in the Liverpool cotton a corZe then very low, comparatively, prices ru a cl ot h etable demand at once ensued, both for Ind d i la ti B and yarns, which had the effect not only of a - e t ; n g the lov? qualities of 40 in. Shirtings to t L' t ef at least 3d , and in some instances 41d. and hi e r Piece, upon the . values immediately preceding. W , e , 81b. 44nore particularly to 61b., 71b. 20z., 81b.,a a n h tee 'l.; and, in connection with them, to a small d fo r tislinon certain descriptions of jacconets, &c., adapted 1 , 4 L2e Rast Indies. The demand in question imparted, ce ileteesatharve often remarked before upon the inducedinfluen a 6reat er , iIY attached to East India operations, itd demand for many other descriptions of cloths, Ihoo P Z I I a demand for higher prices generally. Al. . 11 tee:„ 11 ? advance, unless momentarily, could be rea 44opit'rt"e'AullPettis of greater stability and firmnessas for at • v• To a great extent these influences prevailed__ kt al I , t ne, but wit cannot be concealed that the fi l i ert4"„ t hat period cannot in many instances be sup to , th ugtiah Stock Market has been very quiet, fester money quotation has not been so high as the 37 . Cash is easy among the jobbers, and as 41 3 , -- th ' e °I. exchange comes lower from China, per- YeatZ ° demand for silver, which was active up to fo r b-,,.44Y afternoon, will partly subside. The rates titi ea uls of exchange upon the principal continental m -1)42 : ve te steady yesterday, and on Ha mq the improved. In a few days we o 1141,e°jPect back part of the 2,000,0001. said the b ee back remitted to Paris in payment of t lilktedrpolildttl,Pnit a pplications for the loan, as it is cal- Rd 11,.." t4at about a sixth of the sums asked for ti4pr'''' allotted to English subscribers. Such an to theeeElented result as 147,000,0001. being offered "r h ate enn Government when only 30,000,000/ 7 liriZeßetied) ought to sustain confidence and e t . " 4 the belief in the ability of the No B l, - ; ° Co pe with Russia, which must be fast ap -441.3,e-ag a state of collapse as regards her pecu 4tki es°llre es, deprived as she is of the chance of good ha assistance from foreign capitalists. With sas s f gar rest the pressure that might otherwise sa d tb ‘rcgli t he Turkish Loan will be lightened, !tile r 0 t he last evening of the Chancellor 11 :? thAcin'quer are so far encouraging, as they 4bt i th e L 37 a moderate addition to the floating • h t , el 2aton e diture can be liberally met (44,t,ter-':f%Yon.arsesabeuxdpgent is presented, when, as a e, we must look for a further loan. 2,; 14 e oci _ e been 90i to 91 all the morning. ` 4 sre 19 ' 1 steady at 214. Exchequer . Bills at 414 ' 4 .- 8. Premium The New Annuity is firm 15 India Stock has been -t Ked -16 ths. East t 1 , 21. OAI erabl F ' 441 • °rei gn Stock market there is more ge y'aille4 doing, and the quotations are_ all t rre. b Mexican bring 21i to Peru t t e h tkt i e :t 17e 1 3 - i ee , n , done at 801, and Venezuela De- L - h , 0 A. Spanish Threes are 37k, and -.4l as lv A ke rr dis 181. Portuguese 4 per Cents. 2 11 e fl at 44 , e and Brazilian Old Bonds at 1011. 1 4. °-461 1g are the nominal prices of foreign . t: 114 3 re nada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7; Mexii t° , 2 2 ; Peruvian, 80 to 81 ; ditto Three 4 . to 15 . •) 0 7 to 58; Portuguese Four per Cents.. p o ; Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 4r-a ud-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 : d,4,11ti1„• N:!ew Deferred, 18 7 , 5 to 18i ; ditto 3 per 't qa2 ; t o ; ditto Certificates, 4f to 4 1,4 7, l ve, 4 to 41. to4lltioZglish Railway Shares attract but little a nd the quotations evince a tendency although in most cases the principal :qe t .4nout the range of yesterday. As respects no el an j 4e, undertakings they are fairly supported, :1,1141;114 .iia.krzizlevsetr e y ad d y u . 11. The Canadian and N `loh ) , l 4 Shares the dealings are limited, h but s 'To Job), del Rey are higher. .Bankin b g es e n a l r l e ., ullt buoyant. Australasia have 8 , 4t1I N; 117 21 .2 and Union of Australia 1 s. • Scre w Steam are in renewed favour. -, ta tt Nms THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (1;.Y ° 44 the (*dal List,) 0,4, Business don. 214 91i s3:t'eoeis • e : 184 tn n ri n a u i i t t i t e a :. -ittiantlitill'Ennuities ...... 92$ 16,iesi pire sth Jan., 1860 4 . 1 ,- 41„ a Y e n' Expire 10th Oct., 1859 31 1.1,1 114 . Expire sth Jan., 1860..„ %4 43t 0 4)t ....... • . . ......... sth April, 1 . 8 . . 84 22: ;1 3 6 1 15-16 ct it . ll . lngust 9 oi 1 o % .... ............................... Astor 11;/1. ..... .• • ......... 1004 3i per 1004 Ii: Il cA litt o 4 , 11 o t t,? 5 11 '0 .) 11:EIGN " FUNDS Ti 4 s DAY. kiiko Cc per Cent. tto t° , l ' th l k e eli Per... Cent . 2ll 801 80 1 431418 Acco unt e i t s 1811 —114. t to Per c per C en t ., Con. ......... ........ . 414,14 11044: Account 44 to n tl ilil 4 , 4o nd; 1 , 8 , 22 , 5 per Cent. £ St l lli Eo o '*l Per Cent 1/ itt til 4'4 ' 5 Per t 874 61 k 8, 3 en . ........ 371 1' 4 11 )1 1 14? D efe o er Cent d, 3 per Cent. e it l / 4 ,b itte rte e 18 to t he 6 Cert. of Coup. n fun. 4.i r th e Per cent Lttto Bon ae connt ttt i °, l •?a e rat 3-0 29i 31 Itch ktNeviellr: per Cent t' shove payable in Lon 64i . ' Per Cent. 12 Gni; HRE 7 b ittn O'CLOCK. 2d. 19 l 9 22 19 22 k r .. ..... e . ..... 1 1 ou n 44111? - 1 '.1.G ----- INTELLIGENCE. (PI% de vELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ' 4 b'l) n t. ' °I3 THAIIPTON, Wednesday Morning. 'l3 , t , - "se of Cornwall (s ), fm London ; Bruns -°lll'h ; Atalanta (5 . .), Havre; Jessie, Sun titb 1) 4 1 1: l ane, f or S un d er l and; B runsw i c k ( s. ) , ' 1 44 eof Cornwall (s.), Dublin. ", , 11 ' , Ved "o.l‘p LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. A 4; p r t ie • h 4 h 4t , 4 ) o:,°Ne ti , r toann, from Rio Grande ; Caroline, Sava ",4ist;',,§t. John's, N.B ; America, Windsor; t 'tll, l 4, bAtaitit.martha, Villa NoVa ; Latonero, San Se 'tp Ar'ktid),J Santander; Fuan Amelia, Rivadeo ; q e ti lktle ri ° a "u . ; Eleanora, Memel ; Q B aca): Nicolina, Naples ; nyperanion Monte Video ; Sir Harry l CortleilLura f , Mauritius., rom Calcutta ; Andes, Akyab. Ar t t i l v d, a, for B om b ay. QUEENSTOWN, July 30. kIA 14 rtef „. Vir/tele nit and Small, from Callao. o I N• DUBLIN, July 31 a from Bilboa ; Fenningina Arentina, (8 1 13 ,., ,- ukARINE AND BRITISH / ki ti , .../.... tt i .i' ir. . GRAVESEND, Wednesday, • o t , vm . i, tide, low water ; fine.moakin:va! TELEGBA , P A IT O ..! a.m. 'l'44kor 4 31.--N.ew Pelton 1 ne. Launcest • Nrll'am(satdi.llruawry, I li, . ,nerrise on ,i i tit,:l,slegle(ll 'Ana 13: -.Ron from Dunkirk. catha le ; k4letAittogritlit lEll3za,, for constFtainng. Dunkirk , \ttid . baY ; Queen' Sandwich Wednesday, 10.2 a.m. qtll4lP,; nioderat e l) . IL" ' for all ‘114.4----14adq Ann 130 transport, from London ~editork a% ,, Concordia fro 30 S nderland for the -al oy .4 t;tti ug Gr ' - (1 1 a Bay for London; qh . 'iti'44d °ve' from A g t ? Mauritius ; Eliza- kit °rrisoo, fro a, f_ro.m Lodon ittaaki-,..p(1,4 ,Me.7lliiells f or Constantinople G 1/4:l.e', ea.;),"0; S y d n e y; .,001,1,nf(07.18, nt 4 (:,1.1. ---------___________ __--------.. twenty-first I)°}l49e Bader,rt.R 1... AND SOCIETY.—The . \:`,,tl ' disttibution amongst the members has just `',,tzti't Clanton. The estate belong -d to the la 14 4 4 Alsa ot.i.er' /239 and consists of a family l it -1 ' is A,R.:'," ground's, gar,lens, &e. This valuable p ()f -li . a Ihr,, lEtilti three ms of the C , tv, res i den ce , r 1114:tali f ti:lhaae,..neY, 4,1 c1 lc! clo-e to the cinhutrhcehpaanrilsh,.lehwe 1 2 4 ) 4 ' r - i'd e e 'l_ °1.t.E1.1.,...nd0n Railway, so that by n i rstchlyreatunheticiiis line any part of the metropolis can !PRE RUNT, LONDoNt WEDNESDAY PVENINti, AUGrEIT I t 1883, of money voted for conducting the commissariat depset mont. Mr. A. STAFFORD also compli.ined of the want of information on this subject, aid he rejoiced the right hon. gentleman had drawn attention to it. Colonel DUNNE raid he believel he expressed the universal feelings cf military men, when he said there was a general alarm among them at the state of disor ganisation (.f all our military departments. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said it was his wish, and the wish of the Government, to give every information on these subjects. The whole busi ness of the Treasury was now to provide for the wants of the military and other departments con nected with the war. As to the Commissariat, undoubtedly the expenditure now was very large ; but no pains or expense had been spared to provide for the army both in the field and in hospital ; at the same time an expenditure, at such a distance as our army was now, could not be so closely controlled as if the army was at home, but the skill and attention of competent persons were directed to the subject. Mr. F. BARING thought it would be the wiser course to hold the Government responsible for making successful arrangements, and if they did not do so, to call them to account for doing so in another session. As to the transfer of the Commissariat Department to that of the War, he thought the Treasury had gone too far, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be called upon to revise that minir e. He thought in future the house and the country ought to, be assured that all accounts were put in a proper state, and that could only be done by making regulations that would have a far greater check than the minute of the Lords of the Treasury he had referred to. Mr. HENLEY said that the statement of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was anything but consoling. The supplementary estimates were very large, and he thought the house was entitled to have more informa tion on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that when the supplementary estimates were put before the house he would state how he proposed te meet them. He had on a previous occasion allowed a margin of no less than 3,000,0001. to meet the supplementary esti mates. a committee of the House of Lords had recommended a plan which would require a legielativ© enacment in a future se;sion. C usequently, with regard to England, nothing would be done during the present year, and no expense would be incurred. As t Scotland, the plan resorted to la 4 year had been eminently euccessfob reel t would be continued ; and also with regard to Ireland, he existing system, which was satisfactory in its result , , would be. adoered to. After a few words from Mr. TuonNELY, Mr. ALCOCK expressed his regret that we had been so long without any system of collecting agricultural tatistics in England. Mr. STAFFORD observed that 4,0001. was included in this vote fer collecting the agricultural statistics of England. If it was not to be expended, why vote it ? Mr. BOUVERIE repeated that the _estimate was framed under the supposition that the system in opera tion last year in regard to England would be continued. The money would net be spent though it might be voted. Colonel NORTH thought it should be made impera tive on the growers to furnish the necessary returns. Mr. BOUVERIE replied that that was in effect the recommendation of the Lords committee, but to enforce Pt would require an act of Perliatuent. The vote was then agreed to. On the next ‘ete, 14,0001. for salaries and expenses of the Board of Fisheries in Scotland. Mr. WILLIAMS considered the continuance of this vote in the estimates a gross job. The plea upon which it was first brought forward —viz., distress in the High lands and islands of Scetland—no longer existed ; and how places of commercial importance and wealth like Leith, Glasgow, and Greenock could have the face to come to the public taxes for money to promote their fisheries he could not understand. Mr. J. WILSON admitted that the subject was one that den rued consideration, and promised that the atten tion of the Government should be directed to it. He thought it would not be desirable to withdraw the money altogether from Scotland, but conceived that it might be applied to a more useful purpose. Mr. LABOUCHERE protested against the doctrine of the Secretary for the Treasury, that it the money was not wanted for the object for which it was originally granted, viz., the promotion of the Scotch fisheries, that it must be necessarily voted and applied to some other purpose for the benefit of Scotland. Mr. DUNCAN, as a Scotch member, must admit that this, and every other branch of trade in Scotland, ought to stand upon its own footing, and not come for assist ance to the public taxes. (Hear.) . . Sir J. ANDERSON agreed entirely with his hon. friend, and believed that there was not a Scotchma❑ in the house who wished to see au estimate like this. The system ought to cease entirely. Mr. SPOONER inquired how it came that there were three new appointments, namely, tavo supernurnary offi cers and another superintendent? Mr. WILSON said that the board had i.nder its super vision the piers of a large portion of the fishing ports of Scotland, and he supposed that the appointment of these officers was necessitated by the duties connected with the piers. It had Leen thought that this vote might be male to apply to other objects, such as schools of design in Scotland ; but the officers, who had been appointed for life, could not be deprived of their retiring allowances, and the present vote would be required for that purpose. After a few words from Sir G. PECRELL and Captain SCOBELL, . Mr. W. WILLIAMS urged that this vote ought to be withdrawn. The discovery of this sum was one of the fruits of the excellent measure introduced by Mr. Gladstone two years ago. It as ad to be formerly charged on tha Cunsolidated Fund, acid. no one knew anything of if. (No, no ) Mr. JAMES M`G - REGOR urged that the vote should be postponed till some better ex: planation was given with regard to it. Lord P..-ILMERSTON said Ids hon. friend had given sufficient reasons why the vote should be agreed to this year, while the Government had it under consideration. Mr. GLADSTONE adinitt.?,d the vote could not be withdrawn, 'out urged that in any new arrangement no vested interest should be retaKu ed, as, greatly to their honour, many Scotch members, wished the matter to be considtred on its own merits. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said this wag the first time he had seen the vote. and he supix.sed it was brought for ward uni'er Mr. Gladstone's A . . Lord DUNCAN assured th hon. member that the vote had already been before VAe house, and had often been di,cussed. The vote was then agreed to. 09!, the vote of 5,0001. for the 'Commissioners of High land ll.,ads and Bridges. _ Lord J. MANNERS asks , I why the vote for the Board of Manufactures, Scotian d , was passed over ? It was stated that it had alfea been passed. Mr. W. WI LLIANIS :aid it v :as absurd to have such a board. With regard to land roads and bridges, the government ought to pledge themselves to consider this vote, with a view to its disco ntinuance. Mr. BLACKBURN did not ; see why such votes should be objected to for Scotland , when they had similar ones for England, for they bad j t Ist passed one for Chel sea Bridge. At the same time , he wanted to see the whole of them done away. Mr. F. SCULLY said if such. votes were granted to Scotland, why were they not gri aited to Ireland ? He should like some expianation, Mr. WILSON said that the t)rigin of this vote was the formation of military and otl to r roads in tho High lands fur public purposes. Th. ?: hon. membew (Mr. Scully) seemed to forget the large urns which had been spent on the road to Holyhead ano'. , on the Menai Bridge to facilitate communication with Ire 'and. The vote was for the purpose of maintaining road 3 in the Highlands, which would not otherwise be kept • up, and which were often useful for public purposes. ..ny new roads were made and kept up by the counties. After a further conversation, the s . ote was agreed to. The vote of 12,0001., for bounty on , slaves tied tonnage bounty on slave vessels captured, was agreed to. 68,5001. for difference of dues p a y Et tie by British or foreign vessels under treaties of recipr o city, snd 17,8501. for remuneration to revising barriste. t 5, we re agreed to after a short discussion. On the vote of 3, 800 1. for salaries of i o spes tors and ex penses of corn returns, Mr. WISE said that the corn retur t •s Jere very in complete, and he asked the Vice-Presid .e nt of the Board of Trade if he had received any commun i cations with re ference to those returns? An immense tiusntity of corn was sold without any return being made • at all. Mr. BOUVERIE said no doubt the i *terns were in complete and unsatisfactory, much corn b & L og sold which was not returned, and what was return ed being often returned twice over. It was proposed— if the recom mendation of the Lords' committee with re !ard to a sys tem of agricultural statistics was; adopted - • -to combine the corn returns with them. I to. T 3 , 1 61 (. vote fo rw quarantine largarnetein e agreedto. xpensen 'was agre The vote of 6,759/. for erectirqg an .1 farm ishing new consular offices, British seamen's. h.ospital, aald prison at Co stanin eple was agreed to. On the vote for 4,5781. for 1.7 - rniture an3' fittings' for the British ainba,sadors at Conf. k ntinople, Mr. WISE said that sums fc r this purpose, to the amount of 80,0001. had been ah •( •ady voted. He wished to know whether this was really the last vote that would be required for this purpose Mr. WILSON believed th a t this would be the last' vote of a permanent kind. (E k. laugh.) It was partly composed of items which wou continually recur, be cause it included the wage a of servants required to watch over the safety of the buil, ling, and also for casual repairs. But this completed tt e furnishing and fitting of the house. The vote was agreed to. A vote of 1,550/. for the police of Om Isle of Man was agreed to. On a vote of 90,000/. for Coe erectio It of new offices for the Secretary of State for Foreign A. sE'airs, Mr. J. BELL asked whether in ace ording this vote the louse was to be considered bound to an expenditure of above 500,0001., recommended by a cos mittee which had only sat once, and had had no detaihsd plans before them. Sir W. MOLESWORTH—In consequ coca of the de lapida•• ed stare of Downing-street, the Gox redrinnent came to the conclusion that it s - ..as necessary to rebuild the whole street. Plans were therefore prep. i rod for that purpose. The house would not by this vc to be pledged to rebuild the whole street, but merely to the rebuilding of the Foreign-office, which was in a v ry dangerous state. Indeed, it was impossible to use the e upper rooms. The scheme to which reference had been •c wade was one of a much more extensive character, and embraced ar rangements for pr ovidin.4-new offices for the I whole of the public departmen• ts. That was now viudi 3r the careful consideration of t he Goveantnent. • - --------- Mr. - BANKEi 1 thought that 90,0001. s 4 'as too large a I sum for the houst to vote at the present tin t, e . He believed the Foreign-offi c e might be put into a t e nantable state fir a much smaller suns. There were m any parts of the scheme which embraced the provision c f fine rooms in which the Cabi Det Ministers might entt trtain foreigners and others. Mo wt of our Cabinet Ministers had large houses of their own, wi - Liich were most liberally thrown open to their friends arid. foreigners of distincti oil ; butt he did . not think that this was the time for uud; 3 (taking expen diture merfily for purposes of show and el stentation. Sir F. BARINC'r would not object to f J its vote if it was nee, scary for the 'purpose of securing laya 1 in the neigh bourhood of the present public offices, PE • cause it was de sirable that my new offices erected shoulc Ibe built in the same ; But he objected to vote . a s. urn for building in the present year. There were, beside 3, many parts of the plan on w bids it was proposed t o dld of which he disapproved. He quite agreed: witb . the Tight hon. gentle mani opposite in thinking that tw as undesirable to pro vide State ay artments for the M inisters. He had met many foreign .ers who were favor Lrably struck: with the simplicity wi th which matters we ire conducted here. and he was him ;elf of that old - fast Lioned opinion. (Elear, arHe ' ;,thought that befor e t he house agreed to be gin builLlin g- on the plans wh: ich the Government had adopted, tl ,f ;y should have a fr dl examination of them, and be q' ti to satisfied that tEey were the, best, be fore they c ,ommitted th ems elves to them. For if they i agreed t o this vote, they would n. fact do so. He thought that it d not been shown that it was abaol ately neces sary ti build at all now. And he was certainl yof opinion h e Government were censnri able in not b ri ng ing this that ub /et before the house at an earner period of the session, very i b whe tie house might ha ve had an o pp ortm ai t y of exae lab jag the subject. lie should propose to reds see the vote to 00( the sum needed t o secur e t he land required fo r W eb itg- Lor PALM ERSTON said that .k.voreign- office now ‘P es' in a very s CO]sis, i of four sm all houses in the wor st p oss ibl e condi t i the house vas dan gerous r ion diti on , insomuch that the prii sting press was 7e -arranged walls and for oblig ill ed obe placed floorspubii public business, propped and t ss in the cellar, and bool :a which ought, for the ci nvenience of the office, to be place din the upper rooms wee, s forced to be d e p osited inthe group ci floors. It was therefore , .jeutly necessary to provide bettor accommoda tion. it ne t intended, as had bean said, to provide State apartment a for the Alinisters. All that was :oposed was to have two 3 MOW S of large size, that might I.r a available on occasions when Ministers were required by their office to give large dinners. 'The Foreign Minister, fur instance, was obliged to give a large dinner on the birthday of the Sovereign. There were very few Louses in London which contained rooms sufficiently largo to accommodate those whom the Mini:ter was expected to invite on that occasion. These rooms would also be useful for public purposes at other titn,s of the year. However, he thought it was hut reasonable that the house should have further opportunity of consideration before a plan of considerable magnitude was adopted ; that the Government should take Parliament into partnership, and that they should have a limited lia bility in the responsibility. (Hear, hear, . and a laugh.) Ile was quite ready to take 30,0001. to secure the land that it was essential to purchase at once, and 10,0001. to cover such incidental repairs and temporary arrangements as were necessary for the public service. When Parliament met next session a committee should be appointed to con sider the plan. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 9,001/. for the expenses of the Irish census was agreed to. On the vote of 52,000/. for the expenses of medals dis tributed to soldiers who had served- in the Crimea, Mr. STAFFORD wished to know what steps had been taken for the speedy distribution of these medals, which had been so long delayed ? Ho thought the cost of the medals was much larger than might have been anticipated. Mr. WILSON said he would answer the question of the hoe. gentleman upon a future occasion. Captain SCOBELL hoped that the new order of merit would include all grades in the army and navy, and would be confined to the two services. The vote was agreed to. GS,I ill. was voted as compensation under the United States mixed commission. The foil .wing votes were also agreed to :- 17,009/ for the relief of distressed British seamen abroad. 3,0091. for defraying the expenses of a gallery of art in Dublin. On the vote of 9,9271. for the expenses of the Metropoli tan Interment Acts, Mr. PELLATT called attention to the want of new burial grounds, in lien of those which had been closed. Mr. BLACKBURN saw no reason why the expenses of a local act should be paid out of the national revenue. Mr. WILSON said the house was responsible for the expenses of the machinery it had put in motion. Lord PALM Ia'RSTON said the expenses had been in curred in closing burial grounds within the metropolis—a proceeding which had entailed considerable cost upon the various parishes. The vete was then agreed to. 5,0001. was voted for the completion of the new galleries of art in Edinburgh. On the vote for 40,0001. to promote civilisation and edu cation among the natives of South Africa, Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to the vote, on the ground that it was not fair to tax the people of England for such a purpose. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said the vote was an experi ment. and its object was to endeavour, at a small expense, to put an end to Kafir wars and our vast military expendi ture in connection with South Africa. The last Kafir war cost about one million per annum, and our annual military expenditure amounted to between 460,0 /01. and 500,0001. The vote had been suggested by Sir G. Grey, the governor of the colony, and it was of the utmost importance that the experiment should be fairly tried. Mr. HIND LEY had no hope that the experiment would boattended with success, unless the English colonists treated th e natives much better than they had hitherto done. Captain SCOBELL was convinced that the 40,000/. was necessary, but thought the colonies should bear a due share of the burden. They should at least pay one-third of the money. M - es R. PFIILLIMORE supported the vote. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said the defence of the Cape fron tiers should be entrusted to the colonists themselves. Mr. OTWAY moved that the chairman report progress, for the purpose of complaining of Mr. Wilson having passed the vote for the National Gallery in the forenoon sitting in the fs,ce of an arrangement that it should be taken at six o'clock in the evening. Mr. WILSON stated that the vote was taken, not in the forenoon sittinz, but after six o'clock. Mr. OT WAY said that, having been desirous of making some remarks upon the vote, he attended in his place at six o'clock, when he certainly did not hear the vote read from the chair. Mr. WILSON remarked that he called particular atten tion to the vote by stating that it had been deferred from a former sitting of the house. The motion for reporting progress was then withdrawn, and the vote agreed to. On the vote of 5,8001. for the purchase of ground with the view of providing au improved entrance from Pall-mall to the Green-park, Dr. MICHELL objected to the vote, thinking the ex penditure ought to have been provide i. for in the Metropo litan Board of Works Bill. Tne house had already voted too much money for the adornment of the metropolis. Mr. CUBITT defended the vote, which was agreed to. 3,0001. was voted to defray a portion of the expenses of the new bridge at Inverness. On the vote of 11,0001. for the purchase of the remain ing term of the lease of Buckingham House, Pall mall, Mr. BANKES said he thought this expenditure was a great loss to the public, and asked whether it was intended to adapt the house to the public service, and also whether it was intended to be permanent? Lord PALMERSTON said this vote was intended as a step towards the accomplishment of the design of having all the offices of the War Department as near each other as possible, it being impossible to have them all under one roof. This came of the recent consolidation of the War Departments under the Secretary of State for War. Great inconvenience was caused by some of those offices being at Woolwich, and it would be of great advantage to the pub lic service to bring them within reach of the chief of the department to which they belonged. No doubt the site was an expensive one, but then offices must be got in the quarter of the town in which Buckingham House was. Should any future arrangements be made which would leave Buckingham House at their disposal, it would of course be possible for the house to take what course they pleased with respect to it. - In answer to Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON said that there were 30 years of the lease unexpired. The vote was agreed to. A vote of 3,718/. was a g reed to for the balance due for the erection of bridges at iVindsor. On the vote of 10,0001. to the discoverers of the north west passage, Mr. OTWAY proposed that it should be distinctly stated that one-half the money was for Captain M'Clure, and the other half for the ()dicers and crew of the ship Investigator. Captain SCOBELL said the feeling of the committee (of which he was a member) was that a reward should be given to every man, even to the foreigners, convected with the successful expedition. One half the money was ad vised to be given to Captain M'Clure, because it was to his consummate skill and judgment, displayed during a period of some years, that the expedition owed its safety. Mr. F. SCULLY wished to know why Captain M'Clure had not already received the promised reward of 29,000/. for the discovery of the north-west passage? Mr. BUTT, having passed a panegyric on Captain M`Clure for his invaluable services, said the reward of 20,000/. was offered before any part of the Arctic regions was discovered. Then the reward stipulated for the dis covery ship being brought through, and Captain M.`Clure had not only not brought his ship through, but he had de monstrates!, in his (Mr, Butt's) opinion, that no ship ever could be brought through. (A. laugh.) The vote was then agreed to, as was also a vote of 8001. for the erection, at Greenwich, of a monument to Sir John Franklin and the officers and men who perished with him. SUPPLEMENTARY NAVAL ESTIMATES. Sir C. WOOD then rose to propose the supplementary naval estimates for the present year. The items of which those estimates were composed consisted, with one excep tion, of additions to expenditure entirely caused by de mands produced by the war in which the country was en gaged. The first of those additions related to the stock in hand in the different yards, which was falling short, and which it was desirable to keep up to a proper amount. In like manner it was absolutely necessary to provide some means by which her Majesty's ships engaged in the Black Sea might receive at Constantinople the repairs of which they stood in need, and it was, therefore, proposed (as we understood) to stat'on some naval artificers there for the present. The second head was that of naval stores. The principal demand was for copper and for hemp. Our de mand for hemp had hitherto been supplied by Russia, but he was happy to say that other sources were now open to us, which promised to be extremely good hereafter, and which would, at any rate, compete with the supplies from ussia. (Hear.) The Italian seed had been found of very good quality, and Government had latterly been offered is supply from Hungary, and it was thought desirable that the area from which the supply was brought should be as Large as possible. The item for standing contracts was the last head in the estimates. The house would easily con ceive that they had at present an increased demand for articles of various descriptions. The expenditure upon anchors, for instance, was greater during the last three months than it was for the six months ending September last. As to the medical stores, the greater part of the vote had been expended in providing beds and other fittings for the hospitals. The sum now asked for might appear to some excessive, but it had been judged better to ask a sum which would be sure to be on the safe ride. There was also a small sum asked to be given as a reward to certain seamen for the capture of a small vessel. One large item, it would bo seen, was for the building of addi tional gunboats During the last year the right hon. geetle men who preceded him in office (Sir J. Graham) built ro less than six of those gunboats of a very large description, which had since been employed to the very best advan tage in the capture of Kertch, and on various other oc casions in the Black Sea. The construction of vessels of that kind hail not been discontinued since last year, but he thought they could not do less than double their present number of them. Our operations required the services of a great number of such vessels, drawing little water and carrying large numbers of men ; and it was his (Sir C. Wood's) opinion, that in all future warfare they would occupy a much greater place than heretofore. They were certainly the most valuable additions which could be made to the naval forces of the country, and for the con structing of them and their machinery, &c., there would be included in the estimates a vote of 556,0001. On the vote of 10,0001. for wages to additional artificers to be employed in her Majesty's naval establishments at home, Mr. FRENCH had no wish to offer any objection to this note, but he wanted to know why the services of science were not more called into request for the purposes of this war. There were for instance the plansof Lord Dundonald, which he could not help feeling had been neglected to the great injury of the country. These plans had been sub mitted to Sir Charles Napier, who had since pledged that they would accomplish all that the noble lord wished to undertake. Well, now, what was it that the noble lord was prepared to do ? Why, it was to destroy all the Rus sian foe tresses in the Baltic if the Government would only advance him 200,0001. for the purpose. The country never would consider the Government in earnest about the war so long as they neglected such desirable plans as these. Sir G. PECHELL understood that the plans of Lord Dundonald would be more dangerous to persons using them than the enemy against whom they might be brought to bear. He did not, however, object to the use of gunboats, but the admirals in command should be cautious not to allow them to get into action, except under the cover of larger ships. Capt. SCOBELL wished to offer a few opinions upon the manner of carrying on the war in a naval point of view. So long as we had the command of the sea ultimate success must be certain, and therefore it was of the utmost impor tance that the right ships should be in the right place. The class of ships we had sent to the Baltic were too large for the sea ; they were more adapted to the Black teat th we the Baltic ; and he was not sorry to hear were about to resort to the use of gun-boats of shaali(.l,ra,ft of water. Passing from the Baltic to the Blac i l i c si T inue 7 l : thought there was force enough there to . a P -veraccomplished and he yet hoped to see something in the Danube and on the Russian foul he was deeply im f the Black Sea. With regard to Lord Dandonald's p a pressed with its feasibility, and he hoped it would receive the immediate attention of the Admiralty. Thome was another plan to which he was anxious to direct the notice of the Government. On ope'ations in the Sea of Azoif had demonstrated thelity of small gun rafts, and the plan to which he was re :erring had reference to the c,a,- struetion of such rafts. It was a plan proposed by Lieut.- General Wyvill, who had represented to him that by his arrangement 60 or 70 of these rafts could be constructed at less cost, perhaps, than a large-sized gun-boat, to which they were greatly to be preferred. He was glad to hear that some of the transports were coming home ; hitherto there had been a want of system in the management of that service, but he hoped the time was coming when our transports would be kept in constant work either going out or coming borne. tine word more and he should have done. Why did not the Government offer a bounty for sailors? Depend upon it, good sailors were the cheapest in the end, and it was a short-sighted economy which withheld the bounty. He hoped, th?re fore, the Admiralty would reconsider that matter. Mr. W. S. LINDSAY was glad to hear that the Govern ment meditated the construction of more gun-boats, but, at the same time, he must appeal to the Admiralty to give a pledge that for the present our expenditure upon enor mous ships should cease. We had enough of large shipS in the service, and money would be better spent upon gun boats. Another point upon which ho should bo glad to hive information had reference to the floating batteries. He wanted to know what they hail cost, and when they would be ready to go to sea? Mr. W. WILLIAMS said the country was in that position that it had almost entirely to depend upon the Board of Admiralty ; the navy had never disappointed the country, and he hoped, now that the house had voted such enor mous sums of money, that everything would bo done to insure the efficiency of the service. With regard to Lord Dundonald's plans, ho thought thepublic would be less dis appointed with their failure than at any determination not to put them to the test. Admiral BERKELEY defended the past policy of the Board of Admiralty in building large ships, which had enabled us for nearly two years to retain possession of the Black Sea and the Baltic. At the same time everything would be done to expedite the construction of gun-boats, but at present there was great difficulty in obtaining ship: wrights. _ The vote was then agreed to, as was also avote of 3,0001. for the wages of artificers employed in the navy stations abroad. On the vote for 163,665/. for the building and repair of ships, &c., Sir G. TYLER asked what the floating batteries had cost, and whether their efficiency had been fully tested ? Sir C. WOOD said they had cost 50,0001. each, they had been tested at Portsmouth, and sofar they had been found successful. Mr. OT WAY observed that more than two years ago the late Lord Duoley Stuart attempted to impress upon the Government the importance and usefulness of small gun boats, but his advice was disregarded. However it was not too late to turn over a new leaf, and he was glad to hear that it was to be done. The vote was then ngreed to. Upon the vote of 61,5031. for the purchase of works, &c. in the Bosphorus, Sir C. WOOD explained that hitherto these works had been rented, but it was found it would he cheaper to buy them outright. Mr. A. STAFFORD agreed with the right hon. gentle man that it would be cheaper. Mr. W. S. LINDSAY wished the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty would favour the house with some information relative to the accident said to have happened to the Marlborough on her launch. He was also strongly impressed with the necessity of having a large available force of small vessels, such as were requisite for shallow waters, instead of the immense vessels which had lately been constructed. Sir C. WOOD said it was quite true that the Marl borough did hang a little in her progress towards the sea. By the last telegraph despatch it was stated that the lowest point of the tide had passed, and the vessel did not appear strained or injured in any way whatever. How the accident happened it was, of course, impossible for him to explain. With regard to the class cf vessels to ba constructed it would be wrong to confine their views to small vessels, as we must have a reserve of large ships ready in case of necessity, and the Russians had [Ohl a fel midable fleet. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of ,000/. was agreed to for additional medical stores. A sum of 1,554,852/. was proposed for the estimated ex pense of the Transport Service, beyond the amount already voted. up to the 31st March, 1350. Sir CHARLES WOOD said the reason for the increased vote was mainly the very largely increased service they had been called upon to perform. Since the time the estimates already voted were prepared, they had under taken, with their allies, to convoy a vastly increased force of troops and stores. We had conveyed the Sardinian con tingent of 18,000 men to the seat of war, and by amicable arrangement with the French Government we had rendered them extensive assistance in the conveyance of troops. We had likewise conveyed 4,001 Turks from Varna to Eupa trifle,. He bad stated on a former occasion that the number of Iv rses thus conveyed was 2,5'30, but this was very much understated, as it appeared from the official document he held in his hand that the correct number was 11,000, and of these only one horse had been injured. (Hear.) They had moved since the beginning of the war from one place to another, of English, French, Sardinians, end Turks, in all 240,000 men and 32,000 horses. (Hear.) That was the entire amount of service performed, and, on the whole, with great efficiency and success. The organisation of the Transport Board had now been brought into much greater order, and an arrangement had been made which would secure unity of control to the transport service in the Black Sea. An admiral was to be sent out to Balaklava, who would have the whole of this service under his single control, and would be on the spot continually, in commu nication with the Commiin ler-in-Chief. • Mr. H. BRO WN must again complain of the very reck less manner in which public money was expended on this branch of the service, the conduct of which would always be attendod with great disappointment and waeto uuloee the principles upon which it was managed was altered. We hire d transports at an extravagant rate, without takin g any security that the service would be well performed. The root of the evil was that we pail for time instead of for service, whereas the French acted on a system entirely different, and had con sequentlytheir transport service performed in a manner much superior. If such a system were adopted, we should find that goods were delivered at their proper destinations in time for the purposes for which they were wanted, and with out any confusion between Balaklava and Constantinople. The Frenchtransports were taken up in the same manner as our emigration vessels, for the service to be performed, and they, besides, offered a bounty to the captain as well as the owner for making the passage in a certain number of days. To give an idea of the way in which we were called upon to pay, it would be sufficient to state that the money voted for this service would have taken all the soldiers and materials that had been actually moved, to Australia and back twice over, according to the scale laid down by the emigration commissioners. There was a growing disap pointment with the manner in which the public service was performed, and he could tell the right hon. baronet that a crisis must come unless a change was made for the better. As further instances of the ludicrous mistakes which had been made, he might mention that heavy siege artil lery sent out to the Crimea had actually been brought back to Portsmouth, and that the iron cylinders embarked at Newcastle in a steamer, of which so much had been said, bad never actually been landed before Sebastopol, but had been kept afloat in the vessel, and moving about backwards and forwards in the Black Sea. Mr. W. S. LINDSAY was sorry to find that there had been very little improvement in this department, and must express his conviction that it would never be brought into a satisfactory condition until they had a single competent head responsible for its control and management, instead of a board, with a sufficient staff employed under him. He thought it an object of great importance that they should have correct returns of the manner in which these vessels were employed laid before them. Mr. ST AF FORD said that having paid great attention to the state of the transport service in the East, he had come to the conclusion that it was impossible to arrive at a correct knowledge of the real amount of service performed, and losses sustained by mismanagement and delay, for the sim ple reason that those most concerned in it and who best knew the facts were precisely the persons who had the greatest interest in concealing them. He wished very much to know whether the Government had considered the pro priety of placing the transport service under the immediate control of the Minister of War, in conformity with the opi nion expressed by the Duke of Newcastle in his evidence before the Sebastopol committee. He also wished to have some information with respect to the present arrangement for the transport of sick across the Black Sea, and whether sufficient provision had been made of hospital accommoda tion on the passage. He could not, on the whole, congra tulate the Government on the state of our soldiers arriving from the East, and wished much to know whether any measures were being taken to improve the arrangements for their reception, and provide additional medical com forts and conveniences ? Sir C. WOOD had not the least hesitation in telling the right hon. gentleman that he did not agree with the Duke of Newcastle in the opinion he had given relative to plac ing the management of the transport service exclusively under the direction of the Minister of War. With regard to the transport of sick in the Black Sea, the attention of Government had been given to the matter, and every means taken to provide the best hospital accommodation on board the ships for the sick on their passage, as well as to secure the attendance of a military officer at their embarkation and debarkation, to see that the service was properly conducted. With regard to the hospital ships, there were now four vessels employed in conveying invalids from the Crimea to Scutari, and he had heard no complaints whatever as to the working of the system now in existence there. Sir G. TYLER said that from what he had seen of the present transport board, and the mode in which it per formed its business, he had no hesitation in saying that Capt. Milne, who was at the head of that board, was most admirably adapted for the discharge of his duties. (Hear.) He thought there was now no reason to complain of the mode in which the business of the transport board was conducted. (Hear.) Captain SCOBELL could not conceive how it was pos sible for the transport board to work harmoniously and effectively as at present constituted. The vote was then agreed to. A sum of 755,2351. was next voted for the expenses of the packet service. The Chairman then reported progress. THE TURKISH LOAN BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed, without re mark from any hon. member. The Customs Laws Consolidation Bill was read a third time and passed. The Ledbury Prebend Bill was also read and passed. solidation The Customs Tariff Act Amendment and Con a reed to. Bill was further considered, and the am?ndruentsci a greed to. Bill was further considered, and the amendm C d through Bill passe The Turnpike Acts Continuance committee. a third time s y e throughdMr. Peel committee, with some amendments, propo The Militia Ballot Suspension Bill also the Under Secretary at War. ndments, was se p d as b brought The report on this bill, lun • t d to be prin e . up and considered, and ordered ISLAN te D re S d AND int LIMITED LIABILITY BILL. P RANCE) BILL. FISHERIES On the m otion for going into on. this bill, (BRITISH Sir G. PECHELL called attention of the house to of the convention en the naturebetween try and France on the subject of the this country fisheries. The bill would interfere to it very presentgreat with extent • th the o yster fisheries, in which large classes of this country wore interested. He had the fishermen of the alliance between France a n d E no wish to weaken intro duction of any cause of disagreementngland, by the intro tion—(a laugh)—but he v.ll, on tho oyster ques- France in this matter might u be that the interests of inter fering at all with the rights respected, without moved that the bill be of the British fisherman. He Mr. BERESFORD seconded referred to a select committee. Sir C. BTJRRELL conded the motion. also supported the motion. P E 1:1AL PAR LIAM EN T. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Marquis of SALISBURY preyent , d several petitions on the subject of the Metropolitan Local Man agement Bill. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from Bat tersea, praying that the rights of the parish might be re cognised in the bill. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for copies of the corre spondence that bad taken place upon the subject of the taxation of India.—Agreed to. THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Lord BROUGHAM called attention to the circum stance of the v ithdrawal of the grant of 1,0007., which had been for a great many years given to the Royal Society, and observed that such an act must have proceeded from a misunderstanding of the eubject. That grant, however small, had enabled that learned body to further the progress of the Arts and Sciences—(hear, heat)—and to confer great benefit upon the community at large. He hoped the Government would take the earliest opportunity of re verting to the old practice, by proposing a renewal of the grant. The noble and learned lord then proceeded to read a letter eulogising the French Exhibition, for the advancement made by our continental neighbours in the arts and sciences, and to express the earnest desire that the Government would exert them selves to foster and encourage all the scientific establish ments in this country. Earl GRANVILLE was understood to express re gret at the discontinuance of the grant to the Royal Society. The grant was originally made from a limited fund, whose object was specially to aid certain purposes, and it was discontinued in consequence of the grant to the Royal Society not being of that character. The repeated calls made upon the fund com pelled them to withhold the usual grant, but he promised his noble friend, however, that any applica tion from the Royal Society for aid should receive the best consideration of her Majesty's Government. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BILL. Lord BROUGHAM said that at that late period of the session he could not hope to carry this bill, but he wished to inform their lordships that the principle of it, as set forth in the preamble, had the entire concurrence of his noble and learned friend Lord Lyndhurst. AIETROPO LITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. Earl FORTESCTJE presented a petition from certain vestrymen of St. Pancras and St. Marylebone, playing that the dissolution of the old vestries under this bill might be uniform and simultaneous throughout the me tropolis. The noble earl also presented two other peti tion, to the same effect. Lord WODEEIOUSE likewise presented a petition on the same subject, and moved that their lordships go into committee upon the bill.—Agreed to. In clause Lord PORTMAN moved that the words " within one month after the passing of this act" be altered to " on or before the 10th of October."—Agreed to. In clause 4, The Marquis of SALISBURY proposed to insert the words " shall appoint not more than four fit and proper persons to be commissioners."—Agreed to. On clau.e 7, Earl FORTESCUE proposed an amendment, pro viding for the simultaneous dissolution of all the old ves tries. He proposed likswise that the bill should come into operation in the month of November instead of October. Lord PORTMAN supported the amendment. Lord WODEHOUSE defended the clause as it stood, on account of the confusion which, it was feared, would be created if the whole of the metropolitan elections tool( place on the same day. The noble lord intimated, how ever, his willingness to accede to the proposal of the noble earl. The amendments were then agreed to. Clause 10 was omitted. On clau-e 14, The Marquis of SALISBURY objected to the mode proposed of having the voting papers distributed and collected by the returning officer or his agents, and moved as an amendment that they should be returned through the Post-office. Lord WODEHOUSE defended the clause as it stood. Lord MONTEAGLE feared that a door would be opened to fraud by allowing voting papers to be dis tributed and collected by a public officar. Frauds of this kind had been perpetrated at elections for poor-law guardians in Leeds and other places, where all sorts of irregularities had been committed in the signing of the voting papers. He would have the voting papers placed before the returning officer by the electors them selves ; there were no other means of preventing fraud. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY doubted whether any large proportion of voters would ever be induced to vote personalty. To require them to deliver their own voting papers would destroy the whole benefit arising from that mode of voting. After a conversation the amendment was withdrawn, but was again proposed as an amendment t,) clause 18. Their lordships divided— For the amendment Against it Majority Clauses up to 48 were agreed to with some slight amendments. On clause 49, Lord PoRTMAN moved to insert words the effect of which would be that, instead of the central board by a majority electing the chairman, the board should nomi nate three persons, and that the Secretary of State should select the chairman from those three. The amendment was agreed to. The Earl of POWIS moved to add a proviso that the chairman ~f the board should not sit in Parliament. Earl GBANVILLE and Lord WonEHousE opposed the proviso. After some discussion the proviso was negatived with out a division. The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses up to 73, _ Several other clauses were agreed to, without occa sioning any remark. On the 91st clause, _ _ Lord PORTMAN said he bad taken an objection to the summary measure of transferring to a new body the mass of unknown powers which existed by virtue of some 250 different local and special acts. He thought it quite right that all those acts should be repealed, and that all the useful powers which had been created by them should be placed in the body by which the govern ment of the metropolis was to be henceforth adminis tered. But it would be a great pity to revive obsolete powers and invest them in a new body, without know ing precisely what they were. By such an act it was possible that great mis:.thief in future might unintention ally be caused. He was glad to observe, however, that his noble friend below him (Lord Wodehouse) had re solved to provide against one such unfortunate effect of the original bill, by the insertion of a proviso excepting the commissioners of baths and wash-houses, the burial boards, and other institutions of that kind, from those other bodies whose powers it was proposed to .vest henceforth in the Metropolitan Board of Works. After a few words from the Earl of Powis and Lord WoDERouSE, the clause, as amended, was agreed to. A great many of the succeeding clauses were passed, and only a short conversation arose upon them now and then, the purport of which was seldom made intelligible to the reporters, as the noble lords who took part in it, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Powis, Lord Port nan, and Lord Wodehouse addressed each other in a lo r tone of voice across the table. It was upaierstood that the conversation referred to matters of detail, such as the power of opening the streets for the purpose of laying down gas pipes and water pipes, and the autho rty of vestries to declare the existence of a nuisance. On clause 136. Tha Earl of CARNARVON took occasion to com• ment upon the means provided for completing the sewer age of the metropolis, and to express his apprehensions lest the authority with which the metropolitan board was to be endowed should not be effectually employed to secure the great object intended. The remaining clauses, numbering in all 243, and the schedules, were agreed to, and the house resumed. COURT OF JUDICATURE (PRINCE OF WALE 3 ISLAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. TURNPIKE ACT CONTINUANCE (IRELAND) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved to suspend the order of the house with regard to the reading no bills a second time after a certain day in favour of this bill. The resolution was agreed to, and the bill was read a second time. OFFICE OF SPEAKER BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved a similar resolution with regard to this bill, to the effect that " the circumstances which render legislation on the subject-matter of this bill expedient are, in the opinion of this house, of such urgency as to render the immediate consideration of the same nece•sary."—Agreed to. The bill wq.s then read a seconi time. BILLS OF LADING (No. 2) BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was received. The following bills were severally read a third time, and passed :—Turnpike Trusts Arrangements ; Sale of Spirits (Ireland) ; Slave Trade (Sherbro) Bills. Their lordships adjourned at a few minutes before ten o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. The Lords' Amendments to the Londrn and South Western Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. THE SUNDAY BEER ACT. Mr. MASSEY presented several petitions from various pats of the metropolis, praying for a modification of the Sunday Beer Act of last session. TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS TO THE COLONIES. On the order of the day for the house going into com mittee of supply, Mr. F. SCULLY called attention to the tax of one penny lately . imposed on the transmission of newspapers to the colonies, which be said was a great inconvenience, especially to the humbler classes. Mr. WILSONsaid, abouttwo years ago a circular was addressed to the colonies by the Treasury, offering to re postage of letters t o 6d., an d put a stamp duty of newspapers, which was gladly acce d e d to b y a ll re duce the colonies with one or two exceptions. He hoped, .ce on the however, some further arrangements might be effected, and the matter should be considered. After a few remarks from Mr. Thornely, M'Mahon, and Mr. A!cock, the subject dropped. COMMISSARIAT EXPENSES. Mr. LABOUCHERE drew attention to the want of control on the part of the house over the very large sums SUPPLY. The house then resolved itself into a committee of supply. On the vote of 100,0001. for civil contingencies being put, Mr. WILLIAMS moved that it should be reduced to the Pxtent of 30,0001., making the vote at the utmost 70,0001. Even that sum was more than was required, because if the charges were excluded which related to chur , li benefices and preferments both in this country and Scotland the sum required would only amount to 67.1691. Mr. WISE also complained of many of the items con tained in the vote, contending that many of them were unnecessary, and others excessive. Mr. WILSON defended the vote, and contended that if it was reduced to the extent of 30,0001. the public service would be greatly irjured. Great complaints had been made with respect to the expenses of the many commissions that had been issued, and their being charged in the vote for Civil Contingencies. He had re commended to the Home Secretary that these expenses should be made under a separate vote for each commis sion in order that they might be fully examined and in quired into. (Hear.) After some further discussion, in which the commis sion that had been appointed to inquire into the state of Croydon last year, was discussed, and the large pay ments made to the commissioners deprecated. Mr. S. WORTLEY, the Recorder of London, wished to disabuse the public mind with respect to the payment of commissioners. He was at the present moment one of the commissioners on a question of greaf importance, which had been sitting for no less than 13 days (the Hyde-park Disturbances). If he had received any remuneration from the Government for those ser vices, he would have been obliged to ha^e resigned his seat in that house ; the only rumunera,tinn he expected to receive was a further tax upon his patience, which had already been tried to no small extent. After some considerable discussion, Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew his amendment, and the original vote was agreed to. The vote of 10,9451., to defray the expenses of the Beard of Health, was agreed to without any. oppo sition. On the vote of 3,4981., to defray the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commission, being put, Mr. WILLIAMS oljected to the vote altogether, and divided the house upon it. Upon the division there appeared— For the vote 53 Against it Majority for the vote On the vote of 12,3901. to defray the expenses of the Charity Commission, Mr. MITCHELL expressed his objection to the vote on the ground that the funds of the commission had been administered within powers of a very Hittites: description. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he quite con curred in the confined jurisdiction possessed by the Charity Commi , sion ; and trusted that ere long it would be extended. After supply, therefore, he should do all in his power to press on the bill for amplifying the powers of the commission. Mr. HENLEY regretted that there was not more provision made for inspectors, who were much required ; and suggested that two additional inspectors should be appointed, who should be paid out of the consolidated fund, and not out of the funds of the Charity Board. After a few words from Sir G. GREY and Mr. WIL LIAMS, the vote was agreed to. The vote of 1,0531. for the sa'aries of Professors in tho University of Cambridge having been put, Mr. WILLIAMS complainPd that it was most unfair that these salaries should he discharged out of the public funds. He thought the Government ought to give some assurance that such a vote would not again appear in supply. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having replied, the vote was agreed to. . . On the vote of 22,5721. for expenses connected with the Patent Laws Amendment, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the fees which were de rived by the law officers of the Crown as being consider able in amount, Mr. WILSON explained that the amount (upwards of 9,0001.) although asked for, must not necessarily be expended, but it had been estimated at that sum, as it was impossible to say how many patents might be pre sented for examination during the year. He also stated that by the alteratio❑ in the Patent Laws the duties of the law officers of the Crown were considerably enhanced, while at the same time their emoluments were reduced by one half. _ _ After some conversation the vote was agreed to. After some discussion the vote of 15,4801. for salaries and expenses of the Encumbered Estates Commissioners was also agreed to. _ _ _ On the vote of 25,500/. for the formation of Battersea Park being put, Mr. MITCHELL strongly opposed the vote as a "job," for which they might thank the metropolitan members. Mr. WISE also objected to the vote, and moved as an amendment that it he rejected. The houqe then divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority The vote was accordingly agreed to. The house afterwards re.umed. PASSENGERS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Thiq bill was read a third time and passed. Some other business on the paper having been dia• posed of, the house adjourned at four o'clock until six. The SPEAKER resumed the chair at six o'clock. PETITIONS. Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday.—By Mr. Villiers, from inhabitants of Westminster, from Ashton under-Lyne, and from inhabitants of Wednesfield, in the borough of Wolverhampton ; Mr. B. Hughes, from li censed victuallers and beersellers i.n the town of Carnal.- von, all for the prohibition of the sale of any liquors or the Lord's-day, except to lodgers and bona fide travellers. Distilling from Grain.--By Mr. W. Lockhart, from Shott's Iron Works, against distillation or brewing from grain. New Beer Bill.--By Mr. Wiek'nam, from inhabitants of Bradford, Yorkshire, for a repeal of the Beer Act of last session. FISCAL BURDENS ON THE CLERGY. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE gave notice of a motion for next session to call the attention id the house to ;he in justice of the fiscal burdens imposed upon the clergy of the Church of England. SUPPLY. Mr. WILSON, in reply to Major Reed, stated that it was intended to proceed with supply again on Thursday, and the gallant officer intimated that he would take that opportunity of bringing forward the motion of which he had previously given notice. The hou, , e then went into committee. A vote of 17,6961. for the National Gallery was agreed to, after some remarks from Mr. A. PELLATT, who objected that the rights of the public were not duly respected in the arrangements and management of this establishment, and especially complained of the admission being restricted to four days in the week. On the vote of 25,0001. tiwards the expense of con structing an embankment and public roadway between Battersea and Vauxhall-bridges, and an approach from Sloane.street to Chelsea-bridge. Mr. T. A. MITCHELL understood that the chief ob ject of this vote was to form a street connecting the new bridge from Battersea•park to Chelsea with Sloane-street, and as that thoroughfare would greatly increase the value of the property of the Marquis of Exeter and the other landowners in the neighbourhood, he contended that they ought to be called upon to bear a portion of the expense. After a few words from Mr. JAMES APGREGOR the vote was agreed to. 10,7001. for lighthouses abroad, and 1,8111. for pay and expenses of medical men employed in the West Indies for the purpose of checking the ravages of cholera, and for the relief of distress occasioned by the disease were next voted. On the vote of 10,3001. for collecting agricultural sta tistics in the Unitei Kingdom, Mr. A. STAFFORD asked for some explanation as to the completeness of the information which this grant would afford the means of colhlcting in reference to England. Mr. BOITV ERIE said that w'aon the estimates were framed it was in c.mtemplation to adopt some such course as that followed last year with regard to some parts of the country that wa. , , that it should be tested whether the system of inspection under the poor law might not be made available for the collection of agricultural statistics. That experiment, howey'er, bad not been euccessful, and Mr. BO CIVERIE iaiLl the only cihieet a the WA PIA ft carry out a convention with fral/63. The truth was, Siv G,orge Pe.cheil represented a great poaching interest. The house divided — For going into committee Against it Majority —49 The house accordingly went into comwittee, and the various clauses were agreed to. SALE OF BEER, &c., BILL. On the motion for going into committee, The Marquis of BLANDFORD complained of the haste with which this measure was being passed through the house. The evidence taken before the committee was not complete, and he thought some further inquiry should be made into the working of the act of last session. He moved that the house resolve itself into committee that day three months. Mr. FRE:WEN seconded the amendment. - Mr. ALCOCK said tho bill was one of pressing urgency, and ought to be passed into law during tlle . present session. Mr. H. BERKELEY said the balance of evidence was so strongly against the act of last session, that the com mittee resolved to report that the subject was one which called for immediate legislation. Mr. KINNAIRD said the evidence was not in the hands of honourable members, and until it was printed no further progress should be made with the bill. Sir J. SHELLEY suggested that the committee might bo put off, not for three months, but for three days. It was but fair that honourable members should have an op portunity of reading the evidence. The Marquis of BLANDFORD had no objection to alter his amendment so far as to put off the coennittoo for six days only. Mr. NAPIER supported and Lord EBRINGTON opposed the amendment. Sir W. JOLLIFFE urged the necessity of an immediate alteration of the present law. Mr. GLA DSTONE said the house, as a general rule, should nut pass bills founded upon evidence taken before select committees; but the present measure was one of an exceptionable character, cad he would like to hear the opinion of the Government on the subject Lord PALMERSTON saw no reason why the house should not go into committee and consider the clauses of the bill without waiting for the evidence. Mr. VILLIERS explained that this bill did not totally but only partially repeal the bill of last session. The house divided, when the numbers were— For going into committee Against it Majority.... ,-. -52 The house therefore went into committee. The clause giving an appeal against a conviction under this act was withdrawn. Tho other clauses were agreed to. The Marquis of BLANDFORD proposed a clause to 'limit the operation of the bill to the metropolitan districts. (Oh. oh.) Mr. BERKELEY hoped the house would not assent to suca a clause. The clause was negatived without a division. OXFORD UNIVERSITY TESTS. Mr. HEYWOOD moved that the proposal of a new sub scription of Church of England membership for professor ships in general learning, in addition to optional religious tests for the degree of bachelor in the lay faculties at Ox ford, is directly opposed to the spirit and policy of recent legislation, and meets with the disapproval of this house. After a short conversation the motion was negatived, and the house adjourned at half-past two o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES. -TUESDAY. A. dreary commencement. Throughout the morning rain fell with a steady, drenching persistency, which effectually deterred pleasure folk from visltingthe course. The muster of general company was consequently very t.catity. The balcony of the Grand Stand had few occu pants ; and the Lawn, where beauty, rank, and fashion usually assemble, wa.4 quite deserted. For some time after the commencement of the races fog and drizzling mist rendered it impossible to see what was going o❑ until the horses were within a short dis- tance of the chair. "The fieldera" were, however, fortunate, all the favourites, except Honeysuckle, being defeated. The Stewards' Cup brought out 29 runners, and the rain and fog having partially cleared off, the effect of the intermingling colours of the jockeys as the hor,es de scended the hill was extremely gay and picturesque. In the betting Cineas took the lead at 3 to 1, but in the race he never once showed sufficiently forward to sustain the hopes of his backers. Clotilda, on whom several in vestments were made at 25 to 1, achieved a somewhat easy victory. The most important incident, however, which marked the sport to-day was the signal defeat of Fly-by-Night, the first favourite for the Derby, 1856, and the success of Mary Copp, a filly, which formerly belonged to Lord Eglinton, but which was recently purchased with others of that nobleman's ctud, by Mr. J. M. Stanley. Pier to the race 1,500 to 100 w as t a k en a b ou t Flyby-Night winning his engagement to-day and the Derby next year. The subjoined return will indicate the character of the racing. The Craven Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50 added. Craven course. One mile and a quarter. (13 subs.) Mr. Driukald's Brother to Grey Tommy, by Sleight of-Hand, 5 yrs, 6st 12:b (Covey) 1 Mr. Stephen Walker's \Vinkfield, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (J. Mann) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Typee, 5 yrs, 9st (Flatman) 3 The following also ran :—Vii ago, Bucksfoot by Ye. nison, Vexation, Nigel, and Schamyl. netting-2 to 1 agst Typee, 4to 1 agst Virago, sto 1 each agst Schamyl and Brother to Grey Tommy. Won cleverly by a lengtn and a half. Two lengths between the second and third ; Schamyl was fourth, Vexation oolt fifth, Virago sixth, and Nigel last, each distinctly separated. The Lavant Stakes of 50 sous. each, 30 ft. for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain winners extra. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. Half a mile. 22 subs. Sir J. Hawley's Sister to Aphrodite, by Bay Middle. ton, Bst 31b. (A. Day) 1 Mr. Howard's Pyrrha, by Pyrrhus the First, Bst 3lb (Wells) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Oltenitza, Sit 31b (Bartholomew) 3 The following also ran :—lmposture, Furioso, and Voivode. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Pyrrha, 4to 1 agst Sister to Aphrodite. Won by half a length ; a length and a half between the second and third. Imposture and Furioso ran in together at an interval of abouttwolengthsbebind Oltenitza. Voivode was three or four lengths in the rear. Sweep takes of 300 sovs each ; h ft, for 4 yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. The second to receive back his stake. Queen's Plate Course (about 3 miles 5 furlongs.) 13 subs. Mr. A. Nichol's Honeysuckle (Templeman) 1 Mr. Knowles's Baalbeo (Bumby) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Honeysuckle, who took the lead, kept it, and won oy three lengths. The Stewards' Cup (Handicap), value 300 goys, by sub scriptiuns of 10 soya each, with 100 added from the Race Fund—the surplus to be paid in specie—for all _ ages. T.Y C. 60 subs. , Lord John Scott's Clotilde, 3 yrs, Est 91b ...(Quinton) 1 Mr. Popham's Lord Albemarle, 5 yrs Est Blb (Bates) 3 Mr. Payne's fby Van Tromp. 4 yr, sst 10ib (J. Rogers) 3 The following also ran .—Typee, Balrownie, The Wild Huntsman, Comfort, Pumicestone, Cineas, Monarque, Cardigan, Welborn, Pharos, Swindler, The Poacher, Doublethong, Duke of Lancaster, Protest, The Prof-s ;or, Le Fripon, Daffodil, Sicily, Roving Betsy, Crotchet, Flacrow, Hartley Buck, Atnshe, Elvaston, Sandboy. Betting-3 to 1 agst Cineas, 9to 2 aget Queen Mab filly, 12 to 1 each aget Sicily and Balrownie, 15 to 1 agst Le Fripon, and 20 to 1 offered apt any other. 25 to 1 was taken about the winner. - Won by three lengths, the second beating the third by a neck. The others, pulling up, were widely scat tered. The Gratwicke Stakes of 101 BOYS each, h ft, for 3-yr olds, colts. Bst 101 b ;fillies, Bst 51b. Certain allowances. The second to receive 200 sous., and the third to save his stake. One mile and a half. 25 sobs. Mr. Howard's Cavalier, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Stanley's Dirk Hatteraick, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 7st 131 b ...(Flatman) I The following also ran—Chalice, Ferrara. A capital race, won by a neck, the second beating the third by a bead, good fourth, Ferrara beaten off. The Ham Stakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; secondcolts, Bit t l Ol o b c e fi e l e l fillies, 2 , Bsoto vs out of 71b. 50 Certain thea llowances. stakes The T.Y.C. 33 subs. L M o r r . d J J . 11 . 1 s. u S o t t a t i , l . l ey 's M Polmoodie, ary C o b p y p , m Bs e t l b 4 O l b u r ( üßea,r(tBshs.toloi7,_rlraw 1 inb : e : 2 Mr. Bowes's Fly-by-Night, by the Flying ................... 3 T Bs h t e 4 f l u b lio . ........ g ... a . 1; . r .. a . 3 . 2 .. :_ ... m ... a .- n - g - a ;;;;;; . 1, - 6111 ( e tt Bell, j a i nd Tyrius. ht 10 to 3 agst Pol, Betting-6 to 4on Fly- by moodie, 5 to 1 agst Mary Copp' the the second beating the 2 A sweepstakes of 5 sous, each ; I d b to 3. thirdFilWy Von ny Poundsa easilyl e n a g d t b d h y e . yr-olds, 7st 91b •, 4yr-olds, Sat 2-yr-olds, sst 7855.121 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged 9st. The 5114°Icis ' s old for 100 sous. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Captain's Lane yl:slageoet, Rosaline,by 4y rs .. Hautboy, o 3 ar S th Y o r l st omew) 2 (J. Mann) 1 Parr's Equivoque, 3 yrs ............... (Clement) 3 I‘Ailrr: Ts : m M. s Colonel ham's Drom d e 3 tw Y e r e a n the Betting-6 to 4 agst Rosaline, 7to 4 agst Flageolet. ( s C ec r o o n u d ch: nd 4 i Won r w d i . n b u y T eN a r : t e hYoen w abd i de nEn ; t e h t r ii r w r e e e a a ed s l l e le e n l g ge a t i h h m a s r e y d b . tan ' : Speculation on cToTmlNiGngONevTeHntEs COURSE. s its very inactive. A. rumour was briskly circulated to the effect that Epami• nondas was " scratched ;'' but it proved to be incorrect ; it neverthel ess created a considerable sensation. The most important movements were with reference to Quince and Homily, both of whom bad an adva ncin g tend ency. Not a bet on " The Cup" came under our notice. The small amount of business that was transacted was according to the following prices : GOODWOOD STAKES. 3to 1 agst Epaminondas. sto 1 ngst Surgeon-General. 6to 1 agst Quince. 10 to 1 agst Homily. The races will commence this day (Wednesday) at 1 o'clock. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 30th ult.: Messrs. Richhr I Nicholson Lipscomb, St. Alban's ; George Green Gascoyeo, Woburn, Beds ; Daniel Free man Stevens, St. Ives, Cornwall ; Arthur Ransome, Manchester ; Edmund Oldfield, Ashill, Watton, -Nor° folk ; Charles Godfrey Kemp, Leicester ; an d Frederick George Aubin, Norwood. \ ~`~; ling Joni- 7 61f 15° 16,00 hip- \