The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-16 00:00:00

i r 0 eif BOROSCOPE OF NAPOLEON 111. TO THE EDITOR OF THE suN. 15, Northfield-terrace, Cheltenl.am. DEAR SIR,—You may remember receiving a copy of productions from me from the horoscope of Navleon for the years 1853 and 1854. The former period was stated to be one of marked distinction, prosperity, and Additional honours, together with an allusion to his mar riage. The year 1854, from spring to autumn inclusive, Was stated to be one of disaster and imminent peril to his life. The accompanying slip refers to the lights and • shades of the periods mentioned in the original prodsc tions, together with what I conceive to be their assimi• , lating results.. The time of the assassin's attempt upon his life exceeds the limited period in which I had crowded the 1854 predictions by four months. Although it is a positive fact the evil direction from whence I judged personal danger does not terminate earlier than the immediate month, but transit excitement will at times tend to delay the effect. The talents and mind of Napoleon have powerfully acted upon the tone of English opinion, and a higher estimate of character prevails than at first we, were inclined to admit or even entertain the remotest idea of, being s trongly influenced in our j u d g - Mont upon an abstract question. The scene has changed, and may the bonds of friendship become indissoluble ! I remain you: obedient servant, • GEORGE SMITE. TNN .o.OROSCOPE 07 TEE EMPEROR OF FRANCE; pu blished by Mr. G. T. F. Smith, i n the London _ and also in the local and provincial papera, April, 1552. _ It is well known that this distinguished and illus. I . til o ns personage is a firm believer in destiny, and, like into his, renowned uncle, Napoleon 1., confides in the fpfkgenpe of causes far beyond all human control ; hence ..; iiicreply to the' Senate, on receiving their ceingratu latio4B on-his providential escape from the red hand of • ttut InUrderous.assissin--" I fear no assassins : so long AS . I -shall not have fulfilled my mission there is "no danger." • fully'comprehend the ascendancy of mind in _ The: desperate intent of the assassin failed, =I fai . Nok - deadly aim diverged, and his valuable life was . hap ,lr ,L Praßry #4 esi--trntilfully - establishing the views he en tylolalter,tha4 ".mission is not complete," and there ict dainger.!' The Secr4 ipfi i eRcQ unto which extraordinary results 79 che - traded and are.attributable, constitutes a basis on - : all 6 ,3! 11esuccess o . human affairs becomes depen , dent; inasmuch as the pains and penalties incident to r Our . existence ;lever occur in the absence of adverse astral testimony, and vice versa. It should be trader- Stood that at the time of birth the: impress of the stars or VlOets from . the' sources of reference illustrative of std W:! and calms, of life ; and the progression of '-' l--(v tlio4,penderous bodies to ; pertain angles, in connection to with tat impress of_ the natal period, whether disCor ,„:-,F,„ ilant t iy - Or harmoniously con fi gurated, health, lif e , and 'Consequences, all assimilate and become manifest in the ,positionof the, uative, and may be p re di c t e d,- Tir.;vided -1:--444 1 4eieritific attainments of the student ate'equal to 4 c the test, the laws of planetary motion being irrevocable.' di:although the &stances of the planets are rernote, eyery, is:; I'.oatoniapf this earth becomes subject to their operating electric power, an agent boundless in the ambient of ; . universal life. From the above preface, descriptive of the nrode of -- nip conclusions to a certain extent, I shall now proCeed . Or Tef9l - _ toisveries of. predictions in proof of what is above advanced, although my communications updn astral fora number of .years may render any -'—iu c ti:4.o=4oi p*f trinetessary. Mobth of April, 1852, soon after (when' all: -Ciltivectllively viewed) 'the "coup d'etat," when eriernies ; mut opponents to ihe then state of affairs rendered pacific aco*clasions, tinder thedoubts and feari ofthe time, rather . Joa.sptc,bletTlaticalony deductions from Louis Napoleon's horo -:; •-41 icepe were nevertheless to the following effect : —That i 'from the commencement of 1853, and during sprrn; arid linfatneroftfiatyear, "pew honours and distinctions ivoold -a." be conferred upon him," and that he would attain the 'summit of ambition's bound, amid the blandishments and '''congratulations of his subjects, that all would be sun • Blaine,- and "merry as a marriage bell." The latter was giien in italics, in consequence of the directions' being = clthose from whence marriage is generally inferred. The '`) 'above deductions were literally fulfilled ; for undtr their Jlpotilint and benign power he was elected Emperor of France and his marriage solemnised. We now come to other predictions of converse cliarac ,i ter and import contained in the same paragraph, not a little startling to the contemplative and philosophic ob server. The'prediction in question embraces the autumn - of 1854, to. Dec. 21st, during which adverse directions were singularly clashing with those of opp - osite tendency, ,-1 involving responsibilities, nationally and personally. My t- , prediction stated that " disastrous consequences would occur, and that his life would be in imminent Peril." = So far the published prediction, and on the result being' • fully matured, we find France plunged;in war, no matter ;What the consequences may be that led to' such an event ; and on the 17th of October ' 1851, - the failure of the first bombardment • and though the gallantry of,lier -troops gave brilliant achievements, war is, nevertheless, a calamity, for it exhausts the blood and treasure of a nation, and is always indicated by a malignant direction in the horoscope of the Sovereign ; hence I applied the word "disastrous," as tbe - nearest interpretation I could give to the operating influence. The extent of adverse testimony did not cease with the autum of 1854, but is - continuous in the spring of 1855, the ultimatum of which we find to be the attack of the assassin on the life of his Majesty. Thus we have a series of predictions, with their corresponding results, published to the world three years prior to their maturity. It is my intention to make further observations upon the natus of this dis tinguished gentleman, whose mental resources range far above the ordinary run of mankind. In passing, I shall at this time state that, in the year 1857, not very wide of the autumn, another critical epoch presents itself; adverse rays prevail and adverse results and tests will form the accompanying proofs, when time matures the scene thus predicted, though peril, hostility, • anti violence will engage the Emperor's attention, the ,-" 'imperial dignity remains powerfully sustained ; bat, as before remarked, I intend to give further computations. .", fjB T' It is worthy of note to observe the order of this chap ter of prescience. The period (April, 1852) when the' { 'fever of public opinion rose high, and enmity rife, and 3a °i equivocal, the bloom of pacific rays redundant • 43 ,t-hlionoura, were cheerfully accruing towards the dis promised by the directions would be , nonSnininsited. •, Confiding in the paramount influence * t' - ' 4 - 20iihninatttie alien with his marriage, I submitt e d th e V 4-7: prediction, and time truthfully gave the incontrovertible proof from the commencement of 1853 to• the summer of 48 that year—all my predictions promised became a matter • for history to record, Again I would advert to the year 1854, when the first - moiety of my autumnal predictions began, and assilni- Aated with the scenes of the day, and from that corn - • :inencement to within six short months the entire of the ; " predictions are collectively confirmed. I would fv-k, is su it o ; a matter of surprise that a mathematical and philo s""t'efiPl4ical mind like Napoleon's should confide in his star of destiny'r for being acquainted with the laws of astral ... motion,' he possesses the moral courage to avow it. The higherr - branches of 'astral science have attracted that , ni , L 4 -" ii. array of talent and versatility o f gen i us o f men w h ose naives do hbnour to the pages of British history. The "unacquainted portion o f society are too apt to cii.sure (T e" what. they do not understand, too 'apt to permit for'ttem; who pretend to dictate, with nGthi . -"` 'tut prejudice for their pedestal, proving the old 8e— " That fools rush on Where angels fear to tread." - .; G. T. T. S.Surit.- CP,": W.) wa DELIBERATE MURDER OF A YOUNG WOMAN 1"'!"""' L. BY HER SWEETHEART. - C. Ufa _ . COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERER. I - DIMLAY, Monday Night.—For . the last three days Dudley hips been in unusual excitement,' consequent on the commission of a very deliberate act of murder on Saturday, and the examination and committal of 'the -- re - orderer today. . . -:-.: , - The 'murderer is Joseph Meadows, a w e hi i t , es t rni a tli M b r y i - • - I -trade, 'and belied bound hi mse l f for four, t ! , ~ _ ,it i vrciit Round , Oak, with whom boardedy a l.B. an d °l':' 0e 0 i 1 ..• : i.• .014/^fria Victim Was Mary Ann Mann, wh o was servant at i _o•pv!ln e. Saikedißeturni public-house; at Kates HUI Aar 'i;vlvi was the daughter of honest and respectable parentl3. - 'on -'••••Aikturday morning the murderer l e ft home, to.kit3,- vtg-, ii,lb - him, a carbine and, awa r e powder hnd s h o t - 1.1614,ifit :' 2 . ~ -i n a i t ii,t;-L w iria l pnem.ber of the Worcestersh*. Tea; w h ""` nsitiry. Ilewerit direct•to the Sailor's Return, and - Fa - - drinVing until nine O'clock. Two other men war: also - sitting drinking in ,the kitchen. :Between nine a# I ten t . :: :: '""" cecinck while these two men we're looking in a dik;3ction: '" `C I97 g Opp'ositelto"that in which the prisoner was, they hierd and saw the deceased fall 't o the ''')'`",'''' '. the rePort Of 'a' gun , '''), ground. - Turning round they saw the prieoner in t; aact of layiit aoCarbine on the - floor. One of thern, named' ',--'' "";:'-'' Ingram serzed him; •iielainiing," " 0 you rogue,..you lit h ''' l ''l . :frave shot that wench He 'therely'repli4l, " I ini've.a , ( i.:17 1 :: : : rievoltver'' - in' , - tnyt . poCket.” The 'other man ran ,to the .::1- ~-,,,:,..Y0ting Woman, and raised her, the blood flowing from a. VIA-shot w6und - on the left side of the head, immediately, .: r 'baby, the ear, ' She died in about half 'an hour. 11te murderer, on being taken into custody by Supeririten:- dant' Jewkes, of 'the' cOunty police, and charged ,yvith : I ga crime' said, " 1 have had revenue, and tail' it, , my e revenge is sweet." On the way to tlic, sta onthenpradded that he had gone to the house int o exec : I I:Ili night to put his murderous inte-,tion doi ng „ ; ar t ,i but failed in finding an opportunity of determined notZT, "If I could not have her, I was n disap po i nted a Lelse should." That the act originated It appears that tthieon there seems little doubt' nothing of the deceased had ad vised her to have o f t° do with the prisoner' from the report that he was t and °t of an illegitimate child, and from other circumstatiet which they disapproved ; and s it °t , his previous lift; of poor girl lent no unwilling ear also appeaardedmotill'ir'itiotihlse, having on several occasions sought t the ' e y and tions of the prisoner. Her conduct t°owvadae tte '' tten . • particularly marked on FiL d3 It" 1":::. respect was from that time at least it seems certa.in that night. guided man resolved on her destructio n ; f or enthtn.is. the Sailor's Return he went home, but not to beWn11.,,..', ting. up in the kitchen all night, and leaving; ‘ th e 'morning with the murderous implements of his ilT6.holi .:. . cal R urpoqe as above:descrtitib:l;os-vTnokdaalyl,.hwehwer titr,uaiittetH Li,i4... before , the magistrates; at .was committed fpitriAl - iit' I Ewa, , facts were deposed' to,- . and-:he Mr. Roh.iiikon:lik'e"-" • .his i .4 . he bc:4-1 Pf digita,ie ' ''' ;.--Vci#""uing Worcestershirealisizes: 3,, f a q ~,,,: , ..,"rieaterd a coroner:4'o inquest °" t c..,.1, ... ..., Etc aftlethiilary retimed a verdict -of Wilful muraer against . ' l6 .4risaiitian4iis i k v iZghi g i otattriing conveyed to the county gaol at Worcester. .......___ Loss Or raz Saar JoHN. FALMOUTH, MAY 14-- . The eXarduation wan resumed this morning, and aga in adjourned. `, ! I PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS. —MONDAY, MAY 14. EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH'S RESOLUTIONS. MAJORITY.—PRESENT. Lord Chancellor Essex St. David's Archbishop of Can- Fortescue Worcester terbury Fitz william BARONS. DUNES. Granville Ashburton Cambridge Grey Alvanley Argyll Harrowby Auckland Buceleuch Harewood Byron Newcastle Ilchester Camoys MARQUISES. Kingston Caithorpe Anglesey Minto Cremorne Breadalbane Portsmouth Congleton Clanricarde Romney Dacre Cholmondeley Spencer De Tabley Donegal Sefton Dufferin Headfort St. Germans Foley Hertford Shaftesbury Gardner Lansdowne Somers Glenelg Londonderry Stanhope Hatherton Westminster Waldegrave Kinnaird Winchester Wicklow Leigh EARLS. Yarborough Lilford Abingdon Zetland Lyttelton Albemarle VISCOUNTS. Lurgan Aberdeen Bolingbroke Milford Airlie Canning Monteagle Besiborough Enfield Mostyn Burlington Falkland Overstone Bruce Hardinge , •yetre Chichester Middleton Panmure Cawdor Sydney Poltimoro Carnarvon Torrington Portman Clanwilliam BISHOPS. Rivers Cottenham Chester Stafford Cowper Chichester Saye and Sele Craven Hereford Stanley of Alderley Clarendon Llandaff Suffield Devon Lichfield Vaux Ducie Manchester Vivian De Grey Oxford Wenlock Effingham Ripon Wodehouse Elgin St. Asaph Wrottesley PROXIES. ARCHBISHOP. Galloway BARONS, York Gainsborough Arundell nu'EBB. . Gosford Cowley Devonshire , : Haddington • Dunfermline Leeds . • Xintore . Dorchester Leinster Leicester De Freyne Sutherland • Lindsey Denman Somerset Meath Dormer Wellington Radnor Elphinstone MARQUISES. Ripon Harris Bristol ' Stair Howden Camden Shrewsbury Howard de Walden Conyngham Suffolk Keane Normanby Westmoreland Leigh Northampton Londesborough EARLS. VISCOUNTS. Lo vat Amherst Clifden Manners Camperdown • Falmouth Methuen 'Cork . Massareene Monson . . _ ' Carlisle Raglan Clare BISHOPS. Ribblesdale Denbigh , Durham Stourton Ellesmere Lincoln Stuart de Decies Fingall London Truro Granard Norwich Ward Glasgow Salisbury Wharncliffe MINORITY.—PRESENT. DUKES. Mornington Berners - Montrose Mayo Blayney Cleveland Orkney Bolton MARQUISES. Powis Colville of Culross Downshire Pomfret , Colchester Exeter Sandwich Douglas Solisbury Strathmore, Dynevor Eli. Sheffield Forester ,Bath Stradbroke Feversham Sligo Vernlam Grantley EARLS. Wilton ' Gray Bantry Winchilsea. Godolphin Beauchamp VISCOUNTS. Kilmaine Bradford Bangor Kenyon Dartmouth Doneraile Lyndhurst Derby Hawarden Polwarth Donoughmore- Hereford Plunket Ellenborough . Hill Rayleigh Eglinton . St. Vincent Redesdale Hone BISHOPS. Ravensworth Hardwicke Winchester Rodney Lanesborough Meath Southampton Lucas BARONS. Sondes Macclesfield Abinger Walsingham Malmesbury Bateman Wynford Mansfield In consequence of a misconception respecting the call ing- of proxies, the following, which were entered for Lord Ellenborough's motion, did not appear in the divi sion list : PROXIES. DUKES. Ranfurly Richmond Limerick De Saumarez Marlborough Poulett Northwick MARQUISES. Aylesford Hawko Waterford Guildford De Lisle LORDS. Westmeath Vane Sandys EARLS. Orford Cloncurry Ferrers Cathcart Dunsaudle Huntingdon Crawford and Bal- Clonbrook Portarlington • ' catres Sinclair Buckinghamshire Caledon Bayning Erne Cadogan Hastings Warwick Enniskillen Castlemaine Clancarty Abergavenny Boston Bandon viscoulrns. Berwick Onslow Exmouth Kiunoul Melville PAIRS, Lonsdale Fitzhardinge Jersey Saclslay Tankerville Lovelaco Glengall Rosebery St. John Bedford St. Leonard Stafford • Digby Grafton Combermere Crewe Northumberland Belhaven Hopetoun Atholl Mountcashel Carew Manchester Churchill Crofton De Mauly Drogheda Durham Selkirk Morley Middleton Norfolk Lauderdale Erroll Desert Holland Clarina Rossmore Ailsa Roxburgh Rutland Scarborough Talbot Peterborough Longford Portman Manvers Campbell MAT 15. LORD ALBEMARLE'S MOTION. MAJORITY.—PRESENT. Lord Chancellor Minto Broughton - DUKES. Portsmouth Byron Argyll Somers Camoys Newcastle Yarborough Dufferin MARQUIS. Zetland Foley Clanricarde VISCOUNTS. Kinnaird EARLS. Canning Lurgan Aberdeen Falkland Leigh Abingdon Sydney Mostyn Bessborough Torrington Petre Carnarvon BISHOPS. Rivers Clarendon Chester Saye and Sele Elgin Hereford Stanley of Alderley Granville Manchester Suffield Grey Ripon ' Vivian Harrovrby St. Asaph Wodehouse Ilehester BARONS. Wrottesley Kingston Ashburton ' MINORITY . ..PRESENT. ' - trim. Brad ford Southampton Montrose ' Hardwick° Bateman i • merternses. "Eglinton Willoughby deßroke Bath Lucan Ravensworth i Downehire Albemarle - . EARLS. Sandwich Kenyon " Mayo Fitzwilliam Rayleigh Stradbroke vlscouns. Abinger Derby Bangor Colville of Culross 3falmesbury Gough Tenterden Ellenborough BARONS. Kilmaine Orkney Colchester Mornington :.,-_. -HOUSE OR•COMMONS.—MAY 15. :lee- • • ' SCREW PROPELLER. ;Mcsticin made, and- Question put—" That a Select Com ....mittee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances . wider which the sum of 20,0001., voted by the House of Commons ass reward or compensation to the patentees of the screw propeller, as used in her Majesty's ships and vessels, has been applied, and as to what pers ons h ave preferred -claims, either to the 'Admiralty, or other :public departnients; td - - Aare in the public grant in re spect to their Patent rights, and to report th ereon ." r The house divided : ayes 49, Noes 69. AYES:—.49. • . &kook, T. French, F. Michell, W. Anderdon, Sir J. Galway, .Viscount. ' Montgomery, H. ilsteson, Capt T. t George, J. • Murrough, J. Baxter, W. Gladstone, Capt. J. Pechell, Sir G. Bell, J. Goodman,- Sir G. Pellatt, A. .Blandford. Marquis of Greene, John • Percy, J. Bolo Pro, Col. H. G. Grogan, Edward Phillimore. J. G. . Bowyer, G. Hudson, G. Scholelleld, W. Brady, J. Hume, W. Starlie, Le fl. Rramley-Moore, J. Johnstone, 3. Thompson, G. Brown, H. Keating, H. , • Vance, J. Brown, W. Kennedy, T. Walcott, Admiral Chambers, M. Ker, D, Williams, W. Cholmondeley, Lord Lane ton, H. G. Cowan, C. Laslett, W. TELLERS Dundas, G. Lee, W. Fellden, M. Ifacartney, G. Scobell, Capt. G. Ferguson, J. Manna, R. Duncan, G. NOES-69. Atherton, W. Fitz Gerald, J. Power, N. Bagghaw, J. Fitzwilliam, G. Pugh, D. Baines, Et. Hon. M. Gib,on, T Rice, E. Baring, Sir F. Goderich, Vls. Robertson, P. Beaumont, W. Graham, Sir J. Sadleir, James Bonham-Carter, J. Hadfield, G. Sawle, C. Bouverie, lion. E. P. Hankey, T. Seymour, Lord Brand, H. B. W. Hastie, Archd. Smith, It. Itrotherton, J. Hughes, W. Smith, W. Butt, G. Jones, Adm. Stafford, A. Christopher, Robt. A. Keogh, W. Steel, J. Colville, C. R • Kershaw, J. Thesiger, Sir F. Cowper, W. F. Lewis, Sir G. C. Thornely, T. Crook, J. Milton, Viscount Vernon, L. Crossley, F. Moffatt, G. Vyvyan, Sir R. Davies, J. L. Monsell, W. Wickham, H. W. De Vere, S. Mulgrave, Earl of Wilkinson, W. Dillwyn, L. Napier, J. Wilson, J. —onmond. H. Duke, Sir J. Norreys, Sir D. Winnington, Sir Ti. •D ‘wwmai „, O'Flaherty, A.• Wood, Sir C. Xanionder' H on. A. 0 borne, R. • Piaq u „..i . " • . Palmerston, Visct • • Ferguson, sir It. Phinn, T. Steam Collieriels3/.2?4 , , h. .........,-,....,,... e ,........ •••• TELLERS Hayter, W. Berkeley, G. advertise in the , - ItiW At i t i l i , 6. • • 'I 1 . - ----- ! mium of 500/. for thaitie New ss c ocia.tion, at /‘Te wciistle-uPon-Tyne, 1 7 131 iEvE!ITIoN oz -S moss.----The for preventing the emisnjention Chronicle their offer of a pre of multitubular boilers, 'a" of smoke Arom the chimneys of a i n effectual method are set forth in the advert e m ceent rtain. , onditions, which is. ( err THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1855. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. tirely concurred in the importance of the object which 11 the noble lord had in view. He coincided in the neces sity of doing all in our power to restrict, and, if we I could, destroy the whole of the Russian trade, by any means by which this was best to be effected ; but as far as he, could understand the means and the mode which the noble earl wished to pursue, he could not agree with him. (Hear.) He spoke as if the trade of Russia had been by no means interfered with by our efforts for blockading the ports cf that country. It was true that that blockade had been carried out in a very imperfect way, for reasons which had appeared to be valid, namely, that at the breaking out of the war the greatest part of the produce lying in Russian ports was rather the property of French and English subjects than of Russian subjects ; for, by the system pursued there, the greatest part of that produce was paid for beforehand. (Rear) In the Black Sea, he admitted that the blockade was not only imperfect, but it had barely existed. The reason was, that in consequence of erroneous views taken by the English and French admirals, who sup posed that it would be sufficient to blockade the Bos phorus alone, whereas that course was afterwards found to be untenable, the season had too far advanced, and the entire fleets of the two nations were occupied in the embarkation of our troops from Varna to Sebastopol. But, notwithstanding the absence of blockade in the Black Sea, and the imperfect blockade of the Baltic, the trade of Russia had been reduced between 50 and 60 per cent., giving to her the benefit of all the excess in the importation from neutral ports of articles which were principally her produce. If the blockade had been strictly carried out, the effect would only have been to raise the price of those articles in Prussia, who would have had to import from Russia all that she re quired. A paper which he had recently received fr )m Btrlin, dated May Bth, stated that the inhabitants of the islands along the Russian coast of the Baltic were making preparations for quitting their exposed dwelling Louses, retreating some distance within the continent. It was also stated that the Russian Government had im posed an additional tax upon every vehicle conveying produce along the road to the Prussian frontier. So that this Emperor of Russia, who, it was said, was to be at once coerced by the limitation of his trade with this country, did not hesitate to put an additional tax of a considerable amount upon every vehicle going along-that road which was to take that very produce to Prussia. One of the principal articles of Russian produce was corr, and yet he had put a prohibition upon the exportation of corn. The objections of the noble earl reduced them selves to a very small compass. He had dwelt with great emphasis on rendering aid to the Queen's enemies, but how the rescinding of the order in council could have any such effect, he was at a loss to know ? What was that order in council? The first was issued because everybody felt it was impossible for us to insist upon those old rights which we had daimed in former wars. We were engaged with an ally who entertained different views about the rights of search and thollaws of neutrals. We had, there fore, very wisely, under existing circumstances, agreed to waive the right which we still possessed, namely, that right by which all goods of an enemy carried on board a neutral ship should be confiscated. And in the case of Russia there was no great generosity in doing this. She had an immense territory, and a very small seaboard, and there could be no great difficulty in blockading every port she possessed, so that not a vessel could put her nose out of harbour without being liable to be stopped i and seized. The noble lord said that a subsequent order had allowed English subjects to import enemy's goods from neutral ports. He could not discover that there was any such order. The order of the 15th of April allowed neutrals to trade with all ports not in a state of blockade, but it did not apply to English subjects. But how would the noble lord proceed ? If the orders were rescinded, would he search every vessel coining out of a Prussian harbour ? He even proposed to go so far as to seize articles partly manufactured ; but this could not be done by any existing law. (Hear.) After listening at tentively to the noble lord's speech, he was unable to gather any definite course which he recommended. He had spoken of quantities of jute and hemp which might be obtained from other countries. If this were so, we should not be at the trouble of getting a little hemp through Prussia after a long land journey, but should prefer to obtain it at a cheaper rate from Manilla. Tne noble lord had denied the veracity of some returns, but had failed to show wherein they were untrustworthy, A recent return, only received that afternoon, showed a large increase in the importation of hemp from Prussia in 1854 ; but, on comparing it with the whole amount exported from Russia, instead of showing an increase of one-third, it showed a diminution of one-fourth or 'one-sixth on the whole quantity. Of flax, there was a large decrease for the first four months of the present year ; it had been reduced to about one-fourth. The quantity exported during the whole of last year was 425,418 cwt., while the quantity during the first four months of the present year was 12,023 cwt. Of tallow, - the whole quantity last year was 552,672 cwis., aid the quantity for the first four mouths of the present year was 42,144 cwts. In conclusion, he could assure their lord ships that her Majesty's Government felt as strongly as the noble earl could do the importance of carrying the blockade into effect with all the strictness which, ad the energy, activity, and exertion of the naval service could impart to it. He was satisfied that it would be so con ducted, and that the export trade of Russia, so far as her own ports were concerned, would be all but annihilated. With regard to that small portion of it which oozed through Prussia, he saw so many difficulties in the way of distinguishing between what was Russian and what was Prussian, that to adopt the measures recommended by the noble earl would, to use his favourite phrase, only inflict the minimum of injury upon Russia, and the maximum upon ourselves. (Hear.) Lord RAVENSWORTH thought the noble lord was inconsistent- in admitting the great importance of the Russian trade, and at the same time arguing as if it was of comparatively trifling moment to Russia. He found in an article which appeared in a Government organ that morning certain returns, showing the increase which had taken place in the Prussian export, and stating truly that that increase represented the Russian produce which had found its way to this country through the ports of Memel and Dantzio, notwithstanding the block ade. the exports of tallow in 1853 had been 54,000 cwts., in 1854 they had been 253,959 cwts. ; hemp, in 1853, 3,447 cwts. ; in 1854, 366,223 cwts. ; flax, in 1853, 22,442 cwts. ; 1854, 667,879 cwts. What he (Lord Ravenswortb) proposed was, that they should lay a duty of 20 or 25 per cent. ad valorem upon all Russian produce exported from any ports in the Baltic or Black Sea. (Hear, hear.) Such a step would be perfectly fair, and it would be effective. It would tend greatly to restrict the Russian trade, and at the same time it would - swell to a certain extent our own resources. her Majesty noble lords who were prepared to act on such principles and views. _ _ The Earl' of DERBY said the noble earl who had just sat down infused into the discussion that party acrimony and party animosity, the absence of which had happily characterised the debate hitherto. He was at a loss to know by what perverse ingenuity the noble earl per suaded hiinself that by assenting to the proposition of the noble earl, the party on this side of the house, which seemed to be the special object of the noble earl's ani mosity, pledged themselves to doctrines he considered so dangerous, and the evils of which he painted in colours such as could only proceed from so vivid an imagina tion as his. There was no sort of party or relationship between the adoption of the noble earl's motion and the . adoption of those views which according to the noble earl would produce so much danger and discontent. He believed that every man in the country, with the excep-, tion of the noble earl, came to the conclusion that the whole of this country were ready to submit to the greatest privations, difficulties, and losses, provided they tended to bring the war to an honourable and speedy conclusion. (Hear.) The resolution appeared to him to approach the character of a truism. There was not a syllable in that resolution about the Berlin decrees, the old mercantile law, the dangers of competition, or the paralysing of commerce all over the world. (Hear, hear.) He was ready to admit, if the noble earl would accept of any admission from him, that in the present times especially 'considering their alliance with France, it would not be an advisable or fitting policy on their part to adopt a system of belligerent rights differing from that Which was adopted by France. '(Hear, hear.) Nor, in the present circumstances of the world, would it be advisable or safe, for the purposes of war, to adopt or to enforce the old mercantile law, which would expose them to the risk of increasing the num ber of their enemies, by placing the neutral powers in opposition to them. (Hear, hear.) But there was nothing of that kind in the resolution. The arguments used by noble lords on the opposite side were contradictory of one another. The noble marquis said that die blockade was ineffectual, that the trade of Russia ought to be crippled to the utmost; and that this could never be done so long as they permitted it to pass through the neutral territory of Prussia. If, then, the Government had not adopted sufficient measures for crippling that trade, if it was carried on through Prussia unchecked ; and if, as the noble marquis said, it should be a primary object with them to cripple that trade by more efficient measures han any which bad been adopted or announced by her Majesty's Government, the noble marquis ought to support the motion of the noble earl. , But while the noble marquis—in spite of all he saw—wished that more efficient measures should be taken, he was not willing to agree that more efficient measures ought to be taken. (Hear, hear.) The argu ment of the noble marquis was quite at variance with the argument of the noble lord the President of tte Board of Trade. That noble lord says, " You know nothing about the figures. It is quite a mistake to suppose that we have done nothing to cripple the trade of Russia. It is quite true that for the first four months of the present year there has been an increase in the imports of Russian produce; but, depend upon it, the trade with Russia is at an end, the people. of Russia are suffering great distress from the cessation of trade, the ap pearances are fanacious." There was flat contradiction, therefore, between the noble marquis and the noble lord, and he left them to settle their differences between them selves. (Hear.) Then came the.noble earl who spoke last —he took a different view from both ; he said, " You ought not to check the trade with Russia; you ought not to check it even if you could." The noble earl admitted that there was no objection against our putting a differen tial duty on articles of Russian producei • but how, be asked, do you mean to carry into effect these fioancial restrictions ; he treated with contempt all regulations as to certificates of origin ; no doubt these might be evaded and falsified, but still every additional obstacle of that kind was so much the more putting a pressure on the enemy. (Hear.) The noble earl said the only effect of a differential duty would be to cause Russia to bring her produce overland to Amsterdam or Ostend. True, but did the noble earl calculate the disadvantage which raw produce conveyed at such expense for the purpose of be ing transhipped to this country would be under, when coming into competition with produce of the same de scription coining from other countries ? (Hear.) If they could get tallow, hemp, and flax from Russia only, they would only inflict a grievous loss upon themselves by forcing Russia to Fend her produce in that way, and all the advantage of the enhanced price would go to Russia, but it was a very different thing when, as in the case of tallow, only 1-10th of our consumption came from Rus sia, and that 1-10th bad to enter into competition with 9-10ths coming from other countries. (Hear, hear ) But the President of the Bo.trl of Trade admitted that it was by compelling Russia to a lengthy land journey that they practically did what all, except the noble earl, desired to do, namely, cripple the trade of Russia as an effectual means of putting an end to, the war in which they were engaged. (Hear, hear, hear.) But, said the noble earl even if you should succeed you would only raise the price of Russian produce, and ereatediscontent at home. If that argument was good for anything it was good for a great deal more. It was good against any blockade at all, against any restriction whatever. Nay, you ought not only not to check, but you ought to foster the trade and resources of the enemy, notwith standing the state of war. This doctrine of the noble earl was not the doctrine of the House of Lords—it was not the doctrine of the House of Commons—it was not the doctrine of the people of England ; and to attempt to set up such a doctrine in time of war was one of the most ab surd notions that could be entertained. (Cheers.) At present, the Prussian people warinlysympathised with the western powers, whatever the Government might do; but if they were deprived of the advantages which they en joyed under the present arrangements, they would come to the conclusion that it was much better to be on friendly terms with England, and would cordially unite themselves with the western powers. He did not pretend to say bow the noble lord's proposal was to be carried out ; but a noble friend behind him had shown how it might be car- . ried into effect without being open to the objections started on the side of the Government ; and, therefore, feeling that it would cripple the trade of Russia, which was one of the best means of carrying on the war with success, he should support the resolution. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) TRADE WITH RUSSIA. The Earl of ALBEMARLE, in rising to bring for ward the resolution of which he had given notice, ex pressed his regret that in calling the attention of the house to the manner in which the Government had acted in regard to trade with the enemy, he found himself for the first time in his life opposed to those friends with whom he had for a quarter of a century been united on all public and political matters. He entered unon this subject at great length a short time ago, and only rein troduced it now in consequence of the unsatisfactory answer he receieed from his noble friend the President of the Board of Trade. What his noble friend stated in reply to him was a mere reehauffe of the fallacy used by his predecessor in office when the subject was mooted in the other house of Parliament. If he were told that the blockade was meant to be a real and effective one then his occasion was gone. But he must remind their lordships that the most effective sea blockade that could be instituted was a mockery and a sham as long as the overland tran sit trade through Prussia was permitted to go on. It would be almost better to throw the money which Was extracted from the pockets of the people of this coun try into the sea than to spend it on a blockade by sea, whilst they permitted a free transit by land. (Hear.) How did the Russian Government avail themselves of that means of transit ? They so organised the means of transit by the Niemen, the Vistula, and the whole fron tier of Prussia, that the Russian produce which had been blocked up in the ports of the Gulph of Finland and Riga had found an outlet in that way. Our blockade of the Russian ports was thus neutralised in toto. He spoke under correction, but he believed that to trade with the enemy on the breaking out of war was a violation of the common law and the statute law—that it was a violation of the 23d of Edward 111., which made it treasonable to give "aid and comfort to the king's enemy." It was also against the maritime law, which was part and parcel of the law of nations. He was not on all occa sions an admirer of the " wisdom of our ancestors," but he thought that law was wholesome to this extent, that it was founded on the principle that war ought to be I conducted on war, and not on peace, maxims. But in three weeks after the declaration. of war came out the unhappy order in council, by which all the subjects of her Majesty were allowed to trade freely with all ports, except within certain specified limits. It was this that rendered the blockade delusive up to the present time. At least two-thirds of the Russian produce was destined Le. British ports, and nearly the whole was carried on by British capital. Tne small remnant that remained in the hands of the Russians themselves would hardly pay the expenses of transit, which the Russian Government will ingly incurred in order to carry out the important object they had in view. If the law were allowed to remain as it existed formerly, no one could trade with the enemy. And, in proof of that, he might state that no British merchant made a single purchase in Russia during the three weeks between the declaration of war and the issuing of the order in council. He gave the Government credit for good intentions, but their lax policy- bad done more mischief than the most active partisanship could effect. (Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government had given "aid and comfort " to the Queer's enemy as essentially as that "shady ally," whose fraudulent ally —neutrality—was so ably alluded to by the noble and venerable lord, whom he did not see in his place. On her Majesty's Ministers, who permitted the trade to be carried on by Prussia, rested the responsibility of the consequences. It was because be thought this fault was still reparable that he now reminded the Government of that responsibility. Prussia supplied the enemy with arms and munitions of war • but her Majesty's Govern ment supplied them with that which was still more use ful, the sinews of war, in the shape of 10,000,000/. to be paid for the export of Russian goods. The want of the articles was the short ,and long, of the reason assigned for this course of pelicy.. At least be conld draw no other inference from what had fallen from his noble friend. He would show in a few words how small was the sacri fice they were called on to make on this account. He would take the article of tallow. Their lordships were probably not aware how insignificant a part of that ar ticle was furnished by Russia to this nation. See con trileuted only one-tenth to our stock of tallow. That one-tenth, however insignificant to us, was of vital im portance.to the enemy. A week after his noble friend had made his fallacious comparison by comparing the whole produce of one year with the half of the produce of another year, he had a printed circular put into his hand, not made for Parliament, but for the trade, and it was therein stated thatthearrivals in the last week,tbat was the 7th May, amounted to 11,333 casks of tallow from Russia. With respect to hemp, there was a supply in this country now which was unprecedented in any former year. That spoke more powerfully of their blockade than any figures could do. The noble earl proceeded to say that an ample supply of hemp, or fibres from which hemp could be made in abun dance, could be procured from India, Mexico, and other countries, so that they might be quite in dependent of the Russian supply. Indian jute was capable of being manufactured into excellent hemp, and the natives used it as a strapped() for refractory wives and strangling supernumerary children. (Laughter.) The Admiralty entered into an enormous contract for the supply of hemp last year ;but, notwithstanding that, the price of hemp was 30 or 40 per cent. lower this•year than last year. He would recommend their lordships te read a very excellent work on the subject of Indian fibres, written by Mr. Gregson, a member of the other House of Parliament. With regard to flax, there were two official returns for 1853 and 1854, from which :t appeared that in the former year there was an increase of 37,415 acres under flax cultivation in this country, pianted on the supposition that the war would be car ried on as war should be carried on ; whilst in the latter year, after the order in council had become known, the cultivation of flax decreased by 23,607 acres. One person (Sir J. M`Neil) who had 600 acres under that cultivation in the former year reduced the quan tity to 30 acres. This was but, one sample of the mischief done by temporising with international law. He would now show, from historical examples, that the stoppage of the Russian trade would produce financial embarrassment, discontent among the Russian nobles, and consequent pressure on the Russian sovereign. He need not do more than just allude to the occurrence that took place fifty-three years ago to the then Emperor of Russia, in consequence of the stoppage of rents, which was occasioned by crippling the export trade of the em pire. (Hear.) The noble earl went on to say that when the Emperor Alexander 1., after the bloody battle of Friedland, was compelled to enter into the continental system of Bonaparte, the 'pressure occasioned by the blockade of the Russian ports was so great, that the Russian nobles put M. Savary, the French ambassador in St. Petersburg, into Coventry, and would not re ceive him into their houses. Prince Hardenburg said that in consequence of this the paper rouble fell fully 30 per cent. in comparison with the silver rouble ; and in 1810, when the Russian Government contracted for a loan, Puckler pocketed 28 per cent. for the transaction in consequence. It was said that if they did not use Russian produce somebody else would. Nobody could do so. Nobody else but England could afford or could supply the machinery which was required for work i up the raw produce of Russia. Under the flag of Teneriffe, 200 English vessels entered Riga in 1810 with British produce, and brought away Russian produce. Of so much importance was the trade with England consi dered by Russia, that the Emperor Alexander suffered his country to be invaded in 1812, rather than give up such gcod customers as the English. The evil of this system of ineffectual blockading was that, whereas honest and honourable merchants refrained from engaging in trade with the enemy, speculators were not prevented from entering into this adventure. He would give an in stance of this. During the Vienna conferences, specula tors paid to Russian merchants an advance of one-half and sometimes two-thirds, and not unfrequently the whole price of the article they traded in. The crown flax of Archangel was 521. per ton in this country; in Arch angel it was 271. a ton. Freightage, insurance, and inci dental expenses, cost 71. ; so that the cost of this article in this country was 341. Here, then, there was a dif ference of 181. per ton, or 50 per cent. to speculate upon. If peace was established this was all gain to the specu lator ; if not, he had the 181. to pay the charges of the land transit through the Russian dominions, the whole if which found its way into the pockets of the Russians. (Hear.) He bad to ray of the morality of the specula tors, perhaps they felt some twinges of conscience at enriching themselves and the enemy of their country, but he was afraid that 50 per cent. calmed the " still small voice." At any rate the Government were par tic;pes criminis. (Hear, hear.) The Government had always been most sensitive to the credit of the country, and "bad sought to keep up the value of the rouble. At the outbreak of the war it was 38d., but it had fallen to 32d. The RusSian Government had done . their best to pre vent this'by prohibiting the export of specie ; but the Government of this country came to their aid, by the order in council for regulating the trade with Russia, and then the rouble went up again to 35d. or 36d. Sub'sequen'tly, on the accession of Lord Palmerston to office, some alarm had been created by the publication of another order in council ; but when its effect was un derstood, the alarm was soon dissipated. Russia dreaded nothing so much as interference with her exports ; and this fear being removed the Russian Government had thought they might venture to join us by prohibiting the export of grain. By a merciful Providence, in the shape of a bountiful harvest last year, we were spared the suf fering which this might have occasioned ; but who could answer for the effect which such a measure might pro duce this year ? Fas est et ab hoste doceri ; and as Rus sia had sacrificed her trade in grain, though so impor tant to her, let us imitate her, and inflict the maximum of injury on our enemy, and the minimum on our selves. (Hear, hear from the Government bench.) Let us rescind cur order in council ; for the certificate of origin was not worth a sixpence. (Laughter. It might easily be rendered more certain and strngent ; various plans had been proposed with that view. A. .Manchester gentleman had recommended that an allowance should be made in the certificates of origin for the probable produce of the countries adjacent to R us sia. But he would de away with the certificates of ly of Russian Rorri!isniaanttgongoe,tihs,eran; d he o f would h i i ) c r h o h w if e )i r t e a p ll ar c t onsumpt ion of g e i t ; o il w t t o h i b e Nothing ht w i s tb o ß r o o s f s i t a h . i s u w o o u w l o d u co m l d throwpl e tely p the u o t an of proof entirely on the English importer ; and this would be sufficient to prevent any Russian or practicalßus sianly l a r a e c ci quainted with the trade, , goods being that it • would be perfectly easy to car y imported b . roke P r e s r a so o o d s r out this plan. tire' war with this , houge.ibitt, in Order to . bring 0 w t : " That it le the The noblek earl concluded by moving% efficient restrict the trade with that country by more which have hitherto been adopted or with Russia to a speedy termination, it is neeeesery . measures than any announced by her Majesty's Government." ' Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he most en- The house then diN%Cled— For the resolution Against it Majority —l6 The house adjourned at ten minutes before 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. COMPENSATION TO THE PATENTEES OF SCREW PROPELLERS. Lord WODEHOIJSE said that, although there might be considerable plausibility and weight in the arguments urged against the policy of the Government, still, when they came to be examined more closely, he thought it would be found that the policy adopted was a wise one. Lord BERNERS had, on the 6th of March, when he brought forward a motion with respect to the exporta tion of munitions of war, been informed by the noble earl the President of the Council, that the Prussian Government had given an assurance to her Majesty's Government that they would take steps to put a stop to the transit of warlike materials ; he wished to know whether the Government now entertained any expecta tion that these assurances would be fulfilled. Captain SCOBELL moved for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances under which the sum of 20,0001., voted by the House of Commons as a reward or compensation to the atentees of the screw propeller, as used in her Majesty's ships and vessels, had been applied, and as to what persons have preferred claims, either to the Admiralty, or other public depart. ments, to share in the public grant in respect to their patent rights, and to report thereon, This question was mooted at • the end of last session in the other house by Lord Lyndhurst, which showed it was a grievance requiring investigation. The question was, who had the 20,0001. granted by the Admiralty, and why was it so paid ? He found that the five who shared the money had quarrelled. They were in a questionable posi tion when they obtained it, and it had come before the highest judicial authorities, who have decided the screws used in the Navy were not those for which the money was granted. The question then came to be Considered who had got the money ; that was a question well worth considering, because Parliament had granted it, Of that there was no doubt. (Hear, hear.) Now the party who had the money was Mr. Henry Currie, and he would show it from his letter to the Admiralty. It must be remembered that the vote was for the screw used in the navy, but Mr. Currie had put all the five screws together. Why was any other inventor rewarded ? It it was Smith's alone, why did not Smith alone receive the money ? But the fact was, the invention was Capt. Carpenter's. That gallant officer was in the navy ; that was his profession. Was not his the screw that the D uke of Wellington, the Agamemnon, and' other steam war ships were now known by ? There could be no doubt about it. Yet the money (20,0001.) was shared between five persons, of whom Captain Carpenter was not o ne . Mr. Lowe claimed to be one of the inventors, but the Privy Council did not think so, and decided accordingly. Captain Carpenter-, in 1838 or 1839, made cominunica tiring to the Admiralty of that day. In 1840 he took out a patent for a screw, and lodged everything with the Admiralty. This was long before Smith's screw was talked of. The Rattler was - fitted with Carpenter's screw ; he received encouragement from the Govern ment ; was appointed to a ship-of-war, and ordered to the Mediterranean in a pinnace fitted with his screw, which astonished all the other boats by the way in which it screwed and steamed about. When he returned, after some years, he found others endeavouring to reap the reward of his ability ; he made representations to the authorities ; and up to the last few months bad con tinued to press his claim. By desire of , the Admiralty he made an application to Mr. Currie. Captain Car penter's patent was almost exhausted. He went last year to the Committee 'of the Privy Council for a re newal ; and the Government officers testified, then, that it was Captain Carpenter's screw which was used in the navy, which he had shown from the evidence. The Admiralty was, in point of fact, now using Captain Carpenter's screw, but of course no subject could bring an action against the Government. The Agamemnon, as he had already stated, which went 11 miles an hour, was worked by Carpenter's screw. The Government officer in Woolwich dockyard had so testified before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The hon. and gallant gentleman went, on to quote the evidence given before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and to observe that Captain Carpenter's screw was the maximum of power with the minimum of resistarice. Captain Parry's, Mr. Galloway:s, and other evidence were entirely confirmatory of the value of Captain Car penter's invention. Judgment was given by the Judicial Committee on the 30th of May last, and they said they were particularly struck by the circumstance that the Government, having had notice of the present applica tion, might be taken as not cont ,sting the validity of the patent, the general utility of the invention, or that it was in use in her Majesty's navy. He contended that Captain Carpenter, who was the sole inventor of the screw used in the royal navy, had not been a participator in the amount granted by Parliament for the invention, but that the money had gone into the hands of five screw companies, who had joined together, and who were not entitled to it. The hon, and gallant gentleman con• eluded by calling upon the Admiralty to• do justice to the claims of Captain Carpenter, by making Mr. Currie, Mr. Westhead, and_the other persons who had received the money under an indemnity to the Crown to refund it if erroneously paid, and return a portion of it for the use of Captain Carpenter. (Hear, hear.) Mr. KERSHAW seconded the motion. Lord COLCHESTER thought they would have been justified on the principles of international law, and it would have been good policy, if they had issued an order forbidding the exportation of Russian produce from any port whatever in the Baltic, and acted on the principle of following an enemy's goods wherever they found them Earl GRANVILLE, in answer to the question of the noble lord (Berners), stated that his noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had as yet no official knowledge of the result of the application to the Prus sian Government. With reference to the question before the house, he would ask the noble lord, who advocated the right of indiscriminate search, to consider whether, in a case in which they had proposed to themselves such di-interested objects, and were so anxiaus to obtain the sympathy of other nations, they were likely to attain those objects by directing their cruisers to search every Dutch, Belgian, Spanish, Danish, or American vessel they met, in order to search for Russian produce. The noble lord had forgotten the distinction between Rus sian produce and Russian property, the latter being Russian by origin, when once purchased by a Pome ranian Jew or merchant, was entirely beyond their reach wherever it might be found. With regard to the blockade, he Lad already explained two or three times the difficulties that had prevented the instructions of the Government from being carried out ; but with the permission of the house he would read a written statement, which would show accurately the measures till: had now been taken. With respect to the White Sea, the orders issued to the commanding. officer on the station were, as soon as he arrived, to esta blish a strict blockade of Archangel and the other ports, and not to fail to communicate the fact of his hav ing done so by the earliest opportunity. With respect to the Baltic, Rear-Admiral Dundas was directed to esta blish a strict blockade of the Gulf of Finland, and of all the Russian ports in the Baltic and in the Gulf of Both nia, and a strict blockade of all the ports in the Gulf of Finland by a competent force had actually been estab lished since the 28th of April. As to the Black Sea, the Government had sent most positive instructions to Sir E. Iyons to establish a strict blockade, and in two subiequent despatches his attention had again been drawn to the subject. From February. 1855, a block ade had been established by the naval forces of France of all the Russian ports in the Black Sea and in the Sea of Azoff, with the exception of Eupatoria, Balaklava, and Kamiesch. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he hoped his noble friend would not press his motion to a division. If he did he felt he could not support it. Earl GREY said that the speeches of his noble friends the President of the Board of Trade and the Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, had conclusively disposed of the arguments brought forward on the other side in support of the present motion. The system of making war with the trade of the enemy was considered so in tolerable, that even in this country the famou, orders in council by which it was to be carried out broke down and were repealed in spite of the Government of that day. But he was particularly surprised to hear his noble friend quoting the continenial system of Napoleon in support of his motion. Why, all the most intelligent observers of the events of that period were agreed that the attempt to enforce the Berlin decrees was more than anything else the cause of Napoleon's fall. Mr. Ricardo remarked that the extreme animosity shown by the Rus &ans to Napoleon was traceable to the tyranny with which he firced his continental system upon them. He ob served with regret and dismay more than he could de scribe that the motion of his noble friend seemed to be adopted by)the powerful party opposite. They incurred great responsibility by doing so. He thought that by giving their countenance and support to such a motion they gave them a n e w reason f ir re j o i c i ng t h a t th e division of last night was suc h as not to b r i ng into t h e councils of v , Sir F. BARING observed that as he was the person, ' in point of fact, responsible in this matter, he would. be glad to offer a few observations. The hon. and gallant gentleman who bad brought forward the motion had withdrawn the written charge he had first made against the Government, for misappropriating the public money, and had had made it in his speech. But if he would again bring forward his motion, as originally worded, he (Sir F. Baring) would take care that he did not want a seconder. With regard to the subject more imme diately before the house, he had to observe that, when he first became connected with the Admiralty, he found considerable difficulty with respect to the claims , of the parties who professed to be interested in the screw propeller. The screw propeller used in the navy was not the specific screw of any one patentee ; but as , 1 the Admiralty considered that they had infringed certain patents, they believed the inventors were entitled to compensation. The Admiralty found all the parties at i law with each other, and they declared their inability to decide who was the proper person to be paid for the in vention. At length it occurred to some of the parties in terested that it would be far more sensible if all the in ventors, whose rights were infringed, should combine togetherand endeavour to get some compensation for the loss they had sustained. This was the history of the amalgamation, and which the hon. and gallant gentle man had dwelt upon at such length. Mr. Henry Currie, who happened to be a member of the house, then waited upon the Admiralty in the capacity of agent for the par tie's whose rights had been invaded, and showed that he was authorised to settle their claims and to receive the money to which they were entitled. The Admiralty re ceived Mr. Currie as an agent of the claimants, and treated him just as they would do any person who had a bill to receive at their hands. Mr. Currie produced an authority, signed by all parties, giving him full powers to act on their behalf, a procf of agency than which none could be more satisfactory. The state of the law with re spect to patents, was this, that if the Government made a screw for the navy on their own premises, the pa tentee bad no remedy against them for an infringement of his rights, neither had he a remedy against them if they employed a contractor to make any patent work for the use of her Majesty's navy. The patentee would, however, in the latter case, have a right of action against the contractor for using the patent. The Attorney-Gene ral of that day was well acquainted• with the law of pa tents and he consulted him, and he was clearly of opinion that be could pay the money to these parties. He, acting under professional advice, also required a guarantee to be given that no further claim should be made. He was bound to state that, up to the time of the agree ment, he never heard that Capt. Carpenter had claimed any money compensation in consequence of his patent right having been infringed. No doubt Capt. Carpenter had claimed to be employed, but at that time he had made no claim for money compensation. He (Sir F. Baring) now came to the agreement. That agreement was made with Mr. Menry Currie. The bargain was this—it was a payment for the past, and a purchase for the future. Capt. Carpenter had estimated, to a certain extent, what the value of the patent right was. He had claimed the whole `20,0001., and a further sum of 44,000/. He received 20.000/. as a final payment for all claims past and future, and he (Sir F. Baring) was at a loss to understand on what ground he could claim 44,0001. more. When these parties combined together, the arrangement made was this—that the"money should be distributed by an arbitrator appointed by them all. He bad been told that be bad misappropriated the public money, or that he had acted inadvertently. At the time when the last vote was taken, the sum of 10,000/. had been paid under a particular agreement with these parties. On that occasion he twice explained the whole transaction to the house. The money was taken, in point of words and explanation, for payment to these persons, and it could not have been applied to the pay ment of Captain Carpenter. That officer had put in a claim to the Admiralty ; and the advisi rs of the Admi ralty—Mr. Lloyd and Sir B. Walker—bad reported that the screw invented by Captain Carpenter was not the screw used in her Majesty's navy. It was said that Capt. Carpenter had been hardly dealt with, and that, therefore, a committee ought to be appointed. The ques tion was altogether one for a court of law ; and why had he not proceeded against the contractors who bad been employed by the Admiralty ? His hon. and gallant friend seemed to think that the patent law was changed when the screw was used in a Queen's ship. Capt. Carpenter had only once gone to law, and on that occasion the Vice- Chancellor had refused to grant the injunction. He should go, as other people had been compelle I to go, to the courts of law. He must protest against the deci sion of a question of this nature by a committee. It would have no weight whatever ; but, as far as he was personally concerned, he was indifferent whether a com mittee was appointed or not. After a few words from several hon. members, The house then divided, when the r,u nbers were— For the motion 49 Against it 69 Majority —2o DISTRICT PARISHES. The Marquis of BLANDFORD obtained leave to bring in a bill to make better provision for the forma tion and endowment of district parishes. MORTMAIN. Mr. ATHERTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to mortmain. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE QUALIFICATION BILL. Mr. COLVILE asked leave to introduce a bill to enable persons to qualify as magistrates when they pos sessed personal estate of 3001. per annum, or real estate of 1001. per annum. At, present, no gentleman could qualify for a county magistrate unless he derived an income of 1001. a year from land. Agreed to. COAL MINES INSPECTION BILL. Mr. BOUVERIE, on behalf of Sir G. GREY, obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the law for the inspec tion of coal mines in Great Britain. THE COURTS OF SESSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. THE SPIRITS, &c., DUTIES BILL. Admiral JQNES desired that certain exceptions should be introduced in this bill, with respect to the re moval of stocks of spirit dealers in Ireland. The C FIANCE LLOR of the EXC REQUE R objectd, on the ground that the bill already contained excep tional powers similar to those requested by the hon. member. Admiral JONES then moved that there be added to clause A,—" Provided always that nothing herein con tained shall interfere with the provisions of an act passed in the 11th and 12th of her Majesty, entitled An Act to Amend the Laws relating to the Warehousing of British Spirits.' " The house divided, when the numbers were— Aye' 2B Noes 56 Majority —2B The bill was read a third time and passed. ALTERATIONS IN PLEADINGS BILL. This bill was read a second time. SEWERS (HOUSE DRAINAGE) BILL. . . This bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 10 minutes to 11 o'clock until this day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.--TunDAY. A blank afternoon, the main body of subscribers having left town to attend the race meeting at Bath. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY RACES. TUESDAY. The Lansdown Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 40 added ; for three-year-olds and upwards ; extra weight for certain winners. One mile: 19 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Benhams, by Van Tromp, 3 yr-, 7st 2lb (Clement) 1 Mr. Waller's Octavia, 6 yrs, 8t (Sly) 2 Mr. J. Hewitt's Postulant, 5 yrs, 7st bib (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Florist, Jacqueline, Anthra cite, Master Horton, and b f by Verulatn. Betting-7 to 4 agst Benhams, and 3to 1 agst Jacqueline. Won easily by a length and a half ; three lengths between the second and third ; Florist was fourth, Jacqueline fifth, and Anthracite sixth. Just before reaching the distance, Master Horton ran against a post and unseated his rider. The Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for three-year-olds, colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; untried horses and mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance. The second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 46 subs. Mr Howard's Oulston, by Melbourne, Bst 10Ib (Wells) 1 Mr. Knowles's Sandboy, Bst lib (Bilitiby) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Bessie, Bst 71b The following also ran the Third and Rosetta. Betting-3 to 1 and 7t02 on Oulston, who took a long lead, was never caught, and won in a canter by twenty lengths. Bessie, William the Third, and Rosetta were pulled up. • Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for two , year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; untried horses or mares allowed 31b, .but only one allowance ; the second to save his stake,. T.Y.C., half-a -mile. 41 subs. Mr. Parr's Coroner, by Loup-garou, Bst 101 b (Flatman) 1 Mr..E. Parr's Stork, Bst 101 b (Quinton\ 2 Lord John Scott's Wandering Willie, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Persia, Brother to Orinoco, Duet, Maid of tho Mill, Furioso, Disraeli, Garnet, colt out of Baleine, Secretary. Betting—Even on Furioso, 4 to 1 agst Brother to Orinoco, and Bto 1 each agst Stork and Coroner. Co roner made all the running, and, after a fine race in, won by a head ; two lengths between the second and third ; Duet was fourth, Maid of the Mill fifth, Disraeli, Brother to Orinoco, and Furioso, were the next lot past the post. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; the second horse to receive 50 sovs, and the third horse to save his stake. Extra weight for certain winners. Two miles and a distance. 83 subs, 55 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Lord Chesterfield's Typee, by Touchstone, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b .... Mr. C. Fenning's Humboldt, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Bates) 2 Mr. t. Thelluson's R atap l an, 5 yrs, 9st2l b ( J . P r i nce ) 3 Mr. Gulliveris Hercules, 4 yrs, 7st llb (including 71b extra) The following also ran :—Little Harry, Goorkah, Newbold, Kidnapper, Cleveland, Kaffir, Mr. Sykes, Whalebone, Mi s h ap. Betting -9 to 4 agst Typee, sto 1 agst Kidnapper, 6 to 1 agst Little Harry, 8 to 1 agst Mishap, 100 to 12 agst Hercules, 10 to 1 aget Rataplan, and 12 to 1 a gst Kaffir. The race in with the four placed was close and interesting, Typee wi nn ing by a head ; a neck between ..--------- ---- i fourthatsl ineedl Selling Clevelandre g c o; StakesnK d a a th n r d owwasf third, esr e sfifth,o4 ,ei a as n ee d anaca and 01 Idfr, bead e r (I b A t o 11 year-olds and upwards ; .o:lpi.ttiti:ohn2ala:l 350dieldilihOCig: fr;e:lbgr; ' - Once round. Mr. second L o a w nad e n,s s d Donna, by sp an ` Jac);' 4 3 1 ' (1301 63 I Z b ) J. L ' 501. ....--- ......" '''' ..... "1 Mr. p ' Est 51b. ' 5 Gully's Pr of Wales, 3 yrs, a lter/ Mr. B. 31b °l * No betting. GtViThreiryodnC, bhyictk:nOle3nalthrnsi: 6:lll(ljelegicnt;').°lll'.9)lBi T tbe .oo The Members' Plate (Handicap) of 501.; ettte 0 1 , for certain winners. Once round (about aOw half.) 7st lib I Mr. Currie's Vingt-un, by Alarin, 4 prif ( OW i . 1130 Y) , Mr. J. Adkins's Vandenhoff, 3 yrs, sst 81b 4 . o il) ' Mr. J. M. Stanley's Veteran, 5 yr , 7st 21b(lveloPe' The following als6 ran :—Pyrois,lWantsgeo feis Royal Georr, John Barleycorn, Nonsuch'," j Surgeon-General, Matilda, and Sinithrnoer• ~, s eco ° Won by half a length ; a heal between o'..dfortb, and thi r d ; same distance between the third $P and a length between the fourth end fiftb. ' 00 LAT EST BETTING ON TO CO DERBY. 1 9to 2 agst Wild Dayrell (taken/ 6to 1 aagg:t R t DiefieniClaarne (taken) 6 to 1 Isles. f t on 7 e : i t: e l : a1_...iii10:1L.......,...,.....ve1ag5t Lord laid aolslea OljleD) 12 to 1 agst Flatterer (offered) , 1000. to 10 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) ke n) r d oi 1000 to 10 agst Grteculus E' laid (: 1 1 130 t 1, 0 tbe A edi. CO Life:N:li Y 11A It ti -g r ' s ' last. The e p . orts . are in 0 sidere d $, p 0 astunhadirifiymecenatss in :LIVERPOOL -4W 15' ce lna d l ' if eFJ: l A good fresh arrival of wbeat and filo tifsir,e_rol: about attuditnacehdgaao F Dl r o agi r a dls i a eyt d: Nss vi cos o y o a pa y p i l a n d t ak ) :t r e : : o o i t e re f f le a l it : i ‘ t b ao, lcr i, n ur i l ijo r l el l e ' 1 : 1g 3 . y Dn p et 3 is : s si 1 l o ci : i d or,t tea O.i: bog 1 lg t gs J oi ); oe ' 1 1 : 00 : 0 1 '1 1 P...' nueldp our, articles qr... ....----:-..- irr/i f IPSWICH-10 15 ' i witl i $ a ft could 8 05. market, at full PO t, continues to find buyer. peas firmer. e r have without l sotahbwthoat , i . , t i, P .------•••••••• ~ * ITULL'ILAT 143 ' of f$11):11;1$7 T®-day we had a small attendi!P,eeir"bot o; e el‘ , tit li. moderate show of satuples. %peso o f 1 t t, ill C 4) 1 1 firm, at is to 2s over the current rates ,_cieri. ,10 A, tL r ieiol Linseed e i dt n he s e h amk or ea t srm r ea p ti p nv l et y ar , yin a fit n hr t ei n rs e h r i f g u h r u r r :p vs n i lisee ; cl: o ',fts,r,,lo7,l l flotl i tilio , dearer, an d scar ce. Beans ls deare,re. sower ft now on sale. , , 31 0, so v / 63 r".66 64 0 6( 00 . , .. Wh D — an -ea tz t iC Pomeran E l Ditto white . .78to 82 Linseed( 9:b01i41, _ Oats, Ditto pate sa d AP" v.' berg .; .,.•••;;a to / angiCeloo•;;;beris / 'r' burgh 73 to 78 Ditto- , ' ..„.... fo 0 Danish, Holstein, and gale! '" k i to ~ emu 1 0 ', Friesland English pitto u - , pr. " I RO oil I,y 101 l to 0 Russian and Odessa` 63 td e Linsc•L e for. •,-/000,1 010 nniadgalis.nic:o..:ni..ar::: 7 ° 6 t o ;91Peo,s, greliZex ~ Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian Barley, malting Ditto grind' Min n 30 to .i nO •"" .-- 11 " , Beaus Ditto foreign ...,... .., ~.„, Peas • , white and yel. '42 to 45 Rae etPA' , yol - , "0 XCSANGY,-- ~..„. ::1;)! 11 IsS oib::::•"::::":, 12 IA Genes ....•':',..''',. A 12 e 4 Gel l°3 ... ".„...,„ 01 25 42% ;0113.0 • • ..,,. ~,., ~ 11 , , 25 42% VOW!". „,,....,,‘ i I f ;' 4 13 7S 53P1e'0...'"' /.., 0 Falern' .• '',..",, / - ! Messina ..,. ~..., / Lisbon ••••. ~.,,, . / Oport° ......,...,,,,, / Elo J3n e t ir i feJ.' P, plien°s . 1 , 60 d' i . PO/ New 0r5.,,/,oi 1 0 0 , philadel,P OO o 4 1 1 P rille.--.1,1 1 0 0 .• 0 0 , , Fo reii","oold C ° ~. vl O I rata& poio ~,.' I 31.eDolla ''s„ i;e 9l Dat o Silv er's -......--• A O ~, v. JO OS. 14i 5EA.1201Lv.:„..-'___ OOl ,ora the , 4 >, 5N signifies that the mail? are.solu `Loa 0 10 , 0 9, tell. , 63 tho night—and NI by them ornillgi ~. Froo A ifri o ; vary. ien tria„;l,°;., f0t5,,,z) iOwe'nerai ~,,, 0 2... p1yr foido• , o i f ii office , ._._.,-- ----- DiVery- , - Every Frido - • ~,, 7 „ • Lice .c,,,,, 0 COURSE OF Amsterdam .... Ditto, three months .. Rotterdam ........ •• •• Antwerp •••• •• •• •• •• .• Brussels .... • • ......•• Harriburgh;•• •• •• •• •• Aitona • • • • •• •• •• •• •• • • 25 20 Paris•• •••• •• •• •• •• • • 545 Ditto, three months •• 45 Marseilles ••••••• •• •• 2.5 Bourdeaux .• ••.••• •• •• 11 11 94 Frankfort-on Maine.... Berlin •• •• •• •••• •• •• •• 50 Vienna.......... •• •• •• 12 12 52 Trieste.. .. .• •• •• •• •• ** 354_ Petersburg ......•• •• •• 4 9% Madrid •••••••• • •• •• •• 50 Cadiz •• •• •• a• •• ..... •• Barcelona Seville.. COUNTRIES America(byßrit.pack)N AmericP. key United St!: packet) America (by U. States packet)• Australia (via South ampton) Ditto (via Marseilles) N, Ditto (via Cape of Goad , Hope) .... • • • • • • •• N Africa ( West Coast) .. Alexandria N Alexandria.......... Bahamas ... •••• • • M Belgium N Brazil Al, Buenos Ayres . • N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.... _ • Channel Isles Chili.. • _ Chins . .......... Constantinople ...... Constantinople .... • • • • Cont. of Europe M 8c N Egypt (see India) France & Gibraltar ... • N Greece (see India) Greytown .......... Harriburgh ..N1 flavannah .... • Holland .... • • N Honduras Ai India (vlaSouthampt.)M l India (via Marseilles). sl lonian Isles (see India) Ireland & N Lisbon.. , • •• .. Madeira I Madeira .....• ... • N Malta (see India) Malta • Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ........ N Mexico ...... Naples • . N New Granada .... .• N New Zealand ....... • • • Papal States ........N Pe ainsu! a .. .. 31 Port Natal Sicily .. —NI Tuscany Venezuela Van Diem en's Land (sec: a* per - ~,. flit°l6!, 13d of the tiaon. • ,pofocipt, 8,9, 24,c 3 0 ° t " 90eir'pr 4078 r Inth of otoo. 1704 of the raootr. Daily • • .• • ';',:iltDOP, th o 9 ithee 9th of th coooth • • i;0100 Pio ° 9th of the tooett, )(X ( 40 t lls l,o ' t Mon.,Vfe•tFt ii :El tli ' 2,1 Pz i7tri of 'rt OriCe a alOatb • ; it,' polf;pti 3,13, I 8,23,6'.1.8„,0 , , 3 0 a o' !4th D 20tli of .- ' . 90 1- Twice dallY .• •• • . ~' P4oll;Pti Twice del. •oiii: god, 0 4,7, 17, 20, 27 - „itifio,, li ,' 2 ' 2 : 17 : u:tddehs:doorafiY7tt. h t h &: e. ° 0 7 0 1::, ~ ~:71. 1: : : :5 008 :1 01: ~,:°: o" . , ; P r. : :•,, ~';‘,', i 4th 8D 20th of I:t'i, D 011..., '9oBc 250 ft° , o n 10 0 00 ), 7, 0, &2/ oi ••• fiel.lool, Twice daily . • .t.'o%; 0 40 111 ~, I. 9, 1 7,8 ' 27 °ools°°erpe. ig t h o i the to ° ,Of ~ 1 23 d or month•• • wort. P°4.o , 1 la 28 of 1 8,, SD - n stli .....9 , . , 14th of 0. - 7 , 0 ,....,„, ,,. 0" ...0 of th e intio,oo,9o. ',sthothwri.,loo.-,or ~i OdB, Othol .1- 1f5ete,,,,,,, IsPrivate 0.1);:r o,oippi sob th2Atholt°„0:4001,100. Ithrittalthol-onjfltioulir ~, 16 i A gr 270 oroip. or ~,. 00 , y priv," rooiliirver "t.OOl sth I 0th25001, 1 0) 0 ~,011 1, :stiii6tl2bthoio?,,, 9,00 e, jot 0 2d 4; ath °igloo.- 00 1 01101 00. i oill0",r- 0 11 0 I 'll i l•lf. I7th to !pi tilv 9,00:00040 00 W hen any of these dates fall °1:16 el 0 41 1 ' - apatehed on the following (lay, w''''",a lil" s°lelott'dol Pten), and the Malta, both .- . 11 ..._ I:7 da..._ri_ / 1 9 8. B 1 B r ,e l if wifem .O wn of e th g ju e e l ihi s . nn t t h GEEi i n n usss a yqq t ,.. .. :Eaas t tq .13 ° 1: c- 1 1 : s :. l l ' -A li o , r ii :vir e : , k fithla O . 9. Philip Beech, On the 14 h t G o ld in g ' o°rtf°l' o o'l3 riejai* Ob. On the 14th inst.„ at the v i CO l i + 04.°9"' A. On the 13th inst.- at CoraP'° o.ll'oo' wife of Grantham It'. Dodd, Pll3;',fife °f On the 12th inst., at Elul], th 66th Regiment. ry• , , ' . 1 t 04 41' ,•Il toi) to", . 4 1 ;41P e Jr]) to .411 Australia) ... ••• • • West Indies 9 (0 0 ' 9 tr ' or A PA-6 0 -f" On the 15th inst. , at 14, i‘t°ll.l) 900. Denman. ft,eotorP. 001 On the 14th last ,at the ° re Bath, Mrs. Frederic. atovidcs• 0 A get s On the 13th inst.,the the wife of V. L. Chomeny, °)61" sirOnj.thite .15Ct.hBi.ncst.aveRa:tyaSitilerti:11'ilill'betif.11:4:011°•or5161: -- lif). d Ye) M 4 B fl f lei ' O 6 el / by the Rev. Wm. iateley CV•iith 110,,1ie, ge PV Cave Browne Cava, Esq. Oat ° ' to Jou ire,f 4 1. p, Bart.r o f tile, Voo ,/ , (laughter of John Taylor, acl'' tersb-,00.1„ f, Ito , 1 P i i T te o r tn , apnk(ilnosfonS,troeftttohn;lall. WO ° deli ' o ff' ' Captain Tompkinson, .N . " ...- -a ' 1 0 On the 10th inst. at Leigb , • _1110190; ei tli ilgoo:11., iP:i 4. .0' tem ,AI p i (laughter of the B,ev. aS. Co us. , , P :,,, 1 . 0 l'OOP :4,09', Sal° r;te 0 On thoeflW9threinesstte.,r.at All Rev. Charles Ingham Black. cl iClaP t°ll* A of the late Alex. Allan, I .' C l . ' ° V ItU A Y , p 10 D' deriolcA jf k aird On the 12th inst., tho 0-"gelilocr_i,,krito2( ,01,7 third son of the late Era' cf -50 ho Nvi''' irodivf. On the 11th inst., Dir. 0° IP' aged 87. froper Sli,,il'Ai4l,,, t 20 -..- tisc-C., 0- 1 .-A,r ° 1 On the 15th ins' 0., a ' rat Pr 0 0 ,0 nah, widow of tYie late Javnea tower e. Tli.rif 311 On the 15th inst., at ili ji;itendllloo3,lo.o, f, tour t, Islington, } lio n, an t ogi,eollo ~ip 'the 4th Royal Sat.;'l,. nes le i rj c 'e, ~ o r ) (r , of the County Prison, gaius,,.;Prolce-Pj'Arn'ffilf ► l• On the 15th intt., at lA'-ifaciro Of°, "' son of Lient.-Co',. Cross late ee On i ll 001" On the 13th inst. aged'S,tic'ke' jels° 00 4 0 Pyner, 58th Ity,gt., "'' peter's' %. " 1 1 1 ' ' 0' ' On the 13th inst., at St. 3jojleseceveo of 00) Bayl is, Frtm t: On the 7th M a roc , at Cap® goon(' eon :ar:e,scial: Ponder's-ona, Toon, 0 , of 9,/,) John Skinner Francis, Bscl;;_voerstc_„, 0 07,0 On the ~ ~„ , a. lola , ac e, JO Esq., late Coll actor of rii.'uff.jvgs-P' ,/,,fIP On the 14th inst. at -18, e a /9. ,"41/ 0 east, John Phillips;Bsq'' °° ,f' 90 fit 9 ' ------7-co -.----,—......--- !7 ":"-- - ;" ---- by ) 0 0 0 , vaiiste3 0 0 , 4 0 . oPrtilisoinalitt 0°,7 evcp, LONDON : Print a n d . - , ,t .1 , - if . V 13thofit1sT3,1:11,; of No. 112, Strand, theeriotox, 000YL, Strand, in. the Precinct of ~,16, 16P" giddleiexa. virecosa4oy• P.O ./-----' I t _~ ,