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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS_(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack St five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Bath, signed by 1, 543 persons , pr a y in g the intervention of England in support of the restoration of Poland. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Lord ST. LEONARDS wished to inquire whether her Majesty's Government have adopted any new scheme for granting tickets of leave to convicts. The noble lord called the attention of their lordships to the question in volved. When it was determined to abolish transportation as a general punishment, the question to be solved was, what was to be the substitute for transporation ? It was proposed in respect to convicts sentenced to seven or ten years to introduce a system of penal servitude. Power was, therefore, given to the magistrates, whenever they thought proper, to grant licences to those sentenced to transportation in the shape of tickets of leave, by which the convict was permitted to go to certain districts in dicated in these licences, such districts to be limited to the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. The noble lord then entered into a statement to show that the system was fraught with the utmost danger. The noble lord said he had already stated in this house the cruelty exercised towards those persons who had re ceived tickets of leave, by following up those per sons by policemen in plain clothes ; and there fore it was a mockery to say that that un fortunate individual had received any benefit from the system as at present pursued. The noble lord then re ferred to the statistics of crime, and contended that the results had been anything but favourable. After having adduced several cases in which the most lamentable re sults followed the discharge of those persons, he sub mitted that there had not been sufficient care taken in granting tickets of leave. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government regretted as much as the noble lord the working of the ticket-of leave system. With regardto whether the Government had any new scheme, he regretted that 'he could not give an answer that would be satisfactory to the Able and learned lord. He had brought down a report, with the intention of reading some portions of it to their lordships ; but he thought it would oc cupy too much time if he were now to do so. Some of the statements made by the noble lord, he must say, were exaggerated, and, with respect to the watching of persons by the police after they had received tickets of leave, he begged to inform the noble and learned lord that only one case had been reported to the Home Office, and he did not think that he would wish the Government to act upon this one single sas s. Ile begged to inform the noble and learned lord that Sir Gs Grey intended to collect materials with re spect to this question, and, when he had done so, they would be laid before their lordships. Earl GREY said if this country wore obliged to yield to the colonies everything they demanded, the sooner it gave them up the better. The colonists could not com plain of injustice, as they wont originally to a penal colony, for the sake of the advantage that convict labour afforded them. He preferred transportation to the present mode of penal servitude, and he thought that Western Australia could take all the convicts this country would be likely to send. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that no member of their lordships' house concurred more than he did in tho necessity that existed for transportation. The experience acquired during many years' administration of criminal law had convinced him that transportation answered all the ends of punishment more than anything else • for t it con tained the two essential ingredients of punishment —the maximum of correction and the minimum of suffering. But, unfortunately, however advantageous it might have been to this country, it was the opinion of the last two Go vernments, and also of their lordships, that the time had come when transportation must be, be would not say abo lished, for it had not been abolished, but to a great extent cut down and modified. He believed that about 1,000 con victs were the most that could now be annually sent out of the country. The noble earl who last addressed their lord ships considered that the necessity for the modification of transportation was too hastily assumed, and that the feeling in the colonies was brought about by unjustifiable language held by certain individuals at home, who sought for some thing they did not desire. He (the Lord Chancellor) con fessed that, to a great extent, he was inclined to agree in that view of the case i but, from whatever cause it had arisen, the feeling was too great to be resisted. It was felt to be impossible to continue to send out convicts in the face of the remonstrances that were made on the subject. The noble earl said our colonies were not worth keeping if we were to yield everything they demanded; but the ques tion was this—when there came repeated remonstrances against our loading those rising communities with the off scouring of our criminal population, was that a complaint it would have been just and safe to resist? It was neces sary that an experiment should be made. When it was said that an experiment must be made, he thought it of necessity followed that a bill similar to that which their lordships had passed should be brought in. If convicts could not be sent abroad, they must be imprisoned at home. What he proposed, and what their lordships adopted, was this, that whereas there had been a very well-known system of substi tuting terms of imprisonment at Milbank for certain terms of transportation, that which had been done by the Exe cutive should thenceforward be done by the Legislature. The terms, which were said to be short, were the exact terms that had been in use. The man who was sentenced to transportation for seven years was by the 'universal system imprisoned for four years ; for ten years, seven were substituted, and so on. As to the question how far the Government had acted wisely in carrying out the en actment of the Legislature, it had been said, over and over again, that the whole dealing with this subject was neces sarily an experiment; and, looking to the report of Col. Jebb, he thought it would be impossible to deny that the system was working well. There might be individual cases of hardship, but the general result was, that persons undergoing first imprisonment, and then penal labour, and who then get out on tickets-of-leave—the result was, that a great proportion of them turned out comparatively ho nest and useful members of society. It was a plausible statement that an effectual system of registration and con trol would afford greater safety; but any such system of registration was likely to be deceptive. However, it was proper to make such an attempt, and such an attempt will be made. The system of compelling seen to report them selves regularly might also be tried, but he must say ho law great difficulties in that system. There would be great difficulty in forcing a man who had got into work, perhaps, to resort to the county town, or to some central office, there to report himself. (Hear, hear.) The man would have to get leave from his master, and it would be a perpetual renewal of his shame. He was of opinion that more evil than good would result from such an ar rangement. It might be necessary to make an experiment of the kind, but it was one he should look to with appre hension. Lord ST. LEONARDS was understood to then move for certain returns of the numbers, dm., of men who had been liberated. on tickets of leave. CRIMINAL LUNATICS. Lord ST. LEONARDS said he should not trouble their lordships long on the subject of the inquiry of which he had given notice, with reference to criminal lunatics. In re gard to the administration of the effects of lunatics a more perfect system than the English was not anywhere to be found. The laws on that subject which their lordships had made and passed, and put into operation, left very little to desire. But there was one most important part of the system which had been left. unprovided for—that was the subject to which lie now called their attentiqii ; and he wished to inquire whether her Majesty's Government had any intention to erect asylums for criminal lunatics? Earl GRANVILLE was sorry to saythat a great evil ex isted in regard to criminal lunatics, and it was most desir able that proper accommodation should be provided ferithem. He was happy to state, although he would not pledge the Government to carry the proposal into inareediato effect, thatit was in contemplation to erect an asylum for criminal lunatics. It was entirely a question of time, and a matter for the consideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the House of Commons. Lord ST. LEONARDS expressed his gratifieation at the statement made by the noble earl. The Exchequer Bills (17,183,0001.) Bill was read the second time. THE BUSINESS OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE. The Earl of DERBY then rose to put a question to the Government "respecting the arrangements to be made for the efficient discharge of the duties of, the colonial depart ment, in the event 0f.., th*. prolong e 4 absence of the Secretary of State for the Colonies." bile said -In bring ing forward the question of which I have given notice, I would be very sorry to cause embarrasiment in the Ministerial arrangements; but the subject is one of the greatest.importance, and the neglect of it must cause so much public inconvenience, increasing day by day, that I am constrained to oall the attention of your lordships and of the Government to it. I need not remind you of the rather unusual circumstances under which Lord John Russell accepted the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies. That noble lord was not a member of the Government when it was originally formed, but he had ac cepted a most important mission, and had left this country upon it at the time when the resignation of several members of the Government rendered various new appointments ne cessary. He was already on the Continent, when, by tele graph, application was made to him by the noble viscount at the head of the Government whether he would be willing to take the of Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, not by return of post, but by a quicker method still—by return laph—it is understood that the noble lord intimated that r ea di ness t o accep t th e d u ti es an d respons ibiliti es of ' a t important office. lam not about to complain of the noble lord for—lta • h am , to perform having accepted that office—not returning course would he. e iz e d e uties; on the contrary , I think such a lam satisfied it was n injurious to the public interests, and proceedto tolTie nna . cl i a o lte roper and wise for the noble lord mission with which he reform the duties of the important been ll intrusted. (Hear.) But then the question whethe r Secretary of State for the Coblacc"tance of the office of Colonies w a s or was not justifiable must depend altogether upon reasonable anticipation on the part of the noble lord himself the noble viscount at the head of the Government as to th e duration of the noble lord's absenc3 on that teissron°. prob able that, 'technically and . forinally, every Secretary of other Stat e can perform the duties and functions of every er Secretary of State. It is a case of trig junta in uno; but, although and formally — although for a certain that is so technically limited time, during the Parliamentary recess for intance, the business of one Secretary of State may be temporarily administered by another—it is quite obvious, looking to the importance and weight of the business belonging to each of those departments, that anything like a perma nent arrangement of that kind must be a very great incon venience and injury to the public service. So much is that tho case that when the present war commenced it was found necessary to divide the Secretaryship of th e Colonies into two, and to withdraw from it that which must fully oc cupy the attention of one Minister at a time like the pre sent, namely,the business of the War Department. I believe, moreover, that there is no Minister whose presence in this country is more necessary, and whose business can less be taken up by any of his colleagues, than the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The reason is this—because there is no Minister whose duties are so much apert and separate from the business of his colleagues ; none diridual responsibility is so great; none - • - which the actual knowledge of the business of the office _ so much confined to the Minister himself. Ido not go so far as to concur in the axiom wliich I recollect was laid down by a right hon. and learned gentleman who for many years performed with great ability the d u ti es o f Under-Se cretary of State for theColonies—namely,the Cabinets were made for the colonies ; but, having had some experience of the duties 9f that °floe, I could appeal to mere than one THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10. 185.5 we have already done everything that can be'done in this country ; while, in regard to the appointment of an Under- Secretary, I am unable to give the noble earl any informa tion upon that point, though I may state that until a bill ❑ow in the House of Commons has passed both houses, it would be impossible to derive any assistance from an Under-Secretary in Parliament. I think the language of the noble earl in reference to a supposed insult to the co lonies in the appointment of an absent Minister is calcu lated to excite the very feelings which he wishes to prevent. iks to the colonies being indignant at the acceptance of the Colonial-office by a mai who had been Prime Minister, one of the most successful Colonial Ministers of England, and known as one of the greatest statesmen of the age, I believe it to be a mere delusion, and I feel confident that during the short time that Lord John Russell will be absent on a most important mission the interests of the colonies will not suffer in the slightest degree from the manner in which the duties of the office will be performed by my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Their lordships adjourned at ten Minutes past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. The Chester and Holyhead. Railway Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. T. DIT NCOMBE presented a petition from the inha bitants of Islington praying for an alteration is the licens ing system. Mr. J. BALL and several other hon. members presented petitions, praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr HORSFALL presented three similar petitions—one from the reporters of the Liverpool newspapers, another from the letter-press printers, and the third from the in habitants of Liverpool generally. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Selby, in York shire, praying for the closing of public-houses on Sundays. Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition from some of the Manchester newspapers in favour of the hill for the re peal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from the Manchester Examiner. . _ Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from Lord Dundonald stating that he had discovered a secret by which he could destroy the enemy, his fleet, and his for tresses, and praying that he might have an opportunity of testing his invention. ing that they came from civilians engaged in trade, and living in inland localities, he did not think it worth while to put the country to the expense of sanctioning the formation of such rifles corps. The subject then dropped, and the house went into com mittee of supply on the ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. On the question that 1,387,5001. be voted for the expense of works, buildings, and repairs, Lord SEYMOUR complained that the vote was exces sively high, considering the large Ordnance expenditure which must take place this year abroad. He asked for some explanation relative to the establishment of barracks at Aldershot. He wanted to know wkat was its object, and whether it was to be of a temporary or permanent cha racter. Ho ehoull also like to know what number of men the building would accommodate ? Mr. MONSELL said the barracks would be partly tem porary and partly permanent. The temporary barracks were required for the immediate accommodation of troops and the militia, so as to obviate the necessity of resorting to the demoralising system of billeting. (Hear, ' hear.) Besides, it would give the troops the advantage of being drilled in large masses. It was believed that these barracks, which would be built partly at Aldershot and partly at the Curragh of Kildare, would accommodate 50,000 men. The permanent barracks to be erected at Alder shot would be sufficient to lodge 20,000 men. The tempo rary barracks at Aldershot would have 20,000 men allotted to them, and those at the Curragh of Kildare 10,000. Mr. ELLICE thought it an extraordinary proposition, at a time like the present, to ask for a sum of 60,0001:for barracks at Dover, on the ground of having so made these fortifications, when they would only require to be protected uuder the exceptional Circumstances of war. It was, too, beyond his comprehension why, at this particular time, the country should be asked to expend a large sum of mo ney for the defence of commercial harbours. With re spect to accommodating the embodied militia, he had not yet heard of any very great inconvenience arising from the difficulty of lodging them ; the inconvenience was no doubt coming upon us ; that was, however, but of a temporary char, loter, and ought to be met by temporary expedients, because he hoped next year to be saved a vote of throe millions for the embodiment of the militia. To require, too, at this particular moment, when every energy was required for carrying on operations abroad, a sum of 250,0001. for permanent barracks at Aldershott was to him a matter of the greatest surprise. Did the Govern ment intend that after the war was brought to a close we were to become a great military nation. Were we really to set ourselves up in competition with the military na tions of the Continent in maintaining vast standing armies? That might perhaps be the intention of the Government, but this he knew that when the question came to be raised by some worthy successor of his lamentsd friend Mr. Hume, the house would not be induced to vote the money required for such a purpose. He warned the Govern ment that when this war should be at an end, which he trusted would be much sooner than appeared to be anti cipated by the Government, they would not be able to have a vast standing army, and by the course which they proposed to take in providing accommodation for it they would only be throwing away the public money. (Hear.) The people of this country believed their defensive power to consist mainly in its maritime supremacy, and all that the country required in time of peace was that which was sufficient for our defence, and for the service of our colo nies. (Hear. ) Lord PALMERSTON said that if he could agree with his hon. friend that the vote now proposed was a vote for erecting a great establishment of a permanent nature, which would not be required after the moment of emer gency had ceased, he should be ready to concur with hi:n in opinion that the statement made to the house was of an alarming character. (Hear.) The great mistake which he thought the House of Commons, the public, and the Go vernment had committed ever since the close of the last war, had been that they had acted by fits and starts, not upon any settled and steady system of policy, but accord ing to the impulse of the moment and the circumstance of the day. The great mistake after the termination of the last war was, that the Government and the public seetned to consider that halcyon days were be g inning, and that we should never again have occasion to defend our selves from aggression, or to vindicate our honour. The con-oquence was, we had rushed to the demolition and dis posal of a great part of the barrack accommodation of the country. One of the consequences of that policy was, that even in times of peace, when he had but the ordinary amount of military force, we had not the means of lodging that reduced peace establishment in barracks. (Hear, hear, hear.) They were, therefore, compelled to billet the troops, to the great inconvenience of those persons upon whom they were billeted. Of course it was well known that innkeepers took thoir licenses subject to this inconvenience, but* still the system entailed con siderable hardship upon them, especially in populous towns, and it was also exceedingly detrimental to the discipline and mot al feeling of the troops. (Hear.) From the incon veniences attending the billeting of large bodies of men in particular towns had arisen the necessity of distributing the troops in small detachments, and scattering them over the country, often in places where they were not the least wanted, answering uo purpose whatever, and materially injuring the discipline of the regiments. Bat what had been more strongly urged upon the Government was that, however good might be the regimental organisation of the army, still that, being scattered in small bodies, no oppor tunity was afforded for educating and preparing officers for the discharge of those staff duties which belonged to the aggregation of large bodies of troops. (Hear.) Every body admitted that even the exercise of the troops at Chob ham, where not snore than 5,000 or 6,000 men were assem bled, had been of great advantage to the staff and regi mental officers, as well as the men, and it was a fact that those regiments which were at Chobham had shown them selves in the Crimea much more able to shift for themselves than those which had not had the advantage of being in the camp. (Hear, hear.) What the Government proposed was, not vast establishments such as his right hon. friend would lead the house to suppose, but very moderate estab lishments necessary for the service of the country. What was proposed at Aldershott was to have accommodation for about 7,000 infantry, with the proper proportion of cavalry—such accommodation, in short, by which they would be able to train that moderate number of men. With respect to the militia, he could assure his right honourable friend that the greatest inconvenience pos sible was experienced from not having proper lodging for the regiments. The right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire had taunted him lately with a deficiency of foresight leen year, because he had not embodied the militia. But as much had been done in that respect as the barrack accommodation available would allow of, and the Government were unwilling to call out the militia when they would be obliged to put them into billets. (Hear.) Then with respect to Aldershott and the Curragh of Kil dare, the only intention was that of providing those means requisite for training on a scale usual in times of peace. With respect to Dover, his right hon. friend asked why they were going to erect barracks there, and to defend the seaport towns? Were they to wait for a time of peace, till there was no enemy, to make their defences ? or was the proper moment for making our military defences when we had a time of war ? With respect, to Dover, the ar rangements made were not dependent on the circumstances of the day. For several years it had been a topic of re proach that our coasts were not in a proper state. Dover had been considered an important place, and its fortifica tions had been put in repair, and improvements had been made in the western heights, which were fortified, but the fortifications would have been useless without a proper place was provided for the men. Casemates were net places in which troops could be permanently and willingly placed, and the barracks on the western heights were not more than were nectscary If It was determined to have de fensive works at all. With respect to Hull and Liverpool and several mailer harbours, he (Lord Palmerston) was heed last year with applications for some means of defence, even against the attacks of privateers. When hon. gentle men thought more of the sitation of these ports they would come to be of opinion that the erection of some small batteries only was an act of necessity with a view to defend them ; and his astonishment was great when he found what a small RUM would be required to defend these ports from attack. From Liverpool and Hull he had re ceived urgent entreaties on the subject, and he hoped the house would not be led away by the eloquence of his right hon. friend, but that they would feel that these were not works which were wanted for this particular year and not afterwards, but that they were necessary to maintain our military defences, and keep our army on a peace establish men`,, enabling it to perform the duties of an army. His right hon. friend was on the committee now engaged in in quiring into circumstances arising from bad arrangements made in times of peace, and he would find that th defici encies complained of were not in our regimental system, or in the bravery of our troops, or in the military qualities of our army, but deficiencies in those arrangements only which were required for the organisation of comparatively large bodies of troops—for arrangements belonging to a system of war. His right hon. friend said that we bad not large armies to deal with, such as existed on the continent; and it was true that we had not armies like those of .`ranee, or of Prussia, or of Austria. ; but, however that might be, our army should be as good and as perfect as care and the best arrangements possible could make it. It was the worst eco nomy, and the most improvident system, to have an army and deprive it of the means of making itself efficient. We should have the means of practising our army in all those things which belong to and make the efficiency of a force, and then, should we be obliged to go to war, we should have It basis that would be complete, and that would enable us to enter upon war on a well-organised system, and with effective arrangements. Sir J. TROLLOPS was ready to give his approbation to the Government for their plan for the concentration of the troops on home service, for he believed that nothing was so injurious to the discipline of an army as to be scattered in detachments. He wished, however, to know if it were de termined that sildershott barracks would be a permanent one ? It had been suggested that the huts should be built on a brick foundation, and if so, that they would last for many years. These barracks would be of the greatest ad vantage to the service, not only in training superior offi cers, but in perfecting discipline and practising the army in acting together. (Hear.) With respect to the commer cial ports of Hull and Liverpool, he had very lately been down in Hull, and he thought that the old fort might be disposed of, and that with the money which would be got for its site, and some small expense besides, a sufficient des fence might be provided. Mr. MONSELL was happy to inform the right hon. gentleman that his views relative to the old fort were being carried out. The sum of 48,0001. was to be expended on the fortifications. They would not dispose of the old citadel till some other fortification was erected in its stead, and for the ground of that old fort a sum sufficient to pay for the erection of the defence in lieu of it would be oh tained. Colonel KNOX had been down on the preceding day, and had seen all the arrangements at Aldershott, and he con sidered them creditable to the country. But they Were putting timbers on the ground, whereas it was said that, if they were placed on bricks or concrete, they could be main tained for thirty years. The want of accommodation in barracks had been felt for a long series of years. There Was not in this metropolis a single barrack to which in a time of popular excitement or riot we could lodge a bat tery of horse artillery, and for infantry we had net above 3,000 beds. In Brighton the barrack accommodation was likewise deficient, and when the militia were called out, they were obliged to be billeted, and the evils of the billet were Very great. He hoped the Government Would turn their attention to the matter of providing proper barrack accommodation, and he thanked the noble lord for grap pling with the subject. Colonel LINDSAY wished to know on what principle' the barracks at Dover, Plymouth, Winchester, and Gos port were to be established—whether on the old system or a new one. He gave the Ordnance credit for what they bad done. The letters from the East proved that the British soldiers were well deserving of care, and he did not think that the Government or Parliament had dens) all that was in their power. Several of the barracks were not sufficiently commodious. It was necessary, too, for the comfort of the soldiers that they should have a day-room. Ths soldier had no place but the canteen. He had no place to sit, or write, or talk, and the consequence was, tie f he found ire was more comfortable out of Barra: es than in. It must be a great point to enable the soldier to live in barrack,. Another poi which required 4ttontion wee, that a system still existed in some regiments of allowing women to live with the men—women living in the barrack rooms. Lodging-money was allowed, but the amount was not sufficient. He saw that the Ordnance were now in troducing gas in the barracks, after it had been pressed on . . them by him for years. Sir S. PAXTON desired to know if the huts specified required what could not be carried out in this country. The hon. gentleman the Clerk of the Ordnance stated that there was no difficulty in procuring the timber specified ; but he (Sir J. Paxton) should like to know if the huts were being erected according to the specification, two thirds of the timber being Christiana deal? Lord HOTHAM was quite sure that the committee—if they were aware of the present state of the port of Hull— would not be surprised at the anxiety expressed by the in habitants of that town with respect to its defenceless con dition. It should be recollected that Hull is the great emporium of the trade of the North of Europe, and of late years there had been a great deal of accommodation fur nished by the dock company of that port. Mr. M. SMITH called attention to the vote for the defence of the river Thames, and also to an item for 2,0001. for the erection of buildings for tho accommodation of military lunatics at Fort Pitt. It seemed contrary to com mon sense that a lunatic asylum for the whole army should be placed in the middle of Fort Pitt, where unfortunate invalids were now experiencing comfort after their return from the Crimea. Sir G. TYLER had urged upon the Government the necessity of establishing defences along the coast, and (lid so with the conviction that the Bristol Channel was not sufficiently defended. He had called attention particu larly to the ports of Cardiff and Swansea, and ho hoped a portion of the grant intended for the protection of harbours along the coast would be applied to the defence of those two ports to which he referred. Mr; WILLIAMS called attention to the fact that the vote far the building , ew barracks last year amounted to 871,0001., and the vote fee the repair of existing barracks amounted to 283,000/., making a total of 1,156,0001. In the present year there was a vote for 300,0001. for wooden huts, which were to be used as barracks, making altogether a sum of 1,456,0001. voted for barrack accommodation in the past and present year. Assuming the army in the United Kingdom to amount to 60,000, that would give a sum of 251. for the barrack accommodation of each man, which was about one-half the sum that was paid for well-built cottages for- the labouring classes in the agricultural and manufacturing districts. It appeared to him to be mon strous that the soldier was not better accommo latest than almost any other class when that enormous expenditure took place. He thought the question should be referred to a committee for the purpose of inquiring how this vast ex penditure had been incurred. It appeared that there was a vote of upwards of half a million for fortifications ; but out of the sum granted for barrack accommodation there had been only a sum of 1,0001. applied to Liverpool, and out of the sum required for fortifications only 12,0001. was applied to Liverpool. He should like to know what had -been the cost incurred for barracks in this country during the last twenty or thirty years? Mr. MONSELL observed that a great number of their troops during the war had been lodged in barracks, but those barracks, through a principle of false economy, were disposed of in time of peace. A question had been asked as to whether any description of amusement ha .I been provided for the men, and it would be found that some of the-barracks were provided with racket courts. An hon. member had observed that the canteens were only let to the Ist of September; the reason for that arrangement was that the Government was prepared to considerthe question of canteens, and were most.nnxious to introduce some im provements in the arrangement of them. In answer to another question, he could state that the barracks would be constructed on the newest principle. His attention had been very much turned during the last year to the state of the barracks in the metropolis. Ho quite agreed in what was said by an hon. and gallant gentleman with regard to the barrack in Portman-street ; but it was only kept from year to year, and they would get rid of it as soon as pos sible. They, however, found it difficult to get a proper site for barracks at a convenient distance from the :dome Gun./ ds, and at this side of the river. With regard to the question put to him respecting the erection of a military asylum at Fort Pitt, he must refer the hon. gentleman who asked for information to the Secretary-at-War. Sir J. Y. BULLER said it was the fault of preceding Governments that such a large expenditure was now neces sary for providing Lerrack accommodation. In the place where his regiment was stationed there were only a few small barracks for the reception of the men, and the great outlay for barracks was now absolutely necessary. A large sum was expended on the lines at Plymouth, audit must be considered that that money was thrown away. When the lines were-condemned ty the late Duke of Wellington, it was to be regretted that such an expenditure had taken place. He wished, in conclusion, to draw attention to the absence of warm water, or warm baths, in the military hospital at Devonport. He thought it would be of great assistance to the sick and wounded arriving from the Crimea if some accommodation of that sort could be provided. Mr. COWAN was not aware whether any provision was made in these estimates for erecting fortifications in Scot land. The east coast from Peterhead to Berwick-en-Tweed was very unprotected, and since there was a large amount of property exposed to danger in that district he hoped the claims of Scotland would not be lost sight of. He wished to ask the hon. Secretary to the Board of Ordnance if it was true that a gentleman named Andrews had offered to erect six or seven fortresses on the east coast of Scotland at an expense of about 20,0001. for the whale. That gentle. man, he understood, at the instance of the Board of Ord nance, had made a survey of the Island of Inchkeith with a view to the erection of fortresses ; but that survey was not deemed to be sufficient, and, under the direction of the officers of the Ordnance, Mr. Andrews made a second survey, which was upon a considerably more extensive scale than the first. Mr. Andrews, with a patriotic spirit that did him great credit, claimed no remuneration for himself, but he wished to be reimbursed the expenses he' had been put to, and it was to be hoped his claim in that respect would be allowed. Colonel NORTH confirmed the statement of the hen. member for Devonshire with respect to the barracks at Devonport. Twenty-five years ago he was quartered there, and although the barracks were then in a disgraceful state he believed nothing had been done to improve them, nor had anything been done to improve the citadel of Ply mouth, which was in precisely the same state now that it was twenty-five years ago. Mr. DUNLOP urged upon the Government the necessity of erecting fortifications for the protection of the shipping of Greenock: After a feet words from Colonel LINDSAY, Sir DE LACY EVANS said he believed a false economy had hitherto prevailed with regard to the erection of barracks and the accommodation provided in them for the soldier. Now, some few years ago a commission was appointed to inquire into the state of the barracks in Prussia, France, and other continental States ; but the report of that com mission, though made at the public expense, had never been laid before Parliament. If it had, he believed it would have demonstrated that the barrack accommodation pro vided for the soldieL in France, and two or three other con tinental States, was far superior to that afforded by the British Government. (Hear.) There was some hon. gen tlemen holding office who entertained the notion that it wa,s e better to accustom the British soldier to hardships in barracks than to . provide him with ordinary comforts. It was thought, indeed, that such a training would better enable him to rough it in foreign service, but he doubted that very much, because the officers, when they were obliged to rough it, were able to do so quite as well as the privates. The fact was, the system which those gentle men advocated was not only injurious to the health of the soldiers, but it also deterred men of a better class of so ciety from entering the army. Now the importance of this question could hardly be overrated, because experience had always proved that an army selected from a better class of men was far more efficient than an army raised from the lowest orders of the people. For instance, honourable members, perhaps, would remember the con versation betweee Oliver Cromwell and some other man of the time as to the difficulties he had in obtaining troops capable of resisting the cavaliers at the commencement, of the civil war; it was represented to him that his army was then composed of mere tapsters and parsons of an inferior class of society, who could not resist in the field the sons of parents of the better class who enlisted under the royal standard. (Hear.) Now, it appeared to him that the only cause of the difficulty of obtaining the sons of far mars and shopkeepers for the army was the bad barrack accommodation provided for the soldier. (Hear.) The sol diers as well as the officers were quite prepared to encoun ter the difficulties of the field, to lie in tents or anything else, or upon the ground, when necessity required it, but they objected to being left in a state of discomfort while ' they were at home. (Hear.) Depend upon it, if Parliament wished to raise the moral condition of the army, the bar rack accommodation must be improved, and that being so, he, 'for one, could not understand the reluctance which Goiernment invariably evinced to bringing these estimates 4:lmminently forward. It was absur ito think that in this metropolis, the greatest that ever existed in the world, there was only barrack accommodation, and that of the worst de scription, for about 3,000 men. (Hear.) Besides, it was notorious that there were one or two barracks in the metro polis which were totally unfit for the maintenance •f the health of the troops. Medical men who had directed their attention to the subject had stated that it required a cer tain number of cubic feet of air for the preservation of health the number he believed was 800 feet per man—and yet there were several barracks in the metropolis which did not contain half that quantity of air. -With regard to the camp at Aldershott, being ignorant of its details, he was not prepared to speak upon it ; but he certainly was rather sur prised at the speech of the right hon. gentleman the mem ber for Coventry ; it led him to expect that we were about to have a general election. (A laugh.) The right hon. gentleman seemed to think that this was only a maritime country ; but the disasters of thelast few months had shown that if we were not essentially a military nation, at all events we had not sufficient military means at our disposal. Mr. W. BROWN called attention to some huts which had recently been exhibited at Willis's Rooms. They could be divided into four parts, the whole weighing 18cwt., and each quarter 4i cwt. They were glazed, double-boarded, and lined with india-rubber. They could be taken down in four minutes, and put up in eleven. The cost was 221. 10s. each. Colonel DUNNE deprecated the practice of building small barracks all over the country. It was much better to have an extensive barracks at a fixed spot, where the troops could be concentrated and easily removed to any quarter where their services might be required. If a large town, such as Sheffield, required the assistance of troops fortheir own protection, they ought to contribute to their support , and provide the barracks themselves ; but those troops which veere needed for the service of the whole country should be brought together In one barracks. With regard to what had fallen from the hon. member for Wigan as to the canteen system, he could assure the committee that the eystem both at home and abroad was perfectly disgusting. It was the practiee of the Government to let the canteen to the highest bidder, and the consequence was, the worst wines and spirits were sold in them. (Hear.) He observed in the estimates that there was an item for erecting stores and a hospital in the Tower; no*, as he happened to know that there was only one site vacant in the Tower, he should be glad to be informed if either the stores or the hospital was to be erected outside the Tower. (Hear.) Mr.OTWAY observed that there was an item of 2,0001. put clown for providing accommodation at Fort Pitt for the lunatics of the army; bnt he W3uld suggest that such ac commodation could be more economically provided, while greater comforts could be insured to the lunatics them selves, if Government had recourse to some of the large lunatic establishments of the country. (Hear.) Mr. A. PELLATT asked for some explanation of the item 3,5601. for the erection of chapel schools at Sheerness. He wanted to know whether a school or a chapel was re quired ; and if the latter, would there be any additional expense in providing a chaplain ? There was also an item of 6,0001. for new officers' barracks at Sheerness, What did this mean ? Mr. MONSELL replied that there had been some new barracks built for the soldiers, and now there were new ones required for the officers who commanded them. As tathaitem for chapel schools, the building would be used las a school on week days, and for the purpose of celebrat ing divine service on Sundays ; but there would be no ex tra charge for the services of a chaplain. That matter was noble lord who has also filled that situation, whether, of all the business to be brought before Cabinets, there was not _ . the greatest difficulty in obtaining for colonial business a very small portion of that very small period of time which the Ministers generally can spare from their individual depart. ments to the collective discussion and consideration of pub lic affairs. The reason is this—because there were always pressing upon every Cabinet matters more urgent with re gard to immediate Parliamentary discussion, and more in teresting to parties nearer at hand, and therefore, practi cally, the colonial business is more exclusively in the hands of the Colonial Minister than the home business is in the hands of the Home Secretary of State, or the foreign busi ness in those of the Foreign Secretary. Hence, of all Mi- nisters whose absence from the country would cause incon venience to their departments, I believe the Colonial Mini ster is the one whose absence would cause the greatest. I am told that, in consequence of the absence of Lord John Russell, the duties of the Colonial-office are for a time to be undertaken by a right hon. gentleman of very great abi lity and experience, but who also fills the office of Home Secretary. Now, I know something of the duties of the Colonial Department. I know that if not almost overwhelm ing, they are quite sufficient to occupy the attention of one Minister ; but from what I have seen of the business and duties of the Home Secretary, I would say they were infi nitely more important, requiring every moment of time that the Minister can devote to them. Ido not mean to say that there are not two ways of doing business. One mode is not doing it all (a laugh), leaving everything in arrear, and thus making an easy berth of any office ; but if the Secretary of State does his duty, as I know Sir G. Grey does his, the Home-office, I am sure, is enough to absorb the whole attention of any one minister. (Hear.) The right hon. gentleman, it is generally believed, and re gretted wherever it is believed, is not in very strong health, andlupon that account alone, before the late changes in the Government, it was supposed he was desirous to retire from the conduct of public business ; but were he the strongest mad k in England, in mind and in body, I say it is absolutely impossible that for any lengthened period he should continue to discharge the combined duties of Home Secretary and Colonial Secretary, and attend besides to his parliamentary duties. (Hear.) Time and physical energy are absolutely impossible to equal the duties and labours which would be imposed by such a situation. Of course, all this turns upon a question of time. (Hear.) If Lord J. Russell's absence from this country is likely to be one of very short duration, of course the inconvenience is ma terially less ; but, however short it may be, let me point out, with reference to the state of the colonial business at the present moment, several important questions that are absolutely in abeyance in consequence of the absence of the Colonial Secretary. I do not refer to the delay— though that, too, is a matter of considerable importance— in coming to a decision with regard to any answer to be re turned to the various offers of pecuniary and military as sistance which have been received from the colonies. One of the members of the Government had stated in this house that that is a question which must wait for the return of Lord John Russell. But, at the present, moment, I have a letter, giving a most serious account, which ought to be the subject of the greatest anxiety to the Government of the state of that colony, which is not unconnected wish the question that has just been discovered—l allude to the colony of Victoria. I do believe that the state in which that colony is at the pre sent moment, partly arising from the difficulties relative to the gold-licenses, and partly from the course taken by the Colonial-office here, with regard to the removal of convicts from one colony to another, is such as to cause the deepest anxiety to those who watch the progress of the colony, and imperatively requires the earnest and immediate attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. Again, in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope we are threatened with a renewal of the Kafir war ; but these is no Secretary of State to attend to the business of that department, and it is quite impossible that, the Home Secretary can be conversant with the de tails. Sir George Grey happens to have colonial ex perience, and so far he is better qualified than most people to deal with these questions, if he could deal with them in conjunction with his own department. Again there is the whole range of the Australian colonies, which have been acting upon the power you gave them the year before last to form constitutions for the management of their respective governments. The whole of these constitutions have been returned by the legislature of these colonies to this country to wait for the adoption, acceptance, or refusal of the Colonial-office. In consequence of the absence of the Colonial Secretary, all these constitutional questions must rest in abeyance, and the colonies most remain uncertain as to what were to be their future constitutions. Every day, individuals connected with these colonies, and deeply inter ested in them, are coming here froth the remotest parts of the world for the purposes of communicating withtheSecre tary of State upon matters of the utmost importance to themselves and to the societies to which they belong. They come here ; their time is limited ; they find the Colonial Secretary absent, and no under-secretary even appointed ; and—having perhaps come from the Antipodes—they are probablyobligedtoreturn withouthavinghadanopportunity of laying their case before the Secretary of State. Again, questions are rising every day in the House of Commons of deep interest, upon which it may be necessary to address queries to the Government, and to the Minister espe cially charged with the colonial department. There is no Colonial Secretary in the House of Commons; there is no under-secretary appointed at the present moment; and I believe the appointment of such au official, even if he could discharge the duties of the department, which he cannot, depends upon the decision of Lord J. Russell himself, ho being at Vienna, and not having at present made any ap pointment. Of course, as I have already said, this ques tion altogether depends upon the probable duration of Lord John Russell's absence. Ido not know that I should have brought it forward at the present moment, if I did not hear that, after the noble lord has been absent a fortnight from this country, preparations are being made for the removal to Vienna of the whole of his family—the whole of his establishment, including some very young children —who are to travel so liesurely that the journey to Vienna is, I understand, to occupy seven days. (A.laugh.) That, at all events, does not indicate an expectation of an imme diate return to this country. (Hear, hear.) I would not be sorry if the stay of the noble lord at Vienna should be a lengthened one. If the conferences are to be broken up without effecting their object, of COU.I . SOLord John Rise sell will return to this country, but certainly his family ar rangements do not appear to warrant that view of the case, on the contrary, they would rather lead us to hope thathe will be engaged in very protracted negotiations, with at least some prospect, though that is mote than I expect, of his being able to conclude a satisfactory peace. But if theme negotiations are to go on, it was impossible that the present arrangement with respect to the Colonial-officecan continue, or that the country can allow the greater part of the session to pass without a Colonial Secretary or an under-secretary in the House of Commons. That is not treating Parliament, rightly—it is not treating the country rightly, above all, it is not treating the colonies rightly, wisely, orjudiciously. You will create an unfavourable impression in all our de pendencies if you show to the world that an office of such immense importance as the Secretaryship of the Colonies may be accepted by a minister who had actually left the country, and held by a minister who, being resident in Vienna, is physically unable to discharge its duties. It is upon these considerations that I have thought it my duty to bring this subject before your lordships. Ido not knew whether I shall be able to put my question in a de finite form ; but I shall ask the noble earl the President of the Council whether he can hold out to us any expecta tion with regard to the probable period of Lord John Rus sell's return; and, if he is unable to do so, within what time the Government would think it reasonable and necessary that some permanent arrangement should be made for en trusting the duties of the Colonial-office to a secretary of state resident in this country, and not employed in the protracted negotiations at Vienna. (Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE.—I feel great satisfaction that the noble earl seems to agree with the opinion enter tained by the country relative to the importance of the mission accepted by Lord John Russell. I believe it is universally admitted that the difficult and delieate duty could not have been entrusted to safer hands, and I believe, also, that the appointment of the noble lord is regarded as a pledge and proof to Europe that the English Government are perfectly sincere in their endea vours to obtain as early a peace as possible, provided it can be concluded upon safe and honourable terms. Under these circumstances, I think it would have been the most injurious measure possible if, when Lord John Ruseell had already visited the Court of the Tuileries, on his way to Berlin and Vienna, he had been suddenly recalled. It is, perhaps, using a strong word, but it appears to me that such a recall, after the delay which had taken place in cork' sequence of the Ministerial crisis, would have been nothing less than a breach of national faith. As to the second point referred to by the noble earl, whether the offer of the Colonial-of ace on the part of Lord Palmerston, and the acceptance of it on the part of Lord John Russell, was or was not justifiable, I myself cannot have the slightest doubt. We had seen the difficulty of forming a Govern ment strong enough to maintain its position. Even the noble earl opptaite had given an example of how much in theso.sort of crisis;-personal and party feelings required to be sacrificed for' the sake of the public interests ; and I do think it was right for Lord Palmerston to secure, when his Government had lost the services of several eminent men, the additional strength which could not fail to be im parted to his Administration by the adhesion of so distin guished a statesman as Lord J. Russell. With respect to the inconvenience which may result from the absence of Lord J. Russell, the noble earl stated that he was perfectly aware that formally and technically any secretary of state could discharge the duties of the Colonial-office. Now, I think if those duties had been imposed either upon the Secretary for War or the Secretary for Foreign Affairs —if, in addition to his ordinary office, either of them had been asked not only to transa c t th e business of the colonies, but to make himself master of all the ques tions connected with that department of the executive —he must utterly have broken down in the attempt ; but the person to whom the charge of the colonial busi ness has been committed for a limited time is a right honourable gentleman who has the whole matter at his finger's end, and who had conducted the administration of that department up to within three weeks of the accept ance of office by Lerd J. Russell. No one belonging to the Government can maintain that this is defensible as a per manent arrangement. As the noble earl said, it is a. ques tion of time. Lord J. Russell has gone to Vienna for the purpose of attempting to negotiate a treaty of peace. If it unfortunately happens, as the noble earl has himself stated, that these negotiations shall be broken off at once, there can be no doubt that Lord J. Russell will immediately re turn, and that his absence from London will be of short duration ; but if a more happy turn be given to affairs, I can assure the noble earl that the delay will not bo so great as he supposes. Lord J. Russell goes to discuss and settle the great and general principles upon which a treaty of peace may be concluded. If these aro agreed to, I do not think it is desirable that LordJ.Rttssell himself should stay dtering that time to finish all the details, and merely forward matters connected with the treaty ; and therefore I am jus tified in thinking, as at present informed, thatthe noblelord will be able to be back in this country byjEaster at furthest. In the meantime, I believe no inconvenience whatever has been felt. I think Sir G. Grey is the person who has a ever undertakeeomplain. It is an arduous duty thrown upon him right to —a duty, as the no ble earl has said, which no person could but so far from atae pe ca r b ra in a a n t e t n o cy w w hi i o t h h I fa h i a r v n o es t s ho to h himself to ; already indisposition to consider colonial business, we hav e important decisions two meetings upon that Sir G. Grey has not shwruhnileof require subject, two very _d r ecisions have been taken, and acting without any delay wore immediate attention. upon those questions modes of doing busi mian in this country The noble earl said there Nv _s . more patient or mess ; but I am sure that there in w n o e who, till his health does break d own map one which can be snore conscientious in the discharge of his duties than the Secretary for the Home Department. (Hear, hear.) With t o the void 1. .; u tt t ce, it tha is t m no a or may not become ae a,, Ass present state in this country, I n all matters of routine the business of the Colonial -office is going on as usual. In some important questions deci sions have been taken , and where inconvenience no can arise from a short delay of one week communications are Rus sell at Violl4ll. With respect to tho Cape of Good Ho ps exchanged between Sir George Gr e y and Lord John Rus- NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was or dered for Tamworth, in the room of Sir R. Peel, who since his election had accepted tho alike of a Lord of the Admi ralty. REFORM OF THE ARMY, Colonel REED gave notice that on Monday he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury if the Government contemplated bringing in any measure for the reform of abases in the army; and, if so, when might it be expected ? THE INVESTIGATOR. Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that, on Monday, he would ask whether it was true that the crow of the Investigator, which had recently been engaged in attempting to explore the North-West Passage, having lost all their clothes, had only received 3/. per man as compensation? LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. DEEDES it vv,s agreed that the London and South-Western Railway Bill, read a second time on the Bth of this instant March, be referred to the Committee of Selection; and that it be an instruction to the said committee to refer the said bill to a committee of five members, consisting, as far as may be, of the same members as the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill referred to in the session of 1853. RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS. Mr. STRUTT moved that the Board of Trade do pre sent to the house, a report upon the Rail way and Canal BiPs of this session, in conformity with the recommendation contained in the fifth report of the Select Commaittee on Railway and Canal Bills of the Session of 1553. Agreed to. LORD LUCAN. On the motion that the house at its rising should adjourn until Monday next, Lord ELCHO asked the hon. member for Bristol whether he intended to proceed with his motion for a com mittee to inquire into the conduct of Lord Lucan and the disastrous charge at Balaklava. He asked this question be cause since notice had been given of the motion Lord Lucan had demanded a Court-inartial, and he thought the hon. member would see the expediency of postponing the mo tion pending this inquiry, should it take place. Mr. 11. BERKLEY consented to postpone his motion for the present, but he should still feel himself at liberty to bring it on should he deem it necessary to do so. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. DISRAELI said it would be for the convenience of both sides if the Government would settle at what hour public business should commence every day. Hitherto it had been half-past form, but of late the time had varied from half-past four to five. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his noble friend at the head of the Government would answer the question on some future occasion. Lord PALMERSTON, who came in subsequently to the above question, stated that it would be for the convenience of the Government if it was understood that in future public business should commence at half-past four o'clock. NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know if it was the intention of the Government to proceed with this bill; and if so, when ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was. Mr. RICARDO pressed the right hon. gentleman to fix a day for the second reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. stated that he should be prepared to more the second reading on Mon day, the 10th inst. EXCHEQUER BALANCES. Mr. 31`GREGOR moved as an amendment to the ques tion " that the Speaker do leave the chair," that the fol lowing returns be ordered, namely :—Returns of the ba lances at the credit of the Exchequer on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855 : Of the amount of the Treasury Deficiency Bills at the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1851, and on the 24th day of February, 1855: Of the number and amount of Exchequer bills outstanding on the 21th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the interest per cent. per day, and when payable : Of the number and amount of Trea sury bonds outstanding on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the dates when signed, when payable, and the rate of interest : Of the amount of the capital of the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the details of the said capital as to how invested, and if in Government Securities, showing the value per cent. of such securities on the above dates, and also the value per cent. of other than Government Securi ties held as capital by the Bank of England on the same dates. Of the amount of the sum called the Rest in the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1851, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the particulars iu de tail of the amount of the said Rest, whether consisting of bank capital, profits, Government and other securities, specie, and Bank notes. Of the amount of other than Government securities held by the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the particulars of such securities, whether on real estate, mines, foundries, bonds, bills of exchange, or moneys, and how convertible and payable : of the amount of notes of the Bank of England on the 24th day of Feb ruary, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the amount in circulation, and the amount held on those days by the Bank ; distinguishing separately the amount issued on acccount of the Bank capital, and on account of the bullion in the Bank : And, of the amount of moneys due as deposits in the savings' banks of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, separately, on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 21th day of February, 1355, stating in what securities the said deposits are invested, whether in the Funds, Treasury Bonds, or other and what securities. Mr. WILSON said the returns could not be granted. The amendment was withdrawn. BREECa-LOADING ARMS. Mr. MkGUIRE brought under the notice of the house certain improvements in the manufacture of breech-load ing fire-arms, and urged the importance of adopting such improvements in the British service. He parti cularly referred to Sharp's breech-loading rifle. The inventor of that arm was a few years ago a humble me chanic in America, but he introduced his invention to the American Government, and having been thoroughly tested and found to be the best weapon of the description in ex istence, it was now universally adopted in the American army. It was brought under the notice of the authorities at Woolwich, in , May last, but although trials and experi ments had since been made to test the value of the rifle, no intimation whatever of the result had been communicated to those who were the most interested in it. To-day the weapon had been tested at Lord Ranelagh's at Fulham, and he would toll the house the result of the experiment. The great advantage of the weapon was, that it could be loaded at the breech with only three movements, whereas the ordinary rifle required five. The minie rifle could enly be discharged two or three times in a minute, but to day he had seen Sharp's breeett-loading rifle fired off 21 times in a minute and a half, 14 times in a minute, and 40 times in five minutes and five seconds. It had been approved of by some of the highest military autho rities in this country, and under these circumstances, he did most earnestly trust that bharp's breech-loading rifle would have a fair trial at the bands of the Board of Ordnance. He also urged upon the attention of the Government Adams' improved pistol, which was worth two of Colt's. Colonel B. KNOX had been a witness of the experi ment to-day, and so satisfied was he of its simplicity and importance, that h• had ne hesitation in urging the Go vernment to give it a trial. It was the best adapted weapon for cavalry in existence. Mr. MONSELL admitted the importance of introducing into the army with the least possible delay a breech loading rifle, and why it had knot already been in troduced was simply owing to the anxiety of the Go vernment to obtain the best weapon. (Hear, hear.) Last year an intimation was conveyed to the principal gun manufacturers of the country that the Government were disposed to introduce into the army a breech-loading car bine, and they were requested to send in their inventions for the purpose of being tested at Woolwich. (Hear, hear.) Accordingly a large number SrBto Mout in, in cluding Sharp's carbine, and these had been fully tested by a committee of military officers. That committee had not yet decided which was the best, but the moment it was decided on no time would be lost in having a large number manufactured for immediate introduction into the army. He believed at present the choice lay between Sharp's earbine and another of an equally valuable and i portant character invented by a Monsieur Lentoi. Mr. DIINDAS attributed the delay to the system of governing by boards ; if the matter had been left to the decision of one man the best weapon would long ago have been found out. Col. DUNNE wished to know if any report had been received upon the carbine of Mr. Sharp. There *as no doubt that a breech loading carbine was the best that could be adopted in cavalry regiments, but they were generally attended with the inconvenience of generating too much gas, which could not escape in suffi cient time to admitof its being hurriedly loaded. Mr. MONSELL said Mr. ShArp's. carbine had been favourably reported amongst others, and in a very short time the best of these would be selected. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. RIFLE CORPS. _ _ _ Mr. WILLIAMS again urged upon the Government the expediency of sanctioning the establishment of volunteer rifle corps. He believed offers to form such corps had been already made to th^ Home-Officr., and brs thought they ought not only to be aeci.ptud, but encouiaged. Lord PALMERSTON said he received repeated offers of the kind while he was at the Home-oMee ; but, con:litter- a ^? . . :..~ ;. not in his"department, and therefore be shoutd not offer any explanation of it. In answer to the observations of t'e I. bon. and gallant member opposite upturn tbsybssracla at Winchester, he begged to say that there was Flo bafsacks • at present existing.which could be used for the SCCOtpU3O - of the officers, and it was therefore' intended to. pro vide them now. The bon. and gallant member also com plained that the barracks at Aldersbott was temporary; but the truth was, that they proposed to erect permanent bar racks for 10,000 men, which would be constructed accord ing to the most approved plans followed in France an Bel. gium, as ascertained by the commission of engineer officers. He quite agreed with the hou. and gallant member, and the member for Wigan. that it was extremely desirable to promote the comfort of the soldiers in barracks, and that object had not been lost sight of in the present estimates. On the Ship-street barracks in Dublin, a . sutn•of 5,030/. had been already expended ; they had commenced the con centration of troops in that city, and hoped that the system might be found advisable in Latin.° years. As regarded harbours, he was happy to assure the hon. member for Edinburgh that Scotland has been very liberally tr-ated. At Dunbar the whole battery was to' h. restored, at Leith considerable fortifications were to be ;,rested for the de fence of the harbours and roads an d a e Arbroath, Aber deen, Peterhead, as well as in the Orlsn'tj and Shetland Islands, and in the Clyde, the mild battsn ies were to bo restored, and new ones constructed, whilst at Banff the question of restoring a battery was under co.ssidera tion. With regard to the Tower, certain etorehouses, which were absolutely necessary, would be erected, as well' as an hos pital outside, which world not-interfere with the stores- Mr. ADDERLEY wished to observe, in referensass to the exaggerated threat of a new Kafir war, that he thong ht it was high time that the Cape of Good Hope, having no,w . a representative government, should undertake its own as fence. The only force which could really defend the coup - try were the volunteers, local troops, militia, drc. With respect to the disturbances at the diggings in Victoria, the colonists themselves should be called upon to suppress them. We had already very much reduced our force theme. and he thought it would -be a wise policy of we discontinued the very small forces, still kept there, which induced the colo nistsSto lean on England, and to neglect the development of their own defensive means. Mr. MONSELL assured his honourable friend that the attention of the Government had been directed to the sub ject. They had taken steps this year to withdraw the gar risons from all places in Canada, except Quebec and King ston. In Australia, the military force %Yam at present about one-fourth of what it was. In regard to the Cane, the ne cessity of the large expenditure proposed arose from the removal of the head-quarters to Graham's Town. It was impossible to effect the desired object at once, bat conside rable progress towards it had been made. • . Mr. M. CHAMBERS thought it highly desirable that, when a Government contract was ordered, the fullest in formation should be given to all who were in a sitaation to tender for it. If it were not contemplated that the war was to last for ever, he saw no advantage in building addi tional barracks for 50,000 men. Mr. LAIgOUCHERE wished to ask whether, before these estimates were formed, any general survey of the barrack aCcommodation of the United Kingdom had been made by competent per !CMS ? Mr. MONSELL said that a most minute and careful in vestigation had been made. He had stated a few nights ago to the house that they would be deficient in barrack accommodation to the extent of somewhere about 70,000 men when the whole of the militia were embodied. They now proposed to provide accommodation foi - 50,0 JO men, and were at yresent constructing barracks fur :Awl Lord 3EI MOUR wanted to know what wan the present amount of barrack accommodation for infantry ea d navall'y existing in the country, and what wasthe force Go re: :mien t expected to get from the embodied militia? It vs.as de sirable that the house should not be led, as it often Jr 4 d been, into • useless expense. As to the contract systen., , there was a great deal of deception in reference to pre tences to cheapness, as very often what was thought a .good bargain for the Government turned out a very expen sive one. Mr. MONSELL said it would be his duty in a few days to make a statement to the house in regard to some altera tions which were to be made in the Ordnance, which would satisfy the noble lord that the subject of contracts had been most carefully - attended to, and he trusted that any faults existieg under the old system might be removed under the new. One great point towards the improve ment of the barrack system would be to get rid of that multitude of small barracks scattered over the country, many of them holding under 200 men, which he thought were perfect pests, not merely on economical, but on social and political grounds. The document to which he had re ferred as being the basis of the estimates was not a report, but simply a calculation showing the number of troops which would be added to the present by the embodied _ _ _ Mr. FITZROY thought large barracks capable of accom= modating considerable numbers of troops, szith plenty of ground for exercise and manoeuvres, far preferable to a great number of small barracks, each accommodating only an insignificant number of men. The vote was then agreed to. The vote of 158,1361. for the scientific branch of the ser vice was agreed to. On the vote of 197,6571. for the non-effective services, Colonel NORTH. said that he believed good service pensions were included in this vote, and he wished to ask whether anything had been clone to mark the approbation of the Government for the services of the subalterns of the artillery during the last campaign ? There was not in that, branch of the force the usual means of rewarding by pro motion. He thought that when subalterns got their com pany, they ought, if they performed distinguished services, to receive the rank of brevet-major. Mr. MONSELL said that he had no control over this mat ter, but would lay before the proper authorities the sug gestion of the gallant colonel. The vote was agreed to, and the chairman reported pro gress. The house then resumed. THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. On the order for the second reading of this bill, Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The CHANCELLOR of the - EXCHEQUER suggested that the best plan would be for Irish members to meet the Government and make their suggestions, which would of course be duly considered. Such a mode dprocecdiug would be more likely to bring the matter to a satisfactory termi nation than referring the bill to a select committee. Mr. Sergeant SHEE asked whether, in the event of the Irish members differing from the Government, the Govern. , ment would then consent to refer the bill to a select com mittee ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that if the result of the conference should not besatisfactory, Irish members would still have the right to move that the bill be referred to a select committee. Their position would not be at all damaged, and they would stand in just as good a position as they did before the second reading of the bill. Mr. DISRAELI said the bill appeared.to him to be a bill of indemnity to the Government. Such a bill, if not .viewed with suspicion, ought at least to be looked at with considerable vigilance by the house. Some hon. members, it appeared, thought it would be convenient to discuss the matter at the Treasury chambers, ' imagining the difficul ties which new existed would then edsappear, and this was evidently the opinion of the right hon. gentleman, but in the meantime he asked the house to read the bill a second time. He (Mr. Disraeli) did not object to the propriety of Ministers of the Crown cultivating a frank acquaintance with members of the house; but it was preposterous, when difficulties arose, that a inisier should propose to make those difficulties vanish by private commenications behind the Speaker's chair or at Treasury, asking the house at. the same time to assent to the principle of the measure. The proper course would be to postpone the second reading until the difficulties could be settled. Nothing could be more inconvenient and unconstitutional than the habit, which was growing into a practice, of conducting public affair, not with reference to the opinion of the House of Commons or the House of Lords, but by an understanding to be arrived at between Ministers and private members of Parliament under the influence of official quarters. If the right hon. gentleman really believed that grave objec tions existed to the measure, and that they might be re moved by frank explanation of asprivate character, he was justified in taking the course which he proposed ; bat he was not justified iu now pressing the bill to a second read- ing. - - - - • • • Lord PALMERSTON said, if he understood the matter lightly, this was not - exactly a bill of indemnity to the Government. He believed the irregullrity had been going cn,for a considerable time, and was equally applicable to other Governments. The difference which existed was more in appearance than reality. The bill could not be referred to a select committee until it had been read a second time, and therefore, in order to attain the object sought by hon. members,' it was necessary that the motion for the second reading hosild be agreed to. If no'agree ment were come to between the Irish members an - ll right boa. friend the Chancellor of the Excheq,uer, it wdhld then be as competentfor any member to move the reference of the bill to a select committee as it was at present. Mr. S. FITZGERALD thought that there ought to be a distinct understanding that if an agreement were not come to the bill should be referred to a select committee. Mr. HORSMAN said that if the house now assented to the second reading, a nd it turned out afterwards that, in the conference which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had invited, the matters about which there was a difference of opinion could not be adjusted, there was no doubt that the Government would feel that it would be proper to refer the bill to a select committee. Mr. URQUHART withdrew hid motion, and the bill was then read a second time. The Lunatic Regulation Aot Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Marine Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed, as was also the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. DEAN FOREST, &c., BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, the 'several clauses of which were agreed to. METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT. Sir B. HALL postponed his motion for leave to intro dace a bill for the better local management of the metro polis until Monday next. Some returns were ordered, and the house adjourned shortly after eleven. Ma. SHIEL'EI LEGAL AND POLITICAL SKETCHES.— Those who remember Mr. Shiel as he appeared in his later days in the House of Commons will recognise, in these volumes, much of the vehemence and fire for which that eloquent orator was distinguished. They give proof of the hold which his native cointry had over his mind. We have sketches of the ornaments of the Irish l3ar at that day—Bushe, Saurin, Joy, Leslie, Foster, Lord Norbury; &c.; together with papers on the state of Ireland, and the conduct of the men who then wielded her destinies. Altogether these volumes will constitute an interesting monument of the memory of their author, as well as a vivid pictUre of a state of society which is fast passing away.—Morning Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills— Extraordinary Remedies for the Cure of Q u insy.—Mr. Knole, of Allogate, Durham, bad a severe attack of Quinsy, and was unable to swallow any other food than sago for several weeks. Many things were tried to alle viate his sufferings without success, until he used Holloway's•Ointmeut and Pills, which remedies effected a perfect cure, and he has never since had any return of the complaint; this was communicated by Mr. Morton, chemist, Durl;am, who states also that a friend of hie was afflicted with bad legs for a number of years, and cured solely by these invaluable remedies. Sold by all medicine venders, and at 'Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. NOTTINGHAM, March B.—There has been very little, if any, improvement in the lace trade during the week, the German and Dublin orders having been very small. Tho hosipry triclo is a sliafle brisk , r. w',; , l, -_,ributod to of the spring markets for agricultural l)ruduce, particularly meat and breadstuffs. • , 1 ...., Y LIVERPOOL—,-MIRM 9. A fair attendance of millers and dealers at our, . 0 1 change this morning. If holders would have nta°l, Ilion in price, the total: of transactions would h4tio tolerably good. Prices of eVei'y article same alt ai rl except Inftian corn, which was lid to is per qr. 111 '0, on that day, good middling selling a t 403 6d too the best American yellow at 4 19 to 31s 6d per 4SO WAKEFIELD—MARCH 9. The sof weat is not so good as the pected. how Holders manifest a near little fi rm er feebag e the early part of the week.. Wheat must, 1 4, noted 34 to 4s per qr. lower than last Friday, scl7., s r rate extent of business. Barley about last w eek , sales slow. Beans again is per qr. lower. Oats ling each rather cheaper. EXETER—MARCH 7- a fr oo CORN.—In our market wheat may be quo A;d1.1( to 8s 6d. Malting barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Od to Os OE,. Oats, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Beans, Od. Peas, 00s Od to 60s Od. 460 FLOUR. —Fine, 48s Od. to 49s Od ; seconds, Od per sack. 00 4' CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs Od per sco re ; cowib 121. to 14/. • butchers' calves, 6d to Od PerT,o.l calves OOs t'o OOs each. Sheep, 6d to 60. Od per lb. Store hogs, ;urge size, 4 1 s to 50s 18s to 24s ; small, Os to 00s. Rough fat, Pork carcases from 8s 6d to 9s 3d per score. INVERNESS.-11faucH 6. 01 ' CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr , 65s Od to 6 55 ‘,/,6 ley, chevalier, 27s Od to 28s Od ; d itt o , cone 278 Od. Oats, 26s Od to 27s Od. 24s e ti ' MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 23s 4 d to id to second, 008 Od. to Os Od ; barleymeal, 16s ,8,1 peaseineal, 17s 6d to OR Od; bran, per ctonO; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od to 5 6 s Od ; 2(1 00/s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b joir to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Oa ; holt to 00s Od ; peasemeal, is 8d to Os o'l ; Ist flour/ 3s 6d. credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d credit.; BRISTOL SUGAR—MARC ° About 1,000 tons of sugar of all descripti":o(lo buyers this week, at very full prices, anti thefittes; posed to purchase at present quotations. 14.00 meets a fair sale at former rates. Rum dine in value. COAL MARDI Prices of Coal per ton at t' ET.--MAN oirjew close of tbe s. d. Burnhopo• 16 6 Chester Main 16 0 Davison's West Hartley 17 6 Redheugh Main. l7 6 SC)uth Taufio' cl 16 f Ta.Mield Moor Butes 16 6 Walker Primrose .. l5 9 Grey's West Hartley l7 6 Jonassohu's Hartley l7 61 West Hartley. 14 6, Gosforth l7 0 WallsCo' I .„, Braddyll .•• • " Hetton ..... Ha5we11....... Kepler Grallge lounbton.. ..... Russell's Het too itewart's • •••••''': Ca550p......... •••• Caradoe ..... •••': South Helton.' .001 HeughHall South Kelloe..•"' gees C A .CP ai n ulw I I e t . n h . s r a l n:e . :i e 1: t: Dot e Sp, sotttP. „ pocer.Spl aout P " , Is o tu- I doo sou th w o oer G P s mill, ', oYe; ; 0 , LILO 'opt , Sou t .„%ite, so ut oo l Ov err Dover 8 04 ' - I) oler A ine , , Sou tl '. 4P . vof er Jov e 1)0.° /' e om. , BAN lot t,c 1)i, 1 ,4 of ti eh 8 ttn k t el at ' lti ll .'pr ' c i 4 tlS, d to o, P l L j"r Genen Atoit, f 41)111 nest year t 'fin, he klec •otir t ' 4 44 t i conti: t s tir ,lng the 14 n t - rt - r wction of .0f t he 2: I Y Gene, 7 4 . tile Ba k e en Propri Sati 111 16 " t Pk sod in entitled to 407 411, 1 " 41 1 thear mow ;or shall have It 6 4 totest ate , s _ deel o f.dar e ` beep entitled slz ZIOTO, of st:erepared 4t 44 14 Under the p e4 hY the "". St " 4 M'e „,rand: 77 art , ~uthga kal4nt, I rt , T 2 gam,27th'E 11° YAL d eCadin, telb‘tion lb7, e4Ce t) at th::., ll ° o cl as h ,geek oo Lits and 'Der - and or um ct balance, g t o ; 11 drafts a 14e geh mits 4 t home p of eco gt i od tr o r h us,'""g3r, tok ness 1 . Lane.,ll,ll°4Be -71 .eth • et4r ia-str e c t Pl e e' a (, a k, Token, qois,i.rATA Princes.: :41411SPecial ALtx .Aasi °f Pretni I D - a requ Yable at Si r ,„„ . m `t , T her a n' Uall e ~Pntpd for po~icies_the i /7 1101 e n t :Nhin, Or / le. Life. I •, , t 1 9 2 d• ,v 6 la 4 4 613 4' Orp ic.. of 0] BIER at ° Nark `to th thla of r on t top, t t on wti t ,l44 , l_ rmi of Or 4 . l l o h t l ie r o , t l T l ;P et rid i reeoC°4ltr.ftetol /, 11, q 1 :or ci l T ! e 4 in :16N, att i wieh • t h 1. 'lt 'el, -Der's to,;:qo tr7t, e /i t he ke ty of " t qdl l ll,4' ,a Into ~ c:e tt ° rdb e 4 i t tSel ) :, f o ,`.e. 4 the ,I,t•p ev .eet th: li n t rj eri :Oyll: p h lat c iZ ti Or d 5 4ep t ' l eh b t he• hoi o btt, 4 4A . AR. beat Fligt 4slllway at Po 75 0 1 and t 4 . l ePqts, Within 24 14 addressee Istiast ,OPEN, ' - 'romicAL 2 Leice tY for ti „ 4 XTS, and -Pen V6l-ul 7 4 . k or a betare,' o l l. 0 . 'itt&lll4%tra:: 1 4 tks T r , Av I , N A , -0(' Ats 0 Ild 1: 1 °4 Asl, ll Wed I SSOT I , II °NO 4,1 • •Are Ark 4 1 1‘ 44 , 1 d Ntul 71 1 : 1 7 03 1 . 1 1 , 4114 b tiead, ikl ky s ,Dar ty •• Purl itne s 4 ' the c, !fi‘Nt far• "I' -- t4t a then ZioPOR I t!!4:Y -4 11 . -•R i p • eNt Sho) 4 Qlt, . r lizatre 1 4 4 .14,, et ' caw t ower 4 ti t% a r tk Du I rh ( thi s tat„ 11 1. d ' I Y), to t e h , With °,4t halft % Av .. , J wilt \Tar 1, I)4 l et t I NNEIe 4( I, I 1 44 .ilr nie t_ye e NIP ; Q n 1.4 ,e 0 ry, Cara 'l 4 ' 1 4 , 21 ‘ T elll/ . 4 ~tallaal tornE kb c , to h 0 k t orB Pen :1 (! l x &R ) -11 glar 418, itud T 'llet:otir: w n o g rißi ( Or early ,5..1: 4t e a i .o r rf t i td, 'lll,,,..4thtilhe K. b e l e 'ke, s nt 'tti 4 th ta °nit a the , :t . ,iti n N4lia Tital ~ tt, 0 ,,n7, 1 h j t th il 'ilta ' IN 0 . 1 11;eittin„ r : . t',ll, barn,,-. 0,:,..4, _at 11 N,' il k b ;!tili adr 4a3 , „ W d l \\l'D,llei o : . 10,1;41s_e N._ ' 4 4ii , t)jo°al "it Drec l 1,,,e hecia t"lat lair attentlance of turners met. (....---- , e . ige this morning. If holders would have Ina .ce ' 6.40 k, . in price, the total' of transactions would h 4,.. . ,,, ,),,,,,., t u ,,„ rably good. Prices of every article same s,'''. o ,bar , ,4,, ta ,,,: 0 ct of 1 ) i,,,, , IA Ineia.n corn,. which was lid to is per qr. 0 .",0f, ,ilit ~ . .f ti .bunk :e. hat day, good middling selling at 404 6d,t 0 3 io , best American yellow at 419 to 41s 6d per *° `, ° t ",t - an o tb,!_els , to eon , ei 4 lo th r General --- tht 'kee,erdil next, i WASEFIELD-MABcfl 9- 410 ye ar ~ r the klectic he show of wheat is not near so good as th e . i l i -t0 . t . c a , l ' ;! nfl o g , w sa b tu ie r t , ;ed. Holders manifest a little firmer feelloa,'6oo ',Wad de _he n eontinu early part of • the week.. Wheat 133115 t, D., io: th : n t l ite E l ee f in t n he sa .)(1 34 to 4s per qr. lower than last FridaY, Oats 11 ; tj p • . I:.otte r it hat roaite;P flyrne paredGe genera! T r t a ' o r l extent of business. Barley about last 50 1 :,t ' 4, la t i b v ek e e n r r l dt : e i s l de l Y d - toi / n ot y ir ti. a slow. Beans again is per qr. lower. ; each rather cheaper. I; qu it _ th e p ro . ja,,, n Inlet EXETER--MABO II 7 frog wm° aet r. , , !ORN.-In our market wheat may be "quork.a d fl9 i n gP: Is 6d. Malting barley, 3s 6d to 4s 0(1; gr in °, iii ark '^, 4 , r Niali th( ar months ] to Os Ot.. Oats, 3s Od to 3s 6d: Beans , , 4 t V , or shall give his Peas, 008 Od to 603 0(1. 46s °' 't as ltes h ave co; , , a _ tat e's es LOUR. -Fine, 48s Od. to 49s Od ; seven' , 4 tr e b i a t7 dee.l of set 'l per sack. and 0: en entitled fo l TATTLE.-Prime beef, 10s Od per score ; ov w l a b., 1 it . to 14t. ; butchers' calves, 6d to Od Per >to t°, yes OOs to OOs each. Sheep, 6d to 6d• , „ o il; 'it IRE "-'I`,TOR„S per lb. Store hogs, large size, 4 1 8 to 5N 4 , 4 i d7 l to 24s ; small, Os to 00s. Rough fat, ' 4l ,,,gr kt ;', , ,,der the rk carcases from 8s 6d to 9s 3d per score• t c ' i lla t ,'" eaci 'Y the Crt ~; l l trar id: .., 111, e, ha ‘7.'irld INVERNESS.-111,0Wir 6. 6ss ill . 0 ' ik„ h rtesbo ry _ ter )ORN.-Wheat, white, per qr., 65s Od to „ ‘, 7 eo .L il warlt; and chevalier, 27s 0(1 to 28s 0(1; ditto, comes "'tal i UGH i . N . N ., I Od. Oats, 26s Od to 27s 0(1. 24s P 41 k. 27th Yet dEAL.--Oatmeal, per imp. boll 2 38 4d to 0 to! , li t --______ ond, 00s Od. to Os Od ; barleyraeal , 165 0 0 8 ,1 ro,l " 4 , 0 It 0 .semeal, 17s 6(.1 to Os OCI ; bran, per stonet t , 464, , it,t rp e , akil Y A L flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od. to 56s 0(1; 2d di „,., 8 ° riol l , 'l,.,,a 4 ctit, p .bY Chart . Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 14113,:rirti.001 . t a ,, , est etlee 'ec t adiny, Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os od ; b a ' „ r e 3 6 ° ' ~, 1 1. 1ba b nu thoo:t h l e 00s credit ea.semeal, la 8d to Os 0(1; Ist o°r. v. ! ' b ike: o l ' 34 4s a ii s ci l i ,` 6d. c2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9dsredt 4 . . 4 4, p er rd ir on , day 1 10' or V n in• accoi 9, tilt balance BRISTOL SITGAR-MABCO . boo. kty toff ai drafts P, an pep About 1,000 tons of sugar of all tree,descriptiaaa k l ,t,ereb ai ;ltt hom e Qr yers this week, at very full prices, anti t. n h a f i a en; ie .7:res Of ‘3 a nd trai sed to purchase at present quotations. -a' a Does , ri ti ikli of 'canon:ly 5 refs a fair sale at former rates. Rum ° Oa ESTABI X44 ' , , ro , ess WI 44 . LeL e .,,° 4B e-y: ne in value. ..... a , COAL MA R li E T , -31Asesibi ~ • •e rpolot je .. a. , 1 4 -7 11 141 ' rsili 414'' o l i . 14fi l t '' , 7 1i tie:rtt i rtillu i: 4 " IttiI .' I t et : n r ilt hw t o, ir .„ i h a e c in e c etp ; r1 t a n,i ' 0 9 d h i tii i h il li i r., f. t (111 iNT ,„. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of tl la a4 k, T IC • I 1, 1 ;' . 1 1 s. d. Wallscs` „...., ,_ muhope- 16 ti Braddyll , ''' N " I A 1 Lester Main 16 0 lietton ..... ..."' .„, .. Lvison's West Hartley 17 6 Haswell ....... '',...''' . l ' ~,, i r ari anay o i tio Aheugh Main. l7 6 Kepler Grange • . ,„•••• 1 ‘,:rial,,,,oPrlni princes-isutnn, uth Taufie'd 16 f, Lambton.. ..... ~,,„ Aiyiltsecial Ac ,ntield Moor Butes 16 6 Russell's H ° ••' l 4 31, ..AXD1 alker Primrose .. l5 9S . te wares • •••''..."11 INia ' 4 Of p Ty's West Hartley l7 6 Cassop ......... ••• ..,„. , i ,na,ssohn's Hartley l7 6 Caradoc ... ••''',,,.. , 1 Da Y4ble a r t e r ir ' 'est Hartley. 14 6 South Hetto o .." .... •••ij 11 4 i-xtJ )sforth l7 0 lieugh 1 - 13 11 '"'•.." ...0 4 A14 11 -'-iLt N South Ke110e......:,„/:11 k t , ered b naTU Wallsend, &c. reel ......... ...." 'II ‘ l ' l :Ma awson l6 3 Cowpen ....... • .. ., '. ..: . : . : , : :;0 ,i t i e ,. ever 15 6 Plummer • - ."':: „ , „it .-the unr iddell l7 0 Carr's Merth):!,,,,; •• ' , lt, 1 „ rbarneliffe l7 • Anthracite S T ''''• .- ' . 41 -) kk,.l den Main ..... _ 184,__ .....___________,,,,,„... , i , --____ 3 elo ll/ ' '0 ) i'''D; e ll ' l e COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Y. - ...'floi Y N t i f 4, 1 .:nal ns terd•trn .. ..... 11 16 1 4' Gibralar • • ....,:•• ::', '1• 1 , t4 4 ,:e• I A ~t u ,- 0 , three months .. 1, 18 L• grorn •• •• 1.. •'' ./, l of i ( kr tterd..un •• • • •- • ...... 11 18 1 ,4 Genoa ••• • '' ~•• '',' 13 • 1 1,,'"---...._ . itweri , ••••••..... .. 25 3: %, :, clan .• •• ''. ....,/ r;i ~ t --- iissei ; ~. a.. • . ...... 25 3714 Venice ••• • • • ',.." , 11 1 jl 9 2'' 4 . Years. tinburgh .*. .- ••••• - 13 6% Naples ••• • " ~0 I t, 3 6 tona .. ••.••••• • • - •• - Palermo •• " ' ~., ,•• '0 11 ti 18 4 Da .... • . - . .... 25 15 Messina • • ':,,-",,, / 1 6 8 0 Ditto, three rtrorti:/is •• .25 42 , E Lisbon .. •.• • • . ~•-,,, / 13 I arse H, e , ..„ ~,, „,, ~... 25 45 Oporto •• • • •'' ,••••••• •••• nircle , tua . ..., •• • • Rio J aneiro. •• ' „ ; •,,01 ankfort.on •• sine ...... 118% Buenos Ayr,t;i11 . T., 1 •.,!, i l rill' ••••.. • • - • • ..., - New York t w , ", , e , v i , ; eima............ .... 12.:0 rutadelpins ,;;_ye e P, I 1 Ih, 0 testa ................ 12 4 P l lw-aa ai s i "; 1 3 ' `r a i ( . b 'Pic Op tersburg ..........., 35% Toreign Goin , ' s c l ,lo' . I , 1 ; •••-e, /e, Om) 1 Gold ,' V I ser a I 3 "ti- r , adrid ................ • 49n ve,:tuga _ i .,„.,, , ,„,,,,,,( 5 , 4 - , ......eal adiz ......• • • sreelona ............ - ••'w - P h -. '' ••1• 1 , 94 • ( , 1 t o - -ee en or villo.. •• .. ... • - Sliver in tu'e s A a4l(a ii , ard of 0 , ...:,.........---____........-••••! ' Lie 4 1e er, to rn ,. ' r --- , Iv at ail _ p in . at SEABORNE MAILS. A ,14 e :t,14, * e l l ' e n r , li3( i . ..._.--........-- tos or :, i r the. , t o t e tte, ex (N signifies that the mails are sent trom til i e ) O r o' trllo,;'°lltractor,l r the night-and II by the morning--desPa tcl ' ? l v,z 1 ,,,,a,v 1 ,' arid one d Day whva ma i- :- - e a. ' ,; 41 0 ,° , 1,_ win i ,„ COUNTRLES. in General Rot" . An! , ~4 • , ; tar s - ` , .te ta , , •''' (Mice, Loudon.* 1 "'• ---" r ta ,,,,, h4 E r • s Of -- ----- ---,,,,,, je ,r a ti , „, o lat be merlca(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday • • l'i ve- 7 t ' )I( , ''' l'' l 4r kept .merics, t by United Sts. 0 1 Yor 1 ' 1 11,4 Into a packet) ..........N •••••-• • to dri '44 anerica (by U. States , p to 4 th e 4 14 4 , te r , elves , ;(alti l '" 9 I, egro,`, e . si n ', `t'ho n packet) .... ;.....N .. •• - - ;•• •• - __,„ l oo .1,„ 'S t h ' qr. • lieet t .a.strana (via South- . an p•••• ... t , e „ e g „,_ 0 ampem) ..........m ..... ...,, •., soa v •-• e i. _a , • 11, % q1•1 e ,,,0y 41 7:1r atte kitto (via Marseilles) 1 , 11 '11 . "1 a '-rgena ...... ••- • • i i° ..-• •• 0 ', it b et ll Wh i r ,' desire, ntto (via Cape of Goedi i po tf Ei ri o ca Pe ( ) WW; EoWt). • • N N :23d of the month.. - ,,... 0 :;,,,,, " ..... " .. I'll ai° • " .1 ' Wool a ace n th ° . hour aexandria..........tris, 9, 24, & 30 of 011' si oI3: O IPH D Llexandria...• • ... ..ati4th & 20th 'of mot h ' gotta', - ... • y. BY ord( tahamaS ••• • • - --Al 17th of the mogi t. \DO' "pt'' ' I .te i g i um ........ _ „N' lmiiy a . „„ ~,, ~,, ...•\ , a0 ,00,,,, , •1 b lrazii .... .. .. .. .. .. 90 of the nitintla.' 4„otl . . 0 ierts,' ',, bt, tuenosAyres........M 9th of the month.: ' l ,, s .tou , I 'Al* -K•k• A ,-, ;ape of Good Hope ..N• Av - cxalV ~s tp llo 9 1 f Ille h:• - -IIi 21 ,,. .;ape of Good Hope ..N tt tli•- •ih hest - --tir ;are de Verds ......N 9t.h of the month SO ,`11,,, o ilt wa ..._ ;se c, Ileylon (see India) tol , A titia, ~.y, a t Poph leylon.. .. • •..........N 7.hannel Isles.. ....N t,,,A, th e the v't '' with' !•6. and :: . , „ )1 ,Ii Sc 17th nf mont• .SouP' • li t s I „ _ _in 24 bon Dhins • Once a month ... • ~,,,1 ‘,:t r 4t,„ . ;; l d i re , ,;see t Mon ~Vied:,&Frict Soutl.lloo' , Constantinople .... ~ L ., 8,1% 18,23,x7.8 el In Dove!:opt . • .... . Stati s . ponstanthiople .. 4 . ....14tt, & 211th 010200 , SOata „ 1 If wont. of Europe Psi & N;Twice daily --• - ) ° lc ~ It Egypt (see India) ' Dover '‘n l °' 8.,k OPEN • France ........ M& N T•,vice daily .. •• • • - t i,, , t kr os ,„ . 5 Gibraltar .. ----DI 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of tn. Sou 0 , :4• t a ti . ~11 , Ml Greece (see India) I oropt,., , A, laiet, Leteest( Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Sog do o ••, i • , , Vit,,Zjar that Llamburgh ..........N,Tuesday & Friday 11°1' 00 4 ~. ~.N r; 0„„, , , and ] Eta Yannah ...... .... 51.2nd of the month 50 , 1 , ,, ver , ;,., ~1,,,)14 i"",,, kfor lien lolloid ............MiDaily.... • • ...• • • Pu ti oarol •• 1 8 10 .,'-ett li . es . l l , lo, A iondnfas • .. • • ......Mll7th of the month. 51.,,,,,,,u 1, , ,, , • •xj: . 111 04 ," the India (m.4Soutnampt.)M 4th & 20th of mll. P o . , -- or .. ~, q. witted wit India (via Marseilles) M 9th& 25th of month D _! ei ..,• • ~ , lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, &27 of mon No 0 ; 0 0 0 . dy L . , 1, Ireland ~ .. •...M & N,Twice daily .• •• • • Q ,,, t tliag i ] e t# : 1, Ireland Lisbon...-. • .......M,7, 9, 17, &27 of in•,P- - .. te p,, , . 1,) .'-+ , 11,', 4 -ii.r Otadeira ............ M 9th of the month,o•:?,7 . 1 1g , 4 e i, r VI A T I , Vadeira .... - ....... N 23d . of month • • ••• 11 ' . , -'n 'TO \ AI/ " %faith (see India) _O. • ' t LENr 1' ATIC .r....0.',..n.., .....:,,i''....f.P 1,,,111tt.,'44...''''pid l';:l.lalybal_,,'l'lvirn,Alet...ntutool,ied':‘ll„.s,et.f,,alrili,kiiy.rilie..l3 his ' 1 4 (41 A ca l VY gaits ...........„ : , ,ii, IS, &28 of nion. Do' -- ' - t•S * I', an d cLE Aauritius (see India? • „ i , ,, , N bi so 911 to edne wauritius ...... .. el,l4tn of the moat!" • 0 10' •• oki 4 4, 0 ' 4 4N- 1 4' 1 0 NI Mexico ..arzad of the m onth. P ove r .•;,,,t : t t 1 14 o ri ata ; .4 ;4 () Naples . ... ........ N sth 15th25thofruan ; V' tit' 4.. New Granada . --.. m !WI& 17th of monthraroP, , 4 4 ci.‘ th e it -.1 t, New Zealand ......, „By private skip • • ~,) , ,er ~'• k:1 1 .,.,' . 1 1a Ili „, 0 _al Papal Seater ~ .. .. N : hth 19 th2thoffnon. 1!_ . , 0 117 . • ; ~ litt L. _ 'aun, Peninsula .......... M 7th 1 Tth27thoftuon. ; ! . :7,,`,`,1, 4 ':1 , Z . lin(1 . ~.V. 4,,.. L ,_ Peru ..............mlla ft 17th or ship Wr ti ny, ~,,, , ,.2 1. Port, Natal -••- - ..N.By private shie• • L ov er ••' ii i ii, 'es 4 vr ',. ,,, Uele A ru ie s t e ly any .... l ..: :: :: : :.N N 5 5 1 , 1 „ 11 A,tth.‘.lssttilltootint 1 n , 0 , t r i , ,..7, ,,, , ,, , i .g ., , , A,,, ). 10,4,,,,,11.N., , ~ enezuela .. _ . .. .. m.2('& 1 7 th of en r" ' 4 4: 4, t' Ar) th i ' lSS van lideinen's Lan, (se.- i - ~ , k ~PF,,f t„ !_FtAi Australia) ... . I II '"Crre,:i e t . M ' ~,e0 04 .-• ~., ~,, ~ coy! \ k,, l likT i ki . A , I AnvEterisikeeitryr.)-Many thousand , 9' effected without medicine, by On f3'11170:01,60,1,. ‘ ' or - Nt T i i shored lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (. I Y s Pu aa rs f Y,tie o f Yj nervous, bill ma, and liver complaint',,,Prota quote a few :-Cure No. 52,612. ' or , Co il , Vie ' ,;i t ,', ,, ,et's wmotne r 81 Countess of Castlestuart.- ,, Rosatre.. o v ",,,,/t.g e e ' s o ' ‘f h t , „ heel:s rhea Ireland, 9th December, 1851.-The •i" -- „,t 4 , ,rid NZ(leA t author manity,Castlet utaor state f a e t e e ls th in at d u p e u ed ß , ainrrtpse e.., i l n e t ,,ne e i r bii - dBsic t ili i; so p i : t; t4 ' E cia A ' ':)) eon 1,4 itaancl, pica Food has cured her, after all '-- aa“4111 fl. A half pa, ,0111, 'LllN,\v,4'tqll,,r).'l'i.(l'‘,lNt:',!tollv.r':'*.ec'trut,olvelacir'rt„tralutelos;ilfeci.' or indigestion, bile, great nervous ness roes tv, many years' standing. This Fond d eq ,,,l a r , a r% 4) , ,, ,, Ni e -, of all sufferers, and may be cousid ° s. o v r j 110 V, 4 1 )Ay, ,' CM Inquiries will be cheerfully answe r t he P, e b i 04 4 ,' L l:',(li i .ttist e larel4 51 Of dyspepsia, from ,the Right gen' 1 0 b e7 jof of li,'V vefilinte) will be Decies.-` • I have derived considerAbci co asi o l) i ko i , le l . e ert an ;,-Kelss; Barry's Revalenta Arabies Food, an. 8 tbee ' ,l 6 , `- 't . : 4 ,,,; ti tZ , ' , ,,,,,, nt 5e tb y w o „,.l' yourselves and the public to author ° i5r0 , ... 8 t o ~, i N t, ( , ;,Zers t (1 1 4 - ' 4 : these lines.-Stuart de Decies." Cn re o Ill' e ft, s r , k , ta . "• t e Ory, the Venerable Archdeacon of 11,css.- I,sv ci I ,e`,.' ,, ‘, ,, ,li e &riande sivezervoueness, with painsintnYoeF,o feri hr elog ,) t ''.;' , .::;l 4 t hq we ciltrolii neral debility, which rendered 03.9 : b etat`;..e,eo i ' A te4,Dai c i n ! , been radicallyremoved byDnßarrY?' gibe t , D eol' be i i , ~ NLl)°,.t to b e . e " - , -Alex.. Stuart,. Archdeacon of R° sa i. i erv c ' s ` ce JiLoo p ' 4 4g ra ° Pen at 4,208.-" Eight years' dyspepsia , A. I° fr o r i i k k • with cramps, spasms and nat i 'lr e jool l i t igner I k ,<b i tually removed by Du Barry's af i Ili' o' P:41 ,, i, , Pt i ,' - ' 3 IA . R short time.-Rev. John W. Fla i ye er."Alt, 1 (t t ''°F t i ) 1 Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.-" F if :sthnliol 9 o \SE -~,,,4 • 'did th agony from dyspepcia, nervousne ss, t the, a ple,A 4 ~ 1,„.,,,, t a ,. pation, flatulency, spasms, s icknes s / 106 . 9 rr,' 'y' l %, tl liab l te!s„; t r io lti mitings, have been removed by Do piss, 0 0 0_4 \4l-Itillereeor arieing I t lt i: -Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, li e ,. 3r indig e voll,, / 1 " , \ N, '4, 4 ' who ar, No. 3,9,06.-Thirteen years' coug h ' po ) ",th , ,, 1 1 1 ' . ' l \ , i ,, °I early e ral debility have been removed bi t, re,' i th.t.67,1t1,,, ‘k, all the eh TR Food.--James Potter, Athol-stree ' O . a ~.,n 6 , ~ k ,N,,t_%„..r 8,, teo 1. , • P 1.0 'tetk of th tern, suitably packed for all °lima - 'Mb., OP t .pt • V I lion ' thoUght Lions - lib., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d-5' 61be res!lf; tat -"" the Do , 1 super-refined, alb., Cs. ; 21h.• 11 !...„, ; , ° I3 P ; Z t i , , , : it 44 loNth, TR The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage P. -e a CA,?„,f. 1 'IN ) tli e - ental II tfi.. C ° I 041 iti, trmi office order. Barry du Barr)" * n od G s,. 0 . t, t q ,l 4et ion ~ Rh street, London ; Fortnum, hie' s l: o at j , „Jr f'd , lA til e or ° or V ia her Majesty, 182, FiccadillY;,''''l" StraArer" ' k tl'1141:. l'T°. I' c' Oracecharc.h-street; 330 and 'il" 4 ' / tiqii,l beg qur Oxford-street ; 55, Cha.rin(i-cross ; , ', . 1 e Qai ent su . 51, Upperlilaker-atreet. \ .II NI ,( Ne aat Its S linael'4ll% Whoa , BIR2' 11 5. i . ; ~, r ia,, oi jai. \?, i tt . p. c , 11.:'? Cc op A Fl°" l ‘i,sol/ ,10 0 , '1. 1 1,' 1, 51 3 e h r a . u . h 0 On the Bth inst., in Dublin, t- ,r,O ,) t kali: 0 ot; n ill'' et, ' it 4.0 .ooksell CT A DAC- . tre oenr a . ki l ltt. t On the 9th inst., at 103, Il e, . *lei I N"rilt! John Horn by. V., ' Dr ies 25., --• i k, 1 11. rF D. Odzes Ate) t; V MAB R • ,cli , , r ?iS k ftt ,4 l.4, , ec ho : bs ip it ' ~Nl 4 wi th , gyn tt On the 7th inst., at St. 314rY4, chits th e tile I ° ,e ' s e k ' , l.'„tl, l o( e . ‘ disc William Henry Rymer,_Esclo, °:,' titer °' ft , :,!;"kl'aiti ( I ° f . Ire solicitor, to Emily, eldest osur,i," 8 ,1,009;749 4 1 ,4 ~,;0,4g, i! . ,-. ,1- ; , 3: th Banger, Esq., of London-fields, e iL' orge rt ll ol .o% t s, t ,,,,, t e e ,l' of rinar On the Bth inst., at St. G I . G r eat cyf 1 ,tY de lit. e t cont,- t ) ,, r slit square, James Hayllar, Eick , ° ~f J° bli !,,1 ; 1 ici' 4 l4 , t ttpc Ellen Phcebe, only daughter ' : 0 1 '),,‘?1b,, °cal Atecklenburgh-square. ,A 1 li h thjei ts ent Ar t e 9. 3,,0v i 1 the t y Eu4,1 , 4118 i - DIE D tie 'll, s'aorde r r th CO ' t o . ity. .., o .1 a t ,\T to 4 On the 7th inst., at Ravens ° as 81. .... sid i s h.s k 4 tl ti ,:' . ll er l ,--e, Nr . 4 11 bo ill P 1 ' 41 41, Il' a die n P ° I Lord Ravonaworth, On the 9th inst., al 9, Cl"' ti a fi , 1 it t p,k4,,,:q aft Y Ett„ a rii ' therine Carnegie, aged 25. mirr ocal •*-- 40 , c , e : . ,N't , ,, A ;i m o :t,,,, ce , On the 7th inst., at 5, 'W s of ) ,10 1 / 1 • 1,‘,,„,'-nti,„,„'kleet of Gordon, Esq., W.S. ` , 19. . 0 ,,, i . rf • ~.,f 4 c4 -p -s it, John! ag e " n ioll. •P'' ot)r - r .• 1, tiOr, i ron,„„ a m On the Sth inst., Say!) of i r oot ai ltea it , r 4 t„, , 11. ,,, , h . a ture I Y i° llsra 11*- Colles f ip l. 'll:: ''••l 7. 4. l A l o ' ). ase , (111' terr o a n c t e h , e D 2 a 2 ls d to .u n ft. rt tD f o o r w rn :B r, itsl, pal , Nt,,-,. :.,,„.-end artist, aged 53. geotari 11°Pfauttt.. •,'; l t • 41, i4 ,,i1ti0n H. O p h ay tl - n ,e e c2rathwfluiliti: ij oss t ;I , fL i sg h to t nt l 3l .ll, Y. , '" ' , •,* , , i, ,;i1, 0 ,i ti1t,13 7 5 t) s. a Robert Crawford, Esq. , ° Os , ) h e it t Fer,„ eces tre st ' t t i la,jbA , ' nal n. Sussex, aged 30. 011,,,, , , , / oi ns Dku, 40 ' ,k th ti l gitte irl a , tasi , , 1,N,, , ~,,, boy, p 0 ',••'' 1. 1 .1 ' , s e '' and ti --------------"-- O P aith 4,1t..111L.,''1t t roei y Eio3hnatriiden6.thmianys,.a, g e a d t 4 1 7 4 : 14°1116-6 - ----- _. _a to' . Cl.- . a'or',ll, l, a; wllict,!., Wallsend, Hilda 16 3 Lawson l5 6 Riddell l7 0 , Wharneliffe l7 t Eden Main 18 t COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Y -terdAm 11 16'4 flibralar • • three months .. 1 i 181 grorn •• •' Bottercl,un •• ••- • . .... 11 184 Genoa .. •• •• Antwerp •"•••• • • •• •• 25 37 .• •• •• Brussels "••••••• •• 25 3714 Venice .• •• • • II ainbargh • •• 13 6% Naples ••• • " • three w en; hs .. 25 42 Lisbon .. .. •• •: Paris • ••..25 15 Messina • • ' Ditto, m eree tL es „,. .. 25 45 Oporto ••• • • • BourcleAux . •• • • Rio J aneiro• • " ankfort•on acne • / 118% Buenos Ayre1•,;:(17...01., Berlin New York, OL ", Vienna „. 12".."0 Pluladdpbis •;01C.j31( Trieste •• 12 4s paicEs r Petersburg 35N -'oreign Madrid 49 po:tugal Oro? Cadiz • • • Barce l ona 71)011°- " Seville •• .. ......... Sli v er in b.'" SEABORNE MILLS. (N signifies that the mails are sent trot 6y the night—and by the morning—des] COUNTRLEI. Day vensw rn a 1> in General Poat 031ce, Lonactil.* the, , .• Fri F°Y OI bicerr SOU tD°Pf° soao slSP' '" P aVer r.;;;; tn 4°l‘)W . Deelpto': S 0 1 100" Z;ILIW kmerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday kmerice, kby United Sts. packet) ..........N America (by U. States packet) ...• •••• • •N Australia (via South- • . ampton) .....• • • • • M ••••••••• Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Weill Hope) •••• .. , .. • Africa (West C0a5t)...1.7.23d of the month. Alexandria.... ....NIS, 9, 24, &30 of 1 71 .. Alexandria.... • & 20th 'of rue!' Bahamai . • • . • ......M 17th of the ings w i Belgium Brazil ..............M 9th of the Month , Buenos Ayres ....M 9th of the month .• Cape of Good Hope Cape, of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds 9th of the month Ceylon (see India) ed : A r r id. Chill..._ •• ••• 11,2.1 17th of mont , ••••• China Once a month ... • Constantinople L , 8,13,18,4E0.8 of in Constantinople st 20th of mot" Cont. of Europe & N ;Twice daily .. • • Egypt (see India) France ........ M & v Twice daily .. • • • • Gibraltar —Di 4,7, 17,2 0 , 27 o f in. Greece (see India) areYtowa •• • • • 2nd & 17th of mon. ,lamburgh FridaYi Yannah • •• •• .... ,2nd of the month I Holland „mi Daily .. •••• • • • • Ronda -rag .. • • ...... Mll7th of the monh. India (vnaßouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of m. t .n. India (via Marseilles)M 9th&2sth of month lonian Isles (see India)l, 17, & 27 of mon Ireland ......M & N,Twice daily .• •• • • Lisbon-- 9, 17, & 27 of in•, Madeira •••• • • • • ..M!9th of the m oth' Madeira '23d of month • • • Malta (see India) Malta 8, 18. &28 o f mon. l Mauritius (see India? Mauritius fi,l4th of the moratiii Mexico ..2l`2nd of the month. Naples . . N 5015th25thofinon. New Granada . !2d &17th of month New Zealand By private skip • • Papal Stales •, • • -... N th 19 tb2sthofmon . Pen in s ula •••. • . • . M 7tl,l72h27thoftuo n. , Peru 3 , 111.1 ft :17th of mon•' Por t Natal •• • . N.By private ship.• 'Sicily • . N 51111 •• thisthoi mon, ruscany N 5 lAt .4.sthotin. ,, • enezuela _ . M .2{lb 1 7 th Of fan " Vats Diemen's Lan, (4e. Australia) Isouw fi t r,31 ADVER,TISEMENT.)—Ai any thousan d oti effected without medicine, by Ou 13 ' 11. psio)'; lenta &rabies, Food, of indigestion ( irP" nervous, bill )us, and liver con) plaino , ,,, P ro ta quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612. r Coo Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosatre c , ° o o4,e r Ireland, 9th December, 1851.—T 11 ° Castlestuart feels induced, in the intefi: Ei t P o manity, to state that Du Barry's el ee ,jicif e ji bin, Food has cured her, after all or indigestion, bile, great nervorisnes:eriesl many years' standing. This Food d e of all sufferers, and may be cousidsri.o C Inquiries will be cheerfully ans were t ` he Of dyspepsia, from the Right 11 011 ' b e. :3l --- Decies.' • I have derived consider 001, Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, an. A 0 0 , ourselves and the public to authorl/40,;', these lines.—Stuart de Decies." C ar e , the Venerable Archdeacon of hens. - „sd l sivezervousness, with paitisin my ne. a : neral debility, which rendered uIY ripa been radicallyremoved by•DUßarrYr oe , o iriA --Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Roos, r,00.,p,„ 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspeps ia, 1 with cramps, spasms and 1:1 5 1 c ioli, 9 00 tually removed by Du Barry's af, Itiu short time.—Rev. John W. Flavq, ye°. Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" F i ';41 3. , 1 agony from dyspepsia, nervousness) t that pation, flatulency, spasms, sicknagl3,rd mitings, have been removed by Da r Digs' —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling , 11 1. 3 No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' coug h, pa " r ib. ral debility have been removed 13 1, 1 43 _,311. Food.—James Potter, Athol-stree;Yidivi,,; ters, suitably packed for all olilu 3tes 'slb)) tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b. ' 4s. 6 d; ; 61b. , super-refined, llb„ 6s. ; 211).) 11- ,. 5. ' a , ° ll The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage ' re „ - a C ° 60.1,, office order. Barry du Barry as 6 g, 'lig street, London ; Fortvum, his' s°° ' fi n a l' a lso her Majesty, 182, PiccadillY; S I , A7 f joir Gracecharch-street ;no and 4 0 ' v Oxford-street ; 55, Charinti - cr oss ; 51, IJpperlilaker-street,. B or A O CIA Sc I I 0 0,' On the Bth inst., in Dublin , the - por 07 A DAET Cmll i.stf e ` On the gth inst., at 105, Degev John Horn by. tio Ir D. 1 rOl t 1 M 11 8 .— chor eb 'l , On the 7th inst., at St. 11/I.ll:svoiterate 1; William Henry Rymer, Egg.: °' hter solicitor, to Emily, eldest claq,sekvel• Banger, Esq., of London-fields,iu,grtllne7ifirit, On the Bth inst., at St• Li c e° 6 r et Lice square, James Hayllar, E4(1. , °' f Jo b° Ellen Phcebe, only daughter ° Atecklenburgh-square. " 1' DIE D odi LoOranitthaevo7nthswionrstth.,,astglet:Zsivoa:::: ;4 On the 9th inst., at 9, us" 9 pet t o therine Carnegie, aged 25. On the 7th inst. ,at 5, -ItoYal-torreeet de Gordon, Esq., w.S., agd 79. ..„_„. /A On the fith nst John Samniell.."Voa Yr terrace, Dalat " I formerly of ir°,42o33ilt°ll . On the 22d°n1t atanal Bow, Eichard.g, 40, artist, aged 5 3. a " ital , C '. Y iJ er Robert Roartthecr2awtfhoridil,L.Esicin.:Seooftaosria:::l3:i, 'tio;00, H. Payne Crawford, 90th L i g ht 10211 PO Sussex, ge ad 30. On the 6th i n t., at 14, I•Torria'etreet7 $ Richard H. May, aged 47. N Printaf awl T.ONDO Co. 1 12, Stm-a(1, Friutor. 3t Strand, in the Preci nct a the wig; slot itsg*l°' 3iiddlNex ,