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I MPERIAL PARLIAATENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the. w0015a,...k sa , ...k at five o'clock. SECOND READING. The Manley and Midland Railway Bill was read a second time. THIRD READINGS, The following bills were read a third time :—Glossop Gas, Monmouth Railway and Canal, Sheffield Gas, South Eastern Capital, Bridport Railway, Ratcliffe Gas ; and Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction. The Earl of HARDWICKE moved for returns re specting the cost and conveyance of letters and news papers to Australia. Lord BERNERS presented several petitions from Gloucestershire praying for the closing of public-houses on Sundays. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Scotland against the Maynooth grant. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY presented several petitions against the payment of church rates. BURIAL OF THE DEAD. The Earl of SANDWICH in presenting a petition from Huntingdon, praying that the la w with respect to the burial of the dead might be amen ded, begged to ask her Majesty's Government whether any inspector had been sent down to examine and report upon the state of the burial grounds and vaults in that county ? The Duke of ARGYLL said the notice the noble earl had placed upon the paper was so indefinite nobl e there was no member of her Majesty's Government in their lordships' house that evening that amild answer it. Under these circumstances he hoped the noble earl would repeat this question on another occasion. After a few observations from the Bishop of CHICHESTER, the subject dropped. THE FLOATING BATTERIES. Earl TALBOT begged now to 3.4 i the :Minister of War the question h e h ad gi v en notia of last night, with respect bathe floating batteries, namely, as to who was the inventor or designer of these floati ng b atter i es, an d a l so w h e ther any experiment bad been made to test their strength, and also their applicability for the service for. which they were intended ! Lord P - ANMITRE said he was unable to inform the noble earl who the inventor of the plan was. The merit of the project had, however, been tested, and the Go vernment being satisfied with the result had authorised the adoption of the plan. The Earl of HARD WICKE thought it was hardly possible to receive a more unsatisfactory answer to a question than that which had been given by his noble friend opposite. He had on that day proceeded to Woolwich to inspect two of these ships, and, without referring to the opinion of auy other person, he would venture to state what his own opinion was with regard to the construction of these vessels. The effect of the mode of construction that had been adopted would be to 'loosen the plates when they were brought under the fire of a heavy battery, and those plates being malleable, would suffer in the way that iron did under the harnm3r of the anvil, and would begin to move about. They would spread with the blows, and would be broken in all proba bility. The deck was nine inches thick, and it was ori ginally intended to have plated it with iron, but he ap prehended that with a power of floating so indifferent, they had not ventured to carry out the plan, and he was sure that, if a parabolic shell were thrown on the deck, it would go slap through her. The bulwark that was to protect the officers conducting the opera tions when approaching the enemy's battery was imper fect, and the men at the wheel were also exposed to the fire, because there was nothing to protect them but a two-inch plank. The men at the guns below were pro tected by the iron plates, but the officers who were to conduct the operations were exposed to a greater disad vantage than they would be exposed to on board of an ordinary ship. Earl GREY complained of the conduct pursued by the noble earl, and condemned the practice of dis cussing such questions in that house. The Govern ment were wholly responsible for the works they were undertaking in connection with the war, and he therefore considered that their movements should not be hampered by any scientific descriptions and cri ticisms of this character. The Earl of DERBY could not say that his noblefriend behind him was open to the attack that had been made upon him by the noble earl. It was said they should not interfere when measures were still in progress, but those gun-boats were completed, and were open to the obser vation or examination of any one. If he were not misin formed, those 5 gun-boats had cost something like a sum of 300,0001., and before they wentfurther it was important that they should possess all the knowledge and informa tion that could be obtained, from the professional ability of his noble friend. His noble friend stated that he had inspected them, and he pointed out various defects in their construction. He considered that, on the whole, they were not likely to answer the objects of those who designed them, and he asked whether those plans and designs had been submitted to, and approved of, by the scientific portion of the service in this country. If they had been submitted to them, the heads of the scientific department of the navy would be made responsible for the success or failure of those batteries. (Hear, hear.) His noble friend had pointed out the reason why he thought they were not fit for the purpose intended, and he warned the Government not to go head over heels in incurring an enormous expense on a work which he thought to be unscientific and of an unsatisfactory cha racter. (Hear.) No subject could be morefit for disc ission. It was proposed by the Government to enter into a new and experimental mode of naval warfare, involving an enormous expense, and the means which they adopted, in the opinion of a man of professional knowledge like his noble friend, were not calculated to answer the pur pose for which they wereinvented. (Hear.) As to the construction of these gun-boats becoming known in Russia in consequence of the observations of his noble friend, that was an idea that could not be entertained for a single moment. The intention to construct these gun boats was perfectly well known in Russia from the time when it was decided that they should be constructed, and the Emperor of Russia would not obtain by the dis cussion any information that he did not already possess respecting them. (Hear.) The subject then dropped. JURISDICTION OF THE STANNARY COURT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of the Lord CHANCELLOR their lordships went into committee on this bill. The clauses were agreed to. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL. This bill with amendments was reported, and was ordered to be recommitted this day fortnight. THE CAVALRY IN THE CRIMEA-. Lord VIVIAN moved for a return of the number of men and horses sent, or to be sent, as reliefs or rein forcements to the cavalry now in the Crimea ; regi ments, or squadrons from regiments, now in this country to be employed on this service ; and date of embarkation and name of transports in which these reinforcements have been or are to be sent out, stating whether sailing or steam-vessels. The noble lord said he had, on a former occasion, moved for a similar return, but he had been induced to withdraw it on the assurance given by the Commander-in-thief that he was about to send oat strong squadrons to the seat of war. But he found that up to the present mo ment, certainly up to within a very few days, no squad rons had been sent, and no regiment of cavalry in this country had received orders to reinforee the troops in the Crimea. If our army was to take any part in the operations before Sebastopol, it was most essential that that branch of the army, the cavalry, should be speedily reinforced. (Hear.) He might be told, and no doubt would be told, that reinforcements had been sent from India, and that cavalry would be sent from this coun try; but what be desired to know was, what were the means which the Government had of conveying these troops He feared lest the Government should be once again " too late ;" and he thought they would best show that there was no ground for apprehension by stating riot only the force they were about to send out, but that t tey wer e prepared to send them out in at - n v o e h ss l e e i s lo . rd Lord HARDIN GE said it was true that the had on a former occasion asked for information relative to the amount of force which the Government contem plated to send ou t to the Crimea, heat that time he (Lord Hardinge) tied stated that' and thoughtthe be-t way of reinforcin g th e army servil- , theEast would e be by sending out additi ona l squadrons for each of regiments in the Crimea. H e had reason to believe sub sequentlyt that it would b e b etter to send out twor e snents ; and he had had a c onsu l tation with his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambrid ge , an d b e had his Royal. Highness's consent that, instead of sending out separate squadrons of each of the regiments serving, it would be better to send out the two regiments, the Ist Dragoon Guards and the 6th Dragoons. The force of cavalry in the East at present consisted of about 1,300 effective men, and they would be reinforced by about 750 troops, and also by the two regiments coming from India, one of which had already arrived—the amount of which would be about 1,000 men rank and file. Thus there would be in the Crimea upwards of 3,000 effective cavalry, exclu sive of the two regiments he had referred to, if they would be required, and they would be required without doubt. The number of recruits now ready was at least 1,000 men, and we had at least 1,500 horses between five and six years old, and he was happy to say that the regiments at home willingly and cheerfully took on themselves to act as the instructors of the recruits, and bad rendered much service to the country. He had rel ne the advantage of the advice of the noble earl the aa n t e ett7 of Cavalry, and of his Royal Highness the Clst ore t.°!_iarnbridge, in making these arrangements. and half the reinforcements had already sailed, sees i n ,, te Zret to the means of carriage, sonic were aari lY have s o ' 1 0 e8 :% 18 , but the remainder would neces- The Earl ofg3a2 ""ing ships. quite satisfied that RIM( hoped the noble lord was now stating the uumberthoefre would be no indiscretion in his should come to the ar:71:74; the the Emperor Crimea,ofß Lord PANIIL'ReE ; a s for fear it returns as those whee al ‘ v i 7 i .' v e,,tyl u dia s t ia e'd such though herethee would be no ra di ve force of rmy, yet he ulty i nklv r iwifi li r ament, and cedent for Parliament to s ane l l ht it was riot4aeZotdlYrh° especialy in times of sat. rbrins,l3l.'h retu rns as thPeq'le•-, bably, f ny or tit an opportunity it aflord:an i v 43 t "de, laTe ; d tho,:e. having beer, ive cr 'lade friend would not prese - cor the returnst for. With respect to the sending out of theba rein( rcements, he should say that every tneanesea:f- 4 'snatch should be used in conveying ou t t h ese and alt other reinforcements. At this moment every available steam transport was engaged for our own troops or those of our allies ; and if we were compelled to have recourse to sailing vesse l s, it was b ecause we b a d t o convey not seat the cavalry and artillery, but the infantry, to the °f. Sr. w (He h ) T h _ (Hear, ear. c o " a -arl of ELLENBOROUGEr impressed on the ' • - - Chief the necessity of giving timely notice to the commissary-general in the Crimea of the intention to send out cavalry, and of the amount it was determined to send. If that were not done, these hor• es when sent out would find nothing to eat. (Hear, hear.) Notice should be given at once through the electric telegraph, otherwise the whole of their cavalry would be sent to a desert which produced nothing. The cavalry could only depend on the supplies that would be sent by ships for their support, and this would cause a serious demand for tonnage. We were carrying on our operations by means of transports, and he trusted that on every occa s i on, the instant any intention was determined, notice of it would be despatched to the commissary-general in the Crimea. Lord PANMURE said that he had had a communi tion that day from General Scarlett, and he put the number of cavalry soldiers at 1,300, and of horses at 450. Lord VIVIAN did not press for the returns. Motion withdrawn. The Earl of DERBY said that the noble marquis had on the previous evening stated that the noble earl the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs would either make a statement, or inform the house on what day he would do so, relative to the result of the negotiations atVienna, and to the present position of the Allied Powers towards themselves and towards Russia. He (Lord Derby) had seen the noble earl the Foreign Secretary on two or three occasions that evening flitting through the house—(a laugh)—but he had been unable to find any occasion to put a question to him on this subject. He now asked the noble marquis, in the absence of the noble earl, it he could state anything on the part of the noble earl The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had not stated that his noble friend (the Earl of Clarendon) would make a statement that day, but that he had no doubt he would make a statement very soon—so soon, indeed, as possi ble. He had spoken to his noble friend a few moment. before, and he bad only just left the house. (A. laugh.) The Earl of DERBY—I understood from the noble marquis yesterday that the noble earl would be here to-day, an I would inform the house when he would make such a statement as I had referred to. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—I did not use the word "to-day." But I agree that it is of the greatest importance that a statement should be made on the ear liest possible day. (Hear.) I cannot undertake to say where my noble friend is at this moment. (A laugh.) Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes past six. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. DEASEY was introduced, and took the oaths and his seat for the county of Cork. The following bills were ordered to be considered : Ashton-under-Lyne Gas and Water, and the Birmingham Gas. On the motion for the second reading of the Dublin, &c., Roads (No. 2) Bill, Mr. COGAN moved an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MACARTNhY seconded the amendment. Mr. VANCE supported the bill. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Vincent. Scully, Lord Naas, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Isaac Butt, Capt. Megan, and Mr. Keogh took part, The amendment was negatived without a division, and the second reading was agreed to. The New River and Trustees of the River Lea Bill was then read a second time. AIIMY COMMISSIONS, &c. On the motion of Mr. LAYARD, returns were ordered of all commissions granted in the army since the commencement of the war ; stating in each case the name of the person to whom granted, the regiment, and reasons for such commission being granted without pur chase. Return of officers who have received certificates at the senior department of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and have not been subsequently employed on the staff of our army during the last 20 years ; stating which of the above officers are on full service, and which are on half pay. Return of the names of all the officers who have been or are now employed in any capacity on the general staff of the army in the Crimea, or on any private staff since the commencement of the war, stating the dates of their commissions, sny past services, and any staff employments on which they may have served before : Return of all promotions in the army, with and without purchase, made since the commencement of the war ; stating the names, previous rank, date of promotions, and time and nature of services in each case, and the regiment from and to which the promotion took place. DESPATCHES FROM LORD RAGLAN. In reply to Mr. WARNER, Sir d. WOOD said he had yesterday given nearly verbatim the whole of the despatch received yesterday from Lord Raglan ; but a despatch was received to-day, which stated that the Russian force between the Belbek a 41 M'Kenzie's Farm had been reinforced by two divi sions. (Laughter.) That was really the whole of the despatch. (Oh, oh.) FRENCH ARMY AND STAFF. In reply to M. T. DUNCOMBE, as to the commis sion sent over by the Duke of Newcastle to inquire into the French Military Staff, &c., Mr. PEEL said he would make inquiry and state to morrow or Thursday as to whether the report of that commission had been received. THE TELEGRAPH FROM BALAKLAVA. In reply to Mr. FRENCH, Sir C. WOOD said the telegraph from Ba l aklava to this country was entirely under the control of the Go vernment, and it was intended to keep it, bough not perhaps exclusively so. THE LOAN BILL. but at the same time I will say that it you found that it was doing that which was mischievous to the community, and that the religious scruples of the community would not allow the c.mtinuance of this grant, or with reference to civil and ecclesiastical reasons you found that those you meant to be teachers of religion had become the leaders and conductors of rebellion, there is then ground sufficient to refuse this grant—then I say that there is no valid reason to restrain you—no reason why the house should not be justified in declaring that no Waller grant should be given." Leaders of rebellion ! Disturbers of the public peace ! Let hon. gentlemen look to their elections, and say whether the noble lord's words did net strictly apply to the Roman Catholic priests. On the authority therefore of Sir Robert Peel and the noble lord the member for the City of London, he stated that a deep seated feeling on the part of the community at large called for a repeal of that grant, and upon that ground he appealed to the house to support the motion for repeal. Hon. gentlemen would, in all probability, soon have to meet their constituents, and they might depend upon it that the most important question which would be put to them would have reference to this ques tion of Maynooth. (Hear, hear.) He had agreed a few years ago to inquiry, but he had never consented to inquiry by a commission, which was the course pur sued. The report of that commission, he would show, was a complete delusion and sham, and the most conclusive proof of that was that the report was sent to Rome, while the Queen and her subjects were kept waiting for it for weeks and months together. Nlore than that, in the appendix to the report there was a return, in which Dr. Cullen and some other bishops received their full ecclesiastical titles, in defiance of the law ; and he had the authority of Lord Harrowby for stating that this was done without his authority, and that the titles were not in the return when it was pre sented to the commissioners. He thought it was for the Government to ascertain who had since tampered with the return. He stated further that the evidence of several witnesses had been tampered with, modified, and partially suppressed, after it had gone out of the short hand-writer's hands. He next referred to the class books used in the institution, quoting from them pro positions on ethical subjects, which are condemned everywhere except in the books of the casuists. The honourable member next turned to the sub ject of oaths and obligations, quoting Liguori and other Romish divines, and pointing out the ob jectionable character of their doctrines ; and then pro ceeded to read evidence given before the Maynooth commission respecting the books in use in the college. Some books, he said, were excluded as favouring Galli can doctrines, and others as enforcing doctrines respect ing marriage hostile to the view taken by the Roman Catholic Church. With respect to the Index Expurga torius, it appeared that the witnesses considered it as not binding in Ireland, but that still the Romish clergy felt very much influenced by it in the selection of their books. Here, then (said the hon. member), were the English Government and people endowing a college, the studies of which were regulated by a foreign potentate, and the students of which looked to Rome, not to Eng land, for the selection of those books. He called on hon. members to real the evidence for themselves, and then to say whether they would continue to support this vote. Let them consider that the priests were teaching the doctrines of Rome to the people, and more especially, as regarded the rite of marriage, teach ing them among other things that no heretical marriage carried the right of succession along with it. He asked the house to give him leave to bring in a bill which should withdraw the national support frem an institution which, in his opinion, taught doctrines so objectionable. The bill would provide that the students in the college at the time of its passing should receive their present allowances to the end of their terms ; and also that while teaching these remaining students, the professors should retain their salaries. This might be objected to on the high ground of principle, but previous legislation had left him no alternative. With that ex ception he would propose to withdraw all corporate power, but 'that the present corporation should have the power to deal with the property of the college as trustees. Having cautioned the house against perm:t ling an institution to continue, the function of which was to destroy the Established Church, the hon. mem ber proceeded in an indistinct tone to address himself to the Roman Catholic members present. He reminded them of the promises made at the time of the Emancipa tion Bill, and expressed his conviction that no en lightened Roman Catholic believed the pernicious doctrines taught at Maynooth. The truth was that they believed that everything was properly managed by their prelates, and gave themselves no troubie to inquire into the doctrines taught in the books. He could, from his own knowledge, say this much of the Roman Catholic families of Warwickshire, amongst whoth he lived, and whom he knew to make some of the best magistrates and landlords in the county. But such were not the men who had been sent by the Emancipation Bill to that house; on the contrary, they were, as a body, the no minees of the priests, and bound to obey the behests of the sacerdotal body in everything. These were the men who bad frequently stated that they would never be con tent while the Established Church remained in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He warned the house that if these men were not restrained, they would persevere until the Protestant institutions of this country had been de stroyed by their machinations. He did not expect many more opportunities of addressing that house on this subject. His age rendered the disclaimer of ambi ' tion unnecessary ; his only motive was duty to God and his country, and the responsibility which rested on all who, like him, hal carefully studied this question. Re looked upon this State support of Popery as a na tional sin, and he trembled on the brink of that precipice to which the conduct of their rulers was bringing the nation. He hal now done, he believed, his duty, and should therefore not apologise for having detained the house, but he would thank the house for the attention with which it bad listened to him, and at the same 6(m ile begged to repudiate the intention of wounding the individual feelings of any hon. member. The honourable member concluded by moving—" That this house do resolve itself into a committee, for the purpose of con sideriug the acts fur the endowment of the College 01 of Maynooth, with a view to the withdrawal of any en dowment out of the consolidated fund, due regard being hal to vested rights or interests.", Mr. DUNLOP seconded the motion. He did so as a Dissenter, believing that Maynooth College xag, in fact, a buttress of the Irish Established Church, which could never be interfered with so long as the Maynooth college was upheld. He dwelt at great length on the evidence given before the commission as to the power exercised by the priests at parliamentary elections. Mr. POLLIRD-UR,QUHA RT deprecated the agita tion of the question at this critical period, when the Ministers and the nation must feel seriously uneasy the state of our army abroad. He accounted for am: excused the conduct of the Catholic peasant in seeking advice from the priest as to his political conduct, on th ground that the priest was, in ma n y cases , th e only educated parson with whom the voter came in contact Violent expressions were sometimes charged against the Roman Catholic clergy ; but it was to be remembere, that exaggerated language was common to all parties el the other side of the Channel, and as a set-off agains that, he reminded the house that to the Roman Catholic clergy was to be attributed the complete and tots failure of the insurrection in 1848. He was willing, however, to give up the grant to Maynooth on condi tioe of Mr. Spooner agreeing to abolish the Irish Esta blishment. Till the hon. member agreed to do that he would continue to vote for the Maynooth grant. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD rose to move the amendment to Mr. Spooner's motion of which he had given notice. eiz.—" To leave out all the words after the word`con sidering,' and to insert ' all grants and endowments for ecclesiastical purposes, whether charged on the Conso lidated Fund or annually voted by Parliament, with a view to their withdrawal, due regard being had to vested rights and interests.' " He said that it might have been thought, after the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the teaching of the college of Maynooth. they might have been spared any more of these painful discussions. But those who thought so had no notion of that sleepless bigotry which was ever on the watch. and of which his hon. friend, the member fur North Warwickshire was the ever ready and willing Instru ment, and which he (Mr. Scholefield) believel could never be satisfied till it had brought every faith withie the limits of its own wretched sectarianism. (Hear. hear.) His honourable friend had made no re marks on the report of the Maynooth commissioners, but had confined himself entirely to the evidence, whey the commission was appointed to inquire into charge against Maynooth, connected with its religious teaching, which was said to inculcate disloyalty to the state, and some of it to be grossly immoral. Into the religious question, of course, the commissioners could not well go, but they did report on the points relating to loyalty and morality. He then read two extracts Irons that report. He denied that there was any indication of civil aggres sion on the part of the Church of Rome ; if there was, he would join with any one in the most stringent regu lations to put it down. But the danger lay in the other direction, for he believed there was a portion of the Church of England who were bent on showing hostility, not to the Church of Rome only or dissent, but who were persecuting such pions and eminent members of their own Church as Mr. Bennett of Frome, Dr. Pusey, and the Bishops of Oxford and Exeter. He warned the Dissenters not to trust to this section of the Church, who th w ii o nn u gt ld emtu b a e glad enough to get their assist rynn t a i n le ce D in iss a e b b o te l For Ids p ar t, h e was rein an o d t y h , t removingbut o u v t o w te h oa o tgh would- aeirnsetn d allo not wen an de join endowments ,mbaesuabannoßliasombuadmenteden, that all ec c l es i as ti ca l grants ments, but he would not attack Staynooth alone. He s m h iu e l r d d . H urged that the report of the coin missionere disproved the charges of immorality made against the teachers'of Maynooth--denied that, consider ing the peculiar circumstance of Ireland, the power oh the priesthood was an unmixed evil—denounced the Es tablished Church in Ireland as an evil which, if the Irish members had done their duty, would long ago have been carted away as so much rubbish—mid conciuded by strongly urging that the position of affairs in this coun try, her alliance with three Roman Catholic states, and the necessity for the assistance of the Irish people in fighting the battle. of England would tend greatly to the assertion of tilt rights of the Roman Catholics of that coun try. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appealed to the house to a.low tl:is bill to be ; read a third time and sent to the House of Lords this evening. Mr. SPOONER said it was not his wish to oppose the Government on this question ; but if any debate were to take place on the Loan Bill, he must oppose the motion. of some of the witnesses relied on by the other side, and concluded by deprecating the introduction of this agitat ing t , pic at a time when we sere in a ,great war, and engaged with R imam Catholic allies. Mr. HORSFALL assured hon. members who took au opposite view to himself that It was not his desire, in what he was about to say, to be at all offensive to them. The question in his mind was, not what evidence could be adduced against Maynooth, Lut whether the teaching of the Church of RJrne was beneficial to the people Ireland. The hon. member for North 'Warwickshire had stated that the evidence which had been laid on the table of the house was a fraud. He (Ur. Horsfali) thought it was incumbent on her Majesty's Government to have that charge either proved or disproved. The hon. member for Birmingham thought proper to accuse a clergyman of the Church of England, Mr. Hobart Seymour, of uncharitableness. He would have done better if he had answered his arguments instead of play ing upon words. Mr. Seymour said the Roman Catho lic clergy might be educated with the laity in Trinity College, Dublin ; and he (Mr. Horsfall) had yet to learn that any harm would have resulted from their associat ing with their Roman Catholic lay friends and their Protestant lay friends who were receiving their edu cation at that institution. Mr. Seymour showed that the whole requirements of Ireland were 2,260 priests, that there were 420 generally being educated at Maynooth. It was established that 53 deaths took place annually, and, as it required four years for the education of a priest, and as four times 56 made 224, that left 196 more than the requirements of Ire'and. His main argument, however, was that the teaching of the Roman Catholic religion was not bene ficial to Ireland. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to quote the well known passage in Mr. Macaulay's "His tory of England," showing that in Switzerland, in Ger many,. and in Ireland the traveller could see at once when he passed from a Roman Catholic into a Protestant dis trict from the superior culture and civilisation observa ble in the latter ; that the same rule applies in America ; and that during the last three centuries the policy of the Church of Rome has been to depress the intellect, the consequence of which has been a general decadence of the prosperity of Roman Catholic countries; while Protestant countries have risen in the same ratio. The hon. member proceeded to say that there was another test which he would apply as to the teaching of the Church of Rome. Look at the state of crime in foreign countries. There were official documents which gave the following returns of the crime of murder. The convictions for murder in Ro man Catholic Ireland were 19 to the million ; in Roman Catholic Belgium, 18 ; in Roman Catholic France, 31 ; in Roman Catholic Austria, 36 ; in Roman Catholic Ba varia, 69 ; in Roman Catholic Sal dinia, 20; in Roman Ca tholic Lombardy, 45; in Roman Catholic Tuscany, 56 ; in the Papal states, 113 ; in Roman Catholic Sicily, 90 ; in Roman Catholic Naples, 174 ; in Protestant England, 4. (Hear.) These figures showed the different effect of Protestant teaching from that of the Church of Rome. It was on that that he grounded his argument that they were not justified in voting money for the teaching of a religion which they, as Protestants, believed was not beneficial to the people. His hon. friend the member for North Warwickshire alluded to this as a question of compact. He was quite aware that at the time, of the union there was a certain amount vot e d f or Maynooth, but he denied that there was any compact. He agreed in the opinion of the right hon. member for Oxford, in that work of his, which was published a few years ago, in which he said that the grant to Maynooth was vici ous in principle, and that it would be a thorn in the -ides of the people of this country so long as it was suf fered to continue. Mr. HORSMAN refused to follow most of the argu ments on the other side, because he maintained that this was not a religious, but a political ques don. He maintained farther, that as a political iuestion it was one link in the chai n o f nonciiia. The bill was then read a third time and passed. THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. Mr. BRIGHT wished to itsk the noble lord at the head of the Government a question, and would detain the house but a few momenta in putting it He was not present last evening when the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) made his statementrelativeto the Vienna Conference, but from what he had read in the public papers, he did not think that it was very distinct or satisfactory. He did not put this question for the purpose of embarrassing the Government, for the noble lord knew that, for the last six weeks he (Mr. *Bright) bad been exceedingly silent—(hear, hear, and laughter)—whilst the peace negotiations were progressing. We were now, however, in a new stage of affairs, and he felt personally very anxious, as no doubt hundreds of thousands were besides, as to the result of those negotiations ; and he therefore wished the noble lord at the head of the Government to state distinctly what were the terms that were offered to the Russian Government, and wl at the Russian Government had intimated its willingness to accept ; in fact, the exact difference between the terms proposed by the Allies and what Russia had inti mated she would accept. He wished the noble lord to state at what period he should be prepared to furnish this information. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said if the hon. gentleman had been present last eveniag he would have heard his question most substantially answered. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He stated that it was the intention of the Government to lay on the table, at the earliest oppor tunity, the whole of the protocols of the Conference, and he thought they would be found to contain all the infor mation sought by the hon. gentleman. (Hear,hear.) Mr. BRIGHT—The noble lord did not state whether any counter-propositions were made, nor did he fix any particular time when the papers would be ready. Lord PALMERSTON replied that the hon. gentle man would find the whole of the information he sought in the papers be alluded to, which be was informed would be ready in the course of a few days. (Hear.) THE MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. On the order of the day for the motion of Mr. Spooner on the subject of the endowment of Maynooth College, A large number of petitions were presented from various parts of the country against the Maynooth Grant. tory measures which had been established of late years, and whiil was equally honourable to Eng land and beneficial to Ireland. He entered at some length into the history of the college and its sup port by all the successive Administrations which had existed from its fir.t establishment, and from thence made an appeal to the house not, now to disturb it. The ion. member for Warwickshire formerly called for in quiry as a means of exposing the immoral teaching of elaynooth. Inquiry had been granted, and he appealed equally now to the Catholic whom he maligned and the Protestant whom he alarmed whether the inquiry had borne out his charge. He ridiculed Mr. Spooner'e charges respecting the condensing of the evidence and the assumption of ecclesiastical titles, and said that, however h.srrible these things might be in themselves, they did not affect the teaching of Maynooth. The hon. member for Greenock, who seconded the motion, im pugned every ground on which the hon. member for Warwickshire rested his case. (Hear, hear.) The member for Warwickshire asked them to agree to his (notion, or the Church would be in danger ; the mem ber for Greenock supported it, because he wished to overthrow the Established Church. (Hear, hear.) The member for Warwickshire said, if the motion was not agreed to, the Roman Catholics would gain the ascendancy. The, member for Greenock thought the destruction of Maynooth would be the strongest blow at the Established Church. (Hear, hear.) He appealed to the Dissenters to lend their aid to destroy Nraynooth, and they would then have the support of the Roman Catholics of Ireland in their attack on the Established Church. (Hear.) The evidence of the witness quoted by that hon. gentleman showed how unfounded were the charges made against the dictum taught at Maynooth in reference to the temporal power of the Pope. The ex istence of such was distinctly denied. The hon. member for Warwickshire had called for inquiry, but now he was not disposed to abide by the result. Wlx-iteyer the hon. gentleman had stated most strongly was proved to have been stated most erroneously. The charges made most fairly were found to be charged most unfairly ; he now shifted his ground, and asked them to come to a conclu sion from the evidence directly the reverse of that the commissioners had drawn. He put the question, indeed, on clear and simple grounds. Re said he cared not for the inquiry or the report, but objected to the endowment of Popery, because it was the endowment of error. It the natter was placed in that point of view, the question at once arose, were they prepared to reverse the policy pur sued for so many years back This was not a solitary in -tance cf payment to the Roman Catholic religion. They ,nade Parliamentary grants to many religions other than the Established, to Dissenters, to Roman Catholics, and even to some who did not come within the denomina tion of Christian. They supported Catholic schools and oaid Catholic chaplains in the army and in the navy, for the prisons, and for the workhouses. The money paid rat of the Consolidated Fund was not money taken from Protestants and given to Roman Catholics : it was money !ontribnted by all the subjects of the realm, and devoted education, on the ground that the State was bound to give all children such a moral and religious education as vould best conduce to the welfare of the State. (Hear.) rise hon. gentleman wished to be retrogressive in his dicy ; but since 1829 the whole policy of this country gal been progressive. Measures in favour of Catholics tad been passed in 1831, '32, '36, '4O, and '45, when slaynooth was endowed by the bill of Sir Robert Peel. Why had this been done ? Because the Catholics had ob -,ained their constitutional rights by the voice of their fel ow subjects, and had thus compellel one concession after mother. Hence the principle was that the national re igion of Ireland had been recognised, and had been nade the care of the State. The fact was that religion emit be considered not as a sectarian, but as a national affair. He objected to the term " toleration." In England he majority were Protestants, in Ireland the majority were Catholics. The majority of the whole were Protest tilts ; but taxing all Europ e the ma j or ity were C at h o li cs. What was to be done Were the two faiths to be placed in constant hostility ? They had tried this up to 1829 ' • end since then the policy of concessi o n h a d b een t r i e d with the utmost benefit at every step. (Hear.) The people of Ireland were equal in numbers to those of nany of the Catholic states of Europe ; and what people had passed so nobly through suffering, and displayed so much virtuous forbearance. (Hear.) In everything that dignified human nature—in bravery, fortitude, and endurance—they were entitled to rank with ourselves. (Cheers.) How absurd then to talk of toleration with re , Terence to such a people. (Hear.) Allusion had been made to the influence of the priests in Ireland ; but it should be remembered that they felt with the people and for the people. In no other country bad the priests been so much identified with the people. They could not say that the law or the government had been the friends of the people ; for they had only known law or government by their severity. But the priests had been ettached to and identified with their flocks, and had done their duty conscientiously. (Hear, hear.) While adhering to and cherishing the faith in which he had been brought up, he sympathised with every faith and every man who was the object of oppression. (Cheers.) So far from apologising for the course he took, he thought it was the duty of Mr. Spooner and his friends to apologise for the course they were taking ; they were using their faith as a means of inflict ing injustice. (Hear.) While vindicating the right of free judgment, he conceded that right to all. He opposed this motion in the interest of charity and good will ; and the more he venerated his own religion, and wished it.to be venerated by others, the more would he hold it up as the emblem of justice and peace to all. (Cheers.) He agreed with those who thought that this motion was brought forward at s most improper time. In Ireland all was peace, tranqtiillity, and prosperity ; and it was most unfortunate that they should raise this cause of discord and animosity at sucn a period. Were the motion carried, it would raise an issue more important than was anticipated in Mr. Spooner's speech, and would lead to dangers more serious than he imagined. He talked of danger to the country and the throne ; but the opponents of the motion were prepared to take the responsibility of these measures which had been pursued of late ytars with regard to Ireland, and which had tended more than anything else to increase the loyalty of the Irish people. By continuing to promote equal laws, they would have to say of the Q.usen, that her glory in peace and her strength in war was, that she reigned in th e h earts and spo k e w i t h th e vo i ce o f a well- I governed and united people. (Cheers.) Mr. NAPIER wished to argue the question purely as a political question. He refsrred to the original ss as] shuient of Mavn, oth, and contended, on the auth, rity of the Duke of Wellington and others, that it em a 8 astsippb : wwt i heonrreaehmil bridge v v isdriej cisgtenpn i gaht • reeisastreo i rierwa n asmudyhnnff t tas e .:opta:f n tnil uilhyra d nw:,bn e tcttdnei ( oatho l . rnapco t srdtri h em,puos a ptateoc t oehetfi that college should be maintain° our of the public purie. The 'notion was not inteieled d to distorts anything that was done before the union ; it on shi nlyen, generality that :I I p h e n o l a e ae r " r t tri n e eha nd f sie ti e ti he n r ts : y r ej e e w te x d o lo pf l to oeopetdm establishmen t rt t u si lh o ee c o n s f d e a tk t s bteCS:di Catholic bh n t e l to o e i nd y e es - L cure he ai t s ho in u t g e h ll t e , et w u a a i l Ire land. The question at issue he believed was whether very unsatisfactory on that point. The right hon. gen ese priesthood. a n y perhaps thhdoddnhaateeptTttfrthl, rso l hhol e ee: te):: tendency evidence,t Mr. SPOONER then rose to move—" That this house do resolve itself into a committee, for the purpose of considering the Acts for the Endowment of the College of Maynooth, with a view to the withdrawal of any endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due re gard being had to vested rights or interests." He observed that he once more ventured to bring this important question before the house. (Laughter.) He thought that the time had now arrivei when the settle ment of this question was necessary to the safety of the Crown, the integrity of the empire, and the happiness of the people. The question had become one of deep interest to the inhabitants of this country. He regarded the endowment of Maynooth as a great national sin • and he would ass ure th e h ouse that the doctrines inculcated' at Maynooth, relative to the supremacy of the Pope, were beginning to create a great feeling of jealousy in France ; and he had it on reliable authority that a strong feeling existed on the other side of the channel against the ultramontane doctrines which the Pope was endea vouring to force on the people of that country. Going next to the origin of the grant he observed that it was a free gift by Parliament, and contended that surely if Parliament was free to give it was free to withdraw. On the 3d of April, 1845, Sir Robert Peel said, " It is a measure, I trust, con ceived in the spirit to which I have referred—a liberal and confiding spirit. We are not introducing it after communication with the leading ecclesiastical authorities of the Roman Catholic Church ; it has not been a sub ject of stipulation or of contract with them. We are prepared in a liberal and confiding Spirit 'to improve the institution, to elevate the character of the education sup plied. And by improvement I do not mean to imply any such interference in the course of education as would effect a total change, but that we should treat that in stitution in a generous spirit, in the hope that we shall be met in a corresponding spirit, that we shall be repaid for our liberality by ensuring a more liberal system of instruction." That was a declare pion of that right hon. t.e_ntleman who was the conceding party to the grant. ' lie (Mr. Spooner) asked every man who had held office tinder her Majesty's Government since that grant was made, or who had anything to do with elections in Ire land, how those expectations had been answered. Red th e eole,ltiews been fulfilled under which the grant was made Tie contended that it had entirely failed, and that it had hi f o g : h e t e, e l .bout . wholly different results from those which 7 . , .ri i,,t. l:. h ic e i r p e ated, under which circumstances the had been one, would have at once s3, 3a , atar ' y t i t r ground. The noble lord at present the questio n ote th lt c Coloni es h a d b een equally clear on th i s not mean. t o ° i n tz ' a Ft c , • On April 3, 1845, he said, "I do whether it tenn at 3 into the question of contract, o r denly, a n d d eclare thi lcvia n and prudent act to st o p su d- L, to educate the 13 •n est You will make no furthe r a d vance ' of the I Wmax Catholic religion, I, 1 Mr. A. SAIIVH said he could not believe the Roman Cathode Church \ ras so poor as had been pleaded, Pined it was able to ere( ;t, in London and elsewhere, such ►mag nificent edifice*. He contended that the act of 1545 had not answer ed its purpose as a measure of concilia tion ; for the p apal aggression hail occurred since then ; and the Roma: i Catholic clergy of Ireland had not be come more ma derate, or more friendly to the constitu tion.. He sup sorted Mr. Spooneed motion. Mr. BLAN - 1) would oppose both the motion and the amendment. If he were to attack religious endowments at all he would: level the first attack at the Established Church. He. .defended Maynooth from the charges brought agai.nat Its teaching, impugning the character THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1855, tleman referred to several hulls issued at various times, p irticnlarly to that " Ccena Domini," from whica he argued the Pope's authority in opposition to the law. It had been said that ail these caamis had been abro gated, hut still he found them all rlprinted in 1832. By making these gr tuts they enabled the iirie•ts in Ireland to carry out these canons, thus brining them into collision with the lag, and rendering them liable to punishment. It, had been argued by the right how gentleman, the Secretavy for Ireland, that the .tate dil not give Protestant money for the maintenance of a Catholic institution, inasmuch as the money was voted for a national of ject ; but that was clearly a fallacy. The state policy was to get a domestic priest hood ; but the fact was, that the money granted had been applied to the inculcation of ultramontane views into the minds of the students. The grant of 30,0001. a year was an insuit to the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, and was no doub . :. regarded by them as a mere sop to keep them quiet. On the motion of Mr. O'BRIEN the debate was then adjourned, and at the instance of Mr. SPOONER it was adjourned to the Gth of June. CARLISLE ELECTION. Mr. FERGUSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to appropriate the income of such one of the canonries of the cathedral church of Carlisle as should next fall vacant to the augmentation of certain ecclesiastical incumbencies in that city. INFANTS' SETTLEMENTS. Mr. MA LINS moved for leave to bring in a bill to emble infants, with the approbation of the Court of Chancery, to make binding settlements of their real and personal estate on marriage. Agreed to. THE VIENNA MISSION. Cal. surrtioßP moved for an address for returns of the expenses of the Secretary of State for the Colonie , , with regard to his lordship's mission to Vienna ane con ference with the other missionaries of France, Austria, and the Sublime Porte, there assembled for negotiation and treaty with Russia for the restoration of peace. Of the number of attendants attached to his lordship on that important mission, the separate allowance to each in any employment or occupation on this mission from Great Britain, the date of appointment of his lordship, the period of departure from this country, the number of days absent on such duty, the date and period of his lordship's return to it, and full, clear, and distinct ac count of all expenses chargeable to the public, from the commencement to the latest possible period at which the present return can be made up. And, if any salary, re ward, or other allowances are intended to be called for, now or at any future period, with regard to such mission. He (the gallant colonel) understood that the noble lord had taken with him no fewer than 32 persons, male and female. It was from a sense of public duty, and not from any feeling of :Lure private curiosity, that be moved for these returns; and he hoped that the noble lord would without any mental reservation state everything openly and fairly. (Laughter.) Viscount PALMERSTON objected to the return on the ground that it was wholly without precedent, and could only have been intended as a vote of censure. The expenses of the mission would in due course be laid before the house, and would have to be voted in' the civil contingencies of the year. It would then be found that they had been by no means beyond the ordinary and usual amount. The house was aware that, in cases of this kind no salary whatever was allowed the ambassa dor, and no payments were made to him beyond his bare expenses. Not the shadow of a reason had been given why the motion should be agreed to, and he (the noble lord) trusted that it would receive no consideration from the house. (Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP had only discharged his duty, and it would be for the public to draw their own infer ences from the answer of the noble lord. The Govern ment were afraid to lay the expenses of the mission before the house ; and it was a low underhand sort of business. (Great laughter.) The motion was witkdrawn. Tile orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to one. SPO T:TING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTED. SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY. The Grosvenor Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added ; three-yr-olds 6st 121 b, four Bst 71b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 31b. Winners extra. Grosvenor Course. One mile and a quarter. 14 subs. Capt. Lane's Ephesus, aged, 9st 31b...(Bartholomew) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Lord Alfred, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Ashmal l) 2 Mr. Thornton's Roving Betsy, 3 yrs, Est 91b (T. Cliff) Mr. E. Thelluson's Rataplan, 5 yrs, 9st 6lk (Flatman) 4 Mr. R. Harrison's King of Trumps, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (Aldcroft) 5 Betting-6 to 4 asst Rataplan, 4to 1 each agst Lord Alfred and King of Trumps, 5 to 1 agst Ephesus. A fine race up the straight with the first two, Ephesus winning by a neck. A length and a half between the second and third. Half a length between the third and fourth. Pace only moderate. Before starting the winner was inclined to be very restive. The Palatine Stakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft; with 100 added, for three•yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each. Certain penalties and allowances. The second to save his stake. From the Castle-pole, once round and in. 28 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Tatton, Bst 71b...(J Osborne) 1 Mr. Magenis's Instructress, Bst 21b (Ashman) 2 Lord Clifden's Homily, Bst The following also ran :—Pole Star, Handy, Crochet, Alcyone, f by Chanticleer. Betting-3 to 1 agst Ledy Tatton, 4 to 1 each agst Polo Star and Instructress, 6to 1 agst Handy. Won easily by half a length ; same distance between• second and third. Pole Star, Alcyone, and Crochet were the next three. The Chesterfield Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ;'second to receive 25 says out of the stakes, Extra weight for certain winners. Once round and a distance. 30 subs. Mr. Norton's Courtenay, 7at 101 b (Waddington) 1 Lord Derby's Paletot, 7st 71b (Ctiihnim) 2 Lord Clitden's Chalice, 7st 51b ~(Wells) 3 Lord Wilton's Shoreham, Est 12Ib (Ashman) 4 The following also ran :—Hanover, Challow Boy, Palmerston, Fanny Fern, Lily, Elton Star, and Duke of Hamilton. Betting : 3to 1 agst raletot, 4 to 1 agst Chalice, 6 to 1 agst Hanover, 100 to 15 each apt Lily and Cour tenay. Won very cleverly by a length. A head be tween the second and third, and two lengths between the third and fourth. Elton Star was last throughout. When about three-quarters of a mile from home, Shore-- barn ran against Lily, then lying second, and knocked her down. Her jockey was thrown, and was much stunned. The Mostyn Stakes of 10" save each, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. Certain winners extra. The second to receive 20 save out of the stakes. Three-quarters of a mile. 21 subs. Lord Wilton's c by Annandale—Epilogue, Bst 71h (Flatilian) 1 Mr. W. Halford's Goldhill, Bst 7lb (Welk) 2 Mr. Brown's Sister to Broughton, Bst 61b (Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Stmt, Sis. to Mrs. Rigby, Blanche, Alfred, and Early Morn. Betting—Even on Epilogue colt, 5 to 1 agst Stork, 6 to 1 each agst Blanche and Sis. to Broughton. Won in a canter by a length ; half a length between the second and third, and between the third and fourth. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for 3-yr-olds, fist 121 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b. Certain allowances. The winner to be sold for 80 Boys, in the usual way. Once round and a dis tance. 6 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Equivoque, 3 yrs, Est glb (Clement) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Cherry Brandy, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Morris's Noddy, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran :—Meliora, The Uncleared, and Czarina. Won by a length. The Wynnstay Handicap. Typee Venison Eulogist... Whalebone Thirteen ran. Won easily by a length. BETTING UP Ta FIVE O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 100 to 15 agst Noisy 11 to 1 agst Scythian 12 to 1 agst Early Bird 12 to 1 agst Neville 100 to 6 agst Nabob 20 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley 20 to 1 agst Escape (taken) 20 to 1 agst Joe Miller 25 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye 30 to 1 agst Kaffir 30 to 1 agst Little Davie 30 to 1 agst Dalkeith Noisy in considerable demand. DERBT. 6 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Noisy (taken) CHESTER SPRING MEETING.—THIS DAY. The. Chester Cup race is set for 3.40. Honeysuckle, Gamelad, and Jack Sheppard are scratched. CHESTER—THIS DAY. Entries for the Members' Plate,. added to a sweep stakes of 3 sovs each, the latt2r to go to the second horse. Three-yr-old colts, Est 121 b ; fillies, 6st 91b ; 4- yr-old colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Once round and a distance. Six subs. • Whitelock, 4 yrs ; Bandinarre, 3 yrs ; Troutina, 3 yrs ; Pumicestone, 4 yrs ; Shoreham, 3 yrs ; St. Julian, by St. L awrence, 3 yrs ; Bolton, 3 yrs ; Fairfield, 3 yrs; Cherry Brandy, 3 yrs. Entries for her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three yr olds, 7,t 21b ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9.t 121 b ; six and aged, lOst'2lb. Thrice round. Ciallow Thy, 3 yrs ; Badinage, 3 yrs ; Rataplan, 5 yrs ; Goorkah, 5 yrs; Shoreham, 3 yrs ;, Eulogist, 5 yrs ; King of Tramps, G yrs ; St. Julian, 3 yrs ; Bolton, 3 yrs ; Noddy, 3 yrs ; Lord 3 yrs ; Seducer, 4 yrs ; Lady Tat on, 3 yrs. TENIPBRANCE BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.—The number of persons apprehended by the Newcastle police on the charge of drunkenness during the twenty-six Sundays prior to,, the operation of the new Beer Act was 271 ; during the twenty-six Sundays subsequent, 32G; increase, 55. We have been favoured with these figures, says the Gateshead Observer, by Mr. Dunne, the Newcastle superintendent, and if we are entitled to draw any infer ence whatever from this result, as to the consequences of that measure, it is that Parliament has hit upon an effectual method of increasieg the amount of Sunday drunkenness. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATES. The quarterly return of the marriages, births, and deaths registered in the divisions ' e.untiex, and districts of England (Marriages, October, November, Deck mber, 1854 ; births and i;i-athS, January, February, March, 1855), has been published . by huthrity of the Rkg;strar- General : This return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,196 registrars in all the districts of England duribg the winter quarter that ended on March 31, 1855 ; and the marriages in 12,110 churches or chapels, about 3,594 registered places of worship unconnected with the Esta blished Church, and- 627 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended on December 31, 1855. The general result of the returns is of a mixed charac ter ; for from the excessively cold weather the mortality of the quarter is the highest on-record since the com mencement of the registration, while the births and marriages are above the average number 3 of the seasons, MARRIAGES. 47,666, marriages were celebrated, or 95,332 persons were married, in the last quarter of the year 1854. Although the number is less than the, number for the corresponding quarter of 1853; it exceeds the average. The marriages in the year 1854 were at the rate of 855 in every 100,000 of the population, and at the rate of I'ol3 in the quarter which includes Christmas, and is the season in which there is the greatest predilection for marriage in England. The marriages have fallen off in London, in the parts of Kent round Maidstone, in Portsmouth, Plymouth, and the seaports, which have been affected by the ab sence of seamen in the war ; iivNorthatnptonshire, Hun tingdonshire, Cornwall, Shropibire, Staffordshire, Wor cestershire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. The marriages in Manchester and Ash ton declined, but in the aggregate the marriages in Lan cashire were not below the average. BIRTHS. . 166,186 children who were barn alive had their napes inscribed on the registers in the 3 months of Januiry, February, and March. This number exceeds by 20,000 the numbers that appear in the return for the preceding quarter, and by 5,000 the numbers in the return for the corresponding first quarter of 1854. The rate of births was 3'60 per cent. The increase of births is chiefly in London, in the West Midland Counties, in the North ern counties, and in Wales. INCREASE OF POPULATION. As the number of births was 166,186, and of the deaths 134,605, the excess indicates that the natural in crease of the population was 31,581 in the first three months of the present year. In the same period 36,677, or, exclusive of 2,217 foreigners, 34,460 emigrants, lett the ports of the United Kingdom at which the Govern ment has emigration officers. About 15,806 of the emigrants were of English origin ; so that the natural increase by births would be diminished to this extent, if there were no compensation immigration of the Irish and Scottish population into England. The emigration from the United Kingdom to the United States has fallen from 51,929 in the winter of 1851 to 36,067 in the winter quarter of 1854, and 18,427 in the corresponding quarter of the present year. The emigrants to the Australian colonies were, in the quartets that ended on March 31, 1,003 in 1847, 2,942 in 1851, and 17,444 in 1855. The remarkable diminu tion in the number of emigrants fPom Ireland to the United States deserves attention. THE PRICES OF PROVISIONS. The ,cost of food and the state of trade influence the numbers of the births, deaths, and marriages, and, as well as the weather, produces great changes in the con• dition of the population. The price of wheat has been more than 50 per cent. higher than it was in the quarter of [853 that ended on March 31, but 9s. 7d per quar ter lower than it Was in the beginning of 1854. Beef is 25 per cent. dearer than in 1853, anti 7 per cent. dearer than it was in 1854. Mutton has been cheaper than it was in 1853, and so have been potatoes. STATE CP THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The health of the population generally has been bad ; and the mortality has greatly exceeded the average. 134,605 deaths have been registered, which is 20,000 in excess of the corrected average of the winter quarters. This addition to the ordinary mortality of winter, which is in England the most fatal season, is referable to the low temperature, with the consequent hard times, against which it is difficult for the wages classes to make an adequate provision ; and in other countries, where there is no such system of relief as is administered under the English poor law, the suffering and the mor tality are much greater in severe seasons than they are in England. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. ) In the week that ended on Saturday the' number of deaths registered in London was 1,132. This is rather more than the number of the previous week ; but the last two returns together afford sufficient proof that the public health is advancing to a more satisfactory state In the. ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number of deaths was 1,006. That the actual number may be compared with the average, 100 should be added to the latter, to allow for increased population ; and the comparison will then show that the mortality of last week did not much exceed the ordinary mortality at the end of April. Diseases of the respiratory organs grow less prevalent and fatal, and to this circumstance chiefly the decrease of the total mortality is owing. Excluding phthisis and hooping cough, that class of diseases which, when the weather was cold, caused 433 deaths in a week, pro duced in the last three weeks 282, 222, and 190, show ing a steady decrease. Phthisis was fatal in 176 cases last week, a number as great as that which usually oc curred in the depth of winter. Hooping cough, which carried off 50 children in each of the last two weeks, prevails less than it did. The mortality from zymotic diseases, in the aggregate, is near the usual amount, 30 deaths are referred io small-pox, 15 to measles, 45 to scarlatina. Five from the last-mentioned disease oc curred in Woolwich, 3 in Peckham, and 3 in Kensing ton. Last week the births of 892 boys and 864 girls, in all 1,756 children, were registed in London. In the ten correspondint weeks of the years 184554, the average number was 1.495. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.140 in. The mean reading was above 30 in. on every day except Satui - day. At the beginning of the week the highest reading occurred, and wai 30 40 in. The mean temperature of the week was 44 deg., which is 4 . 5 deg. below the ave rage of the same week in 38 years. Tne mean tempera ture was below the average on every day except Tues day, when it bardly exceeded the average. The coldest day was Sun lay (che 22d), when the mean temperature was 39.4 deg., which was 7.6 (I( g. below V e average ; and the lowest temperature occurred on that day, and was 29.6 deg. The highest temperature in the week was 68 . 0 deg., and occurred on Tuesday, and the lowest on the same day was 207 deg., nearly the lowest in the week, and showirg a range of 38 . 3 deg. The mean dew•point temperature was 37 . 3 deg., and the mean difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 6 . 7 deg. The wind blew from the north and north-east ; and no rain fell except a slight shower on the morning of Saturday. On that day the temperature of the air was 58 deg. at noon, and fell 10 deg. by three o'clock. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat . 50 Tubercular Disease 3 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 36 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . ... l9O Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 9 Premature Birth and Debility 25 Atrophy 37 Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4.) Causes not specified DEA.7EIS FROM ALL CAUSES . 1,132 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 18U. of 1854. Week. West Districts North Districts• 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,211 1,132, 581 551 BIRTIIS IN THE WEEK. Males 892 Females Total . 1,756 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. kmsterdam ........... 11 1814 Glbraitar ...•• •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 12 W 4 L• gt orn •• •• .•• 30 27L - , Rotterdam ............ 12 34 Genoa ..... ••••• •• • ... 25 57 yY Antwerp 25 4734 4 • l lan • • •• •• •• ••• •• 11rus•iels 25 47y4 Venice-- .• •• •• •• 13 8 Naples •• •• ••• • . .k 1 tona Palermo ,„ 1 313, Paris., •• 25 25 Messina .. ••• 13114 Ditto, three months .. 25 47 Lisbon .• • • ..... • • • 53 1 ,4 25_50 , O u r, i nt a o ll . e . lr . o . .. .. .. ..... 53 i 4 Bourdeaux . •• •• •• :nikfort.on- '4 eine 1103.'2 Buenos Ayres.... „, iterlin ................ I New York, Go days' sight 12 48 ;Philadelphia ~ 12 50 I PRICES OF RTai SC N, VEli OZ. Petersburg ...• •••••• 3:)!4. ; Foreign Gott ln old £3 17 9 Madrid ............... 494 i !Portugal Gold Coin Cadiz ....•• •• •• Barcelona ............ New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 5ev111e...... ........... I Silver in bars . 0 5 0% Yesterday Se►jeant Adams, assistant judge! of the Middlesex Sessions, announced from the bench that in future pickp.;cket3 convicted before him would be sen tenced to nine instead of six menthe' imprisonment, until the crime decreased. COUNTRY VA lIKETS• -----e.-- -- The corn exchange this onoruin LIVERPOOL- -MAT 1. g was lye t ow millers and dealers. The busiuess done, however, al es by Berate, owing to irregular pri.!es put on their sauip al hollers. The advance from Tacsday last may be called% to FM per bushel on wheat, 3s to 5s po may o n fiour. L I, to 2d per bushel on'oats, 101 G,l to 23 per load on 00 0e : 0 is to 2s per qr. on Egyptian beans, and fully der qr. -Indian corn. In peas and barley no change. 11 attenaed bi ----- IPSWICH—MAY 1. The excited state of the London markets had its io gal on to day's market. With a fair supp'y of who it, n o - o f fully 6s per qr. dearer. There was wooly a „ '3 0 ,1 litf malting barley to be seen, and the few of grin'" 3 . '` l° ' were wh held at latepErnateQsu.maßgeßa.ns and peas 2s dearer. Ditto, white" R as to 311 Wheat, red (old) 74s to 778 Bb.rley, grinding ..• 41e Ditto (new) Ditto (old) k. ''''' 005 to Uti Barley, malting AvEqAGEs FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 28r 18. Wheat (new) — 7B s s to ts —Bosslß'esas:s. ''''''''''''''''''''''' 346: t t l o 3 0 9 0 : Oats Peas 3059 It6lldila B eans o °' °II 1 3 1 s 11 Barley 758 ~ 1 ITIJLL--/CIT 1. -0 in is d ° " There was a moderate attendance to day. I" - , e 85 per not extensive, but on wheat at an advance of C' ° an n a y. upon last Tuesday's rates. Foreign saleable_ateta Jo. vance of 3s to 4s. All kinds of spring_ corn ranTe cold the upward movement in the staple article', begi°! ungenial weather, to the extent of 2s per qr. 1 331 ' n ced , to attract speculative attention. Linseed has ad i Y 3 s i a , n ee to 8 per qr. Linseed cakes meet continued goo , !!...eact . are Os a ton dearer. Rape cakes maintain their ow Bones are very firm. egp RussianF grinding I ne v ula h n e t a zi t, c E an n d gli K sh o , ni r g e s d . 7 8 6 to 7881,Peas, grey and black " 6 6' 6 6, 1 Pomeranian and Ham - Ditto white Danish, Holstein, and 78 to 82'Linseed, Black W., 6 3 to Ditto Petersburgh Russian and Odessa burgh 6 0 8 3 to o f 7 O O oull 76 to 80 Ditto Riga and Aral,. to 78 to 75 Ditto Konigsberg au° to, Memel ............... For /I / 6d 0 t°°°1 0 (1 Oats, English sh d 001 Os ue• land Peas, white and. 2B to 30 Rape cakes-13v° o os toy". ting 4 40 2 t t o o 4 4 4 4 32 to 34 Tares, English ...... 00 0 14) 01/ Beans yei. 29 42 to to 3 4 ( 5 1 Daiytetomfooalreig,r... ............ ... Ditto foreign n 8 ............ 51-2: 1$ " • Barley, DDDD bFttttitel ocloo. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent trona ay the night—and M by the morning --deep' Day when st aW u , in General Pogt; Office, London. COUNTRIES Every Friday • • .merica(byßrit.pack)N metier. by United Sts. packet) .........•N America (by U. States packet) ..........N tustralia (via South ampton) .. ........ Ditto (via Marseilles) N Mtto (via Cape of Good Hope) tfrica (West Coast) • •N N Alexandria Hahamas ...........M Belgium ............N Brazil ............ Buenos Ayres .• M i:ape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N !ape de Verds ......N Jeylon (see India) Ceylop ......N' ;hannel Isles ........N Mon. , Wed.,&Frid.l m 2rl 4c 170 of m et& China . 'Once a month.... Constantinople 8,13, 113,23,X2s ot Constantinople '4th ifo 20th of mon. dont. of Europe M& y Twice daily • Egypt (see India) France . . M & N Twice daily.• •• " Gibraltar ....311 4 , 7, 17 , 20, 27 of m. Greece (see India) ! .4reytown 1.112nd & 17th of mon. Ha burgh ........ NI Tuesday & Frintl day 2nd the m D Daily o.f. outh. Honduras ..........M, l7 th of the m India (viaSouthampt)Ml4th & 20th ofnth mon. India (via Marseilles) M ath B z 25th of month lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of raon Ireland 7, 9, 17, & 27 of tn. Madeira 9th 01 th e ' ll°n° Madeira 23d of month •• • • Malta (see India) Malta . .........N Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .• ••••.. • • N Mexico .. Naples • • ..N Hew Granada New Ze tland .• . Papal States Peninsula .... Port Natal •••• •••••• .... •••• " i3d of the month .. Is, 9, 24, & 30 oi w • 140 & oth of mon. :17th ef the month 9th of the Imo nth•• 9th ot the month.• 9th of the month 18, 18, &28 of mon• 14th of the month, 12nd of the illontn_. ibthlsth2thorra or l, I2d So 17thof ora tit By private ship_ th hth 2h thofnaon 2 '55.1372 ddtthtyhh&B:lll:ll.:l27lll:l7t222ahtihettthoth°l::::t'l:n:nril::::::llll Tuscany N trenezuela N Wan Inomen's Lana (see Australia) .. West Indies Z,l So 17th „P 7 80 50 a the 43'1 ere F iatch.) IVO at 11 dot fort Es' • ,itchs' l DtsP . , Es e r go y iLiVerP94 iaou tliSOP t 14°Y it Southaratoo Dover • *. rers 1.11 , 6 • ru mmo , l ol . Dover ' p n i'', c,,,,ha Alr .• °IW O WI 16 , -- a ve dviiar , •; o gal A O :471-fittioletris vivo - f y a wns P ° _ ip too south ,- a t BthstoPt°l!l 4 sou , ni ptOl' , 4,l 01.1tba 00 1 Dover ' ll RUM'mP TO „. ill patter • • ,( 10' 1 4 61 I 6 Dover " ij soutp:OF l l x niPt°' so ca:33 „ (0 , ton do • y -- L OOP 16 „„ Ti pto' a t rivve,ll p a & ••'' Do ver. • 5 00 1 3Zpion M 6 soaki;;,010: yA i l'Zvuetrc°°l • I 01 0 :4411 Door'' 001,Pt"I' Soo • ~••• Dovor a „ p tol. mouth •trar°' Do ret :7;P • o n SOU t1 1:11f"" So po ste T"' l r r 1:5 41MP Vi c 0 11 ` mall wul bi the i the Ad ° When any of these dates fall ol a Qiind e sc aY e n , tiA3 - ieSP3tw ipatched on the following day, with the i o or" Southampton), and the Malta, both o f w u " preceding day. too PIP .4 00 Mr. Thompson, boat-builder, 0 ' te, : „ b d 13°:,•1 rTived orders from Government yest er Z - lan e ,7o,Y flat-bottomed boats, each 28 feet lorigt,': ..A.DVERTI SEM ENT.l—Mnny th 01190" ;: il ijev"" or ye effected without medicine, by Du BarrY; s is),c i en to., lento. Arabica Food, of indigestion ( , IY''P er ral B° ' nervous, bilious, and liver complaiUo, P o 3 ra the quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612. ---Fr f Countess of Castlestuart.—" RosWenv°,":o,ger Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—Tb e tof Castlestuart feels induced, in the interilt manity, to state that Du Barry's exc el :fi c iaes,4o , bica, Food has cured her, after all In m id 11.- 9 0 , 0 0 it of indigestion, bile, great nervousneses : yes tbe, / many years' standing. This Food de eL , r Inquiries will be cheerfully of all sufferers, and may be considere:: doll Of dyspepsia, from the Right Floe. 4 ' boe fi Decies.--` I have derived considerable oideriiestliel Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, all f h ° o 19136/0/ answerel,e yordily0:000/, yourselves and the public to authoris ; To. 32, 0 014 these lines.—Stuart de Decies." ore° f r obji,j, the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. - 4 left,o ll loor, sive nervousness, with painsin m yneck af er y 0 7 ;08, neral debility, which rendered my life v,, b , r esti; COI been radically removed by Du Barry's be4lb'esen. —Alen. Stuart, Archdeacon of Rose , S' vo sae s teso • 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, n er boe_,Alo with cramps, spasms and n ausea , us fou - S tually removed by ,Du Barry's deliclf.).,„liugteidsl short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, W e ' iti tt 7bi Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" FiftY,K„: it 0°10° 6 1( agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, ael,:sioleW pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness atri.4:,,„ mitings, have been removed by Du Ba t - 4 9 TO P —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near l ig ' es tioe; No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough , Bar 1, 1 1! ral debility have been remov ed by m p e rtb' 'ood.—James Potter, Athol-street, ters, suitably packed for all climates, ? b e' i i s .,riOle i k tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b. 48. 6d.; 511 g, Vs'iP super-refined, lib., 6s. ; lls• u ' u re e d 0 4 0, The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage ir e ° , Co., l iit irt e ill4 office order. Barry du Barry and co., r rob 110 +4; street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and es, 0 6 ) . 5 her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at ri d ; Graccchurch-street ; 330 and 451, SS a spsi' Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4 . 54, Upperßaker-street. BIRTE S. • r OF A BON. i ft) . On the 28th ult., the Hon. AIM C 311 01:00 ° pr On the Ist inst., at Sutn n er-plene , Sege 00' of Henry Wellington, M.R.C.S. ace, On the 29th ult., at 10, St. Johns ter wes tVi the wife of the Rev. G. W. Weldon• get, t F i fi o On the 28th ult., at 67, Vietoria - st DeoPtio the lady of Jonathan Darby. °f Oovib l ' On the 29th ult.. at the Parsonage, • the Rev. John Steel. le ef f VI OF A DAIIGTITSIR.,if b g a s 00 On the 28th ult., at Rectory Read , " es 0 0 i d ilig li a il li Felix Jahn Turnr. () O e n t t h h e e 1380tthieuetlt,;aatt8B57.uolpclpands, infi eld ' ill- . 4 R. T. Ingersoll. . of the Rev. Alfred W. Snaps, elOnlf°il.:o•Botfrise:i On the 25th ult., at Blackheath, the W Parish, of E.I. ship Wellesley. 01 . o tlY, A. M 11 R R I I .,, l2 :,ndilliA lP er i , se .a: lllvl On the Ist inst., at St. James's' r ic s • i" r i i, Rev. John Mitchell, M.A ,of St. Forg e iooceoo, 1 ,1, only son of John Mitchell, Esq., of Pe e l:: Gar d ff # to Jane, fifth daughter of the late 141.1g,'" 10 0 td. CPC 11 1° r Piccadilly, London. gr. f oriS 0 4 110 On the 28th ult., at Hove Church, ' di 0 4 0 7 4 . to Anne, relict of E. Sertgwick, Esq. , 13° ' o e" V or , 10 13 11 , be On the 28th ult , at . St. George'' , 1 ,00, ei PP d i , Wm. Hayne, timber merchant, Long .- ocl' , Ab ed' , Hayne, widow of the late George Elaji ee ' vori A t i vi one;o," Keels, Esq., t c :o 3 F n u r t :t n h c e e i e t e y 2 o s . t e h tp u v l i t e: at All eSeatinte, ' 9 9 .. oca lio ' A. C. Irvine, incumbent of Longfleev, , Jolw - Southampton. V' ------ DIED f O f . ° ise 0 , 1 On the Ist inst., Edward Field, ecl o . ,.,,Cl,''itoil 6 A t Camberwell, and the Stock Exchange, '' . '.°Wti u , I r f p On the 9th ult.. at Chillingtou 1100' 1 „or' °' '0 Charles, Esq., aged bor T e ,tl l it f On the 27th ult., at Bognor, christ°4Polic, 000 On the 27th nit., at -Beccles, e" : of nth , M.D., I'.R.S., n cr e ds3. ,_ v 0... L a On the 'B , l r Ar . „be,- ,0 f, ;. 11 t., at Lee, r. ` ,orp r f, row. a,_, - td 69. _Soap -- fru On the 30th ult., at St. Loonard's-00, .-, 0 . t per. of Lieut.-Col. Ireland, Blackbut n, a g e" i ' 'oli ceg.. . ° o 3 e ' aughter ot ..0 On the 29E11 ult.. at Briarly flou' e ' core.' of Wilson, for 32 years a member of the iii Il e , of British Artists, aged 81. f Aglo ~ On the , 7th ult., Gideon Rippon, 0 4 1, mouton, and the Bank of England. el eIP / On the 0 c 21st ult., at Lisbon, S, ° lli. he ,rofie f us t ance , Son, and 11.00 _--- 1 1 -------- ----- .0).., rid 301.-',lOOl LONDON : Printed and Published by OLP 0 0 $llO I of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at rite O' 0 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the W • Middlesex, Wednesday, Mel 2, 1866