The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

Vtitr Isuitton+ NEWCASTLE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (B Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) TRIAL STAKES. Hospodar Filly by Faugh•a-Ballagh NORTH DERBY Rotherham Dame Judith . Seven ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. St. Andrew Cardsharper Caliph Fifteen ran. TYRO STAKES. Van Galen Hebe Six ran. ourtt IStittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The Royal assent was given by comm i ss i on t o th e following bills, viz.: The Consolidated Fu n d (10,000,0001.) Bill, Education of Poor Children, Insur ance on Lives, Abatement of Income Tax, Continuance of Ecclesiastical Courts, Stamp Duties, Repeal on Ma triculation and Degrees (Oxford), Grants of Land, Public Libraries and Museums, Spirits of Wine, Water ford and Limerick Railway, St. Helen's Improve ment, Crorof rd and High Peak Railway, Limerick and Castle Connel Railway, Newcastle-under- Lyne Railway, Limerick and Foynes Railway, Mary port and Carlisle Railway, Newport Gas, Weston-super- Mare Gas, Alford and Boston Road, Wigan and Preston Roads North of Yarrow, Lands Improvement Corn- Pany; Charlbury, Witney, &c., Roads; Lyme Regis Roads, Newtown and Oswestry Railway,Dundalk and Blaokrock Railway, Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health; London and Blackwall Railway ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Lincoln Branch) ; Notting ham and Newhaven Road ; Warrington Water ; Caledo niau Railway ; East Bent Railway ; Regent's Canal (Hertfordshire Canal) ; Glasgow and South-W.-stern Railway ; Newton and Makerfieid Improvement ; South Wales Railway Consolidation ; Newcastle•upon-Tyne Improvement. The Lords' Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Harrawby. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented several peti tions in favour of the abolition of Church Rates. In reply to Lord VIVIAN, Lord PANMURE expressed his regret at the delay which had taken place in the distribution of the honours of the Bath amongst those officers who had dis tinguished themselves in the military operations in the East. The delays, however, were unavoidable, it being necessary to seek for precedents for such di,- tribution for military operation=. He trusted, however, that that delay would soon be put an end to. The noble lord then passed a high and glowing eulogium upon several gallant officers who had rendered valuable ser vice during the winter campaign. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Bar• badoes praying their lordships to prohibit the importa tion of slave-grown produce, and dwelt at some length on the evils arising therefrom. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a second time :—Hartlepool Pier and Purt ; Torquay Tor and St. Mary Church Gas. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of the same noble lord the following bills were severally read a third time and passel : Cork and Yongbal Railway ; Metropolitan Railway ; Gomersal and Dewsbury Road ; Basingstoke, Stock bridge, and Lobcomb Corner ; Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, Lightfill and Birdlip Road, Peterborough and Wellingborough Road; Stroud, Cairncross, and Minchin hampton Road ; Stroud and Charlford Road, Rhymney Railway, • and Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. Lord PORTMAN moved that the house go into com mittee on this bill. The house having gone into committee, Lord RAVENSWORTH moved that the proviso to clause 39 be struck out of the bill. ' [LEFT SITTIN a.l IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the Electric Telegraph Company's Bill were considered. The following bills were read a third time and passed :—Barrow Harbour, Furness Railway, and Keighley and Kendal Road. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Bradford Corporation Water ; New River Company and Trustees of the River Lee (No. 2). BIRKENHEAD AND LIVERPOOL DOCKS BILL. On the consideration of the above bill, Mr. HORSFALL moved that it be read a third time on Thursday next. _ _ _ Mr. MII:NER GIBSON said he wished to introduce an amendment. He considered it right to support the committees of the house generally ; but with respect to this particular measure he believed the committee had not the public interests represented before them, and it was for the conservation of the public in terests that he wished to have an amendment added to the bill. A commission had been appointed to inquire into the dues levied upon ships and goods in various parts of the United Kingdom, and it was the intention of Parliament to legislate upon that report ; and it was recommended by the Board of Trade that any arrangement that might now be sanctioned with respect to the Birkenhead Docks might not embarrass any measures that Parliament might see necessary to carry into effect. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving to insert certain words in the bill, the effect of which was that the Corporation of Liverpool should not have the power of diverting the dues raised on shipping from maritime to mere corporation purposes. Mr. G. BUTT opposed the amendment. Mr. LABOUCHERE expressed a hope that the house would support the decision which the committee, after sitting nearly three months, had arrived at, and pass the bill as it now stood. Mr. BRIGHT supported the amendment. Mr. BOUVERIE, believing that the Corporation of Liverpool had out-generalled the Board of Trade on this bill, said he should support the amendment. Mr. WALPOLE supported the bill as it came from the committee. Mr. CHAMBERS, who addressed the house amidst repeated cries of "divide," proceeded to point out the am biguous construction of the clause, and stated it to be his intention to support the amendment. Mr. HORSFALL regretted the hon. member for Manchester had moved this amendment, and had im• pugned the conduct of the committee. The committee, after much care and attention, agreed to this clause, adding to it the special report alluded to by the hon. member for Manchester. The retention of this clause was of such vital importance, that the promoters of the bill were advised that if the amendment of the right hon. gentleman the member for Manchester be carried it must be fatal to the bill, because it would prejudice the rights of the corporation. Mr. G. VERNON defended the construction of the clause, contending that the words used were plain and comprehensive. After some remarks from Mr. RICE in favour of the clause, Mr. CARDWELL said that but one clear meaning appeared to pervade the house, and to be the same as that which originally pervaded the committee, that this bill should stand on its own merits to effect the important object for which it was intended, and that nothing in the operation of the bill should be pleaded in bar hereafter to any public measures the Crown might think proper to introduce in conformity with the recom mendation of the commissioners, which had been laid on the table. He thought that house was not a good tri bunal for deciding on the legal application of specific words, and he felt a difficulty in appreciating the precise effect between the words of the clause and the amend ment. When his right hon. friend laid on the table the measure of Government he believed that measure would receive the full and dispassionate consideration of the house, unprejudiced by the fact that the clause had been introduced into a private bill. Believing that to be an understood thing, he thought it was undesirable to pre judice the matter by a division, and that his right hon. friend would do wisely to accept the clause in the words in which the committee had presented it. M r . GIBSON said that bein g the understanding he would withdraw the amendment. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and the bill read a third time. EAST KENT RAILWAY (EXT ENSION TO DOVER) BILL. On the Sneaker putting the question that this bill be read a third time, Mr. BROCKMAN opposed the third reading o f the bill, believing that whilst there was a line to Folkestone the public did not require one to Dover, and complained that the South-Eastern Company had not been beard against the bill. He proposed the re-committal of the bill. Captain EGERTON, chairman of the committee, de fended their conduct. The reason the committee re fused to hear the South-Eastern Company was that no Pr`lPertv belongi ng to them was affected by this bi ll. ud iN t l ir r c :FlTZßOY considered no case had been ma de the re-committalof this bill. ' fir ' denied ented that the property of the South Eastern Railway was not affected by this bill. lie proceeded to sho w that the line in que s ti on passed be tween the term:" of i the South Eastern Railway at Dover and the pier where passengers embarked and dis embarked from the steamers. It also passed over the flags in front of the Lord Warden Hotel, which be longed to the South-Eastern Company, although leased for a number of years. The hon. gentleman con tended that the South-Eastern Company ought to have been heard against this bill. Mr. RICH explained that the pledge given by the company had reference to the construction of a main line, and not the branches. What he now complained of was the branches. After a few words from Mr. LUSHINGTON, Mr. RICE was surprised at the opposition of the hon. member for Richmond, recollecting the pledge given by the South-Eastern Company, of which the hon. member was chairman, not to oppose the formation of such a bill. Mr. RICH denied that the company had violated any pledge. Mr. RICE read the pledge, given by the Company under their seal to the House of Lords, not to oppose the construction of a direct line of railway to Dover. (Hear from Mr. Rich.) With regard to the injury complained of, in respect of the line passing in front of the Lord Warden Hotel, he found it would pass at the back of the property, and was approved of by the tenant of the hotel. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR addressed the house, describing this bill as one of the most extraordinary that had been brought before the house. He thought it a strange proceeding on the part of the committee not to hear the South-Eastern Company against this bill whose property was affected by it. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the bill read a third time. Petitions were presented by Sir T. Ackland against the Church Rate Bill, and by Mr. Spooner against the grant to the College of Maynooth. Several other peti tions were presented against the Church Rate Bill. The house then resumed itself into committee on the Metropolis Local Management Bill. On clause 158 being proposed, which gave power to the Board of Works to make bye laws, Sir B. HALL proposed to amend it, for the purpose of giving a similar power to the Metropolitan Board. The amendment was agreed to, and the clause as amended was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses up to 160 were agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. Clause 161, relative to penalties on Gas Companies, was withdrawn. Clauses 162 to 173 inclusive were agreed to. Sir B. HALL said that all these clauses were now in operation in the metr,polis, and he would take care to inform the house upon clauses which involved any new matter. This, however, would not arise until towards the end of the bid. On clauso 174, making provision for damages and com pensation to be determined by a justice of the peace, when not otherwise provided for by the act, Mr. HENLEY objected to such an arrangement, act the amount of compensation which might be awarded by the justice was not defined, and suggested some other tribunal. Sir B. HALL did not see how the matter could be re ferred to any other authority except o. justice of the peace, but in order to meet the view of his right hon. friend he would substitute the words " metropolitan polic3magistrate" for those of "justice of the peace," and would take care to embody in the clause some provision for a higher tribunal, where the damages exceeded a cer tain amount. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. The remaining clauses, with some slight amendments, were also ordered to stand part of the bill ; which was fixed to come into operation on the Ist December next. The postponed clauses were then proceeded with. On clause 19, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objected that there was no governing power in the corporate body. All the mem bers were co-eual. Supposing it was necessary to sue the board, who would the right hon. hart. propose should I e sued. Must the whole board be proceeded against ? Sir B. HALL said his idea in this matter was to act upon the same principle as v. al in operation in boards of guardians. If, however, any hon. member could sug gest any improvement in this clause which should ac comphsh the object he had in view, he should be most happy to adopt the alteration. After some further discussion,—the clause was agreed to, Sir B HALL promising to take steps to amend it in the report. Clause 21, which was one of the postponed clauses, and which proposed that two members of the Metropo litan Board should be selected for the City, was agreed to by insetting three instead of two. Causes 22 a,nd 23 were struck out. Clause 24 was agreed to with a few verbal amend ments. Clause 25 was postponed. On cause 26 being put, which proposed that the no mination of the chairman of the Central Board should be referred to the Secretary of State, Sir B. HALL proposed to amend it by inserting that that officer should be appointed by the Central Board, and that he should receive a salary of not less than 1,5001. a-year, and not exceeding 2,0001. Lord R. GROSVENOR objected to the proposition that the central board should decide on the salary , of their chairman. After some observations from Sir W. CLAY, Mr. B. BARING, and Viscount EBRINGTON, Mr. HENLEY thought the best course to pursue would be to postpone the further consideration of the clause till the Committee had determined upon the num ber of members that should constitute the Board. The further consideration of the clause was then post poned. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday, at 12 o'clock. INDEMNITY BILL. The committee on this bill was postponed to Thurs day, at 12 o'clock. STOCK IN TRADE BILL. The committee on this bill was also postponed to Thursday. ROYAL ASSENT. Shortly before 4 o'clock Sir A. Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the House to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several public and private bill 3, for which see our Lords' report. The house then adjourned to six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 25. The Queen has boen pleased to appoint John R. Parte low, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Province of New Brunswick. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 26. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Emanuel Bradbury, to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieu tenants without purchase. -Cornet Walter C. Wingfield, vice Bradbury; Cornet Joseph E. Edlmann. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant Henry Jen nings to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet William Winstanley to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Booth, who retires ; Cornet Frederick Augustus Weatherley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable C. J. Keith, promoted. lst or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—The promo tion of Ensign and Lieutenant R. W. Hamilton to be Lieutenant an Captain, to bear date the 18th instead of the 19th June, 1855. Ist Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Tho mas Graham to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Haythorne, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bell, appointed In specting Field Officer of a Recruiting District ; Brevet- Major F. G. Urquhart, to be Major, without purchase, vice Graham ; Ensign G. G. Stewart, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Creagh, appointed to the 72d Foot. 13th Foot—Major A. E. F. Holcombe, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major P. R. Jennings, to bo Major, without purchase, vice Holcombe. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant G. Fitzgerald King, vice Jennings; Lieutenant M. Browne; Lieutenant E. Boyd ; Lieutenant A. Bainbrigge. To be Lieutenants, without purchase.—Eusign R. N. Clayton, vice King ; Ensign H. E. Hall, vice Browne ; Ensign P. E. V. Gil bert, vice Boyd ; Ensign J. P. Miller, vice Bainbrigge; Ensigns W. Haslett, Henry Gillett, W. Williams ; Ensign T. T. Gould, from the Ceylon Regiment. 17th F oo t—Assistant -Surgeon William Pearson Ward, from the Ordnance Medical Department, to be Surgeon, vice Simpson, deceased. 28th Foot—The Commission of Lieutenant E. S. R. Smyth, as Adjutant, to bear date Ist June, in lieu of the sth of that month, as previously stated. 33th Foot—Lieutenant Charles M il l i gan , to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires. 68th Font—Ensign H. J. R. Villiers-Stuart to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased; Ensign F. G. D. Watson, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Villiers-Stuart, whose promotion on the 12th May has been cancelled. The promotion of Ensign Joseph Thompson to a Lieutenantcy, without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased, on the 15th of March, has been can celled. 72d Foot—Lieutenant J. F. N. Hewitt, from the Ist West India Regiment to bo Lieutenant, without pur chase ; Lieutenant James Creagh, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 86th Foot—Ensign J. W. Fry, from the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gould, promoted in the 31st Foot. 9Sth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Neil Henry Stewart, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Cowen, promoted on the Staff. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. the Hon. H. W. Campbell, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Sidney Cave to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hewett, appointed to the 72d Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF. - - Surgeon Charles - Cowen, from the 98th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class. BREVET. _ _ Brevet-Major Robert Miller Mundy, half-pay Royal Ar tillery, being attached to the Turkish Contingent, to have the local rank of Lieut.-Col. in Turkey, while so employed. Captain Roney, of the 96th Foot, attached to the British Foreign Legion, to have the temporary substantive rank of Major of the Ist or Jager Battalion. Charles Duncan Cameron, Esq., attached to the Turkish Army, to have the local rank of Captain in Turkey, while so employed. MEMORA.NDUSI.—The appointment of Captain William Payn, of the 53d Foot, to be attached to the Turkish Con tingent, with the local rank of Major in Turkey, while so employed, to bear date May 22. ERRATA. For Thomas Smalls, Esq., to be Chief Paymaster to the Turkish Contingent, read Thomas S , nales, Esq., To he Major-General—For Colonel John Drinkwater Byers, Bengal Tnfantry, which appearel in the Ga:ette of the 15th June, with the date of 7th May, read Colonel John Drinkwater Syers, ADMIRALTY, JuNn 20. CORPS Or ROYAL MARINES. BREVET. With reference to her Majority's Order in Council, of the 13th September, 1854, the following general officers, who retired upon the full pay of their rank in the corps previously to the above Order in Council, will hereafter appear on the Retired List, viz.:— General Walter Trenlenheere, 8.H.; General Nicolls ; Lieut.-General Elias Lawrence, C.B. ; Lieut.-General William H. Connolly ; Major-General John Wright, K.H.; Major-General Wm. Fergusson. And the following promotions have taken place to com plete the establishment of General Officers of the Royal Marines, under the provisions of her Majesty's said Order in Council, viz. : BREVET. To be Generals—Lieutenant-Generals George Jones and George Beatty. To be Lieutenant-Generals—Major-Generals Thomas Adams Parke, C. 8., Sir John Owen, K.C.8., K.H., and Charles Menzies, K.H. To be Major-Generals—Colonels John Rawlings Cory ton, Samuel Burdon Ellis, C. 8., Thomas Wearing, James Irwin Willes, and Charles Compton Pratt. The undermentioned officers who retired upon fnll•pay of the Royal Marines previously to her Majesty's Order in Council, 13th September, 1854, to be promoted to a step of brevet rank, in order to place them in as favourable a position as those of their rank who may hereafter obtain retirement under the provisions of the said Order in Council ; the rank in both cases being only honorary, viz. : To be Generals.—Lieutenant-Generals Elias Lawrence, C. 8., 'and William Hallett Connolly. To bo Lieutenant-General—Major-General ,7ohn Wright, K.H. To be Major-Generals—Colonels Walter Powell, Abra ham Henry Gordon, John Montresor Pilcher, Thomas Stevens, David Anderson Gibsone, Robert Mercer, John Robyns, Joseph Walker, James Whylock, George Butt Bury, David McAdam. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 22. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. Colonel Second Commandant Henry Ivatt Delacombo to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Coryton, promoted. Colonel Second Commandant John Ashmore to be Co lonel-Commandant, vice Ellis, promoted. Colonel Second Commandant John Alexander Philips to be Colonel Commandant, vice Wearing, promoted. Brevet-Colonel Fortescue Graham to - be Colonel-Com mandant, vice Willes, promoted. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Childs to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Pratt, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Evans to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Delacombe, promoted. Brevet-Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley to be Colonel Second Commandant and Deputy Adjutant-General. Lieutenant-Colonel John Tatton Brown to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Ashmore, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Augustus Parker to bo Colonel Second Commandant, vice Philips, promoted. Captain John Mitchell to 'be Lieuteliaii - C-Colonel, vice Graham, promoted. Captain Thomas Lemon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Childs, promoted. Captain Peter Trant Murray Payne to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Evans, promoted. Captain George Elliot to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brown, promoted. Captain Thomas Charles Cotton Moore to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Parker, promoted. First Lieutenant Michael Spratt to bo Captain, vice Mitchell, promoted. First Lieutenant and Adjutant Julius Bunce to be Cap tain, vice Lemon, promoted. First Lieutenant Thomas Page Casey to be Captain, vice Payne, promoted. First Lieutenant Henry Treffry Fox to be Captain, vice Elliot, promoted. First Lieutenant and Adjutant Edward La wes Pym to be Captain, vice Moore, promoted. Second Lieutenant Ardley Henry Falwasser Barnes to be First Lieutenant, vice Spratt, promoted. Second Lieutenant Henry Brasnell Tnson to be First Lieutenant, vice Bunce, promoted. Second Lieutenant C i ustavn3 Francis Munro to bo First Lieutenant, vice Casey, rp..omoted. Second Lieutenant Arthur Huntley Hill Walsh, to be First Lieutenant, vice Fox, promoted. Second Lieutenant Alexander Bassett Stephen Sharp to be First Lieutenant, vice Pym, promoted. LAW INTELLIGBNCE.-(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. FRUER V. BOUQUET-JUDGMENT. His Honour the Master of the Rolls gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before him upon a ques tion as to the construction of the will of the testator in the cause, upon a point v, hich cannot arise again in con sequence of Lord St. Leonard's Act, namely, whether, under the provisions of the will of the testator, his exe cutors took the residue that was undisposed of. Under the old law it was clear the executors took it unless it was shown from the will that it was disposed of, but the n ew law had made a considerable alteration upon the subject. In the present case the testator had given a legacy of 201. each to the wives of the two executors, and it was argued upon the part of the plaintiff that those legacies must be looked upon as legacies to the executors themselves, and that therefore they were entitled to nothing else, and that the plaintiff, as the personal representative of the testator, ought to have the benefit of the residue undis posed of. The testator died in 1818, and the suit claiming the undisposed of residue was not instituted till 1854. The executors had, therefore, been in the uninterrupted possession of the residue that was undisposed of fcr nearly 30 years, and it was rather too much to say that that possession should now be disturbed. His Honour must, therefore, treat the legacies given to the wives of the executors as legacies really given to those ladies, and not to their husbands, and, such being his opinion, he must decline making any decree, and order the bill to be dismissed, but without costs. WHY ARE ROCKETS NOT USED AGAINST THE RUSSIANS? (Front the Liverpool Albion.) The comparative non-employment in the present struggle of an instrument of aggression as potent as the rocket has excited considerable surprise among those acquainted with its powers, and with the results of the use made of them in former wars. The prejudice which the late Duke of Wellington entertained against rockets, founded, it is believed, on no better objection than the unsatisfactory result of the first experiments in the Peninsula, is the only reason we have been able to dis cover for the neglect they have experienced in more re cent times. The Duke's prejudice did not prevent their doing good service even in the last war, in those instances in which they were employed. They were used in the attack on Boulogne, when the town was observed to be on fire half an hour after the first rocket had been dis charged, and the extent of the devastation committed by their agency was very considerable. In the following year they were used with great effect in the attack on Copenhagen, and subsequeptly at the battle of Leipeic, where th©y made frightful' havoc in the ranks of the enemy. Rackets, indeed, possess advantages, as wea pons of offence, which no other projectiles can lay claim to; Not the least of these is the absence of any recoil a pectili -lit . ; which is a consequence of the principle on which they ere made, and which enables them to be fired from a small beat, ; while shells, if used in naval attacks, can be fired only from large and strong -ships, owing to the force of the recoil. Rockets require neither. cannon nor mortars to project them, since they carry their propulsive power within ; and, consequently, can not only be made of much larger dimensions than any available shot or shell, but can be fired from places altogether inacce , siole to artillery. To these great ad vantages may l e added, visibility of flight, and the power of scattering the devastating effects of fire where ever they terminate their hissing course. The most re cent occasions, we believe, on which these terrible agents of destruction were fully brought into requlsition was when the squadron of Sir Charles liotham, i❑ c mjunc tion with a French naval force under Captain (now Adrairsl) Traouart, in 1846, destroyed the supposed impregnable batteries of Rorns at Punta Obligado, or rather San Lorenzo, dominating the river Parana from an immense elevation. Sir Charles, than whom there is no more gallant or skilful officer in the service, on the outbreak of hostilities with Russia, was understood to be a candidate for a command in the Black Sea ; but the appointment sought being given to Sir E. Lyons, the gallant admiral who had recently returned from his eminently successful mission to Paraguay, received that of Governor of Victoria. Had he obtained a naval command, he would probably have repeated the effect at Sebastopol, and more especially perhaps at Odessa, of the projectiles he found of such incalculable service in the actions referred to, of which a very spirited account will be found in the interesting work on Brazil, the River Plate, and Falkland Islands (Longman), by Mr. Hadfield, who is now at Constantinople, as agent for the Liverpool Underwriters and Manager of the Com mercial Transport Corps in the East. Mr. Hadfield's au thorities for the daring exploits he records, including the picking off of Rosas' menfrom their guns as theyswarmed out on the ramparts, without their being able to return one effective shot, are Sir W. Gore Ouseley, our able Am bassador in the Plate at the time, at whose instance the expedition was undertaken, and Captain Makinnon, who directed the whole operations of the rocket brigade. As there is a rather remarkable analogy between the fortresses of the redoubtable tyrant on the Parana and of the Crimean stronghold of the Czar, as regards their positions, and the manner of defence, and also as to the attack upon them being made by the two great Western Allies now assailing Sebastopol, the account referred to will be read with considerable interest at the present moment, when every suggestion tending to the discom fiture of Russia is of the first importance. The banks of the Parana at San Lorenzo are excessively lofty, so much so that it was impossible to bring the guns of the British and French steamers to bear on the powerful battery which Rosas had constructed there, whilst the vessels were fully exposed to its fire in passing down the river, on their return, after having forced the three strong chains placed across the current, and destroyed the ten fire-ships at Obligardo. The great height of the almost perpendicular banks made the position apparently as difficult of attack by as naval force as even the north forts of Sebastopol would be, where the altitude of the citadel, according to Sir Howard Douglas, and according, also, to the more recent corroboration of Mr. Danby Sey mour, M.P., renders it unassailable by heavy metal from the sea. But the fire of round shot, grape, and musketry which Rosas opened on the steamers as they came off the point crowned by his battery was speedily silenced by a small rocket-brigade, most unexpectedly operating from a little island in the river. The combined squadrons escaped with a very trifling damage, and the rocket-brigade did not lose a single man; whilst the loss to the Argentine army was very great. Mr. Hadfield ascended the• Parana as high as Corrientes, and was thus enabled to estimate the difficulties which were so successfully overcome. Judging of the effect of rockets, as tested by such a comparatively small battery as was brought into opera tion at San Lorenzo, what might not be achieved by their agency elsewhere now ? Only six tubes were used, the fire from which was equal in rapidity to acontinuous discharge from the guns of two 80-gun ships, throwing at one period of the attack forty rockets per minute. So rapidly, indeed, and with such terrific effect, were the hissing missiles projected among the soldiers of Rosas that, as already stated, they were unable to stand to their guns, and were much cut up, flying into the open country in the rear, though a cordon of Guachos, the Cossacks of South America, were employed to pre vent the retreat of the infantry ; but the horses became perfectly unmanageable under the rocket fire—a power ful consideration considering the Russian strength in cavalry. Since then rockets have been much improved, their aim rendered more certain, and the " back fire " diminished. They are now, in fact, as destructive and as easily controlled as the Paixans guns, with which the Russians wrought such murderous results at Sinope. But the employment of these some of our French and English artillery authorities (Sir Howard Douglas among the number) condemn as being too devastating for use among Christian or civilised nations. We be lieve that the affair at Petropaulovski has been the occa sion of some remarks being addressed to the Home Government by Sir C. Hotham, from Melbourne, calling attention to the desirability of having recourse to rockets in the southern seas, and citing his own experi ence in the Parana as to their extreme efficiency against an enemy who are confessedly strong in artillery, as was Rosas in 1845-6. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Juriz 25. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. James Black Gray, Edward Beachcroft, Devon, Au heron and Edward William Molyneux Herbert, were this day admitted fellows of St. John's College on three years' probation. At the smile time William Henry Smith, Charles Al. leyne Summers Austin, and William Holding were ad nutted scholars of the same college. The installation of the Rev. George H. Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, will take place on Saturday next. CAMBRIDGE, - .TurrrE 25. ELECTION OF LADY MARGARET PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY. The Lord Chancellor has given notice that the election of Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity will take place on Friday next, the 29th inst. at 12 o'clock, in the Se nate House. There are already several gentlemen named as candidate for the appointment. The Vice Chancellor has further given notice thatn o elector who is not present at the commencement of the proceedings to hear the requisite documents read, and to take the prescribed oath, will be entitled to vote. ICEBERGS IN THE ATLANTIC.—On the 15th of June, while the Lombard, from New Orleans, was on her pas sage to Liverpool, while in lat. 43 N., long. 43 W., at noon, she saw two large icebergs and ono small one ; and on the following day, while in lat. 45 N., long. 44 W., sbe saw a small iceberg. ROYAL 'MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.—Yesterday his Royal Highness Prince Albert inaugurated at Epsom this institution, as an asylum for aged and decayed mem bers of the medical profession, and for their widows ; also as a seminary for the education of their children. There was a large attendance of visitors present, but by some mismanagement a large portion of them—all in ' vited—was denied admittance into the hall in which the ceremony took place. THE WEST INDlES.—Advises from Kingston (Jamaica) of the 30th of May contain later news from the other West India Islands. The usual spring storing and rains had be-n very destructive 6t the north silo of Jamaica. Several estates in the neighbourhood of Ti clammy were entirely flooded. The town of Rio Buano hall a narrow escape from ruin. At St. Vincent, Demerara, Tobago, and other places the weather was unfavourable to the maturing of the sugar cane. In St. Lucia it was feared that the colonial import system would be disturbed by a free intercourse with Grenada. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING% JUNE 26, 1856. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to ask the Attorney- General whether, under the provisions of the Act 22 Geo. 111. , c. 45, a new writought not to be issued for the City of London, in the room of Baron Rothschild, who had since election entered into a. contract for the public service, a copy of which had been laid before that house? He thought from the information he bad received he should be justified in moving for a new writ for the City of London, as Baron Rothschild had entered into a con tract for the public service. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the question was one for the house to answer, and not for him. At the same time he felt bound to say that if the hon. member wished for his professional opinion he conk: have it on the usual terms. (Hear and laughter.) Mr. MALINS wished to ask the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, from the state ment he made on Friday night, be believed the hon. member for Tynemouth to be interested in shipping con tracts I Sir C. WOOD said the statement he made was that, as far as he knew, the hon. gentleman the member for Tynemouth, though he had given up his interest in those contracts before he entered the house, must have been aware of most of the circumstances attending them. (Hear, hear.) COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. East York Regiment of,Militia—liewlay John Bathes, Esq., late Captain 95th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Jacson, resigned. CO lIMISSION S SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Stafford—E ward Dolman Scott, Esq., to bs Deputy Lieutenant; Augustus fast Manley, E3q., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 'filtli . or Highland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia— The Honourable Simon Fraser to be Captain, vice 'William eraser, resigned. . _ _ East York. Rikiment of Militia—Lieutenant John Daniel Ferguson to be Captain, vice Egginton, resigned ; Ensign Henry Mant Gilby to be Lieutenant, vice Ferguson, pro moted; John Nicholson, late Lieutenant half-pe 14th Foot, to be Ensign ; Charles Joseph Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign, in augmentation ; Assistant-Surgeon George Earle to be Surgeon, vice Williams, resigned. North Devon Regiment of Mounted Rifles—The Hon. Chas. H. Tref usis to he Lieutenant, vice Bridges, resigned; the Hon. Augustus Frederick Warwick Bampfylde to be Cornet. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Samuel John Maclur can to bo Major, vice Marsh, resigned; Lewis Knight to be Captain, vice Maclurcan, promoted ; Albert Tanner to be Lieutenant. Devon Militia Artillery—Ajax Afanera to be Second Lieutenant; Thomas Clarke to be First Lieutenant; Charles Doere James to bo First Lieutenant. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Alex. Aitken, Esq., late Captain 77th Foot, from sth Middlesex Light Infantry, to be Major. sth Regiment of West York Militia—George Shirley Terry, Gent., to be Ensign ; David Bridges, Esq., to be Surgeon ; William Francis Bridges, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, Bart., to be Lieutenant, vice Morris, resigned. [The following appointment is substituted for that. which .appeared in the Gazette of the 6th February last] :- 4th Regiment of West York Militia.—John Kendall, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Lieut. John Henry Blake to be Cap tain, vice Orred, resigned ; Lieut. John Henry Gordon to be Captain, vice Sandbach, resigned ; Ensign John Robert Leigh to be Lieutenant, vice Blake, promoted ; Ensign Sheffield Betham to be Lieutenant, vice Gordon, pro moted; Ensign Wm. Gibton to be Lieutenant, vice Watt, resigned ; Mark Quayle, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gibton, promoted. Ist Durham Regiment of Militia--Lieutenant John Frederick Gales to be Captain, vice ma bank, who retires ; Ensign William Chayter to be Lieutenant, vice Gales, promoted. Northampton Regiment of Militia Ensign Edward Henry Hare to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Hewett Linton to be Lieutenant. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Charles High andre Houth Potts, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Montgomery Rifles—Major John Edward Harry man Pryce to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant, vice the Hon. Henry Hanbury Tracy, resigned. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 19th June, 1855•] sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Wm. Mayon, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jaquet, promoted. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Richards, dealer in wood, Lime-street, City. BANKRUPTS. Henry Lockey Edridge, builder, Bayswater, to surrender, July 6, at eleven, and Aug. 10, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Wm. Bridgewater, coal merchant, Cheltenham, Jnly 9, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Pruen, Cheltenham ; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. John Bentley Carr, brewer, Bardsley, Ashton-under- Lyme, July 12 and August 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, efficial assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. John Warburton, edge-tool manufacturer, Sheffield, July 7 and '2B, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; T. Smith, jun., Sheffield. Samuel Thraves and Wm. Harrison, upholsterers, Not tingham, July 17 and August 7, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Coope, Nottingham ; Harrison and Wood, Birmingham. George Butler Pouting, innkeeper, Devizes, July 9 and and August 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Wittey, Devizes ; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. Francis Edward Tucker, commission agent, Hornchurch, Essex, July 6, at two, and August 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. Basing hall-street ' • Spyer and Son, Broad-str ee t-buildi ngs . Richard Kirkman Lane, bill broker and gas manufac turer, Argyle-street, Regent-street, July 7 and August 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Mason, Moria-chambers, 17, Ironmonger-lane. William Jones, builder, Brecon, July 10, and August 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Evans and Sons, Liverpool ; Bevan and Girling Bristol. Thomas Roberts, builder, Llanstephan, Carmarthen, July 9, and August 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Crutwill, Bath • Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Frederick Divers, licensed victualler, Great Bell-alley, Moorgate-street, July 6, at half-past twelve, and August 10, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Warrand, Bas inghall-street. Robert Martin and David Wardlaw Scott, merchants, Great St. Helen's, City, July 6 a nd A ugus t 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. Cannan, official assignee, Aldertnanbury ; Laurance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. William Epworth Tuke, wine and spirit merchant, Mark lane, June 6, at half-past one, and Aug. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. Daniel Golding, butcher, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, July 6, at twelve, and Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official a ss i gnee, Ald ermanbury ; Haw kins Lincoln's-inn; Hustvvick-, Soham, C am b r id ges hi re. George Norman Bult, druggist, Tiverton, July 5 and Aug. 2, at one, at the Exeter District Court. liirtzel, Stogdon, Exeter. official assignee; SCOTCH SEQUESTRA.TIONS. Robert Jackson, bookseller, Glasgow ; creditors meet July 5, at one, in the London Temperance Hotel, Glasgow. Wm. M`Kay, merchant , Muie , Sutherlandshire ; J u ly . 11, at one, in Hill's Inn, Golmple. John Forbes, druggist, Old Meldrum ; July 5, at one, in the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. Duncan APRA°, surgeon-dentist and druggist, Perth ; July 9, at ten, in the Salutation Hotel, Perth. COURSE OF EXC: NGE.—THIS Day. - - - Amsterdam ............ 11 18 IA ! Gibraltar • Ditto, three months ~.11 19% Le,ghorn . 29 90 Rotterdam ............ 11 lq%, Genoa ......... • ...... 25 45 Antwerp „„ 25 35 Milan •••••••• •• • • • Brussels .... • • ........ 25 35 I Venice................ Ilamhurgh 13 Naples .• • Altana Palermo ...... .... 132 Paris.. Ditto, Orr. 1 months 25 40 Lisbon ....... 'sfar,elll,! , l 25 40 Oporto •••• •• • • 53 1 Itouric Rio •laneiro Pran!th.lt•on l 3 Itizenos Paalin ......... New York,63 days' sight Vienna.— 12 26 i Philadelphia ...... Trieste.... „ 12 2S PRICES OF BIILLICN, PER OZ. Petersburg ............ 35% i Foreign Gold In tsars .£3 17 9 Madrid ... .• 5 5 0 0 ,4 I Al Po e r . t i t a a n l D Go o l l d l ar C s ol . n . 00 4 1 0 1% Cadiz Barcelona ..... ••••••• New Dollars 0 0 0 Sayer 111 ... 0 0 0 _ • TURKISH LOAN. Mr. RICARDO asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was true the Government was about to gua rantee aloan toTurkey, and whether the noble lord would inform the house if the Government had any such inten tion, and if so, when the subject would be brought before the house ? (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said, when the Government had a communication of that sort to make to the house they would immediately do so, but it was not the usual course for a Government to answer prospective ques tions. (Laughter.) No intention to do so had been tome to as yet by the Government. Mr. M. GIBSON said that as there would in all pro bability be a considerable opposition to having recourse to the old system of subsidising, he hoped the noble lord would give the house ample notice if he had such a pro position to make to it. HEALTH OF TOWNS ACT. In answer to a question from Mr. PALE, Lord' PALMERSTON said it wag the intention of the Government to proceed with the Health of Towns Act. SLINDA.Y 'TRADING BILL. Mr, OTWAY asked the noble lord if it was his inten tion to take any measure to induce the noble lord the member for Middlesex to with•iraw the Sunday Trading Dill? (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Lora PALIVI:ERSTON said it was not his intention to interfere with the bill, but that he should leave the house to deal with it as it thinks best. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE EDUCA TIONAL BILL. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON called attention to the adjourned debate on this bill being put on the paper for to-night instead of the Gth July, as arranged on Friday night. Sir G. GREY said that the reason why the adjourned debate was put on the paper for to-night was in conse quence of the house, at a later hour on Friday night, ob jecting to the debate being adjourned for so long a time. LIMITED LIABILITY BILL. In answer to a question from Viscount GODERICII, it was stated by a member of the Government that this bill would be taken into consideration on Friday night, THE EDUCATION BILLS. Lord SEYMOITR asked the noble lord whether he wished the house to stultify itself with reference to these bills by calling on the houseto affirm the principle of religi ous teaching in one bill and to exclude it in another— (hear)—for the purpose of sending these bills before a select committee,' and asked whether, with the feeling of the house and the state of the business before it, it were not better to postpone them altogether ? Lord PALMERSTON said he thought it would be better not to discuss the question by anticipation, but wait until the question came in a proper shape before the house. THE CRIMEA. Mr, SCOTT wished to know whether the Govern ment had received any further intelligence from the Seat of War, It s he understood there were some accounts in the papers of to-day. Lord PALMERSTON observed that a list of the officers killed had been received by, the Government, and he be'ieved their names bad been sent to the news papers, and would be published in a Gazette. It might, however, be as well that he should state that the number of officers killed and wounded was 93, that the whole number of men and non-commissioned officers killed was 144, and the wounded 1,058, making a total of 1,295. . _ GIBRALTAR. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to an hon. member, stated that a despatch had been received relative to the Government of Gibraltar which would be laid on the table in the course of a few days. VICTORIA GOVERNMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. The preamble was postponed. The first and second clauses were agreed to after a short discussion. On clause three being put, which proposed a distinc tion between local and imperial legislation, Mr. ADDERLEY proposed to leave out the clause altogether. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had stated on a former occasion that there would be great difficulty in ,making a distinction between Imperial and kcal legislation for the colonies, and he owned that he could not, notwithstanding the high authority of his right hon. friend at the head of the Board of Works, see the force of the discrimintion which he had at onetime attempted to draw. He thought, too, that even if we were 0 make such a distinction it would be more hurtful than beneficial to the colonies. The hon. member for South Staffordshire (Mr. Adderley) had said that there were many cases which appeared to be of an Imperial nature, but upon which local legislation had acted very beneficially. He instanced the case of the " Canada rebellion claims;" but if the house were to adopt the sug gestion and mae the distinction which had been laid down, it would still be necessary that the governor of the colony should send home the bills in order to receive the sanction from Government. But on the other hand there might be cases which would trench so much upon the prerogative of the Crown as to be incon sistent with our legislation, which would be a serious evil if left in the hands of the colony without any supervision from the Home Government. To avoid the difficulty of discrimination, the plan proposed by the hon. member in volved even a ;till greater difficulty, as he proposed to take away all distinctions whatever, and leave it entirely to - the discretion of the governor to agree to any bill which he might think fit. Now he (Lord J. Russell) was not disposed to place such unlimited confidence in the governors of our colonies as that which the hon. member proposed toylace in them. It might often happen that, with-the best inten tiona and with the soundest judgment, the governor of a colony might find popular opinion so strong, that he would be unable to resist giving his' assent to any bill which might be brought before him. Now, with respect to the grievance alleged to be connected with the present plan, he found that only four acts had been disallowed by the Government at' home since 1850, none of which were measures of any vital importance. As an instance of the evil which might result' from the plan of the hon, member for South Staffordshire, suppose it were proposed by the colony to place her Majesty's forces in the colony under some local authority, it would certainly be very inconve nient if the governor should be induced to give his consent to such a measure, as by giving his consent it would imme diately become law. From all he had heard from persons with whom he had had any communication, he did not think any strong feeling existed in the colonies on the sub ject, and he hopedthe committee would agree to the clause, and not take away from the Crown the exercise of that prerogative which he considered to be exceedingly useful' in the government of the colonies. (Hear.) Mr. LOWE thought that the noble lord ought not to allow himself to be influenced by any statements which had been made to him on this subject, as from all he (Mr. Lowe) knew of the parties who had made these representa tions, he did not consider 'their opinion such as, could be acted upon beneficially by the Government at home. He considered the clause as a relic of the old oppressive sys tem under which our colonies had been governed. He firmly believed that till this clause was removed from the bills affecting our colonies, peace and prosperity would not long continue to exist in them. The main point to which ho objected in the present clause was that it would have the effect of giving the governor power to give his assent to any bill passed by the colonial legislature, and after so giving his assent he would send the bill home to the Government of this country, where it might be disallowed by the Colonial Secretary, and that which had been law in the colony for one or two years might be repealed at the end of that time by an act of the Imperial legislature' at home. Great evil constantly resulted from the uncer tainty which prevailed as to what was and what was not to be considered as to the law of the colonies. The noble lord the Secretary for the Colonies had stated that only four bills had been disallowed since 1850, but it was not the number of the bills that was disallowed which made the grievance, but the power to disallow that produced constant uncertainty, which caused so much evil to the colonies. He should most cordially support the amend ment for the omission of the clause. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he considered that a great deal of weight which would naturally attach to what fell from the hon. member for Kidderminster, in conse quence of his great experience in the AuStralian colonies, was a good deal lessened by the personal feelings and re collections which appeared constantly to influence the re marks which be addressed to the house on the subject of colonial matters. The hon. member had thought it right to tell the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) not to attach import ance to statements which had had been made to him by gentlemen who were connected with the bill. He (Sir John Pakington) thought it right that the house should under stand who those parties were to whom the hon.eentlem an bad referred. He h a d referred to a body of gentlemen, intimately connected with the Australian colonies, and who in consequence of that connection had associated themselves together to attend to Australian in terests, more particularly to • the progress of this bill now before Parliament. These gentlemen were in number between seventy and eighty ; they were intimately connected with the colony ; they were members of the Co lonial Legislative Council ; they were proprietors to the amount of several millions of property in the colony, gentle men of the highest respectability, and who had taken part in passing the bill through the colonial legislature. They were all aware that the hon. member for Kidderminster had great experience in New Soqth Wales, but he very much doubted if he could adduce the opinion of any other gentleman in ;this country who had been interested in this colony which would be entitled to so much weight as that of the large body of gentlemen to whom he had referred. He would suggest to the hon. member for South Staffordshire, whether he would not consider it proper to decline to press his motion to a division, when the motion was one which was not concurred in in opinion by the advisers of the Crown, upon a subject closely affecting the prerogative of the Crown ; for his own part he felt unable to resist the views which had been expressed by the noble lord the Se cretary for the Colonies. If hjs hon. friend insisted on pressing his motion, he certainly would vote against him. Mr. LOWS denied that he had - paid apytl2ing aglibut the character of the gentlemen who had formed the depu tation that had waited upon the noble lord (Lord J. Rus sell). He did not deny they were wealthy; on the con trary, it was because they were wealthy, and possessed of such enormous property in land of a particular description, that their opinions were not entitled to that weight which the right hon. baronet appeared to attach to them. Mr. WILLIAMS thought it had been incorrecty stated that by this bill the prerogative of the Crown would be affected. That, howeser, was not the object of the bill. It was not the prerogative of the Crown which Was concerned, but it was the power of her Majesty's Ministeis to do cer tain acts, upon many of which in all probability the Crown was never consulted, and probably knew nothing whatever about it. We had already gone too far in the matter of interfering with the government of our colonies. It was now high time to allow our colonial legislatures full exercise of the rights which belonged to them. He should support the amendinent of the hen. member. . Mr. SCOTT said there was no doubt some difficulty ex isted in consequence of the present system of the governor giving his assent to local bills, which were afterwards dis allowed at home; but these difficulties were rapidly dimi nishing in proportion to the increased celerity of communi cation which was now taking place between this country and the colonies. The committee divided on the amendment that the clause be struck out of the bill. For retaining the clause Against it Majority —72 Mr. MIALL then moved that all the words after " colony" be left out of clause 4. The clause made it imperative to provide for religious institutions, whereas he thought it should be left . to future colonial legislatures to make such provision or not, as they should deem fit. Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the amendment. The clause was framed in accordance with the determination of the co lonial legislature, and he did not think it would be right to put an absolute restriction on the colonies in respect to the provision they should make for their religious institutions. Mr. LOWE objected to allow the present Legislative Council to fetter all fritura Legislative Councils. After a few words from several lion. members the com mittee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The clause was agreed to, and also clauses 5 and 6, being the remaining clauses of the bill. The preamble having been postponed, the committee pro ceeded to consider the various clauses in the " scheduled bill" appended thereto, being the measure sent home from the colony. The clauses to 43 inclusive were agreed to. On clause 44, which has reference to the. regulation of the boundaries of the colonies, being pioposed, Mr. LOWE objected to the provisions contained in it, and asked, how could the legislature of Port Phillip make re gulations respecting what the other colonies ought to do ? Lord J. RUSSELL must own that the clause was very defective, but was not prepared to strike it out. The clause was agreed to, and also clauses 45 and 4G. On clause 47, by which provision is proposed to be made for the civil list, Mr. MIALL proposed to omit from the amount the sum intended to be appropi iated for religious purposes, and with that view to reduce the sum named from 112,750&t0 57,750/. Mr. BALL submitted that the sum could not be consi dered excessive when the value of money in tho colony was taken into consideration. The colony had a revenue of three millions, and had no debt ; and the sum proposed, which amounted only to one-twenty-sixth part of the re venue, was not a subject for objection. . _ The committee divided. The numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority —42 Mr. LOWE objected to tb e forty-seventh paragraph of the schedule, contending that the civil list had been obtained from the colonial legislature under false pretences. He should tiferefore move the omission of this paragraph. Lord J. RUSSELL defended the paragraph, and the principle on which it was founded, as providing equitable compensation for public officers in cases where they wore removed in consequence of the establishment of responsible government. Tho amendment was then negatived. On paragraph 61, Mr. ADDERLEY moved to omit the words, " or in the said schedule hereunto annexed, D." His- object was to leave the items referred to in the power of the colonial legislature. Sir J. PAKINGTON opposed the amendment. The committee divided, when there were — For the amendment 5B Against it Majority —26 The amendment was therefore negatived, and the words referred to were inserted. The paragraph was then ordered to stand part of the bill, as were paragraphs 62 and 63. The remaining provisions of the measure were ag reed to without opposition, and the bill was reported to th house. NEW . gOTJTH . WALES GOVERNMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to. On clause 4, enacting that no change should be made in the constitution without the assent of two-thirds of the colonial legislature, Mr. LOWE moved an amendment, with the view of enabling the colonial I , 3gislature to alter or vary the provi sions of the constitution by the vote of a majority, in the same manner as they might carry into effect any other legislative enactments. It was absurd to say that a majo rity might not alter what a majority bad enacted. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the clause was agreed to, as were clauses 5 to 9, On tha schedule, - Mr. LOWE moved as an amendment, with a view of making the upper chamber electoral instead of nominee. There were no materials for such a chamber in New South Wales. Why, if they constituted a peerage there, half the peerage would go through the insolvent court in the course of a few years. (A laugh,) Mr. ROEBUCK said that so early as 1835 the noble lord at the head of the Colonial Department had presented to him, in the case of Canada, the very question now raised by the hon. member for Kidderminster. The demands of Canada were rejected, and the consequence was that the colony rebelled. He was afraid that the same result might follow in the case of New South Wales. _ . Lord J. RUSSELL defended his conduct with regard to the Canadian constitution, and contended that the measures which he adopted relative to that colony had proved en tirely successful. The proposition before the house had been considered and approved by the Legislative Council of New South Wales, and he thought hu was justified in adopting the recommendation of that body rather than that of a public meeting. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment. 36 Against it . 173 Majority for Government —137 Mr. LOWE protested against the gross jobbery which had been practised by the Attorney-General of the colony and others who, baying been placed upon the committee to fix the civil list of the colony, voted for themselves a perma nent increase of their salaries. The schedule was then agreed to. The bill was also re ported to the house with the amendments, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. 'The Waste Lands (Australia) Acts Repeal Bill passed through committee and was reported to the house. The further consideration of the Education (Scotland) Bill in committee was fixed for Friday next. The Union Charges Act Continuance Bill passed through committee. The house wont into committee on the Youthful Offend ers (No. 2) Bill, the several clauses of which were agreed to. - - - The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Bill was road a second time. The Burial Grounds (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed- The Christchurch (Todmorden) Marriages Validity Bill passed through committee. The Administration of Oaths Abroad Bill was read a third time and passed. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL. Sir J„ PAKINGTON moved that the adjourned debate on this bill should be further' adjourned until Monday next, stating that,he would in the meantime consider what course he should take as to the future progress of the bill. Lord SEYMOUR renewed his complaint against the waste of time involved in this discussion, without any prospect of coming to any definite result. He would therefore move that the debate be adjourned for three months, and if unsuccessful now he would renew his mo tion on Monday next. ' Lord J. RUSSELL hoped his noble friend would not persist in this motion, but woad allow the matter to stand over till Monday. The question wits of great im portance, and created a great interest in the country. • Mr. M. GIBSON joined in the same request, and said that the carrying of the noble lord's motion would be tan tamount to throwing them out altogether. Mr. WALPOLE suggeSted that the better course would be to 'discharge the order for the readings of these bills. At the same time he was in favour of postponing the dis cussion till Monday next. After some further conversation, Lord SistatOuit con sented to withdraw his motion till Monday. The Stock in Trade Bill was read a secon d time, and ordered to be committed. The Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was withdrawn for the present session. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. , The house went into committee on this bill. Sir G. GREY stated that the bill was to be confined to offences of simple larceny. Clauses I to 7 inclusive wer e agreed to. The house then resumed, the chairma n reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again. JURORS AND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL—JURORS AND JURIES (IRELAND) (No. 2) BILL. The orders for the second reading of these bills were read and discharged. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES BILL. The house resolved itself into committee on this bill. Mr. SPOONER proposed in clang° 2 that sixteen days instead of twelve should be the limit within which a debtor should be brought before a judge. Mrs ATHERTON opposed the amendmens. Mr. VANCE supported it, and expressed his intention to divide the committee. Aftrr some discussion, in which Mr. Keating, Mr. Vance, ,_ Mr. Butt, Mr. Walpole, and other hon. members t part, the committee divided, when there appeared- For.the original clause ......................... _57, Against it ....... ......................... . ..... — ;5 4 , 3 Majority against the amendment The clause was ordered to stand part of tehfe. bill .ello win g The other clauses of the bill were a greed t public of a bill of Mr. ATHERTON moved the additso clause :—" Every protect of a notary the facts therein set ceedings under this act as evidence exchange or promissory note shall be received in all pro sehon. and learned friend feohr.tnhz,einislnikoewmreacpenievreiaisatsheevpidreonteosetooffsufocrhet of ex- GKLEYANTloNppoosehdoptehcei chllsu • would not press the clause which, if aaopted, would overset our laws of evidence. negatived without.a.division. moved the addition of the following 3s T h r e . A cl T au ll se E r r s o n N e orr edin clauses :—The holder of every dishonoured bill of exchange • note shall have the same remedies for the re- Or promissory non-paymentor d the same for r.031-o°. otherwise es ti ng , re covery or the ex bone c se e s pta in n a c u e by reason of suchP;s lir, as he has done under this act for the recove ry of the „mount of such bill or note. The holder of any bill of exchange or promissory rote may, if ho think fit, issue One, writ of summons according to this act against all or any number of the parties to such bill or note, and such writ of summoz.s shall be the commence meat of an action or actions against the par ties therein name d respectively, and all subsequent ;aroceedinge against su ch respective parties shall be in like maii:".er, so far as may be, as if aepsrste writs of suraripaus hattheout PIP°. te After a discussion they wore agreed to, and added.to bill. The report to be received on Thursday next. THE HAILEYBURY COLLEGE BILL. This bill was read a second time. THE ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. In reply to a question from Lord NAAS, Mr. HORSMAN stated that the Solicitor-General for Ireland had a bill ready which would be presented in tha course of the week, to carry out the intentions of the com missioners in reference to the Court of. Chancery in Ireland. It would be necessary to introduce an act for the presevt year to continue the powers of the Encumbered Estates Court for a short period. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAL'S.—MONDAY. The Northumberland Plate and the Derby were tke principal events speculated upon. The betting on the Liverpool Cup, Goodwood Stake., and St. Leger was remarkably limited. The Goodwoc. I Cup was scarcely mentioned. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—Bolton advanced to tl , e position of first favourite-4 to 1 was taken to upwards of 2001. Vindex was b;,cked at sto 1, and 9to 2, but the outlay was only modeiate. Courtenay opened at 8 to 1, and closed with an upward tendency at 6 to l• These odds were taken to fully 1501. Can ute was .n some demand at 8 to 1, and various sums were invest , d on Arribas, at 12, 11, and 10 to 1. A strong dispo°l: 10 tion was manifested. to lay against Rylstone ; at first to 1 was taken, but afterwards 12 to 1 was freely offereld Rotrierham appeared to be quite friendless. THE DERBY.-1,000 to 100 was taken about, Fly-bt Night ; 1,000 to 50 about Fazzoletto ; 1,000 to 4u. 2,000 to 1001., 1,000 to 50, and 503 to 25 Wentworth.) 1,000 to 40 Bird-in• Hand ; 30 to 1 to 1601. about-V-02: vode ; 30 to 1 to 90/. about Yellow Jack ; 2,000 to GO each British Lion and Cunning Bird ; and 40 to 1 to 1251. about Forbidden Fruit. The attendance throughout the afternoon was COLOP . 3 ; ratively thin, many members baying left f or Newcasti • The quotations at the close were as follows NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 4to 1 agst Bolton (taken freely) 9to 2 agst Vindex (taken) 6to 1 agst Courtenay (taken) 8 to 1 agat Canute (taken) 10 to 1 agst Arribas (taken) 12 to 1 aget Rylstone (taken) 20 to 1 agst King of Trull] 15 to 1 agst Amy (taken) (taken) 25 to 1 agst Nell Gwynne (takencouple) d (t a ken) 70 to 40 agst Bolton and Viirlex, LIVERPOOL CUP. 3to 1 agst Shoreham (taken) 4to 1 agst Cock Pheasant (taken) 6to 1 agat Bianca (taken) Bto 1 agat Ammonia (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. Trumps 12 to 1 agst Quince (taken) 12 to 1 agst Pumicestone (taken) 15 to 1 agst Homily (offered) 100 to 6 agst Syvagee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mishap (taken) 20 to 1 agst Robgill (taken) ST. LEGER. Ito 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 7to 1 agst Marchioness (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Fly by Night (taken) 20 to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wentworth (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bird-in. Hand (taken) 30 to 1 agst Voivode (taken) 30 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 40 to 1 agst The British Lion (taken) 40 to 1 agst Forbidden Fruit (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cunning Bird (taken) ioP liond c Polestar is scratched for the Nottingham and the Wolverhampton Stakes. COUNTRY 41ARKETS. CHELMSFORD—JUNE 22. Where oleo Wheats to-day experienced a dull trade. and : a bate' were pressed second-rate qualities suffered a trid t ''?g ne d last ment in price—the better qualities barely mail week's ratas. Spring corn of all sorts unalterec I n Qaluej barley excepted, which was the turn dearer. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr.6l new 61 red, old 57 new 57 29 s. A. >, Per qr . .......... 0 9 43 ; Partridge . ...... White... ........ , 4s Boiling .......... ! - f.; A 0 Dun .... . ........ Beans, Harrow A. 5 tiois ,•; 3 gz ... Mazagan. .. 9 41 D i t t o , ner...° s• i 84 I Oats, 84 Peas, 76 I 76 Barley Chevalier Grinding 25 Malt 68 Chevalier 70 COLCHESTER— JUNE 23. 1 tom 549; Prices to4laywere as follow :—Wheat, whit e, A 4 6 5 , bea' red, 72s to 78s ; barley, 32s to 34 s ; oats, 32s t" 400'. I pegs, Mazagan, 40s to 42s ; middle and small, 44s to white, 46s to 48s ; grey, 42s to 445. rec eile d , g ,tts) /Iv Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, 8 ` 33 in the port of London, from the following P the 18th to the 23d June, both inclusive. I 4 489 - ~1 409 - .1 520 -- .r 4 0 133 Colchester , Harwich Leigh Maldon KIRKCALDY—JUNE 23. gal e. We had small supplies of all kinds of grain to-aq'osts quick for wheat at is per qr. advance ; barley ait' slow sale at last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I First Bos Od 39$ 03 34s Od I I Ebcond 76s Od I 37s 03 Od Third 70s Od 34s Od I 22s Od Peal' o 6l Os Os °I Os °a ET.—JuNs 25. ;he close of the market. ii• WaMend, Sce. Ed en Main ..............•' ..1 .. 79 6 6 Be l mon t ................... Lanabteni ................... 21 0 Plummer' ............... 19 0 18 Hough ...............21 Tees .... . .......... . ....... Whitworth .............. 17 .. Evenw00d.................. 17 , Carr's Merthy r .......... 13 u Derweotwater Hartley. 17 3 F o thergill's Abe rdare ...22 ° 9 Skiborwe n Merthyr ... .. .22 6 Virayne's Merthyr ......... 22 8 I Sold ......... 31 • COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d. Cookson's Hartley l6 6 Holywell .. .. . l9 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 0 T a nfield Moor , 5 0 Tanfield Moor Butes l5 0 Walker Primrose l4 6 Grey's West Hartley —l7 9 Wylam lB 0 Wsilsond, Sza. Bell and Brol9ll ............ 17 9 G os f o rth ...................18 0 Hilda ........................17 6 Ships at market... 4, ----,- . -""'""-----'------------------ LONDON AND !SOUTII-BASTERN RAlLWA—Traffic Tr turn for the week ending Tune 23, 1855 £19,637 4 Corresponding week last year 17,688 8 4 1855 .......................... 21,948 16 0 LONDON, BR e, in AN D SOUTH COAST RAILW AY! Increas Traffic return for the week ending June 23, 1855 £14,720 14 Corresponding week last year 17,842 5-1 - Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 285,623 6 g Total of the half -year to this da,te, 1854 [293,288 0 " GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending June 23, 1855 ...... £6,205 12 7 Corresponding week last year ... 5 2 2 7 2____ Increase in 1855 2567 1 4 6 DUBLIN, June 22 . —0 n the late anniversary of th° battle of Watelrloo Lord Seaton caused a gratuity of 5 5 7 to be given to each' survivor of the memorable conflics at present residing in Kilmainham Hospital. -----------'' BIRTHS. wif. °E, OF A BON, • On the 23d init., at 56, Westbourne-terrace, th e 1, Captain D. Bethune, R.N. i re• ItalP On the 24th inst., at Crouch-end, Hornsel, 4m -11. Bishop. On the 22d inst., at Sion House, Meyer. Doe, n toll St• On the 22d inst., at the Rectory, Nevi c Di nel Bath, the wife of the Rev. George Gore. 3fre• '' 3 On the 23d inst., in Mocklenburg- s qu Are ' Hill. Clapton, ire• elf: OF A DAUGHTER. On the 24th inst., at the Shrubbery, Streathera, sllllll' Mrs. Huggins, W o e l n l e t s h l e e y :2 ne 21 0 ' A. ' 4th limit., at Melbourne- lace the Wife On the 24th inst., at 65, Upper Berkelerstr- ti Brton, ..- f of John James Purnell, Esq, P the olio of On the 23d in at Ford Hall, Sunderland, "-E6 Wm. t S ay,he 2 E 3a scl inst. 3l , at A W R s laughter Hr oarwriei tr g lor a , parry, Esc, late ward Parry, E sq . -*, Royal Scots Greys, son 01 the la the aßlcoitßChnu.rch, bath, - ic E.' Bengal Civil Service, to ,-1,0,n31119:i0d, 1C.C.8., &c. Lieutenant-General Sir Richara ---- W O in n a t m he_23d inst., at Tor Church, Devonshiro:_t'lls..nleri:tl; of Old Springs, tutee late sir - ulcaster, Captain R.N., CB., I C. ' ":1" and K.C. Esq.,y ger daughter of the late cr.s., RobertAO n the L E u 2 s g 3 q a d . r , i inst., 4 , DIE D. so:aes Nov ell On the 21st inst., at No. 7, Harley-street, • n gto o, tchroiessso:LeEdsn4.4.of G 1 at 19ci , ageB 2 . th 0 11 ' On the 23d inst., East Sheen, Surrey, ICertne as , vow. WY, Mr. On the 2eth • t ' e ms t., at 11. Tyssen-terrace, HO ,haria. Jonathan Short, of the • Provident Institution, L.' pembroke-square, sensi ter , the On the 21st inst., at Gunter's-grove, Bridgelvt,.. log. Rev. Henry William Rawlings. A.M., rector of xl" GlioeaforrdgLiiniieigan,t: ton, and vicar of Kilton, aged 72. C a ptain On the 7th inst., in acti_.on before Sebastopol, late John Burton Forster, 62d Foot, youngest of thef oot, Colonel Thomas W. Forsteo formerly of the 24th of the Manor House, Holt, Wilts, aged 32. r 0 le s/1 On the '24th inst., Mr. Samuel Patrick, nearly J . 0 . proprietor of the White Hart, Tottenhaurbale, aged .„,,,r On the 25th inst., at Vine -cottage Parson't-green, i-'_op Fulham, Simon. Swart, Ebq , forme;ly of Nevicastlo-0Y Tyne, aged 73. LoNDOITt Printed and Publisb6a by MilltDO "VOTJI4I,I,' i of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, Office, No. arand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 1 ° Middlesex, Tv.eocl#7, _June . `46, 180. i'r, I ,' 3 0 41., O'k