The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

~~ ~~~ENT at a 71121 5; , e Fever' have „ beep ce a c the l: 1° ! ° the cha ry l been P.,a the o u 'i; fern" , s4 Ng 41® 4 1 : 4 V I Op 011 40 TE r /77-7 4 -7- "Fp r-In Att__'4u 1 BRIGHTON RACES. (TRH DAY.) cOLDIERcr 'I k,"TeritLIGEIV (1;1 -- LI.'.L'CTI:.I CITY, Two o'CLoc K. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday • closed less heavily, and with a better feeling. Prices of all kinds are the same as last week. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales (1,000 of which were taken a P ec ulation, a n d 50 0 for export), compr i s i ng _OO Per nam and M aran h ain at 6 id . to 7401. ; 200 .1 9 3ahia at 61d. to 6 1 : 1 0, ; 100 Egyptian at 61-d. to ; and 800 '‘4l Surat at 30. to 4id. per lb. The atioli:v iany prices. Share M ar k et was steady, without vari -13.4 f air busin ess h as been done this week in Colo ,- Produce, and generally at firm prices. Sugar uttaarsounldrtes. steadily at last week's fi g ur e s, Cub a b e i ng Coffee h as b een d u ll , an d some ki n d s t 6 d. to ls. c h eaper. Tea has tended upwards ; ~.° 4 bas ruled firm, rum quiet, and rice active, 1,11.. ;salt dearer. In spices the dealings hav e b e e n an d Lotto petre has not attracted much attention, has been has beenwithout particular alteration. supported. Itubt_tea) reviewing the month, Messrs. Layton, , pk v ,t ) and Co. state :-- Ilee'elenPrineipal feature during the past month has trade f .Payiog of a very large amount of duty, the kpolmearing that an additional impost would be put Peon the article. The question is, however, now settled ratPrenent, the Chancellor of the Exchequer hay ea&lMFed on Thursday night . that . the sum of 100 4 t e quz . ed for the further exigencies . of the war Nth duties?ised otherwise than by the imposition of costs has 41 % - ul h i as been some speculation to t nohtnicse changed nancorn ged ti4 t 4 Y da. Igt °I; e a nd period a 8d . per b considerable w qu a a s n pa l paid for good qua 14t12;Present quotation stands at W. per Ibl in (l er Pr' e there are some buyers, . To effect sa es h ktteeritdes of black tea lower rices must be %gu ll : : With the exception of scented caper, !Nog, r , ,t 0 move off freely at quotations, while scented d "rath e r, is not so active in demand as it was, an 04 °reeteZealr. Olit I country growth, show again lower rates %ore do te prices current. In hyson there has been g• but on easier terms. Jtl ~' w as paid i n L on d on f or t h e wee k endin 28th belle°ll.4l6,llBlb s. ” g cording tO Ile( ' fruit trade at Liverpool has not, ac the Le report of Messrs. Houghton and vy • the 1' p r esented any features of importance during 4411 . 41 three wee k s. The stock of currants is ke ttip . ark 33 . Bell, Son, a n d C o . re p or t th a t th e /rek%American Securities du . ring . the past tioe ase a ll been steady. The operations in the va cerities have been on a very limited scale, rt Arises have undergone no material change. „ei tid Redeem able. Per Cent. e41:114444 States g per Cent. 80nd5...1867-1868...105 107 Ok it a dso per e per Cent.. Bonds )421 14 , 7 eta. (Sterling Bonds) 1876 ..114 115 1870... 80 82 v i 4 l:4 6 Per Cent. Bonds .1 93 e,etPer Per (Sterling Bonds) .. 1' 1 .Z 1 3 , 1%. 4y1 ~,,'s 5 Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ...10_3 105 80 5 per Cent. Inscribed Stock 7S 1 12 11 14 6; l a 5 Per Cent. Bonds B3 84 - ktoi a „- p a r Cent. Bonds 1886... 898 90 1 thel4"i_Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 81 85 ' - ' l elt wall Railway dividend recommended 11" directors is 2s. 9d. per share. ia tallil °ta lent of the French loan, it is said, will 4 % 8. a Proportion o f 16 p er cen t, o f th e a p p li- N 41altentary return relative to the Post- N e. 7., 4 ea the • and expenditure for the Ni b - ` 4 Year 18 54 1n r e From this it appears that tll . e 12 months to the end of March last .41 ita el Pal items were these—cost of manage -1,?or ;1479)576/. ; net revenue, 1,129,0511. 4 1 , - a conveyance of mails by railway the . It h ° face `fo r , expended 383,4181., but part of this Thel; ° rk done in previous years. 744 44 - o ° f ll eY Order Office cost 76,8071., and the 11 „„• l etae t A : eoMmission received ' was 92,8681. There 'Net "lfaculty in entirely dividing the money f ee N3enditure from that of the General Pos r4 : Th e lf oth th e higher offi.cials exercise surveillance f e4 a tl a l ish Stock Market has been firmer, and Per i u -°ll eY purchases have occasioned some ini hl'ere ~1 t in the quotations. This, considering t 7the es t'! a ctive demand for cash in the discount the ;ace Wednesday, must be ascribable mainly 0 7 1 's •: ae ge in the weather, and to the fact that 401; Ithis morning no advance in Mark-lane. d I,to ,'ave been 901 to 91 for transfer and e for account. 'Exchequer Bills, of March, hap at 21s. prornium. The New 3 per deed o -alr e been done at 92i to 928, and the The 4 at 91 p„ to 9111. d; tl4 rieh.,; re ign Stock Market is quiet, but steady. le bl ati a i lu°ll da have rmtlisea 92g- to /, and San t. to to . ! ) 1 °, 86 3 - to Grenada have been done at fo r the Active, and at 71 for the Do jiPaeish New Threes have been at 18i. - r v irlg are the nominal prices of foreign 21Z' re nada Deferred Bonds, 7i to 7i; Mexi -43 0,," 0 21z.. p at 4 eruv 81 to 82 ; ditto Three We *, 0 9 to 61 ; P ortuguese F our per C en t s. , I cta Itu • R ussian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; eel tix.„r'eald-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Ot to %,;"ew Deferred, 181 to 19 ; ditto 3 per 14,1"4 to 3 71 ; ditto Certificates, 44 to 4,1 ; ft4e4Z;ve, 4 to 4i. litle a allw aY Share Market is very flat, some V t exceptod. Great Northern have 4 e a 4t •E'r;i' b ll d also Si anth-Western ; but Great ;l%1 0 , 4 ";" ;v e not recovered yesterday's decline, 15141C -1-Western a_re down to Midland fi t e but:1 0 , 11 , 1. of buyers, as well as North Stafford. h, Aa t 'lbenish shrir es are in request, and also 7,beeli-I,4'erobourg. In French shares very little 1 / 4 : re4 t; ) l 4e . tat i e k -g°° t ll Mine Shares are steady, Austra 1, Per, rather hitfb er, and Oriental rather e d2O t rit isb American Land Shares have ad ,..A3 3 /.3 Crystal Palace Shares are at ra h'2lP kb oh l te s) and Royal Mail Steam have been t t i-1 3/ . Cana A Company are scarcely so ' 4 ll t, THIS 7DAY. —CLOSING PRICES. %nth_ ( Proot the tnicial List.) k Ott zat,,_ Bniineq.. done 4S:isnt. e on nd 9 01 1 Annuitiesse t t4,„:i:ao Ex pir n e u tli e . s. (B; . 180 4 kkeh lorAears• Expire 5t h dan.,1860•-• . )1 1 ki s it o ter e t e ,r l n• 6th Sep to 24(1 18 2d. 0 •• .... ............ 21 'to17: 41 •11 ........ 22 19 .............. 22 19 It t: ';;;Zi .......... 58, 3i p c C e nt , tot 1859,„ 100 4,1440:irk?? k OREIG: 4 " FUNDS THIS DAY. ;1 ,1,1_ 4,4. .......... Ntle:ot trle ) per , Cent; t i : g aD, befer re d 71 0 ) 0 ti o t eent • 4cb, ; ....... itt:atla **l Per Cen t Ancorait .•• - - 813 N, tor tcts, 5 talent. pe L it i qo 4 coou bi t 'qt ....... .. ..... Bsa 7 t ow b e e rr erjen t vtitqlt, t ow a ceuun , t 3 Per C e nt. 6 par e ...... 18 0:14 he a„, e ut u t ... to 4 cls b t th e -4 Per Ceat ttli ode l)lAccount thi,„ l lda .. • .... no Per ?above seyable in London. Per Len' nt 12 Gull — NI • Certifieat( ...... 95 1 bitt? t % THREE O'CLOCK. . . ............. 4141:14 41 ; 1 ! 91 b to dil l th e an —The Speaker gave his an oke Yosterde • 11 .411 1 e of at hi s residence in Eaton-square 1 1 41, 4 bove,e the liouse 0 f Commons. The following I. , e ' 4 1111teeeliPresent Sin Denis Le Marchant, Lord ' 1 1 0 ;;Y • i -,e Rev. Mr. Gamier, Mr. W. Ley, $sTDe Rev, [r. Lefroy, Mr. Jones. tu t hs te ' a ge 0.,,,,"`• - -Cio Tue id ay night a fearful thunder -11Z-" and ti s -r liot 'pest part of the county of :ti e d hilt yalley of Tyne. About Leadgate tbek.a4Ver „Rlet the thuneier and lightning were de pi tie& tearful we and se% - eral cattle are stated to have p. 1 4 414 1'4 I'''oi.-iiaol,r6ol.l" hea .rf . l of any loss of human life. 'g e l :Nth "tie °f i l.'" "Ile , lesion of the thunder made ne%„ e tff eet 'lB central. statton at Newcastle shake brt h a l ai n , ,: h °l ; the disc harge of a park of artillery e aM v te a 4 ,, c l(Me e ; eb .._,have fallen daring the past for.t uvi ee , suicerabl Injury to the hay crops n 3 .th,;• 4 4lt blt tl 8.4 d !1 roberla nd, and have laid c a good toQ i iil kz a AND s a j l eY. t zttl; Ivrt7l(4 Brad„,,ip.--- ore Wednesday afternoon, at Ihi 1 - thei near Bolton,two children were ) , 41; 0 4‘v t il t ir ° ,1 had r a n t h te ro r tts cut, is epposed,. by their own 4 %14110R,Iit• Thawatda,c ornrnitted suicide by cutting ag e d 8 name is Thomas Jolly and ' 44 1 Ne ; t a, to 9e4 d. " else ax-s, and named Mary Jolly, t° al' 'uehough' Thomas, aged five llop:_ l ioat th e ly e, but t surgical aid was ob t)t h l4°g r I n e ,7 °e nri as: speedily as possible, only N' l ct: 4 l 4 , 4 lged ab, " l ed or :saving life. The father was % 11 01 Ker b ut lit 30 y e , Lrel, 4 4 Co al e and followed the trade tlitilaitt ed. 8 assigned forth° horrible Priestess colt .... Brother to Earl . Ro iomeli TE,LL'GRAPH 801. PLATE. Six ran. CLUB STAKES. Three ran. CLUB PLATE. Plausible Sugarcane Eight ran. CLARET STAKES. Anglo-Saxon William Rufus Five ran. £7O PLATE. Joshua The Rajah Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Tyre Rip Van Winkle Three ran. : 9 '4 ° 0 0 BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. sto 4 agst Oulston. 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken). a f°,; 0,,,,,,a tb! TrIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1855 LITERATURE. The Thr; eiqn, for .All. 3y John Spurgin. .N.7riittaker a»c: Cr-. An elaborate essay, setting forth the philosophy, experience, and mission of the Physician for All, the author strongly reprobating the selection of one form of diseas,: exclusively for practice. The physician having, he remarks, to do with human nature as lie finds it in reference to its every fa culty, whether corporeal or mental, his philosophy must have for its great object "that which per vades his whole professional system, and serves as a clue to conduct him through the labyrinth of in finities that surround him viz., the blood "—the healthy and m or bid con di t i ons of which " rule essentially in every department of life, and prove a constant source of observation as productive of good and evil in th e wor ld . " Thi s fl u id (possessing ' by the way, a formative and regenerative force) he regards as identical with human nature, that pro ceeding from and being dependent on it, and his main object is "to demonstrate that selfish aims have absolutely impaired the nature of our blood, and disordered the constitution of our bodies, while those which regard the welfare of others serve as the ground upon which the great truths of Reve lation and the positive facts of Science can operate for the restoration of health to every human fa culty." In pursuit of this object he considers at length the nature and constitution of the blood, on which and on its determination, continuity, and quantity " the condition and well-being of animal life depend." Under the former bead he points out the predilections, susceptibilities, and tenden cies that constitute man or liumau nature, which, he states, ought not to be regarded "as a scintilla of life, but merely a co m pl ex of organs collectively receptive of life." The component parts of the blood he describes as gaseous, saline, and earthy, and ho finds an analogy to its constitution in an impregnated egg, no apparent difference in the in gredients being discoverable by chemists between the egg of an eagle and that of a dove, yet the nature of each operating as the law that renders them diverse. Thus, in the animal nature he insists all is animal, and in the human all is human. " The constitution of the blood," we may observe, heads the greater portion of the work, and, in dis cussing the subject, the author draws largely on his experience and observation, interspersing the disquisition with useful suggestions and pertinent remarks. On the nature and tendencies of his theory, which, we should state, embraces a vital influence designated " nerve blood," we refrain from offering an opinion, contenting ourselves with remarking that if observation and reflection, with enlarged notions of the capabilities of the human race, and an earnest desire for its amelio ration and elevation, suffice to constitute a physi cian for all, the author has not mistaken his mis sion. A quotation, at once describing a curious fact, and lending colour to his theory, and we con clude our notice. " Whilst on the constitution of the blood I would ad vert to the effects of starvation produced upon the ani mal economy as it is exhibited in human nature con trasted with merely animal nature. I do not refer to the mere pangs of hunger and thirst, but to a stage be yond this, when the physical powers are too enfeebled to seek for food. In such a state the animal is passive, as if resigned to its fate, retiring to die ; but it is not so with man—he becomes mad, ferociously so in some in stances, and will devour his weaker fellow in misery, and even his own offspring. No ties of nature here avail; even the bonds of religion, however exalted and pure, lose their power." LONDON ANI) SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY-(THIS DA L) Tie half-yearly meeting of this company was held this afternoon at the company's offices, Waterloo-road Sta tion ; Mr. CHAPLAIN, M.P., in the chair. The report and statement of accounts, which has already appeared in Me Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said the state of the traffic of the line for the half-year was such as was characteristic of progress, and the expenditure had been conducted with a due regard to economy. On the whole the direc tors flattered themselves the meeting would deem the report satisfactory, and that it would bear a favouable comparison with all the railway reports that would be issued this season in this country. He moved the recep tion and adoption of the report and statement of accounts. Mr. SNow seconded the motion. Mr. WOOD complained that the directors had not published a balance•sheet, as they were bound to do, by the terms of the act of Parliament. Mr. DOTES (auditor) said he and his brother auditor had gone carefully through the accounts, and that the statement submitted to the shareholders contained a balance-sheet. Mr. WOOD having made some general remarks t• show that the information he required was not given by the statement of accounts furnished, The CHAIRMAN said the hon. proprietor was in error as to the balance-sheet. The directors had furnished everything required. If the bon. proprietor would call at the offices every information he required would be given him on the points to which he had alluded. The company had embarked 62,722/. in the Exeter and Crediton Railway, and 117,5051. in the "IN - orth Devon Railway. The latter had not been long worked, but he had no doubt they would by and bye have a good dividend for the outlay. The Exeter and Crediton was in an early stage of its arrangements with the North Devon Railway Company, who worked over the former. The returns of tho Exeter and Crediton Railway for last week were 221. per mile, which was a large sum for that part of the country ; and he had no doubt that ulti mately they would have a satisfactory dividend. Mr. MILLS called the attention of the meeting to the necessity of the directors being requested to give the shareholders at least 14 days' notice of the day of meet ing, for deciding on which of the two lines to Exeter, the Coast or Central, should be constructed, and he wished to add it as a rider to the report. The CHAIRMAN said the subject had been referred to & committee of seven gentlemen, and assured the meet ing nothing should be done without the knowledge and consent of the shareholders, and that they should have 14 days' notice of the meeting. Mr. DICKENSON thought the meeting for considering so important a subject ought not to be called now so many persons were out of town, but after the long vaca tion. He considered they should have 21 days' notice of the holding of the meeting. Mr. HUTCHINGS appealed to Mr. Mills not to press his suggestion, because he thought it would be a pity to alter the report, especially as the chairman had pro mised the meeting no undue advantage should be taken of the shareholders. Mr. MILLS said, under the circumstances, he would not press it, and it was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. HEREPATH was much pleased to find that although they ran over 1,000 miles more than formerly the work ing expenses were actually less. (Hear.) He did not like what he saw in the accounts—a suspense account —which was sure to fall ultimately into the wrong ac count. (Hear.) He saw two sums of 11,0001. and 7,0001. stated there he should like to see put to revenue ac count. Tio CHAIRMAN said the money had been expended similar to the 42,0001. which was voted at a previous meeting to capital, but the directors did not feel justi fied in placing the sum named to capital, without a direct vote of the shareholders. Mr. HEREPATH said if the money had been spent to make the line perfect, and should have been taken from capital, he would be satisfied if it were put to capital. The CHAIRMAN said this line had always been under stocked with plant in comparison with other railways. Mr. lIEREPATH said he was one of the party who went on a trial trip on this line when coal was used in stead of coke, and that the experiment was satisfactory. In reply to a question from Mr. Hadley, The CHAIRMAN said that the North and South Junc tion was the only guarantee this company had. At pre sent that company had not declared a dividend, but hehad received a letter from the secretary stating the earnings for the half-year had been 1,7501., being 6001. over this company's guarantee. Mr. UZIELLI said that Mr. Hadley was mistaken as to the appreciation of the extension by the public. Since it had been decided they were to carry out the Western Extension,their stock had risen 4 and 5 per cent. The 366,5001. mentioned by the above gentleman was only borrowed for a temporary purpose at 3 per cent., when other companies were borrowing money at 4 and 5 per cent. That sum had been paid off, and since then borrowed again at 4 per cent. for three years. _ Mr. WOODS said as there had been a large failure lately in the banking world, he suggested the propriety of the directors transferring their account from their present bankers to the Bank of England, and invest the balance in Exchequer bills. _ _ Mr. UZIELLI said that their present bankers paid them 24 per cent. for the balance they held in hand, and he thought it would be unwise in them to move from their present bankers, whom the directors con sidered safe. The Board never had borrowed any money, but should they require it, they might have a temporary advance without any diffi culty, which would not be the case if they went to fresh bankers. The balance now was but 150,0001., which would be drawn in a few days, with which to pay the dividend. If they banked at the Bank of England they would get no interest, and speculating in Exchequer bills was not always profitable. He thought the com pany's banking at the Bank of England would be a loss of 4,0001. per annum to them. The subject then dropped, and the Chairman put the motion for the reception of the report, which was car ried unanimously. Power was given the directors to pay 5001.—the lawyer charges before the committee of the House of Lords—on behalf of the dissentient shareholders. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who, in return ing thanks, highly complimented the exertions of Mr. Scott, the traffic manager. The meeting then separated. BOW-STREET.-(TIII DAY.) THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF WATCHES. This morning a respectably-attired man, who gave the name of Letw, was placed at the bar charged with having a watch in his possession which formed part of a large amount of property which was stolen from the house of No. 1, Cecil-street, Strand, on Monday last. G. Wilder, an assistant to Mr. Brown, a pawnbroker, residing in Ryder's-court, Leicester-square, having been sworn, stated that the prisoner came into the shop yes terday afternoon and offered the watch in pledge. He had, earlier in the day, received a printed bill, stating that a robbery of watches bad taken place at No. 1, Cecil street, Strand, and on examining the watch, upon which he requested the loan of 41., he discovered that it was made by the person who bad been robbed, a Mr. Milleret, and on further examination he found the number corresponded with that of one of the stolen watches. He then asked him where he got the watch from, and he stated that it had been given to him to sell by his brotherin-law. A policeman was called in, and he was given into custody. Mr. G. Milleret stated that he was a watch manufac turer, at Geneva, but at present residing at No. 1, Cecil-street, Strand, On Monday last he cleared a case of watches at the custom-house, and having bad them safely d. posited in lids portmanteau, in his sleeping apart ment, he left the house for about an hour and a bait On re tarn, I,ocios• eccwiion to write a note, he went to his bed room ior the writing materials, and then dis covered the apartment in the greatest disorder. On elimination of the portmanteau he found that the whole of the property, which consisted of 83 gold watches,. a gold curb chain, a gold snuff-box, and a silk purse con taining about 01. 10s.—French money --had been ab stracted. The property he valued at about 3001. The watch produced was part of the property. Police Constable 321 A. stated that he took prisoner into custody yesterday at Mr. Brown's shop in Ryder's court, and that lie (prisoner) told him that he had re ceived the watch from a Mr. Benjamin, who resided in a street in the neghbourh'ood of Holborn. He said Ben jamin gave him the watch in his back parlour, and told him to sell it, and that all the money he got over 41. he might have for his trouble. He had been to the place mentioned by the prisoner, but Mr. Benjamin was not at home. On being asked by Mr. Henry, the magistrate, to account for the possession of the watch, the prisoner repeated the statement he had made to the police con stable. He said he resided at 22, Justin-street, West minster-road, and was a tailor out of employ. Mr. Henry—What is Benjamin's other name ? Prisoner----I don't know his "Christian" name. Mr. Henry—You don't mean to tell me you don't know your brother-in-law's name ? Prisoner—l only know him by the name of Benjamin. Mr. Henry—Well, we must have Benjamin, and I will give you time to produce him. I shall remand you for a week. Prisoner—Will your worship admit me to bail? Mr. Henry—Certainly not. Your statement is too unsatisfactory. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The half-yearly meetings of the joint-stock banks in London being now completed, the subjoined table has been made up, showing their relative capitals and extent of transactions, as well as the respective periods at which they were opened and the number of branches belonging to each. The growth of business exhibited by these re turns is still very great, the aggregate of deposits held by the six establishments having increased from 26,315,4731., at which it stood last half-year, to 29,276,4101., showing an augmentation of more than 114 per cent. In this the Union and the London and Westminster have most largely participated. With the flood of competition now threatened, after a period of 15 years, during which scarcely any one seemed dis posed to enter into any fresh undertakings of this de scription, a similar progress for the future cannot be expected ; but, as the profits now reached are larger than the shareholders could ever reasonably have anti cipated, they will be well satisfied if these can be sus tained. Of the additional establishments recently pro jected the City Bank, which commenced business on Monday last, is the only one yet in operation : aid-up 4uarantee f ilar.; of Dividend Banks. C ap i ta l . Deposits. • Lund, for Half-year Just Ended. London & West minster— esta blished 1834. 6 branches.... 1,000,000 8,166,553 137,889 6 per cent. per an num, and bonus of 4 per cent. for half-year, mak ing distribution at rate of 14 per cent. per annum, London Joint. and leaving Stock este- 7,725/. to be car blished 1836. ried forward. 1 branch ..• • 600,000 6,534,238 159,373 IN per cent. per annual, leaving 35,1241. appli cable for a bonus Union ofLondor at the usual established period. 18 , 9. 3 brans. 600,000 8,363,460 120,000 20 per cent. per London and annum for the County esta- past year. blished 1839.5; branches annum, leaving 13,6931. appli cable for a bonus Commercial-- at the usual established 1840 period. 1 branch . 300,000 1,317,554 67,453 10 per cent, per Royal British— annum for the established 1849 past year. 6 branches • • annum, leaving 1,1621. to be car ried forward. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day tA noon, N.W. by W. ; light airs and free. DOVER, Aug. 9. Wind, W.N.W.—Arrivod—Cassan dra, from Hamburg for Guernsey, very leaky, and with pumps choked. ' HAMBURG, Aug. 7.—The Antuka, from Callao to Eng land, leaky, and steering for Bahia, was spoken with, 25th June, in 13 S., 34 W. WEYMOUTH, Aug. 9, Wind,N.W.—Sailed—Miramichi, for Quebec. SALCOMBE, Ang. 9. Wind S.W.—Sailed—Briton's Pride, for Balaklava. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 9. Wiad, S.W.—Arrived—Sussex, from London for Melbourne. KINGROAD, Aug. 9.--Put back—Britannia, for Quebec. MILFORD, Aug. 9. Wind N.W.—Arrived—Joseph Steel, from Liverpool, for Calcutta, to repair, having been in contact on the night; of the 6th, and received slight da mage to hull. (PER EL:TCTRIC TELEGRAM.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived.—Queen (5.)., from Oporto ; Brunswick (s.), Ply mouth ; Johns, Wa torford. Sailed.—Brunswick (s.), for Portsmouth. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, S.W. Arrived.—Garland, form Bonny; Iver, Integrity, and Sultan, Requijada ; targaret, Havre. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 8. Wind, N.W. Arrived.—Blyth, from Constantinople ; Alberl, Moga dore. - -; Sailed.—Usk, for Cape d e Verds. DUBLIN, Aug. 9. Wind, E. Arrived.—Sophie, from Odense. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) , GRAVESEND Friday, 10.6 a.m. Wind, E., tide, half flood ; fine. Arrived, Aug. 9.—Martha Jane, from Cape Town; Pro videutia, Stockholm; Wave, Medembliek ; Ida Maria, Dar zie ; Aurora, Unlea ; Fred Simony, Aalborg ; Wash ington, Quebec; Nile. Britannia, and Plantagenet, ; Fortune, Christiania; Tonne, Ystadt ; Maria, Malmo. Arrived, Aug. 10.— Caledonia, from Hamburg. DEAL, Friday, 9.54 a.m. S.S.W. ; light and fine. Anchored.—Petite Susanne. from Hull, for Sierra Leone; E. D. T., Shields, for Constantinople. Passed.—Fortitude, from Newcastle, for Malta. Viscountess Palmorston has left town for St. Leopards on• Sea. The Duke and Dtrchess of Bedford have arrived in town, from visiting tl e Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle. THR TRANSPORT STUMM—It is understood that in all renewals of stearct contracts for the Government transport service the terms are, now reduced from 500, per ton to 455. or 40s. WHITTINGTON CUM.—The half-yearly meeting of the members was held at the Freemasons'-hall, on the 6th instant, J. J. Mechi, Esq., president, in the chair. The report congratulated the members upon the success of their efforts to raise the sum required to complete the new club-house, the re-building of which had at length been commenced. From the correspondence 'which was read to the meeting, it appeared that difficulties had been raised in an unexpected quarter with respect to the adoption of alterations and improvements ; the club house, however, even if built exactly as it was before the fire, would be in every respect an improvement upon the old one. The meeting, which was numerously attended, terminated. with a vote of thanks to the com mittee and the president. HousEs FOR THE CR I MEA.—GLOUCESTER, Thursday.— An order has just been received here for the construc tion of a large number of houses for wintering the army once more in the Crimea.. The order has been sent down by the Government to Messrs. Price and Co., the exten sive timber merchants of this port, who, it may be re membered, constructed a number of huts last summer for both the English and French Governments. Mr. Lid-, dell, who laid down the Balaklava railway, is here to superintend the arrangements. Five hundred houses are to be constructed for the soldiers, and 100 of a supe rior kind for the use of the officers. Gloucester is conve niently situated for works of this kind, being the most inland port in the country, one of the largest timber im porting places, and possessing extensive steam apparatus for its conversion. It is thought not improbable that the houses will be shipped from Gloucester direct, in stead of being sent by railway to Southampton, as was done last year. NASMYTH'S WROUGHT-IRON GUN.—We understand that the first of the two gigantic pieces of artillery to be made at the Bridgewater Foundry is now nearly forged, but how long the succeeding operations of turning and boring may take, and the gun be ready for shipment to the Baltic—for that, we believe, is its destination—is more than we or any one, we presume, can tell. At all events, it cannot be practically tested this year. The mass of iron, composed of small slabs, welded together by the four ton steam hammer, is at present a huge shapeless lump, apparently from 8 to 10 feet long, by 3 or 4 feet in diameter. The process of forging presents a grand sight ; the enormous mass of white-hot iron being turned and shifted under the hammer with as much ease and dexterity as if it were a common axle tree. Indeed, the wh ole apparatus, the hammer, the hy draulic crane, &c., is quite a triumph of mechanical skill and genius. Se ieral of the balls are now ready, They weigh a little more than half a ton, and are of an oblate spheroid shape, cut at one end—in fact, not unlike the common Minie ball. Sho uld the gun answer, its neust necessarily make gre a t havoc stone fortifications.—Manchoter powerwhen directedan d n4t. Guardian. TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART. A meeting of the committee to promote this object was held at Sussex Chambers, 10, Duke-street, St. James's, on Tuesday, the 7th inst., P. F. C. Johnston, Esq., in the chair, to receive the report from a sub committee previously appointed to invite proposals from the several metropolitan general hospitals, in pursuance of a resolution adopted at a meeting on the 19th of June. There were present, the Earl of Harrowby, Earl Fortescue, Lord Viscount Ebrington, M.P. ; General Count Ladislas Zamoyski, Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P. ; J. V. S. Townshend, Esq. ; Jacob Bell, Esq. ; Horatio J. Montefiore, Esq. ; Edward Eagleton, Esq. ; W. L. Birkbeck, Esq. ; Dr. William O'Connor ; Major Gieglud ; F. H. Goldsmid, Esq. ; Lieutenant Charles Szulczewski ; William Rothery, Esq. ; T. D'lffanger, Esq. ; N. F. Zaba, Esq. ; William Pritchard, Esq. ; J. E. Taylor, Esq. ; E. Beales, Esq. ; George Poland, Esq. ; Thomas Campbell, Esq. ; James R. Carr, Esq. ; Henry Hayward, Esq, ; J. H. Nicholay, Esq. ; Peter Graham, Esq. The report stated that an applieation had been ad dressed to each of the metropolitan general hospitals, with the view of ascertaining which establishment would be enabled to effect. the greatest amount of good with the " Dudley Stuart Fund ;" and also which hospital would in return for the fund do. most toward the object entrtained by the committeel—the perpetuation of Lord Dudley Stuart's memory. Proposals were received from all the general hospitals with one exception ; liberal, but various in their kind. A selection of three was made, and a deputation appointed to visit the establish ments, confer with the authorities, and report their ob servations. In the end, University College Hospital was recommended as, under all the circumstances, the one most calculated to hand down to posterity the philanthropic qualities of the noble deceased. A pro posal was also received from the board of managers of the " North-west Nightly Refuge for the Houseless Poor," an institution which was established by the late Lord D. Stuart, assisted by Mr. H. J. Montefiore, and a few other gentlemen, some three years since ; but as the terms of the resolution of the 19th Jude confined the committee to hospitals, the application could not be entertained without the sanction of the general commit tee. Air. J. BELL moved " That the report now read be received and adopted." He did so the more readily, as he was most anxious that the committee should that day come to a final decision as to the nature and cha racter of the testimonial. Mr. P. GRAHAM seconded the adoption of the report. Mr. W. L. BIEKBECK moved an amendment—'/That the resolution of the 19th June be rescinded ;" and the committee had already by their first vote decided that the most suitable testimonial to Lord Dudley Stuart would be the foundation of an independent charitable institution, if such a measure were practicable. He be lieved their funds would be sufficient for this purpose, and proceeded to explain the plan, of which he had given notice, for erecting almshouses for the blind—a class of i-ufferere in whom Lord Dudley Stuart had over taken the utmost interest. The amount already raised —upwards of I,2ool.—would be sufficient to purchase a piece of land large enough for 20 almshouses, and for the erection of several. There were no almshouses for the blind in existence ; and there could be little doubt, if so good a work were once commenced by securing the land, there would be numerous contributors to it, by testament and otherwise. He was very unwilling, for personal reasons, to oppose the proposition brought for ward by the University Hospital, but he felt convinced that, if adopted, it would by no means carry into effect the principal object of the committee—that of establish ing a,public testimonial to the virtues of that great and good man, Lord Dudley Stuart. He therefore proposed that the resolution should be rescinded, in order that they might be at liberty to entertain a plan for an inde dependent charitable institution. Mr. C. Szutezewster seconded the amendment. Earl FORTESCUE did not agree with the gentleman who had moved the amendment. He gave him every credit for his laudable desire to couple with the testimonial to their lamented friend a charitable institution to alleviate the infliction of those suffering from blindness ; but he did not think the establishment of almshouses at all cal culated to effect the object he wished ; he should, there fore, strongly oppose the amendment. Dr, O'Connor, Mr. F. H. Goldsmid, and Mr. Pritch ard, each opposed the amendment, and recommended those hospitals that appeared to them to be the most eligible for the testimonial. After a few words in favour of the amendment from Mr. Zaba, Mr. Birkbeck replied, and a division took place, when there appeared — For the amendment Against 4--7 The motion for the adoption of the report was there fore lost. The Earl of HAEROWBY said, as the committee had now rescinded the resolution of the 19th June, it was competent for them to entertain the application from the committee of the "Nightly Refuge ;" and he thought, when they took into consideration the amount of the fund, ,they could not do better than employ it in increas ing the usefulness of an institution which mainly owed its origin to his lamented kinsman, and which had for its guide principles so entirely in accordance with the views entertained by the late Lord Dudley Stuart ; he therefore begged to move—" That the proposal from the Board of Managers of the Nightly Refuge' to per petuate the memory of the late Lord Dudley Stuart be accepted." Earl FORTESCUE regretted that the institution now introduced had not come under their notice at an earlier period. He entirely concurred in all that had. fallen from his noble friend, and had much pleasure in seconding the motion ; which was carried unanimously, A sub-committee co nsisting of the Ea r l o f H arrow b y , Mr. W. L. Birkbeck, Mr. Poland, Mr. C. Szulczewski, Mr. P. F. C. Johnston, and Mr. Henry Hayward, was appointed, with full authority to confer with the com mittee of the Refuge, to make the best arrangements for perpetuating the memory of Lord Dudley Stuart in connection with that charity. On the motion of Mr. W. L. DIRKBECK, seconded by Captain TOWNSHEND, R.N., M.P., the secretary was reference to the nference general hospitals instructed to convey the unanimous thanks of the corn fmoritttehi eetro very the I s ib e e v r e a r l al off m er e e tro w p i o th lit testi monial. After some formal business, and a vote of thanks to the chairman for his kindness in presiding on the occa sion, the proceedings terminated. ht the apportionment of the French loan con- THE FRENCH LOAN.—The inconv en i ence cause d b y be felt in the money-market. N o p os iti ve in thineodeselatoy formation has yet been received from Paris on the sub ject, but it is said the allotment to each applicant will be a little below 16 per cent. of the am ount as k e d f or the exact proportion named being 1512. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) PUBLIC-HOUSES (IRELAND) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE rose to move that, inasmuch as the bill for the Transfer of Licenses of Public-houses in Ireland is intended to remedy a ccnstruction of the law in relation to the transferof licenses which has been but rececsly arrived at, the introduction of the bill took place at a late period, and as the decisions on the existing law have been such as to be productive of much public in convenience, consequently the circums!ances which render legislation ou the subject-matter of the said bill expedient are of such urgency as to render the immediate consideration of the same necessary. The Marquis of BATH thought that the course taken by the Government was most objectionable. Earl GREY reiterated :his objection to the proceed ings of the Government. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, The motion was agreed to, and the bill was read a second time. DISEASES PREVENTION BILL This bill was read a second time. LIMITED LIABILITY BILL. On the motion for going into committee on the Limited Liability Bill, Lord ST. LEONARDS expressed a hope that, when he showed how the law at present stood, and the na ture of the bill, the Government would see the necessity of making; the concession to arguments and facts which they were not disposed to yield to the small number of peers in attendance to oppose the measure. He had never obstructed useful legislation, but this was a mea sure which he should oppose to his utmost unless the Government would make such concessions as would make it a safe bill. Should the noble lord be forced to go into a select committee he would undertake that the whole subject should be considered in a day, or in a few hours, and he would promise not to offer any factious opposition. Lord CAMPBELL earnestly advised his noble friend to assent to the select committee. In two hours the bill could be considered, and he had not the smallest doubt but in a very short time it would be rendered in nocuous. Earl GREY could assure their lordships that he would do anything to promote the bill's passing in the present session, but he could not be so sanguine as to think that it could be brought into the shape in which it should pass in the course of a few hours. He should move that the order of the day for going into committee be discharged, and that the bill be referred to a select committee. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY referred to the evidence given before the commission for the purpose of showing that a very large proportion of it was in favour of the principle of the limited liability proposed by the bill. He was strongly of opinion that it would be un wise to endanger the progress of the bill by referring it to a select committee, and maintained that the house was perfectly competent in committee to discuss any suggestions for the improvement of the measure. Lord MONTEAGLE contended that their lordships could not in a committee of the house discuss with effect the amendments necessary to be introduced in the bill. The bill as it now stood admitted the principle of the necessity of safeguards, and in his opinion it ought not to be allowed to pass without a more complete system of safeguards being provided. Lord REDESDALE, after pointing out the defects and omissions of the measure, urged the Government not to press it further at the present period of the session. Earl GRANVILLE said he had a public duty to per form, and it appeared to him after what had taken place that it was impossible to agree to the proposition of his noble friend. He could not understand any course by which their lordships would more stultify themselves than to withdraw this bill after passing a resolution affirming that it was a matter of urgency their lordships should at once proceed to its consideration. If those re strictions were to be introduced, it ought to be done in a committee of the whole house, in justice to that large number of the middle classes ho were anxious to see the bill passed into a law, and in order that they might be informed as to the nature of those restrictions. Their lordships divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ll Against it Majority for going into committee.. —l7 A proposition was then made for the adjournment of the house, which was resisted by Earl Granville and Lord Campbell, and after a brief discussion the house went into committee. Lord ST. LEONARDS moved that the chairman should report progress. Earl GREY hoped that the motion would not be pressed ; but again protested against the course taken by the Government in forcing on this measure. As he knew the Government could defeat the motion, be asked his noble friend to postpone the motion until they saw in what spirit the discussion was carried on by the noble lords on the Government benches. After some discussion, Clause 1 was proposed for adoption. Lord ST. LEONARDS handed in an amendment, to the effect, as was understood, that 10,0001. should be inserted in the clause as the minimum amount of capital to be required, in shares of not less than 251. Lord MONTEAGLE supported the amendment. Lord CAMPBELL also supported the amendment. Earl GREY felt there was no good argument against theamendment, which was,, in fact, the original pro posal of the Government themselves. The Duke of ARGYLL held the opinion that there was really no good argument in favour of the amend nient. They were not to dictate to individual men and to companies the branches of trade to which they were to apply their capital. Lord ST. LEONARDS reminded their lordships that in the measure originally introduced by the Go vernment themselves 20,009/. was introduced, instead of 10,0001., which he sought by his amendment to get inserted. Lord CAMPBELL supported the ainend:nent. He thought that every one should be bound to fulfil his en gagement. The LORD CHANCELLOR fully admitted that every one should be bound to make good his engagement, but the question was, what were the engagements under this bill—whether they would not enable parties to enter into a limited instead of an unlimited liability. The committee divided— For the original clause—Contents lB Non-contents 9 Majority against the amendment —9 Earl GREY moved an amendment to the effect that the shareholders should not be less than twenty-five in number. Earl GRANVILLE agreed to this amendment. Clause 1, as thus amended, was ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause 2, The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed an amendment, insuring that before any existing company should re ceive the benefits of this bill its solvency should be ascer tained, and that not less than 20 per cent. be paid up. Earl GREY proposed words more stringent than those moved by the Lord Chancellor to the saute effect. The LORD CHANCELLOR adopted Earl Grey's words, and the clause was amended accardiugly. Clause 2 was agreed to. In clause 8 a similar amendment, and some verbal alterations were made, and the clause as amended was ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause 4, Lord CAMPBELL moved the insertion of words com pelling the bills of exchange, promissory notes, and cheques of the companies under the bill, to be noted with the words " limited liability." Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY agreed to the amendment. Clause 4, as amended, was agreed to. On clause 5, Earl GREY moved an amendment, the effect of which was to provide that 20 per cent. of a reserve fund should be kept as a security for the creditors. Earl GRANVILLE objected to it. Lord CAMPBELL said it was contrary to the prin ciple of the bill. The amendment was negatived without a division. On clause 6, Earl GREY said it was unnecessary to provide an inde pendent audit for the accounts of the companies, in order to prevent the issue of delusive reports. He proposed a proviso to the effect that the commissioners for auditing the public accounts should be empowered to appoint auditors to examine the accounts of the companies under this bill. Earl GRANVILLE said it would be impossible to have any system of audit such as the noble earl contem plated. Lord MONTEAGLE thought there would be consi derable difficulty in carrying out the audit effectually, but the experiment was worth trying. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY objected to the appointment on the ground of the expense which it would entail upon the companies formed under the act. Earl GREY denied that the expenses of an indepen dent auditcr appointed by the Government would be greater than that. _which would attend the appointment of auditors by the companies themselves. Lord CAMPBELL thought if there was to be an audit it was imperative that it should be of an independent cha racter, and the appointment of auditors by a public department would not involve any greater difficulty or expense than would be incurred by the appointment of auditors by the companies themselves. After some further conversation the committee di vided, when there were— For the proviso lO Against l3 Majority 8 The clause was then agreed to. Earl GREY then adverted to the slender attendance of peers, and moved that the house should resume. Earl GRANVILLE opposed the motion, which was sup ported by Lord MONTRAGLE. Ear] GREY said that he should press the motion, for he felt it was impossible to give the bill that deliberate consideration which was requisite. He believed that the last proviso was rejected by the Government, not because they thought some such provision was undesir able, but because they feared its adoption would prevent the measure being passed in the limited period of the session which still remained. Earl GRANVILLE denied that any reason of the kind alluded to had influenced the Government in oppos ing the proviso in question. He opposed it because he believed it would not work ad v a n t ageous ly, and in that opinion he was supported by high authority. _ After some further conversation, the committte e di vided, when there were— • 2 Contents . ........... . . . Non-contents .. 19 .. Majority against reporting progress —lO The 7th and Bth clauses were agreed to. _ Earl GREY then moved the insert i on 9f a clause to the effect that ifthe directors of any joint-stock company should declare a dividend after the company w as insol vent, or the payment of which would render the com pany insolvent, they wei e to be liable for the debts of the company to the whole extent of their property. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY opposed the clause on the ground that it createJ a diffirence in the liability of ',bar, holders and directors. Earl GREY a,iii tbit a sintili.provision vas in force in all other countries in whiCh the-principle ol: lir:bility wag in force. Lord DENMAN supported the clause. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he did not see any objection to the clause, which was agreed to. Earl GREY then proposed the addition of another clause, declaring that no note of band given by a share holder should be considered as,payment of - capital stock —that no loan should be made to a shareholder—and that any officer of a :company making one: should be liable to the full extent of his- property. - - - This clause also was agreed to. ---Earl GREY then moved the adoption of another clause, enacting that no company should be allowed at one time to contract liabilities to a greater amount than their capital. After a shortconversation, the clause was withdrawn. Earl GREY then moved another clause, adopted, like the former ones, from the laws - of - the State of Massachu sett-, subjecting the directors cr officers of any company to unlimited liability in case they were guilty,of wilful false representation in any notice or account given or rendered by them in pursuance of the provisions of this. or any other act. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not object to the prin, ciple of the clause, but thought that the wording would require alteration. Earl GREY withdrew the clause, stating his intention to propose it in an amended form on the bringing up of the report. Clauses 9 and 10 were agreed to. Lord MONTEAGLE moved a clause directing' the winding up of the 'affairs of any company which had lost three-fourths of its subscribed capital. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the clause as unnecessary. The Winding-up Act would meet the case. The clause was agreed to, as were clauses 11 and 12. Clauses 13 and 14 were struck out The preamble was agreed to, and th e h ouse re s u med. Lord REDESDALE hoped that sufficient time would be given for the consideration of the report, and with that view he proposed that the bill should be reported on Monday. Earl GREY agreed in every word that had fallen from his noble friend. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, Earl GRANVILLE suggested that the third reading of the bill should be fixed for Monday, and they would then have ample time to consider the amendments. Earl GREY protested against an important commer cial measure of this kind being forced through the house without time for consideration. Earl GRANVILLE considered that no bill had re ceived more consideration during the session. No bill had been more fully discussed in detail, or with more ability. It was then agreed that the bill should be reported to morrow (this day). The Sale of Beer Bill was read a third time. The Militia Ballot Suspension Bill was read a third time and passed. _ The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill and the Exchequer-bills (7,000,000/.) Bill were rend a second time. The remaining orders were disposed of, and their lordships adjourned at one o'clock. HOUSE OF COTTONS-(YESTERDAY.) PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Kennedy, from the board of guardians of the Bailieborough Union, in the county of Cavan, Ireland, complaining that legal provision for the ministrations and religious instruction of the Catholic in mates of the Bailieborough workhouse held during the past 9 months been withheld, in consequence of the commis sioners for administering the laws for relief of the poor in Ireland refusing to sanction the grant of adequate salary to secure the services of a Catholic chaplain, during which time the C a tholic inmates had been loft dependent for divine service and clerical instruction o the voluntary at tendance afforded by the late chaplain; by Mr. Hamilton, from the parish of kilroan, county of Cork, in support of any measure for closing public-houses on the Sabbath day; by Mr. Brady, from Dr. Crisp, in.favour of a gra duated income tax ; by Mr. C. Villiers, signed by 10,000 mechanics, coal porters, cabmen, and other working men, complaining of the adulteration of malt liquor (especially porter), and praying 'the interference of the Legislature to prevent the same ; by Mr. Robert Phillimore, from Mr. Forbes, complaining of the limitation as to numbers of sheets of .puNications sent by post ; by Mr. Gregson, from the inhabitants of Bacup, , - praying for the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors the whole of Sunday, and from the Rev. Richard Greaves, praying for a revision of the Canons of tho Church. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. In answer to Colonel FREEsrux, Sir C. WOOD said ho had only just received the report of the Arctic Expedition Committee, bat had not yet had time to read it. He was not prepared..to say whether 'it was intended to grant a decoration to the officers and men engaged therein. CONVOCATION. Mr. KINNAIRD wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any address had been presented. to her Majesty praying for tho revival of Con vocation, and whether any answer had been given to such address; and if he had any objection too lay copies of the same on the table of the house ? Sir G. GREY—Au address was traltsmitted to me not long ago from the Upper House of C.Juvocation, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to grant her license to convocation to consider and agree on a canon or constitu tion to be submitted for her approval for the purpose of modifying the representation of the clergy in the Lower House of Convocation. That addre as had been laid before her MajestY, and an answer had bean returned to the Arch bishop cf Canterbury. There would be no objection to produce the address of the Uppr.r. House of Convocation and the reply thereto. But he might state that her Ma jesty had not been advised to comply with the address. THE HANSA TRANSPORT. In reply to Mr. STAFFOR D, Sir C. WOOD said that his attention had ndt been called to the alleged detention of invalids from the Crimesat Ports mouth. If any cases were furnished to hiui he would inquire into tilt'in. As he was on his less he might advert to the case of the 1.-ransa transport, and of the late Col. Louth. Ho had receiver'. a letter from the port admiral, stating that the men on board that ship had been particularly well treated ; nor was he aware until yesterday that complaints had been made - frith respect to the accommodation and messing of the ofil cers. On hearing of this the Transport Board bad sent (I( ,wn to Portsmouth to direct an inquiry into the accomi nodation provided for the officers. They had re ceived in reply a letter from the master shipwright, in which he stated that he had examined the cabins of the ship, Lhat ho found them clean, well lighted, and well ventilated ; that the late Colonel Louth had allotted to him ti to cabin space usually occupied by three officsrs, and that. t lie accommodation given to the officers on board the lianas , was equal to that provided for pa ssengers on board pas sei iger ships of the same class. With respect to the meE sip ig of the officers au inquiry into that subject was still is progress. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. Mr. THORNELY wished to ask the Secretary of the Trt asp Iry whether any steps had been taken to remedy the inc. mvenience recently sustained with regard to news par eras posted for the colonies and for foreign countries ? I' tr_ "WILSON stated that the attention of the Postmas ter mend had been called to this snbject, and ho lead, wit h the assent of the Treasury, determined to issue an ord cr providing that in future it should only be necessary to ail ix a postage label to newspapers, stamped or tin stA raped, which were sent abroad to the colonies, and that its ha uld not be necessary, as at present, that each copy so sen t ;should have both an impressed stamp and a postage sta my. THE LATE MR. HUME. W. WILLIAMS wished to ask the First Lord of tho !Creasury whether he intended to recommend that a sta to eof the late Joseph Hume shall be placed in the palace of Westminster amongst those of distinguished British pa' ;rii >ts, or the adoption of some other means for comme mc xa; HAIR his eminent public services ? "Jo: rd PALMERSTON expressed the great respect he en ter tai fined for the late Mr. Hume, but said that as no pro pof at ion on this subject had been brought under the cala sh] er ation of the Government he was unable to give any fur tU er reply to the question. M ETROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. Ch e Lords' amendments to this bill were considered, and agz ee dto with two or three exceptions. The only one of an: r :importance was that with respect to the appointment of th e chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. As the z I went up to the House of Lords, the appointment wa Fl • 7ested absolutely in the board itself. The upper house int ro duced a provision rendering it incumbent on the board to submit three names to the Secretary of State for the He ,ni o Department, who should select one from amongst th( im . It. GROSVENOB. thought it inexpedient to agree to th is amendment. • G. GREY agreed with his noble friend. He thought th ,t the effect of the amendment would be to diminish the ret pa nsibility of the Board of Works, without giving the Set ;re tary of State any effective control over the appoint = int of chairman. rh a amendment was accordingly disagreed from. NAVAL GOVERNMENT. i - 29 ptain SCOBELL moved for a select committee to in qu it o into the government of the navy relating to the list of officers, patronage, promotion, and the efficiency of the se wine in all its grades. Ho did not expect that the com m Mee, if appointed, could enter upon the investigation II is session, and his chief object in rising was to obtain an a: ;surance from the Government that some inquiry would to he place, or au expression of opinion from the house thl al I inquiry ought to be made. The system of pronitiowe in tl to navy was in the most unsatisfactory f, untied on patronage and political influence , ; cd admi n ot hesitate to say that the naval service reclui:c The d ho did u istrative reform ftr snore than the civil ser 1 o_. c ii ti,management of the navy four First ft ict chat there had been no was aecroutnet for by the fQawned that there were I ords within the last few years , te_.Aelintiiralty now living a bove a dozen secretaries of should ho the h eginning with Mr. Croker. 111 motion in the naval o my passport to office and H P - a r° was no enemy of the Ber- N.- ice, as everywhere else. and political influence should a e r v i :, t. ,cracy, but family paper found under his will, and the g iven up the_ better. S' o btain for any man service under the Crown,n -.: fir George s. ooner such a system was he considered ( ,ockburn, in the vrell - kn ° " s Is ted as the result of his experience that the Admiralty t Ito comtitution of_ Board t o b e the least efficient for its most un , a isfectory, and ~: r , Id be devised, and that he thought the Purpose that .. '- • mans ement of th a navy shouldng office r be transferred t o a g and two a, u , icillors, with one comptroller, who should have a seat in p a rliament, and attend to the financial business of tho dope rtment. He quoted extracts from speeches by Lord Pain ierston and Mr. Disraeli against placing the army in th e h ands of a civilian, and allowing its patronage to be di spe used from the Treasury the naval and contended that servic e naval as well as the military n • In 180 0, we had 167 sail of the line in commission ; now v , e had only 43 . had only Then we had 120,000 seamen and ma rines ; now we 40,000. Then we had 99 a dmirals; now 'et e had n o f ow , than 272, and that, too, after a forty yead Peace. It was ' a rule of the Admiralty that no officer covg be wade an admiral until he bad served six years as a post captain. But many officers found it impossible, however willing, to serve sixl years as post-captaini, and they were consequently not in a position to be made admi rals. From January, 1850, there had been 37 captains made active admirals, but 113 had been condemned to re tirement, and that from ro wish or fault of their own. He did not intend to refer to individual cases of hardship, but he might mention that the late Cant: Ch.tistie vvaB 31 . years in risin , to the same point whiali Ad miralDundaS rsttained in 9. fn 1847, 1848. and 1-49 there were 50 . captains 1 ro -meted, - -Of these ; -13 - r-2erve3 - only Irani 2to 5_ years as - crenmandera, and a s l ie utenants na fro sto /2 :years abut in the same years he found in the Xaey List the nn es of officers who had served from 10 to 29 years as com manders, and from 17 to 32 as lieutenants. We had twice as many commanders now ,as in 1800. There were at present 549 active commanders,. _off' wh om Omit '420 had been from thirty-to - fifty Years:in the navy, :and the number of- retired commanders was 570, Of the ictiVe commanders ih6 were employed on halfipaya sys. tern to which there was no parallel in the army. He now came to the lieritenants. In 1800 there.were 2,157 lieuten , ants in the navy;` we had nos' 1,175" active lieutenants, and 1,713 retired. Some of the latter had no more than 4s. a day ; but the general pay wa s 55., e s ., and 7s. less than that of retired officers of similar rank in the army. About two thirds of . :the lieutenants never got promoted at all. With respect to the first lieutenante, there were 90 men in the navy now who were lieutenants in the last war, and a large proportion of them had medals, some two or three. He could name 70 captains who entered the service after these lieutenants. On the retired list of lieutenants there were 700 or 800, and of those 300 had b een i n ac tion. - He thong-belie had made pretty sure th a t th e house would take some,-interest in this body of ,men. Re had no wish to fiX the forms of inquiry - ; if a commis s i on was preferred to a committee-Df- the house he should - lave no objection to it, as all he wanted was to see the facts inquired into. (Hear, hear.) There was another point he must draw attention to, and that was this —too - many cadets were allowed to enter into the navy, because, under the existing system, out of the largo number that entered every year not more tha4 L a tithe could get on. His objeCtion on this head applied as ranch to what was the practice before the war began as to the present time. The entries were vastly disproportioned to the promotions, and that was one of the great causes of the evil. (Hear.) He had troubled the house with figures, but he believed they were the best arguments for his case; and he hoped, as they wore so irresistible, the Government would say that a committee shall bo appointed next year._At all events, he had no alternative but to leave the matter in the hands of the house, in the full hope that ultimately some remedy would be applied to these evils, either in the way of limit ing the mode of promotion to merit and service, or by ex tending the system of absolute retirement on pensions. The safety of England depended upon the command of the sea, and, therefore, it was of vital importance that her navy should have fair play, which it could not be said to have had for a long series of years. He was an ad vocate for an efficient but a small army, and with such assistance the navy would always be able to defend the country against her enemies. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TUE seconded the motion. The opinion was gain ing ground that the patronage and management of the navy should no longer be allowed to depend upon , political chan g es, while the instances of maladministr a ti on a t th e Board of Admiralty had become so glaring that some in quiry must be had with a view to devising a remedy for the evils. (Hear.) Sir C. WOOD had no intention of disputing the figures which had been brought forward, and was far less dismsed to question the motive which had induced the hon And gallant member to make this motion-. No doubt his only desire was to promote the interest of the navy, but at the same time he 'must take leave to remind die' house that only seven years ago this very subject, amongst others, was inquired into by a select committee. He therefore did not think that the appointment of another com mittee was called for. Every recommendation but one which. Lord Seymour's committee made with regard to the navy had since been carried out. A better committee for the purpose could not have been appointed before, and ho really could not see what advantage would be gained by reviving a similar tribunal. (Hear.) The hon. and gallant gentleman had insisted upon the importanceef promoting old and melitot ions officers, while ho had urged the neces sity of constantly keeping young men in command ; but the house would perceive that it was utterly impossible to attain the two objects at the same time. On the whole, the existing system, though faulty in some respects, was • good in the whole, and the Board of Admiralty, generally speaking, had administered it in an impartial manner. The hon. and gallant member had made his comparisons with 1800, but that 'was hardly fair, because a long interval of peace had since elapsed: At the end of the war there were 855 captains, 816 commanders, and 3,580 lieutenants. Fifteen years afterwards the numbers wore 851 captains, 905 commanders, and 3,580 lieutenants,' and complaints were made that the navy was as strong, after 15 years' peace, as it was in a period of war; but to keep up theefficiency of the service it was absolutely necessary that the same system should be observed in time of peace as in a time of war. All the men who had entered the navy,' ind who were promoted at the end of the last war to the rank of lieutenant, could hardly expect to advance further in the service, because, in fact, there were-many more created than could be employed,. In this way they had grown old, and as the period of hostilities returned it could hardly be avoided that younger and more active men should be ad vanced over their heads. The ,efficiency of the service had been kept ill -during the 7 l;;;;pea;e, — ;vliCl;Of course bad made a reductiOn of unem pl o y e d °fibers the 'mire difficult, but all the recommendations for:the purpose which committees and, commissions had made from time to time were now and had been, steadily carried out. It was.not necessary for him to go over the entire Navy List to make out his answer to this motion; it was enough to state that the circumstances of war served to create so many officers of the lower rank, that it was quite impossible ever to find employment for them in the higherranks ' • and having dated that it might almost be said that he had disposed of the motion. The list being then so exterli% e, and the field of employment so contracted, how could it be otherwise than that men should remain, as it were, neglected? But, if neglected they were, it was no fault _of the system; it was the result of a period of war producing more men than could possibly be reqnired in a time of peace. And yet the hon. and gallant member wished the house to believe that all this —Reaming neglect was attributable to political or family influence. For his own part, he would not defend the conduct of all past Boards of Admiralty, but this he Veould say, he very much doubted whether a Go vernment gained any advantage by making their selections from political motives. Re had not been long at the Ad miralty, and, therefore, he could not speak over-confidently from experience, but in the appointments he had made he 'had not been influenced by family er political motives, but by the fitness of the parties to fill the offices vacant. NeVertheless many charges had been made against him -of his being actuated by unworthy motives. For instance, the first appointment he made was to give a sloop to a com mander ; he did so upon the representation of his collea gues in the Board, who represented the man whom he ap pointed to be am olcl and meritorious officer, and the one best fitted for the command ; but although he did so, a few days afterwards a letter appeared in the public prints, com plaining that his very first act upon taking office at the Admiralty was to give employment to a relation. Not hav ing any relation in the navy beyond a youth of some 13 years of age, he was quite at a loss to discover how such an impression could have got abroad ; but upon further re flection he traced it to the fact that the name of the officer he had appointed, whom he did not know personally, was Francis Wood. (Hear, and a laugh.) Every officer whom he had appointed was a man of the highest character, and yet he had been accused of the most atrocious mismanagement. As an instance of the injustice of the charges which had been made against him, he might mention the fact that he had been charged by a noble lord with having neglected the application of a certain gentleman, when he fact was that no such person had ever applied. Of the eight appointments which he had made he was quite guiltless; of baying been influence I by the unworthy mo tives attributed to him. The hon, and gallant gentleman said that many young men obtained their rank in a very 'short time. No doubt that was the case. But how could there be young admirals unless young men were promoted ? The question was, how could the country be best served ? If no persons wore promoted but old lieutenants and old commanders, the list of admirals must necessarily con- sist Of old men. In 1851 his right hon. friend the member for. Portsmouth (Sir F. Baring) created a reserved list. No doubt the rule operated unequally in some cases. There were many admirals on the active list who were perfectly capable of service, but it was not quite clear that the re commendation that all persons should go off the admirals' list at a certain age would be just. In 1848 there were only 6 admirals on, the active list under 60 years of age. Theie were now 17, 9 of whom were under 55. It had been said that all the officers who obtained rank wore persons of high position or Parliamentary influence. Now, on looking through the list to which he had just referred, ho found that of the 9 officals under 55 Sears of age, 3 had aristocratic or political influence, whilst the other 6 had no such influence. The mass of admirals on, the active service list had no Parliamentary or aristocratic influence whatever. The system which had been pursued had proved efficient' in bringing . down the . net of admirals to the prescribed number, and in pro a mq . itie,r captains, whereby younger men were obtained a a?„ - iteration b m e i t r a i r s . ; a l u n d th a e s lo t l h v e er s r y a s n t les em , h w o e w n e t v e a r n , to be done, but the matter required great Tannest effi and care. The service was at this time lm t On the cient state. Merit had not been overlooked . g hat f m 4sc i e r nd o t ni ha _ s i d o ne s'b op rm " h : p u toh t4 r e eu b b f rd, that the e t th h y e e, Admi ralty, and from the admiral ' • down to th si°t o ulW e ttih con trary, it had been fostered by successivea: lidungwvoz.vomrk.sinstedin one was fully competent to dis charge" the 44l: d s fuYti everyes r Cockburn to ; ritheinntever called upon they would. honour,, a VE -I c i° ,,seltA f 3 : - . t.afft 4:7, roa g r -, th e subject now was quite certain that w s under dis the ' Fi . rtit Lord of the Ad do credit ,to theraselYPl, 40heers.), ; properquired mofehoimito.d tNeeonbetterspir:do7o,feheoentritivirdbopeubteeropfff:reetedhs,et • of defending diPlrtbat bcoolindu4n: ..dep,thienatnodvethrawthhiiesh rheecopnaremsuelnedda. in eon but the fact was that that Fal nectioa t he complained that he was overruled during y project to the house, his services at tio S n ir s i ndi at tr fj t oc ic • opposed o a r s d i; v n it v .i i ne r submittedtmhe y.were _ e a ti n Sirsl bm C iltet N l aP to ier t a h tt e d h o o t u h se er . o ra ve e r tn ru be le r d n S o ir w. G o . re C oe oc n k t b r u ho rn co ujclenlighten the house that subject, was the hoo•men?' berforiewes (Mr. Fitzroy). The present Board of Admiralty r atp ait ar no d t ;. i a m nd ag t i h n e e wash vast improvement over former boardo,' when the ma jority were of the lay and civil class, and when naval offi cers were almost excluded. There was nothing to complain of now with respect to the board except the system. Was too powerful, With respect to patronage he belieied that political influ enceplace- recommended that the sum paid for the and that some change ought to take con veyance of treasure should be brought to the public ac count, and applied under the direction of the Admiralty. In regard to the employment of admirals on the retired list, the gallant admiral stated that when he applied Air a ship he was informed that the timber was not cut to build the ship, nor was the sheep killed whose skin was to supply the parchment on which to write his commission. litany officers were unable to obtain ships, and thus to comply with the regulations required to be fulfilled before they became admirals, because theyhad no infLuenceto enforce attention whon7iyl hnh aoGder to their wishes. He did not think that the eminent services of the coast guard were sufficiently rewarded by protho. tions. Admiral WALCOTT concurred in many of the objec tions proposed by the hon. and gallant member for Bath (Captain Scobell), and if he divided the house be should go into the lobby with him. Ho had risen principally, how ever, to suggest that to relieve the First Lord of the Admi ralty of the weight of patronage of which he had so muck complained, the naval lords should be made in fact, as they were in theory, in all respects the advisers of their political chief. The gallant admiral was proceeding to other topleo, an hon. member called attention to the state of the h t se. The SPEAKER counted, when there were only thi n y• urno4 at A quare four members present, and the house adjo when ter before eleven o'clock, ~~iA~