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TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14 1855. TILE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION. The first meeting of this association was held last night in Drury-lane Theatre. The admission was by tickets only, and shortly after the doors were opened the house was crowded in every part. Among the gentlemen on the stage were the following :—The Earl of Milltown, the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. James Bell, M.P., Mr. R P. Collier, M.P., the Hon. H. B. Brand, M.P. Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. W. Michell, M.P., Mr. E. Mr. F. French, M.P., Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr: R. Swift, M.P., Mr. G. Bowyer, M.P., Mr. D. Jones, M.P., Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P. Goodman, M.P., Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., Major Reed, M.P., Mr. K. J. Follett, M.P., Mr. R. Carrie, M.P., Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., Mr. W. J. Lind say, M.P., Mr. W. Tite, M.P., Mr. 0. J. Otway, M.P., Mr. F. C. H. Russell, M.P., Captain R. Kingscote, Sir C. Shakerley, Sir C. Napier, Sir E. H. K.Lacon,3l.P., Mr. T. Alcock, 1 1 . P., Mr. G. Dundee, M.P., Colonel Watkins, M.P., Capt. Eastwiek, the Rev. J. B. Grey, Mr. A. S. Ayrton, Mr. M. J. Higgins, Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. J. P. . P. Gassiott, Mr. G. Bishop, jun., Mr. F. Bennoch , Mr. _ Harvey, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. J. E. J. Greene, M.P., Mr. Roche, M.P., Mr. C. S. Butler, M.P., Mr. J. Glad stone, the Earl of Lindsay, Major Rudd, Mr. G. Gladstone, Dr. Brawn, Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. J. A. Nicholay, Mr. M. Travers, Mr. Herbert Ingram, Dr. Hahnemann, Mr. W. L. Ogilby, Mr. H. Batetnan, Mr. R. Henderson, Mr. Norman Wil kinson, Mr. J. Lupton ' Mr. H. Hooton , Mr. W. A. Lyon, Capt. Dawson, Mr. G. Moore, Mr. W. M. Thackeray, Mr. W. Pritchard, Col. Freestun, M.P., the Hon. C. W. Qr. Howard, Mr. Edwin James. Q.C., Mr. J. B. Bontems, Mr. Jaffray, Mr. W. Edgar, jun., Dr. Sibson, F.R.S. ' Mr, J. M`Cann, Mr. G. Stagg , Mr. P. Graham, M r. W. Lawson (Willenhall), Mr. U. Marshall. Mr. C. George, Mr. W. Jackson (Hartlepool). Mr. E. Swaine, Mr. Rainy, Mr. J. Laurie, Mr. J. B. Allan, Mr. M. Hullah, Mr. W. Kirk, Mr. Newmar c h, M r. J. Fairi©, Dr. Hunter, Dr. B. Jones, &c. &c. The CHAIIIMA.N (Mr. MORLEY), in opening the proceed ings said that this meeting was held at the invitation of the Administrative Reform Association, and it was desired that all who responded to that invitation should listen $o the addresses which would be delivered by those gentle men whose names had been announced ; that, as no resolu tions would be pat, therefore no amendments could be moved, nor could there be any other speakers in addition to those whose names had been mentioned, as they had de termined that the meeting should close at 10 o'clock. The hon. gentleman, after alluding to the meeting at the Lon don Tavern and the committee formed on that occasion, said that the best answer he could give to those who had sho wnsome impatience that the association had not proceeded rapidly enough was, that they had at present a pamphlet prepared, entitled the " Devising Heads and Executive Hands of the English Government, which, on the evi dence of men living and mixing among the abominations complained of, from Lord J. Russell and Lord Lansdowne down to some of the working men in the public depart ments, would show what this association was now demand ing, and which could not be read by thoughtful men with out leading to the determination that this reform ought to be carried into effect. The association, it would be seen, knew what was wanted, and in this pamphlet would he found a cut and dried plan which would remedy the evils complained of. The more they had thought on this ques tion the more they had become convinced that the real evil lay with the people themselves. (Cheers.) This so ciety was prepared to say that the present system was as good as the people had willed it to be, and that it was be cause there was a total absence of the recognition of indi vidual responsibility on the part of the people of England that we were brought as a nation into the state in which we now found ourselves. A variety of charges had been brought against this association ; but, speaking for himself,—and in so doing he believed he uttered the sentiments of all connected with the society—(hear, hear)—he was utterly unconscious of any motive which he did not enjoy in common with millions of his fellow-countrymen. They wanted a good, honest, and effi cient Government, and it was because they had not got this that this society now called, with all solemnity and earnestness, upon the people to determine that the present state of things should no longer continue. (Cheers.) They had been charged with attacking the aristocracy, but he was unconscious of any such idea or intention. A member of one of the noble families had said to a friend of his (the chairman's), " If this movement goes on, what will be come of us younger sons?" (Laughter and cheers.) He believed this was a question in the right solution of which the people were deeply interested; but there was another question he should like to ask the meeting—lf the state of things of which they complained was not altered, what would become of their younger sons? (Loud cheers.) He had no desire to excite personal attacks or re marks ; but they had the power in their hands to re medy these evils, and it was a duty they owed to their children to do so. The noblest thing that the younger sons of the aristocracy could do worad be to render themselves efficient for the public service. Then there would be no objection to their taking even the lion's share of it. It was not the intention of this society to enter upon any elabo rate system of agitation. They intended to do their best to expose abuses; they intended to lay open to the pub lic gaze every department of the State—to be the depository of all information respecting them ; and, having pointed out the evil, if the people did not come to the determina tion that it should be done away with, then the members of this society would retire into that privacy which was more congenial to them with the feeling that they had done their duty in making the present attempt. He appeared before the meeting on this occasion, because he felt, adopt ing the language of the Times newspaper, that "the public business of England was the private business of every in dividual," and because he believed the House of Commons had been unfaithful to the people in this matter. (Cheers.) England occupied a lower position in the public opinion of Europe than it had done five years ago. What was the . reason for this ? This country had in it all the essen tial elements of strength and progress—a population at tached to order, wealth, industry, enterprise, and a healthy morality equal to that of any other nation. But. they had been deceived by those to whom they had in trusted great responsibility, and it was right that they should now seek out the causes of their disasters, and de termine, by God's help, that they should be pat a stop to. (Cheers.) This was no mere war movement ; the neces sity for this reform was felt before the war began, and it would be as argent after the war was over. The only true theory of reform was this—they ought to seek to have less rather than more government, and in dealing with departmental reform they might to see how the depart men to could be lessened instead of increased. The hon. gentlemen then referred to the various offices which had been held by Lord John Russell, Sir G. Grey, Sir Charles Wood, and Earl Granville, and said that, whatever might be their talents, it was utterly impossible that they could have been fitted to discharge the various offices to which they had been appointed. Ho desired that the offices of the State should be thrown open to public competition, for he believed that every man possessed of talent was sent into the wend to employ that talent for the benefit of his fellow-men; and that any barrier which was pat in the way of his so doing either by the Legisla tive or custom was unnatural and impious. He believed that the present House of Commons had shown itself more subservient to party than any that had preceded it. The great contention between the two parties composing the Louse seemed to be how the one could best get out and the other bast keep in the Ministry. He should have had no hope at all if he had not seen the formation of a party, small though it might be at present, which was disposed to take an independent course. (Cheers) If 101 men could be induced to take a similar stand in the House of Commons the work would be done, and it was with a vitssv of obtain ing these mon that the society now appealed to _the coun try. Ho believed that it was the business of the - Rouse of Commons to check and control the Governmeng 'though any person who had been in the habit of attendingtfieHouse could not have failed to p e r ce i ve th a t million s 0 . 1 money were voted away and most important matters discussed with almost empty benches. Attendance at the house seemed to be regarded in the same category as a lounge in Bond-street or an attendance at some evening assembly. (Cheers.) If, however, Mr. Layard was about to be baited —(loud cheers)—or some other exciting sc3ne was to ba enacted, the galleries would be full of hon. members anxious to enjoy the fun. (Cheers.) It wag a mere sham to call the House of Commons the house of the people ; neither the independence, the wealth, nor the intelligence of the country was represented, and it was the duty of every man to lend his assistance to the society in effecting a change. (Cheers.) The Chairman then read the follow ing letters of apology " Tavistock House, Monday, June 1.1, 1855. " Dear Sir,—l regret that I cannot attend the meeting at Drury-lane Theatre on Wednesday night, having a duty to discharge elsewhere, to which I have been pledged for months. " I have enrolled myself a member of the Administrative Reform Association, because I believe it to be impossible for England long to hold her place in the world, or long to be at rest within herself, unless the present system of mismanaginr , the public affairs and mis-spending the public money be al together changed ; because I daily see stronger and stronger reason to entertain the conviction that it never will bo really amended, in any essential respects, until a general determina tion that it must be is so expanded throughout the country that it shall make itself plainly heard, even within the very thick party walls of the House of Commons; because the steady union of great numbers of earnest men is essential to this result ; and because I hope the association w.ll effect such union by honestly instructing the people as to their real wrongs, and their peaceful meats of righting them for the common good. " Yon know that literature is my profession. It is at once my business and my pleasure, and I shall never pass beyond it. The association can render me no service but as one of the community, and I join in no other character, and with no other purpose.—Dear sir, faithfully yours, " S. Morley, Esq." " CHARLES DICKENS. " Eaton-place, June 11, 1855. " Sir,— I regret very much that a previous engagement on Wednesday evening next will prevent me from having the pleasure of attending the meeting of the Administrative Reform Association, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, on that day. The members of the association will be glad to see, by an advertisement in the Times on Friday last, June 8, that the Minister of War, Lord Panmure, offers the appointment to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, in the senior or practical class, in the Academy at Woolwich, it , July next, to open competition among natural-born sub jects of h er M a j es t y wh o, on or b e f ore th e 25th J a ne, msy send in certain certificates there mentioned, of ago, educa tion, &c, "Woolwich A ca d emy an d t h e A rt i llery an d E ng i neers are thus opened to th e b est candidates whom the king d om can furnishand the merits of the candidates are to be tested by a competing e xamination, which is the fair way to try their qualifications for this branch . of the public service. mai n " I remain , sir, your obedient servant, To Samuel Bro wa, "JAMES HEYWOOD. sh for th"e B s u l a , e n e d e f e s o r e d i t J h u e n m e 7 0 v . e . te sir , —With every good w i went which seeks for the establishment ' the right men in the right places,' ifeeof the principle of quite in the wrong place in taking the var y myself should be the 13th instant to which you so kindly iuviattethe meeting ou My opinions can ha ve little public Me. et weight and mode of expressing t hem would hardly be eons. Late , such a nt with the position of a country rector. " The root of the evil is—patronage. So long ai , au i tions, borough or county , can onl y be successfull y Ca rrier by retaining the solicitors of local influence this root reta a i, untouched. A lawyer, to have influence, must be the go_ between of the constituent and member. Men sell their votes to push their own or the fortunes of their relatives, through Government influence. The solicitor m akes the purchase ; he theis day to do it. The member must p ester the ' Hayter' of or ay for the patronage ho (wants ; the ' H a y ter' must giveit, Ifchance to the Ministry the loss of a vote , 'aerobe • think they hers would not as k for places, or constit uents would be baifv,li this sort of lien on their member, your work It is not ?ne. this or that a system to Government which is to blame , but other, are pa rte,. which three parts o f soc i e ty, in one shape or ~ That we owe to thi s crushed our real power assYstem the evils that have nearly a nation, I have no doubt. Nothing' can check it but the highest pressure of public opinion, en forcing more real honesty alike in the constituency and in those it returns to represent it. " Did we once livo to see an honest House of Commons re turned by a really pure constituency there would be no fear but the right men would be found for the right p' ces, It won't be a politica_ millennium, however, of which I can dis- cc, , ru uo w.ruiug sign. " Yours truly, " S. G. 0 ,BORNE." N o . 7, Hertford-street, May-fair, 9th Ju e, 1855. " Sir-1 regret that it will not be iu my poser to avail myself of the invitation with which you honour me—to attend the meeting of the Administrative Reform Association,' at Drury-lane, on Wednesday next; but, as I feel quite satisfied that the association, with the guidance under which it fortu nately commences its labours, can only be product , ve of pub lic good, I have much pleasure in sending the enclosed cheque for ten guineas, which will, as I perceive, constitute me a member. " I am, sir, yours obediently, " W. CLAY." In calling upon Mr. Layard, M.P., to address the meeting, ho (the chairman) felt constrained to say that the association as an association had no representative in the House of Com mons; but he could assure Mr. Layard that if he pursued with straightforwardness and earnestness the course of co operation he seemed to have cut oat for himself in the house, he might rest assured he would have the weight, the influ ence, and the thought of England at his back. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LAYARD, M.P., then presented himaelf to the meeting, and was received with loud and repeated bursts of cheering. He said, there was a very general and deep-seated conviction abroad that the country was most grievously misgoverned. That conviction was not limited to a few, nor had it been hastily arrived at ; but on the contrary it was very deep-seated, and the movement which was the consequence of it, like most movements which had taken place in the country, was essentially a movement organised and carried on by those who, above all others, represented the intelligence, wealth, and enterprise of England. If he were called upon to divide England into two parties as connected with this movement he should say that on one side were all the men of common sense, of respecta bility, and wealth, who by their perseveranceand industry hoped to raise a name for themselves and to do good to the public service ; while on the other there was a small party who claimed to themselves the monopoly of Government, aid who lived, grew fat, and vegetated upon those corrup tions and evils which the association were determined, if possible, to remove. Now, why wasthat meeting assembled there that evening ? Most of the gentlemen present were es sentially men of business, and they bad only been induced to leave their desks and studies by the conviction that there were times when even their own comfort and personal ad vantage must give way to public considerations. However dangerous agitation might be in general, there was a time when agitation was necessary in order to correct a greater evil than agitation itself could produce, and that time had now arrived. (Hear.) The association felt that while in this great country, during a long period of com paratively entire peace, all that concerned the private re lations and enterprises of the country had made a progress unexampled in its history; that, while national monuments such as had never been equalled in the greatest empires of the world had arisen around us, and while everything was moving and doing, the Government of the country alone stood still. (Load cheers.) They had, therefore, thought it better to come forward now and give an impetus and movement to this feeling, rather than remain any longer listless and regardless of it. He was not surprised that many of the leading men of the city had not yet joined the movement. There were many who did not like to join a movement when there might be some doubt as to its ulti mate success, but they would doubtless join it as soon as it had obtained a fairprospect of success. He trusted, however, that when the day of triumph arrived it would be enjoyed by those who had legitimately won it. (Cheers.) Now, he believed that this country having been long at comparative peace, opinions had been advocated and circulated by a small party composed of men of great and distinguished talent, called the "Peace-at-any-price party," which were both un-English and dangerous. If all nations had slum bered like this, the arts of peace might have been alone cultivated ; but, unfortunately, ambition never slumbered, but was ready to take advantage of any circumstance favourable to the realisation of any object it had in view. The country, however, had been rudely awakened from its dream. He believed that Providence never inflicted so great a misery upon mankind as war, without leaving some good object to be gained by it ; and he could not but think that the present war, putting aside all political objects, would lead to many beneficial results, one of which was undoubtedly the establishment of the Administrative Reform Association. If the war had not taken place we should have slumbered too long. (Hear.) But, putting aside all political considerations as to the justice and necessity of the war, he thought all persons would be agreed that, as we were engaged in war, that war ought to be carried on in a manner consistent with the honour and dignity of the country. (Cheers.) Now, what had been the manner in which the war hitherto had been conducted? Generally the blame was thrown upon the system, and an endeavour was made to exculpate persons. In the evidence given before the Sebastopol Committee no single fault had been pointed out which was not either thrown upon the system or upon Mr. Ward, who died several months ago. (Laughter.) If anything was found wanting which ought to have been supplied for the com fort of the troops, it was always said to have gone down in the Prince. (Laughter.) Now, he believed that all the misfortunes that had arisen were to he attributed to that system of misgovernment of which the society complained, and which the public had for many years permitted to exist. But the indignation of the people was at length aroused, and the Government were compelled to endeavour to as certain where the blame rested in order to apply a remedy. The Sebastopol committee was consequently ap pointed, and the result of their labours was to be found in the three blue-books which they had issued. He believed that the Crimean campaign would form an epoch in the history of the country, and, if the worst enemies of Eng land were to seek the means of calumniating her and of showing how,hollow beuinctitutions were, they could not devise a better mode of doing so than by pr?cluting these bine-books, for they were the records of the ignorance, in . difference, and obstinacy of a Government such as he would defy the whole history of the world to produce. (Cheers.) They cast the greatest shame upon the people and upon the system, though fortunately there was one redeeming point, inasmuch as they showed instances of heroic suffering, of patient endurance, and of vir tue that had never been equalled. (Loud cheers.) Who could read without emotion, the evidence of such witnesses as Mr. Stafford, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Macdonald ? Their testimony proved the utter ignorance and incompetence of the Government officials, and showed that the most intense sufferings had been borne by the troops with patient endurance and with but one gleam of hope. And whence did that ray of hope come? It came from the midnight lamp of that heroic woman—(cheers) — who, as had been well described, was nightly to be seen passing alone along miles of agony and suffering. (Cheers.) Whence also had come the small comforts which had been supplied to relieve the condition of the troops? They came from funds supplied by private benevolence and adminis tared by a great organ of public opinion. (Cheers.) A woman self-devoted, and a man who had never seen war or gone into sickness, and who was selected only for his in telligence, these wore the people who scattered hope and comfort, which all the great appliances of the country, which had test millions of taxation, were totally unable to effect. (Cheers.) What lesson were they taught by this? Why, that almost everyimprovement which had taken place had come from private suggestion, and that almost every substantial alleviation of suffering had originated in pub lic charity. (Cheers.) But need they feel surprised at this when they knew from the testimony of Lord Aberdeen— (murmurs of disapprobation)—and Sidney Herbert—(mur murs)—that during two months, while the greatest events were in progress, and while the dignity and honour of this country were pledged as they had never before been pledged —there was no Cabinet Council held ? (Cries of shame !) All the Cabinet, with three exceptions—and they were Peelites —were away amusing themselves. They found at the com mencement of the Crimean expedition, on the testimony of Lord Aberdeen, all the information which the Government received was almost entirely derived froni the reports in the public papers. (Hear, hear.) On the evidence of their generals, they knew that the army, when sent to the Crimea, was, as regarded appliances and comforts, in the same state in which the army was when sent to the Peninsula. The soldiers were sent to the Crimea with old tents, old clothes, old arms, and old habits and manners. What was the result of this? Why, that thou sands of valuable—nay, of invaluable—lives had been sac rificari—sacrific •d, not at the bloody shrine of war, but at the ignominious, inglorious shrine of incompe tency, obstinacy, and neglect. In the Lace of all this, need he ask was an Administrative Reform Association neces sary ? Was it not necessary that the deeply seated indig nant mutterings of the people should find an utterance? And this society was formed for that object. He had been told that the successes which had been lately made known had done away with the objects of this society. (N., no.) But had he, when he gave in his adhesion to this society, been so unpatriotic as to believe that they should never be successful? No, he'always believed that they should be successful ; that they would carry administrative reform —they would take Sebastopol, and obtain many other things before long. (Cheers.) But were not these late suc cesses an argument in favour of this society ? What had happened, after a long period of torpor and God knew what, when a new and vigorous man was appoint al to the command of the French army ? (Loud cheers.) Scarcely was his name mentioned in the united camps than success followed ; the fact of the right man being appoints en couraged the man ; they met danger with a good heart, and success followed; and success would attend this meet ing if they acted on a similar principle. (Cheers.) Another reason which rendered it necessary that this association should be kept up was this—to whom did they owe these successes? Was it to the commander and his staff? No; it was to those long-suffering and heroic men who through a winter of unparalleled hardships had maintained their courage and spirits, and were now ready to undertake whatever might be demanded of them. As yet honours had been showered, us the nines' correspondent had said, on the cocked hats of the staff. It was now for the asso ciation and the people of England to show that they were prepared to shower their honours on the heads of those who deserved them. (Cheers.) Let it ge forth to their soldiers that this association and the people of Eng land were now struggling on behalf of the regimental offi cers and soldiers, and sought to distribute honours to those who merited them ; and by doing this they would only be discharging their duty to their soldiers and the country. Ho had been told that this association had no definite ob jects. He did not agree with this, as he thought the some what voluminous address which had been issued contained many clear and definite ideas, and he was prepared to-night to lay down grounds on which the association might pro ceed, and would lay down others on Friday next, when he brought forward the motion of which he had given notice. (Cheers.) He had never quailed from bringing forward that motion, but he only postponed it because he thought that it was necessary they should discuss the question of the war before the Whitsuntide recess. He took it that the first object of the society was to gain information ; that iias a most important object; it comprised a multiplicity of subjects, but could not be said to be indefinite. Hitherto all connected with the Government of this country had been guarded by a veil of mystery, which it was the object of thatisociety to break through. The Corn Law League was established for a specific object, to enable it to obtain which a quarter of a million was collected. But, to his mind, the abolition of the corn laws was infinitely second ary to the objects of that association—(cheers)—for, if they 11 put the ri g ht men i n t h e G overnment, t h e a b o liti on o f t h e corn laws an d o f every ot h er nox i ous l aw wou ld follow as a weto mat ter the of co urse , an d th ere f ore h e sa id to a ll w h o w i s h e d 'cause—enable ithe society, by pecuniary sup port, to obtain information. (Cheers.) They then came to hree grea dlra? t heplo a rn ah ar something more tangible, in the shape of the reform of the of the public service—the army and navy — that the army was a le d arp. the civil services. They knew ramdeelareate subject with him—(laughter) a nd, though he tail done —he had alread kind of Balaklava charge upon it, received some ru blow. ,1 1 11 enemy some mischief, he had right with the public on this Friday next to p ut himself re.sieglfh.i :eothobpoedeihpoe:eovde,r,a: subject to an extent that though ho had made some slight errors, and it was very difficult, velien there were thousands of rules, some of which were not known to the profession themselves, to get at the truth, still it was at the bottom, and, though some mistakes might he made, it would be reached at last. He aid npt think that the ebullition of temper on the part of the hodse to which he alluded was owing to the mistake which he had made ; his experience of the House of Commons had taught him this, that a man may make as many wilful in accuracies - to use no harsher term-as he liked, if he were with a party, but ho must beware of a mistake if he stood alone, for if he made one, as in his (Mr. Layard's) case, up jumped a number of indignant colonels, one of whom was so carried away by his feelings that he wondered at his (Mr. Layaril'a) impudence -(laughter)-in touching the question of the army. Even Earl Derby, forgetting his youthful days and indiscretion, w hi ch had earned for him the title of the " Rupert of debate," had done him the honour of saying that he had no connection with him. (Laughter.) Sir J. Pakington had given him a quarter-session lecture, and Lord Palmerston-in no very English spirit-seeing him down, had trampled him under his feet. In the midst of all this he had derived some consolation from the anecdote told of the eminent statesman Tierney, who, see ing one man knock another down and commence kicking him violently, went up and remonstrated. " Alt, sir," said the man, "if you had had so much trouble to get him down- (loud cheers)-as I have, you would not let him off without a few kicks. He trusted that ho was now up again, and when he said that he stood alone he had made a mis take, for what he had witnessed that evening convinced him that he did not stand alone-(loud and prolonged cheering)-and he would endeavour to be more accurate for the future. Next to the landed interest, it was said that the army interest was the strongest in the House of Commons, but that was not the case. The Guards' interest might be so ; but that was not the interest of the regimental officers and soldiers. He could show them the way at once to put down the greater part of the evils in this case. One of the greatest evils of the army wasthe purchase system. All the greatest military authorities, in cluding Sir De Lacy Evans, had said that the purchase system was a disgrace to the nation, and it was one which no foreign country could understand. Many attempts had been mae to put an end to it, and Lord Palmerston, and those who defended it, said, " It is true the system is bad, but there are vested interests connected with it which you must not touch. If a man buys his commission, he has a right afterwards to sell it. You cannot get rid of this at one fell swoop, nor will the country pay the large sum required to do so." But he could show Lord Palmerston, if he were sincere in his desire to abolish this system, how he might cut off half of it without any expense to any individual or the country. From the Army List it would be found that, owing to this war and other consequences, more than half of the commissions granted had been so without purchase, and therefore they ought to declare that every commission which had been given with out purchase should hereafter go without purchase. (Cheers.) The Government had declared it would make improvements in the army, but they had only united the Ordnance with the army department ; and Lord Panmure had said that when the appointments were made they would find the right men were placed in the right places. On looking at these appointments, he found one was given to Lord Panmure's nephew, who he was told was an ex cellent man, and had been private secretary to the pre vious Minister. Captain Ramsay now occupied his place of private secretary, on the strength of which he would obtain something good ; then there was Mr. Howell, the, partner of Mr. Hayter's brother, who, it was said, had not received his appointment on the ground of Par liamentary considerations. He (Mr. Layard) was willing to accept this statement ; but then the question still remained, would Mr. Howell have received it if he had not been the, partner of Mr. Hayter's brother ? With regard to diplomacy, if there was any branch of the public service which required a fundamental reform, it was this, and he should make some suggestions on it ou Friday next. He warned the meeting against secret diplomacy. It must to a certain extent be so, but it need not be mystified to the extent it was at present. If inquiry was more important on any one subject than ano ther, it was with reference to the civil service. They had just had a moat excellent report published which gave them valuable information on thisbranch of the service, of which they oughr to avail themselves. One of the first objects of the society ought to assist in getting effective men placed in every branch of the civil service. At present hebelieved that the number of civil servants employed was too large, and many of them were underpaid. They ought to be paid liberally, and he believed that it was a great mistake to press too much for a reduction of salaries, because gene rally the enormous salaries of the great men were left un touched, while the smaller salaries of the really hard working and deserving mon were cut down. (Hear.) At present there were about 60,900 l ersons connected with the civil service, and the appointments of these men were influenced more or less by political motives. A sort of current of electricity ran between Mr. Hayter and the re presentatives of various constituencies. The Secretary to the Treasury had only to touch the electric wire, audit ran through the whole of the country. That, however, was a system which must be put a stop to ; and in considering what means ought to be adopted to put a stop to it, he came to what he conceived to be one of the chief objects of the meeting. He had been told that he had made a great mistake in the terms of the motion which he was about to bring before the House of Commons and that instead of having said, "The house views with deep , concern the state of the nation," he ought to have said, The nation views with deep concern the state of the house." (Laughter and cheers.) Upon the whole, he believed that such a motion would have better expressed the feeling of the country, for the people of the country were beginning to lose faith in the House of Commons. They saw in it a mere struggle of parties, and no real earnestness. (Cheers.) In obtaining such reforms as might be found necessary perhaps the association might have to go further than they anticipated. He understood from the chairman that committees were already organised in almost every principal town throughout the country, and he would call upon those committees when the election came-and it must come before lonl-to take care and elect men who would adopt the recommendation of his noble friend Lord Goderich, and not darken the (loots of Mr. Hayter. (Cheers.) There were, however, other duties which the association would have to discharge. It was an argument of the old Tories against the Reform Bill that, if the bill passed and the rotten boroughs were disfranchised, men of genius and talent would not be brought forward in Parliament. If that were true, it was a great reflection upon the country, inasmuch as it showed that by throwing open the constituencies they had been enabled to place better men in Parliament than were sent there before the passing of the Reform Bill. It would be the duty of the society to obtain .a pledge from every candidate that he would support administrative reform, and already a happy commencement bad been made in the return of Mr. Tite for Bath. What he (Mr. Layard) wished to see was a new party in the House of Commons, not re presenting a class, but representing the feelings and opi nion of the people of the country, and relying for support not upon family connexions, but upon the people. (Cheers.) Hitherto a great struggle had been carried on in the House of Commons without any attention having been paid to the people. The public voice as yet had not penetrated the walls of Parliament, but, like gamblers, the two par ties now composing the House of Commons had staked everything upon a throw. Regardless of the sufferings of the people out of doors, their great struggle was upon the question who should remain in office. •The police, how ever, were already at the door, and prepared to burst it open, when players, and cards, and lights, and dice, and tables would bo seized and overturned together. (Loud cheers.) At present the Whigs had won the game. They had staked very heavily on the Liberal card and had won, but, having pocketed the stakes, they had left the card to its fate. (Cheers.) Instead of a Go vernment which was to have been liberal and pure, the country found themselves ruled by the old family clique. With four or five exceptions, such as Mr. Horsman, Mr. Ball, and one or two others, there was not a man in the Cabinet or connected with the Government in a more subor dinate position who was not a lord or an honourable. Even such a place as the Chairman of Ways and Means was no exception. The public were told that a brilliant career was open to any man of talent in the House of Com mons, and to a certain extent that was true ' - but when a man of genius and talent, who might be found inconvenient or troublesome to the Government, accepted office, it was bnly upon the condition that he should sacrifice his liberal opinions and become a Whig. They all knew that there was as great a difference between Liberalism and Whig gisrn as between the North and South Poles. (Laughter and cheers.) If this were not the case, would any man pretend to say that Sir William Molesworth would not have been upon the platform that night. (Hear, hear.) Ho believed Sir W. Molesworth to be a sincere man, but he was unable to carry out the principles he had always ad vocated in consequence of his connection with the Govern ment. The Government themselves were ever ready to a ic rifle° their subordinates, bat not to give way themselves -which reminded him of the anecdote of the Irish land lord who so greatly oppressed his tenantry that his steward wrote to him at length to say ho had been threatened to be shot, upon which the landlord wrote back-" Tell those scoundrels, that if by shooting you they think to intimi date me, they are eery much mistaken." (Laughter and cheers.) So it was with the Government. When a sub ordinate was in the way they said, "You must be thrown over, for we must tot be intimidated by your being knocked on the head." If any man ever possessed the power of effecting a change in the system of govern ment it was Lord Palmerston. That noble lord was carried into power by the united voice of the people of this country, and though he (Mr. Layard) hail beard of the country having been disgraced and brought to the verge of ruin by the conduct of statesmen, yet this was the only time he had seen a man jesting upon the suffer ings of the people, and making light of their unfortunate condition. (Cheers.) And this, too, was done at a mo ment when all Europe was looking to the British Parlia ment for an example of wisdom, order, and liberal go vernment. Indeed, he must acknowledge that he had never seen Lord Palmerston" in earnest except when vilifying the people of this country. (Hear.) It was said that the asso ciation was an attack upon the aristocracy, but its only object was to obtain a proper system of administrative re form. Their motto was "fitness," not "favour." In the words of Shakapearo :- " Who shall go about " To cozen fortune, and be honourable, " Without the stamp of merit? Let none presume " To wear an undeserved dignity. 0 ! that estates, degrees, and offices • " Were not deriv'd corruptly; and that clear honour Wore purchas'd by the merit of the wearer ! " How many then should cover that stand bare ; " How many be commanded that command." (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. LINDSAY, M.P., was the next speaker. He said that the association was not desirous of making war against any particular Government ; but it was anxious to obtain that system of government that would be most in accordance with the sentiments of the people. , The gentle men who had originated this movement were far from de siring to wage war against the aristocracy, as the aristo cracy; but they did assert that it was wrong in principle to intrust the government of the country to men simply be cause they happened to be lords and honourables, and that some other claim to govern ought to be required. (Cheers.) But in spite of the statements which had been made from time to time by the Times' correspondent, it was still de nied that there had been any mismanagement in the conduct of the war ; and he was therefore desirous of occupying the • time of the meeting for a few moments, while he endea voured to lay before them some plain facts with which he had been lately made acquainted. About six weeks ago he was asked by Sir De Lacy Evans if the scarcity of shipping was still as great as it had been ? His reply was, that ship ping might be found to any amount ; when Sir De Lacy Evans said his statement was very strange, because for more than a month he had been desirous of sending out 3,000 horses to his division in the Crimea, and he had been told that it was impossible to find ships to carry them out. He (Mr. Lindsay) made inquiries into the matter, and sub sequently addressed a letter to Sir De Lacy Evans, stating that some time ago a friend of his had written toLord Pan- Inure, offering to supply, in 24 hours, a magnificent fleet of the finest ships in the world, capable of carrying out 2,200 horses, at the low rate of 16s. or 17s. per ton regis teredtonnage. The answer received was the usual one—that i the offer would be considered. (Hear.) Some time after wards another offer was made to the Government to find a fleet capable of taking out 2,660 horses, and yet he (Mr. Lindsay) understood that to this day the larger portion of the horses referred to by Sir De Lacy Evans had not gone out. (" Hoar, hear," - and cries of " Shame !") The Government in this way were making efforts to obtain ships and ho would state what these were. There were some short time since two magnificent steamers lying in the Clyde which . the Government were anxious to obtain; the owner, who was a Manchester man, wrote to a friend in town, desiring him to tender to the Government one of those steamers. _ln four or five days an answer was sent impos ing such conditions as it was impossible the owner could agree to, and he wrote to his friend and asked him to try and fix the ship for the French Government, and this he succeeded in doing. On Thursday last the other steamer was offered to the Government, and on Saturday they agreed to accept it on the condition that the steamer should come from the Clyde to Liverpool to be examined there by their officer. (Laughter.) So that a ship of the value of 100,0001. was to be brought to Liverpool for the convenience of the Government surveyor, when ho could have gone to the ship for 21. The owner wrote to his agent to say that he never heard anything so grossly unreasonable as this demand of the Government, and told him to apply to the French Government, who en gaged the vessel, which was thus lost to the service of this country. Ho would mention another case. The Govern ment had engaged a steamer, of the value of 50,0001., lying at Deptford, and, having 12 tons of goods at Newcastle to be conveyed to the Crimea, the owner received orders to go to Portsmouth to take on board troops for the Crimea, and onhis way to call at Newcastle. (Laughter.) The owner wrote to the Secretary of the Admiralty, stating that the goods could be brought from Newcastle for 61., but that it would cost 2,000/. to send the steamer for them. An angry letter was sent from the Admiralty, ordering the owner to go to Newcastle; he remonstrated, and then a letter was sent from the secretary of Sir James Graham, still order ing the owner to proceed to Newcastle to take on board the 12 tons of combustibles for'the Crimea. The owner said he could not see 2,003/. of his country's money wasted, and refused to go be the con‘equences what they might. (Cheers, and cries of "Name !") He would give the name to any one who might in confidence desire it. After his last re monstrance, the Admiralty not liking themselves to send contradictory orders, did so through another department, and the owner was told not to proceed to Newcastle, as the goods would be brought to Woolwich. He would cite one more case. There was a steamer lying at Deptford of the value of 60,0001.,and before it could be finally engaged it was necessary it should be examined by the Government engineer, who resided at Woolwich. The Government ordered the owner of this steamer to proceed from Dept ford to Woolwich, so that the engineer might walk on board. (Laughter.) The owner answered to the effect that it would be easier for the engineer to come to the ship, and that he might do it for 4d., but it would cost 2001. to take the ship to him. The owner was again ordered to proceed to Deptford, but he refused, and said he would rather take away his ship from the Government than do so. (Cheers.) He had moved for returns to be made with respect to the transport service ; and, although the Government had taken five months to make them, yet there were so many errors ies them —even wilful errors he was afraid—that if a clerk of his had made 1-10th part of them he would have dismissed him, and he would not rest until the men who had made the errors in these returns were dismissed. He might raise up personal emity by tak ing the course he had adopted with reference to this move ment, but no threat should prevent him from pertorming the duties and carrying out the sacred trust of a represen tative of the people. (Loud cheers.) Mr. TrrE, M.P., said that it was unnecessary for him to attempt to enlist the sympathies of those present on be half of the association, after the manner in which they had responded to the preceding speakers; but he would state to them that this question of reform was now being re echoed throughout the country. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to refer to the mismanagement of the war, and quoted the opinion of Sir W. Napier to show that throughout the Peninsular War the Duke of Wellington had had to contend against the same misgovernment. He believed, however, that the Administrative Ref o rm Asso ciation would be the means of effecting a vast amount of good, and he thanked the press for the earnestness with which it had advocated the cause which the association bad at heart. He concluded by expressing an opinion that it would be a great step towards obtaining an improved system of government, if in future electors would refrain from calling upon their representatives to ask the Govern ment for situations, and would leave them free and un fettered, and entirely independent of the Government. Mr. OTWAT next addressed the meeting, and said, it was most gratifying to see that one of the results of the forma tion of the association had already been that all parties were engaged in a struggle as to who should be the best adminis trative reformer. He knew of no question so important as that which had for its object the reform of the present sys tem of misgovernment, and he was of opinion that one of the first steps in order to obtain reform would be to open the civil service of the country to those whopossessed the qualifications that were requisite for admission into the service. With regard to the army he had long felt that, in a time of war especially, all promotions ought to be made strictly in accordance with the merit of the individuals promoted. A most important branch of the service was the Staff, and, while in all foreign countries the officers upon the staff were well educated and organised in the duties of their profession, the education of those employed by this country were comparatively neglected. In all the appoint ments that were made merit was entirely overlooked, and the highest posts of honoir were given to those who had the most influential connexim. It was hardly credible—but yet it was the fact, according to a return which he had re cently obtained—that outof 136 officers employed upon the staff in the Crimea, only nine had obtained certificates of merit. The moment the French army arrived at Kamiesch the staff set to work to construct roads and provide means of communication, in order that the army might be properly supplied with food and necessaries ; but our staff did no such thing, and he doubted whether they would not have been utterly incompetent to perform such a duty. Some allusion had been made by Mr. Layard to the diplo matic branch of the service. He (Mr. Otway) could con ceive no profession mom important, and he was most strongly of opinion that it ought to be open to any per son of sufficient merit and capacity to enter it. (Cheers.) At present we had 2 Ambassadors, and both of them were peers. We had also e 2 Ilinisters, sof whom were peers, 6 sons of peers, 2 baronets, and 3, paternally, nephews of peers. Of 3 Secretaries of Embassies, 1 was a peer, and 1 the son of a peer ' • and, of 22 Secretari es o f L ega ti on , 10 were peers, and 5 others were nearly connected with the peerage. Out of 124 persons employed in the diplomatic service of the country 64 were either peers or closely con netted with the peerage. (Freer, hear.) Such a state of things was, he thought, highly disadvantageous to the country, and it was quite time to put a stop to it. To use the words of Mr. Layard, it was only by putting the right men in the right place and by entirely c ha ng i ng th e pre sent system that the sufferings and misfort un e s w hi c h h a d recently occurred could h a prevented in future. (Ch eers .) Ten o'clock having arrived, the Chairman announced that the proceedings would then close, but loud calls wore made for Sir C. Napier. Sir C. NAPIER, who was received with great cheering, briefly thanked the meeting for the reception which had been given to him, ob serv ing that it w as a recep ti on w hi c h one wo had been c ensur ed by the Government and dis missed from his command bad no right to expect. (Cheers.) . He was quite unprepared to address the meeting, and he would, therefore, merely give in his adhesion to the asso ciation, believing that, after the disasters which had oc curred in the Crimea, it was only b 3 placing the right men in the right place that the safety of the country could be scoured. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. LNIPEIiIAL ['ARMAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAI.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock Tile Severn Valley Railway Bill, and the Somerset Central Railway Bill 'were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS, Petitions were presented (4) by Sir J. Walmsley from the metropolis generally, and from Woolwich, against the Sunday Beer Bill ; also a petition from Leicester, praying for amendment of the Poor-law Bill, so as to give local control ; by Lord Stanley, from Colchester, praying that steps may be taken for the restoration of peace ; by Mr. Palmer, from Berkshire, against the Sunday Trading Bill, and one against the endowment of Maynpoth ; by Mr. Pellatt, 12 petitions from Dis senting congregations in favoiir of the Marriages Bill. SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL. On the order of the day for the house going into com mittee on this bill, . _ _ Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a large number of petitions from various parts of the metropolis against the bill, complaining that the bill is a gross attack on the liberty of the working classes. Mr. WILKINSON also presented a number of peti tioris from Lambeth with the same prayer, and one in favour of it. Lord R. GROSVENOR then presented several peti tions from the Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, and West minster, in favour of the bill. Lord R CGROSVENOR then appealed to the hon. member for Newport (Mr. Massey) to postpone his amendment (that the house go into committee on the bill that day three months), as he should have proposed that amendment on the second reading. Mr. MASSEY regretted that he had omitted to pro pose his amendment at the second reading of the bill, for he believed it to be a bill unjust, iniquitous, and mis chievous in principle, and one which he felt bound to oppose in every stage of its progress. He contended that the bill, besides being bad in principle, was partial in application, for it would affect only the metropolis, leaving entirely untouched the great hives of manufacturing industry in the large towns, where the habits and manners of the people were pretty similar to those of the working classes of the metropolis. (Hear.) Besides, he contended there was not any trading on Sunday in the metropolis calling for such a measure. A man might walk through the heart of London—from the Bank of England along Cheamide, Fleet-street, the Strand, and go on to Hyde Park Corner without seeing any shops open or any trading. (Hear.) The same remark would apply to the other great line of thorough fare—Oxford-street. (Hear.) He had himself gone through many of the more humble streets on a Sunday to ob serve what sort of trading was going on there, and it was true he found some shops open. But what were they? They were small milk shops, bakers, lollipop shops, and such as contributed to the necessities or comforts of the working classes—(hear)—and to call that a desecration of the Sabbath was the grossest exaggeration. (Hear, hear.) He thought such legislation as this bill belonged to an age gone by ; he thought those matters ought to be left entirely to the judgment of individuals them selves. (Hear.) If the bill were passed, the observ ance of the Sabbath wouli not be advanced an inch, nor, indeed, did the promoters of the bill themselves pat it on that footing. There were thousands of poor coster mongers, and others of that clasi, who rose on the Sun day , morning without perhaps a meal in their wretched dwellings, and were they to starve ? It was said, too, that why should not the working classes purchase their provisions on the Saturday ; but, it was well known that thousands of honest working men, who did not frequent public:houses, who occupied but one or two rooms, and were they to be compelled to keep their food for four-and-twenty hours in a close, and often unhealthy atmosphere ? If they were, he considered t :at would not be the way to promote either the self-respect or the health or habits of those industrious classes. (Hear.) He contended that, even in those localities where Sunday traffic most prevailed, the traffic was over at a compara tively early hour—say by 11 o'clock in the morning. The hon. member for Westminster (Sir J. Shelley) expressed dissent, but he (Mr. Massey) knew that in those districts the trading was so sensibly dimi nished by one o'clock that there was no re munerative reason to induce the tradesmen to keep their shops open after that hour. (Hear.) Was any gen tleman in the house prepared to bring in a bill to fix the _ _ time on which a master should pay his servants ? He believed the da for such legislation as that had long since passed away; yet it was well known the workmen did not receive their wages till late on Saturday nights, and such a bill as this would probably compel the labouring classes to resort to a " tick" system or a " truck" sys tem, which would be most injurious. The hon. member then referred to the evidence given by Sir Richard Mayne before the Lords' Committee on Sunday trading, who stated that though the trading was on the increase, the observance of the Sabbath was at the same time more and more kept up, and he also stated that the enforcement of the prevention of Sunday trading was a matter of the greatest difficulty. Such legislation as this was calculated to drive the ,working classes to the low gin shops, on the windows of one of which he lately saw an invitation to the people to come in and "get drunk for a penny ; dead drunk for twopence; and clean straw to get sober upon for nothing." He would not trespass further on the house, but would conclude by saying the bill was unjust in principle and partial in cha racter—that it 'was uncalled for, and that it would be much better to leave such subjects to the self•respect of the workirg classes, which, he thanked God, was daily increasing, as was also their knowledge and intelligence, and therefore he thought it much better to desist from any legislation' on this subject. He therefore moved an amendment that the house should go into committee on the bill on that day three months. Lord STANLEY said he felt bound to give his sup port to the bill. The honourable member who had just sat down drew a very pathetic picture of a poor man being obliged to keep his food for 24 hours in his room ; but had the honourable gentleman read the bill ? Why the third clause provided that any article of food, meat, poultry, &c., may be sold on Sundays up to the hour of nine o'clock. (Hear.) As to the objection of the hon. member that this bill would affect only the metropolis, there was nothing unusual in that; it was quite customary to legis late for the metropolis on a separate scale from the country, and, in fact, tbere was at this moment a bill before the house for the local manage= ment of the metropolis, which would not at all affect the country. (Hear.) He, therefore, considered the hon. member had not made out any case against the bill. Mr. W. J. FOX said he knew the metropolis now for a period of nearly fifty years, and he ,believed that the inhabitants of the working order had increased in knowledge, self-respect, and civilising influences in that time to a most extraordinary, extent, and he be lieved such legislation as this bill proposed was utterly uncalled for. As to the absence of_necessitrfor making purchases on Sunday, why, if workmen received their wages at an earlier hour on Saturday than now their work would be stopped at an earlier hour; so that, in fact, such a step would in reality be to inflict a penalty on the workmen. (Hear.) By our Sabbath, from 12 o'clock on Saturday night till 12 o'clock on Sunday night, we restricted a great many useful things. That was not the original Sabbath, which commenced at sunset of one day, and ended at sunset of the next day, and there fore he considered we did much mischief by our modern reading of the Sabbath. This bill fixed upon trading exclusively, leaving out amusements and work entirely, and that was a point which the Sab batarian legislators shrunk from touching. To interfere with work would affect our great clubs and coteries ' • it would interfere with the cooks, and footmen, and but lers, and carriages of the aristocracy ; and he thought that to stop short of the legislation that would affect those was a pitiful and sordid hypocrisy. (Hear.) Mr. KER SEYMER wished the house would go into committee on this bill. lie was not a Sabbatarian, but he was not prepared to give up the Lord's-day as a day of rest. Although Sunday was a day of rest it should be also the Lord's-day. The hon. gentleman (Mr. Massey) said there was little trading on Sundays in Mary lebone ; he (Mr. Seymer) wished the hon. member had accompanied him•last Sunday to Houndsditch. He went purposely to see that district, and the amount of Sunday trading there was very extensive ; and not only trading, but a public meeting was placarded to petition against this bill. He did not see many people sign the petition, for ho belieied it would be highly inconvenient fcr most of the people he saw there to state their names and residences. (Laughter.) He thought that all that had taken place on the discussion of this bill shOwed in the strongest way the necessity for the adoption of the pre sent bill. • Sir J. SHELLEY supported the bill, because he be lieved that its provisions were likely to produce the best results, and the health of the working classes would be insured. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE deprecated the course that had been pursued with respect to this bill, and he objected to it on the ground that it ought to be introduced by the Government. He looked at the measure as a cowardly attempt on the part of the promoters of the bill to effect that of which they would be ashamed if personally appealed to. Mr. WILKINSON concurred with the hon. member for Finsbury that this measure ought to be taken up by' the GoVernment, and hoped that that would not be lost sight of in the bill. Sir G. GREY said that the bill, in fact, ought to be adopted by the house ; he would, therefore, support the bill and oppose the amendment. Mr. MAGUIRE supported the amendment, pre ferring, as he did, the testimony of Sir R. Mayne to that of the policeman, whom the hon. gentleman opposite en cohitered in the course of his tour and whose experience he had so graphically described. He was as anxious as any member of the house that the Lord's-day should be kept holy—(hear, hear)i—and no persons were more so than the Roman Catholic members of the house that such should be the case, but there was an overpowering necessity on the part of the poorer classes of society, and it was consequently unfair that coercion_should be brought to bear upon them. He agreed with Sir R. Mayne in thinking that the question was one which must be left to the decision of public opinion, which would adjust it much better than by legislation. On that account he should support the amendment. Sir T. WALMSLEY said he.objected to the bill on principle. He thought that the upper classes of society ought to set those below them a better example in keep ing the Sabbath. Lord R. GROSVENOR, in reply to the right hon. member for Leicester, said that be had not under taken the bill!at the desire of the upper classes at all, but that he bad taken it up at the solicitation of the inhabitants of the metropolis generally, consisting chiefly of the lower classes, upon_ the prayer of i nu merously signed petition. With regard to the upper classes setting a better example, he had obtained some statistics with regard to the number of carriages and horses passing through Hyde-park on Saturday and Sunday last. On the ' former day he ,found there were 1,936 one-hone carriages, 2,199 two and snore horse carriages, and 1,740 saddle horses. On the following day there were 1,698 one-horse carriages, but those above one had dwindled to 854, and the saddle horse to 413, whilst on the Sunday there were 1,228 otnni• buses and 2,047 cabs passing under the Wellington-arch at Hyde-park. He therefore thought there was nothing to complain of in the example set by the class to which he iia'l the honour to below,. After a few words from J. HEYWORTH and Mr. BAR ROW, The house divided on the question that the Speaker now leave the chair, when the numbers were— Ayes l5B Noes 5l Majority —lo7 The Speaker accordingly left the chair, and the house resolved itself into a committee upon the bill. Mr. W. J. FOX proposed to add to the bill a proviso that all persons of the Jewish perivasion should be exempt from all the restrictions imposed by the bill. He affirmed that the bill if enforced upon them would be a penalty upon them not only for their race, but also for their re. ligion ; and he trusted the house would excuse his speaking in their behalf, when it was borne in mind that they could not speak for themselves. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. LLOYD DAVIS, The proviso was negatived without a division. Clauses 1 to 3 were then agreed to after a short dis cussion upon each. On clause 4, 1 Mr. CEIAMBERS moved that the words "in cases of emergency or charity" be inserted, urging that there were cases in which it might be necessary to take excep tion to the provisions of the act. Mr. DUNCOMBE described the act as a bungling piece of legislation altogether, and was by no means the proper course to take to subvert the act of Charle§ll. The clause was afterwards agreed to, amended as pro posed. Upon clause 4 being proposed, a short discussion took place. The object of the clause was, that no trading should take place before nine in the morning of Sunday, or after one of the same day. Several divisions took place upon amendments that were proposed to this clause, all of which ended in the defeat of the amendments and the adoption of the ori ginal clause. In clause 5, which provided that there should be no hawking or crying of newspapers 04 any sale of them after 10 o'clock on the Sabbath some discussion took place. Mr. R. SPOONER thought that no newspaper should be allowed to be sold after a certain hour on Sunday, and moved as an amendment that the words nine be in serted in the clause instead of ten. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE considered that all restric tion should be taken off the sale of newspapers on Sunday. Their sale was in his opinion essential for the benefit of society as it at present existed. Upon a division taking place on Mr. Spooner's amendment, the origin 'al motion was carried by a majo rity of 116. Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE then moved, as a further amendment, that instead of ten o'clock in the morning the provisions of the clause should be ten o'clock in the evening, thereby giving liberty to all parties to sell newspapers the whole of Sunday. The committee divided on the amendment, which was lost by a majority of 93. Mr. CRA UFURD proposed to insert after the word "morning" the words " or two o'clock in the afternoon," so as to restrict the sale of newspapers only during divine service in the morning. After a few words from Lord R. GROSVENOR and Sir G. GREY, the committee once more divided, when there appeared— . . For the amendment 'Against it Majority ~ 62 . 140 ..--78 The CHAIRMAN was then directed to report pro gress, and the house resumed ; the committee to sit again on the 4th July. The Justices of Peace Qualification Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The DweJling.houses (Scotland) Bill was passed through committee. The report of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to. The Validity of Proceedings (House of Commons) Bill was passed through committee. The bill was afterwards reported without amendment, and, the standing orders being suspended, it was read a third time and passed. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. The following is Mr. Layard's motion to be discussed on Friday, with the amendments to be proposed by Sir E. B. Lytton and gr. V. Scully : " Mr.LayarA — Administrativeßeform—That this house views with deep and increasin ,, concern the state of the nation, and is of opinion that the manner in which merit and efficiency have been sacrificed in public appointments to party and family influences, and to a blind adherence to routine, has given rise to great misfortunes, and threatens to bring discredit upon the national character, and to in•' volvo the country in grave disasters. " Sir E. B. Lytton—As an amendment to Mr. Layard's motion on Administrative R?,fortn, to move —That this house recommends to the earliest attention of her Majesty's Ministers the.necessity of a careful revision of our various official establishments, with a view to simplify and facili tate the transaction of public business, and, by instituting judicious' tests of merit, as well as by removing obstruc tions to its fair promotion and legitimate rewards, to se cure to the service of the State th largest available pro portion of the energy and intelligence for which the people of this country are distinguished. " Mr. Vincent Scully—Administrative Reform—That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for her most gracious order in Council of the 21st day of May last, by which certain persons were di rected to examine into and certify the qualifications of all young men proposed to be appointed to junior situations in anydepartment of the civil service ; and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to modify such order, by directing the ex , mination to be an open one, and held in public, and that the examiners do have regard to superior qualifications and merit; and praying also that a similar order, or orders, in Council be issued as to the rnilit9ry, naval, diplomatic, and consular services, with the view to secure greater efficiency in all departments of the public service." 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Barry Piccadilly; 60, Gracecharch-street ; 330, and tree t ; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgat , e n -street; 150, Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; 451, I so s a t t ra l n B ,l 2 : 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; Oxford-street ; 24, Mot mall; 7, Pall-mall-East ; 132, New Bond - street Conduit street;comb-street ; 13, King William-street , City 7 6 ; Farrmgdon-street , , St. 21, Coekspur-street , 93', 89, High-street, Camden-town -18 Pall- Paul's Churchyard; 6, Edward-street, For tnats , xqu are. OFFICE OF SPEAKER. Mr. WALPOLE moved that a select committee be appointed to consider and report to the house whether any and what improvement may be made in the provid ing for the execution of the office of Speaker, in the event of the Speaker's unavoidable absence by reason of illness or of other causes. Agreed to. Mr. INGHAM obtained leave to bring in a bill to empower the Dean and Chapter of Durham to make better provision for certain parochial districts in the bo rough of South Shields. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. SPORTING IIVTELLIGENOE. HAMPTON RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Stand Plate of 60 . sous (Handicap). Once round and a distance. Mr. Death's Cranbourne, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(W. Abdale) 1 Mr. Mayo's Banstead, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Downes's Mary Anne, 3 yrs, sst 71b ...(Snowden) 3 The following also ran—lda, Stamford, Black Bess, and Pantheon. Betting-2 to 1 agst Ida, 4to 1 each "agst Cranbourne and Pantheon, and 6 to 1 each agst Black Bess and Mary Anne. Won easily by two lengths ; a length be. tween the second and third ; bad fourth. Pantheon and Black Bess went on the wrong side of the post. The Claremont Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft; with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; Bst 7113 ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners extra. Half a mile. 15 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sugarcane, by Ratan, Bst Gib (in. 31b extra) . Lord Chesterfield's Thames Ditton, Bst 1016 (in. 31b extra) , Mr. F. Fisher's Bulbul, Bst 31b (W. May) 3 Betting-6 to 4 on Sugarcane, who made all the running, and won in a canter by five lengths. _ The Hurst Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr.olds and upwards ; optional sel ling weights. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. Payne's Spinaway, by •Orlando, 4 - yrs, 7st 91b (carried 7st 111 b), 301, (Flatman) 1 Mr. Samwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, fist 10Ib, 30/...(Ashmall) 2 Mr. W. Evans's Miss Hatch, 3 yr.i, 6st 716, 301.' (Snowden) 3 The following also ran—Oleaster, Beau Morris, Cap tain Keble. Betting-6 to 4 agst Usurer, and sto 2 agat Spin awa3. Won very easily by a length ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 105 guineas. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (Handicap) of 20 boys each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. Tivo miles. 25 subs, 15 of whom declared. Mr. Payne's Cock Pheasant, by Touchstone, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 1 Lord Clifden's 4yrs, 6st 121 b (Crouch) 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Warwick, aged, 7st 101 b (Kendall) 3 The following also ran—Winkfield, Georgium Sidus, and Vulcan. Betting-5 to 2 agst Cock Pheasant, 3to 1 agst Bodo meli, 7 to 2 agst Georgium Sidus, 5 to 1 agst Winkfield, 'and 7to 1 agst Warwick. A fine race in with Ci ck Pheasant and Rodoqneli .resulted- in a dead heat. War wick finished about three lengths behind the first two. Bad fourth. Vulcan ran against a post, and was pulled up. Deciding Heat-5 to 4on Cock Pheasant. Won by a neck. The Innkeepers' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweep- stakes of 3 soya each ; optional selling weights, &c. Heats, three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Won in two heats by Mr. Bailey's New Brighton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, 501. (Ashmall), beating Punclibos, Jenny Wren, and Allington. The winner was sold for 85 guineas. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 9to 1 agst Vindex 10 to 1 agst Courtenay 11 to 1 apt Rotherham 12 to 1 aget Rylstone GOODWOOD STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Homily 20 to 1 agst Calamus 20 to 1 agst Quince DERBY. _ 10' to 1 agst Fly-by-Night 20 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins . 20 to 1 agst Fazzoletto • 25 to 1 agst Bird in Hand 30 to 1 agst cby Flying Dutchman—Elerda:e 1000 to 30 agst Voivode, 1000 to 30 agst The Wild Irishman 1000 to 20 agst British Lion The weather was warm and cloudy. Late in the after noon rain fell in sharp showers, but it was not of suffi ciently long duration to mar the enjoyment of the sport. The attendance was equal to a first day's average. The racing was interesting, the principal event —the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes—occasioning a dead heat. Barnard's and Langland's large and commodious Stands were, as usual, placed in capital "seeing" posi tions, and were opened at a moderate charge. Weights for the Scurry Stakes. One mile. 6 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Cock Pheasant .. 5 13 0 Minos Florist Kennyside Hero 412 2 Phaedra 3 10 11 NEWTON RACES—WEDNESDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) The Trial Handicap Stakes. Vi r t u0u5 ............................................ Billyßichardson ................................. Eight ran. Won cleverly. • Golborne Park Stakes. Tilly Fisherman Seven ran. Won by half a lemith. The Gold Cup. Lurley 5auceb0x................... .. . ... Five ran, Selling Plate. C Young Hack Five ran. Won in a canter. Makerfield Handicap Plate. 1 ........... 0 Comfort Syron Ten ran. Won easily. THE LIVE POOL CUP. t4rice—Two miles. time.; are left in up to time. Ru❑ July 12. Di, The f allowing are all till): Wednesday Evening : Age st lb Domino Aribbas Goorhah Joe Miller 6 7 11 lanthe Jack the Giant- Age s t lb Brown Brandy ... 7 Bianca .......... 4 7 Cosset' ............ .. 3 ', . 1 1 2 2 Amy ............... 3 " 42 - Cock of the North 3 6 v„ Shoreham ........ 3 6 ~° Lady Alicia . ...... 3 6 i'd Sir George ......... 3 6 5 10 El as tic ............ 3 5 le raised 12lb. kilier Ammonia Seducer 4 7 5 Cock Pheasant The weights a do (INTR.? AISSTS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET —JUN E 12 ' --11 There were in the market to -day 20 sacks oatmeal, weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at Cs. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MOOT-- JUNE 11. Thore w tree ; whe a a s t d a the market. The prices to-day were as follow S t o ne, of lb Oat straw, from 8s Od to 103 Cat per kemple 8,6 J. 7 ,6dt0 Hay from 14d to 16d ; new ditto, Od. to Od per ston e s e 6 su ci p t p o l , yo 3 ofds;trbaNavrleoyf (9;011. d,escriptions ;a DALKEITH MEAL MARKET— Barleymeal, per ditto .. 15d11 Third. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Seco- 4 6 3 i imperial 6 ,1 Od Peasemeal, per ditto ''''''' 01 s o ° ,l --s ( Od Flour, per ditto —s --8 Pot-barley, per ditto ... s 4307: OCI 46S Olt DUBLIN—JUNE 13. t mu st , 0 Wiles , • 14Y ' 4 We had a very slow market to-dal• tea -I `l l ll su ppor n _ e „ 9 , C. quoted fully is lower. Oats scarcely currencies. Barley unsaleable. Indian cor 1. White wheat, 425 Od to 45s Od ; demand, without any alteration in price. 40s t° 43' cl: barley, 16s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 14s 6a to '"; 6 d • 00s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 15$' 01 to 519 Od t°' )4 ' flour, 24s Od 0 273 01 per cwt ; 1 1 .010 cc ' tul per BOlbs. rca ditto, ; rapese,e, _ - COAL MARKET.—JIIO 13 ' lot Prices of Cosi per ton at the dose a the 0 0 s. .17 6 ,18"'f 18 6 ~18 0 .17 6 ..18 0 .15 6 .17 6 Wallsena, Sto. ~ ton ............. I s ,lo . ; fletton ..................... ',!. A Ilasviell ...................... ',LI! ; Ropier Grange ........... ..19 North getton •••••••••'" is 6 Richton(' ............... ~A Russell's fletton ......... .!,u, 6 flartlepool .......... .......! 6 Reuel flan. ............... i . F. . , SOUth 1) . ono e ............... !, v n Tees ...................... : f l 9 " 0 Trinsdov.. ....... ... ........ .11 , 6 Whitworth ........... ......,,, 6 Evenwood ..... . ........ •• .-' 3 Cowpen ............... ..•.• i A iDerwentwater gartloy ...v 5 Bate's West Hartley Middle W. Hartley .Davison's West Hartley Hol rya.' North Percy Hartley Raveusworth Hartley .. Taufield Moor Butes Whitwell Wylam :..16 6 Wallsend, i te. Acorn Close ~.18 9 :17 B.edley Riddell Wharndliffe :17 6 1 ...17 6 _l7 9, Eden Main 19 0 Braddyll l9 3 Ships at market... 200 1 Sold ~.131 SEABORNE MAIL, ' (N signifies that the mails are en ap t .oi f est : , s: iteti l „ ........ ,or by the night—and M by the mo rn in g 1 14. 10 7 ti. at ' 4' 4 % 1 SO' 1 "" COUNTRIES. D i n ay Gi ve h n e e n r a w l Omen, London.* Di'P ...-•--- pen • --------- ---;.; 01 ~ tramteririepcn(tbbyyßurinit.tpeadeks),Ns. Every Friday ••" Li v..° PO . ' --despatch./ . /001 01 I packet) ..........N America (by U. States ,toPi Etoutha ell 34 packet) ..........N .. ••• • • • " pee Australia (via eouth- opt° , souths ~ ampton) ..........116.. • • •• ' • • • I •• • ' ~ D over • • , 0 .01 14 Ditto (via Marseilles) N ~ • • July 6 Ditto (via Cape of (Jowl •'' jolt Hope) ............N ..... • ' 7, • . v i vr pout b Africa (West Coast)..N 23d of the Mo nth .... .• ~....1 A.1exandria..........N 8,9, 24, & 30 of In • Da'c aui ptoP Alexandria ..........M 4th St 20th of 'non. SoLlT:wpton_.o.ll_ Bahamas •• • • • •• •• -I'd 17th of the month Set2V.... ~ .1; 0 6 Belgium ............N Daily.... • • • • • • • • P ° Sou fart°. Joreritgf Brazii ..............M 9th of the month •. S ..,, u .,,,,t00 me g Btlettes Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Van Soae"- • f.,,, o ats Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N tOW " Cape de Verds ......N 9th of tb 3 month Pa Ceylon (see India) I ' IV° Ceylon ..............N ~,,ptoPil li uth. - c o 30 Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,StFriS•lSo 0 , 0 01) 1 I jalf C hill ' •.• • • •• • • ......M 2d ft 17th of mood , Sea China .... . Once a month .• • • ~,,,,, ...• 'i _f Constantinople ......k. iii,13,18,23,6‘28 °to , Po ..5.,1.00.- Constantinople .....,, ..14th it 20th of mon.,Jawr .... • I .0 0 Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .. •• • • IP CIe TO - Egypt (see India) . • 1 ~,,,v e r .••,,,,, France ........ la & N Twice daily .. •• • • '""ipotao' 1 1 Gibraltar ..........M 4,7,17,20, 27 of tn. Saa ;01 10 Greece (see India) ~„,, bfaaPt oP I 1 Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. .--- I ' 6o , ....: pile llamburgh ..........NlTuesday St Friday' TO b ow pallYi Ilavannah .......... M 2nd of the mon th So'a r .... "Igo e 0 tlonduras • ..........Mil7th of the month. 80 .. t i , a ,uill ' , & 17 12 & 2 5 d 0 t a h t 2, h r o y f o o m f .f. :0 . 1 ° 1 0 t . n . h . . 0 P 0 10 1 1 ) '; v :: :La r ,... ,e ,: : : ,(l .;: to " :::T a gi i i ,e ' . ; ' 6 . slll Hollandroend Indial i i a a n n ( d vi Isles ia . a. e °l i. . atri (see .l : a.e . 11'.. m i 1 1.Pl i .e t t & t s• l . i India) 7, i l l :7 4Dt h , t w ah l i l y • • • • • • • • • • • • j" 1 c ' ll P t ' ' P 0 0 Li5b0n.............. 11'7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Ra t % r ata'' , rane l' Madeira .........1 ..M 9th of the month 30'1%001.'v Madeira .. .... ...... Nl23d of month •• •• D ile- Malta (see India) •...NI Malta ..........., ..N 8, 18, St 28 of mon. POW •• .. ' 1 Mauritius (see India) a l . / be Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month ,aiotP, Letemico ............M,2nd of the month. iSaa_rer .. t ••• , 1 t o Naples ...... ..., .. .. N stlllsth2sthorniort.Po7„,oo e t. „ i cer New Granada .....,:,,, 2 , 1 & 17th of month f! , 0 ,, 11 r i 0 %, pa New Zei1ani........ „. By private skip ••I r Papal States ~ ..., ..1-I'4lllstll2sthofrnoa•lrLe“villar.,;! .40, Peninsula .. .. .. .. .. M lthl7th27thofinon.l•7oo,,onPu.:„. Vac Peru •" •••• • - - ..M ld it 2.711 , of mon •* Ar ioo9 P ° ` . Port Natal .... ...... N ;By private shiP• • ;,over •• ' . 1 Sicily ...............NlsthDth2sthotricaly:-;ove .. , • tot ; joile Tuscany ..., ...... „Nsthlst h2sthofmoo• wove 1 Venezuela ..........M 2d k Lith of Month r• , ' Joe l Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) ........., 0 goti osfrP tee ~., W ust Indies ........34 2 d & I , 7th °IMO I • will ~ 4:. • ,`,,, " spatched ien any and b e ; ilq • preceding the ms 1„ of these dates fall on a Sunda'', tie , of the t ool Southampton), on the following day, with the esc P day. ,•••• SHARE DlAfl4) S. Eastern, 18j 13. S 2 E aster and North-V restern ' to ivi LIVERPOOL, • e a, c` STOCK EXCHANGE. —There Was a g atilt hrlyorksh,, about the same as yesterdo,7. Lancashire Woe' 104116_,Great tern of Canada, 2P2. the Malta, both of wbichewill be daps —Eastern Counties, 12 shire, " STOCK dull, rola °`0,60. MANCEMSTEE, JUNK 13. fiese(i, EXCHANGE. —The te ar y - B t this roe_ witohut much fluctuation in prices. T____h_! 3 , ' z '" Vin t ; —Leeds, er, 7u — Pm• 184--Slieffield 27i 75—Crystal Palace, preer°' laint S ti :o bo c ul K vsiin E tige x ss c t AO P south Staffordshire, 21. lls. 3d. dis.---CrYs' flys t b A i ' s LEEDS, •TUll i 13' o sc.,' 010 - i' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market snot s 0 0. m. , , , pat , Ho w ßA a its N s R r E3lll.l n —er li enaCiltilee:oil! nearr j° i f:111:18g1 le:nit:o'lr. °':43Ciril9trel3Bt:i i t : ftt e aci i '11115: : morning, but a fair amount of business ( ;40eliocie 7::” o.lq—North-Western, 031Inchestelo.'e, 06' Lincoln, 28i—York and North Midland, .•'' shire and Yorkslth a Coo t l. 00 OP On the Bth the Germanic Diet rejectee"ffet tb v :,o e° made by a Roman Catholic noble to th s . t to expulsion from Mecklenburg of a abuse of power. ----------------------- BIRTIIS. e d 1 • r , OF A SON. y .or 101" $ On the 11th inst., at B r° " t°ll*°'. e j Wi t Payne Gallwey. __ the 0, On the 12th inst., at 48, Russell -egos' Oi l ' Lloyd Dirkett, M.D. l ir r kel lVe' . d, of On the 11th inst., at Bedale gall, -° vw - Peirse. the D °of°, I 1 0 Oa the 7th inst., at Donaghadee, o °. - gt. Daniel Dela Cherois, Esq. •fe of On the 10th inst., at Dalston, th e sirl Bristed. . 1 Co le' On the 12th inst. ter-place, man-street, ir a (c o - n er, n: lo B at t t fch b r e\eeev: Portman-square. :l a t e . rhi Nicholas ri a s n t .. inst., ci a u t Da l m e . ,OtlrheAwiDfAelloGf a3Tf :0 13 . th s 12th inst., Mrs. Jacob Q /4 sy ° , o lef MARRIED. st a t w to - s b , i . l .E l s , To oti, the ' (3l ' Ls c • C le i° On the 12th inst., WV's , - to ,13 Ward at Preshute, bu tt! , . de orj Dowding, MA , . vicar of Pre' e l P. tip Frances, eldest daughter of L'eut .Coloo -0 0 _ Turner, of H E L. , . 1 . 0 16 0 to ri • .I.S. Bombay Engineer'• Donel:rve 6.0 On the 12th inst., at Thorpe, Chertee7,,,. o f " 0 0 o f D etn t s h h e i youngest son of Richard Woodhouse, Mg': 0 0 1 :60 4 1 ., pl:tne, Portman square, to Harriette Clalbooso, of ,laughter of the late Henry Alderson W°° qij.inpllrvii.ocie_gf. eule,,, 00:20,0,d1,0ce r OP' of Bombay. r l e 2 h t h m inst.,G o r u k i . 1 l g a a n t e m , Coster, oat ~ Henry Emanuel, Esq., of WiltonetFlloustlii(gil':Zetl'ill°ll3°ll' place, Regent's-park. DIED . a o t . 0 ' On the 12th inst., Mr. Daniel Heys o° ' /- gate, aged 77. roolc•green' (co On the 9th inst., at HaDOVer villa, l ic •to_r- i .,. 3 13 ° of mersmith, John Henry Roby, E ,( l . ' 3° 1 D ar -re On the 4th inst., of cholera, at Balaklav3,_ndirig ba r C. 13., Rear-Admiral of the White, conia," 4,0, and Harbour of Balaklava. 1 , 1,09 7, / 3# On the sth inst., at Ballindalloch Caq.trfoo 00 0 1 3, ee son ß Grant, widow of Sir John Afacplit• ° __ c o et t of allindalloch. M. ru i ti gtg o ry On the 9th inst ,at Albert-street, M. i • 03 P ly T. v. I t ' the ° t rig' P°' dßoegßeondte's:paagrekd, 77. at Baron Wilaa On the 10th inst., at Thorneloe HousP! _. ag et _ l 3, Newport, of Hanley Court, Worcestershf'; OOP 400 On the 11th inst., at Norwood Hall, ' Diea Wheat, Esq., aged 76. 0 111 On the 11th inst., Mr. Richard Rotrel, ° Surrey, aged 81. .----------- __ = - ss 6 ' ....-rritDO V a o f LONDON : Printed and Published b Av.-, 0 , •L' .4 ,"'if of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27 0 Slim l i e 0." Strand, in the Preciuct of the Savoy, ill Tlidalesex, Thursda,y, June 14, 1855. Hilda s. 4' ■ ■