The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-31 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Manchester, praying that in any arrangement entered into for the cessation of hostilities the restora tion of Poland might be insisted upon. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from Dumfries, praying for the prohibition of distillation from grain. In reply to Lord ST. LEONARDS, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Solicitor- General intended to move for leave to bring a bill into the other house on the subject of testamentary jurisdic tion. It was also his intention to introduce a measure to amend the law of divorce and to improve the system of church discipline. PRIVATE BILLS. The Cambridge University and Town Water Bill and the Taunton Gas Bill were read a second time. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the house went into committee on this bill. After some discussion, in which the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leonardo, Lord Brougham, and the Bishop of Exeter took place, The bill passed through oommtttee. DEAN FOREST BILL; On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY this bill was read a second time. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Lord BROUGHAM then rose to call the attention of the house to the adjourned debate of the 23d and 26th on the subject of criminal procedure. The noble and, learned lord said, when he looked back to the great changes that had taken place in our criminal law during the last 30 years the great bulk of them only referred to the procedure of the law. In 1828, when he made a statement to the other house of Parliament, which gave rise to considerable discussion, he enumerated no less than 95 great defects in our law.. It appeared that of that number no less than 80 had been referred not to the law itself, but to procedure. He trusted that the sub. feet would be well considered by the Government during the recess, and that they would, upon the re-assembling of Parliament after the recess, assent to the issuing of a commission to inquire into the whole subject. He had already laid on the table 30 resolutions, which he in tended to press upon their lordships' consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR having passed a. 11 - 1 0 compliment upon the lab ours o f th e no bl e and. learned lord for the services he had rendered to the adoinistra tion of justic e , sa id h e cou ld assure hi ss that the subject should have the best co ns id era ti on of the Gov ernmen t with a view to carry out every amendment that was possible. After a few words from Lord LYTTLETON, The subject dropped. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a copy of a letter from the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England to the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the 14th of March. The latter was then ordered to be printed and laid on the table of the house. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. • Earl GRANVILLE then moved the adjournment of the house until Monday next. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he proposed to sit on Monday and Tuesday for the purpose of hearing appeals, - but of course no other business would be proceeded with. He would take care on Tuesday to move the adjournment to the 16th. (Hear.) THE STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that her Majesty's Government had proposed an adjournment of somewhat un usual length after a sitting during which a very small amount of public business had been transacted, and he was afraid that at the end of the session their lordships would be de tained for an additional week. He thought at the present moment that it might not be inconvenient to look back a little, to look at the present position of the country, and also to look a little forward. (Hear.) It so happened that we were now exactly at the termination of the first year of the war, and he wished their lordships to consider the position in which the country stood at the beginning of the war, and what had been done. At the beginning of the war the coun try had a very strong Government, and a very fine army. At present it had only half that army, and had lost half the Go vernment. He was not sure, however, that some persons did not think that although the Government had been deprived of half its members it might not have increased in strength. (A laugh.) This, at least, was certain, that, whatever might have been its increased strength in the Cabinet, in Parliament it was materially diminished, and, instead of having a very strong Government to carry on the war, the country had now a very weak Government. At the commencement of the war there was a confiding Parliament and an enthusiastic people. Now there was an inquiring people and a discontented House of • Commons. (Hear, hear.) What had been done ? We occu pied, by means of our Allies, the Turks, Eupatoria. In con junction with our Allies, the French, we had occupied for six months 25 square miles of territory in front of Sebasto pol. From that position our troops could neither advance nor retreat. Our officers and soldiers had maintained their accustomed reputation; but, although they had done so, it was impossible to conceal the fact that the reputation of this country as a military power had been very seriously impaired. (Hear, hear.) The last men in the country to believe in the reality of war were her Majesty's Ministers. In consequence of that due preparations were not made. Their eyes were at last opened, and with the best possible intentions, but know ing nothing of the duty they had to perform, they did every thing too late, and nothing well. (Hear.) In order to perform great services to the State an army should (be numerically equal to the work imposed upon it—it should be well orga niadi well equipped, and well commanded. It was still more essential to military operations that that army should be Yvon 211,.../1. _ tion, it was impossible to obtain adequate success. Now the condition of the expedition sent to Sebastopol was that it was without an adequate force of cavalry, and without any means of movement. From the inadequacy of cavalry the victory at Alma could not be improved. From the absence of cavalry when Prince Menschikoff's forces were divided, it was impossible to take advantage of that separation. But there was a yet more fatal want—the want of conveyance. Within seven miles of the sea our army bad been exposed to an extent of distress unknown since the retreat of the French troops from Russia, and equally destructive perhaps of our force. What had the Government attempted to do ? From a desire to do everything as economically, and as delicately and conside rately as possible to carry on the war, they had attempted to raise the militia without ballot and without any substitute whatever of a coercive character for the ballot. They had attempted to carry on the war, as regarded the navy, with out bounty and without impressment. They had endeavoured to carry on the war without a reserve at home, and a cam paign without animals. (Hear, hear.) At the end of the Peninsular war our army could go anywhere and do anything. At present our army could go nowhere and do nothing but defend its lines in any part where they might be attacked. What had been the effect on the navy of the determination to carry on the war with no other resources than such as could be obtained by ordinary means, without resorting to impressment or giving a bounty ? He rejoiced to see that the number of seamen and marines voted last year had been completed, and he believed that in the present year the num ber voted might be obtained by the ordinary means, and that in all probability in successive years a force of 6,000 or 7,000 men would be obtained in the usual manner, and added to our naval strength. Brit the amount of force which we should have at the conclusion of the present year did not ex ceed one-half of the force which we obtained during the last war. To those who were now sending a magnificent fleet to the Baltic ho must be permitted to say that that fleet was not of sufficient strength. He understood that 20 sail of the line, all steam-ships, were to be employed on that service, with a proportionate number of smaller vessels. If we had any great reason to expect that that force would be increased as it was during a portion of the last year, by a force of six or seven sail of the line belonging to France, he should con sider it sufficient at an early period of the campaign ; but last year two or three months elapsed before the French ships joined our fleet, and they left the Baltic six weeks or two months before our vessels. Looking at the great demand for transports for the French service, ho did not anticipate that more than one vessel be longing to France would join our fleet in the Baltic during the present season. Earl GRANVILLE—Not more than one ? The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—Not more than one. It was of such vital importance to maintain our superiority in the Baltic that we ought not to run the smallest risk, and we ought to have a force of our own on which we could entirely depend under all circumstances. No doubt, the force about to be sent out was a most powerful one, and it might do great things against an enemy ; but the force of that enemy con sisted of 30 sail of the line, and there was every reason to suppose that several *ow vessels had been added to that force during the wint* However ho might rely upon the strength of the British ships, the gallantry with which they would be fought, and the ability of the officers in command, he did not think we should be justified in fighting any doubt ful battle, or any battle iu which we might not expect to achieve a decisive victory. He, therefore, did not think it safe to trust the interests of the country to a fleet of the ex tent intended to be sent out. Many naval officers capable of forming a correct judgment were of opinion that our fleet should consist, not of 20 but of 25 sail of the line, and that we ought to have a reserve of 5 sail of the line at Portsmouth, and 5 sail of the line at Plymouth. He was unwilling to allude more particularly to the point, but felt confident that, if we desired to early on this war undisturbed by any diversion, we must be strong everywhere, and prove that it would not be safe to provoke our hostility. (Hear.) The Government had no re serve a t h ome. At the very end of the . last war, wo had 60,000 regu l ars an d 60 , 0 00 militia in till; country. What was our force now? We had none. If from Any accident of war or weather our fleet should be destroyokin the Baltic, there was nothing sufficient in this count r y to give protection to our c oas t s . N ow cou ld any looking at the present strength of the army, at our militia, at the progress of enlistment, expect the country in the Prssveut or for several following to intain in the field more than 20,000 effective m en y l ars ni lf we could do no could do ju s t t w i ce as much as the little more than thas.,,e state of Sarilinm, ahis ought to be a matter of serious reflec tion-to Parliament ati i the Government, and the more so be cause it was imp ossi 0.?•7 discriminate the consideration of our actual naval and nnlitar , w - vositio n from the consideration of those negociations which _e e rzo n ew in progress at Vienna, and of which we should soon I to result. L e t their lord ships consider what was the cause r 'That l a P r esent war —the occupation of the principalities. Turkey to declaretreaty war, and this country The principalities were evacuate came fdorwinaredoitlosatnesteeT4rtkehey, between Austria and Turkey. Theroeoturledabye e T er a‘k y übt that at this moment we could obtain by which treaty could give against the occupation of o ti b ie t palities. There was as little doubt that we could ain th e security of treaties for the free navigation o f the Danube. We could likewise obtain all the security treati e s could give for the protection of the Greek subjects of the Porte with out .the intervention of Russia. Not only could t hese securities be obtained now, but they could have been ob tained at an earlier period. We, therefore, could at once obtain all for whi c h we o r i g inally made war. We sent an Y to ; Varna to give the hand to Austria. As soon as Austria Was prepared to rest upon our hand, we withdraw, and sent our troops to Sebastopol. Could any one reason ably doubt what the consequences of such a proceeding would be, and that Austria would act with extreme caution ? Austria was in a position of the greatest danger when our army was sent to Sebastopol. But the sending of that army to Sebastopol created a new element of difficulty. It intro duced the question of military honour, which was infinitely more difficult to deal with than any question of commerce. If he were not mistaken the main practical difficulty was one Imilitary honour. But our demands went further. We said we would have some security against the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. That was altogether a new de mand, and ono which did not arise out of the first circem- stances of the war. And how did the Government propose to carry that into effect ? They sent an expedition to Sebas topol as ancillary to the attainment of that object. He trusted that they had not demanded from Russia any con c2ssion which might be represented by the Emperor to his people and his army as inconsistent with their honour. It was a most painful thing to touch the honour of a military power. He did not hesitate to say that we were net in a mi litary position in front of Sebastopol which justified us in a sking Russia for such a sacrifice, for, although we were the besiegers, we were also besieged. Now, if the Government could obtain any fair concession and stipulation on the part of Russia tending to diminish her preponderance in the Black Sea, he would ask how the performance of that stipulation was to be enforced ? Had former stipulations of the same kind been enforced They had not. How could the Government without a new war compel Russia to perform any stipulation she might make for the purpose of diminishing her prepon derance iu the Black Sea ? He apprehended that it would be a vain attempt; but whatever opinion might be entertained with respect to the war, he should deeply lament that any reason able expectations of making peace should be taken away if a proposition for terms which could be of no practical benefit should not be agreed to. (Hear, hear.) As the whole atten tion of the Government and of a large portion of Europe was directed to the single question of the reduction of Sebastopol, it was desirable to look at the reality of the thing, and inquire what was its real value. In time of war its value was known exactly. (Hear, hear.) At present we had a superior force in the Black Sea. We had blockaded Sebastopol, and de prived Russia altogether of that naval preponderance which she would otherwise derive from the possession of the Black Sea. No doubt, under peculiar circumstances, the whole of the Russian fleet might sail from Sebastopol, and strike a blow, as in the case of Sinope ; but that would have no very material effect on the results of a war. Practically, Sebas topol and the Russian fleet were nullified by the superiority of our own fleet. Supposing Sebastopol to be taken and destroyed, in the course of a very few years it would be restored. The destruction of that place would be only a temporary advantage. If it was intended not only to take . but to keep Sebastopol, that was a different thing. Bset we intended to maintain Sebastopol we must go a great deal further. It would be impossible to maintain 100,000 men in the Crimea to prevent Russia from occupying Sebastopol. To do that it would be necessary to raise tie* nations around the Crimea from serfdom, and to attempt the recon s t ruc ti on of the kingdom of Mithridates. (laser, hear.) Supposing treaties could be formed under the guarantee of a ll th e grea t powers of Europe for the effectual protection of the princi palities against the re-oecupetion of Russia, then would still remain the danger of Sebastopol--a danger which no dimi nution of five or tat ships of the Russian fleet would prevent. There Would be the danger of Russia embarking 40,000 or 5 0 , 000 men, not in vessels of wa r , us i ng th em as a but in her mercantile navy at Odessa and a ll the ports of the Black Sea, and throwing that force sud denly upon Bourgas, getting possession of the Bosphorus, and so crashing Turkey. It was against that danger that we ought to guard, and there was but one way of doing so. It was impossible to nullify to Russia her own possessions. But our ally had possession of the Bosphorus and Constantinople, and the only real security would be to create a Sebastopol in the Bosphorus, and giving Turkey an army with which, un der strong fortifications, she might fight her own battles, and defend herself until her friends could come to her rescue. In conclusion, he must express his earnest hope that no-demand inconsistent with the honour of the Russian army and people would be made—that no demand would be made which it would be difficult or impossible to enforce, and which, if en forced, would not conduce to the security which was desired. Earl GRANVILLE, in reply to the first objection of the noble earl, said that he had consulted the noble earl the leader of the party opposite este the period of adjournment, and had received his approbation of the course proposed. Making full allowance for the ability and temper of the speech of the noble earl—giving him credit for many suggestions which he had made to the Government and the house—balancing the ad vantages and disadvantages of the speeches which he had made during the present year, his (Earl Granville's) belief was that, although their lordships might be deprived of the noble earl's speeches, the interests of the sountry would not at all suffer on that account, even if the adjournment should be for a month. (Laughter, and hear.) This was not a proper period to go into a disquisition on foreign affairs. (Hear.) There was hardly a member of their lordships' house who would not admit that if there ever was a time when it would be objectionable to drag the Government into a discussion on such matter, it was the present—(hear)—and he could not help thinking that those who had listened to the noble earl's speech would consider it a great dereliction of public duty if any member of the Government were to follow the noble earl through the various topics in which he had indulged. (Hear.) The noble lord had stated that we went to Sebastopol for our own objects. Now he was unable to explain the meaning of that phrase, but he most confidently denied that any singe step we had taken in the course of this war had been taken with reference to our own objects. The noble earl next re ferred to the insufficiency of our naval operations in the Baltic, and he gave an account perfectly differing from the accounts which the Government had received from the French Govern ment of the assistance they would be able to give us in that sea. He had no wish to hazard any prophecy in opposition to the prophecy of the noble earl, but when the noble earl said our naval preparations were insufficient for the purpose to which they were to be applied, he must be allowed to say, with all due deference to the noble earl's superior knowledge, that he believed such was not the case. The force now at the disposal of Admiral Dundas consisted of seven ships of the line, eight frigates, eight gun-boats, all the lessels having either paddles or screws, while a large number of vessels of different sorts could be added in a short time; and on the whole he might say there was now a fleet ready for sea of not less than 104 pendants. How could it be said then, with any degree of truth, that such an overwhelming force would be insufficient for the purpose to which it was to be applied ? (Hear, hear.) With regard to the army, he was quite un able to go into details, but he entirely denied that we had suffered loss to anything like the degree mentioned by the noble earl, or that the military prestige of th's country had fallen in the estimation of Europe. He thought it was a gross exaggeration when the noble earl said the misfortunes and dis asters which had overtaken our army in the Crimea were ex actly like the defeat which Napoleon met with at Moscow. That there had been great disasters—that there had been great suffering—that there bad been great losses, he did not pretend to deny ; but against that their lordships must place the acknowledgment of the noble earl himself, that our °fa: . . any army in the world. Add to that the fact that the effici ency of our army was such as to enable them to meet the enemy at any moment, and he thought there would be no reason for the desponding tone adopted by the noble earl. When he considered that after the most extraordinary land ing that ever took place, and after three battles gained by the invincibility of our troops, we were now in an impreg nable position in the enemy's dominions, he did say that it was giving an unjust notion to the people of this country, as well as to our allies, of the power we possess, for the noble earl to indulge in such language as that which their lordships had heard to-night. (Hear, hear.) Why, it was notorious to them all that our army at this moment was being strength ened every day in numbers and in health, and above all they were in the highest possible spirits. He believed they were equal now to any duty which they might be immediately called upon to perform. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl next ad verted to the weakness of the Government, and he regretted that instead of a strong Government the country was com pelled to put up with a weak Government. Now nobody could regret more than ho did that the Government had lost some of those eminent men whom the noble earl and his colleagues failed to obtain when they were en deavouring to form a Government, but, at the same time, Ministers had not lost all courage on that account; on the contrary, relying on the honesty of their intentions, they felt convinced they would be supported by the country, while what had passed lately in the House of Commons showed that the house was inclined to give them its support. More than that, looking at the elections that had taken place—looking at the fact that, in almost every instance where the members Of the Government had to appeal to their constituents, they had either been returned without opposition or with an over whelming majority—looking still more at the extraordinary change of opinion which had taken place in the large com mercial town of Liverpool, he did believe there was sufficient proof shown that the people of this country, as well as the House of Commons, were strongly disposed to give the Go vernment their support. (Hear.) At all events, if Ministers obtained that support without going into details, he could assure their lordships, for himself and for his colleagues, that they would show no want of zeal in endeavouring to obtain Peace, while, on the other hand, they would, as far as it was possible, strive to support the interest, tho dignity, and the military reputation of the country. (Cheers.) The Earl of MALMESBURY could not agree with the noble earl that his noble friend had taken an unfortunate opportu nity for pressing his views upon their lordships, with regard to the present position of affairs in the East, nor did he be. lieve that his noble friend's speech on the subject would be detrimental to the public interest. His noble friend had repeatedly given his advice to their lordships touching the conduct of the war and other matters, and where it was not followed by the Government the neglect had proved to their disadvantage. Two instances of this neglect immediately occurred to him. On ono occasion, before the commence ment of the war, the late Government, and half the present Government, proposed to reduce the taxes of the country something like 1,200,000 e, and upon that occasion his noble friend most solemnly warned them that they were commit ting an imprudent act. Subsequent events proved that his noble friend was correct. What was the second instance in which his noble friend tendered his advice to the Government? Why, it was when he warned them that they had not calcu lated sufficiently upon the number of animals required for the laud transport service. That advice, however, was not taken, and yet almost every misfortune that had occurred to our a: my was to bo traced to the want of a sufficient land trans port. So much, then, for the neglect of his noble friend's advice. The noble earl opposite said he did not understand the expression of his noble friend when ho geld we went to the Crime, far our own objects. Now, what he supposed his noble friend meant was, that Austria, France, and England, with respect to the invasion of the Crimea, were anything but of the same opinion. Then the noble earl objected to the com parison which his noble friends bad made between our disas ters and the disasters which befell the French army in 1812 ; but for his part he could hardly conceive any analogy more true or exact. The enemy was the same, the time was the same, and the result was the same. Tho climate destroyed the army before Moscow, while the climate was the principal cause of the calamities which had befallen our army before Sebastopol. But the noble lord opposite appeared to think the present a most inopportune moment to offer advice about the war, but if they were to be tongue-tied upon the subject of the negotiations now going on, where was the use of their attending the house 7 (Hoar.) Government had declared their intention not to introduce matters of domestic policy pending the war, and if they were now to remain silent upon questions of foreign policy, what else was there for them to touch upon ? But ho could not think that it was inconvenient for the public service that independent members of Parlia ment should tender their advice to Government upon the subject of the war, or draw attenti on t o any i mportant po i nt that may strike them. Well, then, at this moment the coun try was most anxious about what was passing at Vienna, and their lordships would be mere dolts if they did not offer some Opinion upon it, or call for some explanation from the Go vernment. No one could be more anxious than he was that the honour of the country should be maintained ; but this tea, care that the was the most important moment this country had seen since ti b e . lr f e re f m oread am . 1 .1445, the period of the last lordships would be unworthy of their position if they did not congress at Vienna, and their foundation es opportunitynetfotrhprelaweninegwtahye.pea(effeeoefr,Ehuereolp.e) the eminent hi who( who() speak slightingly or disrespectfully of but at the sam. time h aei4 i s o ted d at the last congress of Vienna, La a little niore eleenmepeiCte in the j e r i esent Government would than were the statesmen of 1814-15. r tre e aties and demands committed was turning their thetak upo T n h the error which they east, and look sequence tward to France as sours ° of ing wesalldanger. The con the security of T urke sequence was, y a en nd the pretensions of were not Russia in the Black Sea bitter fra mi l attended to, and we were now reaping the , enstsi‘of that neglect. From 1815 down to the present time It the knotid, step by step, in creased her territory; and with _ 29 ledge of that circum stance and the treaties of 1828 and that o ne it was scarcely credible to the present generation of the prin ty • sof Vienna was a ,verthrowin cipal acts of the congi es s now Erin, g der which Frauco wa he very dynasty un ' hted view that weasar r ee Ties not only showed the short-sighted w• necessity of our s a l t events in 1815, but it also proved the . al guarantec3 tro m t materi not merely moral guarantees, bu ini.iiimim TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1855. Russia, to prevent a repetition of such occurrences as we had 'ecently witnessed. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to see the ioble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had re %urned to his place, because it gave him an opportunity of expressing a hope that, in carrying on the present negotiations ho would be actuated by the same spirit which animated him last, when ho said that a great power like Russia could not he permitted to hold such a position as should enable her, at her own free will and caprice, to disturb the peace and tran quillity of Europe. (Hear.) The Duke of ARGYLL thought it somewhat odd to find the noble earl defending observations coming from a noble lord who last year snubbed him for indulging in a precisely similar line of remark. The Earl of MALMESBURY must interrupt the noble duke. He did not think the speech of the noble duke in good taste at this moment ; but if it were, it was not true. He denied that he was " snubbed" by his noble friend, though be might have been somewhat unfairly rebuked by his noble friend for what he said. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said what had passed on the occasion referred to had really gone out of his mind alto gether, but ho did not think it right that matters of this kind, occurring accidentally in debate, shoultbe recalled.' The Duke of ARGYLL declared that it was in perfect good humour that he had recalled the incident ; but he had risen chiefly to state that the noble earl had mistaken the ground of objection which his noble friend (Earl Granville) had taken to the speech of the noble earl (the Earl of Ellenborongh). His noble friend did not object to any noble lord rising in his place to comment upon the events of the war or the conduct of the negotiations, provided his remarks wer e k e pt w ithi n proper bounds; but his noble hind's objection was directed to the peculiar character of the observations which fell from the noble earl opposite. He always listened with great at tention and great admiration to the eloquence of the noble earl, but it appeared to him that the noble earl had made his speech to-night without any specific object. Certainly it only contained one suggestion, and that was a recommenda tion to erect a Turkish fortification in the Bosphorus. Beyond that, the speech appeared to be devoid of any object, but the noble earl gave it as his opinion that the army in front of Sebastopol could do no more than it had already done, an opinion which, coming from a high military authority like the noble earl, was calculated to do much harm. But the noble lord said we went to Sebastopol for our own objects. Now he denied that ; we went to Sebastopol as much for the object of Austria and Germany as our own. The Earl of ELLENBOROtIGH—What I meant was that the object was common to England and France, but not com mon to all the other Powers engaged in the war. The Duke of ARGYLL confessed that he was quite unable to understand the drift of the noble earl's speech to-night, par ticularly when he compared it with some of his former speeches on the same subject. Last year the noble earl told them that this was a statesman's war. If he meant by that observation that the war was antagonistic to the feelings of the people, the noble earl was wrong; but on the other hand, if he meant that the war was waged for a great object, which only great statesmen could appreciate, how could the noble earl expect that great object to be accomplished if Russia was to remain in undisturbed possession of the Black Sea? If the noble earl thought any re sult short of that ought to satisfy great statesmen, he could not agree with him, but how could the noble earl advocate the aban donment of the Crimea, when it was only the other day that he said the safety of our Indian possessions in some measure de pended upon our raising the Asiatic tribes against Russia ? He confessed it appeared to him that the noble earl had made his speech for the sake of speech making, without any specific object, but certainly without being able to present to the Go vernment or the house any new consideration, either as re garded the mode of carrying on the war or the object to which it ought to lead. Lord COLCHESTER gave some explanation of what the noble earl meant when he advocated our seeking the aid of Prussia and other Asiatic states, It was not to protect India but to harass Russia that the noble earl wanted those states to be stirred np, With regard to the objections which had been urged against touching upon the negotiations for peace while they were pending, of what use would it be comment ing upon them after they were closed, when it would be too late to make any alterations ? After a few words in explanation from the Duke o 1 ARGYLL; Lord - ABINGER said if there was any want of confidence on the part of the public, it was owing to the want of public counsel and the want of publicity of the reasons on which the measures had been undertaken. There had been no statement of the military reasons which led to the expedition. During the time the ❑oble duke the late Secretary of War was iu Office, he was greatly in need of military counsel, and it was the impression of the public at the time that Go vernment were proceeding in the prosecution of military measures without military advice. The noble earl below him (the Earl of Ellenborough) had only expressed in better terms than anybody else what was the general opinion, when he intimated a doubt as to the importance of Sebastopol in the main object of the war. He (Lord Abiner) was afraid that Government were proceeding on the same policy, for ho believed they were sending out a large cavalry force to the Crimea consisting of raw troopers and young horses. If Go vernment would condescend to take the advice of military men, they would find that this force would do little in the prosecution of the war, and that the generale could not rely upon them. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he must trouble their lordships with a few words in explanation. The noble duke opposite seemed to attach so much importance to the discrepancy which he found between his two speeches that he must take the liberty of calling the recollection of the noble lord the President of the Council to the fact that he (Lord Ellenborough) had always objected to the expedition to Sebastopol. He thought so strongly on the subject that, although in the country, he sent to the noble earl two papers —whichihe had written for his own satisfaction—containing opinions elaborately worked out on the subiect, against the expedition ; but, the expedition having been undertaken, he said in his speech, to which the noble duke had alluded, that the course which they were pursuing now was not the course which would lead to success. If they allowed themselves to be pressed by the whole military force of Russia, who could bring troops up by land, whilst they had to carry them by sea with insufficient means of transport, they would be beaten, and the only course was to press Russia upon both flanks, on the Danube and the Pruth as well. There was, therefore, no discrepancy between the two speeches. He had always olteeted to the expedition, but after it had been 'undertaken he took the liberty of stating in th a t manner the ....7.. .... .. 1.. ~l.t~n_ successful issue. The motion was then agreed to, and their lordships ad journed at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKBA took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. EWABT took the oaths and his seat for Liver pool. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time : Medical, Invalid, and General Life Assurance Society ; Heywood Water ; Kilmarnock Gas ; Birmingham Water. The Hyde Gas Bill was read a second time and or dered to be committed. NEW WRITS, On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, new writs were ordered for Kilmarnock, in the room of Mr. Bouverie, who, since his election, had accepted the office of Vice- President of the Board of Trade; for Lewes, in the room of Mr. H. B. W. Brand, who, since his election, had accepted the office of a Lord of the Treasury • and for the county o f C or k, i n th e room o f M r. E. B. leoche, who had accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun dreds. PETITIONS. Mr. Hadfield, Sir H. Willoughby, and other honoura ble members presented petitions praying for the repeal of Church Rates. Mr. EWART presented a petition from Dumfries in favour of the Scotch Education Bill. Sir J. G. PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from Mary lebone praying for the total abolition of Sunday trading. Mr. M. MILNES presented two petitions from the licensed victuallers of Pontefract against the indiscrimi nate licensing of public-houses, and praying for the repeal of the Beer Act of last year. Mr. WICKHAM presented petitions from the Gene ral Purposes Committee of the Council of the. Borough of Bradford against certain clauses in the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Bill ; and also from the said body against the Public Health Bill. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the Corpora tion of Edinburgh, complaining of the system of billet ing the militia in Scotland, and praying for a reform in the law in that respect. CADETSHIPS AT WOOLWICH. Mr. HEYWOOD asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether any public notice had been given of a recent examination for cadetships at Woolwich, and whether, on the non-appearance of candidates, a number of com missions in the Artillery had been given without any special examination in scientific subjects ? Mr. ANSELL replied that in order to meet the augmentation of the artillery it was necessary to find some older men than the cadets at Woolwich, and 30 appointment; had been made from young men connected with the different universities. WAR ACCOUNTS. Mr. G. DUNDA.S asked the Under Secretary for War, if it was true, as stated in a public journal, that a detachment of sixty-five soldiers and an officer, ordered to join the 66th Re g iment at Leeds, from Brecon in Wales, proceeded by the circuitous route of Newport, Bristol, London, and Hull, and thence to Leeds ? Mr. PEEL said it was quite true, and the route was taken to avoid the inconvenience of billeting the detach ment between Hereford and Brecon. VENTILATING SHIPS. Mr. PERCY asked the Under-Secretary for War whether any mechanical contrivance for the purpose of ventilation had been applied to the ships fitted or fitting out as Hospital-ships for the East ? Mr. PEEL said the vessels fitting out at Liverpool would be provided with proper ventilating apparatus. THE SUPERIOR COURTS. Mr. MULLINGS asked the Chief Commissioner of Public Works and Buildings vs hether, having regard to the number of judges, both of law and equity, so greatly increased within the last 30 years, and that during that period no permanent courts have been provided for the additional judges appointed, and to the want of proper accommodation for them, it was the intention of the Government to take any and what measures, and when, for providing proper buildings and accommodation for superior courts of justice in the metropolis ? Sir W. MOLESWORTEI said several schemes had been brought under his consideration, but it would re quire a million sterling to execute any of them, and it was not the intention of Government to ask for such a vote at present. CLERGY RESERVES ACT. Mr. DUNLOP asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether—considering that by the Clergy Reserves Act, recently passed by the legislature of Canada, and as sented to by the Governor-General in the name of her Majesty, it was declared in the preamble to certain of its enactments that "it was desirable to remove all sem blance of connection between Church and State"—it was the intention of the Government to cease to maintain that connection in Canada, by no longer advising her Majesty to nominate to vacant bishoprics in that Colony? Sir G. GREY said there had been no vacancy aillge the act passed, and he was not aware of any alteration in the practice of the Government. HOSPITALS IN THE EAST, Mr. G. DUNDAS asked the Under Secretary for War if directions had been sent by the Government to the proper authorities in the Crimea and at Scutari to relax the system of check and countercheck, and facili tate the obtaining from the purveyors' commissariat, and storekeepers the provisions and necessaries which the sick require ? Mr. PEEL said such directions would be sent out, and all unnecessary forms would .n future be dispensed with. MIIIIN NNE CLOTHING OF THE ARMY. Sir DE L. EVANS asked the Clerk of the Ordnance, or the Under Secretary of State for War, whether the Government had come to any decision as to improving the quality of the clothing of the army, especially of the troops of the line (great coats as well as tunics, &c.) ; and, if such decision had been come to, when the army in the field were to profit by such improvement. Whether, if the American breech-loading firearm be not finally accepted and decided on for adoption in our army, the authorities were still disposed to receive and give a trial to such specimens of breech loading muskets or carabines as may be submitted by well known eminent manufacturers of this description of weapon, who were not hitherto informed that this topic was under consideration of theauthorities. Also, whether it was true that a barrack or hospital had been ordered to be constructed at Chatham, on the glacis, or interfer ing with the front line of fire of the fortifications ? _ _ Mr. MONSELL said to dacision had ytit been came to with regard to the American or any other breech loading carabiae. With regard to the second question he had to state that no 'sughospital was in contempla tion. SCOTCH STATISTICS. Lord ELCHO asked her Majesty's Government if they were disposed to continue the grant for Scotch sta• tistics ? Mr. WILSON said it was the intention of the Board of Trade to make the same expenditure as last year. GRATUITOUS OFFER OF MEDICAL SERVICE. Mr. BENNET asked the rigit hon. the member for Wiltshire, whether Mr. George Pollock, assistant-surgeon at St. George's Hospital, did not offer his gratuitous services to the army in the Crimea ; and if so, why his offer was not accepted; and a similar question with regard to Dr. Hugh Macpherson, of the Bengal service ? Mr. S. HERBERT said such offers were made, but Dr. Macpherson only undertook to serve for three months. Mr. Pollock declined to accept the rank of assistant-surgeon, and as Government refused gratuitous services the offer fell through. BILLETING THE MILITIA. Colonel DUNNE asked the Under Secretary for War what measures, if any, had been taken to relieve the in habitants of the towns in Ireand from the billeting of the militia, and whether that foice was to be provided with huts or barracks, or other accoramoiation ; and whether any arrangements had been made for that purpose, or, if not, when they would be made Mr. PEEL'said it was intended to afford such relief, and the Ordnance Board were now looking out for build. ings for the use of the militia. VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Mr. SANDARS asked the Chief Commissioner of Works if it was his intention, during the Easter recess, to adapt means to improve the defective ventilation of the house and its approaches. Sir W. MOLESWO2TEI denied that the ventilation of the house required improvement. LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATIONS. Mr. COWAN asked the Secretary whether he had any intention to introduce a bill during the present ses sion on the subject )f life assurance associations, founded upon the report of the select committee in 1853 ? Mr. WILSON was not prepared to say what Govern ment intended to do, but many of the evils which it was thought called for legislation had been recom mended by the inquiry itself. If no bill were introduced this session the Income-tax Life Insurance Act of last year would be renewed. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the — EXCHEQUER said perhaps it would be convenient for the house to know what would be the progress of public business immedi ately after Easter. He should be prepared to make the financial statement immediately after the recess, but as it might not be convenient to some hon. members to make it on the first day after the holidays, viz., Monday, the 16th of April, he should propose to bring forward the budget on Friday, the 20th of April. On Monday,the 16th, the President of the Board of Health would move the second reading of the bill fir the better government of the metropolis, and after that it would be proposed to go into committee of supply. (Hear, hear.) ADJOURNMENT OF THE (HOUSE. Sir G. GREY, ire the absence of Lord Palmerston, from indisposition, moved that the house at its rising should adjourn until Mondakthe 16th of April next. THE COLONIES. Sir J. PAKINGTON again took the opportunity of directing attention to the unsatisfactory state of the Colonial Department, and gave notice that if matters were not mended after Easter, and should Lord John Russell not have returned, he should submit a formal motion to the house on the subject. THE ARMY. Sir DE L. EVANS slid, as the house was about to adjourn for a fortnight, he could not let Parliament break up without urging upon the Government the ne cessity of doing everrthine in their power to reinforce the army, partOularly byincreasing the bounty tile artly were by some such means raised to a proper standard the war might possibly be brought to a speedy termination. (Hear, hear.) He saw by the public prints tha,c,a large steam fleet was about :a be sent out to the Baltic. Now, if Government would reduce the number of steamers by supplying their place with gun-boats drawing small draught of water, the steamers could be despatched to the Black Sea, where they were much wanted. (Cheers.) His experience of war led him to believe that thebest mode of operating against an enemy was byconcentrating our forces upon one point rather than by distributing our forces and making attacks in various localities. He hoped efforts would be made to bring all our power to bear upon the enemy's position in the Euxine. (Hear, hear.) While he was on his legs he might take tha opportunity of adverting to the debate last night relative to Odessa. It would have required 200,000 men to do what the hon, member for Berwick seemed to think ought to have been done last year—viz.; to occupy Cdessa ; and that circum stance probably would explain why such a step was not taken. It was a mistake to suppose that the posses sion .of Odessa had facilitated the operations of Russia in throwing troops into Sebastopol, as their forces were brought from an entirely different direction. However, no time sLoulrl be lost in reinforcing the army in the Crimea to the fullest possible extent, while every available steam-ship and gun-boat should be sent out to the Black Sea to co-operate with the army against the enemy, and he sincerely hoped this sugges tion would not be lost sight of by the Government dur ing the recess. (Cheers.) The subject then dropped. THE VOTES OF SUPPLY. Mr. WILLIAMS begged to call the attention of the Go vernment to the great inconvenience that had arisen from the Secretary of the Treasury bringing forward votes of supply amounting to 2,750,0001. at half-past twelve o'clock, without proper notice. The grievance was net felt by him alone, there being other gentlemen who did not expect that a motion of so much importance would be brought on at that late hour. Lord SEYMOUR agreed with the hon. gentleman so far that he thought it was roost desirable that they should have the opportunity of discussing these estimates, and when they were brought on at a late hour they could not hare an opportunity of considering the form in which they were arranged, and of discussing them. It was little use to have items brought forward unless they were in a form which would enable them to discuss them under their se veral heads, and, when necessary, to ask for explanations concerning them. But when it was said that the Govern ment wore in fault, he must take their part, and say that they had no alternative in this ease. On every night for bringing forward the estimates so many motions were made before going into committee, that it was impossible to get into committee of supply at a reasonable hour to discuss these questions. It was most desirable that hon. gentlemen should bring forward general questions on no tice of motion, and that when supply came on they should merely bring forward those motions that had relation to supply, and were properly applicable to the votes to be brought forward. (Hear, hear.) Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY ibserved that in the case to which reference had been made the Government had de liberately put on the paper two motions before going into supply, one relating to the Sardinian loan, and the other to the newspaper stamp. Having called attention to an in crease in the inland revenue estimate of 200,0001., he was informed that it arose from poundage ; but he found on inquiry that 112,0001. only of it was for poundage, 36,0001. for salaries of officers, 25,0001. for buildings, 15,0001. for offices, and 12,0001. for miscellaneous expense. Mr. WILSON was glad of the opportunity of explaining the course that had been pursued by the Government, and also of complaining of the coursethat had been adopted to wards them. Those estimates hoc been on the table for three weeks, on everynight there was notice of supply, and, more than that, there was the usual notice of moving particular estimates. On Friday last he thought to get those estimates on, but on that night first of all tlnre was a motion on the question of the adjournment of tin house, which occupied nearly two hours. Then there was a motion on going into committee of supply, which occupied the house until twelve o'clock, and it was obviously inconsistent with the conve nience of the house that they should bring on the votes after that hour. The next night was Monday ; on Monday also, there was notice of supply, and likewise notice that those estimates would be taken OA that night ; but the dis cussion on the newspaper stamp occupied the house until nearly twelve o'clock. It was, however, absolutely neces sary that the votes should be brought on on Monday night, though of course it was quite cimpetent for any gentle man to get up and object to the proposition for going into supply on that occasion. If such an objection had been made, it would be his (Mr. Wilson's) duty to explain that it was absolutely necessary for thi public service that they should go into committee, because if they had postponed the committee to the period he was addressing them, they could not report until, after Easter, and, conse quently, the salaries could not be paid until after the recess. It was quite true there was no use in having those estimates if they were not discussed ; it was the inte rest of tho Government that they should be discussed, and they had courted discussion by vo:unteering those esti mates. The notices of motion on goi3g into supply had the effect of enabling private members to discuss some private measures of their own, and deprive the whole of the house of the opportunity of discussing these items, though the discussion of them formed a most iciportant duty of the House of Commons. Instead of there being ground of complaint against the Government, le (Mr. Wilson) com plained that hon. members supersede) the business of Go vernment by bringing forward their notions on going into supply. In reply to the observation of the hon. baronet, he begged to state that, in explainingthe increase referred to by the hon. baronet, he had said it principally arose from the increase of poundage, an( undoubtedly it did principally arise from increased poundage. The hon. bait. knew that the collectors of the assessed taxes and of the income tax were paid by poundage, aid just in proportion lull as those taxes increased must the expense of collection in- t crease. COL DUNNE totally denied that the hon. gentleman had any right to complain, and contended tla e, on the contrary, he and other members had a right to complain of the course that had been taken by the right hon. gen tleman. DISMISSAL OF IRISH POOR-LAW COMMIS SIONERS. Mr. H. BLAND begged to call attention to the circum stances under which the reduction of officers acting under the statutes for the administration of the poor-law in Ireland had taken place. In the month of June last the then Secretary for Ireland gave a pledge to the house that he would make inquiries as to the reductions that could be made in the poor-law esta blishment in Ireland. On that inquiry being made, he gave a further pledge that certain reductions should take place, and he (Mr. Bland) now begged to submit to the house that the reductions proposed were not the most eco mical, and were not for the benefit of the establishment. They bora a religious complexion, and that was calculated to do considerable injury in Ireland. They,should bear in mind that nearly all the recipients of relief in Ireland were of the Catholic creed, and yet out of seven Roman Catholic administrative officers, five were to be reduced, leaving only at the most two _Roman Catholic officers, while eleven officers, independent of the two ex officio commissioners, were Protestants. The present staff consisted of a chief .commissioner, two commissioners, a secretary, an assistant secretary, and sixteen inspectors, and instead of reducing one of the three commissioners, it was proposed to dismiss the secretary and assistant secretary, and five out of the sixteen inspectors ; four out of the five who got notice of dismissal being Roman Catholics. The right hon. baronet the late Secretary for -Ireland had stated that the dismis sals were to take place from amongst the juniors on the list, and that no distinction was to be made on account of religion, but it appeared from a return which he (Mr. Bland) had obtained of the dates of the appointment of those officers that such statement was unfounded. Instead of the juniors being selected for dismissal, there were eight inspectors all junior to Roman Catholics that were to be dismissed. (Hear.) It therefore appeared that a return received from an office with which the right hon. baronet was connected contradicted a statement which the right hon. baronet had made to that house. (Hoar.) ' Dr. BRADY also complained that four of the five Roman Catholic inspectors should have been selected for dismissal, thus leaving only one Roman Catholic out of the eleven in spectors. He hoped the present Chief Secretary would not follow in the steps of his predecessor, because the appoint ments of the right hon. baronet bore the stamp of the most enlarged bigotry. Under the Medioal Charities Act the department in Dublin Castle absorbed 7,0001. a year for carrying out the act, while the medical officers ap pointed under it received only 401. a year each, or (allow ing three visits to each patient) one penny and one-eighth of a farthing for each visit or attendance. (Hear.) Mr. BALL was quite sure that the gentleman at the head of the Poor-law Department in Ireland, Mr. Power, was not influenced by any sort of sectarian feeling in the recommendations he had made, but he (Mr. Ball) greatly regretted that the right hon. gentleman the late Secretary for Ireland had not thought of the political aspect of the question, and the effect which such reductions would pro duce in Ireland. He thought it much more important that one of the commission should be a Roman Catholic than any of the inspectors, as the absence of any member of that Church exposed the commission to a certain degree of suspicion. Mr. OSBORNE said it had been truly stated that the reduction was not a voluntary act on the part of the com mission; it had been made when the estimates were framed last year. It appeared that by reducing the first-class of inspectors, a saving of 1,2001. a year would be effected on each ; whilst by making reductions in the second-class, the saving would be only 6001. C onsequen tl y, i n t h e first in stance the board of commissioners decided that the reduc tions should be made in the first-class, which contained 8 gentlemen, of the highest character for efficiency in the performance of their duties. It was, perhaps, unfortunate that so many reductions should have been made in this class as it had given rise to great misconception. The commis sioners, however, made the reductions which they felt to be most proper, and left it to public opinion and to Parlia ment to vindicate the course they had taken. Of the 8 in spectors in the first-class, 5 were to be reduced, includ ing the secretary to the board, Mr. Hanley. In all there were to be eight reductions, five of the parties being Ro man Catholics and three Protestants, besides the assistant secretary, the auditor, and the architect, who were all Pro testants. Altogether six Protestants would he reduced and five Roman Catholics, supposing the arrangements pro posed to be carried out. No one had imputed to the com missioners that they were influenced by sectarian motives in the exercise of their duties, and in this case it was un doubted that they had been actuated by none but the purest intentions. Sir J. PAXTON wished to make some suggestions re lative to the erection of new works at Aldershott. At present there were but from 300 to 400 huts constructed, and there were 800 more to be constructed. He considered the design to be defective, as about double the quantity of boards necessary was put on them. The roofing was bad, and the water, from the boards giving way, would certainly penetrate into the huts. As soon as the dry wea ther set in he thought it likely the roofs would all crack, and the huts would require some other covering beyond the roof. Had Government consulted any carpenter in a coun try village, he would have shown them how to make a bet ter. The ventilation was very defective, the windows being placed four feet from the ground. He considered the double boarding and roof boarding of no use. It was a great pity that the Board of Ordnance had not had one hut made in perfect condition, to serve as a model for the con tractors. Had this been done, he believed half the ex pense of raising them would have been saved. Consider ing the large quantity of timber to be used in them, he thought sufficient time for deliberation had not been given, only three days being allowed for sending in the estimates. As there wore to be solid wooden foundations put in, they could not be finished under three months. He would suggest that the boarding should be single rather than double, which would conduce both to the health of the soldiers and the saving of expense. But he thought huts for 20,000 men were rataoh more than enough ; it would be far better to have 5,000 men under tents, en order that the troops might be properly in structed in pitching tents and the other duties of the en campment. Colonel KNOX had received a letter from Sir Frederick Smith, who was charged with the erection of the buildings at Aldershott. It stated that the intensity of the frost at the end of February and beginning of March prevented the use of either concrete or thick brick work for the founda tions, and they had no option but to proceed and lay the sleepers in the ground. The huts raised since wore all on concrete and brick foundations; those built before would be underpinned and made good as the season advanced. He differed from the hon. baronet the member for Coven try as to the ventilation, inasmuch as there were two shaft ventilators in each. He would suggest that the roofs should be covered with felt, which would be warm in winter and' keep the sun from them in summer. Mr. MONSELL said, with reference to the suggestions for keeping a considerable proportion of the men under tents, he had to inform the hon. member and the house that it would be unfortunately necessary to encamp the troops not only during the summer but the winter months, from the deficiency of barrack accommodation; and there fore it would be absolutely necessary to have huts for the whole number. With regard to the timber used, nine-tenths of it was Christiania deal. The Surveyor of the Ord nance, who had examined the progress of the works, stated that they were in a mo s t sa ti s f ac t ory con di t i on, and highly creditable to the contractors. It had been determined that the roofs should be covered with asphalte and felt, so that it might be hoped they would be thoroughly protected from the weather. Mr. JOHN M'GREGOR thought it most unsatisfactory • that the house should now be called upon to adjourn for a period of seventeen days, looking to the extremely critical state of affairs, to the anxious expectations as to the Vienna Conferences and their uncertain issue, to the grow ing agitation and discontent of the public mind, and to the high price of food in the principal towns. They were left in the most complete ignorance and mystery as to the in tentions of the Government with respect to the mode in which they intended to levy taxes to provide for their reckless and extravagant expenditure. They had now the most complimentary Treasury bench ever known ; every thing was done in the best manner ; it was impossible for them to blunder ; yet the country, and Europe in general, he believed, were of opinion that they bad done every thing ill. Government had taken on themselves, he would not say a criminal, but a vast responsibility, and he must protest against their adjourning without being placed in possession of the budget, in the name of the house and the country. Sir J. SHELLEY wished to bring under the notice of the Secretary of State for the Home Department a case which had appeared in the newspapers under the heading of " Alleged death from police neglect in the Charing cross Hospital." It appeared from the report of an inquest held on a man named Thomas Gooch, that he left home one Saturday night, perfectly sober, and stating his inten tion to return soon. Nothing was heard of him, however, by his family, but in the course of the night he was found in a court in the Haymarket with a wound on his head. He was then taken to the Vine-street police station, where he was said to have been 11 hours in a cell without bed ding, covering, food, or attention. At the end of that time he was in such a state that a medical officer who then saw him immediately ordered him to be taken to the Charing cross Hospital. Soon after his arrival there he died. It appeared from the evidence given at the inquest, that his stomach contained neither food nor liquor, and the jury returned a verdict imputing neglect to the police. Ho thought that his right hon. friend ought to make some inquiry into the qircumstances of the case ; and he also wished to call his attention to the circumstance that all persons brought into the police station, without discri mination or classification, were consigned to the same kind of cells, and that they are not furnished with a n y descrip tion of bedding or covering, but contained nothing but a hard bench. Ho certainly thought a different arrangement ought to be made. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY would inquire into the state of the cells. He had no doubt that inquiry had already been made into the case which had been referred to, but as no notice of the question had been given lie was at present unprepared to enter into any details with respect to it. Mr. FREWEN wished to know whether the Govern ment had taken, or intended to take, any stops for the ap pointment of a new chairman of ways and means, as he understood that they had lost their former chairman ? Mr. CRAUFURD wished to know whether it was cor rect, as had been stated in the newspapers, that the Hon. James Kenneth Howard had been appointed to succeed Mr. Kennedy as Commissioner of Woods and Forests ? Captain BOLDERO, reverting to the subject of the en campment at Aldershott, suggested that the huts employed there should be such as the troops' could themselves erect and take down. It was also desirable that the, troops en camped there should be taught to sap and mine, make fas eines and gabions, bake their own broad, kill their own meat, and do all those many things which were of the highest utility to an army engaged in the field, but of which ninety-nine out of one hundred of the troops who had gone to the Crimea were ignorant. Lord PALMERSTON said that the appointment of a new chairman of ways and means would be moved when the house met after the Easter holidays. It was quite true that the llon. James Kenueth Howard was to receive the appointment to the vacant commissionerehip of the Woods and Forests. Mr. CRAUFURD said that he should in that case call the attention of the house to this appointment soon after the recess. MAYNOOTFI COLLEGE. Mr. SPOONER gavo notice that on Tuesday, May 1, he should move for a select committee to consider the acts in reLtion to the college of Mayuootb. THE BALLOT. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice on behalf of the hon. member for Bristol (Mr. H. Berkeley), that soon after the Easter recess that hon. member would call the attention of the house to the subject of the ballot. NEWSPAPERS. Mr. COWAN gave notice that in the committee upon he Newspaper Stamp Bill he would move amendments with a view of removing the restrictions which were at present imposed upon the size and weight of newspapers :Lod periodical pub;icatiee s, which it was prep sod to retaiu by the bill ci the Cheecell ,r of the Excite-quer. THE HOP DUTY. Mr. FREW EN gave notice that after Easter he should make a motion on the subject of the hop duty. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that, in moving for leave to introduce a bill to abolish the jurisdiction of all the ecclesiastical and peculiar courts in England and Wales respecting wills and administrations, and to establish a distinct ceurt of probate and administration, he could not help being struck with the many abortive attempts which had been made to deal with this subject. Twelve succes sive Parliaments had been unable to accomplish the object sought to be attained, and he had seen at least a dozen, if not fourteen or fifteen, bills which h a d b een i n t ro d uce d t o remedy the acknowledged evils of the present state of the law on this subject. He was not sanguine enough to ex , pest that the measure he was about to introduce was not open to a great number of the objections that had been urged against its predecessors ; but he must _appeal to the house to awaken to the necessity of accepting a measure which put an end to the existing grievance, although it might not be exactly the one which every one in his theo retical speculatiou imagined to be the best calculated for the purpose. The necessity for some interference with the present system had been acknowledged for a long period of time, and had been admitted by many former commissions and committees. And he wished to remark that the bill which he was about to move for leave to introduce compre hended the things on which all the several committees and commissions had agreed as being expedient. He would now with the permission of the house, briefly refer to the re s commendations of - those committees and commissions. In 1832 a commission, consisting of persons holding a distin guished rank in the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical courts, and also of several of the right reverend prelates, was appointed to consider the state of the testamentary jurisdiction: In their report, which was presented in 1833, they recommended the abolition of the diocesan and pecu liar courts, and the concentration of the whole testamen tary jurisdiction of the kingdom in the Prerogative Courts of York and Canterbury. At the same time, they added their unanimous opinion that it would be still better if it were possible to unite these courts into one, and to esta blish one metropolitan tribunal as the sole seat of the tes tamentary jurisdiction. In 1833 the Real Property Com missioners made their fourth report, in which they recom mended that the diocesans and peculiar jurisdictions should be abolished, and that one metropolitan court should be established, but they differed from the Ecclesiastical Courts Commissioners in this respect, that, while the latter pro posed still to retain the testamentary jurisdiction in the hands of an ecclesiestical court, the former contended that this was within the legitimate province of the civil courts, and they accordingly recommended that the testamentary jurisdiction should he transferred to the Court of Chancery. A. select committee which was afterwards appointed agreed with the Ecclesiastical Courts Commissioners in recom mending that the testamentary jurisdiction—both ordinary and contentious—of the whole kingdom, should be trans ferred to the Prerogative Court of the province of Canter bury ; and the same conclusion was arrived at by a select committee of the House of Lords. The result, then, of the recommendations of all these bodies of commissioners, of great authority and experience united, was this, that there should be one single tribunal established in the metropolis, and exercising all the authority, both ordinary and con tentious, over the whole country, and that it should be a civil tribunal ; for that there was nothing either in the origin, the nature of the jurisdiction, the mode of its exer cise, or any of the peculiarities which characterised it, which recommended its being continued in the hands of an ecclesiastical tribunal. He had endeavoured to accomplish this as the first objet of the bill he was about to describe. Besides the reports of committees and commissioners to which he had already referred, he must, however, call the attention of the house to another. The second report of the Chancery Commissions, which was rendered in 1851, contained certain recommendations with reference to this subject, upon which, however, the members of the com mittee were not unanimous ; for while some of the com missioners recommended the transfer of the jurisdiction to one central metropolitan court, which was to be newly constituted for the purpose, to be a distinct court, and to have but a limited authority, others of the commissioners recommended that the whole testamentary jurisdiction of the country should be placed in the hands of the Court of Chancery. All the commissioners, however, concurred in disapproving of the present system. The bill that wes introduced in the last session of Parliament was, to a certain degree, founded upon the report of this commis sion. It proposed to transfer the testamentary jurisdiction teethe Court of Chancery, in accordance with the reoom mendation of some of the Chancery Commissioners, and with that contained in the report of the Real Property Commissioners in 1832. To that plan, however, great ob jectious were raised out of doors, where it was not under stood, and where it was supposed that it was proposed to throw the testamentary business of the country into the general mass of the business of the Court of Chancery, and great apprehensions were in consequence expressed with respect to the delays and confusion which might arise from such arrangement. He had endeavoured to meet that difficulty in the present bill, and to render it impos sible that nuch a misapprehension of the real object of the measure should again arise. The first thing he proposed to do by his bill was to vest the whole of the jurisdiction in relation to wills and the grant of letters of administra tion, that was, all the authority to deal with matters of testacy and intestacy, in one metropolitan court deriving its authority from, and exercising its jurisdiction in, the name of the Crown. It would be a civil court, and it would be a distinct court; but for purposes he would ex plain it would be necessary that this tribunal should, as it were, be constituted in a court of construction and admin istration, should partake of the fullest powers of that court, and should be a portion of that court where the duties which were properly incident to a court of probate might be fully and effectually discharged. He proposed that this court should be established in the Court of Chancery; but it would be a distinct court, having a judge, officers, and a clerk of its own, and would be called " Her Majesty's Tes tamentary Court." It would exercise a complete though not exclusive jurieclici.... .11 to • the proof of wills and the grant of letters of adminis tration. He proposed that, attached to this court, there should be also in London a large and compre hensive Testamentary office. He proposed that this Court should exercise exclusive testamentary jurisdic tion, in place of the 380 or 400 peculiar or diocesan courts scattered all over the country. The Testamen tary office attached to the court would be open to all her Majesty's subjects who came to prove wills or obtain letters of administration, without the necessity of their employ. ing any solicitor, proctor, or agent whatever. With respect to those persons in the country who were unable or un willing to come to London to prove wills, the solicitors throughout the country who, as commissioners of the Court 'of Chancery, were authorised to take affidavits, could be armed with authority to receive wills, to admi nister oaths, to supply information, and to require the ne cessary proof of circumstances requisite for the proof of wills. They could then transmit the affidavits and the depositions taken by them to the Testamentary-office to gether with the will. He proposed that these commis sioners should be furnished with printed instructions as to the manner in which they were to perform their duties, and with forms of depositions, affidavits, and declarations to be made or signed by the parties applying for probate, suited to the various circumstances that were likely to occur. (Hear, hear.) Before the passing of the Wills Act, which came into operation on the let of January, 1838, probate was a mere process for authenticating a will. But since that law, the duty of the officers before whom wills were proved —even what was called the common form business—had partak m somewhat of a judicial cha racter, and had not, as before, been confined to matter of routine. These duties, no doubt, demanded considerable experience, attention, and care for their discharge. He, therefore, thought that it would be utterly impossible, having regard to the important circumstances that at tended the execution of these duties, to expect that they could be satisfactorily performed by gentlemen acting alone in the country, unless what was done by them was sub jected to the revision, superintendence, and further exa mination of appointed officers in the Testamentary -office in London. He proposed, therefore, that although the solicitor in the country would be required, as far ache was able, to discharge these duties, yet he would have to send up the will and all the documents connected therewith to the Testamentary-office in London. When received in the Testamentary-office in London, it would. be the duty of one of the registrars thereto examine the papers transmitted and see that the duties of the solicitor or agent in the country had been properly discharged. If any question arose, the registrar would consult the principal registrar; if any fur ther difficulty was felt, the judge sitting in chambers would be consulted ; and if all the papers transmitted to London were found to be correct and regular, the will would be admitted to probate, and letters of probate would ba sent down to the solicitor from whom the original will was re ceived. But here he proposed to make an important, and ho hoped the house would think a valuable, alteration. He proposed that the simple plan of printing wills should be resorted to—(hear)—and that, instead of sending to the party in the country the old-fashioned but inconvenient and useless parchment copy, there should be printed at least 50 or 60 copies of the will, and that one of those printed copies sheuld be transmitted to the agent entitled to receive it. (Hear.) The advantages of that plan had already been experienced in the Court of Chancery with regard to the printing of bills, and he thought the advan tage of the plan with respect to probate of wills would be manifest on little consideration. First of all with regard to the point of expense. Although at first sight is might appear that considerable additional expense might be in curred, he was happy to say that the proposed plan would be a means of producing economy. He found from the charges made in the Prerogative Court —and the charges in the diocesan courts were larger—that the charge for making office copies of papers or parchments in the Prero gative Court was at the rate of 84. per folio of ninety words ; and that charge was made for every copy which was required. Sir R. Bethell explained at considerable length, and with much exactness, the working of the new court and office. With respect to wills of real estate, there was at present this anomaly—that whereas the probate of a will was conclusive as to personal estate, it did not establish its validity as to real estate. It was time, he thought, that this anomaly should be put an end to, and he proposed that any person interested in rerl estate under a will should have the power of bringing forward that will in the court to have it finally and conclusively established; so that the effect would be competent to deal with all questions relating to the validity or invalidity of wills, both of real and per sonal estate. Ile then proceeded to explain his scheme for the compensation of parties for the loss of offices under the bill, observing that its effect would be to disarm opposi tion to the proposed reform. The proctors, as a compen sation for the _ loss of their present monopoly, would have secured to them for life au annuity equal to one-half of the income derived from their professional practice. The total amount of charge for all these compensations would be 144,1001. To meetthis lie proposed to add to the fee fund of the Testamentary Court, whi c h would be 74,7461., charge of 3 per cent, u pon th e stamp, in lieu of the pr"oca tors' fee, which would yield 83,915/ , making a n o f 158,6611., nearly 15 would be required. With respect to the advocates of Doctors'-commons, the y s, would be admitted to act as b arr i sters, and he had doubt that th e y would, upon the whole, be r t • no ga by the exerci se o f their talents in a new arena. e In ga 1 cacemrs elusion, the Solicitor -General intimated that the Court of Admiralty was under consideration, and that a bill upon the subject of marriage and l divorce was prepared, an d would shortl y b e i ntroduced into that or the he l other hous e of Parlia ment. The subject !of 'thumb. die •p understoo d ) to say, w ou ld lik ew i se be consid c .ei•e i d n . ; ho was Mr. NAPIER, without opposing the introduction of the bill, adverted to the opinion expressed by the Lord Chan cellor last year, that the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts should be dealt with, not piecemeal, but as a w h o l e; and he c on t en d e d t h at it would be wiser and better, in st , m(.l of a testame n t ary bi ll, to carry out a substantial -re form in every p a rt of these courts, Mr. MALINS said, although the evils of our t gee mentary jurisdiction alit een,'he thought, one ly oesag gerated, all agreed that should be vested in o ne Court, but he had heard no satisfactory reason why the ourt should form nny part of the Court of Chancery. The only re, son as , igp-ri +he Soli..itnr-General w.o; th..t it sometimes happened that while a bill was contested it was necessary to go to the Court of Cha ncer y to pro tect the property in the interva , . But these cases were so rare He that there had not been one during the last two years. saw no reason why the present system and establishment, which performed its duties admirably, should be abolished at so large a cost to the country. Mr. KEOGH replied to Mr. Napier and Dlr. Malin', admitting that the question should be dealt with in a comprehensive manner, and stating that the Government intended to do so. rofession in the Mr. PHILLIMORE defended the p London Ecclesiastical Courts. In all the reports and (mi. dence the testimony was unvarying to the assiduity with which the functions connected with those Courts were dis charged. He should vote, he said, for the first reading of the bill, noon the principle that it was high time that the house should take away the civil jurisdiction from the Spiritual Courts. Sir J. PAKINGTON regretted that the Government had dealt with only one branch of this important subject, and hoped they would consider whether it was not POP sible still to deal with it as a whole. Mr. HADFIELD spoke in favour of the bill, which, he said, would give general satisfaction. Mr. BOWYER. was of opinion that a separate exclusive court for testamentary jurisdiction was unnecessary , 03 a that wills should be tried like deeds and other instrument* inter vivo:. After a few words from the LORD ADVOCATE end the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, leave was given to bring in the bill. Sir W. MOLES WORTH obtained leave to bring in a bill to ratify conditional agreements entered into by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Publ ic Build ings, and to vest in the said commissioners certain pro party in the city of Edinburgh, and to enable thesis d commissioners to acquire certain property n ear the 'e of Holyrcol ; and a bill to amend the laws relating to the construction of buildings in the metropolis. Mr. E. ELLICE had leave to bring, in a bill fur the better administration of the Poor Law in certain districts in Scotland. The house was counted out at half-past twelve o'clock, and adjourned until the 16th of April. COUNTRY 4IAREETS. LIVERPOOL—MARcs 30. Excepting a fair quantity of oatmeal from Ire lea tba supply for our corn market this week ha s been very seanty, and at the same time the general demand for consump ang° tion. has Loan without activity, prices being without any change ell of importaut-,.. Tho at our corn ex this morning were restricted to immediate requirements for consumption. No change has been made in the price of any article in the grain trade. WAKEFIELD—MARCH 30. The quantity of wheat on offer is not so large as of late. The trade is firmer, and a fair extent of business doing st last week's prices. Barley and beans fully as dear. Oat.s and shelling the turn in favour of the buyer. [Next Fr i' day being Good Friday, this market will be held on Thurs day.] EXETER--MAiterf 28. CRN.—In our arket wheat ma be qu oted from 8 1 91 Odto 9s o alting m barley, 3s 8d to 4 y s oa ; grinding ni t es Od. Os Pea Os s, Oats, Obs Od to 6 3 0 5 s o °d d. t° 36 6d. Beans,Od to v- Od F p L o o r u s n ao . k — . Fine, 50s Od to 5 1 s Od ; seconds, 48s Od to 496 CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s Od p e r score ; cows and calves 121. to 141. ; butchers' calves, 5 d to Od per lb., rearhg calves OOs to OOs each. Sheep, 6d. to 6d. Lam bs,Od„ Oil per lb. Store hogs, large size, 50s to 60s each ; Fit 17s to 25s ; small, Os to OOs. Rough fat, 4id per 4 * Pork carcases from 8s 6d to 9s 3d per score. INVERNESS. —MARCH 27. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., Gss Od to 68s Od. Bar_ ley, chevalier, 27s Od to 2Ss Od ; ditto, common, 260 Od 27s Od. ats, 2Gs Od 2 to 7s Od. MEAL.— O Oatmeal, per imp. boll 22s Gd to 23s Od ; ditto second, 00s Oil to Os Od; barleymeal, 16s 8d peasemeal, 17s Gil to Os Od • bran, per stone, Os 8d t 0,,, to to Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od ' to 56s Od ; 2d ditto, 4 65 7,i OOs Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial 2s ,T; to Oa Od ; ditto second, Os 0(1 to Os Od. ; barleyrceal 05 to 006 ; peasemeal, is B c l to Os 0(1; floury lst flo, 3s Od oohs 3s Gd credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d credit. ---- BRISTOL SUGAR—MInca 30. Owing to the lightness of the s tocks, there has not been been much doing in West India. The sales of Mauritius amounted - to about 6,500 mats, at r ather easier prices. Refined goods are heavier. COAL MARIE' Pricos of Coal per ton at t l s. Davison's West Hartley 19 3 Rolywell 2O 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19 3 south Peareth l5 t , Tanfield Moor Butes 17 6 Walker Primrose l6 6 Grey's West Hartley —l7 9 Gesforth lB 0 Wharneiiffe lB 0 Eden Main 20 0 Lambton Primrose 20 0 ' Belmont 19 0 :11.-311,80 30. he close of the market. I Wallsend, &C. s. d. Braddyll ................... 20 0 ..................... 21 0 Eletton Haswell ..................... a 0 Kepler Grange ........ . .... 20 0 L am bton ........ . .......... 20 6 Plummer .. .. .............. 19 9 Russell's Fletton .......... 20 0 South Hetton .............. 20 6 Stewart's . ................ ..21 0 gartlepool ...... ...... ...• 20 6 Tees 21 0 • ................ .... Hough ...... ........... ~...19 0 COURSE OF RXCHANGE.—YssixiD AT. tmsierdam.. .......... 11 17% Gibraltar .... •••••• •• .. 30 50 Ditto, three months .. ii 19% Leghorn ..• •••• • • • •• ... 20 60 Rotterdam .. • # 11 194 a .. 2:) 425 7, Malt a ::::::: : : : :. . : ••• Brussels - .... - ..... 25 4256 Venice ................ 4 T % ilambargh .......... 13 714 Naples ...••• , ii Altona .. • • ...... ...... Palermo ..... ..... ••••", ih Pari5........... • • .... 25 17% Messina ... ............... 1 ",.....frz - Ditto, three months .. 25 45 Lisbon ... ......... •• •• z a g Marseilits ............. 25 47% Oporto .............x..3. - Bourdeaux .. ......., Rio Janeiro •• •• • • -- Frankfort-on Maine .... 119 Buenos Ayres. • •••; •• ** .... Berlin ................ New York,So days" Vienna.......... • • .... 12 30 Philadelphia •• • ........ ois• Prieste .....„. -•• .... 12 32 PRICER OF BIILLICI f f - 17 9 Petersburg ............ 3G Foreign Gold in Ball ~ 0 0 Madrid ............... 50 Portugal Gold Coin • • !Z . 0 Cadiz .......... Barcelona ............ Seville ...... ......... lw Dollars •• •• •• Silver in bare • 0 b 0% SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mans are sent from the Gotland P. 441". by the night—and M by the morning—despatCha • . Day when in wit, (in From what When deo 1 COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London."' Dispatched. EnSlaii_,,u" ------ ----------- ---- iimerica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday •,. • • Liverpool Rada g eli ' imericp, tby United Sts. ma& 98 packet) ..........N Liverp ool - America (by U. States . Southamp packet) ..........N .........ton 1 Australia (via South- ; ampton) ...... .. ~3i ptonAll"' ----si 241 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Geed illicer tgiS Hope) •• •. • .....N .. '' — I • . " lgarCU If Africa (West Coast) ..N 23d of the month.. Plymout h Alexandria........ „N i B, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover •• •• •• i Alexandria........ „m'4th & 20th of molt. Southamp zOD Bahamas ...........M.,l7th of the mouth Seuthamt 'tor , H. ,,,. Belgium .......... „N' Daily., ~........ Dover .... •• , i , 1 „ 1 "11,, 16 Brazil ........ „ „ ~b 1 9th of the month.. Southampton ;AY* Buenos Ayres ........ m '9th of the month.. Southamf,tonl„..corto Cape (ap e o o f f Good (400 a slope Ll °P ° ... i 4 'l Varioul IfortS. u m '."ape de Verds ....., N 9th of the month SouthaMP WD Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ...T/116t Channel Isles ........N I Mon..Wed.,&Frid. SonthamPtoul Chili... ..... ........151 2 d & 17th of month SolahaniPton imarc h 10 China Once a month.... 1 Constantinople .... „is ;1,13, i8,23,&2s °tin I)3vor •• •' • • Constantinople „, „. „ „!4th & 20th of mon. til authaMP Wl TlOO dalli Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ......110over .. • • • • Egypt (see India) Twieeda n France .. .. M& N Twice daily...—. Dover •• ;;Lorca 20 Gibraltar ........., m i 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 oft( . sautharaY Greece (see India) i oijikp ril 1 Greytown ..........2,/ 2nd & 17th of rpm,' pouthaMP t flamburg,h .. .. .. .... N Tuesday 8 - . Friday( London • •:::4prll 1 davannah .......„ ~ Ni i2nd of the month ; OuthanlP''''' 'D or Holland . . .. „„ m i Daily.... .. .. .... ] )over •• .. ;;:, April I Honduras .......„ „ m 17th of the month..; ',Dothan -1P India (viaSouthamptom 4th & 20th of mon.ll vinouth • • India (via Marseilles)Ml9 th& 25 th of mon th , I )over • • • • • ' lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon !' Dover•• „•• "". !Tv/10 11/ Ireland ..•.....M & N i Twice daily .. ..f ElolTileaui„:nlmargh S 6 L05b0n..........., „ NO, 9, m. ,ISoutharnP - Madeira .............5118th of the montl j,southai nf to:N prit 1 6 Madeira .. „ sTalta (see India) • , 1111arcit 2° Malta ..............N'B, 18. &28 of m DEL Dover •• .• ' mauritius (see India) Mauritius "„„., „N 14th of the niontb den Ag a 1 Memico ............M.2nd of the rr Naples...... ......N:Mhlsth2stl•4onnon.Pover '' .ig , Nev. , Granada ......M ,I2d & 17th , jf month,SoutharapPart, vac's! New Zealand ........ ,„ IBy privp,te Oil , • • (V ari"s ~ .. Papal States .. ~.. .. N 5 thlso - ,25thottion..D over Peru . „ „, ra •. pton Peninsula .......... N /017' ch27thoflnon. Southa ion 4onth:.,Solathern. various Pau u ruscany ............. Port Nata 17... ....., N113' . , private ship...l ' 3l eilY •.............Wsthltsth23thoiraon,;.Dover .... . • ........Toli Id 17 i 27th of moini Soutbamp niceria i ienezuela ... Van Diemen's Land Cm, '3thlsth2sthofmon. Australia) . .. lIPTI I r • 24.5;17th of mon th SouthsuliPto n j Vest Indies . ... " - .(1 1 t 17th ol month „.........• ... —•.M 1 4 - slloots;therawip.ic.a., April 1 When an °f these a tes fall 0 , 1 a Suniay, the mails will _ spatched on the followinga S r outha Dton,y with the exception of the India. ;II d—a',:.ancl the Malta, of which will be doapatched the BIRTHS. Oa the t 30th inst., OF A SOpr. Browning, at St. Paul's -road, the wif e of Arthur lug, Esq. or A DAUGHTER, ins.,., r 1 On the 28th in A I'l4ton-t r eet, Lady Wai sizg. ham. Ind, Kent MARRIED. On the 29th inst ,at Old Milton Church, Grafel* daughter of the late Mr. E. Banes, of Gillingbainc B•ajrailt. * Captain. Master; R.M., to Isabelrae,xtht third anti, jor the 29th inst. at St. Thomas's Church , I..l.aas_a'Adivi r n Hill, Bombay Engineers, son a the late vi a s ' s Lams, Ellin, to Mary kilizabeth, daughter of Thoga ir 1 , 1 7 44 . `Williams,Esq,, and grandniece of the late Admiral . h G C B b • . ~ of Burwood. HOUSES, Stir_ -Flat D I E L'• On the 22d inst., George Jeffs, B5(1" of 2 ' leyford-road, Kennington, aged 72- shire, Lieut.-Gon. On the 27th inst., at FglineleY, - fork v. W. Saiiclwith, C.B ,of 'the BoinhaY Ar IP -r , r , of Edra 4ll. On the 9th inst., RA ard John ton, Middlesex, 1 '76 • w age( - John 0 0 ., SurreY , ss e-'l °k ll iir On the 29th inst., at Norwood, her At 3 V son, Esq., late Cor.nptroller-General of toms, aged 67, ' On the 28th inst., at 11, Trafalgar - s c i taro Liddie.rd, of the + 66th Re t 2 , age d 70- A.ddison-roe4l On the 28th inst., Mr. Henry-"Gwillim, of A age 77. north, Notting-hill, formerly ,;f the Stro.n , •L: nare, Chelsea, Gnp, Field, ,slarade, ii LONDON : Printed and Published by m uR of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at lite Sun Of fi ce, No. r °2 o i DO ' Strand, in the Pre c inct of the t)11 the C° llll It 4 .a1"0x4 Saturday k liarolk $l4 10 ■