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been have b a gon era l di s t urbance. At this particular eight or ten soldi,ri came across the park, some of them being militia men, and as some dispute w as going on between the regulars and the militia, while the mob near them was aiding, the police j udiciously interfer e d and prevented any disturbance taking place. The Court then adjourned for half an hour. 10' - r 4 ' t 't4 g tV•I .1 tfcit Al° ' • - `4 1, . 4*,t7 6UN OFFIt!E, k`even o'Clock. STOURBRIDGE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) RovingLADIES' PURSE. Betsy Relene .......... Six ran. ENVILLE STAKES Whitelock Tirnotheus lielene... ........ Eight ran. GOLD CUP. Whalebone.. s iteflyer ...... T0wer..................... Four ran. STAA.IFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 7,,,, ails ti HANDICAP PLAT. .moldsehmoidt E Walked over. 13 " hams ...... ST. LEGER. . Walked over. Ileeik a B URGHLEY STAKES. Two ran. Little p air EPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Fairy Filly walked over. I MIT RIAL PARLIAMENT. , r ti°l /SE OF LORDS.—(TIIIS EVENING.) ..16.LonD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool- Lord COfi o'clock. STANLEY of ALDERLEY presented several petitions against Church-rates. THIRD READINGS. 1 ,„?u the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following b u " a were read third time and passed, viz. :—Halford's .4ta a IVte; Royal Medical Benevolent College; Londonderry arCdoleraine Railway ; Cavendish Bridge and Hulland O t t. ; East Kent Railway (Extension to Dover); Worceste r , an d W o l ver h ampton R a i, way am (k—vetuent and B ranc h es) ; South Staf f ordshire Railway reeZ e s il ) . c:lll etite) ; and Dearness Valley Railway (Amend- The E tie ' ,Earl of ALBEMARLE gave notice of a mo- Pr se ' hi . 4 r which he should not fix. a day at of t - },• It was his intention to call the attention Prod ucts .. house to the trade transacted in Russian 185 4 under an order in council of the 15th of April, eff ett ; also to bring under the attention of the house the hn an , trn ell sanction may have had upon sustaioiug the theme —e a of the enemy, and of affording him thereby to ; ar ls of prolonging the present war, He wished migh t her Majesty's Government due notice, that they _ Ight re,„ have an oppertunity of taking prompt steps to i t :euY the evil complained of, and of rendering 114;1111,cessary for him to pursue a course which would a flies effect of causing a separation between himself 1;11'4 political party with which he usually acted. He z . °4l d again endeavour to persuade her Majesty's Mi- Stera that in making the motion he did not contem- P a te any departure from the spirit of that Ipirtion of the Act of the order in council of 854 3 which relates to neutral flags, nor did he tostemplate any violation of the law in respect to neutral countries. The noble earl then read extracts fr om the letters of a gentleman connect3d with the over land trade between this country and Russia, and who had himself extensive dealings in that country. Those titracts showed to what a system this overland trade had been reduced, and that so long as it was continued our sea blockade would b e ren d ered wholly in operative. For O bvious reasons, it would not be prudent in him to mention a th e name of the writer of these letters in public, but her esty's Mini s t ers were fully aware of the name, and sho u ld b e h appy to communicate it in private to any llohle lord who wished to ascertain it. lIILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES BILL. pN the motion o f L or d BROUGHAM, thi s bill passe d at gh committee. taLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. motion readOa the of L or d MONTEAGLE, this bill was al)tid l6 y second time, and o r d ere d to be committed on a. BURIALS BILL. readl:3 the moti on o f Lord GRANVILLE this bill was esecond time. LP A- ND LADY RAGLAN'S ANNUITY BILL. , t ' L as bill was read a second time. 1 4 1,te report of the committee on the dwellings for the T i ' l ditig- Classes was received. thri a e p Dublin Carriage Act Amendment Bill, the of e Church Marriages Validity Bill, and the Burial TE°l:r Persons" Bill passed through committee.. (eotl report of the committee on the Dwelling-houses , th and) Bill was received. Th: Ca dbury Prebend Bill was read a third time. get.,.Crinse and O u t rage (I re l an d) Bill, the Turnpike Tit`-kontionanc e (I re l and) Bill were rea d a secon d t ime . t ie, e°4l Mines Inspection Bill was read a second Then lordships then adjourned. Th tri pt7SE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) T he L e S lIzA4 n took the chair at 12 -'o cloc . k n . bills were so N , ords' amendments to the following n g d Hexham ad= and agreed to : —Gateshead lisp I 'ill], Portsmouth Railway Bill, 111.4sinent Bill. And Shrewsbury I ts ,4lll4l°ll d's Estate Bill and Livese's Blackburn J e t :d 3 . ill were read a third time and passed. d time. 4144'8 Estate Bill was read a sec ß o l n LL. k„ . THE SUNDAY BEER BILL. of petitions 111 `ii- 414 ° 0 01( presented a large number of last session be either read; that the Sunday Beer Bill 14 1 " °r modified. He moved that the petitions be t 4, ed to the select committee now bitting up-stairs on illi bleet. Ti t , b,, CROWN SUITS BILL. l ' e po '4lBO went into committee on this bill, which was rtEl wi th amendments, and the house resumed. I tit- lq . n „. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. a,ill till .01AIL then moved the postponement of this i l ogrnext session, in order that the bill might be a•Lid circulated' during the recess. e il to, girll9l3• to Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, . 4 h ' lIALL again rose and said it was h a il! i s n b t o e r n t ti b o i n il , ki r' 6 stated the other day, to introduce ‘44l:4lttt7fPrresent session to continue the present Board 111.,,, l ' l t tT ßO o P ile o y L e l a T r. AN BUILDINGS BILL. "'II, If: 13118 e then t into committee on the above 4 41 3 , 'Ting up the resumed discussion at clause 2, from 4 , 1 1 , - "„ ‘ °1 1%;,, 4 , 2 to 29 inclusive were, after some verbal addi- NIT( alterations, agreed to. 443 ' at:" 3 °, 31, 32, and 33 were agreed to without 4 ClCelldroents. ~.. 8 , 4 , provided it iet -1/*/ 34 , which for the appointment . of wdiass -v•M t o v6 Y c ' r u, and pointed out their duties, t,1 44:4 • 14 °11:, 4e up to 45 were agreed to, after some short dis oa a, with a few verbal amendments.. _ NIA o e t i4 d ll . l e . 46 bein g put, kr tristrict surveyors which provided for the pay atortlt4h. hem, tI N e i rijoEfiees,aid that these officers had a legal -el4 Uos t ; l B B ° that Nviathnoduttliaatnysomfaeutlhtinogf s t h h o ei u r ld ow b u e done r ; 11 ° 1 - B,l °ll might not be taken from them -"aptness s:" Was agreed to, after a short discussion.. - " e hts. - nil to CI , 4 , alike 94 were agreed to, without any amend. l'he Was struck out of the bill. tlis cla , Wilole °f the be t il SiOti wer other clauses of the bill, afthr some The he? c ns?de a t r r on Th a ur nd sd t a la y e next at 12 o'clock. bill was ordered to -114 e at 4 o'clock adjourned to 6 o'clock. The h o ~ tile r esumed at six o'clock. .-. 411 % War 11A-RON ROTHSCHILD. 't l t , ,, tt ,.,° wC'th%.P.PLE brought up the report of the corn- . tia`'9,ooo/ . '' c ro,t to Baron Rothschild and the loan of The report stated z r it Was : he the. Government.ofthe committee that no ith sret had been entered into by Baron Rothschild f tc, % ,, t4i t1 e2 1 ,,, 1 1, e , t , to that loan that would have the effect 'toe - " 4, 11 the •• n s of the Act that compelled t s h t i Vr e ti r el t eo n n, g withtra..etfnroviso. the Government to vacate I r etaih 11. s eat result is that Baron Rothtchild will At. -• his seat. IT ' e l' BeVe itltOTt ral questions had been put and answered, vr.o,RCetttuEeNzSia, after ßE AGAlNSTpresenting MINISTERS. petitions severalt orward, 4 44 wa m a r of the motion, proceeded to bring I [LEFT SPEAKING.] BE.BR DAY.) The c Iletcll l .. (Itlarnittee met again this morning.. trst witness examined was Mr. Elliott, the LAM ai Polic e witnes s He said the conflicting ie d i e , ci ce, ilk' Ce tie s tnagiatrates had caused much inconven clue,ti t h ough the L eg i slature ought at once to set the .. ou viri ?n at rest 4(ll'egard to clueing the public hou!e ,, at 6' o'cle , c:: o l loc e3 I ,Y , I\lTe. Elliott observ,x) that the ionor pu,hlito l'tit,kin,"Pt open the greater were the indnee,-;,c1,,A 14 te to'', lie did not think 11 o'clock on buauay too Iszr tie s houses to keep open. 111 •l4. A'Beck tt • trate of Southmark, said Rape of • • e ' magie • f the Beer Act oPull?a that Cap operaitign V - -- let he to the ices a I "ego ant to •see in [e was nod it There He r °CO- lye hi ; are n.dors. o )rdors. ruck at i seeing t of his , I of Jail said iro ) strike bout to nvoluu neon:lan nd used ut they o difficu lt/ do so. tlO e tin2 o ion to r IO O I number ana wsonsf so great He 11. 3 1: leing Main in tbo.' BA in gig s 'clock. ilakeu ! I ; offering " 1 0 ndling v about 0'; were 8110 i .golo any pl 3 w cabs WI; d. fl° 51' f bad been to reduce the number of drunken cases on Mondays, hut not on Tue , daye. He thought, however, that its working was most inconvenient both as regarded the working and tha mic;(ll,. classes. As to the publican, he was placed in a most awkward position, because the law compeled him to furnish refreshment, whilst he had no means of ascertaining who was and who was not a bona fide traveller. Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, Commissioner of the City Police, expressed his disapprobation of all legisla- tive interference with the freedom of the people. He thought the prevention of drunkenness required moral restraint rather than the interference of the law. As to resisting a man's thirst for drink by the interposition of an act of Parliament it was out of the question. The next wiLne.ss examined was Sir Robert Carden-, a magistrate of the City of London. He stated that he thought it contrary to common sense to suppose that an excursionist, cr, in other words, a person who went out of town for the day, was a traveller within the meaning of the act. He had never been called upon, however, to adjudicate upon the question involved in the act. The Chairman—l believe you belong to some Anti something S ,clety. (Laughter.) Sir R Carden—l am connected with the Maine Liquor Law Society. Ile hal come to his present opinio❑ on the authority of Sir Atley Cooper, who said that 50 per cent. of spirits was alcohol ; and that a small quantity taken daily was a slow poison. The Chairman—Then do you believe John Bull dies young ? Sir R. Carden—The English are a drinking people. The Chairman—Are you aware that those nations to whom spirits are unknown are not so long lived as European nations ? Sir R. Carden—That may depend upon the climate. The Chuirman—You will find that the case in the South Sea Islands. Sir R. Carden—l am sure a man will never benefit by drinking spirits. Examination continued—He was aware of one thing, and that was that a greater portion of the crime, wicked- ness, and disease in this country arose from drunkenness. The Chairman—No one doubts the effects of drunken ness ; we only differ from you as to the means of reme dying the evil. Examination continued—With regard to excursiunists, he could not see what the gre: , ter portion of them wanted to do otherwise than go home after 10 o'clock on a Sunday night. The Chairman—Do you not think it reasonable that a man, after sitting for three hours in a close carriage on the railway—behind the engine perhaps—should require something to quench a natural thirst at the end of the j ourney. Sir R. Carden—Well, then, let him get a glass of water. (Laughter.) Examination continued—He was satisfied if the work ing classes were consulted, they would wi-h that public houses should be closed altogether on Sunday, so as to put the temptation out of their reach. By Sir J. Pakington—He believed between 50 and 60 millions per annum were spent by the working &asses in intoxicating drink, which he regarded as a national evil. By the Chairman—He thought the disadvantages to the few, occasioned by the operation of the act, did not counterbalance the advantages which a(.crued from it to the million. He thought legislation ought always to have such a :view. By Sir W. Jolliffe—Ho believed all Governments en couraged the consumption of alcoholic drinks for the sake of the revenue they produced. The Chairman—lt has been over and over again stated that the comforts of the people had been cur tailed by this bill. Do you contradict it ? Sir R. Carden—l believe that the hours it enjoins have been generally beneficial. Examination continued—He believed the future well being of England depended upon proper public-house legislation. As far as he was concerned if the beer bill affected himself be should feel it to be no incon venience, though he thought perhaps in its operation it tended to generate an unjust feeling between the lower and wealthier classes. This concluded Sir R. Carden's evidence. At this stage of the proceedings the room was cleared for about half an hour. On the re-admission of the public, Mr. Broughton, police magistrate, was called, and after answering a few questions, it being close upon four o'clock, The committee adjourned. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-sTE.EET, JULY 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Garraway Mac Hugh, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of St. Lucia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Anselm Ff Comeau, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council o the province of Nova Scotia. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint William H. Marsh, Esq., to be Crown Solicitor, and Nicolas Gustave Bestel, Esq., to be Senior District Magistrate, for the Island of Mauritius. CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 16. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PABLIA- MENT Borough of Cheltenham Grenville Charles Lennox Berkeley, Esq., of No. 7, Wilton-crescent, in the city of Westminster, in the room of the Honourable Craven Fitz hardinge Berkeley, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 17. Scots Fusilier Guards—Captain William Mare, from the 79th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Childers, who retires. 44th Foot Lieutenant Hon. Henry Handcock to be Cap ain, without purchase, vice Caulfield, killed in action ; En sign J. Kay to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hon. H. Handcock. 79th Foot—Lieut. G. A. Harrisson to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Mure, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards: , . STAFF.—Colonel The Honourable William Lygon Paken ham, unattached, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces serv ing in Turkey. AMBULANCE CORPS,—Brevet-MajorJohn James Grant, Com mandant, and Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to have his Brevet converted into Substantive Rank, in conformity with the Royal Warrant. _ . UNATTACHED. The under-mentioned Officers to have their Brevet con verted into Substantive Rank, in conformity with the Royal Warrant. Brevet-Major J. Agmondisham V. Kirkland, 21st Foot. Brevet-Major James Conolly, 41st Foot. Brevet-Major Alastair Mgan M‘Donald, 92d Foot. BREVET. TO BE COLONELS IN TILE ARMY FOR DISTINGITISTIED SERVICE. Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. S. Lord West, 21st Foot. Lieutenant. Colonel C. E. Edwards, 18th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Lysons, 23d Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable William Lygon Pakenham, Unattached. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ABET. Major Robert Feilden, 44th Foot. Major Arthur James Herbert, 23d Foot. Major Alexander Macdonell, Rifle Brigade. Major James Villiers, 47th Foot. Brevet-Major Robert Nigel Fitzbardinge Kingscote, Scots Fusilier Guards. Major James Wells Armstrong, 49th Foot. Brevet-Major Edward Robert Wetherall, Seots Fusilier Guards. Major Frederick Mills, 7th Foot. Major John Simpson, 34th Foot TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain John Gwilt, 34th Foot. Captain Charles E. Fairtlough, 63d Foot. Captain Charles C. Owen, Royal Engineers. Captain Matthew Charles Dixon, Royal Artillery. Captain Edward W. Donovan, 33d Foot. Captain William Gordon, 17th Foot. Captain William Faussett, 44th Foot. Captain Charles Stuart Henry, Royal Artillery. Captain John H. Lowndes, 47th Foot. Captain John Cormick, 18th Foot. Captain George James Ambrose, 3d Foot. Captain William West Turner; 7th Foot. Captain John Peel, 34th Foot. Captain John Nason, 49th Foot. Captain Honourable James Stuart, Rifle Brigade. Captain Bentinck Duncan Gilby, 77th Foot. Captain Honourable L icester Curzon, Rifle Brigade. Captain Alexander J. H. Elliott, sth Dragoon Guards. Captain Honourable Henry Clifford, Rifle Brigade. Lieut. and Capt. Henry J. B. Masse, Coldstream Guards. ROYAL MARINES. Captain Simon Fraser. Captain William Henry March. Captain Gallway Byng Payne. Captain Hayes Marriott Captain William Stratton Aslett. Captain George G. Alexander. ADMIRALTY, JULY 10. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. The undermentioned officer, having retired upon fall-pay, to have a step of Brevet rank, under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council, Sep. 13, 1854, the rank being honorary only, viz., dated 10th inst. TO BE MAJOR-GENERAL. Colonel Hugh Evans. ADMIRALTY, JULY 14. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS. Colonel-Commandant Henry Ivatt Delacombe, vice Pratt, removed to the Retired List, under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council, 13th September, 1854 ; and The following officers, who had been permitted to retire *upon full-pay previously to her Majesty's said order in Conn ocil, to receive a step of Honorary Rauk, by the promotion of those who stood originally below them on the effective establishment of the corps, viz.:— TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS. Colonels Donald Campbell, Henry James Gillespie, Samuel Garmaton, John Harvey Stevens. BANKRUPTS. Job William Meears, chemist, Croydon. John Ellis and Charles Ellis, builders, Brixton, Surrey. Thomas Bostock, maker-up, Manchester. Robert Lynham Courtney, auctioneer, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. William Wood, grocer, Wells-street, South Hackney. William Poole, provision merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull. Thomas Toynbee, horse dealer, Slough, Buckinghamshire. Joseph Dent and Robert Dent, builders, Atherstone, War wickshire. Isaac Denton, draper, Horton, Brrdford. John Gresty, tobacconist, Liverpool. Thomas Kerley, sen., butcher, Itchen Ferry, county of Southampton. John Crippin and William Robinson Forster, coal mer. chants, Rock Ferry, Chester. George Wild, grocer, Oxford-street, Middlesex. Francis L. Bayley and Samuel Millner Barton, manufac turers, Manchester. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM CA PT. :;.110MAS BAILLIE, R.N. FOREIGN-OFKLCE, JULY 17. It lien Majesty's Princip a l S ecre t ary of S tate f or i s hereby notified that the Right Hon. the Earl of Oa rendon, Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty au official communication from Capt. Thomas E N. senior cdtho)Yhite 50a5cpwaro, acting in THE EitiN, I, OND 0 k TUE SD AY EVENING-, JUL Y 1.7„ the name and on the b ehalf her7.lajesty and her ally, his Impe rial Majesty the Emperor of the French, announcing the establishment, ou anc from the 11th June, 1855, of a strict b7ockacle of the Russi an ports and places therein mentioned, and especially of the porta of Archangel and Onega, by a com petent force, which communication is to the following effect : _ " It is hereby nee ied, that on and after the 11th day of June, 1855, all the Rats:,ian ports, roads, havens, and creeks is the White Sea, from. Point Oriofka, in latitude 67 deg. 11 min. 30 sec. N., long. 41 22 12 E., to Cape Kanoushin, in lat. 67 11 30 N., long:. 43 48 42 E., including especially the ports of Archangel and Onega, are placed in a state of strict Blockade by a competent force of her Britan nic Majesty's ships and vessels under my orders. And it is further notified. that all the measures authorised by the law of nations :aid the respective treaties between her Britannic Majesty and the different neutral powers will be adopted and executed with respect to all vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade. " Dated on board her Britannic Majesty's ship Meander, off Archangel, this Via June, 1855. (Sig! ) " THOMAS BAILLIE, " Captain and the Senior Officer of the White Sea Squadron." And it is hereby further notified that all measures autho rised by the laws of nations, and the respective treaties be tween her Majesty an , cl his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and the different; neutral powers, will be adopted and executed on behalf of her Majesty and of her fily, with re spect to all vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FEO3I THE, CRIMEA. WAR DE PARTMENT, JULY 17. Lord Panmure has received from Lieutenant-General Simpson, Commanding her Majesty's Forces in the East, the following list of casual:des, which have occurred between the 29th of June and the Ist inst. : Camp Beforo Sebastopol, July 2. NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 29TH OF JUNE TO THE IST OF JULY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. 3d Battalion, Grenadier Guards-3 rank and file wounded. Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards-1 rank and filo wounded. 3d Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 14th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 17th Foot-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file wounded. 19th Foot-2 rank and file wounded. 23d Foot-1 ofiher, 1 rank and file, killed; 2 rank and file wounded. 30th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 31st Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 3 ith Foot-2 rank and file wounded. 39th Foot-2 rank and filo wounded 41st Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 42d Foot-3 rank and file wounded. 47th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 48th Foot-2 rank and file wounded. 49th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 55th Foot-1 drummer, 3 rank and file, wounded. 57th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 58th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 77th Foot-1 rank and file killed ;1 rank and file wounded. 88th Foot-3 rank and file wounded. 90th Foot-1 rank and file wounded. 93d Foot-3 rank and file wounded. 97th Foot-2 rank and nle wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade --I Meer killed ; 8 rank and file wounded. Total-2 officers, 3 rank and file, killed; 1 drummer, 48 rank and file, wounded. W. L. EAKENHAIVE, Lieut.-Colonel, Ac-Ling-Adjutant-General. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM THE 23TH JUNE TO THE IsT JULY, 1833, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. June 29. 23d Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant AV. Owen. JUNE 30. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—lieutenant E. S. G. Woodford. W. L. PAKENHAM, Lieut.-Colonel, Acting Adjutant-General. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED. FROM 29ru JUNE TO IsT JULY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. JUNE 29. 23d. Foot—Private William Holmes. JUNE 30. 17th Foot—Private George Fisher. JULY 1. 77th Foot—Lance Corporal George Heartley. W. L. PAKENHAM, Lieut.-Colonel, Acting-Adjutant-General. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 29TH JUNE TO THE IsT JULY, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. JUNE 29. 3d Battalion of Grenadier Guards—Privates James Lee, slightly; Edward Appleton, slightly; Thos. Mason, slightly. Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards—Private George Robertson, slightly. 23d Regiment of Foot—Privates Richard Hughes, se verely ; James Jarvoise, slightly 43d Foot—Privates George Freeman, slightly; William Wilson, slightly. 41st Foot—Private George Armsby, slightly. 42d Foot—Privates Thomas Holder, slightly ; William Bar clay, dangerously. 48th Foot—Privates James West, severely ; Lawrence Mathews, severely. 88th Foot—Corporals John Fitzgerald, severely; Patrick Connelly, slightly ; Private Harry Holland, slightly. 93d Regiment of Foot.—Privates George Ross, severely Alexander Blackball, sligh ly ; John Mcliab, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade.—Privates James Fisher, slightly ; Elijah Bennett, slightly ; Joseph Grier, slightly ; George Day, slightly. JUNE 30. 3d Regiment of Foot.—PriVate Thomas Bennett, severely. 19th Regiment of Foot—Private James Feltus, severely 31st Regiment of Foot—Private William Horan, severely 39th Regiment of Foot—Corporal George Green, slightly; Private James Neill, slightly 47th Regiment of Foot—Private Thomas Whittaker, se verely 55th Regiment of Foot—Drummer Richard Evers, severely ; Private Robert Brander, slightly 57th Foot—Private George Clarke, severely. 90th Foot—Private John Miley, slightly. 97th Foot—Privates Francis Manokes, slightly; Charles Merritt, severely. 2d 13ttalionitifle Brigade— Privates John Worren, slightly; Wm. Maggs, dangerously ; Septimus Bland, slightly ; Wm. Philips, slightly. JULY 1. 14th Foot—Private Martin Murray, slightly. 17th Foot—Private John Fitzgerald, slightly. 19th Foot—Private William Healy, severely. 30th Foot—Private Edmund Pither, slightly. 42d Foot—Lance-Corporal Alexander llossack, slightly. 49th Foot—Private Michael Cummins, slightly. 55th Foot—Privates Michael Healy, severely ; Michael McDonald, slightly. 88th Foot—Private Robert Richardson, dangerously. 77th Foot—Private Edmund Tracey, slightly. W. L. PANENHAM, Lieut.-Colonel, Acting-Adjutant-General. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES Fizolll BEAR ADMIRAL DUNIPAS. ADMIRALTY, JULY 16. Despatches, of which the following are copies or extracts, have been this day received from Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Duke of Wellington, Tolboukin Lighthouse, July 7, 1855. " The Magicienno returned this morning from Lovisa, and I annex a report which I have received from Captain Yelverton, of her Majesty's ship Arrogant, who has been again successful in destroying a well- constructed fort at Svartholm; in the entrance of the Bay of Lovisa, but their lordships will observe with regret, that, notwithstanding the humane desire of that officer, the town of Lovisa was un fortunately destroyed by fire, which occurred accidentally on the night following the visit of her Majesty's ships. Captain Vansittart informs me that the authorities of the town have themselves admitted and explained the accidental origin of the fire." Her Majesty's ship Arrogant, off Hogland, July 8, 1855. Sir,-1 have the honour to inform you that I reached Lovisa on the afternoon of the 4th instant, and anchored the vessels close to Fort Svartholm. The enemy must have had intelligence of our movements and quitted the fort on our approach, for they had been at work but a few days before inroofing, the barracks and taking away stores. The guns and ammunition had been preionsly removed. Svartholm was in good condition, and a work, of great strength, entirely commanding the approaches to Lovisa ; it has had important additions of late years, can mount 122 guns, and had ac2omrnodation in casemated barracks for about 1,000 men, with governor's house and garden, and ex cellent officers' quarters. I made immediate arrangements for blowing up the fort and completely destroying the bar racks ; these have since been fully carried ont. On the sth, I made a reconnaissance of the town of Lovisa, in the Ruby, accompanied by the boats of the Arrogant and Mag,icienne. A strong detachment of Cossacks made their appearance at one time, but they were dispersed by the fire from the boats, the rockets particularly throwing them into great confusion. On landing at Lovisa, they sent for the authorities and explained the object of my visit; some demur was caused by our not having a flag of truce. I told them they had no right to such a guarantee, as the respect due to it had been so grossly violated at Hango. I then pro ceeded to the barracks and Government stores within the town, which I destroyed, but did not set fire to them, as by so doing the whole town must have been burnt. This precaution was not destined to save Lovisa, for during the night an accidental fire occurred in a portion of the town where we had not been, and before morning the whole place was reduced to ashes. •• - I have, &e., (Signed) H. R. YELVERTON, Captain, Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, Commander-la-Chief. Extract of a letter from Rear-Admiral Honourable R. S. Dundas, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated— Duke of Wellington, Tolboukiu Lighthouse, July 7, 1855. I cannot conclude this letter without calling the particular attention of their Lordships to the active exertions of Capt. Storey, of her Majesty's ship Harmer, which led a few days later to the destruction of a largo amount of shipping, dis covered afterwards in another anchorage near Nystad, as de tailed in the enclosure to Captain Wardeu's report - of the 2d instant. Harrier, off Little Wahas, Juno 24, 1E55: Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the boats of this ship destroyed 47 ships belonging to the enemy, varying from 700 tons to 200 tons, on the nights of the 23d and 24th instant. On the first night the ships destroyed were one mile from the town of Nystad, and about three miles from the ship, and we were enabled to bring one barque, the Victoria, of about 450 tons, off with us. On the following morning the 4team was got up and we proceeded. to sea to anchor the prize off Enskov Linthouse. At 5 p.m., however, we steamedtowards the 1:1 , 1,1 :in•• choral at about 7.30 p.m., and at 8 p.m. the agtin despatched. I think, sir, I am only doing common justice to the men when I state how pleased I wag to seo tho zeal and perseve. ranee With 'which they worked for ro PIW hours uvithor con 20 20 10 10 10 St. 25 10 5 20 18 20 20 20 1.00 5 5 5 20 20 100 20 20 20 20 33j 10 20 I o slit stating my belief ghat this arose in a great measure frog Et the good example of the officers, especially the senior Lie vLenant, Mr. Annesley, from whom I have ever received the most active assistance. Ve, did not get back to the ship until after 6 p.m. this rnoon, the men having been. on their oars twenty-four ire. 1 laving then, in two following nights and one day, do str( )yed the whole of the Nystad shipping (probably upwards of ;ONO tons) I trust these proceedings will meet with your api I have, &e., (Signed) HENRY STOREY, Commander. Car ten Warden, Senior Officer, iex Majesty's Ship Ajax. 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KNOX asked the First Lard of the Treasury whether, at any time during the recent negotiations at Vienna, a subsidy to the Austrian Government had ever beea entertained by the Government of this country (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON—No, sir ; never. (hear and laughter.) EXPLANATION OF LORD J. RUSSELL, AND THE VOTE OF CENSURE. Upon the Clerk proceeding to read the order of the • day, Lord J. RUSSELL rose and said—Sir, my noble friend bay given notice of a motion to postpone the order of the day for the purpose of allowing the hon. baronet opposite, the member for Hertfordshire, to bring on the motion of which he had given notice. Sir, as that motion refers both to my conduct at Vienna, and also to my continuance in office since my return from Vienna, I think it right to state to the house that which has has bearing bearing on the motion about to be brought on. I have to state to the house that, having on Thursday evening informed my noble friend the First Lord of the Treasury my wish to retire from the ser vice of the Crown, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept my resignation, and therefore I now only hold office until my successor shall be appointed. I should be disposed to rest satisfied with this declaration, were it not that recent events have been of so complicated a nature in themselves, and also been so perverted by malice—(hear, hear)—that I think it is desirable to place before the house some account of my conduct in those recent and very diffi cult transactions. It has been stated in a circular which has been often referred to—that I informed the Aus trian Minister for Foreign Affairs, before I left Vienna, that I would use any influence which I might possess to procure the acceptance of certain Austrian proposi tions which were to be an ultimatum. Sir, I do not dispute the general correctness of that assertion. It is not true, as has been stated, that I engaged to state to the Cabinet the views I entertained, but it is true I pro mised to lay those propositions before the Cabinet in the most favourable manner. I did so in conjunction with other persons of great weight and authority. Besides the three resident Ministers of France, Great Britain, and Turkey, there were at the time in the capital of Aus tria Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France and the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey. After many and repeated discussions there was at length a props-ition made to us which both the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of France and the Mini ter for Foreign Affairs Turkey—a person certainly less well known in this country, but who is a man distinguished for his intelli gence, sagacity, and knowledge of the affairs of Europe, thought might be accepted as the foundation of a propo sition to be made for peace. I concurred in those opinions, and, after a confidential interview with M. Drouyn de l'lluys, we agreed to bring it before our Governments— I verbally, lie milking a written communication. I will not now enter into the nature of those propositions, although I may have something to say about that by and by. I brought these proposals to London. I arrived on the night of the 29th of April. On the 30th there was a Cabinet Council on the, tibject of the recent nego tiations. I have stated that tEe result of the discussions of the Cabinet les that those propositions were not adopted by the Government of this country ; but, sir, I think I should state, to complete what I then said, that there were circumstances which arose in the course of these discussions which made it appear to my mind impossible to urge the acceptance of those propositions. There was, therefore, at the end of that week a con currence of all the members of the Cabinet that those propolitions could not be adopted. I should say the circumstances to which I allude were circumstances quite independent of the merits of the propositions them selves, and did not alter my opinion of the merits of those propositions. Sir, this agreement having been come to, Lord Clarendon wrote a despatch which is on the papers recently presented to Parliament, and dated the Bth of May. Now, sir, a few words with regard to the merits of those propositions ; not that I wish to enter upon them at all completely, but I do so in con sequence of an observation which was made by the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire (Mr. Disraeli.) The right hon. gentleman said that those pro positions were such as to convince the people of this coun try that if those propositions were received there was no great issue at stake which justified the exertions which this country was making to carry on the war. Now, sir, it was because I thought the war necessary— because I thought those exertions should be made— that I became the bearer of those propositions, and thought they were fit to be accepted. I conceived the magnitude of the peril of Turkey to be such—l con ceived both the power and the projects of Russia to be such, that it is necessary, if possible, to unite all the great Powers of Europe out of Russia in order to com bine against her efforts in war, and afterwards to give Turkey security in peace. Such, therefore, was the foun dation of my opinion—an opinion certainly not formed on the merits of the earlier of those propositions ; be cause the house will find—at least those hon. members who have read the papers recently printed will find— I objected to that which is the main principle of these propositions—viz., the principle of counterpoise. But when these propositions came to be enforced—which they were only the day before I left Vienna, or, per haps the very day—bv a declaration of the Emperor of Austria, through hie' Minister, that he was ready both to present those terms as an tatinratuee to St. Petersburg, and, after conclusion of a treaty, to enter into an alliance—a defensive alliance with France and Great Britain—to prevent and to resist any future aggression on the part of Russia against Turkey, then I did think that thereby security would be obtained for the future peace of Europe, which, whatever might be the services of the arms of France and Great Britain, and however glorious their efforts might prove, they would scarcely place Turkey in a secure position if Austria did not combine with us, or if she should at a future period participate in the designs of Russia. In stating these opinions I should hardly expect to hear any different views expressed by the hon. baronet the member for Hertfordshire, because, speaking, as he always does, with great eloquence and great ability, he pointed out the advantage of having Austria as an ally, and the importance of her position in the centre of Europe. Such, then, were the general grounds on which I thought that these propositions might be accepted. I have said already that they were not accepted, and that the Cabinet, some for one reason, some for another, concurred in the despatch of Lord Clarendon which rejected these propositions. Now, sir, that despatch was written upon the Bth of May, and upon the 16th of May Lord Westmoreland wrote a despatch containing the views of the Austrian Govern ment, in which he stated that the Austrian Government conceived that by proposing an ultimatum they had ful filled the conditions of the treaty of the 2d of Decem ber, and they proposed only that they should iu con ference lay down some proposal for the limitation of the Russian fleet, declaring at the same time to France and Great Britain that, having complied with the terms of the treaty of the 2d of December, if that proposition were rejected by Russia they did not mean to make it a case, belli, and would break up the conference and re tire. When we received that proposition there was no doubt on the part of her Majesty's Government—and I think that there could not well be a doubt—that it was not worth while to go into conference to support a pro position of that kind, it being a proposition less favourable to the allies than the condition which had been proposed by M. Drouyn de l'Huys and myself, when it was nearly certain that Russia would reject it, and quite certain that Austria would not support it to the extent of going to war, or even of making any further prepara tions for war. Instructions were accordingly given to Lord Westmoreland that if such a proposition were made in the conference he should not discuss its merits—that he should not enter into any further debate, but should declare that in the views of her Majesty's Government it was desirable to put an end to the conference. Simi lar instructions were given to the Minister of the Em peror of the French. Now, sir, that proposition of Austria to which I have referred arrived here on the 19th of May ; from that time, therefore, there was altoge ther an end of any negotiation with Austria for the pur pose of proposing an ultimatum to Russia, and there could be no longer any doubt whatever that the war must be continued in order to obtain the object of the allies. The third point declared that the effectual ar rangements for carrying that point into effect must de pend upon the events of the war. I will, however, take the liberty of reading to the house the very terms of that third point :--- "The revision of the treaty of July, 1841, must have for its object to connect the existence of the Ottoman empire more completely with the European equilibrium, and to put an end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. As to the arrangements to be taken in this respect, they depend too directly on the events of the war for it to be possible at present to determine the bases ; it is suffi cient to point out the principle." We hail reverted, therefore, to that condition of things in which it was necessary to carry on the war, in order to obtain a solution of the third point, which solution we had not been able to obtain by negotiation. This refers, therefore, to the first part of my conduct— namely, to what I stated to the Minister of Austria con fidentially at Vienna, and the conduct that I pursued when I came home in my acquiescence in the deci sion that was arrived at, and my concurrence in car rying on the war. Well, sir, the next period is when the right honourable gentleman opposite, the member for Buckinghamshire, made a motion in this house which my noble friend at the head of the Go vernment told him was made before the negotiations could be said to be formally closed, but which ho per sisted in, and which ended in this house giving the as surance that it would support her Majesty in the prose- cution of the war. It has been made a reproach to me by the right hon. gentleman and by others that in that discussion I took part, and spoke in favour of the vigo rous prosecution of the war. I think the right hon. gentleman said that I was the uncompromising advocate of the war. 'Well, Sir, on reflecting on my conduct upon that occasion I do not really see what else I could possibly in. The Government had determined that the negotiations must be put an end to, the conferences were closed, and what other means were there to obtain a solution of the third point, and to obtain peace, except by the prosecution of the war ? The main questi on then dinumd—indeed, the only propositions disclosed were 1855,, t 1 ;ropositions which bad been made by. Russia in the c oaf itrences. It was maintained by those who thought t hat peace might be secured that tho propositions of .1 IDE ;in afforded sufficient elements; upon which to f. ',tar'.'; pacific conditions. I bad enti re l y diff ered in the mx c ° renees with respect to the first proposition • the s. wnn id proposition was rejected by Lord Weetmereland w ith out discussion, as I thought, most properly, because it ap peered to me that neither of those proportions con tai nt d the elements of peace, and therefore I naturally—a anft as I think inevitably —t lok the course I did of agree •ing with this house in supporting her Majesty in the pros. !eution of the war. It has been said that at that time the h ousts was not informed with respect to the proposals of A ustria in the form in which they had been laid down by h er, and the answer which had been given to them. s not the party chiefly responsible fur that commu nie Lion not being made. Of course the Foreign Seers ta ris the person upon whom that duty principally de vs red, but I think that the Government were quite ri ;1 it in not making the communication at that time. P act ing aside all question of form as to the exact pe ri od at which those discussions ceuld be said to ha v. been formally concluded, it was clear that the ins ee announcement of the decision of Austria not to in ter a re by force, not to move her armies upon thee assian ter ri tory, but, on the contrary, to withdraw from an: r proepect of a contest even to the extent of diminish in ; and reducing her forces, could not operate favour ab 13- to us. It was quite evident that the moment Rus si. L, who had been threatened—Russia, who had felt the pi 'assure of the great increase of the Austrian army from a small force to nearly 500,000 men—perceived that that pi 'assure would be taken off she would immediately feel h, irself at liberty to detach some of the best and finest of h ir troops to the shores of the Crimea, to oppose the as 'allies of France and Great Britain. I think that it w ould have been quite unjustifiable for the Government of this country to state prematurely, or before it cc nild be known through other channels, that the im mediate decision of Austria was not to propose an ultimatum, and that therefore Russia was at once al de to send her forces to the Crimea. (Hear, hear.) I eannot conceive a greater dereliction of duty than th B premature declaration of such a conclusion to the negotiations with Austria, and it appears to me that it would have been quite unnecessary for the pur ist: use of informing the house upon the proposition of the ri ;ht hon. gentlemen what course they should adopt. I ca n well conceive that if the Government had themselves co me forward to propose a motion in this house, they ight then have waited, they might have delayed till the w hole of the papers should then have been laid upon the to ble, and perhaps about this time they might have pro pc sed a voteaupon their own responsibility. But the house is well aware that such a course was not left to the Go ve rnmeet. On the contrary, first one right hon. gentle rev .o, and then another right hon. gentleman, was anxi ous ; to come forward and discuss the whole subject, and the Government were forced into that discusions in the the n state of the negotiations. But, Sir, as I have stated, on e 25th of May th ere cou ld have been no hesitation, DO do )übt in the minds of her Majesty's Ministers as to wh; it was the result of these negotiations. The right bon . gentleman said that I wan the uncompromising adv cc ate of war, and he seemed to have a notion— who ci •, as I think, has been, as it were, adopted wit he ut reflection by a great number of persons—that theria are two abstract things, one peace and the other war, and that a person must be, under all circumstances, either for one or the other. I myself regretted that some yearn ago the persons who put themselves forward as fortrsn ig a peace society were at ail events and under all circle eetances for peace. I believe that the existence of that society and the professions they made tended to the vs ry opposite conclusion to that of peace—(hear)— and ia ither induced foreign Powers in a hostile position to us; to think that we should be loth to take up arms in our is en defence. But, Sir, to say that because we are en , gags al in a great war with Russia we must go on and there mus t be no terms on which we can settle peace, would be such a n absurdity that no man could fairly and reasonably ado' it such a doctrine. The right hon. gentleman, how evern speaks of it as if it were that absolute kind of con clusho n. Her Majesty's Government had taken no such vieves ; they had proposed a plan of limitation of the Ruesi; in fleet, upon which they would have made peace. They considered that that was a security ; it was in itself an inn ierfect security. I never have contended it was others ise, but I think that her Majesty's Government, were , erfectly right in saying that if they could obtain such a security peace would be preferable to war. In short, every one who considers the matter must come to the cos eclusion that peace and war are not those abstract things ; but th a t p eace i s no t d es i rable at all times while I war is desirable at many times, and that the particular circure stances of the period must be taken into conside ration. For my own part, there are many instances in the his tory of Europe in which I think that war was a necessity for this and other countries, and in which one cannot . but sympathise with those who were engaged in it ; fox • instance, with the Dutch when they opposed the don' in ton of Spain, and with the Dutch again when they -opposed the invasion of the French in the time of Lou is XIV. But no one would say, because war was desirable at that time, that there were certain terms on which peace might be always concluded. I say this because it certainly seems to have been a reps •oach to me that upon the Ist of May I was of opi aion that arrangements might be made by which, with the concert of the Emperor of the French and the concurrence of the Emperor of Austria, there might be terms proposed at St. Petersburg which might lead to peace:. Undoubtedly I thought so ' • but when those terms could not be p ro p ose d I naturally fell back into the for mer situation iu which I had been from the corn menc emeeet of the war, thinking that the war must be vigor o usly prosecuted until the time should come when the 'preponderance of Russia should be effectually curb ed, and the events of the war should have pre ecriL .ed the conditions upon which a treaty might be base I. (Hear, hear.) Such was the essential part of nay conduct with regard to the speech which I made upon. the 24th of May, when the right hon. gentleman the z number for Buckinghamshire made his motion to this house. I then advised the house to persevere in the rigorous prosecution of the war, and I continue in that opinion and to give that advice still. I may say, per haps, - that during the week which I have mentioned— begin.ning upcn the 30th of April, and ending, I think, with Saturday, the sth of May—there was naturally much consideration as to whatshould be done ; but from that time, the part of the Government being taken, there were no questions with regard to any fresh negotiations whielb created any long deliberations in the Cabinet. On the c ontrary, the Government were as united as any Go vern ment 1 have ever known, and were as completely agreed as any Cabinet I have ever seen during the more than two months which have elapsed since that period. I come, then, to another time, and that is when the honour able member for Radnorshire questioned me as to a certain state paper which he had seen in the news papers, and when my right hon. friend the member for Manche ‘ster made, upon what I thought a very inap propria to occasion, an attack upon me for my conduct. He said that I had led the way almost in branding the right hen. gentleman the member for the University of Oxford as a person willing to consent to an ignominious peace, when I myself had been willing to accept the same terms, and was as much an advocate for that peace as he was. I did not reply to that attack at the time, but when the right hon. gentleman gave notice that he would formally call the attention of the house to the subject I thought it necessary to declare what I had done and that which I had thought, and not to deny any portion of my conduct. I communicated with my noble friend at the head of the Government and with my noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs as to the part which I meant to take in that debate. I thought that it would have been totally unworthy of my position if I had shrunk from these qaestions, and had refused to answer the call which was made upon nee to say whe ther or not I was in favour of the same proposals which my right hon. friend the member for the University of Oxford thought contained the elements of peace. I pointed out that the proposals which were made by Austria, which Count Buol had shortly given in his circular, and which I explained at somewhat greater length, were proposals of a totally different nature ; and I avowed that I had been in favour of those proposals when they were brought to this country, they having the assent of all the ministers of France, England, and Turkey at Vienna. Sir, Ido not know, in looking back to that speech, however ill I may have expressed myself, that I could have done otherwise than own the part which I had taken. I should have been ashamed of myself if I had denied that which I had done and that which was my conscientious opinion, founded upon my views of the circumstances of the times. (Cheers.) Well, sir, the hon. baronet opposite (Sir E. B. Lytton) thinks that that is a ground for want of confidence in the whole Administration of which I was amernber. He is oflopinion because I took the view that the Austrian proposals might have been accepted in the first days of May, that I must be ever thereafter incapable of serving her Ma jesty with the intention of carrying on the war. That impression seems very generally to prevail. I myself neither see the logic of that proposition, nor do I concur in the justice of its conclusion. (Hear.) But I come now, sir, having stated these matters as shortly as I could, to that last period in which I thought it necessary that I should tender my resignation. When my noble friend at the head of the Treasury first occupied himself in obeying her Majesty's commands to form a Govern ment, he did me the honour to ask for my assistance in office. I declined the offer at the time, and I felt con vinced, with the assistance which he obtained of men of great eminence and talent, who are now present in the house—l mean my right hon. friend the member for Carlisle, my right honourable friend the member for the University of Oxford, and others—that be would carry on the Government with great ad a v d a i n ff t e a r g e e e r the country. Unfortunately, in a few days e loefdv to views w a s s w e p i a t h r a r t respect n t d o t t h h e o s appointment o r f e a si offices. My noble friend again did me the honour that my ' asking for my assistance in office. Sir, I h co untry relations of t acquaintance with all the h s pirit which he noble friend, from his abilities, from hhie. g committee nonedoutrh eij, (cheers)— I believe, 'I say, that my noble has to maintain the honour of his f ouutv ri c eed wa s the fittest with foreign Powers, from the hig y _ h ave selected to carry her Majesty thorough person that . could I thought certainly pass on a Government. whiche , thathadm y som some timeexperience and might be in Parliament r a li s a h m e en h t ad a a n s d ke t d he my pe as e e i e t t i e e t r a i ai him to accomplish a task of some assistance in the greatest credit to have under taken.which I think did hine complied with the wish therefore held might be of us e . t e o ea n b ier ce ted one of the offices' enabling friend, which was noble friend, andhaecn I p returned from Vienna W I was ready to relinquish office ; but noble friend did not think that that would be of my advantage to the public. A. few days ag o I again stated • same thing, being only anxious to enable him to t n h e e b n l e v f a r c i e a n n d t . tae carry en the affairs of the country with advantage. that . (H ear .) My nobla friend again declined to accept my proposed resignation. Put I found that the impression, whether founded on the errors Which ban committed ---and no doubt those errors are inany—r whethe founded, as unquestionably they were to a great exfent upon misapprehension and misrepresentation of my con dact—be that as it may, I found the impression. very wide and very general that my presence in the Cabinet was not consonant with the carrying on of affairs with that advantage which it was my intention to afford to my noble friend. When I was fully con vinced et that I told my noble friend that there could be no hesitation about it, that I could not listen to any arguments which be might wish to advance to me, but that my resignation must be decided, and that I begged him to place it before her Majesty, with his recommen dation that it should b e accepted. (Hear, hear.) That conversation took place on Thursday night, and, in con sequence, my noble friend, I must say with the hand somest expression towards me, concurred - with the view which I had taken. And now, sir, let me say that, having taken that course, I do not feel that I am at all discontented with the position in which I stand, I see reason to be so. In the first place, I have acted always for what I believe to be the benefit of the country. I have thought over these questions again and again with a view to the public interest, and I have advised that which I have considered expedient for the country—and I have refrained from advising th at which was disapproved or rather, I should say, that which did not obtain the con currence of those who generally held the same views as myself, and who were acting with me in the same Ad ministration: I have felt that in the position which I have occupied at various times I have found many true and attached friends, and I must say that, towards them, bee-inning with the members of the Cabinet which I have left, I have every reason to thank those friend s for their confidence and support. Others there certainly are of a different class : "Those who make friends " And give your hearts to, when they once perceive "The least rub in your fortunes, fall away " Like water from ye, never found rain "But when they mean to sink ye." (Hear.) Some there are of that class--I trust but few—. with respect to whom I can only say that I regard them with contempt. With regard to public affairs, it has been my fortune, far beyond my deserts, to carry on, or assist in carrying measures which have promoted civil and religious liberty, which have tended to the promotion of the moral and religions welfare of my country. (Hear.) I say, sir, that I have had that good fortune, far be yond my deserts, and that is a satisfaction of which I cannot be deprived. That in the course which I have pursued, and in the positions which I have at various times filled, I should have been slandered and calern niated is a circumstance at which I ought to feel neither surprise ncr dissatisfaction. There have been men whom I have known, and among them I cannot but recollect my dearly loved friend Lord Althorn, whose only am bition it was to steer clear of office, and who when he held the highest offices in the State only aspired to descend from them, and yet I have known him calum niated as seeking place. I have seen but lately a gal lant and a skilful soldier calumniated. I mean the great and humane Lord Raglan, who was slandered and persecuted even to the very verge of the grave. I say, therefore, that I can feel no dissatisfaction and no surprise at being myself thus calumniated, but if I had to balance my political account with my calumni ators, I cculd say to them that I have been able to pre mote by measures which I have seen adopted the wel fare and advantage, the liberty and prosperity of my country, and in doing so I have met with many warmly attached and excellent friends—(hear, hear)—men of a nature as noble as that of any men who have ever taken part in public life—and I have this satisfaction that, whatever errors I may have committed, whatever mis takes I may have made, I have always endeavoured to satisfy those friends and my own conscience, and, there fore, I have no reason to be dissatisfied with the result at which I have arrived, even if that result should be for ever to exclude me from any voice in the manage ment of affairs. Whatever, therefore, may be the result of the motion of the hon. baronet opposite, I have no de sire that it should be postponed, and I am most willing that he should have the full opportunity of making any charges against me that he thinks necessary in support of the views which ho entertains. To these observa tions, sir, I can only add that I am satisfied to abide by the decision of the house. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord concluded by moving that the orders of the day be postponed. Sir E. B. LYTTON—Sir, I do not regret that the course which the noble lord has taken in 'retiring from the ccuncils of her Majesty, while it justifies the course which we con tested, has transferred the victory without a struggle to the general patriotism of thishonse and the peopleit represents. For if I interpret correctly the sense of the noble lord's quotation, it is not before a member of my humble preten sions that he retires—not before the phalanx of a hostile party—no, it is before the general sense of the country, which is evinced in the desertion of his own followers. Nor do I think that they deserve the taunt which the quo. tation implies, that they could not accompany oven so il lustrious a leader a single step which seemed to them to leave behind it the interests and honour of their country. But, though the noble lord, a second time in one cam• paign, has left the field, and this time pai•nus non Lena rclicta, yet since he has entered at length into the vine dication of his previous conduct, so I trust it rill not seem ungenerous in me if I vindicate also those reasons which induced me to think that that conduct had shaken, and perhaps shakes still, the con fidence of the country in those who administer its affairs. But, under the altered circumstances of the case, I shall make my statement as brief and as temperate as will be consistent with requisite proof that it was not upon slight grounds we would have brought a charge against a man so eminent and against a Government so justly entitled to the indulgence of compassion. (Hear, and laughter.) What, sir, on Thursday last was the position of the noble lord and of the Government who then so boldly accepted our challenge, and who have since propitiated the fates by selecting for sacrifice the very chief whom they then armed at all points for encounter? The position of the noble lord was this. He must forgive me if I state it frankly, for in the expla nation we have just heard he does not seem to comprehend the light in which his countrymen view it. Here is a great statesman, one who has held the office of Chief Minister of the Crown, who is sent to Vienna to negotiate terms of peace, orreport honestly to us the necessity of con tinued war. Under what circumstances is he selected? He had just broken up a Government by his solitary deser tion, at the very time when that Government was put upon its trial—a desertion so sudden, and accompanied by a de nunciation of two of his colleagues so startling as to be without a parallel in the records of this house—without a parallel, but not without an excuse. What was the excuse? That on a question involving the fate of armies he could not honestly conceal his sentiments. Rather than do so he left the associates whom he could not defend. Lord J. RUSSELL—What I said was, that I could not oppose the motion for an inquiry, but I did not say that I could not defend the conduct of tho war. Sir E. B. LYTTON—I have not the least objection to the change of terms, and as I now understand the noble lord he left his former office in the Earl of Aberdeen's ad ministration, because he could not oppose the motion for the appointment of the Sebastopol committee ; but does he forget all the observations which he made in explanation of the course he then took ? Does he forget the charges, or at least the strong insinuations, which were made against the Duke of Newcastle and the Earl of Aberd een ? Surely, if the noble lord's resignation meant anything, it was that he retired and broke up the Government because of his dis trust of the warlike capacities and vigour of the Duke of 7. , Tewcastles and Lord Aberdeen; and I say that that excuse for not suppressing his sentiments was, in itself, very jus tifiable; but it certainly does require the uniformity of an inflexible political creed. Well, then, this statesman is sent to Vienna; he apparently fails in his object; he returns; and then a suspicion gets abroad that the noble lord is in clined to favour the proposals of the Austrian Government. That suspicion is mentioned in this house on the 24th of May, and the noble lord rises to dispel that suspicion, to vindicate the breaking-off of the negotiations, and the con tinuance of the war ; and although the noble lord does not refer to the Austrian proposals at all, he does in that speech, which I do not think he has successfully defended to-night, speak with marked disdain of the proposi tions which embodied that main principle of naval counterpoise which, we know, he himself proposed. He says :---" After I had left Vienna another proposal was made, which my right hon. friend the member for the Erni versity of Oxford seems to think offered a security — namely, to leave the treaty of 1841 as it now is; but when Turkey is menaced, to enable her to call the fleets of her allies to her assistance." " I own," said the noble lord, " 1 can see very little security in that proposal." The noble lord then proceeded to argue in favour of the abso lute necessity of limiting the power of Russia in the Black Sea. He denounced the idea of any counterpoise beings t adopted by the Western Powers ; ho denounced ilts course of our being compelled to maintain a force in th e celebrated philippic of the noble lord wound up by the celebr . t . n. he said that corrup Demosthenes upon Macedon, when Sea for tho purpose of perpetually defending Turkey; and hall and ambition had shown itself in every council , g i • res the noble lord rather sion then was that that speech f threatened every civilised nation. of of the war,_ pardoned advocated the vigorous prosecutionhe spirit; The gener imp bordered upon the extravagancfl o that extravagance for the sake of the upon nfe:t'i:aheltcleileroi states d ute t hrl e ama p d rt 0 , 8 ot w fhp crs would put an who is thoroughly i n " Here, at all events, is one man war." At that moment t zeal. But an we, who said, i h d o , er t ohnpeoobAs noble e u d tobrriuda but he rhamini ster, had nao earnest the prosecution of t end to in which Count Bno h it o li se secu actually promised to ay. The noble lord expressed his be e t lief his Govern b ra ayn e dt n h t we t o de finitecamenl only inclined t p h rp p o u s b a f a p t ;:a r i c o p n e e ata o loce f et that the noble lord, When the Austrian • manifesto was first id believe it until the q seen nobody would bo ut to the noble I -uention upon the subject WAS directly p n lord in this house. The noble lord then his place rose and confirmed that statemen t. course of conduct which he has pursued, did abuse the high position wh i c h he then held by the favour of his Sovereign, and the confidence of the people in his honesty and truth ; for with those sentiments in respect to peace he joined with Lis colleagues and called upon the country to sacrifice the se best blood of England in a war which he believed to be thelie Yf Vitfhoarartt with tof th r UPr .rn l °.°P s u i rlCr y s wholly unnecessary. (Hear.) On the 6th of June, when the question of peace through the intervention of Austria was still more directly before the [house, the noble lord acted a still more disingenuous part on the occasion when the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle alluded dis tinctly to the report that an Austrian proposal had been Buggeeted, which had been favoured byMenschikoff, which had been favoured by Fiance, but which had been rejected by England. The noble lord replied to that speech, and evading all reference to the Austrian proposal, he left the house, the country, and the great powers of Europe under the impression that our illustrious ally would have sanc tioned terms of peace which were utterly disdained by tho lofty spirit of the noble viscount and the united chivalry of his cabinet. Now, let the house mark the consistency and want of faith in the noble lord. On Friday week what was the noble lord's excuse for his preference of peace ? Why, that Russia was so powerful ! And what was the excuse of ;the noble lord on the 24th of May for his preference of war ? Why, that Russia was very powerful ! So that the excuse of the noble lord for either peace or war was equally the same. (Ch eers .) And what was the apology of the noble lord op Friday week for having suppressed his real sontiments,Jand stilled his conscientious convictions? Why, forsooth, if he told the truth he might have damaged the Government. But what was the noble lord's apology for destroying the Government some months ago? Why. that as au Leileet Mgt he mid zwt Auppreifaity pentiments was 'the ding