The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-14 00:00:00

TEE ADMINIST.RATITE REFORM ASSOCIATION. The first meeting of this association was held last night in Drury-lane Theatre. The admission was by tickets o nly, and shortly after the doors were opened the house was crowded in every part. Amon. , the gentlemen on the stage were the following :—The Earl of Milltown, the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. James Bell, M.P., Mr. R. P. Collier, M.P., the Hon. H. B. Brand, M.P. Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. W. Michell, Mr. E. Mr. F. French, M.P., Mr. A. Pella% M.P., Mr. R. Swift, M.P., Mr. G. Bowyer, M.P., Mr. D. Jones, M.P., Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P., Sir G. Goodman, M.P., Mr. W. Jackson, M.P., Major Reed, M.P., Mr. B. J. Follett, M.P., Mr. R. Currie, M.P., Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., Mr. W. J. Lind say, M.P., Mr. W. Tits, M.P., Mr. O. J. Otway, ALP, Mr. F. C. H. Russell, M.P., Captain R. Kingscote, M.P., Sir C. Shakerley, Sir C. Napier, Sir E. H. K.Lacon,M.P., Mr. T. Alcoa, X.P. Mr. G. Dundas,. M.P., Colon el Watkins, H.P. , Capt. Eastwick, the Rev. J. B. Grey , Mr . A. S. A yrton, Mr. M. J. Higgins, Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. J. P. Gassiott, Mr. G. Bishop, jun., Mr. F. Bennoch, Mr. J. Harvey, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. J. E. J. Greene, M.P., Mr. Roche, M.P., Mr. C. S. Butler, M.P., Mr. J. Gladstone, the Earl of Lindsay, Major Rudd, Mr. G. Gladstone, Dr. Brown, Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. J. A. Nicholay, Mr. M. Travers, Mr. Herbert Ingram, Dr. Hahnemann Mr. W. L. Ogilby, Mr. H. Bateman, Mr. R. Henderson , ' Mr. Norman Wil kinson, Mr. J. Lupton Mr. H. Hooton , Mr. W. A. Lyon, Capt. Dawson, Mr. GAloore, Mr. W. M. Tkackeray, Mr. W. Pritchard, Col. Freestun, M.P., the Hon. C. W. G. Howard, Mr. Edwin James . Q•C., Mr. J. B. Bontems, M r . Jaffray, Mr. W. Edgar, jun., Dr. Sibson, F.R.S. Mr. J. M`Cann, Mr. G. Stagg , Mr. P. Graham, Mr. W. lawion (Willenhall), Mr. M. Marshall, Mr. C. George, Mr. W. Jackson (Hartlepool), Mr. E. Swain; Mr. Rainy, Mr. J. Laurie, Mr. J. B. Allan, Mr. M. Hullah, Mr. W. Kirk, Dr. Hunter, Dr. B. Jones, Mr. Newmarch, Mr. J. Fairie s &c. &c. _ _ --- The CHAIRMAN (Mr. MORLEY), in opening the proceed ings said that this meeting was held at the invitation of the Administrative Reform Association, and it was desired that all who responded to that invitation should listen to the addresses which would be delivered by those gentle men whose names had been announced ; that, as no resolu tions would be put, therefore no amendments could be moved, nor could there be any other speakers in addition to those whose names had been mentioned, as they had de termined that the meeting should olose at 10 o'clock. The hon. gentleman, after alluding to the meeting at the Lon don Tavern and the committee formed on that occasion, said that the best answer he could give to those who had shownsome impatience that the association had not proceeded rapidly enough was, that they had at present a pamphlet prepared, entitled the " Devising Heads and Executive Hands of the English Government, which, on the evi dence of men living and mixing among the abominations complained of, from Lord J. Russell and Lord Lansdowne down to some of the working men in the public depart ments, would show what this association was now demand ing' and which could not be read by thoughtful &en with out leading to the determination that this reform ought to be carried into effect. The association, it would be seen, knew what was wanted, and in this pamphlet would be found a cut and dried plan which would remedy the evils complained of. The more they had thought on this ques tion the more they had become convinced that the real , evil lay with the people themselves. (Cheers.) This so ciety was prepared to say that the present system was as good as the people had willed it to be, and that it was be cause there was a total absence of the recognition of indi vidual responsibility on the part of the people of England that we were brought as a nation into the state in which we now found ourselves. A variety of charges had been brought against this association ; but, speaking for himself,—and in so doing he believed he uttered the sentiments of all connected with the society—(hear, hear)—ho was utterly unconscious of any motive which he did not enjoy in common with millions of his fellow-countrymen. They wanted a good, honest, and effi cient Government, and it was because they had not got this that this society noW called, with all solemnity and earnestne , s, upon the people to determine that the present state of things should no longer continue. (Cheers.) They had been charged with attacking the aristocracy, but he was unconscious of any such idea or intention. A member of one of the noble f.onilies had said to a friend of his (the chairman's), " If this movement gods on, what will be come of us younger sons ?" (Laughter and cheers.) He believed this was a question in the right solution of which the people were deeply interested; but there was another question he should like to ask the meeting—lf the state of things of which they complained was not altered, what would become of their younger sons? (Lout cheers.) Be had no desire to excite personal attacks or re marks • bat they had the power in their hands to re medy these evils, and it was a duty they owed to their children to do so. The noblest thing that the younger sons of the aristocracy could do would be to render themselves efficient for the public service. Then there would bs no objection to their taking even the lion's share of it. It was not the intention of this society to enter upon any elabo rate system of agitation. They intended to do their bast to expose abuses ; they intended to lay open to the pub lic gaze every department of the State—to be the depository of all information respecting them ; and, having pointed oat the evil, if the people did not come to the determina tion that it should be done away with, then the members of this society would retire into that privacy which was more congenial to them with the feeling that they had done their duty in making the present attempt. He appeared before the meeting on this occasion, because he felt, adopt ing the language of the Times newspaper, that "the public business of was the private business of every in dividual," and because he believed the House of Comm ms hail been unfaithful to the people in this matter. (Cheers.) England oempiel a lower position in the public opinion of Europe than it had done five years ago. What was the ' reason for this? This country had in it all the essen tial elements of strength and progress—a population at tached to order, wealth, industry, enterprise, and a healthy morality equal to that of any other nation. But, they had been deceived by thos3 to whom they had in trusted great responsibility, and it was right that they bhonld now seek out the causes of their disasters, and de termine, by God's help, that they should be put a stop to. (Cheers.) This was no mere war movement ; the neces sity for this reform was felt before the war began, and it would be as urgent after the war was over. The only true theory of reform was this—they ought to seek to have less rather than more government, and in dealing with departmental reform they ought to see how 08 depart ments could he lessened instead of increased. The bon. gentlemen then referred to the various offices which had been held by Lcrd John Russell, Sir G. Grey, Sir Charles Wood, and Earl Granville, and said that, whatever "night be their talents, it was utterly impossible that they could have been fitted to discharge the various offices to which they had been appointed. Se desired that the offices of the State should be thrown open to public competition, for he believed that every man possessed of talent was sent into the word to employ that talent for the benefit of his fellow-men ;and that any barrier which . - was put in the way of his so doing either by the Legisla tive or custom was unnatural and impious. He believed that the present House of Commons had shown itself more subservient to party than any that had preceded it. The great contention between the two parties composing fhe house seemed to be how the one could best get out and Use other best keep in the Ministry. He should have had no hope at all if he had not seen the formation of a party, small though it might be at present, which was disposed to take an independent course. (Cheers.) If 100 men could be induced to take a similar stand in the House of Commons the work would be done, and it was with a view of obtain ing these men that the society now appealed to the coun try. He believed that it was the business of the House of Commons to check and control the Government, though any person who had been in the habit of attending the House could not have failed to perceive that millions of money were voted away and most important matters discussed -with almost empty benches. Attendance at the house Boomed to be regarded in the same category as a lounge in Bond-street or an attendance at some evenitr , assembly. (Cheers.) If, however, Mr. Layard was about to be baited —(loud cheers)—or some other exciting scene was to be enacted, the galleries would be full of hon. members anxious to enjoy the fun. (Cheers.) It was a mere sham to call the House of Commons the house of the people ; neither the independence, the wealth, nor the intelligence of the country was represented, and it was the duty of every man to lend his assistance to the society in effecting :a change. (Cheers.) The Chairman then read the follow ing letters of apology : " Tavistock House, Monday, June 11, 1355. " Dear Sir,—l regret that I cannot attend the meeting at 3Drnry-lane Theatre on Wednesday night, having a duty to .dislharge elsewhere, to which I have been pledged for months. " I have enrolled myself a 'member of the Administrative Reform Association, because I believe it to be impossible for England long to hold her place in the world, or long to be at rest within herself, unless the present system of mismanaging the public affairs and mis-spending the public money be al together changed ; because I daily see stronger and stronger reason to entertain the conviction that it never will be really amended, in any essential respects, until a general determina tion that it must be is so expanded throughout the country that it shall make itself plainly heard, even within the very thick party walls of the House of Commons; because the s toady union of great numbers of earnest men is essential to this result ; and because I hope the association will effect such mnion by honestly instructimi the people as to their real *wrongs, and their peaceful meals of righting them for the common good. " You know that literature is my profession. It is at once my business and my pleasure, and I shall never pass beyond it. The association can render me no service but as one of the copimunity, and I join in no other character, and with no other purpose.—Dear sir, faithfully yours, " S. Morley, Esq." " CHARLES DICKENS. --- " Eaton-place, June 11, 1855. " Sir,— I regret very much that a previous engagement on Wednesday evening next will prevent me from having the pleasure of attending the meeting of the Administrative Reform Association, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, on that day. The members of the association will be glad to see, by an advertisement in the Times on Friday last, June S. that the Minister of War, Lord Panmure, offers the appointment to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, in the senior or practical class, in the Academy at Woolwich, in July next, to open competition among natural-born sub jects of her Majesty who, on or before the 25th June, may send in c er t a i n certificates there mentioned, of age, educa tion, &c, - thu " s Wiwich Academ y and the Artiller y and En g ineers are opened. to the b es t can did a t es w h om th e ki ng dom can furnish, and the me r it s o f the candidates are to b e teste d b y competing examinati on , w hi c h i s t h e f a i r way t o try t h e i r qualifications for thi s b ranch of the public service. " I rem a i n, sir, your obedient servant, " To Samuel Brown, Esq.. " JAMES HEYWOOD. for th " se sir,With every good wi s h e B su la cce dford ss a the n move ment which seeks for the establishment principle of the right men in the right places,' I of the the the meeting on quite in the wrong place in taking th e part `' l a i.uYself should be , and such a the 13th instant to which you so kindly i nvite t " opinions can have little public weight, anode of expressing them would hardly beconsistent with the position of a country rector. " The root of the evil is—patronage. So long as all eic ' tioto, borough or county , can only be successfully earrw,i 0; by re,l - ,ainiu,s; the solicitors of local influence this root remains untouched. A lawyer, to have influence, must be the go . between of the constituent and member. Men sell their vote to push their Own or the fortunes of their relatives, throug4 Government influence. The solicitor makes the purchase ; he is retained to do it. The member must pester the 'llayter' of . the day for the patronage he [wants ; the Hayter' must or chance to the Ministry the loss of a vote. members would not ask for places , or constituents think they have this sort of lien on their member, your work would be half done " It is n o t this or . .that Government which is to blame, but a system to w hi c h three parts of society , in one shape or other, are parties. _ -. " That we owe to this system the evils that have nearly crushed oar real power as a nation, I have no doubt. Nothin3 can cheek it but the highest pressure of public opinion, en forcing more real honesty alike in the constituency and in those it returns to represent it. " Did we once live to see an honest House of Commons re turned by a really pure constituency there would be no fear but the,right men would be found for the right places. It won't be a political millennium, however, of which I can dis cern no warning sign. " Yours truly, " S. G. 031301LNE." N o . 7, Hertford-street, May-fair, 9th June, 1855. " Sir—l regret that it will not be in my power to avail myself of the invitation with which you honour me—to attend the meeting of the Administrative Reforra Association,' at Drury-lane, on Wednesday next; but, as I feel quite satisfied that the association, with the guidance under which it fortu nately commences its labours, can only be productive of pub lic good, I have much pleasure in sending the enclosed cheque for ten guineas, which will, as I perceive, constitute me a member. " I am, sir, yours obediently, "W. CLAY." In calling npon Mr. Layard, M.P., to address the meeting, he (the chairman) felt constrained to say that the association as an association had no representative in the House of Com mons; but he could assure Mr. Layard that if he pursued with straightforwardness and earnestness the course of co operation he seemed to have cut out for himself in the house, he might rest assured be would have the weight, the influ ence, and the thought of England at his back. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LAYARD, M.P., then presented himaelf to the meeting, and was received with loud and repeated bursts of cheering. He said, there was a very general and deep-seated conviction abroad that the country was most grievously misgoverned. That conviction was not limited to a few, nor had it been hastily arrived at ; but on the contrary it was very deep-seated, and the movement which was the consequence of it, like most movements which had taken place-in the country, was essentially a movement organised and carried on by those who, above all others, represented the intelligence, wealth, and enterprise of England. If he were called upon to divide England into two parties as connected with this movement he should say that on one side were all the men of common sense, of respecta, bility, and wealth, who by their perseverance and industry hoped to raise a name for themselves and to do good to the public service ; while on the other there was a small party who claimed to themselves the monopoly of Government, and who lived, grew fat,and vegetated upon those corrup tions and evils which the association were determined, if possible, to remove. Now, why wasthat meeting assembled there that evening? Most of the gentlemen present were es sentially men of business, and they had only been induced to leave their desks and studies by the conviction that there were times when even their own cemfort and personal ad vantage must give way to public considerations. However dangerous agitation might be in general, there was a time when agitation was necessary in order to correct a greater evil than agitation itself could produce, and that time had now arrived. (Hear.) The - association felt that while in this great country, during a long period of com paratively entire peace, all that concerned the private re lations and enterprises of the country had made a progress unexampled in its history ; that, whilenational monuments such as had never been equalled in the greatest empires of the world had arisen around us, and while everything was moving and doing, the Government of the country alone stood still. (Load cheers.) They had, therefore, thought it better to come forward now and give an impetus and movement to this feeling, rather than remain any longer listless and regardless of it. He was not surprised that many of the leading men of the city had not yet joined the movement. There were many who did not like to join a movement when there might be some doubt as to its ulti mate success, but they would doubtless join it as soon as it had obtained a fair prospect of success. He trusted, however, that when the day of triumph arrived it would be enjoyed by those who had legitimately won it. (Cheers.) Now, he believed that this country having been long at comparative peace, opinions had been advocated and circulated by a small party composed of men of great and distinguished talent, called the "Peace-at-any-price party," which 'were both un-English and dangerous. If all nations had glum bored like this, the arts of peace might have been, alone cultivated; but, unfortunately, ambition never slumbered, but was ready to take advantage of any circumstance favourable to the realisation of any object it had in view. The country, however, had been rudely awakened from its dream. He believed that Providence never inflicted so great a misery upon mankind as war, without leaving some good object to be gained by it ; and he could not. but think that the present war, putting aside all political objets, would lead to many beneficial results, one of which was undoubtedly the establishment of the Administrative Reform Association. If the war had not taken place we ohould have slumbered too long. (Hear.) But, putting aside all political considerations as to the justice and necessity of the war, he thought all persons would be agreed that, as we were engaged in war, that war ought to be carried on in a manner consistent with the honour and dignity of the country. (Cheers.) Now, what had been the manner in which the war hitherto had been conducted ? Generally the blame was thrown upon the system, and an endeavour was made to exculpate persons. In the evidence given before the Sebastopol Committ.o DO single fault had been pointed out which was not either thrown upon the system or upon Mr. Ward, who died several months ago. (Laughter.) If anything was found, wanting which ought to have been supplied for the com fort of the troops. it was always said to have gone down in the Prince. ( Laughter.) Now, he believed that all the . . misfortunes that had arisen were to be attributed to that system of misgovernment of which the society complained, and which the public had for many years permitted to exist. But the indignation of the people was at length aroused, and the Government were c.mupelled to endeavour to ascertain where the blame rested in order to apply a remedy. The Sebastopol committee was consequently ap pointed, and the result of their labours was to be found in the three blue-books which they had issued. He believed that the Crimean campaign would form an epoch in the history of the country, and, if the worst enemies of Eng land were to seek the means of calumniating her and of showing how hollow her institutions were, they could not devise a better mode of doing so than by producing these blue-books, for they wero the records of the ignorance, h i difference, and obstinacy of a Govern moat such as he would defy the whole history of the world to produce. (Cheers.) They cast the greatest shame upon the people and upon the system, though fortunately there was one redeeming point, inasmuch as they showed instances of heroic suffering, of patient endurance, and of vir tue that had never been equalled. (Loud cheers.) Who could read without emotion, the evidence of such witnesses as Mr. Stafford, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Macdonald ? Their testimony proved the utter ignorance and incompetence of the Government officials, and showed that the most intense sufferings had been borne by the troops with patient endurance and with but one gleam of hope. And whence did that ray of hope come? It came from the midnight lamp of that heroic woman—(cheers) — who, as had been well described, was nightly to be seen passing alone along miles of agoey and suffering. (Cheers.) Whence also had come the small comforti which had been supplied to relieve the condition of the troops? They came from funds supplied by private benevolence and ad minis• tered by a great organ of public opinion. (Cheers.) A woman self-devoted, and a man who had never seen war or gone into sickness, and who was selected only for his in telligence, these were the people who scattered hope and comfort, which all the great appliances of the country, which had cast millions of taxation, were totally unable to effect. (Cheers.) What lesson were they taught by this ?. Why, that almost every improvement which had taken place had come from private suggestion, and that almost ev er y substantial alleviation of suffering had originated in pub lic charity. (Cheers.) But need they feel surprised at this when they knew from the testimony of Lord Aberdeen— (murmurs of disapprobation)—and Sidney Herbert—(mur murs)—that during two months, while the greatest events were in progress, and while the dignity and honour of this country were pledged as they had never before been pledged —there was no Cabinet Council held ? (Cries of shame !) All the Cabinet, with three . exceptions—and they were Peelites —were away amusing themselves. They found at the com mencement of the Crimean expedition, on the testimony of Lord Aberdeen, all the information which the Government received was almost entirely derived from the reports in the public papers. (Hear, hear.) On the evidence of their generals, they knew that the army, when sent to the Crimea, was, as regarded appliances and poraforts, in the same state in which the army was when sent to the Peninsula. The soldiers were sent to the Crimea with old tents, old clothes, old arms, and old habits and manners. What was the result of this? Why, that thou sands of valuable—nay, of invaluable—lives had been sac rificed—sacrificed, not at the bloody shrine of war, but at the ignominious, inglorious shrine of incompe tency, obstinacy, and neglect. In the face of all this, need he ask was an Administrative Reform Association neces sary? Was it not necessary that the deeply seated indig nant mutterings of the people should find an utterance ? And this society was formed for that object. He had been told that the successes which had been lately made known had done away with the objects of this society. (No, no.) But had he, when he gave in his adhesion to this society, been so unpatriotic as to believe that they should never be successful? No, he always believed that they should be successful ; that they would carry administrative reform —they would take Sebastopol, and obtain many other things before long. (Cheers.) But were not these late suc cesses an argument in favour of this society ? What had happened, after a long period of torpor and God know what, when a new and vigorous man was appointed to the command of the French army? (Loud cheers.) Scarcely was his name mentioned in the united camps than success followed • the fact of the right man being appoi n t e d en couraged men ; they met danger with a good heart, and success followed; and success would attend this meet ing if they acted on a similar principle. (Cheers.) Another reason which rendered it necessary that this association should be kept up was this—to whom did they owe these successes? Was it to the commander and his staff? No ; it was to those long-suffering and heroic men who through a winter of unparalleled hardships had maintained their courage and spirits, and were now ready to undertake whatever might be demanded of them. As yet honours had been showered, as the Tint& correspondent had said, on the cocked hats of the staff. It was now for the asso ciation and the people of England to show that they were prepared to shower their honours on the heads of those who deserved them. (Cheers.) Let it go forth to their soldiers that this association and the people of Eng land were now struggling on behalf of the regimental offi cers and soldiers, and sought to distribute honours to those who merited them ; and by doing this they would only be discharging their duty to their soldiers and the country. He had been told that this association had no definite ob jects. He did not agree with this, as he thought the some what voluminous address which had been issued contained many clear and definite ideas, and he was prepared to-night to lay down grounds on which the association might pro ceed, and would lay down others on Friday next, when he brought forward the motion of which he had given notice. (Cheers.) He had never quailed from bringing forward that motion, but he only postponed it because he thought that it was necessary they should discuss the question of the war before the Whitsuntide recess. He took it that the first object of the society wasto gain information ; that was a most important object; it comprised a multiplicity of subjeits, but could not be said to be indefinite. Hitherto all cunnalted with the Government of this country had been guarded by a veil of mystery, which it was the object of tha!society to break through. The Corn Law League was established fur a specific object, to enable it to obtain which a quarter of a million was collected. But, to his mind, the abolition of the corn laws was infinitely second ary to the objects of that association—(cheers)—for, if they put the right men in the Government, the abolition of the earn laws and of every other noxious law would fellow as burn t ethin k , inatter of course, and therefore he said to all who wished well por to the orthe cause enable the society, by pecuniary sup more e ain i n t r at o n r g ua i b a tl on. t ( h C e h s e li e r n s p .) o They e r t e h f e o n r m c a o m f h e e three gr ea t b ranches of to the public " service—the army and navy—the diplomaticaa delicate ani the c i v il serv i ces . Th ey k new that the ar m y wa subj ec t w ith hi m —(l aug ht er ) —he had already made and, though he h a d dune thned ofl3 some mischief, he had alaklava charge upon it, received some rud e blows himself. Friday next to put hims e lf right withie hoped, the p however c , o n thison subject to an extent that might not be expected, and THE SUN S LONDO.II, THURSDAY EVEN' ne- JUNE 14 1855. though he had made some slight errors, and it was very difficult, when there were thousands of rules, some of which were not known to the profession themselves, to get at the truth, still it was at the bottom, and, though some mistakes might be made, it would be reached at last. He did not think that the ebullition of temper on the part of the house to which he alluded was owing to the mistake which he had made ; his experience of the House of Commons had taught him this, that a man may make as many wilful in accuracies—to use no harsher term—as he liked, if he were with a party, but he must beware of a mistake if he stood alone, for if he made one, as in his (Mr. Layard's) case, up jumped a number of indignant colonels, one of whom was so carried away by his feelings that he wondered at his (Mr. Layard's) impudence —(laughter)—in touching the question of the army. Even Earl Derby, forgetting his youthful days and indiscretion,which had earned for him the title of the " Rupert of debate," had done him the honour of saying that he had no connection with him. (Laughter.) Sir J. Pakington had given him a quarter-session lecture, and Lord Palmerston—in no very English spirit—seeing him down, had trampled him under his feet. In the midst of all this he had derived some consolation from the anecdote told of the eminent statesman Tierney, who, see ing one man knock another down and commence kicking him violently, went up and remonstrated. " Ala, sir," said the man, " if you had had so much trouble to get him down— (loud cheers)—as I have, you would not let him off without a few kicks. He trusted that he was now up again, and when he said that he stood alone he had made a mis take, for what he had witnessed that evening convinced him that he did not stand alone—(loud and prolonged cheering)—and he would endeavour to be more accurate for the future. Next to the landed interest, it was said that the army interest was the strongest in the House of Commons, but that was not the case. The Guards' interest might be so ; bat that was not the interest of the regimental officers and soldiers. He could show them the way at once to put down the greater part of the evils in this case. One of the greatest evils of the army wasthe purchase system. All the greatest military authorities, in cluding Sir De Lacy Evans, had said that the purchase system was a disgrace to the nation, and it was one which no foreign country could understand. Many attempts had been made to put an end to it, and Lord Palmerston, and those who defended it, said, " It is true the system is bad, but there are vested interests connected with it which you must not touch. If a man buys his commission, he has a right afterwards to sell it. You cannot get rid of this at one fell swoop, nor will the country pay the large sum required to do so." But he could show Lord Palmerston, if he were sincere in his desire to abolish this system, how he might cut off half of it without any expense to any individual or the country. From the Army List it would be found that, owing to this war and other consequences, more than half of the commissions granted had been so without purchase, and therefore they ought to declare that every commission which had been given with out purchase should hereafter go without purchase. (Cheers.) The Government had declared it would make improvements in the army, but they had only united the Ordnance with the army department ; and Lord Panmnre had said that when the appointments were made they would find the right men were placed in the right places. On looking at these appointments, he found one was given to Lord Panmure's nephew, who he was told was an ex cellent man, and had been private secretary to the pre vio us Mini ster. Captain Ramsay now occupied his place of private secretary, on the strength of which he would obtain something good ; then there was Mr. Howell, the partner of Mr. Hayter's brother, who, it was said, had not received his appointment on the ground of Par liamentary considerations. He (Mr. Layard) was willing to accept this statement ; but then the question still remained, would Mr. Howell have received it if he had not berm, the partner of Mr. Hayter's brother ? With regard to diplomacy, if there was any branch of the public service which required a fundamental reform, it was this, and he should make some suggestions on it on Friday next. He warned the meeting against secret diplomacy. It must to a certain extent be so, but it need not be mystified to the extent it was at present. If inquiry was more important on any one subject than ano ther, it was with reference to the civil service. They had just had a most excellent report published which gare them valuable information on thisbranch of the service, of which they ought to avail themselves. One of the first objects of the society ought to assist in getting effective men placed in every branch of the civil service. At present hebelieved that the number of civil servants employed was too large, and many of them were underpaid. They ought to be paid liberally, and he believed that it was a great mistake to press too much for a reduction of salaries, because gene rally the enormous salaries of the great men were left un touched, while the smaller salaries of the really hard working and deserving men were cut down. (Hear.) At present there were about 60,900 ; ersons connected with the civil service, and the appointments of these men were influenced more or less by politicid motives. A sort of current of electricity ran between Mr. Hayter and the re presentatives of various constituencies. The Secretary to the Treasury had only to touch the electric wire, and it ran through the whole of the country. That, however, was a system which must be put a stop to ; and in considering what means ought to be adopted to put a stop to it, he came to what he conceived to be one of the chief objects of the meeting. He had been told that he had made a great mistakeiu the terms of the motion which he was about to bring before the House of Commons, and that instead of having said, "The house views with deep concern the state of the nation," he ought to have said, " The nation views with deep concern the state of the house." (Laughter and cheers.) Upon the whole, he believed that such a motion would have better expressed the feeling of the country, for the people of the country were beginning to lose faith in the House of Commons. They saw in it a mere struggle of parties, and no real earnestness. (Cheers.) In obtaining such reforms as might be found necessary perhaps the association might have to go further than they anticipated. He understood from the chairman that committees were already organised in almost every principal town throughout the country, mind ho would c al upon those committees when the election came—and it must come before lonl—to take care and elect mon who would adept the recommendation of his noble friend Lord Goderich, and not darken the dome of Mr. Hayter. (Cheers.) There wore, however, other duties which the association would have to discharge. It was an argument of the old Tories against the Reform Fill that, if the bill passed and the rotten boroughs were disfranchised, men of genius and talent would not be brought forward in Parliament. If that were true, it was a g reat re fl ection upon the country, inasmuch as it showed that by throwing open the constituencies they had been enabled to place better men in Parliament than were sent there before the passing of the Reform Bill. It would be the duty of the society to obtain a pledge from every candidate that he would support administrative reform, and already a happy commencement had been made in the return of Mr. Tite for Bath. What he (Mr. Layard) wished to see was a new party in the House of Commons, not re presenting a class, but representing the feelings and opi nion of the people of the country, and relying for support not upon family connexions, but upon the people. (Cheers.) Hitherto a great struggle had been carried on in the House of Commons without any attention having been paid to the people. The public voice as yet had not penetrated, the walls of Parliament, but, like gamblers, the two par ties now composing the House of Commons had staked everything upon a throw. Regardless of the sufferings of the people out of doors, their great struggle was upon the question who should remain in office. The police, how ever, were already at the door, and prepared to burst it open, when players, and cards, and lights, and dice, and tables would be seized and overturned together. (Loud cheers.) At present the Whigs had won the game. They had staked very heavily on the Liberal card and had won, but, having pocketed the stakes, they left the card to its fate. (Cheers.) Instead of a Go vernment which was to have been liberal and pure, the country found themselves ruled by the old family clique. With four or five exceptions, such as Mr. Horsman, Mr. Ball, and one or two others, there was not a man in the Cabinet or connected with the Government in a more subor dinate position who was not a lord or an honourable. Even such a place as the Chairman of Ways and Means was no exception. The public were told that a brilliant career was open to any man of talent in the House of Com mons, and to a certain extent that was true • but when a man of genius and talent, who might be foun d inconvenient or troublesome to the Government, accepted office, it was only upon the condition that he should sacrifice his liberal opinions and become a Whig. They all knew that there was as great a difference between Liberalism and Whig gism as between the North and South Poles. (Laughter and cheers.) If this were not the case, would any man pretend to say that Sir William Molesworth would not have been upon the platform that night. (Hear, hear.) He believed Sir W. Molesworth to be a sincere man, but he was unable to carry out the principles he had always ad vocated in consequence of his connection with the Govern ment. The Government themselves were ever ready to sacrifice their subordinates, but not to give way themselves —which reminded him of the anecdote of the Irish land lord who so greatly oppressed his tenantry that his steward wrote to him at length to say he had been threatened to be shot, upon which the landlord wrote back—" Tell those scoundrels, that if by shooting you they think to intimi date me, they are very much mistaken." (Laughter and cheers.) So it was with the Government. When a sub ordinate was in the way they said, "You must be thrown over, for we must Net be intimidated by your being knocked on the head." If any man ever possessed the power of effecting a change in the system of govern ment it was Lord Palmerston. That noble lord was carried into power by the united voice of the people of this country, and though he (Mr. Layard) had heard of the country having been disgraced and brought to the verge of ruin by the conduct of statesmen, yet this was the only time he had seen a man jesting upon the suffer ings of the people, and making light of their unfortunate condition. (Cheers.) And this, too, was done at a mo ment when all Europe was looking to the British Parlia ment for an example of wisdom, order, and liberal go vernment. Indeed, he must acknowledge that he had never seen Lord Palmerston in earnest except when vilifying the people of this country. (Hear.) It was said that the asso ciation was an attack upon the aristocracy, but its only object was to obtain a proper system of administrative re form. Their motto was "fitness," not "favour." In the words of Shakepeare " Who o aout " To cozen f or t une, and be shall ho g nour b able, " Without the stamp of merit? Let none presu me " To wear an undeserved dignity. " 01 that estates, degrees, and offices " Were not deriv'd corruptly; and that clear honour " Were purehas'd by the merit of the wearer ! " How many then should cover that stand bare ; " How many be commanded that command." (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. LINDSAY, M.P., was the nest speaker. He said that the association was not desirous of making war against any particular Government; but it was anxious to obtain that system of government that would be most in accordance with the sentiments of the people. The gentle men who had originated this movement were far from de siring to wage war against the aristocracy, as the aristo cracy ; but they did assert that it was wrong in principle to intrust the government of the country to men simply be cause they happened to be lords and honourables, and that 801110 other claim to govern ought to be required. (Cheers.) But in spite of the statements which had been made from time to time by the Times' correspondent, it was still de nied that there had been any mismanagement in the conduct of the war ; and ho was therefore desirous of occupying the time of the meeting for a few moments, while he endea r von red to lay before them some plain facts with which ho had boon lately made acquainted. About six weeks ago he wac, asked by Sir De Lacy Evans if the scarcity of shipping was still as great as it had been? His reply was, that ship ping might be found to any amount ; when Sir De Lacy Evans said his statement was very strange, because for more than a month he had been desirous of sending out 3,000 horses to his division in the Crimea, and he had been told that it was impossible to find ships to carry them out. He(Mr. Lindsay) made inquiries into the matter, and sub sequently addressed a letter to Sir Do Lacy Evans, stating that some time ago a friend of his had written toLord Pan mure, offering to supply, in 24 hours, a magnificent fleet of the finest ships in the world, capable of carrying out 2,200 horses, at the low rate of 'l6s. or 17s. per ton regis tered tonnage. The answer received was the usual one—that the offer would be considered. (Hear.) Some time after wards another offer was made to the Government to find a fleet capable of taking out 2,660 hoises, and yet he (Mr. Lindsay) understood that to this day the larger portion of the horses referred to by Sir De Lacy Evans had not gone out. (" Hear, hear," and cries of Shame !") The Government in this way were making efforts to obtain ships and he would state what these were. There were some short time since two magnificent steamers lying in the Clyde which the Government were anxious to obtain; the owner, who was a Manchester man, wrote to a friend in town, desiring him to tender to the Government one of those steamers. In four or five days an answer was sent impos ing such conditions as it was impossible the owner could agree to, and he wrote to his friend and asked him to try and fix the ship for the French Government, and this he succeeded in doing. On Thursday last the other steamer was offered to the Government, and on Saturday they agreed to accept it on the condition -that the steamer should come from the Clyde Eto Liverpool to be examined there by their officer. (Laughter.) So that a ship of the value of 100,0001. was to be brought to Liverpool for the convenience of the Government surveyor, when he could have gone to the ship for 21. The owner wrote to his agent to say that he never heard anything so grossly unreasonable as this demand of the Government, and told him to apply to the French Government, who en gaged the vessel, which was thus lost to the service of this country. He would mention another case. The Govern ment had engaged a steamer, of the value of 50,0001., lying at Deptford, and, having 12 tons of goods at Newcastle to be conveyed to the Crimea, the owner received orders to go to Portsmouth to take on board troops for the Crimea, and onhis way to call at Newcastle. (Laughter.) The owner wrote to the Secretary of the Admiralty, stating that the goods could be brought from Newcastle for 61., but that it would cost 2,0001. to send the steamer for them. An angry letter was sent from the Admiralty, ordering the owner to go to Newcastle; he remonstrated, and then a letter was sent from the secretary of Sir James Graham, still order ing the owner to proceed to Newcastle to take on board the 12 tons of combustibles for the Crimea. The owner said he could not five 2,0001. of his country's money wasted, and refused to go be the consequences what they might. (Cheers, and cries of " Name !") He would give the name to any one who might in confidence desire it. After his last re monstrance, the Admiralty not liking themselves to send contradictory orders, did so through another department, and the owner was told not to proceed to Newcastle, as the goods would be brought to Woolwich. He would cite one more case. There was a steamer lying at Deptford of the value of 60,000/_.,and before it could be finally engaged it was necessary it should be examined by the Government engineer, who resided at Woolwich. The Government ordered the owner of this steamer to proceed from Dept ford to Woolwich, so that the engineer might walk on board. (Laughter.) The owner answered to the effect that it would be easier for the engineer to come to the ship, and that he might do it for 4d., but it would cost 2001. to take the ship to him. The owner was again ordered to proceed to Deptford, but he refused, and said he would rather take away his ship from the Government than do so. (Cheers.) He had moved for returns to be made with respect to the transport service ; and, although the Government had taken five months to make them, yet there were so many errors in them—even wilful errors he was afraid—that - if a clerk of his had made 1-10th part of them he would have dismissed him, and he would not rest until the men who had made the errors in these returns were dismissed. He might raise up personal emity by tak ing the course he had adopted with reference to this move ment, but no threat should prevent him from performing the duties and carrying out the sacred trust of a represen tative of the people. (Loud cheers.) Mr. TITE, M.P., said that it was unnecessary for him to attempt to enlist the sympathies of those present on be half of the association, after the manner in which they had responded to the preceding speakers; but he would state to them that this question of reform was now being re echoed throughout the country. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to refer to the mismanagement of the war, and quoted the opinion of Sir W. Napier to show that throughout the Peninsular War the Duke of Wellington had had to contend against the same misgovernment. He believed, however, that the Administrative Reform Asso ciation would be the means of effecting a vast amount of good, and he thanked the press for the earnestness with which it had advocated the cause which the association had at heart. Ho concluded by expressing an opinion that it would be a great step towards obtaining an improved system of government, if in future electors would refrain from calling upon their representatives to ask the Govern ment for situations, and would leave them free and un fettered, and entirely independent of the Government. Mr. OTWAT next addressed the meeting, and said, it was most gratifying to see that one of the results of the forma tion of the association had already been that all parties were engaged in a struggle as to who should be the best adminis trative reformer. He knew of no question so important as that which bad for its object the reform of the present sys tem of misgovernment, and he was of opinion that one of the first steps in order to obtain reform would be to open the civil service of the country to those whopossessed the qualifications that were requisite for admission into the service. With regard to the army he had long felt that, in a time of war especially, all promotions ought to be made strictly in accordance with the merit of the individuals promoted. A most important branch of the service was the Staff, and, while in all foreign countries the officers upon the staff were well educated and organised in the duties of their profession, the education of those employed by this country were comparatively neglected. In all the appoint ments that were made merit was entirely overlobked, and the highest posts of honour were given to those who had the most influential connexion. It was hardly credible—but yet it was the fact, according to a return which ho had re cently obtained—that out of 136 officers employed upon the staff in the Crimea, only nine had obtained certificates of merit. The moment the French army arrived at Karniesch the staff set to work to construct roads and provide means of communication, in order that the army might be properly supplied with food and necessaries ; but our staff did no such thing, and he doubted whether they would not have been utterly incompetent to perform such a duty. Some allusion had been made by Mr. Layard to the diplo matic branch of the service. He (Mr. Otway) could con ceive no profession more important, and he was most strongly of opinion that it ought to be open to any per son of sufficient merit and capacity to enter it. (Cheers.) At present we had 2 Ambassadors, and both of them were peers. We had also 22 Ministers, sof whom were peers, 6 sons of peers, 2 baronets, and 3, paternally, nephews of peers. Of 3 Secretaries of Embassies, 1 was a peer, and 1 the son of a peer • and, of 22 Secretaries of Legation, 10 were peers , and peer; were nearly connected with the peerage. Out of 14 persons employed in the diplomatic , service of the country 64 were either peers or closely con nected with the peerage. (Hear, hear.) Such a state of things was, he thought, highly disadvantageous to the country, and it was quite time to put a stop to it. To use the words of Mr. Layard, it was only by putting the right men in the right place and by entirely changing the pre sent system that the sufferings and misfortunes Which had recently occurred could be prevented in future. (Cheers.) Ten o'clock having a rrived, the Chairman announced that the proceedings avould then close, but loud calls were made for Sir C. Napier. - Sir C. NAPIER, who was received with great cheering, briefly thanked the meeting for the reception which had been given to him, observing that it was a reception which one who had been censured by the Government and dis missed from his command had no right to expect. (Cheers. 9 He was quite unprepared to address the meeting, and he would, therefore, merely give in his adhesion to the asso ciation, believing that, after the disasters which had oc curred in the Crimea, it was only b 3 placing the right men in the right place that the safety of the country could be secured. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings then terminated, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock, The Severn Valley Railway Bill, and the Somerset Central Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented (4) by Sir J. Walmsley from the metropolis generally, and from Woolwich, against the Sunday Beer Bill ; also a petition from Leicester, praying for amendment of the Poor-law Bill, so as to give local control ; by Lord Stanley, f r om 'Colchester, praying that steps may be taken for the restoration of peace ; by Mr. Palmer, from Berkshire, against the Sunday Trading Bill, and one against the endowment of Maynooth ; by Mr. Pellatt, 12 petitions from Dis senting con gregations in favour of the Marriages Bill. SUNDAY TRADING (METROPOLIS) BILL. On the order of the day for the house going into com mittee on this bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a large number of petitions from various parts of the metropolis against the bill, complaining that the bill is a gross attack on the liberty of the working classes. Mr. WILKINSON also presented a number of peti tions from Lambeth with the same prayer, and one in favour of it. Lord R. GROSVENOR then presented several peti tions from the Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, and West minster, in favour of the bill. Lord . R [GROSVENOR then appealed to the hon. member for Newport (Mr. Massey) to postpone his amendment (that the house go into committee on the bill that day three mouths), as he should have proposed that amendment on the second reading. Mr. MASSEY regretted that he had omitted to pro pose his amendment at the second reading of the bill, for he believed it to be a bill unjust, iniquitous, and mis chievous in principle, and' one which he felt bound to oppose in every stage of its progress. He contended that the bill, besides being bad in principle, was partial in application, for it would affect only the metropolis, leaving entirely untouched the great hives of manufacturing industry in the large towns, where the habits and manners of the people were pretty similar to those of the working classes of the metropolis. (Hear.) Besides, he contended there was not any trading on Sunday in the metropolis calling for such a measure. A man might walk through the heart of London—from the Bank of England along Cheap4ide, Fleet-street, the Strand, and go on to Hyde Park Corner without seeing any shops open or any trading. (Hear.) The same remark would apply to the other great line of thorough fare—Oxford-street. (Hear.) He had himself gone through many of the more humble streets on a Sunday to ob serve what sort of trading was going on there, and it was true he found some shops open. But what were they? They were small milk shops, bakers, lollipop shops, and such as contributed to the necessities or comforts of the working classes—(hear)—and to call that a desecration of the Sabbath was the grossest exaggeration. (Hear, hear.) He thought such legislation as this bill belonged to an age gone by ; he thought those' matters ought to be left entirely to the judgment of individuals them selves. (Hear.) If the bill were passed, the observ ance of the Sabbath wouli not be advanced an inch, nor, indeed, did the promoters of the bill themselves pat it on that footing. There were thousands of poor coster mongers, and others of that Class, who rose on the Sun day morning without perhaps a meal in their wretched d wellings, and were they to starlit) ? It was said, too, that why should not the working classes purchase their provisions on the Saturday ; but it was well known that thousands of honest working men, who did net frequent public-houses, who occupied but one or two room,s, and were they to be compelled to keep their food for four-and-twenty hours in a close, and often unhealthy atmDsphere ? If they were, he considered t iat would not be the way to promote either the self-respect or the health or habits of those industrious classes. (Hear.) He contended that, even in those localities where Sunday traffic most prevailed, the traffic was over at a compara tively early hour—say by 11 o'clock in the morning. The hon. member for Westminster (Sir J. Shelley) expressed dissent, but he (Mr. Massey) knew that in those districts the trading was so sensibly dimi nished by one o'clock that there was no re munerative reason to induce the tradesmen to keep their shops open after that hour. (Hear.) Was any gen tleman in the house prepared to brin g in a bill to fix the time on which a master should pay his servants ? He believed the dAy for such legislation as that had long since passed away; yet it was well known the workmen did not receive their wages till late on Saturday nights, and such a bill as this would probably compel the labouring classes to resort to a " tick" system or a " truck" sys tem, which would be most injurious. The hon. member then referred to the evidence given by Sir Richard Mayne before the Lords' Committee on Sunday trading, who stated that though the trading was on the increase, the observance of the Sabbath was at the same time more and more kept up, and he also stated that the enforcement of the prevention of Sunday trading was a matter of the greatest difficulty. Such legislation as this was calculated to drive the working classes to the low gin shops, on the windows of one of which he lately saw an invitation to the people to come in and "get drunk for a penny ; dead drunk for twopence ; and clean straw to get sober upon for nothing." He would not trespass further on the house, but would conclude by saying the bill was unjust in principle and partial in cha racter—that it was uncalled for, and that it would be much better to leave such subjects to the self-respect of the working classes, which, he thanked God, was daily increasing, as was also their knowledge and intelligence, and therefore he thought it much better to desist from any legislation on this subject. He therefore moved an amendment that the house should go into committee on the bill on that day three months. Lord STANLEY said he felt bound to give his sup. port to the bill. The honourable member who bad just sat down drew a very pathetic picture of a poor man being obliged to keep his food for 24 hours in his room ; but had the honourable gentleman read the bill? Why' the third clause provided that any article of food, meat, poultry, &c., may be sold on Sundays up to the hour of nine o'clock. (Hear.) As to the objection of the hon. member that this bill would affect only the metropolis, there was nothing unusual in that; it was quite customary to legis late for the metropolis on a separate scale from the country, and, in fact, there was at this moment a bill _ before the house for the local manage- meat of the metropolis, which would mot at all affect the country. (Hear.) He, therefore, considered the hon. member had not made out.any case against the bill. Mr. W. J. FOX said he knew the metropolis now for a period of nearly fifty years, and he' believed that the inhabitants of the working order had increased in knowledge, self-respect, and civilising influences in that time to a most extraordinafy extent, and he be lieved such legislation as this bill proposed was utterly uncalled for. As to the absdnce Of necessity for making purchases on Sunday, why, if workmen received their wages at an earlier hour on Saturday than now their work would be stopped at au earlier hour; so that, in fact, such a step would in reality be to inflict a penalty on the workmen. (Hear.) By our Sabbath, from 12 o'clock on Saturday night till 12 o'clock on Sunday night, we restricted a great many useful things. That was not the original Sabbath, which commenced at sunset of one day, and ended at sunset of the next day, andthere fore he considered we did much mischief by our modern reading of the Sabbath. This bill fixed upon trading exclusively, leaving out amusements and work entirely, and that was a point which the Sab batarian legislators shrunk from touching. To interfere with work would affect our great clubs and coteries ; it would interfere with the cooks, and footmen, and but lers, and carriages of the aristocracy ; and he thought that to stop short of the legislation that would affect those was a pitiful and sordid hypocrisy. (Hear.) Mr. KER SEYMER wished the house would go into committee on this bill. He was not a Sabbatarian, but he was not prepared to give up the Lord's-day as a day of rest. Although Sunday was a day of rest it should be also the Lord's-day. The hon. gentleman (Mr. Massey) said there was little trading on Sundays in Mary lebone ; he (Mr. Seymer) wished the hon. member had accompanied him last Sunday to Houndsditch. He went purposely to see that district, and the amount of Sunday trading there was very extensive ; and not only trading, but a public meeting was placarded to petition against this bill. He did not see many people sign the petition, for he believed it would be highly inconvenient for most of the people he saw there to state their names and residences. (Laughter.) He thought that all that had taken place on the discussion of this bill showed in the strongest way the necessity for the adoption of the pre sent bill. Sir J. SHELLEY supported the bill, because he be lieved that its provisions were likely to produce the best results, and the health of the working classes would be insured. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE deprecated the course that had been pursued with respect to this bill, and he objected to it on the ground that it ought to be introduced by the Government. He looked at the measure as a cowardly attempt on the part of the promoters of the bill to effect that of which they would be ashamed if personally appealed to. Mr. WILKINSON concurred with the hon. member for Finsbury that this measure ought to be taken up by the Government, and hoped that that would not be lost sight of in the bill. Sir G. GREY said that the bill, in fact, ought to be adopted by the house ; he would, therefore, support the bill and oppose the amendment. Mr. MAGUIRE. supported the amendment, pre ferring, as he did, the testimony of Sir R. Mayne to that of the policeman, whom the hon. gentleman opposite en cou itered in the course of his tour and whose experience he had so graphically described. He was as anxious as any member of the house that the Lord's-day should he kept holy—(bear, hea , )—and no persons were more so than the Roman Catholic members of the house that, such should be the case, but there WAS an overpow er i ng necessity on the part of the poorer classes of society, and it was consequently unfair that coercion should be brought to bear upon them. He agreed with Sir R. Mayne in thinking that the question was one which must be left to the decision of public opinion, which would adjust it much better than by legislation. On that account he should support the amendment. Sir J. WALMSLEY said he objected to tip biil on principle. He thought that the upper classes of society ought to set those below them a better example in keep ing the Sabbath. Lord R. GROSVENOR, in reply to the right hon. member for Leicester, said that ho had not undertaken the bill:at the desire of the upper classes at all, but that he bad taken it up at the solicitation of the inhabitants of the metropolis generally, consisting chiefly of the lower classes, upon the prayer of a nu merously signed petition. With regard to the upper classes setting a better example, he had obtained some statistics with regard to the number of carriages and horses passing through Hyde-park on Saturday and Sunday last. On the former day he found there were 1,936 one-horse carriages, 2,199 two and mole horse carriages, and 1,740 saddle horses. On the following day there were 1,698 one-horse carriages, but those aboveone had dwindled to 854, and the saddle-horse to 413, whilst on the Sunday there were 1,228 omni buses and 2,047 cabs passing under the Wellington-arch at Hyde-park. He therefore thought there was nothing to complain of in the example set by the class to which he had the honour to belong. After a few words from J. HEYWORTIE and Mr. BAR. now, The houle divided on the question that the Speaker now leave the chair, when the numbers were -7_ Ayes l5B . Noes 5l Majority -107 The Speaker accordingly left the chaif and the house resolved itself into a committee upon the Mr. W. J. FOX proposed to add to the bill a proviso that all persons of the Jewish persuasion should be exempt from all the restrictions imposed by the bill. He affirmed that the bill if enforced upon them would be a penalty upon them not only for their race, but also' for their re ligion ; and he trusted the house would excuse his speaking in their behalf, when it was borne in mind that they could not speak for themselves. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. LLOYD DAVIS, The proviso was negatived without a division. Clauses 1 to 3 were then agreed to after a short dis cussion upon each. On clause 4, Mr. CHAMBERS moved that the words "in cases of emergency or charity" be inserted, urging that there were cases in which it might be necessary to take excep tion to the provisions of the act. Mr. DUNCOMBE described the act as a burgling piece of legislation altogether, and was by no means the proper course to take to subvert the act of Charles 11. The clause was afterwards agreed to, amended as pro posed. Upon clause 4 being proposed, a short discussion took place. The object of the clause was, that no trading should take place before nine in the morning of Sunday, or after one of the same day. Several divisions took place upon amendments that were proposed to this clause, all of which ended in the defeat of the amendments and the adoption of the ori ginal clause. In clause 5, which provided that there should be no hawking or crying of newspapers or] any sale of them after 10 o'clock on the Sabbath some discussion took place. Mr. It. SPOONER thought that no newspaper should be allowed to be sold after a certain hour on Sunday, and moved as an amendment that the words nine be in serted in the clause instead of ten. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE considered that all restric tion should be taken off the sale of newspapers on Sunday. Their sale was in his opinion essential for the benefit of society as it at present elasted. Upon a division 'taking place on Mr. Spooner's amendment, the original motion was carried by a majo rity of 116. Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE then moved, as a further amendment, that instead of ten o'clock in the morning the provisions of the clause should be ten o'clock in the evening, thereby giving liberty to all parties to sell newspapers the whole of Sunday. The committee divided on the amendment, which was lost by a majority of 93. Mr. CRA UFURD proposed to insert after the word "morning" the words "or two o'clock in the afternoon," so as to restrict the sale of newspapers? only during divine service in the morning. After a few words from Lord R. GROSVENOR and Sir G. GREY, the committee once more divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it • Majority .... , . 62 . 140 ----78 The CHAIRMAN was then directed to report pro gress, and the house resumed ; the committee to sit again on the 4th July. The Justices of Peace - Qualification Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Dwelling houses ,(Seotiand) Bill was passed through committee. The report of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to. The Validity of Proceedings (House of Commons) Bill was passed through committee. The bill was afterwards reported without amendment, and, the standing orders being suspended, it was read a third time and passed. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. The following is Mr. Layard's motion to be discussed on Friday, with the amendments to be proposed by Sir E. B. Lytton and Mr. V. Scully : " Mr. LayarGl—Administrativeßeform —That this house views with deep and increasing concern the state of the nation, and is of opinion that the manner in which merit and efficiency have been sacrificed in public appointments to party and family influences, and to a blind adherence to routine, has given rise to great misfortunes, and threatens to bring discredit upon the national character, and to in volve the country in grave disasters. " Sir E. B. Lytton—As an amendment to Mr. Layard's motion on Administrative Reform, to move--That this house recommends to the earliest attention of her Majesty's Ministers the necessity of a careful revision of our various official establishments, with a view to simplify and facili tate the transaction of public business, and, by instituting judicious tests of merit, as well as by removing obstruc tions to its fair promotion and legitimate rewards, to se cure to the service of the State the 'largest available pro portion of the energy and intelligence - for which the people of this country are distinguished; " Mr. Vincent Scully—Administrative Reform—That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for her most gracious order in Council of the 21st day of May last, by which certain persons were di rected to examine into and certify the qualifications of all young men proposed to be appointed to junior situations in any department of the civil service • and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to modify such order, by directing the examination to be an open one, and held in public, and that the examiners do have regard to superior qualifications and merit; and praying also that a similar order, or orders, in Council be issued as to the military, naval, diplomatic, and consular services, with the view to secure greater efficiency in all departments of the public service." 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Indeed I was in utter despair, and never expected to get over it, when I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with your Reva lenta Arabica, which, }Lawn be praised, restored me to a state of health which I long since despaired of attaining. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.— I am, respectfully, JAMES ROBERTS.— In canisters, lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 5 1b. 11s. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b., car r i age f ree , on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; also at 182, Piccadilly; 60, Graceehurch-street ; 330, and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pall mall; 7, Pall-mall-East ; 132, New Bond-street ; 24, Mot comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City 30, Conduit street; 21, Coekspur-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; 67, St. Paul's Churchyard; 6, Edward-street, Par halal -square. OFFICE OF SPEAKER. Mr. WALPOLE moved that a select committee be appointed to consider and report to the house whether any and what improvement may be made in. the provid ing for the execution of the office of Speaker, in the event of the Speaker's unavoidable absence by reason of illness or of other causes. Agreed to. Mr. INGHAM obtained leave to bring in a bill to empower the Dean and Chapter of Durham to make better provision for certain parochial districts in the bo rough of South Shields. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Stand Plate 'of 60 . sovs (Handicap). Once round and a distance. Mr. Death's Cranbourne, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(W. Abdale) 1 Mr. Mayo's Banstead, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Downes's Mary Anne, 3 yrs, sst 71b ...(Snowden) 3 The following also ran —Ida, Stamford, Black Bass, and Pantheon. Betting-2 to 1 agst Ida, 4to 1 each agst Cranbourne and Pantheon, and 6 to 1 each agst Black Bess and Mary Anne. Won easily by two lengths ; a length be tween the second and third ; bad fourth. Pantheon and Black Bess went on the wrong side of the post. The Claremont Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners extra. Half a mile. 15 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sugarcane, by Ratan, Bst 61b (in. 3lb extra) . \ (Bartholomew) I_ Lord Chesterfield's Thames Ditton, Bst 10Ib 31b extra) (Flatman) 2 Mr. F. Fisher's Bulbul, Bst 3lb (W. May) 3 Betting-6 to' 4on Sugarcane, who made all the running, and won in a canter by five lengths. The Hurst Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; optional sel ling weights. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. Payne's Spinaway, by Orlando, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (carried 7st 11Ib), 301. Mr. Samwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib, 30/...(Ashmall) 2 Mr. W. Evans's Miss Hatch, 3 yrs, Est 71b, 301. (Snowden) 3 The following also ran—Oleaster, Beau Morris, Cap tain Xeble. Betting-6 to 4 agst Usurer, and sto 2 agst Spin away. Won very easily by a length ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 105 guineas. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. Two miles. 25 subs, 15 of whom declared. Mr. Payne's Cock Pheasant, by Touchstone, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 1 Lord Clifden's Rodo-fneli, 4 yrs, 6st 12lb (Crouch) 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Warwick, aged, 7st 101 b (Kendall) 3 The following also ran—Winkfield, Georgium Sidus, and Vulcan. Betting-5 to 2 agst Cock Pheasant, 3to 1 agst Rodo me li, 7 to 2 agst Georgium Sidus, 5 to 1 agst Winkfield, and 7to 1 agst Warwick. A fine race in with Cock Pheasant and Rodo•meli resulted in a dead heat. War wick finished about three lengths behind the first two. Bad fourth. Vulcan ran against a post, and was pulled up. Deciding Heat-5 to 4on Cock Pheasant. Won by a neck. - The Innkeepers' Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs each ; optional selling weights, &c. Heats, three-quarters of a mile. G subs. Won in two beats by Mr. Bailey's New Brighton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, 501. (Ashman), beating Punchbox, Jenny Wren, and Allington. The winner was sold for 85 guineas. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 9to 1 agst Vindex 10 to 1 agst Courtenay 11 to 1 agst Rotherham 12 to 1 aget Rylstone GOODWOOD STARES. 15 to 1 agst Homily 20 to 1 agst Calamus 20 to 1 agst Quince DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night 20 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins 20 to 1 agst Fazzoletto 25 to 1 agst Bird in Hand 30 to 1 agst cby Flying Dutchman—Elerda:e 1000 to 30 aget Voiv'ode 1000 to 30 agst The Wild Irishman 1000 to 20 agst British Lion Tile weather was warm and cloudy. 'Late in the after noon rain fell in sharp showers, but it was not of suffi ciently long duration to mar the enjoyment of the sport. The attendance was equal to a first day's average. The racing was interesting, the principal event—the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes—occasioning a dead heat. Barnard's and Langland's large and commodious Stands were, as usual, placed in capital "seeing" posi tions, and were opened at a moderate charge. , Weights for the Scurry Stakes. One mile. 6 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Cock Pheasant 513 9 1 Minos Florist Kennyside Hero 4 12 2 I Phaedra............ 3 10 11 NEWTON RACES — WEDNESDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, ) The Trial Handicap Stakes. Virtuous Billy Richardson Eight ran. Won cleverly. Golborno Park Stakes. Ti11y........... . ............. . ....... ..................... Fi5herman............................................. Seven ran. Won by half a length. The Gold'Cup. Ltuley Saucebox. .......................... Five ran. Won by a head. Selling Plate. C )ckspur ..... Young Rack Five ran. Won in a canter. Makerfield Handicap Plate. ............. 3 Comfort S.i-reu ...... ......... Ten ran. Won easily. THE LIVERPOOL CUP. RIM July 12. Distance —Two . e The followin g are all that are left in u p to post Wednesday Evening : Age st lb Domino 4 8 7 Aribbas Goorkah Joe Miller 6 7 11 lanthe Jack the Giant killer Ammonia Seducer 4 7 5 Cock Pheasant The weights Age st 7 1 1 Brown BrandY ••• 4 4 7 0 Bi anc a ............ 6 if!, C o ssey .......... •• 3 ` ) 6 Amy ............... 3 C o ck of the North 3 u, 3 Shoreham .........'6 ; 5 Lady . ...... 10 Sir George ...... ~. ; Elastic •••• ••' e raised 121 b. CO . UNTR7 41ARKETS. --‘9.--- io EDINBURGH MEAL MARKE T -40° e 4 Wit piere were in the market' to-day 20 sacks wet7ghing 280 lbs imperial, which so ld at 47e. oatzt EDINBUIIGH HAY AND STRAW liAl. JUNE 11. Theremar was a large supply of straw of all d the escriPti°lllllll ket. The prices to-day were as follo of .- 1 7 6 s one, Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs 6d, pe r kerople tron ; wheat do., 7s 6d to 9s Od; barley do., toB'6" Is 6a s too°- Hay from 14d to 16d ; new ditto , Od to Od Per DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-151411 j 11 : Tbi r n a Oatmeal,. per sack of 2801bs 4 F 7b irst o : a., te° oa toi re i a m se p m er e i n a i l p Barleymeal, p er er di t o to Ors (id 04 Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto s ea da ooda DUBLIN,—,TuNB 12. VOW at be We had a very slow market to-daP nor ted quoted fully 1s lower. Oats scarcely sutiri currencies. Barley unsaleable. Indian v" ~ demand, without any alteration in pr ice. 40 3 to 4 0 ' see d, White wheat, 425 Od to 45s Od ; red di tt i °4 , 3ci; r a p a b re barley, 16s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 145 6a 0 6 119 6 , ; 54 . o 00s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 15 s °d t° 51s ° d flour, 24s Od to 27s Od per cwt ; ludio acer°' per 4801b5. 13. h e c lose of the totteLet. :3. a. Vrallseucl, I4°' .ig 9 Fratriwellg4ate ............•...n 0 Hetton .....................ro Haswell ............. •••••• 19 3 Kepler GrOge ~•• ... :19 6 North gator} ...."••••" i g 6 Riehmund .. ... .. ••••''''...l9 6 Aussell's Hettoa ....... .. . ~, Hartlepool ............. ...! 6 Heugh Hall. ............ .• .; 6 South Keno° ..... .••• ..... go 0 Tees ................. . ..... :19 Trinadon .. . ..... ••••••• .... 17 6 Whitworth ................ 0 6 ,Evenwood. ....... .•••"-'.:19 3 Cowpen .............. .i0i.16 iDerweatwater Oar' I , 131 i l jo e I ' JO 1 COAL MABK. Prices of Coal per ton jat t' s. d. Bate's West Hartley 6 fuddle W. Hartley 1 6 Davisou's West Hartley 18 6 Hol ywell lB 0 North Percy Hartley l7 6 Raveusworth Hartley lB 0 Tantield Moor Butes 15 6 Whitwell l7 6 Wylam 16 6 Wallsend, etc Acorn Close ~18 9 Hilda fledley Riddell ~.17 0 Wharncliffe :::17 6 ...17 6 .17 9 Eden Main 19 0 Braddyll l9 3 Ships at znarkit... 200 I Sold ••••• —....... the )fetal r°s (N signifies that th e mails are sent no m ateb by the night—and 311 by the morning --de3P vy , at dtl_ 4 4. 11.° Port . I A J ~ e tip erPpOi Soutiv °Pt°" ! J oe 2i boyar " I e 0 1 1 t° , c 6 • - .• • jou oath " ?Wi n Doer xo ptol , s o uth. „of) , seat l3l° ' I . Do pe th r tn •• l ', o :i t 'ZllthAtiir tot, fans var ioll9 P ° south I Do cor ssi tOwr l o ne . . r itlie I A SOO . 0 11 ' L0P 4 4,11 , P i I O' pat' ;AO, 100 Sontoll u tb 1 D over 1. 1 0c) 6 Dov'T g r ';cl 'Joe 0 017.) souo„proijoe I solit" 0 0 - 1." row - Dow SEABORNE IIfAILS. Day when ma 1 ,, LIP in General Post- Office, London.* Isofte 6:3/3 :• 1 1 posir, i 'ptoo ooutli'nort‘ v ar ious p o ver,,;; / tou I. )o l)l774 o sr:t i vil ' ilt s-" fer°1'11°$; 0 : : 1; : rtsf il : 1 Sontl'a I le ° 0 I , I „utho Wte° I f oo tro4e Every Friday • • • • America(byßrlt.pack)N Americp, tby United Sts. packet) ..........N America tby U. States packet) ..........NI Australia (via South ampton) ........ Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditty (via Cape of Good' Hope) ............N Africa ( West Coast) .. N Alexandria ....M Bahamas ...........31 Belgium .. N Brazil Buenos Ayres .... ..M Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel 151e3........N Mon ~Wed.,&Frti . Chili. 2,1 & 17th of moat' China ... . Once a month.. • • Constantinople 8,13,18,23,m2e0, IS Constantinople _ 4th & 20th of men. Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ... • • Egypt (see India) France .... & N 'Twice daily .. • • • • Gibraltar .... M I 4, 7, 17, 20, 2.7 an' Greece (see India) Greytown ..........Ml2nd & 17th of mon. liam artva h n u n r a g h tt !T 2i i i i d es o d f ay th & e Fri.l month •••• •••• 23d of the month .. 4,9, 24, & 30 of in 4th & 2A)fli o f mon. 17th of the mo nt mo nth of Daily.... •• •• •• •• '9th the month •• 19th M the montli.• 9th of tb3 month nolland Daily tlondurasi .......... M 17th of the month. India (vlaSouthampt.)M,4 th 20th of mon. India (via Marseilles)Al 9th&2sth of moutt; lonian Isles (see In(lia)17, 17, & 27 of moo Ireland ........M & NiTwiee daily .... • • Lisbon.. 11 1 7, 9, 17, tio 27 oily 9th of the month , 23d of month •• •• Madeira ...... Madeira Malta (sac India) Malta 8,18. &28 of moil• Mauritius (see India) Nfauritius 14th of the month Mexico M 2nd of the month., Naples N 1 5th I sth2Uhofracr.. New Granada IA '2d & 17th of month New Zealand.... By private skiP •• Papal States N sth I hth2sthofmou. Peninsula ithl7th27thofnion• Peru ........... & 27th of mon.' Port Natal private shiP• • • Sicily .; Nlsth 1 eth2sthotnio r n, Tuscany n stlllsth2stholino. Venezuela 2d Sc lith ofnioth Van Diemen's Lend (see Australia) • Woad Indies , ed,: BPatehed on the following day.. svi al the ese wii , be des pi W: ei en in an pgt ; na of these dates fall 0a Su • otiee t ri d ofqs:a:11: fi' ) 3, , an::: Id.Railta. bolifth : f i: h l c3hv' th° 11131 -he Southampton), 17 g S• . ----4----- iq . Ex agd2bu:SollTurLot e same as esterds7• d u ll ba n ' ill yor lOb i l , —Leeds,cadon and North-Viresteljr3en,l9hll--° 5'4 --idljtellt'' 'jr S. Eastern,l g onALNIGVE.E_RTPhOerOOt3Jsr AL,, ci mess' clooijroo%, 5- 10- tern of ---Eastern Countfes, 12 Canada, 23i. ......-- toElittxterimMANAnNcahEflC.—titicETtuhSaelltilitaiknjeb7thleissll737',,4l.llillvs7-al:::1":11:r13fle:6: 824—Dover, 184—Shoffield, - o fere shire, 194—Midland, 75—Crystal Palace, P Pm. 14 21 So 17 th o mood! 7 little sshs iT,,ir::_ b ic u s6n s_i d n EN e yx s ot, South 5taff0 0 r1 0r d r w i1At 5 .............,........................... h a i 5 r t e: STOCK EXCHANGE —The tone of toe A of the - t iord i aehire, 82 BIRMING.---11A111, JUN! ltoget t0n11,4: and , owing to its • • c , e ar the °nu...Mill 00 , Di' til is ...---. Vs to j , Lincoln, 284 LEEDS, 3-Viird wa s t ße ssoals tl,l ba2nells.nalitesB.(l.3nd!criiisc.e__s goerynsii,l roe morning, but a fair 'amount of business Shen`:,,c —y - 0 71 W r a. k e z gi st — n e d r T n:, c o 6 r ;: - The 'i Iv lO il° noel O . cod a t tlis t 00 On the Bth the Germanic Diet reJ e- e ffee - 0 made by a Roman Catholic noble to the., for expulsion from Mecklenburg of a JeSol' abuse of power. BIRTITS. ffitli Uhl° . OF A SON. lia - f P raOynnethaealliwliehyi.gst., at Brafferton lifor' wit° ° ~, 0 ° , 13' On the 12th inst, at 48, Russell-sque—' 311•"• Lloyd Birkett, M.D. On the 11th inst., at Bedale all , j ob re, of yor 04a „ til° ,0 Peirse. DaOnnielthDeeiathcihnesrtolsa,t EDsoin.aghadee, c o. Divi°f:Po'i l''`' I' D' On the 10th inst., at Dalston, th° Bristed. o t 0 1°. Imv:Ofnen-osttfhriveeetlm,2ct.hi:iinst.,OtheAwi;A:3;lll:3;4l;l3—giii' °f mon-lb the On e n t t h h e e 1 1 r2 2 0t t rh h tini i e n : s nt t :: , 831q a u t ras 7 e j e . s e t tie o e w bo - b c2 i . lll .p. :! P i : e frosteif, city. hill, De M tt s, EV",„ f a 14 s °, : Glacer ter-place, Fl. o en n the 12th inst. , M at APreßshßutei, -Cirifil:°:httibtee,Sile:,:;cl3ll4°.° Ward Dowding M A v'cqr of Fr s 1 n el to of li r • Bombay.ees eldest 'dau ' gh . t ' er j of Lieut.-:°- , v ig Ao , Turner,,, of H.E.I.S. Bombay Engineers_ fjone,',loco,o4l; yo u un n o t e h st al2th inst., at Thorpe, Cnuesretset47,s,4, the 4 0,5, ol son of Richard Viroodho , ci a ra, e ( place, Portman-square to l3arriette..„ cipas , daughter of tha lato Henry Alderson w°° foil:: o. Coot"'gleatk 0 0 v o n n t s h h e i r l e 2 t o inst., d e l7. G o r u k i 1 g l a a ti t e n 2 , e F o . Julia, cl 0 r (3 O itj 1 y j 011D3 of Vf° Henry Emanuel, Esq. of Wilton Lodge, place, Regent's-park. ' 1 oill ifi DIED. AOf 44o' On the 12th inst., Mr• Daniel ffeYlo3,4 I) , . gate, aged 77. * 12 Plate° (0(' On the 9th inst. at lianover Villa, i'f.°o,.. j f3 O- , O rf morsmith, John Henry Roby' Esq. s'iliciliOrtDP On the 4th inst of choleraat 13alairlav3 p diag be C. 8., Rear-Admiral of the :surf c ototO ~, gip , ' I,nd Harbour of Balaklava. On the sth inst ,at Ballindalloch 03.1„,15:01134 ab sou Grant, widow; of Sir John litacphtl°°- ..eoc e to fro" t' of Ballindalloch. niagto, „ri On the 9th inst., at Albert-street? _______,/ Reffent' ,- • s-park, Major-General Baroa de Bode, aged , 77. Re i 9, 0 1 ' e the al ' 1 On the 10th inst., at Thorneloe goo ! 0 age 0, Newport, of Flanloy Court, lirorcestershir ,slO,OO .00, On the llth inst., at Norwood gall, you ,00 43Willlia03 *l4°' /,, ll' Wheat. Esq., aged 'l6. of N iril33 On the filth inst., Mr. Richard Roffoh Surrey, aged 81. , I'o 1 0 „ft/00 40 , o f LONDON : Printed and Published hf A: flaw, *Alf of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at /V Soll,`: tio, so' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. lu Middlesex, Thursdkr, June 14, 1855. COTINTRIE3 ~~ e