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• • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11 1855 successful even when both drew their authority froru the ssme source." Then, eimi ki ng pf the transfer of the array to the Crown, he said : " In that case, if the pride of _officers was for a moment flattered by a more immediate connection with the Xing, that feeling would probably be altered when they disco vered that, from a separate service, which had a reputation and pretension of its own, and was the sole object of aten tion to the military department of its Government, they even sank into an inferior branch of another army,: and scarcely known to the Commander-in-Chief." (Hear, hear.) That would be the fate of the Indian nrm7 if it was transferred to the Crown, the civil government being left with the East India Company. His hon. ftiend seemed to assume that he was fighting the battle et' the Indian army and Indian officers, and as a fonndati.. d for -0 fill any of them. This matter bad been urged again and again on the Government by the Indian authorities, anti !rad been urged by hirus,lf as strenuously as he could urge any suit, but unsuccessfully. During the time lie had mentioned, there had been twenty \ appoint ments to chief command, four of them being appoint ments to the command of the whole Indian army. The l a t ter h e ga ve up, for when there w ere 30,000 Queen's troops in India it might be fair to give the general com mand to a Queen's officer. But the other 1f vacancies had -Ilso been filled up by Queen's officers, despite the anxious reuionstranoes of the Indian officers. There was an excuse for this course daring a certain period. An illustrious Duke then at the head of the army had a strong opinion ,n the subject, and he (Sir J. Hogg) was not ashamed to say that he respected even the prejudices of such a man tie therefore did not blame th e G overnment f or .I,'• r yielding the assumption, he read a single extract from a letter of a to the strong feeling of that great man on the point. He distingui s l ae d author. He (Sir J. W. Hogg) denied that was bound to say that on one occasion the noble lord the his hon. friend spoke the wishes of the Indian army. .He member for London did use his efforts to obtain a subor did not pretend to speak for the Indian army on the; sub- linate command for an Indian officer, but they were un jeet; but he had at least as good means as his hon. fi lend successful.. The illustrious duke had so strong an im of knowiag its sentiments, and he believed that nine- pression of the necessity of employing a Queen's officer tenths or nineteen-twentieths of that army would so euu- that it was painful to press him to take a step in opposi ensly resist an amalgamation or transfer to the C: awn. tion to it. But since his death there had been three corn (Hear, hear.) His honourable friend referred to the opi mends vacant at Madras and Bombay, and in May lust he nions of Lord Cornwallis on this subject, and gave a • hort ',Sir J. Hogg), when he heard the rumour of the appoint statement of what had passed at that time; but, as h I did meat of General Anson, whom ho admitted to be a distill not give the w h o l e statemen t, h e wo uld supply the deli- ;Wished. officer and an honour to his country, came down oieuey. It was truethat before Lord Cornwallis left Lai hilt to the house and asked the right hon. gentleman (Sir C. entertained the idea of an amalgamation of the In iliac Wood) whether the Government intended to recommend army with the Queen ' s , a nd that on his way h oe e h e an Indian officer for the command? Ho was met by a matured a plan which, on his arrival, he submitn dto very curt, and in manner not very courteous, reply, being the Government. But the moment the intention of ttord cut short by the answer that her Majesty's Govern- Cornwallis to recommend such an amalgamation betztne meat had not taken the subject into consideration. (Hear, known in India, the greatest ferment w a s crea t e d in the hear.) That might be the case, but the rumour that Gen. army, committees were formed and sat in London and hewn was to be the man turned out to be true, and he different parts of the kingdom, and delegates we t c sent (Sir J. Hogg) made up his mind to adopt a different course from the army in India- His honourable friend si ',toil in future; and, on the occasion of the next vacancy, lie that. the East India Company collected evidence. 'low, gave notice of a resolution, rather a strong one, in their he denied' that the East India Company had collecteit.evi- little Parliament in Lombard-street, with respect to the deuce; what was done was the spontaneous act of the ofli- conduct pursued towards the Indian army. The result sera themselves, alarmed at the change contemplated. As was that a letter was written by the Chairman of the far as his recollection of the facts served him, the " dole- Company in accordance with the resolution, and to that a gates" sent over here by the Indian army were requ•sted . erief ready reply was written by the same right hon. gen to change their names to agents , and they were received bleman, giving, on behalf of the Government, an assurance by the Chairman of the Court oeDirectors and the Presi- '.hat in future the claims of the Indian officers should be ,ienhof the Board of Control as individual officers. ,He considered; and of the sincerity of that assurance he had would now simply read th ere a portion of one report made .so doubt. (Hear.) The present motion was, in fact, the by these delegates while • the matter was pending, and otnewal of the charter discussion. Hith er t o the Indian another when it w as concluded ; and the house then might Government had always possessed and exercised the privi draw their own inference as to the value of the are in nen lege of levying, organising, and disbanding troops. That founded on the °Pinions of Lord Cornwallis. Here c' we i the was an essential privilege, function, and attribute of the report of the 'deieghtes—their own account of one oo' their ruling power. Without a Company's army they could verbal communitations to the chairman : have no Company's government. A civil authority sap " That w e f e lt i t our inclination as well as our detei, t ported by an army not their own might aspire to th e name e treat the C our t o f Directors with e very respect ; that ant ,f agents, and might be potent fo r m i sc hi e f ;but th ey cou ld situation was unprecedented; as was the cease whiee had riot aspire to the name, dignity, or utility o f a G overnmen t. principally induced it. In all other cases, as public firer This, which was true in respect to every Government, was vents, w e cou ld l oo k w i th confidence towards them afore nore especially true with respect t o I n di a . If hi s h on. an d L as the c h anne l of redress • but in the present iustar•ce, earned friend thought it w ou ld con d uce t o th e pu bli c in where%erest to review and rever s e th e se ttl emen t f or t he govern wan intended with o ut d e i gn i ng t o consu lt us , we coneeivee we h a d every reason to believe a change of master'. nent of India, so l a tely arr i ve d a t, l e t hi m say so. L et that our being officers did not deprive us of the liberty en- din make the attempt openly and avow his object, but he (Sir J. Hogg) prayed th e h ouse no t t o t amper w i t h suc h a hyed by ev er y o th er description of British subjects, tient e l % the asserting, by every legal means, our natural righti a subject, and not to trifle with such topics as the Indian men. We were not slaves, to be transferred at the will or e•my and empire. Let them not give their support to a caprice of a master ! No Power had a right to convey its notion which would strip the existing Government of all armies to another. That the officers in India had o )n- substantial power, and degrade it in the eyes of the coon tracted to serve the Company; if they were to be trri as- try, while it would continue and even increase every evil ferred to the King, it must be with their own consent, inn eiti to be found in the existing system. (Hear, hear.) on such terms as they chose to stipulate." Sir DE LACY EVANS said, as he understood the ob ject of his hon. and learned friend in proposing the ap- That was the case which his hon. friend coolly and delEbe- ointment of a committee was to carry out the very object rattily cited as a precedent for,, the change now sloe which he had himself more than once advocated, be had no gestede arid represented as likely to be acceptable to at Nation but to supp ot the motion, without, however, bind- Indian army. When it was all over, and these same di le- rig himself to any proceeding which such a committee gates made their report to the various committees con ati- . fight think proper to adopt beyond that of giving power toted in India—a nice state of things truly for an army to , to the Government to employ the officers a the Indian be forming committees, and sending delegates home to re- irmy in Europe, as they were employed in India. He did present them—they said : " _ ' i ;rot think the actu a l t e r ms o f th e mo ti on justified somcrof It is with the sincerest gratification that we are' at the arguments which had been advanced by the hon. gen length able to congratulate yon on the final adjustoni tit ;Leman who had just sat down. The hon. gentleman sup and transmission of the new military arrangement. .. . . posed that a question was to be submitted to a select coin- Our brother officers will, we trrst, need no assurances 11l o n mittee as to the propriety of sending an expedition to the us, that we have not been deficient in zeal and exertion to Persian Gulf— obtain for them the solid advantagesof rank, respectability, Sir J. HOGG intimated that the hon. and learned mem and ultimate independence, at the price of as few petunia ry her had used that argument in his speech. sacriticea as possible. They will recollect that at the c ne t ; in e Sir DE L. EVANS was not quite sure that the hon. and of the negotiation the subject was novel and the re.; alt learned gentleman had introduced such an argument j udi hazardous ; that a system had been formed and sup eor I eel dourly—(a laugh)—bnt, after all, it was a mere argument. bythe highest authority and the most overbearing infiae ntee , ['here was one part of the speech of the hon. gentleman in which threatened the subversion, root andlbranch, of tb, ,se which he perfectly concurred—namely, that portion of his establishments to which, from long habit and from cone :c- •emarks which related to the injustice done to the eminent tion of their peculiar adaptation to our situation we on tud distinguished offi cers o f th e I n di an army. Bat while firmly attached. We have happily succee d e d in oletsit ing iduairing the good feeling of the hon. gentleman on that an arrangement constituted in most parts on the principles point, he was rather surprised to find that his arguments which our constituents have themselve s recommend, 1. completely supported the motion now under discussion. The reform has been temperate and cautious, and premeset The hon. gentleman objected to the introduction of such a iu time to be effectual. The principal causes of compla jut .notion at this particular time. Now he (Sir de Lacy Evans) have been removed, improvements have been intost mod, thought there could not be a more fitting time than when and room left for further ameliorations when the system ',he Government were looking for support from all quarters: shall have stood the test of experience." The hon. gentleman was anxious to preserve everything in Now, that was the course which the Indian army adopted India in state quo. Hon. members representing the Court in 1793 and 1794. What was the state of that a r m y i n ef Directors had opposed ev er y c h ange, d ec l aring that each 1793 and '94 ? He meant as to the advantages they ran- one which had been proposed would subject the Indian em joyed. They resisted the transfer to th e C rown a t a period pire to ruin and perdition. N ow , cons iderable alterations when they did not enjoy any one of the advantages which had been made in the Government of India within a had since been conceded to them. At the period ha 11 it very recent period. The honourable gentleman at that mentioned there were upwards of 1,500 English officers in time predicted the most serious results, but he still the Company's service. Wonld'not the house be astonish' eel remained a member of the distinguished body with when ho told them that the highest rank t- which those which he had been so long connected, and had not pointed officers could attain was that of colonel ; that there w ',re out any serious results from the steps then taken. only 12 colonels, 23 lieutenant-colonels, and 23 majors • There was another part o f th e h on . gen tl eman ' s argument that there was no retiring pension, no p r i v il ege o f f urlough which tended to support the present motion. The hon. to Europe, none of the advantages which they now in- gentleman had intimated that, under the company, the joyed ? But yet, in spite of the position in whith they Indian army had shown a considerable propensity to mu were then placed, they resisted, as he had shown, the pro- tiny. ' That surely was an argument in favour of some posed amalgamation. (Hear.) Mr. Dundee, then Prod- change in the existing system. One of the causes of pi edis dent of the Board of Control, was not an advocate for the position to mutiny was the want of a supreme authority in amalgamation. Heproposed not amalgamation, but a tras .8- thearmy. There had been mutinies amongst the officers as far to the Crown. However, Mr. Dundaa and Lord Con a . well as amongst the men, but if they were recognised as Rallis both saw what his hon. friend had not seen—namely, offiCers belonging to this vast empire they would not be so the difficulties of the case. They both consulted—which t pia ready to throw off the bonds of authority. (Hear.) In sup hon. friend, he feared, had not done—the wishes of the In- porting this motion he did not advocate any serious altera dian army. They were practical men, and they abandoned tion in the organisation of the native regiments, because he the scheme, which until this moment had never since been considered their organisation essentially good. But the Gu deliberately revived. His hon. friend had alluded to le rd vernment had formerly made use of the Indian army iu re guished officer, e„ glens beyond those to whi c h th e y were li m it e d b y en li stment, Grenville. Now, there was a very distinguished took a part in these very discussions, and who, wh en h e h a d and in the present state of publi c a ff a i rs h e th oug h t i t wou l d attained a mature age, was again, in 1832, interroge ted on be very desirable for a select committee to be appointed to the subject of amalgamation or transfer to the Cz ovre. investigate whether there should or should not be a change This was what Colonel Sherwood said in reply : .nade with respect to the availableness of Indianofficers, and " A period of nearly 37 years has now passed over since especially of officers connected with the European pan, of the Bengal, and indeed the whole of the Indian Artiiler y the Indian force for European and gene ra l i m p er i a l pur • were informed that Lord Cornwalli s h a d p ro p ose d to th e poses. He considered the proposition a perfectly reason home authorities to ' incorporate them with the Royal able one under present circumstances. (Hear.) If it should Artillery, and to relieve them regularly from Woolwicte' be found that the authorities in India could give almost an I have a lively, and I may say a painful, recollection of t lie assurance that no internal convulsion or foreign aggression sensation produced by this promulgation. The major port was likely to take place for a considerable period, why of the regiment was then at Dam-Dun, at their annual should the Government be deprived by any tech n i ca l or practice. A meeting was held upon the occasion, where legal difficulties from employing some portion of the army, the proposition was looked upon with absolute horror, as especially the European part of the army, in the interme destructive of all those hopes, rights, 'hate territory, to co-ope ra t e i n th e p resen t con t ent ? H e which we had entered the service and and prospects with had remained wi tti did not think the employment of the sepoys in the Crimea every disadvantage for years. The road to Woolwich %yes would be at all desirable, for there they would be quite out pointed out as the road to ruin and despair. We thank of their place. But there were European troops, and be God that this calamity was averted from us, and we far lid not know whether it would not be useful for these troops Toady pray it may so continue." to be a little brushed up in the warfare in the Crimea, by That was the opinion of Col. Sherwood, looking beck to which they would gain experience and confidence. He the transactions of past times and answering the quastion knew there were impediments in the way of the employment put to him deliberately in writing. But, upon general of the East Indio Company's troops in the present European principles, could it answer that the civil authority in India contest. In order to induce Indian officers to enter upon that should be vested in one body, and the military in another? serviceadditional rank must be given,and ifGovernment were His hon. friend was conversant with Indian history. Il e to make it known that they would rank equally in Europe, would ask him whether such an arrangement answered in and that their services would be available in Europe as well the early periods of that history, and whether he reinern- as the services of the Queen's army, it would be a great ad hered the endless differences which existed betweea the vantage to the country. With respect to the statement of Queen's and the Company's officers before the harmonious the hon. member as to the non-appointment of Indian union now established ? At that period the Queen's °l:leers officers to high commands, he (Sir De Lacy Evans) con went out with a great idea of their own importance. Th ey I sidered it a most sc a nd a l ous thi ng th a t th e o ffi cers in the held their commissions from the Crown, and did not serve Indian army should be d e p r i ve d o f th ese hi g h commands, a company of traders ; and the result of such ideas w; s that and see officers who knew nothing of India appoi n t e d i n their stead. He was glad to h ear th a t a prom i se h ad been constant collisions occurred. But let the House loot. not alone to the military, let them l oo k a t th e p eace f u l pro - given that another system sh ou ld b e a d op t e d . B ut he fession to which his hon. friend belonged. Look to the should like to see something more definite, for another Supreme Court of Calcutta—t o th e i r arrogance w h e • i fi rst Minister might say, "My predecessor made a mistake;." constituted—to the injuries they did inflict and the ruin (Hear, hear.) As a Queen's officer, he would say this, they would have inflicted upon India if their career had that if a selection had to be made, he should be ashamed to not been stopped by an act of Parliament. (Hear.) Why, accept an appointment over the heads of mon who, iu the it had been the aim and object of Parliament ever (duce to knowledge of the public, had properclaims to such appoint try, as far as lay in their power, to remove then- ano _ went. (Cheers.) The state of the Indian army was must malies, and they had at last succeeded in rendering th e anomalous. The Indian officers enjoyed a number of ap- ' authorities, civil and military, subservient to the civil pointments, but not honourable ones; and if an Indian i Government. His honourable friend had spoken a s if h e office r di s ti ngu i s h e d hi mse lf , h e only acquired a sort of would give the Company's officers the advantage eujoyed social acquaintance. He should like very much to know by the Queen's officers—namely, of coming home here whether any plan had been devised by which it wins in and of getting commands ; but he had not a dv er t e d tended practically to render these officers available for the to the subject of reciprocity. (Hear, hear.) lt you Queen's service in England. It was most desirable to un gave the Indian officers commands here, the necessary eon• derstand whether it was intended to remove all the legal ' sequence was that the Queen's officers must be eligible t o difficulties to the employment of these officers in European all the civil and military staff appointments in India, from warfare. (Hear.) He thought the motion of his hou. and which they were now entirely excluded. But it would learned friend a modest one, and that no dangerous couse be impossible to employ the Queen's officers for the !Jur quences were t o be apprehended from its adoption. He con pose of filling such appointments. No person could fill sidered it extremely inconvenient and injurious to the those appointments without passing some kind of exeini ea- public service of the country that able and distinguished tion. At the present moment there were 5,000 offie-rs in officers should not be liable to be employed upon every ser the Indian army, 1,000 of whom were upon detached civil vice in which they might be found useful ; and beli e vi ng or military service. His hon. f r i en d would allow that it most desirable that the services of suchMee should be this at present formed some sort of vested interest, and available to the Government, he heartily supported the were they to withdraw from the Indian army the whole • motion of his hon. and learned friend. (Cheers.) of these advantages and let in the whole of the Queen's Mr. V. SMITH said the hon. and learned member officers ? Could those officers be severed from th e i r I og i- who bad submitted this motion to the house seemed at the inents, and had they the necessary knowledge of the tem- end of his speech to shrink from his own proposal. The and the prejudices of the natives? It opinion of.the hon, and gallant gentleman whohad seconded , try, the language, was quite impossible that the_Queen s officers, going out or the moti.n was most valuable, but he did not seem to have India for a short time, could be so qualified, and this was looked at the result. Now it was to the resultthatthe house quite inconsistent, moreover, with what he considered a was bound to look, and he thought be should be able to that you should have a local show that a committee to inquire into this matter would requisite for India —namely, army. He did not think he was addressing a single inch- bo !I very improper tribunal, The real point before the Indian army,house was this—" Is this a question for a committee of the vidual who did not wish to do justtce to the and who did no t recognise th e g l orious d ee d s o f that army. House of Commons ?" And, in considering that question , (Hear.) But his hon. friend had r ead a most unfair cats- h o en t rea t e d th e h ouse no t to b e l ed away by any anxi ety logue of victories, and had told the house t h e y were .ought as to the warfare in which th e coun t ry was engaged. 'Ha under Queen's officers. Now, why were they so fought . was prepared to say that it w a s th e d u ty o f th e h ouse and Because. the company's officers had been carefully exc Titled the Government to search in every direction for assistance, from such commands. (Hear.) So, those officers were not whether in India or any other quarter,iu which it could be only to have their pride wounded and their interests de- o bt a i ne d. Th e l a t e Government bad brought officers Nvho stroyed, but were aft e rwards to see held up, in a kind of had distinguished themselves at the Cape of GocdHope Juxtaposition injurious to them, the exploits which the immediately Queen's o ffi cers h a d ac hi eve d. During the last 1 5 or 16 saw no reeton why the services of India officers might not /ears there had been eight great occasions on which the be sought for the same purpose- (Hear, hoar.) He agreed e n d hue arr a y h a d t a k en th e field • namely, in the earn- with the hon. and gallant general who had just sat down rent ere Alf hen . t &dna!, Gwalior, ' the Su tlej, the that Indian officers ought to be promoted to commands iu r ent Ail China s" ' of those occasions India, but he did no+, think that would be the necessary re army ; and only on one was th e oetbef command army. tem _ a given to an officer of the Indian salt of the inquiries of a committee. The hon, member for army l ut e a right " ot that an injustice of which the lielinn Honiton (Sir J. Hogg) had referred to some inquiry which Now ifs the bon. gentleman ever asked such a tary nnekaiott to complain ? And what was the soli- he had on one occason madeof the Presidentof the Board of the Indian arras" when it was vouchsafed to employ officers of Control. , Pollock " and NoitPerchief command ? It was when Goner of Affglea n t s e an w ere employed to retrieve the disseters liked. (Laugh • ter ) But he could not promise that an In als question again, he should receive as long an answer as he reason why they viers enontlil not, then, be told that the diem officer should be preferred to a Queen's officer, if the offieer3 were inferior to beput into the situ- Z n t d o employed was, that Indian Que •ia's officer should be a man of greater merit. The rule officers of the Queen's a could not compete with th • el tto be that the best man should . c ought i they were superior to the latter', h e my; fur without pretending to say ation, whether he gel mood to the Indian or the Queen's assert that they were in every beet( not hesitate to troops. (Hear.) respect on ho abided by. Whilst the But it might be said that when there wa a par with In 'hawing Indian . officers to serve in 'hem. the Crimea, that was the rule to . of the w .o 's and ComPany's troops that ini a it a l 3 nixed are of country was absorbed in the consideration war i Queen • giving the chief command to a Queen's officer asked, what in I the N• t India an important part of the as no 165 , e that it was so, he then For those 1( r , a A re r ni ' i lh i f r o .o. r the Crimea, other portions of the empire ought not to ee ey do witl„ neglected. ' (.w' w Majority.. --46 di v i s i o nal commands? ~ (liyisknal comb in,' empire? Now, so far as that country was concerned,,t .withthe whetower were we at war ? Why, with Russia. nor he ! officers were required with a enowledge of thelocesett.n" •e•• i e ari d population, which none b ut corn . - ~ last half century, repeated warnings had been given of ! Mr. .C. BRTJCE then moved that it be an instruction to I " nge ''' -- •pourers. How did they i• • I'''" , . ;t u ,,,, . . . Now . . if ee were to airier 'the c were likely to . .. i lye., t e e , . an aggression iu India. , lose . . ' • the rochiel schools, the other to the new schools officersemit". of mole in the eight great campaig ee te - , her beat officers we mi , ht our prestige in leting to pa , . committer to divide the bill into two bills, the ono re the divieional cortain . which be hail referred ? Fourteen were given to Queen's 'officers. Was that t:i n : t \ (clear.) That the essociation of religious with eecularinstruction, Compauv 4 • , u t was a queetion that cu lit not to be left the first, . a ' ' 1 "'" and give a posi ti v. we v i t a ti (in to Russian aggressioo• con tent plio en by the bill. The bill invelved two priociplet— officers, and a elle to ry 'K individuals, but t'; the ‘l' 01 sight. (Ilea - I _ 1.) u considering the • 4 •ti on which he proposed was to allow Was it feir. not is reference .. . . . 1 D I I fur " f°r e the bo those a 1 tvisiona co i nate s, war, that . ,„nae: he assured the hon, and gallant matter tle- The object of the inszu, th ' . el of bo principles. public serviee, to keep]lave arrived in I ,i(ii. of the ' ' '''' had a heir approv, now and the second, the extension of the means of education. tleeeii's offi might perhaps 1. cers, who ointments, and who eet e those ties .army. B e enlY instlsiforeobtaining these app officers, who h a I that we might aside 1-' with the Church, while leaving Placed over the heads of the Company's I . (11, ,‘,.., hue,oi admitted ~. that th e eti beneficial in leas arduous thnes, and their existing conneceon admiti i carved their way t o distinction by their awards e ) , Ol t be vein' 'teem' in t .gaette of routine and discipline ti ne supporters of the bill to additional means Bat there were i t erow them asie e , and thle of Peace, but in war we must education in those districts where such .... from which Indian °m- 1°- me cticallv excludes]. .o.aiti place in the Queen,. select the fittest men for every were roil three]. fficers wore praprovide ex - ended means of au Indian office r e li v o e mend at Celan te. seemed to hold very cheap e n : , Ilia Madr es , or Bomb,. ,h e tutil the chief coin .11 beastoni licd rank which had been issued hon. and learned ft ieed The Earl of DALKEITH moved the adjournment of the o memorandum in re , rI t 1b t e to, to t e ate , when he told th Y Verhao s the ho use wou i t hi (Mr. Smith a) em that jai I' history from the days of a. -.8 Plessey to, the glories of the lan , ub they hed , Indian army did not consider quit Tee gallant general (Sir De Lacy " the Co mmander-in-Chief The LORD ADVOCATE assented to the motion. e w hich officers of the After a few words from Mr. J. Macgreg , r, Mr. Sutlej and Punja Cum never had an Indian officer fitted for any of those V insignificant a boon. min . g Bruce, Mr. Dunlop, and owan, • V 3.118 commands, if, indeed, such i ,ei this was only a question of social rank. 1 had said that adjourned to M d an inference were to be or , e on ay next. from the fact that no Indian office r had e been selectede e eprehended that the effect of the Meth chief Re (Mr. Smith) The Infants Merritt B•ll I It . •ge 1 was rim a secom yet - • . oreathurt Would be The Militia (No. 2) Bill was read a second tinne. • EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. CUMMING BRUCE said that, considering the late hour of the night (half-past ten), and the short discussion which had been had on the bill, and that many gentlemen desired to havean opportunity of delivering their sentiments on the measure, he would object to go on with the debate, and he should, therefore, move that the Speaker do not leave tho chair till some future day. (Peals of laughter.) As that would be an inconvenient motion, he should move that the debate be adjourned. Lord PALAIERSTON hoped that the hon. gentleman would not persevere. This was a question of great im portance, and at that hour the house generally began to till. He could not consent to the motion for adjournment, and he hoped the house would feel that it was trifling with a great question to pretend that at that hour of the night they were not capable of giving consideration to the bill. If hon. members would condense their speeches, all who wished to speak on this question would have ample time to do so that night. Mr. HADFIELD trusted that the house would adjourn the debate. There were six other bills down for discussion that night, so that the public time would not be lost by the postponement of the debate on this bill. After a few words from Mr. BLACKBURN, who con trasted the course taken by the Government with respect to a bill concerning the whole people of Scotland with that which they had pursued with respect to one merely affecting the local management of the metropolis, Mr. .DISRAELI appealed to the noble lord at the head of the Government to consent to the adjournment of the debate. It was perfectly clear that the discussion must be a lengthened one, that it could not be concluded that even ing but must be adjourned, and nothing would therefore be gained to the public service by commencing it at the late hour of the evening at which they had then arrived. Lord ELCHO said that he felt there was the greatest desire en the part of the people of Scotland that this bill would be proceeded with without delay. The principle of the bill had been fully discussed on the second reading, and he therefore regarded the tactics of the hon. gentle men opposite as directed to postpone and eventually defeat a measure on which they had already sustained a defeat in a fair stand-up fight. In deference to the real feeling of the people of Scotland on this question, he hoped the noble lord at the head of the Government would not con sent to the adjournment of the debate. The Earl of MARCH could not allow the noble lord opposite to assume to himself to represent the feelings of the people of Scotland, which he believed were hostile to the present measure. This bill was oneof vital importance to the people of Scotland, and it was therefore the duty of hon members from that part of the country to secure its full and adequate discussion. As he believed this was im possible at that late hour, he should vote for the adjourn ment. Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., expressed a hope that the noble lord at the head of the Government would not consent to the postponement of the debate. There was now a much fuller attendance to discuss the bill than (from the dryness of the subject to English members) there was likely to be if the debate was brought forward at an earlier hour in the evening. The opinion of the people of Scotland on this question was sufficiently shown by the fact that there was a majority of three to one of the Scotch members of the house in favour of the bill of the noble and learnd lord. Mr. FRANCIS SCOTT hoped that his hon. friend would press his motion for adjournment, as there had been an understanding that the debate on this bill should not come on after half-past ten o'clock in the evening. Such under standings between the leaders of parties should be kept even if they were made in the lobby. The LORD-ADVOCATE denied that there had been any such understanding. So far was that from being the case, that he positively refused to agree to such an arrange Mr. SCOTT said, that at all events it was his impression, and that of those who were with him, that there was such an understanding. He could not, however, rest his case on such a trivial ground. It was trifling with the people of Scotland to bring forward a debate of so much importance at an hour of the evening when it was imj o Bible that it could be fully and adequately discussed. So far from the opinion of the people of Scotland being in favour of this measure, it was clear from the petitions that it w a s directly the re verse ; f or w hil e th e petitions in favour of the bill wore signed by only 1,400 persons, those against it received th e s i gna t ures o f 20 , 000 persons. Believing that it was impossible to finish the discussion that night, and that the debate must, therefore, be adjourned, he should cer tainly oppose their going on any further at that time. Mr. V. SCULLY observed that Irish members were ac cused of obstructing the progress of public business if they objected to proceed with any Irish bill, however important, at one o'clock in the morning. (A laugh). They were never able to bring on their business at the hour at which the house had then arrived, and if it was to be settled as a rule that no Irish measure o f i mportance should be brought on after eleven in the evening, he believed that not even one would be discussed in the course of the session. Mr. STIRLING said that if injustice had often been done to the people of Ireland, t h at was no reason why in justice should, on this occa,ion, be done to th e peop l e o f Scotland. He should certainly vote for the adjournment, believing that it was imcoesiole for th em th an to g i ve the subject the attention which its importance deserved. The petitions that had,been presented upon thi s bill showe d quite clearly that the opinion of the S co t c h people was not in its favour; for while there were only 34 Petitions, with 1,412 signatures, in its favour, th ere were 330, with 24,18 t against it; and 3 with 16,873 signatures, praying for its alteration and amendment. Under these circumstances, he felt himself fully justified in protesting against the house proce , ;(ling with it at that hour in the evening. The hetise then divided— For the adjournment Against The Weights and Measure Bill was read a second time. The E clesiastical Property (llelaud) Bill was read a third time and passed. The house then went into committee on the Religious Worship Bill, Ns hich passed through that stage. On the motion for the second reading of the Sewers House Drainage Bill. Sir J. SHELLEY hoped the noble lord would not object to postpone the bill until some day alter next Monday, when it might be shown that the local boards, under thu Nuisances Removal Bill, would have sufficient powers to do all that was provided for under this bill. He moved that the committee be postponed until Wednesday. Lord EBRINGTON thought that this course was most inexpedient. He thought that it was highly desirable that a bill should be passed as soon as possible to render house drainage as effectual as possible, in the face of cholera and other epidemics which might break out at any time when the summer set in. If the house was not disposed to agree to this, he should throw the responsibility on them and the Government. He moved that the committee be fixed for this day. Lord PALMERSTON thought that the bill might stand for this day. Sir J. SHELLEY withdrew his motion, and the com mittee was fixed for this day. The Personal Estates Bill was read a second time. GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable her Majesty to assent to a bill, as amended, of the Legislature of Victoria, "to establish a constitution in an for the colony of Victoria." Mr. LO WE was very sorry to be obliged to trouble the house at that late hour with two or three observations, but the great importance of the question, and the novelty as well as the very undesirable nature of the course about to be adopted, must be his excuse for doing so. The noble lord gave notice of a bill to enable her Majesty to assent to an act of the Legislative Council of Victoria as that act had been amended. This was a very extraordinary motion. He would say nothing now of the bill, which could be dig cussed when it was before the house, but the form in wh ch they were about to legislate was extremely objectionable, and he was the more inclined to oppose it because he saw, from a notice that had been given, what was intended to be adopted in the Council of New South Wales. In 1850 an act was passed, giving to the Legislative Councils of the Australian colonies power to frame new constitutions for themselves. Under that statute the Legislative Council of Victoria had passed an act, the preamble of which recited that power had been given it to do so by the statute of 1850; but then the acts passed by the Legislative Council overleapt and transcended the powers contained in the act of 1850, presuming to repeal numerous Imperial statutes, and also to invest the Council with a great many powers which it did not now po ssess, and which nothing but an act of Parliament could co n f er upon i t, while it likewise in many respects altered the relation of the Legislative Coun cil to the Imperial Legislature. This act the Legislative Council of Victoria had no more authority to pass than had any small knot of persons assembling together in a room in the colony and calling themselves a public meeting. The Legislative Council, however, took it upon itself to pass this act, reciting the limited powers given to it by Parliament; and then, being conscious that it had exceeded those powers, it sent home, together with this bill, a short act, which it suggested that Parliatuent4should pa-s, in order to legalise what it had done. Now, it would be most inconvenient, as well as not very creditable, for the British ,Parliament to accede to such a request, while it would also be most inexpedient as an example to the other colonies. Certain limited powers having been granted to the Legislative Conseil, it ought to have eon tined itself strictly within its authority ; and whatever was wanted beyond those constitution powers should take the form of a gift and concession from the Imperial Par liament to the colony, instead of the colony taking it in a shape that was illegal and void, and then sending its act ln me, accompanied by another short act, asking Parlia.- 'neat:to confirm and ratify its irregularity. If this mo tion had been for a bill to assent to the act of the Legisla tive Council of Victoria, the course pursued by the Go vernment would have been sufficiently objectionable—but it was more objectionable still, because it was not merely a bill to enable her Majesty to grant her consent, but really a bill to enable the Legislative Council to pass that which it had set up, though utterly void of law. The house was therefore asked, in fact, to give validity to a law which the Legislative Council had no authority to make, and which her Majesty had no power to agree to. The matter, however, did not stop there. The Legislative Council of Victoria, having passed an act which it had no power to pass, and then sent it home to be made valid, the noble lord did not approve of certain portions of this colonial act, and thought it not advisable to adopt them ; and, therefore, he had amended the colonial act by strik ing oat those objectionable portions of it and inserting others in their place ; and then he asked Parliament to pass an act to enable her Majesty to assent, not to the bill which the Colonial Legislature had adopted, but another bill which the noble lord had devised. A bill when thus altered was no longer the same measure, but must be re garded as an entirely new one, and therefore the bill now proposed to be legalised could not be consideredas the bill that was passed by the Legislative Council of Victoria. As the noble lord had amended this bill, he presumed that the House of Commons could also amend it. (Hear.) If not, the simple effect would be to deprive the house of the powerof amending an act of its own, because the act would be as much the act of this house as if it had never passed the Legislature of Victoria, that Legislature never having bad power to pass it. They were, therefore, involv ing themselves in a mess of inextricable confusion, diffi culty, and anomaly, and they were placing the house in a situation in which it ought not to be placed—namely, in the situation of submitting to the dictation of a colonial as sembly as to what laws it should pass. He objected, therefore, entirely to the course which the noble lord pro posed to pursue, but he would suggest two courses, either of which would be free from any objection in principle. The noble lord might stand upon the act of 1850, and say to the Legislative Council of Victoria, " You have ex coeded your powers ; you have done that which you had no right to do, and I therefore send back the act, in order that you may amend it." But, as the case was said to be one of emergency, the noble lord might also introduce a bill vesting in the Governor-General of the Australion co lonies power to assent to the act so amended at once in the name of her Majesty. That bill might also be coupled with another making such concessions to the Colonial Le. gislature as the Legislature had assumed to itself without the authority of Parliament, and giving to it the land fund, and anything else which the noble lord thought it ought to have. The other course would be to do in effect what they now asked to do in substance—namely, to sweep away the machinery of enabling her Majesty to assent to a bill which the Colonial Legislature had never passed, and to legislate directly on the subject. (Hear, hear.) If the noble lord thought the house ought to make a constitution for the colony let them do it—(hear)—but let them have the question brought fairly before them, so that they might know what they were about. He protested against the plan of passing an act to enable her Majesty to assent, not to an act that had been passed by the Legislature of Victoria, but to another and a different act, which, even had it been passed by that Legislature, had been passed by it ultra vires. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that either of the courses proposed by the hon. gentleman would be prefer able to that which the Government desired to adopt. The hon. gentleman was mistaken in supposing that it was pro posed to insert in this act provisions which the Legislature of Victoria had not sanctioned, but the hon. gentleman was quite correct in stating that the enactments of the Legislature of Victoria were ultra vires, that they interfered with certain imperial acts, and that they touched upon matters which were strictly within the province of her Majesty and Parliament. He proposed, therefore, to take generally the apt of the Legislature of Victoria as far as concerned its own constitution, but to omit certain propo sals which would limit the power vested in the Crown of disallowing the acts passed by the colonies. The bill, therefore, although it would certainly not contain all that the Legislature of Victoria had proposed, would not con tain anything to which it had not given its assent, and thus, in his opinion, would be within the powers given by Parliament to the Australian colonies to form constitutions for themselves. It must be recollected that both of these constitutions arrived in this country during the last re cess. If they had been sent back they could not have ar rived in time to give validity to these acts in the course of this session. The hon. gentleman said they would get into inextricable confusion, because a similar course would be pursued with regard to othercolonies. Withregard toNew South Wales, it was quite trne a similar course would be adopted, but the constitution proposed by the Legislative Council of New South Wales differed in some important respects from that proposed for Victoria. In Victoria, for instance, it was proposed that th e L eg i s l at i ve C ounc il should be elected, in New South Wales, that the Legisla tive Council should be nominated by the Crown. With re gardto the Legislative Council, the Government thought it right that the wishes of the colony should be consulted, but when the act was passed with regard to Victoria and with re gard to New South Wales he did not apprehend there would be any difficulty about the other colonies. With regard to Van Diemen's Land, they had already a constitution which was strictly within the powers given by the act of 18:0, and that constitution having been laid before the two Houses of Parliament, had already been confirmed and approved by her Majesty in Council. With respect to South Australia, the constitution was agreed to, but the Council afterwards had severa l discussions and divisons, the result of which was a desire to indulge the Legislative Council in their wish to have it referred back to them; and, accordingly, the matter was referred back, with discretiou to the Governor to propose to the colony, whether elective or nominative, a Council in such a form that he might be able to consent without further reference to Parliament. But lie thought it inconvenient to send this proposal to Victoria and New South Wales to be re-discussed, when it appeared their mind upon the subject was not changed. Ile should be quite ready, in discussing these several bills, to point out in what way he thought they ought to pass. As the hon. gentleman said the schedules would be open to discussion, and if hon. members should think parts of those schedules ought to be omitted, it was in the power of Parliament to alter them, though, of course, it was a matter of discretion whether they would do SO. With re spect to general legislation on this subject, he would say, a great desire was expressed in Australia that the manage ment of the waste lands, and the revenues arising from thorn, should be at the d 'position of the Colonial Govern ment It was a matter upon which the Austi alien colo nies set great value, and it would be most convenient if a bill for that purpose were carried into effect. Mr. G. BUTT suggested that leave should be given to bring in this bill now, but that further time should be taken by the noble I. , rd for re-considering the question. Atter a few words from Mr. ADDERLEY and Mr. J. FALL, leave was given to bring in the bill. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, leave was given to bring in a bill to continue an act of 13 and 14 Victoria, to enable the judges of the courts of common law at Westminster to alter the forms of pleading. The tells were brought in and lea I a first time, and the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. ; to give to Indian officers by right the social rank which h d hitherto only been given by courtesy, and to pre vaet their being considered as inferim ia point of precedence to officers of the same standing in the Queen's army, as he believed they had hitherto been consi dered. Besides this, he believed that its effect would be that if an officer had become say a major-general in the company's service, he might be sent to the Crimea or else where without requiring a new commission, and would rank accordingto the date of his original commission, and not according to the date of such appointment. At pre sent, when in India a company's and a Queen's regiment were serving together, the officers commanding them ranked according to the dates of their commissions, and the effect of this memorandum would be to apply the same rule in Europe. Therefore, to a certain degree, it did con fer military as well as social rank. Though he should have objected to the proposal first made by his hon. and learned friend, that an address should be voted to her Ma jesty praying her to appoint a commission upon this sub ject, he thought that an inquiry before such a commission would have been preferable to that now proposed. The best course which the hon. and learned member could have taken would have been to have called the attention of the house to thesubjectwithout asking eitherfor a commission or a committee. Under all the circumstances he hoped the hon. and learned member would see the expediency of not pressing his motion to a division. Mr. OTWAY thought the present was a most appropri ate time for the discussion of this subject, because we now required assistance from all quarters. Indian officers were just the men whom we should be disposed to select for ser vice in this war. It was a very important consideration, that in consequence of the casualties which had occurred iu the Crimea, there were really very few officers who had served a sufficient length of time to enable them to supply the vacancies with efficiency, and it was therefore neces sary that they should open the door to the entrance into the army of the Indian officers. He found upon looking over the regiments of the Guards that the junior captain in the Grenadiers had only seen three years service, and in the Fusilier s there were 18 officers who had only seen 13 years service among them. He was aware that it had been urged that they ought not to tamper with the native troops of India, but he could not understand bow the Crown would be more likely to tamper with the natives than the East India Company were. In giving his vote for the committee ho was mainly influenced, however, by one con sideration, and that was a desire, in the terms of the motion, that the house should consider and inquire how the army of India might be made available for the war in Europe, and to inquire into the steps necessary to be taken if it should be deemed expedient to constitute the army of the East India Company a Royal army. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PHILLIMORE considered that many dangers might result from transferring te this country so large a force as that of the Indian arm y w ith ou t th e checks and restraints with which the government of the army of this country was surrounded. Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR expressed considerable doubts as to the propriety of bringing forward so important a question as this at the present time. A very short time had elapsed since great changes had been effected in the Government of India, and the result of these changes Lad not yet been sufficiently tested. He thought that the question of the amalgamation of the two armies might well be deferred until the transference of tha Indian empire to the Crown and the abolition of the East India Board. Mr. M GREGOR considered the question before the house as one of grave importance, and one which ought not to be lightly dealt with by the House of Commons. He felt deeply that there never existed a House of Coin- Mans which treated grave subjects with so much levity ; but a time was coming when hon. members would be called to a strict and severe account for their conduct. (Hear.) That night's debate would, he warned the Government, 14e the first of a series of debates on these questions, and they were mistaken if they thought they could get rid of them in the manner they seemed disposed to adopt. Sir E. PERRY replied—He regretted the determination the Government had come to on this question, which they had not treated with the gravity due to it, while they had evaded to meet the practical point of the motion altoge ther. The Government said that the committee was un necessary, for they had the power, by the exercise of the Queen's prerogative, to employ the Indi an army i n E urope; but that w as no t so facile as they seemed to imagine. As to the practical point, how our forces in the Crimea could be increased in the most effective manner, thst they had avoided to discuss. Under these circumstances, he should certainly press the motion to a division. The house then divided, For the motion Against it 171 Majority ageinst the motion --109 MR. LAYARD'S MOTION. Mr. LAY ARD said—Before proceeding with the orders of Vets day, I wish to say a word or two in order that there may be a clear understanding with regard to my motion. I think the noble lord at the head of the Government mis understood my intentions when he stated that I was about to force my motion on the ho'ise on Monday next. I had certainly no such intention. When I requested the noble lord to give me a night, he declined, and said I must find one for myself, and I then intimated that I would bring my motion forward on going into Committee of Supp y. I understand that on Monday night there will be an impor tant motion in another place, and perhaps it would be for the convenience of the house if my motion were postponed till a later day. (Cheers.) I think, therefore, I had bet ter avail myself of the kind permission given me by the noble lord the other night, and find a day for myself. (Laughter and sheers.) ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL C0..11 hour. M ITTE E. The committee re.anembled yesterJay at the usual Mr. Wood, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, was examined by Lord Seymour.—lle stated he had filled the situation of secretary about 18 months, and had been in the service 51 years. He was not aware whe ther any communication had been made to Lord Raglan as Master-General of the Ordnance since he had been i❑ the Crimea. The Lieutenant-General had performed his duties. He did not think it possible for one member of the board to perform all the dukes of the board, but it was the custom for one to discharge the duties when one only was present. F,,rtnerly copious minutes of the transactions of the board were kept, but now only the principal ones —these were duly forwarded to the Master• General, who hail power to re verse the decisio❑ of the board. The Lieutenant- General had not that power. He could not say whe ther all instructions or orders given by the hoard were entered on the minute-book. In a great measure he himself and those under him were the judges of what wa9 of sufficient importance or not to be entered on the book. The erection of a shell foundry at Woolwich would have been of sufficient importance to be entered on the book. He could not say when the erection of the shell foundry at Woolwich was brought bef re the board, nor when he first heard of it ; neither could he remember if a plan of it was submitted to the board. Every paper received into the office was registered, dated, and numbered, and afterwards sent to the Master General, the business was decided by the majority. The Chairman—But if there is only one member pre : sent there could be no minority ?--The decision of that one member is considered as the decision of the board. There were circumstances which required. The signature of two members. The witness was then examined at length on the de tails of the office. Admiral Sir D. Dundas, admiral of the Black Sea fleet, was next examined by the Chairman—He stated that when he was in Besika B iv, in 1854, he understood it was likely his fleet would be used against the enemy. When it was likely war would be declared, he was under Lord Stratford's orders. The Admiralty gave him rough statement of the power of the enemy's fleet in the Black Sea likely to be brought against him. After he moved into the Black Sea, he was unable to gain more correct information as to the strength of the enemy's fleet from Lord Stratford, and he was equally unsuccessful in his applications to other persons. The gallant admiral proceeded to read copies of letters he had written with respect to the attacking Odessa and Sebastopol, when he was interrupted by the committee, wh thought it desirable they should not be read. By Mr Drummond --He wrote to Lord Stratford re specting it, but received no answer, on which he sent Captain Drummond to him ; but there was some diffi culty about the passport, and he received no answer by him. Admiral Dundas examined by Mr. Drummond.— Mr. Drummond was about to put a question to the gallant admiral, whether he did not suggest to Lord Stratford, in order to obtain information respecting the state of Sebastopol, that as two Russian ships were being repaired in Portsmouth harbour, and he had a ship with a hole; in her bottom, he had better send her into Sebastopol to be repaired, when the room was cleared and the question ultimately withdrawn. The gallazit admiral in the course of his examination said he took every step possible to obtain correct infor mation as to the forces in Sebastopol and the fleet, but with little success, which he attributed to the vigilance of the Rus..siaris to prevent it. Before the declaration of the war he was under the ambassador's orders, and after that under instructions from the Admiralty. He Lever heard,of M.r Yeames offering to procure a complete plan of the fortifications of Sebastopol. With reference to the embarkation of troops from Varna, he conveyed all he could with the transport.; he had at command, and he was satisfied with the arrangements for that purpose made by Admiral Boxer. It was impossible for him to protect the Crimea by the prevention of troops entering it by way of Perekop in consequence of the shallowness of the water, and had there been water he would have required troops to assist him. With reference to a state ment of the Duke of Newea-tie, that he had not taken sufficient steps to be acquainted with the state of the enemy's strength, he read a letter he addressed to Lord Raglan in May, 1854, wherein he stated Sebastopol was a second Gibraltar. ilany new batteries he could see erecting, and the Russians were strengthening the land side—that he had been informed there were 120 000 men in the Crimea and from 14 to 16 sail of the line in the harbour with their sails bent, and that he expected when they attacked Odessa the Russians would have come out to draw them off from attacking the place. The gallant admiral wished to read a private corre spondence between himself and Sir James Graham with reference to this point, since a member of the late Go vernment had asserted he forwarded home wrong infor mation, but the committee objected., His examination was then continued, in the course of which be statedthat Marshal St. Arnaud asked him and the French admiral if the fleets could take Sebastopol, and they said no. He did not think it was possible, from the time of the rais ing the siege of Silistria to the embarking of the troops for the Crimea, to have procured a •sufficient number of transports for the service. Many horses were left be hind at Varna, and he believed they were there now, because the transports with the ammunition, &c., could not be unloaded fora fortnight (until they got into Baia klava harbour). All the screw ships were stationed near Balaklava, and the squadron near Eupatoria. It was never supposed the troops would have wintered in the Crimea, because it was expected they would have been in Sebastopol in a week. He was once in Balaklava harbour, and thought it small, and there were vessels enough in the harbour at the time of the loss of the Prince ; the arrangements for the harbour he left to Admiral Boxer. He could not have trans ported the troops easier from Constantinople than from Varna. He did not consider himself answerable for the transport service, that being left to L or d R ag l an, Admi ral Boxer, and Captain Christie. He considered " Boxer a very useful fellow, but not very polished"— (laughter)—and he never had any occasion to represent his conduct to Lord Raglan. The first intimation - he had to fit up hospital ships was from Sir James Graham, but tbey were not fitted up properly for the large num ber of sick and wounded brought on board, the number being larger than they had ever anticipated. If more had been fitted up there would have been a deficiency of ships for horses and baggage. His fleet was well-man ned, but he had not a sufficiency of assistant-sur geons . H e was able to procu re plenty of fresh meat, though not of ' the best quality. The gallant Admiral's evidence was then closed, and . , probably much shortened from many of the questions put to him, but which were not answered, involving reference to the demands made on the French for assist ance. The room was again cleared, and, after deliberating half-an-hour, the committee adjourned at half-past three. ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. NAPLES, May 2.—Everything in Naples is for the present extingutahed by one great fact—the eruption of Vesuvius. King, Ministers, and policemen, in their several spheres ' are all scorch e d an d s h r i ve ll e d up i nto nothingness. We have been expecting and longing for it for some time. The wells at Resina had been dried up. More than once since 1850, the mountain nas thundered and smoked, and in the beginning of the year a portion of the crater fell in. Great numbers of strangers have, therefore, waited till very late in the season, in the hope of seeing this extraordinary spec tacle, and have just taken their leave, when the moun tain, as in " disnetto," breaks out. The principal guide, who is called Cezzalino, reported on the morning of the Ist May that he had just ascene,ed the mountain, and that on arriving at the summit there were a thousand reports as of cannon, and then was thrown up a discharge of red-hot stones. The rain and mist, and smoke, however, all mingling together, prevented a near approach or nearer observation, and we are, there fore, for the present, left to our unaided observations. During the whole of yesterday nothing was to be seen but smoke and cloud, which enveloped not only the mountain but the whole coast, and then swept away in immense volumes tawards Capri. As evening came on the heavens were in a bright glow, and the whole pope lation flocked down to the mole of Santa Lucia, to see the magnificent spectacle. The mountain was indis guishable ; nothing was to be seen but clouds, smoke, and fire. Up to the very zenith the sky was covered with large bulbous clouds, black as ink, - and fringed with white ; underneath, and half-way down the mountain, everything was on fire, whilst right in the centre of it shot up a cone of black smoke. Still lower again, dark clouds covered the base of the mountain, having, too, as their centre-piece and contrast the river of lava which is running down towards Resins. During the whole of last night there was a perfect procession. of carriages towards Resina. I contented myself with remaining here for the first view,. but probably shall go over to-night, and will send you farther details by Saturday's boat. The scene was rendered still grander by an eclipse of the moon, which took place about two hems and a half after midnight. A report is circulated that his Majesty was shot at on the last day of the late review at Capu. It is s,id that the ball passed near enough to be heard. The fact I doubt. What is certain is, that the king immediately after broke up the camp. For a punishment the whole regiment was sent back to Naples on foot, instead of returning, as u-ual, by railway. On Mon lay last a large Piedinontese steam-frigate, laden with t roops, came nearly into port, and after reakirfg the round of the shore went off again. TheSardinian colours A Hann SK ULL. —l n the Ca ll ao (P eru ) N ews of Feb. were flying, and th e b an d was p l ay i ng the national air. oar General added, bd. There sO, we re a d as follows :—The approaching carnival sea. was no com arinora munic; tion was, "with is the sbore. on This demonstra son promises to be rich, rare, and racy is its character. tion is the more remarkable at the present moment when By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen the Consul General of Naples at Genoa has just been that a butting match is in contemplation between the deprived ef his "exequatur," and the Corriere Mei, steward of the Wild Pigeon and a ram celebrated for cunt ` h e speaks of the conduct of the Consul as declar his strength and couresse. It is almost unnecessary to lug the two countries to be in a state of war. add, that the challenging party is a coloured man. Some ; idea of the strength o his skull may be formed from the ' fact of his having, a day or two since, butted in the M. Drouyn de l'Huys left Paris for the Country on head of a porter cask, upon which a heavy hammer Monday ni g ht. He was accompanied to the railway would make no impression. F station by M. Thouvenel. mro an offi c i a l report, which h as b een j ust received NEW CHURCH IN Si'. PANCIta. A new , district by the French Gover nmen t, relative to the cultivation 'church, to be called St uke's, has been commenced in of tobacco in Algeri a , it a pp ears that the results of the Judd-place, New-road, between King's-croes and Euston season of 1854, e'n' g on the 31st March, 1855, have square. It is intended t o accommodate the densely exceeded those of th e prece d ing year on a l l points of the populated locality of Somers Town, and will be erected by colony, and that the plant a ti ons i n the provinces of Oran one of the societies connected with the increase of &s -and Con , tahtina have acquired considerable extension. trict churches in the metropolis, assisted by voluntary The total quantity purch ase d by th e G overnment up to subscriptions. Two semi-d e t ac h ed dwellieg-honses have, the 31st March last, amounts to 2,930,014 kilogrammes, been removed to make way for the fronts of the new at a cost of 2,708,232 f. 860; edifice, ';'PO2 T 2TIA I I7 . [VT 'LT. 7 OE; SH RE SBURY SPRING RACES.---InuasnAy. The Salupian Stakes of 10 sous each, with 20 added, fur 3-yr-olds. Certain penalties and allowances ; the second horse to save his stake. About a mile and a quarter. (9 subs.) Mr. Stevens's See Clem-, by The Hydra,? t 71b (Prior) 1 Mr. Minor's filly by the Era out of Batty Blylock, Bst llb .. .. . , (G. Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Thorntrn's Elizabeth Anne, 74 1016 (Wells) 3 The Herbert Stake, (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 2 ft. The winner to be sold for 501. About three quarters of a mile. Mr. Doughty's Blossom by Vitellius, 4 yrs, Est 61b (Qiint-n) 1 Mr. Mosely's Romeo, 5 yrg, 6lb (T. Cuff.) 2 Mr. Wood's Falco n . 4 yrs, 8-t 7Ib. Mr. Burton's Pope Joan, 4 yrs, 7,t 31b .....(Palmer) 4 The winner was bought in for 100 guiaea , . The Great Cleveland Handicap of 10 , ovs each, 3 ft, wi h 50 aldel. A. winner this L ear of any race ,:f the value of 10C/. to carry 14 b. or the second in such race re ceiving 101. to carry 71b extra. after the declaration of the weights ; the second horse to receive 201.. and the third to save his stake. C!evola,od Course (abut two miles and a quarter). (50 - , ubs ) Lord Wilton's Shoreham, by Sir Tatton Sykes, 3 yrs, 4st 41h Mr. Palmer's Lurb,y, 4 yrs, sst 12'b (Fordhaol) 2 Mr. !gathers' St. C are, 4 yr., Est llb (T. C iffe) 3 Mr Barber's Goorkah, 5 yrs, 7st (7 Forster) 4 Carroll weighed for Mr. Laws's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, sst 10111 (carried 5A' 111 b), who was entered in Lord Chesterfield's name, and who, on the authority of the nominator, was scratched ; Mr. Laws, however, refused to recognise Lord Chesterfield's authority in the matter, and persisted in running the mare without the sanction of th• stewards. Jenny Wren was, it will be remem bered, sold by auction to Mr. Laws after winning a sell ing race at Chester. Betti , g-2 to 1 agst Joe Miller, 7 to 2 agst Lurley, 5 to 1 agst Seducer, 6 to 1 each agst Shoreham and St. Clare. WTon cleverly by a length. Three lengths between the second and third ; about two lengths between the third and fourth ; Joe Miller and Seducer were fifth and sixth, close up with Goorkah. The Longner Hall Stake. of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst slb, and fillies, Bst 211, ; ,wie ners, 71b extra ; horses having started three times w.thout winning allowed slb ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (five furlongs). (15 sub ) Mr. Morriss's Tilly, by Planet, Bst 21b (Barham) 1 Mr. Stevens's Swalctffe, Bst 51b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Swindell's Puck, Bst slb (Ashman) 3 The Queen's, Plate of 100 guineas. 3-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 12th ; six and agcd, lOst 21b. About three miles. Mr. Thelluson's Rataplan, by the Baron, 5 yrs (J Prince) 1 Mr. Palmer's The Chicken, 3 yrs (Wilson) 2 Mr. George's Battle (late Ida), 5 yrs (W. Clay) 3 The County Members' Plate of 60 sows.; for 3-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weighs. allowances, &c. Winners extra. About a mile and three-quarters. Mr. Myth's The Cropper, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs (301 ), sst 1Ith Lord John Scott's Vi ng t- un , 4 yrs ( 301)( 7st 411) (Wells) 2 Mr. Osborne's Miss Price, 3 yrs (301.), sst 61b (car ried sst 81b) Mr. Sargent's Wilsfo r d, 4y rs (30/ ), 7 st 91b...(Dowling) 4 The Stanley Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added. The winner to be sold for 1001. The second to receive 10 soya., and the third to save his stake. One mile. (7 subs . ) Eva Tirnotheus Le Juif.... Won by two lengthq. Six ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Typee (taken) 10 to 1 agst Littler Harry (taken) DERBY 13 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken to 2001.) OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Blooming Heather (taken) NEWMARKET SETOND SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY. The Jockey Club Plate of 501. ; for 4-yr-olds, 7st 2lb five, 84 31b ; six and aged 8-t 91h ; the property of members of the Jockey Club. RC. (3 miles 4 fur longs 139 yards.) Lord William Powlett's The Hermit, by Illy Middleton, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Steggles), walked over and received 25/. Sweepstakes of 10 says each ; 2-yr-olds, Est 121 b; three' Bst 121 b; fillies and geldings 31b. The win ner to be sold for 80 snvs if demanded, &c. Chester field Course (3 fur. 212 yds.) (5 subs.) Mr. Swan's Ceres, by Planet, 2 yrs, 6 t 91h (J. Steggles) 1 Mr. Payne's Lord Raglan, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (Musgrove) 2 Mr Sworder's Phmdra, 3 yrs, 8$ 91b (S:y) 3 Colt by Dromedary and colt by Footstool a!so ran. Betting-6 to 4on Ceres, 3to 1 agst Rosary colt Ceres made all the running, and won fsily by a length and a half = the second beating the third-by ameck ; bad fourth. The winn , r was claimed by Mr. Greville. Handicap Plate of 501., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. From the starting•post of Suffolk States. Course to the end of the New T Y.C. Mr. Mare's Fact, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb_ (E. Sharp) 1 Mr. Lawrence's Pastrycook, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Steggles) 2 Mr. Boyce's Gossip, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3 The following also ran :—Testy, and Raglan. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., with 50 added ; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain winners extra. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 140 yds.) (12 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Alastor by lago, Bst 71b(S.Rogers) 1 Mr. Hasting's c by lago out of Lady Lawn, Bst 7lb (Bartholomew) 2 Betting-10 to lon Alastor, who won in a canter by four lengths. The Whip was not challenged for. Thus ended the dullest and most uninteresting Second Spring Meeting we wer knew. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst St. Hubert. 11 to 2 agst Lord of the Isles. 15 to 2 agst De Clare (taken-8 to 1 was after wards offered). CRICKET.—The second match at single wicket between Mr. R. Harrison and Mr. Jackson, on the same condi tions ac the first, played a fortnight ago, came off in the morning at the appointed time, and Mr. Harrison had complete "revanche," by winning the five games right off, and consequently the main. The bowler, Mr. Jackson, lost the toss for choice of ground, and had the disadvantage of bowling against the wind. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MEETING, JUNE 27. Weights for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles. 85 subs. Forfeits to be declared on or before Friday, May 18. Should the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b, it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Age et lb Talfourd 5 8 7 N-ville King of Trumps 4 8 4 Meteora 4 8 0 Gonrkah 5 8 0 Red Lion India s Warrior 6 7 10 Grand Inquisitor 4 7 8 Cobnut Early Bird 4 7 6 Bal,lhee Wild Huntsman 4 7 6 Vindex The Reiver 5 7 6 Aribbas Arthur Wellesley 4 7 3 St Andrew Exile of Erin 4 7 0 Lerreaheut 6 6 12 Amalgamation Fandahgo Jack the Giant 'Killer Dalkeith 6 6 10 Braxey Newho'd Tee Chicken Bracken La Belle 5 6 8 Gamekeeper Jetty Treffz Midsummer Bianca Waverley "Rambling Katie 3 6 4 St. Clare 4 6 4 Billmgham 4 6 2 Lamprocles Brown Brandy 4 6 01 *Colt,byPantalonn out of Physalis 4 6 0 The Spinner ...... 4 6 0 *The Yore (h b)... 4 '6 0 Canute ............ 4 6 0 Hopeless ....... 4 6 0 Mr. R. R. Bignall is a silt Those horses marked * h the knowledge of their ovsm the time prescribed unless sp Age st lb Dame Judi:th 3 6' 0 Rylestcme Amy BloorningHeather 3 5 12 Motley (late De- Itt:ion) Lady Tatton 3 5 12 Jenny Wren 4 5 /2 * Lincoln's•inn The Sandboy Jujube Cossey '3 5 7 Moorcock Alston Lizzie (late notch- Pot) 4 5 6 Whitelock 4 5 6 Sicily Cock of the North 3 5 5 Julia Courtenay ...... .. 3 5 5 Legacy Freddy Bolton ltotherham Culcavy Chisel Neoptolemus 3 5 3 Cypriana A therstone Margaret ... 3 5 0 The Heiress .. ... 3 5 0 General Picton... 3 5 0 A ice (late Alice Laycock) Lady Alicia L•iuvat Elastic Nell Gwynne 3 4 12 Sid lig 3 .4 10 Steelyard .., Virtuous Sis to Singapore 3 4 7 Brian Boru (h b) 5 paid bscriber, but did not rame. laying been entered without tern, will be struck out by lec.ally ordered to remain in. '" 7 ',C 1 11S ETS' There was a ----- -0-- DERBY SMITHFIELD,---gAT with fa g atnd. nee of buyers, arid the demand for beef w•as „ good supply of fat beasts today, about titled with sheep anti several lots of lamb s ; the same a s on several past in.ikets. The pens W ere e; - u.uttoa, Gd to sho p were o , per 141 b. ; 3,d goo(' reques t, and quite as dear. Fat pigs were scarcee, higher in price. The supply of calves was more nom r ° 7j ; Ihe feu owing were the quotations :—Boe f ; 6'c 6+d per " 31 ; 6d , ° 0 to O. 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; lb ; pigs, Os 3d to 9s Ott per score ; rough fat, Od hides, ou to 4, per ;ea -s ; per lb. -id lb If kips EDINBURGH GRAIN. —Ms GRAIN. --310 v• , 01 1 The supply of all kinds of grain in to•day's market .m..T3. Sa!es heavy for all sorts. Wheat and barre l 0 11 7 b• . bile oats and beans improved a little. e6rt to 9 a top 3s, and the average is 3d down. Barley on 010 P oi and thu average 4d down. the top is don , -. the average g 4d up. Beans en ti►i tip 14, an 9 , 1 up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat Barley inS9 ilo Oats Beaus ll 38 2 06F 6 1 4 qql q rr t i : 58 ............................................................ ss soldooolili ',sold . 6.. 4 S 9 ! t lo r : Top of Wheat ..... ......... •• • ' "lb 803 ' e 1 Barley._ ......... ...•..... . .-: ............. 57i lb 31 6 0 1 - Oats ................. 45i *ib :3 5 Al - Beans.... .....•• 6S lb 52 ' .. BOSTON—MAT 9. bris k a" A good supply of wheat, which met a tolerably _got springbuy rs andcorn corn. The this at is to 23 per qr under the extremo 11361- ;10 0 , h 6 day se'unight. No material change in Or bow market was .sellers,many of the Oa ° cheater, L • • Lincoln, and other distant places. ~. Tgi , s :—Wheat, red 68s Od to 763 Od; vibne, Os" I Od. Lil 808 Od ' extra t 82s Od. Barley, 293 Od to „R„ o d to 24s to ' 3os. Beans, 42s Od to 46 ' s Od. Peas, .P 8 per qr. fwoerlailerattendea bye' being fro de A scr g i of 41 NEWARK —MIT 9. 1 upPli 60 10 0 potoidonasttoefniglarnaicne.tow-dahye,atsviitshtao p2lsenprcirs tioeo r . .0% last week. In the value of spring corn no alter, s , voltiote Wheat, white 80s to 82s, red 72s to 763; bi' r ' e l,s3, 10 32s to 355, grinding 30s to 325; oats, 2st. 23 t° p oth 26s to 30s ; beans, 46s to 48s ; malt, 64s to Oi l ; to 46s ; tares, 58s to 60s per qr. ___ SEABORNE !WAILS. (1 4 7 signifies that the mails are sent from by the night—and M by the morning--desP, the Gee latch.) _.... COIL S TRIEg. >ay wnen m erle u1)1 in General Post- Office, London.* America(bylirit.pack)N kmeries, k by United Sts. packet) ...... ..N ri Ameca (by U.States packet) ..........N • Australia (via South ampton) bitto (via Marseilles) N ...... • ) Ditto (via Cape of Good) Hope) ......... • • Africa (West Coast) .../03)1 of the month.. exandria .......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m., Alexandria..........at 4th & 20th of mot.' Bahamas ...........31 17th of the month Belgium Daily . ... • • • • • • •• Brazil 9th of the mouth.. Buenos Ayres ...... 51,9 th of the month.. Cape of Good Elope ..N cape of Good (lope I Cape de Verds 19th of the mon th Ceylon (see In)lia) Ceylon N Channel isles N, Mon ~Weci.,&Frl 2. Chili. ............ 2d & 17th 4,1 moot: ChinA . ,Once a m onth .. • • Constantinople )), '8,13, )B,23,:zPics Oonst.mtinop!e 4tn X. 20th of moo. wont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .. • • • • Egypt (see 'lndia) France & N Twice daily.. • • • • •;ibraltat M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 dm ).Reece (see India) ".Ireytown ..........M ,2nd & 17th of mon. Han, ourgh /ti Tuesday & Friday, 'iavannith • • • • •..... i i )2nd of the moot. Holland ............ M Daily .•••• • • • " Honduras ,17th of the month, India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 2 0 th o f inot-1 India (via Marseilles)l4l 9th& 25th of mond) ionian isles (see india))7, 17, & 27 of Ireland Re N :Twice dady • . • • • •1 Lisiml— • * •• •• •• M 7,9, 17, 8; 27 01 to)., adetra 7,1' 9th of the m onth , Aadeira \ )23,1 o. month • • •• ; galta (see India) delta ,) 8, 18 &28 of nw •, %lauritis (see India; Vitirltlu u s ........♦!l4th 01 the month, Mexico of the mon th. , aPi" '' • ••• N sthlsth2sthofraor.. ), , l - ow Granada ,22 & 17th of moral' New Ze liana private shit , • • Papal States .Nlsthlsth2st h o lin on. Peninsula ..........M )7thl7th27thofraon. Peru „.31)(1 27th of mon. Port Natal private Sicily ••" •• ........Nlsthloth2sthounon•i Tuscany ........Nisthlsth.l2 s thoti non.) ienezuela 2d* eith Ofmontli) Van Diemen'sLand (sec Australia) West. Indies litho; 00- no ; Every Friday .• • • 'A t Fro , vb ._ or DtsP Ft teed' ~..- LiVerP °° ,LiVerP°4, Isouthooten Isouthoion Dove , d i rs o l, l° $ lCa .07. $OO I 001 troce ° Dov southa— ton .111 thafti ) PP-16 sou ....... I Str:l ranW rod ial it ol Souttionl ray, VarionV ° thstaP ° ,Sou 00 01 toil i '- isouthOW., w ii s h o tbann. ispiuvvteeTtni..!.to."..llso.lool:oooo !Dover 0 • S o uttatee P l !goal Ja 1 Lor don • OOP JP' "rover 16 •••• •• ,3 1il i ,uu►r acct Nil • lY Ol .' 01 .01 rrove •• ' , j ot Do yen , • " • 1 0 : v L r ph l :117" 4 0 : r P1 f ° 7 1. A: • Dover • • ji nn I se 9tham IT-I°ver Ipi ,rt• y a rtous Dovluier _ ..; ito a„„ rfi nri 1 17 , 0 10115 ir• ,rts Dover •• ipoVer .• !SOUtliarnPl 6 , 10 1 1 I ! 1 00 tin 1 Dl~ od , mod -- - av , th e 011 fn # 1 When any of these d a t es fall 01 ' 3un d joePtlen 0 delPa t. 4 spatchei on the follo w i ng day, with t il .„ e h e 11 0111 be Southampton), and the Malta, both of le preceding day. ff;ou . tbsurPteni' rADVERTT SEMENT•IIS,I"any Fie g b O V p effected without medicine, by Du BarrY's,'-'1"elopeto" . 4 ( lents. Irabica Food, of indigestion (.i , , , ,,peP t1 . 5 j; S [DOIP 9 OI thousand nervous, bilious. and liver complaints, Po s ' - 't sl he 004 quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0me. tote Countess of Castlest,uart.—" Rosstrevor, Co Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The DoviAg e ; g aife"i,ofr;, - 4, Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest ',Ol Ol l - (0 manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent At plug d pica Food has cured her, after all medicile7rritsw of indigestion, bile, great nervousness an d {is O i l PO I % many years' standing. This Food deserf°°' re ol_ q w 1 1. 40 of all sufferers, and may be cwisidered 0;.4.10 Inquiries will be cheerfully answered! . r. ' n - r d S e y,;o) 'to Of dyspepsia, from the RiF,ht Hon. the Lord Decies.—' I have derived considerabl e beast .it t Barry's Revalenta Arab;_ca Food, and contablOyn, yourselves and the pubic to authoriee,rthel2 85_ 4 ' 'Ore these lines.—Stuart Denies." Cure,r4„,°l:ree the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross.- sive nervousness, with painsinmyreck post i gF neral debility, which rendered my life verY.torde been radically removed by Du Barry's healtiP ae r 'e! 7,4 11 —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Sk iber- es° , - 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nerv olsn with cramps, spasm s an d nausea, I l leod i izei e r1) 1 ‘; tually removed by Du Barry's delicionsil short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, " - J O' - Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty yea r: cost agony from dyspepcia, 'nervousness, astbiner.„oll 7 - ft;,4 pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the s"; e jlee; mitings, have been removed by Du Bax-rfs.rjorfolk'a foj 1 4 . —Maria Jolly, Wo r th am Ling, nea r Diss , $ 0 ( 0 No. 3,9o6.—Thi r t een year' s' co'ugh, indig ivar ye"" 's f t ; c",il ral debility have been removed by Du st • , ; Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, F er ti; fo lP ters, suitably packed for all olimatekandilii • 12, 1 0 b ikt, tions -11 b., 2s. 9d.; 21b 4s. 6d. ; bib' , '9.15:i of ' 1 ; 1 ' super-refined, Ilb., 6s. ; .' 2lb., lls. ; 51b. , ^l,OO -ger, • The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, Coyr f"'.-00'61), office order. Barry du Barry and C ( -7 p 6a street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, arid ‘-' ° "cere' L c l her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 68, 6 3 eo l ,f : Gracochurch-street ; 330 an?, - 451, StrA ll a ti sid e; Oxford-street ; 55, Charily -cross 4 4 5 4. rTunerßakey-.treet. tio BIRTHS. . oli , 2 .T0rl 10 OF A SON. b t,terrac e, f On the 7th inst., at 2, Normarko 1 ,,0 t o low wife of Mr. Charles 433n5. 0 0 a n tthhees2tBhthi:ltar,o7ant,la6t,A.Qh..mednugglir, fli°. , 0 0 „e f r '-' ° ' Warden, Esq., C.:?,. SA 9 Sy wife of George fj . ,-,le, E9q., a F e . e ß n' . 3 G -t . e S r .7 l " -ces'sistl°- Bengal Medical Establishment. o e of A or A DAMEITEB. ,„0401:1, Ba ir ► On the 9th il Ist., at Colby House, e lis ''''' b tib s ' 0 the On wi t f h e e o 9th i zoig . 4 0 Mrs. Charles 1 7 , Petro. On the 9th inst., at Clifton Cottage, ' ire ° f ° I Mrs. S. Gri rn wade. „ t the v r pilil ienmsta.,s Sharpus,at ISA lEbseqr.t-terra:6o;s:o.o, ip;3, S{ On the 9 1 ,h ; inst., at 87, 0 tklerstr e .'Lty• • lc, Luke, Eio,., I ❑spe~ting Officer, Adu 3 „,,r Fb ilbli c / 00 the 9th inst., the wifo of Geo. E . Brickwood Lx ,dge, Croydon. __— s7Oh i n n fictuc t ii h r; e : mARRisp. , curate in S s u t tli a to t n B , Y to de bi nh ar a y m' titer , 0 t f,.. * Furse, Esq. 4 v Blianr;oi:1to e stutikv, Es .(t..i:2Bto"SaatraSht.EMliarab'setChh.tioriaciYh';3l'.l2tilere: 41° ,1:430 °.( lbe ci O A. h ilt * On the 1 Sell whinoeisofnti,;::axeto.l3Alrd.o:ilitdoewlanitna-drroysoa:di.bird ci t ati t g hi o! . On the 3ti s Mantel!, M.l ) page y h ot • t:e to9 n t 36 : r : i l a l y ' ; a ne i u t. e ." CosfS:otS.Wtn: John's, a :B d u th a e : n u nv r ' la b f °cl :o 7: ci A :refe : Ou the of 85, Glocost a ;-tei 1 , 0 1 2 411 ' 11( 311 ' 3 E , Li 't R• N. ae Pearce, E N' , fEI b of as T ll°l'3s tb° / k to 131U3 tolf l3. daughter - of ‘,.j H. Strachan,Esq ., . ( ra g cea: 1;108.0;3r_, Camden" i r B ali iaavtrehpr enders nn 40el RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. DIED. . 0 ,10, ,„,, A f a iClA 10 4 On th e ' 9th 9 m it., at 1, Carlton . Vl ll3B ' lor d, e p, MAY. Kead, Esq., t kf ;ed 51. Te l le 0 15 I Redditch n Hunt Club.. 16 Manchester ................ :2380 late to O n t n io ftt the e e i ~,9 1 .tt e hh n ei.i:listti.p:iTaineheSo,neltrialsesi-C4dabrfeh:titieir.G,::ovr.todl; 1.: fr_ fr j: 011 - 00 1 v 18 Cardiffetdu l 0 Epsom, 22 1 3O of the Guar (lien Assurance COIDP J aged 70. flop e , JUNE. 11' treet, On the 9th inst.., at 23,Wii.oi o n r .., IWO ,re , Ascot 13 I Newcastle..._,,.. 2 - 6 Ti J. 1311/ e...it 135 I Stockbridge ............. . ........ 0;21 Mrs. Sarah C harni ierbin, aged ' • of I%T " ..-" Hampt on l Winchester the the,Sth inef ~ Mr. John g P e l d to 6 n d . , ' Grossie r r . f !: i s , ( o )n eo t u h n e ty Bt o h f i K n, e•it, at2t, g r azier. par . , v airy, oti .46 , Newton 'sped k s treet , Par 0 16-` • Beverley - t . ted sta o f p2O I Lenham and Mid Kent... 27 c.• H un pliry t ee, , t aw- ito Bi bury 2O 1 5 3 i‘ A i b a i r n i b lz o cl r o o n n ~,.. h . ...................... 1 . . 9 JULY. lOn the 20th u 1 tat Albany, Uni 1 : 3 q., _ai po ll 1 Harvey, son of t. le "late J. A. IlarYoY, g pori n o te ;: l • el Newmarket 1775: LiG:vi oi de Chelmsford wo, d 3 I Nottingham . 1 0 I I" "g'' l '26.shot, whilst Super Seb" t' 'e . Carlisle the O r n e Worcester BBth Il e g t j ; Lodg e ' 0 1 the i r l o 4t f h n u l l t., from a rifle ceu _ hes be f o r .„oo get 1 4 .., LancasterYi nestee od Liverpool A...IIGUST. 11 Ludlow 9 2 4 4 ofw Horatio ii li , .B r n o r R t h o o b i: n " P: r r a p e P r s e e for 3t i o n,Ltlieu trenches . c Esq., a 01 5s C' Odiliam 13 Knu Word Stamford9s On th, .4th int it. at Sidnr-placiPa,te jud ge ,p , ,--, relict of Denis 4J. , M037 13 n , Es q . ' Wight' J( / North Staffordsh;re ... " • C,in t(0 w e,tm inster• 16 Cameron, Esq.. 13( ighton Brighton Club lO Yolk : .1 I .; : r ' l t i t ri( l l'7 a e rmouth... ...... 2 1 ( 7 ) Airdrie - -- itt , fo , Wolverhampton 1 Radc iffe - ---- nOi i tif On the 7th in aage. dt697llllkliO, 181 e Of ____, / 11 $ 0 0: ; Readl:l .................. 14 - M rs , i i rs , P blisbe I by ' coglice , 22 LONDON : Prireb ad and ....n ~ c#l,_ e _ Eghaul .., . Derby ........ ........ 14 1 kliddlesex Vr. l ' day May 11, 1854". , i , l i l n 2, i ' xv i,t • expanrecid, n P e ri t n o te f r,at TA: ....,"3.0 to v /- ,