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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1855 but not to allocate the whole of the duties to owl of the commissioners, and consequently, although Mr. Kennedy had practically ceased to fulfil the duties of his office, yet an allocation of office was obliged to be left to him for the sake of form. Under these circumstances, as his patent was continued, when the proper officer in the Treasury by whom salaries are paid came to Mr. Ken nedy, he paid that gentleman's salary as a matter of which its importance to the gentleman concerned 60 much demanded. The SPEAKER having put tho question that the committee be appointed, Mr. GLADSTONE said as the hon. member who had just sat down had thought it his duty to impugn Ms con- duct while in office in one of the most important functions belonging to a Minister, it was not his intention to rote course. CONSOLIDATED FUND (3,300,000/.) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CONSO LIDATED FUND (20,000,000/.) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CASE OF MR. KENNEDY. Sir. J. V. SHELLEY rose to move for a select com mittee to inquire into and consider the grounds and jus tification of the removal of the Right Hon. Thomas Kennedy from the office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown. He should treat this case as if there had been no answer to a re cent question on the subject. He complained that Mr. Kennedy had been improperly dismissed from his office, and reflections thereby cast upon his character upon the motion ;when the house came to a division ; but it was his duty to contribute as far as lay in his power to and reputation. He might state, however, in passing, that the position in which Mr. Kennedy had recently stood reflected no credit upon the Exchequer, for it appeared that he bad been allowed to receive a large salary to superintend a manor that produced no more than 4/. a-year to the country. Early last session a committee sat upon the Woods and Forests, but that committee did not go into the case of Mr. Kennedy, and there was no chance of doing justice to Mr. Kennedy unless his case was especially inquired into. Mr. Kennedy bad been dismissed not from maladministration or incompetency, but because his action in office was too independent for certain members of the Government. At his dismissal the office was offered to Cel. Romilly, the brother-in-law of Mr. Kennedy, but, of course, that gentleman very properly rejected it, and nothing was heard of the matter until just before Christmas, when it was reported that Lord Courtney had been removed from the Poor-Law Board to this office in the Woods and Forest. He put a question to the Government relative to that report, and received an evasive answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whom he dis tinctly informed that he had taken up the case upon public grounds, knowing very little per. sonally of Mr. Kennedy himself, and the right hon. gentleman told him that the Government would have some difficulty in filling up the vacancy if be proceede•l with his motion. Mr. GLADSTONE said he bad no recollection what ever of the circumstance. Sir J. V. SHELLEY said he was prepared to swear to it. (A. laugh.) The immediate objection to Mr. Kennedy was, that he promised a straightforward course in the management of the National Forests, and pre ferred that which was most conducive to the public good to bending to the wish of the Minister. (Hear, bear.) The whole of this subject was considered of FO much importance, that it was mentioned in connection with her Majesty's Speech on the Bth of August, and the Board of Woods and Forests was con sequently reconstructed ; and the whole of the Woods and Forests, with the exception of Windsor, was placed under Mr. Kennedy's care. He felt the difficulties he had to contend with, but he felt that be had only orie honest, straightforward course to pursue. :Out in the evidence before the committee Mr. Kennedy complained that a difficulty suet him at once—that among ,t the whole of the clerks there was no one who was ac quainted with rural affairs. Now, he felt that before he could go further it was necessary to make some alte ration in this respect. He then proceeded to make a personal inspection of Chogwall Wood, Durham, which had been reported to be in a much-neglected condition. He found matters were such that he was disposed to be of a different opinion, but he at once deemed it neces sary to have some support to this opinion, and he accor dingly appealed to a Mr. Brown, a gentleman well known in connection with different agricultural associa .tions, but that gentleman, although bolding so high a position, bad been termed a common Scotch gardener. He (Sir J. Shelley) now came to the forest with respect to which the dispute arose, which had led to the dis missal of Mr. Brown, and the removal of Mr. Kennedy —Alice Holt Forest. The deputy-surveyor of that forest was Mr. Higginbotham, a surgeon and apothecary formerly residing at Pitt-town, in Ireland, where he had taken care of the health of Lord Dancannon, who, being first Commissioner of Woods and Forests, had removed him from his situation of apothecary at Pitt town to that of a country gentleman, living in delight , ful scenery in England, with two horses kept at the public expense. The inspection of Alice Helt Forest was made by Mr. Brown in August, 1852. The whole question was ai t) how many trees stood on a certain number of acres. Mr. Brown complained of the system of thinning the trees, and Mr. Higginbo tham answered him, in a very able paper, in the pre paration of which it was quite clear he had been as sisted by somebody. The arrangement, upon the whole, was that of a clever lawyer ; and it certainly astonished Mr. Kennedy that there should be any dispute, as to the number of trees, and he forwarded Mr. iliggin botham's report to Mr. Brown to be answered. Mr. Brown found that since his inspotion in 1852 there had been a vast thinning of timbeirm the forest, and that a large quantity of bark had been taken off the trees. Mr. Kennedy thought that the suppression of this fact of thinning had been done intentionally to damage Mr. Brown in his estimation. The Secretary of the Trea sury, instead of aiding Mr. Kennedy in his endeavours to promote the public service with reference to the ma nagement of the royal forests, regarded him as a bore, because he could never prevail upon Mr. Kennedy to do anything which he (Mr. Kennedy) did not think was strictly right. Mr. Kennedy proposed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to refer the matter in dispute between bias and the Treasury to three of 12 impartial gentlemen, 10 of whom he had never seen in his life. Mr. Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury, replied on behalf of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that all correspondence on the subject must be regarded as elosed, and that the Lords of the Treasury would not consent to the proposed reference, as they had taken steps themselves to inquire into the matter. He was of opinion that very great injustice had been done to Mr. Brown and to Mr. Kennedy by con demning them on evidence taken secretly, and when they were not present. The three referees to whom the Lords of the Treasury had assigned the duty of inquiring into the case of these gentlemen were Messrs. Medan, Ma thews, and Menzies. The last-named gentleman ought not certainly to have been selected for such a duty, inas much as he filled the office of deputy-surveyor of Wind sor, and was therefore, from the very circumstances of his position, liable to suspicion. He (Sir J. Shelley) was prepared to contend that the report which the referees had sent in was not such as to justify the removal of Mr. Kennedy from his office. Mr. Kennedy had been for a long series of years a faithful and efficient servant of the Crown, and he defied any man to show that that gentle man's conduct had been actuated,by any ether motive than that suggested to him by an anxious and single-hearted desire to de his duty as effectively and as conscienti ously as possible. The Government ought to have been most cautions how they took any course that could injure the character or the interests of a gentleman who occupied such a social position as Mr. Kennedy enjoyed, who had attained his age, and who had maintained, like him, a character of honour, integrity, and veracity. The hon. baronet having read copious extracts from the blue book, which he commented on as evidencing an unfair prejudice against Mr. Kennedy, proceeded to observe that, though the report of the referees was by no means such as is justify Mr. Kennedy's dismissal, nevertheless that gentleman received a letter of dismissal, from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, within 24 hours of the sending in of the report. Mr. Kennedy was not allowed an opportunity of replying to the report. (Hear, hear.) He was not permitted to say one word in answer to the allegations contained in the report, but the Lords of the Treasury, who had long considered him a bore and a nuisance, were only too glad of any pretext, how ever flimsy, to get rid of him. Nothing, to be sure, could be sweeter than the letter in which the late Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated dismissal to Mr. Kennedy. He (Sir J. Shelley) admitted that that right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) was a master of the art of speaking, and he had always listened to him with at tention, but he had invariably observed that, whenever the right hon. gentleman were a peculiarly sweet and bland smile, he was on the point of administering a very severe blow to somebody. (Laughter.) Nothing could be sweeter or more courteous than the tone of the right hon. gentleman's letter to Mr. Kennedy, but that gentleman could only interpret it as a notice to quit, and he accordingly replied that he would leave as soon as possible. Subsequently, Mr. Kennedy wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Lord Aberdeen, request ing an open and impartial inquiry into his conduct, and n ea ve day s afterwards his lordship returned an answer, as the he had no objection to grant such an inquiry; but matter had been brought before the House of Corn ' wen precluded from taking any steps in re gard t o it, The noble earl added that the Chancellor of the R ee h umer would be in his place to justify the course whi ch h mortals could not but e had pursued. Though ordinary Exchequer's letter intooonstrue the Chancellor of the who took a different view of dismissal, there were some Van, in a letter to Mr. Kennedy9f it for Sir Charles Trove said—" I have to transmit to you the Treasury mi nute soe 7 r lative to your re tirement from the office of Comn i Afterwards Mr. Kennedy wrote to the Lord s of the Treasury, regretted, say ing he had made use of expressions which h but that he had acted from a sincere desire to benefit the public service, an d he ho p ed an inquiry would Ise made into the managem ent of his department of the woods and Forests and Land Revenues of the Crown. Their lordships replied that they could not submit to their acts being inquired into by any tribunal except Parliament ; but that was precisely what Mr. Kennedy asked for. This being the state of things, Mr. Kennedy represented his case to Lord J. Russell, and his lordship sent him a letter, in which he said that it was with some concern he bad learnt that a man of such high character, in tegrity, and honour, was, after a long and useful career in the service of the Crown, no longer in charge of the de partment with which he had been entrusted; but he would support any motion for inquiry which m i g ht be made in the house. The hon. baronet then alluded to the proceedings of the select committee, and complained of the appointment of Mr. Wilson as a member of that committee,ton the ground that, as Secretary of the Treasury, he had conducted the whole correspondence . between the Treasury and Mr. Kennedy. A resolu tion, asserting that Mr. Kennedy had evinced much zeal in the execution of his office, was proposed in the committee ; and on a division being taken, the ave. four, and the noes five, the casting vote Mr. Wilson. He called us , — give fair i given e a rb y t r; a gentleman ' lie rvice, nad beeri::l v o n n e g in en t iPloyed in the p pub an Lndiscre:tl who had been so imprudent I,S c h e th h h is e had expres.s.edtohcivsrrietts u,gr.....et. con . a . d e case in the hands of the knowledge of the house with respect to the matters un der discussion. He must first of all remark upon one fact, that he observed an absence of the blue books bearing upon the question in the hands of hon. members around him ; but as he saw in the hands of many information in the shape of a pamphlet, in which Mr. Kennedy had, as ho had a perfect right to do, stated his case, he (Mr. Glad stone) was afraid that the subject was one in which hon• members would be called to act with imperfect informa tion. He must confess that lie did not think the hon. gen tleman had employed to the best advantage the time which he had occupied, and it would be necessary for him (Mr. Gladstone) to call Went ion to one or more omissions from certain quotations which he had made, and which were more remarkable than the allegations with which he had interspersed his oration. At the commencement of his speech, the hon. gentleman used words which he (Mr. Gladstone) would quote, because if the hon. gentleman mwaostiopnrewpaorueldd t b o e s r t e a u a n d a v b e y d . h i s words, The boa . hi s gentleman opposition h. d t o the said that "the cause for which Mr. Kennedy was dismissed was only a mere excise for his dismissal, and the real cause was, his being too active and zealous for certaia mem bers of the Government." Now, it was in the power of the hon. gentleman to save the house from a wearisome speech from him (Mr. Gladstone), and perhaps from other members also. Let him reduce to writing these words of a specific charge, lay that charge upon the table, and under take to prove it before the committee. Ho (Mr. Glad stone) would then agree to tho committee at once. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman would then have placed himself upon a sound footing before the house, and have made a tangible charge on a man for his conduct in office. Let the hon. gentleman do this, and he] would save him from the obli gation of addressing the home at greater length. Did the hon. gentleman accept this offer? Sir J. SHELLEY—If the right hen. gentleman will grant the committee, it will bo my duty to prove my case. Mr. GLADSTONE —Now, sir, I find that the hon. gentleman is not prepared to stand by his words. (Hear.) Sir J. SHELLEY—WiII you read the words again ? Mr. GLADSTONE, having read the words above quoted, again asked—Does the hon. gentleman, who says he ap pears on the part of public justice, abide by his words ? Sir J. SHEL LEY—I alluded to a conversation which took place between Mr. Kennedy and the right hon. gen tleman in the presence of the Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Wilson), in which Mr. Kennedy informed the Chancellor of the Exchequer that up to a certain time the Secretary of the Treasury had been favourable and friendly towards him, but had stated to him that it would not do for him to go on perse cuting the deputy surveyors. for persons of influence, both in the Government and out of the Government, both in Parliament and out of Parliament, friends cf the deputy surveyors, had come and advocated their cause, anti that political pressure—(hear, hear) Mr. GL.iDSTONE—I beg to observe that the hon. gentleman has not answered my question. I wish to know from the champion of public justice--;hear, be tr) whether lie abides by the words he used in his speech, brit he puts ins elf with a conversation betw.?c❑ Mr. Kennedy and the Secretary of the Treasury. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to say that his answer to that charge was, that Mr. Kennedy wits not dismissed by the Secretary of the Treasury. He (Mr. Gladstone) was the man who was responsible to the House of Commons for the management of the Crown estates. His right hon. friend (Mr. Wilson) was one of the most upright, most able, must impartial, and most indefatigable men that is was ever his good fortune to know in the public service ; but his right hon. friend was not the man who bad dis missed Mr. Kennedy. He (Mr. Gladstone) was not re duced so low, or so degraded in the discharge of duty of any kind, that he should be guilty of so monstrous a breach of good faith and honour that when a subject relating to the dismissal of a man of unquestionalle honour—as Mr. Kennedy was—of a man of experience, and a public ser vant of long stanilins . —that he would clebgate to another man the task of judging a gentleman of such character, and allow him to be dismissed without having himself examined the case and made himself responsible. He would not ask the hon. gentleman the question again, but he thought he was entitled to say that the hon. gentleman was not prepared to abide by the allegations which ho had rashly made in his speech—whether with a-bad grace or a good grace, the house would judge more adequately than he could. The honourable gentleman was not prepared to make good his words. The Secretary of the Treasury would probably refer to the charges made against him, and he (Mr. Gladstone) wished the hon. gentleman a better deliverance than he had met with at his hands. (Laugh ter.) His wish was to state frankly that if an intelligible charge was brought against a Minister, it was a fair reason for the house to grant a committee to investigate it, and it would have been the most acceptable course to him personally. He must state that there could not be a grosser mistake than to suppose that Mr. Kennedy was dismissed on account of matters affecting his integrity, veracity, or honour. The hon. gentleman seemed to have overlooked the manner in which these expressions cause into the correspondence. If he looked into the report he would find that it was Mr. Kennedy who spoke of the in quiry generally, and it was with reference to matters of fact alone that the credit ofMr. Brown and Mr. Higginbo tham was called into question. The assumption was en tirely gratuitous on the part of the ion. gentleman, for not one word, not one syllable could be found which could lead Mr. Kennedy to imagine his honour or veracity at tacked. Ho must have known that the fullest satisfaction would be offered with reference to these matters of fact. He (Mr. Gladstone) therefore begged the house to under stand that whatever the question might be, there was no question about Mr. Kennedy being dismissed for any matter relating to his integrity, veracity, or honour. Neither was it true that Mr. Kennedy was dismissed on account of his management of the Woods and Forests ; and Mr. Kennedy had made a strange and unfortunate mistake on that point in his letter to Lord Aberdeen. That was not the cause, and he fully granted that where the zeal of a man was admitted, matters of opinion would not reader it necessary to go to the length of dismissal ; bat at the same time he was not prepared to accede to what was stated with respect to Mr. Kennedy's manage ment of the Woods and Forests. He was, notwithstand ing, disposed to place confidence in the report of the three gentlemen whom the hon. gentleman had erroneously sup posed were acting as arbitrators between Mr. Kennedy and the Treasury. They were not employed as umpires, but they were called in to aid the Treasury in an extreme de sire to use the best means of coming to a correct and ac curate knowledge of the facts. The report stated—but it was not the cause of Mr. Kennedy's dismissal—the report stated that ".a great mistake has been made in taking se much old timber in the last few years, when the price was low, and the timber could be purchased at lower rates from other sources. The plea has been, that much of the tim ber had arrived at maturity, and would deteriorate in value. This also is a mistake ; wood which arrives at ma turity in two or three centuries would suffer no doeiriora tion for 40 or 50 years." He was beund to say that the system of management of Mr. Kennedy, in deriving from the Woods and Forests a greater amount of profit than they would yield, was less beneficial than a course which would have made better provision for the future. It was not, however, on account of his management that Mr. Kennedy was dismissed. He (Mr. Gladstone) was the person whose duty it was to form an opinion on the case of Mr. Kennedy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was the person, and nobody else, whose duty it was to render as account to the House of Commons of the Crown estates. Lor 1 Aberdeen, when he was appealed to, most properly made an inquiry into the case. Mr. Kennedy had, from some misapprehension, in the meantime, ap pealed to Parliament ; but when the Earl of Aberdeen had been made acquainted with the facts of the case, he con• curred in the view which he (Mr. Gladstone) had taken. When it was said that her Majesty's Government enter tained such and such opinions, that, he believed, was the proper course. It was the duty of the Treasury to deal with the case of Mr. Kennedy. The Treasury did deal with it, and there was no irregularity. The hen. gentle man wished the house to suppose that Lord Aberdeen, the Secretary of the Treasury, and himself (Mr. Gladstone) were actuated by motives of prejudice against Mr. Kenne dy on account of his zeal. He (Mr. Gladstone) would ap peal to the house to know if want of zeal for the public service was his besetting sin. (Hear.) He would show that his prejudice in the first instance was in favour of Mr. Kennedy. When he came into office he had heard. that Mr. Kennedy was a great reformer—that he had found the department full of abuses, and was on that account at war with the whole corps of deputy surveyors. He was now ashamed to say that he had given too ready a cre dence to the statement, and the impression upon his mind was, that if he had to apologise to any one, it was not to Mr. Kennedy, but to those deputy-surveyors, for he had yielded too ready a credence to him because he was a reformer, and they were the obstacles to his re forms. Although he followed the hon. gentleman through out his speech, which was not one of extreme brevity— (laughter)—he did not know what was his exact object. He did not seem to impute corruption. Did he mean that there was irregularity? He (Mr. Gladstone). bad already shown that there was no irregularity in a proceeding which was taken on the advice of the two Ministers who are re sponsible by law, and who are responsible for the acts of Mr. Kennedy to Parliament hereafter, nor was there any precipitancy. It appeared that the hen. gentleman meant to impute an error of judgment. He (Mr. Gladstone) mast ask whether it was the practice of the house, or convenient for the public service, for select committees to be granted in every case of a dismissal. He mast beg attention to what appeared to be the thread of the hon. gentleman's speech • for he appeared to argue the case as if the Trea sury and Mr. Kennedy were situated on the same ground as if Ale. Kennedy had an independent tenure of office, and had to answer for himself to the House of Commons, Mr. Kennedy was not so responsible by law, but the Chancell or of the Exchequer was. The hen. gentleman did not seem to have have looked at the question in this light. If the property was mismanaged, it was on the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the responsibility lay; and it was also his duty, if the persons in the office were tyrannically treated, to protest them. Now, if that had taken place—if it had happened that the persons below him were so treated by Mr. Kennedy—the first question that would be asked was, was Mr. Kennedy still in office? Now, if a committee were in practice to recommend the appointments to Ministers, and any mismanagement took place, the answer would be that by law yea must look to the com mittee aid not to the Minister of the Crown. It would be impossible to maintain the responsibility of Ministers to tchipelFlinoeuosl the e . ofC cl o .v m il m se o r n v s ic if e. this was the practice. The first effect of thi s mo ti on wou ld b e t o d es t ro y th e respons ibilit y of Mi n i sters to Parliament—thelfth the Minister next, t and destroy h i t s he dis - subor dinates did not always agree, he wanted to know how it servant who practice ennteuhdeYeo'reuraovalofofptholsieo would be possible a select committe to carry on the Government, if every was di:Timed came to the house and demanded justi T c he hon. gentleman said he was the friend of public y good intentions, t e i (M n he wa s Gladstone) abo believed utt o that, with perfectl place accorwdlainicehtohlea in dict a great injustice on Mr, inquiries into the the house had wwonld afterwards refer to. The q uni formly been to decline in servants, when they bad taken according to the apparently conscientious judgmente and that there was one appare lest ivho law s b o y m e P l e iZem at ry responsible,for antiquarian it -e g to '— Palmer, who we case e- slated, and a motion was made in 1844 for a select commit tee. On that occasion Mr. Goulburn expressed his sympathy with Rolls, but objected to the motion ; and the house, under the leadership of Sir R. Peel, refused to entertain the question. The Chairman of the Board of Customs at length restored Rolls, and in the course of about three years he was known as a most able officer, and was chosen in 1851 to conduct the arrangements connected with the reception of foreign goods for the Exhibition. Now, with respect to the appointment of a committee, he did not pretend to sot any limit to the right of the house to in quire. In 1784 a resolution was passed to the effect — That it is constitutional and agreeable to usage for the House of Commons to declare their sense and opinion re specting the exercise of any discretionary power which, whether by act of Parliament or otherwise, is vested in any body of men in the public service." Now, if the hon. member would fix his charges, it would he in accordance with law and usage teiput the Minister en his trial for con duct amounting to corruption ; but if the hon. member merely set up his judgment against that of the Minister, and the house should consent to review errors of judgment ' on the part of the Minister, it would become responsible for the whole service, and it would bo better to abolish the Treasury bench altogether, and save the salaries paid to the gentlemen by whom it was occupied, and with the responsibility of Ministers would be destroyed the disposi tion of the civil service. (Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the conversation to which the hon. gentlemen alluded —and, with all due respect, he must be permitted to say that the hon. member was rather a dangerous man— (laughter)—and it would behove his brother members, and especially those who were in office, to think twice before entering into any conversation with him during a ride in the park, for things might pass in conversation innocently enough which it might not bo altogether plea sant to have repeated to the house—(hear, hear, hear) — he would tell the hon. member, who came to give instruc tion, but who would get instruction before he had done with this matter—(cheers)--that it would be well for him to bo careful in repeating conversations. • If conversations were repeated, they ought to be repeated as they did take place, and not as they did not take place. (Hear.) Ile , would tell the hon. member that he was wrong, and he would do something at least to mards showing him that ho was wrong. Many things might have escaped his (Mr. Gladstone's) memory, but it, was strong enough to hold the cAlversation to which reference had been made. He was sufficiently aware of the company he was in to warn him to stamp upon the fibres of his brain the language used with aufficient clearness to enable him to repeat it. Tho hon. member said that he (Mr. Gladstone) used words equiva lent to these—" I ::in sorry you have given notice of the motion of a committee about Mr. Kennedy, because it will entail the holding the office open until you snake the motion." Sir J. SHELLEY—What I said was, that you stated that, in consequence of my notice, it would be very diffi cult for the Government to fill up the office. Mr. GLADSTONE resumed—He would appeal to any gentleman who had had the experience of office whether such a thing was not ridiculous and untrue upon the face of it ?—whether any mail who knew his duty would say that because ono of 654 gentlemen in the House of Com mons, even although it might be the wisest, as had hap pened on this occasion—because such a man had thought fit to give notice of a motion for inquiry, was it likely that a member of the Government should say he would keep an office vacant for six menthe? (Hear, hear.) No one could suppose that such an answer would have bean given. But he would tell the house the answer which he did give to the hon. member. It was this - and he repeated it now without the slightest hesitation :—" I am sorry you have given notice of a committee about Mr. Kennedy, because, while that notice respecting him is on the books, it would be very difficult for the Government to place Mr. Kennedy in any other appointment in the public service." (Hear.) Ho was bound to state his opinion of Mr. Kennedy, although he was grieved from the bottom of his heart to do so; but the ill-judged friendship of the hon. member towards Mr. Kennedy had left him ne alternative. He would, however, endeavour to ex p ress hi s conv i c ti on w ith all the reserve of which the case admitted. He could not consider himself responsible for Mr. Kennely's proceed ines in the office which he at that time held ; but, in his opinion, Mr. Kennedy was a man who had never failed in • point of trustworthiness to the public—(hear)—and there were various offices in the public service in which he misht have been placed oa vacancies occurring —offices in which the government of men was not involved—offices requir ing honesty, fidelity, and competent ability—and he should be delighted even now to see Mr. Kennedy put into some such office—(hear)—but if such an appointment had been made when the motion was on the paper, it would have teen construed in an improper manner. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for him to refrain altogether from some reference to the merits of the case, but he would merely state just sufficterrt to show that there was nothing to induce the house to grant the committee. The reasons for the dismissal of Mr. Kennedy were these : In the first place, he could not, as a Minister of the Crown, after the experience which he had had of Mr. Kennedy's views of public duty, and method of discharging them, consent to sit on the Treasury bench and be responsible for his proceedings; but he was bound to say that, even had he been prepared to do se, the circumstances which had occurred in Mr. Kennedy's department were such that they were necessarily destructive of all credit and autho rity attaching to that gentleman, so that it had become a public necessity that he should be removed from that de partment, because he could not serve the publicwith credit therein. That was his second reason. His third was, that inferior servants, placed under Mr. Kenn e dy, no t resident in London, despite their plebean names, had a right to be treated with justice. He (Mr. Gladstone) was the protector of the characters of these men as muchas of Mr. Kennedy. Now, with respect to the letter which he (Mr. Gladstone) had felt it is duty to write to Mr. Kennedy. It was written in the mildest manner, and was intended to convey to Mr. Kennedy's mind that his case had been the subject of the most careful deliberation with the Governnient, and that they had come to a conclusion which would require his re moval from. the office which he held. The cases on which Mr. Kennedy's removal turned were those connected with the names of Brown and Higinbothom. The case of Higin bothom was the immediate cause of removal, but irrespective of that case the removal of Mr. Kennedy would have been necessary. Now what was the case of Higinbothom? It was said that Mr. Ke-anedy had used harsh expressions, and was sorry for having hastily done so. Now his letter of the 26th of January showed no signs of any hasty proceedings. The controversy was going on between Brown and Higinbo them. In that letter Mr. Kennedy stated that he pur posed to forward a statement of facts, and on matters of ' fact he wished to be judged. But was it only a statement, of facts ? On the contrary, the letter contained an an nouncement on the part of Mr. Kennedy to the Treasury of his intention to dismiss Mr. Higinbothom. The hon. member, in his anxiety to be concise--(laughter)—forgot to mention that matter. Mr. Kennedy, in his letter to the Lords of the Treasury, said " I can entertain no doubt as to the course which it will eventually become my duty to pursue, as regards Mr. Higinbothom, founded on the facts which are at present known to myself, altogether in dependent of the statements which may be made by Mr. Brown, but which will, no doubt, augment the number and decisive character of the facts connected with this subject." That showed a foregone conclusion in Mr. Ken. nedy's mind. At that time he had not heard Mr. Higin bethom at all, but notwithstanding that he sent that letter to his superiors in office to poison their minds. (Hoar, hear.) It was said that Mr. Kennedy had no opportunity to retract. But what was the fact ? On the 6th February Mr. Higinbothom addressed the following letter to Mr. Kennedy :—" I must e x p ress my regret that, before com municating to the Lords of the Treasury such serious impu tations against my veracity as are contained in your it port of the 26th ult., you did not state to me the doubts which had arisen in year mind • I beg leave respectfully to observe, if you had done so, I should have been enabled to show that, from a misconception of some important facts, you had been led to form erroneous conclusions, and I should, I have no doubt, have satisfied you that there is no ground whatever for the grave charges you have brought against stns. " That letter was written with admirable temper and feeling, but did not produce any response from Mr. Kennedy. The only answer he got was to make a re port en the charge of Mr. Kennedy, apart from his contro versy with Mr. Brown. On the 14th, Mr. Higinbothom sent in a full defence upon the charges, supported by a mul titude of affidavits which he had the prudence and fore sight to obtain. (Hear.) In his letter of that date he uses language of a somewhat different character from that employed in his former letter, but not to be complained of; He said, "In conclusion, permit me moat respectfully to remind you that among the injurious expressions which you have °facially placed upon record in your report to the Lords of the Treasury (which document, I may add, you have requested may be printed), the terms deceptive,' fraudulent and untrue,' unscrupulous,' and the reverse of facts,' have been applied to statements which I have proved to be perfectly correct. You have also made a dis tinct intimation to their lordships, that it is no longer possible to place the slightest reliance on any statement' which I make ; that I have been guilty of a suppression of facts,' and that I have made a daring attempt to inv. pose' upon you. These attempts, you will allow me to ob serve, were submitted to their lordships without my being afforded any opportunity for explanation on any points on which yen might have misapprehended my former re port. I have to add, that I must request you to convey to the Lords of the Treasury an expression of my deep gra% tads for having afforded me the present opportunity of charges which I anatrornasietdt al?norw.MKrr.eeKnspneeencdntyfeudtllyyakdei refuting the charges whi c h h ave b een brought aga i nst me, t w o il e l x withdraw. " ta explain r and aw reqdthnauotte retract n y o i n o t y u e iota of what he had said ; on the contrary, in transmitting a paper on the 18th of February, he said, " I shall state . some of the grounds on which I formed the opinions which I still retain." Were they to be told that Mr. Kennedy had no opportunity to retract after the words be had read, not made upon the first or second appeal, but upon an ap peal most conclusive iu its character, as a statement of facts, and supported by the testimony of numerous inde pendent and impartial witnesses ? Mr. Higinbothom, on the 28th of February, again sent in a further answer ; and Mr. Kennedy, on the 2d of March, wrote to the Treasury that he insisted upon a further inquiry ; but even then he did not express the slightest re g r e t, or withdraw any one of his expressions, orannounce a change in his intention to dismiss Mr. Higinbothom from his situation. On the 7th of March Mr. Wilson wrote that the Treasury had taken steps Web. r tain a judgment upon the fact s; an d on th e 22d o f +" - month a minute directing the • the 15th of Asneo se - .- -.... 'wile _- .oierellee was made. On ....-... report from tie gentlemen who acted - .. jery in the collection of facts came in, and on the -.Quid. trip h 07 25th, Mr. Kennedy during the whole of this time having -office—but that -.A. precedent—the ea - se 0 7 j y r , failed to avail himself of an opportunity to take off shade ..... cismissed from the Post from the darkness of his charges, or to express the faintest . -.seed on very different grounds. Mr. Palmer was a ! suspicion of the propriety of his conduct, was informed contractor for certain services, and his place in the Post- office it would be necessary to remove him from the office was under that contract. There were several cases vtrotewtoiT , h or h d e held, Onto 2tl of May Mr, Kennedy sufficient to show the practice of the house on the other any regret - so .%b r erdeen m , but he did not ayes theß is e 3 fp r ,V 3l3 side, to two of which he would refer. The first, in which nant prote st i,ga r ine f t ro je tliftt be said he entered hie Itu e l e g i ; he himself was concerned, was the case of Sir .Thhn treated. Indeed, the' firstext m an ner e s in on h i which regret from M. Claiidgo. Ito (Jr. Oltulsfoie) Its,i' i akeTt ! , i ,:i., .:1. ~::.-Ay imic;! 4, ;lf:,tmly e.,-,,,, 'i t , ~, ~ , ,a ilud nolo, wlielt it case under the impression that there was a groat must needs be unavailable •it w as addressed w that house ' hardahin in,_hia fbamia a .l p. a.._ gi. _ „Tea— cc...i..L.... 1....1._ I. .1..i.....+1+1.-. 1 a thaStb. of aneither T. 4) d Aber -1-831 r honour, and he moved for address praying the Crown to 1 minute was passed on the 10th, declaring Mr. Kennedy bestow some office on Sir John Claridge. Lord Broughton, dismissed from his office. With respect to the question then the President of the India Board, opposed it, en the of the thinnings, and the dispute between Mr. Fiigginbo ground that he did not see how the house could interfere, them and Mr. Brown, he was sorry to say that the hon. and if they could who was to be responsible for the ap- baronet, in his anxiety to make out a case against Mr. pointrnent to the house. On these grounds the motion Higginbothom, had dealt with the evidence in a very nn was withdrawn. Ho would mention another instance— fair and ungenerous manner. The circumstances might that of a person named Rolls, a Custom-house officer, hold- briefly be stated. Mr. Brown reported that in a certain ing the situation of landing waiter. He was dismissed be- ; plantation belonging to the Crown there were a certain cause some person connected with trade had endeavoured number of trees of certain diameters. At a subsequent to solicit his virtue as an officer, and he had kept the mat- t period, Mr. Higginbothom, in a report on the same planta ter secret for some time. The board dismissed him, be- tion, stated that there were a smaller number of trees with cause after such an occurrence they thought they could not larger diameters, suppressing, said the hon. baronet, the repose confidence in him. In the year 1842 a Crown corn - important fact that the plantation had been thinned in the mission was appointed, of which Lord Granville Somerset interval. In support of his view, the hon. baronet quoted was the head, to examine into the Custom-house frauds. part of a sentence from the report of the jury, in which That commission thought the case of Rolls a hard one, and the difference between the statements of Mr. Brown and they reported to the Crown that while expressing disap- ' Mr. Higginbothom was clearly set forth ; but he omitted probation of Rolls' conduct, they recommended his rein- to read the last clause, which made it appear that when Mr stalment in office. Here there was a dismissal by one Brown visited the plantation after the thinnings, he re- Crown authority, and a recommendation by another for ported even a larger number of trees with smaller diame the reinstatement of the man. The Board of Customs re- ters than were mentioned in the first report. Was that the mode in which evidence was to be presented to the house? (Hear.) He lad given the house a fair statement of the facts of the case, and he thought the hon. baronet would attempt in vain to show that he had misrepresented any material circumstance. Again, he wished the house to understand that the head of a department could not make light of the feelings and characters of those under him. But the state of the department in question was such that it was plain that either Mr. Kennedy or the deputy sur veyors should resign. All his own prejudices were in fa vour of Mr. Kennedy as an alleged reformer ; but he was bound to add that these impressions were not sustained when he came to look into the facts, and it was important to remember that the impartial witnesses who were called in to examine the matter made a report which was entirely in accordance with that opinion. He therefore put it to the house that, even if Mr. Kennedy had retracted his words, it would still have been a case of extreme difficulty —because a superior in office, when he had in a certain manner and to a certain extent committed himself in the face of his inferiors, was unfit to continue in his place, even though he might evince a disposition to retract his errors. That was all which i t was necessary for him to say in the case of Mr. Higinbothom. But there was besides the case of Mr. Brown, which would of itself have rendered the removal of Kennedy necessary, irrespective of the case of Mr. Higgin bothem. The hour, however, was so late that he would not go into that question, particularly as his object was not so much to make the house judges of the whole de tails of the case as to satisfy them that there had been an earnest, honest, and sincere endeavour to deal with it fairly. There was one point, however, upon which he must touch. The hon. baronet accused him of having been governed by prejudice against Mr. Kennedy. Now, the peculiarity of the case of Mr. Brown was this—while lie was under a for mal charge as to his character and veracity, he appointed him deputy-surveyor of Dean Forest. But he did that at the instance of Mr. Kennedy, after a consultation of three hours, and he did it simply and solely to prevent the dis missal of Mr. Kennedy. By declining to appoint Mr. Brown he would have driven Mr. Kennedy out of office, because the latter told him that if Mr. Brown was not ap pointed he could net be responsible for the forest. Ile did not think that would have been a generous course. He thought the best plan would be to stretch a point even in favour of Mr. Kennedy, rather than drive him to extremi ties. With respect to the ultimate dismissal of Mr. Ken nedy, is seemed to be thought that n riting a private letter was au unjust and unwarrantable method of proceeding. An official letter would have se, yeti his purpose equally well. His• object in writing privately to Mr. Kennedy was to enable him in some way or other, either personally or through his friends, to retract his offensive words, and express views which might facilitate his transfer to some other public employment. (Hoar.) It was in vain to say, " Why not give Mr. Kennedy an opportunity of discuss ing the report of the jury?" There must somewhere be an end of investigation. But did Mr. Kennedy think there was any reason for examining that report? On the contrary, acting under the directions of the Treasury, he did not make the slightest difficulty when he received the report then end there to dismiss Mr. Brown ; 'and therefore it was too late for the hon. baronet, after Mr. Kennedy had recognised the sufficiency of that report, to say there ought to have been further discussion. He had already shown that the report was contrary to Parliamen tary usage—that the adoption of such motions would in volve them in favouritism, and disorganise the public ser vice—and that in the present instance there was no prima facie case for inquiry. His last objection was, that the hon. baronet had not brought forward his charge in a tangible shape, but he was content to leave the matter in the hinds of the house. He was convinced they would do everything that was fair and just, acting on those prin ciples of prudence and propriety which governed their proceedings. He had contributed, so far as he could, ma terials for enabling them to form a right and sound judg ment, and having done that, he thought his part in the debate was altogether closed, and he should therefore leave his place for those who might be dispesed to fol low him. (Cheers.) Lord STANLEY said upon this case he bad no prirate or peculiar sources of information. He judged simply by the Parliametary papers, by the pamphlet of Mr. Ken nedy, and by the conflicting arguments which they had heard that evening. He claimed, therefore, as between the two parties interested, to stand in a position of en tire impartiality. Of Mr. Kennedy himself he knew nothing, and the right honourable gentleman the late Chancellor of the Exchequer could bear witness to the reluctance with which he would say or do anything which would teed to hurt his feelings or his character (Hear, hear.) But it seemed to him that, in his reply, the sight hon. gentleman used the weight of his reputation to supply the place of something like a deficiency of evidence. (Hear, hear.) There was here no personal charge against the right hon.. gentleman. It was a charge against a public de partment—that, from whatever motive, it had committeda grevious injustice against an individual. (Hear.) I:he right hon. gentleman, after a statement from the hon. baro net which certainly did not err on the side of a want of candour or vehemence of language, suddenly turned round and said that if the hon. baronet desired to bring a personal charge against him, he would accede to his request for a committee ; but, in that case, the charge must be reduced to writing, and the hon. baronet must pledge himself, under some unknown penalty, to stand by it. He appre hended that the hon. 'baronet would say that he never in tended to impute, and never had imputed, corrupt motives to the right hon. gentleman. That reply of the sight hon. gentleman seemed to amount to this, that he would grant a committee to clear his own character, but that he would not do so for the sake of Mr. Kennedy. (Hear, hear.) He believed that both sides of the house would do the right hen. gentleman that justice, but he did not think they would allow him the infallibility and the irresponsibility which he seemed to claim. (Hear, hear.) Why, in the army or navy,, whichwere generally considered models of autocratic government, the lowest officer conld not be removed without a court-martial. But the right hon. gentleman claimed the right of dismissing a member of the civil eervice, which actually divided with the legislature the power of government, without any appeal from his decision. The result of this must be that the character and reputation of any member of that service must be placed at the absolute and irresponsible disposal of the heads of that service. Hesaid that that was an autho rity with which no man should be trusted, and which no man should claim. (Hear.) The right hon. gentleman did, indeed, say that an inquiry might be permitted, if any member of that house would get up and offer to prove that the officer in question had helm dismissed from corrupt motives. Now he contended that that was a wholly unte nable proposition. (Hear.) The charges against Mr. Ken nedy, whether well founded or not, were at any rate pa tent. But, said the right hon, gentleman, the case of Mr. Brown and Mr. Ke nne d y was only'one 1 , 1 many which de termined the Gover nmen t t o remove le Kennedy, and the house would concur with the Government in the steps they had taken. Now let the house see to what that argu ment amounted. Suppose that Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Brown had made certain charges against the officials whose part he (Mr. Gladstone) took in this matter, and had said, "There are other charges whi c h we su p press , w hi c h we keep to our selves, but wieldh if you knew—which you do not — would induce you to agree w ith us ," h e b e li eve d that if that argu ment had been used by Mr. Kennedy, no one would have been more ready to detect its fallacy than the right hon. gentleman himself. And yet that was precisely the argu ment of the right lion, gentleman himself. (Hear.) Let the house look at the short facts of this case. The Woods and Forests having been confessedly mismanaged, Mr. Kennedy was put there to reform their management. Almost necessarily he must have been unpopular in the department ) and very likely, as he alleged, obstacles were placed in his way; that compelled him to employ a nomi nee of his own, named Brown, who, of course, shared the unpopularity f his employer ; lie got into a quarrel with a Mr. Higiuboth om , who made a statement which on its face bore marks if fraud. Mr. Kennedy, at any rate, be lieved that it did, and a cted o n that belief. Now, whether • Mr, Kennedy ought or ought not to have believed this statement did not affect the present question, because the late Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted that the step he took amounted to no more than a mere error. Now let them merk the right hon. gentleman's argument. An error ofjudgment in a Minister of the Crown was se venial an et:fence that it was not deemed worthy of investigation by that house ; but yet one on the part of en official of high character, but no doubt in a far inferior position to that occupied by the right hon. gentleman, was so grave en offence according to him As to justify his dismissal. (Hear.) Well, but Mr. Kennedy, so far from shunning an inquiry into the charges he brought against Mr. Higin bothoni, demanded an inquiry. The Treasury consented to grant it; bet to what sort if a tribunal did they pro pose to refer it ? According to Mr. Kennedy's statement, its members were nominated without his knowledge, and without his having the least opportunity of making an objection to them. To two of . the gentlemen appointed he did not object, but to one he did. Mr. Menzie he did object to, for in that gentleman's office were actually the son and son-in-law of Mr. Higinbothem. Besides, apart from other objections, the trial was to be one of a superior officer by his official subordinates, andunder circumstances Which were peculiarly likely to bias the court against him. Now, he asked the house whether this was a fair mode if inquiry, whether the court proposed was each a one as they would send a felon to for trial 'under similar circum stances. Bat it was said that this was the regular system pursued in the civil service. So much the worse for the system. If that was the way in which justice was ad ministered to the members of that SerYloo ) numbering 16,000 persons, all that he could say Was ) that these was nothing in Russia more despotic and that the Keener the Brltem was ehenned the better. lie contended that 3.1 r. Kennedy bad hot had a fair trial, that thie house was the only tribunal to which he could appeal, and that they would be wanting in their duty if they did not give him a fair hearing, (Cheers.) Mr. DRUMM 0 ND remarked that s the llpi aia heads ai e la f a w depart. remits bad not the power of dismissal, all cease ; and if the louse of Commons converted itself into a court of appeal, upon its shoulders would rest the responsi bility. Ho objected to the committee because i iti a n y t a e b r i f o ere Q d r with the Executi ve , w ith the prerogative of the Crown, an d as introducing p ersona l d e bat s which all must gladly avo id. He believed M r . K enne dy t o be a most zealous publi c ser vant, but he was conv i nce d that he was totally ac superintending a d epar t m ent where - _ honest as himself a- , • .men as goon and as A r --4. to be dealt with, --,...,0 maintained that the late Chancellor of the Exchequer had acted ip. a hasty, unfeeling, and inconsiderate manner towards a meritorious public servant. Lord SEYMOUR mentioned some circumstances connected with tho appointment of Mr. Kennedy.e So far as his (Lord Seymour's) experience went, d Mr, Kennedy very zealous, but, at the same time he did not think he was in all thinga very judicious, and he soon began to think that the appointment was somewhat' Unfortunate.- If the house gave 1 way to the motion, its whole time may be taken up iu inquir ing into the complaints of such persons as may be dismissed. The effect would be to prevent incompetent persons from being dismissed. Lord Seymour advised the withdrawal of the paotion, the rather,as,the late Chancellor of the Exchequer lo d - explained that tho'revas neiintention to impute anything C,c-rogat Ory 0, Itiolionoui' ctud veva;,•, - ty M of' M LMr. SlitliTT spoke in favo ur of iiiquiry. Every easia mast epend upon its own claims, and he thought Mr. Kennedy's Aga waltz= ouslugh to instil: Ai wnt to the motion. LW - - ......L . „ . . -,~-_ a sufficient retractation of the implied charge against Mr. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Kennedy's honour and veracity been made, the present cour, e ' might not have been taken. Mr. WILSON begged, on his own behalf and on that of every member of the Government with whom he had com- I municated, knowing perfectly, as he did, all the corres- I pondence that had taken place between every Minister of the Crown and the friends of Mr; Kennedy, to declare in the most ample manner that any charge against Mr. Kennedy's honour and veracity had never been made, but on the con trary had been disclaimed and disavowed. The charge against Mr. Kennedy, which had led to his dismissal from the public , service, really resolved itself into this—that Mr. Kennedy had not the temper, nor the manner, nor the power of con ducting a great public establishment in such a manner as to conduce to the public good. Beyond that he was satisfied that the late Chancellor of the Exchequer had in no manner pressed the charge against Mr. Kennedy. The report of Sir James Campbell, and the letter of Mr. Higginbothom, had both been referred to Mr. Brown. That gentleman, on in specting the forest, found that the faults existing in 1852 still existed in 1854, iu an aggravated form. This report again was referred to Mr. Higginbothom; but into this part of the case it was needless for him to enter, as it had been fully discussed by his right hon. friend the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Want of zeal was never attributed to Mr. Kennedy, bnt he was certainly deficient in discretion. It would be impossible for the Government to carry on the ad ministration of the country if the House of Commons were to interfere in every case without having a good prima facie case for inquiry made out. The noble lord the member for Lynn had charged the Government with the heavy offence of trying Mr. Kennedy before an unknown tribunal, but that was nut so. Mr. Kennedy knew, his tribunal, and made not the least objection to it until after his dismissal. Mr.WHITESIDE referred to the minute of the Treasury to prove that Mr. Kennedy had been charged with' a *ant of veracity, of integrity, and of honour. Lord PALMERSTON said he could understand that those who were interested, by long acquaintance and friendship, in Mr. Kennedy, might be anxious to bring on a discussion in that house to vindicate the character of that gentleman from aspersions cast on his private honour, his integrity, and his veracity; but he was sure that no man who knew the gentle man could for an instant think to impute any reflection on his honour, veracity, and character. (Hear.) He thought what had passed in this discussion ought to be satisfactory on those points, and should hope therefore that those who had brought on the debate in the interest of Mr. Kennedy would be satis fied with what had passed. He hoped they would feel that Mr. Kennedy came out of the debate without any imputation being cast upon his character and honour; and as far as re garded that gentleman, he thought the hon. baronet who had brought the motion forward ought to rest content with the discussion. But he must request the house very seriously to consider the consequences that would ensue from the establish ment of such a precedent as the appointment of this commit tee would involve; it would, in his opinion, strike at the very foundation of the civil service of the country—it would re duce the civil service to a state of anarchy that would be attended with the utmost inconvenience and prejudice to the public interest. He could quite understand that if the Go vernment had appointed a person whom Parliament thought unfit for the sitaation to which he was appointed it would be come a fit subject for inquiry in the house ; because the house, as the guardian of the public institutions, was entitled—nay, it was its duty -to interpose and prevent the appointment of improper persons to perform public duties in the service of the State—but this case was widely different to that. He contended that there must necessarily be left in the hands of the servants of the Crown a discretion as to removing from office those whom they might think incompetent or unfit to conduct the duties of the office in which they were placed. He could assure the house that if they were to establish a pre cedent of this kind, it would induce the civil servants of the Crown to believe that they had a right to appeal to the house as to the propriety of their removal, and there would not only be an end to all discipline in the service of the State,but the interests of the country would be most seriously damaged by it. Therefore, without trespassing further upon the in dulgence of the house, he would anxiously entreat hon. mem bers well to weigh the vote they were now called upon to give, while he could assure them, from his knowledge of the details of the public service, that they could not strike a worse blow at the efficiency of that service than by acceding to this mo tion. (Hear.) Sir J. V. SHELLEY said the honour of Mr. Kennedy was in his hands. Now the Treasury minute impugned the honour, integrity, and veracity of that gentleman, and unless he had some. assurance that this minute would be rescinded, ho should have no alternative but to press the motion to a di vision. (Hear.) Mr. WILSON said the Treasury minute was an instruction to thereferees, and had reference, not alone to Mr. Kennedy, but to the transactions of all the parties. Lord PALMERSTON had no objection whatever to engage that there should be placed on record at the Treasury a full acknowledgment that Mr. Kennedy's honour stood perfectly unimpeached. (Hear.) Sir J. V. SHELLEY sai' under these circumstances he would withdraw the motion. (Hear.) The motion was accordingly withdrawn. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. PHILLIMORE obtained leave to bring in a bill to abo lish the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Wales in cases of defamation. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. Sir B. HALL moved that Mr. T. Egerton be added to the committee on this bill. Mr. M. MILNES complained that Viscount Ebrington, who had taken so much interest in matters connected with the public health, had not been placed on the committee. Sir B. HALL said it would be inconvenient to have two members representing the same borough en the committee. The motion was then agreed to. The report of the Committee of Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to. COMMONS' INCLOSURE BILL. This bill passed through committee, and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock. PA RIAMENTART DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FEB. 27. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, FEB. 26. Notice is her Oby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees at St. James's • ,Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : Wed not: aY the 7th of March next. Wednesday the 14th of March next. REGULATIONS TO BE OVB.I7HVED AT THE QUEEN'S LEVEES AT ST. J'A.MEs'S PALACE. The noblemen and gentiellion, who purpose to attend her Majesty's Levees, at St. .3 s ,evies's Palmy, are requested to bring with them two large cards, w i th their names clearly written thereon, one to 14.' left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the ante-room, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, tykes will announce the name to her Majesty. Those gentlemen who are to be preseni" l are he reb y in formed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the nobleman or gentlee.liln who is to present them, should be delivered at the Larduham berlain's Office, before twelve o'clock on the M onda y previous to each Levee, or upon any earlier day 13.9 tween the hours of eleven and four, in order that they 0 ,14 . y be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Ya: jesty's command that no presentation shall be made -at the levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names t be very distinctly wt itten upon the cards to bo delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no dial - cu'Ay in announcing them to the Queen. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to court until half-past one o'clock. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY (EXTENSION OF TIME) BILL: Notice is hereby given, that all persons having petitions or addresses to present to her Majesty at the levees, are to send a card (having on it their names, a statement of the object of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the persons from whore they corns) to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on the Nlonday previous to each levee ; and that two other cards, having on them pre cisely what is written upon that sent to the Lord Cham berlain's Office, are to be taken to the levees ; one of the two cards to be delivered to the Page in the Ante-room, and the other to the Lord Chamberlain, who will read its contents to her Majesty ; and, on these occasions, no other statement is to be addresse:l to her Majesty. A deputation to present an address is not to exceed four persons. Order for second reading read ; motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill bo now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at tho end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the question :"—The house divided ; Ayes, 65 ; Noes, 13U. AYES.-65. Alcock, T. Elliot, J. Monck, Viscount Anderson, Sir J. Ewart, W. Moore, G. Archdall, M. Fuller, A Mailings, J. Baring, Sir F. Gaskell, I. Otway, A. Bateson, Capt T. Goderich, Via. Peacocke, G. Bentinck, G. Grace, 0. Peellell, Sir GI. Berkeley, Hon. II Graham, Lord W. Pellatt, A. Bland, L. H. Green, Capt John Sandars, G. Brotherton, J. Gwyn, 11. Strilly,F. Browne, W. Hastie, Alex. Seymour, Lord Bruce, 11. A. Hayter, W. Smith, J. B. Butt, I. Heyworth, L. Stanley, Lord Corbally, M. E. Higgins, G. 0. Sti utt, E. Cowan, C. Keogh, W. Thornely, T. Crossley, F. Lang ton, H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Davies, J. L. Laslett, W. Vance, J. Disraeli, B. Laurie, J. Villiers, C. I)uff, G. Lennox, Lord A. F. Wrightson, W. Duff, J. Mackinnon, w. A. Wyvill, M. Duke, Sir J. McTaggart, Sir J. Duncan, G. Maguire, J. TELLERS Buncombe, T. Mandeville, Vis. Talbot, C. Dunlop, A. Milnes, R. Hadfield, G. NOES-13S. A'Court, C. Franklyn, G. Patten, J. Acton, J. Freestun, Col. Paxton, Sir J. krkwright, G. French, F. Percy, .J. Baillie, 11. Frewcn, C. Phillimoro, J. G. Baines, lit. Hon. M. Gibson, T Pilkington, J. Baird, J. Goodman, Sir G. Powleti, Lord W. Ball, J. Gordon, A. Reed, J. Barrow, W. Gower, F. Ricardo, 0. Bell, J. Graham, Sir J. Ricardo, r.. Berkeley, Admiral Greene, Thomas Roebuck, J. Berkeley, C. Halford, Sir 11. Rushout, Col. G. Bethell, Sir B. Hall, Sir B. Russell, F. C. Biggs, W. llankey, T. Russell, F. W. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Harcourt, Col. F. Sawle, C. Brarnley-Moore, J. Ileadlam, T. Shafto, R. Buckley, Gen. Heywood, J. Shirley, E. 3ulkeley, Sir R. lirsfall, T. Smijth, Sir W. Campbell, Sir A. King, I'. Smith, W. Cardwell, E. Knox, Col. B. W. Smith, Abel Castlerosse, Viscount Knox, W. S. Smith, J. G. Cavendish, G. Laing, S. Sotheron, T. C ayley, E. Langston, J. H. Spooner, It. Challis, T. Lee, W. Stafford, A. Cholmondeley, Lord Liddell, H. G. Steel, J. Cobbett, J. M. Liddell, 11. T. Stirling, W. Cobden, R. Lindsay', W. Stuart, W. Compton, H. C. Locke, J. Sullivan, ➢lichael. Cowper, W. F. Lowe, R. Verner, Sir W. Crook, J. Lytton, Sir G. Walmsley, Sir J. Dalkeith, Earl Macartney, G. Walter, J. Dalrymple, Viscount Mackie, J. Whatman, J. Deedes, W. Macgregor, Jas. Whitmore, H. Dent, J Massey, W. Wickham, 11. W. Bering, Sir E. Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. De Tere, S. Milner, W. Willcox, B. Drummond, H. Michell, Dr. W. Willoughby, Sir H. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Molesworth, Sir R. Wilson, J. Buncombe, 0. Morris, D. Woodd• B. Do Pre, C. Mowbray, J. Wyndham, Gen. Egerton, Sir P. Mulgrave, Earl of Farrer, J. AI nntz, G. Fenwick, H. Oliveira, B. TELLERS. Fitzgerald, W. o.borne, R. Forester, Cul. Packs, C. Emlyn, Vis. Forster, C. Parker, R. Wise, A. AUSTRALIAN MAns.—With reference to an announce ment which has appeared respecting a contract far the conveyance of the mails to Australia by sailing vessels, , we are requested to state that this contract will net pre ' vent the re-employment of steam-vessels when the exi gencies of the war shall no longer prevent their use, as the Postmaster-General has reserved a power to termi sate the contract at any time by giving a notice of six weeks. 'ADVERTISEMENT.] — Many thousand cures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Reva lentaArabica Food, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, paralysis, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hu manity, to ti.tate that DA Barry's excellent Revalenta Ara biea Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile; great, nerv ousness and irritability of many years' Atitaln d . This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may ud dcEnsideted a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Cure No. 71.- 0f 481161414, from the Right Hon. the Lord fltuart de Decies.--‘‘ 1 have de`fi"ied considerable benefit from Pu Barry's Revalenta Arabica end consider it dne to yontlieFreB and the public to authorise the publication of these ri6citio Cure No. 32,8g6.—Froin the Venerable Archdeacon a' "Three years wee sive nervousness, with pains in my fleet Mid left arm, and ge neral debility, which rendered my life very mfgerralile, has been radically removed by Dn Barry's health -restoring Food —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Cure No. 4,208.—" Bight years' dyspepsia , nervousness, debility, with crampß, spasms and nausea, have been effec tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ricilington Reribablctory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss , Norfolk." Cure r No. 3,906. —Thirteen years cough, i n di g estion, and gene- 1 ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth."—ln canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instrnc tions —llb , 2s. 9d.; 21 b ., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lie. ; 121 b., 228. ; super-refined, lib., 6s. ; 21b., lls. ; 51b., 228. ; 101 b., 33e. The 101 b. and 121 b ., carria g e free, on receipt of post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to Pio,s , t:llV ; also at C o rnhin ; 60 . Graa:chui,,ll-bace.; o and *l, Strand • 63 and 150, Oxford-street • 55, Charing-cross ;4, Che;pside ;25 and 154,17ppexihierttreet. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 24. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Herman Dirs Mertens as Consul at Margate, anti of Mr. V. Weber as Consul at Ramsgate and Deal, for the King of the Belgians. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 26 The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Henry George Ward, K.G.C., St. M. and St. G., now her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner for the - United States of the lonian Islands, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of Ceylon and its dependencies. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26. The Duke of Canibi idge has been pleased to appoint Staff-Surgeon James B. Gibson, Esq., M.D., to be Sur geon to his Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge has also appointed the Reverend Robert Halpin to be one of hie Royal Highness's Chaplains. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 23. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARMA.- MENT Borough of Cardigan—John Lloyd Davies, of Blaendyf fryn, and Alltyrodin, in the county of Cardigan, Esq., in the room of Pryse Lowden, Esq., deceased. WAIL -OFFICE, FEB. 27, ST A.F E. Colonel William Frederick Forster, half-pay Unattached Deputy Adjutant-General in Dublin, to be Deputy Adju tant-General to the Forces, vice Major-General Simpson, Feb. 27. Colonel Robert Blucher Wood, C.B. half-pay 97th Foot, Assistant Adjutant-General to the Forces, to be Deputy Adjutant-General in Dublin, vice Forster, Feb. 27. CHAPLAIN. The Reverend J. E. Sabin Officiating Chaplain at Scu tari, to be a Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces, Feb. 13. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 22. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Ponsonby May Carew Croker to be Adjutant, vice Morrison, pro moted; First Lieutenant Edward Joseph Ridgway Conolly to be Adjutant, vice Driver, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Cardigan—Richard Owen Powell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. County of Derby—To be Deputy-Lieutenants—The Right Honourable Spencer Compton, Lord Cavendish ; the Honourable Edward Koppel Went worth Coke; Sir Henry Fitz-Herbert, Bart. ; Peter Arkwright, Esq. ; Thomas Osborne Bateman, Esq. ; John Gilbert Crompton, Esq. ; Edward Anthony Holden, Esq. ; John Goodwin Johnson, Esq. ; Peter Bainbrigge Le Hunt, Esq. ; George Moore, Esq. ; Alfred Miller Mundy, Esq. ; William Needham, Esq. ' • Thomas Peach, EN. ; Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq.; John S. A. Shuttleworth, Esq.; J. Slack, Esq.; George Henry Strutt, Esq. ; Gladwin Turbutt, Esq. ; Edmund Wilmot, Esq. ; Francis Wright, Esq. ; John Wright, Esq., Feb. 26. 2d Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Hugh Pearson, Esq., Adjutant of the 2,1 Regiment of Derbyshire Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain. County of Lancaster—William Bolden Bolden ' Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Henry Garnett, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant, Feb. 22. at Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Thomas Kinna, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 24. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Thomas Edward Wilbraham, Esq., late Captain 39th Regiment, to be Major • William Henry Gillman, Esq., late Lieute nant-Colonel, Goth Regiment, to be Captain, Feb. 16 ; William Buchanan, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 17; Wil liam Marshall, jun., Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 19. 7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—The Hon. Charles ames Fox Stanley, late Lieutenant-Colonel Gre nadier-Guards, to be Honorary Colonel, Feb. 21. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tewer Ham lets Militia—Frederick Vavasour Sandford, Gent., to bi Assistant-Surgeon, vice Falconer, promoted. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia--Lieuten ant - William Thomas Keene Perry Keene to be Captain, vice Vaughan, retired, retaining his rank; Ensign Thos Merrett to be Lieutenant, vice Keene, promoted, Feb. 21 Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Captain Joh7 Robert Graham Pattison, late 27th Regiment, to be Cap tarn, vice J. H. Moore, resigned, Feb. 19. Hampshire Militia Infantry —Ensign Henry Cherie: Chsowner to be Lieutenant, vice Fleming, deceased; Re. ginald Charles Riddell, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Ed. wards, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 16. Hampshire Militia Artillery—Richard Dawson, Gent. ; to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 16. Isle of Wight Militia Artillery—Sumner Mitchell Sum. ner Brockhurst, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 20, Fife Militia—Lieutenant-Colonel John Balfour to te Honorary Colonel, vice Lindsay, retired ; Major Charle Robert Wynne, late Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Balfour; Captain Frederick James Taggal Hutchinson to be Second Major ; George Sutherland Sim. son, Esq., sth Regiment Madras Light Cavalry, to be Captain ' • William Lindsay Paterson, Esq., to be Captain Andrew Aytoun, Esq., Bengal Artillery, to be Captain William Forrest, Esq., late 79th Highlanders, to be Cal twin ; Thomas Maitland Makgill Crichton, Gent., to b First Lieutenant, Feb. 23. Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Robert Phil)] Dod to be Lieutenant, vice Bennet, appointed to an El signcy in the Line, Feb. 24. Regiment of Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Serjean Major Alexander Geddes to be Ensign, Feb. 23. Royal Wiltshire Militia—Captain Wm. Arthur Heat cote to be Major, vice Goddard, resigned ; Charles Leve Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 19; Robert Wickham, Gent to be Ensign, Feb. 20. The following appointments are substituted for tbol which appeared in the Gazette of Jan. 30 : Royal Cardigan Militia—Thomas John Hughes, Gent to be Lieutenant, vice, Hughes, resigned ; Atheletane Ow( Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Davies, resigned ; Sy vanus Lewis, Gent., to be Ensign, vacancy, Feb. 24. The following appointment is substituted for that wh appeared in the Gazette of Feb. 6 : Royal. Berks Militia—William Stares, Gent., to be E sign, vice Houghton, resigned, Jan. 16. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Bradbury, dealer in copper ores, Worcester. BANKRUPTS. Henry Byshe, otherwise Bish, builder, Brighton, Susse. to surrender, March 13, at eleven, and April 17, at twelv, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assigner Freeman and Both amley, Coleman-street, City. John Sykes, clothier, Little Tower-hill, March 9, at tw and April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptc Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Aldridge and Brol ley, South-square, Gray's-inn ;S. A. Notcutt, Ipswich. Simon King, shoemaker, Northampton, March 10, eleven, and April 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingha street ; Mackeson, Lincoln's. inn-fields; Duignan a , Hemp:taut, Walsall, Staffordshire. William Palmer, draper, Aldgate, City, March 7, one, and April 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt°. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Tu nor, and Turner, Aldermanbury. Thomas Henry Rees ' printer and publisher, Paternoste row, City, March 1.6, at twelve, and April 17, at one, the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assigner Upward, Copthall-court, City. James Turner, draper, Islington, March 5, and 30, two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official a. signee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance, Plows, and Boy , Old Jewry-chambers. William Keates, ironmonger, Uttoxeter, Staffordshh March 12 and April 2, at half-past ten, at the Birmingha. District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham Reece, Birmingham. Thomas Freck, grocer, Nottingham, March 13 and Ap , 3, at ten, at Nottingham. Harris, okcial assignee, /NI( tinghant ; Coops, Nottingham. George Selby, iron enameller, Upper Thames - stye( City, March 9, at half-past one, and April 21, at one, the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, BL singhall-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. George Simpson ' merchant, Church Fenton, March 2( at one o'clock, and April 16, at eleven, at the Leeds D 7 trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Walk( York ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Joshua Fisher, draper, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, March at one, and April 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street Bristow and Tarrant, Walbrook. James Speller, sail maker, Wapping High-street, Man 13, at half-past eleven, and April 4, at half-past twelve, the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assigne. A ppleton, Abchurch-lane. George Cunningham Stewart (not George Cummi , Stewart, as advertised in last Friday's Gazette), draper a. trimming manufacturer, Hackney-road, March z, at on, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gri ham, official assignee; Lawrance, Flews, and Boyer, Jewry-chambers. John Whittaker, p u blican, Oldham, Lancashire , Mar, 16, and April 5, at' twelve, at the Manchester Distr Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; A.scro Oldham. Thomas Bothell Lawford and Edwin Maitland, wi merchants, Lombard-street , City, March 9, at half-pt two, and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankrupts Lee, official assignee, Alderm anbur y ; Wright and Bonn, London-street, Fenchurch - street. Haydon Lounds, coachbuilder and wheelwright, Bourn, Lincolnshire, March 6, and April 3, at ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Net tiuOram ; Brown, Market Deep:lig ; James, Birmingham. Henry 3.hli Betj ch,ir and b..(l,teral maauftc• turer, New Oxford-street, March 9at half-past twelve, and April 12 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bell *zt`4 l 'bi4k i t i o , 0 111; LONDON : Printed and Pnbliehed by Ofi°.o-10 of No. 112, S usn d, °1 ftt iv , th° /it ' ll " , ° the PiseLuot f the ', vs 046. Wednoodio MOW/ it II .......................ic : )1 ••-•-•____,_______:_:_:. h 1e; A • 1 ,04, 44 7 a c, kite( 1 . 1 c.01 11, li 13 tc fra~~~ 21, e.sB taire, st lak ti : to gei s p,isa i cetr 37- : . ° 2 - : : hd at il e:is: i t r eT ll , l, lira -Alt - - ......., ....1 ....._ Hrt0 ........."" ----.—,...... I reef R. Rein official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings ;Ds - e iii -,..„1 St. Ann's-lane. den y ‘,..eeses, i t , si James Johnson, silk dyer, Macclesfield, March 1. 2 _ 5 . 13 i 4 . April 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District U s _o_u ie " s . Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Wadsworth, 1 ,1 c v field ; Hi son and Robinson, Manchester. Samuel Ba.rnett, builder, Wellington-road, l'i lerP°°l. 1, 4*--------I:llto,24 : l :: 7siH r l a l t l e twelve , at I , git With a l 1 road, Middlesex, March 10, and April 13, at 0 . Zeso . at war ltl the Court of Bankruptcy. Caunan, official assignee, - 4 " htil l Or" t owards le manbury ; Theobald, Furnival's-inn, Holborn. 111 s n ut 11 13, illts' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS , atrlotie John Keith and Son, booksellers, Glasgow. Kuie e ena e . lnd, c L“asS Wet James Watson Finlay, printer, Edinburgh. Ili° John Barr & Co., bleachers, Chapellfield, Renfrows. „... A Andrew Symington, farmer, Carmichael, Lanark 1 1 1 1 3 7 14 G N The New Cumnock , lron Company, and Tariff; 8 ettv le 11r. -- 72 la and Company, iron manufacturers, New Crunnee-,, west lcl Ere John Lawson and Company, caico printers, reis 4 ' to beet n 11(.1 0...-_ Common! - ......- o! --- ~lasi.of the Rtugd , COUNTRY ILARIETS. tol uite ,ze for T wo , te i v e;,,t ' -o--- LIVEE,POOL--FEB. 23. St 0 Sle e - "'",, 1, °ince b c c''ester There was a better attendance of millers and deal el e ,„ .. t risi .. • a this morning's market than we have seen of late. bye ~ sce ltingh am inquiry was made after wheat, but the actual busilO' he 0 N lant l - Gla4 only moderate, at late rates. Flour found fair sale., (•,a 4 1 : G reen concession of 6d. per sack being made. The two lee re ~I reiu d Demi articles of import this week, oatmeal and Indian corn ' w '.., v - - Dublin, lielfe g t not pressed for sale ; there were buyers of the forret:lo ; hold over, at late prices, and the latter advanced b id Cork, ' Queen; per qr. Oats were neglected, and declined fully 1 ", the baslia'l. No material alteration in other articles. lih t u b or 11 , -.. :" -- -------_____ „l e „ f each is of a merely retail character. The , 1Tbr,„,.,J.1.1 c ontinue.% _- g„„,_ 44 e tr a i n , WA --- , 0 4 . ti - Aeavi IPSWICH-FEB. 27• e e st ° )1 11 1 , 1 1 1 : tr a na t ed • ng A small suryly of wheat, and the trade dull. Sal vo ief o 4 I eaNIO , ~.. Miter N ' reduction of Us* and 2s per qr on last week's rates. P f lir 0 . 4 4% t r 41 ora -- `-‘t tit leavini is not a larg p e ea s s u a p s i:l o y /la a t n e d . sells heavy at a reduction ' 111 e n nueel • Beans and f es. kl Li s, an l eoi VIA e ti ' ll eo 00 Lk t r and be con PER QU ARTER. 1 250 '''' a Th e tipfrom Wheat, red (01d)... 663 to 68s Barley, grinding ... 4450 3 'L htar tr ahl le Lir Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 70s to 72E.Teas .................. 3 ,, 8 2. OP itele4 from L et - I le t Ditto (old) Barley, malting ; 30s to 33s1flour, per sack ... o ° o T h . ,at 0.15 _ g O A_ 1 55. Alla t iZaja le„j' i T: AVERAGES FOR Tea WERE Ei.7I)ING FE8..., - 8 e e , itia l tetr e i ° , ll , Bll neaj Wheat • Oats 2 6 3 70 5 6 . 1 9 ~ 38 , sd ~._The h ."' 'intl. -4 k I Peas Bears Bears Barley 2022 „ ... - "qt411... 6 4 1 eRe o f •N. .4a for wh . .. HULL-FRB. 27. tre a° 1. ' - al I llla••e , t h e . . r We are again without arrivals of grain, an TO; 1 4 0 - xi l , has been quite locked et p daring the past w e e r ":,.,.. „. re r: : ' , tz,t4),ll l :.:l,4;:sriblcaxtrt:e l ituee,,,,,e -u „irni,,he,(,4 o faaot,r,r -: ,l:e;:ac.:tr.ri.(e);,: we had a moderate supply of wheat from the fer'', - 4 0e1 1 ;, ki h r ki . ,,, z 7 1 AY..... R81 were Luost unwilling sellers at any reduction, eq: t j e ft . , ' I t .!ota• e jil'aroels very little business was done. In foreign vorY f.,„, po or ' t k ,Zlith-, 4 v nee a t t,, log. Sprug corn neglected. Rather more WW l ' . j , te t Ztu the' s ° _se, en I ing in linseod cakes. e hues e• / t Itte et , s s 1 ftet ''. k i . h ee , rrous l Wheat, English, red CS to 70,Peas, grey and bl 66 0 / 0 14ter1,,,, ;;' 11 3• at Ditto white 72 to 7ti Linseed Black Sl*** 55 to lir ,, ),,,„ 'union • , , Dautzie and Konigs- ! Ditto Petersburgh.••;„ f. ,1 t4 4 'lA.i' r nee'i f berg Pom eranianand Ham - angel .............. ; " i i burh 1 Memel ............... /9 Danish, Holstein, and t 41 11? ' e ' Wood. Friesland 6B to 70 ~, 641040 'ia• N s , . ~. s. ~,, ~,,,,..., 11l Russian and Odessa 60 to CSiLins.c. Hu1112 1,15 ilinio Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland - 23 to 30Rapeseed ...... ON „ i t , ~, 41,4 N a ,,__a rrg e t.,,D1,,,,, , -0 ec Ditto Russian 2S to 3d Rape cakes- 127e v 465 n 94 %V... le eet.i • Barley, malting l e parr ! Ditto grinding 27 to 30Ditto foreign ..... • 5it , 0 1),;(4 "Ike . cedar '''''Yiiaril, Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 40 to 441 Rye Meal ........ ...' Witt en 2 AO' " c' \__ ° . _!_ x _________ l dge COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTO P- • •,5 ..'' o `o 1 Amsterdam .. . ........ 11 1614 Gibraltar ... ••• •'' ..•' g 5 C .,,, ° -TRa Ditto, three months .. it 18 Leghorn .. •••• • • '' ~.. ' a.„''eParf ri . Rotterdam ••• • • • ...... 11 18 % Genoa, ........ •••• ~. /, p t ,ansPort Antwerp .. .. ••........ 25 90 ati lan .. .. .. ••• • '' ..•• 0 h, -.-11 " Oun i ,„ • Brussels ..............25 0 Venice .....• •• ** '''.., 1 0 ? . -, cl/ •••or d •-•., liamhurgh .....• .... 13 6 Naples . ...... • ••:,..• 1 0 4 th ei l'ela m High Altona .. ••..•• •. • • .... - Palermo ...• ••• • . ...' 0 4 1.1 4 „ st ) 44r ,,,b13 ./,,, Pari5........ .. • • .... 25 12% Messina ... ...... '....• 04 Ilt e 'l,'011 0 , 8 '" liezt, Dtto, three months .. 25 37% Lisbon .. ..... •• • ..,,•• / kre ei aer kw as may r Mars eilles •.. .. .., ...... 25 37% ; Oporto ....•• .• •':„..• , re ensi i_estv e N Bourdeaux . ..., •• .. - I Rio Janeiro ..... • ...,.; / , ''sried qu - F? ankfort•on Maine .... 118 I Buenos Ayres. • •'.• eel' / ht i ,, r Berlin .....• • ..... .. .. - New York, 80 daP . .. , ,,cf f „; , Pop t , T en: Vienna .......;........ 12 55 Philadelphia • •__," : e . r 1, 1 :111 ..• '4,, '•• 1,0( Trieste .... .... •• - .... 12 57 PRICES OF lIV.:,; rO P 01 s 'CRT I Te n , '• Petersburg ...... • ..... 35% Foreign Gold in 1.... 0 . t, ' , 1, 1 . 1 ;44 f,„_'•• 1,00 o Madrid ............... 49% Portugal Gold ee" . ., i!, 10 ' th e fir e - e Z4h ips _ Cadiz . .. • .. 5034 Mexican Dollars •1 ". I ~, tojt t r, o ei e nN, or l e e Barcelona ......•• •• •• - '"•.:w Dollars .• • u ,A,,brltQt file. e Seville...-. ..... . - Silver L a .......... ...bars • . i k i4 t:l;' 4 l3ei n g a Y SEABORNE MAILAF. ei i ? . A u ,',.if i i „ Win be tell , r i ' , l ' C t rif t ,l'urp os s aor tal ' • t 4 ''; ce. at th —,,,,,..._.--. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the il,,otttett,lldiretin ~..- , ? ,..te e tor„,. by the night-and al by the morning-de 11) ......., ..,a lit ,-,' t ., vi( l .7- at ; 1 ' eft ' l Y , ll l " , ,` el ' 01 i, ; o f ; dil o i , i th er 0 11 et l a,,,, ~ Day when ma t•-. u ) I grow ..,°- ,pi ,/ she PapfeeelN,,', ,s COUNTRIES.. in General Post- re, , /0 . ice e ''„Y f e ",,'lt fe y; • ; Office, London.* Dispar.:>. i, c ) L ch ,„ .., the yeria , ----- L,ol 0 1 a• r r'so ll eey• g n kmerica(hyllrit,pack)27 Every Friday- .. Livery- • fo b? Itt N )P Ol i i , f americp, k by United Its. _,.3 . 1 14 L e r, t e ,.. c ' packet) .......... N •••• ...... LiTell' w '/. 1,1,....Ta r ,ade r ~,,... 1, - '' , 11 30 0 % e rns AdneriCa (by U States tia/ 1 " 4 packet) Australia (via South- thO e •\ 0 1.1 4c•r„ o ampton) ........ .. MI ..... .... .. SoU ••• . 4 0 0 Ditto (via Marseilles) NI Dover `' tav" '', ro l Ditto (via Cape of Geed' .• . Depar t - Ditto _ Hope) ............N ant ..... ••• • • • ou tb . •' \ 1)14 4 -r,, art o rn, A er y i , Africa (West Coast) .. N 53d of the Month •• Doc rir n er ~ • to • ~ Alexandria..........N 8,9, 24, &30 of ni. 0b0 riP,,,,,) , , l t d i t' tr tora u 9 i , 1 " 1:1 , 14 ,s Alexandria .... • ..... M 4th & 20th of r oeV,,„maaP" . .3asF i f . e y tti elaed , b b o u A( t, Bahamas ........ .. Al 17th of the own_ Dover ... : 0 , TA' , e. , 11 r, Mrch, r lii e- Belgium .... ••• • • • ..N Daily.. ........•12.. SoutharnP",_ 17111,,j.eZlion. neat, Brazil M 9th of the eta . southatnr"" t re •'ileor;lbg i : Cs in , i.. Buenee Ay...l.__ __ .. e , yth of thi , won • • var i o us pea \.,.............. :11e2L,dei tith o he, Cape of Good Hope .. NI Cape of Good Hope .. N SifillaPt .n 1. Cape de Verds --N ; 9th of the month SOll 0 0 1 3- Ceylon (see India) 1 Ceylon.. • • • • • .......N i lllP t'n 11. i k channel Isles ...... „ N Mon ~Wed.,&Fria. Sou th o oofirf o h it 1 Chili.. .. • • • • ........ Ai 24 &I7th of most; t ee ' 111 / 4 )e China Once a month ... • 1 Constantinople .. ~ .. 8,13,18,23, &Z 8 or u.'DOVef•• ;;;, / 4 '. ........... ~._ l' tlf. a- Constantinople Dover ' 16 1 , Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily ... •• • 0 , 4 vet k , . ........ _.• ,s. Egypt (see India) , vc, 3 . Franco ~ • • .... M& N Twice daily...-. Dover '.;; 0 01 A l 1. ' II N," I '' •• • . Gibraltar •• • M'4,7,17,20,270fm. Southa i ~,e l ir ' 1 1 --'„, lalt .i' l es e4 but... • • 11 : 1 Greece (see India) I bsier.l ) , p- Greytow - n M 2nd & 17th of mon. Soul; 0 ~.• , ~, , Harnburgh .... • N ,Tuesday eSs Friday I.ero,_ e _ s ept o° ,fil' a ..Iltli • 11% „, es Havannah .... „ M 2nd of the month Soutio7 . •• Or me re I ,_ .., Holland ...... ,„. M ; Daily .... • • ...... Dover s ' fri pts° . li tter e : t t e;p 4 e tillh I e- il- Honduras .......„.M 17th of the month. SoLgi l ou th ' e 0„, Illy ~ of India (vlaSouthampt.;M 4th & 20th of mon. Plyfri ....• e _ Th Tseit,„ 4B th e India (via Marseilleo)lll 9th&2sth of month Dover ••0101.,,0f tom e 'llk t for , t., lonian Isles (soe Deli a))7, 17, &27 of mon Dove,r,, o ';d.•:i , tes eet l iktl4 , tea, De Ireland .... •...M & y,T'vrice daily ~.... Iloll4 o ptt, ..or ~ ab, ve1 3 , 1 411 t n- Lisbon M7, 9, 17, &270 f m. 5e11,401971P - 1 ‘0, 4 - .1)1e, iii i 1 D. Madeira 14,9t12 of the month ; Sort: 0 1 ••1 4.0 0 :11 )8 3 lbs. fr t 't te e ' s , Madeira ........ , N 23d of month • • • •1•I'' Y t,tltl o re th e be Malta (see India) ' ~. i r Lea -e 1 ... 1 -a t - .e nde Malta „N 8, 18, &28 of mon.,Dove '.. , 1 it- Mauritius (see India) I, I,rt Mauritius ..........Nii4tb of the month lealif tsll .l, En- Mexico .... •• ..M '2nd of the month. , ..40 0 ' er 1 ,,,, Naples ....... ...... . N bthlSth2,sthofmon.iD_ti/0......,,p0t0p7 , .o°ll3),? ft lee v"P° °,. ' New Granada .. -Al 2d & 17th of month se _ ..4 .: .1 6fi to b:lietill:44 4 "ibilel4lrl:44l:4lVer e beß : ete:ill:llllrieelit' u ; New Zealand,. „..... „. ;By private ship • • V .,1 `,`,,,. „1; 0 1 ,00 / Ill i -an d a. th i a ; Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon.;D ov t l i ssip.... If /1 14 ''lleer "evi ip- Peninsula ../.l:7thl7th27thofhion• !B.l lo o oP7 - i '4l l el) hdi i c ' r °I C be Peru ..............M;:d & 27th of mon,Se s u liou s P° ~ 1 4 1 'ell t4 Ths of Port Natal ..........N By private shilo• • • IY v er .•'',./ 441 4 % o b ecl ' tn ,„. Slen9 • • ... . ....N sthlsth2sthotruon , m. o r ....L. th i , ob . d et ' b '1- Tuscany ~.. .... ..N,sthlsth2stholinon.iDevehor i lti h e ' e l ee tirre 1, a - Venezuela .. .., .. .. M ,2d & 17th oimonthlSea'" , 00 tb N t ,r4)arty to li nl Van Diemen'sLancl(seel Pr I t krit t NlL e en tb„ 4.24 14 1)er 40n Ny at- Australia) .. ...... ~1 °II 0" West Indies . ..11,1 2d & 17th ot month Bou NO, t el Zrltin g. th- A ..0 0 1 L 2 :: .________--'-------;007 4%-k , der r ,, N nl tte . n th e i -Ile the .I°' , 1%h,, eft.h er, When any of these dates fall o:i a Sunday , tiel y t tt , be de; it., snatched on the folic:riving day, with the exceP,„ Cod 4 i, fib„. Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will 4 (01 1 )III 7 ItET 1•,,,. one preceding day. . ...._...._.................?!!' _ A p• A fi i.. -111 h --. -- -- VT . .,iiii, , 11 0 •4 et ... • Prlet A. MAN Or EX.TRAORDINARY r p- o,p ). .r../- b It., h.. ,„ readers have no doubt heard of Profeel3° t he r e 0 1. /t 4 a" - VP I n dio, t e . 1 3 1. whether we go to the confines of p, 05 e r ' 4 714 4, ause % I wi • Australia or California, the wilds of Or e n of l ist f A I: lt:'' °, 0 4 Inc1: 11 • ich of China, or, in fact, te any other P e for A . l o° ,o 4; Na tto lll lll3 ea ef ~ ati t ,- b• " Holloway's medicines are knovvr ), l6 lis ~ %Viet; I 'Y ni Ell- language and in every newspaper in _ OO O l . : t o kht 1 tleei "CO ‘t,t.b., tltr lent, 0 ] note his pills and ointment are adver . .„,,ot! , ~ %<4a3b,Zaars, , scarcely be believed that his advertisef_:‘,,eoo_ol:, . ow- a 14 4 , e oto tY, L thirteen hundred papers in the union bog , iO/ 0 1 95, h hh o k t k illts aititi few would scarcely credit that he 0 0. Ado Iktp l :'' fbA ng °ll different parts of the world, the eo° 6ll o, 4 , t F i rY 4i ero b._4 • also: ex, maillions of dollars for advertising. lioill' .P t ile N I ! li t fly ye, bliehment, in the Strand, is one of the/ 1,0 6 1 I Itt t ttk %I) In: c o ,l i el e e ; and should be visited by every sojoltrie ß ote m ; , A o 1 4, 4t 1 1 ,11Nti n the ti57440%-.%! Babylon. He has now one in Atset y .,oo l l,o o " 0 tlik, - ,: a t i ote n j r - r i w° ' York, where his medicines are of _ is ill 1 #' 4 , ° l h o lth fob - " Id cy.ll4l.leq Professor himself being there for a he Ol eg OrA 1 3` ni- . are new no longer imported from bi l Lg e g et l o if 0 . ts 42 l l 4 l ,,.__% %% :Ditt°e -gg ue l , ,at (thus saving the duty to the Auser w iref e m ee r . 40°, 0 1 t h4 ` e tlr` gi p h 'lrly e rtlie, ae ttl re tef proof of the greater celebrity of the 10 ,0“:4,: e0 f4 tok i , 4 etet i e lettl ee 2lug all- add, among other things, that be t ont - I ,OV it' 4 4 ills m'edii wad traveller, and last year visited St. r° the 0 r o i ,la h ib 4o , D pirlete .had the honour of being presented to o f 0, s k "'ettoi l ltely at obtained permission for the Bal e , fee l , Wite ° , 0 hi' bi Der eo t te ; e Y' throughout the Russian Empire. •:".. ej, e ill%., ) e q be e h r "•°n e " h INkitt °t* in e l l or- this he had audiences of tho Qtin r. I ': SO 1 0 .A t ;0 . O h _ th s gate 4, ti Portugal, which resulted in royal o r ue ecli ein iefr oot iel Vg1i e , 141 .13,,,, ter- at for the introduction and sale of kiElwilio o° of ' 0 14 4 4 4 11ilutl:Nel) ee ; two kingdoms. A similar ho a n n elr los ll. l oo l/1/ c .,,s.. ° o l oii iit i V iit ' llii - bkr ttit el t- I t t ei ll i a: t w re.4 - 44 1 bins by the King of Naples, ' ll 4' th ' e r th ,at He had been to all the courts ° 0 for 0 01,11., 1 Ott i 'l th lt ho i e " se - almost everywhere special plivaegt o t 0.. ° O r e 10 4 4 ell. met Qt rs .-4% n , rer , medicines. It must be admitted t" d hP - t i l er kt ilt4 l ) 4 ,l l s :thq ) ,,ZIII greatest advertiser that ever lived, e n o f ° st,...G4ak es ? 2; ire ' the largest fortune in that line of ' kttSh t.Zr i ; .. Nov York Daily Sun. 4 11 % 0 ?bp . In ; . 6 ' I, E ight, eintSt oril . BlBTflas O il ot- CAP 44 1 14 0 0 k OF A sokr;_,,, of I a p t% ke. 0] ;e t, On the lid inst., at Exeter, th 7-- 1 0 4 03 4 ' 4 and t, fir et 1 11l Dassi si at Hamlet', Royal Engineers. t /11 ' I N i t $t e 4 . e e ,l4 l ,_es e e ate oi Ba- OF A DAllai rrigig ter'll tr° pt ht T 411 fre e sh hts w 17- On the 25th inst., at No. - 45, Glace 0 01. . 41 , L 'l' rat z , Ir LeWil de° ' r e .., • i t 20, square, the wife of Samuel pl d ket t‘ th t i r tleti, ) , )is- ---- dal'," klll 4 .kt, 'Al's i tk L iti 1 %11 :er, rg D. 0 0 A MAB I " - hl , . y ot-kb..._ l4 (l ll4 ZNi e T . Josef' y,10114;" k o :o' tk eel; h 9 On the 20th inst., at Clifton, „,,„ ts in Ifs i i 44 k .,_1..... b .. of to Louisa, youngest daughter of iir se krl e l l ' j tre e :oi e,, - ' 4 lltr ' 11 ‘41 0 , 4 04 Of ~ f i nhoei et; On the 3d inst., at St. John,, e 'p o reb*a k s° 4' ke re4lue wing son of Wm. Patsy, Esq.,_of 3 ‘'Theob* l • C % ,,. 111 t 1 'ore -••• tk rch Ann, eldest daughter of Thome , f ti l l lON ~pO l 4 4 at ney, late of the city. L 444 ,1 11 she th ea ; 000 0 01 8 ..y ~,, 1 e ll ' kit eta' ~ 9 / N I ), IsT o t t bo o / ~S a NB s' ing ee, .• th'‘ete , ti7ua -o.eagonP l6 to fe' " 4 ",1 . tnd On the 27th inst., at 6, a ---xagistrii f ey ° ' I , p, (1 7,4 1 (I.4,_nre me, Bryan Donkin, Esq., F.R.S. , kt aklul kitar . l z ra- Surrey, aged 7. Park s treetti g a r lt i re ll. ..o Ql,:liut Ti lars o al, ' 31,1 On the 24th inst at 20, , r unbrl A. sr A y rch John Ward, Esq., ',:k Calverle.lo,bit Fe w, o il int t tk ikt0.0 04 ' 4, 1 1 4 1 , 1 11(1 4 0 . On the 23d inst., the Rev. John 84. a, the 1+;, r %, the et i r d .---8 riot , curate of Lane-end, Bucks, vied .. of fever' t ' h io, ' ~ , ,14, 4 4 tattn. oft, 1 On the 9th inst., at Bal ekls .r:°, 'l n " Pr: ' ' • 10 , I t . t i ll tol 4 top:i ii lli h eli zia ll. zo l , 1 Esq surgeon 95th Regt., eg e "..:Ere il l o ' ID ? !at the ' house of her father, - 84) 7 4 , h et'l doo st 44 kti gi t h to li ° ol lt l44 ! c a y e" . is t o i t e l e We ° P Ai . k a.t„, -oe 4t , I '4 Z tli q' f t ' lace, Herbs. ter, On the 13th inst., at -.-", ~,7 rvtoe oil t h e nIP ', , 4 4 114 4 ; pail fr., j?'" daughter of James So 21"" bl eittleht ''r' Thomas Eyton, Esq., aged i • ~,,, 44 4 ......tift „„, 7:41/ • -. %tat