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was 103,5441., which was made up by the addition of half abattalion of engineers and a battalion of artillery, amount ing to 73,446/. ; additional staff for the movement of troops, 11,200/. ; and a MIA of 12,9941. consequent upon the in creased bounty now offered. He need hardly point out the necessity for increasing the engineer and artillery force-a force which was now about 7,000 loss in strength than it was in the year 1814. No force in any country could have distinguished itself more than our artillery and engineer corps had done in the recent operations in the East. (Hea r.) s It was a remarkable fact that our platforms before Seba - te;pol had required so little repair that, although shells bad exploded over our magazines, not one of them had r been blown up. The next vote he had to subm i t was for barrack supplies, and it showed an increase of 103,49 31. 3, The sum required for barrack suppli es amounted to 30,400/. including supplies for the camp at Aldershot, 36,0001. for foreign troops, 40,0001. for the depot about to be formed at Malta. There was a sum of 115,0001. for great-coats, and in the amount for boots and shoes there was an increase of 43,5121. The clothing for the foreign legion was 90,000/., men and and clothing for the militia, an increase of 56 , 9504 Ho might add to his former remarks respecting the warm clothing, that the Government had sent out an exper i ence d officer with an experienced clerk, and some of the best labourers from the Tower, well accinaint4cl with the package of stores, to Balaklava, there to collect the warm clothing and send them to a storehouse in the Bosphorus, with a view to pre serve them for future use. Vote 3 was intended to be withdrawn. There were certain changes likely to be made in the Ordnance-office ' and when those were effected an estimate would then be presented to the house. On vote 4 there was an excess over last year of 19,5041. for Ordnance establishments. There was an increase in the home esta blishments, 5,954/. ; lodging the Irish militia, 10,0001. ; lodging the foreign legion, 2,500/. ; and additional clerks of works, 9381. However, in every colonial establishment, except those situate near the seat of war, there had been a diminution of expense, and the decrease upon that head would have been greater had it not been for the necessity of forming a new establishment in the Bosphorus. Vote 5, for wag,:cs 368,8921., was 81,0271. i n excess of last year, arising of course from the enormous demand for labour at the different establishments. There was a diminution of 16,3361. in the amount asked for the new gun factory at Woolwich. That circumstance was remarkable, and he wished to explain it. In May last he found the supply of shells wus very deficient. If at that time any great action had been fought, either en land or at sea, it would have been impossible to replenish the magazines, and the coun try would have been exposed to great danger. Finding that to le the case, he sent for an officer of most distin guished•scientio talent, Captain Boxer. That gentleman, upon the circumstances being explained to him, undertook to meetethe difficulty if he were allowed to make use of an old storehouse at Woolwich for the manufacture of flumes and bouching of shells, and to erect machinery at a cost of about 7,0001., which sum he undertook to save the country in the fast six months. He (Mr. Monsell) readily agreed to that proposition-the factory was constructed, and in one week's working it saved the country 1,2001. The fac tory wild not work continuously, as the supply of car cases of shells could not keep pace with the production of the facbory. A. few items would show the great advan tage which the factory had proved for the country. Before its establishment there were 500 Afoorsom fusees made weekly ; afterwards there were 1,030, and a saving of 1411. Of shelds . prepared for fusees there had been 3,500 per week; since the establishment of the factory the number was 10,257, at a saving in wages of 1101. There had been 3,000 wooden fusees made weekly, now there were 10,000, at a saving of 721. The result was, that whereas in May the lumber of 8-inch shells in the storekeeper's departments was 4,398, it now amounted to 10,886. He was perfectly aware that: this country, with its manufacturing powers so extensively developed in all articles of ironwork, ought to prodhce any number of shells which could possibly be re quired ; . boat still the fact remained that we had now been a year DA war and that a sufficient number of shells had not been :supplied. The demand had, in truth, been much greater than the supply. It was found also that a consi derable increase had been made by the contractors in the price of shells supplied to Government. In 1852 8-iuch shells were supplied to Government at 71. Bs. per ton, but the price charged in 1855 was 131. 165., making an in crease of 61. Ss. per ton. No doubt it would be said that this increase was caused, to a certain extent, by the in crease in the price of iron ; but the coat of iron of the quality of - which shells were made, which was, in 1852, 31. 2s. 7d.per ton, in 1855 had only risen to 31. 18s. 4d. per ton, be ing: an increase of 165. 2d. The amount of fuel re quired for the manufacture of a ton of shells was said to be 5 cwt., meet at that calculation, the cost of fuel for manu facturing Shells would be 4s. 9d. per ton in 1852, and in 1855 6s. 2/1., making an increase of ls. 2d. In the sa no way, the labour which, in 1852, cost 11. 7s. lsr ton, in 187)5 cost 1/. 9s. 6d., according to the authority of ono of the largest manufa cturing firms in Bradford-ono of the principal places where the manufacture of Government shells was carried on ; and, lastly, the freight from that district. which, in 1852, was 10s. per ton, in 1855 had risen to 11., being an increase of 103. This made altogether an increase of 11. 108. ld. , leaving an increase which could not be accounted for of 4/. 17s. 11d. The Government, therefore, feeling the immediate want of shells-though they knew that, in time, they should be able to obtain as many as they might require-taking into consideration the great increase of the price of shells, and the advantage of puttingthemselves in a position to control the contractors, and being sensible, moreover, of the importance of attach ing a foundry to the Royal Laboratory, where they might be able, at a moment's notice almost, to supply any number of any given sort of shells which might be wanted on a sud den emergency, had determined to establish this foundry at Woolwich ; and he wasfirmly convinced that, had it only been established six months ago, a saving would already have been effected of more than the amount, 10,0001., which was asked for its construction. It would be of the great est service, too, in enabling the contractors to learn with greater rapidity how to make the particular sorts of shells which were required, for at present considerable time was lost before they were able to construotthemwith thatacou racy and perfection which were indispensable in thews ar ticles, and he was sorry to say that very frequently the old contractors were backward in allowing the new contrac tors to inspect their modes of manufacture. This vote, however, for the shell foundry was net the only ono which he was about to ask for on account of machinery in con nexion with the Royal Laboratory; but it must be remem bered, with regard to all these works ' that they wore re quired for the manufacture of articles for which there was no demand in the country except on the part of the Go vernment, and that the country, therefore, to be prepared for the commencement of a war mustsither have kept large stores of these articles or elsehave had establishments in which these stores could be rapidly replenished. Now, nothing could be more inexpedient than to keep large stores at a time when every day was bringing forth new discoveries, and when a thing that was new one day was obsolete next. As a mere matter of economy, it was of the greatest possible importance for the Government to endeavour to put them selves in a position to be able toutairufacture shells rapidly by means of machinery; and that, in a few words, was the justification of the vote for machinery generally. In vote six there was a considerable increase over last year in the estimate for small arms; while in vote seven, which re lated to 'mks, buildings, and repairs at home and abroad, there was another large increase, occasioned by tho erec tion of new barracks on the western height of Dover, at Gosport, and at Aldershot. In vote eight , for the scien tific branch of the Ordnance Department, there was an increase of 3,8281. over the estimate of last year. The great item in this estimate was for the ordnance survey, and perhaps it would be interesting to some hon. members to know what was the precise state of that survey. Last year there was some controvery as to what should be the size of the survey, but after considerable inquiry a deci mal arrangement was adopted of somewhere about twenty-four inches to the mile. At the present moment the experiment was being made of endeavouring to work this survey by means of contracts through pri vate individuals, and by means also of piece work. Al ready a considerable quantity of piece work had been laid out, and in the course of three or four months so much ex perience wonld have been obtained as to enable the Ord nance to come to a final decision upon it. The hon. gen tleman having apologised for detaining the committee so long, concluded by moving, "That 1,402,9611. be voted to her Majesty as a supplementary estimate of the charge which will probably be incurred during the year 1854-55, for Ordnance services." Colonel DUNNE wished to say a few words upon the general subject of these estimates, and, in the first instance, he deprecated the establishment of a permanent hospital at Smyrna or Rhodes, because ho knew, from personal expe rience, that those localities were so unhealthy as to be quite unfit for the purpose. (Hear.) With regard to supplying greatcoats to the army, he was sure the Ordnance would not, for a considerable time, be able to supply them-cer tainly not to the militia regiments ; and as several regi ments in Ireland were suffering great inconvenience from the want of greatcoats; he would suggest that permission should be given to the colonels to supply greatcoats them selves in the same way that the other clothing was fur nished. (Hear.) The boots which had been sent out to the Crimea were not large enough for the purpose to which they were to be adapted, nor were some of the tentA, owing to their being sent out without lining. Now, as to warm clothing ; the 90th, 46th, and 63d regiments were seat out late in November, without any supply at all, and the consequence had been that the regiments wore completely decimated almost directly after they reecho I the trenches. Could not all that have been avoided by furnishing the regiments with warm clothing before they, went; but it was in this way that half our army had been destroyed. They had absolutely perished, indeed, through the neglect of the authorities at home. (Hoar.) ' With regard to the manufacture of muskets, he did not coincide with some of the hon. gentleman's observations, nor did he think it prudent for us to send out patterns to be manufactured by foreign contractors at Liege and else where, because they would always be ready to furnish the enemy with supplies of the same musket before executing our orders, provided they got a higher price for it, which the enemy was rarely indisposed to give. (Hear, hear.) objected to the erection of new barracks in Ireland, r'. "'lngested that the many thousand stand of arms now the naelees in that part of the kingdom should bo distri buted to the militia and pensioners. (Hear, hear. ) Ile urged that no time i should be lost in settling th e len gth of the now ligns to have this point musket, as it was most important po u decided. He could not conclude with for out the p Guards in exressiir, apprehensioapprehension that the his hope that t present quarters lc:onus/meld prove quite insu ffi cient, h le so me explanation with regjtienz tthi s man would give them . Mr. KUNTZ could p erce i ve inproveinent in the pre- no i sent estimates, which were owieheez„, old dish re-hashed. weatimic I before the Last year Mr. Whitworth, committee, had stated that 5,0001, establishing an adequate manuactoy of iree X_ Me l ie le n a t ta f( b )r . in addition to the vote of 25 , 0001 . f or th e tuf t. ; Now, lishment in the estimates of 1854„ and 15,000 /. the supplementary estimates, or 40,0:)01. altogether°,then were now asked to vote a second sum of 40,000/., maki ng the enormous amount of 80,000 1 . in all. None of the state. relents made by persons connected with the Ordnance had been verified by the result. The hon. gentleman had n o t told them why he had received a much less quantity of arms than he had calculated upon. The Board of Ord nance was in fact a type and sample of all Government establishments from beginning to end ; men were placed in all sorts of offices to do all sorts of duties without pos sessing any real knowledge or qualifications for them. Ho wanted to show them the true reason why they had received only 50,000 rifles in 1834. The contracts were not made till the month of June last, but the patterns for the men to work upon were not delivered until the months of August, September, and October, and the materials to work with not until _November; yet they wondered that the quantity they wished had net been received. (Hear.) Had the contract been made and the patterns given out in due time; he ventured to say that the 90,000 rifles would all have been finished before now ; but such had been the blundering of Government about the order for bayonet., that half of the guns had been prevented from being finished for want of bayonets. As it was, they would soon have a supply of 2,000 a-week ; and if the business were attended to in a fair and tradesmanlike way, the present number of l ex . 6 i t a m e ight very speedily be doubled. They had already whence io a large sum upon the Enfield man u f ac t or y, ,000 rifles a-week might be furnished ; yet last THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1855. into a contract for setting up 20,000 muskets; but the sights were not ordered till the middle of March. With respect to the 90,000 order, it was not till the 22d of June that any part of the barrels were ordered. The first order for locks was issued on the 30th of June, but the patterns were n )t, delivered for two months later. A quan tity of bayonets were ordered on the 10th of July, but the patterns were not delivered till the 11th of A.u * east. The rammers were ordered en the 3 0th June, but the patterns were not delivered till October. An order for 3),000 bayonets was issued on the 7th of August, and part of the contract was to be executed on the let of Sep tember. The pattern was not delivered till that day. And yet the Board of Ordnance came down and told the house that the arms trade could not supply them. (Hear.) The country owed a debt of gratitude to the hon. member for Birmingham for devoting himself to facilitate the produc tion of arms. Day by day, during the past year, he had been employed merely in removing the difficulties which the Board of Ordnance created against their arms supply ; and there could be no doubt that but for those difficulties, Birmingham, which had actually produced from 40,000 to 50,000 stand of arms within the year, or about double what Sir Thomas Hastings had called the maximum of its productions, would have produced 100,000. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to say that only a slight change had been made in the Government system. Formerly there were but four contractors employed to set up the arms. The Government were induced to appoint 13 mere, who received an order to make a quantity of mus kets on the 27th of November. The 17 together employed all the labourers in Birmingham. But in January there was another contractor appointed. He was not a gun maker at all, but a sword-maker; aud, of course, he had not a single tradesman fit for employment in his new occu pation. He could only do one thing, which was to entice away the workmen of the other contractors ; and that the Government called expediting their supply of small arms. In short, an utter want of business management, and a total neglect of every commercial principle, appeared in the transactions of the Board of Ordnance with the trade. Those whose duty it was to decide the patterns knew nothing about gunmaking ; while, as to the inspection of small arms, he would content himself with mentioning one fact. A late inspector, finding that he could not defeat the Birmingham traders by issuing impracticable instructions, actually had crooked sights put on the 20,000 Minie rifles which were now in the hands of our soldiers in the Crimea ; and had it not been for the traders of Birmingham, the troops would have left England with those inefficient arms. (Cries of " Name.") The Government had now got an efficient inspector; but Mr. Sumner was not properly in structed by the Ordnance Department. They required him to visit all the manufactories in which Government contracts were executed; but his proper place was else where. What they wanted was a first-rate workman— which he believed Mr. Sumner was—always in the view ing-room in Birmingham, to be a referee between the workman and the viewer ; but it would be absurd to ex pect him to perform that duty and travel through the country too. Every foreign Government—every important commercial house—had a well-qualified commissioner to watch the progress of trade. This was exactly what the Board of Ordnance required. At present their whole connection with the arms trade was a mass of confu sion. There was no inability on the part of the trade. They had produced within the last year double the maximum assigned by Sir Thomas Hastings; and if the Board of Ordnance employed a business man to regu late and conduct their connection with the manufac turers, they might depend upon it that they had in Eng land, available now, an arms trade far superior to any ma nufactory which they might themselves establish. (Hear.) One hon. member had said that there was no machinery employed in the construction of arms in this country. Now, the most perfect machinery for making the barrel was used at Birmingham, and that machinery was applied to every part of the construction of the rifle except the stock, and, by the showing of Mr. Anderson, it failed so far as the stock was concerned, because such a pattern was insisted upon that no machinery could be applied to it. There was as much machinery employed as was consistent with profit and the manufacture of the kind of arm insisted upon. It was said that arms could not be made in England, and therefore they must be obtained from abroad. Now, if the Government had been content with an arm serviceable, strong, with a good lock, but without any fancy finish, they might have obtained double the quantity they were now re ceiving ; but when they insisted upon an expensive pattern great impediments were thrown in the way. The plan which had been adopted was not calculated to meet the emergency of the war, but the truth was there existed a determination to take the supply of arms from the trade of England, and ho could not understand why, except from a professional jealousy, it was the determination of the beard to have the matter in their own hands. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MONSELL said ho had heard many statements frein the hon. member which were utterly unfounded. The accusation made against tbo Ordnance was this. It was stated that they insisted on having a most elaborately finished gun, with a great deal of artistic devices, which were utterly useless, and that that was the reason they had been placed in their present position. Now the board had consulted Mr. Westley Richards, who suggested certain alterations, and those alterations were adopted by the board. (Hear, hear.) A short time ago he was waited upon by the chairman of the Gnnmakers' Association at Birmingham, and another gentleman connected with the town, and when he asked them if they had any thing to find fault with, they said " no," and yet the hon. member was trying to raise a cry against the Govern ment by denouncing their dealing with the trade of Bir mingham, and thereby endeavouring to induce the com mittee to reject a measure which was of the highest import ance to the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Anderson and two other gentlemen had examined the manufacturers in Ame rica, and had presented a most elaborate report, and he had no doubt that by adopting their recommendations mus kets could be made as correct as the Minie rifle, at ono-half the expense of that instrument. (Hear.) There would be no real opposition between the manufactory and the gun , trade of the country. From the number of arms required the gun trade of Birmingham need not be afraid of having their orders stopped for many years, and he had informed them that the Government would receive as many muskets as they could make. It had been stated that the proper number of muskets had not be ea delivered because the pat tern was not given in time. Now, every one of the gun makers had the proper materials pet into their hands. He wished to impress this fact upon the committee, that machinery to the extent of 26,0001. had been ordered, 17,0001. of which was American machinery, and 9,0001. machinery produced in this country. The contract had been made, and the committee was now called upon to re ject a vote, the effect of which rejection would be to leave the machinery without any factory for its reception. He believed the establishment of this factory would have the effect not of stifling the gun trade of Birmingham, but of setting them an example, and inducing them to employ the best kind of machinery ; and he asked the committee, by a large majority, to sanction a measure which he believed to be of the highest importance to the country, and place it in a position to create a large number of muskets at any time with great rapidity. (Hear.) Mr. NE WDEGA.TE, in reference to the recommendation of Mr. Richards, to which the hon. member had alluded, said that the sight used was not made according to the pat tern of Mr. Richards. Lord SE YMOUR said the hon. member (Mr. Monsell) was defending a department which had been condemned both by the house and the Government. Mr. JOHN M`GREGOR objected to the Government becoming manufacturers. He said that. Lord Palmerston had, in the formation of his Government, been more un fortunate than was ever any other Prime Minister. Lord PALMERSTON had heard with great sarprise and astonishment the opposition which had been made to this vote. We were engaged in a war which, by universal con sent, it required the greatest exertion to conduct with suc cess. It was well known that owing to various circumstances we had for some years suffered from a great deficiency in the supply of small arms for the army. A proposal was made for the establishment of a factory which would not probably at any early period enable the Ordnance to furnish the num ber required, but which would contribute to furnish our army with an excellent weapon, and which might probably in course of time render them independent of other sources of supply, or at all events enable them to command those sources on moderato and reasonable terms. And a t this moment, when we required every exertion possible to furnish our army and militia with arms, when it was well known that in Ireland some regiments of militia were doing duty with broomsticks—(a laugh)—for want of mus kets to put into their hands—hon. gentlemen got up, and, upon various pretences, endeavoured to p revent the country Irene having the advantage of the establishment which this vote was extended to afford. Of all reasons on earth, the reason of his noble friend behind him (Lord Seymour) seemed to him the weakest he could possibly imagine. He forsooth refused the vote because tho Government was going to reorganise the Ordnance Department, to improve its or ganisation, aud to make arrangements by which errors and delays which had occurred at former periods might be prevented. For that very reason, because the depart. ment was going to be made more efficient, and morn capable of performing the public service with prompti tude end accuracy, his noble friend objected to the vote which was now proposed. NV hat would he have said if the contrary had been the case ; if the Government had said that the department of which he complained was perfect, and wanted no improvement ; if they had announced to the house that they were net going to snake ;ley alteration or any improvement in the arrange snout of the civil department ? His noble friend would then have tin ned upon them and said, " Then Irefuse you the vote. You won't improve your system • you won't make a better organisation of the executive departments which are to carry this service into practice, and therefore I refuse." Now, because they were going to do the very things which he had urged to do, he made that a reason for refusing t.) the public the advantage of the establishment which they asked the house to give them the means of pro viding. (Hear.) He (Lord Palmerston) did trust that the house would rise superior to these miserable quibbles. (Chews and counter cheers.) He trusted it would net allow itself to bo made the victim of local interests— (cheers)—or of interests connected with particular places and particular branches of trade. 'We wanted all sources of supply which we could possibly obtain. 'We wanted all that Birmingham could afford us. We had been obliged to have recourse to Liege to assist us in obtaining what we required. We had been compelled to go to the United States of America to procure an additional supply, and he did think that that house would not be performing the duty which it owed to the nation if it refused that which his hon. ftiend now asked for the purpose of estab iishing that which weuhl be only a very partial and expe rimental establishment for the supply of arms. Did his noble friend (Lord Seymour) imagine that the 25,0001. which was voted last year was enough to establish a manu factory of arms ? It was only a sum upon account. No man could imagine that for 25,0001. you could have erected an establishment which would have afforded you the menus of ascertaining whether you could make arms at a cheaper rate than was charged by the private trade. He did hope that the statement of nis hon. friend would be sufficient to induce the house to accede to this vote, and that the Go vernment would not, at a time when it requires! every ex ertion to furnish our army, cur militia, and our colonies with arms, be turned round and deprived of the means of supply which the establishment now proposed would afford. Nr. H. BAILLIE wished to know whetherthe contracts for forage for the army had been made by the Ordnance Department or the Treasury? Mr. MONSELL replied that the Ordnance had been made use of by the Treasury for - the purchase of some oats; but that was all it had to do with the forage. Lord PALMERSTON said the commissariat department was responsible for the supply of forage. Mr. MUNTZ persevered in his amendment. The noble lord (Lord Palmerston) seemed to intimate that he was supporting seine local interest at the expense of th e coun try. He denied this was the case. No man was more sincerely anxious to promote the public interest than he p th ri e v l a a t t e te i r n . interest came into cel - 7;:ctsl:dftehe n di S a E a t w Y l : wh A t ae a l ny n O v sp U su ß abclr d iic i fi d ac n endd o t wish to embarrass the Govern !nee u .s t , and n a s he suo‘tnvesdrienrtsot favouroo h d is th qo a ettshhteei amendment.t question o n f e money h h a a d t been spent done towards the establishment of this factory, had H a I d b had e h e been must therefore suppose that the Ordnance had done so little that it could not be stated. Mr. MUNTZ s.iit. it was b.;c3.vie the o... Nance ‘lcp::rt went had spent money which they had no right to expend that lie proposed the reduction of the vote. For the vote Agaitist Majority The vote was therefore agreed to 170 . 31 .--133 The next vote was of 22,34 G officers and non-commis sioned officers and men for the servica of her Majesty iu the several Ordnance corpa and departments for the service at home and abroad during the year 1855-SG. Mr. W. WILLINMS complained that the sum of up ward 3 of one million had been expended during the last and present years in barracks. He was glad to hear that the vote for the Ordnance-office was to be withdrawn, and he was sure that a great amount of saving might be effected by the consolidation of that office and the Commissariat Department with the office of the Secretary at War. Colonel GILPIN said as the question bad turned upon barracks, he wished to ask whether any arrangements had been made for the better accommodation of married men in barracks ? Ho believed that they were still is the same disgraceful state which he had pointed out last year. He was sure the public would agree to any sum to lodge there men in a manner more consistent with decency and with their comfort. Captain SCOBELL said ho had seen a most excellent suggestion for floating hospitals. There were a great many line-of-battle ships lying useless inurdinary, which might be easily ventilated, and made otherwise available for the purpose. Mr. M. SMITH urged upon the Government the neces sity of adopting a better system of ventilation in the medi cal hospitals. Mr. OTWAY wished to know if, on the formation of the camp at Aldershot, it was intended to exercise the troops in the construction of huts ? He thought that, in stead of employing labourers iu constructing the huts, ten thousand men might bo exorcised in constructing them. Colonel KNOX would like to know where the hon. mem ber would get his ten thousand soldiers ? Why, they were not in existence. _ Mr. MONSELL said these huts were wooden barracks, and if taken proper care of, they would last a long time. They would be partiedlarly useful in respect to the nasve ments of tho militia in Ireland. Mr. OT WAY could not see why ten thousand men should not be empleyed at Aldershot constructing the huts. Mr. MONSELL said the reason was that they would be too much occupied learning the goose step. The vote was agreed to. The vote of 1,117,8131., to pay allowances and contin gencies for the Ordnance, was agreed to. On the vote of 1,460,817/. for commissariat and foreign supplies, • Colonel KNOX thought the sum of 90,0001. for clothing the foreign legion, which existed only i n th e i mag i na ti o n of the Government, was a large one. With respect to the great coats served to the army nothing could be more use less. The cloth was little hatter than baize. He did not know if they were surveyed ; but if so, the person who surveyed them should be dismissed. They were disgraceful to the country, and a fraud on the soldier. Mr. MONSELL took the same view as the gallant mem ber of the great coats. They wore not made of the sort of cloth they ought to be, and they were altogether out of the pattern. The real fact was they were made as light as possible. Lord W. GRAHAM called attention to the shell-jacket, out of which the Ordnance had struck the lining. Lord ELCHO drew the attention of the Government to a process by which the lightest tweeds were rendered wa terproof. He had observed that on very cold days the soldiers here were on sentry in their red coats ; whereas when the weather grew warmthey had on their grey coats. Why had they not their great coats hung up in their sen try boxes, like the soldiers in foreign countries ? Mr. PERCY complained of the wretched parsimony in the making of the coats. From Gid. to 10d. was the price paid for making the coats, and it was impossible they could be well made. Mr. E. BALL said it was exceedingly scandalous that our soldiers, who had undertaken such arduous duties in the Crimea, should be supplied with such wretched coats, after the enormous sum. voted by the country for supply ing them with proper requisites. Colonel. DUNNE thought the quality of clothing for the soldiers was disgraceful, except in the Guards and some other favoered corps. Lord ELMO called attention to the ammunition boots sent to the Crimes, which were much too small for the men ; they were also objectionable on account of having smooth soles without nails. Mr. MILES sai.l another objection to the boots was, that they were so badly put together that the soles separated from the body of the boots. There wore several items taken in the estimates for the foreign legion, but he understood there was not a man yet raised for it. He wished, there fore, to know whether it was the intention of the Govern moat to take up the Turkish contingent as the foreign legion. At present the latter was an imaginary body, but he should have no objection to vote the 90,000'. for the Turkish contingent, which he believed would be a really effective auxiliary form._ Lord PALMERSTON assured the hon. gentleman that no money would bo spent on the foreign legion if it should not be raised ; but the Turkish contingent was totally different from the foreign legion. Mr. MONSELL repeated the explanation he had before given respecting the size of the boots seat out to the Crimea, but observe! that the ammunition boots were not supplied by the Ordnance. The vote was thee agreed to. On the vote of 303,149/. for establishments at home and abroad, Sir J. ANDERSON expressed a hope that the establish ments at home would be used fur lodging the militia. The inhabitants of Stirling had the militia billetted on them ; though there was accommodation for them in the Castle Barrcks. Mr. COWAN obtorved that great dissatisfaction pre vailed among a certain portion of his constituents, upon whom fell the burden of providing lodging for the militia. Lord PALMERSTON said, that ho thought it highly desirable, wherever it vies possible, that the militia should p a i t 3r i t h i o e n o f. beginning the mi i o t f i a l a ha st d y b e e a e r n I c v a e l s l e odn out u r t e . ason why be in berracks ; and th a t th e d e fi e i ency of such accommo odialtY'iLailvote was then agreed to ; as was that of 368,8721. for wages of artilicere, labourers, and others employed at the several establishments in the united kingdom and the colonies. On the vote of 2,792,3481. for Ordnance stores for the land and sea service, Mr. MUNTZ moved as an amendment that tho vote be reduced by 40,0001., being the item for the small-arm fac tory at Enfield. Lord SE YMOUR recommended the hon. gentleman, after the expression of opinion upon the 15,000/. vote, not to divide the committee; but oomplaiued that the Govern ment had not had the courtesy to state what progress had been made with the building, and when it was likely that some arms would be produced. Mr. MONSELL said that he hoped to be able to com mence the manufacture about the beginning of July. A great portion of the American machinery had already ar rived, and the building would soon be completed. Mr. H. HERBERT called attention to the fact that the Irish Militia were without arms, and narrated a circum stance which had occurred in his own county. Not having received any printed forms, his regiment had sent a requi sition for arms to the Qaarter-Master General in Dublin, in manuscript. That officer sent it back to the general of the district, stating that the requisition ought to have gone through him (the general of the district), and that he could take no notice of any that was not printed. The general of the district, therefore, transmitted it to him (Mr. Her bert). He had to send to London for a printed requisition to apply for arms ; and the consequence was that two months had passed by, and the regiment had not got a single musket. In the meantime the general of the dis trict had ord ere d hi s reg i ment to sappy men for sentry duty, and they were actually keeping sentry with sticks in their hands. (A laugh.) Thoughery effectively employed a shillelagh might be a national weapon, and "night b e v at times, yet he th oug ht t h at a limited supp l y o f " Old Brown Boss" would be desirabl e . (ffear, hear.) Mr. MAGUIItE moved th a t th e c h a i r man 'report pro gress. Mr. NEWDEGATE hoped, if the vote were passed, that the noble lord at the head of the Government would take immediate steps to assure the trade that he did not intend to supersede them ; otherwise the vote would do more to shake their confidence than anything that could be done. Mr. MUNTZ expressed his determination to divide upon his amendment. Lord PALMERSTON hoped the hon. member (Mr. Maguire) Would not insist upon reporting progress, but take the discussion on the report. Mr. MAGUIRE was only anxious to have the subject discussed, and, on the understanding that another oppoi tunity would be given for that purpose, would withdraw his amendment. Mr. SCHOFIELD contended that this was not a mere Birmingham question ' but ono affecting the country at large. Tile gun trade formed a very small fraction of the trade of Birmingham, and it was not on account of the supposed interests of Birmingham, but because he believed the Government could not piovide themselves so well with arms as private manufacturers could do, that he was op posed to this vote. Mr. WALPOLE said, there existed a misapprehension that on account of the resolution come to by the committee last year, the Government had been prevented from obtain ing as large a supply of arms as otherwise they would have done, but believed that had the vote baeu carried last year it would have been imposjlle to establish the manu factory in time to provide the necessary supply of arms. Mr. 3IONSELL said the right hon. gentleman was per fectly right in his corolusion. It would have been impos sible for Government to manufacture the arms required in any circumstances. The committee divided, and the numbers were -7_ 24 110 Majority -86 The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. The report on the Army Estimates was brought up ari egrood to. The second reading of tho Newspaper and Postage aid Stnup Duties Bill was postponed till Friday next. The Tea Duties Decline Suspension Dill was read a second tithe. For the amendment Against... ......... The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill passed through committee. The house adjourned at 1 o'clock. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS' of TILE NAVY.—At a general meeting of the students of the London Hospital, held yesterday, Dr. Andrew Clark in the chair, resolutions were agreed to in reference to the present condition of the assistant-surgeons of the navy. The first resolution was to the effect that their pesitir n was derogatory to the best interests of the service, and the second suggested to the Admiralty that it should follow the example set by the India Board in the distribution of their medical appointments. The third resolution was that the meet ing viewed with alarm the present policy of the Admi ralty in employing unqualified men as dressers in the Baltic fleet, thus following the example already set by the sister service in the case of the Scutari dressers, who are now performing the duties of assistant-surgeons. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Ointment and Pills extraordinarY,medicines for the cure of bait legs.—Mr. Wm. Hill, of Exeter, had for upwards cf three years an ulcerated kg of a roost fearful description, which defied the best medical skill to heal, having been in Guy's Hos pital, King's College, and the Devon and Exeter Hos pitals. Each pronounced it incurable, and the only remedy he could obtain would be to have it amputated. Notwithstanding these opinions, he made a trial of Hol loway's ointment and pills, which effected more good in a few days than ad the treatment ho had heretofore received, and subsequently the wounds on his leg were completely healed. Sold by all venders of medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, Now York. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM JIII7'TE (Continued from our first edition of yesterday.) Mr. Daudas, M.P., was the. first witness examined, but his evidence did not go beyond statements he had already made in a speech in the house as to the results of his observations on a visit he paid to Dalaklava and the camp in December last—and had reference chiefly to the defective supply of forage, clothing, food, and fuel to the camp, and the sickness and mortality amongst the troops. The disadvantAgeous position of the burial grounds, and the neglect and mortality of the cavalry horses were also amongst the substance of the matter elicited. General Sir De Lacy Evans was then examined by the chairman. He stated that he joined the army at Scutari, and remained there some time. When he joined a proportion of the army had already landed. The men were:comfortably provided for during transport,and when they arrived at Varna the mon were well, and did not become sick after landing. Ho did not know when they embarked at Varna where they were going►, although, from circumstances that occurred, he had no doubt that they were going to attack the enemy somewhere in the north. The state of his division was by no means bad at that time, but still there was a certain amount of depression of spirits amongst the troops, arising from the circumstance of their having been so long inactive. He arrived at Varna on the 18th June, and remained there until the Ist Sep tember, during which time he moved his camp three or four times. He thought it was on the 12th or 13th Septem ber that he arrived at Eupatoria. Some of the battalions had knapsacks, but he believed the majority had not. An order was issued from head-quarters, but there was a great deal of irregularity about the matter. The Battle of the Alma took place on the 17th or 18th of Septem ber, but he did not accurately remember. The French took similar means to ours for the care of the wounded, but he did not think they were so long in making the necessary provisions as the English. We managed to get up the tents by the 29th September. The weather was fine, but the nights were cold, and the troops suffered much in consequence. The fuel became very damp. There was brushwood, which, in fine wea ther, was available for fuel, but when it rained it became perfectly useless. No firewood was served out to the troops. The clothing of the troops was becoming very indifferent when he left. After a succession of com plaints of various kinds, he succeeded in getting new clothing for his troops. The gentlemen sent out to con duct the commissariat department were utterly incom petent to their duty. Altercations consequently arose, and at length he had the good fortune to get a competent man in the person of Mr, Power, and efficient officers were afterwards attached to his di vision, which accounted for its favourable condition in comparison with others. He could not say that there was any great deficiency in the medical department. He had frequently known his horses to be without food for a day in consequence of the difficulty of getting receipts signed—a form which was observed with great strict ness. He was not one of those who believed that Varna was a very unhealthy place. Of course, if large masses of troops were brought together in any spot in hot weather disease must follow. In reference to the French transports, they were very far inferior to our own—indeed there was no comparison between them. At ten minutes before four o'clock it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers, and the inquiry was adjourned. FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. That the popular belief in ghosts is not extinct, even in a large town like Sheffield, is proved by a tragic cir cumstance of recent occurrence. It was currently re ported in Campo-lane, at the latter end of last week, that a ghost, " all in white," had made its appearance in the house of John Favell, who lives in Campo-lane, a little beyond the parish church. The story was genuine thus far, that a young woman, named H arr i e t W ar d, w h o lodged at Favell's house, affirmed in the most solemn manner that she had seen an apparition in the cellar kitchen. This assertion was made with such an air of credibility that the other inmates in the house—Favell, his wife, and the wife's sister—could not altogether disbelieie it, though they had no visual evidence of its truth. Favell had heard strange sounds, however, which he thought might have had their origin in super natural agency. On Saturday evening they felt so much concerned on account of the ghostly presence that, for the sake of greater security, a friend of the family, a man named Robert Rollinoon, who lodged in court No. 24, South-street; Park, was requested to spend the night at Favelni house. Being neither , superstitions nor timid, Rollinson acquiesced. He,and the other persons went to bed in due time, and Rollinson reported on the Sun day morning that he bad seen nothing extraordinary, but towards morning had heard a strange noise that he could not account for. He returned home to breakfast, having first received an invitation for himself and wife to dine with the Favells. His wife and the family with whom they lodged were very inquisitive about the ghost, but Rollinson assured them that he had seen nothing of it. - His wife at once accepted the invita tion to dinner, and seemed to regard the apparition story as a pleasant jest. Sbe little knew that within a few hours it would prove her death. She and her hus band kept their appointment at Favell's, and remained to spend the rest of the day there. It should be here stated, as a circumstance which may throw some light on this strange affair, that all the parties concerned— bxcept, perhaps, the ghost, of whose creed nothing is known—were members of the community called Latter day Saints, whose congregational meetings are held at, the Hall of Science, Rockingham-street. T o thi s p l ace Favell and his family and friends repaired on Sunday afternoon, leaving in their house Mrs. Favell's sister, Mrs. Rollinson and Mrs. Johnson (the person at whose house in South-street the Rollinsons lodged). On the return of the party who had gone to the Hall of Science, they were accompanied by several acquain tances, who had heard of the apparition and perhaps felt curious to know more about it. Harriet Ward was elo quent on the subject of the vision, and several of the visitors went into the cellar-kitchen to see the ghostly residence and the precise spot where it had been seen. A. number of persons had assembled in front of the house, understanding that the ghost was "on view," anxious to have a peep for nothing ; but Mrs. Favell, feeling annoyed at seeing so many individuals prying at the kitchen window, requested her sister to fasten a temporary blind against it with two forks. The sister, however, had net courage to perform the task, although several individuals had already gone down into the kitchen, preceded by Harriett Ward with a lighted candle. It was at this mo ment that Mrs. Rollinson's disbelief in ghostly mani festations exhibited itself in full force. " Pooh, pooh !" she exclaimed, rather impatiently, "Give mo the forks child !" and immediately she descended into the kitchen to hang up the blind. She bad not been there many mo ments when, looking in the direction of the stairs down which she had descended, she became suddenly terror stricken, and seizing the arm of her friend, Mrs. Johnson with a convulsive grasp, exclaimed in broken ascents, "Oh, Mrs. Johnson, I saw somethingon the steps ! Take me away 1" This unexpected incident imparted a re ality to the occasion which perhaps few present had ex pected. Mrs. Rollinson, in an agony of terror, was conreyed up the steps, and immediately afterwards fainted. After a while her consciousness returned, but for a brief interval, and she assured her friends, in the most earnest and solemn manner, that she had seen on the stairs a female form, dressed in white apparel, and that it approached and rushed past her. The fact of no one else having seen it made no difference to her. She believed the evidence of her eye sight in that instance as she had been accustomed to do on ordinary occasions, and probably nothing could have shaken her conviction that she had seen a spectre. Again she relapsed into a state of unconsciousness, in which condition she was removed in a cab to her lodg ings, and died there about noon on Monday. Her death had certainly been caused by the fright that she received on the previous day, up to which time she was in perfect health and spirits ; and her friends concur in stating that she was by no means of a timid disposition. A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday, in consequence of the poor woman's sudden death. The bard-headed matter-of-fact jury could make nothing of the ghost story, so they returned a verdict of " Sudden, but natural death." We are unable to add that this ver dict has had the effect of exterminating the superstitious feelings that the tragic incident of Sunday last, an-I the ruinocrs which preceded it, have awakened.—adield Times, year there was a proposal to swamp the whole establish ment at that place, and transport it to Woolwich. He rested divide the house against this vote, as he felt unable to sanction the principle of an outlay of money, made without consulting anybody, and without knowing whether they were right or wrong. He considered the manufacture of carcass shells, as proposed now to be conducted, cue of the grossest jobs ever known. In the end, the recommen dations of the committee would be found far more valuable, and far cheaper than those of any lot of scheming engineers. Sir J. PAXTON observed that Government had pur chased a very excellent site for exercising large bodies of troops at Aldershot, with two railways and a canal close to it, and they had heard that large barracks were to be in readiness this spring for an extensive encampment of troops. He had been surprised to find that nothing was done, not even a tender sent out, before the 22d January, when tenders were issued for the erection of huts to hold 20,000 men, to be completed by the 15th March. It struck him at the time as very extraordinary, that the Ordnance should only have given six weeks for this purpose, as on calculating he found that it would require the contractors to deliver from 500 to 600 tons of building materials a day on the spot. On examining the specification he found that the timber to be used was to be fir from Memel, Ries, or Dantzic, and yellow Christianadeals; but if they asked any wood contractor in London they would find that there were not sufficient deals in the country to erect half of them. A fortnight after the 22d another tender came out from the Ordnance-office, for foundations to be laid in concrete and brick, thus giving but a single month to lay the foundations and fix the whole buildings. (Hear.) . He need not say this was almost an impossibility, and if it were done it would be the most wonderful thing that had ever been done in this country; but he did not believe a word of it. (Hear, and a laugh.) According to the terms of another contract, there was to be a regular expenditure of 10,000/. a month in been facility.e permanent nmade H to aode tn b h a neh r barracks, ae enable issued theks , contractors t e e t n dno tenders r s p l preparation e st p to art begin io n w their h a w t eovrekr withhad summer for 20,000,000 bricks to be laid down on the spot, he did not believe it would have been necessary to pu t up the huts they were now going to frame at so large an expense, and they would have had a largo portion of the brickwork finished by this time; but nothing of this had been done, and now a large sum would have to bo sacrificed in precipitate operations. With regard to the small arms manufactory at Enfield, he heldlit to be a very bad principle for either the Government or companies to manufacture a thing themselves unless they wanted it regularly. It would be very impolitic and prejudicial to the interests of Government to have large e stablishments fitted up in war times which would not be wanted in days of peace. It would, besides, have a very bad effect on the manufactories of Birmingham, for when a large demand arose they could not expect that any ex pansion in the means of supply would take place. Lord SEYMOUR said it had been shown in the com mittee last year that 15s. might be saved in the manufac ture of a 3/. rifle by giving up a little superfluous decora tion; but Government would neither abandon the useless ornament nor consent to give the enhanced price. When they wanted a speedy supply, evidently the first thing to be done was to give out the pattern, but they had not done this, and then they came down to complain that the supply was not delivered in time. He thought it singular that they should not know to whom the expenditure of the large sum to be voted on account of the Enfield estab lishment was to be entrusted. They could not expect the London and Birmingham manufacturers to improve their machinery if the Government announced their intention to erect a large establishment at Enfield. He admitted that a small manufactory at Enfield would have been useful; it would have been a check upon the private traders, and would have ensured a wholesome competition as to quality. But the house was asked to vote a large sum of money for the establishment of a vast manufactory, and to entrust the expenditure of the money to a Board of Ordnance of which they knew nothing. The vote for tha Ordnance-office had been postponed, and nobody knew how the board was to be composed. Were they, as men of business, to be called upon to veto a large sum of money, to be expended by men of whose names even they were entirely ignorant ? Ho was convinced that they would get their arms more rapidly if they dealt with the trade in a fair manner, which they had never yet done, as had been proved most conclusively by the speech of the hon. mem ber for Birmingham. The Board of Ordnance had misme naged the whole busioass ; they had notobtaincd what they should havo got ' • and he had no doubt that if they had issued their contracts early in May last, and proceeded like men of business, they would have been supplied with a much larger quantity of arms than they had actually pro cured. He observed that no less a sum than 375,0001. was to ho expended for barracks at Aldershot. Now he thought it was to be a sort of encampment, and that soldiers were there to be prepared for actual service ; but he was afraid the men were to be so luxuriously housed, that they would be rendered totally unfit for warfare. Did they moan to stable the horses in the same way as in cavalry barracks, where the animals were unfitted for work in the field? For military operations he doubted whether that mode of using the houses was a wise one. Wen he looked at the large sum of 375,0001., he was curious to know whether the Govern ment had asked Sir Charles Barry to build the barracks at Aldershot. Again, the house was asked to vote a sum of 60,0001. for barracks at Dover. Who was going to look after their erection ? No private individual would dream of com mencing to build a house at the very moment he had dis missed his clerk of works. Yet that was the very thing , which the Government now proposed to do. They had got rid of the Board of Ordnance, and yet they came down and asked the house to vote 60,00 11. for the erection of barracks at Dover, which, he presumed, had nothing to do with the war with Russia. Again, the Government asked a considerable vote for the defence of commercial harboers —12,0001. for Liverpool and 10,0001. for the Humber. Now that measure might ibe necessary ' • it was possible that our fleets could not defend our coasts from the Russians; but he did not think it would be wise in the house to vote so large a sum of money until they knew something of the establishment under which it was to be expended. He had heard no reason whatever for departing from the prin ciple laid down last year with regard to the establishment at Enfield, and unless the Government could give them one, he should be disposed to reduce the vote by a sum of 40,0001. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. DUNDAS was surprised at the hostility evinced by several hon. members to the manufactory at Enfield for making small arms by self-acting machinery, under the surveillance of the Government. Ho trusted the house would adopt the suggestion that had been made by the Clerk of the Ordnance, and not go to a division. Mr. LAYARD said the house had heard in this discussion several pleasing instances of the neglect, mismanagement, and ignorance of the Government departments. These ex posures were coming to be too frequent ; and what was very curious, they never heard of any person being punished on account of these things. There was one subject upon which he would like to have some explanation from the Clerk of the Ordnance—he meant the fusees. He could bear witness to the fact, that the hums issued during the early part of the siege of Sebastopol were so disgracefully bad, that out of every ten shells thrown no more than three or four burst at all. He believed a report was made to the head of the department upon the subject, representing that gross negli gence had been shown in the construction of the shells, and he should like to know whether that report, drawn up in the middle of last October, had been sent to this country, and whether in consequence any steps had been taken to investigate the case, and punish the guilty parties, whoever they might be ? There was another question which he should also like to put to the hon. gentleman. He observed in the estimates a sum of 50,0001. for clothing, accoutre ments, and knapsacks to the foreign legion. He should like to know what the foreign legion was ? (Hear.) They had heard a good deal of it ; the bill for its embodiment was pressed upon them in a very hasty manner at the end of last year, but up to the present day he did not know where this mythical legion was, of what it was composed—whe ther of Austrians, or Germans, or Spaniards, or Dutchmen —or why they were asked to vote 50,0001. to dress these men of straw. If men had been obtained, ho should like to know whether they had been consulted as to their clothing and accoutrements ? When he was in the Crimea hetalked to many French officers about the English knapsacks, but he never heard one who did not point out the great superiority of the French knapsacks over the English in point of light- Less and convenience. He wished to touch upen another pain t. There was a large sum in the estimates for the engineers, Ner he did net intend to depreciate the ability of our en gineers, but he thought it would be admitted that our theoretical engineering work was not creditable to this country, and he believed he was net far wrong when he stated that up to a late period not a single map had been sent to England of the siege operations before Sebastopol. Such a state of things was not creditable to our engineers. It might have been recently improved, but it existed so late as the end of December. An hon. and gallant member had referred to the hospital at Smyrna. Now it was stated by a member of the Government on the previous occasion that this hospital was merely intended for winter and not for summer. Bat the winter was almost passed, and sum mer was rapidly approaching in that c.iuntry, and it was only to-day he read in the public papers that nurses and attendants were sent out to the Smyrna Hospital. Smyrna was a very unhealthy place in summer. There was not a single English family resident iu it who did not leave it during summer. Surely we had lost life enough already, and ought not• to throw more away in this wanton manner. (Hear.) He did entreat the Government not to go on in this way any longer. The country was too excited with its losses to tolerate such conduct. (Hear.). Why, the hospital at Sul:vine was built in the corner of a bog, at the lowest and worst part of the town, and in a few weeks the place would be afflicted with gastric fever, which always raged there in summer. Ho also desired to call the atten tion of the Government to the state of Bal sklava. That harbour was a hole, surrounded by lofty mountains, and when the warm weather came they would have a plague breaking out at Balaklevajand perhaps carrying off every man there. (Hear.) Ho did entreat the Government to reflect upon that subject. There was still another point to which he desired to refer—he meant the Turkish contin gent. It was proposed to raise in Turkey 20,000 men, to bo commanded by English officers. A general officer of whom we knew nothing was to be sent out to take the chief command, and he observed that one member of the staff was a relative of the Minister of War. He did entreat the Government to consider these things setiously. Major. General Vivian might be a very good man, but certainly what they knew of him was notsufficient to counterbalance the want of some knowledge of the country, of the Turks, and of their language. If the Government had sent out a sum of money to enable Omer Pacha to support histroops some months ago, they might have secured the services of a good Turkish contingent; or if they were to employ a number of Turkish officers, they might, at least to some extent, effect the object in view; but he did not think that a Turkish levy under English officers exclusively would ever succeed. Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the proposalfor reducing the vote by 40,000/. It had been said that the arms trade of this country could not produce an adequate supply for the Government. He denied that statement. The arms trade of England supplied not only the East India Com- Pally, but the French Government, the Portuguese, the Spa nviesernli,tmtho of net,he Peruvian, the Russian, and, indeed, almost every Governme n t i n t h e wor ld ; b ut suc h was the mismanage inn arms tend Ordnance depart m ent th a t th e I m p er i a l Go vernment e o E n l e g a l annertl supply.was t the He only Government wouldGo ve tell rnm the en h t ourw o h u i s e e h how ltahsatt yeaream euttaotie 1 a pass. t I lt, was proved before the committee viewers inspector for small arms gave such instructions t o the that they were o bli ge d t o re j ec t a large quantity of gee only one man in England ar coUrd 1 the Ordnance test; and when in question, was asked whether th e l n aiocet Lovell, i t was found that produce tr arms able to stand tnoreer theentgeeonntlier de pond the ne gative, an a Now, 5,000 such muskets,p end upon h e an the annual ed em s p u h p a p t l i e e a loi f y it so happened t Mr. Lovell was app o i, the Great Exhibition. A number of gun-leeks had been rejected by his subordinates, acting under his instructioenen One of those gun-locks was sent to the Exhibition. veh a s i, was the result ? Mr. Lovell gave a first prize to the very article which his own subordinates had rejected in cense (A laugh.) The traders com ere not fairly treated by th p q a u e i n n c o e d ,o moreover, f his in s ti' u t c h ? t n t s h . e y w a G n ov o e rd rn er me fo n r t ianrnaotshewritrhesoin)etcts. the Iptahuldrnbelevnaawenallerseaidw-taheattee paper. Well, what were the exact dates oftheordeenrtselraesdt year? On the Ist of Jan, the Board of Ordnance RAILWAY TRAFEIC RETUIUS. LONDON AND SOITTEL-EASTERN R.llLWAT.—Traffic e• turn for the week ending March 3, 1855 £12,011 4 3 Corresponding week last year 13,058 19 1 Decrease in I.': 5 £1,047 14 10 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWA.Y.— Traffic return for the week ending March 3, 1855 £8,209 8 5 Corresponding week last year 10,295 8 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 76,781 13 10 Total of the half-year to this (tato, 1854 E4,171 6 8 A letter from Stutgardt, 28th ult., in the Wurtem berg Moniteur, rays :—" Th e Comm Awe of Finances of the Chamber of Deputies has jolt published iti report on the bill for a loan to meet the extraordinary expenses of the War Department. The committee recommends the authorisation of the loan for three millions offl.rins, but on condition that the law shall clearly point out that the loan is contracted in Order to execute a resolution of the Diet. The expenses of putting the contingent on a war footing for three months is estimated by the com mittee at 1,533,497 florins." (The florin is about 2fr. 50c.) WESTERN BLISS.—An Oregan widow thus writes her experience during her sojourn on the Pacific coast :—"I have indeed been unfortunate, both of my arms are slightly palsied, each of my legs has been broken, my health is generally bad, I have had four husbands in my time, but they all gave up and died, poor things, and I had foul yoke of oxen, and the cursed Indiana stole and eat them." BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the th day of Feb., 1855 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,426 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,712 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 29,398 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and C. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co. Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—. Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 36,816 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-11. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,574 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—•J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,409 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 6,932 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 70,333 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 14,947 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 32,306 9,710 13,215 6,538 89,196 Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank; Banbury—Cobb and Son 26,001 Bath City Bank, Bath --G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, . Yorkshire H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills Bawtree, and Co $7,937 85,599 11,277 65,449 .. 26,592 12,637 3,834 18,218 49,880 32,618 22,494 8,38 A 16,254 84,3'09 47,646 6,322 19,265 Cornish Bank, Trur"o—TweedY and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old tank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel 'Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport--Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, • Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank • and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight , Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead —Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, • and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0.... Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal 'Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering —J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0..., Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and C 0.... Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and ,Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 8,152 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 18,206 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 30,216 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage Snead, and Co 13,195 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 25,010 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, andCo Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 22,385 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 49,011 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck 75,710 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,784 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 3,448 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co— 11,952 Nottinghamßank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten bridge—T. H. and S. Belching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Ce 47,281 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Ce. 11,064 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank; Peter borough—D. Yorke and C.. • 7,923 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. anti W. Walters l2, 870 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Cc 30,355 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Ce. Richmond Bank, • Richmond—Roper and Co 6,995 Rochdale Bank, Reehdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 4,776 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nic holson 8,877 Royston- Bank, Royston—Fordhant and Sous 13,585 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and goat . 10,166 Rye Bank, Rye—R. 0. Pomfret and CM% ....... 15,856 64,775 6,501 9,07 10,93 39,35 26,754 9,800 9,908 74,686 84,666 9,895 47,502 98,143 55,590 48,80 a 20,108 21,424 8,205 12,122 6,561 5,040 8,420 30,219 34,175 17,255 22,96 20,780 54,760 5,736 23,868 33,628 21,043 21,969 70, - 288 16,766 25,180 8,914 20,739 37,865 8,982 6,447 52,792 87,155 30,090 28,124 9,440 98,383 21,480 6,777 3,578 ... 37,115 13;129 14,331 2,786 COMSTICLEi COUNTRY 7 UR ETS. CHELMSFORD—MAEcH 2. Wo had to-day a good supply of wheat, but mu.: , ° was out of condition. There was but. little disposit i ~1 purchase, and a very small business was tran sacted duction of is per qr. on last week's prices. In spring also there was but little doing. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr. 55 80 new 55 80 old 51 73 new 51 73 27 34 29 37 23 :10 70 74 72 76 Oats, Peas, . per qr. .......... 5 Partridge. ..... 3$ Boil i ng Whte ............. ..... •ts, rod, Barley Chevalier Grinding Malt Dun ............ Beams, Tick ...... . ... ..4 0 Harrow . ticks Al a zagan ...... Ditt o , n05;...37 Chevalier .. COLCHESTER—MARCH 2. The death of the Emperor of Russia completelf 1- mi s trade; in the few sales mado buyers had the adr e p is to 2s per qr. Barley was is per qr. cheaper. peas are each 2a per qr. lower. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, whi t ' , , red, his to 703 ; barley, 30s to 34s ; oats, 27 s W 7 0 ;; Mazagan, 36s to 38s ; mithlle and small, 4 0 s i ° white, 44s to 46s ; grey, 36s to 40s. Official Statement of the Quai in the port of London, fro] the 25th Feb. to the 3d Mai ,ntities of Corn, SO IM the following P"'' ,reh, both inclusive. + ; ?.... g .9 lAC x Colchester . -1 174 31 410! 20 it is , Harwich - Leigh — --- g 2910 i 5 3 197 24 2 r k gilyj kfaldon 713 309 5 0 3 l'____::-:- -- KIRKCALDY—Mead 3. 1 6 0 4, Wheat. 1_ Earley. Oats. os ;,., First 72s Od 1 35s Od 29s 6(1 . 1 06 v Second s Od 27s Oil I of Third sBs Od 29s Od 22s COAL MARE Prioos of Coal per ton at t . 8. d. Barnhope l7 0 Carr's Hartley lB 6 Davison's West Hartley 18 6 Howard's West Hartley Nether ton 18 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 0 Ravonsworth Pelaw 17 Raveusworth Hartley lB 0 Redheugh Main 15 Tanfield Moor l7 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 0 Walker Primrose 6 Grey's West Hartley l7 I Wylam 19 0 Wallsend, &c. Gesforth . Hatton Heaton Lawson Riddell ,19 I, 19 01 19 31 17 ti ~,19 (N signifies that the mails are sent from by the night—and M by the morning—desp Day whgn made 14 to General Past °Mee, London.* From W I '1 Purl I)lspateri e ;rpoo l 'erPool... ,14.0 MARRIED. On the sth inst., at New St. Pancras Paternoster, wine and spirit merchant , to Annie, only daughter of the,late S s s, of Shrewsbury, and many years a licen se d metropolis On the 27th tilt., at SL Mary's. II" ' James, solicitor, of Ramsey, to Lucy, of the late Mr. George Ekins, WarboYs* DIED , On the Ist inst., the Right Hon. and De la Poor Beresferd, Lord Decies in t, land. On the 23d ult., at Dublin, Liaut.-C6 3d West York Militia, Deputy-Lieut enan York. On the 24th ult., at South•sea House, Morris, Bart., aged 79. On the 27th ult., at 12, Morton-rosa, Hugh C. Wilson, late of the 25th Betlo' On the sth iust ' , at 3, Queen-street, aged 48. 48. F.R.C.5., surgeon to the ChariDl On the 2d inst. the the Rev. Philip BaYlef' the parish o f St.. M a ry at the Walls, C°' of 50 years, aged 81. LONDON : Printed and Publishad by 1 4 ` )- ";; ri - of No. 112, Strand , Prin ter, at The Sl"' in """ cotintl Strand, in the Precinct o f the Soo, Middlesex, Tuesday, March 6, 1655. 1 AT SMITH'S T, at 8 o'clock, and Every Gallery, Is. Tne .4414 Y, Thursday, and Sal EAST INDIA. HOUSE, l i r of DIRECTOI IPANY DO HEREBY ladia Stock has given no :410 tion at the Q uar t er l y C hut at services performed be compensated by the JAMES C. M Ats of the RC oared to receive App; wader the provisions the Crown. Applies Mee, No, 16, T o k en ridge-roaAl, Laml 41,0 Y - terrace, Vietoril rtrk; s.ncl Rent-eir TOtt INNES CAegMERO ' 27 t l lFeb., 1854. CLERKS' ;T ( 4 passed at the Annual ( , a sum of 1101. wa 'Of cletks duly qualified, a ' °ll tile 30th May next, al ke candidates must ser A or before the 30th Man BY order of the Boar( 'AM( THOMAS LI , of 10 g u i neas, or a w vote. March Ist, 1855. Lt. ESTABLISHED 1803 "."4011x ILLIO 1411 6 .. -- " It , (1 471) and Invested INS T. Artr , ialt Esq., M.P., Ell P, Esq.—DePul Esq.. M•P ,1t ANNUITIES: and Pall Mall, L ' " (1 by Special Acta of 4 S granted from Fifty foourable to the Yol 4* FEEmp Duties on nd LIFE Ins' Aedlesi pees generally I th Life Tabls, on vat ° rail Of thee Agents. WIL It RS and OTit l!,:Zne,%7=°Te hat 131111 -point, in the - for a foreman and ~;:lhotisa and Wash-hour 4ON'th f 13117 Y And Urinal ; or the Ordnance SI \i,W at ouse and a t ll''Agine-h',rs ch-h odge and a Sh( ` ouse • 4it-house : '.l3tesent, Wooden Fillip, „ of the above ~equisite Information, ',eo, Bull..point, daily (& o'clock, from Thured '4NYo tialusive. bevobport, 23d o ,„ tAST INE 'E'reil for SCUTARI IV 3 lnent members i44.°1`72a110, PARKER upv t,nd RUBE. 'mar at Mr. G, e°lltra"le" to Inv; o i , us eted joints, Which such power, J far such att, t Go ldeß-sq 2lr cli A ' ", eu e es__ 4 tb ,ttOn3 . 4413 11,tivr sumps / of 0 l i C t, ---- T of DIRECTO ~ ~ a t t 8 o'clock and TheeEvr: ---- .. I, 4 3 4 e, E „i a Gel lerY, is. YR '9le tAdui 3 7 ' , Thursday, and Sat COUNTRY 7 11 A R g ETS. ?...,,,, 4 4 P-i n tjr Do HEREBY AST INDIA. HOUSE, CHELMSFORD—ALLEcH 2• gas W out o had of today co d T supply w was s f small b us i ness was transacted ri ' D ' gc ,4 10 t i t teuv at i the Quarterly 6 --.1 Stock has given no hditi a on goo . urchase, and a very action of is per qr. on last week's prices. In 9 P 111/ %4st ' viz " - 111 iso there was but little doing. f ' • t all b4l ces performed 1 • ..t • emisPenalited by the Vheat, white, old, per s. s. . .2 7 but elaittilebiluitspiso7tili,: It° qr. 55 80 I Oats, per qt. .......••• ~, 1 JAMES C. Ml new .... 55 80 I Peas, Partridge ..... ..;),: _----....„.............. red, old • 51 73 White... ........ l'i I t ': e l.:o7 , -- - , ORS of the RC new ....51 .73 Boiling ........ : 3 4 . l i k t r B Pares to receive App] barley 27 34 Dun. ............ ...,, 4 4t. ~,,x)e, the provisions c Chevalier 29 37 Beans, Tick .......... 7',„ i „lel.Z3_the Crown. Appllca Grinding 23 b 0 Harrow tisk , r. 0714 444 . ~uf ace, No. 16, Token' ... ~' 4' Li, " 7 , Bridge- I dalt 70 74 N aza P n .... .37 Skireb4rY-te roaA , Lamb Chevalier 72 76 Ditto, aol f- „„ ~trtrk; ,„ .. rrsice, Victoria illeal:114 i71'.1?, Regent-ciri FebS CAMEROI -44 11 COLCHESTER— Billies 2.'..,,.._,.._._._.Tt_____ The death of the Emperor of Russia comp l4 O ll rrje° ,1, 1 „,. dvan ' . 1.. ,rade ;in the few sales made buyers had the a Belo 1141,/,ottx CLERKS' La to 2s per qr. Barley was is per qr. cheaper. Nti... -.. p v r usne—Election o yeas are each 2s per qr. lower. ~ 0 76' b/ v alue,. dat the Annual C Prices to-day were as follow ;—Wheat, white,... 7° . bol l Of ti e ,,,u,,a sum of 110/. waQ pi f ~al IA .t t 's duly qualifi d, th e •ed, 64s to 703 ; barley, 30s to 34s ; oats, 27s W 440; F el "ue 30th Iti ay e x }' Niazagan, 36s to 38s ; mithlle and small, 40a W '8 before ay next, uhite, 44s to 46s ; grey, 36s to 40s. O a ol ' .„, the 30th Marc roi l p ri ..3' order of the Board ~.1 1 1 14, J.l.Lku )fficial Statement of the Quantities of Corn, 50. , .. i. ,, V k n ilb os ~,. ,_ THOMAS LI in the port of London, from the following Pal - it...;!to vote, guineas, guineas, or ar the 25th Feb. to the 3d March, both inc1a .....: '''ttatarch 151, 1855. d i ~: • 5 i „ :. ..a 4, 1 ,, ' ESTABLISHED 1803. a) 2 ,-,', 2 x di. 4 P,,A11 . 1,7T a x MILLION _ 4 i h " 41 P and Invested *1 , t i g 4 5 / INSU Colchester ....., „„ ' , ,c, - ‘440, Harwich ' 6 '.4' 6 11 0e1,; -7) . Esq., M.P., F R Leigh Kfl 315 1, Co, q. Deputy lialdon - . L irt , GLYN, Esq.. M.P. e ANNUITIES: l ICIRKCALDY—ILLacs 3. ( 4 "im 13 ,0 1 , , , hv„,.. and Pall Mall, Lo Wheat. 1... Earley. th ap. l os 1 .,* —hY SPecial Acts of l First 72s Oct I 35s 0.1 29s 6(1 1 V' i e I 9, . ~ ,e.._B -- second Third sBs Oct I 29s Oct 22s 6d , 1, Wanted to the Your Al t ,gt for Stem Duties 1 -, ef prrtE and --p On . LIFE Dien COAL MARKET.-ILissia 5. • , I t l vi edical ter. ~.,,. ees generally 1 Prices of Coal per ton at the close of theol sr o , '4l or :• 1 ; 1 1e Tables, on varic • 3• Of the Agents. S. cl. Wallsend , Il e ' 19 WILL ' ! Blumhopel7 0 Wharncliffe .......... 'il Carr's Hartley lB 6 Eden Main .................. 'l 9 I ti t , Davison's West Hartley 18 6 Belmont ~........•••• ;i l _, k44,1,,," 1 rt _?. 11 (1. °THE . Howard's West Hartley Braddy ll , ................ ' P i t ,,lio t n t a on, , . Iwo, Neill be rec Netherton 18 6 Hetton ........................ , as .r . or before the 2 . 0 Cant, : ' u'ull-point, in the ; Lon des Wst Hartley 18 0 Haswell ...,,...••••'''',..• • / e ,s t ; Ravensworth Pelaw 17 t Kepier Grange ••"' .. . ..L fora foreman and 11 Riveusworth Hartley lB 0 Hutton . ............. .•• ''„;, .1, 'th I T " end Wash-house . ••"' $i ()fa Is'Y and Uri 1 • Redheugh Main 15 6 Plummer .......... ~,„ i i, .4 f0 ,.,,al , Tanfield Moor l7 0 South Hetton .... "' .1 ,jvu w.. , , the Ordnance Ste .. ~..' 0 ~ a r; etch -house and a Sir Tanfield Moor Butes 17 0 Stewart's ............ ' ~..0 r, E, r l : B Lodge and a Shoe Walker Primrose l6 6 Hartlepool ... ..... '.. , i , *; li 'cat. T tl e ,: h euse; Grey's West Hartley l7 0 Heugh Hall . ........ ''„li iit, ' Dre 4" Wylam 19 0 Hunwick ...... .•• ... ' .•0 . kto t ,, klnt t Wooden Filling I .. ~ . ti South Kelloe ....... ~... i , "€t ) ens ig Wallsend, &c. Tees .... i , '4, s rp„,_, the above 8 .............. . ..,,, 9 ~.2!t e -,+ ~3ite Information, 13 Gesforth l9 I BirchgroveGraig el ' ~) '4o4e 1 ~ -4 .'elhOOint daily (4u Hatton 19 0 Cowpeu ........... ~ 0 ( 1 8 , from .. ..,. Thursda: Heaton Lawson Riddell l9 ct' ;fih,, ' ~..• 1 V 4 / N . ."-lAST INDI r 9; t , i t ", ed for SCUTARI, I SEABORNE MAILS. , 4:44 - 7 eminent members c 1 , 'kik, kia ( - 1 , -------"*.—. , ,l'il ‘ I.4 QT ° ~ ns and upwa ~..,.._......: 1 • 4 ; PARKER, a (N signifies that the mails are sent fr om the den by the night—and Mby the morning—despatch.) el :4 i4(1 _ 1 ,0 -- Day whsn made u; From try $ 1 __,1.91, p t :te r Z an i- : -ktUBBEI comsTitmi. In General Pest- roe p i fo N tiko s his Services M D. A. ()Mee, London.* I)lspatclo' 7 1:' , ' 'a kp eolltra t to . inva ~....," pv ~ or __ . e ed joints, eel ----- I •74)• 1 • 0 ''escular power, at America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool ''. .4 • 4 r Which America. tby United 131-s. 1. - sh 4 .„ ich such atten packet) ..........'N ••'•• • • • • • Liverpoo I \,........:reet, Golden-squa America (by U. States to° A . packet) ..........N • • ' • ' • ** •• • Seuth:4o- ,too 410k1 Australia (via South- pot NOTICE. tO° ampton) ..........M • • • • • • • • • • • Southara ~i, 4 4 At. t . OOTECHNIC Ditto (via Marseilles) N • Dover ..". 4 t44,liktt LECTURE Ditto (via Cape of Goell ) k si ,,, URE on S ..* ) 10 ) N l k t, ,allu, tr l / 4 'POL, by E. J Hope) . ....... .... o atm by Models I Africa ( West Coast) ..N 'l3d of tile month .. riyaieuill. ',' ' 01 °e( laY Rye lug a Alexandria . ..... ....N 4,0, 24, Ez 30 of m. Dover •• ''.„' 01 ), , ki gbt 0 , , 1 „,,,. n - ' Alexandria ...... .. e a t ; Ift Se 20th of mon. s out hamP, - „, .A! i I l iAl l ' B a h amas ,„„„„ .. 4f 117th of the month g ni tharoe`" P 54 kt), ' li- , Belgium .. ...........Nillany... • • • • • • • • • Dover ...•,',,; 1 2 1 ;Alt t. 4 TIONA: brazil ...........,..M 9th of the month.. SaathAnir'n ' 'l'l, Che r • 4 t„.editch.—Proprit Buenos Ayres .... ....M 9th of the month.. Santhaini lev. 4 `‘ , "e. Unrivalled 1n Cape of Good Hope ..N VariOus FY -- • 1 4; 4 4 Pu le Cape of Good Hope ..N k ~ of holding 5,1 Care de Verds ....N 9th of the month SonthasiS ten . , iat 0401 ' ,, '111, 4 -I strength is Iv r -bak • A Ceylon (see India.) A , ‘ , 4 , t Ih ea , sperian C ! Ceylon ......._ ._ ....N - fo r . '?i'llg/A '. 41 t1•,." The scat _ i------ ~ r , tetti." l anseula; al America(byErit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • 'Liverpool ' A '2,.r 4 fo r ....,_, . power, lir oi t4 .,_,rrnich such atten Artieric2. t by United Sts. packet) ..........N ••'•• • • • • • Liverpool . " aueet, Golden-squa America (by 11. States e packet) ..........N ••'•' • •• •• Seuth:an, 410:''•---. Australia (via South- ' ti o , NOTICE. •••••• • • • • • iloutharze Al % AtI .L;I CTECHNIO ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N • Dover ••-•• o fro Stit t( LECTURE on S Ditto (via Cape of Go e 3 1 ) 1 k tt t ), 111 1) :TOPOL, by E. J Hope) . ....... .. • • ••• il 1t,, ,, tr o tt , 6 atm by models I Africa ( West Coast) ..Nii3d of the month.. Plyodoutll. •••• . 14 4 0hq k Ei g i, ay Evening, tb Alexandria ..........N 4,9, 24, &30of n, Dover •• 'L o l l i -t o'clock Alexandria .. .. .. ...jig Ith & 20th of mon. BouthangT oo Af i li t ell Bahamas ............m l l7th of tbo month a 3u tbainP , iv k ti ,,,, , , Nt . B e l g i um .. , _ .......Ni Dai1y............ Dover •• "•,;; I : 1 : 0 0 1 N qt k . " kTIO N A : Brazil .......... ....14 9th of the month.. Southarail: o at t , ,„ ;1 10 , 6 t V 4 t,, r r editell.—Propric 1 Buenos AYres • . • . ....M 9th of the month.. Sdlithain_f;„ ato c to e l ,• Unrivalled in a Cape of Good Hope ..N VarioUS P u.- ' i :std4lait t o,cat t k ule of holding 5,1 Cape of Good Hope ..N *VD , 02 4 0,1 , 41, 6 „° 1 strength is n , Care de Verds ......N 9th of the month Southall.- 4 ' f't N't - ` Sbaks erian Ac Ceylon (see Indiu) 511 ' S%l‘i't ire P The scar #o ll ' 1 1; ci (4 i kti terities are cord Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,&Frld. SouthanW m .- 0 of f +//, k , N 4 , 6 4 , 1 r - ~, t r , Saturday, to Chi11..................m 2d go 17th of moat: SouthilluP" !)i i's 4 Ot 4 44 6 : , LEOPATRA. China ... ,Once a month.... t . an of t E in uro opl p e e .. si . &.. II yi T th w I ft e 2 da otl l i y of ..... mon.. D So o t v ith e re .- P2 . 7. Vi t't'll'e.gtkc,t,ll::::ryll'adg,reirlsW; I / 'lt 4 qt 44 1 1 1 , 1 1 y To eon( Constantinople . ... .. N ,8,13,18,23,&28 of re Dover • • 'L g . I • i 4 8 -ot * It 4 to a a ft. , ay an antis ..‘ i t , ki. t e the Mrs. NB , Constantinople (see India) , f• pa : O A 'Lyon. On Thi , k • •N. Boxes, 2s. 6d France ........ M& N Twigs daily.— Dover • • ••,,„•,,• iii . 1 a . 1 ,, Gibraltar .. .. .. ....M 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m. SoutharuP;)," 'at 1""' Greece (see India) At 'S 0, 1 'tit, ASINO, Al Greytown ..........Ml2nd & 17th of mon. SouthamP 1 , t 1 '1 k ii ar ek Hamburgh ~........N Tuesday Sr Friday London • ••,,* • 'em 6 IlZli t4 o I NI s th, 1855.—Du Havannah .... al 2nd of the month SoutharaPw' yr,:li to l a/ I: R eis t s 'r Played by L Holland ............M Da11y............ Dover ........ I ,* a i : t o z n e i s o i, Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. Southalt4' 1 ,1/46tIotkt,snagnla:i illi!)eanroldtesecen_term.,,,a 1 4 'ir t , thy. ! Jen, Strauss ; (',ore ; o '-' , lre), II Lauren India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth ''' India (via Marneilles)M 9thik 25th of month Dover • • "•: 1 146 0, lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, &27 of mon Dover.. •• • Al Isr ki t '; -- "'e 0 t ime) Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...." Holyhead . e • o • 14 :,. e l „'111ri.,,',, a When ; the Lisbon ,l ( St eather; Madeira ............m 9th of the month Southam?..P.i, ,kk,t:tcornet-' ' ' r I 0 b a -I igton, M. I Madeira ........ ..N 23d of month • • ••• • Liverpool 1004 e • • ....M 7,9, 17, &27 of in. SouthamPt.t _ i t ' ‘k 1p,, /Ve ll a to rel t in _ a o k , obtained at the Istttinlei, Malta (see India) \ . ... at Eight ; cellar Matta .... N 8,16, & 28 of Men. Dover • • •• **l , Mauritius (see Indi a ) • Mauritius \ ' _______ Mexico •• •• •...311,2nd of the motith.•lgolltUan4,. A '. ' sNealpylesor.a.n..a. Granada ........ 3a N115 24 th 8, 15111 7th 25th 0f \t.; :itt liti axat T i ittir,StuA ß, N New Zeabuid . ...... By private skip "'Various 0 il mperial C o Papal States ........N sthlsth2 thotbion.;Dover • • •i;;,' y . Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th27thollnon. Sou thaillP oon of tr ak,2t r t stn ". gnermatnrrh * m Thn on ° ti n. i! D SoU v tintnl r — P ' '' ' ''' t . t ir• Ce9. Peru . ...... .......M id & 27th of mon. SouthanlP ,1 0 ~, tlit A b e front excesses, Port Natal ..........N By private ship... 'Various Pe'' . , , at tit ',f, are prevented en Sicily ..............N bthlbth2stbolmon,lDover -• " • '1 ~,,, ' 41. 7 errors it is irrol Tuscany .... .. .. ..N sth I stl.2sthofnaon.lDever •• • i c •,,,,)fr , k k il t t Lato rt `RlESEagAß, N Venezuela .......... 31 2d & 17th ofMonth!Soutkan s P , , tomes of ',Pace of three di Van Diemen's Land (see . 4' 'ae o the tti6t ,'", else Disorders Australia) . ...... ... , 4 'lll'' t , 't thi',.,,.,‘ an antidote fa West Indica ........M 2dfk 17th o i month Southals* - r A ,, ot ttt s',Dolation. 1 lll 1 ,4 4,,t I I.,Z I 44' , LS'EIIAR, N , a il 4 103 1 : f t 'lt.b l ttic, 4 l\ tillC'ttledy for th When any of these dates fall ea a Sunday, the '.. ,,1 trie Ale P tl , t th I , lt, -A ~.°- it,- -Ysi ' tre; spatched on the following day, with the exception ",,'. 4 20 . "' N ' •,It, 'Ol - patient's clan Southampton), and the Malta, b o th of which w lll be ,•••• ,11 4 ,. ,k, (I e „,,_ con preceding day. I viett b , .1, is , ont remove. if ti ali e , a•nd , led , t ,, b t , 21 1 , 114 , 3, are al ................... le , I , - - ••es '•'t I "es. They , Czar (e'o 4 ,„ N 't7 4 ,, , at 11644ected. WE ABE ALL CBAES HEBB !--The OO - r tf' k k l TlZ ta,,.' , e aeh, free by Great) did not like his position in London. II itii . , l l . o t , L it y it Pil te rtered by I of the streets was a source of annyance,. Witte Deli i' 1'x'10• la tlct il c o., °Z.l 3 e , a co ri x d ro ß r V s pendent bearing of the passengers. On - ° , 3:1 b00, lol l ' 't. l , i .„ k iieli e , n , n 't drugr,i , a, 46, while walking in the Strand with Carnoi", 0 , it 3 0 1 Nl,Zei ; • / , l;) esnsgate, no said to have been jostled by a carri tri " so 4 ' porter k iti hell, hooksel' carrot,' It/ k i k : t l t, belle iligh-strec peehaps ir.advertently. Peter waxed NO „ jyy,, k't i ,,. Marquis turned angrily to the man, sayira,_ 01 ' i ' lee 2s . that this is the Czar ?" " Czar !" replied h e ' 4 0 t L 'leo 2, 'TIES OF 1 all Czars here." 1 4 , .co „,r ," 1?• , illustrated w , pa la 6 , t 0 stamps, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Many thousand ellln ic iotio,a , s , 4 1 ,t p 1 i. • % R l u s . effected without medicine, by Du Barry's R e ast i r I A 'oki ,,, '" 4 IP l i. l' t otts, and ( lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (dyspopsishl. Xc' i li: ' v . ,,A11i:,,t1 - t t leal Observa nervous, biiiDus, and liver complaints, par: 11 3:73 Vol "ii l l 's , ti e , k tnent of tb quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m " is of ;o r ' 1 1 ,2 i ,„ 11 riil ar ',, of the Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrevor, 0/1111600%;1' , ) 's4 t : - Ei o niplii n e t z . arclinatior Ireland, 9th December, 1851.—The Dowaa,,e l. 0 004 t‘l I N' r Cli, iate. N i r her d Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest oL s v loo' fb i i iii N I , , e t ,,,i'Trlene o hr v t e h manity, to state that Da Barry's' excellent xt." soil l itf e k Nt 4 'lte4 t : 4- eaknes., Si bica Food has cured her, after all medicine! •y,lO J o ' , , 4 l kt eli th on the Phyt of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and if:00 00 0P O AiA l t ia ro cla e evils eman? many years' standing. This Food albdeserves i fr y ‘ k t o mer r a e . raedles adv( of all sufferers, and , may be considered sb,.,r e p , 3• 9 •,,rt f 0 4 11.t t S ' t-AA' - cr sttl, : , „ EL LA•hi Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." .....`l 4 s,tle P io , vit 10 - ott 'S @ li Of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the - 1 - 0 0 ir'joe 1 ki at 't.iculat. dNI s Decies.—" have derived considerable heF e it 'O i l lkellber e LT ' der t,,.., ~,,_ _ of th o Lot Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and cool u slic s A , A , ,N--rie.s. .11, L, yourselves and the public to authorise the P, 536. ocv, Nk s s:f this treatise these lines.—Stuart de Denies." Care No• 3 ''-‘o o o' l ',, I;kkitti`l''earri certain hubi the Venerable Archdeacon of ROM- " Th ree ' rIP - je ,l ) \.,_ ' IN 4 1 ::, d 4l `" misery 11 reft s 1) 1 ,,,,aY at all Sta.; sive Nervousness, with painsinmyneck and ~n i i e r!f„f o, 1 , kt,,ine• i '4'. mode neral debility, which rendered' my life very rule ft Natlit, ends 1t0 ,,,,,,,,,,, been radically removed VDU Barry's health -re° p i C l l . olt, „ 1 4%7 11 , and W i l ;;',:', —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereeys•e, cl' ell e r d t ,,. ~iNtl, kid Privileges 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, norvoo lle be s jt / i f, 1 1 ,` 41 7 1 2P'tess a with cramps. spasms and nausea, Nap e is tor te 1 , ',, ,,,,z 5 : :1,,, ia t n Z thatsil n tually removed by Du Barry's delicious -c o o l 5 u' vkZ , t tet:salti dement w ~.6, Ai d es. and wh short time.—Rev. John IV. Flavell, Ridlinc ; ol o6v i ol t o , 'Li ”ii ' ee N „, " ate a cif-in 1 Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty year? agb' pli ,I. '4 , kLu_ktlcl the sting fti CO _i, ?.dr" ils t t,,"*.1 het g o agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, astlinalar no „p• ` 1',04 \ 1 00 111 1' kly onsequene( nation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the st°, o llt y s to• 4N I N rti t .'llti te tWree ef miting . s, have been removed by nears.,, e r f 'is 0 ,t,o ssr ,_ m o ely aid —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, Disgi, IN ° Nauss ir th7oNtro, 4 7 ll . f year t'oo , eSO ' ( o 'll. MI to o 'of these No. 3;906.—;-Thirteen years' cough, indige°, - s' , ip c if ° i ce ty,,Vl g7 generally Cl ral debility have been removed by Du Bt" - „, 0 -;iiso n 'sii,i liki rL etgle t t a t tniary of Fool—James Potter, Athcl-street, Per` fel b ., b pi• q, ( 0 , .2•,r-Ify ters, suitably packed for all climates, and wi th Ag l b.cost 1 4 k ti lt.".Pat,, ria Y be lions—lib., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b. 1 , 1 ,1 • 4 .'• I, or apt' ' oi ko ;sq taar i ; a;t a er-ri super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; filb., -4 '; - iil ) '' Iteg .4 " , ,t ~ kli t a lt . t o ,_ "dress from n ' The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on 3 11,,,,i 0 v60, ',, " 4 114,,,„_ office order. Barry du Barry and Co- , veF b illi 60, t tt k,. 'un daily fi street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and „, 0° "cor 11 „01, 1 00 1 r 4 her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at I ) ° ,r. 6 3 ".9 0 .1 ' W tt Gracochurch-street ; 330 and 451, Stran" ' p sic l9l t 4 12,,, L CIX N ERN Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ;4, Ch e ''' i 4 - b efa ll lI IDIGE 54. Upperßakor-street... - \ It „TCI anae A rn elZTY' C a: ~,,,—. ----- ti 41 )2t - ‘ - kT D ) NI %Ai, ) BIRTHS. of N Inuit' e llo b. 1 6 6 1 1 , 1 the boy th I le of 0 t ot e psi OF A SON. jobl i N th lk.Ntti lt t iliktb i `i and Oa the 3d inst., at St. Martin's-hall, 3fr,. g 'j3rotoP op ? till t 4 ; to e and P°l inn which b On the 4th inst., at 33, Alfred-place Ile • l ir, 14 4 1 41 , ?tiCITIS fo wife of the Rev. I. S. Owen. rife of ~ ' 4 l, . - ov ert , ‘Y•I h „ ifl 1 4, '41. !1 OP A DAIYOHTEII. 1, tP- ,1. 1 / 4 .. .Mt. k.).1 2 "ii lb' , 11 u R On the ad inst., at Oak-hill, IlaroPs te ' 1,.1 , t 1 1 , 4 2, that b 11 -M3E! Paul J. Fearon, sq. \.lll,l24•khck all no w i \ - V't ails I desoia s , \ ti tri t CIO 1. /102 4 , 4 4 '''lncle.. , • MARRIED. , 3ir. f i sh \‘ i Olt L,'ltse x • --- c D , VA' ,t,,kl „v t Pectati Chu r boire 9g A l'l l a '4 eo atell ea On the sth inst., at New St. Panorlisof the 1 . - i }h. tl ) ' ''', t(i 4 t l I. °grains% Paternoster, wine and spirit merchant , net Gbj er l e A lli t '4 % f Q 'lqc al Dc to Annie, only daughter of the late Sa se l i e tueu I. ka, t itti a "tatl on s . V Tb ° f ~4 Cy . — of Shrewsbury, and many years a licence 1 ,11.. .,g1it e Cl t ' - l-La w e on In metropolis • d° ° ' do" 4 kl.t brvc H u nting 0 ~ h l II' A On the 27th tilt., at St. Mary's. o nsge —l -b IT James, solicitor, of Ramsey, to Lucy, Y ~Ittl l pt ik t 1 ,, .A, 4 ) tl,„ , ,81„ gesture ti of the late Mr. George EL-ins, Warb°Y B * N'tti f t ; l 4, , ,; 'et t e ; n hurt tb 111/' lliti Nl , I ,',lleri„, e'l as fo , h age, .D IE Di ... lobo o f go i r e , knil,ast , trot ` .O l 05 ' '141 P41 and i andlto, • _.ge On the Ist inst., the Right Hon. i , e room.. oe lyl4k t 4 4v oca °o, t, ri f 11, 7 1 ' tP t, vocal of ( De la Poor Beresford, Lord Denies . 1 1 " ...iit, if 9 kk‘ Dl Land. .col. 1311.- e CO P' "cx , 1 ° k "' their t. On the 23d lilt., at Dublin, Liau _ te f tb lob o 4t,lt t 'laear y , c i--a, con, Id West York Militia, Deputy-11011ton" Sir d ti Y D is o ' ‘ ii'i kl "l 41 4 ri elar a ' es— Fork. . 110 0t° ' t• yll . tle i L7. af I,l' l ' l se, coP ob, Ati on r s nil On the 24th ult., at South•sea rfou too , llorris, Bart., aged 79. (1, ICe nsing cll' V . k2 P ' ll , 1., On the 27th ult., at 12, Morton - r° 4 e i /4.1. j, A •,Jr 't ~c 4, ~Rt . t k4°l2, eot. B e 11 1 lugh C. Wilson, late of tho 25th 13 e 11 4,,c o fsir , floor' k, 'lty,!tna• 7 °Emil), On the bth iust at 3 n ueen -stree , — „'..cros l , 0 A.,,, „ ENT comp •P l 'll. , Cha in° Ct C't j 0 t". OF 1 Esq., F.R.C.S., surgeon to the re o f \ k * t , 2 , 4 *, N , 2 0„" ucu , Lged 48. lee, 1 4 - 44 `" 0 kk'l,'N ~• ''st -11 to fa' On the 2d inst. the Rev. Philip Bayles' \kik `:' '''° `' nt Hs ''c,Ne • lic -, "- he parish of St. the at the Wa • Y'l l ji aa t i I L' k , f 50 years, aged 81. ...TOP tli' 41 l 'hns,, Tweni '4l"i , ,••' nO /1 " 1 14 Iv ith n f tka o O n ill - _ - . , __ 1 r.....1,1;..1-I,tl bY...-- - ....X c 9. " _tf " I fl'Olz ET.—'lied 5. ,he close of the matte" 0, W allsend , k e • 19 WharnCliffe .......... •••• Sl Eden Main ................. Belmont ............. Braddyu: ................ S a Hutton ................. Haswell ................ Kepler Grange Hutton ........ .. :.... Plummer .. ....... South Hatton ...... Stewart's ............ 41 . • Hartlepool . . ..... Heugh Hall ......... flunwick ........... .' .. South Kelloe ........ 51 Tees ........... Birchgrove araigole••" ... leowp;. .......... Anthracite Steam''' iCarr's Merthyr the (071 01° latch.) SEABORNE MAILS. ~~