The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-22 00:00:00

pwriovase""'"' °° e Presse d'Ori ,e' e t Russians 011_1'4 ; 1 3 . well Pial et i Id have furo ribs on the .ries had mu 0 7 1 Frenchmen on ne d to far; t o ;a sters and lastopel, Feb:_3ol' 3 Russians the Ist Febrs!..s c and alway s advanced tope 1,000 men , ort s directed ag. ces bastios fcrtio the 1 8 th se it1 4 old score tnoi fa c. Ivarters ng with !I re Russian a d b e' ants eir movelm foo di tack was 1 o f t he !d and °De lo p on the assa: t o i in potuon r d e r, ^ 3 :tired i n dig° 6o l t ra saciled icy ••• to 340 01. 0 rEner,._, a uage drip, worms s hot , ' usiaess wiT ile d or 30 me n f the o fficer 0 tliO Bth the - b y 9 . oi t , ( 1 ad „JD. „yr lie orr 0 - 4 1 a, p osP o b r 0 0 r oll sPP r e ef !Of 0 10ri e . 01 ;0 r fo- it • a 0 The bu t d. inJ • are y' an • toa t ° °e t o tl3 0, bait% t oi at he ..„111 'IONE RKET AND C0441114.n C/A E INTELLIGEN(IL CITY, TV9O o'CLOCK. The w ., e>it ‘‘° ll Market at Liverpool, yesterday, un -415ni.,11° particular change. The sales were and vi," v t ° 6 ,000 bales, including 210 Pernam li6ia' ral lhalti at sd. to 71d., 150 Bahia at 50. Shares Surat at 31d• to aid. per lb. ere generally firm, but very %g et -461 1 0 00 dock labourers now suffering tp, 4 e destitution, whose daily subsistence has win e d iu the London and St. Katharine kewillwl'itere business requiring their assistance is Sle tit k l luspended owing to the continued in- Ikr,j)l,,eatber. Subscriptions have commenced . " I '• Thompson and Capt. Trapp, and already , tl Pward.s of 3001. has been collected to this; 4te, 4148 of the St. Katharine and London Docks sqltrib leek uted 1001. each. This sum of 5001. is et)t "se of distribution by the dock officers, tt ee rs°4l - knowledge of the recipients is a '4 848 °f the proper application of the money. ~/ t4e t,to e tiP tiou list is lying at No. 20. Billiter 'etliariswthich We beg to invite the attention of Tie i Th ` 4° le and humane. 4 11 ti4;Pression which has prevailed for some ' til e Position of Lord Palmerston was un tiaBoeb that he w as h am p ere d by his col 4feihbeen fully confirmed, and the satisfac ia very u at the raw _ resignation of the leading Peelites -.414 c 1 . Consols were rather flat at the 71411 , u e uncertainty attending any min frek 9 enat i o ge being generally prejudicial; fo r A the pri▪ ces have rallied to 4 , A Lee ti - Q ee n °uut. The quotations for Transfer are " 4, and since 91 to Exchequer t tl ue. I to gs• premium.' • en return just issued gives the amount of L ne w i l l i i e rt ills authorised for 1855 at 17,774,1001., 14er it 691,100/. have to be deducted for Ex 4titeip,:unde received in exchange. . 4 tlr Securities are merely nominal. Spanish \1 1, err s are 17i, Turkish 751, and Peru :4. (1 , 131 ' 411 g are the nominal prices of foreign )I.)2(Zrreada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi 2A°; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto Three t 0 41 44 3 .; ~- * 9 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., L I,oll,ltussian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 9 ; ; 4 44 Islt'aild-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 8 ; tNt s ew D eferred, 17i to 18 ; ditto Three t° 4i Iket 36 i to 36i • ditt o C er tifi ca t es , 4i t o 5 ; t4 ive 41 t • (1„), Week's railway receipts ascertained up 4, it ar e in round figures as under : gatt 1855. 1854. . 14 tO' tlertt '''' £lB 350 X 18,218 -4 441 *********************** 4• 2,612 ' 48,604 L NG *************************** 7235 9,794 ‘4444ki;" **************************** 23,185 24,689 t tti4 , 4144 ************ 10,950 12,749 44:1 / 4 4 6; ° * 10,305 9,367 re ttile *********************** 1• 6 , 649 19,411 4ttlacta4:44l ********************* 1• 7380 17,658 Rap 41 • ******** ********** ***** 24,095 25,791 84 6° 11er. 4 1 1 l ' e s have been without much c han"e , t, are ; 3 : there . is some fl a t n ess. Foreign 44 11 , 6e 4 tY 41 , 1• 44 3 ,4 \ ) 14 . 11 k, and Land Shares there is k irt Usuless doing. Crystal Palace are 'N, k • DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. tl4 An‘ the OtNctea List. , N N4 %, Badness done vp 3 Nltt,Z,; ( ., **** 215 tot? An kt ********* 9101141 N has,"qutities li 1 1 4 4 ' 1 , 3 0 pZtilkittee ~bith " wida r, 6 th Jan., 1860 -16 Nor s ' f klel t e r 4 2oo -vi tt 10th Oct., 1859 411 k tch ......... . ************* 12 90/ ..... IN! .................... .................. • 9 6 ACl,e;i; I'4et 11Naltd ................. ..... 0 1 _4 0 , '' sB l 34 per ........ i 4 ts, jp:,°„REIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. I)ee ----, a Per C t lb' 11 %1 - cent ....... ut tll4 1 .1 Per Cent. ;oUnt 7l eR "' Per Cent 36 ' ultt; b efe rred, 3 per Cent. l7s d)t4[l7, per cent -1 A ccount 751 „,, N t L 4 -‘as on the above payable in Londoli. NI. 24 per Cent. 12 Guil . THRE O'CLOCE. 9 .. E 1 ~"i'eh A cconnt • W,S—(T.ETIS OA Y 41' grit OD , [to 3 Y ' a 1, - ' 4 MARKETS. 4 4 ' c 4 3 t o , ba dge ,: a tvila.r.L.—The traderuled dull, yet s. k p „ (3 l; ?" • ,'Gok pl ace i n th e q uo t a tions. Beef, • "4 1 1A tt 3 ) ,, 41 -Otton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s M per 81bs, by the carcase. i,k3,,,stat;"kod er `t -- -The supply of fat stock on offer ',4;1 11 ,' 4 (lt o , 10 41 thq a 'o, yet the general demand was in a .88 (1% -. 1.. "3 had a downward tendency. Beef, ,4k4tOilb as , 1 , Iltton, 3s 4d to 4s 8,1 ; Veal, 4s Od :10a 1 :31 : Veb, to 4 s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offals. n • 3 Ve s '- reef, f i , l ' - "Our market is dull, on the follow- Illart,:, 43 2dZ i o ll 3a 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to old 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4x 4d per "° lll Pigs, 20s to 24s each. k _ 1 4.1) Mgr MARKETS. k'cl mts t 0 610,, ow hay, 31 Os to 4./ 17s Ocl ; clover and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. V 3 l 6e "b..... 11 ,, r1 d a steady trade. 00 41 to ti ateadow hay 3/ Oa to 5/ Os ; clover ; and , 116 straw s to 1112 4 per load. Pg •q b Au-eadow h 2/ 81s to 5! Os; clover toki er v°; and straw, ay ,11 5s to 1/ 10s per Joad. and trade firm. Zt o k k 44 io 11)8 SI IIPPING—(THIS DA Y.) le eb . 1 ,5 . - -Wind and weather this day . at '', 4 l4Z ! • litit'7 l _'za, and fine clear weather. It . isnw o k or Z ti rarirr i i ) um degree of fg e st ,l l h n e n rm ng om h e. } fiti k t4 Doeedgt has been and eg 'east, showing the t ki `" 1 / 4 41) , 4 4 1 t i t 1e,n:312 the . The ice on the river is 11Ntttatt, 'airway is much clearer. t p 2 .. Irera London to Ceylon, passed the .11-4 1 411 of June last, and has not since been til 4 T); l't,NniatZeik 21. —Th e Richard Reynolds, from 140 0* o . ° ' ' l4 l/ temporarily stopped her leaks, ' and 1fA 41 4,1 4 , 1r 41 / 1 4 a' 614 * 21.—Wi n d , E . S a il e d—J o h n B an k s , 4, 21 . —The Jas. Duff, which was placed ,11:114,,11464.4_411f0rd water, on the 19th, after being on .r ,eckN'kkb"Zed into this harbour. r,tk, of °b. 2 1. —The Adan, of Montrose, which V 4, ger; on the 17th instant, has become a 1 ,41 4 'Pet ) 2 1 , Nag, ,-- Sailed—Sarah and Elizabeth, for Nag, F' 0tt1,kh.,41.4„,eb. 19 . --Wind W. Sailed—Enterprise, htle`Att. ltiazanthon Resolution, Undaunted, ,Nt4' fith-",,'1115—a1l for 'Gree nland. N, ke l titl l . l 34o. -- Wind, E. Arrived—lsabella Blyth, krt of crew sick, having bore up from the kt ; tl4 lB 4 t li k s ' ( rota Bristol to Plymouth, went on d'htts:• l e h inst., and came off with damage. The Iki . k 4 ho tti 4ll ged for the better, and if it continues 4. 1 11, 1 ), 1 4, ,ewrd bound fleet will soon reach this. V442406°. I —The Lady Brougham, which went 4 r4:14 4 )t 6, 1 , 11 Roads, has floated off, and brought ' ee K ; the cargo, except 50 tons of railway (jg 414 , t;tot,*4 l aa 2 . —The L 1 n (English barque), from le tt 'lltt k t tallY lost on thecoast: windward of the s ze gt l4 , and in sight of the lighthouse, Dec. 4 One man, got on shore on pieces of (a t A 1 / 4 , 1 14, 1 •".1 AND BRITISH TBLIGRAPH.) 1,7: '4;W. -- • tide, last hour' s' ebb ; weather, light 1 1 44 "h L N et ' t 4 t 4 ,, t . i• 1%„. • • r DEAL, Thursday, 9.40 a.m. kti4ti et L. i ght, and hazy.steame Dee, from the westward, kli.,,`4l°lidonildeil and, Paris (screw steamer), from W all k taly . , for Cardiff ; Cockerills, Bor. It, uago.de Cuba • t, Vtr, itt: 4l ti, 'rut, the House of Commons, to ita44oll'lle."thrner",(l, is to ask the First Lord of the t the Government at : tributes any a Ott ?ti e • ulldas for not attacking Odessa qtto. I , it °f • • held i h e Linares Alining Compan y, greed to r a i se 25,0001. additional k ttrki LZi eac h . g 1 N t aid o f the Waller (Virginia) Gold Mining Yest d kt e r aY the report was adopted, the 4' 4 14°Zr ' considered tiaou ''te being satisfactory. " of capital is not yet subscribed, 6,300 tt,tok l4l , it 411 capital A balance of 1,5001. I t ;Di• il l l'its 4; 1 .: there is t h e prospect of immediate 0 1)4 4, :it. erty , ed to of attemptingem to the developmen IsN lv St ead of any further issue /14 nCe 4, ' Ir ATaR AT PO RTLAND ,—The works 4 1,,,Tt0 t , • 'stru c ture are b e i ng carr i e d on in the ilreetll,4llberfand the break wa t er now extends 14 Artere of a mile from the shore, ~.~ SHARE MARKETS. (2hi6 DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWA Th. Closing Prices this day. Basinews 4011. this day. 19 - - sa 9 13 —12 i 16 17 74 —61 d 93 - 95 - C 24 t 2 ice. •• • • 3 - 2 6 - 7 13:1 - 11 29 41 20 -- 22 72 -- 74 55 —• 57 2d par 191 20; 70 - 72 88i - &;?, 70 - 72 • 26 -128 90 65 - 651 60 - 62 72 - 77 7 - 9 7 , 9 744 • 74. - 5 8 4 96 98 991 100, id 1 1 85i 86 8 • 7 7i 23 - 231 7i - 81 69 69.1 41. - 43 Par— i p' 11 9•• ' li 21 50 - 52 n 3A 28 ... 29 8 10 11 6} 734 61 41 31 121 12/ 504 -- 50 , 0 par _ d— -4 4R. 61 d 1, 29 - 31 99 - 101 64 - 66 45 - 47 12i )36 584 59 29 - 30 38 40 3 - 3} 10 17 34 -- 4 23 - 54 - 6i • - • 6 - Aberdeen . Ainbg. Nott , g. Bost and Eastn.. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. ll !Stour 'Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. £ Cheshire hind Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 225 Cons. Do., £20... Riyth & Tyn3 origina £25 (issd. at £45: . Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Rank, & Pass Cornwall Orloff Junction Duhliu&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&A.b, .Leon Junction Do. New ' - :ast Anglian , :astern Counties...,. iastern union, cl Stock ...... B Stock.. Do., New A...... t?'.ast Lancashire F.diuburgb & (flasgo, Mint). and Peebles PAL & Dundet "ortb k Clyde June. Furness . Do. Extension..... ... Glasgow & S. Wester, _ . 'real Northern Do., A. Stock... Do., B. Stock... t. Sth. &West.c Ire, Trent Western Jo. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk. ...... Lrish South-Easter Lancaster & Carlisi, Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds.... f.ancash. an dYork , , Do., Fifths Wst. Riding Ur Liv:Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal 1 1 '_,cricl. Bright & S.Csi L i on& and N. Westi, )o. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8... Do. Eighths London andS. West: Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine ILneindrry. & Ennisk. Mauch.Shet& Linde Do. Shares, No. l Do., Man. & Lin. Un. INfielland ')o. Birmng. & Derby Niidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmkt.Bury Exton. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskiller. Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension D o.do. G.N.E. Parch Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. Do. Now £lO g.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. north Western_ N, & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. ‘)xford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton !)ortsmouth icottisk Central Scottish Midland ihrewsby. & Hereti Ahropshire Union ;min Devon J . oath Eastern 4outh Wales Yrksh. (It Rio. Dui 'tallies, Wok. &Wok itockton Darn.; itt. - :kton & Hartlopt Caff Vale . ,O. £lO Shares , )o. Prof,. • No. 1 ['Names Haven Doc? and li.tilway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Araterford&Limeri , k West Cornwall. Vest End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn &CroydoL FOREIGN. A ntwerpetliotturd2un Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessae, Bombay, Baroda, and Cent;l I ndia, Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 43 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. 11 of CnadaA is. Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do., Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted 'Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canado Shares . Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Cont. & Basle Lucca es Pistoj a 5 p. c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran 'viadras Do. New v!aria Antonia I Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shsdate Char leroi and Erquelines, guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22ACdur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854... Do. 201. 3 p. c BdF - - (fmy. B. 4; Ams.Shs Norwegian"PrunkPrel Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen._ oarisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre ,Royal Danish Royal Swedish iambre and Mouse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Prof 3outhern of France. it. Andrew's an( Quebec (A) . Weat Flanders Do 5) per c. Prof , Western of France ' West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S! Australasia British Colonial Baul; and Loan Company British N. American' Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, Sc Chine Colonial Commercial of Loud, English Scottish and Australian Lona. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia Ditto New. London and County London Joint Stook Loud. & Wostmiumtei [National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland 'New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New. Royal Australn.l3kg & Hold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London I ii 3 -6! 1 - 11 4 - h par i i p p 2 -21 • 321 -32 i Si - - 1p ... - ... d 1 l ii par p par 2i - 21 2 - 2 17 -17 i 95 - 97 95 - 97 99 - 101 92 94 2 d pai 97 100 ... dig 1 lip lid —id i I 61 - 71 iii - i;ii 12 -12 i A 4 - 201 - 21 p 39 41 Pr° ail ld par 7i 8 ... pin - ft i = BANKS. 80 -- 82 I'd -: ca 2i 211 193 20.3 d ip 3G 38 3i - -17 36 36 - 38 ..• ••• 38 -- 40 63 - 65 7 -- 9 ... :.-_-. ... 25 St. :0 St 25 81 21, 100 100 all 22 all all all WO 20 St. 25 25 50 St. 50, 20 20 10 10 13: IF 17: 1 ; an al] 1 St. 10 St. 20 20 50 20 wo 9 100 21,3 all 141 s, THE SUN, LONDON, TRIIRSDAY EkENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1855, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. DEATH OF JOSEPH 13UME,',ESQ., M.P. His speeches alone, during 37 years, occupy volumes of Hansard. In some Mr. Humes speeches occur in 150 pages, on various political and legislative questions. We cannot attempt even an analysis of the chief sub jects of his active and busy discussion. He is the modern Prynne, who defies all reprint comments or review. In this age of levelling legislation on social interest he was always "on his legs." He spoke oftener, and frequently made longer speeches, than any other member o f the Commons since England enjoyed a House of Commons. In the Court of Directors and in Parliament he stood for many years almost alone contending for the freedom of trade against the East India monopoly. He proposed sweeping and repeated plans of reform of the army, navy, and ordnance, and of almost every civil department, of the Established Churches and eccle siastical courts, of the civil and criminal laws, of the system of public accounts, of general taxation, detieci, and customs. He early advocated the abolition of mili tary flogging, naval impressment. and imprisonment for debt. He carried, almost single-handed, the repeal of the old combination laws, the prohibition of the export of machinery, and the act preventing workmen from going abroad. lie led forlorn hopes against colonial abuses, against town and country municipal self-elmt goverument, election expenses, the licensing systems. the duties on paper, print, " on tea, tobacco, and snuff." He assaulted and carried by storm Orange lodges and close vestries, to say nothing of his aid of Catholic Dnan cipation, the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and the Reform Act of 1832. He was the unrelenting persecutor of siuecurists, drones, an I old men pretend ing to do the work of the young in the State. Out of doors he was a member of every Liberal and Radical club and association. He occupied foe years the throne at the old Crown and Anchor Tavern, in Palace-yard, and in Covent.garden meetings. Mr. Hume worked not fur Whigs or Tories. He laboured for his country—for the world at large. He never put his fa,th in Sovereigns or in Governments. If he ever attached himself to any school it was that of political economy. In fact, he was indebted to James Mill, David Ricardo, and Francis Place for such initia tion in many of his principal legislative labours, and be early adopted their instruction. Mr. Hume never denied his obligations ; his own individual merits were ample enough for any vanity. Mr. Hume had his faults and occasional errors as a public man, but we are now ill disposed to detract from his incomparable service to his country. We view him as a whole. His pardonable weaknesses and occasional want of judgment, his very foibles, formed the man, and constituted his character and singleness of purpose. Mr. Hume was twice Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen. His present successor and old friend, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Sykes, in his Aberdeen inaugural address last year, paid the following just tribute to Mr. Hume, and with the extract of which we cannot more appropriately close our obituary : "But we need not go to eastern antiquity for an exam ple, when you have had a Lord Rector from the East, who held himself up to your predecessors as an example—and happily a still living example —of the sure and necessary rewards of perseverance, when the path chosen has been a right one, and tenaciously held to, even under contumely, ridicule, calumny, malice, and all uncharitableness—when principle has been the guide, and the good of the common wealth the object. A man of the people and from the people, a countryman of your own, he has, by his own energies and singleness of purpose, caused his bitterest opponents to adopt and to give effect to political, financial, and economic reforms, as from themselves, which in their original proposition, were looked upon as almost allied with treason against the State. By his ceaseless labours for the public good for more than 42 years in the House of Commons he has won the respect of the representatives of Great Britain, and an admission from Sir Robert Peel — one of England's greatest Ministers, lately lost to his ceun try—that he was one of the most useful members who had ever sat in Parliament. That person, who recommended his motto of ' Perseverance' from this chair, is Mr. Joseph Hume." Leasing Closing Priest Bush ess Ethr• Paid. RA/LwAyr; Compans. Ulu day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletebley N. West St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. ! 6 98 St. 100 Clydesdale dc Caledon... 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy, E. Un. & Sod. and Hal. E. C..... •• • St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. per cent. Gt.Nrthp. 134 136 1351 41 5 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. all Do. New Do ••• ••• 25 all Glstrok Dn.Ft Gt. Wes .;1 100 all Irtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &Nll , 105 107 106 51 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do. 121 ;J1 Do. I Shares. Do 12i all Lon.&Greemi , 8. Easter , 124 .131 20 all Do.Prcferenee Do 23 ';'4 23 10 all Lon., Til., &S. Peto &Co. 101 j 114 11 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. WO Do. 6 per et. a•• ••• 5A all Aanch. Bxtn 14.& N. W and Matloel & Midld. 21 50 all Ifiddleibro' Atekton & Redcar . ..... Darllngt • . 10( all lidld.Bradfd ‘fidland 92 94 50 all Northern Easternsp.e. E. Count. f 8 63 50 all Do. 6 per et. D 0... 50 all Do. Fixeds p• Do — ••• 23 all Prost. & Wyr, L. &N. W &Ln&Yk „, 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do St. 100 Uoystn.k. Hit. GtNortby 133 136 25 1.8 Shef.Roth am Laneasb& Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. 12 91 S. Staffordsh, Vl.MClean 21 —2 d 50 all WearValleygr 3tockt. & 6 per coat_ Darliugt 25 all Do St. 100 Wilts&gomrst ItWestn 9O 92 The living political reformers of Great Britain have lost their oldest leader—Joseph Hume is numbered with the dead. Mr. Hume had been visibly declining in health for a year past. During the last few weeks a disease of the heart gradually reduced his strength, and gave warning that his end was drawing near. He ex pired at six o'clock on Tuesday night at his seat, Burn ley-hall, Norfolk. Mr. Home was a native of Montrose, and born in Ja nuary, 1777. His father was the master of a coasting vessel trading from that town. Mrs. Hume was early left a widow with a large family, of whom Joseph was a younger son. The mother, ill-provided, established a retail crockery-shop in th a t b urg h , an d by her industry and management reared and educated her children. Her memory was ever honoured by her family—all indebted to her sound sense, moral courage, and parental ex, ample. To this maternal care and influence Mr. Hume used to ascribe his own success and 'good fortune in life. Mr. Hume's elementary education was obtained in the local schools of his native town. Reading, writing, " accounts," and a smattering of Scotch Latinity con stituted the sum total of his "schooling,;" About the age of 13 he was placed apprentice to a surgeon-apothe cary of Montrose, and he remained with his master about three years, chiefly occupied in compounding pre scriptions. It has been generally reported that he gra duated in Aberdeen, but he entered the medical classes of Edinburgh ill 1 793 —continuing. in that university till 1793, when he was admitted a member of the College of Surgeons of the modern Athens. On reference to the re cords of the College of Surgeons of London, in Lincoln's iun-fields, we find that he passed as surgeon of an India nian on the 2d of February, 1797, at a meeting of the Court of Examiners of that corporation. There is no regis ter of his Scotch or other certificates, but it is believed that he had previously " walked the hospitals" of this metropolis. We have heard that, with the interest of the late Mr. David Scott, M.P. for Forfar, he entered as assistant-surgeon the marine service of the East India Company, and in that and the following year made a voyage out and home, being absent from England about eighteen months. At the India-house we first trace him in the Company's Board's records as elected a full assistant-surgeon, nominated by the then chairman, Mr. J. Bosanquet, being reported Nov. 12, 1799, for the ship Houghton and--Presidency of Bengal. His patrons, the Scotts, of Dunninald, Forfarshire, were politically connected with Montrose, where the Humes are said to have supported their interest. Mr. David Scott was in the East India Direction from 1788 to 1802, and other members of his family, in high civil offices in Bengal. But, whoever aided the young Scotch surgeon in these his first steps in life, Joseph Hume, by his own talents amsd perseverance, was the meritorious architect of his own subsequent fortunes and celebrity. India only gave scope to his native power and energy of mind. We have heard that in his second voyage out, in one of the " ancient Arks" of the company, crammed with passengers of all classes, conditions, and pro fessions, he volunteered, on the accidental death of the purser, to supply the duties of that deceased functionary during the remainder of the voyage—that his assiduity and good temper in that vocation gained him many friendships ; and that on the arrival of the vessel in Calcutta the captain, officers, and passengers gave him a public testimonial in acknowledgment of his gratui tous services. Thus, the young surgeon landed with a ready-made reputation. His keen instinct led him im mediately to observe that few of the company's servants acquired the native languages. He lost no time, there fore, in setting to work and mastering that difficult ac complisbment. Labour was to him a pastime, especially if any rupees could be gained by it. Mr. flume, more over, early studied the religions of the East and the su perstitions of that vast and mixed Asiatic population, whose succession of creeds, moulded into so many sects, is so essential a knowledge for the rule of India. The authorities early recognised in young Hume a valuable and laborious servant. In 1802-3, on the eve of Lord Lake's Mabratta war, much consterna tion at the seat of Government occurred. On a disco very that the gunpowder in store was useless from damp, Mr. Hume's knowledge of chemistry fortunately Caine in aid of bad administration. He undertook the restora tion of this all-important munition of war, and he suc ceeded. Attached in his medical capacity to a regiment in the expedition, he was almost immediately selected by Major-General Powell as the interpreter to the Com mander-in-chief. But our space will not permit us to follow this industrious map throughout his Indian career. Sufficient it is to mention, that he not only continued his medical duties, but filled successively important posts in the offices of paymaster and postmaster of the forces, in. the prize agencies, and the Commissariat. So recently as the late Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Military, Ordnance, and Commissariat expenditure (of which be was an active and valuable mem ber) he astonished his colleagues by the intelligence and acuteness of his examination of witnesses. On some ex pression of surprise in the committee, he observed, "You forget I was once Commissary-General to an army of 12,000 men in India !" Not only did he gain high re putation by these multifarious civil employments, but he realised large emoluments. Peace concluded, within five years Mr. Hume returned to the Presidency, and with a sufficient private fortune to justify his retirement from his profession, - and, much sooner than falls to the lot of most men in the service of the East India Corn pany, he resigned his civil employments. and arrived in England, the possessor of an honestly-earned fortune of 30.0001. or 40,0001. The best proof of Mr. Humes worthy possession of affluence was his use of pecuniary competency. On his arrival in Europe he continued his active pursuit of men tal improvement and practical knowledge. In 1809 he made a tour of the United Kingdom, visiting all the principal ports and manufacturing towns of England, Scotland, and Ireland ; and, as " fact-hunting" was bis pleasure, he devoted the greater portion of the years 1810 and 1811 to tours on the Continent, extending his travels to Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, the lonian Isles, Sicily, Malta, Sar dinia, &c. . The two ultimate objects of Joseph Hume, thus inde pendent in circumstances, and in the prime of life, were the acquisition of seats in the East India Direction and in Parliament. We believe that at this period his poli tical convictions and earlier associations had been those of a "Tory," but that home politics had been a secondary interest in his mind during his struggle in India for ways and means of pecuniary independence. Certain it is that ithe future Radical first entered the House of Commons as a Tory. The borough of Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis was the cradle of our aspiring legisla tor. The patron of the borough and one of its members (Sir John Lowther Johnstone) having died, Mr. Hume succeeded to the vacant seat in January, 1812, the last session of the Parliament. , A Scotch solicitor, trus tee of the deceased baronet, "introduced" Mr. Hume to the constituency for a valuable consideration. Mr. Hume had bargained for a second return. The new member took his seat on the Trea sury bench, supporting the Perceval Administra tion. His Ministerial votes were ne►er abandoned for Liberal minorities. On the dissolution of Parliament the following autumn the patron s of the seat refused him re-election. We have reason to believe that the ex-members reforming and progressive tendencies having broken out in occasiotal visits to his constitu ents (which Hume thought it his duty to make, but which the trustees deemed works of supererogation), and at which he advocated schools and other social be nefits, the Duke of Cumberland and his co-trustees— the patrons--determined to provide a substitute. Mr. Hume, we believe, on an arbitration, obtained some re turn-money for breach •f the contract. It is by no means unlikely that experience of the " borough sys tem" opened the eyes of the Indian Reformer to the defects in the representation. Commons, till elected forue A berdeen _s in . 1818, Mr. exclusion from from the House of - During his six years' Hume was not idle. w an active member aPI interests of the working of the Central Committee of the Lancaste 'a School system. At this peri od forming friends hip rill Westminster, a he be camewit moralh the anlda deeplyte i nFtre interestedal lnecci promotion of the classes, and in the improvement of their physical condition, and he also published a pamphlet advo cating the establishment of saving s banks and on the principles of their subsequent fou n d at i on. Mr. H ume ' s natural ambition for a seat in the East I n di a Direction honour and interest. found him now at liberty also for the untiring pursuit Although nof thisse i co n n v d ari ob a j b e i c y t of unsuccessful,persenal it incensed his con stant exposure of Indian abuses in each periodical meet ing of the proprietary. , His canvass for the Direction also, by one of the fortunate accidents of life, was des tined to have great influence on his further prosperity and happiness. On one occasion Mr. Hume had ob tained access to a proprietor enjoying four votes—a gen tleman of great influence, but of peculiar aversion to canvassers for the Direction—the late Mr. Burn ley, of Guilford - st reet. Neverthele ss, Mr. Hume effected his visit, and his forcible r epresentation of Indian abuses, and of tlio efficacy et his curative prescriptions, if elected a director, and of the con- sequent advantages to stockholders, establi s h e d hi m in the good graces of the old gentleman, and, what was of more value, in those of the daughter. Although he failed to force the India-house, he won and wedded, the lady—the present amiable and excellent Mrs. Hume- We resume Mr. Hurne's public and Parliamentary career. He continued unstated till his return to the Parliament which met on the 14th of January, 1819. We then find him representing the "-Aberdeen District of Burghs," comprehending his native town of Montrose eum Brechin, Inverbervie, and .A.berbrothock. The whole electors of these self elect burghs, members of close corporations, did not then exceed 100 persons. Th e neighbourin; Peels and Lairds were the half-dozen p.itrons. i r. m H ume , aided by the late Lord Panniure and by the Liberal party of the North of Scotland, in a desporatet.truggle beat the boroughniongers, and WC eeeded in obtaining the return. This was the stepping stone to his permanent and independent position in the House of Common , . In 1830 Mr. Hume relinquished the Scotch burghs, being returned with the late Mr. liyzig, unopposed, for Middlesex. lle continued to sit for the metro politan litacounty till the dis solution of 183 7, when in July Colonel Wood defeated h'in by a small majority. Mr. O'Connell in the same month returned him for Kilkenny. In the new P.aliamient of 1841 Mr. Hume was again defeated at Leeds. In 1842, on the retire ment of Mr. Chalmers from Montrose, Mr. Htime re turned to his own political 1• . I love and he has died in the service of his fellow-townsm en. . __ • • - How are we to characterise or even note tbe Hercu lean labours of this prodigy in representative govern ment ? It is impossible, within the limits of volumes, to record his innumerable speeches in Parliament, his motions, his returns, his select committees, his reports, i his personal and party contests n the House, of Com mons, much less his various Agitations "out of doors." ,__.~~ . MR. R. LO WE, M.P., AND HIS CON- STITUENTS. Mr. IL Lowe addressed his constituents at Kidder minster on Tuesday afternoon. It was the first time the music-hall in the newly-erected public rooms had been used for any purpose, and the large and handsome apartment was filled by an assemblage of all classes, the galleries being occupied by ladies. Among the company were Lord Ward, Mr. F. Knight, M.P., the Mayor, &c. Mr. Lowe: said—lt is the usual practice when a member of Parliament accepts office under Government that he shall be sent back to his constituents to ascer tain with what views they regard the change in his posi tion. i YI 'was not subjected to that ordeal, because of the peculiarity of the office which I held ; but I think that a member upon resigning office may very properly be ex pected to give an account of how lie has discharged it ; duties ; I, therefore, having not resigned, but declined to accept the office 'infer the present Government which I held under their predecessors, am come to tell you what I have done since we last met, and simply to explain how matters stand with inn. Only six weeks after I had the honour to take a scat in Parliament as your member the Government / of Lord Derby was broken up, and a new Government, combining alinoet all the emieent men who had given their services in the cause of free trade, was formed. In that Government I, though so young a member of Parliament, had the ho nour to be offered a situation, and I felt myself ex tremely honoured by that cffer, because that was no or dinary Government—it was a coalition, which comprised the distinguished men of ail parties, and in which men who formerly held high office were content to hold sub ordinate ones. I had at that time not been long in England, and had many things to learn, and I thought that a little official experience, and in the service of a public office, would enable me more effectually to do my duty as a member of Parliament, and if subsequently I should be called to fill a higher office I should fill it with greater efficiency to the public service and greater credit to myself. Therefore, heartily approving the principles on which that Government started, and having lent my humble aid to winning the battle which placed them in power, I had no difficulty in accepting the office which I have held now for two years, and I have no reason at all to repent the experiment which I made. During that time the India Board was presided over by a gen tleman of great administrative ability, who I am happy to state continues to preside over it - and I believe that the administration of Sir Charles ilrood, in which I humbly took a share, not only originated more useful reforms and swept away more abuses than any previous administrations, but also laid the foundation for a reform of the greatest consequence both to India and to this country. We had not only the very large and difficult question to grapple with of whether to renew the India Charter Act, but to consider the question how far the public interest could be reconciled with the exclusive powers of the East India Company. I cannot say that the bill on that subject came up to my wishes and desires ; but still it is a great advance towards that which is most desirable for India, that its Government should be respon sible to Parliament, and not be placed in the bands of a company, to whom it should be farmed out on leases for 20 years. But I will not weary you with the details of India* administration. One change, however, was in troduced with my most cordial assent, about which I will take the liberty of saying a few words. The East India Company possesses certain appointments called writerships, which, in fact, comprise all the higheroffices, judicial and executive, in that country. These have hitherto been given merely by favour and patronage, but the India Bill of 1853 established a principle which I trust will be fruitful in further legislation, and by which these offices will be no longer given by favour or patron age, but be thrown open to the whole of her Majesty's suhjects, so that every man, however poor and devoid of interest, but able to vanquish by the force of his abilities, may secure an appointment, the lowest salary being 4001. a year, till in the higher classes the salaries are 5,0001., and one class as much as 10,0001. I look back on this reform with the greatest pride and satisfaction, not only because of the great and noble advantages it will confer on the people of this country by throwing open situations, forty of which will be open to public competition every year, but because it is the inaugura tion of a system destined to bear fruit in after years. I believe that the people of England will soon require that all appointments, not only in the civil service in India, but all public appointments requiring ability and knowledge in their discharge, shall be thrown open to full, free, and fair competition. I cannot but re gard this as a step in the right direction, going to the root of evils which I shall have to touch upon in other parts of my address, and one destined to become more and more popular in this country. Perhaps you will ask me the reason why I ceased to hold office. It was uot - from any dissatisfaction with the Government just formed, which 1 am most anxious to support, and which I believe upon the whole to be the best that could be found under existing circumstances, but I thought that I had held office long enough for the purpose for which I took it—that was to gain an insight into official life, and tit myself for any higher office hereafter. Moreover, I did not see that anything more of importance remained to be done, and was not disposed any longer to surren der my privilege of free speech as an independent mem ber. And I trust that, as constituencies are often very indulgent to members when they show great willingeess to accept office, you will not be less indulgent to me, when, of my own motion, in order to return to my po sition as an independent member of the House of Com mons, I lay that office down. (Cheers.) I must also take the liberty of explaining to you another mats'', which I dare say sonic of you, who are not familiar with the terms on which offices are held under Government, may look upon with some dislike and distrust. I can not expect that all the votes I have given, or abstained free; giving while in office, have been satisfactory to you; and, indeed, I honestly confess that all of them have Lot been satisfactory to myself. The terms on which Govern ment is formed—when formed of honourable men —are that every inau who joins it agrees with the general line of action which the Government pursues, and is prepared to sacrifice his individual prejudices to general duty. It is his duty—not a matter of tenacity of office, but his duty—not rashly, or for slight cause, or even for serious cause, to separate himself from Government, because every member of that Government joined it iu expec tation of receiving the support of all the others. I would not have joined the last Government if I had not had every confidence in its members, and especially had there not been connected with it a nobleman whom the Dissenters of England and those who consider them selves to be under civil disabilities look to as the ex ponent of their views and feelings. The nobleman who fought the battle of the repeal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts was supposed to impersonate, as much as any man could do, the feelings expressed by the phrase `civil and religious liberty.' Of course, I mean Lord John Russell. (Applause.) I supposed, therefore, I was safe from being asked to vote or abstain from voting on questions affecting the interests of Dissenters, such as the questions of church rates, and admission to the Universities, but to my regret I found that such questions were not dealt with in the spirit I could have wished. During the session of 1853 I was called on on one occa sion to vote against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities—those seats of learning which I have the strongest conviction present in my mind should be open to all, and on another occasion to resist a bill for the abolition of church rates, brought in by Sir W. Clay, which I thought a wise, right, and beneficial mea sure. (Hear, hear.) The course which I took, after mature consideration, was this—l did not think it consistent with my duty to my constituents and with my personal honour to vote in the manner Government wished, nor did I think it my duty, as a member of the ' Government, to vote against them ; I thought it was not right on matters not of vital policy to pick a quart el with them for the sake of parading my independence. The course I took therefore, whether right or wrong— though I am prepared to defend it as right, and I hope you will so consider it-was to abstain from voting on those questions. If there is any gentleman dissatisfied with my conduct in this respect, I think he ought to have taken objection to my taking office at all. When once I had taken office I had to reconcile may own pri vate feelings with the wishes and feelings of Government, and, in order to do great things, every one pretending to be a statesman must be prepared to sacrifice the former class of considerations to the latter. " And now," continued Mr. Lowe,. " I suppose you will expect me to say a little on a topic which engrosses all attention—the great and momentous war in which we are engaged against Russia. I have leo difficulty in stating my opinions on this subject with the utmost frankness. I think the time is come when every man should speak out clearly, without envy, hatred, or passion, what he thinks on the matter. I consider the state of affairs to be extremely grave and critical, such as may well raise the apprehensions of the most resolute man and excite the fears of the most prudent. It is no time for me to shelter myself under petty delicacies or official reticence. lam prepared to tell you what I think, and what I hope you will think also, whatever effect it may have on any political party or on my own political prospects. I, for one, cordially approve of the war with Russia. (Cheers.) She had been represented to us as a weak Power, and I fear we have found her a strong one. But, whether weak or strong, I think the war just, wise, and expedient. If she be a weak Power, it is intoler able that she should set up pretensions in order to break faith, violate treaties, attack her weaker neighbours, and disturb by her wanton and inordinate ambition the p e ace of Europe. If this is intolerable in a w ea k P ower , how much snore dangerous and necessary to be prevented must it be in a stronger Power —one not only able to conceive vast schemes of aggrandisement, but to carry them out by aid of innumerable legions, the resources of inexhaustible arsenals, and all the machinery which bar barism knows how to put in motion in its conflict with civilisation l I hold that we are wise in meeting this danger in time—it would not be wise to wait till Russia had acquired as her own the Turkish empire, till she had spread Ler arms around the Black Sea, and obtained the eminnand of the Dardanelles and Bosple sus, by which that sea is entered. It would not be wise to wait till, having enclosed Austria in this iron net, she dismeal berec(lor province by province as she took Bessarabia from Turkey, and, eating like a caulser into the heart of Germany, established herself oil its great arterial river, the Danube. We see bow difficult it is to rouse and unite Europe in arms, how difficult it is to stimulate Prussia, the very country m0. , ,t, likely to be absorbed, to union and action beCaltzC her peril is so extreme that she has almost lost the hope of existence, and therefore, when Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet determined on Char with Russia, I think they came to a wise and magnanimous determina tion, and it was the duty of the country to second them. That Government had shown unexampled ability, and had conducted with great success the Administration of this country in pacific times. The session of 1853 was i one of the most laborious, useful, a n d Lrilliarit in I , a fic h r i ra 'unitary annals. The great ineamres of reform w were effected and carried out remain as a monument of Parliamentary industry and a strong tribute to the merit of representative government. The same success did PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen 199 101 100 St. 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c 90 92 25 30 Myth and Tyne 10 per ••• c. pref. (issd. at 500 ... .. St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 91 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 97 —92 983 8 x n 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 por cent._ ... ,„ 93 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... ... 23 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... ... 64 all Cork dtßandons4p.e ... ... 61 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 64 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No. 1 f 1 j pm 64 all Do. No. 2 10 all Do. New 6r. c. St. 12i 134 13k 20 all Eastern Union, Gar per cent 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... -- ... 10 all Do. 101. Dobentr.Sh- ... —.— bt. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... ... St. 100 East Lancash.6 p. eta ... 5 all East and West York shire June. Fifths ... ... 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A letter from Hamburg of the date of the 14th inst., after noticing the intended erection of wooden barracks at Heligoland for the use of the German recruits to the English foreign legion, states that, being► within sight of the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, that island is the spot most easy of access for such of the soldiery of the lately disbanded army as may choose to adopt the English ser vice ; and that the Fnglish Ministry were justified in selecting the island as a rendezvous for all the Northern States of Germany, from whence a large number of volunteers are likely to be obtained. From Switzerland we learn that Colonel Buntems has been unsuccessful as a candidate for the representa tion of the Canton Vaud in the National Council. It was rumoured that this defeat might render him less sensitive about the consent or refusal of the Federal Council to his acceptance of the offers made him for raising a body of troops to serve under the English flag. The conditions proposed to the colonel were ex ceedingly advantageous —no less than 2,0001. per annum, and full powers in the choice of his officers and the organ isation of the legion. It is said, moreover, that active efforts have been made in the Grisons to influence the superior officers of that canton to enter the British ser vice, in which many families of that province, particu larly the De Salis, have in former times acquired con siderable distinction. The French Government, notwithstanding the Federal enactments against foreign enliAtment, has been very successful in certain of the cantons in enrolling volun teers for Colonel Ochsenbein's brigade, which may be accounted for by the business connection and daily com munication that takes place between the conterminous districts of each country. The ill-success of the British agents for the same object is to be accounted for by the tone of the Parliamentary debates on the Foreign En listment Bill, and the want of proper pecuniary guaran tees against the chances of losses of life or limb. Letters from Berne, of the 14th inst., state that the Federal Council has come to a decision on the resigna tions sent in by officers of all ranks. Those of Colonels Grour and Ritter have been accepted, bnt they have nothing to do with either Foreign Legion ; as have those of Colonels Ocheenbein and Meyer d'Olten, who have engaged in the French service ; and also that of Colonel Folz, who is likewise named for a command in the French Legion, thought is doubtful whether he will be allowed to retain his federal rank. The list of resigna tions comprises, besides, two lieutenant-colonels, five majors, &c., &c. Recruiting goes on actively on the frontiers. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF THE BANKS OF THE THAMES.-THE PARIS EXHIBITION. A plan was some time since submitted for an elegant as well as useful alteration of the present unsightly ap pearance of the north bank of the Thames, and at the same time relieving the stream from the greater portion of that mass of feculent matter wiih which it is daily polluted. It is described as " a design for improving the property en the banks of the Thames between Lon don and Blackfriars Bridges, with a view to a line of communication from thence to the Houses' of Parlia ment, thereby obtaining a healthy and agreeable pro menade and carriage-way, relieving the overcrowded thoroughfares of the City, creating, a valuable frontage for shops and public buildings, giving additional conve nience to the wharfingers and warehousemen, and re taining all the present communications with Thames street ; also to receive all the present sewers into one large sewer forming the foundation of the lo Pier ter race." The plan not being adopted, the two beautiful views, painted by T. Allem, Esq., the architect, by which the projected improvement is illustrated, are about to be transmitted to the Paris Exhibition. From the style of architecture the Parisians will perceive that it is not impracticable to embellish the margin of our noble river with a palatial grandeur approaching that of any of the famous Continental cities. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROXTON PARK RACES-MARCH 29 AND 30. The GRANBY HANDICAP. Granby Course, about a mile and a half. Forfeits to be declared on or before Tues day, March 6. If the highest weight accepting is un der 12st, .it will be raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of the stewards, to any weight not exceeding 12st., which will be declared seven days after the acceptances. Age st lb Defiance 5 12 9 Red Lion Eulogist 5 12 1 Lerrywheut Ethelbert St. Andrew ...., 5 11 7 Jonathan Martin 4 11 6 Kiteflyer Dr. O'Toole 4 11 6 Black Swan lanthe Ethelwolf Age at lb Little Tom , 510 12 Determination ... 4 10 12 Poodle Waverley Neu - Brighton Seducer 4 10 16 Rodo-meli 4 10 8 Singapore Potter Coriander, byHet man Platoff, out of the Lamb . 410 4 Speed the Plough 5 11 3 Hercules Cock Pheasant Tom 4 11 2 Waterfall Ceres a 10 4 Tollbar a 10 3 Minerva (h b) ... 5 10 0 Testy 4 11 2 Hazlenut Miss Briggs Gelding bylialight _ . Gamelad 4ll 1 of the' Caliph Voucher 5 11 0 Bolton Prime Minister... a 10 13 Filly by lago, out The Spinner -WEIGHTS for the GOLD Cui. Two miles. Forfeits to be declared on or before Tuesday, March 6. It the highest weight accepting be under 12st, it will be raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of the stewards to any weight not exceeding 12st, which will be declared seven days after the acceptances. Age st Ibl Age st lb Defiance 512 9; Poodle .. 6lO 8 Eulogist .. ...... 6 10 7 Lerry wheut St. Andrew Jonathan Martin. 411 41 Detvrruination Ethelwolf ......... 6 11 2' Cofander, by Het littzlenut Caliph , of the Lamb ... Testy Garnelad 4lO 111 the Cull a 9 7 Hercules 4 10 11 ', • 4 10 1 EXTENSIVE FIRE AT PIMLICO. —The extensive pre= raises of Mr. S. Hunt, builder, St. George's-row, Pim lico, were burnt to the ground on Tuesday night, and the workmen's tools destroyed. The fire was not sub dued till the premises of Mr. Leyburn, Chariwood-street, were considerably damaged by fire ; cause unknown. Insurances fall on the London and County Fire-offices. 201 1 20} 74 71i 1 65k 5 I 9 7 A 00 i 991 1001 5 ; 69 84 91 411 121 13 121 29 i ad 34 ad not attend them in war. That Government is now past I —it is a matter of history ; but, while we speak of its shortcomings and failures, those successes ought at least to be remembered." Having eulogised Mr. Gladstone's budget and the system of finance that gentleman erected, Mr. Lowe proceeded :—I am of opini on ( an op i nion which I know is not so popular as it was a few months ago) that the expedition to the Crimea was well planned and sent forth with men and appliances adequate to the execution of its object. This may seem a startling asser tion in view of what has since occurred, but I believe it is susceptible of proof. Thefirst great point of the expedi tion was the landing—that was effected with precision and success ; its second was the opposing of the Russian army, who were driven from their intrenched position with admirable daring and success. But here, lam sorry to say, the panegyric must stop. But I say the expedition was not ill-conceived nor ill-provided, if the object was at once to attack and defeat the Russians. Because generals are sluggish and neglect to avail them selves of great opportunities, those who planned the ex pedition ought not to be blamed. When Sir Arthur Wellesley had won the battle of Viiniera, Sir Harry Duren' ordered a retreat, oa which Sir Arthur said, " Why retreat ? Advance, and in three days we are in Lisbon." So, had we advanced, in 21 hours we should have been in Sebastopol. (Cheers.) On the 21st or 22d of September we ought to have been within the writ's of SeLastopol.• There was nothing to prevent the fleet sailing dower keeping open the port while the army was engaged. There v.as nothing to prevent two largo divisions of the English army, who had never drawn triegsr, and the cavalry, who had not drawn a sabre, and a great part of the artillery, who had taken no part in the engagement, from marching a!1 night and arriv ing in the course of next day before Sebastopol ; and they would have taken it, for there was no force there then sufficient to resist them. From that period our course has been downward ; there has been nothing but blunder, mismanagement, and incapacity, which none of us can speak of with patience, or think of without perpetually recurring irritation. The department whose duty it was to minister to the wants of the army has utterly broken down. The General has not shown the activity and zeal we have a right to expect. (1 Voice— " He's too old.") Well, perhaps so. I wish to say nothing harsh of that gallant soldier, who lost an arm at Waterloo, and has since given his best energies usefully to the public service ; and perhaps it is hardly to be expected, that, if we take a man from his desk, at which he has been sitting for 35 years, and at the age of 64 or 65 require him to enter on the stirring duties of leader of an army in a severe and active campaign, he should be altogether as efficient as we should desire. Yet when we remem ber what Sir Arthur Wellesley effected with hardly a commissariat, without a waggon-train, with scarcely a single thing necessary for an army, badly supplied by the Ministry at home, badly supplied even with money, which ho often supplied himself with by commercial transactions into which he entered, so fertile was his genius—l say when we compare what he did with what has been done by our commander in the Crimea with an unlimited supply of money and unlimited power to displace any who might be incompetent—when we think of the thousands of his men who have succumbed to sickness, starvation, and death, we cannot but be struck, I think, by the painful and humiliating contrast. Now, the question comes—What is the remedy for this state of things I That it should continue would be intolerable and unendurable—inconsistent with our power, dignity, honour, nay, perhaps, with the very exist ence of this nation. We possess more of what is desired by man kind than other countries, and we must keep what we have with a strong hand, or a stronger man will conic and take it away. The cankerworm which has caused the failure of this campaign, and which pervades every department of the civil and mili tary service, is the vice of public patronage. (Loud cheers.) Merit is not promoted ; the only thing con sidered is personal connexion and favour. It is, in deed, humiliating that we who supply an engineer for almost every railway that is made and for almost every steamer that is afloat,—who furnish the brains and the talent by which the affairs of other countries are organised—that we should fall so far below others in this very respect when our own public affairs are con cerned, and be so infinitely surpassed by what we have been in the habit of scornfully calling the barbarous power of Russia in the art of war, in the art of keeping an army alive. But Russia has the great advantage in war of having only one head, whose interest and that of the public, so far as the success of his armies is con cerned, are entirely at one. He recalls any general who displeases him without the slightest hesitation, and if he does anything wrong punishes him with the utmost severity, without mercy and without remorse. But our statesmen stand in a different position. They are not identified with the public interest. In filling up offices the Emperor of Russia looks only for servants who will best execute his wishes, and the public of this country lookf or that too ; but the statesmen in whose hands the gift of these offices is look rather to their own profits or that of their friends, or their Parliamentary influence, than to the interests of the people. It is no use in talk ing of any kind of reform till you get this altered. If a man conducting a manufactory, instead of choosing for his confidential servants persons of industry and know ledge of the business, were to fill all his places of re sponsibility with sons and nephews of his friends, with out any reference to their qualifications, he would soon be bankrupt—his affairs would inevitably go to rack and ruin ; and so will it be with us as a nation, unless we demand that no office shall be given unless to those who prove their fitness by passing a previous and sufficient examination. Mr. Lowe proceeded to say that he approved neither the remedy proposed by Go vernment nor by Parliament ; that of Government was to appoint commissioners to take charge of every depart ment of the army, leaving those in command just where they were. To continue in office a man acknowledged to be unfit, and to send another to take charge of him was repugnant to common sense. It was as if, When they had a horse that would not draw a cart, they put on a leader to draw him and the cart too. (Laughter.) He „. was sorry to say that lie could not approve of Mrl 4 ::.. Roebuck's committee eith er , th oug h h e had done hien' (Mr. Lowe) the honour to set down his name for one of the committee. He thought it could not make proper inquiry without having before it the officers and others engaged in the Crimea. It would not be just to enter into an inquiry touching their conduct without hearing what they had to say ; and it would not be of any use merely to find out that there was something which was wrong at home, without being able to trace it further. Another objection was, that it would interfere with and. hamper the War Department at a time when of all others it could least afford to be bothered. Mr. Lowe drew a frightful picture of the work now to be done at the office of the Secretary of War, and said he was assured that the department was at this moment in a condition of the most hopeless and inextricable confusion. It was impossible that Lord Panmure could do all that was necessary to be done, but at least he might be let alone, and not be worried by a committee. Moreover, a committee of this kind was most objectionable, because it really trans ferred the duties of the Executive to the House of Com mons, always a most dangerous thing ; and lastly, such an inquiry as was proposed would certainly involve statements respecting the French army which the Em peror of the French was desirous should not be known, and would probably weaken our alliance with that country. As he rejected, therefore, both the remedy proposed by Government and by Parliament, he should, of course, be asked what his own would be. He thought that when an officer did not do his duty the proper way was to recall him, and replace him by a man who would, and this was really the only remedy the case admitted of, for we had no time for elaborate plans of improve uncut ; we must act decidedly. But there was a reason which he believed operated with the Government to pre vent the recall of Lord Raglan, and no doubt it was an important one. It was that he had acted throughout most harmoniously with our gallant Allies; and had never by any intemperate sally or unnecessary oppo sition interrupted tho excellent terms on which they bad acted with us during this campaign. His (Mr. Lowe's) second remedy would be an entire recon stitution of our military system, so that merit should be the road to promotion instead of favour and seniority. At present an officer did little more than buy an annuity when he entered the army, his pay being only interest on the money he invested in the purchase of his commission, and he gave his ser vices to his country gratuitously. At his death the Government appropriated his commission; instead of its being a benefit to his widow and children, it was a Premium upon cowardice. At present it was almost im possible that a man should rise from the ranks, whatever might be his merit, bravery, or good conduct, being the very opposite of the system pursued by Napoleon, who said that every man ought to have the materials for a marshal's baton in his knapsack. A similar reform must be carried through all our civil departments. It was not reason enough why a man should be pot at the head of the medical department that he had had the yellow fever half-a-dozen times, had been in the West Indies, and served in the Peninsula with usefulness, and was now a grey-headed man, who ought not to be disturbed in his old age. He would have public men prevented from making appointments except the candidate's abi lity and knowledge had been previously tested by a sufficient examination. This would strike at the root of the evils under which we are new suffering. But this was a question for the constituencies. They must be content that their members should cease to distribute Parliamentary patronage among them with both bands. Members must cease to sell themselves to Government for the sake of this patronage, and Ministers must give up this system also ; because, until merit was the only avenue to the public offices, we were fighting with a leaden sword against a man who used a steel one. If we Lad a spark of true greatness and patriotism left we should immediately make this change, seeirg that the position, honour, and perhaps, the existence of the country depended Upon it. Finally, it is o IoY wish, as I believe it is my duty, to support to the ut most the present Government. This is no party thelue:- tion, mid I am prepa r ed to say the sameshould power passed. into resell t Gov't:ruin rt. our alli es , our other hands. We t t ir b e e : ' , ls t t s i ° o l s v. ui d o a li m i “ e i nt coete et w ith influ e ac e all the Powtas Europe— w ‘ i , i ' ti%i,(,),ttillrert.hathwies of th e l a st enemies, or in a position should ex stalmity and c , instaney in the may iml,o c o lv e e ,, r :overt o i our i c e c o e n t e s o o r r of lan .N ce eit o h i er is it e a sy to over-estimate the t h y i ist Enurope. u a r p o i p ) appearance ' iniiutnee of the name of Lord Pahnerstme over diplo matic circles on the Continent, or the importance that is attached to his being placed at the head of the Ad ministration, His name is a pledge of our determina tion to resist Russia to the utmost, and his fall would be regarded as a triumph of the principles of the peaces party, whom foreigners believe to have a power they do not possess in this country. 'We must leans to put off party differences till the return of peace, and to pre sent a firm and united front to the powerful enemy with whom we are engaged. (The hon. gentleman, who had been loudly applauded - throughout, sat down amid loud cheers.) ..---'`'' 10 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 100 20i , 100 20i 100 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 160., 16. 10 31A ni