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on the part of the promoters to strike out that part of the bill which related to the levying of church rates. The house then divided, when there appeared, For the second reading 125 Against it Majority -51 The bill was accordingly read Ik second time, and or dered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. L. ICING presented a petition from Waltham en-Thames praying for an alteration in the law of auccession; Mr. FERGUSON presented a petition from Carlisle praying for a searching . inquiry into the causes of the anfferings of the army in the Crimea ; also a petition from the letter-press printers of the same place in favour of the bill for the lepeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. As. PELLATT presented a petition from three denominations of Protestant Dissenters in Southwark, in favour of the bill for legalising marriage with a de ceased wife's sister. Mr. BRA_MSTON presented a petition from the foresters' Society, in favour of the Friendly Societies Bill. Mr. J. BALL presented five similar petitions. Mr. WARNER presentel a petition from Norwich, in favour of the bill for the repeal of the newspaper stamp, Mr. DISRAELI presented a similar petition from the directors of the Manchester Athenteum. Mr. M. GIBBON, Mr. COBDEN, Mr. RicAßno, and several other members, presented similar petitions. Mr. WALTER presented a petition from Nottingham praying that no terms of peace may be entered into with Russia which do not recognise the nationality of Poland. Mr. LABOTTCHERE presented a petition, nume rously signed, from the West of England, praying for en alteration in the law of succession. ADULTERATION OF FOOD. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD gave notice that that day fort night he should move the appointment of a select com mittee to inquire into the practice of the adulteration of articles of food. CHURCH RATES. Sir W. CLAY gave notice that on an early day be should move for leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of church rates. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Mr. RICARDO gave notice that to-morrow he should ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it was true that 1,750,000/. of Exchequer Bills had been issued, contrary to a pledge given to Parliament last session. THE KA.FIR WAIL *Mr. BENNET asked the Under -Secretary for War when it Ra; probable the medals for the Kafir war would be distributed, and whether notice would be given to the survivors of that war I Mr. PEEL said the Mint would be ready to issue the medals in about three months from the present time. About 9,000 claims had already been received for the modnl. SHERIFF CLERKS. Sir G. MONTGOMERY asked the Lord Advocate when the re►ision of the salaries of the sheriff clerks in the smaller counties of Scotland, which was announced would be made in November last, would take place ? The LORD ADVOCATE said it would take place from November last. THE ALDERSHOT C &MP. Mr. DRUMMOND asked the tinder Secretary of State for War why the soldiers who were to bo encamped atAldershot, in order to learn their duty in the field, were not instructed in that part of it which consists in the moldier forming his camp and hutting himself ; whether the small extra pay which might be allowed for this would not be a saving of cost of labour as well as b e useful for the instruction of the soldiers ; whether the huts were to be removable, and the men to be inst ruc t e d in putting them up and pulling them down again ? Mr. PEEL said it was intended that the soldieri should be instructed in their general duties, whether in the field or in barracks. Although the huts would not be removable, still it was intended that the troops should be taught how to pitch and strike their tent+, but their would be no extra pay allowed. CHARITY COMMISSIONERS. Mr. G. VERNON wiihed to ask whether it wai the intention of the Government to give effect, in the course of the present Session, to the expressed opinion of the Charity Commissioner; that the direct remedial powers of the Boarl should be extended, within proper restric tions, and subject to whatever appeal may be considered expedient Sir G. GREY said a bill bad been prepared for amending the Charitable Trust Act, and it would be immediately brought into the House of Lords. NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. Mr. DEEDES asked if the Chancellor of the Ex chequer intended to proceed with the second reading of the bill for the repeal of the newspaper stamp on Mon day next? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was originally his intention to move the second reading of the bill, and to introduce considerable changes in its details ; but on consulting with those who were better versed in the forms of the bowie, he found that it would be better to commence de novo, and therefore it was his intention to move a resolution on the subject in a com mittee of the whole house on Monday next. Pdr. M. GIBSON said great inconvenience had already resulted front the uncertainty that surrounded this measure, and therefore he wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he could not move his resolution to-morrow ? A day would then be saved. Be wished also to ask whether the Chancellor of the Exche quer would pressed With the bill as soon as possib!s after moving the resolution The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would rather adhere to the notice he had already given. The resolution would be moved on Monday, reported on Tuesday, and the bill founded upon it reprinted on the following day. Mr. RICARDO asked the right honourable gentle man whether he would have any objection to lay his re solution on the table to-morrow ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would give notice of the terms of the resolution to morrow. POLICY OF THE WAR. Colonel DUNNE read an extract frem Lord MoueVA speech at Portsmouth the other day, and asked the Firq Lard of the Treasury if it expressed the sentiments of the Government upon the policy of the war and the pro spects of peace Lord PALMERSTON said he was only answerable for the opinions which he and his colleagues expressed in the house ; he wal not responsible for anytily, which might appear in tile new papers as having been 'aid elsewhere. LAW OF SUCCESSION. • Mr.' L. KING moved for leave to introduce a bill for the better settling of the real estates of intestates. The Measure which he proposed to provide was that where a person died possessed of landed property, the law should make for him a just will precisely in the same way as it would make it if lie died possessed of personal iintead of flat property. 'The hon. gentleman cited many cases to chow the injustie , , of the existing law, and declared that be had no intention to ag.-Limitate the law with that of France, or to interfere' with the right of parties to mill their real property in any manner that they might desire. Mr. MASSEY strouded the ;notion, übici be said simply 'proposed to extend to land the statute of distri bution, which for more than a century and a hat according to the other institutions of the country, particu- I larly with relation to its political institutions. But were there no social advantages resulting from this institution which made its retention desirable ? The effect of property going to the eldest son was, that there was not a profession, calling, or occupation in the country which did not swarm with industrious, intelligent, and earnest_ younger sons, whose industry was stimulated, and whose intellect was excited, by the knowledge that they must depend on their own exertions. if the whole constitution of society had been formed in reference to this institution, he could see no reason for considering even the propriety of uprooting foundations and altering principles and rules by which the whole community had had their views and expectations regulated. The observations he had now thrown out were desultory, for he had not considered them before entering the house ; but he should not be discharging his duty if ho did not express his opinion that the present motion had been unaccompanied by any new argument, and tkat as it was opposed to the majority of those best informed in and out of the House of Commons, it ought not to be en tertaineds _ _ _ Mr. W. 'WILLIAMS moved, "That, in the opinion of the house, real property and impropriate tithes should be made to pay the same probate duty as is now payable on personal property, and that property belonging to corpora tions, universities, colleges, bishoprics, and deans and chapters, should pay a duty equivalent to the probate and legacy duties levied on personal prtiperty." In submit ting this motion, he ought, in the first place, to observe that, in the year 1796, Mr. Pitt brought in a bill to sub ject all descriptions of property to legacy duty, but the all-powerful landed aristocracy compelled Parliemeat to divide that bill into two separate measures—one having application to real property and the other to personal property. Mr. Fox opposed this division, but his exer tions wore unsuccessful. The measure imposing legacy duty on personal property soon passed, with little or no opposition ; but the other measure was successfully op posed by ihe landed aristocracy. The question remained in this state for a period of 57 or 58 years ; but a short time ago the right hon. gen Homan the late Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gladstone) applied a partial , remedy by the enactment of a measure imposing on real property one half of the legacy duty imposed on personal proper ty. He (Mr. W. Williams) was at a loss to conceive why real pro perty should be exempt from the same duty which was levied on all other descriptions of property. He hoped that his motion would meet with the support of the present Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Wheu he (Mr. W. Williams) brought forward a similar motion some years ago, he was told that real property was subject to heavy stamp duties I on conveyances and mortgages, but this argument could low have no force. for five years ago, at is sacrifice of 450,000/. a-year, the stamp duties on conveyances and mortgages wore reduced. If his proposition were adopted the Chancellor of the Exchequer, without increasing .. , the amount of the national debt, would have 2,500,000/. additional a-year wherewith to pay the . army and. navy, and if he resorted to a system of loans with- ' out endeavouring to raise this sum by a legaly duty on real property he would incur a serious responsibility. He .could not understand upon what ground such a motion as the present could be opposed. It had been said by same lion. gentlemen that laud was more taxed than any other species of property; but such an argument had been long since dieposed of. Tho industrious classes paid much heavier taxes than the rieber classes. An 1100. GENT LF:MAN moved that the house be counted. There were only 32 members present at the moment that the motion was made, and very little more than that num ber for an hour previously; but when the bell rang for the "count," Mr. Murrough rushed in, as on Tuesday night, for the purpose of being reckoned, and seine few members afterwards dropping in, the requisite number of 40 was eked out, and the debate was resumed. M,r. Murrough, and some other members, retired the instant they were counted. Mr. WILLIAMS felt very much obliged to the " whips" en this occasion, and he hoped he should have an oppor tunity of paying them off. He would not detain the house, but, in conclusion, he must say that no one could oppose this motion who called himself a just man and a Christian. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. He thought it was high time the distinction male by the law between re al estate and personal estate should be put an end to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his regret that the hon. gentleman should have adopted the course of stating his views in the form of an abstract re solution. It was competent for him to have brought for ward any plan for maintaining, or continuing, or extend ing the probate duty, and it would then have been in the power of the house to judge as to the exact nature of the proposition before it, but it was extremely difficult, from the form selected by the hou. gentleman, fur the house to form any clear judgment as to the plan he would wish it to pursue. . The hon. member appeared, in the course of his speech, in many cases, to have confounded the legacy duty and the probate duty—he had applied to the pro bate duty arguments which applied exclusively to tire legacy duty. But the honourable gentleman had omit ted to state the precise nature of the probate du' y, and the distinction between real and personal property, upon which the present probate duty was founded. The prac tice of proving wills had grown out of the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts. From a very ancient period of his tory the ecclesiastical courts had jurisdiction over the per sonalty of deceased parties, whether testate or intestate. That jurisdiction, however, by the nature of those courts, was limited to personal property. The law of England did not require that wills by which real property was d oe i so d should be proved in the ecclesiastical court, nor had that court any power of deciding upon questions affecting laud or realty. The consequence of that state of the law was, that probate duty was necessarily confined to wills which affected personal property. If they proceeded to extend pro bate duty to real property, it would be necessary not only to take the course proposed by tho honourable member fur Lambeth, but also to alter the whole of real property law which exempted that description of property from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical court ; and it would be further necessary to alter the jurisdiction and lowers of the ecclesiastical court, so as to make them ex tend to questions affecting realty. That was the diffi culty which mot them at the threshold of th e su bj ec t . If the hon. gentleman had, in a committee of ways and means, submitted a distinct plan for the consideration of the house, they would have been able to form a judgment as to the manner in which he (Mr. Williams) proposed to overcome that obAaele, and to deal practically with the dither - 116es which surrounded this mode of taxation. With regard to the more general view of the question, he (die Chancellor of the Exchequer) must be permitted to refer to the extensive measure affecting the legacy and succes sion duties, which was introduced by his right hon. friend the member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone). lu proposing that measure he went most. extensively into the question as to the succession to real and personal pro perty, and the whole subject was thoroughly exhausted by the debates of the house, and an adjustment of the respective claims of those two classes of property was ar rived at, which he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was not prepared to advise the house now to reconsider. It must be borne in mind, if they came to consider the equity of the case, that the transfer of real property was subject to many charges to which the transfer of personal prop rty was not subject in an equal degree. No person could deal with land to any great extent without being constantly subject to the payment of stamp and other duties, aud although there were certain cases in which personal property was, upon its being transferred, liable to taxation, yet they were infrequent; anti it might with perfect truth be said that a great inequality in the practical working of the laws affecting the transfer of real and personal property existed in favour of personal property. There were, be sides, as it had been often stated in that house, many local charges affecting land from which, it was true, the Crown derived no benefit (as they were not Queen's taxes) but which, nevertheless, were charges that could not, be left out of consideration in a discussion of this subject. He was, therefore, not prepared to accede to the first branch of the motion of his hon. friend in the form in which he had presented it to the house. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) might, perhaps, congratulate himself on bay ing found so able a coadjutor as his hon. friend the mem ber for Lambeth, who proposed to pour no less than 2,500,000 i. into the Treasury; - but, notwithstanding the present state of the public finances, be could not accept th e donation on the terms on which it was offered. His hon. friend said that lie wished to make wills of real property subject to probate, bet he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) begged leave to say that ho saw nothing in the resolution which bore any such meaning. The resolution did not propose to alter the law with respect to the probates of wills of real property ; it merely provided to alter the law with respect to probate duty. His hon. friend had com mented upon the inconsistency of wills fur years 'beire subject to probate duty, and wills for lives being exempted therefrom. That inconsistency was a necessary conse quence of the general law of the country, whi c h sa id that leases for years were chattel interests, while Teases for lives were freehold interests. As long as th e distinction between realty and personalty, with respect to the probate of wills,'lasted, the distinction of which his hon. friend had complained must continue to exist. Tho same remark applied to the inconsistency of which the hon. member had complained as existing between houses held on lease and-freehold houses. Freehold houses being real pro perty. were necessarily exempted from probate duty, whereas leasehold houses being a chattel interest were ne cessarily subject thereto. His hon. friend made a remark ~ as to the scale of the probate duty. On that subject he 1 (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would only say that, if ; his hon. iridint.had submitted a distinct articulate propo- l sition for the consideration of the house he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would have been ready to consider it ; i honotirab but when his hon. fticnd's argument upon that subject was founded on a mere abstract proposition, it was dilli cult to meet it. The same remark would apply to. his 1 bate duty 'an l' a erhaPs ' friend's observations as to the evasions of tire ! law, which might submitted to the lions: upon that mess practised with respect to pre fer the prevention of which precautions 'll, but until (I definiteuesti question, 0 rio t p l o , s a i . t i i at' uselesss t - e to discuss it.. With were frequently 11.4 d. ,i eg u eet to inapropriated tithes, they f hav ing become chattel interests With respect to the wer e lltt er leases for years ; and thus that 41 - c t h subject to probate duty. o r f e t a h t e e j)roposi tion of his hon. friend —namely, perty belonging to corporations, universities, co t ile l,) 4 ') ; bishoprics, Sears, and chapters, &e., be believed that a ' bill, upon the whole of that subject had been already brought ' lerable maturity by his right hon. f r i end who -- to cons iderable ie e - ceded him in the office which ho hado thethe honou r to hold. E ) He (the Chancellor fExchequer) had (Hear, hear. of the details not had time to make himself maser, . of that bill, but Le vainly 4 , 114;00:1 tl4 t it W 46 a aubJett Which Mr. EN\ ART denied that the proposal contained in this m o tion.was in any degree calculated to shake ourinstitu dons. The bill sought to do by peaceful means that which might hereafter be accomplished by popular impulse.- While he was opposed to the French and Norwegian sys tems of compulsory division of property, he was decidedly in favour of freedom in the distribution of property by will. He should support the motion because he thought it would effect a wise and gradual change in au institution which required revision. (Divide.) Mr. WARNER, amidst loud calls for a division, c,,m plained that the Solicitor-General hail failed to specify any one institution which this bill was alleged to be likely to destroy. It might be right that a man should wish to keep up his name by a family descent of property, but a more imperative duty required of him was - that his younger chil dren should not be suffered to want. Mr. L. KING replied, expressing his astonishment that the Solicitor-General, who stated his desire for a general amendment of the law, should have opposed the present motion. The house then divided, when - there appeared— For the motion Againstit Majority PROBATE DUTY. had successfully regulated the successions in the cases of personal and leasehold property. This law of succession applied to at least one half of the real property of the kingdom, and as a practical man he advocated its extension to the other half, believing as he did that such a change would in no respect be ad verse to the existence of aristocracy in this country. Amid general calls for a division, • - The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose.—He said there were some subjects on which it behoved the house to pro nounce no hesitating opinion. And this 'somewhat stale subject of primogeniture was one of them. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the house would not even allow to be read a first time a bill which had for its object, or at all events would hare for its effect, the alteration of one of the most impor tant of the established institutions of the country. (Hear, hear.) He drew a distinction between measures for the amendment of the law, and measures to destroy or shake the institutions of the country. (Hear, bear.) To measures for the amendment of the law the house would always lend a ready ear, but as to measures whicia would remove land marks and root up the foundation-stones of the constitution he hoped they would always say with their ancestors of old, NolurnitS Anglice defies mutate. (Hear.) The house had, indeed, upon the present measure already more than once declared its opinion; last session by a division of three to one ; and nothing had been - urged in its favour on this oc casion, except a repetition of the arguments before ad duced. Appeals had been made to the, feelings of the house and the public upon certain isolated instances of supposed hard s'nip s for example, cases in which persons purchased Ind and died without paying the purchase mon e y, w hi c h t 7." pai d out of the p ersona l e state di s t r ib u t a bl e among Lhe or rs a m . m ines, the land itself descending to their heirs. But of the fact m emb er who stated these cases seemed ignorant prienog„itu'r,t, bu t had nothing to do with the law of art t t rose out of a rule of law that upon every contract personal propert 7 wase for the purchase of laud or not, the ad liable in the h a nd s of th e exe cutors orministr a t o fit to contin That uched. of the contract before the real property could he to might or might not be a state of the law o vine' the law of prinaol'eub j u t t u i l t o would Th not by rem member a re _ ured in favour I, t e o s ct , ilia t the subject ttnt and self-destructive arguments were e most inconsis etchl:sses w orc laesa most h of the of the measure. One hon. a measure al T ' a ' f s ( o ); was of little importanniceidtdol If landed property of the then it was admitted that this was by the interests of the community, but only aff ect g a ristocracy. (Hear.) On t he other hand another ho , a naetnhie her said that the property of the aristocracy could, not 1)0 . fee simple and held in tail und er affected, as it was most l y settlements. But the hon. member forgot that if the law of primogeniture was done away with, under which all settle ments were drawn in favour of the "first and other sons" in -tail male, the whole system of settlements would be de - vtroyed—Oearj—wbieh rested entirely on the principle of primogeniture and that law of descent of which it formed the foundation. (Hear, hear.) The present state of th e law was associated with the up haling of thegreat properties are I ! =Wee of the kingdom. So intimately connected wereth with the maintenance of au ancient monarchy like ours, and if this measure were to pass estates would be indefinitely divided to the infi n it e disadvantage and detriment of the eouitry, not only agriculturally, but politically, socially, economically, aud morally. (Hear.) A great deal was said ou this subject about "natural justice," and it was said to be contrary to natural justice that the elder son should suc ceed to all the freehold estates of Isis ancestor. But, in fact, therewas a fallacy in supposing that considerations of natural Attlee entered at all into the question ; for the in etitution of property, especially as regarded reality, was A MMUS Qf poeitut Levi end was 1491,1,13Z1 it :eillgate4 LIU 47i t.... i - - - -23 ' "'7* THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY _EVENING, MARCH 16, 1855. which required consideration, and, when the proper season arrived, he would submit it to the house. Mr. WILKINSON did not think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had answered the arguments of Mr. Wil liams. necessity for such interference eheuld be established. But the hon. gentleman had not found the existence of any such necessity. They all remembered the intense agitation to which the ten hours question had given rise in former years, and the deep interest felt in that question by a large portion of the people of this country. At present, how ever, there was no such agitation, and there was no indi cation of the prevalence of any such feeling. The hon. gentleman himself, in attempting to establish his case, had gone back to facts which had occurred before the passing of what was called the Ten Hours Bill. He said, and said truly as he (Sir G. Grey) believed, that groat benefit had been derived from the shortening of the hours of labotir in factories for women, young persons, and children ; but that benefit had been secured, not merely by the Ton Hours Act, as it was called, passed in 1847, but by the operation of that act, combined with and strengthened by ' the act of 1850, which the honourable gentleman then sought to set aside. Lot him remind the house what were the facts of the case. By an act of William IV. the hours of labour in factories were limited, for young persons, to twelve hours ti day •, and these twelve hours might be taken between half-past five o'clock iu the morning and half-past eight o'clock in the evening.. By the act of 1817 the II hours were limited to 10 ; but the 15 hours between half-past five in the morning and half-past eight in the evening were still left as the margin within which the ten hours might bo taken. The consequence was, that a system of relays had been adopted, and there was nothing in the act to render that system illegal. He (Sir G. Grey) had been at the time Secretary of State for the Homo Department, and he had received innumerable complaints of the operation of the act of 1817, in consequence of the mode in which it had been carried into effect. In the year 1550 the subject hul undergone long and most anxious c ons id era ti on ; an d w ith th e consen t and concurrence of the acknowledged advocates of the fac tory operatives, the act of that year had been adopted as the best settlement of the question which could he effected. By the act the hours of labour were reduced to 10,3 during the first five days of the week, and these 10} hours should be selected between six iu the morning and six in the even ing, while a half holiday was given on the Saturday, so that the total number of hours of labour during each week could not amount, for women, young persons, and chil dren, to more than 60 hours. Generally speaking, the act had worked very satisfactorily. anti had been productive of great harmony among the owners of factories and the peo ple in their employment. The hon. gentleman said that it was evaded, but he (Sir G. Grey) should like to know what act was not evaded ? The hon. gentleman proposed to prevent the evasion in question by extending the restric tions on the hours of labour from what were known as the protected classes to the whole of the adult factory populatien."sHe would shut up the mills altogether except during 12 hours each day. But was the house prepared, for the first time, and contrary to the opinion which had been universally expressed, to say that no adult male ope rative should work in a factory after six o'clock in the evening ? That was a principle they had hitherto refused to recognise, and he hoped they would continue thafre fusel. It would be a dangerous principlefor thena te adopt, and one which might fetter our manufacturing industry in a manner perilous to the prosperity of the country. He trusted that the house would not upset the act of 1850, which had worked very beneficially, and that they would not apparently sanction the principle of limiting the hours of labour for the adult labouring population by allowing the bill to be brought in, and creating an expectation that it might be passed at a subsequent period of the session. The case was fully before the house ; they were as well able to decide upon it at present as they would be after Easter ; and he hoped they would agree with him in negativing the motion for the introduction of the measure. Mr. PEACOCKE said it was the policy of our free com mercial code that personal property should change hands as freely as possible, whilst the policy of our territorial con stitution was, that the land of this country should change hands as - seldom as possible—should rest in the possession of certain families, and be identified with certain names. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer showed, in his finan cial statement of 1952, that whilst real property paid a tax of 9d. in the pound, personal property paid a tax of 7d. in 31. The landed interest hid submitted to free trade, but they would not quietly submit to the exactions proposed by the hon. member for Lambeth. (Cheers.) This was not the time, when we were engag ed in a great war, to open the ques t ion of agricultural burthens ; but when peace came, it would be the duty if the Legislature to review the whole of the financial system of the country, and to do its utmost to relieve the land from that inequality of bur thens to which, as compared with personal property, it was confessedly now subject. (Cheers.) Sir G. STRICKLAND was not prepared to give a de cided opinion upon the resolution moved by the ben. member for Lambeth, but considering the very candid manner ia which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had prornieol to treat that part of it which related to ecclesi astical corporations, he would advise the hon. member to rest satisfied with that promise, and not to press his reso lution to a division. Mr. CIIOSSL EY denied that the burthens on land were, in every instance, greater than those on personal property, and asserted that, in some cases, the contrary was the fact. Horses that were employed for commercial purposes were subject to taxation, hut when used for agricultural pur poses they were exempt. Again, insurances of commer cial or personal property were subject to taxation, but insurances of agricultur a l p ro d uce were f ree from duty. He was not in favour of the abolition of probate duty on personal property. He thought that wben a man came into possession of property, to obtain which he had not had to lift his little finger, it was a good time for an officer of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to step in and demand something for the support of the State. He thought, too, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to feel obliged to the hon. member for Lambeth for having brought forward this motion. The Government, most probably, would have been glad enough to have supported it, but, fearing that they had not sufficient strength to carry it, they had thought it prudent to withhold their support, in order that their tenure of office might not be cut short. (Laughter.) Mr. MTJNTZ thought that the tax was a bad one, and the hon. gentleman had made a motion for its total aboli tion, he should have supported such a proposal. Mr. WILLIAMS replied. The house divided— For the motion Against it Majority against The motion was consequently lost. FACTORY LABOUR. Mr. COBBETT, in asking leave to bring in a bill to limit the hours of work of females and young persons in the factories of the United Kingdom to ten in the day, and to provide the means of more perfectly inspecting the said factories, said that his object was to have the bill printed, laid before members, and circulated through the country, and at some convenient opportunity after the recess dis cussed on its principles and details in that house. The factory question was one that had possessed great interest not only for a large body of the working people of this country but the Legislature itself. For many years efforts ' were made to reduce the hours of labour of children in the first place, then young persons, and lastly all females in factories, to that which he considered was a reason able extent of labour—namely, ten hours in the day. In 1847 Parliament acceded to that principle, and a bill was passed regulating the hours o f l a b ou r in lectories, and enacting that no female or young person should work more than 10 hours a day in any of those establishments. But unfortunately there existed a flaw in another act to which the act of 1847 had a necessary reference, which gave the manufacturers an opportunity of evading the act of 1817, and the consequence was that by the adoption of a mode of working called the shifting system, they kept th e p eo pl e occupied not only 10 hours aday, but 12, 14, and in some cases even 15 hours a 'ley. (Hear.) This system had been acknowledged in this house to be au evasion of the law, and there could be no doubt whatever that it was. (Hear.) In point of fact the Ten Hours Bill of 1847 was abrogated by that flaw. Then came the time for Parliament to re medy this wrong; and tile question arose as to whether there should be a 10 consecutive hours bill or an infringement on the principle of the act of 18-17. The working people be came afraid at this point, and they applied to L or d A s hl e y on the subject.. That noble lord asked the right hon. gen tleman which was the case ; and in 1848 a letter was re ceived from the present Chancellor of the Exchequer stat ing that it was not the intention of the Government to propose any bill infringing on the spirit of the Ten Hours Bill of 1847. Upon this the workpeople rested quiet, and thought the principle was secure. On the 3d of May, 1850, however, the right hon. baronet the present Home Secretary stated his intention to introduce a bill to extend the term of labour to 10 hours and a half in the day, soil to give the workpeople a limitation from six o'clock in the morning to six 'o'clock in the evening as a boon. It was, however, no boon, for the working people had it before; and the manufacturer would necessarily take his labour in those hours to avail himself of the light of the day. Tho right hon. baronet explained the advan tages to the workpeople of half an hour in the morning, from half-past five to six, to themselves, as well as the whole of the evening , and the Saturd a y f rom t wo o ' c l oc k , being,) as he said, a half hour more than was given by the Ten Hours Bill. At present, however, they were worked on the Saturdays to three and hal-past three, which was more than they worked under the Ten Hours Bill. A con siderable opposition was raised to the bill of the right hon. baronet, those who opposed it advocating the principle of the Ten Hours Bill. Nevertheless, the bill was passed, the Ten Hours Act was nullified, and the labour of women and children war extended half an hour each day, and half an hour added on Saturday. There were only sixteen petition). in favour of the act, which was net observed almost from the time of its passing, and the fac tory inspectors—principally Mr. Romer—complained torly of its constant violation, and called for an amended law on the subject. This was in May, 1852—net half a year after the passing of the act. There was also a memo ] i fiord romeifecturen in Yorkshire and Lancashire, coreplaiiiing of the violation of the act, and calling for a better node of inspecting facteriee to prevent this viola tion. A deputation of these manufacturers even came to London and mensorialised the ter' of Derby on the sub ject. From that time to this there were continuous com plaints of the violation of the act. In October, 1852, the inspectors made a joint report on the violation of the act, and also other reports to the same effect, down to 1854, all of which called for an amendment of the existing law, and more restrictive powers to prevent the infraction of the act. The question next arose as to what were the feelings of the workpeople on the subject of these infractions. Ile (Mr. C) would not confine himself, as the right hon. baronet the Home Secretary would, to the factory inspectors ; ho would state facts which probably the factory inspectors could net ascertain. Last session 1,083 petitions were presented in favour of the principle of the Ten Hours Bill, all complaining of the violation of the existing law. He (Hr. C.) had also pre sented a petition front some of the largest manufacturers of Oldham in the same session, stating that the violations were notorious and systematic, and that they could only be met by the bill which he (Hr. C.) then had before the house. If that bill had been hostile to the interests of the manufacturers, such a petition would not be presented. The whole of the petitions in favour of his bill last session amounted to over 200,000. That was a prcof of the fact of the violation of the law and the necessity for an amend ment of the present act. There had been two elections since his first bill was introduced, and in the manufactur ing boroughs the pledge put tothe candidates was the sup port of these bills. Tho hon. member for Blackburn had been returned on that promise, and he had kept his pro mise. In Ciitheroe also, the same question was raised at the election, and the candidate who promised to support his bill was returned. These wero proofs that his bills were acceptable to ;he public in the manufacturing dis tricts, and the bill he now wished to bring in was nearly identical with them in all its provisions. The Ton Hours Bill was a great advantsee to young people in factories ; he (Mr. C.) keens it, and that was the reason he was se strenuous on the subject. Before the Ten Hours Act was passed the condition of the workpeople was us bad as it could be. Ono of the effscta of the long hours wee to unfit the workmen for enlistment in the army. Sir J. Etley said that the number rejected in the manu facturing districts, as compared with those rejected in the agricultural districts, was something enormous. A large body of evidence was taken before the Health of Towns Commission to prove that the factory workers were for the most part crooked ; and in Rochdale, out of 30 men offered for the army, only one was fit for service. The same rule obtained iu France. In 1853 Mr. Redgrave, a factory inspector, made an examination in Prussia, and it was found that in 1828 the manufacturing districts could not supply their contingent. This proved the physical de terioration produced by the factory system. He (311.. C.) had stated, on a former occasion, the astounding mortality of children under two years of age in the factory districts, because they were deprived of the care of the !nether.' Dr. Fletcher stated the ago of death in our factory district at eight years. The ratio of deaths of children under two years of age in factory ).nil in agricultural districts was as 63 to 33. At a late meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a Mr. Ashworth made refer ence to the strike which lasted fur six winter months—a rigorous winter, during which the workpeople en strike were stated to have undergone great privation. Mr. Clay, however, the chaplain to the Preston gaol, stated that about 1,000 of the women on strike were mothers, and that the number of infant deaths was 497 iu the six months, while in the six preceding months the number was 594. The inference therefore was, that by the care which these women were enabled to bestow on their children these 100 lives were saved in six months—months also of privation and suffering. Was it not, consequently, in the face of these facts, too had when called upon to redeem these blunders, that Parliament should iufliet an additional half hour, at the least, upon these poor people? He (Mr. C.) proposed to restore the ten hours; to give the factory in spectors some chance of enabling them to enforce the law by placing a restriction on the motive power after a certain period. He knew that was the rock on which ho would split on this matter. But a large nnmber of manufacturers themselves admitted that that was the only effectual mode of securing an adherence to a fixed limitation of hours of labour. In other portions of the bill there were causes for carrying out the suggestions of factory inspectors ; such, for instance, as a clause for increasing the penalties of a violation of the act. The only other important provision which it contained was one which would enable a person to proceed tor penalties under the law before a county court judge, in the shape of a qui tam action, after having given the inspectors three days' notice of his intention. These were the provisions of the bill, and he hop_d that the house would assent to its introduction, and allow themselves a future opportunity of considering its details and of doing justice is a large and an increasing class—a class increasing, it would appear, at the rate of about 25,0e0 a year. The evils of the present system were undeniable, and he believed that those evils could only be removed by the interference of the Legislature. (Cheers.) Sir G. GREY said he rose for the purpose of briefly stating the reasons which induced him to °passes the intro duction of the bill. If there were any ambiguity in the measure, and if any advantage could be gained by their not immediately coining to a decision upon its merits, he could not object to the proposal that it sisonld be brought in, and that it should become the subject of their future considera tion. But there was no ambiguity whatever in the case. Tho hon. gentleman himself had distinctly stated th e pro visions of the bill, and he had ftirther told them it was identical, or nearly identical, with one which he had be fore brought under the notice of the house. Under those circumstances it appeared to him (Sir G. Grey) that they ought not allow the measure to be introduced unless they were prepared to assent to its principle. He considered that any interference on their parts in such a matter as that would be eatmuely aiplusvous u,4leie jjigligpaglalt, Mr. W. J. FOX supported the bill as a means of securing to the labouring classes a boon which this house professed to give them eight years ago, but which they had failed to enjoy, through no fault of their own, but from the mistakes of Parliament. He argued that the present was a favour. able period for trying the experiment, as the cotton trade was not brisk at any rate; and could not be injured by the proposed further restriction. He denied that the work ing classes were bound by Lord Ashley's consent to the pre sent law, for they had withdrawn their confidence from him as socn as that consent was given. He hoped the house would not refuse the introduction of this bill. Mr. NE WDEGATE was surprised at the course taken INTRAMURAL INTERMENT. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulat a intramural interments in Seollaud. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, who had given notice to move for the production of correspondence between Lord Raglan and the Government as to the wants of the army in the Crimea, said he had been requested to postpone it ; but did not know why he should do so, as he might, if he did, fail to obtain another opportunity. The other night he had asked a question as to its production, and the answer he had received was extremely unsatisfactory. He was told that it was not right that detached portions of the corres pondence should be produced, and that the house must wait until the Government could produce the whole. But when would they be prepared to produce it ? (Hear, hear.) Who might be the Government on any future day was quite uncertain. (Hear.) He asked only for such portions of the correspondence as related to the wants of the army, which formed a separate subject. He did not want all the cerreepeudence which might have passed be tween the Commander-in-chief in the Crimea, and the Go vernment, but only those parts which related to the wants of the army and the causes of the disasters which had occurred. (Hear.) His reason for asking for the produc tion of that portion of the correspondence was this—that the greatest interest and anxiety existed on the subject, not ouly in this country, brit in the Crimea. (Hear, hear.) He knew that complaints and representations had been made to Lord Raglan there as to the wants of the army ; as to clothing, food, medicine, end the ambulance depart ment. And some persons supposed that these representa tions had not reached the authorities at home. Now. he did net believe that Lord Raglan was wanting in sympathy or humanity, and he knew the noble lord bore a very dif ferent character, and had hoard it from those who had served with his lordship in the Peninsular war. (Hear.) He believed Lord Raglan bad made representations to the Government at home. Lord Raglan must have known that when the Duke of Wellington wrote home filen the Peninsula fer certain comforts for the army, aed when they were not supplied as expeditiously as they ought to have been, that the duke wreto that if the Government did not send out R but ho wanted he would conic home immediately. He believed Lord Raglan had mede repre sentations, and he did not believe that the Duke of New castle had not attended to them. In justice, therefore, to the character of Lord Raglan and the Duke of Newcastle the papers be asked for should be produced. He be lieved that the papers would show that the commissariat, the quartermaster-general, and the adjutaut-general were to blame in many particulars. He wished to know whether Lord Raglan had reported to the Government at home the obligations which he had incurred to the French for the supply of great coats and ambulances, and the facts connected with the loss of the Prince and its stores. He knew for a fact, that when that vesesel lay for four or five days at single anchor off Balaklava with stores, the men on shore were living on half rations of rum and biscuit. If he had been a member of the committee now sitting on the state of the army before Sebastopol, those papers were among the first he should have moved for. If the Govern ment would consent to lay them before the house, their first step would be to refer them to the committee. He begged to move for copies of any despatches or correspon , deuce that had passed between Field-Marshal Lord Raglan and the Minister for War, relative to the wants of the army in the Crimea. Lord PALMERSTON said that when the Government coeseuted to the appointment of the committee it of course had no intention to withhold from Parliament any Monne tion that might be necessary for investigating the mAters referred to that committee. But the house would see that it could not be useful to carry on two inquiries parallel to to each other, If the house were to adopt the course sug gested by his hon. friend -- viz., to take the inquiry into its own hands, each member would have to move for such documents as were thought desirable touching the matters to be inquired into. But the house had determined to appoint a conmaittee, and to delegate to it all the powers possessed by the house in this inquiry. The committee had full power to call for these or any other documents, and he should submit, therefore, that it would be better to leave the committee to judge what information was necessary. They should only be getting into two conflicting inquiries if the house called for these documents on the one hand, and the committee pursued its inquiry on the other. It was competent for the committee to call for these papers, and whatever papers were called for the Government would of course furnish, if they did not involve matters incon venient to the public service. The substance of the papers moved for by his hon. friend being extracts, would, of course, be given when called - for. Mr. M. MILNES demurred to the doctine of the noble lord, and protested against the supposision that the house were to take no proceedings in this matter so long as the committee were sitting. The correspondence ought to be produced in justice to Lord Raglan and the Duke of New castle. He hopes the noble lord would reconsider the matter. _ _ _ _ _ by the Government in refusing to allow this bill even to be introduced. It asked no more than the house had already promised to give, and he hoped the house would take the matter into its own hands and give the measure a calm and deliberate consideration. Mr. ELLIOTT, Mr. CROSSLEY, and Mr.WILKINsoN seve rally opposed the bill, the tendency and result of which they considered would be most injurious. Mr. BRIGHT said that he regretted to find that the hon. member for Oldham had, in the cows, of the obser vations which he had offered to the house, made a proposi tion upon a question which he hoped had been settled for ever. The hon. gentleman sought to diminish the amount of labour in the factories hy two hours in the week; thus making the number of hours 58 instead of 60. New, in the year 1850 the whole question had been understood to be settled, and he for one should regret to see the excitement and the disturbance, which had existed upon the subject previous to the, passing of the measure of 1850, again re vived throughout the country. One of the parties to the compromise of 1850 had been Lord Ashley, while, upon the other side, there had been a considerable number connected with the manufacturing interests ; and notwithstanding what had been stated to the contrary by the lien. member for Oldham, ho believed that the best-educated portion of the factory population were by no means discontented with the settlement which had been made upon the occasion to which he referred. None of the manufacturers had en deavoured to disturb the bill of 1850, or to interfere with its operation iu any respect whatsoever. And now he would ask if it were not better to leave in Operation the bill fixing the period of working at 60 hours a week, than to endeavour to obtain a measure fixing that time at 58 hours, and by that endeavour, which might or might not be successful, to disturb all that harmony .which at the present moment happily existed upon the question between the capitalists and the employed? In his opinion, any per son who looked upon the subject devoid of the feelings of a partisan, must feel that it was infinitely better to leave the question as it stood than again to light up the fire of dis cord in the manufacturing districts. But the hon. gentle man the member for Oldham had put forward another pro position, to the effect that the steam-engines should be stopped at a certain hour in the evening, so that not even a grown man should be enabled to work heyond that hour. Now, there were many cases in which different trades were carried on in the same manufactory, and many instances in which the machinery in a particular portion of such manufactory was worked entirely by adult mon, and, so far as he could see, the hon. member for Oldham had made out no case why they should fix a certain hour beyond which a class which embraced thousands should not be per mitted to work. (Hear.) There wero many cases in which, in consequence of the decrease of demand in the Australian, the American, and the home markets, the adults in those factories did not work longer than six hours in the day, and it certainly could not be deemed an act of paternal legislation to prevent those men from contributing, as far as possible, to the support of their families. (Hear, hear.) For his own part, he regarded both the propositions of the hon. member for Oldham as highly objectionable. He was himself prepared to assert that, so far as the employers were concerned, they were disposed to pay the utir net obedience to the law as it stood, and hey did not think that the slightest service could be done by re-opening the question. Mr. E. BALL said the house ought not to hesitate to . take into its consideration a question which intimately: concerned the well-being of numbers of the poorer classes in the community. To do so would be an insult to the poor, a disgrace to the country, and would east a stigma upon the house itself. (Hear, boar.) Lord PALMERSTON said that one of the many grounds upon which the house was asked to accede to the motion of the hon. member for Oldham was, that the law relating to labour in factories, as it at present stood, was grossly vio lated. It had been his duty when Secretary of State for the Home Department to watch the enforcement of that law, and he was bound to say, that although many trifling infractions of it took place, yet those infractions were but trifling, and that its observance was strictly looked after by the inspectors. Now, in what did the violations of the law of which hon. members complained consist ? In the circumstance that the steam-engines were set to work five minutes too soon in the morning, or were kept at work five minutes too long in the evening, and that in that manner little odds and ends of time were illegally gained by the employers. Now, he did not mean to say that those minutes did not constitute time unduly gained by those parties, but he maintained that the infractions referred to did not involve such a violation of the existing law as to render it necessary that the proposed alteration in that law should take place. In his opinion there was a very wide distinction between restricting the hours of labour in the case of young women and children, and restricting the time during which adult men should be employed. The principle upon which the Legislature bad acted was, that it was desirable to step in to the aid of those who, in consequence of their age or condition, could not be regarded as entirely free agents, and to restrict their hours of labour. But in the ease of adult men, who were perfectly competent to judge for themselves, there could be no more vicious principle adopted than that which pro posed that Parliament should Interfere between the la bourer and the capitalist—between the employer and the employed. (Hear.) When Parliament had come to a settlement of a great question, involving the interests and feelings of large classes, and a system had become estab lished, foundej upon such arrangement, it was unwise to disturb it, unless on stronger grounds than existed in this case. He therefore should vote against the introduction of the bill, objecting to it as he did, not in its detail only, but upon principle. Mr. COBBETT utterly denied the allegation of any " compromise" or " settlement"of the question by the mea sure of 1850, to which the working classes not only did net assent, but actually and positively objected. The hon. member here read a minute of the committee) of working men; May 8, 1850, repudiating Lord Ashley's bill. (Hear, hear.) It w a s the masters, not the mar, who had accepted that measure as a " compromise" or "settlement," and even they had presented a petition to the house against it at the time, so that it had never been adopted on either side. There had been a memorial to the Home-office against the bill from all classes of society—clergy and laity, gentry and artisans—strongly objecting to the addition of the two hours to the week's work. The workmen never could find out who had entered into the " compromise" with the Government, and Lord Derby had in the other house asked the question as to the parties who had pro fessed to enter into it—(hear)—but could get no reply. (Hear, hear.) It was curious that on the 12th of June, 1852, the hon. member for Manchester (Mr. Bright), at a meeting of his constituents, stated that he had entered into the compromise with Lord Ashley . (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT desired to expl a in. He never meant to eased that any express compromise had been entered into. He had merely meant to say that he had acquiesced in the arrangement. Mr. COBBETT—The hon. member spoke so positively as to a " compromise," that it was strange ho should now repudiate all knowledge of it—(hear)—bat as the hon. member seemed now to shrink from the statement that there had been a compromise on the part of the workpeopie be (Mr. Cobbett) ventured distinctly to state that there had been none. (Hear, hear.) As to the restriction on the motive power, it had been the opinion of many persons competent to judge, that no measure could be effective without it; but he would accept a ten hours bill without it—(hear)—and it was purely matter of detail. (Hear, hear.) The hon, member for _Manchester had ale aye con tended that to restrict the hours of labour for ohild.en and women would be to stop the mills as to adults. If that were so then there could be no harm in doing so directly. (Hear.) As to the renewal of agitation and animosity be saw no occasion for it, and if the hon. member for Man chester would abstain from such a course as tended to ex cite it—(hear)—no such result would arise. (Hear.) With these observations he ventured to trust that the house would allow of the introduction of the bill. (Hear.) The house divided— Ayes ~ . . 101 Noes ... 109 Majority —8 The result was received with loud oriel, of hear, hear, from tin Opposition, Mr. PACKE said he bad voted for the committee. The count) adopted by the noble lord was most fair aid straightforward. Mr. DUNCOMBE would not trouble the house by di ♦iding if any member of the committee would say that the papers would bo sent for by the committee. Mr. PHILLIMORE thought they had no right to as sume that the committee would not ask for the papers. The motion was then negatived without a division. The Purchasers' Protection against Judgment Bill and the Lunacy Regulation Act Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed. Adjourned at twelve o'clock. PAIRS ON MR. LOCKE KING'S MOTION. FOR. AGAINST. Mr. J. Pilkington. Lord (..hel , :ea. Sir J. Shelley. Sir F. Baring. Mr. Moffatt. Mr. R.,bertion. Mr. Stanley. Mr. Curry. Mr. Bass. Sir G. Berkeley. Lord R. Grosvenor. Lord W. Graham. PAIRS ON MR. WILLIAMS'S MOTION. FOE. AGAINST. Mr. C. ForAter, from 7 till 9. Colonel Harcourt. Mr. Jackson, till N. Sir It. Bulkeley. Mr. Pilkington. Lord Chelsea. Mr. H. Russell, till 9i. Sir Joseph Bailey. Mr. Moffatt. Mr. Robertson. Mr. Stanley, all night. Mr. Corry. Erratum.—Sir Joseph Bailey paired with Mr. Osman Ricardo on I*.r. Heywood's motion, and not Mr. Bail io. Mr. Locke King paired in favour of Mr. Heywood's motion with Colonel Howard Vyse against. ARMY lIEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE. [A portion of the following appeared in our first edi tion of yesterday.] Tile inquiry was resumes this morning at the usual hour. The public were as usual numerous ;,but a great and much needed improvement has been made in their ad. mission ; the doors being thrown open some time pre viously to the hour. Much inconvenience has been thereby remedied, and the fearful crush into the room at the last moment avoided. The confusion occasioned by the former practice of not throwing open the doors until the proceedings were about to commence rendered it very difficult for the members of the press to catch what was said for several minutes. Tho Earl of Luean was the first witness called, and was examined by the Chairman. He stated that he commandel the cavalry division, and arrived at Scutari in May last. There was great facility for landing horses at Kululee, so that no preparation in particular for their disembarkation was needed. The horses were supplied with plenty of forage, except hay, whilst there. The Commissary was frequently changed. The Commissa' ies were very inexperienced, and two of them were young gentlemen from the Treasury. The Chairman—When did you s , art from Varna ? Lord Lucan—The cavalry were only partially em barked at Kululee—those which were not were kept on board, and the others were re-embarked. He arrived at Varna in June. A t Varna there was always great diffi culty in getting their forage supply. They were en camped about two miles from the town. He thought his men had fresh meat the whole time. The men suffered from cholera to a fearful ex tent. On the 22d of July they changed their position, and moved three miles further up the country, where the cholera became very virulent indeed. To all appearance it ought to have been the healthiest spot in the country. The 4th Dragoons lost ten per cent. of their men. The Chairman—When did you embark for the Crimea Lord Lucan—The embarkation of the Light Brigade commenced on the 31st for the Crimea. About the 18th he bad written to Lord Raglan, asking him to send borne for reinforcements, as he had kit at that time . nearly 150 men. In reply, Lord Raglan informed him that he would apply for the men, but not for the horses. The troops disembarked at Old Fort on the 16th September. The weather bad changed very much about this time, and a heavy surf was break ing on the shore, and it became a question whether the cavalry could land there admirably—and be received orders to proceed to Eupatoria to land. In an hour after this determination was come to, the weather calmed and the disembarkation was commenced. There were, however, several casualties in consequence of the boats being very unfitted for the operation. Chairman , —When you arrived at Balaklava where did you take up your first encampment ? Lord Lucan—We took up our position in front of the town. Chairman—What was the strength of your division then 3 Lord Lucan--About 1,100 horses. During the passage fearful sickness broke out amongst the men, and he could nut state the number of dismounted hones on his arrival. Under his immediate command 4 regi ments ; and at the battle of the Alma he ha l something under 600 sabres and lances. Lost no men in that engage . ment. Though there wereplenty of forage store - 4 he could never get a supply of more than was necessary for one day —so that they lived from baud to mouth. There was not sufficient barley on shore, and he did not recollect on t occasion when any hay was served until very late in October. He had frequently to send his own dragoons to the ships to fetch barley—because the Commissary did not send it up. The horses deteriorated in condi tion from the time theYleft Constantinople until within a month of his leaving. He had great difficulty in keep ing the horses in condition at all during the heat of summer and the cold of winter, but he was quite srtitsfied they suffered from want of forage. He was highly dis satisfied with his commissaries, who:were totally incom pottst to tuck duties, gg kal 4 ;ette.F i,44 bis pogsmiou aildresed to the Qua; ternia lel • Goilent I, a I t!V er dated the 29th of Septcreb: r, cootp!a, a 114 i t he eetrimi.. , sary &pigment. That officer w:is the rope person to complain to, and he presu:ned he could iay the matter before 60 Commissary-General and urge him to a better performance of his duty. His lordship here read the letter referred to, in which he very strongly complained of the short supply of food and forage to his division, and stated that he had re monstrated in vain with the Commissary-General Filder. • Mr. Ellice—Had your lordship occasion to repeat those complaints ? . Lord Luc an—Constantly. His letter-book was full of hem. Chairman--Was the evil remedied ? Lord Lucan—Oh dear no ! He did not recollect whether he received any reply to that letter; if be did it was in his letter-book. Indeed he scarcely ever got a reply to any of his communications. By Sir John Pallington—Daring all the winter months be never received any forue in advance from the ships. At the desire of the chairman the noble lord here read another letter addressed to the gianerna,t-r-General referring to the pressing want of rations, and especially forage. _ _ Chairman—What Nal thetenour of the reples you re• ceived. Did they admit the just:ce of your complaints'- Lord Lucan—Undoubtedly. They could nut tieoy that ; but the inconvenience was never altered. Examination continued by the Chair.nan— Ile had had to complain of the supply of provisions to his 0 division, it was true— but as far as the army generally was concerned, no army, he believed, was ever, on the whole, better fed. That remark, however, applied to Bulgaria. The supply was not so regular in the Crimea. They had fresh meat up to the sth of November, but subsequently to that date it was nearly always salt. In the Crimea his men suffered very much in their feet for the wa►,t of boots and shoes, and their clothing got thin and scanty ; but in the middle of Dec. fresh clothing began to be served out. Amongst other articles was a jacket which was very warm and comfort able. On the 18th October he requested Lord Raglan's permission to send some of his non-commissioned officers for certain articles which the men required ; but they did not get any, in consequence of Captain Christie being unable to find them a passage until after the storm. They then proceeded and fulfilled their mis sion, but then they found that Admiral Boxer could not send them back, and consequently they did not return for a month. This occasioned the men much unnecessary suffering and hardship. The Chairman—Did you complain respecting this ? Lord Lucan replied that he did not, fur he thought there would be no use in it. By Mr. Layard—He had inspected the French cava7ry. They had depots of forage until lately, when they ha .I to go to Kamiesh Bay fur it. They were short of forage at the end of January. Mr. Layard---Did you hear what was the reason of that ? Lora Lucan—They complained that it arose from the fact that the English Commissary-General did not his engagement in repaying theta the forage they ha•l lent to us. When he first went to Balaklava there were stacks of hay there, which were made use of. Mr. Layard—Were nose bags, clothing, and similar conveniences supplied to the cavalry for the use of the horses ? Lord Lucan replied that in these respects the difficul ties he had te encounter were continua), as nothing of the kind could be got. A vast quantity of forage was wasted from the fact of there being no nose bass, and the horses), of course, materially suffered from the want of clothing and exposure. He did not think the cavalry ought to be dependent upon their own exertions for for age when beyond three miles of the stores. When en camped on the heights from the 14th day of Novem ber, the heavy brigade drew the whole of their forage. The horses suffered much from that kind of work, and especially from being kept waiting at Bala klava, in consequence of the men being unable to find forage. The town was three miles and a half from their position. The division horses were only empleyed at first in fetching up ammunition and forage —but at one time every available horse was called int requisition to carry provisions te the front of the camp. Mr. Lay:tied—Can you tell the committee what was the effective strength of your division in men and horses about the beginning of October. Lord Liman—The heavy brigade had on the Bth Oc tober, 884 horses fit fur duty, and 23 sick or lame. The Light Bri.tade lad about 1,000 horses ; but that brigade was very sickly. Mr. Lays ,rd—Can you inform the committee what effective force you had on the Ist January ? Lord Lucan—l had 1,153 horses, including both bri gades. He lost 1,100 horses between those periods. A number were killed in the action at Balaklava, and others he considered were sacrificed to overwork and short forage. Ho represented to Lord Raglan the pre priety of obtainieg baggage mules from Asia Minor. In reply to Mr. Layard, his lordship said he had ad dressed a letter to the Adjutant-General on the subject, and, at the request of the same gentleman, he proceed( d to read it. In this communication the noble lord com plained of the great loss of cavalry horses by being sub jected to commissariat transport duty ; and suggested that baggage-ponies might be obtained in Asia Minor at 51. per head, as a more economical as well as proper and more efficient arrangement. He conclude:_: by ex pressing a hope that his division would be relieved front this onerous and destructive duty. Mr. Layard—Was any reply returned to that letter Lord Lucan—No; none whatever. Before be left Varna the whole of the depot bad been broken up, and there was not a baggage-horse to be found ; but where they were sent to he had nut the slightest idea. If any arrived in the Crimea they soon died or were stolen. He could not say whether the baggage horses and mules which did come from time to time were marked with the commissariat mark or not. Mr. Layard—Under whose supervision was this por tion of the transport train ? Lord Lucien— He believed they were under the di rection of a Mr. Smith, one of the comtnissaries. The batch of mules which arrived were consigned to his (Lord Loran's) care by Lord Raglan, and he bad them all marked. He also represented to Lord Raglan the desirability of forming a complete transport train with them, which should be entirely out of the control of the carnmissariat. Nothing came of it. Mr. Layard—Did you see any difficulty, considering the resources of the country and the supply of mules sent out, why an efficient transport corps might not have been formed which should have relieved the cavalry horses from any such duty as land transport ? Lord Lucan replied that he would cheerfully have undertaken to have formed one ; as it was, however, he lost a large number of horses entirely on ace runt ef this work, as the roads were in a frightfully bad condition. He could not say he lost any number of men from this kind of work. At this period of the proceedings the room was cleared for nearly half an hour for discussion relative to a letter from Lord Raglan, which Lord Lucan wished to put in and to the reading of which some objection was raised. On the reainniasion of the public no further reference was made to the subject. In reply to Mr. Layard, Lord Lucent then went on to state that a great number of horses were lost on the pas sage between Varna and the Crimea by over-crowdine ; and the removal of the partitions by which they were separated. When the vessel rolled those partitions which remained gave way, and the whole mass of horses fell about and crushed each other to death. After the clothing was issued to the horses the condition of the animals somewhat im proved. It was quite unusual to have clothing for horses during a campaign ; at least he never knew it to be the case. He did not think waterproof clothing would have been of any particular utility as far as the horses were concerned ; it would have kept the wet off them, but there was no warmth in them. • Mr. Layard—What class of horse stood the weather the best Lord Lucan—The horses of the Chasseurs d'Afrique undoubtedly stood it by far the beat—but next to taese our own troop horses went through the weather and work exceedingly well. In this respect they were far superin r to the French cavalry horses. The Russian horses which were sent into the camp were in good condition and were very good horses. They were not used fur the cavalry in consequence of an order from Lord Raglan to appro priate them te the artillery. He banded over 65 horses to that portion of the army. No offer of tarpaulin fir the purpose of covering horses was made to him person ally ; he had heard such an offer was made by some captain, but, he did not know to whom. The fiat huts raised for the horses were by bins-elf. He fetched his planking with a few baggage horses attached to his divi sion—but his greatest difficulty at first was a want of nails. When he caine away the mortality amongst the horses ceased. They were all tinder cover. Mr. Layard—What provision was made for the re moval of your sick and wounded ? Lord Lucan—There were ambulance trains of course, but he must say a worse organised corps he never en countered, and the wounded were removed by there. He did not consider the ambulance carriages were well adapted for the purposes to which they were applied. Indeed when the roads became bad they becsme quite 1 49 Wvniv uPotl the French uN1V744(1 tip - --.--K~---- A 'query ` , tit r atiery of li ttv O. the EXHI /4 404 14 ° 11 g8t the p -- Hours, fro ,—.---.-...... . ~..............""'''#, r c;' t t ,;(l other means which were -]evisel for the ili j r 6 . H..' r ''' t o t'i ' A•Toatit-Gen al o , ' th .,.. % ° 0 - 3 "1 . .! t' Moles.: a mbuiaio:e c n'p, io 311 rt'lir" to the Fr,ncli. 1 1 ° Mr. Layard—Was anything done i n coooll , . that 1 4 .1 .kii it Lord Lucan—l received a reply f ro m .- 0 , u or General thanking me on behalf of Lora IteTr t 0.,.,..., letter and stating that the subject was nn e ‘•;,, ifeterra V sideration of the English Government. ....jos 1 . 4 4 -1 11 . i , 7 ":: - .l '! Mr. Layard—Could no steps in your cr .; itypti k.e GYer "ii , .."..-• „„ „ tread, been taken to organise a corps out there? ..„-" nail, pi ce , dii __ -------__ _ '_ ,-„ttstl.ll-4treet, on T Lord Lucan—Oh ve , , certainly Bevil etbi4 . .' e i „ 5 ..1 have been done. With resp ct to medical i" - . ' littE RAt thought. his division bad sufficient medto .. del, p. COURT and supplies of medicines. At one time thsZ ii , .t . N3ri et ,V of t ., COMP.J I , Ni t , to this Court horse medicines in the camp, ,(ji t b l i t t z th e ii :-' ll 7. o s: , ,l n ndi was a vessel lying in the harbour which Itsist,tl lem.„,.‘?f the said &al ' on board for months, ever since June. and h 0 , , 1 ,, ,i - zest ince.ausrt of 1 Quarternaster-G- n-ral on tn 9 subject, Eupplied without delay. The vessel hal_ e :, to4 t Zglilted sures t. voyages 1 ack ward s and forwards with t"'" F ;411 0 ''' re Dort 'a With ties medicines tin board. The name of that vet ¢" J ason. but all tihie,:bTer,ll:.it ~e tn o '•,...__._._____ Mr Layard —Do yon think any impre be made in our cavalry .quipment 1 loss I,4 ° N . D 0 N Lord Lucan— I think a great' eal of ...tel 1,,,,4,,,,,,i,,,A.y._, might be male. I think what is U./tined ;:bat i 4 t 5 I:;',.fofh LEAML gives a man Trite suflicl , -nt eluting ei c of tt t , mu 20theiTrnsaitaIL shuui Ibe always the r , r,li . iii which ligb t ° by ° orel taj r ite ci t t these days. upon a campai,fo. The stupid vaise WS , t .. 0 .f , o , I" Tickets, at by the 9 a.m.l was under certain circumstances too II" ' , 4e4„, horses. woe ~. ram , :tuner s C By Mr. Ellice—lf from any catve wl "ja 1111 E ------- - were no means of tr.Losport, unque-tioval'lliAlli . ~ DIREU Lord R,2lau was ja tilled ..ii , a , q uiter T;t o Ctt,4ls,iikfifK are prey ployir: cavalry horses to perform tbat dl l . l OO, ,: r,,,,,,, gsrlaei jetk,dl,ll the committee suffer unnecessary 11.ccs'u tor o 1441 11 Y, at the li e aCl )2 11111,: t , i,. 429, Stra.ml; The adjourned shortly m u" t kil t '" u , 1. Shaftesl until to-rnorruw. 4,, d, Southwar --------"--"' 11,,,..,, . . HUG Ct 1 I)NTli 1r VABiall. -,,,:- 'rit'sh mank, 14 1 • 4 - , ---- ----• - L c TO 15 't 1 " Pll4 AND PECCI DERBY SMITHFIELD. --4 " 4 " , t be oj by E DIRE( Our market was well supplied with if 0 01 0 14, 41 AsSurtANCE withaut any alteration of price. A. I notier o f, i i 4 if teeth, the New sheep ; in good request and readily di l rlber of r' 14,,,,!.. p sociation —v store calves were again plentiful. 'ril e "" t; k ii 'Z i i e y r s a t nnunt (A large, fully maintaining last week's Pne e° ' o f, 63 :i kBl this PlanetTeofPßl The following were the quotations t -- 1 60 0 c 1 14 4 7:1 i ng annual inc o o mutton, 7d to 7.54 ; lamb, Od to i)(1 ; voy f ,,,t,i': 0 tt la,l,l 'red to his repi lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to 9s Od per score ! ' ro c grf 01' 4 4 e, 1 GI hates sped 1 per 141 b.; hides, 34d to 4Ad lb . c6.-.5 per ) ) Itrd ed re , at the Oft `tree, on applict per lb. ht ...Aire h 11' I ' • 1555. ---.--- EDINBURGH GRAIN.-- --31°- ) t t iot E - 74n -p n . rso Wheat on the top 2s down, and - the ' l 2 ' 3 uP' NOR «': ' 7- i Barley on the top is 6d up, and averse jkaoS ° ' the top is 4d down, and lia averse ° . ;; - e,(l n Offices, 23, Li n 1 4 ,, e :- .. ripany has I on the top 5s Od down, and the average' . . .. •0 7 ',ltte et '' o . nary propel Total Supply and. s‘l.-- th i4 .. 4 0 r e ,.. , Principaismm9 Wheat 1331 qrs . ........ .__, A 100 , 5 5 ,1 ~To ,s,.:lo o nary proper Barley 1314.: qrs . ........ •rld 16L.,;',/ ;4 t.. I ,7 e rs uila ti r s d n esir us Oats 2BOl qrs .............. :id rO l tng their from Beans 4ll qr5.................}br titi S im ,' share s are ho Top of Wheat .... ..... .. .........e a) Ei t t `,ltor t r e ,l'antie half } Barley__ , .... ;. ... :. : ...... „,... I.)P . 01 '. i t j 'ar), and ma , 45 s i q, tt nterrals of not • Oats Beaus 0 BOSTON—MaIta 1 - 4 ' gistith 44ch ict - --L is .:_ 3s L_____ At to-day's market there was consign, tTROPOL the trade, and the depression experienn4so fully recovered, wheat being 48 to 5s per, 4 , i 'dir a 1 ,,,„ was also an improved demand for all ki ll s" 11 , V' Areete No which sold at enhanced prices. A A ! 0 6 „,.. 1 4. i ,' hitZ Lb. 5t11 . 11'1: Prices :--Wheat, red, 608 Od to 670 i"; 1 ' 40 3 , ,;(41 1 ' 4 111 4 4 ,_•".70 from that 70s Oci extra, 72s Od. Barley, 2Ss . 1, "„,i,"• -• V .7 1 1n,'"wRillms are .ith •-. of J. 22s to 295. Beaus, 3:40d to 42s Od. ' leer rO , January, to ',..Which sevei per qr. . , :'ety s tembers. P( ----. , d it 1 'kr Dr _J'einbers on I NEWARK—Marta lel t ,itri NO ,Th,.., _s'polials at the To-day wheat experienced a brisk sld e l!is 1 " b ' t he for Blit va, , IP, ' th e its Profits to than last week. Barley la dearer. a, ,i r f or whole term of t before. D ir.iv ttit. '" Year ending Prices :—Wheat, white, 76s Oil to 7 8 l i d o 0 1 1 .1 0 4 , 0 ...,„,-. been Aiwa' to 76s Od. Barley, malting, 31s Od to iss__ L P 011, ~,,, It 'edille and n 26s Od to 28s Oti. Oats, old, 31s Od t°, MO - ' 41 45 'Od to 30s Od. Beans, 42s Od to 44s pt Otir II -5t,' , .,.. 1 . .......a 1 : I 46s Od. Malt, 6iils Od to 70,1 Od. Tares' 4A.G N E clty.. r .2, Old Brea( SEABORNE MA IV' 11. vies 4 acct , t Ed-1 dr at ; w l ,, , onnnunies ----.0."--- fi, , e midst • (N signifies that the mails are • iron , ,„.Th e ) , t',, 4 tt e r for Twent .by the night—and Mby the snornibn".guldesp3.--'_..- ' '1•1 ~t _______---- „, it di. '‘ li s ii•to ol , Office, I . , Os; wino ma ts. ,s; I tato, r ' ColL i ellter, „ .., hi n z , t, • COUNTRIBy ;fl Oentra! hyt- ' te l• DI s.i.„/ ia 4 " k o ,,__ l ugham 1 1 Office, London.' 1) ' ~ ...Ind ,-, " __ ....< O ,l 4 " ~ --ulasgoi ----Greene •.rnerica(i.•yl;,lL.pack:l'i Every ttirlass .. I.e P . s, 4%6 _4 Dumfri L ; ',leder t by Unite,' si.. • efe' ' ... °4 -Dublin DaassS) ~ ......„ 5! .... , . „ . Is.v , , . %merles% (by U 14iwa s i 1 stns 4 11 Belfast, pa c k et ) ... .... N i ........ , , : ; 0 0.- ),. 4 , Cork, xastralia (vi; • • South- per' Queenst ) , ampton) .......... m ..... .... .. ; 0 11t ... , ................_ .ver " % u Ditto (via Marseilles, N. • . • " • Ditto (via Cape of iioPe) -...........N ..... Arica (West Coast)..N.l3d ot the mutt— & 30 01 4th &lOU' of m°l" lla awes ............M 17th of the month Belgium ............N i 'airy.... • •• • • " Brazil 9th of the month. . 1 Buenos Ayres .........P 9th ea the niontn.• , Cape (et Good t 10, , e • . Cape ot Good Dope ..N 4;al,e de Vents 9th ot the moot] , Ceylon (see In ila) Ceylon .............. N; Channel on ..Wed.,&FrP.l Chill . ............ m t fr I Tr , n , I etitti` Dove r :nr„,' j4;outpitd °g ver' o . l 1 , 0 0 91 IVlll' China ... _ Once a month_ _ I Constantinop 7 c .. ~...,- 8,13,;8,23,&28 mull t/o ger ler ' Const,intinopte ........ 4th & 20tii of Ith, . *OM „ Cont. of Europe M & N.T 'vice daily ..... D'a rt: 7.. Egypt (see Innis) ; ~,-or •• France ........ M & N Twice daily. ...: • • •: ut bi ~ .libraltar .... , M 4,7, 17, 20. 2 7 or' '• _.., oil (recce (s,:e Indla) I , Ureytown ..........M 2ial & 17th of mon. " n r ilir o po ; l Ilaniburgh .......... N Tuesday & FridsY,L o D!`_ „Ac; Havannah .......... M .2nd of the mont; 181,e'"r„,. Holland ............M imi:Y• • • • • • " • ' • • 4411 111 ' . Honduras ..........m 17th of the llloatli. ~,,,,,,, Indis(vlaSouthampt.):tt 4th Pc 20th of m0n•,„ 1 ,,,1,,;;;r ....;, 1 India (via 3larseilles)M 9th&2sth of moill)y'„o,. v . „ ,) lonian Islet] (see India)'7, 17, & 27 of mot. N o ' yb ood' Ireland ...... . lid & N Twice daily •••• •• 3 i t ch ,ice Li5b0n....... _ .. „M 7,9, 17, & 27 of in.15 3 '.,,,,0 ~ Madeira ............:d 9th of the m0ut1 , 1 5° ,,, 0 100 11w • i Madeira ......... _ :.; 23d of month •• • • ' Li ' 01 Malta (see India) • !Doer .! Malta ... .... ..... N 8,18. &21 of Mond Mauritius (seelndiai i Mauritius ........ „NI 14th of the moms" ) Mexico . .M 2nd of the month. Naples N sthlsth2.sthofmon , New Granada 2d II; 17th of month New Le iland .......... 3) Private ' 11) 1 Papal states ~ 1 5 th 15th2thoftnon. Peninsula irth I 7th27thottnon . Peru 27th or moo. Port Nata1,........N By private shiP••' Sicily . ..N th2sthollnon. l Tuscany N s ' st',2thoilnon. Venezuela 851:th 01 - nonthi Van Diemen's Li;ni: (see' Australia) West Indies mi•id i7th o • month woo 01 7 I varws nomt vol will", :4 I lYf ow. vet ' 11" iDo las;; Pa' ij isontits")l Alf ' D o itV L ' aP ti le 3I Y will • 0 , w law be' j; THE LAW OF DIVORCE.— Ti Ie ne - for t he ~9 1 ; brought before the Prussian Chanche r° , l (l o ,l sion and sanction has for its olject rea l is L o de"o Lion of a marriage more difficult 'the n ; aid is based on the summary pr oce'- foe t ' St e el' both parties to impris•mment of fre e o po%ip tj i four months, according to circuinstancthreeeltee,d orbit vary assumption that both parties 000,',00„,'" of a misdemeanour. The report of the c iot ° - 1 0 1 1 r First Chamber recommends, however. 3 1,11 ' 0 ,40' that the punishment of imprisontne nt le T O P ps ( flitted on the guilty party, and not ° I3 - de' if such be prayed ; and that a divorce foillirip of religion of either of the parties de t° e di to the execut:on of the puni-bment• 11 0 4 1011 00 ti THE END OF THE " WAR."—The t b ia of the late Czar is related in Boston. L those memorable conversations which "."01P a ri,11 4 ,0 Hamilton Seymour, between JAhuari,,; a part of which have been pubiishedi. o t "ois mati , t observed, "If a war between -D u 1 d A aber ;A lt , ' • should unfurtunately freak out, lle'rer",F, nor I would probably live to sec it ""bel"" inlay Emperor asked Sir Hamilton how old, i ce rt' o e, his replying fifty-five, said, "Then 1 ,,, P- o t se„ rej a pill, , than you, but I cannot agree to ni f er i - 0 other occasions, and in other place , . 11° „, - 11°: remarks tending to show that he ,;dfOr beipv socn a+ dso suddenly real.' el l h e AP I of ;talon !tele esith. J. , / t bet ji ",NATURE AND HUMAN nerun— id to, K O, " Sam Slick." 2 vole.—This work ee e ;,i 01 4 t y , considi.red one of !he best we have Pia e lj t ," A te J Hailburton's popular pin. "Wel eyr " 0" . 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The report of t " 0 0 ,11 1 !%0 11 ,.,t , / mber recommends, howev er ', 00 oc e 'e, s' " -- -- . .......„___ mnishment of imprisonine"tboieloocri.7 lIN the guilty party, and not 0 , 13 „010 4 e 0 11, A . prayed ; and that a divorce 11l - r 1 P .- e jl , t,ttO , _ 10 lof either of the parties do yoe 'll. °l4 erPael la ill . le kete call !cut:on of the punishment. , 0 0 4 et, 4 - ss.,...___l ._ ` . Roi 'D OF THE " WAn."— Th e IC) /0 1011 7 'I N --..........., a Czar is related in Boston • i. he ) A perji norable conversation' whi c ".„ - 0114„ i t b r r f i Cile f i lllee 'l Seymour, between Jabuar.l,, Pr.o, e ier,' i ,vhieli have been publislied,,t"utose; 7 , , r17, .0 1 1 letved, "If a war between -11 IC (I , il ' '•-•••••... , ;the. ~,,te ~, Dfortunately I reak out, lle",,rtaw:,,s, ' or,, t -- • uld probably live to see it ,r be l':011,, t; 2 ••-• . asked Sir Hamilton how e l " Ce" - 10'or .., "" t 94 0 ,drte if 4 I g fifty-five, said, "The n -- , ho ty - o pl. , ;ip p k ------ -----_____ but t•till I cannot agree to '' free oi l ' to t tabt ls he i . 4 ry , es fret ,sions, and in other place' did . 110 ) 0 •l itt‘inarter of ; ending to show that he - 6 - 41te - of, ,*(livicic. s ;mai a' d so suddenly remit'th I s lip rt ., \ ",.. ,..._ l_ , L)Arins th e l ' 4 het • (iv en, t 11. \ `,,.._ .. y:2 „of b , jili , tEx RE AND HUMAN NATUn g ' ato frO ° .1 !, 0 1 _ A tint. 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