The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

IMPE El IA L PA ELIA ME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. ROYAL COMMISSION, The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lo•,ving bills : The Princess Alice Annuity. Charitable Uses. Admiralty Court Jurisdiction. Law of Foreign Countries. Queen's Prison, &c. Royal Marine Barracks (Stonehouse, Devon). Post-office Savings Banks. Marriages Validity. Edenfield Chapel to Little Polton Road. Bristol and South Wales Union Railway. Dublin City Steam Packet Company. Wallasey Improvement. South Eastern Railway (capital, &c.) _Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford. Buddenden Road. Blackpool and Lytham Railway. Gainsbury Bridge to East Retford Roads. Preston Markets, &c. Inverness and Aberdeen Junction and Inverary and Nairn Railway Companies Amalgamation. Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (Addi. tional Money). Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. Oswestry and Newtown Railway Branches. Strathspey Railway. Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol). Portsmouth Water Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway. South Shells Improvement and Quay. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. Witney Railway. Tiverton Roads. Elton and Blackburn Railway. Clitheroe Gas. Gareton and Liverpool :Railway. Great Western Railway, Capital. Kingston-upon-Thames and Leatherhead Road. Bradford, Waterford, and Leeds Railway. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway, and Poulnasherry Recla mation Bill. Morayshire itailway. Stratford-upon-Avon Roads. Wrexham and Minera Railway. Dewsbury, Batley, and Heckemonde Wick Water. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Bootle Branches). Oldham and Rippondeu Roads. Kendal Fell. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension to Settle). Price's Patent Candle Company. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock, THE DELHI PRIZE MONEY. Lord BERNERS presented a petition complaining of the delay in the distribution of the Delhi prize money. Earl DE GREY and RIPON explained the great diffi culty in making up the accounts. As soon as the rolls of names had been sent in from the different regiments, the rates would be struck and the money distributed as soon as possible. After a few words in reply to Lord BERNERS, the sub • ject dropped. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. Lord LYVEDON presented a petition from a place in Northamptonshire in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, and praying that the county courts jurisdiction might be ex tended. THE SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) AMEND MENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CHURCH RATES. The Archbishop of YORK, and some other Peers, pre sented petitions in favour of Church rates. THE OFFENCES IN TERRITORIES NEAR SIERRA LEONE PREVENTION BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading of this bill. After some observations from Lord BR',UGHAM, the bill was read a second time. THE STADE DUES. Earl of HARDWICKE had a question to put of which he had not given notice. Lord Wodehouse could answer yes, or no, or he could decline to answer, in which case he should know that what he had heard was true. (Laughter.) He wished to know whether the question of the Stade dues had or had not been settled within the last 48 hours, and whether England would have to pay a large sum of money in compensation. Earl GRANVILLE wished to know, before Lord Wode house replied, why the noble earl had departed from the usual course, and had asked a question of which he had given no notice either publicly or privately. The Earl of HARDWICKE said he had made an apology which he knew he owed, but he had only heard the statement since he came to the house; Lord AVODEHOUSE declined to answer the question, whatever interpretation Lord Hardwicke chose to put upon his silence. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Cork and Youghal Railway ; Haslingden Union Gas ; Midland Railway (Otley and Ilkley Extension) , North Eastern Railway (Extension to Otley, &c.); Northern Assurance Company ; Swansea Gas ; and Saint George's Harbour. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Airedale Drainage; Darlington Local Board of Health Bill; East India Irrigation and Canal Company (No, 2) ; London and North Western, Lancaster and Car lisle, and Caledonian Railways; North Eastern Railway (Castleton and Grosmont Branch, &c.). ROYAL COMMISSION. • Colonel CLIFFORD, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the members to the Upper House to hear the Royal assent given by Commission to H.R.H. the Princess Alice's Annuity Bill, and other bills, for which see Lords' report. WEXFORD HARBOUR. Mr. REDMOND moved for a copy of any minute made by the Admiralty, and of any correspondence between the Admiralty and Treasury, or between the Admiralty and other lemons, relative to the improvement of the harbour of Wexford, since the year 1858.—Ordered. EAST INDIA (WAR CHARGES). Sir S. NORTHCOTE moved an address for accounts of all charges raised by the War Office against the Indian Go vernment on account of troops on the Indian establishment, and of stores supplied to and services performed for the Indian Uovernment, and of repayments nude by the Indian Government to any Imperial funds on account of the same, in the years ending the 31st day of March, 1860, and the 31st day of March, 1861, respectively ; and all outstanding charges on army accuu., ts due to imperial funds by the Government of India (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 362, of Ses sion 1860).—Ordered. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for Flintshire, in the room of the Hon. Edward Mostyn, deceased. SHIPS CHARTERED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA. Mr. W. EWART asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, if merchant ships seeking freight at New York were chartered by the Federal Government of the United States previous to the arrival in America of her Majesty's proclamation, the owners of such ships would be liable to the penalties therein stated ? EQUITY JUDGES IN IRELAND. Mr. WRITESIDE asked the Secretary for Ireland whether it is in contemplation of the Irish Government to increase the number of Superior Equity Judges to ten, or whether it is contemplated to confer the jurisdiction of a Court of Chancery upon the Court for the sale of landed estates in Ireland ? Mr. CARD WELL said that there was no such alteration contemplated. REMOVAL OF A TOMBSTONE FROM THE PARISH CHURCH AT RICHMOND. On the motion that the House at its rising should ad journ till Thursday next, Mr. HENNESSY drew attention to the circumstances connected with the removal of the tombstone from the grave of a gentleman named Prieetman, in Richmond, in York shire. The hon. member then read a report which appeared in a local paper, s tati ng that the re moval of this tombstone was forcibly effeetectbY the order of the Bishop of Ripon against the wishes of Mr. p r i es t_ man's family. lie wished for some information on this subject. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN SPAIN. Sir R. PEEL, who had on the paper a motion for an address which was recently presented to him for submis sion to her Majesty on the subject of the Spanish persecu tions, said he brought the motion before the house very reluctantly, in consequence of the indifference ex hibited by the noble lord at the head of the Government on the subject. He had been requested by some British mer chants in Spain to draw the attention of the house to this matter, and stating au act of intolerance in reference to themselves. These merchants were in the habit of having Protestant worship soleraniam on Sundays at Xeres and Port St. Mary alternately, t mt. the English consul at the former place refused to allow such religious worship to be performed at the consular residence. The party's name was Gordon, and he was a Roman Catholic, and he assigned as a reason for the prohibition that he could not permit the Protestant worship, as the British flag was hoisted on his residence, so that, i n his official capacity he was called on to interfere. These merchants offered to pay for th e serv i ces o f a P ro t es tant clergyman, b ut the Council still ref use d t o a ff or d them any accommodation. His object was to ask the noble lord the First Lord of the Treasury, in the absence of the noble Foreign Secretary, whether any steps had been taken on the part of the Government to the Spanish Executive as to- the treat meat of British Protestants resident in Spain. Lord PALMEP43TON said with regard to the qusstion relative to the removal of the tombstone it Was a subject that could be answered best by his light hon. friend the Home Secretary, who was engaged in duties that prevented his attendance. With reference to the question of the hcnourable baronet (Sir R. Peel) he (Lord Palmerston) had received a memorial on the subject to which he alluded which had been laid before her Majesty. Very full in structions had be en furnished by his noble friend the Foreign Secretary to her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, directing hint to mate the meet urgeut THE ',SUM: LONDON,' SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1861 representations to the Spanish Government in refer ence to their intolerant conduct in regard to Pro testants in Spain. The Spaniards were . a people pe culiarly sensitive of any interference by foreigners in their national affairs, and therefore any such interference must be conducted with discretion. He was glad to say that thd Spanish Government seemed disposed to grant the privileges desired by Protestants, and to allow them to exercise their religious worship in private houses, and to have schools where the children could be educated in the tenets of their religion. With regard to the general question, everybody knew that Spain had in former times been governed on the most intolerable principles, and there had even been lamentable executions for the profession of religious faith. A great improvement had taken place in this particular, but the prejudices of former times still exercised an influence on the national mind. However, he was sure that eventually the Government, which was more liberal than the people, would introduce the necessary im provement. He could assure the hon. bart. (Sir R. Peel) that the executive of this country would do all in their power relative to the subject. Sir IL PEEL enquired if any steps would be taken re specting Mr. Gordon's conduct in regard to the case which had been brought under the attention of the house. Lord PALMERSTON said his noble friend, the Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, would adopt steps suitable to the circumstances of the case. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. EDUCATION. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE moved an address for returns of the number of inspectors and assistant inspectors of schools under the committee of Privy Council on Education, with the total payments received by them in each year from 1840 to 1861, together with the names of all clergymen of the Established Church who were in spectors or assistant-inspectors of schools under the said committee in 1859 and 1860, with the total amount received by each under the separate heads of salary, travelling and personal expenses.—Ordered. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. WHITESIDE moved the following r 'solutions :- 1. That the advantages afforded by Parliamentary grants for the purpose of education in Ireland ought not to be denied to any school upon the ern "" that tho Holy Scriptures are daily read therein. 2. That a discretion should be vested in those who are en trusted with the administration of the Grant for Educational Purposes in Ireland, to assist, with books and other school requisites, all persons and societies engaged in carrying on the work of moral and religious education in schools in Ireland who may conscientiously decline to subscribe to the rules of the National Board, subject, so far as relates to secular education, to the inspection and control of the officers of the board. 3. That the recent reconstruction of the national board is not calculated to insure a satisfactory administration of the Parliamentary grant for education in Ireland. The hon. and learned gentleman said that it ap peared by the report of the committee that sat on this sub ject in 1812 that the educational wants of the country in Ireland were not supplied by the parochial schools, but that a body of gentlemen formed themselves into a society for carrying out the work of education more extensively than it could be conducted by the parochial clergy. The Kildare-street Society educated 100,000 children for £25,000 a year, and if they could do so much for a small sum the house ought to bear that in mind when they came to:consider what was done under the present system for a large sum. Since the abolition of the Kildare-street Society, those whom the represented had been excluded from the benefits of education in consequence of conscientious scruples which in Ireland was not much respected, particularly when sincere. A general impression prevailed that what was recommended by the commission was what was actually done. But the very contrary was the case. It was recom mended that the existing schools should be kept up, and and that where it was necessary, supplementary schools should be added. It was thought that the parish schools would answer this purpose best, and that each being under the direction of the parish clergyman, the local manage ment would be simile and inexpensive. But subsequently it was proposed to have larger schools, each to include greater masses. When it was suggested to Lord Derby, then Mr. Stanley, to establish schools from which the Bible should be excluded, he said that the public mind of England would not stand that. The author of the book in which he had read this statement ought not to have referred to a conversation which took place at the Castle at a very late of ni4t, but it was a re mark the sagacity of which had been justified by the result. A boy in one of the Protestant schools in Ireland being asked the question, what was the use of the Scriptures, re plied, " To guide our conduct in life." That was the opinion held by Protestants generally, and if the Scriptures were to be the guide of our conduct in lite, how was it possible to carry on education without them ? (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman then read an extract on this subject from a work of Archbishop Whately, observing that with such authority on his side, he was sure that, though he might be outvoted—though even that would be doubtful, when the house heard what the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Cardwell) had been doing since the last debate on this sub ject—he was sure he could not be out-argued. He com plained that, by the course now taken, Mr. Stanley's plan had been subverted. Archbishop Whately had quitted the board on that ground, considering that he would be guilty of a breach of faith if he remained there when the system was so carried out as not to satisfy the expectations which he had assisted in raising. Several of the books that had been recommended for the schools had been recently excluded. A little work on the Evidences of Christianity, written by Archbishop Whately himself, with all the clear ness and force of Paley, was amongst the books recom mended. That work was not to be found even in the " model" schools, which ought to have all the works re commended, though others might be left free to take or reject what they pleased. One of the rules had' been so in terpreted that if, in a school of 100 children, one child of nine years of age should object to a book, it must be ex eluded, and the Archbishop held that this could not possibly be the intention of the rule. When the Archbishop found that practical absurdity he left the board, saying that he was as much as ever attached to the system of national education as originally proposed, but that he felt bound to retire on account of the abandonment of all fixed prin ciples, the subversion of the original system, and the mis application of the grant. The board was broken up in con sequence of the retirement of Archbishop Whately, Judge Blackburne, and Mr. Wilson Greene. It was originally designed that the schools should be open to all persuasions and should be conducted with a due regard to parental right, but in these respects they had failed. When religious in struction was given, it was required to put up a printed notification as to the nature of that instruction, to which the Protestant clergy very much objected, as it had the effect of warning many of the children off the premises. By another rule, the religious instruction was given half-an-hour before the usual school hour. Now, children who were very willing to receive religious instruction in school hours would come half-an-hour earlier, so that in most cases the attend ance was very small. It was very painful to the feelings of clergymen, that after using the Bible they were obliged to lock it up till the next day, so that it might not even by acci dent, be seen by the children during the hours of secular instruction. There was this difference in the appearance of these schools and the scriptural schools, that in the latter the walls were ornamented with texts of Scrip ture, written in such large letters that very little children could read them whin they were doing little better than looking at the walls. But if a Government inspector entered such a school, he would order that to be all taken down, and tell the schoolmaster to hang up maps, or pictures of those hideous creatures that we are told had lived before the flood to frighten the poor little children. (A laugh.) For the expenditure of £300,000 they only after all educated 263,000 persons, as was shown by the return of classes, for the return of rolls was useless as a criterion, since it included the name of every child who showed his face at the school, though he might stay away for months at a time. In England it was usually found that, if the roll was to be 500,000 it might be expected that about 400,000 would attend. But in Ireland, if the roll was 105, about 49 might be expected to attend. He had several times visited these schools, and had never found on any occasion, that half the number on the roll were present in the school. The number in the parish schools in the country did not exceed 150,000, and this was owing in a great extent to the popularity of the nun's schools, which he was bound to say were the best conducted of any of the schoels in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) There were 50,000 children in these convent schools. But, notwithstanding that, many Christian persons were excluded from participation in the grant to which they contributed by the payment of taxes. There were in the not less th an schools sup ported by these friends of scriptural education 73,497 children. In the Sunday School society alone there were 230,676 children who were receiv ing scriptural education, and of these there were 130,000 who attended no other schools, and more than 21,000 Bibles and Testaments, and an immense quantity of edu cational books, all of which were supported by voluntary did the Governm ent refuse to give a supply of e fforts. He would ask th e Rouse to declare upon what grounds grants th f e e y r the salaries books to s al ue lo h w a an s c o e ci o e u ty t of as th t eh publici s, even would not make any of schoolmasters. The result of the voluntary efforts in Ireland was to give education to 327,983 children, and which was rt ally a larger number than was educated out of the funds at the disposal cif the commissioners of national education. In Belfast there was a school of 1,000 Protest ant children, who were not allowed the slightest assistan ce out of the funds at the disposal of the commissioners; and again he asked, why was it that their Protestants did not receive some pecuniary assistance, because they wished to have scriptural education ? The hon. and learned member Proceeded to refer to some ret urns w hi c h h a d b een l a id be fore the house, containing the statistics on the subject of IPil ueation• These returns were, he said, of the most illu sory character, and excited his indignation to the utmost against the wretched system of red tapeism which prevailed in the administering of this system. It was necessary to administer some political emetic in order to draw up the and obscured th eir imaginations. When he came balls,of red tape which l o d ge d in the stomachs of these red analyse this return, he f ound that in many of the schools were returned' as mi xe d , there was not more than tta whichp e i . t a, one s is sore C415e5 two, 414 ilabthers throe protestant dren. He called then phantom Protestants, for he believed they were never seen in the flesh (A laugh.) The analysis which had been made showed that there were 1,518 schools where there was no pretence for saying mixed education ex isted. There were 218 prisons, workhouses, model and agricultural schools where mixed education necessarily existed, and the total number in which the mixed system could be said fairly to exist was but 1,162 out of the 5,496. In the province of Munster there was a total of 1,382 schools ; of these 433 were mixed ; but out of this number there were 398 schools in which the maximum number of Protestants was not more than 9 to 105 of the Catholics. In Leinster there were 509 schools, and of these 438 had no more than nine Protestants to 105 Catholics ; while in Connaught there were 814 schools ; of these 354 were mixed, and of these again there were as many as 242 with not more than nine Protestants, many of them containing not more than one or two. In the county of Carlow this state of things was still more strongly exhibited, and the hon. member analysed in considerable detail the statistics given of education in the schools of this country. The whole number of schools in the county supported by, the State grants gave education to 2,715 Catholics and 99 Protestants ; while the schools supported by voluntary con tributions, educated 1,538 Protestants and 168 Catholics. He next proceeded to refer to the county of Wicklow, one which was in every respect deserving of admiration for the peaceable, orderly, and industrious character of the people. There had not been an execution its the county for the last 30 years. There was in the return one school returned at Bray, where there were 176 Catholics and one Protestant. He could never catch this young Protestant or see him, and he believed that he was kir( d for the occasion, and put in the school when the inspector was about to make his visit, and that he was in the habit of running on from this school to appear again at some other and be returned as the " one Protestant" which figured so frequently in these returns. He did not blame the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for Ireland because he had not invented, but had only spoilt, the system. (A laugh.) He insisted upon it in the strongest possible manner, that it was wrong for the Government to exclude Protestants from any portion of the public grant, on the ground that they wished to have the Scriptures read in their schools. In the schools generally throughout Ulster the proportion of pupils in attendance was one Roman Ca tholic to 120 or 150 Pro tortarate. Le Townsend-street school, usicaet, there were 374 Protestants and one Roman Catholic. In the model school in Dublin there were 112 Protestants and 457 Roman Catholics, and in the smaller school 89 Protestants and 364 Roman Catholics ; but in the schools situated in the parishes of St. Peter and St. Paul, Dublin, there was only one Protestant in attendance. Could any man of ordinary sense, then, allege that the mixed system of education had been successful in Ireland ? (Hear.) There were 119 convent schools in the country, which contained 42,909 scholars. These schools were conducted by ladies, who made themselves familiar with the children, and minis tered to their temporal as well as spiritual wants. Would any hon. member say that these schools, or schools from which the Scriptures were excluded, were intended for the education of the children of Protestants ? Why, of course, not. Why, then, did not the Government extend the prin ciple of religious:education to the Protestants ? (Hear, hear.) Now, how stood the money part of the question ? In the year 1859, the Board received from the Treasury about £208,000, and the balance in hand was £28,000. The ave rage salary given to the masters was £26 lls. 4d. In sala ries, the sum of £145,000 had been expended, and in allow ances to inspectors, £21,000. In Kells there were two na tional schools, the one opposite to the other. One was the school belonging to the priest, in which there was not a Protestant pupil, and the other was the school belonging to Archdeacon Stopford, in which there was not a Roman Catholic pupil. That was a specimen of the national sys tem. (Hear, hear.) As the board had not objected to the establishment of a second school in the same town or district, the result had been, that the Roman Catholics went to the Roman Catholic school, and the Protestants to the Protes tant school ; and this was the mixed system of education the Government patronised. (Hear, hear.) It was a very remarkable fact that the more the grant for this purpose had been increased, the more the number of pupils dimi nished. The Board of National Education in Ireland had originally consisted of seven gentlemen, It was then ex tended to fourteen, but only four attended, and, in fact, the resident commissioners became masters of the whole system. Upon this subject I he Archbishop of Dublin, Mr. Cross, the secretary, and Dr. Henry had been examined, and their opinions as to the proper number to constitute the board, and the times of their attendance, were exceedingly valuable. He asked the house to consider, with an impartial mind, why it was that the body in Dublin had appointed the present board. It was simply to establish a denominational system, and such a board was by no means a proper body to have control in a matter of the kind. He objected to the whole construction of the board, and contended that its very constitution was of a nature to render it altogether useless. There were 10 Roman Catholic gentlemen on the board, and there were hardly any non-official persons on it, and he objected to its constitution and practice in Coto. He should propose to sweep away a board which gave no satisfaction to Protestants and no power to Catholics, and establish a commission which would carry out those moderate argu ments which would give satisfaction to all parties. (near, hear.) The O'CONOR DON craved the indulgence which the house always extended to a new member. (Hear, hear.) It would be his duty, on the present occasion, to vote upon the res lutions and not upon the speech of the right hon. gentleman, which seemed to him, he must say, to have been a little inconsistent with them In a great portion of the speech he fully concurred; but he could not say the same of the resolutions, for he did not think that they would afford to all parties the same advantages —in fact, he might term them sectarian or party resolutions. (Hear.) The first declared that aid was to be refused to no school in which the Holy Scriptures were read. They would there fore cause the aid to be given solely to Protestant denomi national schools. To be sure, that was not the interpreta tion which the right hon. gentleman had put upon it, but he must take it as it stood. The right hon. gentleman said that by his second resolution the schools of the Christian brothers would gain a great advantage. But what was that advantage ? Merely that they should have books and school requisites ; whereas Protestant schools were to have all they required. (Cheers.) Even that trifling benefit was to be solely at the discretion of the board of commissioners, with which the right hon. gentleman found so much fault. It certainly did seem strange that the right hon. gentleman should propose to entrust such large power to a board which he had so strongly condemned. (Hear.) He fully agreed with the right hon. gentleman that the present sys tem had not been successful, and that it was not in truth a mixed system ; but he did not thirk that the evil would be remedied by the scheme proposed by the right hon. gentle man—at least in his resolutions. The first did not permit religious instruction to be given in any other form than the reading of the Scriptures. Now, Roman Catholics did not object to the reading of the Scriptures in their schools; but they did not think that the reading of the Scriptures alone —even in the Douay version—was sufficient (Hear, hear.). To permit religious instruction to be given by one party in the form which they thought sufficient, and to refuse the same privilege to another, was not in accordance with the principle of religious liberty; and that was not merely his (the O'Conor Don's) opinion, it was the opinion of Lord Derby, as expressed in his reply to the proposition of the Ulster Synod in 1833, when the noble earl, then Mr. Stan ley, was Secretary for Ireland. they allowed to one party—he cared not which—a privilege which they refused to others, they violated the principle of religious liberty. (Hear) Few Roman Catholics approved of the system as at present carried out; though there was some difference between them as to the nature of the remedy that was re quired. Some of them thought that the system might be improved, others that there could be no change for the better without a radical alteration. Some thought that all that was wanting was merely a return to the plan as it was esta blished by Mr. Stanley—for there could be no doubt that that plan had since been largely departed from. (Hear.) For his own part he did not think any change would suf fice short of a radical alteration of the system. The objec tions of Roman Catholics had been set forth in a letter re cently laid on the table, and addressed to the Chief Secre tary by a majority of the Catholic members. They had also been fully explained by the hon. member for Dungarvan. One of the principal respects in which the 'system had been varied since its establishment by Mr. Stanley was that the children were no longer excluded from the religious instruction. Mr. Stanley had plainly laid down the rulOthat there should be a united secular and a sepa rate religious education. (Hear, hear.) Another point clearly laid down by him was that the religious instruction should be under the control of the clergy ; whereas the authority of the clergy had latterly been denied, and their interference had been treated almost as if it were an imper tinence. Another and more important change :was that whereas the children of a different religion were formerly ordered to leave the school before the religious instruction was commenced, the present rule was merely that the patrons should not force them to be preient. He was aware the Chief Secretary contended that the rule had not been altered, and that it had merely been interpreted ; but it was really a matter of no moment which had been done ; for the fact remained th rt a great change had taken place. (Hear, hear.) It was said that there had been no cases of proselytism. That might be so ; but what was chiefly to be feared was that children might learn to be bad Catholics without becoming good Protestants. It was not to be ex- petted that that they would be proselytised, because thoughthey attended religious instruction with Protestants, they would go to the churches usual with their parents ; but what was to be feared was that hearing the teaching of the Sunday contradicted by that of the week day, they might cease to believe either. They had heard that this system was one which would put an end to religious dissension in Ireland ; but did experience bear them out in this ? He was happy to say that ex perience had shown that religious dissension had to a great extent declined. It had declined everywhere except in the provir ce where mixed education to the largest extent had been carried on. In that province where mixed education had chiefly prevailed religious dissension was most marked—where they had made the most stringent rules they had made them apparently only to be broken— (hear)—so that, as far as experience went, it was against the principle of mixed education. But did not theory sug gest the samaresult ? Theory would suggest exactly the same thing. He was happy to believe that no Christian j forte of pligiva, Avinved diocora ajactbtrifp, Dionaicoa, therefore, if they existed, were owing more to political and party feelings than to any religious feeling. It was natural therefore that on those grounds distinctions of religion would be fostered and kept up in schools of mixed educa tion. It was to be expected that from party motives, and from the restraints imposed by religious impressions being taken away, persons educated in these schools would be more likely to disagree and quarrel. On these grounds therefore he thought both experience and theory would teach them that a mixed system of education would not be conducive to the putting an end to religious dissensions. Then they had been told that Roman Catholics ought to be contented with these terms. But he would wish to ask what, there was unreasonable in asking that Roman Catholics in Ireland should receive the same concessions which Roman Catholics in England and in the colonies received with the approbation of the house and of the Government. (Hear.) It was perhaps only natural that those who taught in the schools should be willing tha; the present system should last, because they were interested in the denominational system. But although he filly agreed with the right hon. gentleman in much of what he had said against the system of mixed education, he could not agree in the resolutions, because they lid not extend to Roman Ca tholics the same advantages as they offered to Protestants. He did not deny that many Protestants might have con scientious objections to purel3 secular education. These objections, however, were no; a bit stronger than those which were felt by Roman Catlolics. Apparently the rule was as favourable to one class Is to the other. The rule which excluded one excluded tie other also; and Protes tants were not placed under the slightest disadvantage. But no Roman Catholics approved of the separation of re ligious and secular education vhen they could avoid it. They would willingly have no religion taught in schools but their own; but they were al agreed in desiring that secular and religious instruction should not be separated. Protestants were not universaly so strict. Even in the university which the right hon. gentleman so ably r epre sented the objections to purely secular instruction felt by Protestants were not so strong a those which were felt by Roman Catholics. The reason why Protestants had re fused this means of education, tnd Roman Catholics had not refused it, was very clear, frmi the situation of the two parties. The Protestants had schools of their own commu nion; the Roman Uatholies had no schools at all. (Hear.) If the Roman Catholic did not accept the grant, education for him was a mere nonentity. (Rear.) The grant no doubt was offered to both. When therstate came to offer its aid, it was somewhat extraordinary that the class which had the greatest advantages should haverules made which were more lenient for them. (Hear.) recause Protestants pos sessed many schools, it seemed that the rule was made far more stringent and binding upon Roman Catholics, who were most in want of Government aid. But should not a grant be made rather in proportion to the wants of the peo ple than to the advantages which vere already possessed by them ? (Hear.) In the present case the nominal right to which the right hon. gentleman's ?arty objected was ins , . partial to both classes. (Cheers.) He did not intend to trespass much longer on the attention of the house; bat, in conclusion, he must again express his accordance in opinion with many of the statements made by the right hon. gentleman. But he did not believe that the resolutions would bear the interpretation whicl had been put upon them by the right hon. gentleman. He Oelieved that if they were carried to-night, the interpretation which would be put on them in Ireland would be very clfferent from that which the right hon. gentleman wished. When once an indiscri minate reading of the Scriptures was admitted in schools, full and free liberty of religious instruction would not be granted to Roman Catholics. Tie Scriptures were a great element, but they were not the sole or even the chief part of religious instruction amongvst the Roman Catholics, Upon these grounds, therefore, he (the O'Conor Don) found himself compelled to differ from the resolutions proposed by the right hon. gentleman. If the right hon. gentleman had proposed resolutions more in accordance with his speech, or in accordance with the amendments put forward by the hon. member for Youghal, he should have found himself not only at liberty but most happy to support the resolution of the right hon. gentleman. The honourable gentleman concluded by thanking the house for the atten tion with which they had listened to him. (Upon resum. ing his seat the hon. gentleman was loudly cheered, and received the congratulations of several hon. members ; amongst whom—the -'pecker having left the chair—Mr. Disraeli crossed from the opposition side of the house and shook hands with the hon. member.) At the close of the hon. gentleman's speech a motion was made teat the house be counted, and there not being forty members present the house adjourned at 25 minutes to 9 o' clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--May 17. GUILDHALL. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD STEALING.—CharIes Nicholson, described in the police-sheet as a clerk, having no fixed residence, but who was stated to have lately kept the Woolpack Tavern, at Romford, and John Tuler, who was formerly in the service of Nicholson, and nQw described himself as a clock maker, residing at 16, Hermes-street, Pentonville, were placed at the bar before Sir H. Muggeridge and Alderman Humphrey, charged under the 9th Geo. IV. c. 31. s. 21, with feloniously and maliciously taking away by force and fraud a child, five years old, named Charles Harry Waterman, with intent to deprive the parents of the possession of the said child. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Beard conducted the defence for both pri soners. Mr. Lewis said it was his duty to prosecute the persons at the bar upon a charge of a very serious character—so serious, indeed, that upon conviction they would be liable to a punishment of seven years' transportation. There were, however, 'cir cumstances connected with the case of a very peculiar character ; and however panful it might be to the parties concerned, he thought it only right to place the whole of the facts before the Court, in order that the ma gistrates might not hereafter complain of anything having been kept back. It appeared that the pro secutor, Wm. Harvey Waterman, was a builder's clerk, living at Battersea, and about 12 months ago the prisoner Nicholson, who at that time kept the Woolpack Tavern at Romford, became acquainted with the prosecutor's wife, and induced her to take up her residence with him, and for some months they lived together as man and wife. For the sake of his child, however, the prosecutor forgave his wife her past conduct, and she accordingly returned to his home. Under such circumstances one would naturally expect Nicholson would have refrained from molesting her, but, on the contrary, he had used every endeavour to coerce her into abandoning •her husband, in order that she might return and continue to live in a state of adultery with himself. She had received ail his overtures with the utmost scorn and contempt, and after hovering about her house for a considerable time, he at length arranged an interview for the purpose of giving up clothes and other things belonging to 3er to the value of £2O, which he had detained. They accordingly met at the steamboat pier at Blaekfriars-bridge, or which occasion Nicholson was accompanied by Tuler, Mrs. Waterman having with her her:hus band's mother and the child in question. At the suggestion of Nicholson they all repaired to a publichouse in the neighbourhood, and on arriving there Nicholson told Tuler to take the child out and buy him a cake, but as Mrs. Waterman refused to let him go, Nicholson engaged her in conversation, during which Tuler stole away unperceived with the child, but leaving his own hat and stick behind him. When Mrs. Waterman missed the child, Nicholson said it was all right, he had paid Tuler to take the child, and it would be 100 miles away before night. Mrs. Waterman ran out but could see no trace of her child, and on the following day a warrant was obtained at this office for the appre hension of the prisoners. The conduct of the detec tive officer, Baker, in securing them the same even ing was beyond commendation, and the prosecutor was greatly indebted to him, for had it not been for the prompt and energetic manner in which he acted, and the intelligence he displayed in the matter, the child would not have been restored to its parents as it was that evening, by Tuler, on learn ing that Nicholson was in custody for stealing the child. One aggravating circumstance in the case against Nicholson was his avowal at the police station, that he would have the prosecutor's wife even if he had to steallhe child again. Mr. Lewis said he would prove these facts, and then ask for a remand, with the view to the ultimate committal of the prisoners to take their trial upon the charge. Mr. Beard said this was one of those cases that involved an expose alike discreditable to all the parties concerned, and he bad hoped for the sake of public morals, as well as the characters of those accusing and the accused, that the charge would not have been pressed forward as it lad been. If, how ever, the case went on, he should show that the person hero represented as the injured husband was not entitled to the sympathy of the Court, and that his own conduct, in the absence of his wife, had been as immoral as that which it was stated he had so magnanimously forgiven in the mother of the child in question. Louisa Elizabeth Waterman, a rather attractive young person, said—l am the wife of W. H. Water man, anel live at 2, Oak-pace, Bridge-road, Batter sea. My husband is a builder's clerk, I have been married to him about ten years. This is the only child I have living out of three. 1 have known Nicholson about 12 months. About nine months ago I was away from my husband, and was living with Nicholson as his wife, and continued to do so until about two months ago, and then I returned to live with my husband, who forgave what had past, and I have since lived comfortably with him. Tuler used to assist Nicholson at the tavern. Since I have returned to my husband I have frequently seen Nicholson hovering about the house in which I live. I also saw Tuler with him on Tuesday g last; and in consequence of a communication I I:eceir)4 gpttkes . -41-4w, i Went With her on Wednesday last to Blackfriars-bridge, to receive frem Nicholson - -some property - which he had detained of mine, and which he proposed giving up. I had my child with me, and Nichol son invited us into a pubic-house in Water lane, Blackfriars, as he wanted, he said, to speak to me alone. When we got inside, he told Tuler to take the child and buy it a soft cake; but I objecteu his being taken out, and nothing more was said about it at the time. Nicholson then engaged my attention in conversation, and when I turned round shortly after, I found my child and Tuler were both gone, but the latter had left his hat and stick be hind him. I went out at once to seek for them, but could find no trace of either Tuler or the child. Nicholson said, " Now I have done you at last : he will be 100 miles away before night." I did not see my child again until yesterday evening, about eight o'clock, when he was brought home by Tuler. He only brought him near the house, and a stranger brought him home to the door. Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—l have been living apart from my husband for the last two years, be cause we could not agree ' • and during that period I have had the child with me, and my husband al lowed me a separate maintenance until I went to live with Nicholson. I had means of my own. Nicholson did not buy me everything I had to wear. He did not buy me jewellery. I have two small brooches which he gave me. The child was with me the whole of the time I was living with Nichol son as his wife, and he supported us both until I left him, when I took the child to my husband's mother. When I left Romford I came to London on business. I came to receive some money, £l6O, which I became entitled to under the will of an aunt of mine, who died about nine months previous. I had seen my husband twice before returning to him, and after getting the money. I went home with him voluntarily, not wishing to return to Nicholson. I had the sole control over the money, and have it still. My husband knew I was entitled to the £l6O, and that I was going to receive it before returning to him. He had been trying to find me for months. Nicholson was not particularly partial or unkind to the child. He was more partial to the mother, without doubt. ' Since I have been home I have written to Nichol son, begging that he would keep away from me, as I do not wish to have anything more to do with him. I suppose my husband was living with whom he thought proper in my absence. Ido not know who he lived with. _ Charles Baker, a detective officer, said—l received a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoners yesterday afternoon, and immediately proceeded to a publichouse called the Calthorpe Arms, in the Gray's-inn-road, and I had not been there very long when Nicholson came in. I followed him into the passage leading to the back of the house, and ad dresse him by his name. He said his name was Wilkinson, not Nicholson, but I told him I should take him into custody on the charge of child steal• ing, believing him to be the party named in the warrant. He said he knew nothing about it, but he afterwards said he wished the case to be settled before Mr. Waterman, and he would make all things right. On the way to the police-station he said he would have Mrs. Waterman if it was five years to come. I then went down to Battersea, and I saw the prisoner Tuler near the bridge, but as soon as he saw me he was about to make a start for it, when I sprang forward and secured him. I told him the charge, and at the station he said he would tell the truth and all about it. - He said he certainly did take the child away, and left it with Nicholson's mother, but ha took it back the next day. He said he took the child at Nicholson's request. The child was stolen on Wednesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock. I apprehended Nicholson at 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and within a quarter of an hour after wards Tuler became acquainted with the fact, and at 8 o'clock the same evening I found him at Bat tersea, the child having been returned about half an hour previously. Mr. Lewis upon this evidence asked for a remand. Mr. Beard trusted, after the disgraceful expose which had taken place, that the Court would not allow such a case to proceed any farther, If, how ever, the worthy aldermen thought it a case for re mand, it would be his duty to disclose, on a future day, facts that would satisfy the Court that this person prosecuting these parties was not the im maculate husband he had been represented, that his wife had riot been seduced from her home by Nicholson and that consequently Re was not the injured individual he had been described. He should prove that while the wife was living with Nicholson, the husband was also living in adultery with another woman, and his solicitude for the welfare of his wife and child did not induce him to make any inquiry for either of them until he found that his wife was about to receive £l6O, and then he could overlook that which few men could for give, and receive back his repentant wife,but not until she had drawn her Ll6O. It was clear, therefore, that the object on the part of the husband was to obtain possession of the money, while that of Nicholson was to obtain possession of the wife ; and however immoral his conduct might be, it was quite clear that his motive in taking the child was to induce the mother to return and live with him as she had been doing. He was a widower with several small children, and having a good business at the Wool pack Tavern at Romford, he was anxious to obtain the assistance of Mrs. Waterman in the manage ment of it, and the arrangements for that purpose resulted in their living together as man and wife. He had some feelings o affection for both the mother and the child, whom he had supported for many months, and his only object was, not to deprive her of the possession of her child, but to make it the medium for renewing the relation in which they stood to each other prior to the recon ciliation, which would only last as long as the money lasted, with the husband. He could not for an instant justify the conduct of the prisoners, but he t hought,un der all the circumstances, the Cout t would scarcely feel itself justified in even holding them to bail on such a charge. If the prosecutor had come into court with clean hands it might have been dif ferent, but with the present aspect which the case had assumed he confidently asked the Court to dis charge the accused. Mr. Lewis said, not only was the charge a very serious one, but the prisoner Nicholson's conduct very much aggravated it. He felt bound to inform the Court that Nicholson had lately been going about with a loaded pistol in his possession, and had held it to Mrs. Waterman 's head, and threatened to kill her if she did not return and live with him. Sir H. Muggeridge said the case was surrounded with great peculiarities, but from the facts which had transpired in the course of the inquiry he could not help thinking that the restoration of the child was the result of the warrant and the officer's promptitude in executing it. That being his opinion, he should remand the prisoners until Thursday next, but he would accept bail for Nicholson in his own recognisances in £2OO and two sureties in £lOO each, and half those amounts for Tuler, who appeared to have been acting under the instructions of Nicholson. Bail was not procured before the rising of the Court, and the prisoners were therefore conveyed to Newgate. It is reported that in last term in Oxford out of 180 candidates no less than 70 were rejected, and that these had been recommended by the tutors to go in for their degree. 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This day had audience of her Majesty :—His Excellency Mirza Djaafer Khan, Ambassador Extraordinary from his Majesty the Shah of Persia, to take leave of her majesty en the expiration of his embassy; George Mifflin Dallas, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to present his letter of recal ; And Charles Francis Adams, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to deliver his credentials ; to which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Viscount Palmerston, K.G. and G.C.8., acting for her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieut - General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majes t y' s Master of the Ceremonies. INDIA OFFICE, MAY 16. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating the Rev. Frederick Gell, 8.D., to the Bishopric of Madras, void by the death of the Right Reverend Thomas Dealtry, D. D. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Fagan, Esq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of the Equator. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 17. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General William Redman Ord to be Colonel-Commandant of a Battalion, vice General Sir Charles William Pasley, K.C.8., de ceased. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant John William H. Cunninghame to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Tho nas Ogilvy, who retires; Cornet and Sal- Lieutenant Lambert Houlton Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunninghame. Royal Horse Guards—Cornet Thomas Charles D. Whit more to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cecil Edward Martyn, who retires. 3d Dragoon Guards—Captain Conyers Tower to be Major, by purchase, vice Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., who retires ; Lieutenant George Romney Rawlinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tower ; Cornet Thomas Dawson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rawlinson ' • George Coul son Childs, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hoc kin, promoted ; Charles Addison Davies, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Elliot, promoted. sth Dragoon Guards—Frederick Betty, Gent., to be Cor net, by purcha-e, vice Benyon, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant, Henry Henzell Unett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Dymond, who re; tfL corect, Ddnier Henry Doherty to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Unett. sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard Jacob Wyrley Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Murray, who retires ; Cornet Martin Pierce Blake to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Birch. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Henry Maitland, from the 2d Dragoon Guards to be Cornet, vice Pul• leyne, promoted ; William Henry Field, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Gaspard Watkins Le Merchant, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons. 11th Light Dragoons—Ensign Michael Edensor Heath cote from the 22d Foot to be Cornet, vice Thomas Stark Christie, who retires. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Francis Theophilus Blunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-M a j or Chandos F. Clifton, who retires • Cornet. Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Blunt. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Robert An struther to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart., who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Thomas Ferdinand to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Anstruther ; William Young Lautour, Gent., to be En sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fairfax. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Alexander W. Low to be Captain, without purchase, vice Spencer Peel deceased; Lieutenant James William Hassell to be Captain, with out purchase, vice George Taafe, deceased; Ensign William M. Davey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Low; Ensign Thomas Arthur Mills to be Lieu tenant without purchase, vice Hassell. 3d Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Benwell Letts to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Harry Arthur Alexander Breedon, deceased. Bth Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Anderson Stebbing to be Captain, without purchase, vice George Corry, who re tires upon full pay ; Ensign Edward Emerson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stebbing; Marmaduke Stourton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner, promoted. 10th Foot—Edward Arthur Illingworth, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Nicholas Whitton, who retires. 12th Foot—Adjutant J. Kyle, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Julius Henry f'i'tirke, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company; Lieutenant William Henry Crawhall, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant James Fielding Sweeney, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 13th Foot—Captain Gustavus Adolphus Hartman, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice A, G. G, Bell Martin, appointed to the 92d Foot. 17th Foot—Major Alexander M'Kinstry, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Gilbert Wm. Francklyn, who retires ; Captain Clement H. J. Heigham to be Major, by purchase, vice M'Kinstry; Lieutenant John Moore Clarke Travers, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Heigh-m; Ensign Henry B. Jackson, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Travers ; Ensign Lambert Francis Wilson Dwyer, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert George Wynne Wrench, who retires • Wil liam Lonsdale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duesbery, appointed to the 75th Foot. 22d Foot—Richard George Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Michael Edensor Heathcote, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons. 38th Foot—Edward Ditmas, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, in succession to Lieutenant Mayo, who retires upon half-pay. 40th Foot—Ensign Martin Morphy, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Denis Jackson, killed in action. 43d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Garland, to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Ernest -Villiers, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas &Rings Maguire, deceased ; Ensign Joseph - Hogarth, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harry Gorton, who re tires; Arthur Campbell Money, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Morley, pro moted to an Unattached Company; Hamlet Wade Cup page, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hogarth ; Charles Langlands, Gent, to be Ensign, by :purchase, vice Charles Salmon, deceased. 47th Foot—Adjutant J. H. Mitchell, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Young, promoted to an Unattached Company. 49th Foot—Philip Julius Honeywood Ascough Berne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hincks, promoted. 56th Foot—Ensign Michael Clare Garsia, from the Ist West India Regt., to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Augustus Spiller, appointed Paymaster. 57th Foot— Ensign Francis Henry Clayton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Richard E. Brown, who retires. 58th Foot—Ensign John Dunbar, from the Stirling Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Storks, promoted. 61st Foot—Gysert Henry Stockenstrom, Glent. ' to be En sicbm by purchase, vice Wedgwood, promoted. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Jacob Whitbread to be Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew Nicholson Magrath, who retires ; Ensign Henry Moseley Muttit to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Whitbread ; Lieutenant Fre derick Gordon Thomson, from the Royal Antrim Rifles Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muttit. 69th Foot—Ensign Lambert John Robert Disney to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign George Edward Brace, promoted in the Military Train. 76th Foot—Charles Hilgrove Robin Gossett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pearse, promoted. 77th Foot—Edward Beath, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Oscar Henry Blount, appointed to the 24th Feet. 85th Foot—Lieutenant William Hallowes to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Athorpe, deceased • Ensign and Adjutant William ' Henry Drage to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign George Henry Stace to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Hallowes. 88th Foot—John Beveridge Gladwin Jebb, Gent., to be E ns i gn , by purchase, vice Owen, promoted. 92d Foot —Captain and Brevet-Major Christian Monteith Hamilton to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macleod Sutherland, Ca, who retires upon full pay; Captain Arthur Gonne Bell Martin, from the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet- Major Hamilton. Ist West India Regiment—First Lieutenant Edwyn Thomas, from the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Garsia, promoted in the 56th Foot. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant John Theodore Cart wright to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Har vey, deceased ; Ensign Charles Harrington Harris, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cartwright; John Magill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Harris. Royal Newfoundland Companies Lieutenant Arthur Saunders Quill to be Captain, without purchase, vice Walton Saxton Bold, who retires upon full pay. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Thomas Young, from the 47th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. BREVET. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macleod Sutherland, C. 8., retired full pay 92d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Colonel in the Army. Captain Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army. Captain Thomas George Veitch, half pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army. Captain Edward H. Glegg, half- pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army Captain Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army. Captain William Hodder Heard, half-pay 86th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Thomas George Veitch, half-pay Unat tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Edward H. Glegg, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay Unat tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain Walter Saxton Bold, retired full pay, Royal Newfoundland Companies, to have the honorary rank of re tired frill pay, Bth Foot, to have Major. Captain George Corry , the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster Benjamin Robert lames, Military Train, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal War rant of 27th January, 1860. Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., the Ben gal Engineers, promoted on the 15th February, 1861, for distinguished service, to be placed on the fixed Establish ment of General Officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces, from the 27th April, 1861. The u ndermentioned promotions to take place consequent onthe to promotionbe Major-General,of Colonellexander Gordon, Royal E n gineers, vice ß,. Ord, Royal Engineers, promoted Major-General to b e Lieutenant- G e neral, vice Lieutenant-General C. G. Ellicombe, C. 8., Royal Engineers, promoted to be General, vice General Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.8., who died on the 19th April, 1861. - Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Cole, 15th Foot, to be Colonel. _ _ _ Major James Steadman Hawker Farrer, 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant -Colonel. Captain Richard Plunket Ireland, 3d West India Regi ment, to be Maj The following promotions to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, c onsequent on the death of Li ent.- General Samuel Shaw, of the Bengal Artillery, on the 28th April, 1861 : Major,General James Eckford, C. 8., Bengal Infantry, to be Lieutenant-General. Colonel Arthur Mitfard Be3hbr, C. 8., Bengal Infantry, to be Major-General. Th 9 pdornalticiled 01493:6 uor Xa t iotes udow Forces, retired on full pay, to have a step of honorary rank - as follows : TO BE COLONELS. Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Dunbar Barton, Bengal Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Crewe, Madras Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Spiller Watkin, Bombay In fantry. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Fitzmaurice, Madras Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel John Bontein, Bengal Infantry. TO BE LIEU TENANT-COLOWELS. Major Robert Henry Miles, Bengal infantry. Major Henry Stockley Grimes, Bengal Infantry. Major William Bisset, Madras Infantry. Major William Forster Cormack, Bombay Infantry. Major James Edward Verner, Bengal Infantry. Major Peter Grenville Cagalet, Madras Infantry. Major Robert Henry Sale, Bengal Infantry. Major Charles William Bannister. TO BE MAJORS. Captain Thomas Mouat Cameron, Bengal Infantry. Captain Alexander George Tod, Madras Cavalry. Captain Thomas Richard Teschemaker, Bombay Ar tillery. The Brevet Commission as Major of Captain William Gray, Ist Bombay Fusiliers, has been antedated to the 30th November, 1859. MEMORANDUM. The undermentioned officers upon half-pay have been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of their commissions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 16, 1861: Captain and Brevet Colonel Frederick Thomas Maitland, half-pay, Royal Staff Corps. Captain Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay, Unattached. _ _ _ Captain Thomas George Veitch, half-pay, Unattached. Captain Edward H. Glegg, half-pay, Unattached. Captain Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay, Unattached. Captain William Hodder Heard, half-pay, 86th Foot. BANKRUPTS. Robert Read, tailor, Newport, Isle of Wight, to surren der May 28, at twelve, and Juno 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Holland Chambers and Fredrick Richard Par sons, wine merchants, Worthing, May 28, at one, and June 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Benjamin Bateman, grocer, Norwich, May 30, at eleven, and June 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Smith, ironmonger, Maize-hill, Greenwich, May 30, at twelve, and June 26, at two, at the Court of Bank- Charles Nicholson and Co., warehousemen, Cannon street West, City, May 29 and June 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. . . w iinam wilson engineer 'Cannon-street, City, May 27, at half-past two, and June 24,: at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. , . Charles B. Mathei, grocer, Newbury, May 31, at half past eleven, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bank. Robert Bryant, corn merchant, Newmarket Saint Marra; Suffolk, May 28, at half-past eleven, and June 26, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Overbury, hotel keeper, Henley-in-Arden Wat wickahire, May 27 and June 24, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. John Woodford, builder, Upper Broughton, Nottingham shire, May 30 and June 18, at eleven, at Shirehall, Not tingham. Richard Kirby, jun., butcher, Leicester ? May 30 and June 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Kneath, wine and spirit merchant, Swansea, May 27 and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Penrose, coal merchant, Neath, Glamorganshire, May 30, and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Levi Beynon, tailor, Bristol, May 27 and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Samuel Leaning and James Hill, woollen manufacturers, Batley Carr, J une 10 an d J u ly 8, a t e l even , a t th e L ee d s District Court. James Paris and William Henry Thomas Paris, pro vision merchants, Liverpool, May 27 and June 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......X26,020,9851 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,883,008 Silver Bullion .... 662,977 X 26,020,985; 426,020,985 Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- oEpARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,180,938 Other Securities 19,796,757 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 830,461 counts) 6,725,187 Other Deposits 11,591,539 Seven Day and other Bills 661,019 £36,792,351 M.. Dated May 16, 1861. Z 36,792,351 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 14th day of May, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British poe- PER CWT. sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 22 s lid Average price of the foregoing .. 26s 41d COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-MAY 17. There was a thin attendance of the town and country trade at this morning's market, and we had a languid businets doing in both wheat and flour, at no advance on Tuesday's rates. Oats and oatmeal were at late quotations, with a slow sale. Barley and peas were difficult to move, and beans without change in value. Indian corn in fair request—mixed American, 343 3d to 345 6d per 4801 b; yel low, 35s ; and white 35s to 365. WAKEFIELDMAY 17. The supplies of grain here to-day were but moderate. The wheat trade rather quiet, and for good descriptions there was a retail demand, at last Friday's extreme rates. Barley again with an inactive demand, at late quotations. Beans steady. Oats quite as dear. In shelling there was no change. LOUGHBOROUGH-MAy 16. At this market to-day the show of wheat was limited. The inquiry moderate, and last week's rates were about rea lised ;,white 64s to 72s ; red, 50s to 66s p er 36 s t one. Bar ley was quite as cheap as in the week previous, malting selling at 37s to 438 per qr.. grinding 32s to 35s per 30 st. Oats a ready sale, and supported their late values. Beans is dearer. EXETER-MAY 17. Wheat, white.. 7s Od to 8s Od I Barley. ..4s Od 5s Od Ditto new .7s Od to 7 s 9d Oats ... 35 Oa to 38 6d Flour, fine, 45s to 46s ; seconds, 43s to 44s per sack. CATTLE. There was a large supply of cattle, with a fair sale, and last week's rates current. Fat beef,p score, lls to 11s6d Ewes, per lb .... 60 to Od Perk carcases,dob sto lls Od Wethers, d 0...... 7cl to Od Sheep, per lb. Od to —d Fat calves, d0....51d to 6A Rough fat, 4id per lb. COAL MART Trims- of Coal per Ton at .ET—MAY 17. the close of the market s. d. Bell's Primrose l3 • 0 Wylam •. •• , 15 9 Bower's West Hartley 16 9 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Walls End. 8. d. Hetton .. ..... 17 6 Heugh Hall 15 9 Eden 15 9 Acorn Close ..15 9 Belk* Haswell l7 6 Brs.ddyll's Hetton 16 9 Thorpe .. ..17 0 , 28 ; sold, 23. Walls End. Hartlepool.... l7 0 Ships at marker [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag. gk avate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, die ' appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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