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ALBERT_ SMITEt'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, ar Aa EVERT EVENING (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and These ay, Thursday. and -aturday Mornings at a. Stalls, 38. ; area, 28. ; rAllery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENTS CASINO NOW 01'EN for the winter 101.5011. Principal Cornet a Plato'', M. — R o n ic o o rt.—Doors open at R. Admission One Shillinr. R. Lalrent's new V,arsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4 1856. GYPTI AN HALL, Piccadilly.—The marvellnut • MECHANICAL FIGURES, from the Grand Paris Exposition. 4in View DAILY, from 11 to 5 and from 10 to 7. Ihe most Extr it , rdinary Exhibition in the World.—Stalls, 35.; k'N'id seat,. 2s. ; gallery, Is. Children half-price. N o . 19,9111 [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• PUBLICATIONS. ( f the said act to the present time ; and, of the names of all persons now eligible for appointment to the office of County Surveyor in Ireland.—Agreed to. ,IR. W. §. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. 1 Fifty istantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, cr iacluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille, in " I es HoraceA," TO-NIGIIT and every evening, at 8. Private boxes s hd stalls may be secured in advance, without extra rife. Polye raphic-hall. King William street, Charing - cross. A sr ormance e 'wry Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. NEW NOVEL BT THE AUTHOR OF "WOMAN'S DEVOTION." Now ready at all the libraries, In 3 yob!. 3TARGARthEe Author TN o D r BRIDESMAIDS. By " This tale is distinmished by the same freshness of feeling and enthusiasm of spirit as characterised its predecessor. Unmistakeably it is the production of no ordinary talent, and it bears a charm In its paces that attracts irresistibly."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, Fublishers, successors to Henry Colburn. TREWERS AND VICTUALLURS Mr. A. PELLATT moved fur a return of the num ber of persons in each of the several counties in the United Kiredom licensed as brewers or victuallers, to sell beer to be drunk on the premise., to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, and to sell spirits in Scotland and Ireland ; stating the number of each class who brew their own beer ; particularising each class in each county, from the 10th of Oct., 1854, to the 10th day of Oct., 1855.—Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. DEEDES, leave of absence was given to Mr. Long for one month, on account of domestic affliction. Now ready, In 2 rols., 215., bound, JOURNAL OF ADVENTURES with the BRITISH ARMY, from the Commencement of the War to the Fall of Sebas- • ppE-OPENED, with many important additions • to thrt`Scientlile Department.—Dr. KG Vti begs to acquaint ▪ that his celebrated MUSEUM, which has been elegantly It NOW ,- an d enriched by many Interesting additional objects, NOW 01'2, - ;N* (for Gentlemen only). Amongst the new features VMat ante test will be found a magnificent full-length Model of a Slll4 , fr , art one of the most eminent of the ancient masters. The 11 115( am is open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures are delivered t t 12, 2,4, zad half-past 7. by Dr. Smcros ; and a new and highly - It tere sting Series of Lectures is now In course of delivery by Dr. 4 . 11 , at l'irdf-past 8 precisely. Every Evening.—Admission, One Phliling O. 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. ALBIkisTY' Piccadilly,—To be LET, a desirable SE of CHAMBERS In the Albany. The reception and m orning r 3oms have lofty painted ceilings ; there is a Gothic billiard or d ining 'room, bed, dressing, and bath rooms. The entrance to Errant,. rooms, kitchen, cellars, &c., may be kept distinct.—To glen aPPily to the Secretary, Albany-court-yard, Piccadilly. ItE LONDON and EASTERN BANKING , CORPORATlON.—Established let January, 1854. Head Office-27, Cannon-street, City. Hyde-park Branch—laG, Westhourne-terrace. The Hon. JOHN CADWALLADER ERSKINE, Chairman. t"Fit'r CARNAC MORRIS, Esq., Fit s , Deputy-Chairman. b ~.feating Accounts are opened in the usual manner with aporeved Oleg, two per cent interest being allowed on the minimum monthly 1 4aCe. Posit Acconnts.—The field for employment of money afforded .7' this Bank's Branches in India enables the Corporation to allow 4 . elleilts for lengthened fixed periods unusually favourable rates Interest. Deposits are received for the fixed periods of one, ee, or five years certain at five per cent. per annum, paid half "11/' ; for these deposits receipts are given, transferable with the Perini:Won of the Directors. Call Accounts.—For sums deposited at ten days call five per cent. Merest is allowed, this rate rising and falling with the discount rate 42t the Bank of England. JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, lifasger. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. IitIRM INGHAM GRAND ANNUAL STE v:PLECIIASE, MONDAY, April 7th, fixed at KNOW LE. el , sse to the Great estern Railway.— Passengers will he booked by the 9.40 a.m. ex -s;esli, direct to Knowle, without change of carriage, and a Special ,2 1 n will l e tve I < now l e, a t 7 o ' c l oc k in the evening. for Londonl which will be attached to the 7 o'clock train from Birmingham. raddingtow, March 2 , 4 th, 1855. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN, MlD ''' LAATO and MANCHESTER, SHEFFEEI.D, and LIti gIIIRE RAILWAYS.—IMPROTED COMMUNICATION with the MIDLAND DISTRICTS and opening of the rte •v through route h. k r , ,-.twoen London (F.uston Station) and Huddersfield, Raffia, B~Yloxse lac., vi Sheffield, on and after the let of Anti!. Cott'ENV r.tiT TRAIN, First and Second Clgs+, (Leamington), nd R I nirg ou m, s r e ,iteds, York. Bradford, znfl to Huddersfield, Halifax, (via Sheffield), will leave Easton at 11.45 a m. The train now leaving London for Derby and Nottingham at 4.0 ) • 41 . will he despatched at 3.45 p in. The 6 . 15 P m. Fast Train, from London, will be continued to Lel clter,ne, Nottingham. Derby, and shetlield. fast train; first and second atm will leave York, Leeds, Ilradfard, and 11111 fax, arizhthouse and Huddersfield (via Sh Meld), and Nottincharn, reaching London at 5.45 p m. The Midland uo-train from York at 7.15 a.m., and Leeds at 9.40 M „,,. will arrive in London at 4.0 p.m., instead of 4.30. 'Pt. trains leaving London for the Midland District at 9.45 a m., 444 th t °P - Midland trains arrivLg in London at 4.0 p.m. and 19.20 P.m. will he discontinued. - For full particulars sea handbills, which maybe had at any of the rations on and after the 30th inst. - By order, MARK HUISEI. eneral Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, 19 56 . MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE _and LOAN ASSOCIATION, Ass 77, King-street, Manchester. th. u s -- Vices, Annuities, Endowments, and Loans effected onlibcral CHARLES HENRY lIINCHIN, Secretary. Agents wanted. CONTRACT FOR WEHTE AND RED LEAD. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 31st March, 1856. T I RE Commissioners for Executing the Office — of r mrd nigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain the d I reland. DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that o' TUESDAY, 15th Ap - i1 next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with 5 .,.° 1 e 11 Persons as may be willi ng t o C on t rac t f or supp lyi ng h er M a j e sty' s '""kYard at Chatham with WHITE LEAD, , 11 2!(1 her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, .neerness; Portsmouth, I)evonport,_and Pembroke, with RE LEA. A form of th e t en d er may be b seen t i the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, • liar will any be noticed unless the party - attends, or an agent for hiniduly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, find bear in the left-band corner the words "Tender for Lead," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound With the person tendering in the sum of 1,0001. for the due pertormance of the contract. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Irstahlished 1797. Total Amoun. Insured, £63,000,000. In surances may he effected w ith thi s Company upon more favour lble term. than with other Offices. As Chief Oflices -Surrey-street, Norwi c h, an d 6, Crescent, New ge - street, Elackfriare, London. AIFTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE.—AS the at havin public are frequently under an impression that certain offices la tit erf may be termed "class 'Ries" are exclusively contined such j o Perations to persons coming un ser the denomination of CIATI, 4 "e 9 , the Directors of the PRoVIDENr CLERKS' ASSO p, tiNT beg to inform the Pubic generally that they receive pro ram.:includiHß every description of Life Assurances, Annuities, and , r4 vin ent°, from all classes of society. Association was established in MO, and offers important ~,Yantages to assurer . 15y order of th. Board. 15 IVM. VllO3. LINFORD, Secretary. m ' -°flrgate-street, 2 1 April, 1156. A.D. 1720. 11 ° YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Estithli3 hed by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OF FICES —ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., wernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. Ffer i 43: B ainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Joh nd S. P. Calvert, Esq. ~e xl l Garrett Cattley, Esq. ii i .... 7,..l47ii i r u nici d x r ia e x o Hun. John T. L^slie Melville. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. a ll: e i' ll i D E a sci ttiel, Esq. Davidson, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Hart. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. ....!! Zander Bruce, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. _tXersdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Dili Amadeus Heath, ESq. William Soltan, Esq. ~..F.Ef_D-11Tctiow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. 1...."" S tewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. --•enelot Holland, Esq. I Charles Baring Young, Esq. ..,.. liantcsr. Itztrasu —Samuel Sony, Esq., F.R.S. _I ki n ta s e k ei iiia '7e usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April. t orat i p' ' : and LIFE ASSURA.NCES may be effected with this Cor s r n t Zn 01 advantageous terms. Life Department, assurances are granted with participation Iti r „.„,,_ T r ii 7 ., . or,.at lower Premiums, without such participation. l ist ~,. ~ilowing table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the ye ars , 18bb, on British Parti Waling Policies of fourteen ......_ ' Sta nding, for the sum of 1,0001. each. DIRECTORS. A g 4 Addition Further 1 Per Cent. Per Cent. When Addition Total per annum on the fired. 1848. in Addition on the sum Premium .. ........_ --------, ---_____ 1855. Assured. paid. 30. £ £ £ 35 102 112 211 1•53 59'3 40 106 115 221 I'sB 54•3 45 Ili 121 234 . 167 50•5 • 50 121 128 249 1•78 4.•2 55 , 135 140 275 1'96 43 0 60 149 154 303 2•16 39•9 16G 174 349 2 43 37 2 1,..r . iv alent redict'ons have been made in the Premiums payabl 'i h , ° •le .. persons who preferred that form of Bonus. ,13,J111ralent redactions have been made in the Premiums payable " 5 Persona who preferred that form of Bonus. r i T future division of Profit will take place every Five years. T 124 sua l 11 ,0 t exceeding 15,000/. may bc insured on one life. Corporatimi afford.s to the Assured Li beral Participition in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socle- LI es —with the guarantee of a large inv,sted Capital stock. The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an O nce whose resources have been tested by the experience of ..early a Century and a-half. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGH Ul. Actuary and Secretary. M R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet *tel. Street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTl perr'L TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so th e `" l 7 resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from - d ee :rielnal by the closest observer; they will never change colour or 1% 4 Y , and will be found very stiperior to any teeth ever before used. op era n t rthnd - does not require the extraction of rusts, or any painful gu arn ,. ( t ) n, and will support aud preserve teeth that are louse, and is re nri "" eed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth bornra ten till r' skull andfive useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At f}o . . ........._ . °ZEATJ'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED . ime ---.ITLES. approved of by the french College orPhysiclans, aci c i r a r ul7 adMinistered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and (See: . :!, l 'ured by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. e , u( of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on ce Per 50,25. 9d. To be had of the inventor, chemists.rs principal Fr . 1 c enclhemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and 9r, IT THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. . 11 4ESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an on t he IVilnetion was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and l'ranklinth of Jane following was made perpetual, against Joseph mu tt arid others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou- Itoy k t P° r alds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by tk r ,`,7,,,tra Patent of England, and sczured by the Seals GI the u n - "hlrinacie de Paris, and the Imperial Collage of Medicine, it• te n „' e retlY for Relaxation lEE pe sf rm A a ß tair iC rh o cea l, and all the distress ing 44 .401 4 :?"a arising from e ' a s rly abuse, &c., ' and its effects ar nre ___Tnuth, manhood, and old state and t those persons who er effl riSr,,',ll3ted entering the married from the results of early " 1 invaluable. erre zt„.,, TRIESEMAR, No. 2, litiveJr. 01 tracesort space of three days, completely and entirei; t io eates all of those Disorders which Capa'vi and Cube!) , Of it.„,,_: 41 11i been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the heaiti , Portion of the population. le the ' TRIESEMAR, No. 8, unfo..Zraat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whict t, l . 4 `unately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in i_table d estruction of the patient's con.stitution, and which all the Ifßarilla in the world cannot remove. and of all I 'St MAR, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid oftaste or smell, nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tabh Rat their use being suspected SOUr I4t4 A- 1 1, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are wild in tin caste, price 1 Is., or 3 In one for 33s , which saves I Is.eases, whereby e4i is a saving of I/. 12s. ; avideo s ~,4rate dozes, as adminis bY ValPeau, Lallemand, Roux, 80., Stc. To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, d -t; t r : la g in .,V and Co., 63, Oxford-street: and Sanger, 1 5 0, Ox. B ' Ingham, drggist 46; Market-street, Manchester LorciradhurY, bookseller, Deanegate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chartist, 32, ttbZ l :elt. Liverpool ; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland - strcet, -- "" 0 Inman, bookseller, High-sheet, Birmingham. topol. By GEORGE CAVENDISH TAYLOR, late 95th Regiment. " The evidence these volumes contain is exceedingly valuable. The real state of things is here exhibited in true colours."—John Bull. Finrst and El ickett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. AMUSING LIBRARY.-THE BOOK OF THII DAY ! '(SHE LIFE and ADVENTURES of JULES 11 GF,RARO, the far-famed " LIOS-KILLER," comprising his Ten Years' Campaigns among the Lions of Northern Africa. PiLls 2s. Undoubtedly the most extraordinary book of Adventures ever published, containing exoto•ts and combats of a far more remarkable cbarac!er an those of Gordon Cumming and others ; and possessing all the intense interest of the most exci ins romance. The work has produced an immense sensation on the Continent, and is calculated for universal popularity in our own country. N.B. To prevent mistake, order the "Complete Adventures of Gerard, the Lion Killer," published by Lambert and Co, 462, New Oxford-street, London. Sold at all Booksellers and all ltailway F tations. The Third E litton. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 61 . ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRIREA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease. and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. ".Dr. Plckford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to Gorman medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-nsedi sal reader. -We trust this may not be the last, ills. shall letect any other equely flagrant evil which it may be in his p )wer to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of I Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book mild find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the corn ilaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it ls that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrheea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: TI. RaMere. V 9, Rezent-atreat NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—That, by Indenture, &Vet the 6th day of March, 1856, Wilila n caul Else, of No. 25, Btu lington•arcade, Piccadilly, in the county of Middlesex, Jeweller, ass'gned all his personal estate and effects whatseeeer, as therein mentioned, unto George Pratt, of No. lit, Gresh -street. in the city of London, Gentleman, and Jonathan REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. Mr. MOODY asked whether any list of reformatory schools certified under the act 17th and 18th Vic., chap. 86, had been sent to the metropolitan police magistrates, to which they might send offenders convicted by them ; and, if not, whether any such list would be furnished ? Sir G. GREY said no such lists had been furnished to the magistrates. Reformatories were springing up every day, but still they were as yet insufficient for the pur- poses for which they were proposed to meet. The Middlesex magistrates were also constructing a refor matory, which, when completed, would afford the ma gistracy ample accommodation, and would al o provide them with proper places to which to send juvenile offenders. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL. Mr. HENLEY gave notice that to-marrow he shou'd ask the house to recommit, pro forma, the --..----- Joint. Stock Companies Bill, seeing there were no less HOUSE OF LORDS—( massen.e.T). than 120 amendments on the paper to that bill. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURNS. The Loan Cna.erceeeon took his seat on the wool• sack at five o'clock. Mr. WILSON moved that the order made yesterday, On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Swinner- on the motion of Mr. Mitchell, for certain returns relative ton's Name Bill was read a second time, to the Custom-hou-e, should be discharged. The returns DELAMERE FORESTS BILL. had been ordered without the consent of the Govern- On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY a ment, audit would be very inconvenient to grant them ; b t ee t n he m s a a d m e e of ti t m he e i i i n e er r e e a fe s r e r d ed to the cu nt t o that bad this bill was read a second time and passed. SECRETARY TO IRISH POOR LAW BILL. ' expense of printing, and re minded the house that yesterday returns had been On the motion of Lerd STANLEY of ALDERLEY ordere I almost identical with returns that had previ the Secretary to the Irish Law Commissioner Bill was ously been ordered by the house. read a third time and passed. TRANSPORTATION. TURKISH CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS. Lord SHAFTESBURY gave notice that on the re- Mr. SCOTT moved for a select committee to consi. turn of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he der how far, and in what direction, recent legislation should move for a select committee to inquire into 1 and the substitution of other punishments for Iran-per the Consular Establishments of the Turkish Empire. i tation, has influenced the existing amount of crime. TORTURE IN MADRAS. Crime, ho said, had of late greatly increased, and it was The Earl of ALBEMARLE rose to move for an ad- , desirable to ascertain how far recent legislation; dress to her Majesty for a copy of an order, dated sth of , with reference to the substitution of transportation for July, 1855, from C. I. Shubrick, Esq., collector and : other punishment, had tended towards that in magistrate of Chingleput, to Streevansee Row, Tehsil- ' crease. The Sect etary for the Home Department had dar (native collector) of rariapollium, a di,trict in given notice of an amendment to his (Mr. Scott's) mo that collectorate, directing hiM, under penalty Lion, which he thought woe too narrow, viz , for a select of a `severe order," to collect the Government committee to invitee into the operation of the 16th and loom-to x from certain weavers in his di trict, 17th Vic., c. 99. intituled an aet to substitute in certain s " without leaving any part whatever unrealised : e cases other punishment in lieu of tr tneportati in. In a copy of petitions, dated Ist of Aug , 1855, to C. I. , the case of boys he thought that the present slier; ini Shubrick, Esq., in his fis , cal capacity, of several weavers ' prison went inflicted on them, and the manner in which of Pariapellium, setting forth the cruel tortures to which they were treated tended to in eke them confirmed cri they were sus jested by the native collect r, Streevansee minals r ether than to reform them, and he instanced Row, on the 27th and 28th days of July, for the non- . the case of a boy he had seen in a priso i near that payment of the Government loom-tax, praying for house who was undergoing his 26th sent, n:e amidst a respite from payment on aecJunt of their , 50 other boys, and no doubt one teaching the other poverty, and in consequence f many of their wickedness. This subject required the earnest attention i inhabitants having ab cooled from their village • of the Government, and the investigation of that house. a copy of the depoetions taken before the aforesaid C . • They had, it was true, voluminous details with reference I Shuhrick, E-q. in his capacity of onagiStraie, on the to crime, but it was impossible for them to ascertain the 23.1 of August, 1855, of 14 weavers, rsspmting the tor- real facts of the case from them, and therefore it was e 2 'gees inflicted upon them by the aforesaid Streevansee than, he asked for this committee. Between 189 and Rew, on the 27th and 28th days of July, 1855, in order 1854, capital punishments had happily decrease]. In 1829 the convictions for six months and under to mallet ,- the whole of the Government loom-tax, which evidence led to the conviction of that officer : a copy of averaged 50 per cent., but now they were 71 per o the opinion, if such has been given, by the Governor and cent., for out of 23,000 convictions, from 16,000 t 17,000 underwent punishments of six months and under. C iuncil of Madras, or the C 'nit of Foujilaree Adawlut, or other superior authoriti es, i n re s p e ct to the decision The estimates for this year showed that the expense for law and criminal juriliredence had doubled since 1848, of C I. Shubrick, Eeq., joint collector and magistrate of Chingleput, in the ca se of the afor e s a i d 14 wea v ers of having now reached 2,650,0001., and which they would b Pariapollium, by which the Tehsildar S, revansee Rowe called upon to-morrow to vote. The population of was sentenced to pay a fine o f only 5 rupees (or 10s.) this country increased greater than most other countries, for having c fl ee ted the Government tax on looms by and it was strange to say that our prison population in thei instrumentality of torture from the weavers in ques- creased at a more rapid rate tear the increase of the po tion ; and to call the attention of the house to th e nuletion. There passed annually the ouch tee prisons nature of the tax called " Moturphe,” of which the of this country as many persons as the population loom-tax is a part. The noble earl said ho did not of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire think that the papers for which he moved would be pro- put together, and in twelve years as many as duced, but he would avail himself of that opp artunity to the peculation of Middlesex, large as it was. In 1815 lay before their 1 irdships some statements of a very peace brought an influx of crime on the country. In horrible description of the torture inflict ed i n th e Ma - 1854 and 1855, in a time of war, the returns' gave 101 dras presidency, and al oto the tax called the "Motor- per cent. over that of the precidine year, and n per . cent. ove r that o f th e prece di ng ten yeeri. Flo it the last Government returns, issued in 1850, the prison pha." Since the last re port was received 14 fresh cases of torture had occurred, ti which he ba d referred in his motion. The tax called "Moturpha" was a most mut- population was gi ven a t one i n one hundred and ferty quitous one. The word was Arabic, and was indicative four of the enti re p opu l at i on o f t h e country. H e then o referred to Col. Jebb'e reports relative to the effect of the barbarous nature of the tax. which was introduced f the late act for the substitution of penal servitude for into India by the Mahoinetans. Lord Cornwallis, who transportation, h. who, he thou h• was rather over son was well known for his humanity, when he ascer tained the existence of this tax, abolished it in reformation ii "'it i t e , :in b e e i r n el t iod is matter. If his return was, however, takinggave the i,la co t miporestshiiosn class st oft `here Some ticket-oofm-leenavtehsaydstaedmo 1793 throughout the Blitish possessions engal. Some years afterwards it was abolished in Bomby. It was l a s He never existe I in the dietrict of the Punjaub, and, in fact, it was only retained in the presidency of Madras, . mistaken t the advice p was ted i a t ilin t a ak . en kind agains to of the judges, and those who were which had become remarkable for its tenacity conc.:en- ' competent give an opinion on the question. He made ins these most cruel practices. In July last year 14 an application to the superintendents of the metro non-paymentunfortunate individuals were seized and tortured for the politan police . for d a return of the ticket-of-leave men in of ' this tax. They were obliged to their districts, and he found that they numbered 31i stand under a burning sun with their bodies per cent. of the convictions, and he also found, and he f their bent to the backs, the effect f which ground, and with a 121 b was . weightt wer upon begged the house to reme m b er it w h en t h e pol i ce bill ea eh 00, as i, , came before it, that th ese super i nten d ents were to strike a severe blow upon the spinal cord. ' prohibite i dfrom giving i n f ormat i on suc h as h e They a ere pinched by two men at a time on each vic• ' a pplied to them for, without th e consen t o f th e H ome time, who had subsequent'y to hear the weight of ene man . Secretary. The Government th oug h t t h at, b y with on the back of each. They were kept in this miserable 1 , holding a ticket - of name i n t h e return th a t state from the hour of 8 in the morning till 10 at night, it was a secrecy in favour of the man, but such was not and tie system was resumed the next day. In fact one . the case. He was well known to the police, and on his re man died in a day or two afterwards, his whole offence' turn to his own neighbourhood he was looked on with being that of a defaulter to the Goeetinment to the ' : suspicion by employers, and in many insta nces c o u ld n ot aumatit of Se. 2.1. TI i wis continued from day to day, obtain euipmy meilt, and tie was cons e quently thrown into until enne of their female friends were enabled to raise , large and populous cities, where he had recourse t o hi s the moray by the sale of their ornaments, The Duke of ARGYLL said, on the part of the Go- I form tr evil habits. The hon. gentleman ent e red into some other details with reference to crime, and quoted vernmerit, there would not be the slightest objection to the opinion of the late Mr. Sergeant Adams in confir give the papers moved fir by the noble earl. A portion mat: in of his opinion with reference to the ticket-of of the papers would have to be sent for to India ; and if leave men. For his own part, he could not see why it was the wish of the noble lord he would transportation was abandoned. He b e li eve d th at was produce the papers, with this exception. The ! a very great mistake of the Colonial-offic e , H e k new, Government had the greatest wish that the system of torture shou l d be abolished, and, notwith- now that peace was established, there was con s id era bl e standing the difficulties apprehensio n as to a lar g e bod y of men being disbanded, that stood in the way, he trusted . ultimately the object would he a'tained. (Hear.) : and that there m i g ht, conse q uentl y , be an increase of The Earl of ALBE eIA.RLE stated that if the Go crone. He believed, t h e re f ore, that the time was came ; vernment would adroit the statements he had made ! when they must repeal the la w wh!c'i did away with from papers already in his possession, he would not in- transportation , That was a s y ste m which ought never to have been done away with. All the judges of Eng sist on the production of the papers he had moved for. land, Ireland, and Scot land, and all the recorders, were The motion was agreed to. against the law which did away with transportation. It Their Lordships then adjourned. was said the Australian colonies would not take our cri• minals ; but it should be borne in mind that Australia was as hig as Earope. He would read to the house one extract from the report of Col. Jebb and Capt. Bryant, who said that "however well ticket-of-leave men may be placed, the majority of them do find their way back to their old haunts and old companions. We regret that anything should prevent those young men front en tering upon a new career in a distant colony." In Bel gium there was no poor law, and every child found beg ging was liable to be placed in a reformatory. He believed that would be a great-improvement in this country, especially as regarded young women, and be thought the Government should come forward with some measure for the reformation of children convicted merely of vagrancy. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving for select committee on the subject. Mr. L. DAVIES seconded the motion. He regretted the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) had not framed his ameodinent in a more enlarged shape, so that it might comprehend the objects in view. Recent offi cial returns showed that, though the population doubled in 53 years, crime doubled in 64 years. H e found, by a return which had recently been presented in another place, that since 1853 the convicts who had received licenses or tickets of leave were 5,152. Out of that number 447, since receiving their license, had been again convicted, or charged with offences ; 179 licenses were revoked, and 554 were withheld for misconduct; so that, out of the 5,152 there were 1,180 found unworthy. If he referred to the existing state of society, he need only mention the dread which every person laboured under whose dwelling was approached by ticket-of-leave men. He knew au instance of a member of that house whose dwelling had been Mucked four time§ by ticket-of-leave men, Who were driyen Hazel!, of Gloucester-street, Clerkmwell, in the said county of Middlesex Jeweller, upon trust, for the benefit of all the creditors of the said William Saul Else, as therein men'ioned, and which said Indenture was executed by the said William Saul Else, on the day of the date thereof, in the presence of and attested by James MacGreg•r, of No. 10, -ise-lane. in the said city of London, Sohcitor, and Henry Camp, his clerk, and by the said George Pratt, and Jona , t , an Hagen, respectively, on the eighth day of the same month of via - cb, in the presence of and attested by the said James MacGregor. 'the said Indenture now lies at the offices of the said James MacGregor for execution by those creditors who hare not a:ready executed the •811110 Dated th's third day of April, 18 - 6. JAS. M COREGOR, 10, SiEe-lane. (Witness) GEORGE JAM E-4 HARRINGTON, Clerk to the said James MacGregor. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—(TEsTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the ueaal hour. LUNATIC RETURNS. Mr. TITE moved for returns of the total number of lunatics in respt'et of whom commissions of lunacy are now in force, and of the total amount of their annual incomes, and the total amount of the sums allowed for their maintenance ; for each year, from 1850 to 1865, inclusive, of the number of lunatics in respect of whom commissions issued ; distinguishing those in respect of whom commissions are now in force ; and of the num ber of criminal lunatics now under confinement.— Agreed to. FIRE INSURANCES. Mr. OLIVEIRA moved for a number of returns re lative to fire insurances.—Agreed to. COUNTY SURVEYORS (IRELAND). Mr. VANCE moved for returns of the dates of the Commissions issued by the Irish Government for the examination of candidates for the office of County Sur veyor in Ireland since the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 116, to the present time ; of the na - nes of the examiners appointed in the abovenamed commissions for such examinations ; of the names of all persons cer tified to be qualified by the said Boards of Examiners, and returned to the Irish Government for appointment, with the dates of such examination and return, from the passing of the said act to the present time ; of the allocation of qualified candidates to the va rious counties and districts, showing the acceptance or refusal of office, the transfer, retirement, dismissal, or death, with the date of each event, from the pawing THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that on the 22d inst. he should move for leave to bring in a bill to autho rise the taking of votes at elections for members of Par liament by ballot. STATE OF GREECE. Mr. EWART inquired whether any measures were being adopted to procure the removal, by the Govern ment of Greece, of export duties and dimes, stated in the report from onr consuls as pressing injuriously on the commerce with that country ? Lord PALMERSTON said the subject bad been under consideration for some time, but he could give no satisfactory information. The state of Greece was so unsatisfactory that the only part of it that could be tra versed with safety was three miles of road between Athens and the Pirwus, which was patrolled night and day by French cavalry. (Laughter.) THE BLOCKADE. Mr. T. MITCHELL asked Viscount Palmerston whe ther, British property to the amount of more than one million sterling being now locked up in Russia, it was the intention of the Government to continue the block ade -c of the Russian oakt. penlit4;the ratification of peace ; and whether, if the blockade was to cease at once, an arrangement had been made to enable vessels to enter Russian ports for commercial purposes without risk of seizure ? Lord PALMERSTON—The Congress yesterday ex tended the armistice to sea as well as land, as the armistice lately made known only extended to the land operation. The signature to the treaty of peace fortunately would prevent the resat:option of hostilities, and, as he had said before, the congress had extended the armistice to the sea, the block ale would cease. With respect to the latter part of the question, be must for the present deol'ne to give any in formation. away bythe gentleman and his servants armed. It might Le asked how it was known they w-re ticket-of-leave men. It was known in this way. They were taken up the next day for another offeuce, and their shoes corres ponded exactly with the foot-prints at the gentleman's house. ,Wera they then to harbour a system of this sort, which destroyed every comfort ? Those harJened men would perpetrate every violence possible in order to achieve the object they had in view. There were means of empfoying those men on the public work. and, at the end.V the period f or w hi c h th e y wor k e d, they should receive ilie surplus doe to them, which would ena`de them eitilef_to start in some business in this country or to go tot:the colonies. Under those circuinstaaces he thought it , behoved the house to m tike some provision to meet the e*igencies of this case,,an I he hope..l the right hon. bast; would so enlarge his amendment that there need be no division on the motion. - Sir G. GREY said he would state shortly the object which he had in view in giving notice of the amendment which he bad placed on the paper, and he thought that the impression that he had in reference to the terms of the motion had been fully confirmed by the speech of the hon. mover, and also of his seconder. He was afraid, on looking at the motion, that it would lead to a very vague and in definite inquiry, extending over a great variety of subjects which probably would occupy the committee the remainder of the seashell, without producing any satisfactory results —producing a great mass of evidence, but he doubted whe ther there could be any report. The terms of the motion were to direct the select committee "to consider how far and in what direction recent legislation, and the sub .. stitution of other punishment for - transportation, has in fluenced t h e existing amount of crime;" so that, in addition to" on.luittiry into the act of 1853, which abo lished transportation in the great majority of cases, the hon. me to inqiikainto the whole , subject of, ref. . Itielatt#l to that to inqokeizto whole system Kabearing on the question of the punishment of crime, and moreover that the committee should inquire into all collateral subjects. If the committee were ap pointed with the view stated by the hon. member for Ber wickshire, and of his seconder, it would bo necessary to inquire into the licensing system, it being stated that the amount of crime depended more or less on the number of beer•houses and public-houses. There was nothing more general than the terms of the mition, and therefore he ihought it desirable to limit the inquiry, so that the com mittee might address themselves to some practical object. But in saying that, he did not in the least wish to limit the inquiry, as the hon. member for Berwickshire seemed to think h; did ; but he thought it should have reference to se condary punishments, and he considered that the terms of his motion did not restrict inquiry into that subject. He di I not wish to enlirge the tarmus, but his object was merely to define them. Having said thus much with regard to the amendment, which he hoped would obviate the necessity of any discussion, as they had all, be trusted, the same object in view on the present occasion, he would proceed to notice some of the observations made by the hon. member (Mr. Scott.) It would be unnecessary for him to go fully into the act of 18:51, as it would be easier to give details as to the operations of that act before the committee than it was to state them in the house; but with reference to the _ _ increase of crime, which had been alluded to both by the mover and seconder of the motion, let him say he thought there was an exaggerated notion of the increase of crime in the country which was not Narranted by the documen tary evidence before them, and was inconsistent with the fad's. Ho hell in his hand a return lately made by Mr. Redgravo, to the Home office. It was true this return did not include the class of summary convictions, but it Tenet be ncelhcted that the increase of summary convic- tions wan the result of recent alterations in the law. Mr. Redgrave stated the total number of counnitmetro of cri- t ken i refelence to the circumstances to which he adverted in the opening part of hi r p )rt as to summary convictions for the last 21 years. This of course included all the graver offences for which persons had been com mitted, and in taking into account the increase or decrease of crime they ought to bear in mind, not merely the num- her of persons committed to prison, but the gravity of the offences. He would not go through the return, but he might state that while 'ln 1834 the commitments were 22,251, in 554 "they were 29,359. But then there was an important element that was not stated bore, and that was the increase of population during that period. He would, however, take two 'ears, 18 Fl and 1851, the two years iu which the census was taken, and be found that in 1811 the number of commitments wa. 27,780, and in 1851 it was. 27,910, while in the interval there had been an increaseoi population in England and Wales of more than t wo mil- licins. He had ia(3 doubt that in the last year, as coui pared with 1851, there had been an increase of about 2,000 ; but it was some satisfaction to be enabled to state that the increase was confined to the lower class of crimes. He thought it right to state thus much in order to show that the statements as to the increase of crime had been exaggerate 1. And then, with regard to the increase of expenditure for law and justice as com• pared with previous years, hero again the hon. memb, r omitted some circumstances which ought to be taken into account. lu the first place, there was no doubt that the ab•.litiun of transportation, in the great majority of oases, under the act of 1853, had materially increased the ex peuditure, by requiring the enlargement of establish vents. A great portion of that expenditure, however, _would not be perpetual. There was no doubt, also, that the reten tion of criminals in this country did increase the expendi ture. It must also be borne in mind, when they were speaking of an increase of the cxpenditu•o on account of law and juAice at present, as compared with that it was t-m years ag.), that they had taken upon the public revenue the expense of the maintenance of all prisoners, a portion of which was previously borne locally. H ) would proceed now to notice some of the remarks of the hon. geutletnan (Hr. Scott) with regard to persons sentenced for secondary punishment. The hen. 'member objected to th , • li nita tiou, he (Sir G, Grey) proposed as to the act of 1853, that the operation of that act was of short duration that it might Le called an expiring act, inasmuch as transporta tion ceased the operation of the act as to tickets-of-leave would gradually diminish. But that was only a small portion of the act of 1853. Tile object of that act was not so much to enable the Crown to grant limited p tr,lon by means of licenses granted to convicts, but its great object was to abolish transportation except in cases in which the setitonce by law could not be less than tramp irtation for life or for 14 years. The great majority of cases of trans portation were for periods of less than 14 years. Conse quently the act of 1853 practically abolished transporta tion in six-sevenths or more of the cases liable to transpor tation. The result was that in 1854—he had not got the re turns of last year—in the United Kingdom there were only 399 persons sentenced to transportation, whereas in the pre ceding year, the year immediately preceding the act of 1833, there were no less than 3,059 persons so seutete.d. He thought that was a inost, important change. It was a change which the hon. gentleman said he regretted ; it was a change which the hon. gentleman who seconded the mo tion alto said he regretted : and he collected from their speeches that they ought to inquire whether they ought not to advert to a system of transportation. They said—at least the hon. member for Berwickshire said--that the system of transportation was a valuable one, and he did not deny it, but that it was hastily abandoned. So far, however, from its being hastily abandoned by the Government, the aban donment was forced on the Government. Without raising a just cause of quarrel and contention with some of our most important colonies, it was absolutely impossible to continue to send convicts to the Australian colonies. Even in WeeteinlAustralia there was no great facility for carry ing out transportation. No doubt a new colony was anxious to obtain the services of convicts on public works, in order to make it the more inviting to free settlers. To the pre sent time there had been great benefits derived to that colony from the labours of convicts. Oae great inconveni ence always arose from the large number of ,the criminal population. The convicts, either from their previous ha bits of drankennesa and debauchery, or that their consti tutions were worn out, really were not fit for hard labour, and a largo proportion of them were obliged to be treated comparatively as invalids, and it would be imposing a bur den on a colony to send to it prisoners who could not labour. He need not dwell longer on the subject of transportation, because he did not think they were dkely to revert to it ; but at the same time, under the terms of this amendment, it was clear the committee might, if they thought St, con - eider the subject of transportation generally, aid they of course might consider the expediency of the change effected by that act. He would say a few words with regard to the operation of the preAmt system in this country. The hon. member had alluded to the number of persons who had received tickets of leave, and the number whose tickets of leave had been revoked. The hoe. gentleman who spoke last had certainly misapprehended the result, when he said that out of 5,152 convicts who since the passing of the act had received licenses 1,10), or 1,203, had f eleited them. New that was not the case. The 447 couvicts who, after license, had been charged with subsequent offences and convicted of an offence which entailed the penalty of trans portation, had not their licenses revoked. The sentence itself revoked it. Then there were 179 who had been con victed of minor offences, who had been sentenced to itnpri sonment, say for 3 or 6 reoaths, but for a term less than the original sentence which the convict would have had to serve if he had not had a license. Then there were 5'.4 in the last item of the return who had never received their license, and they were not included in the 5,152; but they were convicts who for their conduct in prison had had their licenses withheld beyond the usual term. If a con vict did not misconduct himself he obtained a letter of license after a certain period. A prisoner sentenced to 7 years' transportation obtained a license in three years and a half, and a convict sentenced to ten years would obtain it in five, and so on. Then it was said that those tickets-of leave were given on proof of reformation and as a reward. Now that was really not the fact, and there was a great deal of misapprehension on that part of the subject. They wet e withheld where the conduct of the prisoner was so bad as clearly to show they did not deserve them, but in the majority of cases, if the prisoners conducted themselves pro perly, and did not transgress the prison rules, they were, according to existing regulations, entitled to the tickets of leave. While a convict remained in prison, removed from temptations to which he had been in the habit, it might be, of yielding, of course no opportunity was afforded of test ing the sincerity of his refoi nation. It was said that the returns on this point were not strictly accurate, and that no doubt was the case. It had been found impossible to obtain accurate returns of all the convicts who had re ceived licences in the cases referred to. The object of the licence was to enable the convict to obtain an honest living, and the demand for labour during the last two or three years had been to great that hardly any difficulty existed in getting employmeut. The instructions given to the me tropolitan police that they should not interfere with ticket-of-leave holders whom they had reason to believe were honestly earning their living, but that they might in terfere if they found them leading a dishonest life, and as sociating with bad characten - . The hon. member had stated that it was the practice to revoke these licences on the holders being again convicted. When they were found lead ing dishonest lives ' and associating with bad characters, the license was not at once revoked, but a warning was given that it would be revoked if the holder continued in such courses, and very often that had the desired effect. The hon. member had referred to another point o a which be wished to make a remark. The hon. member had stated that tickets of leave were granted to persons sentenced to trans portation, and withheld from persons sentenced to penal eerritude, In compel-in the two ohm the , boa t member . had omitt e d on e important consideration, whtrh was that a and, indeed, to take the whole subject in its broadest sense person senten ce d befo r e the act named was sentenced for into consideration, and for that purpoe he would suggest ton years' transportation, but after the act p:ssed the ricn- an addifioe to the amendment. With regard to the clues tence was four years' penal servitude. If a ticket of leave tton of how far transportation was now carried out, it was givim t o th e person sentenced to penal servitude, mast be remembered that there was but etre place to which when a third o f hi s term of punishment had expired; it convicts could be sent, and that was Western Australia, would be introducing that very injostice of which the hen. and all parsons who were transported would be sent there, gentlem an b a d so muc h comp l a i ne d . I n i n t ro d uc i ng, the consideration being had to the nature of the labour which bill in the Hou se o f L or d s th e L or d Ch ance ll or explained was required in that colony. In reality there had not been the change which it contemplated, and stated that it pro- a sufficient number of convicts who were of that kind that posed. instead of the shorter periods of transpertation,; to were required in that colony, and consequently not. so many i substitute certain periods of penal servitude in this coon- had been sent as were required. It must be borne in mind, try, varying from four to ten years. The intention of the however, that the colony was not capable of receiving a Government-was that that part of the period, of transper. very great number of convicts ; and it must ales be b o rn e tation which used to be p asse d i n thi s coun t r y s h ou ld s till in miud that convicts could only be sent so long as the co• be passed in penal servitude. Parliament intended, with louists were willing to receive them. At present the sys regard to sentences of transportation, that tickets of leave tem was working extremely well, and the convicts in the should bo given in this country, inste id of in the colo- great majority of instances had conducted themselves pro nies, and with regard to sentences of penal servitude, perly. There was no great bod, of substantial settlers in that tickets of leave should only be given in special that colony, in consequence of the great change which bad cases. With that view the act was passed, Parliament, taken place in the prospects of the other portion of Anstra nO doubt, feeling that they would not be justified in lid. Tue whole of this subject would be referred to the coin !establishing a general system of tickets of leave and inittee, and that committee would prosecute its inquiry into general licen.tes in the cases of penal servitude. With every branch of the system which was under consideration. respect to the difficulty of convicts obtaining labour, Mr. ADDERLEY hoped that the practice of expatriat that had not arisen from the ticket-of-leave system, but ing felons would never be revived, and commentedat some from the substituting punishment in this country, instead length upon the various plans - that had been adopted for of punishment by transportation to the colonies. No one the management of convicts at home, especially as regarded could deny that transportation had very great advantages the attempts to establish reformatory schools or otherwise to the country, and e v e n to the convicts themselves. By ies t ruct and reclaim the inmates of our criminal p r i sons . means of transportation the country got rid of a large per - After a few words from Mr. BNINEFS', tion of the criminal population, with little or no chance of Mr. NE WDEGATE remarked upon the advantages that its returning, while the convicts, once in the colony, were might be obtained by utilising the labour of convicts in employed in honest labour, and in the course of time be- the colonies, and upon the better chances of reforming the came merged in the general mass of colonial society. it criminal when transferred to a new country, and removed was impossible to deny, however, that some of the colonies from his old haunts and associates. had great and just complaint of the infusion of a crimina Sir S. NORTHCOTE suggested that among other topics population iu their growing society. It was owing to the re- the treatment to be adopted owards prisoners upon their monstrances of the colonists on that point that the Govern- discharge should form a subject of inquiry by the select men tof this country felt themselves called on to sacrifice the committee. . advantages which tbiscountry deriied from transportation, Mr. J. FITZGERALD urged the revival of tramp,. and consult the 'wishes of the colonists. Many of the lioldikra Lion, feeling emir that itams tlAio most eligible* Li secondary pun theist. - - T-- -of tickets of leave, it was asserted, finding meat difficuly in obtaining employment in this country, were driven back Mr. SCOTT brie y replied; and having consented to . to their old associates as the only chance they had of get- modify the terms of his motion, ting a living. Looking to the operation of the act of 1853, Sir G. GREY withdrew his amendment, and the reso on that most import a nt point he had no wish to propose lotion, in its zremodelled shape, was agreed to. any ameudment to the motion that would preclude the SPECINLVY AND SIMPLE CONTRACT DEBTS. committee from giving that point their consideration. He, Mr. MALINS obtained leave to bring in a bill to however, dissented from the suggestion which hid been abolish all distinctions between specialty and contract made for collecting and employing those convicts in some debts. According to the law as it now stands, specialty one place. He believed that that would be a most inju- creditors had a preference over simple contract creditors, rious, if not an impracticable, plan, and that the whole' when the payment was to be made "from real property. district would remonstrate against any concentration of 'When the property was insufficient, the specialty creditors ticket-of-leave labour. It would be injurious to the men swept . all away, leaving nothing for the simple contract themselves to allow them to associate together. The great creditors. (abject ought to be to separate them ari'much as possible, giving them every facility to obtain employment. It would be in the power of the committee to inquire into that point if they thought fit, but he had stated the objec tions he felt with regard to it. Having noticed the main points in the speech of the hon. member, he hoped be would be sat stied with the object which he h el in view in his amendment, but that he would limit his inquiry to the penal system established by the act of 1853 He might say that he thought it highly desirable that ticket-of-leave men should not be allowed to return to the place where they had been convicted. The general practice had been to allow ticket-of-leave holders to go where they pleased ; but in special cases it was desirable, he thought, to limit their tickets, and to exclude them from the particular county in which they were tried. Ho would not say more, as it would be in his power, if the committee were ap; ointed to enter fully into details before it. had explained the object of his amendment, and he hoped the hon. gen- ' Haman would bo satisfied with it, and not think it neces sary to divide the house on the subject. The right hon. baronet concluded by moving a select committee to inquire into the operation of the act 16th and 17th Viet., c. 99, intituled "An Act .o substitute in cart tin Cases other PunishmoOtS in lieu of Transportation." Sir J. PAKINGTON said this was a subject of the highest importance at all times, and particularly at the present time, and he therefore thought the house was in debted to the hon. member for. Berwickshire for bringing it forward. He was disposed to agree with the right hon. b ironet that the terms of the motion were rather vague and indefinite. On the other hand, he was inclined to think that the amendment of the right hon. gentleman was too restricted in its terms, and that the committee ought by all means to consider the question of the policy or im policy of reviving transportation. (Hear.) Ho did not recollect from what had fallen from the right hon. gentle. man, whether he held that the committee would be at liberty to investigate, not only the operation of the law, but the terms of the law itself. For his own part, he (Sir J. Pakington) was not at all satisfied with it as it now stood ; and if Parliament came to the conclusion"—as it very likely would—that it was undesirable to revive transportation, it might then be necessary that the terms of the act of 1353 shoild be reconsidered. Perhaps the right honourable gentleman was hardly aware of the ex treme haste and precipitation with which that act was passed. The session of 1812-3 Will one of an unusually protracted Wad laborious character; and it was not till the month of August, when very few members were left in town, that the act was introduced. It was passed, in fact, by an exhausted house and almost without eiscussion. He should .be glad to know, first, whethur..the right-hon: baroret considered that the committee would really be at liberty to consider the terms of the act. (Sir G GREY.— " Hoar.") He wished also to ask upon what principle set.- tencam of transportation continued to be imposed? It would bo in the r:collection of the house that it was the Govern ment of Lord Darby which had decided that transporta ti in, excedt to a limited extent, should cease. He did not CRIMINAL APPROPRIATION OF TRUST PROPERTY. The ATTORNEY-GE YERAL moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to criminal appropria tion of trust property held by persons as trustees or bailees. The hoc. and learned gentleman said that the necessity for this bill arose from the insufficient protection which the law at present afforded against misappropriation of property by persons entrusted with it in the character of trustees or bailees. Under the common law, a person who obtained lawful po4ession of property could not be made criminally responsible for its fraudulent appropriation. For in stance, if 3 carrier, who was entrusted with goods to carry, stole themi he could not be made miminally responsible ; if goods were deposited with an artisan or tradesman ft r repair, &e., he also might have appropriated them to his own use, without making himself criminally responsible. The courts, however, haebeen astute enough to apply, to some extent, a remedy fur this defect in the law, by bold ing +hat if a carrier broke open the parcel entrusted to him and appropriated any portion of the contents to his own use, he was guilty of larceny. So, if a tradesman removed the watch from the watch-case, and sold the case, he also was held to be guilty of larceny. Such was the state of the common law uutilcertain excep:ious bad b en iut o need by the Legislature. If servants keep the property of &nail mas ters, the statute law now declared them to be guilty of em bezzlement; and bankers, agents, and factors were also made criminally responsible if they misappropriated prp perty deposited with them ; hut to this day a trustee who misappropriated trust property was only civilly respons ible, and the Insolvent or Bankruptcy Courts would clear him from the consequences. He proposed to do away with that anomaly, and to put all persons entrusted with funds for trust purposes on the .same footing as bankers in respect to securities deposited with them. He also proposed to do away with the technical rule of law by which, if a person acquired property for a special purpose, and afterwards misappropriated it, he was not held guilty of larceny, as it appeared to him (the Attorney-General) that it did not matter whether a person had the felonious intention at the time he got possession of the property or only at the time of misappropriating it. (Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE wished to know whether, as a trustee was to be made criminally respont.ible, he would be relieved from his civil responsibility ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that a trustee would still be liable in the civil courts. Mr. MALINS Lighly approved of the bill, as he had con tinually seen the necessity of such a measure in the course of his professional practice. Mr. BOWYER also agreed in the general provisions of the bill, but it would require to be tleslt with with great care and attention, lest it should inflict great hardship upon trustees, who performed a most thankless office, and who generally committed breaches of trust not with any crimi nal intention; but for oblige the parties beneficially inte rested. If they were to add to the liability of ti esteem the risk of a criminal prosecution it would make their position a great deal more dangerous. That fear would make trus tees very much alarmed. lie merely mentioned this as a caution to the house in entertaining the measure in question. The ATTORNEY-SENERAL begged to assure the claim any merit for Lord Derby's Government on that account. All the leading public men at that time were so thoroughly convinced that transportation must be put an end to, that, whoever had been in office, he was convinced that the change must have taken place. The right hon. baronet had, however, underrated the reasons which existed at that time for the alte ration. He had put it solely on the objection of the colonists of Van Dierneu's Land to receive any more con victs. No doubt the feelings of the c )1 mists were such as could not with prudence be neglected ; but there was another reason against the continuance of transportation of such weight that it meet have prevailed, even if the colony had petitioned the G vernment to send them more convicts. Ho alluded to the discoveries of gold in Australia. It would never have done to continue sending out persons as a punishment t o a p ar t o f the globe, which so many wore attracted to by the hope of gain. ( Hear.) If Lord Derby's Government hail continued in office, it would have become his (Sir J. Pekington's) duty to have devised some substi tute for transportation. In 1852 he accordingly drew up a memorandum of the system which he thought ought to be adopted, one which expressed his own individual views. In that document he stated that lie did not propose to put an end to the punishment of transportation for the greater crimes, but that the system of sending out several thousand convicts every year must be given up. He pro posed, therefore, that long imprisonm ,nts should be Bah stituted for sentences of transportation for 7 or 10 years, but that persons who would have been transported for 10 years and upwards should still continue to be transported, and should be sent to Western Australia. He (sir J. Pakiugton) should be glad to know how far her Majesty's Government concurred in that view. They had substituted imprisonment for the shorter periods of transportation, and at the same time they ret 'filed transportation to some ex tent. So far he concurred with them ; but he confessed he still retained the opinion that transportation should be the punishment reserved for offences next in gravity below thos ) for which the extreme penalty of death was awarded. In 1853 he put a question on that subject to the noble lord who was then at the head of the Howe-office, and he was told that no such principle would be recognise), hut that sentences of transportation should continue to be inflicted at the discreCon of the courts and of the Home-office. To take, for example, the case of Strahen and Pail, who had been sentence t to It years' transportation— no one could tell whether those persons would be sent to Western Australia or to Gibraltar or Bermuda, or whether they would be de tained at home in penal servitude. The right hon. baronet said with great truth that sentences should be obvious and intelligible ; and, without committing himself to the doc trine that the length of the penal servitude should be equal to the time for which the pers. would have been trans ported, he (Sir J. Pakington) did think that the period of penal servitude had been made too short. There was no one that had had any experience in the administration of justice but must often have witnessed painful scenes when sentences of transportation were passed, and he had no hesitation in saying that - a sentence of expatriation for 7 years was one that would have a much more powerful in fluence not only upon the criminal himself, but upon his relations and friends —would in short be a much more de terring punishment—(hear, hear)—than a sentence of penal servitude for four years. There could hardly be a question that a sentence of imprisonment for four years to a young man —and nearly all those who used to be sen tenced to 7 years' transportation were young—was not au equivalent for the old sentence, especially if even that short term of imprisonnaont might be still further reduced by a ticket-of-leave. Bus as they advanced higher the dispro portion between the old and the new scale of punishment became still more glaring. For 15 years' transportation there had been substituted not less than six years' servi tude nor more than eight. For a still graver class of crimes for which a sentence of 20 years' transportation was occa sionally inflicted, ten years' servitude was now awarded ; and there was no medium between that and a sentence of imprisonment for life. That, he certainly thought, was an undesirable state of things. (Hear, hear.) With re gard to tickets-of-leave, that was a system which Lord Derby's Government had certainly never contemplated, and of which the noble lord opposite was entitled to the whole credit or otherwise. When it was first introduced it.was regarded with great disapprobation and great ap prehensiou ; and the question hail arisen that night whe ther those feelings had been justified by the circum stances of the case. For his own part he did not knew whether the facts that had been stated were sufficient on which to express an opinion. Colonel Jobb had informed him that in the two years during which the system had been in operation about 4,000 tickets of leave had been granted. Sir G. GREY here handed to the right hon. gentleman a manuscript report which had been made to the Governs went only a few dm s before. Sir numberj d not entirely b e re. Colonel Jebb told him that only 5i per cent had been for feited by the misconduct of those to whom they had been of f A t iC ie r k leT et G s T o O f N I a a f v o e u found afrobmeent.hsalsr2e,psourtd that the granted. He (Sir J. Pakington) confessed he thought that that was not at all a discouraging result, but it should be re membered that the system had as yet only operated upon persons who had been sentenced to transportation under the old system. (Hear.) If criminals of the gravest class were to be retained in this country, it would become a seri. ld b t h e e dischargedslioll imprisonment, leaving to o free,us questionor whether, wh t hwhener t p ie rl y ii r h oa o tf u e tained for a time under the check which the ticket of leave undoubtedly imposed. He was disposed to believe that it would be better to continue the ticket-of-leav e system, but he would extend the the prisoner the encouragement of knowing that if he con ducted himself well he would not be detained for the whole term for which he was sentenced. Mr. LABOUCEIBRE thought there could be no doubt at:ail that the committee would have power to consider any silioadroont to the existieg law which might be suizeiteili house that he was most sensibly alive to the danger which had been pointed out by the hoe. and learned member, but he thought that danger,had been avoided by the word ing of the bill. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. JOINT STOCK BANK DIRECTORS' ELECTION BILI,. Sir J. SHELLEY moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the, election of directors of joint stock banks in England. The act which related to this subject was passed in 1844, and by the 4Th section of that act it was provided that retiring directors should not he re-elected for a period of 12 calendar mouths. The olject, of the present bill was to enable shareholders if they thought fit, to re-elect at once directors that might be re tiring. The bill would not interfere with the election of sew directors—with infusing new blood into the direction. It was evident that by the act as at present constituted, as soon as a director was sufficiently experienced in his busi ness, although he might be the best man in the direction, he was incap witateil from further serving the shareholders. He might mention that five of the principal joint stack banks at ;resent existing were established hefiire this act came into force, and were therefore not subject to its pro visione. The present act applied to three other banks, and if the principle were good for any, it surely would be good for all. His object was to leave the whole direction in the hands of the shareholders themselves, uyou the principle of self-government which now so extensively pre vailed. The Lit, was a very short one and did not affect anything but the ineligibility of directors to re-election until after a period of 12 calendar months. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho had 110 otjee• ion to the introduction of the bill. He had eoesideranla doubts as to the policy of altering the provi s one the ixesent act, which had been very carefully con sidered by Sir. R. Peel. The amine principle was followed with respect to the election of the Governors of the Bank of Enzland. As at present advised. ho thought there was not :u ficiest ground for altering the existing law, but any objections which ho had to make he would reserve to a fauna occasion. Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR, lu seconding the motion, said that Sir R. Peel had expressed to loin his doubts whether it would nut be necessary to snake some change in the law. The very best and most res p onsible man had hem often kept out of the direction in a state of suspense for fear years. He was very glad that the hon. Itarouet had brought forward this Lill. Leave was then given to introduce the bill. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. MACARTNEY moved for certain papers connected with the Board of National Education iu Ireland. Mr. WILSON said there was no objection to lay the documents on the table, provided they were complete, which they were not. Lord J. MANNERS thought the estimates as to the National Board should be postponed until the report of the commissioners was before the house. After some further discussion, in which Mr. BLACKBURN and Mr. WALroLR took part, The motion, limited to the production of the "minutes," was agreed to. POOR LAWS. Mr. BO OVERIE moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the relief of the poor. In the first place, he proposed by this bill to do away with the large number of parochial places which were scattered throughout the kingdom, and in which, though they had a considerable population, no rate was raised for the relief of the poor. In those places cases of the greatest hardship arose from their being unable to relieve necessitous persons. Taking th 3 lAA census as the bv=is of his arrangement, he proposed to add thi.se places to adjoining parishes, or to make them independent parishes for the purposes of poor rate. There was another point of considerable importance in the bill ; he proposed to take power to dissolve the Gil bert unious, which existed in some counties as long a go as 1835. A committee made a strong report against the con tinuance of those unions, in consequence of the abuses con nested with them, and the time had LOW arrived when they might be advantageously dealt with, with advantage to the public and to the unions themselves. Another pal t of the bill had reference to the appointment of the district auditors of poor-law unions. Those auditors, 49 in num ber, were each appointed to separate districts, consisting of a certain number of unions. Originally they were ap pointed separately for each union ,• but, in 1845, an act was passed providing that each district should be regu lated by the amount of population. At that time the auditors were paid out of the poor rates of the union ; but, in 1816, it was proposed, he believed, as a kind of com pensation to the landed interest for the repeal of the corn laws—(a laugh) —that they should receive payment out of the Consolidated Fund. That payment, which amounted to between 13,0001. and 14,0001. a-year, therefore, now came cut Of the natio na l oxc h eq uee, but the appointment of the auditors remained vested iu the chairmen and vice chairmen of the ifferent boar d+ of guardians belonging to the unions comprised in the district. Now, he thought those who paid ought to appoint ; and, as the central go vernment paid these officers, who exercised most respon sible functions—and, in point of fact, formed the pivot ui on w hich the whole ad mini stration ef the poor-law turned —it was highly desirable that they should be appointed by the central authority, who was responsible for the admi nistration of the poor-law. He proposed, as vacancies arose, that power should be given to make larger districts, and that the appointment of auditors should be vested in the Poor-law Board. A committee had made a strong recommenda.iou in favour of that arrangement. He also proposed to place the appointments of registrars of births, deaths, and marriages under local acts, with whom the. Poor-law Board had nothing to do, in the hands of the guardians belonging to the different unions. Sir . W. JOLLIFFE: though agreeing with the "Main principles of thin bill, could hardly udentaad wby it* not been incorporated with the bill beteugh t iu a few nights ago with regard to the removal of tke poor, as ho wished to see the statutes relating to the peer simplified and not multiplied. Mr. BARROW considered that the ratepayers should continue to appoint the officers, and hoped the whole poor law would be shortly consolidated. Viscount EBRINGTON thanked the right hon. gentle. man (Mr. Bouverie) for his proposal with regard to the auditors. Ile only trusted he would limit their numbers, for upon that the sound administration of the poor law very much depended. Mr. PEACOC.KE objected to that part of the bill which proposed to deal with extra-parochial places. Lord J. MANNERS sail the money which the atzditnrs had to overlook was paid by the ratepayers of the country, and therefore it was not so unreasonable that the ratepay ers should have the nomination t4l the office, or nominate themselves as auditors. . Mr. BOUVERIE having replied, Leave was given to bring in the bill. DRAFTS ON BANKERS. Mr. A. PELLATT moved the second reading of the Drafts on Bankers Bill, the object of which is to render crossed cheques upon bankers legal instruments. The hon. member stated that, before the joint-stock banks were ad mitted to the clearing•house, the value, of -the cheques cleared amounted to 1,000,000,0001. yearly, but that now it might be fairly estimated at 3,000,00 ) ,000/. ; and that theme enormous transactions were effected mainly through the instrumentality of what were called crossed cheques. He proposed, therefore, to legalise the system of crossed cheques, so as to give additi ona l secur ity t o th e p u bli c and the bankers. The custom of bankers with respect to crossed cheques had been interfered with by recent deci sious in the courts of law, but if this bill were passed, it would restore confidence and tend very materially to fad- Mate the immense monetary transactions of the country. The bill was supported by the committee of bankers, by the committee of the Stock Exchange, and the Governor of the Bank of England had also given him certain sugges tions, which he had adopted, with the view of makingthe measure more efficient. Mr. GLYN supported the second reading, and a ssure d the house that there w as a universal feiling in the City in -favour-of-some of—the sor t, i n consequence of recent deciiions in the courts of law tending to throw doubt upon the validity of the custom among bankers. He did not, however, think that the bill under discussion ought to be passed in its present shape ; but as regarded the ques tion of security, which was the maiu object of the bill, and of the original practice among bankers, it had his full ap. proval. There were also other grounds upon,which he was prepared to support so m e measure o f the sore, and that was with reference to the currency. Within the last 10 year. ,its - ,the commercial classes of Ilia4natronnlia 1..1 Ana ..... —.l thesect ottnsll by econorniaing „the currency of th country, which some persons supposed to be based upon somewhat too contracted a basis. - With this view many alterations had been introduced in the clearing house and general conduct of banking business, and im mense sums of money daily passed through the clearing house, and were settled without the use or intervention of a single bank note. (hear.) This bill would add mate rially to the e ffi ciency of the system, and he was therefore prepared to support its principle, reserving to himself the 1 right to oppose the 3d clause in committee; as he did not consider that portion of the measure necessary or called for. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the result of his professional experience induced him to give his hearty support to a bill the principle of which he approved, al though he believe I some of its details would require con siderable modification. Mi. JOHN MACGREGOR expressed a hope that if the bill were extended to Scotland it would be permissive. and not compulsory. • Mr, HANKEY did not think that any legislation was required upon the subject. The present system prevented bankers from paying money incautiously, which was the object of the bill. The object which the hon. gentleman the member. for Southwark wished to effect would he already answered under the existing law, by drawing checks at sight, payable to an inavidual named. He contd. not recomu.end the house to adopt any legislation on the subject while the present system was found to act so well. Mr. WILKINSON supported the bill. The bi!l was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed en Monday next. MARRIED WOMEN'S REVERSIONARY I Si TEREST BILL. Mr. MALINS, in moving t,hat the house go into com mittee ou thi- bill, said that there were innumerable cases where ladies who were entitle.' to a reversion, eat) o sat on the death of a patty, were unable to settle that pro perty in consequence of the present state of the law. The o.ject of the bill was to remedy thisdefect, and he trusted the house would assist him to carry it out. Mr. WALPOLE th.ught that the object of the bill, in stead of being to enable married women to settle their property in reversion for the benefit of themselves and children, or for their relations after th e m, w as t o ena bl e the husb and to use his right and influence to hold that property. It was true that,,with reference to landed pro perty, they could take the acknowledgment of married women, and so part with it, but. the hon. and learned gen tleman seemed to forget that the landed property thus coming to married women was of incalculably small amount. It was the personal property left to them which would enable the husband to sell that reversionary interest, to the great disadvantage of the wife and of those who came after her, to enable him to pay his debts. If a clause was introduced to prevent the disposition of property acquired by a married woman after her marriage, he should not object to the bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL urged upon the hoe. any learned member for Walllugford (Mr. Melina) the post ponement of the bill, as this was the first time its objects bad been fully stated to the house, and the bill required earnest consideration. Mr. HADFIELD approved of . the principle of the mea sure. The bill then passed through committee, it being under stood that an opportunity should be given ft r the proposi tion of amendments before the measure passed. Tho third reading of the bill was appointed for this day week (Thursday.) THE FACTORIES BILL. On the order for the second reading being road, Col. DUNNE moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Col. W. PATTEN said that the bon. and learned mem ber for Oldham had made suggestions since the debate of yesterday ss hich were so reasonable that he (Col. W. Patten) would at once accede to them. The amendments which he intended to make in the bill would be pirated and placed in the hands of his hon. friend the member for Oldham for his approbation. Mr. COIII3ETT said ho would postpone all opposition on his pact at present, but he begged it to be understood that be did not thereby commit himself to the principle of the bill. If the amendments did not meet with hie ap. probation, he should oppose them at.the proper time. Col. DUNNE opposed the bill, on the ground that it would take away from pe: eons who had no representatives in that house that protection to which they were entitled. The injuries to which the factory people were liable wore enoimouF. The reports showed that the manufacturers were not so ready as they ought to be to meet the cases of these injuries with redress. Mr. CROSSLEY supported the second reading of the bill, and vindicated the millowners from the aspersions cast on their humtnity by the gallant member for Portal. lington and the noble lord the member for Colchester. Mr. BARROW also supported the measure, end won dered why it should be opposed, seeing the great advan tages which tha arbitration clause conferred on the oper-a tivcs. The bill Wag then read a second time. Adjourned at five minutes past 12 o'clock. PANAMA RAILWAY COMPANY. un the Tiozes' City ..4ritclr.) The following communication relates to the financial position of the Panama Railway Com paily. The writer is correct as regards the dividend paid and the general price of the stock, but erru• neously questions the statement, that the rise of one or two per cent., reported by the last packet, was wholly due to the traffic having been tempo rarily suspended via Nicaragua. His information is likewixe imperfect as to the natural advantag , a of the Panama line having secured it the largest share of the passenger traffic and "all the fr e ight." The competition of the Nicaragua Company lately caused the persons interested in the Panama route to consent to a mutual arrangement for the regu lation of fares, and until Nicaragua became (tie turbed iu consequence of the Walker invasion that route was steadily gaining the preference for the transportation of specie : . "Sir,—The remarks of the New York correspondent of the Times on Walker's proceedings in Nicaragua being calculated to create a very erroneous impression as to the position of the Panama Railway Company, I beg leave to oorrect his singular misrepresentations. So f N ar ica f r i a o g m un 'bot Transit Company,hcompanies,' the abovenamed an d t h e being reduced by rivalry to the condition of inability to pay any dividend, as de scribed, the last half - yearly dividend o f th e f ormer, anuary lal was 6 per cen t., w hi c h th e receiptsmonths fully warranted, and d a- e h c i l c ared which left oifnt a hje previo usconsiderable surplus after paying all ex penses and interest on outstanding bonds. The traffic over the Is hmus is rapidly increa.stner, and the stock of the comPlm, is high, a s th e quo t a ti on i n your own c i ty article (1051) s h ows ; but, so far from this resulting from the entire traffic being thrown on the line by Walker's confiscation of the property of the Nicaragua Transit Company, it is only a very slight advance on the quo . ations of the last 12 months. _ _ "The rivalry alluded to by your New York cone epoitdent was between the steamers of the near:lpm Comyany and those of the United States' Mail Com pany, and has been terminated by the former selling their vessels on tha West Coast to the Pacific Mail Com pany, and purchasing those of the United States' Mail Company on the Atlantic. This arrangement gives the two companies an equal interest in both routes, but the natural advantages of the Panama line have secured it the largest share of the passenger traffic and all the freight, which could never be profitably oarried over the Nicaragua route. " As for any cause of apprehension which might other wise exist on the score of Central American troubles, all such is removed, as regards the Panama Company, by the 35th Article of the treaty between the United States and New Grenada, which secures to the former a right of way across the Isthmus. Should this right of w a y b e interfered with by Walker and his band, the Govern ment of the United States bound to protect it. Ca.ai tai invested iu the Panama Railway, 'uGh therefore, i s un d er the safeguard of the 15 l :e v q e u r e n n in t eCniat'ytthonis being the only instance, pt Bulwer treaty, in which that shield is thrown over the i e i x t c o ertSttante States Government, property of American citizens in a foreign State. "THE LONDON AGENT FOR THE COMPANY." The In(Mpenclance Beige states that the adjudication of the Xeres and Seville Railway has been made by the Spanish Government to the Prost Company. A. letter from Pavia of the 25th ult., in the Opinione of Turin, says " I have already told yon of the arrest of 15 students at Padua, and I may new add that the cause- of this arrest was the display one fine morning of the-French; 13:itish, and Sardinian flags gaily Waving is one of the most frequented squares of the town. Thu. - - was a similar manifestation at Mantua some d a y s no , but the author§ have uot yet been dieccorered." WIPWA 0, 4. 11 Ov th Rifi '~ a, e 6~ Ix~:;~ 10 4 ' is joi Par O f° 11 6 •110 0 0 0 01 10 0 " roe, 01' oin o ti Loodif lo o, riti° gof an erte 01P , c-fid ,00 f owl"irts reb ° fol d. 411111 00 1 ester itOPI 001 go, W , S