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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDA-Y). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NEW PORTRAIT GALLERY. Lord STANFIOPE gave notice that on that day week he should move an address to her Majesty, praying that -- —„-....... she would be graciously pleased to assent to the erection of a national gallery of original portraits of those who bad distinguished themselves in an honourable manner, and who were worthy of being commemorated by this country. (Hear.) Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that on Monday next he would call the attention of the house to the financial state of the army. THE MERCANTILE LAWS. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to call the atten tion of the house to the second report of the Commis trieuera for inquiring into the mercantile laws of the dif fereut ports of the United Kingdom. The noble and learned lord said that great complaints had been made by the people of Glasgow, Liverp ool, and many other plaees in the tjuited I(ingilons, as to the operation of the mercantile law, which they stated imposed very serious grievances upon the country. The subject had been considered by some of the most eminent legal au thorities of the country, and various recernrnendations had been made with the view of remedying the griev ances complained of. In conformity wits these recom mendations he had prepared some bills, which, he hoped, he would soon be able to lay on the table. He would propose that those bills be read a first and second time with as much speed as possible, and then refer the whole of the bills to a select committee of the house, after the termination of the circuits. The great object to be at tained by these hills was to assimilate the mercantile laws of every part of the 'United Kingdom. The noble lord then proceeded to insteuce the case of bills of exchange or promissory notes, in which there was a very great and inconvenient difference between the laws of England and Scotland. There was one other very important subject to which he would refer, via., contracts for the purchase of goods. In England if a man contracted to buy so many bales of cotton or bushels of wheat, and the seller did not deliver them, he might bring an action to recover damages for the breach of contract ; but in Scotland ho might have a decree for the recovery of the specific chattel, or for delivery of the goods. The commissioner strongly recommended that this law should be extended to England. In Scotland a carrier, although responsible for loss by accident, was not responsible for loss by fire. The commission recom mended the exception should be done away with. The next point was in reference to ships. When a ship was in a foreign port, the master, by implication of law, had authority from the owner to order repairs at his ex pense, not so in a home port. That was reasonable enough, but by the old law the distinction between home and foreign ports was sometimes absurd. Fer instance, Newcastle was a foreign port to Leith. The com mission recommended that for this purpose all ports in the United Kingdom should be considered to be home ports. The commission had made another recommenda tion which he was at first disposed to adopt, but which on further consideration he thought of deubtrul advan tage. The greater number of their lordships were perhaps aware that by the statute of frauds, as it was called, passed in the reign of Charles 11., no contract for the sale of goods was valid unless made by note in writing, or unless there was part performance or money paid on ac count. The law of Scotland was different in this respect, and great inconvenience arose from the difference of law on the borders of the two countries. The commission had recommended this section 'if the statate of frauds should be repealed ; and they were influenced in coming to this conclusion by the statement of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, that the law was practically dis regarded, for that not one contract in a hundred was made in writing. He (the Lord Chancellor) had, however, recently received a communication from an eminent soli citor in London, stating that all contracts in London were male in writing, and that any change would have a very bad effect. It would be a matter for considera tion whether the recommendation of the commissioners ought to be adopted ; if nut, the clause could be struck out. Thera were one or two other points on which he could not go along with the commissioners, but if it was proposed to insert clauses in committee to carry them out he would again consider the subject. In Scotland any person over 14 years might enter into contracts in trade to any amount. That might answer in Scotland, but he was not prepared to extend the law to England. There were some other of their recommendations which would not be found in the bill. One was with regard to the law of prescription in Scotland with respect to mer cantile contracts ; the law in that r katct was in a most unsatisfactory state. The commissioners recommended that the English rule of six years should be adopted, but the Lord Advocate, on consideration, thought it would not be advisable to make any alteration in the law of prescription in this particular only, her', he intended to introduce a general mea sure to regulate the law of prescription in Scotland in all cases. There were also some peculiarities in the Scotch law of evidence. Certain facts could be proved only in a particular way ; but the Lord Advocate thought this matter had better be omitted from these bills. and he would deal with it in a general measure on the law of evidence in Scotland. He would not further detain their lordships with a detail of the various changes proposed, but would move for leave to bring in the two bills ; one was entitied, "Au Act to Amend the Laws of England and Ireland relating to Trade and Corn ice-Tr," and the other, "An Act to Amend the Law of Scotland relating to Trade and Commerce." He would take the second reading in about ten days, and he would then nievo to refer the hills to a select committee, in which he hoped to have the assistance of such of their lord ships :se took au interest in the subject. Lord BROUGHAM entirely approved of the course taken by his noble and learned friend in making a state ment on tbo introduction of these bills, because with re gard to the mercantile law especially it was desirable that the attention of parties interested should be called to the subject. With respect to the recommendations of the commission, which formed the basis of the present hills, some were fit to he adopted now, and all-were fit to be well considered. In some respects the Scotch law was better than the law of England, and in other re seects the law of England was superior to the law of Scotland. He was sure that the assimilation of the mer centile law of the three countries would be a great relief to the suloject. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his strong disapproval of the state of the kw of marriage in Scotland. The law of England as regarded minors could not be assimilated to that of Scotland, nor yet that regarding contracts by married women, without the greatest possible inconveni ence. But he must say that Vie law regarding the trans fer of property in Scotland was noire simple and econo mica' than that of England. But he repeated it was especially desirable that the law of marriage in Scotland should be altered. No man knew whether he was mar ried or not. No children knew whether they were legitimate or not. Gretna Green was the place of uni versal resort. This state of things ought not to be suf fared to continue. The hill was then read a first time and laid upon the tebls TICKETS OF LEAVE. Viscount DUNGANNON moved for a return of the number of convicts to whom tickets of leave had been granted, and also the number of convicts who, since re :,ivin; such tickets of leave, had returned to their for mer course of crimes, specifying the character of the crimes with which they had been charged or convicted of. Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that the information which the noble viscount desired could be obtained from other returns which had been already fur nisi)ed. Viscount DUNGANNON then asked the Govern ment whether it was their intention to continue giving tickets of leave Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that no alteration in the system could be accomplished without an act of Parliament, and that it was not the intention of the Government to bring in any such act. The Earl of SALISBURY then made some observa tions at tho tab'e, evidently seta's?: forth the evils of the system now in force, but they could not be heard except at intervals. The Earl of HARROWBY also spoke in a very low voice. He argued that the evil was not attributable to tickets of leave, for whether great criminals wera de tained the whole period of their punishment ar set loose earlier, so long as they were to return upon society the same evils would sooner or later be felt. The Earl of MtLMESBURY said the statement of the noble lord wag very alArining, when he said that it was perfectly impossible for us to retrace our steps and to return to transportation, The Earl of RARROWBY interposed. He had said only that the evil was inherent in the system, as they i had abolished transportation. The Earl of MA LM EF,BURY said he utterly denied that, and trusted that they would not lean to that niaxita. They were experimenting just now on this subject. He thought that the ineans of remedy were within their reach, although it did not devolve on him to point out those means to the noble lords opposite. A t the same time, he hoped that transportation might be possible to some country. The rates of Hampshire were now doub:e what they were 12 years ago, and only ately they were obliged to increase the number of ran i tables. The Duke of ARGYLL denied that his noble friend (Lard Harrowby) had stated that it was impossible to return ti transportation, The present system was an experiment, and no more. Certainly they could not re turn to transportation null si it were in some uninha bited colony, for he suspected it was not likely the for mer colonies would change their mine. Lord CAMPBELL hoped that the present system was by uo means beyond any hope of return to transpor tion. No doubt, were the ticket of-leave system to be abolished, they would still have the criminals returned upon them when the period expired, and then they must be set at liberty without any surveillance. As to Lln don being filled with forrat7, as Paris was, the thing was to be avoided with dread, and he trusted ths Go vernment would lose no opportunity of returning to transportation. New colonies might be fund. Cer tainly they would, in that case, lose the advantage of their being absorbed, of their being employed, restored to character and respectability. It must never be for gotten that 40,000 of our criminals were in the colonies earning a respectable livelihood. The Earl of ST. GERITA.NS believed that the colo nies were perfectly right in petitioning for the abolition of transportation. The system of assignment formerly in practice was in some cases no punishment at all, while in others it was very severe. He felt quite sure that the feelings of the people of this country would not allow Mr. OLIVEIRA. asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, with reference to the Order in Council of the 7th day of December last, now laid upon the table of the house, authorising an additional issue of bank notes by the Bank of England, to the extent of 475.0001., pur suant to the sth section of the 7th and Bth Vic. cap. 32, what arrangement had been made between the Govern ment and the Bank of England, to carry into effect the provision of the 9th section of the said Bank Charter Act, which required the Bank of England to allow the public the profits derived from any additional securities beyond the stipulated amount of 14 5 000,000/., fixed by the act, after deduction of exnerieeg The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the agreement the Government had entered into with the Bank arranged all the details ; and when the year lelapsed, for which the arrangement existed, the terms of it would he laid before the house. Mr. °TWAY asked the President of the Board of Control whether he was aware of the proceedings that had taken place in the Prerogative Court of Canterbur.v, " In re Dyce Sombre," and of the judgment of the judge, the Eight Hon. Sir John Dodson ; and whether the Court of Directors of thu East India Company had the power to disburse generally moneys from the revenues of jos • tice for any obj.ct or objects, including the discharge of law costs and expenses incurred by them in this coun try. without his sanction and authority ? Mr. V. SMITH said he had no further knowledge of this case than the public had, and through the same medium, the public prase. With regard to the second part of the question he woul I make inquiries and inform the house. them to resort to the system of transportation as it once existed. Lord MON'FEA.GLE objected to legislation based upon the evidence taken before committees. The infor mation thus obtained was not only limited, but often so perverted that it wa3 impossible to form a correct judg- ment upon t:ie subject. There was a great danger in , putting an end to transportation ; but there would be greater danger in indiscreetly revising it. One of the colonies in Western Australia desired that the system of transportation should be continued. That colony not only accepted convicts, bat sought them. The colonists of Moreton Bay were desirous of being placed upon the same footing as Western Australia, and were anxious to take convicts. In any new system of transportation the principle must be to make the colonists believe that transportation would be a benefit to them ; but in any plan which might be adopted they could never resort to the system formerly pursued at Norfolk Island, which was a disgrace to the age in which they lived. After a few words in reply from the Earl of RAE ROWBY, which did not reach the gallery, The house then adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY,) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MENIBER. Sir A. AGNEW took the oaths and his seat for Wigton shire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were severally read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Barnsley Canal and Collieries, and West of Fife Mineral Railway. Mr. %V. FOX presented a petition from Oldham in favour of the bill for the abolition of the toll w on ship- ping. The Marquis of BLANDFORD presented a petition in favour of the abolition of the law of settlement. Several petitions were presented against the Govern ment Police Bill. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that on Thursday next he should a:lc her Alaj , 3sty's Government whether it was ntended to introduce the Bill for the reform of the Car • must see would be very imperfectly and i3couveniently dealt with in a committee of the whole house. It is im- possible in conducting a debate in a committee of the whole house on a bill to separate and singly deal with particular cases, especially if complicated by a great variety of circumstances in such a manner as neither to be satisfactory to the house nor just to the parties concerned. (Hear, hear.) This bill consists of two points ; one simple, the other more complicated. One relating to passing tolls ; the other, differential duties and town dues. It is evident that a great variety of re poration of London? ll.ord GODERICH, on behalf of the hon. member for Aylesbury, postponed his motion relative to the report of Sir J. M 'Neil and Col. Toßach till Friday week. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on that day fort night he should call the attentiou of the house to the salaries of County Court Judges. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION. Sir DE LACY EVANS rose to put a qur,stion re lative to the extraordinary discrepancy in the statements of her Majesty's Government, as to reasons for with holding the information obtained by the Crimean Commissioners relative to the mortality in the British -army in the Crimea. Th© document to which he referred - in one part stated that the mor tality returns fcr the different regiments accompanied it, but doubt existed on the part of the connnission whether it was desirable to lay those returns before the house ; while, on the other hand, it had been stated that the report had been laid, in an entire state, before the house. He wished to ask which of the statements was correct ? Mr. F. PEEL said that he did not admit the there was any discrepancy with respect to the statement that bad been made relative to those mortality returns. The statement that he had made was precisely that which he had received from Lord Panmure. The mortality re presentations are justly entitled to be made by the towns which are concerned. The Vice-President of the Board turns, he believed be was correct in stating, formed a part of another document. Sir D. L. EVANS—Is it the intention of the Govern ment to produce those returns ? Mr. F. PEEL said it was not. Sir D. L. EVANS—The return is to be of no use. THE GERMAN LEGION. of Trade stated yesterday that, with reference to the re presentations that had been made from Hull and Bristol within the last few days bad led the Board of Trade to think that special provisions should be made in the bill to meet these particular cases. The special provisions are difficult to be dealt with in a committee of the whole Major REED asked the Under-Secretary for War whether the attention of the War-office had been called to the alleged riotous and insubordinate conduct of cer tain soldiers of the British German Legion stationed at Shorncliffe ; and whether it was trae that a collision had taken place between the police (aided by the inha bitants) and the soldiers, in which several persons were severely injured ; that the Riot Act was read and appli cati©n made to the camp for assistance ; that drunken ness prevailed to a disgraceful extent, and in some cases the men had refused to obey their officers ; and, if so, whether any and what means had been taken to prevent the recurrence of such dangerous proceedings ? Mr. F. PEEL said ho had made inquiries on the sub ject and found that a disturbance had taken place, that one man was taken to prison, and that an attempt had been made to rescue him. A strict inquiry was now going on to discover the ringleaders, and if they were discovered they would be punished. With regard to the prevalence of drunkenness he thoug,lit the charge was without foundation. THE BANK CHARTER. THE SUN, LON Do N, WEDN_E',SDAY V.EN i. 14,6, FEBRUARY 27, 1856. country, But, then, the Government will be under no particular obligatio❑ to them on that account. Some in sinuationi have been thrown out by the right hon. gen tleman which I cannot allow to pass altogether urine- ticed. Assailing my right hon. friend near me (Sir C. Wood) he says, " Why, look at the forbearance we have shown towards the blunders of the First Lord of the Admiralty." I should like to know to what blunders the right hon. gentleman refers ? Instead of dealing in this ♦ague railing, why does not the right hon. gentleman bring forward a specific motion, and WI the house d'.s tinctly what has been the maladministration of the First Lord of the Admiralty? (Cheers.) I do not mean to claim all the credit for what has been done for my right hon. friend ; our predecessors, and especially the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle (Sir J. Graham), are entitled to participate in it; but I believe tbat, owing to the ability and unwearied industry of my right hon. friend in the dis charge of his official duties, a British fleet such as never before rode the ocean has been equipped under his ad ministration of the Admiralty. And if, as I heartily pray may not be the ease, our present hopes of peace should be disappointed, I believe it will be found that Dagland has now at her disposal a weapon which will enable her triumphantly to protect her interests and vin dicate her honour—a weapon, let me add, which will greatly enhance her influence in negotiation, as well as prove a most effectual instrument for the prosecution of war, should fulther warfare unhappily be necessary. Ti.• right hon. gentlemen a'so dra?geil into this di,cu.si the subject of tee Wensleyiale life peerage as a kind of make-weight. I know not if that question is to be brought before this house, but, at all events, I will not new trou'ile this house with any observations upon it. Indeed, I have to beg pardon of the house for trespass. ing upon its attention as long as already have done, but I really could not permit the most unprovoked at tack of the right hon. gentleman opposite to pass wholly without comumnt. (Cheers.) Mr. HEADLAM, as one of that class of members who had been particularly alluded to by the right hon. ntl.±man who had just sat down, wished to observe that, even if he had had no connection with the shipping interests, his oppositiin to this measure would have been equally as decided as it no .v was. He must, therefore, express his satisfaction at the course that hal been adopted that night by the Government. Indeed he only regretted that course had not been taken at an earlier periad, and before such principles as those em- bodied in this bill had been enunciated in that house. A measure, ho vever, dealing with the question of passing tolls, if jHdici , ur-dy framed, would confer a great boon on the shipping interest, and would most e robably meet with the cinctirrence of both sides of the house. He begged to sa! , as the representative of a seaport, that his consti tuents were perfectly prepared to .submit their case to a select committee. He admitted that the strict maintenance of the present law might be attended with some harisiiips and inconveniences, but he thought it would not be (Hifi , cult to devise a scheme that would be fair and just towarls the holdere, of the description of property which would be affected by this bill, while it would obviate the complaints urged against the present operation of the law. Mr. HADFIELD was of opinion that some benefit had arisen from the discussions which had taken place on this subject. The people had learned that, by virtue of old documents for which a few shillings were given some tens tunics ago, dues which were charged upon the earnings of their hard labour wee e levied and appripriated by th• town of Liverpool to the amount of 105,0001. a•year. He thought also that the discussion might not be with out its effect upon the Corporation of Liverpool, who roust remember that there were other outports which were as easily accessible, and where cargoes might be disc..arged upon more reasonable terms. The arnendinent of Sir F. Thesiger was then withdrawn —the order for the second reading of the bill was dis charged, and the bill was withdrawn. CHARITABLE USES BILL. This bill was read a third time. On the question that it do past, Mr. WIGWAM moved an a'nendment on the second clause, with the view of preventing any relief being given by the bill in eases in which the conveyance of laud for charitable uses had not been executed in the presence of two witnesses, in conformity with the statute of George lay on the shoulders of the right hon. baronet the re sponsibility of any attempt to interfere with the rights and privileges of the people., In reply to Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Sir B. HALL said all the plans would be referred to a committee. In reply to Col. GREVILLE, S:r B. HALL stated that the object of this inquiry would be to make out the best means of communication through the park ; and it would not be very long before the result could be reported to the house. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up this bill, which was real a first tune. The bonze then adjourned, at five minutes past 7, to this day. PARLIAMENTARY HOUSE OF CO\IMONS.-FEB 26. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. Select Committee nominated : Mr. Solicitor -General for Ire land, Sir James Graham, - Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Henley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Keogh, Viscount Mouck. Motion made, and question, " that Mr. Cairns be one other member of the said committee," put, and negatived Napier, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Wm. Fitzgerald, Mr. Whiteside, to be members of the said committee : Motion made, and question proposed, " that Mr. De Vere be one other member of the said committee." Amtudment proposed, to leave out the name of " Mr. De Vere " a d to insert the name of " Sir Fitzroy Kelly " instead thereof : Question, " that the name of Mr. De Vere stand part of the question," put, and agreed to. Mr. De Vero to bo one other member of the said c mmittee. Motion made, and question put, " that Sir Erskine Perry be one other mem ber of said committee."—The house divided : Ayes, 128; Noes, O. AYES-123. Acton, Joseph Fitzgerald, J. Monck, Vis. Ai: new, Sir A. Foley, J. H. Monsell, W. Atherton, W. Freestun, Colonel Morris, D. Ball, J. Gibson, M Moityn ' E. Barnes, T. Gifford, Earl of Nr,wport, Viscount Bass, M. Glyn, G. O'Connell, J. Baxter, NV. Coderich, Viscount Olive ra, B. Bell, J. Goodman, Sir G. Osborne, It. Berkeley, Hon. 11. Gower, F. Paget, 1.0. d A. Berkeley, G. Grace, 0. Palmerston, Viscount Bethell, Sir R. Grenfell, Charles Pellatt, A. Biggs, W. Greville, Colonel F. Perry, Sir E. Black, Adam Grey, Rt. Hon, Sir G. I'hillimore, J. G. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Grosvenor, Ld. R. Pi/ott, F. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Gurney, J. 11. Ponso ,by, A. Bowyer. G Hadlield, George Power. N. Brand, H. B. W. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pritchard, J. Brockman, E. D. Hastie, Arehd. Reed, .J. Brocherton, J. Headlam, T. Ricardo, 0. Bruce, Lord B. Heresy, Lord A. Richardson, J. Buckley, Gen. Heyworth, L. itobartes, T. Byng, G. 11. C. Higgins, G. 0. Russell, F. C. Castlerosse, Vis. Hlndley, C. Scholefield, W. Cuf field Col. J. Howard, C. Seymour, 11. Chambers, T. Ingham, R. Seymour, W. D. Cockburn, Sir A. Jackson, W. Shelley, Sir J. Coffin, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, M. Cowper, W. Kersetw, J. Smith, ft. Craufurd, E. H. J. Klimaird, A. Pomtrvilie, Sir W. Crossley, F. Kirk, W. Spooner, it. Deedes, William Langton, 11. G. Stanley, Lord De Yore, S. E. LaFlett, W. Strati, lion. E, Dillwyn, L. L. Lewis, Sir G. C. Tancred, U. Disraeli, It. Lowe, R. Villiers, C. Duckworth, Sir J. T.B. Luce, T. Walinsley, Sir J. Duke, Sir J. Lytton, Sir E. Warner, E. Duncan, Viscount Mackie, J. Watkins, Col. Dune in, George M'Cann, J. Wlekhatn, li. Dunlop, A. MacGregor, James Wilkinson, W. Ellice, E. MeTavart, Sir J. Wilson, J. Elliott, J E. Mang.es, R. Ewart, W. Martin, J. Ewart, J. 3latheson, A. Ferguson, J. Milligan, it. NOES— (19. Adderley, C. B. Guinness, It. S. Murrougla, J. P. Alexander, J. Gwyn, llowol Newdegate, C. Arch call, Capt. M. Hall, tieneral John Parke, C. Ball, E. Hamilton, Lord Claud Parker, R. lirarnley-Moore, J. Hardy, G. Pugh, D. Cairns, 11. Hayes, Sir E. )lobertson, P. Carnac, Sir J. R. Horsfall, T. Seyiner, 11. Christy, Samuel Jolliffe, Sir W. Shoe. Serjt. W. Cole, H. A. Jones, D. Smith, Abel Davies, J. Kendall. N. Stanhope, J. Davison, R. Kennedy, T. Stirling. W. Duncombe, Hon. A. Ker, D. Stracey, 11. Duncombo, 0. Langton, W. 11. P. G. S,trart, Captain Dun flinte, lion.W.E Lennox, Lord 11. G. 'Sullivan, Michael Farrer, J. Liddell, H. T. Veruar, Sir W. Fenw.cli, H. Macartney, G. Waddington, 11. Ferguson, sir J. 31 tic Mahan, P. Warren, S. Filmer, Sir E. Hellos, Richard Whitesi le, J. Fitzgerald, W. It. S. Meagher, T. Whitmore. 11. Follett, B S. Michell, William Wil:oughby, Sir 11. Forester, Col. Montgomery, Sir G. Wool, Sir C. Gall wey, Sir W. Mowbray, J. R. TELLERS. Gladstone, Capt. J. Mullings, J. R. Vance, John Grogan, Edward Mundy, W. Dunne, Colonel T ELLER3. Hay ter, W. Mal grave, 1, ttrl of CLERKS OF PARLIAMENTS. Mr. L. KING moved for copies of the last patents, or enrolments or patents, under which the clerks of the Parliaments attending the Houses of Lords and Com mons were appointed ; of the earliest extant patent or enrolment of a patent, appointing a clerk of the Parliaments ; and of the oath of office of clerk of the Parliaments ; and, if the oath hail been varied of the several forms which had at different times been adminis tered.—Agreed to. LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING. In answer to a question from Mr. LINDSAY, Mr. LOWE said that it was never intended that the B )ard of Trade should have the power of applying taxes raised at one port for the benefit of another. The pur poses contemplated by the act were that the Board of Trade should have the application of the dues to be levied for shippin g purposes at the port at which they were levied, and that the shipping purposes to which the dues should be applied should be decided on by the harbour master, and not the Board of Trade—the latter requiring, how ever, that an estimate of the expenses be forwarded to them, that they might see that the money had been ap plied to shinnirff purpocee. THE MNEIL•TULLOCH REPORT. In answer to a question from Mr. ROEBUCK, Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table the warrant appointing the commission to inquire into the conduct of certain officers in the Crimea mentioned in the report, and stated that the following officers composed the com mission : —Lord Seaton, Gen. M 'Mahon, Earl Beacham, Gen. Peel, Sir J. Bell, Gen. Knowles, and Gen. Rowan. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION—MR. ROE BUCK'S NOTICE. Sir J. PAKINGTON—Sir, I wish to give notice tha,', in the event of the hon. arid learned member for Sheffield bringing on his resolution relative to the report of the Crimean commission, either ac a substantive mo tion or in any other manner admitted by the forms of the house, it is my intention to in evo the following amendment to that resolution :—" That; in the opinion of this house, the reports of Sir John M`Neil and Colonel Tulloch ought to have been submitted to the Commander in-Chief before they were presented to Parliament, whereby her Majesty's Government might have avoided the objectionable proceeding of appointing a commission to inquire, without equal or adequate means of informa tion, into the conclusions at which another commission bad arrived ; and, while this house laments the indica tion thus given of a want of ,that concert and co-opera tion between the offices of the Secretary of State for War and the Commander-in-Chief, which cannot be inter rupted without serious injury to the public service, it has also observed with regret the premature appointment to p,,sts of importance in this country, while the inquiry of the commissioners was still in progress, of officers whose conduct is impuzned by the said report.” WITHDRAWAL OF THE LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING BILL. Lord PALMERSTON said—l think it my duty to Mite to the house the course which her Majesty's Go vernment has deemed it their duty to take with regaro/ to the measure no - .v under the consideration of the house. That measure was propos , :d to Parliament upon a full consideration of the M t tn. 4 to which it relates. Her Majesty's Government 1.:It that the burthens which exist on shipping and on the industry of the country by reason of thedifferent imposts and duties to which the bill relates were matters deserving of the interference of Parlament for the purpose of reliev:ng those interests from those imposts under which they laboured. (Hear.) It was with that view that the measure now before the house was proposed to Parliament. In the discussion which has taken &ace on the bill nothing has been adduced by those who have opposed the measure which in any degree tends to shake the confidence of the Go vernment as to the justice or policy of the course they have pursued. (Hear, hear.) II will not now enter into the arguments that have been adduced, but I think it right to record the opinion of her Majesty's Government, which have not been shaken, on the ques tion of right or policy they have adopted. in the course of the discussion last night it was made manifest that there are, in regard to the cares of towns that would bo affected by the measure, a far greater variety of different circumstances and of com plioated interest than perhaps her Majesty's Govern ment were at first led to suppose. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) These are matters which every gentleman Mr. ATHERTON said that, when twelve months bad elapsed between the execution of the deed and the death of the te-tator, he thought that the further relaxations proposed by the bill might safely be adopted. The clause would only cure the informality of certain deeds. Mr. HENLEY said it was not desirable to have a statute in full force, and to pass continual acts to remedy the inecn•enienees which arose under that statute. Ile should therefore support the amendment of his hon. and learned friend. Mr. HADFIF.LD supported the clause. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he could not concur in the objections which had been made to the clause. The Mop t - Deja Act prescribed certaiu formali ties, some of which were material and some immaterial. With those that wore material the clause did not pro pose to interfere. But a zreat number of cases bad oc enrred in which the iminatorial formalities had not been observed, and it was now proposed to cure this defect. Atter a few words from Mr. MULLINGS, and Mr. MATINS, •the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. A.THERTON proposed to add, at end of clause :--" And no deed, assurance, •r instrument, 30 years o!d, nor any deed, assurance, or intrunnent heretofore eKccuted, as to which it shall he proved to the satisfac tion of the Clerk of Enrolments. in Chancery that the acknowhdgment thereof by the grantor of the lands or hereditaments to which the same relates, cannot be ob tained within six calendar months . after the passing of this act, shall, for the purposes of the first recited act, or of this act, require acknowledgment prior to enrol ment."—Agreed to. The bill then passed. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND moved that the select committee on the Court of Chancery (Ire land) Bill unrAiat of the following members :—Mr. Soli citor-General for Ireland, Sir James Graham, Mr. Ed ward Ellice, Mr. Henley, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Keogh, Viscount Monck, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Win. Fitzgerald, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Da Vere. Sir Erskine Perry, and Mr. Kirk. Mr. S. FITZGERALD moved the insertion of the name of Sir F. Kelly, in the place of that of Mr. De Vere. Ile thought it was desirable to have a practis iog English lawyer npoi the committee. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND said there were at present seven lawyers on the committee, and only three Irish country gentlemen, and the hon. member wished to strike out one of the latter, and to add to the number of lawyers. Under these circum stances, and as he had asked the hon. member (Mr. De Vere) to serve upon the committee, he (the Solicitor- Genera') could not agree to the omission of the name. Mr. WHITE=ADE observed that it would be of great use to have one member of the English bar, who could explain to the committee the effect of the valuable legal reforms which had lately been accomplished in this cou n try. CA. DUNNE asserted that the committee was un fairly constituted, and would not satisfy the people of Ireland. It was then agreed that the name of Mr. Da Vere stand on the committee. On the motion that the name of Sir E. Perry stand on the committee, the house divided, when there appeared— I 9 or motion l2B Against it Majority in favour of the motion -59 On the motion that Mr. Kirk be one of the committee, Mr. WHITESIDE said that after the division which had taken place, he should not further interfere with the nomination of the committee, but he would submit to Government that, inasmuch as there was no doubt that their object was to get a good law, they would withdraw the name of the hon. member for Newry, and place that great law reformer, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, on the committee, especially as that hon. and learned gentle man had expressed his willingness to attend and give all the a•isistance in his power. He did not make this sug gestion out of any personal objection to the member for Newry, but because he thought that gentleman, like the hon. and learned member for East Suffolk, and tier Majesty's Solicitor-General, who were acquainted with the practice of the Court of Chancery in England, ought to be on the committee, if the Government were really anxious to get a good law. Mr. J D. FITZGERALD had no oljection to add to the committee the names of the gentlemen referred to, if lie could be assured of their attendance. With re ference to the name now before the house, he wished to state that he had selected the honourable member for Newry as the representative on the committee of the mercantile interest. The honourable gentleman was himself not only an extensive merchant, but he was also a man of very great intelligence, and represented a large .mereant ile district. • Mr. WHITESIDE explained that he had mentioned that Sir F. Kelly would attend on the committee if ap pointed one of its members. Sir G GREY said that there could be no objection to placing the two gentlemen mentioned by the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen on the committee, but that a notice to that effect should be given by him. Mr. DISRAELI thought the proposition of Govern ment a fair one. The necessary notice was then given, and the name of Mr. Kirk agreed to. ST. JAMES'S-PARK. Sir B. HALL moved, as a select committee to con sider the plans for the proposed communication between Pall-Mall and Westminster, the following names :—Sir B. Hall, Lard J. Manners, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Mr. Disraeli, Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord Hotham, Sir J. Past-in, Mr. Stephenson, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Hutchins, Col. Buldero, Mr. Drummond, Mr. S. W ert . ley, Col. W. Patten, and Mr. Milnee. Mr. HINDLEY complained of the proceeding as hur ried, and as one intended to anticipate the opi n i on ex pressed out of doors upon the subject. The right hon. baronet had not given the house the chance which had been given to the Irish inernb,ra in reference to the com mittee just appointed, of proposing any other names but those in the motion. The hou , e had not tim, even to give instructions to the committee that they should not approve of any plans which interfered with the enclosure of S Y and gem of the whole metropolis. te'swhom he brought to see it pat- k Foreigners, the t confessed that its beauty was n o t to h e an ywh e re equal led. They should, then, not allow anything to interfere with t':e enclosure, for, if t h ey did, t h e y m i g ht i n as good taste vie the com m itt ee i nstruc ti ons to p u ll d own Westminster Abbey. Th e enc l osure , too, wa s sma ll, and the wonder was how the landscape gardener had been able to make so much out of so little ground. He should like to have been abfiri to move instructions to the committee ; but, being prevented in that, the only course left open to him was to object to the names proposed, but as that was invidious way of proceeding, he should not have recourse to it. He should,- however, Sporting Intelligence. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added for 3-yr clds and unwardß. One mile and a quarter. 6 subs. Mr. E. Parr's Stork, by Sir Isaac or Gabbier, 3 vrs,. Est. 311".. (Ducker) 1 Mr. Morris's Eulogist, 6 yrs, 9it 31b (Barham) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Alfred, 3 yrs, bit 31b. ...(Challonur) 3 Betting —G to 4 on Stork ; 2 to 1 asst Alfred, WVo❑ by two lengths; four lengths between the second and third. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for 2 yr olds. Colts Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 31b ; win ners 4lb extra. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Cunningham's Willie Crawford, Bst 71h (Chillman) 1 Mr. W. King's colt Peggy, Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 Mr J. 0 , borne's filly litrful, Bst 31h...(J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—God Girl, Sebastopol, Se ducer Singleton, Brother to Shoreham. Betting-3 to 1 each a ;.A the Hopeful filly and the Peggy colt, 4 to 1 agst Sebastopol, 5 to 1 each agst Seducer Singleton and Willie Crawford. Won cleverly by three-quarters of a length ; about the same distance separated the second from the third ; Sebastopol was a good fourth. Brother to Shoreham, who got badly off, wa= last f-orn start to finish. - --The Aintree'Plitte; of 50 sovs. One mile. Mr. J. 04)orne's I:.i Ginkel, 3 yrs, sst...(Challoner) 1 Mr. R. Bcnnison's Pollux, 3 yrs, sst 6th (Decker) 2 Capt. S.tyrnotir's Hoddam, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb ...(Bates) 3 The following also ran :—Sir Rowland Trenchard, Menzie, Janet Pride, and Pera. Betting---G to 4 suet Sir Rowland Trenchard ;sto 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; half a length be tween the second and third ; Pera, who lost start, was a moderate fourth. Sir Rt , wland Trenchard fell at the Canal-bridge turn, and Forster, his rider, was much in jured. The horse was lying well up at the time of the acciient. The Optional Selling Stakes of 5 soy's each, with 20 added, for 3 yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sod for 150/. ; allowances, if entered, to be sold for less, &c. One mile. 4 subs. Mr. IligOnhotham's Little Tom, by Scainander, 6 yrs, (301.), 84 111 b (Kendall), walked over. The Liverpool Spring Cup (handicap) of 100 sous., in specie, by subscription of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 60 added. The second to save his stake. Oao mile and a half. 31 subs. Mr. Sa:.• is Mary, by Idle Boy, 4 yrs, 6,t 101 b (Quinlan) 1 Mr. Andrews's Little Davie, aged, 7st (Soul)) 2 Lord Conyngharn's Lightning, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (Charlton) 3 The following also ran : Eulogist, Shelab, and InhEritess. Prince Plausible, Pollux, and Baroness " put in an appearance," but there was a false start, Shelab, Mary, and Lightning being left at the cost—the other raced round the course, Little Davie coming in first, Alonzo second, and Prince Plausible third ; the second time Prince Plausible, Pollux, and Baroness did not start. Mary won by half a length. 8.-rezina was struck out at 3 p.m. this day, and De Ginkel at 3.45. The weather was cold and showery. The attendance of speculators and general company somewhat numer ous. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6 to 1 agst The Seaman 6to 1 agst Jean du Qaesne 6to 1 agst Harry Lorrequer 12 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie 12 to 1 agst Forest Queen 14 to 6 agst Potter 16 to 1 agst Emigrant 20 to 1 agst Stamford 20 to 1 agst Minerva 25 to 1 agst hopeless Star 50 to 1 agst British Yeoman [Anvsnetseneer.] — lf to those who remove the greatest amount of human misery and promote in the greatest degree the sum of human happiness, the highest meed of praise aua gratitude is due, it would be hard to point to any man so eminently deserving of that meed as Mr. Du Barry, the dis coverer of the now celebrated Revalenta Ara dca Food. The good effected by others, whether patriots, politicians, or what not, may he problematical, may be probable ; it is at all events matter of hypoth es i s . Th e goo d d one by M r . D u B ar y is tangible, undoubted, unquestioned, and unquf stione;. 1 e Also of 00 thousand of his countrymen—men of title and ran'e, and men of lowliness and obscurity; men of learning and men of simplicity; ministers of the gospel and men of the camp and the armament, have in their several styles and forms, fir warded to him their ardent expressions of thankfulness for rescue from pain and disease. In the following disorders, the efficacy of this Food has been found unvarying and unrivalled: —dyspepsia ( indigestion), constipation, functional irregula rity, obstructilins, acidity, cramps, spasms,fits, heartburn, (liar. rheee, nervousness, biliousness, affections of the liver and kid. neys, flatulency, distention, palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, giddiness, pains between the shoulders and in almost every part of the body, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, eruptions on the scurvy, fever, scrofula , impurities, poverty of blood, consumption (if not beyond human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, influenza, grippe, naus a and vomiting during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spleen, general debility, paralysis, cough, asthma, tightness across the chest, phlegen, i nqu ietude, sleeplessness, involun tary blushing, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, delusions, loss of memory, vertigo, blood to the h ea d , ex i haustions, melancholy, groundless fear, n leeision, wretched ness, thoughts of self-destruction , &c, We shall her e re f er to a ' few cases of cure. Cure 32,836. —Three years' excessive nervousness with pa i ns i n s ay neck and eft arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has Leen radi cally removed by leu Barry's health-restoring Food. ALEX, STUART, Ali, • +deacon of Reis:, Skibbereen. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, Dec. 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induce.l, in the inte rest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excelleet Revaleuta Ar ibica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of inligestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. The Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers,- and may he considered .a real blest. ing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. In canisters, 51bs. lls. ; 121b5., 225. The 121bs. carnage free, ou receipt of post•office .rder, Barry du Barry and Co,, 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly e also at 60, Grace church-street; 33J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Eishepsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 51, Upper Baker-street; 03 and 150, Oxford-street. ~- , house ; and considering the great differences of opinion that prevails in this house with regard to the provisions of the measure, and considering also that it is not the duty of her Majesty's Government to call on this house to bestow time and attention on a measure on which they were not likely to come to a just and satisfactory con chs:ion the Government have come to the opinion that it would be snore consistent with the public interests in volved to refer this bill to a select committee of the house. I hope the suggestion will be adopted by the house, because the matter cannot rest in the state it now is, either with justice to the towns concerned, or with satisfaction to that public Investigation which the subject requires, and which inquiry, I believe, can best be con ducted by a select committee of the house. Under these circumstances, I ask the house to allow her Majesty's Government to withdraw the bill now before the house, in order that the subject may be investigated by a select committee. (Hear.) Mr. DISRA.ELI—I have heard with satisfaction the declaration of her Majesty's Government. After the dis cus4on of last night, when the alarming character of the bill before the house was beginning to be understood, and when its propositions, in themselves so alarming, were supported by the member of the Government to whom their advocacy was intrusted in a speech more calculated than any other to which I have ever listened in this house to disturb and alarm the public mind—(cheer') — and to unsettle that confidence in prescription which has hitherto been one of the most considerable sources of the stability and security of property and order in this country, I felt it my duty to impress upon the house the expediency of coming to a speedy conclusion, and of not postponing to the day then proposed by the noble lord, a decision which I am sure would have been awaited with great anxiety by the public, and the delay of which T thought would be injurious to the public interest. Therefore I hear with great satisfaction that, the noble lard has thought fit to withdraw this measure ; and, remembering the debate which took place last night, remembering that, although the amendment was moved by an hon. and learned friend of mine on this side of the house, no character of a party controversy was im parted to that discussion, I think it will be a 'source of great satisfaction to the public that the discernment of the House of Commons should have prevented what would have been the injurious consequences of the crude and thoughtless projects which were about to be carried with so much facility, and to be exempted from full and ' mature consideration. I cannot quite understand the view which the noble lord takes of the position of the Government with respect to this measure—projected, but now withdrawn. I understood the noble lord to say that her Majesty's Government would not have felt justified in bringing forward this important and com prehensive measure had they not given to it all the consideration which so important a project required-- (cheers) —but before he concluded his observations I was at a loss to understand to what points the Go vernment had addressed this consideration. The noble lord says that the bill is divided into two parts. The first refers to the subject of passing tolls ; the other — and the noble lord spoke of it almost as a secondary part —refers to local and differential dues, according to the noble lord a more complicated portion of the business. i No se, sir, no one who has read the bill can suppose that the subject of passing tolls required very deep or pro longed consideration by her Majesty's Government. That subject is one that has been much considered, that has been thoroughly understood, and with which the house has long been, I may say unanimously, prepared to deal. 1 myself. nearly three years ago, proposed to the house a measure on this subject, which even at that period of great party excitement was received with general favour. Under these circumstances I cannot think that the great consideration said to have been given to this subject by her Majesty's Ministers was de mended by that portion of the subject which refers to passing dues. If not, it must of course follow that the profound consideration for which the noble lord took credit in the name and on behalf of the Government must have been directed to that portion of the bill which relate, to local and differential dues. Yet we find them dislodged from that position also, for it appears from the speech of the noble lord that upon all circumst times connected with local rates and differential dues the Government were in a state of hopeless igno rance till they had heard the debate which took piece in this house last night. (Hear, hear.) It is but natural to suppose that the Board of Trade must have de.vot,d the ninq minute and careful attention to this subject. The department is now represented in her Majesty's cabinet. Recently it was not so ; but at the present moment it is personated in the Cabinet, and we have now before us the fruits of that happy consummation. (Hear, hear ) The Board of Trade being represented in the Cabinet, it follows that the Government must have had at their command the most authentic and authoritative informe tion on this subject to assist them in that elaborate con s'deration to which the noble lord refers in so triumphant a tone. (Hear, and laughter) It is but reasonable to conclude that they must have had rapid access to the most trustworthy sources of information ; yet we have the authority of the noble lord himself for the statement that it was only a few hours ago, and upon the very eve of the debate, that the position of two of the most hen' portent cities and posts of the kingdom with reference to local and differential dues was for the first time made known to the Government. (Hear, hear.) What, then, becomes of the deep consideration—the profound and ample consideration-- (a laugh)—which, according to the first Minister of the Crown, this que-tion received at the hands of her Majesty's Government before they felt authorised to introduce it to the notice of the house ? What I want to know from the Government is, what por tion of this measure received their consideration ? I want it to be proved to the satisfaction of the house that sny portion of the bill was so favoured. (Henn) In the in• terests of representative government and for the sake of the reputation of her Majesty's Ministers, I desire that they should be vindicated from the suspicion of having launched a measure of this vast importance without at least considering the bearings of the case, and without taking the trouble to acquaint themselves with the pro bable consequences of their project. At present we are at a loss to understand whether the Government has any thoughts whatever on the subject. We have no informa tion to lead us to believe that any of those circumstances which are now referred to as being peculiarly " anoma lous " and " disturbing" in their projected legislation of last night had ever occurred to the Government before the di-cession of yesterday evening. But let us now cons:der what that proposition is which is pnibahly de s'gned to cover the retreat of the Government, and to induce the belief in the country that Ministers only com mitted the mistake of adopting the least expedient. of the alternatives which it was their duty to accept. We are now informed that Government are of opinion that a select committee of this house should thoroughly inves tigate the subject. But if the subject has been already thoroughly investigated—as we are assured it has been —by the Ministers, what necessity can there be for the House of Commons to undertake the duties of the Cabi net, and to do that which a e had a right to expect would have been performed by the responsible Administration of the country ? What is the use of the Cabinet—what advantage results to the Sovereign or the nation from having Ministers, if these Ministers, plunging with rash precipitancy into a subject they have not cared to master, first bring forward a crude and immature measure, and then, recoiling from the consequences of a public debate, admit that they are not able to deal with the question, and call on the House of Commons, in the shape of a select committee, to fulfil the duties of the responsible ad visers of the Crown ? (Cheers.) And yet it was no light or trivial proposition that the Ministers ventured to re commend to the adoption of the house. They have brought forward a measure which has alarmed every possessor of property in the country. Was that a Itght sronosition ? Ought such a proposition to have been made without grave deliberation ; or, having been made, is it to be endured that the Government should not be prepared to accept the responsibility of their id-advice in a matter of such moment ? They have recommended the house to deal in a most seminary manner with the Mu nicipal Reform Act —a measure of comparatively recent enactment, and one which has re - eivA the support and sympathy of great masses of the population. Was that a light proposal, or ene of insignificant im portance ? Wiil it be said that it is the duty of a select committee of this house to usurp the duties of the Cabinet, and to superintend the legislation of the em pire ? For my own part I pledge myself to no par. ticular course on the subject of the noble lord's pro position, but as far as present circumstances afford the meane of arrivieg at a judgmeat. it appears to use that the suggestion to settle this question through the medium of a select committee is little less &ejection: able than that process of direct legislation which the Goverraneut has been compelled to relinquish. In such a proceeding I can only see the alarming characteristics and the disturbing consequences of the bill which the noble lord has been obliged to withdraw. The noble lord tells us that what is needed for the satisfactory treatment of this question is ample information ; but there I differ from him. We are already in possession of all the information that we require. Every one who has attended to this question knows all that he need care to know about it. What the country comphedue of is, that you have attempted to deal with property you had no right to touch—(hear, hear) ;—and this being so, yon clearly can have no right to bring the holders of such property before your select committee. But I will say no snore upon the subject, for I can only treat this as a proposition with which the noble lord seeks not ungracefully, it may he, to cover his retreat_ I cannot believe that, after mature deliberation, the Government, remembering all that has occurred with regard to this question, will feel that they would be doing their duty to it, to themselves, or to their c ;entry, by proposing to refer this matter to a select committee, Having said so much on tine paint, it remains to offer a few remarks on another subject—the general conduct of public af false in this house and in another place. (Hear. hear.) NVllen Parliament met there Nra.ii on the part of hon. members an auxia,V which, taking into account the cri tical state of our foreign relations, was most creditable to them, to insure .for the Government as much Par liamentary tranquillity as might be consistent with the honest fulfilment of public duty on both sides of the house. As far es my own slight influence went, I used it unsparingly, and I I_Nan in all sincerity declare that I did everything not incompatible with my position as an independent member of Parliament to prevent the Go vernment from being disturbed, and to secure for them the fullest opportunity to ooncentrate their attention on those great and responsible objects which in the face of Europelthey are new called npon to accomplish. (Cheers.) I was most anxious to abstain from any course that could damage the reputation of the Ministry, lest we should afford to foreign countries the unhappy spectacle of a weak Government, destitute of resources on which it could permanently rely. I had hoped that, whatever there might be to reprehend in the general tone of our Parliamentary life or even the general tenour of our Parliamentary conduct, we would prove to Europe that an English Government, having to perform a great duty in dangerous times, might rely on the sympathy and forbearance of a patriotic House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) Such was the hope I fondly cherished, but never since Parliament first assembled have there been six weeks more marked by blunders, mistakes, defeats, and discomfitures of Ministers. (Renewed cheers.) i And who has defeated and discomfited them ? Who has reduced them to this state of perplexity and humi ? Not the Opposition, nor yet their own sup porters. Themselves alone are the authors of their mis forturres—ihear, hear)—themselves alone have brought about a state of affairs which at the present moment is mo st deplore's:el and most earnestly to be deprecated. (Hear, hear.) It is not in this house only that we mark the results of their infatuated policy. In another place what scenes have we witnessed ! At a moment when the utmost forbearance was evinced towards them from both sides of the house, they must needs enter on a crusade against all the legal authorities of the land— (" Hear, hear," and laughter)—and, taking advantage of the indulgence of their adversaries arid the tranqeil lity of the political world, nothing would content them but wantonly and most unnecessarily to open a ques tion which, bad they been gifted with the most or.li nary sigacity, they must have foreseen would lead to Protracted c introversy and profound excitement. (Cheers ) What I charge against them is, that having a forbearing Parlienient—(derisive cheers from the Ministerial benches) —gee, I repeat it, a forbearing Par hallow. which would not even step out of its way to expose the Launders of the First Lord of the Admiralty— (laugkter) —the Ministers would seem to hove passed their time and exerted their counsels iu devising anineg them selves questions which ceul I not fail to agitate and dis tract the public mind, and which they should have known could only end in their own embarrassment and discomfiture. (Hear, hear.) It is not merely that most wantonly, as it appears to me, they created life peerages. I complain of the conduct of the Govern ment in the matter of the report of the Crimean Cam missiouers—a document thrown upon the table of the house without consulting the proper official authorities, and in a manner which does not afford the slightest evi dence of that forethought, caution, and prudence which we have a right to expect from men who assume the duties and the character of statesmen. What a piece of business you have made of it, with your life peerages, your Crimean reports, and your boards of Generals, to remedy the blunders and investigate the conduct of men whom you were bound in honour arid policy to have supported ! (Loud cheers from the Opposition.) But this is not all. Not eatisfied with attacking the consti tution of the hereditary peerage of England, not satis fied with creating all this scandal about the officers of the army, you must take this occasion, of all others, to assail the municipal institutions of the country. (Oppo siti in cheers.) Even though her Majesty's Government were as satisfied of the soundness of their views on this question of the municipalities as they have declared themselves to-night to be ; and even although those views were as right as I believe them to Le erroneous, I still maintain that this was not a fitting season for taking the step which they have done. But this is not all. Another measure has been introduced by them into this house which is certainly not friendly to that system of local self-government which the majority of us will, I trust; always seek to uphold. Is this api oper season even for bringing forward that measure ? Yet night after night these dangerous courses are adopted by the Government; and now we have a striking example of the consequence to which such conduct inevitably leads. Parliament has sat for about a month ; on both sides of the house there has been but one anxious desire to v e il the weakness of the Gcvernment, if, unhappily, they are weak ; and yet at a must important crisis in the history and fortunes of this country her Majesty's Government have so skilfully managed their affairs that they have se cured for themselves a startling defeat in both Houses of Parliament. (Cheers ) Mr. LA.BOUCHERE—Sir, the right hon. gentleman who has just sat down began by saying that in the course of the discussion on the measure which was before the house last night a great abstinence from party spirit was exhibited ; and I freely acknowledge that that statement is an accurate representation of what took place on that occasion. The grave questions then before the house certainly were debated by members on both sides who, while giving eenscientious expression to the opinions they entertained, yet knew how to refrain from mixing up with that exprec-ion anything that savoured of mere party aniinosities. (Hear.) But lam greatly inclined to suspect, from the tone of the speetih which we have just heard, that if the discussion of this measure had wren contented to-night it would not have been allowed to terminate in the exemplary epirit in which it com menced. (Rear.) I apprehend that the address to which we hove just listened from the right hon. gentleman would have undeubtedly formed a part of that entertain big oration of which we have unfortunately been de erived by the premature suspension of this debate ; and, therefore, I must be permitted to say that I think that oration would not have been wanting in as great an in fusien of party bitterness, personal hostility, and appeals founded on topics totally extraneous to the immediate question under consideration as it has ever been - MY fats or witness in any debate in this house. The right hon. gentleman says he felt bound to interpose on this occasion in order to protect the reputation of her Majesty's Go vernment. I am sure the Government ought to be n.uch obliged to him fur the great magnanimity he has displayed--e(laughter)—and yet I regret that the vindi cation thus generously volunteered has not been so com plet3 as to supersede the necessity which cnnpels rue to offer a few observations on the anima lversions by which it was accompanied, The right hon, gentleman seemed to think that my noble friend at the head of tee Govern ment was guilty of great inconsistency in stating, that although the principles of the measure submitted for a secoad reading yesterday had been seriously considered by the rvernment bef .re being brought under discus. Hien in thi r house, yet, after the debate that had taken place, in which such a variety of opinions were expressed and so many particular cases were quoted, it would be advisable to refer a part of the question to a select com mittee.. T, for one, see no inconsistency in that eager time Is there the least ground for saying that this measure has been taken up crudely or hastily by the Government '? What are the facts of the case ? In the first place a commission . was appointed to inquire into this subject ; and no man, whether he agrees with or differs from the report of the commissioners, will dispute that they were men whose character and ability fitted them to conduct such an investigation. Therefore the Government did not undertake to deal with this ques tion until it had been duly examined. And is the sub ject a new one to this House? Why, the very grievances that we are now considering have year after year been pressed on the attention of the house and the Govern ment ; and when it fell to my lot several years ago to pro pose the repeal of the navigation laws, I was repeatedly taunted for not coupling that great change with a subsi diary measure like the present, doing justice to the ship ping interest. And it is, in fact, in redemption—a tardy redemption, I admit—of the pledgee then given by me and other Ministers on that subject that the Government in troduced the bill befora the house. To say, therefore, that this measure, based on the principles which have received the sanction of the Government, is one which it was improper for them to lay before Parliament is a statement so extraordinary that I was asto nished to hew: any hon. gentleman make it. In what position do we now stand ' ? I do not wish to speak with levity of the objections that have been urged even to the pi ineiple of this bill by members of great authority in this house. I differ widely from the opinions expressed yesterday by those hon. gentlemen as to the tenure on which town dues and other property of that description are held by local corporations. Yet I readily allow that that is a subject on which men may honestly differ, and one which may require very mature consideratiou from this house. We are opposed on the principle of our bill by malty independent members sitting on both sides, combined with whom there are also arrayed against us these other hon. gentlemen who represent the various seaports of this c untry. The latter clasa of members are of course perfectly justified in speaking the senti ments of their constituents, yet, on such a question as this, it is obvious that forme deduction may fairly be made from the weight olerwise due to their opinions. Anybody who has had shy experience of the business of this house knows what infinite disiculties beset any department of the Government which merely seeks to beuefit aed do justice to the whale community by mea sures which, perhaps, incidentally affect the interests of gems particular class. This source of embarrassment is no new story. When the head of one of the strongest Governments which England ever poeses , ed—Oliver Cromwell--at the height of his power, attempted to pass certain measures of law reform interfering with the inte rests of that important body, the legal profession, he was compelled reluctantly to throw up his project, bit terly exclaiming, " I find that the sons of Zeruiati are too strong fur me." (Cheers from the Opposition.) I have thought it right to snake these remarks, because I believe that the house will think they detr net a little from the song of triumph which the right hon. gentle :nen deemed it consistent with gelid taste to indulge in on this occasion. He has launched also into a variety of irrelevant topics on which it is hardly neces.ary that I should follow him at present. For example, he says, "See what a forbearing Opposition the Government have had to meet." lam afraid, !hem the disposition now manifested by the right hon. gentleman, that the exercise of his forbearance must have cost him a great deal, and no doubt he feels much happier for the relief which he has given himself this evening. (Laughter.) I can assure him, on the part of her Majesty's Government, that we ask for no forbearance. If hon. gentleman oppo• site, as members of the British Parliament, having a serious responsibility resting upon them, conceive at any time that such is the critical state of public affairs that they would not be justified inn obstructing or thwarting the Government in an unnecousaty manner, no doubt they will refrain, up' ri public grounds, from factiously pursuing a course inoonsisteut with the iuterots of the MEM Country rilarkets. LIVERPOOL-FEB. 26. The market this morning ha'l a very slender attendance of millers and do2.lers. Friday's buoyancy in feeling ell price was lo s t to-day, and w e r e ve r t t o th e quotations o this day se'unight, with a much less demand for the lead ing articles than we found on that day. IPSWICH—Fns. 26. A thin attendance at market, and the supply of corn via'. much fallen off. Wheat a slow sale, at about the prices o' last week. Barley sold freely at 38s and 39s per qr. for best malting qualities, the supply was very small, an d tit) growers appear to be pretty well cleared out. Other grain steady at late prices. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTIO • Wheat, red (old) 70s to 72i 1 Barley, grinding ... 32s to Oa Ditto (new) Ditto, white 74s to 76 6 ,pea s Ditto (old) IDitto (white) - Barley, malting ... 37s to 3VFlour, per sack AVERAGREI POR TIM WRIER RNDINQ FEB. 23, 1856. Wheat Oats Peas Barley Beans HULL—FRB. 26. 1 A fair supply of English wheat, which met slow sale a „ - s „ is to 2s below last week's rates, runs of red fetching 68 , 3 1 i 708, 63lbs per bushel. Barley more inquired after, an ft more money obtainable for beans. New foreign are so soilas to be unPaleable. Linseed firmer, and cakes and o ic.s are : s and 20s per ten respectively dearer during the w ee 0e cakes in firm demand. The week's imports of be so t is principally from the Mediterranean, and held firm a 71. 10s., the holders having refused 71. 5 e. for the whole. s 0I B. Wheat, English, red 66 to 70iPeas, grey and black -- t° ...... Ditto white 74 to 76ruseed, Black Sea... 6 5 _ Ag ri' Dautzic and Konigs- Ditto Petorsburgh ... 63 to "- berg IS Pomeranian and Irani- I angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Memel 55 Friesland 6B to 72 f Per Ir; Russian and Odessa 64 to 68'Lins. c., Full —/ Os to 11 ' 6 1 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30 Rape cakes —s Od to 131$ 1 " - ...II Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 38 I iDittoforeign Beaus Ditto foreign 111 Peas, white and yel. 43 to 50 Rye Meal COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsnorui. kinster,thim„ „ 11 19 , Gibraltar •• •••• •• •• :224 Ditto, three months ~ 12 1% Leghorn .... •......••• b 754 n0tterdnn........12 1% Genoa .......... •• •• Antwerp .. Brussels .............. 25 67 , ,,a Venice........•• 44 HULTlblirgh •• •• •••• •••• 13 11.?.i Naples •••••••• .• •• •• • I. is &Ilona •• •• •••• •••• •• 'Palermo •••• •••••• •••• • -•••• .... 25 50 Nlesslaa • • 3'64 Ditto, three months .. 25 R 7 1,4 Marseilles ............. 25 87% flourde.inx. ........ i F; anktort-on Maine .... 121 Lisbon .. ••.. 53 4 Oporto •• •• .... Rio Janeiro • .... Buenos Ayres.. •• •• •• •• .... New York,6o days' sight ..... Vienna.......... •• I 0 45 I Philadelphia ...... Trieste.• •• .• •• •• 10 45 PRICES OF RULLICIA, ?SS 9 Fetersburg ............ 35ti Foreign Cold In Bars £3 1 7 o .; Madrid .........., .... 49% , Portugal Cold Coin .. 0 i; Cadiz .........•• ...... 40 i ) Mexican Dollars .• •• 0 ,, 0 0 0 Barcelona .• •• •• •• ••.. New Dollars •... •• a‘ - 6 Seville.. .• ••••• • • • -- i Sliver in bars • • •..• SEABORNE MAILS. Oil signifies that the mails are sent from the General rot' -.5 , the night—and bf by the morning—despatch.) ------------- 00 Day when in adc up COUNTRIE6I. in General Post- Port enn e l ' a pj. ' From what W 9I 01lice, London.* Dispatcher. .„.....f ----- —.--- ,----- 1 4 imerica(nyltrit.pack)N gyory Friday .. • • Liverpool ..• g ar. by United Sts. Feb' 21 packet) • ... •••• • • N ** •••••• • • Liverpool ~- ',merlon (by U. States mar. 21 packet) ..........N •••• • • • , Southampton %Intr.:ilia (via South- • ampton) .......... M, ••••• .- • • • • Southampton !lift() (via Marseilles) NI Ditto (via Cape of Good' owe° Hope) ............1.41 ...li l3 d of the month .. Plymouth .. ga r. t Moe (West Coast) kiemandria..........Nia , 9 , 2 4, & 9 0 of m• Dover .... klexandria..........M 4 th & 20 th of mor • Southampton Bahamas ........... M. 17411 of the relent] Southampton ety , aelgium ••••• •• • • .• N Daily •••••• • • • • • Dover •••• • 2 ga , le.' . Brazil ..............M, 9 th of the month.. Southampton '• 1 6 auenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. S,uthAtnFtnt , ... 311 _ 4 „:',01 0 Cape of Good Hope —l7 Various port un'" Cape of Good hope ..N Feb' 26 Ca?e de Verda ......N 9th of the month Southamptot Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .............. NI 1 .041 Channel Isles ~.. ...N • Mon „Wed., larrlo.. Southampton 'M. Chili-- • • • • ...... —lll 2 d & 17th of month Southampto , 4 China ... , Once a month.... Mar. Constantinople ...... N A1,13,18,23,8;24 of n• Dover .... • • Canstantinople ......., 4th & 20th of mom, Sadthronp tor 4 00 ciont. of Europe M & N,Twiee daily ...... Dover ..... T IP Egypt (see India) 'Mesa ° France ........ Id & N,Twice daily.... • • Dov er ..... , 3dbraltar ........114.4. 7,17, 20, 27 ,f mSouthamptm amen (see India) • 1 London ..... lreytown ..........m 2nd & 17th of mon. Sont!tampto , antnhurgh ...... ~..N Tuesday & Friday I,,„ na h ..........mi2nd of the month tiouthnnyto, Mat. i 20 0 flelland .. ~......... MID: 111 Y • • • • • • • • .... Dover .......1001Ytool ~ , lonchtras ..........M! l7 t a elthe month. Sou t h am pt or . latil 4 ;mils (via:;ou ~ th am pt.)m 4th . 20t1t of 'non. Plymouth ..I4 & '11 , 11 , ,. (via mar3eilles)m tith&2sth of month Dover ......I lonian Is'ea (see India) , 7, 17, &'47 of mon D0ver...... ~.4401 Ireland ........M & N , Twice daily ••.• • •11.1o1.? heAd .. Twoli; f,ishon•• •• ..•• •• ..••Ml 7, 9 , 17, & 17 of !n.,Solithampto! Feb' vt ,,,,,, ira ......... v . N,l 9tli of the monttilSouthampio „ tude i ra ........ „, .. ,;123d of month .... ;Liverpool ... vial ta 44 t see India) i & 241° 4,faits N , 19, 1;28 of mon. Dover ..... 4 Stauritius (coo India) ,I.turltltis •• •• •• •• • .I,fll4th of the month v• b. 06 liexico ............Si 2nd of the month.. Southampton... 0 Naples. ........N,Sthlsth2hthormon Dover ...... ~7 , a „ , Grana d a .....J4 21 & 17th of month Southamptor• 0 40 tiew &OUIJA .......'... ;137 private Slip •.. Various port MO Papal steles ......../;,!sthisth2sthofition. Dover ~...• . ii. ,,, Peninsula .... • • .• •.M Ithl7th27thofinon.,qouthanlptert :. Peru ~. ............ 34 id & 27th of men.lAoutharnptor ~,, sa tite Port 1 , 7-ttal ..........N • ity private ship... , Varioas ports ifill Sicily ~............Ni f ithlsth2sthofMan, Dover ...... ............N l Sthlsth2sthermon. Dover ...... ...lOUS° Tuscany aneznele ..........M f 2 d k 17th of month Southampton 1 .• van Diemen's Land (see Amstralia)••••••••••,, I. 8,16 10 w es t I n di es ........M I id & 17th o t monthlSouthamptee I! ___.,....-• i, k oo o° . When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls r;• - d o T ;patched on the following day, with the exception of the ebcd so— eouthampton), and the Malta. both of which will be dens , " preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, F. 26. L.,. ISO, STOCK EXCHANCE.—The tone of the market um;., 0 3.• without feature to-day, and the prices a slight Ar .. .,' r ghl on yesterday's rates. Eastern Counties, 9i—Edinnjol Perth, and Dundee, o—Midlands, 71i 70'i 1 li — ",' ° Sa. l , and North Westerns, 102—South Eastern, 191. 1 6s• 6 pa' —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 24J—Ditto, cent. Pref., 11—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 82g. MANCHESTER, FEE. 26. 4 0 4 STbelt EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has bee° bite' a limited business, and prices steady. East Lanc4, l3 oo , fifths, 4 p. ex div.—Shefl “ elds, 2—Leeds, $23- 4 /' 19 13-16—Midlands, 71—Union Plate Glass, 24i. BIRMINGILM, FES. 26. rO, STOOK EXCHANGE.—Tie tone of the market vat do/' to-clay, and prices generally about the same as ye"frondon and North Westerns were dole at 1021. 1 -1 0 , P Birmingham Canals at :' l—Bi rm i ng h am Banking C o, s' pO l 21 ex div. Birmingham and Staffordshire 014s ' shares, at 51 to 5i pm. EDS, . 26. 0 6 ' 1 ' STOOK EXCHANCE. LE —MidIands. FEE fli— Dover!, 1 - ' —Thirsk:, 154—Leeds Banks, 26 ex div. DUBLIN, FEE. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, Ditto for Account, 7th of March, 91k—New Thr Cent. Stock, 91,4 I—Ditto, for Account., 7th Mara: ' 2 O Bank Stock, 2202—Royal Bank of Ireland, 2 01 081 Groat Southern and Western, 53I—Yid. Great " e and Royal Canal, 50—Ditto, halves, 24A—Dablio Belfast Junction, 43g. ARMY COMMISSIONS.—A return from the W iir fro° s , gives a l -''- -list of commissions granted with and ot purchase since the commence vent of the war. o r the non-purchaed commissions covers a space 0 1 " 0 0 pages, and that of the purchased a space of 3 pag° o l,. to majority of the non•purchased commissions aPP,. B- ,.dig have been for "augmentation," and some fear I °' tinguiehed service. -AO s_.~._. ~...~.,~~ ` 1 . 1 --.. l IATR At h' c rofess &x ' Is5 G. Z FIT I l t o r 44 : 8 0r AN. litit i ld the 1 "'TARY " !C I NDA t° —Driq e c a kl a El ...._ ( ° I % TAG/ bv e „. -0 —0 a ni it tliZ ee kt, it 6 and ti tl . mg two kkr ies ' iuste ittil63'e, ineet in th Th l 'antom . ki 4 11 s, wit L e ts, vic: " "Pera ka„, 4 Rul tt,ortt Qat), Nel ice of k tile % !tlie t 2_ ll3 Ass; rotas gala 1 14 g 1 ! le I e ,i 11 11e 0 ...' at ,ted c 4 i e lr ?an - i h 1 19 1) of 1 1: 11 ZIN Crl an d Co, 4.1 44 d. Ti --ean e t, r 4e4 b "" I% Tr YT 0 " . Nri, 'ton. 13 ' 1Y ° A:VET 1'4141 tir A l rated / of p . r eft, t.er Olt , %tic,' Arlin st e .Ro e rt, R a , tt, ) ,:iatant Ittii ' lr . gar tl,' kr, c kr k b nairer . ; h ) ,:.`"lgton fir. 1 tloei el L4ll e n q°o 4 ati v to tl hole Tg t t Qtrz Eii t, 44 0 Of Ma 128 ortutie 't °'fAc tilt t BIRTHS. OF A SON. 9011' On the '2sth inst., at 44, Upp er B e df or d-place, I/ share, the wife of Richard Garth, Esq. gy.c!V On the 25th inst., at 7, Connaught-place west, park, the wife of Edward Cazenove, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. • On the 24th inst., at Cotswold Home, Gloceete rs the wife of Major Milligan. Ou the 24th inst., at 5, Clevelanel-terrac, ard ri Mrs. Youl. MARRIB D. pac k, th On the 24th inst., at St. Thomas's Church, . 9 - 011 (1 ,18 ° I James J. M`Cartliv, Esq., of Pembroke-terra( 0, y . ,: i nee niau-road, to Elizabeth, second daughter of r. P" Clark, of St. Saviour's, Southwark. DIED. Ajoirsi On the 25th inst., at Kingston, Surrey, Itear .o— y oOn the 25th inst., at Torquay, Mr. Albert C. Tv of 30, Finsbury-square, and of the firm of 'Waterloo' Sons, London, aged 31. 01 0 ' On the 24th inst., at 20, Tenter-street, Goodulau' ll. Mr. David Low, aged 63. . °v Ou the 233 inst., at Nowlands. Frenchay, Co Coloue vie Frederic S a l es Cl ar k e , commanding the South NVs blell trict, ag e d 51. Ge ° ' On the 22d inst., at tt ddiscombe Villas. C ro ydon', fr Arthur, only child of Mr. Charles Bell, of the S tec ' fa' change, Londolun. • On the Bth st .at Itazatch, in consequence f oot A f ships suffered in Russia, whilst a prisoner, Thomas gowery Boys, 10th Royal Hussars, aed 3'2. ireak On the 25th jest., at Langley-pla g ce Commerc ial east, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Corker, aged 67. 01/ 116 LONDON Printed and Published by lITJEDO - 12; of No. 11'2, Strand, Printer, at Tk Sum Office, 1%° % 0 1 strand, in Ih3 Precinct of the Savoy, in the PA", Middlesex, Wednesday, February 27, 1556. e9p , Lcindc Lion b RAR: ~.Ql;e 1 ,, mai ...341,1 Af e Bkew,