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officers, remaining on the territory occupied by therebels of this capital shall be suspended from their functions and subjected to the penalties which, in virtue of this ordinance, shall be inflicted on therm by a council of war. Given at the Palace, July 15, 1851. Signed with her Majeety's The President of the Council of Ministers, LECPOLD O'DONNELL. Don Leopold O'Donnell. Count of Lucena, Pre sident of the Council of 11Iin!,sterE, and General in-Chief of the Army, &c. . Considering that the capital of the monarchy is now in a state of rebellion against her Majesty's government it is declared to be in a state of siege, and in consequence I order as follows : Art. 1. All classes of persons are prohibited frcm en tering or leaving the city. Art. 2. The introduotion of provisions :and goods of every kind is likewise prohibited ; all that may be taken will be deemed prize of war, and the parties conveying them shall he brought before a military corarnlssion. Art. 3. The introduction of all kinds of pro visions and food is permitted by the gates of Alcala, Re , ..ioletos, and San Vincente, which are held by the troops . Madrid, July 15, 1856; LEOPOLD 0' DONNELL. (Extract from the Gazette Extraordinary (if July 16.) OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. The rebellion is.conquered and terminated ; order and the dominion of law are re-established. Tb e deputation and the municipality of Madrid have been dissolved by order of the military authority : the national militia has been disbanded and declared subject to re-or ganisation.' This decision does not extend to the two companies which remained true to their oaths, to this Queen, and to the country. At this moment, seven o'clock in the morning, they are proceeding to disarm the National Guards. The factious minority, consisting of deputies who Went the day before yesterday to the Palm() of the Cortes for the purpose of deliberating unlawfully, and who yes torddy morning assembled for a sitting, sifter they had received the declaration of the Government respecting their usurpation and violence, Las thong} it fit to dissolve The internal communications of the ciiq have been re. established. PREFECTURE. Inhabitants of Madrid,—ln announcing to you that order is re-established, my first duty is to. address to you a word of confidence and peace. All honest and peaceably-disposed persons, without distinction of party, will receive from the Government the most complete protection. Order, tranquillity, re spect for the laws and the constituted autberities, are what your civil governor expects from y ou. On his part he promises you to keep incossAnt watch, so as to pre vent any attack upon the safety of it dividuals, and every kind of excess. The national guards may with perfect confidence give TIP their arms to the alcaldes of the serveral quarters. Men of Madrid, return to your employ ments, in order that neither commerce, nor manufactu res, nor labour may be paralysed. The Government, which knows how -to be strong against armed insurrection, will protect. with its whole strength the safety and interests of private persons. So promises you, in the name of her Majesty's Go vernment, your civil governor, Madrid, J u l y 16, 1856. MANUEL ALONZ 0 MARTINEZ. PR OCLAMATION OF THE O'DONNELL GOVERNMENT. The following proclamation was issued on the 15th by O'Donnell and his colleagues : Inhabitants of Madrid,—The situation in which her Isjesty's G overnment, with frankness and loyalty, now ,ess you i s certa i n l y a di ff i cult, a solemn, and a cri "cal Une. Your conduct hasut the Government int o a painful perpl ex it y . p Victims of, the evil passions of a handful of arida ' " us moo, you have been drawn on to conseque nces Which your own consciences must disapprove ; and the Government, complying with the imperative duty im posed upon it for the conservation of your interests, , Your principles, and your liberties, finds itself under the t nec essity of resorting to means which are not areeable o th e sentiments of its heart. g Li sten, then, to*an austere but friendly voice, which ar m' you to co ns id er t h at he j udgment, not o f a m - utate Posterity, b ut of the reason and true conscience of this i nation a n d a ll E urope, will have to pronounce itself natio n between the Government and you. It is no Puerile ambition, no mean party interest, which obliges the Queen's Gov ernment to take the attitude of coercion in_which you have placed it. , existing Ministry accepted this saving commission be cause the late Cabinet, in the most critical circum stances, had left the nation without protecting support, and had abandoned the Queen. e ' lYilnl atrY, confident that it represents public opi nion• ai!d that it is adapted to those imperious necessi tiese which late events have caused to be so acutely felt, siitated yet for ill ng to come t s o °l3l eexthroeumrelyto r s i h g e e d re b u l s oo m d. It was un easures in the a pplication of force treme m, and it hesitated before it adopted ea of—easureg b the ev i l those oteithnge remedy, fearful of adding to the horr ors Its hope tieing aisappointed, or to speak more truly, being destroyed, it now fi nds itself compelled to bring action the ample forces of the army M its disposal :Nest an aggsbssion which, though at first merely the r ett gy of a minority that was led a s t ra y, i s now assum •.h43 proportions of a most unrestrained and subver sive revolution. I d t : is not their own cause that the Ministers are de -4'4lg—that is not the question at issue in this struggle , t ~ what i s at stake is your freedom ; t h e contest involves the se principl es w hi c h f orm th e ver y b as i s o f society, a nd _ The *oe interest s o f your property an d your homes. T - co ntest is f or your menta l i mprovemen t, your we ll. , I ,:eg, the l us t re o f your rank among the nations of —"r°l3e, and su re l y t h ese are i n t erests an d principles more elevated than those which have been contended for inother p o liti cal con fl icts. The blood that w i ll b e s h e d d ur i ng i ts con ti nuance , the misfortunes and horrors that may arise, will return Putsyourselves, and it i s to you t h at hi story w ill im (them. Inhabitants et Madrid ! The great, the imme nse majority of individuals bearing arms in your -National Guard know well the actual and the awful t tr atll ; they k now that the triumph of the means about o I em ployed by th e governmen t i s sure . ours il e le keisn the e xtraor di nary situation in which we find placed, th ere i s yet anot h er an d more terr ib le tr uth, which is th at th e worst calam i ty of which you . co u ld h i be t he victims, and th e s it ua ti on w hi c h wou ld burr You into th e l owest abyss, the most bloody anar e y would be your own triumph- Inhagovernmbitants and N at i ona l G uar d s of Madrid I—Spare the ent this h ar d conflict ; spare y o ur se l ves this blood- stained disgrace. Distinguish between and separate the pretences of a few deluded and discontented p e rsons fro m the lawful rights and just liberties, which the government neither can nor will infringe, and has never wished to infringe, and enable us to save the prin . eiiple of Power without having recourse to the means force and to the horrors of blood. toves Assuredly thi s solution is easy. Remove from your , all of you, those who are our cruel enemies. We 'do not.ask you to combat them ; it will be enough that you abandon them. (Signed) LEOPoLD O'DONNELL, NICOMEDES PASTOR DIAZ, ANTONIO DE LOS RIOS ROSAS, MANUEL CANTER°, JOSE MANUEL COLLADO. Madrid, July 15. We have not received any Madrid journal to day, the only communication which has reached Us being the following letter, bearing the date of the 17th, and giving us some additional details "Madrid is calm. The military tribunal is sitting, and is working with energy. Muskets and other arms are being collected. The disarmament of the national guard proceeds with activity ; 15,000 muskets have already been collected, and although a certain number are wanting, the aim of the' measure is considered as obtained. The no torious Pucheta was killed by a pistol shot at the moment that he was escaping by the Toledo gate ; he endeavoured to sell his life dearly, and fired on four soldiers and a lieutenant of Tala vera chasseurs, but his resistance was useless. It • Is stated by some that Espartero is hidden in the liritish embassy. Government has decided on act ing generously towards him, and w ill perm i t hi m to withdraw to any spot he may solicit. MM. Patricio Escosura, Pascal Mad oz , S agas t a, C a l vo Ascenio, and other deputies, who resisted at the thhead of the battalions of national guards under eir orders, are likewise lyi ng hid. N o news has b een received of Gens. Zavala, Serrano, Bedoya, Tri arte, Ametter, Valdes, and others who have not offered their services to Government. Ge teral Falcon, commanding in Aragon, and w h o Piaeed himself at the head of the pronuncia- Mento of the national guard and population against the actual government, has been t a k en by ro y a l dectee and summoned before a court-martial. All the generals, superior officers, and officers of the ar my who remained inactive at Madrid during the ev e nt are likewise t o a pp ear b e f ore th i s court. lueneral Dulce has been named to the command of - F a gon. It i s pro b a bl e th at h e has power to put °lvti the insurrection, and his troops are acting in Concert with those which left Vittoria against Sara go The Captains-General of Valladolid, Va e4oey and Catalonia have offered troops to the overnment. The news from the provinces is i l tisfac t°rY. The direction-general of th e colo 'llies h as been re - esta bli s h e d an d adjoined to that Public works." BILTINGBOURNE AND SUEERNESS RAILWAY. 1,,„ I ll our notice of this projected Railwzy, on Sa" ' 4 % We stated that the Company P ferry .Dyer the Swale, producing 1,000/. a-year.. Now it h nrchased the ha that we were led into error in that respect ; for ased the fer r y an d ferry rights were not F or this turch, but given t o th e Company as a free gift. gift the reason is obvious, as the Com- Pa.nY are t o b uild a bridge across the Swale, which Ity.illune are anupersede the use of the f err y, sav i ng muc h d trouble to the public. We do not know an y line of ra i lway, so short, which promises such great advantages to the shareholders. In a Govern ient point of view, the wo n d er i s that it had not bra udertaken years ago. Tbirb SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Ctock., LANCASTER RACES.—(This Days) MEIIBER'S PLATE. Alfred Caliph Cavendish.... Three ran. Alfred was disqualified, and the race w as awarded to Caliph. - LANCASTER CUP. Alonzo Elastic De Ginkle ,••• Six ran. CHELMSFORD RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHELMSFORD HANDICAP. PoleHtar Tug o' War Pambethv Eight ran. Won easy. ME ABER'S PLATE. Brother to Little Tibby 1 Unexpected " Golden Plover 3 Six ran. BRENTWOOD STAKES. Gemmy di Vergy 1 Maid of Athens 2 Perfume BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Bandalore (taken freely) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS- (This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Woolwich against the proposed plan of sewerage for the metropolis. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, residing in that part of the country, he could bear his testimony to the justice of the complaint mentioned in the petition. A strong case ought to be made out to justify the plan proposed. That the sewage of London was a nuisance to London he was-free to admit, but that was no reason why a large trench should be made at a small village about six miles from London, and the whole of the sewage emptied therein. The effect of such a plan would be to render that village, as a place of residence, quite unendurable. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from Whitechapel against the smoke nuisance., THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY. Lord LIICAN said he was anxious to correct a misstatement that had been made with respect to what bad fallen from him respecting the Judge-Ad. vocate the other evening when addressing their lord ships on the subject of the late inquiry. That learned gentleman had took the opportunity of coin zivnting rather warmly upon language which he (Lord Lucan) had never used. In order to render it more plain to their lordships, he would take leave to read to their lordships what he really did say on the occasion. He said that the Minister of War, when excusing himself on the last occasion for not producing the report, stated that he was acting under the advice of the Judge-Advocate-Gene ral. He did not desire to comment on the manner in which that learned gentleman had conducted himself on the late inquiry. All he could say was that he as sumed more of the authority cf the board than of the adviser of the Court. What cbaracter that learned gentleman assumed when the doors were closed he could not say, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact that be was the colleague of the noble lord, and was no doubt open—perhaps unfairly so—to the suspicion that he bad been not more efficient in drawing upthe report than thenoble lord was in producing it tothe house. The noble lord then said I took the op portunity of observing, that contrary to all' sense of justice in a political inquiry, it 'was to be re gretted that a political partizan should be the ad viser of the board, and I expressed a hope that the next session would not passawaywithoutitheir lordships' attention being given to the office of the Judge-Advo cate-General—the functions of which office had been heretofore exercised its a manner necessarily tedious and obstructive in eliciting the truth. Now, whathe (Lord L.) complained of was that the learned gentleman had taken the opportunity of replying to his observations by assum ing that he had used language in this house which he had never uttered. He admitted the connection which existed with one of his children and the family of Lord Hardinge, but he denied having exchanged one word with that noble lord since the early part of April. He had never even mentioned the subject to Mr. Hardinge or his daughter. The noble lord having denied several other matters referred to by the Judge-Advocate, concluded by observing that it would be well if that learned gentleman were a little more careful in the language which he used before he brought for ward charges against any individual which perhapshad not the slightest shadow of foundation. Lord PANMURE said he could not do better than give the noble earl the same advice which he volun teered to give to the Judge Advocate-General. The noble lord defended the Judge Advocate-General from the charges which had been made against him. The Perth Borough and Harbour (No. 2) bill was read a second time. The Sheep, &c., Contagious Prevention Bill was read a second time, The Hospitals (Dublin) Bill was read a second time, The Burial Grounds' (Ireland) Bill, was read a second time. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL: On the house going into committee on this bill, Lurd MONTEAGLE rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Llrds' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Aberdeen and Sc•ittisl Midland Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation, Oxford, Worcester, and WolverhAmpton Railway (Ex- tension of time, &e.), Severn Navigation Improvement Commission, and Westminster Terminus Railway Bills. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Bell's Estate. Dallington Estate, and Thoroton's and Croft's Estate Bills. TORTURE IN INDIA. Mr. OTWAY presented a petition from the President of Madras, complaining of the present mode of torture in India, and praying the house to appoint a mixed com mission of Europeans and Indians to inquire into the subject, with a view to putting a stop to it. COUNTY COURTS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. GLADSTONE called the attention of the Go vernment to the state of the courts in Westminster-hall, which was a matter that ought to be taken up by the executive rather than by a private individual member of the honie. He wished to ask if her Majesty's Go. veroment were dispbsei to make any inquiry during the recess into the state of the judicial establish ments in Westminster-hall, particularly into the present number of judges, evecially taking into view the immense relie and diminuti on o f b us i ne - s in Westm i nster -h a ll, which had been brought about by the establishment of County Courts. Sir G. GREY said that from information be bad ob tained he found that the civil business in the Superior Courts had not decreased as was anticipated, nor had it diminished on circuit, except in one or two instances. The question of reducing the number of judges was one requiring grave consideration, because in addition to civil business they had the criminal business of the coun try to attend to, and be had received several commu nications from Glamorganshire, complaining of inconve nience from one judge only being sent there on circuit business. At present there was but one learned judge in town, the others being fully occupied on circuit. He would consider the matter during the recess. Several verbal amendments were agreed to in the bill, and clauses added. Mr. HADFIELD moved the addition of the follow ing clause:—" Clerks articled to attorneys or solicitors may, after serving two years under articles, and with consent of their masters, appear as advocates; the clerk to any attorney or solicitor who has already been, or who hereafter shall become articled to such attorney or solicitor, and who may have served two years under hii articles with such attorney or'sOlicitor,' may appear as advocate on behalf Of any party to any proceedings in the County Court, on pro ducing to the registrar of the court his articles, and also a certificate from his master that he consents thereto; and the attorney to whom such clerk is or may be arti cled shall be entitled to the same fees as if he had per sonally attended the said court, provided that the clerk shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as attorneys now are or hereafter may be subject to." The ATTORNEY -GENERAL resisted the clatise on the ground that these courts ooght not to be dealt withks echools for professional education. In no court of law were persons who were qualifying themselves for a particular status allowed to exercise the functions of an advocate. The courts of law exercised control over ad mitted attorneys, but they bad no control over attor neys' clerks. Under all circumstances, he thought it desirable that this clause should be rejected. Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the clause on public grounds,,and as* regarded the interests of the public, and not with reference' to the educational part of the question. After some remarks from Mr. Stafford, Mr. Glad stone,4 Mr. Cranfurd, Sir E. Perry, Mr. Mullings, and Mr. Fitzroy, in the course 9f which it was stated that agents, not professional men, were allowed by the judge to attend in these courts for plaintiffs or defendants, but tbat they had no power to award him a fee as in the case of an attorney. The clause was ultimately withdrawn. Mr. HA.DFIELD then moved the following clause : "Any attorney may act for another attorney concerned THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVEN. ENG...JULY 22, 1856. in , any plaint or`action, or in advocating in court for him }riease of illness, absence from home, distant residence, .and other, special grounds or reasons." • Mr. ROEBUCK opposed the clause. It was intended to do away, by a side wind, with the interference of barristers. If it was desirable to do that, let it be done openly, and not in this covert manner. After - some discussion, the clause was negatived with out a division. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved there-insertion of the clause permitting a registrar or assistant clerk to reside out of the district under special grounds and by consent of the Lord Chancellor ; or, when the district is within the Duchy of Lancaster, by the consent of the Chancellor of the Duchy, but his office to be within the district. He thought the house ought not to call upon the registrars of populous districts such as Shoreditch and Bethnal-green to reside within them After some discussion the clause was negatived with out a division. Mr. ROEBUCK complained that the clause referring to the retiring allowance to be given to County Court clerks had been altered since the bill passed through committee; from one-fourth to one-third. The SPEAKER, said the alteration could be made without notice. . Sir JAMES GRAHAM—Then the matter being now passel, is beyond our control. Mr. WILSON wished to explain. The SPEAKER—It cannot now be discussed. Sir J. GRAHAM—Then 1 cannot sufficiently express both my surprise and sorrow, that so important an alte ration wheiild have been made without previous notice. The SPEAKER—The hon. member can refer to it on the question that the bill do pass. The remaining clauses, after some discussion on vari ous amendments, principally of a verbal character, were agreed to. On the question that the bill do pass, Mr. WILSON entered into a detailed statement with reference to the position of the clerks in the Government getting rid of the plurality of courts', and stated that the vested interests of the clerks in these courts, considering they had resigned their private practice on taking these offices, and the justice of the case, demanded that the retiring allowance should be one-third instead of one fourth. The increase in amount would be small, but would not increase the existing charges which were paid out of the fees of the Courts. Sir J. GRAHAM said if it had not been too late he shouid have moved the reduction of the amount one fourth, believing that a sufficient retiring allowance. He deprecated the change that had been made, and con sidered it contrary to the rules of the House. The SPEAKER said that in accordance with the rules of the house the amendment had been irregularly introduced into the bill, and he cancelled it accordingly. The retiring allowance was then altered to one-fourth, as agreed to in committee. The bill was then read a third time and passed. VICE-PRESIDENT OP COMMITTEE OF COUN CIL ON EDUCATION BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. HENLEY moved that it be read a third ti me this day three months. He saw no object to be gained in the appointment of a new functionary before a gene ral system of education was proposed. Mr. GLADSTONE supported the amendment; and condemned what appeared to be a growing evil in that house, viz., that of creating offices before defining the duties to be performed. By adopting the bill the house would be sanctioning a bad precedent, because the new functionary would be lightly worked and very much overpaid. Instead of its being a department with wee responsible head there would be two Privy Councillors working cheek by jowl with a divided responsibility. Sir G. GREY supported the third reading of the bill. It was introdueed at the request of the house, and in accordance with the promise of the First Lord of the Treasury, to meet the view of the house on the necessity of their being a minister for education in that house. Tee objections of whether that minister should be known as a privy councillor or a secretay, or paid 2,0001. per annum, or 1,500/, were details which could be altered in the next session of Parliament. Mr. NAPIER was in favour of the appointment of a responsible minister for education in that house, but he objected to the provisions of the present bill, which would have the effect of widening the breach between the two countries. Mr. H. VERNON considered it would be sufficient to appoiet a secretary, because the officer referred to would have to carry out the wishes of Parliament and not devise some brilliant scheme of education. If the hon. member fer"Oxfordshire went to a division he (Mr. Vernon) should support him. Mr. HADFIELD opposed the third reading of the BREVET. Brevet-Colonel Robert Georgo Hughes, retired full-pay 521 Foot, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Quartermaster Michael Wall, half-pay of the 61st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 17th Doc., 1855. The undermentioned promotions to take place in the East India Company's Army, consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Duncan 'Macleod, Bengal Engineers, Bth June 1856 : - ifajoi-Veneral G. P. Wymer, G. 8,, Bengal Infantr y, to be Lieutenant-Greneral._ Colonel J. T. Lane, C. 8., Bengal Artillery, to be Ma jor• General. The undermentioned o:Mcer of the Esst India Company's Service retired upon full pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows : Dlaj , -)r Henry FitzSinions, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieut Colonel. ADMIRALTY, JULY 11. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant T. B. V, Fitzgerald to be Captain, ♦ice Brooker, deceased. ADMIRALTY, JULY 18 Corps of Royal Marines.—Her Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to restore Mr. Joshua Rowland Brookes to the rank of First Lieutenant, his commission to bear date 11th July, 185 G. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEI7TENANT. Alexander Stephenson Fetherstonhaugh, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain the Earl of Dalkeith to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Aberdour, promoted to b• Lieutenant-Colonel Command ant; Captain Robert Balfour Wardlaw Ramsay to be Major, vice Trotter, resigned ; Lord Henry John Douglas Montague Scott to be Captain, vice Ramsay, promoted; Lieut. James Forman to be Captain, vice the Earl of Dal keith, promoted ; Cornet Peter Maclagan to be Lieut., vice Wardrop, resigned; John Crawford Tait, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Maclagan, promoted. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia.—Flenry Shirley, Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice Oldham, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Arthur Allen the younger, dealer and chapman, Hay, row-road, Paddington, to surrender, August 1 and 29, at half-past o n e , a t th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingball-street ; Paterson, Bouverie stree,,, Fleet-street. Hylton Carr, shipbuilder, North Hylton, Durham, Aug. 4 and 28, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Burn, jun., Sunderland. William Webster, tavern keeper, Snow-hill, A ug . 1, a t twelve, a n d A ug . 2L O, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Wyatt, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn. Ed ward Ind Thurgocd, builder, Orchard-street, Kentish street, Middlesex, July 30, at half-past one, and August 27. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee Chidley, Gresham-street, City. Edwin Kay, licensed victualler, Duke-street, Manches ter•square, Aug. 1, at twelve, and ,Sept. 5, at half-p as t eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury;` Synaes, Teesdale, and Sandi. lands, Fenchurch-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Philip Denholm, flasher, Dunbar. Hopkins and Bell, engineers, Glasgow. Alexander Fraser, builder, Edinburgh. James Johnstone, wine and spirit merchant, Airdrie. Thomas Macdonald, writer, Fort-William. Mr. V. SMITII said there appeared to be a wrong impression existing with reference to this bill. It was not introduced for the appointment of an officer to carry out either of the many schemes discussed this session that might have been adopted by the house, but for the creation of an office in connection with education, the holdertf which should be a rne Dber of the house, and carry out their views on that question. Mr. A. PELLATT objected to the bill on the ground that it was inexpedient to appoint an officer before the duty of his office had been defined. He called on the house to reject the bill. After some remarks from Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. HEYWOOD, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Day. Amsterdam-- ...... 11 17y,, Gibraltar Ditto, throe months .. 12 0 1 A Leghorn .. Rotterdam ............ 12 0 1 4 Genoa ........ • • ...... 7.5 7731 Antwerp .. ••••••• • • • • • 25 57y, Milan • ••• •• • • ••• • •• Brussels • • • • • • • • ••• • • • 25 57% Venice .• • • • • •• • • • . Uarnbrirgii •••••••• • • • • 13 9 Naplqi •. • • ...•• .• •. •• 44 altona .. Palermo .... Paris.. GRAHAM said nothing but necessity should induce them to consent to the addition of paid servants of the house. He looked with extreme jealousy on these additions, and regretted that during the last ton years they had greatly increased. He should support the amendment. Ditto, three months .. 25 65 -, Lisbon ...............• 531 i Marseilles 25 6754 Oporto ........ • . .... • • 53 Bourdeaux .• • • ........ Rio Janeiro...... • • .... Frankfort-on-Wain.... 120 it Buenos Ayres.. • .• Berlin ••.••••••• .• •• New York,6o days' sight • • .... 10 22 Philadelphia ...... Trieste 10 23 1 mete OF BULLION, PICA oz. Petersburg ............ 37 3 ,i i Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49 , 4 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ....• ••.••••• •• •• 50 I Mexican Dollars .• • • 0 0 0 Itarrelona ............ New Dollars ...... 0 0 0' •• •• •••••••••• Sliver ln bars ...... 0 5 114 The house then divided when the numbers wme— /s)r. the second reading Against it - • - - Majority for the third reading ... —42 Mr, HADFIELD then moved that the duties of this office should be extended to Ireland. Sir G. GREY said that if the amendthent ho carried it would be inoperative, because by the present law pro vision was made for the supervision of education in Ireland. The amendment was negatived without a division. The bill Was then read a third time and passed. PROCTORS IN ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. This bill, which was introduced last night by Mr. HADFIELD, and read a first time, was, after a short dis cussion, rejected without a division. The house suspended its sitting at half•past 3 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Earl Gran villo to be her Majesty's Ambassador Eltraordinary to the Emperor of all the Russias, on the occasion of his Imperial liajeety's Coronation. _ • WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Win. Thomas Denison, Knight, RE., Captain General and Governor-in- Chief in and over the colony of New South Wales, and of Rear-Admiral Chas. Elliot, Governor and Commander-ir - Chief in and over the Island of Trinidad, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, JULY 22. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pass..ei under the Great Seal, granting the diginity of a baronet in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Sir Allan Napier Macnab, of Dundurn. in tho county of Wentworth, Canada West, Kut., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 19. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint C ipt. Stephen Ryder Dampier, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gen tleraen-at-Areas, vice Marshall, retired. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY 19. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee o Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have receive through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, announcing -that the duties on the importation of cotton chintzes and prints into Shanghae, have been reduced to 5 per emit., ad valorem. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY 21. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, stating that the prohibitions and restrictions upon the importa tion of rice from Asia into the continent of Portugal and the adjacent islands have been abolished. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JULY 22. Ist Regiment of Life Guards —Charles William Dun combo, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lord C. W. B. Bruce, promoted. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant James M. Burn Mur doch has been permitted to retire from the service by the 'sale of his commission. The first Christian name of Cor net Grainger is Richard, 7th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. S. Carr Standish to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Avtoun, promoted. Uth Light Dragoons—Cornet Edward King to be Lion tenant, by purchase, vice Steward, promoted i n th e 21 West India Regiment; John Evans, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Grainger, appointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards. Royal Artillery , - Who scored is C ß hr e i r s t t i i e a , n an n a am no e t o r, f ir ti o c , u a t. s p ri r : v i ba o l s i tte m t d e l r t:is s u b ti y A s , u p a r r i l i i i l a d m n e o o t f t 3 h i e o l n .;i s e b u y t i ennasntappointedpreviously 6 st n a t j e ti d n ; o 2 t l h j e is appointment of Lieutenant Harry Adair Tracey to bear.date 7th April, instead of 7th July, as stated in Gazette of 11th inst. • B t h Regiment of Foot-Captain Aston Thomas Welsh, from the 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Woods, who ex changes. 21st Focit-Liatenant C. H, T. Bruce de Ruvignes, from the B)th Foot, to 'beLieutenant, vice John Bennett, whO exchanges. • 22d Foot —Captain Herbert George Bowden to be In structor of Musketry. 34th Foot—The name of the Ensign, appointed on Bth instant,is Brown, and not Brown, as p rev i ous l y stated. 37th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Thomas Irwin, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, pro moted on the staff. 40th Foot—Ensign Fredk. Dudgeon, from the Monaghan Militia, to bo Ensign, without purchase (Sup e rnumerary to the Establishment), vice Stuart, whose appointment has been cancelled. 51th Foot—Lieutenant Percy G. &Mehl Lake to be Captain, by purchase, vice' Swetenham, Rho r e ti res. deetenant Henry Riilout Floyd, fi.om the 81st Foot, to be Lieiitenant, vice Humphreys, who exchanges ; Ensign Thomas Parr to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lake L F z u ß t e o n y a , n G t Ensign, e, H b o y u p s tuorn -1856, is GOsset and not Gossett, as previously stated.] ck [The surname of the Ensign appointed on the Bth J u ly, eF t o hrae b ds u el t P a e n aPi t 'Pr , e; v 1 ice Lake, promoted. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Conynghani Jones to be Captain, without purchase, vice Clapcott, deceased ; E ns i gn • nett Gregg Hend erson t o b e Li eu t enan t, w ith o ut p ..urchase, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT vice Jones. 61st Foot—Quart e rmaster-Serjeant John Dowler to be ! Quarterinseter, vi ce Wall, who retires upon half-pay. _ HOUSE OF LORDS.—Y 69th Foot Ensign. Edward Harwood Vincent to le , - ESTERDAY. Lieutenant, by purchose,, vice Roberts, who retires ; • SLAVE TRADE IN THE BRAZILS, Montgomery Williams, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, The Earl of MA LMESBURY called the attention vice Vincent. of the house to the dispute which had arisen between 80th root--Capt. Richard William Woods, from the I theßritishGovernmeut and Brazil owing to Bth Foot, Foot, to b e C ap t a i n, v i ce W e l s h, w h o exc h anges ; teo behaviour of our r Minister at Rio, on the a matter tient. John Benn e tt, f ro m else 21st Foot, to be Lieuten- arising out of th e s l ave t ra d e , an d who had been sup ant, vice de R ue i gnes , w h o exchanges . 81St Foot—Lieut. Wm. Humphreys, from the 54th ported by Lord Clarendon. The noble lord concluded Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Floyd, who exchanges; E n . 'by moving for papers connected with the affair. sign Henry Harrison Bri scoe t o be Lieutenant, by purs Lord CLARENDON explained the circumstances of chase, vice Weir, whose promotion, by purchase, on the the case, which had arisen from an apprehension justly 18th April, 1856, has bean cancelled. - entertained by the British Minister at Rio that great Edward Hugo. The Government t rilav e trade in Brazil. inent bad thought it Johnston, M.D. 85th Foot—Staff-S urg eon of the S econ d Cl ass J o h n Wm. h o be duty to supportits agent abroad, b u t h e was 87th Foot—Lieutenant Sae eaurgeon, appy to think that, a ft er the mutual explanations to be k urgeon, vice Armstrong, deceased. ville George Lane Fox, > from the 21st F oo t, t o b u Li eutenant, v i ce Fit zgera ld , pro- which had b een g i ven, the Brazilian Government har meted, without purchase), to an Unattached Company, bouted no against the Government of this STAFF.—Brevet -Colonel Edward Robert Wetherell, country, Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to th e After some observations from Lords ABERDEEN and Forces serving in Ireland, vice Brevet-Colonel Greaves. MALmESBURY, the motion (for papers) was agreed to. DEPOT BATTALION Captain John Atkinson, from the RENT AND ISMAIL—THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY 89th Foot, to be Assistaut Adjutant. • • ITNATTADHED.—Brevet-Illajor the. Hon. Somerset John TO ENGLAND. Gough Calthorne, Bth Light Dragoons, to have his Brevet - The Earl of MALMESBURY, having apologised for Rank converted into Rank, under the: Royal again trespassing on the house, proceeded to askthe noble Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. earl (Clarend on ) w h et h er it was true that the two for ' HOSPITAL STAFF. tresses of Rani a n d I sma il , which were included in the Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Richard Edward Fitz-Gibbon to be Staff-Surgeon of tho Second Class, vice Robert Win- territory which Russia bad made Over to Moldavia by chester Fraser, sistant-Surgeon Will MD, t o iatn Page placed upon be Assistant-Surgeon Aetin to As- the treaty of P ar i s , were entirely destroyed ? It was the Forces, manifest that that territory was of little use as abulwark The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons hav e on the frontier of Turkey if there were no fortresses ceased to do duty, there being no longer, occasion for their there.' While Ismail stood as a fortress no 'Russian army services:—John Ringland, Spencer B. Gibb, M.D., Archi couoi pass the Danube without leaving that fortress and bald Weir, William Fletoher, John Robert Cole; Robert Turner. another in its rear; but as things now were, with the for tresses, destroyed, the frontier remained mach as it was • before the war. As we had given up Sebastopol, Kertch, Eupatoria, Kamiesh, and the fortresses on the Circas sian frontier, he did not think that there was anything like a fair exchange even if the territory ceded remained as it was, with the fortresses untouched,- but it was far less, fair now, if they had been destroyed. He wished to ask the noble earl whether it was true or not tbat these fortresses had been dismantled, and, if so, whether it was agreed upon in the treaty of peace that they should be dismantled ? In the case of a guaranteed government like Turkey, there should have been a condition that the for- ' tresses were to be retained. He would ask Whether any fortresses were to be rebuilt on the right and left bank of the Danube, and, if so, by what soldiers they were to be garrisoned ?' By the treaty of Adrianople those fortresess were not to be garrisoned by Tetkisli soldiers ; but 'he supposed that treaty bad been sponged out by the war. He also wished to ask another question of bis noblefriend. It was now nearly two months since his nobie . friendhad . sent a mieisterfrom this.country to St. Petersburg. Lord Wodehouse was appointed and sent out Very soon after the peace was signed, and he had been at the court of Russia for amonth ; but no minister, or anything. like one, bad appeared at the court of England as the.repre sentative of Russia ; and he thought that, without being too punctilious on these points after a great war, we should have, stood a little upon form, and not have risked the dignity Of her Majesty by sending an envoy to Russia so soon, without ascertaining that one was coming to represent that country in England. He wished to know why the just expeotation of such an event had been disappointed, and why the Minister for Russia bad not arrived in this country, and when it might be ex pected that the Court of Russia would be represented at the Court of England The Earl of CLARENDON—I will answer the ques tions of my noble friend in the order in which he has put them. lam unable to tell him what is the state of the fcrtresses of Reni and Ismail, incense the commissioners appointed to settle the frontier of Moldavia, although they have•been occupied in that business, have not yet gone to the point where those fortresses are situated ; and I heard this morning from St. Petersburg that no report had been received there as to what had been done with them. But I have no doubt that those fortresses have' been dismantled, and I think it a most unusual—a most irregular proceeding-- a very unfortunate mode of inaugurating a peace. , No precise terms with regard to the fortresses were inserted in the treaty .of Paris, and I should have thought it would have been considered almost an affront, to have mentioned that with regard to which there could have been no difference ofopinions I era told that the Rus sians assert that they have the same right to demolish those fortresses as the allies had to demolish the works at Sebastopol. But there was a great difference between the two cases, and besides, since the peace was signed, although there may have been some . destraetion, there has been no demolition Of fortresses 'by the' allies, whereas there has bsen a dismantling of Beni and Is mail since the signing of peace, We might as well as sert that by right Kerteh, Kamiesh, and Eupatoria, and especially,Kertcb,, ought to have been destroyed ; but we considered that, as soon as peace was signed, those fortresses belonged' to Russia, and that it would have been dishonourable to have destroyed them.. We consider, therefore, that Russia had no right, from the day that the treaty was signed, to meddle with Is mail or Reni. That is the opinion of her Majesty Go vernment, and it has been communicated to the court of Rusris, but we have as yet received no formal answer on the subject. Taere is another fortress to which my noble friend has not alluded—l mean Kars. I have also made inquiry with regard to that fortress of the Russian Government, and the answer I have received is, that the moment peace was signed the Emperor sent orders to Kars that nothing should be destroyed ; other wise the-destroying of the citadel of that fortress would have been an express violation of the treaty of Paris, but owing to the disturbed state of the country those order's did not- arrive in time to prevegit that being done ;• hut the moment they did arrive no -.farther destruction took plce. There hes been also a report that in apart of the territory ceded to Moldavia certain crown lands were to be sold, I accordingly sent to make inquiry on 6 le subject, and was told that some of the authorities were going to sell some of the crown lands, but the sale had been stopped, the'Russian Government admitting, that they were no looger theirs. The Russian Government has stated in the'strongest terms its intention and desire to carry out the treaty in the most faithful manner, and I hope there will be no further occasion for any disturbance of that confidence which, after peace has been established, should exist between the different countries. With regard to the arrival of the Russian Minister in this country, I have to say that we received an official intimation from Baron.Brunnow when he came to this country to deliver a letter to her Majesty, that Count Crept° witch had been appointed minister to this country. As he had been so long in coming, and this country was left without a re presentative of Russia, which was somewhat disrespect ful to her Majesty, I inquired at St. Petersburg the reason of the delay, rod lhave been infermed that the minister will be here at the end of thou:tenth, .and that the delay was wholly unintentional. The Earl of EL LENBOROUGH saidthat Russia had ceded the fortresses on the lett bank of the Danube, and due precautions should have been taken by the Govern ments who accepted the territory: They should ' hate taken' care that provision was made ,with regard to the state in'which those fortresses were to be given up, whe ther they were to be giVen up with their guns and their ammunition, and whether the archives and plans of .the fortresses were to.be given up. All those contingencies were always provide d for in treaties relating to fortresses, and if the noble earl complained about what had been done in this instance, he could only say it was the noble earl's own fault for not having taken the usual precau tions, Be could not but regret that there 'was the least glimmering of a misunderstanding between this country and Rbssias The Earl of CLARENDON--The remarks of the no ble earl are founded on treaties in which fortresses are named ; those fortresses were not named in the treaty of Paris. The,Earl -of DERBY said it struck him that the sur render of territory in which 'those fortresses were si tuated, by a treaty' in which those fortresses were not named, was an additional neglect, as the only value of the territory in question was founded on the existence of those fortresses. The - remark of the noble earl only shifted the blame from one instance of-'neglect to another. He did not exactly understand the noble earl. The noble earl admitted that the Russians had been guilty, if.not of a breach of faith,-at least of a breach of an understanding so indisputable that it was not thought necessary to insert it in the treaty;' and that 'in other matters they have treated 'this country with a want of respect which was calculated to embarrass the future re lations of the two c )untries.' He begged to ask the noble • earl whether, as he had received an answer with regard to the fortress of Kars, he•had received any reply to his remonstrance with reference to the two other fortresses ? . The Earl of CLARENDON said the object of ceding the territory in question the Danube.. In answer any access to the left bank of was to prevent Russia having to the noble earl (Derby) he had to say that he had not yet received' any answer on the subject of the two other fortresses. • ' The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—By the ' first ar rangements proposed, Russia was to be excluded from the Prat!). The fall of Kars occurred, and then came' 'only their exclusion beiond 'the Danube.. The Earl of CLARENDON—They are excluded from the Danube, and 200 miles beyond that river. The subject then dropped. CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATUTE LAW. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to call the attention of the house to the second report of the commissioners for consolidative the statute law. ' He stated that th e h ouse would remember that after the session of 1854 a royal coin mission was appointed, consisting of several legal func tionaries and persons of high standing in the law, with a view to'the conselidation of the statute law, and as far as possible to introduce into that consolidation, any. portion Atha common law it -was thought would tend to make it perfect; and at the suggestion of Lord Lyndhurst, it 'was made an instruction to the commissioners not merely to consolidate the present lave, but to offer any sugges , t a ms w hi c h might pcour to, them, with roger 1 to the, forms of future legislation. The task was found to be one of overwhelming difficulty. The statutes of this realm were contained in 40 closely printed folio volumes, and 'were 15,000 in nuMber. The first inquiry of the coin . missieners (among whom were Lords Lyndhurst, l3roug barn, and CAmpbell, the_ Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Vice , Chaucedlor.Page.Wood, &c.) was directed to the mode of proceeding. It was suggested that 'there should be a general skstch Made of all the statute; under separate heads, and this was to a certain extent set'aloot, THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON , TUESDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ava, Captain Field, with the Indian, and Mediter ranean ma il s, w© have dates from Alexandria, July 9 ; Malta, 12th ; and Gibraltar, 17th. The Ava brings 54 passengers, among whom is Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Alexander ; and on freight 1,299 bales of silk, 182 packages of gum, elephants' teeth, dr.c.' During the voyage the Ava spoke, on the 9th instant, the English barque Richards, for Alexan dria ; 17th, off Tariffa, the brig Queenstown, homeward bound ; 18th, off Lisbon, the steam transport Stamboul ; and off Cape Roca, the steamer Calcutta, steering for England ; 1911, signalled the steam-ship Pactolus, from Alexan dria to Liverpool, in lat. 40.56 N., long. 9.33 W., and, off Cape Finisterre, passed the steamer Ma3ander, for Gibraltar. From - Gibraltar we learn that the steam-ship Vesuvius returned from Tangier, with a cargo of bulllocks for the use of the troops. The , sailing transport Mermaid, with convicts from England, arrived out on the Bth just?' . , Her Majesty's steam-frigate Magieienne left on 1.5t1i instant for Malta. Returning transports continue to arrive from he Eastward. MARKZT NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — OId meadow hay, 31 Es to 5/ 15i ; now, do., 31 03 to 4/ 10s ; old clover, 4/ lOs to 6/ 15s; new do., 3/ 5s to 51 Os; and straw, 11 16s to 2l Os per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. — OId meadow hay, 31 83 to 61 Oi; new do., 31 .3s to 411'.s ' • old clover, 41 15 s t o 61 12 i ; new do., 31 5s to 4115 s ; and straw, 11 Hs to 21 2s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL. — OId meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 61 03 : new do., 313 s to 41 12s ; old clover, 41 158 to 61 15s ' • new do., 31 3s to 41 15; and straw, 1 / 16 s to 2 1 Os per lead. A fair . supply. COLONIAL, TEA.--The market has been exceedingly dull, and prices are without variation. SUGAR.—The inquiries for all descripiions have been very limited both for home use and exportation ' and pikes are expected to give way. The sales advertised during the weak are small. _ In the refined market rates are rather easier. COFFEE.- -The transactions in this article have been rather numerous, and previous prices have been fully sus tained. The market is expected to rule firm. RICE.—In this article little business has been trans- acted, but the landings have been extensive, exceeding 4,000 tons ; prices, however, are unaltered. RUM.—There has been a good demand for East India for exportation, but other sorts ruled dull at fully previous rates. East India and Mauritius realised 2s 3d per proof gallon. TALLOW.—The market has been steady. P.Y.C. on the spot 535, and last 3 months 50s per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.) IN RH W. 0. YOUNG. This bankrupt was described as of Sun-court, Cord• hill-street, broker, and this was a meeting for the last examination, which hal been adjourned till this day, but no accounts had yet been filed. His Honour asked Messrs. Harding and PaHein, the accountants, when they could undertake to file them, a►nd they named the 12th August. His Honour said he should adjourn the case till the 2d September, but if the bankrupt was not prepared he must remember he bad fixed his own tune, and lie must bear the consequences. THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. —The proroga- tion of Parliament is not, we understand , to be by th e Queen in Person. At onetime it was so intended, but a change has come over the spirit of certain parties who have a voice in such matters. The prorogation will be by Commission. It will not' take place, cs has been stated, on Saturday though it is hoped that the bu,i nes§ of the session will be finished on that day. The, prorogation will probably take place on Tu e sd a y.-- . . Morning A drertmer. Ills Royal Ilighne:iS the Duke of Cambridge , held his first levee, as COmman - der in-Chief, yesterday. The attendance was extremely great. but found to be almost impracticable. The commissioners formed themselves into sub-committees, and it was an instruction to one of them to endeavour to improve and simplify the language of the existing statutes. It was soon found, however, that anything like an entire coo solidation and ernandation of the statutes would net he completed in half a century ; wad theY then made a very general classificat;on aed coneolidation of them under the heads of criminal law, property law, mercantile law, and others. The commissioners made a report at the end of last session, but they had not been able to produce any thing fit for legislation. They found that their work would be useless unless there was an improved method of continued legislation ; for if it went on in the manner in which it was now carried on, all future acts would be unfit for consolidation. The subject had been much con sidered during the last recess, and early in the present session the commissioners came to the conclueion that this was a necessary preparatory measure. That. was what the Government intended to recommend. It was necessary that such' a measure should commence with a session of Parliament ; and it was proposed that there shoald be officers appointed to perform, with regard to public bills, the duty which was in a great'measure dis charged by the examiner of private bills ; and that a similar officer should be appointed in a similar way by both houses, with a competent staff. His duty would not be to interfere with the policy of bills, which of course rested with the Legislature ; but it continually happened that even in Government bills, there being no one to see whether they harmonised with - existing law, or did not clash with the language of existing statutes, great blun ders crept into them every session: It would be the duty of that officer to look to this, and so put a stop to the grosser part of the evil, which went so far that some acts were obliged to be repeated the very session after they were passed. He had said that the statute-book contained 15,000 acts, but many of them would not be called laws in any other country than this, as they re lated to mere matters of administration, which by the constitution of. this country were dealt with by Parlia ment—such acts as related to finance, the administration -of the army and navy, the Appropriation Act, acts of in- demnity and others, which were mere annual acts. The Statute Law Commission—one of whom was Mr. Coal son, whose experience in these matters was of great value—had examined the acts of last session, and it was found that they were 134 in number of which 68 were not law, properly so called. There was' now in existence one classification of bills—namely, their se paration into public and private bills. It had occurred to the - commissioners that this classification might be carried much further, by separating the annual and temporary acts from the others. That would reduoe the bulk of legislation to one-third of what it - would otherwise be • and of that one-third relat e d only to India and the colonies. By means of this claseifica tioia the actual statute law would be reduced to * the smallest space.. With" that view be proposed to call attention to the recommendations of the commission, ers, and the Government early next session proposed to establish such an officer as he had already described, and, some kind of committee to he in nommueication with that officer on the subject of bills in Parliament. He had a number of bills which had been prepared, which, however, he had not had time to look at, and which had been subject to revision. There was a bill for the consolidation of the law relating to stamps, which was under the_consideration of the Stamp•office. .But, with regard to one class of laws, namely, the criminal law, Lord Wensleydale, the Chief Justice of the Com mon Pleas, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and Mr. Greaves, had made a consolidation of statutes relating to criminal law. There were many offences arising out of particularserial enactments, as the Customs Acts, the Bankruptcy Acts, which could not be introduced in any general bill of con solidation, and which were therefore omitted. Another classeef offences not included were those relating to re ligion.. There were a great many old statutes upon this subject remaining on the statute book which they de sired to repeal, for however applicable they might have' been to the times iii which they were passed, they-were wholly unsuited to the habits and usages of the present time: To consolidate them in any general act it would be absurd. Under the heads, offences against public justice, offences against the person, larceny, malicious injury, and forgery, all the criminal statutes relating to them were, as the commissioners believed, embodied in the six bills that had been laid on their lordships'_table. Besides which, there was embodied in another shor bill all the acts, relating to the law with regard to principal and accessory in criminal cases, and in an eighth bill was consolidated all the acts relating to cri: minal proceedings on indictments, juries,' &e . These measures, the commissioners believed, embodied all the enactments of 40 acts of Parliament. and portions of 150 others, and from his own inspection of them he belies ed that they did all they professed to do. , There was one thing that struck 'the commissioners in the preparation of their bills that was, that they mu s t b e t a k en more upon trust than bills submitted to Parliament ordinarily were, seeing that they were not measures for altering but sim ply for consolidating existing statutes; atid, to enable"' -Parliament to pass them with a somewhat less strict in vestigation than usual, there would be a short report with . each of the bills, showing what alteration, if atiy, it pro posed to effect in the law. The rule which the COMllliti tilonera had laid do•en for their guidance in framing these bills was to make no change in the law,' but in some feW cases it had been found that rule could not be adhered to. It had also been an object with the commissioners to maintain as nearly as possible the language of the acts they coneoli dated, but inasmuch, as they found that the same offences were described sometimes in one set of words, and at others in another, they had adopted that set of words which they thought the best, and adhered to it throughout. At present the written laws of the country extended over 40 volumes, and ernbraCed seine 15,000 acts of Parliament. The commissioners thought that the whole might be reduced to about $OO (some were sanguine enough to say 250) statutes, which might abbe brought within the eompass of throe or.four mode. rate sized volumes. Attu thanking the house for their ate tentiore the noble and learned lord laid the bilis upon tee table intimatitig that he-propesecl to go no further with them than the first reading in the present session, and to leave them to be considered during, the recess. The bills were then laid upon the - table and rend a first time. CONSOLIDATED. FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill was read a second time. COURT OF CHANCERY (IREL &ND) RE CEIVERS BILL. , . On the motion for reading this bill a third time, The Earl of WICKLOW objected that the measure was founded on entire ignorance of the state of Irish property. He especially objected to the clause which limited the appointment of receivers to properties exceed ing 2001. a-year, which he said would be injurious to the small lenders, and to the borrowers also. The bill WAS then read a third time and' passed: The Income and Land Taxes Bill, the Stamp-Duties Bill, the Racehorse Duty Bill, the' Coast Guard Service Bill, the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill, the General Board of Health Continuance Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer Bill, and the Lu natic Asylum Act Amenditent Bill were severally read a-second time. . BISHOPS' RESIGNATION BILL. Lord REDESDALE renewed his opposition to the measure, and moved that it be read a third time that day three months. A smart discussion then arose as to the negotiations which had led to the resignation of the Bishops . of Lon don and Durham, which the opponents of the bill asserted savoured of simony. The bill was ultimately read a third time on a division, in which the numbers were— For the bill Against it Majority Some other business was then despatched, and their lordship adjourned. HOUSE Oh` COMMONS.—(YESTEUDAY.) THE' GERMAN LEGION. Mr. MURROUGH .rose to put ..a question to the Clerk of the Ordnance relative to the officers of the British army having to furnish their huts at their own expense, whilst the officers of the German Legion had their huts furnished them at the public expense. The hon. member commenced by moving the adjournmert of the house - in order that he might make a statement with respect to recent occurrences at Aldershot. When the Foreign Enlistment Bill was brought before the house in December, 1854, its opponents pointed out to the Government the deplorable consequences which would ensue from the introduction of foreign troops into the service of her Majesty. The anticipations- of those gentlemen had been fully realised. Not only had the promise of the Under Secretary for War, that . the men belonging to the foreign legion, when they returned from the East, would be sent to some, British colony, ,not been fulfilled, but it was rumoured out of doors that a very high and distinguished personage— Mr. WALPOLE called the hon. member to solar, The SPEAKER said the hon. member could not enter into the question. Mr.-M - URROUGII then moved the adjournment of the house. Numbers of men were now suffering from the dirks of these assassins, and he called upan the Go vernment to speak out and state what would be done with the legion. The country was indignant beyond measure that these foreign troops were countenanced by those who at in high places. (Cries of "Order !") It was all very well for hoe. gentlemen to cry '.',Order ! " but it was their duty, as the representatives of the peo ple, to inquire into these matters. . The SPEAKER said that if the practice of allowing hon, members to move the adjournment of the house to bring on questions of the kind were permitted it would be impossible to proceed with the business of th e house. Mr. MURROUGH.—I think o - 8 - 1r; tiat no business of any kind should be proceeded with until we have some statement from the Government on the important:ques tion which I have introduced to the notice of the house. Are the assassinations at Aldershot to be left unex plained ? Are the morals of the army, and indeed of the country at large, to be corrupted by a band of Ger man brigands ? • Lord PALMERSTON said he should not enter into the unfortunate occurrence that bad happened at Alder shot, not being in possession of sufficient details. The Gsrtnan Legion bad up to this time conducted them selves well, and such an occurrence as that referred to was not without precedent. As soon as possible ar rangements would be made-for disbanding the Legion. ,His lordship explained that, the Legion being enrolled for only a temporary purpose, the furniture was lent them when at Shorncliffe, and on their return from the Crimea the same privilege was continued to them. THE FOREIGN LEGION. Ia reply to a question from Mr. NEWDEGITE, Lord PALMERSTON said that tho Gorman Legion / was, not available either for active or garrison duty-`within the United Kingdom. - , - , ~. THE RECENT COAL EXPLOSION. ' Mr. CAYLEY inquired whetber Sir G. 'Grey intended to, employ any special means to ascertain the real-cir ournsiances under which the disastrous loss of 110 lives had j us t t a k en p l ace f rom an explosion of a coal m i ne in" ' Glarnorg,anshire l Sir G. GREY said the adjourned inquest would be attended by three inspectors, who would .take care that r;, a searching investigation should take place. - CRIMINAL APPROPRIATION OF TRUST PROPERTY BILL. In reply to a question from Mr. HADFIELD, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sa id he had frillyine tended to go on .with the Criminal Appropriation of - Trust Property Bill this session, but he bad met with' r so many obstacles that he was obliged to submit to delay.:; The objections made to the measure by several men of eminence iti their profession bad induced him to alter the bill so materially that' e would only bring it in with a view to have it printed and circulated, so that the house might be in a position to deal with it in the next session of Parliament. REGISTRATION OF LANDED PROPERTY. In reply to Mr. J. G. PHILLImoRE, The A'ITORNEY•GENERAL said he entertained a strong hope that he should be able to introduce a bill on this subject in the course of the next session. THE LOSS OF THE EUROPA. Captain A-RCHDALL asked whether the Govern ment would consider the propriety of erecting a monu ment to the memory of Colonel Willoughby Moore and the non-commissioned officers and men of the Inniskilling Dragoons who lost their lives by the burning of the Europa, transport-ship, on their [passage to the seat of war in the spring of 1854 _ Lord PALMERSTON replied in-the affirmative. DULWICH COLLEGE BILL. In reply to Lnrd R. CECIL, Mr. BAINES said the Government did not intend to proceed with tai*- bill in the present sessioh,'as they found that the subject would still require much con. sideration. ---THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY REPORT. Mr. VILLIERS brought up the report of the Cri- mean Commissioners, and replied to some remarks made by the Earl of Lucan hi the House of Lords, imputing that the report had been delayed from political motives. • General PEEL, as a member of the commission, re pudiated the imputation to which the hon, gentleman referred as both unfair and unfounded.. The report was then ordered to lie on the table. OUR RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice to the noble lord at ,the head of the Government that before the prorogation he should ask him whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to appoint at an early period a successor to Mr- Crampton, late Minister of this country to the United States. MR. J. SADLEIR. ROB RUCK .moved, as an unopposed order, that Mr. J. Sadler do attend in hia place on Thursday fisxt.—Agreed The Ch — aritlei sill, the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill, the Burial Grounds (Ireland) Bill, the Mercantile Law Amendment Bi)1, and the Lunatic Asylums Superannua• `ions (Ireland) Bill, were read a third time and paseed. JOINT STOCK BANKS BILL. Mr. VANCE moved that this bill be read a third time that day thrPe monthv. Mr. ROEBUCK thought there was an injudicious fear in-regard-to the bill. He thought it was for the advantage of the shareholders that directors should be re-appointed. ,The proprietors could at any time object to their reelection. The house then divided : For the third reading Against it , Majority The bill then passed. EAST INDIA BUDGET. 92 12 -80 Mr. V. SMITH moved that the house resolve itself into a committee on the East India revenue accounts. Mr. BUTT rose, pursuant to notice, tp call attention to the petition of his Highness Meer Ali Moorad (presented 27th June); and to submit a motion on the subject of the confiscation of his revenues and territories by the Indian Government. He was very unwilling to interfere with the right hon. gentleman, and prevent'him from going into committee, but in order to keep his observations strictly in order, he intended to move as an amendment, "That the house resolve itself into a committee to consider how far the possessions. confiscated from the- petitioner form a portion of the East India revenues." He submitted each an amendment was perfectly in order. The SPEAKER slid-that this was - not a Motion for going into a committee of supply, and, therefore the hon. and learned gentleman was not in order in bringing for ward a ease- of grievance to a particular. individual. • Mr. BUTT rose to order. Ho said the petition,he. had. presented - complained of a matter affecting - the revenue of India, and the house was asked to go into committee to consider the - reyeniii, of India ; and ho contended he hs4 - a, right 'to ask the house to consider how far those revel:limo were derived from property that had been taken frtna. the petitioner. Lord PALIAERSTON said that the object of going into crinisaittee s iita - tiiniiable - hiri right - hon." friend - Make statement as te.the revenues olindia, and how they wore applied. The- matter brought forward by the hon. and learned member was art-individual grievance, which might be made the subject of .a special motion, and had no inti mate connexion with the business of the committee. Mr. BUTT would give way if the noble lord,wouldpro, 3 mice him Thursday f or hi s mo tio n . H o was qu i te i n or d e r in stating the grounds on which ho considered his amend ment to be regular. Mr. FITZROY rose to order. It was not competent fora member to argue a point of order when the Speaker • had declared his proceeding was not in order. .Mr. BUTT Submitted to the Speaker that•he was enti tled to proceed.: 'The SPEAKER should certainly say that the hdn. and learned gentltman was not in order. • Ttie putioa was then agreed to, and the honse wont into committea. Me. V. SMITFI then rose: - He said-beferii. proceeding with his statement, ho would allude for &moment to what. had fallen from the hon. and learned gen tl eman oppos ite , i n . . order that the committee might Understand the nature of it. The hdii. gentleman appeared to think that they were to dis pose of the revepues of India. , Such was not the.ease. It was thought desirable that the general question of Indian administration shoufd, be brought under notice daring the session of parliament, and that the best way of doing so was fortho person holding the office he had the honour to fill to make a statement as to the finances of India, and so give every theinber an opportunity of 'raising any question he chose. He haduotobjected to the hon. and learned gentle man making his motion, as lie did not wish to appear as pre cluding any person fro m bringing forward a grlevance; at the smile time ho must say, if the hon. and learned gentleman had succeeded, his (Mr. V. Smith's) motion must have fal len to the, groaud, and at this pe r iod o f th e sess i on h e could not have hoped for another opportunity of bringing it 'forward. On the last occasion on which he had ad dressed the house on this subject, he had moved • certain resolutions, the same as had been proposed by his prede cessor in office. Thelon. gentleman the member for Man chester moved some additional resoltitions, - Whiah' em• bodied a.'wi=h that theraehoald be seine acceleration in the preparation of the ageounts, and that the statement should be made at an earlier period of the session. As he bad alluded to the hon. Member for Manchester, he wished to express his exceeding regret at that gentlenian't 'absence and still. greater regret at the cause of it. (Hear, hear.) He had devoted himself with all the.vigour of his mind to the cause of India; from no other motive than his desire for the welfare of his fellow creatures., of whatever country or clime. • (Hear.) 'Pe ( V. Smith) had not been able strictly to comply with One portion of the recooinienda tions of the resolutions ; for although it was somewhat earlier in the . season, he was now as close to the end of lace session as last year, bat for that he was not to blame, as the house had not thought fit to enforce its own resolu tion, but had preferred the more important questions of peace and war to the details of Indian finance. • Tu refer ence to the early production of the accounts, he had placed himself in • communication with the Board of Directors: lie was warmly aided by them. They applied to the local government-, and the result was that the accounts had been., presentrA this year on the 1 Ali of March, instead of the 18th of May, as last year ; and although the actual ac counts had not been brought down to a later period than. before, he.had been furnished with a sketch estimate for the year 1856-57. He thought this was going quite as far as 'was desirable: He would read to the committee the figures ou which that sketch estimate was founded, and. compare it with the actual statement for 1853.54. The only inconvenience of this courae would be, that hon. gen , tlemeu could not make the comparison for themselves, as the itaterneet for 1856.57 had not been printed and circus' lated.... The. statement for 1853-54, whi c h was th e-same he ha given last year, was as follows: 1. Beugni.. Net revenue Local charges .C 3,096,682 2,200,944 Local surplus North-Western provinces— Revenue Local charges 1,517,106 1:t095,738 Local surplus% Ei 103 568, Military charges of Bengal and North , Woktern provinces Net revetme of ditto . 33 753 356 Tot.til charges of ditto F. urnlns available fokgeneral pur. . pules of India * " .... 13,978 $7O 2. Malras— Net revenue Charges 3;315,13 3,539,331 Deficit • 3. Bombay. — Net revenue Charges £223,821 2;636,211 2,977,113 Deficit £340,902 Total revenue of the several presi slencios £19,705,080 Total charges of ditto Total surplus of ditto Interest or. Indian debt Charges defrayed in England £2,195,975 3,262,289 Total further charges on Indian , revenues Excess of expenditure over income £2,014,117 These accounts were in forms the rune as those which had been prepared by his right bon. friend who had preceded him in office, and a plan was now under the consideration of tbe Board of Directors which would simplify them still .furthei. :It was proposed to do away entirely with. doe& rupees in the ccounts, and keep them in Company's rupees. Tie could not positively pledge hims e lf that th e change would be effected, but, if c.rried out, it would of at at De ad I ~/A t,