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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented peti tions against opening the Crystal Palace and other places of amusement on Sundays. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. Lord STANLEYof ALDER LEY gave notice that on the second reading he would move the suspension of the standing orders, with a view of passing the measure, which was of very pressing importance. CHURCH DISCIPLINE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord SHAFTESBURY gave notice that, on the second reading of the Church Discipline Act Amend ment Bill, he should move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. CLARKE THORNHILL'S ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Clarke Thorn hill's Estate Bill was read a second time. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Sheffield, in which they prayed that a uniform mode of proceeding through out England, Ireland, and Scotland be adopted. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that a bill bad been prepared on this subject. , He was to meet his hon. friend the Solicitor-General in a few days to consider the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. The Church Discipline Bill and the Divorce Bill were already framed. Lord BROUGHAM felt exceedingly gratified at the announcement made by the noble and learned lord. TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENTS BILL. The Earl of HARROWBY in moving the committee upon this bill, said that be had withdrawn the clause to which so much objection had been taken the other night. The Earl of DERBY expressed his satisfaction at the course adopted by the noble lord. The bill then passed through committee. The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. • GALLERY OF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS. Bart STANHOPE then rose to move that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take into her Royal consideration, in connection with the site of the present National Gallery, the practicability and expediency of forming by degrees a gallery of original portraits, such portraits to consist as far as possible of those persons who are most honourably com memorated in British history as warriors or as states. men, or in arts, in literature, or in science. The noble lord proceeded to urge the importance of such a public institution, and quoted the opinion of Mr. Carlyle and Mr. Ward, Sir C. Eastlake, and other authorities, in favour of such a work. Such an institution would not. only be a most important element in the edu cation of the people in the history of the country, but be believed it would prove a great incitement to all per -101311 to distinguish themselves in the arts, sciences, and literature of the country. He knew that the formation of such a gallery as be proposed would be a work of time, and, even if the gallery was already erected, the few portraits that could be hung up at the present mo ment would be very unsightly. What he, therefore, proposed was that two or three rooms in Marl borough-house, or even in the Palace at Westminster should be set apart for the reception of the portraits until a proper and fitting place was provided. Of course the money for the formation of such a gallery of portraits as he proposed would have to be voted by the House .of Commons, and the tur n that would be reqUired would not be so large as to meet with any objection. He thought that if 1,0001. were voted to begin with, 5001. annually would be quite sufficient to fully carry out the object he had in ,view. Portraits of great men could often be purchased citi vary reasonable terms. For instance, a portrait of William Pitt was sold the other day for 100 guineas, and another of the Earl of Chatham, which was pur chased by Sir Robert Peel for 80 guineas. A genuine portrait of Sir William Blackstone sold lately for 80/ , and one of Percir e ,v &T as purchased by Sir Robert In glis for 40 guineßut, independent of purchases, there would no doubt be many presents made to the na tional collection. In fact many noble lords had already intimated their readiness to present portraits as soon as a proper national building was procured for their re ception. Most of their lordships were descended from the great men of ancient times, and when they possessed only one portrait of course it could not be expected they should let that one go out of their possession. But where, as in many cases, they possessed four or five, one of them could be very well spared. He would be very careful, however, not to place in the gallery of the nation the portraits of any living characters. Let them bet establish a grant of 1,0001., and the thing would be done, for then popular feeling would insure the scheine. There were two collections of portraits in this country, one at Hampton-court, and the other at the Bri tish Museum. With regard to the former, he would be sorry to diminish ice attractions; and with regard to the latter, there were many portraits of value, and others of no value. They were, however, ill-placed; and he proposed to transfer the whole of the portraits from these two col lections to the National Gallery. Ile would, however, make a selection of the best of the portraits, rejecting the bad. The proposal that was now immediately before their lordship, was irrespective of those two institutions. In the Palace of Holyrood there. was a collection of im aginary portraits. Of course, they would find no place in the collection which he proposed. He proposed this collection in the interest of the arta in this country; and seeing the struggles which genius had to go through, he thought the Government of the country ought to stretch out a helping band to the assistance of those who were the ornaments of social life. Believing that this was a step in the right direc tion, be now with confidence left, his resolutions in the hands of their lordships. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE said that this pro position could not come from any one with greater grace than from his noble friend, whose historic researches were acknowledged by the nation at large. He agreed with his noble friend that the proposition would be of the most essential service in elevating the taste and supporting the arts ef the country. He did not think that in the establishment of such a collection as that proposed they ought to trench upon those funds which were most properly set apart for the purchase of the highest works of art for the National Gallery. There could be no doubt that his noble friend's proposition would be of national advantage, and, therefore, it should have his cordial support. He would, however, suggest CI his noble friend to make his resolution a little more general. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH approved of the propositions entirely. It would be gratifying to alli educated persons to view the lineaments in a nation* gall ry of those who bad made themselves illustrious in the history of the country. With a stringent rule for excluding all who were not worthy to have a place in such a gallery, at place in that gallery would be the highest possible honour. He agreed with the noble marquis that the resolutions ought to be made more general, otherwise it would exclude judges who were not statesmen, or literary men. Why, it would exclude the late Archbishop of Canterbury —a man that approached nearer to perfection as a Christian bishop than any mau he bad ever known. It would exclude Wolsey, Crom well, and many of the greatest names in our history. He would therefore suggest that the resolutions should ex tend to all who had rendered themselves illustrious in our annals. Every man should be excluded who had not the highest claim to be placed in that temple of fame. His noble friend proposed that the selections should be in the fine arts commission. It must be remembered, however, that the selections were not of great pictures, but of great men. In his opinion the commission should be a Parliamentary commission, com prised of members of both houses, to decide whose por traits should be placed in the gallery. If, however, they began with a paltry 5001. a year, the scheme would never be carried out. It was either worth nothing, or it was worth doing well. Time's sieve was constantly shaking the names of celebrated men into oblivion. He had lately been reading in Ben Jenson a list of men who were celebrated in his time, and he came upon sixteen names. Now nine of them he (the Esrl of Ellenborough) had never beard of bi,fiere. He mentioned this to show that it was necessary to have a proper selection made by competent authorities. Ben Joilson said that the poetry of flee elder Sir Thos. Wyatt was superior to that of Dante gidi r etrarch. Now he (the Earl of Eilenborough) had never bad the good fortune to meet with the poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt. This sho sed they were liable to exaggerate the power, of contemporaries of eminence. This gallery, as he bad said, must be a gallery of great men, and not of great pictures. Those who went of themselves to portrait painters to have their likenesses taken were generelly alder railway directors, sue. nior mk groc ers , speculator.; rich a nd others. The quiet, but great litera r y men seld om went to the portrait painter. How were the portraits of these men to be oh taineel ? He thought if the Government would under take the measure of hi e noble friend, and make this really a gallery of portraits of those who of all ages bad done be.t advantage on for the nation.their country, they would confer a great The Duke of ARGYLL said this would be a his • toriosel gallery, and in such cases as the Duke of Wel lington he thought the portraits s h ou l d be surrounded by those who were his companion s i n hi s deeds. portrait of Wellington should be surrounded boyugtoht t s : of Picton, Murray, and others. Nelson, t oo , be associated with Colliegwood, Hardy, and others of his captains. They must not, therefore, lay down tool stringent a rule as to admheeoe t o this gallery. The Earl of CARNA.R VON said this motion had, as had been truly observed by the noble marquis, pro ceeded with peculiar grace Irma his noble friend. Such a gallery as this would indeed have a character of conser vative stability. The motion of his noble friend was no unmeaning conclusion to the revolutions to which their lordships had come teith regard to hereditary peerages. He believed that the costereplation of a gallery like this would streogthen the interest and deepen the reverence of all Englishmen for those who. had deserved well of the nation. This was another point of stability to the institu tions and con4titution of the country. The Earl of HA RROWRY would have such a gallery open to all who had contributed to the ad rant%ge of the country. He should like to see around those Douses of Parliament not only the statues of the statesmen who had adorned our history, but also a selection of men who Lall conferred glory and dignity nn the country. Lord MINGANNO:.c said the c mtemplation of the portraits of great men always produced emulation in nose who looked upon them. Lord REDESDALE reminded the house that the House of Conmmons had the night before come to a resolu tion, upon a divi.4ion of 72 to t 34, to appropriate the site of the National Gallery to a national hotel. After a few words from Lord COLCIIESTER, sTAN,UOrE replied—lie said it did not Eieern 4...; 46* 94 044 s to him that the words "literature and science" which he had adopted involved the exclusions adverted to— those of military men ; for he thought literature and science would cover all grades in either department. He trusted that the address for which he moved would be unanimously concurred in. The motion was then put and agreed to neon. con. THE MAGISTRACY IN IRELAND. Lord DUNGANNON moved for certain returns to show the number of persons qualified to act as justices of the peace in the several counties in Ireland, the num ber of stipendiary magistrates located is each county, and the several petty sessional divisions. After some conversation the motion was withdrawn. Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes past seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDer.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. HORSFALL, the Birkenhead Docks Bill was read a second time. A number of petitions were presented against the abo lition of Church rates until an equivalent had been pro vided. THE POLICE BILL. In reply to an Ifox. MEMBER, Sir G. GREY said sufficient progress had not been made with the army estimates to admit of this bill being proceeded with on Friday next. The estimates would therefore be proceeded with on that evening, and the police bill would be taken on Monday. THE PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. HENLEY said that, on going into committee on this bill, he should call their attention to the abuses of the forms of the house, by which an entirely new bill had been substituted for the original one, and that he should on that account move that the bill be committed that day six months. KINGDOM OF °TIDE. Mr. COBDEN asked the President of the Board of Con trol whether it was his intention to lay upon the table any papers relating to the annexation of the Mahomedan kingdom of Oude to our E fist Indian territory ; or whe ther he was prepared to offer any explanation on the subject to the house ? Mr. V. SMITH said the business was not completed. As soon as it was the whole of the papers would be laid before the house. A despatch on the subject had been addressed to the Marquis of Dalhousie, to which no answer bad yet been received. Under the circam stances, he did not think it would be prudent to make any expla _ation. " THE FALL OF BARS. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the First Lord of the Trea sury on what day the papers relating to the fall of Kars would ba laid on the table of the house? Lord PALMERSTON laid the papers on the table. THE ANGLO-ITALIAN LEGION. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lori of the Treasury what accounts her Majesty's Government had received respecting the late arrests at Novara, arising from apprehended mutiny in the Anglo-Italian Legion ; also, how long the Legion was to remain in Piedmont, and what was its. future destination in the event of peace being concluded? Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite true that a report prevailed in Piedmont that a plot had taken place in the regiments, and that 16 soldiers had been arrested. The strictest investigation bad taken place, and he was glad to state that nothing could he more exemplary than the conduct of those regiments. Two of the regiments had embarked for Malta in the most admirable order, and a third regiment had also by this time quitted its quarters for the same destination. THE EIiaSTER RECESS. Mr. SPOONER asked the noble lord if he would in form the house when he would move iti adjournment for the Easter recess? Lord PALMERSTON said be intended to follow the course pursued last year. He should therefore propose that the house should adjourn on Friday the 14:h until the following Monday fortnight. SALE OF COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY - - - - Sir DE L. EVANS rose to move for a select committee to consider, examine evidence, and report to the house, on the expediency of abolishing the system of sale and pur chase of commissions in the army, and on the means that may be adopted for the accomplishment of that object. He was fully aware of the groat . importance of the subject which he was about to bring under the consideration of the house, and regretted that he had been able to give it much less attention than it deserved. The importance of the mat ter, however, induced him not to defer his motion, which he made in the hope that other hon. members would sup ply the deficiencies in the atatetnent which he was about to otter. In tko outset it was right that he should call the at tention of the house to the returns which had been made with respect to the sums expended in the purchase of com missions. One of these returns fixed the amount paid by , officers in the service at 5,400,0001., but by the latter re turn it was stated to be 8,680,00/. (Hear.) To this large sum there must be added 30 or 40 per cent. at the least for the advance which was always paid—although contrary to law—upon the regulation price ; and this would bring the total amount up to about 11,000,000/. This, it must be admitted, was a large tax to be drawn from one particular class; and certainly an urgent necessity should be made out for its continuance. Different speeches had been from time to time made by great men and high authorities upon this matter, and many grounds had been urged for its con tinuation. But the house would no doubt recollect that in many other cases abuses had been supported for maiti years by the most plausible arguments backed by the highest authority, but which, nevertheless, the public at last required to be abolished. Its had been said that the existing system obviated the necessity of giving retiring allowasoes and pensions to officers quitting the army. But, on the other hand, the immense sums m hick had to be paid by officers obliged the Government to make the emoluments of the higher ranks of the army larger than they would otherwise be. Whenever the system of purchase came to an end, it would be open to the Government to re cocci ler the question of these emoluments. The late illus. trion3 Duke of Wellingtou, it was true, suppoz ted the exist ing system, which he seemed to consider a species of poli tical institution. The great duke thought that it was im portant that those who officered the British army should be men having a stake in the country, as he believed that then there would be less danger of the army siding in any time of tumult with those who opposed the Government. But let the house look to the case of France; there was an army officered on a system not of purchase, and yet there slid not appear to be any likelihood of its taking its stand against the recognised powers. But the history of our own army did rot bear out the views of the duke. This system of purchase was introduced in the reign of Charles 11., the most ihfamous period of our history ; and yet so soon after the reign of his successor, it was found that at least one-half of the army held the opinions —and were ready to act upon them, too—which sent that monarch across the seas. Another authority—Lord Fitzroy Somerset—had also given his opinion in favour of the system of purchase, for the sin gular, and certainly net very well-grounde I, reason, that it was impossible to tell in a time of peace who were the most competent men, and that any other system would de generate into mere matter of seseinrity. The noble lord also said that if the selection of particular pert ms was to be determined by the report of commanding officers of regi ments, it would be subject togreat caprice and incertitude That seemed to him (Sir De L. Evans) to be assuming a great deal against those °Meets, which facts, as far as they west, certainly did not justify. He (Sir De L. Evans) would point to the artillery, as an example of the working of a better system than the one prevailing in the general body of the army. It might be objected that the artillery were an educated set of men; but he saw no reason why the rest of the army should not also be so, There was an additional ransom why something she ull be done in this matter, as the commiss'oaers who had inquired into the existing state of things had reported that in future officers should be selected for particular service, not on account of their seniority only. Ho might be asked what were the abuses to which the motion was directed ? He would point to the many officers who had been cast aside through the wait of capital or of interest, as an answer to this question. The honourable and gallant !member proceeded, in an Feaccedingly low and indistinct tone of voice, to give instances of the unsatisfactory manner in which the system of purchase had worked, but none of the details reached the gallery. There were three classes, he contended, of officers in the army—these who had no money but tho price of their commission, those whe had a reserve for the earlier steps, and those who had plenty to pay their way all through. All these classes suffered by the system ; the first, of course, most of all ; the second a great deal, and often in a great degree their friends ; and the third, in the they created by being prometed over the heads of the others. There were many in stances 'of good and gallant °Eters who spent the best part of their lives in the inferier ranks, until at last accident brought them under the notice of a com mander; but these were rare instances, and the great majority pined out the end of their dives under the same disheartening circumstances that had met them at the commencement. One officer, who distinguished himself at Kars (as we understood), was recommended to-Lord Pannaure for a position on the staff of Gen. Simpson ; but the latter declined, on the ground that there were two cop tains in the Guards before him. So this officer of 20 years' service was put aside for two young gentlemen brothers of noblemen, one of whom had teen only 4 years' service. But it was said, that to alter the present state of things the country must be put to vary great expense. In answer to that it might be suggested that the system should be allowed to die out, no new purchases being made. That, however, would be a slow process, and he thought it would be for the public advantage if some mode of accelerating the process were devised, such As making an addition to the retiring allewaane in the higher ranks. Something of the kind had been found necessary in the nary, and why not try it in the army ? He was sorry to see that the leader of the Opposition had retired from the discussion of this question ; but he trusted that the noble lord at the head of the Government would give it his serious consideration. He had no doubt himself as to the certainty of the aboli tion of the purchase system. It was only a question of time ; and it was the stain and reproach of our army. The sooner the time of abolition arrived the better. Our sys tem excited the surprise, but by no means the respect, of foreign nations, and he appealed to the noble lord at the head of the Government to introduce a better state of things. No man knew better than the noble lord the mode isnwhich the system of purchase hail worked. His lord ship not i f: e n iy i e nte c e o n nat ears at the head of the War . - evils ofilco, and could say whether y the system amongst other If the noble lord objected to malt committee,violatins o p f erh th a o ps law ho would consent to the appointment of a mixed civil .7alrmmiLithatrybecaoinntnissbir., o w h h e i n o h a n t ( h i e gallant Secretary for concluded by repeating the terms of , his motion. member Lord GODERICEI, in seconding the motion, begged the attention of the house while he submitted one or two argu ments in its favour to which the gallant general had not adverted. It seem ed to be generally admitted that the sys tem of promotion by purchase could not be defended in the abstract, while, ten the other hand, it bad been asserted by the Under-Secretaey for War during the past session that the system, although absurd and unjust in theory, h a d worked exceedingly well in practice. Now, the gallant general had shown the system t o h ave wor k e d great injus tice, and be (Lord Geelerich) submitted that a system which worked great injustice could hardly be defended as working well in practice. He thought be should he able to show that the system m'.id not work well, but, on the contrary, in flicted hteat and frequent injustice. The gallant general had touched but ligl lthv on one most important part of the sub ject. He said ;hat under this system the officeis of the British army 'embarked a large portion of their fortunes in Y) g ::l..r:i i !,t TUE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESPAY,,ESRNING MARCH . 5 1856 . the preelteesion, and that that fact was a source of much e<-d. But it had also been said that the officer who pure efshased his commission served almost' for milling, as his - pay was little more than interest for his m ney. That was the evidence of the Duke of Wellington, who said that three-fourths of the British officers had little more reward than the honour of serving. Now it seemed to him (Lord Goderich) anything but sound policy that our officers should serve ter nothing, because under Bach& system eac h officer acquired a vested interest which you could neither deny nor reject, and which was sure to be urged when any innovating alteration was proposed. He could show that be had not gratuitously inferred the possibility of this dan ger, for he held in his hand a document with the appear ance of which many members of that house were no donbt familiar—he meant the memorial of the Brigade of Guards. Ho was not about to enter into the prayer of that me morial, although, in his opinion, the course pursued by the Government in the matter was justifiable, but to use it as showing that this claim of vested rights had already been put fo ward. (The noble lord here read an extract from the memorial, in which the memorialistsurgecl their vested rights by purchase of captaincies in the Guards to colonelcies before the officers of the line, and complained that the Government warrant involved a breach of faith.) Now what ho asserted was that in no other army would officers be found asserting a breach of faith under such circumstances. He thought that in thus giving your officers a pecuniary interest in their commissions you put yourself in reference to them in amostundestrablepoeition, and which might lead to very serious consequences. Be sides, the house sh ou ld reco ll ec t th a t th e sys t em of purchase involved no saving to the country, the pay being the same, purchase or no purchase. Purchase was also a bar to im provement in the army, as it precluded the necessity of education to a certain extent, so that the introduction of a sound system of military education would, he be lieved, be now a very critical experiment. That the pre snit system was defective was proved by the evidence of Sir Howard Douglas, who had deposed before a committee of that house that the standard of education for our young officers was mischievously low, and that th e exam i na ti on was ridiculously trivial. H e had, therefore, the authority of a distinguished general for saying that the educational standard in the army was deficient ; and surely, in the present age, it was of peculiar importance to pay attention to those questions of military education. If we looked at foreign countries we found that many were making great strides ; and at home we should recollect what rapid pro grass was being made with the general education of the people. At a time when the education of those classes of the people from which private soldiers were chosen was so rapidly advancing, it would not do to have those who com manded them their inferiors in general knowledge. (Hear.) Other countries were not so backward in this matter as we were. In 1854 the King of Prussia issued an ordi nance, the preamble of which gave as a reason for a supe rior education of the officers the great spread and advance of education in the great bedy-of the people. The hon. Under-Secretary of War seemed to think that if they abo lished purchase in the army there was no alternative but seniority ; but he could assure him that those who advo tested the abolition had no notion of substituting a pure seniority. The present system gave Us generals of 70 and captains of 18 ; but it might be changed so as to give us commanders in the vigour of their age. There was one argument in favour of purchase, and which, he believed, was the favourite one at the Horse Guards, namely, that everything should be done to prevent poor men becoming officers in the army. :Before the committee the hon. member who was supposed to represent the HOrse Guards asked many questions to show that the army was not fit for a poor man. On that point the opinion of Sir H. Douglas was, that the difficulty of living in the army for men of limited means was no reason why they should be excluded, if qualified, or whythe country should he deprived of their talents ; and that gallant officer asked if that rale were to prevail how would it be with the private soldiers who were working their way to commissions, under the pledge given at their enlistment, and who must be still more destitute ? Sir H. Douglas distinctly stated that it would be unjust to adopt any system which would exclude officers or privates from their fair chance of promotion. The noble lord at the head of the Government had held out hopes that the system adopted by the right hon. member for Wilts (Mr. S. Her bert), when in the War-office, would be centinuecl ; but he regretted to say that since that right hen. gentleman left the Government, much less had b een d one i n th a t di rect i on than before. He believed the system of: purchase inter fered materially with recruiting for the army, and nar rowed the circle from whence recruits could bo drawn. It was complained that the class of men who enlisted was not generally that from whom officers could be selected, and yet those who made that complaint advocated a system which prevented men of a superior class entering the army. To show the necessity of some improvement in the rela tions between the officers and men, and in the qualification of the subalterns, the noble lordreferred to a memorandum of the late Duke of Wellington, in which he stated that the duty of the subaltern officer was generally poi formed by the sergeants, and that the captain, however gallant in the field, etas seldom able to discipline his company, but was obliged to rely oa the non-commissioned officers. In the French army one third of the sub-lieutenancies worn nominated by the commanders of the regiments, and two-thirds were selected from the students of the mili tary schools; and the promotion to the higher ranks wont one-half by seniority, and the other half by selection. In the Sardinian army, which had been reorganised by Gen. Ifaruiora subsequent to the war with Austria in 1848, no person could be admitted to the rank of officer unless he had served two years as a non-comtuissioued officer, or had passed an examination. One-third of the sub-lieutenancies were given upon the nomination of the commanding officers and after that the promotions proceeded upon the rule of one-third by choice and two thirds byeseniority—all ranks, however, having to undergo a rigid examination. In Russia no man could enter the army as an officer unless he had been a cadet for a certain time in a militaryschosl,of which there was one attached to the head-quarters of every regi ment, and passed an examination. It had been urged by the advocates of the system of purchase that those who would abolish it desired to confiscate the property of those officers who had bought their commissions. But the ho nourable and gallant general had shown that the whole value of the commissions in the army was under 8,000,000/. lie (Lord Goderich) calculated it at 7,000,000/. and a few thousands ; but from that must be deducted the value of the commissions which had been given without purchase, and which might be taken at two millions, which would reduce the value sc the bought cernmissions to something between five and six million,. That would he the whole amount involved ; and that, or even the whole eight mil lions, the coup try.would surely not grudge for the benefit which it would derive from the establishment of a system that would provide at all times a sufficient body of well qualified officers for the army. Tho hon. Under Secretary (Kr. Peel) had more than once taunted those who brought forward propositions like that now under consideration with having suggested no su b s tit u t e f or t h e system they would abolish. lie would suggest a system which should combine seniority and merit, a system similar to that which prevailed in the Sardinian army, and which should ensure that every commissioned officer who entered the army should be well educated and fitted for his duties, which shnuld ensure to him a fair chance of promotion, and should encourage instead of discourage study. The noble lord (Palmerston), when a motion was brought for ward on this subject on a former occasion, asked, " What is merit ?" and rep'ying to his own question said, "Merit is the opinion which ono anon may form of anether, an opinion which is sure to be disputed by many o hers, and denied by every unsuccessful candidate." He differed from the noble lord. He believed that merit was not opinion, but fact. (Hear.) In promoting for merit it was not ex pected that the minister who promoted was to please every body—that was impossible; but what was required was that those in whose hands the selection rested, beim- men of ability and merit themselves, should appoint the fittest and best qualified men they could find in every public situation. If that principle were pursued honesty and fairly by the Government, though they might be subjected to the anger of disappointed mediocrity, they would be supported by the voice of the coun try generally. After referring to the defects of our military system as exhibited in the proceedings of the pre sent war, he observed that the smallness of our army made it the more necessary to counter balance the paucity of numbers by greater efficiency in all ranks. To maintain that equably with the great military nations of Europe which we asserted, we must lay to heart and profit by the teams which the war had taught Us ; we must make our army efficient, and for that purpose we must above all things provide a holy of officers not only ready to face any danger that the cell of duty might place before them, but officers thoroughly Akins:lto(' and trained to the profession, and devoted to it heart and soul, which they could only do by making merit the only . path to promoti on an d honour. Mr. ELLICE (Coventry) hoped the house would be cautious in taking any step upon this question, at the same time that he thought they ought not to recuwa the in quiry, eonsidering.the feeling that was abroad upon this subject. The money part of the question was the least part of the difficulty ; for if the nation were once fully satisfied that the abolition of the system of purchase was injurious, they would not grudge any amount of money that might be required to abolish it. Sir J. FITZGERALD supported the existing system. Mr. PEEL said that however much the consideration for and against the proposal cede for the abolition of pur chase in the army appeared to be balanced in the mind of the hon: member (Mr. Ellice), ho had admitted tho ques was ono on which much might be said on both sides, and it was because he was of opinion that much might be said against the present proposal, he trusted the house would give kim a bearing. It appeared to him that the gallant general who had moved for the committee Lad made one suggestion which he (Mr. P ee l) th oug h t was hardly worthy of him, and that was his appeal to a right hon. gentle man who was not in the house, and to his party, to give him their support, on the ground that it might be beneficial to them at a future election ; but he (Mr. Peel) hal no doubt that this question would be discus of and disposed of without any regard to such selfish and in dividual considerations, and accordieg to their sober view and judgment of what was best both for the public interests of the country and the army also. He did not mean to urge that the system of purchase in the army was a system which, in theory, could be regarded as free from objec tion. He admitted that if a new corps were to be esta blished the system of purchase would form no part of its arrangement, but that its regimental appointments would he like these of the Land Transport Corps without pur chase, and when called upon to resign they would have to do so without receiving an equivalent. (Hear.) And if the army could be disbanded to-day and reorganised to morrow, no doubt it would make its reappearance without the aid of the purchase system. (Hear, hear.) It must, however, be borne in mind that the army had now been established for 15t) years, and the purchase system had been co-existent with it, nisei ho did not believe that such a system could have existed so long without having to a considerable extent causel the service generally to ac commolate itself to its existence, so as not to be so easily eisplaced as some gentlemen imagined ; an d , f urt h ermore, that it could not have existed for so long a time without bringing to light certain advantages that would be found more than sufficient to counterbalance any disadvantages or drawbacks that had been alleged against it. Those who came forward with a desire to upset the present se stern ought to be able to prove, first, that there were evils in it, and next, to he able to submit to the consideration of the house and country a remedy as plausible and prima facie acceptatle as would justify it being submitted to the consi deration of a committee of that house. The noble lord who seconded the motion had endeavoured to show that the pre sent system was injurious to those officers of the army who purchased their commitxions, and that they were in no better position than those' who were deprived of the inte rest of money with which to invest in such commission. That undoubtedly was the case for a man who entered the army with a desire of becoming as speedily us possible a colonel, er a general officer, and thereby obtain responsibi lity greater and quicker than he could obtain in private life, or follow iug any of the civil professions of the country, but it was not so with regard to purchasers generally. The beartburnings and disappointments that were spoken of as cxisting now would exist under the system proposed, from persons being passed over the heads of others, on account of the officer so passed over feelin jealous at his talents and awl; -- ability beitt interior to the ofticei But tne question was, whether or not the system of pur chase now adopted was moreadvantagonus for promotion to those who purchased than to those who did not purchase. He contended that this fwetem honalited the actrens t eeheetue: ee - eause esesen a corniniseloh exthatif„chi hands, and another succeeded to it, the officer who went out, went out probably at the top of the list, whilst the officer coming in, instead of steppin g into the shows of the retiri effiees, !led tss no *0 the Isot mat >f the Its% 6liu 6oniequently that pushed every officer above him, including the non-purchasing officer, on a step. Fie did nut think that by abolishing the present system that any advantage would he sallied; tat vaddld they eitericse the alms of Men Who composed the officers of the line. He thought it an advantage to the army that gentlemanly tone of feeling which was given to it by the commission being filled by members of the arietocz acy and the wealthy classes of the country—(hear, hear)—and in proof of this asser tion, that were they to abolish promotion by purchase the commissions in the army would continue to be held mostly by the same class as at present, he referred to the Ord nance Corps, where promotion was by seniority and merit. (Hear, hear.) An hon. gentleman had said that the mem bers of the Ordnance Corps were a better military educated class of men than most of the line, which probably was the case, and which arose from the education necessary they should possess in order that they might pass their exenii nationsprevious to obtaining theirappeintments, and which he considered entailed as much expense upon the officers of that corps as did the purchase of a commission in the line. (Hear.) Complaints had been made that the Go vernment had not carried out the suggestions of the right hon. gentleman the member for Wiltshire, with reference to the management of the army. Hail the noble lord who made that complaint examined the estimates that had been laid upon the table he would have seen that the expense of outfits had been included in them for the promotion of 150 non-commissioned officers in the line during the year 18575, in addition to those in the Artillery, the Land Transport Corps, and the Turkish Contingent, at present in the p sy of this country. The noble lord had also considered that a certain amount of military education should be necessary before a gentleman should be allowed to purchase a com mission. At present that was provided against as much as possible, because no ono could become a captain until after two years' service, or a field officer until after six years' service, and which was so arbitrarily acted up to that in no case was it allowed'to be sot aside. Hon. gentlemen had spoken a great deal on the new method of promotion which they recommended, but the most important ques tion for consideration was what was to be the system for retirement. The army was different from other profes sions. It was not a profession into which any person could enter, but it was a close p ro f ess i o n, i n t o w hi c h sne man could not enter until another hail retired, so that retire ment was the means of outlet, and which had to be pro vided for. He thought the most important part of the question was the systele of retirement. In the Ordnance Corps the system of promotion was by seniority, and al thoegh the effect of a long peace was to encumber the ranks with a large number of old officers, a state of war soon brought about a different result. At the breaking out of the French war the number of men in the artillery was 9,000, and the off 'ors were old into ; during the course of that war the number had been raised to 26,000 men, a number of new appointments wore given away, and to wards the close of the war the age of the lieut.-colonels did not average more than forty years. When the Ordnance Corps was reduced, when the *Mears were placed on half pay, when it was necessary. by the system of promotion to bring in men from half-pay, the result was, as was stated by the commission of 1340, that the officers were nearly superannuated. To get rid of those old officers the retired list was instituted, and what was the result ? The number of the army was about 200,00) men, thst of the Ordnance corps 20,000. The retired full-pay list of the Ordnance corps amouuted to eight times as much as that of the whole of the remainder of the army. If the system of purchase were done away with it would be necessary to have a full pay retired list for the infantry of the line at a cost of not less thee half a million a•year. Then, again, if an infantry officer desired to return after a few years' service, he did ee by the sale of his commission, without any expense tai the country ; while, in many cases, an artillery officer had to receive permission to retire on half-pay after only six or seven years' service. He be:ieved that some miscon ception existed with regard to the system of aurchese its the army. It was, in reality, coatiaed to a much more limited extent than was generally suppose-I, and did n materially affect the advatieeinent of deserving officers to posiiieris of trust and responsibility. Up to the rank of captain regimental commissions might be obtainal e but beyond that rank the system of purchase might be practi cally disregarded ie rater ling further esievauceneent, while beyond the rank of lieutereent•colonel purchase did not exist. Then on the staff appointments were givers for no money consideration whatever ; they were given upon grounds of merit. (Cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter.) There were three systems of promotion—viz., by pui chase, by seniority, and by distinction. He cert duly did net give the preference to promotion by seniority ; he knew the effect th it it wo .tad have on the line. There would be efficers 20 years older thou they were then, wore the system of purehate eu o li e l le d ; an d h e b e li eve 1 that when officers arrived at the rank of colonels they would have an average of 45 years to show. He would venture to say, with refe rence to eta-if appointments, that he did not think that, during th> two ~ ears the army had been in the Crimea the Horse Guards had filled up a single staff appointment by favour. He thought the advantages of the system of purchase more than counterbalanced the disadvantages ; the money value of cieminissions amounted to between 7 and 3 millions, and lie should consider it a wasteful ex penditure of the public money to apply this large amount to abolishing a system which, in his opinion, would be re• placed by something inferior. He thought the nature of the purchase of a commission had not been clearly kept in view ; it was in point of fact nothing more than an invest ment made when an officer entered the service, and which he withdrew when he quitted that service ; it was merely a species of caution money. There had been a large increase in the numberof conamissionsgranted without purchase since the commencement of the nreeent war, in consequence of 50 regiments having been placed on the war establishment, and because, in all the newly-organised corps, the system of purchase had not been recognised. As a consequence, when those corps were reduced, the officers would be obliged to retire without affecting officers whose commis sions had been pnrchssed. The noble lord who seconded the motion had stated that the system of purchase lied broken down. He (lir. F. Peel) could assure him this was not the case—they had had morn applications for commis sions since the war broke out than they heel vacancies to till up. There was not a single commission by purchase which was not filled up. He did not think, therefore, that the house ehonlil adopt the proposition of the hon. and gallant general for an inquiry into that question. Lord STANLEY supported the propriety of instituting an inquiry. The feelings of the public were in favour of s complete reform in all matters connected with the army. If that occasion, when the glory and distresses of the late war-were fresh in the memory of all, was allowed to pass the events in the Crimea would be quoted as precedeets for the future, as those of the Peninsular war had been, and would be given as reasons for maintaining the system intact. Whet was the testimony of all other nations with respect to the system of purchase in the army ? Was there a Biagio civilised country in the world in which it was practised ? Not oue. There was a kindred abuse in thi country, viz., the system of purchasing livings in the Church, which unfortunately doubt not be so easily dealt with as the army abuse, because the presentations were mostly in private families. The system of purchase in the army was condemned by the example of the civil service, and by that. of the navy. It was essentially an anomaly, e departure from that rule which wes acknowledged to b. binding in every other 6 . 83, that entrance to promotion in the public service should be contingen‘ on ability aue merit. He could only remember one parallel case th it bait existed in France before the Revolution, when judicial offices were disposed of on the purchase system. He die think that the evils which seemed to be apprehended on change of this system would take place. With respect to the difficulty of getting rid of old officers, to which the honourable gentleman the Under Secretary for ' War had alluded, he (Lord Stanley) could not see a,ey m fro difficulty than of disposing of old servants in the civil , ereice ? 'Was not the system of superannuation applie ,ble to the army ? There was a system adopted ie some of the continental armies which very effectively put a stop to the active lists being occupied by veterans. If an officer did not obtain a certain military rank by a certain age, he was not eligible to fill that rank of retaining tne gra ie which he occupied, but his eh trice of promo ion was ended. Thu rule might appear a little harsh, but if there must be a choice made between two systems, it was better to take that which operated fairly betweeti lean and titan than to continue one that based promotion on the most unsuitable and most invidious of all grounds, that of per sonal wealth. The army might be efficieut, but that was no reason why it should not be reformed ; the game argu ment was used in every similar case; it has been used in relation to university reform and to law reform, still both those reforrus were carried. If they were to take the opinion of the working of the army, of the men who had had the best opportunity of judging of what were the re qeirements of the service, ho believed that they would unite with the general pubic in condemning the system of purchase as an excrescence on the military of the coun try which ought to be got rid of. He firmly believed that if a committee of inquiry were appointed, and the opinion of the ablest officers taken and acted on, that in five years the purchase system would cease to exist. Mr. RICH would support the motion of the hon. and gallant general. He thought a system which had been re pudiated by all foreign nations, and by ourselves in every other case, could not require much argument to be proved unsound. Colonel LINDSAY complained that the supporters of the motion had offered no practical substitute for the sys tem of purchase, consistent with the efficiency of the army. He h 1(1 that the present system led to officers obtaining field rank more rapidly, and also that it prevented jobbery or obtaining promotion by interest. As to promotion from the ranks, he was much in favour of it, but he believed it was nut very popular with the non-commissioned officers; and the reason was plain—that the pay was not sufficient for their support. He would oppose the motion, because he was satisfied that the present system gave physical effi ciency, and with proper precaution, he thought, it would secure mental efficiency, too. FIEADL.I,II.I referred to the promise made by the Government last year, that officers should have the option of leaving their families the value of their commission, if they fell in action, or the usual pension. For a long time this promise was not kept at all, and now that something,' had been done, the regulations required the families of officers, before they could take advantage of them, to go through a process so humiliating that hundreds would rather want the boon altogether, Colonel NORTH also complained of tho regulations of the warrant, which he considered little better than a de lusion upon the officers. Mr. M. MUSES was favourable to inquiry ; but he did not think a committee of this house. was the proper tribunal. He would suggest, as a preferable alternative, that a commission composed . of . civil and military men should be appointed for the purpose. He did not believe that the.abolition of purchase would make the stray less aristocratic than at present, except that it would exclude a number of young men who at preeut entered the army without any view to a professi6n. But the same result, he believed, would be effected by a strict system of exami flat i Colonel S. ADAII was also in favour of the principle of the motion, though he preferred a commission rather than a select committee. Mr. S. HERBERT said he felt the difficulties of this question not less than the hon. member for Coventry, pro bably from the same reason, that he bad much connection with the question. (Hear.) One benefit of iricriry would be to rem o v e some d e l us i ons f rom t h e public mind, one of which was that an officer of wealth had nothing to do but purchase his way. The fact was that an officer did not rise slower because be could_ not purchase, though an officer who was able to Purchasa row.; more quickly. Be would tat e the three senior captains of a regiment, whom he would call Captains Brown, Snlith, - and Johnson. (A laugh.) One might ha able to purchase, and the others uot. He did so ; but, the result was not worse for those who could. not —their promotion was not, the slower. If they did away •~ 1 L. 4 4. , painely the evil. The question would still remain, •a! is'fre'ere . Confil pot purchase ahouhl their preferment be provided T.t was said that by abolishing purchase they would alter the clods from which their regiments were officered. He did not thief* this Woe,: Int!per, :end be,sbouhl be serry to see it happefi, Ln a country like this, where; Irlatftestione were so fi ee, no Ina centives to obedience could be spared ; toed the men who were generally selected from the peasantry obeyed more rep lily an officer whom they looked upon as a patio:am. In the navy Liters sea ne perch tee, but the officers of the navy worn of the same clasg ne .Qnairs of the army—there might, perhaps, be more sons of pets In `vide cavalry than •in other regiments. A system of selection grows up in the navy whereby inns were selected from the top while seni ority prevailed at the bottom, But there were important differences between the army and tlr. navy. The latter was not only a fighting but a navigating b ; and it was the same ib pease as in war. The case was totally dif ferent with the army, therefore the analogy slid not bold. Looking at the necessity of the system of purchase, or something in lieu of it, a n d adinittitig the great inconve nience of ntrodueinte a class of men who never gave their minds to the profession, ho very much masted whether a man ought to become a captain by purchase." Seeing the large sums which were given for some ranks, sufficient to shock the public mind, he thought it would be an advan tage upon the whole if purchase was put an end to. He was a warm advocate for the educati el of officers, not no much as a test of fituess as a means of training them. That rniaht be done either with or without porch isle. He certainly deprecated the handing over of this subject to a committee of that house, for, is his opinion, there were not enough hon. monaheis qualified to follow the matter in all its details, so as to work out a satisfactory conclusion. He thought that a mixed commission composed both of civilians and military wen would be very much better adapted to meet the cud in view —viz., the reformation of the present system. Souse lion. members considered the ap peintment of a commission as tantamount to a shelving of the whole affair. He would, however, call tam attention of the house to the fact that the last commission which was appointed had altered the system of promotion, and had otherwise effected greater reforms in the army than had been introduced fora century previous. He trusted that the Government would consent to a commission, and that the hon, and gallant member (Sir De Lacy Evans) would, if they did so, withdraw his amendment iu favour of such a prepoial. Lord PALMERSTON said—The question which we aro now considering is one which has occupied the attention of the public at Large, and which mu-t have forced itself on the serious consideration of all who have turned their at tention to military matters. Now, sir, I confess that for my own part my opinion in the abstract is against the sys tem of purchase. It is a system which nobody would pro pose to establish in any army now about Se created for the first time. It is a system which exists only in the Bri tish army. It has no existence in the navy, it does not ex- I S t in the artillery, it only exists by a sort of evasion iu the E tat India Company's service, and it exists in no fo reign army, I believe, in the world. Hence, in the abstract one's predisposition is against the continuance of the sys tem. But, on the other hand, it must be admitted that a system which has existed so long as the system of purchase in the British army is so interwoven with the arrangements of tha t grea.t establishment that it would, eVeLL granule; a u immediate desire to abolish it, require veryin attire consider:), Lion to determine how that sted was to be effected, and we must naturally expect to be met 13 great difficulties; and furthermore, it cannot ba denied that the present system—whether in itself good or bad—has by process of time become associated with circuinstances advantageons in onie degree to the army in which it has grown. up. The evil which is always felt in an army where promotion goes by seniority is that there is accumulated in the higher ranks of that army a grout number of men who, by age or circumstances, are unfitted for the active discharge of the duties which belong to their station ; and, in order to avoid that difficulty, in most of the continental armies arrange ments have been male for putting on the retired list officers who have arrive • at a certain rank and attained a certain age. Unless that is done the army becomes overcrowded in its higher ranks with officers unfitted for active duty, and this was a great evil inseparable from every army where promotion by purchase does not exist. As my hon. friend (11r. Peel) has already clearly arid fully explained, the operation of the system of perchase is, that it relieves the army from those who by age or infirmity are no longer able to fulfil their duties, and it therefore accelerates the current of promotion, and recruits the 'nigher ranks with men younger, more active, mast more able to perform the duties which fall to their position. If, then, the system of purchase wer difficulties would arise. In the first ilaco some other systr.m nuis be established by which , he save effect is to be produced, that is to say, an arrange ment must be devised by which officers svh•o by age or in drinity have grown unfit for active duty should be remove and removed under conditions consonant with the services which they have performed. Such a course must ueces s,.rily involve some expense to the country. lam quite certain, sir, that the country would not grudge any rea sonable eapeuse fur such a purpose. Agin, those officers who have purchas:d their connu.ssions must in some way sr other receive coinpensatiou for the sums which they have expended ; that w ,uld b i an arrangement attsnded .vith a very considerable expense. I don't mean to say th t it would not be distributed over a lour , period of ti ne, and it is p essible—indeed, I shouid thinCthe.t, if rut adequate irrangement were proposed, neither this house tor the country would he inclined to refuse to make the necessary provision for• such a purpose, so long as they were assured that such a step would be for the efficiency of the tiriny. I cannot, however, but think that sotne of the arguments which have been used have been a little overstrained. Ido nut Fee in what way the system of purchase would preclude you from ascertaining by examination that those desiring Join missions are competent to the duties of their profession. I cannot for the life of me understand why you are not en .itled to examine and require a certain amount of comps .ency from an officer who buys his eusigncy as well as Irmo one to whom you give that onsigncy Neither do I thick the system of purchase, jointly with an examination, would alter the character and composition of the rank bolo which our odicers a,ie taken. I entirely agree with the right hon. 4entletnan (slr. S. Herbert)—and it is useless to disguise ,he opinion —that it is desirable itish army shoal be Acered, as a rulo, by gontlemen—(hear)—althougti uu loubt there are cases in which persons from the rauks may, by singular merit and distinguished service, be fitted to rise un the higher ranks of their profession. Indeed I think that, ;enerally speaking, in all armies it in the upper classes who %re put to lead the lower, and that it very seldom happens hat persons in the lower classes rise with comfort to them 4elves to a rank for which their previous position has not itted thrin. I think the house seems pretty well agreed that the matter it one which ought to be inquired in to—(hear) — And that it ought to be inquired into with a view or ascer taining whether some change could not be made in the inte rest of the service and of the public. Now I agree with may right hon. friend in his opinion that a committee of this house is not the best instrument for conducting such an in luiry. (Hoar.) At the outset we are met by the fact that the inquiry ought to be directed, not simply to the practice in he British army, not simply to considerations purely con uected with our own arrangements, but, in order to lay Lhe matter fully open for e flisieleration, that the body to whom the inquiry is entrusted should ascertain what has been done in other Europe tn armies. This is a kind of duty which can be far better undertaken by a commission than by a committee. Indeed my hon. and gallant friend who made this motion (Sir Del, Evaes), if I understood him rightly, Reamed at the conclusion of his speech dis posed, if her Majesty's Government would appoint a com mission, to waive his own proposal for a committee. lam quite ready to adopt that course—(hear)—aura if my hoe. and gallant friend will therefore waive the motion which he has made, I evil undertake, on the part of her Ma jesty's Government, that a mixed commission, o isisting partly of ci viliana and partly of military nice. Atilt be pointed to pursue the inquiry, which was, indeed, com menced bY tho former commissioners, but was nit con eluded by them, as they thought the terms of their com mission did nut extend to this subject. I should hope, therefore, that after the discussion which has taken place iny hoe. and gallant friend will be content to leave Vie in quiry to be pursued by the commissioners in the way which I heve suggested. (Hear.) Sir DE L. EVANS hail listened with much pleasure to the statements which had been rustle by the noble lord, and, after what lied fallen from him, was willing to accede to his proposal and withdraw the present motion. Ho had also been greatly pleased with much which had fallen from the tight hoe. gentleman behind him (Mr. S. Herbert). Hon. members opposite ro doubt thought him Pr De L. Evans) a great Radical, but he could assure them that he quite concurred with the right hon. gentleman (Mr. S. rferbert) in thinking that the army should be officered by the class out of which its officers were at p;esent chosen. (dear.) He had a high opinion of the gallantry of that class, but he was anxious to see those who composed it go into the army as a serious and important profession, anti not join it as a mere pastime. (Hear.) He could not doubt but that our a/ istouracy, to their honour, would not shriek from a system of examination. (Hear.) The iuotim.o was then withdrawn. TITRE COMMUTATION RENT-CHARGE. Mr. R. PHIILIMORE obtained leave to brin , in a bill to regulate parochial settleineios arid to provide for ajuster and more uniform rating of tithe commutation rent-charges to the relief of the poor. BLEACHING, &c., WORKS. Lord J. MANNERS, on the part of Mr. Butt, obtained leave to bring in a till to regulate the employment of women and young persons in bleaching works. 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Or 0 0 15 0 0 t7lles Eng. & Scot, Lass Life 51.,scr cent. 50 0 0 .1 5 0 'l/ 8s Ltfe ss, , c. e 3cat,..lnd, «l. per cent. 10 0 0 110 05/ lOs Nations, Fire and Life 164 per cant. , 0 0 0 I 0 0 , 21. Os North British :nsur... i7l per cent .1)0 0 0 20 0 0 .12110 e Scottish Union Ins. 7%1 prcent. In 0 0 1 0 0 1 , . Ile Standard Life ..............Si. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 020 lOs United Dep Assurance 5.1. ,),i• ..,,,t. 10 0 0 1 00 I The Constitutionn el says :—" We are assured that the widow of Admiral Bruat has been desig nated f r the high position of governess to the ex• peeted infant of France ; and that Madame de Brancion, widow of the colon(-4 killed before Sebas topol, is to he sub-governess." [ADVERTISEMENT J —Holloway's Pills a Prompt and 1 Certain Cure for Dili ns anti Liver Complaints.—Mrs. Nary Cook, of Mayling's-green, near R mfor,l, had been suffering fur some years front bile, sick headaches, and a severe liver complaint,- fir which •be tried almost every medicine u•trilly taken for such complaint,, but coultl obtain no reliet whAever. She then ha.freconrse to Holloway's pills, and so wonderful was the effect 14 this inestimable medicine, that ii, a very short time she has been completely cured by the;r u-e, and now en joys better health than ever. Mr Yell, Rotr.ford, can testify, to , the truth of this statement. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the wprld, at Professor Holloway's establishments. 244, Strand, don, 2vil 80, Maideniant-, New Ynik ; by A. Stamps, Constatitirioide'i A. Gu!,!icy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. tilhi:mte , vimEgodildg :~ ..-~. TEA D,U fIES. Mr. MACARTNEY moved fora ;elect committee to in quire into the circutnstaneks attendant upon taking a large quantity of tea duties out of hand on the day when the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his budget of last year, and which gave rise to the suspicion that some per sons in the Revebue-office had giver. information. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ridiculed the idea on which this nilti9n was founded. The motion was nezative(l without a division. ANNEX A TION • IN INDIA. Sir E. PERRY moved for some returns connected with the annexation of Indian territories, in the course of which he coniteunned the annexatio❑ of o.tde. Mr. V. SMITH. had no objection to the returns, and re fused to enter into the question of Owle tid th e whole papers on the subject were ready to be laid before the house. After some remarks from Mr. °TWAY against the policy of annexation, and from Mr.'ALITNAIRD, in defence of the Governor-General, the returns were agreed to. APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LO IIDS. Mr. BOWYER postponed his motion on this subject to a future day. WHICHWOOD FOREST. Mr. WILSON obtained ]eavo to introduce a bill to amend the WhichwoodDisafforesting Act. SALE OF ADVOW - SONS. Mr. CHILD obtainett leave to introduce a bill to enable parishioners and others, forming a numerous class, to sell advowsona held by or in trust for then, and to apply the proceeds in providing parsonage houses, augmenting small livings, audio other beneficial purposes; and fur giving other powers to such•persvns. The house then proceeded to the orders of the day. DWELL NGS FOR LABOURING CLASSES (IRE LAND) BILL. Sir W. SOMERVILLE having moved the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, /Ur. KENNEDY considered the hid altogether bad and mischievous. He moved that the debate be adjourned. The house divided — For the motion Against it The bill was then read a second time. • MARRIED : WOMEN'S REVERSIONARY lE'PEREST .... 11 .... 101-93 BILL. This bill was rea(l a selond time. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMEFT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second ti►ae. NEW WRIT. On the motion :of Mr. HAYTER a new writ was or dered for the election of :s member for the borough of New Rose, in the room of Charles Govan Duffy, Esti., who had accepted the Chiltern hundreds. The,touse adjourned at twenty minutes to one o'clock. PANIES' STOOK. From the Official LW. PIIIILIATIED EVERY TUM , DAI" AND FRTDAY EVENTN LONDON, TUESDA.Y, MARCH 18.56, iIAS-LEOHT AND CORP: COAI PAN [ES. iJividetal Amount per of Name of Company. A.nmein. Share. .• •• • • l)itto t-rovincial Brighton .... • • • • „ . City of London .. •• •• Continenral (4th Cap.) . Equitable. •• •• :rent. Central ....... Imperial Independent •• London .... • . Do., Parl. Preference Itatcliff . ....... United , :eiteral Westminster bartered Ditto, New N'ame Of Company. East London lrand Junction 4 . per cnt 4. per cat. Lambeth New River Company iouthwark &Vauxhall 51 per cat. West Middlesez Paid: Uric, £ s. 2 0 0 24a 4 0 0 15 ltio 20 0 kl all 33 1 , all I all 85 52 _ 1 6 ^ In 0 10 Paid. I Prie. X s. d. 100 all • BRIDGES. Dividend ; Amount Name of Company, per ; of Paid. Price I Annum. Share. X Flnnzerford....•• .... £s. d. a. d. 12 Southwark ... ...... . --1110 0 0 Dittu Now of 75 , Z p.c 1/. per cent. ; .10 0 0 Waterloo ... ; . ....•• •• !iOO 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of 41 11. 14s. Bd. 50 0 0 Ditto NW ditto cf 71. 11. 10s. 40. 40 0 .0 24 Vauxhall ............ 965. 70 10 3 2034 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. .. • ..•• sf. pr cent. Stock. Stock. 4 :ast and %Vest India 6.. pr zent. C • atitry.. London .. • ..••.•• 5/ pr cent. Stock. 104 But, •• 4'. per cent. -t. Katharine ...• •. •• 4 per cent. Stock. I 0314 outhatnpton •• 3' As per c. 50 0 0 50 0 6 .39 1 4 Victoria , •• ,I N. per cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 JOl N FOCK B ANKS. Dividend Amount Nama of Company. per I of Annum. -hare. 1a5tra1a5:a........... 20/, I. d. per cent 40 0 0 3rlttsli North American ql. i:,'oinmerclil of London. 1 , 1. CloIonia! : 51. pQr cent. 50 0 0 per cent 100 0 0 per cent. 100 0 0 _ _ raid Frlcc. lonian 61 . per cent. 25 0 0 Gond. Char. Dlr. of Aus. ,20 0 0 London and County .. :IQ per cent! 50 0 0 Londri 414‘1 Westinin3tr 141 percent. ,ICO 0 0 r.ondon Joint Stock ... 12 per cent.' 50 0 0 Provincial of Ireland.. , 8!. per cent. jlOO 0 0 Ditto, New......... 8(-per cent. i 10 0 0 ti ttionr.i of Ireland.... 6t per cent. ; 50 0 0 sat. Provincial of Eng. 8% per cent. 'lOO 0 0 Ditto, New .. •• •• •• : B'. per cent. I 20 0 0 Orientui flank Corpora. B , „p 25 0 0 south Australia •• . • 14: p.ct.ez he. , 25 0 0 union of +ustralia— • • 30 . per cent. 25 0 0 Ditto 3 Lt. per cent. Union of London ..... 20'. per rent Union of _ CANALS. „ 50 0 0 40 0 0 MC/4 of E Dlvntend Pricel Fumes 0 1 !mrpanies. 2 per j ~ 7nmpanies. f. Annum. shtn &01,111 94 7, p„ e t, aarlt~iry•• 10) 151) 4i iiriniii , zhitm 40 4 , 'oventry..• • I'o 20 )erby . •• 100 d . 159. ••:11srnre&Chs E. 9 2'4 p et. iran(l.l n , to 100 3 pr. et.i Do , 6 or.et. 1061. pr. et. ')rand urrey, 100 41. ;rand Union 100 V, Ps Kennt & Avn' 39 6s. Od. Lancaster anci4ter —llOO, Leeds &L'vtp 100' 251. I,elcester 'loo' 51. Leiestr &Nth S 3 I,ottgilhoroirh 142 701' donmouthsh 100 %Entionerysli 100 NteltnMwbry 100, , — 4atcelcsfield eath ... )xforti . • • • teak Forest. !iegen t's • ; hoc:Male Aomrset Coal .1)o F - -t i,tllrd &Wore Lr. 4 h rows bury.. Aevern and 1' ye Ball Warwick & Binning. Warwick & Napton. Worcstr & Binning. & [irks 470 Price, IgitTRANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. . per • of Paid. Price. , Annum. Share. - - 1 A s. d. I.£ S. d. Mien tllian:.3 1?• - .Y.:, Aral Fcr. , 71. lis 6(1 Ps 1100 0 0 II 0 0 17 3 4 I)itto Marine.-- HI, p.c. & 1)3. 1100 0 0( 25 0 0 40 , 4 anchor .............. 6 per cent., 5 0 1 0 - itlas . trgil3 Vile ........... 41. per cent. !no o 0 25 0 0 - British Commercial.. 7 , .. 104. 50 0 0 5 0 0 614 rlieriel..ded.& Gen. Life spr et. & bs. ,100 0 0 10 0 0 21 , ,,; i Jounty .............. 4/. 1 101 0 0 lO 0 0 120 `rows .............. 17s. Cd 5O 011 5 0 0 18 1 ,4 Eagle . Equity and Law...... 414 per cent.lloo 0 0 5 0 0 0% Enron/sq.:l Life lt 20 0 0 all 18y General.... Globe .•• •• ... 51 per cent. Stock. 105 - !uardian ............ 1 5' per cent. 130 0 0 47 5 0 51 Imperiai Fire......... 12/. per cent 540 0 0 50 1' 0 310 imperiail Life indemnity Marine.... I 3s .l 3/. leo 0 0 20 0 0 80 Law Fire ............ 23. & 23. hs 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 Law Li1 . e............. - 100 0 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 53, London London Ship.... ..... - Marine ..... ...... • Med. Ir.vlld &Gen. Life 44 r per ct. 150 0 2 0 0 3g '4inerva .....• ..• sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 4 0 6 Monarch .--• •• • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 , Tational Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 21) 0 0 210 ' - Palladium Lite... Pelican ....•••.....•• - - 45 !i 'hoanbt - - 178 p•Th'essonal Life...... 6F. per cent. 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life .... .... 1/. Os & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 , 35% Rock Life ........ .... ! 7s. 53 0 010 0 F !• 2 Royal Exchange ..... i lO/. per cent. Stock. all 228 Sun Fire ...... •• ...... 61 103. - t 1 245 Ditto 'Ate I t l/ 14s , - 11 ..... United R - iiicylom .... I It. p et. & bs.. 20 0 0 40 0 5 Universal Life .•• Victoria Life - 412 6 ili. ISCELLANKOUB. , Dividend Amount f dame of Company. per of ; Paid. Price. Annuli. Share. £ s. 1. ..t at d. 1,,,.n fem. •••....... V. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Auction Mart........ 214 per cvnt. 51; 0 0 An tr am I.:rteulturl 1/. Is. 1100 0 0 17 10 0 2.. q ,,, Australian Trust .... 81. pet cent 1 25 0 0 austradan Royal Mail Si. I 10 0 0 all 4;.,( A it 41,- -, 4,T•Xieftll Mint.. 1; 10s. •110 0 0 i all British American Land 15s. 1 4' ., 0 0 Canada ... •• .. • . •;/. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 32 10 0 135 Do. 5 per cent Bend, 'fit. per cent. j Ditto, 6 per cent. . I 4/. per cent. I IC9 :IV Nfavigation Bonds I , Aeetric Telegraph .. i 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 Miro ....•••• •• •• , :quitahle Reversionry 7/ pr. cent. lIOP 0 0 IOC 0 0 Date New ....., . . 150 0 ull7 10 0 ien. It e‘..ors. & Invest. fsp. c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 It 0 -- I 1 en. ,, toaniNavigation 10 pet 1 15 001 14 0 0 ; 1 udson's 8ay........ Stock. 1 :lungerford ......•• .. 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 , 0 0 I,oadon I n,titnti o n ... _ f.ondon Reversionary 5/per cent. 15 — 0 0 I all — _ Russell Institution.... !12 10 0 Prlce'sPatent Cand.Co Iloi.percent. 20 0 0 17 10 Reversionary Int. Soc. •“.i/. pr cent. 100 0 0 lilt 0 Royal ', l ail , team.... 1/ p. share. 1 0 c 0 0 1 60 " 78 : 4 Aouth `.ustralian Land 161. per cent. 25 00 I all 354', Trust and Loan Comp. 1 i 5 0 0 i Upper Canada .... _ 20 0 0 , !A W INTELLIGENCE.—March 4. HOUSE OF LORDS. PRESTON V. THE LIVERPOOL, 11ANCHESTER, AND NM' CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Tbe ques.ion in this case wa., whether there was an greelnent to pay Mr. Pre: ton 1,0001. for taking a por n nf his lands for railway purposes, and to pay Mtn sn 4,0001. for injury done to his residence by the rail-, vay passing through his lands ; or whether the railway , :nnuany had entered intoan agreement to pay Mr. Pres on 5.0001., in the event of the coiT!any obtaining an act Pat liament, and the company not requiring to take <i•; lands, in consideration uf Mr. Preston withdrawing is op,ition to the company obtaining their Act of Pat lia.net,t. The Master of the Rolls found that there as no agreement between Mr. Preston and the rail vay company to pay 5,0001. in the event of not taking is lands f,r residential injury, ['.or tor withholding his onosition to the company obtaining their Act of Par iament. After hearing counsel seferal days their lordships tffirrned the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and listnissed the appeal %%kb costs. COUPT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN BE ELLIS.-THE LONDON COFFEE-I'ODM The bankrupt carried on the London Coffee-house, on Ludgate-hill. This wag the examination meeting. The ,ceountg extt•nd over 21 year'', and exhibit these items —Capital in April, 1853, 3,3091.: unsecured creditors at the bankruptcy, 15,2.57. ; assets. estimated at 7,4901 ; including 5931. in good debts, 0,6431. in property, 1431. in cash, 111/. a policy of insurance. The pr o fits hod been 9,9787. ; lo:ses, 7,2331.; trade expens.s, 12,435/.7 other eXoenset , , 1,316/. An adjournment was ordered. Country Markets, LIVERPOOL—MAncri 4. A moderate attendance to-day. Wheat met a slow sale, A a reduction on low qualifit,s of 4d to Gd per 70lb, while white, from :carcity, cannot be qu“ted more than 2,1 to .1,1 lower. Flour was quite neglected, at a decline of is 6d to 2s upon both sacks and barrels. Oats receded Li to 2d per 4511), and oatmeal Is to 2s per load, without leading to business. Barley supported late rates, bnt beans and peas Is per qr lower. Indian corn 2s per qr. under Tuer day's sates ; in the few sales effected 32s per 4801 b was paid for mixed. IPSWICH—DfARcw 4. A very small supply of wheat to-day, and little or no liminess being transacted, it is difficult to quote prizes. Good making h .rley fetched is per qr. mere money. Beans and peas dell and cheaper. rim QUAIITIM. I ree QvAzTo• Wheat, red (old) 60s to 668 , Barley, grinding ... 34s tf. WE' Ditto (new) Ditto, white 6Bs to 70:,yeas Ditto (old) - —s to -- , 'Ditto (whits) Barley, malting ... 36s to 40, 1 Flour, per sack AFBRAORB FOR THE WEEK euoiao MARCH 1, 18513. Wheat Oats Peas Barley Bears HULL—MARcII 4. A moderato supply of wheat to-day, and the very little business trunsacted was at a reduction of about 4s to 5 8 For qr. Foreign wheat neglected. Barley more inquiry at full prices. In other articles no alteration. Linseed fit trier. Cakes meet fair sale at our quotations. Bones support late rates. s 31 Wheat, English, red 60 to 65Toas, grey and black to --- Ditto white, 7O to 74insced, * Black Sm... 60 to 65 Dantzie and Konigs- Illitto Potersburgh .., 5S to 60 berg Pomeranian and Ham- 1 angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and I Memel 54 ',O 56 Friesland 65 to 70', Per Ton. Itussian and Odessa 60 to 64Lins. c., Hull /Os to ill 266c 1 Oats, English - Od Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30'Hape cakes —s Od to 13540 4 ' Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 t o 38 1 Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yol. 40 to 45;Rye Meal -- to-- COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. 12 0 Gibraltar .. •• •••• • • Ditto, three months .. .12 2% .. •• •• ......•• 3'; 2 2% Rotterdam ............ 12 2 Genoa .......... .... •• Ab 9226 tntwerp ..........•... 2h 67 1 4 ).111an ......•• ...... • , russeis ....‘• ........ 2f, 67% Venice. darnburgb ••••••••.• • • 13 11 Naples •• • • • 431 tltraia Palermo .... 132% Pari5........ 2` , 2t, 47t Messina .. Ditto, three months .. 211 $7 . I.ltsbo •• beep viars•Alles ........ 21i 87) Oporto ..............•• Roorleaux ........ Rio Janeiro ..... . •• Frarkkfort-on 'Maine.... 12 N, ; Buenos Ayres.... •• -- Berlin ................ !New York,llo days' sight -- Vienna .......... •• 10 30 Philadelphia •• . rrie.,;te .••••••••• • • .• .• 10 31 PRICES OF NULL ICN. rER OZ. Petersburg ............ 3(14 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 'lodrid 4914 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 u 0 Cadiz .•• •• •• •• •• •••••• 50% Mexican Dollars •• 0 0 0 3rrcei0na............New 0 0 0 j Silver in bars 0 0 0 'LS. SBABORNR MA t 1.4 eqignines that. tite 43r,;ztan tram the night-04nd NI by the morninr:--4esp: the °moral Poat office Day when ma l.: . , From whei W l - 0 ' 001 T NTEIS.4 in General Pos. , ; Pori due a Oilee, London.' Dls 2 .t.ch e . Enoriand. America(byltrit.pac (Every Friday . Li verpoo l ..: 'Mar. It k •!, amerier, Iby United 5,,, ; tmetet) ......... 1- '.... ~• Liverpool - ; Fob. 27 kmerice (by IT Star t' 1 pACIW.) ~........ i , ".. • • • 'Southampton:Mar. 21 Australia (vie Routh anipton) ..........V. •••••• - •• • - Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles)t• i ......-- Dover - - Ditto (via ',ape of (-kiwi ! , (Ineertal Africa (West Coast) „ y ,211 of the :nowt Plymouth .. Mar. 6 ALexandria........ -7 , 8 , : - i. 2 4, &. 3 4 01 :..( Dover .... Alexandria.. .... - ..3"l'L l ' 9 ' . ''''f t, "f nifv.•,'Southamatint t Bahamas ......... - 5 'llth of the .neat, tionthanotot Belgium , ......... , .ISlliailY •••••• • • • • !Dover .... _ Den, Brazil .............. At , 9 th of the month ..ISotahrtmptin. Mar. 16. Buenos Ayres - - - - '.%,) 9th of the montt, . !Sow hartirte , Mar. 16 Cape of Good Hope ..:, 'Various port Uric., rt. , n Capo of Good Gape .Y 1 Cape do Verde ...,.....s, 9th or the month Southamptot ,Feb. 26 Ceylon (see In 11a) 1 1 . Ceylon ...........-. 1 • c han .,„ l N o , ~.. . , . - 9 , !Mon., ived.,&Frl f tSoutharopto, M.Th.'s ohm. .............. .. ~ ,21 it IV,. or''fon • l. Isooth am p,, China..• • . !Once ArsOWll .. .. M a r. 4 Constantinople .... . 8,13,18,23,& - .94(-: - • Dover .., _ . Catvitantinopie ~..., . (4th & itinn of Mt'. • Sant hernptoi Cont. of F.trro•e M 4, • 'Twit-: daily - 'Dover .. ~ Twia•-dell/ Egypt (see India) France M. ..ir .I 's , ""'• daif7 . Dover .. ,_ Twtoe,l. ol Gibraltar --- _ . -f., : 4, 7, 1 7, 21. 27 •f - ISouthampto• Greece (see India) 1 . Greytown •• •• • • • • ...,',2nd & 17th or molt !Soinib• - trnpt,,o Ilemburgh ..........N 'Tuesday & Fl - 1 , 1% , London ..... a,.. wanna t, ... „„, ~, .... ~...211,1 of 7 7- H , moot' liiouthampior Mar. • Tolland ..•......... A. 1113 .4.• • • • • • • • • • •11lover ..... - !Dal , nonatira3 ........... y lit 1 , : the won:1-.1Southamptot 116thoro, India (vitonthainpt. t ' :tit, ~ 90t - ii of tni, .IPlyrn-uth .. 4& 20 112 India (via Marseilles) Al fith&24th of mow! (Dover .... , ; lonian Tees (see iniita , ll , 17, eE i.,i'l or daft. ',Dover.. .• Ireland M) .i I r w ic, " ', 71 1 . _ II Y ••• • •- Illot!hold .ITsvleo - ' l . i Lisbon .............. S - I' , 9, , l7 of 7- .,Southampto, 'Feb. 26 . ‘sa ,. % „ ........., .., !-.. !II" of lb , 7 . -lortri ISonihampto, vla.rot re _ .......... •.. i. 33,1 of month. • . - !Liverpool ... Mane (see India) mfa y t. , .... ~.... ~, , i, la. &,215 of min , Dover --'4& 20 in Mauritins (see India', 1 et ',tog, vittarrtius ........ .- ;inn i• -- • . Mexico ............ /15' ...........'t ."f -"f fti" moat ISeethemot-t. Feb. 26 copies.. „ . , _ ......•, Sthlatlr2lsthofmo;.lDover ....... SOW4lrana ...... . ,2.1& 17th of wow' tSouthampto, da New Zea1and......... 1!:.;.y privrtt, sip ..IVAriottFi port u nc ertain ..,... i .t.hlMh2stholinor, !Dover - - . - t• nth et wob.:sonthatipton Papal Statee , , ~,,, ritillth27thormou.,Routharfapton Peninstria ........... private ship... Marione port,Dpeerter Peru ..............7.• ' 4 ' Port Natal ,. ..7. , -4 Nls• l ll , tll2 7, thoim ,t D .. i2d % 17th of :font. Row - banter,. 1 1 & 161 t un Aieny --••••••-• . _,_ - , ~. o.or .• TuveanY •.. ....b; ‘l,, VAl.2sthefinoi• Dover ..., . 7Tenezuelr .......... Ar van Diernon's Land (go 1 I 1 Australia) ...... 1 wets 11141,,,,, .. .. ~ i2r 4 -,:, 17tH 1r ra,,to -t taoutham fon '1 & 1$ mon p When any or thew dater fall on a Monday, the malls Lon e de spatched on the following day. with the exception of the Itt , f , (* 4° Fonthanwton),ttraf tho Malta, both of which will be despeteh.,' procedine de% The' budget of Greece for 1856 fixes the ex penses at 22,039,512 drachmas, and the receipts at' 22,231,737 (the Greek drachma is 90 centimes). " Letters from Rome," says the Gazette de Lyon, states that the Bishop of Lupn has tendered his resignation to the Pope." BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 4th inst., at. 14, John-street, Bedford•row, the wife of the Rev. J M. B•trrett. On the 4th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Captain Bayly, Royal Artillery. OF A nAUGHTZIL On the 4th inst., at (3, Phillimore•terrace, Kensington. the wife of William Charles Kent, Esq. On the 4th inst., at 29, Mecklenburgh-square, the wife of J. Cameron, Esq. On the 2(1 inst., at 32, Finsbury-circus, the wif e o f Dr. Jolla W. F. Blundell. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. James's, Hatcham, Mr. Jobe Brown, Bath-road, Peckhrm, to Ellen, youngest daughtef of the late Robert Neale, Esq., formerly of Newark, and Ironmonger-lane, London. On the 27th ult., at 12, Marlborough-place, Morris Hatt, of 6i, Leadenhall-street, t o Eli za b e th, the second daughter of Mark Davies, Esq., of Marlborough place, Wel worth. Wstl worth, DIED, On the 4th inst., at Reigate, Richard Battley, Esq., aged 86. On the 4th inst., at 11., Canning-place, Kensington, Elizabeth, widow of Mr. James Finch, formerly of Hast ings, aged 70. On the 3d inst., at Bermondsey, Surrey. Mrs. Harriet Carling, widow of the late JessP Curling, Esq., aged 83. On the 3d inst., Mr. Peter Jeffrey, aged 79. On the 4th inst., at 15, Beauraont•rnw, Mile end, Mr. George Mills, formerly of Waltham Abbey, Essex, aged 73. ' - 'On the 2d inst., nt Gravesend, Thomas Blackburn, Esq. , late of Limehouse, aged 86. O❑ the 2d inst., at Grantham, Miss Sophia Kiag, Aged 76. On the 20th ult., at Manchester-street, London, Wm° Henry Deasy, Esq., of Rath House, Queen's County, Ire" ;NDOW: Printed and Published by MURDO VOUNO. I )11, strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Nn. 112, h , + Prpoirm of the Savoy, in the county of Mitialesos, Wednesday, Much 5, 1856. ----- -- _ : .:0 - ,_ - • Z. CIO JoPe The. • F. V 'VFW Jule Carl Audi # . I RAI insts TUE th nor the Nam( Apri be or the I the si dell' no IN Aare for vi been BUM Lend Who Pal exam lor Oj Prei Hal the pr d J" ao ! 40 Hamel) the Pr Withot The 111 p ar Chr At t leversl At Of 4,24 than 2 Guarn FOll and Unitel INV may Woul d h roe Tided Attain( ASS and rel lied Policy Ftk thin o Losks ~` The Shares Yearly A .11 the s e albt A elwee( ?lurks ~ol App Angei. dale, To th, Gei Pi efe and I allot i your; • lin l'ranl Rand Royal Re')le View Is a r, come cacto are p error e f fect gram have of 4 is thi ttnfol evita B%ran arid .With roar then tere,, Tc .Corn inrd. T , rc! D Lh 'TB tnlt 1 , 11 r.•.( FAYM disti eve, axe, th the ,Ceti ,F~. NCr are WWI Ind t (i