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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—YESTERDAY. The LORD CH.txmLog took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. The Earl of SEIA.FTESBURY presented a petition from Woolwich against tha proposed plan of sewerage for the metropolis. Tie LO CIIANCELLOR 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 LUCAN said he was anxious to correct a misstatement that had been made with respect to what had filler' 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 taken the opportunity of com menting rather warmly upon language which he (Lord Lucan) had never used. In oraer to render it more plain to their lordships, he would take leave to read to their lordsloins 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 of the board than of the adviser of the Court. What character that learned ventleman assumed when the doors were closed he could not say, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact that he was the colleague of the noble lord, and was no doubt open—perhaps unfairly r —to the suspicion that he had been not more efficient in drawing up the report than the noblelor d was .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 partisan should be the ad viser of the board, and I expressed a hope that the next session would not passawaywithout their lordships' attention being given to the office of the Judge-Advo cate-General—the functions of which office had been heretofore exercised in' a manner necessarily tedious and obstructive in eliciting the truth. Now, what he (Lord L.) complained of was that the learned gentleman had taken the opportunity of replying to his observations by assurn ing that he had used language in that 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 bad 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 forward charges against any individual which perhaps had 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) ri BILL. On the house going into committee on this bill, Lord MONTEAGLE, on the house going into corn mittee on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, called attention to the financial position of the country. He objected to the separation of the War Department from the Treasury. Thirty-four millions had been passed in one estimate from the Treasury account to that of 'the Minister of the War Department. Sinoe that esti mate was voted a large reduction had taken place, and 27 millions only were required. Here occurred the dn. culty. He objected to the changing accounts—to the expending money voted for one purpose in carrying out another. The change, too, in the system of auditing was anything but clear and advantageous. The revenue was decreasing—the resources of the country encum bered with debts that must be cleared off. They had borrowed 33 millions, and only raised an income of 17 millions add4ional ; they would have to provide a million a-year for the interest on this sum. Transactions had gone on between the Governments and the savings banks. Such a course might he lawful, but was it not desirable that the Treasury should deal with the funds of the depositors in savings banks to facilitate their financial operational He hoped the practice would be discontinued, now that the exigencies of the war ren dered it no longer necessary. Lord PANMURE considered Lord Monteagle wrong in his epinion relative to the new method of auditing. How could they audit the commissariat accounts in the Treasury ? The system of detailed audits in these trans actions would assuredly break down on emergency. The bill was reported without amendments. THE CO IST-GITARD SERVICE. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved that the Coast-guard Service Bill do pass. It transferred the coast-guard from the Customs to the Admiralty, and increased the number of men from 3,000 to 10,000. To keep up a body of men fit for manning our ships, and to provide 2,400 miles, as yet unsupplied, with coast guards, this measure was necessary. Lord COLCHESTER, said the men would be got, but how were they to be trained ? how was their effi ciency at any emergency to be secured ? The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that this mea sure, by itself, would be useless. Other similar mea sures, he was glad to hear, were about to follow. The noble lord then went into details on the subject, show ing that a new class of officers must be appointed, and pointing out difficulties in regard to the extra pay given to the Coast-guard service, which the men would lose on entering the navy in war-time. Then, again, when the reserve was drawn off, who were to protect the coast ? We must now command the steam-bridge which con nected us with the continent ; the advantage of our in sular position had gone. Ministers had lauded their self-denial as regarded impressment. By so doing they had given up a valuable power of the Crewn in emer gencies. The question of invasion was one we should always have before our eyes. Our position demanded such precaution. We should then have not weeks, or months, or years for preparation, but five days only. To provide against that was the duty of an effi cient and patriotic Government. The Marquis of TO WNSHEND declared his appro bation of the measure, and hoped it would be carried out to the full. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that Govern. ment had never absolutely given up t:e power of im pressment, but reserved it to the last necessity. There would he no difficulty in the change from the Customs to the Admiralty. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGS. still wanted an answer. Wai our coast-guard tc receive additional pay when employed in the naval service? How would these two sets of men, one with good wages, and the other with poor wages, work together side by side ? The one badly paid being peesibly.the best seamen of the two. What had become of the R ryal Coast-guard Volunteers? Officers had been appointed with 500/. a year ; Viers ha I been a vote 'of 8,0001. for the officers, and 12,0001. for the staff, and it had resulted in a gross job ; might not these antecedents be applied to their management of the coast-guard service ? After a few words from Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, the bill passed through committee. The General Board of Health Continuance Bill passed through committee. The Militia Pay Bill, the Cursitor Baron of the Ex chequer Bill, and the Lunatic Asylum Act Amendment Bill passed through committee. The Formation of Parishes Bill was read a third time and passed. The7Deeds (Scotland) Bill passed through committee, as did the Judicial Procedure (Scotland) Bill. The following bills were read a third time and pass ed :—The Courts of Common Law (Ireland), the Unlaw ful Oaths (Ireland), the Nuisances Removel (Scotland), and the Registration Act Amendment. The Criminal Justice Bill passed through committee. The Court of Appeal in Chancery (Ireland) Bill pass ed through committee. The Poor-law Amendment (Scotland) Bill pa ed through committee. The Commons' reasons for insisting on their amend ment to the Irish Nuisances Act Amendment Bill, and to which amendment the House of Lords disagreed, were considered. The Lords decided that they would not insist on their amendment, and that they would a dopt tho Commons' amendment, with a certain modi fication. On the motion of Lord DIINCANNON, returns were ordered of all circulars issued from the War office relative to the disembodying of the militia of the United Kingdom. The house adjourned at eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to .---Aberdeen and Sc Atish Midland Junction Railway nd i . Companies Amalgamation , Oxford, Worcest er , a tension of time, Ste.), S eve rnolv; Tali rharnpton Railway (Ex tension Improvement Commission, and Westminster Terminus Railway Bills. . The following bills were reahird 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 pre sen t mo d e of torture tu o re tE ' I n di a , and praying the house to appoi n t a mixed co mission of Europea ns and Indi ans to inquire into 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, whioli was a matter that ought to be taken up by the executive rather than by a. private individual member of the house. ae wished to ask if her Majesty's Go. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY 23, 1856; ing ? The hon. member observed that the parties io whom his motion referred, along with several others, plea - led guilty on the second day of their trial on condi tion that their lives should be spared. Ten of them were transported for life, and the others were imprisoned or transported for various periods. When an amnesty was proclaimed in favour of Frost, Williams, and Jones, an application was made to him to inquire whether that amnesty would be extended to these men. On applying at the Home-office ho found there was no record of their conviction, and his object in now asking the ques tion of which he had given notice was to proclaim to these men that they had received her Majesty's pardon. Sir G. GREY said the offences of which these parties had been convicted were of a similar nature to those for which pardons had been granted, and instructions would be sent out to the colonies for their liberation. BILLETING IN SCOTLAND. Sir A. AGNEW asked the Under Secretary for War whether her Majesty's Government were disposed to re lieve private families, as much as possible, from the in• convenience of the present system of billeting in Scot land, by making other arrangements for the accommo dation of recruiting parties, and of the permanent staff of the militia ? ➢Zr. PEEL said the number of the permanent mi litia was very limited, and the Government would con sider whether some mode could not be adopted of ac commodating them without inconveniencing private families. With regard to the recruiting parties he was unable to give any answer. MAILS TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. H. BERKELEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he had 'received tenders for carrying the mail to the Cape of Good Hope, and whether he had any objection to lay those several tenders, if decided on, upon the table of the house ? Mr. WILSON replied that several tenders ha I been received for the conveyance of these mails. These ten ders were under consideration, and he hoped that in the course of to-morrow a decision would be come to on the subject. After that there would be no objection to lay the tenders on the table. LESSEES OF CHURCH LANDS. Mr. INGHAM asked the right hon. member for the University of Cambridge if it was the intention of the Church Estate Commissioners to act on the recommen dations of the committee on ecclesiastical commissions, ai to the consideration to be shown to the lessees of church lands for their beneficial interest in settling terms of enfranchisement Mr. WALPOLE said it was the intention of the com mission to act bona fide on the recommendations which had been given. Indeed they had already begun to con- sider and act upon those recommendations. FINANCE ACCOUNTS. Dr. MICHELL inquired why the finance accounts which were laid on the table on the 15th June had not yet been delivered ? Mr. WILSON replied that the delay had arisen from the peculiarity of the accounts of the land revenues of Scotland. OUR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE - UNITED STATES. Mr. M. GIBSON wished to put a question to the noble lord at the head of the Government with respect to our diplomatic relations with the United States. Five or six weeks ago the noble lord informed the house that the post of British Minister in the United States had become vacant, and furnished the house with papers and expla nations of the circumstances which caused Mr. Crampton to take his departure from the United States. The noble lord also stated that the amicable relations between the two countries had not been disturbed, and that the diplomatic intercourse between the two Governments would be continued. He would now ask the noble lord whether her Majesty's advisers contemplated the early appointment of a Minister from England to the United States? Lord PALMERSTON said it was by no means an unusual circumstance that a mission should for a time be vacant. That frequently happened from a variety of causes. With regard to the particular mission to which the right hon. gentleman referred, her Majesty's Go vernment had as yet come to no decision on the subject. THE BIBLE. Mr. HEYWOOD then rose to move for an address to the Crown praying that she would be pleased to issue a commission of learned men to examine into the alleged defects in the translation of the Bible, and to report the amendments which they may be prepared to recommend. He went at some length into the history of the autho rised translation, and cited several passages to show that the translators had rendered the original carelessly and inaccurately. He anticipated opposition from the Bible societies of the country, as a new translation would ren der their stock valueless ; but the work would not be done in a moment, and he thought they would have plenty of time to dispose of their present stock before the new translation was ready. He was anxious to bring public opinion to bear upon this question, and therefore he had thought it proper to bring the matter before the house. Mr. W. BIGGS seconded the motion. Sir G. GREY admitted the importance of the quell. tion, bat reminded the house that it would be unwise on their part to take up a subject to which public opinion was in decided opposition. There were, no doubt, cer tain errors and inaccuracies in the authorised translation, but as a whole it could not be denied that it was justly entitled to the respect and reverence of the English people. The motion was then withdrawn. MEMBERS' SPEECHES. Mr. WILKINSON proposed a resolution to restrict the length of speeches. He cited himself as a model of short speaking, and pathetically lamented that he had incurred reproach for so doing, as he had received an anonymous letter imploring him to make longer speeches, and adding—quite gratuitously of course—let them be on subjects which be understands. The reading of this letter excited great laughter. Mr. 'T. DIINCOMBE seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON rose amid cheers and laughter to reply to it. He admitted that the resolution in the abstract must have the assent of every member, but he could not agree to restrain the freedom of speech. Mr. M. MILNES opposed, and Sir W. BIGGS supported, the motion. Mr. FOX suggested that much would be done if the leaders on both sides would speak early in the course of a debate, by which means the subject would be exhausted, and other members would not for shame stand up to reiterate that which had been better said before. Mr. HADFIELD supported the motion. He thought time might also be saved in the present management of the business of the house. After some remarks from Mr. WILKINSON, The house divided, when the numbers were— For the motion 3O Against it Majority —27 SPANISH BONDS. Sir. J. FITZGERALD, in moving to submit the just claims of certain numbers of persons, her Majesty's sub jects, on the Spanish Government, for an honourable set tlement of the Spanish Committee Certificate of Coupons not funded, said, in submitting this motion for the pur pose of persuading her Majesty's Government to take an interest in a questidn which most materially affects the rights and property of her Majesty's subjects, and, in this instance, of those who, depending on the;faith of nations, have on such grounds advanced their money on loan to the Spanish Government at a certain rate of interest ; and when an attempt is ma le to defraud her Majesty's subjects by the Government of Spain, by a decree of settling the d'hts thus contracted with her Majesty's subjects by confiscat ing part of the interest due upon that debt, I do think the British creditors of Spain have full right to appeal to their Government to protect them from the effects of such an arbitrary and unjust decree, by a remonstrance to the Spanish Government. In 1851 there was an arrear of ten years' interest due on the capital debt of Spain to British creditors, when the Spanish Govern ment passed this arbitrary decree that the Five per Cent. Stock should be converted into a One per Cent. Stock, gradually to increase in the course of nineteen years into a Three per Cent. Stock. This converted Stock now goes on the Exchange under the name of New Deferred Stock. This arbitrary decree left no op tien with the British creditors of Spain, but enacted that they must accept these hard terms or get nothing, and under this compulsion the Spanish bondholders' commit tee took what they could get, and issued they certificates for the confiscated over-due interest, which it is now sou;_ ht that Spain should acknowledge and pay. How has the Government of Spain settled the ten years' in terest due to the British creditors (which is considered the most sacred portion of all debts) ? Can it be believed ? But so it is. Five years only of the ten years' interest of 5 per cent. is acknowledged and capitalised into the One per Cent. Stock, and the other five years' interest due absolutely confiscated. Why, sir, if we bad been guilty of treason towards the Spanish Government the British creditors could not be worse treated than by con fiscating what property the Spanish Government might have of theirs in possession. Whereas it is notorious that the money so lent materially contributed to establish the present constitutional Queen and Government in Spain. Here is a splendid statement of facts, and, let me ask, have not the subjects of the British Crown a full right to appeal to her Majesty's Government to endea vour to seek redress against such an act of spoliation, and in addition to which the British creditors of Spain are informed, if those bard terms are not accepted that no acknowledgment whatever of the debt due to them would be made to those who declined accepting the terms proposed. A noble lord, now no more, but whose me mory is s till revered in this house, I mean Lord G. Ben tinck, when a member of the House of Commons, brought forward this question, seeking redress from the t S h p e a nniosbhle lord Government no w a towards htai the c f Brit her Majesty'ss h creditors, when vern. client stated "That though at that period he could not press the subject on the Government of Spain, neverthe less a time might come when her Majesty's Government would and must interfere." Sir, Ido think there could not be a moment more propitious than the present, when Spain herself, on the very grounds which I now repre sent, actually equips an armament against Mexico for the purpose of obtaining redress and compensation for Spanish subjects who have claims on the Mexican Go vernment. Here are the orders issued to the officers commanding the armament proceeding to Vera Cruz to enforce the rights of Spanish subjects—" M. Alvarez has been instructed by Gen. Z ibala to notify to th e Alexican Government on his arrival in the Bay of Vera Cruz, that he was ready to present his credentials pro vided the bonds taken from the panieh creditors were . restored, the interest due on them paid , an d the le g it ? . macy of the debt, already sanctioned by a treaty, again acknowledged. Should the Mexican Government agree to pay and restore the bonds, M. • Alvarez will land and immediately deliver his credentials; i f lot, be will return to the Havana, on board one of the steamers, and leave the three other ships in observation before Vera Cruz." In conclusion, it may be stated that it appears a treaty existed between Spain slid Mexico regarding this question, whereas the Government of this country was no party to the transaction between the British creditors arrd Spain. True ; but, sir, is it not incumbent on all turopean ao vernments to actstrictly up to their engagements with their creditors 1 ! and if they should by deviating from thorn for feit their faith and national honour, and thereby defraud the subjects of any other power, have not the subjects of these powers sought the prsteetion of their representative Gov't rnment against such wrongs? Eavo not the 'United States always acted upon this rule; has not France followed the same rule ; and can it be supposed that a power like Great Britai❑ should be an exception when the rights of her subjects are assailed? Portugal, a small country compared to Spain, had done the same injustice to her creditors ; but finding her national credit thereby im paired, has justly and prudently acknowledged the claims she had repudiated. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said that the course pursued by the Spanish Cortes had been one contrary to fairness and justice. The money was advanced when the Spanish nation was struggling for liberty, and when the Spanish Government were unable, from pecuniary circumstances, to wage a contest in its support, and it was only by the money advanced to them by different individuals they were enabled to accomplish the objects they had in view. It was contended by the Spanish Government that they had not received the whole amount of the capital for which they became liable. That was necessarily the case ; for when a government was in difficulties, iti credit small, and its duration uncertain, because they might he superseded by the opposite party, who might disavow their engagements, they must expect to pay dear for the accommodation given them, and therefore it was not just to say to the creditor 3 that for every 1001. indebted they had received but a portion of it. The ques tion before the house was one of expediency, viz., what course this country would pursue to obtain justice under the circumstances under which these loans had been Contracted. It was not advisable for the British Go vernment to interfere officially, because these loans were advanced on the discretion of private individuals, and without any interference of the Government. The bond holders could not claim the interference of the Govern-. ment similar to that of Spain on Mexico, because that was a violation of an arrangement entered into between the two Governments ; and he thought it undesirable to make this question an international grievance. The Bri tish Government had made friendly applications to the Spanish Government relative to these claims, but un fortunately they had not attended to them. He thought the Spanish nation would consult not only the national dignity and the national honour by acknowledging these claims, but by making them good. After some remarks in explanation from Sir J. FITZ GERALD, the motion was withdrawn. GENERAL BEATSON. Mr. ROEBUCK rose and moved the following reso lution :—That the Under Secretary for War having ad. mitted that, upon anonymous information, a secret in• quiry had been ordered into the conduct of a genera: officer, this house feels itself bound to express its repro bation of such a prooeedink. He stated he was induced to make the motion in consequence of the following statement made by the Under Secretary for War, in an swer to a question put to him on a former occasion by Col. Dunne:—Mr. Peel said that the hon. and gallant member had correctly stated the nature of the employ ment which had been given by the Government to Gen. Beatson. That officer was instructed to raise a body of irregular cavalry in Asia Minor, Syria, Bulgaria, and Albania, and to take the command of the men when raised. This force first came under the command of Gen. Beatson in the month of June, and in the September fol lowing it was deemed expedient that it should form part of the Turkish Contingent under Gen. Vivian, and - that another body of irregular cavalry should be placed under Gen. Beatson. The charges brought against Gen. Beatson were connected with this transfer of his command to the officer who succeeded him. They were to this effect—that he had instigated some of the commanding officers of the regiments under him to decline to serve under any other officer than himself, and had soughttoinduce the natives of the force to prefer remaining under his command ra ther than that of any other person. These accusations were sent anonymously to Gen. Vivian, who forwarded them to the War Department. Further inquiries are ordered to be made for the purpose, if possible, of verify ing the charges thus anonymously preferred : and certain questions were put to the commanding officers of the regiments formerly under General Beatson, at Schumla, the answers to which had been sent home by General Smith, the successor to the accused. These inquiries were still pending, and the correspondence on the subject was not yet closed. The inquiry was neces sarily secret, because it was merely a preliminary one, and instituted to discover whether it was a prima facie ground for taking further preceedings against General Beatson. It was only right to add, that the statements received from the commanding officers of the regiments did not confirm the anonymous charges above described. For these reasons it would be improper to publish the correspondence." He appealed to the house if any man of honour was safe under such a system, and he fear lessly appealed to a British House of Commons to pro tect the service from its operation. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman having commented on the anonymous information on which the inquiry was made, and the term " accused" being applied to General Beat son [Mr. F. Peel dissented], said the honourable gentle. man must give him credit for believing his ears. (Hear.) He protested against the use of such tenni, under the circumstances, and said that after he had placed this motion on the paper, he had received a letter from the Earl of Ellenborougb, highly laudatory of the gallant general's conduct as a soldier and a man of honour. It was desirable that the house should know that it was a man who had thus served for thirty years who was now accused of wanting his troops to mutiny. General Beat son entered the Indian army in 1820. He was a Major- General in the British and a Lieutenant-General in the Turkish service. The circumstances under which he was employed in Turkey were as follows. It appeared that in the late war the government found that the army was in want of irregular cavalry to meet the Cossacks, and General Beatson was appointed to collect to gether and organise a body of irregular horse. He was appointed by the Duke of Newcastle, and persons appointed by him seldom found favour with his successor. Many obstacles were thrown in his way, and it was not until June, 1855, that he found himself at the head of a body of troops when he established his camp on the Dardanelles. On the 28th July he offered his resignation, which was not, however, ac cepted ; but he was soon after placed under the com mand of General Vivian, and on the Bth of September he resigned again, and this time his resignation was ac cepted by Lord Panmure. Having received that letter General Beatson withdrew; and what occurred I On the 26th of April, 1856, he received a 'letter, purport. ing to have been signed by General Vivian, and for warded to the Wets office by General Smith, then in com mand of the Osmanli Irregular Horso at Schumla. In that letter General Vivian states that, in consequence of circumstances that had come to his knowledge in con nection with-the recent inspection of that force, he con sidered it was important that certain charges involving the character of General Beatson should be investigated. These charges were stated to be that when General Smith arrived at the Dardanelles for the purpose of su perseding General Beatson, the latter assemb:ed the commanding officers of the regiments and tried to per suade them to raise a mutiny in their regiments, where- upon two of thorn, Lieutenant-Colonel O'Reilly and Major Shelley left the room, saying that they were sol diers and could not listen to such proposals. It was added that General Beatson had a round robin drawn up by the interpreter and circulated amongst the troops, containing a declaration that they would not serve under any one but himself. The letter thus sent to General Beatson from the War-office was certified by Mr. Ram say to be a true copy, but in a subsequent copy which he procured two additional paragraphs appeared, and he (Mr. Roebuck) therefore charged Mr. Ramsay with having falsified the document. He now came to the result of the inquiry made at Schumla by Brigadier Smith • and let hies say that he did not think it consistent with ho nourable conduct on the part of the Government to have instituted this inquiry without letting General Beatson know ; and if he had, as a soldier, been ordered to con duct such an inquiry, he would have replied that he was a soldier, and must therefore obey, but that he did so deeply groaning in spirit, that a Minist,r of War should give him such instructions. With respect to the first point adverted to in General Vivian's letter, General Smith said that when he waived in the Dardanelles Col. O'Reilly and Major Shelley came to him, and stated that they understood that some officers were about to resign their command, but that they were ready to serve under him. - With respect to the second point, -none of the intenareters stated that they had prepa red a p a p er of the kind described, but they added that they had heard that such a paper was sent round by some one at the time, and that they did not think that the soldiers had got it up voluntarily. These men were not even on oath. And he must say that he did not think that on anonymous information of this kind a general officer should have been subjected to this kind of secret inves tigation. That the information on which the investiga tion was founded was anonymous was admitted by the hon. gentleman the Under -Secretary for War on a pre vious evening. He appealed again to the House of Commons to protect our gallant soldiers from conduct like this. He charged the Government with having in this case broken through all the rules that should dis tinguish a liberal Government. They had done much to shake the faith of the army in those who rule it, and, in so doing, they had done their utmost to endanger the safety of the country. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving a resolution censuring the Government. Mr. F. PEEL said it was quite possible he had been misreported on a previous evening, when he was re presented to have said that General Vivian had in this matter acted on anonymous information. If he had said so he hat', however, stated what was incorrect, because, although he did not know it at that time, Gen. Vivian had acted upon information derived from a source on which he was justified in placing reliance. After repu diating the idea that Lord Panmure entertained any hostility to Gen. Beatson in consequence of his having been appointed by the Duke of Newcastle, the hon. gen tleman said that soon after the irregular cavalry first began to assemble at the Dardanelles in June, 1855, disputes and difference arose between Gen. Beatson and the local authorities, who complained that he did not lend them as effectual aid as he might do in preventing the irregular troops coming armed into the town, where they created disturbances and riots. It was in conse sequence determined to make the irregular horse a part of the contingent under the command of Gen. Vivian. Gen. Beatson on this resigned his command, and his re signation was accepted by Lord Panmure, but before the acceptance got out to Turkey circumstances occurred which, in the opinion ofsboth the ambassador and Gee. Vivian, rendered it necessary that Gen. Beatson should be at once superseded, and accordingly Gen. Smith was appointed to the command. Gen. Beatson then joined the Contingent at Kertch, while Gen. Smith went to Schumla with the Irregular Horse. He soon after fell ill, and the command devolved on Gen. Szni , ,h, Some time afterwards Gen. Vivian considered that the Os manli cavalry should be inspected, and he directed Gen. Sh:riey t ) undertake that duty. In the course thereof that General heard certain circuinstances i which he corn municet.ted to Gen. Vivian, and there was therefore not a shadow of foundation for saying that the tatter gencral . acted on nnonynioes information. Surely, then, having received sodii in rani ation, be could neither suppress it nor could be send it home without taking stein to ascertain,as far as could be done in the East, how far the accusations made against Gen. Beatson were well founded. It might, however, be said that he should have let Gen. Beatson know what was going on. But as all official relations had ceased between Gen. Vivian and Gen. Beatson, and as the latter officer was then in the East, it was im possible for General Vivian to communicate with him except through the War-office, and therefore the proper course for him to take was the one he actually did take, in apprising the Secretary of War of what was going on. When General Vivian's first letter arrived at the War office, finding that it would soon be followed by onefrom General Smith, the Government did at once communi ?ate with General Beatson, but waited to see whether the letter from General Smith afforded a foundation for judicial proceedings or not. About the beginning of May that letter was received, and the War-office immediately wrote to General Beatson, and requested his answer. General Beatson, in reply, expressed his perfect readi ness to enter upon the investigation; for he said that he should be able to prove not only that the charges were false, but that they were got up with malicious intent by the same parties whose intrigues led to his resignation in the September previously. He requested, however, that a little delay should take place, as he had not all his papers at hand, and some of his friends were out of town. In the meantime, the Government communicated with Gen. Smith, in order that he might ascertain whether the statements of Col. Reilly and Major Shelly were corro borated by other officers. He did not know what other course the Government could have taken. It was the usual course to collect evidence before corning to a final decision as to the desirableness of instituting a formal in quiry. But in the meantime General Beatson was ac quainted with what was going on. The hon. gentleman said that Gen. Beatson was at i pfficer ofmerit. No doubt. And it was very painful tha charges should be made against an officer of that description, and every one must desire that they should turn out to be unfounded. But when they were made, and there was a prima facie case for inquiry, it was the bounden duty of the Govern ment not to suppress them ; but to take such proceed ings with regard to them as might enable them to decide whether it was desirable to proceed further. That was the course they had taken. Mr. I. BUTT said that the hon. gentleman had said that the War-office had a prima facie case against General Beatson. Why, then, had he not been placed before a court-martial ? MG:. PEEL did not say that there was a prima facie case against General Beatson. Mr. BUTT was bound to accept the hon. gentleman's denial ; but if he did not speak the words he had imputed to him, he must believe that some one else spoke them out of his mouth. The hon. gentleman had said that General Vivian had not acted on anonymous authority, but on that of General Shirley. He wanted to know whether the statements in the letter from General Vivian to General Smith were made on that authority ? He was in hopes that the hon. gentleman the Secretary for War would have cleared up these matters, but he re gretted to say that, instead of doing so, he had put General Shirley in a bad position, and General Vivian in a worse. The hon, gentleman had quoted from a document which emanated from the War-office, and yet he said that the War-office was not responsible for it, but that document was signed "E. W. Ramsay," who was the private secretary to Lord Pane:Jure, the Secre tary at War. Colonel Beatson had written over and over again to the War-office, requesting to be informed who was bis accuser, and he received in reply a letter, in which Lord Panmure stated that he did not know from what source the lieu:6 :ant-general derived his in formation. Here, then, was an officer like General Beatson, high in the service of his country, accused upon anonymous information, that anonymous informa tion being acted upon by Lord Panmure, and yet no in formation forthcoming as to the author of that informa tion, or as to whether the Government believed the charges made against him bad been disproved. What he (Mr. Butt) charged upon the Government was this, that the writer of the information was still withheld from the person he bad slandered. He did not deny that the information was given to General Shirley, and that he communicated it to General Vivian ; but he complained that the man who had been cruelly wronged was still deprived of that information to which he was entitled. The Minister of War, when he got the report ought to have consulted General Vivian upon the matter, Gene ral Vivian being at that time in England ; but now he had been five months under the imputations that had been cast upon him, and no intimation had been con veyed to him from any of the authorities whether or not these charges had been disproved. Hitherto, the army bad been looked upon as the soul of honour, but these things, which the honourable gentleman (the Under- Secretary for War) ha I stated were usual in the army were inconsistent with that honourable spirit of fair play which he believed to have been the characteristic of the English army, and which he was sure was the charac teristic of English gentlemen. (Cheers). Colonel FRENCH wished to make an appeal on this subject to the noble lord at the head of the Government who was always ready to supply the omissions and to atone for the faults of his colleagues. Nothing had been said exculpatory of General Beatson, and he wished to know whether the Government would allow matters to remain in that state ? He thought it would be but common justice on the part of the Government to state whether or not the charges which bad been made against General Beatson had been disproved. As to the War-office itself, he thought it had proved a serious impediment to the successful working of the noble lord's Government. Lord PALMERSTON said he thought it must be clear !rem the discussion that the resolution which had been proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman the mem ber for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck) could not be adopted, because it did not apply to the case. The facts which had been adduced appeared to him (Lord Palmerston) to exempt from blame those who had been parties to them. (Hear.) It appeared that when Gen. Shirley went to in spect the fort at Shumla, representations of a grave cha racter were made to him in reference to the conduct of Gen. Beatson, and it would have been highly blameable on his part if, as a general officer receiving such informa tion, he had concealed it, and not given to the officer c mcerned an opportunity of refuting it. (Hear.) With regard to Gen. Beatson, her Majesty's Government knew full well the circumstances of the distinguished career he had run before he was employed upon the service in which the present question arose, and it was with sincere regret that her Majesty's Government found, from circum stances that occurred, that it was impossible to continue him in the service he held. Ho resigned that post, as of c elm he had a perfect right to do so. Gen. Shirley was informed of charges against Gen. Beatson, which it was of course his duty to make known to Gen. Vivian, What was Gen. Vivian to do ? Was he to put them aside or to to content himself with sending them to the War office in England ? As he was in communication with the officer in command at ,Shumla, he was perfectly right to order an inquiry in order that the result might be made known to the War-office at home. It had been said that General Vivian should have made a representation to General Beatson, but the honour able gentleman the Under Secretary for the War Department had given due reasons why that course should not have been adopted. The honourable aed leareed gentleman opposite (Kr. Butt) had stated that when the War-office considered that a prima facie case against Gen. Beatson had been made out, they should have brought him to a court-martial. He (Lord Palmerston) disputed that proposition altogether. They might have a prima facie case against an officer, and still find that it would be very wrong to bring him to a court martial. They should undoubtedly ascertain first whether there was sufficient ground for such a course. (Hear.) Nothing was better known in the service than this, that when there was a prima facie case against an officer, in quiries were made for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there should be a court-martial. In this case it was impossible to summon a court-martial when General Beatson was in England, and it was absolutely necessary to make further inquiries at Shumla. Although be made allowances for the nice feelings of honour that influenced General Beatson in repudiating what he conceived to be an unjust imputation, and allowances also for those friends of his who would not wait for the result of the official investigation, but called upon that house to inter fere pending the result of the official investigation Oat was going on, yet he ditnot think that the impatience of General Beatson's frien 'or the natural feelings of Gen. Beatson himself, were sufficient grounds for that house to go upon. The house, he thought, would agree with him that it would be but right to wait until the War-office had ascertained whether there were sufficient grounds to proceed further against General Beatson, or whether the War Minister should 'be satisfied that no further steps should be taken upon the anonymous information that had been received. (Hear, hear.) Supposing the accusa tions to have been entirely anonymous, it would have been the duty of those to whom they were communicated, out of respect for General Beatson's character, to bring the matter under the consideration of the authorities at home. But it had been distinctly stated by the Under- Secretary for War that in this case the accusations were not anonymous, became they proceeded from General Shirley, an officer high in the service, and that General Vivian, who received them from General Shirley, con ceived it to be his duty to forward them to the War office. As far, therefore, as the War-office was concerned, the accusations were not anonymous, for they came from two officers high in the service, and upon those repre• sentatione the War-office was bound to act. The War office received the a.ecu•ations from two responsible offi c, rs, transmitting them in the order in which they them selves had received them. (Hear, hear, hear.) The matter was then put in train in the only way in which the War•office could proceed, and there was, therefore, really no charge against the authorities. The hon. and gallant gentleman opposite (Colonel French) bad stated that the War-office was a mortification to her Majesty's Government. He (Lord Palmerston) could say, with out any hesitation whatever, that he felt exceedingly obliged to Lord Panmure for the zealous manner in which he had performed his duties ; and it would be sufficient to contrast the state of the army when it went out to the Crimea with its condition when it returned, to show in how admirable a manner that noble lord had discharged his duties. (Hear, hear.) Colonel LINDSAY thought the speech of the noble lord was a premium upon anonymous slander. If these anonymous attacks were to be listened to no one would be safe. The CHANCELLOROf the EXCHEQUER thought the gallant gentleman who had just spoken bad misun derstood and unintentionally misrepresented what had fallen frbm the noble' lord. The theory Of anonymous letter writing was not in any respect applicab le to the vernment were disposel to make any inquiry during the recess into the state of the judicial establishments in Weitminster-hall, particularly into the present number of ju,lges, especially taking into view the immense relief and diminution of busine-s: in Westminster-hall, which hid been brought about by the establishment of County Courts. Sir G. GREY said that from infdrmation he had ob tained he found that the civil bu-iness 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 considenution, because in addition to civil business they had the criminal business of the coun try to attend to, and he had received several commu nications from Glsnorganshire, complaining of inconve nience from one judge onlle 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 attoraey 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 his 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 clause on the ground that these courts ought not to be dealt with as schools 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 had 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, Mr. Craufurd, Sir E. Perry, Mr. Mullings, and Mr. Fitzroy, in the course of which it was stated that agents, not professional men, were allowed by the judge to attend in these courts for plaintiffs or defendants, but that they had no power to award him a fee as in the case of an attorney. The clause was ultimately withdrawn. Mr. HADFIELD then moved the following clause : " Any attorney may act for another attorney concerned in any plaint or action, or in advocating in court for him in case 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 passed, is beyond our control. Mr. WILSON wished to explain. The SPHAKER—It cannot now be discussed. Sir J. GRAHAM—Then I cannot sufficiently express both my surprise and sorrow, that so important an alte ration should have been made without previous notice. The SPEAKER—The bon. member can refer to it on the question that the bill do pass. The remaining clauses, after some discussion on vari one 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 should 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 OF COMMITTEE OF COUN CIL ON EDUCATION BILL. Oa the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. HENLEY moved that it be read a third time that 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. GL ADSTONE 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 one 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 introduced 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. The objections of whether that minister should be known as a privy councillor or a secretary, or paid 2,0001. per annum, or 1,5001., 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 Vie two countries. Mr. H. VERNON considered it would be sufficient to appoint 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 for Oxfordshire went to a division he (Mr. Vernon) should support him. Mr. HADFIELD opposed the third reading of the bill. Mr. V. SMITH 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 bare been adopted by the house, but for the creation of an office in connection with education, the holder of which should be a metober of the house, and carry ont their views on that question. Mr. A. PE LLATT 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. HEY WOOD, Sir J. GRAHAM said nothing but necessity should induce then to consent to the addition of paid servants of the house. He looked with extreme jealousy on these additions, and regretted that (luring the last ton years they had greatly increased. He should support the amendment. The house then divided when the numbers were For the second reading Against it 35 Majority for the third reading Mr. HADFIELD then moved that the duties of this office should be extended to Ireland. Sir G. GREY said that if the amendment was 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 sitting was resumed at six o'clock. Mr. H. F. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce against the Sound Dues. Mr. T. DITNCOMBE presented a petition from Blackwall against the Lords' amendments to the Metro polis Improvement Bill. The following petitions were also presented :—By Mr. GREENE, from medical officers of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, against the grievances under which they labour ; by Mr. OTWAY, from the Natives' AsP•ociation of Madras, on the subject of torture ' • from the Rane' Themsi, complaining o f th e se i zure of her ter ritorieg by the Government of India ; by Dr. MICEELL, from 78 inhabitants of Wadsley, York, and also from Jersey, that the Vaccination Bill be repea'ed. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. F. BERKELEY gave notice of his inten tion early next session to submit a motion to the house on the subject of the ballot. AMNESTY TO POLITICAL EXILES. Mr. T. Dt.J.NCOMBE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, under the receLt act of amnesty granted by her Majesty to all political exiles, orders have been given for the liberation of the following ten prisoners convicted of high treason at the York as sizes of September, 1820. and transported to Van Die. men's Land by the ship Lady Ridley in 1821—William Comstiv e , William Rice, Richard Addy , J ose p h Fr ith , Charles Stansfield, John Birkenshaw, 13( njamm Rogers, Joseph Chapel, Benjamin Hanson, and Michael Down, case which was now under the consideration of tie house. He believed that the general practice of public departments, when anonymous letters were i eceived, was to take no notice of them ; but there rrig,ht be pat. ticular cases in which it might be the duty of the maim- t t rities to make some inquiries. An anonymous letter roglit indicate facts so special as to show knowledge on the part of the writer, and then it would be their duty to take steps to ascertain whether they were right. It was, he thought, impossible to lay down any general rule with regard to anonymous letters. In this case, as had been properly stated, the information was not ano nymous, having been received from two officers high in her Majesty's service. After a few words in reply from Mr. ROEBUCK, the house divided, when there appeared — For the amendment Against it ....... - Majority The resolution was consequently negatived. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. On the motion of Mr. W. WILLIAMS the following returns were ordered :—Return of the number of per sons flogged in the army in each of the years 1854 and 1555 ; specifying the offence, the regiment, the place of station, the time, the sentence, and the number of lashes inflicted (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 20 f, of sessio❑ 1854). Return of the number of per sons flogged in the navy in the years 1353, 1854, and 1855 ; distinguishing each year, specifying the name of the ship, the offence, the sentence, and the number of lashes inflicted, and stating the highest and the lowest number given in each class (in continuation of Parlia mentary Paper No. 552, of session 1853). FOREIGN TROOPS. Mr. MURROUGH said he had given notice of the following resolution :—" That a Government which in the time of peace retains foreign troops embodied in this country is unworthy the confidence of this house." After the statement of the noble lord at the head of the Go vernment esterday, he did not wish to press it, but he might express a hope that these foreign troops would be sent out of the country as soon as possible. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S REVENUE ACCOUNT. The report was brought up and agreed to. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES 23 71 - -48 BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. COMMONS INCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were eonsidered and agreed THE BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM RETIREMENT BILL. Lord PALMERSTON moved the second reading of the Bishops of London and Durham Retirement Bill. He explained the circumstances which led to the intro duction of the present measure. Government were con templating the introduction of a general measure for the retirement of aged and infirm biE.hops, when he re ceived communications from the bishops of London and Durham, intimating their willingness to retire. He had at one time intended to couple with this measure a pro posal for the division of the diocese of London into two ; but, on consultation with the Ecclesiastical Commission ers, he was induced to postpone this question for the present, and to confine himself simply to the measure for the retirement of the bishops. He emphatically re pudiated the charge of simony, and contended, on the contrary, that the measure was honourable to the bishops in question. He passed in review the various alterna tives which had been suggested, contending that none of them were equal to the course he himself proposed, and concluded by moving the second reading. Mr. HENLEY rose to move that the debate be ad journed. It was unprecedented that a bill should be read a second time which bad not yet been delivered to members. He was quite aware that a copy of the bill was to be had at the Votes-office, but its accuracy might be judged of from the fact that it bore on the back of the bill to have come down to them from the Commons. He did not see why it could not be discussed to-morrow, when no business of importance was before them. Mr. GLADSTONE seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON gave way, and the bill was postponed till to-morrow. The house then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION& HOUSE OF LORDS—JULY 22. DIVISION ON TIIE THIRD READING OF TIIE BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM RETIREMENTS BILL. MAJORITY. Lord Chancellor BARONS. DUKES. Argyll Cleveland Byron Calthorpe Camoys Churchill De Manley De Table)* Foley Kinnaird Monteaglo Pallllllll ls Portman Saye and Sole Stuart do Decieg Stanley of Alderley MAFNITIR. Lansdowne Elms. Chichester Fortescue Ilarrowby Kiugston Stradbroko VISCOUNT. Middleton BISHOP. Carlisle DUKE. MINORITY. Somerset MARQULSEs• Bath Salisbury vlscomiT. Dungannon /318110 P. Oxford EARLS. Aberdeen Dorby Desart Elgin lIARONg. ColTiile Colchester Denman Dyneyor Redesda'o Wynford. HOUSE OF COMIONS.-Jny 22. VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION BILL. Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out tho word " now," and at the end of th e Q uestion to add the words" upon this day three months :"—Question put, "That the word ' nor' stand part of the Question :" The House divided ; Ayes 77, Noes 35. AYES-77. Aenew, Sir A. Free Still, Colonel O'Connell, D. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Gaskell, J. Osborne, R. Ball, J. Greene, John Palmerston, Viscount Baring, Sir F. Gregson, Samuel Peel, Sir It. Bethel!, Sir R. Grenfell, Charles Peel, F. Biggs, John Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Perry, Sir E. Biggs, W. Grey, R. Phillhnore, J. G. Black, Adam Hall, Sir Benjamin Price, Sir It. Benham-Carter, J. Hankey, T. P i e , Sir Viscoun' Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Headlam, T. Ridley, George Brand, 11. B. W. Heywood, J. Sawle, C. Bruce, Lord E. Horsman, E. Seymour, H. Bruce, H. A. Howard, C. Smith, J. A. Buckley, Gen. Ingram, H. Smith, R. Butler, C. S. Jones, D. Thornely, T. Castlerosse, Vis. Kershaw, J. Th orn , Col. C. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Kirk, W. Wahnsley, Sir J. Cowper, W. Labouchere,Rt.HOn.ll Watkins, Col. Craufurd, E. IL J. Langton, H. U. Wickham, H. Davie, Sir li. It. F. Lewis, Sir ,G. C. Wilkinson, W. Duncan, Viscount Lowe, R. Willcox, B. Duncan, George M'Gregor, John Wilson, J. Dundas, F. Massey, W. Nlryvill, M. Feihien, M. Mills, T. Fitzroy, Henry Monck, Vis. Forster, Charles Morris, D. Fortescu., C. S. O'Brien, P. TELLERS. nayter. W. Mulgrave Earl of, NOES-35. Bell, J. Hadfield. George Berkeley, Hon. 11. F. Hardy, G. Bramley-Moore, J. Heathcoat, Sir W. Brockman, E. D. Herbert, Sir T. Cobbett, J. M. MacGregor, James Co^,ks, T. S. Mulllngs. J. R. Coles, 11. Mundy, W. Davies, D. Napier, J. Buncombe. Hon.W E. Noel, G. t. uller, A. E. North, Col. J. Gladstone, IV. Palmer. Robert Graham, Sir J. Peellell, Sir G.. Gwyn, Ilowel Spooner, R. Stafford, A. Stracey, Sir H. Stuart, Captain Tite, W. Vernon, G. Walpole. S. Whitmore. IT. Willoughby, Sir IL T ELLERS. Henley, J. Newdegate, C. GENERAL BEATSON. Motion made, and Question put, " That the Under Secre tary for War having admitted that, upon anonymous in formation, a secret inquiry had been ordered into the conduct of a General Officer, this House feels itself bound to express its reprobation of such a proceeding :" —The House divided; Ayes 23, Noes 71. AYES-23. Arbutbnott, Gel. Gwyn IL B o wyer, G. Hadfield, G. Bramley-Moore, J. Hume, W. Bramston, T. W. Jolliffe, Sir W. Bt uce, H. A. Langton, H. G. Butt, 1. Lindsay, Col. J. Duncan, G. Michell, W. Dundas, G. Murrough, J. Granby., Marquis of Robertson, P. Scholeflold, W. Stafford, A. Taylor, Col. Walcott, Admiral Williams, W. TELLEIt9. Roebuck, J. French, F. NOES-71. Agnew, Sir Andrew Fortescue, C. Palmerston, Viset. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Fox, N. J. Patten, J. Brill, J. Glyn, G. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Greene, Thomas Peel, F. Bass, T. Gregson, S. Pellatt, A. slack, Adam Grey, Sir G. Philihnore, J. G. B lack, Marquis of Hall, Sir B. Pilkington, J. Bonham -Carter, J. Hankey, T. Price, W. Brand, H. B. W. Basile, Archd. Pritchard, J. Brocklehurst, J. Headlam, T. Ramsden, Sir J. Butler, C. Heywood, J. Ricardo, S. Challis, T. Horsman, E. Ridley, G. Clay, Sir W. , Bt. Ingrain, 11. Bolt, P. C oc kburn, Sir A. J. E. Kershaw , J. Seymour, W. D. Davies, D. A. S. Kirk, W. Smith, M. Da Vero, S. Labouchere,ltt.Hon.Tl Smith, R. Duncan, Viscount Lewis , Sir G. C. Stafford, Marquis Duncornbe, T. Lowe, R. Thornely, T. Esmonde, J. Al angles, R. D. Villkinso n liers, C. F arn ham, E. Massey, W. C. SP. Feilden, M. Monck, Viscount Wilson, J. Ferguson, Col. Mon crei ff, J. Ferguson. Joseph Morris, D. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Nisbet, Robert Forster, J. Osborne, R. TELLriI9, Ilayter, W. Mulgrave, Earl el Advices have been received from Wallachia that the Turkish troops hav e alread y retired from the Princi pality, and info rmation has reached us that the Austrians will have evacuated both Moldavia and Wallachia within a f >rtnight or three weeks. FATAL ACCIDENT AT iIiELLN.-011 Monday night, about six, a small yacht, while passing Inellan, cap sized, and we are sorry to say thattwo young gentlemen, whose names are unknown, but who are understood to belong to Glasgow, were drowned. It seems, from the statement of John M'Cubbin, a Gourock boatman who accompaded them, and who was saved, that they hsd sailed in the morning from Gourock Bay, and proceed, d so far as Port Bannatyne. They were on their way back, and, while opposite Inellan, and running before a slight breeze, a squall was seen passing along the water, and she wai observed to go down instantly, nothing being afterward seen but a life-b uo y, to whichthe boat man was clinging, and the gentlemen's caps, one of them being a dark mixture, and the other a shepherd pb-tid, and both being lineal with silk. The boatman states that he does not know the names of either of the gentlemen, having been engaged by them only for the day. He also states that the boat was quite new, having only been launched on Thursday last at Glasgow, and that there was another life-buoy on .board.—Glas goto Bulletin. ST.ATB OF T. MANCHESTrI, Ju:y 22. There las not Leen much business ; the recounts from India, which v. 'ere expected to improve the market, having created disappointment, Manufacturers and spinners have e emptiyment on utifitiiAtiO orders, an d are no' , pressing for new business, consequ , traly they maintain n, firm a,tti rude towards buyers, and there is no change in i viceF, "The market is not so inactive, how ever, as at t be close, of last week, and, as regards the home trade, a more 'cheerful feeling prevails in the anti cipation of a better .k it trade. Bath in cloth and yarn prices are steady. Me.ssrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth ma, rket :—" We have had a quiet but steady market through , out the week, without change in prices. To day there rbas , been a more cheerful feeling and an improved demand, and a fair amount of business has been done at very full rates..” Messrs. G. Fraser, Sow, and Co., Fay of the market generally :--There is bu t little or no alteration to notice in to-day's market ;' prices are without; change, and the market without much animation." LEEDS, July 22. The cloth trade is rather quiet just vow, and business is scarcely so brisk as it was a week or two ago, this apparent relapsing seems to be principally occasioned by the somewhat unsettled state of the wool trade. The price of wool having receded at the late wool sales, t;he merchants are unwilling to purchase goods at the pritess demanded by the manufacturers, and consequently bu a I ness is checked. As soon, however, as things assume * more settled aspect, there is little doubt that there wi ll be a good demand for woolen cloths. In the cloth-hall g this morning a quieter tone prevailed than on Saturday , and there was little disposition to operate ; const quently, transactions were only to a limited extent, ai3 d chiefly comprised tweeds and other light fabrics. The report of this day's Huddersfield market is :is follows :—" The price of wools having been to a cart: ;in extent settled at the recent sales, those parties who hi tid back in expectation of a large reduction in price a consequent fall in cloth, have visited the market : to day, and trade is brisker. Shipping houses have boug low goods, other houses plain goods.' Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-JuLT 22. There was a good attendance to-day. Wheat and fib 1 tr met a good consumptive demand, and, there being a bet t• er, show of samples than of late, a considerable amount 0 1 business resulted, at Friday's prices, being id to 2d 1) 3r 701 b% over the rates of Tuesday last for fine qualities of wheat, and full prices for ordinary runs, and flour. 0 e is and oatmeal, with a fair demand, fully maintained 1; to rates. Barley, beans, and peas in limited request, owi >3B to the high prices asked. Indian corn scarcely so MU ch inquired for as of late ; however, holders being general 11 firm, the sales made were generally at Friday's rates, or 1 5 per qr. over those of this day week. HULL—JULY 22. To-day there was a very small supply of English who' t for which the trade ruled dull at about last Tuesday's qu o' tations. Foreign in fair supply, and met a good demai >d• Barley exceedingly scarce, and is to 2s dearer. Beans t o ' ther easier. Oats support our quotations. The Host s e d market, owing to a good supply, is rather quieter, but h Ln 0 seed is still scarce. Cakes rather easier. An active 4le " mand for bones to arrive, but few offering. B 8 Wheat, English, red 76 to 80 Ditto white 7B to 82 Dantaic and Konigs berg Pomeranianaml Ham- 0 40 Peas, grey and black to —; Linseed, Black Sea 53 to 5 1 Ditto Petersburgh 45 to 54 V ( Ditto Riga and Arch ' angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 3B to 4,4 Per Toy' Lins.c., Pfullollos to 10 10 OA Ditto fine for. 7/ 15s —1 Os Oct Ditto inf. for. 0/ °stk.,' to d ; OF Rapeseed OOl Os t• 001 .. ,Os Rape cakes —s Od to 1254 Tares, English Ol. to Ditto foreign (Bones 001 Os 81 toIZI I ,° l Bones 100 s Od to F Flour, per brl. 36 /• 38s. Friesland Russian and Odessa 60 to 68 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 27 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 37 to 40 Beaus Ditto foreign Peaa, white and yel. 40 to 42 LEEDS—JULY 22. A moderate market for the season. The full prix o, of Friday are obtained for wheat ; buyers, however, art different, and little business is done. Barley norvi 0 Beans, oats, and other articles without alteration. Average price of grain —Wheat, 76s 8d ; barley,. Od ; oats, 28s 5d ; boans, 48s 3d. COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam.... • . 11 17% Ditto, three months .. 12 0 Rotterdam ............ 12 0 1 4 Antwerp • • • • • • •• • • .• • • 25 57 14 Brussels ... ........ 25 57% liamburgh • • •• •• ...... 13 9 Altons •• •• •••• •••• •• - Paris. . 25 3214 Ditto, three months .. 25 65 • Marseilles 25 67X, Bourdeaux .. • . Frankfort-on-)Same 120 IA Berlin .• •• •• •• • • •• •• Vienna •• •• •• •• •••• •• •• 10 22 Trieste •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 23 Petersburg •.•••••• • • • • 37% Madrid •••••• • •• •• •... 49% Cadiz ......... • • 50 Barcelona ........ - 5evi11e................ •••• kNGE.-YZSTEBDAY• Gibraltar - • .. Leghorn .. 7 Genoa ......... •. . •••• 1.14(5) Milan .. .... • • Venice Naples ••••.... ... 4, t Palermo .... ...... .... ln, 04 Messina ... ... 133 ,14 Lisboq .. Oporto •• .••••••••••••• 53 .4 Rio Janeiro ..• Buenos New York, 60 days' sight •"' Philadelphia .......... ram= 07 JULLION, 1 c Foreign Gold in Bars £3 Portugal Gold Coin 0 ' 0 Mexican Dollars 0 -0 New Dollars .0 , Silver in bars 0 .5 BBA BOMB MA I L 5. (5 signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post ofEl 4e sy tho night—and hi by the morning—despatch.) BIRTHS. OF A SON. Day when made up l Prom what W 1 COUNTRIEY. in Genera l Post- Pon °. du I -- Office, London.* Dispatche,:. En an imerica(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool I ,I Y America (by United Sts, packet) Every Tuesday „ Southiuni4s , lt.We s A m erica (by U. Statm packet) .. • • ......N •• •.•• Liverpool .•• .Australia (via Liver-. pool) ............Al'lth and 19th Liverpool ,'Twit le 01° Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni Ditto (via Cape of Goodl Dope) .. • .... ... Uric , T" Africa (West Coast) ..N Ma of the month Plymouth .. 6th 5 t Alexandria & 26th of no. Dover ...... &i 9 th Alexandria ..........Mllth & 20th of mon. Southamptt 4& • Rahamas ...........Ai 17th of the merit! Sonthernot , it 1611 , itolgium Dover Da , Brasil ...............1 9th of the month SoutTl a m P tcr July' I °. 13ucnosAyres........M 49 , the mourn „ Soutlizuradot July 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N Uncertain Cae of Good H . Iv Case ope de Verde rt , • ~...r ut • Southamptof lath. of 9th Co) lon (see India) 10th and 26th 4'& Ceylon aud 20th Channel Idles 4th nut., L U., hi:t .!3 out ham p ru.l , hi 24 It 17th of month Southamp or Lan d 1° China 4 arod 4th and 10th l 9O Constantinople ......N lOth and 26th Doyei . ••'• 2 at id 24 Constantinople ........ Ith & 20th of awn. Southamprot i at Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .• Dover ...... Isvi co 0"./ Egypt (see India) Twt eedsll/ Franco. ........ M & NI twice daily Dover .... , 4 2u. libraltar A, 7, 17, 20, 27 fm. 'South Ampto ., '• " Greece (see India) d 1 6 1 Greytov:n & 17th of man. South.tinp , j,l l . il•lnibufgh Daily . London J ra e •- •• and of the inout, Southausp 'Tolland Dat1y...... Dover .. donduras 17th of the month. Southampton 16th 21 India (viaSouthampt.)2ll 4th t 20th of mon. Plymouth •• 4 ,. 41 ,„ 1 India (via MarscilleslY 10 li&e6th of mot , Dover Isles (see Indian. , ., •• • • • Ireland & N rwice 0 ctily' ibolyhead 2d of t. o Watleira •ta of the mot, Southampton 5, 16 11 1 v-adoira .............234 of month , Liverpool - • Malta (sec India) milts Nl, 10, 20, and 26 Dover 4, 21,1.1,'"9 Mauritius (see India) 15, 2 9 " Mauritius .......... o 20:r1 of the mom: Mexico M mount:.rosl of the mount:. louthampt 1 "" Naples Daily Dover 0 Now Granada & 17th of month iouthamptor New rwice a month Papal btates Daily .• .. ••• • • • •••• Peninsula, .... b• • Jouthatoptsl Peru lit '-- & 27th of mot. toutharopt ,, lath Po - et Natal ly private ship Various port Wfe gtl T Stray a y , r y y . Saturday Dover . Venezuela .dtt 12th °fano th koutharripiir IP. LGm 4l Van DiemoresL*llsl(,e Wert [mite. , • :• 7,,, , nritharrelPl 1 6 Australia) tth of most. I T Until, • When any of these dates fall on a Snnday, the mails wil l "- de a patched on the following day. with the exception of the Inds 1 ,, e •louthampton), and the Malta. both of which will be deepstch 4 preceding day. CRYSTAL PALACZ.—ONH SHILLING DAL—Mooch/ft 21.—Admissions on payment, 13,013 ; ditto by season tickets, 503 ; total visitors, 13.510. GREECE.—A private letter from Athens, dated Jul/ 12, contains the following passages :—" The Senate, to its turn, has voted M. Mavrocordato's pension. Ig. Riga Palamides alone spoke against it. The robbers are at work again worse than ever. The province of Corinth is infested with banditti." • 13 . 11 On the 21st inst., at Lansdow n -t errace , Notting- • the wife of Captain Craigie, R.N. On the 22d inst., at Dalston-riso, the wife of the Be v ' Dr. Cappel. OE A DAUGHTER. On the 21st inst., at 2G, Norfolk crescent, the wife of Charles Douglas Burnett, Esq. On the 21st inst., at Stockwell-villas, Clapham Mrs. Henry Simpson. -road, MARRIED. On tho 21st inst., at Edinburgh, Mojor-General Jol t! Campbell, C. 8., M a d ras Army, to Elizabeth, only laugh' ter of the late John Munro, Esq. On the 22,1 inst., at St. Thomas's, Stamford-hill, j° lll4 youngest son of Joseph Adams, Esq., of Harley 13 :21 Bow, to Anna M ar i a B erry, s i x th d aug ht er o f John JO ° Esq., of Deptford. DIED. On the 22d inpt., at Forest hill, Sydenharr, Philip Lol l ton, Esq., aged 84. On the 22d inst., at Park-hill, Clapham, John Fergus ° Esq., M.D. On the 20th inst., at Surbiton, Kingston, Surrey, Cap t. Webster, aged 57. On the 19th inst., at Brighton, Henry H. gq't of the Knoll, Blackheath, and 3, Crosby-square, Londors aged 47. On the 19th inst., at Gravesend, Colonel Charles Sb ee c i second son of the late Sir George Shoe, Bart., Bart., slgt 67. On the 18th inst., at Bath, General Martin Whites 11°11. E.1.C.5., Bengal Establishment, aged 90. E qual On the 21st inst., at 6, Russell pl ace , FitzraY- T. Beckett, Esq., formerly surgeon of the Gre" die Guards, aged 83. LONDON: Printed and Published by HURD° Y" i( i 49 / of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N" . Strand, in the Pieeiact of the Savoy. . in the OW" Wednesday, July 23, 1856. TC at 8 o'clock. Sta lls, as. ; a • P RIN 2 .•- cot Courts of thi Ifonday, the are requestec furialeh e rilR. N TO-1 till 5., Th e at and Visual, it LY . THE TI arid corporea: Eilrl," With tl trY me, oh t"- R 111). I 4, Co only) from C 1 and Pleparatl health and 2 , Itrid hi ghlY•interel by Dr. Rent -`. ........,.... A RGY e Intel la st r 'night In ) '.rance v . *Del ted for ti t r ef A under I tU r i I'4 :{ l Ale a c E ap r d—Nll l O A. b e :Oy n p NTY 3: r EI permanently rtainme popu el Caulfield, N I'.atilfield, He g. Bar bell, t&ustio, Afackney. 41• Caulfield, o'clock preci 110'1A 'JAY Adt—is si c Ten ' n ' • 'fart fr. n, 0,2 1 Aube! .r° the 00. in a pint ns Ant ellna r a l a ar t a ° : i bK l ' i c a e ' , ; ,T o nr r se i Sascre teet l; , %on; Venzanr. C eg v roe , " t o . a PraD d i s tatanti c Pict !old rewor 2 I 4 Ts---- ay."......:vt , : .at il io , ,‘ C lies ' , l'4 l a., E X :l l li G i ' itE Y Lae tot lowin s ; Glouce , 61 G4l . ; and ' c le g r ßE ..nrninghan Ind Wol,ror f addingt on ' 4ll 3ptou a t --o ,_ afard. 6 . "eat Er ' °n" WoIr„ ......„___ nam CI -, RE •, TOU . 1 ., 4 "e1l Itaii \ - .lce Ticke 3 4 z l rct or 1 ter,t,...0 tossnav,en:and 444 ' ~ Ncatl From Tie If Le; Ox Toarists' terable. and 'arne directi, GREI IN-6 it Til after 'eat") day of issue Nese tteli "Xford, lilr With permis tr 'retort - Mil am Oswes a ng the opti - " 4 1 4011(1011f 171 a Shrews From I From f. 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