The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at the usual hour. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition signed by 1,000 brewers, distillers, &c., of the city of London, in favour of the Hay and Straw Bill. Lord PORTgAN presented a petition in favour of the law of marriage,__ THIRD READINGS. The following bills were severally read a third time and passed :—Leicester and Welford RDad, St. Ives and We , t Cornwall Railway, Gravesend Improvement, Scarborough Water, Shrewsbury Water and Slehford, and Tattershall Turnpike Trustz. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL rose to move the second reading of this bill, which was . to remedy a defect in the act passed in the year 1854. The present bill empowered Sheriffs to send children to reformatory schools instead of committing them to prisons. The bill was read a second time without opposition. NIGHT SIGNALS. Viscount DUNGANNON asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it was intended by her Majesty's Government to introduce any bill into Parliament com pelling vessels sailing along the coast or in the Channel during the night to exhibit lights • and whether any new and recently-recommended plan for safe lights for sailing vessels was M present under the consideration of the Board of Admiralty ? _ Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said there could not be the slightest doubt but that the exhibiting of night signals by vessels as they passed along the coast was one of the greatest importance. In 1852 the Ad miralty laid down certain regulations, but in consequence of complaints having been made against those regulations by the masters of vessels at South Shields, and other ports, a commission was appointed, consisting of Admiral ()kiwis and other officers, who presented their reports to the Admiralty on the subject. The whole subject was un der the consideration of the Admiralty, who had the power 'of making such regulations as they thought neces sary without applying. to Parliament. The Earl of HARDWICKE (as we understood) said that all steamers as well as sailing vessels should be obliged to exhibit such lights as would distinguish them. The subject then dropped. PEACE PRESERVATION (IRALAND) BILL. On the order of the day for the report of the amend ments in this bill The Earl , of ELLENBOROUGH took exception to the 18th clause of the bill. The Earl of BESSBOROUGFI having explained the nature of the clause, The report of amendments was then received and agreed to. ANNUITIES (NO. 2) BILL. This bill was read a third time and prized. NATIONAL GA.LLERY . BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Earl GRANVILLE having made:a taw verbal amend ments on the bill, it weed through committee. FIRE INSURANCES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(`YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Lord SANDON took the oaths and his seat for Lich. field. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of Church Rates and against the Oath of Abjuration Bill. The following bills were severally read a third time and passed :—Bardney, &c., Drainage, London and North Western Railway, Monmouth Roads, Stockton and Dar lington, and Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway, and Swinnertou's Name. . - - The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Clarke Thornhill's Estate ; Doning ton Turnpike Trust ; Grand Junction Water ; London and South-Western Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) ; Mid- Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to St. Mary's Cray) ; North British Railway ; West London and Crptal lace Railway; London Diocesan Church Building So ciety ; and. Westminster Terminus Railway. The following bills were read a second time :—East Indian Railway Company ; Severn Navigation Improve ment St. , Commission • Sepult ' ure's Manor (Dublin). LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY BILL. Sir R. FERGUSON moved that the order (14th April) for the third reading of this bill be read, and discharged, and that the bill be recommitted to the for mer committee, with leave to eit and proceed forthwith. —Agreed to. THE PRINCIPALITIES, Mr. ROEBUCK wished to ask a question of the noble lord the First Lord of the Treasury. It had been stated that certain instructions had been agreed to in the Congress lately hold in Paris with respect to the course to be pursued by the Commissioners about to proceed to the Principalities ? Lord PALMERSTON said no instructions had been agreed to at the Congress. The instructions to be given to the Commissioners rested entirely with each of the Governments appointing a Commissioner. Those as semblies would not meet until the Principalities had been evacuated. Foreign ttoops were still there, so some delay would therefore take place before the Com missioners met. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether there would he any objection to publish the instructions given to th e British Commissioner ? Lord PALMERSTON said it wag not usual to pub lish such instructions. Such a course would be produc tive of much inconvenience. THE SOUND DUES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that on Friday next he should move for a select committee to inquire into the Sound Dueß, in order to ascertain in what degree they were detrimental to the commerce of,the country. (Hear, hear.) CHAPTERS. Mr. W. EWART moved for a return from the Eccle siastical Commissioners fur England of the grants or re ductions allowed by them since the Ist day of March, 1855, to the several Chapters of England and Wales, to pay substitutes for performing additional duties cast on them by the suspension of cAnonries ; with the names of the persons who, as such substitutes, have received such grants.—Agreed to. CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCHES. Mr. W. EWART moved for a return from the Eccle siastical Commissioners for England of every payment made to them since the 20th day of January, 1855, on account of any suspended stall 3 in the cathedral and col legiate churches of England and Wales.—Agreed to. POOR-LAW UNIONS. Sir G. B. PECLIELL moved fora return of the unions and single parishes included in the several Parliamentary returns in which the poor were manasTed under the pro visions of the Act 22 Geo. ITI. (Gilbert's Act) which since the Ist day of March, 1837, have been dissolved and become subject to the provisions of the Poor-law Amendment Act ; stating the grounds in each case on which such dissolution kas taken place, and whether with the consent of a majority of the guardian 3 or other wise. And also conies of all correspondence since the 3d day of April, 1856, between the visitor and guardiacs of such unions and single parishes and the Poor Law Board, relative to -the clauses in the Poor Law Amend reent.Bill, for their compulsory dissolution.—Agreed to. ORDERS OF REMOVAL. Mr. PACKE moved for a return showing the number of orders of removal from parishes signed by justices and executed in England and Wales during the year ending the 25th day of March, 1855, stating the number of per sons removed, the nature of alleged settlement, and the amount of expenses incurred in the removal, including the cost of obtaining the orders, Serving the same, and travelling expenses of the paupers removed, but not the cost of relief before removal ; distinguishing the orders so executed between parishes in the same union and be tween parishes in different unions ; stating also the number of orders of removal of Scotch and Irish paupers and paupers belonging to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man during the same period ; and similar return during the year ending the 25th day of March, 1856. Agreed. to. On the motion for the house going into committee of supply, Mr. BLACKBURN called the attention of the house to the increase of 23,0831. 3s. 10J. on the superannua ation, allowances granted inl 855, as shocyn by Par liarnentary p aper, N o. 112, and to ask for explanat i on of certain items apparently not in acecrdance with the 4 and 5 Will. Iv c. 24 • Mr. FITZROY rose to order. Th e it ems baVing been considered and agreed to, on the bringing up the report on supply, it was no t competent for the hon. member to reoren the consideration of the items in question. A fter some discussion, Mr. WILSON said he had no otjection to explain, "Which he thought be could satisfaeterily, the payments complained of, but declined doin g E, on the point of . order. The SPEAKEP, ruled that the hon. member (Kr. Blackburn) was out of order, and the subject dropped. MONUMENT AT scurAitr. Mr. ROEBUCK asked if any arrangements had been made relative to Vie erection of a Inonurneut at Sc. ll tari in memory of those who died in the East, and if it was intended to threw the desien open to competition ? The, CHANCELLOR of the EXCETEQUER said it was intended to erect such a monument at Scutari, and that Baron Marochetti had been commissioned to exe cute one. • Mr. ROEBUCK—Am I to understand it is not to be thrown open to c‘impetition ? No answer was returned to the hon. member's second question. THE STATE OP GREECE. Mr. JAS. M‘GREGOR wished to make some obser vations on the present state of Greece, and he.thought that question, involving as it did the payment of 47,0001. a year out of the national Treasury, was somewhat ger mane to the question of going into committee of supply. It was to diplomacy alone that they had trusted for many years to release this country froth the guaran tee into whioh it entered on behalf of Greece, the hope of such a release being founded on the possibility of a better administration of the public funds by the Greek Government. As long ago as 1845, Lord Aber deen, in replying to a question put to him in the Rouse of Lords by Lord Baaumont, said that that guarantee gave this country a right to interfere in the. affairs of ,Greece, and he deseritled the country as a scene of murder, robbery, and violtnee. Diplo macy had done little to improve the condition of Greece as thus described up to the time when the war with Russia began. Since the war commenced the allies had taken military possession of the Pirmus. The question was what was to result from that occupation ? Were they, through the icstrumentality of this military possession, to be relieved from the paymentof the 47,0001. a-year ? Was the court of Greece to be supported by the noble lord opposite (Lord Palmerston) in carrying on a system of government which was described by himself as destitute of administrative talent ? The hon. gentle man then read an extract from a speech of the noble lord in August, 1851, in reply to a question from Lord D. Stuart, to the effect that the Government of Greece bad been entirely unmindful of its obligations to the guaranteeing powers, notwithstanding repeated remonstrances from them. The hon. member said he hoped he should succeed in eliciting from the noble noble some explanation of the policy or coercion which he intended to bring to bear on the government of Greece. That government had as yet made no pro gress towards establishing the constitution which the noble lord no doubt designed that they should establish, and he believed the noble lord would be doing the greatest service to Greece itself by exercising a degree of coercion which, by improving the system of adminis tration, would enforce the fulfilment of existing obliga tions. He was quite aware that he might i be met by a de claration that no policy could be so distinct as the occu pation of a country by a military force, but he hoped to hear from the noble lord that the definite object of that occup Alan was to compel the court of Greece to lessen its extravagant expenditure and to discontiuueits corsupt practices; or if this object could not be secured, he hoped the noble lord who had made the King of Greece, would feel it consistent with his duty and with the interest of this country, to reduce him again to the position in which he found him—namely, that of a German prince. He was sure the noble lord's explanation ou this subject would be received with much interest by the house and by all who paid any attention to the affairs of Greece. Lord PALMERSTON—With regard to the general condition of Greece I have nothing to add to the opinions which the hon. gentleman has quoted as having been ex pressed by me on a former occasion. I entirely adhere to those opinions, and I am serry to say that the course pursued by the Greek Government up to the present time only confirms the justice of what I then said. The occupation of Greece by the French and British troops took place in consequence of measures of aggression either instigated or permitted by the Government of Greece upon the Turkish territory, and the Governments of Eog!and and France thought, and I think justly, that , when they were engaged in a war with Russia for the defence of the Turkish dominions it was not fitting that a small state like Greece, which was essentially bound by the obligations of neutrality, should attack an empil e which they were defending against the assaults of a larger power. For that purpose the Pirmus was occu pied, and during that occupation the aggression which has been alluded to ceased. I wish I could add that that occupation had ended in a decided improvemen'. either in the system of Government or in the general state of Greece. But I cannot state that, fur the system is still what it has always been, and those disturbances which are commonly included under the name of brigandage, such as robbing villages and plundering tra vellers on the highway, still continue, and to a very la mentable extent. The real fact is, that the Government and the Court party have been, ever since the aeces.sion of Otho, in conflict with the representative system. The allies—the three powers, England, France, and Russia —when they made arrangements with Turkey for the independence of the territories constituting the kingdom of Greece, issued a proclamation promising constitutional government. The fulfilment of that promise was delayed until the majority of the king should arrive; but oven when that period was passed, he still delayed the per formance of his engagement. At last, in the year 1843 came the insurrection, which extorted from him tlio:e institutions which he bad himself been unwilling to give. From that time to this there has been a perpetual endeavour on the part of the court to get rid of a con stitutional government. Thus the moneys which ought to have been used for the payment of the debts of Greece have been employed in the first place for cor rupting the electors, and then in the corruption of those who have been elected, so that the Greek Parliament has been rendered the more shadow of what it should be. With regard to the enforcing of the payment of the debt, as the guarantee was common to E❑gland, France, and Russia, it has been held that no one power could rightly enforce a cairn without the concurrence of the other two, because it is clear that if the surplus revenae c. _ _ Greece only sufficed to pay, for instance,one.third of the debt, one of the powers by taking the third for itself, would deprive the other two of their chana of payment. With regard to the future intentions and policy of Go• vernment, in connection with France and Russia, upon the subject of Greece, that is an anticipation of future events which I am sure the hon. gentleman and the house will excuse me from entering upon. Mr. M. MILNES expressed a hope that means would be found to put a stop to brigandage in Greece. SUPPLY. The house then went into committee of supply. On the vote of 3,461/. towards defraying the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners till the 31st March, 1857, Mr. W. \VILLIA.MS objected to the vote, on the ground that this mini being exclusively for Cnurch pur poses ought to to ba paid out of the funds of the Church. The committee then divided on the vote, when the numbers were— For the rote Againet i .. Majority —(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") 165 66 -100 The vote was agreed to 16,0231. was asked for to defray the expenses of the Charity Commissioners. In reply to questions from Mr. MOWBRAY and Mr. LIDDELL, Lord PA.LMERSTON said it was the intention of the 'Government to introduce a bill this session founded on the last report of the Charity Commissioners. Mr. W. WILLIAMS called the attention of the com mittee to the increase in this vote of 3,6321. 102., and he wished to know the reasons for the appointment of three new charity commissioners, at an exiirise of 2,4001. per annum,. and he moved that the vote be reduced to the amount of last year, viz., 12,3911. 10s. The hon. mem ber remarked on the unsatisfactory manner in which the charity commissioners dealt with the charitable funds of the country. Sir J. THOLLOPE also complained of the conduct of the Charity Commissioners with reference to the chari ties in Spalding, in Lincolnshire, which was opposed to the interests and wishes of the inhabitants, and contrary to the will of the donors. Mr. lIEADLAM also complained of tho com missioners. Mr. BAINES was unable to give any reply to the specific cases mentioned by lion. members with reference to the conduct of the commissioners in apprJ priating certain funds. He could inform" the house that the Lord Chancellor in a few days would introduce five or six bills in the House of Lords founded on the Charity Commissioners' report, for carrying out certain schemes therein recommended. One was a scheme for Dulwich College, and also one for each of four or five other places. He defended the conduct of the commissioners, as the best they could pursue under the circumstances. Mr. HENLEY thought it very objectionable that the property of charities should be diverted from the chan nels in Which the founders intended they should fi)w by the decision° of charity commissions. He thought the necessity of coming to Parliament to sanction new schemes for charities was a very proper safeguard to be applied in such cases. Mr. STUART called attention to the fact that pro ceedings were sometimes instituted and afterwards dropped, by which useless costs were driven upon chari- ties. Sir J. PAXTON objected to the manner in which in formation was obtained by the Charity Commissioners ; no notes of the names of those giving evidence was taken. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY remarked that the measures of which the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Baines) had spoken would reach that house in the dog days, and hon. members were aware what attention they would re ceive under Euch circumstances. With regard to the increase of tae vote, he believed it arose from the large employment of inspectors. The committee ought to be careful before it sane:i•'ned such large increase in the number of Government employes. Mr. SPOONEL - t — calied atte - ution to the fact that two stuns of 5,000/. had already been voted for solicitors' bills, in le-spect of which no particulars had been furnished. Mr. WILSON explained that these two sums had no thing to de with this commission. They were for the costs of Mr. Fearo n, who had acted in the prosecution of proceedings in Chancery under the former system. • Mr. KNIGHT remarked upon the expenses which had been incurred in the administration of charity suits. In the six years from May, 1835, to June, 1841, these suits coat at the rate of upwards of 3,0001. a year. In the next period, durirg which returns were made, the ex pens .8 were 8,4001. a y.ar ; and for the last four years for which there were any returns, viz , the lohr years ending 1835, the expense was 10,0001. a year and up wards. Thus it appeared a great increase had taken, pace in the expenses of those matters, a state of thing', in his opinion, demanding some explanation. Ho sug gested that the soiicitor should be paid by salary, as in the case of other public departments. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL wished to say a word on behalf of one of the best officers in the public ser vice, Mr. Fearon. 'lt was true there had been an in crease in the aggregate amount of costs ; but the reason ofthathe tas that there had been a very great increase of business done, Parliament having thrown rnanY ad ditionaleherlities into the hands of the commission. If it was tphreeP: present t sure of the house to substitute a' salary for the mode of paying the solicitor, there could be no objecti on that the had there was no reason for suggesting ad. multiplied business for the purpose of increasing the costs: The committee divided : For the original vote For the amendment Majority 3.06 was then agreed next — pro T l; i o 'e ll7. t 'f a or the Statute Law Commission was posed. Mr. L. KING complained that no refor m in the shape of consolidation or codification had result ed from this commission. It was understood when the commission was appointed that it • would be a working commission but although 12,0001. had been expended, nothing had been done in the way of clearing the statute book from obsolete statutes, aed consolidating the written law. The only hope remaining since the abandonment of the plan laid down by the Lord Chancellor *as the two bills pro mired by the hon. and learned member for Suffolk, but as .yet the/ fiacl 'tat made their appearance,. and there THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1856. was little chance of their passing at this late period of the session. He concurred in the opinion expressed by the Attorney-General that Parliament would be ready to vote whatever funds might be necessary to carry out so important au object as the consolidation of the statute law, provided they saw the commission was jn earnest, but he thought they had a right toob ject to an estimate, the object of which appeared to be to find a place, with a salary of 1,0001. a•year, for a friend of one of the members of the Government. Looking as; the antecedents of Mr. Bellenden Ker, who had been on a previous commission, which had cost the country 50,0001. a-year without producing any results, and who was a conveyancer, having but little experience in the statute law, there was not much to be anticipated from the labours of this commission. He under- stood also that Mr. Bellenden Ker did not give his whole time to his commission. Referring to the two or three hundred statutes in reference to the poor-laws, which, he said, required consolidation more than any other, he complained that when he moved for the pro duction of Mr. Coode's digest, an imperfect copy bad been sent, in which was such a mass of chaos that it could not be printed. Mr. BAINES denied that private friendship of the Lord Chancellor, or any other member of the Govern ment, had had anything to do with Mr. Ker's appoint ment, and he had the authority of his noble and learned friend for saying that, when the commission was first constituted, Mr. Ker was a stranger to him, and that the sole reason for selecting him was that he had exhibited great ability as a member of the Criminal Law Commis- Sion. It was true Mr. Ker did not give up all his time to the duties of the commission, but he devoted half his time to them, and • be might appeal to the hon. and learned member (Sir F. Kelly) whether his conduct and ability (lid not entitle him to the highest canfi dance ? If they looked to acts of Parliament actually passed, he admitted that the results of the commission were not to be spoken of, but in the work of preparation for acts of Parliament much had been dose. They had prepared for the consolidation of the acts relating to debts, the laws of landlord and tenant, of masters and servants, of prisons, of stamps, the statutes of limitation, and bills of exchange of promissory notes. And with re gard to the criminal law of commission, their labours in the way of consolidation might be classed under eight heads—offences against the person, offences against pro perty, malicious injury, forgery, treason, and other offences against the state, public offences, and general provisions of procedure. On a l l these subjects bills had been prepared, or were in course of preparation. In addition to these, measures were under consideration, for the consolidation of the laws relating to carriers by land and by water, aliens and denizens, and for the classification of the statutes. And the commissioners, acting upon an opinion that had often been expressed in . that house, recommended the appointment of an officer or board to revise current legislation. With these facts before them, he trusted that the committee would agree with him that there was no justification for saying that the labours of the commission had been without result. (Hear.) Sir F. 'KELLY expressed his concurrence in all that had been stated by the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Baines) with regard to Mr. Bellenden Ker, and he could venture to say without fear of oontradiction by any one who had attended the meetings of the Statute Law Commission, that it would have been impossible to carry out the objects of the commission without the as sistance of Mr. Bellenden Ker, who had done much out of the scope of his own duty. His salary was paid not only for the performance of the duties connected with the commission, but for advising the Lord Chancellor on all the law bills of the Government ; without such assistance it would be impossible for the Lord Chan cellor to perform that part of his duty. He would now give a short history of the Statute Law Commission, and of what it had done. In 1853 the commission was ori ginally appointed by the Lord Chancellor, for the pur pose of attempting the arduous task of making a digest of the statute law, and codifying the common law. The first step taken by that commission was one towards the consolidation of the statutes, and from what he knew of what they had done in the year and a half that they had been employed, had tended much to facilitate the task undertaken by a new commission which was now in existence ; for to a great extent they had consoli dated the statutes, and had made indexes of obsolete and repealed statutes. In the early part of this year it was thought that the time had come to determine on some fixed and definite plan for the consolidation of the statutes. That was a subject so vast and complicated, that it was not to be wondered at that some time elapsed before a plan was resolved on. In March last, at a meeting of the Statute Lady Commission, at which the Attorney-General and himself were present, the Lord Chancellor asked if any one would submit a plan for the consolidation of the statutes to the commission. The Attornoy-Geceral and himself undertook to submit a plan, and,in the following week his (Sir F. Kelly's) plan was submitted to the commission, and was, he would not say adopted, because that could not have been done until the plan of the Attorney-General was sent in, but it was approved, and the commission proceeded to act on the plan, and prepared three or four bills consolidating some of the most important statutes. The Attorney-Gene rai's plan waesubsecpsently submitted, and it was nearly identical on all important points with his (Sir F. Kelly's). The Attorney-General stated the evil which it was desired to remedy, to the effect that the written law of this coun try was contained in thousands of statutes collected toge- Thor, without order or arrangement in 40 large volumes, forming a chaotic mews, which the life's labour of a law yer would not enable him to master, and which was to the people whose rights they affected a scale I book. For that evil a remedy had boon suegested, an I there were good and reasonable hopes that that great work would be ;successfully performed. There were 40 volumes, averag ing 1,000 pages each, which constituted the statute law of England, without order or arrangement, and some• times ten or twelve subjects were embraced by a single act. The object of the Statute Law Commission was to do away with those forty volumes:, and substitute far thern,five or six, which would contain the whole statute law reduced into about three hundred sets ; the whole to be classified, and each subject would be contained in one series of acts. It was found necessary at once to consolidate the statutes, and to take out all the obsolete, repealed, and expired acts, Since the plan was adopted not an hour had been lost after the assent and co-opera tion of the Government had been obtained. Instruc tions were given ti certain gentlemen to prepare bills which would embrace the whole of the statute law, and there ware new eleven or twelve consolidation -bills on subjects of great importance and comnitca.tion which had been enumerated by Mr. Baines nearly ready, and which Would soon be laid on the table of the house. The criminal law bad also been subdivided into eight bills, and the whole of those had been prepared, and the whole' of them, with the exception of one and part of another, bad been revised by him (Sir F. Kelly), and they would be laid on the table of the house in a few days. He hoped this statement would satisfy the bon. member for East Surrey, that, so far from doing nothing, the statute law commission had done much towards the achievement of a great national undertaking, and as a proof of it be might say that the Sleeping Statutes Bill, introduced by the hon. member himself, was the result of the labours of the Statute Law Commission, and was in fact taken so literally from a plan of theirs that some errors which had been detected by him (Sir F. Kelly) had been adopted by the hon. member in his bill. Mr. W. H. WATSON said he was ready to vote the sum required by the Government ; hut he required an assurance that the Statute Law Commission would do something which had not been done already. He was sur prised to hear the statement of his hon. and learned friend (Sir F. Kelly) with regard to the difficulties of consoli dating the statutes, for, in February last, it was said there was no difficulty in consolidation, whatever there might be in codification. What ought to have been first done was to haveexounged all obsolete statues, and then begun consolidationwhen it was known what there was to consolidate. The Smtuto -Law Commission was now composed of eminent judges, and the very best men of the profession ; but they were all employed in their own business, and could not sufficiently attend to the business of the commission. There might be one of good head who would devote his whole time to the matter, ailed by efficient departments, and the work would be better done than by the 14 members of which the commission now consisted. Sir F. KELLY said that his hon. and learned friend had stated that two things ought to be done by the eom- mission which were not done by the Statute Law Com miPsion. The first was the expurgation of obsolete statutes. Now that was exactly what they were doing, and several gentlemen were engag6d on that work. He a l s o asked .what the commission was doing ? Were they clusoliciaiTii - g the statutes? The answer was that they Were entirely consolidating the statutes, and the reult of their labours was 17 or 18 consolidation bills, which were now ready. Mr. MALI - NS—with reference to Mr. Dslienden Ker— said that gentleman would gladly give up the sa. lexy of 1,0001. he received in the Statute Law Commis sion if he conid be relieved of his duties there, for they interfered with his private practice very much to his dig advautage in a pecuniary point of view. Knowing, as he did, that that gentleman performed the duty he had on dertaken well, he regretted that the member for East Serrey Should make these attacks on him every year. He (air. Matins) thought that the difficulty of dealing with the statute law had been much exaggerated. He knew the zeal and ability with which his hon. and learned friend the member for East Suffolk was devoting himself to this task, but when he considered that whatever was• rfene mutt come t i that house to be revised, ha warned them not to entertain ton sanguine an expectati on o f an y great result. That a great deal might be done he did not deny. If there was a classification of the statutes at the coil of each year it would be of immense advantage to the profession and the public. Sir EI, WILLOUGIIBY said it bad been stated that Mr, .Bellenden Ker rendered great assistance to the Lord Chancellor. If so, he ought to be paid for his services in that capacity, and not for his services in an. other. It was said that there were other gentlemen engaged in this work. Were they paid, or were they amateurs? He should like to know hew far this 1,9121. was applied to the Statute Law Commission. Mr. BOWYER did not rise to object to this vote, but would vote willingly ten times the sum proposed if , this department of public business were put on a satis factory acrd efficient footing. The eemmission they were told comprised 15 members, A great many of them, however, held high judieialroffice, and had plenty to do in their own courts. They bad one commissioner at 1,0001. a year, a secretary at 6001., and a clerk at 1001. Why this was less than they paid for the staff of the National Gallery. Mr. HADFIELD said he should advise the noble lord •at the head of the Government to dismiss the wbole staff, for there was not the slightest hope that the gentle nien on this counnission, with or without Mr. Bellenden Rer, would produce anything area ive. It was distress i"g to contemplate the little that was done in the way of law reform. Thirty years had they been trying to reForne the ecelesiaatical court, and they were As far. off it as ever. Since 1853 they had expended 11,0001. for attempts to consolidate the law, and nothing had been done. He did not conceive that the work was as for midable as was represented, for though there were 17,000 acts of Parliament, there were only about 2,500 in force. He trusted that his hon. friend the member for East Surrey would go to a division. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE thought that the course they had pursued with regard to the consolidation of the statute law was erroneous. They ought to have two or three eminent men at the head of a powerful and effici ent staff, who in the course of four years would be able to produce a good code. It was said that a code could not pass through a deliberative assem• bly, but the French code passed through a deliberative assembly much more turbulent than the English Par liament, though there were in France almost as many peculiar custorhs as there were provinces, while we in England had hardly any peculiar custom save that of gavelkind. He dil not think that Mr. Bellenden Ker was competent to the undertaking. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was nothing so unwise as to profess that they were about to make a code of their laws and not seriously to undertake the work. He owned that in listening to this debate he could not see that the work was much nearer completion than it was three years ago. His right hon friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said this commission had been very successful. Now, in order to be successful, it seemed to him that a commission to consolidate the statutes must effect three different things. One was to consolidate the statutes ably and clearly, another was that the consolidation should become law, and the third was that the judges should be satisfied with such consolidation. (Hear, hear.) Now there was not one of these tasks that was accomplished. He should be sorry to vote against granting the sum which was to contribute to the furtherance of this object, but he thought it was desirable that the house should have some prospeCt before them that the work would really be done. The hon, and learned member for East Suffolk, who had devoted his great talents to this purpose, and who had devised several of these projects, let drop a few words that were somewhat ominous, because he said that these bills might be exceedingly useful in con solidating the law„ if they were supported by her Ma jesty's Government. Now, let them ask bow was this task to be accomplished ? It was a task that not only required great talents but great authority. It was by no means a matter for despair. They knew that Sir Robert Peel, with the assistance only of his own law officers and the learned gentleman who was * at that time attached to his own office, Mr. Gregson, was enabled to consolidate one branch of the, law. Afterwards, when it was desirable to mitigate the criminal code, he (Lord J. Russell) introduced into Parliament, as Home Secretary, several bills consolidating the criminal law, ,and he was assisted in that task by the Criminal Law Commission. These bills were carried, and one of the judges assured him that the judges were satisfied with them. But then in order to do this, they must have some minister of the crown who would undertake the subject. He should despaig of the object ever being accomplished if he merely saw a number of bills thrown on the table, and it was left to any member to suggest his own particular phraseolOgy. It was a subject which they knew occupied the attention and much of the time of one of the greatest men of modern times. The Emperor Napoleon, when First Consul, when he was governing France—when he was com manding an immense army, and directing his mind to the foreign relations of France, sat in consultation from 10 or 11 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon to pro duce a code. Ho did not introduce the code merely of his own despotic will, saying, "I will do so and so." On the contrary he took men of eminence and discussed with them the provisions of that code. After he had done this he sent the project all over France and to all the tribunals of France. Now, that example might be well followed here ; reports might be prepared by the commissioners, and afterwards submitted to the judges for correction. In this way each measure of consolidation would obtain the ap proval of men of high legal station, and then sepasate bills founded on the different sections of the law could be brought into Pardament by some one who should re present the Government, and who should, in the cha racter, as it were, of a Minister of Justice, be prepared to say on behalf of the Government that they intended to make such bills the princiral business of the session. The bills themselves should be announced at the very beginning of the session, and they should form such a codification of the law of the country as would eornpste with that of any other nation in Europe. The Govern ment which took that course would not fail to succeed in the effert, while its success would be equally sure to cover them with immortality. (Hear.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the noble lord had anticipated much of what he had intended to say on this subject. The work of consolidating the statute law was surrounded with great difficulties, but still those difficulties, as far as it was possible to do so in the time, had been grappled with by the commissioners. In a short time the results of some of their labours would be laid before Parliament. There was no indisposition on the part of the executive to legis'ats on the subject, but it was not always that oppertunities wore presented for in troducing such measures as these. The Government had, however, done all that could be expected of them in the matter; they had selected the best men to form the commission, and the commissioners had devoted all the time they could spare from their ordinary labours to the important and difficult business that had been en trusted to them. Undoubtedly he should be glad if Pal-- limn - teat would sanction the expense and appointment of a great functionary like that of a Minister of Justice, whose duty it would be to look after these matters ; but in the meantime he could assure the house they had de voted much zeal and assiduity to their task, and when the fitting opportunity arrived he should be prepared to lay on the table such a complete representation of their labours up to the present moment as would more than compensate the passing of this vote. (Efgar.) Mr. L. KING could give a conclusive reason why the committee should not agree to this vote. It appeared from a re:urn just made that there was a balance in the hands of the commissioners of 3,0291., and he could see no reason why they should add to that amount. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the vote Against it Majority —l6 The vote was accordingly agreed to; as were also 6.900/. for the Civil Service Commission, and 8,1521. for temporary commissions. On the question that 21,8181. be voted for fees, sala ries, and compensations payable under the provisions of the Patent Law Amendment Act, Mr. WILLIAMS observed that this was a monstrous vote, but he more particularly objected to those items in it which related to the payments made in respect of patents to the law officers of the Crown in England and Irelsnd, and the Lord Advocate of Scotland. Mr. WILSON defended the vote, and reminded the committee that before the existing Patent Act was passed the fees payable upon every patent to the law officers of the Crown amounted to 101. 103., whereas now they were reduced to 31. 33., and the difference went into the Treasury, to the great advantage of the public. Mr. CHEETHAM and Mr. BLACKBURN contended that the hon. memberhad over -estimated the advantages which the public had gained from the change in the system. After•sorne discussion the vote was agreed to. 13.5001. for the Board of Fisheries, Scotland. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote, remarking that no human being could possibly allege any reason for its continuance. Mr. WILSON said it would not appear again, at least in its present shape. (Rear.) The Government intended to i4sue a commission to inquire into the state of the fishing htirbours on the coat of Scotland. (near.) A long einversation, principally on the surject of re taining. the hoard, then followed, in the course of which Mr. Fergus, Sir A. Campbell, Mr. Davies, Mr. Blackburn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other hen, men.- hers addressed the_conitnittee. Mr, WILLIAMS said it had been distinctly stated last year by the Secretary to the Treasury that this vote should never appear again ; and on that ground it had been consented to. Mr. WILSON said his statement was that the boaid would be made seffsupportiug, and, therefore, that if the vote appeared again it would be a conditional one, or in another shape. If the commission recommended the abolition of the board, the vote would not be re qulred. If they recommended its continuance, it would be with a view to its being made self-supporting. Capt. P ECHELL regretted that two of her Maj a y's ships should have been employed in so scandalous mph on the coast of Scotland, instead of protectirg the Chan net fisheri CP (Hear.) Mr. ELLICE, jun;, denied that thera was any job in the matter. If they were to come to a foregone eon c l u . sion as to the result of the inquiry of the commission, he saw no use in the commission at all. The matter was one particularly affecting a large class of his constituents. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") He admitted that what was called the brand was quite indefensible in principle, and could only be•kept up by an appeal ad misericordiam, to the Legislature. The fisheries were chiefly carried on by poor people in remote islands,: whose names were un known, and could not compete with those of celebrated curers in Gla , a•ow. The•brand could only be maintalned on the ground that it was justified by th e exceptional circumstances of the case. This fishery was a very pecu. liar One ; it c mid only be carried on during a sma ll por tion of the year, and it was most essential that a proper police should be kept up to prevent confusion among the boats, which would drive the fish out to 'sea, and they would not be taken at all. Mr. WILSON said that a considerable portion of the vote was for the compensation of former officers; and with regard to the branding no.further charge would be made on the public for that. In ans ?fel , to Mr. WALPOLr, Mr. WILSON said that if the brand was continued it wmid be made self-supporting. The committee divided — For the vote ...... . ....................... 162 Again5t.............................. 39 Maj0rity.............................. —123 The vote was then agreed to, after whichthe house resumed. PA ROCITIA.L SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL . The adjourned 'debate on the second reading of this bill was resumed by Sir J. FERGUSSON; who said that the present bill was different in its character from the bill of last year ; .and though it created much apprehension in the minds of 'cony members of the Established Church in Scot land, he did no t s h are i n that apprehension, and sh ou ld therefore feel himself justified in supporting th e second rearlinfr. Although the bill would effect many changes, it would not sever the schools from th e Church. If it did that he should give the measure his opposition. He thought it unjust and uncalled for that a lecifie'religious test of adherence to the Established Church of Scotland should bo required of the school master. The feeling of religion amongst the people of Scotland was as strong as over,.and . .by providing that the religious character of the schools should be main tained without requiring the schoolmaster to take the test of adherence to the Established Church, he thought they did all that could fairly be expected from them in the present day. Great numbers of Dissenters and Roman Catholics attended the schools, and they did not com plain of the religious teaching given in them. Many persons bad a fear that if Dissenters or members of the Free Church superintended the schools, the position of the Established Church would be injured, but he con fessed he felt no such apprehension for himself. If the learned lord would place on the face of the bill a decla radon that the religious superintendence of the presby tery should remain untouched, he believed that such a declaration would get rid of much of the opposition of the bill. He also considered that some provision should be made that the heritor should not have the power of interfering with the religious teaching of the schools. He hoped that his hon. friends would join with the learned lord in passing this bill, and making it as useful as passible. He believed the time was come for making the liberal endowments of their ancestors as available as possible for the promotion of education in the country. (Cheers.) Mr. C. BRUCE said that the arguments of his hon. friend pointed one way, whilst his vote was to go in the opposite dile tion. His hon. aed gallant friend would abolish the test of adherence to the E•tabliihed Church ; but then he would require another religious test, though of a wider character. It was not his intention to divide the house on that occasion; but, unless what he consi dered to be the meet obnoxious principle of the bill were previously expunged, he would, on the motion for going into committee, move the committal of the bill that day six months. Tne ninth clause appeared to him to involve the abolition of the long-established connection between the parish schools and the national church, and he could not consent to the abandonment of that connection. His hon. and learned friend (the Lord Advocate) would no doubt deny that his object was to separate religious from secular' education, but he (Mr. C. Bruce) nevertheless believed that such would be the effect of the passing of this bill. That was, in fact, the turning point of the whole questior. If everything else were conceded, the eencession would, in his judgment, amount to nothing. The hen. member for Edinburgh (Mr. Black) said he thought the learned lord should have gone a great deal further. The hon. member referred to the High School of Edinburgh as proving that it was not necessary to maintain the existing connection between the parochial schools and the Established Chureb. He forgot to state that the school was simply a grammar school, and that the education given in it was received chiefly by the children of the middle and the higher classes, so that the case of that particular school was not at all analo gous to that of the ordinary schools of the country, which were frequented chiefly by the children of the poor. As to the spirit of the age, it was a spirit which delighted in putting down old institutions, and on this question he eves not disposed to yield to it. He maintained that the proposed separation between the Established Church and the parochial schools would be a " heavy blow and great discouragement" to the former ; and that there was nothing to justify such a proceeding. He had never heard of an instance in which the Free Church bad chosen a teacher belonging to the Esta blished Church. Why, then, should the Established Church be required to select teachers belonging to the Free Church ? He believed that the immediate result of passing the bill would be to introduce dissension and heartburnings into all the parishes of Scotland, and that under the operation of its provisions proper superinten dence would soon become impossible. Mr. BLACK observed that in the school to which the hon. member had just referred—the High School of Edinburgh—religious instruction was given no less than in the parochial schools generally of Scotland ; and he believed that if the education were purely secular, the school would (soon be empty. The religious character of the system in operation there was attributable, not to the presbytery or parochial ministers, but to the dis position of the parents. When the word was given by the General Assembly, every minister got up a petition 1 in his parish, but they all represented the same body, which had up to the present enjoyed a monopoly of the schools, to which it clung with all the tenacity which distinguilhes ecclesiastical corporations. There were few petitions from the commission of supply, a body who had oppcsed every reform. As Dr. Chalmers said, " There were two objects that never changed—the fixed stars and the Scotch lairds." No public meeting of any consequence had pronounced against the bill ; and if the monopoly was once 'got rid of, he believed that many improvements in education would be introduced, even by the Church itself. The convention of the burghs was a fair representation of public opinion in Scotland. At their last meeting a resolution was proposed approving of the bill:in general. An amendment was moved,in favour of maintaining the test; but on a division it was lost by a majority of 39 to 9. The test was now a reality, for every schoolmaster was bound to declare by a stringent oath that he believed, and would continue to believe and up hold, every thing contained in the confession of faith. That confession formed a volume of 500 pages, and he felt sure that not one in twenty of the schoolmasters who sub scribed it had ever read it. The bill would not interfere with the influence exercised by the ministers over the religious teaching in the schools. At present they had no power to direct the instruction ; it was the heritors who elected the master, and decided what he should teach. The Presbytery could not examine the candidate as to his fitness to teach the subjects determined on by the heritors, and their power was as limited as that of the government eYamir era under the recent regulations with regard to public appointment,. The Presbytery bad power to depose a schoolmaster for immorality, but that was rather theoretical than practical, the legal difficul ties in the way of enforcing it were so great. The best guarantee they could have for religious teaching in tne schools was to be found in the religious feelings of the _ people of Scotland, and if left to themselves, he had not the ,mallest doubt they would maintain the religious feeling which at present prevailed in the parish schools. Mr. BLACKBURN said that the burghs to which the hon. gentleman referred had no parish schools, and therefore their decision was of no weight. The first six clauses of the bill, which provided far increased salaries and improved dwellings for the schoolmasters, were un objectionable, and the heritore offered no opposition, but the rest of the bill turned entirely on the question of re ligious teaching ; it went to destroy the connection be tween the church and the schools, which had lasted for 300 years. The 14, an he understood it, took away all the power of sx unination from the Presbytery ; and, under the 9th clause, a man might be elected who was of no religion at all. The Lord Advocate had said his inten tion was to leave the religious instruction in the hands of the Church ; but if , such was his intention it was a pity he had not express e d it more clearly. lie objected to the clause which proposed to divide Scotland into districts and appoint inspectors, as degrading to the schoolmasters, and as being similar to the proposal of Lord John Russell for England, which was re jected by the house. Unless amendments were in troduced to remove the objections he had referred to, and unle,© the connection b e t ween the schools and the Church were upheld in its integrity, he should oppose the further progress of the bill. Mr. MACKIE also spoke against the proposed system of inspection, which he said could never be so effectual as the superintendence of the parochial clergyman. Ile was in favour of opening the parish schools to all deno minations, and to the abolition of the tests required from schoolmasters, beyond a simple declaration that the per son appointed was a Protestant. Mr. JOHNSTONE concurred in the general objects of the bill, but thought it went too far. Parliament was, by the Act of Union, bound to maintain the Presby terian religion in Sc Aland, and for that purpose it was essential that the schoolmasters should be Presbyterian, and their teaching Presbyterian ; he therefore objected to the abolition of the tests. The LORD ADVOCATE said as they were not to divide that he might bring the discussion to a close by a feav explauations. Nis object by the bill was to in crease the salaries of schoolmasters, and to remove that disability which prevented all but members of the Estab lished Church from holding these offices. lie could not accept the compliment that had been paid to him that this was a better bill than that of former years, for he did not conceive it so great a step towards the improve. ment of the education► of Scotland. Ho proposed to abolish tests for schoolmasters. Some argued in favour of tests that they tended to preserve the masters in the Established Church, while others thought it was a secu rity for the orthodox. doc'rine of the teachers. As re garded the latter he was not inclined to think there was much force in it; but as regarded the former, he could not but think that those who supported it must think that the. Test and Corporation Act was not repealed, and on that point he must agree with his opponents. He denied that he had not provided for the authority of Presbytery being retained, and he observed by the various clauses that although the jurisdiction of the Presbytery was in some respects altered, it was retained. Again he denied that the bill abolished the condition that schoolmasters should profess any such a test of admission to office, for no such construction could be put on the clause which had been so misconstrued. He urged that the bill as it stood afforded full security for religious teaching, but if it was thought necessary to strengthen this security by. any additional words to the clauses he should have n) objection, but he must sal express his strong opinion against anything approaching to a test. He should, how ever, be prepared to meet the wishes of hon. members in a spirit of fairness and candour. Sir A. CAMPBELL complained that the bill con tained no positive enactment with regard to what was orthodox religious teaching and how the presbytery was to he enabled to decide on that point. Mr. F. SCOTT inquired in what way the jurisdiction of the presbytery was to be put in motion, for no provi sion with that view appeared to him to exist in the bill. He trusted that if there was to be no test, the jurisdic tion of the presbytery could be so formed as to leave it much as it now was: He wished to know how long a time would be given for the consideration of the bill be fore it was brought forward for committee ? After a few .words from Mr. G. DUNDAS and Mr. LOCKHART. the bill was read a second time. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HADFIELD opposed the proceeding with it at that boar. five minutes to 1 o'clock. Mr. C. BRUCE trusted the second reading would not be pressed. It was a bill for establishing in all towns of Scotland secular schools supported by rates, a principle which was rejected by the house in the resolutions on education proposed by Lord J. Russell. Mr. HADFIELD moved the adjournment of tha de. bate. Mr. A. UASTIE seconded it, saying thatadvantage had been taken of the Scotch members. _ _ The LORD ADVOCATE would not object to the motion, but denied that he had taken any advantage. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. SPOONER objected to go on with it, as there were several amendments to be made in the bill. Mr. LO WE said the amendments were of 4-u-th na• tun as to meet the views of hon. members, and there was no opposition to them. It was important that the bill should go to another place as soon as possible. Mr. SPOONER moved the adjournment of the debate, but did not press it to a division ; and The bill was read a third time. The added clauses were then inserted in the bill. Mr. HENLEY moved that clauses 46, 47, and 43 be struck out. The clauses related to the appointment of in spectors by the Board cf Trade to look into the accounts and ascertain the insolvency of companies. Such a duty as that ought to be left to the parties immediately con cerned, and not imposed on a public office. Mr. LOWE said these clauses had been taken from the New York Act, and upon consideration they were thought to be the best that could be adopted for accom plishing the purpose in view. All the Board of Trade would have to do would be to appoint, under certain cir cumstances, an impartial person to inspect the accounts. The Board would not be responsible for what was done afterwards. It very frequently happened that the parties who suspected wrong in the management of companies were in the minority, and they had power of averting ruin or procuring a beneficial change in the management of the concern. For instance, long before the stoppage of the Tipperary Bank, there were shareholders who sus pected that all was not right, but they had no power to interfere, and ruin ensued, whereas had there been such a law in existence as these clauses would establish, much of the subsequent mischief would have been averted. It would be observed that the report of the inspector need not be made public, unless the Board of Trade 'thought it desirable for the public interest. Mr. NE WDEGA.TE strongly objected to the creation of such a secret tribunal as that which these clauses con templated. Mr. WHITESIDE also pointed out objections to the clauses, and urged their withdrawal. Mr. WALPOLE observed that practically these clauses would make the Board of Trade responsible for the solvency of the companies. Now that, in a public point of view, would be highly objectionable ; but if such a power were to be exercised, it should only be at the request of a public meeting of the shareholders, and not at the instance of a mere discontented minority. Mr. LO WE protested that the operation of the clauses would in no way pledge the Board of Trade to the in solvency of companies. The board would only be re sponsible for the appointment of the inspector, and would have nothing whatever to do with his after proceedings. The house divided, when there appeared-- For the clauses Against them Majority —lO A few verbal amendments were then made in souse of the clausee_ and the bill passed. CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. On the order for going into committee on this bill, Sir W. CLAY said it was impossible to take the com mittee then, and he appealed to the Government to afford opportunities for the Lill• being got through in titne to be sent up to the Lords this session. Lord PALMERSTON said it was impossible for him to fix any day now, but, consistently with the other Lusiness, every opportunity should be given for bring ing on the bill at some future (late. After some remarks from Lord R. CECIL, the com mittee was re-appointed for next Monday. BURIAL ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. FITZROY said he should not oppose the second reading, but ho must express his deep regret that such a bill as this had been introduced. All the - necessary paro chial arrangements had been made for carrying out the recent act. Sir G. GREY raid that there was nothing in the bill to disturb existing arrangements, except in so far as it went to place sanitary arrangements under the Board of Health. Mr. A. PELLITT said that Dissenters were much dissatisaed with the enormous charges now enforced. They would prefer an entirely separate ground, as was proposed by this bill. After a conversation, the second reading of the bill was postpaned till this day. PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. SIR W. F. WILLIAMS' .ANNLTITY BILL. This bill was read a third tits Q and passed, amidst &leers. 'EXCISE BILL. This bill was read a second time, after an explanation from Mr. Wilson as to its provisions. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES WINDING-UP ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed till Friday. Tao house adjourned at two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JUNE 2. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. Order for third reading read. Motion made and question proposed, "Teat the bill be now read the third time." Amendment proposed, to leave out clause 4d. Question put, "That clause 46 stand part of the bill." The house divided—Ayes 42, Noes 33. AYES-42. Agnew, Sir A. Fitzroy, Henry Norreys, Sir D. Anderson, Sir J. Greene, John O'Connell, T. Baxter, W. Grenfell, Charles Palmerston, Viscount .Bouveric, lion. E. P. Grey, lit. Hon. Air G. Pellatt, A. Bowyer. G. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Pilkington, J. Bruce, Lord E. Hadfield, George Ridley, Georga Burke, Sir T. Hankey, T. Russell. F. C. Cavendish, G. C. llastie, Alex. Smollett, A. Clay, Sir W., Bt. Horsman, E. Sullivan, Michael Cowper, W. Kirk, W. Thompson, G. Duncan, Viscount Lowe, R. Villiers, C. Duncan, George M'Cann, J. Wilson, J. Inn:lop, A. Massey, W. TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir R. Monek, Via. liayter, W. Fitzgerald, J. Murrough, J. P. Mulgrave, Earl of Baird, J. Blackburn, P. Butt, I. Campbell, Sir A. I. Cecil, Lord Child, Smlth Cola, 11. A. Conolly, Crauturd, H.. 7. nuncios, G. Dunne, Colonel Ferusson, Sir T. NOES-32. George, J. Grogan. Edward Gwyn, !Towel Buie, W. nendall, N. Macartney, G. MacGregor, James Mowhray, J. lc. Mundy, W. Nam, Lord Newdegate, C. O'Brien, P. Ossulston, Lord Stracey, Sir H. Taylor, Colonel Vance, John Walpole, S. Warren, S. Whiteside, J. Wynne, John TELLERS. Henley, J. Spooner, R. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S.—MoNnAr. Although the Tuesday after the Derby is the regular settling-day, yet, such is the confidence which obtains amongst betting-men, a large amount of money gene rally changes hands on the nonday. This was the case to-day ; the business of paying and receiving was carried on to a considerable extent, but .although appearances augur well for the morrow, we must take a cautionary hint from the old adage touching appearances, and not jump at conclusions. We shall, therefore, postpone our particular remarks on the " Derby effects " until we see what the morrow brings forth. For the Northumberland Plate 8 to 1 asst Cannobie, and 10 to 1 asst Villiers, were the only bets that came under our notice. SALE OF YEARLINGS. The following yearlings, the property of Sir John Shelley, who bre•l then], were sold yesterday by the Messrs. Tattersall : Bay filly by C o lli ngwoo d—Lib er i a Guineas, Bay filly by Cullinuwood —Blanehie 2O Chestnut filly by Colliogwood—Lucy Banks 65 Wild Wave, a b a y filly by Collingwood—T3righ , tonic, enc , aged in the Sixth Brighton Biennial ' Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added; to run in 1857-53 ; with her engagement Bay colt by Collingwood, out of half sister to the Plying Dutchman Bay colt by CAlingwood—Ally Croaker 62 Cile2tnut colt byCulling wood—Soldier's Daughter 200 Bay filly by Callingwood--Blackbird 5O Bay filly by Collingwood—Buttress. The property of Mr. Newton, the breeder : Bay filly by 'fadmor—Ma Mie Brown Colt by Sir 'Litton Sykes—Maintnifer lO5 Bay colt by Jericho—Jenny Jumps CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shillinc , Day, Jane 2.—Ad missions on payment, 8,029; do. by season tickets, 680 total visitors, 8,709. FORWARDING GOODS THROUGH LIVERPOOL TO THE COLONIES.—A circular has been issued by the London and North Western Railway Company to the effect that they have arranged P, modified rate of carriage for bales and cases sent through Liverpool to the colonies. The name of the vessel is to be inserted in the shipping note at the time the goods are forwarded from London by that railway company, in which case the company un dertake t deliver the goods alongside any vessel in the Liverpool docks. r - L A C.VMRTISHMSNT. J—A SCOT RA C ES.—Srour AND HEAR S PECTACLES s POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE GhAss,23.—'.Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel. By leer Majesty's Royal Letters P a t en t for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant, Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per upective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piee, v.il show dis tinctly Jupiter's m oons , S aturn ' s ring, and ,the double stars with the same teteseopo can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They aro of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, k c .—Th e R o y a l Exhibition, 1851.—VeLable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every ptirpoze on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation-- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. hag power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness—New Diseevery.—The Organi c Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafuese, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Thing of the same colour as the skin, is not per. eeptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing r Poises in the cars is entire l y em oved ; and it affords a ll th e assistance that, possibly could be desired. -39, Albemarle ot tree t, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the Yoils Hotel. Coutitry Markets. CHELMSFORD—NI - AY 30. Our market was very dall at the commencement , ,_ 14 . 1 1 towards the close there was more an i mat i on , an d the u'd wheats realised an ad vance o f 1 s per qr. S pr i n g Ga ll ' all sorts firm at last week's quotations. Wheat, white, old, per s. a. qr.so 76 Oats, new 49 74 Peas, old 4S 68 new 47 67 Barley 30 38 Chevalier 33 42 Grinding 2B :36 Malt 71 75 Chevalier 73 77 White............ ra r hr r ie .e. .. 22 4 03 9 1 : 1 844 11 Boilin ....... 41 , Dun .... g ........... 34 ',vs Beans, Tick ..... ... .- 36 40 Harrow ticks 38 31 Mazagan ....... 36 00 Ditto, new ...34 red, COLCHESTER— MAY 31. A very small supply of wheat, and all descriptions sv e „ re r is to 2s dearer. Beans and peas wore the turn in fs": t h of the seller. The weather is now unseasonably cold, 01 drizzling rains. 76 , i ; Prices to-day were as follow ;—Wheat, white, 6 83 t o red, 64s to 68s; barley, —s to ; eats —a to —5l : bees Mazagan, 3Gs to 339 ; middl e an d small, 403 to 449; white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 403 to 425. Official Statement of tho Quantities of Corn, &c , in the port of London, from the following pl the 25th to the 31st May, both inclusive. )rtS, f/(' 0 . . ,li .11 : ; -,1 1 A '1 Colchester Harwich 639 638 Leigh 723 Malden 1185 6/ 3 - KIRKCALDY—MAY 31. We had a very good supply o f wheat today, whic h 50 10 quickly at fully last week's r a t es . O a t s and bsirleliet small supply ; the former sold readily at 13 per clu ls advance—the latter slowly at late rates. „„, 0. Wheat. I Barley. 1 Oats. I .'„" -n od First Second Third l5 8s Od I 35s Od l 26s Od I 06 COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. 1G 3 16 6 15 3 15 € 16 0 16 6 T.—JUNE 2. the close of the nisrlra. Middle W. Hartley Byass's West Hartley' Chester Main Hartlepool W. Hartley Hastinces Hartley , Fiolywal ........ Howard's West Hartle3 Nether ton North Percy Hartley Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes , Walker Primrose , West Riding Hartley Wylam Wal2 send, tio. b 6 .. 15 9 8e11........................ 1 5 Belmont . . .................. . 1 6 9 0 Braddyll .. .16 6 Framwellgate ............ 1 1 „ Haswell ..................... 1 / I ', Kepler Grange ........... , Lam btou Pensher . .. .............. 1 6 9. Russell's ....... ......... south Hetton ..•••171 6 itewart's ....... ) . 6 „ Cassop .... . .................. 1 7 v o Hartlepool • ..... .16 6 Haugh Hall l6 6 Kelloe. ....................... 1 1 „ I Te•s ...................... , 6 Whitworth Evenwood ..... .... je • .• 1 6 ; Derweotwaier Nixon'sMerthyr&CaT . Wayne's Merthyr........ 33 6 13 6 14 4 .14 61 f Sold W allsend. &a. • -- Gosforth l5 31 Harton l5 6; Heaton Redley 15 t Hilda l5 0 Riddell l5 3 Wharnciiffe 15 t Eden Main l6 3 Ships at market...l3'4 SEABOR,IVE MAILS. ?OA (N dignifies that the malls arc sent from the General - the night—and M by the m( ,—,lespatch.) „y the night—and Id by the morning—despatch.) ------ ------- Wt 4 lay wlicn :nude an ,: From who' .- da• COI7N TRTIV. in Clow& Pest - Port ...,, iso Office, London.* Di g p,( o he, . 7 ' --.... -------- .---...... Tuna 4 A.rueriea(byßrit.pack).N gverY Friday •• • Liverpool ... America (by United Ste packet) ........N •••••• •• • • Liverpool ... America. (by U. Stott:- packet) ..'N........ ** ..• • • • - Southampton Australia (via South ampton) ........../4 .•••• •• • • • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N •• • ••• ••• • • • Dover .... • • Ditto (via Cape of Good Yac .„e rtil° Africa (West Coast) ...1. 13d of the month.,Plymouth ..in Alexandria.......... 4,9, 24, It Oct of . iDover ...... N Alexandria.......... Di 4 th & 20 th of nion•lSouthampton Bahamas ......... .. DI 17th of the menthlsouthampton Belgium ~..........N I Daily ............ID over ...... ale''' ) 6, Bra:di ............../. 9th of the month.. 3 ont h amp to y Jane 1 6 Buenos Ayre5......... 9th on the month.. Sout ham r tor Jalre,oo Cape of Good Hope ..Zr Various port; Unta o t Cape of Good Hope ..1` Carve de Verde ......N 9 th of the month SouthamptOr Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N wh..9 1 Chamipl Isles ~.. ~...14 &fon ~Wed.,BcFri I.Southampt or Ti'.- - Chi1i................m Id SD 17111 of montililloutlngunptcd China .... . .......... Once a month.... Jan e Constantinople .......I Constantinople .... .... 9,13,18,23,8028 of miDover ...„ ~, • Ith & 20th of mon. Southampti 41 Cont. of Europe M Sc N twice daily ...• •. Dov e r .... ••tiCIO __„.. Egypt (see India) ' 9 111 France ........ M & Z. (Twice daily....” Dover .....• Two , - Gibraltar ..........211' 4 , 7,17, 2 0, 27. f m. Southampton , Greece (see India) .2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Greytown ..........1.1 Tuesday & Friday London ...... flamburgh ..........N aa.at ..........D: 2nd of the month Southanaptun gone I Holland .......... -DI B, aily•• • • •• ...... Dover ..• •• •• pallid, Honduras ----Ai at , ( Itho month. Sonthamptor 1600 , tili le , 20th of mon. Plymouth .. i & 20 " tudia(vlaSouthampt.)36 9th& IL ih of month Dover ..... 1, 17, & 27 of mon D over.... • • India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) d frelarld ........M tic N Twice daily ...... Eloij head r„feee. Lisbt.n • • • • • • .• • • •• • a Di I 1, 9, 17, & 37 of in. Southamptoi Ij- un e Madeira ............/0 9th of the month S ou th ampton Itudeira ............N 234 of month .... Liverpool ... Malta (see India) Maio .. .... ... 1 9,18, &28 of mon.,Dover .... I, 20 o° ' Mauritius (seelndia) Mauritius ......... 0 , 14th of the month liezioo ..........m Ind of the inolitin.Southampto, jun e 1 ~,,................,15tb16th25thofroon.IDover ...... g o ,',, u„ nada .. .. .. B . 21&1 17th of month ISouthamptm t 49 2r,,,,, z„1 an d ......... IBy private s:,ip .. Various port ijaar Papal mato , ........„: Sthlstll2sthofinon. Dover ...... Peninsula ...........V ftlil 7 th 27 thoftnon.ioutlitimptci Peru ..............3, Id & • 27th of mon.l.couthamptor ~ dy private ship... Various port mice .- Port Natal ..........N S cily ',..... ..-, 50115th25tholmon, Dover ..... 24 t 17th ofmont -••••- sthitth2stiotin Inscany ............1 • • • on. Dover ..... - 9 Venezuela .......X h i Southampton 1 801 ,93 Van Diemen's Loud (se, Australia) .......„ „ Id& 17th 01 montLlSOnthaMPteli I / Wont Indies .... . ..7k Sonthampteu Whonany of theso dat es f a l l on a Sadlay, the anvils will e #, spatched on the following day, with th e except i on of t h e lodi c d eonthampton), and the Malt a, b oth of which will be despatch' pzecoding day. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 2. W STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e mar k e t h as b een ve cl e s Or to day, an d pr i ces were improved, closing steady- nittot Western, GO—L on d on and North Western, 102 i " shares, new, d. I.ls. 3d.—N or th Eastern and Be l. ; e 20 i —Midlands, 78$ 9—S out h Eastern, 21 h gots Lancashire and Yorkshire, 93—Lancaster and Pr,.: 13 , 9 1' p. 29—Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2 "R ( 10 , Dutch Rh en i s h , p. 1.8.9. —Great Western of Cs il 26—Ditto, new, p. 3. MANCHESTER, JUNE 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This markot was doing 10 0 business t o -d a y, b u t pr i ces rather improved at the a l b Sheflields, 29—Midlands, 79—D overs , 21 11-16-1' 93—London Eighths, A d. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 2. 0 91 STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a dull pr,. to-day, and p r i ces wore f i rm. Great Western all",a00 mingham Gu aran t ee d St oc k , 743—Midlands, 794-1'- Statiords, 24 d. —Birmingham and Derbys, 50. THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARLBO.- 0 ni b Housti.—The numbe r s a tt en di ng, & e., dur i ng thelObjjo, of May wer e as follows :-15,650 perso ns on the P I3 IO days, and a d m i t t e d f ree ; 604 persons * on the st1:1"e-6d, days, and a d m itt e d as stu d ents on the payment oi 0,1 each, besides the registered students of the classes I/ schools. .010 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment anti pe r , wonderfully efficacious for the Cure of Wounds.- - ;0 Woodall, of Barbly, near Selby, was afflicted with , abscess on the back of his neck for a considerable t ill ; and, notwith s t an di ng h e was under the treatmePt b 0 most eminent surgeon in the neighbourhood, 1, 8 "00 could not by the va r i ous reme di es appl i ed hes' '0 wound ; he therefore determined on giving Holloly Ointment and Pills a t r i a l ; an d b y these invaltubol medicines alone he has been perfectly cured, and is A ll or o E in excellent h ea lth. —S o ld b y all Medicine Irenr„to throughout the world, a t P ro f essor Holloway's ..`",..„" blishments, 244, St ran d , London, and 80, Maiden - A7,, New York ;;by A. Stamp:, Constantinople; A. Gll ialer Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta BIRTHS. ON A SON. On the 31st ult., at Boulogne-sur-mere, the yedl Louisa Alexander. On the Ist inst., at King's-road, Bedford-rovt, th° wife of George Weller, Esq. • 01` A DATIGHTIEL On the 31st ult., a t 19, Q ueen ' s -t errace, BaysWiler the wife of Dun ca n Menzies, E sq ., D eputy Inspe c"t to) General of Hospitals. OA Ou the 31st ult., at Shawfield, Widmore, ten t , wife of David Innes Noad, Esq. MARRIE vir On the 31st ult., a t Broxbourne,Hes ts, John i• e Morris, Esq., of Moorgate-street-chambers, and 03: 1 11, 1 ta Essex, to Diana M ar y , e ld est daughter of Thos. Viri' Fordllm, Esq., of Broxbourne. On the 31 s t u lt ., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, Aie—tile ei der Th omson, Esq., of Peckham. Surrey, to Fre c ~ Selina, third daughter of the late Thomas Parrott, A l ' of Ramsgate, Kent. DIED. bet ) On Sunday morning, Ist of June, the Lady Eliza- Hervey, eldest daughter of Earl Jermyn, M.P. On the 2d i ns t., a t 18, Gl ocester crescent north, 4 u. 4 park, Henry Cobb, Esq., aged 66. of On the Ist inst., Willi am B un b ury L avers , E sq ., 140 China terrace, Kennington-road, aged 71. On the Ist inst., at Greenford-place, Mrs. Benjata is Clark. On the 30th ult., at Stockton-house, Wilts, g od Biggs, Esq., aged 88. On the 31 st ult., at Sidmouth, Louisa, youngest doll h . ter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Jenkin, 84th Regt. Ou the 29th ult., at Walsall, the Rev. Francis Turvw aged 66. LONDON : Printed and Publinhed by MIIRDO YO 1 114 ! of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun .Office, litai Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the OA A t1 ° Middlesex, Tuesday', June 3, 1556. MAD , Mr. MIT( Irlitch will t VaIDNESD CONCERT, Jtane 25, 18 ZAY Event! quu band am %Make her las Reserved t gallery and 1 71 . No mor Inodated. APplleatia t 33,01 d Bond xo at a o'clock, Stalls, 3s. ; & ALRGY. wow %Piston, M k. La . urent's I' da Vi. Will close in Admission Is DR. 1 4, o Y) from 1 BealPteparati th and di 2 , 4, and half. I ghlY-Interet, L U uy Dr. SARI 8111Iling. MR. -V TO onriance eve • i ncluding ent er t s 4 n teluding a is "EArg, inns 1 "eal. Mr. lith the song ''' lll —Polygr : NEW v _ GALL .243 the honot fItAT an TIY excepted, meads from tt - wastott. Th trelttes. • ,"`as Clari Fra wg.office opel oi MIN( ItTh gnness the station .111 tation ever 6414 ),... descri - .ore the bet at4 PetVous, ct rttudes of th • Rattles ' • may bi willdren half-i GRAN]""s-..----- PLAT .2aounce the{ . cRE Ile2t, June stt in soliciting fey feel con& "11l far exceec ~.0 1 )en daily . fee. ▪ ar s erl are al The nursery western Rally had. Ni GRE LI 44,..iti after on of a ....""Ition, for SE "Allable for ti GREAT 12 „ RACE " 1 Special minibuses at Z r riagos of e tvreen the V ~, In addition eacured on ;Pees, 27, Kir liolborn ; ' 4l h-street) ; Pull partial "AY be obtain Mae". OND NOTICE IS - .4 ET ING ;111ti>7 Railway ,RSDAY, i l B e l 3', for the Provisions ~s A. Bill for -4( 1 North-We Natio n a „ om , "An Act to -- -%ler a y c orn , f4_lllway with ion and N _' A Bill for divray, in th ahrowsbury Salop, and Dated this 2 A SCOT weptstwateiostne 441Litionm; TUESDA zated, covere ITU 7.0 till 1 ' " w adon from E Pares there 1 4 ,7 11 e holders - vn) after 8.4 s.gPecial Tra ;:z&Scot from "'L I U 5.15 till _rares there ' 4 OS, 109. „. B uftlelent f train. The Ordina padsor, and ;; 4 3's between 1, (1 2 4 ary up t. but tr On WEDNE "Mg will nu ltild from Aso' Fares uouble Jot tbtairted, on a l t s ,!'de-Park-ec C Wllian and Still, i Or P3A, Charln " 4 % 9 0, High. Waterloo •b tOND (* Exilic; o Un N Bd l I LWW :n A O :Y : ° S 0 t „ e • • bOWN TILI "14,e'fiVater „L t4o n, Lond iLtlYe Stain -, AVe Stain( » Egha' A;; lve Fun c t o ii i IJP TSAI 'Arta Ascot' e Flunn SEzha vc Stait n're Stain WM Station, L -- " , ed by an !..oncion ani : 99 Farce bet ' 44 804 Ticl OP t Is GX j_ at ne, thrc ,1 3 . next. IVaterloc crank 11, • lia a r t 'n 4 Poun t °Yid L e t t ole de p b ents. . , 111 - reined v "Sequen e klous in k r..e Prove! tore it t eft eztuall, Z r itttestes ' 4 `rs so 0 °f A vast 1 IE the ere , hofe rLena L 4 ' l table d I ,‘lntrll a RIES d of au kn out t Tlitts thereo 13r • te rZd by 40 b e f Mhill • • r d- e t te ; • V dt, ,ordß,,era tre . • .