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him to etrike at the root almost of private property itself ; because if any public advantage could be shown to arise h from taking away private property, he could that ground should not be equally applica not see why in that case as it was attempted to make it in the case of the property of corporate bodies. (Hear.) At all events, he was was sen titled to say that the principle upon which based would, if admitted , u ndermine all corporate property throughout the kingdom ; a nd under the conviction that such a measure was most dangerous and most mischievous, he moved as an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months. (Hear.) Sir F. BARING had been requested to second the amendthent, and he hesitated not to do so in order to show that the opposition to the principle of the bill was not con lined to the other side of the house. He objected to the second, reading on two grounds. First, he recognised insthlfe. bill a determination to interfere wi th the principle of e m anagement in local affairs—(hear)—and, secondly, he re cognised in it what was more important, a carelessness of private rights, and a sacrifice of public and Parliamentary faith. (Hear, hear.) If hon. members would examine the bill they would find that it proceeded upon the principle of intermoddling by the Government with local affairs. (Hear.) It proposed to hand the collection of these dues over to the Commissioners of Customs with no other check than that of the Government, the money to be paid over to the Payma;ster-General, to be expended at the discretion of the Board of Trade. (Hear, hear.) He understood that the expendit ure necessary for the benefit of th e shipping interest, that was, the expenditure requisite for keeping the harbours in . proper order, was still to be paid. But who was t be thejudge of what ought to be expended or that purposo e ? It appeared that an estimate was to be f given ire to the Board of Trade, and if they were satisfied. then, and then only, the Paymaster-General would be us .) • tified in making the necessary payments to the corpora tions. Their sanction must, in fact, be obtained before any i m provement or repair could take place in any harbour. Then the Board of Trade would' have the power to abolish or retain any tax upon any class of vessels within certain limits, without reference to the local authorities. There was another clause he looked upon with considerable jealousy. He was aware that there was andmpression in some quarter that the Government ought to have the management of all the mercantile harbours in the country, than which anything asoreridiculous or more mischievous he could scarcely ima gine. He knewnot whether theßeardof Trade, as at present constituted, was in favour of that view ; but the knowledge that it obtained led him to regard with doubt the clause which enacted that any tolls now levied by any of the ex isting harbour authorities might be transferred to any other harbours. Under that clause it appeared to him, though he was not sure that he understood it correctly, that the Board of Trade might advise an order in council by which the tolls collected at one harbour might be trans ferred to the improvement of another; so that the clause might be worked with a view to the concentration of all the different arrangements and management of all the harbours into the Board of Trade. It was also proposed to enable the board to grant superannuation allowances. That, within due limits, might be fair enough ; but what he would suggest was this, as to the principle of the bill. There were two modes of conducting local business ; one by local authority—which was the principle of the consti tution of England ; the other by centralisation. In both there were advantages ; but in his opinion the balance of advantage was largely in favour of the local authori t y central authority, uncontrolled and unchecked by local interference, being, in his opinion, wholly unfitted for this country. (Hear.) Bat there was a third course, which, without any of the advantages of the other two, was decidedly the most mischievous that the human ima gination could devise ; that was a mixed authority, nei ther central nor local, but partaking of the two—neither being responsible to the other—neither knowing which was master, but both always contending for the supremacy. The collection of the dues being transferred to the hands of the Customs, under the control of the Board of Trade, the local authorities would consider their rights infringed, said that they had been treated with injustice. Yet they would have to act with that very" central authority by whom in their opinion the injustice had been perpetrated. This would occasion constant differences and constant ro monstrances, and the result would be that before long a bill would come down to the house declaring the impossibility of continuing this system of divided authority, and proposing to place the whole of the management in the hands of the Board of Trade. He objected to the principle of the bill, therefore, in so far as it interfered with local self-manage ment. He objected also to the manner in which it was proposed to deal with the corporate property and with the pledged faith of Parliament. (Hear.) After the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman he would not go into the vexed question of how far legislative authority could go in dealing with private property. No doubt Parliament had the power to deal with private property. They might by act of Parliament take away the property of any man, and of course they could do the same with the property of corporations. But nothing could be more unwise or dan gerous than to interfere with such property except upon the gravest grounds, or to treat lightly the pledged faith of Parliament. (Cheers.) Take the strongest case in favour of the bill—that of the harbours of refuge. Rams gate was a harbour of refuge for ships in the Downs, but it was found so difficult to levy the dues that the commis sioners recommended, and ho concurred with them, that they should no longer attempt it. Bat how were they to deal with the people of Ramsgate ? It was not for the peo ple of Ramsgate, or at their instigation, that the harbour had been constructed. In consequence of losses occasioned by a severe storm, the shipping interest of London prayed that there might be a harbour of refuge at Ramsgate for their benefit, and at their request it was constructed ; but now they were told that the expense of maintaining it could not properly or conveniently be levied on those for whose benefit the expenditure was incurred. He admitted that they ought to take off the passing tolls ; but why make the unfortunate people of Ramsgate make good the deficiency ? For all the purposes of their trade the plan which they proposed before the harbour of refuge was formed was sufficient, and if a job had been perpetrated it was not theirs, but the Government's, and the Government was bound to take the burden upon itself. Then with regard to the reciprocity payments. These were made, not for the ad vantage of the corporations, but for the benefit of trade and commerce; and the question was now, not whether the money should go into the pockets of the shipping interest, hut whether it shoult be paid over to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On what right did these reciprocity payments rest? On eld charters—on constant payment—on the deci sions of courts of law, and on the authority of repeated acts of Parliametit. (Hear.) The acts of Parliament by which these payments were sanctioned were not old and obsolete ; their dates were 1818, 1838, 1812, and 1852. Nor were they passed by light or trifling men. The first was passed by Mr. Hnskisson, and the latter ones by Sir R. Peel—both men who cared for the public interest, and who would not have allowed the claim unless they had believed it to be just. Was it fair or just, when these public bodies had given up certain rights on the faith of acts of Parliament, that they should now be met with some such argument as that " the river can't flow higher than its source, and that these reciprocity cases are waste paper?" He was told that if the question were now to be argued, no compensation would be granted- Upon that point he thought he might leave it to the noble lord (Palmerston) to defend Mr. Huskisson, whose follower to a certain extent he was. Mr. Huskis soh effected great reforms, hut in doing so he never inter fered with the property of others. But in dealing with these reciprocity payments they had not even the excuse that they were relieving the shipping interest. They took away from the corporations the money which they were entitled by act of Parliament to receive, and put it into their (the Government's) own pockets. This was endan gering the confidence of the public in the good faith of the Legislature and the Government. It had been suggested that the matter might be settled by a compromise. But how could any reliance be placed by such a compromise, when the faith of Parliament could not be trusted—when that which the Legislature guaranteed in 1852 was reversed in 1856? (Hear.) He would not enter upon the question of compensation. He believed they coul 1 not do justice with out going into every case separately. The principle of the bill was wrong, and it could not be carried out without injustice. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Lowe) bad them that the ehippine interest would be relieved by this bill to the extent of 200,000 re a year; but he (Sir F. Baring) would like to know on what prinoiple of political economy he made that out? (Hear.) Were they to he now told by those who, when the question was the repeal of the corn lows, contended that the taxi ell upon the public, th a t thi s harden was borne by the sh'epping interest ? (Cheers.) He would like to know whetyr the right hon. gentleman the member for Manchester endorsed that doctrine. The case of the Manchester consumer was that he paid what ho had ro right to pay, not, that the shipping interest paid it and it was to relieve the commerce that, as he understood, the change was demanded. (Hear.) Then the shipping interest was in no very great distress. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer stated on Friday that the general reduction in the customs and excise was about two millions, and he gave reasons for the statement, showing that certain interests were net going on altogether favourably ; but when he came to the shipping interest his countenance brightened, and he declared that more shipping had gone out of British ports, and more ships had been built during the last year, than for many previous years. That interest, therefore, they might presume had gone on very well of late, notwith standing their heavy burdens of local dues. Not that if the tax were unjust that would he any reason for retaining it. But what he wanted to know was, whether they were to again proceed upon the principle introduced last year at the instigation of the Manchester school, wken the only in terest relieved from taxation during the war was the news paper interest, which was doing very well? (Hear.) It might possibly hive been as well to allow the bill to be rend a second time, and take the division in the commit tee; but looking at the measure as one striking at the very root of local government, he should give his cordial support to the amendment. (Cheers.) The question and amendment having been pat, Mr. LOWE said there was one point which the hon. member for Portsmouth had omitted in his speech against the principles of this bill, viz., that the borough of Ports mouth received in local dues 3,8001. on goods shipped at that port, which he supposed had some effect on the hon. gentleman, and is some measure accounted for a gentle man sitting en that side of the house voting against the bill. (Hear, hear, frona.Sir F. Baring.) The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Lowe) complained that Fir F. Thesiger had put statements into his mouth which he night look in vain for through his speech, viz., that he maintained the absolute right of the Government to take corporate pro' perty and apply it to its own ine ; and, further, that the object of the bill was to take away these dues from the corporations, and not to abolish them, but to confiscate the money of these corporations, and never restore it. If the hon. and learned gentleman had referred to his (Mr. Lowe's) speech, he would have found, though possibly not so fully explanatory as it might have been, what really Was t h e object of this bill. The object of this bill was there stated to be to prevent the harbours from being in danger hereafter of being starved, so to speak, by the sudden withdrawal of funds, and also with a due regard to the interests of the creditors of the corporation. The bill was founded on the recommendations of a commission, on which the honour able and learned gentleman had not said one word. That commission recommended the abolition of these dues, and the question the Government had to consider in carrying out the recommendations of the commissioners was how that could best be accomplished. (Hear.) The question was one of a peculiar nature- -(hear)—surrounded with difficulties, and having to deal with a vast number of un successful corporations, for whom it would be necessary to jay down certain regulations. In doing that it was impos sible for the Government to foresee all that might be brought forward with reference to the working of the mea sure, and the only rule they could lay down in reference to this measure was, that whilst they (lid good, to take care they did not commit an injustice to either interest con cerned, and it was on that principle that the powers coin plained of with reference to the creditors of municipal cor porations were adopted. He should be most happy to abolish these dues at once, but it was not considered fair, sierd hence it was that the dues with reference to these cote porsta tovcas were to be dovetail Mader this hill to the per; It THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN IN ti, FEBRUARY 26, ISS 6, What really was the principle of the bill ? That one part of the community should not be at liberty to tax other parts of the community for purposes peculiar to itself, or that it should not tax other parts of the community for advantages in which they did not share. His constituents and the pub lic at large complained that in reference to shipping a cer tain duty was levied, and no consideration was received. If that principle were a sound one, he was not prepared to stand there and say that there might not be some exceptional case, and he understood the right hon. gentleman the Vice- President to admit that, and to say that Government would give the fullest consideration to them. Twe or three poses of shipping and the municipal corporation creditors, and the surplus to go towards effecting their ultimate abo lition, and that was what the hon. and learned gentleman had characterised as confiscation on the part of the Go vernment. (Hear.) With regard to the passing tolls, they unfortunately appeared to have no friends, but it was only the municipal corporations affected by this bill that had found a defender ; he considered the passing tolls ought to be abolished, because it was an impost on ship ping from which that interest derived no corresponding benefit. The hon. and learned gentleman, in his speech o n town dues, had spoken much of property, but he had failed to give the house the slightest idea of what he con sidered property to consist in. The bill spoke only of taxes, and not a word was mentioned in it of property. The hon. and learned gentleman had net favoured the house with his definition of what property was, whether it was land or whether it was funds over which he had a control, or whether it was that for which a man could get money, because a man might get money by saying to him I that, if he paid him a sum of money, he would tell bun where to find his stolen property, He could put a number of similar cases, and surely the house nor the hon. and learned gentleman would not consider that a property. He understood property to be the possession of land or capital over which a man had entire control, and not such as that which this bill proposed to deal with, where one man had entire control and dominion over the property of another, and for which the latter received no considera tion. The hon. and learned gentleman had not said a word for the charities with which this bill proposed to deal, but he had for the ratepayers of Liverpool, now and for all time to come, that they might continue to possess the right to tax the whole of the rest of England, and also the ship ping which came to their port ; and thus the unborn chil dren of the rest of England wore to become the serfs of the unborn children of Liverpool—(hear)—and continue to pay dues for which they would obtain no equivalent. And that not only to the present amount which was levied in Liverpool, but to any amount it rose commensurate with the prosperity of the country. Many towns claimed to bo exempted from this tax, and Manchester amongst the rest, and the people of Manchester justly said, that whilst they , contributed 80.0001. per annum for a borough fund, Liver pool ought not to be exempt from it, and Manchester be called upon to contribute towards such a fund for Liver pool by the enforcement by the latter of local dues on ship ping. That he looked upon as a theft according to the sys tem of the Prud'hommes. The hon. and learned gentleman had referred to the police' when Liverpool obtained this right of levying local dues on shipping, but he had omitted to inform the house that the sum given for them was only 7001., and that they yielded but W. odd, and that that was the basis from which the princely revenues obtained by Liverpool from these dues had sprung, and which it was wished to continue in perpetuity and to ages and genera tions yet unborn. There was a great distinction between corporations and individuals. The latter had to work in their respective spheres as free agents, acccrding to the constitution of that society by which they were surrounded. Corporations neither existed by nor fer themselves, but were creatures of public utility, which were bound to act in ac ccrdance with the consciences of mankind, and in deference in some degree to the honest prejudices of public justice. They had been established as a means to an end, and as soon as they failed to accomplish that. end it was the duty of the Legislature either to modify or abolish them. The hon. gentleman then referred to the state of the municipal corporations prior to 1835, when the members were either self-elected or appointed by tie mayors, aldermen, and com mon council, who formed a small portion of the inhabitants of the respective boroughs. They possessed considerable real and personal property, which they claimed to hold, and which Lord Ellenborough and Lord Eldon had decided they were empowered to hold independent of any trust what ever, and they used that property in the most scandalous manner. (Hear, hear.) They ate, bought, feasted, and jobbed till the day of reckoning came, which was that of the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, after as desperate a fight in support of these class interests as that made that night by the hon. and learned member for these particular dues. The House of Commons of that day heard plenty about confiscation, but they grappled boldly with the question, and swept away the abuses, and gave the administration of their local affairs to an elective body. The Legislature then took from the corporate bo roughs all their corporate rights by a stretch of power greater, perhaps, than had ever before been made by any Legislature of a free country ; and by the 92d section of that act they vested those rights in new bodies, vesting in them these tolls and dues for the maintenance of police and the administration of justice, and the surplus to be applied for the general benefit of the inhabitants. That was a precedent of what Parliament had done and could do when the proper time arrived, and under that prece dent the dues purchased of the Molyneux family had been vested in the present municipal corporation of the town of Liverpool, and which tolls they were now mi;applyiug ac cording to the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, and from which the shipping interest derived little or no interest. (Hear, hear.) The remark of Junius in the reign of George 111., that "a crown won by one revolu tion might be lost by another," was applicable in this in stance, and it was for the houso to consider whether it was right or just that Liverpool should raise 125,003. a-year from shipping, and spend only 3,0001. for its benefit. Was that a state of things that should be continued ? He thought not, for it was equivalent to their permitting a man to take away the proceeds of the labour of another, without giving him an equivalent for them. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman had alluded to the cases of Hull and Bristol, which, ne doubt, were exceptional eases, and the Government had come to the determination some days since, of meeting thorn with a special clause to be inserted in the bill. In exceptional cases, such as those alluded to, he and his noble friend the Pre sident of the Board of Trade were desirous of doing every justice to the places concerned. With regard to the diffe rential dues it had hitherto been the policy of the country to impose higher duties on foreign ships than on English ships ; but by the theory of free trade, which was now somewhat exploded, it was found necessary to enter into reciprocity treaties with countries trading to this country, I and to compensate those who claimed the right to the dues by paying them out of the consolidated fund. By this bill it was proposed to abolish these duties, and it becamea ques tion whether those ports that had been in the habit of levy ing them had a claim for compensation on the consolidated fund for their abolition. Many hon. members appeared to imagine that the public purse was inexhaustible, and in the cases of corporations compensation was always claimed, but had not that greatest corporation of all, the State, a right to be considered in this matter? (Hear.) If the house were of opinion that compensation ought to be given in this case, how would they propose to do it. If theyre lieved shipping of this unjustifiable tax, the only way they could. raise a sufficient sum to compensate that tax would be by levying this unjust tax in another shape —(hear)— and which he submitted no reasonable man would attempt to do. Compensation in individual cases were very avail able and desirable ; for if the public were desirous of be coming possessed of an individual's rights, compensation should be rigorously enforced ; but where the house took away, not property, but the claim to the right and power of extorting another man's money without giving him an equivalent for it, it was not a subject for compensation. It had been said that this bill had been framed with a great deal of craft, but he begged to deny it. He had been given credit for many clever things he had never thought of ; and as regarded the bill before the house, it was founded, as he had already stated, on the report of the Commissioners. The Government brought this question before the house to ask whether the system of local self-government should be converted into a system of Imperial taxation. Ho thought no one would say that the 92d section of the Municipal Act was a just one ; that 175,0001. should be levied on ship ping, and that none of it should be spout for the benefit of the interests on whom it was levied. The injustice might be small, but it was not the lass injustice, which cannot be lo ig tolerated is this country, whatever might be the re sult of this night's debate. The Corporation of Liverpool were the same gentlemen in two characters ; at ono time it is the clock fund, at another time it is the corporation. They applied last session to ' Parliament to borrow 2,000,0001. on the security of this tax. This did not cor respond with his (Mr. Lowe's) notion of fair dealing; it was a practice which, if not prevented, would be carriral on all over the kingdom. He thought the committee had clone its duty in its report on this matter, and had devised a full and complete remedy. He thought, also, the Govern ment had done its duty in bringing it before the country, and enabling it to judge whether reform was necessary. It was a state of things which, like their rotten boroughs of them'. had been mentioned in the course of the debate— the Trinity-house and Bristol for example—and others might probably be cited. But these had nothing to do with the principle of the bill. They should be considered in committee, and every case should be considered upon its own merits. For some time he (Mr. Baines) represented the town of Hull, and that day he had met some of his late constituents, who stated to him that the bill was likely to work the greatest possible benefit to the shipowner, and put the matter in a light which was perfectly irresistible. They said that Parliament had repealed the navigation laws, which laid upon thorn a heavier pressure than be fore. Acknowledging this to be right, they insisted upon the other hand that they should not be compelled in the great race of competition with other countries to bear un bust burdens, so that if it could be proved that any unjust urdens did rest upon them, they had a clear right to be relieved from the tax. Besides pleadino• , for the ship owner, he (Mr. Baines) stood before the house that even ing as the advocate of those who were interested in the great woollen manufactures of the country. There was not a single bale of goods which came to Leeds or the West Riding of Yorkshire which did not come up the Humber on the one side or the Mersey on the other. They said they were willing to engage in competition with the clothiers of any other country, but they claimed to be exempted from t..xes levied for another community, and from which they derived no advantage. (Hoar.) He respectfully asked the house whether there could be a more reasonableclaim than this in support of the views now advocated by the Go vernment a f Sir F. KELLY could not allow this bill to pass its second reading without calling the attention of the house to what ho considered its real principles, for he believed the Go- v±rnment were not aware of what that principle was, or of the consequences that must follow if it passed into a law. The principle of the bill was nothing more norless than to take away from corporations having property that which they had in trust for the inhabitants, whom they repre- senied, without any misdeeds on their part, and without any compensation. He believed that the right hon. gentle man the Vice-President of the Board of Trade had, how- ever unintentionally, misled the house as to the real cha. racter of the bill. It was said to bo " A Bill for the Abell. tion of Passing Tolls and the regulations of Local Dues on Shipping." Upon the subject of passing tolls they were all agreed. The house was left in ignorance on many important points. They had no return of-the" number and amounts of town dues levied by corporations, but he calculated from the speech of the right lion. gentleman that it was some where about 163,0001. a year. The deductions which the right hen. gentleman had made, after hearing the speech of the right hon. and learned gentleman the member for Stamford (Sir F. Thesiger) reduced it to 141,000/. a year, of which Liverpool had by far the largest proportion ; and this it was said was a tax levied by Liverpool upon the shipping interests of the country. Out of that 149,0001. only I,ouol. was levied on the shipping at all. He would now come to the priuciple of the bill. It had been said that this was not strictly pi Opel ty, but was a tax that could be dealt with by Parliament. That argument had: been already met by the right hon. gentleman the member for Belfast. It was a calumny to say that by an oversight such as the Municipal Act this property was transferred to the corporation of Liverpool. Why, it was the direct avowed purpose of that act, with regard to corporations, that the property of those corporations should become the property . of the inhabitants of the boroughs. That was specially pro vided for by the 92d section of the act. And yet that WAS called an oversight, and it was that very provision which this bill was intended to violate. It was directlyviolating the con stitution of thecountry,in the case of the corporatiouof Liver pool. The dues in that case were the property of the people of Liverpool, held by thorn under the law, and purchased a al pa; d for by them. These dues Were the private property f the town. That very property was sold a long time ago by the Crown to the ancestors of the Earl of Sefton, and by hint conveyed to the corporation of Liverpool. Why, suppose the present petitioner had been the Earl of Sefton, instead of the people of Liverpool, would such an attempt as was made by this bill be tolerated ? No; it would not. They might as well bring in a similar bill to confiscate the tolls of Covent-eardon Market. The two cases were pre cisely similar. The corporation of Liverpool purchased this property at a remote period, and enjoyed it down to the year 1832, when these dues were resisted, but the claim of the corporation was then substantiated before a judge, who was certainly not favourable to monopolies. He alluded to the late Lord Denman. The title of the corporation was then fully established. These dues had always been ap plied to the benefit of the town of Liverpool, and to no other purpose, and they Bow amounted to a very large sum. Wore this bill to pass into a law, the effect of it oaths cor poration of Liverpool—that corporation having borrowed 2,000,0001. on the security of those dues—would be to take away all security for that money, while it would also take away from the people of Liverpool 10,0001., by which they paid the interest upon that money so borrowed. It was true mortgagee creditors were to be protected by the bill ; but these dues were not mortgaged. The money lied been borrowed upon teerebonds, which they had done under the sanction of an act of Parliament. This bill would de stroy the security of those bondholders. The mosey 'had been borrowed by the corporation under the authority of the Lords of the Treasury, and the result of this bill would be that the security for that money would be transferred to the borough fund. Such was the effect of the bill which her Majesty's Government called upon the house to sanc tion. He earnestly called upon the house seriously to con sider it, for it was a bill which, neither more nor les', was intended to deprive corporations of property which legally belonged to thorn. Mr. LINDSAY moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord PALMERSTON said that at that hour of the evening it was diffieult to resist a motion for an adjourn ment. If the debate were adjourned, he would propose that it be adjourned to Friday, and the Government would take the army estimates on the Monday following. Mr. DISRAELI thought that as the labours of the ses sion had hitherto been light, they might finish the debate, as it was then but comparatively an early hour. (The clock was on the stroke of twelve.) If the debate, how ever, were to be adjourned, he could not see why it should be carried over to Friday. This was a most important subject, and ought to be proceeded with to-morrow. Ho did not e,oe why the country should be kept in suspense upon a bill which certainly contained alarming priacTles. The country ought not to be kept in doubt as to what ho thought would be the unequivocal decision of the House of Commons on the subject. Another reason against the adjournment to Friday was that on that day a motion was on the paper to be brought forward by the honour aide and learned member for Sheffield with reference to a very strange act of the Government—namely, the proposi tion of a board of inquiry into the conduct and report of their own commissioners. Not wishing to go into a discussion on that subject then with reference to agreeing with the honourable and learned gentleman or not, he was bound to say that his epinioa was that the Government, in proposing that court of inquiry, raised a question of so momentous a character, that certainly if the honourable and learned gentleman had not given that notice, it was the intention of a right honourable friend on that (the Opposition) side of the house, to have the opinion of the House of Commons on the conduct of the Government on that subject. Well, it was proposed to adjourn this debate to Friday, on a subject scarcely se cond in interest to the other. He thought the noble lord would do well to reconsider the plan of public busi ness which he had just pointed out. The hon. and learned member for Sheffield had given notice of an amendment to the motion of the Government on going into supply, and he (Mr. Disraeli) put it to the noble lord at the head of the Government, and also to the hon. and learned gentleman, whether it would re , t be better for the Government to bring forward a substantit;e motion on this important question. The hon. members on his side of the house might Lot agree with the hon. and learned member for Sheffield, nod they might wish to express their opinion on the ques ti?neoea,,t, prevented lo s n o as t,byt from askhomcomurotsifin course about about to be pursu e d, th e y wo uld o me amendment t n t e h n e t on a house n to o m t e h n e d i - r g a sa a nct nof opinion. (Clear, hoar.) Lord P4LMERSTON said that not being in the secret of hen, members on the other side of the house, it would have been unbecoming on his part to have assumed that they meant to put their motions off to admit of the debate being continued to-morrow. h e however, the right hon. gentleman was authorised to speak for gentlemen on that aide of the house, and they were willing to agree to the suggestion that had been made, the Government were ready to accede to it. (Hear, hear.) Sir F. KELLY said he would give way to allow the question to come on again to-morrow for discussion. Mr. ROEBUCK, in reply to Mr. DISRAELI, said he had no objection to make his amendment a substantive motion if it met the views of the Governsteet. The debate was then adjourned till to-day. The Partnership Amendment Bill, and the Joint Stock Companies went pro forma through committee. The Prisons (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday, the 21st of March. DELAMERE FOREST BILL. Mr. WILSON moved the third reading of this bill. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked if it was the intention of the Government to take powers by this bill to sell this forest? because, if so, it was contrary to the preamble. Mr. WILSON said that this was the only forest that did not come tinder the inclosure acts relative to Royal forests. The intention of the act was to put this forest in the same position as the other Crown lands, which give a right of sale, under the usual circumstances relating to Crown lands. The bill was then read a third time. The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Jurisdiction Bill ; the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Procedure Bill ; the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Receivers Bill; the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Appeals Bill; and the Court of Chancery (Ire land) Sale of Estates Bill, were, on the motion of Mr. WHITESIDE, referred to the select committee to which the Government Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill was re ferred. and their rotten comniercial sieem, would be numbered with the things which were passed. (Cheers.) Mr. 11ORSFALL stated that the Liverpool revenue of more than 100,00 W. was not derived from shipping, as Mr. Lowe had asserted. Only 1,0001. was derived from ship ping, the rest was levied on shipping. The sole charge on shipping was ls., not per ton, but per vessel, upon all costars, and 3s. 3d. on ships coming from foreign ports. This bill would in fact raise the I,OCW. now derived from ships to 6,0001. or 7,0C0/. The Corporation of Manchester, which was the great advocate of this bill, did itself apply the town duos of Manchester precisely as the Corporation of Liverpool applied its town dues. Ho went into some detail as to the manner in which the Corporation of Liver pool had spent the dues, to show that they were all ex pended for the benefit of the shipping. Mr. RIDLEY delivered his maiden speech in opposi tion to the bill. He stated that the dues levied by the Newcastle corporation were not paid by the shipowners, but by the coalowners, who had petitioned against this bill. The property of the corporation in these dues was founded at first on prescription, it was confirmed by charter, and it had been further confirmed, and, as it was hoped, finally settled by an act passed so late as 1850, when the corporation gaVe up 15,000/. a-year, and was exonerates. from all further responsibility as to the conservancy of the port. He objected, also, to the principle of centralisation contained in this bill. He hinted that the definitions of property which Mr. Lowe laid down in his speech might pass muster in Australia, but ho was quite sure that they would not be tolerated by public opinion in Great Britain. Mr. TOLLE MACHE thought that the local dues required revision, and should have been glad to support any 111 03 • sure based upon the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject. But this bill far exceeded the recommendations of those commissioners, and therefore lan could net support it. Mr. COLLIER supported the bill, which was based upon this principle, that ships should not be taxed for the support of towns. As to the claim of vested rights, the very same claim had been set up by the proprietors of rot ten boroughs, the West Indian slave owners, the self elected co r p o r a ti ons , an d th e l an d owners o f th e country. He voted for the second reading of the bill, on the ground that these dues were not applied to shipping purposes, but that the shipping interest were paying for the paving and lighting of the streets, and for the building of town-halls. Mr. HILDYARD reminded the House that as Parlia ment had sanctioned these dues on former occasions, they could not ,now in good faith retract them. He severely censured the arguments used by Mr. Lowe, and put it to the Prime Minister whether it was creditable that a speech which appeared to set at defiance all the principles on which sroperty was founded should have been delivered from the Treasury bench. Mr. RICE opposed the bill, and explained the injustice it would inflict upon Dover. , Mr. DEEDES defended the tolls levi e d at Ramsgate.Mr. J. EWART hoped the house would reje c t thi s bill which he cons id ere d to be fraught csith the g rosses t in , justic e . Mr. Islostem supported the bill, which was opposed by Mr. LIDDELL and Mr. CAIRNS. Mr. BAINES would not have thought himself justified in addressing the house upon the subject of the hill had he not been pressed to support it by hie constituents, who bad a material interest in its success. He had the honour to re present the metropolis of the great woollen manufactureof the Borth, and his constituents had stated to him their views, and he would briefly repeat them to the house. But before be did so he might saythat, h av i ng listened to t h e h on. and learned gentleman the member for Stamford (Sir F. Thesi ger), and to the hon. baronet who seconded his amend ment, the objections that had boon urged went more to the various clauses than to the principle of the bill. The hon. and learned gentleman the member for Belfast (Mr. Cairns) had stated that, if there had been any intention to do away with the town dues he would have supported the bill. As far as he (Mr. Baines) understood the matter, that was precisely the intention of the Gonernment. (Cheers.) METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act of last session. In committee on t}.at bill certain alterations were made in it, that the law was now in such a state that no one could safely say whether the new or old vestries had the power of raising the rates for the relief of the poor, and the manse... Sweat of the poor also. It was t o r eme dy th ese defects that the present bill wag to be introduced. Leave was given, and the bill was accordingly brought in. The public mind appeared to have been led away by the 1 whether any and what means had been taken to prevent many rumours that had been circulated, that there had , the recurrence of such dangerous proceedings ? been a desire on the part of the Government. to exclude Mr. F. PEEL said he bad made inquiries on the sub ject and found that a disturbance had taken place, that the public. from St. James's-park, more especially from passing in front of Buckingham Palace. The best answer one man was ta'seri to prison, and that an attempt had he could give to those rumours was, that previous to the been made to rescue him. A strict inquiry was now time when those reports were most industriously circu- , . • - going on to discover the, ringleaders, and if they were lated he had received instructions to prepare plans that . would admit the public passing immediately in front e s discovered they would be punished. With regard to the Palace. He thought that statement she how un- I the prevalence of drunkenness he thought the charge necessarily those rumours had been circulated, and that I was without foundation. there was no desire on the part of the Government to ex- 1 THE BANK CHARTER. Mr. OLIVEIRA asked the Chancellor of the Ex for the committee, all the Government wanted was an in elude the people from the park. (Hear , hear.) In asking i 1 !chequer, with reference to the Order in Council of the vestigation into the desirableness of the co ntem p lated 7th day of December last, now laid upon the table of the alteration, and he would have the committee struck as house, authorising an additional issue of hank notes by fairly as possible. e of Mr. HENLEY said there could be no question that 1 the Bank England, to the extent of 475,0001., pur considerable desire bad been expressed by the pnblit to suant to the sth section of the 7th and Bth Vic. cap. 32, have a communication from Belgravia to St. James's- 1 what arrangement had been made between the Governs street, through the park; but, in order to mystify the silent and the Bank of England, to carry into effect q uestion, the Government proposed a communication from the provision of the 9th section of the said Bank Charter St. James's-street to Westminster, which was quite a cliff- Act, which required the Bank of England to allow the ferent thing. Ho felt particularly interested in this ques- public the profits derived from any additional securities tion, for, happening to live in Westminster, his family beyond the stipulated amount of 14,000,0001., fixed by enjoyed great advantages from St. James's-park. He the act, after deduction of expenses? looked upon the offer of the right honourable baronet, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the with reference to the committee and the plans, very much like trailing a red herring — (laughter) —across a line to agreement the Government had entered into with the take off the hounds from the right scent. (Renewed Bank arranged all the details ; and when the year laughter.) The object of so many plans being brought I elapsed, for which the arrangement existed, the terms of before the committee was, he thought, to divert their at- it would be laid before the house. tention from the real question. (Helen( Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the Board of Lord PAL\IERSTON said the real object of the com- Control whether he was aware of the proceedings that " In re Dyce Sombre," and of the judgment of the judge, the Sir John Ea,t Dodson lodia doamnpda Company e h t a n d e r the ee power Cour t mittee was to examine into the means of communication had taken place in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with the great number of persons living between Hyde park-corner and the Horse Guards, and with the iuhabie ofth tants on the other side of St. James's-park. He assured the house that the Government had no desire but that the fullest! and fairest investigation into the question should ll to disburse geeera y moneys from the revenues of e D ß i i r g e h et t o li rs ° o n f . take place, and it was with that view that they proposed tics for any object or objects, including the discharge of to submit various plans to the consideration of the com- law costs and expenses incurred by them in this coun mittee. • try, without his sanction and authority ? Lord EBRINGTON was in favour of the proposed alte- Mr. V. SMITH said he had no further knowledge of ration, sad had hoped no delay would have arisen in its this case than the public had, and through the same being carried into effect. medium, the public press. With regard to the second Sir G. GREY : That communication, if then open, part of the question he would make inquiries and inform would be dangerous, as the corner of St. James's-palace the house. was not fitted for a large traffic. The Hon. A. KINN AIRD thought i t was p ermitted to CLERKS OF PARLIAMENTS. pass by St. James's palace after eight - Mr. L. KING moved for copies of the last patents, ing, but he had been stopped by a policeman. He trusted or enrolments or patents, under which the clerks of the the Secretary for the Home Department would give orders Parliaments attending the Houses of Lords and Com to allow such passage. mons were appointed ; of the earliest extant patent Sir J. SHELLEY thought the communication was or enrolment of a patent, appointing a clerk of most important. His constituents in Westminster felt a the Parliaments ; and of the oath of office of cleric of the great desire to relieve Charing - cross , and to have a com- Parliaments • an, if the oath had been varied of the munication between Pall-mall and the Houses of severalParlia forms which had at d iff 'rent times been adminie ment. He hoped the committee would take the whole subject of communication in that p art of London into tared.—..kgreed to. - - • LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING. consideration. Lord HAMILTON thought it would be well to adopt tie suggestion of the learned member for Sheffield. Mr.HINDLEY opposed the appointment of the com mittee, on the ground that the plans had not been sub mitted' to the house. They could not go without the requi site information. Lord PALMERSTON begged to assure the hon. mem ber that there would be plenty of time to distribute the plans after the committee was appointed. After a short conversation, in which several hon. mem bers took part, the committee was appointed. On the motion of Mr. HORSMAN, leave was given to bring in a bill to abolish the office of Secretary to the Poor law Commissioners in Ireland. The bill was then brought in, and read the first time. The house then adjourned at ten minutes before one o'clock. In answer to a question from Mr. LINDSAY, Mr. LOWE said that it was never intended that the Board of Trade should have the power of applying taxes raised at one port for the benefit of another. The pur poses contemplated by the act were that the Board of Trade should have the application of the dues to be levied forshipping purposes atthe port at which they were levied, and that the shipping purposes to which the dues should be applied should be decided on by the harbour master, and not the Board of Trade—the latter requiring, how ever, that an estimate of the expenses be forwarded to them, that they might see that the money had been ap plied to shippirg purposes. THE M‘NEIL TULLOCII REPORT. In answer to a question from. Mr. RODBUCIK, Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table the warrant appointing the commission to inquire into the conduct of certain officers in the Crimea mentioned in the report, and stated that the following officers composed the com mission :—Lord Seaton, Gen. M`Mahon, Earl Beacham, Gen. Peel, Sir J. Bell, Gen. Knowles, and Gen. Rowan. 40 • ttto 1 SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. Withdrawal of the Local Dues on Shipping Bill. LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH ) TRIAL STAKES. Stork Eulogist Alfred Three ran. TYRO STAKES. Willie Crawford Burgundy colt Hopeful filly AINTREE PLATE. De Giulio' Pollux ... Seven ran. SPRING CUP. Mary . Little Davie Lightning Ten ran. There was a false start, in which all went the course but Mary, Slielah, and Lightning. Berezina, was scratched. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord PALMERSTON said—l. think it my duty to state to the house the course which her Majesty's Go vernment has deemed it their duty to take with regard to the measure now under the consideration of the house. That measure was proposed to Parliament upon a full consideration of the matters to which it relates. 'Her Majesty's Government t that the burthens which exist on shipping and on the indestry of the country by reason of the different imposts and duties to which the bill relates were matters deserving of the interference of Parliament fur the purpose of relieving these interests from those imposts under which they laboured. (Hear.) It was with that view that the measure now before the house was proposed to Parliament. In the discussion which has taken place on the bill nothing has been adduced by those who have opposed the measure which in any degree tends to shake the confidence of the Go vernment as to the justice or policy of the course they have pursued. (Hear, hear.) I will not now enter into the arguments that have been adduced, but I think it right to record the opinion of her Majesty's Government, which have not been shaken, on the ques tion of right or policy they have adopted. In the course of the discussion last night .it was made manifest that there are, in regard to the cases of towns that would be affected by the measure, a far greater variety of different circumstances and of coin p!icated interest than perhaps her Majesty's Govern ment were at first led to suppose. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) These are matters which every gentleman must see would be very imperfectly and inconveniently dealt with in a committee of the whole house. It is im possible in conducting a debate in a committee of the whole house on a bill to separate and singly deal with particular cases, especially if complicated by a great variety of circumstances in such a manner as neither to be satisfactory to the house or just to the parties concerned. (Hear, bear.) This bill consists of two points ; one simple, the other more complicated. One relating to passing tolls ; the other, differential duties and town dues. It is evident that a great variety of re presentations are justly entitled to be made by the towns which are concerned. The Vice-President of the Board Of Trade stated yesterday that, with reference to the re presentations that had been male from Hull and Bristol within the last few days had led the Board of Trade t 3 think that special provisions should be made in the bill to meet these particular doses. The special provisions are difficult to be dealt with in a committee of the whole house ; and considering the great differences of opinion that prevails in this house with regard to the provisions of the measure, and considering also that it is not duty of her Majesty's Government to call on this how° to bestow time and attention on a measure on which they were not likely to come to a just and satisfactory con cludon the Government have come to the opinion that it would be mere consistent with the public interests in vol tat ro refer this bill to a select committee of the house. I hope the suggestion will be adopted by the house, because the matter cannot rest in the state it now is, either with justice to the towns concerned, or with satisfaction to that public investigation which the sekject requ i r ed, and which inquiry, I believe, can best be con ducted by a select committee of the house. Under these circumstances, I ask the house to allow her Majesty's Government to withdraw the bill now before the house, in order that the subject might be investigated by a select committee. (Hear ) Mr. DISRAELI said that the discussion of this bill had not been characterised by any party feeling, and he was glad to find the Government had come to the deter mination of withdrawing this bill. He looked upon it as satisfactory proof of the discernment of the members of that house that they had been enabled to find a re medy to the injurious consequences that might have re sulted from this crude and thoughtless project of the Government. The First Lord of the Treasury bad stated that the details of this bill had received their careful consideration ; but since the turn this debate bad taken, he should like to know which part had re ceived their careful consideration. (Hear.) He pro ceeded, in a speech of some length, to condemn the conduct of the Government, in the manner in which they bad conducted the business of the session, and characterised the course now pursued by the Government as being tone by which they sought to shift the responsibility of the Govern ment to a select committee of that house. (Hear, hear.) The country would be necessarily indignant at the con duct of the Government in endeavouring by this pro• ceeding to drag the holders of property which this bill prop house. (Hear.) proposed to dealwithHe alludedheforea se t l o ect wh c a o t m b m e itt c e a e lle o d f that the feebleness, the blunders, the mistakes, and the dis• comfiture, the Government had this session already been subject to, and which arose not from the Opposition, but from themselves. (Cheers.) Mr. LABOUCHERE defended the Government from the charge that load been brought against them by the last speaker. After a few words from Mr. NEADLAII and Mr. HAT FIELD, The bill was withdrawn. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) -WHITEHALL, FES. 25. The Queen has been plea sed to order a conge d'olire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle to death ect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the of Doctor Hugh Percy, late Bishop thereof ' • and her Majesty h as also been pleased to recommend the Honourable an d Reverend Henry Montagu ter Villiers, hop M.A.of, th to be a electeeed by of the said Dean and Chap, Bise sid S FOREIGN. -OFFICE, FEB. 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Richard Levingo-Swift, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul in the Island of St. Thomas, to be her Majesty's Consul at Buffalo, in the United States of America. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Ed mun d J. Turner , Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Carthagona. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Winter as Consul at Turk's Island, for the United States. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ernst Suffert as Consul at Cape Town, for the Free Hanseatic city of Lubeck. WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 26. let Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Algernon William Peyton to he Captain, by purchase, vice Viscount Dupplin, wlio retires net sud S u b-Lieutenant Lora Charles William Brudenell Bruce to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peyton. 2,1 Dragoons—Hugh Edmund Browning, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Moodie, promoted. 36}3 Light Dragodus—i usiga Eslward Sias, from the 52d Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Payne, pro- of Assistant-Surgeon in Turkey while serving with the meted. Ostnanli Irregular Cavalry :--Samuel A. Patterson and lelth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Boyce, from William Hoar. the 4th Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, without pur- The undermentioned prOmotions to take place in the chase, vice Burnell, promoted. East India Company's Army :—To be Lieutenant-Colonels 17th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Gibsone to be Lieu- —Major Francis Charles Wells, 15th Bombay Native In tenant, by purchase, vice Barber, who retires. fantry ; Major Anthony Blake Rathborne, 24th Bombay Ist Regiment of Foot—William Trosson, Gent., to be Native Infantry; Major James Travers, 2d Bengal Native Dispenser of Medicines. Infantry; Major Edward Griffith Austin, Bengal Artil -2d Foot—Lieutenant John Hatelepll (2) from the Dublin lery ; Major Henry Joseph Pelly, Bth Bombay Native County Militia, to ba Ensign, without purchase. Infantry ; and Major Murray Mackenzie, Bengal Artillery. 3 , 1 Foot—Ensi ;n George Edward Rundle, from the 59th The undermentioned Officers of the East India Corn- Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. parry's service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of 4th Foot--Lieutenant Francis R e ne, fr om the Dublin honorary rank, as follows :—To be Lieutenant-Colonels — County Militia, to be Ensign, without Purchase, vice Majer Henry Colbeck, Madras Infantry • Major John Bland, appointed to the 2 5th Foot. Ramsay,. Bomb a y Infantr y; Major Arthur Salmon, 7th Foot— .:aptain Robert Carr Glyn, from the 85th Madras Infantry ; Major Thomas Robert Morse, Bombay Foot, to he Captain, vice Butler, who exchanges. Infantry ; Major Augustus Hart Dyke, Bengal Infantry. Bth Foot—Assistant Surgeon W. H. Yates , from the To be Majors—Captain Ralph Reid Scutt, Madras In- Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fowler, promoted. fantry ; Captain Patrick Ogilvie, Madras Infantry ; Cap 17th Foot—William Whiucup, Gent., to tie Dispenser tarn Charles Alexander Blagrave, Madras Infantry. of Medicines. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. 18th Foot—Staff Dispenser of Medicines E 'ward O'Re- Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—George Macquarie, Esq., gnu to be Dispenser of Medicines. . to be Paymaster, from 12th Nov., 1855. 22d Foot—Assheton William Craven, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Leigh promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. 25th Foot—Ensign Ed ward A. T. Canynghame to be The Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett to be Deputy Lieute - Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires; Ensign nant of the County of Surrey. Horatio Blend, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, without Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant William purchase, vice H. V. Jones, who resigns. Charles Newcowe to ,be Captain, vice West, resigned ; 26th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Fleming Cullen, Cornet Norman James Biggs Uniacke to be Lieutenant, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Coates, pro- vice Newcome, promoted. riveted on the Staff. Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry 29th Foot— William Montague Cochrane —Lieut. the Hon. Henry Dugdale Curzon to be Captain , Ensign, by purchase, vice Gorton, promoted. Gent., to be vice Douglas, deceased ; Cornet Wm. Earle, Welby to be 30th Foot—Lieutenant J. S. C. Harcourt to be Captain, Lieutenant, vice Curzon, promoted; jatnes Heger Douglass, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Pocock, whose Gent., to be Cornet, vice Welby, promoted. Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Ensign John under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. To be Lieu- Vance Monckton to be Lieutenant, vice Hill, retired ; tenants, without purchase—Ensigns C. P. Fitzgibbon and Wm. Monroe, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Monckton, pro- A. T. Ewens, vice Harcourt. To be Ensigns, without moted. purchase—Lieutenants Wm. Peat, from the Queen's Own 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia — Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, vice Fitzgibbon ; North Gatliff, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Spence. retired ; Ensign James David. Bilham, from the 2d Lancashire C. W. J. Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Barff, retired; Militia, vice Ewens. E. W. McCreavoy, Gent., to be Ensign. 31st Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En- 4th Regiment of West York Militia—E. L. Holmes, sign S. C. Matheivs ; Ensign A. T. Jones. To be Ensigns , Gent., to be Ensign. without purchase—Lieutenant Wm. Edward Tibbetts, 2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry — from the lst Warwick Militia, vice Mathews ; Ensign Lieut. Jos. T. Armitage to be Captain, vice Armitage, re- Reginald E. Fluxam, from the Stirling Militia, vice Jones. signed. 31th Foot — Ensign C . deSt. Croix to be Lieutenant, with- 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—William out purchase - Lieutenant Fred. Rhodes Hazen, tram the Jay, Gent., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Smythe, 2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice resigned. do St. Croix. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia 36th Feot—Hugh Barton Gletistanes, Gent., to be En- Lieutenant Samuel James Blencowe to be Captain, vice sign, by purchase, vice Jackson, who retires. Cholmondele y , resigned. 39th Foot—To he Lieutenants , without purchase—En- North York Rifle Regiment of, Militia—Lieutenant J. - signs R. Gray, F. G. F. Moore, T. M. Fogo. To be En- E. Buckle to be Captain ; Lieutenant H. W. Shafto, late signs, without purchase Lieutenant J. G. Anderson, Lieutenant 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant; Duncan Forbes, from the North Cork Militia, vice Moore ; Lieutenant B e Gent., to be Ensign. W. Stokes, from the North Cork Militia, vice Fogo ; En- 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—William si g n eL. Coddingtou Brownrigg, from the Wicklow Militia, Read, Gent., to be Ensign. vice Gray. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery — Second Lieutenan t 41st Foot—Lieutenant George Peddle to b e Captain, Richard John Sommers to be Lieutenant, vice Bonham without purchase, vice Brevet-Major 11. W. Mexecijelo. Carter, appointed to the Coldstream Guards. whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Regi rank under the Royal warrant, of 6th Oct., 1 5 54 ; Lieut. nald Mortimer Kelson, Gent., to be Ensign. F. Kingscote to be Captain without purchase, vice Brevet- Fifeshire Militia—Second Lieutenant Thomas William Major George Skipwith e whose brevet rank has been con- . Disney to be First Lieutenant, vice James Dalton Fyffe, verted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of resigned ; Lawrence Kidd Cormack, Gent., to be Second 6th Oct., 1851; Ensign G. M. Onslow to be Lieutenant, Lieutenant, vice Thomas William Disney, promoted. without purchase, vice Peddle; Ensign J. Q. Palmer to be Gallowa y Rifles Re g ime n t of Militia—Arthur James Lieutenant, without purchase vice Kingscote ; Thomas Mc Qu een, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Parrett, promoted. Egan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Onslow. BANKRUPTS. 46th Foot—Ensign F. R. Fishbourne to be Lieutenant, Simon Cohen and Joseph Lubliner, goldsmith and without purchase; Ensign Robert Bole Morrow, from the jewellers, Hatton-garden, to surrender March 8, at half- Westmeath Rifle Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, past ono, April 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of vice Fishbourue. Bankruptcy. Carman official assignee, Aldermanbury ; 47th Foot —To be Lieutenants , wi thout p urchase—En- Ta y lor, Collison, and Woodward, Great James-street, sign R. O'Connor ; Ensign G. D. Dawson. To be Ensigns, Bedford-row, Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. without purchase—Lieutenant George Pigott, from the John King Gurney, baker, Uxbridge, March 5, at two, Wexford Militia, vice Dawson ; Ensign Crosbie Kidd, and April 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stens from the Armagh Militia, vice O'Connor. feld, official assignee • Stopher, Cheapside. 19th Foot—Lieutenant G. K. C hatfield to be Ca p tain, Sarah Brewin, miller, Wisbeach, March 11, and April without purchase, vice Nason, whose Brevet Rank has 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, been converted into Substantive Rank, ruder the Royal official assignee ; Wing and Do Cane, Gray's-inn-square. Warrant of 6th October, 1851; Ensign Spencer Field to George Clark Medd, grocer, Leeds, March 7, and April be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Chatfield - Second 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankrup tc y - Lieutenant Edmund Lakin , f rom the Devon Militia Ar- Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Middleton, Leeds. tillery, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Field. Samuel Harvey, outfitter, Cardiff, Glamorgan, March 50th Foot—Ensign T. M. B. Eden to be Lieutenant, 10 and April 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. without purchase; Ensign William Henry Barker, from Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevetin and Girling. the Armagh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bristol ; Bird, Cardiff. Eden. s. William Smith Slater, timber merchant, Birkenhea d, 56th Foot—Ensign - Ckerles J. Hampton to be Lieu- March 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Liverpool District tenant, without purchase ; Lieutenant Herbert Owen Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gill,.dirken- Johnes, from the Montgomery Militia, to be Ensign, bead. without purchase, vice Hampton. Louis Birnstingl, merchant, Broad-street -buildings , 57th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Jess er Coo p s to be Captain, March 12, at twelve, and April 9, At one, at the Court of without purchase, vice Brevet-Major F. Lea, whose Brevet Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; L0191'2110, Rank has been converted into Sulastautive Rank under the Flews, and Boyer Old Jewry-chambers. Royal Warrant of 6 th October , 1854. To be Lieutenants George Goodrich, chemist and druggist, Dursley, Glow without purchase.—Ensign Edward Gould Hasted, vice cestershire, March 10 and April 7, at eleven, at the Bristol Coope ; Ensigns Edward Brutton, W. A. R. Thompson, District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; T. H. Tragett, and C. F. Houghton. To be Ensigns with- Bevan and Girling, Bristol. out purchase. —Ensign R. B. Gledstanes, from the 36th John Travis, cotton spinner, Shaw, Lancashire, March Foot, vice Tragett;. Lient. Acheson M'Clintoch, from the • 0 and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Londonderry Militia, vice Hasted; Lieut. Hugh Pearson, Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Radcliffe and Mur from the Essex Rifles Militia, vice Brutton ; Lieut. Paul ray, Oldham. Francis Clarke, from the let Devon Militia, vice Hough- John Owen, baker, Salford, March 7 and April 4, at ton; Charles Mansfield Clarke, vice Thompson. twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Remains% 59th Foot —George E.ivrard Randle, t o be Ensign, by official assignee, Manchester ; Hall and Janion, Manchester. purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Clarke, promoted. George Unwin, sale Kesser, Sheffield, March 8, and 12, 624 Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ee- at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official as sign J. M. Toppin, Ensig n M . B . Harrison, and Ensi g n ei g nee, Sheffield ; Morris, -Stone, Townson and Morris, James M. Macpherson. To be Ensigns, without pur- Moorgate street-chambers; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield. chase—Lieutenant Arthur Lloyd Reside, from the 2d John Smith, grocer, Rochdale, March 8 and April 10, at Royal Cheshire Militia, vice Teppin ; Lieutenant Freda. eleven, at the Manchester -District Court. Hernamans Cornwall, from the South Cork Militia , vice Mac p herson ; afield assignee, Mar o'lesler ;Li vett, Manchester. Second Lieutenant Shapland Graves, from the Waterford Henry Coop and William Coop, silk manufacturers, Artillery, vice Harrison. Chcquerbent, Lancaskre, March , and April 4, at eleven, 63d Foot—Brevet-M ijor Charles Edward Fairtlough to at the Manchester District Court. Hernamau, official be Major, without purchase, vice Higginbotham, who re- assignee, Manchester; Hall and Janion, Manchester. tires upon full pay; Lieutenant Edward Joseph Hunt to Henry Henton, straw het manufacturer, Dunstable, be Captain, without purchase, vice Fairtlough • Ensign Bedford, March 5, at one, and April 8, at twelve , at t he Charles Bradford Brown to be Li eutenant. without put • Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Lan chase, vice Hunt; Ensign Edward Conduit Bicknell, rence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers, City. from the Queen's 0 wt. Light Infantry Regiment of Thomas Knowles, chemist and druggist, Seymour-street , Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brown, pro- Euston-square, March 11, at - two, and April 8, at half• rooted. past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stanfeld, official 68th Foot—Captain Robert William Smith, from half- assignee ; Hodgkinson, Little Tower-street. path 07th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major C. E. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Conyers, who exchanges; Lieutenant C. Brice Wilkinson John M'Leod, bookseller, Glasgow. to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smitla, who retires ; En- Duncan Geo. Forbes M'Donald, engineer, Edinburgh. sign George F. Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, without pur- John Macfarlane Smith, merchant, Glasgow. chase ; Ensign Alexander D. Thomson to be Lieutenant, Richard Campbell and Co., bleachers, Bowfield, Rev by purchase, vice C. B. Wilkinson ; Henry G. Cavendish, frewshire. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Row, appointed to the ;sth Foot; Leonard Bolden, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomson; Lieutenant John Briggs, from the South Devon Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice F. Wilkinson. 691 h Foot- And w. Macdonald Grote, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Boyle, promoted ; Lieut. Redmond B. C. Da.ubeny, from the Worcester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 71st Foot—Ensign Edwd. W. Denne to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Lieut. Jonathan C. Thomas, from the Worcester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Den n e. 72d Foot. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En signs H. E. Brown, E. Henry, and Chas. S. Murray. To bo Ensigns, without purchase—Lieutenant Frank Hodg kinsoo, from the South Devon Militia, vice Brown ; Lieut. Albert Tanner, from the Ist Devon Militia, vice Murray ; James William FitzGeraltl,Butler, Gent., vice Henry. 74th Foot—Acting Assistant -Surgeon William Robert Bnrkitt to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Warden, deceased. 75th Foot—Ensign G. H. Row, from the 69th Foot, to 13e Ensign, vice Justice , promoted; Acting Assistant-Sur geon Stewart Aaron Lithgow to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Artnotrong, promoted in the 85th Foot. 78th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Valentine Mum bee M`Master to be Assistant-Surgeon. 82d Foot—Ensign George Porter to be Lieutenant, with out purchase; Lieut. Chitties Paget Miller, from the East Middlesex Dlilitls r y to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Porter. 85th Foot—Captain Henry William Paget Butler, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Glyn, who exchanges ; Albert Dixon, Gent., to be: Ensign, without purchase. 87th Foot—The name of the Ensign appointed on the 18th inst. is Leadbittcr, and not Ledbitter, as previously stated. 89:it Foot.--To be Lieutenants without purchase—En.- signs John C. Warne and G. F. Dowdeswell. To be En signs without purchase—Ensign William Montague Cochrane, from the 'lath Foot ; Lieutenant William G. Blake, from the 3d West York Militia, vice Warne ; En sign James Thomas Nugent, from the Ist Cheshire Militia, vice Dowdeswell. 95th Foot—Ensign Andrew M acdonald Grote, from the 69th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Stewart, from the South Down Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 99th Foot—Edward Colpoy s Johnson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase. 2d West India Regiment —Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Butler Power O'Brien to be Assistant-Surgeon. Ceylon Rile Regiment—Staff -Surgeon of Second Class ,Henry Lionel Cowen to be Surgeon, vice Stuart, ap pointed to the Staff. Royal Newfoundland Companies—William Chambers, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Quill, pro moted. Gold Coast Corps—E. N. R. Gatehouse, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vies Saunders. deceased. BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION. —2d Regiment—Lieut.- Colonel Nicola Arduino to be Major. 3d Rifle Regiment —Major Richard H. Fitzherbert, from the Ist Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. U NA TTACHED.—Brevet - hinjor G. F. C. Pocock, 30th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. Wier and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Mchel, from the 66th Fout, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Assistant Commissary- General Leonce Routh to he Deputy Commissary-General. ST. JAMES'S-PARK. On the motion of Sir B. }TALL for leave to appoint a select committee to consider the best means of communi cation between those parts of the metropolis which lie north of the St. James's-park and those parts which lie south and south-west thereof, and to report thereupon to the house, Mr. HINDLEY, as an amendment, moved the ad journment of the house, on the ground that it was too important a motion to be taken at that late hour (twelve eVoak). Dr. MITCHELL seconded the amendment on similar grounds. Sir B. lIALL said that it was well known to all the members of that house, that for a very long period there had been a desire expressed on the part of the public that there should be a more convenient communication from one side of the park to the other thin that which at pre sent existed, and the only object the Government had in view in appointing this committee was that a full and impartial inquiry should be made with reference to it, and• se far from the committee being bound by the plans that had already been prepared, it would be competent for them to consider any other plans that might be laid be fore them, and to report thereon. After what had been stated in the public papers with regard to this subject, he thought the most convenient mode of dealing with the UeatiOß Wu kr t h e appointment 91 a holed committee. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Wm. Linton, M.D., to he Inspector-General of Hospitals, with local rank, vice Alex. Cumming, who retires upon half-pay. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Archel. Gordon, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. Staff-aurgeon of the First Class Samuel Maitland Hada way to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Liuton. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Thomas Alexan der to have the local rank of Inspector-General of Hospi tals in Turkey. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class James Mouat to have the local rank of Deputy Inspector-Genera of Hospitals in Turkey. Staff-Surgeon of the Seeond Class Thomas Patrick Mat thew to have the • local rank of Staff -Surgeon of the First Class in Turkey. To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant- Surgeon J. Coates, M.D., from the 26th Foot, vice Mat thew, promoted ; Surgeon J. Stuart, from the feeylon Rifle Regiment, vice Cowen, appointed to that Corps. To be Assistant -Surgeons—Assistant -Surgeons T. L. Nash, M.D. fr o m the West India Regiment, vice , Alex. Reid, from the Ist Black, promoted on the staff Foot ; Andrew Semple, from tbe 18th Foot ; Acting As sistant Surgeons Wm. Stockwell, W. T. T. Irwin, W. H. Harris, N. Norris, J. W. Ititnmer, and Bradford Stiles. BREVET. Major Charles Higginbotham, retired fall pay 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant - C olonel in the army, the rank being ho norary only. Briger-Gneral Baron Richard Charles von Stutter beim to have the temporary rank of Major-General while commanding the British German Legion. Captain and Brevct Lieutenant-Colonel, Collingwoo Dickson, of the Royal Artillery, commanding the Artillery of the Turkish Contingent, to have the local rank ui Major-General in Turkey while so employed. Captain G. J. do Winton de Winton, of the 99th Foot, to have the temporary rank of Major wilile attached to the British Swiss Legion. Ike undermentioned Gantleasn to km tho looal rank NEW PORTRAIT GALLERY. .Lord STiTL<TIIOPE gave notice that on that day week he should move an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to assent to the erecti,n of a national ganef) , of original portraits of those who had distinguished themselves in an honourable manner, and who were worthy of being commemorated by this country. (Hoar.) Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that on Monday next he would call the attention of the house to the financial state of the army. THE MERCANTILE LAWS._ - - - The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to call the atten• tion of the house to the second report of the Commis sioners for inquiring into the mercantile laws of the dif ferent ports of the United Kingdom. The noble and learned lord said that great complaints had been made by the people of Glasgow, Liverpool, and many other paces in the United Kingdom, as to the operation of the mercantile law, which they stated imposed very serious grievances upon the country. The subject had been considered by some of the most eminent legal au thorities of the country, and various recommendations had been made with the view of remedying the griev ances complained of. In conformity with these recom mendatiens he had prepared some bills, which, he hoped, he would soon be able to lay on the table. He would propose that those bills be rea I a first and second time with as much speed as possible, and then refer the whole of the bills to a seltct committee of the house, after the termination of the circuits. The great object to be at tained by these bills was to assimilate the mercantile laws of every part of the United Kingdom. The noble lord then proceeded to instance the case of bills of exchange or promissory notes, in which there was a very great and inconvenient difference between the laws of England and Scotland. The law was very dissimilar in respect to transactions of purchase and sale, and simple contract debts, alto iu relation to shipping, and the carriage of goods from one part of the country to the other. [LEFT ?SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—ghis Evening.) Tho SPEAKER took the chair at the usnal hour. NEW MEMBER. Sir A. AGNEW took the oaths and his seat for Wigton shire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were severally read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Barnsley Canal and Collieries, and West of Fife Mineral Railway. Mr. W. FOX presented a petition from Oldham in favour of the bill for the abolition of the tolls on ship i p The Marquis of BLLNDFORD presented a petition in favour of the abolition of the law of settlement. Several petitions w.ere.presented against the Govern ment Police Bill. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that on Thursday next he should a:,k her Majesty's Government whether it was intended to introduce the Bill for, the reform of the Cor poration of London! Lord GODERICII, on behalf of the hon. member for Aylesbury, postponed his motion relative to the report of Sir J. Al 'Neil! and Col. Tulloch till Friday week. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on that day fort night he should call the attention of the house to the salaries of County Court Judges. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION. Sir DE_ LACY EVANS rose to put a question re lative to the extraordinary discrepancy in the statements of her Majesty's Governmeet, as to reasons for with holding the inforroation obtained by the Crimean Commissioners relative to the mortality in the British army in the Crimea. The document to which he referred in ohe part stated that the mor tality returns for the different regiments accompanied it, but doubt existed on the Fart of the commi6sion whether it was desirable to lay those returns before the house ; while, on the other band, it had been stated that the report had been laid, in an entire state, before the house. He wished to ask which of the statements was correct ? Mr. F. PEEL said that he did not admit that there was any discrepancy with respect to the statement that had been made relative to those mortality returns. Tne statement that he had made was precisely that which he had received from Lord Panmure. The mortality re turns, be believed be was correct in stating, formed a part of another document. Sir D. L. EVANS—Is it the intention of the Govern- ment to produce those returns ? Mr. F. PEEL said it was not. Sir D. L. EVANS—The return is to be of no use. THE GERMAN LEGION. Major REED asked the Under-Secretary for War whether the attention of the War-office had been called to the alleged riotous and inen!lordinate conduct of cer tain soldiers of the British German Legion stationed at Shorncliffe ; and whether it was true that a collision had taken place between the police (aided by the inha bitants) and the soldiers, in which several persons were severely injured ; that the Riot Act was read and appli cation inado to the camp for assistance ; that drunken ness prevailed to a disgraceful extent, and in some cases tho rues had refusal xo oboy their ofkoors ; aucl, if so, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--THIS DAY. Amsterdam ...... ••• • • • 11 19 Ditto, three menthe .. 12 1 Rotterdam ............ 12 1 Antwerp 6714 , Irussels .............. 25 6754 llamburg,h 13 114 Altosia•••• •• ••,. •• •••• 25 50 Ditto, three months .. 25 87 1 A Marseilles 25 87% llourdeaux ............ Frankfort-on Maine •• 121-, Berlin ................ .... 10 45 Triol:4o •••••••• •• •• •• •• i 0 45 Petersburg .. .......... 351 A 'Madrid 491( `,adiz .........•• 50 Itarcelona •••••••• •••• Gibraltar .............. Leghorn .Genoa .......... t 736 Milan ......••......•• Venice........•• Naples •• .• ............ 44 Palermo ..... 13 Messina ... Lisbo , ........ • ..•• 6 , 4 Oporto ................ 153% ! Rio Janeiro ..... .•• Buenos Ayres , 1 New York,6o days' sight -- Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars .£3 l 7 9 Portugal Gold Ccin Mexican Dollars Now Dollars ....•• 0 0 0 Silver in bars , wintry Markets. CHELMSFO: The wheat market optined was transacted to a fair amol week. All other things unal Wheat., white, old, per s. s. qr. 56 76 new 62 75 red, old 5S 72 new 56 71 Barley '2B 34 Chevalier 30 37 Grinding 26 32 Malt 70 74 Chevalier 72 76 J)—FEU. 22. pretty briskly, and In:wines § ant, at about the prices of last 0. 0. Oats, per qr 22 2 5 n f;las, Partridge 38 4 " White 40 5° Boiling 43 5 0 Dun 36 31 Beans, Tick 35.3 1 Harrow ticks 37 39 Mazagan 34 36 Ditto, new.,.32 34 COLCHESTER— FEB. 23. A moderate supply of wheat, and beat samples realised is to 2s per qr. more money ; other sorts a readier sale. Barley in short supply, and it to 2s dearer. Beans and peas each the turn in favour of the seller. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 7650 Ws; red, 64s to 72s ; barley, 32s to 38s ; oats, 23s to 28: ; boo' Mazagan, 34s to 36s ; middle and small, 36s to 445; Pet's' , white, 46s to 50s ; grey, 36s to 40s. KIRKCALDY—FEB. 23. We had good supplies of wheat and oats, bat small of barley. Sales quick—wheat at an advance of 2s to 3s par qr.; barley and oats at is to 2 s over the last market d a y '. rates. COAL AfARKE' Prices of Coal per ton at I e. d. Byass's West Hartley lB 6 Davison's West Hartley 18 0 Hasting's Hartley lB Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 C Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 0 Taufield Moor Butes 15 9 Tyne Main 15' £ Ships at market... ;T.—FE;. 25. take close of the market. !West Riding Hartley _l6 'Grey's West Hartley l7 Willingten Hartley 16 0 Wylam 15 Wallsend, ato. A • - Hough Hall 36 :3 Dervientwater Hartley l3 0 n I Sold ... BIRTHS. OP A BON. On the 24th inst., at Hyde-park•gardens, the wife Thomas Dent, Esq. On the 24th inst., at Brixton, Surrey, Mrs. Reberb Milner--twins. ON A DATUM& On the 23d inst., at Bath, the wife of Lieut.-Celone l Charles Moray Maeleane. On the 23d inst., at Surbiton-hill, Surrey, the wife of James Brotberton, Esq., Receiver-General of Inland Be' venue. MA.RRIED. On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Vrni; Hyde, Esq., of Dewsbury, to Madeline Margaret , se cono daughter of Mr. William Morgan, of Park street, GrosYer nor-square. DIED. On the 23d inst., at Tredegar-square, John Ditehburn , Esq., late surveyor for Lloyd's, aged 77 . On the 23d inst., at St. Ives, Hunts, Mr. Thomas Birt Mph, aged 50. On the 24th inst., at Tottenham, Middlesex, Joseph Laundy, Esq., aged V 9. On tho 23d inst., at Lower Sydenham, Kent, Mr. Jana Lance, formerly of the Admiralty, Somerset•house, sea 82. On the 22d inst., at Restorel, Lostwithiel, Cornw *l ,, l ' ' James Hamilton, m Esq. of Nunhead, Surrey, and B tv ''' . lorsbury, formerly of the H.R.1.C.5., aged 47. On the 21st inst., at St. Peter's-square, Hammersmith, John Fenernore, sq., late of Brackley, NorthaulP tow shire On , aged 81. the 19th inst., at Cheltenham, Philip Ottey Egerton Baines, 11,11.C.5., aged 44. 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