The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-20 00:00:00

. . THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY .EVENING FEBRU ARV 20 ) 1856. , , _. .. .. - - ru rho ncs w n time for which the Conseils des .1' G in t ere esta- •to the prese t , exercised their power. The plea would tend to the better cultivation of the land in Ire- 1 • ratan ; nsign re eric eorge 11EAtiTH OF LOVDON DURING THE ' Breroton appointed Al' • t E-• F d k G 00 n retry Karketa. , IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . alished, but which be thought the hon. member did not about the inviolability of church revenue was disposed land if tenants received compensation for improvements , WEEK. Mogg to 'be Lieutenent, vice Gompertz, promoted. perfectly understand. That was for dealing with exist- of by the fact that the bill of last year removed the tax made by them in the land, and that it was expedient to I loyal Perthshire Ride Militie-Ensign Warham St. -..-...........-..... ----....--- • ing contracts, and not for the purpose of regulating from all the ten-pound houses, w hil e th e incumbents had provide compensation in certain cases for outgoing ten- Leger Durdin to be Lieutenant, vice Gonda), promoted. : LIVERPOOL-Fea. 19. . . HOUSE OF LORDS -(YESTERDA.Y). contracts to be made. been paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. But ants. He then proceeded to urge that it followed that ( .From the Report of the Registrar-Gentral.) Prime parcels of wheat may be quoted ld to 2d per 70113, The mortality of London is much below the average ; The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack Mr. MACKINNON. said that was the object he had what bad been the result ? The whole Protestant the two parties in question were agreed on the principle , community, men of strong political feeling, and the Pro- of tenants' compensation in Ireland ; and he then asked BANKRUPTS. dearer. Flour more saleable at Friday's rates. Oats and ; but catarrhal affections prevail, and three deaths from Augustus Whittinghatn, outfitter, Woolwich, to cur- oatmeal met an improved demand, and realised fully late in view.-Agreed to. testaat portion of the town council especially, were the reason why no such measure had been passed, at five o'clock. an d , influenza hare been recorded• 1 , 036 deaths were regis- render March 4, at half-past eleven, and April 1, at twelve, rates in the sales made. Barley maintained its value, bnt THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. STATUTES AT LARGE. unanimous in favour of the abolition of the tax. The answered that the reaso as fou din th ply of Lord tered in the week that ended on - Saturday, the 16th of at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stausfeld, official assignee ; beans and peas were each le per qr. lower. For Indian question resolved into-First, was the payment of the Palmerstan when he wa n s w asked w n hy no s e u r c e li le - ill would Overbury and Peek, Frede r i c a- 1, Old J r corn, 33s 6d to 34s per qr. was obtainable for prime Earl GREY gave notice that, in the Committee of Mr. L. ICING moved the following resolution :- b d - ' • February, or 115 less in number than the deaths in the p ace, Ow y. Privileges on Friday next, he would move an amend- " That there e prepare , under the direction incumbents of the eight corporate towns out of the be inta ' • • I se - k 'educed this session, that there had been no en- • Pre lons aee • James White, carpenter, Brentwood, Essex, March 1, mixed, being is per qr. advance on the low sales made funes nes 0. tee -ccess.asoca. aomm.ss.oners couragement to induce such a course The hon. memuer 1 e i and Aptil 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni- since Friday, although ls below the rates of this day week. ment to the motion of which notice had been given by of the clerk of the Parliaments, an edition of tbe Ain the ha d Fl , riitilei '; 481 children and young persons died under 20 years inconsistent with the Chu h T l•t• A ? d • ' • . •h d 169 persons wrier of the age 20-40 ; 179 were ot .- cholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Prestoe, New White corn was obtainable from 3is for southern to 36s for Lord Lyndhurst. fells amendment was in effect to leave statates e a t l b a l tg . e, for l Ur use of this house, in re empora 1 ies ct an then alluded to the political circumstances whic ha re- iof age ; Broad-street. good northern. out all the words after the word " opinion," for the eluding all pule genera statutes and parts of stetutes secondly, were the funds in the hands of the commis- d nee d th e fifty I r ish mem b ers p l e d ge d t o carr y a Tenant , the age 4 0-60 ; 165 were 60-80 ; and 37 had passed the Charles Wolf, cook and confectioner, St. Paul's-church purpose of inserting these words, namely, " that the first in ferce, and omitting all such statutes a nd parts of sioners sufficient for the purpose ? He believed that Right Bill such as Mr. Sharman Crawford had so long i 110th year. The oldest person who died in the week was 93. She at the Court of Benkruptmr. Johnson, official assignee, tlia l dhcie s r. m a.rt a lß l va l aad s s i r i vi c oyn p l l lea ! s o r eho f P sotf w B art 7h i yard, Fob. 29, at halapast one, and March 28, at twelve, l s e s i o ai s a l I C :: i e ri p d di f , e l 2 v; n E t a i . :Is l ar d i. 9 l l . A a n y e a fi e s i ii De f : , ! v :: 18 a i : n n i n i a ta t i l e es i e : had this subject of ministers' money been fairly put when tried to carry to the scanty remnant which then ka.t on legal authorities having concurred in declaring Cle a t the statutes as are expired or have been expressly repealed ; Queen had the power of creating peers for life, an that and that, in the place of the statutes or parts of statutes Lord Derby was in power the tax would have been abo- those benches, and again adverting to the adhesion of was the widow of a master leather dresser in Dean-street, Besinghalastreet ; Surman, Now-square, Lincoln's-inn. Imbed. The Church Temporalities Bill was brought in for the two last Governmente to the ' ' I f t t this power had been exercised frequently !In. faamer times, repealed, there be inserted the titles of the statutes re- Soho, a.nd died of broachitia Thomas Sturton and Edward Key, scriveners, Holbeach, princip e o enan the House of Lords would not be justieed in de- pealed, the respective numbera and abstracts of the the purpose of getting rid of Church rate's, the extent of right, concluded hY moving, for leave to bring in a bill 21 pereons died ef smallpox ;12 under 20 yearn of age, March 4 a•nd Aprills, at, balf-pest ten, at the Nottingham elaring the Patent cre%tiug Lord Wensleydale invalid, clauees repealed, with a reference in the margin to the whi h eight of the age 20 40, and one of 40 and under 60. District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Beans and peas a turn cheaper. and that the noble and learned lord hes therefore ? 13 ,satietes by which they are repealed." This quese c , spread over the whole of Ireland, was only in the terms of the preamble of the bills brought in by Thompson, Grantham. PER QUA.RTER. PER QUARTO , deesome and vexatious to the inhabitants of the eight Leave Wag given to bring, in the bill. r i g ht to t a ke his sea t i n this house." The noble lore' tien was now making great progress, and be 70 • 0001 .; while the ministers' money was far more bur- th ose success i ve G overnmen t s . Five of the deaths from smallpox took place in the Wool- Tos e ph Edge, carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster, Feb. Wheat, red (01d)... 72s to 746 Barley, grinding ... 833 to •14s towns in which it was levied. He held, therefore, that REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND). wich Royal Ordnance Hospital. Two of the men had ' 29, and March 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District said, in the event of the above amendment being agreed doubted not but that the motion would be acceded to. marks of cowpox ; two, it is said, (lied after vaccination. Ditto (new) to he would move the following resolutions, viz.:- He then referred to the complaints made of a want of it was not inconsistent withthe Church Temporalities Act Me. DUNLOP obtained leave to bring in a bill to Hooping-cough was-fatal to 62 children under 10 years Co rt. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Boycott, Kidderminster • Motterarn and Knight, Birmingham. Ditto (old) -sto -s Ditto (white) -s to -----, '4 ' That though there have been several grants of peerages a consolidation of the statutes in his time by Lord to transfer this payment to the funds of the Ecclesiasti- make further Provision for renderins reformatory and of age. There was one death from simple cholera, 16 William Weich, packing ca,se maker, Birmineham Feb. Ditto, white .0 • Barley, malting for life in the female line up to a comparatively recant Bacon and by Sir E. Coke, and by Lord Hardwicke. cal Commissioners. Then as tO the capabilitye of those i n d us t r ial sc h oo ls i n S co tl an d more a vailable for the from diarrheca! 56 from typhus. Typhus chiefly de- 29 and March 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District funds to bear this additional demand upon them, it benefit of vagrant children. period, there is no precedent found . , up to a recent period, In the reien of George 11. thera were hut six quarto stroys men and women of the middle periods of life ; Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, AVERAGES FOR ME WEER ENDING FEB. 16, 1856. volumes of statutes i - nstead of as now 40 volumes. In Wheat for the raising of a Commoner to the pesrage for life. the reign of Georgelll. 6,953 statutes, public and pri- should be remembered that their revenue amounted to COMMISSIONERS OF SUPPLY (SCOTLAND). thus only 10 of the above numbers were under 20 years Birmingham. " That as the grant of a peerage for life is not supported vete d• • th t f George IV. 1,066 ;'in that . were passe ,in a o 100,000/. a-year, and was annuallYincre; sing, and though Mr. DUNLOP obtained leave to bring in 3 bill to of age, 17 were 20-40, 20 ware 40-60, and nine were Jarnee Turner, baker, Bishopsgete-street, March 7, at • Oats t th by any reasonable precedonnat is expedient that a general rule should not be applied, withou e . consent ?f Parlia- there had been a decrease e in the last year, they had still constitute all legally-qualified persons in Scotland cora- 60-80. Consumption is etill more fatal in the middle twelve, and April 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Peas - ~, -s oa Crown beine exercised which of William IV. 6,781, and (luting the first sixteen Edwards official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Smith and Barley meat, of anyprerogative of the , a surplus of 12,0001. But beyond this, if the commission missioners of supply, without being named in an act of periods of life ;18 died of that disease under the age of . ' cised e'l t t year! of ber present Majesty s reign, 1,864 ; 20, 66 at 20-40, 41 at 40-60, and nine at 60 80. Alliston, Warnford-court, Thrcgtnorton-street. Bears - op -II 01 cannot be shown to have been eema cep a. very re making a, o a tt 1 of 10,561 from the time of realised the church property in their hands, by convert- supply. ing it iuto perpetuities, they would have something Francis Louis Simond merchent Cullum-street, City, ~....,_ mote periods of history. 4.But hav h ing fi regard to all the cir- ADULTERATION OF FOOD. 28 persons died of apoplexy, 26 of paralysis, 167 of ' • ' Feb. 29, at eleven, and April 4, at half-past one, at the • HULL-Fee. 19. cumstances of the present , case, t e (ruse of Lords has Lord Hardwicke to the present period ; and he was like 600,000/. in their hands. There could be no On the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, the follow- bronchitis, asthma, or pneumonia. Court of Bankruptcy. 'Whitmore, official assignee, Basing , properly abstained from rp f ressing an opinion as to th e not aware that the lawyers of the present day were so A fair attendance of farmers to-day, with a small show far advanced above the learned men he had referred to as question, then, that they had ample means to meet this ing were appointed the select committee on the adulte- The deaths of 29 persons who died violent deaths were hall-street ; Nicholson, Lime-street, City. of wheat, which met a _slow sale at ls to 21, over last week. grtrt, of Lord Wensleyda eo a peeraga for life. additional demand uleme them• As the right hon. rations of food, &c. f -Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Cowper, Sir registered :10 died of burns and scald., 3of suffocatiori, Thomas Bann, clothier and outfitter, Liverpool, March That the greeting of peerages for life was peculiarly to be able to cornprehend the numerous statutes that . . In foreign more business doing. Spring corn shows more liable to abuse unless the exercise of the prerogative wee now existed better than the above celebrated men, who Secretary for Ireland had aiwaYs sulseorted hien in his W. Clibitt, Viscount Ebrington, - Viscount Goderich, 4of drowning, 9of fraetares and injuries, 2of wounds, 3 :end 24 , at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. firmness. Linseed rather firmer ; a lar e business done in some special regulations. had so few statutes, in comparison, to deal with. previous endeavours te abolish this tax, he could not Mr. Gregson, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. and 1 from accidental injury. Cazenove, official assignee. Liverpool ; Stead, Manchester. '''' " That it is important for thie house to consider and de euarded by (Hear, hear.) He then referred to the o • • f pinions o anticipate that he would oppose the present motion nor Kni ht M Mff el 0 M P k M g , r. o at, 4r. tway, r. eacoc e, r. Last week the births of 849 boys and 854 girls, in all David Davis, general-shop keeper, Merthyr Tydfil, Feb. '• • cakes consumers being attracted by the g great reduction in value within the mouth. Bones inquired for, and long termitic, -niece what steps ought to be adopted in order to , some of tbe lawyers of the present day in favour of a cisuld he expect opposition from the Irish i a , w de e rs, se er id an , letr, Swift, M r , a Wh e re, a nd Mr. Wise. 1,703 children, were registered in London. In the 10 2e, end March 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. • prevent this grant of the Wensleydale peerage for lim who had also invariably supported the principle. corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Britten, Bristol ; Roach, consolidation of the staeutee and of Mr. G. Wilmore, CIVIL SERVICE SUPERA.NNUATION. prices are obtainable. 8 8 I s. I" being drawn into a precedent in favour of life peerages . ' Merthyr Tydfil. i in is or , o usion Wore° Confounded ; or, The la . ve k "C nf ' ' " - The question having been put, • On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER number was 1,517. William Ma-sa, hatter, Sheffield, March 8, and April Wheat, English, red 66 to 7e Pea,s, grey and black -to --- generally, and in order to establish ascurities against the 65 to TO Ditto white 74 to 76 Linseed, Black Sea... abuse of such creations if they should hereafter take Statutes at Large." He compared our statutes with the Mr. I:IOB,SMA.N, after expressing some doubt as to the following were appointed a select committee :-The At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean 12, at ton, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official Sheffiela ; Unwin, Sheffield. place." written laws of France, which were to be purchased the form of the motion, and giving credit to the hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir F. Baring, Lord Stan- reading of the barometer for the week ending Saturday, as n„„. Dantzic and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgh ... 03 to 66 from 7d. to lls., whilst ours would cost 100/. In the member far Cork for his honest . and strai htforward ley, Mr. Gladstone, Sir H. Willoughby. Mr. Roebuck, the 16th of February, was 29'676 in. ; the highest was Henry Andrew, shopkeeper, Tyldesley, Lancashire, berg Ler.l GLENELG gave notice that, on Thursday, he set t" f th• t . d • • g PomeranianaudHam- angel would place upon the table of the house the terms of United States similar evils to that complained of a n t aum 0 13 ques ion an his consistent opposi- M r . H e nley, Sir Stafford Northcote, Viscount Monck, 29'841 in. on Sunday, and the lowest was 29.581 in. March 6, and April 3, at 12, at the Manchester District burgh the amendment which he intended to move to the mo- had been got rid of, and the laws of those tion to Sir John Young's act, admitted that the Mr. MacartneY, Mr. Rich, Mr. Robt. Palmer, Mr. V. on Tuesday. The average temperature of the air during Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Livett, Daniali,Holstein, and Memel 5B to 6 . States had been consolidated in less than tin rkieg of that act was not altogether satisfactory. He Scully, Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, and Mr. Osman Ricer- the week was 47 0 deg., which is B'4 deg. above the Manchester. tion of Lord Lyndhurst. Friesland 6B to 72 Per Ton. I The Earl of DERBY gave notice that he would, on two years. In this coun y tr the Government would not now go into the question in what respect do, after some observations from itir. A. HASTIE and Mr. average of the same week in 38 years, and 3'o deg. above PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Russian and Odessa 64 to 6811,ins. c., Hull -Z Os to 1115 S said they had not time to do it. The Statute Law amendment was required, or whether he could concur Name's, with reference to the absence or paucity of the mean temperature of the preceding week, and as H. Menhinick and J. Grant, Stanloy-street, 28 to 30'Ditto fine for. 10/15e 111 0. od Thursday, put a question to the Government with a , with the hon. member as to the manner by which he S co t c h an d I r i e h mem bers named, which was explained much as 21.6 deg. warmer than the corresponding week builders-A. Gladstone and Co., Bradford, Yorkshire, Ditto Danish Commissioners did not appear desirous of doing it, and Pimlico, Oats, English view of ascertaining the respective duties attaching to Ditto Friesland what he proposed was that it should be done by the , ~ would amend it aud effect the 'ultimate object he had in by Lord PALMERSTON', who stated that the members of of last year. The highest temperature was 54.0 deg., wine mercha.nts-B. and J. Smeeton, Neve Smithfield the respective offices of the Secretary of State for War view-viz., the total repeal of the tax, What his hon. th e comr a itt e were se l ec ted chiefly on the ground that and occurred on Thursday (the 14th). On Saterday the market, Islington, beast salesmen-J. and J. Gill, Dews- Ditto Russian 26 to 30 Rape cakes --a Od to 1314 Od and the Commander-in-Chief, and should move for the Clerk of the Parliaments, and afterwards authenticated bury, Yorkshire, grocers-Wilson, Briggs. and Co., Gres- I by Parliament. friend proposed was, as he understood, that the amount the had consider thermometer fell to 36'3 deo., the range of temperature Barley, malting production of such reports as may exist on the subject. ham-street, agents-J. Oxley and B. Chandler, Sherborne, Ditt o gr i n di ng 36 to 38'Ditto foreign Mr. EWART eeeonded the motion, in the principle of the tax should be paid in future out of the funds in LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE. during the week being 171 deg. The mean tempera- I VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF the hands of h y ed the subject in former session. Dorsetshire, brewers-G. Cass and W. Carnes, Irk Foun dry, within Middleton, Lancashire, ironfounders-S. Ditto foreien Beans EDUCATIUN. of whicla he entirely concurred. He could not, how- t e Ecclesiastical Commissioners. That was On the motion of Colonel W. PATTEN, the following ture of the water of the Thames wail 46 . 3 deg. On ever, bind himself to all its details, for he thought that a question upon which this was not the pro Per time to were appointed a standing committee of sixteen mem- several days the air is described by the observer to be Palmer and W. Sibert, Notti h • M C •' - ''''' i ng am, engineers- . . Peas, white aud yel. 48 to 50 Rye Meal : 4 3 4 s to o 4 4 6 211 G Bo u n an es o oolos fit tol2i 15s This bill was read a third time and passed. the edition of the statutes which should be compiled was enter, but rather on the second reading of the bill, which berg, to assist Mr. Speaker in the direction of the library impregnated with considerable moisture, the mean dew- Wilkinson and T. Fairrie, jun., Great Tower-street, colo- HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICES BILL. one that would be useful not to members of that house if the house gave its permission was about to be brought and to whom shall be referred all matters relating there- i point temperature being 44 . 4 deg., and the difference nial brokers-Hammond aod Crandall, Scott's-yard, Bush- - _ --- This bill was also read a third time and passed. merely, but to the whole country. It was of the utmost iP• In agreeing then to the proposal for ellowiug his to :-Colonel W. Patten, Lord J. Russell, the Chancellor between this and the mean temperature only 2'6 deg. lane, indigo merchants-Sutcliffe and Corson, Manchester, ' COURSE- OF EXCHANGE.-Yesenanetla METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL. km5terdnm............ il 19 Gibraltar ..... ....... •• ---,,,, importance that every citizen should know the law, but hoe. friend to introduce a bill to amend the eicisting act, of the Excherarer, Mr. Napier, Sir J. Graham, Mr. M. The sky for the most part was overcast throughout the commission agents-Laxton and Baker, Russell-place, This bill was also read a third titne and passed. as matters stood it was a perfect absurdity to suppose he reserved on the part of the G over nme n t a ny opinion Ma ll en Mr, Di s ra e li, Mr. Walpole, the Lord Advocate week. Rain fell on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, New North-road, milliners-T. Smith and W. Sharpies, Ditto, three months .. 12 1U I.a,ghorn •• • ... 30 Lem SUNKEN VESSELS. that sach a state of things existed in fact. He was read- as t° the ultimate ProPusal, or the mode in which it was L o rd Na as m e s H. r b er t. Si r W H ea thcote, Sir T'. and Thu r sday and fog prevailed on - the morning of Horneestle, Lincolnshire, surgeons-WhiteheadandLassey, Rotterdam ............ 12 I n (lenoa .......... ...... 20 rlO 25 62%, Milan ...... •• ...... • , '''' The Earl of HARDWICKE rose to put a question to r . h h lf 1 • I proposed to be carried out, till the second d f '. . ' • . '•d bl •I t b f h mg a • !elm aut or, on y a ew , ays since, wio com- ~„ her Majesty's Government as to the state of the Russian rea. rog o the Acland, Mr. Massey, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Bramston. Saturday. The wrn ew wit a s rong reezes rom t o Morley, Yorkshire, dyers-J. Cleake and K. M. Atkin, Antwerp .............. Brussels .... • • ........ 25 62 Venice.... - •••... •• . ared the state of the law in Enoland and Fran m" ce. The ' Five to be the quorum. south and south.west at an average rate of 147 miles Hamburgh ............ 13 11% Naples ....... 44% • •••.•• e• , vessels now sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, and P . Aldermanbury and King's Lynn, hotel keepers-Robinson end Duke Liverpool attorneys-Bramall and Carter 1,3 a ter expressed his great surprise at the length of Mr NAPIER said that the course taken by the right SILVER AND GOLD WARES. each day. The electral state of the atmosphere was • Altona .. • • .......• .... - Palermo .... As to their intentions with respect to such vessels. s t 7ri. h. ‘ . • Paris .............. - .... 25 42% ' Messina .. ... 1334, hon. gentleman took him entirely by surprise. From On tit cept on Wednesday, when the instruments len it took an English lawyer to become per . - He believed that it wag not yet decided wb.at dme i w_ . _ si . • - 8 - motion of Mr. WiesoN, the fallowing were poeitive, ex and R. Marshall, Pittield-street, Hoxton, oilmen-Spence Ditto, three months .. 25 821 a, Lisbcp'. ... ......... .... ee Sheffield, ;lid Carter ;red Co., Doncaster, bootmakers-E an answer the right hon. gentleman gave on a former appointed the select committee on silver and gold were not disturbed. and Llewellyn, Liverpool, galvanised iron manufacturers slarseines ............. 25 82 ,10porto ................ 5351, was to be done with those vessels-whether it was dn. tect his proles on. A Frenchman became compe tent to undertake the duties of the legal profession evening, when he was asked whether Government had any wares :-Mr. Wilson, Mr. L•ddell, Mr. Stanley, Mr. -- -T. Oldham and Son, Nottingham, silk hosiers-Caddick Bourdeaux - - .... ...., - Rio Janeiro ..... .•• .... -"' tended to raise or completely destroy them. Admiral Frankfort-on Maine .... 120% Buenos Ayres...• •• ...• '-' MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. end Mason, Rowley Regis, charter masters-Egerton, Bro aveterillinna :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: i 0 - 40 N P h e i w l a d Y e ° l bill in contemplation on the subject of miuisters' money, Hankey, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Spooner, alr. Brand, Mr. he l•ad felt confident that he would oppose this motion. If Wilkinson, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Bentiock, Mr. Peacoeke, r p t a so ( . r . ar . ' ......... -2 Lyons was about to return to the Black Sea, and it was after three yeara' study. One step towarde the i n t ro . duction of a somewhat similar state of things amongst a t q ' u le ir G ed ov a e o r , n eo m d e to nt ei r t e , w co a g 3 u:=Z; t t o he br r n ci g st i i t T! i s )i c l t i r f( e ) ; NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES BEGISTEBI9 there, Liverpool, letterpress printers-J. mei T. Toomy important that the matter should be attended to. The t 3:l- I . 3e lll.ct q z ;v l , l r lJeunlop, and Mr. Masterman. Five IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 16. and Co. Bladford, Yorkshire, stuff merchants-A. H. rric5te ............., .. 10 42 PRICES OF BULLION, PET OZ. n oble lord teen referred to the facilities that were at'- ourselves was( the consolidation and exputgation o f t h e 235 Novelli, 'G. Danner, C. H. Bowker, and F. Kcenig, Man- eetersburg ......„..... 36% Foreign Gold in Bars .E 3 17 9 statutes. We had a commission sitting expressly t Zymotic Diseases forded for their total destruction by the possession of one 53 chester and elsewhere, general commission merchants-U. Madrid .........., .... 50 Portugal Gold Coin .. 00 ° censiner this subject • unfortunately, however, the that purpose, and not allow a private member ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Diseases of Uncertain Seat arannsdlejy. Cadiz ................. 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 . side of the harbour. Lord PAN - KURE reminded the noble lord that they li'l t ' ll w meo:tb . ers of it, w 1 a ey ere men of the highest to do so, and say that they would reserve otl • n le motion of Lord P - ALMERSTON, the following Tubercular Diseases their own opinion to the second reading. He corn- were appointed a committee on Ecclesiastical Commis- Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses - New Pollan' ....... 0 0 ',.' o,ition of abilities, were, for that very reason, too much 140 linen manufacturers. e ma u n t u er fr B t r u o r t e h r o s r - s - , E B . ' Seville...-. ......... - Silver in bars ...... 0 0 u were not yet in possession of the harbour of Sebastopol. P occupied to give the sehject the attention which it de- Veined that let thue cncouia,ging agitatioa on these sion, &e. f-Sir George Grey, Lord John Russell, Sir Diseases of the Heart and Btood-vessels 23 a A n c d oct, AClhleeint'enßhaamdc,libffnendle'arpae e The Russians always turned their guns against all those DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - who made their appearance in the harbour ; but the noble served end rrquired. For his oesn part, he despaired af , ecclesia itical questions, and preseing them before the J P • countr as it b . akington, Marquis of Blandford, Sir J. Graham ; Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of H. M. Hitchcock, Ilkestou, Derbyshire, miller-second SBAB9RNB MAILS. • -ured that every means would seeing anything done until the proper Minister of Jug- . ,y• were y way of a sore, they excited false Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Ingham, Lord Robt. Respiration lord might rest perfectly ass be taken to effectually destroy all fortifications and con- tice was appointed. h ,pcs amongst the Irish people. This unworthy, and he Cecil, Mr. E. Denison, Sir eV. Heatheote, Mr. J. A. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs Mr. Harris's, Nottingham. -ea,....-.... st 0" structious both above and beneath the water. It was The ATTORNEY-GENERA.L could only say be ment wa 3, would add unman] • conduct on the part of h G t e overn- Smith, Mr. G. Butt, and Mr. Mowbray. of Digestion by the night-and M by the morning-aespateh.) only yesterday that he received the importa.nt intelli- hopee, as the eon. member for East Surrey (Mr. L. bal s the most effectuel '• . rneans of preventing the A.LDERSHOTT CAM.P. Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. - -- --------- gence of the total destruction of Fort Nicholas. King) had had the opportunity of addressing the house su si ence of that religions bitterness and animosity Mr. MONSELL obtained leave to bring in a bill to ex- Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Their lordships then adjourned. on a subject upon which he had strong and somewhat which had so long prevailed in Ireland. (Opposition tin •h o 'ht f dto sto up certain Diseases of the Joints Bones and Muscles gum cer ain rig s o way an p .., ) 5 DIVIDENDS. COUbTTRIEP. in General Post- p ort due 0 peculiar views, that be would not press his motion. In cheers.) Who introduced the act of 1854 ? Sir J Y • oune roads and paths near the camp at Aldershott. Diseases of the Skin, eze. - ' id• • Office, London.* Dispateha- Ena au the first place, the hon. gentleman must be aware that and the present Attorney-Gencral forlreland. ("No, no," CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION BILL. Malformations .. 4 road, Dalston, dealer-March 14, J. W. Meea,rs, Croydon, .------ ,-- - ----se' HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) from Mr Keo h 1 the task which he wished to impose upon the clerk of •-g •r Yes, the name of the hon. and learned On the motion for the second reading ot this bill, Premature Birth and Debility .hemist-Nlarch 11 C Geoda, Great Yarmouth, baker- Anderlea(byP.rit i pack)NiEverr Friday • Liverpool IFeb. 1 4 23 c ' ' ' ' .. kmerice. t hy Un't d Sfs.l i The SPEAKER took the chair at the ustual hour. the Parliaments wee a gigantic one. It was one which gentleman was on the back of the first edition of the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in an- A • tropny 30 March 11., B. Brigg,s, Chatham and Newington, Kent, gro •••. i Liverpoo , Feb. 1 1 Petitions against the opening of the British Museum, (ou d not be done mechanically ; it could only be hiA, though subsequently it was chan d t th t f cer-March 12, J. Worrell, Bolton anti Mauch ster, maim- A packet) t; .. i . :r . . i . t . i Ni I i ge o a o the swer to Mr. Pellatt, said, in accordance with the euggea Old Age noble lord (Pal st , facturer-Mersh 11, B. Lord, Blackburn, coal dealer- m ea V e a r a ( Y. , • ~a , ,1 . -;7 •• .•• • IBenthismetef. Feb. 21 National Gallery, and Crystal Palace on Sundays, were effic:ently undertaken by some one who could bring the noble lord mei. on). When that act was passed tion of Sir Francis Baring, instead of moving to refer Sudden was Horne Secretar and presented by Mr. Bretherton, Mr. W. Duncombe, Mr, great legal tnlents and requirements to it. Ilow y, now in 135t3 this bill to a select committee, he had moved for a select Violence, Privation Cold, and Intemperance 32 E. Weatherby, Newmarket and elsewhere, cotton spinner ampton) .......... MI •••• -- •• • • Southampton Dunlop, Mr. Back, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. P. Urquhart, could the house suppose that a gentleman who had h bl I d • teeo e or permitted the introduction of a bill to re- committee to inquire into the whole subject, which Causes not specified ' - ter already so much to do could attend to such a mat . , port the settlement then made. He admitted the • Ditto (via Cape of Goa Colonel Freestun, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Walter, Mr. venience iht h • moon- would give opportunity for full investigation, and enable - -April 8, R. Parker, Nottingham, commission agent - Hope) ............N1 ..... •••••• .. cfneerta Greenall, Mr. A. Pellatt, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Wilkinson, But passing over this, there was another point which c .. m g ave arisen from making the town coun- those persons who complained of the present law to state DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES - Africa (West Coast).. N ,23d of the month • Plymouth .. 'Mar. 6 ' Mr. Bailey, Mr. Henley, Mr. Alex. Hastie, Mr. Had- P a the collectors-but to remov resented an insaperable difficulty in the way o f thi s a that objection was not their case before the committee. Population Deaths in corm- Death. chauta--March 12, C. and F. Peverelle Birmingham, hard- Alexandria .......... N,', 9, 24, E.: 30 of rf , • Dover .... l field, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Ker Sevmer, Lard J. Russell, the (deject of this mot• resolation. TI e house was called upon to resolve that a ion. Would the mere alteration of The bill was then read a second time, and referred to Enumerated. spending week in the ware dealers-March 11, J. T. Fel war'ds, .Liverpool, lane- k1exandria..........a1 ili-& 00th of mon• southernmost , Bahamas ...........31' 17 th of the Islam , ,seuthampter ( certain work should be done by the clerk of the Parlia• the party who was to receive the money settle the quay- the select com • tail. of 1855. Week. man. the Marquis of Blandforl, Sir E. Dering, and several mittee. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Belgium ...........N'lmilY•••-• •• -• • - !Dover .... Deity ments for the use of the House of Commons. But the tion ?If so, surely the Government ought to bring in The h d• West Districts other hon. membere. ouse a journed at a quarter to 9 o'clock. Mr. W. J. FOX preeented several petitions frouu clerk of the Parliament . was an officer of the House of tbe bill fur that purpose themselves. (Hear.) The pro- North Districts Buenos A 9' 1 t r 1 ^ al6 auctioneer -March 12, R. L. and G. D. Phillips. King cape of Good Hope -NI I Various poo lumottat places in the metropolis in favour of opening the Crystal Lords, and be (the A tto r.ey General) knew not by what posed bill would leaf to irritation and ill.feeling, and he - Central Districts 393,256 William-street, City, geueral merchants-March 12, W. c a pe o f Good Hope •.N Palace and British Museum on Sundays. process that house could press upon an officer of another contended that the conduct of the Government, whose PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. East Districts 485,522 Towell, Bolingbroke-row - , w e e wor te noa d, an d B r i x t on . c are de Verds ......al 9th of tbe month' aouthampua 'Feb. 16 Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition, signed by branch of the Legislature the duty of preparing an edi- duty it was to refuse leave to bring in any bill to alter ea South Districts the Mayor and upwards of two thousand inhabitants of tion of the statutes for its own use. He certainly did the principle of the act of 1854, and thus settle the HOUSE OF COMNIONS.-Fee. 19. - - Lambeth, hatter-March 14, W. Towner, Clifton-road, Ceylon ••••••• • • • • • • • N' Mon Wed. &Frli. : '4' 6 Melcombe Regis, agairret the opening of the Museum, not infer that the hon. gen` leman would at once see the que!..tion for ever, was unworthy and unm,auly. STATUTES AT LARGE, Sec. Totals - • e hannei Ines.... ...N •• • . Southarept , a Te.T Chili.- • • • • .. ~ ,„ „mld & 17th of motif l• Southerly: , , National Gallery, and Crystal Pelace on the Lordar day. d fficelty which his proposed resolution created. He (the Mr. MAHER agreed with the right hon. and learned Motion made, and question proposed, " That there be pre- Males 527 burg-road, Old Kent-road, nholesale fancy stationer- nt,r eema .... . :Once n month ~.. Mar. 4 - lemur as to the h • Mr. GRANVILLE BERKELEY Presented a peti- Attorney-General) did not wish to say one word against flera' c erecter of the course taken by pared, under the direction of the clerk of the Parlisraenie, Females . 509 ' March 12. J. Bowerman, Tivertou, erocer-March 13, L. Constantinople Horsfall, Accrington, tailor-March b l4, E. Travis Lusley- nenstantinople ~,, o es eet3,lB,23,ecee cm n• Dover -.. ....„ '4th & aOth of mon souttemner tion from a workiug man, praying that India migait be the exercions of the hon. member in the cause of legal the Government in the matter, but expressed his deter- an edition of the statutes at large, for the use of this BIRTHS IN Triz WEEK. brook Mills, near Oldham, cotton spinner-MarAi 14, C. cont. of Europe 51 & NlTisacci daily -.. Dover .. , Tersaedia • ination not to vote for an reform, but when the hon. gentleman complained that m , . y amendment of the existing 849 Egypt (see India) I divided into electoral districts, and return members to house including all public geuaral statutes and parts of Males Fox, Mauchester, artists' , colourman -March 13, J. and .e,la Parliament. (Laughter.) the G.twarn meat did not seem inclined to give its assist. ac .. which di 1r ot relieve the Roman Catholics altoge- statutes in force, and omitting all such statutes and parts ted tl e • from the impoet. of statutes as are expired or have heen expressly re- Females 854 ,T. Lewin, Liverpool, wino merchants-March 10, J. and France ...... .M& a; ; Twine. daily-- • . Dover irerUst. Gibraltar . . , at,4,7, 17,40. 27 .rn, e k , th .. . , Sir E. PERRY presented a petition from the sonduc- ance, he should remember that it was otten preven - G. Barton and J. Parks, Manchester and Broughton, cop- G reece e ac •ia l eeej • i • .. ' '''''' aur '''' I rom so doing by the slaa.pe in which the hon. gentlem an Lord NAAS wars also ant 'Bleed at the conduct of pealed ; and that, innhe place of the statutes or parte of Total • 1,703 per roller ma nufacturers-March 10, T. S. Sladen, Man- Greytown ._ ....., ~ m Ind ft 17th of mon. South.tmpt,_e -- aw ot the late Nawab of Surat, complaining of the man- Minist• re, who, he conte ' Q ' t' brought forward his resolutions. naleß, when they sanctioned statutes repealed, there be inserted the titles of the cheater, corn dealer-March 10, H.. Stirke, Manchester, Heinhurgh ..........N,Tucsday & Friday London ..... ner its which the East India Company had dealt with Sir F. KELLY said that the apeech of the seconder et the introduction of a bill to upset a settlement made statutes repealed, the respective numbers and abstracts mweenat , .......... m ,ene of the month routhanapiat: 'Feb 16• the inheritance of the Nawab, and praying for inquiry or ly two • of the clauses repealed, with a reference in the margin . . -- - money scrivener. Holland ............ MIDaIIY• •••••• • • • • . Dover ..... _ ; Dall, tli, motion had, in fact, anticipated his objection to it. , , , 3; ears ago of a mo,-,t important and ex- SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. and redress. The hon. member proceeded to call the to the statutee by which they are repealed :" Ameud- From the London Gazette of Last Night. 117 t I i fthe month e Hondurf . ts ..........M . ~ocaithampto,l6thetme' The resoluti ,n was f,r the benefit ef the members of the caing a iesta in, ottg,ht at least to state in what re- Thomas Robertson, I ker Main street Glaseow F b mi- , i - , ~,, , 0 • India (viaSouthampt.)m .4 th a 20th of mol.lPlymouth -4&20 In attention of the house to the allegations contained ment proposed, to leave out from the word "prepared," 29, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, George-square, India (via Marseilles)sl ethneetb ofmonui !Dover ..., how e only, and not for that of the public at large. Such spect they c niidered the existing act was unsatisfac- -----e. - tbereiu. to the end of the question, in order to add tho words Glasgow. lonian tees (sco India)• 7 . 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... 1 ' Mr. ROEBUCK preseeted a petition, signed by 10,000 er and the ern e was a t the object which the house had in view in its ''' Y; . entinneet they thought nece•elar .- Y• "an edition of the statutes at largo including all public BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 12 William Rodg,ennometime writer, thereafter tea mer- Ireland ........M & N ; Twica daily ......,Hela head iTwf,,,,,•"' civil servants of the Crown, prayin , that the 10th, 11th, runny discussions upon this subject. He would call the The resolntlon before the house, however, went much general statutes and iarts of stet t' • f es 7, 9, 17 ,&27 Of ~ , S ouihlimpto, •Feb. 16 . rce and omit u ,eri in o , . Thi s d a y h a l an audience of her Majesty : -The Baron chant, Glasgow, Feb. 29, at one, within tho George Hotel L ' s "' n ***• '• "•• •••• and 12th secs. of the act of Wm. iv. be amended, that atfeetion of the hon. gentleman to the efforts whieh further tha,n he understood the right hon. gentleman ting 11 h I ' . a sue statutes aod parts of statutes as are expired e H ch„eild Euvov Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- George-square, Glasgow. ' I.loeiro ..... 51 1 9th of the mornh'eamthampto, -.,..,. m - edeira ............N l2ad of month ....ILiverpool ... the scale of pensions be revised, and that persons might were at the present time being ma le with a view to the ( Mr. Horsman) was disposed to go, for it declared that or have been expressly repealed ; and that, in the 1 e e 1 ' 1 3 800 no t e ntiary from the kin , of Sweden and Norway, accorn- William Horn flesher Glaseow. Feb. 27, at ono, within vi a lt a (Ree I n di a ) i lie permitted to retire from the public service after 30 `29 o,oll dafjoa of the statutes. Thoee efforts would, he ite object was the total and entire abolition of the tax. of the statutes or parts of statutes repealed, there bo ' • - -• s• Ch b 1 • fh• '- - ' ' G anied by the Count Bjornsaerna,, am er am o is the Crow Hotel, George-square, lasgow. Malta . ... years' service. The hon. ineint)er said it was his inten- trusted, end in the alteration of that state of taings (Hear.) Did the Government inteud to support the inserted the titles of the statutes repealed, the respective I S ) wedish and Norwegian Majesty, to deliver a letter from Thomas Bowie, shoemaker and , leather merchant, Mauritius (see India) ! 1 1 tion to move that tee petition be referred to a select of which the hon. gentleman eo much complained. But entire repeal of the impost, or merely an alteration in numbers and abstracts of the clauses repealed, with a re- his Sovereign, announcing that he lied conferred his order Forres March 4, at 12, within Gillander's Hotel. eaeiriu „ ~,,,,,,,, .. a il 40 of the month , 1 • 1 6 cemmittee. it was only in that way that the existieg system could the mode el levying it ? This the house WAS entitled to fereuce in the naargin to the statutes by which they are mlnd of thc mord . Soathamet7a• Feb. of the Seraphim upon his Royal Highness Prince Albert. will'iam Kennedy, grocer, ludia-place, Edinburgh, Feb. ) ,,f, e ,V,!•, ( , ) •"'""""" - estbi . - Ai , ath2athormon IDov PRIVA_TE BUSINESS. be improved. T'cre idea of a codifiention, embracing the "'ma (Hear.) repealed," instead thereof : Question, " That the words •To which ho was introduced by the Eerl of Clarendon, 28, at one, within the ROOMB of Dowell's and Lyon, aere ---- - """••-• la& 17 -l er - ''' - ' w Granada .. al i_ , ,th of month,southanytoa , The following hills w: , rc severally read a second time unwritten eta well as the written law, was, as had already Viscount PA.LMERSTON observed that with re- proposed to be left out stand part of the question," put, and neestived :-Words added :-Main K.G her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Georeo-street, Edinburgh. '' , elnest.i°.n; ea s.n , l conducted by Major-General tho Hon. Sir Edward An rew at , ismer and baker, Mitigate, l 'd Wt f • Unceireffl -New Zea1and..........15,, , ,1-T!.e. S VIP ..IVarious port , • Hadding. Pepsi Stater ........N "11'n 7407th2""thiml.1193°ver .... .1 and ordered to be cammitted :-Antrirn and Coleraine been shown to the house, entirely out of the queAtion. gard to the unmaeliners of the Government in not oppos- amendel, put, " That there be prepared en edition of Cust K.O H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceromomes. ton, Feb. 26, at ono, within Mr. Walker's Britannia Inn, Peninsula .. - nal • 7thoflnon. ..outharripton, Roads ; British and American Great Railway Land The hen. member referred te the sta•le of New York, ant ing a bill on its first introduction, but reserving their the statutes at large, including all public general statutes ' • Peru ..............M ' 4l s' 2 7 1 h of rnee.,Aouthampton Company ; Donington Turnpike Trust ; East Somerset sitel that there a difficulty RA great as ours had been got opinions upon it for the second reading, the right hon. in force, and omitting all such statutes and parts of WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. Haddington. Port Natal ..........N l'9 B_ Private ship...•VATiOaS ports ernowtte. , Sicily ~....„ „.. .. 3 ;;sthisth2lsthoiraaa,D e v e r .... ~ Railway ; Epsom and Leatherhead Railway ; Godley ever. But the statutes of Ne as York affected that state and learned gentleman was at perfect liberty to retain statutes as are expired or have been expressly repealed ; The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto A,l- - 4 Tuscany ....., „ „ ~, N lsthlsol2athetinon.• Dover ...... _„, Lane Road ; Gravesend Improvement ; Killarney June- only ; the statutes of this kingdom comprised under his opinion. (Hear.) All he would say upon that point and that, in the place.of the statutes or parts of statutes miral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., her Majesty's REST ON THE SABBATII. Venoznele .......... al WI& 17th oftnoathlsouthampaaa 1 & seta° tion Railway and Tralee and Killarney Railway ; Llanid- their range England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and all was Vast he did not entirely aeree with hen. (" Hear," he may accept and wear repesded, there be inserted the titles of the etatutes re- royal licence and permissioa that 0 1 ro , . van Diemen's Land (se. I leer, and Newtown Railway ; Middlesbrough Extension the celonies. If the hon. member would only treat the and a laugh.) But with regard to the zeal which the pealed, the respective-numbers' and abstracts of the the Grand Cross of the Military ner f Sevoy, which Mistretta) clauses repealed, with a reference in the mergin to the the King of Sardinia, hath be , en pleased to confer upou Last night a meeting, announced as that of the men West Indies . ~"4 12 dek 17th o monr',lSonthemprea l 1& 16 and Improvement ; Morayshire Railway ; West Lon- existing Statute Taw Commission with a. little forbear- right hon. and learned gentleman had shown that even- statutes by which they are repealed i''-• The house di- him, as a mark of his Majesty s approbation of his emi- ------- don and Crystal Palace Railway ; and Wimbledon and once, he thought that before long he weuld be oratiaed itig in preparing to resist this bill he might appeal to the • of London opposed to the opening of museums anti ex vuled ; Ayes 63, Noes 164. nent services before the enemy during the present war, .. . ss de Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will , c s - ir, , with a greater reform in our statute law than ha.% taken '!ni)l-.-7 condition of the benches opposite. (Hear )If htbitions on Sundays, took place at Exeter-hall. Not ... . . .. . ' .. .. . AYES-53. and that he may enjoy all the rights and privileges there- spatched on the following day, with the exceptien of the Inain t • • only was the large ball completely filled, but so many Fouthampton),and the Malta, both of which will Pe despatch"' i" • __ .... ...1.....:- ...a..,:....:...-. a i,,,,,e I nrnnnelinn glAv. for which the Conseils des Prud'homnzes were esta blished, but which be thought the hon. member did not perfectly understand. That was for dealing with exist ing contracts, and not for the purpose of regulating contracts to be made. Mr. MACKINNON said that was the object he had in view.—Agreed to. STATUTES AT LARGE. Mr. L. ICING moved the following resolution : " That there be prepared, under the direction of the clerk of the Parliaments, an edition of the statutes at large, for the use of this house, in cluding all public general statutes and parts of statutes in force, and omitting all such statutes and parts of statutes as are expired or have been expressly repealed ; and that, in the place of the statutes or parts of statutes repealed, there be inserted the titles of the statutes re pealed, the respective numbers and abstracts of the clauses repealed, with a reference in the margin to the statutes by which they are repealed." This ques tion was now making great progress, and he doubted not but that the motion would be acceded to. He then referred to the complaints made of a want of a consolidation of the statutes in his time by Lord Bacon and by Sir E. Coke, and by Lord Hardwicke. In the reign of George 11. there were but six quarto volumes of statutes, instead of as now 40 volumes. In the reign of George 111. 6,953 statutes, public and pri vate. were passed ; in that of George IV. 1,066; in that of William IV. 6,781, and dining the first sixteen years of her prese nt Majesty's reign, 1,864 ; making a total of 10,561 from the time of Lord Hardwicke to the present period ; and he was not aware that the lawyers of the present day were so far advanced above the learned men he had referred to as to be able to comprehend the numerous statutes that now existed better than the above celebrated men, who had so few statutes, in comparison, to deal with. (Hear, hear.) He then referred to the opinions of some of the lawyers of the present day in favour of a consolidation of the statutes, and of Mr. G. Wilmore, in his Work, "Confusion Worse Confounded ; or, The Statutes at Large." He compared our statutes with the written laws of France, which were to be purchased from 7d. to lls., whilst ours would cost 1001. In the United States similar evils to that complained of had been got rid of, and the laws of those States had been consolidated in less than two years. In this country the Government said they bad not time to do it. The Statute Law Commissioners did not appear desirous of doing it, and what he proposed was that it should be done by the Clerk of the Parliaments, and afterwards authenticated by Parliament. Mr. EWART seconded the motion, in the principle of which he entirely concurred. He could not, how ever, bind himself to all its details, for he thought that the edition of the statutes which should be compiled was one that would be useful not to members of that house merely, but to the whole country. It was of the utmost importance that every citizen should know the law, but as matters stood it was a perfect absurdity to suppose that such a state of things existed in fact. He was read ing a French author, only a few days since, who com pared the state of the law in England and France. The writer expressed his great surprise at the length of time which it took an English lawyer to become per feet in his profession. A Frenchman became compe tent to undertake the duties of the legal profession after three years' study. One step towards the intro duction of a somewhat similar state of things amongst ourselves was the consolidation and expurgation of the statutes. We had a commission sitting expressly to consider this subject ; unfortunately, however, the members of it, while ey were men of the highest position of abilities, were, for that very reason, too much occupied to give the subject the attention which it de served and required. For his own part, he despaired of seeing anything done until the proper Minister of Jus tice was appointed. The ATTOR'NEY-GENERA.L could only say be hoped, as the hon. member for East Surrey (Mr. L. King) bad had the opportunity of addressing the house on a subject upon which he had strong and somewhat peculiar views, that be would not press his motion. In the first place, the hon. gentleman must be aware that the task which he wished to impose upon the clerk of the Parliaments was a gigantic one. It Ras one which con d not be done mechanically ; it could only be efficlently undertaken by some one who could bring great legal t dents and requirements to it. How could the house suppose that a gentleman who had already so much to do could attend to such a matter? But passing over this, there was another point which presented an insuperable difficulty in the way of this resolution. Ti. house was called upon to resolve that a certain work should be done by the clerk of the Parlia ments for the use of the House of Commons. But the clerk of the Parliament was an officer of the House of Lords, and be (the A tto'rey General) knew not by what process that house could press upon an officer of another branch of the Legislature the duty of preparing an edi tion of the statutes for its own use. He certainly did not infer that the hon. gentleman would at once see the d fficelty which his proposed resolution created. He (the Attorney-General) did not wish to say one word against the exertions of the hon. member in the cause of legal reform, but when the hon. gentleman complained that the Government did not seem inclined to give its assist ance, he should remember that it was often prevented from so doing by the shape in which the hon. gentlemen brought forward his resolutions. Sir F. KELLY said that the speech of the seconder of the motion had, in fact, anticipated his objection to it. The resoluti in was f it the benefit ef the members of the how e only, and not for that of the public at large. Such was a t the object which the house bad in view in its many discussions upon this subject. He would call the attention of the hon. gentleman to the efforts which were at the present time being ma le with a view to the consolidation of the statutes. Those efforts would, he trusted, end in the alteration of that state of things of which the hon. gentleman so much complained. But it was only in that way that the existing system could he improved. The idea of a codification, embracing the unwritten so well as the written law, was, as had already been shown to the house, entirely out of the question. The hen. member referred to the sta,!e of New York, an I said that there a difficulty as great as ours had been got ever. But the statutes of Ne w York affected that state only; the statutes of this kingdom comprised under their range England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and all the colonies. If the hon. member would only treat the existing Statute jeaw Commission with a little forbear ance, he thought that before long he would he gratified with a greater reform in our statute law than had taken place since the time of Bacon. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that the hon. gentleman seemed to consider that in this motion he was undertak ing, the cause of legal reform, but, in fact, the proposi tion was merely a resolution that a pocket edition of the statutes should be compiled for the benefit of hon. mem bers at the public expenee. Such a work might be a convenience, but it was absurd to speak of it as a mea sure of law reform. With regard to the idea of codifica tion, he was eurpri.sed that Lion. gentlemen acquainted with the working of the constitution of this country should entertain such a theory for a moment. How, or in what time, did they suppose a measure embodying the entire law of the country would get through a committee of that house ? It was very well to talk of Napoleon and Justinian, bet those monarchs had no House of Commons to control them. Mr. WATSON contended that the collection of the statutes, and the expurgation of such of them as were repealed, was a substantial step in law reform. It was true that the hon. gentleman opposite had on a former occasion talked of consolidating the statutes in 18 menthe. He (Mr. Watson) feared that 18 years would be found insufficient for such a task. (Hear.) Without collection it was impossible to expurgate, and the first step in reforming the statute-book was to get rid of the repealed statutes. The expurgation of the statute-book hal been partly effected already, and for the remainder, with the exception of employing the clerk of the Parlia ment., he was prepared to vote with the hon. member for Surrey. He did not care, in fact, bow it was done, but the commission would hardly do, seeing that for the lest three years it had been comparatively idle. He judged a tree by its fruits, and the fruits of that tree had not included a single step for the improvement of the statutes. With respect to codification, he knew the difficulties that would arise from the discordant views entertained in that house, but a good deal might be done if they followed the example of the early English sta tutes. He would recommend the right honourable member for Carlisle, than whom there was no more efficient law reformer, to look into Magna Charts, or the statutes of Merton, and he would see what bad been done in those early times in the way of codi ficatine. In short it was not until the reign of Henry VII. that our statutes got into confusion. The confu sion had been increasing ever since, as had been so ably stated by the right hon. and learned member for the University of Dublin ; and it was the duty of that house to make some attempt to restore regularity. Mr. G. BUTT said that the motion proposed to do what could not be done, and therefore he should, vote against it. Mr. R. PHILLIMOR proposed an amendmen t, omitting the words that allotted the duty to the clerk of the Parliament. Mr. M. CHAMBERS supported the amendment,and observed that the difficulties, in th e wa y of the work proposed would not :be so g*,;eat as was apprehended. The striking out of the repealed statutes for instance would be a merely mechanical operation. As for the obsolete, and all laws were in force until they were re pealed. To strike nut the first volume, and repeal the second, would be an important step in the right direc - Mon. Mr NAPIER said that the course taken by the righ hon. gentleman took him entirely by surprise. From an answer the right hon. gentleman gave on a former evening, when he was asked whether Government had any bill in contemplation on the subject of ministers' money, he had felt confident that he would oppose this motion. If Vie Government were cognisant that the existing act re quired amendment, it was their duty to bring in a bill for that purpose, and not allow a private member to do so, and say that they would reserve their own opinion to the second reading. He com plained that bt thus encouraging agitation on these eccleeiaitical questions, and pressing them before the country, as it were by way of a sore, they excited false , pcs amongst the Irish people. This unworthy, and he would add unmanly, conduct on the part of the Govern ment was the most effectual means of preventing the subsidence of that religious bitterness and animosity which had so long prevailed in Ireland. (Opposition cheers.) Who introduced the act of 1854 ? Sir J. Young and the present Attorney-Gencral for Ireland. ("No, no," from Mr. Keogh.) Yes, the name of the hon. and learned gentleman was on the back of the first edition of the bid, though subsequently it was changed to that of the noble lord (Palmerston). When that act was passed the noble lord was Home Secretary, and now in 1855 the eoble lord permitted the introduction of a bill to re port the settlement then made. He admitted the incon venience alight have arisen from making the town coun cil the collectors—but to remove that objection was not the of ject of this motion. Would the mere alteration of the party who was to receive the money settle the ques tion ? If so, surely the Government ought to bring in the bill fur that purpose themselves. (Hear.) The pro posed bill would lead to irritation and ill feeling, and he contended that the conduct of the Government, whose duty it was to refuse leave to bring in any bill to alter the principle of the act of 1854, and thus settle the question for ever, was unworthy and unmanly. Mr. MAHER agreed with the right hon. and learned gendeman as to the character of the course taken by the Government in the matter, but expressed his deter mination not to vote for any amendment of the existing act which di I not relieve the Roman Catholics altoge ti e • from the impost. Lord NAAS was also astonished at the conduct of Ministers, who, he contended, when they sanctioned the introduction of a bill to upset a settlement made oily two years ago of a most important and ex citing q iesti ni l ought at least to state in what re spect they c n3idered the existing act was unsatisfac tery, and the amendment they thought necessary. The resolution before the house, however, went much further than he understood the right boo. gentleman ( Mr. Horsman) was disposed to go, for it declared that ite object was the total and entire abolition of the tax. (Hear.) Did the Government intend to support the entire repeal of the impost, or merely an alteration in the mode of levying it ? This the house was entitled to know. (Hear.) Viscount PALMERSTON observed that with re gard to the unmaalinees of the Government in not oppos ing a bill on its first introduction, but reserving their opinions upon it for the second reading, the right hon. and learned gentleman was at perfect liberty to retain his opinion. (Hear.) All he would say upon that point was that he did not entirely agree with him. (" Hear," and a laugh.) But with regard to the zeal which the right hon. and learned gentleman had shown that even ing in preparing to resist this bill he might appeal to the empty condition of the benches opposite. (Hear.) If the Government had intended to resist this motion, the extreme and cordial support they would have re ceived from the other side of the house VIM evident. (Cheers.) The right honourable and learned gentleman said that they ought to refuse permission to bring in this bill, and thus settle the question for ever. This was by no means the first time they had heard that cry from the same quarter. (Hear.) He (Lord Palmerston) was old enough to recollect many occasions on which the house had been urged to refuse permission to con sider measures for relieving the Roman Catholics of Ire land, on the ground that by doing so they would put an end to agitation and settle the quest'on forever. (Kean) But dil the right hon. and learned gentleman!: really mean that it mattered much at what particular stage of the bill the house gave its final decision ? (Hear.) Did he suppo ie there was more virtue in refusing permission to allow a bill to be brought in than there was in refusing to read it a second time ? The right hon. and learned gentleman would have the same opportunity of urging his opinion on the second reading as he had now, but the Government thought it more respectful to those whose interests were concerned to allow the bill to be intro duced, reserving to themselves full liberty to take that course on the second reading which they might think proper. (Hear.) Admiral JONES—The noble lord said it was of no that pon i the second consequence whether th e di v i s i on was t a k en now or u reading,saeclloonwdedthe bill to h but he brought honest ght ia E) man e n the present resolution he could not consistently oppose the second reading. Lord J. RUSSELL suggested that it was not neces sary in this case to originate the proceeding by a reso lution in committee of the whole house, and thought that to pass the resolution as it now stood would give rise to misapprehension out of doors. He did not at all disapprove of the course taken by the Government, but advised the hon. member for Cork simply to move to bring in a bill to alter the law in regard to ministers' money as had been done in the case of the Church rate Bill. He confessed that he had hoped the settlement effected by Sir John Young's bill would have been satis factory, and was: sorry to hear that it was not, ; but if that was the opinion of the Government, it was their duty to proleate whatever amendment they thought the act of 18 .54'required. M;, MAGUIRE said that Sir J. Young Lad acted wilfully in regard to the act of 1854, against which every ene of the corporations affected by it had protested. The only settle:neat of this question that would be satisfac tory in Ireland was that the stipends of these Protestant clergymen should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund. Mr. SULLIVAN emphatically expressed his objec tion, and that of his constituents, to the odious tax, and said that he and they had fully expected relief from an impost so unjust and abominable. Mr. FAGAN said that as he was unable to move for leave to bring in a bill relating to a tax without moving in committee, he had altered his motion so as to meet that objection. Mr. A. BLACK said he should not do his duty to the city he represented if, when he found that a measure was about to be introduced to relieve eight cities in Ire land from a tax of this sort, he did not say that there were two cities in Scotland which were subjected to a similar tax, and Edinburgh had an annuity tax which he hoped would also be repealed if this impost was removed ; for he thought what was good for Ireland was equally good for Scotland. (Hear.) The motion was agreed to, and leave given to jbring in a bill founded on it. • TENANTS' COMPENSATION (IRELAND.) Mr. G. H. MOORE presented 74 petitions in favour of a Tenants' Compensation Bill for Ireland. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. BRADY, Mr. MAGUIRE, and Mr. SWLFT. Mr. G. H. MOORE then rose to bring in a bill to provide for compensation to tenants for the improve ments of lands in Ireland. He said that instead of, as he had at first intended, expressed satisfaction at his having boen given tonnderstand thatnoopposition would be offered to the bill he was about to introduce by either party on either side of the house, he ought rather to ex• press his surprise that members of either great party should leave it to a member below the gangway to in troduce a measure in which both parties had expressed such a vivid interest. The hon. member then en tered into an historic?) account of the successive bills introduced in Lir - by th e Governments of Lord Derby and Lord Aly deen, which two bills might fairly be said rePreseret ramble of those the feeling of both sides of the house ; add tb, bills laid down that it - - - - ° •„ lirtric. ,l o )l The following bills w:-rc severally read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Antrira and Coleraine Roads ; British and American Great Railway Land Company ; Donington Turnpike Trust ; East Somerset Railway ; Epsom and Leatherhead Railway ; Godley Lane Road ; Gravesend Improvement ; Killarney Junc tion Rail way and Tralee and Killarney Railway; Lianid loes and Newtown Railway ; Middlesbrough Extension and Improvement ; Morayshire Railway ; West Lon don and Crystal Palace Railway ; and Wimbledon and Croydon Railway. SUPPLIES FOR, THE CAVALRY. WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Ad miral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy, which the King of Sardinia hath been pleased to confer upon him, as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of his emi nent services before the enemy during the present war, and that he may enjoy all the rights and privileges there unto belonging. The Queen has also been pleased to give and grant unto Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England, G.C.8., her Majesty's royal licence and permission that ha may accept and wear the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the First Class ; unto Lieutenaut•Colonel John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, C. 8., and Major John Hardman Burke, her Majesty's royal licence and permission that they may ac cept and wear the Third Class of the same Order, which the Sultan hath been pleased to confer upon them respec tively, as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the present war, and that they may enjoy all the rights and privileges thereunto belonging. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 18. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, en closing copy of a Frenchjuiperial Law, tieing the duties upon the importation into France of exotic resins, as follows : In French ships—From countries out of Europe, free ; from the entrepots, 8 francs per 100 kilos. In foreign vessels, 13 francs per 100 kilos. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 18. The Right honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, enclosing copy of a French Imperial Law, fixing the duty upon the importation of hydrochlorate, or muriate of potass, into France at 15 francs the 100 kilogrammes. RAILWAY FROM ATHENS TO THE PIR/EUS. The Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plan tations have received a copy of a despatch from her Ma jesty's Minister at Athens, authorising the Greek Go vernment to grant to any company powers to establish a railway from Athens to the Piraeus. The despatch sets forth at length in 29 articles the terms of the proposed grant, and the powers and liabilities of the contracting parties. The duration of the right of the parties io whom the right of construction of the railway shall be granted is limited to 55 years. The railway must be commenced the year following the confirmation of the grant, and be finished within two years of the confirmation thereof, under cer tain penalties therein set out. The articles also set forth in detail the price for the carriage of passengers, &c., and the right of the Government to grant to other undertakers the extension of the line and the construction of branch Hoes, in the event of the parties to whom the grant may be made declining to carry out the extension or branches projected. 11 4 0 6m0m Last night a meeting, announced as that of the men of London opposed to the opening of museums and ex hibitions on Sundays, took place at Exeter-hall. Not only was the large hall completely filled, but so many persons were endeavouring to obtain admission about the time when the proceedings were to commence, that it was necessary to close the entrance from the Strand. Persons were waiting at the doors two hours afterwards. A prayer having been offered up by Dr. Rule, the chair was tel. en by Mr. Joseph Tritton, of th 3 firm of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co. The UHAIRSLIN briefly enforced the object in view by con tending that not one hour of God's blessed day ought to be polluted by pleasure, and that if the Sunday were ever legally made a day of pleasure, :edgers would be opened,stui shopkeepers, oyopnokinevitablef env b ge usin l ra sn,d e b ss carried tiaufhptsetphoiet: ewadtuoil. Nl on, ouvtdonl and ec hal t baae ceG: called beeniteelt meeting u greci ih gedo so , called whether the l hoaa become etfernsrtnachstbrte iobygßnas tttnroahai: a il t P bi r a sh ti o s : a s s g u w b mi r : t t o b t e h pn s p e p d e o l n was S n o day ive s. The n by enthusiastic and prolonged cheers. Mr. J. J. CUMMINGS moved the first resolution, "That this meeting, believing the Sabbath-day to have been hallowed by Almighty God at the Creation, avid kept holy afterwarde by his express command, recog nises in the Lord'.-day a divinely ordained memorial of the Saviour's resurrection, and a day made for man to worship God, to rest 11:s mind and body, and t' refresh his soul with sacred things ; that this meeting is there. fore decidedly opposed to the opening of any exhibition of a secular character upon the Lord's-day, and consideA that if the Legislature or the Government were to sanc tion the same, it would be a national violation of the n he i wouldn the s begsresolu tion, fo command of God, and would inflict a public wrong by depriving many persons of a g reat Christian privilege and right, for the amuseme nt of others." Mr. Curn• flings, in support of the views exhorted both rich and p oor to resist the proposed • removal of the restrictions a g ainst opening the places in th ee embraceder i n c i rich, parties, Saturday v drives, from visiting cl ubhouses on Sunda y s, and from them question t o refrain on vom ever ything and anything which tended to violate the sanc tity of the Sabbath. H e ho p ed that the rich would preserve the Sabbath for the p oor, tha t they might dedi cate it to religion. Mr. R. BAXTER , who seconde d the resolution , said that the law prohib itin g labo u r on the seventh day was SAatsu to a boon to the poor, and that Parliament ought not, by opening the institutions in question, to compel one man to labour in order to amuse another. The resolution was agreed to, with reiterated cheers, and very faint marks of oissent. The next resolution was, "That the peculiarities of English life and character, and the mental and physical exhaustion produced by the overwhelming demands of business, render Sunday rest specially necessary for the morals, the education, the health, and the happiness of the people ; that in the opinion of this meeting, 'the opening of the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Crystal Palace, and other similar institutions,' on, the Lord's-day, would lead to a large increase of labour, to a deterioration of the character of the nation, and endanger the preservation of a weekly rest." Mr. CORDEROY, who moved this resolution, and Mr. HENDERSON, who seconded it, argued in the sa me s p irit as the preceding speakers. The former s a id t hat the opening of the National Gallery on Sundays would be an insult to the religious feelings of the c ountr y , and asked if ever a man was made virtuous b y looking at pictures. Such exhibitions as those r eferred to could teach nothing to the man whose 'lliad had not been pre viously prepared by education. The resolution, as well as a vote of thanks to the chairman, was agreed to, by a display of feeling decidedly in opposition to the proposed motion of Sir Joshua Wahnsley. -..-....•11.•.••••••••••••••111 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will ' ec , t r f e ; switched on the following day, with the exception of the lill,lo ( Fouthampton), and the Malta, both of which will 14e despatch' ' tl preceding day. Acton, Joseph Greene, John Perry, Sir E. A lcock, T. G - osveaor, Ld. FL Pilkington, J. Anderson, Sir J. Gurney, Jill. Reed, J. Barnes, I'. Bechtold, George Robartes. T. Baxter, W. Heywood, J. Scholefleld, W. Beamish, F. Johnstone,4. Scobell, Capt. Bell, J. Kennedy; T. Shelley, Sir J. Bland, L. 11. Ker, D. Smith, J. B. Brotherton, J. King, L. Thompson, G. Brown, W. Kinnaird, A. . Tite, W. Crook,:J. 1 Langton, H. G. Vansittart, G. Crossley, F. Weenu, J. Vivian, H. li. Duncan, George at'Gregor, John Walinsley, Sir J. Dunlop, A. Maguire, J. F. Watling, Col. Ewart, W. Meagher, T. Watson, IV. Ewart, J. M all, E. Whatman, J. Fagan, W. Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. Fenwick, H. M/shell, William Williams, W. Ferguson, J. Moffat, G. Wise, A. Forster, Charles Napier, Sir C. TELLF.II9. Fos, ,W. J. Olive'ra, B. Phillimore, R. J. coderieh, Viscount Pellatt, A. Chambers, M. NOES-161. Manley, C. B. Gifford, Earl or Mulgrave, F.arl of Annesley, Earl of Gilpin, Col. 11. Murrough, J. I'. a rchdall, Capt. M. Gladstone, IV. Naas, Lord Atherton, W. Glyn, G. Napier, J. Bailey, C. Gower, F. Neeld, John Bantle, H. Grace, 0. Newport, Viscount Bailin, lit. Hon. M. Graham, Sir J. North, Col. J. Ball, E. Grenfell, Charles O'Brien, P. Baring, T. Grey, lit. Hon. Sir G. O'Brien, J. Barrow, IV. Grey, R. O'Connell, 0. Bass, M. Grogan. Edward O'Connell, J. Beaumont, W. Gwyn, Bowel Osborne, R. Black, Mans Hall. Sir Benjamin Palmerston, VlsCounl Blackbarn, P. Hamilton, U. A. r eacocke. G. Boldero, Lt.-Col. H. G. Hankey, T. Peel, F. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore llanmer, Sir John Phillimore, J. G. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hastie, Arcll4. Pritchard, J. Bowyer. G. Henchy, D. Ricardo, J. Brareston, T. W. Herbert, H. Ricardo, 0. Brand, H B. W. Herbert, Sir T. Ridl,y, George Bruce, Lord E. Horsfall, T. Robertson, P. Buck, L. W. norsnaa.n, E. Russell, Lord J. Buckley, Gen. Hotham, Lord Russell, F. C. Butt, G. M. Howard, C. Russell, F. IV. Byng, G. 11. C. Hughes, NV. Seymer, H. Campbell, Sir A. I. Hutchins, E. Shafto, R. Cardwell, E. Hutt, W. Shedd tn, R. Cecil, Lord Jermyn, Rt. En. Earl Sibthorp, Major Clive, lion. R. W. Johnstone, Sir J. smith, M. Cockbarn. Sir A. J. E . Jones, Admiral Smith, R. Cowper, W. Jones, D. Spooner, R. Cubitt. W, Kell 4 Sir F. Stafford, A. Davies, D. Kendall. N. Stanhope, J. Davies, J. Kirk, IV. Stanley, Lord Davison, R. Labounere,Rt.lion.ll Steel, John Dees ,111. Lasiett, W. ' Stirling. W. Deedes, William Lee, W. Strickland, Sir G. Dent, J. Lennox, Lord H. G. Stuart, Captain De Vere, S. E. Lewis, Sir G. C. Sullivan, Michael Devereux, J. Liddell, 11. G. Swift, R. Disraeli, B. Lindsay, W. Taylor, Colonel Drummond, H. Lowe, R. Vance, John Duckworth, r.ir J. T.B. Luce. T. Verner, Sir IV. Duncan, Viscount Mackie, J. Villiers, C. Buncombe, lion. A. 3ise:lregor, James Walpole. S. Buncombe, 0. MacMahon, P. Warner, E. Dundee, F. Malins, Richard Warren, S. Dunne, M. Marjorihanks, D. Whitmore. 11. Dunne, Colonel Martin, J. Wickham, H. Esmonde, J. Martin, P. Wilson, J. Ferguson, Sir:J. Massey, r. Wortley. J. S. Fitzgerald, J. Milner, W. M. E. Wyndham, Gen. Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Mitchell, T A. Fitzroy, Henry Montgomery, Sir G. Freestun, Colonel Morris, D. French, Fitzatephen •Mowbray, J. R. Mr. J. FERGUSSON gage notice that he shout ! ask the Secretary of War a questi , oi relative t , the quality of the supply of saddlery, &c., to'the German Legion. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Planta tions have received a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Barcelona, enclosing a notice, dated Barcelona, Feb. 7, announcing that, from the effects of the gale on the 11th of January last, a sandbank has been formed off that port, situated to the south, 20 degrees west, corrected from the point of the new mole; length from that spot, Charles 510 feet, Spanish; breadth, 85 feet; shallowest depth, from 11 feet to 13 feet. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Fleming East Sandwich,or 1 e Regim e......t....---___ master, from the THE Josiralsu WiLIas.—TOLKESTONE, Feb. 18.— ment, dated 2d November, has been cancelled, vice Wes- N alipo N i. T n s t- . The divers were enabled to go down on Saturday last terby, deceased. l e l s a n t t t h e ooff Militia—Captain the November,Bombay 185 Army, rm Johny, t W b e i I P I i a a ym to examine the condition of the sunken ship Josephine Willis. They found her in an upright position, but on account of the great quantity of broken rigging and CO.:lo:lntlySSolfONNoSrtShluGtbeE:atll7_TLhOoßmDas•LvlvwEilUlhioTastnEe Riddell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. sails, which hung horizontally over the deck, they were Northumbrland Regiment of Militia—Alex. Browne, precluded from getting to it. Several spars, &c., were Esq. (late Captain and Adjutant), to be Major. sent up, and the divers were very sanguine of eventually County of Dorset—Charles James Radclyffe, Esq., to be recovering a large portion of her cargo. Deputy Lieutenant. [AmmansmoNri—Wc quote a few more of the extraordi- Dorset Regiment o f Militie.o—Rndobe ro rt Clayton the 99th rown, nary cures w ithout medicine effected by Du Barry's delicio us Gent., to be Ensign, vice B, pmote to health.reitoring Revalenta Arabica, Food of Indigestion Foot. (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation , Nervous, Bilious, and Q ueen's Own Regimentof Oxfordshire Yeomanry Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility: Cavalry—Julius Alexander f o ratori' , Gent., (lately a Cap -65, Piccadilly, London , B th November , 1847.—Gentlemen, tain in the 16th Lancers), be a Cornet, vice Tawney, —Having been for a long time a great sufferer from piles and promoted. se vere cons tip a tion of the bowels, I commenced taking , about Artillery Battalion of the R o y al Sussex Militia — Second three wee k s ag o, the " Revalenta Arabica" twice a day, Lieutenant Henn- e d Lloyd Nic dhoLilson euten to be F t irst George LieutenaElliottnt, mor n i ng an d n i g ht, and have continued it daily. The result vice Cole promot ; Seconan induces me h ere with to express my unbounded gratitude. My Clarke to be First Lieutenant, vice Barchard, promoted. bowels and s t o mach begin to remind me of what I was Years Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Robert ago ; in fact, lam fast approaching complete restoration to Baynes Reed, Gent., to bo iilsign, vice Boinford, pro the enjoyment of functions without which life is but a p ain- moted ; George John Cherie Whittington, Gent., to be ful burden. No medicine has ever done me the good I have Ensign. derived from the Revalenta. Digestion has in reality in my Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— case beg -cilium, With marl thanks, &c.,—WILLIAM PATCHING. Ensign Rowland Hugh Cotton to be Lieutenant, .vice In canisters, 51bs. lls. ; 121b5., 225. Tie 121bs. carriage Kynnersley, promoted. free, on receipt •of post-office order. Barry du Barry and 2d Regiment Warwickshire Militia—John Wynne, late Co., 7T, Regent .s tree t , Loudon ; Fertnum,al also Mason, 07d. Grace-co. Captain d 2 ; 3 F d re F d u e s r i i l e i k ei• j s , o t h o n b G e ra L n i e v u il t l e e n , a G n te,n Gent., A be r k E w n r s i i g g li n t ; Purveyors to her Majesty , Piccadilly ; oat church-street ; 333 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, • Frederick Blake, Gent., to be Ensign. Coruhill ; 49, Bishopegate-street; 55, Charing-tress; 54, i Brecknock Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Upper Naker-street • 63 and 150 Oxford-street. Arthur Wilke Ludlow Ctoroperts to be Captain, vice TELLEB , 3. Hay ter, W. Berkeley, G. Mr. L. EING adopted the amendment, and, after an ol:Qervat',on from the ATTORNET.GENERAL, the house divided, Ayes. ................................... N0e5....... ................................ _ _ MINISTERS' MONEY (IRELAND). Mr. FAGNN rose, pursuant to notice, to move that this house will immediately resolve itself into a corn. mittee, to consider the act 17th and 18th Victoria, cap. 11, with the view of amending the frame, so far as respects the tax thereby enacied to be levied in eight corporate towns in Ireland, in lieu and substitution of Ministers' Money, in order that) the said tax may be wholly abo lished. In doing so, he disclaimed any i n t en ti on o f detaining the house with lengthened observations. He should merely allude to the position in which th e question had been placed by Sir J. Young's act of 1854. The act bad been called a compromise, but b e denied that the opponents of the bill had entered into any compromise. The effect of Sir J. Young' s act had been to sow the seeds of discord in all the towns where the tax was levied, by making the corporations the collectors of the tax, together with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, He (Mr. Fagan) declared that the act of last year, instead of being a compromise, wayan a2gray..ttion of the evil. S o much was this felt in Treland, that the town councils had refused to collect the tax, and the Zeelegiaeticalcommiseiners had not, up 63 161-101 ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST.— Gen. Sir G. Scovell retires from the governorship of this institution on the 31st of March, and as Colonel Prosser, the lieut.- governor, is absent on leave, and presumed to he to, ill to return, 'it is probable that a Complete change will take place in its direction at that time. Rumour asserts that there will also be a change in its organisation, and that the college will be drawn into closer connexion with Woolwich Academy and the Ordnance Corps, with which view the establishment will be increased. Sir G. Scovell, who has been one of the most active of its governors, was originally in the 4th Dragoons, from which he pa-sed to the Staff of the Duke of \Vellincton in the Peninsula, and was finally intru4ed by the Duke with the organi sation and command of 'the Mour;ted Police in Spain and Flandera. PURCETASE IN TFIE ARMY. Sir P. L. EVANS.gave notice that on the 4th March he should submit a resoutien relative to the present system of purelwe in tl:e army. THE BALTIC FLEET. _ . _ Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that on the 4th March be should call the attention of the house to the opera tions of the Baltic fleet in 1854 an-I 1855. BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES. Mr. SCHOLEPIELD moved for a return of the total number of Benefit Bui S , )cieLios enrolled under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 32, since the passing of the act, specifying as to each society enrolled since the let day of January, 1845, the name of such society, place of meeting, date of enrolment, and name and address of secretary or manager.—A,greeel to. FArT CHARTER ACT. Mr. H. BA.ILLIE asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether, in the event of the Government de ciding to renew the Bank Charter Act for another term of years, he would be prepared to introduce a clause to continue in force the arrangement by which the Bank of England agreed to pay those, private banks who con sented to withdraw their paper circulation, 1 per cent. per annum upon the average i , ,sue of those banks in the three previous years, and to continue the same so long as the other private banks were permitted to issue their paper. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the act in question would expire shortly. Powers were given to put an end to certain privileges of the act on notice being given to that effect. These notices had not been given. Until that be done it would remain i❑ force. Its operation was limited till August next, un ess previously renewed by the Legislature. WEST INDIA. MAILS. On the motion of Mr. LINOS eY, a copy of memo rial from certain inhabitants of British Guiana to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, complaining of great irregularities in the conveyance of the mails between this country and our West India possessions, and copies of any cerrespondeace bearing upon it, was ordered. SIR JOHN M‘NEIL'S REPORT. Lord W. GRAHAM tusked the Under Secretary for War whether Sir J. M‘Neit's report was communicated to the authorities at the Horse Guards on its arrival in , this country, and, if not, what were the reasons which induced the Government to withhold it Mr. F. PEEL said that two reports had been made by the Crimean Commissioners relating to the Horse Guards, which were dated in London, and could not therefore have been presented immediately on the return of the commissioners. The second report related to the Commissariat which came under a branch of the service under Lord Panmure, and had not therefore been pre sented to the Horse Guards. That was completed in January, and by Lord Penmen's orders were imme diately printed for circulation, and if any delay had oc curred between the presentation of the two reports it mast have been inconsiderable. Col. NORTH asked the Under Secretary for War whether the whole of the reports of the commissioners ad been published ? Mr. PEEL said there wag no intention on the part of the authorities to present the reports in any other form to the house. (Laughter.) Mr. ROEBUCK observed that that was no a nswer t o the hon. and gallant gentleman' s question. (Hear.) Lord W. GRAHAM gave notice that he should ro. peat the question to-morrow. MASTERS AND OPERATIVES. Mr. MACKINNON moved for a select committee to consider the inconvenience now felt in the country from the want of equitable tribunals, by whose means any difference between masters and oper atives might be satisfactorily adjusted. The hon ourable member enlarged on the injurious effects strikes amongst workmen had entailed, both to the em ployer and the employed, and said he considered this a question well deserving the consideration of the house. Jfe thought much goad would result from the house es tablishing an equitable tribunal, presided over by a son appointed by the e xecu ti ve , t o w hi c h wor k men person • masters might appeal when disagreements took place between them. The motion having been seconded, Sir . G. GREY said there could be no objection to such • inficry, to be ooaducteci with a view to the objects SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEE. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has quiet to-day, and the prices rather improved. S° n d Eastern, 122—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 82—Midlotly (;9 ; i.—London and North Westormi, 1014- North Britt"' 7.6.3.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 24i—Esit e T, Counties, 10.1.3.—Great Western of Canada, 20i —Du tch Rhenish, p. MANCHESTER, FEL 19. STOOK EXOTIANGE.—The market to-day has been dory a moderate business, and prices we ro inactive. Leeds, S' Ditto, Pref., 13 5-16—Eastern Counties, 10 1-16—Dov. erst 19 5-16, s—Midlands, 69h—London Stock, 101--Dit" iliths, 11-16 d.—Sheffields, - East Lancashire, VP"' Chester Guaranteed 201. shares, IL BIRMINGHAM, 7EII. 19. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was fla t to-day, and prices generally the tu.-n lower. Great We" tern Stour Valley Guaranteed Stock was done at Ditto, Pref., at 101. and 9.;8.9.--Mtropshirs Unions, 4 , * —London and North Westerns, 10li 1013—Midlands Gji 704. LEEDS, Frit. 19. STOCK EXCEIANGE.—MidIands, G 3i—North Trestero, DUBLIN, FEN-18. STOCK EXCHANGM—Three per Cont. Consols, 911 -- Ditto for Account, 7th March, 914 a—New Three Pa r Cent. Stock, M./ A—Ditto, for Acceunt, 7th March. 9 1 # — ; Grand Canal Co., for account, 38.—Great Southern A" Western, 53 I—lrish Soath Eastern, 5i —Newry, W ar• renpoint, and Rostrever, CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six daps ending Saturday, Feb. 16 ;—Nurniser admitted, includ ing season ticket holders, 6,297 ; amount received for admissions, 2141 18s. 6d.—One Shilling Day, Tuesday' Feb. 19—Admissions on payment., 875 ; ditto by season ticket, 166 ; total visitors, 1,041.. BIRTH. OP A SON. On the 19th inst., at 5, Glocester•terrace, Hyde-I) B .° c ' Mrs. Edward Woods. to On the 18th inst. , at the Rectory , Clapham, the wil e the Rev. W. H. Wentworth A. Boyer. Or A DATIGBTEII. On tho 19th inst., at Milner-square, Mrs. Alexander I ; Mon tefiore. On the 19th inst., at 24, Argyle-square, King's cro ak tho wife of Mr. Robert Boniton, solicitor. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at Notting-hill, Bennet Odell, sec°, ll , 4 son of Willi am M ears N ew t on , E sq ., o f W ee t.bill,Wanu t worth, Surrey, to Emma, the youngest daughter of gob Beane, Esq., of the Pansmores,`Great Parndon, On the 16th inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinitid Westbourne-terrace, Stewart Alexander smith, Esq. , Warwick-road, Maida-hill west, to Susanna Jane, daug" ter of James Laming, Esq., Maida-hill west. DIED. On the 16th inst., at Brighten, Sir Benjamin Page", Ontram, C. 8., of Hanover-square, London, Inspector 0" H. M.'s Hospitals and Fleets. On the 16th inst., at Bronapton-square, Sir J. Stoddert, St., Chief Justice of Malta, &c., sometime proprietor of a journal called " The New Times," aged S. On the 19th inst , at the Rectory House of St. Margaret, LAlibtiry, the Ven. John Banks Hellingworth, for fortl t years rect,r of that parish, and Archdeacon of IDO L. ing,don, aged 77. On the 17th inst., at Calcot-park, Barks, the Re!. Ch Cook, aged 72. On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Colonel H. F. Benbao3, commanding cavalry depots at Brighton and Canterbury, aged 46. On the 16th inst., at 1, Harrington-square, Janie§ Orel , Esq., late of H.M.'s Customs. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNOO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 112; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tho ootulti ° f kticitileawx, Wedlaa4r, Edna* 2041e5it Wish M( at E Shoff merit Pora' SO re mitt, Th to ri they The Ell The bei Color Sir J Ssr stock land, Post- N for t 'Wou to e Prot her r the peric Th hista t cul nthei Been Adm' Augu Sir J, The 1 Retie of • T c ' O;I Stalls, a Pint Lanre cm 7 ca mil and gt grUPll' m RCr Mlsc "hid %nd R APT OW IT The ton Mare] ?toy Great Pro ' , Ann( of the T 1; 11 01 , 11 Ltl' l new Devil It n.) 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