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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YEsTERDiY)• The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented peti tions against opening the Crystal Palace and other places of amusement on Sundays. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY gave notice that on the second reading he would move the suspension of the standing orders, with a view of passing the measure, which was of very pressing importance. CHURCH DISCIPLINE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord SHAFTESBURY gave notice that, on the second reading of the Church Discipline Act Amend ment Bill, he should move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. CLARKE THORNHILL'S ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Clarke Thorn hill's Estate Bill was read a second time. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Sheffield, in which they 'prayed that a uniform mode of proceeding through. out England, Ireland, and Scotland be adopted. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that a bill bad been prepared on this subject. He was to meet his hon. friend the Solicitor-General in a few days to consider the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. The Church Discipline Bill and the Divorce Bill were already framed. Lord BROUGHAM felt exceedingly gratified at the announcement made by the noble and learned lord. TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENTS BILL. The Earl of HARROWBY in moving the committee upon this bill, said that be had withdrawn the clause to which so mach objection had been taken the other night. The Earl of DERBY expressed his satisfaction at the course adopted by the noble lord. The bill then passed through committee. The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. GALLERY OF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS. Earl STANHOPE then rose to move that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take into her Royal consideration, in connection with the site of the present NatiOnal Gallery, the practicability and expediency of forming by degrees a gallery of original portraits, such portraits to consist as far as possible of those persons who are most honourably com memorated in British history as warriors or as states men, or in arts, in literature, or in science. The noble lord proceeded to urge the importance of such a public institution, and quoted the opinion of Mr. Carlyle and Mr. Ward, Sir C. Eastlake, and other authorities, in favour of such a work. Such an institution would not only be a most important element in the edu• cation of the people in the history of the country, but he believed it would prove a great incitement to all per sons to distinguish themselves in the arts, sciences, and literature of the country. He knew that the formation of such a gallery as he proposed would be a work of time, and, even if the gallery was already erected, the few portraits that could be hung up at the present mo ment would be very unsightly. What he, therefore, proposed was that two or three rooms in Mari borough-house, or even in th 3 Palace at Westminster should be set apart for the reception of the portraits until a proper and fitting place was provided. Of course the money for the formation of such a gallery of portraits as he proposed would have to be voted by the House of Commons, and the Bum that would be required would not be so large as to meet with any objection. He thought that if 1,0002. were voted to begin with, 5001. annually would be quite sufficient to fully carry . out the object he had in view. Portraits . of great men could often be purchased on very reasonable terms. For instance, a portrait of William Pitt was sold the other day for 100 guineas, and another of the Earl of Chatham, which was pur chased by Sir Robert Peel for 80 guineas. A genuine portrait of Sir William Blackstone sold lately for 80/ , and one of Percival was purchased by Sir Robert In glis for 40 guineas. But, independent of purchases, there would no doubt be many presents made to the na tional collec ion. In fact many noble lords had already intimated their readiness to present portraits as soon as a proper national building was procured for their re •ception. Most of their lordships were descended from the great men of ancient times, and when they possessed 'only one portrait of course it could not be expected they should let that one go out of their possession. !But Where, as In many cases, they possessed four or eve, one of them ctuld be very welt spared. He would be Very careful, however, not to place in the gallery of the nation the portraits of any living characters. Let them bat establish a grant of 1,0001., and the thing would be done, for then popular feeling would insure the scheme. There were two collections of portraits in this country, one at Hampton-court, and the other at the Bri . 'tieh Museum. With regard to the former, he would be sorry to diminish its attractions; and with regard to the latter, there were many portraits of value, and others of no value. They were, however, ill-placed; and he propose 1 to transfer the whole of the portraits from these two col lections to the National Gallery. He would, however, make a selection of the best of the portraits, rejecting the bad. The proposal that was now immediately before their lordship, was irrespective of those two institutions. In the Palace of Holyrood there was a collection of im aginary portraits. Of course, they would find no place in the eollection which he proposed. He prupesed this collection in the interest of the arts in this country; and seeing the struggles which genius had to go through, he thought the Government of the country ought to stretch out a helping hand to the assistance of those who were the ornaments of social life. Believing that thia•was a step in the right direc tion, he now with confidence left his resolutions in the bands of their lordships. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE said that this pro position could not come from any one with greater grace than from his, noble friend, whose historic researches were acknowledged by the nation at large. He agreed with his noble friend that the proposition would be of the most essential service in elevating the taste and supporting the arts of the country. He did not think that in the establishmeut of such a collection as that proposed-they ought to trench upon those funds which were most properly set apart for the purees°. of the highest works of art for the National Gallery. There could be no doubt that his noble friend's proposition would be of national advantage, and, therefore, it should have his cordial support. He would, however, suggest to his noble friend to make his resolution a little more general. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH approved of the propositions entirely. It would be gratifying to aill e !fleeted persons to view the lineaments in a nations gallery of those who had made themselves illustrious in the history of the country. With a stringent rule for excluding all who were not worthy to have a place in snob a gallery, at place in that gallery would be the highest peasible honour. He agreed with the noble marquis that the resolutions ought to be made more general, otherwise it would exclude judges who were not statesmen, or literary men. Why, it would exclude the late Archbishop of Canterbury—a man that approached nearer to perfection as a Christian bishop than any man he had ever known. It would exclude Wolsey, Crom well, and many of the greatest names in our history. He would therefore suggest that the resolutions should ex tend to all who had rendered themselves illustrious in our annals. Every man should be excluded who had not the highest claim to be placed in that temple of fame. His noble friend proposed that the selections should be in the fine arts commission. It must he remembered, however, that the selections were not of great pictures, but of great men. In his opirmon the commission should be a Parliamentary commission, com prised of members of both houses, to decide whose por traits should be placed in the gallery. If, however, they began with a paltry 5001. a year, the scheme would never be carried out. It was either worth nothing, or it was worth doing well. Time's sieve was constantly shaking the names of celebrated men into oblivion. H e had lately been reading in RID Janson a list of men who were celebrated iii his time, and be came upon sixteen names. Now nine of them be (the Earl of Elleaborough) had never beard of before. 11.3 mentioned this to show that it wat necessary to have a proper selection made by competent authorities. Ben Jenson said that the poetry of the elder Sir Thos. Wyatt was superior to that of Dante and Tetrarch. Now he (the Earl of Ellen borough) had mover had the good furtuue to meet with the p retry of Sir Thomas Wyatt. This showed they were liable to exaggerate the pea ers of contemporaries of eminence. This gallery, as he bad said, must be a gallery of great men, and not of great pictures. Those who went of themselves to portrait painters to have their likeaessea take" were generally alderm)n or railway directors, suc cessful speculators, rich grocers; and others. The quiet, but great literary men seldom went to the portra t painter. How were the portraits of ,these men to be ob tained 1 He Thought if the Government would under take the measure of his noble friend, and make this really a gallery of portraits of those whe of all ages had done beat advantage on for the nati on their country, they wou ld confer a great . The Duke of ARGYLL said ehis would be a his torioal gallery, and in such cases as the Duke of Wel lington be thought the portraits should be surrounded by those who were his companion s in his deeds. Tne portrait of Wellington should be surrounded boyugthlitot-eio of Piston, Murray, and others. N e l son, too, be associated with Collingwood, Hardy, and others of his captains. They must not, therefore, lay down too stringent a rule as to admission to this gallery. The Earl ofCARNAL VON said this motion had, as had been truly observed by the noble marquis, pro ceeded with peculiar grace from his noble friend. Such a gallery as this would indeed have a character of conser• vative stability. Ile motion of his noble friend was no unmeaning conc l us i on to th e reso l u ti o n s t o w hi c h t h e i r lordships had. come with regard to hereditary peerages. He believed that the contemplation of a gallery like this would strengthen the interest and deepen the reverence of all Englishmen for those who hart deserved well of the nation. This was another point of stability to the institu- tions and constitution of the country. The Earl of HA Rll,O IV BY would have such a gallery open to all who had contributed to the advantage of the country. He should like to see around those Houses of Parliament not only the statues of the statesmen who had adorned our history, but also a selection of men who bad conferred glory and dignity on the country. Lord DUNGANNON said the contemplation of the portraits of great men always produced emulation in those who looked upon them. Lord REDESDALE reminded the house that the House of Commons had the night before come to a resolu tion, upon a divii ion of 72 to 64, to appropriate the site of the National Gallery to a national hotel. After a few words from Lord COLCHEBTEB, Earl STANHOPE replied—He said it did not seem A ji - - THE SUN, LO N DON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING MAlt the profession, and that that fact was a source of much evil. But it had also been said that the officer who pur chased his commission served almost for nothing, as his pay was little more than interest for his m ney. That was the evidence of the Duke of Wellington, who said that. three-fourths of the British officers had little more reward than the honour of serving. Now it seemed to him (Lord Goderich) anything but sound policy that our officers should serve ter nothing, because under each a system each officer acquired a vested interest which you could neither deny nor reject, and which was sure to be ureed when any innovating alteration was proposed. He could show that be had not gratuitously inferred the possibility of this dan ger, for he held in his hand a document with the appear ance of which many members of that house were no doubt familiar—he meant, the memorial of the Brigade of Guards. He was not about to enter into the prayer of that me morial, although, in his opinion, the course pursued by the Government in the matter was justifiable, but to use it as showing that this claim of vested rights had already been put foward. (The noble lord here read an extract from the memorial, in which the memorialists urged their vested rights by purchase of captaincies in the Guards to celonelcies before the officers of the line, and complained that the G overnmen t warrant involved a ' breach of faith.) Now what he asserted was that is no ether army would officers be found asserting a breach of faith under such circumstances. He thought that in thus giving your officers a pecuniary interest in their commissions you put yourself in reference to them in a mast undesirableposition, and which might lead to very serious consequences. Be sides, the house should recolle c t th a t th e system of purchase involved no saving to the country, the pay being the same,, purchase or no purchase. Purchase was also a bar to im provement in the army, as it precluded the necessity of educa'ion to a certain extent, so that the introduction of a sound system of military education would, he be lieved, be now a very critical experiment. That the pre lint system was defective was proved by the evidence of Sir Howard Douglas, who had deposed before a committee of that house that the standard of education for our young officers was mischievously low, and that the examination was ridiculously trivial. He had, therefore, the authority of a distinguished general for saying that the educational standard in the army was deficient ; and surely, in the present age, it was of peculiar importance to pay attention to those questions of military education. If we looked at foreign countries we found that many were making great strides ; and at home we should recollect what rapid pro gress was being made with the general education of the people. At a time when the education of those classes of the people from which private soldiers were chosen was so rapidly advancing, it would not do to have these who com manded them their inferiors in general knowle ige. (Hear.) Other countries were not so backward in this matter as we were. In 1851 the King of Prussia issued an ordi nance, the preamble of which gave as a reason for a sispis rior education of the officers the great spread and advance of education in the great body of the people. The hon. Under. Secretary of War seemed to think that if they abo lished purchase in the army there was no alternative but seniority ; but ho could assure him that those who advo cated the abolition had no notion of substituting a pure seniority. The present system gave us generals of 70 and captains of 13 ; but it might be changed so as to give us commanders iu the vigour of their age. There was one argument in favour of purchase, and which, he believed, was the favourite one at The Horse Guards, namely, that everything should,be done to prevent poor men becoming officers in the army. Before the committee the hon. member who was supposed to represent the Horse Guards asked many questions to show that the army was not fit for a poor man. On that point the opinion of Sir H. Douglas was, that the difficulty of living in the army for men of limited means was no reason why they should be excluded, if qualified, or whytho country should be deprived of their talents ; anti that gallant officer asked if that rule wore to prevail how would it ba with the private soldiers who were working their way to commissions, under the pledge given at their enlistment, and who most be still more destitute ? Sir H. Douglas distinctly stated that it would' be unjust to adopt any system which weuld exclude officers or privates from their fair chance of promotion. The noble lord at the head of the Governeneethad held out hopes that the system adopted by the right hon. member for Wilts (Mr. S. Her bert), when in the War-of se, would be continued; but he regrettel to say that since that right hon. gentleman lift the Government, ranch less had been done in that direction than before. He believed the system of ,purchase inter fered materially with recruiting for tho army, and nar rowed the circle from whence recruits could be drawn. It was complained that the class of men who enlisted was not generally that from whom officers could be selected, and yet those who made that complaint advocated a system which prevented men of a superior class entering the army. To show the necessity of some improvement in the rela tions between the officers and men, and in the qualification of the subalterns, the noble lordreferred to a memorandum of the late Duke of Wellington, in which he stated that the duty of the subaltern officer was generally performed by the sergeant; and that the captain, however gallant in the field, was seldom able to discipline his company, but was obliged to rely on the non-commissioned officers. In the French army one-third of the sub-lieutenancies were nominated by the commanders of the regiments, and two-thirds were selected from the students of the mili tary schools; and the promotion to the higher ranks went one half by seniority, and the other half by selection. In the Sardinian army, which had been reorganised by Gen. alarinora subsequent to the war with Austria in 1818, no person could. be admitted to the rank of officer unless he had served two years, es a lion-commissioned officer, or had passed an examination. One-third of the sub-lieutenancies were given upon the nominatien of the commanding officers and after that the promotions proceeded upon the rule of , ens-third by choice and two-thirds by, seniority—all ranks, however, having to undergo a rigid examination. In Russia no man could enter the army as an officer unless he had been a cadet for a certain time inn nailitary school, of which there was one attached to the head-quarters of every regi ment, and passed an examination. It had been urged by the ajvocates of the system of purchase that those who would abolish it desired to confiscate the property of those officers who had bought their commissions. But the ho nourable and gallant general hail shown that the whole value of the commissions in the army was under 8,003,000/. He (Lord Go.lerich) calculated it at 7,000,0001. and a few thousands ; but from that must bo deducted the valve of the commissions which had been given without purchase, and which might be taken at two millions, which would reduce the value of the bought commissions to something between five and six `millions. That would bo the whole arnoun, involved ; anti that, or even the whole, eight mil lions, the country would surely not grudge for the benefit which it would derive from the ostablishthent of a system that won!d provide at all times a sufficient body of well qualified officers for the army. The hon. Under Secretary (Mr. Peel) had more than once taunted those who brought forward propositions like that now under consideration With having suggested no substitute for the system they would abolish. He would suggest a system which should combine seniority and merit, a system similar to that which prevailed in she Sardinian army, and which should ensure that every commissioned, officer who entered the army should be well educated anti fitted for his duties, which should ensure to him a fair chance of promotion, anti should encourage instead of discourage si udy. The noble lord (Palmerston), when a motion was brought for ward on this subject on a former occasion, asked,'" What is merit ?' and replying to his own question said, "Merit is the opinion which one nein may form of an ether, an opinion which is sure to be disputed by many o hers, and denied by ev er y u nsuccess f u l candidata. ' He differed from the noble lord. He believed that merit was not opinion, but fact. (Hear.) Ie prom sting for merit it was not ex pected that the minister who promoted was to please every body—that was impossible; but what wtts required was that those iu whose hands the selection rested, being, men of ability and merit themselves, should appoint the fittest and boat qualified men they could find in every public situation. If that principle ware pursued honest:y and fairly by the G , vernment, though they might be subjected to the anger of disappointed ,mediocrity, they would be supported by the voice of the coun try generally. After referring to the , defects of our military system as exhibited in the proceedings of the pre sent war, he observed that the smallness of - our army made it the snore necessary to counterbalance the paucity of numbers by greater efficiency in all ranks. To maintain -that equality with the great military nations of Europe which we asserted, we must lay to heart and profit by the lessons which the war had taught us; we must make our army efficient, and for !alit purpose we must above all things provide a hotly of officers not only ready to face any danger that the call of duty might place before them, but officers thoroughly educated and trained to the profession, and devoted to it heart and soul, which they could only d o by making merit the only path to promotion and honour. Mr. MICE (Coventry) hoped the house would be cautious iu taking any step upon this question, at the sate time that he thought they ought not to refuse the in quiry, 'considering the feelin 7 that was abroad upon this subject. The money part of the question was the least part of the difficulty ; for if the . nation were once fully satisfied that the abolition of the system of purchase was injurious, they would not grudge any amount of money that might be required to abolish it. Sir J. FITZGERALD supported the existing system. Mr. PEEL said that however much the consideration for and against the proposal male for the abolition of pur chase in the army appeared to be balanced in the mind of the bon, member (llr. Ellice), he had admitted the ques was one on which much might be said on both sides, and it was because he was.of opinion that mach might be said against the present proposal; he trusted - the• herase would give him a bearing. It appeared to him that the gallant general who had moved for the committee bad made one suggestion which he (Mr. Peel) thought was hardly worthy of him, and that was his appeal to a right hon. gentle man who was not in the house, and to his party, to give him their support, on the ground that it might be beneficial to them at a future election ; but he (Mr. Peel) hal no doubt that this question would be discus e and disposed of without any regard to such selfish and in dividual considerations, and accordiug to their sober view and judgment of what was best both for the public interests of the country and the army also. He did not mean to urge that the system of purchase in the army was a system which, in theory, could be regarded as free from objec tion. Ho admitted that if a new corps were to be esta blished the system of purchase would form no part of its arrangement, but that its regimental appointments would be like those of the Land Transport Corps without pur chase, and when called upon to resign they would have to do so without receiving an equivalent. (Hear.) And if the army could be disbanded to-day and reorganised to morrow, no doubt it would make its reappearance without the aid of the purchase system. (Hear, hear:) It must, however, be borne in mind that the army had now been established for 150 years, and the purchase system had been co-existent with it, and ho did not believe that such a system could have existed so long without having to a considerable extent caused the service generally to ac commolate itself to its existence, so as not to be so easily displaced as sonic gentlemen imagined; and, furthermore, that it could not have existed for so long a time without bringing to light certain advantages that would bo found more than sufficient to counterbalance any disadvantages or drawbacks that had been alleged against it. Those who came forward with a desire to upset the present system ought to be able to prove, first, that there were evils in it, and next, to he able to submit to the consideration of the house and country a remedy as plausible and prima facie acceptelele as would jnstify it being submitted to the consi deration of a committee of that house. The noble lord who seconded the motion had endeavoured to show that the pre sent system was injurious to those officers of the army who purchased their cornine\sions, and that they were in no better position than those who were deprived of the inte rest of money with which to invest in such commission. That undoubtedly was the case for a man who entered the army with a do-ire of becoming as speedily as possible a colonel, or a general officer, and thereby obtain responsibi lity greater and quicker than he could obtain in private life, or follow ing any of the civil professions of the count ry, but it was not so with regent to purchasers generally. The heartbnrnings and disippointments that were spoken of as existing new would exist under the system proposed, from persons being passed over the heads of others, onaccouut of the officer so passed over folipg jealous at )41 talents and ability being considered interier to the officer premeted. But the gustiest was, whether or not the system of pur- I chase now adopted was mores(' vantageons for proinotien i those who purchased than to those who did not prireheee. He contended that this Rptent indirectly benefited the non-pureheetng blisee because when a commission exchanged hands, and another succeeded to it, the officer who went out, went oat probably at the top of the list, whilst the officer coming is, instead of stepping into • the shoes of the retiring officer, had to go to the but' um • of the list, and consequently that pushed every officer above him, including the non-purchasing offieer, on a step. He aid not think that by abolishing the present system that any advantage would be gained, nor would they change „the class of, men who compos e d the officers of the li ne . li e thought it an advantage to the army that gentlemanly tone of feeling which was given to it by the commission being filled by members of the aristocracy and the wealthy classes of the country—(hear, hear)—and in proof of this asser tion, that were they to abolish promotion by purchase the commissions in the army would continue to be held mostly . by the same class as at present, ho referred to the Ord , fleece Corps, where promotion was by seniority and merit. (Hear, hear.) An hon. gentleman had said that the teem ( bars of the Ordnance Corps were a better military educated class of men than most of the line, which probably was the , case, and which arose from the education necessary they should possess in order that they might pass their exarni nationsprevious to obtaining theirappeintmente, and which he considered entailed as much expense upon the officers of that corps as did the purchase of a commission in the line. (Hear.) Complaints had been made that the Go , vernment had not carried out the suggestions of the right hen. gentleman the member for Wiltshire, with reference to the management of the army. Had the noble lord who made that complaint examined the estimates that had been laid upon the table he would have seen that the expense of outfits had been included in them for the promotion of 150 non-commissioned officers in the line during the year 1855, in addition to those in the Artillery, the Land Transport Corps, - and the Turkish Contingent, at present in the pay of this country. The noble lord had also considered that a certain amount of military education should be necessary before a gentleman should be allowed to purchase a com mission. At present that was provided against as much as possible, because no one could become a captain until after two years' service, or a field officer until after six years' service, and which was so arLitrarily acted up to that in no case was it allowed to be set aside. Hon. gentlemen had spoken a great deal on 'the new method of promotion which they recommended, but the most important ques tion for consideration was what was to be the system for retirement. The army was different from other profes sions. It was not a profession into 'which any person could enter, but it was is close profession, into which me man could not enter until another had retired, so that retire ment was the moans of outlet, and which had to be pro vided for. Re thought the most important part of the question was the system of retirement. In the Ordnance Corps the system of promotion was by seniority, and al though the effect of a long peace was to encumber the ranks with a large number of old officers, a state of war soon brought ab ou t a diff eren t resu lt. At the breaking out of the French war the number of mon in the artillery was 9,000, and the, offi tars were old seen ' • during the course of that war th e num b er h a d b een raised to 26,000 men, a number efenew appointments were given away, and to wards the close of the war the age of the lieut.-colonels did not average more than forty years. When the Ordnance Corps was reduced, when the officers were placed on half pay, when it was necessary by the system of promotion to bring in men from half-pay, the result was, as was stated by the commission of le4o, that the officers were nearly superannuated. To get rid of those old officers the retired list was instit u t e d, an d w h a t was th e resu lt? Th e num b er of the ar ra y was a b ou t 200 , 00) man, thst of the Ordnance corps 20,000. The retired full-pay list of the Ordnance corps amounted to eight times as much as that of the whole of the reetainder of the army. If the system of purchase were done away with it would be necessary to have a full nay retired list for the infantry of the line at a cost of not less than half a million oeyear. Then, again, if an infantry officer desired to return after a few years' service, he did so by the sale of his commission, without any expense to the country ; while, in many cases, an artillery officer had to receive permission to retire on half-pay after only six or seven years' sh•vice. He beloved that some miscon ception existed with regard to the system of purchase in the army. It was, in reality, co tfined to a much more limited extent than was generally supposed, and did not materially affect the advaecenent of deserving officers to positions of trust and responsibility. Up be the rank of elatain regimental commissions might be obtained, but beyond that rank the sestem of purchsse might be practi celly disregarded its retar Hug further advancement., while beyond the rank of lieutenant-colonel porch Ise did not exist. Then on the sear a mointments were given for no money consideration whatever ; they were given upon grounds ef merit. (Cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter.) There were three systems of promotion —viz., by purchase, by seniority, and by distinction. He cart duly did nut give the preference to prometiou by seniority ; he knew the &feet th t it wo ild have on the line. There would be officers 20 years older than they were then, were the system of I - eyelet. aoolished ; and he believed that when officers arrived at the rank of colonels they would have an average of 45 years to show. He woulo Venture to say, with refe rence to staff appointments, that he did not think that, during the two years the army had been in the Crimea the Horse Guards had filled up a single staff appointment by favour. He thought the advantages of the system of purchase more than counterbalanced the disadvantages ; the money value of commissions amounted to between 7 and S millions, and he should consider it a wasteful ex penditure of the public money to apply this large amount to abolishing a system which, in his opinion, would be re placed by something inferior. • He thought the nature of the purchase of a commission had not been clearly kept in view ; it was in point of fact nothing more than an invest ment made when an officer entered the service, and which he withdrew when he quitted that service ; it was merely a species of caution money. There had been a large increase in the numberof commissionsgranted withoutpurchasesince the commencement of the present war, in consequence of 50 regiments having been placed on the war establishment, and because, in all the newly-organised corps, the system of purchase had not been recognised. As a consequence, when those corps were reduced, the officers would be obliged to retire without affecting officers whose commis sions had been perch-iced. The noble lord who seconded the motion had stated that the system of purchase had broken down, He (Hr. F. Peel) could assure him this was not the case—they had had mere applications for commis sions since the war broke out than they had vecancies to fill up. There was not a single commission by purchase which was not filled up. He did not think, therefore, that the house should adopt the proposition of the hoe. and gallant general for an inquiry into that question. Lord STANLEY supported the propriety of instituting an inquiry. The feelings of the public were in favour of a complete reform in all matters connected with the army. If that occasion, when the glory and distresses of the late war wore fresh iu the memory of all, was allowed to pass the events in the Crimea would bo quetod as precedeets for the future, as those of the Peninsular war had been, and would be given as reasons for maintaining the systemic intact. What was the testimony of all other nations with respect to the system of purchase in the army ? Was there a single civilised country in the world in which it wa practised ? Not ode. There was a kindred abuse in - thi country, viz., the system of purchasing livings in the Church, which unfortunately mild not be so easily dealt with as the army abuse, because the presentations were mostly in private families. The system of purchase in tlif army was condemned by the example of the civil service and by that of the navy. It was essentially an anomaly, departure from that rule which was acknowledged to be binding in every other cas . ), that entrance to promotion iv the public service should be contingent on ability au, merit. He could only remember one parallel case that hail existed in France before the Revolution, when ju,lioh, offices wore disposed of on the purchase system. tie die think that the evils which seemed to be apprehended on a change of thie system would take •place. With respect to th difficulty of getting lid of old 'officers, to which the honourable gentleman the Under Secretary for War had alluded, he (Lord Stanley) could not see any moire difficulty than of dispesing of old servants in the civil service ? Was not the system of superannuatich appliceble to the army? There was a system adopted ii some of the continental armies which very effectively put a stop to the active lists being occupied by veterans. If an officer did not, obtain a certain military rank by a certaie ago, he was not eligible to fill that rank of retaining tn , gra le which he occupied, but his ch Ince of promo ion was ended. The rule might appear a little harsh, but if there must ba a choice made between two systems, it, was better to ta,les th it which operated f a irly bet we e n man an d m a n than to continue one that based pr o m o ti on on the most unsuitable and most invidious of all grounds, that of per sonal wealth. The army might be'efficient, but that wa., no reason why it should not be reformed ; the same argu ment was used in every similar case; it has been used iu relation, to university reform and to law reform, still both those reforms were carried. If they were to take the opinion of the working of the army, of the men who had had the best opportunity of judging of whet wore the re quirements of the service, he believed that they would unite with the general public in condemning the system of purchase as an excrescence on the militag of the 4:01111- . . . _ try which ought to be got rid of. He firmly believed that if a committee of inquiry were appointed, and the opinion of the ablest officers taken and acted on, that in five years the purchase system would cease to exist. Mr. RICH would support the motion of the hon. and gallant general: He thought a system which hail been re.- .pudiated by all kreigu natious, and by ourselves in every other ewe, could not require much argument to be proved unsound. Colonel LINDSAX complained that the supporters of the motion had offered no practical substitute for the sys tem of purchase; consistent with the efficiency of the army. He h , •id that the present system led to officers obtaining field rank more r,pidly, and also that it prevented jobbery or obtaining promotion by interest. As to promotion from the ranks, he was much iu favour of it, but he believed it, was not very popular with the non-commissioned officers ; and the reason was plain—that the pay was not sufficient for their .support. He would oppose the motion, because he was satisfied that, the present system gave physical effi ciency, and with proper precaution, ho thought, it would secure mental efficiency, too. Mr. HEADLIIII referred to the promise made by the Government laat year, that officers should have the option of leaving their families the value of their commission,. if they fell in action, or the usual pension. For a long Utile this promise wan not kept at all, and now that something had been done, the regulations required the fa,milies of officers, before they could take advantage of them, to go through a process so humiliating that hundreds would rather want the boon altogether. Colonel NORTH also complained of the regulations of the warrant, which he considered little better than a de- lusion upon the otficerq. Mr. M. MILNES was favourable to inquiry ; but be did not think a co►nmittee of this house was the proper tribunal. He would suggest, as a preferable alternative, that a commission composed of civil and military men should be appointed for the purpose. He did not believe that the abolition of purchase would make the army less aristocratic than at present, except that it would exclude a number of young men who at present entered the army without any view to a profession. But the same result, he believed, would be effected by a strict system of exami natim. Colonel S. ADAIR was also in favour of the principle of the motion, though he preferred a commission rather than a select committee.' Mr. S. HERBERT said he felt the difficulties of this question not less than the hon. member for Coventry, pro bably from the same reason, that he had much connection with the question. (Hear.) One benefit of inpAry would bo to remove some delusions from the public mind, one of which was that an officer of wealth had nothing to do but purchaF , o his way. The fact was that an officer did not rise slower because he could not purchase, though an officer who was able to purchase rose more quickly. He would tal e the. three senior captains of a regiment, whom he would call Captains Brown, Smith, and Johnson. (A laugh.) One might lee able to purchase, and- the others not. lie did so; but the result was not worse for those who could not —their promotion was not the slower. If they did away to him that the words " literature and science" which. I he had adopted involved the exclusions adverted to— those of military men ; for be thought literature and science would cover all grades in either department. He trusted that the addrcsq for which he moved would be unanimously concurred in. The motion was then put and agreed to nem. con. THE MAGISTRACY IN IRELAND. Lord DUNGANNON moved for certain returns to show the number of persons qualified to act as justices of the peace in the several counties in Ireland, the num ber of stipendiary magistrates located in each county, and the several petty sessional divisions. After some conversation the motion was withdrawn. Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes past seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) • The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. HORSFALL, the Birkenhead Docks Bill was read a second time. A number of petitions were presented against the abo lition of Church rates until an equivalent had been pro. vided. THE POLICE BILL. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Sir G. GREY said sufficient progress had not been made with the army estimates to admit of this bill being proceeded with on Friday next. The estimates would therefore be proceeded with on that evening, and the police bill would be taken on Monday. THE PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. HENLEY said that, on going into committee on this bill, he should call their attention to the abuses of the forms of the house, by which an entirely new bill had been substituted for the original one, and that be should on that account move that the bill be committed that day six months. KINGDOM OF DUDE. Mr. COBDEN asked the President of the Beard of Con trol whether it was his intention to lay upon the table any papers relating to the annexation of the Mahornedan kingdom of Oude to our Eist Indian territory ; or whe ther he was prepared to offer any explanation on the subject to the house ? Mr. V. SMITH said the business was not completed. As soon as it was the whole of the papers would be laid before the house. A despatch on the subject had been addressed to the Marquis of Dalhousie, to which no answer had yet been received. Under the circum stances, he did not think it would be prudent to make any expla,.ation. " THE FALL OF KARS. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the First Lord . of the Trea sury on what day the papers relating to the fail of Kars would be laid on the table of the house? Lord PALMERSTON laid the papers on the table. THE ANGLO-ITALIAN LEGION. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lori of the Treasury what accounts her Majesty's Government had received respecting the late arrests at, Novara, arising from apprehended mutiny in the Anglo-Italian Legion ; also, how long the Legion was to remain in Piedmont, and what was its future destination in the event of peace being concluded? Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite true that a report prevailed in Piedmont that a plot had taken place .in the regiments, and that 16 soldiers had been arrested. The strictest investigation had taken place, and he was glad to state that nothing could be more exemplary than the conduct of those regiments. Two of the regiments had embarked for Malta in the most admirable order, and a third regiment had also by this time qUitted its quarters for the same destination. THE EASTER RECESS. Mr. SPOONER asked the noble lord if he would in form the house when he would move its adjlurnment for the Easter recess? Lord PALIVIERSTON said he intended to follow the course pursued last. year. He should therefore propose that the house should a:l,onm on Friday the 14d until the following Monday fortnight. SALE OF COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY Sir DE L. EVANS rose to move for a select committee to consider, examine evidence, and report to the house, on the expediency of abolishing the system of sale and pur chase of commissions in the army, and on the means that may be adopted for the accomplishment of that object. He was fully aware of the great importance of the subject which he was about to bring under the consideration of the house, and regretted that ho had been able to give it much less attention than it deserved. The importance of the mat ter, however, induced him not to defer his motion, which he made in the hope that other hon. members would sup ply the deficiencies in the statement which he was about to offer. In the outset it was right that he should call the at tention of the house to the returns which had been made with respect to tho sums expended in the purchase of corn missions. One of these returns fixed the amount paid by officers in the service at 5,400,0001., but by the latter re turn it was stated to be 8,680,030 E. (Hear.) To this large sum there must be added 30 or 40 per cent. at the least for the advance which was always pail—although contrary to law—upon the regulation price; and this would bring the total amount up to about 11,000,00 D/. This, it must be admitted, was a large tax to be drawn from one particular class; and certainly an urgent necessity should be made out for its continuance. Different speeches had been from time to time made by great tnen and high authorities upon this matter, and many grounds had been urged for its con tinuation. But the hou se wou ld no doubt recollect that in many other cases abuses had been supported for many years by the most plausible arguments backed by the highest authority, but which, nevertheless, the public at, last required to be abolished. It had been said that the existing system obviated the necessity of giving retiring allowances and pensions to officers quitting the army. But, on the other hand, the immense sums shish had to be paid by officers obliged the Government to make the emoluments of the higher reeks of the army larger than they would otherwise be. Whenever the system of purchase came to an end, it would be open to the Government to re consi ler the question of these emoluments. The late illus. trious Duke of Wellington, it was true, supported the exist ing system, which be seemed to consider a species of poli tical institution. The great duke thought that it was im portant that those who officered the British army should be men having a stake in the country, as ho believed that then there would be less danger of the army siding in any time of tumult with those who opposed the Government. But let the house look to the case of France; there was an army officered on a system not of purchase, and yet there (lid not appear to be any likelihood of its taking its stand against the recognised powers. But the history of our own army did rot bear out the views of the duke. This system of purchase was introduced in the reign of Charles 11., the most infamous period of our history ; and yet so soon after the reign of his successor, it was found that at least one-half of the army held the opinions —and were ready to act upon them, too—which sent that monarch across the seas. Anotiror authority--Lord Fitzroy' Somerset—had also given his opinion iu favour of the system of purchase, for the sin gular, and certainly not very well-grounded, reason, that it was impossible to tell in a time of peace who were the most competent men, and that any other system would de generate into mere matter of seniority. Thu noble lord also said that if the selection of particular persons was to be determined by the report of commanding officers of regi ments, it would be subject togreat caprice and incertitude. Thataeereed to him (Sir De L. Evans) to be assuming a great deal against those officers, which facts, as far as they went, certainly did not justify. He (Sir De L. Evans) would point to the artillery, as an example of the working of a better system than the one prevailing in the general body of the army. It might be objected that the artillery were an educated set of men; but lie saw no reason why the rest of the army should not also be so. There was an additional reason why something she ul l be done in this matter, as the commis3areers who had ,iaquired into the existing state of things had reported that i n f u t ure officers should be selected for particular service, not on account of their seniority only. He might be asked whet *ere the abuses to which the motion was directed ? He would point to the many officers who had been cast aside through the want of capital or of interest, es an answer to this question. The honourable and gallant member proceeded, in an 'exceedingly low and indistinct tone of voice, to give instances of the unsatisfactory manner in which the system of purchase had worked, but none of the details reached the gallery. There were three classes, he contended, of officers in the army—those who had no money but the price of their commission, those who had a reserve for the earlier stops, and those who had plenty to pay their way all through. All these classes suffered by the system ; the first, of course, most of all ; the second a great deal, and often in a great degree their friends ; and the third, in the ill-will they created by being promoted, over the heads of the others. There were many in stances of good and gallant officers who spent the best part of their lives in the inferior ranks, until at last accident brought them under the notice of a com mander; but these were rare instances, and the great majority pined out the end of their lives under the same disheartening circumstances that had met them at the commencement. One officer, who distinguished himself at Kars (ns we understood), was recomthenited to Lord Paneenre for a position on the staff of Gen. Simpson ; but the latter declined, on the ground that there were two cap tains in the Guards before him. So this officer of 20 years' service was put aside for two youn g gentlemen brothers of noblemen, one of w h om h a d seen only 4 years' service. But it was said, that to alter the present state of things the country must be put to very great expense. In answer to that it might be suggested that the syst em s h ou ld b e a ll owe d to die out, no new purchases being made. That, 'however, would be a slow process, and he thought it would be for the .public advantage if some mode of accelerating the process were devised, such as making an addition to the retiring allowance in the higher ranks. Something of the kind had been found necessaryin the navy, and why not try it in the army? He was sorry to see that the leader of the Opposition had retired from the discussion of this question ; bet he trusted that the noble lord at the head of the Government would give it his serious consideration. He had no doubt himself as to the certainty of the aboli tion of the purchase syetem. It was only a que,tien of time; and it was the stain and reproach of our army. The sooner the time of abolition arrived the better. Our sys tem excited the surprise, but by no means the respect, of foreign nations, and lee appealed to the noble lord at the head of the Government to introduce a better state of things. No man know better than the noble lord the mode in which the system of purchase had worked. His lord shin had been for nineteen years at the head of the War ofile:o, and could say whether the system amongst other e i v i d t e be hail nut in vo l ve d cons t ant violations of the law. would cnoonbsleenitortdo objected pptoointamert of a mixedco i mmittee, perhaps rh civil apshe and military con ais a es t on, War might b e a of which the Secretary for member. The hen. and gallant member concluded by repeating the terms of his ruction. Lord GODERICEI, in seconding the motion, bogged tho attention of the house while ho submitted one or two argu ments in its favour to which the gallant general had not adverted. It seemed to be generally admitted that the sys tem of promotion by purchase could not be defended in the abstract, while, on the other hand, it had been asserted by the Under-Secretary for War during the past session that the system, although absurd and unjust in theory, lead worked exceedingly well in practice. Now, the gallant general had shown the system to have worked great injus tice, and he (Lord Goderich) submitted that a system which worked great injustice could hardly be defended as working well in practice. He thought ho should be able to show that the system did not work well, but, on the contrary, r e _ fueled great and frequent injustice. The gallant general had touched but lightly ou one most important part of the sub ject. He said that under this system the officers of the British army embarked a large portion of their fortunes in ~ ..~ y.~~_ __.a a:. 1 i ... -.~ _-' , 5. -.1856. with pureliiiiie Wahl', re . eriely the evil The -would still remain, if officers could nut pie elreee shetild their 'preferment bo pr,Odded for? It wee :slid that by abolishieg purchase they would-alter the class from which lhelr'regiments were officered. He did not think this would happera, and he should be sorry to see it heppen. In a country like this, whore institutions ware so free, no in centives to obedience come be spared ; and, the men who were generally selected from the peasantry obeyed more readily au officer whom they looked upon as a gentleman,, in the navy there was no porch ise, but the officers of the navy wore of the eaine class as those ref the , army—there might, perhaps, be more sons of peers in the cavalry than in other regiments. A system of selectiOngrowu up in the navy whereby teen were selected from the top while seni ority prevailed at the bottom. But there were important differencesi between the army and the navy. The latter was not only a. fighting but a navigating b itly ; and it was the same in peace as iu war. The case was totally dif ferent with the army; therefore the analogy did not hold. Looking at the necessity of. the system of purchase, or something in lien of it, and admitting the great inconve nience of intr , ducing a class of men who never gave their minds to the profession, he very much oabted whether a man ought to become a captain by purchase. Seeing the large sums which were given for some ranks. sufficient to shock the public mind, he thought it would be an advan tage upon the whole if purchase was put an end to. He was a warm advocate for the educeti .n of officers, not so much as a test of fitness as a means of training them. That might be done either with or without purchase. He certainly deprecated the handing over of this subject to a committee of that house, for, in his opinion, there were not anon& hen, members qualified to fol'ow the matter in all its details, so as to work out a setisfactoa; conclusion. He thought that a mixed commission composed both of Civilians and military men would be very much better adapted to meet the end in view—viz., the reformetion of tho present system. Some hon. members considered the ap p.iintment of a commission as tantamount to a shelving of the whole affair. Ha would, however, call tee attention of the house to the fact that the last commission which was appointed had altered the system of promotion, and had otherwise effected greater reforms in the army than had been introduced fora century previous. He trusted that the Government would consent to a commission, and that the lain. and gallant member (Sir De Lacy Evans) would, if they did so, withdraw his amendment in favour of such a proposal. Lord PALMERSTON said—The question which we aro now considering is one which has occupied the attention of the public at iarge, and which uru-t have forced itself on the serious consideration of all who have turned their at tention to military matters. Now, sir, I confess that fur my own part my opinion in the abstract is against the sys tem of purchase. It is a system which nobody would pro pose to establish in any army now about to be created for the first time. It is a system which exists only in the Bri tish army. It has no existence iu the navy; it does not ex ist in the artillery, it only exists by a sort of evasion in the East India Company's service, and it exists in uo reign army, I believe, iu the world. Hence, in the abstract one's predisposition is against the continuance of the sys tem. But, on the other hand, it must be admitted that a system which has existed so long as the system of purchase in the British army is so interwoven with the arrangements of that great establishment that it would, even graireiug an iintnediatedesire to abolish it, require veryinattire considera tion to. determine how that ste t ) was to be effected, and we must naturally expect to be met by great difficulties; ' and furthermore, it cannot be denied that the present system—whether in itself good or bad—has by process of time become associated with circumstances advautegeous in some degree to the army in which it has grown up. The evil which is always felt in an army where. promotion goes by seniority is that there is accumulattel iti the higher ranks of that army a great number of neon who, by age or circumstances, are unfitted for the active discharge of the ditties which belong to their station ; and, in order to avoid that difficulty, in most of the coutinental armies arrange ments have been made for putting on the retired list officers who have arrive at a certaiu rank aud attained a certain age. Unless that is dune the army becomes overcrowded in its higher ranks with offieere unfitted fer active duty, and this was a greet evil inseparable from every army where promotion by purchase does not exist. As my hon. friend (Mr. Peel) has already clearly and fully explained, the operatiou of the system of purchase is, that it relieves the army front those who by age or infirmity are no longer able to fulfil their duties,. and it, therefore accelerates the current of promotion, and recruits the higher ranks with men( younger, more active, and more able to perform the duties which fall to their position. If, then, the system of purchase wer tebolist ese difficulties would arise. In the first 'lace some other system anus, be establishea by which the saute :street is to be produced, that is to say, an arrange- e silent must be devised by which officers who by age or in firmity have grown unfit for active duty should be remove removed under conditions consonant with the services which they have perforrned. Such a course must neces sarily involve some exPenee to the• country. lam quite ce.tain, sir, that the country would not grudge any rea- sewed., expense for such a purpose. Agsiu, these officers who beve parches d their cewiaissione• must in some way or other receive compeusatiou for the auras which tney have expended; that w.,uld br an arraargement attended with a very considerable expense. I doll% mean to say tb t it would not be distributed over a long peeled of tisra , cud it is pessible—indeed, I should thinkthet, if an adequate it-rat:argument were proptieed, neither this house cbr the country would be inclined to refuse to make the necessary provision for such a plirpose, so long as they were assured that such a stop Would be for the efficiency of the army. I cannot, however, but think that some of the arguments which have been used have boon a little overstraiued. Idea not see in what way the system of purchase would preclude you from ascertaining by examination that those desiring commissions are competent to the duties of their profession. I cannot for the life of me.understaud why you are not en titled to examine and require a certain amouut of cowpe ;ency from an officer who buys his easigecy as well as from cue to whom you give that ensigncy. Neither do I think the system of purchase, jointly with an examination, would alter the character and composition of the rank hem which )ur officers a, o taken. Tentirely agree with the right hon. 4entletnan . (Mr. S. Herbert) —and it is useless to disguise the opinion —that it is desirable the 13, itish army should be Mitered, as a rule, by geutlernen—(hoar) —although en loubt there are cases in which 'persons from the ranks may, by singular merit and distinguished service, befitted to rise GO the higher ranks of their profession. Indeed I think that, generally speaking, in all armies it is the upper classes who ire put to lead the lowere'and that it very seldom happens ,hat persons in the lower classes rise with comfort to them selves to a rank for which their previous position has not iitted them. I think the house seems pretty well agreed that the matter is one which ought to be iuquired into— (hear) — and that it ought to be inquired into with a view of ascer taining whether some change could not be made in the inte rest of the service and of the public. Nov I agree with my right hon. friend in his opinion that a committee of this house is not the best instrument for conducting such an in fuiry. (Hear.) At the outset we are met by the fact that ihe inquiry ought to be directed, not simply to the practice in he British army, not simply to considerations purely eon netted with our •own arrangementi a but, in order t, lay the matter fully open for c msideration, that the body to whom the inquiry is entrusted should ascertain whet has been done ire other Europe in. armies. This i-i a kind of duty which can be far better underteen by a commission than by a committee. Slndeed my hon. and gall-tnt friend who made this motion (Sir De L. Eve's), if I understood him rightly, seemed a the conclusion of his speech dis posed, if her Majesty's Government would appoint a coin .nission, to waive his own proposal fir a committee. lam quite rea ly to adopt that course - (hear)—and it' my ho and gallant friend will therefore waive the motion which he has made, I wit ,undertake, on the part of her Me jesty's Government, that a mixed commission, co sistin‘ ~artly of civilians and partly of military men, sisal oe ao ,ointed to pursue the inquiry, which was; iueee f, com mence t by the former commissioners, but was nst con ended by them, as they thought the terms of their com mission did trot extend to this subject. I should hope, therefore, that after the discussion which has taken place ny hon. and gallant friend will be content to leave the in quiry to be pursued by the commissioners in the way which have suggested. (Hear.) Sir DE L. EVAN'S hail listened with much pleasure to the statements which had been made by the noble lord, and, after what had fallen from him, ens willing te, accede to his proposal and withdraw the present motion. He had its° been greatly pleased with much w hi c h h a d f a ll en front ihe right hon. gentl- man behind him (Mr. S. lierliert) Hon. members opposite no doubt thought him (Sir De L. Evans) a great Radical,: but he could assure them that he unite concurred with the right Lon. gentlemen (.:Ar. S. aerbed) in thinking that the army should be officered by the class out of which its officers were at present chosen. (Hear.) He had a high opinion of the gallantry of that class, but he was anxious to see those who composed it go into the army as a serious and important profession, and not join it as a mere pastime. (Hear.) He could not doubt but that our aristocracy, to their honour, would not shrink from a system of examination. (Hear.) The motion was then withdrawn. TITHE COMMUTATION RENT:CHARGE. Mr. R..PHILLIMORE obtained leave to brin in a bill to regulate parochial settlements and to provide for itjuster and more uniform rating of tithe commutation rent-charges to the relief of the poor. BLEACHING, &C., WORKS. Lord J. MANNERS, on the pelt of Mr. Butt, obtained leave to bring in a till to regulate the employment of women and young persons in bleaching works. TEA. DUTIES. • Mr. MACARTNEY moved fer a select committee to in quire into the `alictimitenc s attendenfnpotitaking a large quantity of tea duties out of bend oc the day whet' the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his budget of last year, and which gave rise to the suspicion that some per sons in the Reveeue-office had givei. information. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ridiculed the idea on which this metier] was founded. The motion was negatived without a division. ANNEXATION IN INDIA. Sir E. PERRY moved for some returns connected with the annexation of Indian territories, in the course of which he condemned the annexatiori of Oade. Mr. V. SMITH had no objection to the returns, and re fused to enter into the question of Oude till the whole papers on the Subject were ready to be laid before the house. After some remarks from Mr. OTWAY against the policy of anntfiation, anti from Mr. KINNATRD, in defence of the Goverhor-Gcneial. the returns were agreed to. APPaLATE JURISDICTION OF' THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. BOWYER postponed his motion on this Subject to a future day. C F. `i PA NI ES" SI'OOK From the Official List. (i~~ci i- PURI,I3HED EVERY FUE - 41.A.Y ADD FRIDAY EVENI.N LONDON, TUESDIY, MA.r.ca t, 1856. GAS-LIBUT AND COKE COMPANIES. leul amount Plama,of Con2pany. I per of Arift:llll. Slutte. 71. 51. 4. 1)5 s. .• Ditto !.-roviiirlai rtrighton • •• •• •. ;ity of London •• •. to (;ontinental (4th Cap.) . 10 '4.) Equitable •• .• 21..105. 5 , .) 0 iteat Central a/ per cent 13 0 0 Imperial .. • • 10, & .onus. 5 0 0 0 Independent ....• 5/ 40 4 o London.. •••• •• 50 0 0 Do., Patl. Preferene.e 6. per cent. 25 ,^.• Pco ix . •........... 4. poi' cent. 60 datcliff „ . 01. 100 United , 4eneral 10s. 5 0 Arestininster , hartered 4a per een^ Ditto, New • 20 0 aid, - Pric, name of Company. s. it /0 0 0 204 2 , 0 0 15 itio a 20 0' all all 11;4 all 85 o 16 . all (; 0 10 WATER-W. diKS. Dividend Amount per of • Paid Annum. hare. .£ s. it. s. d. East Londoti - Grand Junction .... 4 . Der ent. 50 0 0 ail Kent Lamhetl. New River Chnnpany .. 2 IN. •outhwa: & Vauxhall A' per cnt. West 31v4(11esex 5/. per cent. Name of Company. Flunt;erf'ord....•• Name of Compamy. Pric« 100 0 n 100,0 0 61 a 0 BRIDGES. Dividend Amount per; ' of Annum. Atiare. Fait' . I Price Le s. d _ lastralasla..... North American 51. Commercial of London, - 10' Colonial 8. d Paid Pr c. X s. A. all 10nian.............. 6 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 bond. Char. }3Y., o.` ALM. 50 0 0 40 0 0 ail 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 all 22 10 0 35 0 0 1.) 0 0 WFIICITWOOD FOREST. Mr. WII:SON obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the \Vliichwood Disafforesting Act. SALE OF ADVOW - SONS. Mr. CHILD obtained leave to introluce a bill to enable parishioners and-others, forming a numerous class, to sell ad voWsons held by or in trust for them, and to apply the Iprocceds in providing parsonage houses, augmenting small livings, and to other beneficial purposes; and for giving other powers to such persons. The house then proceeded to the orders of the day. DWELL.NGS FOB LABOURING CLASSES (IRE ' LAND) BILL. Sir W. SOMERVILLE h iving moved the order of the day for the seeond reading of this bill, Pilr. KENNEDY considered the bid altogether bad and mischievous. He moved that the debate be adjourned. The houSe divided. — For the motion .... Against it ..... The bill was then read a second time. MARRIED WOMEN'S REVERSIONARY lETEREST 11 104-93 BILL. _ This bill MIS read. 30;e?.ond time. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMEFT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This.bill was read a second time. NEW W HIT. On the 'motion :of Mr. HAYTER a new writ was or dered for the electiOn of a member for the borough .3f Now Rom! in the room of Chagos Govan Duffy, E si ,, who had accepted the Chiltern hundreds. The house adjourned at twenty minutes to one o'clock, ; Southwark ...... •• .. 110 0 0 11itto Yew of 7 1 ,4 p.c IL per cent. LO 0 0 Waterloo . . ... •• •, tOO 0 0 •_ . Ditto Old :tip. of 81. IL 14s. Rd. I Ditto Nw ditto of 7L IL 10s. 4d. Vauxhall ............ 963. 60 0 9 40 0 0 70 10 3 DOCKS. Dividend Amount per I of same or Company. Annum. I Share. ,owner:3la) .. • ... east arid West India East Country.. fAntdon ; . Ditto Aonda•.... 4 t. Katharine .„.. outhamptoit Victoria ... Paid. Price. s. d. s. d. •• 5. pr cent. Stock ; Stock. .. h pr cent. - ;;.tuck. I .. 20s. per sit. .. 5' pr cent. stock ..; 4 per cent. t per cent. Stock. S•3 l , •. 3'. ‘.l; per c. ;50 0 0 50 0 ti :i9 i-0 si. per cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 JOINT-S rocK BANKS, Dividend Amount per j of 1- Annum. ',hare. X s.d. 201. per cent 40 0 0 per cent. 50 0 0 per cent 'lOO 0 0 per cent. 100 0 0 Per cent 25 0 0 M•2O 0 0 London and County ..„ ,10 per cent. 50 0 3 Lonthi 4.L.1 Westninistr. 14, per cent. 1100 0 0 London Joint stock ... 12 . per cent. 50 0 0 Provincial of Ireland.. di. per cent. 100 0 0 Ditto, New..• 8./..ner cent. 10 0 0 Natlonr.l of Ireland.... ..6! per cent. 50 0 0 gat. Provincial of Eng. d'. per, cent. 100 0 0 Ditte. New•..... . 8 . per cent. orient:4i Bank Corpora. R'.p ct.kbs. Aontli Australia .... •14 p.ct.& hs Union of •• 3n , per cent. Ditto .. 3 per cent. Uni , n Lonaen,..... 21'. per tent.' Union-of Madrid 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 . 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 CANALS. • .5 Dividend ames of F.: , Dividend • Names of ;:, Price per !ompani es. „I per Companies. :.•,, - Price. ..2' Annum. Annum. £ £ ship &Oldh 93 7 • ;,. at. 145 dacclesficid. 100 2/. 10s. 51 tarnslfT• ••• 10 Neath . —• • MO 161. trklik& thrg ,5^ 4:. Oxford .•. • , 109 104 .lirminghain 40 41 914 Peak Forest. 78 5: Os 76 :oventry.... 190 25 . ' Regent's •• . 39 '1 144 )erby . ... 190 6 . 15s. 84 Rochdale 85 11. 108. 76 ~ 115inre&Clis 69 2 ,;:f p et , , ••;omrsel Coal 141; --. 41randJ .o:•c« 100 3 pr. ct. ' Do. Lk F. ••t 12 Do., 6 pr.Clt. 10 6/. pr. et. :14 z•ztflrd &Wore 1 40 281. 420 o4rand array 109 4i.' threnrsbury.. i 25 — Irand Union iOn1! os -:tourhrldric.,. , 45 , .. 121. 290 ,:cunt & Ava 39 Os. Od. 61, , ' , .evern and) 1 Lancaster .. 100 1 aye Rail .; 21. i 2/. L ee ds 8,,y, , yr p 1911 25/. 470 i Warwick & 1 ( 2/. 25 t.eteester ....,; '00! s'. 494 i Binning. j 100 f f.elestr &.Nth 83' IWarvvick & .ouglil,orogli 142 70; 550 N'apton. $ 100; 21 ' 10 , lonmouthsli lOU worcstr & / 7,1 21 21 , Intgmorysh 109 Birming..s AeltnNlwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. I NSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company - . per of Paid. Price, . • r Annum. Share. • - ! X s. d. £ a. d. , !hien ....•..... •• .. . 3/. 10s. .500 0 0 50 0 0 F 3 Illan,a 13:i :. r.r.d For. 71. 14s 6d re 100 0 0 11 0 0 17.7 i Ditto Marble ... .... ' 61. p.c. & its. 1100 0 0 25 0 0 40% iehor .............. 6 per cent. I 5 0 1 0 0 - :las . • as life .........•• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - itish Commercial .. 7/. 10e. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% 3rlclalcd.& Gen. Life spr et. & bs. ,100 0 0 10 0 0 21;6 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 9 120 own ........ :..... 17e. Cd 50 ,91 5 0. I 18 ; i i gle .. -..... • ss. 50 0 5 5 0 0 6% city and Law...... 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 6 5% ropean Life lt. _ 20 0 0 all 18;6 neral 6l. 5 0 0 2 2 5 Me ... •.... 5: per cent. Sto:ds. .. 105 ardian ............ 5 per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 51 periai Fire......... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 340 perial Life temulty Marine.... 1 3i A 3/. ISO 0 0 20 0 0 80 w Fire ............ 2s. &2s ha. Inc 0 0 2 10 0 4 w Lite............. •,, - 100 0 0 0 0 61 ;al and General Life - 50 0 3 2 0 0 h% adon ...... „, ulon Ship.- .. 10e & bs. 25 0 ', 12 10 0 - rine............... 188. per share 100 0 ' 28 0 It 40 (Ur:Aid & Gen. Life 416 • per et. 50 0 2 0 0 3 1 4 aervi. *........, .. sp. et. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 'larch -. •• • -• .. - 5- 0 0 1 '1 o - tional Loan Fund.. Si. per cent. 20 0 : 210 , - IsAium Life... - 0 - - 4514 unix - - 178 ,ette:onal Life....., W. per cent. 5 0 010 0 - •vident Life........ I/. 5s & be. 100 0 0 10 0 • 3 , 434 ".tk Life... ..70, 5 3 0 010 0 8% .•al Exchange ....•• 101. per cent. Stock. all 218 i Fire ..... ......... 6/ 10s. - ” 248 )alto ~i fe - - Red Kingdom •... 4. p 'et, Sr bs. 20 0 0 4VI 0 5 1 iversal Life • ..... 5•• per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I - toria Life ........ 51. per cent. - 412 6 5% . . MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend . Amount tame of _Compahy. per i of Paid. Price. Annum. • Share. -- . , I £ s. 4. £ s. d. run fea..„. .. ~.. ft. Ihe 0 0 20 0 0 - ;tint: Mart•• .. - • 2 1 4 per e-nt.' 51; 0 0 - - dralian t„rieulturl -. 1/. la. 100 0 0 17 10 0 25% Itrallan Trust .... 8 , . pet cent 1 - 25 0 0 - strivian Royal Mall 51. 10 0 0 all 414 Ito- Mexican Mint.. .- It. 10s. 10 0 0 • all - tish American Land ~ 15s. - 40 0 0 - Leda ... •..... • .. 41. percent. • loo 0 0 32 10 0 135 m. 5 per cent Bond• 51. per cent. - - - , titte, 6 per cent. •• '6l: per cent. - - !C9 r Ntivigation Bonds - - - - uric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 r - - • - - titable Reversionry 71 pr. cent; 10r, • 1 100 0 1' - )Itte New :...-.. . ' - f5O 0 0 17 10 0 -- , L. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. Pc be, 100 00 , 100 0 0 - I.;tetunNavigation • 10 pct l5 00,14 0 0 - ison'a 8ay........ - Stock., i - - tgerford .... i..... 2/. se. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - don institution ... - - i - - don Reversionary 5l per cent. l5 0 0 all - sell Institution.... • - - 12 In 0 - te'sPatenttland•Co 10'. percent.' 20 0 0 17 10 _ ersionary Int. Apo. 4 - %1. pr cent.; Ice 0 0 Him 0 , - ) 'al mail .team.... •11 p share. 10r 0 0 AO , 0 7854 lb ustrallan•Land Si. per cent.) 25 00 , All 3534 ilhion •••••• .• •• :• tlllan,a 13:i End For. Ditto Martne ....... inctior .............. Was . rgas fife ........... Iritish Commercial Clerlclaled.& Gen. Life agl e 3•3quity and Law i':uropeqn Life ;bib° , uardian ............ imperlai Fire Imperial Life indemnity Marine.... Law Fire .......... • • Law Legal and General Life London London Ship.... Marine. .. • • .... • . . • • . , letl.lrilid& Gen. Life ilnervi •, •• •• lionat.ch •• • , T ational Loan Fund. i'alladiurn Life Pelican ...... • • • • ..•• tkenix : 3 ,.eaplenal Life , rovidcnt Life........ -lock Life. • • .. • • :oval Exchange ....•• inn Fire • .... oat() rnitecl ...• rTniversal Life . • ..... "Iccor!a Ltfe ........ game _Compahy. Assam fea •••••••••• toti.,: Mart ••• • •• . tastralian t.,r!culturl tustralian Trust .... tastra•lan Royal Mail Mexican Mint.. British American Land • • .... • .. Do. 5 per cent Bond• Ditto, 6 per cent. •• Ity Navigator. Bonds lectric Telegraph .. f►itto .:.• 4 :quitable ftevrslonry Dltte New en. Revers. & Invest. .en. , :teamNaviation ludson's 8ay........ lungerforti .... •• Loudon Institution ... Condon Reverstona:y Mussel] Institution... Price's Patent and. Co Reversionary Int gpo. South ustratian•Land Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada LIST. OF SC, , :amv of Comp any lank of Scotland .. British Linen Company Caledonian Baflk .•• • !ity of lasgow 13aak ly - desthtle Bank •• mmercial Bank • :astern Bank.. • • • • • • ir,xchange Bnk of , Scot.. gational Bank .... gorth of =cot!and Bank Royal Bank of •-; cotl• Union Bank of Scot. westarr. Bank • . Marco Piro and• Lee.. Br; tl 311 (Ica rantee caledonian Fire in3u,:. 'ity of •,ilaykr.y.Adie "Co onial Lt •.• •• •• '4l Edintitireil Life limn*. Eng. & Scot, Lay; Life - Life - avec. ito Ben.and Nationa, Fire and Life North British :nSur... Scottish Union Insrne. standard Life United Den Assurance ITTISII COM D6.rid ead per Annum. 7 per cent. 8t per cent Bi. per coat. V. per cent. p cent Ti. per cent .1 per cent. 3%1. p celt. 6 % Per cent. 5/ per cent /er cent 4/. per cent. 71. per cent. 8!i /. pr cent. 4 i. Per cent. 10.. pet cent. 51. percent. 5/. per cent. 4 1. ner cent. Si. ,)cr cent., 51. per cent. 6/. per cent'. 71 per eon: 734 / pr cent.. 51. per cent. 5/. rwr 20 0 0 5 0 A PA.NIES' Aino , trit of Share. X 3. d. 100 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 u 0 5 0 0 'lOO 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 100. 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 o(,‘ 0 0 . 0 0 50 0 0 7c 0 0 iC 0- 0 ,1 A 0 0 t. 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 itICES. Paid. s. d. lOU +.l 0 )no 0 ‘0 2 10 0 10 0 10 u 0 100 n 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 ti 0 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 • I 0 0 Price. 1841 0 220/5s 31. Ps 11/14s 12 15s 223/0s 1 1 3s 41. 16s The Constitutioiriel s a ys :—" We are assured that the widow of Admiral Bruat has been desig nated f r the high position of governess to the ex• peered infant: of Franco ; and that. Madame do Brancion, widow of the colonel killed before Sebas topol, is to be sub-governess." [ADVERTICEMENT Pills td Prompt and CerLain Cure for 13,1i..us and Liver Complaints.—Mrs„ Mary Cook, of NI - Wyliiig'sgreen, hear R mford, haii Veen sufftring f ,, r some years born bile, sick headache, and a severe liver - comp'aiot, f,r which , he tried almost every thedaine taken fir such complaint, but ciuld obtain no relief whatever. Übe then ha l recourse to Holloway's.pills, and so wonderful was the effect of ' this inestimable medicine, that in a very short time she has been completely r cured 'by their uAe, and now en-' joys better health than over. Mr Vull, drugeist, c,n•teoify trath of this statement. Sid by all medic:hie i , i , m4nr s throughout , the world, at ~Frofessor Holloway's e , tabqs , hnients, 244.. Strand, don, anO SO, Maiden lane, N W York ; by A. Stamps; 1 CAistatifiDorle ; A. o , G,icy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta, 4 IV TNT 01, LIG !':NC l!'.—March 4. 4 . " . t{OI7 . SE OF LORDS. PRESTON V. THE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND vglf CASTLE-UPON-TYNt JUNCTION RAILWAY. The ques,ion in this can was whether there w 35 ao agreement t o p a y Mr. Preston 1,0001. for taking 3 P h 'i , o tion of his l a nd s f or ra il way purposes, an d t o Psi 'l. also 4,0001. for inju r y done his residence by &II!, way passing thrOugh his lands ; or whether the rail w es Pi , company had entered intoan agreement to pay Mr. F r ic t 5.000/., in the eve n t o f th e comrany o bt a ining as " 16 ~f Parliament., and the company not requiring to 1:1-. lands, i n con,ideration ~ f M r . P res t on w ithdrawl his npoosition to th e com p any o bt a i n i ng their . 116 r i ° Parlia:nent. Th e M aster o f t h e R o ll s f oun d t h a t te l. was no agreement between Mr. Preston and .the g way company t o p ay 5 , 0001 . i n t h e event o f not ta'b-il his lands for resid ent i a l i n j ury, nor f or w ithhcilding t ,,i. pposition to the company obtaining their Act of iatnent. After hearing counsel several days their lorash l Pl affirmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls, dismissed the appeal with costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE ELLIS.—THR LONDON COFFEE-Hot:7M The bankrup. carried on the London Coffee-bonsefhe Ludgate.hill. This was the examina'‘ion meeting. . 10 : accounts extend over 2i years, and exhibit these it —Capit:l in April, 1853, 3,3091.: unsecured credl"o-iti at the bankruptcy, 15,257. ; assets, estimated at 7, 4 , 9 4 51, including 5931 . in good debts , 6,6431. in property, , ) ,, a in cash, 111/, a policy of insurance. The profit Le. been 9,978/. ; lot.ses, 7,233/. ; trade expenss.s, I. ° / 11 ' other .‘xoen.eF, 1;316/. An adjournment was ordered. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-11/IAI CII 4. A moderate attendance today. Wheat met a sloe' b ile at a reduction on low qualities of 4d to 6d per POP ;10 white, from carcity, cannot be qur.ted more than . 4 63 3d lower. Flour was quite neglect e d, a t a decline ofL1!cl to 2s upon both sacks and barr e ls. Oats receded ltiaigg per , 51b, and oatmeal is to 2s p er l oa d, w ithout lea so d to business. Barley supported late rates, but he , "er peas is per qr lower. Indian corn 2s per qr. under day'. rates ; in the few sales effected 32s per 4801 b paid for mixed. IPSWICH—MARCH 4. A very small supply of wheat to-day, and little 0r,013,,° biess being transacted, it i s diffi cu lt t o quo te P ri .o. Good malting b . rley fetched is p er qr . mere rfri °- Beans and peas dell and cheaper. oso g. PER QUARTER.i PER 4 ;(1 Wheat, rod (old) 60s to brio Barley, grinding ... SO t° 430 ~,, Ditto (new) Ditto, white 6Bs to 70s P eas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 36s to 40: I Flour, per sack -.3 t° AVERAGES FOR Ws WEEK ENDING MARCH 1. 1 856 ' Wheat ... ...... 704 quarters, at 70s sd. Oats Peas Barley ...... Beans HULL—MARCH 4. A moderate supply of wheat t o -d a y, an d the veri lil s l : business transacted was at a r e du c ti on o f a b o ut 4 ° t wirl, per qr. For e i g n wh ea t ne gl ec t e d. B ar l ey sn ore 110 at full prices. In o ther arti c l es no a lt era ti o n. L l ip ool fit tner. Cakes meet fair sale at our quotations. support late rates. S SI . S. t° , ..- • Wheat, English, red 60 to 6Veas, grey and black „ so P Ditto white 7O to 72'Linse e d, Bl ac k Sea... 13 `' Lo BO Dantzie and Konigs- (Ditto Petorsburgh ... 6 8 berg - to '" . ___ Porneranianandll _am- I angel - ' burgh - , AL Danish, Holstein, and . t Memel Friesland 65 to 70 i l'a „,6,1 Russian and Odessa 60 to 64;Lins. c , Hull 10., to 1// n. ` t l Oats, English Ditto Danish 26 to 28 1 Ditto inf. for. Ol Os OL- A nl CO Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30;Rape cakes —s Od to i t t . ss , Barley, malting D Be it a t n o s grinding36 1 2 to 38 Ditto foreign ...... 00° ;iso I 42 to 46,Guano OOl Os Si t01.,` . 0 ( 1 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yet 4O to 45Rve Meal .......... . 0 .. d. ................. 951 Rye COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsTEnDAT Amsterdam........., 12 0 Gibraltar •• ..... • : 1 1 ! Ditto, three months 12 2ti Leghorn ••.• • • • OP Rotterdam 12 2% Genoa krawerp .............. 2n 67% .illtu ..............• •irussels .. ••••.. • .. • . 2h' 67% Venice.. •• .. •••• • • - • 40 iatnburgh ............ 13 11 3 A, Naples .. •• ........ •• 1224 Utona •••••••••. •• • • •• l'alcrrno ••• • • ..... •• ' ;3231, Paris ........ .. • • 2. 47% 3lessina ...... •• " bs% Ditto, three months .. 25 st 7 viarseilles 25 87% To.lrdeattx . ........ Frankfort-nn Maine.... 12 1 , 1 4 gerlln Lisbo ...... •••• ...- Oporto . •• •• •• •• •••• •• Itto Janeiro ..... .•• •••' Buenos Ayre5........ •• New York 60 days' sigh' iTlenns......•• •. •• .... 10 30 Philadelphia ..:.•••••• . 0• rrie5ie........•••..... 10 31 1 PRICES OF UM/ WV , 0 1 i 9 t'etersbur& ............ 35 4 1 Foreign Gold In Bies / 3 , I/ Madrid .............. " 49N Portugal Gold Ccin •• 0 0 .. ;adiz . .............. 50;i Mexican Dollars .... 0 n" n 0 "•arce!ona ............ New Dollars ....• 0 I ) 0 -,wlllo. ••............ Sliver in bars ...... 0 " SBA BORNE MAILS. t ti 3ignilles that the mail. .gent irom the General ro y the night—end M by the morning—tesiiatch., !Day wiivn ma rrOti4 For clw I filsP .tch En- 10 Afar. 14 tlt)r_T :411t1 Liverpoe. Liverpc., re- h •2' 18outh%m• T liar• 21 SouthamPt9 T)ovor I itlncer t gar. 6 Plano u Dover - Southarnn , Dover .... South ow t, Varloua por. DOT Mar. 6 •31 ar. ,v a ce Feb 26 Itioutharnp , I , ,TO-14" 0 Isoutham ! , . , Southamv...' iDover Souttrirapt, ~ Tp ~ odtll Dover So utls M Pro. Ifiotah..mpt• • LondoniLondon.. Soot h atrap'• Dover South smpt Plym •uth • Dover . • Dover.... •• Rol! head Southampto Southampto , Liverpool... !Mover ITS,:: in Gonera. Office, LOndon lEvery Frida itnerica(byltrit,paci kraeriee. by United S packet) ....... America !by U con , packet) kustralla (vie Boni! ampton) .........1 ditto (via Marseilles) V, ilitto (via "ape of Got - 4 Hops) Africa (West Collet) . N 1234 of the IP !‘. 18, 9, - 44, & 34 o; Alexandria.. ,4 th Rc 200 , of ni, Bahamas ......... 17th of the Belgium ......... N ; Dili 1 3 ,- Brazil ,9th of the month Buenos Ayres 19th of the rnont Cape of Good "'lope Cape of Good Hope . N Cape , de Verde Ceylon (see In ita) Ceylon Channel Isles Chili.. China .• • . Constantinople , Constantinople Cont. of Euro• e Sf Egypt (see India) France ........ M Gibraltar .. Greece (we India) Greytown ........ Hamburgh Havanna') • . .• . • • • Holland .. • Honduras India (viaSouthamptlet India (via Illarseilles)M lonian Wes (see India) Ireland .• .• .• —ft & rAiSben eeeeee • • • • • • &fadeira .......... Nfatieira ........ galta (sce India) 9th of thl wow h 1 241 *l7o, ofmon , jOnce x tronth.... 8,13,18,23,5rzs ni 4th t 20th of too oc t , •I': 4 , 7,17,29.27 •c ;2nd & 17th of mon iTueaday & Frill. 2nd of the Daily,. ... lit month. 14th 20th of mot.. 9th&2lsth of mom , 7. !7, & 27 of Om Twice daily , ¶ 7, 3, 17,ft . 27 nin 7 : 9th fq the m on o. 1 23 d o' month .... Malin Mauritius (see India' , ilauritius ^- Mexico •••• •• ••3I Naples New iiranada Raw Papal States Peninsula Peru •• .•.•.• a• Port Natal N aicily ?• •• •• •• •• • N Tuscany •• •• •• •• •., N Venezuela van Diemen's Land (se Australia) gross 18. IS &2S at mon Ith of tho moat' . 211 ,1 of the rn'ont; . 6t.blr , th26thormor• 12A tic 17th of mon , ' private s:•ip sthir , th2sthofmoi,. Ith 1 7 027thotinon. 1;1 r 27th of mop. ay private ship „ , sth l! , ll2stlicyrnora,, s thl s th2 s tholinori 9d*l7th of,tloyv! Mme• l'r o' 11600- fir 4 87,2° !Feb• 14 & 2 0 iii Feb, 46 no erts l4 !Uncortsi, I 1 801"ssi I I it 1 6 OOP 12f! !Southampton ' Whenany of these dates fall on a S u nd ay , . mails "' (eV spatchod on the following this, with the exreptien of the in EionthamponLand the Ntaha. both of' which will be despso h preceding' day The budget of Greece for 1856 fixes the e r s penses at 22,089,512 drachmas, and the receipts 22,231,737 (the Greek drachma is 90 centimes). " Letters from Rome," says the Gazette de LY°!: states that the Bishop of Lupn has tendered bia resignation to the Pope." BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 4th inst., at 14, John-street, Bedford-roW , wile of the Rev. J M. Barrett. On the 4th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of CePt sjis Bayly, Royal Artillery. . 07,A DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst., at 6, Phillirnore-terrace, Kens the wife of William Charles Kent, Esq. On the 4th inst., at 29, Mecklenburgh-square, the Ivif• of J. Cameron, Esq. On the 2d inst., at 32, Finsbury-circus, the wife of 98.° John W. F. Bludell. MARRIED. • bo On the 4th inst., at . St. James's, Hatcham, Mr. u p ter Brown, Bath-road, Peckham, to Ellen, youngest daugu p a of the late Robert Neale, Esq., formerly of Newark, s Ironmonger-lane, London..i. • • , the On the 27th ult., at 12, .Marlborough-place,lls"ftbe Morris Hart, of 6i ' Leadenhall-street, to Elizabeth , b• second daughter of Mark Davies, Esq., of Marlboro! place, Walworth. DIED. On the 4th inst., at Reigate, Richard Battley, tscl. ' aged 80. : AO , On the 4th inst., at it, Canning-place, KensA r „ s t- Elizt,heth, widow of Mr. James Finch, formerly of ings, aged 70. r iot 13 On the 3d inst., at. Bermondsey. Surrey. Mrs. , l il Ceding, widow of the late Jesse Curling, Esq., aged On the 3(1 inst., Mr. Peter Jeffrey, aged 79. gr. On the 4th inst., at 15, Beaumont-row, Mile-end , e a George Mills, formerly of Waltham Abbey, Essex , a g 73. On the 2d inst., at Gravesend, Thomas Blackburn, . o e (l. ' late of Limehouse, aged 86. &ea On the 2d inst., at Gr a ntham Miss Sophia Xing , 70. On the 29th ult., at Manchester-street, London , 147 .,P: Henry Dease, E s q., of Rath House, Queen's County', 41."- land. .forpou: Printed and Pub'billed by' lITTRDO YOT-7114-30' .4' No. VP, Strand, Printer, at 77 a Sim Office, IC(' • 11 '; .nhe Procinef of the Savoy, in the county 0` Middlemax 4 Wednesday, Mnrch 5, 1850. - Beatharrot-, Dover Southampto , Various port 'Dover . iSouthampton lAouthanlpton VArious ports Dover .... Dover ... • !qnufhamos , (Th• Lewi: Geol.; Capt: the Chart of pa) John Robe Benjt, ant The from failed the T comp; subje, elapse tages The time in Cot depri , the et ing tL quires unknt ducti( ?rival popul lighte T~ and In the 181 such Pt bocky, 40 TOE A foi No t, nor all hito P.ver and lx by a le With ti Of the , 4 .•••... NC CAND: 4PPOI the EA Conuni Act 16. R ram bIE N 1 Coat; 4 111 I Or age, Into th They Ronoui each e: Ployrn, Corar, tional dbehar readim Ing my This luouts I. P In whi, to the 4. S The Zool% ~~ 8 Vi, Capil Jose 1 rec MASA H. M pal Co] CONK. En; S. 5 „ 2. A ter of Who 3. A compel 4. A ikonth Mx inc aonle t Datieni olt the , 5. A Instruc the ins Can Att. a above, cal atu Th e 1. 5 2.a rikr, eu i 3, A _ Cou tiotan Lim Lim exat t 14,1 attel the tier, of t bran It this Drob Zitt _ f ,~ - _ w .~,