The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. THE IRISH AIILITIA. The Earl of DONOUGHNIORE rose to put a ques• tion to the noble lord at the head of the War Depart ment, with respect to the Irish Militia. If the disem• bodiment of the Irish militia was to take place at the period at which it was intended, the effect would be that great distress would arise, and large bodies of the men would, no doubt, emigrate. The question he wished to ask the noble lord was, whether it was in tended to disembody the Irish militia before the harvest ? Lord PANMURE said it was intended to treat the Irish militia precisely in the same manner as the Eng lish and Scotch. The men of the regiments that had been disembodied had expressed themselves satisfied with the whole of the arrangements. With respect to the Irish militia, he did not anticipate any of those evils which the noble lord had alluded to would arise. OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. The Earl of DERBY rose to put a question to the noble earl the Secretary of Stets for Foreign Affairs. It had been stated that within the la•t few days very im portant intelligence had been received from the United States. He wished to knoW whether our Minister in America had received his passports ; and also whether the exequatur of three of our . Consuls had been withdrawn. It such information had been received, he wished to know when the communication would be laid on the table ; and also the course the Government intended to adopt ? The Earl of CLARENDON said the day before yesterday Mr. Dallas communicated to him a despatch which he had received from his Government, which contains a statement to the effect that the explanation of this country on the Enlistment question not.to infringe in any manner the law o the United States was perfectly satisfactory. With regard to Mr. 'Crampton the despatch was not so satisfactory ; it stated that the President considered that gentleman an unacceptable minister, and bad accordingly sent him his passports, and bad withdrawn the exequaturs of three British Consuls. The Government had not finally determined on the course they would ultimately pursue, but when they had done so, their lordsbips would be put in possession of the information. Mr. Dallas had also showed him another despatch respecting Central America, which stated that the services of a third power as arbitrator might possibly lead to a set tlement of the question. POLICE BILL. Lord PANMURE rose to move the second reading of this bill. He said that he took part in the proceed ings on the bill of 1839, which established the present system of rural police. That bill, however, was not general, inasmuch as in many places the old system of parish constables still existed. The present bill bad been introduced on the recommendation of a committee which was appointed to inquire into the subject. It was not intended to interfere with the management of the local police by the local authorities, although much apprehen sion bad been felt on that subject. Nothing c)uld be fur ther from the object of the bill. The princ;ple of this bill had been recognised by the House of Commons by a majority of 153, and all parties seemed to be agreed that the time had come when the Rural Constabulary Act should be extended and be made compulsory. The bill was then read a second time. COUNTY COURTS AMENDMENT. This bill was read a third time and passed. PAWNBROKERS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter-past six. HO USE COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Billowing bills were severally real a third time and passed :—London and Enniskillen Railway ; Lon don Printing and Publishinz Company ; Salisbury Market Branch Railway and Market House ; Wenc and Bronygarth Roads, The Lewes, Eistbourne, and Hailsham Road Bill was considered and ordered to be real a third time. ECCLESIASTICAL CONINIISSION. Lord J. RUSSELL brought up the second repot of the Ecclesiastical Commission. The report was ordered to be laid on the table. SAVINGS BANKS (IRELAND). Captain D. O'CONNELL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he intended to bring in a bill this, or early next session, for the better regulation of savings banks ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Littrilject had been well considered, and he agreed that ligishition'on the subject was much wanted ; but it was unt the intention of the Government to bring in any measure during the present session. THE RIOTS AT MALTA. Captain O'CONNELL asked if the correspondence that had taken place between the Government at home and the authorities at, Malta relative to the riots there, in which the Italian Legion wore concerned, and the murder of the police director, would be laid on the table ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said he did not think it would be desirable to produce the correspondence at the present moment. MARINE OFFICERS. In reply to a question from C )!onel BUCK, Sir C. WOOD complained of questions of this descrip tion being put, as with littla tr , whle the facts might he ascertained. He thought that the marine officers in the late war had done their duty. He did not think they ought to be excluded from promotion ; and they had not been excluded. The number of marine offi)ers that had received brevet promotions in the Baltic fleet was 8 ; in the Black Sea fleet, 10. ruE ITALIAN LEGION. Captain O'CONNELL asked the Under-Secretary for War if it was true that the Italian Legion was doing gar rison duty at Malta ; and what was to be their ultimate destination or disposition Mr. F. PEEL said he had received private informa tion that the Legion had done duty at Malta, such a mounting guard. It would be disbanded In a similar manner as the other regiments, and the men would have the option of either returning to Italy or going to one of the colonies. OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. Mr. DISRAELI wished to ask the noble lord at the heal of the Government whether information had now been received as t) the cessation of diplomatic relations between this country and the United States, and also whether he had beard that the exequatur of several of our consuls had been withdrawn in that country ; and, in the event of such information having been received, whet cour.e it was intended to adopt ? Lord PALMERSTON said that his noble friend at the head of the Foreign Office received, late in the even ing of the day before last, two despatches addr!ssed to Mr. Dallas by Mr. Marcy. One upon the subject of the Recruiting question, and the other on the subject of Central American affairs. The question of the right - 'honourable gentleman related to the fir,t question,,and to that he (Lord Palmerst-m) would address himself. It appeared from the despatches in reference to that question that the United States' Government, though perfectly satisfied with the explanation offered by her Majesty's Government, and conveyed in Lord Claren don's dispatches relative to the course they had pursued in that matter, and although the American Government deemed these explanations as settling that question, so far as her Majesty's Government was concerned, never theless, for reasons which the United States' Govern ment alleged, and on documents of which they had sent copies, they did not express themselves equ lily well satisfied wish the course pursued by her MAjesty's Minister at Washington, and the three Consuls at Cin cinati, Philadelphia, and New Yorec, and the United States Government hied expressed to our Government, through Mr. Dallas, their intention of delivering the proper passports to Mr. Crampton, and of revoking the extquatur of these three consuls. As t ) the course her Majesty's Government might deem it right to take, it would be premature for him (Lord Palmerston) to state, the Government not having yet had time to consider the subject. (Rear.) Mr. MULLIS said he understood the army estimates were to be taken on Monday, but as he had no wish to interfere with the passin g of the votes connected with them, he would be happy to meet the Government by taking a discussion on some other evenin g in the week convenient to the Government. Probably the noble lord would, in the meantime lay the despatches refereed to on the table of the house. Lord PALMERSTON said he wished to give the hon. gentleman every facility for bringing on his motion. If Monday would net suit him he migbt fix Thursday or Friday for bringing it before the house. Mr. M. GIBSON said he understood the noble lorl to state that Mr. Dallas bad read a communication to her Majesty's Government in reference to the Central American question. He asked the noble lord if be felt at liberty to make known the fact to the house whether the answer referred to contained any communication on the proposal of her Majesty's Government to settle the C n- Aral American question by arbitration being accepted. (Rear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said it would be necessary to enter into a long statement to give a satisfactory answer to the question of the right hon. gentleman ; but the general tenour of the despatches were that the United - States Government wished to settle the question by direct communication with her Majesty's Govern •meet. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BAILLIE said he would take the discussion on his motion on Thursday next. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said he hoped the hon. gen tleman would give notice at an early period what he really meant to submit to the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON wished to know if the United States Government refused arbitration. Lord PALMERSTON—There is no refusal of the arbitration in the despatches. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said ho hoped the Government vould lay the despatches just referred to on the table of the house before the debate comes on. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said that must depend on the way in which the Government would reply to the de :patches. (Hear.) At a subsequent period, Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not find fault with the noble lord at the head of the Government for his not riving more information to-night than he had done rela tive to our American relations ; but considering this a very critical period with regard to our American rela tions, he should deem it his duty on Monday next, on the motion for going into committee of supply, to bring the question forward, and ask the noble lord for some explanations, and also what course the Government in tended to pursue. Tois house had very wisely, he thought, abstained From discussing this question, but the daily press had on many occasions referred to it, and from the remarks of some of them the Ameri can people might be disposed to infer that this country was desirable of breaking off American relations with the United States. Such he believed was not the feeling of the house nor the people of this country—hear,bear— but on the contrary, that they were desirous that those relations should continue. (Cheers.) Under these cir cumstances he thought it necessary to give that notice of his intention of bringing the question before the house on Monday. (Hear, hear.) ARMY ESTIMATES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he should, on Monday, proceed with the Army Estimates. TORTURE IN INDIA. On the motion for the adjournment,of the house, Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE presented a petition from India complaining of the mat-administration of justice iu India by the infliction of torture. After some remarks from Sir E. PERRY, The motion of adj - mrnment was agreed to. ST. JAMES'S-PARK. Lord PALMERSTON—I rise for the purpose of pro posing to the house two votes connected with the same matters, in respect of which this day week it rejected a vote by a large majority—l mean the passage through St. James's-park. That vote referred to two objects ; the one the passage for carriages, the other the passage for pedestrians by a suspension bridge. It is not for me to inquire into the motives which led the house to reject ,he vote, which had for its object the carrying out of the proposal which the house had expressed a great desire to see accomplished. I imagine that with regard to the pas sage for carriages the house objects to the expense of pulling down the German chapel and rebuilding it else- where. (Hear, hear.) If a better passage could be mado, and at a less expense, and that, with regard to the foot bridge, the plan proposed was objected to. It is my intention to propose two votes—the one for the pas sage for carriages, the other for the suspension bridge. The two will be entirely separate, and, therefore, the house can deal with them as they think fit. When the house rejected that vote, her Majesty, always anxious to make any sacrifice for the public convenience, immediately expressed her desire to give up a portion of the gardens of St. James's Palace, in order that there might be a straight roadway from the iron gates now existing between Marlborough-house and St. James's Palace, and thence into the park. The Queen most gra ciously, and of her own accord, suggested that the pre sent inconvenience should be obviated by railing off a portion of the palace gardens. The estimate for that purpose—namely, the making the road for giving a larger footway, for rebuilding the wall of Marlborough house court, for rebuilding the wall of St. James's Pa lace garden, which is to be thrown back, putting up lamps, &c., 4,5001. Ido not mean to conceal from the house that that estimate appears to me to be a rather large one for the work which is to be done. But those who are professionally employed must be the best judges, and I can assure the house that my right honourable friend at the head of the Board of Works wi'l see that the work is done by cmtract, and paid for admeasuretuent acc rdiog to the price= which rule in London for works of this kind. Wick re gard to the foot-bridge, the house, I doubt not, will bear in mind that, as the first vote is for the convenience of those who ride in carriages, there is another class of per sons who walk on their feet ; for we have heard of some people who walk on their heals. (Laughter.) At the same time I think that it would be a great convenience to a large portion of the public to have a passage made for them across the water, so as to connect Westminster with the northern parts of London. It would be well also for those who frequent the gardens for recreation, ii they were not so entirely cut off by that piece of water from ono part of the park %hen they are in the other. I should think likewise, but that is a matter for the housein which they will please their own taste, that a light iron bridge, so far from injuring the beauty of the gardens, would - rather be ornamental. But that is a matter with Which the house will deal as they think proper. The esti mate for the carriage-way is 4,5001., and that for the bridge 3,5001. lie concluded by moving that a vote 01 4,5001. should be granted for the opening up of a way through St. James's-park into Pimlico. Mr. L. DAVIES said that an engineer in the metro polis had offered to him to do the roadway and put up the fencing, to the satisfaction of any one appointed to superintend the works, for a sum of 2,500/. As to the railing proposed to be placed in front of th- Ambassa _ . does-me, be feared it would be found very inconve nient, and would prevent the number of troops beinv broug':t there which might be dedrable. He thought 3,000/. would be amply sufficient for the execution of these works, and should move that the vote should be reduced ti) that sum. Lord PALMERSTON said that 4,500/. was merely named in the vote as a maximum. A lower tender would , )e willingly received. Mr.. Tilt having stated several points in which the pres.nt differed from the former estimates in order to account for the •lisorepancy in their amounts, Sir J. TROL LOPE said that he wished to know whe ther the 2-stbs of an acre to be taken under the present plan from the gardens, and added to the grounds of Marlborough-house, were to be enclosed by means of a dead wall, or whether that land was to form part of the approach t the park, with an ornamental railing in front? Lord R. C ROSVENOR expressed his regret that after the decided manner in which that vote was re jicted last Friday night, the same proposition skould have been again brought before the house. It appeared t) him to be a distinction without a difference. A shorter route to Pimlico than that which the present plan proposed to pro vide already existed, if it was only thrown open to the trAffic of the metropolis. All that was necessary was to pot up a board requiring carriages going that way to pass at a foot-pace. Cabs were, in fact, at one time permitted to g►o throo.th after dusk, which only increased the danger which was supposed to attend the passage during daylight. He would not, h ewever, divide the house on the question., Mr. STAFFORD asked whether it was the intention of the authorities to impose any new instructions with regard to this new road ; whether the existing gates we e to be removed, and whether the new roads Were to be open to carriages of all descriptions ? Lord PALMERSTON replied that the new road would be open to carriages of all descriptions except carts and waggons. There would be no necessity for the removal of the existing gates. The roadway re ferred to by hie noble friend was only 15 feet wide at the corner, and further round it was only 19 feet wide, and therefore he must consider it a very dangerous road. Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to know whether the plan embraced the erection of a lodge at the iron gates ? Sir B. HALL confessed that, when he first received the estimates, he was astonished at their amount. He intended, however, to superintend the execution of the work as closely, and have ,it done as econoinicaly as possible. About a quarter of an acre of land would be taken from the Palace gardens, and a little more than that would be enclosed within the garden at Marl borough-house. The Marquis of BLANDFORD said that he w'slud to know whether it was intended to keep up the exclu siveness of the passa ge th roug h th e H orse G uar d s ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that a passage had ever been allowed to cabs along St. James's-park, as bad been stated by Lord R. Grosvenor. The permission granted during the Exhibition only ex tended to private carriages. Mr. KINNAIRD a'-,lted whether the public could be allowed to pass through the Stable•yard pending the carrying nut this arrangement? Lord - PALMERST6N Raid that the new passage would 1 o given up at all times to the public. Mr. L. - DAVIES withdrew his motion. Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought that in looking after eclnomy the appearance of the works to be executed should be regarded. He thought that this was the most important o' all the plans which bad been brought for ward for opening the park. Ele would suggest, how ever, that the wall to be put up should not be a dead wall, as that would contribute very little to the orna ment of t he place. The amendment having been withdrawn, Dr. MICH EL L pr - 4e , ted against so large a sum being drawn from the taxi-s of the country for a private object, and fn. the gratification of public individuals. (Hear, la.eehter, and cries of " Divide." Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked whether it was the in tention of the Government to rive the public a similar privilee e along Constitution-hill ? br*;.bil.greent.orilfA :o L t. L as : s lres. (Ciies of "Divide.") •-,%:11,1 thete was agreed so. .vote for 3,500/. for the erection of a suspension in v h . e j har)rnuesse , sciti, p vairdk . : e d e , g v, e , r h s en ov t e h r e t n he um w b a e te r r s w in er th e Linclosure Majority—fo For the vote Against it T t l o MATES. rno.ve t e _1_287 r the vote _95 87 supplemental Sir C s . navy e • • y Period of the • session he took four or five naval votes on Recount t i 1 I' m ' l O t e O s DN account, several in full. He should not, therefere, a dd ress to the house on th6se that were granted in y fu b il se b rr u - a t tio o ns fine them to those taken on account. The number c m f men voted for the first three months of the year was 76,000, and he proposed to take a vote for 5 6,000 men ---- more for the remaining nine months of the year. The reduction of men this year on that of last appeared to he 20,000, but in reality it was but 14 000, because the full number employed last year was 6,000 less than the num ber vot4-d. Of the number of men required, 16 000 were marines, and when his predecessor in office raised the marines to that force he expressed an opinion that it ought never to be reduce i below that number, and in that opinion he (Sir C. Wood) concurred, consequently no reduction of that branch of the service would be made. (Hear, hear.) The experience of the late war bad shown how desirable it was to keep up the Royal Marine Artillery, and it was proposed, by way of increas ing that force, to transfer 250 men from the battalion c nnpenies of Marines to the Royal Marine Artillery. The number of seamen, including boys, would be 40,000, which was a larger number certainly than was ordina rily maintained in times of peace ; but he thought that, under present circumstances, it would be inexpedient to reduce the nurnher of the navy under what was now asked. He did not feel any apprehension of a speedy war, because the good sense of the two countries would prevent it ; but there were existing circumstances which rendered it impossible for the Government to reduce the navy this year to the condition of a permanent peace es tablishment. One reason was that the men and ships on foreign stations had been lately reduced, in conse quence of the late war, and many of them kept in com mission beyond their proper time, and in order to bring them to a proper state of efficiency, and relieve them, a number of men would be required for a considerable period, in each instance a double quantity, to allow the reliefs to go out and the relieved to come home. Another reason why the number of men could not be taken less was, that the reduction of seamen should Le as gradual and slow as possible, so as nno way to bear hard on the men. (Hear.) And when they remembered the manner in which these men came forward at their country's call in time of need and dan ger, ho thought the committee would agree with him that they were entitled to consideration, and that they should not be reduced in such a manner as would press hard upon them—(hear) —and prevent the repetition of that distress that prevailed amongst the seamen on their au !den and numerous discharge after the former war. By careful ma nagement, however, the Government leered in a shorttime to reduce the navy to a peace establishment, without in dieting any injury on the men. (Hear.) Complaints hal been made of the distress which many sailors had suffered in consequence of their discharge by the Government, and he alluded to it in orderto put the matter right and correct misrepresentations that had gone abroad. 4,000 men had been discharged, 2,200 of them were men taken from the coast-guard service and from the seamen riggers, who, ge nerally speaking, had returned to the avocations from which they were taken at the commencement of the war. So that the actual number of men discharged was under 1 2,000, and comprised men who had served more than 5 years, and were entitled to their discharge, and were promised when they joined the Baltic fleet that on the termination of the war they should be the first to be dis charged. It was quite true that complaints bad been made of seamen having been discharged with their pay, and in consequence had suffered great distress at Ports mouth ; but it arose in this way—when a ship came home, and was to he paid off, the men were transferred to the flag-ship, rationed, and paid up to the time when the final payment list was made up, which was a work of much difficulty and occupied considerable time. The men in question objected to go to the flag-ship and wait for their money, but insisted on being paid off on shore, and the c meequence was that they were landed and were Fubjectel to much distress from having no money when they got on shore. All was done by the Admiralty possible to relieve their temporary dis tress. The country must maintain in times of peace a larger standing army than had hitherto been the C.ts. (Cheers ) He was not one of those who thought it was desirable we should keep up a large standing army in peace, considering we bad not the facilities possessed by continental countries for obtaining men, but that we sbould strengthen, and keep in an efficient state, what had always been considered our principal defenders— the navy. (Cheers ) They found by the experience of former wars, that the only way to rapidly increase the navy was by impressment, but it was an objectionable one, and during the past war the country had relied on voluntary enlistment, which, though slow, bad in the end been succesl-fuf. The experience of the past war had shown them how useful the sailors of the fleet were on land, and he believed that Russia, who kept up a large naval force, made good use of her sail ors i n wor ki ng t h e guns of the fortresses both at Cronstadt and Sebastopol. the increase in the navy, including men, boy,, and marines, for the past two years—from Dec. 1853, to Dee., 1855—was, men 16,325, b o y s 3,501, an d marines 3,936, making a total of 23,812 ; and that increase had been made by voluntary enlistment, which was a subject ~ f great congratulation. The right hon, baronet then re ferred to the giving of bounties for enlistment, which he thought obj-'ctionable, and failed to answer its purposes in consequence of the competition of the commercial 'ma rine, and in speaking of the coast guard service —those bald-headed men with spectacles, referred to on a former occasion by the gallant admiral the member for South wark—said they had rendered essential service, and that their conduct had had a wonderful effect on the young men of the navy in maintaining discipline, and in rendering them efficient seamen. The Government bad a plan under consideration for the management of the coast guard volunteers. As at present constituted they had proved a failure, and unless they could he re organised and incorporated with the coast guard ser vice, he questioned the propriety of their co.tinuance. The next vote on which there was a small sum to be taken was on billets. The whole vote would be about 2001. or 3001. less than last- year, and amounted to 167,0001. The next vote was about half a million 'for naval stores. The necessities of the time had compelled them to increase the dockyards at Devonport and Ply mouth. Some idea of the want in that way might be seen, when it was remembered that our five largest dock yards pot together did not equal the single dockyard at Cherbourg. The increase was required by the increase in the size of vessels rather than of their number. To provide for modern constructions, it was necessary to Increase the size of the docks. The next vote was for medical stores, and there was a sum granted to the crew of the Prometheus for a mo-t gallant action performed by them off the coast of R in capturing pirates. The entire estimate would be two millions less than was originally estimated ; the first estimate being nearly 7 millions, the enin he now asked for was about four millions and a quarter. The sums which would he required for the transport of the men from the Crimea were as yet uncertain. They bad sent out a provisional number of store and transport ships till they should see what would be done in the Mediterranean. Some time bad been re• quired to reorganise the troops before they should be -ent home. They had sent home two line-of-battle ships, six war steamers, thirty small vessels, and ten small screw-steamers. They had given the admirals on the station authority to send home as many more as they could. All these vessels returned with troops on board. There had already been 10,000 men of the Sardinian Contingent, and 2,300 horses sent home, and 43,000 men a, , ,d 5,1,00 horses had passed the Dardanelles. In about a month the Turkish Contingent would be moved away. It was true that the French had brought home a larger number of men, but it should be remembered that the distance in their case was far less than in ours. As to the number of men in the Crimea the information of the Government was derived from telegraphic despatches, which were necessarily more uncertain than written despatches. But speaking in round numbers, to the best of his belief there were now in the Crimea from 32,000 to 33,000 men. There were at that moment steam transports in the Mediterranean under orders to bring home the troops, capable of conveying 33,000 men, more than the number requi re d, an d h e believed that the whole force would be carried from the Crimea be fore the end of the month. B,otides this, about 9,000 , sailing transport vessels would arrive for the purpose of bringing home the stores during the month of June. As far as he could judge there was altogether in the East, including those in the Mediterranean, under 40,000 men, while there was provision for bringing home fully 42,000. The vote propoced fur this service included, he believed, more than was sufficient, but the Government would not be justified, under the circumstances, in asking for smaller sums. He thought that he bad alluded to every point which it was necessary to explain, but if any further explanation was required he should be happy to afford it. , Mr. BENTINCK said that the right hon. baronet had t , ,ld them that the reduction of the number of men in the navy was to be about 20,000, and had admitted that the reduction was not so great as might in other cases I are been expected on the return of peace. He himself would have been as well pleased if the reduction had been even lees, remembering the adage, "In the time of peace to be prepared for war." He could not enter at present into the circumstances which were not as yet to be discussed ; but he trusted that hereafter they would keep up a larger force in time of peace than they had hitherto done. He believed that forced and sudden preparations had cost us more than a judicious expenditure spread over a large number of years would have done. He trusted they would abandon the penny wise and pound-foolish economy which had characterised their proceedings of late years. Mr. WILLIAMS said that the right hon. baronet would no doubt receive ample encouragement in any scheme of expenditure. The hon. member for Norfolk had already led the way, For himself he was disposed to give every encouragement to an efficient naval force, but unfortunately we had spent immense sums, and our naval force was ant made an efficient one. He believed that out of 16 items, of which the vote consisted, reduc tions might be made in at least 10 of them, while in two ~ f them at least there were considerable reductions that might he made. He did not think that it would be ad vi4able at present to make any diminution in the num ber of men. But the expenditure in respect to naval yards was greater than the war expenditure of last year ; and considering the vast 811i118 which had been spent on these establishments of late years, he thought that the sum of 40,0001. now demanded was much too large. Then, again, the sum asked for ❑aval stores was much too !arge. He wished that the right hon. gentleman would explain more clearly if he meant to adhere to the proposed reduction in the transport service, for which they had already voted a larger sum than was required. The right hon, bar inet bad not stated what distinctions were to be made in the service. Sir C. WOOD said that he had stated that it was in tended to reduce the service. Mr. WILLIAMS wail glad to hear it. He thought that economy would be consulted by carrying out a still larger amount of reduction :. . . _ Admiral WALCOTT said that it was natural that he should support any attempt to maintain the navy in an efficient state. It was necessary for the preservation of that sentiment to look carefully into the expenditure. He wished to draw the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty t.) the necessity not only of keeping a proper number of ships afloat, but remembering the words of the song, " A British seaman on our caasts." It was im portant that the services of British officers and seamen should be duly recognised and rewarded. If this was done the country would in the end find its own reward. The right bon, baronet had remarked that they should look especially to the efficiency of the navy in respect cf its seamen. Now he begged to call the attention of the right hon. gentleman to the arrangements and accom modation on board the Exmouth, which were such as to deserve special mention, and might well furnish ex ample to other vessels in the service. He had some things to praise in the arrangements of the Admiralty, but he had likewise some things to reprehend. He did not like the change of the name of the Marines into that of light infantry. He did not see what they had of light infantry about them. Ho should likewise call attention to the continuation service pay. The returns on this head were not well given, althou the expendi- ture was 20,000/. It was essential above all things to keep alive the spirit of the men. He would recommend an add►tion to the Mutiny Act, so that the seamen's clothes and necessaries might be properly looked after as those of the soldiers were. At present, when the seamen were provided with good clothes, if they wanted money to go on shore they sold them, and purchased in• stead inferior articles, which were worn to pieces in a very short time. He did not believe that the Admiralty had asked for more money than was necessary for the efficiency of the service, though he should have some observations to make when the votes came to be con sidered in detail. Colonel BUCK called attention to the sum asked for the corps of the " Royal Coast Naval Volunteers." The proposition of forming men employed in the coasting service bad been made some time ago with the service, of which the necessary p-riod was limited to a single year. Sums of money had bee❑ asked for on that ac count, and officer-4 had been appointed, but the coun try had derived no benefit. He himself had asked for a re turn of these Royal Cast Volunteers, be had asked for the number of times they bad exercised, and for the num ber of the volunteers. The returns stated that the num ber of men enrolled on the Ist of March was 4,819. But it appeared that there were none embodied, and in 1855 they had not once been exercised. Yet during the course of that year 50,0001. had been voted for embodying this force and making it efficient. Now, how coull they make the seamen efficient if they did not bring them together? Again, what were they doing with the officers ? At present they were doing nothing. The men were not embodied, and the officers did nothing. Yet they were paying six captains of troops and six paymasters of troops. The salaries amounted to 1,4961., and there was a multitude of extraneous expenses, while the value of the whole corps was not worth 601.. the price of the stationery. It might be supposed that some of these men would volunteer into the royal navy. This was not the case. Oot of the whole only 256 men had enlisted into the navy. He could not see the least use in the corps, or in the 50,0001. which had been expended. Sir C. WOOD said that the money had not been ex pended. Colonel BUCK said that they were now called upon to vote 20,000/. or 30,0001. more for this force, which was of no use whatever. He hoped they would have some assurance that the money would not be thrown a-way, if the plan was not to be carried out. As far as experience had gone, it was a complete failure, and the vote ought to be withdrawn. Mr. LINDSAY concurred in much of what had fallen from the honourable and gallant member who had just sat down, and hoped that some explana tion would be given on the subject. He had objections to the system of bonuses. The sys tem had proved a failure, and it wile evident that if you could not encourage men in other ways to enter the royal navy, you could not do it by means of bonuses. These bonuses were used for purposes very different from what the seamen requited. He hoped that the right hon, gentleman would afford them some explanations as to his views for raising the requisite number of seamen. As to those who had been already raised, the question in regard to them was what would have happened if the Baltic fleet had actually encoun tered the enemy. The seamen were now wanted in the service, and if they were to be kept in the royal navy merely as a boon to themselves, it would be much better if they were let loose. He wished to call attention to the mode of settling with the seamen, and the delays which had taken place. It had been sail that this de partment was the most overworked of any ; but be thought that if the simple system of accounts prac tised in the merchant service was followed, the settle merits might be very easily effected. Toe honourable member for Lambeth had taken objection to the largeness of the vnt,s for the dockyards ; but he (Mr. Lin e 'dsay) did not object to the largeness of votes, but to the way in which the money was expended, and he thought that any reduction of the dockyard vote would be a very false econoery. (Hear.) On the whole he was very well pleased with the estimates, and the statement with which they had been introduced. Captain SCOBELL thought the importance of the system of manning the navy could not be over-estimated, and expressed his hope that the right hon. baronet would turn his attention to the subject. When a man had been in the navy fur five years, he thought his pay ought gradually to rise, and if this were done it would be a great encouragement for good men to enter and remain in the service. He agreed that the navy ought not to go too low ; but the question was, what was too low ? for other nations would keep up theirs as we kept up our ; and France especially, who knew every vessel which we had, would never be content to keep her naval force much be low ours ; and with regard to large steam -ships, their value was yet unknown, for during the last war we had had no large ships in action, except at Sebastopol, where their attack failed, and all that had been done in the war had been done by small vessels and gun-boats. What, could be done by two fleets of large steam war vessels yet remained to be tried ; and he believed that when such fl-ets met the effect would be tremendous. In connecticn with the transport seavice, enormous sums had been paid f,,r the hire of steamers, and the whole service had been managed most extravagantly. He did not think that a man-of-war was much injured by carry ing troops occasionally ; and if there should be another war at any time, he thought a portion of our large ships might be so advantageously employed. Then there was. the bonus or bounty system, which had not been usual in the navy; and he believed that if it had been adopted the nation would have saved hundreds of thousands of pounds, as the ships would have been more properly manned, and with a better class of men. He had been prevented, by a form of the house, from bringing forward his motion on half-pay that night, but should take en opportunity of bringing it before the house as soon as possible. Mr. G. TYLER - intimated his general satisfaction with the estimates, and the statement made by the right hon. baronet, but expressed his regret that nothing had been said as to any proposal for some mode of collect ing seamen upon any emergency. It was the duty of the Admiralty to turn their attention to the subject, but probably their numerous occupations had hitherto pre vented them from doing so. Something might doubt less be done towards such an object by training up boys to become sailors ; but he recommended the insti tution of a naval militia, living within a certain distance of the coast, and who might be made available at any time for manning the navy upon short notice. He ' hoped the Government would appoint a commission with some eminent naval officer at its head for the purpose of inqUiring into the feasibility of such a scheme. In the event of another war we might not be so well prepared to man our fleets as during the last war, and therefore it was a duty incumbent upon the Government to take care that some efficient plan should be adopted for the coast volunteering as a nursery for seamen, certainly was not to be relied upon. In conclusi ,n, he urged up no Government the propriety of renewing the commission of 1852. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE remarked that the main characteristic of the militia was inconsistent with the character of a naval force. With regard to the doctrine kid down by the honourable and gallant member for Bath, that our naval force was to be kept low for fear of provoking the jealousy or rivalry of other countries, he thought that ought not to weigh with the house, since ' France, unlike England, did not depend upon the sea ; and to abandon our naval supremacy was to abandon •our existence as a ration altogether. (Hear). Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER was glad that the navy was not to be reduced too low, for be thought a great mistake had been made in that direction dur ing the eight or nine years preceding the war. (Hear.) With regard to bounties, he thought they ought to have been extended to the navy as well as to the army, and he trusted that the Government would take an opportunity of amending a bill introduced by Sir J. Graham in 1831 upnp this subject, and that her Majesty in case of a new war, would issue her proclamation for a bounty to sea men, so that they might enter the service properly clothed and in a proper spirit. He was glad that the number of marines was not to be reduced, for bethought it essential that that force should be kept up, one-half of them being kept on bard ship, and the other half on garrison duty at docks, yard., and seaports. The country ought never to have fewer than ten ships of the line in commission, sailing about in different parts of the world ; and if other proper steps were taken, the Government would be able to double the navy when they thought proper. With regard to the coast volunteers, he thought that if properly arranged they might be of very great ser vice to the navy ; but then, instead of living on shore, as now, they ought to be borne on the books of some small steamer, which should be sent to the respective stations. He hoped the advice of the gallant officer who had just sat down would be taken, and that a com m i ss i on would be appointed to inquire into the best mode of manning the navy. S;r J. GRAHAM said that, however firmly peace might be established, it wou'd be elite improper to reduce the navy to the strength at which it stood before the late war ; and especially he thought that a force of less than 16,000 marine> ought not to be kept up, for that fares was the nucleus upon which the navy might alway , fall back to recruit itself. A marine was both a soldier and, to a certain extent, a sailor; and Woolwich, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and other places ought a'ways to be garrisoned with marines. If there was any point upon which he found fault with the statement made to the house, it was for the absence of any pro- position for establishing a permanent naval reserve, which ought always to exist in time of peace, so that in time of war a fleet might be readily manned. As a first step he thought it important that a large number of boys should enter the fleet, for they were more easily trained, and by keeping up a large number of them in time of p eace , a bl e seamen might be allowed t o retire upon p ens i ons , t o receive which they shou'd app ear at least every h a lf-y ear , so that Government might kno w where to put th e i r b an ds upon them at any time. Thi s would to a c er t a i n ex tent give a perma :cot and mo s t valuable res erve , for the men would be young, well trained, and always available. With regard to the coast guard volunteers, he a greed very much with the gallant member for South war k, and as there were now many ships of all kinds and sizes to spare, he thought the 1,500 naval volunteers of Scott nd, who strongly resembled a militia, should be put on board ship for a month's training, from which the best results might follow. And he thought, too, that a similar force might be introduced into England and Ireland, and w as strongly of opinion that that was the moment for making great changes in the coast guard ; that it should be taken froM the Revenue board, and placed under the Admiralty ' • that not a landsman should be allowed to ent er i t , but that it should be made up of meritorious men from the navy itself ; and thus properly officered, there would be another naval reserve established upon which reliance might be placed in any I emergency that might arise. That which was now a I hybrid service might be rendered a valuable defence, the cost would easily be ascertained, and the whole arrange ment would be perfectly satisfactory. The means which he suggested were nut at ail expensive, and be was quite satisfied that if they wished to add to the efficiency of the navy at the smallest cost, and with the greatest cer tainty, the best course which could be pursued was the one he recoininended. Commissions had been recom mended, but the best commission was the Board of Ad miralty, which was presided over by most efficient offi cers. A feeling prevailed throughout the house and country of the necessity of establishing a naval reserve, and he should be glad to render every assistance in his power in carrying out such a measure. (Hear.) With re gard to bounty, he considered it an expensive resource, involving the navy in a competition with the merchant service, and he was convincedtbatin time of war it would always be found inefficient. He hoped, notwithstanding the advanced period of the session, his right hon. friend would not consider it impossible to take the Coast Guard from the Revenue department, and place it under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. Admiral BERKELEY said he had taken every pos sible pains to man the Baltic fleet, and he trusted by gones would be bygones. He congratulated himself on the speech which had been just delivered by the right hon. gentleman the member for Carlisle. Se far back as the naval administration of Lord Minto, he (Admiral Berkeley) wrote a pamphlet recommending the course which had been suggested by the right hon. baronet with reference to the coast guard as a nucleus for au efficient reserve for the navy. He believed the Board of Admi ralty the proper per:eves to undertake the responsibility of providing such a reserve, and should not shrink from his portion of such responsibility. Sir F. T. BA RING though this country ought not to keep up an aggressive fleet, and that its expenditure ought not to be fixed at too high an amount. Tee navy was kept up by Ler I Auckland at too high an estimate, and he was compelled under considerable pressure to reduce its efficiency. Nothing was more dangerous than continuous changes in the amount of the force, because they impaired the efficiency of the men. The subject of manning the navy was not a very easy one. The most important naval reserve must be afloat ; but there were other points which ought not to be lost sight of. It was of the utmost importance that the gunnery ships should be kept up in a state of efficiency. With regard to the coast guard, he at one time doubted the expediency of transferring that service from the Customs to the Admiralty ; but during the time he was at the hoard he changed his opinion, and should be glad to support his right honourable friend at the head of the Admiralty in effecting the change which bad been recimmended. (Rear.) He trusted the Ad miralty would not lose sight of the necessity of having an efficient naval reserve, which was one of the most im portant subjects to which the aetention of the Admiralty could be directed. Although he concurred generally in opinion with Sir G. Tyler, he doubted whether a com mittee of naval officers were likely to come to a satisfac tory conclusion. It was a question which must be de cided by the Admiralty alone. He did not despair that a system of coast volunteers would be found successful, although it had not hitherto answered the expectations which had been formed respecting it. The Admiralty knew the extreme importAnce of the subject, and he trusted that at the commencement of the next session an attempt would be made to form an efficient naval reserve. Mr. BENTINCK, in reference to the transport ser vice, observed that he wished for a return showing the number of transports employed, the number of men con veyed by them, and the expense incurred by the trans ports during the late war, because such return would show, that if during the last 40 years an efficient num ber of troop ships had been kept up, the cast would have been much less than during recent operations. (Hear, hear.) If the country was prepared to carry nut the de claration laid down at Paris with regard to the right of search, our naval glory would be gone for ever. He entered his protest against a state of things which if persevered in must be subversive of the commercial greatness of this country. (Hear.) Sir G. PECHELL had listened t) the discussion with the greatest interest, and concurred in the opinion of his brother officers as to ihe necessity of placing our navy in the time of peace on such a footing as would insure its efficiency in tine of war. He urged upon the Government the propriety of keeping on the coast of Cuba a proper class of vessels with the view of prevent , iug the carrying on the slave-trade, and trusted the Go vernment would not lose sight of the recommendations of the committee on that sulject which sat in 1853. Sir C. WOOD concurred with his right hon. friend (Sir J. Graham) in the necessity of maintaining a large force of marines during the time of peace, and providing accommodation for them. He believed the maintenance of such a body the best possible economy. lie was not able to state any organised plan for an efficient reserve, but it must combine the coast-guard, the naval coast volunteers, and !the pensioners. (Hear, hear.) They must be placed under the control of the Admiralty, and officered by that board. He did not think it desirable to reappoint the committee, but was of opinion that the whole responsibility, ought to rest on the board of Ad miralty. The vote was then agreed to.• • The following votes were also agreed to :- 601,9221., to complete the sum necessary for wages of the seamen and marines. 167,3381., to complete the suns necessary for incapa citated seamen and marines. 500,0001. fur naval stores and steam machinery. On a vote of 40,0001 for increased works at Deptford, Mr. MA.GUIRE objected to the vote. He was pro ceeding to enter into the merits of Cork harbour, and to blame the Government for not making it a naval sta tion, when The CHAIRMAN called him to order, reminding him that these topics were entirely foreign to the vote before the house. Mr. MAGUIRE could bring his observations within the rules of the house by moving that the chairman should report progress, because Queenstown was not mentioned in the vote. (A. laugh.) He then read an extract from a written statement of Sir George Sar torius in reference to the capabilities of Cork harbour. The gallant admiral dwelt not only on its capacity as a harbour, but on the facility with which it might he en tered, and of the advantages of its position as saving the long channel navigation which, in certain winds, was ,so difficult and dangerous. In case of an attack on the coast of Ireland or on the coast of England, on the Irish channel, the beet point from which a squadron could be betached was Cork harbour. For offensive opera tions it was not less valuable. Toe safety of the empire was compromised by not having the means of repairing, not a squadron, but a singl e ship, at Cork, in I case such ship going to or corning from the south should 'be crippled by storm or in battle. Sir G. Sartorius said that if a sudden attack were made by France or Russia, either single or combined, without declaring war, all our existing naval arsenal might be destroyed. It was, then, of the utmost importance to have some arsenal in a position where it might be safe from such an attack. And the electric telegraph removed all objections arising from its distance from the seat of Government. There was in the middle of the harbour a bank which could easily, at an expense of about 200,0001., be formed into a site for a steam factory and an arsenal. It would not be necessary ( to purchase any la n d, an d b y t h e l a b our o f the Coll - I victs at Spike Island the necessary works might be erected at a comparatively moderate expense. A third of the navy was manned by Irishmen, so that Ireland bad a claim to have a naval arsenal established at Cork. He would not, however, insist on this, but desired that this question should be considered on purely imperial grounds. Lord BERNARD said that at present the finest har bour in the British dominions was utterly defenceless. Not only were the natural capabilities of Cork harbour great, but if they had a station they would obtain intel ligence from America 17 hours sooner than they could at present. In case of a war with that country, which he hoped would be averted, its position afforded the greatest advantages. Mr. M. CHAMBERS objected to the operation of a part of the vote on Deptrord. It was proposed to lay out a large sum on the purchase of part of the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford. The result would be to throw the burden of the poor of the parish upon the remain ing property of the p Irish. Sir C. WOOD could give no other answer to the member for Dungarvon than that, whatever it might be desirable to do at Cork, our first object should be to complete our existing naval arsenals. When they were complete, it might be advantageous to have small esta'eli-hments either in Ireland or Scotland. Sir F. BARING remarked upon the hardship of the Deptford case, and stated that this was a grievance constantly occurring in dockyard ports. After a few words from Sir J. TROLLOPE and from Sir C. WOOD in explanation, Colonel DUNNE said that if the hon. member for Dungarvon had known the injury it would have been he would not have asked fur it, but still they were ready to accept a dockyard with all its inconveniences in Cork. Mr. W. CAIRN said the Irish people did not object to be taxed 2,0001. for the expenditure of 100,0001. in constructing docks at Cork. The vote wits agreed to. A vote of 5001. for medical stores was agreed to. The sum of 1,000/ was agreed to be paid to the officers and crew of the Prometheus for exertions against pirates. The next vote was for 4,977,200/. for transport service in connection with the late war, and for the maintenance of prisoners of war. Sir H. WILLOUGDMY said that, the war being con cluded, it was inexplicable bow this sum of money could be expended, and asked for an explanation, so that the country might have the advantage of the Appropriation Act in iti being divided and placed under its proper headings. Sir C. WOOD said that at an early period of the evening he stated the nature of this vote. Sir H. WILLOUG fl BY objected to this mode of at tempting to evade an explanation of the expenditure of so large an amount. Such an instanc-,as asking for so large a sum without an explanation was unknown. lie objected to the lumping of charges together in this manner—(hear) —which did away with all control over the expenditure of the various departments. Sir C. WOOD said that the vote came before the house now as it did last year, and it was impossible to give a detailed account of it in reference to every individual transport. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had shown on a former occasion a deficiency from taxation to meet expenditure of seven millions. He had taken a loan of five millions, and it was necessary now to take a vote of two millions to make up the balance. On that occasion no estimate was taken of an increase of expenditure or of any defalcations. In an expenditure , of this ,magnitude, and the exp ense o f remov i ng our army from the Cri mea, it was necessary the house should agree to a vote of credit of two millions to meet the possible excess of expen diture that might accrue. He proposed a vote of credit of two millions to defray the expenses beyond the ordinary grants of 1855 and 1856, and 1856 and 1857, for the ex penditure of the army and navy. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that seventy-seven mil lio,s of ways and means hal been voted, and the balance of the last loan not having been expended it would have been better to have waited and come to the h use for the actual sum required than to have called on the house for this extreme credit. He looked upon this motion as a dangerous power, and ought not to lie :icce•ied to. There were powers by act of Parliament to transfer the balance from one department to another, and he did not consider this vote of credit necessary. There would be no objection to pay the just demands of the Government, but he ob jected to this vote of credit. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said this was an unexpected de mand, and he concurred in the remark& of the honourable baronet. He wanted to know if this vote would cover all demands on the Government with reference to the war? Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIEQUE it said this vote was taken as a matter of precaution and not of neces sity. With regard to the expenses of the war, so far as the estimates were concerned, they would be within the sum named. After some remarks from Mr. HADFIELD, who also objected to this vote of confidence, and considered it of sufficient importance to call the house together fora special vote, said he would support the hon. baronet if he pressed for a division. (" Hear," and ironical cheers.) Ur. GLYNN supported the vote. The vote was agreed to. On the resolution that the Chaii man report progress, Mr. WALPOLE called the attention of the house to his motion on the paper with reference to national education in Ireland. He had given way on several occasions for the convenience of the Government, and as they were to have a morning sitting ou Tuesday he asked the noble lord at the head of the Government not to commence the morning sittings till Thursday, and enable him to bring on his mo • tion on Tuesday evening. Mr. FITZROY said the hon. gentleman was out of order in bringing on the subject then. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress; when Lord PALMERSTON said he did not consider a mrrn ing sitting precluded a discussion at the evening sitting. His argument, if allowed, would preclude all morning sit tings. He could not accede to the request to postpone the commencement of the morning sittings. Mr. DISRA.ELI said that as the hon. member had con sulted the convenience of the Government, it was unfair to commence the morning sittings without consulting the hon. gentleman's convenience. They were commencing the morn ing sittings earlier than usual, and that was a reason why due notice should be given ; and the important notices of motion on the paper was another reason why the morning sittings should not commence in thaensuing week. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL On the motion that the Speiker leave the chair for the house to go into committee on this bill, Mr. WALPOLE pressed for au answer, or he would mov, the adjournment of the house. Lord PALMERSTON said the morning sittings would be later this year than the last; five days notice of the morning sittings had been given. Their sittings did not encroach on the evening sittings, and the right hon. gen tleman had no right to complain. Mr. M'CANN said no inconvenience could have arisen from the morning sittings on Tuesday, because there was no difficulty in getting rid of Irish questions, and two were set down for that day. PAROCLIIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. C. BRUCE moved that the house resolve itself into such committee that day three months. He complained that in respect of this bill the courtesy had not been shown that was usually shown to Scotch members. Although he entertained serious objections to the bill, he had refrained from proposing them at the second reading, in the hopes that he might be able to introduce certain modifications. and that the hon. and learned lord (the Lord Advocate) would agree to the insertion of certain clauses which would have removed his objections. In that hope he had been disappointed, and he was therefore compelled to resort to the cry of no surrender. He read a letter from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, expressing great ap• prehension as to some of the provisions of the bill, and es pecially to clauses 7,9, and 11. He must oppose all at tempts to injure the influence of an institution which, for two centuries, had conferred such signal benefits on the country. The proposed bill would introduce into the go verning body of the educational system of Scotland persons holding Unitarian doctrines, which had already made con siderable progress on the continent of Europe and of Ame rica. He believed that the existence of the Established Church of Scotland had been a great safeguaid against the spreading of these doctrines in Scotland. He was in hopes that as his hon: and learned friend had made concessions last year to the feeling of the country, that he would this year have agreed to the terms which they had proposed. Those terms were very simple—to ex tend the benefits of education in those districts in which they do not at present exist under such provisions as Parliament should agree to. They were will ing to consent to such extensions, with a proper guarantee for the maintenance of the religious element in the teach ing of the school. He thought the concessions which had been made by his honourable friend were mere delusions. the object of his honourab!e and learned friend was to hand over the management of education in Scotland to another Church, which had been called in that house the most degraded system of dissent which had ever existed, and which arrogated to itself the title of "Free Church," as if all other churches were not equally free. He would have conferred far greater benefit on his country by re conciling the two parties, between whom the difference was now very small, and by saying to thew, in the words of the great Hebrew legislator, "Ye are brethren; , why do ye wrong one to another ?" He himself (Mr.- C. Bruce) would have given a hearty consent to any measure for reconciling the two Churches. His hon. and learned friend seemed to have a holy horror of the word " test," of the effect of which on the parochial schoolmasters he seemed grievously afraid. As an inde pendent member of the house he must declare his opinion in favour of religious and secular education in Scotland ; and in considering this bill he could not put out of sight the other bill introduced by the right hon. gentleman for the establishment of borough schools, as both bills seemed to have been based upon the seine principle. These bo rough schools wei• to be supported by borough-rates; and after what had recently passed in that house, he con , tended that the attempt was to introduce into Scotland a principle which the house had decidedly negatived with regard to. England. No improvement in the parish schools could be caused by the bill, and the only reason which he had heard advanced in favour of the bill was one which established an undue preference for mem bers of the Free Church over other dissenters. He opposed the measure because it would prove destructive to parish schools, and introduce disunion into every parish in Scot land, and aim a heavy blowand sore discouragement at the Established Church, by which it had been strongly con demned. He would therefore move his amendment; but if he received an assurance from his hon. friend the mem ber for Leith that ho would adhere to the amendment which he had upon the paper, he (Mr. Bruce) would not push his own amendment to a division. Mr. LOCKHART seconded the amendment, upon the ground that. the bill would take from the Church of Scot land the substance of control over the schools, and leave it a merely nominal influence. Sir J. FERGUSSON said the first clauses of the bill secured a better standing and better salaries for the masters of parish schools in Scotland than they now had. Ho would not, however, have given his support to the bill in its earlier stages if he bad not supposed that clauses would be introduced to do away with some of the objections which had been urged against it. There were some very promising features in the bill, and he hoped to see it so improved in committee as to make it generally acceptable. He should like to see those doctrines introduced as a test of admission which were professed by the Presbyterians of Scotland, and he could not see how any one could refuse to establish that test of admission. Sir A. CAMPBELL admitted that the Church of Scot- land was not the proprietor of the schools in Scotland, but she was at least the trustee, and had discharged her trust well and faithfully. The necessity of improving the posi tion of the schoolmasters was generally admitted, but the Government might have effected that three years ago. But every change proposed was clogged by conditions which were most unacceptable to the people. The instruction was at present carried on satisfactorily by the Church, and he did not approve of the alteration now proposal. (s ew ,) He trusted the noble and learned lord would mak e such modification as would allow the passing of the bill. Mr. MACKIE objected to the 10th clause of the bill, and trusted that it would be omitted. The house then divided, when there were— For going into committee...... Against Majority The house then went into committee pro forma, anti immediately resumed. The Oxford University Bill was read a third time. Mr. HEYWOOD moved a clause preventing any of the colleges introducing any new religious tests into their statutes. Sir G. GREY opposed the clause. He admitted that the object was a good one, but he did not think the present a favourable opportunity for discussing the subject. Mr. HEYWOOD withdrew the clause, and the bill was passed, with the addition of a clause enabling the colleges to sell or exchange any of their lands, tenements, and here ditaments, reinvesting the purchase money received for them in other lands, tenements, and hereditaments. The Annuities Redemption Bill pasied through com mittee... The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed about two o'clock. Emigration from Sweden to North America still con tinuos on a great scale, especially from the western pr)- vinces. Hundreds of emigrants have already left this year the districts of Willaud and Goinge for the new world. 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In canisters, 51bs., Ils. ; 121hs , 22s ; super-refined, Ilb , (is. ; 21bs., lls. ; 51bs., 225.; Pas., 335, The 101bs. and I 21bs. carr.a ,, ' e free, on receipt o f post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Picca dilly also at 60, Graceehurch - street ; 3 3J and 451, Strand ; 4 Cheapside ; 68, Ccrnhill , ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Char. lug-.moss; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Osiord• street, Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—JUNE 13. At to day's market there teas a flir attendance of millers and dealers. Good red wheat was held at Tuesday's ratee, but a few large parcels of American white, o f seco nder,' quality, were taken to hold over, on a slight concession being made. Indian corn had the lsrgest share of sawtion, tion, and a good business was done in it at fully 6d O Pe!' r. advance over Tuesday. Yellow 29s 6 ‘ l to 30s, white 31s to 31s 6d per 480 lbs. Oats ld per bushel high er and few here. WAKEFIELD—JusE 13. The arrivals of wheat were somewhat restricted, an id d th. B prices must be noted 2s per qr. dearer than last Barley, The arley The business doing was of moderate amoun t. beans, oats, and shelling were each in better ilemud , ; rather higher rates. EXETER—JuNE 13 CORN.—In our market wheat may be . quoted from 9 ' 3 , u 1 to 9s 9d. Malting barley, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; grinding do r 0(1 to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 3s 6d. Bean s, Os Od +0 od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 54s Od to -a O ; seconds, ras 0.1 to Od per sack. ad pet CATTLE.-.. Fat beef was sold at from 10 s 6d to 61 score ; fat calves, 40 ' to 5d per lb • barrenners , 53 6d t i ° _, per score ; cows and calve', 10/. 6d. to 161.. x; butc calves, —to —d per lb., rettrin, calves to 0 e ac g ,i Sheep, ewes and lambs, 1/. 14s to 21. 5s per couple; ewes, .to 70 ; wethers, 60 to (• lambs. 01 Os each. pigs, !arge size, 45s to 5 is ; second siza, 24s to 30s ; sliP o, to 20s ; suckers, 6s to 12s. Rough fat, t, id per Pork carcases from 9s 9d to lls Od per score. COAL MARKET.—JUNE 13. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market. B. d. Wallsend, tio. . 0. (' Burnhopo l4 6 . 16 3 Hasting's Hartley ;7, 0 Belmont .. ................... ... 0 Rolywell -4-(3 6 Braddyll .................. 1 - 0 Howard's West Hartley Hatton ..................... !,71 6 Netherton 17 0 Lambton .................. !,- 9 New Tanfield 5 Walker Primrose l4 I,' 15 0 Penshcr ... .... . .............. !,, 0 Canfield Moor Butes 14 0 Russell's Retton ......... .;, 9 West Pelton . i 4 0 West Riding Hartley l5 v t oug h H a il ............... . a 0 Wylam 16 € Coes ... .! .................. g 0 Wallsend. Szc Whitwor th ............ .17 0 R edley l5 e l ;thwart'e. . ............... . 16 0 .......... 0 . l5 9 Derwentwater 11 Riddell l5 9 South Hartlepool...... Eden fain l6 9 • Ships at market... 45 I Sold . .......... 30 —..........—..../. COURSE OF ExCHANGE.— YEST EBDA T. . msterdara .... 11 8% Gibraltar .....• ****** • 30 °, Ditto, three months .. 12 0 1 4 Leghorn .. ••• .• •• 8 " Rotterdam ............ 12 0}... Genoa ........ •• " •• Antwerp .............. 25 (734 Milan ••.••• •• •• t" 1414 131159 . 313 • • •••• •• •• •••• 25 Venice.. • • •• •• •• •• 14 liamburgh ............ 13 10% Naples ••••••••••••••:. 1 32 " eiltona•••••••••• •••••• Palermo •••• ...... .• ogy ~••• Pari5........ .. • • .... 25 42% Messina ....... • 53 Ditto, three months .. 25 75 Lisbon ......... •• 534 Marseilles ............. 25 75 Oporto .. • • ••••..• Bourdeaux _........... Rio Janeiro ..... .•••• • - -•• Frankfort-on Maine .... 120% Buenos Ayres.... •.• •••• Berlin ................ New York,6o days" lib Vienna .......... • • .... 10 90 I Philadelphia ••.•• • • • • ? * 0 01. Trieste........ •• •• .... 10 21 PRICES or 81:11.1 1 M,„,) 1 7 9 Petersburg ............ 37% Foreign Gold in Bon's .Xf., 0 0 Madrid ..... 49% Portugal G o ld Coin •• ;.; 5 0 Cadiz ..• '• '• •• '• •••• •• Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 Barcelona . stiirNeer in wD b o a ll t ar s s 0 0 0 ......... SEA BORNE MAILS. rod (ri eignlfles that the mails are sent irom the Gene .7 the night—and 11 by the morning—despatch.) W °6ll l ago ; 4 1 . ; Week° COUSTRIIti% On 3 wh9n rn&: , in Genera , Pout- Moe, London.* From Vf I I fort tmerica(byllrit.pact. , ki2ericP. tby United Sts oacket) • • • • • • 1 " t. /*erica (by U. Stat.: packet) .. ....N 4Astralia (via South ampton) .......... M Ditto (via Marseilles) N ;htto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa ( West Coast) ..N 3 Ahamas 3elglum ......... .N arazil ‘luenosAyres ........116 Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope N Case do Verds Cleylon (see Inlla) every Friday ... [Liverpool • • • Livorpool • • I 4outrilm't° Vis 4l f ' I VO 41 0° 4th and 19th .... Liverpool .• Dover 100 0 131 of the montt• .1 9,14, & 30 of 4th & 10th of mn• 17th of the mooti Daffy., „ „ „ 9th of the month.. 9th of the monto.. IPlyraour• H 'Dover •• ••• SouthamPt o, SouthaniPu r Dover ...• •• SoutharaP,o, Val as Por t Soutoham )afl Ja n° • i 6 June uOO , • 9th of the montl I.buttiamPto) Chanel 151e5.... ...N China , Jonstantinople Constantinople !;oat. of Europe M N E ;ypt (see India). Iliton.,Wel.,&Fri 12d & 17th of montl !Once a month—. 8,13,18,23,302 s oi !4th 3c 20th of me -ITwice daily SoathatilP , o , ' SouthanlPlP 111 0ftit 2° JO. (Dover •• • rithimpto• Dover .. . France`........ M tic libraltar •• ••• • Pe e•M Greece (see India) )reytown Elamburgh ..........N savannah ............M ilonduras ..M........ `ndi a (viaßon th ampt. ) M ndia (via Marseilles ) Di lonian Tees (see India) Ireland ........ M & N GI e'en.............. M Madeira Madeira ............N villta (sae India) 'Twice daily.... . ,4,7,17,20, 27 Pfn, Dover ..... £Outk,itnPur 2rtd& 17th of mow! ;Tuesday & lerida) ; 2nd of the moot! I ;Daily ............ 1171 I f I the morfth.l 4th k 20th of mon.' ,9th& 25th of month 17. 17, & 27 of tnnn ;Twice daily 7, 9..17, & 27 of m. 19th of the monl; '234 of month •... Boutharnig" l London ....• Souttianapto r • Dover ..•.••• Southampto ; . Plymouth • • Dover .•••••, Dover...• 11013 head . SouthamPta ,Southampto n 'Liverpool ••• *Alta ........ •• St wiritlus (see India) iurltius ........ N Lcexloo •• •• Ypules , . . .......N ClrarAcla ~.. •• NA New ZeAtand _ • . • •• •• • . Pual Intateh -• N Paatnsula .• ••.• • • M Pas • a• . •• .• •. .V PIA !fatal N ......,....N3eily. riseany .• •• •• •• ••N Vlnezuelg :••• • • • M Van tu D st t r em ana ercs .. L . 7o.(7 . l We rmito. . 18, & 28 of mon !DOTE - ..i" It 4th of tke moral, 211.1 of the moat',. fith 15012athormon 2-1 k lith of mom' , By private s , ip ISth th2sthotmim. i7till7th27thothion. Yi 27th of mon. By private ship... sth ihth2stho'tnn,l 15thi'qh25thottnon. j24* 17th oftnotiti ,R•oathamPt ,n Dover .• ••toi• .• SouthamP Various port Dover ...• •• louthatuptou outhamPt" ;Various port , ;Dover !toyer • • •• • • 4outharoptort 12e& Mho= mow 'BonthamPten i~~ 11 :+4 1111 ...3 16 006.' 0 4 1° I It!lia ll ! J oe -6 14, j° °G. ! Jill/. 1 moo t?' N o "'' l l Ns.° 0 d' a ,il l if' aili ' • Whenany of these .late ' fall on a Sunday, the ra 10,.0 t i 'patched on the following day with the exception o f the siterd ..onthampton), and the Malta:both of which will be deSP preceding day. LOCAL SHARE MARKRTS. LIVERPOOL, JuNE STnint EXOTTANGE.—The market has been da l es and closed with a flat - feeling at the following / si London and North Western, 1024—Midlands, Lancashir e an d Yorkshire, 921—South Eastern' :4 2i :3' Great W es t ern o f Canada, 251) n eW ' Shetlields, 29k. MANCHESTER, JUNE 13. no t ' 3 TOOK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t h a s boon "VFW(' Sbeffiolds, 61. Pref., p.—Great North of Scotlay.%itioit —Leeds 93 i —District Bank, 9 p.—Eaatern Id ° Eh — Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 8. --- BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 13. 41c 1 °: STOCK EXCHANGR.—This market was rather vilarrop day, with the prices firm. Midlands. 781 79 icte westerns 611 i:—London and North Wisterias, Birmingham Old Canals. 42., .derla"" SUNDAY Music SUNDERLAND.—The °l t - frfO r. News of Monday says :—"Yeterday the Digu ° r„srl( l mouth brass band played for the first time i n the and,.. if we may judge from the multitude of respe`:nol visitors, and the attention paid to the different Ph'ilig performed, their weekly visita will be bailed e/K b , to greatest pleasure. The programme contained PluBi p'Pase all tastes." 4 , 4 01 111 rADvEßTiattancicr.]--Holloway's Pills most ( 93 Kr - ,,... , nary ‘ in their effects for curing Stomach CoinPlalloP fr. John Sloan, of Aughnacloy, informs Professer „no to way by letter that Mrs. Walker, res iding in the ni l oh town, had been afflicted with a corn ' lant in the VI te tb s for nearly forty year, which defieci P the efforts °.,` 'Oll faculty round the ne i g hb our h oo d t o cure . 1 1 ° .,. -bl sii e whatever seemed t o h ave th e e ff ect o f ren d e ring ni o ilo relief. In a state of despair she had recourse t ° ore' way's Pills, which, in an incredible short WrveAioi pletely and effectually cured her.—Sold by &LI vendors throughout the w or ld ; a t P ro fessor 10 1( -' : r doll . establiAmentp, 244, Strand, London, and 80, : no lo , P lane, New York ; by A. St ain a, Constanto l-. Guidioy, Smyrna ; and E. Mui r , Malta. BIRTHS. • Op 4 SON. A , th t ! On the 12th inst., at 7, Orsett-terrace, 119.16:lcrtile wife of Campbell Foster, Esq., barrister-at- 104 Circuit. I the 111°13 On the 12th inst., a t W es t over, I s l e o f Wig— A, Mrs. a Court Holmes. Or • DAUGHTICIL On the 13th i n st., a t 9, Hyd e - par k- gar dens, the of i file T. Percival Heywood, Esq. On the 13th inst., the wife of Joseph Sebat. 38, York-place, Portman-square. HARRIED. A ea, e u pt , On the 12th inst., at Clapham Church, Eu w- caeli'" son of Edward Edwards, Esq., of Ch am pion-hill. 01 4 well, to Maria, third daughter of J o h n R. Bou sfi°l of Clapham-park. On the 12th inst., at Bromley Ch urc h, Kent" —(llits.os46"ll: ward Windle, of Pickering, Y or k s hi re , t o Fano'' , 00 4 ter of Mr. John Reid, late of the Inland Rev enue Somerset House. DIED: On the 13th inst— Ja' Clerk, Lig of DII!.14 Lodge, Clapham-rise,antintllß:iglillitaet:ornlar::l3, the Lodge, () O i n i t t h h e e 1 1 1 1 , t h h :n il : : 13,a e t t C d r-street, city, year of his age. 00 a ogan-place, Whynaper _, aged 73. .„, sag e Dillon, printer, aged b 5. m r .0 11 . On the 11th inst., at 3, Effra-road, Brixton , •••••-* Tit terton, aged 74. o er Ou the 11th inst., at Hampton court , Edith I °4o bi c heetert second daughter of the Hon. Frederick C de 7 months and 11 days ~ t a ,roo On the ]oth inst., at 13, Paragon, Newp ort, P CP °. Alfred A. J Esq.,solicitor, Quality Jones, of 9, 0 d Belgravia,' • cery-lane, aged re On the 10th iust., at the Coborn Arms, Cob ° Bow, Mr. Herbert Golding, ag e d 38. I 4 9.. On the 7th inst., at Caen, in Normandy, the 1 1 . ' Suttel Woad, M.A., aged 74. _—.• LONDON: Printed and Published by WEIRDO I r v ° 11 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SMOS Offfololl Strands in the Precinct of the Savvy, in the Middlesex, Saturday, June 14, 1856. THE IN I Tim a VII!?note, rterly i eirt th Hc "That th 'evenne in .That anol 1,.1 his inten ueaeral Coi .“"That th nth Propri I .,,."Thorntos . 1,4"4 ""411 g o'clock, , ; s /I RG/ NOI riton. M. t' 11 0Z 403 AP3 t tc .ht R, 31, tot retui tot s. The bY, r` , 93 0 w .Ord .orcri l 'rnilitet ta oir ertiani L kic 16. klts, av 10 at the S l lcketo as have clan to o rd b rto rt!oroic IVl:ninghar 'verbal]] 4 t l i i 'kebi ay 4 04 tori ii , Secon 4 cro tend Oxfo Pete Biror I. Well \..,... To TIC THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1856