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MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. minute of 1846, various plans were suggested for the im provement of the wasqualitythoe qualifications an e o d a u t e i ate s anongdiven. talents The h o e f gre at point looked to. . s ini ch p oo ro l v m i a n s g te t rs he a s n e d : gr schoolmistresses , h a d and e N n Vit b h e t s h to e w V ! e d w o o n f creating efficient instead of inefficient assistants. Instead of the monitors who formed part of the systems both of Bell and Lancaster, there had been adopted a system of pupil teachers, who had been found exceedingly well.qua , lified for their duties. Of late years their number had greatly increased. Where, in 1850, there were 1,717 schools, with 4,600 Pupil teachers, this number had in creased, in 1851, to 2,066 schools, and 5,607 apprentices ; 1852, 2,277 schools and 6,180 apprentices ; 1853, 2,546 schools and 6,912 apprentices. It might be. reckoned that these 6,912 pupil teachers represented 280,000 children under this mode of instruction. The benefit to be derived from pupil teachers was not confined merely to the im provement of the character of the schools and the quality of instruction. The poorer classes had, in many instances, derived very great benefit from their eons receiving an income which he (Lord John Russell) believed was ' generally about 18/. a year for their merit and their time. The parents had considered themselves raised by this to a better position in the world, and had thought that their children were making a progress in the world which would be a credit to themselves. The vote upon this head was of a considerable sum, the amount for the annual sti pends of pupil teachers, and gratuities to schoolmasters and schoolmistresses, being this year 130,00J1. It was not ne cessary to say much in respect to sums of money which were to be granted under the heads which had formerly prevailed in the estimates. By a minute of last year a large propor tion of the cost of building a school might be contributed in cases where the poverty of the district required it. There was an increase of 5001. in the item for books and maps. Another important item was that for training schools. A few years age there wes only one training school at Battersea, and that was a very incomplete esta blishment. Lately both the Church of England and other denominations had exerted themselves for the establish ment of these institutions i in which young men and women were educated to be schoolmasters and schoolmistresses at an average expense of 401. per head per annum. These schools were 29 i n n umber, an d their annual expenditure might be reckoned at 60,0601., of which there was contri buted from the Government funds nearly 20,0001., or about one-third. He had a few words to say about the establish ment at Kneller-hall, where it had originally been intended to establish a training-school, and at the same time a mo del-school for convicts. There had been various difficulties in the way of establishing that model school ; but commu nicating the other day with his noble friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, he had learned that it was his opinion that it was desirable that a penal school should be established, and that it should be attached in some way to Kneller-hall, in order that those who were being educated there as schoolmasters might have the advantages which such an establishment would offer. Plans for this establishment had not been adopted, and no vote for the purpose would now be proposed. He had only further to state that, as the Government did not propose in the present year to alter in any way the system which had been approved by the house, he would not enter at all into the questions that had been matter of controversy ,in former years. He should hope that before any very long time elapsed there would be greater concur rence of opinion than now prevailed with respect to the important subject of education. For although it was shown by the census of education which had lately appeared, as far as statistical tables wont, that there had been very great progress made in the quantity of education given in the country, and that whilst in the year 1818 there was but one in seventeen cf the population receiving instruction the proportion had now increased to one in eight, or one in HOUSE OF CO ‘4ll. ONS—(YESTERDAY.) eight or nine; yet our general knowledge and experience of • co., The SPEAKER took tiie,e4ax at four o'clock. particular localities, and especially of those districts which PRIVekeBUSI NESS. were most populous, only too clearly proved that a less fa - The Lards' amendments' to the Hertford and Welwyn statistical returns, giving general averages, would lead them Junction Railway Bill, and the Stockton and Darlington to infer. (dear, hear.) Whether they took the. case of Railway Bill, were considered and 'egreed to. London, or any of the large and populous towns through- The following bills were read a third time and passed : out the country, or whether, again, they took the rural Royal Conical Flour Mill - Company ; Tees Conservancy ; parishes, they would find that there were a very great Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction number of young children who were not receiving instruc- Railway ; Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Rail- tion ' and also a great number of persons who had grown ways, &c.) ; Westminster Terminus Railway. up t o be adults without possessing the commonest elements SUPPLY—COMMITTEE. of education. This could' only be regarded as a very un- On the order of the day for going into committee of satisfactory state of this question. The evil was one which Supply, was no doubt diminished by the amount of volunta r y con • Sir J. PAKINGTON asked why the grant of 6001. tributions and voluntary efforts that had been made ; yet a-year for the Bishop of New Zealand had been with- he e feared it presented' a state of things whi c h cou ld no t drawn from the estimates. If he had had the honour to be wholly reached by volunt ar y e xer ti ons , unsuppor t e d b y ee retnin the seals of the Colonial Office, nothing should have assistance from the St a t e . (H ear , h ear. ) At t h e same induced him to withdraw that allowance in the manner time, he must confess that unless there was a prospect of and at the. time that it had been stopped. Without any a greater concurrence of opinion on the subject of educe warning ' or notice the Bishop of. New Zealand had received tion , and more especially on those religious point s w hi c h notice in a. private letter from the Colonial Office, intimat- created warm differences, ho thought it would be ' lug the cessation of his salary. He (Sir J. Pakington) useless attempting to bring forward in that hens.: any thereupon instituted inquiries, and he now held in. his general plan of nati ona l e d uca ti on. If the Government - hand'a written communication from a friend, of the Bishop were prematurely to introd uce a proposal for establishing a of Neii Zealand, stating that the salary had attays been such a general system of education, an d they failed in paid through the Colonial Treasury, and though the vote carrying it, such a result would only be calculated to ex did not appear in the estimates of last year, the bi s h o p re - asperate the diff erences t o w hi ch he had alluded, and pro ceived it as usual; and he now wanted to know why the bably defer to a later period the adoption of any compre salary was stopped in 1853, and he wanted to know why hensive scheme on the subject. Therefore he would not no notice had been sent tolhe bishop of the intention to now enter into the discussion of any plan of general edu withdraw his salary. cation, b e t s i mp l y con t en t himself with saying that the Sir G. GREY said this was a case which must be treated Government were, he believed, now doing a considerable amount of good, although he admitted that they on general rules. Heread a de s p a t c h f rom G overnor G rey did not received three years ago, from th e sugges ti ons o f w hi c h accomplish so much as wield he desired. They endeavoured the ecclesiastical peyme n t s f rom thi s coun t ry t o N ew Z ea - where persons voluntarily united to establish schools' and land were abolished-_,He regretted that the salary should gave education, to assist their efforts by contributing a 'be stopped, but it was -unavoidable under the oircum- sum to reduce the amount of subscriptions they were stances. called upon to make, but to a far greater extent, by means The subject then dropped. of the inspectors and the system of pupil-teachers, to im prove the quality of the education imparted. Without TREA.TY OF ADRIANOPLE. the aid afforded in this way by the Government the con- On the motion of Mr. LAYARD an address was agreed ductors of these schools would be ignorant of the improve to for a copy of a despatch addressed by the Earl of Aber- meats made in other places, and the general tone of educe dean to Lord Heytesbury, her Majesty's ambassador at tion would not be so high as in all the better free schools St. Petersburg, on the subject of the treaty of Adrianople. he was happy to say it was. With these observations, he MILITIA. DEPOTS. Colonel GILPIN begged to ask the Secretary-at-War would now prop he t the vote which was in the chairman' s what heads. steps had been taken by her M a j es ty' s G overnmen t hear.) ir J. (Hear, PAKINGTON had listened to the statement of to secure militia depots from the paym en t o f l oca l taxation, the noble lord with feelings of great disappointment, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said th a t h e h a d understood very much akin to those with which he had observed the from the legal authorities th a t m iliti a d epo t s or stores whole course adopted by the present Government frow its should be on the same footing as barracks, and were, first formation on the interesting and important subject of therefore, under the existing law, exempt from taxation. national education. At the outset of the dministrati on Colonel DUNNE sa id th a t a t Ch a th am severa l o ffi cers the noble lord had recognised that question a as—what it in barracks had been called upon to pay local rates. He l! was—one of th reae most ressin uestioes of the re trusted the right h on . gen tl eman wou ld di rec t hi s atten• sett lay, and accordingly p he last ci session • laid on li the tion to the relief of these officers, table of that house a bill proposing some very important, THE MILITIA IN SCOTLAND. changes in the system of education adopted in this coun- Colonel BLAIR. wished to ask the noble lerd the Secre- try. That measure had, however, been abandoned, and tary of State for the Home Department whether it was the had not been reintroduced this session. Oa the con intention of the Government to introduce into Parliament trary, the noble lord refrained from proposing any legisla a Scotch Militia Bill, and also whether it'was their inten- tion whatever on this great subject, which attracted so thin to embody the militia during the autumn, as such a much public attention ; but after maintaining studied course would, with regard to the Scdtch harvest, occasion silence upon it till -the and of the session, he now came much inconvenience? down to the house, and, in laying down these estimates Lord PALMERSTON replied that a bill was now being on the table, merely told the house that Government re prepared and would be introduced into Parliament to adapt garded the quality of the education as of more consequence the Scotch militia to the improved system which prevailed than the increase of its quantity, and stated that the re in England. When that bill passed steps would be ligious difficulties of the question were so great that he taken to enrol the men; but whether or not they would despaired of obtaining the assent of Parliament to any be called out for training during the autumn would depend measure for establishing "a more extended system. entirely upon considerations connected with the conve nience of the sever a l coun ti es. I t could not be the wish of Lord J. RUSSELL explained that he did not entertain • the Gov ernmen t t o i nterfere with the rural 'pursuits and feelings of despair on the subject. occupations in Scotland. - Sir J. PAKINGTON did hot wish to misrepresent the THE POLICE BILL. • noble lord; but if he desired to meet the views of the Mr. MASSEY begged to ask the noble lord the Home country on this great question, and if his professions with Secretary whether it was his intention to proceed with the regale' to it were sincere, as no doubt they were, why did Police Bill ? he not being his measure of last session to a second reading, Lord PALMERSTON said that when the order for the and afford the house an opportunity of expressing an opinion second reading of this bill was read, it was his intention on the subjects? He believed that in many parts of the ' to move to discharge it, in order that leetneigleti,Withdraw country th e proportion of the population receiving instruc this bill. At the same ti me it was hi s in t en t ion to ask tion was much leas than one in eight or one in nine, and leave to bring in another bill, the provisions of which would oven if they had actually attained such a result as those be confined to the county police. (Hear.) He believed that giireswould or the it would afford no reason why the the objections which had been raised to his original bill by Governmentie causehf Parliament L should relax in its exer tions inproportion IntheU United e t d h e S p ta o t p e u s 1 of a- many bOroughs were not well founded. His opinion was America din the free states} the that such boroughs would practically become the resort of tion receiving‘ education a es) high as one in six. He offenders from the counties. • He had already had repro- might remind the house th w a a t a a a til on the subject of educe sentations from the inhabitants of several boroughs, stating tion—called the Manchester j scheme—was brought in by an that they did not agree with the opinions expressed by hon. friend of his (Sir. J. r i tt e kingtrs) and creased on the u d d ric . st pledge himself to their town councils, but-that, of course, was a matter which attention of the ho the councils and the inhabitants must settle between them- the detailsof that bill; he b w elLve ,in its main principles selves. If the inhabitants found that their council did not and substa it might have been adopted with advantage avail itself of the means which the present law afforded of by the Government nc as the groundwork of a system of edu uniting with the county, they had only to select other cation for the country at large. Yet the noble lord had councillors who would better attend to the interests of the fused to assist or hold outany encouragement to its re- borough ; and if the evil was such as he apprehended it meters, who, he must say, h_ad taken . up and persevered pro 'would be, he had no doubt that they would have recourse with the scheme in a spirit that did them great honour. to the remedy offered by the present law. He was sorry, therefore, to see the noble lord take such a THE ACCOMMODATION FOR MEMBERS IN THE desponding view of this great subject, and he believed that ' HOUSE OF LORDS. if the Government addressed themselves to its considera.' Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to take this opportu- tion in a bolder spirit, they would be met in a spirit of of calling the attention of the house to the accommoda- fairness and moderation by the house that would afford Lion, or rather the want of accommodation , for members some hope that the stain would be wiped away from this of that house, in what he believed was to be described in country caused by the existence of so much ignorance parliamenee-ery •ph e 127 as " another place." (Hear, among our dense town and country population. If the a w n o tid a b e lau d g i 4 .4 4 l l:yr o a n s -- snre that many hon. members Government allowed another session of, Parliament to pass ence which was felt°t agree with him as to the inconveni- in the same inactivity and indifference upon this question, by hon. members when they were pre- he believed they would be guilty in a greater degree of the sent to hear what:p - occasion, when eirkl tinge).7l.ll.—there,a 3 , upon a recent same practical neglect which had hitherto marked their European im ' a ""* 1 given upon a subject of conduct with reference to it. (Hear.) modatien of mewleers, sZerr were galleries for the aceoms Mr. MIALL thought that the educational question had was understood that they mig alcz ... before the bar where it hitherto been brought under the consideration of the house accommodation was so linarteaTs, their places, but this in a most inconvenient form, and that while all the other which he referred he was as mot on the occasion to estimates were presented i n suc h a shape as to ensure th e i r been in goin g i n t o a theatre, or in . t utted as he had ever proper examination and acc e pta nce by th e h ouse , th e e d u - There were cer t a i n l y admitted a great mad in the street. cational vote, which of all others was the most interesting who were not members of that house tea ''')l.6 persons and important, was brought forward under circumstances (Hear, hear.) At the same time that hon; 4 .'f4o were so. that rendered its passing a matter of mere accident. Ho sustaining this inconvenience the galleries wore hoped that that system would be continued no longer, and understood to be appropriated to f ore i go ,, r ;':;' f l r t e? were trusted that the presence in that house of the noble lord were empty. Now, as the peers were admitt s e r tl 2, the President of the Council might be taken as a guarantee gallery to which the Speaker admitted foreigners ti 3 a. 17, that a more satisfactory mode of dealing with this tinction in that house, h e th ougt i t was but fair that of ii; ' .. question would be adopted for the future. The esti same accommodation should be afforded to hon. m b er ; matey for educational purposes last year amounted to in the "other place'? to which he had referred. At r i '''' o ,ooo/ , whilst that for the present year had been in rate, he should hope that if a representation was m a ul e Ztilesl io no less than 333,873/. ; and he could not but either by the Speaker'or by his right. hon. friend the first w e t that the noble lord had not seen the propriety Commission©r of Works (Sir Wm. Molesworth) in the had watching with proper quarter, some measures might be adopted which - o a 't,, ari "„,P . to call for so vast an angmentation in this .4 °lo4lll in clearly to the house the acre arty that would remedy what was considered a,great evil, and one n v4 w l; - o a t te i: t h o which interfered with members in doing what might s rad ilex-kits of the cause of education, would H. (Mr. Mall) hoped that the popularity and almost be considered a part of their parliamentary duties. h tubers as to prevent their Jc es of on. me _ (Hear, hear.) ith • steadily increasine lea cal the application of those Lord _R. GROSVENOR concurred with the noble man ag -,,, -1 "" , and taking- care that their control anti 'lord in his description of the want of accommodation in a sible L e a m nds at wer° no t committed to despotic and irrespon place which he was able by a stretch of his imagination to siPribsentFirst Lord of the Admiralty, and also the late e recognise; and said that, on the occasion referred to, he scribed the edu t' -r 0 I lV be rt Peel some years ago, had de hid listened to the explanation of a distinguished states- whom these fu ca uc i t' l - ~, eolximittee of the Privy douncil, to man upon his knees. At the same time, he felt that anT with arbitrary and -11"er confided, as a body clothed treaty which was made upon this subject ought to be one great statesman lindoutrolled power ; and the latter of reciprocity, and he could not but feel that the accommo- especially had thof those who supposed the rown ridicule on the idea dation provided in that house for noble personages was, cil to be responsible to Parli Committee of the Privy Coun having regard to the greater attraction which the proceed- devised for carrying on education when the measures they ins of that house were supposed to possess, still more cutest without the consent 'of Pal:were prepared and Qxe limited than was the accommodation for hon. members in i considered that there was much I:I- a eo n:lent and Re (Mr. Miall) another place. I presentation of the matter, and could not i t 3 ruth in this re- SUPPLY—THE EDUCATIONAL ESTIMATES. I unconstitutional character of the State but object to the The house having resolved itself into a committee of 1 which education in this country was- conduraredilincry by supply, same time, he wished it to be distinctly understoodc. At the as not Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented the estimates for edu- casting the slightest imputation upon the honour and eat ignal purposes. In doing so lie proposed to address a tegrity of those who administered the educational grants- i t u ; short explanation to the house, but as the principle anal the 1 His strictures were applicable to the system itself, an H o , heads of the expenditure were unchanged, he should not , thought they were e x p oun di ng a system unsound in itself, think it necessary to make many observa ti ons. Th e w h o l e and he wished to h a ve some i nqu i ry i nto the educational amount proposed to be voted was 261,0)01. ; but as there ' results that had been produced. He had looked over the were balances from the two previous years, the sum pro- 1 reports of various inspectors that haul been laid upon the poeed to be expended by the :list March of next year , table, and had compared them ono with auothee. Ile amounted in the whole to 344,578/. The principlJ upon could not for a moment pretend that th ese reports were which thes e estimates haul for Many years been founded was , unfavourable to the system, on the contrary, he thought not that of providing generally for, the education of the ' it might be fairly expected that these gentlemen would i people at lar ge , but rather of assisting voluntary givy direct testimony in favour of a system in which efforts made by individuals fur that purpose. In they felt they were directly interested; but if they adopting that pi inciple, and providinm only a small gleaned these reports, and went ever them with a portion of fund s f or eac h school, the Government could jealous eye, they would be able to pick out passages not pretend to dictate as to the education which should which throw more light incidentally on the subject of be given, but was bound to leave that to the founders ' education, both in populous places and in rural parishes, of the schools. In 1839 it was decided that greater advan- than they could gather from any of the direct testimony tago was likely to resules,from improving the quality of which they contained. There were two or three results education rather than its quantity. Education had up to which he Worrell from the facts that were stated in these that time increased in quantity, but without a corres- ' reports. He inferred, first of all, that the system must ponding increase in character, and the education given fail in this respect, that it had given money largely where in the schools for the poor was of a very low and insuffi- money was not wanting, and it had not given money for dent kind. By the proposal of 1839, d an dill more by the the promotion of education whore money was wanting. HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CdANCELLOR took his seat oa the woolsack at five o'clock. The Norfolk Railway Bill, the Mallow and Fermoy Railway Bill, the York, Newcastle and Berwick (Con struction of Docks, etc.) Bill, the Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway Bill, the Leeds, Bradford, and Hall. far Junction Railway Bill, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (Chipping Norton Branch) Bill, were read a third time and passed. SALARIES OF JUDICIAL FUNCTIONARIES. Lord CAMPBELL inquired whether it was true, as he was informed, that it was in the contemplation of the Go vernment to place the successors of the present Masters of the Courts of Common Law, who were appointed under act of Parliament, under which they received their salaries during good behaviour, upon the vote of the House of Commons ? He could hardly suppose anything more atro cious than making such high judicial functionaries depen dent upon an annual vote, instead of being secured in their salary for their life-time. Lord ST. LEONARDS put a similar question with re gard to the Masters in Chancery in Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Consolidated Fund Bill to which the noble and let.rned lord referred made an exception in favour of the present masters in Chancery, and also in favour of all who performed judicial functions. It would be a question whether the masters in Chancery came under the designation of , judicial func tionaries. Lord MONTEAGLE condemned the practice of making the salaries of persons performing the duties of a judge dependent on the annual estimates. Lord BROUGHAM considered that all persons perform• ing judicial functions should be independent of the Crown, ou the one hand, and the Commons and the people, on the other. The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice that on Mon day he would ask what the intentions of the Government were with respect to the new department of war, and cer tain other public offices. Lord BERNERS presented a petition from the rate payers of 74 metropolitan parishes, praying that the laws of settlement and poor removals might be abolished, the poor entitled to receive relief in the place of their residence, irrespective of any question of settlement, and that all rateable property might be made to bear its fair share of the expense incurred by the relief and maintenance of the DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. On the motion that their lordships should go into com mittee on this bill, Lord REDESDALE gave notice that, either upon the report or on the third reading, he should move the omission of all the clauses relating to divorces a vinculo. A lengthened discussion took place before their lordships went into committee, mainly upon the c onstitution of the now court of divorce, the propriety of compensation being paid out of the suitors' fund in the Court of Chancery, and on the policy of relaxing existing restrictions upon appli cation for dissolving marriage. In committee all the clauses wire agreed to, after one division. The Gaming Houses Bill passed through committee. The Encumbered Estates (West Indies) Bill passed through committee. The Legislative Council (Canada) Bill was read the third time and passed. Adjoin ned. I~`i (Hear, hear.) He could also refer to the reports to show that the utmost 'restlessness of spirit had been produced amongst the pupil teachers ; that expectations had been raised in their minds by the promises of the Government, ' which were never likely to be fulfilled, and that results were thereby produced which were exciting the utmost alarm in the minds of the inspectors. (Hear, hear.) The inducement to scholars to remain longer at school than they had previously done was another of the objects which were contemplated at the time of the institution of the Committee of Privy Council ; but he gathered from the reports that that objectlikewisehadnot been accomplishel, that the scholars do not new remain longer in the schools than they had been accustomed to remain, and that no improvement had taken place in that respect. (Hear.) It appeared that, as regarded the teachers, they had not raised the status or increased the average of salaries ; and with regard, to the pupils, they had not afforded sufficient inducements to keep them together in large numbers for a greater number of years. (Hear, hear.) These were the inferences which he drew from the reports, but his icon 'elusions might be unwarranted by the real state of the facts if they were impartially examined. He did' not pro pose to stop the action of the machinery now employed, but he proposed that they should not further expand it until they ascertained, by the inquiry of a committee, the results that had been actually produced. He proposed, therefore that the vote should be limited this year to what it was last year, 260,0001., including the balance of 80,0001. now'stated to be in hand ; the effect of the amendment being to reduce the amount of the sum proposed to be voted by taking from it the sum of 80,000/. Mr. HENLEY, while approving of the purposes to which the vote was to be applied, said that the Church of Eng land had great reason to complain of the conditions upon which the grants were made. He thought it would be advisable to have an inquiry into the working of the sys tem in the next session of Parliament. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would not object to such an inquiry, and expressed a hope that Mr. Miall would not persevere with his amendment, as it would deprive pupil teachers and other parties of the allowances they had a right to anticipate. Mr. W. J. FOX thought inquiry was essentially neces sary, with a view to getting rid of anomalies. On paper it appeared that a large proportion of the population was receiving education ; but when they read returns, show ing how few people comparatively could write their names, they must come to the conclusion, from the little progress made, that the system was a failure. Lord SEYMOUR, agreed with Lord John Russell in thinking that any large and comprehensive system of edu cation could not at present be hoped for, owing to the great variety of opinions on the subject prevailing, not only in the house, but in the country. Still the existing system would admit of improvement, and it ought - to be carried out. Mr. E. BALL did not think the unfavourable results should cause them to lessen the vote, for the greater the deficiency of education the greater should be the exertion to meet the evil. Mr. JOHN M'GREGOR believed that the money which the committee were called upon to vote would be well spent, and that it would contribute greatly to the im provement of the rising generation. So far as regarded a general scheme of national education, he confessed that, after the defeat of that admirable bill brought in by the Lord Advocate with respect to Scotland, he felred the time was not near when they could carry such a bill in this house, in the face of what he regretted to call, not only religious differences, but unchristian intolerance. L oo ki ng a t th e educational position of other countries, the state of igno rance existing among our own population was a disgrace to us, and, imam.' of diminishing, he would rather greatly augment the vote. Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. MILES spoke against the amen I ment. Mr. COBDEN thought that Lord J. Russell had been letting down this question ; that the house, too, was going back upon it; but he could not acquit the nob!e lord of being in some degree the cause, there having been so much that was indefensible in principle in his proceedings, and such a backwardness on his part in bringing forward until now the subject for discussiou. The house must make up its mind, he thought, that there must be a local rate for educational purposes. It was not necessary to dic tate to parishes or corporations what form of instruc tion they should have. He suggested to Lord John to see if he could not devise a permissive bill, giving to localities the power to levy rates for the purposes cf education, leav ing to them to decide upon what plan. If it were insisted that in all schools religion should be taught, then he asked, what religion ? The only plan was to set sside a particular time when creeds and catechisms could be taught. He be lieved the religious difficulty was a mere bugbear, and he was sorry to see this question touched by Lord J. Russell with such a feeble and timid hand. The great objection to the present scheme of education was, that it was not reach ing the mass of the people, especially the unskilled la bourers. Quantity was more required than quality, and this object was not to be gained by religious denomina tional education. At all events, let this matter be dis cussed in the House of Commons until it was disposed of. He should vote against the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL—I can hardly resist, after the speech we have just heard from the hon. gentleman, from endea vouring to set the committee right with regard to what 1 really said a short time ago, and the representation I really made in proposing this vote. The hon. gentleman says, that although his charity is very large, he could agree to carry it so far as to feel at all satisfied with the representa tions I have made to the house, and the language I have held. But then, I must say he has not carried his charity' very far ; for he has not carried it so far as to state cor rectly what I did say, and he has been obliged to allege something quite different from what I have said. (Hear.) I said that, in my opinion, it was very desirable, in the 'present state of education in this country., to improve the quality of it. I said that the plan of distributing grants by the Committee of Privy Council was not equivalent to a system of education ; that it.was not a system ; and that, therefore, the good to be effected by it was no t, I th oug ht, to be accomplised so much byan extension of the quantity, as by an lune ovement in the quality. I said in a subsequent part of my speech, that 'I thought there was not at present that concurrence of opinion, especially with regard to the religious part et' the subject, that would authorise and justfy the Government in bringing a plan forward this session; but I never said, and I never dreamt of saying, that the quality of the education to be imparted was the only thing to be looked to, or that a general measure was not to be hoped for when a greater concurrence of opinion prevailad. Now, although the hon. gentleman has pointed out., as lie con ceived, that this is a question which is not surrounded with so many difficulties as may be supposed, yet in every step he has gone through he has only shown how great are its difficulties Ho hardly made a single proposition to which, in a few minutes afterwards, he did not show how great were the obstacles to its adoutioh. (Hear.) The hon. gen tleman says, " Let there be the reading of the Bible, let there be even the learning of the Catechism in those parishes where the population belong to the Church of Eng land ;" but he went on to say some time afterwards that the voluntaries objected to any teaching of religion by the State. Yet you are to pass an act of Parliament which would authorise those parishes to which he refers to teach the Bible and to teach the Catechism. But let us recollect that there are not so many parishes as the hon. gentleman sup poses which are composed entirely of Churchmen ; at all events, there are a considerable number of parishes where, although Churchmen may be in a great majority, there are some sor 10 dissenting families. When these parishes are authorised to levy a local rate, and when these Dissenter s are told by the vote of the great majority- that that local rate should be applied to the parish schools, in which the Bible and the Catechism should be taught, would not those who were voluntaries protest against the rate ? Would there not be some danger of the objection made by the right hon. gentleman the member for. Midhurst iu 1852 (Mr. Walpole) taking effect, that a school rate levied under such circumstances would in fact be raising a new church rate question ? (Hear, hear.) Does not the hon. gentle man who proposes this scheme see that this is only one of the difficulties of the plan he desires to propose. (Hear, hear.) But these questions are not new either to Parlia ment or to the country ; the whole subject is a navigation something like the navigation of the Danube as described a few months ago in this house, impeded lid wrecks on each side of the channel. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Whitbread attempted to introduce a system of national education. Mr. Brougham, many years afterwards, brought forward with his usual ability a great plan of national education. He was defeated chiefly by the Protestant dissenters. In the year 1839 I proposed, not a system of national education, but a nor mal school, which was thought to beso threatening by many members of the Established Church, that I was obl;ged to withdraw it without even coming to a vote. My right hon. friend who sits near me (Sir J. Graham) a few years after wards brought forward a plan of education with regard to factories. I gave him what support I could on that occa sion. I said I hoped the measure would not be opposed ; but the dissenting body throughout the country raised such an opposition that my right hon. friend was obliged to withdraw the plan he had produced with so much care. But what has happened'of late years ? A noble friend and rela tive of mine, Lord Melbourne, brought forward a bill rela tive to this subject, exactly the same as that which the hon. member suggests. He proposed, and I thought it a very good bill myself, that every parish in Scotland should have the power of levying rates, and of settling all the terms a n d conditions upon whi c h th e ra t e should be applied to the particular schools. He said, and. said, I think, very fairly —" The people of Scotland are a religious people ; you must leave it to them to establish their owe forms of teach ing religion in schools, and you ought to leave it entirely to their discretion in what manner they should make the division of the rate." But, although the members of the Government of that day voted for the bill, it was de feated. And what did we see- only the other day? The Lord Advocate brought forward a bill, the provisions of which he explained and supported with great eloquence and ability. It appeared to me that this bill was a most excellent measure, and I think it was a great misfortune that it was lost ; but it envoi ntered the opposition of reli gious bodies of various kinds, and it was defeated. It was in favour of religious teaching ; but it (lid not admit that which the voluntaries of Scotland specially require— that, so far as any religions teaching is concerned, it should bo paid for by a separate payment from the children who are taught. It did not Contain that provision ; it enacted broadly and stringently that there should be re ligious teaching in the schools. The voluntaries opposed it, the Established Church opposed it, and the bill was de feated. Yet, after these attempts, and after many failures, only a few of which I have recounted; the honourable gentleman comes forward and represents me as the only obstacle to the establishment of a general system of education, and he attacks me for what I have done upon this subject. What I have done has been done tentatively, as it is called. In the year 1832 a grant of public money was proposed for the purposes of education ; and, in 1839, the Government to which I belonged—that of Lord Melbourne—upon a proposition made by me to Lord Lausdowne—who then held the office which I have now the honour tofill—proposed the formation of a Committee of the Privy Council to regulate the distri bution of the grants, and to endeavour to improve education throughout the country. The vote upon that subject was carried in a very full house, by a majority of two. That re sult, at all events, show° 1 that there was some difficulty upon the subject. A year or two afterwards—l believe in the followingyear —the heads of the Church, the Archbishop , Lord L o t f v e e . s l:e mi.y and the Archbishop of York, at a meeting with ausdowne and myself , concurred in the terms on which we should act in c o ncurrence with the National Society. 1846 w t e l p " e l t ie (I v a a f t u h r e t li n egr overot io motion in t that o ex t e w n a , y i l and u n the c r y e s a e r the grant for edircetior. 1 believe that a great deal of good has been done by the course which has been taken upon the question. I believe that if we tad attempted in 1839, or iu 1847, a great national s ystem of education, we should probe bl7 hav e f a il ed; but Ibelieve that, by proceeding in the 1 g w r a o y u n u d • e f l o i r a ve, the we adoption ve, t o a cer t a in b c l e e a a r c e c d e p the ted by the natio n at largleo.nMoyf My- belief, e s l y i ef t , e however, e ‘ % v 'ever, is, with regard to any general or national system that may be adopted, you must not omit the consideration of, and careful regard c he Sa( Wesleyancioi i t y w , rh theSociety, religion. Britisho r I to, those denomi na ti onal societies whether the National anyarude n other e Foreign which School hav e c S o o n c n i Se, d o r e ( t it! tuber seeing a pamphlet—l do not know whether it was written by a working man—in the form of a " letter," said to be written by a working man, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY upon the subject of education. Ido not think the question was stated very fairly in that letter, but the mode in which it was stated was this —" We are in the enjoyment of a sys tem of religious education ; we, by our own efforts, are in possession of that system, notwithstanding what ie said of Prussia, notwithstanding what is said of America, we, the the working men of England, are in possession of a fairer sys tem of education, which produces men of more thought and of more capacity and intelligence than those systems which are so highly vaunted. Will you, the member for the West Riding of Yorkshire interfere with that system, and by introducing a secular system of education, overthrow that which is established ?" (Hear.) The argument was very ably put in that pamphlet. Ido not think it is just as applied to the hon. member for the West Riding ; but, at all events, I think that any fears of that kind ought to be allayed, for I believe you cannot establish any system of national education, wisely or effectually, in which you do not take into account the immense good which has been done, and the immense good that is now doing, by these, various societies. (Hear, hear.) I should bo very glad, if in a parish meeting, or if in a meeting of a town coun cil, it could be agreed that a, particular kind of school should be established ; that that school should be resorted to by the parish, or by the inhabitants of the town gene rally, and that the school should work in harmony. At the same time, we must recollect, that in order to make any school work well, you must have an active and zealous superintendence 'of - it, and not only of the school itself, but of the schoolmaster and the teachers. (Hear, hear.) If it is a school conducted in a manner to violate conscience, or if it is pernicious to the community, the masters and teachers at the head of it ought not to take care of it. (Hear.) What I ask the house to consider is, that there is an immense mass of poor, who, I am sorry to say, are beyond all the efforts hitherto made in their behalf. What the hon. gentleman the member for Somerset says is quite true. There are in our large towns, and in a great part of the country, a mass of people who have not been educated at any school, whose children are not educated at any school, and who are beyond the efforts which are now being made, and, of course, beyond. any of these parliamentary votes which are merely given in aid and addition to the efforts of others. This is the population to which I think any measure of education ought to be directed. I think that the present existing schools, which are doing great good, let them be of what denomination they please, let them carry on the business of education in any manlier which their own conscience tells them is right—they are providing for the great mass which is outside, and laying the only practical foundation for any scheme of national education. The honourable gentleman the member for the West Riding, has repreSented—following too much in this respect the representations made bythc honourable member for Rochdale—that the committee of Privy Council. is an irresponsible power, and that Parliament has not been informed of the measures adopted by it. Why, what we are endeavouring to do now is a testimony to the contrary ; and I am sure it is our wish that there should be full discussion upon the subject. But the honourable gentleman says there was a plan adopted last year, secretly, for a capitation rate over certain parishes, and that this has existed a long while. Why, last year, upon the 4th of April, I stated at great length the views of the Government upon the subject of education, and I mentioned that the measures then proposed to be introduced, which had been laid before the Privy Council, should be laid before Parlia ment. I said on that occasion :—" Seeing that such a plan could not be universally adopted in this country, and for this plain reason, tlkat in many parishes in the country there could only be one school, we propose by a minute, which has been for some time under considera tion, but which is not fully matured, to allow in certain instances to places which have not municipal corporations a certain sum per head for each child attending the school. It will be necessary, however, to confine any such grants to those sclsools where the schoolmaster has obtained a cer tificate of ability. That minute, when its provisions shall have been fully matured, will be laid upon the table, and the house before coining to any vote upon it, will have ample opportunity for duly considering it." I produced the minute soon afterwards; and if any one had wi s h e d tonaake any observations upon it, it was fully open to him to do so. I cannot but think, therefore, whatever may be the defects of this system, that, as I-have said, it supplies all that can be supplied, without calling it a plan of education. The proceedings of the Committee of Council like those of any other department, are open to Parliament. Every estimate that is formed, every ground upon which grants are made, is laid before Parliament, and Parliament has an opportunity upon every occasion either of rejecting or approving its proposals. Under these circumstances I can not agree to the amendment of the lion. gentleman. I should be glad to think, however, that by means of this discussion we may be able to anise at anything like agree ment. The hon. member for the West Riding has exerted himself most laudably for the improvement and extension of education in this country ; but I do not b e li eve , if we were to bri ng i n a p l an which took no notice of religion, we should obt a i n th e assen t t o it' e i t h er of this house or of country. (Hear.) I believe a plan of this kind would be liable to all that feeling of opposition which was roused many years ago to the plans I have noticed. But after all, I do not believe that there is a great deal of ignorance in this country. I do not believe there is any country in which education has made such rapid progress as it has in this within the last few years. I trust the result of that progress will be that we shall come to a general conviction that that which remains to be clone should be effected by Parliament. I quite agree with the hon. gentleman, that there is no work more woithy of Parliament than the esta blishment of a system of national education, and to afford that education to every child in the country. But I trust that.whenever such a plan is brought forward it will have bean maturely considered, because if the failures which have taken place are repeated, like that for Scotch education this year, it must have the effect of very much postponing •the adoption of any plan for England and Wales for many years to come. I have endeavoured, whether well or ill, from the year 1539 to the present time, to promote educa tion, and I was in hopes that, though not able to carry any system myself, I had effected something towards that great object; but I am very sorry to find, from the repre sentations of the hon. member for the West Riding, that he considers me the great obstacle to education. (No, no ) Mr. EWART expressed his satisfaction with the noble lord's statements, and believed that great good had been done by the committee of Privy Council. He was con vinced that nothing would be effectual as a national sys tem of education which did not include a general rate com bined with local self-government. He trusted that when next the subject came to be d iscussed the noble earl would b e able to tell the house that something had been done for the reform of grammar schools, a reform, which, in his opinion, ferniest a necessary pendant to the reform in the university. Mr. L. HEYWORTH was entirely for the voluntary principle, and was astonished that the hon. member for the West Riling should doubt its efficacy. Tho best way to educate the people would be to follow out the system of free trade legislation which had already been auspiciously begun, and the increased comforts that would follow would make the people the more anxious for intellectual improve ment. 3lr. MIALL, on the understanding that the Government would grant a committee of inquiry next session, withdrew his amendment, and the vote was agreed to. 193,00 1 1. national education (Ireland). Mr. KENNEDY bore witness to the good results which the system bad produced in Ireland, but was anxious that its benefits should be extended by the introduction of in dustrial and agricultural schools. Sir J. YOUNG quite agreed with the hon. gentleman. No subject could be of more importance than a judicious union within certain limits of industrial and literary edu cation, but he thought even the hon. member himself had shown that industrial education had been already carried to a great extent in connexion with the national system of Education in Ireland. These were measures which could not but lead to the well-being of Ireland, and showed that as far as they could Government had performed their duty. He 'saw no advantage that could arise from the committee the hon. gentleman proposed, and thought that the house might safely leave the matter in the hands of the Govern ment. On lhlre n n a , g B r l e s e l ( . l fo to r . the department of science and art.. eth votee next vote t. Mr. HASTIE expressed a hope that in a future year there would be grants for museums in Glasgow and o ther large towns of Scotland. Mr. CARDWELL observed, what might be done in a future year ho could not say, but ho could not hold out any hope that such a grant as was suggested would be pro posed. Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR contended that Glasgow was as much entitled to a seuserun as Edinburgh. Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained that these new institu tions were extremely costly and prolific of patronage. Here was a vote of nearly 80 ,0001., of which 17,0001. was for salaries. ' Mr. CARDWELL said the vote had been carefully looked over, and was as low as'possible. Mr. HEYWOOD said the vote for 8,2001. for meteoro logical observations at sea would give great pleasure to many scientific gentlemen. The Americans bad paid great attention to the subject, and the result had already been the reduction o f the voyage between New York and South America by a fortnight. Mr. J. BALL hoped that this vote next year would be larger. Ile..believed, that within a very few years the science of meteorology would so advance that in central Europe the weather might be prognostigated many clays beforehand, and that even in this notoriously uncertain climate it might be predicted with perfect accuracy what it would be for 24 hours. (Laughter.) Mr. DRUMMOND was glad to bear that within a short period they would know when they might with safety cut their hay. That would indeal be a "stop in the right di rection." (Laughter.) He could not conceive why they should class together science and the fine arts. Science, he believed, was making some progress, but the fine arts certainly were not. This fine art movement was a perfect piece of national imposture. (Laughter.) It was not much better than their votes for education. It was the monomania of the day. (Laughter.) The vote was then agreed to. 2,0061. for the salaries of certain professors at Oxford and. Cambridge. Mr. W. WILLIAMS should divide the committee on this vote. Considering the immense revenues which the universities possessed he was astonished that such an item should have been put upon the votes. Mr• WILSON said that these charges had been taken from the civil list. There was, moreover, a provision in the bill which they had just passed which held out an in ducement to the universities to take these charges upon themselves ,• for the house Undertook, when they did so, to abolish the stamp duty on degrees. Mr. HEYWOOD thought it would be better to pas the Vote, and to have a committee next year on the university revenues and how they wore disposed of. Mr. CRAUFURD complained that a portion of this vote of 1001. was intended for the professor of civil law at Cam bridge, although that professor's chair had been vacant for the last twelve mouths. Tho committee then divided, u hen the numbers were— For the vote Against it 25 Majority --129 Mr. CAIRNS said the hOnonrable member for Ayr called "No !" and, ha believed, voted in the other lobby. He asked that the ben member's vote be struck out. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN sail if the hon. member for Ayr said „No„ his vote must stand No. (A laugh.) The numbers were again announced— For the vote Again 4 it 2G Mljority -127 Tke house received the conweted numbers with cheers. Mr. CRAUFURD said he called " No !" because he was prevented from moving the reduction of the vote., The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. - ORDER OF BUSINESS. Lord J. RUSSELL stated that he proposed to go on with the estimates on Monday and Thursday next, but to take the Consolidated Fund Charges Bill before the com mittee of supply on Monday; and on Friday to proceed with the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, 1, 1854. POOR LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, and the clauses were agreed to without opposition. - UNION CHARGES CONTINUANCE BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. BARROW protested against the injustice perpe tuated by this bill, owing to the -system of averages esta bliAed many years ago, and the altered position which the parishes now occupied. He hoped the question would be fully considered early next session. The bill then passed through committee. INDEMNITY BILL. This bill passed through committee. INSURANCE ON LIVES (ABATEMENT OF IN COME TAX) CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill also passed through committee. POLICE BILL. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, The order for the second reading of this bill was dis charged, amidst lona cheers. HOSPITALS AND INFIRMARIES (IRELAND) BILL. Sir J. YOUNG stated that he did not intend to proceed with this bill, and the order for the second reading was discharged. POOR LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. E. ELLICE withdrew this bill, which stood for a second reading, stating that he should re-introduce it next session. (Laughter.) YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BILL. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to. On clause 4 being proposed, Mr. MAGUIRE moved that the Chairman report pro gress and ask leave to sit again. The motion was agreed to. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS REPEAL BELL. The house then went into committee pro forma, in order that this bill might ba reprinted. THE LINEN MANUFACTURERS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill pasSed through committee. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported with verbal amendments. MARRIED WOMEN BILL. This bill passed through committee. MILITIA. Mr. FITZROY moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the militia in England and Wales. Agreed to. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA). • • This bill was read a prat time. The house adjourned at 25 minutes to 2 o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 30. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Gavin Ainslie Turnbull, from the 98th Foot, to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Flood, deceased, June 30. Scots Fusilier' Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Geo. Moncrieffe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Lord Rokeby, promoted to be Major-General ; Cap tain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Sir Chas. John James Hamilton, Bart., to be Major, without pur chase, vice Moncrieffe ; Lieutenant and Captain Henry Poole Hepburn to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Sir C. J. J. Hamilton, Juno 20. 3d Regiment of Foot—Thomas Teevan, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Clayton, removed from the service, June 30. 31st Foot—Captain John Christopher Minnitt, from the 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice the Honourable E. C. H. Massey, who exchanges, , June 30. 43. t Foot Lieutenant Richard Grace, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord E. H. B. G. Cecil, who exchanges, June 30 49th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Henry Ander son to be Quartermaster, vice Fraser, who retires upon half pay, June 30. 66th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Sim Murray, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Simp son, promoted in the 17th Foot, Juue 30. 7 . 311 Foot—Captain -Loftus Cassidy, from half-pay un attached, to be Paymaster, vice Cochrane, appointed Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, Juno 30. 76th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Alex. Campbell Fraser, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gordon, appointed to the Staff', June 30. _ _ 83th Foot—Lieutenant Lord Eustace Henry Brownlow Gascoyne Cecil, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Grace, who exchanges, June 30. _ 93th Foot— Captain the Honourable Eyre Challoner Henry Massey,' from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Minnitt, who exchanges ; Captain Edwin Robert ble thered, from the 41st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Feneran, appointed Paymaster of a Depot Battalion, Juno 30. 98th Foot--John Sparrow, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Turnbull, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, June 30. BREVET. TO DE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard French, Unattached, June 20. TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain George Maunsell, lst West India Regiment, June 20. Captain Donald George Angus Darroch, 51st Foot, June 20. Captain Henry Augustus Stranhan, 39th Foot, June 20. Captain George Mein, half-pay 21st Dragoons (Brigade- Major at York), June 30. Captain George E. Hillier, half-pay B)th Foot, Deputy- Assistant-Adjutant-General, Dublin, June 30. TO BE GENERAL IN THE ARMY IN THE EAST INDIES. Lieutenant-General Sir Hopetoun Stratford Scott, K.C.8., June 20. TO BE MAJOR IN THE ARMY IN THE EAST INDIES. Captain Harry Burnett Lumiden, 59th Bengal Native Infantry, February 6. MEMORANDA. The name of Captain William H. H.,Anderson, gist Foot, was erroneously included in the list of officers pro moted to be Majors in thg Armyon June 20. The third Christian name of Ensign Orange, 3Gth Foot, is De Coucy, and not De Conrcy, as stated in the Gazette of the Eth instant. The appointment of Henry Dalton Scoones, Gent., to an Ensigncy, by purchase, in the 97th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 16th June, has been cancelled. Errata in . the Supplement to the Gazette of the 20th June, 1854., To be Majors in the Army. in the East Indies.—For, Captain George Rowland Ed wardes, 2d Madras Light Cavalry, Read, Captain George Rowland Edwards. For, Captain Francis Claude Barnett, Bengal Artillery, Read, Captain Francis Claude Burnett. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 21. Corps of Royal Marines.—Colonel Second Commandant George Butt Bury to be Colonel Commandant, vice Char- Vs Menzies, K.H. promoted to the r a nk o f Major-Gene ral. Lieutenant-donel John Ashmore to be Colonel Se cond Commandant, vice Bury, promoted. Brovet-Major Edward Rea to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Ashtnore, promoted. First Lieutpant William Godfrey Rayson Masters to be Captain, vice Rea, promoted. Second Lieutenant Fitzmaurice Creighton to be First Lieutenant, vice Masters, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. THE MILITIA. James Horne Esq., late Captain 92d Highlanders , to be Major, vice Sir George Gun Munro, deceased, in the Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of Militia. Emanuel Bowduge, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Foy, resigned, in the Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia. (This article is substituted for tint which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday-last.) James Archdale Clarke, Gent , to be Ensign, vice T. B. Wright, resigned, in the ad Somerset Regiment of Militia. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Richard Clements, coal merchant, Milbank-street, West minster. Thomas Hodgson, draper, Leeds. BANKRUPTS. James Sherman, grocer, Brentwood, to surrender, July 10, at twelve, and August 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Liuklater, Sise-lane. Daniel Mitchell Davidson and Cosmo William Gordon, colonial brokers and metal agents, Upper Thames-street, July 7, at eleven, and August 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Linklater, Sise-lane. Richard Clark and John. Inglis, drapers, King's-cross, July 12, and August 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street. James Palmer, maltster and brewer, Bridostowe, Devon, July 13, and August 3, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exetei; Hawkes and Bragg, Okehampton ; Stogdon, Exeter. George Stanley and George Gurr, fishing tackle makers, Queen-street, London, July 7, at one, and August 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater, Sise-lane. Richard Thwaites, warehouseman, Addle-street, Lon don, July 12, and August 7, at two, at the Court of Bank rupticy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgatz-street; Lloyd and Rule, Milk-street, Cheapside. William Fowler, grocer, Monmouth, July 11, and Aug. 8, at eleveri, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Liukl a t er , B uc kl ers b ury ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Samuel James Bird, brewer, Bath, July 11, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Lawrence, Plews, and Bowyers, Lon don ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. William Pinnock, flour and corn factor, Saint James's terrace, Harrow-road, July 8, at two, and August 11, at half-past ono, at the C our t o f Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Alderinanbury ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Siso lane. Thomas Bell, brick maker, Saint Stephen's-place, Ux bridge-road, Hannnerstuith, July 8, at eleven, and August ;1., at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmoro, official assignee , Basiughall-street ;• Smith and Son, Bar nard's-inn,Hol born. LONDON GAZETTE, FRIDAY; TUNE 23, 1854. By a clerical error, the Advertisement in the above Gazette of the bankruptcy of William Holmes Postans, of Enfield, Middlesex, trading in copartnership with Charles Smith, at the same place, as wine merchants, dealers, and chapmen, was erroneously stated in The Sun of last Friday as an advertisement of the bankruptcy of William Holmes Postans and Charles Smith, instead of William Bolines Postans alone. We much regret the error, and offer our apology for it, and we insert this correction immediately that our attention has been called to the error, and regret that we were not aware of it sooner. IN''OLVENT PETITIONERS. E. Wells, St:lines P Middlesex, hawker of tish—R. Mowle, Gillingham -street, Pinilco ' journeyman plumb er —J. E . Baker, Ald ersga t e - s t ree t, boottnaker—D. Haynes, Fer dinand -street, Hampstead-road, retailer of ale—T. Brookes, Glouce3ter-street, Pimlico, banker's clerk—G. M. Wilson, Stamford -street, Blackfriars-road, printell—H. B. Smith, Upper Ebury-street, Pimlico, butcher—F. Tayler ' Waver 16y-terrace, Paddington, wholesale ironmonger—F. Torn kins, Orchard-street, Poplar, licensed victualler—J. Yates, Whitechapel-road, bootmaker. E. K. Jervis, Webb's Hotel, Piccadilly, gentleman—J. Perkins, Warwick-street, Pimlico, cheesernonger—W. Arton, Upper Park-street, Islington, general commission agent—ll. 11. Sadler, Red Lion-passage, Red Lion-square, attorney's clerk— J. W. Howell, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square, manager of the Realm Insurance Company. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. George Jackson, Hertford, upholsterer-2d and final div. of id., July 5, and three subsequent W e d nes d a y s , a t Lee's, Moorgate-stroet. William ikoath, Davies-street, Berkeley-square—sad dler-2d and final div. of 2d., July 5, and three subsequent Wednesdays, 'at Lee's, Moorgate-street. John August and William August, Norwich, builders -Ist div. of 11d., July 3, and any subsequent Monday, at Cannan's, Aldermanb ury. James Paul, sen., Portsoa, Hampshire, brewer-Ist div. of 4d., July 3, and any subsequent Monday, at Carman's, Aldermanbury. William Jo - bn Hicks, Waltham Abbey, Essex, draper -Ist dir of 3s. 4d., July 3, and any subsequent Monday, at Cannan's, Aldermanbury. John Mason, Lime-street-square, City, merchant-sth div. of lOid, July 3, and any subsequent Monday, at Cannan's ' Aldermanbury. James Coupe, Preston, Lancashire, joiner -Ist diY. of 31d., July 4, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Potts, Man cheater.- DIVIDENDS. July 24. J. Scott and H. Braggs, Walbrook-street, City, nomtuission merchants—July 24. I. Dods, Arthur-street West, City, hemp merchant--July 24. T. O'B. Gleadah, Leamington, 'Warwickshire, music seller—July 24. Mary Parkes, Golden-square, printer—July 24. A. Guy, Up par Rosoman-street, Clerkeu well, lamp manufacturer-- July 24. G. S taner, jun Margate, baker— July 21. T. Hut chings, Park-street, Wes tminster; Great Grimsby, Lincoln shire ; and Austen, Yorkshire, railway contractor—July 8. G. Jarr9tt, Wickham Welford, Berkshire, builder— July 24. S. Mead, Liverpool, iron merchant—July 24. J. Cheshire, Hartford, Cheshire, salt manufacturer—July 21, T. Wil2on and H. Corbett, Madras, Manchester, and Pres ton, merchants—July 15. T. Cartwright, Manchester, toy merchant—July 21. J. Guest, Manchester, cotton-spinner July 24. J. Joyce, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, bookseller —July 20. J. Jones, jun., and T. Oakes, Kin gswinford, Staf fordshire, ironmasters—July 29. G. Barrett, sen., and G. Barrett, jun., Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and Bath street, City, carpet manufacturers—July 21. J. T.Wigney, Huddersfield and Wakefield, Yorkshire, wine merchant— July 21. J. Denbigh, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstapler— July 22. J. Burgin, Sheffield, tailor—July 21. T. B. King, York, manufacturer of paper hangings—July 22. 0. Shore, Sheffield, banker—July 21. L Blackburn, Leeds, engine builder. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. July 12. C. Ferguson, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, draper— July 22. G. F. Rossiter, London-wall, City, wholesale clothier—July V. F. Rosenberg, The Albany, Freeschool street, Horsleydown, cask manufacturer—July 24. W. Clift, Ultin g , Essex, cattle salesman—July 24. •R. N. Newton anT. G. Payne, New Park-street, Southwark, gas engineers—July 25. J. Sharpe, Barnes, Surrey, cow keeper—July 25. J. Baker, Edgware-road and Jonson place, Westbeurne-green, draper—August 1. M. Jarvis, Leeds, woolstaplor—July 24. B. Redfern, Manchester, stonemason. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Enderby and E. Emerson, Great Grimsby, Lincoln. shire, builders—C. Watson and T. Duckworth, Hargreaves Mill, near Crawehaw, Lancashire, bleachers to calico printers—J. Milligan and R. Matthews, Bradford, York shire, stuff merchants—W. Todd, sen., W. Todd, jun., and J. Todd, Lamb's Conduit-street, cheesemongers, so far as regards W. Todd, sen.—Z. Kahenn and A. Lam bert, Argyle-square, King's-cross, designers in fabrics—S. Hickson and S. Hickson, jun., Welbeck-street, Cavendish square, foreign warehousemen—W. Grinstead and J. A. English, Dorking, Surrey,• builders—C. Fell and J. Fell, High Holborn and New Compton-street, Soho, curriers —J. Macintyro and ,J. M'lutosh, . Taunton, St. James, Somersetshire, nurserymen—J. Marsh, J. Hindle, and R. Westwell, Accrington, Lan - cashire, cotton manufacturers, so far as regards R. West well—T. Corbett and J. H. James, Birmingham, mathe matical instrument makers—W. Parry and D. Parry, Evert - on ' Lancashire, stonemasons—E. A. Judkins and E. S. Judk ins, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, coal-merchants —T. Draper and F. Draper, High Holborn, leather sellers —John Lynn and James Lynn, Fleet-street, City, shell fishmongers—E. Snell, W. King, and J. J. Manzanell, Holly Bush-place, Bethnal-green, soap makers—J. Over end and J. Dodson, jun., Darlington and Coatham Munde vine, Durham, flax spinners—R. Roberts and W. H. Last, Friday-street, Choapside, commission agents—J. C. Chris tophers and W. Andrews, Upper Montagu-street, Mon tagu-square, surgeons—R. B. Rouse and A. W. Owen, Great Torrington and Black Torrington, Devonshire, sur geons—W. S. Best and W. F. Beat, Nottingham, lace manufacturers—R. Bradley and J Keeping, Brighton, brewers—G. Vertue, F. Mills, P. Wyndham, and T. D. Grissell, Canada-wharf, R.otherhithe, and Royal Exchange buildings, City, timber merchants, so far as regards G. Vertue. • SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John Hislop Cumming and Daniel Crawford, Glasgow, calico printers, July 10, at the Glasgow Stock Exchange Rooms. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 24th day of June, 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued ........ 27,132,635 £27,132,63.5 Dated the 29th day of June, I& BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,202,523 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,852,R05 Other tlepoth s 10,114,383 Seven Day and other Bilis ........ . 9G8,286 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13;132,633 Silver bu11i0n........ - £27,13/,635 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. PIRTMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight annuity) 9,851,250 Other securities 15,534,007 Notes .. 7,518,400 Gold and silver coin.. 737,340 433,690,997 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tho 29th day of June, 1854. - X 33,690,997 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com puted from the returns made in the week ending the‘27th June, 1854, is 21s. qd. per hundredweight, ekelusive of the duties of Customs' pf.id or payable thereon on the im portation thered into Great Britain. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILBOADS.—The select committee appointed to inquire into the subject of the conveyance of mails by railways met again on Thursday;and resumed the investigation. The members present were Mr. Wilson Patten (chairman), Mr. Wilson, Mr. Eger ton, Mr. Liddell, Mr. James Macgregor, Mr. Blackett, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Chichester Fortescue. Mr. Rowland Hill, the secretary to the Post office, was recalled, and stated that the average lateness of the down night mail from London to the north in October last was, on the Great Northern route, 35 minutes ; on the Midland route, 27 minutes ; and on the North-Western, 35 minutes ; in Novem ber, the average lateness on the Great Northern route was 48 minutes ; on the Midland route, 39 minutes ; and on the North-Western route, 33 minutes ; in December, it was on the Great Northern 48 minutes ; on the Midland 63 minutes ; and on the North-Western 63 minutes. So that in two of those months the average lateness of the down mail to Edin burgh was greater on the Great Northern than on the other two lines. He had considered the question as to what would be the saving of carrying the northern - mails by the Great Northern, and he was of opinion that it might amount to 5001. a year, but the probability wa s , that it would not b e more than half that sum. With respect to the remuneration to be paid to the railway companies by the Post-office for the conveyance of mails, he contended, in opposition to Captain Huish, that the sums received by the companies, in respect of the mail passenger traffic, ought to be taken into account in esti mating the remuneration to be paid by the Post-office. The witness was interrogated at considerable length as to numerous matters of detail connected with the Post office, and the conveyance of the mails, but his answers were not of a nature likely to be interesting to the public. SUSPECTED MURDER. —TYNEMOUTII, Wednesday night. —A very considerable amount of excitement has been caused in this seaport by a report that an Irishman named Joyce and his wife had murdered their infant child by drowning it in the Tyne. They are in custody, and the facts are as follow fortnight ago the female prisoner was delivered of a child in a miserable hovel near the Steam Mill bank, a tramping female recei v i ng Is. for acting as mid w if e . Af ter her delivery the neigh bours suspected the mother of ill-using the infant, and on Tuesday morning a young woman was sent to the police-station with the information that they suspected that the prisoners had murdered it, as it had disappeared. An officer immediately proceeded to the dwelling of the prisoners, and apprehended them. When they reached the police-station the male prisoner volunteered a state ment in explanation of the child's sudden disappearance. He said it died on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning about 4 o'clock, he was taking the body across the water, in the direct steam ferry to South Shields, when it fell out and he lost it in the water. He was informed he must be mistaken in this statement, as the ferry was not run ning at that time of the morning. He then altered his account, and said that he was stepping into a sculler boat at thef New Quay-stairs, with a basket of earthen ware on his arm, and the body of the child on the other, when the body slipped from his arms and he lost it in the dream. He said he did not speak to the scullerman, neither did the scullerman speak to hire, and he never informed the neighbours of what had happened. The police to-day have carefully examined all the old sculler men plying in the neighbourhood of the New Quay, and all those who were on turn on Tuesday morning, and they all declare that no such person as the prisoner ever applied to them to be ferryed across the water on Tues day morning. He has since told other contradictory stories, and the neighbours positively assert they heard the child crying on Tuesday morning. The prisoners have been remanded, and the shores of the liver are being dragged to try to recover the body, as it is strongly suspected to have been drowned in the Tyne. THE SCREW STEAMER SIMLA.—SOUTHAMPPON, June 20.---The Peninsular arid Oriental Steam Navigation screw steamer Simla, Captain George Brooks, went out on a trial trip ye s t er d ay, to test the powers of' the new screw propeller, which has been fitted since the recent accident to this noble ves , el. An average speed of 13.350 knots an hour, equal to nearly 15 miles, was attained at the measured mile. A greater speed would doubtless have been produced, but, the vessel being trimmed 12 inches by the head instead of by the stern, which is the ordinary trim with cargo, stores, &e., on board, a loss f nearly one knot an hour was the consequence. There is no doubt this splendid ship is c triable, in smooth water, of steaming 141 knots, or say 17 mies. The trial was attended by Captain Austin, R.N., Superin tendent of Packets, Mr. Hughes, the Government Sur veyor, Captain Nairne, Captain Edgledue, Mr. A. Lamb, and other gentlemen. It was intended to de spatch the Simla for Malta and Alexandria on the 14th proximo, with the India, China, and 'Australian m a il s , but orders have been rec e i ve d to-day to overrule this ar rangement, and to turn round the Candia on her arrival (which is daily expected from Alexandria), so as to despatch that ship in place of the Simla. This altera tion, it is supposed, .is rendered necessary by orders from the Government, who have taken up the Simla and Ilitualaya for the transport of cavalry to the east. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-JuNE 30. - --- At this day's market there was a moderate attendance of the town and countrg trade, who bought rather more freely than of late. Wheat and flour met with a fair con sumptive demand at about Tuesday's prices. Oats and oatmeal were in very limited request, and rather easier to buy. Barley, beans, and peas were saleable at full prices. Indian corn was offered at 6d. per iquarter decline, and a fair amount of business done. WAKEFIELD—JUNE 30. The weather during the week has been unsettled, with heavy showers occasionally. The arrival of grain reported this week is very trifling. The wheat trade continues ex ceedingly dull ; the business passing to-day is in fresh qualities at a decline of ls. to 2s. per quarter. There is no inquiry for chambered parcels, although offered at 2s. per quarter reduction. Barley nominal. Beans rather cheaper. In oats and shelling no alteration. EXETER-JUNE 30. Cou).T.—ln our market wheat may be quoted from 10y 3d to 10s 9d. Malting barley, 4s 6d to 5s Od • grinding do., Of Od. to Os Od. Oat s , 3 s id t o 3 s 9d. Beans, Os Od to 0 0 Od. Peas, ON Od to' 00s Od. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lls Od per score ; cows and calves. 101. to 18/. ; butchers' calves, 5d to 54d per lb., rearing calves 00s to 00s each. Sheep, Nd to 6d. Lambs, 6d to 64(1 per lb. Store hogs, !argo size, 00s to 00s each ; slips, 00. s to 60s ; 15s to 00s. Rough fat, 5d per lb. Pork carcases from Os 9d to lOs 9d per score. FLOUR. —Fine, ns Od to 59s Od ; seconds, 56s Od to 57s Od per sack. INVERNESS.—JUNE 27. CoRN.--Z-Wheat, white, per qr., 72s 0(1.0 74s Od. Bar ley, chevalier, 32s Oct to 33s Oil ; ditto, common, 32s Od to 32s 6d. Oats, 34s Od to 36s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 28s Od to OOs Od ; ditto second, OOs Od to Os Od; barleymeal, 20s Oct` to Os Oct ; peasemeal, 20s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 8d to 10d; Ist flour, 'per 2801 b, 60s Od to 00s Od ; 2d ditto, 52s Od to OOs Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial 22 10.1 to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleymeal 2s 01 to OOs Od ; peasemeal, 2s Od to Os 0 , 1; Ist flour, 3s 6d cash, 3s 9d credit ; 2d ditto, 2a 9d cash, 3s Od credit. BRISTOL SUGAR-JUNE 30. As the new rates of duties will come into operation nest week, very little disposition has been shown to do businell since our last report, bat we do not alter quotations. . COAL MARKtt —Jurra 30. Prices of Coal per ton at tke close of the market. s. d.J Wallsend, &c. Carr's Hartley lB 6 . F 0 • H01ywe11..... ... .. . . 2 ) O'Riddell lB 6 Howard's West Hariley Eden Main - 20 0 , Netherton 18 oBraddyll , 20 % Taufield Moor. H 9 Lambton 20 7 : Tanfield Moor Rates 16 9 Lumley , 19 v 0 Willington Hartley 18 0 St ewar t' s 21 Wallsend, &c. Hough Hall 20 Gosforth lB 6 Grey's West Hartley .„.18 0 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YEsnaDAY. Amsterdam........ n 15% Gibraltar Ditto, three months .. 11 17 1 4 i.eghorn Rotterdam •• I I 17% Genoa .. Antwerp ...6 ••••••• • • • 25 25 Milan ...• •••••• • • • • • • Brussels •• ••.•••••.. • • 25 25 Venice •••••••••• • • • • • • " i tt olla g.h. rf U •• ••• .• • • . 1321 IN Pa a l p e l rin es 0 .• •••• Paris .. .. • . 25 2% ! essina 127 ft Ditto, three months •.25 30 :Lisbon ................ 51 /.! Marseilles. .• ..... • • .... 25 32%10p0rt0 ................ 63 x Bourdeaux ............ ' RI. , Janeiro ............ Frankfort-on-Maine .... • 118% I Buenos Ayreq .......... Berlin .-..............— New York, 60 days' sight -- Vienna .. • • ...... 11 0 Philadelphia .......... Crleste .. • • .6 •••• • • • • 13 5 PRICES OF BCLLION, PER oz. Petersburg:... •• 36 1 4 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 9 Cadiz.. ...... 50 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 4 New Dollars 0 0 41 ,, Seville ..... ......... in bars 0 5 1,1 •• •• •• •• .... 30 5234 •• •• •• •• •• •• .• 25 40 SEABORNE MAILS. (1; tlgnitles that the Mails are sent from, the General Post-)ft" by tha night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made th From wha: 'When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port duo In. °nice, London.* Disp a tch e d. E ll esnu• A.merica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool 28 America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N .......... Liverpool July 5 America (by U. States packet) ..........N ........ SOuthampton Australia (via South ampton) Juno 4 • ...... Southampton July 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N' Ditto (via Cape of (flood Hope) ...........N June 1 Africa (West Coast) ..Nl23d of the month. Plymouth July 6 N 'B. 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Alexandria.......... R[ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas 17th of the moat) Southampton, Belgiuria ............N Daily Dover ...... Brazil ..............7tl,9th of the month.. Southampton 'Jar 16 Buenos Ayres ...... ..M '9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ..N,l4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month Southampton, Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the montl: Sa l ' Channel Isles Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southarapton‘TinTl l . Chili .. ..........M 2d & 17th o f month Southampton r China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,21,3;27 ofm. D0ver...... Constantinople ........ 4th 8, 20th of mon Southampton I Cont. of Europe M N Twice daily Dover ...... TwICW Egypt (see India) France ..... M& N Twico daily...—. Dover l Twit s:4oi Gibraltar ..........314, 7,17, 20, 27 am douthemptwi Greece (see India) • Greytown & 17th of mon. Southampton l Arrived liamburgh ..........N ,Tuesday & Friday ,London ..... Havannah .......... Al ;2nd of the imolai Southampton July Holland .......... Dover Daily Honduras M 17th of the month. :Unita] rintov June 1 0 Dadca (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plynruth .. July 4 India (via•Marseilles)M 8 th& 21th of month Dover ......I lonian Isles (see India); 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... 1 .1 elf Ireland ........M & Na‘wice daily Doty head, Twlccu 9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton 'July 6 Madeira of the month Southamploa Madeira ............ N 23d of month .... Pl3 - mouth Malta (see India) Malta ...... • • ......N 7,17,19,27, 30 of in. Dover Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico of the month. 'Southampon JOY,' Naples . ........N bthlsth2.sthofmoi l 'Dov er I New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Arrived New Zealand By private skip .. Various ports..Unverlw Papal States sthi s th2 s tholinon. Dover Peninsula 7th 7 th2Bthohnon Southampton Peru Port Natal ~..N,l4th or the month i•lymouth Sicily th 2h th o I uton. !Dover ...... Tuscany • ........ N lath ISD.2sthoimon. Dover .. •—• Venezuela ••• AI 2d .% 16 1 7th - ol•nouth Southampt on June • - Van Diemen's Lam: Australia) West miles ...Al 2d 5..; 17th o: month ,Southamat en I J nil •I _ ;Routhamp , or). I I July * When -my of these date-, fall o t a iunclay, the now, wlp ". deipatchel on the following day with the exception of the 11 1 . 11 ' Al a Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be desßatched Sep preceding. ST. PETERSBURG.—The St. Petersburg letters cont ifl nothing of intere s t b eyon d t h e ukase for the new l o an. The Od e s sa d a t es are to the 19th inst., at which date 1 ~,) is alleged, no t w ith stan di ng the recent statements in the House of C ommons , t h ere was no blockade, and elliPs were getting their cargoes as usual. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MURDERER IN BETHLEU I,l ° °- PlTAL.—Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, at Bethlem Hospital, on the body of Cathefill: Smart, aged 74, a criminal lunatic, who died in the institution after an incarceration of thirty-one Yea',a From the evidence of Dr. Hood, the physician, a' a , other witnesses, it appeared that the deceased was ad, milted to the hospital on the 16th of December, I ° l a under the King's warrant. She was tried at te the Bailey for the murder of her child, and acquitted on t i.• grounl of insanity. Since the time of her admission s tl u e had continued insane, without any lucid interval. 6 t enjoyed unintefrupted good health up to March 104 when a disease of the heart was first discovered, an d , I WOO was anticipated that the deceased would die suddenli i i In consequence of those indications she was seldom l e alone. She w as a tt ac k e d w i th dropsy within a few-dayo , and a water- bed w a s p rov id e d f or her, but she su dd e n l 9 on Thursday morn i ng. H er son had been 'A ree her several times s i nce s h e h ad b een there, but 10': left London some time ago, and, although two let had been sent to the place where he was supposed to b e ' r they had not reached him, and had been returned. 19 ,. husband died some years ago. The jury returned a l e. ' diet of natural death.- [ AD VERTISEHENTI—HoIIoway's Pills for Invigoratia the Weak, and Strengthening the Debilitate:L.—lV O wonderful and efficaciOus pills are the only medicin e t adapted to i nv i gorate weakened constitutions, persons low and nervous habits, or those who are suffering fro° bad digestive organs, or those whose health has becoo° deranged by bilious affections, disordered stomach, or liver complaints. Those affected with coughs, colt asthma, or sh or t ness o f breath, should have r ecourse t" these invaluable pills, as their mighty powers will be Lund a certain and efficacious remedy-for all these 0 0 ' plaints, imp ar ti ng, at the same time, strength, new' 11{8j vigour, and buoyancy of spirits to the afflicted, and MIS be taken w ith per f ect safety at any period of life.—ScH by all druggists ; and at Professor Holloway's establish meat, 244, Strand, London. BIRTIIB. OF A SON. On the 29th ult., at Teignm ou th, D evon, the wife o f ib. Rev. John Vaughan Payne. O.F A DAUGHTER. On the 20th ult., at Eaqt-hill, Oxford, Surrey, the ifi f of Captain Burdett, Coldstream Guards. MARRIED. On the 12th of May, at Mahabulethwar, Henry Itoon l ? Esq., M.D , o f th e B om b ay M edical Establishinelii, youngest son of the late Major-General Fred. ROOIne, " Marion Charlotte, daughter of Henry Hebbert, Esq., 13°111 ‘ bay Civil Service. • DIED. - On the sth May, at his residence, Pelham-dale, Na lt „ York, aged 63, J ames H ay, Esq., third and youngest so' of the late James Hay, Esq., of Laxarth, Zetls.nd. On the 26th ult., at 21, Lansdowne-place, Brighton, ' l '; becca Gray, reli c t o f th e l ate Alexander Lang, of O v e' ton, Dumbartonshire, Esq. On the 27th ult., at Holland, near Yeovil, S o merge_ t : shire, in hi s 80th year, John Batten, Esq., a Deputy-Lie'' tenant for that county. On the 28th ult., at Amwell-grove, Harts, Mary A„ l t, third dau g ht er o f t h e late Thomas Edwards, Esq., 0' Crescent, Clapham-Common, aged 25 years. LONDON Printed and Publi s h e d b y MURDO Y01:71,111 , 2 1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Th e S un Office, N°. Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy, i n t h e county of Middlesex, Saturday, July 1, 1854.