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MPE RIA L PAR L ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The house met at five o'clock.' The royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills : —High way Rates; Turnpike Trusts Arrange ements ; General Board of Health ; Registration of Bills of Sale (Ireland) ; Jamaica Loan ; Sheriff and Sheriff-clerk of Chancery (Scotland) ; Joint-stock Banks (Scotland) ; Cruelty to Animals; Portland, &0.,. Chapels ; Returning Officers ; Turnpike Acts Continuance ; Jury Trial (Scot land) ; Friendly Societies (No. 2); Royal Military Asylum ; Poor-law Commission Continuance (Ireland) ; Heritable Securities (Scotland) ; Borough Rates ; Eccle sis.stical Jurisdiction ; Stock in-Trade Exemption ; Com mon, &0., Rights (Ordnance) ; Land Revenues of the Crown (Ireland ; Highways (Public Health) Act ; Public Libraries ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Working Arrangements with Great Northern Railway) ; North Shields Quays and Itn- • provements ; Selkirk and Galashiels Railway ; Stock port, Disley, and Whaley-bridge Railway ; London and North-western Railway ; Great Western Railway (Berks and Hants &c.) ; Electric Telegrap h C o m pany (No. 2 ); West London Railway - Westminster Terminus Railway ; Cork and Waterford Railway ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway (Chipping Norton Branch; Portsmoub • and Direct London' and Portsmouth Railways ; West London and Crystal Palace Railway (Bromley and Farn borough - York, Newcastle, and Berwick, York and North Midland, and Leeds Northern Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Border Counties Railway ; Ratciiff Gas Company Relief ; Stockport Rectory Division ; Merton College Estate ; Wilkinson's Estate ; Mitford's Estate ; Earl of Fife (Trustees) Estate ; Stainforth's Estate ; Stirling's Estate ; Milbank (Thornhill's) Estate ; Saint Catherine's Parish (Dublin) School and Charity. Estate s Bill ; Caton's Divorce. The Lords' Commissioners were—the Lord Chancel lor, the Marquis of Westminster, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Earl of HARRINGTON presented a petition from certain Poles, praying t o b e a ll owe d t o serve in the ranks of the allied armies. The noble lord said he certainly had some misgivings as to the inten tions of the Government in availing itself of the services of the Poles. CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES BILL. In reply to Lord MONTEAGLE, Earl GRANVILLE said it was the intention of the Government to re-introduce this bill, with the amend ment of the select committee to which it had been referred. BRIBERY BILL. This bill having been brought up from the committee and read a first time, Lord REDESDALE expressed a hope that the house would not depart from its resolution, that no bills should be read a second time after the 25th inst., which had had the effect of greatly facilitating the busi ness in both houses. The bill had been several times recommitted in the House of Commons, and had been materially altered, both on the bringing up of the report and on the third reading, and he believed that many of the members of that house hardly knew in what shape it had come to their lordships. He might men tion, also, that the House of Commons seemed to have so little confidence in the bill, that it only pa sse d it by a majority of seven. Under these cir cumstances he thought it was too late a period of tha session to take into consideration so important a mea- sure. The Duke of NEWCASTLE expressed a hope on the ground of urgency that an exception would be made in favour of this bill, as it was desirable that elections should take place for the boroughs at present-unrepresented. The Earl of DERBY considered that if the bill was proceeded with their lordships would break faith with the public, having passed a resolution to the effect that no inconsiderate legislation should take place at the end of the session, when there was generally a small attendance of members. The Earl of ABERDEEN was of opinion that the bill came under the exception mentioned in the resolu tion respecting measures of urgency. Lord BROUGHAM thought the bill should be pro-. seeded with as speedily as possible. After some further discussion, the subject dropped. IRISH ENCUMBERED ESTATES BILL. The Lord CHANCELLOR. in reply to a question from the Marquis of Clanricarde, said the Government did not contemplate depriving Ireland of the benefit arising from the establishment of the Encumbered Estates Court. The Towns Improvement (Ireland) bill was read the third time and passed. The Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) bill passed through committee. REAL ESTATES CHARGES BILL. On the motion for going into committee on the Real ' Estate Charges bill, Lord St. LEONARDS strongly objected to the measure, as a hasty and ill-advised interference with the existing law of real property and the law primo geniture. He moved that it be committed this day three months, Earl FORTESCUE replied to the objections, urging that the sole effect of the bill was to cure hardships upon younger children, from personal property beinq made available in certain cases for discharging encuni brances upon real estate. The Lord CHANCELLOR said that though the bill was not a Government measure, he yet approved of its introduction. The first clause would be productive of unmixed good, inasmuch as it would make the disposi tions of property, in ca.i:cs where the testators had not actually described how it should g , ), conformably to their real intentions. It had nothing whatever to do with the 13w of primogeniture. Their lordships then divided upon the question of - going into committee, when the numbers were— Content , Non-content Majority —3 Their lordships therefore went into committee. In the first clause alterations were made fixing the date at which the act should come into operation as the 31st December, 1854, extending the provisions of the clause, not only to personal property, but also to other real property than that which was the subject of the mortgage. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that the bill ought not to pass unless all wills now made were exempted from its operation. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the bill would operate less in cases of wills than in those of intestacy. Be thought that a period of six months was sufficient to allow before the act came into operation ; but he pro mised to consider the objection of his noble and learned friend before the report was brought up. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that upon this under standing he would abstain from dividing the committee. The clause was then agreed to. The second clause was, with the consent of the noble lord who had charge of the bill, struck out, and th e bill was reported to the house. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. On the order of the day for the committee upon this bill, Lord PORTMAN strongly objected to it, as giving extraordinary powers over property to the commissionary whose duty it would be to carry it out, and equally ex traordinary exemptions from its operations in favour of parties who had•the means of defending themselves. He moved, as an amendment, that the bill be committed this day three months. Earl GRANVILLE denied that the bill gave either extraordinary powers or extraordinary exemptions, and urged that it would prove a most useful measure. Lord REDESDALE objected to the bill. Their lordships then divided. The numbers were— Contents Non-contents Majority The bill was consequently lost. The reports on the Valuation of Lands Bill, and the Youthful Offenders Bill, were received and agreed to. The Convict Prisons (Ireland) Bill, the Indian Ap pointments, ste., Bill, the Admiralty Court Bill, and the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The Land, Assessed, and Income Taxes Bill, and-the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares Bill, passed through Committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMM ONS—(rESTERDA Y.) The &Ras= took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. WICKHAM ent: . 7l a petition from the retail PETITION. brewers and beersell Bradford Yorkshire, favour of an alteration ofAtchTepresent licensing syitem. i n AMENDMENT the second read. PUBLIC HEALTH Lord PALMERSTON, o said, health n to na th oving to W e e labouring in hea RILL. ing of this bill, health they Were n was existence itself. While th ey population enabled to perform work usef ul ficial to the country. The requirementsth emselves and be lle . later days all tended to compel mento of society in in large masses, and therefore precaut ion s together serving the public health were rendered ag is h for pre. ne cessary. Tne noble viscount, after describing more f orma tion and functions of the General Boa r d of Hea lth the :established by Act of Parliament in 1848 , said the functions of that act would exp ir e at the end of t he present sea . sion. He reminded the house that they were on this subject dealing with the interest of millions of their fel •• low-subjects—the moral, commercial, and local interests of their fellow -countrymen. He did not wish to exc it e alarm, but the truth ought to be known, and the truth "was that that formidable epidemic, cholera, had been lin gering in various parts of this country for the last twelve months. Every one remembered its ravages at New. castle last year; it had been very severe at, Glasgow and other places, and there was to o much reason to believe it had now made its appearance in the metropolis. He repeated, he did not wish to create alarm by this state. ment, but the contrary; t or terrible a disease as the cho lera was , there was no disease that yielded more 2 st e a % li iY to medical treatment, if taken in its early that treatment (Hear.) But there must be direction to govern lievedreawtinent ; and one of the most efficacious, he be- He therefore trusted found in a house to house visitation. :tinue the Board the house would consent to con he believed the of Health with the amendment which that the present en t bill wou ld i n t ro duce. He pro posedtrol of the S ecretary of of Health s h ou ld b e un der the con who, in his opi n i on, as I S l tate for the Home Department, he might say, as Minister of the Interior, was peculiarly et the general health o f the e ted by hi s off i ce to look a f ter his place in Parliam en t ~„° _untry , and who would be in 4nativ er on that subject that might. arise as to any questions tie persons composing the present(Hear, hear.) Is to pliced their appointments in his board, they had all He felt bound to state this, in .u.sz.nds. (Hear, hear,) J Ice to those gentle. men, because a very considerable amount of clamour and prejudice had been raised against them in the dis charge of a very important and difficult duty. (Hear.) Lord SEYMOUR, in rising to oppose the second reading of this hill, said he was actuated by no feeling of opposition to the Government; but the Board of Health Act being on the point of expir ing, this was a proper occasion for reviewing its ope ration. He did not deny that there ought to be a Board of Health Act, but the value of such an act must depend upon the manner in which it was adminis tered, and he was now prepared to show that the board, as it at present existed, had not worked for the public advantage. This was no new opinion of his ; because while in office, he rep ea t e d it to h i s colleagues on every occasion that offe re d thi s act, coupled with the Nuisarvaes Removal Act, enabled the Board of Health to interfere with every trade in the country, and such a power ought only to be entrusted to men who would acts with great caution, great judgment, and great for l'Aearance. The Board had two powers entrusted to them, namely, to advise as to the best sanitary measures to he adopted, and secondly, to administer the emisting law with justice and discretion. He was prepared to show that in neither of these cases had tht: present Board given satisfaction. The noble lord then proceeded to enumerate a number of instances where the advice of the Board had either proved mischievous or abortive. The noble lord condemned the constitution of the Board, which would always be defective so long as it embraced amateur members, or was not properly under the con trol of the Home-office ; and, therefore, before the end of the next session the powers of this act, as well as of the Nuisances Removal Act, should be thoroughly revised. As an executive as well as an advising body the existing Board had failed ; and since it had entirely lost the confidence of the public it h_4l become absolutely necessary to reconstruct it, It was necessary that the house should refuse to read this bill a second time, in order that the Board should be reconstituted, with some one at its head in whom the house and the public should have confidence, and therefore we should move the usual amendment at this period of the session, namely, that the bill be read a second time on this day three months. Sir B. HALL seconded the amendment. Mr. M. MILNES supported the second reading, and contended that the existing Board was composed of both honest and skilful men. Mistakes they com mitted, no doubt—who was free from them ; but the good they had done greatly counterbalanced the evil. Mr. HENLEY said the Board of Health hitherto had wasted their time to no purpose. The fact was, they were a cleansing board, but the manner in which they had proposed to carry out their cleansing operations had proved so objectionable, that in many instances the people had preferred to remain dirty. The board had been condemned alike by the Government and the coun try ; and even from the nature of this bill, it appeared that the executive did not approve of their proceeding-4. A public board could not have got into such universal disfavour unless it had grossly mismanaged its affairs, and believing that it retarded rather than advanced cleansing operations, he must object to its being con tinued any longer in its present form. All that this bill proposed to do was to transfer the control of the Board from the First Commissioner of Works to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, but that could not remedy its defects, and the best course for the house to pursue was to adopt the amendment. Let there be a short continuance bill, and in the meanwhile the Government could consider the best mode of re modelling the hoard. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was admitted on all hands that a board of this sort was necessary for the safety of the public, while there appeared to be very little dif ference of opinion as to the powers which it should possess ; what objection then could there be to the pro posal of his noble friend, which was that they should adopt this bill, limiting its operation to twelve months, and that next session a committee should be appointed to inquire into the whole subject of reconstructing the board. No doubt the existing board had too much despised the feeling which prevailed in the country in Eavour of local self-government, but at the same time it should not be forgotten that local authorities were occa sionally dispo.4ed to neglect their duties, and in such cases the board had exercise.l a very judicious influence. In some instances the board might have rendered itself un popular by its proceedings in that respect, but there were very important matters in which the merits of the board had been greatly overlooked. Their cholera reports were of the highest importance, and conferred a lasting. benefit on the community, in pointing out the best man ner of treating that dreadful scourge, while in TiO less than 180 towns they had established a system of local govern ment for receiving the health of the people, which had been found to work exceedingly well. It could not be said then that the labours of the Board had proved abor tive ; but, on the other hand, it was urged that the Board was not composed of proper persons. He, how ever, could not concur in that opinion, for while no man had done so much to benefit the poor as the Earl of Shaftesbury, his coadjutor, Mr. Chard wick, had confer red great advantages on the State by his inquiries into the poor-law, the police, and the crime of the country. With regard to Dr. Southwood Smith, it was absolutely necessary that there should be a medical member on the board, and since no man was more familiar with the proceedings of Boards of Health, he thought a better medical member could not readily be found. Under these circumstances he trusted the house would adopt ' the limited proposal of the Government to pass this bill, and leave it for next session to decide in what manner the board shoul,l be.permanently reconstructed. ' Mr. HAYWARD added a few words in favour of Mr. Chadwick, and read a letter from the Dean of Ely to support his views. He stated that the medical advisers of \lr. Chad wick had reciannended him nut to remain in the board. Air. HUME said if the Government would under , take to reiuove Ir. Ci.i4ciwick, he wouli vote for the bill. Lord PALMERSTON - said all the three members had placed their resignations in the hands of the Go- vernment, to be dealt with as they should think fit, but with regard to Mr, Chadwick, be believed the state of that gentleman's health would not admit of his remain kg on the board any longe. Sir T. D. ACLAND said, while a rod was hang ing over themselves, they should not press with two se vere a rod upon others. The house then divided, when there appeared—• For the second reading Against it... 74 Majority The bill was accordingly thrown out. MILITIA BILLS. The Militia (No. 2), the Militia (Scotland) and the Militia (Ireland), were considered and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Cinque Ports and the acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women, were read a third time. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. In reply to a question from Mr. SPOON ER, Mr. HUME stated that it was not his intention to proceed with the motion of which he had given notice, as follows :—"That, in the opibion of this house, it would promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes of this metropolis, if the collec tions of natural history and of art, in. the British Museum, the National Gallery, and Marlborough house, were open to the public inspection after morning service on Sundays, at such hours as public houses and gin shops are allowed by law to open on thoce days." The reason for his postponing it was this, he was anxious that the evidence of the Public House Com mittee should be published before he brought it on, and, therefore, he had no alternative but to postpone it until next session. ROYAL COMMISSION - . Mr. PIILMAN, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the house to attend at the bar of the House of Peers, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several public and private acts, for which see Lords' report. The sittings were suspended at four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. THE CASE OF MR. KENNEDY. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that early next session he should move for a select committee to inquire into the cir cumstances of the removal of Mr. J. F. Kennedy from the office of Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Land Revenue of the Crown. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (WEST INDIES) BILL. In answer to Sir J. PAKINOTON, • Sir G. GREY said he would fix Monday next at twelve o'clock for proceeding with this bill. NEWFOUNDLAND. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that the Duke of Newcastle, when colonial secretary, had sent out a dispath containing the conditions upon which he should be willing to grant a responsible government to Newfoundland. Those con ditions had been rejected by the House of Assembly, and a deputation had since been sent home to learn the inten tions of the right hon. baronet on the on the subject. He (Sir J. Pakington) now wished to ask the right hon. gen tleman if he proposed to abide by or to recede from those conditions? Sir G. GREY said the right hon. gentleman was under a misapprehension when he stated that the colonial legis lature had rejected the conditions of the noble duke. In point of fact, the three most important of these conditions t ad been agreed to. The first, as to making compensation o certain existing officers, had not been opposed by any Party in the colony, the only difference of opinion having electoral districts, I % rob a e a r t: f the amount. As to the second, namely, the with members, there was no difference at all ; and regard to the third, namely, the subdivision of the been subdivision. a bill had been passed carrying out that Both the Legislativ ar i sen Was upon whole difference of opinion that had magnified atters of detail, and he thought they had delegates beyond what their importance deserved. differences which ha to the se: Council and the Assembly had sent not be found insuperal ry of State, and he hoped that the arisen betweenthe two houses would rence to all the Duke insuperable. Without expressing his ad no hesittion in statin h. Newcastle's conditions, he had .general concurrence in them ; and there was certainl g Newfoundland without sible government to N Y n° intention of netninygeoanrdeistpoionns at "'THE CANADIAN LEGISLATURE BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to know when the right hon. gentlem an i n t ended to take this bill 9 Sir G. GREY said that if the Russian Securities Bill was disposed of at a reasonable hour a would take it immediately afterwards—if ll W- ` ne6"Y he ON gave netiCe that when the bill not, on the fol• lo s w i i r ng M J. onday at G I2 T . came on, he should move that it be read a second time that day three months. THE BIRMINGHAM GAOL CRUELTIES. Mr. M. MILNES begged to ask his noble friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to institute legal pro ceedings against Lieutenant Austin, governor, and Mr. Blount, surgeon, of the Birmingham Borough Pri•on, for their treatment of the prisoners there confined, as reported to th.', house by the commission appointed to inquire into c , a(iition and treatment of the prisoners in that prison ? Fie 3119 wished to ask the reason of the delay which had taken place in presenting the report of the commission to the house ? In consequence of that delay an opportunity had been afforded to the parties—of which he regretted to THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1854,, watched, the fact being that the monuments had suffered much more from the petty pilferings of the last century than during the whole of the centuries preceeding. Mr. Scott, in his able report, referred to the subject in the following terms:" As the monuments have suffered fully as much from spoliation as from decay, it is of the utmost importance that the vigilant watch kept over them should not in any degree be relaxed ; had the present system been adopted a century earlier, the atrocious pilfering and robbery, from which those invalu able works of art have so grievously suffered, would have been in great measure prevented; far it is truly mor tifying to reflect that, though the church was exposed during the great rebellion to the insults of the soldiery, who were at one time quartered within its walls, and though there was actually an order of Parliament (happily never obeyed) for melting down the bronze, these monu ments actually suffered infinitely less during that turbu lent time than in the enlightened period intervening be t wean the middle of the last century and our own day, and that their greatest spoliation has been suffered at the hands of lhat intelligent public, who, one would have imagined, wo!fid have been the guardians rather than the pilferers of our national monuments." If, therefore, no fee were to be levied on the pubic seeing these monuments, it would be necessary that Parliament should vote a sum of money for the payment of persons to show them. If Parliament were prepared to do that, he would ask the consent of the Lords of the Treasury to such a vote being proposed ; and he had no doubt that if a general feeling in its favour were expressed, the Lords of the Treasury would acquiesce in it. He hoped, however, that if this were to be done, hon. gentlemen would bear it in mind hereafter, because, gene rally speaking, when estimates of this kind were proposed, ho found himself turned round upon and charged with increasing the estimates, and told that these were matters which the individuals and not the public ought to pay for. Mr. M. MILNES expressed his great satisfaction at the proposed restoration of the monuments ,• and sail it seemed to him that the ground upon which a Parliamentary grant for such a purpose might be fairly asked for was only to be found in the fact that Westminster Abbey was our great Pantheon—the depository of the monuments, not merely of our kings, but of our statesmen, our poets, and our men of letters. Some years ago, when the poet Campbell died, men high in station in the country had felt themselves honoured in accompanying his boas , to the grave. A sub scription for a fit monument had been afterwards cora l-nen:led, and the appeal had been so fully responded to, that a monument, which he believed to be worthy of the man, had been .uoW for geese time completed. It had only not been completed, because the Dean and Chapter of Westminster had asked the enormous sum of 20J1. for a few square feet of ground on which to set it up. (Hear, hear.) Now, if the abbey of Westminster stood in this relation to the public, and if public monuments were not to be admitted into it except in consideration of such advantages, it could neither be the duty nor the interest of Parliament to spend large sums of money in its decora ration, or in the restoration and repair of the monuments already there. He trusted that the Government would put themselves in communication with the Dean and Chapter, and endeavour to remove this great scandal, which, he felt, as an Englishman, was injurious to the national character, and which was especially painful to him as a Churchman, because he felt that matters of this kind did more to injure the higher clergy of the English Church than anything else could do. Mr. JOHN BALL referred to certain pa titulars con nected with the proposed restoration, which persons who were most competent to judge—without wishing for a rim merit to cast any doubt on the ability or competency of Mr. Scott—consitlere I to be inexpedient, both in an ar chreological and artistic point of view. He hoped great caution would be exercised, and the opinions of competent persons taken on the subject. Mr. BRADY bore testimony to the success which had attended Mr. Scott's attempt at restoration in Ely Cathe dr .1. He did not think Westminster Abbey was a fit recep tacle for the monuments of ware iors—they ought to erect a building for their reception, and not uesecrate an edifice dedicated to God. He Would support any vote that would allow the public to have free admission to the church. Sir W. MOLES ‘VORTH said the greater portion of the abbey was already open to the public. It was necessary to clone the royal chapels, in order to stop the pilfering which had done so much damage. He wished to say that Mr. Scott's object was to preserve and not to renew the monuments. With regard to the remark of the hon. mem ber for Pomfret (Mr. Milues), in relation to idle statue of the poet Campbell, he would immediately pht himself in communication with tare Dean and Chapter on the subjest, and he had no doubt they would meet the views of the house. (Hear, hear ) Mr. WILLIAMS thought that any sums paid for per mission to erect monuments ought to go towards the repairs of the buildings. Sir J. SHELLEY vindicated the public from the asper sion cast upon them. If confidence was placed in them they would feel pride in the preservation of the objects entrusted to them. • Mr. EWART wished that the monuments were placed entirely under the control of Government. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote of 1,0001. for repairing the pedestal and restoring the statue of Charles I. at Charing-cross, Sir W. MOLES WORTH sail that last year an applica tion had been made by the Crystal Palace C nnpany for permission to take a cast. During the work he had an opportunity of observing the condition of the statue, and he found it in such a dilapidated state that he had re quested Mr. Westmacott to give him a report on the sub ject. The report entered at length into the condition of the statue, and it could not be restored for a less sum than that now asked. Mr. WISE thought the vote might be postponed for the present. He would not wish the statue to be destroyed, as it was one of the finest works of Le Sueur ; but Charles I. was a king celebrated only for his violation of public rights, and his memory was not so dear to them. Mr. DISRAELI reminded the hon. gentleman that whatever opinion he might have of the political character of Charles 1., if he was a lover of the fine arts he must re vere his memory. He wished to call the attention of the committee to the fact that this statue had once before dis appeared, in consequence, not of a vote, out of the temper of the House of Commons. This—the chef d'oeuvre of Le Sneer—was lost fora time. As it had been recovered, it did not become the house to pass a vote which would again endanger its existence. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote of 13,0001, fur the expe':se of collecting agricultural statistics, Mr. GARD WELL said that a limited number of coun ties had been taken at first, as there was some opposition to the proceedings, but the operations of the commissioners were being gradually extended. Mr. E. DENISON hoped that the returns for England would show the average crop per acre. It was given in the Scotch return. Mr. CARD WELL said the information would be given for those counties in which the statistics had been taken last year, but the commissioners could not give it for the new counties. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote, 6,0001. f or repairing breaches at Spurn Point, on the river Humber, Lord HOTH A NI said ha understood that a large portion might hav e b een avo id e d if th ere h a d b een any this ype se r e s x o p n e i n nauthurity oa the spot when the damage first occurred ; but, the Government agent resided at a distance, and so much time was lost in communicating with him, that a large amount of injury was clone before any steps were taken to remedy it, He hoped this would be guarded against for the future. Sir J. GRAHAM. said that a question had arisen as to whether the Corporation of the Trinity House were not bound to repair this breach, as it occurred in the imme diate vicinity of a lighthouse, but on consideration the Admiralty decided they were not. A conservator for the river Humber had been appointed, whose close and con stant attention would be given to the subject. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote, i 3,370/. for w or k s a t Ki ngs t on Har bour, Mr. WILSON said that the vote. had been postponed, t o en a ble some inquiries to b e made. In consequence of the it had been ordered t o ma k e a information they had rec e i ve d th e wor k s were now sus pended, and jur. enlell report. He believed he mi g h t say the present plan would not be proceeded with. The vote was then agre e d t o. On the next vote of t 16 ,8891., for defraying the expense of the new offices for the Duchy of Cornwall, at Pimlico, Sir W. MOLES WORTH said that on moving the third reading of the bill relating to this matter, he had promised to make an explanatory statement. As the committee were aware, the Duchy of Cornwall were now possessed of offices at Somerset-house, which they held under the act of the 15th Geo. 111., c. 33, which vestedSomerset-housethe king in king for the use of the duchy and other offices. A short time ago the whole of the Inland Revenue Department had been consolidated at Somerset-house. To give the increased accommodation required it was considered advisable to obtain the offices now occupied by the duchy. He had accordingly been directed to put himself in com munication with the co unc i l on the subject. They stated they were very well satisfied with their present offices, but if the public service required it, they would give them up on being provided with equally suitable offices to be held on the same title. Be then took steps to procure a house for them. The first suggestion was Buckingham honse, Pall-mall, but he fountr3o,oool. was required for its purchase, and it would take 5,000/. more to put it in order, a much larger suns than be was prepared to give. The next site suggested was the Irish Offices, in Birdcage walk, but on making inquiries he found that the pruprie tors would not consent to part with the freehold. Ho then proposed that th e Duchy of Cornwall should occupy new offices, to be built in the new street in Pimlico, and the buildings in which it was proposed should be of a superior class. Pl ans were sent in, and approved of. Then came the question of the comparative value between the old and new offices. The Board of Works argued that, as the new office would be of more value than the old office in So merset-house, the Duchy of Cornwall ought to pay a p o rt io n of the exp ense. But the officers of the Duchy of Cornwall contended on the other hand that, as they had no desire to change, as they were very comfortable where they were, and only consented to vacate their present offices for the public convenience, it was not fair to call upon them to pay a portion of the expense. He could not deny that there was much force in this argument. Then arose a question of the comparative value of the two offices, and it was proposed that valuers should be appointed by the Board of works and the Duchy respectively, who were, as soon as the new office* was built, to determine the relative value of that and the old office in Somerset-house, and the difference of value, if any, on the new office over the old on e was to be divided into two equal parts, half of which was to be paid by the Duchy and the other half by the Government. As the office could not be built for two years the officers of the Duchy would be put to great inconvenience. The right honourable gentleman then urged that the value put on the old offices should be viewed with reference to the accommodation given to the public, and that on the whole the public could make a fair bargain by the arrangement proposed. A request had been made to him to state the relative market value of the two pro perties ; but he thought it would be very unbusiness-like when the matter was about to be submitted to arbitration, to enter into such details. An estimate had been made by the architect of the Board of Works, and according to that estimate the difference of the market value between the two offices would be 4,3001-s and of that half was to be paid by the Duchy into the Consolidated Fund, and the other half to be defrayed by the Government as a sort of accommodation price. But the estimate of the architect of the Duchy of Cornwall was entirely different, and left no surplus or difference between the value of the two offices. If the committee should not sanction the vote, the Duchy of Cornwall would be very glad to remain where it was, but great public inconvenience would be caused in consequence of the want of accommodation for the Board of Inland Revenue. 31r. W. WILLIAMS suggested that the Duchy of Cornwall office should be removed to the house formerly occupied by the Irish office. He complained that a sum of 4 11 7,000 7 .., including 150,0001., from the commissioners of the Great Exhibition, had been appropriated for the purchase of land, and the objects for which it was required had never been stated. Mr. DISIt.A.ELI explained that the complai n t whits - ...... , - hear that one of them had availed himself—to escape from justice.? (Hear, hear ) Lord PiILMERSTO.N . said that the reason why no de cision upon the report had been come to till now was the extremely voluminous character of the proceedings, whi c h had required v. ry long and deliberate consideration. He had referred the report of the commissioners to the law officers of the Crown, and he had very recently -received from them their report upon it. They recommended that legal proceedings should be taken against the governor and surgeon—(hear, hear)—and directions had been given to institute those proceedings without a moment's delay. (Cheers.) the hon. member had made with regard to the voting of nearly half a million sterling for the purchase of land for public buildings, and yet that accommodation could not be found for the officers of the Duchy of Cornwall was un founded, because a munificent sum of 150,0001. had been given by the commissioners of the Great Exhibition, and a sum of 200,0001. had been voted for the purchase of land at Kensington, and a further sum of 150,000/. for the pur chase of Burlington House, yet it was not merely for the building of public offices that these sums were voted for the purchoec of land. It was impossible to give an equi valent to the Duchy of Cornwall for the loss of their offices, and the country was bound to find the Duchy a proper place for the translation of its business in return for those they gave up for the public convenience. Mr. W. WILLIAMS stated that what he said was, that no explanation was given of the obj,ats for which this 467,0001., including the 150,000/. given by the commis sioners of the Great Exhibition, had been expended. Mr. WISE observed that the act of 1775, which gave a vested interest to the Duke of Cornwall in the otliees in Somerset House, and which charge.' 100,0001. out of the revenues for that purpose, was so contrary to Parliamentary usage, that a oebsequent act repealed it ; and he doubted, therefore, whether the Duchy really possessed any vested in terest in these offices. Then there was no guaa ante , : that the expenditure contemplated in this vote would not be ex ceeded. - (" Yes, there ie") He was glad to hear that the estimate was nut to be exceeded. They were always told tha they could not interfere in matters connected with the Duchy of Cornwall any more than they could interfere with the private property of the Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of Westminster, but if that was the position of the Duchy of Cornwall, how was it that the public were called upon to provide it with offices at 4? (Hear, hear.) He thought an establishment having a revenue of 59,1531. and a surplus of 25,0001. a year, might well pay for i 0 own offices. (Hear, hear.) He must enter his protest against the vote. The Marquis of CHA.NDOS defended the vote, and de nied that the Duchyof Cornwall were asking for any money for their own accommodation. This grant was required not for their convenience, but for the public convenience. All the duchy desired was that they should be provided with accommodation equivalent to that they now possessed, and which, for the public convenience, they were asked to sur- Tender. (Hear.) Mr. K.ENDA.LL also supported the vote. Mr. HADFIELD thought some further explanation was necessary as to the disposal of these sites, which ought to be appropriated to Government buildings. They had had a conversation tne other night as to the renewal of the lease of Montague house, Now that was, of all others, the site which, according to all authority, was the beet adapted to public offices, and though 8 JMO explanation had ueen given by the right honourable gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) of the accusation he made against the present Govern ment as to that renewal, the house ought to know something more about it, and by what influence it was that the public had been deprived of that valuable site. (Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the Ex chequer had promised to examine the papers, and give the house full explanation on the subject, but he hail not done so. He (Mr. Hadfield) thought it would be well if those papers were produced, and also that the house should he informed whether the renewed lease had been granted, if not to a member of the late Government, whether it had been at the instance of any member of that Government, or in any way for party purposes? (Hear.) Mr. DISIIAELI was perfectly ready to admit, as he had admitted before, that he was the party who had renewed the lease of Montague-house, and that be alone was the person responsible for it. That lease was renewed to a dis tinguished nobleman, who was a member of neither the present nor the late Government; and the transaction had been uninflnenced by party feeling in the slightest degree. But with regard to the general question, as to the renewal of leases of crown property in the vicinity of the public offices—when he gave his opinion on a previous evening that such leases ought not to be renewed, but that the pro perty should be retained for the public service, that opinion had no ref, rence to the accommodation required for the offices of the Duchy of Cornwall. He believed had Mon tague House been retained for the purposes of the Duchy of Corn wall, it would have been the most disastrous arrange ment for the public that could have been made. (Hear, hear.) It was to a very superior class of service to which he referred when he said Montague House should have been retained for the public service. But he believed very equi table claims had been shown to exist for the renewal of the lease, and for making this case an exception to the rule he had laid down in reference to the renewal of the lease, of crown property in such situations. The CHA.NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The hon. gentleman (Mr. Hadfield) having reminded him that he had given something like a pledge to the house in connexion with this subject, considered that he owed a word or two of explanation. When he stated that his recollection differed from that of the right hon. gentlemen, but that the papers relating to the transaction were at the Treasury, and he would examine them, be had the facts pretty clearly in his mind, but did not consider it either wise or just, seeing that the affair had taken place many months ago, to speak positively without referring to the docurneets. The right hon. gentleman had, however, rendered any statement of his unnecessary by the explana tion he gave the other ev en i ng , an d a ft er t h at explanation he thougt it hardly necessary to lay the papers upon the the table. If, however, the hon. gentleman wished them to be produced, and moved for them, 'he saw no re ason against it. (H ear , h ear. ) Althoughhe considered that an error in judgment had been committed in renewing the lease of Montague House, it was only due to the right hon. gentleman to say that nothing that had occurred gave the slightest justification that there had been anything more than an error in judgment. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. V. SHELLEY inquired whether it would be stated in the papers to be produced how much more the Duke of Bucclettch paid for Montague-house under the new lease than under the old one? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Yes. Sir W. MOLESWORTH, in reply to - a question from an hon. member, stated that he was not aware that the Act of Parliament referred to by Mr. Wise, by which a vested interest was g i ven t o t h e Duchy inthe offices at Somerset house, had been repealed. The vote thee passed. On the vote of 2.2731. for defraying the salaries of joint stock companies officers, Mr. BRIGHT would take this opportunity of asking the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, whether the important question of limited liability was under the consideration of Government. He would say that he was acting for an important mercantile class, connected with Manchester and also with Liverpool, who were desirous of establishing a steam-shipping company under a charter of incorporation, and, on attempting tip forward their views, he found it was not a very easy task to get at the information he required. The resolution passed recently by the house bore very strongly on this question, and he hoped the right hon. gentleman would state, for the advantage of the house and the country, whether it was the intention of Government to do any thing next session, and to bring in some measure upon the subject ? SIR B. HALL AND THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. Sir B. HALL stated that he had received a letter from the Earl of Shaftesbury denying that he had been a party to the burial grounds regulations respeeting which he (Sir B. Hall) had in a recent debate made some strong observa tions. Those regulations had been issued under the autho rity of the Secretary of State. Viscount PALMERSTON said that the regulations did not proceed from the Board of Health, nor had they been intended as general regulations. They had only been sub mitted as recommendations with regard to a particular burial ground. goods. The only result of all this expense would be a series of voluminous reports which nobody would read, and for them Government was about to starve the useful portion of the exhibition. It was true the French had spent 68,0001., but then it should be remembered that in France there were no manufacturers coming forward to co-operate, whereas now the English manufacturers were coming forward liberally, the subscriptions in Manchester alone amounting to between 4,0001. and 5 0001. Colonel SIBTHORP had opposed the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, and also its successor in Sydeuham. He would continue his opposition to the present as tending to the en couragement of the foreigner at the expense of our own countrymen. Air. BROTHERTON said that he had received repre sentations fiom Salford similar to those which had been read by the hon. member for Manchester. They did not object to the whole amount, but to the mode of distribu tion. _ _ Mr. SCULLY complained of the small sum allowed for the transport of goods. Mr. RICH thought some information should be given to the committee as to the officers under whom this sum of money was to be expended. Sir J. SHELLEY considered that the fact of the French Government having granted a sum of money, was no rea son that England should do the same. He believed that, if left to private enterprise, these matters would be much better carried out. If the committee were divided, he should vote against this vote. Mr. SPOONER found that a portion of this sum was to be expended in the completion of the decorations of the Exhibition. He did not quite understand this. Mr. CARD WELL said that the decorations referred to were precisely similar to those which were executed by the French in the Exhibition at Hyde-park—(hear)—and which gave so marked and cheering a tone to the French courts in Hyde-park. (Hear.) In addition to this there were ex penses to be provided for in furnishing cases for those raw products of the United Kingdom which, although they fell into no particular branch of English trade, yet ought to be represented in Paris, and would therefore be exhibited by the Government. He thought that no one would object to proper decorations for the English department of the French Exhibition, for if we were to exhibit at all, we ought to do so in a proper manner. (Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP said that the country was now en couraging foreigners,. and he was quite sure that for dura bility and solidity English manufactures were unsurpassed. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He warned hon. gentlemen to beware of France and Austria. Let the committee tale care of man-traps and spring-guns. (Laughter.) Mr. LOCKE thought if the manufacturing int3rest had been left to itself in this matter it would have been better. If the Board of Trade had left the entire matter to private parties the country would stand a chance of being better represented than it did now. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 100,0001. to defray the several charges under the head of civil contingencies having been proposed, Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to what he deemed to be the objectionable character of several of the items. He saw no reason why a sum of 2,0301. should be set down in the estimates as an allowance to be made tp 'the Lord Chancellor upon his appointment to the office ; nor did be think that the sum proposed to be given to the Lcrd Lieu tenant of Ireland, under the title of equipage money, was an expenditure which was justifiable. Mr. PELLATT wished to know upon what ground a sum for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the colo nial bishops for making tours through their dioceses was placed upon the votes? It appeared to him to be an en tirely new charge upon the public funds. Mr. WILSON said that for very many years the colonial bishops had been obliged to pay periodical visits to various portions of their dioceses: Several of these localities con sisted of islands in the West Indies, and in passing to those districts they were usually afforded a passage in such of her Majesty's ships as might happen to be at the particular station, and were merely allowed the expenses of their maintenance while on board the vessel. With respect to the sum of 2,0001. paid to the Lord Chancellor upon his appointment, he could only say that a similar sum had been given to him from time immemorial; and he (Mr. W.) believed it was entirely inadequate to defray his ex penses. To the Lord Lieutenant, also, who was a high officer of state, he did not think that an unreasonable sum was asked to be granted for the purpose of furnishing the equipage becoming hie position. Mr. PELLATT said that as he had received no sufficient answer with respect to the amount alldwed to the colonial clergy for the purpose of enabling them to make a tour from one portion of their dioceses to another, he should move that that amount be deducted from the vote. Mr. PEEL stand that the allowar ce made to the colonial bishops was so trifling as not to enable them to incur the expense of paying visits to the remoter i.dands which came within the limits of their dioceses. The island of Ber- muda, for instance, was within t!ie diocese of Newfound land; but it was at so great a distance from the residence of the bishop as to render a visit to it a matter of very great expense. It was, therefore, only reasonable that those expenses should b 3 paid out of the public fund, which the salary of the bishop did not enable him to defray. After a few words from Mr. MAGUIRE, Mr. WILLIAMS said that if his hon. friend the mem ber for Southwark would divide the house, he (Mr. Wil liams) should move that t e sum of 1,2001. be paid to the episcopal clergy in Scotland, as also the sum proposed to be given to the commission appointed to inquire into the condition of the collegiate churches in England and Wales, should be deducted from the vote. Mr. HADFIE LD should support the motion of the hon. member for Southwark. The vote was agreed to. • On the question that 812,8261. be voted for the mail packet service, Mr. HORSFALL called attention to the irregularities which attended the performance of the South African Ser vice, and which were inflicting great loss upon the trade of the country. Mr. COWPER said this was a very difficult service, and there was no power in the Admiralty or any other de portment of the Government to prevant the delays which the hon. member complained of. However, steps had be... 0 taken to diminish the delays as much as possible. Mr. HORSFALL said the difficulties were purely ima ginary, but the real point of complaint was •this : the con tractors were paid for services which in point of fact they did not perform, because they had sold some of the steamers with which they had intended to complete their contract. Mr. J. FOSTER said some of the vessels had been with, drawn to assist in carrying on the war in the East. Mr. HORSFALL said that might be so, but there were other vessels which might have been obtained for continu ing the service. The vote was agreed to, as was also a sum of 993,0001. for expenses of the embodied and disembodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland. In reply to questions from Colonel LINDSAY and Colonel DUNNE, Mr. S. HERBERT said that, with .respect to the clothing, the alteration had become necessary, not because the colonels of regiments had acted in any way unfairly an for, in point of fact, the great profit went into the . h hands of the chithier, and not of the colonel. Still the principle was objectionable. It was the intention to carizdohe hail arrangements recommended by the commission, for C s h o ref e upon days btheeensiunbjceommunication with the TheCommander in-Chief er v s c o n t e fullof p l a o y , O ny N a . a, then to d aegfrraeyedthtce.charges of retiring o The house then resumed, and The CHAIRMAN reported progress. CUSTOMS ACTS. The house then went iuto committee on the Customs Acts. Mr. DEEDES sath i te l, n th h e a y lf- h p a a d st b t e w en elv si e tt a i t ng ni s g i h n t ce ; t a w in e i lv a e s it being t t ' ll 'e e l y oe w k ere to meet at twelve this day, he should move that the chairman report progress. Such an important bill should not be proceeded with at that hour. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the proposition for reporting progress. Mr. WILSON hoped the hon. gentleman would not per severe with his motion, as there was only one item which was not a mere alteration of terms. That item was hops, and it was understood that it would come on. Mr. M. SMITH said that the hon. member who objected to the article of hops had left the house, and he must ob ject to proceeding at that late hour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they might be allowed to go until they arrived at that article, and then the hon. gentleman might raise his objection to proceeding. It was to be recollected that the hon. gentle man would have six other opportunities of stating his views with respect to hops. Mr. BOOKER said he thought it was distinctly under stood that no opposed business was to be taken after twelve o'clock. Air. CARDWELL said the resolution referred to the principle of en commanclite, and did not apply to the granting of charters to joint-stock companies. He believed it was the general opinion, and no one more cordially shared in that opinion than himself, that it was undesir able power of this kind should be exercised by a poiitical official who was without the means of collecting evidence on both sides. With respect to the commission, the recommendations of the commissioners had received the most careful attention of Government, and Government would not fail to take these recommendations into con sideration. Mr. BRIGHT wanted a more definite answer. He wanted to know whether Government intended to take: proceedings to place this department ou a more satisfactory footing ? Mr, CARDWELL would reply that Government were acting in strict accordance with the recommendations of the committee. Mr. BRIGHT asked if the right hon. gentleman co uld give a positive answer th a t h e wou ld d o so ? The rig ht hon. gentleman said th e diffi cu lty was in having a poli tical officer applied to for a charter in a private room , here he was not in a condition to hear evidence. wishedHe to know whether Government prop o sed to alter that state of things, and to make such arrangements that parties apply ing for a charter would have their case heard and decided without delay ? Mr. CARDWELL—Considering the a oo committee fraine of i that house, after examining i nto th h o e u s g uh ht j itt, refrained be from coming to any con c lusi on, hi g hly unbecoming in him to anticipate the conclusion to which Government would arrive. The report hal only been laid on the table a short time. When it was fully considered then the determination of Government would be known. The vote was agreed to. Upon the next vote, 50,0001. for the expense of the British department of the Paris Industrial Exhibition of 1855, Mr. BRIGHT said that his constituents were most anxious that our textile fabrics should he properly repre sented in the Penis Exhibition, and to show that their object was a public one had subscribed a l arge sum f or the p u rposes of the Exhibition, stipulating that on the goods sent over no name of any particular manufacturer should be inscribed. He had received a letter from the town clerk of Manchester, containing some observations respect ing the disposition of the Government grant, which he thought he could not do better than read to the house. The writer stated that the manufactures of Manchester gathered from Mr. Cole's letter that very little substantial aid would be afforded to the Exhibition of British manu factures. Mr. Cole allotted to the subdividing of space STAMP DUTIES BILL. upwards of 3,00, )1. ; expense of office in Paris about 3,000/. ; On the order of the day for the third reading of the cleaning, &c., 5,000/. ; painting, decorating, &c., 3,0001. ; Stamp Duties Bill, travelling and 'other expenses of jurors, etc., 11,003/. Mr. HADFIELD moved that the house adjourn. (Hear, hear.) In the whole estimate there was only 9,7501. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that appropriated in aid, direct or indirect, of the objects at this period of the session it was usual to sit a little late, of the exhibition, while the whole of the residue would he in order to accomplish the business of Parliament at any expended in matters which he believed would be amply thing like a reasonable period. provided for by the French G overnment, or in entertain- The house was then cleared for a division, but none took ing large staff of jurors and others sumptuously in Faris. place, lace, and the bill was read a third time. He hoped that as he had now ca ll e d the attention of Go- On the question that the bill do pass, vernment to the matter, the money would not be spent in Mr. HADFIELD moved the addition of the following eating or drinking, or wasted in extravagant official man- clauses :—" And whereas doubts have arisen, whether, agement. With respect to the large sum set down for under the provisions of the said act of the 13th and 14th jurors, he thought that much, if not all of it, might be years of her present M ajesty , chap. 97, leases, whereby dispensed with. He did not kn ow w h at the jurors in there is reserved a peppercorn or other nominal rent, are France might do, but i n E ng l and in 1851 the distribution subject to the stamp duty of 6d. by the said act imposed of medals was so general, and indiscriminate that little or on leases where the rent shall not exceed 51., or to a stamp no value was atteched to them by the recipients, (Hear.) of some other and greater amount, and it is expedient that He did not wish to say a word against Mr. Cole individu- the said doubts should be set at rest, be it enacted, ally, ag ainst the gr an t, or aga i nst its object. He'believed that where, by any lease, or tack of any lands, that Ole French people were made acquainted with our tenements, or hereditanients, or heritable subjects, for any manfactures much good might result, but if 9,0001. was term of years, there shall be reserved the rent of a pepper sufficient to be expended in their t ransm i ss io n , s ur e ly corn, or any other nominal rent, such lease or tack shall, 43,0001. was excessive for the other purposes indicated in in respect of such nominal rent, only be subject to the said Mr. Cole's letter. stamp duty of 6d , and no more; be it enacted that where Mr. CA ROWELL said that with regard to the distri- any conveyance of any lands, &c., &c., shall be made with lention of the sum it should ho recollected that e xpenses on out consideration money, other than a nominal considera occasions like the present were of two kinds. Those of tion, not exceeding 251., such conveyance shall be subject which individual exhibitor felt the benefit, and those to a stamp duty of 28. 6 , 1., and no more." which went in promotion of the general object. The hon. M'. WILSON opposed the introduction of the clauses, member seemed to think the estimate for superintendence which were negatived without a division. and clerical assistance too much, but they were based on Mr. HAMILTON, in th e a b sence o f Lord Naas, moved the audits of 1 8 51, and it was thought th a t w h a t th e the addition of the following clause :—" The stamp duties French did for us then we should do for them in 1855. The now payable on matriculations, degrees, and certificates of money wou ld b e sneut under t h e con t ro l of an official :le- degrees, in each and every university in the United King- , count an t, and must u l t i mate l y b o ex amined by the Board dom shall be abolished so soon as provision shall have been of Th u l e , Th e „ hole expanse wou ld h e muee h l ess then made , to the satisfaction of the Lords Comu,i.isioners of should tak her t M I ajesty's Treasury in lieu of any moneys heretofore DIED. that of the French Government in 1851. On the 29th ult., at an advanced age, the Hon. Char sea. uusvert that opportunity of stating that the Frenc h Go vernment 1 tvioese annually by Parliament for any of the i I i Bedingfeld, relict of Sir Richard i gd te in n gf e e ° li r i g , i ß n lrt L . a , c ol Oxburgh hall, Norfolk. had made arrangements for the admission and • ' These taxes were taxes on education, and as su ch even those whic P h . I were very objectionable. (Hear, hear.) tion in France of all the British goods, Esq., a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant On the 28th ult , at Liscard, aged 64, John Dennil Mad" were at presentprohibited at a maximum duty . of 20 per The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the ' . for the cent. His hon, friend might depend upon it that every , house would leave the matter in the hands of the Govern- dock , effort would be made to economise, . and that the items went, as they had already commenced to deal with it. The county of Chester. On the 27th lilt. at 29 Store-stree t, B ciford-square , in her 94th year, Mary ' Char , lo4e,onlyeiter e o consistently with the objects question, apparently, was very simple, but not at u eastllioans would be reduced, if Possib. l e, of the late Ed of the exhibition. i much so as hon. gentlemen might suppose- The e Arms, Mr. A. PELLATT thought mole , Rector of Carshalton, in Surrey. the item for glass fittings ran int o very considerable branches of detail, and involved, mend Lodge Esq., K.H., Clarenceux King of F.S.A., and daughter of the Rev. Edmund Lodge, f or excessive. consequently, a large amount of revenue. ' ins net to the vote Colonel DUNNE tl 1 h 'l - BRIGHT repeated his objectie Ile/. ior , lon g it t e e ens ...—ea but to th , distribution, especially 110., , ju r o r s one, and should, therefore, support, it. . 'any jurois The clause wse n e • d iv is ion. .e a very reasonable travelling expenses. lie wished to know hew . 1 . , large .. . &awed without a cIauseLONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO YOUNG, would be necessary. What he objected to was, th e ,' a of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. , 112, staff of jurors, o ffi cials, and clerks should live for wt eks purpose of moving th e i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county °^ which was agreed to, luxuriously in Paris, at the public expense, while so am 11 I Middlesex, Tuesday, August 1, 1854 0 insertion of an amended clause, ' a sum as 0,700 f, was allotted to the actual tranou*sioed i *re lUDE. I ELP moved as aulodn 2o3l t: with the object ' ' Lord J. RUSSELL said it was unreasonable for any hon. member to object to proceeding with this business at a comparatively early 'hour of the night (twenty-five minutes to one o'clock.) Mr DEEDES said he would not stand in the way of the business proceeding, and would withdraw his motion. After some further conversation, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. NEWDEGATE inquired what the amount of the new duty upon glass was to be? Mr. WILSON said it was not intended to put a duty upon common glass. There was no duty .at present. upon it. At the request of Mr. FREWEN .and other hon. members, the resolution respecting the hop duties was postponed. The other resolutions were then agreed to, and the house resumed. RETURNS ORDE RED. On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT, a return of the ports in the United Kingdom into which tea is permitted to be im ported ; also of the ports and places approved by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for the purpose of warehousing tea in bond ; also of the quantity of tea ware housed therein respectively ; together with the amount of duty received thereon, at each of the said ports and places, for the year ending the sth of April, 1851. On the motion, of Mr. BRIGHT, returns of the total cost of the chemical establishment of the excise department, from the sth day of January, 1814, to the th day of January, 1854, giving the number, the names, and sa laries of such officers as have been specially selected for chemical education at University College ; of the seizure made during the same period by whom made, and the amount of penalties incurred, the amount recovered, and in what manner appropriated; and of the cases compro mised, the amount of money paid, and the grounds on which a compro.nise was agreed to, distinguishing the trades of the several delinquents. The return to include all monies paid to independent chemists employed by the excise during the said period. IRISH INDUSTRY. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, to go into Committee of Supply— ' Mr. LUCAS called the attention of the house to the propriety of instituting an inquiry into the best means of promoting Irish manufacturing industry, by training or apprenticeship schools, and other similar establishments. After remarking that nothing had been effected during the present session towards the relief of Irish grievances, and that, as admitted by Lord John Russell, there was no pro spect of a settlement of the land question, he contended that it was a misrepresentation to allege that Ireland was in a prosperous condition. The annual number of births barely balanced that of the deaths, while a continuous drain of emigration was depopulating the country, and unless some means were devised to arrest this influx, it was the opinion of the authorities on the subject that it would proceed. Emigrants were remitting large sums to enable their Irish relatives to join them ; and sinco the year 1848 such remittances had increased from half a mil lion to a million and a half annually, and such was likely to be the future rate of increase. The remedy he pro posed was suggested in his notice on the paper, and he entered into interesting details to show how the establish ments in question worked iu Belgium Lord J. RUSSELL vindicated the Government and the legislature from the censures pronounced by Mr. Lucas, both on account of what they had done and of what they had abstained from doing. With regard to the suggested establishment of industrial schools, he submitted that no case had been made for deviating, on behalf of Ireland, from the course pursued in this country for the promotion of industrial education. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR disputed the position Which the hon. member had taken nu, because in all the countries he had mentioned manufacturing prosperity had depended more upon private enterprise than State support. For instance, in Switzerland and Belgium manufacturing industry had originated with the people themselves; and he should be sorry if the delusion went over to Ireland that manufacturing prosperity depended upon state sup port rather than the exertions of the people. (Cheers.) Mr. J. BALL said the statement of the noble lord with regard to Tuscany could not apply to that country within the last few years. Lord J. RUSSELL explained that his statement ap plied to the former ages, and not to recent times. SUPPLY. The SPEAKER then put the question that he should leave the chair, and the house immediately resolved itself in committee of supply. On a vote of 2,055/. for reinstating the chapel of the Embassy at Constantinople, Sir J. W ALMS LE Y asked for explanation. Mr. WILSON said, about six or seven years ago the chapel was accidentally burned down, and, owing to the extravagant expenditure lavished on the building of the embassy-house, had not been rebuilt. Two or three years ago a vote was proposed of 4,3501. for the purpose, but was then withdrawn, in consequence of the lavish expenditure to which he had alluded. Strong representations of the inconvenience felt by the British residents had been made to the ambassador, and even offers to contribute 1,0001. though their numbers were small. The arrangements now made were such that the house would not be called upon for more than the sum now proposed. The want of ac commodation where a large number of sailors resorted, be sides the residents, had been severely felt, and he hoped, therefore, the committee would assent to the vote. Iu reply to a question by Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON said an architect from the Board of Works would go out to superintend the building, but he would. be under the control and direction of the ambassador. In reply to Mr. SPOONER, Mr. WILSON said the architect was not the same gen tleman who superintended. the erection of the embassy house. The arrangements then were very imperfect, as that gentleman was not responsible to any one on the spot. The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of 1,4001. to defray the expenses of erect ing an enclosure wall and entrance gateway, and the ne cessary buildings, to a British Protestant cemetery at Ma iri 1, Mr. AYSHFORD WISE expressed an opinion that the vote required some explanation, inasmuch as the conditions disclosed in the last published correspondence, as those upon which alone the Spanish Government would consent to this cemetery being established, were most unsatisfac tory, and had been justly described as wholly inconsistent with the liberal spirit of the age. It appeared that this question had been more or less before the public for nearly half a century, and as long ago as the year 1796 a piece of land, intended to be appropriated for cemetery purposes, had been p urc h ase d b y the Marquis of Bute. Ho could not see why Parliament should be called.upou to vote so large a sum as 1,4000. for such a purpose. Lord Palmerston, in 1850, had asked for a return of the number of British subjects who had (lied within a given period at Madrid, and had pointed out to Lord Howden that upon tho facts disclosed by that return must depend the ques tion as to whether the Government would be justified in expending any very large sum of money in establishing a cemetery there. Lord Howden at that time, in answer to Lord Palmerston's request, had stated, on the authority of Mr. Otway, that the number of British subjects who had died at Madrid from the year 1834 had been only from fifteen to twenty—not more than one a year. And it ap peared that, in some cases at least, the interments had been permitted to take place in the Catholic cemeteries. He could not understand why all the Protestant powers —America, and Prussia, and Holland, and other Protes tant States, whose subjects came, as well as those of Great Britain, to Madrid—should not support unitedly an object of this kind. Nor could be conceive that it was ne cessary to have sent out a man of Mr. Albano's reputation and experience as an architect to superintend so tiiflin,,e a matter as the erection of a wall round a cemetery. That such a course should have been taken seemed to him to show an itching to expend the public money ; and as charges of this description were continually increasing upon the estimates, he had thought it right to direct attention to the subject. Mr. PELLATT wished to know whether the land was intended to be consecrated by a bishop of the Church of England? whether the chaplain of the embasssy was to be the minister there ? whether the bodies of dissenters would be received there for interment? and whether this would extend to the child of a Baptist who might not have re ceived even lay baptism? Mr. WILSON said since the date of the correspondence to which the hon. member had referred, Lord Howden had succeeded in obtaining terms which were considered ex tremely satisfactory, and in removing all the obstacles which had been thought to stand in the way of adopting the earlier proposition. The hon. gentleman would recol lect that about a year ago there was a perfect fever of in dignation upon the subject, and that the strongest possible feeling ran through the metropolitan press and the press of the country generally with respect to the way in which Protestants were treated by the Spanish Government, in reference to their burial ground. The public were especially shocked by a statement that the body of an Englishman had been dug up for the purpose of robbing it of the clothes and other articles of trifling value which were upon it. And it was under the pressure of these circumstances, and of the strong feeling of indignation which was excited by them, that arenewed effort had been made, which had re sulted, as he had said, in the obtaining of terms which were considered satisfactory, and in securing a piece of land in the only place in the neighbourhood of the town of Madrid in which it could have been procured for such a purpose. The consul-general upon the spot had endeavoured to in duce the British residents to subscribe some portion of the expense ; but they were few in number, and in a compara tively humble position in life, and it would therefore have been utterly impracticable to obtain from them, any con siderable sum. It therefore became a question whether the British Government should not take steps to remove the flagrant abuse which had been made a matter of charge against every person concerned in the administration of British affairs in Spain. The Government had felt it its duty to take such steps, and to take advantage of the op portunity which had presented itself for putting an end to this state of things • and the proposition w hi c h h a d b een submitted to the Treasury, for closing the ground and adapting it to its intended purpose, had been forwarded t h h i e m chief u c o l d m , h m e i s w s iaosner sure, o give which e , ue h i t s o ri the gh t ß h o o a u r friend d o f Wo n r e k e s ; satisfactory to th e could be carried out, which ought to be • an explanation with respect to the way in whi c h it house. Mr. A. PELLATT—As to the consecration? Mr. WILSON said the cemetery would be consecrated by a Protestant bishop, and arrangements hul bean made by which it would be open to all British subjects. Sir W. MOLES WORTH said the plans submitted to the Board of Works by the Treasury were so unsatisfactory, and the estimates were so uncertain, that he was persuaded that the cheapest and the most efficient mode of having the works executed was to send out a competent person to that he should go to Madrid, the work, superintend them. He had arranged with Mi Albano superintend and return for a sum not exceeding 30 01 ., and he thought this a much better plan than trusting to native agency. After a few words from Mr. M. MILNES, who congra• tnlated the house on having, at last, obtained from the Spanish Government a recognition of at least the existence of Protestantism, the vote was agreed to. On the proposal to vote 2,500/. fot the repair of the royal monuments in Westminster Abbey, Mr. E WART expressed his cordial approval of the ob ject, b u t expressed a •hope that the Government would endeavour to make some arrangements by which the public might have admission into the abbey, which was so essen tially a national building, and the monuments in which were of so essentially national a character without the , payment o f any fees. n Sir W. MOLE SWORTFI said he had already directed his attenti on t o th e subject, and had inquired why any fee was take n ; an d b e had been told that its object was to provide f or th e payment of the persons rho were ouiplopd inD e r B S h O o n w s i h n o g ul t d h ebern permitteduments monument s , go lt ro w un as d important without beingthat nat tended by peopl e b y whom they might be carefully of making all leases for a longer term than 35 years, pay 3/ per cent., and no more. On a division there appeared— For the amendment Against Majority against The amendment was accordingly lost. i The bill then pessed. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. 74 -66 On the motidn for reading this bill a second time, Mr. MAGUIRE objected to taking the bill at auch an hour of the morning (two o'clock). The bill involved an insult and -n outrage to Leland. Sir J. YOUNG said the bill was directed against Ribbon and secret societies in Ireland, which it was most desirable to suppress. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the condition of the counties of Armagh and Monaghan during the last few years, where `• Ribbon notices," as also open-day murders, had taken place, the victim having been previously tried and convicted by those secret mid , night tribunals. The bill made provision for licensing the possession of arms, which would not be refused to any but those of bad character. (Hear.) Mr* MICHELL referred to the murder of Mr. Bateson, who informed him that he had received no less than 38 Ribbon notices. Mr. HUME moved the adjournment of the house. (Spoke, spoke.) Mr. FOX moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day tbrse months. (Hear, hear.) , Mr. MAGI7IRE denounced the Ribb on syst,nn, and contended that all Ireland should not be censured because of the bad passions of some few misguided wretches. After a few words from Mr. V. SCULLY against the bill, Mr. MACARTNEY assured the h ouse that these crimes did not originate with the Protestants of the North of Ireland. The house then divided— For the second reading Against ll Majority for —39 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Usury Laws Repeal Bill was read a second time. The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster) 8.11 went through committee, as also did the Prisoners' Removal Bill. The Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill was read a third time awl passed. The house adjourned at five minutes to 3 o'clock. Mr. Brockman paired all last night in favour of the Go vernment, with Mr. Evelyn against. Mr. Wilkinson was prevented by illness from voting on the third reading of the Bribery Bill on Friday last. Mr. Pugh has paired with Mr. Urquhart. Pairs fur the remainder of the Session :—Mr. S. Davies with Sir C. Lemon ; Lord Bective with Lord Uxbridge; Mr. F. Dundas with Mr H. Mintgornery ; Mr. Martin T. Smith with Admiral Walcott; Lord A. Vaue•Tempea.l< with Mr. J. L. Ricardo. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INwAtins..—The Bryn-y-Mor, from Buenos Ayre4 ; Blackfriar, Sydney, &o. ; Harlingen, CeY; lon ; Caesar, Barbadoes ; Caroline Tucker, Tadousso end. Quebec, ; Lydia, Ceylon ; Vesper, Venice • Jacobine, Lar sen ; Anna Ystad ; Niger, C a ll ao ; Tistedalen, Matane ; Venus, Cape Palmas ; Marianne Bertha, Memel ; Agenoriat ditto ; Rouen, Havana ; Creole, Dominica ; Drie Fraube, Stettin; Hannah, ditto; African, Bathurst; R. G. Bar bara, St.. John's, N. 8.; Antje Fronk, Memel; Soeblo mestre, Drontheim ; Howard, Hudikswall ; Iquique • Anna Marie, Nordingborg ; Benedictus, Nalc s' ow ; Charlotte, Christiania; Triton, Neustadt ; Stadt Dordrecht, Dor It, &c. ; Vesta, Oporto; Alfred, Calcutta; St Paul, St. John's, N.B. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Stad Dordrecht, for Dorklt ; Creole, Dominica ; Celerity, Havre ; Mar of Bute, Sandwich Islands and Vancouver's Island ;Oll pareil, Naples; Forsaget, Christiansand ; Unity, AntwerP; Onderkerk Van der Annstet, Port Philip ; Clara, Port land Bay and Madras ; Duke of Lancaster, Hobari Town, Barbara, St. John's, N. 8 .; Eli za, N ap l es; P az , Rivaue°' Gijon, and San Sebastian. ' VESSELS CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Dervrent water for Hobart Town ; William, Leer; Monarch, Cal cutta ; Meander, Melbourne and Port Phillip; dance, Caen; Providentia, Hamburg Herman, ditto ,, Aims Dasire Brest ; Pasha, Ri o Janeiro ; William A llO, Surinam ; Wilhelmina, ilheltnina, Rostock ; Gregorins, Constanti nople and Varna ; Clara, Portland Bay and Madras; Orbit, Bruges ; Fremersea, Danzig. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—JULY 28. Prices do-day were as follow :=Wheat, white, old 493 Od to 72s Od, new 49s to 73s ; red, old 40s to 675, new 40i to 66s ; barley, 27s to 35s ; che va li er , 33 s t o 38 ; 21s to 30s ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s; oats, 26s to 33s ; peas, partridge, 40s to 45s ; white, 47s to 40s; boiling 51s to 6 s ; dun, new, 40s to 42s ; beans, tick , 41s to 41s ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; Ma7agan, 40s to 445. COLCHESTER JULY 29. Prices to-daywe;;;;7;ll7;;—Wheat, white, 60.4 to 643; red, 52s to 60 s ; bafley , o,ls to 00s ; oats, 00s to 00s ; beans, Mazagan, 42a to 44s ; middle and small, 46s to 48s ; peas, white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 40s to 425. , &c., receive 3 ig ports, from Official Statemtm t of the Quantities of Corn, in the port ol c London, from the followir the 24th to the 29th July, both inclusive. 14 Colchester Harwich - Leigh .KIRK , 'heat. First 3ecoud [`bird s,ls Od Oatmeal, per bag of ::ALDY—JuLT 29. Barley. I Oats. Beans. I 315 Od I 33s 6d i Os (h 1 I —s Od I 31s 6d I Os Od —s Od —s ud I Os Ucl 2801bs imperial, OOs Od to OOs Od. COAL MARK, Prices of Coal per ton at tl s. d. Buddle W. Hartley lB 6 Carr's Hartley lB :ET. --JULY 31. he close of the market. Wallsend, lze. Chester Main ..18 0 Davison's West Elartloy 18 6 Hasting's Hartley l9 6 Holywell... . ... 19 6 HoWard's West Hartley Netherton lB 6 Longricige's Wst Hartley 18 6 South Tanfie' d 16 0 Tanfielcl Moor l6 3 Pantield Moor Butes l6 3 Walker Primrose l5 West Hartley..... lB 6 Willington Hartley l5 0 Wallsoid .........19 P. o. Fledley Lawson New Whitworth l5 0 Bell's Primrose 15 0 Belmont 19 6 Braddyll 2O 9 Framwellgate .... l9 9 'ilaswell .... 2l 6 We, &c. Acorn Close ......... 6 Gosforth ................. 18 ti Lumley .19 6 Plummer 2O 0 Russell's Hetton 20 9 Ste wart's South Hetton 21 0 Cassop 2O 0 South Hartlepool 2l 0 South Kelloe 19 9 Cowpen Derwentwater Hartley, 19 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 31. Lana - STOCK EXCHANGE.—Caledonian, 31A i ; Eas t nd shire, 16i tL ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61 ; London a. . North-Western, 1061 n ; 'Manchester, Sheffield, and L?.1 1 1 ... coin, 233 i; Midland, 67 i; North British, 8 i ; sent Eastern, 19. MANCHESTER, JULY 31. STonic EXCHANGE.— Pricea t o -d ay have been firm, EOa ast a good busi ness h as been done. Caledonian, 32 ;81. - Lancashire, 16 9-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 71_ London and North-Western, 107; ditto, Quarters (~ I t prem. ; Man c h es t er, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23 i I, ' York and North Midland, 2.4. ------- . bU4iDeis in railway shares BIRMINGAM, JULY 31. STOCK EXCHANGE. a mount a t tO: Tghtehraen of f a loanregeorn ' change late sa d day, and prices generally had an upward tendency. la the don and North-Western Stock was transacted at 107, t highest sum fetched for some months past. Shrew ßberir and Birmingh am , 69 c. ; South Staffordshire, 2 die. BRISTOL, JULY 31. d il . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market c o ntinues firm, bu t still very ina c ti ve , h o ld ers refusing to sell unless a t an a Vance. P ills [ADVERTISEMENT I—Hollo wa y' s O intment and P 1 1 wonderfully e ffi cac i ous i n curing Scrofula, Old W ou n' and Bad Legs. Mr. L. Fordyce, shoemaker, Forge°, Aberdeenshire, su ff ere d f or a long time from a large wound in his thigh, from which diseased portions of the bone came out. He was at the Aberdeen Infirmary for several weeks, but in defiance of the treatment there ad.,pted, he became so much worse that the surgeon advised him to have the limb amputated. On his ob jecting to this h e was discharged as incurable w hen b e commenced using Holloway's ointment and pills, w hich have so effectually cure d h im that he is able to res ume his work, and now en j oys most excellent h ealth. — Sold by all druggist s , an d at Professor Holloway ' s es t a blish ment, 244, St ran d , London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 27th of May, at Mount Victoria, Si nga p o re, the wife of Henry Down, Esq., Commander of the Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Chusan. On the 28th ult., at 7, Sussex-square, Brighton, the wife of the Rev. H. D. Heatley. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 31st ult., at the Manor-housa, Chiswick, the wife of Harrington Take, M.D. On the 26th ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, the wife of Cap tain Charles Raleigh Chichester, 97th Regiment. MARRIBD. On the 27th tilt., at 26, Dublin-street, Edinburgh, David Barrie, Esq., writer, Dundee, to Louisa, eldest d aug hter of John Cairns, Esq. On the 27th ult., at Petworth, the Rev. John New, Curate of Duncton, to Henrietta Jane, eldest daughter of James Marr Brydone, Esq., R.N. l ~~ a