The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

bf t it* SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. CHELTENHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGR.4Pff.) ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord ADOLPHUS VANE took the oaths and his seat for North Durham, in the room of his brother, LordSeaham, called to the Upper House. MIDDLESEX INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BILL. On the order of the day fur the second reading of this bill, Lord R. GROSVENOR moved the second reading of the bill, and stated that it had received the cordial sup- Port of the noble lord at the head of the Home Depart ment. Lord D. STUART opposed the bill on the ground that ratepayers of Middlesex could have no control over the "tool. The real object of the bill was to increase the Power of the Middlesex magistrates and the Bishop of London, and since the ratepayers had no voice whatever in the election of these functionaries, it was unfair to call upon them to contribute the funds required for the bill. The subject of Reformatory Schools was a most I mportant one, not only to Middlesex, but to the whole couutry, and it ought to be dealt with in a general and n ot a local bill. He therefore moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. LUCAS seconded the amendment, on the special ground that the bill made no sufficient provision for the religious instruction of Roman Catholic children. The 42d clause was framed as if all the children who were to enter this school would belong to the Protestant re ligion ; but he contended, and he believed, the noble lord at the bead of the Home-office agreed with him, that prisoner's of all descriptions should be called upon to declare his religion on entering the prison ; and, as a matter of right, he should be entitled to the instruction of a chaplain of his own faith. Now, the same rule should apply to these reformatory schools, Which were intended for the reformation of juvenile criminals. Mr. BUTT thought the remarks of the hon. gentle man the member for Meath applied rather to the details °than the principle of the bill. Now, the principle of the bill was sound and good, and he hoped the house Would sanction the second reading, and send the details to be arranged by a select committee. Mr. DIUBY SEYMOUR concurred in the view taken , of this bill by the n o bl e l or d the member for Marylebone, "°,,n Pointed ou t t h at , b y t h e 44 t h clause, th e expense °l ' each child entering this school should be borne by th e pari s h w hi c h was t h e c hild' s l ast k nown sett l ement. Now there was a measure before the house for abolish .tag the law of settlement altogether, and, therefore, if that bill passed, the entire expe n se of the school would al Lopon the ratepayers of Middlesex. A M r. ADDERLE'Y. objected to entering upon petty aeils when a great principle was at stake, which 4 7 1, 58 the case of this bill. It simply enunciated e principle that it was wrong to deal with ju , ile offenders in the same mann e r as adult critui 's, and no honourable member could object to that ho had the interest of the country at heart. A simi dlar had been passed for Edinburgh, and it was eal l ate now to compl a in th a t th e p r i nc ipl e o u g ht t o b e $t with in a general and not a merely local measure. s Ytopethised with the principle of local self-govern- Ilent, but he contended that this bill in no way 'Tifringed upon that principle, though it certainly did lirlterfere with - the principle - of representation. ' It was to reg re t ted that a general measure as the subject of o r format ory sc h oo l s had not b een b rought i n b y the ernment as they promised to do ; but the mere fact a the abs ence o f suc h a genera l measure was no suffi eLent reason for rejecting this bill. Mr. HUME was decidedly favourable to the principle ! of , reform a t ory schools ; but he objected to its being ! a lt with i n a pr i vate bill lik e t hi s, w hi c h was b e i ng °,lBeussed in absence of all the Ministers. The principle Vl e uld be di s p ose d o f in a general measure applicable to the whole country, and after the demonstrations and Piromises which had y : been made on this subject, it was htee bounden duty of the Government to apply a general aedy to the universal evil of juvenile criminality. He a W' no objection to the second reading of this bill as ,minin g the principle it contained, but he was most ''''tainly opposed to its machinery and d e t a il s . ' l r. J. O'CONNELL suggested that the standi ng ?rders committee should in future have power to report to the home that measures involving a great and gene ral Principle like this should be treated as a publio bill, d isr l t Placed amongst the orders of the day. He also o ukthe same objection to the 42d clause as the hon. m ember for Meath. Mr. MIALL nnounced his intention to support the a mendment, and on this ground. This bill would affect, at least, a third of the whole juvenile criminals of the %entry, and he insisted that, on this account, it in volved a principle of too much importance to be dis -150 Red of in a private bill after an hour's discussion. He 41( I not oppos e the principle involved in the establiQh ient of re f ormatory schools, but he required some addi onal information before it was adopted. It was pro- IPosed to found reformatory schools for the education of O,nng criminals, and it mig ht p rove a source o f tempta 'en for poor men to send their children on the streets. thMr' ROEBUCK was at a loss to understand what e o bjection was to this bill. It was said that Principle involved in the bill could not be 11i 8 —eie ntlY discussed now. Why, according to discussexerience, many private bills gave rise to more bon than public measures ; but an objection had 11 7,e ri n raised to the 42d clan e, and this recalled to his b r ! (1 the fact that the subject of education was never q : e ught befor e the house without its involving some wer e of religion. Why, if the Roman Catholics Ne e entitled to a separate chaplain for their own ee ,). should not the Mormonites claim the same con aa'tsl°n ? The fact was, whenever a good bill of this etr.are was brought forward there invariably arose a e at u i ?:gle for power amongst the Protestants, the Roman tee Vie% and the Dissenters, but such cavilling should an , eter the house from passing this bid. The principle L en ' Neet were good, and since both well deserved the f,,z, the of sociey, there was no necessity to wait e attendance of t a min ter before the second reading ,1 0pt, • the B EN T LEY had also heard.no sound objection to euiiir''ng of th e b i ll. Re. principle , was just,' and it Pectin net he too speedily adopted. Instead of its af t%it a third of the whole juvenile crime of the coun seeei w ° ll l , l not deal kith more than a tenth, and ki r Y that was not too much to be disposed of in a d oub t ill+• With reference to the general question, no enti re Was debit able to h a ve a measure applying to the 4; ntintry, ut tere were difficulties in the way of Ler e, ti g such a b gene h ral measure which did not apply Ine t , t. a nd he called upon the house to reject the amend heel, G . GREY said the only objection which had him t ., u rged agai ns t thi s bill that had any force with but j' h as, that i t was a pr i vate and not a public bill, o ppos e was not a suffieient reason to induce him to 111 the the second reading. There were provisions ,▪ i,poBloedbill which - were far too important to be ee , of by an ordinary select committee, and • suge,t that a select committee should he especially for the purpose of arranging its the , 0 1 , e x' that it b e re 6 ommitte 1 i n a comm i ttee o f sel, c ,."'he hou se a f ter i t had passed through the ordinary Mr eGintnittec upstairs. of 4 L IDDELL argued that as there was no prospect sub' g e neral publi c measure b e i ng i ntro d uce d on t h e tf Reformatory Schools, the house ought to • m i l d ) ,?, difficulty in passing this bill f or th e coun ty ul x. teAfter a few more words from Sir W. CLAY, who also th e P b Orted the bill, the amendment was withdrawn and ill was read a second time. A l a PETITIONS. the r ge number of petitions were presented against M Yeninz of oublic-houses on Sundays. asainsO'BßlEN presented a petition from Cashell ; 1 : st the :enters app,,intment of the Co nven t s C omm itt ee . THORNLEY presented a p e t i t ion f rom th e of of Wlerhampto in favour of he op the Universitieosv to personsn of all denominations. ening it , Sir WALMS LEY present e d a s i m il ar pet i t i on ° 1 Boston. b ▪ HUME presented a similar petition from Crford. 0 0 1 . „.. . t c , onel BLAIR presented a petition against the the (Scotland) Bill, from a place in Scotland. th e ° ,, r(l DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from for alarylebone Vestry in favour of a general measure i‘trbe establishment of reformatory schools. ▪ EWART presented petitions from Birmingham, Lit'lehester, and other places, in favour of the Public mraries and Museums Bill. HO l e Z RSFALL presented a similar petition from uPool, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. thl ' b "il t l he ord er o f the day for t h e secon d r eadi ng o f , - tilad •• --;\.\' ART reviewed the exertions which had been Bren t o n . Prance and the United States for the estab!ish- L free libraries and museums, and reminded the i:se that, acting upon • la lent , this experience, an act of Par- Inee 0 , been pasted for facilitating the establish tia,ll 1 0 similar institutions in this country. No less towns, including all the large towns in cite Z t en ,o try , , o h o ad availed themselves of the provisions of the theLt establish free libraries, and he was happy to say e h fr a e o c , ts upon the people ' had been most gratifying. th e 1 , served to improve their taste for reading, and not V• e'rn had naturally arisen as to whether it would Pr e e aevesable to extend the provisions of the act. At governed'he act only arnlied to towns municipally Ir ° l, vvhile it neither ' set t 0 d extended to Scotland nor , dill Nowns d the object of thi s bill was to extend the Z? eat s places governed under th e Improved or by select vestries, as well as t o Ireland he with the additional pro v i s i ont a h i L anthorities ecting tte u t nder the act should have to we? to increase 'the 11laitoreliase books and wo o rl a ts p o en f s he uc p h o pound, and 4.l,,pret):°,lv_ispions of the .. bill, and he hoped, as . they \'er were penny in t of generally, there would be no objection to Tt led themth oncti."s, LEY objected to the rating clause, and te r c. 110. Was 4 1. 7 It att e a question which well deserved the on of the Government. '44.4 reminded tlio right lien, geatleigan tb,st Trout THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1854, ►of the bill. He denied that there was anything unfound ed in the preamble, or that the machinery was impracti cably or offensively inquisitive, and therefore he objected to shelving his bill until they obtained the report of a committee, which, it was now clear, would never be appointed. Nothing bad occurred to change his opinion that ladies were coerced in convents for the spoliation of their families, and the records of our courts of law, which were occasionally resorted to for a restitu tion of the property, fully established the necessity for a Lill of this nature, which rested upon no new principle, but was founded upon the rule of law which protected the child against the parent, or the ward against the guardian, or the wife against the husband, in cases IA here the transfer of property was concerned. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND cor rected the hon. and learned gentleman in supposing that the noble lord at the head of the Home Depart ment had stigmatised the preamble of the bill as untrue. What the noble lord said was, that the pre amble contained statements that were offensive to the Roman Catholics, but which were wholly unnecessary for the purposes of the bill. The effect of this bill, he agreed with the noble lord, would practically nullify all deeds of gift or wills executed in convents ; for though a lady might leave property fairly amongst her brothers and sisters, they could not take it if the bill passed without proving to the satisfaction of a court of law that no coercion had been used in the convent upon the lady. No where were they to prove that ? It could not be done, and the bill would therefore operate most un justly without accomplishing the real object which it had in view. Mr. NAPIER gave it as his opinion that the hon. and learned gentleman had put a case which could not arise, because such a disposition of a nun's pro perty would be contrary to her vow of poverty and obedience. But the case fully illustrated the necessity fur the bill, for many ladies in con vents who had the wish to do so were deterred by the power of their superiors and the influence of their vows from making such a disposition of their property, and therefore, before any property should be allowed to succeed to their convent, the superioress, or other party interested, should be required to prove that they had used no undue authority in order to obtain the property. The only objection that he had to this bill was simply that it did not go far enough, and entirely prohibited vows. Mr. R. PIIILLIMORE also thought the bill did not go far enough, and declared that the question it involved would never be settled until the law was revised, which held the inmate of a convent acting under vows of obe dience and poverty to be civilly dead. / Mr. MALINS took the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department to task for having changed his opinion on this subject, and declared his belief that the noble lord had made the change to con ciliate the Roman Catholic members who supported the Government in times of pressure. The noble lord said the bill did not go far enough, but if the bill was so altered as to dispossess professed nuns, the noble lord would turn round and say it went too far. There was no having the noble lord anywhere, and he regretted to find him so changeable and inconsistent. The debate was adjourned until next Wednesday. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'clock. 50 40 25 25 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. 21 - 22 4i 41 7i 81 14 —l2 dis 15 - 17 8 - 74 87 - 89 51i - 52 13 - 8 - 10 '4:6 ::: i. 511 i 2 li ad 111 i all all all all all 100 12 13i 20 20 Leasing Company. London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... ;t.Nrthn. Caldonian. Closing Prices this day. Do Westb a. New. & Berw. V. &NMI Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midid. Act:ton &, Darlingt. E. Count D 0... 125 - 135 28 :: 30 100 - 102 50 - 52 25 - 26 13 -13 i 21i - 2.5 2 2Baci ii = k 54 - 56 Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do • • • '''' • Gt North') D 0... Lancash& Yorksh. kt.MCleau itockt. & Darlingt. GtWestn. ad ad *i -- i;(1 Business this day. ii - 29 11 1 4/ 5 the bill was simply permissive, and before it 'could be put in force A must receive the sanction of the local authorities. At the same time bethought education ought to precede the establishment of these libraries, as the vast mass of the people, as the coroners' returns fully proved, were unable to read. Mr. SPOONER thou g ht a larger limitation ought to be placed on the power of rating, and since no Minister was present to give his opinion, he should move that the debate be adjourned. Mr. BROVIERTON regretted to see this opposi tion to a bill which was very popular out of doors, and which was so much calculated to improve the social condition of the people. It was much better to prevent crime than punish it, and the effect of the establishment of these libraries would decrease crime, and consequently the local rates. Mr. MILES opposed the rating clause. Mr. FITZ ROY, o❑ the part of the Government, an nounced his intention to resist the proposed alteration of the existing iaw which gave the local authorities power to raise the rate to a penny in the pound without the consent of two-thirds of the ratepayers. He must, there fore, oppose the bill. Mr. Si. MILNES supported the bill in its entirety, and hoped it would he pressed to a division. Surely, as improvement commissioners, town councils, and se lect vestries were elected by the ratepayers, what ob jection could there be to giving them power to increase and levy the rate? Mr. G. BUTT opposed the bill, and wanted to sub s'itute another amendment for the one proposed by Mr. Spooner—viz., that the bill be read a second time this day six months. ,Tr. SPOONER had no objection to withdraw his amendment. Mr. HUME trusted he would not, for if they adopted the amendment suggested by Mr. Butt it would be holding out to the country that the house disapproved of the principle of this bill, when they only objected in point of fact to the rating clause. The house then divided on the amendment, when there appeared, For the adjournment Against it M aj ority -130 Mr. FITZROY then moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. HUME and Mr. M. MILNES hoped if the bill was thrown out that another and a larger measure would be brought in by the Government. Captain SCOBELL supported the bill, as he had no confidence in the professions of the Government with regard to education. Lord STANLEY approved of the principle of the bill, but he could not support the bill while it contained the fourth clause, transferring the power of raising the rate from the ratepayers to the town-council. Sir C. WOOD insisted that the existing act, which had only been in operation four months, had not yet had a fair trial, but the Government opposed this bill on the ground just stated by the noble lord. Mr. BRIGHT thought the town council was a far more fitting body to decide upon the rate than the rate payers, arid to say they were not was tantamount to de claring that the house had no right to decide upon par ticular measures until they had been first discussed and decided on by the whole of the constituencies through out the country. Mr. CRAUFURD said Scotland was favourable to the adoption of the Libraries Act, and it was to be re• gretted that the Government should stand in its way. Mr. C. FORTESCUE reminded the house that a short bill was passed last session, extending the Act to both Ireland and Scotland. Mr. DUNCAN said the bill of last session had turned out to be wholly inoperative in Scotland, owing to the constitution of the local bodies there. Why not strike nut the fourth clause, if that was all that was objection able in the bill ? Mr. W. BROWN declared that the course Govern ment were taking with regard to this bill would be a :treat disappointment to the country. Mr. S HERBERT said, if the suggestion of the hon. member for Dundee were adopted, it would not get over the difficulty, because then the ground-work of the bill would be wholly destroyed. Lord D. STUART said no petitions had been pre sented against the bill, but many were on the table in its favour. It was quite clear, therefore, that the rate payers did not object to it. Mr. E WART denied that the fourth clause was part of the principle of the bill, but it was only part of the detail, which could be struck out if necessary in com mittee. The house then divided on the amendment that the bill be mad a second time this day six months, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The bill was accordingly thrown out. UNIFORM ASSESSMENT BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. PETO explained the object of the bill to be to establish an uniform system of assessment, which should be applicable to Queen's taxes as well as local rates, leaving the committee on the bill to decide the basis upon which all assessments should be made imperative. He proposed, if the bill was read a second time, to refer it to a select committee. Mr. HENLEY did not think there was any necessity for this bill, as the tendency of the existing mode of valuation in respect of all taxes was to render assess ments as uniform as possible. Lord PALMERSTON had no doubt that what this bill proposed was good in theory, but it would be next to impossible to establish the machinery for obtaining one uniform system of taxation. Mr. HUME could not understand why a thing that was possible in the United States should be impossible in this country. Now, there was one uniform system of assessment in the United States, and now that there was a prospect of our having a permanent property tax, he could see no reason why a similar system should not be carried out here. There ought to be one principle of assessment used, that should be based on the poor rate. Mr. V. SCULLY observed that there was a general valuation in Ireland, and the bill might possibly be ap• plicable to that part of the country, but there was quite 3 different state of things in England, where no uniform Government valuation had become established. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. G. BUTT seconded the amendment, as the bill assumed fur its basis that which was not correct, namely, that the pour-rate was levied upon a uniform scale or rate. Mr. PETO, with the permission of the house, wits drew the bill. The motion for the second reading was accordingly withdrawn. COUNTY COURT EXTENSION ACT AMEND MENT BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. CRAUFURD explained that its object was to give a power of appeal in cases over 50/., which had been tried in a County Court by consent of both parties. The power of appeal did exit in reference to cases under 501., but all cases above that amount were exceptional cases, and could only be taken to a County Court by consent. Mr. G. BUTT approved of the bill. Mr. PHINN asked when the report of the County Court Commission might be expected, as the costs charged in County Courts were so high in some courts as virtually to bring the system to a close. Mr. HUME said the house would be surprised to learn the costs paid last year in the County Courts amounted to no less than 2ti per cent. on the amount re covered. Lord PALMERSTON said the report had not yet been received, as the conimissi , mers were still sitting. Mr. MALINS viewed with some apprehension the proposed extension of the County Court system, as the County Court judges had already quite enough to do. Mr. FITZROY concurred with the hon. and learned gentleman that too many duties were being imposed on these judges, whose courts were originally established simply for the recovery of simple contract debts. The bill was then read a second time. PROPERTY DISPOSAL BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. PHINN said the object of this bill was to regu late the disposal of property by persons who had taken religious vows. Now he did not object to place nuns with regard to the disposal of their property upon the same footing as married women, who were required to make a discovery before a judge ; but this bill went much further than that. It assumed that every disposi tien of property by a nun was fraudulently made ; and that upon the convent.or party in whose favour the disposition was male, the, onus of proving the deed of transfer was not signed under any spiritual direction, or, in fact, any condition at all. The object of this bill could be accomplished without that obnoxious provision ; but if they passed the bill as it now stood, it would have the effect of forbidding gifts to convents, and therefore he must oppose it, unless a great change was made in its machinery and details. Mr. PAGAN objected to proceeding with the bill to day, as it was a violation of an understanding that was come to on the first reading, that the second reading should not be taken until after the committee on con vents had been appointed, and had made their report. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to rebut the state ments which had been made with regard to 'the case of the Black Rock Convent, wherein it was alleged that two ladies named M'Carty had been coerced into trans ferring their property to the convent to the great injury of their own family, and concluded by declaring himself to be deciderby opposed to the bill. Lord PALMERSTON neither approved of the pre amble nor the enacting portion of the bill, because while the one contained assertions that were not necessary for the purposes of the bill, if, indeed, they had any founda tion in truth, the enacting clause did not go far enough to accomplish the object of the bill. The enacting portion of the bill proceeded upon the assumption that nuns were morally coerced into leaving their properties to convents. But how was that to be proved'? Such deeds were executed by these ladies under the impression that their doing so was essential to their spiritual welfare, and the bill, if passed, would remain a nullity, becausejt would be impossible to prove r; coercion, while it was clear that these ladies themselves always thought and felt that they were acting with perfect free will. Mr. WHITESIDE reminded the house that on a for mer occasion the objection of the noble lord was that it did not go far enough. The noble lord remarked that if ladies were coerced in convent., such institutions should be put down, which this bill did not go the length of doing ; but now the noble lord 'Lad changed his tone, dad he wsa °ppm(' to Vie as Vfo.4 .4() det44l • STATE 01! TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, April 4.—The feeling, approaching to panic, which overspread our market throughout the greater part of last week, has now in a considerable degree subsided. The buying is comparatively insignifi cant in amount ; but there are more buyers venturing to make low offers for some kinds of yarns and goods. Prices are, however, generally found to be very de cidedly reduced. This state of things, with cotton sustained at comparatively high prices, occasions much discussion upon the necessity of restricting the hours of labour, but no agreement to this effect has yet been come to in any part of the district. HALinkx, April I.—The condition of the worsted trade becomes more gloomy every week. Both spinners and manufacturers are diminishing production, and prices are almost nominal. Wool is not easy to sell, even at reduced quotations. ROCHDALE, April 3.—There has been another ex tremely slack market to•day in pieces of every descrip tion. There is no disposition to purchase at any price. The wool market has been much the same as the piece market, and prices rather in favour of the buyer. BIRMINGHAM, Monday, April 3.--At the preliminary meeting held on Thursday last, the course was adopted of maintaining the existing prices of iron. Although the continued activity of every department, the sus tained demand, and the inability to increase produc tion to the extent of present consumption would, under a more auspicious aspect of political and mo netary affairs, have fully justified the declaration of an advance, a sufficient inducement was found for the exer cise of caution in the actual commencement of a war, the duration, extent, and results of which are so utterly , beyond the reach of human calculation. The chief diffi culty with which our manufacturers here have to con tend sterns to be the unusual rates they are compelled to give fur their pig-iron. THE NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. It has been at last decided that the building of this bridge is to commence in the ensuing month of May. It is intended, by the plan, to consist of three arches, the chief arch rising 18 feet from the springing. Sir C. Barry is the designer, and we doubt not that this bridge, when completed, will bring out in bold relief the New Palace at Westminster, and prove to the eyes of the world that the architect of that palace has been able at last to master a great difficulty, namely, that of showing to advantage one of the finest edifices in the world erected on a disadvantageous site. In designing, this bridge the architect has followed the rule which we are surprised has not, even in later times, been more rigidly adhered to than it has been, which is, that in the con struction of . a bridge the aim of the architect ought to he to have as few arches as possible, in order that the middle of the stream, or chief current of the river, may flow freely without the interruption which is caused by an unnecessary number of piers, large arches being at all times desirable, and by which, too, the expense of construction is considerably les sened, as is shown from the simple fact that the pre sent Westminster-bridge cast double the amount in its erection as compared with Blackfriars-bridge, on ac count of the number of arches. The present bridge is 1,220 feet long, and 44 feet wide. The new bridge is intended to be wider, but the inconvenience and danger of the rise and fall will be entirely obviated in its con struction. The present bridge consists of fifteen arches, and was finished in the year 1750. at a cost of 389,5001. The expense of the new bridge will, of course, be con siderably less ; but we do hope that the approaches to the new bridge will not be dealt with in a niggardly manner by the proper authorities. The houses, in order to give effect to the structure, both on the Surrey and Middlesex side of the river, ought to come down with " one fell swoop." The piers of the bridge are to be of stone, and the abutments or caps of iron. During the erection of the new bridge, the present bridge is in tended. to be used for ordinary purposes. Banquets, or raised footways, will be erected in the fir-t instance, and these will eventually be amalgamated with the proposed roadway of the new bridge, thereby avoiding the neces sity for the erection of a temporary wooden bridge, while, at the same time, it will save an immense w as t e of public money, the lavish expenditure of which has unhappily been the bane of most of our modern struc tures. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 4.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's steam-ship Queen of the South, Capt. W. H. Norman, sailed this afternoon with contract mails for Adelaide, Port Philip, and Sydney. The mails taken out by this vessel are con tained in upwards of 300 bags, and measure 32 tons. The Queen of the South takes out nearly 90 passengers, among whom is Sir Chas. Hotham, the newly appointed Governor of Victoria, with his suite, and also a very full cargo of manufactured good's of a valuable character, for the Australian markets. Mrs. Chisholm having visited the port today, on the occasion of the departure of the Queen of the South, the Southampton Emigra tion Committee availed themselves of the opportunity to present this excellent lady with an address ; and she subsequently inspected the site of the proposed emigra tion depot about to be erected, and gave her approbation to the details of the establishment, which is intended to accommodate both Government and private emigrants. A plan of the building has also been presented to Sir Charles Hotham. The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamship Colombo, Capt. T. S. Russell, took her departure at 2.30 p.m. to-day, for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the outward East India, China, and Mediterranean mails. The Colombo has 72 passengers, a very large cargo, and specie valued at 124,8731. 3 s . 2d. for India and China, and 11,203/. 10s. for Malta and Alexandria. The Colombo also takes out several beauti ful English horses and ponies for the Pasha of Egypt, and some first-class carriages fitted up complete for the Egyptian railway from Alexandria to Suez. ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO IN AUSTRALIA.—By the overland mail we have received accounts of the arri val of the celebrated ship Marco Polo, of the Black Ball line, after another unparalleled passage of seventy-four days twelve hours, from port to port, the fastest ever made by a sailing ship ; and the third passage she has made from Liverpool to Melbourne, and beaten all competitors. But we are sorry to say that, after she was inside the Head of Port-Philip, she was got ashore through the inefficiency and mismanagement of the pilot who was on board. The following is an ex tract from a letter, dated Melbourne, January 30, re ceived by Messrs. James Baines and Co., from their agents at Melbourne, respecting the unfortunate occur rence ;—" It is our painful duty to inform you that the Marco Polo, after passing through the Heads, and while in charge of a pilot, was run ashore on a sandbank, about two miles inside Shot Heads Bluff, near Light house Point. This occurred on Wednesday, the 25th inst. Captain M‘Donnell immediately proceeded to town, and the writer having procured the assistance of two steam-tugs, proceeded to the ship, in company with Captain M`Donnell and the harbour-master, to see what steps could he taken. Up to this time, we regret to say that the efforts used have been unavailing ; but suc cess is still hoped for, and every available means shall be used to accomplish it. She is lying on a soft sandy bank, with 15 feet of water round her at low tide, and for the present has not suffered any damage. The at tempts to tow her off at high water were unsuccessful, and lighters have been sent to take out luggage, &c. All the passengers have landed, and to-day her Majesty's sloop Electra went to her assisrance. Captain MeDon nell is almost distracted with this sad termination to so successful a voyage. At lastaccounts she had not made any water. The blame is altogether attributable to the inefficidicy of the pilot, 4nd an official bavestigatioa is obe held." - • - 7 -- _ fii - 164 iii = iii, "-• 59 - 61 54 - 56 20 -2 rib 6 - 2 80 87 7G 77 1.19 121 86 90 72 - 723 85 - 96 10 - 12 10 - 12 p 594 -59 t 8 1 -- Ut - 71 -- 8 d p 954•-- 964 944 - 95 14d— Id, 6 4 74 -- 76 134 -124 A 12 -- lld 19 - 20 561 -57 j 30 - 32 i d i dl 7 5 dl 6 - 8 43 - 46 3j 3k .' 30 ... 31 50 54 par ip 7 - , 7 - 6i 74 27 - 29 78 82 50 - 52 48 - 52 48 - 52 3i - 13 --^l5 10 -- lz 4 -- 30 13 15 57i 581 32 33 4 2d 1 5 27 lo 21 17b 184 4 5 21 23 44 54 . . .. -- 6 - 7 64 65 91 - 5i - 45 -- 46 57i 81 :: RAILWAY& Bedford and Bletcbley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New •' ;31str.d: Dn. Fr irrtlpl. Dk. & Railway [lull & Selby Do. s, Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. , Do. 6 per et. 'Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Aiddlesbro' & Redcar Ifidld.Bradfd ,Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p ?rest. & Wyre Do. 1 Shares. Itoystn.ie, Hit. Do.Shepth.St Shef. Roth Gooleg.s p.c. 3. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst FOREIGN. 9 3 8 2s. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish . East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula' 3d. Junet. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do 15 all . 5 all Gt. Central of France) Gt. Western of Canada' s Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca dt Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. A.adras !Maria Antonia Do. do. New . Melbourne Dk. dz Ry. Namur di Liege (wit' interest) Northern oexin o te f r F est rance Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.& Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen&Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond !Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedis h Sambre and Meuse... Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebee (A) West Flanders xi Do 5A per c. Pref [0 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden .5 Zealand 41 5,4 id U -- 4d i —11 p 11 i Par — i P .d, .10 6 a 4i— 4d 21 - 22 i - 1 0 P 6 - 8 dis 41 5 2 .-: V 11 2 lid 4 3d 1.1 - id 61 - 6 iii = iii 74 - 84 11k - nip 41 —43 31 33 27d 271 pm ld par , d . 7 7i ... - ... ... - pm 3 - 4 11 24 p d 5i - MINES Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal , Austrin. Gold' British Iron 3raziliau Imp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica—. 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Van Diemen's Land p id 1 d 14 2 4 9 1 1 ' I d a 8 34 44 14 2 29 31 39 41 i la 10 12 50 60 2 4v if - 21 - 11 - 7.0 1 : 11 I . - - if 14 15 17 - 28 —3 014 p 8 10 3i 44 44 3 34 d ... - ... i - Ad 6 BANKS. 72 - 74x(11 :: -- a li ld 3 2d 44 - 46 36 - 38 62 - 64 6 - 7 iii : 376 75 - 80 6k - 6i ••• - ••• 16 -- 18 1 - 3 i 7 I. ..i. :_-_ rd i - iP - ii liPl 34 36 =1 9 ixinl GLASGOW AND SOUTTOVESYEEN 1 1AILWAY.--4ramo re turn for the week ending April 1, 1804 ....... 25,160 - 3 9 L' l 2arrespozeding week ligt Y limease 1 10 RAILWAY STATION-MASTER KILLED. John Lee, a wheelwright at Manchester, was charged before the magistrates of that city yesterday morning with a breach of the Railway Act, in attempt. ing to enter a railway train at the Victoria station while it was in motion, and without having procured a ticket. The case attracted the more attention from the fact that his offence had been the means of bringing to an un timely end Mr. Thomas Reid, station-master, whose duty it had been to remove him from the train. Mr. Blackmore, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com pany's traffic superintendent, was present on behalf of the company to prosecute, and called witnesses. The first witness was the doorkeeper at the first-class booking office, Victoria station. He said, on Saturday evening the prisoner and two other men came to the door of the first-class office, and asked how soon there would be a train to Rochdale. It was then S minutes past 5 o'clock, and he told them the train had gone. The Oldham train had to start at 5.10, and immediately the time had expired, he asked if any one was going to Old ham, and closed the doors. The prisoner said, " I'll go to Oldham." Witness said, " Ifyou are going to Old ham you will have to make haste, and get a ticket at the third-class office." William Wilkinson, booking clerk, said the prisoner applied to him for a ticket, when the train was three minutes overdue, to start for Oldham, and he refused to give him a ticket, on the ground that it was too late. The prisoner hurried away towards the platform the train would have to leave. The next witness was a railway porter, who said the Oldham train was ready to leave the station at 10 mi nutes past 5, or nearly so, and soon afterwards Mr. Reid, the station-master, raised his hand as a signal to the driver to start. 'Witness turned round as the train began to move, and saw the prisoner on the footboard of one of the carriages; but all the doors on that side the train were then locked, and the prisoner would not be able to get in. [lt should be stated that the train had to move upon the other line of rails when clear of the station, and the doors only on the other, W hi ch was the getting-out side, remained unlocked.] Mr. Reid told the prisoner to get off, and tendered assistance, but he refused, and Mr. Reid then got upon the foot board of the moving train to remove him, but appeared unable to effect his object. Mr. Eckersley, the second inspector, jumped upon the footboard to assist Mr. Reid, and the prisoner, after resisting their united efforts for a moment, suddenly loosed his hold on the carriage, and he and the two officers fell from the footboard and rolled down between the moving train and the platform. The prisoner escaped, with his clothes only torn, but, unfortunately, Mr. Reid rolled under the wheels of the train. Mr. C. J. S. Walker (magistrate) asked if the station master was killed. Mr. Blackmore regretted to say he was. Two-thirds of the train passed over him, crushing his skull so that his brains wore left on the rail, and otherwise frightfully mutilated his body. He was taken up dead, and Mr. Eckersley had a narrow escape, lying with his head within an inch of the rail while the train passed, and with his face upwards, so that the axle-boxes of the various carriages slightly scratched and tore his face as they passed over it, and cut one of his lips. He was now unable to attend to his duties. Mr. Bent, attorney, elicited from the prisoner that he had been drinking and was not quite sober at the time. Mr. Walker regretted that the act of Parliament under which the prisoner was brought up only empow ered them to levy a fine of 40s. The magistrates would inflict that penalty, and in default he was committed to prison. Mr. Bent said the money would be paid, and the pri soner was removed. It is said Mr. Reid has left a widow and three chil dren unprovided for. He was 37 years of age, and had been in the service of the company for 15 years. An in- quest was held on the body yesterday. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. On Sunday morning last the death of a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, took place in a house of ill fame, under the distressing circumstances detailed be low. The deceased was Mr. Edward Brenton Vance, and he and his companion left the :college but a short time before the melancholy event occurred. An inquest on his remains (which had been removed to his rooms in King's College) was held on Tuesday, at the Bull Hotel, before Mr. King, the coroner for the borough. A num ber of the members of the society were present during the inquiry. The first witness called was Francis Edmund Stacey, Fellow of King's College, who said—l was acquainted with the deceased, whom I last saw alive on Sunday morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock. He then seemed to be in pretty good health. He left me, and in a few moments afterwards my atten tion was called to him by a person who came out of the house. It was a woman, but I am not certain who, as two or three called me at the same time. The house was in Victoria-road, Chesterton. I went in, and found him on the bed partly undressed. He did not speak, and showed no sign of consciousness. I continued with him a few moments, and then left him and procured medical aid. A girl named Chamberlain was with him. I left him in another woman's charge—a neighbour. I found Mr. Bumpsted, surgeon, of Cambridge, and returned with him, but deceased was then dead. Sarah Chamberlain, who was much affected, and swoomed on entering the inquest room on being restored to consciousness, deposed with muc h difficulty and amid the deepest manifestations of grief—l last saw Mr. Vance between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning. He had come to my house in the Victoria-road unexpect edly. lam a single woman. Mr. Vance had nothing to drink at my house. He came up into my bedroom, and laid himself on my bed. He did not complain of ill health at all. He had lain about five minutes, when be appeared to be speechless, but moaned very slightly, and lay quite still. I said, " Will you speak to me ? What is the matter ?" He made no reply, and I ran down stairs and called "Jane !" who lived next door. Jane and Mr. Stacey then came to my assistance. Mr. Bumpsted, surgeon, of Cambridge, said, I knew the deceased in his lifetime ; he had been constantly and was at the time of his death under my treatment. He consulted me about a fortnight since for disease in his heart, symptoms of which he exhibited. On Sunday morning, a little before two o'clock, I was fetched to see deceased by Mr. Stacey. He was dead when I ar rived. I have since made a post-mortem examination. I did not examine the stomach, au I discovered sufficient disease in his heart to account for immediate death. The actual disease was the bursting of an aneurism of the aorta or large vessel which carries the blood from the heart. There were no outward marks of violence. The deceased most undoubtedly died from natural causes. Mr. Deck and Mr. Ficklin were at the examination, and perfectly concurred in my conclusion. The Coroner said the cause of death was the only matter for inquiry by the jury, so he forbore from mak ing any further remarks. The jury returned a verdict that " Deceased died by the visitation of God." It is singular that the father of the deceased (a sur geon) met his death at the hands of an insane patient whom he was attending professionally, his patient hav ing thrown him with violence from a window in a par oxysm ; a brother of the deceased died from the effects of a fall, while at college at Oxford a second brother was drowned ; and a sieter now surviving was _nearly burnt to death. TILE GOVERNMENT AND THE METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OP SEWERS. Yesterday the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers met at Greek-street Mr. Jebb in the chair. Lieut.- Colonel Dawson and Mr. Gibson inquired of the chair man if he had any communication to make respecting the relations of the commission to the Government, and whether, after the want of confid ence w hi c h th ey had experienced from the Government, they were likely soon to be relieved of their responsibilities. Mr. Jebb said he had no communication to make further than that the Government intended this session to bring in a bill for reconstructing the commission and for making certain alterations in the law. He (the chairman) regretted extremely the sentiments expressed by his col leagues and their impatience to be relieved from that work they had undertaken for the benefit of the public. He had no authority from Government to make any statement, but he would say thus much, that there was no wish to get rid of the commissioners, to protract unnecessarily their services, or control them in the exer cise of those powers that the law gave them, which, as long as they were constituted commissioners, they had a right to exercise. For his own part he co uld not alto gether acquiesce in the view taken by his colleagues in attributing any expression in the letter from the Hom e . office as a waist of confidence in the commissioners. lli s own interpretation was that Lord Palmerston merely meant to elicit an answer to th e communica tion of the Board of Health as to the best mode of drainage, After a few words from Colonel Dawson, the rates were or dered to be made. The court t he some routine proceeded t O 300 routine business devoid of p ub lic interest. SHIPPING RETO.RNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the sth of March show a considerable increase of arrivals and departures both of British and pping, as compared with the corresponding foreign t•hi month of last year. It must b e remembered, however, th a t at that period th e ac ti v i ty of the ports of London and Liverpool was considerably checked by the continued detention of vessels in Australia. Subjoined are the general entries and clearances of all classes of vessels rztered inward : TONNAGE FM MONTE ENDING MARCE 5. British ves se l s 1852. 1853., 206,603 177,388 United St a t es ' vessels Other countries . 63,022 53,320 1854. 263,563 89,35 G 58,338 311,003 201,321 411,`....07 The clearances outward were British vessels "United States' vessels Other countries., RULWATI. Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena [firming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley • Birkenhd. Lancsh. dr Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Fass. Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junetion . ,Do. New East Anglian Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PrLn & Dundee t , orth & Clyde June. jlasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths D ). , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S. Cs t. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do .10/. Sh. , M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., .£5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland , )o. Birmng. &Derby Aidld. G. West . (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk . Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 10., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London all 11i 2 100 18 ? 114 all all 100 424 100 100 474 174 all ,100 56 17 all , Do. New £lO i N. &S. Wstru. , Hamp• stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury dr Bi t mg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si (AA—. Shrewsby. & Berefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,i a . Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do ••...• Staines, Wok &W ok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref.; No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace— , West Loudon Wimbledn&,Croydoni York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland._ PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) (iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent , :.;ork&Ba.ndonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber- deep Junction EastAngliali (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lan cash. 6 p. cts. East and West York , shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth.&Dundee 5 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent., Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 44 p.c. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. Ist, '.:'ref Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Es. 5 p. c) Do. cov.red. 4i p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. C Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do: New Guar.6 p. e. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds LondondeiTy& Coler. I Shares Londy.&Ennis.i Sh Kan., Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1. ..: Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Aarypt .& Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4a per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Uirtn. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent ,Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5 per ct . pref.., Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British ...... North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, k Wolverh..l.ls, 6 p.c 0 Scot. Cent. , New Pref Shrews. &Bii~.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon D. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Oc. 6d, Do. 4 per cent. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gus.r Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do, litockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfcl,&Kilk.6p.c. York, Nowcastle,ancl, Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do Yorla&N.MidWadEr and E., Furcla 15i 9A 11 id 22 94 - 96 6 ,6I 3 - 3i 4 - 44 4 - P P i - P 12 -12 i i 23 - 24 3 —3i xd ad 108 -110 102 - 104 - 9i 7 ~.. 8 .. ad - 92 94 87 89 88 90 Id pa] 125 130 ... xd n pi 1 130 I id ad xd ad xd ....• xd * P 1 23 86 7 75A 7 6 59 i i i i 81 95 i 94i I I / 5 i 14 75 i 4 al 20 56 i i i 71 43a 4i 291 31 721 i i i pm Pm 109 i 8 8i all all all all all 13.5 241, all 15 i 4 281 f / 72 x 3 9 7 1 6 1 71 13, 1852. 1853. 18.51, 295,828 218,437 264,747 63,019 64,199 101,531 69,144 102,590 121,925 427,985 385,22 G 488,203 With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,055,312 in the month ending March 5, 1852 ; 865,617 in 1853 ; and 1,041,077 in 1854. The clearances outward were 985,413 in March, 1852 ; 891,413 in 1853 ; and 996,705 in 1854. 4. tendency for steam•vessels to supersede sailing ships in the coastiq; trade continues to to eXhi kites, l IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) ARBITRATION LAW AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS' BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Chimney Sweepers Bill was referred to a select com mittee, as required under standing order 175. In the course of his observations, the noble earl stated that children of tender age were still largely employed in the great towns to cleanse chimneys, notwithstanding the prohibitions of the law. THE WIVES. AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS ORDERED ON FOREIGN SERVICE. Lord ST. LEONARDS moved for a return of the number of the wives and children ofsoldiers on service in the East, or ordered there. His object in bringing before the notice of their lordships the condition of these women and children was by no means to interfere with the regulations against the marriage of soldiers without leave. At the same time it might be desirable to revise those regulations, bearing in mind the altered circum stances of the case. Of late years they had done much to ameliorate the condition of their soldiers ; and inas much as they had shortened the period for which men were enlisted it would be desirable to discourage marriage as far as possible, at least during the first period of their service, after which they were at liberty, if they chose, to quit the army. It was, however, necessary, for ob vious reasons, that a certain proportion of the soldiers should be married ; and he should be glad if the Government would consider souse means of providing for their wives and families while they were abroad. It was obvious that their families must be maintained in some way, and the only question was which would be the best plan to adopt ? It might be asked, why raise this question at the present time ? His answer was that the number ordinarily required for the colonies was not large, and they were not taken away without due notice, so that they eould make arrangements beforehand. In the present case, however, the number taken away was very considerable; and it had come upon the men suddenly. With respect to the war in which we were embarked, there was but one feeling throughout the country ; and there w as a no less general determination that the fami lies of the soldiers we sent forth to fight our battles should not be neglected, otherwise the cheers which had accompanied o ur armaments from our shores would have been meaningless ; but those cheers were intended to assure our soldiers that those who were nearest and dear est to them should be taken care of. (Hear.) Now there were only three ways in which that could be done. The first was by means of Government aid, which he hoped would not be resorted to except it should be found abso lutely necessary. The second was the state in which these poor women and children would inevitably be left unless something was done, viz., dependence on parochial relief. But if there was one thing more odious to a soldier than another, save only disgrace before the enemy, it was the idea that his family might be driven to the workhouse. The third plan was, by benevolence properly directed. A considerable sum had already been subscribed for this purpose ; but if it were distri buted in the usual way, it would only afford a temporary assistance ; and, moreover, it might have a positively injurious effect, by accustoming soldiers' wives to live upon alms. Now, what he (Lord St. Leonards) pro posed was that the inhabitants of the parishes to which the women belonged should take upon themselves to re lieve them of the burden of maintaining some of their children, where they had more than they could possibly provide for themselves. He would give them an instance. He knew a woman of excellent character, the wife of a husband equally deserving. She was left with six children, and it would have been perfectly impossible for her to have maintained herself and her family. Two of them were taken from her, and with that assistance she was enabled to provide for herself and the rest of her children, without recourse to the union, into which she must otherwise have been inevitably driven. He could narrate several other cases ii which, by means of a little assistance of this kind, women had been enabled to avoid the workhouse ; and thus they would see that this mode of affording relief was not only the most con sonant with the feelings of the soldiers, but would also be the most effective. (Hear, bear.) The only objec tion that could be brought against it would be that it would sever the ties between a mother and her children. But that he denied, because the children that would require a mother's care or that could maintain them selves, would not be removed from her. He proposed that there should be no spoiling of these children, or treatment of them in a manner that would unfit them for their proper station in life; but that they should be so brought up that ' when their father returned he should find them much in the same state as they would have been had he not been ordered on foreign service. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that their lordships and the public would give this plan their best attention, for ho was convinced that if properly carried out it would an swer the end they had in view, and cheer the hearts of our soldiers more than any other that could be devised. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not oppose the motion, but he should be glad to hear some member of the Government express sentiments on the subject. For his own part, he thought that any plan, whether adopted by the Government or by individuals, which should induce women more freely to marry soldiers, would be the most unkind thing that could possibly be done to them. The noble and learned lord had not suf ficiently considered the fact that in the line regiments the soldiers, after remaining at home for five years, must necessarily go abroad for 15 or sometimes 20 years. If, then, women married soldiers they did not marry them for life like other men ; but, practically speaking, they married them for five years at 'the most. And in most cases it was better for the women that they should be separated from their husbands than they should go with them. If she had young children —and if she had children at all, they must be under five years of age—they were sure to die ; for more than half the troops and all the young children that went either to India or the West Indies, must necessarily fall victims to the climate. If any new system respect ing soldiers' wives and children were to be adopted, he thought it would be a hardship if it were specially con fined to the families of the troops ordered on the Turkish expedition ; because the only peculiarity in the case of those troops was that they were ordered abroad a little sooner than they would have been if war had not broken out. He understood that it was proposed to remove the depots of all the regiments ordered abroad to the Isle of Wight ; but he thought that that would give rise to much inconvenience, and would cause the wo men and children left behind much misery and distress. Those women earned their living chiefly by washing, and though when the regiment was ordered away they lost a great part of their customers, they were not entirely deprived of the means of subsistence. He thought that, the best they could do would be to make the town from which each regiment was removed to go abroad its home until it returned again, and he ended as he be gan, by deprecating any - thing that would hold out any further inducements to women to marry soldiers. The Duke of NEWCASTLE agreed with what had fallen from the Earl of Ellenborough as to the undesir abteness of holding out any undue encouragement to women to marry soldiers ; but he thought it had hardly been justified by anything that had been said br . the noble and learned lord, who nad carried out in his private the v t ate capacity the recommendations he bad offered bringing the subject before the house. H consideratione g lec ted by th e w s s Ghu erolearnedl ld l e o a rd for bringing He thanked the noble and e , . v is m r en that en t the whosubject took t h h a e d s notjct been into n n it was determined to send troop s to the E ast. The Earl of DERBY sai d he had heard a rumour that übe a regiment which had recently returned from Canada had been ordered to the East. A. considerable number of the men had married in Canada, and their wives, who were ignorant of our language, The D u ke of were left b e hi n d. H e was inquired if this a true. NEWCASTLE a said the matter had n c4 been br ought ought to his att ention , but he thought it very possible that such a circumstance had occurred. If it T nr bad it Wa s an exceptional case, an d h e s h ou ld f ee l it his duty to inquire into it. Earl PO WIS suggested that the wives of soldiers who went abroad for garrison duty should be allowed to go out with their husbands in greater numbers. The returns were then ordered, and their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. FAGA.N rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to make provision for the better government of the University of Dublin ;_ for the establishment and main. tenance of a ,second college therein, with co-ordinate authority, and, as near as may be, equivalent income, with Trinity College, to be called, in pursuance to the act 14 and 15 Charles 2. c. 2, the Queen's College ; and further for the extension, in pursuance to the act 33 Geo. 3, c. 21, to students of all religious denominations, of the honours, degrees, benefits, emoluments, and offices, in the Queen's College. The honourable member said he regretted to have to state that while the Dublin University was the most richly en dowed educational establishment in the world, it gave less contributions to literature or science. The Dublin University was endowed with the enormous property of 200,000 acres of land, which was valued at 93,000/. a year ; and though in point of fact that land at present did not produce above 64,0001. aleary the University was still as it would be Sean by what he had just stated, most richly endowed. The Provost of that tUniversity received an annual stipend of 3,5001., while the heads of houses in Oxford and Cambridge bad not quite 500/. ; the seven Senior Fellows in Trinity College, Dublin, had 1,8001. a-y ear on an average. The first class of Junior Fellows in 40 the Dublin University, six in number, had . 0.. a-year. The second class Fellows, also six in number, had 6001. a-year ; the third class Fellows, five in number, h a d 400/. a-year ; while the Junio r Fellow s of Oxford and. Cambridge had not upon the average above 250/. a-year. The ill success of the Dublin University as a national establishment he attributed to the strictly exclusive character of the eystem, by which the scholarships, and all the prizes of the University, are confined to persona of the Protestant religion, and the systematic exclusion of Roman Catholics, by which the great body of the people of Ireland avoided that University altog,ethor as a seat of learning. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. H. MOORE seconded the motion. Mr G. A. HAMILTON rose to give the motion of the hon. member for Cork his most decided opposition. This was the first time in his life that he had ever heard gat the . Dublin University had been established for to beiefit of Roman Catholics. 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