The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-10 00:00:00

I, cap of his )y the More kongst moval The ssolu least id on learn Pied- and thei ver, com t - nbark to the Turks but were y to abaci• wn them• the Rus• need lines I to repass Da ucasian nnounce o January, Asia, in ndropol. nment of who bad at• hey were 1 by the inland of t, and in hrea pri sians had is being ier, will ter part A. The ;her eon iattalion lying at follow. lok, and &c. um. nand of th inst., a first )ady or s are no mrently the late nander atended extra l. Te been beyond workers d night s called a cora it falls. ructive just de . to the le each id pro id that Minis ccasion ig brief Minis- accom- There ;Ireneral affairs. eached 3e was spe mperor she ar 'ienna. 'or the Cents. lhares, Great 50e. ; 575 f. ; , 437 f. A the othing d the ha, on 3 from d the 3tf ully ME _ENGLISH .EIVGIIVEERS CAPTURED BY TEE RUSSIANS. Immediately after a remonstrance from Lord Clarendon reached St. Petersburg on the 19th of last month, Count Nesselrode wrote to the British minister there, Sir 11. Seymour, that orders had been sent to release Mr. Michael Bell, the Eng lish engineer, and permission granted him to leave the country. At the instigation of Mr. Bell's friends, Sir Hamilton Seymour required to be informed where he was, in order that assistance might be sent him to enable him to depart, but up to the departure of the mail on the 30th ultimo no answer could be obtained to the requisition. To grant permission to a pri soner to leave the country and to withhold from his friends the information where he is, and to stop, as they have been stopped, all communications from the prisoner to them so as to prevent the neoessary assistance being sent to him to enable him to avail himself of that permission, is a refine ment of cruelty that could be exercised only by authorities long inureu to acts of pitiful malice and lost to every sense of honour or shame. It may be, however, that this written statement of Count Nesselrode's is as false as both his former as sertions. It is scarcely credible, but, never theless, true, that Count :Nesselrode informed the Emperor, and persisted in his statements for nearly six weeks, notwithstanding the repeated indignant denials of Sir H. Seymour, that Mr. Bell had entered the Russian service ; whilst, at the same time, he was declaring privately to other parties, that his Imperial Majesty had ordered that the prisoner should be treated as an officer prisoner. If he had entered the Russian service, how could it be necessary to issue such an order ? The false hood is obvious, but it was a double one. No one, however, but the 'English Government believes a single word that falls from such a source. It was said and believed in St. Petersburg, as late as the 30th ult., that Count Orloff was sent on a secret mission to England. Whatsoever or wheresoever his mission, it was kept secret from the British Minister ; and it would really appear that the English Government prefer that there information should be as small as possible, or derived from a source tortuous and mendacious as the present. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY.) A MEDICAL. STUDENT'S FREAK.—John Skelton, me dical student, 18, South-row, New-road, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being drunk and disorderly. 1 Police-constable 126 C, stated that about three o'clock this morning he was on duty in Leicester•street, Lei- 4 cester-square, when he heard some person violently ringing a bell in Sidney's-alley. He ran to see what was the matter, when he saw the defendant at the door 8 :j of No. 2, knocking at the door and ringing the bell as hard as he could. Witness took him into custody, and on the way to the station he said he had only done it for a bit of fun. 1( The accused, in defence, said he believed he knocked at the door, but it was done through the influence of wine. Mr. Hardwick said it was no doubt exceedingly plea sant to defendant to ring bells and knock at doors for fun ; but he (Mr. H.) could assure him that it was quite the reverse to the inabitants, who were alarmed in their beds at such an untimely hour in the morning. As a caution to defendant for the future, he fined him 205., or 10 days. The money was paid. A LUCKY ESCAPE.—EIiza Collier and Harriet James., were charged before Mr. Hardwick, with stealing a gold watch, value 181., and three sovereigns, the property of Mr. George Henry Newton, solicitor, Marine-parade, Brighton. Police constable Hawkes, 144 C, stated that, about 6 o'clock this morning he was on duty in Queen's street, when a woman came up to him and asked him to accompany her to No. 3, Tichtield-street, which is a com. mon brothel, as a. gentleman had been robbed there of his watch and some money by two women. Witness went to the house and saw the prisoners and a gentleman, who desired him to take charge of them, as they had robbed him of a gold watch and some money. Witness took the pri soners to the station, and the gentleman accompanied them and preferred the charge, and signed his name to the charge-sheet. Witness afterwards returned to the house, and on searching the bed-room, found ss. under neath the carpet. The watch had not been found. The officer added, that prosecutor was not in attendance to press the charge, and he (the officer) believed as he was a married man, he (prosecutor) did not feel a wish to risk an exposure. The prisoners admitted accompanying the prosecutor to the brothel, but denied all knowledge of the robbery. Mr. Hardwick ordered them to be discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Feb. 10.—Wind thiß day at Noon, N. ; ligh breeze, and fine, clear weather. FALMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, N., strong breezes. Ar rived—Mary Ellen, from T aganrog . Sailed—Hardie, for Melbourne ; Laura, Barbadoes ; Cagliari (s), PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Maria, from Havannah, for Falmouth ; Melnia, Newfoundland, for the Brazils, with loss of mainmast and geer sails, in lat. 43 N., long. 49 W. Sailed—Julius Caesar, for Mar tinique. PaRTSMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, W.N.W. to N. by W. —Arrived—Sir Robert Peel, from London, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 9.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Severn (a), for the Brazils. TORBAY, Feb. B.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Liddesdale, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Mary Gillespie, Carthagena ; Von Nayler, do, ; Britannia, Garrucha. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. B.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Cornelia ' from Flavannah ; Vision, Ibrail ; Wind , do. ; Energy, do. ; Flirt, Volo. Sailed Surge, for Hong Kong ; Gent( • Sierra Leone.—The Walter Rose (schooner), from Yarmouth, N.S., to the West Indies, has been abandoned at sea, waterlogged; crew picked up by the Cornelia, arriveil here. ABERDEEN, Feb. B.—Put back—Margaret Milne, Cape of Good Hope, with decks swept, loss of sails, and one man overboard. LERWICK, Feb. 10.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—The Charles Jones, from Leith to Callao, was lost off Eastaness, north 'west of Shetland, on the morning of the 31st of Jan. with all hands ; cargo, if any, lost. HELSINGBORG, Feb. 2.—The Sophie (Holstein galliot) was stranded at Kullen, Jan. 31, and the master and five men drowned ; one man saved. CAERNARVON. Feb. 8. —A dismasted schooner, derelict VIA boarded by the Lladdwyn pilots in this bay yesterday, a small ferry had her in tow for some time, but not having sufficient power, she was obliged to abandc•n her about 9 p.m. Two boats are reported to be on shore at Dinas Dinli. MuußLEs, Feb. B.—The Commodore (brig), arrived here, passed, on the 31st Dec., the Young Queen (barque), from St. Jago to Swansea, on the shore on the Bird Rock, Crooked Island ; the poop and mizenmast had washed on shore, and the ship was fast breaking to pieces. The crew bad landed on Crooked Island, and the natives were endeavouring to get out the copper ore. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.9 a.m. Wind N.W., blowing strong; tide, three-quarters ebb. Arrived, 9th—Eagles Wing, from Denia ' • Mermaid, Messina • Jeune Albert, Bordeaux; Elizabeth and Sarah, Gothenberg • Reform, Leghorn; America, Charente; John and Thomr.s, Leghorn. 10th—Holland, steamer, from Rotterdam. Sailed, 10 th..—Wilberforce, steamer, for Hamburg. DEAL, Thursday, 9.28 a.m. Wind N.N.W., strong, Passed—Georgiana, from London for Leghorn. In toW for the river—Commonwealth. LIBERALITY OF MISS BURDETT COUTTS.—Last even ing Miss A. B. Coutts, with her well known liberality, regaled 300 poor persons with a plentiful supply of roast beef wad plum pudding, &c., in the school-room of St. Stephen's, Rochester-row, Westminster. A nume rous assemblage of the (taut ton were present to witness the repast. The rooms were most tastefully decorated. Tia, ROTA', MAIL PACKETS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thurs. daY----The Severs, Captain Hast, left this afternoon with the - usual monthly Brazilian mails. She had on board 50 passengers, amongst whom are Baron and Baroness Van d'Aerssen, 1,200/. in specie, 10,0001. value in jew .7llerY, and an average ca r g o. The Thames, with the momeward portion of this mail, and the Plata, with the - West India mail, are due on the 16th inst. The Wye will leave on the 11th instant to take up her inter-colo nial duties in the West Indies. A MAN KILLED IN PICCADILLY.—This morning, a rnan of the name of Henry Purchase, aged 30 years, who resided in Tower-street, Waterloo-road, expired in Charing -cross Hospital from the effects of injuries re ceived under the following circumstances :—lt appears the deceased was knocked down by the shaft of a wag gon striking the base of the skull, when police constables No. 23 C and 123 C conveyed him to the above valuable institution, where Dr. Golding and Mr. Mnirhead, the medical resident officers, attended. The staff was in immediate attendance, but, from the severe injuries he received, he died shortly after his admission to the hos pital. Mr. Bedford, the coroner, will hold the inquest on Monday next. Post-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following notice has been issued by the Post-Office "A reduction of postage having taken place in Denmark upon letters sent to and from that country by the route of Belgium and Prussia, letters posted in the United Kingdom addressed to Den mark, and vice versa, will in future be chargeable with a rate of lNd., when not exceeding ioz. in weight ; is. 9d., when exceeding loz., and not exceeding loz.; and so on, according to the scale foe charging inland letters. This postage may be paid in advance, or t h e letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender." AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS —The memorial to Lord Aberdeen on the urgent necessity for a system of agri cultural statistics has b een com p l e t ed, and is und ers t oo d to be one of the most powerful as regards signat ures ever presented from the c it y of London . B EVERLEY STEEPLECHASE. — This steeplechase, for 50/. given by Lord Londesborough. which was to have come Off on the 10th March, has, in consequence of the one at Wetherly being fixed to take place on that day, bee n Postponed until Friday, 17th March. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. IPaid.l ;Lim ci 1 81 0 all all 1 1 28 !Til all 2 181 1 :5 30 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 00 all A 1 12 io i 0 45 5 I all 5 all 5 all .8 all !() all A. all q. 100 15 86 ;t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 . [0 1 it. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 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Stock Do., Now A Fast Laucashiro Edinburgb & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Forth & Clyde June.] Rola.sgow & S. Western ] 4reat 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 3., Wst. Riding 1:1n Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright &S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D o JO/. Sh. ,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col eraiue Lndnd.rry.& Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midlan Do. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West. (Ira.) 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. I Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed ,North London IDo. 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On the contrary, it is well known that the removal of the Seraskier and the Capudan Pasha was regarded by the principal allies and ad visers of the Porte as an indispensable condition to the successful prosecution of the war. The Seraskier, or Minister at War, is a brother-in-law of the Sultan, who had succeeded in retaining his office partly by this connexion, and partly by his political alliance with the ultra-Mussulman faction and the Sheikh ul Islam. 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They report no particular change in the import market, but the details of the course of business are scanty, owing to the principal correspondence being reserved for the Singapore route, the letters by which were ex pected to arrive in England many days before the pre sent vessel. The gold production appears to be going on steadily, although the escort returns for the month just ended contrasted very unfavourably with those of October, 1852, when the outpourings from Mount Alexander had created general excitement. The total of the month this year was 156,166 ounces, against 364,172 in the corresponding period of last year. The circumstance, however, was considered excep tional, and no doubts appear to ha, e arisen as to the general average of each year showing a steady increase in the same way as in California. The electric telegraph was about to be introduced, and the govern ment had accepted a tender for a line from Melbourne to Williamstown at 1931. 10s. per mile. An alleged discovery of coal, at a place called Cape Patteson, on the coast, had attracted attention, and a party had been organised to test its value, but it was believed to be merely a revival of an account published some years ago. It was likely, however, to prevent any deposits that nay exist from being longer neglected. The Great Britain was to sail from Melbourne on the 3d of De cember' and is now 68 days out. From Sydney the latest dates were to the 2d of November, when active measures were in progress, by the construc tion of new forts and other means, to put the harbour into an efficient state of defence. From South Australia the accounts mention that the Legislative Council had recommended the execution of three gold medals to commemorate the opening of the river Murray and the arrival of the first consignment of river-borne wool—one to be presented to the Governor, one to Mr. Cadell, the explorer, and one to be deposited among the archives of the colony. The results of the expedition are stated to have demonstrated the naviga bility of the river for commercial purposes to the extent of at least 1,450 miles. The Council had also requested estimates for an effectual exploration of the general ter ritory of the province. From Van Diemen 's Land the letters reach to the 3d of Nov. but contain nothing new. The reward of 15,0001. for the discovery of a profitable working goldfield was being advertised, the subscription having been made up by 145 merchants of Hobart Town and Launceston. _ _ SYDNEY GOLD CIRCULARS.— The Turon diggings were very quiet at the date of our latest intelligence, the dry weather being anxiously expected. The number of licenses issued this month has been upwards of 1,000. There is an increase of miners at Tambaroora, and a large quantity of gold is offered fer sale thence. At the Turon several par ties are making large sums, and success is very general with the few who have chosen this place as the scene of their operations. The accounts from Braidwood and its neighbourhood are improving. On Major's Creek many parties are doing well. One large party on Bell's Creek has been very successful, and the Mongarlow is rising in favour, but whether on reasonable grounds or no remains to be seen. The new law appears to have had the happiest effect in banishing discontent from all our gold fields, and imparting new life and energy to those engaged in the pursuit of the precious metal. We hear from the Ovens that great numbers were leaving for the Buffalo Ranges, about 60 miles off. The diggings are improving notwithstanding, and but for the heavy rains lately prevalent, would show large returns. The escort of the Sydney Gold Escort Company was much hindered by floods on its way down. The rivers!had all risen, and they were obliged to cross the Murray in a boat. The escorts brought in yesterday from Bathurst 730 z. ; Sofola, 6660 z. ; Tambaroora, 670 z. ; Meroo, 2560 z. ; Braidwood, 183 oz. ; and Major's Creek, 1560 z. ; and the Sydney Gold Escort Company, from the Ovens, 5,2250 z., making a total of 6,6260z.—va1ue, about 24,0001. The market has been on the rise all the week, owing to the exchange on London having remained un altered up to the present time, and thus rendered gold dust for immediate remittance preferable to bills at 2 per cent. premium. The arrival of the Great Britain, with intelligence of the probable settlement of the Turk ish dispute in an amicable way has also given a firm tone to the market, and prices may be quoted at 775. to 775. 3d. for Victoria, and 745. 6d. for New South Wales gold. Export to this date, 1,522,3610 z. ; value, at 70s. per oz., 5,278,2631. 10s. Exchange on London, draughts against gold, par; freight, per cent. —Melbourne Argus, Nov. 3. ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Not a minute is lost in any of the military depart ments in evoking the resources of the country, and we are glad to perceive that the Government appear to be fully alive to the necessity of making such a demonstra tion as shall leave no chance for disaster or defeat. The eyes of the whole world are turned upon the gigantic scale of our armaments and the alacrity with which each department springs to the demand for the munitions of war. _ _ _ _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. his capacity as a military administrator was far below his zeal, and personally he has never ceased to be a rival of Redschid Pasha, though sitting in the same Council. It is extremely difficult to sound the motives and causes by which these changes are brought about at the Porte, where foreign influence and personal intrigue are the chief elements in such contests for power; but with the combined squadrons within reach of the Bosphorus, and the influence of the Allied Powers paramount at Pera, it is highly improbable that any change should have taken place favourable to the demands of Russia. We know indeed that such is the dread entertained by the Turkish Mi nisters of the fanaticism of the populace, that they found themselves compelled to reject all terms of accommoda tion on that score, and, if we are not much mistaken, a proposal to submit to Russia at the present moment would go far to cost the Sultan his throne and his Ministers their lives. Until more positive information arrives, we are therefore strongly dispo4ed to believe that the Ministerial change which has occured at the Porte has been brought about by totally different means, and that it is calculated to restore greater harmony and unity of action to the Ministry. These objects have, we know, been earnestly desired for some time by the French and English Ambassadors, and we have, as yet, no reason to doubt of their success. So, too, we learn with satisfaction that Count Orloff quitted Vienna ear'y on Wednesday morning, for it was feared that he might make still further efforts to pro long his stay and t , recover his influence ; but we receive with the greatest reserve the intimation contained in this despatch, that he takes with him the positive assurance that Austria and Prussia will remain neutral. That state , meat is entirely at variance with the latest and most di rect assurances of the two German Courts, which have constantly refused to give any pledge of the kind. We know with certainty from Berlin that Baron Bud berg's overtures have been so ill received there that Count Orloff gave up his intention of visiting the Sing of Prussia on his way back to St. Petersburg. No such assurance could have been given in Vienna on be half of Prussia, and as for Austria, every expression she has used, and every step she has taken in conjunction with the allied Powers, has shown her anxiety to pre serve her full liberty of action. We therefore retain our conviction that Count Orloff has failed in his mission, and in all respects. It seems, however, that he did produce a second instalment of propositions, somewhat less absolute and inadmissible than his first demands ; but these too were held to be inadmissible by the Con ference, and the negotiation came to an end. Again, we are not surprised to learn that fresh evi dence has come to light of a wide-spread association of the Greek Christians to take advantage of the present :nsettled state of the empire to throw of altogether the Turkish yoke. Some months ago we first directed pub lic attention to this subject as one of the great difficul ties of the question ; and, although the movement has been checked by the successes of the Turkish army, and perhaps, in some de g ree, by the more enlightened policy of the Turkish Government towards its Chris tian subjects, we suspect that the leaders of the Greek national party are only waiting for their opportunity to give the signal of insurrection. An influential priest has been arrested at Widdln, and some other agents at Constantinople ; but it is not so much these semi- Russian emissaries whom the Porte has to fear, as the disaffection of the masses of its Christian population, who are now exposed to all the horrors of war, without being allowed to strike a blow in their own defence. Nothing is more essential to the future welfare of the East than that the Christians and their leaders should not be taught to look exclusively upon Russia as their pro tectress, and that the measures of internal reform which Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has continually urged upon the Porte should not be defeated by the ingratitude or dis affection of those for whose benefit they are chiefly design ed. France and England, two of the founders and protectors of independent Greece, can never lose sight of the perma nent interests of the Christian population of the Ottoman empire. This very dispute has arisen from the refusal of those Powers to surrender the protectorate of the Christians, .and consequently the future destiny of the East, to Russia alone, and nothing could be more fatal to the emancipation of the Christianyaces than that they should identify their own cause with that of Russian ascendancy.' The Moniteur of Wednesday last contains three des patches from the French Government to its agents, intended to throw a clearer light on the conduct f:;. France in the earlier stages of this affair ; and these - communications are all highly creditable to the French Minister, M. Drouyn de L'Huys. They are written - with ac'inirable force and precision of languatze, joined to great moderation in substance, and the utmost consideration for the good understanding of France with this country. They prove that, although the French Ambassador had originally committed himself to acts of serious indiscretion on the subject of the Holy Places, and had even threatened to call up the French fleet to the Dardanelles to back his demands on the Porte, France had the-good sense to renounce, of her own accord, this dangerous and unprofitable conflict. They prove that she was uniformly prepared to act in con cert with this country for the defence of Turkey ; and that when M. de la Cour was sent as Ambassador in March last he was fully provided with instructions to meet every contingency. Among these provisions, we find one for the joint occupation of the castles of the Dardanelies by the French and English forces, with the consent of the Porte, in the event of the fleets being called up to Constan tinople, and we have yet to learn why that important and prudent step was not taken when the fleets went up. Engaged as the French and English Governments now are in these proceedings, we hold it to be absolutely ne cessary to their success, and even to their safety, that the allied Powers should have a decisive voice in the government they have undertaken for the present to support. It is impossible to allow the policy of Western Europe, and even the operations of the combined forces, to be in any degree at the mercy of an intrigue in the Divan or the fall of a minister. As long as our inter vention lasts we are entitled to require all that is neces i sary to render it safe and effectual, and the first condi tion to be recommended is that the Sultan, who has in voked our assistance, should take no step which may affect our position without the assent of his allies. THE NEW PERFORATED POSTAGE STAMP. In consequence of the many complaints that have been made by the public respecting the present adhesive postage stamps at the non - adbeelve nature of the gum when it becomes dried, whereby an immense number of letters on which the postage has been pre-paid, the stamp very frequently comes off by the friction they are exposed to in the bags—especially those to our colonies, the West Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, India, Australia, New South Wales, the Mediterranean, and tropical climates — by which much inconvenience 'has been experienced, as the parties receiving them having had not only to pay the postage again, the stamp havin g rubbed off, but in numerous instances the letters have been greatly delayed, particularly to those countries to which the postage must be pre-paid in the United Kingdom, Aden, India, or (if by the overland mail via Marseilles), Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Australia, South America, the Cape of Good Hope, &c., and many parts of Europe. To prevent any further complaint s on that point, the Commissioners of the Board of Stamps (Inland Revenue Office, Somerset-house) have for some time had it under their special consideration to discover some means to obviate any effacing of the stamp by friction. After nu merous experiments they have found that by perfora ting the (Queen's he ads ) postage stamp s, and adopt ing a chemical gum p re p ared o n purpose, they will not only resist the change of climate (heat), but friction—as by the perforation they be come so strongly adhesive that nothing will deface them. To carry out this great improvement, during the last few weeks, the employes in the stamping department have been actively at work over-hours by the new system. At present there are only three perforating machines in operation (by steam) but others are being constructed. A vast number of these st amps were yes terday forwarded through the General Post -office, to the Postmasters in the different parts of the United Kingdom, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and all the large manufacturing and commercial districts% Southampton, Plymouth, and the principal sea-ports. They will be issued to the public generally on Monday next. Henceforth the postage stamps will be all per forated, a desideratu that has long been wanting to secure the stamp on the l e tter, both resistibl e as b efore stated, to damp, heat, or friction. REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE, DALSTON.—The annual general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern Mr. J. G. Hoare, the tr easurer, presided. The re p or t stated that the instituti on had been in operation for forty eight years, and that at the close of the year every ward was full. An important letter . had been rec e i ve d from Colonel Jebb, the insp ector of prisons, stating th a t it was the intention of Government that after two or more years' confinement and reformatory process at Brixton, the best cases should from time to time be se. lected and sent to the Refuge, to stay for a period of about six months, thus enabling them to enter domestic service without the prison stigma on their character. The average weekly number of inmates during the year had been 70, and the total number in the institution through the year was 14 4 . O f this number, 67 had left the Refuge, and of those sent to service only one had returned to crime. The balance.sheet showed the total receipts from all sources to amount to 3,3261. 10s. ld., and after all the expenses had been defrayed there was left a balance in hand of 122/. 6s. 10d. Lord Radstock moved the adoption of the report, which was carried: The officers for the year ensuing having b. een appointed, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting equated. TMPURITY OF GAS. Lord TORRINGTON, after calling attention to the impurity of gas supplied to the city of London which, according to the report of Dr. Letheby, emitted in com bustion 21 grains of oil of vitrol in every 100 cubic feet, mentioned that an invention, patented by a Mr. Leslie, and lately introduced into the General Post-office, had been successsful in destroying the noxious qualities of the gas, and had likewise enabled the authorities to di. minish the number of burners by 800, as compared with those in use five or six years ago, and reduce the weekly cost by 501. although the business of the office had of late years greatly increased. When it was known that gas had the effect of destroying books and papers, and that it might seriously injure the decorations in this house, such an invention could not but be of great value, and he therefore wished to know whether the Post- Master General would lay before the house such infor mation as he could supply with regard to the result which had attended its introduction into his department ? Lord CANNING bore testimony to the accuracy of the noble lord's statement as to the saving effected by means of Mr. Leslie's invention, but was not in pos sesion of any papers relating to its advantages in a sanitary point of view. There was but one opinion among the staff in the Post-office, as to the merits of the patent, and that was highly favourable. He had no objection to lay on the table the papers on the subject asked for by the noble lord. The Marquis of CLA.NRICARDE condemned the mode of lighting and ventilating the house. Even by day the natural light was excluded, and at night the ventilation was extremely imperfect. He hope I, if the matter was taken into consideration, the report of the committee which sat two years ago to inquire into it, would not be overlooked. COUNT ORLOFF'S MISSION. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said it appeared from the in telligence which had reached this country, that a Russian negotiator had recently arrived at Vienna, and he wished to give notice that to-morrow he would put a question to the noble earl the Secretary of State for foreign affairs whether the Government were in possession of any in formation which he could lay before the house relating to the propositions which that negociator had made to the German powers ? The Earl of CLARENDON said he thought that, as a general rule, the noble earl was quite right in giving notice of such a question. In the present case, it would certainly be inore con venient to postpone giving an answer until to-morrow night, but he had no difficulty in answering the question now, though he could nut say what papers should he produced. Earl GREY gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Government whether they intended to submit their measure for representative reform to the other house before the army and navy estimates. REVISION OF THE STATUTES. Lord LYNDHURST (who was imperfectly heard) begged, pursuant to notice, to ask the noble lord on the woolsack what course he intended to pursue respecting the reports on the revision of the statutes. The first starting of this question might be dated so far back as the reign of Edward VI. At that time the statute book was encumbered with a great number of super fluous acts, many of them of a tedious nature, and it was deemed advisable that a consistent code should be established which might be intelligible to the great mass of his Majesty's subjects. How it happened that that recommendation led to no result, he was not in a con dition to inform their lordships—perhaps it unfortu • nately arose from the premature death of that deservedly popular prince. Again, in the following reign, the sub ject was brought before the Legislature. There was no difference of opinion upon it ; it was pressed in the strongest manner upon the Government, and the Lord Keeper (Sir Nicholas Bacon) was desired to draw up some memorial on the subject ; but no other result fol lowed, and the subject was forgotten. Again the sub ject was considered in the reign of James 1., and the speech of that monarch on the question to Parliament was quite characteristic. He spoke of the superfluity of the statutes, and of their constant cutting against each other. The consequence was that Lord Bacon, Lord Burleigh, and other persons in authority, were appointed as a commission to inquire into and remedy the existing defects. That also produced no result, and they might account for it possibly by the subsequent disgrace of that distinguished man, Lord Bacon. In consequence, however, of the appointment of that com mission, they had a paper from Lord Bacon, in which he referred with great perspecuity, and in a very cone prehensive manner, to the subject. So much for what had taken place up to that period. During the time of the Republic —or, as some persons called it, the Com monwealth—a great disposition was shown to reform the law, and amongst other things the revision of the statutes was not forgotten. Two committees were ap pointed, but unfortunate as had been the efforts made for the purpose under the monarchy, they were equally un fortunate under the republic. Inquiry after inqui'-y took place, but no satisfactory result followed. In quiries were also made on the subject after the restora tion, but the inquiries then made were not attended with any beneficial result. The matter was allowed to slumber for many years. In the year 1806, a commis sion recommended the appointment of a very distin guished person (Me. Hargreave) to write a memorial upon the subject, and that house came to very strong resolutions on the question, which were set down to the other house of Parliament fit their concurrence, but nothing effectual was dune. In the year 1831 a coin mission was appointed on the subject, and everything connected with it was to be found in the report of the commission, but no steps were afterwards taken to give it effect. A new commission had been now appointed by his noble friend on the woolsack, and under his su perintendence ; and they should take care that he did not slumber on his post, or they would have another failure to add to those failures to which he had already referred. They must exercise a perpetual watchfulness over the proceedings of this commission, and from time to time inquire what progress has been made. (Hear, hear.) Let them look to what had been done in the state of New York. Their lordships probably knew that the inhabitants of that state had imported every code or statute of the laws of England as they existed up to the time of the declaration of independence. Since that period there had been a great accumulation of sta tutes arising out of their new position, and they were in as unfortunate a state with regard to them, as this country now stands. About the year 1835, three gen tlemen were appointed by the Legislative State of New York to revise the statutes, and in two years from the time of their appointment the object Nee accomplished, and in such a way as to be quite satisfactory, not only to the legal profession of that country, but to the general public. The state of Massachusetts had followed the example of the state of New York ; and with respect to their code, they had reformed it in time same way and with the same satisfactory result. It would he a shame to theta if they (lid not follow the example of their brethren at the other side of the Atlantic, who had so successfully performed this duty. It was a very remarkable circumstance that governments ge nerally proceeded so slowly when compared with the vigour that was displayed by private individuals. He might undertake to say that if they could make it worth the while of any two or three of the most distinguished publishers in London to publish a revised code, well per formed and executed, by some of the most able men of of this metropolis directing attention to the subject, it would be accomplished in the course, at most, of two or three years. (Hear, hear.) When private enterprise was found to do so much for the public interests, why should not Governments be able to do so. As a proof of the result of private enterprise, he might observe that the noble earl the Secretary of Foreign Affairs could now converse with the Earl of Westmoreland in Vienna with the same facility as if they were sitting side by side in his office in London. Their lordships would be sur prised to see what a mass of absurdity was contained in the statute book. When he had the honour of holding the Great Seals, he had brought forward two or three measures for the purpose of wiping away some of those cruel and absurd provisions that were directed against Roman Catholics. (Hear, hear.) What would their agricultural friends say when he told them that at this moment no person was allowed to keep more than 2,000 sheep, under a very severe penalty ? In fact, there were upon the whole upwards of 16,000 public ant t l general statutes, nearly 14,000 of which could h be ee swep mass away without the slightest inconvenience: Trmodesdeal in been pointed out by previous commissions for was lea a re n ed ximo f u ri s ee t d o e k e n ow SOUTHAMPTON AND WAR.- SOUTHAMPTON, THURS- i w n h 4 iCh wi n t f h th t e h s i e s R.N., woolsack intended to adopt? In the first place, it was underhere required DAY.—During this morning Captain Austen, r h tt bok•fitht modes his annedhleheeed the puri lfch he had referred, and with respect Admiralty superintendent of packets at this port, and proposed to ex ge .rom t e cc s loa ta nsss u otihi e deantie o Lieutenant D'Arando, R.N., have been, in accordance ; of rubbish to w distinct like The second mode was in manner to strike with an order received late last night, busily engaged in to the restbofoltehtee ssittaattuutetess inspecting two ships belonging to the Peninsular and heads.toto Oriental Company, and to report thereon to the Board off those head os to amend them where they of Admiralty as to their capabilities for the conveyance distinct and where statutes ndinent,where so connected of troops to Malta, or elsewhere if required. The ships amendment , the common law as to be inspected are the Ripon, engaged on the Alexandria with ted from it, to reduce those incapable of being line, and fitting out to take the heavy portion of s h ep araommon law into st t ta u e aw. particular parts of the East India and China mails on the 20th, and t e c third mode, which (Hear, hear.) the Manilla, intended to leave on the 27th, for Th e ehensive measure, was t was a far more corn- Constantinople, with ship letter bags, cargo, &c. pr the common o put into one code and class all law and all the statute law of The estimated number of troops which these vessels the realm. The first of these are capable of conveying will be from 800 to 1,000, bein very unsatief t modes he would pass by each man being provided with sleeping room, &c. Should format g on of a ac ory. The third mode—viz., the necessity require it, by the fact of a regular watch being , cornplete code of the statute and the com kept, double the number of men may, of course, be con- mooa would law — wouldconsume an immense extent of time, veved. Other vessels—viz., the Sultan and Euxine— a d require an amount of prudence and caution, well as belonging to this company, may also be brought into as of critical acumen and legal precision, which use for the purposes above stated ; and with the Roy i al f if ey: , e p a e d rsons would be found to possess ; and he doubted Mail Com any's steam-ship Medway, and the Aust . fa a- , 't option would give satisfaction to a great proper sian and Pacific Royal Mail Company's screw -ship Emu, I tion of the legal profession and the country. The prat- ' means may at once be provided at this ort alone . by teal course, therefore, would be to adopt the second which several thousands of men may be C onveyed ina znode, namely, to expunge all that class of statutes to which of time to their required destination. Such he had referred, to arrange the remainder under short space the addi- distinct is the perfect state of each of the vessels that . heads, to consolidate and amend them, and tion of a few guns is all that would be needed in render- where they were inseparably connected with the coin ing them fit for such service. moo law, to incorporate parts of the conunon law with nt sends us the ' the M A RGATE, Feb. 9.—Our corresponde m statute law. Indeed, he found that to a certein ex following :—For your information, I aystate that all tent thi s l at t er s y s t em had been acted upon, partially at the coast-guard men belong in g to the different stations least, viz., first by Sir Robert Peel, in two remarkable in Kent, muster here and leave by the express train statutes—one on the su: ject of the law of larceny, and (7.10) to-morrow morning (Friday), for Portsmo u th . th e o th er with regard to offences against the person. In They will muster 4,000 able-bodied seamen, and a fin er these instances the statute law hail been consolidated body of men never was inspected. The officer in corn- under. distinct heads and amended, and time common law, mend at Westgate station is busily engaged in entering where it was connected with it, had been modified ; and pensioners and landsmen for the cod-guard service, I these two changes he believed had met "ith the Appro- At the Horse Guards and at the Admiralty, at the Ordnance Office and Somerset House, the work of pre paration is incessant ; early and late the officials are to be found at their posts, and everybody seems to be working "double tides,"—we trust with adequate re muneration for their extra services. It is now well known that a considerable number of troops are to be sent to the Mediterranean and Constantinople forthwith. As we have stated, the authorities have been in communication with several steam navigation companies as to the steam power they might be enabled to furnish to convey the troops. Mr. Cunard's Company, we believe, cannot spare any of the ships of their line ; but, as will be seen by the following, from our Southamp ton correspondent, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany are likely to supply the Government with one or more of their splendid ships. The Ripon, it is said, will be one of the number. The great screw-ship Himalaya is expected back in a few days from Alexandria, and it is not at all improbable that her services will be put in requisition at the earliest moment. There are also available, if required, a couple of the 2,500 tons new screw ships of the General Screw Com pany, the Jason and the Golden Fleece, and these four ships alone, it is believed, could conveniently take 7,000 men. Give the Himalaya 2,000, the Jason and Golden Fleece 1,800 each, and the Ripon 1,400, and these four ships, with their efficient steam power, will, at the pre sent day, do more service than 30 of the sailing trans ports of the olden time. We have stated that a battalion of Guards are under orders for service in the East. Report sends them away on the 18th instant. The precise army force, however, we believe is not yet determined upon ; but the Com mander-in-Chief, Lord Hardinge, and the First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham met to consult on the subject, at the Horse Guards, yesterday. It has been also whispered that three battalions of marines, if so many can be mustered, are to be sent to tine eastward, whether to relieve the troops of the line at Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, so as to send 1 , 500 men of the line farther up the Mediterranean, or to be distri buted amongst Admiral Dundas's fleet, for the sacking of Sebastopol is uncertain. We incline to the belief that the marines will take the place of so many battalions of the line at the three garrisons above-mentioned ; for it is ~nly fair that the army should do regular shore work, especially if the British forces are to be brigaded with French troops. The stores of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, are now being picked out and fitted for active service. That which was Mr. Cobden's horror, the great number of guns and gun-carriages in store there, is now the country's best protection. The navy, it will be seen, has a treble duty. Not only ships and sailors have the Admiralty to provide, but they have to furnish marines, coast forces, and transports for the conveyance of the army. The coast-guard force is being collected from the re spective stations, and berthed on board the ships at pre sent fitting out at the ports. Clothing, hammocks, kit, &c., are to be provided for this fine and most efficient body of gunmars and sailors. Here is the nucleus of the complements of ten efficient ships of the linb. No country in the world—Russia included—can match the ability, skill, steadiness, and pluck of these fine fellows. To replace these men in the coast-guard the Green wich out-pensioners are to be enrolled. They will serve on the coasts, and will be supplied with the necessary clothing. Fifteen hundred only, we hear, are to be en rolled at the present time, and we think it will be rather difficult to scrape even this number up, the majority of the most able men being in good private service. The fleet, it is well known from our daily reports, is being equipped with the greatest possible haste, and we trust very soon to see in the Downs or Yarmouth Roads such a specimen of the gigantic strength of England that will delight our countrymen, astonish our foreign friends, and make the enemies of the peace of the world tremble. —Morning Paper. 13i i i i 88 i 11 689 21 1301 21 994 21 82i i i i 11 P m 21 7i 1 21 961 i ad 11 1034 4 3i 2 22i 21 63} 24 31 2t 1 l Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera A.ustraliau Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coai british Austrin. Gold 3ritish Iron Brazilian Imp. (issue d at £5 pin Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica.- Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Co piap o Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7A p. cent. English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg. Co. General Great Nugget Vein... Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Loud.&Californ.Gole Quartz Crush. Co I'lariquita• Nlexican&S.Americn New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New 32 3 lli a d 68i 8 12 9 491 81 pm li pm 97i 8 93. ma 100 i i 21 37i 7 81 7 M ARKET NE WS--(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A portion of the supply of English wheat in to-day's market was the refuse of Monday, and in very middling condition. The fresh arrivals were very moderate. There was a slight increase in the attendance of buyers ; never theless the amount of business doing in home-grown wheats was but moderate. In prices scarcely any change took place from Monday. The imports of foreign wheat were under 6,000 quarters. Most kinds were in moderate request, but we have no de cline to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes were dull. English barley, the show of which was large, was easier to purchase. Foreign parcels were dull. We bad a very slow sale for malt, the prices of which were with difficulty supported. Oats, beans, peas, and flour sold at Monday's currency. Wheat. 2,620 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. 8,150 10,830 English .. Irish —•• Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 3,240 4,180 1,200 1,720 8,400 brl 5,730 I 840 SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts here to-day being very moderate, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade ruled steady, at fully Monday's prices. Amongst the stock were 240 oxen from Spain and Portugal. Sheep, the numbers of which were limited, sold readily at extreme rates. We had an improved inquiry for calves, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. The supply was very limited. Pigs sold on former terms. Mulch cows met a slow sale, at from 14/.to 191. On each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second. quality.... 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &o. 4 8 410 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 Primo crse.-wlled. 4 6 4 8 s. d. 8. d Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 4 4 410 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 410 Sucklingcalves ..23 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. •• ...• ........ 1,014 Sheep...• .. 2, 4 41 Calves . •• •••• • • ••••••.. 13 ) Pigs ..•• NEWGATE AND The general demand ruled supported. Per Blbs by s. d. s. U. Reef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, largo 3 4 4 2 , FOREIGN SUPPLY. Bouts •• ....... ........ . 360 Sheep .. •• •• •• 400 Calves...... •• ............ 90 Pig 5........ LE A.DENHALL. steady, and prices were well the carcase. a. d. s. d Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a moderate demand for most kinds of hops, at our quotations. The imports are 208 bales from Antwerp, and 67 ditto from Ostend, as follows : Mid and East Kent pockets, 11/. 55 to 151. 15s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 9/. 5s to 11/. Os ; SIIRSEIX ditto, 71. 15s to 9/. ; and foreign, 6/. 15s to 8/. lOs per cwt. T• be I .IIORSDAT MORNING.—There appears to . no end to this year's storms, there having been almost one continuous gale from westward during the last ten days. The English mails, consequently, are extremely irregular in their arrival, and, were it not for the agency of the magnetic telegraph, now in operation, the public would have been upon several occasions of late com pletely in arrear of all intelligence respecting the great political events of the day. Yesterday the Holyhead mail steamer due at Kingstown at 10 o'clock, did not arrive until 3 p.m., long before which a copious abstract of the continental and domestic news contained in the London morning papers was received by telegraph, and circulated through Dublin and the provinces. 42i 1 z d bation of the profession. The law for the registration of shippinc, had been likewise consolidated, as bad also the acts relating to the Post-office, and great advantage had resultel from the measure. If this system of con :olidation were generally extended and perfected when any amend'nents of the law came afterwards to be pro ,)osed, the whole s....atate law relating to a particular >ubject would be brought under one view and could be (len at a glance, instead of their being obliged to hunt through the statute book for perhaps twenty or thirty even more different acts —an inconvenience which placed others at very great disadvantage in considering the propriety of making alterations in any law. He had entered into these details on account of the great im portance of the subject, and be hoped his noble and _earned friend would now inform their lordships what course he intended to pursue with regard to it. The LORD CHANCELLOR was sure that their lord ships and the country would feel very deeply indebted to his noble and learned friend for having put that ques tion to him ; and if any individual more than another could feel pleased at such a question being put, he could assure his noble and learned friend that he (the Lord Chancellor) was himself that individual. When first he was entrusted with the great seal, it occurred to him that there was no subject of law reform which was more ikely to be practically useful than that to which his toble and learned friend had so ably called their lord- Ships' attention. After the statement of his noble and learned friend it would be quite idle and itnpreper for aim again to enumerate the various attempts which had been made from the earliest times on this subject. When 'le came to consider this subject, he felt it his duty to regard it in very much the same light as that in which his noble and learned friend appeared to view it, the great object being to arrive at some practical beneficial r,Ault. There had been references made from the days )f Lord Bacon down to the present age to learned per 4ons to inquire how this great object might be accom plished, and it had struck him (the Lord Chancellor) that the only practical measure that could be resorted with any chance of success was to get, as he had done f')r a limited time, three or four gentlemen to devote heir attention to the subject, and to do to a limited ':xtent what he had no doubt they would do—something is a specimen of that which ought to be done more per fectly, without speculating to any great extent on the ~übject. His noble and learned friend had alluded to die commission issued in 1831 on the subject of the con - olidation of the whole of the criminal law, and which afterwards reported likewise, in 1835, on the expediency if consolidating, the whole of the statute law. Mr. Bel enden Ker was one of the commissioners who pointed .ut the three modes of proceeding to which his noble end learned friend had now adverted. The commis loners proceeded to consolidate the whole of the crimi nal law, but nothing was done to consolidate the statute law in general. This was the state of things when he (the Lord Chancellor) was entrusted with the great seal. It struck him that the best course to adopt was to apply, in March last, to Mr. Bellenden Ker, who was familiar to a certain extent with this subject, having been embarked in it, and to get him, in conjunction with three or four other gentlemen, to proceed for one year to the actual consolidation of certain portions of the statute law, in the manner which should seem to them most likely to be of practical utility. He had engaged „hese gentlemen for the year expressly for this object, and what he wished them to do was, not to enter into :►ny inquiry as to the expediency of this measure, but at ,rice to proceed, as far as practicable, with the revision of the statute law, as to make an enumeration of what statutes were actually in force and remaining to be con solidAted, what statutes had been repealed or abolished, or had become obsolete, and then to proceed to consoli date such of these laws as it would be most easy and convenient to begin with. Two of these gentlemen accordingly went through the whole of the statutes, statute by statute, to see which of them were actually the law, the result of their inquiry being that they found the number of general public acts to be between 16,000 and 17,000, and the proportion of them which remained as really living statutes was only about 2,500. With these 2,500 statutes, therefore, they had then to occupy themselves. One of the other gentlemen proceeded more immediately, in connection with Mr. Kir, to con solidate the law on a particular subject upon the three different plans suggested by the former commission. The task of one was merely to consolidate existing sta tutes, keeping,!as nearly as possible to the form in which they now stand ; another took the same course with amendments, and partially introducing the common law where it was necessary, and another consolidated the whole of the law, cotnru - On as well as statute, relating to his subject. These learned gentlemen devoted great attention to the subject. They began in the first week in April, and at the end of July they made a report, . _ which mkas laid on their lordships' table, in which Mr. Bellenden Ker stated that he had called on each of his colleagues to state to him his views as to what had oc curred to him, or as likely to be most advantageous. They all made their reports. Two of them went through the whole, or nearly the whole, of the existing statutes, arriving at the result that there were only 2,500 out of more than 16,000 general and public statutes now actually in force ; a.d one of them made a digest of the law relating to distress for rent. There was no particular reason for his taking that last-named sub ject, excepting that it might be completed before the close of the last session, and a report was accordingly made on that branch of the subject. He (the Lord Chan• cellor) had read all those reports, and it had appeared to him that the direction he ought to give them on re-as sembling after the long vacation was, that they should immediately proceed under the superintendence of Mr. Ker, who took an active part in the work, to the actual consolidation of certain statutes. That they had done, and Mr. Ker had laid on the table a very able second report, in which he exhau-ted the subject—stated what could be done —what was practicable, and giving the reasons for what he recommended. On this recommen dation he (the Lord Chancellor) approved, and intended to prosecute it, subject to certain observations which be was about to make. In his report Mr. Ker, after stating his objections to other measures, proceeded to assign his reasons for the course which he did recommend. He would not say that what Mr. Ker recommended was what he (the Lord Chancellor) had suggested, because he wished to give Mr. Ker all the credit to which he was fairly entitled ; but Mr. Ker stated that the course which he thought the most feasible and the most desirable for improving the state of the statute law was the gradual consolidation, or he would rather call it the re-writing, of the statute law, meaning by that the effecting of all such amendments of the law as could be suggested—in short, the continuation of that process which had been already applied to isolated' subjects and in a desultory manner. He (the Lord Chancellor) presumed that Mr. Ker here referred to those very statutes to which his noble and learned friend (Lord Lyndhurst) had alluded as instances of what had already been achieved in this direction. He (the Lord Chancellor) would just say that preparatory to doing this, two of the other gentlemen he hall engaged under Mr. Ker's superintendence made what they ceded a group of the statutes -that was to say they had grouped such statutes together as might be conveniently taken together, and put into one or more. Having done that, they arranged amongst themselves certain subjects, upon each of which they proposed, before the year was out (and he had no doubt they would accomplish it) to have the statutes ready to be put into his hand, in the shape of a consolidated group of statutes, formed in the way to which his noble and learned friend had alluded. His noble and learned friend asked him what course he intended to pursue. He would tell him. He had stated from the first that this was a matter, to a certain extent, experimental—not that he doubted the possibility, and, to a certain extent, the feasibility of doing that which he proposed to do— for he did not doubt it ; but as soon as the year came to an end he proposed to take the actual statutes as con solidated, and submit them to their lordships to be passe into law. His noble and learned friend had alluded to what had been done in the United States of America in this respect ; but he must say that he was quite con vinced that the Legislature of this country would refuse to entrust—and he doubted if it ought to entrust —any man or body of men outside the wallsof Parliament with the task of declaring, by their own authority, what should and what should not become law. All they c ould do would be to employ properly qualified persons to put the statute law into an amended or consolidated form, and then for the Lord Chancellor, or some other authority, to propose that in that form Parliament should pass it into law. That that was the only course they could pursue he would make manifest to his noble and learned friend, by what both of them had been wit ness to in the last session of Parliament. In the com mission of 1831 certain gentlemen were employed to form a consolidated code of criminal law. That was done, and done by gentlemen of the highest eminence, who devoted great care and time, and attention to the work. Various attempts were made to carry this out in the way in which it was done in the United States ; but to that that house would never listen, and it was a wholly impracticable measure, because their lordships would have to treat every proposed consolidated statute in pre cisely the Sallie manner as if it were a new law intro duced into Parliament for the first time. His noble and learned predecessor (Lord St. Leonards) last session brought in a bill taken from a measure that had been framed by the criminal-law commissioners, with some slight alterations and improvements, and which related only to one head of the criminal law, namely, to murders and other offences against the person. What was the history of that bill ? It was, as must naturally be the case with every such bill, referred to a select committee, upon which the law lords acted arid devoted great atten tion to the subject, and yet, at the end of the session, it was still an imperfect bill. Why did be refer to all this ? Because he thought that if they were to attempt too much, and sought to consolidate, not the statues only, but the common law, with theM, so as to say that, " from and after the passing of a particular bill relating to a particular subject, no law, statute or com mon, relating to it should have any force, or except . such as was within the four corners of this parchment,' they would be attempting something which, although it looked theoretically right, would be perfectly impracti cable, and would only be postponing what might be ac complished in a more modified form ad Grcecos Kalendas, and nothing at all would be done. When he received the bills as they were framed by these four gentlemen. whose services lie had engaged for a twelvemonth, if he found them such as he could, consistently with his duty, lie would submit them to Parliament bill's for th e con solidation of the statute with the as view that they at might become the law of the land. He ful!y a n t icipate d that this would be the result, and he thought that they ought not to take the quantum of work done this year as any criterion or am =no Oa. would Le clue La 5 10 St. 5 10 25 10 1.0.6 53i 3 154 lf it 2 - 82 li 1191 5 5 4 20 all 25 all all 24 'ES. 8 61. i 36} 1